As Scenic Rim’s Portfolio Councillor for Community, Arts and Culture, it was a pleasure to officially open Council’s first exhibition of 2025, Maps & Traces, at The Centre Beaudesert.
This exhibition is an amazing collection of work by Tamborine Mountain artist Bronwyn Davies, celebrating trees as powerful symbols of survival and change.
Her large and stunning works on paper, including tourist maps, are the result of years of ‘art-science-environment’ adventures from far north Queensland to Tasmania and South Australia as well as points in between including Mount Barney Lodge and Wild Mountains.
This free exhibition, which runs until 17 April, sets the scene for Council’s 2025 cultural program under the Creative Scenic Rim banner.
Workshops, movie screenings and gatherings in conjunction with the Maps & Traces exhibition are just some of the highlights of this year’s cultural calendar ,which has something for all ages and interests. Check out the creativescenicrim.com website for details.
Along with my Councillor colleague Jennifer Sanders, it was great to join the ladies of the QCWA Beaudesert to celebrate their new building.
Joining them for the reopening were members of QCWAs from Beenleigh, Springbrook, Mudgeeraba, and Mermaid Beach as well as Wonglepong, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
It is great to see the QCWA expanding its membership and plans are well underway for the establishment of a new branch at Tamborine which officially launches on 1 March 2025.
This group is keen to be involved in the Tamborine Disaster Management Working Group, which I also met with recently, and which includes members of the Rural Fire Brigade, Tamborine Village Lions, Tamborine District Citizens Association, local medical centre, and the service station.
In association with the Queensland Government, the working group is looking at the Tamborine Memorial Hall with a view to its use as a local recovery centre.
It was exciting to see the latest Tamborine Mountain Sports Association’s master plan proposed for the future of this important community facility which was presented at a meeting recently attended with fellow Councillors Amanda Hay and Stephen Moriarty, Scenic Rim’s Sport and Recreation Portfolio Councillor.
This is a big project which will benefit the wider Scenic Rim, not just Tamborine Mountain, given that some 40 per cent of students who go to school on the mountain come from other communities in our region.
It is wonderful to be working with many communities from all parts of the Scenic Rim!
