Damien and Cameron Moxey with Penny the dog
People and their Pets

People and their Pets- Penny and the Moxeys

Penny the black and tan shorthair dachshund cross Maltese was a beautiful accident after a pair of dogs didn’t stick to breeding with their own kind.  Penny, who is about one and a half, has been part of the Moxey household with Damien, Lauren and their three sons Mitchell, 10, […]

BSHS teacher Scott Charles, Caitlyn Ferguson and Renae Gault with some of the musical instruments collected by the family.
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Gifts keep Songbirds singing

An act of kindness by a graduating student from Beaudesert State High School (BSHS) will ensure the music program is able to be accessed by more students this year. Caitlyn Ferguson, who graduated Year 12 in 2023 and is a founding member of the school’s contemporary music collective, Songbirds, put […]

Vale, Ron Munn
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Vale, Ron Munn

Former Beaudesert Shire Council Mayor Ron Munn passed away in December 2023, aged 79. Ron served as Mayor of the Beaudesert Shire Council from 2000 to 2004 and was well known for his contribution to the local community and the equestrian world. Born in Brisbane, he grew up in Toowoomba […]

an baby William Alexander Wilson with parents Rachael Thomas and Jason Wilson and big sisters Ava and Vivian
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Billy is Beauy Hospital’s first 2024 baby 

When the wait was on to see who would be the first 2024 baby born at Beaudesert Hospital, little William ‘Billy’ Alexander Wilson fit the bill perfectly. Billy entered the world at 6.25am Tuesday 2, January weighing 3.34kg in the same delivery suite his big sisters Ava, 16 months, and […]

Zinnias
What Susie Saw

What Susie Saw

Here’s a cluster of zinnias standing tall at our front fence. They’ve surprised me with their hardiness, especially when we found them unscathed after that wild Christmas night storm that took down giant gumtrees and decimated power networks. Who knows what 2024 will bring, but may we all carry the […]

Lizz Hills Trek2Reconnect
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Community champions celebrated in Australia Day awards nominations  

Individuals, schools and community groups have answered Council’s call to nominate the region’s quiet achievers and unsung heroes for the 2024 Scenic Rim Australia Day Awards.  Some 26 nominations have been received, recognising the contribution of individuals and community events that are vital threads in the fabric of the Scenic […]

CWA President Linda Lynch ready to farewell the old hall
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CWA on the move

In a move being welcomed by local Queensland Country Women’s Association members, the Beaudesert CWA building is being shifted up the road and getting a major makeover. The Beaudesert branch, which was formed in the late 1920s, last had a big move after the former CWA Rest Rooms in the […]

Arch Moores (right) with his son Bailey
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Now is the time to have your property valued

SPONSORED CONTENT There is no better time to have your property valued than right now, says local real estate agent Arch Moores of Ray White Canungra. The property market is often stationary over the Christmas and New Year period, but gains traction from the second week of January, making this […]

Jo McConnell
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Community policing top priority

Former Child Protection Detective, Jo McConnell has taken on the role of Acting Senior Sergeant at Beaudesert Police Station. Local to the area for over 20 years, McConnell says coming out of a youth offending portfolio and into the officer in charge role has given her a welcome opportunity to […]