Youth Ministry Captains Thomas Nairn and Talitha Boike.
Community

Kids Adopt a Family for Christmas

Students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School are helping spread festive cheer and goodwill by collecting mountains of pantry staples to donate to local families in need. The year 6 classrooms have been filled to the brim with basket upon basket of hampers the children have been filling ready to […]

South East Pipeline map. Image supplied.
Community

One Step Closer to Water Grid Connection

Beaudesert could be connected to the SEQ Water Grid by this time next year through a 27km pipeline due for completion in late 2022. The South West Pipeline, being designed and constructed by Comdain Infrastructure on behalf of Seqwater, is the second stage of the Beaudesert Water Supply Upgrade. The […]

Steve Monteath, Jay Collins and Peter Higgins.
Community

Advocates of the Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch

Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch offers a Pensions Advocacy Welfare Service (PAWS) that specialises in helping veterans navigate DVA claims. The DVA claims process can be time consuming and stressful for many veterans, so having an advocate to guide you through the process can be quite beneficial.  Peter Higgins, a Vietnam […]

Anthea Hingston-Jennings, Felicity Gamble, Beaudesert Showgirl Anna Ferguson, Jennifer Ironside and Michelle Turner.
Community

Zonta Says NO to Violence

Zonta Beaudesert members are placing orange ladies all over town as they launch their main advocacy project for the year. Zonta’s ‘Say No to Violence’ is a sixteen day world wide advocacy project which aims to end gendered violence. Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of […]

Pictured: Luka Keelo and Lieutenant Steven Ducat. Photo by Peta Miller-Rose.
Community

Beaudesert’s Youngest Firefighter

Luka Kello’s dreams came true the day he was made an honorary member of Beaudesert Fire Station. The Gleneagle boy, aged 7, wasn’t expected to survive after birth after being born with a condition that restricted the growth of brain tissue. But he continues to defy the odds, and, despite […]

A member of the public watches Cr Jeff McConnell speak.
Community

Standing Against Mandate

wash on Sunday 28 November, and not because of the wet weather. Flooding did not dampen the spirits of the 500 people who gathered for what was billed as a community consultation event, organised by the We Stand for Freedom Scenic Rim group. They were opposing the mandate by the […]

Joy Drescher
News

Joy’s Last Word

Beaudesert and the world will never be the same again after beloved icon Joy Drescher passed away on 28 November. The larger-than-life local who always spoke it like it was threw her support behind community groups. She endeared herself to everyone she met through her uninhibited laughter and zest for […]

Emmy Heit.
Sport

Running on Determination

Fourteen year old Emmy Heit has set her sights on her first international competition in January 2022. Emmy is one of 41 athletes selected for the Little Athletics New Zealand Development Tour which takes place from 7 to 17 January 2022.  The development tour includes two competitions conducted under full […]

McAuley’s Year 7 Esports players: Charlotte Boyle, Riley Mitchell, Nicholas Hack and Oscar Martens.
Community

McAuley Hosts Fuse Esports Cup

The atmosphere was electric and from the cheers you could be forgiven for thinking you were in the stands of a sports stadium as McAuley College hosted the FUSE Esports Cup, Scenic Rim. What started as a special interest club for gaming enthusiasts to connect with other students in a […]