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Community comes together

The Beaudesert community came together for a day of fun and festivities, celebrating the town’s 150thanniversary and Beaudesert State High School’s 60th year. A free family fun day saw stalls from businesses and community groups as well as performances by local musicians and roving entertainment from Beaudesert State High School’s drama […]

Foundation teachers John Falt and Don Tanner
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Celebrations unite old friends

BEAUDESERT State High School joined forces with the Beaudesert B150 committee to host a remarkable Family Fun Day.  The event, attended by over 1200 enthusiastic locals and visitors, marked a joyous occasion filled with community spirit and entertainment for all ages. The festivities featured more than 50 vibrant community stalls […]

Tim Andrews and Lani Deeran.
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Cheers to 150 years

Locals will dress their best to commemorate 150 years since the first town blocks were auctioned in Beaudesert. Volunteers including Tim Andrews and Lani Deeran, pictured, are among those organising the August 3 B150 Beaudesert Sesquicentennial Gala Dinner. It comes after a highly successful B150 Family Fun Day on July […]

Age champions from Rathdowney State School. Image supplied.
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Carnival brings schools together

The 68th annual Christmas Creek Valley Athletics Carnival saw students from Darlington, Hillview, Tamrookum and Rathdowney gather. The prestigious Christmas Creek Cup (awarded to the school with highest average number of points) went to Darlington State School, with the Dennis Shield (awarded to the school with the highest number of […]

Brent Draper with his family. Image supplied.
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MasterChef winner brings Beauy ice-cream

Beaudesert born MasterChef 2023 winner Brent Draper partnered with Moremac Property Group to officially launch its Beaumoor project on June 29.  Brent and his family made a special appearance to serve homemade ice-cream to the locals.  

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What Susie Saw – curious cows

I’ll call this one, ‘curious cows of Helen Street’.  It was quite sweet, the way they came over to investigate as baby Rosie and I walked past.  She enthusiastically pointed at them, saying, ‘what’s this?’ in her tiny voice.  I don’t know who was more curious – Rosie or the […]

Kristen Sorrenson. Image supplied.
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Local tattooist hosts expo

Beaudesert-bred tattoo artist Kristen Sorrenson is hosting this year’s Australian Tattoo Expo at Brisbane Convention Centre with over 300 artists locally and travelling showcasing their skills from July 19 until July 21.  Australian Tattoo Expo is the largest tattoo convention in Australia that caters towards celebrating tattoo culture and supporting […]

Stage Manager David Barnes and RSL President/Organiser Brian McInnis.
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Kooralbyn Valley RSL celebrates Vietnam veterans

Community support was strong for ex-servicemen who experienced the Vietnam War when the Kooralbyn Valley RSL Sub Branch hosted a Vietnam Veterans Concert at Billabong Park.  The evening went from 2pm until 5pm kicking off with a re-enactment of a chopper pick-up by the Jimboomba Cadets.  Live entertainment was provided […]