Robin and Kylie Rodwell.
Becoming Family

Rodwell Family

Kylie and Robin Rodwell will celebrate 28 years of marriage on 27 February. The Rodwells live in Beaudesert with their 18-year-old purebred chihuahua Zeus, who they got as a pup for their eldest son after they moved here 18 years ago. When they first married the couple, originally from Woodridge […]

Huxley Schmidt, Centre Director Nicola Campbell and Ivy-Rose Mieni.
Business

Edgey New Childcare Centre

South East Queensland’s fastest growing childcare centre group, Edge Early Learning (EEL), has opened the doors to its first Beaudesert centre. The new centre opened on 31 January at 10 Telemon Street, Beaudesert and will provide a revolutionised learning space for 85 local children per day. The custom-built centre features […]

Selina and Millie.
People and their Pets

Millie the Purebred Staffy

Beaudesert’s Selina Harding has had Millie since she was a 16-week-old pup.  Here’s what Selina has to say about Millie: “She doesn’t like storms, but she does love to sit on the couch, she’s a typical staffy. “She’s the cutest little dog.  She’s so sweet, so good-natured, she’s got a […]

The McNamara Family
Becoming Family

McNamara Family

Long-time sweethearts Sarah and Daniel McNamara live at Kerry with their daughters Sylvia, 3, and Eleanor, 1, and their 13-year-old Golden Retriever Lyla. Sarah, 34, and Dan, 36, were married in 2010 and they’ve been together for nearly two decades – since 2003. They met via the old video shop […]

Taylor and Joe Kirkwood at their Beaudesert home.
Community

Taylor’s Christmas Miracle

Taylor and Joe Kirkwood moved into their first home in Beaudesert on 8 December, the day the town was smashed with flash flooding. Amid the chaos, the first home buyers were just happy to be in their own place close enough to the PA Hospital for Taylor’s cancer treatment, but […]

Zac and Susie Cunningham, Bluey, Boy and LeChat
Becoming Family

Susie & Zac Cunningham

We all have a family. This is dedicated to all of us. Family means something different to everyone. It’s the first-time parents bringing their baby home from Beauy Hospital, the car full of kids and the old man who lives alone with his little dog. It’s the empty nesters and […]

Janet Ferguson
Community

New Direction for Janet

Janet Ferguson has helped the people of Beaudesert at some of their most vulnerable and personally painful times. The born and bred local, who started working at Beaudesert Funerals in 1991, is now semi-retiring from Brown Family Funerals after three decades in that line of work. Janet, 63, has carried […]

If you’ve been around town long enough, you’ve most likely seen Roy Veltheim and his trusty sidekick, Alanna, pounding the footpaths of Beaudesert.
Personality Profile

Roy Veltheim

Beaudesert’s Roy Veltheim is a creature of habit. He has two Weet-Bix for breakfast in the morning and, for a treat, he might have a XXXX Gold at night. When he walks into town to buy the newspaper for his wife, Marg, he always goes the same way, and he […]

Kat Finlay is one of those quiet but strong types. She dedicates much of her time to helping her three daughters chase their dreams, while showing them a life lived for others.
Personality Profile

Kat Finlay

Kat Finlay is cut from the same ilk as her small but mighty grandmother, Patricia Power, who was her main influence growing up. […]