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Back Creek

Back Creek starts at the Southern part of the plateau near Timbarra Drive and trickles North through Akoonah Timbarra Reserve, through Beechmont Estate and the Avocado Farm, through cattle pasture and properties off South West […]

The Duncan family in front of the Syd Duncan Park sign
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A lasting memory for Syd Duncan Park

By Lou Rankin On a beautiful sunny winter’s day, Beechmountain CWA members were happy to welcome members of the Duncan Family for morning tea and to celebrate the information sign that has been erected in the […]

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Netball champions

Beechmont Netball Club took top honours at the Scenic Rim Challenge Carnival in May, where 300 netball players from Boonah (Fassifern), Beechmont, Beaudesert and Tamborine Mountain competed on Tamborine Mountain. Beechmont took home the honour for […]

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El Nino

The talk is of a ‘super’ El Nino and in our parts that probably means it is going to be drier than usual.   As we move in July it likely to start drying up and […]

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Fire Ants

At our May working bee some ladies from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) joined us and we swapped stories about regeneration and fire ant control. The two are related because Fire Ants thrive […]

Preps in the petting zoo
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Beechmont State School Under 8s Day

By Olivia Schoenauer Beechmont State School held their annual Under 8s Day on May 27.  It was a fun day that celebrated imaginative and creative play-based learning for early childhood development.

Michael Neururer hosting on opening night. Photo by Marie Robb
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Walden takes diners to another world

Beechmont’s newest cafe, Home of Walden, has opened to acclaim from locals and visitors. Located at 1696 Beechmont Road, the site of the old Flying Bean Cafe, owner Michael Neururer has transformed the site with […]

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Riders come adrift on Beechmont Road

Several motorcycle riders slipped on gravel on the western side of Beechmont Road, Beechmont, after roadworks by Scenic Rim Regional Council left the surface unstable for the two wheel vehicles. Jeff Eacott was riding through […]