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Punished

11 March 2026 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

AS any person running a business knows, there are swings and roundabouts … and then there is Scenic Rim Regional Council cutting their advertising budget by 85 per cent and their print budget by two-thirds. […]

Happy Friyay? No, just no.

6 November 2025 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

I’m not sure if it is only me who is subjected to these inane emails that begin with ‘Happy Friyay’ or if it is only me who gets so annoyed by them. But it has […]

Won’t be the same without Bren

29 March 2024 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

In a small town, small changes make a big difference. In Canungra there are a number of people who are very active in the community. This changes according to what is happening in people’s lives […]

From My Window – Angry

4 June 2023 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

Anger is not an emotion I am overly comfortable with. I don’t like it in other people and I certainly don’t like it when I’m angry. Who does, you ask? Well some people must, because […]

From My Window

6 April 2020 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

I’m almost afraid to ask ‘what else could happen?’ We’ve had drought, fire, drought, flood, plague … all in the last six months or so. For me, as for many people, COVID-19 is next in […]

Tears and Hope

3 January 2020 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

I would struggle to find anyone in Australia who doesn’t have a connection with somewhere that is literally under fire right now. Right now, my heart is with Tumbarumba, New South Wales. When my family […]

Bring on 2020

31 December 2019 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

As 2019 comes to an end, all I can say is thank goodness. It has been a hard year for Australia, for people in the Scenic Rim, for Canungra and Beechmont, and for me personally. […]

Why Adopt from the AWL

13 December 2019 Keer Moriarty 1

I’ve been fortunate enough to have two very special animals that came from the Animal Welfare League. A little Corgi-cross dog named Humphrey who I adopted in 2000, and never left my side until he […]

2019…is it over yet?

11 December 2019 Keer Moriarty 2

Well, hands up who thinks 2019 sucks? Me too. There are some years that you struggle to comprehend how so many people could have had a bad year. But with bushfires encompassing so much of […]

Too Many Stories to Tell…

6 December 2019 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

Over the past few months there have been some heart wrenching stories of loss, survival and kindness. I had intended to include some of these in this edition of The Canungra Times. Unfortunately, I found […]