A RESEARCHER from the University of Queensland has discovered a new genus of fluffy longhorn beetle while camping at Binna Burra. The freshly named Excastra albopilosa was found by School of the Environment PhD candidate […]
For many years now a band of Landcare members, made up of a core of regular participants, have met on the first Monday morning of the month for a working bee. We usually meet at […]
ALMOST five years after Binna Burra Lodge was destroyed by bushfire, the rebuild has begun. Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Cameron Dick, Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen and Binna Burra Lodge […]
If you see a lily growing on the roadside at this time of year there is a good chance it will be a Formosa Lily (Lilium formosanum). Originally from Taiwan it would have been introduced […]
In spring 2022, anticipating a wet summer we planted 1,000 trees and then experienced one of the driest years on record. Last spring, anticipating a dry summer we reduced our plantings and limped them through […]
FRIENDS and relatives of Beth Nelson and Pat Fitzgerald gathered for a celebration of their lives on Sunday December 10, 2023. Artist and environmentalist, Beth, passed away in July last year and her partner Pat, […]
Residents of Timbarra Estate enjoyed getting together at their annual street party recently. Long time residents enjoyed meeting up with new neighbours. Drinks and nibbles completed an afternoon of catching up on family news and […]
On November 9th Beechmont Landcare had its Annual General Meeting. The Management Committee comprised of Paul Keefer, – Chair, Rob Newman – Secretary and Christine Tod – Treasurer were re-elected for another year. The primary goal of […]
Former Beechmont State School student and keen golfer, Daniel Walters, won a Bronze Medal and closest to the pin, in a recent Special Olympics Golf Event, held over two days at Palm Meadows Golf Course on […]
The characteristic green rolling hills of Beechmont are getting pretty brown at the moment. Residents are anxiously awaiting the first good rain of the season. A concept that measures the break of the dry season is […]
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