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Tones and I playing to the crowd at Providence Hall, Beechmont. Photo: Loys Photography.

Tones and I Busks Beechmont

3 February 2022 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

Global sensation and multiple ARIA Award winning artist Tones And I (Toni Watson) returned to her roots, performing a one-off gig at Beechmont’s Providence Farm Hall, the location of her first video shoot in 2018. […]

Satin Bowerbird in Gwingana Reserve. Photo: Supplied.

Gwingana Bushland Reserve

5 November 2021 Christine Tod Comments Off

The second in our tour of Beechmont Reserves is the Gwingana Bushland Reserve which is a tiny piece of land high up on Gwingana Court. Until a couple of years ago this reserve appeared to […]

Rankin home on Beechmont, 1904. Ernie Rankin, Mrs George Rankin (snr), WT (Bill) Rankin, Elsie Rankin, Nell Rankin, Ted Berry (Pitt Sawyer). Photo taken by Bob Marsh and used courtesy of Canungra Visitor Information Centre and Rankin family.

Beechmont Pioneers

5 November 2021 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

Originally from Bundaberg, the Rankin family first selected land on Beechmont in the late 1800s, moving to the area early in the next century. George Rankin (Snr), his wife Maria moved to the area with […]

Community Champions

5 December 2019 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

Since September, Canungra and Beechmont have battled fires, droughts and water shortages, there have been homes lost, families displaced, hardship and tears. But there have also been ordinary people doing extraordinary things. These are a […]