Fassifern Guardian

Blue motorbikes carry mental health message

KEN Meldrum is painting a motorbike blue and when it’s finished, he’ll put it on the side of a busy Scenic Rim road as part of his mental health awareness campaigns.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Kill tree plea for koala safety

THE Kill Tree is as foreboding and ominous as it sounds, Hayley Colthup gave the name to the tree because she has found at least five dead koalas beneath it.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Kooralbyn community grows their own way

IT’S a little piece of paradise just outside Beaudesert, now Kooralbyn is holding its own and joining other Scenic Rim towns to participate in this year’s Eat Local Month.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

No plan in place, PCYC delays frustrate Beauy chamber president

PLANS to build a multi-million-dollar Police-Citizens Youth Centre (PCYC) have been in the works for five years but are yet to produce tangible results says Beaudesert

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Families picnic at the showground on Easter Sunday

FAMILIES packed picnic blankets and headed to the showgrounds on Sunday for Boonah Easter Feast.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Rural Review

Coggan’s closed system of cropping, cattle and sheep

VERTICAL integration, innovation, sustainable farming practices and pioneering are all words suited to the Coggan Farms narrative.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Rural Review

Indoor farms to help city dwellers grow

IF YOU live in a concrete jungle with no back or front yard, you may be able to grow crops using a garden system that integrates urban farming and apartment design.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Police

Fatal truck rollover in Witheren

A MAN has died when the truck he was driving rolled over at Witheren earlier today. Police said the Forensic Crash Unit were investigating the single vehicle crash. Initial investigations indicate around 9.30am, a tip truck was travelling along...

Lara Hart

16 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Underwater, Channel Country producers push through the pain

THERE’S a dystopian landscape in Queensland’s Channel country, many kilometres of sandy barren soil is littered with downed infrastructure and the bodies of livestock.

Lara Hart

16 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Boonah Lions donation appeal to help Channel Country producers

GRAZIER to grazier … help is coming to Channel Country from the Scenic Rim.

Lara Hart

16 Apr 2025

SCENIC RIM

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Fassifern Guardian

Kill tree plea for koala safety

THE Kill Tree is as foreboding and ominous as it sounds, Hayley Colthup gave the name to the tree because she has found at least five dead koalas beneath it.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Kooralbyn community grows their own way

IT’S a little piece of paradise just outside Beaudesert, now Kooralbyn is holding its own and joining other Scenic Rim towns to participate in this year’s Eat Local Month.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

No plan in place, PCYC delays frustrate Beauy chamber president

PLANS to build a multi-million-dollar Police-Citizens Youth Centre (PCYC) have been in the works for five years but are yet to produce tangible results says Beaudesert

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Families picnic at the showground on Easter Sunday

FAMILIES packed picnic blankets and headed to the showgrounds on Sunday for Boonah Easter Feast.

Lara Hart

23 Apr 2025

Development

New smaller subdivision for Hoya Road

A TWO hectare home site on Hoya Road will in the future become the address of 15 new homes as a result of an approval granted by Council planners last week.

Wendy Creighton

23 Apr 2025

BUSINESS

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Automotive

100 years of Aussie Fords

FORD AUSTRALIA was established on March 31, 1925, just as the reign of the Model T was ending.

Staff Writers

16 Apr 2025

Automotive

Drivers ditching Teslas in record numbers

DRIVERS in America traded-in record numbers of Teslas in February.

Staff Writers

02 Apr 2025

Automotive

Six-cylinder Ram coming soon

THE Ram 1500 will launch here with a new twin-turbo inline-six with more power than its V8 antecedent.

Staff Writers

26 Mar 2025

Automotive

‘Car not a phone’ – VW returns hard controls

PHYSICAL controls will return to the cabin of the Volkswagon. The German carmaker said touch-style controls (haptic sliders) were a mistake not to be repeated.

Staff Writers

19 Mar 2025

CULTURE

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Outdoors

Triple Easter call outs for Scenic Rim SES teams

A SCENIC Rim SES team of four performed a successful vertical rescue of two hikers near the summit of Mt Barney on Good Friday.

Wendy Creighton

23 Apr 2025

Screen

Ben Affleck returns as the math-savvy vigilante in The Accountant 2

BEN Affleck is suiting up once again as Christian Wolff, the enigmatic and numbers-obsessed antihero in the upcoming sequel The Accountant 2.

Alexis Poulsen

23 Apr 2025

Events

Matching a perfect couple

TAILA and Mitch matched on a dating app. After exchanging texts for about a month, they decided to meet as both felt almost certain that they knew each other well enough to risk a face to face meeting.

Wendy Creighton

16 Apr 2025

Screen

The Penguin Lessons brings heart, humour and history to the big screen

THIS week sees the release of The Penguin Lessons, a quietly powerful dramedy that’s already melting hearts and earning praise ahead of its Australian release.

Alexis Poulsen

16 Apr 2025

SPORT

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Sport

Energetic Ella to lead Brumbies with positive attitude

BOONAH Brumbies soccer captain Ella Faulkner joked she received her leadership role because she was “loud”. However, the multi-talented sportswoman appreciated coach Nick Nordstrom’s assessment that she is a good communicator and hard worker...

David Lems

23 Apr 2025

Sport

Bombers switch into match mode after Magic lead-up

AS a proud Fassifern Bombers clubman, Shane Gillett is among the first to help out where needed. However, he gains better insights than most when he performs sports trainer duties when not coaching. Gillett is preparing to coach the Bombers Reserve...

David Lems

23 Apr 2025

Sport

German visitors go shopping for new experiences

MEMBERS of the Fassifern Vaulters club are not only talented competitors. They are excellent hosts. The families of Fassifern Vaulters spent a week before Easter welcoming 16 teenagers and their entourage from two small clubs in Germany. The visit...

David Lems

23 Apr 2025

Sport

Magic moments to help teams prepare for new footy season

PLAYERS involved in the inaugural Rugby League Ipswich (RLI) A-Grade Magic Round will be nursing sore bodies this week after battling on in heavy rain. They slipped and slided, dripped and dived when the downpour arrived at the Redbank Plains Recreational Reserve.

David Lems

16 Apr 2025