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  • Grandchester property changes hands, untouched

    Grandchester property changes hands, untouched

    THE former Catholic church at Grandchester has changed hands again. The large timber building was deconsecrated in October 2022 and the new owners, a family…

  • Ramblings

    Ramblings

    THE unstoppable force known as Kaye Martin has insisted I use my own writing voice again. I have been a journalist for more than 40…

  • Propagating patience in quest to grow native cycads

    Propagating patience in quest to grow native cycads

    EBENEZER green thumb Heather Knowles has perfected the art of patience as it pertains to nurturing and growing native plants. She’s had a lifelong love…

  • A walk around Pine Mountain Bush Reserve

    A walk around Pine Mountain Bush Reserve

    IT WAS a drizzly morning when members of the Ipswich branch of the Native Plants Queensland visited the Pine Mountain Bush Reserve last Saturday. The…

  • Investigating Marburg’s Teutonic past

    Investigating Marburg’s Teutonic past

    ROB Braiden is a man on a mission – to explore the length and breadth of Southeast Queensland. The intrepid vlogger has spent the past…

  • Alarm grows over solar plan

    Alarm grows over solar plan

    RESIDENTS fear a solar plant proposal for dairy farming land at Lower Mount Walker would create an eyesore and ruin prime agricultural land. Libra Energy…

  • Three Crosses on the Hill – Good Friday service

    Three Crosses on the Hill – Good Friday service

    ON A hill at Coleyville, a few weeks before Easter, three wooden crosses will be erected to remind everyone that more than 2,000 years ago,…

  • Our History – Horses to motorcycles to policing – Sgt Hal Wacker – Part 2

    Our History – Horses to motorcycles to policing – Sgt Hal Wacker – Part 2

    THE plaintive cries of a young child alarmed the farmer in his field outside Rosewood. There were no children at home and he’d never known…

  • Brian applauded for 30 years of Service

    Brian applauded for 30 years of Service

    THE Rosewood RSL Sub Branch has acknowledged the 30 years of service, Brian McLucas, has given to the organisation through a special presentation at the…

  • Busy Lianna on international mission

    Busy Lianna on international mission

    PINE Mountain softballer Lianna Doyle will receive a clearer indication of her future international opportunities after returning from the latest national training camp in Blacktown.…

  • Daren trumps with Moogerah bass

    Daren trumps with Moogerah bass

    THE Rosewood Amateur Fishing Club kicked off the 2024 competition season with a trip to beautiful Moogerah Dam. The dam was absolutely stunning with the…

  • Wendy thrown into election mode early

    Wendy thrown into election mode early

    THE immediate resignation of former Member for Ipswich West Jim Madden to run for Ipswich City Council threw out the smooth transition Labor’s Wendy Bourne…

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