By Jen Gourley Last year I started the “My Christmas” series where I interviewed local people about their Christmas memories. This year I’ve got one more story to add to that series and it’s a special one. Christmas is a time for family and for giving and if there is one woman in Biloela who […]
Note from Biloela Beacon editor, Jen Gourley: On June 18 this year, Bryson Head, at the age of just 26 years old, was elected as the local Member for Callide. The electorate of Callide is huge! It is 74,200 square kilometres – bigger than Tasmania! There are 37 towns, 60 schools, seven coal mines, six […]
Central Queensland based singer-songwriter husband and wife duo Pablo and Jayne Centurion are set to make their #AgnesBluesFest debut performing as Ruby Come Back on the Discovery Stage in 2023. Ruby Come Back was formed after the 2011 floods as a 2-piece acoustic blues folk outfit. Both multi-instrumentalists, Pablo and Jayne write and arrange their […]
By Jen Gourley After more than 45 years of helping care for the people of Biloela, Rosanne Plummer has teed up to take a mighty swing at retirement. A Registered Nurse, Rosanne worked at Biloela Hospital before starting a magnificent and long-running working relationship with Dr Richard Tan in the mid-1970s. Dr Tan set up […]