By Jen Gourley BILOELA had the honour and the pleasure of a visit from a genuine VIP over the past two days. Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, accompanied by her husband Professor Graeme Nimmo RFD, arrived in Biloela yesterday as part of a three-day tour visiting the Banana Shire and the […]
By Jen Gourley Lake Callide was the place to be this morning as dozens of local children converged at the boat ramp for the Callide Valley Native Fish Stocking Association’s (CVNFSA) fingerling release. With blue skies and a gentle breeze, the conditions were perfect for introducing 60,000 baby barramundi to their new aquatic home. After […]
By Jen Gourley Breakfast… it’s a meal that should be savoured but so often it’s eaten in a rush before we fly out the door to start our day. But today breakfast was definitely savoured – the food, the company, and the inspiring speakers – as women (and two men!) gathered to celebrate International Women’s […]
WHILE the Lions Youth of the Year is a competition, it really feels like more of a celebration. It was certainly a celebration on Wednesday getting to know the five local participants – four from Biloela State High School and one from Redeemer Lutheran College, Biloela. Their passion, enthusiasm, intelligence, empathy, humour, leadership and contributions […]
By Jen Gourley IT’S a blooming busy time at Biloela Florist right now with Valentine’s Day just two days away. Cupid’s special day is one of the biggest events of the year for this local business and it takes months of planning and prep work to be ready when romantics from all over the Banana […]
By Jen Gourley Kilburnie Homestead, 15km from Jambin, has had many visitors over the years, but today there was a special delivery brought by some equally special visitors. With the homestead celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, and marking the occasion with a limited-edition magazine, “Kilburnie 140”, to be published in March, an artwork was […]
By Jen Gourley THERE’S something new and extremely pleasing to the eye as you enter Biloela from the Burnett Highway. It’s a stunning artwork laid out on a metal canvas of three silos at the Australian Mungbean Company. Vivid blue skies, hazy hills in the distance, fields of mungbeans painted a vibrant green, two iconic […]
By Jen Gourley A rainbow is a sign of hope and yesterday afternoon, after a short sun shower, a double rainbow appeared in the sky over Biloela – a promising sign that 2023 could indeed be a year filled with hope. It was also auspicious as it was the first gathering of Biloela Social Sports, […]
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 […]