Arts
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Eagles close to Marty’s heart
KOORALBYN artist Martin Day won Best in Show for his painting titled A Routine Inversion at an exhibition held at The Auditorium, Mt Coot-tha Brisbane…
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Award winning sculptor’s magnificently meticulous metalwork
WHEN using a plasma cutter one wrong move can be fatal but used correctly magnificent artwork is created. It was the lure of a plasma…
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The fragile art of a glass blowing Faerie
THERE are a few ‘must see’ venues when visiting the Scenic Rim and one of them is exploring Gallery Walk on Tamborine Mountain. Once here…
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Generations keep Ashton’s Circus strong
THE show must go on and it always has while in the hands of Australia’s oldest circus family the Ashton-Rodriguez clan. But sometimes the unexpected…
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Scenic Rim fauna front for Beaudesert mural
INSPIRED by the Wildlife Prevention Society of Queensland’s Yellow-bellied Glider Project, two Beaudesert street murals highlight the region’s Feathertail Glider and the Greater Glider, along…
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High fashion and high notes of the festival on High Street
THE grand finale of the week-long celebration of the arts finished on a “massive buzz”. In an interview on Sunday, Boonah Arts Festival Co-ordinator, Lacey…
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The Beauty of Life – The Fine Print
KEVIN Kennedy described his unusual hobby as “philological ferreting” or “the fine print of dictionaries.” Philology, from the ancient Greek, meaning “love of words,” is…
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Moogerah Passion Play founder wins award
MOOGERAH Passion Play founder Kosti Simons and his late wife Carroll, recently received an Enduring Impact in the Arts Legacy Award at Christian Media and…
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Fashion icon taking part in Boonah Art Festival
IF the posters and knitted squares adorning benches around Boonah town centre were not reminder enough, this is your reminder the Boonah Arts Festival starts…
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Extra dimensions are malleable as clay in artist’s hands
FELICITY Smith is best known for her paintings of animals but the artist also works in three dimensions. To find out more, we visited Felicity…
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The Beauty of Life – Australian Shepherd
AN AMERICAN herding dog bred in California from Spanish origins is erroneously named Australian Shepherd. The word “shepherd” itself, literally a “sheep herder,” is also…
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Author’s journey of discovery sheds new light on Queensland’s history
FRESH insights into the early settlement of South East Queensland are captured in a new book that began as a Tamborine Mountain family history project…












