On a warm Saturday morning in Samford Valley, the sun lifts slowly over the hills, catching the rows of vegetables at Green Thumb Farm in soft gold. Cars pull into the grassy carpark in a steady trickle. Children balance empty baskets, dogs wait patiently at their owners’ feet, and the scent of sourdough mingles with…
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In Bellmere, many days begin or end in the backyard. In the cooler hours of the day, neighbours wander outside to water garden beds, collect eggs from the chook pen, or sand back a timber shelf in the shed. For many locals, these small but meaningful moments hint at how Bellmere is shaping its identity…
When Northpine Christian College first opened in 1940, it wasn’t a leafy Dakabin campus with bike tracks, modern learning hubs and purpose-built centres. It began with 26 students in a church hall in Albion, then later operated as a small farm-school when Dakabin was still rural scrub and smallholdings. What it lacked in buildings, it…
It’s 6:30 p.m., the sky a soft wash of pink over the tidal flats at Beachmere foreshore. A couple of dogs paddle at the water’s edge, a horse moves quietly along the sand, and shorebirds — tiny silhouettes against the wet flats — probe for food under the fading light. Soon, new signs at beach…