BEACHMERE

Beachmere is now a picturesque coastal town with a low crime rate, well-developed infrastructure, and historic buildings, parks, and recreational facilities. There is a wonderful selection of places to eat, dine in or takeaway. You are certainly spoilt for choice! Beachmere appeals to residents and tourists alike. The scenery, the bay, the shopping centre, medical facilities, school, kindy, real estate, bus services, and the tavern are all near the main street. Beachmere is the most ideal spot to relax, enjoy all it has to offer and take a step back in time. Customer service is exceptional, with a relaxed atmosphere and quiet hideaway appropriate for families and those looking for beach and water fun or a bayside nature reprieve.

If you’re a keen fisherman or boat enthusiast there is a twolane boat ramp and pontoon with plenty of parking, toilets and water available at the end of Saint Smith Road. The ramp leads directly into the Caboolture River. You then have the choice of heading upriver or out to the bay. This will take you into Pumicestone Passage or Burpengary Creek, or towards Deception Bay, Scarborough and Moreton Island. While exploring the district you can find coral reefs, rocky outcrops, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests and mudflats. It has such an abundance of marine life including thousands of fish species that share the waters with seven species of marine turtles, dolphins, whales on migration and dugongs, you are bound to have a wonderful day on the water.

If boating is not your thing, enjoy a day trip to Beachmere with the family, where you can watch the kids play on the beach –making sandcastles, splashing in the shallow waters

Cont..... and watching tiny soldier crabs zoom along the mud flats at low tide. There is an undercover picnic area in Moreton Terrace Park. If your family includes the furry kind, there are on-leash dog-friendly areas around Beachmere that include the foreshore area between Biggs Street and Louise Drive. You can also walk dogs on a leash on the foreshore parkland adjacent to Timothy Esplanade and Bakers Flat Road.

If you feel like a hike in the Beachmere area located along the Moreton Bay Marine Park waterfront between Sandstone Point and Beachmere, the Godwin Beach Environmental Reserve is a wonderfully quiet place for a leisurely walkthrough various vegetation habits including mangroves, melaleuca, woodlands and open forest. Your most convenient entry point to access the main walking circuit is at the eastern end of the Godwin Beach Esplanade.

Beachmere is a 'hidden gem' that started as a small village but is now growing into a thriving community. Do yourself a favour and visit and enjoy a sleepy village township with a positive community environment. This township is welcoming, looks out for its elderly and allows individuals to feel more connected and have a sense of purpose. Beachmere is that thriving community, with a sense of kinship, camaraderie and connectedness.

I would highly recommend spending a day at Beachmere. I bought some delicious meat from the butchers and dined in a couple of eateries which did not disappoint with fresh and tasty produce. I also enjoyed meeting and speaking to many local businesses, all with warm and welcoming smiles and happy dispositions. I will definitely make it a regular event; I fell in love with Beachmere and the people in it.

The Space has been open since February 2023. We are small caring professional team working together to make a difference.

• Counselling • Grief Counselling

• NDIS , advice, support and services network • Women’s Groups

• Art works shop

Coming soon to the Space

Men’s Groups • Grief support group

• Mental health work shops

• Children’s after school tuition

E: thespacebeachmere@gmail.com

Dr Jason Miller (GP)

Luke White (NP)

James Denton (NP)

W: www.beachmerehc.com.au

E: reception@beachmeredental.com.au

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Today’s article concentrates on Treasury Wine Estates, their brands and what’s in the future as Australian wines once again find their way back into the Chinese market after suffering three years of punitive tariffs brought about after questions were asked with regards to the source of Covid. Treasury is the pinnacle of wine production in Australia as several of the wine labels are iconic but in reality their market share certainly doesn’t show the strength they could have with the brands they have purchased over the last forty years. The company began with Penfolds, a winery that was officially established in 1844 when the winery was expanded to produce table wines instead of just fortified wines and they started producing Claret and Riesling.

Fast forward to 1976 when the Penfold Family was sold to Tooth and Co a brewer based in New South Wales, then in 1982 ownership passed to The Adelaide Steamship Company and the Penfolds Brand was merged with Kaiser Stuhl, the term merged gives a warm fuzzy feeling of comradeship and cooperation in the growing of two of the mega companies in the Australian wine industry, however in reality the Penfolds staff really let the Kaiser Stuhl people know this was a takeover not a merger, I know because I worked for Kaiser Stuhl at the time!. In actual fact the two brands actually complimented each other with the premium Penfolds red wines, Minchinbury Champagne (as it was called those days), fortified wines such as Club Port being supported by the Kaiser Stuhl sparkling Summer Wine, four litre casks, flagons and fluffy table wines such as Black Forest Moselle and Gold Medal Rose which were very popular wines.

Soon Wynns Wines were added to the stable along with Seaview, Killawarra and Tollana and once again no sales were affected as it was manageable, the Seaview Champagne was considered a step up from Minchinbury and Killawarra a step up again and the Seaview range of table wines offered outstanding value, overall