Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Tree Changers … Richard Bruinsma

Richard Bruinsma is the media adviser to Federal Member for Fisher, Peter Slipper. Richard has a background in broadcast television, having been a reporter for WIN TV in his home town of Toowoomba . Before joining Peter Slipper, he was a news reporter with Channel 7 on the Sunshine Coast. Why did you come to the [...]

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Arts Connect courses

Arts Connect Classes/ Workshops (discounts for members): Jim Cox: Life drawing on Wednesday 10.00 – 12.00, Montville,  $17 per session   5442 9219  Jill Gardner-Leonard: Adults Saturday 10.00 – 4.00 $125.00 per adult; Children’s weekly 4.00 – 6.00; $7 per session (blue card), Flaxton, 5445 7092 Carole Roberts: Life drawing/ portraiture/ landscape/ still life; 5 week course $185 Wed. 10am-12pm. Commences [...]

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Lorraine Burns … Two strings to her bow

Multi award winning artist, Lorraine Burns is the feature artist at the Montville Art Gallery for September. She is famous for her still life paintings and for her delightful beachscapes featuring young children playing at the water’s edge.  “I love to take ordinary, commonplace objects such as a tea towel or a piece of fruit or [...]

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This couple live their art

Artists Rex Backhaus-Smith and Judith Laws live their art. This is not purely about painting magnificent images, but also about surrounding themselves with beauty and experiences from which inspiration can be drawn. Their Hinterland home continues to provide them with a stunning backdrop for this approach. Backhaus-Smith is one of Queensland’s most senior artists and his works portray the [...]

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Fundraiser for Mapleton Tennis Courts …

The old tennis courts near the Mapleton Hall are still just a dirt bed but the Mapleton Tennis Club is hoping that will change soon.  The outcome of a recent grant application should be known this month and if successful at least one court will be built to get tennis up and running in Mapleton. [...]

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Range Ryder … selling on the Range

Anyone who’s tried to sell a house on the Range lately will know it’s not so easy any more. Unless that one perfect buyer shows up, you’re destined to wait or cut your price. It’s a national phenomenon. Following last year’s rising values, a combination of factors has snuffed out growth. One interest rate rise too [...]

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Back to Mapleton Day …

Another annual get-together of pioneering and early families and their descendants of Mapleton and surrounding districts in on Saturday October 4 at the Mapleton Hall from 10am. This group usually contributes something to the Hall or sportsfield and since 1979 they have planted 81 memorial trees at the sportsfield. In 1995 for example, a tree was planted [...]

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“Worming us dogs and cats…”

Hi! It’s Tully again! One thing that my owners do to look after me is use preventative measures against internal infestations by various worms. While a description of all the possible worms would fill a textbook which I couldn’t read anyway, I do know the basics about the infestations that I don’t want. Intestinal worms in dogs [...]

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Poets head for Kenilworth

In September each year there’s a poets’ migration to Kenilworth for the annual Poets’ Breakfast. It’s all part of the Kenilworth Celebrates! Festival from 27 September – 5 October and organised by the Conondale Range Committee. The breakfast has gained in popularity each year and have now become regular features at festivals across the country, from [...]

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Conscious Conception

Current Australian statistics indicate that women are choosing to conceive at around 30 years of age. These women are intimately aware that there is less room for conceptual errors and so are increasingly attentive, presenting to clinics and opting for pre-conceptual care. One in seven couples experience difficulty conceiving with approximately 50% of this concern [...]

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