Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Rural Hinterland is a thriving base for IT business

There’s an old timber office building in Maleny that attracts a lot of IT professionals. You’d never guess it looking at the rickety staircase from the outside, but what goes on inside is about as hi-tech as it gets. Leigh Robshaw reports. THE LATEST ADDITION to the IT crew that occupies the building is Laurence [...]

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HOW TO SELL AIR… the sky’s the limit!

Walter & Willy Van Alphen have brought years of international business and travel experience to their manufacturing sales enterprise based at Mapleton. Julie Shelton spoke with the dynamic Dutch duo about their journeys that eventually brought them to this corner of the world. AWANDER through Walter and Willy’s home is a journey around the globe: [...]

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John Morley … guest speaker at Hinterland Connects

“People call him Mr Fix It and the Business Rebel” Successful business guru, and Coast resident, John Morley is the guest speaker at the Hinterland Connects gathering this month. The key concerns of Hinterland Connects are – how can we work together more effectively? What are endorsed joint ventures and how can we leverage our [...]

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Selling the Sunshine Coast Hinterland …

“We’re looking for the free,independent traveller” STEVE COOPER CEO – Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd AFTER 12 MONTHS as CEO of the Sunshine Coast’s new peak body for tourism - Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd – Steve Cooper has clear views about our most important industry – like the amalgamation of councils has been good for Coast tourism, [...]

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From hump to hot plate

… camel meat becomes an international delicacy Once a figure of fun, camels have literally ridden out of the dusty desert and onto bistro menus. And Australia has more than enough dromedaries to meet the culinary challenge. IN RESPONSE to growing export demand for good quality Australian camel meat, one local abattoir is promoting camel [...]

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Real Food Festival is only weeks away !

LAST YEAR over 4500 visitors flooded through the gates of the Maleny Showgrounds for the inaugural Real Food Festival, taking organisers and locals by surprise. With the support of major sponsor IGA Sunshine Coast, the 2012 Real Food Festival has been extended to two days to give more people the opportunity to participate. Over 100 [...]

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Hear Tania’s gluten-free message…

at the Kenilworth Cheese, Wine and Food Festival TANIA HUBBARD, author of her new and exciting cookbook gluten free grain free – food we love, will appear at the Kenilworth Cheese, Wine and Food Festival on Easter Saturday, April 7 to share her love and knowledge of gluten-free and grain-free food. Tania will also showcase [...]

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Farewell lunch Farewell lunch from one of from one of Australia’s top Australia’s top winemakers

for Mt Pleasant wines including the flagship Maurice O’Shea Shiraz, the single vineyard Rosehill Shiraz, OP&OH Shiraz and Lovedale Semillon, as well as Elizabeth Semillon. The winery is today one of the most awarded in Australia. Since 1978, Mount Pleasant has been recognised with an incredible 3014 awards. “It is certainly a privilege to make [...]

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HINTERLAND CONNECTS A night of organised business networking

HINTERLAND CONNECTS is back! On Tuesday October 11 there’s a night of organised networking with coastal and hinterland businesses and a mini trade show. Maleny Commerce is also delighted to have secured one of Australia’s most dynamic speakers – Carren Smith – to host a free seminar. Through dramatic and violent, life-changing incidents, Carren Smith [...]

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Mind Your Business

MARKETING ADVICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS FROM EDDY ODDEN 2011 … winds of change 2010 IS ALL BUT OVER. This last year I have enjoyed putting down various thoughts and ideas on minding your business. I hope you’ve been able to implement some new thinking and strategies in your businesses, with some results beginning to show. [...]

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