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Hinterland Times Auto Guide with Yvonne & David Williams

6. March 2010

Peugeot 207 … the sleek, chic tourer HOW CAN YOU have fun with a car and be kind to the environment at the same time? Get yourself a classy Peugeot 207 5 Door Touring XT -that’s how. The Touring is available with a 1.6l naturally aspirated petrol engine or our favourite the 1.6l HDi Turbo Diesel. This [...]

Terror… something to get patriotic about with Mungo MacCallum

6. March 2010

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ASIO, is now to be unleashed against the wretched of the earth. IT’S ELECTION YEAR, so our politicians are all getting really patriotic. They love their sunburnt country, the sweeping plains, the ragged mountain ranges. The droughts and flooding rains aren’t bad either, providing multiple photo opportunities and the chance to look compassionate while handing out the [...]

Tree Changers…David and Helen Crewe

6. March 2010

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…about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay Helen and David Crewe moved to the Hinterland only ten months ago. Their treechange was seeingly huge – from the small Mediterranean island of Gozo to the Blackall Range. However, this English pair are used to [...]

The need for seed

6. March 2010

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WE OFTEN want a wider range of plants in our gardens and trees in our landscapes. Availability usually depends on the ability of nurseries to propagate as many species as possible, or to buy what they need from elsewhere. Community nurseries concentrate on species in their own regions, usually to meet the needs of those [...]

Property Talk: Capital Gain

6. March 2010

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Over time property prices historically go up, but by how much and over what period? I recently tracked vacant Rural Residential land values in Flaxton over a period of twenty years from 1990 to 2010. Whilst the annual gain wasn’t consistent, over that period the average was between 10% and 11% per annum. During the last ten of [...]

Facts about Easements with Tove Easton - Principal Lawyer

6. March 2010

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An easement is the right to use another person’s land for a stated purpose. It can involve a general or specific portion of the property. An example of where an easement can benefit a property: John owns a tract of land that borders a national park which is a popular area for bushwalking and fishing. Ruth lives [...]

What’s Flowering Now?

6. March 2010

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Medinilla (magnifica) - common name rose grape Melastomataceae; The Tibouchina family This is a large genus of over 150 species of herbaceous shrubs, some of which are vine like and epiphylic. They are naturally occuring from tropical Africa to southern Asia to the South Pacific. Medinilla magnifica is native to the Philippines, growing both terrestrially and as [...]

In the Wild with Spencer Shaw

6. March 2010

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Are You Nuts? Did you get to nibble on a bunya nut or two this year? These delicious nuts are a great bonus to our diet and potentially free if you have one on yours or a friends block. Free food is always great and food that literally falls from the sky is even better – but [...]

Mind Your Business

6. March 2010

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This month: Advertising that helps turn Consumers into Customers In the busy world of business there is a long-standing axiom that, ‘Nothing happens until someone sells something to somebody’. To effectively engage consumers you have to understand their needs and wants. That’s what this new column is about. We will help you develop insights into consumers’ shopping and behavioural patterns so that you [...]

Book Bites with Anne Brown of Rosetta Books

6. March 2010

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When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead Miranda’s world is turning upside down: her best friend Sal gets punched by a new kid for no reason and he shuts her out of his life; her mother wants to become a contestant on a TV game show; and the apartment key they keep hidden for emergencies is stolen. [...]

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