Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Tree Changers – Colin Crawford & Anastassia Allen

Colin Crawford and Anastassia Allen describe themselves as “creators of life – style”. They design and make garden and architectural art, and composite stone furniture from their new design studio in Montville. Why did you come to the hinterland? Anastassia:  I am a mountain girl from British Columbia, Canada. I have always been in the mountains. I [...]

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The Crochet Bikini … Icon of the ’60s

The crochet bikini is one of the memorable icons of the 1960s, like the 45 single play record and the knitted tie. Unlike the last two, the bikini has survived in the ever-changing world of fashion. Even crochet has survived and indeed thrived under the nimble fingers of fashion stylists like Tracy Wootton . Tracy [...]

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The Dream and the Reality – retiring to the Hinterland

This article by social researcher Dr Kate Crawford is based on many conversations with people in the 50 to 65 year age group who are working full time and thinking about retirement, are in some process of changing their life focus away from their current work, or are fully ‘retired’.   There is no precedent for retirement [...]

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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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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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A Lap of the Block… with David McAully and Jane Kennedy

The trip around our massive continent with the van on the back of the Holden station wagon has meant to many Australians what retiring to Malaga is to the Brits or the world cruise is to the Americans. With classic Australian understatement  grey nomads call it “A  Lap of the Block”. It’s that age-old rite of [...]

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From the Editor

There’s a bit of an economic theme to this month’s edition as Faith and I continue to discover a depth of interesting stories beneath the surface of the hinterland. This month we feature two young and talented graphic designers who are using the Web to market their greetings cards and fashionable tee shirts.  The future economic [...]

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New Hinterland Times Website

Welcome to the new Hinterland Times Website!  We are currently loading content at a furious pace so keep us bookmarked to check out all of the hinterland happenings online. In time we will have the full magazine online including News, Features, Classifieds, Events and Entertainment – along with a few special features designed specifically for the [...]

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