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Hanrahan

6. March 2010

Fast-Food Nationals ANOTHER AUSTRALIA DAY, another cacophony of flags; a rage, a noise, a litany of tacky little flags attached to car aerials, printed on hats, t-shirts, towels, balloons, stuck out of windows. Am I the only true-blue Australian who finds the whole thing highly offensive? Bob, of Maleny, writes to the local newspaper of his outrage [...]

From the Editor

3. February 2010

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Michael Berry This issue brings good news and sad news. The sad news is the passing of an outstanding Maleny resident - Jill Jordan. Her contributions on several levels of the community, from seeding co-operative ventures to stimulating employment, business and youth projects will go down in the social history of the town. The Hinterland Times provides [...]

Adventurous year of the metal tiger

3. February 2010

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by Richard Giles, Feng Shui practitioner IT’S CHINESE New Year celebrations time again. The year begins on the New Moon of 14 February and is the beginning of the traditional Chinese calendar and Year of the Tiger. Celebrations last for up to ten days in China. 2009 was year of the Earth Ox - now in [...]

Virginity and the whale stalemate

3. February 2010

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There are many things to celebrate on Australia Day, but perhaps the most important is that it marks the end of the silly season. Virginity is a gift from God IT IS THE time politicians and the media dust themselves off and start on the serious business of the year. Or at least they would have if [...]

Tree Changers - Jennifer Parish & Stewart Cameron

3. February 2010

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Tree Changers - Jennifer Parish & Stewart Cameron

Jennifer Parish & Stewart Cameron are a husband and wife team who sing together for their living. This professional pair of opera singers moved to Montville where they run their international business using the Internet and weekly trips to Brisbane. Why did you come here? Stewart: We came up for my birthday about two and half years [...]

What’s Flowering Now?

3. February 2010

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Quisqualis indica (Rangoon creeper) One of four species of climbing shrubs from the south pacific. Over time the shrub grows into a woody vine 10 - 12m long. The pale green leaves are oval - oblong and about 12 cm long. The attractive flowers are tubular and grow in clusters, starting with white petals that gradually [...]

Book Bites

3. February 2010

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With Anne Brown of Rosetta Books THE LOVELY BONES ALICE SEBOLD When fourteen year old Susie Salmon is brutally attacked and murdered by her neighbour, she enters her version of heaven which happens to look very similar to her school playground, complete with other kids to talk to and guidance counsellors to help newcomers. However Susie [...]

Thinking of Buying a Franchise Business?

3. February 2010

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When you scour the ‘Businesses For Sale’ columns in the newspapers you will notice that many of the listed businesses are franchise businesses. Franchising is becoming an increasingly popular way of doing business and essentially is an arrangement where franchisees are granted the right to distribute a product or carry out a business idea – [...]

In the Wild with Spencer Shaw

3. February 2010

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Bird attracting plants In the past, when I’ve worked in retail nurseries, on an almost daily basis we would get a customer request for plants that were good for attracting birds. Unfortunately most people’s exposure to native plants that are good for bringing in our feathered friends is from mainstream Australian native gardening books or TV [...]

Hanrahan

3. February 2010

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MONEY, MONEY MONEY THOSE of you who dip into this column from time to time will be aware that I like numbers – a weakness that was recently given free rein when I had a bit of work done by a major accounting firm. It turned out their charge-out rate was $635 per hour. The sort [...]

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