Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Chef Connections WITH Julie Shelton

Glen & Joy Upchurch Celtic Tearooms Maleny MANY residents of the Hinterland (and beyond) hold fond memories of the Celtic Tearoom’s music-filled Sunday afternoons. Many a song has been sung under the heavy beams and tipple sipped by the fireplace. Now, new owners, Glen and Joy Upchurch, together with Joy’s cousin, Peálana, have breathed new life into this [...]

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Has the Gillard experiment failed ..?

“Toughness is certainly a useful quality, but it’s not enough. If toughness was sufficient, we’d send for Mike Tyson.” Ispent last week camping out of range of newspapers, radio and television, and took the opportunity to ponder the state of the Gillard government free from the usual distractions. The question, of course, was: can it survive? But [...]

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Tove Easton PRINCIPAL LAWYER

eastonlawyers What is Probate and when is it needed? BEING appointed as executor of someone’s will means that you are the person with the primary legal responsibility for the carrying out of the deceased’s wishes as noted in that person’s will. This ‘administration’ of the deceased’s estate involves winding up the deceased’s affairs and distributing the assets [...]

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What’s Flowering Now?

Schotia Brachypetala NATIVE to tropical America and Mexico the coral plant has been successfully grown in many similar climates around the world. Russelia is multi stemmed with rushlike stems that are angled with ridges and leaves which resemble small scales. Branches start out erect then cascade down in lengths over a metre. Tubular scarlet flowers 30 – [...]

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Barung Landcare is 21!

ON OCTOBER 1 Barung Landcare celebrated its 21st birthday at a fund-raising dinner attended by the Queensland governor, Her Excellency the Governor of Queensland, Penelope Wensley AC. It’s quite an achievement for a local landcare group to grow and develop with its community over that length of time, and to achieve so many good environmental and [...]

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In the Wild with Spencer Shaw

Guarding your stock YOU CAN plant without tree guards but when it comes to revegetation and planting large areas they can be a valuable aid in protecting the time and money you have invested. Tree guards protect your trees from several threats including weeds (why can’t our trees grow as fast!), Weeding (oops, did I just [...]

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Tree Changers… Neil & Heidi Holmes

…about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay For Neil and Heidi Holmes and son Luca, moving from the Gold Coast to Montville two years ago was like a breath of fresh air. This pair of freelance creatives have moved a heritage home onto a truly breathtaking [...]

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In Fitness …and in Health

Female, Fatigued and Overweight … The Sydrome This is without a doubt the most common functional health problem faced by women today – struggling with weight gain and day to day tiredness, it’s a syndrome that is hard to beat unless you know how and DIETING is not the answer. To see if you fit this picture [...]

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A Problem Shared … with Marisa

What Causes Gallstones…? THE GALLBLADDER is a small pear shaped sac which lies underneath the right lobe of the liver. Bile is passed through to the gallbladder from the liver and is released into the duodenum when food is present in the duodenum. A gallstone is a hard mass that can form in the gallbladder, and [...]

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Stargazer Astrology OCTOBER 2011

AT THE BEGINNING of this month relationships are likely to be harmonious as Venus is still in diplomatic Libra, but the intensity increases when she moves into Scorpio on Sun 9 Oct, bringing a new depth and an all-or-nothing quality to relationships. Meanwhile there is a fiery passion and enthusiasm for life shown by Mars in Leo [...]

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