Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

From Maleny to movie role in Underbelly

From high school to asupporting role on the set ofthe new Underbelly movieis the kind of dream sharedby many an aspiring actor. FOR MEISHA LOWE that dream has come true. This attractive 20 year-old has just completed shooting in Melbourne in the new Channel 9 telemovie, Undebelly Infiltration – the partly true story of novelist Colin [...]

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Art & Exercise help Becky Communicate

Becky was born with Downs Syndrome an intellectual disability. As an adult Becky emerged with a strong creative streak, and a strong will to get things done. Becky is also fortunate to have a part time carer who shares her artistic interests and her exercise programs at the Maleny Gym. Corrie Wright is a Maleny [...]

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Population PERISH or PROSPER?

The Hinterland Times is delighted to present edited extracts from the latest quarterly, Griffith Review 29 Prosper or Perish. This edition presents startling and informative links between climate change and population, and their likely social impacts on humankind. We thank GR editor Julianne Schultz AM for her permission to feature extracts from three key essays, [...]

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Taking your health in your hands

Several weeks ago, Hinterland-based health consultant and futurist, Stephen Alexander facilitated a national Australia eHealth discussion with a number of leaders delivering national health outcomes. The discussion was held in Sydney at the international CeBIT conference – the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. This is Stephen’s [...]

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Johanna’s secrets from China – Ceramicist Johanna DeMaine goes in search of ancient Chinese skills to give new direction to her ceramic art.

Johanna DeMaine has an international reputation as a ceramic artist and, for almost thirty years, has created luminous works of lasting creative quality from her modest studio gallery in Landsborough, at the foot of the Blackall Range. Ever the student of old and new ceramic skills, Johanna has just returned from a four week workshop at [...]

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Stop the Children Burning

Stop the Children Burning is a must-see documentary by local film maker, Peter Enright, exposing the devastating truth about the fire alarms most of us have in our homes. It tells the stories of three families who tragically relied on the most common type of smoke alarm, the ionization type. THIS documentary exposes the fraud and [...]

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A second chance at Maleny’s Flexi School

Traditional high school life doesn’t suit everyone. Large classes and busy teachers mean that some students can get left behind. If they’re left unaided for too long, these students can be alienated from a society where qualifications, social skills and career path are the measures of acceptance. Fortunately, the Hinterland has one of the few [...]

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A Personal Kokoda Experience

The World War II battleground of Kokoda in New Guinea is seen as the supreme test of Australian diggers their raw grit and determination against the far more numerous and experienced Japanese soldiers. These days walking the infamous Kokoda Track has become more than a physical challenge for many Australians – it is to stumble back [...]

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Local Lawyers provide free legal advice

PART of anyone’s fear of the law is the cost of hiring a lawyer. Removing some of that fear is the Suncoast Community Legal Service which has been providing free legal advice on the Hinterland for the past twelve months. Sharne Hobill and Alex McKean are professional lawyers with Maurice Blackburn and are two of the [...]

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Nambour was the first on the line

FORMED by a group of businessmen in 1907 to promote and develop the town, the Nambour Progress Association was a driving force behind the arrival of the telephone. With a reliance on the rail service for mail and the use of morse code for telegraph transmissions, one can only imagine the delight of townspeople at [...]

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