Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Sponsor a Solar Cell

MALENY’S Maple Street Co-op has launched a Sponsor a Solar Cell Project. The aim is to have a row of six solar panels erected on the roof of the Co-op with sponsors opting to pay for a fraction of a silicon cell, or up to a full panel – from $3 to $3000. A complete [...]

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Licence to kill wildlife? – by Sammy Ringer

Most people would answer ‘Yes’ to that questionbut they’d be wrong. Local lawyer Margaret Rimmer picked up a badly injured, pellet-laden Sulphur-crested Cockatoo from her yard last month. The man who shot it told her he had a licence from EPA. The bird had to be euthanased. Further investigation with EPA confirmed that the man did hold a licence to kill cockatoos. [...]

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Readers Competitionbecomes a Hinterland Event

THE SEVENTH annual Gary Crew Readers Trophy was even bigger and better this year. The reading competition for Year 4 classes at Maleny State School was expanded to include student teams from Montville and Conondale Schools. More than 100 students, teachers and parents gathered in the Maleny Community Centre to see three teams answer questions on [...]

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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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Turning buttons into beautiful heirlooms

Buttons go as far back as the time neolithic man first wrapped an animal fur around himself and thought it would look better fastened. Since then buttons have had a fascinating history and an important place in human adornment. BUT IN OUR modern world of zips, snap fasteners and Velcro, buttons have taken a back seat. [...]

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Pine Lime Splice wins top Coast Art Prize

BRISBANE-BASED artist, Miles Hall is the winner of the fifth annual Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Miles is the son of Maleny residents Les and Rae Hall. Miles has won a $15,000 cash prize and four weeks workshop residency at Arley Farm in Maleny. The winning painting is an abstract called Splice (Pine Lime). This year’s judge, [...]

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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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MALENY COMMUNITY ASKS COUNCIL … Where is our Obi Obi walkway?

A public meeting of almost 200 Maleny residents on August 28 questioned Council’s spending priorities on the Maleny Community Precinct. SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL has completed its Master Plan for the Precinct but has left off the plan a key community resource – the 4km walkway from the township to Gardners Falls. There was also concern over [...]

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Famous authors quizzed in Maleny

THE Maleny Community Centre will run a series of eight author events over the next year thanks to funding from Arts Queensland. In conjunction with author Stephen Lang and Rosetta Books, national and international authors will be interviewed before an invited audience about their recent publications and writing careers. The funding for the series of events to [...]

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Chef Connections with Julie Shelton

Rebecca Perry Matthews & Michael Burke La Botiga Mapleton A 24-seat café in a subtle location, no views, minimal advertising and only nine months old… and yet Range foodies are buzzing about the quality of the coffee and food at La Botiga on Obi Obi Road in Mapleton. The brainchild of chef Rebecca Perry Matthews (above) and partner [...]

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