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Time to celebrate Chappy Week …

4. May 2013

SCHOOL CHAPLAINS across the Hinterland will begin celebrations for Chappy Week, which runs from 19th to 26th May. The aim of Chappy Week across Queensland is to celebrate and support the work of school chaplains – often referred to as ‘Chappies’ by students. Some of the activities planned by our local chaplains, Boyd Eime, Bev [...]

Barung Landcare is on the move

4. May 2013

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BARUNG LANDCARE President Eric Anderson wishes to advise customers, members of Barung and the community that some temporary changes are being implemented. These were outlined to members and staff at a meeting recently held at the Maleny Community Centre. “The main change involves vacating our current Resource Centre and Office in the Riverside Plaza in [...]

Great new events and old favourites at … Maleny Agricultural Show

4. May 2013

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There is new entertainment, live music, specialty children’s entertainers,new competitions plus all your old favourites on offer at the 76th Maleny Agricultural Show – at the Maleny Showgrounds Friday May 31 and Saturday June 1. A highlight of the Show on Friday, are a group of skydivers who will jump into the Showgrounds. NEW [...]

Donna’s a hit in balloons…

4. May 2013

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Donna Egan from Nambour Heights won second prize in the Balloon Dress section of the recent annual world balloon twisters competition in St Louis, USA. Virtually unknown in Australia, balloon twisting is very big in the US. Donna, also known locally as Donna the Clown has other skills including face painting, stilt walking, juggling and [...]

Lacey is a national champ

4. May 2013

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Sunline Alpacas of Palmwoods are the breeders of fine show quality huacaya alpacas from Peru. Jeff and Jill Willis have actively sought out proven genetics, combining Peruvian stock and homegrown Queensland animals since 2001. Their devotion to achieving superior alpacas for Queensland’s subtropical climate has paid off many times with awards across the country. At [...]

Free Quilts for kids in care

4. May 2013

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Sunshine Linus Inc. quilters are thrilled to once again support Gifts 4 Kids In Care and their Annual Winter Appeal, with a donation of 22 quilts and 24 little zippered bags. The quilts are given to the fostered children and are theirs to keep. Often, it’s their only possession, and it is treasured. Sunshine Linus [...]

Echidna gift to Montville firies

4. May 2013

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Given the extreme weather and loss of power the hinterland has been experiencing lately, a recent gift of a generator to Montville firefighters could not have been more appreciated. A 3.3kVA Honda-powered portable generator was a gift from the Montville Echidna Club and the Brisbane Generator Centre. Echidna Club representative Peter Simpson (below right) presented [...]

Shabby Treatment for our Veterans

4. May 2013

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“The approach taken by the Australian Government to veterans is considerably diminished by shallow rhetoric and a failure to honor undertakings.” BY GRAEME MICKELBERG RECENTLY THE AUSTRALIAN Government announced that Australia’s military commitment in Afghanistan was to be significantly reduced by the end of 2013. Although this announcement was well received, Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan [...]

Maleny’s Pop-Up Gallery … pops up again!

3. May 2013

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ONLY A MONTH after announcing Maleny had a Pop-Up Gallery in the old Pump House building, the landlord announced he had secured a tenant for the building and the Pop-Up community of artists had to move out! But now the Pop-Up Gallery has popped up again – still in the main street but closer to [...]

Hands-on Tuition from the experts at the Expo WoodShed Workshops

5. April 2013

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THREE VERY DIFFERENT master woodworkers will run WoodShed Workshops at this year’s Maleny wood Expo. Maleny’s Donald Powell, an award-winning wood sculptor, will give a Wood-carving Workshop each day. Don teaches extensively, contributes regularly to national wood magazines and received a Churchill Fellowship to study wood-carving teaching methods in 1996. A virtuoso carver, his work [...]

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