Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

IGA stores on the Sunshine Coast help to fund Real Food Festival

FOURTEEN IGA stores around the Sunshine Coast are getting behind the inaugural Real Food Festival in July. The Hinterland’s great supporter of community groups, Maleny Supa IGA owner, Rob Outridge, has received solid backing from other IGA stores in the region to provide financial support to the Festival. IGA will provide several thousand dollars to the organisers [...]

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Kids Club brings sparkle to Montville

CHILDREN from Montville’s Kids Club have designed and painted an eye-catching mural behind the Montville Uniting Church. The mural depicts ‘Nature Gods creation’ and has a splash of many colours to the garden and church. The Kids Club has 22 members from Year 1-7 and provides afternoon tea, games, a Christian message and craft every Tuesday [...]

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Maleny Precinct Committee rejects Jill Jordan Memorial

Both the Sunshine Coast Council and the Maleny Precinct Advisory Committee have blocked an application for a memorial to Jill Jordan beside the Obi Obi Creek. IN LATE 2010 Council sanctioned the planting of a grove of trees to the memory of Maleny identity Jill Jordan. A dedication ceremony on the site attracted several hundred locals [...]

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John Greer… Supporting the families of Homicide Victims

The tragedy of a young life cut short through mindless violence may leave family members devastated, confused and angry. When John Greer of Flaxton lost his son Michael, he transformed his anger into positive action … becoming team leader of the Homicide Victims Support Group on the Sunshine Coast. IN SEMI retirement, and with a triple [...]

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Make Circuit Classes your… New Year’s Resolution!

The Maleny Community Gym invites all those who have made new year resolutions to get fit to join their new circuit classes for men and women at the Maleny Showgrounds Pavilion. The classes are being run by aerobics instructor, Paula Preston whose aim is to simply make people feel good. “Circuit classes are really effective, especially [...]

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New Advisory Committee … will keep Maleny Precinct on track

A SELECTION PANEL of Alan Rogers, the Precinct Project Director, and Bob Grice of the Maleny Uniting Church have recommended the final panel members to Council. The new members are: Graham Hart (independent chair), Carolyn Williams (independent representative), Eric Anderson (Barung Landcare), Gail Denver (Friends of Pattemore House), Steven Lang (Maleny Greenhills Fund), Joyce Newton (Maleny [...]

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Maleny Community Precinct

MANAGING ITS FUTURE DAVID GARDINER ACIB is a Hinterland resident and a former chartered international banker with wide experience in business development, large scale development finance, project and risk management. He has held senior executive and board positions in Europe, Asia, and the United States and is a former member of the Australian Institute of Company [...]

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Christmas Carnival stops Maleny Traffic

ONE OF THE most popular annual events on the Range is the Maleny Christmas Street Carnival organised by Maleny Commerce and several generous sponsors. There’s something very satisfying about halting the constant traffic along Maple Street, if only for a short time, and replacing it with a street party. Some have likened the Carnival to a mini [...]

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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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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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