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A Problem Shared … with Marisa

9. July 2010

Going with the flow Your lymphatic system is vitally important in removing toxic substances from your cells and in combating the spread of disease in your body. Throughout the lymphatic system are tiny bean-shaped glands called lymph nodes which contain large quantities of white blood cells that attack and destroy foreign bacteria. When we have an infection [...]

Stargazer Astrology – Solar eclipse

9. July 2010

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As July starts, we are in the middle of an eclipse season, with the lunar eclipse of 26 June triggering the stressful “cardinal climax” alignment I wrote about last month, followed by the solar eclipse on 12 July which is a particularly powerful new Moon, marking significant new beginnings. This total solar eclipse won’t be visible [...]

Hinterland Weather – JUNE 2010

9. July 2010

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THE MONTH’S main features were warmer overnight temperatures and below average rainfall. High pressure systems covering the whole of Australia, and a series of northwest cloudbands were responsible for our weather pattern, bringing plenty of cloud cover to reduce the amount of Bright Sunshine Hours. A deep low in the Tasman Sea developed early in the month bringing [...]

Norm keeps on winning…

4. June 2010

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MALENY BASED building designer has won this year’s Australian Design Awards for Best Residence (up to 250 sqm) in Australia. The winning project was the “Glass on Glasshouse” residence set in the beautiful Glasshouse Mountains area in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Norm has also won the 2010 Sunshine Coast Regional Building Design Award for Best Public Building [...]

Resolution at last! Agreed Plan for Maleny Community Precinct

4. June 2010

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Resolution at last! Agreed Plan for Maleny Community Precinct

Council is expected to endorse in June the most extensive development ever on the Hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. The Maleny Community Precinct – in the planning for seven years – has been the focus of bitter differences by community groups seeking to stake their claims on this prime piece of real estate. THE 126 HECTARES [...]

Bill Hauritz … the folk festival fixer

4. June 2010

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The Queensland festival space, ‘Woodfordia’ has become renowned throughout Australia and internationally for its celebration of folk and indigenous cultures. Its guiding hand for the past two decades is Bill Hauritz, executive director of the Queensland Folk Federation. As he prepares for The Dreaming festival in June, the Hinterland Times asked Bill Hauritz about the [...]

Getting the tills ringing in Montville

4. June 2010

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MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, author and inspirational story-teller Peter Kenyon captivated Montville business people recently with his countless stories of ordinary rural people who succeed by daring to be different. Peter was invited by Councillor Jenny McKay to present his powerful business tools for getting the most out of small business operations. Peter’s popular book, Good Enough Never Is [...]

Fiddles, flutes and fun at Celtic Festival

4. June 2010

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Fiddles, flutes and fun at Celtic Festival

The Blackall Range will ring with the sound of pipes, flutes, fiddles and drums this June with the return of the Maleny Celtic Winter School. The first Winter School, held in Maleny last year attracted over 100 budding musicians to attend classes run by some of Australia’s finest performers and teachers of Celtic music and [...]

Next stage for Centre Renovation

4. June 2010

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FOLLOWING the successful fundraising ‘Bowl, Feast and Frolic’ event last month, the Maleny Community Centre is eager to move to the next stage of its $1 million target for the total renovation of the town’s well-loved meeting centre. Centre President Heather Spring said that it is almost the end of the financial year, and now is [...]

Simple steps to sensible eating

4. June 2010

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TWO MONTHS AGO, Hinterland-based filmmaker Shivanii Cameron walked into Chevallum State School with a request to run the Low Carbon Diet (LCD) program with pupils. Chevallum was happy to be involved in such an innovative program, as conservation and sustainability are important themes and objectives at the school. The program, named “Simple Steps” was made possible from [...]

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