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Remembering Jill - “A life well lived”

3. February 2010

Jill Jordan passed away in Bowen on January 8. No person in living memory has made such an impact on the township of Maleny as Jill Jordan. Ian Bryce, the former Deputy Mayor of Caloundra City Council said at Jill’s memorial service that Jill came to live in Maleny in the early 1970s when the Blackall Range had [...]

Jill … my little sister

3. February 2010

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Jill was my little sister. We were born almost three years apart and had the usual sibling rivalry as kids. Our family emigrated to Australia in 1951 for a better climate as Jill suffered from chronic bronchitis. Jill went to an Anglican girls school and was a brilliant student, as well as being good at all [...]

“I’ve got to go in around ten minutes!”

3. February 2010

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YOU HEARD her say it – I imagine everyone heard her say it at some time. “Come in for a cuppa, I’ve got to leave in around ten minutes.” That was Jill’s way of saying “I have time for you – but not too much time.” So you felt special and on a tight schedule at the [...]

A great sense of community spirit

3. February 2010

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I WAS privileged to be able to call Jill Jordan my friend. Both my husband John and I had known Jill for many years and I watched with interest the various positions she occupied and her interesting and varied lifestyle. If one was to ask me what was so remarkable about Jill, I would have to [...]

Australia Day Awards in Marc’s glass

12. January 2010

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MALENY glass blower, Marc Kalifa, has designed the latest Australia Day Award trophy to be presented to seven outstanding Sunshine Coast residents on 26 January at a sunset ceremony on Mooloolaba Beach. The works chosen are from Marc’s ‘Dreamer’s Series’. They portray figures in an outback-coloured setting and include the Southern Cross in bubbles within the [...]

Tree Changers… Sue & Andrew Lancaster

12. January 2010

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…about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay Why did you come here? We kind of landed here by luck really. We came up to visit some friends in Palmwoods. We stayed the night and then we came up again on a fully-fledged holiday. This place had [...]

Garrey … Enlightened by his Garden

12. January 2010

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Garrey Foulkes confesses to being a ‘child of the 60s’ - the generation that switched itself off from the materialist treadmill and on to an alternate lifestyle that embraced vegetarianism, new-age meditation techniques, Bob Dylan and, in Garrey’s case, Buddhism. Garrey’s attachment to Buddhist philosophy stayed with him, and today he has created a unique place in Australia’s largest Buddhist community and learning centre – Chenrezig Institute, close to Eudlo on the [...]

Trapper John Wilson

12. January 2010

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Dingo Danger on the rise DINGOES AND domestic dogs gone wild have long been the bane of Australian graziers. For many landholders, the creation of the sprawling dingo fence from South Australia to Queensland kept wild dogs away from their livestock. But now experts are warning that there are growing numbers of dogs within the barrier [...]

Parrots Perform in Paradise

12. January 2010

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It’s easy to see why parrots fascinate people so much. They’re not only intelligent and gorgeous to look at, but they can be hilarious mimics. Jokes about parrots often reveal them outsmarting humans in the punchline, and one of the funniest lines of all time comes at the climax of the Monty Python comedy sketch [...]

Maleny Film-Maker joins search for identity

12. January 2010

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White Skin Black Spirit … my search for identity is a brave and uplifting story told on film by Maleny film-maker Paul Alister. In his 46-minute documentary Paul records the remarkable emotional journey of Crystal Waters resident, Terri-Anne Goodreid, who travelled to the Northern Territory to trace her aboriginal roots and discover her lost family [...]

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