Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Tree Changers… Que & Jules Neale

…about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay Recent Hinterland treechangers, Que and Jules Neale, are sisters in their twenties who believe they have found the perfect place to settle, the ideal vibrant and creative community and the perfect business that will help them grow personally. This [...]

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Mark creates Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards

So, it is not surprising that the Sunshine Coast Council should ask Mark to design and cast in glass their Australia Day awards for 2012. For Mark’s awards design, he returns for inspiration to the Glasshouse Mountains, which have become the ubiquitous image of our Sunshine Coast environment and lifestyle. Over the years Mark has devised his [...]

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15 year-old Hinterlander’s passion for photography

PHOTOGRAPHY – Jye Hardin JYE HARDING is an extremely motivated 15 year-old photographer who is eager to show his talent and particularly reveal the beauty of our local environment. At 15 Jye is getting work experience at professional Studio Republic on the Coast, as well as soaking up as much as possible online from such photographers s [...]

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Zeke is top Australian Pharmacy Student

MALENY RESIDENT, Ezekiel (Zeke) Steindl, has been named the Alphapharm Pharmacy Student of the Year during a ceremony at the Pharmacy Australia Congress in Melbourne. Zeke won the added honour of also picking up the audience choice award for the event. National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Grant Kardachi, congratulated Zeke and said he stood [...]

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Doug donates family tea set to Melbourne Hospital

MALENY’S Doug Steindl, father of top Australian pharmacy student, Zeke (see story P4), has another link to matters medical. Doug is the great-nephew of Jane Bell, the feisty principal matron of the 1st Australian General Army Hospital in Egypt during World War I. Miss Bell famously clashed with the military establishment when she sought to [...]

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Discovering … Delights for Ladies

Chris Francis is used to sourcing intriguing old books for her Maleny Bookshop. With part owner Fiona Hunter, the bookshop is now home to a wealth of fascinating volumes and colourful texts. Little did Chris know until recently that she had a most rare book tucked away in her own home. When her mother-in-law died her old [...]

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PAUL COPPENS … Mr Music Man

The Hinterland of the Sunshine Coast has a way of drawing highly talented individuals away from the big city to its alluring green hills. One such talent is Paul Coppens, the internationally-renowned musical director, conductor and composer. Now in his late 60s Paul has settled In Maleny and has slipped seamlessly from directing huge productions of Aida [...]

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Making leather sandals by hand

They say that when man stepped out of the primordial slime he first made himself a pair of sandals so he could go hunting in comfort. These days, genuine leather sandal makers are few and far between, not because hunting is out of fashion but because footwear has become a sophisticated global enterprise . TUCKED AWAY [...]

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New Vet New Vet Ernie settles into Ernie settles into Montville Lifestyle

DOCTOR Ernie Young has recently moved from Canberra to the Montville Veterinary Clinic and brings with him 35 years of small animal veterinary experience. Ernie and his partner, Annette Cochrane moved to Montville a couple of months ago when they got the opportunity to take over Justin Bulling’s practice. They are now living on the premises at [...]

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Kristi’s Will to Win …

KRISTI BROWNE is a young woman who is bound to succeed. That’s not only because as an 18 year old she has achieved top marks at school and university, but because she has a quiet determination to take every opportunity offered. For example, she recently won the $1000 Zonta Club of the Blackall Range annual scholarship [...]

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