Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Terry Ryder… Mr Hot Spot

Terry spoke with HT Editor, Michael Berry about how he became a real estate journalist with attitude. THERE HAS TO BE a good reason for one seasoned journalist to interview another. (I am still waiting to hear back from Rupert Murdoch by the way). However, in Terry Ryder’s case I was intrigued to read his recent [...]

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Japan: A Country Under Seige

Retired ABC TV news journalist, David Ransom and his wife Rosemarie recently visited Japan as tourists. Here David, who once reported atop the crumbling Berlin Wall, inside Thatcher’s Britain, and from Ethiopia and Manila, records for the Hinterland Times, his impressions of a first visit to Japan. IT’S SPRING IN JAPAN. We have missed the cherry blossom [...]

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Brian keeps on training

BRIAN BUTTERFIELD knows the importance of fitness having been an elite athlete in his teen years back in the 1950s. 64 years later he is in training again, but this time it’s a special Maleny Gym exercise program to improve his walking, following a knee replacement. “The trainer, Ray Louden set out a special fitness program [...]

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New RACQ President talks to HT

Caloundra-based Geoff Leddy, a director of RACQ for 13 years, has been appointed its new president. Geoff took time out to talk with HT editor Michael Berry about the challenges facing the RACQ, and transport infrastructure on the Sunshine Coast and hinterland. I did parking studies in my days (as a civil engineering consultant) in Bundaberg [...]

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Tree Changers…

…about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay Angela McQuillan & Mike Moore Angela McQuillan and Mike Moore moved from Perth’s beach-side suburb of Cottesloe in February to a high set block overlooking Lake Baroon in North Maleny. True treechangers, Angela and Mike retired early from a busy [...]

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Paul earns adventure of a lifetime

Maleny-based environmentalist, Paul Daley is about to undertake an adventure of a lifetime. He is one of five passionate and determined young Australians who have been selected from a global pool of 218 applicants to help save forests and orangutans in Borneo – and all recorded in a 3D action movie. AWARD-WINNING film company Virgo Productions [...]

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Mike’s Private Boost of Hinterland Tourism Industry

SCENIC DRIVES of Australia the best of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland DVD and book has been produced by a small team of local professionals to capture the tourist driver’s imagination. The online presence and DVD video shows visitors the Hinterland’s beautiful countryside, amazing destinations and country hospitality. This unique project was initiated by local tourism cinematographer, Mike [...]

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5 years in Qatar

… Jim & Kim Straker recall their experiences Kim and Jim Straker of Reesville have just returned from five years living and working in Qatar in the Middle East. Jim is a civil and environmental engineer who takes on overseas projects – the latest one was for SMEC – the consultancy that grew out of the [...]

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New lease of life for Camphor Cottage

DIEGO BASILE has a passion for presenting good food which he has inherited from his parents Nicholas and Sylvia. They moved from Argentina to settle with their young family and were so impressed with the warm climate and golden beaches of the Sunshine Coast that they decided to start a new business in Caloundra. “We had [...]

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Tree Changers…

…about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay Ralph and Nancy Stockmann Ralph and Nancy Stockmann and their 19 year-old son Keven have lived around the world – California to Rome to Adelaide and now Maleny. Ralph is a chiropractor, Nancy is a professional artist and Keven is [...]

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