Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Coffee with your Canine?

MALENY seems to be a town of dog-lovers and one can’t walk far on the main street before spotting a dog out for a meander with its owner. But try having a coffee with your dog in tow and you will soon run into difficulties. That’s because under existing Queensland laws, dogs (other than guide dogs) are [...]

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Sick Koala Creates Concert

A SICK KOALA in the driveway of Lucas Parklands – the iconic Montville concert hall in the rainforest – has been the spur for a major fundraising concert. Ian and Lee Lucas contacted the wildlife retrieval crew at Australia Zoo. Sadly, the koala had leukaemia and could not be saved. International concert pianist Pascal Roge is passionate [...]

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Did Cinderella live happily ever after?

IT’S GOING to be fun for the whole family at Christmas in Maleny this year, when the Maleny Players stage a traditional pantomime with a difference. It’s called ‘Cinderella: The Sequel’ and we find out what happened to her after she married Prince Charming. It may not be the story that innocent children are familiar with. However, [...]

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Walk this Way

Twenty off-the-beaten track adventures are in store for visitors to this year’s Sunshine Coast Hinterland Festival of the Walks THE SECOND Sunshine Coast Hinterland Festival of theWalks will feature over 20 guided walks from August 21-29. The guided walks, which range from 20 minute strolls to parts of the ‘GreatWalk’ of over five hours, will showcase the unique beauty and charm of [...]

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New Great Walk … a window into the Conondales – Ian Mackay

The recently-opened Great Walk Conondale Range is a trip back in time in more ways than one. The 56-kilometre circuit walk which begins and ends at the popular Booloumba Creek campgrounds provides much more than a glimpse of the spectacular forests, creeks and gorges for which the Conondale Ranges have become noted. WHILE the walk includes three new walkers’ [...]

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Maleny Film Society – August screenings

Saurday August 14 – MICMACS (France) M – Comic Fable – 105mins From the quirky, crazy mind of French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amélie) comes Micmacs, the story of a man named Bazil who sets out with his newly found misfit friends to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. This film is reminiscent of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin [...]

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A Cordial Get-Together

A HUNDRED years ago there wasn’t the choice of the dozens of brands of soft drink now available. Residents before 1910 would buy Pitman’s drinks and from 1910, softdrinks, including the renowned sarsaparilla, from Wimmers factory in Bury St, Nambour. The factory was situated on the site now occupied by the back portion of the [...]

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Walk Back In Time…

National Archeaology Week National Archeaology Week aims to increase public awareness of Australian archeaology and to promote the importance of protecting Australia’s unique archeaological heritage. Held from the 16th to the 22nd of May 2010, this exciting nationwide program of events and activities will include public lectures, seminars, exhibits, demonstration excavations and displays. THE REMAINS of one [...]

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Buttons & Bustles at Bankfoot House

A FASCINATING range of historic items will be on display in the grounds of Bankfoot House on Sunday April 18 for the Sunshine Coast Heritage Festival. There will will antiques, works of art, vintage cars, restored furniture, old photos and books, as well as firearms, old radios and agricultural machinery. The Grigor family clan will gather [...]

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Bowl, Feast & Frolic – a fundraiser with a Dickensian Twist!

IT WAS THAT well known request from Oliver Twist, “Please sir, can I have some more?” that gave Norman Dobson the idea for a Maleny Community Centre fundraiser. Norm is a retired art teacher and self-taught potter who, along with a small team, has come up with a novel evening of light entertainment, a nourishing [...]

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