WHAT IS YOUR PASSION? Is it food, books, music or simply meditation? Well, there’s now a festival for you. A new, 3-day Passion Tasting Festival will be held at the Maleny Showgrounds this month offering a wonderful array of indulgent delights. Jill Shelton the Festival Director says, “Our aim was to create a festival where people [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2010
THE BUTCHER, the baker, the cheese, chef and wine maker will all present their creative skills at The Kenilworth Cheese Wine and Food Fest on Easter Saturday, in Kenilworth Town Park. Curious to know where that glazed ham comes from? Or what to do with the leftover pork hock? Introduce your self to local butchers Bruce [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2010
AT THE HINTERLAND TIMES we are always on the lookout for local youngsters who are achieving great things. We have two in this edition. Bianca Bond is the daughter of our well known Hinterlander, Beverley Hand. Bianca is making an impression in her own right as a strong advocate for regional youth. Busy all over [...]
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BIANCA BOND was recently announced the young citizen of the year by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Bianca has demonstrated outstanding, positive leadership and shines in her roles as youth worker and organiser for Nambour High School’s Women’s Business workshop for indigenous women. In 2009 Bianca attended the Inaugural Indigenous Youth Parliament at Parliament House, [...]
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THE THUNDERING rain stopped one evening at the end of February to allow a grand opening of the wonderful new music centre at Lucas Parklands in Montville. Ian and Lee Lucas have made their music venue a dream come true and the opening concert was a stunning sign, if one were needed, that high musical culture [...]
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MALENY-BASED Fig Creative specialises in online strategy and brand management for businesses. This group of marketers, web designers and IT specialists has now created a suite of training programs to further help their clients get maximum leverage from the Internet. Fig’s head of marketing is Jennifer Perri and she told the Hinterland Times what her clients [...]
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The Sunshine Coast Regional Council says growth is no longer good, but is the state government hearing the message? As local community and environment groups urge Council to defy planning minister Hinchcliffe, Mayor Bob Abbot is trusting that his powers of persuasion will turn the tide of high growth. Hinterland Times editor, Michael Berry asked [...]
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After 17 long years as an itinerant community and social justice service on the Blackall Range, the Maleny Neighbourhood Centre has at last found a spacious new permanent home in Bicentenary Lane, Maleny. The Centre will be officially opened by the State Government in April but the MNC will be holding a public open day [...]
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THE NEW owners of Montville Country Cabins, Christine and Anton Kardash (pictured), were very excited to find such a beautiful property in an area thatt hey have loved for years. Regular visitors to the Sunshine Coast area, they are already familiar with Montville and are looking forward to playing an active part in the community. “We [...]
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SUNSHINE COAST builder Grandview Homes has won Queensland’s 2009 Project Home of the Year award for a house built in Flaxton. The Housing Industry Association -CSR Queensland Housing Awards are eagerly contested from regional builders throughout the state. Regarded as Queensland’s highest accolade for building design and site position, the Grandview Homes win was for the [...]
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9. March 2010
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