Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

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 [...]

Continue reading...

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 [...]

Continue reading...

Long Apron wins ‘Prestige’ restaurant

WHEN Spicers Clovelly Estate opened around two years ago, the dedicated “team Clovelly” under the guidance of general manager David Assef, knew they had much to do to achieve their goal of simply becoming the best prestige destination on the Range. That goal was achieved last month when The Long Apron in-house Restaurant at Spicers Clovelly [...]

Continue reading...

Tania’s new benchmark for Gluten-free food

SELF-CONFESSED foodie Tania Hubbard and her husband Eric hit Nambour with high impact three years ago when they opened their quirky Husk & Honey cafe. This cosy venue tucked into Queen Street soon became a hit with Hinterlanders attracted by Tania’s gluten and grain free recipes. Now Tania has gone one step further and put her [...]

Continue reading...

Age no barrier to Maleny Gym trainer

MALENY GYM’S trainer, Ray Louden has scored at the X111 Masters Games in Adelaide. At 66, Ray was overall champion in his age and weight category (65-69). The very fit Flaxton resident and keen observer of the Weston A Price whole foods eating regime, came first in his two favourite lifts – the Clean and Jerk [...]

Continue reading...

30 year collaboration by three artistic friends

FEW RESIDENTS of the Sunshine Coast realise that the man responsible for Council’s cultural heritage and collections, as well as its library and gallery services, is also an accomplished artist in his own right. John Waldron has often practised his painting in collaboration with close friends, Warwick and Neil Healey for more than 30 years. It is [...]

Continue reading...

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 [...]

Continue reading...

From the Editor OCTOBER 2011

Tees versus trees…! IT WAS always going to be a difficult marriage - putting an 18-hole golf course next to sensitive wetlands, proposed new forested zones and winding pedestrian pathways. Sadly, the community Precinct Advisory Group (PAG) set up by Council to mediate potential boundary disputes appears to have divided into an environment group of three versus the rest (five). For any [...]

Continue reading...

Steven’s Writer’s Grant

MALENY-BASED author, Steven Lang, has been awarded an Australia Council Literature Grant under the New Work category. The $40,000 grant is one of less than twenty awarded by the Australia Council each year for promising authors. Steven told HT that he was delighted to have won the grant and looks forward to starting work on his new [...]

Continue reading...

Governor launches Barung’s new Resource Centre

QUEENSLAND Governor Penelope Wensley AC celebrated Barung Landcare’s 21st birthday in Maleny on October 1, and launched Barung’s new education resource centre. At a special dinner at the Maleny Community Centre, the Governor said that Barung is a living exemplar of what a landcare organisation should be. She added that Barung is now regarded as the [...]

Continue reading...