Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Bowerbird is ten years old

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Bowerbird of Montville. Craig and Leanne Farmiloe (pictured right) bought the property when it was just a small Queenslander that had been used as a medical centre by the local doctor. Ultimately, the house ended up on a block at 31 Western Avenue, where it [...]

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Local business wants export group

Sunshine Coast exporters want to form a new business group dedicated to assist the local export sector. A number of business people recently met Australia’s new trade commissioner to San Franciso, Nigel Warren at a special function organised by Member for Fisher, Peter Slipper. “The Sunshine Coast is very fortunate to have an incredibly high calibre [...]

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Cittamani … oh what a feeling!

There were leaps all round as Cittamani staff welcomed the addition of two brand spanking new vehicles they will use to provide specialist in-home palliative care on the Sunshine Coast. The new cars that are an essential means for Cittamani staff to care for people facing terminal illness in the comfort of their own home. The [...]

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Connecting Local Businesses

Maleny Commerce is once again providing an excellent forum for business owners to meet and mingle in an enjoyable environment to start building relationships with other businesses, both local and from further afield. The next Hinterland Connects networking event will be held in the Maleny RSL Hall on Tuesday, August 18 from 5:15pm with a free [...]

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From windows to books

Paul Morgan is not your average children’s book writer. For one thing he spends most of his time cleaning windows. But that’s how he likes it. They are both solitary occupations. This month Paul publishes his second book for young children, Crocodile Cake and it follows his first successful big seller, Cat Balloon, which he wrote [...]

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Elaine’s green legends

For those concerned with the future of the Sunshine Coast environment, the book Green Legends is a fascinating insight into our past and the importance of vigilance in the future. Written by former Maroochy Shire councillor and Sunshine Coast Environment Council manager, Elaine Green, this small but well researched account of the various trials, tribulations and [...]

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Book Bites with Anne Brown of Rosetta Books

The Boat The Vietnamese-born author Nam Le has won both the 2009 Book of the Year award and the award for new writing in the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards for his collection of short stories The Boat. These haunting stories take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York [...]

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A life in critical care

by Michael Berry Tony and his wife Annie Burlingham  moved to Flaxton only a few months ago from England. Tony retired from a high pressure role as a critical care doctor at a major hospital outside London. It was his regular breaks away from hospital casualty that eventually lead Tony and his wife to settle in [...]

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Peter Slipper and the Dalai Lama

Peter Slipper has been committed to the defence of human rights throughout his time in federal parliament. In a frank interview with Hinterland Times editor Michael Berry, Peter speaks about his recent trip to Daramsala to visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama and to meet Tibetan people in exile. HT: You speak very passionately about Tibet. [...]

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Food on Slow Thursdays

Churchill Fellowship winner Julie Shelton is all fired up to spread the Slow Food word and to get more good quality food produced for local distribution. Julie has launched a new group serving the whole Sunshine Coast Hinterland. “We are supporting food producers – providing advice, advocacy, lobbying and information services,” says Julie. “The core of our [...]

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