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HE ASTONISHING REVELATIONS about Lance Armstrong have shattered many people’s idea of a sporting hero. His fall from hero status has been so fast and so far that it’s difficult to make head nor tail of his story.

Lance Armstrong was part of "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen," said the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

If that’s so, what is puzzling is why, despite the enormous evidence against him, Armstrong continues to deny his cheating ways. As friends and associates despair and turn away from him, as sporting organisations remove his awards and honours, Lance continues to live each day as a gigantic lie.

He says his demonisation is “unfair” but his close cycling team-mate George Hincapie has admitted taking drugs, stating that, "Early in my professional career, it became clear to me that, given the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs by cyclists at the top of the profession, it was not possible to compete at the highest level without them.“ The ultimate curse of drugs in sport is that everyone does it, a curse that is likely to remain while drug-takers stay ahead of the testers.

Australians and Americans treat their sports legends like gods, blindly believing they are perfect. When they fall, we are disgusted -- not only with them but with

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ourselves for being so gullible. Surprisingly though how often we will excuse repeated bad behaviour. Shane Warne is a good example.

So, what do we make of Armstrong’s enormous fall from grace … this lurch from sainthood to sinner? Well, we are quick to put people on pedestals ... Tiger Woods, Ben Johnson, Marion Jones. And around them we construct our stories of integrity, of what is right and wrong, of what is admirable about the human spirit and what we would emulate if only we could.

This picture that we all have in our mind’s eye of the ideal human citizen is constantly changing, particularly shaped by those outside sporting arenas.

When there is a fall from grace for politicians like Peter Slipper, Keith Wright or Gordon Nuttall, we are hardly surprised because corruption or moral lapses by politicians, and indeed many of society’s professionals, is something we expect … it’s part of their profile.

Surveys show that many Australians believe most politicians, and most big bankers are, by their very nature, corrupt.

So, if hero status is hard to find and hard to maintain, these days, how are we affected? As one of the older generation I have seen many heroes fall from grace in many walks of life. The older you are the more likely you are to be disappointed, angry and ultimately cynical of the entire cult of personality.

However, it is young people who must really struggle with their moral compass whenever a hero falls from his or her pedestal. How are they affected by such universal images of broken dreams .. the fall of Lance Arrmstrong,

Tiger Woods, and our own Nick D’Arcy?

If you dip into some of the youth blogs online you note how pragmatic and black and white are the views of many young people. Their information inputs are so vast and constant that to be young these days is to see the world for exactly what it is, warts and all, through the constant stream of social media.

The young appear to have built-in bullshit monitors which rebalance and recalibrate their perspective on the world, particularly when assessing those heroes who keep falling off pedestals.

Young people have an instinct for honesty, for morality, for steadfastness, loyalty, and many of those qualities which bind well-meaning people together.

Forget newspapers and even free-to-air TV, because it is online media that links clear-thinking young people around the world. They see what is wrong and what is right from so many perspectives that Lance Armstrong is easily sliced and diced.

Of the many views I have read the Armstrong corruption is widely condemned by the young, but they also see the positives that have come out of his charity work. Like this most perceptive comment: “There's no denying the positive impact he's had on millions of people suffering from cancer. $500 million in Livestrong's 15 years has done a lot of good—even if the man responsible for it proved to be deplorable. For that and only that, Armstrong remains for me, a hero.

Michael Berry

The views expressed in the Hinterland Times are those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the magazine’s publishers.

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Sylph Circus comes to town ...

Cindy Schwenn has created her own troupe of circus performers in Maleny HINTERLAND TIMES

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Hinterland Times team enjoy their second year in a row win as Best Newspaper in country Queensland.

FROM LEFT: Darren Baker (designer), Julie Shelton (feature writer), Faith Baigent (Manager), Michael Berry (Editor)

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OR THE SECOND YEAR, the Hinterland Times has received the award of Best Newspaper in country Queensland from the Queensland Country Press Association.

The judges of the award took particular note of the overall impact of the Hinterland Times including its design, consistent standard of journalism and integration of editorial and advertising.

The award was also based on a publication that is produced with no more than two journalists.

The Best Newspaper award was announced at the climax of a dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane. The dinner was attended by newspaper proprietors and journalists from throughout regional and country Queensland.

The Queensland Country Press Association represents all rural country and regional non-daily newspapers in Queensland.

The Hinterland Times also received a Highly Commended award in the Best Community Promotion category for its Shop Local at Christmas campaign in 2011.

LEFT; Hinterland Times editor Michael Berry is presented with Best Newspaper award at the Brisbane Hilton Hotel by QCPA President, David Richardson (Chinchilla News).

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The cantatata, “I am the Mountain” , was written by Hinterland writer, David Crewe and composer Paul Coppins to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Buderim.

A number of Hinterland voices are among the 80 or so who will perform the cantata.

They include including Betty Stokes and Eddie Weir as soloists, plus Margaret Garson, Pat Darwell, Rhonda Scahill and Jenni Stump.

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ABOVE: Cindy Schwenn - director of Sylph Circus trains up one of her students, Luka Pirie 9yrs ABOVE RIGHT: Cindy Schwenn performing solo trapeze at a festival event

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S A YOUNG GIRL, Cindy Schwenn used to wake up in the night dancing in her bed. There was clearly a strong creative pulse flowing through her and in time it led her naturally into performance art - from storytelling to Indian classical and gypsy dance.

“I still felt that there was something inside me that was unexpressed!” says Cindy from her Crystal Waters home. “It was on a working holiday in Edinburgh when I saw the Welsh circus, NoFitState, that I found my way creatively at last. There was everything I needed, storytelling, dance, theatre and circus! So I came into circus late, learning trapeze with a Scottish circus group called te POOKa. On returning to Australia I trained mainly with Vulcana Women’s Circus for a few years where I explored a variety of circus techniques and performance styles. Static trapeze being my favorite apparatus.

“Since then I take whatever training opportunities I can get, but mostly train and perform independently.

When I moved to Maleny I found myself training alone as there are no other circus aerialists in the area that I’m aware of. Many local people suggested I teach others and supported me in doing that. So now I’m developing a circus community in the Hinterland. “ Last year this dedicated and energetic director and trainer launched Sylph Circus which aims to provide young people and adults with access to circus skills and performance opportunities. (A sylph is a spirit of the air.)

Sylph features thirty-five talented student performers aged from 5-41 years who have a passion for circus and meet once a week to train at Maleny’s Activities Centre at the High School.

Last year Sylph Circus amazed audiences with an incredibly successful first show - The Spirit of Belief. Audience members were delighted and impressed at the skillfulness of the Sylph performers after only twelve months of practice and training, with many guests also commenting on the beautiful narrative of the show.

Now Cindy is about to stage The Dreamscape - a show that includes fabulous acts on silks, aerial ring, trapeze, acrobatics, theatre and dance, in an entertaining circus in verse story set in the collective dream world of a group of hard knock Victorian orphans. The Dreamscape is their only escape from a dreadful existence under the neglectful rule of The Mistress and her spoilt daughter, Elizabeth. The story tells of what happens when the spiteful Elizabeth sneaks into the orphans’ dreamscape unexpectedly.

The production also features The Museum of Curiosities, a quirky art installation set created by Hinterland sculptural artist, Wayne Markwort.

Other artists work will also be featured in the display.

“It will certainly be a treat for the senses!” said Cindy. “There will even be stimulation for the nose!”

Cindy is not only passionate about her craft but equally passionate about passing on the skills of dedication, technique and performance to her mainly young troupe of performers.

Sylph’s summer to winter program is structured for students to develop

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strength, flexibility and new skills. In spring, the focus shifts towards developing acts from skills learned throughout the year. The acts then culminate in a summer show.

“Blisters, burns and sore muscles are an inevitable part of circus training,” says Cindy. “And there is always an element of risk when working at heights, that all Sylphs are well aware of. We minimise those risks by following safety principles and many tricks are practiced low to the ground until they become familiar.”

Children from five to seven years are encouraged to do a basic acrobatics class first because they don’t often have the resilience or coordination required for aerials. Aerials start from 8yrs through to adult.

As a primary school teacher, Cindy is well aware of the benefits of her structured physical training regime.

“Sylph Circus teaches young people to believe in themselves and to value their imaginations,” says Cindy.

“It also gives them instruction on how to look after their bodies in terms of strength and flexibility and how to overcome challenges. Sylphs have to work closely with each other when it comes to devising and performing, I think that gives them an opportunity to be kind and generous with each other.

One parent told Cindy that, The benefits are definitely noticeable. There is more joy, more self confidence.

“Students are encouraged to create their own routines for the show,” adds Cindy, “using techniques they’ve learnt during the year. We also use archetype and oracle cards to get ideas for characters. As creative director, I write the narrative and develop some of the routines based on everyone’s ideas and desires of what they want to create. I have a great deal of input into everyone’s performance to ensure there’s a common thread unifying the acts and the story.

The stories have a structure similar to traditional folk tales. They are often about a person’s initiation into their own power. That’s the kind of art I’ve always wanted to

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TOP: The Dreamscape group - Lead Sylph, Maggie Walsh, as the mistress' daughter (in white) surrounded by some of the Dreamscape crew - including Lantern Lady, Lion Boy, Phoenix of Fire, Angels and Dragon ABOVE: Isabela Hart 9yrs on the trapeze.

LEFT: Sylph aerialists devise their routines as parent volunteers prepare orphan costumes for 'The Dreamscape' show at Maleny High School’s Activities Centre

make. Circus has been for me an initiation into my own creative power and in turn Sylph gives to others this very medicine.”

Following The Dreamscape which will be performed exclusively at the Activities Centre on Friday November 23 and Saturday November 24 at 7pm, Cindy wants to develop a core group of dedicated Sylphs to perform at festivals and events.

“I only teach at the primary school one day a week now as I pave the way for a new circus frontier here. Some of my circus friends gave performances at last year’s Sylph Circus show and more wonderful friends have come throughout the year to run workshops for us. So I'm bringing it all to Maleny! “ You can like Sylph Circus on facebook or contact Cindy on sylphcircus@gmail.com

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HESE DAYS John designs and creates landscapes on the Hinterland using stone and timber. But his passion has always been sculpture. Recently, he was commissioned to create a classical stone cairn, even though the technical challenge was a totally new experience.

“I have always drawn,” says John. “My father was a good artist and sculptor and I followed him by constantly drawing and designing things like cars and carving figures out of wood. When I was 15 I even designed a push bike for Raleigh in England. They offered me a job, but my family was emigrating to Australia so I couldn’t take it.”

Like many with an artistic bent John Hewitt was unable to make a living from his creativity, particularly in Australia. Like his father and brothers, John went into construction. While his father was a rigger on tall buildings, John got involved building swimming pools, timber frames, roofs and bricklaying.

Whilst making a living from urban construction, including building his own house on the Hinterland, John retained his passion for sculpture and particularly the use of stone and timber.

“For years I wanted to become a sculptor and I was selling pieces in galleries, but my faith in galleries declined.”

Perhaps John’s most valuable experience of galleries was meeting his future partner Lesley while he was delivering a sculpture to a Gold Coast gallery. She has just retired after 33 years as a teacher and she remains an important balance in his life, between the need to earn a living and his creative aspirations.

As Lesley says, “As an artist it is very difficult to survive unless you are very well known. So often the balance tips and you do more of what I call the survival work and the sculpture has to take more of a back seat.”

“It’s still a long-term ambition to live off sculpting,” says John, and then he adds with a laugh, “but as I get older

BELOW: The Andy Goldsworthy fig cairn in the Conondale Ranges

the long term is getting shorter.”

John has been particularly fascinated by the international sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy.

Andy’s ephemeral works using leaves, twigs, snow and water are marvelled at around the world. His massive and whimsical constructions in stone and wood are often breathtaking expressions of exquisite design and ancient craftsmanship.

“I see Andy Goldsworthy’s work as essentially construction ... obviously not buildings in the traditional sense,” says John, “but rather I see them as creative features.”

John’s recent commission - the Andy Goldsworthy-style stone egg or cairn – came purely by chance.

“Luckily, I was having a conversation with a client in Maleny about the Andy Goldsworthy fig cairn in the Conondales (pictured above) and we were discussing how it was made. He really wanted something similar in his garden, so I committed myself to doing it. I had never constructed one before but I knew that if I could draw it, then I could build it.”

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1. John uses a wooden cross to establish the proportions 2. The base shape is created with plastic strips timber and length of hose pipe.

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John first used a rough timber cross to get the relationship between the height and the width.

“I then made a cradle, and that was the hard part – working out the initial shape -because in making that egg shape you are trying to lay stone against gravity. It simply wants to fall down. So I came up with the idea of a cradle which was made of bendable plastic and a piece of hosepipe for the widest circumference of the egg.”

The Goldsworthy fig cairn in the Conondales is a completely dry stone assembly – a 3.5 metre high, cut granite structure sitting on a concrete base. Apart from its isolated site, this construction took a lot of manpower, machinery and money. The final cost was almost $700,000.

John decided that his 1.5 metre high cairn would have a mosaic finish using Glasshouse Mountains rock. When it comes to stonework, he says he has a good eye for what might fit – like completing a massive jigsaw puzzle. He filled his plastic cradle with crushed rock and concrete and used a plywood template to ensure the near perfect egg retained its shape as it neared the top. His artist’s eye interrupted the mosaic finish with several layers of slate.

Like all artists, John sees room for improvement. To him it is an artwork that has benefitted from his skills as a builder and stone mason.

“I mainly promote myself as a landscaper, “ says John, “but stonework is the biggest part of what I do. I enjoy turning a pile of rock into entrance piers or steps and retaining walls.”

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“I appreciate art and sculpture but I am not creative like John. I am more the practical organiser ... a typical school teacher. I can work with kids and art all the time but I don’t have the original ideas that John has. That’s why I am always urging him to get his ideas onto paper.

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The Hinterland has two World Powerlifting Champions Hinterland couple, Tish Wasson and her husband Scott have just returned from international power lifting championships in Slovakia with a gold medal each, and two world records between them.

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TOP: Tish and her 112.5kg deadlift and a body weight of 56kg.

CENTRE: Scott with a 302kg deadlift and a body weight of 90kg.

LEFT: Tish trains in the Maleny Community Gym.

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ISH TOOK TO powerlifting less than a year ago. Scott had been training seriously and competing for three years and he persuaded her give it a go.

“It’s really fun,” says Tish. “You make lots of friends and the competition itself is friendly.

And I guess as the numbers go up... you can really see when you are achieving your goals.

I guess the limit is when you just can’t lift anymore. That’s a long way off for me as I have really only just started.”

At 25 Scott owns his own gym – the Performance Training Centre (PTC) at Northgate in Brisbane. Last year he did his work experience as a personal trainer with Ray Louden and Annie Hewitt at the Maleny Community Gym. Scott had been planning to go to the world championships in Slovakia this year and Tish decided to go along for the ride.

“Then I decided, now that I am going I might as well compete. After all, you don’t get that many opportunities to represent Australia.

“It was a bit of fun for me. There were more than 500 lifters at Bardejov, which is near the Polish border. The competition was over six days and lifters had come from 24 different countries - Canada, Argentina, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Croatia, Serbia, the UK and Australia.

“I was in the junior 56kg class, and in powerlifting you do the squat lift, the bench press and the dead lift. You add the total weights from each of your lifts and the

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Tish was surprised and delighted at not only winning the gold medal in her class, but because there were no records in her division, she has set the world record in the 56kg class.

“I know I have won a gold medal but I am still classified as a novice, she adds modestly.”

Scott also won gold in his class which was the 90kg open men’s, and he achieved the world record. He broke the deadlift (302kg) by only one kilogram. His total win was by 2.5kg.

Back home in Maleny and Tish is back at work, designing kitchens for Kauri Kitchens and Joinery in Kunda Park. She trains at the Maleny Community Gym on Mondays and Wednesdays. On Fridays she joins Scott at their Northgate gym.

A lot of powerlifters and strongmen use the Northgate gym and Scott takes his business and competitive weight lifting seriously.

“I am not as obsessive as Scott,” says Tish with a laugh. He is really focussed and watches his diet. It’s a sport that is really addictive as you get to the bigger numbers.

As Tish and Scott prepare for the national championships next year Tish is weighing up where to take her own weight lifting career.

“I am not really built for power lifting. Not that it’s about having big muscles. You need a lot of mental activity – you’ve got to believe you can lift those weights, and it’s about getting the technique right. And that’s where I am right now.”

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ELICITY GRIGOR is constantly reminded that she is a member of one of the Hinterland’s earliest and most renowned pioneering families.

The Grigors came from Scotland more than 100 years ago and ever since they have been entrepreneurs, small business people and active members of their Hinterland communities. Felicity says she is one of the ‘Peachester Grigors’ and at 20 is already putting down her own marker as a 21st century Grigor .

Felicity has just finished a three year bachelor of public relations degree at the University of the Sunshine Coast and she is an entrant in the Queensland Lions Miss Personality Quest as well as looking after PR for the Maleny Show, and fitting in an internship at the Sunshine Coast Council.

Some of the most enterprising Grigors were William and Mary who in 1868 built Bankfoot House, a stage coach stop on the Old Gympie Road at Glasshouse. The Peachester Grigors, particularly William Junior are noted for the sawmill built near the Stanley River at Peachester during the 1890s.

Felicity’s parents, Ashley and Casandra own the Landsborough IGA as well as running their own independent businesses - her dad is an electrical contractor based in Caboolture and her mum runs a boutique in Forest Glen.

Felicity believes she comes from the same mould of entrepreneurial Grigors.

“I was the sponsorship and promotions person for the Maleny Show this year and I have just been elected junior vice-president, and I will keep on doing the publicity which I really love”, she adds with one of her infectious laughs.

Until June next year Felicity will be the personality entrant for Lions. This role throws her

into raising as much money as she can for medical research.

“I had no idea about the personality quest until I was asked this year. I love working with Lions. They are really supportive. I am fund raising basically through five events, like the Mountain View Challenge and the Maleny Trail Ride, a bowls day is coming up, film and fashion nights and an ANZAC day event next April.”

“We also do hospital visits on two Sundays and at the end of the quest you are judged either on the most money you have raised, or who has the best personality. That is judged on an interview and questions on stage. “ “I do wonder how you can judge someone’s personality,” she queries with more laughter.” You do have to know a bit of history about the Lions quest and about how money is helping medical research, as well as a bit of general knowledge.”

As a PR graduate Felicity is already soaking up as much experience as she can get. Apart from writing for and promoting the Maleny Show she is being drawn into community engagement through her internship at the Sunshine Coast Council.

“I have had a bit to play in encouraging young teenagers to take part in the Show Girl competition.

I have done the Show Girl and came runner up, so I know what’s involved. But I am finding it very challenging to get through to these girls. They think it’s about what dress to wear, or how to do your hair. But it’s really about participation, how well you communicate and present yourself. It is a great experience because it helps you develop your personality, build your presentation skills, and your confidence.”

Like any 20 year-old with her feet on the first rung of a professional life, Felicity has a bewildering range of options to choose from.

“I would like an internship in the communications industry in America at some stage, and I want to set up my own company and see where that goes. But I am only 21 next year and I think, I can afford to take a year off, well only in the sense of not going straight into a 9-5 job.

Maybe at the end of that year I will have to take a job, but I live by the notion that I’ll be fine. I am sure an opportunity will arise.”

I am interning for the Sunshine Coast Council one day a week. I asked for something in community engagement which is something that I really do enjoy. I do enjoy community events so in terms of a future career I would go down that track.

“Right now I have no urgency to move out of home,” she says with another burst of laughter. “Obviously my mum and dad support me which I am so thankful for. And if I didn’t have them I wouldn’t be able to do the various voluntary things that I do.

“I love doing the voluntary work and particularly the community events. I see progress and see that what I am doing is making a difference and that is humbling for sure.”

Felicity will host a fun-filled,bare-foot bowls morning at the Maleny Bowls Club on Sunday November 11.

10am-2.30pm.

Tickets: $25 including the games, a steak and salad lunch. Available at Maleny Newsagency, Maleny Video Network and Landsborough IGA. For more information: Phone Felicity – 0437 966 589.

TOP LEFT: Felicity Grigor - Lions Personality entrant ABOVE: Grigor & Sons Living room – 1895 William Grigor, his wife Mary and three of their sons. James on violin, Kenneth, William and son Sr. William Andrew seated. William and Mary built the house and lived in it from 1868 to 1907 when William Sr died.

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Kris Martin ...using his art to fight invasive weeds!

How to describe Kris Martin? Artist? Certainly.

Craftsman? Definitely. Educator? Absolutely.

And you can add to that list - a controller of weeds ... Kris has been creating public and private installations for many years utilising natural fibres, particularly invasive weed vines like Cat’s Claw and running bamboo.

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OR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS Kris specialises in collaborative and community artworks that are often interactive and use different forms of media.

The latest creation from Kris is a giant Mary River Turtle, funded by RADF and meant to raise awareness of this endangered species for this month’s Mary River Festival .

Kris and others have been running workshops with locals, teaching them how to weave baskets with cat’s claw.

“It is a really, really bad weed,” says Kris. “There is virtually none of it on the Range but it follows creek systems and the Mary River is full of it. Cat’s claw is one of the only weeds that can get a foothold in an established forest and go to the top of the tallest trees.”

The greatest value of this South American weed is as a flexible vine for weaving everything from baskets to larger than lifestyle figures, so Kris believes he is doing his small part in controlling it. “ I learnt to weave here while I was still at high school,” says Kris.” A friend that had visited North Queensland found lawyer cane on our property here at Mapleton, and showed me how to weave it.

“Most of what I do is self taught, although both my parents were painters. After school I was mainly into crafts ... weaving baskets and selling them at markets. I also had a couple of exhibitions at Mapleton.”

It has always been difficult to know how and where to strike out when you have unorthodox creative skills.

Fortunately, Council’s Greening the Arts awards have been an important focus for artists and craftspeople like Kris

Martin who work with natural and ephemeral products from their immediate surroundings.

In fact, Kris won the first Greening the Arts award – the ‘Glossies’ - in 2011. Arts Queensland funded the creation of three large Indigenous-style bark canoes for the Sedge Pond at the Woodford Folk Festival 2010/ 2011 .

“Kabi Canoes had a really strong Indigenous component,” says Kris. “My involvement was to work with bamboo artist Jamie Parkin to create something that represented the Kabi Kabi bark canoe. We put on sails which the original canoe wouldn’t have had, but the sail shapes represented aspects of their culture ... one was like a bunya tree and the other two were Kabi shield designs.

New media artist James Muller then worked with the two Kabi Kabi artists, Lyndon and Brent to project onto the sails at night the best of their collected artworks and old footage of the Kabi Kabi.”

The only remaining canoe was later taken to the Bundaberg Regional Gallery and with a life-size human figure, was called Sink or Float.

One of the most successful projects was called Ship of Fools. A Council RADF grant enabled a team headed by Kris and Simon McVerry to create a sinking ship from natural fibres in Lake Cootharaba in 2011. Projection artist James Muller projected images onto the sails and Jeunae Rogers created a haunting soundscape based on the song theme: ‘save me from tomorrow, save me from the Ship of Fools. ‘ This project aimed to stimulate conversations about

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humanity versus nature and earlier this year Ship of Fools was the winner of the second ‘Greening the Arts’ award.

“There was a lot of interaction with the locals around Lake Cootharaba,” says Kris. “For instance, we had a sign writer who came along and wrote the name of the ship, The Humanity . Another guy donated old style ship items, like ropes and a woven knot which had been a sailor’s good luck charm.

“At night it totally changed with the multi images projected onto the two sails by James Muller. Council arranged dusk walks with guides taking visitors to each of the installations which was really exciting.”

Kris calls his work community multi-arts. It inevitably involves a variety of art forms, draws in members of the community and makes a philosophical or social statement.

The large open workshop on the Martin family property in Mapleton has become a place to store the many woven structures from cornucopia bowls, human figures to a massive koala.

Kris and fellow weaver Alex Brueckner got a call from the Sunshine Coast Council to contribute to a kids teaching conference focussed on environmental issues. We chose to make a koala which is endangered in southern Queensland.

We handed out sheets about the koala and the cat’s claw

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On the horizon Kris is involved in the Peat’s Ridge Sustainable Arts & Music Festival in NSW which will have a Mayan flavour. He is working on a massive head into which you can walk, and he is also excited about being involved in a project for next year’s Floating Land festival. The Julara project aims to fund Kabi Kabi artists Lyndon and Brent to re-create a traditional bark fishing net. It will be installed at the festival with a group of mullet fish woven again from cat’s claw.

It may sound as though Kris Martin is involved in a continuous round of festival extravaganzas. In fact, government grants and festival commissions are few and far between. Consequently, Kris has just launched his own company – Artisean - to construct naturalistic settings for weddings and other ceremonies.

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Maple Street Co-op wins environmental award

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Maleny’s Maple Street Co-op has seen many changes over its 33 years, but one principle its members adhere to are environmental practices. So, it is not surprising there is widespread delight inside the Co-op over its recent award by the Sunshine Coast Environment Council.

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T THE 2012 Awards night, the Maple Street Co-op received a Business Award, specifically for its environmental practices. Co-op manager, Karen Syrmis told HT editor, Michael Berry what the award means to her and her staff, and where the business is heading in this, the International Year of Co-ops.

Maleny’s quaint, main street food store is straight out of the 1950s and John Howard’s ideal world bound by white picket fences.

What endures for the Maple Street Co-op is partly our growing desire to eat good wholesome food, and partly the passion of Co-op staff and its members.

Despite a vibrant IGA supermarket and a Woolworths in Maleny, the Co-op has maintained its niche presence and its commitment to triple bottom line principles.

“It’s nice to be recognised for our environmental practices because we do take them seriously,” says a delighted Karen Syrmis. “We are accountable to our members for environmental, social and financial outcomes, but it’s the environmental principles that mean so much more because it means we are walking the talk.”

There’s no denying that Co-op folk like to talk, and Karen encourages input from her bunch of young and committed staff. Their regular meetings are as much about soliciting ideas as they are for social get-togethers.

Karen’s open and accountable approach to management means that staff members eagerly suggest ideas to continuously improve the Co-op.

The business award recognises the many environmental practices which are now part and parcel of how the business is run.

“Years ago taking an environmental stance in business often implied more cost,” says Karen. “But not anymore. For example, our members came up with no interest loans to help us install solar panels on the roof, which have definitely saved us thousands of dollars.

“Another member has installed LED lights at cost throughout the store, and in our fridges. We have a 5000 litre water tank out the back which goes to a water fountain at the front of the shop, so people can come and fill their own bottles for 40c a litre. It costs a lot less for us and we can pass those savings onto our members.

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“Our community garden out the back supplies greens, herbs and lettuce to the Co-op and the UpFront Club. The garden also satisfies our social commitment because volunteers come and work in the garden and share ideas and feel a part of the Co-op.

“I have also entered into a partnership with the Natural Food Store at Forest Glen because we discovered we were both going to Rocklea for bulk food items. Food miles are important to us so we’ve entered into a buying partnership with them. They increase their buying power and we don’t have to use refrigerated transit trucks. So it costs us less in transport. It has decreased our food miles and it has given us a far better quality of fruit and vegetables.

“We’ve increased the number of our local consignors or suppliers. That means we put about $14,000 a month back into the community. Fifty consignors now supply everything from fruit and vegetables to jams, chutneys and organically-grown fruit and vegetables. We don’t insist on everything organic because certification is so expensive.

But we do insist on spray-free food and Carol and I go to people’s properties where they are willing to sign affidavits that they are not using insecticide and pesticide sprays.”

Another significant environmental practice of the Maple Street Co-op is education. Karen and her staff talk to kids from local schools about where their food comes from, why it is important to shop locally, and why it is important to support local farmers.

Karen has been Co-op manager for four years. It has been a tough period during which she has had to work diligently to eradicate inefficient practices, blatent theft, and unite fractious staff. It was also a period when one of the key founders and guru of Maleny co-operatives, Jill Jordan, passed away.

“What we have now are systems that work and a transparent working environment. Keep in mind that we are owned by our members and you can’t hide anything from them. Also, our members have a wide range of skills that offer so much to how we function. I don’t have all the answers, but often they do.

Karen has a strong sense of achievement as both businesses – the food co-op and the UpFront Club – are now sustainable.

“We’ve had a lot of work to do in breaking down barriers, becoming compliant in licensing, food safety and staff training. It is continuously about improving and improving.

However, misunderstandings about the Co-op still occur.

For example, when I talk to service groups I often hear that we don’t pay award wages. Sure, we have lots of volunteers, but we currently pay wages of $430,000 a year in the Club wages and about $450,000 in the Coop”.

“The businesses have settled now,” she says with some satisfaction. “I promised Jill Jordan that I would pull the guts of this business together, and when I have done that I will go. Interestingly, her own measure of success is that even when she is not there the co-ops run like clockwork because of strong systems and agreed to work practices.

Karen is also a great admirer of Jill Jordan, who has an international reputation for building community capital through start-up co-ops. Karen flashes with anger when asked about Sunshine Council’s failure to recognise Jill Jordan with a simple public memorial.

“I am absolutely appalled that there is a memorial up at Bowen to Jill Jordan where she lived only a few years. She put Maleny on the map. She travelled the world talking about cooperatives in Maleny. For this community not to recognise her is disgusting, and I am really angry about it.

All I have heard from Council is that they may put a little plaque on a walk. Well, that is just not good enough.”

Karen clearly has a passion for the co-operative movement, its principles of sustainability and touching the earth lightly. But to the co-ops she also brings her skills as a canny businesswoman and a considerate manager of people. There are 18 paid staff in each of the two co-ops which Karen now manages in tandem.

“I am sitting back enjoying running these business now particularly as I see how well the staff work together... they really are a cohesive bunch .... But I am looking forward to retiring,” Karen adds with a typical broad smile.

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It was purely by chance that budding local author Ross Watkins got to illustrate one of the most intriguing books published by Penguin this year.

Ross is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, and is a colleague of another local author, Associate Professor Gary Crew.

number of national and international anthologies. “I had just finished writing my first novel,� says Ross, “According to industry practices, the way that I went “and Gary knew I was looking around for another project. about illustrating Gary’s story was really quite He also knew that I was a self-taught graphic designer and unconventional. It’s partly because I am a perfectionist, he offered the manuscript to me one day and said, partly because of my graphic design background that we “See what you can do with this’.� handed the book to Penguin as a fully designed storyboard The ‘this’ turns out to be a curious tale about an old – all 64 pages, end papers and cover. Normally couple who live and are sustained by the bush. you present the manuscript, storyboard rough Oddly, they give birth to a child of the bush ... a “She lifted her and one finished artwork, whereas we tree ... and rather than degenerating into a tall eyes to the leaves presented the entire book. tale it becomes a parable which draws “Penguin assumed, because it was so connections between ourselves and the and the sun polished and having gone almost all the way unrelenting cycle of nature. It is difficult to beyond. Then she through to print stage, that the manuscript place the book in time or place but there are thought a moment had been rejected prior to release by another intimations here of medieval fable and even and said, publisher.� the gravity of Scandinavian sagas.

I will call him Ross brought together a variety of mixed Ross quickly realised this was not a project Arbour. After the media illustrations to reflect and complement for the faint-hearted. Although he had a shady place.’ The the simple narrative. He selected reproductions background as a graphic designer he considers old man grunted from a variety of old naturalist journals and himself more of an author than an illustrator. consent, but the digitally manipulated photos that he had taken “I do teach the illustrated book,â€? he adds, child made no himself. There are also found objects that were “but up until working on ‘The Boy‌’ my scanned in, like the paperbark and leaves. teaching in that genre has largely been sound.â€?

Finally, there are original drawings by Ross conceptual and based on the works of others. such as the stones and melaleuca twigs.

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Gary Crew had always seen ‘The Boy...’ as an adult book and Ross says he illustrated it for himself without a firm concept of audience.

“From the very beginning the square shape, the size and old book aesthetic was really aimed at a gift or boutique line. We wanted to celebrate the book as a hard copy artefact, and Penguin certainly came to the party with the faux cloth cover.”

“The book has a unique personality,” adds Ross. “It is an unusual mix which is up to the reader to interpret. There are certainly ambiguities along the way, and I am happy for it to be like that.”

‘The Boy...’ has been published for only a few weeks but has already been well reviewed and recommended for senior primary school readers. 1400 copies have been bought by Australian Standing Orders which is the subscription service providing texts for primary and secondary school libraries.

Heartened by the reception of The Boy Who Grew into a Tree, Ross and Gary are already working on a second book.

“It’s called Collecting Her and tells the story of a father and son, both mourning the death of the wife/mother, once an actress of renown. The father writes to his son, who is in Rome collecting for a museum, and asks him to collect objects his wife left behind from her performances.

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Cousins, Lisa Oliver and Jenny Lindsay pictured below, opened the doors of their brand new reclaimed clothing boutique in Maple Street, Maleny last month. “With over five years experience,� says Jenny, “we decided to open our very own shop together, with Maleny being our only choice for its wonderful community support. “The response so far to our new business has been amazing and we couldn't be happier,� Jenny adds. “Most of us have so many clothes that we've likely spent a fortune on and don't wear half of them,� says Lisa. “We think of consignment as an exercise in karma: By simply cleaning out your wardrobe you not only get personal rewards but you also help other fashion lovers to buy something they never thought they could afford.� “We are putting out new stock daily so there's always something fresh to see,� Jenny adds. If you are looking for something unique, and quality that lasts, then drop into Carousel on Maple, 50 Maple St Maleny.

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TAFF AT THE EDGE RESTAURANT in Montville’s Mayfield Centre, often hear exclamations of “WOW” as first time visitors stand gob-smacked at the spectacular views from the restaurant deck.

Montville businessman and owner John Hargreaves says that over the years, The Edge has become very popular with locals, Sunshine Coast residents and visitors from Brisbane. The reasons are simple says John - to enjoy great modern Australian cuisine surrounded by breathtaking coastal and ocean views is a very special experience.

John now feels it is time for a generational change and a fresh approach, so he is handing over to his daughter Adele and her husband Kieran Smith pictured above with chef Matt Beasley.

Adele says “I grew up in Montville where our family has been in the hospitality business for over 25 years. I attended the local school, then went on to study marketing and graduated from USC. I am a local girl through-and through.”

John says Adele was always very entrepreneurial and that PR was a natural fit for her. This included marketing the adventure athlete and big wave surfer Mark Visser.

However, Adele always had a love for the family business and felt it was time to put those entrepreneurial skills to good use and expand The Edge along with husband Kieran.

“It’s early days yet,” says Adele, “but we have some exciting plans afoot”.

With Adele and Kieran managing the restaurant, John says he now has the opportunity to pursue some of the business projects that he has kept on the back burner for many years.

Chef Matt Beasley, formerly of the iconic Buderim restaurant, Le Baroque, is planning a new menu for the holiday season. “We get visitors from all over the world here,” says Matt, “so our menu is European with an Asian influence along with a continuing focus on contemporary Australian tastes that we have become famous for.”

If you haven’t visited The Edge Restaurant recently, why not try a Champagne breakfast overlooking the Champagne view, enjoy a leisurely lunch or coffee and cake.

The Edge Restaurant Mayfield Centre Montville is fully licensed. Open 7 days, 8.30am-4pm, phone: 5442 9344.

Maleny Lions Club Youth of the Year Quest

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NTRIES ARE open for this years Lions Youth of the Year Quest being conducted by Maleny Lions Club. The aim of the Quest is to foster, encourage and develop young people aged between 15 and 19 in terms of their - Leadership, Personality, Citizenship Qualities, Sportsmanship, Cultural Appreciation and Public Speaking.

Entry is open to students over the age of 15 and under the age of 19 as at 30 June 2013.

The entrants complete a personal interview with a judging panel comprised of well respected local residents, a great rehearsal for the real world of employment.

For entries contact Graham Bailey on 0416 056 860 or email: The judges: Cr Jenny McKay, Roly Nieper AM, Stephen Dittmann with last year’s winners Molly Erickson and Natasha Hodgson. icato@primus.com.au

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VER HAD THAT PROBLEM of not having enough cash on you for a coffee? At Colin James we are now offering our customers the option of a prepaid coffee card that’s easy to recognise and fits comfortably in your purse, pocket or wallet. These make great gifts as Christmas and birthday presents and they can be a convenient way of paying for your regular coffee. Just nominate the size of your cup of coffee and the type of coffee you love to drink and one of our team will work out the cost of your card.

Each time you present your card in exchange for a coffee we’ll stamp your card. After 10 coffees you’ll be rewarded with a free coffee. Should you decide to use your card for a different size or type of coffee all you need to do is pay the extra to upgrade for that individual coffee.

Put a prepaid coffee card on your shopping list next time you visit our store.

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Mayor Jamieson urges Maleny Golf Club to reveal the Business Plan for its 9 hole Golf Course Sunshine Coast Mayor, Mark Jamieson has told the Hinterland Times that the Maleny Golf Club should let the local community see the business plan for the Club’s planned 9 hole golf course on the Maleny Precinct.

There is growing local concern that the Golf Club does not have access to finance for construction of its proposed golf course and that it is trying to secure a grant of $450,000 from Council to help kick-start the project.

The Hinterland Times has requested a copy of the business plan which has been submitted to Council, but both Council and the Golf Club will not release the document.

Mayor Jamieson claims the business plan is commercial in confidence, despite the fact that the Golf Club is a community organisation and they have a monopoly over the golf course construction on the Precinct land.

At the crux of the secrecy surrounding this issue is that many in the Maleny community have for some years wanted a walkway across the Precinct as its priority, allowing a wide range of people to enjoy the amenity of the land.

However, there is still no walkway and Council appears willing to provide money for a golf course which surveys have shown is not wanted by a majority of locals.

There is a current stand-off between Council and the Golf Club over whether they should get $450,000 as a loan or a grant.

Those close to this process, on the Precinct Advisory Committee, are concerned that the community is being short-changed over how money is being allocated to the Precinct development. Steven Lang, President of the prime environment group, Maleny Green Hills Fund told the Hinterland Times that, “The agreement that was reached, through the master planning process, was that this would be a loan, not a grant. The community clearly stated its preferences regarding the Maleny Community Precinct were for walking trails and parklands (93% of Maleny residents).

Council has only limited funds and these should be directed towards trails, not subsidising Golf.

“If the Maleny Golf Club wants to build a course they have to demonstrate that they can raise the funds to do so, not rely on ratepayers.”

The Hinterland Times has been informed from inside Council that the Maleny Golf Club has definitely not been offered a grant and that there are no Council grants providing for up to $450,000 for community groups.

Mayor Jamieson acknowledged that the community had a right to know the full implications of the course funding.

“That would be a fair and reasonable response,” he said.

“But if it was to swing from a loan to a grant, that would be a different matter altogether.

“I can only assure you that irrespective of individual councillors who may support the Golf Club, Council would not approve something where there was confusion over

“I think it would be a whole simpler for everyone if the Maleny golf course proponents shared that information with the community” - Mark Jamieson whether it was a loan or a grant.”

Mayor Jamieson expressed surprise that the financing of the proposed golf course on the Precinct was still not resolved. “I find it a little unusual that we are still talking about the funding which I thought would have been resolved upfront. “They are going to have to demonstrate their financial ability to run that business ... how the club will construct the golf course and how it will finance the construction and future maintenance.”

Mayor Jamieson was asked to respond to rumours that the first nine holes of the course would be constructed by sympathetic local contractors at mates rates for $1.2 million.

“Council would want to be certain that what was going to be done could be funded, could be sustained and certainly maintained in a way that was in keeping with the other parts of the Precinct. The golf course is going to be there for a long time so it needs to be a legacy that people are comfortable with and fits in with that environment. “ Mayor Jamieson recognised the golf club’s right to commercial-in-confidence but also acknowledged that the lack of information over the business plan, and how Council was involved financially with the project, was causing tensions in the community.

“I think it would be a whole lot simpler for everyone if the Maleny golf course proponents shared that information with the community and explained in detail what it is they are seeking to achieve, and how things were going to be done. I think that would be the sensible way to do it. And I would encourage them to do that.”

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Where to maleny Cappricios Pizzas Traditional Italian food. Licensed Restaurant.

Open Tue - Fri 4pm-10pm. Sat & Sun 11.30am-10pm Riverside Centre – 5499 9444

Eat Pomodoras on Obi Obi Obi creek & treetop views. “Slowfood” philosophy.

Restaurant, Cabins, Functions. Montville organic coffee.

Tues–Thurs 10:00–9:00pm Fri 10:00–10:00pm Sat 9:00–10:00pm; Sun 9:00–3:00pm 18 Lawyer Street, Maleny – 5429 6543

Colin James Fine Foods Try our famous freshly made sorbet, gelati and ice cream cakes. Light snacks and lunches including a wide selection of gluten free options. Great coffee.

37 Maple Street – 5494 2860

Reserve Restaurant Cellar A la carte lunches and dinners. Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week from 11.30am.

840 Landsborough-Maleny Road – 5435 2288

Spicers Tamarind Key Restaurant Maleny African & Mediterranean cuisine. Licensed restaurant, weddings, functions. Great views, verandah lunches, fireside dining. Fri Night 3 course Buffet $35pp inc 1 glass wine or schooner Stella beer. $15 for kids.

Wed – Sun Lunch & dinner.

Cairncross Cnr, Mountain View Rd – 5429 6537

King Ludwig’s German Restaurant & Klaushouse Mountain Bar Authentic home style cuisine. 25 German beers.

Lunch 10.00am Wed- Sun, Dinner 6.00pm Fri & Sat Bookings recommended. Great mountain views.

Private functions & special events.

401 Mountain View Road – 5499 9377

Maple 3 Cafe Real food. Real Service. Venue available for functions.

Fabulous meals in a cafe setting in the heart of town.

3 Maple Street – 5499 9177

Maudy’s Extensive breakfast, lunch and dinner menu with finest steaks on the Hinterland. Vegetarians catered for.

Dinner Wed - Sat. Lunch Fri - Sun. Breakfast w/ends.

466 Maleny Kenilworth Road – 5494 4411

Innovative Thai & Asian Cuisine. Dinner Tues - Sun Lunch Fri - Sun. Reservations essential.

88 Obi Lane South (above Gardners Falls) – 1300 311 429

mapleton Bellavista Pizza & Pasta Licensed restaurant, take away & bar. Great views.

Pizza, pasta, a la carte, gelato, coffee, dine-in or takeaway.

Open 5 days 2.00 - 9.00pm Wed - Sun. Lunch Sat & Sun from 12 noon.

Shop 8, 1 Post Office Road – 5445 7722

montville Ametharius Coffees and Craft Hinterlands Best Coffee. Come in for a cuppa, or something to eat, browse our gift shop, paint some ceramics or just relax in our quiet courtyard.

All day brekkie served daily. Open 7 days 9am-5pm.

Shop 2/144 Main Street 5478 5120 – 0421 214 211 (behind Almari Leather) ametharius@hotmail.com

The Terrace Award-winning Seafood Restaurant. Open for lunch and dinner 6 days a week. Closed Wednesday.

Cnr. Maleny-Landsborough Road and Mountain View Road – 5494 3700

The Upfront Club Licensed restaurant. Daily blackboard specials & takeaway. Live music. Preview performers www.upfrontclub.org. Breakfast & lunch 7 days.

Open dinner from 5.30pm Mon, Thurs, Fri & Sat. 31 Maple Street – 5494 2592

flaxton Flaxton Gardens Tranquil elegance in an area of natural beauty.

Restaurant, Bar, Events. Sunday and Wednesday 9.00am-4.00pm. Thursday - Saturday 9.00am - 9.00pm 313 Flaxton Drive – 5445 7450

Le Relais Bressan Sensational French Cuisine. Great 3 Course set menu $27.50 except Fri & Sat night. Open lunch and dinner.

Closed Tuesday & Wednesday.

344 Flaxton Drive – 5445 7157

The Edge

Camphor Cottage Garden setting in the heart of Montville.

Seasonal menu. Changing specials. Sensational housemade gourmet cakes. Great Coffee.

Breakfast and lunch Wed-Mon. 9.00am - 3.00pm.

190 Main Street – 5442 9300

Elements at Montville Fabulous teahouse, interiors and gift store overlooking the Kondalilla falls. Open Wed - Mon 8am - 4.00ish.

Delish breakfast. Light lunches. Home baked goodies.

Limited seating. Small functions welcome.

Bridal and Baby Showers a must.

38 Kondalilla Falls Road – 5478 6212

Flame Hill Vineyard & Restaurant Visit this 100 acre property for wine tasting, wine sales, a la carte lunch & magnificent views. The perfect function venue. Thurs – Mon 10.30 – 5.30pm. Gourmet Sun Brunch 9.30 -11.30am Book ahead. Closed Tues & Wed. 249 Western Avenue – 5478 5920

Montville Cafe Bar Grill Great food at pub prices. Fully licenced. Blend of modern Aust. cuisine & home-style cooking.

Courtesy Bus 7 days from 5.30pm. Live music Fri night, Sat & Sun 12-4pm. Club 90 jackpot $1000 Fri night.

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Restaurants • Cafés • Take-aways this month: The Edge Restaurant, Montville THE EDGE has become very popular with locals, Sunshine Coast residents and visitors from Brisbane.

The reasons are simple - to enjoy great modern Australian cuisine surrounded by breathtaking coastal and Range views is a very special experience.

Chef Matt Beasley, formerly of the iconic Buderim restaurant, Le Baroque, is planning a new menu for the holiday season. “We get visitors from all over the world here,” says Matt, “So our menu is European with an Asian influence along with a continuing focus on modern Australian tastes that we have become famous for.”

One of Matt’s signature dishes: Moroccan Lamb Salad with toasted pine nuts, labna, hommus and crispy lavish with a chermoulah dressing.

The Edge Restaurant, Mayfield Centre, Main Street Montville. Phone: 5442 9344

Montville Gourmet Pizza & Cafe Gourmet Pizza, Pasta & Salads. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days noon till 8.00pm 202 Main Street (next to bottle shop) – 5442 9505

The Edge Restaurant Savour our delicious modern cuisine on the deck overlooking stunning views. The perfect location to enjoy a champagne breakfast, leisurely lunch, or coffee & cake. Open daily 8.30am -4.00 pm. Licensed Mayfield Centre 127-133 Main Street – 5442 9344

The Long Apron’ Restaurant Winner Best Prestige Restaurant in Qld 2011.

Our modern European menu offers a ‘Table d Hote’ & 5 or 10 course degustation.

Lunch Fri-Sun. Dinner Wed-Mon Spicers Clovelly Estate 68 Balmoral Rd – 1300 272 897

The Montville Coffee Pot Relaxed dining friendly service. Home style cooking using fresh ingredients. Hearty breakfasts, gourmet sandwiches & burgers, fresh salads, open grills, vegetarian treats, yummy cakes, Poffertjes. Locally roasted coffee prepared by qualified baristas.Wi-Fi Hotspot 8.15am - 5.00pm - 7 days Village Square, 168 Main Street – 5478 5522

Secrets on the Lake Cafe & Gallery Enjoy Devonshire Teas, homemade cakes, light lunches on our deck overlooking the lake then browse through the gallery. Open 9am-4pm. Group bookings welcome.

Sunday breakfast 8.30am-11.30am. Licensed. bookings essential. www.secretsonthelake.com.au 207 Narrows Road – 5478 5888

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Grain free and gluten free. Monday to Friday 8am – 3.30pm. All day breakfast & seasonal lunch menu.

Sat mornings – live music, seasonal lunch platters, all day breakfast – 8am – 2pm.

16 Queen Street – 5441 3510

palmwoods/eudlo Palmwoods Hotel Best steaks on the coast. Fresh local seafood.

Bistro menu to suit everyone. Open 7 days.

28-34 Main Street – 1300 PALMWOODS

Sweethearts Cafe Organic coffee. Yummy home cooking & organic salads.

Home Made GF cakes. “All day” brekky” Wed - Mon 8am - 3pm. Closed Tues. Sun breakfast bookings appreciated. Check us out on Facebook www.sweetheartscafe.com.au 2 Anzac Road, Eudlo – 5445 9665

Wild Rocket @ Misty’s Delicious seasonal, local, organic, homemade cuisine.

Warm friendly service, professional baristas. Unique historic venue. Cosy dining. Intimate functions.

Lunch & dinner. Closed Mons exc public holidays.

Bookings appreciated.

142 Main Street – 5478 5560

Poets Cafe Superb food in a rainforest setting. Open for breakfast & lunch. Dinner Friday & Saturday nights.

167 Main Street – 5478 5479

Husk and Honey

nambour Empire Organics & Cafe French provincial-inspired specialises in gluten-free and vegetarian products using a large range of gf flours.

Black Sheep coffee and Eden Hope organic milk to get the best flavours. Open 7am to 4.30 pm Monday to Friday. Catering is supplied. Toilets and parking at rear All credit cards accepted.

Shop 6, 2-4 Mitchell Street – 5441 5554

woombye Restaurant Chez Claude Authentic French Cuisine.

• Wed - Sun. 10.30am - 3pm. Lunch from 11.45am • Thurs - Sat Dinner from 6.15pm 4 Pine Grove Road – 5442 1511

beerwah Beerwah Hotel A taste of the Country. Fabulous steaks & other dishes to please everyone. Eat inside in our new Bistro or outside in our new Bistro Garden.

Open lunch and dinner 7 days a week.

Cnr Mawhinney Street & Beerwah Parade 1300 BEERWAH

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Licensed cafe open 7 days. Enjoy a delicious lunch on our verandah.

Wine and cheese tastings Watch our cheese and yoghurt being made.

Buy your supplies of cheese and yoghurt to take home.

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Mungo MacCallum

Elections anyone?

“... Not much of a choice; but like the Americans we will have to make it.”

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S OUR TUMULTUOUS, indeed horrendous, parliamentary year limps to a close, it is tempting to glance across the Pacific and see if the final frantic days of the American election can give us a hint of what to expect next year when we too will go to the polls.

And at first glance the comparisons are striking: the incumbent, an incompetent, untrustworthy, nationwrecking lefty extremist, a misfit elected more or less by accident to be replaced as soon as possible by whatever means come to hand; and the challenger, a policy-free right wing religious nutter, a glib but gaffe-prone amateur clearly unfit for an office higher than that of chook raffler.

At least, this is the way they are portrayed by their respective opponents, and in both countries the labels have had some effect. For an alarming number of voters, the choice will not be a positive one, rather a conscious effort to select the lesser of two evils.

And the worst of the abuse has not come from the politicians themselves, although both have been subjected to an inordinate amount of muck-raking, Obama about his birthplace and religion, and Gillard

Don’s View...

“ Australia has now excised itself from its own migration zone, a mean and tricky legal scam.” about her childlessness and her legal career.

It must be admitted that both Barack Obama and Julia Gillard have disappointed their followers, who expected great and impossible achievements in their first term, and who have been unwilling to take into account the frustrations presented by economic stringency and a zealous and ruthless opposition. Obama’s not very ambitious plan for public healthcare, derided as “Obamacare,” a revolutionary socialist plot, by the Republicans and even some of his fellow Democrats, has had to be watered down to the point where it is all but meaningless, rather in the matter of Julia Gillard’s mining tax.

And this, in a sense, has been the story of both their first terms: high ambition demolished by political reality.

And having done their level best to sabotage, stymie and where possible destroy the incumbent’s agenda the challengers now feel free to make spectacular unfunded promises of their own in the hope that the voters have sufficiently short memories to succumb to the temptations of hope over experience.

At which point we shall abandon the Americans to the vagaries and distortions of their voluntary voting system and return to the nitty gritty, or perhaps that should be notty grotty, of present day Australia. Gillard is currently preoccupied with the Asia-Europe conference in Vientiane, and her treasurer Wayne Swan with the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Mexico, but both must feel pretty happy with the way the year is ending: if the polls are to be believed (always a risky exercise) they are on the way to pulling off a nearmiraculous recovery.

Less than 12 months ago the Labor Party looked gone for all money and Gillard utterly unelectable, and even when she saw off the premature challenge from Kevin Rudd nothing really changed. The received wisdom within the commentariat was that the public was no longer listening; the voters were, to use Wayne Goss’s graphic phrase, sitting on their verandahs with their baseball bats, waiting for the Labor government to walk past. Now, if history is any guide, Labor is actually in the

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box seat: no government sitting on 50 percent of the two party preferred vote within twelve months of an election has ever lost office.

Actually, of course, it isn’t as good as it looks; much of Labor’s revival is not so much due to its own achievements as to the belated realisation that the coalition and especially its leader Tony Abbott have spent almost all the last three years being negative and destructive and almost completely bereft of any concrete proposals to fix things. There is still plenty of time for this to be remedied, or if things become drastic for Tony Abbott to be remedied.

But it will be hard for his colleagues to accept that the quartet of slogans that so nearly won the 2010 election – get rid of the taxes, stop the boats, end the waste and pay the debts – has almost completely lost its punch.

The carbon tax has proved a pussy cat and the mining tax almost completely ineffective; it is now clear that Abbott’s plans to stop the boats would be both ineffective and unworkable; the government has pared back just about all the waste, and the voters are sick of cuts anyway; and the debt – well, Treasury reckons that the few promises the coalition has made could add as much as $70 billion to it, and Abbott has rejected having them costed by Peter Costello’s charter of budget honesty, and refuses to detail what, if any, further savings can be made to cover them.

On the other hand Gillard’s record isn’t much to brag about either. The carbon tax is in place, and real progress has been made on the National Broadband Network; some minor but worthwhile welfare reforms have been put in place, and that’s about it. The big items – National Disability Insurance, education funding, taxation reform and most recently the great trek into Asia – remain visions for the future, in some cases the indefinite future. And of course, the boats keep coming, with the farcical result that Australia has now excised itself from its own migration zone, a mean and tricky legal scam originated by John Howard, and one which undoes all the international brownie points we earned by gaining a seat on the UN security council.

Not much of a choice; but, like the Americans, we are going to have to make it. Unless, of course, we adopt the practices of the Coptic church, which at the weekend chose its new Pope by having a blindfolded schoolboy draw a name out of a hat. At least it would save a lot of time, money and angst.

On which note I am off for four weeks – I’ll be back in December for the silly season. But can it get any sillier?

Cheers.

Be part of the greening of the Maleny Community Precinct Each year, a public tree plant is held to give the community a chance to be part of the ‘greening of the Precinct’.

This year will be bigger than ever. We’re not just planting - we’re celebrating, BBQing and sharing stories.

Join us!

For further details and a map, visit www.greenhills.org.au or call 5494 3151.

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Billy’s book goes to Canberra

Hinterland Bush Links is running a couple of walking and weeding days over the next two months.

The first is on Sunday 11 November on a scenic section of the Obi Ck in North Maleny. For those that enjoy a refreshing dip, there is a great swimming hole at the site.

On Saturday 1 December the group will bushwalk into Bellthorpe National Park and hand-weed a small infestation of Crofton Weed near Broken Bridge Creek. The rest of the time can be spent enjoying the birds and magnificent rainforest as well as swimming at a beautiful rock hole.

For more information and to book your place, contact Barung Landcare by phone 5494 3151 or email www.barunglandcare.org.au

Nambour Museum recently passed a copy of John Galsworthy’s book , Caravan containing a thought-provoking handwritten notation by the late Billy Hughes, wartime Prime Minister of Australia.

The book had been in the Nambour Museum for many years. In Canberra, Museum of Australian Democracy’s Senior Historian and research Manager, Libby Stewart said she was very pleased to receive the book because it was such a personal item belonging to a former PM. “We don’t have many such items and it will find a special place here in the museum she said.

In Canberra recently accepting Billy’s book from Nambour’s Jeanett Morrison is Senior Historian, at Museum of Democracy’s Libby Stewart

Merriment on the Mary River

Birdbath aids Pomona station The Pomona Railway Station is holding a raffle for a lovely handcrafted bird bath by local ceramist Wendy Britton.

Funds raised by this raffle will go to painting the Gallery buildings which are in much need of repair. You may see this beautiful work and purchase tickets at the Gallery, 10 Station Street, Pomona. Cost: $5.00 for six tickets.

The winner will be drawn when the goal of $200.00 is reached.

The Gallery is open Mon-Frid 10am to 4pm, Sat 10am -1pm. Closed Sunday.

Telephone: 5485 2950

On Saturday November 10, the Mary River Festival will bring a joyous focus on the river and its dual but intertwined communities, human and ecological.

From midday till 8pm the Kandanga sportsground will come alive with music, entertainment, good food, children’s activities and much more.

Highlights of the music line-up are Brisbane-based singer songwriter John Malcolm, the acclaimed Hat Fitz and Cara, as well as the return of The Floating Bridges, who last year left patrons calling for more and are back again to give it.

There’s a film tent, a local history tent, recycled instruments, heaps of information tents and stalls, an acoustic jam tent but the undoubted highlight will be the “Sounds of Mary” performance and light show early in the evening. For more festival details: www.maryriverfestival.org

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Kevin Oxley paints portrait of Professor Ian Frazer R

ENOWNED SCIENTIST and developer of a ground-breaking cervical cancer vaccine, Professor Ian Frazer has visited the Hinterland to have his portrait painted by Kevin Oxley, one of our most highly regarded painters.

The portrait of Professor Frazer is being shown as part of a Celebrating Innovators exhibition at Parliament House in Canberra until December 13.

Kevin Oxley told the Hinterland Times how he came to choose Ian Frazer as his subject for the exhibition.

I was aware of the work Professor Ian Frazer has done developing Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine, and that he was Australian of the Year in 2006. After seeing him on television, he seemed an excellent subject for a portrait.

Portrait Artists Australia is Australia’s largest portrait association and usually come up with a themed exhibition at the end of each year. One of those I entered about three years ago for the theme, Your Favourite Medic, was of Dr. Greg Wren. He was my GP at the time and he had diagnosed my rare condition. That led me to start thinking outside the square on possible causes of "Acinar Carcinoma of the Pancreas with Metastasis in The Liver". In turn, this led me to contacting Professor Ian Frazer regarding my type of cancer, because I heard it might be viral in origin.

He responded promptly and showed a huge capacity to understand the concern I have about my condition. Of course there was nothing in the pipeline in relation to my cancer, but I have kept him informed over the past six years on my progress. We have formed a connection over the

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years through these communications. He is a great listener and always displays an openminded attitude towards my views.

Once he had accepted my invitation to sit for his portrait we talked for quite a while and I observed the animated motions of his arms and body as he spoke with great enthusiasm about all sorts of issues going on in the world, from medicine to politics. He struck me as a man of great integrity who still believes in the value of altruism within our society, and he is a totally committed researcher in the field of immunology.

I asked where in Brisbane he would like me to come to paint his portrait, knowing he must be a very busy man. He immediately disarmed me by replying that, "No, don't worry about coming to Brisbane, I will come to you. Just let me know when it would be convenient.” There were two sittings, several weeks apart when he came up to Montville, both times with his wife.

With the aid of photographs I was able to continue working on fine-tuning the painting over the next eight weeks, and it was finally completed recently and an image sent off to Sydney to be assessed for the final exhibition.

I received confirmation recently of its acceptance.

I find that the most endearing aspect of Ian Frazer is his humility. He is basically a shy person, totally free of any pretensions or claims to fame and he seems as surprised as anyone that he has become a house-hold name throughout the world. I feel really honoured to have had the opportunity to record my personal impression of this great man.

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Tove Easton PRINCIPAL LAWYER

eastonlawyers Which business structure is right for you?

An important consideration to contemplate when starting a new business is the type of business structure that best suits your needs. Issues that you should consider when choosing the suitable structure range from liability and how best to protect yourself, and your business from liability to financial and practical concerns.

1. SOLE TRADER - Assets and liabilities of the business belong to the owner of the business – you. As there is no fire wall between your personal and business assets you would be personally liable in all aspects of your business.

Some of the advantages are that this is a simple structure to set up and maintain; you retain effective control and as you are not an employee you don’t have to make compulsory superannuation contributions, pay payroll tax or workers’ compensation for yourself. The greatest disadvantage is the unlimited liability which means that your personal assets are at risk should you be sued.

2. PARTNERSHIPS - A partnership is not a separate legal entity but rather an association of individuals or entitles which come together for the purpose of carrying on a business activity with a view to making a profit. The assets of the partnership belong to the individual partners jointly rather than to a separate legal entity. It is relatively easy and cheap to set up, but again the main disadvantage is the joint and several liability of partners.

So, should one partner be unable to pay his or her share of a partnership debt then the remaining partner is fully liable for the whole of that debt despite any agreement to the contrary between the partners.

3. COMPANY - A company is a separate legal entity and capable of owning assets in its own name. The main advantages are that this structure has limited liability for its shareholders, it is a structure which is commercially well understood and accepted and there are many choices as to the distribution of profits and losses to the shareholders. But it is expensive to set up and to maintain as it requires greater accounting and accountability obligations than say a sole trader. Control of the company lies with its directors so this may or may not be a disadvantage.

CONCLUSION - As a guideline, the characteristics of a good business structure are flexibility so that the structure can cope with changing circumstances with minimum consequences to the business; minimisation of exposure to liability; minimisation of costs such as tax and the efficient distribution of profits and losses.

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Maleny Community Precinct ACH YEAR, GREEN HILLS and Barung Landcare host one major event on the Precinct. The ‘Community Tree Plant’ began as a tree plant but has evolved into a family-friendly morning that not only sets records for putting trees in the ground but also incorporates talks, a BBQ, info sessions, music, entertainment and more.

This year the two community groups are continuing the expansion of the ‘green corridors’ with plantings along the banks of Obi Obi Creek, across from Erowal and also across from the primary school.

Children will be most welcome to come along. In fact, the groups would be delighted to have a ‘young brigade’ at this planting to take part in the ‘Living with Wildlife’ talk during the BBQ. What to bring? – sturdy shoes, a hat, sun-screen and gloves. There will be hats and sunscreen for those who forget!

And remember – you don’t have to plant to be involved – there are lots of ‘hands on’ activities to choose from.

You should meet at the Barung Landcare Nursery, at the end of Porters Lane, North Maleny at 8am.

Transport will be available to the planting area for those who need it. People are encouraged to register for the event at the Barung website: www.barunglandcare.org.au, or ring them on 54 943 151. You can also pop into their

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What’s Flowering Now?

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D r a ftsP la n n in g sS c h e m e so n sd is p la y Council’s Draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme is on public display until Friday 14 December. View the draft on council’s website, attend a local information display or visit your nearest council office or library— you can also phone 5475 PLAN for further details. Be sure to have your say on this blueprint for the future of the Sunshine Coast.

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More compact and bushy than its parent Magnolia grandiflora, the clone St Mary's, grows to a height of 6-7m.

Large perfumed creamy white flowers adorn the tree in spring to summer.

Leaves are bright green and glossy bronze

Council invites you to provide comment on the proposed upgrade options for the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Building Renewal Project. An independent business case assessment provides a comparison between the upgrade options – visit council’s website to view the business case and find out how to submit your feedback by 11 November.

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Pi n e s t r e e s s o n s O b i s O b i s C r e e k s t o s b e s r e m o v e d In partnership with Maleny District Green Hills Fund, council will oversee the removal of a hectare of exotic pine trees along Obi Obi Creek. The work, part of the Maleny Community Precinct Master Plan (MCPMP), starts in November and should be complete in two weeks, weather permitting. Visit council’s website for more on the MCP Master Plan.

F u n d in g sfo r sc o m m u n ity sp r o je c ts Could grants funding help get your project off the ground? The Community Grants Program and the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) are open for application until 5pm Saturday 1 December. Visit council’s website for eligibility details and to apply.

Call a grants officer on 5441 8616 for advice or help.

H e lp sc o u n c ilsg a u g e sth e sr a in What's your rain gauge been telling you lately? If you keep a record of rainfall on your property, measured on a daily basis at approximately the same time, council invites you to share the information with them.

Mail digitised data to hydrology@ sunshinecoast.qld. gov.au or contact council to find out more.

F in d so u t sw h a t 's so n st h is sF e s t iv e sS e a s o n Get involved in the Sunshine Coast Festive Season program – bursting with over 50 family-friendly activities happening across the region. The 2012/13 festive program includes the regional Christmas tree trail, local festive community events and workshops, and exciting New Year’s Eve and Australia Day celebrations. Find out more from council’s website.

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T’S GETTING TO THAT TIME of year when the temperatures starts to soar, lawns start to wither, paddocks brown off , trees shed leaves, bush fires are raging (started by lightning, accidents or just because some people love a good bushfire - wish they didn’t), houses start to bake (unless they are well insulated) and if you don’t have air-conditioning in your car it’s time to cook in your own juices.

What we need is shade and that’s a great incentive for you to plant trees and shrubs. Trees and shrubs create shade and humidity and are nature’s air conditioners and that’s what is needed to cool the temperature and protect the delicate north European complexions of the majority of us!

Rainforest trees and shrubs generally have dense dark green foliage that provides shade and cooling temperatures (just go for a walk in Mary Cairncross on a hot day), so planting tree and shrubs, will save your power bill and you from wilting! However before I whip you into a frenzy of shade tree planting, you need to plan a bit.

First you need to think what plants will work best where.

Revegetating with tall trees to the south of your house has several benefits including protecting from strong southerly’s, cooling the air temperature through their

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shade and adding moisture to the air on a hot dry day.

Most importantly when planting trees near your house always take into consideration how high the tree will grow, eg. if it can grow to forty metres, then never plant closer than forty metres to your house, so that in a worst case scenario and the tree falls down – it won’t hit your house (also keep that in mind for your neighbour’s house!). Too many times we see soaring gum trees planted on fence lines in small acreage blocks.

Revegetating with shrubs and groundcovers on the north side will ensure that you don’t miss out on the winter sun (let’s not forget how cold it was just a month or so back!). One way to achieve height and summer shade (and not miss out on the winter sun) is to plant deciduous trees. Luckily we do have a few deciduous native trees to choose from such as Red Cedar (Toona Ciliata), White Cedar (Melia azedarach), Tall Sandpaper Fig (Ficus fraseri), Superb Fig (Ficus superba) and White Fig (Ficus virens) – keep in mind that these are all tall trees and that figs have wide spreading root systems (so best for bigger acreages.

The added benefit of revegetating for your own comfort and improvement of your habitat is that you will also provide habitat for a lot of grateful critters that also call this place home!

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Obi Obi Community Hall given a refurbished life HE 1913 OBI OBI community hall has been refurbished and the community is invited to celebrate its opening. Unused since 2000 the building was so dilapidated that this was always going to be an ambitious project. The Obi Obi and Kidaman Creek District Community Hall Association tackled it by selling its other asset, the “tin shed” Kidaman Creek Hall, and with close management of the proceeds and the generous assistance of a $50,000 grant from Sunshine Coast Regional Council, was finally able to bring this dream back to life. The reopening celebration starts at 2pm on Saturday November 17, so please come, have a

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good look around, and think about the ways that you will be able to use the renewed heart of our community. Maybe a wedding celebration or a medieval feast.

The possibilities are only limited by our imaginations.

Food and drink will be on sale at the opening, and musical entertainment will start at 4pm.

The old timber and tin from the hall will be auctioned off starting at 3.00pm. Much of the tin is branded, and in surprisingly good condition for 99 years old corrugated iron.

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Davanco Environmental ... creating balance in our lives AVANCO ENVIRONMENTAL has been involved in the Bush Regeneration industry for the past ten years and we are very excited to now offer our services in the Hinterland area. With established contracts in South East Queensland, for clients ranging from private landholders to regional councils and National Parks, it is appropriate that we now turn our attention to the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, a place that is familiar to Davanco, having direct family connections for four generations.

At Davanco we are driven by a deep respect for the environment and the issues it currently faces. We believe

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that much can be done to create balance between the natural environment and the urban or rural communities in which most of us live. This balance can be achieved by acknowledging areas of natural significance and restoring areas identified as important habitat sites. Including landholders, councils and other agencies in this process is vital for successful outcomes that promote the environment within the constraints of urban or rural development.

Davanco is committed to being a part of the process that facilitates these outcomes.

Davanco Environmental places a high priority on talking with our clients to ensure desired outcomes are met, whilst keeping our services affordable.

Services we offer include: • Revegetation • Weed Control Measures • Consultancy • Weed Control Programs • Survey of Native Species • Arboriculture All the team here at Davanco Environmental look forward to building relationships within the Hinterland community.

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Maleny Film Society November screenings Saturday November 10 Evening - 7.15pm

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UK - Drama - M - 117 mins This gripping tale is a modern day re-telling of Thomas Hardy's classic novel, "Tess of the d’Ubervilles". Its setting however is the rich backdrop of modern day India with all its flavors and textures. Love, desire, prejudice, perceptions and control comprise this tragic love story into which we are intoxicatingly drawn experiencing the tension between ancient privilege and modern equality and between codes of urban and rural life in modern day India.

Saturday November 24 - Evening - 7.15pm

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Maleny’s story ... From Mud to Magic HE MALENY Visitor Information Centre has been a great support to Hinterland businesses for 20 years, quite apart from providing visitors with important bits of information about the town and surrounding attractions.

Now they have published a small book which answers the countless questions that visitors and residents alike want to know about Maleny and district. A coffee table book, Earth, Dreams Magic, was published by the Hinterland Business Centre in 2010, but From Mud to Magic is a small, pocket book, and at only $7.95 will appeal across the Range to visitors and residents alike. It ought to be on the desk of every B&B. Sue McLeary wrote the text and Peter Milton did the bulk of the research for this fascinating and insightful profile of our famous town. The book

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is sprinkled with our pioneering families, many of whose descendants still live in Maleny. Like the Grigors and McArthys who organised the first school on the Range in the mid 1880s; Jane Dunlop - the first woman to settle here in 1855 and Beryl Newton whose family had Italian prisoners of war working the Newton farm during WW 11.

From Mud to Magic is a great read and is available from the Maleny Visitor Information Centre for $7.95.

It was published with the help of a $2000 Community Grant from Sunshine Coast Council.

Councillor Jenny McKay launches From Mud to Magic at the Maleny Library with its author, Sue Smith

To the Editor ... Harry wants to meet Smiley Argentina - comedy / drama - M - 93 mins.

Hardware shopkeeper Robert is grumpy and reclusive and spends his spare time watching planes at the airport. It is here that he comes to the assistance of a Chinese man ( Jun ), whom he witnesses being thrown from a taxi. Reluctantly he takes him in and agrees to help him. Thrown into forced proximity, with no common language, the scene is set for a delightful story that moves from buddy movie to black comedy to moving drama when the circumstances of Jun’s arrival in Argentina are finally revealed.

There will be no screenings during December.

We return with our summer program on 12 Jan, 2013

The Pavilion, Maleny Showgrounds All welcome !

6.00pm for tickets + bar + dinner Screening commences 7.15pm

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Black Spring

THANK YOU so much for your article about Colin Petersen and his early acting life as Smiley.

Happily, one day I may be lucky enough to travel to Queensland and meet Colin.

My connection with Smiley dates back to when I was 10 years old on the island of Mauritius.

Smiley was pivotal in making me call Australia Home.

Guess what mates! I watched Smiley in French, and I watched it at least ten times.

I was infatuated with Australia (still am) through watching Smiley - the country towns, the outback and above all, its people captured my heart.

I was so into Australia that many times I got into trouble for day- dreaming about good old Oz in my Mauritius classroom.

At 15, after conning my brother, I made the announcement to our parents that we were to immigrate to Australia. At 17 I sent in our application, and on my 18th birthday I got the letter of acceptance.

On November 5, 1966 we finally arrived in Australia, the land of my dreams.

Every day since, I have been living my dream married with three beautiful kids (now adults) and soon to have four grandchildren.

by Alison Groggon Lina is a witch and her violet eyes betray her heritage, but, unlike other witch children, Lina is allowed to survive and grows up in a privileged household.

Her father fosters a young boy and as the pair grow older they become close companions, devoted to each other to the point of obsession, until their lives are changed forever when vendetta comes to the village. Atmospheric, tragic and passionate, Black Spring is a haunting novel for young adults by acclaimed fantasy writer Alison Croggon inspired by the classic Wuthering Heights.

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Simple Pleasures

10 years ago I was having a conversation with one of Australia’s icon actors - Terry McDermott - who I have known for a while, and I mentioned to him that Smiley was my reason for coming to Australia.

Surprise! Surprise! Terry had had a small part in the film - he was one of Colin Petersen with a pos the young men coming ter of himself out of the local pub as the boy movie star, Sm iley before the search for Smiley. If Terry spoke in the film I told him, it would have been in French.

My hope is one day to catch up with Smiley and perhaps my next walkabout trip may take me to meet Colin Petersen in Maleny (the icing on the cake).

I am still trying the best I can to be a great Aussie by: working hard, giving everyone a fair go, and above all ... taking no bullshit!

Harry Rayeroux Tecoma Victoria

by Annabel Langbein Annabel Langbein is a New Zealand celebrity chef, food writer and publisher whose latest cook book contains a feast of new ideas for the coming summer months and festivities.

With her down to earth approach to food she takes us on a journey to savour life’s simple pleasures. There are more than two hundred delicious recipes, all easily achievable by the home cook.

Simple Pleasures would make a great gift or a wonderful addition to your own collection of cook books.

The End of Your Life Book Club

by Will Schwalbe The End of Your Life Book Club is ‘Chicken Soup’ for the literary soul. The author discusses the books he reads with his mother whilst she in undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer over a two year period.

Will, who has worked as an editor and publisher, obviously loves books, and his descriptions of the books read in the club of two are erudite and never tedious. The story pays homage to his mother, a book loving, humanitarian New York woman who got things done.

This book is a tender look at life through the stories we read and the stories that make up our lives.

Tree Changers...

...about people who change their lives to settle on the Range and why they choose to stay

THIS MONTH ... Tina & Allan Rhode Tina and Allan Rhode moved to the Blackall Range only weeks ago... having bought a business in Montville’s main street, and then a beautiful home on acreage in Flaxton. This pair of babyboomer professionals, have found the perfect place to lay the foundations for a long and settled future.

Why did you come here?

Of course the rewards are there like walking out into the vegetable garden and getting half your dinner from that, or just enjoying the bird life. It suited us perfectly ... we’ve got room for family and friends to visit, and we’ve got the garden to enjoy.

Tina: This is not going to be a nine to five job. It’s learning to balance and because we have worked together before, it’s not going to be an issue. I might have some time off and then he might have some time off, and if we can build up the business, then we can have some time off together.

Allan: We are already starting to learn the streets here and meet the people. For us there’s a focus on not what you can get out of it, but what you can do for other people. It takes a while of course for people to get to know and understand you and trust you.

Real estate is all about that, because you have to fulfill someone else’s needs , wants wishes and desires. We both love helping people and becoming part of a community, so it’s an excellent fit for what we need ourselves personally.

Tina: Well, we were looking for businesses in the area because we had decided we wanted to work together again. Also, we wanted to be away from Brisbane but not too far because we have grandkids in Brisbane.

Allan: We both started out in Melbourne thirty years ago and since then we have lived and worked in a variety of places, but it’s funny how our paths have always led back through Montville, whilst we’ve been on holidays, visiting or bringing relatives or friends here. Although we always brought them up to Montville, we never ever imagined that we would be living in this area.

Coming here has been in the planning process for a couple of months. One of our strict criteria to find a business was something within an hour and a half of Brisbane, so that we would retain that good contact with our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughters.

We were in contact with John (Taylor) at Montville Real Estate, looking for businesses, and then John mentioned that retirement was on the cards for him so we started discussing the purchase of Montville Real Estate.

What would keep you here?

Allan: One way or another, at this stage of our lives, I can see us staying here for the indefinite future. We’re so close to everything, we don’t want for anything here. We intend to do as much business locally as we can and use local suppliers and providers where possible.

Tina: This particular field of business suits us because it is something we can do until we decide to retire.

Allan: What would keep us here? The feel of the area and growing into a circle of friends, acquaintances and neighbours. Personally, I understand there is a good wood-working group here so I may take that on. We’d also like to learn more about the chamber of commerce.

Tina: As we become more a part of this community we could hopefully contribute and introduce new ideas. But if the bottom really fell out of the real estate market ... and I don’t believe it will ...

Allan: ... we would spend more time in the garden. We’re not leaving!

Tina: Yes. We could do a real tree change then!

What did you have to change in coming here?

Tina: Well, Allan has been a salesman in real estate before and I have worked in property management. So, we’ve been there if you like, in terms of real estate and property.

Allan: Between hospitality and customer service, we’ve also been in management and had a lot to do with good customer service. So, we were looking for a business that would enable us to go somewhere and fulfill a long term vision. We firmly believe this business fulfills all the criteria for a strong community of interesting people, and the lifestyle that we were looking for.

Despite that, I know I have to change my attitude to gardening, because coming from a residential block of land to just over two acres and a beautiful property in Flaxton with fruit trees, vegetable gardens ... there is a lot more involved in that!

Hinterland Accommodation Directory

For further information about accommodation options on the Sunshine Coast hinterland visit www.hinterlandtourism.com.au

Montville, Flaxton, Mapleton Montagues of Montville • 5445 7854 77 Kondalilla Falls Road www.montaguesofmontville.com The Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat • 5478 5000 National & international award-winning 4.5 star hosted accommodation. Airport transfers Narrows Road www.narrowsescape.com.au

Maleny Montville Real Estate • 5478 5478 Homes & apartments for holiday letting www.montvillerealestate.com.au Montville Country Cabins • 5442 9484 396 Western Ave, Montville Perfect for a relaxed & romantic escape. www.montvillecabins.com.au

Maleny Tropical Retreat B&B • 5435 2113 540 Maleny-Montville Road www.malenytropicalretreat.com Spa Views Guest Suites • 5494 4222 Spa Views B&B and Penthouse 475 Maleny-Kenilworth Tourist Drive Witta, Maleny www.spaviews.com.au

The Falls Rainforest Cottages • 5445 7000 20 Kondalilla Falls Road www.thefallscottages.com.au Mapleton Information Centre Maleny Information Centre -

5478 6381 5499 9033

Maleny Hinterland Visitor Information Centre Montville Information Centre -

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Art Gallery Trail - Sunshine Coast Hinterland 2 Gallery Frit, Ceramic Fine Art 104 Yabba Creek Road, Imbil Ph: 07 5488 6975 www.maryvalleycountry.com.au E: muddygirl@maryvalleyartandcoffee.com Artist Exhibition - Sophy Blake - painter

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Stay longer at any one of the region’s welcoming guest houses.

Lasting Impressions Gallery 6 Elizabeth Street, Kenilworth Ph: 5446 0422 lastingimpressions7@bigpond.com www.lastingimpressionsgallery.net

(SEE ACCOMMODATION DIRECTORY)

Artist: Helene Grove “Emus in the Evening” (acrylic on board)

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Secrets on the Lake Art Gallery

Obi Valley Woodworks

207 Narrows Road, Montville Ph: 5478 5888 Gallery open seven days: 9am - 5pm www.secretsonthelake.com.au

430 Hunsley Road Coolabine Ph: 5472 3996 www.cedarcreations.com.au

Artist: Cathy Lawley

Artist: Jack Wilms Sculpture, furniture, doors Open: weekends & most public holidays 10am-4pm Closed for October

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Shop 4, ‘Mayfield’ Main Street Montville Ph: 5478 5440 www.illumecreations.com.au

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Rosebed St Gallery & Studio 13 Rosebed St, Eudlo Ph: 5457 3780 Open: Wed-Sun 10am-4pm E: annie@rosebedstgallery.com www.rosebedstgallery.com

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Cnr Corks Pocket & Reesville Rds, Reesville Ph: 5494 3595 E: contact@antique.net.au

Artist: John Anderson Title: “Tawny Frog Mouth on Nest)

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138 Main St, Montville Ph: 5442 9211 www.montvilleartgallery.com.au Artist: Louis Da Lozzo

7 5 Main Street Gallery 167 Main Street (below Poets Cafe) Montville Ph: 5478 5050 www.mainstreetgallery.com.au

"On the Cusp” original pastel - 56 x 75cm Artist: Emma Middleton

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Tree Frog Gallery

Maleny Jewellers

926 Montville Road, Maleny Enquiries Ph: 5435 2303 www.treefroggallery.com Gallery Hours: Thursday- Monday 10am-4pm Works by local artists & art classes.

Shop 4, Riverside Centre, Maleny Ph: 5494 3477 Vintage 1940’s era French cut crystal & Japanese enamel set in sterling silver Designer: Renee Blackwell

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Art On Cairncross Cairncross Corner, Maleny Ph: 5429 6404 www.artoncairncross.com.au Artist: Jim Kinch “Jockey” (acrylic on canvas)

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Holden’s Gallery 38b Coral St, Maleny (cnr Coral & Myrtle Sts) Gallery & Picture Framing Ph: 5494 2100 www.holdensgallery.com.au “Home on the Range” Artist: Gary Myers ( acrylic on linen)

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MPRESSIONISM is exactly as described - it is artwork which gives an idea or a distorted view of a subject â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an impression â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which leads to a whole picture.

Jim Kinch can convey so much with a few mere brush strokes, allowing each of us to read his image and find the rest of it, really from our own imagination.

During November, Jim Kinch will be the feature artist at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Art on Cairncrossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. His greatest inspiration comes from sport because of the challenge of portraying the movement and activity, as well as enjoying being a spectator.

Driving off in golf to driving around the Grand Prix circuit, he evokes the momentum and the moment, while he can also capture a jockey straining to get his horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nose in front or the gritty determination of surf lifesavers running across a beach. This suggestion of action fires the viewers to see beyond the outlines to other senses such as hearing a cheering crowd or thundering hooves and strangely, the further from the painting, the more detail seems apparent.

Originally hailing from Ireland, Jim has always enjoyed the outdoor way of life in Australia, but he is equally as at home (artistically) in a bar room! He conjures up the hubbub and atmosphere of a crowded bush pub in scenes where you feel you could eavesdrop on the conversations and smell the beer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The social aspects of life in Ireland and Australia are great,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is always a tale to tell and a laugh to be found.â&#x20AC;? And this is the key to his artwork - of being engaged so that the impression becomes a whole scene.

Good Impressions will be on display at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Art on Cairncrossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from November 6 -26 and images can also be viewed at www.artoncairncross.com.au

Feature Artist

Montville Art Gallery NOVEMBER 2012

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the shade of a Coolibah treeâ&#x20AC;?

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ORN IN BRISBANE in 1934, Kevin Pennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic talent was apparent from an early age. However, it was not until after he married that he studied art seriously. Notable artists such as Nan Patterson, Eric Whisson and Charles Heywood were his tutors.

Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great passion is Australian gum trees or eucalypts as he prefers to call them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the grandeur of the eucalypt. Each knot and lump on their trunks and limbs gives such grandeur to these stately trees which are fast disappearing from our landscape,â&#x20AC;? Kevin told us recently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a youth, I lived next door to a dairy farm and my paintings are still inspired by memories of those happy years. Cow bales, old houses and farm sheds nestled among gnarled old gum trees are my favourite subjects.

I spend days driving around the country seeking out waterholes and creek beds which together with the grand old eucalypts characterize the great Australian landscape.

The areas around Kilcoy and Esk and also around the Beaudesert area are my favourite hunting grounds in South East Queensland.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We consider ourselves most fortunate to have Kevin Penny as our feature artist for November,â&#x20AC;? said gallery owner, Tony Page. Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accurate and sensitive interpretation of the Australian landscape makes his paintings very popular with international visitors wanting to take home with them a reminder of their holiday in Australia.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kevin has also included in his selection, some lovely paintings of Jacaranda trees towering over old homesteads and farm sheds,â&#x20AC;? Tony added.

Open daily from 10am - 5pm, Montville Art Gallery is located at 138 Main Street, Montville, opposite the Village Green.

From November 1 Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings will be featured under â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Exhibitionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on the gallery website: www.montvilleartgallery.com

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C R E AT I V E C U T S Katie Noonan and friends

Music lovers are invited to join songstress extraordinaire Katie Noonan (above) and friends in a special celebration marking the 100th year of the Eumundi School of Arts Hall.

The concert will take place on Saturday 24 November from 6.30pm – 9pm in the Eumundi School of Arts.

The musical night-of-nights for Eumundi will feature 4 x ARIA and 6 x Platinum selling songstress Katie Noonan on vocals and piano; the beautiful Tulipwood String Quartet featuring sisters Sarah and Louise King, Eugenie Costello and Raquel Bastos; and the brilliant Flamenco guitarist Andrew Veivers.

Tickets are available through Red Chair (5473 9498) and www.redchair.com.au, or Berkelouw Books in Eumundi.

Mark Seymour at Woombye Pub

Beerwah welcomes Tori Darke Once in a while a musician comes along whose talent is ageless and who instantly turns heads… country singer songwriter Tori Darke is one of these artists. Since she stepped into the public spectrum as a 16-year-old, Tori has been dubbed one of the most promising young country artists on the Australian music scene. She is a mesmerising performer on stage with her powerful vocals, heartbreakingly beautiful voice, and passionate songwriting.

Tori’s new single, Cut me Loose follows Great Mistake earlier in the year and a stellar video clip. Cut me Loose quickly climbed the charts and continues to find itself on playlists around the country.

As Lee Kernaghan said of Tori, “She’s got something, it’s kind of magic, and we just hope that Tori takes it to the limit.”

Tori Darke features in Beerwah’s Got Country on Saturday November 10. From 8pm .

Featuring in Beerwah’s Jazz in the Bistro on Sunday November 25 is the Tony Pollard Band (pictured below) which plays fast jumpin' Jazz/Swing New Orleans style: they will get your toes tapping reliving some of the classic songs from the early 1900's Swing Era. Known to mix the classics with their own street flavour, the band delivers high-powered rhythms in the style of Cab Calloway, Jelly Roll Morton & Duke Ellington; songs like Everybody Loves my Baby, Blue Drag, Backwater Blues & Egyptian Ella are given new life by this 4pce tenor sax, guitar & rhythm band.

Toni's vocals fit this style like a glove, with elements of Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Anita O'Day and Ella Fitzgerald.

Maleny actor in Warhorse

Former Maleny resident and actor, John Thompson (right) has been cast in the stage play, Warhorse.

John and Nicole Murray toured for 12 years in Cloudstreet and for four years they both lived in Maleny.

While touring the UK earlier this year with Cloudstreet, John was asked to audition for the Songman role in Warhorse and after a second audition via Skype in Aberdeen, he was offered what is surely the dream role for a folk singer!

This remarkable drama with the astonishing South African Handspring Puppet Co., opens in Brisbane in July 2013.

16 Iconic Aboriginal portraits Past, Present,Future is a unique collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander role models throughout the generations, painted by Sunshine Coast Indigenous artist, Jandamarra Cadd.

Past Present Future reflects the power of positive decisions in the face of adversity. With an array of 16 role models, including Uncle Archie Roach, Aunty Ruby Hunter, Jessica Mauboy and Sir Doug Nicholls, this innovative touring exhibition is not to be missed.

Jandamarra says, "I envisage this exhibition will be a powerful instrument in improving the perception of Aboriginal people by the wider community and a great source of inspiration to indigenous and non-indigenous Australians throughout the generations".

The Exhibition is now open at Ground Zero Gallery, 80 Howard Street Nambour until November 24

Acclaimed singer / songwriter Mark Seymour has followed up his successful 18 years with Hunters & Collectors with a vibrant solo recording career. Mark's songwriting ever evolves, he continually produces songs that resonate and permeate one's consciousness.

This evolution is due in part to the diversity in his activities which include composition of film scores, writing and performing music for a theatrical production and acting. Internationally regarded as one of Australia's best singer / songwriters, Mark continues to draw live audiences with his intense passionate vocals delivered with a measure of wry humour. $30 inc GST & booking fees Doors 8pm Show 8.30pm Tickets: C C sales: Woombye Pub Ph:07 5442 1155 Cash Sales: Woombye Pub Bistro, 3 Blackall St, Woombye Shake It Up Music, 186 Currie St NambouR. 36

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Robin Hood & Babes in the Wood The team that brought you Cinderella...after the Ball and Aladdin have something zany in mind for this year's production. Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood will be performed at the Maleny High School Activities Hall.

There will be four shows over December 20.,22 and 24., including two matinees that will ensure everyone who attends will go into the Christmas break with a smile on their faces.

David Crewe, Paul Coppins and their team will once again present a host of local talent, young and old,in colourful costumes,with original music, inappropriate jokes and slapstick humour to delight all age groups.

Tickets on sale from November 21 at the Visitors Information kiosk in Maple Street, Maleny.

visual ar ts enter tainment per formance Eli Wolfe- new talent at Upfront Club

Best of Oz on your body ...

Sydney songwriter Eli Wolfe is not only a remarkable singer but a remarkable graphic artist. If you like your folk blues and soul with a dash of pop thrown in, say Tracks Magazine, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bound to take to Eli Wolfe.

His talent extends to astonishing guitar work and a voice that is soft and sincere.

Reg Mombassa, no slouch in the graphic design department says, Eli is a classic music and art combination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like Eliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork. He has a very unique and contemporary graphic style. His music and songs offer great instrumentation, swampy blues psychedelia with hints of jazz colourings.â&#x20AC;?

Other crits have said that Eli has â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a cruisy north coast sound that comes from surfing, playing guitar and all the good gear like clean air and fresh buds.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Eli is hard to pin down but he loves travelling and for his Community Australia tours he spray-painted three tour vans. One tour was more than 25,000 km right around the country with 80 shows in eight months.

Eli Wolfe - â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a cruisy, north coast sound â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;.

Eli Wolfe Upfront Club Maleny Friday November 30 - 7.00-10.00pm.

Dinner from 5.30pm. Donation entry ABOVE: Artist Becstar Anthony showcases a wealth of Australian themes

Organisers of the Australian Body Art Carnivale have set the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Best of Ozâ&#x20AC;? for the 2013 competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think Aussie icons like the Opera House or Harbour Bridge, The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, or Kakaduâ&#x20AC;?, says Event Manager, Danielle Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artists may be inspired to create works that relate to Dame Edna, Kylie Minogue, Metre Maids, Bondi Lifesavers, and sports stars from Black Caviar to tennis and cricketing legends,â&#x20AC;? Danielle says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or iconic Aussie brands and inventions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from the pavlova to vegemite, or even the hills hoist. Plus there is a host of Aussie movies to draw inspiration from Mad Max to Priscilla Queen of the Desert,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Held annually in Eumundi, the Australian Body Art Carnivale is Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier body art event, attracting artists and spectators from across Australia and overseas.

The dates for 2013 are Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May (Mother's Day).

The event is centred on competitions in full body art and face painting, but also includes competitions and exhibitions in wearable art, vehicle art and photography.

Visit www.australianbodyart.com.au for more info, competition registration, sponsorship opportunities and to sign up to receive eNewsletters in the lead-up to the event.

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UpFront Club

Doc Span returns to Palmwoods This month thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another appearance of the Coastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic blues man Doc Span and his band at the Palmwoods Hotel on Saturday November 17.

The charismatic American born Doc Span has been thrilling Australian audiences for over two decades with his amazing playing, unique harmonica tone and a magnificent voice.

Doc Span plays R & B, good hard driving harmonica in the Paul Butterfield, Charlie Musselwhite tradition, styling with amplification and mic techniques.

His acoustic playing, in the fashion of Sonny Boy Williamson, is warm and melodic.

Blues history is intrinsic in his playing. With a sensitive feel and dynamic approach to the instrument, he lays out a truly exciting stage show stirring the fires of the blues direct from Chicago!

Recently performing in the United States, New Zealand and Asia, Doc has been based in Australia since 1987, touring coast to coast, in every state and at almost every major music festival. He has shared the stage and toured with the cream of Australian blues musicians, including Lil'Fi, Andy Cowan, Geoff Achison, Kevin Borich, James T, Ross Williams, Tim Gaze and many more.

Saturday November 17. Palmwoods Hotel, Main Street.

Doc Span Band. 8pm. Free Entry More information: www.myspace.com/docspan www.myspace.com/docspanband www.docspan.net

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Shannon has been working from her Maleny studio for the past decade and her finely thrown porcelain work is highly sought after by collectors and galleries across Australia.

Look out for Shannon's porcelain teapots, jugs, bowls and cups decorated with motifs ranging from the Queensland Firewheeel Tree through to birds nests and dragonflies.

This year is especially exciting as Friday evening will kick off with a champagne sale. 23 Cedar Street, Maleny. 5pm Friday, 9am-4pm Saturday. Children are welcome.

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View events, links and videos at www.upfrontclub.org

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Wedding Connections Your guide to local wedding services on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

Heaven on Earth ...

Casa Di Natura

Photography Penny Riddoch Photography AIPP For unmatched quality, choose well known local professional wedding and portrait photographer.

Services include wedding album design, DVD slide shows, personal online viewing gallery.

Ph (07) 5494 2808 or visit the website: www.digitalphotodesigns.com.

Celebrants & Ceremonies Find out about Chrissie Ray A marriage celebrant who lives in Mapleton and is available for you anywhere you choose. www.chrissieray.com.au Ask me about my low fees.

Ph: 5478 6610 Mob: 042 794 5833

Beauty Services Velvet on Montville HAIR & WEDDING BOUTIQUE Let us make your Wedding day! Complimentary consultation. Create your bridal style using our experience, dynamic techniques & inspirational ideas.

Makeup artist on call. Packages available.

In-salon service or mobile styling. Phone: 5478 5588.

Wedding Venues Flaxton Gardens Tranquil elegance with panoramic views across the Coast. Ideal for superb bridal photographs to treasure.

Excellent food, discreet & caring service. Husband and wife team, Alan and Georgina Thompson welcome your ideas to help them create this special day with you.

Phone: 5445 7450.

Pomodoras on Obi A complete package of “real” food, boutique beverages, unspoilt water and treetop views, award winning local bridal services & luxury onsite cabin accommodation.

“Escape to the mountains and discover the magic.”

One stop wedding destination in the heart of Maleny.

Ph: (07) 5429 6543 www.pomodoras.com.au email: info@pomodoras.com.au

Wedding Car Services Maleny London Cab Authentic Cab, a professional service, a uniformed chauffeur. Our aim is to make your special day a unique experience. Phone 5435 2217 Testimonial. “W.O.W what an experience the Cab the Chauffeur. Made our day special, friends are still talking about it”.

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T’S EVERY WRITER’S FANTASY: while slaving over mind-numbing data entry a few weeks ago, an email from my editor arrived, inviting me to do a feature on the operator of a luxury day spa at Flaxton.

“To get the inside story, you’ll have to have a massage.

And possibly a facial. And you’ll need to take your bathers to go into the pool,” he instructs.

Thus, ladies and gentlemen, may I illustrate the numerous perks of writing for the Hinterland Times (another of which is that Faith makes great coffee).

I’d met Sue Broughton about a year ago at a Montville Chamber of Commerce function, where she had described her enterprise, Casa Di Natura at Ensbey Road in Flaxton.

“Come and visit,” she’d urged. “We have lots of fun!”

A spa that’s fun? It sounded intriguing.

Fast forward a year and I’ve found my way down, down the hill, amongst towering gum trees, almost to the bottom of Ensbey Road. The 8-acre property borders rich green virgin rainforest, and includes a waterfall and rockpool formed by one of the many tributaries travelling west to join Obi Obi Creek.

Landscaped gardens guide visitors from the top of the concrete driveway down to the spa nestled at the bottom.

The peace and quiet combined with the beautiful natural surroundings strike me as the perfect location for a private sanctuary.

Sue greets me with a big smile and shows me around.

It’s clear she’s put a lot of thought and energy into the design, colour schemes and furnishings. Little touches are everywhere: pretty flowerbeds, comfortable chairs, large areas for shared meals and conversations.

“I wanted to create a space in which my clients feel relaxed; a lovely place where we can nurture them,” says Sue, pointing out the large fluffy bathrobes, scented candles and a range of oils and skin products.

Casa Di Natura’s facilities include a hydrotherapy spa, infrared sauna, two healing rooms (that can be joined to form a conference room), and a sparkling magnesium swimming pool.

“We use only rainwater and two forms of magnesium, which help to relax and detoxify your body,” Sue explains.

I can’t take my eyes off the pool so I nod dumbly and wonder how soon I can jump in…

First, however, Sue gives me an introduction to her 12year passion, BodyTalk, which purports to be “the fastest growing healthcare system in the world today.” It is based on the theory that the body can heal itself but stress causes the natural communication lines in the body to break down. BodyTalk identifies these breakdowns and restores communication.

The Medical Doctor only range ... ...developed to penetrate into the dermis “In over 20 years experience as a cosmetics Dr Geoffrey Heber physician and in the skincare industry. I have not encountered more efficacious products either prescription or otherwise.”

ULTIMATE BRIGHTENING SERUM - Developed to visibly diminish uneven skintone and hyperpigmentation ULTIMATE FIRMING SERUM - With vitamin C and elastin.

ULTIMATE REFINING SERUM - With vitamins A, C and the enzyme Bromelain to support the skin’s own production of collagen and elastin.

ULTIMATE A2 ANTI-AGEING SERUM - With two types of vitamin A to support the skin’s cell regeneration cycle.

To find out more about these products and to book a complimentary 1 hour skin diagnosis with Celeste, phone the clinic on 5494 3630

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Celeste is a qualified medical aesthetician

Advanced Skin Treatments & CosMedix Shop 2/13 Bunya St, Maleny Phone Celeste 5494 3630

RIGHT: Sue Broughton beside the Casa di Natura pool ABOVE & LEFT: â&#x20AC;&#x153; I wanted to create a space in which my clients feel relaxed,â&#x20AC;? says Sue

I am next introduced to Janelle, one of Casa Di Naturaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s therapists. Janelle specialises in naturopathy and massage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like Sue, she is trained in a number of modalities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to get down to my underwear and get down to business.

My theory is that while Janelle is massaging me, I can interview Sue and find out a little more about this dynamic, funny woman. In practice, I lie there in a state of bliss and let Sue do all the talkingâ&#x20AC;Ś Using a logical process of asking questions and checking my bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction, Sue finds, among other symptoms, that I have issues with my lymph system that stem from a specific emotional reaction. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fascinating process, augmented by Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depth of knowledge and caring approach. I find myself opening up and sharing personal experiences that support the insights gained by her analysis. The session finishes with some visualisation and gentle tapping.

With the pool twinkling invitingly nearby, Sue begins: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I come from Brisbane and worked in the corporate arena, where I worked my way up to senior management in Telstra. But I became disillusioned and was looking for something to do that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;felt goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, so I took off for two years to volunteer in Kenya, Nepal and Thailand.â&#x20AC;?

In Kenya, Sue worked in remote areas where few white men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; let alone white women â&#x20AC;&#x201C; had ventured.

One placement was at a boarding school for children suffering from epilepsy, a misunderstood condition surrounded by stigma and superstition.

While there, she set up massage clinics (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been massaging for decadesâ&#x20AC;?), helped design and construct a huge fish farm, and worked with witch doctors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll remember that six months for the rest of my life!â&#x20AC;? she exclaims with a big smile.

Integrating back into western society after two years of living in third world conditions was difficult â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really feralâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Sue decided that construction was the most suitable industry in which to work. For the next eight years, she had a number of roles, including several years managing power transmission â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;erectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crews that built enormous power line towers in remote parts of Victoria and Tasmania.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an image that is hard to reconcile with her current life as the immaculately groomed manager of a luxury day spa. But Sue loved the adventure of playing with â&#x20AC;&#x153;really big meccanoâ&#x20AC;? with her teams of men from around the world. It, too, was a job with benefits: it was in Tasmania that she met her partner, Marco, an Italian who specialises in building the foundations for the towers.

Meanwhile, thirsty for knowledge about natural therapies, Sue continued to study various modes of healing and would try out her new techniques on the sceptical crew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a bit of a stirrer and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d pretend to lay my hands on their heads and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;read their mindsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; while we were in a cherry picker together, 20 metres off the ground,â&#x20AC;? she recalls with a chuckle.

Throughout her working life, Sue had harboured a

dream to create a spa that offers a range of natural therapies while providing exceptional service in a loving, energising and beautiful environment. Six years ago, realising that dream got a little closer.

Sue explains: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were looking for an investment property that some day we could live in. Then in 2006 we found this beautiful property in Flaxton. For the next few years we rented it out as holiday accommodation and would visit from time to time.â&#x20AC;?

Two years ago, Sue and Marco moved to the property permanently and began redeveloping it as a day spa.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long process with numerous hurdles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not least being weeks of continuous rain while the house was being renovated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but Sueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to her dream is evident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ve got a conviction, a strong belief system or a strong mind, it will overcome anything,â&#x20AC;? she states firmly.

Since opening, Casa Di Natura has hosted hundreds of individual clients, couples, hensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parties, and corporate groups: the word is spreading about this special place.

Time up and massage over, Janelle comments that my back is â&#x20AC;&#x153;like concreteâ&#x20AC;?. It is clear to me that in the nottoo-distant future a repeat treatment is required, one that includes a swim in that sparkling poolâ&#x20AC;Ś For more information about Casa Di Natura, visit www.casadinatura.com.au

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Marisa Kliese is a Clinical Member Aust.

Counselling Assoc. Fellow Holistic Life Coach.

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Marisa can be contacted on 5494 2627.

Get to know your Super Foods Lecithin Granules, available in health stores and supermarkets have been shown to significantly improve memory. 2 tablespoons daily in a smoothie, or mixed in with yoghurt or cereal for breakfast will help you to find those missing keys much faster. Lecithin is an emulsifier, apart from its memory boosting effects it helps to reduce dangerous plaque and also helps parts of the nervous system to communicate with each other.

Turmeric a common ingredient in curries is the source of curcumin. This is what gives curries the bright orange colour is now being hailed as offering protection against colon cancer, and in fact many other cancers.

Curcumin has anti-inflammatory properties that bestow a wide range of health benefits.

Coriander (definitely an acquired taste) helps to chelate (bind and get rid of ) heavy metals, mercury etc.

Its well worth eating and can be used in cooking or fresh in salads.

Parsley herb when made into a tea, has diuretic properties and will flush out the bladder. Parsley tea also strengthens the nervous system. To make parsley tea, place a sprig of parsley in a cup of hot water (allow it to steep for about 15 mins) then sip through-out the day.

Goji berries are high up on the list of super foods, they are nutritionally dense, full of powerful antioxidants and are easy to snack on.

Garlic is a natural antiviral and natural antibiotic, use as often as possible in your meal preparations, though take care with raw garlic if your stomach is sensitive.

Garlic helps to rid the body of parasites, and maintains healthy blood pressure.

From Music to Shiatsu ELL KNOWN Hinterland musician Gary Broadhurst is switching from professional musicianship to set up a Shiatsu practice in Maleny’s Holistic Health Centre.

Alternative therapies were Gary’s first passion during the 1980s when he became certified in acupressure, Chinese massage and Touch of Health. But music then absorbed his time and health therapies took a back seat. Then it was a shoulder injury that re-kindled Gary’s interest in health practice and particularly Shiatsu - which eventually cured his shoulder, and led to a Diploma of Shiatsu.

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HOW? The subconscious regulates every heartbeat, every chemical reaction in the body, every thought and every emotion. It controls your desire to smoke. When engaged appropriately in hypnosis, it will release you from your habit. Hynosis is perhaps the oldest and foundational therapy used in virtually every culture in the world.

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Parenting after separation...

ARENTING AFTER SEPARATION can be very challenging, and in our society the adversarial process used in family court often makes matters much worse. The good news is that children do not need to suffer from separation if parents can focus on positive coparenting and maintaining the "parental dyad".

When parents are together, it is almost as if there are three separate beings in the family. There is "Mum", there is "Dad" and then there is the "parental dyad". What that means is that parents attempt to speak with one voice - to present a united front to the children.

So if Dad knows a child has already asked Mum for a lolly he will try to give the same answer that Mum gave, even if he might have answered differently if asked first.

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Children know that parents are making decisions together.

There is no reason this cannot continue post separation. If parents can set aside their personal differences they can focus on maintaining the parental dyad.

It is a hugely comforting thing for children in separated families when Mum says "I'll talk that over with your Dad" or Dad says "Let me and your Mum discuss that". It let's children know that just as they have not lost their Mum or their Dad, they have not lost the parental dyad that provides them comfort and security.

Gary is offering an opening one hour special price of $40 for a limited time.

Ph: 0438 972 880 Email: gaz4row@bigpond.com

New Feng Shui Book RICHARD GILES is a qualified Feng Shui practitioner based in the Sunshine Coast hinterland His new helpful Your Personal Guide to Feng Shui is reprinted and available in the lead up to Christmas.

The cost is $19 with postage. Contact me for copies - a great Christmas Gift!

And remember, a timely Feng Shui visit can assess your buildings, your office, and the future Phone: 5435 0158 or email: with the best way to ricgiles@powerup.com.au harmonise your life.

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To take a giant step towards your health and wellbeing, contact Ray Shapcott, Atlasprof (servicing Brisbane Nth, Sunshine Coast and Hinterland). Certified Atlasprofilax Acadamy, Valais, Switzerland.

Phone (07) 5429 5520 Mobile 0412 490 374. www.atlasprofilaxaustralia.com.au

On your Bike! ... Cycling in Maleny Cycling is a good form of transport, recreation and sport. Riding a bike is done by people of all ages, anytime, anywhere, on your own or with family and friends. All it takes is a roadworthy bike, a helmet, shoes, comfortable clothes and pedal power.

Cycling is an increasingly popular way to exercise and maintain good health, providing good companionship and enjoyment of the environment around you.

This is why cycling is so popular in Maleny. One local group, the Lycra Lizards, (see left) are a noncompetitive, social cycling group who meet to ride regularly around Maleny and the Hinterland... even Tim Bagshaw has become a member and enjoys the benefits of communal excercise with like-minded friends.

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Cycling also provides an opportunity to meet others, discover new places, and get around your local area.

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Depression - Rob Mc Murray About the Centre ... ...for a holistic approach to your general health & wellbeing, call today to make an appointment with one of our friendly health professionals. (Ph. numbers below).

Depression affects around one in four people. One cannot simply snap out of depression as it is a serious mood disorder that impairs a person’s ability to function effectively in everyday life.

Symptoms include feeling sad, tiredness, poor concentration and memory, withdrawal from friends and family, loss of pleasure from usual activities, sleep disturbance, and indecisiveness. Left untreated, it can cause considerable damage to self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and workplace productivity.

With early detection and intervention, most people fully recover from depression. If you have any concerns about depression, you can call Rob McMurray,Psychologist on 5494 2145 for information, support, and advice.

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Naturopath, kinesiologist, Live blood analyist • Balancing the multifaceted layers of you • Blending macroscopic, micro scopic and psycho-spiritual domains to suit your individual preference renewing, vitalising, & instilling a healthful awareness • Specialising in analytics and remediation of chronic health concerns • Naturopathy, Education, Kinesiology & Dark Field Blood Microscopy resolving the causes that generate ill-health.

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Hawaiian Healing Massage is a flowing form of massage, relaxing and therapuetic, helping to relieve muscular tension, stress and pain.

Feel Blissfully Relaxed! *Therapuetic/Relaxation Massage *Hot Stone Massage *Pregnancy Massage *Chiron Healing *Aromatherapy - Raindrop, Emotional Clearing and Vitaflex Techniques.

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Healthy feet for Life • Focus on helping every client have healthy feet for life regardless of circumstances • Problems with feet prevent us from doing enjoyable activities • Podiatry can correct or alleviate many foot problems • Range podiatry offers a full comprehensive podiatry service for all age groups • Clinics located at Maleny and Mapleton.

Appointments contact Jane Stanley on 5494 3616 or 0408 451 398

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Naturopath, Herbalist, Natural Fertility Teacher, Homotoxicologist & Kinesiologist

Naturopath/ Herbalist / Remedial Massage Therapist • Sallyann specialises in children's health, stress management & preventative/ maintaining wellness healthcare • Utilising naturopathic assessment and live blood analysis • Nutrition and dietary support • Herbal medicine and homeopathic treatments • Remedial, deep tissue & lymphatic drainage massage Appointments: contact Sallyann Stewart on 5435 2599 or 0421 410 558

Rochelle specialises in hormonal health and fertility management • Balance your hormones • Detoxification • Fantastic weight loss program • Contraception the natural way • Assisting women during pregnancy and IVF • Birth plans • Tailored programs for preconception & pregnancy • Naturopathic Clinic tests • Thyroid testing Appointments: 5499 9476

NOW OPEN: Mon - Fri 9.00 - 5.30pm Saturday 9.00 - 1.30pm Brief consultations in the Dispensary are now available from our Naturopath/ Homeopath, Angela Megahey, who has joined us from Sydney. Come in for a quick prescription of Herbal, Nutritional, Homoeopathic medicine, or to enquire about our Naturopathic services.

Consultations for more in-depth diagnostic testing are also available from our practitioners.

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Hinterland Health and Beauty ACUPUNCTURE

BOWEN THERAPISTS

Anthony Brown Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine.

26 Coral Street, Maleny. Ph: 5435 2555

Mapleton Natural Therapies Clinic Jackie Hansel: Bach H.S (Acu), Adv. Dip H.S (Hom), Dip Bowen Therapy Acupuncture.

Holistic & Intergrated health care with Acupuncture, Bowen Therapy, Homeopathy, Lymphatic Drainage, Remedial & Relaxation Massage. Ph: 5445 7749 Dolina Somerville: BHSc (Acupuncture) China Trained: Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine. Qualified & Experienced in Chinese Remedial Massage & Cosmetic Acupuncture.

38a Coral St Maleny (HBC). H F Rebates.

Mob: 0408 693 029 www.ntpages.com.au/dolinasomervilleacupuncture Japanese Acupuncture, Shiatsu Jayanti specialities: Cranio-Sacral therapy, Remedial bodywork, Meridian therapy including poweful, non-insertive techniques. Tues.Thurs.Sat Maleny (HBC).

Health rebates. Ph: 0418 888 366 www.sunshinehealing.net

AROMATHERAPY CLINIC AROMA by Nida presents Clinical Holistic Aromatherapy to therapeutically support your health conditions and simply providing quality of life. By Appt. At Clinic/Mobile service for Ladies (Montville/Flaxton/Mapleton Only) HF available. Mob:0434423305 www.clinicaroma.com.au

ASTROLOGY Stargazer Astrology - Chirone Witsen Relationships, career, family issues, spiritual purpose, life crisis, transitions, your year ahead. Counselling astrologer. Also astrology courses and workshops Ph: 0421 814459 E: info@chironewitsen.com www.chironewitsen.com

BEAUTY THERAPISTS & HAIRDRESSERS Velvet on Montville Affordable luxury, Expert cutting & colour, Personalised service, Modern techniques & trends. Enjoy our Rejuvenation Room Aromatherapy oils & Intense conditioning treatments. Ph: 5478 5588 Michelle Jarden - Beauty Therapist.

Electrolysis, facials, massage, make-up, nails, sauna, tanning, tinting, waxing, earpiercing, Body Shop Consultant.

66 Curramore Rd, Witta.

Ph: 5494 4012 or Mob: 0402 531 500

BOWEN THERAPISTS BOWEN THERAPY Bronwyn Huckle Specialising in Bowtech, the original Bowen Therapy technique. Treating health issues in babies, childen & adults. Montville therapy rooms. Monday to Friday by appointment.

Ph: 5442 9371

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Maleny Chiropractic Clinic The Allied Health Centre, The Boxsell's Building, 15 Maple St, Maleny.

Wed 2pm- 6pm Frid. 2pm-6pm Fiona Perl BSc MSc DC Appointments Ph: 0447 250 191

Mapleton Natural Therapies Clinic Jackie Hansel. Bach H.S. (Acu), Adv. Dip. H.S (Hom), Dip. Bowen. Holistic and integrated health care with Bowen Therapy, Classical Homeopathy, Acupuncture and Massage Therapy. Ph: 5445 7749

Maple Chiropractic- Dr Stephen Lowe Dr Samuel Lowe 40 years exp. Effective low-force techniques for all ages. Helping to restore, balance & maintain spine & nervous system function.

Relaxed & friendly atmosphere. HICAPS available. 45 Maple St, Maleny. Ph: 5494 3322

Kathy Blackburn - Diploma Bowen Therapy (Bowtech). Gentle effective treatment of Back Pain; Migraine; RSI ; Tennis Elbow; Knee, Ankle & Foot Conditions; Menstrual/Hormonal irregularities; Chronic Fatigue; Respiratory Conditions and MORE. Health fund rebates.

Ph: 54296180

Dr. Ralph Stockmann- Dr of Chiropractic USA, Palmer Graduate Medicare & DVA Provider Special interest in difficult & chronic conditions of lower back,neck,knee, shoulder,, ankle, elbow, wrist & headaches 13 Thynne Ct. Maleny Ph: 0410 793 513

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING Kris Hines - Counselling Therapy & Voice Dialogue Dip.Couns.,M.A. Ed. Practical & compassionate approach for individuals & couples. Anxiety, internal & relationship conflict, separation and loss, self esteem, Jungian dreamwork. M.A.C.A. Ph: 5442 3676/0408 226 353

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Ruth Donnelly - Holistic Counsellor Heart-centred approach to healing trauma, building emotional wellbeing.

Integrating body psychotherapy, mindfulness, artistic therapies, Reiki, Acutonics, Bush Flower Essences, Dru yoga 0409 564 276, ruth@ruthdonnelly.com.au, www.heartmindconnections.org

Qualified Cosmetic Tattoo Practitioner – Rebecca Rea Dip. Beauty Therapy Professional Make-up Artist. Procedures include: Eyebrows, top & bottom eyeliner, lips & beauty spots. Mon – Fri 9am – 3pm Shop 9/43 Maple St, Maleny. Ph: 5494 3355

ENERGY & TRANSFERENCE HEALING Heartfull-Alchemy Healing – Elaine Gentles Energy Healing, Intuitive Massage, Oneness Blessings, Meditation/Women's Circles.

Heart-based sessions divinely guided to transform stress and tension into bliss and relaxation. Appointments: 0415 367 787

Counselling - Margaret Davoren B.Nurs.,Mas. Counselling. Think change, think balance & live a rich, full, life. Learn strategies to manage stress, depression, anxiety & relationships. Maleny Physiotherapy, 1/70 Maple St Maleny Ph: 0403 571 572 www.icpaustralia.com Chirone Witsen – Relationships & Sexuality Professional counsellor specialising in relationships, sexuality, grief and loss.

Discover deeper and more satisfying levels of relating and intimacy. Ph: 0421 814459 Em: chironeshakti@gmail.com Dare to Shine Counselling ♥ Clinical Supervision: Esther Pockrandt MCouns.

Confidential, supportive processes to help you in your relationships, parenting, life transitions, losses, existential crises.

Medibank Private Rebates.Ph:0409 065 062 Margarete Koenning Counselling BA Social Work, Gelstalt Therapist, Psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and, families. Training professionals in family constellation 20 years practicing in Maleny, Clinal member of Pacfa. Ph:54942778, 0408416041

CHIROPRACTORS Hinterland Chiropractic Dr Josephine Sexton. Using gentle, safe and effective techniques to maintain spinal health and wellbeing. Concession rates, Family discounts and HICAPS available.

21 Bunya Street, Maleny Ph 5435 2987 John Pirie Chiropractor & Applied Kinesiologist Gentle hands-on chiropractic using applied kinesiology. Individual programs available.

19 Coral Street Maleny. Ph: 5435 2155

Transference Healing™ - A profound, multidimensional modality. Encompassing all aspects of your physical, emotional, mental, spiritual wellbeing. Full healings, Beyond Doorways, Child Of Light and Animal Magic Healings available. Mapleton. Sally: 0405121127

FENG SHUI FENG SHUI & Astrology. Richard Giles, qualified Feng Shui practitioner. Feng Shui Home/business assessments. EM Radiation & 'dirty electricity' checks. Trained astrologer of 22 years. Shed The Light, Maple Street, Maleny (5499 9003) Thurs or 5435 0158. E: ricgiles@powerup.com.au

HOMEOPATHY Pauline Ashford - B. H. Sc, Complementary Med & Homeopathy Classical homeopathy; Lymphatic drainage; Dorn spinal, joint and headache therapy; EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques; Reiki 130 Ansell Rd Witta Ph: 5494 4101e: paulineashford@optusnet.com.au

HYPNOTHERAPY Judith Richards Hypnotherapist

Sensitive, effective hypnotherapy: lose weight, move past trauma, anxiety & depression, cure phobias, stop smoking, become self confident, sports and study enhancement, public speaking and much more. Maleny.

Ph: 0488 782827

MASSAGE THERAPISTS Hawaiian Healing Massage Rebecca Hopkins Remedial Massage *Hot Stone *Therapeutic *Pregnancy *Chiron Healing *Aromatherapy: Raindrop, Emotional Clearing & Vitaflex Tech Gift Certificates & H F Rebates. Maleny Holistic Health Centre. App Ph: 0415 518 415 bec@hawaiianhealingmassage.com.au

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Remedial Massage - Keith Smith Remedial Massage together with Emmett, trigger point, bowen therapies, hot towel and stretching. For all of your aches, pains and strains. Massaging in the Maleny area since 1989. Health Fund rebates. Ph: 5499 9260 The Stillpoint - Katie White Balance & Harmony for Body, Mind, Spirit & Home Remedial, Relaxation & Reiki Massage; Reiki Training; Feng Shui Consultations. Appts Mon - Sat. Gift vouchers. H F rebates.

Ph: Katie 0400 722 786 for appointments www.thestillpoint.com.au Kathy Blackburn, Adv Dip Applied Science (Remedial Massage). Remedial/Sports Massage; Traditional Chinese Massage; Lymphatic Drainage; Emtech; Trigger Point & Myofacial Release.

“Integrated Bodywork” tailored to your special needs. H F rebates. Ph: 5429 6180

PSYCHIC READINGS / TAROT

Rachel Leigh Optometrist comprehensive eye care, quality spectacles, contact lenses and retinal photography. Bulk Billing, HF rebates.

Locally and Independently owned.

Riverside Centre Maleny Ph: 5494 2666

PHYSIOTHERAPY/OSTEOPATHY

Psychic Readings/Tarot- Kerry Laizans.

Guidance for everyday life and for the spiritual path. Maleny Markets Sun 8am-2pm, Actual Abundance in Montville 5478 5220. Also available: phone readings/sound healing/ massage. Ph: 0411 488 291 or 5429 6065.

READINGS Life Purpose Readings Discover your higher calling and uncover your karmic lessons to enable you to live a happier and more fulfilling life.

Contact Jule 0425 242 698

Maleny Physiotherapist Tim & Mary Bagshaw. For all of your Physiotherapy requirements.

1/70 Maple Street, Maleny. Ph: 5494 3911 www.malenyphysiotherapy.com.au Thomas Whitton D.O., Grad.Dip.Ost.Paed Gentle manipulative therapy for body dysfunction and pain in all age groups. Registered Osteopaths Services covered by private health funds; Veterans Affairs; Workcover, Medicare EPC 74 Blackall Terrace, Nambour.

Ph: 5441 4166 www.ntpages.com.au/therapist/18935

SCENAR THERAPY Pain Relief Specialist Scenar is a non-invasive therapy using electrical impulses to stimulate your nervous system, reducing pain, inflammation and restoring normal function. Ph: Sonia 0488 922 441 or Kerri 0431 938 393 www.malenypainrelief.com

MASSAGE THERAPISTS & RAINDROP TECHNIQUE CLINIC AROMA by Nida Massage Therapist MAA; Therapeutic DT, TP Tech.; Relaxation, Pregnancy with organic oil blends. By Appt. Clinic or mobile service for ladies (Montville, Flaxton, Mapleton only). HF available.Ph: 0434 423 305 www.clinicaroma.com.au

Range of Motion Physiotherapy MAPLETON - MONTVILLE - MALENY - IMBIL Russell McDonald & Rae Duffield-Jones.

Providing the highest quality care to restore & maintain optimal physical function & mobility.

Ph: 5478 6600 www.rangeofmotion.com.au Physiotherapy-Rehabilitation-Excercise

Massage - Peaceful setting near Mapleton Intuitive, Tailored, Experienced, Diploma I value the Nurturing and Therapeutic - $70 hour. Pension discount $10. READINGS Intuitive, Psychic, Clairvoyant since young.

Ph: BRENDA 54469225 0438358189

Tundi Udvary Palmwoods Physiotherapy Sports and Injury Centre. Dynamic multidisciplinary centre committed to making a positive change to your total health and wellbeing. 5/12 Margaret Street, Palmwoods Ph: 5478 8500

Experienced Therapist Raindrop Technique deeply relaxing & rejuvenating on many levels www.raindrop.com.au. Qual, exp therapist combining massage & energy bodywork; Clinical Aromatherapy sessions. H F Rebates.

Clinic/Mobile. Amanda - 0423 008 587 Massage and natural therapies Montville Relaxation, hot stone, Ayurvedic and lymphatic masssage; delicious spa body treatments; Reiki and other natural therapies. Ocean's Balm Healing Catherine MacGregor Ph: 0448 512 684.

Traditional Yoga with Lottie Mon 10.30am,Tues 5.30pm and Thurs 9.30 am. No bookings required. Classes suit all levels of experience.

At Maleny Showgrounds Pavilion since 1997 “Not too gentle ... not too strong” Phone: Lottie 5313 7756 The Way of Meditation Weekly guided meditations (by donation). Mapleton Thurs 6.30pm & Currimundi Mon 6.30 pm Ph: Chad 0404 136 077 www.thewayofmeditation.com.au

PERSONAL TRAINER, FITNESS, DANCE Body Transformations Diets by Design Personalised Fitness Programs, Posture Correction, Core Strength specialist. Results Driven Personal Trainer comes to You! Start your Health & Fitness Goals today!

Ph: Annie 0402 489 014 www.anniehewitt.com E: anniehewitt@rocketmail.com

Shaun Watson & Rochelle McKay-Masterton Hormonal & digestive conditions. Live blood & cellular health analyses, healthy ageing, weight management, natural fertility management, chronic & advanced disease states naturopathic tests kinesiology. 19 Coral St Maleny. Ph: 5499 9476

Marisa...Naturally Marisa T Kliese offers a complete Natural Therapy Clinic. Services include, Naturopathy, Herbal Medicine, Professional Counselling, Life Coaching, Spiritual Healing. Ph: 5494 2627

Radiant Light Yoga with Melissa Fri 9.30 -11.15 Maleny RSL All levels-All welcome Mindfulness Meditation class Fri 12.15 - 1.15 Anjali Yoga Space Maleny Suitable all levels. Ph: Melissa 0417 200 192

Maleny Active Physio – caring professionals offering physiotherapy, exercise physiology, massage and Medicare-funded Type 2 Diabetes Education Programs. Covered by health funds & referrals from DVA & Medicare (bulk-billed). 5/15 Maple Street, Maleny Ph: 5494 0060

NATUROPATHS

Sallyann Stewart - Children's health, stress management. Naturopathic assessment & Live Blood Analysis. Utilising nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, remedial massage, lymphatic drainage. 19 Coral Street,Maleny.

Ph: 5435 2599 / 0421 410 558

YOGA AND MEDITATION

Yoga on the Range Traditional Yoga Classes to suit all levels. Build strength & flexibility; find inner peace and calm.

Day and evening times in Mapleton and Kureelpa with Lynley who has been teaching on the range for 15 years. Ph: 5445 7641.

Jon Presswell Personal Trainer Weight Loss, Tailored Fitness Programs, Strength & Muscle Growth.

Older Adults - Balance, Strength & Mobility. Registered trainer with broad experience. Mob: 0439 673 768 Email: jonandtess@ozemail.com.au

Radiant Light Yoga with Rukmini Wed 6.30-8pm Peachester Hall Thurs 9.30-11am Landsborough Hall Private Classes and Yoga Therapy PH. 0437 914 029 www.shantipathyogaspace.com.au

PODIATRY Range Podiatry A comprehensive podiatry service for all Range residents. Consulting from 5/19 Coral Street, Maleny.

Ph: 5494 3616 or 0408 451 398

PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHOTHERAPY Laurel Hefferon - Naturopath & Colon

Hydrotherapist. Sick & tired of feeling sick & tired? Wellness starts with optimal digestion & elimination of toxins & wastes. Winter Special: 3 Colonic Treatments for $240.

Ph: 5494 2101 www.awakeningcentre.com.au Email: laurel@awakeningcentre.com.au

Rob McMurray Experienced psychologist. Active listening, learn coping skills for stress management.

Improve self esteem. Assist with relationship breakdown and personal trauma. For a confidential appointment ph 0488 129 302

Dynamic multi-disciplinary centre committed to making a positive change to your total health and wellbeing

Tundi Udvary

5/12 Hill Street, Palmwoods

Ph: 07 54788 500

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Ayurvedic Health Advice to Suit You The world is as we are ...

T

he human mind has the ability to perceive life from the most subtle level of the Unified field to the seemingly non-changing level of everyday life. How we experience the world depends on how refined our machinery of perception is.

Last month I spent a month meditating with a group of about 800 people, in Iowa in the midwest of the USA that was established for the purpose of creating peace for America and the world.

The Vedic technology of transcending allows the awareness to go beyond all the superficial levels of life to experience the underlying unity present at the depths of creation. Regular experience of this state enlivens the inner strength of consciousness, waking up the awareness of our connectedness to everything else in the universe and beyond.

By contacting the source of creation the individual experiences more support from their surroudings. It is a way of reminding yourself that everything is just an aspect of you and why wouldn’t I be helpful to myself instead of creating obstacles. This experience also structures the awareness that everyone is also an aspect of myself and the more this is Wendy Rosenfeldt

enlivened in collective consciousness the greater the impossibility of conflict is because why would I hurt myself.

From the bubble of peace in Iowa I went to the bright lights of Las Vegas. From people having celestial experiences by going within I encountered a place where you can be excited or agitated through every sense.

Characterised by bright lights and sensory overload, Las Vegas offers a totally different kind of freedom. You can gamble everywhere including the service stations and the airport, buy guns, attend strip shows and, as advertised everywhere, get bail or a half price lawyer if you get into trouble.

What we put our attention on grows. When we go inward we wake up our connectedness to the universe and foster the sense of inner fulfilment. In contrast when we live a life dominated by sensory pleasure we become disconnected from the source of life. We chase happiness in the material world with little control over our circumstances devoid of understanding our part in the creation of our reality.

An agitated individual is like a wave on the ocean in a storm, crashing against all the other waves. For a wave to experience its source it has to settle down and then it becomes one with the ocean. For the mind to experience its unity with creation it also has to settle down.

Wendy Rosenfeldt is a Maharishi Ayurveda practioner and Transcendental Meditation teacher. Call 5499 9580 for the next free introductory TM talk.

In Fitness ...and in Health

Are you feeling fat and fatigued...?

FEELING OVERWEIGHT as well as a general sense of mental and physical fatigue is a common health problem but is easily corrected if you can identify the causes of this unwellness.

In fact a tired body combined with one that is storing fat is a sure sign of imbalances in your carbohydrate and fat metabolism. Specifically, this will often relate to certain carbohydrate intolerances.

Ask yourself do you have symptoms of Carbohydrate Intolerance such as • sleepiness after meals • bloating after meals • cravings for sweets or caffeine • hungry a lot • stress easily • feel depressed (non motivated) • feel moody (irritable a lot) • feel unfit.

If you find that you fit into this picture, and especially if

you are struggling with your weight, you’d be wise to get to the cause of the problems.

These are what I find to be the most common causes of the above problems but these have to be diagnosed • toxic liver and gut • blood sugar problems • an overall acidic system • insulin imbalances that set up weight gain and fat storage • nutritional imbalances • hormonal imbalances.

Get these causes fixed and your health improves. You start to feel and look great, you lose some weight, and you feel better about yourself. With a bit of work you can’t lose on this investment.

John Pirie

Sunshine Coast Hinterland

info@siaholistichealth.com.au Dr John Pirie Chiropractor & Applied Kinesiologist 19 Coral Street, Maleny Phone: 5435 2155

Climate Summary 2008-2012

Trades & Services AIR CONDITIONING Kelly Air Pty Ltd Supply, installation & maintenance of domestic & commercial airconditioning. Call Greg (BSA 1113295) Ph: 5478 5255 or 0400 123 231 Email: info@kellyair.com.au

ANTENNAS Jim's Antennas Digital & problem reception specialists.

Locally owned, servicing the hinterland.

Call Craig Titheradge today for a free quote.

Ph: 131 546 www.jimsantennas.com.au

APPLIANCE SERVICE Luke Wilkinson Appliance Service Washing machines, dryers, fridges, etc.

Lic. No 68598

Ph: 0419 684 324 or 5429 6565

AUTO SERVICES D & K Motors - Auto mechanics Mechanical repairs, RWC inspections.

Wheel alignments & tyres.

All mechanical requirements.

4 Lawyer Street, Maleny. Ph: 5499 9169 TRANCE4MATION DETAILING All aspects of car detailing, 20 years exp. Full details, wash and vac, shampooing and dog hair removal. Seniors and trade discount available Call now for opening specials.

Caroline: 0458 520 489.

CABINETMAKER Paul Randall Cabinetmaker of Maleny New & renovated kitchens & vanities benchtops a speciality - stone, timber & laminated finishes. Home Offices, Wall Units, Wardrobes. Ph: 0432 953 186 Lic QBSA 1162819. Member Master Builders.

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY Range Carpet Care Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning & Protection Ph: 5445 7611 or 0418 776 578

CHAINSAW & TREE WORK All Trees to Chip Tree felling, pruning, lopping, mulching, stump grinding, landscaping & retaining walls, fences etc. Two chippers - 6 inch & 12 inch. Qualified and insured.

Phone Rob Milner: 5445 7805

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL CLEANING

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SHOWER OR TWO arrived in the first couple of days of October from a surface trough. This brought a welcome relief to some of the shallow rooted plants showing signs of stress; especially after a dry September.

Thick fog covered the Ranges on the first day of the month; with smoke over the following few days. This was slow to dissipate due to a temperature inversion covering the Ranges.

Mid-month there was a dramatic week of weather change with hot and cold days and gale force winds. The hottest

day was on Wednesday with 28.4°C. Saturday was the coolest when the temperature dropped to 7°C on Saturday 13th. On Wednesday gale force winds were gusting to over 60kph. Thunder clouds rolled in on Thursday with a storm cell overhead at 1.20pm precipitating 22mm.

The final two weeks of the month was mostly dry with total rainfall of 43mm. representing 63mm below average.

Maximum temperatures in the penultimate week of the month were four degrees above average; peaking with32.6°C on Monday 22nd.

The weather report for the Hinterland Times is compiled by Patrick Stacey, Maleny Weather Station.

Log on to www.malenyweather.com for daily data and weather news.

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External Cleaning - tile & Colorbond roofs, house washing ,mould removal & all surfaces. Obligation FREE quotes – fully insured. For a high quality professional service Call Jay 0404 707693 www.waterwisepressurecleaning.com.au

ELECTRICAL & SOLAR Green Energy Electrical

Lic No. 71210

Reliable prompt domestic electrician.

Extensions, renovations, maintenance, new homes, safety switches, switchboard upgrades, test & tag, smoke alarms. Solar Grid Connect.

Ph: Steven Pilcher for an obligation free quote 0421 162 007 E: stevenpilcher@bigpond.com

Hinterland House and Garden RV Electrical - Energy Solutions Installations, extensions, renovations, points, security lighting, CCTV, safety switches, switchboards, sound systems, 20 years experience. Em: vision@optus.ap.blackberry.net Mob: 0415 528 116 Lic. No. 72787 ...................................... Cut out this ad for a 10% discount ............................

FENCING & AUTOMATIC GATES Plan-it Fencing servicing locals in the supply of Automatic Gates. Glass & aluminium pool fencing, balustrade & aluminium privacy screens. Prompt reliable service. Ph: Paul for a free quote 0412 698 595 or www.planitfencing.com.au

HANDYMAN A Very Handy Man Fix anything in & around the home: Paint * Plaster * Tiles * Carpentry * Odd Jobs * Flatpack * Move Furniture * Pressure Wash * Gutters/Windows Garden Makeover * Chainsaw/Cleanup. Ph: John: 0439 942 077 Montville Handy Man 20 years building experience. All concreting, carpentry, home maintenance and repairs. Prompt and reliable service.

Competitive rates.

Ph: Wayne 0434 724 030

LANDSCAPING & DESIGN Loors Landscaping (est: 1987) From concept to creation all aspects of structural and soft landscaping.

Ph: 5445 7615 Mob: 0412 680 801

Amber Leaf Landscaping Looking for a landscaper who can deliver?

Tohm Hajncl heads the team that offers you guaranteed quality. Choose from landscaping consultations, designs, construction and planting, pre-sale makeovers and specialised maintenance services. Ph: 5445 9801 www.amberleaf.com.au Anthony Stead Landscapes

Gold Medal Winner 2010 Qld Garden Expo Authentic landscape feature specialists.

Original design & construction. DIY assist with plans & sourcing materials. Friendly service.

Online gallery Ph: 041 773 1989 or 54786781 www.anthonysteadlandscapes.com.au

Sky Plumbing & Gasfitting Plumbing, drainage, roofing and gasfitting. Free conditioning of septic system with all onsite quotes.

Ph: 0421 166 882 Anderson Plumbing & Roofing Plumbing, drainage & roofing. New work, renos, maintenance specialists. Septic systems, blocked drains, high pressure ‘sewer jett’ drain cleaner, drain camera, cable locations, tank installations, roof & guttering.

Ph: 5494 3340 or 0409 541 475 QBSA1066328 DVP Plumbing Services BSA 1172423 Plumbing. drainage, roofing and gasfitting.

Camera and drain cleaning equipment, maintenance, new work and renovations.

24/7 Service, No call out fees, 10% pensioner discounts. Phone Damian 0410 855 778 or 0434 582 570

Direct from the grower to you The perfect environmentally-friendly garden mulch and soil conditioner. Full ute tipper load. $80 delivered. $50 half ute load. Phone Gerard: 0407 588 824 E: gerard.rutten@bigpond.com

Wyhoon Garden Services

Graeme Lyon Lawn Mowing Ride-on, push mower, whipper snipping, guerney, hedge trimming, rubbish removal, chain saw & pruning. Servicing all of the Range incl. Conondale.

Ph: Graeme 5494 2720 or 0404 471 859

Step n Stone Landscapes All aspects of stonework and landscaping design and construction. Outdoor pizza ovens, fire-pits & fireplaces. Sculpture commissions. No job too big or too small.

Ph. John: 5478 6754 or Mob: 0411 426 099

MUSHROOM COMPOST

GARDEN MAINTENANCE & MOWING Edge to edge mowing. Servicing all your garden needs incl. ride-on,push mowing, whipper snipping, garden clean ups, hedging, fencing, rubbish removal & general property maintenance. Ph. Casey: 0459 444 310

Gavins Plumbing Service All maintenance plumbing, draining, gasfitting, roof & guttering, domestic pump repairs & replacements.

Complete wet area renovations. BSA Licence 48654 Ph: 5445 7230 - Mobile: 0402 791 058 All Hinterland areas - 35 years experience

Farm Design and Landscapes Beautiful Farms design and construct acreages and farms to ensure an attractively landscaped, well thought out and manageable property. Mark: 0438 644 476, e: mark@beautifulfarms.com.au or check out: www.beautifulfarms.com.au

FURNITURE MAKING Randy DeGraw - designer & maker of fine functional furniture & woodwork to suit your decor.

Ph: 5494 4222 for an appointment. www.viewwoodwork.com.au

305 Landscapes Garden design, construction and cleanups. All landscape aspects. Dingo Hire. View works on gallery page at www.gardenartistry305.com.

Operating out of Montville for over 10 years and servicing all areas. Ph: Jamie 0408 722 025.

BRUCE MORRIS PLUMBING QBSA lic 456322 24hr emergency service, all plumbing, building,maintenance installation domestic and commercial. Gas installations, septic/ drainage ,hot water, solar, bathroom renovations, leaking roofs. Ph 0410 457 606

PAINTING City to Surf Painting & Decorating Re-paints & new work, industrial coatings, decorative finishes, Anti mould coatings.

Quality & value for money guaranteed.

Servicing the Range & beyond. Ph: Richard Daveson 0418 708 620 BSA 1117847 Maleny Paint Place 6/ 14 Lawyer Street, Maleny. For Wattyl and Taubmans Paints and all paint accessories. Taubmans Trade Paint Centre "We can quote & do it for you" www.hinterlandgrapevine.com Ph: 5494 2002

PEST CONTROL Top of the Range Pest Management Termite specialists House treatment for general pests.

Termite inspections and treatments.

Phone: 1300 663 808 or 0411 105 005

PICTURE FRAMING Holden’s Gallery Custom framing by professionals. Items including art, needlecraft, memorabilia, etc Cnr. Coral & Myrtle St. Maleny. Ph: 5494 2100 Mon – Sat 10am to 4pm www.holdensgallery.com.au

TANK CLEANING Pristine Water Systems Full water tanks cleaned, water testing and correction, filtration - Free appraisals Ph: Trevor 0404 302 723

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Great rates!!

Great service!!

Open Saturday from 8.00am -12.30pm

PLANT NURSERIES Brush Turkey Enterprises Wholesale native nursery qlty tubestock. Rainforest, wetland, grasses, sclerophyll, coastal & understorey species. Min. order 100 plants. Open to public by appt. Ph: 5494 3642 or email: nursery@brushturkey.com.au

All mechanical repairs & services, tyres, wheel alignment & Roadworthy Certificates Tammy and Mike

10% pensioner discount.

4 Lawyer St, Maleny

Ph 5499 9169

PLASTERER Castle Plaster No job too small. Fibrous plaster & plasterboard, framing, fixing, setting, cornice, suspension, patching. Licensed & insured. Established 1980.

Call John Ph: 0417 275 241 or 5442 1723

PLUMBING & WASTEWATER AWS Advanced Wastewater Solutions All plumbing & drainage work. Supply & installation of advanced wastewater treatment systems. Septic conversions. 1 ton excavator for hire. Ph: 0412 858 020 www.advancedwastewatersolutions.com.au

• TV & DVD Tuning • Telephone Data • Digital Specialists • Home Theatre Specialists • Five Year Warranties • Satellite Systems

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NOVEMBER 2012

What’s on in ...

Sunday November 4,11,18, 25 Maleny Market held at RSL Hall, opposite Maleny Hotel.

Open rain hail or shine. Over 35 interesting stalls, including antiques and collectables; Art & craft; fruit & veg & famous local sausages. Little Fair Trade Café. Enq: 0448 423 919.

Friday November 9 Sunshine Coast Aglow meets 9.30 am CWA hall, Kalinga St, Caloundra. Aglow is an international Christian women’s organisation. Women from all denominations are welcome.

Come along, bring a friend,enjoy an inspirational message and worship. Entry: $7 includes morning tea. Ph: Isabella: 5476 8463 or Dorothy: 5476 4190 Saturday November 10 Montville Growers & Makers Markets. Local produce & coffee. Plants & flowers. Recycled clothing, homewares & soft toys. Breakfast special: strawberries and maple syrup on buckwheat pancakes. View the draft Council Regional Plan and have your say. No stall holder fees - local producers welcome. Ph: 5499 9114 Saturday November 10 St Margaret’s Anglican Church Op Shop, Blackall St Woombye, is open Wednesday and Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12 noon. This is a Centrelink approved activity. A sausage sizzle and craft market is held on the third Friday of each month. Contact: Sue Beiers: 5476 1073 Saturday November 10 If you own property or a business on the Sunshine Coast, or you are a concerned citizen, you may be affected by the new Sunshine Coast Council Draft Planning Scheme.

Come along to the Montville Growers and Makers Market between 9am and 12 noon to view the plan and talk to Council Planning staff. Contact Paula: 0418 708 244 Sunday November 11 Back to the Naughty Era of the 20s & 30s with the Mike Ross Caberet. Currimundi Hotel Function Room, 32 Buderim St, Currimundi 2-4.30pm. Enquiries Ted: 5491 6017 Sunday November 11 Society for Growing Australian Plants – Sunshine Coast & Hinterland Branch - 2pm Introduction to the wonderful world of fungi at the home of Ian and Chrissie McMaster 521 Mt Mellum Rd, Mt Mellum. Sunday, December 9 - 2pm plant swap and end of year break-up at the home of Lesley Eagles, 31 Vista Park Dr, Buderim.

Sunday November 11 The Lions Club of Maleny Blackall Range -‘Bare Foot Bowls’ day from 10am–2-30pm at the Maleny Bowls Club.

Cost: $25 p.p.Includes steak sandwich and salad lunch.

Funds raised will go to the Lions Medical Research Foundation. Tickets Network Video Maleny, Maleny Community info Kiosk, Landsborough IGA. Further info Ph: Diane 5499 9704; Helen; 5499 9000 or Felicity 0437 966 589

Saturday November 10, Sunday November 11 Caloundra Arts Centre Association's Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair 9am-4pm (9am-3pm Sun) 5 North Street, Caloundra (opposite Oaks Oasis Resort). A wonderful array of quality handcrafted goods made by some of C.A.C.A.’s 500 members, will be on sale. Contact Faye at: fair@caloundraartsandcrafts.org.au or visit the website www.caloundraartsandcrafts.org.au Sunday November 11 The Sunshine Coast Branch of the Australian Hibiscus Society monthly meeting at the Woombye School of Arts Hall, Blackall Street, Woombye. Morning tea, lovely blooms and knowledge sharing on how to better grow your hibiscus. Free admission. Info: Secretary Audrey 54762771.

Saturday November 12 Mary River Festival. Kandanga Rec. Ground Spicers Park, Mary Valley 12noon-8pm. The Floating Bridges, Hat, Fitz & Cara, John Malcolm. Local performers, choirs. Solarpowered laser shows. Food and market stalls.

Gold coin entry. www.maryriverfestival.org.au Monday November 12 JP Services are available to the public at Maleny library.

Mondays. 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. Fridays. 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm.

The service is free to all. Photo ID (driving licence etc) must be shown.

Thursday November 15 Caloundra Family History Research Inc. November guest speaker Dr Jennifer Harrison, an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics at the University of Queensland. Dr Harrison’s topic will be “Irish Immigration to Queensland”. 1.30pm.

Visitors welcome from 1.30pm on the third Thursday of the month at our general meetings in the Guide Hut in Arthur Street Caloundra. www.caloundrafamilyhistory.org.au Contact Valerie 5437 3879, Roz 5493 1197; June 5493 2679, or Email: caloundrafamilyres@y7mail.com Saturday November 17 Maleny Library Meeting Room 10.30am-12.30pm. Write for Rights (write a letter , save a life) where hundreds of thousands of people around the world take action for people facing human rights violations.

Contact Helen Ryan-Sykes: helenryansykes@gmail.com Wednesday November 14, Saturday November 17 Workshop - Living Gluten & Grain Free - How to get started by cookbook author and authority on gluten and grain free living, Tania Hubbard. Nambour Community Centre. $40 pp. includes workbook & morning tea. To register for the workshop, email: hello@glutenfreegrainfree.com.au Saturday November 17 The 25th Annual Gem Show run by the Suncoast Gem & Fossicking Club at Mooloolaba State School. This is our once a year fund raising event. Ph: 0408 217 080

Saturday November 17 Maleny Tennis Club presents a Cabaret Party Night.

Dance to the music of the 50s & 60s from Lorraine & David.

Delicious food (BYO drink). Book a table of 8.

Showgrounds Pavilion from 6.15pm.

Tickets: $45 Maleny Info Centre or call Sylvia: 5499 9989 Saturday November17 Blackall Range Growers market, Old Witta School, Witta Road. 7.30am -12.30pm. Great quality organic and nonorganic produce. Come for breakfast and good coffee.

Get there early for the pick of the best.

Sunday November 18 HU Chant and Spiritual discussion. Buderim Craft Cottage, Garden Room, Cnr Main & Church St. 9:30 – 11:30am Also at Maleny Library Meeting Room, Cnr Maple & Coral St.Tues Nov. 20. 6 - 7.30 pm. Contact 07 5496 5054 eckankar.org - eckankar.org.au HU is an ancient name and love song to God. A spiritual discussion based on a different theme follows each month, Light refreshments and fellowship follow.

Saturday November 24 The Pomona Railway Station Gallery will be holding an Art Market In the Paddock. Conditions of entry and registration forms available at the gallery or online at www.pomonartgallery.com.

Cost $10.00 No items sold over $100.

Info: 5485 2950 or the gallery -10 Station St. Friday November 30 - Sunday December 2 Christmas Fair with arts and craft, homewares and giftware at the Maleny Arts Craft Group Centre, Maleny Showgrounds. 9am-5pm. Free Entry.

Morning & afternoon teas and lunch.

Friday November 30 The Maleny Blackall Range Lions club movie night.

The new James Bond Movie ‘Skyfall’ at the Caloundra cinema. Cost: $20 p.p. Inludes glass of bubbly & nibbles before the movie. A bus available from the RSL Club Maleny ($5 p.p.) or the Landsborough IGA. Only 50 seats avail. Movie & bus ticket purchase essential before the day.

Time: 5-30pm for 6-30pm movie. Tickets: at the Maleny information kiosk, Network Video Maleny or the Landsborough IGA. Contact: Diane on 5499 9704; Helen on 5499 9000 or Felicity on 0437 966 589 Sunday December 9 Apsara Music Festival, at Maleny Botanic Gardens.

10am till sunset. A great day out for all ages. Art exhibits, music workshops and market stalls. Kids activities. Food by the The Terrace and Upfront Club.

Tickets $15 - prebooked Call Chris: 0435 850443 $20 at the gate for adults. $35 for families. For more detailed information see ad page 28. All proceeds in aid of Cambodian Kids Foundation

Tuition & Workshops Richard Knight furniture workshop One-day workshops making funky functional furniture. Identify suitable materials & create your own unique piece using simple wood-working tools.

Materials & lunch included $150.

18 km from Maleny.

Ph: Richard: 5422 9291. Gift vouchers. www.richardknightwoodworks.com.au Parenting Courses with certified instructor Parent Effectiveness Training with Lee Horrill. Courses run regularly with the school terms. One-to-one consultation also available.

Ph. Lee on 5499 9990 or 0410 280 946 E: leeannhorrill@hotmail.com Web: www.facebook.com/Parent Effectiveness TrainingSunshineCoast

Make your workshop a success Ph 54 999 049 or ads@hinterlandtimes.com.au

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November Workshops at Sonja Georgeson’s Studio rear of 37 Coral Street, Maleny. All materials supplied. Designed for all levels. SUN 11th - LINOCUT – Easy, fun and addictive. Create your own prints. Great for Xmas cards & presents. 2 day workshop; day two arranged with participants.

Call Sonja on 0407 238 026 or email sonja@rebix.com November Workshops at Sonja Georgeson’s Studio SUN 18th Monoprint – a 1 day workshop exploring multiple transfer monoprinting. Exciting and experimental with surprising outcomes.

November Workshops at Sonja Georgeson’s Studio SUN 25th Drawing Adventure – New drawing, using traditional and non-traditional media, with an emphasis on composition and design. 2 day workshop; day two arranged with participants.

Art Classes at Tree Frog Gallery Oil & Acrylics with Sussanne Morton, Children’s classes with Heather Gall, Life Drawing with Sally Fisher - Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced Watercolours with Diane Somers-Cook (starts 15 Oct) Exhibition bookings for 2013 now open.

Enquiries: 543 52303.

Fermentation Gatherings Learn to produce fabulous, cultured foods, full of natural probiotics and enhanced vitamins. Kefir, gluten-free sourdough, beet kvass, sauerkraut etc. Join our gatherings the first Thurs of each month.

Ph: Anni 0417 798 314 or Ros 5499 9914.

E: rosanni@fabulousfoodferments.com.au Reiki Level 1 at The Stillpoint 9 & 10 December Reiki is Universal Energy - a spiritual path to enlightenment, Become attuned to the Reiki energy & learn healing techniques & meditations.

CD & Workbook provided.

Ph Katie: 0400 722 786 to book. www.thestillpoint.com.au

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LECTRIC CAR PURCHASE by communities worldwide remains sluggish, and by now we know why.

"The reality is that business model isn't there yet," says Brett Smith, co-director from the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. "It isn't there yet for volume. It isn't there yet for reaching the mass consumer. And it probably isn't going to be there for a while."

The vice-chairman at Toyota has been more specific recently: “The current capabilities of electric vehicles do not meet society’s needs, whether it may be the distance the cars can run, or the costs, or how it takes a long time to charge,” said Takeshi Uchiyamada.

Disappointing as that may sound to we clean energy champions, the industry has a few mountains to move before the demand for EVs really takes off.

The greatest supporter of the electric vehicle industry has been American president, Barack Obama. He has committed $US5 billion ($4.9 billion) in taxpayer money to support his goal of having 1 million electric cars on US roads by 2015. Obama's investment in electric cars includes loans and grants to car and battery producers, spending on charging stations and $US7,500 tax credits to car buyers.

Whether the technology itself is a ‘loser’ as the Republican Mitt Romney asserts, or consumers are merely slow to adapt to new things, car buyers so far haven't embraced electric vehicles in numbers close to Obama's goal. Electric-vehicle sales since 2011 are fewer than 50,000, just 5 percent of President Obama’s target.

Nevertheless, there is the inescapable fact that governments traditionally invest in high-risk, highreward technologies. Those who don’t, often cast a shadow over an entire country’s research and development outlook. Australia’s failure to invest substantially in solar and other alternative energies is a good example of a government sending mixed messages to a community that has been told consistently that this is our future path.

The US is the stand-out country for support of advanced technologies like EVs. They know that such support can lead to thriving domestic manufacturing industries at home, and more importantly, grow the jobs that come with them.

Mitsubishi, makers of the i-MiEV, are disappointed at the slow sales of their EV but their solution is to launch its Plug-in Hybrid Electric Outlander next year in Australia.

This combines a traditional petrol motor to act as a generator for the electric drive, thus eliminating the low cruising range and infrastructure challenges of electric cars. This new Outlander will have a cruising range of 800km. So industry are staying the course, but what about governments?

Fossil fuel-powered cars have been on sale for more than 100 years, and ever since Karl Benz demonstrated the first gasoline-powered engine in 1886, governments everywhere stepped in to assist the birth of this mammoth industry. That industry is now being revolutionised and governments everywhere need to be reminded of their vital role in supporting emerging industries as mentors and agents for change.

The EV industry may be challenging and slow to take off but it is clearly the way of the future. That’s why governments everywhere - whether in Australia, US, India or China - need to hang in there and at least show they have a vision of a future auto industry, even though they may not always have the cash to support it.

Michael Berry - Email: editor@hinterlandtimes.com.au

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