Hinterland Times Dec/Jan 2013

HINTERLAND TIMES Sunshine Coast’s free independent news magazine

December 2013/ January 2014

Beryl Newton celebrates her

Centenary

Imagination and monsters come to life at the Woodford Folk Festival story page 10-11

HOLIDAY FUN

VISIT NEVERLAND

OBI OBI ZIPLINE

What's On and Creative Cuts for Summer

Peter Pan and Captain Hook battle in a Christmas Pantomine

Tourism gem or environmental disaster?

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D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 3 / J A N UA RY 2 0 1 4

Making News ...

The inspiration behind creation of the Australia Day Award P 4-5 Fabrics return to the old Maleny Drapery building

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Woodford Folk Festival puppets come to life

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Two young Maleny tradies help out Project Vietnam

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Scrambling the golden egg? The Obi Obi Zipline

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Greg Blackley reflects on a decade in the fitness industry P 22-23 How WILVOs volunteer, Sammy Ringer rescues animals

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COVER STORY

MAKING NEWS

New owners for the Hinterland Times

The independent news magazine, the Hinterland Times has been sold, and the new owners, Heatley and Michelle Gilmore take over the publishing of the magazine from this edition.

At the grand age of 100 Beryl Newton is one of Maleny’s elders – a woman who does not suffer fools and is known for getting things done. Dale Jacobsen asked Beryl about her rich life as teacher, dairy farmer’s wife, bowler, writer and poet.

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ICHAEL Berry and Faith Baigent have owned the magazine since May 2008 and have transformed it from a simple vehicle for local advertising into a vibrant publication with strong journalistic content and professional design qualities.

It is this combination that won the Hinterland Times best newspaper in country Queensland awards with the Queensland Country Press Association over the past three years.

Michael Berry brought his experience to the Hinterland Times from more than 40 years as a journalist in radio, television and print.

“One of my first jobs after leaving university in the 70s,” says Michael, “was to edit the in-flight magazine for Trans-Australia Airlines. I got hooked into the entire process of researching, writing and designing a regular colour magazine, and even though I went on to spend most of my career in television current affairs, I never lost my love of the print medium. So, when the Hinterland Times became available I leapt at the chance. I guess my career has come full circle.”

Faith brought her own professionalism to the Hinterland Times. During their years in Sydney Faith had managed the media relations for five major hospitals. This portfolio demanded she was across the complexities of advertising in the not-forprofit world as well as writing a broad range of material for brochures, reports and media press releases.

“I am really proud of what we have achieved with HT,” says Faith. “I have also enjoyed being responsible for generating the advertising revenue. It has meant not only advising clients on the best way to sell their product in print, but taking product photos and deciding where in the magazine to place client ads.

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“Relationships are important and over the years I have built up a friendly rapport with many of my advertising clients, and it will be hard to let go of that monthly social round.”

Michael and Faith were eager to pass on the Hinterland Times to someone who understood the production of a newspaper, but also appreciated how important it is to reflect the interests of the local community and business.

Heatley and Michelle Gilmore certainly have that experience and know-how. They produce their monthly Rainbow Beach Cooloola Coast Community News, and quite separately provide an internet marketing service for resorts and accommodation.

The Gilmore family has grown as they have travelled throughout Queensland and overseas with the four children born in Toowoomba, Mackay and London.

Working in the newspaper game is no new role for Heatley. He started in advertising for the Toowoomba Chronicle, and then developed the Rural Weekly, a paper that still exists today.

Promoted to advertising manager at Mackay’s Daily Mercury, Heatley learnt how all departments in a regional daily worked together.

Heatley and Michelle moved on to establish their own business coaching company, working with a wide variety of small to medium businesses.

Having coached and mentored over 400 individual businesses in the areas of sales, marketing and business development, in Australia and the UK, Heatley understands the challenges businesses face across industry sectors – from trades, agribusiness, agricultural services, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, tourism, health and fitness and professional services.

Heatley and Michelle met at university when Heatley, who had grown up on the land, studied agricultural economics and Michelle, science. Michelle went on to complete a Master of Science and, from 1993, worked as a dietitian in Ipswich, Toowoomba and Mackay.

She travelled to rural towns helping older people and people with disabilities. She has also run her own private practices, as well as spending seven years as the Gympie Community Nutritionist for Queensland Health.

In that role she worked with council and schools to improve food security in the Gympie region, including the Mary Valley, focussing on access to fresh produce and healthy options.

A few years ago, Michelle closed down her private practice to devote more time to the couple’s marketing business, liaising with resort owners and producing newsletters for their guests.

Michael Berry and Faith Baigent have handed over the reins of the Hinterland Times to Michelle and Heatley Gilmore

Michelle says, “The majority of our hospitality clients are based on the Sunshine Coast and include the hinterland, so I have been writing about the area and promoting its wonders for at least five years.”

They have a lot of experience in web development and online marketing such as social media, newsletter database marketing and website development.

Utilising these skills with their current newspaper has led to developing an online presence, higher readership, and more social interaction.

“In the last year, we have written and edited entire editions on-line, from ads to photo captions, understanding publishing and web requirements,” says Heatley. “It’s been a steep learning curve, all of which will make the transition as the new owners of the Hinterland Times much easier.”

“It is very exciting to know we will be working with such an accomplished team of local writers and designers,” says Michelle. “Heatley is looking forward to

Faith introducing him to local business owners over the coming weeks and I am eager to learn more about Michael’s role as the Hinterland Times editor.”

“It is important to us that The Hinterland Times maintains its high regard by the community,” added Heatley. “This means supporting the local business and tourism sectors as well as becoming familiar with the various community groups and local events.”

Michael and Faith will remain residents of Maleny, and when the handover is complete their first priority is to take a long holiday.

“In many ways it will be sad letting go of HT,” says Michael. “It has been a perfect home-based partnership for Faith and I, but we are pleased to be handing over to a couple who have energy and ideas to take HT into the future.”

“In coming months we will both look forward to sitting down with a cup of coffee and reading the Hinterland Times with time to spare,” added Michael.

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Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary

On Australia Day we celebrate as a nation, and applaud those extraordinary Aussies and their contribution towards a better Australia. Local artist Kim Guthrie has been selected to create 2014 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Award, an honour in itself.

Kim tells us about his recent work and how “the ordinary” inspires him every day.

IM WAS CHOSEN by the Sunshine Coast Council to design and construct the 2014 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Award. He was also commissioned to design a large-scale public artwork, FLOW/SPLASH as a focal point in the new Maroochydore Bus Transit Centre on Horton Parade.

“I’m enjoying doing more of this kind of work,” says Kim. “I’m particularly interested in doing more bespoke trophies as small-scale artworks. I love the idea of designing a trophy as a unique artwork. And of course I’m thrilled to be chosen to design the Australia Day Award.”

Kim had previously designed and crafted the Sunshine Coast Living Smart Awards for Sustainable Living (‘the Glossies’). His winning trophy design is based on the feather of the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo.

Kim’s Australia Day Award design will be kept under wraps until the awards ceremony on 24 January. But, he says, it’s made of timber and metal and inspired by the Bunya Pine.

“I chose the Bunya Pine because it’s endemic to this region and for its instantly recognisable silhouette,” explains

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Kim. “It was designed to be inclusive of all people in our spectacularly beautiful and richly diverse region.”

“I’m hopeful that all people embrace this spirit of coming together with acceptance of all nationalities and beliefs in contemporary Australia—as one dynamic community.”

For Kim, who has lived and worked on the Sunshine Coast for 27 years, contemporary Australia is a rich and rewarding source for inspiration. His eclectic work as a photographer, painter and sculptor is nearly always influenced by the landscape and the ordinary, everyday in modern Australia.

“I think that if you had a camera with you in India, for example, and you just put it up in the air and snapped a photo, you’d bring it back here and people would say, ‘Wow, that’s amazing!” he says. “But I think that’s how the rest of the world sees Australia. We’re exotic.”

Kim carries his camera every day and everywhere he goes. He delights in seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary.

“I don’t call myself a photographer,” he insists. ”I happen to use photography as a tool. Photography for me is

borderline obsessive. My partner Lisa has dubbed my camera ‘the other woman’. I love it, I want to learn more about it every day.”

Kim’s matter-of-fact approach to photographing his subjects in ordinary situations has won him accolades. He has twice been a finalist in the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture and was a semi-finalist in this year’s Moran Contemporary Photography Prize.

He has self-published two books of his photographic work: The Beautiful People/Love The World in 2005 and EXTRAordinary in 2006. Kim says he documents the ‘contemporary zeitgeist’ of modern life and is fascinated by the increasingly generic nature of western culture.

“Because of the way the world is interconnected now, everything is becoming homogenous, everyone is starting to look the same. It’s tragic,” he says. “I prefer to try to find the authentic Australia. I know it when I see it.”

Kim says he has always been drawn to the fringes. “I don’t handle authority or structure very well,” he admits. “I’m an anti-establishment, outsider kind of person. My mother once said to me, ‘Kim from the time you could walk and talk, nobody could ever tell you what to do.’ I was constantly in trouble at school, always rebellious. I never respected authority.”

Having grown up in Frankston, Victoria, Kim discovered an early passion for drawing and was accepted into the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts.

“It was very competitive, very hard to get into back then.

You had to be good,” he recalls. “I remember the Dean of the Art College at the time was William Kelly. He took me aside and said, ‘Look, we don’t care what you do as long as you’re working. You can smash plates up and glue them back together if you can justify it as your art.’ And I thought, fantastic — this is the place for me!”

But Kim’s promising career was stifled. He was swept up in the culture of art and drugs that was prevalent in Melbourne at the time. “It was the ‘70s and I was caught up

in what was happening,” he explains. “I was hanging around with all these talented artists, and they were all doing speed or smack. I thought it was cool. My career as an artist suffered. I got waylaid.”

Kim has long emerged from the spiral that threatened to drag him under personally and professionally. He credits moving to Queensland and falling in love with his partner, painter Lisa Adams, with helping to restore him.

“I met Lisa, who is such a good and beautiful person, and you know, I’m a good person too,” he says with a smile. “I had an epiphany. I knew I had to wake up to myself. I was lucky to be alive, and I thought, don’t blow this.”

Together, he and Lisa designed and built a home on an isolated 15-acre property in the hills near Cooroy. Inspired by the minimalism of Japanese gardens and architecture, Kim describes the house as a cross between a ‘Japanese teahouse and an Australian beach-shack’.

He tends daily to a collection of bonsai trees, describing them as living sculptures. The garden is an integral part of his work as a concept-based artist.

“This is living art, a living sculpture,” says Kim, indicating the five flame trees he planted in a configuration of the Southern Cross. “I believe in the architect Glenn Murcutt’s ethos of touching the earth lightly. I’ve planted thousands of trees over the past 20 years to rehabilitate this land. It’s a large-scale work in progress.”

Inside the house, Kim points out the three-metre-high tower of books he has stacked into an ever-evolving sculpture. He thinks he has about 200. Each and every book is a different edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

He’s been collecting them for years.

Like Alice, he says, the stack of books is reaching higher and higher. And so, it turns out, is Kim. Kim’s winning designs for the Australia Day Award and large-scale public artwork at the new Maroochydore bus station are testament to that. Both will be unveiled to the public in late January.

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Top left: Artist Kim Guthrie and partner Lisa Adams describes their house as a cross between a ‘Japanese teahouse and an Australian beach-shack’ Above: Kim Guthrie with his bonsai, he says are “living sculptures”

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A sapling branches off from the Industree…

by Natalie Brown

Kristy and Somar Xavier, owners of The Industree textile shop in Maleny’s main street, have been working hard preparing for the dawn of a new era for Maleny’s recently closed drapery shop. Sapling is a concept that maintains the integrity of the drapery’s deep roots, but charts a new course.

HEN THE LOCAL Maleny Drapery shop closed down earlier this year, it was the end of an era. This more than one hundred year-old building had housed the drapery shop since 1920.

For many months, Kristy and Somar gradually formed an idea that would bring new life to the space, while keeping some of the much loved drapery feeling. After many long days, with the help of Kristy’s parents, John and Irene, who have been working diligently creating uniquely designed shop fittings and rolling all the fabrics, their vision has come to life.

The Sapling shop recently opened, revealing a colourful wonderland of children’s clothing, fabrics, hand-made toys, soft furnishings, and other trinkets and home wares.

So how did they come up with the name?

“I always wanted to have a shop called Sapling,” said Kristy, “and I think it ties in really nicely with our other store, the Industree. It goes with the tree theme and also sapling, and having young children’s

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clothing; so it’s about the growth of something small – hopefully into something bigger.”

Kristy said that like their Industree clothing store, which is further up the main street of Maleny, their Sapling vision was to fill a niche that was not already being filled by the other shops in the street.

They wanted to provide a space where they could sell the lovely hand-made block print fabrics from northern India, mostly in Rajasthan, and the organic cottons, hand embroidered material, silks and specialty fabrics that are unique to India.

“We have a real love of Indian fabric,” says Kristy, “especially Indian block printing, which has a long tradition in India. It’s such a detailed process that people don’t really understand the complexity of it, and the time and energy that goes into hand printing.”

Kristy says that there are artisans in India who have trained over generations to become really proficient at their craft. To create a hundred metre long piece of fabric,

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the artisan uses a design stamp which has been carved into a small block of wood. They dip this stamp into the dye and painstakingly print each section of the fabric, thousands of times, lining it up perfectly each time.

The children’s clothing range at Sapling goes from 0 to 6 months, and then up to age 7, with printed light cotton clothes to keep kids cool in summer. They also have kids cot quilts, Christmas decorations, teddies, scarves, books and jars of brightly coloured buttons.

“We have some really beautiful handmade buttons from a guy in Brisbane,” said Kristy. “He makes these beautiful polymer clay buttons, and they are all hand crafted, all unique, and he never replicates a design. He also does the polymer clay knitting needles.”

Kristy and Somar have had the Industree shop for the last 7 years, having started out selling their clothing at the Eumundi Markets, and branching out from there into the premises on Maple Street in Maleny.

They live in the hinterland with their three children, aged three, five and seven, so they are kept very busy, but are excited about the evolution of Sapling and seeing where the new growth takes them.

“It’s been really important for us to find a niche and make sure that it sets us apart from everyone else, and maintain the level of authenticity and uniqueness that give us our name.”

Kristy says they envision Sapling as a one-stop shop where people are able to create their own designs from the beautiful Indian fabrics, and buy whatever else they need to stitch a garment. It just goes to show that from the seed of an idea, with some fertile soil, some love and sunshine, anything can grow…

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BERYL NEWTON:

“Oh dear, she’s a town girl. Will she know how to milk?”

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T THE GRAND AGE of 100 Beryl Newton is one of Maleny’s elders – a woman who does not suffer fools and is known for getting things done. Dale Jacobsen asked Beryl about her rich life as teacher, dairy farmer’s wife, bowler, writer and poet.

In 1936, 23 year-old Miss Roberts was watching her 14 students in the schoolyard of Curramore School, out along Curramore Road, when she heard a yell. “Miss Roberts, Miss Roberts, there’s a snake in the girls’ toilets!”

She went in and found not one, but two 7-footers. Being a city girl, she ordered one of the lads to dispatch them, then posed for the camera.

Beryl Roberts had been a relief teacher, shifting from post to post in south-east Queensland, but her life changed when she came to Maleny on a three-month contract.

She fell in love with local dairy farmer Bill Newton, and would never leave. Bill’s mother looked at the stylish young lady in black-strap shoes and said: “Oh dear, she’s a town girl, will she know how to milk?” Beryl’s mother warned her never to marry a dairy farmer. The young couple were to remain together for 58½ years and produce three sons, 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Beryl and Bill moved in to the farm adjoining the family farm and, like Bill’s parents, scrimped and saved to own their own farm, never missing a payment, despite living through the Great Depression. They ran the family dairies until 1970 when, with their sons going their separate ways, they moved to town, settling in Bunya Street where Beryl still lives an independent life.

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This is a woman who does not suffer fools, and is known far and wide for getting things done. Her influence is everywhere, when you look for it. She was an inaugural member of the Maleny Senior Citizens Association – “There were a lot of people aged over 50 with nothing to do, and I don’t like being bored. We organised a bus trip to see how it would go. We went to Kenilworth, then decided to go further, through Yabba Crossing, on to Cooroy, then the coast then home.”

It was a huge success and trips became a regular activity. Over the years, Beryl organised trips to Tasmania, Mouth of the Murray, Normanton, Sydney, Norfolk Island, Longreach Hall of Fame, Cairns. “We were a good party, and had a lot of fun.” She and Bill travelled twice around the world: a five-month trip by sea in 1964 and a plane trip in 1976.

She has always liked meetings and is never afraid to ask the questions other people were not game ask. “Speak your speak, dear. Although I have since learnt the art of diplomacy and am quieter and gentler these days.”

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She was a driving force in the Maleny Bowls Club, serving as Madam President six times as well as President of the North Coast District Ladies Bowls Association. MBC granted her Life Membership. The Witta Tennis Club (“I wasn’t a hot-shot player”), the Maleny Historical Society (“I call it the Hysterical Society,” she chuckles), writing memoirs for local papers, visiting schools. She is not one to waste time.

Faith forms a central part of Beryl’s life. “I’m an Anglican.

A Christian, I hope.” As the years ticked by, and her Bill passed on, friends from her congregation rally around to ensure she is cared for, allowing her to remain in her own home at the grand age of 100. And the village of Maleny plays its part in supporting Beryl.

The IGA, Maleny Newsagency, the Pharmacy, even the jeweller, deliver, and the Blackall Range Care Group keep an eye on things. A very different world from when she was a girl with no TV, no cars and no phone orders.

As we sat in her front sunroom, she pointed to the furniture and renovations that she and Bill had created in their own home. She then asked me to hand her a notebook from a bookshelf. As a writer myself, I have a passion for notebooks, and this one, beautifully

AddREss BOOk In an idle hour I rifled through the little book, To read again the names of those That I have known throughout my years.

And one by one, they reached out their hands, Beseeching.

Do you remember me? Ah, do you remember me?

hardbound, was a joy. She opened it and thumbed through page after page of ‘school-teacher’ handwriting, looking for something. “Ah, here it is,” she said. “My poem, Address Book.” In a well-modulated voice, she recited her poem. It was beautiful. She has been writing poetry for the past 20 years, and each one she read to me contained insight into human emotions that came from a deep passion. “Don’t sing sad songs for me for I am willing to go.”

On Sunday 27th October, Beryl celebrated her centenary. A letter came from Queen Elizabeth, as did letters of congratulations from the Premier and the Prime Minister. She has them in a pile. “I don’t know what to do with them.”

Her two surviving sons, Paul and Ron, arranged for a family ‘drop-in’ at church the day before. Over 100 people turned up. On her birthday, the Very Reverend Dean Whittall held a small service to give thanks. That evening, 25 of her nearest and dearest dressed up for dinner at

Above: Beryl Newton with her letter from the Queen Above right: Beryl’s ‘school-teacher’ handwriting and poem Below: Beryl, almost a century ago Opposite page, bottom: Miss Roberts and the snakes in 1936

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Someone asked her if she danced on the table. “No, I danced under the table!” she said.

Preparing to leave, I asked her if she minded a kiss on the cheek. “Not at all dear,” she said. I said what a privilege it was to meet her. “Why is that?” she challenged. “Because you are an honest and intelligent woman,” I replied. “Thank you, dear,” she said, and she meant it.

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And through my tears, I recalled each one.

And sadly I crossed names out Consigning them to the hall of memory.

My dear ones, my darlings, Friends, lovers, kith and kin No more do their letters come With birthday cards and Christmas wishes.

And yet, some still live and love, And join the lists of new friends, And dear young hearts That now take up those empty spaces In that old brown book That spans the records of my years’ remembering.

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MET UP WITH Alli McKeown and Angus Piccinich at the Woodford Folk Festival site about the same time a fierce storm approached from the west. Threatening black clouds and lightning formed the perfect setting for meeting monsters.

We hurried around the back of the office to the workshop, the place where Angus and Alli’s drawings were being brought to life. Inside, in a buzz of activity, stood a 3.5-metre monster, half-complete. Angus stopped still, put his fists to his mouth, and said: “It’s scary”.

Heavy drops began to fall as we walked outside to see the first stages of Angus and Alli’s creations. By now, Angus had regained his bravado and his best monster face. Alli looked up at 10 heads waving on stalks, slowly coming to grips with a live version of “Spikes”.

The idea of bringing children’s inner monsters to life came from Woodford Folk Festival Director Bill Hauritz. In looking for a theme for this year’s festival, Bill was inspired

by Mahatma Ghandi’s words “The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought”.

Joey Ruigrok van der Werven, director of the much loved Woodford Folk Festival Fire Event, conceived the monster parade for the opening ceremony. School children throughout the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay regional communities were encouraged to draw pictures of their inner monsters.

Of the hundreds of entries, three were chosen to have their drawings made into giant puppets by Daniele

Poidomani, head designer of The Monster Project, and a member of Kneehigh Productions. The winning entries came from: Angus Piccinich (7yrs) Woodford State School; Alli McKeown (9yrs) Woodford State School; and Harshdeep Singh (10yrs) Mooloolaba State School.

As Alli and Angus held up their winning-drawings for me, I could sense just how much of a giant step it was from their two-dimensional A4-sized crayon drawings to actually standing before these larger-than-life monsters. I asked them to demonstrate their monster faces. Angus’s face growled into the shape of Bob, his three-eyed, black hairy mate with sharp teeth.

“He can eat 16 giants a day, but he only eats those who are rude. He eats them, then spits them out and they land in Anaconda Pond in America.” Angus said Bob lives in Canada, and he really wants to go there one day and meet him. Bob is a new creation for Angus, born especially for this project, and now takes his place beside “Stinky, Yukky Monster, Scaredy, The Dark Knight and Mr Kiddy”. Angus has a very lively imagination.

Alli’s monster face was the antithesis of Angus’s. She just smiled. “Spikes is a friendly monster,” she explained. “He has 10 heads. The outside ones are called the Defenders, and they spit fire and use their big legs to protect the middle five who are harmless and sleepy.”

She assured me this is not meant to be her. Alli has known Spikes for a long time. He lives in a green cave in her backyard. “It’s a green pile of branches and leaves with a hole. He has lived there for years.” When Alli moved into the house, she wanted to become friends with the monster, so she told him her secrets. “Because he has 10 heads, he has to share my secrets, but he doesn’t tell anyone else.”

There was no doubt that these inner monsters reflected their owners’ personalities.

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Little explain their drawings in detail to get a sense of each monster. He then drew working plans and the puppetmaking team began fabricating each part. They were halfmade when we saw them, but already had become personalities in their own right.

Over a five-day period, Alli, Angus and Harshdeep will work with the team, fine-tuning the giant puppets to accurately reflect their inner monsters. They will learn how to move with the puppets, making sure they get their monsters just right.

For three weeks leading up to the festival, Matt Plummer and Daniele will hold workshops for adults and children on working with puppets. The idea will continue into the festival with morning workshops at 9:30, leading into roving through the festival site with the puppets at 10am.

In step with the theme, festival artist Gavin Ryan has designed this year’s much sought-after festival poster.

People walk hand-in-hand with their monsters through a heart-shaped living floral arch.

The Woodford Folk Festival is as much about rituals and traditions as it is about the thousands of artists, performers and presenters that grace its many stages each year. It will no doubt be a proud moment for Angus, Alli and Harshdeep when they lead their monsters on leashes around the amphitheatre during the opening ceremony on 27 December.

Opposite page: Angus and Alli with the Woodford Folk Festival gang Top: Monsters in the Making Above Right: Woodford Folk Festival poster is full of monsters Above left: Alli and Angus testing their puppets

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Young Maleny tradies, Chris Leggett and Bray Meneely are off on an adventure for their holidays, helping build futures in Vietnam.

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O THOSE OF US of a certain age, the mention of Vietnam goes hand-in-hand with associations of Australians being in a land where they weren’t wanted.

Forty years later, the Vietnamese people have moved on, and are welcoming Australians who visit, not through any sense of atonement, but a genuine interest in helping those less fortunate than themselves.

Project Vietnam Inc (PVI) is a small, purely voluntary organisation working out of the Sunshine Coast area. Its vision is “to identify the health, education and special needs of communities – to develop programs to improve people’s quality of life�.

Semi-retired Buderim couple, David and Claire Simpson, have always been adventurous, community-minded volunteers. They typify the members of PVI, co-ordinating promotion and fundraising. “Each March sees our annual migration,� says David.

Sunshine Coast builder, Tony Van Boxmeer flies to Vietnam two or three weeks before their arrival to purchase materials and work with local tradesmen.

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and kindergartens, replacing roofing, knocking windows into walls, and turning what was once dark, damp buildings into light airy space where children thrive.

While most of the volunteers are around 50, there is a drive to attract young people. Chris Leggett and Bray Meneely, Maleny mates from schooldays, are the newest recruits to sign up for next year’s trip. Chris, an apprentice electrician working for Craig Young Electrical in Landsborough, will be a fully-qualified tradie by the time they head off. He was convinced to give it a go by his boss, Craig, who manages to make the trip every couple of years.

Chris enlisted Bray, a qualified carpenter who builds houses in the Hinterland for his dad, Ross Meneely. “It will be an eye opener,� says Chris, “but I’m sure it will be a good experience. We’ll get a holiday that’s a bit different, and do some good�. I asked if they will encourage others. “We’ll wait and see what it’s like first,� said Bray.

At least half of the team have been to Vietnam multiple times. “It takes around 36 hours for us to bond, and we bond really well, says Claire. “Friendships are forged that will last a lifetime.� Local children and adults join in the work party.

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Very few share a common language and, although there is an interpreter on site, a lot can be achieved through smiles and laughter.

I asked Claire and David was there any hint of ‘you owe us’ from the locals. Claire said that the children are too young to have any hang-ups, and while there are some adults who are of an age to understand, it doesn’t seem to play a part in their appreciation.

“One old lady kept sidling up to me for a few days, smiling, while I was painting shutters. I didn’t speak Vietnamese and she didn’t speak English. Eventually I handed her a paintbrush, and she joined in, all smiles. The next day, she invited me, through beckoning, into her tiny kitchen where she made tea and handed me little bananas.”

PVI has been operating for 25 years. Every person pays their own way. There are no administration costs, no wages.

Costs for each project – around $45,000 – are raised through private donations, grants and two annual events. Each project is vetted by The Peoples Aid Co-ordination Committee of Vietnam (PACCOM) to ensure there are no ‘back-handers’.

Local Sunshine Coast and Hinterland people are always forthcoming in support. In February next year, two classicrock bands, The Foggs and The Slackos, will perform free of charge at a musical afternoon in the Valdora Hall. Park Regis Hotel, BMW, Bernados Noosa, Giddy and Grace from Maleny and Get Wines Direct from Maroochydore have all contributed prizes for a raffle.

Apart from the building team, Dr Gail Waterhouse, from Bokarina, heads a team of doctors, nurses, physios and dietitians who provide medical equipment, health education and bursaries for local nurses. Gail was awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her humanitarian aid to the people of Vietnam in 2009.

A third arm of PVI raises funds to transport wheelchairs for children who have lost limbs, many as a result of landmines.

These chairs, provided by Wheelchairs for Kids Inc, cost

Opposite page: Bray Meneely and Chris Leggett Top: School children practicing their English with Claire Simpson Above: Volunteers Claire and David Simpson

around $2,500 to freight, and PVI ensures secure distribution; that they go to where they are needed.

I was curious why David, a Scotsman who once held the post of Chieftain in the Caledonian Society in Saudi Arabia, chose Vietnam to place his obvious energy. David said: “I was introduced to PVI by a sailing buddy, Del Morrison, who writes formal grant submissions for the organisation. Her enthusiasm was catching, besides, I know where every penny will be spent, because it is our own money”.

Promoting such a small organisation (around 100 members) is more difficult than other worldwide charities.

They are keen to involve young people. “It is a wonderful chance to visit this part of the world under the safe umbrella of a fun-loving crew. A terrific adventure,” said Claire.

For further information, visit their website: http://projectvietnam.com

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Community News Community News Memories of Moreton Mill Locos Nambour Museum president Clive Plater grew up among the Moreton Central Sugar Mill’s cane locomotives, so it is no surprise with his expertise and passion, he has written a book about them.

“The book is simply about the locos with basic specification, many never before published photos from our family collection, a few interesting short stories, and some little known trivia,” he said.

Mr Plater said his family connection with the mill that had its first crushing season in 1897, began from those early times with his maternal great-grandfather, GL Bury, who was the first chairman of the board of directors.

The open day at the museum in Mitchell Street, Nambour, is from 10am to 3pm, with free admission. Copies of the book are available for $10. Refreshments are also available for purchase.

Phone 5441 2083 for more information.

Learning to be a comic ...

If you have longed to make people laugh then this may be the course for you - a two day residential physical theatre and comedy workshop at the Crystal Waters Permaculture Village on January 3-4, 2014.

The workshop is led by Hardey McMurrick founder of Flying Heart Productions and physical theatre performer with over 20 years experience.

Most recently Hardey took out the Bronze Pavement Award at the Festival De Artistes De Rue in Switzerland with his show “Love Case Suit Nut” which he will also be performing at this years Woodford Folk Festival.

During the two day retreat Hardey will facilitate games and exercises that guide participants to be honest onstage, to play, to connect with physical impulse and rhythm, to have presence and to find comedy. Participants can expect to be challenged both physically and emotionally, laugh a lot and come away with a deeper understanding of physical theatre and comedy.

For bookings or further information email Hardey McMurrick at: groundcontrol@flyingheartproductions.com www.flyingheartproductions.com

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IRATES, Indians, Lost boys and Girls, the ticking crocodile and Nana the nursemaid dog, are just a few of the characters joining Peter Pan when he takes to the stage at the end of this month for the fourth Maleny Players’ Christmas Show at the Maleny Community Centre.

The 50-plus cast, as well as the costumiers, set builders, property masters, and stage management are facing a number of new challenges this year.

For a start Peter Pan has to fly – something that’s never been undertaken before on the Centre stage. In a firm nod to tradition, Peter Pan will be played by a female – our own Claire Watkins.

Said Claire: “I’ve already been fitted with the flying harness that goes under my costume. Next thing will be when they set up the rigging above the stage in the week before the show, connect me up, and I get to ascend, I hope, gracefully into the air. Of course that will depend on the guys at the other end of the rope!”

In this fun-filled family show, Peter Pan will confront his old adversary, Captain Hook (played by Tony Glazebrook) who turns out to have an unusual array of alternative fittings on his hook hand – including a cricket bat!

And of course, Hook is haunted by the fearsome crocodile that swallowed his left hand (and a clock).

Building the croc has been the task of Jools Dumbrell and Gwen Delacour.

Said Jools: “The Director wanted it big and scary, so that’s what we’ve done, with lots of papier mache, hosepipe, egg cartons and foam. It even scares me!”

Curiously, the wicked wizard Abanazer (NOT a banana!) played by Eddie Weir, has been recruited from

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Aladdin-land as the narrator of this show, so we can expect further strange goings-on.

Meanwhile, Marianne Osborne has been busy creating the backdrop for Neverland on a massive 4m x 12m canvas stretched out in Bob Grice’s nut shed in North Maleny. “It’s the biggest picture I have ever painted,” said Marianne as she put the finishing touches to some strange–looking flowers. The canvas will hang on the Centre’s new ‘banjo’ curtain track which means it can disappear offstage, while another set comes on.

Elsewhere, Audrey Raymond has been putting her dance teaching skills to use devising and rehearsing the choreography for the show. The indians, pirates, lost boys and girls, Peter Pan’s Shadow and Captain Hook all have steps to learn for the various musical numbers.

Written and directed as for the three previous shows by David Crewe, with music by Paul Coppens, the Players will be staging five performances just before Christmas.

They are: 7pm Saturday 14 December; 2pm Sunday 15 December: 2pm and 7pm Saturday 21 December; 2pm Sunday 22 December.

Tickets $20 adults and $10 Students. Under 5’s free. From Maleny Visitor Centre from December 1 The show has the generous support of Sunshine Toyota; Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Maleny Hotel and Mitre 10.

Left: Marianne Osborne working on the massive backdrop.

Above: Captain Hook (Tony Glazebrook) takes Peter Pan (Claire Watkins) by surprise in a scene from this month’s Maleny Players Pantomime.

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Presented by the Maleny Film Society …

24 & 25 JANUARY 2014 Maleny Community Centre, 23 Maple St

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY - 7.15pm doors open at 6pm for dinner and bar

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Award-Winning Film Producer is guest at Maleny’s 2014 Festival of Australian Film USTRALIAN FILM producer David Jowsey will be guest of honour at the Maleny Festival of Australian films over the Australia Day weekend in January.

The Maleny Film Society will present their 20th annual Maleny Festival of film and, as in past years, an impressive line-up of top quality recent Australian productions is guaranteed.

The festival kicks off with Mystery Road on Friday night, January 24, with a special appearance by its producer David Jowsey.

On Saturday January 25, there will be a matinee screening of the short film The Op Shop followed by the family adventure, Satellite Boy, also produced by David Jowsey.

The final screening will be Tim Winton’s The Turning, featuring the work of 17 different directors, with a starstudded cast, including Cate Blanchett.

This almost three hour movie has been described by critic David Stratton as, “a very bold initiative.”

Film Festival guest, David Jowsey is a former television executive with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC TV). He has an extensive background in television production across many genres and programming styles.

In 2009 David teamed up with award-winning writer and director Ivan Sen (Beneath Clouds), to produce a slate of original and unique digital feature films. Their first film was the experimental digital feature Dreamland. The next feature Toomelah premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Ivan and David’s latest feature Mystery Road stars Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten and Jack Thompson.

David Jowsey will introduce Mystery Road to the Maleny audience on Friday night. The film had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June, and has since been

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Indigenous detective Jay Swan (an impressive Aaron Pedersen) returns to his remote hometown and his first case is the murder of a teenage girl.

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Based on the short story collection by Australian author Tim Winton, each of The Turning’s 18 stories is interpreted on film by a different team of filmmakers Festival Passes available for purchase at MFS screenings and Maleny Visitor Information Centre Members $20 - Temporary Members $35 …

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selected for the Toronto, London and Melbourne film festivals.

"I usually make social films about issues (e.g. Mad Bastards, Satellite Boy, Toomelah), but this is a commercial genre film,” says David. This is a classic David Jowsey whodunnit, with the elements of a western, with the hats, pistols and cowboy boots.”

The movie was filmed around Winton in western Queensland. Aaron Pedersen as a detective, Jay Swan, has returned home to the Outback and investigates a murder after a young girl is found on the side of the road.

Maleny’s Festival of Australian Film will be held on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 January at the Maleny Community Centre, 23 Maple Street.

Full details can be found on the MFS website www.malenyfilmsociety.info During the Festival, dinner will be available from 6pm on Friday and Saturday nights and there is a cash bar and tea/coffee stand.

Festival passes giving patrons priority on admission to all three screenings (at a discounted price ) can be purchased from the Maleny Information Centre in Maple Street – the cost is $35 ($20 for MFS members). Other single session tickets will be available at the door at each screening. No bookings are possible – and prior ticket purchase and early attendance is recommended at all sessions.

For further information phone Tamara Taylor (MFS manager) on 5429 6951.

New Patisserie will wow with delights...

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AYFIELD PATISSERIE and Chocolates is a vibrant new shop situated on the deck of the Mayfield Building adjacent to The Edge Restaurant.

As you walk through the door, you will be immediately taken back by the exquisite chocolates and amazing variety of handmade sweets, cakes and pastries. John’s choice of a bright, froggreen coffee machine simply adds to the feel of quality.

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COMBINED exhibition featuring the landscape photography of Steve Swayne and the wildflower photography of Vanessa Parle will be held in the Upfront Club café in Maleny from 19th December. This will be a first for the Upfront Club, featuring photography as the creative medium.

Steve Swayne is a self-taught freelance photographer and artist living in Maleny on the Sunshine Coast. Steve undertook an extensive journey to the central Australian deserts in 2009.

Here are a collection of images taken over the autumn and winter in Queensland, the Northern Territory and South Australia. They speak of a timeless ancient landscape, largely unchanged by the human presence that has so altered the coastal lands. These landscapes are quite varied

Landscape A Photography Exhibition Above: Steve Swayne (left) and Vanessa Parle (right)

combined with quality pastries and chocolates makes Mayfield Patisserie and Chocolates a must do.

Our very own patisserie chef/chocolatier, Bryan, has over thirty years experience in making fine chocolates and pastries. Everything is made on site.

We are presently preparing special Christmas fare including fruit mince pies, white Christmas, pear, fig and almond puddings, scotch shortbread and individually decorated fruit cakes. In addition to the sweets and cake choices, a whole range of handmade chocolates are available singly or in gift boxes.

We will also make celebration cakes to order.

If you’re up on the Hinterland and needing a caffeine and chocolate fix then drop by Mayfield Patisserie and Chocolates you’ll just love what they have; world class views, world class pastries and world class chocolates.

in their nature, and each has its own beauty. They need to be seen at dawn and dusk to fully experience the richness of the colours of the earth. Steve is presently working on a series of paintings inspired by the landscapes of central Australia.

Vanessa Parle talked for 12 years about visiting the south-west of Western Australia for the enchanting Spring wild-flowering. Finally, in 2011 Vanessa spent three months (from September to November) in a biodiversity hotspot from Walpole to Esperance, concentrating on the awe-inspiring Stirling Ranges. Every day was enchanting! Vanessa worked with a user-friendly compact Panasonic Lumix camera to capture the wildflowers for her exhibition. Don't just talk about it, do it now!

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THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S recent changes to what we can, and can’t do, in national parks has ranged conservationists on one side of the fence and interventionists within the Newman government, on the other.

Government thinking is that national parks are too tightly locked up and the public ought to have greater access than is currently allowed.

They want to introduce commercial activities into the parks to offer wider usage of this valuable land including stimulating business, particularly tourism.

Some supporters claim that if handled wisely, more and more people can discover the joys of natural bushland, forest and waterways.

On our doorstep for example, is the proposed zipline project in the Kondalilla National Park at Montville. This is essentially a flying fox that will zip through the forest at canopy level delivering both an adrenaline rush and an outdoors experience.

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S BIODIVERSITY continues to decline at an alarming rate and the extent of Queensland’s national parks struggle to retain five per cent of the state’s land mass, we are seeing a raft of proposals for parks being introduced under the Newman government.

National parks are refuges for threatened species and ecosystems, and they offer spectacular land and seascapes. These icons of the natural world are enjoyed through passive recreation by millions each year for their beauty, timelessness and to quietly feed the soul. They also contribute billions annually to Queensland’s economy.

So why scramble the tourism golden egg, and could a proposed commercial activity, such as a zip-line within the Obi Obi Gorge, spoil this iconic natural attraction?

The stunning Kondalilla National Park in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland is deep in this growing rift between commercialism under the guise of showcasing natural wonders through ‘eco-tourism’, and the need to protect and restore the natural environment.

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The Bill amending the 1992 Nature Conservation Act has rejected the cardinal principle of conserving nature in favour of subjecting our publically owned natural heritage to private, commercial ventures, with the potential to compromise ecological integrity and established passive tourism experiences.

The concept of ‘eco-tourism’ is not new although it is often overstated, misused and misunderstood.

The scope and pace of amendments to the state’s environmental legislation means the government has taken a largely ‘in-house’ approach, creating little confidence that necessary environmental standards of our national parks will be maintained.

Sustainably managed nature-based activities sympathetic to environmental and cultural values are part of the tourism fabric, and provide social and economic benefits to communities. However, opening national parks to commercial tourism facilities may erode these benefits, particularly conservation values.

So, what is a zip-line and how did one of the Sunshine Coast’s most loved natural places Kondalilla National Park - become a prime location?

Similar to a flying-fox where one is harnessed to a cable, a zip-line is designed to link at tree canopy height via a series of ‘cloud-stations’ affixed to the trunk of the tree or anchor points.

The varying lengths of cable are strung at gradients providing the momentum at varying speeds along the system and to each of the ‘hop on-hop off’ stations.

Sound like it might be fun? Yes, it’s an outdoors experience. Yes, it may appeal to people wanting a little thrill in their holiday or day visit. Yes, it could be a welcome contribution to the local tourism economy. Could it nurture a sense of environmental stewardship? Possibly.

However, does it have to be within the biodiversity-rich Kondalilla? No. Part of one of the state’s fabulous Great Walks, it is an outstanding natural tourism attraction. It also supports an amazing array of flora and fauna (including 21 listed species), and is a vital part of the state’s lagging extent of Protected Area estate.

Various configurations of a zip-line had been identified for the Obi Obi Gorge going back some five years. This site was seen to offer the ‘wow’ factor of traversing the Gorge, although no alternative private sites were ever really considered or investigated.

The reality is that the zip line could be sited in a private area offering similar ‘wow’ experiences and without the need to commercialise part of our natural and cultural heritage.

Earlier this year, a community familiarisation was arranged for a few key hinterland people to gain a first-hand look at a zip-line operation in Launceston, Tasmania. Following that familiarisation, the location of the proposed Obi Obi Gorge zip line was seriously questioned by some members of the group.

For example, it was learned that the Launceston operator was a likely tenderer of the Obi Obi zip line. Then, later in the year, public consultation became no more than a ‘show and tell’ at a public meeting in Montville.

The government and Sunshine Coast Council, hosts of that meeting, appeared to ignore strong community advice that to intrude both physically and commercially into the National Park was inappropriate. Subsequent attempts at meaningful community consultation and transparency have been ignored.

Time marches on and the Obi Obi zip-line has gone through the state-wide EOI process and is now the ‘first cab off the ecotourism opportunity rank’.

Concepts for the site are now being considered by government with potential operators required to demonstrate their financial and operating credentials.

Shortlisted proponents will then submit more detailed proposals.

As tenderers now put forward their proposals protected by commercial-in-confidence, there is no opportunity for the public to scrutinise the detail and context of the proposals as they feed into a state and industry vacuum.

The hinterland community treasures its natural environment, not only for conservation benefits, but for the lifestyle and tourism edge this offers. So, we need to ensure our national parks are valued as assets for tourism, not tourism assets. They should be respected and protected as such for future generations and allowed to be the conservation bastions they need to be.

Tenders for a Zip-line Ecotourism Opportunity for Obi Obi Gorge Kondalilla National Park are open until 28 February 2014.

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Opposite page and above: Obi Obi Gorge Zip Line - Sunshine Coast Hinterland could look like this commercially funded and operated adventure zip line in Tasmania.

Just a short stroll from the main street of Maleny is where you will discover us, nestled into our rainforest setting overlooking our exclusive unspoilt view of the Obi Obi Creek.

We love our Locals!

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Bright market outlook prompts office move AY WHITE Lifestyle Maleny has moved into a bigger office with increased exposure; a move driven by a stronger market in 2013 combined with Ray White Lifestyle’s long term commitment to the region.

The market has shown positive signs of recovery in 2013, particularly the latter half. Ray White Lifestyle Maleny office has secured in excess of $8 million worth of sales in the past six months, and Principal Ben Wilson expects this to continue into 2014 and beyond.

“The momentum has been building from early this year and gained traction as the year’s gone on... low interest rates, a change of government, combined with low inflation, has seen confidence return to the market. It was initially driven by investors but now spreading to all sectors,” said Ben. “In fact the market is so buoyant right now, we

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are low on stock to meet buyer demand, so if you have been thinking of selling, we urge you to talk to us and capitalise whilst the market is running so hot...these are the best selling conditions we’ve had for several years.”

RWL Maleny offers the full catalogue of professional property services including: residential, rural, large/small acreage and commercial sales, as well as a full property management service.

“We are committed to delivering excellent service for Maleny and hinterland residents, with unwavering professionalism in all facets of our operations.”

Ray White Lifestyle Maleny’s new office is located at 1/5 Maple Street Maleny. Ben and his team would like to extend warm Seasons Greetings to you all, and look forward to servicing your real estate needs in 2014 and beyond.

Left: Out the front of their new office in Maple Street f rom left to right are Trudy Busk, Ray Scarfe, Peter Squibb, Geoff Coughlan, Ben Wilson.

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Keeping in shape â&#x20AC;Ś

Large range of Gifts & Hampers

from Kondalilla to Kokoda

OPEN 7 DAYS

If you are stuck for a gift or know someone who loves a treat visit us at Sweets on Maple. We have a magnificent range of Christmas stock and hampers of all sizes.

Make you own hamper or choose one readymade!

A great selection of nougat, marzipan, Turkish delight, Dutch & English liquorice, ginger products and chocolates, make it easy to find the right gift.

We've gone overboard this year with collectors tins filled with jellies, hard candy, truffles, cherry liqueurs, pralines, exotic biscuits and tea.

The jars behind the counter are filled with old fashioned lollies that are sure to evoke nostalgic memories. Why not pop in for a free taste of our fresh creamy fudge, which is handmade with local products. A small box of fudge is a great thank you gift.

While youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the shop soaking up the atmosphere ask for a free taste of the dark chocolate with 96% cocoa. find us on facebook

Greg Blackley has kept fit for the last ten years by helping others stay in shape. He tells Natalie Brown why his holistic personal training style in this competitive industry works and how he is preparing for one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardest hikes.

www.sweetsonmaple.com.au

by Natalie Brown

39 Maple St, Maleny Ph: 5494 2118

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REG BLACKLEY, the instructor and owner of Bodytime Personal Fitness in Maleny, is one fit son of a gun, not only in body but in mind too, with many academic achievements complementing his long career in the health and fitness industry.

Greg has spent his life training and constantly raising his level of proficiency, which is a major reason he gets results.

Along with his extensive martial arts training, he is also a world record holder for weight lifting and has a Masters in Exercise Science and Coaching, with a level 3 in Strength and Conditioning. Greg has post graduate training in dietetics and business management, and is a qualified exercise psychologist and a sports medicine professional.

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Album â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Going With The Flowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; FIRST SATURDAY FOLK ($5) Monthly Blackboard, guest act TOMMY LEONARD (Maleny) Street Carnival, quiet sanctuary at Club, enjoy!

ANDY JANS-BROWN (N.NSW) Thoughtful groovy funk rock. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letting Goâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6.30 ART OPENING - Photography by Steve Swayne - Australian Landscapes 9DQHVVD 3DUOH :LOGĂ RZHUV RI :HVWHUQ $XVWUDOLD C.R. AVERY (Vancouver, Canada) Hip hop beatbox blues harmonica Americana

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LAURA MITCHELL (S.Coast) Singer, pianist. Fave jazz songs 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, plus special guests FIRST SATURDAY FOLK Monthly Blackboard, new hosts Garry & Sam. Guest act JEFF BURTON MELANIE HORSNELL (Candelo, NSW) Virtuoso voice & guitar, toured Europe, 3rd album â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cloud Appreciation Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ANDREW REDFORD (S.Coast) Awarded young singer, guitarist, pianist. Originals & covers SAM SHEPHERD (Maleny <RXQJ VLQJHU VRQJZULWHU WRS FODVV Ă&#x20AC;QJHUVW\OH JXLWDULVW DUKE SPECIAL (Belfast, N.Ireland) Songwriting pianist, festival headliner, romantic, theatrical HUNDRED ACRE WOOD (Bright,Vic) Multi-instrumental duo, transportive, heartwarming, inspirational BYRON SHORT (Duo, Brisbane) Blues, rock, funk, soul originals & covers LIZZIE Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;KEEFE (Maleny) â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Voice of a thousand angelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;with JEREMY DUNLOP, guitar & MITCH FRANCIS, drums

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Greg has seen it all with a background in medicine, and having worked in a cancer ward for many years. So, he knows the human body and how it works. As a result he has developed his own style of personal training based on the philosophy of strengthening and conditioning as the major tools for keeping the body at its optimal efficiency. Along the way he founded the Australian College of Strength and Conditioning.

Greg achieves success in his work with clients by assessing their body as soon as he meets them, getting straight to the issue, rather than working around the symptoms and doing unnecessary work.

Greg is an old school instructor in the way he approaches clients and training, and he is swift to check out any of the ‘quick-fix’ solutions, such as the recent ‘miracle green coffee pill’ that promised people they would lose weight.

Greg conducted a test group with some of his clients and followed the manufacturer’s instructions for use of the pill. He found very quickly that it was an ineffective weight loss supplement adding to his belief that there are no ‘quick-fix’ solutions. You have to know your own body he says, and work on strengthening and conditioning to get the results, including diet adjustments if needed.

He has clients who come to him with various different physical issues, who are often recommended to him through local practitioners. He assists them to correct issues through working different parts of the body. For example, he has had older clients come to him with walking issues, where they have started to stoop as they get older. He assists them to walk upright through working specific muscles to strengthen and condition the body.

Greg is currently training a group of clients in what he calls Kokoda Trail Training, which helps them to have the strength and stamina to achieve one of the world’s hardest hikes up the Kokoda trail. The group meet at Bodytime on Thursday each fortnight at 8am, and drive over to Kondalilla Falls to do the walking tracks together. Two of those clients will head off to do the Kokoda Trail with Greg towards the end of 2014.

“Every time we walk Kondalilla we have to speed it up, so we’ve got a time trial and increasing loads,” says Greg. “We wear a backpack and increase it by a kilogram every time; so by the end we have about 22 kilograms on our back. We have to beat it every time we do it. This morning we beat it by another five minutes.

“Five months ago we started at around 87 minutes doing the 6.2 kilometre trail around the falls. This morning we did it in 45 minutes, basically running about 55% of it. So, we are getting pretty good!”

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swing and do monkey-like criss-cross exercises where they pull each other up the rope.

“I’ve got to be honest with you, I’m thinking, ‘Ooh its getting pretty hard now’”, says Greg with a smile and a twinkle in his eye. “We also train specifically for Kokoda with strengthening and conditioning exercise. We do a lot of knee and hip strengthening work, as well as a lot of strengthening between your shoulder blades – good for breathing.”

The thing that strikes you about Greg when you meet him is that he clearly loves what he’s doing. It is obvious that he gets a thrill out of helping people to be in as best condition they can be, so they can get the most out of life.

Since moving to the hinterland 15 years ago he has gradually built up his client base, and he now has up to 12 appointments a day, so he keeps fit helping everyone to stay in shape. He is currently presenting monthly fitness seminars at Anytime Fitness at Caboolture, which are open to anyone who is interested in hearing more about his fitness philosophy.

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Murrumbooee, near Grafton, is a lovely pristine cascading water way that has been highly regarded by the local Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years for its magical and soothing properties. It’s in this beautiful part of Australia that the Murrumbooee products are produced. Using locally grown fruits and vegetables many of the products are organic, gluten and preservative free.

In the words of the owners, “Our products are intended to enhance all meats, curries, cheeses, to flavour dips, pizzas or pies. Their usage is only limited by the imagination.” Their range includes: Aussie Blueberry or Davidson Plum Jam and Davidson Plum Sauce, Lime & Brandy Marmalade, and exciting chutneys such as; Hot Banana & Ginger, Pear & Cinnamon, Lemon, Date & Mustard Seed, Spicy Mango & Tamarind, Pineapple & Star Anise and Finger Lime. Murrumbooee products make great gifts for Christmas.

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88 Burgum Road, North Maleny

Space, Grace and Location - This property property has it all!

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Offering Of fering 375m2 of space, quality and character along with 100m2 of deck and patio area and another 65m2 of shed, this property has all the space you need!

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11 Greenhills Greenhills Esplanade, Maleny

Owners on the move - Character, Character, space and charm in North Maleny Have you been searching for a home with character and style in an even better location? Then inspect this one today! You You will enjoy a soothing sense of warmth and comfort as soon as you set foot in the private, tranquil grounds of this beautiful property in North Maleny.

Architecturally designed and quality built home in a private North Maleny location, this one has to be inspected to be fully appreciated. Thought and planning has gone into every last detail of this beautiful modern character home. The owners want to head south ASAP - Call Today!

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19 Macaranga Street, Street, Maleny

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16 Cloudwalk Drive, Maleny

Style, Comfort and Convenience in Maleny This architecturally designed split level home is positioned on a 1052m2 block opposite parkland. You You will enjoy the short walk to the cafes and shops in town, and this is one house that you can really call a home.

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A Berry Merry Christmas...

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IRST UP thank you to Michael and Faith for the opportunity to launch my rants of practical ecological restoration upon an unsuspecting populace for the last few years, it’s been a great opportunity to have this regular gig, thank you. And in keeping with a theme of thank you, I dedicate this article to all the berries out there in our landscape who ask so little and give so much with their tasty little fruits, in particularly the raspberries*.

Our local native raspberries (and there are quite a few of them) can often cop a bad rap, because they are confused as being weeds. All red fruiting raspberries growing in our area are native. There are seven native raspberries (Rubus spp.), all of which have edible fruit and are a fantastic food source and very important habitat for a whole host of small birds and ground dwelling fauna. What is often confused for a weedy thicket between paddock and forest is in fact an incredibly important strip of habitat providing cover and resources that are not available within the forest.

We have at least one species of Blackberry, although there appears to confusion over which species it is. They are class 3 weeds and control is required, although they do have yummy black fruit. We also have the very prickly Yellow Berry Rubus ellipticus, which has delicious - you guessed it, yellow fruit. There’s no arguing that these weeds require manage-

ment, however they do have a few pluses on the culinary and habitat fronts. If you’re unsure on whether your bramble is exotic or native, just remember red fruit native; black or yellow fruit – exotic.

All of our native raspberries are prickly, all have tasty fruit, are important plants in a variety of ecosystems. From the delicate rambler Rubus parvifolius with its pretty purple or pink flowers that grows in open woodlands to the giant rainforest raspberry Rubus moorei that lives in the Rainforests with stems up to 15 metres long. My favourite for quantity of fruit is the Rose-leaf Raspberry Rubus rosifolius. This is the short raspberry (rarely above 1.5metres) that we can commonly see in paddocks and forest edges around the range. Fruit can be a bit dry but still good for jam, however if we get good spring rain, they can swell up and be juicy and delicious.

You can actually grow our native raspberries for fruit, like the many the exotic raspberries if you manage them accordingly, pruning, fertilising and watering increase the quality and quantity of fruit. *Before any of you botanists out there get stuck in, I am aware that raspberries and blackberries are not actually berries botanically speaking, but in fact aggregate fruit, but for now allow me this minor play on words.

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The Day Spa at Spicers Tamarind at Maleny

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HE DAY SPA ATSpicers Tamarind at Maleny was the last stage of a larger landscaping project that covered a couple of hectares, some of which was on a steep and challenging site.

In designing this stage, some of the important crieria was, adequate parking with ease of access, good drainage, inviting entrance andsurrounds with a serene and tranquil ambience.

Good drainage was achieved by installing a dry creek bed that complemented the entry water feature and acted as an excellent drainage swale.

A beautiful meandering boardwalk flanked by large mossy boulders and plantings of soft grasses and a selection of complementary shrubs created the tranquil feel the clients were looking for.

The garden in the photograph is about two years old

Tove Easton PRINCIPAL LAWYER

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Making a complaint to the CMC In the December edition of the Hinterland Times I detailed the role of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) with a two-fold role; the first role being to prevent and investigate major crimes and the second role being to investigate and prosecute misconduct in the public sector.

A complaint to the CMC can be made in writing (by letter or email), over the phone, through the CMC website, or in person.

For complaints relating to the conduct of a police officer you can also fill out a complaint form at any police station. With police matters the complaint will only be referred on to the CMC is it raises a serious matter.

The CMC will not be informed if the complaint made is about customer service or breach of discipline Once a complaint has been received the CMC will first determine if the complaint falls within its jurisdiction – in other words if it is allowed to investigate the complaint made.

If the complaint is deemed not to fall within the CMC’s jurisdiction then the CMC will direct your complaint to another body who is able to handle that particular matter.

If the matter does fall within the CMC’s jurisdiction, the complaint is then assessed to see if it is sufficiently specific to be dealt with. IF the complaint is vague and wide then the CMC might deem it too expensive to pursue. At this time it must also be clear that the complaint is serious enough to constitute say misconduct which, if proven, is either criminal or would result in dismissal.

As long as the complaint is not made anonymously then the CMC will keep in contact and keep you informed of its progress including letting you know the outcome when a decision has been reached.

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Mungo MacCallum

A Shambles of a Decision “So much for equity, and so much for truth and justice.”

UR NEW Education minister, Christopher Pyne, has long held the title of the most irritating person in parliament – some would extend the accolade to cover the entire country.

But dissatisfied with this achievement, the man Julia Gillard once dubbed Tony Abbott’s pet poodle is now making a bid for wider honours. He is on track to become the most devious, untrustworthy, mean, tricky and downright dishonest minister in recent history.

Let’s be clear about this: the coalition’s self –described Unity Ticket on the Gonski school funding and reform admitted of no ambiguity, no fudging, no fingers crossed behind the back. What people heard, and what Abbott and Pyne intended them to hear, was that it was to cover the first four years of the program, without exception.

Every state and territory, every school and every pupil could rely on receiving the money promised by Gillard and her successor Kevin Rudd, no ifs, no buts, no talk of a funding envelope. Pyne now intends to break that promise – a breach of faith to the children involved which the New South Wales Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, has described as not just unfair, but immoral.

The administrations that failed to sign up by the deadline – Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory – would, of course, miss out; the money that had been allocated for them would be

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Department which split schools into twelve categories ranging from most to least wealthy. In the decade from 2000 to 2010, the Howard plan meant federal funding for the top division increased by 82 percent in primary schools and 52 percent in secondary schools. For the bottom division the increases were 25 percent and 12 percent respectively. Even they did better than the second lowest division, which for primary schools received a 13 percent increase, and for secondary schools nothing – zero, zip, zilch. There were similar anomalies throughout the scale, but the overall trend was unmistakable: using Howard’s yardstick, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer.

It was condemned as grotesque by just about everyone in the education sector, public and private, church and state.. But Abbott said it wasn’t broken and didn’t need fixing, and Pyne said it would provide a good and equitable basis for something to replace Gonski. He has since edged away from the detail, but not the principle behind it.

And then, when he finally met the state ministers after a week of blitzing the media, Pyne told them that since commonwealth contributions to independent and Catholic schools were formally guaranteed, if there were to be cuts – not that he was saying there would be, but in these troubled times they could not be ruled out – they would have to come exclusively from the public sector. In other words, no matter how many promises he broke to the two thirds of Australian children still in the public system, the top third – the silvertails – would remain untouchable.

So much for equity, and so much for truth and justice.

Abbott’s key election pitch was that we should trust him; that he would not make promises he did not keep, that this would be a mature and grown up government that always said what it meant and did what it said. This core pledge has now been shredded and no amount of weaselling self-justification can alter the fact.

Comparisons with Julia Gillard’s broken commitment on the carbon tax are already being made, but in some ways the Abbott/Pyne backflip has even more potential for damage; Gonski was hugely popular across the spectrum and the outrage against its summary trashing is being led by Abbott’s own political allies, within both the state governments and the wider community. Just ten weeks in, the Abbott government is already looking very dodgy indeed – at the very least it is not the government people thought they were voting for on September 14. And it has all been its own work. Bill Shorten must hardly believe his luck.

returned to consolidated revenue pending the time they came to the party. This was done publicly and openly; not only did details of the $1.2 billion transfer appear in all the official (and publicly available) documents, but they were widely reported in the media at the time For Pyne to pretend it was a shock, some kind of subterfuge, proves either that he is incapable of telling the truth or that he is so blindly incompetent he should not be trusted to run the proverbial chook raffle, let alone a major portfolio.

Pyne says that he inherited a shambles; he is apparently incapable of grasping the underlying simplicity and justice of the Gonski principles. Briefly, they involve a basic payment for the education of every pupil, with a topping up for the disadvantaged – see, not really so hard, is it? But having declared himself baffled and bewildered, Pyne brusquely dismissed the offer from one of the Gonski panel members, Katherine Greiner (who comes from his own side of politics) to sit down with him and explain it. He was just too busy being a minister to afford the luxury of finding out what he was talking about.

This contemptuous rejection, arguably the silliest since Tony Abbott dismissed climate science as crap, fits nicely with the pattern being established by Abbott’s ministers: don’t tell us, we don’t want to know, we certainly don’t intend to let the facts spoil our stories. Never mind that five highly respected and distinguished Australians gave up 18 months of their busy lives to prepare what is arguably the most widely researched and comprehensive report into the schools system in the history of education in this country; what would they know?

Christopher Pyne had his own ideas – well, not actually his own, but the ideas Gonski was set up to replace because they had demonstrably failed.

The old John Howard funding formula was based, on postcodes. All pupils who came from a postcode area where the average income was below average were considered disadvantaged; the obvious fact that by and large the wealthier families in the postcode area sent their children to the better-off private schools was ignored. The system worked particularly well for boarding schools who drew many of their boarders from rich families in poorer rural areas.

Overall it was unashamedly skewed to favour the comfortable private schools over the truly needy public ones. Just how skewed was shown by figures from the New South Wales Education

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A Simple Life

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HE FIRST YEAR I went to the Woodford Folk Festival I got stuck listening to a deafening bagpipe band at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Bagpipes make me want to kill myself, so it wasn’t my idea of a fun way to see in the new year.

But as is sometimes the case at Woodford, it was pissing down and I didn’t want to run through the crazy rain and squelchy mud pits to get to another venue.

It was ten years ago and I was still a Sydneysider.

A magazine had sent me to do a story on Woodford, and a friend and I went the whole hog and camped for the week.

We did it all: yoga in the mornings, drumming jams in the Chai Tent, the Greenhouse talks. We learnt to juggle in the circus area, carved messages and pictures on pavers (I never have found my paver on the any of the pathways, but I keep searching), painted Tibetan symbols and did the New Year sunrise chanting with Tibetan monks on the hill before collapsing in our tents.

And of course, hours upon hours of dancing to every style of music imaginable, mostly barefoot with sweat dripping off us and huge smiles plastered on our faces — seriously, what DO they put in the chai?

My first Woodford blew my mind. It was another world; a Utopia, a bubble of creativity and kindness and progressive thinking and environmental activism. I never wanted it to end. On the last day I was lining up for a coffee and the girl in front of me was singing – out loud.

She didn’t want it to end, either.

Is Woodford a hippie festival? It is and it isn’t. Festival director Bill Hauritz says, “For many years the festival has been depicted in the media as a ‘hippie’ event. While we quite like the alternative tag, if it’s a hippie event then there must be a lot of hippies and they must be very well educated. More than 60 percent of every adult at the

The wonders of Woodford … festival has a university degree, including 18.8 percent with postgraduate degrees.”

Since the early days, the Queensland Folk Federation has spent more than $10 million to make the Woodford site and camping areas a lot nicer and less muddy.

There is a well-maintained network of streets, with names that make you smile, like Withtwinsonthe Way,

Hammeringa Way, Sgottabeabetter Way, The Way We Were, Prettybloody Close and Cantfocusup Close.

Woodford gets fancier by the year, but it never loses its original spirit and integrity (in my opinion).

As Bill says, most of the acts you see at Woodford, you’ve never heard of. So what makes people go back, year after year? For one, we trust the organisers to book quality acts — and we’re rarely disappointed.

Secondly, it’s more than a music festival. It used to be a folk music festival but now it’s about all things that matter to the folk.

It’s a mini-world where we suspend the reality of our

everyday lives for a week and give ourselves over to values like peace, hope, creativity, care for each other and the environment, music, art, health, laughter, love, passion, colour, joy, sharing.

Woodford has changed many people’s lives, including mine. I met my son’s father in the famous Chai Tent at Woodford. At that point, my life revolved around a city job and a Bondi Beach lifestyle that was a universe away from Woodford.

But six months later I was living in Maleny, and it was all because of Woodford. Where would I be, what would my life be like now, if I’d never been to Woodford? I’m sure many people have asked themselves the same question.

I’ve been to every Woodford Festival for the past ten years, although some years I entertain the notion of not going at all. I mean, as much and all as I love it, it’s an intense experience.

But I know as December 26 draws near and Maleny becomes a ghost town, I will not be able to contain myself.

I will flick through my program and start ticking off acts and speakers and workshops, and when I get there, I will miss a lot of those, because I will be chatting to people I haven’t seen much during the year. Or I’ll forget to check the time while I’m immersed in conversation with a random stranger over a bowl of halva in the Hare Krishna tent.

And even if it rains and I get stuck listening to a bagpipe band, I’ll get over it. That first year I eventually gave in and let the bagpipes work their blaring magic on me. Under the shelter of the Big Top, I yelled ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR!’ over the music as I hugged strangers and celebrated with a thousand people, like we were all one big happy family.

Leigh’s Blog: http://www.lifeinahippietown.com

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Hinterlander Mary Garden has just completed a PhD thesis at the University of the Sunshine Coast on the value of political blogs – are they so much on-line hot air or do blog conversations help Australians come to a better understanding of important political issues?

Through her research into blogs that discussed asylum seekers, Mary discovered that while journalists are wary of on-line critics, they often learn a thing or two from the followers of their blogs.

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OT EVERYONE agrees on the value of political blogs. Optimists claim they open up a new space for debate and participation - a virtual town hall meeting - whereas pessimists regard them as bear-pits of abuse and polarized ranting.

Also, there is no consensus about what we mean by a blog – partly because they have changed so much since they first appeared in the mid-1990s. However, it is safe to say that a mainstream political blog site is moderated by a professional journalist where he or she regularly posts articles, and where readers can add their comments and other material such as graphics to each post. An on-line conversation may follow between the journalist and the readers until it runs out of steam.

My research revealed 13 political blogs by Australian journalists in 2011. Most were News Corp blogs, with one inactive ABC blog (Annabel Crabb) and one Fairfax blog (John Birmingham – Blunt Instrument).

As well as interviews with the journalists, I also explored the content of their blogs – what were the issues that engaged bloggers and how did they respond to those issues. I focussed on the asylum seeker issue because this was a ‘hot’ political topic in 2011 and it appeared to be the only issue which all the journalists had recently posted about. It also provided both a wealth of emotive argument and rational debate.

Jack the Insider said this was an issue where people do become irrational: “I didn’t really understand the fury that this issue creates and I find it most disturbing actually...There is something that rattles the Australian psyche a bit from boats, it’s not people arriving by planes but boats, there’s something quite deeply xenophobic about all of that.”

I found that in the 13 blogs that I studied, there was a high level of interactivity and disagreement. On a few blogs there were high levels of insulting interaction and unreasonable, even offensive, comments such as ‘Bring back the white Australian policy, we dont [sic] need any of those filthy arabs [sic] in this country.’

There was a clear distinction between blogs on The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun, and those on The Australian and Blunt Instrument (the sole Fairfax blog). The latter were the most reasonable and civil, and this, more than anything else, is due to their stringent moderation.

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Of course, libertarians may view moderation as censorship and restricting expression, but moderation tends to affect the quality and usefulness of blog discussions. This can be seen on the blogs of George Megalogenis, Peter Brent and Jack the Insider (aka Peter Hoysted) who set the tone and ruthlessly delete offensive and insulting comments.

The journalist-bloggers at the Herald Sun and the Daily Telegraph have quite a different attitude. Susie O’Brien said she very rarely cuts a comment as she feels that if you are going to blog, “you have to do everything you can to reflect the integrity of that process, and to put up as many comments as possible”. Joe Hildebrand also said that he: “pretty much lets everything through”, as long as it is not too obscene or defamatory about anyone other than himself!

John Birmingham rejected all comments that were abusive. He noted that while blogs work best when ‘enlivened’ by disagreement and contention, the discussion needs to be civilised rather than, “pouring a boiling cauldron of pus over someone just because your sad little life is drowning in hot pus and you’re looking to get rid of some.”

Those readers who commented about asylum seekers weren’t all nasty and insulting. There were those who expressed sympathy and compassion.

For example: “As a New Zealander living in Australia I am

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saddened and sickened by the way in which the Australian media and politicians use the Asylum seeker card as a political football - and it is certainly indicative of serious issues concerning racism, which are deep set in Australian society.”

Journalists with political blogs generally considered engagement with readers as an essential and valuable part of their job, and they value the time spent on them.

Susie O’Brien said: “I love it, I think it’s fantastic. It gives you a really unique insight into what people are thinking. At times they pick me up on stuff, like they’ve said “oh you’re basing your whole article on one journal article, that’s not good enough.”

George Megalogenis goes further, regarding his readers as contacts, critics and colleagues. “It’s increased my work load,” he says,” but I think it makes me a better journalist. The readers tick me off, and there are occasions now through the week on the blog where I will start teasing out an argument for the weekend (newspaper) column. It may take three days over the course of a blog to come to a conclusion on something.”

Jack the Insider said that while his aim in blogging is to, “elucidate or throw a light on an issue from my perspective, my opinion”, sometimes it works the other way where the weight of argument from bloggers can change the way he thinks about things.

Another benefit of blogs is the sense of community that can develop. Jack the Insider believes bloggers can underestimate the impact they can have: “I’ve had people come in and talk about their illnesses, and the illnesses of spouses and things like that, and you do get a sense that it’s a forum for people to basically tell you a little bit about their lives, when they are not travelling all that well sometimes. I guess it’s a microcosm of life.”

And when George Megalogenis resigned from The Australian in November 2012, there was an outpouring of sorrow on Meganomics. He told his readers that the blog was one of the most enjoyable parts of his career, and he had learnt more from his exchanges with them than in any background briefing from prime ministers or treasurers.

One reader wrote: “George, I don’t know what to say. This is like reading your obituary and you’re not even dead. I am heartbroken. You’ve left us changed. And you’ve left footprints on our hearts.”

The Last Girl

Fish-Hair Woman

The Night Guest

by Michael Adams The end of the world happens in a flash.

It is not climate change, war or disease that has brought us down, but connectivity. What if you could hear everybody’s thoughts? As secrets and lies are exposed, people everywhere react with madness and violence. Sixteen-year-old Danby is one of the few that hasn’t fallen apart and she is on a mission to save her brother. Set in Sydney, in a future not too far from our own, this is a dark vision of a world gone mad.

For fans of postapocalyptic and dystopian fiction, 15yrs plus. Not for the squeamish!

by Merlinda Bobis A beautifully haunting Tale of magic and storytelling which explores the civil and political conflict in the Philippines from the 1970’s to 1990’s. The days are violent, heavy with fireflies lifting from the river where the dead are dumped. With her twelve-metre hair, Estrella, the Fish-Hair woman, trawls corpses from the water that taste of lemon grass. This is a passionate and lyrical novel full of interesting characters woven into a story that portrays the power of a witness. FishHair woman is magical realism with a very human message. A wonderful, crafted work of literary fiction.

By Fiona McFarlane One morning Ruth, an elderly widow, living on her own in a fairly isolated location, wakes thinking a tiger has been in her seaside house. Right from the start you are dropped into the ferment of Ruth’s delusional state and her unsettling memories of her earlier life as a daughter of missionaries in Suva in the 1950s.

Beginning innocuously enough, this quiet little novel builds to become an enthralling psychological thriller with stunning control of the tone and subject.

This intriguing debut by Sydney author Fiona McFarlane will haunt you — and remind you to call your mother.

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Celebration of a new book – Heartwood

Stories We Tell Canada - Documentary - M - 109 mins In her latest film, Stories We Tell, the thoughtful and compassionate qualities of Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley (Away From Her) are again evident. The film is a cine-memoir of Polley’s actor parents: Michael, who narrates from the memoir he’s written, and the exuberant Diane, long deceased. There is a deep-seated secret in the family and Sarah sets out to find the truth, using interviews with family members and home video footage. Finding much variance in her siblings’ accounts, she links their interviews with the videos, showing how the meaning of the images changes according to the words with which they’re coupled. Exploring the elusive nature of truth and memory in an unusual and creative way, Polley has produced a portrait of her parents’ marriage that is a gripping tale, full of richness, tenderness and emotional complexity. ally, who shot Zorba the Greek).This is the good life – or is it?

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Heartwood is a full colour, handillustrated first chapter book for children aged between 7 and 9 years old. A magical adventure about saving the heart of an ancient forest, Heartwood is a beautiful introduction to reading independently.

The love-child of award-winning local author Pollyanna Darling and Victorian artist Kirsty Chalmers, Heartwood has a strong environmental message and also explores conflict resolution, hope and resilience.

Above: Mary with Heartwood

“Buried in the human heart is a deep love and appreciation of the natural world, of which we are an integral part. Awakening that love and appreciation is the key to moving forward in a way that support all life. Heartwood is about the love in the heart of a perfectly ordinary man and a group of forest creatures who help him to discover it,” says author Pollyanna Darling. “I don't believe we are doomed and I want children to know that. They are not here to watch the Earth heat up and disintegrate. They have a part to play in leading the way to a sustainable future. There is always hope.”

Pollyanna Darling is an author, intuitive life coach, shamanic song weaver and lover of the natural world. Her first book, The Relationship Revelation, won a gold medal in the Living Now Book Awards. She wrote Heartwood for her four sons.

A celebration will be held at Mapleton Community Library on December 13th at 3.30pm. Pollyanna will be appearing dramatically in costume, reading from the book and playing some creative games. All are welcome. Pollyanna will also be at Eumundi Markets on December 21st and Maleny Library on January 14th.

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FUNDRAISER supporting Destiny Rescue, Thailand, where well-known Maleny local, Tracey Heers, is working as a volunteer. This organisation saves young girls from prostitution, providing vocational training to enable them to support themselves and their families.

Showbiz dreams and political commentary mix harmoniously in this film by award-winning Australian director Julie Lamont, an insightful and entertaining story about the emergence of Myanmar's first all-girl pop group. The five young Tiger Girls, led by their Australian manager-mentor Nikki May, face all the usual challenges of a music career, against the backdrop of a repressive military regime that’s starting to loosen its reins.

Saturday Jan 11 Matinee -3pm (doorsopen 2.30pm)

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Australia – Music Documentary - 74mins

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Dec 2013, Jan 2014 Screenings Saturday Dec 9 Evening -7.15pm

"This a fabulous book for all ages.

Within the first few pages, the writing magically transports you to The Linney and you won't ever want to leave. My four year old fell in love with the illustrations (which are stunning, some of the best I have seen) and I was excited to read such a smart, meaningful and loving story to her. I just bought several more copies to give to friends and nephews this holiday season. I can't wait for more stories by Pollyanna Darling."

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Maleny Film Society

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Australia/Laos - coming-of-age drama – M - 100mins The visually stunning location of Laos provides an evocative backdrop for Australian director Kim Mordaunt’s engaging film, The Rocket. It’s a coming-of-age story about a 10 year-old boy, the genial Ahlo, believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him, who leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey, they come across a village that is about to hold its annual rocket festival. Ahlo enters a rocket building contest, hoping to throw off his pariah status by winning. This heartwarming film provides a unique view of Laos, its rituals and festivities. It also tackles issues as diverse as the displacement of people, the legacy of war and the power of poverty, tradition and superstition.

Maleny Community Centre 23 Maple Street Doors open 6pm for tickets + bar + dinner Screening commences 7.15pm

Enquiries – 5429 6951 www.malenyfilmsociety.info

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What's in the Spotlight 2014 Australia Day Awards Time is running out to nominate a local hero for the 2014 Sunshine Coast Australia Day Awards. If you know a person, community group or organisation worthy of recognition; nominate them now. For more information, and to make your nomination online, visit council’s website before Friday 13 December.

Be festive this season Celebrate this summer and get involved in the Sunshine Coast Festive Season program – bursting with more than 80 fun, family-friendly, region wide activities taking place throughout December and January! The 2013-14 festive calendar includes the regional Christmas tree trail, local festive community events and workshops, and exciting New Year’s Eve and Australia Day celebrations. Visit council’s website for what’s happening in your area.

Free Holiday Buses From Boxing Day to Sunday 5 January, all buses across the Coast will be FREE including Hinterland Connect, Flexilink, Council Cabs and MalenyLandsborough-Beerwah services. Give public transport a go and explore the Coast for free these holidays. Visit council's website for routes and timetables.

Travel by bus or train?

Pick up a copy of the new Sunshine Coast Public Transport Guide for a handy step-by-step guide to travelling around the region. This one-stop shop covers all modes of public transport, and includes the recent network changes. The guide will be available early in December from council libraries, customer contact and visitor information centres, transit centres, caravan parks and accommodation providers.

Flexilink services If you live in the hinterland areas of the Sunshine Coast why not give council’s Flexilink services a go?

Flexilink on-demand bus services link up with existing public transport and booking is easy! Just call 1300 511 163 at least 2 hours before you need to travel and a Flexilink bus or taxi will pick you up along the route.

Visit council's website to find out more about this public transport option, including where the Flexilink services run.

Pick up a bargain Recycle markets are large second hand shops which you’ll find at waste centres across the Coast. They are clean and tidy and the prices are extremely low The local recycle market for the hinterland can be found at the corner of Cooke and Witta Roads and is open on Saturdays from 9am – 4pm.

Council hours over Christmas and New Year Council wishes you and yours a safe and happy Festive Season. Council offices will close at 2pm on December 24, but will be open over the Christmas and New Year period except for the public holidays on December 25 and 26, and January 1, 2014. Kerbside waste and recycling collections are unchanged.

Council meetings Ordinary Meeting 9am 12 December, Tewantin 07 5475 7272 mail@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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TINA COOPER:

A “Cornucopia” of Talent OU HAVE TO hand it to Tina Cooper (left). This vibrant and creative artist continues to work away at her chosen field of art – glassblowing - against the odds.

Tina’s journey in the glass world over the last three to four years has been a rollercoaster ride to say the least!

With the closure of the world renowned glass blowing studio in Eumundi there has been a serious loss of glass blowing talent on the Sunshine Coast.

And it is a huge loss for the lovers of glass art and the impact it had on tourism.

“The Global Financial Crisis was more detrimental than anyone imagined for artists, particularly for glass artists,” says Tina. “I went from supplying thirty-nine galleries globally to only one in Eumundi and Illume Creations in Montville.

“It has been the toughest time in all my twenty-four years in glass. We have scarcely been able to afford to run the studios, opening for a month or two at a time and then waiting for as long as seven months before we can open again.

Over the last two years the sporadic and short periods of studio time has been spent trying to produce this new series.”

Tina has called her new exhibition, ‘Cornucopia’. It is her response to surviving the GFC by creating wonderful images of abundance and nourishment.

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Cornucopia is a fascinating and ancient creature that has been used as a symbol of festivity and abundant harvest throughout our history.

“I was drawn to the very complex shape with its sacred geometry and symmetry of the spiral,” says Tina. “For example, the “Horn of Plenty” brings forth a living life form that reaches out to positive energies.

Tina has created a new dimension to her work engaging with local blacksmiths; Luke and Jules, to create wrought iron pieces that stand and encircle the nautiluses.

“These skilful blacksmiths blend traditional and modern methods of wrought iron making that illuminate and complement the ancient sea creatures.

“This series has taken over two years to create with the help of my talented team Jonathon Westacott, Mat Quirke and Sean O’Donoghue. I am also releasing a selective and rare large Sealife / Great Barrier Reef series which has not yet been seen by the public.

Keen and astute art collectors have been very patiently awaiting their release.”

The Cornucopia exhibition is open to the public until March 2014. It can be viewed in Tina’s Art Cave at the rear of her Gallery at 93 Memorial Drive, Eumundi.

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Wildlife Volunteers Association Inc. (or WILVOs) devote their time and effort in the rescue, rehabilitation and release of precious Australian native wildlife. Sammy Ringer explains what it is like to be a wildlife rescue volunteer in the hinterland.

AMMY RINGER is a busy lady! Apart from writing for the Co-ops quarterly newsletter (the Co-op News), she dedicates a lot of her time to rescuing and caring for baby animals that have been abandoned, injured and unable to fend for themselves.

Sammy’s job caring for the bats, possums, birds and other animals involves her rescuing the animals, taking them to the wildlife hospital at Australia Zoo, foraging for food, and feeding them - which can involve up to five feeds per day for young animals.

Sammy is a mid-western gal, born in Ohio, in the U.S., before being raised in New Zealand. She moved to the hinterland 15 years ago, and has been working with the WILVOs for the last five years. Sammy said she got involved in the WILVO work after Carmel Givens invited her to have a look at a tiny bat. She fell in love with the creatures and hasn’t looked back.

Carmel mentored Sammy to care for different animals including baby bats, a skill which comes in handy this time of year. “This time of year, the bats, and the baby flying fox are giving birth,” says Sammy, “and this year we’re getting a lot of baby bats on the ground. When the mothers go out at night to feed, the baby bats just hang on. We believe

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that the mothers are so malnourished that they are actually dropping the babies.”

So how do the animals get from where they are, to Sammy? Sammy responds to calls from the WILVO’s hotline or the wildlife hospital, who receive phone calls from people from the area who find sick, injured or abandoned baby animals. The calls can come in day or night, and Sammy may need to drive as far out as Kenilworth and Woodford to respond.

Recently Sammy was called out to rescue a bat caught on a fence at Bellthorpe, but when she got to it, the animal had already passed away. Sometimes it is hard and heartwrenching, but Sammy wouldn’t have it any other way.

Clearly she loves her work, and is enthusiastic about what she can do to help as many animals as she can.

While in the care of the WILVOs, the animals need constant attention, which means that the volunteers can spend up to an hour a day foraging for their required food.

Depending on the animal, and how young it is, they need

what they would normally find in their own diet, which can be anything from specialised formula (to mimic their mother’s milk), to native grasses, buds, berries and seeds.

If they are very ill then they may need antibiotics and aspirin, which are specialised to their tiny bodies, and would be prescribed by the wildlife hospital. Sammy says that there is not much human food in her kitchen, as the majority of the space is filled with foods for all the different animals she cares for! She has even written an animal food recipe book, which is available on the WILVO’s website.

Sammy acknowledges that there has been some bad media about bats and the Hendra virus. She has been following research from Les Hall that suggests bats are not the vector of the virus, and that it could be carried from flies.

It’s a subject that is still being debated within bat circles and as yet there is no conclusive evidence either way, so it’s best to err on the side of caution. If you find a sick or injured animal, contact the WILVOs or the wildlife hospital at Australia Zoo, to come out and assess the situation before you do anything.

If you do happen to see any of the WILVOs pruning the tips of bushes near you (or even in your own front nature strip), please be mindful that they are not there to cause any harm - they are simply collecting food for injured animals.

Sammy says that if they need to go past the nature strip, and they see that the owner is home, they always try to knock on the door and ask permission. She feels that it bears mentioning that it does cause anxiety for some of the volunteers when they are abused by homeowners.

The WILVO’s Hinterland network includes Carmel, Kathy Earsman, Zoe Young, and the recent addition of Gwenda Gibbs, who specialises in birds. They are always looking for more volunteers to join them in caring for the animals, and donations to the WILVO’s website will help them to buy the food and medicine that some of the animals need.

If you do find a sick or injured animal phone the WILVO’s hotline on 5441 6200, or check out the WILVO website on http://wilvos.org.au/ for more information about appropriate foods for birds and wildlife.

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Art Gallery Trail - Sunshine Coast Hinterland Discover the remarkable variety of galleries and talented local artists.

Explore the breathtaking scenery of our Hinterland

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

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Crest Gallery - Art /Object /Home Cnr Obi Obi and Post Office Roads, Mapleton. Ph: 54786440 Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri: 9.30am – 4.30pm 9.30am-3.30pm weekends. Closed Wed. Ph: 54946440

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

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“No (Sense) of Time”- by Aaron Hill Exhibition from 6 Dec – 6 Jan.

Artist: Lyn Diefenbach “Incandescence” (pastel - 75 x 45cm)

2 6 15 Secrets on the Lake Art Gallery 207 Narrows Road, Montville Ph: 5478 6440 www.secretsonthelake.com.au Gallery open seven days: 9am - 5pm

15 Ardleigh Cleveland Gallery

Artist: Cathy Lawley

7 Howard Street, Nambour Open: Mon-Frid 10am-5pm Sat - 9am-2pm. Sun - by appt.

Ph: 54411126 www.ardleighclevelandgallery.com

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GARY MYERS GALLERY Upstairs MALENY Community Centre.

OPEN 10-4 Mon - Sat & 10 - 3 Sun Ph: 0427 52 6 9 6 5 E: garymeyers@gmail.com w w w. g a r y m e ye r s. n e t . a u Title: Waterfall”

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

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“Sunrise Surprise” Artist - Tina Cooper

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Rosebed St Gallery & Studio

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Manfred’s Wood & Antique Shop

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

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Artist: Veronica Cay Title: “remembering another tomorrow” (ceramic sculpture)

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

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Montville Art Gallery 138 Main St, Montville Ph: 5442 9211 www.montvilleartgallery.com.au Artist: Kendall Title: “Boat Buzz”

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

Shop 4, Riverside Centre, Maleny Ph: 5494 3477 hand-made ring - white gold, with black diamonds and skull features Designer: Jim Goulton

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Art On Cairncross

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

Cairncross Corner, Maleny Ph: 5429 6404 www.artoncairncross.com.au Artist: Johanna De Maine Title: “Follow the Leader” (porcelain, lustre and gold)

Artist: Christopher Pope “Pelican”

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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

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Summer Range HE DELIGHTS of Christmas and the holidays bring many joys â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not least the opportunity to take time to do some things that busy lives otherwise often preclude.

While we may associate Christmas shopping with crowds and frustrations, it really can be a happy experience. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Art on Cairncrossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; has always aimed to bring quality and originality back into gift-giving and their annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Precious Littleâ&#x20AC;? is a great place to start.

This display, until December 24th , is mostly of smaller artworks and some will be smaller prices too!

Throughout the holidays, the gallery will be open as usual Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. In January the gallery will have â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Rangeâ&#x20AC;?, an enticing array of art from paintings in all mediums to bronze and marble sculptures; from exquisite porcelain to hand-blown glass, all celebrating the summer season. Plenty of colour and warmth to bring happy memories throughout the year, such as Jim

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Jan Hodgson AN HODGSON has called the Sunshine Coast home for well over twenty two years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soon after relocating from Brisbane, I took art classes with Lyn Fraser-Roberts. She is a marvelous teacher. I just loved the classes. They became the highlight of my week.

My artwork certainly keeps me busyâ&#x20AC;? Jan added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I paint most afternoons and treat it as my job. I just love to paint. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get distracted as my studio is like my own little world. The time just flies and all of a sudden it is five oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock.â&#x20AC;?

Jan now paints exclusively in pastels using only top quality archival materials and papers.

Still life and animals are Janâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two favourite subjects. She particularly enjoys painting zebras and has visited every zoo in Australia which has zebras and taken copious photographs of which less than a hundred are usable. She has the ability to paint the eyes of the zebras in such away that you feel they are watching you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also love to paint fruit,â&#x20AC;? Jan told us. Often I paint from real life but other times I take photographs so that I can capture the reflections.

I start with the background and then work forward. I do the reflection first as the fruit sits on top of the reflection. I often use dark backgrounds as they bring the fruit forward so you feel you can pick it up and eat it.â&#x20AC;?

Open daily from 10 to 5, the gallery is located at 138 Main Street, Montville, opposite the Village Green. From December 1st, Janâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings will be featured under â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exhibitionsâ&#x20AC;? on the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website: www.montvilleartgallery.com.au

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So, take a little time to enjoy the incredible range of art and admire the skills and creativity of all the artists at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Art on Cairncrossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, where there is always something to discover. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Art on Cairncrossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is at Cairncross Corner near Maleny, and more information and images can be found at www.artoncairncross.com.au

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C R E AT I V E C U T S “Meridian” rocks Beerwah

Dominating the covers music scene on the Sunshine Coast reigns the hottest band on the market—MERIDIAN! This dynamic band has been playing in the area since the early 90's, providing a high energy rock show dedicated to performing the latest popular and hard rock songs, mixed with all your favourite rock anthems.

This collection of talented musicians electrified crowds separately for more than 5years before joining together to become the musical force they are today.

Jason “Stoney” Stone leads the charge with his powerful vocals and commanding stage presence. Mal Zego’s incredible guitar solos add depth to the line up. In the rhythm section is Marty Ellis on bass and vocals, and Daniel Rickard on drums, laying down a solid and distinct beat to fill out this group’s unique sound.

Venues such as The Wharf Tavern Mooloolaba and Billy’s night club have rocked along to the wide compilation of covers offered by this group. Hits like Wolfmother’s “Joker and the Thief”, Guns N Roses “Sweet Child”, and Rage against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name of” have created a loyal fan base wherever the band frequents. MERIDIAN offers you entertainment with an edge. See them at the Beerwah Hotel, 21 and 31 December (NYE).

visual arts entertainment performance Emily Maguire at UpFront Club

Felicity at Upfront Club

Best-known for her thought-provoking lyrics and ‘supremely expressive vocals’ (Rock’n’Reel Magazine), Emily Maguire’s songs have been played regularly on Radio 2 and have won her fans across the globe. Classically trained on cello, piano and flute, Emily taught herself the guitar and started writing songs when she found herself stuck at home with a chronic illness.

A few years later, back on her feet and fed up with grey skies and concrete, she decided to give up her flat in London for a shack made from recycled wood, tin and potato sacks on a farm out in the Australian bush.

There she set up her own record label Shaktu Records with partner Christian Dunham, and for four years lived an eco-friendly, self-sufficient lifestyle, financing her music by making and selling goats cheese on the Conondale farm.

December 21, at 7pm Emily will be back in the Hinterland, accompanied by Christian Dunham at the UpFront Club (by donation).

Felicity Burdett has wowed audiences with her beautiful songs overseas in Brazil,Europe and New Zealand. She has played major shows like Splendor In the Grass,East Coast Blues & Roots & The Woodford Folk festival.

She has been featured in lineups alongside Lior, Angus and Julia Stone,Pete Murray and Josh Pyke to name a few.

Her distinct voice is soft and dreamy with a warmth that touches your heart. She enthralls her audience with talented guitar fingerpicking melodies,blazin harmonica solos and also happy bluesy/country UKELELE, throughout her performances.

Felicity is playing a solo concert at the Upfront Club in Maleny on Friday December 6.

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‘No Sense of Time’ - Aaron Hill Aaron Hill, who moved from Maleny to Brisbane in 2013, will discuss his practice, his process, and give insight into his work with an Artist Talk at Crest Gallery, Mapleton on 6th December.

“Sometimes when you’re lucky, a mistake can provide an opportunity so pregnant with possibilities that it seems to slow time. While experimenting with how printed images could be altered using solvents I was struck by the ghostly images that remained. “No Sense of Time”, is a collection of work that uses such a moment of serendipity as a point of departure from which to explore the fragile nature of images.

This exhibition explores displaced images, images denied their original context through physical alteration in order to create new incarnations that investigate the line between absence and presence. The resulting images retain some of their original presence, but convey a sense of unease due to the nature of their alterations and vagueness of their form.” Hill ‘No Sense of Time’, CREST GALLERY, Cnr Obi Obi Road and Post Office Road, MAPLETON. Exhibition opening 6th December, drinks from 5pm - artist talk from 6pm.

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Saturday December 21 at 8pm, MASON RACK returns to take the stage where so many of his greatest performances have taken place, at the Palmwoods Hotel.

Well maybe that's incorrect and maybe it's that so many of the Palmwoods Hotel's greatest nights have been with Mason Rack on stage.

Either way, with the young man from the Gold Coast on stage with his trusty lap slide in hand and crack band in the pocket, being a dancing fool is no longer a crime.

Jazzy Xmas with Caxton Street

A cast of mainly young people will perform their skillful dancing on silks, trapeze, aerial rings and more when Maleny’s Sylph Circus presents its annual performance of The Legend of Mayura.

Director and trainer, Cindy Schwenn has been working with students for the last six months to piece together the Mayuran legend. “This will be a visually beautiful show with a relevant and touching story.

The family event will take place at 7pm Friday December 6 and 7pm Saturday December 7 at the Maleny Indoor Activity Centre on Bunya Street.

Audiences are welcome to dress in Eastern finery to complement the show’s antique oriental style.

Tickets on sale at the door or from Maleny Information Centre from November 18.

Caxton Street Jazz Band needs no introduction to jazz and music lovers.

The 6 piece band has a wide following from the general public who enjoy good music. It is a band for the dancers and listeners alike with well known music from the 30s 40s and 50s. You name it they play it.

On Saturday December 7, 7.30-10.30pm, the band is playing a Jazzy Christmas as the Kawana Community Hall, in Buddina.

Bob Mair leader of band on drums / washboard / vocals, Bernice Haydock piano / vocals, Tom Nicholson trombone / banjo / vocals, John Braben trumpet, Paul Williams clarinet / tenor sax, Andrew Shaw double bass..and they will be playing some of the songs fom their latest CD…it doesn’t get better.

Members $20 Seniors and U3A $22.50 Public $25.00.

For information about tables, food and drink phone Ted: 5491 6017. Credit card bookinsg phone: 5476 7154.

Queensland has deadliest skin cancer A Hinterland GP is warning residents about the danger of Queensland’s deadliest skin carcinoma.

R SHANE LULAND has a diploma of skin cancer medicine and sees a wide range of skin cancers, but is concerned that Queenslanders know little about Merkel cell carcinoma, a highly aggressive form of skin cancer, with 60 per cent of patients dying within five years of diagnosis.

Merkel cell carcinomas can be difficult to identify, and are sometimes confused with benign skin cancers.

Dr Luland told HT that the best chance of survival is early diagnosis and that means regular check-ups in the GPs surgery.

“Some GPs are more experienced at diagnosing skin cancers,” said Dr Luland. You could ask if your GP has a Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine or check out the website of the Australian Skin Cancer College.” (www.skincancercollege.org).

Apart from regular check-ups Dr Luland said that patients and their families should check each other’s skin for irregular lesions, spots exhibiting more than one colour, bleeding or blotchy patches.

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Wedding Venues Flaxton Gardens A Merkel cell cancer

The Queensland Cancer Council says that Merkel cell carcinoma is more common in males that females in Queensland.

A Cancer Council study confirmed the view that exposure to UV radiation is a central factor behind Queensland’s record rates of Merkel cell carcinoma.

“Patients need to get into the habit of asking for regular skin checks,” said Dr Luland. This will depend on the patient’s past experience and their exposure to UV rays.”

Skin cancers found and removed early are almost always curable.

For more information about Merkel cell carcinoma see: www.cancerqld.org.au or Cancer Council helpline: 13 11 20.

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HE REST ENJOYED from having a holiday can inspire us to start the New Year in a positive way. We often reWendy Rosenfeldt solve to make the next year a year of good health, plan to exercise regularly, give up smoking or be more organised.

So why do our good intentions so often fall by the wayside? to change our minds we have to change our brains.

Our brains are a product of every experience that we have. We hardwire our brains by repetition. Learning to ride a bike or tie your shoelaces can seem impossible when you first try but once you get it you can do it without thinking Habits, good or bad, are similar.

Neuroscientists recognise that nerves that fire together, wire together. If we always clean our teeth before going to bed, the nerves associated with them continue to fire together and the wiring gets stronger. If we always give up when confronted by an obstacle, we reinforce our habit of failure.

It is like having a well trodden pathway in a forest; it is much easier to stick to the track than fighting through the undergrowth.

Likewise in our brains, we tend to defer to past patterns of behaviour because the pathways in the brain are already laid down.

In order to change the way we live, we have to expand our minds and do it on a regular basis.

Transcendental Meditation allows the mind to go beyond the experience of the surroundings, the physical body and even the

mind itself. Transcending is like lifting the individual out of the maze of past experience, addictions and habitual behaviour to see that there are many others ways of being.

During the experience of Transcendental Consciousness the individual awareness experiences the subtlest level of life, identified by quantum physicists as the Unified Field. The Unified field is a field of all possibilities. It is a state of complete freedom and reservoir of creativity.

This experience is often sought for by people who experiment with mind expanding drugs. However this experience, induced by artificial substances, is fleeting and when it ends the barriers of the mind are more strongly reinforced. The drug experience is like an uncontrollable fire that runs rampant leaving in its wake a path of barren destruction. Drug users notice that it is harder and harder to get back to that experience and requires more powerful substances to do so. Their day to day life also seems duller and their natural vitality declines.

Experiencing this state of unboundedness, naturally during meditation, is more subtle and becomes integrated into the daily experience so that the feelings of freedom and invincibility become permanent. Brain imaging shows that latent parts of the brain are found to be woken up.

By establishing your mind in the field of all possibilities there is no limit to what you can achieve.

Wendy Rosenfeldt is a Teacher of Transcendental Meditation and a Maharishi Ayurveda practitioner. Call Wendy: 5499 9580.

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Moving Forward...

HIS HAS BEEN QUITE a year for most of us. We have been stretched, challenged, invited to reassess our truths, to look at what really matters and to be truer to the restless yearning and desire of our hearts to find a deeper meaning to our lives.

We’ve learnt to be more present and notice the cause and effect of our actions and non actions and we’ve certainly come to realize that we are all part of this planetary family.

Our physical, mental and emotional energies have been up and down so often that many of us are feeling a little exhausted and looking forward to a chance to slow down and look at what we can do differently to manifest a better flow in 2014.

Its time perhaps for a little simple self coaching.

Begin 2014 with a clear idea of what you'd like to accomplish by the end of next year and plan from that point back to here. Check that you are making decisions based on your values not just mindless routine. Let what matters most to you guide your actions.

Learn to understand your mind more and use your thoughts like tools rather than just scattered echos of internal conversations that you’re hardly aware of. If your values, your thoughts and your actions are in alignment, your body and mind will respond and you’ll feel more dynamic and energized.

Silence your inner critic, use that energy to create compassionate peace.

When you start to worry needlessly remind yourself, you aren’t meant to control all outcomes, you are however invited to hold the highest possible outcomes in your mind, do the best you can and leave the rest to unfold as it is inclined to do. Count your blessings, there will be many. Chose quality rather than quantity. And above all love as much as you can, in the end you’ll realize thats what mattered most.

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Better Health - Naturally

Naturopath, Herbalist, Natural Fertility Teacher, Homotoxicologist & Kinesiologist At SheOak Natural Fertility, Rochelle has a passionate desire to help women achieve optimum health and quality of life through overcoming varied health issues. She offers natural and safe; herbal, nutritional and complex homoeopathic treaments, to achieve the desired outcome. She utilises diagnostic testing conducted here at She Oak to assess organ, hormone and cellular function.

Rochelle offers remediation of health conditions utilising hormonal

Mind Management

Looking to make positive changes in your life? I can assist, with tools such as Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis, Thought Management, Acutonics, Spiritual Guidance and Chakra Balancing, the life changing changes available to you are limitless. Please feel fee to call me or check out my Website for full details of available treatments.

Make a change now, take it into the future and notice how this changes thins then.

Appointments: 0438 050 839 or visit: hypnotherapymaleny.com

balancing programs, detoxification methods, dietary assistance and education. Rochelle educates women in menstrual cycle charting assisting with conception and natural birth control, and specialises in women's reproductive conditions including infertility, IVF support, miscarriage, endometriosis, pmt, painful periods, fibroids, menopause, and all other hormonal conditions. She is an essential support through pregnancy, prebirth, labour and post natal care. Appointments - 5499 9476.

Shiatsu Practitioner Acupressure

Naturopath/Herbalist/ Remedial Massage Therapist

Zen Shiatsu is a Japanese acupuncture meridian therapy that facilitates the movement of energy (Qi) in the body using acu-point pressure with meridian massage. Its true strength is improving energy and wellbeing, assisting and maintaining health and helping prevent illness. It can assist with: • pain, and muscular tightness • digestive disorders • emotional & mental stress • headaches and more !

• Futon mat or seated chair.

Appts: 0438 972 880 Gary Broadhurst

• 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

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS FROM THE HOLISTIC HEALTH CENTRE DISPENSARY...

Now in stock are Christmas gifts for your health and the health of your family and friends.

There are delightful skin care, natural hair care and perfumes, as well as men’s skin care items.

For consultations ph: 5499 9476

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Hinterland Health and Beauty ACUPUNCTURE Anthony Brown Acupuncture Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner.

Member (fellow) AACMA. Anthony has 30 years clinical experience, 26 of them here on the Sunshine Coast and Hinterland.

26 Coral St, 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 Maleny Acupuncture Dolina Somerville: BHSc (Acupuncture) China Trained: Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine,Chinese Remedial Massage & Cosmetic Acupuncture. 38a Coral St Maleny (HBC). H F Rebates. Mob: 0408 693 029 www.malenyacupuncture.com

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COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING

Chirone Shakti – Relationships & Sexuality Professional counsellor specialising in relationships, sexuality, grief and loss.

Discover deeper and more satisfying levels of relating and intimacy. Wed at Awakening Centre, Nth Maleny Ph: 0421 814459 E: chironeshakti@gmail.com www.chironeshakti.com.au

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

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 www.siaholistichealth.com.au

DENTAL Dental Centre Maleny Affordable Family Dentistry Open: Mon-Sat. Also, early mornings & late evenings for your convenience.

17 Bunya St, Maleny. Ph: 54 999 722 www.dentalcentremaleny.com.au maleny@dentalcentregroup.com.au

ENERGY HEALING / SOUND THERAPY Josie Coco – Certified BodyTalk Practitioner BodyTalk is mind-body healing - effective for those who have lost quality of life, uncovering blocks and shedding old beliefs. By Appt. Ph: 0498 605 306

ASTROLOGY Stargazer Astrology - Chirone Shakti Relationships, career, family issues, spiritual purpose, life crisis, transitions, your year ahead. Counselling astrologer. Astrology courses and workshops Wed at Awakening Centre, Nth Maleny. Ph: 0421 814459 E: chironeshakti@gmail.com

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Philip James Lovitt D.C. Contemporary approach, using traditionally based chiropractic techniques. Now servicing Maleny. HICAPS, Medicare, Work Cover and DVA all welcomed. Shop 6A/15 Maple Street, Maleny 4552. Ph: 0417609640

KA HUNA bodywork - sound healing light body ILLUMINATIONS with Nikko.

Come celebrate your life at the time of your birth, all times & hrs available: a blessed beingness, a sacred space that will support you in a dimensional shift. 0434004069.

BEAUTY THERAPISTS & HAIRDRESSERS COSMETIC TATTOOING A little Beauty, Body and Wellness Elements at Montville Customised beauty treatments.

Pamper packages. Special occasion & bridal make-up. Massage. Manicures.

Pedicures. Devine body treatments.

Natural therapies. Ph: 5478 6212 www.elementsmontville.com.au DOT & BIRDIE - hair, beauty, bridal All beauty and hair services under one retro roof. Dynamic team of qualified professional staff where your comfort and satisfaction are our priority. Follow us on Facebook for the latest specials for locals.

35 Coral St, Maleny Ph: 5499 9424 Michelle Jarden - Beauty Therapist.

Electrolysis, facials, massage, make-up, nails, sauna, spray tanning, tinting, waxing, ear-piercing.

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 Kathy Blackburn Dip. 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: 5429 6180

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

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING 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

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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 4101 e: paulineashford@dodo.com.au

HYPNOTHERAPY 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

Radiance Consultancy Services A ‘whole of life’ approach to health employment, skincare & direction.

Create your next job, find your niche, ways to unwind. Also facials/massages.

Beth: 0414 953 071 www.radianceconsultancyservices.com.au

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 782 827 Hypnotherapy / Acutonics Suzi Lough FREE first consultation. Improve public speaking, manage anxiety, depression, improve self-confidence. Find peace, clarity, success, In fact change any part of your life you so choose, it can happen.

Ph: 0438 050 839 or visit: www.hypnotherapymaleny.com

MASSAGE THERAPISTS & RAINDROP TECHNIQUE

CHIROPRACTORS Maple Chiropractic Maleny Dr Stephen Lowe & Dr Samuel Lowe 57 years combined experience.

Concession rates & HICAPS. Relaxed & friendly atmosphere.

45 Maple Street, Maleny. Ph: 5494 3322 www.maplechiropractic.com.au

FENG SHUI

Margarete Koenning Counselling BA Social Work, Gelstalt Therapist, Psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and, families. Training professionals in family constellation 20 yrs practicing in Maleny, Clinal member of Pacfa. Ph: 5494 2778, 0408 416 041

Hawaiian Healing Massage and Connective Therapeutics Relaxation and Therapeutic Massage Hot Stone Therapy; Pregnancy Massage Aromatherapy; Gift Certificates & H F Receipts 4/10 Coral St. Maleny. Ph: 0415 518 415 bec@hawaiianhealingmassage.com.au

Hinterland Health and Beauty PSYCHIC READINGS / TAROT

MASSAGE THERAPISTS continued The Stillpoint - Katie White Remedial, Relaxation, Reiki Massage & now Emmett Technique. Reiki Treatments & Workshops. Appts Mon- Sat. HF Rebates.

Gift Vouchers. Ph: 0400 722 786 www.thestillpoint.com.au Kathy Blackburn, Adv Dip Applied Science (Remedial Massage). Remedial/Sports Massage; Traditional Chinese Massage; Lymphatic Drainage; Emmett Technique, Trigger Point & Myofacial Release. “Integrated Bodywork” tailored to your special needs. H F rebates. Ph: 5429 6180

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 Laurel Hefferon Naturopath & Herbalist BHSc Colon Hydrotherapy & Ka Huna Bodywork Specialising in herbal & nutritional treatment of adrenal exhaustion, post-viral syndromes & acute & chronic immune conditions.

35 Rosella Rd, North Maleny Ph: 5494 2101 Mob: 0401 750 255

Kerry Laizans Psychic/Tarot Readings and Massage, head, neck, shoulders and feet, Maleny Markets on sundays, By appointment, phone readings, sound healing, bodywork and breathwork, call me on 0411 488 291 or check out throughthevortex.org Tarot Channeller Mary-Lou is now Montville based.

1 hour - $80 plus a free vehicle reading, (showing your present challenge).

Hens and group bookings available.

Phone 5445 7418 or 0418 912 797

OPTOMETRIST Beautiful Kahuna Bodywork Massage ... ... with Linda. Total blissful relaxation or combination deep tissue. Qualified remedial also. Great results for tradies & sports people! Gift vouchers avail. 7 days.

Nth Maleny & Buderim, Ph: 0457 194 339

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

Rejuvenating Massage A unique blend of relaxation, reflexology, deep tissue and shiatsu with Turkish Hamam trained masseur Frank Genel – feel a million dollars! Mobile Service available.

AAMT member. Ph 0421 926 492

Stephen Hammond Optometry Your Vision Is Our Passion 44 Lowe Street, Nambour 4560.

Ph. 5476 2333 Maleny Optical 5/45 Maple Street, Maleny 4552. Ph. 5435 2733 Like us on Facebook

PHYSIOTHERAPY/OSTEOPATHY Massage Intuitive, Tailored, Experienced, Diploma I value the Nurturing and Therapeutic - $60 hour. Pension discount $10. READINGS $50hr - Intuitive, Psychic, Clairvoyant since young.

Ph: BRENDA 0438 358 189

KA HUNA Massage Jessica Ainsworth Maleny. Massage with a profound and lasting effect.Certified level 7 Ka Huna bodyworker and teacher. Can include hot stones *Polynesian floor work* Appts (out of work hours available). Ph: 5499 9372

REMEDIAL MASSAGE, SHIATSU Gary Broadhurst : Sanctuary Shiatsu Zen Shiatsu , Acupressure , Balancing Futon mat or seated chair at Holistic Health Centre , room 5/19 Coral St, Maleny Monday & Tuesday – Appts: 0438 972 880

NATUROPATHS Rochelle McKay-Masterton Naturopathy, Homotoxicology, Herbal Medicine, Kinesiology, Nutritional therapy Women’s hormonal health, Infertility & preconception care, fertility education.

Digestive disorders & weight management.

Referrals to holistic doctors. Ph: 5499 9476 rochelle@sheoaknaturalfertility.com.au

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

Pascale Richy – Naturopath BHSc Acute & chronic ailments, women’s health, stress management. Evidence based, wholistic & inclusive approach.

In depth consultation & naturopathic assessment. Nutrition, Herbal medicine, dietary planning & lifestyle counselling.

2/38 Maple St. Maleny. Ph: 0423 615 413

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 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 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 Maleny Active Physio Caring professionals offering physio, exercise physiology and Medicare-funded Type 2 Diabetes Education Programs.

Services covered by health funds & referrals from DVA & Medicare (bulk-billed).

5/15 Maple St, Maleny. Ph: 5494 0060

Life Purpose Readings Feeling unsettled, life not working the way that it used to? Maybe it’s time to discover your higher spiritual purpose and destiny.

Contact Jule 0425 242 698

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

YOGA PILATES AND MEDITATION Melissa's Healing Space - Yoga/ Mindfulness Meditation classes @ Curramore Studio Tues 6 -7.30pm (Gentle yoga) Fri 9.30- 11.15am (General yoga) Fri 11.30 - 12.30pm ( Meditation Class) Fri 12.45-1.45pm (Chair/Gentle yoga) Ph: 0417 200 192 em: melissa@melissashealingspace.com

Yoga with Lottie using WEIGHTS For sculpturing,raising metabolism, increased bone density and flexibility.

Mon 10.30am,Tues 5.30pm and Thurs 9.30 am. No bookings required.

Classes suit all levels of experience. Maleny Showgrounds Pavilion Ph: Lottie 5313 7756 YIyenga Yoga with Maree at 71 Tamarind St Maleny Yoga Basics 10.30am & 6pm Tues.Slow Paced 6pm Wed. Intermediate 10.30am & 7pm Thurs. Good Morning 6am - 7.10am Wed & Frid. Morning Wkshop last Saturday of the Month. Call 0448518734 All Classes commence in the Rainforest Plaza January 2014 Radiant Light Yoga with Rukmini Wed 6.30pm, Fri 9.30am Peachester Hall.

Private Classes and Yoga Therapy available Ph: 0437 914 029 www.shantipathyogaspace.com.au

PERSONAL TRAINER, FITNESS, DANCE Renew You Personal Training Private studio or your home.

Regain energy, strength, healthy weight.

Deborah Yffer - Cert IV Fitness; Grad. Dip Teaching. Menofit Trainer (Post-Menopause).

0411 389 727 www.renewyoufit.com Jon Presswell Personal Trainer Weight Loss, Personal Fitness Programs, Strength & Muscle Growth.

Older Adults - Balance, Strength & Mobility. Mob: 0439 673 768 Email: jonandtess@ozemail.com.au The Trainer other Trainers use HINTERLANDTIMES TIMES - -DECEMBER DECEMBERJANUARY JANUARY2014 2014 HINTERLAND

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Professional Services

House and Garden Jacques Fayolle – Local ANZ Mobile Lender

ACCOUNTANTS /BOOKKEEPING Local and Reliable Bookkeeping Registered BAS Agent. Full bookkeeping services: Payroll & Super, MYOB/Excel (PC & MAC). On/Off-site services. Covering the entire Sunshine Coast. Ph: 54296931 Em: info@malenybk.com.au Bookkeeping Specialist - Qualified Accountant Registered BAS Agent. Services (MYOB) include Setup, Payroll, Super, Reporting, Admin, Guidance. We maintain your books or train you. Your place or offsite.

Ph: 5442 9143 / 0408 220 204

ARCHITECT Brad Drew - Architect 35 years design experience.

Design & documentation for both new and existing residential projects.

Ph: 5478 5546 Email: brradd00@gmail.com

COMPUTER / WEB SERVICES/VIDEO Concept IT Systems - reliability & service New computers & repairs. Internet setup & websites. Printers, scanners ,Ink refills, cameras.

Authorised Apple reseller. Onsite service.

Drop in to discuss you computer needs.

Shop 6 Riverside Centre Maleny 5429 6750 or sales@conceptsystems.com.au

Ecocyber - Computer Services Repairs, troubleshoot computer problems, tuition, web design & hosting services.

On site or at Maleny workshop.

Contact Hans. Ph: 5499 9599 Email: hans@ecocyber.com.au Maleny Multi-Media Man Professional editing of video, photos & audio.

VHS tape & photo prints to DVD. Video compilations with special effects.

Relive precious memories as never before.

0408 684 482 www.multimediaman.biz

FINANCE MCU Sustainable Banking 28 Maple St, Maleny www.mcusb.com.au See Loans Manager Scott Howie for savings a/c, online cash management, E Saver, term deposits, Visa card, Green Loans: appliance /solar/car/ home, standard personal, home & business loans P: 5499 8988 Email: info@mcusb.com.au

My motto is “Customer for Life”. I will visit you, wherever, to secure the home loan best suited to you, and develop an on-going banker /customer relationship to care for your future needs. Ph: 0408 734 152 or 5437 7311 Email fayollej@anzmortgagesolutions.com

Maleny Financial Planner Ralph Ding ARN 244792 ABN 47309386540 Authorised Rep. of Professional Investment Services Pty Ltd AFSL No 234951 ABN 11074608558

Specialisingin pre and post retirement planning, superannuation and Centrelink entitlements. For an obligation, and cost free, first appointment, please call me on 07 5429 6756 Em: ding@powerup.com.au

GOVERNMENT SERVICES QGAP Maleny - Maleny Police Station, 49 Maple St Maleny Manager -Judy Phipps Mon, Tue, Fri:9am–2pm Ph 5429 6293 New Vehicle Registrations & Housing close 1pm. Dept of Transport & Main Roads, Business Registrations, CTP Insurance, Seniors/Carers Cards, Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates & more. EFTPOS & credit cards.

LEGAL SERVICES Easton Lawyers Tove Easton Principal Lawyer 62 Maple St, Maleny Ph: 5494 3511 Email: tove@eastonlawyers.com.au

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Range Airconditioning Lic. No L016305 Supply and installation of high quality, energy efficient, ducted and wall mounted reverse cycle, split air conditioning systems for cooling, heating and de-humidification.

Ph Yelma on 5494 3459 or 0421 488 048

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

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

Penny Riddoch Photography & Design AIPP Weddings, portraits - families, children, business, pets. Commercial - product photography, properties, advertising. Graphic Design - web site images, DVDs, digital albums, brochures, posters, business cards.

Ph: 5494 2808 - www.pennyriddoch.com.au

Shutterstorm Photography Locally owned and operated photography business specialising in portraiture, corporate and event photography covering the entire Sunshine Coast. Call Farley 0410 229 600 or visit www.shutterstorm.com.au

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

PICTURE FRAMING Holden’s Gallery Custom framing by professionals. Items including art, needlecraft, memorabilia, etc.

Monday – Saturday10am to 4pm Cnr. Coral & Myrtle St. Maleny Ph: 5494 2100 www.holdensgallery.com.au

November Climate Summary 2009-2013 OVEMBER has been a month of embracing all seasons! Cold days, hot days, thunderstorms with lightning and monster hail stones not seen in the hinterland for many a year.

November weather for the first part of the month was dominated by a slow moving high in the Tasman Sea. This brought a stream of hot dry air with temperatures in the high twenties, the maximum temperature of the month was 31°C. In the latter half of the month there was a complete change in the synoptic pattern starting with a weak monsoonal trough line flowing across the Gulf of Carpentaria, this brought humid air to eastern districts. Over the ranges we had a surface trough and an upper level

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trough overhead. The combination of these systems with the humid air resulted in very unstable conditions and ripe for thunderstorm cells that developed throughout our region.

The rainfall was a welcome blessing to many people with low level water tanks and parched paddocks and gardens.

On a more personal note. Over the past thirteen years Kay and I provided the local press with details of Maleny weather data and news. The time has come for us to cease this activity of our operation so that we can spend more time to meet the needs of our fast growing website. Maleny weather data and climate news are readily available 24/7 on our website www.malenyweather.com.

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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.

Trades & Services ELECTRICAL & SOLAR

HANDYMAN & HOME MAINTENANCE

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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

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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

Montville Handy Man 20 years building experience.

All concreting, carpentry, home maintenance and repairs. Prompt and reliable service. Garden Clean -up.

Competitive rates. Ph: Wayne 0434 724 030

Lic. No. 72787 R V Electrical Workshop plus shed power connections.

Free quotes. LED lights. Reduce your electricity bill. Rewiring, extensions / renovations. Upgrade & additions.

Call Zac: 0413 885 504

Negawatts Electrical - Solar Power Over 500 local installations. Quality European panels and inverter. System upgrades and system annual check-ups ($120). Call us last for a competitive quote.

Gary Phillips Ph: 0407 760 838 Info@negawatts.com.au

Hatch's Home Maintenance Qualified Cabinet Maker, 35 years experience.

Update * Renew * Repair * Plastering * Cabinets * Tiling * Call John today Ph 0404 056 147 hatchshomemaintenance@hotmail.com QBA Lic. No 1242008

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

Ph: 5445 7615 Mob: 0412 680 801

FENCING & AUTOMATIC GATES Plan-it Fence & Gateworks 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

Furniture Making - Randy DeGraw design maker of fine functional furniture & woodturning to suit your home or office decor.

Ph: 5494 4222 for an appointment. www.randywoodwork.com

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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 www.stepnstonelandscapes.com.au

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

Sunshine Coast Mobile Mower Repairs Service and repairs on all makes / models of ride-ons. We Come To You! Servicing the Hinterland. No Call out fee.

Phone: 0431 308 211 www.sunshinecoastmowerrepairs.com.au

Range Mowing & Gardening Complete mowing and gardening service.

Mowing, hedging, edging, tree work, weed control & landscaping. Steep and difficult terrain a speciality - large gardens and small acreage properties. Ph Paul 0413 920 049 www.rangemowing.com.au

HANDYMAN & HOME MAINTENANCE A Very Handy Man Fix anything in & around the home: Paint * Plaster * Tiles * Carpentry * Odd Jobs * Flatpack * Move Furniture * Pressure Wash * Gutters/Windows * Chainsaw * Garden makeovers & Clean up. John 0439 942 077

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 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 Sky Plumbing & Gas Fitting Guttering, Water Tanks, Filters and Pump Installation. Septic Trenches, Holding Tanks, Blocked Drains. Heat Pumps & Gas Installation. Landlord water reports. Water Hammer solutions Ph: 042 11 66 882 BSA 1078655

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

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

GARDEN MAINTENANCE & MOWING

Garden Mulch - Chemical Free, Easy Spreading Mulch - Square Bales – FREE Local delivery (some conditions apply) - $8 / Bale Phone or text Ross: 0427 763 278 Email: hopevale664@gmail.com

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

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.

FURNITURE MAKING

Man with Scythe Mows and Slashes Grass in Maleny.

Cleanly, quietly, greenly. Reasonable rates. www.manwithscythe.com Ph: 0402 027 922

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Stone on the Range Stuck for ideas? Speak to Jim, he’s an effective communicator. All stonework including raised vegie gardens, creek beds, waterfalls, sculptural features, driveway entrances,walls, steps, fire pits,steep site specialist. Ph: 0401 308 824 Em: jim-stoneontherange@hotmail.com

MUSHROOM COMPOST 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

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. Phone Richard Daveson: 0418 708 620 BSA 1117847

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

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

PUMPS Pumps on the Range Specially added service from Gavin's Plumbing.

Problem solving house, spa, garden pump issues, standby pumps available new pump installations, pump servicing, filter installations/replacements. Ph: 5445 7230 Mobile Gavin: 0402 791 058. Dan: 0412 296 454

SECURITY, BLINDS, AWNINGS Custom Curtains and Shade Friendly service and advice, professional installation and free in home measure & quote for shutters, blinds, curtains, awnings and security screens.

Ph: Jim or Julie on 5494 6898 www.customcurtains.com.au

SKYLIGHTS Skylights - full range to suit most situations. Flue Installations and repairs.

Leaks, Flue cleaning, Whirlybird ventilation Jobs to value of $3300 Greg Goozee.

Ph: 0416 073 416

SMASH REPAIRS Palmwoods Smash Repairs Panel beating & spray painting by professional tradesmen. Insurance & private work. Direct link to insurance companies.

Repair, paint, weld or makeover. All work guaranteed. Ph: 5478 8922

TANK CLEANING Pristine Water Systems Full water tanks cleaned, water testing and correction, filtration - Free appraisals Ph: Trevor 0404 302 723 HINTERLAND HINTERLAND TIMES TIMES -- DECEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY JANUARY 2014 2014

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Saturday December 14

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Children - crack the code to make reading part of your holiday fun. Visit your local public library or go online at www.summerreadingclub.org.au for super sleuth competitions and games, to read book raves, create your own book trailer, chat with other book lovers, and follow writing and illustration blogs.

Montville Growers and Makers Market at the Montville Village Hall - 7:30am to midday.

Enjoy a delicious hot pancake breakfast made from local, seasonal produce or organic sausage-sizzle and freshly roasted coffee or leaf tea. Market stalls include local fruit and vegies, fresh flowers, organic bread and pasta, seedlings, preserves & honey, fresh seafood, bale hay, hand-crafted soaps. Ph: 5499 9114

Blackall Range Growers market, Old Witta School, 316 Witta Road. 7-30am – 12 midday. Great variety local produce. Come for breakfast and good coffee. Music.

Bring your green bag. Enquiries - Pat on 5499 9924.

Thursday December 5 Shared Meal,Wine and Cheese Evening to launch Maleny Mimburi ConnXions. Entertainment, raffles, Auctions, from 530pm, Maleny Neighbourhood Centre. Be a part of Local Aboriginal Culture and sustainable Eldership.

Entry by donation.

Saturday December 14 Palmwoods Christmas on Main street party. 2pm-8pm.

A magical evening of family fun and entertainment including market stalls, food, Xmas carols. To book a stalls call Wendy: 0409 765 357. $15 /site + $5 table hire.

Palmwoods Memorial Hall, 1 Main St, Palmwoods.

Sunday December 8, 15, 22, 29 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.

Little Fair Trade Café. Enq: 0448 423 919.

Sunday December 7 Harbourside Gallery Creative Arts Market at the Noosa Marina. A wide range of paintings, craft and jewellery including innovative works from graduating TAFE students.

The market is open from 9am to 3pm.

Harbourside Gallery at the Noosa Marina 07 5447 5007 Mob: 0411 244 304, E: artists@harboursidegallery.com.au Web: www.harboursidegallerynoosa.com

Saturday December 7 Carols at Cotton Tree Park, 5.30 – 8.30 pm. Celebrate the spirit of Christmas at council’s FREE family friendly Christmas Carols. The event will be jam-packed with a lineup of local performers that is sure to be enjoyed by all. More details: www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or (07) 5475 7272.

Sunday December 8 Final meeting in 2013 for Society for Growing Australian Plants, Sunshine Coast and Hinterland Branch is at 2.00pm at 31 Vista Park Drive, Buderim for a plant swap and 2014 planning. All welcome. Ph 5494 9187

Monday December 11 Co-Creative Centre - Adults intuitive workshops 10am12noon every Monday. Tutor Bobbie Clark introduces adults to the intuitive world. There’s a whole Sunday workshop intensive involving yoga – meditation – intuitive work will be available in Dec. Please contact: Email invisionme@live.com.au Mobile 0423 161 015

Fridays from 13 December - 3 January Markets, music, movies and fabulous food @ 'SUMMER NIGHTS' in Eumundi. It's a great night out for tourists and locals alike, with a wide range of market food stalls, art and craft stalls, and fabulous entertainment including live music and free family-friendly outdoor movies, 5 - 9pm.

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Friday December 13 Mapleton Community Library, 3.30pm. Book launch/celebration for the launch of Heartwood by awardwinning local author Pollyanna Darling. Dramatic reading and creative games. All children and parents welcome.

Ph: 5446 9202

Sunday December 15 Annual Presentation Parade of TC Centaur naval cadets and staff at Maleny Showgrounds , Stanley River Road, Maleny.

2.00pm.

Sunday December 15 Close Encounters Floor Talk by local photographer, Vic Jakesof birds in the Noosa biosphere. Noosa Regional Gallery. Free at 2pm but phone bookings essential by Dec 14. Noosa Regional Gallery Ph: 5449 5340

Monday December 16 USC 100 Trees event at the University. The project still seeks enthusiastic and passionate people to get involved with the planting today. Participants will be treated to a BBQ and will receive recognition of their efforts. For more information or to get involved, visit: www.facebook.com/100trees or email 100trees@enactus.usc.org.

Monday December 16 - 20 Teenagers are encouraged to express their creative talents exploring the fun of theatre sports, stand-up comedy, magic, visual art, creative writing, over an exciting week in mid-December. The highlight will be an outstanding performance at the conclusion of the Youth Arts Conference on Friday 20 December at Mountain Creek High School. For more info: contact Jo Anne Haywood, 0404 445796 or email haywoodj51@gmail.com

Monday December 16 - Friday December 20 performed by Elisabeth Wallis Gaedtke, Ian Rix and Kelsey Brooks. Young cellist, Sam Lucas, from Montville will perform with Anne Bowyer and Janet Brewer will play her beautiful harpsichord. Bookings essential: 07 5446 7253.

Tickets: $25, $20 (con), $15 group of 8, $5 for students under 15 years.

WEEK OF WORKSHOPS - JAN 11-19 Obi Obi Creek – Trust the Process Sat. 11th & Sun. 12th (opt. 13th) January.

Contact Sonja: 0407 238 026 or Em: sonja@rebix.com Studio: 37 Coral Street, Maleny

Brett Campbell Mosaics Studio Style Mosaic classes in Maleny.

Tuesday & Saturday mornings from 9am.

Be guided by a renowned artist to make whatever you like at your own pace. Relaxed setting. For more info visit:

WEEK OF WORKSHOPS - JAN 11-19 An Introduction to Making Artists Books .

Tue. 14th & Wed. 15th (opt.16th) January Contact Sonja: 0407 238 026 or Em: sonja@rebix.com Studio: 37 Coral Street, Maleny

The Astrology of 2014 What's in store for us astrologically in 2014.

Bring your birth chart so you can check out the astrological influences. $20 pre-booked or $25 on the door. Wed 22 Jan, 10am at the Awakening Centre, North Maleny.

WEEK OF WORKSHOPS - JAN 11-19 Exploring Encaustic with Nancy Stockmann. Beginners: Fri 17th & Sat. 18th January. Intermediate: Sat 18th & Sun 19th January.

Contact Sonja: 0407 238 026 or Em: sonja@rebix.com

Astrology Study Programme 2014 Starting again in 2014. Foundation classes Monday evenings 6.30pm-9pm starting Mon 3 Feb. Discover a deeper understanding of yourself, your family and friends through this ancient form of wisdom, Contact Chirone: 0421 814459 or Em:astro@chironeshakti.com.au

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Sunday December 22 Carols at Kings Beach Amphitheatre, Caloundra.

5.30 – 8.30pm. Bring a blanket or chair and your picnic basket and celebrate the spirit of Christmas at council’s free family friendly Christmas Carols. There will be plenty of entertainment and a spectacular fireworks show.

Details: www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au or (07) 5475 7272

Wednesday December 25 Maleny Neighbourhood Centre's Xmas breakfast for 500 people. 8am until 11am, Santa comes with presents @ 10am. This is the biggest free Xmas event on the Sunshine Coast. Want to help or other inquiries - phone 5499 9345.

Tuesday December 31 New Year’s Eve free, family event at Mooloolaba Esplanade, Mooloolaba. 4pm-midnight. Live entertainment, music, DJs, carnival rides, street performers, buskers, two spectacular fireworks displays. Details ph: 5475 7272.

Wednesday January 8 art4place works with artists, community groups, businesses and governments to promote and create place making art, which highlights the connections of people to the places in which they live, giving them a sense of belonging to the community. There will be an information session and social evening at 5pm at the Hinterland Business Centre, 38a Coral Street, Maleny. http://art4place.blogspot.com

Tuesday January 14 Maleny Library 10-11am. Author Talk/Craft - Local author Pollyanna Darling reads from her new book ”Heartwood” with creative craft afterwards. Age 6+, bookings required.

Please call the library on 1300 542 7279. http://www.library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/

Sunday January 26 Maleny Apex Breakfast, flag-raising ceremony & Australian citizenship and affirmation ceremonies at Maleny Showgrounds. A Sport, Recreation & Service Club Aussie Day Expo will follow: free family fun and activities, food and refreshments. More info: gail@mavmuse.com or phone John: 0407 762 770.

Volunteers wanted Sunshine Coast Destination Ltd is seeking volunteers for Glass House Mountains, Montville and Maroochydore Visitor Information Centres.

Local knowledge, guidance and a friendly welcome can make all the difference to visitors and Visitor Information Centres are the frontline to our region’s tourism industry.

Volunteering is a great way to meet locals and travellers whilst representing the Sunshine Coast. Information Centres operate seven days a week and shifts range from 3 – 3.5 hours.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please email Holly at Holly@scdl.com.au or call (07) 5458 8825.

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.

Spiritual Gathering - "Soul Inspirations" a place to inspire, nurture & awaken your soul. We invite you every Tuesday evening @7pm to enjoy guest speakers, songs, laughter, meditations.Sharing circle of spiritual wisdom, knowledge & understanding. $5 donation at the door.

Cuppa & chat afterwards. Kureelpa Hall. Greg Rae 0413344450

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