Hinterland Times April 2023

Victoria McGuin 5499 9049 editor@hinterlandtimes.com.au

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

What a day! Up early to drop one child at the busstop for a day out with mates, a few pages of the paper to finish, back-to-back parent/teacher interviews for three hours, my tax to sort out, washing on the line and then off again (sudden rain), respond to a ton of emails, visit the optometrist, almost forget to pick child up again from bus-stop in the afternoon, and still have dinner to cook!

My house reflects my mind. Chaos. But luckily for my house, and my mind, once I hook in, things get sorted pretty quickly and I’m back on track. Do you thrive in chaos, or are you like me, and it begins to weigh you down and affect your sense of calm?

FEATURES

Local people, local stories

4 – 9

COMMUNITY NEWS

10 – 12

LET’S TALK BUSINESS

Q&A with Baldwins Lawyers

13

TASTE TRAIL

The flavours and produce of the region, plus market listings

14 – 16

LOCAL MUSINGS

Emergency Accommodation Now! 18

CREATIVE CUTS

Artist profiles, entertainment and news on the arts

19 - 21

Karen Muir 0414 432 423 production@sunnycoastmedia.com.au

It certainly felt quite chaotic pulling the paper together this month as there was suddenly a huge influx of community news to squeeze in and a load of creative events. I had so much that I made the decision to remove one feature story to fit it all in!

On that note, you have everything in this issue: a feature connected to ANZAC Day, a slice of history in Palmwoods, some kind teenagers giving back in Nambour, calls for emergency housing, new shows at the Lind Lane and BATS, book reviews, art exhibitions, concerts, fundraisers, the Maleny Wood Expo, miniature trains and a fashion parade!

And don’t forget our ever-popular Poets’ Corner, which has four exceptional poems this month from writers across the hinterland (and the coast). In fact, for those who enjoy hearing poems, rather than reading them, we have also started our own YouTube channel, called HT Poets Corner, where you can listen to a selection set against different hinterland backdrops and venues. We aim to do these as regularly as possible, to highlight the talent in our region.

Well, it's 4.30pm and I’m on the home straight as it’s time for the Editor’s Note, so I can breathe deeper once more. Just enough time to say happy Easter to those who celebrate it, and I hope everyone enjoys the cool change as we settle into autumn.

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Finally, this ANZAC Day, April 25, we pay our respects to the men and women of Australia and New Zealand who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, and those who returned. Lest we forget.

LIGHT RELIEF Letters, poetry, crosswords, Sudoku and cartoons

22 – 23

HOLISTIC Health, beauty and wellness

24 – 29

BACK TO NATURE

From native wildlife to adopting animals 30 – 32

Ketakii Jewson-Brown and Shaye Hardisty are two interdisciplinary artists whose exhibition ‘The Sunshine Coat’, whilst being a love letter to Nambour, is also a way for the artists to highlight sustainability in fashion and textiles.

See page 19

PHOTOGRAPH BY KETAKII JEWSON-BROWN

Sad day for Maleny Library

Friends of Maleny Library (FOML) has been an integral part of the Peg Burnett Library in Maleny since it opened in 1998. As Jill Cutting explained, “This not-for-profit group of enthusiastic supporters promoted the library services, advocated on the library’s behalf and raised money for furnishings, projects and events in the library.

“They helped staff run events for children, teenagers and adults, promoted volunteering, and worked to strengthen the library’s links with the local community.”

At the beginning of 2020, Covid-19 saw the suspension of all Friends of the Library groups across the Sunshine Coast and sadly the decision was made by the Sunshine Coast Council to not invite these groups back to be part of their local library. Individuals are able to volunteer in some roles, but, according to Jill, the Sunshine Coast Council does not currently see a need for fundraising for individual libraries.

“The FOML acknowledge the unfailing support they have received from the many wonderful staff at Maleny’s Peg Burnett Library over the years and extend their heartfelt appreciation,” said Jill.

“Once upon a time, before Maleny had any kind of library service, Peg’s mother, Frances Jane McLean (nee Wiley), ran a book borrowing service from the boot of her car. In 1932, the first library was established in the annex of the Maleny School of Arts Hall in Maple Street.

“Margaret (Peg) Burnett (nee McLean) took over

from the first librarian, Betty Blacklaw, and managed the library until she married in 1939. A fire gutted the building in 1951. The hall was rebuilt on the same site and renamed the Maleny Community Centre. Peg Burnett returned to manage the library until 1978.

“Peg and her family worked tirelessly to provide the Maleny community with a permanent library. In the 1990s, the Maleny Fruit Barn, then adjacent to Tesch Park on Coral Street, was bought by the Caloundra City Council, refurbished and became the new library, which was officially opened on 1 May 1998 and in honour of the “Maleny Matriarch”, it was named the ‘Peg Burnett Library’.

Many people have been a part of the library: the Maleny Quilters, the Blackall Range Woodcrafters Guild, the local sewing group who made cushions for the children to sit on, plus volunteers who made educational toys and puzzles, and stacked the book shelves. It was this group of volunteers that called themselves the Friends of Maleny Library (FOML).

It was the FOML who read to the children, ran workshops and events every school holidays, organised and ran the annual children’s Christmas party.

For nearly two decades the FOML raised money for the library and funds for the local schools, hospital, aged care facility, charities and community groups through such things as book sales (pictured), raffles, running

events and author talks.

“Maleny has always had a reputation as being a community with high social capital and it is community groups like the Friends with their networks that have contributed to this valuable commodity,” said Jill.

It is with sadness that the Friends of Maleny Library advises that the CBC account at the IGA has been closed and they say farewell.

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The Friends of Maleny Library often held book fairs to raise funds for the library and other community groups

Hinterland Communities Built by Soldiers

In 1942, during World War II, there were thousands of soldiers on the Sunshine Coast, says Ian Curtis, who trained at the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, when he was 18.

farming country it is today.

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Upon graduating, he spent 16 years in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, serving in a number of battalions, eventually specialising in military training. Now retired, he has been diligently researching the military’s involvement with the hinterland.

In the 1880s during the Russian Scare, an observation tower was built by Mr Bulcock, at his own expense, and a telephone line was erected from an observation post near the Caloundra Lighthouse, through virgin scrub, to Landsborough.

“Some of the people who lived there volunteered to man the lookout in case Russian ships started to come down the coast and maybe attack Australia. Now, that dissipated and never happened,” explains Ian.

Then with the advent of World War I came the introduction of Soldier Settlement Schemes, turning Beerburrum into a place of minor note. Although the scheme was abandoned in 1929, a significant number of returned soldiers took up the offer to turn the shadows of the Glass House Mountains into the rich pineapple

Peace Memorial Park, Landsborough, with its ornate gates, was specifically purchased for the purpose of commemorating the First World War. Later in World War II, the park was used by the Australian Army Medical Corps (2/6th Field Ambulance) and is now a sporting field. By 1942, the threat of the Japanese invading Australia was very real, making the D’Aguilar Range a line of defence. Many of the hinterland hilltops, with their clear view of the ocean and therefore, approaching ships, were

In support, troops were stationed at Caloundra, Peachester, Woodford and Kilcoy, often for training before being deployed to New Guinea.

“Caloundra was a secure town – you had to have a pass. If you weren’t in the service, you had to have a pass to go in. There were checkpoints out on the highway and in certain parts of town.

“The 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion was sent to Peachester. There was nothing there when they arrived, so they built a camp in Peachester over seven days. They, as part of their training, sent every one of their platoons on a 90-mile five-day march.

“There are a lot of stories right across the hinterland of people being out working and all of a sudden, soldiers appear out of nowhere. Some lost … others on their way from point A to point B. They would be found sleeping overnight in empty halls and churches.”

Often, the local women would feel sorry for them, and invite them in for a meal, says Ian, and apparently, a couple of blokes went back a few times to ‘get lost’

History, though often bent and distorted through a prism of time, can be full of surprises. Beginning way back in the 1880s, many buildings, infrastructure and communities around the Sunshine Coast and its hinterland are a result of military presence, says local military historian, Ian Curtis.

Military historian, Ian Curtis, is researching the military’s involvement with hinterland development

Peace Memorial Park, Landsborough was acquired to commemorate WWI

because they knew they were going to get well fed!

Other amusing antics involved school teachers, with one local chap from Bald Knob who had a reputation for being a bit of a daredevil, signing up with the Air Force.

“During his training, he used to fly over the school and dip his wing and the kids would go out and wave.

“That was a common thing … school teachers … if they were ever doing training around where they had taught, they’d just fly over the school, and come down low over the school so the kids could see them.”

One of the challenges faced by the military back then was how to move large masses of people, both civilian and military, through scrub, to safety if the coast was attacked by the enemy.

“Engineers went through and built missing parts of roads, for instance, to get between Bald Knob and Peachester. They actually joined the roads together because of that threat.”

As a result, the Maleny-Stanley River Road was improved, as well as the connecting road down the ‘4000’ range at Cedarton, along with Devil’s Elbow Road, Curramore.

Sonny Turner, an ex-serviceman, became responsible for much of the early development in Beerwah when he began a real estate business. The Beerwah War Memorial now stands in Turner Park, named in his honour.

In the Maleny area, three buildings with a military connection include the RSL Hall – the former gym/picture theatre from Maryborough RAAF Base – which was dismantled and moved to Maleny and rebuilt with volunteer labour in the late 1940s; the old church building now occupied by Trilogy Tax; and Brightside Guest House at Bald Knob (behind the caravan park).

The guesthouse was used as a rest and recreation centre by service women in World War II, while the old church was originally built as a chapel for the Enoggera Army Barracks. Soldiers opened the country, says Ian. “They took on and built farms, started businesses particularly up here in the hinterland, and they did a lot of volunteering, right up to our last lot of veterans from Afghanistan.”

This ANZAC Day, we remember all our soldiers – the fallen, the wounded, and those who returned and built our communities.

Lest we forget.

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Ian Curtis, seated 2nd from right, when he was the Officer Commanding, Army School of Instructional Training, 1986

There’s no place like home

Once they moved in, Bret and Yvonne knew their aim was to restore it to its former characterful glory, stripping away the modifications and varied décor. “There were 11 types of lino in the house!” said Yvonne with a laugh.

Bret continued, “Things had been added that weren’t original, such as walk-in wardrobes, which we removed. We took the 1960s louvre windows out and replaced them with windows from Tarragindi Hall in Brisbane.”

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ou can’t help but notice the striking Queenslander on the corner of Main Street and Jane Street. Number 1 Jane Street and its surrounding gardens have been lovingly restored by Yvonne and Bret Dalziel, who dived head first into connecting with the community from the moment they arrived.

By VICTORIA MCGUIN

I went to meet them and find out more about this historical home, the people who lived here, and the work involved in preserving it for future generations.

“We are originally Victorians,” Yvonne said. “I moved to Sippy Downs in 2005, and Bret has lived in Queensland longer than he has down south, most of those years in Cooroy. I had a day off work and had seen the house on RealEstate.com. I walked in and knew this was something special, despite needing a LOT of work!

“I said to Bret, ‘We can renovate this house,’ and he agreed, so we bought it.”

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Y“I love to use second-hand materials,” said Yvonne, “and I found almost everything over time on Ebay, Gumtree and auction houses. The kitchen table is 150 years old and comes from Broken Hill, the kitchen’s hutches come from old homes in Hunchy and Buderim.”

The house is bathed in gentle light from the stained glass, lead-light windows. “Our front windows were made by Robbie Seville, to match those still in the house. Robbie also created the lead-light windows at the Palmwoods Memorial Hall. She was an incredible artist.”

Outside, Bret has painstakingly turned the large gentle slope into a botanic garden, creating an emerald paradise of rare plants, mostly cycads and agave.

Every room is sympathetically furnished to complement the house, along with an eclectic selection of ornaments and curios on shelves and cupboards, and some framed photographs of the original occupants of 1 Jane Street, the Collins family.

In October 1923, Walter Scott Collins had his home built overlooking the town, on a block he purchased for

Despite the increase in new developments, Palmwoods has plenty of historical buildings which are luckily being preserved by many locals. One such couple are Yvonne and Bret Dalziel, who bought 1 Jane Street from Em and Alan Beutel in 2012.

1 Jane Street, Palmwoods Jan Keleher with Yvonne and Bret Dalziel

£105. Walter also owned the nearby shop (now the local SPAR), and his family history is steeped in both buildings.

Jan Keleher is the granddaughter of Walter Scott Collins and Jane Fleming, and she joined us to share some of the background to this home.

“Walter and Jane lived at the Collins General Store while the house was being built,” shared Jan. “They had three sons, Peter, Bob, and my father Reg, who was born in the shop!”

The family’s varied history is too vast to cover in a two-page feature story, but Mr Collins was a world traveller and a keen advocate for development of the North Coast.

Jane was a perfectionist and the Take a walk Around Palmwoods book shares a story about this on page 47.

Thelma Young (nee Harrison) worked for Mrs Collins. Her job was to iron the starched aprons worn in Collins’s Grocery Store. First, they had to be ironed on the wrong side, then on the right side. If they weren’t done properly the whole process had to be repeated before folding them in a particular way so they would be easy for the employees to put on.

“I remember that she thought it was bad form to throw the tea towel over your shoulder!” said Jan.

The three sons lived on blocks of land next door to the house and became local businessmen. “I know the eldest son, Peter, would ride on horseback to outlying farms to collect orders for the shop at one stage,” added Jan.

“Members of the family still come through to see the house,” said Bret, “they really appreciate that their family history has been preserved.”

Walter and Jane’s ashes are buried

on the property, something Yvonne and Bret discovered when redesigning the garden. “My shovel hit something hard, and it was a metal box,” said Bret. “I knew what it must be, and there was another one nearby, so we changed the design so as not to move their ashes.”

“We have also found remnants of the stable life which was next door,” said Yvonne. “We found an old wheel, horseshoes and a coal pit. We went out with metal detectors and found buckles and bridles.”

Bret and Yvonne clearly appreciate the land and legacy they have taken on, and Jan is happy with these current custodians of 1 Jane Street. “The house looks lovely, beautiful… Yvonne and Bret have the right touch,” Jan said with a smile.

Yvonne and I walked through the house, and I noticed the attention to detail in every room, from the bed frames to the flooring to the light fixtures. In the pantry sit the original scales from the Collins Grocery Store, and even the door knobs have been lovingly restored by Yvonne.

“I learnt how to do ebonising with rusty nails and vinegar, and also gold leafing,” she explained, “plus using shellac, which is made of beetles’ wings, to seal it.

“I always wanted to be an interior designer,” admitted Yvonne, “and I always wanted a Queenslander. Bret and I didn’t want this home to look perfect, because it has history and we like the dents and the old floors, but, to us, that makes it perfect.”

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Jane Fleming (far left) with her family, including her mother and father (the older couple), her brothers and her sister Ann, taken in the mid to late 1890s

Walter Scott Collins (far right) with his brothers, standing on the left Sedge, on the right, Sid, seated centre Vic and seated left Wallis, taken in 1904 at Wallis’s wedding

Every room is full of character and charm

The original scales from the Collins Grocery Store in Palmwoods

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TIPS FOR L ANDLORDS OF RETAIL PREMISESPART 1

As a landlord of commercial premises it is impor tant to identify what business your tenant will be carr ying out from your premises so that you can prepare a lease that will comply w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e r e l e v a n t a c t i n v o l v e d I n Queensland commerc ial leases generally speak ing come under two distinct areas; the first being retail shops which are governed by the Retail Shop Leases Act and the second being non retail shops governed by provisions of the Proper ty Law Act. I shall concentrate my discussion on leases that come under the Retail Shop Leases Act.

When negotiating with your prospective tenant these are some impor tant tips to keep in mind:

D i s c l o s u r e - b o t h y o u a n d y o u r t e n a n t m u s t p r o v i d e disclosure in the par ticular format provided by the Retail Shop Leases Regulations As a landlord your disclosure must be in the form of a Lessor Disclosure Statement annexing a copy of the lease The Lessor Disclosure Statement gives information about the lease such as the term of the lease, the option periods available, the rental payable, whether bond is payable etc Impor tantly note that this information must be given to the tenant at least seven days before the par ties enter into the Lease other wise the tenant will be at liber ty to terminate the lease at any time within the next six month period

Your tenant also has to provide you with disclosure to In the Lessee Disclosure Statement the tenant gives you disclosure of way of a Lessee Disclosure Statement as well proof of both legal and financial advice from their accountant and lawyer in a Financial Advice Repor t and a Legal Advice Repor t to say that they have been advised of their legal obligations as a lessee and had the financial implications of the tenancy explained

Term and Options - keep in mind what you want to do with your premises when you negotiate the term and any options (fur ther terms). An example is a lease that has an initial term of three years with two options each of three years' duration. I t is impor tant that you note that legally, as long as your tenant is not in breach, you have to honour the lease for the whole period of time until the end of the second option period - in this case a period of nine years

Early notice of the new Market Rent - prior to exercising the next option in the lease your tenant is entitled to request and be provided with the new market rental amount.

In par t 2 of this ar ticle I shall discuss Notices about option periods, Bond, legal costs and the Tenant as an incorporated entity

Gen Z bringing kindness

by MUGRIDGE

the world really needs right now.

At just 21 years old, she is giving up her Friday nights to give back to the community by volunteering at the Anglican Church in Nambour, where she leads a team of girls to help the community volunteers there feed the local homeless.

“I think it is something I have noticed in Holly’s generation,” John Faull says with a warm smile. “I noticed after Covid that Gen Z people are very compassionate, very driven, when it comes to causes.

“There is a belief they can participate in making the world a better place.”

John says Gen Z are eager to get out there, to take up a cause and take helpful action. “I have so much hope for this new generation.

“For some of them, they were nine or ten when they saw the Global Financial Crisis hit their parents and communities, then in their late teens Covid hit the world.

“Gen Z has been marked by two major catastrophes and they want to see change, for many there is a big pull towards nursing and caring occupations, to helping the poor and the needy.”

Holly Koster is one such Gen Z person.

“I’m taking a group of three other girls every week,

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on a Friday night. We go and help assemble burgers, hand them out, walk around and have conversations, get to know the homeless people in our town and the

“The group of volunteers we assist are just so welcoming and warm and some of the most incredible people you would ever meet,” says Holly. “There is even a large group of them that drive up weekly from Brisbane

“There is quite a big homeless community in Nambour and some of them do come back pretty often [to the meal nights] so it is great to get to know them. Just chatting to them, having conversations, is also letting them know they are loved and seen.

“It is also great to support the young families. We have noticed that there are quite a few young families that are struggling with homelessness or living out of their cars. Even if the parents are working, many still can’t find or be able to afford

“Just being able to have the opportunity to connect with some of the kids and families and show

With maturity and selflessness, Holly and her fellow Gen Zs show us all that we can all make a difference, and it doesn’t have to be complicated or cost a great deal of money. That sometimes doing some good can be as simple as an act of serving others, giving up a small piece of our own time for somebody else, for a cause.

Full of purpose and compassion is how John Faull describes Gen Z, and he meets a lot of them as they come through his programs like Youths With A Mission Sunshine Coast (YWAM), where young people give their time and heart to serving their community.

“It is really important to see the world around us and to seek to help in some way. The practical element of being able to give them love through a hamburger and a drink is actually pretty powerful. Something so simple but helpful right away,” Holly adds.

John Faull and his team also help at the Nambour Caravan Park, and he currently has 54 students and approximately 80 volunteer staff working on various projects in the Sunshine Coast community.

“We’ve been doing a food program in the Nambour Caravan Park for about six or seven years now,” shares John. “Before that my wife and I lived in South Africa where we also started a feeding program that’s still running today.

“We do a lot of work overseas in places like India and Uganda, but also here locally as we are based here and

a big part of our faith is about helping our community wherever we are. Helping the poor and needy is a big priority for us,” John says.

“During Covid we developed an even greater emphasis on the Sunshine Coast as we couldn’t travel. The last three years we decided to really plough into helping our local community, especially

“We knew we had young people who were ready to get involved and wanted to make a positive impact."

John says there are many ways anybody can help out. “In Nambour alone there are so many opportunities, such as the Shack Community Centre, which

You can’t help but be inspired by Holly and the other young people like her. It is easy to get weighed down with the negative and sadness in the world, so it’s uplifting to see the new Gen Z like Holly see practical ways to help and live life with kindness.

“You are choosing to love and help people,” says Holly, “and that will always bring you joy.”

Holly is part of the YWAM team, you can find out more about them here: ywamsunshinecoast.com

If this story has inspired you to volunteer these links might be helpful

theshackcommunitycentre.com.au, nambourmealsonwheels.com, govolunteer.com.au/ volunteering/in-nambour-qld and Commlink Companions (combating isolation and loneliness of elderly people) comlinkaustralia.com.au/our-community/volunteer

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John Faull, Campus Leader at Youth with a Mission Sunshine Coast, pictured with wife Naomi and kids Felicity, Evangelina and Joylyn - image Mallory Roundtree

Left to right - Holly Koster, Rebecca Kubenk, Svenja Kugler, Coral Mc Vean, Lydia McElheran

Tools, timber and tiny houses

With a dynamic program on offer, a full house of exhibitors, and some new features built into the program this year, the return of the Maleny Wood Expo is set to be a fantastic weekend for the whole family to enjoy!

The Maleny Wood Expo, which is hosted by Barung Landcare over the Labour Day long weekend, is in its 24th year. It is the local Landcare group’s biggest fundraiser of the year and focuses on promoting the sustainable use of our beautiful timbers.

All funds raised help Barung Landcare deliver its environmental activities across the Blackall Range and surrounds.

This year, the Maleny Wood Expo will not only feature its long-term favourite exhibitors and collective of familyfriendly workshops, but new additions to the program. These include a Tiny House exhibit showcasing a range of sustainable living options, the launch of an electric car raffle, an impressive line-up of speakers on a range of sustainability topics, and incredible local musicians and street performers.

Another exciting feature of the Maleny Wood Expo is the Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize. Sponsored by Sunshine Coast Council and with a cash first prize of $10,000, this “competition with a conscience” will showcase woodworkers and artisans from all over Australia who have submitted sustainably designed pieces.

“This year we received the most applications we have ever received,” shares Sunshine Coast Wootha Prize Coordinator, Corrie Wright.

“There are many new artists who have entered this year, and the quality of their sculptures, furniture and miniature works is of a very high standard. We are excited

to bring you this year’s exhibition.”

The Maleny Wood Expo will be held over the weekend April 29 - May 1, to book your tickets or for more information visit malenywoodexpo.com (Pictured: A kids cubby built with Kris Martin.)

Model behaviour

The Autumn Fashion Parade and Morning Tea presented by the Maleny Catholic Ladies Group to support Queensland farmers is happening on May 5!

With fashions and accessories by Flaunt Maleny and shoes by Imelda’s on Maple (a selection of the new autumn/winter range pictured), this fundraiser is a wonderful and very enjoyable event for all involved. Proceeds go to The Downs and West Community Support (DWCS) mission, co-ordinated by Sister Christine Henry (visit downsandwestcommunitysupport.org. for more details on the mission).

The Autumn Fashion Parade begins at 9.30am in the Pat Daley Centre, Maleny Catholic Church, 45 Cedar Street. Entry $25 includes five free raffle tickets and a chance to win the lucky door prize. Limited seating, and booking is essential.  Telephone Chris 0490 065 607 or Rose 0400 550 007.

Time for $2000?

The Zonta Club of Blackall Range is once again offering two scholarships of $2000 each to local women who are studying at tertiary level.

Zonta is assisting women who have a close connection

to the Sunshine Coast Hinterland and who have at least a year of tertiary study (University or TAFE) behind them.

In past years they have had students from the Education Faculty at USC and other institutions, from Arts, Fine Arts, Nursing and Midwifery, from Science, and from Environment.

Please look for their application through the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) website if relevant or contact Linda McElrea at scholarship@ zontablackallrange.org.au for further information.

The closing date is April 30, 2023. (Pictured: the Zonta Scholarship Award 2021 - Ann Koenig and Linda McElrea with Georgia Siddals.)

A brutal life

Author Jack Wilcox has written a book about the plight of women in the early 1900s. Triggered by the discovery that his father was illegitimate, Jack began researching over 100 books and reports to delve deeper.

“This became a journey of tracking the tragic history in Australia and England of the brutality which was accorded unwed mothers by society, the government and the church,” explained Jack, “which for centuries has been torn between helping these poor women (many of them naïve teenagers) and excoriating their supposed promiscuity.”

Unwed mothers had few options and were shamed into killing their child (abortion was illegal), or delivering the child to the ‘baby farmers’ promising to find a good home for the child but actually starving the children to death to avoid being caught. For many the only way to feed the child was prostitution.

The book poses the question of whether things have improved much and concludes that the emancipation of women is still a work-in-progress.

Unwed and Pregnant - 1903 - Annie’s Story, by Jack Wilcox, can be purchased at Rosetta Books and The Maleny Booskhop. For further information, contact Jack on 5435 2735.

As a parent, you want the best possible education for your child. At NCC, we understand that every child is unique and has their own strengths, challenges and passions. That’s why we offer a Christ-centred education that caters to the needs of each student.

Our dedicated teachers are committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment where your child can grow academically, spiritually and personally. With a strong emphasis on character development and values such as integrity, kindness and respect, we strive to help our students become well-rounded, compassionate individuals who are equipped to make a positive impact on the world .

NCC’s innovative and broad curriculum, our extensive range of co-curricular activities and community outreach programs provides a holistic education that prepares your child for success in all areas of life. With a focus on critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills, your child will be well-prepared for whatever challenges and opportunities the future may hold.

ANZAC Day

As the sun rose on 25 April 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers rowed towards the shores of Gallipoli and into history itself.

Every year since, on April 25, as the sun rises, Australians gather across the nation to remember their legacy, and the legacy of all those who have followed in their footsteps.

As shared on the RSL website, this tradition began over a century ago, when the ANZAC soldiers marched in London to Westminster Abbey for a service attended by the King and Queen to commemorate a year since their fateful landing at Gallipoli in 1915.

The ANZAC legacy has remained along with the core qualities that Australians rely upon: mateship, humour, ingenuity, courage and endurance - known as the ANZAC Spirit.

Lest we forget.

To find your nearest ANZAC Day service, visit rslqld.org, and if you wish to donate to RSL Queensland’s ANZAC Day Appeal, please visit anzacappeal.com.au

May the course be with you

Once again the Maleny Golf Club will host their Annual Charity Golf Day on May 19, for the benefit of the Maleny Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, through the work of Auxiliary members.

It will be an 18-hole 4 Ball Ambrose, with a Shotgun Start at 9am. All funds raised go to the Hospital Auxiliary, and last year,

more than $12000 was raised.

For those wondering what an ‘Ambrose’ is, it is a system named by the secretary-manager of the Victor Harbour Golf Club, South Australia, in honor of Richard and Mary Ambrose who brought their version of the game from Michigan, USA, when they moved to Australia.

The Golf Day enjoys great support from local businesses and players, who come from all over SE Queensland to play on this beautiful course, and support such a worthy project.

There are plenty of prizes for the golf play, as well as raffle prizes. One local supporter has offered $1000 to the Auxiliary for a hole in one on the 17th hole, and he will pay up to three of these!

There have been a few holes in one on the course recently, so the club is optimistic that their fundraising will be boosted by these. The players also win a prize - and the gratitude of the Auxiliary.

The Hospital has recently been able to purchase another cardiac monitor, courtesy of the Auxiliary and Outridges IGA; and an Ophthalmic Slit Lamp.

For further information, to register or sponsor, please contact Jan Cornfoot on 0437 757 891, or email jancornfoot@ gmail.com.

Picture this

It’s time to enter the photographic competition for the 2024 Rotary Calendar, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Maleny. The Club is looking for photographs of Maleny and the hinterland area that reflect lifestyle, events and scenery.

Entries required in landscape format (200x300mm) print and 1 MB minimum size, with a separate sheet for each photo with details of location and title. There is a limit of five entries per photographer, and winning entrants will be informed to also provide a digital file of the entry.

Entrants acknowledge the right of the Rotary Club of Maleny to use the photos in the Rotary Calendar and for Calendar publicity, where recognition of the photographer will be made.

Entries need to be delivered to Maleny Newsagency, Maple Street, Maleny by the closing date of Friday June 9.

The prizes will total $1400 and will be allocated as follows: $500 for 1st; $250 for 2nd; $150 for 3rd, and $50 gift vouchers from Seasons, Maleny, for each of the other 10 entries chosen for display in the calendar.

The Rotary contact for any queries is Lionel Tilley on 5429 6629, or email jude3me@bigpond.com

Let’s go loco

On April 16 the Sunshine Coast Miniature Railway will be holding an Open Day at 10am to show all aspects of their railway from the track and signalling, to locomotives and rolling stock.

Visitors will be shown around the railway and then to the locomotive area to see how the Society’s battery and especially the steam locomotives work.

Any attendee joining the Society on the day ($45 for 2023) will be shown how to drive the battery loco on the track!

To attend the Open Day please register with the railway at suntan001@bigpond.com, or 0417769993 - after 8am, to confirm your place on the tour.

The Open Day is not suitable for those under 15 years of age due to Workplace Health and Safety and insurance conditions. Enclosed shoes must be worn on the tour. (Photo of locomotives being prepared in the ‘steaming bay’courtesy of the Sunshine Coast Railway Modellers Society.)

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Time for tea

special event coming to Maleny on May 25 from 10am - 12pm. “All businesses within the riverside centre have organised to collectively come together to raise much needed funds for the Cancer Council by hosting our very first ‘community’ Biggest Morning Tea,” Jim shared.

“Each business will be providing items and services to raffle on the day, and we are expecting over and above $2,000 of amazing prices to be won!”

There will be morning tea for all those that attend (a selection of food from the riverside and anyone else that would like to donate) entertainment, fashion parades, raffles, giveaways, specials, but most importantly an amazing community spirit!

“Our goal is to raise $5,000 as a collective group within the Riverside through local support,” said Mel who works alongside Jim and Sandra at Maleny Jewellers.

You can find Jim’s hosting page at biggestmorningtea. com.au/fundraisers/MalenyRiversideCentre (Pictured: Jim and Mel from Maleny Jewellers, with Martin Duncan ‘Sunshine Coast Foodie’ planning the upcoming morning tea!)

Autumn Fair

The Sunshine Coast Arts and Crafts group is holding its Autumn Fair on the weekend of April 29 and 30 at the Montville Village Hall.  Starting at 9am, the fairs are always very popular and are an opportunity for members to

showcase their art and craft skills to the public.

The Sunshine Coast Arts and Crafts group has been supporting local craftspeople for almost 40 years and the sale of the beautifully handmade items allows the group to continue to function.

A number of exciting raffles will be drawn over the weekend, so make sure you’ve purchased some tickets! An onsite café serving delicious treats is the perfect accompaniment for a morning’s shopping.

If you’re looking for Mother’s Day gift ideas, then you’re sure to find some unique handmade items to suit. The members look forward to seeing you there!

There are two options - for a relatively small cost, businesses can have their brochures in the centre, have a direct link to their website from internet enquiries or have their details and relevant photos displayed on the in-house TV sets. Excellent value for only $50 or $150.

This small financial assistance to MVIC will also contribute to their maintaining this valuable service and great asset to Maleny.

If you would like to join in this excellent program or have any queries, contact Graham Gardiner on 0438933544 or call into the centre. (Pictured: Volunteers Linda, Graham and Sue - image Victoria McGuin.)

Give it up for Gail!

Congratulations to Gail Denver, who was awarded the Zonta Woman of Achievement Award for 2023.

Announced at the recent International Women’s Day celebratory event, Ann Koenig, president of The Zonta Club of Blackall Range said, “We have been celebrating our local women this way for several years and everyone always enjoys the evening so much.”

The Maleny Visitor Information Centre (MVIC) is a great asset to the Maleny community. It is located in Maple Street, in front of the Community Centre and you will always find a friendly face there!

The MVIC provides information to thousands of tourists and locals about all sorts of things in the local area. In addition to visitors coming in to ask questions, the enquiries to their website and Facebook page have increased enormously in recent years.

The centre is attended by a dedicated group of volunteers (about 55 at the moment) who love sharing their local knowledge.

The MVIC is responsible for their own financial obligations (rent, insurance, electricity, etc.,) and whilst they receive great support from Sunshine Coast Regional Council, they still have to raise funds, which they do by having business partnerships with local businesses.

Gail said, “I have been waiting for an invitation to Dusk on the Deck for a while and I was so pleased to be asked.”

Unbeknownst to her, the evening was about to become even better and she was a popular and much lauded winner. Her list of community involvements was extensive.

Local businesses pitched in with sponsorship and support, including, Judi Coey Optometry, Allora Holiday Homes from Maleny and La Botiga Cafe from Mapleton. There were five raffle prizes including vouchers from female owned businesses: Rosetta’s, Kashmiah and Emmanuelle’s Beauty.

Generous patrons helped Zonta raise valuable dollars to fund their causes which include packing birthing kits, providing tertiary scholarships, assembling women’s refuge packs, working for Speak Up Now in domestic violence prevention, as well as Zonta International’s projects such as support for the women in Ukraine.

This month our Q&A profile takes us to Baldwins Lawyers, with Director Zasco van Rooyen. With offices in Nambour and Gympie, Baldwins Lawyers provides conveyancing services, property law transactions, family law, estate planning and probate matters across Queensland, and pride themselves on providing ‘exceptional client service’.

Annie's Stor y

A book by Jack Wilcox AM

A br utal histor y of a vengeful society shaming unwed mothers into infanticide, poverty, and prostitution.

The book is available for purchase at The Maleny Bookshop and Rosetta Books. Contact Jack for further infor mation 5435 2735.

Where did you grow up?

We do nature walks and also love spending time at the beach. We love to camp!

A

I grew up in South Africa in a part of the country very similar to the Sunshine Coast and then moved to Australia in 2014 with my family. We love being here and being able to be a part of this community.

What made you move to the Sunshine Coast?

Do you have a favourite quote which inspires you?

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

– Jim Rohn

A

The beautiful weather, ocean, coastline and its people. There are few places in the world which have what the Sunshine Coast offers its people. The weather is great 95% of the time. We have beautiful mountains around us, forests, waterways, and the ocean. The area is booming with growth and there are opportunities for everyone out there keen on taking them.

What did you do before running this business?

I’ve been a lawyer since 2002, so have been in the legal industry for 21-odd years now. Prior to buying this practice in 2018, I was an employed

What does a 'typical' day entail

Staff meeting every morning, answering the many emails we receive everyday (the life of a lawyer), client consults, drafting agreements, contracts, Wills, other documents, checking of documents, Speaking with clients on the phone. I enjoy it all, but the best part is being able to spend time with my family at the end of each day.

What do you enjoy the most about your business?

Being able to help people. Many times, people don’t understand the complexities of the legal world and how they should navigate it. We love making the processes in the legal world simple and understandable.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Spending time with my family. We love spending time outdoors, exploring.

Hinterland Piano

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Ÿ Wills, End ring Po er of A orne , and Ad ance Health Direc es

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It is also er important to make s re o ha e a alid End ring Po er of A orne and o r appointment reflects o r ishes. We pro ide all o r clients ith a free Ad ance Health Direc e in hich o determine o r medical instr c ons hen o cannot erball pro ide them.

Baldwins Lawyers, Suite 2, 64-66 Howard Street, Nambour., 4550. Phone: 5482 2444. Website: Baldwinslawyers.com.au

PALMWOODS

Homegrown Cafe

A must visit for breakfast, lunch or to enjoy the home made baked goods. Serving locally sourced produce and small batch in-house roasted coffee. Café or garden seating. Seasonal dinner first Saturday of the month. FB: “HomeGrownPalmwoods”

4/6 Little Main St. Palmwoods

0458 270 368

HOURS:

Tue - Sat: 7:00am - 2:00pm Sunday and Monday Closed

Maleny Hills Motel

Artand Culinary delights

This May, the internationally celebrated artist Ian Mastin brings his still life collection to fine art gallery ‘Art on Yabba’, at 116 Yabba Road in Imbil.

It’s a major coup for the new gallery opened by Mary Valley Artslink and managed by its president, Heinke Butt.

Self-taught, Mastin has an international following and is influenced by the Dutch and Flemish Masters of the 17th century. Critics have said his paintings are so realistic, you’ll feel like you can almost pick them up.

The Mastin exhibition opens on May 5 and runs to the end of the month. The opening event, An Epicurean Delight, features as part of the Mary Valley GourMay food festival and promises art, food and opera at the

Book your at the Barn

$25 per head includes a scrumptious assortment of sweets & savouries, tea or cappuccino OR $30 per head to include champagne.

Wild Vine Café, Imbil.

Well-known actor and opera singer Lincoln Scott will perform and the audience can enjoy a menu of Italian culinary delights. Bookings $80pp on Eventbrite: bit.ly/3YRYlhN

The GourMay Mary Valley festival is a celebration of farmers, producers and creators from the Mary Valley country. The event runs from April 30 and concludes with a gala dinner on June 3.

You can enjoy farm tours, open days, dinners and much more. Festival Day is free on May 6, and will be held in Imbil, where you can wander the food stalls, watch cooking demonstrations and sample what’s on offer from different vendors.

For Ms Butt, it’s proof that Mary Valley Artslink is fulfilling its mission to build art and culture, alongside good food, in the region.

In addition to the GourMay food festival, you can enjoy Poetry and Song on Sunday April 16, 8am10am, with local bush poet Ian Mackay reciting his witty original work, alongside Mary Valley practitioners Jennie Hawkes Wright and Jack Wright reading a selection of their works.

Guests can read a favourite piece by themselves or someone else. And between the lines, an acapella choir will add a backdrop to the hearty breakfast available at Wild Vine Café. It will be a morning of humour, lyricism, storytelling and life stories.

For more details visit GourMay Mary Valley 2023, or Mary Valley Artslink on Facebook.

Stunning still life by Ian Mastin

by A. TABLEHOPPER

Well, I’ve been asked back, as the consensus was my first food commentary was favourably received. The team did ask me to remove the rating system, as it could appear I am putting the eateries in competition with each other. That wasn’t my intention, but I am happy to leave them out.

So, this month, in line with inflation/ cost of living, I am reviewing two cafes rather than three! I am essentially an ‘average joe’ who enjoys good food, not a food critic by profession, so I won’t be using fancy

FRANKIE’S – 2 BLACKALL STREET, WOOMBYE

Service: I must admit, I have frequented this charming little venue a good few times now, sometimes for food, often for their great coffee. The charismatic owner, Bec, is a delight to chat with. She has such a passion for her café, and judging by the amount of regulars who come in, she has clearly made this

place a community hub. You will always receive a warm welcome at Frankie’s.

Presentation/Flavour: I went for the Seasonal Rosti, which is described as ‘vegetable rosti, grilled halloumi, beetroot and fennel purée and pickled vegetable slad’ (I presume this is a term for the amalgamation of coleslaw and salad!), and as I often do, I asked for a poached egg. Well, let me tell you, asking for the egg was a mistake, because I was stuffed by the time I finished. And what presentation – it was quality restaurant level to me (yes, I have been to a fair few over the years), even with my additional egg, which no doubt detracted from Chef Jade’s considered aesthetic placement. Sorry Chef!

The beetroot and fennel purée had a creamy, rich flavour with a hint of sharpness, and complemented the salty halloumi and crunchy vegetable rosti , plus the zing of the pickled ‘slad’ gave the dish an extra lift.

Ambience: Always welcoming, with music playing that makes you want to sing along and, being a smaller venue, you can watch the chef and baristas at work. The long, tall bench-style seating inside means customers often talk to each other and the staff in the shared space, and there is a feeling that everyone enjoys working and hanging out at Frankie’s.

Service: Order at the counter and take your number. I was greeted with a big smile and a very helpful member of staff. My food and pot of tea arrived within 10 minutes, and the waiter also offered to bring me some water. I sat in the window seat, which has a wide wooden custom-made table, and watched the world go by. The chairs were comfy too.

Presentation/Flavour: I chose the Potato and Feta Hash Cakes, which came with smoked salmon, herbed sour

The HT's Taste Trail...

cream, cherry tomatoes, rocket and toasted seeds. It looked inviting and was, quite simply, DELICIOUS.

In fact, it was a sensory flavoursome explosion from the first bite! The combination of creamy, salty potato and hash cakes with a light crunchy coating, along with the zest of lemon juice, peppery rocket, a smooth sour cream herb sauce and sharp tomato all worked together perfectly.

I had asked for a poached egg on the side as I wasn’t sure how large or filling the portion would be. Turns out, I would’ve been fine without the egg, but still, the addition worked for those who like an egg in the morning.

Ambience: The place was buzzing. Customers outside at every table enjoying the morning sun, inside a mixture of solo diners with their coffee and brekkie as they focused on their books and devices, other groups having catch-ups and plenty of laughter. I didn’t head upstairs, but it sounded busy, and I’m not surprised. This is a great spot, full of light, high ceilings, lots of plants, fresh décor and friendly people.

Conclusion: Fresh food and consistently busy – Monica’s is definitely worth a visit!

There is a patio area out the back with a few tables, plants and fairy lights, and a new high roof to protect you from the sun, plus more seating will be happening out front, once the new Woombye streetscape is complete.

Conclusion: If you want to feel at home in the hinterland, head to Frankie’s.

5499 9049

Kondalilla Restaurant

Situated

Visit Kondalilla and enjoy a space of tranquility while you choose from our exquisite menu. Everyone's welcome.

61-101 Kondalilla Falls Rd Flaxton

5445 7650 Ext. 2

Opening hours: Thursday & Friday: 12pm - 8pm

Saturday & Sunday: 9am - 8pm

Potato and Feta Hash Cakes

Seasonal Rosti

The April 8 Montville

Market is thrilled to welcome Karen and Owen, from Earth Song Enterprises in Maleny, to join the other 'Makers and Growers' under the figs trees of Memorial Close, with their abundant array of seedlings primed, ready and eager for planting.

For many years, Karen and Owen have been passionate gardeners, cultivating their own backyard oasis and sharing their love for plants with their local community.

So when the opportunity arose to take on the seedling stall at Witta Market, they jumped at the chance to turn their hobby into a thriving business.  This has now extended to the Mapleton and Montville markets, which run consecutively on Saturdays throughout the month on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Their seedlings are 100% GMO-free, sun-hardened for ease of planting, seasonal and suited to our local climate

After a scrumptious buckwheat pancake with seasonal fruit and pure maple syrup, with either a pot of loose leaf tea or barista-made coffee served on the wide sunny deck of our historic hall,  customers can head over to Karen and Owen to mix and match exactly what individual seedlings they want to plan.

There is no minimum purchase amount and Karen and Owen are on hand to share their tips and advice with customers, ensuring they have the knowledge they need to make their gardens flourish.

Most of their products are compostable and any plastic used is recycled, in keeping with their commitment to sustainability, quality and community involvement.  Be sure to stop by their stall and visit their website: earthsongenterprises.com.

To mark this as the Easter Market, there will be a free Easter egg hunt for children 12 years and under at 11am on the green beside the hall.

Montville Market is at the Montville Village Hall and surrounds, Memorial Close, Montville, and is wheelchair accessible. Starting at 7.30am until midday, but come early if you like pancakes to avoid disappointment! Stall enquiries via the Montville Market Facebook page.

MARKET GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON

SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

Montville Growers and Makers Market 7:30am - 12pm

Piping hot pancakes, buskers, genuine locally grown food, handmade craft, barista made coffee, under historic fig trees, profits maintain our Village Hall. Stall holder enquires: Liz 0424 042 376

THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

Witta Growers Markets

7:30am - 12pm

50+ stalls, this vibrant market has everything from fresh local produce to gourmet food, quality art and craft, live music, hot food and coffee. email: wittamarket@gmail.com

FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

Mapleton Country Markets

8am - 12pm

Fresh fluffy waffles, sourdoughs, jams and chutneys, honey, pestos, plants, timber, jewellery, arts and crafts. Hot food, coffee van, live music, free onsite parking Mapleton Hall. Ph 0419 726 603

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Karen and Owen sell a variety of seedlings at the hinterland markets

LOCAL MUSINGS

Emergency Accommodation Now

Watching governments and think tanks attempt to resolve our homeless crisis from the security of my own lounge leaves me in despair. Every solution offered seems to be in terms of years in delivery time.

Setting aside more government land for low-cost housing, building more low-cost housing, building lowcost unit towers, providing more housing commission housing – all are worthy but none seem to be in response to a homeless crisis now.

We can respond to the needs of victims of earthquakes, fires, floods or pandemics with an emergency response of weeks and months, yet the plight of people with nowhere to live just doesn’t seem to generate the same sense of urgency.

Having done the drive up the Bruce Highway a couple of times in the last 12 to 18 months, I am well aware that there are scores of motels, hotels and caravan parks operating well under 50% occupancy rates.

Governments have leased, and still do, commercial accommodation businesses like these to isolate Covid patients, accommodate refugees and migrants waiting for visas, as well as disaster victims. Why can’t they do the same to provide emergency accommodation for the homeless?

by DOUG PATTERSON

However, the bigger question is why can’t they use the moth-balled Covid/pandemic isolation facilities at Wellcamp and Pinkenba for emergency accommodation? The gainsayers will argue that they are not designed for this long-term use, lack the necessary infrastructure and services and are too isolated. But these are the arguments of inaction and do not explore the possibility of action.

On the positive side, both claim to have 1000 beds which implies a mix of several hundred one-, two- and fourbed units. There are literally scores of country communities smaller than this scattered across Queensland and the services that support them are basic and relatively easy to provide for a government with the will to do so.

These facilities already have water, sewerage, electricity and telecommunication supplied. Education Queensland could easily establish a temporary school. The Health Department could easily staff a temporary health clinic. Centrelink could easily provide the social security services vital to this population. Supermarket chains could be invited to tender for establishing a temporary shop and so on.

In this era of ‘drop-in’ buildings and ‘pop-up’ outlets, a village could be created in a matter of weeks for the dispossessed.

Yes, a small unit in such a facility is not a home but it

must be better than sleeping on the street, in a car or a tent or in a friend’s garage – particularly if it puts you on a waiting list for government-assisted housing when it becomes available.

Yes, these facilities are relatively isolated, but government-assisted public transport to Toowoomba and nearby shopping centres, and transport hubs in Brisbane north would help address this.

I believe the promise to eradicate homelessness by the 2032 Olympic Games is a sick, empty political gesture that is demeaning and contemptuous of the needs of the homeless in 2023.

Governments can and do respond with urgency to the needs of those made homeless through natural disaster, but don’t seem to accord the needs of the homeless through economic disasters the same urgency, which is particularly ironic when past government policy has contributed to the current housing crisis.

Government failure to address the homeless crisis has become a matter of National Shame in light of our pretension to be an egalitarian democracy. It is past time for the government to act with decency and compassion and provide emergency accommodation now for people in such dire straits.

The views expressed in the Local Musings column are the writer’s and not necessarily the views of the HT team.

This is a space for the wide community to submit their considered deliberations on news, life and the idiosyncrasies of our times. Email: editor@hinterlandtimes.com.au

CONVERSATION WITH KIM 

Kim Mahood is a writer of the most lucid prose, serious but with the lightest of touch, whose subjects are places in the centre of this continent; places where there are few maps, and where those that exist are doubtful, in both provenance and accuracy.

Her first book, CraftforaDryLake, chronicled her efforts to reconnect with the land where she grew up, a cattle station in the Tanami Desert known as Mongrel Downs. It won the Age Book of the Year and the NSW Premier’s Award for non-fiction. Her second book, Position Doubtful, preserved some of the ‘spare lyricism of the earlier work… while also exhibiting a much sharper sense of the contradictions of present-day reality in Indigenous communities.’

Kim will be in Maleny to speak about her new book, WanderingWithIntent. It is a collection of essays she describes as ‘the writer’s equivalent of hunting and gathering… a product of wandering among the contradictions of the cross-cultural world I have chosen to inhabit…’ It involves what she refers to as ground-truthing:

HOW FAST IS YOUR FASHION?

Shaye Hardisty and Ketakii Jewson-Brown (pictured) are two interdisciplinary artists whose exhibition, The Sunshine Coat, whilst being a love letter to Nambour, is also a way for the artists to highlight sustainability in fashion and textiles.

“We had strict rules and guidelines to follow when it came to the materials used in the construction of the 17 coats that make up the show,” said Ketakii. “Materials needed to be either recycled, gifted, or found and any new material needed to be organically grown.”

Having these guidelines helped the ethos of the project match that of Shaye and Ketakii in their everyday life. The duo is often seen at op shops or in fabric stores scouring for the best possible materials for their eclectic and creative creations.

“Our creative partnership began when I started photographing the clothing Shaye made for herself for her Instagram page @littlehouseseamstress. In exchange Shaye would sew lovely pieces for me.”

This grew into Mill Street Fashion Walk, another Instagram page highlighting the fashion on the streets of Nambour. Their friendship and creative collaboration

has gone from strength to strength after a fabric buying trip to Japan (they returned to Australia with almost 40kgs of fabric between them!) and participating in the 2021 iteration of the Sunshine Coast Council’s creative incubator, The Refinery, where they pitched the Sunshine Coat Project to ArtsCoast.

These slow fashion advocates have been in residency at 2nd Space in Nambour working on the project for the past 18

The Sunshine Coat Exhibition opens at The Old Ambulance Station Gallery Nambour on Tuesday April 4, and runs until Saturday April 29 A slow fashion speaking event is scheduled for Friday April 28 and will be panelled by Sunshine Coast slow fashion and sustainable textile advocates, including Karina Seljak from Seljak Blankets, Somar Xavier from Sapling Textiles in Maleny, Pete Trimble from Pete Sews and Amanda Knights from Sunshine Coast Tafe. Hosted By Deborah Fisher from USC this is an evening not to be missed!

Tickets can be found online via: events. humanitix.com/sunshine-coat-project-

“My version of that,”she writes, “begins with the physical attributes of place, and moves onto what has happened there. It puts people into place, which brings into play science, stories, husbandry, history, metaphor, and myth.”

Kim is non-Indigenous herself, but grew up surrounded by First Nations people. She maintains strong connections with both the Walpiri and Walmajarri peoples, returning to spend half of each year in the western deserts. She writes with a refreshing honesty about important political, social and cultural issues, bringing a strong sense of irony and humour into difficult places, her bullshit detector always close by.

Hear Kim Mahood in conversation with Steven Lang on Tuesday April 18, 6 for 6.30pm, at the Maleny Community Centre.Tickets $25 and $18 for students. Louise Martin-Chew will be speaking beforehand about her biography of Batjala artist Fiona Foley - a beautifully composed, intimate account of the artist’s practice. Visit: outspokenmaleny.com

WINGS OF CHANGE

Book review by Gay Liddington

WingsofChange-TheinsidestoryofAustralia’s firstfemaleGreenBeretCommandoandherfightfor change by Robyn Fellowes is a story of overcoming adversity and driving positive change.

Feeling disconnected, overworked, and living with chronic pain, a life-changing epiphany intervened as this troubled soul turned her car towards the Death Tree. She had left the army after 22 years of service and this was yet another of the slidingdoor moments which was to shape the future of this courageous woman.

The story is seeded in a traumatic childhood perpetrated by a violent father, but the child’s roots grew strong as she excelled at athletics— successfully competing at a National level. Inspired by her mother and a desire to make the world a better place, Fellowes set out on the road to change.

In 1986, at 17, Robyn Fellowes joined the military, and one year on, a new calling beckoned when she attended a presentation on Guerrilla Warfare and asked if any women were in these Special Operations’ teams. The answer was, ‘No, of course not!’ The author paints a picture of gender bias in the military leadership, which only toughened her resolve to revolutionise. An opportunity to take part in a Commando Selection course catapulted Fellowes to become Australia’s first female commando. Robyn Fellowes retired from full-time army service at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, continuing to serve as an Army reservist.

During her time in the military, Fellowes became an agent-of-change in Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan, and later Fiji. In 2017, she travelled to South Sudan as a trained Military Gender Advisor striving to improve the lives of women and children. WingsofChange narrates the author’s unrelenting drive to make a positive difference. It lured me, on the hero’s journey, one of strength, courage, and tenacity. A compelling story told with great insight and skill. Available from booksellers worldwide, and can be ordered at Rosetta from Books, Maleny.

UNIQUE CREATIVE SPACES 

Open Studios Sunshine Coast is a celebration of the region’s vibrant and diverse art scene, offering visitors a unique opportunity to meet and see artists work in their own creative spaces.  This unparalleled event offers artists the opportunity to share their skills, make deeper connections with the community and make sales directly with art lovers.  The program explores art behind the scenes and provides a glimpse into spaces not usually available for public viewing, as well as permanent gallery spaces.

Ranging from backyard sheds, shipping containers, warehouses, gallery studios to some glorious garden retreats, anyone can visit the sanctums where artists find their inspiration and create.  Throughout the week-long event, the community can take self-guided tours to meet local artists in person, view artistry in action, purchase art, participate in workshops and gain a new appreciation for the creativity of local talent.

The program is held annually in May over two weekends, from May 20-28, showcasing the lush hinterland’s art trails on the first weekend and the scenic coastline’s art trails on the second.

During the week there are five days of hands-on, innovative and creative workshops available so people can experience art making.

Arts represented include original ceramics, drawing, glass, mixed media, painting, photography, print, sculpture, textiles, metalwork, woodwork, jewellery, installation, printmaking and more.  Open Studios Sunshine Coast is an initiative of Arts Connect Inc. and was established in 2010. The project is proudly supported by the Sunshine Coast Council’s grant program and regional sponsors Arts Connect Inc., a membership driven not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers and based on the Sunshine Coast.  Arts Connect Inc. advocates for local artists and strives to connect artists and communities, industry and governments, whilst delivering premier arts events such as Sculpture on the Edge and the Open Studios Sunshine Coast. (Pictured: The Poetry of Water by Tara Spicer, and Nepalese Man by Lara Cooper.)

For more information, visit: artsconnectinc.com.au/aci-events/ open-studios

HIDDEN GALLERY

Sandy Van Herberghen has been painting, drawing and creating since she could hold a pencil. She brings a lifetime of creative experience, love of colour and pattern, as well as a deeper spiritual connection into her artworks. Having travelled extensively and lived in countries rich in spirituality, symbolism and culture, she infuses her works with the many and varied aspects of these cultures that have formed a ‘library’ of memories and images upon which Sandy draws inspiration.  Sandy believes a painting can be much more than something matching your décor! A painting can be healing, inspiring, uplifting, relaxing… It can ignite something in you... even affect your mood; how you are feeling. dy’s artworks are infused with positive intentions, love and passion. She will use essential oils, Bach flower remedies, symbolism and sacred geometry, and anything else that works to enrich these pieces. She will only paint when she is in a positive mindset,

and will ‘cleanse’ the space before activating the canvas with written words.

Sandy will be having a solo exhibition at Hidden Gallery, 38 Platypus Road, Dulong, opening on April 22 from 11am until 3pm. Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat 11 until 3pm or by appointment.

Visit: hiddengallery.com.au

SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE

The visual art award is now in its 18th year and is a showcase for outstanding contemporary 2D arts practice in Australia, offering a total prize pool of more than $40,000.

There are four prize categories, including three professionally judged categories, as well as the popular People’s Choice award.

Sunshine Coast Council Arts Portfolio Councillor Rick Baberowksi said the acquisitive prize was open to Australian contemporary artists working in any 2D medium including new media.

“All 40 artworks selected as finalists will be exhibited in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize exhibition from August 18 to October 15 at the Caloundra Regional Gallery.

The 2023 winner of the Sunshine Coast Art Prize will take home $25,000 and joins ‘greats’ like Tony Albert, Peter Hudson, Raquel Ormella, Michael Cook, Diena Georgetti and Natalya Hughes in the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. With that trajectory available, it’s no wonder the winner’s title has become one of the most hotly contested among Australian artists.

“The exhibition very deliberately coincides with our 10-day multi-arts Horizon Festival, providing another outstanding outlet for the many cultural consumers that the festival draws to the region.” (Pictured:Kate Tucker, Major Art Prize winner.)

Submissions can be made online, with entries closing 11:59pm, May 14, 2023. For more details, including terms and conditions of entry, visit the Caloundra Regional Gallery website: gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

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SAVE OUR SPECIES! 

Well known Montville artist, Jim Cox (pictured at work), presented the exhibition, SOS -SaveourSpecies, at Mary Cairncross Reserve Gallery last year. There were 24 beautiful artworks, which imagined native animals taking up arms against us, in order to fight for their survival!

Jim added cheeky titles that inspired Maleny author, Elaine Green, to write words as if from each animal, asking us to understand our devastating impact upon them, and so a booklet was born, SOS..SaveourSpecies Jim has decided to extend the reach

THE LADY IN THE VAN 

of this important work with a showing of limited edition prints at Vianta Café and Gallery, Simpson Street, Beerwah, during the month of April. Two of the original artworks and 16 framed prints will be on sale from April 3 -30. A second edition print run of the booklet will also be available.

The ‘SOS Launch’ will be on Friday April 14 from 6.30 -10pm and Jim and his partner Pam Maegdefrau will be there to meet and greet you. Come along to enjoy the art, the music and tapas, please book at Vianta: 0432 730275.

Local esteemed actor Joy Marshall considers it to be an honour to star as Mary Shepherd in Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed autobiographical stage play The Lady in the Van. Lind Lane Theatre is taking on the challenge of bringing such a funny, poignant and life-affirming piece of live theatre to the stage from April 14-22. It’s an amusing pleasure for Joy to play the eccentric old lady who moves into a quiet street in Camden Town in 1974, which is where Joy spent time in her younger years. For Mary Shepherd, the next 15 years she remained, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, while the council continually instructed her to move on.

Enter Alan Bennett (played by Matthew Taverner) with his act of humanitarianism, for both their benefits….  The true story is funny, poignant and life affirming. For ticket visitL lindlane.com.au/whatson

Lind Lane Theatre now have hearing augmentation in their air-conditioned theatre, thanks to the generous support of the Sunshine Council Grants Program.

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY 

The Jazz and Blues Collective presents Hot Peppers Swing Jazz Band on Sunday April 30

Hot Peppers Swing is a style of jazz that, unlike Dixieland, features a smoother beat, with flowing phrasing and less complex rhythms. Love songs, marches, Blues, extraordinary harmonics, and a passion for this music are the hallmark elements of this band, who have fun whilst appreciating the music of that fabulous era of dance. (Pictured, vocalist and trumpet player Peter Uppman.)

With top line Queensland musicians, this is a nostalgic glimpse into the rich tradition of the golden age of Swing.

Join them for International Jazz Day, putting the Sunshine Coast Australia on the world map as a contributor to this event.

Millwell Road Community Centre, 11 Millwell Rd East. Maroochydore, music from 1.30pm to 4pm (doors open 1pm). A coffee van will be on site from 12.30pm, BYO liquor licence, and you are welcome to bring your own food and drinks. Bookings: ticketebo.com.au/jazz-blues-collective

ALWAYS BUYING and SELLING

SHORT CUTS Yandina country music

Yandina welcomes ‘Tommy’ as guest artist to the ACMA concert on Sunday April 16. Tommy is a popular, talented performer with rich vocals and a great stage presence that is guaranteed to entertain you!

See you at the Hall of Fame, 24 Steggalls Road, 12 noon start. You’ll enjoy popular country music and other upbeat, crowd-pleasing favourites with a great house band. Walk-ups welcome, there’s a raffle and door prizes, BYO lunch, free tea and coffee and entry is $8. Enquiries 0437 191004. This is a not-for-profit organisation and the proceeds will go towards the upkeep of the hall.

Public art opportunity

Seeking Expressions of Interest from experienced artists to develop small-scale permanent sculptural works suitable for installation in open spaces in Montville.  EOI submissions close Sunday April 23.  For more info and a copy of the public art brief, email your details to: publicart@sunshinecoast. qld.gov.au

A Night at the Opera

Get your glad rags ready! The members of the Sunshine Coast Choral Society are delighted to announce their first concert of 2023. Under the masterful baton of their new music director, the energetic and passionate Lincoln Scott, they will be presenting not one, but two stunning performances of ANightattheOpera, on May 13 at Stella Maris Catholic School in Maroochydore, and May 14 at Maleny State School hall, both at 2pm.

For tickets, visit the Sunshine Coast Choral Society website: suncoastchoral.org.au/ sunshine-coast-choral-society-performances

Bats in Buderim

Rehearsals are well underway for BATS next production,Our Perfect Home, written and directed by award-winning playwright Bruce Olive. Including first home buyers, real estate agents, neighbours, a builder, an Italian mamma and even a ghost, this is a very funny play about finding a home, any home, where everything works and the neighbours are nice!

April 21,22, 28, 29 at 7.30pm, matinees April 22 and 29 at 2pm at the The Buderim War Memorial Hall, Cnr. Main and Church Streets, Buderim. Bookings now open, visit batstheatre. com for details.

The Indigenous Voice

The No Campaign against the referendum to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament seems to have adopted a mantra that plays on the fears of the ill-informed.

“If you vote against the referendum, you will be called a racist.

If you vote for the referendum, you will be a racist.”

This message is based on the argument that no single race should be unduly advantaged in a document like the Constitution of Australia. While this catchy mantra ignores the reality that our constitution does, by its very existence, advantage white, English speaking Europeans, it also misrepresents the essence and intent of the referendum. It does not seek to give any particular race a voice but rather the indigenous people of Australia a voice. That’s why it is called an Indigenous Voice not an Aboriginal Voice. That’s why so many other countries are following our debate throughout the world.

The Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians, was a member of a four woman delegation led by Senator Malarndirri McCarthy that represented Australia at the 67th Session of the United Nations Council on the Status Of Women. In an ABC radio interview, Linda Burney reported that the topic that generated the most interest among countries from both the north and south American nations in sideline talks at the UN was the Indigenous Voice Referendum. It appears that treaties and land rights/homeland provisions have not improved the political voice of indigenous peoples

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LETTERS, LEUNIG AND LIGHT RELIEF

Relax, read a few letters, enjoy a crossword and cartoon, and maybe put pen to paper (finger to keyboard) yourself! We would love you to share your thoughts and experiences with us and HT readers. Email: editor@hinterlandtimes.com.au, and please include your name, email/address and location. Letters may be edited a little if space is tight. As we are a monthly, please be aware we are unable to print date-sensitive letters.

in many countries and they are interested in how this is playing out in Australia.

The mantra of the No Campaign is yet another example of the demise of conservatism in political debate. Another recent ABC interview featured the views of a number of leading conservative Australian academics. Although I did not hear all of this program, the theme became very clear. The Conservative Voice in Australian Politics was being gagged by Anti-Discrimination and ‘Hate Speech’ Laws and public opinion overly influenced by the left. If they engaged in vigorous debate to support conservative views, they would be accused of being bigoted, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, intolerant and generally out-of-touch. They only made me grateful we have the laws we do to protect us from the voice that is tearing the United States of America apart.

Long live responsible free speech.

Doug Patterson

Less pokies please

It’s great to hear that the Mapleton Pub has said goodbye to poker machines - the scourge of our nation. Maybe we will see more people communicating with each other, connecting, and giving local musos encouragement and an audience!

All those bright lights and bells and whistles designed to keep you spending, keep you hooked, until you lose your wages, and in many cases have less food on

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the table for your family, and worse.

For those who moan that these machines give funding to the community, this is happening to the detriment of the community!

You get shiny new kits for the club, but half the kids wearing them never see their gambling-addicted parent(s), or listen to the endless fights about money because someone blew the child support on the pokies.

Perhaps we can find other ways to raise funds which aren’t earned from, in large part, the lower income members of our society who are struggling to make ends meet? Raise funds for clubs and charities and schools that aren’t gifted from an organisation making billions out of keeping you hooked and who don’t care what happens to you or your loved ones.

No food? No worries, just come in the pub and make some money for dinner…oh wait, you lost… again. Maybe borrow some off a mate and try again? Oh, wait, now you owe your mate some cash too, as well as trying to find money for food and bills. And now you’re stressed out and you’ll go home and take it out on the family.

It’s a disgrace that these machines are in the pubs. Especially where the kids then see them, see their families on them and think that’s normal and acceptable. What are we doing??

So once again, good on you Mapleton Pub, I only wish more would do the same.

M. Hilliard, Forest Glen

Quick Quotes

1. In the 1950s and 1960s, which car manufacturer had a model called the Prefect?

2. On which continent is French Guiana?

3. How many millilitres are in one cubic centimetre?

4. In what field of the arts did Plastic Bertrand gain renown in 1978?

5. What Olympic racquet sport does not use a ball?

6.True or false: the female reproductive part of a flower is the pistil?

7. What does EV on the back of a car indicate?

8. What sport is generally credited as being the first to use a photo finish camera?

9. Johanna Griggs is a host on what Channel 7 show?

10. Which 1963 Johnny Cash song begins, “Love is a burning thing”?

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Bad Jokes of the Month

Do you know why wind turbines love creating energy? Because they’re electricity’s biggest fan.

Did you hear about the person who got hit by a can of soda?

They’re okay, it was a soft drink.

What’s the moon’s beauty routine? It waxes once a month.

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I would tell you a time travel joke, but you didn’t get it.

Happening (5)

Sincere (7)

1. Twist (6)

2. Gruelling (7)

3. Overly eager speed (5)

4. Burrowing mammal (6)

6. Exculpation (5)

Resides (6)

Component (7)

Fugitive (7)

Parazoan (6)

Chelonian reptile (6)

Leave (6)

Slant (5)

Aromatic wood (5)

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”

– Tom Stoppard

“Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.”

– Jon Bon Jovi

Poets

WOMEN

Weary figures drag their heaviness to forgiving chairs

Cigarette smoke curls round candescent light

Coffee - black, sweet, spreads its incense over the Temple

Where women celebrate their union.

One speaks in broken whispers unseen hands hold her in their strength

One smiles in tender understanding open lips read her gentle message

One laughs echoing the song of ancient Storytellers

As women celebrate their union.

Midnight closes the rejoicing A dog barks a single note

Arms hold tight the promises shutting out the lone to-morrows

Wind brushed hair touches my cheek in loving farewell

When women celebrate their union.

© Sue Cadell

PENTECOST (IN RETIREMENT)

Seven weeks and a day, a lifetime for some, But a full 50 days since doing the same Thing, day after day, for decades no less, Till that one day arrived, and with no sense of loss, That last day of work - without a skerrick of shame.

MY BROTHER PUD

A country boy, tough and strong Life was peaceful, till I came along He had a big brother, but I was his sister We learn to work hard, and shared many a blister We ran and played and shared our toys I remember many childhood joys. We shared so much with Mum and Dad Made memories, both good and bad As we grew up, we grew apart But I always kept you in my heart You cheated death, not once but twice And sometimes chose the wrong advice But you made it to three score ten Would you do it again?

Now you’ll catch up with Dad and Mother, FAREWELL, until we meet again, my brother!

© Paul V Musk (for June Marr)

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LATE APRIL LANDING

Three o’clock. Moonset then darkness. Three-thirty. Ships stand to on the Aegean. Steamboats stir, tug rowboats due east.

Night smothers motion upon a black sea. Forty a boat, all crammed in full kit, hear throb of engine, hiss of steam, swish of bow. Searchlights sweep weakly upon watery miles. Thousands of hearts skip their strong beat. Sharp-eyed seamen trace line of dim coast.

Four o’clock. First flare of dawn deepens to red. “Smokes out! Cut the chat!” an officer murmurs. “We’re going in soon.” Rifle butts shuffle.

To a man they wonder, “Will we surprise them?" They glimpse lie of land, its headlands and hills. Steamboats drop tow-lines; water ahead’s clear.

Soft dip of oars, alone, breaks through silence. Boats move like matchsticks to a strange shore. How peaceful the night, how beautiful is dawn!

Fifty yards... forty, to breakers and beachhead. “Bugger!” an officer curses, “We’re far to the north." Four-thirty. One shot, then hail of bullets in foam.

“Johnny Turk’s onto us,” a soldier breathes aloud adding frankly, “The bastards! But what a relief!”

“Shut yer mouth! Jump!” shouts his sergeant who’s over the gunwale, shirt dark with blood. Rifle held high, he struggles through surf to shore. “You beaut!” he grunts, spray of bullets behind.

Guns bark. Shingles spark. He sprints twelve yards, flings himself down at base of firm sandhill, fixes bayonet, hears mates nearby scream.

Like that first Pentecost, this tongue it still shakes, Though this latter incarnation now sees me unwilling to shirk New experiences, to ensure that my days remain full, With comfort zone shattered as the hours I now fill, Exploring endless opportunities, without as much as a shriek.

© Bill Jackson

“Strip packs. Ten rounds!” he roars, as ranks rally. He tastes triumph, arm grazed, boot blasted off. Bandaged, he’s chuffed they’ve won what he’s lost-a foot on the bloodied beach.

© Ron Wiseman, Mapleton

Maggie Leunig

Come and have a chat!

Come and have a chat!

‘Chatty Café’ seeks to break down social isolation and loneliness through people gathering at a ‘Chatty Table’ to simply have a chat over a cup of tea or coffee. The concept originated in Britain a few years ago, and now has arrived in Maleny, via local John te Kloot.

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“A lady I know in Victoria brought the idea over from the UK, and when I heard about it I told the Maleny Lions Club who took it up,” said John.

“There are no social workers or advisors, it’s just local people and volunteers meeting in a relaxed atmosphere. The Maleny Library Manager, Amanda Kennedy, was very supportive, and kindly offered the library as a space to meet. In the future we may also move around town.”

The Chatty Café Scheme Australia, is a ‘health promotion and harm reduction’ charity, which encourages all sorts of hospitality venues across Australia to provide a shared Chatty Table, where customers can sit if they are happy to talk to other customers and have a chat.

Chatty Volunteers, if requested by the venue, can sit at the Chatty Table to help introduce the concept to customers and chat to them. The charity provides all promotional information necessary.

So, how did it begin in the UK? The Chatty Café website explains:

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The UK Chatty Cafe Scheme was created on a wet and windy day in 2017 when Alex Hoskyn was in a supermarket café with her four-month-old son, who wasn’t being great company at that moment and Alex was feeling fed up!

Alex looked around the café and saw an elderly lady who looked just as down as her, and on another table sat a young guy with additional needs and his support worker both looking like they had run out of conversation!

Alex started to think about the positive impact they could have had on each other if they had sat together.

Alex knew from experience that when you are feeling lonely, a short conversation with another human can really brighten your day and she realised that you can be out of the house all day yet have no interaction with another person.

It was right there and then that the concept of ‘Chatter & Natter’ tables in the UK began in 2017 and there are now over

1,400 venues signed up in the UK! There are also venues in Poland, Gibraltar and interest building in Canada and the USA. Everyone has been impacted by loneliness and the feeling of social isolation at some time in their lives, particularly during and after the recent pandemic. It has also been medically proven that a lack of social interaction can be very damaging to a person’s mental health.

Mindful of this, the Maleny Lions Club is introducing the area’s first Chatty Café. Anyone feeling a bit alone is invited for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat about whatever takes their fancy. The friendly Chatty Café volunteers are there to host the Chatty Table.

Chatty Café will open at the Maleny Library at 5 Coral Street, just beside Tesch Park on Tuesday April 11 from 10.30 to 11.30am. The library manager, Amanda Kennedy, is very supportive of the idea.

A Chatty Table will be hosted at the library by volunteers every Tuesday thereafter, aside from public holidays, for people to come along to this safe, discreet and quiet environment to have a friendly chat.

In addition, if you know of a family member, friend, associate or neighbour, who you feel might benefit from someone to talk with, please pass on the information about this new community initiative to help reduce loneliness and social isolation.

To find out more about the Chatty Café initiative, visit chattycafeaustralia.org.au

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Chatty Café’ seeks to break down social isolation and loneliness through people gathering at a ‘Chatty Table’

IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR CANCER CARE

April marks an important milestone for the Sunshine Coast Haematology and Oncology Clinic (SCHOC), as it celebrates 25 years since opening as the first free-standing day hospital in Queensland.

Since inception, the clinic has facilitated more than 80,000 treatments to patients in need and continues to be a one-ofa-kind in the region, providing haematology, medical oncology, radiation oncology and allied health services under the one roof.

With a comprehensive team of medical specialists, allied health professionals and specialist nurses, the clinic is committed to leading the way for world class cancer care.

First established in coastal surrounds of Cotton Tree by Dr John Reardon and his wife Sandra, the idea to start the clinic arose from the lack of specialised cancer care services on the Sunshine Coast.

The clinic offers patients a full-service holistic treatment facility outside of the traditional hospital environment, which has been a big comfort for patients and their families going through cancer treatment. Dr Reardon found patients really responded to the more personalised and non-threatening experience that the clinic offers.

After running the clinic for 15 years, Dr and Mrs Reardon sold the business to Monserrat Day Hospitals who subscribe to the same clinical approach of providing

patients with comprehensive specialist medical care in a personalised and more homely setting.

Seeing the need to expand on the integrated approach to cancer care, the team at Montserrat developed a purpose built $10 million facility in Buderim, reopening the clinic in July 2019, with the addition of GenesisCare radiation oncology, clinical trials in partnership with the University on the Sunshine Coast and a range of allied health services.

Clinical Haematologist, Dr Sorab Shavaksha joined the SCHOC team in 2013 and says, “As leaders in the field of cancer care, we have our finger on the pulse, always keeping up with the latest research and advancements

in oncology and haematology. We are proud to conduct a number of onsite clinical trials in partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast.

“We provide a number of onsite support services including a McGrath Foundation breast care nurse, exercise physiology, dietetics, clinical psychology and oncology massage therapy.

“Cancer treatment can be frightening and by offering continuity in the patient’s health care team in one convenient location, anxiety is reduced, and this can assist in their journey.”

Long-term patient Mr Bob Hobson says, “It has been a great privilege to receive treatment at SCHOC Buderim over the past eight years.

“From the time of my initial diagnosis and throughout ongoing treatment, I have always received the very best advice and support from a dedicated and professional team of medical and support staff.

“The friendship and empathy shown by all staff has made me feel special and they have given me hope and support in a situation which had potential to be very difficult.

“I remain full of hope for the future and know that I am in great and trusted hands.”

The SCHOC team are looking forward to celebrating this milestone with patients and their support team during the month of April.

What is the impact of poker machine gambling and online betting on mental health?

In case you missed it, the Mapleton Pub team featured in an ABC story this month regarding their decision to sell their two poker machine licenses for around $400K and utilise this money to refurbish the hotel and build family friendly amenities. Wow! (The online response to their decision has also been overwhelmingly positive.)

Problem gambling is a huge mental health issue in Australia. We are the world’s biggest gamblers per capita spending $25 billion a year, and nearly half of this goes into poker machines.

We have 20% of the world’s poker machines, despite our relatively small population.

It’s estimated that only 1% of poker machine users exhibit problem gambling behaviour, and it’s contested what proportion of gambling revenue comes from this group.

However, I think it’s reasonable to conclude that the intense pushback from the AHA and casino operators regarding the proposed introduction of enforceable curbs to problem gambling on poker machines, indicates problem gamblers represent an income stream worth fighting for.

The manual of mental disorders,DSM-V, now includes Gambling Disorder, recognising the parallels with substance addiction in terms of irrational action against the interests of the sufferer, and the dire impacts on health, relationships, and security.

Gambling in the form of poker machines (and online betting) deliberately targets the neuropsychological vulnerabilities of those with Gambling Disorder.

Relying on the user with Gambling Disorder to self regulate or self exclude is a nonsense, and the only greater nonsense is the call to protect the “freedom” of those with Gambling Disorder to bankrupt their family, descend into life threatening depression, and lose everything that sustains them.

Defenders of legal gambling fall back to the benefit to the public from the taxes imposed on the industry. But as data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics shows, this is money coming directly from the pockets of the people who have lower incomes, and who are losing it on machines that are designed to addict them.

Australia is in desperate need of uniform, enforceable, and external limitations being placed on these companies. No easy objective given the revenues governments, political parties, and entertainment venues gain from this process. Good on you Mapleton Hotel!

Have you been searching for a position that allows you to provide support and give back to your local community? RangeCare may have the opportunity you’ve been searching for.

Since its beginnings in 1986, RangeCare has had a strong commitment to providing an exceptional level of person-centred care to the local community.

As a not-for-profit community care provider, RangeCare offers a wide variety of services including nursing care, domestic assistance, social support, meal deliveries, technology support, minor home and garden maintenance, wellness programs and day and overnight respite to the local elderly and physically disadvantaged population.

RangeCare’s strong reputation for delivering quality in-home, respite and social support services is because of its dedicated team of care support workers, nurses, drivers and domestic assistants who are kind, compassionate, and respectful.

RangeCare staff live and breathe the core values that have been built upon a foundation of strong leadership and a commitment to building strong relationships with our clients and their loved ones.

“I'm proud to be part of the organisation because of the people that I work with — from our staff to the volunteers, including the board, they allow us to deliver a person-centred care approach, which most people would agree is above and beyond what maybe other organisations are currently offering,” said Chief Operating Officer, Gary Holland.

RangeCare is looking to increase their service offerings by expanding their team across the Sunshine Coast, Hinterland, Gympie and Cooloola Coast Regions. The organisation is currently recruiting for a range of positions including Services Manager, Service Coordinator, Registered Nurse, Care Support Workers and Domestic Assistants.

Use Your Mental Edge

YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK

Attitude is like a pair of glasses.

It’s the lens in which we view the world and a part of the filtering system in which we perceive and decide in the world.

The incurably optimistic people see life through rose-tinted glasses. We all have that “one” friend, don’t we? Everything is fluffy ducks, rainbows and mung beans, yet unfortunately this is a subjective view.

And I’m sure you also know old mate grizzle guts, the pouting pessimist who squints through dark gloomy glasses, and everything “always” happens to him, also what we call a subjective view or a subjective bias - “stinking thinking”!

Both individuals can observe the same event and see it in two very different lights, having an inability to be neutral, objective, see the benefits and opportunities, and the setbacks and drawbacks of any said event.

Our thinking directly influences our feelings and emotions, which immediately determine how we act, talk, respond or react, or for a sportsman or professional, swiftly impacts performance.

Dave Winfield once said, "So many players enter the game with the same skills, the difference is not aptitude but attitude.

“Your attitude more than your aptitude will determine your altitude, how high you go, how far you climb as you scale this valley of mountains we call life.”

Here is a short exercise, to establish objectivity in your perception, which will give you more resilience, empathy, energy, and dissolve a lot of resentment and frustrations.

When you encounter a negative event, or a setback, or drawback, hold yourself accountable to find at least 10-30 benefits, opportunities or positives.

Alternatively, if you encounter a positive event, look to find balance for finding the setbacks, drawbacks in that particular opportunity.

So remember the glasses are tinted, take them off and see the true colours of a situation. By doing this, we can become centred and focused, we can remove distraction and see the event objectively for what it truly is.

This way we can see more clearly the best approach, the best resolution or the best outcome as we climb our own mountains.

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Resilience

by KERRIE FRIEND

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the word resilience. It’s not easy to get up after you’ve been knocked down is it? Do you have within you the faith, hope and love to believe the best is yet to come or do you struggle to bounce back from difficult times? Your answer will determine your future and it will propel you higher or cause you to fall back and stagnate.

The wonderful thing about resilience is that it will always try again; it will always look for a new way and it will never quit through trying times.

We’ve all been through a lot since 2019, and the true test of resilience is if we’ve shrunk or grown as a result of these extremely testing years.

Resilience sees possibilities even when things have changed or altered. It brings forth character we didn’t even know we had. One of the most beautiful things from the pandemic was watching the rise of new creations, and a new

way of doing things that created opportunities for all of us.

There will always be change, adversity and uncertainty in our lives, but our ability to be resilient allows us to keep moving and not languish far from the person we were created to be.

Isn’t it time you began dreaming again, took a chance on starting that new business, changed direction, or called that family member or friend?

Being resilient means picking yourself up and trying again. I have a saying that I often use, “It’s ok to start over”. We’re all built to thrive and quitting never seems to end well.

If you can find the resilience within you, it may not be tomorrow or the next day, but stick with it, as the answers will come and you will be triumphant.

Blessings

www.KerrieFriend.com

Image - Andrea Piacquadio

ASTROLOGY

Heart Mind Astrology with Ruth Donnelly Explore your life with astrology, bringing you insight at times of turmoil, transition and transformation. Online consultations available. 0409 564 276 astrology@ruthdonnelly.com.au

AUDIOLOGIST

Sunshine Coast Audiology

Emryn and Anita are experienced audiologists who have started a new independent audiology clinic to care for all your hearing needs. Conveniently located in Sippy Downs. Ph. 5378 2226. www.sunshinecoastaudiology.com.au

BEAUTY THERAPISTS

Emmanuelle’s Beauty

Now at - 62B Maple Street Maleny. For all your beauty needs, facials, lash extensions, lash lift, waxing and more contact Em on 0410 670 519. Monday-Friday, evening appointments also available.

CHIROPRACTORS

Maple Chiropractic Maleny

Dr. Samuel Lowe, Dr. Catherine Metcalf, Dr. Rebel Hungerford & Nikki Duncan-Exercise Physiologist. Gentle, effective care for the whole family. Concession, family rates & HICAPS available 45 Maple St, Maleny 5494 3322 maplechiropractic.com.au

Hinterland Chiropractic

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

2/70 Maple Street, Maleny. Ph: 5435 2987

Sunrise Chiropractic

John Pirie welcomes Dr Damian Treacey

Chiropractor & Applied Kinesiologist

Gentle hands on Chiropractic using Applied Kinesiology. Over 30 years in private practice. Mon and Wed 2-5pm, Fri 9am-12pm 19 Coral Street, Maleny. 0492 949 695

COUNSELLING & LIFE COACHING

Josie Coco: MGestTherapy - Gestalt

Psychotherapist

Together we’ll explore obstacles to achieving, thriving and living well. In person, online, and in groups. Counselling therapy and personal development. Ph: 0498 065 306 www.josiecoco.com

Heartspace Artspace & Counselling NEW

Liz Antcliff B. Psych; MA Coun; AThr ANZACATA ; ACA Sensorimotor Creative Arts Therapy and Counselling for individuals and groups. Creative Expression for wellness and health.  www.heartspaceartspace.com  E: liz@heartspaceartspace.com P: 0438 163 255

FITNESS, PERSONAL TRAINER ,DANCE

Get Active!!!

Group Fitness & Personal Training

Join me for a fun affordable and social way to achieve a fit and healthy body. All fitness levels welcome, fully qualified trainer. ‘Your Goals Are My Goals’. Rachel Ph: 0423 618 945 Email: rachel.lockman@yahoo.com.au

Maleny Vibes Pilates & Spin

Boutique reformer pilates and spin cycle studio. Introductory offer 4 classes $50 to all new clients. Book online www.malenyvibespilates.com Studio 37 Coral St, Maleny. malenyvibespilates@gmail.com Insta @malenyvibespilates_and_spin

Maleny Rumble Room Boutique Group Fitness Boxing & HIIT studio. Limited to 8 people per class. Introductory offer 4 classes for $50 to all new clients. Book online @ www.malenyrumbleroom.com.au 37 Coral Street, Maleny. Insta @maleny_rumbleroom

HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS

Nellies Creative Hair Design Cut and Colour specialists. Nellie, Annette and Jenny offer you the opportunity to have exceptional hair using great product at fantastic prices. 21 Coral St Maleny – Ph: 0438 785 443

Advertise your business in the HT classifieds for just $49+gst monthly.

Book direct from our website.

HOME CARE

HOLISTIC - Health and Wellbeing

KINESIOLOGY

The New Leaf - Coaching and Kinesiology

Clear the rubbish off your life path and confidently move forward. Est.1997 The New Leaf offers sessions/programs via clinic/phone. Contact Zoe 0401 318 593 4/38 Maple St, Maleny www.thenewleaf.blog

MASSAGE

Blue Zen Massage – Sensei Shayne Harris Dip.Remedial Massage & Dip.Reflexology

An integrated therapist shares deep-tissue holistic massages, MET, joint mobilisation,  myotherapy. Unwind with Shiatsu, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, hot stones/cupping. Diamond Valley Treehouse www.bluezenmassage.com 0407 002 567  HF Rebates

MEDICAL CENTRE

Ochre Health Medical Centre

Offering onsite Doctors, experienced nursing staff and Allied health services.

Ph Maleny: 5494 2388; Book online at www.ochrehealth.com.au

MENTAL PERFORMANCE

Jamie Milne Training

Jamie Milne is SEQ’s leading Mental Performance Coach. Finding your Mental Edge is Jamie’s specialty. His approach is unique in delivery and the results speak for themselves. Contact: jamiemilnetraining.com or call   0431 339 975.

OPTOMETRIST

Hammond Optometry

Deborah & Stephen Hammond are proud to be local, independent eye healthcare providers servicing the Hinterland since 1999. Focused on quality eyecare/eyewear for all the family, giving your eye health and vision the best personalised attention it deserves.

44 Lowe St Nambour Ph: 5476 2333

RangeCare

Offering in-home and respite care services to support independent living. Our tailor-made services are available to everyone in the community. We can deliver your home care package. Ph: 5445 7044 Visit: www.rangecare.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: malenyhomeopathy@gmail.com

HYPNOTHERAPY

Christian Dunham

Specialising in Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, a combination of clinical hypnotherapy and psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, phobias and other chronic conditions. Free initial consultation.

Ph: 0448 303 013 www.christiandunham.net

Wilson Fitzpatrick Family Optometrists NEW Local, independent optometrist passionate about exceptional eye care, individualised customer service, and impeccable frame design proudly serving the Hinterland since 1984. Come and see the difference! 40 Howard St, Nambour 5441 2277

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Range of Motion Physiotherapy

Maleny, Mapleton and Imbil Russ, Karl, and Kathryn. Providing the highest quality care to restore & maintain optimal physical function & mobility.

Ph: 5478 6600 www.rangeofmotion.com.au

Advertise your business in the HT classifieds for just $49+gst monthly.

Book direct from our website.

New insect species

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University of the Sunshine Coast entomologist Dr Andy Howe, who coordinates 17 Queensland schools in the Insect Investigators citizen science project that started a year ago, said initial results were exactly what researchers hoped for.

“DNA testing in Canada and analysis by taxonomists at the University of Adelaide and partner institutes have confirmed that specimens sent from insect traps at schools in three states contained species undescribed by western science, with more to come,” he said.

“It will certainly be interesting to hear what they want to call it,” he said. “This wasp lays eggs inside living caterpillars and the larvae then eat their way out of the host.”

More than 14,000 insect specimens were selected from school traps in South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland last year for DNA barcoding and taxonomy.

About 56 percent of the DNA barcodes identified were new records to the Barcode of Life database, a freely available collection of molecular and species occurrence data.

Images and data from all schools is available at insectinvestigators.com.au/ results

Life on the rocks

During our wet seasons, the heavier clay soils of the Blackall Range can often be the death of many plants that naturally occur in well-drained sandier soils, due to being saturated.

But there are ways to keep these native beauties in your garden with a small rockery or rock retaining wall, by taking advantage of the environmental niche that the rocks provide with their improved drainage.

In this Garden for Wildlife garden on red volcanic soil, Yellow buttons, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Guinea flower, Hibbertia vestita and Lomandra confertifolia are all thriving in a hot sunny spot on top of and in

Local biodiversity public forum

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Because biodiversity is everyone’s business, from our backyards to our recently-recognised UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and we can never know enough about it.

So why not soak in some up-to-date perspectives and details about our local fungi, plants and animals with local experts? Discuss your own in a Q&A session to follow, and share some refreshments with interested others.

Beerwah State High School will help taxonomists name a wasp species new to western science after the insect was caught by students as part of a tri-state, 50-school project to uncover more of Australia’s mysterious biodiversity.The State of Our Species Forum is on May 4 at the Arts and Ecology Centre, Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens, 51 Palm Creek Road, Tanawha from 2-3.30pm. As the second part of the ‘Backyards to Biosphere’ events organised for 2023 by the Friends of Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens Inc., it will feature three presentations:

FUNGI - Wayne Boatwright, President of the Qld Mycological Society

FLORA - Spencer Shaw, Forest Heart Nursery and Brush Turkey Enterprises

FAUNA - Dr Beth Brunton, Research Fellow, UniSC

This free event is not intended as a ‘state of the environment report’ or a listing of local species; rather, it

Whimsy likes a cuddle! 4

Paws Animal Rescue provides refuge for homeless dogs and cats on the Sunshine Coast. They are a not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers.

4 Paws Animal Rescue cannot survive without kind foster families who take in animals, giving them unconditional love, training, nursing and rehabilitation, so that they are ready for adoption.

Here is one of their beautiful furry animals who needs a new home urgently.

ith so much nature so handy across our region, it’s easy to believe that we know, use and understand it as well as we need to, so why spend a Thursday afternoon talking about it?Vaughan in the grass

acknowledges the value of communitybased interest groups as well as local expertise and research in the interest of local action.

If participants take away small ideas to apply to their backyards, as well as big ideas to apply to our Biosphere Reserve, our overall approach to biodiversity will have a clearer direction.

For more details, please contact friendsofMRBBG@gmail. com

Proudly supported by the Sunshine Coast Council. The Friends thank Forest Heart Nursery, Coral Street, Maleny for Spencer’s sponsorship, and acknowledge the First Nations owners, the Gubbi Gubbi and Jinibara people.

Hello, my name is Whimsy. I have just arrived at 4 Paws Animal Rescue from the pound! It's a little sad really because no one really knows much about who and where I am from? Exactly how old I am, we are unsure although I think I am approximately three years old.

However, I can tell you that I really, really, really would love to give you a big cuddle. I am very smoochy, friendly and would really like a family that wants to give me a caring, loving home.

I promise that I will be your friend all the time and I enjoy playing and chasing things around. I prefer a household with no small children, please.

All 4 Paws animals are vet checked, microchipped, wormed, flea treated and de-sexed. Can you give Whimsy that caring home? If so, please visit their website: 4pawsanimalrescue.org.au

Psychotria loniceroides - Cam Burton

the cracks of the rocks.

Barung native Plant nursery

lush lime green edible foliage and delicate sprays of white flowers.

Another wonderful rock plant for shade and dappled light is a delightful succulent herb, Peperomia blanda, which creeps through the cracks and even grows happily on the rock face. It has elegant round leaves and numerous dainty flower spikelets.

There is a variety of these beautiful local native species in the Barung Nursery at the moment. So if you are looking for the perfect species for your native gardening project, or would like some support and advice with your garden design, pop in and see the friendly team at the Barung Maleny Community Nursery.

Phone 5494 3151

Porters Lane Nursery opening times: Wednesday to Saturday 9am - 3pm

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by JAMIE WALKER

Thoughts

For most of my life, my autumns were those of the northern hemisphere; marked by first frosts, gales and falling golden leaves. Autumn was a season of significant changes and was my favourite time

I particularly noticed the Eastern Koel, and how its calls become progressively less complicated as the days’ length reduces. By the beginning of April, it has left us for Papua New Guinea and its last “coo-ee” notes have become a memory.

these foods create is fuel for the journeys ahead of them.

Most autumn migrants are responding to shortening days. Some are north-south latitude travellers – others are altitudinal, escaping the onsetting chill of high ground and the reduction in food which goes with it.

The Rose Robin is a good example. It usually comes to us from much higher places; probably Lamington Plateau or Springbrook (where it is a canopy bird and hard to spot).

These robins will stay with us (at places like Baroon Dam, Maleny Trail and Bli Bli Lakes) while winter advances. But, after the solstice, they will be aware of seasonal change in another direction and will feel driven to slip away.

Climate change notwithstanding, all these wonderful things appear against this season’s clarified background –now free from heat haze. There are early morning ‘cottonwool’ cushions of cloud layered into valleys and hollows – soon to be burned off by a kinder, lowered sun which now gives a different shine to the distant ocean’s surface.

Wildlife and landscape; Queensland autumn’s expressions. There for us all to see.

About That Tree

their regular territories; and Arctic-yearning shorebirds, leaving for the north, assumed bright breeding feathers.

In the Wild

Apart from a few rare orchids, the only noticeable flowers which I had been accustomed to seeing were on the vines of common ivy. In Queensland, I was astonished by the mass flowering of Blue Quandongs and many eucalypts, and their noisy attendant flocks of nectarfeeding birds like Rainbow Lorikeets and Little Friarbirds. Then there were gatherings of Straw-necked Ibises – newly returned from the south – foraging in the cattle pastures. Oriental Cuckoos, perhaps bound for Japan, fattened on caterpillars in our White Ash tree; while I noticed that Cicadabirds did the same with fruit. The subcutaneous fat

with Spencer Shaw

There’s more to creating habitat than just planting trees

Do you remember the old Humpty Dumpty rhyme of our childhood, and how all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again... Feels a bit like that with ecological restoration at times, but when we all work together we can make a difference. On the plus side at least we’re not struggling to put an egg together with hooves, like the kings’ horses!

For many decades now, many of us have been planting and weeding to restore our native vegetation and in turn re-create habitat for our native fauna. But what if I was to tell you that there’s far more to creating habitat than just planting trees.

Native vegetation communities at all stages of their development provide habitat for native fauna, but for our revegetation plantings alone it will be many, many decades if not centuries before they provide the full

range of habitats forf the ecosystems we are aiming to restore.

So, the sooner we take action to increase habitat potential, the sooner we can provide habitat for a whole host of threatened fauna.

Take tree hollows for example, here in South East Queensland we have large areas of native forest which could lead us to assume that there’s plenty of habitat in the form of hollows to be found for our arboreal and avian fauna.

However, a large percentage of these forests are regrowth and although they’re many, many decades old, our woodland forest trees can take well over a century to start to form useable habitat hollows. So, nest boxes and man-made tree hollows are a crucial stop-gap measure for at least the next century. Oh yes and please stop

cutting down old growth forests.

Closer to the ground we can create habitat through diverse plantings that also recreate understorey (e.g. grasses, herbs, ferns) and shrub layers (with all their associated benefits of food, nesting and resting resources).

Piles of rocks, logs, mulch, piles of leaves or even soil should be installed in all revegetation projects to help create immediate habitat potential for grounddwelling fauna.

Besides resources for fauna these complex plantings and additions will provide resources for native fungi, which are perhaps not only the glue that holds our ecosystems together but the very engine that drives them.

Be diverse in your plantings and habitat creation and you too can help play an important role in putting our fractured ecosystems back together again.

Forest Heart Local Native Plant Nursery

with Tree Surgeon Tony Wootton, our local arborist and author, meeting the Hinterland's tree needs since 1996

Iwanted to share with you the profoundly joyful feeling I feel when I sit at the feet of some of the trees that I planted in the late 1990s. One of them in particular, a blue Quandong, Eleaocarpus angustifolius, is gigantic.

It is a marvel to think that a quandong seed could produce such a huge organism, and to consider that a younger version of myself, planted it all those years ago. This is a feeling that you cannot buy. You can only get it by planting a tree and then living in that place for several decades.

For the sake of this feeling alone, I would encourage anyone reading this article to do exactly that. Another astounding thing to realise is that these trees are barely out of kindergarten. I can’t wait to see what they will look like in another 20 years, if I’m lucky enough to live that long. Even if I am not, future generations will be able to gaze in wonder at these behemoths. That’s one of the inspiring things about trees, they can potentially live a lot longer than us, spanning generations, a legacy if you will.

It’s also an exciting time of year now in the garden as we throw off the oppressive shackles of summer heat and cut back the excessive summer growth, with the cooler weather making it a pleasant time to be out amongst our herbaceous companions.

You can start to think about what and where to prune to let in the warming sunlight of winter, which is just around the corner.

Mobile: 0403 467 664

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Landline: 54 944 917

Landline: 54 944 917

www.twtreesurgeon.com

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Male Rose Robin - image Paul Fraser

Gardening on the Range

Come and help the Sunshine Coast be stronger together

Community members of all ages and backgrounds are invited to attend the Stronger Together Forum on 16 May to share their experiences, insights and ideas to help create a renewed Community Strategy Action Plan for 2024-2029. Places are limited. Register today on Council’s website.

Dynamic visual arts award now open

The winner of the 2023 Sunshine Coast Art Prize will take home $25,000 and join the ‘greats’ in the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. Plus all finalists will be exhibited in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery. Submissions close midnight 14 May. Visit gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for more details.

First Nations Family Fun Day

Don't miss the unique celebration at Bankfoot House in Glass House Mountains on 15 April. The free event is on between 10am - 2pm. Join Kabi Kabi and Jinibara First Nations People for a unique, fun-filled day of cultural learning, games, dancing and craft activities for all ages. Visit heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for information.

CUSTOMER CONTACT

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Exciting work experience opportunity

A unique work experience program is open to students in Years 10, 11 and 12 looking to obtain on-the job skills and experience with Council's Parks and Gardens Branch. Students will experience first-hand basic technical skills within their chosen field while gaining insight into the various parks and gardens-related professions. To register or for more information, visit the careers page on Council’s website.

Does your community group need funding to help make something great happen?

Make it a reality with support from Council’s Community Grants Program. Minor Grants of up to $2000 are available for community groups to deliver projects, events and activities that provide community benefit. Visit Council’s website to apply Youth Week events and activities

Celebrate the skaters, scooters, movers and groovers, as well as the movie lovers, foodies and market wanderers during Youth Week 11-17 April. Enjoy free events, including the Beerwah Youth Week Jam Skate Comp, the Kings Beach Youth Fest and the Beerwah Movie Night. Visit Council’s website for more details.

Innovative student awards now open

Sunshine Coast students who have a great invention, business idea or new technology have the chance to bring their idea to life and share in more than $10,000 worth of prizes. Entries for the Mayor’s Telstra Innovation Awards close 27 April. Find out more at studysunshinecoast.com.au.

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What is so special about gardening in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland? A new book called Range and Hinterland Gardening, by Dr Nita C Lester and Joan Dillon, provides ideas of how you can succeed in your planting and at the same time attract the birds, bees and butterflies.

Nita has been approached by a number of gardeners over the last few years, “They would say ‘there is no book that helps me’, ‘my plants die’, ‘why is gardening so different here?’ and so forth,” said Nita. These questions were often asked by new hinterland residents.

research, Nita found the gardeners were right – there is no text that provides assistance for those new to the region.

to compile texts of not only native species, but also exotics that will grow successfully,” continued Nita.

types, from the red volcanic to clays to grey sandstones, influence the gardening outcomes. The humidity, altitude and prevailing winds must also be considered when selecting plant species.”

gave permission for their use in the developing book. Specialist writers were sought to cover the areas that Nita knows little about: camellias, magnolias, orchids, roses.

At this stage, Nita advertised for other locals who might like to join her to write this book, and Hunchy local, Joan Dillon, accepted the challenge.

“For over 18 months we have worked together selecting successful species, writing notes, sourcing images and deciding upon the final book layout,” shared Joan.

Both Joan and Nita are Australian native enthusiasts, but combined with exotics, they do increase the biodiversity in any garden and hence homes and food for the native fauna.

Their gardens are quite different, one being on the base of the eastern escarpment of the Range in Hunchy and the other on top of the Range at Mapleton, but both authors know the importance of selecting a wide variety of species that flower, fruit and seed throughout the year along with minimal grassed

“This new book has 220 pages with over 450 species detailed and well over 700 colour images,” said

Joan and Nita are gifting this text to the community. Hence when the printing costs are covered, all money will be donated: 50% to the Montville Village Association and 50% to the Mapleton Library and

There are three book launches to which you are invited to attend: Mapleton Library and Community Centre Wednesday 6pm on April 26; Rosetta Books Maleny on Friday April 28 at 5pm, and Montville Village Hall on May 3 at 6pm.

Booking are essential as numbers are limited: lester.publishing@gmail.com and state your preferred date.

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) is calling on the Queensland Government to immediately withdraw comments which put rent control on the table again

REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella said the uncertainty around how much the Government would meddle with the market would act as a blazing red flag to Queensland property investors, shattering what little confidence is left and ultimately driving them away.

“In the middle of a housing crisis caused by lack of housing supply, it’s beyond belief that the Government is now proposing a measure which innately discourages further supply,” Ms Mercorella said.

“No one denies that there is an immense amount of pressure for the most vulnerable in our community, but rent control or freezes are not the answer.

Ms Mercorella continued that the Chair of the Community Support and Services Committee, Ms Corrine McMillian MP, said that “rent controls are not effective in improving housing affordability for renters and can lead to distortions in the rental market, which result in poor outcomes for tenants including reducing the stock of rental properties.’”

Source: reiq.com

Compare and Contrast

Recent hikes will be limited to once a year rather than every six months, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament in late March.

Tenants Queensland also wants a cap on the amount rent can be increased.

The state's homelessness has risen by 22 per cent in the past five years, according to a recent report.

The most recent report by the Rental Affordability Index found Brisbane is now the second-least affordable capital city to rent in, after an increase of 17 per cent in the 12 months to June 2022.

Ms Palaszczuk said "The great majority of landlords do the right thing and look after their tenants but for those who do not, this is a wake-up call."

"We must act and will act to deliver reforms that balance the rights and interests of Queenslanders who rent and property owners to sustain healthy rental supply.

"This is fair and it is required at a time when we have seen cost of living soar and families continue to struggle.”

Source: qld.gov.au

If you are looking for acreage, extra income or a lock up and leave option, we have them all!

156 Maleny-Kenilworth Road, a premiere Maleny acreage property complete with circa 1918 Queenslander and stunning views. Rich, red volcanic soil to grow stunning gardens, fruit trees or cattle and horses will also thrive here.

813 Hunchy Road, The Country House at Hunchy, is a 5-star B&B within minutes of Montville. If you are looking for a beautiful home with the potential to earn income or be a large family home, you will need to inspect this gorgeous property to appreciate what is on offer here.

Looking for sustainability? 177 Brandenburg Road is for you, with 14.74 ha of protected flora and fauna, and a neat and tidy 2-bed, 2-bath home, 2 large living areas, lovely

views and fully off grid power supply.

1 Treehaven Way, minutes to Maleny, including a stylish 4-bedroom home, plus newly constructed two-bedroom cottagecurrently a successful, short-term holiday let, all this nestled amongst beautiful gardens. If downsizing is your priority look no further than the new, quality villa in the resort style Gem Life in Palmwoods.

Call Susan 0428573170 or Dee 0423 259 931

Agency: Brant and Bernhardt

Contact:

Susan Brant 0428 573 170

Dee Bernhardt 0423 259 931

2/20 Maple Street, Maleny

328 Mountain View Road, Maleny

Experience the Ultimate Retreat! 50-Acre Maleny Property Boasts Breathtaking Views and Stunning Homestead

Welcome to 328 Mountain View Road - one of the most stunning and desirable acreage properties nestled in the heart of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, overlooking the iconic Glass House Mountains and picturesque countryside of Maleny.

Offering 50 spectacular, useable acres, this property is conveniently located just 1 minute from Maleny and 30 minutes to the Sunshine Coast, making it the perfect balance of country living and urban convenience.

The property boasts a master built homestead, with spacious living and guest rooms, beautiful finishes, generous outdoor living areas, a huge in-ground pool and spa,

pool house and large garage.

The acreage is ideally set up for horse or cattle enthusiasts, with ample acres for grazing, riding, and exercising animals. Operating across 4 large paddocks that all access a huge spring-fed dam.

Bed: 5 Bath: 3 Car: 10

Land Size: 49.98ac

Price: Contact Agent

Agency: RE/MAX Hinterland

Contact: 0447 737 737 PH: 07 5408 4220

32 Maple Street, Maleny, Qld 4552

Investment Opportunity - Rare Commercial /

Professional Practice Space

Aunique investment opportunity presents itself in the main street of Maleny with a purpose-built medical/allied health practice facility recently listed for sale.

Previously used as a medical centre in recent years, the space includes multiple private practice rooms - perfect for professionals who require examination and consultation spaces with adjoining offices with separate entryways.

Property Highlights include:

• A huge 217sqm* with dedicated on and off-street parking

• Duel/complementary office spaces, perfect for a medical centre and adjoining laboratory or chemist.

• A complementary neighbouring tenancy mix including dentist

• Administration/reception areas, and client waiting area

• Ducted air-conditioning

• Private bathroom facilities located in the office space with also shared toilet facilities recently renovated by Body Corporate

• Private courtyards, kitchen, staff room and much more

For further information, contact Elisha Jurgensen 0401 680 195

Agency: ALORA Real Estate and Holiday Homes

Contact: Estelle, Elisha or Jen on 07 5499 9966

1/5 Maple Street, Maleny

14 Snowwood Avenue, Maleny

Easy township living in the perfect location!

Located in an elevated and leafy Maleny estate and with a beautiful outlook, this modern, single level residence is perfectly positioned between the heart of town and the Maleny Precinct Parklands.

Price: $975,000

Land Size: 800m2

RE/MAX Hinterland 0447 737 737 Ÿ The master suite is superb with views into the garden, a walk-in robe and luxurious modern ensuite, complete with a large bath

Move-in ready, this four bedroom, two bathroom home has a thoughtful floor-plan with generous dining and living areas, high ceilings and welcoming, light filled spaces. The chef in the family will find themselves at home in the centrally placed kitchen, with stone bench tops and plenty of storage. Effortless connection to the outdoors will see you spilling out onto the sheltered alfresco deck.

Located on an easy care, 800m2 parcel with beautifully established landscaping and designed around a rolling green outlook, you'll have little more to do than enjoy the panoramic views of the Maleny countryside and beyond.

Ÿ Spacious and elevated executive style home with amazing views – enjoy the peaceful ambience from every living area within this outstanding residence

Price: $1,650,000

Land Size: 44.44ha

RE/MAX Hinterland 0447 737 737

Ÿ Generous guest wing with three queen size bedrooms, serviced by a multizone main bathroom

Ÿ Substantial open plan living and dining area, with a seamless connection to the covered alfresco entertaining deck

Ÿ Additional areas within the home include a formal lounge room, media room and dedicated office/study space

Ÿ Enjoy the added peace of mind of a gated entry and an integrated home security system

Ÿ Fully ducted air conditioning and insulation.

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ADVERTISING

REAL ESTATE

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Karen Muir - Advertising Sales

To promote your business or event with an advertising campaign in the HT contact me at production@sunnycoastmedia.com.au or 0414 432 423. Print or digital opportunies available.

LEGAL SERVICES

Baker Robinson Lawyers

Steve Robinson, 20 years experience. Professional and friendly Legal Team. Suite 7, 43 Maple St Maleny. Ph: 5494 2665 E: maleny@brlawyers.com.au www.brlawyers.com.au

Easton Lawyers

Tove Easton Principal Lawyer

Your Local Lawyers in Maleny

62 Maple St, Maleny. Ph: 5494 3511

Email: tove@eastonlawyers.com.au

Lember and Williams (the LAW team)

Carolyn Williams – City Expertise, small town service. Stirling on Bunya, 13 Bunya Street, Maleny. Ph: 5495 1499

Email: carolyn@landw.com.au www.landw.com.au

TRADE AND SERVICES

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

CARPENTRY

Window Wizard - Timber Window Specialist Restoration, glazing, repairs, modifications, sash

cords, spirals, Queenslander homes and more. Call Rommy 0404 757 552 www.window-wizard.com.au

ALORA REAL ESTATE & HOLIDAY HOMES

(formerly Blackall Range Real Estate)

Looking to sell, rent or take the stress out of managing your holiday home? We can help you! Focused on integrity and delivering outstanding results. Call us for a free home appraisal. 5499 9966 1/5 Maple Street, Maleny

BOXSELLS REAL ESTATE - Est1947

Let our Real Estate family show your family the way home Kenilworth 5446 0222 Maleny 5494 2312 www.boxsells.com.au

Brant & Bernhardt Property

At Brant & Bernhardt Property we understand that it's all in the attention to detail, even the little things matter. Learn how ‘We Can Sell Yours Too!’ Dee 0423 259 931 Susan 0428 573 170

RE/MAX Hinterland

Your property is worth more with us! 07 5408 4220, 0447 737 737 sales@remaxhinterland.com.au remaxhinterland.com.au 32 Maple Street, Maleny

CLOCK REPAIR

Montville Clockshop

Repairs for Cuckoo, Grandfather, Mantle, Wall Clocks. Antique clock restoration. We can supply quartz movement and parts, and repair quartz clocks. P: 07 5442 9409. www.clockshop.com.au enquiries@clockshop.com.au

We dare to be different!

Our results speak for themselves, so if you are looking to sell your property DON’T SIGN ANYTHING .. .Call us.

Ph: 07 5478 5288 or check out www.rogerloughnanrealestate.com.au

SURVEYING & TOWN PLANNING

Hinterland Surveys

Consulting Surveyors & Town Planners servicing the Hinterland and beyond since 1993. Jimmy Duncan – Principal Town Planner 5/17 Maple St, Maleny 0417 977 848  jimmy.duncan@hinterlandsurveys.com www.hinterlandsurveys.com

VETERINARY CARE

District Vets Maleny

Veterinarian Susan Portas and her team provide professional, compassionate care for your pets. Hours Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri 8am-6pm; Wed 9am-5pm and Sat 9am-12noon 7 Myrtle St Maleny Ph: 5499 9077

Montville Veterinary Clinic Est. in 2004 and operating as a branch of our Sunshine Hinterland Veterinary Clinic in Nambour. We take pride in personalised pet care. 26 Kondalilla Falls Rd Montville

Consultation by appointment: 0401 012 884

ELECTRICIAN

RAINBOW VISION -RV Electrical Lic. 72787

Local Sparky on the Range, 25 years exp. Safety Switches, Power Points, LED Lights, Smoke Alarms, Fans, Switchboard Upgrade, Solar System Service, DATA Pts hardwired. Call Zak 0413 885 504

GUTTER CLEANING

Gutter Sucker

Gutter Sucker specialises in cleaning your guttering. a unique portable vacuum system for the efficient and effective removal of leaves and rubbish from all types of gutters and roofs.

Ph: 1800 558 745 or 0402 456 391

CONCRETE

Concrete Worx

We do it all! 35+yrs experience. Decorative stamp and stencil, coloured and exposed. Shed slabs and driveways, Bobcat and Tipper hire.

QBCC 66649 Call Mick 0417 745 770

Call Wayne 0434

Advertise your business in the HT classifieds for just $49+gst monthly. Book direct from our website.

LANDSCAPING & DESIGN

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

Handbuilt Stone QBCC 1235589

Licensed, range-based professional. Traditional rock walls, pillars, steps, paving, entrance walls and all garden features. Visit our website to see previous work for inspiration. Phone Chris on 0438 811 975 – www.handbuiltstone.com

PLANT NURSERIES

Forest Heart

Your Local Native Plant Nursery. Specialising is the native plants of SE QLD for Revegetation, Gardens, Habitat. 20 Coral Street, Maleny Ph: 07 5435 2193 – www.forestheart.com.au

Barung Landcare Native Plant Nursery

Your local community nursery stocks an extensive range of species indigenous to the Blackall Range and surrounds. Open to the public WednesdaySaturday 9am–3pm, Ph: 0429 943 152 E: nursery@barunglandcare.org.au

PLUMBING &

WASTEWATER

Anderson Plumbing & Roofing QBSA1066328

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

PLUMBINK

ROOFING

Roof & Gutter Maintenance

Clean gutters, Blocked downpipes, New & repair downpipes, Roof repairs & leaks, Fix leaking gutters, New gutters & fascias, Install & service whirly birds, Skylights & Water Tanks. Free quotes, local bloke, over 20 yrs experience Phone Brad 0419 712 081

SOLAR

Megawatts Solar – Consulting, Design & Service

We recommend only Quality Components & Installations. On-Grid, Off-Grid, and Battery Storage. Ph. Gary Phillips 0407 760 838 info@megawatts.com.au www.megawatts.com.au

Solar Laser Productions NEW FREE DIY OFF-GRID SOLAR BOOKLET 15 years experience - 90 minutes read. See where to get the best Aussie products at discounts. Contact me for your copy. 07 5484 5963 serge@solarlaserproductions.com.au

Stone on the Range Landscapes

Looking for creative ideas from a professional craftsman-then call Jim! Thirty years experience designing/building all aspects of gardens/stonework. Combining skills that utilize timber/stone and steel, as a designer, landscaper, stonemason. It is my passion to exceed your expectations. 0401 308 824   jimrstoneart@gmail.com

Advertise your business in the HT classifieds for just $49+gst monthly. Book direct from our website.

MOWING AND GARDENING

Blueys Garden Services

For all your gardening needs. Jobs include but not limited to: Mowing, Whipping snipping, Clear outs, Hedging, Tip runs, Minor landscaping and Weed management give us a call-0481 106 839

Your local, fully licenced, Sunshine Coast & Hinterland Plumber, Drainer and gas fitter. Blocked drain specialist. 24/7 service available for emergencies. Phone Luke on 0410 314 192

Suncoast Liquid Waste Removal

Local owner/operator specialising in commercial / domestic waste water pump outs- septics, treatment plants, grey water, holding tanks, pond/ pool sludge, drains etc. Avoid costly blockages & system failure with prompt, reliable & expert service. Tank assessments available. EPA licensed and fully insured. Call 0439 646 707

POOL MAINTENANCE

SwimSafe

Mobile pool maintenance & repairs. Swimming pool safety inspections. FREE QUOTES

Proudly servicing the Sunshine Coast Ph: 0448 793 148 – www.swimsafeqld.com.au

QBCC #101629

PRESSURE CLEANING

TREE SERVICES

Tony Wootton Tree Surgeon. Dip Hort(Arb) Operating locally since 1996. Tree assessments and advice. Trees and shrubs pruned and detailed. Hazardous trees removed. M: 0403 467 664 Ph: 54 944 917 www.twtreesurgeon.com

BRM Stump Grinding

Experienced and insured. Free quotes. Local family business Tim and Vicki Miller. Contact on 0401 728 162

Skilled Tree Surgeon – Kevin Pampling Born and raised in Maleny, offering reasonable rates for tree work. Insured,with years of wisdom and local knowledge. I climb, you clear = good value. Ph 0407 450 262

Single Column - 80 x 75mm

Business card - 80 x 50mm

Swede with Speed Slashing

OUR SPECIALIST RUBBISH REMOVAL SERVICE takes away, redundant, dis-used, obsolete and worn out furniture and white goods. We can take away just one item or several items. We also clear internal space in readiness for a property sale in respect of deceased estates. (Conditions apply).

For slashing and mowing, acres or house blocks, hedge trims, whipper snipping, rubbish removal and house maintenance call Birger for a free quote 0411 591 738.

We are an active enterprise engaged in recycling when condition allows.

Fresh Look Pressure Washing

Family business based in Maleny.

For all pressure washing needs, roofs, driveways, solar panel, external walls. For both domestic and commercial. Contact Jay 0477 780 577 or jay@freshlookpressurewashing.com.au

MONDAY to FRIDAY 6am to 6pm (extended hours by arrangement)

Advertise your business in the HT classifieds for just $49+gst monthly. Book direct from our website.

JUST LISTED

MUST SEE IT TO BELIEVE -GORGEOUS FAMILY PROPERTY WITH UNIQUE INCOME POSSIBILITIES

This stunning entertainer’s home is nestled on over 2 hectares and is surrounded by lush natural rainforest settings The ultimate retreat in one of the most enviable locations in the area only two minutes from the Mapleton Township