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Brightening life after loss
Domica Hill has one of those souls that shines bright and radiates goodness, strength and compassion. When you speak with Domica, you walk away feeling inspired to climb higher and brave enough to tackle whatever challenge or issue you are facing. This woman has taken the scars she has been dealt and worked hard to …
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How much is enough?
Could you give up eating out for 90 days? Not spend any money, unless it was on absolutely essential items? Could you also go home from work every day on time – for the whole three months? When Sunshine Coast radio broadcaster and author Sheridan Stewart set herself this very challenge, with a view to …
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Weaving waste into warmth
Recycling waste may not be a new idea, but two savvy Sunshine Coast sisters with a collective social and environmental conscience have taken the closed loop concept to a whole new level. Seljak Brand, founded by Karina and Sam Seljak in 2016, produces luxurious and unique wool blankets, woven from factory floor offcuts and textile …
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Self-belief & success
A WHITE feathered headdress tumbles towards the floor next to summer dresses watched over by a sunset-hued portrait of a painted Native American face. Vintage-style t-shirts wheel around a central timber table stand under a shell chandelier, while a bleached timber stand of giant proportion lords over the room. It is not quite opening time …
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Art, life & curiosity
ABBEY TWISS has long had a creative streak which has metamorphosed into different forms. She has painted. She has drawn. She taught herself to knit and crochet. “I’ll dabble for a while and then when I’ve got that, I’m on to the next thing,” she says of her movement from one creative pursuit to the …
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The art of re-invention
Changing public perceptions of contemporary art may seem like a fairly complicated task, but for Noosa Regional Gallery director Michael Brennan, it’s all in a day’s work. After five years at the iconic gallery’s helm, Michael continues to breathe new life into the way contemporary art is displayed, viewed and interpreted, by continually re-imagining concepts …
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Distilling a labour of love
It is a labour of love. That’s how Kate describes it. And by ‘it’ I am referring to Steampunk Distillery, a refreshingly unique, rural distillery set amongst the grassy knolls of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. The business idea was brought to life by two theatre nurses, Megan Coffey and Kate Gibney, over a drink on …
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The glass master
Nestled in the mountain forest of southeast Germany, the quaint village of Lauscha is as close to a real-life fairytale setting as you’re ever likely to get. The snow-covered, slate-roofed town is famous for its Christmas markets, where the star attraction is an array of glittering handmade glass baubles and ornaments that have been crafted …
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Bespoke and beautiful
DEBRA FALLOWFIELD describes her work as “perfectly imperfect” and that’s just the way she likes it. Inspired by nature and her extensive travels, the talented jeweller has honed her craft over the past 25 years to create stunning handmade pieces that are more like wearable art. “Landscapes, rock formations, the ebb and flow of rivers, …
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Hearts on fire
Madison Young dances with the flames, whipping her head and body in perfect unison with the sparks. Her costume matches the primal, earthy push and pull of the blaze. Her partner Kris Thiesfield joins her, throwing heat across the stage, and they move as one as they play together in the fire. It is quite …
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