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All your electrical and solar work covered Dwayne Minchev is excited about relaunching Solar Source, a locally based solar power company that complements his existing electrical and air-conditioning business, Instyle Electrics.

Like Instyle Electrics, Solar Source customers can be confident they are dealing with a business owned by accredited locally licenced electricians that will provide great deals backed by a quality product guarantee.

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Using solar accredited installers, Solar Source will offer friendly local advice, installation and ongoing solar panel maintenance. With eight years of solar installation experience behind the venture, Dwayne looks forward to offering competitive pricing with high quality service for locals by locals. As well as solar panel installation, Solar Source will be able to advise on and install battery systems and provide updates on government incentives. Dwayne says that customers feel more confident knowing that their solar needs are being addressed by a company owned by qualified electricians.

“We’ve got everything that’s needed for installation and the expertise to deal with any electrical related issues if they arise.

"Our customers have additional peace of mind and the feedback has been great,” Dwayne says.

With an increase in the efficiency and cost-saving

potential of harnessing the power of the sun, Dwayne says an increasing number of homes and businesses are looking towards long-term sustainable options.

For all other electrical needs, Instyle Electrics has you covered offering a full range of services from new builds to general electrical repairs and maintenance. Servicing home, industrial and commercial fit-outs, Dwayne and his team can also install air-conditioning (ducted and split systems), security features, outdoor wiring and TV data and phone connections.

With environmental awareness rising, Dwayne says installation of energy-saving LED downlights has been popular as well as requests to put in garden lighting in outdoor living spaces and wiring to outdoor sheds and backyard areas.

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A few weeks back, Therese Wilson sent us some photos of a garden plant she wanted to know the name of.

Thanks go to the local garden gurus who contacted the office to say it was a type of poinsettia.

Checking with renowned Mooloolah horticulturalist and owner of Mellum Creek Nursery, Stephen Flood, he confirmed it is a poinsettia called Triple Poinsettia (or Euphorbia pulcherrima plenissima). One caller said she referred to it as “Triple Curl” poinsettia.

Being of the poinsettia group, it responds well to being pruned back after flowering (September / October), to a few buds from the ground. The pruned canes can be struck as cuttings and given to friends as gifts.

Poinsettias flower in response to shortening daylight hours. So plant them in an open space, but away from night-time lights. The best illustration of this is when you see Snowflake (the white flowering poinsettia shrub) flowering away beautifully, except on the side which faces a street light.

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Do you know what to do in the event of a bushfire?

We live in an area that is not immune to the devastating effects of bushfires, as seen at the weekend with the fires near Mount Beerwah and Peachester.

That’s the up-shot of living in one of the most beautiful natural areas in Australia.

If you don’t think you’re at risk, the Queensland Rural Fire Service (QFRS) wants you to ask yourself the following questions: • Do you live within a few kilometres of bushland?

• Does your local area have a bushfire history?

• Do you have trees and shrubs within 20 metres of your house?

• Is your home built on a slope?

If you answer yes to any of these questions, you are likely to be at a heightened risk.

The QFRS suggests that we all take some time to be prepared.

Prepare your home, property and family now and have your Bushfire Survival Plan in place before a bushfire strikes.

If you do not have a Bushfire Survival Plan, the QFRS website

(www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au/BushFire_Safety) has an easy-to-use guide to help you create one.

The website looks at what you can do to prepare for bushfire season; what to consider if you plan to stay in the event of a bushfire; what you need to know if you decide to leave early; and how to keep up to date with information on fire risks and situations.

In the event of a fire, here’s what QFRS suggests: • Activate your Bushfire Survival Plan.

• Advise family and friends of your plan.

• Listen to your local radio station or visit the QFRS website for regular updates.

• Close windows and doors to minimise smoke exposure.

• If you suffer from a respiratory condition, keep your medication close by.

• Drive with caution in low visibility conditions.

• Contact your neighbours to check if they need help to prepare for the bushfire.

• Pack important documents and essential items (eg, passports, birth certificates, prescription medication, food and water, and protective clothing) in case you need to leave the area.

• Put on protective clothing (eg, a long-sleeved cotton shirt, boots with thick soles).

• Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.

• Bring pets inside; restrain them with a leash, a cage or inside a secure room; and provide them with plenty of water.

• Take action to protect your livestock.

• Move flammable materials such as doormats, wheelie bins, and outdoor furniture away from your house.

• Fill containers such as your bath, sinks and buckets with water so you have access to drinking water and firefighting water.

• Close windows and doors, sealing the gaps under doors and screens with wet towels to keep smoke out of the house.

Knowing a few of these simple things could help save your life or that of a loved one or neighbour.

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Transform your outdoor living space Charmak Landscape Construction is a Peachester based landscaping business that services the Hinterland and Sunshine Coast region from North Brisbane to Gympie.

Consisting of husband and wife team Ryan & Krysty Idle, the dynamite duo offer competitive pricing, friendly honest service, and an excellent standard of work. They have the skills, equipment and expertise to transform and update your backyard, premises or outdoor living space.

Ryan is a structural landscaper by trade with over 15 years industry experience and Krysty has over 10 years of design background. Before establishing their own business two and a

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half years ago, Ryan worked as a commercial landscaper on the Coast specialising in large scale housing and council landscape work.

Wanting to achieve a more productive home/ life balance and allow time with their two young daughters Charlotte and Mackenzie (who sometimes ‘help’ by coming along to job quotes), Ryan and Krysty set up Charmak (named after a blend of their daughters’ names) and haven’t looked back since.

Krysty says that feedback has been awesome, and that most of their business has been from either repeat clients or new clients from referral or word of mouth.

“People seem to be really pleased with what

we offer, and we are always happy to come out and suggest design or landscaping ideas to help clients achieve their desired outdoor space. Good landscaping can really add value to property as well as providing a more satisfying living environment.” says Krysty.

The couple particularly enjoy creating wonderful backyard renovations, however they also offer a range of stand alone outdoor design and landscaping services such as paving, fencing, concreting and retainer wall work.

“We get a lot of comments about our service which is great – and the fact that Ryan and I always turn up when we say we will. We are always happy to come out for a free quote and spend time with people to fully understand what they need in order to achieve the best possible results” explains Krysty.

As well as running their business, over the years’ the couple have been happy to donate their time and skills to assist local community groups achieve their landscaping goals.

For example, Peachester Playgroup was recently awarded a $20,000 grant to install new playground equipment. While the grant generously provided for the supply of materials, it wasn’t enough to cover the landscaping and all material costs – so Charmak Landscape Construction stepped in and donated additional materials and their time to ensure the work was completed.

As a local family run business, Krysty and Ryan are always keen to support services that benefit families in the local community.

To find out more, give Krysty a call on 0400 175 134 or visit their website http:// charmaklandscape.com.au/ or Facebook page.

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Happy Birthday

With Spencer and Karen Shaw

Wow, it’s been three years since we opened our doors at Forest Heart and thank you for the wonderful support we have received in establishing the first commercial retail native plant nursery focusing on the indigenous (local) native plants of south East Queensland.

We stock a great range of amazing local natives but also stock a wide range of Australian native cultivar grevilleas, bottle brushes, hedging lillypillies and many more to appeal to all Aussie native plant lovers.

We also carry a great range of fruit trees from a growing list of suppliers, so plenty of variety and increasing all the time. Citrus, blueberries, olives, mulberry, avocado, mango, pecan and many more. We also stock nest boxes, native flora and fauna books, organic fertilisers, mulches, potting mixes.

The most exciting part of our business is that as time goes on our range of great local native plants increases and with over 3500 species of local native’s plants in South East Queensland, we’ve certainly got our work cut out for us. Thanks again for your support so far and if you haven’t had a chance to pop in yet come a check our great range.

All the best, Spencer and Karen.

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Birds, bats and bees in our backyards is the message behind the free ‘Native Naturally for your Garden’ event being held by the Friends of Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens on Sunday, September 15, from 8am–3pm.

The Friends group have once again teamed up with local experts and groups including Native Plants Sunshine Coast to present the event.

The popular program of speakers will include experts in stingless native bees, gardens for wildlife and bats as pollinators. A special treat for local gardeners will be ‘breakfast with the birds’ from 7.30am and a bird walk with FaunaWatch.

The day also includes free advice, displays, plant information and guided garden walks, as well as plants for sale.

The Friends will provide a sausage sizzle at lunchtime and the Compass Garden Café will sell coffees and light refreshments throughout the event.

The Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens are located on Palm Creek Road, Tanawha. More details about the event are available on the Friends’ website www.friendsofmaroochybotanicgardens.org.au

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Backyard Stickybeak Ambience and interest makes for a great garden At this year’s Gardening on the Edge weekend in June organised by the Maleny Garden Club, six garden owners opened their gates and allowed hordes of visitors to wander about.

It’s not an easy thing to do and I expect it evokes all sorts of imagined misgivings.

Will the garden be interesting to other people, will there be enough in flower at the time, have I done enough tidying up, will the weather behave itself, will the visitors behave themselves … it’s enough to send any gardener around the bend.

Most Gardening on the Edge visitors are looking for something different, something inspiring, something attractive and something from which they can take away not just memories, but a few practical ideas for their own gardens.

Tucked away in Witta, Jo-Anne and Bill Dickinson had a fairly quiet life – that is until they put their hand up to be an open garden in this year’s Gardening on the Edge.

Their two and a half hectares of lush tropical gardens is a sight to behold.

The garden forms a calming backdrop to their bed and breakfast – called Parklands Guesthouse retreat – and it’s easy to see why people would want to stay and linger.

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The property is made up of a number of different garden zones, set within the natural forested expanse.

Connecting these zones is a fantastic network of pathways, which wind through the landscape, taking you on a journey of discovery.

Their use of pathways is a great example of how to make them more than just traffic corridors.

Good pathways should not be noticeable in themselves … they should unconsciously guide the traveller along, making the focus of their attention the landscape or the feature to which the pathway is leading to or through.

Anchoring this garden to the landscape is the treelined stream which runs through it.

A creek is a gift to any gardener, as it not only gives you the opportunity to create some truly wonderful scenic vistas, but it gives a life and movement to a garden which is continually changing.

Jo-Anne and Bill have used their stream to perfection. The path runs along both sides, giving the wanderer differing views across it and the landscape beyond.

They’ve also used the rocks within the stream to construct stone structures, which look eerie, in the dappled gloom created under the tree-lined stream edges.

To cross the stream, they’ve given visitors the option of a sturdy covered bridge or a set of stepping stones, to rock hop your way across.

The bridge, being higher up, gives the viewer the chance to look down onto a pooled area.

This is always a good idea, as it draws you in to stare into the water, hopeful in seeing something moving beneath … maybe a platypus?

One of the standout parts of this garden – and something which isn’t a feature easily created in any old garden – is the bamboo chapel.

This large circular stand of giant bamboo has a narrow walkway though it into a hidden central open space.

Once you discover how to get in, it’s like you’ve entered into a soaring cathedral of bamboo poles. You can’t help but stand and look straight up into the towering space above.

It is definitely the envy of any gardener. But one which would take many years of patience to create from scratch … so Jo-Anne and Bill are very fortunate to be the recipient of someone else's

foresight.

It was a pleasure spending the two hours wandering about their garden and being captivated by the spaces, colours and forms. But then again, that’s the hallmark of a good garden.

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