ON THE MOVE MALENY
A MORNING COFFEE run on Maple Street, in the south-east Queensland town of Maleny, can often turn into an hour-long amble. A familiar face gestures for a chat; baskets of plump produce outside the co-op beckon closer inspection. “Nothing is ever rushed here, it definitely has that small-town feel,” says Delphinia Tam-Lower, who, together with her husband Simon, moved to the hinterland town from Singapore in early 2016 to raise their three young children. The pair previously worked in corporate jobs abroad, but wanted their family to have a sense of space and connectedness to nature that was missing. “It’s the exact opposite of the anonymity of being in a big city,” says Del.
An hour-and-a-half’s drive from Brisbane and an hour from the postcard-perfect beaches of Noosa,
