Australian Country Homes

MOUNTAIN HIGH

Driving through the picturesque hinterland village of Maleny in southeast Queensland more than 20 years ago, Betty and Terry Stokes fell in love with a beautiful block of land, which looks out towards the Glasshouse Mountains. “We practically bought it on the spot,” Betty says. “We thought it could be our little piece of paradise.”

While work and family commitments kept them in Brisbane for the next few years, in 1998, they finally made the move to Maleny. “Our youngest daughter was getting

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