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LEAP OF FAITH

SOMETIMES, WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, another opens, as was the case for Luke and Nikki Hobbs of Canungra in south-east Queensland. Six years ago, the pair had their hearts set on a colonial weatherboard cottage, just down the road from where they now live, but they narrowly missed out on purchasing it.

They’d hoped to live along Lamington National Park Road, due to its pretty location tucked against the range and Canungra Creek, so instead turned their attention to a brick,

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