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RURAL OASIS

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE planning a family getaway to Maleny in Queensland and all the decent accommodation is booked out? For Heather Hickson, the only solution was to scroll through the local real estate listings in the hope of finding a fixer-upper that might serve as a permanent holiday home. Her search proved fruitful when she discovered a charming cottage on a scenic block in the village of Witta – on traditional Gubbi Gubbi Country – 10 minutes’ drive north of Maleny.

“I fell in

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