NA ="Montville, Nambour, Flaxton, Maleny, Landsborough, Buderim, Forest Glen, Bli Bli, Mapleton, Palmwoods, Woombye,";
FE1[0]=" Australia's Sunshine Coast, just north of Brisbane is easily accessible by car, coach or plane and provides an excellent beachside destination all year round. The Sunshine Coast takes in the beachside town and cities of Caloundra,";
FE2[0]=" Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Coolum and Noosa - as well as the mountain villages including Maleny and Montville in the Noosa Hinterland and Blackall Ranges. The Sunshine Coast Wine region is one of the most diverse and fastest growi";
FE3[0]="ng wine regions in Queensland. It encompasses vineyards situated high up in the cooler climate Blackall Range, Kenilworth and Traveston areas through to the milder climates in the valleys near the coast. Many vineyards are being e";
FE4[0]="stablished in this region including Flaxton, Montville, Maleny, Kenilworth, Gympie and Eumundi. The vineyards have been showing promising results. The range of micro climates allow for a wide range of grape varieties to be grown w";
FE5[0]="ithin the region. These range from plantings of Shiraz, Chambourcin and Chardonnay through to Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. All are small boutique vineyards who hand-pick their grapes and hand prune their vines. ";
FE6[0]="The personalized attention in the vineyards allow for wines that are distinctive in character. The cellar doors are filled with people passionate about their vineyards and wine, and who love to share the experience of Queensland w";
FE7[0]="ines for the Queensland life style. With ten cellar doors, the region offers diverse tourism experiences. The Sunshine Coast wineries celebrate the enjoyment of wine and good food. Many of the wineries offer restaurants, cheese pl";
FE8[0]="atters, gourmet picnics and winery and vineyard tours. Group tours are welcome, as are individual travellers who are looking for an escape from the stress of city living. From the glorious beauty of the Sunshine Coast mountains an";
FE9[0]="d valleys, to the relaxed life style of the beaches and harbour, the Sunshine Coast wineries encompass some of the best Queensland wine has to offer.";
LA1[0]=" This area known as the Sunshine Coast covers the Noosa, Maroochy and Mooloolah River catchments, from just south of the Caloundra turn-off on the Bruce Highway north to about the Freshwater camping ground in Cooloolah National Par";
LA2[0]="k and west to the Blackall Range and the coastal strip east of Mounts Tinbeerah, Cooroy and Pinbarren. It is an awe-inspiring landscape with magnificent individual mountains and ranges rising out of fertile floodplains and undulat";
LA3[0]="ing foothills, drained by a vast network of waterways and three unique estuaries. The enfolding nature of the topography provides a constantly changing series of vistas and ecosystems as one moves through the landscape. It also gi";
LA4[0]="ves rise to extensive tributary systems with every home having some close connection with a waterbody, be it a gully, lake or estuary. Without a doubt, however, all residents of the Sunshine Coast know they are lucky to live in su";
LA5[0]="ch a naturally beautiful part of the world. This appreciation of the natural environment has shone through in recent visioning exercises undertaken by the Noosa, Maroochy and Caloundra Councils. The region is characterized by beau";
LA6[0]="tiful beaches, expansive coastal views and rich fertile soils in the hinterland. Behind the Coast sits the Blackall Range, formed by ancient basaltic lava flows, the rich red soils of the Range are now covered by a patchwork of ro";
LA7[0]="lling green pastures and dense rainforest. Not so long ago, the Aborigines of the Kabi Tribe gathered together every two to three years on the banks of the Obi Obi at Baroon Pocket to feast on the fruit of the Bunya Pine (Bonyi Bo";
LA8[0]="nyi). It was a place of enrichment and celebration for the Kabi Kabi: a place to exchange songs, stories, tools and ornaments. With the arrival of the timber-getters, dairy farmers and fruitg-rowers, much of the original forest wa";
LA9[0]="s cleared beginning the settlement of the small towns along the crest of the Range - Maleny, Montville, Flaxton and Mapleton.";
CL1[0]=" The weather on the Sunshine Coast undergoes mild fluctuations in extremes and is pretty much ideal all year round. Summer or winter, there will always be people out and about dining alfresco, walking the beachers, boating or just ";
CL2[0]="simply enjoying the outdoor surrounds. During the winter months the temperature along the coast can average around 20°C (68°F); whereas in the summer months the temperatures can average around 28°C (82°F). In being such a lush are";
CL3[0]="a there is regular rainfall all year round. With a name such as the Sunshine Coast -  its easy to see why the temperatures are ideal and the aptness in which the region was named. In the hinterland areas however, the temperatures ";
CL4[0]="can be a degree or two cooler or warmer than the coast.";
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HI1[0]=" In being located between Brisbane - the corporate heart of Queensland - and, the road to Gympie gold, the Sunshine Coast has evolved quite distinctively over the years. With this location for settlement it showcases kilometres of ";
HI2[0]="pristine beaches, undulating hinterland forests and an adornment of lakes and rivers. These attributes ensure that the Sunshine Coast has become increasingly frequented by a mixture of holiday makers and those looking to set up pe";
HI3[0]="rmanent residence. However, all those years ago, it wasn't these beautifully stunning natural features that initially attracted settlers to the region. The main industry was that of timber harvesting which was the foundation of th";
HI4[0]="e North Coast of Brisbane. The array of timbers included red cedar, bunya, kauri pines, beech, tallow-wood and bloodwood. These were used for firewood, railway bridge girders and sleepers, fence posts, house materials, telegraph p";
HI5[0]="osts and even livestock water troughs and highly scented oils for perfumes. With the quick felling of trees and the clearing of rich volcanic soil for agriculture, townships were popping up everywhere from Mooloolah in the south t";
HI6[0]="o Noosa in the north. Eurpoean settlement dates back to 1860 where Lieutenant Bligh acquired 16,000 acres in which he named 'Caroora'. Yet, there was actually very minimal settlement until around 30 years later when the Protestant";
HI7[0]=" Unity Group settled at Skyring Creek at Cooran. From here the railway was opened from Cooran to Gympie in 1889 with a link from Cooran to Cooroy opening 2 years later. Wine was grown by early German settlers around Witta (which w";
HI8[0]="as known as 'old Teutoberg'). The settlers grew grapes and made wine which was sold to the hotel at Landsborough - delivered on horseback, packed in saddlebags! Wine has again become an important industry in the area where vines t";
HI9[0]="hrive in the rich volcanic soil and maritime climate of the Blackall Range. Many vineyards and wineries have been established in the last 10 years";