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A Brisbane bloke has today made a crucial error in allowing his out-of-towner wife to get a good look at Maleny, QLD.
Bruce Deagan (37, Northgate) had been warned about this by his old man, and countless other older blokes that he’s met over the years.
“We should’ve stuck to the motorway” he said.
“We coulda pulled into the Palmview super centre for some guilt-free Maccas and then powered on to Hastings street”
“But no, I just had to take her up into the hills.”
What was meant to be a winding family road trip from Brisbane to Noosa, has suddenly become a very serious discussion about uprooting their entire lives and making a tree change to the cutest town that the missus has ever seen.
At 450 metres above sea level, Maleny is a scenic hinterland settlement about 90 kilometres north of Brisbane with a famous history and a quaint diary town.
Aside from the gorgeous little general store packed with yummy cheeses and local honey, Maleny is most famous for its geographical assets - with rolling green hills, crisp country air dairy and crystal clear views of the Glass House Mountains.
Now Bruce’s wife, Claudia, is demanding to know why this place was kept from her.
“To think I left Sydney Harbour to live in Brisbane’s fucken Northside” says Claudia.
“I bit my tongue through the yearly floods and mozzie plagues because my husband is so proud of his boring city”
“And now I find out this place was just an hour up the road the whole time”
However, like countless Queenslanders before him, Brucey knows it’s not that easy.
“There’s only so many pre-war timber cottages in these hills” he says.
“And what are we gonna do for a crust”
As a fleet logistics manager for a portable dog wash franchise, Brucey knows for a fact that his job is not transferable to a one post office town like this.
“Claudia is a town planner who specialises in medium density sprawl, for Christ’s sake” he says.
“This is a delusion. It’s a great town to visit for some tea and scones, but we aren’t staying forever”
However, Bruce’s wife disagrees.
“We could open a wine bar or something” she says.
