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Stanthorpe serendipity

The retirement plan, as much as Tracey and Bert Steginga had one, was to hook up their caravan and take a 10-month tour of the regions, prospecting for a new place to call home. The Stegingas had spent a significant chunk of their lives living and working in Brisbane and the prospect of a tree change appealed.

“We were looking for less bustle and a more benign climate than Brisbane and, initially, we were thinking of moving to Toowoomba,” Tracey

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