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Glass house GREEN HOUSE

After 15 years as a seafarer, when Emma Carlos decided to jump ship she very quickly learned to enjoy a landlubber’s life. She and partner Mark Simm bought an 18.5-acre (7.5-ha) property in Beerwah, a town tucked behind the Glass House Mountains in the lush subtropical Sunshine Coast hinterland.

Blackwattle Farm is a B&B and farmstay offering a memorable berth for tourists. But the organic farming duo had a much bigger vision for

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