Community profile

Patricia Jutila

How long have you lived in the Glass House Mountains area for?
I’ve lived in the Glass House area for going on 23 years.

What made you move to the Glass House Mountains area?
I moved here because it was getting closer to retirement for us, and I lived by the beach before then, so I moved up and retired.

What do you love about living in the Glass House Mountains area?
It’s got everything, the people are lovely, and that’s why I got involved with a lot of the groups here as a volunteer, I belong to groups here and in Beerwah, places like that.
One community group that I volunteer for is the Glass House Mountains Neighbourhood Centre.

What’s your favourite spot or hidden gem?
I love going to the Glasshouse Mountains lookout, looking over all the mountains up there, I feel that it is just a beautiful scenery of all of the mountains that we have up here. It’s a very pretty place.

Is there anything you would change about the Glass House Mountains area?
No I wouldn’t change anything, it is perfect but unfortunately we know change needs to be done sometimes, I’m sure it will grow.

What’s something that outsiders should know, that they may not know about the Glass House Mountains area?
It’s a very community-minded area, not only for the people and also our businesses here, they have been so supportive of the groups here.