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The Hot List
Inspo for your autumn.
Eat
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Brick & Basil
Pizza topped with spicy salami and oozing mozzarella, a bountiful antipasto board with creamy cheeses and pickled artichoke, luscious nests of pasta covered with slow-cooked ragu and rich carbonara. Hungry yet?
This new addition to Erindale Vikings is raising the bar for club dining. A stunning fitout channels the vibe of an authentic Italian trattoria, while the food could be straight from Nonna’s kitchen. Mangia! Mangia!
Erindale Vikings, 6 Ricardo Street, Wanniassa
vikings.com.au
Drink
The Howling Moon
The Rex Hotel is a Canberra institution. Built in 1959 as “the Luxury Hotel”, the Rex was looking a little tired for a few years, but a recent makeover has seen it restored to its former glory—and then some.
The icing on the cake, so to speak? The hotel’s new rooftop bar, The Howling Moon. If you like 180-degree panoramic views of Canberra with your chardonnay and cheese board, this is the place to be.
Level 6, 150 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon
canberrarexhotel.com.au
Make
Kin Gallery Jewellery Workshop
There’s something special about crafting something by hand, and even better when you can wear the fruits of your labour. From beginners to those keen to refine their skills, Kin Gallery’s jewellery-making workshops offer intimate tutorials that teach participants basic fabrication methods including saw piercing, soldering, riveting and finishing techniques.
The best part? You’ll leave with a unique piece of jewellery that you crafted yourself!
G06 - 27 Lonsdale Street Braddon
kingallery.bigcartel.com
Watch
The Spiegeltent Canberra
A full program of world-class music, comedy and cabaret will hit the stage of The Spiegeltent Canberra during April and May— we’re talking Dan Sultan, Sam Simmons, The Black Sorrows, Rove McManus, Trevor Ashley, Gretel Killeen and more.
These artists will join the adultsonly headline act Blanc de Blanc—a blend of vintage glamour, high-end spectacle and titillating acts which will bring the finest cabaret and acrobatic talent from around the world into a wild, shimmering night.
26 April to 20 May 2018
Canberra Theatre Centre Forecourt, Civic Square, Canberra City
canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Harvest
Pick Your Own Produce
It’s a sad fact of life that the apples and stonefruit that languish in the supermarkets are a pale imitation of the fruit picked fresh from the tree. So why not do exactly that?
Tanbella Orchard in Pialligo is Canberra's only self-pick orchard, boasting more than 52 varieties of apples, nashis, pears and peaches (not to mention fresh apple juice). Pop out to the orchard to discover when your favourites are ripe and ready for picking, and experience the taste of a changing range of fruit each week.
Open 11am to 4pm until May.
20A Beltana Road, Pialligo
tanbellaorchard.com
Party
Hot Dub Wine Machine
DJ extraordinaire Hot Dub Time Machine‘s touring music event Wine Machine is coming to Pialligo Estate on 31 March, and it's going to be big.
Hosted by Triple J’s Tom Tilley, Wine Machine will boast sets from the likes of Sneaky Sound System, The Kite String Tangle, Touch Sensitive, Luke Million and Hot Dub Time Machine himself.
There’ll also be gourmet food, wine, craft beer, dancing and apparently the “Best. Chardy. Ever.” Enough said.
31 March 2018
Pialligo Estate, 18 Kallaroo Road, Pialligo
thepialligoestate.com.au/whats-on
See
Cartier: The Exhibition
Never before have so many incredible diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones been seen in Australia. Cartier: The
Exhibition showcases more than 300 spectacular items, with loans from royal families, celebrities and the astonishing Cartier Collection itself, in exquisite settings such as royal tiaras, necklaces, brooches and earrings.
Highlights include: Dame Nellie Melba’s diamond stomacher brooch; the Queen’s “Halo” tiara, worn by Kate Middleton at her wedding to Prince William; Princess Grace of Monaco’s 10.48-carat diamond engagement ring; and Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s diamond and ruby necklace.
30 March to 22 July
National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes
nga.gov.au/cartier
Words: Amanda Whitley + Beatrice Smith
