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Health trends to change your mind and body in 2017

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ellness is what we want in 2017 and there are many ways we will be able to have it – from focusing on mindfulness (p10) and hiking in the hills to dining out on superfoods (p28). But some people have a different definition of wellness and that might be the sheer pleasure they get from travel, just like Jim Buck and his family (p20). For 30 years they have been returning to the same campsite on the southern Great Barrier Reef, not as tourists but as volunteers assisting research to preserve local marine life and sharing their knowledge with others ... a treat for body and soul

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Brisbane Airport News Cathay Pacific first to bring A350 to Brisbane; pedal to power smart devices; new flights to Shanghai; and first Sustainability Report for Brisbane Airport

Brisbane Insider

A taste of Indigenous art; Global Rugby Tens kick off; celebrate Chinese New Year; boost for Street Art Festival and more

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Hello Adele

The superstar singer makes her first visit to Brisbane

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New Year, Healthy New You

5 health trends that will change your mind and body in 2017

Style 10 Look Fit

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Activewear to fit a healthy lifestyle in 2017

Suited to Summer The new look of smart city dressing for men

ESCAPE 16 The Heart of Seoul

20 Turtle Magic

Visitors to the southern Great Barrier Reef are turning into wildlife warriors

24 Escape Extra

Big adventure club goes off the beaten track; take a virtual tour of destinations before you go; Australia’s most affordable beach getaways, and more

FOOD & DRINK 28 Eat Wise

Craft beer is booming but the search is on for a unique taste of the city

WHAT’S ON 32 Holiday Highlights

Science, art, music and theatre in the spotlight plus highlights of the school holiday shows

35 Events Calendar

Find out what’s happening around the city here

MY BRISBANE 36 Lorna Jane Clarkson

Behind the flashy technology Korea’s capital

is rediscovering its culture

GALLERY 39 Day in the life

People at Brisbane Airport

NEED TO KNOW 38 Helpful information for

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visitors to Brisbane Airport Destination map Brisbane metro map

Healthy food options are even easier to find

30 A Taste of Brisbane is Brewing

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Founder of Lorna Jane activewear and stores shares her healthy haunts

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BAC NEWS

Airport releases first

Sustainability Report

Newest Airbus to land in Brisbane Cathay Pacific is the first airline to bring the world’s newest aircraft – the Airbus A350-900 – to Brisbane, adding it to its daily services from March. The A350 is not only a larger plane, increasing the number of passengers per flight to 280, it is lighter, making it more fuel-efficient, and its Rolls Royce engines make it the quietest long-haul aircraft serving Brisbane.

The advanced technology extends to the cabin and even economy class seats have dedicated tablet holders, in-seat power outlets, USB ports, inflight WiFi and the latest high-definition touchscreen personal TVs. Ergonomically-designed seats allow more flexibility to adjust for comfort, have a fully integrated leg rest and a six-way headrest for better support – and the effects may be felt long after landing, with subtle changes in cabin humidity helping to minimise jet-lag after a flight.

Cathay Pacific has been flying to Brisbane for 30 years and connects travellers to more than 170 destinations around the world from its hub in Hong Kong.

Fly direct between Brisbane and Hong Kong and on to more than 170 destinations around the world with Cathay Pacific. See www.cathaypacific.com.au

New flights to Shanghai The first of China Eastern Airlines’ new direct flights between Shanghai and Brisbane was welcomed in the traditional manner, under a huge burst of water cannon, when it touched down at Brisbane Airport. The new flights operate four times weekly on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and provide a key link between Queensland’s international gateway city and China’s biggest city and global financial hub.

The Chinese visitor market is currently the second largest for Brisbane Airport and grew 19 per cent in the last financial year alone. China Eastern’s new flights are expected to bring 18,000 additional Chinese visitors to Queensland each year which will have flow on benefits for the state’s economy, from business and investment to tourism, trade and education.

Fly direct between Brisbane and Shanghai with China Eastern which operates services four times weekly.

See http://oa.ceair.com

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has released its first Sustainability Report which outlines its initiatives in the responsible operation and development of the airport for positive economic, environmental and community outcomes for the future.

With more than $3 billion invested in infrastructure, including a New Parallel Runway to be completed by 2020, the airport is in the most critical period of development in its history. “With our vision to become the gateway to Australia, it is important that we continue to grow and provide economic benefit to the city, state and the nation without adverse impacts on the environment or the community,” says BAC CEO and managing director, Julieanne Alroe.

In one year BAC reduced its carbon emissions by 5 per cent, putting it 40 per cent lower than the Asia-Pacific average; quarterly passenger surveys have shown a significant increase in customer satisfaction in the last financial year and almost $1.5 million has been distributed to community groups from a Community Giving Fund.

For more information view the full report at www.bne.com.au

New route to Wagga

Brisbane’s fastest growing regional carrier Jetgo will launch new flights direct between Brisbane Airport and Wagga Wagga in NSW from 13 February. Initially there will be three departures per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday to cater for weekend leisure travellers, provide a connection to international departures and a convenient commute for business travellers with a flight time under two hours. Jetgo’s new route is a milestone for Wagga Wagga bringing jet services back to the city for the first time in 15 years. Launch flights start from $197 per person, one way. For details and bookings see www.jetgo.com

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Here’s a way to do a little last minute exercise before boarding that long haul flight overseas – and download your inflight entertainment on to a smart device at the same time. Brisbane Airport is the first in Australia to install a pedal power kiosk at the International Terminal (Level 4 Departures) where travellers can recharge their multimedia device prior to flying or watch their favourite Netflix programs without an internet connection or using their data. The kiosks have been a big hit in Europe where they have been installed in airports, train stations, hotels, conference centres, corporate offices and even libraries. Brisbane Airport has partnered with Belgian-based WeWatt, the company that developed the concept, and provides the fastest uncapped WiFi in Australia for quick and easy downloads.

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BRISBANE INSIDER

Looking at the vibrancy of Chern’ee Sutton’s artworks, you’d never guess she was a shy kid at school who had trouble fitting in. Even back then Sutton showed an interest in art and took it upon herself to teach other kids how to draw. Then her teacher encouraged her to enter a local art competition, which she did, and she won. She was 13. It unleashed a passion in Sutton that has seen her art capture the attention of politicians and princesses – yes, she has met the Duchess of Cambridge and presented her with a painting to hang in Kensington Palace – as well as sports heroes and academics.

Sutton, now 20, is inspired by her Indigenous heritage. Her mob is from the Kalkadoon people of Mt Isa and she lives in Bundaberg where she now paints “from the moment she gets up to the moment she goes to sleep”, such is the demand for her work. Painting, Sutton says, made her believe she could achieve anything, and she often makes time in her busy schedule to visit schools to inspire others to do the same.

Sutton is an excellent role model. Her work hangs in Parliament House in Canberra and adorns myriad ‘canvases’ from book covers to footballs and football jerseys (she has designed the Indigenous All Stars jersey for 2017, the third year in a row), from water tanks and power poles to corporate boxes. She has painted a guitar, a car door and once, a six-metre long canoe, often for charity.

Her work has been shown at art fairs in Hong Kong and Singapore and next year her international reputation is likely to skyrocket when Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mascot Borobi leaves his footprints in the sand – those prints will carry subtle messages in Sutton’s designs which also appear on Borobi’s paw prints and on his surfboard as well as promotional material for the games.

But her latest project is a sweet treat and a first – her designs have been embossed on chocolate by Gold Coast firm Chocolate Graphics. A selection of Sutton’s designs have been ‘drawn’ in white chocolate on to milk and dark chocolate bars and CD-size discs of chocolate, and vice versa on white chocolate bars, now available at Dreamtime Journey, Brisbane International Terminal, Level 3.

Photography by Eric Wang

Sweet Art

Fast and furious When the first annual Brisbane Global Rugby Tens kicks off on 11 February it will be a fast and furious two days of competition as all 10 Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby clubs face off against four international teams, from Samoa, South Africa, France and Japan, in a knockout tournament to claim a share in $1.6 million in prizemoney. It is the culmination of a festival of rugby that starts from 5 February and, in total, 28 matches will be played over two days heralding the start of the Super Rugby season at Suncorp Stadium. Here’s a 5-minute introduction to one of the players to watch, Queensland Reds back Karmichael Hunt …

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My first game of rugby was … for Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), East Brisbane.

My sporting hero is … (American basketball player) Allen Iverson because he’s tough, unique, skilful and did things his way.

My toughest opponent on the field is … anyone over 100kg running full steam ahead.

The team that will be our biggest challenge in the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens is … anyone from NZ because they know how to get it done on the rugby field.

The best thing about living in Brisbane is … the climate.

I’m happiest when … I’m with my family.

Rugby has taught me … to appreciate being a back, especially at scrum time.

After training I … jump in the ice bath and check the ESPN app.

My favourite meal out is… pizza.

If I wasn’t playing rugby I would be … a full-time uni student.

When I’m not playing rugby I’m … with my family or studying.

My favourite travel destination is … the Cook Islands.

I’ve always dreamed of… retiring to the Cook Islands!

If these walls could talk…

Emily Devers and Rick Hayward have had a big year. As their alter ego Frank and Mimi ‘visual identifiers’ they have travelled from their Brisbane base to Toowoomba, New Zealand, Hawaii, Sydney, Wollongong and the Gold Coast (often) to leave their mark and their message on sea walls, laneways (as in Arch Lane, Brisbane above), building sites, inside cafés and behind bars. In February we will be able to see them, and many other artists, at work during the second annual Brisbane Street Art Festival at more than 25 locations across the city from Brisbane Powerhouse in New Farm to Fish Lane in South Brisbane.

Frank and Mimi’s work will go up on a wall outside Wandering Cooks in Fish Lane and, more than simply a work of art, the wall mural will aim to stimulate our minds with visual cues that explore the role of sustainable food production. Social awareness is a common thread throughout their work. “We like to focus on something affecting the local community,”

Devers says, which is why they have been in demand at festivals such as First Coat in Toowoomba, where their work was inspired by the sacredness of land in the region, and at Sea Walls in Napier, New Zealand, which put the spotlight on ocean conservation.

The Brisbane Street Art Festival will be a mix of mural art, light shows, performance and workshops. For example, Brisbane Powerhouse will feature light projections of work by different artists every night. The first event last year, initiated by artists Lincoln Savage and David Don, was so successful it has attracted major sponsors this year including Telstra, Brisbane City Council, art supplies company Ironlak, QUT and Brisbane Powerhouse to help make it bigger and bolder than ever and, according to Savage, to ensure it will be back again in 2018.

Brisbane Street Art Festival is on 11-26 February, various locations. For the program see www.bsafest.com.au

Happy New Year, again While the western New Year has already begun, communities around the world will celebrate the start of Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Rooster with gifts, fireworks and feasts from 28 January.

In Brisbane that will include a colourful, and loud, array of entertainment including lion dancers, fire shows, music and live performances, market stalls, roving street performers and a special Chinese New Year Parade that will begin on Saturday 28 January (5pm-10pm) and continue on Sunday 29 January (12pm-5pm). The Chinese New Year events in Chinatown Mall are free.

Chinese New Year also marks the start of the BrisAsia Festival which launches in Brunswick Street Mall on 27 January and continues with a mix of cultural events around the city until 19 February.

See www.visitbrisbane.com.au

Discover the secrets of the universe at

Enjoy a show in the Cosmic Skydome and take a tour of the night sky with an astronomer.

For more information call the Planetarium on (07) 3403 2578 or visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/planetarium

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COVER STORY

She’s the global superstar with the blockbuster voice and she’s finally making her first visit to Brisbane

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verything about Adele is big, from that voice to her popularity – her carpool karaoke segment with friend and TV show host James Corden has clocked up more than 136 million views, making it the most watched YouTube video last year. She’s won 10 Grammy Awards. Her single ‘Hello’ from her third and latest album 25 debuted at #1 in Australia, as it did in many countries around the world, but the response to the video was nothing short of extraordinary with reports it was viewed on YouTube more than a million times an hour for the first two days after its release. Less than 90 days later it had reached one billion views. The song was also the first in the US to sell more than a million downloads in a week.

The album, too, topped the charts. So no one was surprised when she sold out two concerts at the Gabba in March within minutes of tickets going on sale – all up, she has sold more than 400,000 tickets for the Australian leg of her world tour.

It’s a long way from working class London where she used to sing at her mother’s dinner parties when she was five and had sing-offs in the schoolyard when she was 11. While Adele has her mother to thank for introducing her to music, apparently smuggling her into concerts at age three, taking her to iconic festival Glastonbury at eight, and switching her on to the sounds of Mary J Blige, Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys and Aaliyah, it was a visit to the jazz section of the local music store that got her thinking really seriously about music.

At 14, Adele says, she discovered Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald and started listening to Etta James every night for an hour while she tried to find her own voice. In the end it was a singer friend of her mother’s who told her she was really good and should pursue her singing. She moved to the specialist BRIT school for performing arts (where her classmates included Jessie J) and now says that she owes it to them for making her who she is today. “It was really inspiring to wake up every day to go to school with kids that actually wanted to be productive at something and wanted to be somebody,” she told Blues and Soul magazine.

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Not that Adele craves the spotlight. While she loves recording she has been open about being nervous when she performs live and, while it’s never happened, she has admitted she worries she might one night open her mouth and no sound will come out.

It didn’t happen on stage but she did suffer a vocal cord haemorrhage which cut short her promotional tour for her album 21 and for six weeks she couldn’t say a word while she recuperated. Many critics have said her voice is even better following the surgery, although Adele herself thought it had lost some of its natural huskiness.

Adele credits her current partner, not-for-profit boss Simon Konecki, for helping her get through it. They have been together for five years and Konecki made a very public display of affection recently when he dropped in on one of Adele’s shows with an anniversary surprise – a shower of handwritten notes that replaced the usual cascade of confetti that ends the show.

Each note had a romantic message on it, which apparently Konecki wrote himself, such as “I love you”, “You are an angel” and “Happy Anniversary”.

Adele went on to tell her stadium of fans that she wants to have another baby – the couple has a four-year-old son Angelo who has been travelling with her on the tour.

The star says becoming a parent has changed her. “Now that I’m a mum I try and be proper and professional with all of my life, not just my career.

I want [Angelo] to know I really cared about how I was portrayed when he came into my life and I wasn’t flippant with those things. I don’t want to be a baby raising a baby,” she told NPR Music.

Photography by Paul Morigi/Getty Images

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FEATURE

healthy new you

NewNew yearyear

From fitness to raw food, Selise McLaggan plugs into five wellness trends that could change your life

Global research has revealed that travel gives us such an emotional boost that we consider it more vital to our happiness than other big life occasions, including our own wedding day, getting engaged or landing a new job

– Booking.com

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ealth and wellbeing goals have long been top of the list of new year resolutions – even above spending more time with family and friends, or saving more money, according to research firm Nielsen. Its latest global health and wellness survey also shows those resolutions are backed up by some healthy action as 59 per cent of respondents said they were eating more natural and fresh foods in the last year, 45 per cent cut down on sugar and 47 per cent were using smartphone apps to help them keep on track.

That appears to be reflected in what we buy as market surveys also show sales of products making health and wellness claims such as ‘natural’, ‘organic’ or ‘free from’ are outpacing their traditional grocery counterparts. And as we become ever more reliant on technology, Google Trends reports that one in 20 searches is for health care information and searches for ‘best foods for’ have grown tenfold, often followed by terms such as ‘skin’, ‘energy’, ‘your brain’ and ‘gym workout’.

It’s a health obsession that’s helped Australian businesses like fitness franchise F45 and Brisbane-based meal delivery program 5point4 (see page 28) skyrocket to success. But if you’ve already added turmeric to your diet, added vitamin boosters to your smoothie, and become tired with high intensity workouts, what’s next? Here are five health trends that are on the incline in 2017…

Put your mind at ease The adult colouring phenomena began in 2013 with Johanna Basford’s bestselling book, Secret Garden. Four years later, it’s still going strong (Basford recently paired with Westin Hotels and Resorts to launch three bespoke colouring sheets to help guests relax and unwind on the road).

Mindfulness has been described as an awareness that comes from paying attention, deliberately, in the present moment. Dr Stan Rodski, Australian neuropsychologist, neuroscientist and author of several colouring books for adults, says it’s like meditation. “I was struggling with executives, managers, people who would normally be referred to me with stress, who just found it enormously difficult to do deep breathing, relaxation or meditation,” he told ABC in 2015. “The reality is that we actually enjoy the process. It’s a process that takes us to a time that is stress free.”

Ashgrove-based mindfulness educator and clinical psychotherapist Alison Keane agrees colouring can be calming but she says ‘mindfulness’ is something more. “For me, it is being in the present moment,” she says. “Learning to be with what’s uncomfortable in our life, without getting overwhelmed by it.

“It’s thought that 90 per cent of our stress is avoidable,” says Keane. “Mindfulness is one tool people can use to reduce stress and restore equilibrium and peace in the mind.

“We need to work on mindfulness when we realise we are becoming overwhelmed by our thoughts, and that these thoughts are having a detrimental effect on the way that we perceive reality and the world around us, including our relationships. Other signs are insomnia, anxiety, headaches, poor concentration and irritability.

“Mindfulness can be done anywhere and at anytime. Keeping the mind attending to what we’re doing at the time is key,” says Keane.

Feel good food According to Roy Morgan Research, the number of vegetarians in Australia has jumped more than 23 per cent to 2.1 million people since 2012 and Google reports that Australians search the word ‘vegan’ more than anyone else in the world. It appears we are also putting our money where our mouth is and Australia is the thirdfastest growing vegan market in the world.

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FEATURE

All clothing by Lorna Jane. From previous page: Competitive Edge sports bra, $72.99, Dioness core 7/8 tights $92.99, Lunar long sleeve top $69.99. This page, clockwise from above: High Intensity sports bra $72.99, Lime Light running shorts $66.99, All In One backpack $79.99; All Day Vibes tank top $45.99, Workout core shorts, tight $65.99, LJ Rad Plaid shirt $79.99.

Opposite page: Extra Mile yoga bra $62.99, Wonderful active tank top $62.99, Right On shorts, tight $65.99; No Limitations sports bra $66.99, Dream Excel tank top $65.99, Cut Out the Core 7/8 tights $95.99. Lorna Jane is at Brisbane Airport, Level 2, Domestic Terminal.

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While both vegetarians and vegans eat raw and cooked food, our taste for raw food, in particular appears to be growing.

Johnny Tabet, owner of Charlie’s Raw Squeeze, Veganyumm Dessert Bakehouse, Charlie’s Vegan Pantry and MooFree Burgers became vegan after doing an eight-week plant-based challenge with his local gym. However, Johnny and his brother Michael (also vegan) found it hard to socialise and eat out and keep to their new regime. So they decided to make their diet their business, opening a juice bar in Charlie’s Fruit Market at Everton Park where they’d been working side by side for 16 years.

“We thought it should be a juice bar with a twist and made it 100 per cent vegan, where you can get a drink or eat from the same place and not have to think whether the food has been contaminated with animal products. It was a risky move but we had to make the change as we believe in it,” Johnny says.

They were surprised at just how many other people were looking for easy access to raw vegan food and now there are eight Raw Squeeze bars around Brisbane but that number is set to almost double in coming months. Their Vegan Pantry grocery stores have recorded the same sort of success and more are due to open. There’s room, too, for some guilt-free pleasures at their Veganyumm dessert bakehouse at Everton Park, the first dedicated vegan dessert cafe in Brisbane.

Tabet says that since going vegan, he’s sleeping better. “I don’t wake up during the night as I used to. I have more energy.” meet at the barre Once the workout favoured by A-listers, including Victoria’s Secret models, Miranda Kerr and Natalie Portman, barre is taking the world by storm. As word got out, it quickly earned a huge following in the UK and US and in the last year

dedicated studios have been opening up in Brisbane with great success.

It’s easy to see why. Developed to tone and sculpt the entire body, regular barre classes lead to longer, leaner muscles and increased flexibility and strength.

Using a ballet barre, the workout is a fusion of yoga, Pilates and ballet conditioning exercises. Word is, students see changes in their bodies within weeks, including a tighter butt and greater definition in legs and abdomen.

“Barre lengthens and tones muscles all over the body allowing you to feel not only strong within your body, but also in your mind,” says Ash Daniec, studio director and instructor at West End’s Barre Brisbane, the first dedicated studio to open in Brisbane.

Daniec has a dance background and when she heard about barre workouts she went to the US to try it out. She was so inspired she went on to take training courses and opened her studio almost a year ago. She began as the only trainer, taking a couple of classes a day during the week. Now she has six instructors who take four to six classes a day, every day of the week, and she is looking for another studio space to open this year.

Daniec insists you don’t need dance experience to do it and the moves are low impact so suit people of all ages. Men, too, see the benefits. Classes range from Classic to Cardio, Endurance and Stretch.

“Barre combines strength, flexibility, cardio and meditation, so it offers a great mix of everything.”

Adding barre classes to a short getaway has also been popular and two retreats to Noosa later this month sold out well in advance, prompting Daniec to team up with Patty Perlman of Mana Yoga

Barre lengthens and tones muscles all over the body, allowing you to feel strong not only within your body, but also in your mind – Ash Daniec

Mindfulness practises you can do every day

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5-20 minutes of Breath Awareness Meditation

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Eating your breakfast without doing anything else, like getting dressed, watching TV, checking emails!

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Doing a yoga pose or some tai chi and noticing how this makes you feel

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Walking mindfully to work without your mind racing to the day ahead

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Noticing how wonderful hugging a loved one can be

- Alison Keane

Retreats to organise a week-long Bali Retreat in April. See www.barrebrisbane.com.au and www.manayogaretreats.com/baliyogaretreat What’s that sound?

Tibetan Sound Healing has been around for centuries but in our 24/7, go-go-go, always connected to a screen world, we might need it now more than ever and it is gaining popularity among natural therapists, there are even meet-up groups devoted to it (Thinley Tsering runs them weekly in Brisbane).

Sounds or vibrations using special bowls crafted by Tibetan monks (often called ‘Singing Bowls’) are reported to reduce stress, target pain and help with mental clarity but Brisbane-based biofeedback practitioner Gabriele Engstrom says improved sleep is a key benefit. “Most people come back and tell me they can sleep so much better. That’s number one,” she says.

Through a combination of voice and tapping a choice of bowls with different implements close to the subject, sound vibrations help readjust and rebalance energy fields in the body.

If the sound of the bowls is scratchy over any area then it’s out of balance.

Engstrom has been using the method for about 10 years but says she is seeing more people than ever who are looking for solutions to high levels of stress and anxiety.

“If people are in high stress it slows them down,” says Engstrom. “It also reduces quite a lot of anxiety. It reduces irritability. Sound

therapy is also used in surgery in many hospitals, especially in Europe.”

Healing sessions can be carried out one-on-one with a practitioner or in a group and even by yourself at home. “We always teach people how they can help themselves at home because people don’t have as much time any more,” Engstrom says. “That’s very important.” Find out more at www.gabrieleengstrom.com.au travel well According to specialist website Booking.com people are increasingly seeing travel as a way to bring balance into their lives with one survey revealing almost half consider holidays a time to reflect and make better lifestyle choices. It says the coming year will see many travellers prioritising health-conscious trips that promise harmony for the mind, body and soul. In the global survey more than 40 per cent showed interest in spa/ relaxation travel.

Accomodation providers around the world are already upgrading their facilities to meet the growing demand and ‘SanctuStays’ are expected to be trending well in 2017.

While the mindfulness colouring sheets are a limited edition at Westin Hotels and Resorts across the Asia-Pacific until the end of February, the hotel group provides regular classes at inhouse fitness studios, running maps of the local city, and a Gear Lending Program that offers exercise clothing and shoes for a nominal fee. For more information see www.westin.com/wellness BNE January/February 2017 | 13

STYLE

suited to summer

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risbane-based designer Sam Abi is known for his playfully patterned shirts and shoes and a flexible collection that can be smartly mixed or matched.

His latest summer collection for his store Urbbana, now open in Edward Street in the city, is true to form, served up in a natural selection of subtle colours.

The colour palette is awash with shades of blue, green, pink and yellow alongside earthy neutrals of sand and khaki. Abi’s signature prints also stand out with floral and butterfly motifs, while even crisp white shirts show a more eccentric personality with embroidered finishes. With the Queensland climate in mind, fabrics are light (merino wool, linen and cotton) in all suits and sports jackets and half lined for better breathability.

It’s a collection that encourages creativity with print and colour mixes and redefines the art of smart city dressing.

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Well groomed Most of my collections are inspired by nature – different seasons, gardens, animals, the ocean and so on – from the amazing tropical landscape of northern Queensland to the colourful marine life in the waters of the Sunshine Coast.

The latest summer collection celebrates the endless beauty of our coastline – Sam Abi, director, Urbbana

Top left: Fine wool suit $744, vest $219, white cotton shirt $189, silk tie $89, pocket square $39.

Above, from left: Linen/cotton blend pastel plaid jacket $525, navy pants $219, Marina shirt $225, leather belt $79, pocket square $39; linen/cotton blend pastel plaid jacket $525, sand chino pants $195, white shirt $195, leather belt $79, pocket square $39.

Left, from left: Light blue fine wool jacket $535, navy pants $219, pink Lino shirt $225, leather and fabric lace-up shoes $339, leather belt $79, silk pocket square $59; navy fine wool jacket $535, sand chino pants $195, floral shirt $225, leather belt $79, pocket square $39, leather double monk strap shoes $355.

Urbbana fashion available at 106 Edward Street, city; Portside Wharf, Hamilton and Surfers Paradise. See www.urbbana.com.au. Wil Valour see www.wilvalour.com. A&B Barber is at the Village Markets, Skygate, see http://skygate.com.au/info/store/ab-barber

Beards and stubble have moved on from being a hipster trend and are now mainstream with style monitors predicting it has reached its popularity peak. Nevertheless it is a trend still forecast to influence men’s grooming and barbers are in hot demand – Urbbana is the latest to add one to its new flagship store in Edward Street in the city. Beard oils, waxes and moisturisers are expected to continue to sell well as a more carefully sculpted look takes even stronger hold.

Conversely, hair styles will be less structured in length through the top graduating to clean fades and sharp edges at back and sides, according to Chris Blair, co-owner of Anton & Blair salons and A&B Barber at Skygate. Men are heading towards more colour services too, says Blair, blending greys or going for a beach lightened look for summer, he says.

Top men’s hair trends • Well groomed medium length (slicked back, brushed back, side parts, combovers) • Textured more than spiky styling • Fades of all types • Longer fringes • More length in the sides for natural extra movement and flow Pictured, top: Wil Valour jacket $947, shirt $259 and pocket square $40. Above Urbbana fine wool suit $744, vest $219, white cotton shirt $189, silk tie $89.

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the heart of The world’s fourth largest city may be most famous for its high tech discoveries but Karen Halabi sees past the Samsung phones, LG white goods, KIA and Hyundai cars to get to Seoul’s beating heart

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n one hand Korea is hurtling into the modern age faster than most of the rest of the world with an insatiable appetite for techno invention, but on the other it is a country with a very strong and largely newfound respect for its traditions.

Many of its cultural arts such as tea making, wearing hanboks and traditional crafts are all enjoying a renaissance.

It was a surprise to me to learn that a country responsible for some of the best technology of the 21st century isn’t so automated after all. South Korea has everything from ancient bathing rituals to elaborate tea ceremonies and it all can be explored from a hidden ryokan, a serene hanok guesthouse just a stone’s throw from Hyundai HQ. Rakkojae is stealthily tucked away in the charming traditional neighborhood of Bukchon, a preserved remnant of traditional Seoul as it was under the Joseon Dynasty, right in the centre of the city.

Out of sight of looming high rise office and apartment buildings, along a small alleyway oozing history, is an uncommon sanctuary for the cultural soul.

Rakkojae is a softer side of Korea that reveals the culture’s pristine, meditative and comforting side. Its peaceful façade of exposed hanok beams and tiled roof is a metaphor for Buddhist spirituality, Taoist principles of balance and Confucian humility. More than just a Korean house, it is a snapshot of traditional Korea.

Rakkojae is the brainchild of entrepreneurial Korean businessman, Young Ahn, who created it as a place where visitors could “live” Korean culture. As he says, it’s an “analogue refuge in a digital world, a place for Korea’s heritage to survive”.

Far from a normal hotel, this luxury hanok is a traditional Korean wooden house with rice paper walls and sliding doors similar to a Japanese ryokan. On arrival we are urged to take off our western clothes, don a hanbok and slippers and enter this peaceful sanctuary with its white stone and bonsai gardens.

Learning how to put on the traditional hanbok dress is quite a challenge.

It’s a bit like a kimono but in no time I felt as at home in it as if I was wearing a pair of comfy PJs. Dinner is brought to us by a lady who slips off her wooden shoes at the

door, bows, kneels then places the food on a low slung table on the floor which gives us just enough room to fit our legs underneath. She sets a tray of small dishes on the table then discreetly backs out.

Later, there’s time to try out the wood-fired mud sauna with its walls made from local river mud, then bed is mats on wood smoke-heated floors … and it’s one of my best night’s sleep ever.

The food at Rakkojae is just the start of my love affair with Korean food.

Hanok staff tell us where and what to eat including “royal cuisine”, easily the most fabulous Korean food. They tell us about Hanmiri, a restaurant where we can try traditional food, so we go there for dinner one night and order the royal banquet. We enjoy an array of small dishes – delicate vegetables, intricate noodles, mung bean jelly dishes, hot pots and so many side dishes I lost count.

That’s followed by Samgyetang soup (chicken soup with ginseng) which is not only nourishing but supposed to be healthy and anti-ageing.

Like most people I’d only ever heard of bibimbap, bulgogi and kimchi but over the next few days in the city, I discover there’s a lot more to local food than the Korean barbecue restaurants back home. I eat my way through royal cuisine, temple food, traditional country cooking and come away realising that, with its kimchi, ginseng and gingko, it’s more a health tonic. Even the local soju (wine) and ginseng wine seemed more like a tonic which I came to love with every evening meal.

Rakkojae is located between the two main city palaces and the Jongmyo Shrine, so it’s easy to explore the culture and surrounding palaces on foot. Many of Korea’s important buildings, including Changdeokgung Palace’s painted wooden buildings, were heritage listed by UNESCO in 1988. Like Changdeok, many of the other spectacular sites of Seoul, including Hwaseong Fortress in the nearby city of Suwon, were built during the Joseon Dynasty, the last Dynasty in Korea, which began in the 14th century and covered roughly the same period as the Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Changdeok was built at the same time as the Forbidden City. During the Joseon dynasty, which lasted over 500 years until the early 20th century, there was no religion in Korea and the whole country lived and

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On the streets of Bukchon, Seoul

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The Jongmyo Ritual at the Royal Shrine happens once a year

Street food in Insdaong

Insadong’s narrow alleys are lined with street hawkers selling everything from pastries to pork crackle

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survived under Confucianism and the principles are now deeply ingrained in the threadwork of Korean society, responsible for some of the most orderly, respectful behaviour I’ve seen anywhere.

To find out more I visit a Confucian school to take part in an ancestral ritual that is a memorial ceremony to honour and remember dead relatives (up to four generations of them who apparently hang around to help the living). It is a ritual that regularly takes place in every Korean home as well.

Respect for elders, the family and the traditions of the past is paramount.

It surprised me to learn that, despite the worldwide success of Korean businesses, scholars, farmers and craftsmen are ranked more highly than business people in Korean society according to Confucian principles.

For the ceremony we don hanboks and sit cross-legged before a Confucian master who teaches us how to lead a virtuous life, to have respect for elders and to make offerings to the ancestors’ spirits – and we get to eat the offerings afterwards.

Part of this respect and willingness to maintain old traditions is also a revival of traditional Korean tea culture and tea ceremonies as a way to find relaxation and harmony in the fast-paced new world.

At a ceremony, the master pours us tea that has infused during his talk, carefully pouring it back and forth as he goes. The art of tea is a slow meditative process that is a joy to watch and it’s always prepared kneeling at a low table or on the floor. Tea houses are everywhere and tea is the classic Korean drink of choice.

Tea shops sell all kinds of blends and varieties from different regions of Korea and it can be confusing to try to pick one. Green tea, for example, is to Korea as wine is to the West with hundreds of varieties, harvests and vintages to choose from. Fruit teas such as oumija, plum, ginger and ginseng tea became my favourites and it’s a delight to duck into tea shops everywhere to have it served in large bowls with side dishes of rice cakes, persimmon strips and traditional Korean sweets (dagwa). Another favourite of mine is pine needle tea.

Insadong is the arts, crafts and antiques shopping street in Seoul where there are many tea shops and even a tea museum. Its narrow alleys are filled with restaurants, teahouses, art galleries and antique shops selling old manuscripts, fabulous ceramics and curios and they are lined with street hawkers selling everything from pastries to pork crackle.

One night I went to see a Korean musical Miso in Seoul’s theatre

Karen Halabi travelled courtesy of the Korea National Tourism Organisation

district. It was a riveting mix of Korean percussion music, featuring skilled drummers and gong players (including women), amazing hanbok costumes, juggling feats, music and song. There was no way to fall asleep during this performance because it was so loud and full of action.

After days of walking I decide to visit a traditional Korean bath house, or jjimjilbang, for a wind down. Inside there are hot tubs, showers, Korean traditional kiln saunas and massage tables and a mere $10 entry for the day (if you can last that long!) covers a sweating room and hot, cold and seawater baths but treatments are extra. I get nude and am slapped, pummeled, steamed and scrubbed to within an inch of my life. No one seems to speak English at these bath houses but that’s half the fun and theres’ no doubt you come out squeaky clean.

In fact, I’ve never seen such a clean, tidy city in Asia as Seoul. Cleanliness is next to godliness for Koreans and I found myself keeping an eagle eye out in search of just one piece of litter. On a more quirky note, this cleanliness also extends to a virtual national obsession with toilets. “We are very proud of our toilets here in Korea,” says a guide pointing them out in Suwon right next to the northern gate of Hwaseong Fortress. “They are very clean and beautiful and all free!” (she meant there was no charge).

Seoul underwent a beautiful toilet drive just before the World Cup in 2002 to replace squat toilets with fully automated toilets, complete with diligent cleaners and attendants. It must be the only city in the world where you can do a toilet tour, where people will open their homes so you can inspect their toilets and where they even have toilets built in the shape of soccer balls. In one place I stayed the toilets (there were two) in my room had so many functions I couldn’t get the things to work and just keep pushing buttons until gravity saved the day.

For my last two nights I wanted to end on a calm note so I enrolled in the templestay program at Hwagyesa, a Zen Buddhist monastery on the northern outskirts of Seoul. Hwagyesa is home to the Seoul International Zen Centre and is located in peaceful Bukhansan National Park at the foot of Mt Samgaksan.

On arrival I’m drilled about taking off my shoes and bowing before entering rooms, not eating from the table reserved for monks, shown how to chant and prostate myself correctly and warned that I shouldn’t fidget or lie down during extended backbreaking cross-legged meditations.

Then in my first mediation class the eagle-eyed Zen Master spies me trying to hide my camera at the back of the hall and shuffles up to me.

“Oops”, I think, “I’m in big trouble, Cover blown.”

“Are you planning to use flash?”, he asks in impeccable English, looking very serious. “Aaaah, weell, yes, but….” I stutter.

A big smile breaks out on his face. “Good,” he beams, “come on up the front.” The monk spends the rest of a terribly serious ceremony posing for the camera like a Hollywood star and beaming cheeky grins to me from his best angle before every flash.

Koreans are warm and funny, with a distinct sense of humour and an endearing willingness to laugh at themselves, much as we Australians do. In a country so clean and green, where the food offers tastes you won’t find at home, and where football is the national pride, what’s not to like?

DON’T MISS STAY

Rakkojae, 98 Gye-Dong, Jongno-Gu, +82-11286-1855, see http://rkj.co.kr A Buddhist Templestay, see http://eng.templestay.com/

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Eat at Hanmiri, 983 Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu. Call +82-2-757-5707, see http://hanmiri.co.kr (the website is only in Korean so ask your hanok or concierge to book) Drink at the Tea Gallery at the Beautiful Tea Museum, 193-1 Insadong, Jongno-gu. Call +82-2-735-6678, see http://teamuseum.co.kr/en/ Shop at Insadong, Jongno-gu; 110-290 Apgujeong-dong, Apgujeong Station, Line 3 on the metro

Masks at Insadong

Visit the Chongdong Theatre, 41 Jeongdong-gil, Jung-gu.

Call +82-2 751 1500, chongdong.com Visit a bath house, Dragon Hill Spa, Hangangno3-ga 40-713 Yongsan-gu. Call +82-2-1330, 82-792-0001, see www.dragonhillspa.co.kr or for the JoongAng Daily’s recommended jjimjilbang list, type in “top 10 saunas” at www.joongangdaily.joins.com See the Jongmyo Ritual at the Royal Shrine, an extraordinary spectacle that happens only once a year in May. Well worth booking ahead for, see www.jongmyo.net

Meditation at a Templestay

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magic One of the best reef encounters is on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef and the experience could change your life, as Shelley Thomas discovers

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ho can remember exactly where they’ve welcomed in the New Year, every year, for the past three decades?

For Jim Buck and family the answer is simple. Over the past 30 years, without fail, the public servant and one-time road designer has set up camp on Lady Musgrave Island, a destination that’s as blissfully ‘back to nature’ as you can get (save being shipwrecked).

For Jim, it’s Paradise with a capital P. The best address on earth, where ‘simple luxuries’ extend to composting toilets. That said, not even a Lotto win would halt his annual pilgrimage to this coral cay in the southern end of Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.

Postcard perfect in every way, the island is easily circumnavigated by foot in around 30 minutes (if you’re blinkered, that is, or immune to endless wildlife encounters from marine turtles to spotted rays), close to 20 hectares levitating in its own wrap-around reef.

Lady Musgrave Reef is 150 times the size of the island, at 2930 hectares, and famous as the Great Barrier Reef’s only navigable, protected lagoon, akin to the world’s largest swimming pool. Ideal for snorkelling

with Nemo and friends or taking the first step in learning to scuba dive.

From the air, Lady Musgrave Island looks like a kidney-shaped dot in the largest coral reef system on the planet – the Great Barrier Reef, bigger than 70 million football fields! Thanks to the tireless work of billions of tiny organisms known as coral polyps, the Great Barrier Reef is the only living structure visible from outer space. Stretching 2300 kilometres along Queensland’s coast, it’s not one continuous barrier but a vast mosaic of 3000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands, 300 coral cays and about 150 inshore mangrove islands. And while it’s nigh impossible to pick a favourite in a wonderland described by Sir David Attenborough as “the most magical place on earth”, Lady Musgrave Island – as those already charmed by her can readily attest – arguably stakes its claim as the number one camping spot.

Forming a part of the Capricornia Cays National Park and accessible by charter boat, the coral cay lies 96km north-east of Bundaberg or 59km east of the Town of 1770 (where Captain Cook came ashore), not so much ‘as the crow flies’ as a myriad of seabirds.

Indeed, more than 50 varieties visit Lady Musgrave Island, including sooty and pied oyster catchers, frigate birds, wandering tattlers, brown boobies and thousands of roosting black and white-capped noddy terns … to name just a few.

Jim Buck, however, is more interested in another group of visitors he revels in sharing the island with year after year. Despite witnessing their arrival countless thousand times, his heart still skips a beat as the

“One of the best moments for me is watching

Images unless otherwise credited: Tourism and Events Queensland

people’s faces the first time they see a turtle nesting. Most people are prepared to stay out with us two or three hours a night ...”

Lady Musgrave Experience ‘Sleep on the Reef’

ocean’s grandest of old dames – green and loggerhead turtles – haul their way on to the beach for nesting/hatchling season from November to March.

“For me, it’s like coming home,” says Jim, 63, who, with wife Annie, has spent every Christmas and New Year on the island since 1987, starting when their two daughters, Penny and Cathy, were just nine and seven. “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”

Aside from leading a group of volunteers who monitor and collect data on nesting populations of marine turtles as part of the Queensland Turtle Conservation (QTC) project operated by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP), Jim also steps up as National Parks’ campground host for holidaymakers on Lady Musgrave Island over the Christmas/New Year period.

Anyone lucky enough to bag a camping permit over the holidays (up to 40 people can camp on the island for a maximum of 21 nights at any one time) is in for one helluva life-changing experience.

Jim’s knowledge and passion for turtles and conservation almost outshines the surrounding Coral Sea’s hypnotic kaleidoscope of colours, ranging from opal-tinged turquoise to glimpses of emerald green and the full range of Pantone blues.

Nothing, however, comes close to sitting near his beloved turtles – true dinosaurs of the sea – lit by the stars as they carefully lay each precious clutch of eggs. It’s a miracle in itself that any one of them made it this far, considering a green turtle’s adolescence spans some 35 years but perhaps one in 1000 hatchlings reaching sexual maturity.

“One of the best parts for me is watching people’s faces the first time they see a turtle nesting,” says Jim, who offers an insightful and intriguing (#moneycan’tbuy) interpretive service to campers, invited to observe nesting turtles while his volunteer group go quietly about their work each night.

“It’s a special moment when people see a turtle actually digging an egg chamber, using her hind flippers. If I can get folk in to watch that process they are absolutely amazed. Most visitors are prepared to stay out with us for two or three hours a night.”

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Lady Musgrave Island off the coast of Bundaberg

“if all goes well” and she isn’t hindered by a piece of coral, tree root or some other immoveable object, causing her to stop, shift and start over. While the Great Barrier Reef is home to six of the world’s seven species of marine turtles, Lady Musgrave Island is a significant nesting ground for greens and a smaller group of loggerheads.

The experience of watching a turtle nest is humbling and empowering at the same time. A moment when time truly stops in one of the greatest cycles of life. One that Jim, himself, first experienced as a tourist back in 1984 when he joined a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service rangerguided turtle encounter at Mon Repos Turtle Centre on a family holiday to Bundaberg. Instantly smitten, he returned as a volunteer on the turtle conservation project headed by Dr Col Limpus, chief scientist with EHP’s Threatened Species Unit. The rest is history.

Nothing short of a legend in the turtle world, Col knows all too well the life-changing impact turtles have on visitors, inspiring many to become citizen scientists, as reflected in an estimated 10,000 who have undergone training as volunteers (around 200 each year for close to 50 years).

“That’s a feature of a program like this,” says Col who started the project in 1968. “Not everyone gets caught up in it, but there’s a lot who do. We see visitors who come back year after year explicitly, in the extreme, to see particular turtles at Mon Repos. And we get children who visit, grow up and join us as volunteers, with a number going into careers in conservation.”

On Lady Musgrave Island, Jim Buck looks forward to greeting each new clutch of wide-eyed campers (from all corners of the globe), making lifelong friends in the process.

“We always spend as much time as we can with campers and visitors, educating and inspiring older and younger generations alike … at some stage I’ll be too old to keep doing this and we need people who want to carry on the work.”

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The Great Barrier Reef is recognised as one of the seven natural wonders of the world and has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 1981 for its outstanding universal value (topping all four natural criteria).

Covering less than one per cent of the ocean floor, reefs support an estimated 25 per cent of all marine life.

Jim Buck, photographed by his daughter Penny Smith, is passionate about the creatures of the reef off Lady Musgrave Island and volunteers to assist research. A juvenile green turtle and squid, above, photographed by Jim Buck.

Wreck Rock camping area near Agnes Waters

WHERE TO STAY

Camping 101 on Lady Musgrave Island. Located on the western side of the island, the campsite is sheltered by pisonia trees with views to the reef (and mere steps from tent to idyllic snorkelling, without stinger suits). Here, Jim Buck may share another of his favourite activities – photographing the trickiest of subjects, squid, on the reef crest in front of the campsite. Campers must be self-sufficient and carry in all food and drinking water. Sites from $5.75 per person per night). See www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/capricornia-cays/camping First-timer’s tip: avoid pitching your tent directly under the pisonia trees where terns roost and poop (pack a tarp!); pack sturdy garbage bags as you must take all rubbish with you when you leave; and if you want to fish, be sure to check zoning restrictions. Read up on responsible practices on visiting the Great Barrier Reef’s islands and cays at www.gbrmpa.gov.au/visit-the-reef/responsible-reef-practices While the campsite on Lady Musgrave Island is capped at 40 people – and closed from the Australia Day weekend through to Easter to protect turtle hatchlings, nesting seabirds and island vegetation – the island is open all year to day-trippers.

The Lady Musgrave Experience is a ‘Sleep on The Reef’ expedition on two luxury catamarans, the Main Event (for the journey) and Big Cat Reality (a custom-built floating hotel). Once the sun goes down, guests are invited to experience the magnificent natural phenomenon of turtles nesting and hatching on Lady Musgrave Island guided by marine biologists and island rangers. See www.ladymusgraveexperience.com.au Or find a seaside camping spot at the Town of 1770 – the socalled birthplace of Queensland where Captain Cook landed – and sister village, Agnes Waters, six hours drive from Brisbane. 4WDers can cruise into Deepwater National Park, south of Agnes Waters, where Sunshine Coast couple Nev and Bev McLachlan have spent more than 40 years camping and monitoring nesting loggerhead turtles on a 22km stretch of beach near Wreck Rock. Like Jim Buck, they are dedicated volunteers also recruited by the famous Dr Col Limpus. For camping see www.1770campingground.com.au, for beachside accommodation see www.agneswaterbeach.com and see www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/deepwater to find out more about Deepwater National Park.

At Bundaberg Mon Repos Beach supports the most significant population of endangered loggerhead turtles in the South Pacific with ranger-led encounters from Mon Repos Turtle Centre until March.

See www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/mon-repos/turtle-centre Fly direct between Brisbane and Bundaberg with Qantas and Virgin Australia. To plan your trip see www.queensland.com

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Camping in Caboolture

Club for

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adventures Iain Lygo has been an adventure addict for more than 25 years and now he’s using his tourism industry experience to bring like-minded travellers together in the Big Adventure Club. In 2017 the club is offering six tours for members – back country skiing in British Columbia, mountain bike trekking from the Colorado Mountains to the Utah desert in North America or over the Himalayas, surfing in Indonesia, cycling in France and diving off West Papua.

“The tours are basically a bucket list created by friends who are seasoned travellers with a passion for surfing, skiing, diving and riding,” says Lygo. “They are not sightseeing tours but are designed for active people who want to experience some of the world’s best adventure activities and they would be quite difficult to do as individuals because of quite complex logistics. They’re also more fun to do in a group.”

Club membership is free, but paying members get extra perks such as booking priority and the best rooms on tours and members with medical training may also qualify for upgrades. For details see www.bigadventureclub.com.au

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The Queensland State Equestrian Centre (QSEC), which provides state-of-the-art facilities for some of the biggest rodeo and horseriding events in the country, is also a family-friendly campsite until mid-March. It’s location at Caboolture, half way between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, makes it a good holiday base for touring the region’s best sights from Mt Mee’s forest walks to Bribie Island’s beaches, bird watching at Toorbul, markets, local wineries, museums and fruit farms. Spread over 30 hectares, QSEC has unlimited nonpowered camp sites from $16 per night and more than 50 powered sites from $21 per night with access to a camp kitchen with electric barbecues. To find out more about camping see www.qsec.com.au and find out more about touring the Moreton Bay region at www.visitmoretonbayregion.com.au

New entry requirement for Canada Australian citizens now require an Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) before flying to Canada.

The application process can be done online and costs less than $10. Travellers are asked to provide personal information similar to what is currently collected when entering the country and most eTAs are approved within minutes. The eTA is electronically linked to the traveller’s passport and is valid for five years or until the passport expires, whichever comes first. An eTA is not required if travelling into Canada by land or sea. Find out more and apply at www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/ Fly direct between Brisbane and Vancouver with Air Canada

Fraser Island

hard to beat

According to a report by Roy Morgan Research, World Heritagelisted Fraser Island is the most affordable beach holiday destination in Australia. Roy Morgan’s latest Holiday Tracking Survey reports that the average cost per night of a domestic holiday is $151 per person (including all expenses such as accommodation, food, travel and entertainment), yet several Queensland coastal havens came in well below that. For example, Fraser Island scored best at an average $94 per person per night, Bundaberg and Lady Elliott Island $111, Hervey Bay, Gympie and Maryborough $122 and Magnetic Island off the coast of Townsville $132.

At 123 kilometres long and spanning 184,000 hectares Fraser Island has plenty to explore, including more than 100 freshwater lakes, pristine sub-tropical rainforests and an historic shipwreck, which can be accessed by 4WD (self-drive and guided tours) or walking tracks. Walks range from one hour return to the ultimate wilderness experience of the Fraser Island Great Walk, a 90-kilometre trek through some of the most remote areas of the island. Accommodation ranges from camping to resort suites and self-contained villas. For information see www.fraserisland.net Qantas and Virgin Australia fly direct between Brisbane, Bundaberg and Townsville and Qantas flies between Brisbane and Hervey Bay

Rare treasures in

Canberra

It’s not too late to see A History of the World in 100 Objects, an exclusive exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra until 29 January.

Items on display explore the last 2 million years of human history and include some of the oldest objects from the British Museum’s collection as well as some from the present day, from a 1.6-metre tall Assyrian relief, the famous Assyrian clay Flood Tablet (from modern Iraq) inscribed with the story of a great flood and an Ark, to the medieval Lewis Chessmen (pictured below, which made a cameo appearance in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) and a solar powered lamp. Many more rare treasures are on display that shed light on how humans have shaped the world and continue to shape it, including the museum’s own addition of the 101st item, the CSIRO WLAN Test Bed (the precursor to modern WiFi).

Stay in Canberra at the award-winning Little National Hotel, National Circuit, Barton, with views of Parliament House.

Qantas and Virgin Australia fly direct between Brisbane and Canberra

Discover

Flinders Island Ever since Rene Redzepi and his team from the world’s best restaurant, noma, stopped by Flinders Island a year ago, taste-testing everything from Greenlip abalone to Saltgrass lamb and local wallaby, whispers have been getting louder about this well-kept secret off the northern coast of Tasmania. But it’s not only the local produce that is in demand (by top chefs along the east coast), it’s a nature lover’s paradise with rugged mountains for trekking, more than 80 pristine beaches, unspoiled wetlands for bird watching and a local population of only 900. In March the island will host its first Crayfish Festival and after that the secret will be out … Find out more at www.visitflindersisland.com.au Jetstar and Virgin Australia fly direct between Brisbane and Launceston BNE January/February 2017 | 25

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Virtual tour

Qantas has launched a new virtual reality app – Qantas VR – which travellers can use to discover and explore destinations before actually going there. The app showcases some of Australia’s most distinctive landscapes such as Uluru, Hamilton Island and Sydney Harbour and experiences from hot air ballooning over Alice Springs to swimming and sailing on the Great Barrier Reef. Users can also book Qantas flights to the featured destinations directly from the app, available for iPhone, Android, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive devices, free from App store and Google Play.

Air New Zealand

wins again

Air New Zealand has been judged World’s Best Airline for the fourth year in a row by review website Airlineratings.com. Six more airlines that fly domestic and international routes from Brisbane were listed in the Top 10 Airlines for 2017 – Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Virgin Australia, Etihad Airways and Eva Air all made the Top 10. To make the list, airlines have to achieve a sevenstar safety rating, which has been endorsed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and show an innovative and consistent level of service in the passenger experience. Audited feedback from travellers is also considered in the evaluation. Both Qantas and Virgin Australia jumped up in the rankings this year – Qantas to second (from fourth) and Virgin Australia to fifth (from seventh).

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ADVENTURE The heights some people will go to avoid a queue! Australian tour company Chimu Adventures specialises in Antarctica expeditions and has put together the ultimate adventure for thrillseekers, a 28-day sail-and-ski tour departing November 2017, but only advanced skiers need apply. Climbing a virgin summit to be the first person to make tracks on untouched slopes in this frozen wonderland is a breathtaking prospect in more ways than one – the views are guaranteed to be jaw-dropping, not just from the peaks but also from sea level in kayaks and from the deck of the base vessel, the high-tech Icebird. It’s a chance to see up close penguin rookeries, seal colonies, leopard seals and orcas patrolling the waters while albatrosses soar the skies above.

The tour departs from Ushuaia in Argentina aboard the Icebird and costs a whopping $35,205 per person which includes training, safety gear, use of satellite phones and email, accommodation in Ushuaia, skis, kayaks, sleds, mountaineering equipment and meals.

Chimu Adventures also runs charter voyages to Antarctica that raise money for charity and this year it will be the only operator to offer cruises from Australia with the 26-day ‘In the Wake of Mawson’ expedition departing Hobart on 14 December. Proceeds from that trip will be donated to the Mawson’s Huts Foundation to help conserve the historic huts used by Sir Douglas Mawson at Cape Denison from 1911-1914. For more information about these and other adventure tours see www.chimuadventures.com/destinations/antarctica

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Café bliss

Jacqui Toumbas ditched a 9-to-5 job to study nutrition and hasn’t looked back.

After getting her degree she used her new knowledge to make energy boosting ‘Bliss’ balls from a range of nuts, dates and natural seasonal ingredients, minus the sugar and preservatives of other ‘energy’ snacks. Now she presides over the burgeoning Miss Bliss Wholefoods business which includes catering, a café in Vulture Street, West End and the new Bliss Lane, opening in South Brisbane next month. One of Toumbas’ favourite dishes on the menu is the Nourish Bowl which changes seasonally but for summer is filled with spiced chickpeas, beetroot noodles, beetroot hummus, roasted pumpkin and one of the soft ‘n’ gooey eggs Miss Bliss is famous for. Café open seven days. For more information and times see www.missblisswholefoodskitchen.com.au

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The Soul Pantry Kitchen in Newmarket is a sanctuary that doesn’t just feel like a Queensland backyard it is a backyard where artisan baked goods and iced teas and coffees are served under vintage umbrellas. The pantry is stocked with locally-made jams, chutneys and honey from a neighbourhood hive, sauces, spices and gourmet provisions to buy and organic milk in the fridge. But that’s not all that’s good about Soul Pantry. The café is a charming extension of owner Patricia Foley’s real talent which is making terrariums and flower arrangements.

Since starting workshops in her very special art three years ago, classes have blossomed from one a month to three a week and have attracted groups like Slowella that look specifically for ways for people to slow down and do something for themselves. “They want to relax and this is a way to take time out and focus on something that matters to you,” says Foley. The Soul Pantry will reopen after holidays on 23 January, at 1A/19 Kelvin Street, Newmarket. For open times see www.thesoulpantry.com.au

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Pineapple Express is proof there is a growing appetite for superfoods – and not just in Brisbane. The café is the brainchild of marketers Tom Sweep and Jonathan Ford who teamed up with three friends to open the first café 18 months ago in Fortitude Valley, quickly followed by another at Portside Wharf, Hamilton and they recently opened two new locations in Dubai. There’s everything from açai bowls to a vegan-friendly Coco Whip dessert on the menu and new dishes are added regularly, like fruit-laden Turmeric and Lemon Pancakes or Green Tea Soba Noodles with three kinds of mushrooms, chilli, tofu and ginger. Kitchen open seven days. For times see www.pineappleexpress.com.au

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Boost Juice makes it quick and easy to get a dose of healthy nutrients on-the-go with its Two and Five juice, inspired by the national campaign to encourage adults to have two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables a day. The Two and Five is a mash-up of apple, orange, carrot, celery, cucumber, beetroot and spinach plus one of Boost Juice’s custom vitamin ‘boosters’ and in a study of 21 onthe-go drinks recently it beat out all rivals with the highest Estimated Nutrient Quality score. It’s just one of the combinations of juices made from more than a dozen fruits and vegetables on the Boost Juice menu or you can also choose your own blend. Boost Juice is on Level 3 at International Terminal, Brisbane Airport.

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Healthy food delivered

If you needed proof that healthy food made easy is what we want you need look no further than the skyrocketing success of 5point4 – the latest winner of the Lord Mayor’s Business Award for Business Growth. As it celebrates its third anniversary in February, it can boast a delivery of about 50,000 meals a week across a network that now includes Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne as well as South East Queensland and a turnover that has jumped from half a million dollars to $10 million. It’s easy to see why. Customers can order from a choice of five meal plans (for weight loss, muscle gain or healthy maintenance for example) to meet four key goals (such as health, convenience and affordability). New research shows it’s the number one prepared meal program for Millennials who pay around $75 a week for two meals a day on a basic plan, and you won’t find any bread, white rice, cheese, cream, white potato or heavy sauces on the menu.

Most meals are high protein, low carb and tailored to men or women. Each person is screened to make sure they get the meal plan best suited to them and they are assigned a personal coach who tracks their progress and results over the period of their plan. For more information see www.fivepointfour.com.au

Coffee Queen

Yumi Yogawa (pictured left) doesn’t often have time to sit down and have a coffee as she’s more likely to be making them in her job at Windmill & Co, the restaurant and bar at Brisbane Airport’s International Terminal (Level 3). Her experience and passion for her craft paid off recently when Yumi was judged the winner of the airport’s annual Barista Competition by local experts Wolff Coffee Roasters. Yumi’s work day starts at 5am each morning to meet the early-bird travellers at the airport but she still managed to squeeze in extra practise time before the competition. After the win we asked her to spill the beans…

1. What makes a great cup of coffee? Well roasted coffee beans, great machines, a passionate barista and satisfied customers.

2. How many cups of coffee do you serve a week at Windmill & Co? More than 6000.

Photography by Eric Wang

3. What’s your favourite style of coffee to drink? As a straight latte fan, my current favourite coffee blend is Forza from Veneziano which is specially made to match milk-based coffee. It is full bodied and low in acidity, however the dark chocolate, almond and caramel flavours add a touch of sweetness to a perfect cup of latte, flat white or cappuccino.

4. What’s the most popular coffee order at Windmill & Co? Latte.

5. Where do you most enjoy a cup of coffee on your day off? Coffee Anthology in Margaret Street, city.

6. What’s the best snack to have with a cup of coffee? Mini orange or carrot cake which are not overly sweet.

Breakfast to beat Breakfast is far from ordinary at Priory Kitchen, the new café opened by Amy and Michael Bates at Trafalgar Lane, Woolloongabba, and the good news is it’s on all day. Eggs Priory with sticky baked Christmas ham, home-made herbed muffin, poached eggs and lemon hollandaise or Bubble & Squeak Bhajis with maple baked bacon, smoked tomato compote, poached egg, toasted flatbread, minted labna and cumin dukkha are signature dishes but the fruit salad with home-made rhubarb ice cream, crumble, chai cream and banana bread is a treat for the taste buds. The Priory Kitchen is open seven days for breakfast and lunch, and dinner Thursday and Friday nights at Shop 4, 855 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba. To book call 3162 5395 and for details see www.thepriorykitchen.com.au

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Savoury art

Mary Randles has been a familiar face front of house at e’cco bistro where partner Philip Johnson runs the kitchen but now she has taken the leap to open her first solo venture, French bistro Madame Rouge.

Johnson has developed the menu with French-trained head chef Matt Short and highlights include the classic Poulpe (char-grilled octopus, kipflers, roast peppers, paprika, above), Tartare de Boeuf (beef tartare, lattice potato crisp), Steak Frites (steak, hand-cut fries, green peppercorn sauce) as well as the St Pierre (John Dory à la meunière) and the Poitrine d’Agneau (breast of lamb, petit pois à la française). Even cocktails have been adapted to a French theme. French Mojito anyone? Open for dinner six nights, lunch Friday and Sunday only at 11b/100 McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley. To book call 3252 8881 and for details see www.madamerougebistro.com.au

If you’ve ever wondered what it is that gives foods like ripe tomatoes, mushrooms, even vegemite the moreish taste we can’t resist, it’s probably ‘umami’, a savoury taste that exists naturally in these foods and others such as cheeses, cured meats, shellfish, even ketchup. It’s a ‘fifth taste’ beyond sweet, sour, salty and bitter and is the inspiration behind Chinatown restaurant Umami where chef Minh Le, formerly of the Foraging Quail in New Farm, is now experimenting with the flavour for a menu of share plates that include Coal Grilled Moreton Bay Bugs with pickled daikon, thai pesto, radish and dehydrated bisque (left). Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner at Shop 2, 624 Ann Street (enter in Duncan Street), Fortitude Valley.

To book call 3257 3300 and for details see William Wu www.umamirestaurant.com.au Photography by Oliver Camden Black

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brewing Local brews are already a hit in the city but research has begun to find Brisbane’s own flavour, writes Kerry Heaney

From top: Green Beacon beer on tap at Aviation Pier Café & Bar; Windmill & Co serves Newstead Brewing Co ales and Crows Nest Soft Drinks keep 50 years of tradition alive, served at cafés and bars at Brisbane Airport

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here’s no better way to get a taste of a city than by drinking like a local and, thanks to a booming craft brewing industry in Brisbane, there’s plenty of choice. A beer inspired by Brisbane’s own yeasts is even on the drawing board. Newstead Brewing Company has partnered with the University of Queensland (UQ) to research local wild yeasts with the aim to create Brisbane’s own farmhouse-style beer.

“The flavours probably will be different from a normal ale or lager but the farmhouse style has been around for thousands of years.

It will be a distinctly Brisbane flavour,” says Newstead Brewing Company director, Mark Howes.

That Howes is leading the charge for experimentation in the local market is not surprising when you learn that he was a scientist working at UQ until he turned his home brewing hobby into Newstead Brewing Company, opening the doors to its Doggett Street brew-pub just three years ago. Since then the number of micro-breweries in or around the city has almost doubled and the rise and rise of craft beer shows no signs of slowing with plenty of room still to grow.

Newstead Brewing Company is embarking on its own rapid expansion with a new brewery soon to open opposite Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Milton, the heartland of Brisbane’s brewing history and home to Lion-owned XXXX. “When we opened Newstead we were at brewing capacity within two months and couldn’t keep up with supply. The Milton premises will allow production at peak capacity while Newstead will be available for other ‘gypsy’ brewers to use (who aren’t big enough to have facilities of their own) and will focus on experimental batches,” says Howes. Currently Newstead releases a new batch of 20 to 40 kegs every two weeks while its pale ales and IPA are consistently its most popular sold across the bar.

The list of small bars serving Newstead brews is also growing and includes The Scratch on Park Road at Milton; Brewski on Caxton Street; Bloodhound on Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley; and The Mill on Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill.

It’s also a taste of Brisbane that travellers can sample at Windmill & Co at Brisbane Airport’s International Terminal. Following a visit to Newstead Brewing’s current headquarters Windmill & Co owner George Drivas was so inspired by the passion and dedication to their craft that he chose three ales to add to the restaurant drinks menu. Since he listed them in their own category on the menu as ‘Local Craft Beer’, true to trend, they have become a popular choice for thirsty travellers.

Nearby brewer Green Beacon is also one of the city’s most successful and its beers can be found at Brisbane River Grill, also at Brisbane Airport’s International Terminal and at Aviation Pier Café & Bar and Glasshouse Bar at the Domestic Terminal.

However, the rise of local brews is not all about beer and the refreshing flavours of century-old Crows Nest Soft Drinks are still tasting sweet on Brisbane’s lips.

Established in 1903 and run by families for decades the small town factory was almost going to close like so many had before it when current general manager Murray Rosenberg and production manager Alex Davidson took it over two years ago.

Today they are bottling 15 flavours of soft drinks and soda water in glass on site at the factory just north of Toowoomba, about 90 minutes west of Brisbane.

Some of the recipes date back 50 years including their biggest seller, the aniseed-flavoured sarsaparilla, and the distinctive colours of Crows Nest Blue Lemonade, yellow Creaming Soda, bright red Raspberry and black Crows Nest Cola certainly stand out from the crowd. The cola is available at Brisbane River Grill, Aviation Pier Café & Bar and Glasshouse Bar at Brisbane Airport.

Find out more about dining options at Brisbane Airport at www.bne.com.au and follow foodie blogger Kerry Heaney at www.eatdrinkandbekerry.com.au

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ichelle Law is an award-winning writer who has penned essays, co-authored a book, written screenplays and a blog, but she admits she found the task of writing her first play a challenge. In fact, she may never even have thought of writing the play if she hadn’t answered an open callout to attend one of a series of workshops held in capital cities around the country initiated

by Playwriting Australia and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP). It wasn’t until they were immersed in the workshops, hosted by La Boite Theatre Company in Brisbane, going through the drill of exercises and scene development that Law thought she had a story to build on.

Anyone who has read her blog may have wondered what took her so long. As a 26-year-old single Asian female Law has plenty to say. She has grown up with, and laid bare, many personal challenges and isn’t afraid to speak her mind on feminism and diversity, which she strongly supports. And anyone who follows her twitter feed will also know when she’s bingeing on Frozen reruns, streaming ’90s hits or admiring Amy Poehler’s latest work.

Nevertheless Law didn’t take the easy way out and translate her blog to the stage. While certain themes may ring true – for example, Law was bullied at school and so is the character Mei in the play – Law insists that the characters and the scenarios in Single Asian Female are fictionalised … and above all it’s a story told with a wicked sense of humour.

The play is set behind-the-scenes of a suburban Chinese restaurant where a family of whip smart women are definitely talking about you in their native tongue behind their smiles! The three women are at key stages of their lives – high school, prime child-bearing years and menopause – and all grappling with issues from the pressure of choosing between fertility and career goals, to navigating high school and girl gang politics, to trying to survive an abusive relationship. It’s about sisters at odds with each other, frenemies undermining each other, and a mother trying to overcome generational and cultural gaps to connect with her daughters.

“It challenges the stereotype of Asian women being reserved and meek people. I want people to see a story about Asian women or women of colour telling their own story, and realise they are three dimensional people who have complex inner lives just like everyone else but you never see that on stage or screen. They are irreverent, funny, loud, unashamed and defy everything you might think about what Asian women Single Asian Female, at La Boite Roundhouse are and what they value,” Law says. And in the karaoke Theatre, Kelvin Grove, 11 February to 4 March. Meet scene you just might be expected to sing along. the artist 22 February. Tickets from $30 plus fees. See

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What’s happened to WikiLeaks?

Once hailed as a champion of truth and transparency, the organisation and its founder Julian Assange more recently have been criticised for irresponsible info dumping, colluding with Russian authorities, pro-Trump bias and anti-Semitism.

Maybe Assange will be able answer that question during a real-time live Q&A interview conducted via videolink from the Embassy of Ecuador in London where he has been holed up for four years. Julian Assange: No more secrets, no more lies will be streamed to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 6pm, 18 February. Tickets from $27.64 plus fees. For more information see www.bcec.com.au/whats-on/

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These artists have been loved by fans for more than four decades and it’s a privilege to see them perform live on stage and prove that good music never stops trending ... what a fab February

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Taylor on the Green James Taylor’s music has influenced songwriters and music lovers for five decades but while he has earned five Grammy Awards and sold more than 100 million albums, his latest album Before This World is his first to top the charts. Taylor will play songs from the album and more with his All Star Band at A Day On The Green, Sirromet Wines, Mt Cotton, 11 February 2017. Tickets from $117.08 plus fees. See www.livenation.com.au

Parkinson’s tribute Many of Joe Cocker’s most memorable songs were reinventions of the originals – ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’, ‘You Are So Beautiful’, ‘Unchain My Heart’ – and now Doug Parkinson, with a trademark smoky soulful voice of his own, pays tribute to the late singer with a mix of hits by The Beatles, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and more at the Concert Hall, QPAC, South Brisbane, 4 February. Tickets from $79.90 plus fees. See www.qpac.com.au

Champion of nature

Tickets to Sir David Attenborough’s live show in February, Quest for Life, sold out almost as quickly as Adele’s and when his latest TV series Planet Earth II screened in the UK it was watched by more Millennials than The X Factor, proving without doubt that Attenborough, at 90, has lost none of his power to pull an audience or open our eyes to the wonders and dangers of the natural world. His influence has spanned generations and he’s seen many changes in the 50-plus years he’s been filming the environment, prompting him to become more vocal about the damaging impact of humans. “If people lose knowledge, sympathy and understanding of the natural world they’re going to mistreat it and will not ask their politicians to care for it,” he says, and not even a pacemaker is going to slow him down from his quest to educate us. Planet Earth II will screen in Australia in February on the Nine Network.

Nick Cave returns

It’s a rare opportunity to see Aussie expat Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds perform live when the band takes to the Riverstage on 25 January. The tour is billed as their biggest and boldest production yet and follows hot on the heels of the release of their top charting album Skeleton Tree, which has received resounding rave reviews from music critics, who have called it “a masterpiece” and “one of Cave’s most beautifully crafted creations”. A performance not to miss. Tickets from $99 plus fees at www.ticketmaster.com.au

Beyond the Big Bang You don’t need to understand the science to be intrigued by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest machine in the world built to examine the tiniest particles in existence and help scientists unlock the mysteries of the universe.

It took 10 years to build with the collaboration of more than 10,000 physicists and engineers from 100 countries and hundreds of universities and laboratories around the world. Now it sits in a tunnel that measures 27km around and lies as far as 170 metres below ground at the French/Swiss border, producing a mega 15 million gigabytes of data per year – equivalent to a stack of CDs standing 20km high. These are just some of the fascinating facts to learn when you step inside the world’s greatest experiment, the new Hadron Collider exhibition at Queensland Museum (detail pictured left). In a virtual recreation of the tunnels, control room, labs and even a particle collision, visitors can find out how the LHC works and what thousands of scientists are looking for.

On until 25 April at Queensland Museum, South Brisbane. Tickets from $15 (adult) or $45 family of four. See www.qm.qld.gov.au/hadroncollider

Guns regroup

Icehouse replays the ’80s

Suzi can’t stay away

Not in this lifetime are hard rock fans likely to see Guns N’ Roses peform again in Queensland after their show at QSAC Stadium, Nathan, on 7 February. It’s been more than 20 years since their last visit and many might have thought this would never happen but Axl, Slash and Duff have regrouped and, like last time, will be supported by Rose Tattoo, fronted by Angry Anderson. Tickets from $97.30 plus fees. See www.ticketek.com.au

Icehouse lead singer Iva Davies says the band had no idea it would last a year when it started as a pub rock band playing covers at the local surf club. It went on to create the soundtrack of the ‘80s generation with songs including ‘We Can Get Together’ and ‘Great Southern Land’ and celebrates 40 years this year at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane, 24 February. Tickets $86.60 plus fees at www.ticktek.com.au

Suzi Quatro is an Australian favourite and after 31 tours here over her 50-year career she can honestly say Australia is “in her bones” and “in her blood”. Ever since she went leather for leather as Fonzie’s good friend on Happy Days, we’ve loved Suzi’s hard rock style. At the Concert Hall, QPAC, South Brisbane, 7 February. Tickets from $129 plus fees. See www.qpac.com.au. Also at Toowoomba, the Gold Coast, Mackay, Cairns and Townsville.

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Cabaret channels Adele

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risbane audiences can’t get enough of Adele, even before she sets foot inside the Gabba in March (see page 9). While the superstar singer is yet to make her first appearance in Brisbane, local cabaret star Naomi Price (above) has been whipping fans into a frenzy of standing ovations for her renditions of hits from ‘Someone Like You’ to ‘Skyfall’ performed in her own hit production, Rumour Has It. Price created the show with Adam Brunes, her partner in production house the Little Red Company, and since it premiered at the Brisbane Cabaret Festival in 2012 it has toured more than 25 venues from Melbourne to Malaysia. This year it is scheduled to double that in a national tour of five states and there’s one person Price hopes will get to see it, somehow, and that’s Adele herself.

Although Price is a big fan she insists that the show is not a tribute.

“Typically a tribute show sees someone mimic a particular artist and smash out their greatest hits but our show is a very different experience,” says 33-year-old Price. Rumour Has It charts the rise of the star in story and song.

“I haven’t really tried to recreate Adele’s singing style because it’s almost impossible – it’s more blurring the lines between reality and fiction. The show is based on the real Adele Adkins but we have taken some creative license with certain aspects. I like to think of it as an examination of her life – factual and fictional,” Price says.

However, a key to realising that has been mastering Adele’s accent and Price has drawn on her drama training as well as her musical experience for the role. “There is a stark contrast between the real life Adele’s singing voice which is rich and soulful and her speaking voice which is the complete opposite and very typical of her North London upbringing.”

A wardrobe of custom gowns by Australian designers and wigs complete the transformation and it’s hard to believe Price is not Adele.

“We scrutinised everything that was available to us – biographies, interview transcripts, live performances, social media coverage, media reports. While the show is full of hilarity and provocative quips, we uncovered much more poignant journeying behind the glossy veneer of the ‘pop star’,” Price says.

An idea that started as a laugh between friends over a glass of wine has evolved into an award-winning show and the latest production is bigger than ever. It is longer than the original, features the 12-piece Queensland Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata of St John’s, added to Price’s own 7-piece band, some new songs from Adele’s playlist and guest vocalists including Price’s own partner Luke Kennedy.

“The best thing about writing a show based on a real person is that you’ve constantly got new material to work with,” Price says.

Rumour Has It is on at Brisbane Powerhouse, 13 and 14 January. Tickets from $50 plus fees at www.brisbanepowerhouse.org

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risbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is 10 years old and the celebration continues through summer with a host of activities around one of its most spectacular exhibitions to date. Sugar Spin: you me, art and everything features more than 250 contemporary artworks spread over six gallery spaces in an explosion of colour and sensory experiences.

A highlight is Heard (pictured below), a play on words referring to sound as well as the life-size raffia horses created by American visual and performance artist Nick Cave. On 22 January 15 of those horses will come to life on Maiwar Green outside the gallery as part of its Summer Festival program. Visitors to Sugar Spin will also be able to walk through Nervescape, an enormous landscape made with coloured synthetic hair by Icelandicborn, New York-based artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir (pictured above) and children will be able to make their own hair-like creations at the Children’s Art Centre.

Also free are the performances at Up Late, which feature child-friendly shows in the afternoon and bands including Regurgitator (20 January) and The Grates (21 January) at night.

See www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

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School Holiday

Highlights Wizards night out – On Thursday 2 February children all over the world will celebrate Harry Potter Book Night (2017 is also the 20th anniversary of J.K Rowling’s best seller) and in Brisbane libraries at Grange and Annerley are just two that will host events for would-be wizards who are invited to dress the part to join in games and quizzes. For children ages 5-10. See www.brisbane.qld.gov.au Playdate with Peppa Pig – Toddler TV sensation Peppa Pig is coming to Brisbane for one huge playdate and children up to 6 and their parents will be able to enter Peppa’s world, from her house, to the pond and the muddy puddles Peppa loves so much on her TV series and even riding on Grandpa Pig’s train. Playdaters will also be able to watch a musical show starring Peppa and her brother George live on stage and everyone will have the chance to sing, dance and clap along to the Bing Bong Song. From 14-18 January at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tickets from $45.90 or $149.90 plus fees for a family of four. See www.bcec.com.au Make it – Crafty little creatures will like Mister Maker showing off his skills to make an assortment of treasures, with lots of singing, dancing and laughter in between. This is also one to join in. From 13-15 January at QPAC. Tickets from $39.90 plus fees. For details see www.livenation.com.au Brisbane City Council libraries also host Maker Space free workshops for young children and teens on weekdays, various times and locations. See events listings at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au Draw your story – At the interactive exhibition 100% Brisbane children age 6+ can learn about Brisbane through the stories of 100 of its local residents, including several children, and they will be able to illustrate stories from their own life in free hands-on workshops at Museum of Brisbane, City Hall, from 9-13 January. They will also be able to compete an activity book as 96% 96% 96% they explore the exhibition to crack a mystery code. See www.museumofbrisbane.com.au Singing gumnut babies – Peter Combe’s musical adaptation of the May Gibbs classic Snugglepot and Cuddlepie takes to the stage on selected weekends at Brisbane Arts Theatre, Petrie Terrace, from 21 January to 25 March. Tickets from $18. For information and to book see www.brisbaneartstheatre.com.au Sand creatures – Inspired by the theme ‘Mermaids and Mythical Creatures’ life-size sand sculptures, each carved from 10 tonnes of sand, will be back on the Surfers Paradise Esplanade from 10-26 February as part of the Sand Safari Festival. More works will be part of a pop-up Sand Trail in hotel lobbies, libraries and shopping centres from Tweed Heads to Loganholme. For details see www.surfersparadise.com 47 %

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Brisbane International Tennis

Queensland Tennis Centre, Tennyson

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Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers Big Bash League cricket

Gabba, Woolloongabba

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Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets, soccer

Suncorp Stadium

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Swing On This

Concert Hall, QPAC, South Brisbane

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FOMO Festival

Brisbane Riverstage, City Botanic Gardens

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Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers, Big Bash League cricket

Gabba, Woolloongabba

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Art Stage Singapore

Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley

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Australia v Pakistan One Day International cricket

Gabba, Woolloongabba

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Lifeline Bookfest

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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Of Mice and Men

Brisbane Arts Theatre, Petrie Terrace

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Liza’s Back (is broken), Trevor Ashley

Cremorne Theatre, QPAC, South Brisbane

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Cinderella, Ballet Theatre of Queensland

Concert Hall, QPAC, South Brisbane

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Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers Women’s Big Bash League cricket

Gabba, Woolloongabba

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Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades, Big Bash League cricket

Gabba, Woolloongabba

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100% Brisbane Meanjin to Brisbane and Birth of a City tour

Museum of Brisbane, City Hall

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Passenger

Brisbane Riverstage, City Botanic Gardens

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So Frenchy So Chic, featuring Nouvelle Vague

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

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Alexisonfire

Brisbane Riverstage, City Botanic Gardens

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Thirsty Merc

Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton

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Melt, a celebration of Queer arts and culture

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

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St Jerome’s Laneway Festival

Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

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Suncorp Stadium

Ladies in Black, encore season

Playhouse, QPAC, South Brisbane

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Gabba, Woolloongabba

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Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

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Suncorp Stadium

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Anh Do, comedy

Concert Hall, QPAC, South Brisbane

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Brisbane Street Art Festival

25 locations

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Human Nature

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

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Bruce Springsteen

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall

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Ink Remix exhibition, contemporary art from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

Museum of Brisbane, City Hall

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Green Day’s American Idiot, musical

Playhouse, QPAC, South Brisbane

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MY BRISBANE

I like to work out every day so to keep it interesting I do a mix of yoga, strength training and hiking at Mt Coot-tha. There are so many tracks you could never get bored

Where do you live?

Hamilton, a suburb about 15 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD on the north bank of the river.

What do you like most about your neighbourhood?

I love that it’s on the river, close to the city and Brisbane Airport as I travel a lot.

What’s your hot tip for visitors to Brisbane?

The hiking spots. Nothing beats a Sunday morning hike up Mount Coot-tha with my husband and our dog Roger. Getting amongst nature is a great way to re-energise after a busy week and there are so many different tracks on the mountain that you could never get bored.

Any dog-friendly cafés you can recommend?

I’m pretty lucky with my dog as he is super cute and really well behaved. Vagelis coffee bar on Racecourse Road, Ascot, is my favourite place for coffee on the weekends and Roger can sit under the table and chill with us.

Favourite food indulgence?

The pizza at Gianni’s Portside is delicious and I have been known to have a long lunch from time to time at Ricky’s on the River in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast.

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LORNA JANE

Clarkson Founder, director Lorna Jane activewear and stores

From left: the drive along the coast from Peregian Beach to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast is a favourite weekend journey; hiking trails on Mt Coot-tha are a great way to keep fit and (below) Calexico on James Street is a hot spot to shop for designer fashion Images supplied by Ray White, Peregian Beach; Brisbane City Council and Calexico

Where did you open your first Lorna Jane shop?

We opened our very first store in Queen Street Mall in the city. Back then, I designed and sewed all the garments myself from our home in Paddington and my husband Bill would pack them all up, take them into store and work his sales skills on the retail floor! Twenty seven years later we have more than 200 stores around the world, 45 of them in Queensland, and 1500 staff. It’s pretty surreal and I actually have to pinch myself sometimes to make sure it’s not a dream.

How many Lorna Jane Nourish Cafés are there in Brisbane?

We launched the first one in 2013 and now there are two in Brisbane (at Gasworks, Newstead and The Barracks, Petrie Terrace), one at Coolangatta and one at Pacific Fair, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast.

What’s your favourite thing on the Nourish Café menu?

I can’t go past a chocolate and peanut butter smoothie! It tastes like a treat but it’s actually packed with healthy fats and protein which makes it the perfect post-workout snack or lunch on the go.

How and where do you keep fit?

I like to work out every day, so to keep it interesting I do a mix of yoga, strength training and hiking at Mt Coot-tha. When time is at a premium I also have a few 15-minute workouts that I can squeeze into my busiest schedules!

Where do you like to shop for nonactivewear clothes?

I love Calexico on James Street in Fortitude Valley. Owner Nicky Charman has a great eye for international designer brands that really work for the Queensland lifestyle.

Favourite short break near Brisbane?

With Brisbane smack bang in the middle, it is always Byron Bay (about two hours south across the border in NSW) or the Sunshine Coast (about one hour north). Both have beautiful coastlines, great hiking and amazing food. The drive that hugs the coastline between Peregian Beach and Noosa (Sunshine Coast) with the sunroof open, music on and the wind in your hair … that’s a perfect way to start the weekend!

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Public transport

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TAXIS AND AIRTRAIN

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Lost property International: enquiries to Visitor Information Centre, Level 2; call (07) 3406 3190 or email international@sqt. com.au. Domestic: enquiries first to your airline. Qantas call (07) 3867 3264, Virgin Australia (07) 3114 8150, Jetstar (07) 3336 1752 or email Tigerair at ttbne.ops@ aerocare.com.au before contacting the Visitor Information Centre on Level 1; call (07) 3068 6698 or send emails to domestic@sqt.com.au Disability access Lifts, travelators, ramps, aerobridges, rest points, accessible parking spaces and toilet

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Local amenities Skygate is Brisbane Airport’s retail and dining precinct, a short free ride on the Transfer Bus from the terminals. There are more than 130 stores, including brandname factory outlets, a 24/7 supermarket, hairdresser, gym, restaurants, chemist, medical clinic, hotel, beauty services, barber, tavern and golf leisure centre.

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day in the life

Erin Butler, from Banyo in Brisbane, shops at Mimco while waiting for a flight to Newcastle

Chloe Delahoy serves coffee with a smile from Watermark Books and CafĂŠ at Domestic Terminal

Tracey Hardie, Jesse Halloran, Rocco Emilio and Brianna Hardie on their way to Phuket, Thailand

Musician Rex Ajieh from Oslo, Norway on his way home after attending his sister’s wedding on the Sunshine Coast

Each year more than 22 MILLION passengers travel through BRISBANE AIRPORT, the gateway to 76 CITIES across Australia and overseas and a whole WORLD OF ADVENTURE for travellers

Photography by Marc Grimwade

Father and son Ante and Anthony Poljak from Sinnamon Park in Brisbane on their way to Sydney

Luke Vogel from Brisbane at Steve Avery stays connected waiting for Fonzie Abbottwhile before a flight a flight to Melbourne at Domestic Terminal to Gladstone

Adison Bualoi from Gold Coast Temple Wat Sangharatanaram departing for Bangkok, Thailand

Mary Nebotakis waits for a flight home to Melbourne after a business trip to Brisbane

Medical sales specialist Christie Bavage arrives in Brisbane from Townsville, Qld

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BRISBANE TO THE WORLD

Tokyo (Narita) Seoul

Japan

South Korea

Shanghai (Pudong) China Taipei

Guangzhou

Dubai

Taiwan

China

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Hong Kong China

Manila

Philippines

Bangkok Thailand

Singapore

Singapore

Port Moresby

Denpasar

Papua New Guinea

Indonesia

Honiara

Solomon Islands

BRISBANE

Brisbane to the world

To 76 destinations direct from Brisbane and beyond

Alliance Airlines Aircalin

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Cathay Pacific

China Airlines

China Eastern Airlines

China Southern Airlines Fly Corporate

Emirates

Etihad

Eva Air

Fiji Airlines

Solomon Airlines Hawaiian Airlines

Vancouver Canada

Los Angeles USA

Honolulu

USA

Darwin

Nauru

Cairns

Nauru

Cloncurry Mount Isa

Port Hedland

Samoa

Birdsville

Espiritu Santo

Windorah

Vanuatu

Port Vila Vanuatu

Thargomindah

Nadi

Rockhampton Gladstone

Emerald

Blackall

Apia

Whitsunday Coast (Proserpine) Hamilton Island Mackay

Moranbah Barcaldine

Longreach

Alice Springs

Townsville

Fiji

Bundaberg Charleville Fraser Coast (Hervey Bay) Roma Miles Quilpie BRISBANE St George Toowoomba Cunnamulla Norfolk Island Moree Narrabri

Noumea

New Caledonia

Perth

Dubbo Newcastle

Adelaide Wagga Wagga* Albury

Sydney Canberra

Melbourne

Auckland New Zealand

Wellington

Launceston

New Zealand

Christchurch

Hobart

New Zealand

Dunedin

New Zealand

Queenstown New Zealand

Jetstar

Jetgo

Korean Air

Nauru Airlines

Philippine Airlines Qantas QantasLink

Rex

Singapore Airlines

Tigerair

Thai Airways

*From 13 February 2017. Map not to scale. Please note airlines and destinations are current at time of print.

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