Brisbane News Magazine May 10-16, 2017 ISSUE 1127

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02 HELLO Mothers are marvellous, aren’t they? Everybody has one, and no matter if they are just around the corner or more distant, there’s a special place in our heart for our mums. Mine, she’s wonderful. And I hope when my children are adults, they will say that about me. Former radio star Sammy Power certainly seems to think that of hers, farmers’ markets powerhouse Jan Power (P10). And there’s nothing like becoming a mum for the first time, such as fashion designer Gail Sorronda (P5) just has, to see what really matters in life. Author Madonna King (P23) says raising her two daughters showed her that at the top of that priority list should be nurturing a familial relationship that values open communication, particularly when it comes to raising teens. In that spirit of communication, can I openly say that mums do like to be told our children think we are special. Handmade gifts are always a good idea – try Alastair McLeod’s Pink Lady brioche galette (P30). Happy Mother’s Day for Sunday, Mum. And also to that awesome lady I am honoured to call my mother-in-law.

THEN & NOW July 31, 1942: Shoppers line up to buy takeaway alcohol from Stewart’s Home Supply, Burnett Lane, city. This early version of a bottle-o was attached to the Criterion Hotel, since demolished, on George St, and sold house whisky (imported from Scotland) for 15s/3d, which is about $54.50 in today’s money. Burnett Lane is now full of restaurants and street art, as part of a city-wide effort to re-energise laneways.

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CONTENTS THE LIST ...................................................... 6 LIFE ............................................................... 9 COVER STORY ........................................... 10 GOING OUT ................................................ 13 FASHION .................................................. 24 AT HOME .................................................. 25 REAL ESTATE ............................................ 37 HOROSCOPE ............................................ 83 Cover image: Ric Frearson

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Baby nurtures grander designs GAIL SORRONDA, 35 Fashion designer For more than a decade Gail Sorronda thrived as one of the city’s leading designers. Now she is enjoying her greatest creation, daughter Juniper.

Gail has been surprised that life has become calmer since the January 28 birth. She and husband and business partner Atlas Harwood expected parenthood to bring more stress but the pair have become more patient and better organised.

“Juniper has brought out our better side. I feel more centred and grounded. You realise what is important in life and it makes you appreciate things in a gracious way,’’ she says.

“Juniper has been very content from the word go. You have those moments that she stops and looks at you and your heart melts. We are totally engrossed with her.’’

Gail has been living “in the baby bubble’’ but she is slowly returning to her designing duties, despite Juniper waking her up at night for feeding.

The Filipina-Australian, who has lived in Brisbane since she was in primary school, is known for her black and white creations, worn by celebrities such as Grammy Award-winning singer Lorde. People have sent colourful outfits for Juniper, but the couple prefers white “because she looks like an angel’’.

She will design some children’s pieces for her next collection and has designed a smaller version of one of her own favourite outfits for Juniper.

Gail, who launched her debut collection at Australian Fashion Week in 2005, has held talks with another Brisbane creative about a collaborative runway show this year. She feels Juniper’s birth is like a new beginning and that she has a new burst of creative energy.

“Our work is not just about us now ... we are building something else for her,’’ she says.

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06 THE LIST

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View more than 300 works at the 38th annual Rotary Art Spectacular. One of Queensland’s largest exhibitions, it features works by artists including David Hinchliffe, Jan Jorgensen (above), Pat Hall, Bronwyn Hill, Larissa Warren and Archibald finalists Wendy Sharpe (Archibald Prize winner 1996), Tsering Hannaford, Tom Macbeth and Kirsty Neilson.

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MUSIC DOTS+LOOPS COMPULSION, FORTITUDE VALLEY

A cross between a classical concert and an underground rock-club gig, this show has been curated by Newmarket’s Kieran Welch (above).

It will include Dots+Loops Ensemble performing music from New York band Newspeak and local act Nonsemble. Melbourne pianist trio Solstice will premiere a piece by local singer-composer Maja Puseljic.

May 19, 7pm, Lightspace, 30 Light St. Search Facebook for Dots+Loops Compulsion

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The Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge (ROC Race) is just that – people charging around a 5km course punctuated with inflatable obstacles such as The Wrecking Balls, The Sweeper, Jump Balls and a four-storey water slide named The Hippo. Single entrants (aged 13 or older) or teams, most wearing costumes, will converge on Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills, on May 13, from 7.30am.

Tickets: $96 (plus booking fee).

Find The Lost World Valley on Mother’s Day with a visit to the 10th annual Arts in the Olives Festival at Worendo Olive Grove. A 90-minute drive from Brisbane, the festival has cooking classes, food and wine tastings, exhibitions by local artists, a program of live music and market stalls. Art workshops include blacksmithing, flute making and sculpture using natural materials.

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Give mum a pre-Mother’s Day treat with a trip to Pottery Barn on May 13, for the Mum and I Interactive Paper Art Workshop. Local photographer, stylist and author Kara Hynes will guide guests in the creation of paper flowers, and Bakedown Cakery treats will be served. Tickets are $20 with proceeds going to The McGrath Foundation. (Book at bit.ly/ PBPaperFlower). Enjoy free coffee and pick up a limited edition Heartfelt greeting card for mum (pictured), a MOO and Pottery Barn collaboration, for a gold coin donation to the foundation, which raises money to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across Australia.

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LIFE

Phil Brown Writers were sitting in front of a screen watching footage of a plate of sausages Someone asked me the other day how I got into this business. Actually, it’s a funny story. So, have I got your attention?

I did study for a degree in journalism but found the course so crushingly boring that I dropped out and went to work at a Gold Coast radio station writing excruciating advertisements and jingles.

I was thinking of going on with that vocation but changed my mind after an interview at a Brisbane ad agency.

At the interview they took me into a room and showed me the sort of work I would be doing. In that room several writers were sitting in front of a screen watching footage of a plate of sausages. They were apparently writing an ad about those sausages.

Exciting stuff.

I decided to rethink my career as an ad man and retired to the country instead to write poetry and meditate.

I stayed with friends in Monto, a small town in Queensland’s Central

and Upper Burnett district. I was meant to be helping my mate, Wayne, cut railway sleepers, believe it or not.

He was finishing a university degree by correspondence and cutting sleepers to make ends meet.

The idea of working in the bush seemed romantic to me.

Unfortunately it soon became apparent that I wasn’t cut out (pardon the pun) for this kind of work.

This became clear on my first day on the job when Wayne lifted one end of a sleeper and asked me to lift the other. I couldn't, so that was pretty much that.

So it was back to writing poetry and meditating. Then one day that Wayne came back from the local pub and said that the local newspaper editor was looking for a reporter because no one in town would talk to him anymore. It was suggested I might like to go and see the guy about a job because, frankly, I think Wayne and his girlfriend Heather wanted me to get a damn job so I could move out.

Fair enough. So, based on a yearand- a-half of studying journalism with stints of writing for a student newspaper, I went to see the editor of the Burnett Herald and was hired on the spot as their cub reporter.

I covered everything from bull sales to CWA meetings, where the scones were the big attraction, and I even covered a local ball at which I learnt to dance The Pride of Erin. I have never danced it since.

Eventually I moved into a caravan for a few weeks and then rented an old farmhouse near a piggery at a place called Hurdle Gully.

True story.

I spent a year in Monto before moving to the big smoke – Rockhampton – to further my career at The Morning Bulletin.

And that folks is how I got my start. It’s funny when I look back at it but, being a city slicker, that time living in a small country town was fascinating and memorable.

And the scones were excellent.

Belinda Seeney I’ve joined a cult.

No, not one of those take-10wives-and-pass-the-Kool-Aid cults.

It’s something much, much worse.

Almost without realising, I’ve become a card-carrying member of a fitness cult.

You know the type.

They accost you at every social function, coffee queue and office kitchenette to extol the benefits of their chosen cult with a zeal that borders on mania. They sleep better, weigh less, feel happier, have sharper focus, more friends, a wardrobe full of Lycra – you name it, their cult delivers.

They pause only to lean in and fix you with their gimlet-eyed gaze and beseech you to “give it a try – you’ll love it” as you nod, mumble and map an escape route.

I, too, have joined the recruitment ranks and it’s the most unlikely of exercises that converted me.

I spent much of my adult life deftly and successfully sidestepping the triathlon cult that picked off my

family members one by one. I watched as siblings succumbed to the lure of swim, cycle, run; enlisting their children and friends along their way.

I stayed cool on the Bikram yoga craze that consumed my hot and sweaty friends for a fair chunk of 2014.

I’ve glided serenely through the choppy waters of stand-up paddleboarding, F45, CrossFit and anything on an exercise bike with nary a splash.

The closest I came was a fleeting obsession with Body Combat classes at my local gym, adamant I would become the hybrid Wonder WomanLara Croft hero the world needed.

Then I discovered Xtend Barre – a fusion of yoga, pilates and ballet techniques – and my world snapped to attention. I was never a dancer, never a gymnast; to be honest, I lack any natural poise or balance.

My co-ordination levels have been likened to those of a drunk baby giraffe. But when I stand at the barre – proud chest, strong abs, feet in first

position – I feel collected, I feel together, I feel graceful, I feel … like I could be a dancer.

Sneaking a side-view in the mirror, it’s abundantly clear I don’t look like any of those things but I no longer mind.

I’ve even found myself doing things I never imagined. I wake at 5am – on a Saturday – to sneak in a class before the household stirs and I prepare meals in advance so I can duck out for a midweek fix while my family is distracted by dinner.

My unwillingness to take direction is the stuff of legend but when Shay or Jess ask me to “plié one inch deeper, lift that back leg one inch higher” I comply unquestioningly.

I’ve even found myself bailing up friends, colleagues and complete strangers, fixing them with a wideeyed fervour and imploring them to give it a try. They’ll love it.

10 COVER STORY

Right by

your side Markets heir Sammy Power is making the most of life as she happily steps into her mother’s flamboyant shoes

Picture: Ric Frearson

Kristy Symonds Sammy Power is kicking around with an extra hint of sass in her heels.

The quirky eighth generation Queenslander and daughter of Jan Power, the doyenne of the state’s farmers’ markets, has just bought royal blue stilettos she can’t afford.

With a fabulous flutter of bleachblonde hair, long, glittery talons and sparkling jewels, Sammy kicks her leg out from under the table of her favourite Fortitude Valley lunch spot, Harvey’s Bar and Bistro.

“Look at my new shoes – aren’t they great?,” she says. “I shouldn’t have bought these but I say you just get them and work it out later.”

PERFECT PARTNERS … Jan and Sammy The whimsy of her acquisition Power with Sammy’s cat Chops Marie. epitomises her attitude to life: “If you want to do something, you just do it.

Everything will always work out.”

“It was a really difficult line That’s probably why she had no between protecting my mother, qualms ditching a high-flying Sydney protecting her business but also media career to return home and help fighting for what was right. I had her ageing mother run the markets many nights with my head in my five years ago. hands just going ‘what am I doing?’

Sammy had been in radio for 28 and wanting to run away. years, but had no hesitation in giving “People were expecting so much of up her “glory days” shooting around me that I couldn’t deliver and I was in a Porsche for a $350 a week wage just stuck in this halfway purgatory.” back in Brisbane.

Now Sammy is the passionate “Mum’s health was kind of failing CEO of Jan Power’s Farmers Markets and I was getting bored with radio and her mum, while still heavily anyway,” she says. involved, has learnt to slow down and “Not only are you getting up at enjoy her new-found freedom.

4am, but it’s a 24-hour, seven days a “It’s great and she loves that I’m week thing. You’re always looking for here and I’m a bit of an anchor for bits. Your whole life is out in the open. her,” Sammy says.

You’re not a visible person but I “You know how people say, ‘I would just open my mouth and people regret not doing this with my parents would know who I was. or, ‘I regret not making up’? I always “I don’t regret anything in my make up and I know that one day radio career but I was on the downhill they will be gone and I don’t want to run and I wasn’t interested. I could do regret it. it and I was still funny, but I didn’t Her forgive and forget attitude enjoy it.” extends to her dad, John, a surgeon Behind the scenes of the farmers’ who separated from her creativemarket business, it was a struggle. minded mum when Sammy was nine.

“I had to take up certain “I don’t have kids – I never wanted responsibilities but I wanted to give anybody to have the childhood I did,” her dignity and I didn’t want to take she says. “But, looking back now, I her business off her,” Sammy says. think my childhood was pretty

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COLOURFUL LIFE … Sammy sports her new look as she helps run Jan Power’s Farmers Markets; with cat Porky in 1994; as part of 2MMM’s Breakfast Crew with David Gibson and Rob Duckworth in 1994; with comedian Mikey Robins (Picture: Barry Alsop); and at a 20-year reunion for Gold Coast radio station SEA FM at the Southport Yacht Club.

fantastic, it was just very rocky.

“My parents had a messy divorce and they still don’t speak. I was taken to England, put in boarding school, and I learnt a lot and travelled the world but Dad and I never got on. I looked too much like my mother and I think it was like a sword in his wound. It took a lot to reach a point where we could put the past behind us but we get along now.”

Sammy comes from a family of achievers. Her great, great grandfather, T. C. Beirne, founded the heritage-listed department store of the same name in Fortitude Valley more than a century ago, and she credits her parents for some of the more powerful qualities she has now. “(Because of them) I never thought I would do anything but achieve and I’ve never felt unequal to a man, it never crossed my mind,” she says. “I don’t think I’m independent, I think I’m anti-dependent.”

The 52-year-old has always considered herself something of a lone wolf, but she prefers to think of it as being “with” herself, rather than by herself. “I love doing things solo,” she says. “My old flatmate used to say

If you want to do something, you just do it.

Everything will always work out

‘quit doing the Anne Frank routine’ but I like it.

“I love the peace of reading, of lying on the floor in my underwear, eating Easter eggs with my two 23year-old cats.”

Her cats – Chops Marie and Peewee Angel – are Brisbane institutions, just like their owner and the markets she runs.

“They’re famous – they even had their own showbag back when I was on Triple M,” she says.

“They don’t do much, they’re like two half-dead slippers.

“But I had a 21st for them two years ago that I am still paying off on my credit card. I love them and they’re icons. Any excuse for a party – I like doing stupid stuff.

“I will stay at home forever and

then I will do something really big and loud and then I will go back into my shell, like a tortoise.”

Following a particularly tumultuous breakup in recent years, Sammy says she is single but “still perving”.

“I was involved with a nightmare man but I’m grateful to him because it blew up my whole world and I’ve done so many amazing things since I realised what sort of person I want in my life,” she says.

“I do miss intimacy. I would love to have someone to kiss my neck and to go to the pictures with and, when that person comes, I will give them my heart and give them my all as long as they give it back to me. I’m too old for games.

“I’ve got better vision and standards. I have decided to surround myself with people who lift me up and are on the same page as me.

“I believe someone is going to come but it’s going to have to be a pretty great guy because I never used to think I was great and now I think I’m a prize.”

She says that arriving at this sense of self-love and security was hard, but

she’s a champion at reinvention. She says she practically completed a “Ronald McDonald Hamburger University degree” on herself in the form of a weight loss mission in which she shed 60kg.

“Have you seen my fat photo?

You’ll die,” she says, offering up a snapshot of herself at 120kg.

“My body used to be a bar and grill and now it’s a temple. You know what? I had more fun then, I just didn’t look down – that’s why God invented elastic.

“But I didn’t feel good. You’re not that deluded that you don’t know you’re carrying around an entire extra body.”

In the future, Sammy has a return to radio in her sights – a show surrounding wellness. She has become well-versed in the field of helping others, with many reaching out to her to seek advice about their own struggles.

“It’s not easy, it’s hard. I have broken about 20 personal trainers in my time,” she says.

“But everyone says they don’t have time. Yes you do. You just do it.

“It’s like with these shoes – everything always works out.”

12 SUM OF US

HELEN DAY, 50 Owner, Creative Academy of Performing Arts, Mt Gravatt

DANA LITTLE, 45 Teacher, Creative Academy of Performing Arts, Mt Gravatt

It seems Dana and I are destined to not only be friends but colleagues. We both trained at the Royal Ballet School in London and then we danced together at the Northern Ballet Theatre in the early 1990s, where we were flatmates in Manchester, northern England. I then moved to South Africa where I danced for another decade in professional companies before retiring when I was 32.

We had not seen each other for more than 15 years when we both went to a prep information evening for the same Gold Coast school. We discovered we not only had children the same age but we lived within a few kilometres of each other and had both turned to teaching when our dancing careers were finished.

When I decided to buy the academy a year ago, I knew I wanted Dana to be a teacher at the school, which has about 300 students. Dana is an excellent teacher of lyrical dancing, which is a cross between classical and contemporary dancing and I trust her judgment. We work together so well because we have opposite personalities.

When Helen bought the dance school I knew 100 per cent I wanted to be a teacher there. We complement each other’s personalities well because Helen has a softer and reserved approach while I’m more outgoing.

Because we both have been classical ballet dancers in a company we have that precision eye and we both can trust each other to pick things up.

It is also a wonderful privilege to be able to pass on your knowledge.

We are also both mothers so we can relate to children. I have been teaching for 20 years and this is the best place I’ve worked.

I love it that I have a friend like Helen who has known me so long and we both have that mutual respect, trust and have danced at a professional level.

I grew up on the Gold Coast and spent two years at the Royal Ballet School, 1988-1989, and arrived the year after Helen left. I moved in with Helen when I was dancing at the Northern Ballet Theatre; we had lots of fun on stage.

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DANCE TIES … Ballet bonds Dana Little and Helen Day. Picture: Richard Walker

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FILM Rachel Griffiths connects with Queensland

Cultural cutting edge GALLERIES Phil Brown Many of us have romantic notions about what we used to call the South Seas. We look at many of the countries in our region through a kind of colonial prism because the cultures are so different. They are, for some, the exotic other. A fascinating exhibition now at the UQ Anthropology Museum doesn’t condemn us too much for this view.

Solomon Islands: Re-enchantment and the colonial shadow is a fascinating window into another world, cultures close to us that most of us know little about. We are indeed enchanted by these worlds of otherness and shouldn’t feel too much post-colonial guilt about that.

As the museum’s director, Dr Diana Young, writes in the catalogue, the title “refers to the capacity of old ethnographic collections to enchant”.

A lovely way of putting it, I think.

So, yes, you will be enchanted by this exhibition which is only the second devoted to Solomon Islands in recent years although, as Diana points out, Honiara, the modern capital of Solomon Islands is closer than Auckland is to Brisbane.

Among the 28,000 items that the UQ Anthropology Museum holds are more than 500 items and images from Solomon Islands.

The show includes narratives such as Heads and Tales, about head-hunting history (yikes), and Shells, because shells were worked as rings, inlaid pearl and beads.

Malaitans and the Labour Trade is another theme about the “labour trade” that brought many islanders to Queensland. This section includes weapons used in ritual killing and Malaitan men’s body wear.

Another section features a screen of photographs assembled by the Queensland labour trader Douglas Rannie with handwritten captions.

There’s also a section on music and a contemporary film introducing Solomon Islands culture.

The Queensland connections are strong. Between 1870 and 1911 Queensland and Fiji received 24,865 Solomon Islands labourers, many forced, to work on sugar plantations.

It’s this trade which ended up securing many of the items for the UQ collection.

The exhibition is a fascinating glimpse into a culture we would love to know more about.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: RE-ENCHANTMENT AND THE COLONIAL SHADOW Until Jul 14, UQ Anthropology Museum, Level 1, Michie Building, University of Queensland, St Lucia.

Mon-Fri, 11am-3pm Ph: 3365 2674 anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au

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ACTOR’S ADVOCATE … Rachel Griffiths relates to her latest role. Picture: Adam Taylor

The story of a courageous young Toowoomba woman who finds justice after years of heartbreak resonated with former Queenslander Rachel Griffiths.

The actor says she always looks for a genuine connection with roles she plays. The movie Don’t Tell is the result: the true story of 22-year-old child abuse survivor Lyndal, who won a legal battle against Toowoomba Preparatory School in 2001.

Rachel, who spent the first six years of her life on the Gold Coast, plays psychologist Joy Conolly, a vocal supporter of Lyndal, who was sexually abused by her boarding master Kevin Guy in 1990.

“I can’t fake it if I don’t relate to the story and my character,” she says.

Lyndal’s lawyer Stephen Roche, now of Brisbane, wrote the book, Don’t Tell (2009), about the 2001 civil court decision which led to improved

child safeguards and prompted survivors to come forward.

Rachel, a mother-of-three, says the movie has an important universal message and is not just a local story.

Don’t Tell stars Jack Thompson as lawyer Bob Myers, Susie Porter as Lyndal’s mum Sue, Jacqueline McKenzie as barrister Jean Dalton, Gyton Grantley as Kevin Guy, Aden Young as Stephen Roche and Sara West as Lyndal.

“It’s an extraordinary Australian cast; the cast has a lot of gravitas and gives an emotional power to the story,” Rachel says.

Melbourne-based Rachel, whose father Edward grew up in Brisbane, says, “Joy is one of those people that once she knows the truth, she can’t keep silent about the truth. I identify with that. It’s nice to play an advocate.”

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“A lot of my peers have had experiences with paedophile priests in the Catholic Church. My parish unfortunately had one of Victoria’s worst offenders,’’ she says.

Rachel says her children – son Banjo, 13, and daughters Adelaide, 11, and Clementine, 7 – do not attend Catholic schools for this reason.

The actor and her husband returned home to Melbourne about four years ago after a decade in Los

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Angeles where Rachel was contracted to two major shows – Six Feet Under (2001-05) and Brothers and Sisters (2006-2011).

“It’s very special for our children to be back surrounded by family … their grandparents are around the corner,” she says. “Nothing feels like home when your family is so far away.

“Their grandparents love them unconditionally. I love my kids but I put on conditions such as ‘I will love you more if you pick your underpants off the floor’.”

Don’t Tell is Rachel’s first Queensland movie since Muriel’s Wedding (1994), which was filmed on the Gold Coast and Sydney.

Rachel recently found out that her father’s family have been in Brisbane since the 1870s. “My Queensland genes are brave, entrepreneurial and adventurous. One of my ancestors won a Southport pub in a poker game, while I’m proud that my grandmother’s sister was the first woman to graduate from dentistry from the University of Queensland.”

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Sibling ribaldry Sally Browne Their names are Ell Sachs, Laura Trenerry and Lucy Fox but the Travelling Sisters are liable to embody many characters on stage.

The girls, who met at university in Toowoomba, have been living up to their name, travelling the country for the Anywhere Theatre Festival, performing their new show to much laughter, applause and acclaim.

They’re fresh from the Melbourne Comedy Festival where they did two shows a night for two weeks.

“These characters are totally new to the Anywhere Theatre audience,” Ell says. “ We’ve got some mullet boys from Dalby called the Ice Boys, three idiots who try to tell a story about ice skating. We have these grotesque lovebirds who are super in love and love to play games with the audience.

“And Boadicea, the giantess who has been in Brisbane before, and is

made up of the three of us. I play the left boob and left arm. There’s also three dancing potatoes in a love triangle that goes bad.”

At Adelaide Fringe they did 18 shows, and in Perth another six. But no two shows are the same.

“You have to be in tune with the audience. That’s when the alchemy of theatre comes together and makes some funny (stuff),” Ell says.

The trio met at the University of Southern Queensland where they were studying theatre and acting.

“We hung out and fell in love with each other and thought each other was hilarious. We really feel like sisters now,” Ell says.

They make their own crazy costumes, and love dressing up. “It’s like the little child in us all never left.”

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TRIPLE TROUBLE … The Travelling Sisters, Ell Sachs, Laura Trenerry and Lucy Fox, met at university and now travel the country performing their sell-out comedy shows.

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Secret service RESTAURANT Tony Harper Happy Boy was one of my choice discoveries for 2014, not because it was the plushest place in town, nor because its food was the most wondrous (although it was exciting in its own honest rustic manner). I liked it for its bravery and difference, for its disbelief in the common ideas of what makes a restaurant tick, and its unerring confidence in its own very pared-back version.

Happy Boy has a new sister – Greenglass – and although it is very different in a culinary sense, it shares the same minimalist ideals.

It follows the Melburnian (and Happy Boy) trend of being noticed by its lack of presence – a door on George St, minimally signed, a flight of stairs to a first-floor corridor occupied by two vacant dusty rooms, then a small kitchen to the left and at last a doorway to a light-filled, purposefully sparse dining room. It’s an arrival that breeds a sort of clubby, secret handshake, “yeah I too know about this place” feeling – we’ll leave the rest of the uninitiated city lunchers to their focaccia and lattes.

A wall ledge holds a massive line of bottles, all apparently available.

Meanwhile, there’s a tightly pared page of wines, five in total, all uncommon, by the glass and bottle: riesling, chardonnay, rose, pinot and shiraz, $12-$15 a glass. Then there’s six cocktails and two beers. Lovely.

The menu is just as succinct (small enough that a mate and I decided to have a crack at everything), French-

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inspired and, like the space, basking in hip simplicity. It’s listed on a blackboard – for our visit: salad, chicken, fish and two versions of steak frites (eye and rib fillets) – and it changes constantly.

Salad ($16) is a morphed nicoise – beans, potato, egg, sundried tomato, carrot and feta. It’s a good salad, properly dressed, quirked a little by roasted/fried potato (crunchy, delicious) and just-right egg. I could live a century without ever craving sundried tomato – here it’s a

HIP SIMPLICITY: Salad (above left) has crunch at Greenglass. Pictures: Ric Frearson

hindrance rather than a spoiler.

Chicken ($18) is sort of French bistro meets home cooking – roast Maryland topped with caramelised onions (almost to jam) on a mound of creamy mash, tossed greens to the side, a drizzle of jus and the best dish of the set. There’s snapper fillet ($25) on a fat slice of eggplant (both panfried) with a good dollop of tomato chutney and a rich, silky saffron beurre blanc. The tomato component seems out of sync with the rest of the dish – it starts to mix with the saffron

sauce and, for me, spoils an otherwise very classic simplicity.

Then steak frites (rib fillet $32, eye fillet $40). It shares the same sticky onion as the chicken, but here woven through a pretty good sauce with frites and salad to the side.

It’s food without surprises or tricks, but it is perfectly cooked and undeniably delicious.

There is design and cunning to Greenglass, but it flatters with its hide and seek, can-you-see-past-thebumpkin facade. It’s all kinds of fun.

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Nature works

wonders With so much to see and do, the world’s third largest sand island calls for a visit Leanne Edmistone Nature rated our day out at Tangalooma Island Resort perfectly: five starfish were washed by crystalclear waves gently on to a pristine beach. Fitting, as nature is the main attraction at Moreton Island’s only resort.

Somewhat ashamedly I’ll admit I’ve lived in Brisbane for more than 10 years and never set foot on the world’s third largest sand island, of which 98 per cent is national park.

With Tangalooma upgrading its day cruise packages to tempt more people across the bay, it was a great chance to introduce my sons, aged 7 and 9, to the abundant natural beauty and adventure on their doorstep.

Patient skipper Richard briefly relinquished the controls of the Tangalooma Jet to the boys on the 75minute cruise from the Pinkenba terminal to the island, posed for the obligatory photo and answered their many questions.

Ashore, we headed for lunch at the Build-A-Burger Bar, and then took a dip in one of two resort pools, watched by a pair of stone curlews.

My top tip for travelling to the island, especially with hungry children, is to pack a coolbox with drinks and snacks, because the included lunch vouchers only go so far. And make full use of the lockers available, to store bags and valuables.

Stepping aboard a bus on steroids for the Desert Safari Tour, guides Dougie and Nikki shared interesting trivia about the island during the 15minute drive to sand dune country.

Once there, guide Sean sacrificed his body and dignity with a hilariously graphic depiction of the dos and don’ts of sand tobogganing before letting the goggled tour group loose on a 38m-high dune.

The gruelling climb up was well worth the glorious 50km/h ride down on waxed boards – the first time anyhow. The second time I somehow lost control, face-planted and tumbled to the bottom, sand from head to toe.

The boys found it hilarious.

Back at the resort, sweaty and sandy, we tried out another pool and wandered the beach – rimmed as it is with plenty of picnic tables, a small playground and open grassy areas for kicking a ball – before meeting Eco

UP CLOSE … Feel at one with nature by feeding wild dolphins at Tangalooma.

LIFE’S A BEACH … Tangalooma Island Resort has upgraded its cruise packages; and (below) the day’s experience gets a five starfish rating.

Ranger Steve for the afternoon kookaburra feeding. Two family groups, a total of eight birds, dropped by, happy to pose for a few photos in exchange for strips of lean beef.

It was time to feed my own family, so we headed to one of the eateries – there are two cafes, two restaurants and a bar from which to choose. Then we stood on the shore to wait for the stars of the evening’s entertainment to arrive – the dolphins.

They really put on a show, cavorting and tumbling, using hapless puffer fish as ping pong balls and popping their heads up with cheeky grins to gauge the crowd’s reaction.

The highlight of the day was getting up close to these magnificent mammals in the Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Feeding Program.

My boys were thrilled to wade waist-deep into the shallows to offer a small fish to Echo, a dominant male known to roll to the side and eyeball every new friend he meets before gently taking proffered snacks. After

the 6.30pm feeding session it was time to leave. With the bow pointed toward the glittering rainbow lights of home, we each settled into an exhausted, satisfied reverie as we relived the day’s adventures.

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Fiona Purdon As a seasoned news reporter and author, Madonna King rarely cries on the job. But the mother of two girls was moved to tears when reading dozens of heartbreaking survey answers from 14-year-old girls while researching her new book, Being 14.

“They all wrote to their mothers, ‘Can you stop and listen to me and really hear what I’m saying?’,’’ she says. “These girls perceived their mothers weren’t understanding them, they wanted their mums to listen to them without judgment. We (mums) are trying our best but there is a breakdown in communication.’’

Madonna, of Norman Park, says her seventh book, subtitled Helping fierce teens become awesome women, is among the most rewarding and important work of her 30-year career in newspapers and radio.

“I can already tell this book is making a difference. It is putting all the information together,’’ she says of the title that is now in its second print run, just two weeks after its launch.

Being 14 covers a range of issues such as social media concerns, anxiety, boyfriends, pocket money, the pressure for perfection and the chronic lack of sleep experienced by most teenagers.

Madonna interviewed 192 girls, about 50 school principals and experts such as police officers, school counsellors and psychologists who all said the 14-year age group, especially

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The book’s subject is close to Madonna’s heart as the mother of Madison, 13, and Siena, 12.

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FOREVER PLACE … Brooke and Eliza in their home, aspects of which have been finessed with everything from reupholstered chairs and heirloom placements to french doors, creating a home that grows with the family. Pictures: Ric Frearson

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Lasting impression Tonya Turner When Brooke and Jared decided to build their “forever home” they never imagined they’d get so many doorknocks by passers-by stopping to compliment them.

Their grand home on a double corner block in Gordon Park is certainly show-stopping, evoking the kind of idyllic family homes seen in heartwarming movies where the ups and downs of life unfold in charming surroundings and winters are spent huddled around the warm and cosy glow of the fireplace.

In real life, Brooke had to forgo the fireplace she wanted after the budget reached its peak and she faced the fact that a fireplace wouldn’t be used that often in Brisbane’s warm climate.

“I just wanted that mantel to hang Christmas stockings on but we realised we’d rather put the money into other areas,” she says.

A 25m lap pool, on the other hand, made the cut, thanks to Jared’s father and brother, of L & V Pools, helping to keep the costs down.

The couple bought the pre-war Queenslander house four years ago when it was in pretty rough condition.

The old part of the house was raised and renovated to create space for four upstairs bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Features such as old VJ walls were retained and a new gable on the roof and a wraparound verandah were added, in keeping with the home’s character.

Working closely with interior

EYE-CATCHING … Passers-by offer compliments on the new-look house, transformed from a run-down post-war Queenslander. Pictures: Ric Frearson

designer Amanda Harris of Oliveaux Interiors, Brooke, a doctor, and Jared, an engineer, created a home that would keep up with them and their three children – Scarlett, 6, D’Arcy, 4, and Eliza, 1 – over the years.

“This is going to be our forever house,” Brooke says.

“We want to stay here until the kids don’t want to live with us anymore.

“I had lots of pictures I’d collected from magazines and Pinterest and because I was so busy with work I needed help,” she says.

Every detail was carefully chosen, from french doors and transom

windows to the furnishings and a large fence around the property.

“We drove around the suburbs for lots of Sundays doing drive-bys and taking photographs to choose the fence we wanted,” Brooke says.

New pieces sit alongside secondhand finds and some sentimental items, including various antiques owned by Brooke’s mum and dad who no longer had room for them after downsizing, her own cabbage-ware collection, and paintings done by Brooke’s aunty.

“I like a mix of old and new and I’ve bought a lot of stuff on Gumtree,” Brooke says, pointing out several

occasional chairs which have been reupholstered in stylish new fabrics.

Amanda says old and sentimental pieces are ideal to personalise a home.

“Generally our clients always have old family pieces that they love to incorporate or things that have meaning to them because that makes their homes look different and interesting,” she says.

“It doesn’t look like it’s out of a magazine or one particular style. It has a family feel to it and you feel comfortable straight away.”

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A new yardstick Michelle Bailey Once the realm of untouchable rose beds and manicured lawns, Brisbane’s front yards are being reclaimed for more casual family use.

Entry courtyards such as this one in Ascot – designed by Shaun Lockyer Architects with Lush Landscape Solutions – create usable outdoor space next to the footpath.

“We wanted to create a house that engaged with the street rather than a house that appeared fortified,” Shaun Lockyer says.

“There is a deliberate balancing of privacy and security with transparency and glimpses through to the courtyard possible from the street.”

Slate-paved terraces with timber-inlay seats create an attractive place to sit, play and ponder outdoors.

To layer the space with shade and natural textures, landscape designer Dennis Scott resolved to “accentuate

and soften the edges of the garden walls in white and charcoal”.

“We went for mass planting of a few species to keep it simple,” he says.

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A warm hug Alastair McLeod I drove to Aratula the other day for work. After the meeting I chose to drive a further hour-and-a-half to the Granite Belt to enjoy my guiltiest of pleasures.

Sutton’s Farm in Thulimbah bakes the king of all apple pies.

It comes with cream and ice cream and it sits proud of the plate by more than a few inches. But what’s most

important is that the apples are picked from the orchard right outside the kitchen door.

David and Roslyn Sutton grow dozens of varieties from which they produce an array of juices, ciders, vinegar, brandy and their famed pie.

It’s apple season now so give this recipe a go to be king (or queen) of your kitchen.

PINK LADY BRIOCHE GALETTE Prep time: 1 hour + 2 hours proving

INGREDIENTS 5g dried yeast 25ml milk, blood temperature 250g plain flour 40g sugar ½tsp salt 3 eggs, beaten 115g soft butter 6 Pink Lady apples, peeled, cored and cut into six 150ml double cream + extra to serve 2tbs raisins, plumped in boiling water

METHOD Preheat oven to 190C. Dissolve yeast in milk. Using a food mixer, combine flour, 10g of the sugar and salt. With the dough hook attachment on low speed, add milk mixture. After 1 min, add eggs and continue to mix until a dough forms and the mix comes away from the side of the bowl.

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Next add 65g of the butter, piece by piece until incorporated. The dough should be silky and glossy.

Cover the bowl and leave the dough for 1 hour.

Heat the remaining butter in a heavy based fry pan over mediumhigh heat, add the apple segments and sprinkle with remaining sugar.

Toss until apples are well caramelised but still firm.

Transfer to a tray and place in the fridge to cool. Next, spread the dough into a 26cm cake tin, creating a raised border.

Allow to prove at room temperature for 30 mins then arrange apple pieces on top. Prove for a further 30 mins then spoon over cream and scatter with raisins.

Bake for 30 mins – it should be springy to the touch – then cool to room temperature before serving with additional cream.

Serves 6

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Nature meets luxury Keeping up to date with the latest kitchen trends is all part of the job for the design team at Enigma Interiors.

Designer Lee Hardcastle, who worked on Enigma’s HIA Awardwinning kitchen design in 2016, says elements from the late ’70s and ’80s will play a part in kitchen design in 2017 – think fun, quirky edges and corners, patterns and polygon abstract shapes. There will also be a blend of contemporary colour palettes and luxury appliances with a touch of geometric style.

“Designs will become a little more exciting this year by using a melding of shapes, dimensions and texture,” he says.

“A sense of freedom with quirky details will emerge – corners, overhead cupboards and internal detailing will become prominent features. There will also be more use of modern, automated technology with CNC routers and laser etching incorporated into the design.”

Timeless timber Buywood Furniture’s solid timber benchtops are perfect for modern interior design, director Dave Nicholson says.

Dave says the organic quality of the timber adds warmth and texture to a room, making them ideal for kitchens and bathrooms.

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Lee says dark charcoals and a rich palette of off-white tones will be season favourites, highlighted by accents of vivid colour.

“Beautiful peacock blues, scarlet and fuchsia will all feature this year, woven with variations of warm metallic, while the use of timber will continue to be popular as people try to draw natural texture into the house,” he says.

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“Our team of design consultants can work with your cabinet maker or designer to create a custom benchtop to suit your project. The benchtops are made in our Brisbane workshop by our team of specialist craftsmen and if required, can be delivered to site and installed by our qualified team.”

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Making an impact Finnish design company Marimekko has been designing and printing distinctive textiles since 1949, with a range of its designs available at The Modern Furniture Store.

Store manager Emma Honan says that, following humble beginnings, Marimekko fabrics have become internationally renowned, with their timeless designs enjoying a renaissance as stretched canvasses and wall hangings.

“The Modern is Brisbane’s sole stockist of Marimekko fabric and it has a comprehensive range that can be bought by the metre,” Emma says.

“Staff will help you select the right fabric and give you advice on scale and the correct dimensions for your home.

“They will then organise to have your canvas stretched for you.

Stretched wall hangings are a cost

effective way to give impact on a large scale for a reasonable price and our staff have helped many people who want an easy solution for revitalising their walls for a house sale or just a seasonal refresh.

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Edgy looks in store Filled with new season collections, OZ Design Furniture Macgregor and Fortitude Valley aims to help customers transform their interior spaces.Inspired by coastal, abode, urban and global trends, these new collections have been introduced to help people create the home they love.

Find a range of new sofa styles, including the pictured boulevard sofa which introduces a contemporary feel to living spaces. Its structured design, wooden angled legs and high back cushions meet leather sofa expectations this season.

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“They are also energy efficient,” Belinda says.

“Whether you are building a new home or replacing existing window coverings, you won’t find a window treatment that looks better, lasts longer and insulates more efficiently than our internal Thermoshield shutters.

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“As well as offering excellent acoustic insulation, Winsulation double-glazing systems can keep homes 40 per cent cooler in summer, 32 per cent warmer in winter, and increase thermal resistance by up to 94 per cent,” Shaun says.

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Spick and plan Antonia Mercorella You’ve decided to sell and you know your home needs sprucing up. Zero in on the following areas to maximise profits and minimise the cost.

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SAFE AND SOUND

Think safety first, good working order second. Make sure there are no loose stairs, hinges, doors, windows, tiles, eaves, bricks or pavers. Everything must be in top working condition. Get a building inspection so you have expert opinion. Go through your home with a critical eye and note all broken, worn out, threadbare elements and replace or repair them.

2

$30,000 and $40,000 to the sale price.

If it is less than a decade old, update benchtops with new laminate, and put in new cupboard doors.

3

Wash your home and garden paths with a high-pressure hose. Clean the eaves, guttering and exterior, then inspect all paintwork. If it is flaking, consider getting the exterior painted for a fresh, new look.

APPEAL 4 KERB A new front door, new letterbox and landscaped front yard are wise investments. Pare garden shrubbery back to small, neat and tidy plants that will look easy to maintain.

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM

Buyers pay the closest attention to these areas. If your kitchen is more than 10 years old, consider spending $10,000 on a new one to add between

EXTERIOR

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FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS

Hardwood floors are popular but over time the varnish may wear off, so consider having them re-varnished to ensure a high-shine finish in every

SITTING PRETTY ... Attend to both the interior and exterior for the best sale result.

room, including high traffic areas.

Re-tile the kitchen or bathroom floors if there are more than two cracked tiles. Make sure the ceilings are clean and cobweb-free. If there has been any water damage from a leaking roof that has left a mark on the ceiling, repair

any damage and have the marks painted over. Painting the walls is one of the easiest, quickest and most affordable ways to give your house a fresh new finish before putting it on the market. Choose your colour palette wisely – opt for neutral tones.

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It has a striking street presence with a single-gable facade, and a timber-framed glass front door to the ground floor.

A bedroom is to one side of the

house, next to a gym and wine cellar.

Across the hallway is an office, a bathroom, a two-car garage and a laundry.

At the back of the ground floor are rumpus and games rooms with bifold doors to a covered deck.

The games room has a TV cabinet and full kitchen, while the back deck features a built-in barbecue and electric awning, along with views over a pool with an Asian-inspired cabana and water feature.

Back inside and up a level, three

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carpeted bedrooms are in the front corner of the floor, near a bathroom.

At the back of the floor the main bedroom has two walk-in wardrobes and an ensuite with a double marble vanity, free-standing spa bath and a shower with mosaic tiling.

To the far left of the upper level are a family room, and a designer kitchen with ample storage.

There is also a formal living and dining room with a bay window to the front yard.

4A 4B 5C

Brisbane 6/455 Adelaide Street ´Bellagio´ Penthouse - 580sqm of Luxury CBD Living One of the most significant apartments available throughout the CBD, this stunning representation of low-maintenance lifestyle living is one that must not be missed. Occupying two entire floors atop the incredibly soughtafter and inconspicuous "Bellagio", you are one of only 6 luxury apartments that offers the perfect combination of size, proportion, views and proximity to all that the CBD has to offer.

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Tuesday 30th of May 2017 at 6pm 'Auction Under the Stars' Ray White New Farm - 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm Brandon Wortley 0447 269 591 brandon.wortley@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

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Brisbane 462/30 Macrossan Street Unprecedented Luxury CBD Penthouse A lifestyle apartment that simply surpasses all else, Penthouse 462 has been meticulously crafted over several years from scratch, to what may just be the finest apartment in the Brisbane CBD. Offering postcard views of the Brisbane River, Story Bridge and city lights, this exquisitely appointed three-level penthouse is the epitome of sophisticated luxury living. Only an inspection will truly justify the offering.

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415sqm* luxury penthouse 4/5 bed, 4.5 bath, 3 car, 5 x storage Level 46/47 + mezzanine wine cellar 4.5m ceilings with incredible views Unprecedented level of finish Pool, tennis court, concierge Seconds to all amenities

Tuesday 30th of May 2017 at 6pm 'Auction Under the Stars' Ray White New Farm - 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm Brandon Wortley 0447 269 591 brandon.wortley@raywhite.com Matt Lancashire 0416 476 480 matt.lancashire@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

Paddington 321 Given Terrace

5A 4B 2C 1E

Ultimate Urban Family Home.

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Located in one of Brisbane´s most sought after inner city suburb of Paddington, A village atmosphere right on the doorstep of the CBD, it´s the perfect urban environment for the modern family. Its privacy, vast sense of space, separation of living and thoughtful architecture capitalises everything Paddington

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• Private Master retreat overlooking Paddington & Mt Coot-tha • Seamless integration between indoor living and outdoor entertaining • Situated on 486sqm elevated allotment • Outdoor entertaining area with heated in ground pool

Saturday 20th May 2017 at 12:00pm On Site View Please contact agent for open home times Matt Lancashire 0416 476 480 matt.lancashire@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

4A 2B 2C 1E

Ascot 86 Yabba Street An Ascot Icon - 1001m2 of the finest in Queensland living

Auction

Having only changed hands twice in over half a century, this sale is a coveted opportunity to secure a significant piece of Ascot history.

Sitting proudly on an enviable allotment of 1,001sqm of prime flat land, discerning buyers will be aware that properties of this calibre are seldom found.

Saturday 27th of May, Onsite at 1:00pm

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• One of Brisbane’s most coveted addresses • Extension designed by Heritage Architect - Desley Campbell-Stewart • 4 generous bedrooms with multiple formal & casual living rooms • Ducted A/C, ample storage, DLUG

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4A 3B 2C 1E

New Farm 93 Villiers Street An incredible architectural home in the heart of New Farm

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This stunning success of residential architecture truly sets the standard for modernist luxury living. Nestled on the prized corner of Hawthorne Street and Villiers Street, this exceptional home retains elements of its traditional Queenslander charm, yet bursts at the seams with architectural individuality.

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 6:00 pm Auction Under the Stars Event

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• Designer kitchen with stainless steel European appliances, five burner gas cook top and butler’s pantry • Luxurious master suite with walk in wardobe and double vanity • Short walk to James Street Precinct, Gasworks and New Farm Park

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Newstead 5a/5 Kyabra Street 478sqm Industrial-Chic Penthouse Beautifully crafted by award-winning Architect Justin O´Neill, this spectacular 478sqm 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom penthouse apartment is one of just two residential properties located within this iconic building that was completed in 2015.

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Tuesday 30th of May 2017 at 6pm ’Auction Under the Stars’ - Ray White New Farm, 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm Matt Lancashire 0416 476 480 matt.lancashire@raywhite.com Brandon Wortley 0447 269 591 brandon.wortley@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

Teneriffe 57/110 Macquarie St

3 A 2.5 B 2 C 1 D

Luxury Woolstore Living

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Presenting unit 57, in the highly regarded "TENERIFFE VILLAGE" Woolstore...

Showcasing house-like proportions, luxury finishes and superb entertaining areas, this incredible apartment provides an unparalleled lifestyle haven of space, versatility and superior quality.

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• Fully renovated to the highest quality • 182m2 of open plan living all on one level • Beautifully appointed kitchen fully equipped with European appliances + butler´s pantr • Large office space • Multiple living zones

Tuesday 30th of May 2017 at 6pm ’Auction Under the Stars’ Ray White New Farm - 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm View Please contact agent for open home times Simon Petrie 0439 668 867 simon.petrie@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

Yeronga 108 Rome Street South

4A 2B 2C

Gold Medal Riverfront! Picturesque 1325sqm including renovator.

Auction

Secluded at the end of a private cul-de-sac, this pristine riverfront feels more like inner city acreage. 1325m2 of absolute Riverfront, bordered with a substantial nature reserve, this flood free parcel of Yeronga blue chip riverfront captures dual reaches of the river as it sweeps the curve of Canoe Reach.

Tuesday 30th of May 2017 at 6pm ’Auction Under the Stars’ Ray White New Farm - 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm

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• Irreplaceable riverfront parcel • Secluded and private bordering council reserve • Direct boating access to included 12m pontoon • Option to renovate original home or remove

View Saturday 1:00 - 2:00 pm Christine Rudolph 0400 943 984 christine.rudolph@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

Brisbane City 903/229 Queen Street (Entry Edward St)

3A 2B 2C 1D

Penthouse Lifestyle in the heart of the CBD

Auction

The iconic MacArthur Chambers building has retained the elegance of a bygone era with sandstone exterior & is beautifully refurbished to suit today’s lifestyle. This penthouse enjoys all the benefits of living in the heart of Brisbane. Walk to meetings & entertain in many nearby restaurants. Be quick!

Friday 19th May at 10:30am, Lvl 26, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane

Ray White Ascot

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239m2 - 2 levels of luxurious living 2 balconies + built-in office Main bedroom with WIR & ensuite Double-sized bedrooms + built-ins Queen Street Mall, fashion district & Macarthur Central on your doorstep • Onsite management, pool, sauna & gym

View Saturday 10:00 - 10:30 am & Thursdays 12:00 - 12:30 pm Ian Cuneo 0416 139 656 ian.cuneo@raywhite.com Andrew Flanagan 0412 318 086 andrew.flanagan@raywhite.com iancuneo.raywhite.com

Bribie Island - Woorim 68 - 76 Rickman Parade Rare Beachfront Land - Never Before Offered To the Market

Expressions of Interest

Positioned on one of the best stretches of beach on the East Coast this large block of prime beachfront land consisting of 5 individual lots of 647m2 each on separate titles to be sold in one line or individually. All the amenities you need are here with major shopping, medical, transport & restaurants.

Closing 4pm Thursday 18th May 2017

Ray White Ascot

• To be sold in one line or individually • Corner block with total land size 3235m2 total frontages of over 120m • Site consists of 5 separate lots of 647m2 each with frontage of 16m • Multiple uses to suit apartment development or individual house lots

View Sunday 12:00 - 12:30 pm Dwight Ferguson 0412 385 720 dwight.ferguson@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 3868 7500

5A 3B 3C 1E

Nundah 33 Oxford Street A Prestige Property With City Views This glamorous, renovated Queenslander showcases only the finest in design, & boasts a lifestyle that will be embraced by families & entertainers alike. Capturing breathtaking bay breezes this elevated property has been designed to evoke a sense of luxury while still maintaining a feeling of warmth.

Ray White Ascot

Auction • Stunning views of the city and Gateway • Full sized tennis court and large solar heated pool • Generous sized bedrooms with ensuites and walk-in robes • Deluxe chef´s kitchen with butler´s pantry

On Site Saturday, 13 May 2017, 1:00 pm Lisa Pearse-Sargeant 0428 823 553 lisa.pearse-sargeant@raywhite.com Janelle McKenna 0417 004 845 janelle.mckenna@raywhite.com www.facebook.com/McKennaPearseProperties

South Brisbane 56/410 Stanley Street

4A 4B 5C

Brisbane’s Largest and Finest Penthouse

Auction

This grand penthouse holds pride of place over the two top floors of Park Avenue. The lavish residence is easily the largest penthouse in Brisbane occupying 1,153sqm of spectacular living, north-facing with breathtaking River, City and Parkland views.

Friday, 26 May , 10:30 am In rooms 111 Eagle St, Brisbane

Ray White South Brisbane

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4 large bedrooms + office 1,153m2 over two levels Sublime marble entertainer’s kitchen 3 car lock up garage + 2 additional secure side by side car spaces • Private gym & sauna • Premier building of only 56 residences

View By Appointment Dean Yesberg 0408 558 882 dean.yesberg@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 3010 2600

Norman Park 57 Mcilwraith Avenue

5A 3B 2C

Family Living Personified

Auction

Setting the benchmark for desirability for family homes, this Character residence combines skillful construction with high end appointments to deliver two exceptional levels of home. It stands on a North facing 810sqm block within walking distance to parks, quality schools and cafés.

Ray White Stones Corner

• Spacious formal lounge room with feature timber work • Entertaining deck overlooks gardens with CBD views • Large family rumpus with access to front and rear patio • Four bedrooms all with built-ins plus study

On Site Saturday, 20 May 2017, 12:00 pm View Thursday 6:00 - 6:30 pm & Saturday 11:15 - 11:45 am & Saturday 2:15 - 2:45 pm Ben Cannon 0413 596 496 ben.cannon@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 07 3394 2338

6A 2B 2C

Dicky Beach 43 Wilson Avenue ´Skye Lodge´ On the Beach - Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

Auction

Blessed with unrivalled panoramic ocean, beach and headland views and with direct beach access to Dicky and Moffat Beach, this original family beach home will provide endless joy while giving you the opportunity to plan your future dream home in this highlyprized location.

In Rooms, The Events Centre, Caloundra Thursday, 25th May 2017 at 11am

Ray White Caloundra

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First time to the market in over 55 years Caloundra´s premier beach front location Elevated 658m² corner ocean front land A short walk to cafes and restaurants 10 minutes to SC University Hospital Easy access to Brisbane & SC Airport Astute buyers will act without delay

View Friday 1 - 1:45 pm & Sunday 1 - 1:45 pm Andrew Garland 0403 851 777 andrew.garland@raywhite.com raywhitecaloundra.com.au/1652356 | 5491 5055

2A 2B 2C

Brisbane 2102/132 Alice Street Botanical Gardens Rarity - Arguably the Best Location in the CBD!

Auction

Situated on the 21st floor of the incredibly sought-after and tightly held "Quay West" building, apartment 2102 is one of the rarest properties available within the building and the wider CBD. At 144sqm in size and with a double lock up garage, it will be difficult to find an apartment in the CBD that can compare.

Tuesday, 30 May 2017, 6:00 pm ’Auction Under the Stars’, Ray White New Farm, 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm Brandon Wortley 0447 269 591 brandon.wortley@raywhite.com raywhite.com

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144sqm sub-penthouse 17 metre frontage 180 degree views Tightly held building Excellent complex amenities

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New Farm 2/15 Griffith Street

3 A 2 B 1+ C

Welcome to ’Northshore Villa’s’ on the Riverfront

Sale

Occupying a desirable entire second floor setting of 219sqm, with private lift access in a secure Northshore Villa boutique block of three, this instantly appealing apartment provides a peaceful lifestyle haven with classic elegance, space and light.

By Negotiation View Wednesday 6:00 - 6:30 pm & Saturday 12:00 - 12:30 pm Karla Lynch 0447 384 908 k.lynch@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

Ray White New Farm

• Extensive river and city views • Own private lift access, and mooring in the complex • Functional floor plan with an abundance of space and open plan living • Beautifully crafted kitchen with Miele and Blanco appliances

4 A 2.5 B 2 C

New Farm 153 James Street Architecture & city views made for the modern family

Auction

This James Street address has been widely regarded as one of New Farms most private, desirable & envied pockets, offering the most breathtaking views of the city that you can enjoy from the comfort of your living room.

With only 10 residences calling this exclusive and elevated enclave of James Street home.

Tuesday 30th of May 2017 at 6pm ’Auction Under the Stars’ Ray White New Farm - 612 Brunswick Street, New Farm Scott Darwon 0401 151 090 scott.darwon@raywhite.com Robert Freeman 0411 168 128 robert.freeman@raywhite.com rwnf.com.au

• Open plan, family friendly layout with expansive timber deck • Designer kitchen with Corian benchtop, european appliances & plenty of storage • Approved plans for swimming pool • New Farm State School catchment

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Clayfield 122 Alexandra Road

6A 3B 2C 1E

Cutting Edge and Luxury Beyond Compare

Auction

A spectacular fusion of architectural and interior design, this six bedroom Clayfield family home has been passionately and architecturally renovated with a commitment to quality, luxurious appointments and exceptional presentation to provide generous modern proportions and family functionality.

Saturday, 20 May 2017, 2:00 pm On Site View Wednesday 6:00 - 6:30 pm Damon Warat 0413 200 063 damon.warat@raywhite.com QLD Individual Salesperson of the Year Winner 2014 & 2015 raywhite.com | 3868 7531

Ray White Ascot

• Architecturally designed master renovation • Deluxe designer kitchen with stone & marble benches, walk-through butler´s pantry including Miele appliances • High end/premium fittings and fixtures • Ascot State School catchment

Highgate Hill P03/180 Dornoch Terrace

3A 2B 2C

Attention Downsizers......

Sale

Understated Luxury and Exclusivity are the words that come to mind when asked to describe one of the most sought-after Brisbane developments "The Highgate". This is the ideal property for buyers looking at downsizing.

• Boutique development with only 35 residences • Generous floor plan with 225m2 in total • Landscaped exclusive use area • Idyllic northern aspect with CBD views • Lap pool - manicured gardens • Brisbane State High catchment

$1,660,000 View Saturday 11:15 - 12:00 pm & Wednesday 6:00 - 6:30 pm Luke Croft 0411 847 001 luke.croft@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 3010 2600

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West End 11 Raven Street

6A 3B 4C 2D

Welcome Home

Auction

Once every while there is a home that comes to the market that you get excited about.

Boasting a beautiful period facade with a striking street presence, 11 Raven Street is the home you have been waiting for. Ideally situated within minutes of West End’s restaurants, cafes and bars.

Ray White South Brisbane

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Stunning tri-level home 6 bedrooms - 2 studies - 3 bathrooms Multiple living and outdoor areas Self contained lower level Saltwater pool - pergola Basement garaging for 4 cars plus storage

On Site Saturday, 20 May 2017, 5:00 pm View Saturday 1:00 - 1:45 pm & Thursday 5:30 - 6:00 pm Luke Croft 0411 847 001 luke.croft@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 3010 2600

3A 2B 1C

Sherwood 1-6 / 28 Bute Street Includes Free Avocado On Toast For A Year

Sale

Affordable house alternative, these brand new 2 or 3 bedroom Townhomes, in blue ribbon Sherwood, are presented exceptionally offering a stunning level of inclusions, quality craftsmanship and chic design elements. We are including 12 months free avocado on toast once a weekend at your favourite café.

From $595,000 View Saturday 1:00 - 1:45 pm & Sunday 10:30 - 11:15 am & By Appointment Cameron Crouch 0400 743 351 ccrouch@raywhite.com Aimee Carding 0403 325 529 acarding@raywhite.com raywhite.com/124919838 | 07 3379 3535

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Second Living or Potential 4th Bedroom Chic Master Bed + Balcony with Views Entertainer’s Kitchen Bespoke Cabinetry Ducted Air-Conditioning Like a House Private Street Front Entry Very Low Body Corporate (Pet Friendly) First Home Owner Grant - $20,000

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MacKenzie 294 Mt Petrie Road

4A 2B 3C

Flights Are Booked, Bags Are Packed, Make Us An Offer - 3002m2

Auction

Just minutes from all amenities yet perfectly private & quiet, 294 Mt Petrie Rd offers the astute buyer 3002m2 of land with a lifestyle few can find so close to the CBD. The home is a single storey, low set brick & tile home & has been well looked after since it was built.

Friday, 26 May 2017, 10:30 am Ray White Corporate 26/111 Eagle St, Brisbane CBD View Saturday 3:00 - 3:30 pm Peter Laoudikos 0422 118 288 peterl@raywhite.com Garry Price 0402 693 501 garry.price@raywhite.com raywhite.com

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• 12 Solar panels and Rainwater tanks • Free standing deck area with water features overlooking a dam • Air conditioning • Room for a home office if you desire • Master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe

5A 5B 3C 1D

Chapel Hill 31 Geewan Place Private and Tranquil Oasis Seldom does an opportunity become available where a home will provide the perfect blend of opulence and practicality.

This exciting home will offer the savvy buyer a lifestyle that is often sought yet seldom found, all within a highly desirable location of the inner western precinct.

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1608m2 N/E land Multiple spacious living areas Climate controlled wine cellar Architecturally designed and masterfully built • Zoned alarm monitored security system

Ray White Paddington

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 6:30 pm Darling & Co. 157 Given Terrace, Paddington View Saturday 10 - 10:45 am & 2 - 2:45 pm & Wednesday 6 - 6:45 pm Mathew Abboud 0423 629 346 mathew.abboud@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 3369 6488

Aspley 41 Chartwell Street

6A 3B 2C 1E

Stunning French Provincial with City Views

Auction

This superbly built, steel framed home set on 870sqm of ridgetop land, has a street presence reminiscent of homes in Melbourne’s Toorak. This custom built home represents a massive 56 squares or 520sqm of luxury living, in a superb location yet close to all that is important to your family.

On Site Saturday, 27 May 2017, 10:00 am Sonya Treloar 0424 514 404 sonya.treloar@raywhite.com Luke Ahrens 0437 754 000 luke.ahrens@raywhite.com raywhitebridgemandowns.com.au | 3353 7600

• Kitchen with stone top benches, walk-in pantry • Formal lounge & Formal dining • Solid blackbutt timber flooring • Large covered entertaining Pavilion • 870sqm Fully fenced block • Close to public transport & shops

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Wolvi "Sweet Haven", Noosa Hinterland

3A 2B 2C

Retire to the Stunning Fraser Coast - With Income

Auction

Set in an idyllic lifestyle region on 42 acres which includes an avocado orchard is this stunning log home. The open plan and soaring ceilings combine to let natural light in from all angles. The home boasts a beautiful sandstone open fireplace and a modern kitchen with granite benchtops. Must Sell.

Friday, 2 June 2017, 10:30 am Level 26, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane View Sunday 10:30 - 11:30 am Jez McNamara 0427 270 280 Richard Marray 0488 582 048 raywhiteruralqld.com | 3231 2222

• 17.07ha (42.18acres) Freehold • 40 Min Noosa & Rainbow Beach • 675 Avocado Trees (Shepherd, Haas, Wurtz, Fuerte, Sharwill) • Beautiful forest, Native Flora and Fauna • 2 Sheds, avocado processing equipment • 3 dams, bore, irrigation & 3 rain tanks

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Hazeldean ’Braeside’ 3964 Esk Kilcoy Rd

4A 3B 6C

QLD’s Premier Lakefront Property at a Severely Discounted Price

Auction

Tightly held "Braeside" boasts a comfortable, renovated homestead with kms of lake frontage and 180 degree views of Somerset Dam. Selectively cleared & well fenced for cattle, there is also unsurpassed access for fishing & watersports on the lake. A premier lifestyle property without the price tag.

Friday, 19 May 2017, 10:30 am Level 26, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane View Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 am & By Appointment Jez McNamara 0427 270 280 Andrew Goodall 0412 093 551 raywhiteruralqld.com

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• 203 ha (501 acres)* on 6 Leasehold Titles • 8km South of Kilcoy, 50 mins Sunshine Coast Beaches, 90 mins Brisbane CBD • 4 bedroom renovated homestead and separate living quarters • Quality Infrastructure - sheds, cattle yards, stables, tack room

6A 3B 2C 1E

Camp Hill 30 Donald Street Immaculate Family Home Must Be Sold!

This magnificent architecturally designed contemporary home in an enviable location is a must see. Living spaces of grand proportions, both formal & casual lounge & dining areas plus an expansive rumpus with wet bar that will accommodate & suit all types of living arrangements.

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Gourmet galley kitchen + wine cellar Expansive outdoor entertainment areas Main bedroom with luxury WIR & ensuite Sound system, fire place, ducted air conditioning, secure entry & intercom • Double remote garage + storage • Fully fenced & landscaped block

Ray White Bulimba

On Site Saturday, 27 May 2017, 12:00 pm View Thursday 6:00 - 6:45 pm & Saturday 11:00 - 11:45 am Steven Gow 0427 242 646 steven.gow@raywhite.com Tanya Douglas 0434 096 119 tanya.douglas@raywhite.com raywhitebulimba.com | 3914 0000

Caloundra 3/12 Maloja Avenue

3A 2B 2C 1D

Stunning Absolute Waterfront Apartment

Auction

This ground level 187m² apartment basks in the stunning natural beauty of the Pumicestone Passage. The spacious open plan waterfront living area frames the stunning vista & spills out onto a large covered balcony.

A second north facing living area with balcony & 105m² of terrace surrounds the apartment.

In Rooms, The Events Centre, Caloundra Thursday, 25th May 2017 at 11am View Thursday 5 - 5:30 pm & Saturday 12 - 12:30 pm Andrew Garland 0403 851 777 andrew.garland@raywhite.com raywhitecaloundra.com.au/1652328 | 5491 5055

Ray White Caloundra

• Make the Passage your playground boating, kayaking, kite surfing, fishing....

• One of three full floor apartments • Secure parking & plenty of storage • First class fixtures and fittings throughout • Walk to shops, restaurants and the beach • 10 minutes to SC University Hospital

Hendra 10 Dora Street

Gordon Park 66 Gordon Street

Warra Willa Circa 1910

5A 3B 4C 1E

The Entertainer-2 St Access

5 A 2.5 B 2 C

Nestled in the heart of a sought after pocket of Hendra is this picture perfect home on a comfortable 809sqm (2 lots).

• Home office with waiting room • Solar heated pool • Immaculately maintained

Auction

This gracious Qldr enjoys a supurb entertainer’s deck which flows from the kitchen, living, library & dining. Hotel-style ensuite & dressing room, study/5th bed.

Room for 2+ cars. Walk to Kedron Brook. Bus to CBD. Be quick!

Auction

Ray White Ascot

Saturday 13 May at 9am On Site Janelle McKenna 0417 004 845 Lisa Pearse-Sargeant 0428 823 553 www.facebook.com/ McKennaPearseProperties

Ray White Ascot

Saturday 13th May at 11am on site View Saturday 10:30 - 11:00 am & Wednesday 5:30 - 6:00 pm & Friday 11:00 - 11:30 am Ian Cuneo 0416 139 656 ian.cuneo@raywhite.com iancuneo.raywhite.com

Coulson via Boonah "Hawthorne" 62 Lilybrook Road

Warrill View 530 & 290 Old Rosevale Road

Live the Country Dream

4A 3B 4C

Family Liquidating 2 Farms

1A 1B 3C

• 165 high capacity acres with excellent infrastructure • Large homestead overlooking the entire farm.

A Quality property just 1 hour Brisbane CBD.

Auction

1) ’Laguna’ - CIRCA 1895. 283* mostly cleared acres with stunning views. New improvements, good water, 75 breeders + progeny 2) ’Elysa’ - 100* vacant acres, 30 breeders , big reliable dam. Power • Family liquidating to purchase.

Auction

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Friday, 26 May , 10:30 am Level 26, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane View Sunday 10:30 Peter Douglas 0407 172 101 rural.qld@raywhite.com raywhite.com | 3231 2222

Ray White Rural Brisbane

Friday, 9 June 2017, 10:30 am Lvl 26, 111 Eagle St, Brisbane City View Sunday 10:30 & 12 & By Appointment Barry Quinn 0409 828 342 raywhiteruralqld.com.au

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Over 65% sold, limited opportunities remaining.

Construction commencing soon.

TOOWONG 1501/527 CORONATION DRIVE

INSPECT

The jewel in the crown, this full floor 455m2 Sky Mansion with 25m river frontage, a 360˚ view and five car spaces offers arguably Brisbane’s most impressive penthouse style residence.

Situated on level 15, the expansive frontage with soaring 4m ceilings accentuates the grand nature of this home in the sky. The generous living proportions of this residence showcase multiple living and dining spaces. The gourmet kitchen is set to inspire with large butler’s pantry and Gaggenau appliances throughout. Five spacious bedrooms with four bathrooms, separate powder room and private media room are located on the south-west wing. Wine cellar, office and cloakroom compete this home.

5 BED 4 + BATH 5 CAR

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Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12 – 2pm, Saturday and Sunday 2 – 4pm

FOR SALE Price on application Simon Caulfield 0437 935 912 Annabelle O’Hare 0418 884 734 PLC-OP3150 _BN_A

DREAMSCAPE Offering a spectacular 1,000m2 of internal living, this architecturally designed home is crafted over an extensive 1,416m2 of commanding hilltop.

CARINA HEIGHTS 6 Pine Mountain Court

INSPECT By appointment

Occupying a tranquil and privately held location, this extraordinary residence is one of the top 10 highest houses in Brisbane and showcases 180 degrees of uninterrupted views. Entering at the mid level, a superb lounge and dining room await, framed by seemingly endless glass. Gourmet, the kitchen is designed with Miele and Gaggeneau appliances. Guests will adore their private wing on this level. Follow the stairs and retreat to the luxurious master suite with dramatic ensuite.

An additional three bedrooms are on this level, just steps from the main bathroom. The ground floor has access to the enclosed deck and alluring saltwater pool beyond.

5 BED 5 BATH 9 CAR + POOL

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FOR SALE James Curtain 0404 056 564 Warren Walsh 0400 902 269 PLC-OP3150 _BN_B

LIFESTYLE Defining style and functionality, this home is a family friendly abode in the heart of one of Brisbane’s most desired suburbs.

TENERIFFE 55 Kingsholme Street

INSPECT

This Teneriffe stunner on 607m2 grounds defines family friendly living. The functional 579m2 floor plan combines open areas with cleverly separated spaces to offer privacy. Multiple living options cater to all occasions, seamlessly opening to generous outdoor entertaining terraces and beautiful city views. A list of added comforts includes a fully tiled pool, two built-in barbeque areas, cellar and private home office with separate entrance. Take advantage of the superior lifestyle and blue chip location near the riverwalk, New Farm Park, CityCat and James Street.

The CBD and quality schooling options are also close by.

5 BED 3 BATH 2 CAR + POOL

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Wednesday 5 – 5:30pm Saturday 12:30 – 1pm

AUCTION Saturday 27 May at 9am, on-site Judy Goodger 0438 767 377 Matthew Foote 0400 107 707 PLC-OP3150 _BN_C

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A piece of Brisbane history, this charming and renovated home ‘Tir nan og’ is offered to the open property market for the first time in 70 years.

ORMISTON 11-15 Cleveland Terrace

INSPECT Thursday 5 – 5:45pm and Saturday 11 – 11:45am

Built in 1947, this cherished residence sits across a sprawling 2,499m2 and overlooks Raby Esplanade Park and Raby Bay. An entertainer’s dream, this stately home comprises a formal lounge with original fireplace, formal dining room, open plan kitchen, informal family room and five bedrooms. Four private verandahs each capture stunning views. The east facing front balcony with park and bay views, while the separate southerly verandah features stairs down to the garden. Off the end of the west verandah there is a fully self-contained double guest bedroom that family and friends will never want to leave.

5 BED 3 BATH 2 CAR

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FOR SALE Expressions of Interest Closing 23 May

Rebecca Lawler 0411 375 050 PLC-OP3150 _BN_D

POINTLUXE Located in St Lucia, just 4km from the CBD, these four bedroom homes set the standard for luxury living in Brisbane.

ST LUCIA 12 Ironside Street

INSPECT Saturday 1 – 1:30pm

Set over three levels these stunning, private and spacious residences feature a resort style pool and a remarkable blend of outdoor and indoor living spaces. Thoughtfully designed by Pointcorp Developments, they boast unparalleled craftsmanship and a blue-chip lifestyle.

Featuring sleek lines and an expansive sense of space in the living areas combined with the stylish contemporary kitchen flowing to the open plan living spaces that are flooded with natural light. The outdoor entertaining area provides the ultimate modern lifestyle and encapsulates Queensland living by combining privacy and practicality with an elegance unmatched elsewhere.

4 BED 3 BATH 2 CAR + POOL

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FOR SALE Simon Wheelans 0417 799 963 Wade Ruffin 0408 155 111 PLC-OP3150 _BN_E

CAMP HILL 51 Martha Street

INSPECT Wednesday 6:30 – 7pm

With spectacular city and suburban views and showcasing exceptional style, this first class residence promotes luxurious family living with unrivalled comfort. Over 434.1m², this home has an array of features; impressive high ceilings, multiple living and outdoor areas over all levels, ducted air conditioning, CAT6 cabling, 6kw solar and triple car accommodation.

A lavish master retreat enjoys a private balcony, walk-in robe and ensuite with freestanding bathtub. Three additional bedrooms on the same level with the fifth bedroom on a separate level making for a perfect teenager or visitor’s retreat.

5 BED 3 BATH 3 CAR + POOL

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Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

Joanna Gianniotis 0433 168 761

INSPECT Wednesday 5:45 – 6:15pm and Saturday 11 – 11:30am

CORINDA 45 Ardoyne Road This hillside 1930’s Queenslander sits on a double-fronted 810m2, of fering luxur y and breathtaking views. A meticulous renovation merges traditional features with the best of modern living to create the ultimate family oasis. The gourmet kitchen has granite benchtops and flows to the living area and a generous wraparound deck with panoramic views across the river to distant hills. The large master retreat is one of two private sanctuaries, each with balcony or patio and lavish ensuite. Downstairs, marble floors inside and outside fuse living and entertaining areas leading to a saltwater pool.

5 BED 4 BATH 2 CAR + POOL

AUCTION Thursday 11 May at 12:30pm,

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AUCTION Thursday 18 May at 12:30pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

Ann-Karyn Fraser 0419 708 094 PLC-OP3150 _BN_F

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AUCTION Saturday 27 May at 1pm, on-site

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MANLY 26 Oceana Terrace With stunning harbour views and an unbeatable bayside location, this is your chance to be part of an exclusive and luxurious enclave surrounded by million dollar homes. This position offers a 510m2 vacant block of land with wide uninterrupted panoramic views. Only a few steps away from Cambridge Parade, you can enjoy an abundance of local boutique shops, cafés and restaurants. Families will appreciate the variety of quality schools, parks and sporting fields, and Manly train station with express services to the CBD, just two minutes from your door. This is the last remaining block on Oceana Terrace so don’t delay.

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AUCTION Saturday 13 May at 10am, on-site

Marc Sorrentino 0488 886 272 PLC-OP3150 _BN_G

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Grand vintage This 1930s Queenslander has been renovated to preserve its original features but embrace contemporary additions.

The house’s traditional elegance shows through a single-gable facade, highlighted by a butterfly staircase, timber balustrade, fretwork and a wraparound balcony.

Entry is via a decorative arched front door. Inside there are VJ walls, polished timber floors, 3m-high ceilings and ornamental archways which give a sense of grandeur.

Next to the kitchen is a living room with access to a timber deck that offers glimpses of the Brisbane River.

With a chandelier, the dining room presents a semi-formal environment – a style continued in the nearby library.

The main bedroom has floor-to-ceiling mirrored wardrobes and an ensuite, along with an original

leadlight bay window and a private, north-facing balcony.

This level also includes a bathroom and second bedroom.

Polished marble floors feature throughout the ground floor, including in a second living room, two bedrooms and a generous guest suite.

There are also bifold doors which give access to an expansive patio and a saltwater pool.

CORINDA 45 Ardoyne Rd Land: 810sq m Inspect: By appointment Auction: Level 1, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane, Thu, May 18, from noon Agent: Ann-Karyn Fraser, Place New Farm, ph: 3107 5111 or 0419 708 094

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St Lucia 9/56 Bellevue Terrace Penthouse Living With The ’Uniqueness Of Quality’ ON OFFER IS A RARE COMMODITY...SIZE! Size is a commodity within our current market that is as rare as a ´Pink Diamond´. So, when you combine size and quality with a top floor position, city views, lift access and one of Brisbane´s strongest property suburbs, you end up with an opportunity that won´t last!

Indulge in luxury & enjoy the perfect culmination of sophistication and functionality with a level of finish that is so rare, it is sure to impress.

A formal entry showcases the northerly ’City Views’ whilst the living blends seamlessly to the outdoor entertaining. A separate informal living area is perfect as a multipurpose media room & inlcudes a home office, featuring LED lighting & custom cabinetry. Entertaining will be a joy in this stunning Kitchen with Butler´s pantry, ILVE appliances & the perfect combination of custom Polished Concrete with quality Stone. Located at ’The Peak’ of St Lucia, this home will ’Sell’. Don´t miss the opportunity to secure a rare Penthouse!

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For Sale Price Guide $1,400,000 - 1,500,000 View Thurs 11 May: 6.00pm to 6.30pm & Sat 13 May: 11.00am-12.00pm

Scott Gemmell 0414 606 114 New Farm 3146 5400 4/599 Brunswick Street

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Original charm Kildare, a two-level brick residence on the market for the first time since 1946, has original features including high ceilings, decorative cornices, brick walls and a fireplace.

It has multiple living areas and is surrounded by established gardens and plenty of greenery.

A first-floor entry leads to a carpeted interior with neutral tones and modern downlights, as well as traditional casement windows.

On this level are three bedrooms with built-in wardrobes. One of the bedrooms has a rear balcony.

A bathroom has a separate shower and bath.

An open-plan lounge and living space has a classic fireplace and a chandelier. It has glass sliding doors to two balconies which offer suburban views.

To the front of the house is an

original kitchen with timber cabinets, several benchtops, a ceiling fan and a serving window to the dining room.

On the lower level is a single garage and a laundry with external access, as well as a bathroom, numerous storage areas and two multipurpose rooms.

Entry to the residence is via Stanley Tce although there is the potential to create a second entry via Broseley Rd.

PULLENVALE 534 Grandview Road

CAPTIVATING 10 ACRE ESTATE WITH GUEST HOUSE • • • • • •

5 Double sized bedrooms 3 Bathrooms (2 ensuited) Vaulted ceilings in the living/kitchen area Timber kitchen with stainless steel bench tops Generous living areas with separate rumpus or games room 3 Well positioned fireplaces

• Stunning courtyard with water features, gardens and in ground swimming pool • 10 acres of lush grounds with fully fenced paddocks • Floodlit tennis court, 2 exterior sheds, creek frontage • Fully self contained Guest residence or home office • Sparkling in ground pool and covered entertaining area • Rural Residential Zoning

313 STANLEY TCE TARINGA

LAND: 1538sq m INSPECT: By appointment AUCTION: On site, Sat, May 27, 1pm AGENT: Karen Simons, Place Graceville, ph: 3379 4311 or 0415 992 027

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AUCTION ONSITE SATURDAY 20TH MAY @ 11AM Inspect Saturday 1:00 – 1:45pm Benjamin Smith 0416 005 008 Kel Goesch 0408 647 568

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City lights This three-bedroom penthouse apartment is in a highly sought-after location in the heart of the city’s dining, shopping and entertainment precinct.

Housed in the historic MacArthur Chambers building with its sandstone exterior, the apartment – which has a northerly aspect – combines heritage and contemporary features, including ducted airconditioning.

It is set over two floors, and has a foyer on the lower level, complete with marble floor and a wrought-iron staircase with under-stair storage. A powder room is nearby.

The three bedrooms take up most of the lower level. They each have recessed ceilings, carpet, and windows with city views.

Two of the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and share a bathroom with floor-to-ceiling tiles, a marble spa bath and double stone vanity.

Along with a private terrace with a city outlook, the main bedroom has a

walk-in wardrobe and an ensuite with marble tiles.

The upper level has high ceilings, polished hardwood floors and floorto-ceiling windows.

It is an open-plan design, with the dining and lounge rooms either side of the kitchen, which has granite benchtops, a butler’s pantry, pendulum lights and a breakfast bar.

Entry to the penthouse is via Edward St.

903/229 QUEEN ST CITY UNIT: 239sq m INSPECT: Thu, noon-12.30pm; Sat, 10-10.30am AUCTION: 111 Eagle St, city, Fri, May 19, 10.30am AGENT: Ian Cuneo, Ray White Ascot, ph: 3868 7500 or 0416 139 656

SANDGATE, 154 Flinders Parade HISTORIC “CREMORNE” Set on the Sandgate Waterfront on a superb 2,226sq.m north facing corner block this property oozes history and character. Built in 1920

by John McCallum Snr, the father of the famous actor and producer of the same name, and named after his Cremorne Theatre in Stanley St Brisbane this grand home was the centre of social life for the who’s who of Brisbane.

Cremorne was then owned by Douglas Carrick, builder of the Brisbane City Hall. Many garden parties were hosted on the extensive lawns decorated with specially commissioned statues during the 20’s and 30’s.

Guests included the governor and premier of Queensland.

In 1937 the property was converted into six flats and remains the same today, with original external architectural features having been restored during the past decade by the current owners. Returning $78,000 per annum this property is an ideal investment for the future or for someone to return the interior layout to a single magnificent residence as it was in its glory days of the 1920’s. This is a magnificent property and is one of those once in a life time opportunities.

For queries and inspections contact John Decker at John Decker Real Estate on 0418 875 257 or 3269 9300.

FOR SALE BY TENDER – TENDERS CLOSE Friday 16th June at 5pm Inspect by Appointment

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BELLBOWRIE, 55 LATHER ROAD

15 Ross Street, Woolloongabba

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Perched on a near level 809 m2 of Woolloongabba Hill this colonial has been converted to 4 one bedroom flats, 3 of which have been recently renovated • Hilltop Colonial with Development Options • Develop Townhouse/Apartments with council consent • Expressions of Interest Close May 18th at 5pm if not sold prior Inspect: Wed 5:00-5:30pm Sat 11:00am-12:00pm

George Koukides 0412 872 786

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RIVERFRONT ACREAGE OASIS: 576m2 House, 4 X Living Areas + Utility Room, Study, Library & Storage! Tennis Court, Basketball Hoop, Putting/Chipping Green + Bunker, Pool, Fully Fenced. SELLERS PURCHASED ELSEWHERE SO, PROPERTY MUST BE SOLD!!!

Inspect: Sat & Sun 1 - 2 pm Auction: Sat 20th May 3.30pm (onsite) View: https://youtu.be/ vbDtKEAOaZ8 141 Boundary Road, Bardon | 3510 5222

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ENTRY LEVEL ABSOLUTE RIVERFRONT

241 Dewar Terrace, CORINDA

Escape to your own private, absolute riverfront hideaway with this beautifully appointed home spread over three flood-free spectacular levels. Situated in the heart of charming, family friendly Corinda, the home is set on a generous 1141m2 block and enjoys sensational river views from multiple indoor/outdoor living areas plus private jetty and 8m x 3m pontoon.

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Brand New Executive Residence – Panoramic City Views Architectural excellence, outstanding quality and a north easterly elevated position – this brand new commanding residence on a 774m2 allotment presents a rare opportunity to secure a luxurious lifestyle in one of Toowong’s premier addresses.

With exceptional devotion to function and form, separate wings of living, to suit all family members, are cleverly interconnected with glass sliding doors and a central outdoor entertainment and leisure deck, plunge pool and grassed flat lawn.

The master suite offers full city views, a double walk in robe and generous ensuite. A separate wing of living includes three large bedrooms, central bathroom and additional living/media room. A fully self-contained apartment with its own entry is located on the lower level.

Close to Indooroopilly and Toowong shopping centres, just over 1km to Brisbane Boys College, public transport and the foothills of Mount Coot-tha – this property offers an extremely rare idyllic family and entertainer’s lifestyle.

108 Gower Street, Toowong Open Saturday 12:30pm – 1:15pm

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Jack Dixon 0408 756 694

jack@dixonfamily.net.au

Architectural Excellence On 1601m2 This spectacular contemporary residence on 1601m2 designed by celebrated architect Noel Robinson embraces an idyllic north easterly aspect, with uncompromised luxurious living, in a tightly held dress circle location.

Suspended 15-foot high ceilings incorporating oversized glass panels, integrated customised joinery and storage, limestone tiling and finishes are some of the numerous features built into this visually stunning residence. The clever single level design offers a multitude of areas for the family to share or enjoy in privacy.

Boasting a flood lit championship tennis court framed with mature landscaping, adjacent to Indooroopilly Golf Course, this executive residence delivers an unrepeatable value proposition for families who treasure privacy, convenience, family gatherings within a luxurious environment.

172 Harts Road, Indoooroopilly Open Saturday 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Patrick Dixon 0414 817 817

www.dixonfamily.net.au

patrick@dixonfamily.net.au

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Riverfront jewel Alongside the banks of the Brisbane River, this seven-bedroom, ninebathroom residence exudes luxury with its palatial white facade and park-like established gardens.

Rivergum Retreat has been designed to capture river views from almost every room, and offers a seamless indoor to outdoor flow.

The majestic grand foyer includes a curved staircase, void, intricate water feature and oversized expanses of glass.

The three-wing design branches out from the foyer, with the main living hub on the ground level encompassing open-plan family, kitchen and meals areas.

The kitchen has marble benchtops, European appliances, a butler’s pantry and access to a climate-controlled wine cellar.

Also downstairs are formal living

and dining rooms, an office, gym and a vast games room, which has a wet bar and glass doors to sprawling outdoor sandstone terraces, an infinity pool and spa, and the river.

Upstairs is the main bedroom, which has a walk-in wardrobe, waterfront balcony and an ensuite with dual vanities and a spa bathtub.

There’s also a theatre room, an alarm system, intercom, and airconditioning.

36 NEEDHAM ST FIG TREE POCKET LAND: 1.2ha INSPECT: By appointment PRICE: $11.9 million AGENT: Tyson Clarke, Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty, ph: 3058 8888 or 0407 034 803

Enjoy coastal living just 30 mins from Brisbane CBD Luxury 3 bedroom apartments Easy stroll to Cafe & Restaurants Opposite Blue Water Square Shopping Centre 5 minutes walk to Redcliffe Lagoon and Sutton Beach Located at 11 Anzac Avenue Redcliffe

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52 Farm Street Stylish two level with 3 generous bedrooms, all with built ins, two with their own ensuites. Front and rear patios plus multiple living areas on 252m2.

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Horoscope with Tanya Obreza LIBRA (September 23 - October 23) Foresight has its place in helping you to be successful, however this week may find you attempting to secondguess the future. The result will be a heap of ill-founded conclusions, and some of those are just plain wrong.

For now, leave prophecy to the psychics.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20) Everything has an upside, which is something worth remembering this week. Although usually shrewd, your affirmative batteries need a quick top-up.

The real problem is that you are feeling vulnerable. When life becomes this confusing, it can help to take a quick break, particularly after the 12th.

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(May 21 to June 21) Once your mind is made up, you are unstoppable. You have had some great ideas lately and you cannot wait to put them into motion. Just consider whether have you included your partner or a particular friend in the decision making process? They deserve to voice their opinions.

(July 23 - August 23) Leos feel a strong push towards securing house and home this week, preferring to adopt a safer, more conventional stance. However this sudden desire for stability may be at odds with a more restless partner or friend. The end result of this could be head-on conflict. So much for peace and quiet.

CANCER (June 22 - July 22) Fulfilment and happiness are close at hand, promising the successful outcome of a venture or relationship.

This culmination of events may also indicate material wealth or a greater spiritual awareness. You may choose to buy that dream house. Alternatively it could mean a wonderful partnership is on offer.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 22) Supposedly, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. But should your suspicions be aroused this week, few will get the benefit of the doubt. An advantage of being so astute is that it’s almost impossible for someone to get the better of you. Your inner voice serves you well.

(October 24 - November 22) It’s a week for you to be cautious because you or another person may be unscrupulous. You may be running away from an unresolved issue, or someone could cheat you out of something that is rightfully yours. An envious colleague may also try to make you look bad, just to enhance their own reputation.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) It appears that you are the luckiest sign of the zodiac this week. But although you will have Lady Luck on your side, don’t test your good fortune. Many planets are still out of phase so if you want to avoid bad press or quarrels you had best be on your best behaviour. And if you’ve nothing good to say, say nothing at all.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) At last there is an honest breath of fresh air in your relationships, which allows you to comfortably be yourself.

The week ahead offers an easier run, although there are no promises

DID YOU KNOW? In 1969, the US Navy spent $375,000 on an aerodynamic analysis of the “self-suspended flare”.

The study’s conclusion was that the “frisbee” was not feasible as military hardware.

In 1947 Marilyn Monroe was chosen as the first Miss California Artichoke Queen.

regarding how long this will last. For now, you have the chance to simply enjoy.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 18) Life has both its ups and its downs, and understanding and accepting this enables us to maintain a more realistic view of life itself. You must remember, however, that just as the proverbial ‘wheel’ can turn up, it can also certainly turn down. That is, quite simply, the eternal rhythm and cycle of life.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20) Are you unsure how you should best tackle a delicate situation? You just to be tactful. Don’t worry if you end up saying something that causes resentment. Your antagonists will eventually be blessed with the right level of insight, and then you will be deeply thanked. You may, perhaps, even be rewarded.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Mercury, which is the cosmic communicator, turned direct on May 7 which means that after that date any recent misunderstandings, confusions or delayed communications come to an end. Usually the message to be derived from Mercury moving forward is “full speed ahead”. So you could expect a new job, some new status or a new love. tanyaobreza.com

WITH RIC ALLPORT French artist Michel Vienkot paints with cow dung, crushed mulberries and violets. His pictures sell for up to $240.

The Beach Boys started their career with the name of The Pendletones.

If you suffer from selenophobia, you have an abnormal and persistent fear of the moon.

Neil Armstrong said: “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.”

Albert Parkhouse is credited with inventing the coat hanger in 1903.

Vincent Van Gogh painted four still-life canvasses devoted entirely to the potato.

Marketing and investment consultant Niek Vermeulen of the Netherlands has the world’s largest collection of airline sick bags with 6290.

He heads a list of about 50 other serious collectors.

Matthew Broderick was the first choice to play Alex P. Keaton (played by Michael J. Fox) on the sitcom Family Ties, but he didn’t want to be committed to a long television run.

Little Pattie, the cousin of Divinyls’ Chrissy Amphlett, was Nikki Webster’s vocal coach for her 2000 Sydney Olympics performance.

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