Brisbane News Magazine January 17-23, 2018. ISSUE 1160

january 17-23, 2018 ISSUE 1160

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PARTY PEOPLE Chefs reveal top tips for summer entertaining

RESTAURANT Meet Margo

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AT HOME Californian dream

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REAL ESTATE PRESTIGE PROPERTY

02 HELLO Hello 2018: May you be filled with hope and happiness. The world may be returning to their work desks, but that doesn’t mean the party is over. Summer is for socialising and what better way to impress than plating up the creations of some of the city’s top chefs (P12)? Also on the Brisbane News reading menu this week is Fiona Purdon’s take on why Aladdin’s star fits the bill; Phil Brown’s ode to home and Belinda Seeney’s expression of love (P9); Vicky Roach’s verdict on an Aussie cringe-flick (P18); Tony Harper’s review of a new Paddo resident (P19); Annabel Falco’s advice on what to wear while working on your New Year’s resolution (P21); Michelle Bailey’s cute library find (P25); a look at best booze books to buy (P28); Crossword clues to keep your mind on cue (P29); luxury homes that are lovely to look at (P30); and – for dessert – Tanya Obreza’s outlook for the next week (P47). And best of all, each story is completely calorie free. Enjoy!

THEN AND NOW 1947: Commuters crowd into a Yeronga-bound bus outside the Treasury (above), a ritual familiar to today’s city workers (although our buses, left, are thankfully not as snug). Back then, until their demise in 1969, trams dominated Brisbane’s across-town public transport, with complementary buses servicing to the suburbs.

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CONTENTS THE LIST..................................................... 6 LIFE............................................................. 9 COVER STORY .......................................... 10 GOING OUT............................................... 15 RESTAURANT ........................................... 19 SCENE ...................................................... 20 FASHION ................................................... 21 AT HOME.................................................. 25 CROSSWORD ........................................... 29 HOROSCOPE............................................ 47

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AT EASE … Aladdin is the perfect fit for Ainsley Melham. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Assuming the role of cheeky street urchin is no stretch at all for Aladdin star Ainsley Melham.

“I was a bit of a scallywag as a child. I had the dark hair, I ran around making mischief. I really identified with Aladdin, so to play the role is bizarre,’’ he says.

“The Aladdin movie already has such a wonderful following, now it’s my job to inhabit that character on stage. It’s a big responsibility but it’s also thrilling.’’

Ainsley has loved the 1992 Disney film all of his life and will perform in the blockbuster musical when it opens in Brisbane next month.

Despite growing up in Australia’s motor-racing capital Bathurst, Ainsley was set on a stage career. He took singing and dancing classes from a young age and, with dad Paul, watched musicals starring Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.

“I was never a kid who was into car racing or football. I was always active and played soccer but as soon as I finished soccer practice I was in the dance studio. I’m a regular Billy Elliot story,’’ he says.

At just 26, the Sydney-based musical theatre star has raced to the top of his profession, being nominated for a Helpmann Award for his role in Aladdin.

“You work hard all of these years with your training, dancing and singing and going to acting classes so

it’s overwhelming and exciting to get the title role,’’ Ainsley says.

The musical was adapted from the popular Disney film. The score includes five songs from the film’s Academy Award-winning soundtrack and more written for the stage.

Set in the city of Agrabah, the story centres on Aladdin, who meets the beautiful Princess Jasmine (British star Hiba Elchikhe). They fall in love but when the palace guards capture Aladdin, he is forced by Jafar, the Sultan’s evil aid, to find a magic lamp.

A shimmering extravaganza, Aladdin features more than 300 costumes, with 500,000 Swarovski crystals, and 30 tonnes of exotic “flying” scenery.

“There are thousands of crystals on one pair of pants alone. The stage just glitters,’’ he says.

Ainsley says that his previous three years with Hi-5, the children’s television show and touring company, was the ideal preparation for playing Aladdin in the 2½ hour show.

“Hi-5 was like boot camp for a performer, there was singing, dancing and acting,’’ he says. ‘‘Children’s entertainment is tricky, you have to be upbeat and energetic, and also be engaging and truthful. You have to work hard to get children’s attention.

Because Hi-5 is available on Netflix I still have kids who have seen me on television the same day.’’

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MOVIES MOONLIGHT CINEMA, NEW FARM

favourite dishes at the annual Ginger Flower & Food Festival Jan 19-21. Plus, get expert advice on growing your own ginger and tour the factory’s gardens.

Ballet Theatre of Queensland, the state’s premier youth ballet company, starts its 81st year with The Little Mermaid, an enchanting ballet based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic tale of love, loss and discovery.

On at the Playhouse, QPAC, Jan 17-20.

Book in a date night movie under the stars in New Farm Park, near the Powerhouse. And beat your friends to see new releases with advanced screenings of Molly’s Game, starring Jessica Chastain (above), on Jan 20 and Aussie drama, Sweet Country on Jan 21.

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Time travel back to the shoulderpadded 1980s with this musical theatre gem at the Powerhouse. ARIA awardwinner Missy Higgins (above) stars as part of the Truswell family, who are TV evangelists who want to build a religious theme park. Jan 24-Feb 3.

It’s a book lovers’ tradition – the pilgrimage to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Jan 20-28, to pick up second-hand bargain books.

Browse more than 4km of tables with millions of books, magazines, records, puzzles, DVDs, CDs and board games.

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LIFE 09

Phil Brown I now know what it would feel like to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel Landing at Brisbane Airport the endorphins flooded my bloodstream.

We had just flown in from Paris (pretentious? Moi?) and it had been a bumpy flight. Our three-week holiday to celebrate my son completing Grade 12 had been a success but gosh I was glad to be home. I wanted to kiss the tarmac.

East, west, home’s best, right?

Particularly after three weeks of constant motion on planes, trains and automobiles in England, Scotland and France.

There were boats too. The day after we arrived in Inverness by rail (on an all-day service from London dubbed the Highland Chieftain) we had a cruise of Loch Ness organised, which sounded nice. But in the Scottish Highlands the weather is not always kind and we arrived at the dock for our trip in sleet with visibility down to about a metre.

At first I refused to board the vessel but due to being shouted at by my

wife and son eventually I relented.

Thankfully the weather soon broke and it was clear enough for some Loch Ness monster spotting but it may not surprise you to hear that we didn’t see Nessie.

We had a car in Scotland and went for a long drive one day towards the Isle of Skye which was hair-raising because of warnings of black ice on the road but luckily we didn’t skid into a freezing loch or I wouldn’t be writing this.

After Scotland we went back to London and spent way too much time riding the Underground – the Tube – packed in like sardines, roaring below the British capital. I prefer taxis but they can take too long in London traffic. As someone once said to me, “Shall we walk, or do we have time to take a taxi?”

We were staying at Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs where there’s a light rail service and I enjoyed that.

We were up and on the move all

day every day and towards the end of the holiday I felt like I was moving even when I was sitting in a restaurant or reclining in bed.

We caught the Eurostar rail service to Paris towards the end of the trip which was fine although I was a bit worried when it went dark because that meant we were in a tunnel under the English Channel. Gulp. But soon we were in Paris where we walked and walked and walked (despite my protests) in freezing weather.

Sitting in the plane home on the tarmac at Charles de Gaulle Airport we had to wait for the wind to abate before taking off and when we were finally in the air we had severe turbulence for two solid hours. I think I now know what it would feel like to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Before we left Brisbane someone asked me if I was looking forward to my holiday and I replied, “Yes, but I can’t wait to get home again”. They thought I was joking. I wasn’t.

Belinda Seeney I believe in love at first sight.

That breath-catching, pulsequickening sledgehammer to the soul that stops you in your tracks when you clap eyes on your fated other.

I know it’s real because I’ve been lucky to experience first-hand the emotional thunderclap that drowns out everything else.

Not just once, either.

True, deep and lasting amour strikes often – almost every time I set foot inside a shoe store, in fact.

My passion for shoes knows no bounds. I’m an equal opportunity lover, bestowing my favour as readily on sneakers and sandals as I do stilettos and slingbacks.

Shoes are the foundation of my wardrobe and such is my fondness for footwear, I’ll often build entire outfits around any pair that takes my fancy.

Skirts, dresses and pants are rapidly critiqued and discarded until the perfect match for my red polka dot peep-toes or suede leopard-print ankle boots is found.

Shoe shopping is a joy and I could

happily while away hours in a mall, traipsing from store to store and trying on everything that catches my eye. The same cannot be said for most other items. I estimate I can endure a good 12 minutes of trying on jeans or swimwear before I storm from the store in despair.

But not shoes. Oh no, the love we share is unconditional.

Shoes don’t care if I’ve put on a couple of kilos over Christmas or embraced the pasty whiteness of winter skin.

And for my part, I accept that our union can occasionally bring me pain but acknowledge I’m not entirely blameless in that regard.

I’m a tactile shopper who prefers to try on clothes before I offer them a home but when it comes to shoes, I’ve embraced online matchmaking.

Each acquisition plays out like a modern fairytale.

First, interest sparks as an object of desire catches my eye. I move in closer for a better look, exploring every angle and getting to know my

beloved on a deeper level. Then comes the moment of truth, that instant I know I must commit to my intended or risk losing them forever.

The deal is sealed and a short time later a little bundle of joy arrives on my doorstep.

With great anticipation I peel back the layers from their boxy beds, take a moment to gaze lovingly at their perfect, untouched forms then tenderly cradle them as I take my time to admire them.

I slip them on and merged together as one, we glide towards the final act in this sweeping love story – introducing them to the rest of the family.

More specifically, their dozens of cousins lined up two-by-two in racks on my wardrobe floor or wrapped in tissue paper and stacked neatly in boxes on the shelves above.

Fortunately, shoes are not the jealous type. What’s not to love?

10 COVER STORY

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Treat dinner guests to memorable dishes direct from the recipe books of some of Brisbane’s top chefs ZUCCHINI FLOWERS, PICKLED TREVISO AND BASIL PEST0 Will Cowper, head chef, Otto “This is a beautiful light dish that sings summer, and an impressive one to prepare when you’re entertaining.

A definite crowd pleaser.”

INGREDIENTS 125g ricotta 35g pecorino, grated finely 4 sprigs lemon thyme, leaves only Black pepper Leaves of 1 head treviso radicchio 8 female zucchini flowers Canola oil for frying Red wine vinegar pickle liquid 80ml Forum cab sav vinegar 25ml lemon juice 100ml water 25g caster sugar 1 eschalot Salt, pepper 1 star anise 1 cinnamon stick Zest of one orange Basil Pesto 50g basil leaves 125ml extra virgin olive oil 25g pine nuts 20g parmesan cheese Salt Beer Batter 275g plain flour 2.5g bicarb soda 550ml beer

METHOD In a mixing bowl combine ricotta, pecorino, thyme and pepper. Place in piping bag. Keep at room temperature

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until ready to stuff flowers. In a saucepan, add all ingredients for the pickle liquid and bring to the boil.

Strain and place in the fridge to cool.

Once cold, pour over treviso leaves and set aside for at least an hour. For the basil pesto, place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse to combine. Holding a zucchini flower, use your thumbs to gently make a split in flower. Snap off and discard yellow stamens in centre of flower.

Repeat with remaining flowers. Cut a large hole in the piping bag and gently fill flowers (not too full), ensuring you can close the top of the flowers to stop from exploding in the oil. Set aside until ready to batter. For the batter, combine all dry ingredients and whisk beer in slowly. When the batter coats the back of a wooden spoon, the consistency is right. One-third fill a deep saucepan or deep-fryer with oil, then heat over medium heat until 180C. Working in batches of four, dip flowers, one at a time, into batter, allowing excess to drain off, then deep-fry for 2 mins or until golden.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a lined tray. Repeat. Serve immediately with treviso and basil pesto. Serves 4 Otto, 4/480 Queen St, City, ottoristorante.com.au

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STRACCIATELLA, FENNEL, PEA AND PARMESAN OIL Ben Russell, head chef, Aria “Stracciatella is the beautiful, creamy fresh cheese that spills out of burrata when sliced open.”

INGREDIENTS 80g stracciatella Olive oil 50g baby fennel bulb, shaved 1tbs fresh peas Snow pea tendrils, to garnish Parmesan oil 500g Parmigiano Reggiano crusts and scraps 1 litre olive oil 40g garlic 40g rosemary

BUTA NO KAKUNI (NAGASAKI-STYLE BRAISED PORK) Shaun Presland, Executive Chef, Saké Group “I love the sweet sauce on succulent pork belly, contrasted by poached egg and hot English mustard. It’s as close as I can get to a white bread ham sandwich with butter and mustard in a Japanese kitchen.”

INGREDIENTS 600g piece of pork belly 400ml soy milk 240ml water 50ml cooking saké 4tbs brown sugar 2½tbs dark soy sauce (koikuchi) 1tbs mirin 4 eggs 12 snow peas Hot English mustard, to serve

METHOD Place pork belly in a saucepan with soy milk and top up with water to cover. Bring liquid to the boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about two hours, occasionally topping up with water to

keep the pork belly submerged. The belly is cooked when a bamboo skewer can be inserted into the flesh without difficulty. Set aside to cool in the fridge with a plate on top, putting a little pressure on it to create a flat, even look to the belly. Once cool, carefully rinse the belly in cold water to eliminate any unclean particles and excess fat. Keep the skin on and cut the belly into 3cm square pieces. Place pork cubes in a saucepan with the water, saké and brown sugar, and bring to the boil. When it has reached boiling point, add soy sauce, cover with a lid, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the liquid has reduced to half. Add mirin and give the pan a gentle shake to mix the

ingredients. Turn the heat up a little and let the liquid reduce and thicken to create a lovely glaze on the pork.

Cook eggs at 64C for 30 mins in an immersion circular (water bath), or poach in simmering water for a similar effect. Remove the string from snow peas and drop them in boiling water for 20 secs, refreshing in iced water. Cut a little off one end, for later use as garnish. To serve, place pork belly pieces in a small circle, with an egg in the centre. Drizzle remaining sauce over pork. Garnish with snow peas and dob of mustard. Serves 4.

METHOD Spoon stracciatella into a small bowl. Drizzle over the olive oil, then dress with shaved fennel, peas, tendrils and parmesan oil.

Serve at room temperature. Serves 1 Parmesan oil: Place parmesan crust and scraps in olive oil in a heavy based pot. Bring to a slow simmer and infuse for two hours.

Add garlic and rosemary to infuse.

Strain and allow to cool. Strain into a clean bottle, seal and refrigerate for up to 2 months.

Makes 1 litre.

Saké, 45 Eagle St, city. sakerestaurant.com.au

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WHITE AND DARK CHOCOLATE MOUSSE GATEAU Gert Pretorius, head chef, Madame Rouge “This dessert was created as a showstopper finale with everything from the decadent and velvety inside to the glossy shimmery coating.

It tastes as good as it looks.�

INGREDIENTS Cake 300g butter 300g caster sugar 5 eggs 300g self-raising flour Mousse 12g gelatine powder 275g full cream milk 275g double cream 6 large egg yolks 110g caster sugar 260g dark chocolate chopped 900g whipping cream Ganache 720g white chocolate Zest of 4 lemons 250ml pure cream Glaze 24g gelatine powder 125ml water 225g sugar 150g dark chocolate 30g cacao powder 56ml cream To serve Food-grade gold leaf

Micro lemon balm Freeze-dried raspberries Raspberry coulis (store-bought)

METHOD Cake: Preheat oven to 160C. Line a 23cm springform cake tin, or 8-10 individual tins, with baking paper.

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one by one, beating well between each. Sift flour and gently fold into egg mixture. Pour into baking tin and bake for about 45 mins, until a skewer comes out clean. Cool slightly before removing from tin onto a cooling rack. Leave to cool for at least 1 hour.

Mousse: Sprinkle gelatine onto 50ml of cold water, allowing to absorb water fully (about 30 mins). In a saucepan, bring milk and cream to simmer. Whisk egg yolks and caster sugar until it turns a light cream colour. Stir warm milk mixture slowly into egg mix. Return mixture to the pot and cook to 84C while stirring constantly. Strain through a fine sieve. Place chopped chocolate into

Picture: Judit Losh

the hot mix, stirring until melted, then add gelatine and stir to combine.

Strain through a fine sieve into a cool bowl. Cool mixture to 35C. Whip cream to stiff peaks. Fold into the cooled mix and pour into a 23cm springform cake tin, or individual tins, lined with baking paper. Allow to set for at least 3 hours in a fridge.

Ganache: Finely chop the white chocolate and mix with lemon zest. In a saucepan, bring cream to a simmer and pour over the chocolate and lemon zest mix. Stir to combine.

Continue to stir while mixture is cooling and until ganache reaches a syrup-like consistency. Pour cooled ganache slowly on top of the mousse in the cake tin or tins. Place cooled cake upside down on top of the ganache, making sure cake is level on top. Put in fridge for about 1 hour to cool completely.

Glaze: Sprinkle gelatine onto 50ml cold water, allowing to absorb water fully (about 30 mins). Bring water and sugar to a simmer in a heavy-based

saucepan to 104C. Add in chocolate, sifted cacao and cream one at a time and continue mixing while adding until all ingredients are fully combined. Allow mixture to cool to 60C, then stir in gelatine. Pour through a fine strainer. Blend with a stick blender, and strain again. Cool to 29C. Pour into pouring jug.

Construct: Demould cake upside down from the tin, with cake layer at the bottom, onto a cooling rack and tray. Carefully pour glaze over cake, in circular motions to coat the whole cake, allowing it to run off the sides onto the tray. Allow to cool fully.

To serve: Garnish with food-grade gold leaf, micro lemon balm, freezedried raspberries and coulis. Makes one 23cm round cake, or 8-10 individual cakes.

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Tipple your fancy SIDECAR Madame Rouge sommelier and bar manager Leesa English suggests this cocktail classic to get the party started

SANGRIA

INGREDIENTS

Impress guests with this tropical take on a classic from Ole’s sangria bar at Little Stanley St, South Bank

40ml Remy Martin VSOP 20ml Cointreau 30ml lemon juice Sugar rim Small bowl of sugar Lemon slice

INGREDIENTS 1 bottle rosé (dry is best) 20ml vodka 70ml watermelon juice 300ml clear apple juice 30ml lime juice 15ml orange juice Lemonade Sliced orange, to garnish Micro lemon balm

METHOD Pour all ingredients into a jug and top up with lemonade. Add sliced orange to taste. Garnish with sliced orange and micro lemon balm.

METHOD Sugar rim: Press lemon slice around the edge and sides of coupe glass. Gently press and roll the sides of the glass into a small bowl of fine sugar. Wipe off any excess sugar with a damp paper towel.

Serve: Measure alcohol and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker, then fill with ice. Shake all ingredients together for 15-20 secs. Double strain the mix into a tall glass, then pour into the sugar-rimmed coupe glass.

MANHATTAN FROM THE BARREL In an alluring twist on the classic Manhattan, a mix of Japanese and American-style whiskeys creates a cocktail that’s a perfect match for Saké executive chef Shaun Presland’s Buta No Kakuni recipe (P11)

INGREDIENTS 15ml Nikka Whisky from the Barrel 15ml Bulleit Rye Frontier Whiskey 30ml Choya Kokuto Umeshu Dash of Fee Brothers Orange Bitters

METHOD Stir over ice and strain, serve in a coupe glass and garnish with an orange twist.

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Birds of a feather flock to Matt Moran’s new venue

LIFE SWAP Priscilla director creates sizzling ode to the ’70s

Playing devils’ advocate

Emily Weir can isolate her “aha moment” to an afternoon in September 2013 when she was sitting at her desk in a top law firm in London. After three years of working as a client liaison assistant in the UK she knew instinctively that she could no longer ignore her “creative energy”. A new path beckoned.

“The pain of not acting started eating at me. I just knew that whatever the cost I had to pursue acting,” says Emily, 27, of Zillmere, who has just landed the lead in The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek, a new play

by Brisbane writer Kathryn Marquet. She will star with John Batchelor (Sea Patrol, Red Dog) in the world premiere of the La Boite Theatre production.

“I grew up watching John so it’s so nerve-racking but exciting to be playing opposite such a fantastic actor,” Emily says. “I was crying like a baby with joy when I heard I got the role.”

Emily’s character George is a passionate environmental scientist who shoots a poacher (Batchelor) after he threatens endangered Tasmanian devils. The action is set in a cabin in the wilderness where George studies the marsupials.

“George is a multi-layered, three-dimensional character who is highly intelligent and very witty and fiery. She knows what she wants and she is not afraid to stand up for things,’’ she says.

Much like Emily herself, who quit her corporate job and returned home to Brisbane within weeks of her light-bulb moment. While studying acting at QUT, she made her debut in a Queensland Theatre co-production of Moliere’s Tartuffe, winning Bille Brown awards for best emerging artist and best supporting actor.

“I want to act for the rest of my life and to be in productions that mean something, like this play.’’

FIONA PURDON

THE DEAD DEVILS OF COCKLE CREEK, Feb 10-Mar 3, La Boite’s Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove. laboite.com.au

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Off the charts vision GALLERIES Phil Brown You don’t have to be a nerd to appreciate Noel McKenna’s wonderful map paintings but it might help. Anyone with an active inner geek will thrill to his detailed chronicles of Australiana ... maps showing our butterflies, fish, racecourses, swimming pools and birds, among other things.

Noel McKenna: Landscape – Mapped, now showing at the Queensland Art Gallery, is a charming exhibition of eccentric works by a Queensland artist who just happens to live in Sydney nowadays.

In fact he’s lived there most of his adult life but he has been exhibiting back in Queensland in recent years and has never forgotten that this is the place that shaped him.

The last work in his rather unique map series is his most personal. It’s entitled Brisbane: My Home 1956-1979

MAP MAKER … Noel McKenna’s Butterflies of Australia 2010. Photograph: Jenni Carter

and was created in poignant circumstances. Noel says, “It came about as a result of my visiting my brother, James, who has been in a nursing home with Alzheimer’s for a few years now. After visiting James, I would go to the streets where I grew

up and recollections would come back to me, so I decided to start the map.”

Noel’s idiosyncratic vision is expressed in paint, ceramics and print. His subjects include cats and dogs begging for food at the table, watchful birds, people watching

television and Brisbane scenes. His work has an old-school charm reminiscent of a classroom project.

His Birds of Australia painting, for example, is not that sophisticated. It’s a basic continent outline with boxes of coloured birds applied. Mind you, we have a lot of birds in Australia, as Noel found out. “I quickly realised that with the number of birds in Australia, I would have trouble getting them all on the size of map I had been doing so I decided to just do birds that lived in a limited area, as well as endangered ones.”

Noel’s work is designed to have gallery-goers tarrying while they peruse his detailed paintings.

This is his gentle, rather clever way of getting us to slow down a bit and to pay attention. Bless him.

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Feathers fly at party house Leesa Maher Head to South Bank’s Little Big House, Matt Moran’s spanking new pub, and you’ll find two nosy-looking regulars – Major Mitchell cockatoos painted by artist Geoffrey Carran.

The pink beauties adorn the rear wall of the upstairs dining room in the heritage-listed Queenslander, whose previous incarnations have included a spaghetti restaurant, squatter’s den, and police station.

Geoffrey, who is based in the beachside town of Jan Juc on Victoria’s Surf Coast, spent three days on a ladder painting the birds, while an audience of tradies looked on.

“I think I won over most of them,” the contemporary artist says. “You never know when you are dealing with public space, there are always different reactions, but they were all really positive and I was surprised how much that work elevated that space, with the colours.

“That was why I chose the composition, because I wanted something lively and conversational.

“The cockatoos almost seem to be passing comment on the room. They are discussing us and we (the diners) are discussing them. It’s a twoway dialogue.”

Geoffrey’s fascination with birds started during his formative years in

TAKE A PERCH … Artist Geoffrey Carran in his studio (above and far left); at work at Little Big House (left); and the finished mural (above). Pictures: Hunting for George, Jared Vethaak

New Zealand and intensified when he moved to Australia, and started painting cockatoos. For him, there is no better subject than birds.

“There is so much character and movement, so much layering. It’s like doing a (human) portrait.

“I do a lot of red-tailed black cockatoos – a lot of people like them, and the way the feathers reflect the inky blue of the sky.

“There is so much colour, a lot of life.”

A third of the year Geoffrey works

on commissions around Australia and the world, spending the remainder at home on private commissions and the colourful range of homewares – prints, bed linen, baskets and cushions – he produces with wife and fellow artist, Rowena Martinich.

Next on the agenda is a public work for Moonee Valley City Council – a huge 38m x 9m mural of regent honeyeaters, critically endangered in Victoria, for a shopping centre entrance.

“It’s a conservation piece,”

Geoffrey says. “From time to time I get the chance to do birds that are endangered through deforestation and stuff like that.

“Which is also the case with the Major Mitchells in Queensland – they need wooded areas for nesting but farms have knocked those down, so now they are most likely to be in the Northern Territory or northern South Australia.” martinichandcarran.com.au littlebighouse.com.au

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Summer of love Vicky Roach SWINGING SAFARI (M) hhhkj Director: Stephan Elliott Starring: Asher Keddie, Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Radha Mitchell Running time: 96 minutes Conversation pits, tanning oil, musk sticks ... Stephan Elliott’s unapologetically vulgar ode to the ’70s plays like a feature-length flashback for those of us who grew up in the era.

Millennials – hooked as they are on retro culture – might also get a kick out of his wildly irreverent snapshot of a generation that embraced cask wine, polyester and Bozo punching dolls.

Set in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac somewhere on Sydney’s northern beaches, Swinging Safari tells the story of three fairly typical Australian families and the long, hot and very eventful summer a whale washed up on their local beach.

The semi-autobiographical comedy – the film’s writer-director grew up in Dee Why – unfolds from the point of view of Jeff Marsh (newcomer Atticus Robb, who even looks a bit like a young Elliott). When he’s not making slasher films with his daredevil best mate, the soulful adolescent

tentatively pursues the romantic affections of his neighbour Melly Jones (Darcey Wilson).

Melly is a complicated teenager who is struggling with an eating disorder. She is a mystery to her parents, played by Radha Mitchell, revealing a hitherto unsuspected flair for broad comedy, and Julian McMahon, as an oily health supplements entrepreneur (top right).

Relatively speaking, Jeff’s folks are a little more ordinary. While his tightly wound mum (Asher Keddie, top left with Atticus) shops and plays tennis, his sweet but ineffectual dad (Jeremy Sims) primarily works at keeping the peace.

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Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue, reunited here for the first time since Neighbours, play the third couple, Keith and Kaye Hall, parents to three tearaway boys, the eldest of whom is Jeff’s fearless stuntman.

Keith is a worn-around-the-edges encyclopaedia salesman. Kaye is a bitter drunk. There’s a backstory here that might have rewarded further exploration but Elliott has crammed Swinging Safari so full of in-jokes and memorabilia, the quieter moments are almost drowned out.

The writer-director’s iconoclastic, at times even cruel, sense of humour inoculates the film against any cloying sense of nostalgia.

But while Elliott’s tendency to go that little bit too far is part of his appeal, it’s also what stops this film from being great.

Beneath the glad rags in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, was a genuine pathos.

Swinging Safari also has a poignant undercurrent (Sims’ character’s reaction to the partner swapping “key party” from which the film takes its title, for example). But it’s less developed. It’s as if Elliott is afraid to pause long enough to let his audience feel the emotional impact of his story.

But the film still offers viewers a distinctive, exuberant, quintessentially Australian experience.

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French polish RESTAURANT Tony Harper Americo Fernandes is a gifted chef.

Clever, and blessed with a good grasp of the basics, he was raised in Paris which explains his Frenchcentric approach. We worked together for a while a decade ago and he was the best of a motley but talented bunch.

He has taken over the Paddington venue that was French stalwart Montrachet, which moved to Bowen Hills, and named it Margo.

It peddles French food, as its predecessor always did. But Margo has diverged from classical French to something with one foot in the traditional French camp and the other in something a little more contemporary. Not much has changed in the looks department except for a streamlining of the pictures and bric-a-brac.

Reading through the Margo menu you can find vestiges of the French mainstays – pissaladiere; steak-frites; tartare and a few other bits and bobs – but it diverges into more interesting territory and other cultures, despite the fact that it’s a relatively brief affair with seven entrees and six mains.

There’s a dish, for example, of chimichurri cauliflower steak, smoked leek and macadamia – an almost oxymoronic meeting of South America and vegetarian. Other

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newcomers include a tuna salad with gazpacho (Spain); and scallops with curry, basil, corn and asparagus.

Service is sharp. Within minutes we are seated, watered, made comfortable with menus in hand. The service doesn’t waver until we leave: that’s rare.

Wines, like the food, have a French accent, but it’s really an international Australian-French weighted list: well priced, well chosen – Mosel riesling; chablis; Grand Cru St Emilion; chianti; Yarra Valley pinot noir.

As for the food, it is fiddly, delicious and lovely to look at.

Beef tartare ($22) is splendid: really good meat, perfectly seasoned, a deconstructed line of garnish to one side with cured egg-yolk, capers, and little bobs of mustard-cream. Scallops ($21, above) are simple, fresh, nicely done. A main of chicken ballotine ($38) looks striking – carrot puree making a comet-tail across the plate; a ball of dukkah-crusted pumpkin, broccolini-sprig on top and the ballotine itself. It’s a good dish, with really thoughtful presentation.

Duck breast looks a little less formal, more scattered, with parsnip, onion petals, potato batons in a neat

tower, and two gorgeous, thick slices of rare breast.

There’s more, but I’m sure you get the picture. It’s good food cooked by a skilled kitchen team, and arrayed really thoughtfully, like the better chefs did in the ’90s before our obsession with casual dining replaced the art with food arranged in piles.

Is Margo fine dining? No, it’s a bistro. But it’s a bistro with a great deal of polish and a lot of care in all of its facets. Don’t expect Montrachet (you can go to Bowen Hills for that).

Expect Margo with its pretty plates, attentive service and very good food.

price at least – is the Mt Monster lineup of shiraz, cabernet, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and NV Brut at $16.95 each and often less; followed by Jip Jip Rocks as shiraz, shiraz cabernet blend, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc, about $21; Morambro Creek as shiraz, cabernet and chardonnay, $35; and the flagship The Bryson, a shirazcabernet blend, about $55.

All except The Bryson are named after local landmarks – Morambro Creek is 42km south of Padthaway,

Jip Jip Rocks is north and Mt Monster is a granite outcrop with views over the Limestone Coast.

From the easy drinking of the Mt Monster range to the increasingly more complex flavours of Jip Jip Rocks and Morambro Creek, and the rich, complex and cellar-worthy The Bryson, these are wines that are worth seeking out. Find them mostly in independent wine stores or at morambocreek.com.au

Discover hidden gems WINE Mike Frost It may have a 50-year history and 4000ha of vines, but South Australia’s Padthaway is still somewhat of an underrated and overlooked region.

A lot of their very good grapes disappear into big-label blends, leaving a much smaller amount to appear as distinct district wines.

It’s long been the case. Even Seppelt – the first to develop

vineyards in 1964 – only released part of their output as Padthaway wines, a pattern followed by Thomas Hardy and Lindeman’s. But several of the bigger companies departed the area, and local farmers have become more prominent.

One family making a name for themselves is the Brysons. They’ve now been in the wine business for 20 vintages and there’s a tasty range coming from the family winery, Morambro Creek. At the bottom – in

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Dress to impress Stuck in a workwear rut?

Think chic, says fashion leader Alyson Walsh As a former fashion editor with decades of experience, and founder of the popular blog That’s Not My Age, UK author Alyson Walsh is a key influencer in the over-40 set. Her latest book, Know Your Style: Mix It, Match It, Love It (Hardie Grant Books, $25) is an illustrated guide to dressing well, no matter your age, drawing on wisdom from style experts and creatives around the world.

And whether you are in a corporate or creative field, she offers plenty of ideas for “whooping up your workwear”.

COMFORT IS CRUCIAL Say no to shoes that are impossible to walk in, jackets that pinch the armpits and trousers that go up yer bum and other places. Replace with confidence-boosting wardrobe basics that will last the day and feel effortless. Wear clothes that you can forget about without looking forgettable: like the do-anything dress, the super shirt and the statement skirt.

GET CREATIVE WITH COLOUR If, like me, you prefer the chic-notshouty approach, then wearing colour can be a bit scary. Much as I admire a strong shade on other women, my palette will usually be minimal.

But when I do slip a red jumper under my navy blazer or my mustard coat over a navy outfit, I feel a bit of a buzz. Styles and shapes I’m easy with, make wearing colour easy. “‘I love colour,” says Caroline Issa, chief executive and fashion director at Tank magazine and editor-in-chief of becauselondon.com. “Bright fuchsia trousers or a bright pink coat. If I use unexpected colour, I go for a more classic shape.”

BE BOLD WITH ACCESSORIES “I posted a picture of me wearing a

black Comme des Garcons dress with a red purse and people went nuts,” says Lyn Slater, university professor and founder of accidentalicon.com, when we discuss clean and simple style. Whether that’s good jeans and a blazer or a white shirt and black, wide-leg trousers, this is the ultimate in simple uniform dressing. Yes, the pared-back silhouette is based around the basics, but that doesn’t mean blending into the landscape. “You have to start thinking about make-up and accessories,” says Lyn. “My palette is neutral, but I will add a really interesting bag, big sunglasses and bold earrings to make an impact.”

GO FOR THE MISMATCH The way we live and work today makes it more acceptable to mix genres. Wear a maxi dress and sneakers, slip a blazer on over a jumpsuit, team a sweatshirt with a metallic pleated skirt, or use a leopard print blazer to whoop up a pair of khaki pants. Bring on the bling by donning chandelier earrings and a

simple shirtdress or make like (former British Vogue fashion director) Lucinda Chambers and wear socks with kitten heels. A gentle juxtaposition is the quick and easy way to refresh an everyday office wardrobe. It’s all about comfort – and the contrast.

PRACTISE WITH PATTERN Often one standout pattern, with the occasional foray into two carefully chosen pieces, is all you need to make the right kind of statement. Try an opulent cocktail coat and a graphic silk scarf, a colourful tweed jacket over a striped dress. Choosing patterns and prints of a similar scale and co-ordinating one colour from the print with another item of clothing offers a more complementary combination.

“I’m a great believer in matching things up,” says Lucinda. “I won’t do matchy-matchy, but when colours tally up, it looks thoughtful.”

Remember, too much detail is just too much. Keep it chic, not showy.

CREATE A NEW SILHOUETTE Time to start shapeshifting. One attention-grabbing showbiz item is all it takes to give the not-so-basic basics a vital jolt. With the right base layer, the single statement could simply be a shirtdress over wide-leg trousers or a new shirt with bell-shaped sleeves.

Try layering a tailored, asymmetric gilet jacket over a long-sleeved Tshirt and cigarette pants, or wear a kimono top with a pencil skirt. Of course, it helps if that eye-catching item is THE right thing, THE trophy piece that’s on the money (but which doesn’t necessarily cost a fortune) and sprinkles a little modernity onto an office-ready outfit.

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Bardon beauty pays tribute to California modernist muse

TIME TO IMBIBE Spice up cocktail hour with these refreshing reads

Take it as read Michelle Bailey It’s amazing what design projects emerge from a weekend trip to the hardware store.

During a routine visit, Brisbane architect Jonathan Goh was inspired to transform his West End front yard into a community book depository with the addition of an integrated bookcase shelter.

“I thought of it as a public library,” Jonathan says. “I wanted to take an architectural approach (to its design) and consider not just what it would look like but how people would be encouraged to use it.”

The Ryan Street Footpath Library is impossible to walk past without stopping. Not just because of the many books lovingly arranged and offered for loan by Jonathan’s family and the community, but because the structure itself is something of beauty.

The ironbark timbers which form the structural frame and bookshelves are warm and tactile at the fingertips. The fibreglass roof and curved walls are luminous in sunlight and beautifully patterned when foliage casts shadows on their surfaces.

A convex ceiling mirror, sourced through internet trading for $10, cleverly finishes the miniature reading room.

“The mirror is a nod to the idea of infinity,” Jonathan says. “The ceiling alludes to something beyond or something infinite.”

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From the street, the characteristic brick walls surrounding this Bardon home suggest little of the impressive restoration inside.

Brisbane architects Lachlan Nielsen and Morgan Jenkins recently completed the work, in the process honouring the California Modernistinspired design originally conceived by architect, Gavin Litfin in 1971.

“We were keen to look at it as a heritage project,” Morgan says. “We love this era of building and we rarely get a chance to work with it. The last thing we wanted to do was to put ‘us’ all over something so beautiful.”

After nearly half a century of service to the original family, the deteriorating home needed a bit of love and attention.

“The house was in a pretty bad way when we got here,” Lachlan says.

“All the box gutters had rusted out and the downpipes were gone and the windows were all leaking. All the joinery (inside) was shot.”

But the major repair work required didn’t detract from the quality of the original building nor the opportunity to reimagine the interior in midcentury architectural style.

“For us it was about reinforcing a couple of opportunities we felt hadn’t been fulfilled,” Lachlan says.

Perhaps the most important of the changes strengthened the view corridors of the original home.

“I had driven past the house so many times and I was just blown away when I first came inside to have a look,” Morgan says. “The way it opens up (to the view) is amazing.”

From the front door, the view reveals itself slowly, with the full extent of the breathtaking city vistas emerging as the journey culminates in the living room.

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“We designed the deck to screen the view of neighbouring houses,” Morgan says. “And we deliberately lowered it to preserve the horizon line (now visible from inside the house).”

In the living room, floor-to-ceiling windows – a trademark of California Modernist architecture – frame bush views and heighten the sense of elevation felt as the ground falls away below.

“It’s an amazing corner of the house, you feel you are right up in the trees,” Morgan says.

New doors to the inner courtyard also improve outdoor connections, as does a new window that frames a view to Mt Coot-tha.

New skylights enable views to the sky and flood the living room and bathrooms with natural light.

In the kitchen and bathroom, wall

tiles sourced from Heath Ceramics California and brass lighting from the USA pay homage to the origins from which this house drew its architectural inspiration.

But the true and quiet hero of the project comes in the form of timber joinery, which was custom designed and built for the project.

Each piece is seamlessly integrated in almost every room of the home and together with mid-century inspired furniture and collectables complete the lovingly rehabilitated example of a rare Brisbane gem.

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Connoisseur’s reads raise the bar THE WORLD ATLAS OF BEER Tim Webb and Stephen Beaumont Hamlyn, $40 Beer buffs will lap up this standout guide

by Torontobased Stephen Beaumont and the UK’s Tim Webb.

Now in its second edition, the text covers everything from the origins of beer making in Mesopotamia circa 9000BC to beer styles, cultural differences and current trends. Find advice on buying, cellaring and tasting, plus a “food affinity” chart that matches beers to ideal dishes, such as roast beef with a brown ale.

Happy news: beer and chocolate, with their flavour commonalities, make a most sublime pairing.

THE CHAMPAGNE GUIDE Tyson Stelzer Hardie Grant Books, $50 If Veuve Clicquot, Bollinger and Pommery are your idea of a good time, then think of this definitive guide to all things champagne as the ultimate party planner. Brisbane-based Stelzer won the 2011 Louis Roederer International Champagne Writer of the Year Award and his attention to detail here is impressive. He offers independent assessments and ratings of more than 600 cuvees, insights into the top 100 champagne producers, plus his pick of 2018-19 drops under $60, under $100, under $200, at any price, and the best blanc de blancs and rosé champagnes.

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Francois Monti Hamlyn, $17 A handy how-to guide for the home library, this cocktail recipe book is a treasure trove of classics such as the oldfashioned brandy alexander and mai thai through to lesser known tipples such as the Spitfire (a riff on the whisky sour), Mary Pickford (a pink fancy invented especially for the screen legend on a visit to Cuba), and the rather irresistibly titled corpse reviver #2, made with absinthe, Cointreau and lemon juice. Each entry comes with a detailed history, entertaining anecdotes and a list of ingredients. An intoxicating read for the amateur mixologist.

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Horoscope with Tanya Obreza GEMINI

CAPRICORN

(May 21 to June 21) Best Day: Friday 19th Much can be achieved this week, as long as burnout is avoided. Push your energies to the max – but not to the point where you’re teetering on the edge. Similarly, don’t let competitors force you beyond your limits.

Remember, you call the shots, not them.

(December 22 - January 20) Best Day: Tuesday 23rd Seems that you’re sensitive to the slightest hint of criticism this week, Capricorn. Please don’t overreact to casual comments. No one is out to deliberately hurt you. And if you are feeling more vulnerable – let others know. They can’t read your mind.

CANCER

AQUARIUS

ARIES

(January 21 - February 18) Best Day: Monday 22nd Not everyone’s feeling co-operative at the moment. If waiting on a promise, check it’s still scheduled for delivery. Be vigilant, Aquarius.

If you’re not being kept informed, find out why. Later in the week, life gets a pleasant nudge in the right direction.

As does romance.

(March 21 - April 20) Best Day: Saturday 20th It’s a week of personal growth, Aries, with enough cosmic cooperation to see you through. Team effort is all that’s required, and fortunately you’re on good talking terms where it matters. Of course, very little will happen unless you take that first important step.

PISCES

TAURUS

(February 19 - March 20) Best Day: Sunday 21st With most Pisceans feeling at ease, life suddenly seems effortless. Daily hassles give way to a sense of calm and security. And being equally comfortable with everyone around you, you’ll enjoy good company and continue to make the best of team efforts. Simply, enjoy.

(April 21 - May 20) Best Day: Wednesday 17th Taureans dip into a mixed bag of fortunes this week. Just don’t place too much importance on money.

Count your blessings, and know that life has more to offer than dollar signs.

If a particular financial dream has lost its sparkle, perhaps it’s time to follow another?

(June 22 - July 22) Best Day: Tuesday 23rd Thanks to you, the world is a better place. Still, self sacrifice must not overrule every one of your interests, so grab enough time to turn your own dreams into realities. At work, the more others oppose you, the stronger you become. Just don’t take on too much.

LEO (July 23 - August 23) Best Day: Sunday 21st Much as you want to take control of a current situation, you should step back and see whether someone else takes the initiative. Don’t offer help unless you know it’s really needed.

Sometimes, you just have to let others clean up their own mess.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 22) Best Day: Thursday 18th With the cosmos offering Virgos a triad of wealth, pleasure and opportunity, you’d be forgiven for

In 1930, the Maharaja of Patiala (North India) visited a Rolls-Royce showroom to enquire about a highend model — the salesman told him he couldn’t afford it! Furious, the Maharaja turned his fleet of RRs into garbage trucks. Rolls-Royce was horrified and swapped the “trucks” for its new models.

LIBRA (September 23 - October 23) Best Day: Saturday 20th The value of making a good impression is never wasted on diplomatic Librans. But life has a habit of making you live up to all the responsibilities you’ve taken on. So why so surprised, when you end up in overload? Don’t promise more than you can deliver.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Best Day: Friday 19th Conflict needs sorting, but beware – another’s jealousy may complicate matters. If so, keep some tactful explanations up your sleeve. At work, your impatience could lead you astray.

Don’t scatter energies, or you could end up exhausted, with little to show for your efforts.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Best Day: Wednesday 17th This week you could learn a great deal from someone “in the know”. Be open to the possibility of a partnership that may work to your advantage. Just make sure you’re dealing with aboveboard, ethical people. There are a lot of fraudsters out there. tanyaobreza.com

ANSWERS

BRAIN FOOD WITH LARA CURION A neutron star is the most compacted thing in the universe.

Even with a diameter of only 25km, it’s believed to weigh in at more than twice the mass of our Sun. A piece the size of your thumb would weigh more than a mountain!

believing in magic. Here’s your chance to make a dream come true. So take every opportunity to be in someone’s direct line of vision.

Tonic immobility is a natural state of paralysis in animals that is brought on by knismesis, i.e. low levels of rubbing or tickling. In 1997, a female orca was seen purposely inducing tonic immobility on a great white shark. She rubbed its snout for 15 minutes until the shark, held upside down, suffocated to death.

Captain James Cook introduced the word “tattoo” to the English language, after visiting Tahiti in 1769. When Sir Joseph Banks returned home with a tattoo, it sparked a trend that saw as many as one in five aristocrats tattooed in the 1800s.

In Iceland, there’s a long and rich history of folklore and belief in elves. In 2014, a remote highway link was halted when campaigners warned it would disturb elf habitat.

Construction continued only after an agreement to relocate the elf church.

Aussie sports legend “Snowy” Baker (1884-1953) was awarded the silver in 1908 Olympic boxing. His opponent was the son of the head dignitary (who also refereed the match) and was awarded the gold.

When the pair had a “bare-knuckle” rematch at a London club, Snowy knocked him out!

CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Consult, 5 Claques, 9 Launder, 10 Acolyte, 11 Ether, 12 Beau Geste, 13 Nostalgia, 15 Rusty, 16 Meets, 18 Locksmith, 21 Mayflower, 24 Recto, 25 Omitted, 26 Protege, 27 Handsaw, 28 Strikes. Down: 1 Colleen, 2 Noughts, 3 Underpass, 4 Throb, 5 Charabanc, 6 Along, 7 Ulysses, 8 Scenery, 14 Golf widow, 15 Reservoir, 16 Mammoth, 17 Elysian, 19 In check, 20 Hoofers, 22 Lotus, 23 Ropes. QUICK: Across: 1 Detract, 5 Risible, 9 Scarlet, 10 Narrate, 11 Upset, 12 Pyongyang, 13 Bete noire, 15 Broad, 16 Shade, 18 Red carpet, 21 Apparatus, 24 Cleft, 25 Derange, 26 Utopian, 27 Lenient, 28 Fitness. Down: 1 Disturb, 2 Transit, 3 All at once, 4 Tot up, 5 Run to seed, 6 Shrug, 7 Bravado, 8 Emerged, 14 In retreat, 15 Branch out, 16 Scandal, 17 Aspirin, 19 Preside, 20 Tetanus, 22 Rinse, 23 Snuff. No: 2202

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