Brisbane News Magazine February 7 - 13, 2018. ISSUE 1163

brisbanenews.com.au

FEBRUARY 7 - 13, 2018 ISSUE 1163

MAKING WAVES LIBBY TRICKETT On moving house, career change and baby number two

MAKE OVER

New life for a creepy cottage

REAL ESTATE

Hot properties hit the market

HELLO 03

My grandfather Jack worked for the same company his entire life.

Every weekday morning he’d dust off his immaculate bronze Holden Kingswood (with an actual duster) at his Wooloowin Queenslander before driving to Rocklea, by the same route, decade after decade, to help build ships and bridges. That’s almost unheard of these days (and some people might say “thank goodness”). The average worker now changes jobs every three to five years, and for many that means changing careers, too. Libby Trickett (P10) certainly reinvented her working life when she retired from swimming to become a radio star. She sounds pretty happy with the way things are turning out. And Matisse Forman (P5) is the embodiment of this new trend – she has no less than three occupations at once, in different fields. And why not follow multiple routes to work satisfaction? It’s the way of the future: The clever people at McCrindle Research forecast that Generation Z children starting school this year will have an average of six careers in their lifetime.

Not jobs – but six entirely different careers. Grandpa would be impressed.

THEN & NOW 1947: Do you know where this picture was taken? The image from The Courier-Mail Photo Archive has this caption: “Twelve-year-old Lionel Bevis, of Thompson Estate, is busy after school and at weekends collecting bottles in his goat cart to raise money for his Christmas holiday spending.” Email editor@brisbanenews.com.au .

Amanda Horswill

editor@brisbanenews.com.au

CONTENTS

BRISBANE NEWS

THE LIST..................................................... 6 LIFE ........................................................... 8 COVER STORY .......................................... 10 GALLERIES ................................................ 13 RESTAURANT............................................ 17 FASHION.................................................. 20 SCENE....................................................... 22 AT HOME.................................................. 29 CROSSWORD ............................................. 34 STARS....................................................... 55

brisbanenews.com.au

COVER: Libby Trickett (P10) Photography: Mark Cranitch.

EDITOR Amanda Horswill editor@brisbanenews.com.au DEPUTY EDITOR Leesa Maher leesa.maher@news.com.au

Instagram @BrisbaneNewsMagazine

Facebook

Cnr Mayne Rd & Campbell St, Bowen Hills, Qld 4006 Ph: 3666 8888

BrisbaneNewsMagazine

ADVERTISING Ph: 3666 7441 advertisebrisbanenews@news.com.au REAL ESTATE Ph: 3666 6300

DELIVERY INQUIRIES Ph: 3623 3828 distribution@qst.newsltd.com.au For a map of where to find copies, go to brisbanenews.com.au

MISSED AN EDITION? Read Brisbane News online: brisbanenews.com.au/digitaledition This publication is bound by the Standards of Practice of the Australian Press Council. If you believe the standards may have been breached, you may approach Brisbane News itself or contact the council by email at info@presscouncil.org.au or by phone (02) 9261 1930. Brisbane News is committed to accurate, fair reporting, but it acknowledges and aims to correct errors promptly when they occur. If you are aware of an error, contact the editor at: editor@brisbane.news.com.au or phone (07) 3666 8888.

2 FOR 1 OFFER

*

No need to share now! Simply present this voucher in-store.

* OFFER ENDS 28/2/18. PURCHASE ANY ITEM FROM THE TEMPTATIONS RANGE AND RECEIVE FREE THE SECOND TEMPTATION ITEM OF SAME OR LESSER VALUE. NOT TO BE USED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER. ONLY TO BE USED ONCE. cheesecake.com.au Birthdays

|

Family Gatherings

|

Office Parties

|

Weddings

|

Celebrations

|

Open 7 Days

Showroom Open Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm & Sat 9am - 12pm

1300 553 205

292 Cullen Avenue East, Eagle Farm, QLD

WARDROBES | DOORS | KITCHENS | BATHROOMS | LIVING SPACE | WALL BEDS | GARAGE PANTRIES | HOME OFFICES | LAUNDRY

WWW.ORGANISEDINTERIORS.COM.AU

THE CHAT

05

Vintage flair Fiona Purdon Matisse Forman is one to watch.

The filmmaker, who has directed short films and music videos, is now planning a biopic on her colourful family – which includes her greatuncle Milos Forman, the Oscarwinning director of Amadeus and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. “He’s a big personality and he’s a great story-teller. When he speaks, people stop and listen,� Matisse says. “My uncle’s name can open a lot of doors for me but I don’t want to be famous for being the niece. I have to pave my own way.�

Matisse’s family tree is awash with artists. Her parents Paul and Glenys are commercial artists, and there are actors, puppeteers and architects. “I’ve been exposed to this very imaginative ... group of people. My inspiration feeds off that,� she says.

Now Matisse lives at Norman Park with her fiance Tomas Uher. They met six years ago when Matisse was studying film in the Czech Republic.

Tom worked as a camera assistant on the US blockbuster Furious 7 and moved to Brisbane in 2014. “When you fall in love with someone, you want to spend every second of your day together,� Matisse says. “To find someone that does the same thing as you, it’s special.�

Following her film studies, Matisse created short films Siren of Gorgon (2014) and The Eccentric Life of Gustav. W (2014). Both were selected for international festivals and she has also created music videos for Airling.

Now Matisse, 30, will document the story of her family, beginning with her great-grandparents, part of the Czech underground movement, who died in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. After their death, Matisse’s grandfather Pavel looked after his younger brother, Milos. Pavel was a theatre set painter and designer in Prague and introduced Milos to the world of theatre, setting him on his path as a film writer and director. “Uncle Milos noticed it was the director who had the captive audience with the beautiful actresses ... he wanted to be the guy calling the shots,’’ Matisse says.

Pavel emigrated with his young family, including Matisse’s thenteenage father Paul, to Australia in 1968 after the invasion of the thenCzechoslovakia by the Soviet Union.

When not working in film, Matisse, Tom and Paul, run European hot dog business Wow Sausage at Eat Street Northshore markets. And Matisse and Glenys have a vintage fashion stall, La de da Collectables, at Paddington Antique Centre. “We love using vintage fashion to create unforgettable looks,’’ says Glenys, who styled Matisse for her Brisbane News shoot. “Matisse has always been surrounded by art. She has created some fabulous photo shoots and her movie career is an extension of this. It has really opened my eyes how creative she is. She is fearless.’’

A COLOURFUL LIFE ‌ Filmmaker Matisse Forman. Picture: AAP/Ric Frearson

'LVFRYHU WKH MR\ RI 5HWLUHPHQW /LYLQJ 9LVLW WKH

%ULVEDQH 5HWLUHPHQW 9LOODJH ([SR ,QFRUSRUDWLQJ 5HVRUW /LYLQJ IRU WKH 2YHU ∂V

6XQGD\ WK 0RQGD\ WK )HEUXDU\ 7KH %URQFRV /HDJXHV &OXE )XOFKHU 5G 5HG +LOO DP Âą SP ERWK GD\V

)5(( $'0,66,21

2Q GLVSOD\ ZLOO EH WKH ODWHVW UHVRUW VW\OH GHYHORSPHQWV DV ZHOO DV HVWDEOLVKHG YLOODJHV IURP PDQ\ GLIIHUHQW RUJDQLVDWLRQV $OO RIIHULQJ D ZLGH UDQJH RI VHUYLFHV IDFLOLWLHV VL]HV SULFHV DQG ORFDWLRQV DOO XQGHU RQH URRI

ZZZ UHWLUHPHQWH[SR FRP DX

3URXGO\ VXSSRUWHG E\

06 THE LIST

1

GALLERY FEBRUARY EXHIBITION RED HILL

They work in different mediums and have different subjects but Colin Passmore, Paul Margocsy and John Turton (his Mountain Tip, pictured) all love Australian fauna and flora. Their show at Red Hill Gallery, Feb 10-25, includes vibrant landscapes and kingfishers and finches. redhillgallery.com.au

2

WIN: VALENTINE’S DAY ROMANCE PACKAGE

Brisbane News and Stamford Plaza Brisbane are giving one lucky couple the chance to win the ultimate romantic escape this Valentine’s Day. The prize includes one night’s accommodation, champagne, canapes and chocolate-dipped strawberries on arrival, a five-course degustation at The Brasserie on the River, breakfast in bed, a noon check-out and free carparking. Entrants must be available to redeem the prize on Valentine’s Day, Feb 14. Go to brisbanenews.com.au to enter.

Competition opens: 9am, Feb 5. Competition closes: midnight, Feb 11.

Full entry details and T&Cs at brisbanenews.com.au Total prize value: $830

Where style has no boundaries

VISIT OUR SHOWROOM 75 Spine Street Sumner Q 4074

07 3376 7401 www.echogrove.com.au

Summer Sale - Stock Clearance

07

3

DRAMA THE DEAD DEVILS OF COCKLE CREEK KELVIN GROVE

4 CONCERT ROGER WATERS BOONDALL

Brisbane actor-playwright Kathryn Marquet (Pale Blue Dot) returns to La Boite with this biting new comedy.

Emily Weir (above) stars as a scientist who shoots a poacher (John Batchelor) after he threatens Tasmanian devils.

Roundhouse Theatre, Feb 10-Mar 3.

Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters plays the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Feb 6 and 7, five years after his last tour Down Under. His Us + Them tour takes its title from a track on the band’s 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Expect songs from that album and more recent ones.

laboite.com.au

brisent.com.au

5

MUSIC CELTIC WOMAN SOUTH BRISBANE

Hear classics Amazing Grace, Danny Boy and You Raise Me Up when singers Susan McFadden, Mairead Carlin, Eabha McMahon and violinist

Tara McNeil play the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Feb 7. celticwoman.com

Where tradition meets tranquillity

www.indooroopillygolf.com.au/Weddings

Ph: 07 3721 2115

08 LIFE

Belinda Seeney It wasn’t a competition between Dad and me but even so, I totally won Eight years ago I had a harrowing epiphany: I no longer read.

The searing realisation came while chatting with my father who confessed he was struggling to finish his book before December 31.

Puzzled, I queried the strict deadline and he explained he’d set himself a New Year’s resolution to read one book a month for a year.

I secretly scoffed at his tiny target.

Twelve books? Puh-leeeze, I could devour those before Australia Day! At least, I used to read that many a month.

His words prompted me to flick through my own back catalogue and with growing unease, I could recount only a handful of titles that year.

Life had become more hectic with work and family commitments creeping in to fill the void once occupied by my favourite hobby.

On the spot, I set myself that same 12-book goal with three firm rules: 1) They had to be new books.

Re-reading old favourites wasn’t permitted;

2) They had to be books I chose, not books I had to read for work; and 3) The 18 million or so bedtime stories, homework readers and Year 2 reading group books I churned through didn’t count.

It wasn’t a competition between Dad and me but even so, I totally won, notching up 17 books that first year.

I started with Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and ended the year with Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and Graham Greene’s The Quiet American.

I returned for more in 2011, determined to match 2010’s total and cut a swath through the complete works of Jane Austen, switched pace to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and championed a slew of Australian authors from Kylie Ladd and Tara Moss to Nick Earls and Leah Giarratano.

Each year I set myself the same goal. Some years have been easier than others and I’ve smugly jotted down two titles per month, others have been tough and I’ve scraped

through with only the dozen reads.

Fiction remains my first love but I’ve become fond of memoirs, provided they’re not penned by politicians or ghost-written for sportspeople.

I’ve waded through weighty nonfiction, invigorated by the challenge, and enjoyed genres I once avoided.

I’m talking about you, Kylie Scott, and your razor-sharp romances featuring foul-mouthed heroines and their bearded, tattooed love interests and you, Suzanne Collins, with your tough-as-nails Katniss Everdeen lifting the benchmark for YA novels.

I’ve relaxed my rules. About half my list is from the book pile at work, a short review or author profile the price I pay for advance reading copies.

I also dropped the new book caveat and try to revisit one old friend a year, be it Harry Potter or Holden Caulfield, with time and distance casting them in a new light.

Now, for my 2018 book list, I want to know what you think I should read.

Send your suggestions to belinda.seeney@news.com.au

I know it’s sick but sometimes I enjoy watching the English beat Australia at cricket. A shocking confession but there’s a reason for it. You see I’m half a Pom. The other half is entirely Scottish but my father was born in London which means I have a British passport as well as an Australian one. Luckily I’m not in politics.

It explains my sympathy for the English cricket team, I guess, and my Anglophile tendencies which were accentuated by growing up in Hong Kong when it was a British (very British) colony. It may also explain my love of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.

Despite being English-born, my old man considered himself entirely Australian. I suppose his memories of England weren’t that good.

He was one of eight children, half of whom were left in London with an aunt when my grandfather was out in Shanghai with his construction business. He would send money home

to his sister for the kids but apparently she spent it all on herself so my father and his siblings were living in rags somewhere in south London and eating bread and dripping for dinner.

Eventually my grandfather twigged and took all the kids to China and eventually Hong Kong. Then much of the family was evacuated to Australia in 1941 before the Japanese invaded Honkers. My father joined the Australian Army at 17 (faking his age) and later fought in Borneo.

I guess he figured being a Digger made him true blue.

The main evidence of his Englishness was his prolific use of Cockney rhyming slang.

I’m thinking the trauma of living in penury in south London in the years between the world wars made him want to be anything but English but the truth is I come from a long line of south Londoners. My dad was born in Catford (“near the dog track” as he used to boast), my grandfather in Lewisham and my great-grandfather

Phil Brown in Wandsworth where he got into trouble with the law and changed the family name, or so I have been told by a cousin who has researched this.

We may actually have been Bennets before we were Browns.

Being half a Pom (and a dodgy one at that) was enhanced by my Hong Kong experience. At school we learnt British history, played soccer and read English comic books (The Beano and The Dandy). My early reading consisted of Biggles books. And the canteen at King George V School served us bangers and mash for lunch.

We spent most of our time off at the Kowloon Cricket Club and lived a life like the last days of The Raj. No wonder I feel like half a Pom! Of course my allegiance is always to Australia but occasionally the inner Pom is revealed, such as when the English win at cricket and I feel happy for them. Shameful, I know.

W ELC O M E TO A N E W S TA N DA R D O F AG ED C A R E

The Clayfield’s new Private Aged Care apartments offer the very best of care, comfort and security.

The Clayfield has created a new benchmark for aged care in Brisbane with our Private Aged Care apartments offering the very best of care, comfort and security. Your loved one will feel right at home in their spacious, luxurious apartment knowing that carers are on-site 24/7 and there’s access to all The Clayfield has to offer: • Health and Wellness Centre with a range of on-site support services such as GP, nursing and physio • Care plan tailored to your loved one’s individual needs • Pets are welcome (subject to approval)

• Friendly chauffeur available for drop offs to the shops or appointments (Monday - Friday) • Spacious apartments come complete with full size kitchen and laundry

The Clayfield | 469 Sandgate Road, Albion With no ACAT assessment required, start receiving care immediately at The Clayfield Private Aged Care apartments. Call 13 28 36 or visit aveo.com.au

AVQC364-BN

10

COVER STORY

Life in the

slow lane Libby Trickett already knew how to dive in headfirst.

But she now knows you don’t always have to sprint to the finish – sometimes it’s OK to tread water Emily Macdonald

CHANGE COMING … Libby Trickett is preparing for a new arrival. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

The Classic

Seeking solace in her inflatable pool, Libby Trickett deserves a gold medal for being eight months pregnant in the midst of a relentless Queensland summer. There’s still something about the Olympic hero in the way she submerges herself, the ghost of a Commonwealth Games champion bobbing in her happy place.

Libby, husband Luke and daughter Poppy, 2, moved house over the holidays and were welcomed by a broken airconditioner and a heatwave.

“My Christmas present to myself was a little baby pool to float around in,” Libby says. “I said it was for Poppy but really it was for me.

“I remember thinking to myself, ‘Gee, I’m doing so well being pregnant over summer’ and then I got to 30 weeks and it hit me like a train.”

The Tricketts have long been the darlings of Australian swimming.

When 22-year-old Lisbeth Lenton of Townsville married her teenage sweetheart Luke Trickett, 24, in 2007 the media storm was so fierce a “walking tent” was procured to protect the young bride from the

paparazzi as she made her way to the Sydney Harbour ceremony.

There were some troubled waters along the way, Libby’s initial retirement in 2009 and a second stab at swimming, brought to an end by a nasty wrist injury in 2013. But team Trickett always seemed to surface.

So when little Poppy was born in 2015, why did Libby suddenly find herself gasping for air?

“I really struggled with Pops. She cried all the time and didn’t sleep and I blamed myself for it all,” Libby says.

“I didn’t get help until nearly 10 months postpartum.

“So this time I’m very conscious of not overloading myself and preparing better. Having had that experience I’m much less afraid of asking for help. I know it doesn’t mean I’m a crap mother or that I’m weak or doing anything wrong.”

Libby had an incredible 2017, hitting the airwaves in the lucrative drive slot from 3pm to 6pm on Brisbane’s Triple M in The Luke Bradnam Show with Libby Trickett and Dobbo (Ben Dobbin).

There’s something irresistible about a world champion’s tales of taking her little water babe to

Collection

Collect all 15 • February 4 –18 couriermail.com.au/EnidBlyton

11

SOLID GOLD RECORD Libby Trickett’s medal tally: 2004 Athens Olympics: A gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay and a bronze in the 50m freestyle.

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games: 5 golds, in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay, 2 silvers, for the 100m butterfly and 200m freestyle.

2008 Beijing Olympics: 2 gold in the 100m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay, a silver in the 100m freestyle and a bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

2012 London Olympics: Libby helped the 4x100m freestyle team qualify in the heats and therefore she received a gold medal despite her not racing in the final.

WINNING TEAM … Libby Trickett takes it easy with husband Luke and daughter Poppy, 2. Picture: Peter Wallis

swimming lessons in between dousing her often outrageous co-hosts with cold water.

“Weirdly, even though I’m the youngest, I feel like I’m the mother of that group,” Libby says “The things that come out of their mouths constantly shock me. I feel like I’m the voice of reason.

“But mostly we just talk about random stuff. Recently, I posted on social media about how my toenails fell off during my pregnancy.

“I wasn’t prepared for the reaction to that. Media from around the country were following the story and interviewing ‘experts’ to explain the condition. I just want everyone to

know you don’t need all your toenails to live a fulfilling life.”

Libby will remain with the team for a few weeks before going on maternity leave.

But despite having a radio show that’s holding its own in the ratings and a public that clearly still adores the ground her toenail-less feet walk on, Libby doesn’t know whether she’ll be back on air this year after her little bundle, due in early March, arrives.

Then there’s the Commonwealth Games in April, an event where it would be only too natural to have our Libby help commentate on the swimming live from the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Need Mobile or In-Clinic Pet Care?

ROUTINE & URGENT CARE BOOK YOUR PET’S APPOINTMENT TODAY

But after getting in over her head last time, the soon-to-be mother of two has learnt that sometimes it’s OK to go where the tide takes you rather than fight against the current of expecting to have it all.

“I will play it a little bit by ear. My manager at the station and our content director have been absolutely amazing and understanding about what a challenging time having a newborn can be,” Libby says.

“Originally, I was thinking I would take off four months but then I started to get a huge amount of anxiety over that. So they’ve said, ‘Take as long as you need’, and obviously I’m fortunate that in Australia we are

allowed to have up to 12 months off.

“I was originally hoping to be involved with the Commonwealth Games, working especially on the swimming, but this is all part of not overloading myself. I had to say no to a role because trying to establish breastfeeding with a potentially threeweek-old and working really long hours was not going to work.”

The Tricketts know first hand that sometimes careers ebb and flow.

When Libby and Luke first met she was a wet-behind-the-ears 17-year-old at the 2002 Oceania Swimming Championships.

CONTINUED NEXT PAGE

We’re available 7am to midnight, 7 days a week.

1300 838 868

www.thcv.com.au Servicing the Greater Brisbane Area

12

COVER STORY

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

“He was the swimmer of the meet and got Oceania records,” Libby says.

“Six months later I made the Australian team – and he didn’t. And 18 months later I had a world record and was an Olympic gold medallist.

“So I guess my trajectory was a bit more sharp whereas his petered out.

“This is something we have talked about really openly and there has to be some disappointment there.

“He never achieved the level of swimming he really wanted to. But he really understands now with the benefit of hindsight that he would not have changed anything.

“For the past 10 years he has had his own fund management business and I could rave to you all day about how successful and wonderful I think he is.

“There were a lot of lessons he

GOOD AS GOLD … Libby Trickett celebrates with (from left) Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones and Jessicah Schipper after their relay swim win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

learnt from what happened with his swimming career that he was able to apply when working in a new industry.”

And so, for now, Libby is happy to watch from the edge of the pool, dipping her toes in again when the time is right.

“When I was swimming, life was very black and white. I was always working towards major events and championships and everything was very planned,” Libby says.

“But everything I’ve been through has made me realise how much more fluid life is. So this year I don’t have any big resolutions and goals and if, by the end of it, I can say, ‘Oh well, I didn’t do that but I got all these other things done’ then I’ll be happy. This year I am not having such unrealistic expectations of myself. If literally all I do every day is get through the day with a newborn and toddler who are fed and relatively clean then I’ll consider that a success.”

Elysium Skin Centre Cosmetic Medicine • Laser Therapy • Dermal Therapy Dr Csilla Novak is a Fellow of the Cosmetic Physicians College of Australasia and has more than 20 years experience in laser medicine and skin rejuvenation.

Her clinic, Elysium Skin Centre at Herston, is purpose built to provide a warm, welcoming and relaxing environment, while her focus is on achieving the best possible results and experience for you.

Call (07) 3214 1400 to book your consultation Injectables Fraxel Laser Laser Genesis Pigment / Vascular Laser CoolSculpting Ultherapy Skin Tightening Double Chin Treatment Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation

17 Bowen Bridge Rd, Herston elysiumskincentre.com.au

Dr Csilla Novak ak MBBS, FCPCA CA

IS IT TIME TO ASK FOR HELP? Like many new mothers, Libby initially dismissed her feelings as the “baby blues” but it became clear it wasn’t getting better.

She wasn’t diagnosed with postnatal depression until Poppy was 10 months old.

“Physically, we go through a tremendous amount (when having a baby) and then there’s the sleep deprivation and all those extra pressures that follow,” she says.

PND affects one in seven Australian women. Postpregnancy baby blues are normal but these feelings should soon pass. If you feel depressed for more than two weeks or it is having a detrimental impact on your life, it is time to seek help.

Talking to your GP is a good start.

See beyondblue.org.au or ph: 1300 224 636.

13

Spoilt for choice GALLERIES Phil Brown The new year is a good time for galleries to explore their own stockrooms. And it gives gallery directors a chance to indulge themselves. As the year gets going, solo shows rule but as summer lingers we tend to see stopgap exhibitions that give us a diversity of work.

Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley is starting the year with a group show chosen by gallery director Mike Mitchell. A relative newcomer to the Brisbane scene, Mike’s gallery is now one of the most exciting in town. He has a big year ahead and some of the works in his current show hint at what’s to come.

In May we see the return to Brisbane of the painter Stewart MacFarlane who once lived in Queensland and used to exhibit with Philip Bacon Galleries.

Stewart’s only work in this show, Exile, shows a lonely figure walking under a vast flyover. It’s a bit Jeffrey Smartish although Stewart has his own distinctive realist style. “The work in Stewart’s exhibition this year

DRAMATIC SCENES … Mitchell Fine Art is attracting some great artists. Its Director’s Choice exhibition includes (clockwise from top left) Jeff Makin’s Turpin Falls; Amanda Penrose Hart’s Mona Vale Beach and Stewart MacFarlane’s Exile.

will be a bit different,” Mike says.

“The show is entitled Coastline and it is showing coastal scenes from around Australia, a bit of a departure from his usual subject matter.”

Mike is also excited by the return to town of Amanda Penrose Hart, a former Brissie artist who now lives and works in Sydney and will be exhibiting at his gallery this year.

“She works primarily en plein air (outdoors) and that gives her landscapes an immediacy,” Mike says.

In this show Mike also explores

some of his favourite artists including Jeff Makin, one of our greatest landscape painters and another who loves to paint en plein air.

Jeff has a thing for waterfalls and there’s a nice one in this exhibition – Turpin Falls – and another lovely landscape entitled Mt Warning – Blue.

Celebrated figurative expressionist Euan Macleod has two works in this show: Bill’s Camp – Kakadu and Palm from Mushroom Rock – Kakadu, both the result of a painting expedition which Mike went on with several of

his artists. Talk about dedication.

Another interesting artist in Mike’s stable is Carlos Barrios, a figurative expressionist who has several works in this show including A Blue Moment of Ecstasy.

Mitchell Fine Art is attracting some great artists. It looks set for a very interesting year.

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE Until Mar 29, Mitchell Fine Art, 86 Arthur St, Fortitude Valley mitchellfineartgallery.com

NEW EXHIBITION NOW SHOWING RED HILL GALLERY

Colin PASSMORE

Paul MARGOCSY

61 Musgrave Road, RED HILL, BRISBANE Ph 3368 1442 redhillgallery.com.au

John TURTON OPEN 7 DAYS Weekdays 10am - 5pm Weekends 10am - 4pm

14 PROFILE

Once upon a time Fiona Purdon Few authors can lay claim to a one million-plus readership. Morris Gleitzman is one of them.

The children’s novelist could well be Brisbane’s biggest-selling author with sales of his Once series topping 1.5 million copies, and published in more than 20 countries.

“It’s a thrill when one of my books is successful but to have a whole series do well is hugely meaningful and satisfying,’’ Morris says. “One of the magical aspects of writing stories is how you form intimate relationships with a group of characters … then when the book is published and goes out into the world, you hope that your characters will enter the hearts and minds of people you have never met.”

A former writer for 1970s TV comedy The Norman Gunston Show, Morris has published more than 40 children’s books since 1987.

“Out of all the books I’ve written these (Once) books are very special to me,” he says. “The experiences I’ve had with the research and writing, so the notion they are being shared far and wide is exciting. The series has been life-changing.’’

Morris, who writes in his home office at New Farm, moved to Brisbane four years ago to be with his partner, the fashion designer Pamela Easton of Easton Pearson label fame.

“Everyone should be so lucky as myself to have such a creative,

intelligent, vibrant and inspiring partner,” Morris says. “It’s great to have a partner who understands about living in an imaginary world because for both of us, our work is our imagination.”

The 65-year-old, who moved to Sydney from England in 1969, drew on his experiences as a migrant in an Australia “burgeoning with diverse cultures’’ for Maybe, the sixth and latest book in the Once series.

The series follows the story of Polish Jewish orphan Felix who escapes his fate of being sent to a Holocaust camp. Maybe covers Felix’s adventures post-war, including with a Polish resistance unit, until his arrival in Australia as a refugee in 1946.

Morris, who first thought of the character of Felix 20 years ago, says it has not always been easy to balance Felix’s “sunny disposition’’ with the more serious subject matter.

And there is a personal connection, with Felix the same age as Morris’ dad Philip, whose Jewish family fortuitously moved to England from Poland in the early 1900s.

“I might not have been born if my family had stayed in Poland,’’ he says.

“Children don’t start wars but they are certainly in the front and centre in terms of human loss and suffering. It’s always particularly moving and sobering with a story that portrays those realities.’’

FOR THE PERFECT QUEENSLAND WEEKEND THIS SUNDAY

@uonsunday

FEBRUARY 14

2018

Surf style

Mitch and Sally Smith are taking their beach label global

@uonsunday

FUN

FOOD

FASHION

FILM 15

DEN OF THIEVES (MA15+) hhhkj Director: Christian Gudegast Starring: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr, 50 Cent, Pablo Schreiber

this family. Twelve-year-old Eve (Fantine Harduin) may or may not have had something to do with her abusive mother’s recent drug overdose.

She has come to live with her father, Anne’s brother Thomas (Mathieu Kassovitz), and his new young family, but has trouble trusting her dad (not without reason).

Darkly funny at times, this is a film with no intention of delivering on its title. It’s quickly obvious we’re meant to see in this wealthy family’s moral turpitude a parallel failure of Europe to deal with a crisis eating at its democratic heart.

Gerard Butler has made so many bad movies that the Scotsman’s name on a marquee is practically a guarantee of poor quality.

His resume reeks with lousy romcoms such as The Ugly Truth, trashy thrillers such as Olympus Has Fallen and special effects-driven stinkers such as Gods of Egypt and Geostorm.

So it’s a pleasant surprise that not only is Den of Thieves a decent movie, but Butler himself is really good in it.

He stars as a sheriff in the Los Angeles Major Crimes Unit, Nick O’Brien, who’s a badass: heavily tattooed, a hard drinker, a womaniser, and a frequent strip club patron.

Nick’s latest case is a puzzler.

Heavily armed men have made off with an armoured truck that does not contain any valuables. What long game are they playing? The villains are led by Merriman (played by Pablo Schreiber), a career criminal whose gang includes Enson (50 Cent) and Donnie (O’Shea Jackson Jr), a formidable getaway driver.

In cracking the case, Nick employs his considerable machismo to intimidate and bait his suspects.

The game of cat and mouse between him and Merriman may remind you of Heat –Michael Mann’s 1995 LA crime epic pitting Robert De Niro’s master criminal against Al Pacino’s questing cop. This debut directorial effort from screenwriter Christian Gudegast is a blatant homage to Mann’s film, but that’s no bad thing.

There’s even a decent twist at the end to reward you for nearly 2½ hours of your time.

Has Butler changed agents recently? Or is he simply ageing into the genuine stardom that has hitherto eluded him? The tide could be turning for the poor man’s Russell Crowe.

Watch your back, Russ.

Nick Dent

Nick Dent

Sins of the Father FATHER FIGURES (M) hhjjj Director: Lawrence Sher Starring: Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, JK Simmons, Glenn Close Father Figures is a road movie suffering a terminal case of obviousness.

The boredom sets in as soon as the lead characters are established: Owen Wilson as a laid-back surfer dude – such creative casting! – and Ed Helms, the uptight dentist from The Hangover trilogy, as an uptight… proctologist.

The two (above) play fraternal twins who reunite when their mother Helen (Glenn Close) gets married.

Kyle (Wilson) has made his millions literally by doing nothing, and has enjoyed a life of childless dissipation; his current squeeze is a

glamorous young Hawaiian (Australian model Jessica Gomes, whose acting is fine, although she struggles with the accent).

Pete (Helms), on the other hand, is a divorced, lonely father with only his addiction to police procedurals to keep him warm at night. But it’s Pete’s TV habit that leads him to the discovery that the man they thought was their deceased father was no such thing.

This sends them on a road trip to try track down their biological dad. Is it former football star Terry Bradshaw (playing himself)? Is it a financier fallen on hard times, Roland (JK Simmons), or the veterinarian Dr Tinkler (Christopher Walken)?

All of them were intimate with Helen during her disco days, and a running gag involves the too-much information these men are eager to divulge to Pete and Kyle about their

HAPPY END (M) hhhkj Director: Michael Haneke Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Toby Jones Happy End is an elegantly savage deconstruction of a well-to-do French family that packs quite a punch.

The Laurents, a construction dynasty, are headed up by Anne (played by Isabelle Huppert), who has taken over the reins from her elderly and ailing father Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant). Georges is losing his grip on reality and knows it. But so is

Anne’s son Pierre (Franz Rogowski), a young man who struggles to function within the company he’s destined to inherit. When a poor local man is injured in an accident on one of the Laurents’ building sites, Pierre begins to be eaten up by guilt.

Guilt, among other things, runs in

mum’s sexual prowess.

‘Running gag’ is too generous; ‘repeat gag’ is more on the money.

Laughs are in short supply here, whether the jokes are about bodily functions or more character-based.

When the story turns mawkish, oddly enough, the situation improves: it’s a tribute to the talent of the actors involved that we start to care about them precisely when things become serious.

Success has many fathers; few will step forward to claim paternity of failure. You can lay the blame here at a paint-by-numbers script by newcomer Justin Malen, but cinematographerturned-director Lawrence Sher crucially lacks the lightness of touch that might bring the material to life.

Think of Father Figures as Mamma Mia! replacing the songs with tedium.

Nick Dent

16 FOOD + DRINK

Grape honour WINE Mike Frost Those Granite Belt winemakers sure know how to stir up the locals in other wine regions.

First it was Ray Costanzo at Golden Grove Estate taking out a couple of big prizes with a durif at the Rutherglen Wine Show, the spiritual home of durif in Australia.

Now, three more Granite Belt wineries – Ballandean Estate, Ridgemill Estate and Symphony Hill – have entered a saperavi competition in Georgia, the home of the grape variety and a region with a wine production history stretching back thousands of years, and brought home gold medals.

One of those gold medal winners at the Saperavi World Prize or “SapPrize” was the 2015 Messing About Saperavi ($42) from Ballandean Estate Wines.

“What a thrill!” says Angelo Puglisi, founder of Ballandean Estate.

“I have had great faith in this variety from the beginning but never dreamt that we would be winning a gold medal at an international competition in Georgia.”

The SapPrize is open to producers of saperavi wine from around the world and the wines were judged by an international panel in Tbilisi in November, but the results were only released recently.

“It really feels like we have reached a milestone,” Angelo says. “With internationally recognised wines being grown and made in the Granite Belt, what more do we need to do to prove that our wines are world class?”

The saperavi was planted at the Ballandean vineyard in 2009 with the first vintage release in 2012.

As well as the Georgia medal, the wine was named in Selector Magazine’s Top 50 wines of 2017.

RED CENTRE … Granite Belt saperavi has been judged world-class in Tbilisi, Georgia,

Ridgemill Estate also used homegrown fruit in its 2015 The Czar Saperavi ($65).

Winemaker Peter McGlashan says it shows the region can make worldclass wines from well-known and more unusual varieties.

While fruit for the gold-medal winning Symphony Hill saperavi was not grown on the Granite Belt, the wine was made and matured there.

If you are not a fan of big, rich

wines don’t bother with these. All are typical of saperavi, with dark berry fruit and spice on the nose and palate, fine, firm tannins and good acid retention. They just cry to go with rich red meat-based dishes and should cellar well for a decade or longer.

Even better, they are still available at the wineries: ballandeanestate.com, ridgemillestate.com.au and symphonyhill.com.au frostonvine@yahoo.com.au

Friday 9th to Sunday 11th Feb Open from 9 to 5 All stock must go. off.

Summer and Winter Stock.

Labels reduced are: MarcCain • Paula Ryan • Mela Purdie • Hale Bob Brigid McLaughlan • Lysse Jeans Address of clearance is 210 Arthur St, Teneriffe. Ph: 07 3254 0884

17

Mild colonial RESTAURANT Tony Harper Given Little Big House is a Matt Moran venture, you’d expect a good food offering, with a bit of luxe. But fans of Aria, Moran’s fine dining stalwart at Eagle St, shouldn’t get excited.

This is a pub rather than a restaurant, albeit doing its own rather clever rendition of pub food – almost no steaks, one burger, and no fish and chips. Ain’t that remarkable?

It’s wedged between new complexes at the top end of Grey St, near the Vulture St corner, in a rather lovely old building (a rose between two thorns) and I’m not quite sure what you’d call the style – part convent, not quite double-storey Queenslander.

And it’s decked out with a sort of contemporary colonial look – lots of palms, umbrellas. Think Raffles for 21st century Queensland.

Service is minimal, but after all this is a pub, albeit a posh one. So it’s order and pay for food and drinks at the bar, and wait (not very long) for the food to arrive. I don’t mind this bare-bones service so long as either: a) the food is exemplary; or b) it’s cheap.

After all, I can buy a stellar goat ragu at Alto for $32, glory at the river views and I don’t need to leave my chair. At Little Big House the menu only passes the $30 mark once, and that’s for a whole rotisserie chook. It’s good value.

The menu pivots off the rotisserie – porchetta and chicken – with both main meals and rolls. Then there are

LITTLE BIG HOUSE

18 Southpoint, 271 Grey St, South Brisbane Ph: 3727 3999 Chef: Matthew Fulford Lunch and dinner daily Eftpos and major credit cards Vegetarian and gluten-free options On and off-street parking

SCORES OUT OF 10 Food: 7 Vibe: 8

Drinks: 8 Service: 6

some smaller, quirky mains and sides.

Drinks are an inventive collection of affordable, contemporary pub-meetshipster options in glass, jug and bottle.

Wines, for example, top out at $120 for a bottle of Moet, but there’s also Fontanabianca Barbera ($13/$56); l’Atelier Petit Chablis ($14/$68); Head Grenache Rosé ($13/$56); Two Hands Gnarly Dudes ($13/$56) and plenty more of their ilk. Aside from the Moet nothing goes beyond $75 a bottle, except a magnum of rosé. It’s really well priced.

Then there are quirky cocktails in

POSH PUB … Little chook and kingfish avocado tostada. Pictures: AAP/Ric Frearson

cans and a range of beers with one foot firmly in the traditional camp, the other just edging into craft territory.

Rotisserie porchetta roll ($12, with cabbage, apple slaw, dill pickles) is merely OK. The roll is stale (toasted, but still stale) and it wants for some moisture – I’m gagging for apple sauce or even gravy. The pork component? Really good. You know those too-dry rolls you break in half and eat from the middle out, but not all the way to the edge? One of them.

Small bites like kingfish and avocado tostada ($14); broad bean

On the Go? You can read the digital edition of Brisbane News magazine each week at

brisbanenews.com.au/digitaledition

falafel ($13); and chicken parmi spring roll ($15, what a great way to use up leftover rotisserie chicken) are creative, good drinking food and quite delicious.

Little Big House is a venue without a view but it still manages plenty of ambience. In fact if I were still in the market for Friday afternoon drinks, or long Sunday sessions, it would be in my top few.

It has the gloss you expect from the crew that put it together, good food and enough self-generated pizzazz to make it a rather slick venue.

18 18

VALENTINE’S DAY: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Spoil your sweetheart Everybody deserves a date night. This Valentine’s Day, spoil your special someone at Brisbane Marriott Hotel with a date night package to remember.

The date night package has it all, including overnight accommodation in a river view room, valet parking, buffet breakfast for two people, a bottle of champagne and chocolates on arrival and a small flower posy in your room on arrival.

You’ll also be treated to a 12pm late check-out and complimentary Wi-Fi. During your stay, you and your Valentine can enjoy spectacular views of the Story Bridge, Kangaroo Point Cliffs, iconic Brisbane River or city skyline from your room, while the Grecian-inspired pool deck offers the perfect area to rest and relax.

Other hotel facilities include a restaurant, spa and fully equipped

gymnasium, with staff promising guests an unparalleled level of service, the latest in technology and supreme comfort during their stay.

To book the date night package, which is available year-round, visit the website and enter the promotion code ROM at check-out.

TEL: 3303 8000 BRISBANEMARRIOTT.COM

Just You & Me Spoil your special someone with our Date Night Package • Overnight accommodation in a river view room • Buffet breakfast for two in Motion Bar & Grill • Bottle of sparkling wine, chocolates and a dainty posy of flowers • Complimentary late check out, valet parking and Wi-Fi

07 3303 8000 TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY

brisbanemarriott.com

$2000

Get

*

towards your holidays with Apollo To qualify, spend $5000 or more on an Apollo outdoor home addition!

T NOW W YI U

B

H IT

48 MONT

Interest frHS^ ee Ends 30/04 /18

APOLLO INSULATED

ROOF SHEETING & WALL PANEL NOW AVAILABLE

FREE

DESIGN APPRAISAL

Patios • Carports • Decks • Screen & Glass Enclosures • Patio Accessories Blinds • Shutters • Aluminium Louvres & Slats *Save up to 60% towards the cost of your next holiday with Holiday Rewards. Plus save on thousands of everyday Lifestyle benefits.

Visit apollopatios.com.au/holidayrewardsplus/ for details.

FREE DESIGN SERVICE | ADD VALUE TO YOUR HOME | LARGE VARIETY OF STYLES & DESIGNS 3 CHOICES OF ROOF SHEETING

& GET

+ Call to book in your

$100

Holiday Rewards

CALL US NOW FOR YOUR PERSONALISED DESIGN ADVICE & RECEIVE YOUR COMPLIMENTARY QUOTATION. ALL SUBURBS: Westside 3086 6088 Northside 3886 2922

Southside 3841 1911 Bayside 3890 2249

See how our customers are enjoying their Apollo outdoors lifestyle

apollopatios.com.au

*$2000 in Holiday Rewards. For full Terms & Conditions refer to www.apollopatios.com.au/holidayrewardsplus/ ^Approved applicants only on a Once Agile Visa card. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply including a $99 Annual Fee charged on the account open date and annually on the anniversary of the account open date. Minimum finance amount $1200.00. Interest is payable on any balance outstanding after the interest free period. Ask in store for details. Credit provided

by Once Finance Pty Limited ABN 99 112 319 632, Australian Credit Licence Number 386194 (Once). Once® is a subsidiary of Flexigroup Limited. Offer ends 30/04/18. †Apollo Durasheen paint finish with 15 year warranty. Photos are indicative only – Apollo Home Additions are individually designed and may vary from the photo. Construction by JTS Patio Constructions T/A Apollo Patios Brisbane QBCC Licence No:15054065. JTS6170.

20 FASHION

Paris match

Loralie scarf, $75, bodenclothing. com.au

Channel your inner French goddess in these fabulously chic separates with Annabel Falco Yasmin Etoile tee, $59.95, decjuba.com.au

Heeled boots, $88, prettylittlething.com.au

Gianvito Rossi Hayes 60 sandals, black suede, $979, calexico.com.au

Spot skirt, $119, countryroad.com.au Stripe tuck top, $63, topshop.com

Knotted Slouchy tote, $79.95, countryroad. com.au

Bec + Bridge x Pared Petite Amour sunglasses, $250, paredeyewear.com

Hannah jumpsuit, $179.95, sheike.com.au

Polka ruffle dress, $128, saboskirt.com

Teneille Knot mules, $159, countryroad.com.au

BEAUTY

Time to get glowing ROAD TEST Belinda Seeney WHAT: emerginC signature RadianC facial, 60 mins, from $150 WHERE: Soap and Sugar Medispa, Shop 6, Camp Hill Market Place, cnr Samuel St and Boundary Rd, Camp Hill, ph: 3398 3153. soapandsugarmedispa.com.au THE LOWDOWN: emerginC is a USbased cosmeceutical brand that has been making inroads in Australia for the past decade.

Vitamin C and E, natural fruit acids and botanical extracts are the hero ingredients in its products, split across emerginC’s signature range and its paraben and synthetic fragrance free scientific organic line.

The RadianC treatment is a “greatest hits” package designed to showcase its most popular and potent products, including its 20 per cent vitamin C serum and vitamin C + retinol mask.

My therapist, Kiri Johns, starts the treatment by removing my makeup and applying a multi-fruit cleanser to my face. After mentioning I had sensitive skin, she swaps the peach toner for a milder lavender toner before exfoliating with the triplethreat peel and a layer of blue poppy enzyme polish from the brand’s scientific organics range.

Vitamin E-rich sea buckthorn extract is the key ingredient in the complexion perfection serum which Kiri works into my face and neck before moving to massage my scalp.

Next comes the much-touted vitamin C + retinol mask, a creamy, clay-based mask that is left to set for 15 minutes before being towelled off.

The fragrant and zesty 20 per cent vitamin C serum is applied under a hyper-vitaliser face cream, eye serum and sunscreen.

BEST FOR: This is the ultimate pickme-up for lacklustre skin. Deep cleansing tackles impurities, exfoliation removes dull skin and the intensive vitamin C mask and serum nourish and pep up a fatigued complexion. A few milder options – such as the lavender toner – mean those with sensitive skin can safely benefit from the treatment.

THE VERDICT: Maybe it was the scalp massage, maybe it was fast-acting vitamin infusions, but within hours of the RadianC treatment, I’d been told a half a dozen times how “relaxed” I looked. There’s no denying my skin looked dewy but it felt supple too, with none of the irritation or thick product residue I sometimes experience after a facial.

On the Go?

You can read the digital edition of Brisbane News magazine each week at

brisbanenews.com.au/digitaledition

21

GOING OUT

#BNSCENE Book your Noosa Holiday today!

UNE PIECE POP-UP Fortitude Valley

You deserve it

A sneak peek of the Cap d’Ail Collection by local swimwear label Une Piece drew guests to a pop-up at Redsea Gallery on James St. Label founder Carly Brown hosted the VIP crowd that included collaborator and fashion illustrator Kerrie Hess.

Contact us on: 1800 072078 or info@accomnoosa.com.au

accomnoosa.com.au

FINAL 5 DAYS!

FURTHER & FINAL REDUCTIONS

Pictures: Supplied

EVEN MORE FABRIC

NOW 50% OFF! PLUS 20%-50% OFF ALL FULL PRICED FABRIC

& LEATHER STORE WIDE

20% OFF

ORIGINAL PRICE

50% OFF

ORIGINAL PRICE

50% OFF

ORIGINAL PRICE

SALE ENDS SUNDAY 11TH FEBRUARY 2018 Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.00pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm ∙ Ph: 07 3852 55 80 38 Wandoo St, Fortitude Valley, QLD ∙ www.thefabricstore.com.au

Michelle Stewart and Millicent van der Velde

Kerrie Hess and Carly Brown.

Lacee Hennessy Overton

Josiah Seminario and Fabiola Richards

Phoebe Norman and Georgia Hughes

Stacey McGregor and Samantha Morris

Jimena Kotsomitis and Nikki Parkinson

Abbie Edwards and Marina Perry

Sare Hundt and Yuki Mortimer

I can get you in front of more customers, wherever they are.

Today’s savvy shoppers could be browsing their local newspaper or shopping online late at night.

No matter where or when they are searching, I can get your sales message right in front of them with a multimedia solution that’s big on impact and small on cost. Call me for a no obligation chat and I will advise you on the best print, digital, creative or social media solutions for your business

Book where your customers look. Call me and I’ll be happy to help you!

Lacee Hennessy Overton - Your local News Corp Australia Marketing and Media Advisor 07 3666 7414 - lacee.hennessy@news.com.au

PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Confidence in sector PARENTS choose independent schools because they believe the caring community environment they offer will support their child to flourish academically and personally, according to findings from a national parent survey.

The findings from the parent research, commissioned by the independent Schools Council of Australia in 2016, mirrors what Queensland parents have told successive surveys about school choice conducted by Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ).

ISQ executive director David Robertson says parents consistently identify five key reasons for choosing independent schools – educational excellence, their supportive and caring environment, quality teaching, individual student attention and excellent facilities.

Delight for graduates SEVERAL graduates from Lourdes Hill College have been awarded prestigious tertiary scholarships for 2018, following the college’s most successful year for OP outcomes.

Among the scholarship recipients was 2017 college dux, Zoe Genrich (pictured far right), who was awarded

David says Queensland’s independent schooling sector serves families from all income levels and comprises a diverse range of education options.

“Parents seeking tailored or specialist education offerings look to the independent sector because it comprises a range of schooling options, including those based on a particular faith or educational philosophy,” he says.

“The sector also comprises primary and secondary-only schools, as well as schools that educate children from kindergarten to Year 12 and single-sex schools.

“Independent schools are the largest providers of boarding for children who study away from home.”

the Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship (Academic) from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to assist in her business and mathematics studies. 2017 captain, Grace Perkins received the Sir Samuel Griffith Scholarship for her marine science program at Griffith University and Kathleen Bramadat was awarded a creative industries scholarship from QUT for studies in visual art and business.

TEL: 3399 8888 LHC.QLD.EDU.AU

Be Inspired at Lourdes Hill College Apply now for Year 7, 2022 (current Year 3 students) 86 Hawthorne Road Hawthorne Queensland 4171

Tel: (07) 3399 8888 Fax: (07) 3899 1007 www.lhc.qld.edu.au

A.B.N. 84 010 639 460

CRICOS Code 00503K

23 23

24 24

PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Academic honour

Let your light shine

BRISBANE Boys’ College (BBC) students have achieved superb academic results, with 27 scholars achieving an OP1 or OP2.

In January, the remarkable achievements of these students and their cohort were recognised at a special assembly with their peers.

It was an impressive year for BBC with the Toowong school awarded the World Superteam Robocup Championship in China and topping an Australian-wide coding competition.

Outside of the classroom, BBC also performed well, claiming two GPS premierships in tennis and basketball as well as the GPS track and field championship and continuing outstanding performances in the creative and performing arts.

Headmaster Paul Brown says the school’s whole-child approach to education encourages boys to

CLAYFIELD College principal Kathy Bishop and her team invites people to the college’s first open morning of the year on March 15.

Kathy believes the many advantages Clayfield College has to offer include coeducation from PrePrep to Year 6, girls only secondary from Years 7 to 12, an outstanding record of academic achievement, its central location with on-site ovals for the students, global learning opportunities, small class sizes and excellent relationships that are built between the students and staff.

“Clayfield is a strong community and is proud to live by its motto ‘Let Your Light Shine’,” she says.

The open morning is from 8.45am to 11am; visit the website to register.

develop their talents across a broad range of endeavours under the care and guidance of skilled educators.

“At BBC, we want every boy to succeed,” Paul says.

TEL: 3309 3500 BBC.QLD.EDU.AU

TEL: 3262 0262 WWW.CLAYFIELD.QLD.EDU.AU

Open Morning . 20 March

Their dreams for tomorrow are our focus today

Clayfield College Open Morning

CO-ED: PRE-PREP - YEAR 6 GIRLS ONLY: YEARS 7 - 12 GIRLS BOARDING: YEARS 5 - 12

Register online at clayfield.qld.edu.au Thursday 15 March 2018 from 8:45am to 11:00am

A School of the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association. Cricos Code: 00493G

www.clayfield.qld.edu.au 07 3262 0262 enrol@clayfield.qld.edu.au 23 Gregory Street Clayfield QLD 4011

25 25

PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Leading is the aim

Open day diary date

STUARTHOLME School is a catholic, independent day and boarding school for girls in Years 7 to 12.

As a progressive international Sacred Heart School, Stuartholme is committed to empowering young women to be the leaders of their future.

Stuartholme’s focus is on educating the whole girl.

This is achieved through a balanced and rigorous academic program, supported by an extensive cocurricular program and a nurturing environment.

The school’s progressive curriculum is supported by technology used to identify the learning needs of every student, with expert staff then providing the resources to support, extend and challenge students to optimise pathways for their future learning.

CANNON Hill Anglican College (CHAC) is a coeducational Prep to Year 12 college in the inner-eastern suburbs, with key intakes in Prep and Year 7.

Principal Robyn Bell says students excel in purpose-designed, futurefocused learning spaces including a new enterprise centre for innovation and student entrepreneurship.

“Programs promote engagement, collaboration, innovation and highlymotivated inquiry and study, as attested by our 2017 NAPLAN and OP results,” Robyn says.

“CHAC is proud to hold multiple 2017 championship and premiership titles in academic, sporting and cultural pursuits and looks forward to embracing its 2018 theme – Creative, Collaborative, Committed.”

Discover the college’s feel and culture by attending its open day on

Enrichment and extension are available through curriculum differentiation, subject offerings, competitions and special programs.

TEL: 3369 5466 WWW.STUARTHOLME.COM

March 3 from 9am to noon; register online.

TEL: 3896 0444 CHAC.QLD.EDU.AU

26 26

PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Equipped to succeed

Ready to learn

ESTABLISHED in 1901, Moreton Bay College is a single-sex, Prep to Year 12 uniting church school in Manly West, offering students the best of both worlds – tailored single-sex education and the chance to participate in joint co-curricular activities with brother school Moreton Bay Boys’ College.

Moreton Bay College believes in educating the whole child to prepare students for what lies beyond the classroom and every girl is encouraged to embrace the extensive range of opportunities on offer.

Through inquiry-based learning, engaging co-curricular activities and a supportive pastoral care program, the college aims to equip students with the knowledge, skills and empathy to chase down their dreams.

‘HONOUR before Honours’ is the Somerville House motto, a motto valuable to our students now and for their lives after school, says principal Dr Ness Goodwin.

Somerville House is a Prep to Year 12 day school for girls, with boarding available from Year 6 to Year 12 and a coeducational Pre-Prep program.

Located in South Brisbane, Somerville House offers a highquality educational program providing students with the essential tools for a lifetime of learning.

Ness says the school fosters a sense of belonging, stability and happiness, where each student is nurtured towards their full potential.

For more information or to organise a tour, contact admissions.

TEL: 3249 9322 MBC.QLD.EDU.AU

TEL: 3248 9267 SOMERVILLE.QLD.EDU.AU

Join us for

Open Day Friday 23 February 2018 9.00am - 11.00am Register now: 3249 9322 | registrar@mbc.qld.edu.au

27 27

PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Pathway to success

Faith-based education

ST Rita’s College strives to educate girls to be women of action, not words – Virtute non Verbis – so they can make a difference in an increasingly globalised and complex world, says principal Dale Morrow.

“Exceptional teachers nurture our students to use their individual gifts and develop their potential to be well rounded young women,” Dale says.

“The academic and vocational pathways of St Rita’s College achieve excellent OP, Rank and NAPLAN results significantly above the state average. Our music, arts and sport programs cater for a wide range of interests. Enrolments for Year 7 2022 are open – I invite you to experience the uniqueness of a St Rita’s College education.”

ALL Hallows’ School, the oldest secondary school in Queensland, provides a diverse, challenging and enriching academic and co-curricular program.

Principal Catherine O’Kane says the school’s girls engage in a faithbased, broad liberal education that fosters the growth of highly developed thinking and strong problem solving skills.

“As innovative leaders in education, our nurturing and studentcentred approach allows our students to become skilled communicators in a global context,” Catherine says.

“An All Hallows’ girl is encouraged to be a self-leader and a supporter of every All Hallows’ girl.

“With a vibrant student community, each girl feels individually known and supported, as she develops a sense of

TEL: 3862 1615 STRITAS.QLD.EDU.AU

connectedness with her AHSisters.

Your daughter will feel welcomed and valued, allowing her to achieve what the world has not yet imagined.”

TEL: 3831 3100 AHS.QLD.EDU.AU

ST RITA’S COLLEGE A Catholic secondary school educating young women in the tradition of the Presentation Sisters

Virtute non Verbis

www.stritas.qld.edu.au

ENROLMENTS FOR YEAR 7, 2022 NOW OPEN 41 Enderley Road, Clayfeld QLD 4011

Ph: 07 3862 1615

advertising promotion

brisbanenewsfinds

HENNESSY SOFA TABLE AND MIRROR $1980

HAMPTON ESTATE LUXURIOUS QUALITY LINEN SOFA COMPLETE WITH CUSHIONS $2680

MANHATTAN LIBRARY CHAIR $980 HAMPTON ESTATE CUSTOM MADE SOLID TIMBER DISPLAY CABINET $1980

HAMPTON ESTATE SOFA CANTERBURY STITCH LINEN COMPLETE WITH LUXE CUSHIONS $2280

29

Saucy secrets with Alastair McLeod

CRISPY DUCK, SALTED HEIRLOOM CUCUMBERS, SOUR CURD, SPICED GINGER DRESSING INGREDIENTS 2tbs ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1tsp peppercorns ½tsp ground star anise 4tbs sea salt 1 litre duck fat 4 duck legs 500ml full fat milk 1tbs plain yoghurt ½ lime, juice 250g cucumbers, cut into strips, rounds or pieces 2tbs sea salt 2tbs lemon juice METHOD Combine ginger, garlic, peppercorns, anise and salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle over duck legs and marinate for 24 hours. Preheat oven to 150C. Rinse duck legs then place snugly in a deep baking tray.

Cover with duck fat and place over a medium flame until hot then cover with foil, place in oven and cook for 1½ hours or until very tender. Allow to cool in the fat. Meanwhile place the milk into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add yoghurt and heat to gentle simmer. Transfer to a large plastic container with airtight lid. Place in a warm place for several hours. It needs to be about 43C to cultivate the bacteria to make sour yoghurt. I place it in the oven on a very low temperature with the door ajar.

Stir in lime juice and leave for 8 hours more, then refrigerate. In a medium bowl, toss cucumber pieces with salt and lemon juice. Set aside for 20 mins.

Drain and discard excess liquid. Either deep fry the duck at 180C or roast in a 220C oven until crisp.

Serve with curd and assorted cucumbers. Serves 4

SPICED GINGER SAUCE INGREDIENTS 3tsp duck fat 1 golden shallot, finely chopped 1 red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 1tsp ginger, finely chopped 150ml water 2 star anise 1tsp honey 1tsp hoisin sauce Soy, to taste

METHOD

Photography and styling: Miranda Porter Props: Ceramics by Lisa Russell, instagram.com/lunaceramics; Smith cutlery, $49/five pieces, westelm.com.au; Tava placemat in natural light, $24, potterybarn.com.au

Heat duck fat in a medium pot over medium heat.

Fry shallots, chilli and ginger until just brown. Add remaining ingredients and reduce slowly until sauce coats the back of a spoon. Serve warm.

Alastair McLeod is chef-owner of Al’Frescho Catering. alfreshco.com.au

30 AT HOME

Dawn of a

new era A dingy, neglected Ashgrove house has opened up to a bright future as a suburban sanctuary for family and friends Tonya Turner

On the day Chris Brumby of Big House Little House arrived at the Ashgrove home of his clients Christopher and Louise, he felt like he’d walked into a dungeon.

“The old home was very dark and enclosed. The bathroom was creepy.

The bedrooms were creepy. The kitchen was creepy. It was pretty creepy,” he says.

Far from offended, Louise and Christopher agree. “We bought the house for the location and the potential. She wasn’t a particularly pretty house to start off with. It’s true, she was downright creepy,” Louise

For understanding what’s next

says. Tasked with creating a modern family home with a focus on indooroutdoor living, Chris set to work transforming the early 1900s Queenslander into the young couple’s dream home. The brief was to turn the dilapidated old home into something funky and fresh. The old house had suffered from some poorly executed renovations in the past and the layout of the home didn’t flow well.

“It certainly did not make the most of the neighbourhood aspect and views or breezes on offer,” Chris says.

Chris began the design process by focusing on the most important part

31

TIMBER AND TIN … Modern materials and Scandinavian-style furniture complement traditional Queenslander elements such as VJ wall sheeting and skirting boards.

of the house – the living area. “We always knew that living was going to be on the ground floor connecting with the yard, so this made the first part easy.

“From there we looked at where the breezes and the natural light were coming from and located the rooms and pool accordingly,” he says.

The original lounge room on the upper floor became the new master bedroom with veranda access.

With the house close to the neighbours, it was crucial for Chris to get the layout just right. “The house has a very private feel due to the

orientation of the design,” he says.

The couple often have family and friends around and wanted to create a comfortable, uncluttered and welcoming space to entertain.

“The way Chris has designed the space is so private, you really feel like you have your own sanctuary. There are lots of places to sit and talk to people or read a book,” Louise says.

With the house protected by character codes, the bulk of the materials chosen were in line with pre-1946 houses in the area.

“Achieving a ‘timber & tin’ feel was key,” Chris says. “The traditional

Queenslander elements have been retained in the existing part of the house including painted VJ wall sheeting, traditional skirting and architraves and breezeways above the doors. Combining this with black door hardware and a few modern touches has really tied it all together.”

Stained timber features including the patio’s oiled cedar ceiling and a stained blackbutt feature wall in the dining room create a warm, homely feel. To personalise the home, the couple blended new Scando furnishings with treasured pieces including a cedar chest from

Christopher’s family in Bermuda and restored 1950s TV chairs that belonged to Louise’s grandparents.

The couple couldn’t be happier with their dungeon-turned-modernabode. “I think it is important to restore these homes in a way which is respectful of the history and character, but has all of the modern features. We love the traditional elements upstairs and the way they marry perfectly with the free-flowing floorplan downstairs,” Louise says.

Designer: Chris Brumby, Big House Little House, ph: 0401 207 187

400,000 PEOPLE are reading our magazine

every month

*

That’s thousands of people discovering the best restaurants, shows, fashion, arts, homes and travel, right across Brisbane. Our readers love the good things in life, and when you advertise with us, they could love you too!

To start a conversation with our readers, EMAIL advertisebrisbanenews@news.com.au or CALL 3666 7441 * Publisher’s Claim. ^Source: emmaTM conducted by IpsosMediaCT, 12 months ending April 2017, All people 14+

292 Cullen Ave East, Eagle Farm QLD

1300 922 182

www.organisedselfstorage.com.au

32 INSIDE

Green party Revive and thrive in the urban jungle by creating your own private oasis with Leesa Maher Dark grey glazed small bowl, $3, kmart.com.au

Levine wing chair, $3170, boydblue.com

Shady Tree Bondi green cushion, $118, thedesignhunter. com.au

Planters and terrariums, from a selection, sheridan.com.au

Sway concrete dining table, $895, mattblatt.com.au Jiao plant box, $195, remodern.com.au

Scented candle in glass holder, $25, hm.com/au

Divorce...

Studies show that moving house is more stressful than public speaking or going through a divorce.

Discover why 1000’s of Brisbane families trust ONLY the Sievwright brother’s to help them move!

Request a quote today: Ph 3265 5211 www.moversonline.com.au

Tasseled woven basket, from $61.95, kohliving.com.au

OUTSIDE

33

Hanging garden Michelle Bailey The presence of landscape in any urban environment promotes a reassuring sense of calm and coolness.

But when built space is at a premium, prioritising space for a garden can be a challenge.

At The Stores, West End, architect Sandy Cavill relied on creative, spacesaving ideas to prioritise the making of a subtropical garden around this semi-industrial market place.

“From the very earliest conversations we identified that the project had to incorporate generous and considered landscape so as to provide visual relief to the street and comfort for patrons,” Sandy says.

“We wanted to create a natural and tranquil setting.”

Custom-built elevated planters lift greenery up to ceiling height with foliage serving more than decorative purposes. “The elevated garden planters provide landscaping without impeding the useable area below,”

Sandy says. “Cascading vines provide filtered light and acoustic dampening to a hot and noisy western edge. And we loved the idea that some species would also work to purify the air, including epipremnum aureum (devil’s ivy) and rhaphidophora tetrasperma (mini monstera).”

Productive species were also introduced, contributing to food and offering beauty and fragrance.

These include rosemary, olive trees, lemon and cumquat plants and passionfruit vines.

Architect: Cavill Architects with Jasper Brown Architects Pictures: Christopher Frederick Jones

AUSTRALIA’S MOST AFFORDABLE SHUTTERS & BLINDS BEST QUALITY - BEST PRICE GUARANTEED ALUMINIUM SHUTTERS

ROLLER BLINDS SUNSCREENS TIMBER VENETIANS

THERMOSHIELD

BRISBANE

INTERNAL SHUTTERS

2/908 Kingsford Smith Dr

Eagle Farm Ph: 3268 5699

Thermoshield is made from 100% polyresin material - NOT PVC. Created to look & feel like wood. It will not fade, crack, chip, or peel and will never need painting.

Thermoshield Shutters are fire retardant, UV stabilized to avoid discolouration, durable, energy efficient to save money and will last longer than any other shutter.

GOLD COAST 35/38 Kendor St

Arundel Ph: 5563 7440

SUNSHINE COAST

Have you visited our showroom yet?

1/10 Premier Cct

Warana

You owe it to yourself to come and compare quality Ph: 5493 8900 and price like 1000’s of other satisfied customers have.

www.cosmopolitanshutters.com.au

100% LIFETIME WARRANTY

COSMOPOLITAN SHUTTERS & BLINDS

34 FUN + GAMES

Crossword

es

CRYPTIC CLUES Across 1 Bill on the line expresses agreement (6) Papers thrown xpresses 4agreement (6)at union meeting (8) 9 Take away or put back on the agenda? (6) t union meeting (8) 10 Staff on holiday - hence delay (5,3) t back on12the agenda?

What’s missing (6) in a fight is obscure (5,3) - hence delay (5,3)heroine that is at heart betrayed (6) 13 Operatic 15 obscure Try at an international match (4) n a fight is (5,3) 16 Brats badly behaved should be removed (10) that is at heart betrayed (6) 19 Held in check; fell behind the others (10) tional match (4) vessel with a professional second mate 20 Sailing aved should (4) be removed (10) Willingly left member ell behind23the others (10) with account to pay finally (6) 25 Swirling mist hidesmate the way th a professional second (4)forward (8) 27 It describes a man who lacks spirit (8) mber with28 account to soup pay or finally (6) Absorbent stew (6) es the way 29 forward The end of(8) the road for one who saw the light (8) 30 Get a seat(8) when prepared to stand (6) an who lacks spirit

or stew (6) Down oad for one who saw by the 1 Man devoured lionlight could (8) be a circus performer (7) prepared2 Drawing to standequipment (6) arrives without a permit (9)

3 Don’t follow suit (6) 5 One shouldn’t lie under it (4) 6 Vast put out performer in superior sort y lion could be fire a circus (7)of hotel (4-4) 7 Monster fish (5) ent arrives without a permit (9) 8 Find lie perfect for a place close to the action (7) (6) 11 Many were carried away by it and lost their heads (7) e under it 14 (4)Crowds moving about in the morning in the streets in superior sort(7) of hotel (4-4) 17 Got up and dressed (6,3) 18 Kind to me in expressing surprise (8) or a place19close tobethe action when (7) told (7) Right to overjoyed ed away by it and lost their heads in (7)variety (7) 21 Performer tires at appearing 22 Moody and could become more about in the morning in the streets (7)so (6) 24 Shine as a beginner in a new game (5) sed (6,3) 26 Forbidden but a doctor provides it (4)

pressing surprise (8) oyed when toldCLUES (7) QUICK Across t appearing in variety (7) (6)(6) d become1 Lawsuit more so 4 International tennis trophy (5,3) nner in a new game 9 Manage with(5) limited means (4,2) doctor provides it (4) weakness (4,4) 10 Sentimental 12 And similar things (8)

Brought to you by ALL ON 4 SMILES

Puzzle 2205 1

2

© Gemini Crosswords 2016 All rights reserved

3

4

9

5

6

7

8

10 11

12

13 14

15

16

17

18 19

20

21

22 23

24

25 26

27

28

29

30

13 A card game (6) 15 Except (4) Solution to last 16 Take your time!

(4,4,2) 19 Sorely contested (4-6) B U C K R A M A S S U R E S 20 O animal’s E A den M (4)T O A R Wild 23 (6)E R A T E D B A CBehave C L Aabjectly I M 25 R (8)B U A U N S AsOa rule AtoLsuggestion L OW A N S EResponsive N O R 27 (8)C E I Bay U tree A (6) A D S 28 S T A R S E XClosing T E Ndate S I (8) O N 29 G N C I 30 Lacking warmth of feeling (6) S U S I E S C E P T I C A L Down A U U O E O 1PWithout purpose A L L I N E N T A G R A (7) M 2R Seek from D shelter D A Uattack T (4,5) O I A B A N D O N L L C N O B S C E N E

S H I N G L E I O N N C O N T E N T

week’s D R A S T I C

E V I V E T A N A O M

P A L E T T E

E A W I K W R A R N D

I R G E C E

Quick Clues

Across 1 Lawsuit (6) 4 International tenni 9 Manage with limite 10 Sentimental weak 12 And similar things 13 A card game (6) 15 Except (4) 16 Take your time! (4 19 Sorely contested ( 20 Wild animal’s den 23 Behave abjectly (6 25 As a rule (8) 27 Responsive to sug 28 Bay tree (6) 29 Closing date (8) 30 Lacking warmth o

Down 1 Without purpose ( 2 Seek shelter from Answers: Page 55 3 2205 Unusualness (6) Number: 5 Eagerly expectant Gemini Crosswords 6 Areas away from c 7 Roman god of lov 3 Unusualness (6) 8 Forbearing (7) 5 Eagerly expectant (4) puzzle 11 Concoct (5,2) 6 Area away from coast (8) 7 RomanWgod of love (5) 14 Tropical cyclone (7 A N T E A T H E R (7) E E T 8 Forbearing E A M 17 Rifles and revolve T R(5,2) A V A I L A 11GConcoct E 18 Nevertheless (5,3 N 14 Tropical T E cyclone S R (7) E H I R O revolvers S H I M A Y 17 Rifles and (5,4) 19 Hollow-eyed (7) R 18 Nevertheless D N S (5,3) 21 A payment to an a V A(7) G U E A 19 N Hollow-eyed D G O 22 Weaken (6) T A W A 21 AR payment to an author (7) E U N A C R O S S 24 Musical drama (5) 22 Weaken (6) K I U U 26 An intended meth L O T(5)U S A 24 S Musical H O T drama

F 26 An O intended O L method R P (4) P L A C A T E I T O R E S U T G C P R E S E N T O R S E

Imagine smiling and laughing without Cryptic Quick Replacing worrying about loose dentures.

5 Assures, 9 Acclaim, 10 Berated, 11 Senor, 12 Allowance, 13 Extension, 15 Stars, Across: 1 Deviant, 5 Weather, 9 Average, 10 Travail, 11 Ta Imagine being Vague, able to 16 eatPeace, whatever 18 Run across, 21 Like a shot, 24 Lotus, al, 21 Pentagram, 24 All-in, 25 Abandon, 26 Shingle, 27 Obscene, 28 Content.

Dentures you want.

Present. oconut, 3 Rearrange, 4 Mamba, 5 Ambulance, 6 Straw, 7 Rotunda, 8 Sadness, Imagine 14 having confidence in Down: 1 Drastic, 2 Vietnam, 3 At any rate, 4 Teeth, 5 Wate on, 16 Soprano, 17 Sandals, 19 Cologne, 20 Lenient, 22 Addle, 23 Music. with your teeth.

Dark horse, 15 Vacillate, 16 Palette, 17 Awkward, 19 Outra From dentures to fixed Permanent non-removable teeth in 4 days Dr Sean Keren Teeth B.D.Sc (Melb)

1300 107 000

enquiry@allon4smiles.com.au

For more information see www.allon4smiles.com.au

35

ADVERTORIAL

Heritage-listed house

is a beauty Old blends with new at this former police residence What was formally the Fortitude Valley Police Residence is now a striking home that perfectly balances the old with the new.

Renovated to maximise on generous spaces, the heritage-listed house exudes a warm yet minimalist style, with polished concrete and Blackbutt timber flooring and a handmade clay bathtub to the main

bedroom’s ensuite. As a relic of Brisbane’s past, the residence retains an unassuming yet charming street presence, with a brick facade complemented by a simple timber porch – it’s when the red front door is opened that the breadth of the house can really be appreciated.

To the left of the entrance is a sitting room with a brick fireplace, and to the right a bedroom.

A hallway then passes another bedroom and a bathroom with a claw foot tub, before reaching an open-

NEW FARM 194 Arthur St Land: 465sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Karla Lynch and Matt Lancashire, Ray White New Farm; ph: 3254 1022, 0447 384 908 (KL) or 0416 476 480 (ML) Auction: On site, Feb 17, 11am

plan living hub with a built-in bookcase.

Stainless steel appliances and dark cabinetry accentuate the kitchen, while steps lead down to a light-filled lounge and out to a patio.

Back inside, two upstairs bedrooms are off a hallway. Both open to a balcony, while the main bedroom has a private balcony and a walk-in wardrobe along with its ensuite.

42

Hamptons style To ensure they made the most of their corner block and were still able to have a large backyard, Felicity and Joel Ferrie put the swimming pool at the front of their house when they built it.

“This particular block is quite unique – it is 48m long x 10m, but it allowed us to do a couple of interesting different design features that you wouldn’t be able to do on a standard block,’’ Felicity says.

She says the house’s entry sees her and Joel and their visitors walk past the pool to reach the residence, with the kitchen and living areas looking out onto the outdoor entertaining space.

“It kind of brings the view inside, rather than having the pool in the backyard, and it also meant we could

have a massive backyard on a small block,” Felicity says.

They also included a wine cellar in the front entrance, while downstairs features an abundance of glass and natural light.

The Hamptons-style house has four bedrooms on the upper level and another bedroom on the ground floor.

The kitchen features Calacatta Nuvo stone island benchtops, softclose cabinetry and a butler’s pantry.

YERONGA 40 Rome St North Land: 481sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Roger Carr, Ray White Bulimba; ph: 3914 0000 or 0403 181 310 Auction: On site, Saturday (Feb 10), 10am

Outline Indicaঞve Only

Rural

The Most Affordable Absolute Beachfront House on Australia’s East Coast?

‘Dri away’, 25 Ocean Road, Brooms Head, Northern NSW • An absolute beachfront co age set on one of the most spectacular strips of coastline • The idyllic family holiday, weekender at any me of the year or even a place to call home • Refurbished 3 bedroom beach co age located directly where both arms of Cakora Lagoon enters the ocean. The outlook is a constantly ever-changing beach, water and sand view • Brisbane and Gold Coast just a 3* and 2* hour drive, Sydney 8* hour drive (or 2* hour flight) Being away from the hustle and bustle, this could be the most affordable absolute oceanfront beach house sold along the east coast of Australia in 2018.

Auc on Fri 23 Feb 10:30am Level 26, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane View Sun 12–1pm and Fri 5–6pm (NSW me) Daniel Kelly 0408 669 646 Barry Quinn 0409 828 342

raywhiteyamba.com

*approx.

Rural

99* Secluded Acres in the Maryvale Valley ‘Millar View’, South Branch Rd, Maryvale Breathtaking locaঞon boasts rural living, privacy & sweeping views with outdoor opportunities for the adventurous on the property & in the nearby naঞonal parks.

Cathedral ceilings & open plan living.

raywhiteruraltoowoomba.com.au

4

2

5

Aucঞon Tue 13 Feb 5:30pm Fitzy’s Funcঞon Room, 153 Margaret St View By appointment Myles Cosgrove 0419 271 247 *approx.

OUTSTANDING This 494m2 full floor sub-penthouse offers a 226m2 wraparound terrace which showcases outstanding panoramic views, plus four side-by-side car accommodation.

KANGAROO POINT 901/21 Pixley Street

INSPECT Thursday 7 – 7:30pm,

An exceptional offering encompassing Brisbane’s best 360 degree uninterrupted views of b oth re ac h e s of th e B r is ba n e R i ve r, B r is ba n e CB D a nd th e B ota n ic a l G a rd e ns.

The wraparound st yle balcony allows ef for tless interaction from the indoor living to the ou tside. T he maste r b e droom c omma nds a c e ntra l position in this a pa r tme nt, ma ximising the panoramic views with full width glass sliders opening directly onto the balcony. A n ope n e nsuite f inished with a fre e standing bath bolsters the lu xur y vibe of the proper t y. T he clever use of space provide s for ever y storage ne ed and side-by-side four car accommodation completes this splendid home.

AUCTION Thursday 15 February at 6pm,

4 BED 3 BATH 4 CAR + POOL

eplace.com.au

Saturday 1:30 – 2pm and Sunday 10 – 10:30am

Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

Simon Caulfield 0437 935 912 Michael Bacon 0423 342 707 PLC-OP3882_BN_A

HAWTHORNE 25 Virginia Avenue

INSPECT Wednesday 5:30 – 6pm and Saturday 12 – 12:45pm

This rarely found traditional Queenslander on 766m2, with wraparound verandahs on both levels, is positioned in the highly sought-after river avenues. Spacious and subtly separated, a large lounge room leads to an open plan dining area and living area with seamless deck access. The master bedroom with a walk-in robe and ensuite provides the ideal parent’s retreat. A further three bedrooms with built-in robes and verandah access are within easy reach of the main bathroom with separate toilet. Downstairs, a further three multipurpose rooms with built-in robes are serviced by a third bathroom, creating an apartment that can have a separate entry.

5 + BED 3 BATH 2+ CAR + POOL

eplace.com.au

BULIMBA 24 Harrison Street

at 4pm, on-site

Joanna Gianniotis 0433 168 761

INSPECT Thursday 6 – 6:30pm

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. With spectacular city views over two lots, this grand Queenslander on 810m², with two street access offers an incredible opportunity. All flowing together, the family, living, dining and kitchen seamlessly access the front and rear decks which capture sweeping city views. Also located on this top level are two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Downstairs, on the first floor are three further bedrooms, third bathroom, rumpus area and multipurpose room, which open to a patio and large in-ground pool. This home is completed with a self-contained studio on the ground floor.

5 BED 3 BATH 2 CAR + POOL

AUCTION Saturday 10 February

eplace.com.au

AUCTION Saturday 10 February at 6:30pm, on-site

Glenn Bool 0400 120 999 PLC-OP4047_BN_B

46

Space to grow In a leafy street near the Brisbane River, this eight-bedroom residence has been designed for family living.

The house has a contemporary facade with timber accents and a crisp white colour palette.

On entry, the main living hub has an open-plan design, featuring timber floorboards, high ceilings and natural light. From a formal dining space glass bi-fold doors open to a covered wraparound deck, which is oriented towards the water.

Back inside, a galley kitchen has a 400mm stone waterfall island bench, pendant lighting and European appliances including a double oven and four-burner gas cooktop, and a built-in coffee machine.

There’s also a set of glass bi-fold doors opening to a covered terrace,

which overlooks a pool and gardens.

There are further living and media rooms on the upper mezzanine and lower levels, including a bar, rumpus room, wine cellar and an office. An ideal parents’ retreat, the luxury main bedroom offers a private terrace, walk-in wardrobe and an ensuite.

Fenced with electric gates, camera intercom and a monitored security system, the property sits on a large block and includes a double garage.

SHERWOOD 35 Hazelmere Pde Land: 1012sq m Inspect: Saturday, 1-1.45pm Agent: Johnny Lin, Harcourts Pinnacle – Aspley; ph: 3862 8666 or 0431 426 063 Auction: On site, Feb 17, noon

WIGHTS MOUNTAIN 17 Westbourne Drive Located in the beautiful Samford Valley, up a long, privately gated drive with sweeping views of gorgeous grounds and valley vistas beyond, this stunning and meticulously maintained property provides an enviable living experience. A modern dual level residence and adjoining family guesthouse, built to exacting world-class standards of quality, design, craftsmanship and practical function gracefully sit upon 15,560m2 of the bucolic landscape just 35 minutes from the Brisbane CBD. Just five minutes from the beautiful Samford Village, with its alluring mix of cafés, restaurants and shopping outlets.

6 BED 4 BATH 4 CAR + POOL

eplace.com.au

INSPECT Saturday 10 – 10:30am FOR SALE Mario Sultana 0428 282 223 Will Churchill 0401 996 025 PLC-OP4070_BN_C

Auction On-Site 24 Feb 2:00pm View Saturday 2:00 - 2:45pm

www.queenslandsothebysrealty.com

LAUREL AVE ABSOLUTE RIVERFRONT

ON RARE 3122M2 WITH TENNIS COURT

ABSOLUTE RIVERFRONT ON 3122M2

127 Laurel Avenue, CHELMER

With its highly coveted riverfront address in one of Brisbane’s most beautiful tree-lined streets, this magnificent property truly has it all. One of the best riverfront blocks in Chelmer, it is positioned on 3122m2 with 40m of prime river frontage. Stately, classic and full of charming features, the two-level home across two buildings was originally designed and built by the renowned Knowlman McDonald Builders. Multiple indoor/outdoor living areas, wine cellar, fireplaces, N/S tennis court, pool, spa and private pier provide every chance to celebrate the joys of riverfront living.

5

5

4

Auction.

On-site, 24 February, 11am

View.

Wed & Sat 11.00-11.30am

Call.

Jason Adcock 0418 72 77 88

Web.

adcockprestige.com

174 Venner Road, Yeronga Stage 1- Respiro Residences

Artist Impression Only

Stage 1 - Respiro under construction stage 2 - arboreti selling now townhomes from $684,000 | 1 Bedroom apartments from $384,000 2 bedroom apartments from $489,000 | 3 bedroom apartments from $675,000 4 bedroom residences from $899,000 | 5 bedroom residences from $1,345,000

Stage 2 - Arboreti

Artist Impression Only

Artist Impression Only

RENOVAREYERONGA.COM.AU

Annie Hayes - 0402 859 467 Wednesday 10:30am - 11:30am | Friday and Saturday 1pm - 2:30pm or by appointment at our onsite sales office

52

Oceanside cottage Driftaway is an absolute beachfront cottage on a spectacular strip of coastline just south of Yamba.

Recently refurbished, the threebedroom residence is supplied by town water, with features including ceiling fans, louvre windows and tiled flooring.

A covered back deck borders a grassy yard and has ocean views, while a front patio sits beyond a white picket fence. Along with three bedrooms, the residence has a bathroom, open-plan living, a laundry and single garage.

Agent Daniel Kelly describes Driftaway as arguably the most affordable beachfront house on the east coast, with the residence idyllic for use as either a family home or holiday destination.

He says what makes the residence remarkable is its location where the north and south arms of Cakora Lagoon join as it enters the ocean.

“The outlook from the home is an ever-changing beach, water and sand view as the tide moves in and out – if your passion is water you will not find a better located absolute beachfront location,” Daniel says.

“The wonderful views of the ocean are a real feature of the residence.”

BROOMS HEAD 25 Ocean Rd Land: 651sq m Inspect: Friday, 5-6pm Agent: Daniel Kelly, Ray White Yamba; ph: (02) 6645 8000 or 0408 669 646 Auction: Level 26, 111 Eagle St, Brisbane, Feb 23, 10.30am

PRIME WATERFRONT POSITION Point View Residences Now Complete www.pointview.com.au Display Open: Tuesday 11:00am - 2:00pm Thursday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Saturday & Sunday 11:00am - 3:00pm Or by appointment (7 days a week) Address: 32 Glenora Street, Wynnum QLD 4178 Price: 1 bedroom from $375,000 2 bedroom from $495,000 2 level skyhomes from $1,125,000 Contact: Tim Holmes 0418 725 158 tholmes@savillsgc.com.au

Au ct

io

n

ljhooker.com.au

3

Taringa 133 Swann Road Unique Queenslander With Incredible Potential On 537sqm!

Standing outside the white picket fence of 133 Swann Road, Taringa the incredible potential of this gorgeous property is immediately obvious. Featuring a massive gable, timber portico & decorative lattice this beautiful house has street appeal in spades & the charming character features continue throughout the residence. The home currently enjoys a leafy outlook & is situated atop the renowned Swann Road ridge on a corner block with a large backyard.

1

1

•

Wrap around veranda with a glimpse of the city

Auction Wednesday, 7th February 6:00pm, On Site

•

10.5 ft ceilings throughout the property

View

•

Original wide timber floorboards in good condition

•

French doors & casement windows throughout with original hardware intact

•

Air conditioned living room

•

Ironside State School & Indooroopily State High Catchments

Wednesday, 7th February 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Brock Smith 0447 599 527 Brisbane West 3871 1811 52 High Street, Toowong Qld 4066

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However, we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided. Interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries.

AUCTION ON SITE SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY AT 10:30AM

8 SIXTH AVENUE, KEDRON VIEW Sat 1:00-1:30pm

POTENTIAL PLUS! • Original Queenslander, charm-filled

• Highset with huge storage under • 3 bedrooms, combined living/dining • Modern bathroom & kitchen, 2 toilets • North facing backyard, fenced 607m2 • Close proximity to major amenities • Less than 20 minutes to CBD

BEN WILSON 0407 584 378 3

ben.wilson@codepg.com.au

1

KELLY PARES 0447 987 384

1

kelly.pares@codepg.com.au

codepg.com.au

68% of readers ^

agree they like to experience new and exciting places

86% of readers ^

• BRISBANE’S VERY OWN MANHATTAN • A VIBRANT METROPOLIS STEPS AWAY FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR • QUIETLY SOLDTM •

MCQUIE FINE HOMES IS BRISBANE ’S ONLY GENUINE BOUTIQUE AGENCY. LARRY MCQUIE IS DEDICATED TO SELLING PRESTIGE PROPERTY DISCREETLY AND CREATIVELY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR FINE HOME QUIETLY SOLD IN 2018 CONTACT LARRY MCQUIE FOR A CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSION .

VIEW MORE FINE HOMES AT WWW. MCQUIE . COM . AU

1300 1800 18 LARRY @ MCQUIE . COM . AU WWW . MCQUIE . COM . AU

intend to travel within the next 12 months

400,000 PEOPLE are reading * our magazine

every month

That’s thousands of people discovering the best restaurants, shows, fashion, arts, homes and travel, right across Brisbane. Our readers love the good things in life, and when you advertise with us, they could love you too!

To start a conversation with our readers, EMAIL advertisebrisbanenews@news.com.au or CALL 3666 7441 * Publisher’s Claim. ^Source: emmaTM conducted

by IpsosMediaCT, 12 months ending April 2017, All people 14+

55

Horoscope with Tanya Obreza CANCER (June 22 - July 22) Best day: Saturday 10th You’re generous and strong, and would lay down your life to protect your children and friends. Others, however, should never take this kindness for granted or hurt those you love. You can retaliate with a fierce attack; as this week may prove.

People always forget about those crab claws, which can really leave a nasty gash.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 18) Best day: Wednesday 7th It’s a great week to start something new. A surprise offer could tie in with some luck you’re already enjoying. Sure, you may still have concerns, but that’s no reason to stay stuck in a rut. Love could also be yours for the taking – if you play nice.

LEO

PISCES

TAURUS

(February 19 - March 20) Best day: Monday 12th Your eyes are on the career prize this week. While you can occasionally be a tad scattered, now’s the time to strategise long-term goals and prioritise your routines. Pisceans are usually OK with not being a triple threat sensation overnight. Your patience truly can be a virtue.

(April 21 - May 20) Best day: Sunday 11th There’ll be moments this week when everyone else seems to be at play, except you. The upside? Current projects promise an abundance of rewards. And don’t worry too much about missing out on fun. Your social schedule will overflow again soon enough.

ARIES

GEMINI

(March 21 - April 20) Best day: Tuesday 13th There’s no one quite like Aries to scoff in the face of adversity and swing a run of bad luck in their favour. Still, you might like to know that many power planets are on your side too, and striking canny deals on your behalf. It’s all looking good – just don’t selfsabotage.

(May 21 to June 21) Best day: Thursday 8th A painful situation is coming to an end. Someone’s lies or deception may have caused heartache. Thankfully, the worst is over and you can now recover some equilibrium. Accept that life brings endings – there’s no reason to hang on to something that may never work. If necessary, reach out to friends for help.

(July 23 - August 23) Best day: Tuesday 13th This week it seems that the sky’s the limit. Able to tune into the big picture, you’re all about bursting through previous barriers – and having plenty of fun along the way. You could also find yourself travelling, or doing business with long-distance clients or friends.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 22) Best day: Sunday 11th There’s a change of mood, Virgo.

Instead of hurtling along at breakneck speed, your enthusiasm gives way to a gentler, more meditative pace, perhaps for good reason. Sometimes you need to slow down to ensure a safe journey ahead. Still, it needn’t be a lonely excursion.

LIBRA (September 23 - October 23) Best day: Monday 12th Slow down, Libra. Take a break and

BRAIN FOOD WITH LARA CURION In animals, the average number of heartbeats per lifespan is 1.5 billion.

The heart rate is related to the size of the animal – larger animals have slower heart rates. The blue whale will outlive the hummingbird, but both lifespans will still number about 1.5 billion beats.

The three smallest countries in the world are Vatican City (0.44sq km, population 800), Monaco (2sq km, population 37,000), and Nauru (21sq km, population 10,400).

An octopus’s brain consists of about 300,000 neurons; a honey

bee’s brain has 950,000. The human brain has 100 billion neurons.

Next time you gaze up at a clear night sky, remember there are as many cells in your brain as there are stars in the Milky Way. In NSW, in 1940, two RAAF training planes collided midair and became stuck together, one on top of the other. Most of the two crews bailed with their parachutes, but one brave pilot landed both planes at once. All crew members and both planes survived the incident.

For 200 years the humble tomato

give yourself a chance to rest. If a reconciliation is necessary, make an effort to forgive and forget. In return, something that has seemed daunting suddenly turns into a simple exercise, thanks to the generosity of a colleague or friend.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Best day: Wednesday 7th Everyone seems to be making demands of you. You don’t really need any extra pressure at the moment, so you’ll probably resent the intrusion of privacy. In turn, this could cause arguments and upsets. Make it clear that all you need is a little bit of peace and quiet.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Best day: Thursday 8th It’s funny how things can improve once you “surrender”. The next few weeks bring progress on a matter that’s been irritating you for ages.

Ironically, this comes at a time when the issue in question hardly seems to matter any more. Or so you thought.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Best day: Friday 9th Think twice before saying anything in the heat of the moment, or you may regret it. This is particularly important at work, as there’s a strong chance you could upset a colleague or mention a subject that’s totally taboo.

A week to work solo, perhaps. tanyaobreza.com

ANSWERS was considered evil. In the 15001600s it was known as the poison apple or wolf peach and it had a reputation for causing erratic behaviour. Perhaps this effect after consumption was more to do with lead poisoning from the pewter plates.

The yo-yo is one of the oldest known toys in civilisation, with an early image found on ancient Greek pottery (circa 500 BC). The yo-yo spun its way around the world travelling from China through Asia to Europe and it was the first toy to be used by an astronaut in outer space.

CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Accord, 4 Confetti, 9 Remove, 10 Stave off, 12 Black out, 13 Isolde, 15 Test, 16 Abstracted, 19 Restrained, 20 Proa, 23 Legacy, 25 Immodest, 27 Teetotal, 28 Porous, 29 Damascus, 30 Settee.

Down: 1 Acrobat, 2 Compasses, 3 Revoke, 5 Oath, 6 Five-star, 7 Troll, 8 Infield, 11 Tumbril, 14 Streams, 17 Turned out, 18 Gracious, 19 Related, 21 Artiste, 22 Morose, 24 Gleam, 26 Tabu.

QUICK: Across: 1 Action, 4 Davis Cup, 9 Make do, 10 Soft spot, 12 Etcetera, 13 Bridge, 15 Save, 16 Easy does it, 19 Hard-fought, 20 Lair, 23 Grovel, 25 Normally, 27 Amenable, 28 Laurel, 29 Deadline, 30 Frosty. Down: 1 Aimless, 2 Take cover, 3 Oddity, 5 Agog, 6 Interior, 7 Cupid, 8 Patient, 11 Dream up, 14 Typhoon, 17 Small arms, 18 After all, 19 Haggard, 21 Royalty, 22 Impair, 24 Opera, 26 Plan. No: 2205

THE BORDEAUX

R E F I N E D C L A S S I C I N S P I R AT I O N B E S P O K E D E S I G N B Y S I G N AT U R E “Our stunning Signature designs are the epitome of Metricon’s vision for luxury living: exceptional residences customised to allow your personality, taste and style to shine in a home that’s uniquely your own.”

Adrian Popple, Design Director

THE BORDEAUX Arise Estate, 2 Skyview Ave, Rochedale Open every day 10am - 5pm Phone 07 3151 3706

www.metricon.com.au Image depicts items not supplied by Metricon namely landscaping, swimming pool and fencing. Image contains upgrade items.

Metricon Homes QLD Pty Ltd is licensed under the QBCC Act 1991 (QBCC Licence 40992), NSW Builders License 36654C.