Brisbane News Magazine March 21 - 27, 2018. ISSUE 1169

MAR 21 - 27, 2018 ISSUE 1169

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TRUE STORY Meet the real-life treasure hunter leaving Indiana Jones in the dust

FASHION

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BEAUTY

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RECIPE

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02 HELLO Don’t call an archaeologist a Tomb Raider. That’s the lesson I learnt when interviewing three of them for this week’s cover story (P8). It’s not so much the comparison to the film’s main character, Lara Croft, that is the issue. Who wouldn’t want to be compared to a super-fit, rich aristocrat, as film critic Vicky Roach (P13) describes Lara? Rather, they object to the slur the title infers. There are very real tomb raiders out digging the sands of Egypt or Syria or Jordan right now, stealing and selling treasures. And history is littered with famous examples of more official dubious removals, casting a shadow over some of the world’s most viewed exhibits. There are laws in many countries controlling what can be dug up where and by whom. Those robbing graves are unlikely to be the academics who apply for permits and visas and grants and wade through mountains of red tape so they can delicately dig through the dirt to unearth the answers they seek. But I guess Paperwork Raider wouldn’t cut it as a film title.

THEN & NOW 1909: On April 24, The Queenslander magazine featured the wedding of Captain Hubert Carter to Miss Violet Smith.

At the elegant reception in the grounds of Nunnington at Kangaroo Point, tables were set up on the tennis court.

Guests wore their finest finery – men in top hats and tails or their full-dress military uniforms, and women sporting elaborately decorated hats. The bride and her attendants all wore white. Weddings in 2018 are all about what the couple wants – barefoot on the beach or five-courses at Customs House in ball gowns – as the Queensland Brides Wedding & Honeymoon Expo will show on Mar 23-25 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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CONTENTS

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EDITOR Amanda Horswill

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CUTS BOTH WAYS … The Good Doctor’s Freddie Highmore. Picture: Dylan Robinson

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As Norman Bates in five seasons of Bates Motel he would calmly open you up with a knife, let you bleed dry and apologise later, albeit in a different state of consciousness.

As Dr Shaun Murphy in The Good Doctor he’s also adept with a blade, but this time he’ll probably save your life on the operating table.

Actor Freddie Highmore, 26, has drawn critical acclaim portraying two of television’s most memorable characters in recent years.

But is the difference between murderous Norman and the autistic savant surgical resident Shaun, a simple matter of one is inherently bad and the other’s good?

“You mean, is it good to be saving people after years of killing them?”

Freddie says with a chuckle when Brisbane News chats to him about the hit medical drama during his visit to Australia earlier this month.

“As characters, the fact that Norman killed people and Shaun Murphy is a doctor is kind of secondary in a funny way to what the most important arcs of these people are about.

“Bates Motel was this tragic love story. And with Shaun Murphy … well, it is exciting to see his transformation, this person who has arrived with very little practical experience, living on his own in a big city and seeing how he dealt with that. He’s grown as a person over the course of this first season.”

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Not only did Freddie (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Finding Neverland) have to prepare for the medical aspects of his role in The Good Doctor, he also was determined to portray Shaun’s autism as best he could. He and showrunner David Shore traded various pieces of literature and documentaries back and forth online during development of the series; and the show employs a full-time consultant.

“Shaun is never going to represent everyone who is on the spectrum,” Freddie says, “and so it’s as much about being true to the autism that he has, as it is to coming up with his own unique identity, and quirks, accent and voice and mannerisms.”

He is hopeful the show and subsequent seasons will bring an acceptance of Shaun among his onscreen co-workers.

“The idea is of accepting Shaun – it feels like a funny way to phrase it – because it isn’t purely this idea of accepting people who have autism, or accepting people like Shaun into the workplace, but the realisation that they will make it better.

“And that they will have perspectives that others won’t. It’s not just putting up with them. And it’s not tolerance, (because) tolerating someone does seem to imply there is a negativity that this character will bring, and you’re kind of ignoring it.”

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Join workout queen Michelle Bridges at 7am for a free fitness class followed by a meet and greet at Little Stanley Street Lawns, South Bank Parklands, on Mar 24. It’s a Medibank Feel Good Program event.

Treasury Hotel is hosting an evening of cheese tasting from Victoria’s premier cheese makers, washed down with wine from the vineyards of the Yarra Valley, Barossa, McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills. Held under stars in the courtyard on Mar 23.

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Come alone or with a friend to this beginners’ workshop on upcycling furniture, being run by interiors store Blake & Taylor on Mar 22. Morning tea and materials will be provided, plus a pine timber stool for you to paint and take home. Cost is $125pp.

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6 ART STUARTHOLME ART GALA, TOOWONG Enjoy bubbles and canapes as artist-inresidence Nick Olsen speaks about his work (pictured) at the school’s annual Art Gala on Mar 24. His and other local artists’ works will be auctioned to fund school bursaries. stuartholme.com

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Belinda Seeney I can’t imagine anyone has the fortitude for Twitter before their first espresso I won’t pretend my phone is not the first thing I reach for each morning.

It’s replaced the old AM/FM radio as my alarm clock of choice but once I’ve silenced The Ramones screaming I Wanna Be Sedated in the pre-dawn light, I won’t pretend I immediately return the phone to my bedside table then bound out of bed to embrace the day.

No, usually with one eye still glued shut and the bedroom in near darkness, I position my phone centimetres from my nose and start the daily scroll.

Now I’ve stripped the pretence from my morning ritual and – in the spirit of sharing – I’m hearing confessions on which app or function gets first billing each morning.

I suspect many of you plummet down the Instagram and Facebook rabbit holes as you devour all the gym selfies, baby spam, filtered breakfasts and cat videos you missed in the past eight hours.

I can’t imagine anyone has the fortitude for Twitter before their first espresso but, hey, I could be wrong.

Hands up all those who go straight to their email? Are you secretly hoping there’s a message you can reply-all to so the time stamp smugly reads 6.03am and you can pretend you’ve been seizing the day for hours instead of wrapped in your doona like a human burrito?

What about those fitness fanatics among you who hit up sleep apps and fitness trackers, monitoring your REM cycles and mapping how often you rolled over?

Me? I have six weather apps and I obsessively scroll through each of them every morning.

At times, I play them off against each other. Which has the most favourable forecast? Which shows the coolest current temperature so I can justify an extra 10 minutes in bed?

One app logs rainfall, another predicts meteorological conditions 10 days in advance, a third displays hourly forecasts and yet another offers fun photo filters.

My favourite feature of all, though, is the rain radar.

Even when it’s crystal clear outside

I forensically examine the radar loop for the colour-coded pixels that denote rainfall.

My obsession with tracking the full spectrum of precipitation – from barely misting patches of white to the fury of red and black blocks rampaging across the map – meant I did not cope at all well when the Bureau of Meteorology took its Mt Stapylton radar offline and out of my life for maintenance recently.

Marburg, I’m afraid you just didn’t pass muster. For starters, 128km is fine for a general snapshot of the southeast corner but you lack the detail of Mt Stapylton’s 64km radius.

Last weekend I consulted Marburg before harnessing the hound and taking him for a stroll.

The barely perceptible white dot you registered somewhere north of Logan but south of the CBD looked harmless enough but in actual fact turned out to be a drenching that covered the entire southside – the pooch and me included.

It was enough to send me back to bed in despair.

I haven’t played poker in years, which may be a good thing because I have a terrible poker face. If I had a full house the whole neighbourhood would know.

I’m not very good at hiding my feelings. Personally, I think this is a good thing. I mean I’m not bottling things up. Just ask my wife and son.

They probably wish I was.

But I’m afraid I react instantly to whatever is happening to me.

A case in point: I took our pup, Sarge, to the vet the other day and they said he might need an ultrasound. Turned out he did, and it cost $660. Hell, it wouldn’t have cost that much if I was having one!

When I was told what the bill was, I said ...“Holy f$#@ing hell” and a few people in the waiting room looked around. “I might as well just go and flush my wallet down the toilet,” I added. My expression was one of horror.

Other people might wait until they got out to the carpark to say that but I just blurt it out. My inner monologue seems to have a life of its own.

Anyway I paid, of course, and left the premises, possibly in disgrace. But I never look back in such situations. I just can’t control my reflex actions in such circumstances.

If I turn up somewhere expecting things to be a certain way and they aren’t, my face can change from beaming to glowering in an instant.

Disappointment will be written all over my dial. This always makes Christmas rather difficult ... you know when you get that present you didn’t want – that book you will never read or that shirt you will never wear – and you just can’t hide how you feel.

I will mouth “thank you” eventually but one look at my face is enough to let everyone know that the present was not quite what I was expecting.

Phil Brown I’ve even been disappointed on behalf of other people. When my son was little and he got a Lego train for Christmas, for example, I was glum, even though my wife and I had given it to him. But when he finally opened it with a certain amount of glee on Christmas Day, the horrible reality dawned on me ... that I would have to put the damn thing together.

After several hours of hard work and cussing I did manage to assemble it and get it going but it wasn’t fun, for anyone.

I know most people feign happiness in such situations and are too polite to express themselves but I can’t help it. Thing just slip out.

I try to “act as if” at times but I’m not every good at it. So no poker for me, even though some say I am a bit of a card. I should be dealt with.

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Secret worlds They are real-life adventurers in the spirit of Indiana Jones and Lara Croft, archaeologists who are digging up the past to answer the biggest mysteries of all time Amanda Horswill

PREHISTORY Assoc Prof ADAM BRUMM Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith University Archaeologist Adam Brumm is sitting in a cave staring at images of human hands and animals painted more than 30,000 years ago, in a jungle on a little-known Indonesian island. And he’s FaceTiming his daughters.

“It’s a crazy story,” he says of talking to Florence, 5, and Dorothy, 2, his wife Amy looking on at their Auchenflower home. “The internet reception is pretty good in our field area on Sulawesi even though there are some parts of the island that haven’t yet been explored.”

Adam is in that jungle in Indonesia on the eleventh biggest island in the

world, trying to work out who left bone carvings, cave paintings and jewellery there between 22,000 and 30,000 years ago. It’s a mystery because before their discovery last year, it was thought that the Ice Age early Homo sapiens in that area didn’t have an advanced culture.

“The evidence found so far points to those people having a spiritual connection to the environment, and especially animals,” he says.

“They lived in such a different world to ours – almost impossible to imagine. We have no idea who they are because we have never found their bones. We assume because of the time and place they are closely related to the same population that colonised early Australia.”

He talks about the people he thinks

AUSSIE DIGGER … Adam Brumm at work in Sulawesi’s limestone karst region.

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inhabited the land as if he is speaking of old friends.

“I am trying to find out who they were by sifting through the rubbish they left behind 30,000 years ago, spending months on end digging up the sites where they lived. I have a

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deep curiosity about them – it may border on obsession – I want to know who they were. I respect these Ice Age people because they lived in trying circumstances and developed a complex culture that survived for thousands of years. Yes, I have some affection for them.”

However, this history-rewriting chance meeting between ancient man and modern researcher almost didn’t happen.

“I didn’t get a good TE (Tertiary Entrance) score,” he says. “I didn’t like school. Unless I have a personal interest in what I am learning, I just can’t do it. But when I find something I am passionate about, I put energy and time into it.”

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THRILLSEEKER … Just beware of ancient Egyptian beer, says Dr Serena Love; the Giza pyramids (right).

rules then demanded he wait a year before applying. He enrolled in an Arts degree at Griffith University’s Nathan campus, studying narrative fiction and French romantic poetry.

And then he unearthed a mighty treasure – his passion for learning, via a University of Queensland degree in anthropology, then Honours in archaeology from Townsville’s James Cook University.

“I had always been interested in archaeology, but I didn’t realise I could make it a viable career.”

Now based at Griffith University, Adam is head of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution’s archaeology program.

As an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, he devotes 100 per cent of his work hours to research.

He spends about a quarter of the year away from his young family, excavating in Sulawesi and the nearby island of Flores, and the rest of his time at Griffith’s Nathan campus, studying and writing about the artefacts he brings home.

But if his work sounds purely academic, listen harder. As he will explain in an upcoming panel discussion for World Science Festival on March 23, he believes archaeology is striving to answer the greatest question of all: Who are we?

“Imagine you wake up in a room with no idea who you are or how you got there. You can start to build a new life and be perfectly happy, but I think the natural instinct of all humans would be to try to find out where we come from,” he says. “Otherwise, how can your life truly have meaning?

“And as we start to look back on our evolution over time … you realise what a precarious and unpredictable journey it has been.

“Who knows: one twist of fate and it could have been Neanderthals using iPhones instead of us.”

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ANCIENT HISTORY Dr SERENA LOVE Senior Archaeologist, Everick Heritage Consultants Ancient Egyptian beer tastes awful.

It’s an eons-old secret that Dr Serena Love uncovered while exploring her passion for the ancient world.

“It’s just not to our palate,” Serena says. “The modern palate is adapted to the way German beer is made, with grain and hops. In Ancient Egypt, beer was made and consumed within two or three days. Sometimes it was made from bread and was like fermented porridge, not exactly nice.

“If you jumped in a time machine and had some you might be disgusted by it, but they might be disgusted by ours.”

It’s just as well, then, that she discovered that before embarking on an ambitious project to re-create, with Bacchus Brewing Co, three types of pyramid-builders’ ale. She will crack them open for the Queensland Museum’s Egyptian Mummies:

Exploring Ancient Lives After Dark tasting event on Mar 23. Serena will also speak about ancient Egyptians at two other events for World Science Festival.

Specialising in Egypt’s Old Kingdom (c. 2686BC–c. 2181BC) and the Memphite Necropolis, Serena was lured from her native USA to lecture at the University of Queensland in 2012. She has a PhD from Stanford University and has worked in digs around the world, from a worker’s village in Giza to a Neolithic settlement in Turkey.

If that all sounds very Indiana Jones, the reality is vastly different.

“He (Indiana Jones) was a university professor, but it’s never really that exciting. We don’t get chased by Nazis,” she says.

“On the other hand, I have worked in war zones. I was on a survey in Iraq in 2014 during the war. We had military envoys and wore helmets and armour, working in an area with unexploded ordnance. So I guess there is a thrillseeker side to it.”

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FROM PREVIOUS PAGE She now works for Everick Heritage Consultants, investigating the Aboriginal significance of sites for companies planning development or mining that may disturb the sites.

Most of her work focuses on Aboriginal cultural heritage. She says many people underestimate the archaeological richness of this heritage. “One site out at Ripley (in Ipswich) is just covered in (archaeologically significant) sites,” she says. “One artefact was dated as being 3000 years old.

“Dating of objects on Stradbroke Island (has found some) are pushing 40,000 years old.”

And that’s much, much older than the pyramids.

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LOCAL STORIES Tina King Associate Director of Heritage, Urbis If Tina King looks familiar, it could be because she appeared in the media earlier this year triumphantly holding rare Edison Tubes. The 1884 relics from the first electricity grid in Brisbane were dug up from beneath William St during construction of the massive Queen’s Wharf development.

“There’s been interest from around the world. We were the first place in the southern hemisphere to have these things.

WAGONS WAIT … Ready for cargo to be unloaded at Short Street Wharf, Brisbane, ca. 1910. Picture: State Library of Queensland

“It shows we were ahead back then,” she says Tina works for Urbis, development consultants with various sites on their job sheet, including Queen’s Wharf and Howard Smith Wharves. Part of the process is to conduct heritage investigations.

“There have been some exciting discoveries,” she says.

“It’s still early days with Queen’s Wharf, but when we did testing around the heritage buildings in 2016 we found Lamont bottles dated to the mid-1800s made by Owen Gardner, who distributed aerated water from his premises in William Street from 1853. During excavation of 1 William St, we found the flagstone floor of one the first buildings there, the 1854 Harris Warehouse, as well as one of Brisbane’s first Streets, Short Street, which ran between Margaret and Alice Streets, the first streets (buried) nearby. We’ve found wharves, wells, drains and artefacts like ceramics and animal bones.

HISTORY SLEUTH … Urbis’s Tina King.

“The most exciting are often the smaller things, such as early graffiti on a wall or behind a scrap of wallpaper, or an inscription – they are tangible links to people of the past.”

This field of study is called historical archaeology, defined by the ability to study the past using physical evidence in conjunction with historical sources. In Brisbane, the fonts of knowledge include the John Oxley Library, Queensland State

Archives, UQ’s Fryer Library, Royal Historical Society of Queensland and Brisbane City Council Archives. Firsthand accounts and memorabilia are also mined.

“Through the ’80s we lost a lot of heritage and it wasn’t until heritage protection legislation came in that it changed. People are passionate about conservation now. I guess it’s about finding a sense of place, trying to find a connection.”

She says while other cities such as Melbourne are known for their heritage landmarks, Brisbane is yet to capitalise on its street cred as one of the oldest European settlements in Australia. Brisbane’s Aboriginal cultural heritage is immeasurably significant and includes many important sites close to the city heart.

“We don’t celebrate our history like other cities do, and that’s something we should be doing. There are so many fascinating places that Brisbane residents generally don’t know about.”

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AT HOME ... Bird on the Wire and Leaving Sorrow, by J Valenzuela Didi …

Jonathan Bentley’s Sea Dog 1.

Houses are more than just structures.

They have personalities, they tell stories, they remind us of places where we have lived.

For Brisbane artist J Valenzuela Didi, houses are foils for visual storytelling in his latest exhibition, Shrine of the Lost Suburban, at Lethbridge Gallery in Paddington.

It’s running alongside Jonathan Bentley’s exhibition Sea Dogs. (You’ll know Jonathan’s work since he was an illustrator with The Courier-Mail for 20 years.)

J Valenzuela Didi (his name is Jason but he prefers J) is an engineer who works for Logan City Council.

In the past he has explored seemingly prosaic subject matter, including light industrial precincts and the Riverside Expressway.

“I’ve probably gone a bit more suburban now,” he says. “Houses tell stories. They stir memories of days long forgotten. Old Queenslanders, post-war homes, fibros, each has its own distinct personality, tales and ghosts.”

J says that as more and more dwellings are demolished, the houses that remain gain all the more significance, becoming haunting reminders of the transience of life.

J was born in Malaysia but left when he was two. He chose one house to paint without realising that, as his father pointed out, it was reminiscent of the family house in Malaysia.

“I have no conscious recollection of ever living in a house like the one in the painting, yet when I saw the house on a Paddington street somehow I felt a connection,” he says.

Spooky.

Jonathan Bentley’s amazing works feature tattooed dogs, and the maritime connection is because he’s currently living in the historic fishing port of St Ives in Cornwall, England.

“Here, stories of pirates and smuggling are part of the local folklore and you may see these old ‘sea dogs’ sitting at the bar in the famous Sloop Inn telling tales over a rum or two,” Jonathan writes in his artist statement. I think he means people, not dogs. But we get his point.

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Quick cure-all RESTAURANT Tony Harper Copado is a venue I want to love – it is doing the wine bar thing with a mix of simplicity and quirk. But it lets itself down with lack of detail.

Like the website that tells me it’s open seven days for lunch and dinner.

It isn’t. I discover the fact after taking time off work for a Monday lunch, arranging a companion and trekking to Teneriffe (not to mention my longsuffering, expectant editor). It’s closed. The phone doesn’t answer.

Neither does it answer four days later when I try for a booking, so I call its neighbour and sibling, Dalgety Public House … bingo! I get my booking and a slightly smug suggestion that I use their social media pages rather than website if I need correct and updated info. Sorry, wrong generation, buddy.

It’s late Friday evening when I get there and I start to understand the generational divide; it’s buoyant, a wee bit noisy, good looking and slick – more geared to night-time drinks and nibbles than something such as Monday lunch.

The bar takes up almost half the space. There are cured meats hanging in a fridge, one guy slicing said meats and assembling platters, another manning the drinks while a young lady prowls the smallish floor. I get set with a menu and a beer – water arrives late in the meal.

Most of the quirk lies in the menu.

It has all of the cured meats and a really snappy selection of cheese.

COPADO

110 Macquarie St, Teneriffe Ph: 1300 267 236 Chef: Ashley Marcantelli Tue-Thu from 4pm, Fri-Sun from noon Eftpos and major credit cards Vegetarian and gluten-free options On-street parking

SCORES OUT OF 10 Food: 6.5 Drinks: 7.5 Vibe: 8 Service: 5 Then there are some share dishes, and … wait for it … toasties.

Fried whitebait is unavailable so I opt for a good (but under-seasoned) plate of calamari ($17): generous serving, a couple of sauces drizzled on the plate. Much, much better is a plate of sardines on toast ($12): very good bread, fat lumps of sardines and a scattering of pickled chillies, capers and a couple of other goodies. It’s such a delicious dish – simple, honest, rustic, perfect.

The same pickled bits turn up on a carpaccio ($28); here they are less

GOOD DROP … Copado’s general manager Cody Wesseling (above), and beetroot arancini, one of the bites at the Teneriffe bar. Pictures: AAP/Ric Frearson

successful, somehow muddling the subtleties of the beef.

Then there are the toasties.

They’ve morphed from the tostadas on the obsolete website, to piadina: Spanish/Mexican to Italian.

Still, the intent remains the same.

A plate of three-cheese piadina ($16.50) is mammoth – eight wedges, leaking cheese at the seams, perhaps a bit bread heavy, but pretty good regardless. And that is the safe, boring option. There’s something with pineapple, ham and mustard (next time, perhaps) and some in-between.

It’s dubbed a wine bar, so I expect a fairly slick array. It’s more odd than great, but it’s the sort of list on which I’ll always find something interesting to drink. It isn’t expensive, and it covers the globe reasonably well.

Copado isn’t hitting the heights of rivals such as Gerard’s Bar and The Valley Wine Bar, but I have a hunch that isn’t its intent. It’s a great place to sit, drink and nibble cured meats (or sardines), and – quite frankly – it is aimed at younger folk than me. Still, a current website and a working phone number would be terrific.

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hhhhj Director: Roar Uthaug Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Daniel Wu Running time: 118 minutes Bare knuckles, reckless courage, quick wits ...

Alicia Vikander pares Lara Croft back to her bare essentials in this muscular reboot of the groundbreaking 2001 franchise.

The updated version of the camouflaged character that turned Angelina Jolie into Hollywood’s first bankable female action star has less pout, more clout.

Vikander’s 2018 model is leaner, meaner and paradoxically more vulnerable – and this raises the film’s emotional stakes. Since the contemporary Croft is a super-fit athlete rather than a freak of nature, we feel her body puncture, her sinews strain.

In the original Tomb Raider movie, Jolie’s pneumatic shape and unattainable beauty caused an exciting tension between the character as an emblem of female empowerment and as an object of desire.

It will be interesting to see what both genders make of the current version, who like her video game character, has become noticeably less sexualised.

Tomb Raider marks the English-language debut of Roar Uthaug (The Wave).

The Norwegian director is clearly more comfortable with the film’s action sequences than he is with the slightly hokey English aristocrat backstory involving Lara and her missing father (Dominic West). And there is a disconnect between the film’s introductory sequence in London, where Lara is put through her paces in the kickboxing ring, and Hong Kong, where she searches for her father.

Uthaug, however, is in his element once Croft begins her quest. The shipwreck sequence is as spectacular as one might expect from the man who directed The Wave.

Daniel Wu does a lot with very little in the sidekick role of Lu Ren and Walton Goggins is solid as Tomb Raider’s mercenary villain.

This is Vikander’s film. Tomb Raider charts Croft’s evolution from scrappy bicycle courier to tomb raider. The Swedish actor nails it.

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BEAUTY HEALTH AND WELLNESS: ADVERTISING FEATURE

Crazy for cacao It’s nearly Easter and we know what that means — chocolate. Well, chocolate isn’t the main cause for celebration but it still plays a sweet part.

For some, having a nibble of a choccy bunny’s ear and leaving the rest for another day is easy. For others, the temptation to polish off the whole bunny in one go is simply too hard to resist.

For a healthier alternative to all of that sugary, milky goodness, try cacao — a raw chocolate superfood packed with vitamins and antioxidants, and without the guilt.

While processed chocolate is made with roasted cocoa, sugar, milk and other ingredients, raw cacao is naturally fermented, meaning it keeps all of its health benefits.

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Point of difference One of the largest dental teams in Brisbane, Face Value Dental takes the time to listen to what patients want — and that’s what makes us different, says principal dentist Dr Malcolm Duff.

“Being a large clinic with an on-site laboratory, we are able to cater for a wide array of oral health concerns and

for snacking, powder for baking or premade bars, raw cacao is said to not only be bursting with antioxidants and vitamins, but high levels of plantbased iron, magnesium and calcium as well.

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Scallop edge

with Alastair McLeod If there’s something cooks like to do it’s gild the lily.

They should leave well alone but find themselves needing to embellish, enhance and enrich. You’ll be happy to know I do too.

This simple street fare has been elevated with the addition of local scallops and a generosity of caviar.

We have a huge Bowen mango tree and have spent much of summer pickling, fermenting and chutneying our crop.

Truth be told, very few of the fruit have made it to full ripeness such is our love of this salad. Add some peeled king prawns, crab meat or even shredded poached chicken if you too are inclined to improve what is already beautiful.

GREEN MANGO SALAD, SALTWATER CURED SCALLOPS, YARRA VALLEY CAVIAR INGREDIENTS 12 Hervey Bay scallops Saltwater or 35g sea salt dissolved in 1 litre of water 1½tbs fish sauce 1½tbs rice wine vinegar 1tbs caster sugar 3tbs water 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1 bird’s eye chilli, thinly sliced 1tbs lime juice 3 green mangoes, peeled and julienned ¼ bunch coriander ¼ bunch mint ¼ bunch Vietnamese mint 1 long red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced 1tbs fried shallots 1tbs crushed roasted peanuts 1½tbs Yarra Valley salmon caviar

METHOD Place scallops in a small metal bowl, pour over salt water and refrigerate overnight to cure. Next, combine fish sauce, vinegar, sugar and water in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat, bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat. Allow to cool, then stir in garlic, chilli and lime juice. When ready to serve, combine green mango, herbs, chilli, fried shallots with 4tbs of the dressing. Remove scallops from brine and thinly slice. Add to salad and give a final toss. Transfer to bowls, scatter with peanuts and the caviar. Serves 4 Alastair McLeod is chef and co-owner of Al’FreshCo. alfreshco.com.au Photography & styling: Miranda Porter.

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Modern sanctuary Michelle Bailey The garden of this Chandler home created by landscape designer Steven Clegg takes its cues from the modernist leanings of the architecture and the eucalypt surrounds of the leafy suburb.

The result is a place of sanctuary.

“Architect Yuri Stevens designed built-in planter boxes and freestanding podium planters which set the scene for a generous green injection,” Steven says.

“A canal reflection pond wrapping around the entertaining court and house gives you that feeling of being at a resort.”

Plant species were chosen to recall a sense of nostalgia.

“We chose a blend of plant species relating back to ’60s & ’70s modernist style gardens,” Steven says.

“These plant species give you that comfortable, easy gardening feel. “[We combined these with] tough plant species which have proven to work and give high impact with less care required.”

The strong lines of the architecture are reflected in the planting.

“Selected garden beds have been mass planted (with one species repeated over a large area) to create maximum impact and to establish a green anchor for the house,” Steven says. “Exotics are mixed with natives, producing visual interest with colour, form and texture.”

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star appeal Luxury and functional style combine in family home A panorama of the Brisbane city skyline can be viewed from this property’s stunning outdoor dining space, which boasts a peaked roof with exposed timber beams, a built-in barbecue and glass balustrades.

It’s just one of the highlights of the four-bedroom house, while a contemporary interior, quality fittings and a pool offer further appeal.

COORPAROO 368 Chatsworth Rd Land: 413sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Megan O’Leary, Place Coorparoo; ph: 3107 2111 or 0403 065 788 For sale: By negotiation

On the upper of three levels, openplan living and dining areas have timber floors and sliding glass doors to the outdoor covered space, with its impressive city views and outdoor kitchen.

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A Modern 40* Acre Family Estate with Country Style ‘Flametrees’, 82km* Brisbane City and 7km* Woodford Village • Watch the sun rise and fall across the countryside from either of the 2 stylish homesteads • A self-sufficient life with 10kw solar system, bore + dams • Workshops, vegetable gardens, fruit trees and real ‘toy shops’ • 5min* local Woolies, hospital, schools and cattle saleyards Escape to this stunning, modern country life on this picturesque as new family estate.

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4 BED 3 BATH 4 CAR + POOL

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INSPECT Saturday 4 – 4:30pm AUCTION Thursday 3 May at 6pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane, if not sold prior

Sarah Hackett 0488 355 553 PLC-OP4157_BN_B

RIVERFRONT This timelessly elegant Queenslander offers unrestricted space on a sprawling elevated 1,404m2 allotment fronting the banks of the Brisbane River.

GRACEVILLE 87A Bank Road

INSPECT View by appointment

Enjoy the open plan living areas, and generously proportioned private spaces. Extensive outdoor areas open the home to the beauty of the surrounds, allowing a seamless indoor/ outdoor lifestyle with serene river views. Graceful interiors combine neutral tones, polished hardwood floors, leadlight windows and VJ walls. Natural light bathes each space and cooling river breezes flow throughout. The home is further enhanced by a spacious second living area, horizon edge pool and deep-water pontoon. The quiet cul-de-sac riverfront location in Graceville is just eight kilometres from the CBD, and is within walking distance of cafĂŠs and rail. For more visuals visit judygoodger.com

5 BED 4 BATH 4 CAR + POOL + JETT Y

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AUCTION Thursday 22 March at 6pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

Judy Goodger 0438 767 377 Ann-Karyn Fraser 0419 708 094 PLC-OP4157_BN_C

RIVERLIFE Luxury meets lifestyle… ‘Villagio’. Perfect north facing, penthouse style apartment.

SOUTH BRISBANE 6/212 Vulture Street

INSPECT View by appointment

This stunning sixth level South Bank apartment with a 349m² floorplan is in a boutique c omplex of onl y e ight f ull f lo or re sid e nc e s. W ith pa nora mic r i ve r a nd cit y v iews it encompasses free flowing rooms that emphasise a sense of unlimited space. Sliding glass doors open the home to a full length terrace promoting breathtaking views. Other outstanding features include an impressive media room, built-in surround sound system, C-Bus lighting, home office, built-in barbeque, direct lift access, separate storage and accommodation for four cars. Enjoy easy access to South Bank Parklands, CityCat, Goodwill Bridge and CBD. For more visuals visit judygoodger.com

3 + BED 3 BATH 4 CAR + POOL

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AUCTION Thursday 22 March at 6pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane Judy Goodger 0438 767 377 Matthew Foote 0400 107 707 PLC-OP4157_BN_D

GRANDSTAND With a mansion-like magnitude, this six bedroom residence completely exudes classic sensibility melded with distinct European opulence.

CARINDALE 18 Gon Chee Court

INSPECT Thursday 5:30 – 6pm

Situated proudly on a 963m2 block, this home evokes the luxury of a hotel and the indulgence of a Rivieran villa. The ground floor of the home comprises a living and family room, lounge, kitchen, formal dining area and laundry, with access to an external patio, porch, balcony and extensive terrace. The atrium of the home features a towering ceiling that extends over two additional floors. The upper level hosts two main bedrooms with extensive walk-in robes, extravagant ensuites and access to balconies. A second family living room sits between two additional bedrooms, both serviced by a fourth bathroom.

6 BED 4 BATH 2 CAR + POOL

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AUCTION Thursday 22 March at 6pm, on-site Glenn Bool 0400 120 999 Mark Sowden 0423 494 911 PLC-OP4157_BN_E

LUXEPOINT A stunning family home or downsizing alternative, within close proximity to schools, shops and transport.

KANGAROO POINT 39B Castlebar Street With soaring ceilings, this four bedroom home has been designed with expanse at its core. 440m² of internal living space includes two living rooms and a modern open kitchen, complemented by multiple alfresco dining areas. The ground floor features a master suite, home office and two separate lounge areas, one of which could become a fifth bedroom. A media room and three further bedrooms, including second master with robe and ensuite, feature upstairs for children or guests. With a 20m lap pool, gym, sauna, and spa, this home will not disappoint large families or the downsizing empty nester.

4 BED 3 BATH 3 CAR + POOL + JETT Y

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INSPECT Contact agent for inspection AUCTION Thursday 22 March at 5:30pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane Simon Caulfield 0437 935 912 Courtney Maguire 0401 031 668 PLC-OP4157_BN_F

FIG TREE POCKET 74 Botticelli Street

INSPECT View by appointment

Perfectly elevated on a generous 1573m2 allotment, this family residence is inviting with captivating views of the Brisbane River. Everything about this riverfront residence is calming and tranquil. Over a thoughtfully designed 586m2 floor plan, enjoy strikingly beautiful free flowing living areas inside and out. Home to five luxurious bedrooms, two impressive bathrooms plus powder room, separate formal lounge and dining area, a library, rumpus, office, home theatre and a state of the art kitchen with butler’s pantry, modern appliances and chic finishes including stone bench tops, this residence has it all.

5 BED 2 BATH 2 CAR + POOL

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MILTON 45/205 Coronation Drive

Aaron Woolard 0421 145 386 Ann-Karyn Fraser 0419 708 094

INSPECT Saturday 4:15 – 4:45pm

Unlike any thing that has come to the market, this split-level penthouse at the iconic “Coronation Residences” occupies an exquisite 473m2 of floor space with one of Brisbane’s best panoramic views. On the lower floor the gourmet kitchen and dining area showcases uninterrupted panoramas of the CBD. Also located on the lower level are a study, guest bedroom with ensuite and powder room. The top floor features the master bedroom suite and two further bedrooms, commanding magnificent views of the city skyline. A lounge, plunge pool and patio make the upper level equally ideal for entertaining. Entry via McDougall Street.

4 BED 3 BATH 4 CAR + SPA + POOL

AUCTION Thursday 22 March at 5:30pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

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AUCTION

Tuesday 27 March at 5:30pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Road, East Brisbane

Ann-Karyn Fraser 0419 708 094 PLC-OP4157_BN_G

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Lavish appeal With city skyline and Mt-Coot-tha views, this Balmoral Hill house exudes lavish style across four levels of indoor and outdoor living.

A private outdoor staircase leads from a double carport up to the first level of the house, which includes a rumpus room with bar area, a bathroom, cellar, media room and two bedrooms.

The rumpus room opens to a covered pavilion including an infinityedge pool, while overlooking a garden of magnolia trees and gardenias.

Back inside, an open-plan living and dining room takes over the second floor of the house and opens to a deck with a built-in barbecue.

Near the open-plan space, a set of steps leads up to a kitchen, meals area and family room.

Upstairs are the remaining bedrooms. With its own landing, the

impressive main bedroom has a walkin wardrobe, private balcony and an open ensuite with a spa bath.

To the rear of the floor, the two other bedrooms are serviced by a bathroom and open to a back yard with built-in bench seating.

Other features include state-ofthe-art security and video surveillance systems, high ceilings and skylights throughout, ducted airconditioning and 20,000L of water tanks.

BALMORAL 29 Ryan Ave Land: 506sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Sarah Hackett, Place Bulimba; ph: 3107 6994 or 0488 355 553 Auction: Level 1, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane, March 27 from 6pm

COORPAROO 368 Chatsworth Road This brand new home has been expertly designed for executive family living. Set back from Chatsworth Road on a slip road, the home has been created with sophisticated and functional living in mind. With a rear north facing aspect, the vast city views can be enjoyed from two of the three levels of the home. Spanning the upper level, an outstanding open plan living and dining area adjoin the luxurious kitchen and deck, complete with a full outdoor kitchen. With four generous bedrooms, a study, multiple living spaces and a sparkling in-ground pool, this home brings comfort to a whole new level.

4 + BED 3 + BATH 2 CAR + POOL

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INSPECT Thursday 6 – 6:30pm and Saturday 11:30am – 12pm FOR SALE

Megan O’Leary 0403 065 788 PLC-OP4070_BN_H

To infinity and beyond…

Just a short stroll takes you to a plethora of award winning cafes, restaurants, bars and retail stores – enjoy all that Paddington has to o≠er.

37 View Street Paddington Imagine looking over Brisbane to NSW from this beautiful position in central Paddington, that’s what our owner thought when he bought the house for his Mum. She wanted to live in a lively, walk everywhere area and enjoy a view. A happy home that she loved is now available to be yours.

This is a commanding site, mouth-watering in scope. With a post-war house and a recent DA approval for two lots; will you complete the subdivision? Or will you confer with architects and build a stunning home? Nothing short of phenomenal could do justice to these views, land size and existing street scape.

Paddington in Brisbane is an aspirational suburb, best known for its character, co≠ee and proximity to the CBD. Locals enjoy a casual lifestyle of fine dining, cafés, restaurants, and bars. They stroll past the boutique stores on Latrobe terrace, and watch Brisbane’s best sport or music events at Suncorp Stadium. With easy access to great public transport and walking distance to the CBD you cannot find a more loved suburb.

LAND

785

SQMS

AUCTION

MAR 24 1 PM ON SITE

VIEW

SAT

11.30AM-12 NOON

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• Bought for mum in 1973 • Built in 1949 • Development approval to subdivide into 2 lots (expires 8/9/2021) • Rear walkway easement access to Enoggera terrace • 16 metre frontage

WED

5.30-6PM

Gabrielle Trickey

Let’s talk today. 0447 750 027 www.trickeyproperties.com.au

knowledge | passion | dedication

yeronga’s premium 3 bedroom residences

174 Venner Rd, Yeronga

Artist Impression Only

looking for stylish, maintenance-free townhome living?

Lot Number

1001 1011

townhomes

3 3

2.5 2.5

2 2

Total Space

Price

187m² 186m²

$699,000 $699,000

Artist Impression Only

or would you prefer to downsize to a spacious apartment?

Lot Number

residences

1204 1205

3 3

2 2

2 2

Total Space

Price

134m² 180m²

$689,000 $859,000

pool, gym & community centre

parkside living

ducted climate control

stone benchtops & european appliances

pet friendly

designer colour schemes

Contact Annie - 0402 859 467 wednesday 10:30am - 11:30am | friday & saturday 1pm - 2:30pm

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JOHNSTON

DIXON

Imposing Riverfront Estate 39 Richmond Street, Corinda

This 920m² architectural tour de force and recent ‘Australian House of The Year’ graces a private north facing

Expressions of Interest Close 5pm Friday 23rd March

3,633m² estate flanked by parkland, two street frontages, and a wide 32m of absolute river frontage. A design

ON SHOW

Ring for Inspection Times

masterpiece of soaring living spaces, grand entertainment areas, rolling manicured grounds, unobstructed views,

CONTACT

Josephine Johnston-Rowell 0414 233 575 John Johnston 0409 44 33 22

and indulgent amenities, the property includes an 18m infinity pool, theatre, cellar, and garaging | parking for 8 vehicles, and is convenient to St Aidan’s School, rail, boutique shopping and multiple large shopping centres.

VIEW

Johnstondixon.com/39r

June Frank Principal Walkers Real Estate 0423 426 942 | junefrank@walkersrealestate.com.au

www.walkersrealestate.com.au

ROMANTIC… OPULENT… RIVERHOME

$899,000

35 Allawah Road, Chuwar You will not buy better than this. Replacement cost $1.5 million. Owners committed elsewhere.

Your chance for the opportunity of a lifetime.

Magnificent established gardens framed by a mature jacaranda canopy dress this outstanding example of Victorian style architecture. The current owners have completed an extensive renovation to create a feeling of elegance and romance combined with easy functional living. Set on 4892 sq metres of riverfront, flood free land, this property offers: • Sandstone stairs lead to central fountain, front garden with delightful planting, four column arbour and extensive paving; • Wide wrap around verandahs with Victorian lacework and hexagonal rotunda; • Front parlour; • Gourmet French Provincial kitchen with stone benchtops; • Living area with working brick fireplace • Formal dining room; • Four bedrooms, three built in;

• Two bathrooms including ensuite with clawfoot bath; • Additional powder room; • Upstairs laundry; • Circular driveway leads to a triple gable, three bay garage with automatic doors; • Scope for storage and workshop space under the rear section of the main house; • Ducted air throughout; • Close to highway without the noise; • 20 mins Kenmore, 10mins Ipswich, 3 mins Karalee shopping centre.

A perfect blend of classic romantic features with today’s modern low maintenance convenience.

Set in a private elevated location offering panoramic views of farmland and Brisbane River with quality neighbouring properties. This is what dreams are made of....make it yours.

OPEN Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th from 10 to 10:45am.

Inner Urban North East Riverfront Acreage One of Brisbane’s finest river allotments; 13,423m2 of botanic gardens style grounds, a coveted N/E aspect, 83m river frontage, flood free building platform, N/S tennis court, swimming pool and pontoon. This together with a 1,000sqm+ architectually designed home with a quality fit out in immaculate condition.

Seller relocated to Sunshine Coast.

For more information: www.dixonfamily.net.au

5 Bed

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5 Bath

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4 Car

| 1.34 ha Land

Fig Tree Pocket | 17 Ningana Street Expressions of Interest | Close 12 April 5:00pm Inspect | Saturday 11am – 12:00pm Patrick Dixon 0414 817 817

Jack Dixon 0408 756 694

439 BRISBANE CORSO, YERONGA

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• 1,004m2 absolute waterfront block with pontoon

affordable price

• Refurbished home with option to live in now or build your dream home

SHELLY PEARSON 0411 5777 33

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• Opportunity to buy into one of Brisbane’s best streets at an

• One of the few riverfront homes that did not flood in 2011 floods • Side access to park a boat or access for an in-ground pool

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• 15min to CBD, walk to parks, Green Bridge, local cafes, quality schools, bikeways

INSPECT Sat 10-10.45am & Sat 2-2.45pm Mon 5.30-6pm

ADDRESS Shop 3, 622 Wynnum Road, Morningside OFFICE 3395 5777

Auction this Saturday 3.30pm

RENOVATED RIVERSIDE HOME

23 Lily Street, INDOOROOPILLY

Located on a quiet, peaceful 1080m2 block with panoramic views of the Brisbane River, this magnificent family home is centrally located just 10-15 minutes from the CBD close to quality schools and shopping destinations. Fully renovated, modern kitchen, multiple living rooms, master retreat, selfcontained granny flat, security system and more.

5

On-site, 24 March, 3.30pm

View.

Saturday 3.00-3.30pm

Call.

Jason Adcock 0418 727788

Web.

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Great Opportunity – 414m2 Apartment

Prominently positioned spanning the 27th and 28th floor this sub-penthouse apartment is centrally located in Mary Street above Quest Apartments. This exceptional space is ideal for the investor or owner occupier, to either live in as one unit or divide into two (subject to approval). This unit presents as new, and gives the new owner scope for further enhancements.

• • • •

2

Auction.

2702/120 Mary Street, Brisbane City

Property features include: • Prime Brisbane CBD Apartment • Spanning two floors 364m2 internally, 414m2 including balconies • 6 car park spaces

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4 bedrooms 2 ensuites Powder room Strolling distance to the Botanical Gardens On site gym, conference room and swimming pool

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For Sale - Expressions of Interest Inspect Sat 10.00 - 10.30am Tony Mower 0419 233 783

www.hjre.com.au

Auction In-Rooms 24 Mar 10am View Friday 11:00 - 11:45am

www.queenslandsothebysrealty.com

PRESENTING 2018’S JAW-DROPPING OPPORTUNITY . . .

Every article about the Brisbane property market echoes the same; Fig Tree Pocket is THE place to be for a rewarding, leisure-ϐilled and family-focused existence…

Buy one, two, all, or just the residence – this is a phenomenal offering; ϐive lots of varying sizes, allowing you and your family to secure the dream of river, land, lifestyle, and an important educational head start for your little ones.

The offer: • A four bedroom, two bathroom character-ϐilled family home

with pool, plentiful storage, and sprawling outdoor living – atop 1984sqm of verdant land

FIG TREE POCKET 15 Sprenger St - ‘Hoveas Estate’ Lots 1-4 Lot 1 - 9 Ruth Miller Close - 779sqm Lot 2 - 5 Ruth Miller Close - 709sqm Lot 3 - 3 Ruth Miller Close - 827sqm Lot 4 - 17 Sprenger Street - 1064sqm Lot 5 (House) Lot 5 - 15 Sprenger Street - 1984sqm

Living it! Loving it! Selling it! cathylammieproperty.com.au

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For Sale Now Inspect: Sat 9-9:30am

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• Plus four signiϐicantly-sized suburban blocks

A close-knit, welcoming and warm community with two excellent, highest-rated childcare centres and a stand-out primary school.

The chance to ϐinally achieve that work/life balance – get in and out of the city swiftly via Legacy Way, and get on the boat, your horse or out to the parks in the afternoons and weekends, for play.

Take the steps towards your dream now.

• TRISTANIA ROAD • DRESS- CIRCLE PARK-SIDE SETTING • LUXURIOUSLY INDIVIDUAL SINGLE LEVEL LIVING ON 5,249 M 2 LAND • FOR SALE NOW •

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Delightful location

NEURUM 747 Neurum Rd Land: 17ha Inspect: By appointment Agent: Peter Douglas, Ray White Rural; ph: 3231 2222 or 0407 172 101

Two homesteads, a self-contained studio and multiple sheds make up Flametrees, a picturesque estate in the Neurum Valley.

The property offers country-style living on an elevated site set back from the road, and is self-sufficient with bore water and two 5kW photovoltaic solar systems.

Its homesteads are energy-

Auction: 111 Eagle St, Brisbane, Friday (Mar 23) from 10.30am

efficient, each with solar hot water systems, induction cooktops and insulation throughout.

The main homestead was built seven years ago and has open-plan living.

Offering... Noosa Lifestyles

Quay To Prized Waterfront Living

1/19 Laburnum Cres, Noosaville

Look out to the dazzling blue of the waterway, which flows into the Noosa River and fades in endless horizons and sumptuous sunsets. That’s just the beginning. Open the front door, shutters and glass sliders for the big reveal. Elegantly understated yet generous open-plan living and dining spaces are bathed in natural light. Eyes are drawn to outside and immediately amplify the overall sense of spaciousness especially to those who love entertaining.

The Mediterranean-styled terrace has casual alfresco lunches covered and along the breezeway on the north-facing boundary is a private pool and terrace. The secure back gate opens to cycle/walk way that goes under Gympie Tce bridge to parks and meandering pathways along the Noosa River foreshore.

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NOOSA’S HOME OF PRESTIGE PROPERTY

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OPEN HOUSE SAT 11.00-11.30 AUCTION 7TH APRIL / ONSITE / 10AM Web ID: 2899

Robyn Reid 0418 144 484

5449 2500

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Horoscope with Tanya Obreza VIRGO

ARIES

(August 24 – September 22) Best Day: Monday 26th You’re not exempt from this week’s cosmic madness. If you can make sense of the next few days, great — but should the going get too tough, escape. It may be the only way to get through the week sane. Allow yourself the occasional moment of serenity.

Preferably, alone.

(March 21 – April 20) Best Day: Tuesday 27th Aries’ focus is fixed on finances, giving you an opportunity to increase income. Start saving and you’ll soon have plenty to spare for that proverbial rainy day. Jobs connected with finances or the media do particularly well. Ditto for those linked with health care.

LIBRA

TAURUS

CANCER

(April 21 – May 20) Best Day: Saturday 24th The truest test of character often arises in emergencies. But is there really a crisis happening now, or is someone being overly dramatic? Step back from the hysteria surrounding you and calmly reassess the situation. It’s a fairly safe bet that the future’s not totally doomed.

(June 22 – July 22) Best Day: Sunday 25th Ridding yourself of restrictions is this week’s theme, especially when it comes to romance or pursuing a new job. The cosmos allows you to release emotional baggage or outworn values that block you from action. Do this, and the possibilities of new love or promotion soar. Tenacity pays off.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 21) Best Day: Wednesday 21st Until family problems are sorted, Gemini, nothing will make much sense. This week’s planets remind you that charity begins at home.

Your desire to make a mark on the world is admirable, but first you must give your full attention to any troubling situation at home.

LEO (July 23 – August 23) Best Day: Friday 23rd The cosmos advises against compromise this week – for good reason. Being pushed into unsatisfactory situations or having to take the blame at work because of another’s mistakes is not acceptable.

The cosmos helps those who help themselves, so stand your ground and make your thoughts heard.

(September 23 – October 23) Best Day: Wednesday 21st Ever been struck by love at first sight?

First thoughts usually go to possible happily-ever-afters, but sometimes a strong friendship is all that’s meant to be. Whatever the case, someone new holds the promise of staying very special. Better still, you’re ready to offload a fair few of those inhibitions.

SCORPIO (October 24 – November 22) Best Day: Monday 26th This week, keep your ears to the ground and your mouth shut. There’s some gossip around, and it could be about you, so don’t be in a hurry to disclose your thoughts or secrets.

Let others reveal their intentions first.

Keep yourself at a safe distance from troublemakers and don’t expect others to live up to their promises.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 – December 21) Best Day: Thursday 22nd If you’ve taken a professional leap of faith lately, your courage should soon

BRAIN FOOD WITH LARA CURION On Christmas Island during the dry season (May-Nov), 120 million red crabs – each the size of a human hand – overrun the island as they make their way almost 5km from the forests to the shore to breed. Locals provide traffic detours and underroad tunnels to keep everyone safe.

Shoes were once designed for both feet — there was no adjusted design for left or right. High heels became popular for the wealthy in the late 1500s but it took approximately 300 years more for someone to think: what if the left shoe was different to the right shoe?

show rewarding results. The same can be said for affairs of the heart. Right now you’re a marketable item Sagittarius, so go sell yourself to your target audience. Late nights are likely.

CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 20) Best Day: Wednesday 21st This week is more inclined to give you a spiritual nudge rather than financial flow. Take the compassionate route rather than the materialistic and you could have moments of genuine peace and happiness. Such tranquillity isn’t as elusive as you think.

AQUARIUS (January 21 – February 18) Best Day: Saturday 24th Just when you were about to let go of some long-held dreams, along comes a guardian angel to remind you why you had such high hopes in the first place. So what to do? Give up or go on? Trust the voice within. Finally, here’s a week when there’s little to lose and much to gain.

PISCES (February 19 – March 20) Best Day: Sunday 25th Break down any emotional barriers that have grown between yourself and loved ones. Don’t be too proud to ask for help. If asked, friends will go out of their way to offer support.

Over the years, others have truly appreciated your generosity. So give them a chance to repay all your own good deeds and favours. tanyaobreza.com.au

ANSWERS

What did the workers at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum do when they accidentally knocked the braided beard off the burial mask of King Tutankhamun? Why, they whacked some glue on it and hoped for the best — but the big glue line was a giveaway. Now professionally fixed, all is well.

Popular sandwich spread Nutella™ was invented during WWII, when hazelnuts were added to expensive chocolate to make it go further.

Originally it was a solid paste in blocks and sliced to put on sandwiches, but kids kept tossing the bread and eating only the paste. So Nutella became a spread instead.

An American scientist, Jonas Salk (1914-95), is credited with discovering the polio vaccine that has saved millions of children from contracting this crippling viral disease. When asked about patents, he replied: “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), one of the most famous artists to have lived, may have actually been colourblind. It’s now thought van Gogh’s use of vibrant and quirky colours was because he had a form of glaucoma that made him recognise colours differently.

CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across 1 Biffed, 4 Ruthless, 9 Hooray, 10 Cleaning, 12 Side drum, 13 Threat, 15 Suit, 16 Hopping mad, 19 Step by step, 20 Arid, 23 Easter, 25 Clambers, 27 Breathed, 28 Handle, 29 Turned up, 30 Crayon. Down: 1 Behests, 2 Flood tide, 3 Elands, 5 Ugly, 6 Heathens, 7 Elite, 8 Sighted, 11 Autopsy, 14 Appeals, 17 Market day, 18 Absentee, 19 Sherbet, 21 Discern, 22 Impair, 24 Sheer, 26 Beau. QUICK: Across: 1 Debate, 4 Vanguard, 9 Prayer, 10 Articles, 12 Solution, 13 Agenda, 15 Teak, 16 Get a look-in, 19 Miss the bus, 20 Swap, 23 Nickel, 25 Faithful, 27 Resigned, 28 Robust, 29 Hush-hush, 30 Static.

Down: 1 Deposit, 2 Be all ears, 3 Treaty, 5 Acre, 6 Goings-on, 7 All in, 8 Disdain, 11 Foresee, 14 Samurai, 17 Kiwi fruit, 18 Strength, 19 Monarch, 21 Politic, 22 At most, 24 Costs, 26 News.

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