Brisbane News Magazine Dec 18-Dec 24, ISSUE 1257

DECEMBER 18-24, 2019 ISSUE 1257

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Choosing an outfit for the usual Christmas Day scorcher in Queensland can be a tricky task indeed.

You want something cool and comfy that also has the requisite soigne for a reunion with the rellies, who you might not have seen in a while. For advice on nailing festive chic, we turned to the glamorous Mary Dickinson (right), label queen Rebecca Parer and Brisbane News stylist Annabel Falco, while snapping them in their personal picks for December 25. The trio also dug into their photo albums for us, revealing happy snaps of frocks from Christmases past. Don’t miss this joy-filled feature by Emma Schafer (P8). Speaking of joy, and given this is our last issue for 2019, I’d like to wish you and yours a very happy Christmas and all good things for the new year. We’ll be back on January 15 with our first edition for 2020. See you then.

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THE CHAT Model Bree McCann FEATURE Style setters reveal their top tips for Christmas Day dressing TRAILBLAZER Susie Yang is mayor of Pie Town RESTAURANT Stanley, city GOING OUT Singer-songwriter Emma Louise ART Water, Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane BEAUTY Go for gold BOOKS Summer reads

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LIFE

Brooke Falvey I yearn for a summer where I throw caution to the wind, bypassing practicality in favour of spontaneity. I will live more and work less Years ago I stumbled across a blogger’s summer manifesto and I was intrigued.

I followed the links and stumbled down a rabbit hole into a world filled with plans for sunshine, fireworks, beach and road trips.

People wrote of their desire to make it a summer of love. A summer of vacations, beach bonfires and icy poles eaten on the back deck in their pyjamas.

Of time spent with loved ones and of simple pleasures. I could almost feel the sun on my shoulders.

Two weeks into summer and the days are longer, brighter and definitely hotter. There is a feeling that around every corner lies

a new adventure; new restaurants and bars to try and new friends to meet.

Inspired, I put pen to paper to write my summer manifesto, and it’s something I’ve done every summer since. These are my hopes for this summer: I yearn for a summer where I throw caution to the wind, bypassing practicality in favour of spontaneity. I will live more and work less.

It will be a summer where I spend long days at the beach and arrive home still covered in sand and sea spray. Where I run barefoot across a hot road in search of a cool ice block, and enjoy barbecues with friends

where we sit talking and laughing long into the night.

I will eat lunch and dinner outside as much as possible, prioritise refreshing swims over “good hair”, walk on the beach and make fruit salads. I will host Sunday lunches and go to the outdoor cinema.

I will drive with the windows down, the wind in my hair.

I’ll plan picnics in the park, buy fresh fruit and vegetables from the markets and rope someone in for a game of tennis. I’ll eat icy poles and take road trips.

I’ll turn off the TV and go outside. I’ll make time to exercise and go to the zoo. I’ll

eat more seafood and overindulge in my favourite summer fruits.

I will plan Friday afternoon drinks along the river and take long walks with good friends. I’ll wear sunscreen and accept more invitations. I’ll go surfing (or at least frolic in the shallows while my friends surf) and visit a winery. I will dance, even if there is nowhere to do it but in my living room.

I will enjoy summer for all that it is; from the bright sunshine that streams through my window before 5am to the high humidity which leaves my hair frizzy and those amazing late afternoon thunderstorms that Australia does so well.

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True to form Model Bree McCann is taking her body-positive message to the beach with her new swimwear label Hannah Davies

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or years Bree McCann struggled to find fashionable swimsuits in her size.

And she knew she was not alone.

Now the size 12-14 model is hoping to change things up with the launch of her own label that caters for sizes 10 to 20.

Bree, who lives at Noosa, is aiming to bridge the gap between skimpy and plus sizes, saying her Code B brand is the first of its kind to attempt it.

“The standard size in most labels is very skimpy, it then drops off in the middle sizes before you get to the conservative daggy plus-sizes,” she tells Brisbane News.

“I want to bring curvy cool fashion forward and make swimwear a little bit sexy for bigger bodies. We have four tops and four bottoms and a one-piece, all in different colourways.”

The collection has been a long time coming, with Bree having fought on the body positivity frontline her entire career.

When she started modelling 10 years ago after leaving a promising basketball career, she found it difficult to book jobs because she was considered “too small” for plus-size jobs and “not quite small enough” for mainstream shoots.

However, in recent years she’s noticed a change in attitudes.

As a result her Instagram following has climbed to more than 200,000, and last year she landed campaigns with Seafolly, Dior and General Pants, as well as gracing the cover of Women’s Health magazine.

“I think that’s testament to the way the industry has changed,” she says.

“Now brands are actively seeking out diversity and looking for more unique people who are different shapes and sizes, which is cool.”

Now Bree wants people to stop debating bodies altogether and encourages women not to compare themselves with others on the beach.

“We are much harder on ourselves than other people are,” she says.

“I think it’s important to realise that not everyone is looking at you and also that we are all different shapes and sizes. I think when you start comparing yourself to other women in swimwear it’s a slippery slope in terms of self-confidence.

“Instead, focus on the positives about yourself and realise that all bodies are unique.”

Bree, 32, who has two degrees from the University of Queensland – in business management and journalism – will take to the beach herself this Christmas with new husband Mitch McCann and her family in tow. It’s the first time she’s spent the festive season at home in recent years, having spent five years in New York and prior to that three years in London.

“I love a good Aussie Christmas,” she says.

“We don’t really have any traditions but we’ll spend time in the surf and eat some seafood.”

When it comes to new year plans, Bree is hoping to expand the Code B range in time for the European and US summer.

She also wants to land a beauty brand or department store contract and feature in Sports Illustrated magazine – a rite of passage for bikini models looking to dominate internationally.

On the home front, she’s also thinking big. “I also want to start a family – that’s coming soon too,” she adds.

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Bree McCann wears the Yuni zebra top, $120, and bottom, $90, from her Code B swimwear label.

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SHINE BRIGHT ... A festive Mary Dickinson; and (left) with husband Trevor and son Christopher, Christmas 1998.

Mary wears a favourite dress, later lost in the 2011 flood.

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Style setters unveil their Christmas Day ensembles and recall classic looks from festive celebrations past quirky. White is my favourite colour for Christmas, closely followed by red.

What’s your process?

I usually just look in my wardrobe. I have a tendency to keep everything, so I find something I haven’t worn for a while, and jazz it up with a headpiece.

Is there a favourite frock you can recall?

My favourite dress, and my husband’s, was bought at a Noosa shop called Ciao Bella.

It went everywhere with me and was very flattering but unfortunately I lost it in the 2011 flood.

Mary Dickinson, 70, Bowen Hills Retired retailer, sometime artist, charity worker and fashion blogger

What’s the best gift you’ve received?

A promise of a trip overseas!

Where will you be on Christmas Day? At home, having lunch with my husband Trevor and other family members. We celebrate with my siblings and their families a few weeks earlier.

The worst?

A gift is a gift and I try to remember that!

Oh – my mother once gave me a beautiful antique sterling silver photo frame that had broken glass, so as I opened it, she took it back, saying she’d have it mended, but I don’t remember ever seeing it again!

What will you be wearing?

I plan to match my table this year, which has a red gingham tablecloth and napkins.

I have a red gingham skirt with a ruffle, from Zara, that is a few years old; a cool white lace top that I found at a thrift shop some years ago; and Camper white leather sandshoes – this is my second pair, I wear them a lot! I’ll also wear an armful of red Chinese bangles; my red ladybird ring; white raffia earrings I found at a market; and a headband I’ve made from red and white fabrics. I’ve managed to go for the whole year without buying anything new.

What makes a great festive outfit?

I think there should be a theme with some effort made – perhaps something a bit

Your favourite Christmas traditions?

I often go to a Christmas Eve church service, then start the day with fresh fruit (always mangoes and cherries), a glass of champagne, then opening presents.

Fave festive flick?

Love Actually. The plot revolves around relationships between people and how they manage to overcome their difficulties in time for Christmas. A stellar cast.

What’s on the menu this year?

I like to mix traditional and modern and adore any recipe from my Yotam Ottolenghi books. I love the way he says to serve at room temperature – perfect for

multiple courses and a warm summer’s day. First course will be a prawn paté from a 1978 Beverley Sutherland-Smith book and everyone loves this subtle flavour. To follow, a tomato and almond tart (Ottolenghi), orange sorbet palate cleanser, roasted spatchcocks with a festive wreath of herbs around the neck, roasted eye fillet, sweet potato with orange bitters (Ottolenghi), cauliflower and hazelnut salad (Ottolenghi), a simple green salad and, to finish, Eton mess (Ottolenghi).

Favourite Christmas carol?

Mary’s Boy Child.

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Being on the beach at Noosa, early on Christmas morning, with not a soul in sight. I was sitting under some trees and above me were a couple of black cockatoos. Another fabulous Christmas Day was spent on a friend’s boat. We woke up about 100 nautical miles east of Cairns, anchored near a tiny sliver of sand that had a weather beacon and dozens of birds on it. One of the crew had been ashore and set up umbrellas and deck chairs.

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SITTING PRETTY ... A Rubyyaya-clad Rebecca Parer and her adored Santa throne; a teenage Rebecca in a pink sensation of old.

Worst Christmas gift you’ve received?

My first married Christmas my husband gave me a briefcase. I think that’s the working girl’s equivalent of an iron.

Needless to say, he is now a much more romantic present giver.

Your favourite Christmas traditions?

I love Christmas so much. For me it’s pudding parties with my friends, slipping in a lot of extra rum and stirring in Christmas wishes for each other. It’s family and friends consuming several hams and tray after tray of mangoes. But mostly, it’s family and friends coming together to celebrate another year of love, the good times, the tough times, and all the chaos that comes with that is what I love more than anything about Christmas.

Rebecca Parer, 52, Ashgrove Sales manager for labels Rubyyaya, LulaSoul, LulaLife and Itami Where will you be spending Christmas?

Christmas Eve will be carols by candlelight on the banks of Noosa River with my Ashgrove friends who all migrate up there for fun in the sun. Christmas Day will be at my gorgeous sister-in-law Sophie Parer’s place with the extended Parer family.

There’s normally about 25 to 30 of us – lots of fun, noise and chaos. I love that everyone is welcomed with open arms.

What will you wear on Christmas Day? It’s always a veritable parade of Rubyyaya for me. Usually a bright, embroidered RYY beach cover-up with a Martina McGrath straw hat and bare feet for a beach morning. For Christmas lunch I’ll be wearing the Rubyyaya Violet Maxi in emerald ($219.95, kabanashop.com.au, right) and Jilly Marsden hoop earrings and lots of vintage and leather bracelets.

how much that chair has been loved by the entire Brisbane community through years of local kindy Christmas concerts, school plays, street Christmas parties and family photos. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

What’s on the menu?

Our casual beach culture calls for a surf Christmas morning followed by a huge family gathering over ham, prawns and mango and macadamia salad – and of course my rum-soaked pudding.

What makes a great festive outfit?

I think the best ones feature festive colours with a twist. Think hot pink with green floral sequins, or a luxe white broderie anglaise dress with silver sequin sandshoes. Of course, super fun earrings are a given. Christmas prints are too predictable and kitsch and best left for preschoolers.

I love at my fingertips. Women around the world adore and collect these labels, and I get to wear them every day and have the pick of the bunch for Christmas Day. I am as far from a minimalist as you can get – definitely an advocate of more is more!

There is a lot in life to take seriously but fashion is not one of them, so have fun with it. Dress for yourself. If what you wear puts a smile on your face, it will make others happy too.

How do you shop for it?

As global sales manager for Rubyyaya and LulaSoul, I’m so lucky to have the labels

Is there a favourite frock you can recall?

In Year 11, I saved my entire year’s clothing allowance to buy one outfit from David

Jones rather than four budget store outfits across the year. It was all pink stripes and polka dots with a scooped clown collar and tiered rara skirt (above, left). I wore it with excitement that first Christmas Day but the novelty wore off when it was the only special dress featured at every dance, party and photo opportunity for an entire year.

Best Christmas gift?

I gifted myself a department store Santa chair for Christmas one year. My husband Simon shook his head and asked, “Why?” I answered, “Because I love it and I’m thinking of the memories I’ll make”. I love

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Favourite Christmas carol?

My all-time favourite is The Twelve Days of Christmas. We sing it every year at our gorgeous friend Gen’s place with everyone dancing to the actions – not so elegant swans a swimming, maracas shaking, symbols clashing and the talented David and Liz on the piano. By the last ‘partridge in a pear tree’ everyone collapses with exhaustion. It’s exhilarating and the best start to the Christmas season ever.

Your favourite Christmas memory?

It’s of my mum getting all 12 grandkids dressed up in Santa suits in 35 degree heat for a Christmas treasure hunt on the beach followed by carols and Christmas games.

It’s hilarious how competitive everyone gets after a few Christmas ales.

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Annabel Falco with husband Joshua, children Valentina and Oscar, and dachshund Chilli; as children, Annabel (right) and her sisters Sophie (left) and Sally would secretly unwrap their presents from Santa.

Annabel Falco, 31, Hendra Fashion stylist Where will you be this Christmas?

Up north at Home Hill with my in-laws on their cane farm. Myself, my husband (Joshua Falco), two children (Oscar and Valentina) and our sausage dog (Chilli) will all be making the trip.

What will you wear on Christmas Day? I need to be cool, comfortable but – obviously – chic. Lee Mathews is my go-to on such tricky occasions. I’ll be wearing the label’s Roxie puff sleeve bias dress with El Zapato Lulu sandals ($139, elzapato. com.au, pictured) in nude and my new favourite shades from Sheike.

And the rest of the Falcos?

Josh and the kids usually wear a mix of Country Road and Ralph Lauren. The kids need to be able to run around, play and not worry about ‘dirtying’ their outfit. I’m a sucker for punishment though, so will probably dress them in white linen.

What makes a fab Christmas Day outfit for a busy mum?

Anything that will hide dirty fingerprints!

Something with a print is a must. Shopping for a ‘Christmas Day Outfit’ has always been a big deal in my family – I plan months ahead. My job has me in the shops a lot so I tend to buy online when it comes

to my family. I do my research and then take advantage of the Christmas promotions.

A favourite frock you can recall?

So hard to choose just one! Last year’s Sass & Bide frill maxi dress is pretty hard to beat.

Any fashion disasters?

I regret nothing.

What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?

The Yeezy sneakers I’ll receive this year – hint hint Josh!

And the worst?

I’m very particular about my gifts and send

detailed lists to all family members so I’ve never received a bad present.

Your fondest Christmas traditions?

We have so many – watching festive movies; driving around to look at fairy lights; Christmas Eve drinks; wearing our new Christmas pyjamas the night before Santa visits; and a game of cricket on Christmas Day. Your favourite festive flick?

The Family Stone starring Diane Keaton.

Need I say more?

And Christmas song?

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

by Ella Fitzgerald.

What’s on the menu?

Josh’s family are Italian so lots of carbs.

Nonna usually makes lasagne and all of the boys get together to make Italian sausages from scratch.

And your fondest Christmas memory?

My sisters and I used to wake up early, open our presents, then re-wrap them to open them again the next morning with the family. They had no idea we had spent most of the night playing with them.

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All roads lead to Susie Yang’s palace of pies in West End Susie Yang, 32 Chef and Pie Town owner What’s new with you?

I have just opened my pie shop, Pie Town, in West End, after two years as a successful market stall and pop-up. I call myself ‘the mayor of pie town’. Pie just feels so much more satisfying than cake. When we make our fruit pies it’s about 1kg of fruit in a whole pie. Our motto is all killer no filler.

To me, pie is a celebration of whatever ingredient it’s showcasing.

So what makes a good pie?

Pastry is a fickle mistress who hates the heat. To get that truly flaky crust the dough needs to be made and rolled in cold conditions which can be tough to get in Queensland in the best of times. Again, it’s about being generous with the hero ingredient. It’s the superstar so making sure we use enough lime juice to give our key lime pie that great citrus kick or nice chunky pieces of steak in our pepper steak.

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Pie Town owner Susie Yang with pet pooch Ginnifer; and (below) her pecan pie. Picture: Russell Shakespeare/AAP

Does baking run in the family?

No, it comes from a lack of desserts growing up in a Chinese family, but seeing all the amazing Western-style sweets and cookies my friends got to eat. Nobody in my family knew how to make these things so me being me I had to teach myself how to make the sweet treats I wanted to eat.

Did you study cookery?

I’m not a trained chef but I grew up with a grandfather who was a chef and a family that ran a Chinese restaurant so I have always been taught to love and respect food and where it comes from. We are always either eating food or talking about our next meal. I worked in marketing and as a professional photographer before starting Pie Town, which is where the aesthetics and Pie Town’s strong branding comes from. I wanted it to be cosy but with a sense of colour and fun. I’m a sucker for a good/terrible pun.

What was the catalyst for Pie Town?

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many pies I was giving them to family and friends who encouraged me to start selling them at the markets. In 2017, I sold pies at the BrisStyle Twilight Market in King George Square, Milton Markets, Finders Keepers and a bunch of smaller one-off events. I quickly realised I’m not an early morning person and setting up a market stall out of a hatchback was never going to work. I had been baking out of Wandering Cooks, a shared commercial kitchen, and Angela Hirst the director asked if I wanted to run a pop-up. We launched with our first 12 pies of Christmas event with a line out to the carpark and from there we served three days/nights a week until we could find our permanent home. that experience right in my back yard.

Unfortunately, while the meat was delicious, the pies were still lacking that wholesome pie goodness I was craving and I’m pretty stubborn so, in 2016, I decided to give it a crack and make my own.

Was it a success from the start?

The first 10 pies were pretty terrible, so I made more and more until I felt like I had mastered it. And by that stage I had so

What is your food philosophy?

I have always loved honest home-cooked food made with beautiful ingredients, care and love. We source from producers that are local as well as seasonal, who are working with nature to farm as ethically as possible. Along with this, as a small business owner and the daughter of small business owners, I believe that businesses should be more than just about the bottom line. As such we use 100 per cent

compostable packaging, we compost our food waste, provide staff with support, training and a fair wage and do good in the world. I’m not saying we’re perfect but we’re trying every day to make a difference, even if it’s only in our little corner of West End. Who or what inspires you?

All the small producers and foodmakers I’ve met and worked with along this journey. With large chains taking over and people becoming more disconnected from their food it’s nice to know there is still a strong, passionate community like Wandering Cooks, Barbecue Mafia, Echo Valley Farm, Food Connect Brisbane, and Bella & Tortie producing delicious food and putting out a little bit of good into the world.

And your idea of pie perfection?

It’s traditional, but when made well, a classic apple pie. We slow-bake ours until the apples and sugar caramelise and bubble over.

EMMA SCHAFER Pie Town, 342 Montague Rd, West End. pie.town

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Spice is right With a lavish fit-out and riverside locale, the stage is set for a medley of Asian flavours Tony Harper

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Stanley’s exotic interior sets the scene for a mix of Cantonese and Japanese dishes; dim sum platter (right).

et’s take Brisbane’s fancy, Caucasian owned and operated Chinese restaurants – all geared to a largely Caucasian inner-city crowd – and pop all of them on to a level playing field: no river lapping at the door, no lavishly redecorated old bank building massaging your mood. How do they stack up on food, drink and service alone?

It’s a question that’s top of mind as I write this, a mere hour since leaving Stanley – the quasi-Cantonese jewel in the Howard Smith Wharves eat-drink precinct. Goodness, I have stared at that building since my days at Friday’s nearly three decades ago and longed for it to house a restaurant. Now it does.

And it’s lovely – dark and sombre, kind of opium den meets restaurant, with some Chinese cues (birds hanging from hooks, chilli and soy sauces on the tables, chopsticks), a private room upstairs, kitchen, dining room and an outdoor terrace. I was expecting a bit more Chinese pomp, but hey ... it’s on the river and it’s a good looking restaurant.

There’s a big wine list if you feel like something lavish or something not, plus cocktails, a few beers (from the nearby Felons Brewing Co) and soft drinks.

Things aren’t strictly Chinese. In fact Japanese dominates the appetiser section – sashimi; kingfish with tosazu; cucumber, snow pea, enoki and sesame. It’s a little perplexing given the Cantonese stance of the place and the wealth of small dishes available within that genre.

My party consists of three 12-year-old boys and myself, so we dine in extremes.

There is sweet and sour pork, fried rice, and salt and pepper squid for the boys.

For the old bloke, it’s ma-pao chicken; silken egg custard and a dish of eggplant, fish-fragrant-sauce and sesame.

We all try everything, and everything gets a tick. I even liked the sweet and sour pork ($24). It’s not too sweet, the sour is a feature, it’s good meat and the vegies (pineapple, onion and capsicum) have crunch. Nicely done.

But it’s the Szechuan dishes – the eggplant ($16) and the kung pao chicken ($28) – that really have my attention.

Kung pao should be nagged by

Szechuan pepper – a cool heat, like peppermint, but so much better, and slightly numbing.

It’s there, subtly so, but enough to stop me in my tracks and make me look deeper into the dish, its sauce and its complexities.

I want it hotter, but given the balmy summer day (we are on the terrace) I’m already sweating, and there’s a lot to love in this plate of chicken without more heat.

Is the eggplant better? Nope, but it’s still very good. It doesn’t have the chillies or the peppers, but it’s sweet and salty, soft and crunchy, heightened by coriander.

Stanley is good, but not great and not the best of its fancy gang that includes Donna Chang and Little Valley.

The locale is special, the food lovely if a little diluted – as you’d expect for the market – and I walk away feeling like I’ve been in a play that’s set in a Chinese restaurant.

Which, I reckon, is exactly as planned.

STANLEY Howard Smith Wharves, 5 Boundary St, city Ph: 3558 9418 Lunch and dinner daily Vegetarian and coeliac options Eftpos and major credit cards Off-street parking SCORES OUT OF 10 Food: 7.5 Drinks: 8.5 Vibe: 8.5 Service: 7

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Berried treasure A lovely buttery biscuit matched with strawberries warmed by the sun and then on the stove? Sign me up, says Matthew Evans STRAWBERRIES WITH YOGHURT CREAM AND ROSE GERANIUM BUTTER BISCUITS Ingredients 250g strawberries, tops removed and cut in half if needed 2tbs honey 200g Greek yoghurt 100g thick (double/heavy) cream 1 quantity rose geranium butter biscuits (below)

Method Pop the strawberries into a small saucepan with 1tbs honey, place over an itsy-bitsy flame and gently warm for just 1 min. You don’t want to cook the berries completely, just take the raw edge off. In the meantime, whisk the yoghurt with the cream and remaining honey in a large bowl until combined and thick. To serve, get six plates and dob a tiny bit of the

Rose geranium is one of those incredible culinary herbs that just does wonders for desserts. Here, the gentle aroma is used to add sparkle to shortbreadstyle biscuits that are used to sandwich just-warmed strawberries. In the place of geranium, if you haven’t got yourself a plant, use a few drops of rosewater instead.

Method Beat the butter with the sugar until smooth, then beat in the eggs. You don’t need it too light and fluffy, but well beaten nonetheless. Once the eggs are incorporated, fold in the vanilla and geranium. Next, fold in the flour until just combined, then cover and refrigerate for 30 mins. Preheat the oven to 180C . On a floured bench, roll the dough about 5mm thick, and cut into 6cm or similar-sized rounds using a biscuit cutter. Lay these rounds out neatly on a baking tray lined with baking paper. You’ll probably need two trays, actually. Bake for 12-15 mins, or until just starting to colour but not brown at all. Cool on the tray for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. The biscuits can be stored for a couple of days in an airtight container.

Ingredients 200g butter, softened 120g caster (superfine) sugar 2 free-range egg yolks 1tsp vanilla extract 3-4 rose geranium leaves, finely shredded 270g plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting

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yoghurt cream in the middle to stop the biscuits slipping. Top each with a biscuit, spread generously with the yoghurt cream and garnish with a few strawberries so they’re evenly distributed across all six plates. Drizzle with any juices, and top with the remaining biscuits. Serve immediately with a sticky wine.

Serves 6

This is an edited extract from The Commons by Matthew Evans, Hardie Grant Books, $60, available where all good books are sold.

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MUSIC

SHY VIOLET ...

She’s no stranger to the spotlight but singer Emma Louise much prefers the quiet life.

Reflections of my life It’ll be an intimate performance for Emma Louise when she takes to the stage at Woodford Folk Festival Hannah Davies

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he’s been going to Woodford Folk Festival since she was 19, but this year will be the first time indie star Emma Louise performs solo at the much-loved Sunshine Coast event.

And she can’t wait to get on stage.

“Playing solo is just so intimate than playing with a band so I’m definitely looking forward to it,” she tells Brisbane News.

“I’m not really a festival-goer anymore, but I love Woodford because it’s very home grown and has an awesome wholesome atmosphere.

“Everyone is very respectful and into the music. It’s a festival for all the family.”

The singer-songwriter, who has a big Brisbane fan base, will make the trip from her NSW home to treat festival goers to a mix of her old and new material.

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from. Both her studio albums, Head vs Heart and Supercry, reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 15 and she’s also been ARIA nominated for Best Female Artist.

Her latest album, Lilac Everything, was recorded in Seattle’s rustic surrounds with Tobias Jesso Jr – the Canadian artist/ songwriter behind Adele’s hit When We Were Young.

With career highlights that have included being the opening act for British superstar Sam Smith, Emma Louise says some of her songwriting bears similarities to Adele’s, but her voice is very much her own.

The 28-year-old, who lists her musical influences as Carole King and Simon & Garfunkel, grew up in Cairns as Emma Louise Lobb. She started songwriting at the age of 12 and still remembers her first song, written on her guitar.

“It was something silly about a guy I

fancied in Grade 7 and how bad my skin was or something,” she says.

“It was pretty bad, thinking about it now, and I think as a songwriter I’ve definitely grown over the years.

“I’m always changing and I like to keep writing about what’s happening in my life.

At the moment I’m writing an album for release next year or the year after that and that’s about more mature stuff.”

I just had a passion for music and that’s what was driving me. I love writing and making music that people can listen to

After leaving school, Emma Louise moved from Cairns to Brisbane and briefly attended Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium, before deciding a university campus wasn’t for her.

“I never really set out to be successful; I just had a passion for music and that’s what was driving me. I love writing and making music that people can listen to and feel things about.”

But when it comes to meeting her fans at the Woodford Folk Festival, she fears they might be disappointed.

“I’m pretty shy, a massive introvert actually, so I don’t usually hang around to see any fans. I really just get on stage, play and go home,” she says. “I love routine and I go to bed really early.”

Woodford Folk Festival, Dec 27-Jan 1, from $130 for a day/evening woodfordfolkfestival.com/tickets

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ART

LIFE SUSTAINING ... (clockwise from left) Cai Guo-Qiang’s Heritage; Olafur Eliasson with his Riverbed; Angela Tiatia’s Holding On; the enigmatic Snowman by Peter Fischli and David Weiss.

Ebb and flow This exhibition focuses on one of Earth’s vital elements and is a timely reminder of the environmental challenges we face today Phil Brown

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he star of the show sits in a fridge overlooking the Gallery of Modern Art’s long gallery. He’s a snowman called, well, Snowman, and is one of the most unusual pieces of art you will ever come across.

He’s the creation of artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss and was recently acquired by QAGOMA to star in Water, GOMA’s summer blockbuster.

And since he is actually made of water he’s perfect for an exhibition examining the significance of one of life’s most vital elements.

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Snowman resides in a large fridge with a glass door and he wears a quizzical expression which changes from week to week as he seems to preside over the proceedings.

Nearby, gallery-goers can swing on the suspended gymnastic rings of William Forsythe’s installation The Fact of the Matter which is actually one of the first artworks you will encounter after passing Megan Cope’s entrance piece, RE FORMATION which takes the environmental and cultural significance of oyster shells as its subject. This imposing

mound of cast concrete oyster shells and black sand-like copper slag is an artistic midden. The coastal shellfish reefs in Moreton Bay and along the Brisbane River were a major source of food for Aboriginal people. Over centuries of feasting, large middens created from discarded shells and bones grew as large as one or two storeys high, creating impressive sights on the local islands and beaches.

Cope’s work sets the scene although I should point out that unlike some other works this one is not interactive.

But there is enough to keep you busy, what with swinging on William Forsythe’s gymnastic rings and navigating the rocky hillside inside the gallery that is IcelandicDanish artist Olafur Eliasson’s extraordinary Riverbed.

Whether you view this amazing installation as a landslide or some primordial landscape is up to you, according to the artist who was here in Brisbane for the opening of the exhibition.

And yes he’s happy for people to walk all over his work although perhaps don’t

wear your best shoes because Riverbed is dusty as well as rocky. A little gurgling stream runs through this extraordinary piece which features more than 100 tonnes of rock, so just getting it installed was a major feat of engineering and landscaping.

In a gallery space nearby is the work that is my favourite in this show – Heritage

by Cai Guo-Qiang. The original of this work was displayed at GOMA in the summer of 2013-14. It featured 99 life-size, furry faux animals lapping at an artificial lake, inspired by Chinese artist Cai GuoQiang’s visit to North Stradbroke Island.

This iteration features only 45 animals but is still as charming as the original, perhaps even more so in this concentrated setting.

There is plenty of inspiring and entertaining work in this exhibition but, for me, it’s hard to beat Heritage. Take a walk through and see if you agree with me.

Water, until Apr 26, $16-18, Gallery of Modern Art, Stanley Place, South Brisbane qagoma.qld.gov.au

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FILM

JOJO RABBIT (M) hhhhj Director Taika Waititi Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson Taika Waititi doesn’t just ignore WC Field’s golden rule: “Never work with animals or children”, he actively flaunts it.

The Kiwi director’s best films – Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and, now, Jojo Rabbit – depend on the scene-stealing charisma of their pint-sized male protagonists, each of whom lights up the screen in his own distinctive way.

Like Wilderpeople, Jojo Rabbit centres around the unlikely relationship between a captivating misfit and an unconventional father figure. While the same might also be said of Boy, there was a biological component to Waititi’s breakout film that further complicated the situation.

Jojo Rabbit’s deputised Dad happens to be imaginary. Scrawny, lonely, and afraid, the 10-year-old German boy (Griffin Davis) invents his own version of Adolf Hitler to advise him (and who better to play that role than Waititi himself).

Jojo’s Führer is a one-man cheer squad who feeds the kid’s overactive imagination with grotesque images of Jewish monsters.

But while the humour is slapstick, its consequences can be very real.

After a humiliating incident involving a bunch of bullies at a Hitler Youth camp, “Adolf” encourages Jojo to embrace his inner rabbit – resulting in a terrible accident involving a hand grenade that prefigures events to come.

Sam Rockwell’s crazy, one-eyed Nazi camp captain ultimately defies expectations by becoming the most dependable adult in Jojo’s strange and dangerous world.

Women play a larger role in what might

DINNER THEATRE ... Roman Griffin Davis (left), Taika Waititi and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit. be described as the third film in Waititi’s coming-of-age trilogy.

Scarlett Johansson makes a strong impression as Jojo’s mother Rosie, a woman of mystery and backbone who is dressed as if she has walked straight out of a Wes Anderson movie (and there are definite echoes here of Moonrise Kingdom).

But the film’s key relationship is the one between Jojo and the 18-year-old Jewish girl he discovers in his attic.

Resisting his initial impulse to turn her over to the authorities, largely in the

interest of self-preservation, Elsa (McKenzie) soon makes a powerful impression upon the callow youngster, disabusing him of some of his more fanciful notions about her race.

As the German war effort disintegrates around them, they form an increasingly tight bond.

Drawing upon Waititi’s experience on the Marvel blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit is his most ambitious film to date.

The writer-director’s skilfully silly

BLACK CHRISTMAS (CTC) hhjjj Director Sophia Takal Starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Cary Elwes Frenzied Christmas shopping might well put moviegoers in the mood for some seasonal horror, but this indiscriminate slasher fest won’t do much to satisfy that initial urge.

Loosely based on the cult ’70s film of the same name, which has already inspired one, 2006 remake, Black Christmas focuses on a tight-knit bunch of sorority sisters who are picked off, one by one, in the days leading up to the festive holiday break.

Directed by Sophia Takal, from a screenplay she co-wrote with April Wolfe, this new, post #MeToo version of the story directly addresses the growing Incel movement. But while angry, involuntarily celibate men who blame feminism for their plight are certainly fair game for a femaledriven revenge drama, Takal makes her 16 BRISBANE NEWS December 18-24, 2019

FRIGHT NIGHT ...

Imogen Poots stars in Black Christmas. point with all the subtlety of a drunken college undergraduate. Seldom has a genre flick offered such a complete dearth of subtext. Takal appears to have completely overlooked the fact the best slasher films – from Scream to Halloween – already celebrate female resilience in a hostile,

male-dominated world. Making that message explicit has had the perverse effect of robbing it of much of its potency.

Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later) delivers a solid performance as “final girl” Riley Stone, a date rape victim who is still reeling from the institutional antipathy she

adaptation of Christine Leunens’ novel, Caging Skies, to which it bears very little resemblance, tackles the phenomenon of mass hysteria with a deceptively light touch.

Seldom has the “Heil Hitler” salute generated so much laughter (notwithstanding the obvious comparisons to Mel Brooks’ 1967 film The Producers).

Told from Jojo’s naive perspective, this warm-blooded satire-cum-rite of passage is deeply affecting.

Jojo Rabbit opens on Boxing Day

encountered when she tried unsuccessfully to bring the perpetrator to justice. Aleyse Shannon plays her close friend Kris, a feminist activist.

When the young women perform a provocative song and dance routine that addresses the unpunished crime in an endof-year talent quest, all hell breaks loose.

Hawthorne College has a long, established, and as it turns out, nasty patriarchal history (embodied here by – who else? – Cary Elwes).

Having successfully lobbied for the removal of a creepy bust of its founding father from public display, Kris has inadvertently unleashed those dark forces.

An army of hooded assassins hunt down the young women.

Retribution is swift and merciless. As the body count mounts, the terrified sorority sisters realise their only chance is to fight back.

This results in a slicing, dicing free-forall, that would be funny if it didn’t take itself quite so seriously.

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE ...

Playmobil: The Movie is a pale imitation of the superior Lego films.

Bring the kids in to write a letter to Santa or celebrate the joy of Christmas with The Australian Girls Choir. We are also giving away personalised Christmas baubles and the chance to win a $250 Coles voucher.

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PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE (G) hhjjj Director Lino DiSalvo Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Adam Lambert, Daniel Radcliffe This animated action fantasy sets the bar so low, the filmmakers almost trip over it.

But while the colourful collision of Vikings, pirates, dinosaurs and fairy godmothers might distract very young audiences for at least part of the 99-minute running time, there’s no mistaking Playmobil: The Movie for anything other than it really is: a rather half-hearted attempt to cash in on some of the goodwill generated by its hugely successful competitor.

Not only did The Lego Movie (2015) come first – AND second, AND third – it was also infinitely superior.

In the live-action sequences that bookend the film, Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass) stars as the fresh-faced but feisty Marla Brenner, alongside Gabriel Bateman (Child’s Play) as her little brother Charlie.

When their parents are killed in a car crash, Marla is forced to grow up fast.

Somewhere in between the shopping and the laundry and earning a living, she forgets how to have fun.

A frustrated Charlie runs away, whereupon he stumbles, serendipitously, across a recreation of the Playmobil world he and his sister created as youngsters.

When the fiercely protective Marla comes looking for her baby brother, the siblings are magically catapulted into some kind of alternative reality.

She becomes a plastic, 7.5cm version of her former self, but even though his voice hasn’t broken yet, Charlie is transformed into a giant Viking with super strength.

The pair become separated when an evil Roman emperor (Lambert) kidnaps Charlie to fight in his gladiatorial ring.

To find her baby brother, Marla teams up with Del (Jim Gaffigan), a hapless food truck driver who must pay back his loan to an alien crime lord who looks a lot like a female version of Jabba-the-Hutt (Wendi McLendon-Covey) before she throws him into a pit of molten lava.

Del invested the money he borrowed into a truckload of pink hay, which has more than a whiff of the Puff the Magic Dragons about it, particularly in its ability to make ordinary horses fly.

When the going gets really tough, Del’s friend, a James Bond clone by the name of Rex Dasher (and voiced by Daniel Radcliffe) makes a timely appearance.

With its message of female empowerment and self-belief, Playmobil: The Movie is fairly benign holiday entertainment.

But the direction is flat, the storyline is predictable and the characters are derivative.

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It was a celebration of all things new on the Wet Deck at W Brisbane this month.

VIPs were poolside for a first taste of the bites and cocktails on a new summer menu before the Wet Deck’s first W sign – designed by first-year QUT Fine Arts student Lyle Duncan – was unveiled by W Brisbane interior designer Nic Graham.

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Rhiannon Thomas and Jess Goodall

Jayla Lawrence and Sophie Rogers

Clare Hesse and Daniel Bracken

Tom Summers and Kirralee Robinson

EXHIBITION PARTY city The Gallery at Brisbane Quarter hosted special guests from the arts community for a viewing of works by emerging local artists Stephen Newton, Laura Patterson and Tom Summers. The free-entry gallery space rotates exhibitions each month, showcasing Brisbane’s creative talents.

Laura Patterson and David Hesse

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Louise Winston-Smith and Kate Crilly

Mildred Ellwood and Dale Olsson

Anna Ray and Angie Rhodes

Sapphiroula and Nicholas Condoleon

CHRISTMAS ON EDWARD STREET City With cocktails in hand, guests were guided through a trail of Christmas gift ideas on Edward Street for a night of shopping. Stylists led the way and carollers set the scene as VIPs sipped peach bellinis, G&Ts and whisky sours en route to Mitchell Ogilvie, Montblanc and Hugo Boss.

Fiona Edwards Bassingthwaighte and Kerrie Carucci

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Eleanor Nicholson and Bob Nicholson

Tatiana Timbay and Doug Alcorn

Natalia Martin and John Martin

Brian Hart and Carol Marchant

CAROLS IN THE COMMON West End The soaring voices of Opera Queensland performers added sparkle to treasured Christmas melodies during a night under the stars at The Common, West Village.

Instrumental performances

by Queensland Chamber Orchestra, Camerata, made this a festive event with star power.

Vera Haddock and Stephen Williams

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FASHION

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Fleur blouse, $229, St Agni; Yuni bottom black, $90, Code B; Wave bucket camel hat, $99, Lack of Color

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BEAUTY

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BOOKS + TRAVEL

A book lover’s paradise For interiors with a personal touch, books speak volumes.

Find inspiration on the shelves of these eclectic bookshops

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London’s Persephone bookshop is a reader’s pilgrimage stop in Bloomsbury; a vintage dress displayed alongside Persephone editions.

rue bibliophiles will adore the latest coffee table book from US-based interior designer Nina Freudenberger.

In Bibliophile, she teams up with The New Yorker writer Sadie Stein and Architectural Digest photographer Shade Degges to celebrate the beauty of books and the personal touch they bring to the home.

This beautifully-shot text offers rare glimpses into the private libraries of passionate readers from all over the world, including Norwegian author Karle Ove Knausgaard, American fashion designer Phillip Lim, and Silvia Whitman, the owner of the famous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company.

Bibliophile also spotlights some of the world’s most wonderful bookshops – some featured here, including the curious Manhattan haunt of the late Michael Seidenberg.

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READER’S PILGRIMAGE Even in a city as bookshop-rich as London, Persephone is something very special: a shop dedicated solely to selling the Persephone imprint, which, in turn, is dedicated to reprints of primarily female-authored, 20th-century neglected texts. The gray-blue-jacketed books, with their distinctive patterned end papers, fill most of Nicola Beauman’s cozy Bloomsbury shop, where customers – almost cult-like in their devotion – can buy all 130 Persephone editions, perhaps enjoy an apple from the local farm share, and revel in the space’s serenity.

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OFF THE SHELF ...

An Ojai institution with a So-Cal attitude; Bart’s Books has maintained its casual, quirky hours.

NOVEL TOUCH Bart’s Books in Ojai, California, has been called “the greatest outdoor bookstore in the world,” and it’s certainly among the most idiosyncratic. “Founded” in 1964, the shop was originally a set of shelves on a sidewalk holding Richard Bartinsdale’s excess books; money was left by donation in coffee cans. Even as the sprawling, bohemian store has grown into one of the finest independent bookshops in America, the honour system continues (to a point) to this day. So does Bart’s relaxed vibe – both indoors and outdoors.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR LATE EDITION … Michael Seidenberg (above), who died in July, was proprietor of New York’s hidden Brazenhead Books (right).

SECRET CHAPTER Brazenhead Books, the speakeasy bookshop run out of a private apartment in an undisclosed location, was almost an urban legend in New York. But as invited guests knew, Michael Seidenberg’s hidden gem was very real. After rising rents sent his shop out of business, the proprietor went underground, so to speak, carting the thousands of books into his Upper East Side apartment. When zoning officials closed that operation down, he moved again, slightly downtown; the address was provided on a strictly need-to-know basis. The space, crowded with heavy bookshelves and stacks of volumes, was home to periodic readings and literary events as well as the bookseller himself, who lived on the premises.

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Nina Freudenberger received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 before launching a career in interior design. She is the founder of the boutique design firm, Haus Interior and in 2017 published her first design book, Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water. Nina lives with her husband and two young boys in Mar Vista, California.

This is an edited extract from Bibliostyle: How We Live at Home with Books by Nina Freudenberger, $50, Hardie Grant Books, available at all good bookshops

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Beach quest For apartment dwellers seeking a sea change, this house is a dream come true Michelle Bailey

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efore their move to Casuarina Beach, northern NSW, Andrew and Manzuma had always lived in an apartment in the city.

Which is why building a new house and cultivating a garden was just as thrilling an idea as living by the beach.

Brisbane architect Stuart Vokes gave further weight to this significant life change by dedicating 50 per cent of the 700sq m plot to landscape.

“We wanted to preserve as much of the site as we could for the family to enjoy but also for the collective benefit,” Stuart says.

“It was particularly relevant here because Andrew and Manzuma were essentially making a garden change, moving from an apartment to a house with a garden. It seemed obvious that we should give equal weight to the garden as the house.”

This simple but powerful idea plays out from the footpath, where the front gate appears to divide the house on one side from the garden on the other. Beyond the fence the pathway draws visitors deep into the site past a landscape combining natural and built elements.

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table, it is still impossible to ignore the presence of the outdoors, the view out over the lawn and the smell of salt-laden air.

“Given it’s probably one of the best climates in the world, we had to ask ourselves, what does that lend itself to?

Bunkering down? Closing the windows and putting the airconditioning on?,” Andrew says. “Or does it lend itself to spilling out of the house and into the garden and on to the beach?”

The small courtyard between dining and living rooms is designed to capture something of the atmosphere in this special part of the world.

“It’s open to the sky so it catches the rain and sound of the waves,” Stuart says.

“At the right time you can look up and see a cloud framed in the sky. We think of it as a repository for the spirit of the place.”

The beautiful thing about the red is that in bright sun it is really bright red but in dark shadow it’s like black, it shifts on you

Rooms on both levels wrap around the courtyard and open to it on the ground floor via doors from the dining and living rooms.

Sunlight and breeze is filtered through to upstairs via open weave brickwork and louvres. Upstairs a long veranda allows every bedroom to engage with the balmy outdoors.

“We wanted to bring all of the circulation between rooms back on to the edge of the house,” Stuart says.

“So if you go and check on the kids or the kids come down to your room from theirs in the night, they smell the salt air, they hear the ocean and see the moonlight.”

The veranda, wrapping the front and side of the house, is screened by a veil of red timber battens. The vibrant colour makes a striking visual element in a neighbourhood of white houses and has become a bit of a talking point.

“It’s fascinating how polarising colour can be,” Andrew says. “Most people say, ‘I love it, well done’. For the others you know what they are thinking!”

Using red was a nod to the tradition of using red oxide to protect natural timbers from weather and rot.

“We thought about using either white, black or red,” Stuart says. “The beautiful thing about the red is that in bright sun it is

POSITIVE PATH … The home uses garden paths, corridors and insideoutside connections to deliver a cohesive, family friendly design that captures the special atmosphere of Casuarina Beach.

really bright red but in dark shadow it’s like black, it shifts on you. With the ambition for making a garden we knew red would look beautiful in vegetation and not glaring like white does.”

Regardless of what it means for the street, for Andrew, Manzuma and their extended family it’s really about having a place to gather between inside and the outdoors.

“I’m a family person and I love having everyone around,” Manzuma says.

“Moving here has really shaped some new habits, of spending more time with our extended family. They always say don’t go to any trouble but this is what we’ve been waiting for.”

Architect: Vokes and Peters, vokesandpeters.com Builder: SJ Reynolds Constructions, sjrconstruct.com Photography: Christopher Frederick Jones

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But after a long time in the “Never feed!” camp, Griffith University professor of ecology Darryl Jones has changed sides and now offers a “tentative” guide for the millions of Australians who feed wild birds at home. Jones says while feeding bread to ducks and chips to gulls is never a good idea, feeding the right foods to wild birds at home can be an opportunity to connect with nature – and is actually encouraged overseas in the UK and US. While feeding wild birds can cause disease, dependence on human food (followed by starvation) and rodent outbreaks, these are not a given if birds are given the right foods to supplement their natural diet, he says.

One study found 38 per cent of Brisbane households were actively engaged in bird feeding – news that did not go down well with “more conservationminded and knowledgeable individuals”, he says. “People feeding wild birds in this country have very few places they can go to for ideas and advice, and they are acutely aware that their practice is not something they can talk about openly.”

He says it’s time for wildlife carers, rangers, vets, councils, scientists and conservationists to engage with and inform people feeding wild birds. As well as advice on the right food for specific types of birds, Jones covers bird feeders and where to place them, water, and creating a bird-friendly garden.

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RETIREMENT LIVING

Life you deserve is offered at GemLife’s Maroochy Quays Country Club (main photos) and in modern quality houses.

Find a whole new lifestyle RESHNI RATNAM

Shifting the perceptions about retirement living is the focus of GemLife, a leading developer of lifestyle resorts.

A brand campaign by GemLife is set to give over-50s a snapshot of the vibrant, holistic lifestyle possibilities offered within its communities.

With the tagline “A whole new life’’, GemLife’s new campaign focuses on freedom, choice and wellbeing.

GemLife director of sales and marketing Andrew Coulter said the campaign was created in response to the diverse and changing lifestyle demands of the over-50s demographic and in recognition of lingering, out-of-date stereotypes about over-50s communities.

Mr Coulter said when GemLife launched its first lifestyle resort on Bribie Island in 2016, it set out to transform the retirement living space with beautifully designed, lowmaintenance homes together with highend recreational facilities within vibrant, active communities.

“When homebuyers tour our properties, they’re blown away by what’s on offer,” he said. “The biggest challenge, however, is to overcome the tired stereotypical views many hold about retirement living and communicate how far away from the truth these views are.”

With increased life expectancy and improved health and wellbeing, Australia’s affluent Baby Boomers’ lifestyle choices are

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vastly different from previous generations.

With the first cohort of Generation X joining them, the push for more dynamic and innovative living options will intensify.

“People forget that the Baby Boomer generation was forged during a period of huge social change, such as protesting against the Vietnam War, fighting for women’s rights, experimenting with drugs and enjoying the music revolution of the 60s and 70s,” Mr Coulter said.

“They’re active, fitter, healthier and open to new experiences and adventures.

Some are working full-time or part-time.

They do not consider themselves old and don’t want to ‘retire’ in the traditional sense of the word.”

Mr Coulter said educating the next generation about GemLife was a big focus and buying in prime locations where a younger generation was drawn was important.

“Providing homes and facilities, changing their mindset and investing in a new life is what we want to educate them on,” he said.

“Over-50s have done all the things like send their children to school and university.”

Mr Coulter said GemLife residents enjoyed the like-minded community.

“They like security, and the option to lock up and leave and go travelling,” he

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said. “They also like new and modern homes. They are all downsizing, their natural migration is to be around family and health facilities.”

Mr Coulter said the best advice was “don’t wait until it’s too late’’.

“A lot of people think it’s an older style thing and that they are too young to come here — that’s not the case,” he said.

“Those over-50s who are semi-retired or retired become more active, fitter and healthier than they were in their 30s and 40s.

“Increasingly, retirement isn’t about slowing down, it’s about changing tack or

gearing up. It’s a time of possibility, a time to live life to the fullest, time for a whole new life.”

Over-50s account for 27 per cent of the Australian population.

GemLife will launch the first phase of its brand campaign with the rollout of a TV and digital ad campaign across Queensland next month. The campaign was produced

by Theola.

GemLife has six over-50s resorts across Australia. In Queensland, it has resorts on Bribie Island, the Sunshine Coast’s Maroochydore and Pacific Paradise, and Highfields near Toowoomba.

GemLife has six resorts around Australia, including Queensland’s Bribie Island, Highfields, Maroochydore and Pacific Paradise, with new sites planned.

GemLife facilities typically include: n Gym n Sauna n Heated indoor pool and spa n Outdoor pool and spa n Hairdressing salon and beauty parlour n Golf simulator n Ten-pin bowling alley n Floodlit tennis court n Bocce court n Pickleball court n Cinema n Covered caravan and boat storage Facilities at GemLife’s resorts cater to the over-50s desire for engagement, wellness and enjoyment by offering extensive sporting and leisure choices at each of its resorts within luxurious country clubs and recreational precincts. Facilities typically include indoor and/or outdoor swimming pools, spas, saunas, tennis courts, gold class-style cinemas, cafes and bars.

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LAST WORD

Phil Brown One year I played Santa. Santa Foureyes they called me. My signature spectacles ruined the illusion that I was Santa for some of the kids Have you heard? It’s the season to be jolly.

I will have to work on that. I’m not big on Christmas although I do recognise it for what it is, the celebration of the birth of Jesus and I will be duly attending mass with that in mind.

What, you didn’t know that? I’m not surprised. For most nowadays it’s all about eating, drinking and waiting for the Boxing Day sales. I guess that’s fair enough.

I really knew Christmas was coming when my neighbour put up his customary Christmas lights. I need to wear my sunglasses to look at them. Good to see them getting in the spirit although it puts us to shame. Our tree is six inches high and a little the worse for wear. My wife did

decorate the front door with some tinsel and she has also slung a Merry Christmas sign on the front veranda. But that’s it.

Around the neighbourhood there are a few houses that stand out and one down the road has the biggest inflatable Santa I have ever seen. Quite scary really.

Actually, I’d like to see it go up against King Kong or Godzilla in a movie.

When my son was small we used to join the happy throng clogging up suburban streets to gawk at Christmas lights in various neighbourhoods, which was actually quite fun.

The street we used to live in at Wilston had a Christmas party every year and – can you believe it? – one year I played Santa.

Santa Foureyes they called me. My signature spectacles ruined the illusion that I was Santa for some of the kids but the really little ones were fooled. Basically that was my festive gesture for life.

My favourite thing about Christmas is watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation which is standard yuletide viewing on the idiot box. I just love watching Chevy Chase’s Christmas go pear-shaped and if you do have a real tree at home check it for feral squirrels. Or maybe possums in our case. Christmas didn’t go so well for Chevy and his family and that movie is a warning.

Christmas can be dangerous.

But it is a time to think about others and the real meaning of Christmas. Which,

besides the religious significance, is the opportunity to gorge on trifle and rum balls.

I was recounting my favourite Christmas story the other day – it’s a sketch by British comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a little audio mockumentary entitled Gospel Truth. In it, a shepherd is interviewed by a reporter from The Bethlehem Star – get it?

He finishes his eyewitness account of events with a description of how, in the stable, after the Magi arrived with their gifts, the infant Jesus “sat up in the manger … adjusted his swaddling” and said, “Thank you gentlemen for these lovely prezzies.

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The north-facing townhouse is one of three available in the development.

Adjacent to the main entry at the front of the property is a two-car garage featuring laundry facilities and storage space.

There is internal access from the garage into an open-plan design on the ground level.

From the main entry, the floorplan flows past a timber staircase to the upper level and into the open-plan space at the rear of the layout boasting kitchen, living and dining areas with high ceilings.

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area to a courtyard framed by an established garden with lawn, trees and shrubs. Also on this level is a powder room.

The main bedroom looks to the front of the property from the upper level and also features a walk-in wardrobe leading to an ensuite with a shower, floor-to-ceiling tiles and twin basins.

Two bedrooms with built-in wardrobes have views of the back yard and are serviced by a nearby bathroom with floorto-ceiling tiles, a stand-alone bathtub and separate shower.

Also on the upper level is a living area and adjacent study space with access to the rooftop terrace.

Old charm meets modern living This renovated Queenslander infuses old charm with modern features in three, expansive townhomes.

“Destined for those seeking a sophisticated lifestyle harmonising family living and functional entertaining with 230sq m of internal space, every element of this residence has been thoughtfully designed,” Ray White Ascot agent Vanessa Harte says of the front, four-bedroom residence.

Here, modern style entwines itself throughout the free-flowing lounge and dining area, where natural light streams in through the large glass sliding doors that lead to the outside courtyard.

A modern kitchen boasts 65mm-thick stone benchtops, Bosch appliances, a wine fridge and an expansive walk-in butler’s pantry, with neutral tones connecting it to the rest of the interior space. Upstairs a media room, four large bedrooms and

features such as wooden floors and stained glass windows add to the beauty of the space, along with a private deck.

The two rear, three-bedroom freehold townhomes are each spread across two spacious levels, with 2.7m high ceilings as well as herringbone timber flooring.

Downstairs, the lounge and dining area adjoins the kitchen where soft-close cabinetry and access to the outside patio via bi-fold doors add to the open feel of the space.

ASCOT 1/82 Dobson St Land: 284sq m Inspect: By appointment Agents: Vanessa Harte and Kate Francis, Ray White Ascot; ph: 3868 7500, 0422 426 373 (VH) or 0438 800 849 (KF) For sale: By negotiation

Beauty meets practicality With an expansive 27m river frontage and designed by renowned architect John Dalton, the residence adjoins Manaton Park offering privacy and well as a tranquillity.

Split into three zones including a parents’ wing, children’s wing and a shared-living wing, the residence has been set around a T-shaped plan with lightfilled living areas and bedrooms that offer views of the surrounding greenery.

Constructed in 1978, the property is surrounded by three decks which flow from the main living space to areas including a screened terrace on the north eastern side which offers views of the river.

An exterior staircase leads to the front entry which opens into a split-level lounge and dining area, complete with fully ducted, reverse cycle airconditioning.

A long hall to the left leads to a spacious office, one of three courtyards and the main bedroom, which comes complete with an ensuite.

Further to the back left of the property

is a large family room with bathroom and separate powder room, as well as two more bedrooms equipped with built-in wardrobes.

A central pebbled courtyard contains a tropical birch tree and contemporary sculpture, which can be viewed from the large glass windows within the surrounding living spaces.

A large kitchen forms the heart of the home and is flanked by the family room, dining room and lounge.

FIG TREE POCKET 8 Roedean St Land: 3121sq m Inspect: Saturday (Dec 21), 1.30-2pm Agents: Patrick Dixon and Jack Dixon, Dixon Estate Agents; ph: 3870 2251, 0414 817 817 (PD) or 0408 756 694 (JD) Auction: On site, Saturday (Dec 21), 2pm

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40 acres of Scenic Rim lifestyle

TEVIOTVILLE 338 Teviotville Road This property has the four key elements of a desirable rural block - fertile land, useful size, reliable water and a great location close to Boonah and Kalbar and less than an hour to Ipswich and Springfield Lakes.

Auction

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• Brigalow scrub soils supporting good quality natural pastures; an unnamed creek traverses the property • Connection to Roadvale Rural Water - supplies permanent stock water to troughs, garden taps and toilets • Colonial style home, tastefully renovated with 3 bedrooms (master with ensuite and walk in robe),

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ducted air conditioning, separate office / rec room, floating timber floors in bedrooms, electric blinds, double carport and 7ft wraparound verandahs - a perfect spot to enjoy the panoramic mountain views • Other improvements include: 3 bay storage / small machinery shed; good - sized hay shed; 2 new stables • Fenced into several paddocks; cattle yards with crush, loading ramp and good gravel road access

Flood Free Absolute Riverfront Mini Acreage In Quiet Cul-de-sac Adjoining Manaton Park with a wide 27m river frontage this 3,121m2 allotment offers a rarely seen combination of absolute privacy, tranquil river views and a calming ambience from the dense vegetation in the reserve to the north.

By renowned architect John Dalton the house is designed to maximise its northern aspect, and it combines both beauty and practicality. The stunning dwelling comprises three zones – a parents’ wing, a children’s wing and a shared living wing organised into a T-shaped plan as purposeful today as when it was constructed in 1978. .

For more information: www.dixonfamily.net.au

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You’ve reached an important turning 20 in Stinging (4) point your life, andinsect change is inevitable.

That’s fine, you can cut your 23 Hasty, untidy writing (6) losses in the new year. This final week

25 Bystander (8) brings a change of mood, and much 27 Bad verse (8) time of excitement.

And what better year to cut the purse strings?

28 Hazardous (6) Let loose with the cash, credit and common sense.

AQUARIUS 30 Fanatic (6) (January 21 - February 18)

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You’re in the mood to putter around the kitchen, go to the beach or simply relax.

Not surprising – it’s been a big year, and seasonal festivities are just around We all weave our own tangled webs.

4 Southeast Asian federationthe (8) the corner. Combine having fun with This month, it’s your turn to unpick 9 of Easily influenced (6) an low-key relaxation. Rent a film, go some those messy threads. Should Christmas shopping or go to the movies. old flame suddenly reignite, keep a 10 To stretch (8) Be honest with loved ones – you just bucket of cold water handy or it may 12 outFlowering climbing plant (8) need some time to chill. blaze of control. The urge to overspend could also override (6) 13 Military pageant CANCER common sense.

Across SAGITTARIUS 1 Cheaply showy 21) (6) (November 23 - December

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15 Interval of calm (4) (June 22 - July 22) 16 Incapable of failure (10) You’re blessed with a fabulous festive CAPRICORN (December 22 - Januarydictator 20) 19 All-powerful (3,7) season. Work duties don’t completely

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Time spent with your family and friends Down should be fun, so long as parents or 1 close Characteristic other relatives don’t try(7) to pull rank. take the They’re just 2 Don’t Token of bait. surrender (5,4) being family, and they’re probably not 3 toAirstrip going change in a(6) hurry. Money’s easier come by, though.

5 toSupporter (4)Just as well, as there’s always plenty to pay for at this 6 Every year (8) time of year.

12 Flowering climbing plant (8) 13 Military pageant (6) 15 Interval of calm (4) 16 Incapable of failure (10) S E D F O R W A R D 19 All-powerful dictator (3,7) I R O A Y 20 Stinging insect (4)P O U T WO R N N U E 23 Hasty, untidy writing (6) C A T E L A 25 Bystander (8) M E L O D I O U S E 27 Bad verse (8) R O G T 28 Hazardous (6) S L Y L Y I N G T O 29 Wide range (8) T U S I 30 Fanatic (6)

disappear, but now they’re mixed with plenty of time to mingle. Many zodiac neighbours may still struggle with money and, mostly, you’re spared this.

Quite rightly, too. You’ve been through enough financial hardship this year. It’s time to play.

LEO (July 23 - August 23) People love your lively chat, Leo. You can talk about almost anything like it’s the cutting edge of conversation. Just avoid talking about money – or you could facing some heated discussion over how you’ve managed to torch the remainder of your credit rating. Best excuse? The silly season, of course!

VIRGO

(August 24 - September 22) 7 Barely sufficient (5) You’ve been craving some time out – to PISCES 8 Formidable (7) leave work out of sight, and mind.

(February 19 - March 20) 11 Finally, the cosmos grants you This yearStately has been bearing a long, hard(7) slog. permission to do just that. Even if it’s When such hot pressure, we often 14 under A very pepper (7) just for this final few weeks of 2019, see make mistakes. So if you feel you’ve 17 Exclude from membership to(9) your own wish list. So go ahead, misplaced that certain magic, there Virgo – pamper, and enjoy ongoing 18 beIntimidate (8) waiting for could something special festivities. One warning: prepare for a you under Christmas(7) tree. The only 19 Inthe addition cash meltdown. hiccup is the financial aftermath of the 21 Omen (7) season’s extravagances.

LIBRA 22 Loll (6) (September 23 - October 23) ARIES 24 Scoundrel This is more like it, Libra. A week to (March 21 - April 20) (5) indulge in the pleasures of life. You’re in Kick off South your shoes and let the events of (4) 26 American country

1 Quite an odd old relic (7) 1 Be there at the start and 2 Sailor-saint in waterproof finish (6) material (9) 4 A pointless contest for the 3 Lack of clothes may be F O R E M A N Q U A R T E R loser (4,4) seen as untidy (6) P L E A A A O U C S O R E 9 Abusive words from one 5 Start work in French (4)N A C C L A I M I G N O R E S R E T I engaged in commerce (6) 6 Indoor transport (8) C T E R R R A H E F 10 He makes a living from 7 Hanging wasn’t good S I T U A T I O N N A O M I E E R I filthy pictures (8) enough for Polonius (5) D C U N E N C A 12 Lodgings for money in 8 Listener’s complaint (7) T R A D E S C R A M B L E R T A L K America (8) 11 Rig chap out in a vivid A A L W 13 Pub’s bill for wine (6) way (7) R A C K S K E Y WO R K E R E S S A Y A M E N D M E N T 15 Slippers – or part of ’em?

14 He makes the headlines U E A I E P R E N Y E M (4) (7) Down N A M E D L A T E R P R I N C I P A L B A L A C L A V A the mood for decadence and delight – or 16 Realise what shares can 17 A choice literary 1 Characteristic (7) this past year disappear. You have every L R R H O A D O U I H N Z I I A just being in the company of those you do (10) gathering (9) 2 Token of surrender (5,4) right to demand a break. It’s been a S A T A N I C T I G H T E N I M A G I N E A T T R A C T love. An image update boosts 19 States the terms of the 18 Source of juicy pickings 3 Airstrip (6) traumatic time – but your Aries courage S D T S W O E U I E E H L N C C confidence. Don’t be surprised if you contract (10) (8) 5 Supporter (4) and compassion rarely waned. You’ve O B O I S T S C U T L E R Y A N S W E R S E X P A N S E receive romantic invitations. Let the 20 Roadwork sign? (4) 19 Thwarted by 6 Every year (8) survived and emerged stronger and year’s stresses fade away.

23 Cats in the pound (6) interbreeding? (7) 7 Barely sufficient (5) wiser for it. So treat yourself to Cryptic Quick (7) 25 Her pilot circles round 21 A roof may be tarred (7) 8 Formidable something luxurious and extravagant. the landing (8) Keep the pot boiling?

(6) 1 11Pleased, Stately bearing (7) Across: 5 Forward, 9 Retinue, 10 Outworn, 11 Eerie, 12SCORPIO Melodious, 13 Talking-to, 15 Slyly, omi, 12 Situation, 13 platform Scrambler, 1522Trade, (October 24 Expanse, - November 22) 27 Greek coasters in a 24 A comfortable recess? (5) 14 A very hot pepper (7) TAURUS 16 Essay, 18 Amendment, 21 Balaclava, 24 Later, 25 Attract, 26 Tighten, 27 28 Cutlery. e, 26 Satanic,storm 27 (8) Answers, 28 Oboists.

Scorpios are aching to cut loose from 26 It’s neckwear, we hear, for 17 Exclude from (April 21 - May 20) work. Any sense of discipline disappears 28 Yet such talkers may not the dandy (4) membership (9) Cast aside all your usual caution and Down: 1 Perfect, 2 Enthral, 3 Sincerity, 4 Dream, 5 Footloose, Apology, 8 Dynasty, erly, 6 Accra, be 7 on Tsarina, 8 Romance, 14 under a7pile of gift-wrapped presents. 14 the level (6) 18 Intimidate (8) bring out all that’s bright and beautiful 6 Rated, But you should also steal23 some quiet 29 It’s terrible how Freud QUICK CLUES Guarantee,1915 In addition (7) in yourself.

You’re in the for love Sidelight, 16 Embrace, 17 Split up, 19mood Entitle, 20 Tyranny, 22 Chain, Aztec. onos, 20 Reduces, 22 Chide, 23 Lasso. time for yourself. Sexually, the cosmos has got the lad upset (8) Across 21 Omen (7) and laughter, Taurus – and what better sends adoring thoughts around your 30 Became extremely 1 Cheaply showy (6) 22 Loll (6) time of year for it! Outdoor activities love sector. Watch your expectations ragged (6) 4 South-East Asian 24 Scoundrel (5) also appeal. And with Lady Luck also on though, as this isn’t a rock-solid phase. federation (8) 26 South American side, taking a chance could pay off in But what better time for a fling?

9 Easily influenced (6) country (4) wonderful ways.

10 To stretch (8)

Solution to last week’s puzzle

CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Attend, 4 Love game, 9 Tirade, 10 Restorer, 12 Quarters, 13 Barsac, 15 Eels, 16 Appreciate, 19 Conditions, 20 Stop, 23 Ounces, 25 Heliport, 27 Socrates, 28 Smooth, 29 Dreadful, 30 Frayed. Down: 1 Antique, 2 Tarpaulin, 3 Nudity, 5 Open, 6 Entrance, 7 Arras, 8 Earache, 11 Graphic, 14 Printer, 17 Anthology, 18 Vineyard, 19 Crossed, 21 Pitched, 22 Simmer, 24 Niche, 26 Beau.

QUICK: Across: 1 Tawdry, 4 Malaysia, 9 Pliant, 10 Elongate, 12 Clematis, 13 Tattoo, 15 Lull, 16 Infallible, 19 Big Brother, 20 Wasp, 23 Scrawl, 25 Onlooker, 27 Doggerel, 28 Unsafe, 29 Spectrum, 30 Zealot.

Down: 1 Typical, 2 White flag, 3 Runway, 5 Ally, 6 Annually, 7 Scant, 8 Awesome, 11 Dignity, 14 Cayenne, 17 Blackball, 18 Browbeat, 19 Besides, 21 Portent, 22 Lounge, 24 Rogue, 26 Peru.

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