Brisbane News Magazine Mar 4-Mar 10, 2020 ISSUE 1265

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This week...

When was the last time you indulged in a spot of stargazing?

I must admit it’s a rare occurrence for me these days, but I have fond memories of spotting the Southern Cross and the man in the moon as a youngster on family camping trips. For some, a childhood fascination with outer space lives on.

While researching this week’s feature on backyard astronomers (P12), writer Denise Cullen met several passionate, telescopetoting locals at a Brisbane Astronomical Society viewing party atop Mt Coot-tha.

The whole thing sounded like a lot of fun, with society members happy to offer passers-by a closer look at the cosmos.

If you are looking for a new hobby, you might just find it written in the stars.

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Brooke Falvey I declared I wanted to become a swinger. Not that kind of swinger; I wanted to be the kind that glides through the air with the greatest of ease My mum is the first person who will tell you I’m a great catch but even she was surprised when, out of the blue, I declared I wanted to become a swinger.

Not that kind of swinger; I wanted to be the kind that glides through the air with the greatest of ease; a daring (not-so) young girl on the flying trapeze. It’s always been on my bucket list to take a trapeze lesson, so when I received a voucher for my birthday, I leapt at the chance.

I joined a group of other trapeze novices – most of whom seemed to be still at school – and after a safety briefing we headed to the static trapeze, two metres off the

ground, for our first taste of the high life, hanging upside down by our knees.

Apparently, the key is being able to quickly swing your knees up over your head and hook them over the bar – no easy feat when your abs have long been buried under a layer of brownies, ice-cream and cake.

From there I headed up the ladder, which is when my legs started shaking like the proverbial leaf. In under 30 seconds, I was leaning off a platform nine metres in the air, one arm holding a trapeze bar, the other gripping the platform edge for dear life, my belly doing somersaults.

And that’s when I remembered I’m scared of heights. But with a few words of encouragement from the instructor and a gentle nudge, I was flying through the air.

My underworked abs were called into action and I quickly found myself hanging upside down by my knees.

It was 95 per cent terrifying and 5 per cent awesome. I dropped down and as I rolled off the net, my whole body started shaking. After three successful swings and dismounts including two backflips into the net, it was time for “the catch”.

Putting my faith in someone I’d met an hour earlier was a big ask but I was there to

challenge myself, so I took a deep breath and gave it my all.

At close to 9.5 metres off the ground, I stretched out, my child-size hands reaching towards the catcher’s wrists as I dropped my legs from the bar. What a catch! It turns out, it all comes down to good timing – and having a little faith.

With two successful catches under my belt, I hobbled towards the car, happy but exhausted (and still scared of heights) having decided my fling with high-flying was over … although I might drop my new skills into conversation the next time I’m trying to impress someone at the bar!

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Howling success Life coach Chris Henderson empowers women with her sister act Emma Schafer

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ith heads thrown back and inhibitions put firmly aside, a group of women bellows in unison at the full moon above New Farm Park.

They perform this ritual every month with group co-ordinator, life coach and mentor Chris Henderson, 66. They call themselves Women Howling at the Moon. What else?

But the howling is just one component of the monthly meet-ups, which focus on fostering a sisterhood to help women realise their “magnificence”, Chris says.

As well as a plate of nibbles, they each bring a willingness to share their personal challenges and goals in life.

“There are women who are introverted and extroverted, shy and confident, with successful businesses and professions or retired,” says Chris of the group she created in 2013.

And they don’t do small talk. “The women who come to our meet-ups all prefer thoughtprovoking conversation,” says Chris, of Inala.

Howling is optional, but more often then not everyone – including the odd passerby – joins in.

“The howl is about connection ... it’s about being able to express ourselves completely.

“It’s a symbolic way of doing that and stepping outside any constraints we have in society. It’s something that’s pretty primeval.

It’s bold and audacious.”

Chris says the meet-ups attract women who want to contribute to “a better world”, a driving passion of her own since the age of 12.

“I began secondary school around the time of the hippie, peace movement in the US and the ‘No War’ movement around the Vietnam War. I was really passionate about that.

“Plus my parents were such good, caring people who didn’t believe in conflict. I heard that (at home) and it fired me up and for me it’s been about world peace ever since.”

Chris went on to study fine art at the Queensland College of Art with the belief that perhaps her painting and etchings could change the world. “But I realised I wasn’t selling much

and it was going to take a hell of a long time to get anywhere,” she laughs. “That’s why my passion then went into teaching and education.”

After earning a teaching degree in her early 30s, Chris went to work in classrooms across Brisbane and Ipswich and then as a consultant for the education department. She was also building her own business as a life coach.

Then disaster struck.

In 2012, about six weeks after she retired from education to focus solely on life coaching, Chris’s husband of 30 years, Keith, was diagnosed with leukaemia.

She threw herself into the role of carer and built a community of support and inspiration through a blog. “Keith says it was my coaching that helped him survive,” Chris says.

In 2018 she was elected president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom which envisions a world free from violence and armed conflict, in which human rights are protected and women and men are equally empowered.

It’s been busy, she says, but there’s always time to howl. And all women are welcome.

“What I’ve found so often with Women Howling at the Moon is that after a little while someone will come to me and say, ‘Chris, I’m not sure this is for me. These women are all so amazing and that’s not me. I’ve never done anything’.”

Chris’s voice catches as she talks about the power of the movement she has created.

“There’s only one woman who didn’t stay (for the session),” she says.

“What the others realised was as people asked about their story, they started hearing it reflected back to them. It’s about believing in ourselves and getting a presence of us from the outside. You see what’s possible from being part of a sisterhood.

“Gosh, I have goosebumps at the sense of the magnificence of all women.”

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“Courage catalyst" Chris Henderson at New Farm Park.

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Sweet tooths rejoice, there’s a new dessert menu in town and it’s choc-full of crowd pleasers. Try Denim Co’s take on pavlova (above), sticky date pudding or a banana bread sammy, all available 5pm-late.

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FEATURE SPACE AGE ... (clockwise from main) Brisbane Planetarium curator Mark Rigby; Dazee Dazeford with her Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; Ben Pace captured this image of the Orion region – the bright patches are the birthplace of stars.

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t’s a perfectly clear night atop Mt Coot-tha and I’m gazing at the Orion Nebula through the eyepiece of a telescope.

This public viewing night is hosted by the Brisbane Astronomical Society and Dazee Dazeford is one of four amateur astronomers who have set up telescopes to give casual stargazers a closer look at The Pleiades, the craters of the moon, and other celestial curiosities.

“Look at that satellite!” someone shouts.

I look up to see a point of light arc and vanish. Dazeford got hooked on astronomy a year ago.

“I decided to go buy a telescope … one of those long skinny ones – and I came home with this,” she says, referring to the stout, powerfully built Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope I’ve just peered through.

The childcare worker is now building a backyard observation deck to further indulge her passion. “I’ve just started laying the foundations,” she says.

Astronomy, it turns out, is a highly addictive pastime that is quietly shared by many Brisbanites. Some even manage to turn it into a career.

Mark Rigby has worked for the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium for the past 35 years – the last 18 of those as curator.

Even as a schoolboy, he says, he was “fanatical” about space.

“When Apollo missions were going to the moon, I would have a transistor radio hidden away with an earpiece so I could listen to things,” he says.

On the day of the 1969 moon landing, Rigby skipped school altogether.

“I stayed home for that,” he says.

“There was no way I was going to be beholden to whatever the schedule was at school.”

Rigby’s office is a riot of globes,

miniature shuttles and replica rockets. He wears a tie bedecked with planets. And he still speaks with boyish enthusiasm about the latest developments in astronomy – such as the fading star Betelgeuse.

“Some people think that means it’s ready to explode, a supernova,” he says.

“Most of us think it’s got thousands of years … but we sort of hope we’re wrong.”

The explosion of Betelgeuse would be spectacular – but safe – for Earth dwellers.

“It would look as bright as a full moon,” Rigby says. “Day or night, you’d spot it.”

Rigby points out that Brisbane is the only city in the world named after an astronomer – Sir Thomas Brisbane, a former governor of NSW, who established Australia’s first significant observatory

west of Sydney in 1821. “I think he’d like the Brisbane Planetarium,” he says.

The Brisbane Planetarium contains a “Cosmic Skydome” in which visitors can view astronomically themed shows and take a virtual tour of the city’s night sky.

There are also static displays including the Skylore exhibition, which traces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander astronomy traditions.

John Pitts, education officer with the Brisbane Astronomical Society, has a similar trajectory to Rigby, in that he recalls being gripped by the Apollo missions. His parents’ gift of a basic telescope when he was eight years old CONTINUED NEXT PAGE

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Michael Cowley followed his passion for astrophysics after 10 years in the finance industry.

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sealed the deal. “I knew every planet and how many moons it had,” he says.

The Brisbane Astronomical Society offers its amateur astronomer members monthly meetings and dark-sky viewing nights. The Society is also very active in offering public outreach activities, including school visits and the Mt Coot-tha public viewing night.

Pitts has passed his enthusiasm on to his three children, and even carried on the tradition of truancy that rare planetary events demand. “I actually wagged school with them once when they were in high school,” he says. “I said, ‘You’re not going to school this morning, because there’s a transit of Mercury’.”

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Through school visits and other events, Pitts inspires astronomical interest in others. “I just love the look on people’s faces when they see Saturn for the first time … you can see the rings and some of the moons.”

Professor Brad Carter, director of the Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland, says Brisbane is perfectly positioned for stargazing.

“The southern night sky happens to be much richer in stars than the northern hemisphere thanks to the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, passing slowly overhead during winter evenings as the Earth turns,” he says. “We also can see with the naked eye two nearby galaxies called the Magellanic Clouds in the far southern sky during summer evenings.”

In a digitised world in which cameras and computers are used to gather and analyse research data, professional astronomers have no need to peer through telescopes. Yet Carter still likes to do so from time to time.

“There’s a very profound sense of connection you can get by looking through a telescope and using your eye to record the photons of light that began their journey hundreds, thousands or millions of years ago,” he says.

Professional and amateur astronomers encourage people seeking to dip their toes into this field to start out small – by using the naked eye or a pair of binoculars, perhaps with a star chart, to learn their way around the night sky.

Joining a group such as the Brisbane

Astronomical Society allows aspirants to build knowledge by attending meetings and renting telescopes and mounts.

Each group has a slightly different emphasis. Some even encourage astronomical research by their members.

For example, Ben Pace, past president of the Astronomical Association of Queensland, says he recently received a research grant to purchase equipment which is allowing him to explore the secrets of starlight.

“I’m now analysing the chemical composition of stars from my backyard,” he says.

In local universities, too, astrophysics is back on the boil, after long being sidelined by a Federal Government focus on applied research.

Dr Michael Cowley, astrophysics research and teaching associate at QUT, was brought on board last year to help reinvigorate the university’s astrophysics department.

Cowley’s path into the field was unusual, in that he had a 10-year career in banking before the global financial crisis hit. It was then he decided to return to study and “stick my head in the stars”.

Cowley is passionate about the need to fund astronomical research, noting that many technological innovations, like personal computers, communication satellites, mobile phones and medical imaging, arose as a result of it.

He acknowledges that not all students who sign up for an undergraduate course in cosmology will pursue a career in astrophysics or astronomy.

However, they may be drawn into other areas of science – or, at the very least, an absorbing hobby.

Carter agrees there is intrinsic value in learning more about astronomy.

“There’s always mysteries to explore, and it’s a harmless, non-political activity, so it’s something that’s very inclusive,” he says.

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Water world There’s a slice of heaven in Brisbane where relaxation is the goal Brittany Ainsworth, 27 Cenote Casa Bathhouse owner, Woolloongabba What’s new with you?

As well as having just opened a bathhouse – Cenote Casa Bathhouse in Woolloongabba – I’m recently engaged. On the opening night for the bathhouse, my boyfriend got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

My priority right now is working on growing the business but we aim to get married at the end of next year with the bathhouse as our venue.

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Why open a bathhouse?

I am a nurse, but decided to take some time out to travel, where I found these little slices of heaven all over Asia and Central America. I really enjoyed the bathhouses in Japan as well as Mexico’s natural swimming holes (cenotes).

These experiences in such beautiful locations seemed to release all of life’s stresses for me. I wondered why we didn’t have a little slice of heaven back home in Brisbane.

How does it all work?

Cenote Casa is a communal, unisex bathhouse where everyone can relax and unwind at their own pace. We offer two-hour sessions for $45, with full access to our cedar wood sauna, magnesium plunge pool, heated hydrotherapy spa, steam room infused with essential oils, and sun deck and lounge areas.

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Improving blood circulation, skin health, muscle recovery, loosening stiff joints, reducing stress and aiding in meditation and all while burning calories. After a session my sore muscles are relaxed and I feel a sense of mental clarity and calmness.

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Solo bathers who relax and meditate or read a book, to couples spending time together or groups catching up with friends. We also see lots of people who have travelled or lived overseas where spending time in a bathhouse is a frequent ritual.

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Some people love the intensity of the steam room, while others feel the sauna is more soothing. Some could relax in the spa all day or float around in the refreshing coolness of the magnesium plunge pool. The bathhouse is designed so that you can explore the facilities at your own pace.

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I have a slight obsession with plants and our customers always comment on our tropical oasis and how it reminds them of Bali. We often see people running back to their locker to grab their phones to take photos.

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PATH TAKEN ... Brisbanebred author Felicity Volk; and her book Desire Lines, Hachette, $33, out now.

Felicity Volk found bliss while penning her latest book — an epic love story Andrea Macleod

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he opening quote to awardwinning author Felicity Volk’s new work Desire Lines is from the American writer Muriel Strode.

It goes: “I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.”

The quote is integral to this epic love story spanning time and place – Felicity spent time in the Arctic Circle as part of her research for the novel – and it reflects a line of inquiry set deep within Felicity’s own history.

“Those words have spoken to me over

many years in the way that we have motifs in our lives,” Felicity says over the phone from her home in Canberra.

“That one, for me, is the sense that the heart is leading us in one direction but that it is not necessarily the path set out before us.”

A career diplomat and the daughter of two poets, Felicity studied English Literature at the University of Queensland but later, as a result of what she refers to as “societal pressure”, went against her own desire and did Arts-Law instead.

“I know in my heart of hearts the place

I feel most at home is writing fiction. The year I had off to write Desire Lines was the happiest year of my life and one of those times I felt I was really comfortable in my skin – it was so blissful,” she says.

It’s easy to imagine when Felicity describes the process.

“We have three family bunnies and their cages are right beside me and they were breeding that year so I was writing with rabbit kits on my lap and a sense of being in this nourishing space … the sun on my back coming through the sliding door, the kids at school and pouring tea from an

old battered teapot I got off Gumtree.”

It’s all a far cry from the ice-cold adventures and deep recesses where secrets dwell that inspired the novel.

Desire Lines, which follows Felicity’s award-winning short stories and first novel Lightning (2013), is dedicated to the idea of place and, says Felicity, “the way we bury and resurrect things within ourselves”.

The central theme of the novel, the burying of Australian seeds in a frozen mountain vault in the Arctic Circle, echoes Felicity’s own sentiment that we “seed” ourselves in ways and that we can become trapped just as we can be held “in suspension” until we are ready to shift.

Felicity, who spent much of her teenage years in and around Indooroopilly when her father was deputy headmaster at St Peters Lutheran College, has put down roots in many cities and been in many roles. She works for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is the former director of the Ambassador for Women and Girls Office.

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Waiters finesse the place settings at SK Steak and Oyster; the ocean-fresh fare.

Now you sea it Calling all lobster lovers – you’ll definitely want to try the degustation at this posh Valley newcomer Tony Harper

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emember Elliott Gould in Ocean’s 11? He plays Reuben Tishkoff – a wealthy, displaced casino owner.

The scene with Brad Pitt and George Clooney trying to secure his backing is set poolside in this luxe, low-set Californian residence. Gould does the whole thing in a bathrobe, giant sunglasses and four kilos of bling around his neck. Priceless.

That’s the vibe at SK Steak and Oyster – high-end California cool. Much of which comes from the pared-back, simple quality of the Calile Hotel and its peripheries, of which SK is a part. But the steakhouse has played on the retro feel of the building, reinventing the best of the 1970s and early ’80s food scenes and popping them smack bang into its glorious, busy, burgher-filled setting.

There’s a lobster menu on the day I visit – of course there is – and it’s $85 per person.

That seems ridiculously underpriced to me.

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tail instead of prawns and a very good cocktail sauce. Then, tartare laden with fennel; risotto (unexpectedly, the best dish of the day); and a grilled half-crustacean.

All of it comes out at an exact pace. It’s enough to satisfy hunger but also plied with sufficient lobster meat to validate the whole idea and neuter any guesswork as to why lobster is so prized. This is good produce, well handled.

A smashing bottle of Beru chablis ($165) and an even better trocken riesling from Kuhling Gillot ($170) are our mid-range picks from a rather comprehensive wine list.

We try a steak, just to do our homework – 350g rib, plus fries, a salad, condiments and a bowl of mashed potato complete with (you guessed it) chunks of lobster and a decadent bisque. Goodness.

Steaks can run to a lot of money at SK (more, it seems, than lobster), thanks to a prominently displayed dry-ageing cabinet hung with all sorts of cuts. It’s $200 for half a kilo of Kiwami wagyu sirloin and

the same for a kilo (you’d need six people, surely?) of Black Angus T-bone aged for 35 days. Our steak is terrific, the fries less so.

Which brings me to the fly in the ointment.

So much effort has gone into the setting, the impeccable service (which never falters), the expansive wine list and the lavish menu. Why then are the fries merely OK? Reuben Tishkoff would throw them in the pool.

In a lesser setting I would forgive, perhaps not even notice, this blip.

Somewhere in the suburbs perhaps, or somewhere aiming far lower. But two days later I’m in a subterranean French restaurant with fries that scintillate. And I can’t help but compare.

In the end it simply comes down to numbers and how to please most of the people most of the time. Which SK can do with its eyes closed. Partly because it’s in the right place, partly the impeccable service, but mostly because it’s a restaurant, with a theme, done incredibly well.

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GREEN MANGO SALAD, SALTWATER SCALLOPS, SCAMPI CAVIAR Ingredients 15g sea salt 12 Hervey Bay scallops 2 green mangoes, peeled and julienned 1 small bunch basil, leaves shredded ¼ bunch mint leaves, leaves shredded 5 Vietnamese mint, sliced 1 long red chilli, sliced 1tbs fried shallots 1tbs crushed roasted peanuts 3tsp scampi caviar

In a pickle Chef Alastair McLeod reveals how to prolong the pleasure of mango season

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ontrol of our sun-kissed Bowen mango crop is a conundrum we face each summer. A lovely problem you would think, right? We wait for fruit to start to blush, foil the frustrated fruit bats, hand-pick and wrap each piece of fruit in newspaper to ripen.

We would conservatively pick 100 mangoes each year.

We could realistically eat half a dozen each week in our house. That leaves a huge surfeit. Our new border collie puppy has a unique puppy fixation with eating mangoes to such a degree that we thought we had a bat problem. But no, it was our vegetarian rescue pup. I digress.

The answer is preservation. We pickle, ferment and make chutney from the green ones and enjoy this salad that is like a kiss and a slap. Problem solved.

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Method Dissolve salt in ½ litre of cold water, pour over scallops and refrigerate overnight. The next day, drain scallops and pat dry then cut each into two thin discs. Next combine green mango, herbs, chilli, fried shallots and 3tbs of dressing.

Toss well, transfer to a plate or shallow bowl and garnish with scallops, crushed peanuts and scampi caviar. Serves 4 Dressing 60ml fish sauce 60ml rice vinegar 2tbs sugar 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 bird’s eye chilli, thinly sliced 2tbs lime juice Method Combine fish sauce, vinegar, sugar and 125ml of water in a saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir well and cook until just before boiling point is reached, then remove from the heat and allow to cool. Add garlic, chilli and lime juice.

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GOING OUT

Sorry tale It’s funny how Alex Ward feels the need to apologise when she’s such a natural at stand-up comedy

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lex Ward can’t stop saying sorry.

She doesn’t mind admitting it’s a “genuine issue” in her life and she’s looking forward to talking about it on stage at this year’s Brisbane Comedy Festival.

“I think a lot of people experience this actually,” she tells Brisbane News. “In my case it’s reached the point where if I bump into a table I’ll say sorry.”

One of Australia’s fastest rising stars of comedy, the 30-year-old, who hails from Ipswich but now lives in Melbourne, is looking forward to returning to Brisbane for the event. She says it’s her favourite festival and she loves performing at the Powerhouse.

Having recently returned from a holiday in Vietman with her mother, the comedian is also keen to offload about “the pain of that”.

“She decided to talk about menopause for two weeks straight,” Alex says.

“I loved the country, but Mum just became obsessed with finding a dry wine.

I told her they had some of the cheapest beers but she wanted a dry wine.

“Mum is the funniest person you will ever meet, but she has no idea that she’s funny.”

Alex, who is also a writer for Network 10’s The Project, didn’t set out to be a

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comedian. A former student at Kenmore State High School, she later graduated from QUT with a graphic design degree and worked as a freelancer before she discovered stand up six years ago.

“I had a few friends of my brother’s who were doing it and they said I should give it a go,” she explains. “Someone put my name down for stand up one night at The Boundary Hotel, in West End, and I actually found I loved it.

“I kept doing it and then I moved to Melbourne and it just took off.

“Two years ago someone from The Project saw me perform and approached me to work for the show.

“Now I love writing as much as the stand up. If I didn’t write for TV I’d be sitting on the couch watching TV. Even though someone else is delivering my jokes I still get the glory inside and the recognition is that they don’t fire me.”

Looking back, Alex thinks she was always destined to be a comedian.

Growing up as the middle child in a family with two brothers, she would often put on shows for them.

“I don’t know where I got it from,” she says.

“I just loved to tell stories and to make people laugh. I probably enjoyed it a little too much because I loved the validation it gave me.”

She says she visits Brisbane three times a year to catch up with family, and she enjoys going to the beach.

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MOVING PICTURES … (clockwise from main) Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi’s Muliera men’s design; Laurie Nilsen’s Running the gauntlet and Dollar Dilemma.

Birds of a feather Works by two of our finest indigenous artists dovetail in an important new exhibition Phil Brown

Laurie Nilsen is one of our most influential contemporary indigenous artists and a mini-survey of his work is welcome indeed.

And it’s so entertaining. There’s a vitality at work in the exhibition Laurie Nilsen – One Day at a Time, now showing at Fireworks Gallery in Bowen Hills.

Here and there is humour too. And who doesn’t love his emus? Look at his Running the gauntlet, a bluish emu in pastel and acrylic, and you are looking at the artist’s totem. You’ll notice a line of barbed wire in the background and that’s a reference to his sculptural practice. Nilsen’s emus made of barbed wire are legendary. “I realised I needed to put the barbed wire into the painting, harking back to the same context as the emu sculptures,” he writes in a small

didactic label accompanying the work.

There are a number of emu works among others showcasing the past 20 years. This exhibition also includes a series of his fish trap works based on the sort of traditional fishing nets often seen in museums. There are also works from his Dollar Dilemma series which critiques the Aboriginal flag and issues around its commercialisation and ownership.

I do love his prints too and the elegant Emu Dancers from 2001.

Nilsen is a founding member of the influential Campfire Group and a founding member of the proppaNOW Artists Collective. Meanwhile, upstairs is a stunning collection of the work of the late Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi, a Papunya

artist whose colourful and striking art explores Aboriginal culture and spirituality. This collection comprises 13 artworks including four classic Western Desert-style paintings. Alongside are four major collaborative paintings with Campfire Group artists including Richard Bell, Joanne Currie, Michael Eather (the gallery director) and Laurie Nilsen.

This is a powerful exhibition and the cumulative effect of the work of both artists being shown in the gallery at the same time is impressive and quite moving.

Laurie Nilsen – One Day at a Time; Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi (PCT) Tribute Collection, until Mar 21, Fireworks Gallery, Bowen Hills, free admission. fireworksgallery.com.au

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FILM

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (M) hhhkj Director Edward Norton Starring Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin A detective with Tourette syndrome stumbles upon a far-reaching political conspiracy in Edward Norton’s East Coast answer to Chinatown.

New York from the ’50s is lovingly recreated as a backdrop for the writer/ producer/director/star’s stylish, neo-noir crime thriller.

Billy Rose’s (Robert Ray Wisdom) down-at-heel Harlem jazz bar, in particular, stands out. And the scene in which Lionel Essrog (Norton) finds himself involuntarily scatting to Michael Kenneth Williams’ smoking trumpet player is one of the highlights of the film.

There isn’t a name yet for the hero’s twitching, expletive-spitting affliction, which he explains in a voice-over in the opening sequence, moments before a job goes tragically awry.

“I got somethin’ wrong with my head.

That’s the first thing to know. It’s like having glass in the brain. I can’t stop pickin’ things apart, twisting ’em around, reassembling ’em. Words and sounds, especially. It’s like an itch that has to be scratched.”

Essrog’s friend and mentor Frank Minna (Bruce Willis) is the only person who really gets him. So when his boss is gunned down in broad daylight, Essrog is determined to find out who is responsible.

Although he is soon in way over his head, Essrog’s affliction means his adversaries tend to underestimate him – along with his photographic memory.

Trawling the slums and bars of New

NO STONE UNTURNED ... Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Edward Norton star in Motherless Brooklyn.

York for clues, the lone operator finds mounting evidence of a systematic abuse of power in which poor and marginalised communities are forcibly evicted by urban developers.

Alec Baldwin’s powerful city bureaucrat, Moses Randolph, and his offsider (William Lieberman) are clearly implicated.

As the body count mounts, the dogged private investigator races against time to

solve the puzzle. Where does the classy, African-America social justice campaigner Laura Rose (a scene-stealing Gugu Mbatha-Raw) fit in? And what is Willem Dafoe’s hungry rabble rouser hiding?

As an actor, Norton might have been better served by another director – while his performance is strong and empathetic, it’s not as consistent as it might have been had he been wearing fewer hats.

THE INVISIBLE MAN (MA15+) hhhjj Director Leigh Whannell Starring Elisabeth Moss, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge You’d think Elisabeth Moss would have had her fill of pitiless patriarchal oppression after three seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Yet here she is again, being brutalised by faceless aggressors, digging deep into her DNA to, well if not thrive, then at least adapt and survive.

This contemporary adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1897 sci-fi novel tackles domestic violence from the perspective of a B-horror movie. Australian director Leigh Whannell’s version of The Invisible Man opens with an arresting sequence in which a terrified Cecilia Cass (Moss) flees an abusive relationship in the dead of night – she has temporarily immobilised her violent, controlling partner, the brilliant scientist Adrian Griffin (Oliver JacksonCohen), with sleeping pills.

Supported by her sister, Alice (Dyer) and their childhood friend James (Hodge), Cecilia hides out deep in the ’burbs.

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Elisabeth Moss tries her best in The Invisible Man. relationship that it takes her six months to get as far as the letter box. When Cecilia receives the unexpected news that Adrian is dead, she should be relieved.

But her sixth sense tells her that there’s something fishy about her ex’s suicide, and those suspicions are only fuelled by Adrian’s multimillion-dollar bequeath, which comes with a couple of disquieting

caveats. When things go bump in the night, Cecilia becomes convinced that her ex – an optics specialist – has found a way to make himself invisible in order to continue his campaign of terror.

Cecilia’s well-meaning inner circle is convinced her fears are all in her head. As are the authorities – who arrest her for the murder of her sister. But since she – and we

And even though the film clocks in at 144 minutes, some of the plot twists and turns still feel a little rushed.

But Norton’s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel is clearly a passion project and that emotional involvement tells – in the story, the pacing and the performances.

A compelling crime drama enriched by a powerful historical subtext.

– know very early on that her adversary really does exist, the psychological horror of Cecilia’s plight doesn’t get much cinematic traction.

That puts an awful lot of weight on a physical relationship with someone who isn’t really there.

Moss is good at conveying complex internal emotions, but The Invisible Man doesn’t give her enough to work with.

Adrian is so thinly drawn, he’s more of an absence than a presence even before he disappears.

Compounding the problem is a lack of spatial awareness.

The Invisible Man’s fight sequences teeter on the edge of absurdity – at times, the actors have as little sense of where the villain is as the characters do, they flail about wildly in an effort to connect.

Loosely inspired by James Whale’s 1933 classic, the film gets caught in an uneasy no man’s land somewhere between its monster origins and classy psychological thrillers such as Gaslight.

Moss’s determined performance and Whannell’s proficiency with classic horror tropes eventually get the job done.

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The campaign calls on over 240,000 mental health carers across Australia to become visible. “We want them to join us and shine a light on the carer stories and in turn help carers to become visible” says Arafmi CEO, Irene Clelland.

Recent research undertaken by Arafmi Ltd of over 250 carers shows that 97% of carers are stressed and 87% of mental health carers feel they have no time for themselves.

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Emporium Hotel South Bank ushered in 2020 with a 1920s-themed soiree complete with tuxedo-clad DJs playing trumpets and a performance from Opera Queensland. Guests enjoyed Mooloolaba king prawns, Borrowdale pork and Darling Downs wagyu washed down with Perrier Jouet champagne.

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MATILDA AWARDS New Farm The red carpet was rolled out for Queensland’s stars of the stage at Brisbane Powerhouse for the industry’s night of nights, the 2019 Matilda Awards.

The spotlight shone brightly on Brisbane’s Shake & Stir Theatre Co, which picked up three awards, including the coveted Gold Matilda in recognition of its body of work since forming in 2006.

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House of fun A top designer brings warmth, character and a good dollop of pizzazz to a six-bedroom stunner by the river Tonya Turner

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AT HOME MOODY HUES … (clockwise from main) Grey tones soothe in the master bedroom; Georgia Wilson’s Danger Hydrangea stars in the dining room; a sunny oasis; the formal lounge, where an Ali McNabney-Stevens painting supplies a burst of colour.

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dding colour, character and personality to a home is what Brisbane interior designer Darren James does best.

When he was approached by a family of four to bring their brand new riverside home in Tennyson to life, he used their love of florals as a starting point and weaved this throughout the spaces with large artworks, soft furnishings and rugs, while maintaining a contemporary edge.

After building the home of their dreams, the family of four – a couple with two high-school aged children – couldn’t help but feel something was missing.

They loved the open spaces, the views across the river to a golf course and of the city skyline, the river gums and the tranquil setting, but inside there was still work to be done.

“We realised that although we had achieved our goals regarding the build, we needed help with making the space feel real, liveable, inviting and comfortable – a home,” the owner says.

Enter Darren, who focused on spatial planning and injecting colour and personality into the large abode.

“Part of the challenge of this home was its size,” Darren says.

“It had six bedrooms, two dining rooms, four lounging spaces, two sitting areas as well as multiple bathrooms and large outdoor areas. The size of the home along

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BIG AND BOLD … (clockwise from main) The home progresses from formal through to more casual living areas; a Kerry Armstong painting brightens the powder room; views of nature abound. darrenjames.com.au Photography: Cathy Schusler

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with the very neutral palette made it feel cold, vast and impersonal.”

Darren tackled these issues by zoning spaces with carefully selected furniture and creating a mix of formal, casual and intimate spaces. The formal areas at the entry of the home were given a lighter and brighter feel, with the spaces becoming more casual as you progress through.

Meanwhile, floral artworks by Ali McNabney-Stevens, Georgia Wilson and Kerry Armstrong, along with bright accent pieces, were selected to instil vibrancy and colour into the rooms. To balance this, mostly simple and modern European designed furniture was chosen.

“It was a fun, innovative project which allowed us to introduce colour, comfort and textural qualities into the client’s existing spaces,” Darren says.

One of the family’s favourite spaces in the home is the sitting area adjacent to the kitchen, looking out over the pool and across the river. “We use it all the time. It is perfect for a coffee on a quiet morning, a quick catch up drink with friends of an afternoon, a homework space and a place of rest for our labrador,” the owner says.

“We have hosted many celebrations here, including family birthdays that have been largely informal events, kids tubing on the river or otherwise in the pool or media room, and adults with a drink enjoying the river and city skyline.”

In the master bedroom and parent retreat, a moodier colour palette of grey and burgundy tones was selected to reflect more of an evening space and create a feeling of escape from the main areas of the home.

“We can’t imagine ever leaving, but one day the house will be too big for just the two of us,” the owner says.

Indoor greenery celebrates the home’s natural light and further enhances its connection to the outdoor spaces.

“Darren helped us to make our stunning build a warm and welcoming, yet stylish and modern, beautiful home,” the owner says. “Home is our sanctuary, a place where we can be together or on our own, where we are safe and loved.”

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ower levels of new stock entering Brisbane’s apartment market is a sign buyers should look at investing sooner rather than later.

According to Place Advisory’s latest December quarterly Brisbane apartment report, Place Advisory director Lachlan Walker said developments had continued to slowly sell out with very few new developments entering the market.

“Brisbane’s inner-Brisbane apartment market is experiencing what is known as a trough before we start heading back up to the peak,” Mr Walker said.

“Fortunately for the Brisbane apartment market, we are seeing positive buyer sentiment, increased buying or selling expectations, planned infrastructure and increased population growth driving the market upwards, towards a peak.”

The report showed 160 unconditional transactions were recorded for the December quarter 2019, totalling about $120 million worth of apartment sales, in line with this time last year.

Mr Walker said the results showed the market had “stabilised”.

“There’s no more going backwards,” he said. “The new supply coming is very limited as we sell through balanced stock. Supply creates growth, rental growth and price growth.

“For those looking to purchase in 12 months’ time, or enter the rental market, they could end up paying a bit more.

The rental market might be a squeeze.”

With REIQ recently reporting that

apartment vacancy had fallen below 2 per cent for the first time since 2012, Mr Walker said it was Brisbane’s “time to shine”.

“We haven’t seen this sort of growth for eight years,” Mr Walker said.

He said new developments including Queens Wharf – a new world-class integrated resort development – and the Cross River Rail project would be a “game changer” for Brisbane.

“The overall precinct and project, will bring international travellers to Brisbane.

It will give the Brisbane city a destination point,” Mr Walker said.

“They are predicted to act as drivers for both international and interstate migration, apartment demand and job growth in Brisbane during 2020.”

Meanwhile, this month’s CoreLogic Property Pulse report said unit approvals since 2015 had been moderating in response to subdued capital growth performance. The latest quarter of data showed approvals were 46 per cent below the decade average of approvals.

CoreLogic’s Head of Research Eliza Owen said this meant the delivery of new units across Queensland was likely to be subdued over 2020. CoreLogic project data suggested unit completions across Brisbane over 2020 would average about 4000 per quarter, reflecting the longterm average.

One Bulimba Riverfront by Velocity Property Group features apartments, penthouses and townhouses.

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landmark project at West End is coming to life with construction on a unique shopping, dining and residential development well under way.

The first stage of Montague Markets & Residences is due to be completed by spring 2020.

The new lifestyle destination is the latest component of Pradella’s visionary $1 billion Riverside West End, a masterplanned community that takes pride of place on the riverfront at West End peninsula.

Montague Markets & Residences will feature 180 apartments with panoramic city and suburban views, laneway culture, a full-line Woolworths supermarket, urban retailers and a range of inspiring public spaces.

The first stage of 90 apartments and the retail and dining precinct are expected to be completed around September, bringing the best of West End together under one roof.

Pradella director Kim Pradella said Montague Markets would provide much needed convenient shopping, dining and entertainment opportunities for the fast growing and sought-after riverfront region of West End. “Construction of both the retail and residential elements is proceeding well and we are delighted to see this new landmark project for West End coming to life,” Mr Pradella said.

“Montague Markets & Residences will deliver a new level of sophistication to a premier inner-city address and will appeal to discerning buyers seeking an exceptional

lifestyle with the added convenience of all the day-to-day services they need,” he said.

The new Woolworths supermarket – the first to open in West End – will anchor the retail precinct, complemented by around 15 specialty shops including a BWS, alfresco dining and a vibrant 1200 sqm landscaped public plaza.

Located just 3km from the Brisbane CBD, Montague Markets will be highly accessible with 290 underground carpark bays, pedestrian and cycling paths and bike storage facilities.

The apartments will include a mix of one, two and three-bedroom homes with premium finishes, seamless indoor and outdoor living spaces, and spacious entertainer kitchens. Residences will also have access to an exceptional range of exclusive resort-style facilities.

Montague Markets & Residences is Pradella’s 20th project in West End and has been carefully designed to blend with other residential elements of the 5.3ha Riverside West End community that have already been completed.

Montague Markets & Residences has already received strong interest from buyers with one-bedroom apartments priced from $429,000, two-bedroom apartments starting at $620,000 and three-bedroom residences from $925,000.

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uyers wanting modern lowmaintenance apartments and townhouses are turning to a popular riverfront development with a focus on flexible family spaces.

With only one town house and a few apartments available at ONE Bulimba

Riverfront, developer Velocity Property Group is leading the refinement of the luxury downsizer demographic. Tracy Carmody and her husband Simon recently moved into their four-bedroom apartment with water views and could not be happier with the decision to downsize.

With two teenagers, the couple had enough of maintaining a big backyard at their Morningside property, and were paying

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someone to mow and clean their swimming pool. “We’re on one level now, and the kids are happy,” Mrs Carmody said.

“Living on the water is amazing. You never get sick of the view. It’s like always being on holidays.”

Velocity Property Group national sales director Caroline Humbert said they identified clear buying needs and expectations within the downsizing demographic, as well as seeing the emergence of a younger downsizing group seeking more flexible family spaces.

Ms Humbert said Velocity was continuously refining its developments to accommodate the specific needs of this segmented group, to ensure they were tailored to suit buyers.

“An incredible location, such as Brisbane’s north-facing, absolute riverfront that the buyers experience at ONE Bulimba Riverfront, is not enough on its own to deliver a wonderful lifestyle any more,” she said. “One of the strongest needs we have refined and offer at ONE Bulimba Riverfront is functional luxury.

“The highest quality kitchens, finishes and bathrooms are expected from this market, but so is great, highly-functional design that is intuitive to the way these buyers want to live and move around their new homes.

“Luxury downsizers also expect residences that will anticipate their needs now, in areas

such as wide living spaces connected to deep balconies, a great apartment flow, abundant storage and good space in at least three bedrooms.

“But they also expect that their home will be flexible enough to anticipate the need for possibly repurposing rooms such as changing a media room to a home office or gym or to accommodate small changes throughout the residence if their health requires it in the future.”

Ms Humbert said luxury downsizers also sought private and secluded places both within their home and in relation to how the other apartments and town homes are placed around them within the community.

“This is so they can participate in the creation of a like-minded community when they choose, but retreat to their spacious sanctuary when they seek privacy.

“As the trend to de-clutter and simplify our lifestyles continues, we are also seeing a younger downsizer or active re-sizer emerge, with children who are teenagers, but who no longer desire a large or high-maintenance home.

“These buyers prefer a great location where they can spend quality time together enjoying the premium on-site facilities maintained by body-corporate and enjoy restaurants and parks nearby that fulfil their need for space, shared experiences and external gratification when they need or choose it.”

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six-storey tower with 35 apartments fronting the lush parklands of Yeerongpilly Green has been architecturally designed to embrace the outdoor lifestyle.

Park House is part of the new riverside precinct at Yeerongpilly and features three luxurious penthouses, perfect for owneroccupiers.

Colliers International director of residential Andrew Scriven said the penthouses had three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-car garage priced from $975,000.

Featuring large balconies, cross ventilation, premium finishes and European appliances, the development has been designed to suit buyers at every stage of their life.

Mr Scriven said stage one of Yeerongpilly Green was targeted at local downsizers.

“Park House has seen the highest amount of interest across all product for sale as part of stage one,” he said.

“To date, we’ve sold a dozen apartments including a penthouse and a selection of two and three-bedroom homes – not surprisingly, all

have been purchased by owner occupiers with half of the group indicating they were downsizing.

“We’re very much aligned with the intended target market with all purchasers having come from the local Brisbane area, except for one who came from the Sunshine Coast.

“This has also been very clear through the high level of inquiry we’ve seen, with the majority matching the same demographic as well.”

Mr Scriven said Park House was the precinct’s most luxurious and spacious apartment offering, with direct and uninterrupted views across the parkland.

He said a drawcard for buyers was the village lifestyle.

“In addition to owning a luxurious riverside home, buyers have access to 1.2ha of surrounding parklands and nearby amenity such as the Brisbane Golf Club, the Queensland Tennis Centre, the Brisbane River loop and doorstop rail connections to the CBD and beyond,” Mr Scriven said.

“The village will also be home to a dining and leisure precinct, Woolworths supermarket, boutique cinema, fitness centre and medical hub – all of these ingredients together make for a home that’s completely one of a kind in Brisbane. There’s quite literally nothing else like it available”.

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uyers can pick up an exclusive sky suite in one of Brisbane’s newest developments without having to pay a million-dollar price tag.

The suites, with never-tobe-built-out views, are part of the Lume development at Kangaroo Point and are a first for Brisbane, according to Murray Thornton, the managing director of Devcorp, the scheme’s developer.

“Rooms hired for private use in rooftop spaces is nothing new, but the exclusive use of a rooftop space that is listed on your title, with these kinds of views, is unheard of for Brisbane,” he said.

Mr Thornton said the multifunctional

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suites, which could be used as office workspaces, rumpus rooms or swish retreats, were setting the benchmark for luxury rooftop living spaces.

“The idea seeks to capitalise on the premium rooftop location at Lume, which has some of the best views of Brisbane’s CBD,” Mr Thornton said.

“What was originally drawn up as space allocated to airconditioning condenser units was reconfigured to allow for seven exclusiveuse rooms, available to buy in conjunction with any of our luxury apartments.”

Mr Thornton said he wanted to give those who buy an apartment in Lume the opportunity to own a piece of the view that sets the building apart from other developments on the market.

He said the suites are fully functional, multiuse spaces fitted with spotted-gum flooring, floor-to-ceiling double-glazed doors, kitchenettes, a premium wine fridge and plenty of storage.

“The spaces have been designed to cater to the needs of a range of demographics – they are multifaceted rooms,” Mr Thornton said.

“The sky suites could provide a family with an additional rumpus room, or a semi-retired downsizer or business owner with a home office.

The sky suites are available to anyone who has purchased one of the one- to threebedroom apartments in the Lume complex and will be sold via expressions of interest from mid-March.

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angaroo Point’s recently completed development Lume embraces vertical living in an urban-style environment.

Home to 115 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, Lume by Devcorp is positioned at the pinnacle of Kangaroo Point with the city on its doorstep.

With resort-style amenities available to residents, Lume is marketed at time poor, modern buyers who want convenience at their doorstep.

Devcorp sales manager Brittany Anstey said the last couple of years had seen a significant shift in the interests of buyers, with the concept of the vertical village truly taking flight in Brisbane.

“For our buyers, location is no longer the provider of accessibility to amenities, rather, location is reserved purely for views and proximity,” Ms Anstey said.

“The demand lies with the building to provide any and everything else. Buyers of

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this calibre are incredibly discerning – they want contemporary spaces that promote all the luxuries of urban living.”

Boasting a rooftop oasis, Lume features a community terrace of social spaces, with outdoor dining and lounge areas warmed by a rooftop firepit.

Ms Anstey said residents could celebrate Brisbane’s subtropical climate on a rooftop that redefined “rec deck” – the glass-edged pool and private sky lounge providing resort-style luxuries on the wish list of the modern buyer.

First to settle and move in to Lume were Peter and Sandra Van Brucken, who packed

up their home in New Zealand to start a new life in the Kangaroo Point development.

Mr Van Brucken said: “The whole building is finished to the standard of a luxury hotel.

The amenities change our home from just an apartment to something so much more”.

Critical to the vertical living concept, Lume also features a collection of unprecedented health and wellness facilities including an athletes-grade gymnasium, yoga floor, restoration zone and steam room.

On the ground floor there is a cafe – Teneriffe favourite Wilde Kitchen – which opened earlier this month.

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evcorp’s newest development at Kangaroo Point pays homage to the areas natural landforms with its iconic exterior.

The warm ochre colours of Brisbane’s famous Kangaroo Point cliffs were the inspiration for the colour palette of Kangaroo Point’s luxury residential development.

The decision to “go gold” gave Cox Rayner

Architects (in collaboration with Kris Kowalski Architects) the opportunity to create a new look – a standout building among its more conservative counterparts.

Reflecting on the decision, lead architect Casey Vallance said: “There’s a beautiful moment in the afternoon where the sun glances across the facade of the building, the warm ochre tones and the glow of the gold

just draw you in. Because the cliffs are such a strong and dominant part of this precinct, we really wanted to draw upon those colour palattes.”

The nod to Kangaroo Point continues throughout the building, with spotted gum timber accents and brass fittings in the lobby through to the natural finishes and colour palettes featured in each individual apartment.

Mr Vallance said Lume’s striking exterior

followed the growing demand for luxury to bleed out to streetscape of a building.

Devcorp’s sales manager Brittany Anstey said buyers of this calibre wanted their homes to be a talking point that sat above the white and grey box shaped units which no longer satisfied Brisbane’s owner occupier market.

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Phil Brown I started reminiscing about two of my Holdens but completely forgot about my third. That’s because it was a Gemini. I felt rather ashamed ...

The recent axing of Holden brought the memories flooding back. Those of us who have owned Holdens immediately started reminiscing.

Memory is a funny thing though.

I started reminiscing about two of my Holdens but completely forgot about my third. That’s because it was a Gemini. I felt rather ashamed of tootling around in it because a Gemini wasn’t a very manly car.

But I sing the praises of my other two until the cows come home. My first car was a weird little black bomb, an Isuzu Bellett, which was pretty obscure.

My second was a Holden, an HD station wagon, a real surfie car.

It was blue and white and it was my pride

and joy. Not long after buying it I drove it to Sydney. I took a gap year and spent part of it in the Emerald City working as a brickie’s labourer for my uncle. True story.

It took me a couple of days to get to Sydney, stopping to surf along the way.

When I arrived something was obviously wrong with the car. Luckily my cousin’s husband was a mechanic and he took a look at it. “When was the last time you put oil in it?” he asked me. “Oil?” I replied, puzzled.

Being a surfie rather than a petrolhead, I didn’t know much about cars. Anyway we filled it up and it was all good.

My uncle lived at Belrose and we worked all around the northern beaches. When I knocked off at 3pm every day I would

strap my surfboard on the car and drive to wherever the surf was best with music blaring from the cassette player – David Bowie, Steve Miller Band, Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, that sort of thing.

That wagon went on a lot of surf trips and served as a room for the night occasionally. I recall a rain-sodden visit to the legendary northern New South Wales surf spot of Angourie when three of us slept in the back on top of all our gear.

I freakin’ loved that car and was awfully sad when the tailgate developed terminal rust. It ended up at the wrecking yard but I got straight back on the horse, so to speak.

I bought myself another HD, a sedan this time. I loved those bench seats and the look

of the beast. My sedan was white with red board racks and surf shop stickers on the back window.

Cool huh? But eventually that one died too and then, traitor that I was, I switched to Ford.

I got myself another surf wagon, a 1971 Ford Falcon XY model. It was blue and white like my HD station wagon. I had that car when I lived in Rockhampton and I drove all over the countryside in it and had the speeding tickets to prove it.

Ah, the memories!

Later I got that Gemini, which I am trying to forget. I mean, hell, it was a chick’s car. Can you even say that nowadays?

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Six-star attraction boasts

premier spot Stunning santuary offers breathtaking city views Equipped with six bedrooms and four bathrooms, this stately Georgian manor sits high above the city in its ridgetop estate.

Set back from the street to ensure seclusion, the stunning sanctuary sits at the end of a sweeping driveway punctuated by established gardens, towering trees and expanses of emerald green lawns.

A formal lounge bathed in natural light is situated to the right of the ground floor, and includes a two-way fireplace which

links through to the adjoining formal dining room.

The Wyer + Craw kitchen, centred to the left of the dining and lounge areas, includes marble benchtops, soft-close drawers, custom handpainted cabinetry, cottage sink, Bertazzoni stovetop and oven, integrated Miele dishwasher and its own dedicated fireplace.

The same level also includes an office, two plush guest suites – one with an ensuite – and a fourth living/media room.

A second main suite equipped with ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and private patio is also located on this level.

Upstairs, three bedrooms are each embellished with individualised wallpapers

PULLENVALE 131 Pullenvale Rd Land: 1ha Inspect: By appointment Agent: Josephine Johnston-Rowell, Johnston Dixon Quality Property; ph: 3858 8888 or 0414 233 575 For sale: By negotiation

granting each their own distinctive look.

The distinguished main suite is an expansive space complemented by a decadent ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and balcony that looks east across the pool to the rural and city scape beyond.

Other features of the property’s interior include an eight-car showroom-style garage and sprawling refrigerated wine room. Outside, a covered terrace, tennis pavilion and tennis court make the most of the expansive grounds.

“The estate also offers fast access to both coasts, the airport and areas to the west,” Johnston Dixon Quality Property agent Josephine Johnston-Rowell says.

Hamptons theme awaits This deluxe, customised rebuild brings Hampton-style living to the heart of Clayfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Themed with subtle elegance in mind and exquisite attention to detail, luxury emanates from the masterpiece house in the form of design and superlative fittings and furnishings,â&#x20AC;? Ray White Brisbane CBD Residential agent Julian Gardner says.

Upstairs, an open-plan kitchen

CLAYFIELD 49 Creswick St Land: 622sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Julian Gardner, Ray White Brisbane CBD Residential; ph: 3231 1000 or 0419 196 412 For sale: By negotiation

showcases a large island stone bench, bathed in natural light via oak engineered sky lights.

A saltwater pool and gas-heated jet spa also feature outside.

Water vistas are on offer Surrounded by gum trees and with views across to Lake Samsonvale, this property offers something for everyone.

Split into two expansive titles, the opportunity for new owners to sell one parcel of land and continue enjoying the other is also an option.

The executive-retreat-style residence is wrapped by a covered veranda, keeping things cool in summer and allowing the freedom of external access and a leafy outlook from most rooms.

High raked timber ceilings throughout the open-plan kitchen, living and dining space provide a sense of grandeur.

An updated modern kitchen includes 40mm stone benchtops, Miele appliances and an attached granite dining table.

Three bedrooms all include built-in wardrobes, with the main bedroom featuring an ensuite and floor-to-ceiling glass exterior walls that offer views of the surrounding leafy outlook.

Upstairs, there is an additional fourth bedroom as well as an office, a large main bathroom with full-length bathtub plus a 1000-bottle wine cellar.

Ray White Ascot agent Ian Cuneo says

that this property presents the ultimate opportunity for a relaxed family lifestyle, with a multitude of features both inside and outside the residence.

“Enjoy a social game of tennis then a dip in the pool followed by a barbecue with friends and family on the 8m by 8m covered deck, which overlooks the leafy surrounds through to Lake Samsonvale,” he says.

“This much-loved home is ready for its new family, be quick for this.”

WHITESIDE 91 Whiteside Rd Land: 1.13ha Inspect: Today (Wed, Mar 4), 6.30-7pm; Friday (Mar 6), 2-2.30pm; Saturday (Mar 7), 2-3pm Agent: Ian Cuneo, Ray White Ascot; ph: 3868 7500 or 0416 139 656 Auction: On site, March 14, 3.30pm

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A Rural Escape — On Brisbane’s Door Step ‘Tyromagh’, 1150 Mount Mee Road, Mount Mee, South East Queensland • Superbly located on beautiful rich, fertile soil between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast — ideal escape to the country • 100% usable — 23.47ha* (58* acres) of rolling hills • 2 dams, 1 spring-fed and spring-fed creek at the rear of the property • Well understocked and currently carrying 25 head of cattle • Traditional Queenslander over 100 year old home — meticulously maintained • Owner is committed to the sale of this property

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Rural

456.1* Acres Still with Over 1,100mm Rainfall Last Year in One of the Driest on Record ‘Hilltop’ and ‘Oceanview’, Dorrigo, NSW • ‘Hilltop’ 102.6ha* (253.4* acres) and ‘Oceanview’ 82.07ha* (202.7* acres) in adjoining farms • 100”* long term average rainfall, multiple spring fed dams, permanent flowing creek and 12ML licence • Basalt soils, improved pastures and temperate climate suitable for dairy, beef or horticulture • 6 bdm plus office (‘Oceanview’) and 4 bdm (‘Hilltop’) homes, 9 a side computerised dairy, multiple sheds • Currently milking 170–180 cows with a base milk price of 69c/L and opportunity to increase production After 4 generations and 96 years of productive dairying on the Dorrigo Plateau, health issues necessitate a sale.

Auction Friday 27 March 11am Heritage Hotel, Dorrigo To be Auctioned Individually Video Online Rory Birt 0403 913 527 John O’Leary 0412 948 700

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Rural

Over 100 Years In The Family, 15min* Bellingen, Dual Kalang River Frontage ‘Kooroowi’, Bellingen, NSW • 262.9ha* (649.4* acres), private but not isolated with bitumen road frontage, mains power and telephone • 3.65km* Kalang River frontage including 1.5km* dual frontage as the river flows through the property • 60–70”* average annual rainfall plus multiple springs, creeks and dams • Building entitlement plus tourism development potential (STCA), cattle yards plus some new fencing • Highly productive river flats running to timbered ridges with areas of hardwood and rainforest timbers In the one family for over 100 years now succession and retirement necessitate a sale.

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Auction Friday 3 April 2020 11am Cedar Bar, Bellingen Video Online Rory Birt 0403 913 527 John O’Leary 0412 948 700 *approx.

• INDOOROOPILLY • UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THE AREA’S MOST IMPRESSIVE HOLDINGS • 1ST TIME OFFERED FOR SALE IN 29 YEARS • QUIETLY UNDER OFFER •

Tranquil oasis by the river This sophisticated five-bedroom property sits high and dry on one of Brisbane’s premier riverside addresses, and is among the city’s few north-facing, flood-free river residences.

The open-plan dining, living, and kitchen areas take full advantage of this, presenting sweeping views of the Brisbane River.

The property’s leisure spaces also

TENNYSON 107 King Arthur Tce

FOR SALE NOW

Inspect: By appointment

• INDOOROOPILLY • THIS IMPECCABLY APPOINTED HOME BEARS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF LUXURIOUS FAMILY LIVING • POSITIONED IN AN EXCLUSIVE PARKLAND SETTING •

Agents: Jack and Patrick Dixon, Dixon Estate Agents; ph: 3870 2251, 0408 756 694 (JD) or 0414 817 817 (PD)

• ST LUCIA • FIRST TIME OFFERED SINCE 1955 (65 YEARS) • ARGUABLY ONE OF THE AREA’S BEST POSITIONS • CITY VIEWS • WALK TO IRONSIDE SCHOOL & UQ + SHOPS •

For sale: By expressions of interest, closing March 20, 5pm

• 60M RIVER FRONTAGE • FLOOD FREE • APPROX 7000M2 BOTANICAL HOUSE & GROUNDS •

Land: 1075sq m

extend to a large theatre and a mezzanine billiards room overlooking the open living area, both taking in stunning views of the river.

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Absolute Riverfront, North Facing, Flood Free One of less than 100 north facing, flood free river homes in Brisbane. With a rare, cross-river outlook over the Indooroopilly Golf Club, Sir John Chandler Park through to the Brisbane CBD this home provides the ultimate in design, sophistication, aspect and views.

A unique vintage bank vault repurposed as a wine cellar, infinity edge pool with views to rival a 5 star resort, 7m cantilevered ceiling in riverside entertaining area and private pontoon with JetSki dock are just a few of the exciting lifestyle features. King Arthur Tce is Brisbaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere North Facing precinct.

For more information: www.dixonfamily.net.au

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Jack Dixon 0408 756 694

Patrick Dixon 0414 817 817

OHNSTON

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LIFE IN THE GRAND MANOR This stately Georgian manor with its extensive list of indulgent amenities gracing a private meticulously manicured 1 hectare near city ridgetop estate is the height of exclusivity and elegance. A timeless showcase of exquisite interiors and exceptional attention to detail, the grand 6 bedroom home with its sophisticated living and dining areas, gourmet kitchen, flawless finishes, resort pool, tennis court, cavernous wine cellar, and garaging for up to 8 vehicles sets the new high standard in luxury living and entertaining.

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131 PULLENVALE ROAD, PULLENVALE FOR SALE BY NEGOTIATION Josephine Johnston-Rowell 0414 233 575 On Show Saturday By Appointment 6 4 8 (61 7)

3858 8888

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• Indulgent master suite with large glass doors opening onto a private terrace with panoramic acreage views.

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• 3 additional spacious bedrooms with built-in robes, one ideal as a second separate master bedroom with ensuite.

• Open plan living & dining rooms capture the spirit of refined living enhanced by alluring high ceilings.

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• Resort-style pool, heated spa & custom designed gazebo presents the idyllic setting for year round enjoyment.

• 3 car garage with extra high 3 car carport; 3 bay barn style shed; 3kw solar system; 2 x 1,500 litre water tanks

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VIRGO (August 24 – September 22)

with Tanya Obreza

Sometimes a time-out does the trick.

Understandably, many Taureans

course. So, again – you may have to

Take a day or two off from whatever is Across making you tetchy and pretty soon you PISCES (February 1 Undamaged (6) should start to feel right again. Talking 19 – March 20) to an objective friend can also be of a mean mood, With 4 Mercury Deter still by in advice (8) assistance. It could help you stabilise a beware of letting relationship upsets or misunderstandings 9 Sailors (6)get out of hand. This situation, and then make positive changes is10 Ornamental stoppered (8) from there. a time when envy, jealousy or gossip bottle could run rampant.

Avoid becoming too 12 Be successful (2,6) LIBRA caught up in other people’s drama or you 13 may Quest (September 23 – October 23) end up(6) taking the blame for Cancel as many appointments as you goes wrong. whatever 15 Melody (4) can this week, especially those you may ARIES 16 To convict (4,6) particularly dread. Instead, slide on your (March 19 Lose an opportunity (4,3,3) slippers, put your feet up and get 21 – April 20) comfortable. This is one of those mindwhat your professional Despite 20 Competent (4) spinning times when life can turn into a ambitions might be, life has a habit of occasionally 23 Sports official (6) upside stress-fest. Keep a low profile – it could turning priorities are times when you simply (8)be the wisest thing you’ve done for ages. down.

25 There Possible course of action delegate at(8) work and turn your have 27 toMaterial SCORPIO interests towards having some fun. This week, 28 that’s Japanese loose (October 24 – November 22) exactly what you robe should (6) do.

While your composure usually keeps 29 A representative (8) you out of trouble, less sensible minds TAURUS (April 30 A fabric (6) seem determined to stay on a collision 21 fine – Mayknitted 20)

Down clean up after others. Recently, too, grumble when a retrograde Mercury you’ve been more insular. This week, life. This week could be a stalls 1 your Visible (2,5) emotional barriers start to tumble and time of miscommunications, mail is delayed, 2 Ceremonial harness you once again confidently share your phone calls aren’t returned,(9) emails 3 Title Roman emperors get lostof and verbal messages are (6)love. easily 5 misinterpreted.

Concept (4)If you approach SAGITTARIUS with patience and awareness, it’s less bothersome.

6 Discreditable (8) (November 23 – December 21) Stay adaptable.

You have plenty to think about this 7 On the move (5) week, so do exactly that. Just don’t act GEMINI (May 8 21 Terrestrial on any of your ideas. With Mercury still – June 21) (7) This 11 week Unitmay ofnot intensity sound go as you of would like, (7)sidling backwards, it’s not the right time to make final decisions. Also, after major leave you(7) feeling uneasy. which 14 could Accessory planetary transits last week, the cosmic But don’t get into a tizzy trying to figure out 17 whether Involving toilsome effort (9) dust again needs to settle before you you’re doing the right move on major issues. In matters of love, that energy follows thing.

18 Remember Of excellent quality (8) too – tread warily. thought so what you think or feel is what 19 you Onget.horseback (7) The more positive your thoughts 21 Thrift (7) the better the CAPRICORN and actions, (December 22 – January 20) outcome.

22 Foolish (6) The pace continues to be slower this CANCER 24 Intended as punishment (5)week. While Capricorns love a break, you don’t enjoy disruption to your (June 26 Surfeit 22 – July (4) 22)

inclination, we hear (6) 13 Quest (6) 5 His victims lose heart (4) 15 Melody (4) 1 Container ship (6) 6 Takes in Uncle Sid when 16 To convict (4,6) 4 Satanic food in which turned out (8) 19 Lose an opportunity there’s no good (8) 7 I’m getting a numberless (4,3,3) E E W R Dthe heckler V I L Lblue A dye I N(5) S C A P U20LCompetent A P A (4) C I F I C 9 LPointer to Awhat L N A E Y L O I P S A A (6) A O I U tries to do (6) 8 Most women have this 23 Sports official RofA I N B OW N course O M IofNaction A L H Ehouse, D D A R A L G A25RPossible Y 10CTree perhaps, combination of giveCand G Y N A M N A E F L K C frontier daysR(3,5)E take (7)H (8) E D I L I G E N C E T I T I L L A T E D A H O U P E N D 12IStays around (8) 11 Inveigh against medical 27 Material (8) N M N M I I R N D E R C 13 Magnificent Slav round up treatment (7) 28 Japanese loose robe (6) O R A T E W R E S T G A T H E R I N G B E T R O T H A L (6) 14 Essentially, where the old 29 A representative (8) D S H V W Y L R 15 Either way it was of some may be young (2,5) 30 A fine knitted fabric (6) T I A R A I N T H E K N OW P A G A N D R A C O N I A N worth in India (4) 17 Trying time for a beginner N N R U R L R N M E R R 16AClipper of the line (7,3) (9) Down C O M M A G O I N G R C H A N G E L O R A N G E A D E routine. Should a retrograde Mercury 19FTheyH make their names asO 18 ENot brave, showing sign 1 Visible (2,5) Some Cancerians feel frustrated living F R L A P R L N X D T L halt plans, don’t try to speed things up proverbial listeners (3,7) of fear (8) 2 Ceremonial harness (9) life on someone else’s terms, so politely G U M D R O P I S O L A T E F L O R I D A F A I L I N G or you may jeopardise future 20I TheRhollow SailorEobtains marks make clear what will work for you.

E sound S of E E 19 A N N3 Title E of Roman S E emperors T C E for opportunities. While waiting for your success Elsewhere, you’re chasing answers to L E R (7) T O R M E N T C A SinTbusiness L E S (4) R U S Tshooting R E G A T(6)T A own ventures to get back on track, 23 It bores me in the back (6) 21 Mother hides a blemish 5 Concept (4) important questions that could make a offer to help others. The favour will 25 Very French to approve with make-up (7) 6 Discreditable (8) huge difference to your life.

If you feel Cryptic Quick eventually be returned ten-fold. sin (8) 22 Shylock is certain to be 7 On the move (5) overwhelmed, don’t worry. A partner or 1 8Scapula, 5 Pacific, 9 Calgary, 10 Nominal, 11 Upend, 12 Titillate, 13 Betrothal, 15 Wrest, aho, 12 Diligence, Gathering, Orate, 27 Note13 a hundred still in a15 found in the old Across: city (6) Terrestrial (7) close friend has your back.

AQUARIUS trance27 (8) Castles, 28 Rustler.

24 Bad lighting (5) Unit of intensity sound Pagan, 18 11Draconian, 21ofOrangeade, 24 Going, 25 Failing, 26 Isolate, 27 Regatta, 28 Torment. da, 26 Gumdrop, (January 21 – February 18) 28 Treatment for bruises in a 26 An element of jazz in (7) LEO let life get to you, Aquarius. smash (6) 14 Accessory (7) (July 23 – August 23)yet, 5 Panatella,Don’t Down: 1 Succumb, 2 Ailment, 3 Up-and-down, 4 As 6 Camel, 7 Fanfare, 8 Collect, ight, 6 Lying, car 7 Albania, 8 Nowhere,classical 14 music (4) Sometimes things just go awry. Hot 29 Time for a few words (8) 17 Involving toilsome effort Life can have a serious edge to it, but Hydrangea,(9)15 Wrongdoer, 16 Proffer, 19sparkle.

Imitate, 20 Neglect, 22 Glint, 23and Exist. l, 20 Wrapper,3022 23 Lager. QUICK topics include intimacy trust. Mars GirlAriel, to finish in her this 17 weekGlaring, injects some also introduces unwelcome rivals. Add a underwear? (6) Across 18 Of excellent quality (8) Whatever happens, Mercury continues suspicious Saturn, and the result brings 1 Undamaged (6) 19 On horseback (7) to force a slow down, which you don’t a feisty quality to relationships. Perhaps Down 4 Deter by advice (8) 21 Thrift (7) mind. Even if you can’t come to a a partnership has become one sided – 1 Dad holding a high card 9 Sailors (6) 22 Foolish (6) complete standstill, try going with the with one doing all the giving. It’s time can solve all problems (7) 10 Ornamental stoppered 24 Intended as punishment flow. You may be pleasantly surprised at for new ground rules, don’t you think?

2 Spare room? (9) bottle (8) (5) who’s stepping along beside you.

3 She professes an 12 Be successful (2,6) 26 Surfeit (4)

Solution to last week’s puzzle

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Packet, 4 Devilish, 9 Needle, 10 Log cabin, 12 Corseted, 13 Superb, 15 Anna, 16 Clothes peg, 19 The marines, 20 Boom, 23 Reamer, 25 Trespass, 27 Ecstatic, 28 Arnica, 29 Sentence, 30 Brenda. Down: 1 Panacea, 2 Clearance, 3 Eileen, 5 Eros, 6 Includes, 7 Imbue, 8 Handbag, 11 Declaim, 14 At heart, 17 Probation, 18 Paleface, 19 Targets, 21 Mascara, 22 Usurer, 24 Arson, 26 Zinc.

QUICK: Across: 1 Intact, 4 Dissuade, 9 Seamen, 10 Decanter, 12 Go places, 13 Search, 15 Tune, 16 Find guilty, 19 Miss the bus, 20 Able, 23 Umpire, 25 Scenario, 27 Tangible, 28 Kimono, 29 Delegate, 30 Jersey.

Down: 1 In sight, 2 Trappings, 3 Caesar, 5 Idea, 6 Shameful, 7 Astir, 8 Earthly, 11 Decibel, 14 Adjunct, 17 Laborious, 18 Sterling, 19 Mounted, 21 Economy, 22 Unwise, 24 Penal, 26 Glut.

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