Brisbane News Magazine March 11-17, 2020 ISSUE 1266

MARCH 11-17, 2020 ISSUE 1266

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MARC CLARK The revered artist still sculpting at 96 HELLO YELLOW Colour therapy for interiors

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He is one of the best portrait photographers in the business and this week Russell Shakespeare delivers something truly special to the pages of Brisbane News with his heart-warming pictures of the celebrated artist Marc Clark (right, Feature, P8). The 96-year-old is gearing up for a retrospective exhibition at Redcliffe Art Gallery and, with that in mind, Russell captured Marc at his cosy home in Deception Bay, surrounded by his many works. The candid photographs reveal the UK-born artist’s connection to his devoted wife Waltraud, his home and studio and, of course, his art. And in a serendipitous postscript, one of the portraits from the shoot has been named a finalist in the prestigious National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020, with the winner to be announced March 13. We’ve got our fingers crossed for you, Russell.

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LIFE

Alicia Pyke She’s fairly unflappable but even mum was shocked to find herself collecting rainwater in buckets after a lightning strike knocked out the power I’m a spoilt city girl. Being able to turn on the tap and feel water pour out is beyond wonderful. Being able to drink that water is even more glorious.

Knowing it’s always there when I want it is something I take for granted.

I love long baths and pressing “Start” on the dishwasher. My washing machine gets a workout every second day even though there’s only two of us at home. I blame long, hot summers making it largely impossible to squeeze a second wear from most clothing.

Out and about, I carry a water bottle and fill it up at every opportunity. Places

that have easy to access water fountains – universities, libraries, parks, bus stations – please me greatly. Places that don’t – like most shopping centres – infuriate me.

Since I refuse to buy bottled water, I’m left to try filling my water bottle at the hand basin in public toilets, something that icks me out as I try to avoid touching any part of the bottle on the sink or tap.

I do however have a new appreciation for any working tap after hearing how my mum spent more than a week without running water during the recent storms.

Living on a cattle station in western Queensland, she’s fairly unflappable but

even mum was shocked to find herself collecting rainwater in buckets for bathing after a lightning strike knocked out the power. While there were generators to run fridges and enough water to drink, the pump supplying water to the house remained out for nine days.

Could you cope? I couldn’t. Mum did, even though it was over 40C every day.

The importance of water has been on my mind a lot lately.

Firstly during the months-long bushfires so enormous they couldn’t be extinguished by fire trucks and aerial bombers. Then when volunteers learned

the best thing they could do to help was bring slabs of bottled water for parched firefighters. And again when desperate native animals went against every natural instinct to approach humans in search of water to keep them alive.

Next it was when the much-needed summer rain arrived. In soaking much of eastern Australia, these storms put out some of longest burning fires and broke the drought in places. But the resulting floods and storm damage remind us the climate emergency causes a range of more extreme weather events, more often.

And water is at the heart of them all.

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THE CHAT

Broadway baby Songbird Patrice Tipoki can’t wait to tread the boards in a tribute to a legendary composer Hannah Davies

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s a busy mum of four, Patrice Tipoki needs some time out occasionally.

So she’s looking forward to performing in Sondheim on Sondheim at Brisbane’s QPAC and says it will be the perfect way for her to unwind.

“It’s funny because when I’m on stage I’m in front of thousands of people in the audience and yet I find it really therapeutic and peaceful. It’s definitely my ‘me’ time,” she says.

The musical theatre star, who lives on the Sunshine Coast, is one of an impressive line-up of performers (including Philip Quast and Anne Wood) who will pay tribute to American composer Stephen Sondheim for his 90th birthday in a special concert with the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra.

Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, Sondheim’s most well-known works include the music and lyrics for Company, Follies, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.

Patrice, who is best known for playing Fantine in Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Miserables, is a huge fan.

“I’m so excited about it,” she tells Brisbane News. “It’s a wonderful chance to work with some amazing people and Sondheim has such a unique style. He has such a way of writing for actors to be able to enjoy the language and the storytelling.”

The 36-year-old WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) graduate – who grew up in a family of

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Maori and Irish descent – has been performing since she was a child, but says she’s only ever performed in one Sondheim show before – Anyone Can Whistle.

Some of her other theatre credits include Nala in Disney’s The Lion King, alternating the role of Elphaba in Wicked, and Belle in Beauty and the Beast.

Patrice is no stranger to the recording studio either, having signed to Sony BMG in 2006 as a part of Girlband, releasing the singles Party Girl and Electric.

“I feel like I was taught endurance from a young age,” she says. “We didn’t just learn one instrument growing up; we did three.

There were music exams and dancing.

“It was hard work but I was prepared to put in the effort.

“My family really encouraged my education so I’d be prepared for anything and it meant I was able to create opportunities for myself as well as endure the downtimes of the industry.”

Now, as a mum of two boys and two girls aged between 10 and eight months, Patrice has become adept at multi-tasking as she juggles her work and home life.

“I’ve always been good at it but being a mother made me even better.

“I do feel pretty lucky that I’ve ticked off all of my bucket list roles already though, because it means I can take time to enjoy my family and not be pushing to be on the next show.”

Sondheim on Sondheim, Mar 22, 6pm, Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank, $99-109. qpac.com.au

TIME TO SHINE … Patrice Tipoki is set to perform the Sondheim songbook.

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Six inflatable, 7m tall, luminous bunnies are hopping to Brisbane’s Eagle Street Pier this month. Australian artist Amanda Parer will showcase her Intrude artwork installation from Mar 13-29, on display from noon-9pm daily. Amanda says her creations, while cute, are also a statement on the scale of human impact on our environment.

See nature in full bloom at Edwina Corlette Gallery where paintings by Jane Guthleben (Dutch Still Life With Top End Flora And Quandongs 2018, above) and ceramics by Jane du Rand are on show, Mar 17-Apr 9.

Get to know composer Richard Wagner via his letters and music as pianist Alex Raineri (above) and author Peter Bassett present Wagner, his Contemporaries and Followers, Opera Queensland Studio, Mar 13-14.

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Enter Roald Dahl’s delicious world of pure imagination when Charlie and the Chocolate Factory arrives at QPAC, Mar 18-Apr 19. The musical is packed with Wonka favourites, sweetened by a new, toe-tapping score.

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For the first time, the festival takes over the

sporting grounds at Victoria Park where 20 craft brewers, cider makers, winemakers and distillers will share their artisan crafted brews and one-off creations. Stay for masterclasses, demonstrations and tastings from the best in the industry. beerfestivals.com.au

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E Maker’s mark His sculptures of famous people are Australian landmarks, and at 96, Marc Clark is still at work north of Brisbane Tonya Turner

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verywhere in Marc Clark’s humble home, there is art.

Paintings and sculptures, mostly his own, fill up every available space on the walls, on top of furniture, on window ledges, the bathroom shelf, above the kitchen window, and that’s before you even get to the garden.

In this suburban backyard in Deception Bay with its brick pavers and latticework patio stands a small selection of the hundreds of sculptures Marc has created during his career – many of friends and colleagues who have since passed away. As the wind chimes knock and the birds in the trees chirp, this contemplative space offers a warm embrace.

At 96 years of age, Marc doesn’t sugar coat the events of his life. The sadness, joy, surprises and regrets he has experienced are conveyed with raw honesty and candidness. Being commissioned to complete major memorial works for public display of captains James Cook (Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne), Matthew Flinders (Mornington Park, Victoria) and William Bligh (The Rocks, Sydney) in the 1970s and 1980s were highlights of his career, but truth be told, it’s his abstract works that have brought him the most fulfilment.

“As my tutor used to say, art for art’s sake, money for God’s sake,” he says.

A retrospective of Marc’s work will be the first major exhibition at the new $5.5 million Redcliffe Art Gallery opening this year. With his sculptures held in most major galleries around the country, a select few will be loaned for the exhibition titled Marc Clark: A Life in Art, comprising over 50 works.

Denise Sims, spokesperson for Art Galleries, Libraries and Museums in Moreton Bay says it’s an honour to host the exhibition. “The community is proud to recognise the achievements of this humble yet supremely talented man. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that art enthusiasts simply can’t miss,” she says.

Other major works by Marc include statues of Australia’s first prime minister

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RESPECTED FIGURE … Marc Clark still sculpts, paints and does printmaking at the Deception Bay home he shares with his wife Waltraud.

Pictures: Russell Shakespeare Edmund Barton (Canberra) and botanist Ferdinand von Mueller (Botanic Gardens, Melbourne), the bronze eternal flame that’s part of the Rats of Tobruk Memorial (Anzac Parade, Canberra), and contributions to the Parliament House Art Collection including Alpha and Omega, Ancient Sites and Monument to a Hero II. Closer to home the Queensland Art Gallery holds his sculpture Stairway to Nowhere (1975) in its collection.

Marc is sitting in his red velvet armchair in the lounge room of the small Dutch-style home he shares with his wife Waltraud, 78. Their greyhound Prema – Sanskrit for “love” – is sprawled over Waltraud’s lap as Marc opens a book to a page showing a gleaming piece of work he made in 1971 titled Votive – an eye-shaped sculpture made of stainless steel and brass.

“That’s the sort of thing that I find much more …” he drifts off, but the brightness in his eyes says it all.

Born in 1923 in Greater London, Marc displayed a talent for drawing from a young age, which his mother and four sisters encouraged.

He hated school – “it was a ghastly place” – where getting banged on the knuckles with a steel ruler was the norm and weekly art classes involved drawing the cleaner’s bucket and mop in pencil week after week.

His one fond memory is of a kindly history teacher who allowed him to illustrate their lessons with watercolours and pinned them up around the classroom.

Marc also loved being in the Sea Scouts and in his own time made wood carvings with a knife he treasured.

When he left school, his father, an exserviceman and cleric, asked him what he wanted to do with his life. He’d long given up on Marc becoming a boxer because he lacked the “killer instinct”.

“I said, ‘I’d like to go to art school,

father’, and he was taken aback a bit. He said, ‘All right, well if that’s what you want, I’ll help you to do it, but you have to get really serious about it’.”

Life opened up to him at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury. “It really is where my education began,” he says. In the years that followed he studied modelling, stone and wood carving, life drawing, composition and art history with the most conservative to the most eccentric teachers inspired by music, poetry and art.

A visit to the British Museum as a young boy and its ancient Egyptian collection had sparked his interest in sculpture.

“I looked at the figurative work and saw a sincerity in it – there was a mystique about it that intrigued me,” Marc says.

One of Michelangelo’s famous marble Slaves also had a profound impact.

“I thought it was beautiful. It made a big

impression on me.” His talent blossomed, but was put on hold in 1941 when at the age of 18 he volunteered to join the Royal Navy during World War II. He ended up in His Majesty’s Army instead, fighting the war in North Africa, Italy and Austria and learning about life and love and death in an entirely different way.

After returning home in 1947, he received one of just seven scholarships for sculpture at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London where he spent the next three years training under Frank Dobson – one of Britain’s most influential sculptors of the 20th century.

“He was a really nice old man, very fatherly,” Marc says.

Soon his art was being picked up by museums and galleries across Europe, and though he’d hoped to move to France where he’d spent a lot of time working out CONTINUED NEXT PAGE

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of one of his tutor’s studios, it wasn’t to be.

Instead, he got a call in 1962 with an offer to teach at the Caulfield Technical College in Melbourne. Ready for a new adventure, he accepted.

Before long, he took up the post of drawing master and later head of sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, which later became the Victorian College of the Arts. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1984 and later moved to Queensland seeking sunnier skies and warmer weather.

Marc reaches for a photo of himself with a student. “There’s a happy little man.

That was when I was teaching at VCA. Very lucky. She was one of my students.

She had a nervous breakdown. She had the most beautiful hair and cut it all off. We got her back on the straight line again. She was a nice kid. They were all lovely,” he says.

Lenton Parr, sculptor and ex-director of the VCA, who died in 2003, once wrote about Marc: “(Those) who have been associated with him as friends and colleagues or who have been his students will go on to describe how fortunate his presence here has been for them and how great has been his contribution to Australian art and education. They know him – as I do – as a sincere and devoted man, humane and tactful in his dealing with others and always willing to share with them the many skills, insights and enthusiasms that inform and sustain his own creative life.”

To this day, Marc continues to sculpt from his small studio at the back of the house. “I always found the beauty of timber and the handling of modelling clay and tools very satisfying. It’s a way of life,” he says.

It’s not as easy as it used to be however, as his knees don’t support him like they used to. “I like to stand and work,” he says.

The cane leaning against the armchair and the walker parked in the corner of the room help him get where he needs to go, and though he has lost 80 per cent of his hearing, he manages well enough.

Waltraud, whom he met at a dinner party in Melbourne and married in 1983,

has been by his side during the whole visit gently offering her care, warmth and guidance.

Marc never had children and was married twice before they met.

“Marc is looking back at a huge output of work because he’s a compulsive worker, everything is art, it is foremost in his mind.

He never will change,” Waltraud says.

Originally from Germany, she came to Australia in 1970 seeking adventure.

Working as a psychiatric nurse, she later developed a passion for stained glass art, evident in her work that hangs throughout the home.

Marc says: “The highlight of my life has been to be happily married to Waltraud for 35 years and have support for what I’m trying to do.”

A small space – not even a room – that leads from the hallway to the guest bedroom is where Marc spends most of his time these days printmaking and painting.

“As a sculptor of my time you never used colour, you never painted; you weren’t taught how to paint, you were a sculptor.

“The past two years I’ve been doing these paintings. They’re all geometric and you have to have very steady hands,” he says. They will be shown together as a group in the upcoming exhibition.

Looking back at his life well lived, Marc is full of gratitude.

“I regard myself as being very fortunate that I survived the war and that I was able to continue with my career which had been disrupted, a lot of other people likewise,” he says.

As for the secret to a long and happy life? “I’m not wise,” he laughs.

“I just look forward to the next piece of work I’m going to do.”

LIFE IN FULL …

Marc Clark at home with greyhound Prema.

Picture: Russell Shakespeare

See moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Galleries-Museums/ Home for details of Marc Clark’s upcoming exhibition at the Redcliffe Art Gallery

Award-winning photographer Russell Shakespeare (above) spent two days shadowing Marc Clark at his Deception Bay home to capture these images of the celebrated artist. The pictures were commissioned by Moreton Bay Regional Council for Marc’s upcoming exhibition at the Redcliffe Art Gallery. For Currumbin Valley-based Russell, who has snapped many colourful characters in a career spanning three decades, it was a special shoot. “I got chills up my spine with him (Marc) and that has only ever happened one other time – with (the late author) Colleen McCullough.” One of Russell’s portraits of Marc has been named a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020.

The image will be displayed, along with all finalist entries, at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra until May 10. The winner will be announced March 13. portrait.gov.au

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TREND

Forever yours Sarah & Sebastian’s ingenious jewellery leaves a lasting impression Move over tattoos – there’s a new permanent body adornment and it’s coming to The Calile Hotel this month courtesy of Sydney-based jewellery label Sarah & Sebastian.

As well as their popular necklaces, rings and earrings, Sarah Gittoes and Robert Sebastian Grynkofki will be offering their cult soldered pieces at the Fortitude Valley pop-up.

The service involves having a delicate 10k gold chain custom fitted to your wrist and secured permanently using a micro-torch. The process takes about 15 minutes and means you can bid farewell to fiddly clasps. The bracelet goes on and it stays on, and unlike a tattoo you won’t feel a thing.

“I was inspired by my aunt who told me of her visit to the Marais in Paris in the 1970s where she had a chain permanently soldered to her wrist,” says creative director Sarah.

“We have women and men of all demographics opting for one or more of these bracelets, excited by the

concept of permanency. To date, we’ve soldered over 500 people.”

She recommends booking a spot for a Brisbane appointment, although they will take walk-ins.

“Every person who gets soldered attributes their own meaning to the piece,” she says. “We’ve had clients who are soldered as couples, sisters and mothers as a bond to each other, for birthday and anniversary milestones as well as some as reminders of commitments made to themselves.”

Sarah and her German-born business partner Robert met in Canada where they both studied design at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2008.

They founded their eponymous label in Sydney in 2012, employ a team of master jewellers, and operate stores in Sydney’s Mosman and Paddington, with a third opening in Melbourne next month.

They are also stocked by Net-aPorter and David Jones.

“We’re known for conceptual yet refined jewellery with several pieces that have reached cult status including our fine necklaces, Petite Letter collection and stackable rings and earrings,” Sarah says.

Much of her work is inspired by the ocean, where she spends all of her spare time as a passionate recreational diver.

“Since we take so much from the ocean creatively, we felt driven with Sarah & Sebastian to protect Australian seas and marine life,” she says.

The brand donates a portion of sales to the Australian Marine Conservation Society, a Brisbane-founded organisation that lives and breathes the issues that affect Australian oceans.

“I’m looking forward to some beautiful weather and a post pop-up dive at Stradbroke Island,” Sarah says.

EMMA SCHAFER Sarah & Sebastian Pop-Up, Mar 13-21, The Calile Hotel, 48 James St, Fortitude Valley. sarahandsebastian.com

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Brews with a view A famous Scot opens an outpost under Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge Tony Harper FARE GAME ...

DogTap serves the usual bar bites (below).

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ogTap – Brisbane’s biggest, newest brew-pub is open and trading. And for those willing to make the trek to Murrarie it makes for an interesting dining experience.

The site looks incredible, perched right at the south-western foot of the Gateway Bridge, with the outdoorsy beer garden overlooking the water, tables virtually shaded by mangroves and that gorgeous, iconic bridge looming over the whole shebang.

The indoor seating, bar, kitchen and brewery are set back a little in a vast, tiltpanel, concrete shed. It’s impressive.

But I’m not sure if the designers sat on the vacant land after dark, and at low tide.

They really should have.

Four days after visiting my left arm is still riddled by sandfly bites, despite the fact that our table was gifted a tin of Aerogard, and I applied it like you’d baste a suckling pig. I do wonder if it’s an unfair criticism, after all we have a bit of a mosquito plague everywhere in town.

But this? It is something else.

Then there’s the smell.

It’s a 10km boat ride from DogTap to Luggage Point, but even so there’s a cloud of fart/sewer/sulphide hanging around the whole property. Low tide? I hope so.

BrewDog – the parent brewer of the DogTap brew-pubs – is a Scottish craft brewer with some very iconic beers under its belt, like Sink the Bismarck, and The End of History, both of which at the time of release laid claim to being the world’s strongest beer.

And Punk IPA – not a gimmick, just a very good Scottish IPA and arguably the cornerstone of the brewery’s reputation.

At DogTap you can enjoy Punk for $13.50 a pint. If you think you pay too much for beer at the airport, think again.

Here, it’s $13.50 for a glass of beer brewed on the site at which you are drinking – no transportation, no middlemen. Wow. And perhaps I’m letting fond memories of a few weeks in California drinking amazing West Coast brews sway my judgment, but it isn’t what I’m expecting: brassy and a little oxidised.

As for the menu, it’s typical food for craft beer – burgers, pizzas, wings, fries, onion rings.

Perhaps the most interesting, exotic

things on the menu are the tacos ($7 for 2).

We try a few – fish, carnitas and beef brisket – and they are pretty tasty. If you are fretting over the tortillas (are they corn, are they flour) relax. For some odd reason these tacos come wrapped in both.

The burgers are pretty good but hardly world beating. Ditto the fries and onion rings. Korean fried chicken – which we try both on a burger ($20) and as wings – is delicious in a gently spicy, finger-lickin’ kind of way.

What tops everything is some incredibly watchful service – folk who don’t want you to leave your seats unless the bathroom calls. It’s impeccable and totally unexpected for a laid-back brew-pub.

There are shades of Icarus at DogTap. The vision, the money spent, the potentially glorious site and fabulous staff ... it’s all terrific.

But goodness, it’s expensive, the food offering is dull and the site issues nearly negate the splendour.

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Main act This colourful tomato dish holds its own on multiple stages, says Alastair McLeod It’s hardly breaking news that the countries of the Mediterranean grow ingredients that transcend borders.

Perhaps less well known is the considerable crossover with these ingredients of the sun. Escalivada is the Catalan cousin of France’s ratatouille, and Italian caponata is a sour sweet iteration with olives, capers and pine nuts. The Turks lustily toss similar ingredients in the air with spice and catch them as turlu turlu. In Greece we fall for briami perfumed with oregano. Hopefully this is news to you.

BRIAMI WITH ROAST RACK OF LAMB Ingredients 570g medium-sized potatoes, peeled and sliced 3mm thick 570g zucchini thinly sliced into rounds 6mm thick Sea salt and freshly milled pepper ½ bunch oregano, leaves picked and chopped ¼ bunch flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped Extra virgin olive oil 2 x 400g canned diced tomatoes 2 small red onions, thinly sliced into rounds 1 x 8 point rack of lamb

Method Preheat oven to 200C. Place potatoes and zucchini in a mixing bowl. Season with salt, pepper, herbs and garlic.

Drizzle generously with olive oil and toss well. Spread one can of diced tomatoes to cover the bottom of a round oven proof pan. Arrange potatoes, zucchini, and onions around the pan. Drizzle with remaining oil and herbs then pour over the other tin of tomatoes. Cover with baking paper then foil and bake for 45 mins. Remove foil and cook for a further 30-40 mins until vegetables are soft, caramelised and most of the liquid has evaporated. While this is happening, heat a heavy based and ovenproof pan over medium heat. Swirl in a few tablespoons of olive oil, season lamb and sear on all sides until golden brown. Place in preheated oven and roast for 20-25 mins for medium rare or a little longer if preferred. Remove from oven, cover with foil and rest for 15 mins before carving. Serve lamb with your choice of greens and a lemon piece. Enjoy with briami warm or at room temperature. Serves 4 Alastair McLeod is chef-owner of Al’Freshco. alfreshco.com.au Styling and photography: Miranda Porter. Props: Wooden board, cultivatedesignco.com.au; Ceramics, twowarmhands.com

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When we get up there on our first gig on this tour it’s gonna be just as much fun as it ever was

Let them go on Expect new tunes and time-honoured classics when the Violent Femmes rock Queensland CRAZY STUFF …

Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie; and (below, from left) with Gordon Gano and John Sparrow .

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ternal university favourite Blister In The Sun was the first song the Violent Femmes played together.

At the time, the name Violent Femmes referred to the rhythm section of bassist Brian Ritchie and drummer Victor DeLorenzo, who backed a number of singers. But all that changed with the arrival of Gordon Gano.

“Gordon was playing a solo gig in a coffee house in Milwaukee (in the US state of Wisconsin),” Brian says.

“There was no alcohol and he was just playing acoustic and there were mainly teenagers there.

“Victor and I went down there with our instruments and the first song Gordon played, and this is the first time we played together, he started with Blister In The Sun and Victor played that drum part, da-da, da-da, which everybody knows.

“That was his initial reaction, so that was a perfect example of how our whole sound was developed, very spontaneously.

And then we were just off. It’s pretty simple, you just listen to it and go with it.”

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album, most of them from the second album and a handful from almost every other album we did, until the last two which is all new material,” Brian says.

“He had maybe 100 songs and we recorded them less and less as time went on. With the New Times album, that had Breakin’ Up which was part of the original batch of songs. Why Do Birds Sing? – there was Girl Trouble and Life Is A Scream, those were from the original batch.

“There was always something from the original batch that he was reworking or we just hadn’t got around to yet. It is amazing.

He was very prolific as a teenager.”

The 1983 self-titled debut remains the band’s most successful record and was a refreshing break from the overproduced records of the ’80s. With 10 tracks playing at 36 minutes, the album packed in the classics Gone Daddy Gone, Kiss Off, Add it Up, Please Do Not Go and Blister in the Sun. “We were determined not to make a dated record,” Brian says. “If you listen to the record now, it sounds as fresh as it did then. That was a strategy.

“We all thought it was a masterpiece but we didn’t necessarily know it was going to become as popular as it is.

“But we never had any doubts about it.

We knew it was great.”

The immediate success didn’t stifle their creativity though, with the band going on to become one of the most successful alternative rock bands of the 1980s.

“We certainly are aware that people are always comparing everything we do with the first album and I guess we just got used to it by now,” he says.

“There’s The Velvet Underground, Television, The Byrds ... there’s many, many examples of the first album having a huge impact, especially bands that have a fresh sound. If a band comes out with good

songs and a sound people haven’t heard too much of, it can have that impact.”

This month the band – including John Sparrow who joined Brian and Gordon in 2016 – is touring Australia, including a stop at Sandstone Point near Brisbane, with their 10th album Hotel Last Resort.

“It sounds like the Femmes. We just get together in a room and play, mostly acoustic instruments. It’s a formula that works, but it’s not formulaic. It’s just natural. It’s just the way we are,” Brian says.

“We started out playing on the street so we know how to function in a kind of rough and ready environment.

“I just like to go in to the studio and record pretty much live. I’ve experimented a lot with record production just like we all have but as time goes on, the more I think it is important to just set up in a circle as a band, put up a few mics and play and see what happens like an old blues recording, or an old jazz recording or an old rockabilly recording like Gene Vincent or something like that.”

The band has experimented with everything from punk rock to country and gospel, but Brian says it is that energy and a sense of fun that makes the Violent Femmes.

“It’s about energy, spirit, improvising, not taking ourselves too seriously, honesty and straightforward, crazy stuff. Gordon’s voice is obviously recognisable, then you’ve got the acoustic bass guitar which is a very unusual sound to drive a band, the drums are always quirky and weird and then whatever else we put on there – that’s the Femmes sound.”

Brian – who now lives in Hobart and has been an Australian citizen since 2012 – says for their 2020 tour the Femmes will present songs from both Hotel Last Resort and the multi-platinum debut, mixed in with many of the other hits.

“It’s never boring to play a song like Add It Up. I feel the same way playing that song as Keith Richards probably feels when he plays Satisfaction.

“It is just undeniable. Gone Daddy Gone, playing the xylophone, that’s great; Kiss Off, jamming out, it’s incredible; Blister In The Sun, you see the audience lose it, that’s always fun.

“When we get up there on our first gig on this tour, it’s gonna be just as much fun as it ever was. We keep it fresh by not using a set list and also improvising a lot during the show.”

Violent Femmes play with Hoodoo Gurus at the Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, Mar 21, $96.24, ticketmaster.com.au

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View from the top Glamour and grit go hand-in-hand for this TV presenter who scales cliffs in her spare time

SPLASHING OUT ... weather presenter Nicole Rowles found a passion for rock climbing (inset) after covering the sport for a story.

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What’s new with you?

Last year I was approached by Nine’s production team to tell my story on My Way, the network’s new, locally-produced lifestyle program. As a professional storyteller, it can be hard to trust someone else to tell your story, but over the years I’ve noticed that many people are curious about the duality of my life, my passion for my job as a TV presenter, and how I balance that with my adventures as a rock climber. My hope is that at least one person will see my story and understand that you don’t have to be a world-class athlete to be active outdoors. All you need is an adventurous spirit.

Why rock climbing?

When I was a news reporter, I was sent to a rock climbing gym on the Gold Coast to do a story about climbing becoming an Olympic sport for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

I put on a harness and awkwardly climbed up the wall to record a quirky piece to camera, and I liked it! I went back, and I kept going back. That was more than three years ago!

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What do you love about climbing?

I love the physical challenge of learning how to be a better athlete, but also the mental challenge of learning the rope techniques and self-rescue skills that are essential to having safe adventures outdoors. The mental challenge extends to conquering fear. You’re rarely unsafe when climbing, but at a height, with the potential to take a fall before your protective equipment catches you, your survival instinct kicks in. Climbing makes me feel powerful because I can feel myself getting physically stronger, but also because I can feel myself becoming better at pushing past fear to reach my goals.

Are you part of a crew?

My boyfriend Andrew is my main climbing partner, but I also have an incredible crew of women that I climb with. When I started climbing, it seemed like a maledominated sport, but I soon discovered so many active, adventurous women who love the outdoors as much as I do, and I love climbing in a supportive, all-female environment.

y day she’s the Nine News weather presenter for regional Queensland and Darwin but after hours you can find Nicole Rowles, 30, rappelling down a cliff face.

The passionate rock climber, who grew up in Brisbane’s Paddington, talks about her pastime on Nine’s lifestyle show, My Way.

Tell us about My Way ...

Watching My Way is like stepping into somebody else’s world. People across Queensland are sharing their personal stories, the things they love, and the things that make them tick. It’s fascinating to go inside some really niche hobbies that we might never otherwise learn about, and have real people explain why they matter.

important after recent disasters. We also adopt the “leave no trace” mantra. If we see any rubbish, we pick it up. Our hobby is centred around the environment, so we want it to remain healthy.

How do you reconcile the glam and the rough-and-tumble sides of your personality?

I don’t think anybody is only one thing.

It’s interesting to me that, because I’m a woman, people are surprised that during the week I’m a professional in a “glamorous” job, and then at the weekend I like to spend my time outside. People are rarely as surprised when a man who wears a nice suit for work has an adventurous weekend hobby. I love beautiful clothes and makeup, but that is just one part of who I am. I don’t see being adventurous as a “masculine” quality. Women are fearless, adventurous and outdoorsy, too. Looking glamorous or going on a climbing trip where I don’t shower for a few days, both those things make me feel like the best version of myself.

Where has climbing taken you?

I’ve explored the Italian Dolomites, the sea cliffs of Tonsai, Thailand, as well as some truly breathtaking places in my own backyard. One of my favourite memories is of sleeping in a hammock overnight on Mt Beerwah in the Glass House Mountains last year, 70m off the ground!

Favourite places to climb?

Every area has its own style and feel, but last year I spent a lot of time climbing at Mt French, near Boonah. The style of climbing there is very technical and

challenging, and I’ve really been enjoying it. One of the residual benefits is that we travel to areas that I normally wouldn’t see. Recently, we climbed in Esk, right after bushfires had torn through the area.

I remember seeing first-hand the devastation, thinking there was no way anything could have survived. Then we spotted a rock wallaby escaping the heat inside a cave in the rock. It was a special moment. When we travel to these areas, which are sometimes remote and often rural, we get to support local businesses and cafes, which has become especially

Where would you most love to climb?

One of the most coveted objectives for climbers is to complete a route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. It’s a granite monolith in California and was featured in the 2018 documentary Free Solo. For most people, it takes about a week to climb, sleeping on the wall. It’s a huge undertaking, requiring masses of technical knowledge, and a whole lot of mental strength to boot, as the wall is about a kilometre high! My partner Andrew and I are aiming to take on El Cap next year, but we have a lot of training to do before we can make the dream a reality.

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Righting wrongs Indigenous artists make the personal political in a powerful new exhibition Phil Brown

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wo hundred and fifty years after James Cook’s arrival the memory of disenfranchisement lingers and is expressed most powerfully in art. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders offer us the most compelling and political art of today with that in mind.

Their art is personal and political and has never seemed more urgent. There is still no treaty and the indigenous community still suffers.

Rite of Passage is a group exhibition now showing at the QUT Art Museum and it aims to reframe the way we mark Cook’s arrival with all that in mind. The exhibition posits 2020 as a key turning point – a transition from the past towards a future that respects Aboriginality and validates the sovereignty of Aboriginal people.

The guest curator is Shannon Brett, a descendant of the Wakka Wakka, Butchulla and Gurang Gurang clans. She says the exhibition marks a transition from one way of life to another.

“During a time not so long ago, the Aboriginal population of this country transitioned from a free civilisation to a nation conquered,” Shannon says.

“In the process, thousands of years of ecological and spiritual power and cultural knowledge were diminished and many customs and traditions of our original people were ... lost forever.”

Indigenous artists have been reclaiming that lost heritage and this exhibition reveals how these artists define themselves as voices of their families and their ancestors in their quest to preserve their culture. “These honest artists are creative storytellers, people who know our history and who understand those melancholy yesterdays and our acrimonious now,” Shannon says.

“Through their work, the artists contemplate their intergenerational pain to decolonise current social realities and to conjure political change that will educate a greater community conditioned by the constructs of whiteness.”

The artists involved include Megan Cope, Karla Dickens and Brisbane’s own Judy Watson who has been a leading voice in art for several decades.

Watson’s works tell stories in a compelling fashion. Karla Dickens takes a tilt at the Union Jack flag in her mixed media work Jack and Jill (A. K. A. Hung, strung and quartered).

The works included feature multiple mediums and all deftly address the idea that the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s arrival is not necessarily cause for celebration. Different folks have different views on that. These artists have their own ideas in this powerful exhibition.

WAYS OF LIFE ... (clockwise from main) Jenna Lee’s un/bound passage (detail); Karla Dickens’ Jack and Jill; Judy Watson’s the holes in the land #3; Glennys Briggs’ Swallow these words.

Rite of Passage, until May 10, QUT Art Museum, 2 George St, city, free admission. artmuseum.qut.edu.au

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FILM MILITARY WIVES (M) hhhjj Director Peter Cattaneo Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan Following hot on the heels of Fisherman’s Friends, based on the true story of a rag-tag bunch of Cornish sea shanty singers who made it to the top of the UK charts, comes Military Wives, about an amateur choir that is invited to perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall. This heart-tugging British dramedy might be singing a familiar tune, but there’s enough texture in director Peter Cattaneo’s (The Full Monty) arrangement to keep things interesting.

The film takes its inspiration from a real group of women who formed a choir in North Yorkshire in 2010 while their spouses were deployed in Afghanistan and there are moments when that lived experience shines through. It’s more what the characters don’t say that lends Military Wives’ formulaic plot a welcome note of authenticity.

Kristin Scott Thomas’s buttoned-up officer’s wife Kate, for example, comes across as a bit of a cardigan-and-pearls caricature – until she is called upon to support a woman whose husband has died in battle. The assumption is that having been through the experience herself (Kate’s soldier son was killed while on active duty), she will be able of offer some kind of solace.

But since the older woman is still numb

RIGHT NOTE ...

Kristin Scott Thomas (left) and Sharon Horgan play army wives who form a chart-topping choir.

with grief, the best she can do is encourage the distraught widow to drink her tea.

The relationship between Kate’s authority-averse co-conductor, Lisa (Sharon Horgan), and her rebellious teenage daughter is just as emotionally inarticulate. Such honest, everyday interactions counteract the film’s more predictable plot points – Kate’s dash to the

concert hall after a showdown with her arch rival, for example – and the way the filmmakers shamelessly manipulate us: for laughs, in the case of the tone-deaf singer, or tears, in the funeral scene.

Cattaneo could execute this score with a blindfold on. He knows exactly which strings to pluck. And when. It helps that the choristers’ a cappella version of songs like

Yazoo’s Only You aren’t so Pitch Perfect as to be completely implausible, and that the reluctant soloist’s pure, sweet vocals are so well suited to her material.

Even though we know where we are headed, Military Wives’ final number – compiled from fragments of the women’s letters – strikes just the right chord.

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THE WAY BACK (M) hhhhj Director Gavin O’Connor Starring Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins Ben Affleck knows a thing or two about spectacular falls from grace. Presumably, that’s why it feels as though he has so much skin in this performance.

The two-time Oscar-winner dials right back on the star wattage for The Way Back, a beautifully observed study of a oncepromising basketball player now living off the fumes of his teenage glory.

Jack Cunningham’s puffy eyes are a dead giveaway – whatever he’s drinking out of that Thermos cup, it’s not coffee.

The slight angle at which he parks his beat-up pick-up truck confirms it. As does an Esky full of beer in the back seat, but one of the appealing things about Gavin (Warrior) O’Connor’s film of Brad Ingelsby’s screenplay is the attention to small details.

It’s clear from the naturalistic opening shot of a construction site in Los Angeles’ San Pedro region that The Way Back is not going to be a conventional sports underdog story. Hell, the guy even looks like a

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TOUGH GAME ... Al Madrigal and Ben Affleck in sports drama The Way Back. manual labourer, not just a Hollywood version of one. The familiar plot points are there: Cunningham is roused from his alcoholic stupor by a phone call from the headmaster of his Catholic alma mater.

The coach of their uncompetitive basketball team has just had a heart attack

and the priest is hoping Cunningham will take over. Initially reluctant, the broken man eventually steps up, transforming the rag-tag bunch of players and vice versa.

But like a jazz musician’s reinterpretation of a standard tune, The Way Back puts its emphasis on unexpected

beats. The scene in which Cunningham wrestles overnight with the headmaster’s unexpected job offer is a fine example.

Making his way determinedly through an entire slab of beer, the former star player rehearses his rejection message, working through arrogance, impotence, dejection and self-loathing to something like a glimmer of curiosity.

Cunningham’s team might be made up of types – the showboat, the fat clown, the dark horse, the free rider – but that storytelling shorthand doesn’t reduce the players to caricatures. And their metamorphosis into a real team is muscular rather than mawkish.

In the end, however, they’re really just the vehicle for Cunningham’s redemption.

The Way Back – which was originally entitled The Has-Been – is Affleck’s film.

The reasons behind his self-imposed isolation and bottled-up anger, his failed marriage and his strained relationship with his family, are deftly interwoven into the plot.

The film’s resolution is more conventionally rousing than what has preceded it. But by that point, it feels as though the characters have earned it.

VICKY ROACH

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David Muir and Brigid Muir

Rebekah Manning and Jacob Alcorn

Suzanne Stark and Angelina Zucco

Stephen King and Francesca Hiew

Sue Godwin and John Godwin

Kym Nelson and Rob Nelson

Margot Furlonger and Byron Keating

Jill Sweeney and Oliver Dielhof

PROJECT LUDWIG City Suzanne Brooks and Teresa Keleher

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The Museum of Brisbane together with the Australian String Quartet hosted a special concert experience to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Guests weighed in on the music choices in a fun, choose-your-ownadventure-style program.

Pictures: Claudia Baxter

BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL LAUNCH City Laughter filled Brisbane City Hall where host Harley Breen corralled the comedic chaos of the nation’s best up-and-coming and wellloved comedians for opening night of Brisbane Comedy Festival 2020, on until March 22. Among the merrymakers were Agro, Effie, Fiona O’Loughlin and Tom Ballard.

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umptuous new Australian opera-cabaret Lorelei heralds a bold start to Opera Queensland’s 2020 season. Conceived

by Helpmann Award winner and ARIA nominee Ali McGregor, Lorelei is the story of three sirens of song who sit atop the cliffs of Germany’s Rhine River, enchanting sailors with their deadly songs. The boundarybreaking new work rewrites the ancient myth for the modern age: are the Lorelei tiring of singing sailors to their deaths?

Do these sailors really deserve to die?

McGregor enlisted composer Julian Langdon to create the contemporary score, and librettists Casey Bennetto (Keating! The Musical) and Gillian Cosgriff to write the sharp and witty lyrics. The result is a work that traverses the musical genres of tango, pop and classical.

Lorelei, Mar 27-Apr 4, Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium, South Bank, from $39, oq.com.au

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The big blue Experience the Great Barrier Reef in all its glory from the ultimate room with a view Aine Fox

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shoal of tiny, electric blue Chromis suddenly burst from the depths of the sea. There are hundreds of them and they’re darting in all directions, performing a dance just for me.

This midnight fish disco is being screened across four giant glass windows as I lie in bed, watching in awe.

I’m only in this country for a brief time and to my Irish eyes, watching this spectacular show outside my room at one of the world’s seven natural wonders makes me feel like a child on Christmas Eve. I’m staying at Reefsuites, Australia’s first underwater accommodation on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Just a few hours earlier, our boat pulled up alongside the Reefworld pontoon on Hardy Reef, about 70km off the north Queensland coast.

I couldn’t wait to spend a little over a day immersing myself in the mesmerising sights on offer.

Many tourists to Australia opt to visit the reef – to snorkel, scuba dive or take a cruise in a glass-bottomed boat.

But what would it be like to spend the night out here? Four metres underwater, sleeping among the fish?

The idea of being surrounded by water and unable to open a window sounds fairly claustrophobic, so I was pleasantly surprised to find the two rooms to be anything but – measuring roughly 5.5m by

This midnight fish disco is being screened across four giant glass windows as I lie in bed, watching in awe

5m. Each includes a spacious ensuite, also complete with a glass wall so that even during a shower you can observe the underwater sights.

Down here under the ocean’s surface, luxury doesn’t feel compromised. The

double bed is comfortable, there are white bathrobes awaiting and there is lots of shelf space along the windows.

There is no wardrobe, but for a onenight stay during which I plan to spend most of my time in swimwear, that doesn’t pose a problem.

A multitude of different fish types swim up to the window throughout the night, probably attracted to a small blue UV light outside the room, which the company assures me has been developed to ensure the lowest possible impact on marine life.

In the early hours, around a dozen giant trevally appear for a late-night snack of baitfish.

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SLEEP WITH THE FISHES ... (clockwise from main) Moored at Hardy Reef, Reefworld offers underwater suites for a marine experience; watch fish at play through full-length windows in Reefsuites; the Reefsleep glamping beds; the Reefworld pontoon; and sunset drinks on the top deck.

whole new show begins, as yellow-tailed fusiliers and Dory-like surgeonfish appear to greet me.

Just when I think things can’t get any more exciting, a giant sea turtle meanders slowly across the window, its calm demeanour an amusing contrast to my frantic attempts to quickly grab my phone to capture the moment.

I see another turtle a few hours later during a morning snorkel safari, which is easily the highlight of the stay.

There is no doubt the reef faces threats, not least from climate change. But our guide Anna insists the part she’s showing us is fairly healthy – despite my initial concerns that the cream colour of the coral is the result of bleaching.

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I worry, too, that my very presence is a disturbance to the sea life, but she tells me visitors are needed in order to gain a greater understanding of the reef and learn how to protect it for future generations.

“I think when I take people out here and they see how beautiful the reef is they want to look after it,” she says.

“They think ‘I want my kids to see this’.

I want to make wise decisions around my use of plastic, for example.

“When you fall in love with something, you want to look after it.”

The day before our magical night, we wave goodbye to the day-trippers as they leave for land.

We continue sunbathing on giant bean

bags, relaxing in the shade of the upper deck day beds, or taking another dip in the water.

As the sun sets, and with a complimentary wine in hand, we lap up a unique and luxurious experience that the lack of phone reception forces us to enjoy in its entirety.

On the pontoon, we enjoy a tasty banquet of steak, fresh prawns and salads under fairy lights, with cheesecakes and melt-in-the-mouth brownies to follow.

Then, while the top deck guests settle in for a night under the stars in their glamping day beds, I retire downstairs to my underwater world of wonder.

It’s the best sleepless night I have ever had.

IF YOU GO Reefsuites are from $799 per person, while Reefsleep beds on the top deck are from $595 per person (sharing) or $795 for sole occupancy. Prices include a return cruise to the reef from Hamilton Island, all meals and beverages and a selection of marine activities.

For more information, visit cruisewhitsundays.com/reefsuites or call 07 4846 7000.

The writer travelled as a guest of Journey Beyond

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AT HOME

Pride of place Breathe life into interiors with a floral masterpiece or two — made by you

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ou are now entering the fragrant world of Floret Farm, where we find the world-renowned flower farmer, floral designer and author Erin Benzakein in her element. In Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers, the American author reveals the tricks of her trade in a comprehensive guide to making your own flower arrangements, whether you are harvesting blooms from your own backyard or picking up flowers at the markets. Of her 25 how-to projects, we zeroed in on these two beauties to help you bring a breath of fresh air to a bedroom or living space at home.

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Delicate Pastel Statement Piece Ingredients: Structural foliage Mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii) foliage Supporting ingredients Greek oregano seedpods, hydrangea “Limelight”, Sweet Annie Textural ingredients Lavatera seedpods, Sweet autumn clematis Supporting flower Dahlia “Appleblossom” Focal flower Dahlia “Break Out” Airy accent Clematis tangutica “Bill MacKenzie” seedpods Of all the blooms we grow on the farm, dahlias are one of my all-time favourites, second only to sweet peas. Many years ago, when I was just starting out, I got a phone call from my flowergrowing mentor Jan Johnson, telling me to load up the kids and my shovel and head over to her house. It was a crisp morning, just after our first hard frost, and she was digging dahlia tubers. I knew very little about dahlias, only that I admired them every time I visited Jan’s garden. We worked through the morning, lifting her massive clumps of tubers and splitting off a chunk of each variety for me to take home. Her generosity was my first real taste of just how giving and passionate flower people are. I tried to offer her money or some type of exchange, because she had filled my old 30 BRISBANE NEWS March 11-17, 2020

station wagon with so many clumps of tubers, but she said she didn’t want anything in return, only that I pass along the abundance once my garden was established. From sharing dahlia tubers to teaching me how to make my first bridal bouquet to letting me shadow her during weddings, Jan’s support was instrumental in helping me find my way early on.

Since that day, my dahlia garden has grown to include nearly 500 varieties and over 13,000 plants, a far cry from a station wagon full of muddy tubers. While I’ve grown all colours of the rainbow, it’s been a challenge to find varieties in blush tones, though it’s one that I’ll eagerly accept.

Each year I grow dozens of new varieties in search of beauties in this hue to add to the farm’s expanding collection, because they are so popular for weddings and event work.

Two of my very favourite blush varieties are “Appleblossom” and “Break Out”.

Appleblossom blooms all summer and into autumn on medium-size plants that are smothered in perfectly formed petite blooms with glowing golden centres. It’s also a favourite with bumblebees, and I have to take great care when harvesting it early in the morning because the bees often sleep in the flowers. Break Out is much less dainty, and its towering plants

are equally productive. Both are proven winners here on the farm.

This bouquet celebrates Appleblossom and Break Out, which make a stunning pair. One of my favourite colours to combine with blush is chartreuse, so I added mock orange, which turns the most beautiful light apple green as autumn arrives. I also tucked in some frothy clouds of sweet autumn clematis to lend a magical, ephemeral quality, and seedpods for texture. While not obviously eyecatching, Sweet Annie and Greek oregano add a delicious herbal scent along with a striking pop of chartreuse, and hydrangeas bring a hint of deeper rose.

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Meadow-Inspired Centrepiece Ingredients: Structural foliage Rosa multiflora foliage Supporting ingredients Pokeweed, Hydrangea ”Bobo”, hydrangea “Little Lamb”, Raspberry “Tulameen” Textural ingredient Clematis “Paul Farges” (Summer Snow) Supporting flower Echinacea “Coconut Lime” Focal flower Echinacea “White Swan” Airy accent White mignonette In high summer, our fields are literally a sea of flowers, and when I walk the rows, I have to part the waves of waist-high plants to wade through them. In early August, the perennial section is in its

prime, and echinacea stands out as one of the stars. Of all the perennial flowers that we grow, it is one of the most loved by the beneficial creatures living on the farm, from the hummingbirds to the honeybees.

All day long the rows of echinacea are literally buzzing with pollinators. At the end of a long day, I love to sit in the perennial patch where, if I keep still long enough, I notice that everything is moving, humming and vibrating.

The stress of the day dissipates and I become more in tune with nature, which always helps put things in perspective.

One of my favourite challenges is to elevate even the most common flowers — those that are often overlooked, such as cosmos and daisies — by combining them with more refined, romantic ingredients like garden roses. The tension formed between these opposites always tends to kickstart conversations as people stop to

comment on the elements they recognise.

White echinacea, a common native flower, inspired this bouquet that embraces the blooms of peak summer. From there, I hunted around the farm and gathered all of the more refined white flowers I could find, including PeeGee hydrangeas, clematis, and mignonette. To offset these, I chose a few textural ingredients that aren’t commonly thought of for bouquets, including immature raspberries and pokeweed seedpods. To retain a loose, airy quality, I gave each of the flowers room to breathe and express their individual nature.

For my vessel, I chose a beautiful vintage mixing bowl from my favourite antique store. It’s so well worn that the glaze is partially rubbed off, exposing a linen-coloured base that echoes the echinacea centres and the soft gold of the unripe raspberries.

About the author US-based Erin Benzakein is a trailblazing farmer florist – a term she helped popularise to describe those skilled at both flower farming and floral design. She is also an accomplished author, teacher and entrepreneur who lives, works, farms and writes from her Floret Flower Farm in Washington’s scenic Skagit Valley.

Known for lush, airy, romantic floral designs, Erin is consistently pushing the limits of what can be used in a bouquet, a skill that has seen her published extensively on dozens of popular wedding websites and blogs.

This is an edited extract from A Year in Flowers by Erin Benzakein, Chronicle, $49, available where all good books are sold.

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There’s a film about Aznavour playing at the forthcoming French Film Festival and I intend to see it. I love the guy. He was, you may recall, Edith Piaf’s protege.

I first heard of him when he had that huge hit with She, a great song that has been covered by everyone including Elvis Costello whose fine version features in the soundtrack to the film Notting Hill.

My brother and I used to refer to him as Charles Has No More.

My musical tastes change from time to time. When I was boy it was all pop music … The Beatles mostly but I was very fond of The Doors, David Bowie and Lou Reed.

Then around the age of 20 I started getting into the blues – Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins and others.

I got myself a little harmonica around that time, a Hohner Blues Harp. I wrote blues songs late at night while smoking cigarettes. Picasso had his blue period, I had my blues period.

Then, one day, in Rockhampton (where I was working as a young journo) I saw a cassette of reggae music in a sale bin, an album entitled In The Dark by Toots and

The Maytals. I bought it and began a long love affair with reggae music, which seems to surprise some people. But I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Rastafarian although in my youth I did occasionally indulge in a herbal cigarette or two.

Over the past 20 years I have been very interested in classical music and it’s not uncommon for me to be playing reggae one minute and following it with a CD of the famous mezzo soprano Dame Janet Baker singing some German lieder.

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So my musical tastes are all over the place. I can be playing Van Morrison one minute, Handel the next. But right now it’s the crooners – Cranky Frankie and Charles Has No More – although my new theme is Chinese traditional music. This music is a bit obscure and it’s driving my wife crazy.

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from on high Three-level Ascot home enjoys panoramic outlook This impressive three-level residence is set high on a hill and enjoys panoramic views of the Brisbane CBD skyline, Brisbane River and mountain surrounds.

Both a three-person lift and staircase connect the three levels with the upper level, capitalising on its position to enhance the vistas on offer from an open-plan layout.

A covered wraparound veranda, with river, city and Mt Coot-tha views, is accessed through sliding glass doors leading from the open-plan design.

Dining, kitchen and living spaces are featured at the front of the layout. The space features blackbutt timber flooring and a light-filled environment.

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The smallest bedroom has a built-in wardrobe and adjacent is a powder room.

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Waterfront oasis With four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a pool, this Norman Park property has plenty to offer potential buyers.

“This exquisite family residence has been built to provide the incoming purchaser with an enviable lifestyle that is sure to impress even the most fastidious buyer,” Ray White Bulimba agent Brandon Wortley says.

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Outside, a tiled patio comes equipped with a new Weber barbecue and outdoor kitchen, which includes a wine fridge.

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Picture perfect Equipped with six bedrooms and four bathrooms, this stately Georgian manor sits high above the city in its ridgetop estate.

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

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space complemented by a decadent ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and balcony that looks east across the pool to the rural and city scape beyond.

Outside, a covered terrace, tennis pavilion and tennis court make the most of the expansive grounds.

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Tranquil oasis awaits 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 river.

The kitchen is ideal for entertaining with features including a marble island bench, soft-close drawers, stainless steel Miele convection microwave/speed oven, wall oven, induction cooktop, integrated dishwasher and a concealed preparation space for small appliances.

There are well-proportioned spaces and walkways throughout the property, a unique vintage bank vault repurposed as a 440-bottle wine cellar, infinity-edge pool with views, a 7m cantilevered ceiling in the riverside entertaining terrace, impressive private pontoon with jetski dock and many more attractive lifestyle features.

The property’s leisure spaces also extend to a large theatre and a mezzanine billiards room overlooking the open living area, both taking in stunning views of the river. With a built-in bar, the billiards room

maintains subtle connectivity with entertaining spaces on the lower level of the residence while offering a separate games zone. A commanding main bedroom is separated from the upper level for the utmost privacy, and is reached via a generous walkway to the northernmost point of the residence. The downstairs guest quarters are placed adjacent to a guest bathroom that features dual basins, large shower, marble tiling and a granite benchtop.

TENNYSON 107 King Arthur Tce Land: 1075sq m Inspect: By appointment Agents: Jack and Patrick Dixon, Dixon Estate Agents; ph: 3870 2251, 0408 756 694 (JD) and 0414 817 817 (PD) For sale: By expressions of interest, closing March 20, 5pm

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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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Old meets modern Located just 7km from Brisbane CBD, this beautifully renovated old Queenslander infuses old charm with modern features, having been transformed into three, lowmaintenance freehold homes.

With the front property currently sold and the rear left townhouse under contract, the remaining residence is ready for those seeking a sophisticated lifestyle, harmonising family living and functional entertaining.

80A Dobson St has an internal space equal to 162sq m in size and is set on 183sq m of land. “Every element of (these) residences has been thoughtfully designed,� Ray White Ascot agent Vanessa Harte says.

Open in design and showcasing a warm and inviting ambience, the relaxed living space with 2.7m high ceilings includes oak herringbone timber flooring and a wealth of natural light. The adjoining kitchen includes Bosch appliances, fully integrated dishwasher, temperature controlled wine fridge and soft-close cabinetry, with the option to extend the interior hospitality outdoors via bi-fold doors onto the sunlit patio.

Upstairs are three generous bedrooms and a family bathroom. Stylish in design, the main suite includes a modern ensuite and wall-length built-in wardrobes. The two smaller bedrooms on this level also come fitted with built-in wardrobes and are within a short distance of the upstairs family bathroom.

The residence is complete with a double garage, built-in study nook, ground floor laundry, powder room and ducted airconditioning.

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Art Deco attraction It was the views that really clinched the deal for Peter Marles when he first looked at this beautiful Paddington property in 2005.

The hilltop home, which was built between 1939 and 1941 in the English revival style, has panoramic city and suburban views, which can be enjoyed from many areas of the house, including the main bedroom.

Designed by renowned architect of the time, Eric P Trewern, the three-level home still retains many of the Art Deco features he included.

After living in the home for a couple of years, Peter renovated it to suit a more modern lifestyle.

“We have done a significant amount of work since then to make it much more contemporary,” he says.

“There was minimal garage space, we improved that.

“The house was really a series of smaller rooms, so we took all the walls out and suspended the roof, so it is all open-plan now.

“We added a family room on the back and two decks and a new swimming pool.

“We retained all the chandeliers and all the Art Deco ceilings and things.”

Peter says one of his favourite parts of the house is the back deck, which has 270degree views as far as Moreton Bay. “That is how high up the house is and there is always a beautiful breeze up there,” he says.

Agent George Hadgelias says in 2018, Garfield Drive was named one of Brisbane’s best streets by real estate experts and it is easy to see why.

PADDINGTON 40 Garfield Drive Land: 696sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: George and Max Hadgelias, Ray White Paddington; ph: 3369 6488, 0403 062 062 (GH) and 0411 276 372 (MH) For sale: By negotiation

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1. The upgrade comprises of installing three (3) new panel antennas (5G) at height elevation of 30.00m on the existing headframe.

2. The upgrade will include all ancillary works such as: combiners, diplexers, mounts, cable trays, feeders, cables. The internal and auxiliary works such as installation and connecting the new electronic equipment will be placed in the existing Telstra equipment shelter.

3. Telstra regards the proposed installations as a Low-impact Facility under Part 1, Item 4 of the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 ("The Determination") based on the description above. Further information on the site can be viewed at: www.rfnsa.com.au/4108005 4. In accordance with Section 7 of C564:2018 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code, we invite you to provide feedback about the proposal.

Further information and/or comments should be directed to: Musab Kadan on behalf of Telstra at 07 3068 6973 or musab.kadan@servicestream.com.au by 25th of March 2020.

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6 Only Edge along game. then do you(5) realise what a wealth of knowledge you really 7 Raise in rank (7) have.

2 Excuse for a foreword 12 Violent criminal (9) SAGITTARIUS maybe (7) 13 Intermediary (9) Solutions to last week’s puzzles 8 Strife (7) (November 23 – December 21) 1 Decorate, one way or the 3 Stop a number going in 15 To offer in excuse (5) GEMINI Decisions go on hold, even though the other (7) as usual (9) 16 Into the future (5) (May 21 – June 21)

14 Prompted by wrong motives (9) P A C K E T D E V I L I S H I N T A C T D I S S U A D E pressure might be to make them. Once 5 Finish after Ionly half the 4 Sprays of flowers (5) 18 Disinclined toHbelieve (9) There may be moments(3,2,4) this week when L R N M A R A D S A A N

15 Jeopardise again, money becomes an issue, but distance stretch out activities 21 N Sacred (9)T E R everyone seems to be at play except you.

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11 Engagement up perhaps to 28 Disapprovingly 20 Excessive pleasures.

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Fortunately all things andplaces, Across: 1 Intact, 4 Dissuade, 9 Seamen, 10 Decanter, 12 Go 13 Search, 15 Tune, 16 Find orseted, 13 Superb, 15 Anna, 16 Clothes way of turning up these little surprises.

21 Men of arms (9) street become wardens (7) 7 Raise in rank (7) people eventually move on so optimism, 25 Scenario, 28 Kimono, 29 Delegate, 30 7 Ecstatic, 2824Arnica, 29theSentence, 30Note I am in aguilty, Tale about east is 22 resort in19 Miss 8 Strifethe (7) bus, 20 Able, 23 Umpire, faith and money are bound to 27 comeTangible, out AQUARIUS long (5) America (5) of their tailspin soon.

Jersey. 14 Prompted by wrong (January 21 – February 18) 25 Allocate a listener some 23 Idiomatic language of motives (9) being a natural entrepreneur, foreign currency (7) abuse (5) 15 Jeopardise (3,2,4) LEO Down: 1 In16 sight, 2 Trappings, 3 Caesar, 5 Idea, 6 Shameful, 7 Astir,Despite 8 Earthly, 11 Decibel, 14 Adjunct, s, 7 Imbue, 8 26 Handbag, 11 Declaim, 14 At it’s not every day that you get a real Notice a wild flower (7) Run away secretly (7) (July 23 – August 23) 17 Laborious, 18 Sterling, 19 Mounted, 21 Economy, 22 Unwise, 24 Penal, 26 Glut.

2 Usurer, 24 27 Arson, 26 Zinc. financial break. Sure, many offers can He plays by himself (7) QUICK CLUES 17 Inconsistent (7) With romance all but unavoidable, look like great opportunities. There may 28 Refuse permission to fly – Across 19 Entrust (7) singles could find that special soulmate. have even been times when you’ve giving reasons (7) 1 Dumbfound (7) 20 Excessive freedom (7) Couples rediscover the initial taken the bait before you saw the hook 5 As an alternative (7) 22 Piece of tartan cloth (5) fascination. If love has been marred by attached to it. This week appears more Down 9 Floor show (7) 23 An added charge (5) problems, put misgivings in the past genuine, and generous.

1 Fool might use this?

10 Infinite (7) tense. Bottom line: whether single or Nonsense! (7) 11 Supercilious (5) CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Repaper, 5 Distend, 9 Useless, 10 Planets, 11 Arena, 12 Speed trap, 13 Batteries, 15 Rowan, 16 Tight, 18 Endeavour, 21 Gunsmiths, 24 Yearn, 25 Earmark, 26 Aconite, 27 Soloist, 28 Grounds. Down: 1 Rhubarb, 2 Pretext, 3 Prevalent, 4 Roses, 5 Depressed, 6 Sward, 7 Eyebrow, 8 Dustpan, 14 Identikit, 15 Ready to go, 16 Tigress, 17 General, 19 Ovation, 20 Rangers, 22 Miami, 23 Slang.

QUICK: Across: 1 Astound, 5 Instead, 9 Cabaret, 10 Endless, 11 Aloof, 12 Desperado, 13 Middleman, 15 Plead, 16 Ahead, 18 Sceptical, 21 Scripture, 24 Tonic, 25 Outward, 26 Tuition, 27 Decided, 28 Askance.

Down: 1 Acclaim, 2 Tabloid, 3 Unruffled, 4 Dated, 5 In essence, 6 Sidle, 7 Elevate, 8 Discord, 14 Misguided, 15 Put at risk, 16 Abscond, 17 Erratic, 19 Consign, 20 Licence, 22 Plaid, 23 Extra.

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