Brisbane News Magazine August 23-29 ISSUE 1142

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AUGUST 23-29, 2017 ISSUE 1142

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HELLO 03

For months a friend of mine has been saying, “You have to do a story on Elizabeth Kingston - she’s amazing”.

Moments after meeting the 55-year-old fashion influencer (The Chat, P5) I was inclined to agree. Arriving all smiles for her Brisbane News photo-shoot, myriad rings and bangles clattering, she sent a charge through the studio with her flair and the force of her personality. A visual arts teacher for 30 years, Elizabeth is fast becoming a social media star, lauded for her sense of style.

Still on colour and latent talents, this week we also catch up with David Hinchliffe (P17), the former Brisbane councillor and now celebrated painter.

Phil Brown previews David’s latest exhibition of scenes from Brisbane and around the world. Believe me, these works are nothing short of breathtaking.

And finally, a treat for fans of reality TV: a one-on-one with The Bachelor’s Matty “J” Johnson (Cover Story, P10), who Brookfield residents may remember from his formative years in the suburb.

There’s always a Brisbane connection.

NOW & THEN 2017 & 1930: Fortitude Valley live music champion The Tivoli is celebrating its recent makeover – and the building’s 100th birthday – by partnering with Brisbane Festival. It is planning a “decadent” program as part of the festival, “sweetly suited to the spirit of a special place”. The building was transformed into The

Tivoli Restaurant and Theatre by Ann Garms in 1989, in the art deco headquarters of the beloved Adams’ Cake Shop (inset). Last year it was bought and renovated by Steve and Dave Sleswick, which saved it from possible demolition.

Pictures: Vincent Shaw (main); State Library of Queensland (inset)

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True original ELIZABETH KINGSTON, 55 Fashion influencer Standing out from the crowd is a daily occurrence for Elizabeth Kingston, who is forging a later life career as a fashion model, stylist and social media star. “It’s reaffirming to have people acknowledge your style in such a positive way,” she says.

“I represent that demographic who are matureaged and who don’t have the opportunity or budget to buy new season stuff every year.”

For two years Elizabeth’s Instagram followers (@timeless_styling) have been privy to snaps of her in artfully curated outfits. It has got to the point she is regularly recognised on Brisbane’s streets.

“I never leave the house unembellished. I don’t own a pair of tracky dacks. I have standards,” she says. “I make my statement through colour and pattern, putting garments together and accessorising so I’m creating something that is uniquely me. It’s about being visible.”

Instead of following seasonal trends, Elizabeth stays true to her own aesthetic achieved through “gifting and thrifting”. For her Brisbane News photo shoot, she wore an upcycled op shop dress, was gifted the blouse, made the palazzo pants and salvaged the floral neck piece that her friend, broadcaster Robin Bailey, was going to throw away.

“I saw its potential as a head piece,’’ she says.

Having been taught to sew from a young age by her mother Pauline, the textile enthusiast ran her own label Tpinjii Designs from 1986 to 1993.

These days, while continuing to teach art parttime, Elizabeth works at Akira Isogawa’s Fortitude Valley store and enjoys reading blogs by New York writer and photographer Ari Seth Cohen. His Advanced Style project, including books and a 2014 documentary film, aims to capture the creativity, fashion and savvy spirit of the senior set.

“Every day is a new opportunity to create,” Elizabeth says. “I dress for me. If other people notice and they smile in a positive way, that is fabulous.”

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FULL COLOUR … Fashion stylist and blogger Elizabeth Kingston has an eye for design. Picture: AAP/Josh Woning

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MUSIC ASH GRUNWALD, FORTITUDE VALLEY

ARIA award winner bluesman Ash Grunwald (pictured) brings his You Ain’t My Problem Any More tour to The Zoo on Aug 25. Support acts

include The Mouldy Lovers, which includes Brisbane City councillor Jonathan Sri in its lineup. the zoo.com.au

ART LIFE BELOW THE 27TH PARALLEL, PADDINGTON

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DRIVE GYMPIE MUSIC MUSTER, GYMPIE

Urban Brisbane landscape painter J Valenzuela Didi’s latest exhibition Life Below the 27th Parallel portrays some of the city’s best-known landmarks as deserted, unearthly dreamscapes.

At Lethbridge Gallery, Aug 26-Sep 6.

This celebration of country music, on Aug 24-27 at Amamoor Creek State Forest, will feature Golden Guitar winner Lyn Bowtell and CMC Female Artist of the Year Chelsea Basham (above) among a packed lineup.

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4 FESTIVAL QUEENSLAND POETRY FESTIVAL, FORTITUDE VALLEY Explore life more lyrical in the Queensland Poetry Festival’s Distant Voices program, at Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts on Aug 24-27. Sessions include a literary cabaret featuring Brisbane poet and Prime Minister’s Award recipient Sarah Holland-Batt, a tribute to legendary wordsmith and singer the late Leonard Cohen (right), and the state poetry slam finalists.

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Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble presents the part-drama-part-comedy, A Winter’s Tale in the amphitheatre at Roma Street Parkland. Runs Aug 24Sep 9 with some matinees, some more “relaxed” shows and Q & A sessions after the performances.

With footy finals fast approaching it’s perfect timing for a tryout of The Sublime, about an end-of-season trip to Thailand that goes horribly wrong.

Written by Brendan Cowell (Ruben Guthrie), it’s on at Brisbane Powerhouse, Aug 30-Sep 2.

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Belinda Seeney People who don’t read and those who skip dessert need not apply I’m holding auditions for new friends.

Preference will be given to applicants who can carve up a dance floor and rattle off at least five places to get good coffee in any given suburb.

People who don’t read and those who skip dessert need not apply.

I must warn you, though, it’s only a temporary gig.

An unspecified number of “Belinda’s Friend” positions become vacant each year between August and October, coinciding with the annual migration of my tenured mates to destinations abroad.

The last week of July is filled with leaving drinks and last lunches as the mass exodus begins.

One-by-one I watch my besties flee the country for exotic locales, leaving nought in their wake but an envyinducing social media feed hashtagged with insufferably smug phrases like #lovetotravel, #postcardsfromtheworld and #fromwhereyoudratherbe.

For three months a year, I only see my friends through the filters of Instagram: drinking vodka in Moscow, flying frozen flags at Everest base camp, singing karaoke in a Tokyo bar, kayaking around Vietnam’s Halong Bay and driving vintage cars in Havana.

Once upon a time – a very long time ago, I must confess – I was one of them.

From August to October I pedalled through Hoi An’s rice paddies and paddled across the mighty Mississippi River; I drank pints in Dublin’s Temple Bar and ate fish tacos from a roadside stand on Mexico’s Baja coast.

These days, my funds are frozen and my travel budget redirected to feeding, watering, housing and educating two young humans.

And while the idea of recruiting short-term friends is still on the cards, I’ve found another way to fill my time – and my Instagram feed – until the welcome back lunches commence on

November 1. I’ve acquired a range of nifty little books including Tequila Mockingbird – cocktails inspired by literary gems; Around the World in 80 Cocktails; and Rum: Shake.

Muddle, Stir.

Should I feel like a bit of Hanky Panky in London I can eschew the airfare – and any “complications” – by mixing equal parts gin and sweet red vermouth with a dash of bitters and an orange peel garnish.

I can venture Under the Volcano in Mexico with a few shots of mezcal, cream sherry, grappa and chocolate bitters and awake the next morning comfortable in my own bed when the inevitable Day of the Dead dawns bright.

I can ride a Sidecar in France, experience Death in the Afternoon in Pamplona, Spain, and avoid the Suffering Bastard in Egypt, all without leaving my living room.

This August to October, you know #wheretofindme.

I was listening to an interview on the radio the other day about working in hospitality. An actor was reminiscing about all the jobs in that field she’d had when she was a student.

Most actors have waited on tables at some stage, right?

Some journalists too. Like me. I had a string of jobs in hospitality when I was a young fellow. Although hospitality may be the wrong word to use in my case because I was never very hospitable.

My first job as a waiter was forced on me at 17 when my dad got me a holiday gig working at the Broadbeach International Hotel.

He was friendly with the manager, you see.

I was supposed to just serve drinks but they were short of food waiters that evening so they put me on to fill in. What a disaster that was.

First of all, it was dark in the venue – the Celebrity Room – so I couldn’t see anything. And it was noisy with a show in full swing so I couldn’t hear

anything either. One guy was mouthing something to me at one stage but I couldn’t make it out and when I gestured that I couldn’t hear him, he shouted: “I want a bread roll!”

I had the basket of rolls in my hand so I took one out and threw it at him.

It may surprise you to know that I was fired on the spot because the manager happened to be watching.

Anyway my old man pulled some strings and I was rehired to serve drinks for functions at the same hotel.

I couldn’t get in much trouble doing that, could I? Oh, but I could. I made the mistake of trying to carry out four bottles of bubbly on one tray and I dropped the lot, much to the horror of everyone.

I was the Manuel of the Broadbeach International Hotel.

A year later my dad got me another holiday job at the famous Surfers Paradise Hotel where I was a yardman. That is, I picked up the glasses in the Beer Garden and the famous Corner Bar which was a

Phil Brown seething mass of perverts who gathered every afternoon to swill down beers and watch bikini girls parade past.

The strange thing is this rather heterosexual venue turned into a gay bar for one session on the weekend and I used to get my bum pinched regularly.

The Beer Garden was another world altogether and was popular with bikies.

Woe betide any yardman – such as me – who removed a glass which still had a drop of grog in it. Especially if it was a bikie’s glass. This I learnt the hard way.

On one occasion I had a whole table full of bikies demanding fresh drinks, claiming there had still been moisture in the ones I removed. And thus I came to the end of another ignominious stint in hospitality which turned out to be quite inhospitable.

Luckily I had other options. Just as well really.

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Thrill of

the chase Can the Brisbane star of TV’s The Bachelor find love after a very public letdown? Only Matty ‘’J’’ Johnson can say Kristy Symonds

SECOND TIME LUCKY ... Matty “J” Johnson has found love. Picture: Richard Dobson

He’s one of the country’s most talked about men, in the midst of his search for a second shot at love on national television. But The Bachelor’s leading man Matty “J” Johnson is from much more humble beginnings in Brisbane, where his upbringing shaped what he’s looking for in The One. His rise to fame after having his heart broken by Bachelorette Georgia Love when she chose plumber Lee Elliott in last year’s final of the reality dating series has caught the marketing manager by surprise.

“It was so strange, I was getting my bags out of the taxi and I bumped into someone and turned around and said, ‘Oh, sorry’, and it was a photographer and they were snapping away,” he tells Brisbane News of an up-close encounter with the paparazzi minutes before our phone call.

“It wasn’t this bad after The Bachelorette, they were pretty discreet, but that was my most full frontal experience.

“I never expected people to be that invested in my story.”

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before they returned to Brisbane when he was a year old.

He was one of five children – four boys and a girl – raised by his single school teacher mum Ellie Johnson on “a bit of acreage” at Brookfield, in Brisbane’s western suburbs.

“We spent a lot of time outdoors,” he says. “Our house backed on to a creek so my brothers and I used to head down there and catch yabbies.

We had two horses.”

After attending Brookfield State School, Matty went to high school at St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly, where his love of sport blossomed.

“I played every sport imaginable – everything from athletics to rugby, cricket, and water polo,” he says.

“If I could have been better at sport (I would have) loved to be a professional athlete but I was always just slightly above average. Hindsight is a beautiful thing – I should have focused more on one sport (to develop my skills in it).”

In high school, Matty had a circle of friends who were all into surfing and he would get up at the crack of dawn every weekend to catch the train down to the Gold Coast and spend the day on the waves.

“That made me enjoy the outdoors

COVER STORY

SO CLOSE ... Matty ‘’J’’ with sister Kate Clifton (top); and the first kiss of The Bachelor season, with Laura Byrne.

MAD ABOUT THE BOY ... A dapper Matty ‘’J’’ Johnson chats with contestant Stacey Simpson on the set of The Bachelor.

even more – I’ve always been the one that says, ‘It’s the weekend, it’s good weather, let’s spend the entire time outdoors’, rather than wanting to stay in on the computer or playing video games.”

That’s why the 30-year-old says an adventurous spirit is a key attribute of a potential partner.

“There are a lot of chats, even before casting, about what my ideal woman is and it’s not often you sit down and think long and hard about those qualities but, for me I guess they would be intelligent, ambitious and successful – not in terms of money but passionate about what they do, kind and adventurous,” he says.

“They are a lot of qualities I have or which are similar to mine. I don’t believe opposites attract but I also don’t believe that she needs to be a carbon copy.”

Another big influence in his search is his older sister Kate Clifton, with whom he has always been extremely close. In fact, she followed Matty to Sydney months after he moved there for work at 21. They now live 10 minutes apart in Bondi.

“I am always popping in for a free dinner when I can – she’s an amazing mum, and she’s pregnant with her second child,” he says.

“She’s the kind of mum that enjoys cooking and baking bread from

scratch so I’m like, ‘Hey, I am just coming over to see George my nephew and oh what a coincidence there is a roast chicken in the oven’.

“My sister and I are in the routine of chatting every day and all of a sudden, when I was filming The Bachelor, that was completely gone and she’s the one I turn to for advice on relationships so that was hard at first.”

However, Kate did make an appearance on the show to weed out those she didn’t deem right for Matty.

And it seems his decision to risk heartbreak for a second time has paid off – he’s found love but we will just have to wait to see who it’s with.

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“The one burning desire I still had was to have that chance to fall in love again and, for me, the show was the perfect opportunity to do that,” he says. “Some people think it’s weird and think, ‘How can you fall in love in that environment?’, but, for me, that did work and I wanted it again.

“There was no guarantee I wouldn’t have my heart broken again and that was in the back of my mind – there was no safeguard from the fact I might fall in love and they might not love me back – but you don’t want to wrap yourself up in cotton wool.”

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PROFILE

No blame attached Crowdsourcing content for a show about forgiveness was always going to be interesting. “Oh, people are pretty frank,” I Just Came to Say Goodbye cocreator Amy Ingram says.

“People really let us have it.”

The show, part of Brisbane Festival, is the dramatic reimagination of anonymously submitted stories staged by theatre company The Good Room. It’s the third time Amy’s group has used this method of gathering inspiration. “(The work) we then create is how these submissions speak to each other,” she says. “When they exist in a work together, what does it say about the nature of forgiveness?

“There is still a (narrative) journey that the audience follows but the submissions allow us to jump to new places unexpectedly ... to delve deep into a moment and then arrive somewhere completely new. I think this is what makes the work extremely exciting. And people are

watching and inserting themselves into the (story) – because it very well could be something they or a friend submitted.”

When asked for specifics about the show, the Spring Hill resident says that would be telling.

“I don’t want to give anything away but I can tell you that there are some really beautiful and epic moments,” she says.

“What I am struck with is how poetic people are without even realising it. Some submissions have broken my heart and others have made me laugh so hard.

“We can do some horrible things to each other and sometimes, while shocking, it is not that surprising.

“But what has been amazing is to read of people’s resilience and bravery during those darkest hours.”

Picture: AAP/Renae Droop

It’s been a busy year for Amy, 35, who just finished a role in La Boite Theatre Company’s Blackrock. She has two projects in development with The Good Room, the company she founded nine years ago with Daniel Evans. They have also nailed down

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PARADISE FOUND A weekend in Surfers turns a cynic to a convert

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HELP FROM MY FRIENDS … Wes Carr is ready to rock The Beatles.

VINNIES GIFT CARDS THE PERFECT GIFT FOR EVERYONE!

When singer-songwriter Wes Carr was asked to join a band of musical mates for a national tour celebrating some of the Fab Four’s bestloved songs, he jumped at the chance.

“I sort of said yes before they’d finished asking me,” says Wes, 34, who won the sixth season of Australian Idol in 2008.

“I love all the guys that are involved in it.

They’re all really great people.”

The “guys” starring in The Beatles First 5 tour, featuring songs from The Beatles’ first five albums from 1963-65, are five of Australia’s most accomplished singers. They include Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell (aka Bob Evans), former Southern Sons singer and guitarist Jack Jones, musical director and former Wa Wa Nee singer Paul Gray and singer Ciaran Gribbin.

Wes has lived at Coolum on the Sunshine Coast with his wife Charlotte and son Willow, 4, for a couple of years, after spending the previous 17 years in Sydney.

“I’m still living this (fast-paced) sort of life but I’m in a slower-paced town, which was the idea, and it’s awesome,” he says.

Wes admits his tastes steer more towards later Beatles material, citing the songs Magical Mystery Tour and Blue Jay Way as among his personal favourites.

“But when you do revisit these earlier songs, which I have been lately, it’s just like, ‘Oh man, these are just unbelievable’,” he

says. “I think Ticket to Ride and Help! and those sorts of songs have got these chord patterns that were just progressing a lot faster than any other songs at that time.”

Recently, Wes has branched out into musical theatre, performing in last year’s stage show, Rolling Thunder Vietnam, with songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Billy Thorpe and Joe Cocker. In 2015, he toured with Here Comes the Sun: A Journey Through the Songs of George Harrison.

Wes says both shows have prepared him well for The Beatles First 5, particularly the Harrison tour. He says Willow’s first musical memories of his father involve him singing Harrison’s songs.

“There’s this weird thing – everywhere we go, we hear Here Comes The Sun,” Wes says.

“I’ll be next to a car at the traffic lights and it’ll be playing Here Comes The Sun, or we’ll be sitting at a cafe and it comes on. My son thinks that I wrote the song – ‘Daddy, it’s your song!’ – and I’m like, ‘No, no, no’.

“When people think about me as a musician they tend to think about the songs that were just thrashed on radio, but I’ve got 100-plus songs in my back pocket that are so much more me, so much more who I am.”

“I’m grateful that people know me because I can now go and play people’s lounge rooms and things and have them know who I am.”

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16 FILM AMERICAN MADE (MA15+) hhhkj Director: Doug Liman Starring: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright Running time: 115 minutes The expression “he flies by the seat of his pants” could have been coined especially for TWA pilot-turned-drug runner Barry Seal (Tom Cruise).

Before being recruited by the CIA, Seal gets his thrills by startling cabins of sleeping passengers with unexpected mid-flight “turbulence”.

Seal’s life takes an unexpected turn when special agent Monty Schafer (Domhnall Gleeson) approaches him in an airport lounge with an extraordinary proposition. The authorities will turn a blind eye to Seal’s smuggling sideline in Cuban cigars if he agrees to undertake some reconnaissance work for the agency.

Based on real events, American

Made is set in the late 1970s and early ’80s. While director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) and screenwriter Gary Spinelli have presumably taken some creative license with the story, many of the key plot points are simply too far-fetched to have been invented.

Liman, who has established himself as an action-savvy filmmaker, handles the ’80s tonal shift with assurance. He is well-served by Cruise, who delivers his best performance in some time.

A ripping yarn with a keen, satirical edge.

3D TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (M) hhhhj Director: James Cameron Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong Running time: 137 minutes He’s back, just like he promised!

Twenty-seven years after it was first released, James Cameron’s sci-fi classic can’t help but show signs of age – even in this newly-minted 4K 3D restoration.

Eyes accustomed to 21st century visual effects can see the flaws in what was jaw-dropping CGI almost three decades ago. But it is still arresting.

And that’s the measure of a true classic.

It will be interesting to see what younger audiences make of this new 3D restoration. But for those watching

the film a second time around, Terminator 2: Judgment Day holds up extremely well.

Cameron is a master at blending big screen action with dazzling visual effects. Terminator 2’s molten denouement is a corker.

If this 3D restoration feels a little leaner and more spare than current blockbusters, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Even in the multiplex environment, less is sometimes more.

MAUDIE (PG) hhhkj Director: Aisling Walsh Starring: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett Running time: 116 minutes Twentieth-century folk artist Maud Lewis, at least as Sally Hawkins portrays her, is a hard woman to pin down. And that’s a large part of the charm of this beautifully-rendered biopic about the late-blooming Canadian painter who was crippled by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis from a very early age.

Betrayed by her brother, who pockets the entire proceeds from the sale of their family home, and treated like a child by her controlling aunt, Maud is determined to strike out on her own. Options in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia, however, are limited even for an able-bodied woman.

So when Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke), an illiterate fishmonger utterly lacking in social graces, advertises for a housekeeper, Maud seizes the opportunity, even though it means sharing a bed (there is

nowhere else for her to sleep). Despite the rudimentary nature of her new living conditions, not to mention the social isolation, the housekeeping job represents a kind of empowerment for Maud, partly because that’s the way the indefatigable optimist frames it.

Everett is emotionally aggressive.

On one occasion, he physically beats his new employee.

At first tentatively, and later, more obsessively, she paints.

The evolution of this unlikely couple’s relationship is best summed up by the scene in which Maud works while an increasingly domesticated Everett peels the potatoes for dinner.

Director Aisling Walsh allows their story to play out in an unforced manner against the shifting backdrop of Nova Scotia’s distinctive seasons.

Maud, for whom the word indomitable might have been invented, emerges as an alternative feminist role model. In a performance that echoes her breakthrough role in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, Hawkins embraces this fiercely independent, softly-spoken soul.

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Travelling picture show GALLERIES Phil Brown Some people talk about living the dream but David Hinchliffe is really doing it.

The former Brisbane City councillor, once deputy lord mayor, left politics behind years ago to follow his lifelong passion for painting.

His annual show at Red Hill Gallery demonstrates how prolific he is. He has filled the walls with his instantly recognisable works – Brisbane scenes and paintings from his travels to New York, Havana and other far-flung places.

The show is called Brisbane and Other Destinations for a reason.

“Because I think Brisbane is a destination city,” David says. “It’s a unique capital.”

Its architecture and leafiness make it special, he says, and people love his works depicting our city.

His rain paintings are another signature, works such as Rainy Night in the City, a New York painting featuring umbrella-wielding pedestrians.

“I go to a city and hope it rains,” David says. “I love reflections and the way rain dissolves a scene.”

Nowadays David, 63, paints fulltime at his Fortitude Valley studio.

He travels relentlessly and this year has painted and exhibited in Hong Kong, New York and elsewhere. He runs art workshops in appropriately exotic places such as Bali and Sri Lanka.

This sounds to me very much like living the dream.

“I’m in a constant state of disbelief,” David says. “I sometimes feel I’m the luckiest man alive.”

If the Brisbane paintings are your thing, you’ll love FOUREX, a view down Milton Rd with the FOUREX brewery on the left.

Cycling Down Musgrave Road features St Brigid’s Catholic Church and there are the usual gorgeous New Farm Park paintings and many others, all in the artist’s distinctive style.

Who doesn't love a Hinchliffe?

DAVID HINCHLIFFE: Brisbane and Other Destinations, until Aug 27, Red Hill Gallery, 61 Musgrave Rd, Red Hill. redhillgallery.com.au

BRIGHT LIGHT, BIG CITIES ... The show includes (clockwise from top) November in New Farm; Catching a Cab; After Castro, Havana; The Cyclist, Red Hill.

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Yen for tradition RESTAURANT Tony Harper There is a stylistic chasm between Sono at Portside and its older sibling in Queen Street Mall. I’m unsure whether I prefer the modern, deluxe place with the majestic river views or the more traditional, smaller-roomed, inner-city place. It all depends, I guess, on the occasion.

What the inner-city venue manages is a sense of the old world, the sort of Japanese restaurant that might have fed Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai. Pure fantasy of course, but for me a big part of any restaurant is the way it makes you feel when you walk through its rooms.

Sono could be seen as a little dusty and poky – some of the booths a little like bus seats – but it also has an element of other-worldliness, and if the tables, chairs and menus are overdue for a revamp (and they surely are), it isn’t the end of the world.

The restaurant is accessed via a door opening on to the lower reaches of Queen Street Mall, up the stairs and into the past.

There’s a bevy of kimono-clad staff (oddly enough, not all of them. There must be some sort of class/job division), a sushi bar with a handful of stools, a couple of private rooms and a tiny garden in the corner.

Bento boxes (pictured) and set meals dominate the front half of the lunch menu – not a bad idea.

I opt for a la carte: gyoza ($13 for six), wagyu tataki ($17), eel, prawn and salmon belly nigiri and buta kakuni ($15, a sort of slow-cooked pork belly in a light broth).

SONO Level 1, Tattersall’s Building, corner Queen and Edward streets, city.

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Chef: Ryuji Tomihara Lunch Mon-Sat, dinner Mon-Sat Eftpos and major credit cards Vegetarian options Off-street paid parking SCORES OUT OF 10 Food: 6.5 Wine: 8 Vibe: 7 Service: 7 Like most Japanese food – even the stuff on trains and in food halls – it has vitality and relies on good, fresh product to make its mark. And for the most part Sono does just fine.

Okay, there’s the prawns that, while fresh and tasting lickety-split, have that dull, dry exterior that marks a crustacean peeled and refrigerated well before service. Is that a sin? Not at all, but it is part of the divide between the good and the great, the

ANOTHER WORLD ... Sono’s Bento Box and (inset) the interior. Pictures: David Kelly

prepped and the Japanese food that creates wonder. The rest is pretty good. Eel, wonderful; pork belly, merely decent; gyoza, just right; wagyu possibly the best of the lot thanks to a really good slice of beef.

But where is the fresh wasabi? This isn’t so much a dig at Sono, but at the other hundreds, possibly thousands, of southeast Queensland Japanese joints that serve mustard-based paste.

Imagine popping into Esquire or

Cha Cha Char to be handed a bottle of tomato sauce: yikes! Wasabi is hard to grow and expensive, but certainly available and it transforms the Japanese dining experience.

There is better Japanese food to be had in Brisbane, and I suspect that Sono’s Portside sibling might have the edge. But what the city Sono brings is a distinct whiff of tradition.

It’s atmospheric, inexpensive and – for the most part – rather tasty.

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In the pink WINE Mike Frost If you think about wine and the French resort town of SaintTropez, you may picture yourself on the beach with a glass of champagne or a crisp white.

But sipping on a glass of the local drop would probably be as pleasing to the tastebuds.

You see, Saint-Tropez lies in the region of Provence and only a few kilometres from the town there are vineyards and wineries producing that most French of wines, Rosé en Provence. Indeed, one winery that produces some of that delicious Provencal rosé is Vignobles de Saint-Tropez Chevalier Torpez.

Chevalier Torpez wines are not yet available in Australia but I tasted them at a recent trade mission. The region’s production is dominated by rosé, in a style that the rest of the world follows as a base for similar wines. The Provencals have been refining it for centuries.

Whatever the composition, most Provence rosés show lovely peachy pink or pale salmon colours and red berries and citrus fruit characters, with some herbal touches and soft acid finishes.

Oak maturation generally plays little part in Provence rosés, although one major exception is also the most expensive rosé I’ve tasted, Chateau d’Esclans Garrus, about $200. It’s a blend of grenache, cinsault and rolle from older vines that is partly matured in new oak barrels. This gives a distinct toasty note to the nose and palate, which is amazingly rich and complex for a rosé, more akin to a good French white burgundy.

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Ask for it at the Wine Emporium, which may also have its “cheaper” cousins Whispering Angel ($38-$45) and Chateau d’Esclans Rock Angel ($59-$65).

The former shows a lovely floral nose with fresh berry fruit and a crisp finish, while the latter is richer and more savoury.

Another producer whose wines may be found here is Chateau La Gordonne, which is imported by Vranken Pommery, well known for its Pommery and Heidsieck champagnes.

The entry level Billette rosé (grenache, syrah and cinsault) shows typical red berry fruit and white floral characters, while Chateau La Gordonne Verite ($18.50, similar blend) has a richer, more savoury palate.

La Chapelle Gordonne ($29) is richer again and has a crisp mineral backbone.

There would be few better wines to sip on the veranda while enjoying winter in Brisbane. frostonvine@yahoo.com.au

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Where: Endota Spa Rosalie, corner Nash & Elizabeth Sts, ph: 3369 5452. endotaspa.com.au The lowdown: Therapist Eilea begins by placing a warming jade stone on my belly. It feels like a soothing hot water bottle and is just the right temperature. She then performs a deep cleanse and moisturise, taking off my makeup with wide, gentle strokes over cheeks, forehead and down my neck. If taking off my foundation and the rest always felt this good, I’d never wake up with panda eyes again. Eilea then applies a special hydrogel mask before fitting the Lightfusion LED device on my face. The Transformer-like apparatus

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Surprise package Daniel Johnson In recent years, I’ve shunned the hustle and bustle of Surfers Paradise in favour of the calmer environs of Currumbin or Burleigh. But after a weekend in the tourist hot spot recently, I’ve changed my tune.

Our main motivation for the weekend away was to catch some acts at the Surfers Paradise LIVE festival, a free, three-day live music event that took place in late April and featured performances from pop-rock twins The Veronicas and Oz rock luminaries Mental as Anything, Pseudo Echo, 1927 and Taxiride.

Surfers Paradise LIVE is one of several free events the area hosts each year, with Kids Week, Bush Meets Beach, Christmas in Surfers Paradise, Carols on the Beach and the New Year’s Carnival among the offerings planned for coming months.

The first thing we notice when we head to our King Ocean View room at QT Gold Coast is the view. It’s hard to miss, with glass doors opening to a balcony that provides an uninterrupted view of kilometres of beaches and the Pacific Ocean stretching as far as the eye can see.

The hotel (main, and top) is only a three-minute walk from Cypress Ave light-rail station and features a blend of beach and ’60s pop art-themed decor. The Stingray Lounge tiki bar has a laidback vibe befitting a hotel that’s a stone’s throw from the beach.

After a schooner of Stone & Wood

Pacific Ale for me and a Mexican Tiki Punch – a blend of Cazadores Blanco tequila, passionfruit liqueur, guava nectar, pineapple, fresh lime and coconut – for my fiancee Rochelle, we’re feeling peckish, and decide to wander to Steampunk, a relatively new bar and eatery that specialises in cocktails and top-notch pub grub. The interiors are a mix of Victorian-era decor and big-screen televisions, with large booths and plentiful tables.

We opt for the jalapeno poppers ($12) and a pepperoni pizza ($16) to share and both exceed expectations, but what really sets Steampunk apart is its cocktail list, with more than a dozen concoctions with names such as Pegasus Rage, Phantom Crusader and Dancing Fairy. We both opt for the Juicy Bruiser ($23), a delicious blend of Absolut Vanilla vodka,

passionfruit juice, lime, prosecco and lemon with a passionfruit garnish.

Suitably refreshed, we head back to the heart of Surfers to catch The Veronicas’ set, which includes crowd favourites Hook Me Up, an acoustic rendition of No.1 hit You Ruin Me and a cover of Drake’s Hotline Bling.

We wake on Saturday with heavy heads, but nothing that a visit to QT’s buffet breakfast ($38 for adults, $15 for children, above left) cannot fix – from pastries, pancakes and waffles to eggs, bacon, sausages and hash browns.

As the afternoon wears on we head to Q1 – about a kilometre away – to check out the view from the SkyPoint Observation tower. Our arrival is perfectly timed, with the sun setting shortly after we make the 77-level elevator trip to the observation deck, which offers panoramic views of the

Coast and beyond. Completing the experience is the antipasto platter for two ($46) and a couple of glasses of Tatachilla sparkling wine.

We had some reservations about spending a busy festival weekend at Surfers Paradise, but were pleasantly surprised by the orderly crowds and how accessible everything was by foot. You might just spot us there when Surfers Paradise LIVE returns on May 4-6 next year.

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NOW AND ZEN 27 A Paddington family’s little pocket of calm

BACK TO BLACK High impact accents for the home

Character building A creative couple draws on the strengths of a 1950s bungalow

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Designed for keeps Tonya Turner Working on your own house is a lot harder than working on a client’s house, according to architect Paul Curran of Push Architecture.

“When you do your own house, as an architect it can be very difficult to narrow down your ideas to distil them because you’ve got too many you want to use,” Paul says.

It was two years ago that Paul and his wife Nan Leutenegger (right) and their mostly-kelpie Cola Girl moved into a 1950s bungalow after deciding to trade the new house they’d built in Bowen Hills for the quieter inner-city suburb of Wilston. They renovated straight away before moving in six months later, with Paul taking inspiration from the home’s original design features and existing materials.

“Everything was selected to be in keeping with the period of the house.

If you’re dealing with something that’s got some character when you’re re-doing a building, it’s really good to be able to feed off the design cues that are already there ... to keep within the language,” he says.

Terracotta tiles were used on the patio extension for both the floor and roof to match the existing tiles.

“Terracotta tiles are a beautiful material. They age beautifully, they’re natural, they’ve been around for thousands of years. Terracotta looks beautiful from the underside too, so why cover it up?” Paul says.

At the back of the house, a new

patio roof rises and falls dramatically, working with a new void in the kitchen to provide views to the adjoining parklands.

“The ceiling height is very modest through the house. We had to tie this structure back into the existing (house) so we put (in) a bit of a sculptural void from the kitchen.

You can sit back and see the beautiful

gum trees in the park, so it opens up the vista,” Paul says.

Inside, a wall dividing the lounge and dining room was pulled down to create a large open-plan space connecting with the new kitchen (previous page).

The reeded glass on the kitchen cabinets echoes the glass on the original internal doors, and the

central island bench was customdesigned for the narrow space. “It’s like a race track having this in the middle of the kitchen and a way of getting more storage,” Paul says.

In the lounge room, a new fireplace is the proud feature piece of the room.

“It gets lots of use. When friends are over everyone loves sitting around the fire. You drink far too much red

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wine but it puts you in a good mood,” Paul says. Built-in spotted gum cabinetry was also added, matching the 1950s and 1960s furniture that once belonged to Paul’s parents.

Despite, or perhaps because of his profession, Paul tries not to take it all too seriously. There are whimsical touches to the home, from the colourful mismatched knobs on the

joinery to the pineapple mirror he designed in the ensuite (above left).

“It’s funny. It’s nice to have a pineapple for a mirror,” he says.

Architect: Paul Curran, Push Architecture, ph: 3252 0949 Builder: Alan Cramb, Cramb Brothers, ph: 0411 704 462 Pictures: Mindi Cooke

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Tiny treasure Tonya Turner Something calm, something lowmaintenance and something inviting – that was the design brief given to landscape designer Tom Brooks of The Small Garden for this family home in Paddington.

“To take full advantage of the amazing large windows in their home, the family asked us to design a garden that they could enjoy both outdoors and indoors,” Tom says.

A Japanese Zen-style garden was created in full view beside one of the windows, adding a calming presence to the indoor living area and outdoor space. Tom used a variety of materials and plants to add depth and texture to the garden, including rust-like COR-TEN steel and upcycled timber planters for their earthy tones.

Tumbled pebble was used for a clean contrast to the layered planting scheme.

“Family life is busy so a lowmaintenance garden was a high priority. They wanted the garden to complement the home’s contemporary architecture through contrasting tones of lush green foliage,” Tom says.

Plants chosen included dichondra and no-mow grass as a ground cover, sedum varieties, succulents, pittosporum tobira, Indian hawthorn, snow maiden, panda bamboo and frangipani trees. “All of these plants

grow well in the Brisbane climate and are easy to care for. A number of them also flower, bringing colour and added life to the garden,” Tom says.

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Andrea Camilleri Pan Macmillan, $30

Set in deepest, darkest Peru in 1860, The Bedlam Stacks is loosely based on a real British expedition led by Clements R. Markham to steal cinchona trees, whose bark yields quinine: the only known treatment for malaria. Clements enlists the help of his friend Merrick Tremayne, who suffered a terrible injury from his previous mission and is struggling with the upkeep of his family’s estate.

Merrick soon realises the decision may cost him his life when he and Clements are given no choice but to be accompanied by fearsome local priest Raphael, whose duty is to guard the precious cinchona trees.

British author Natasha Pulley, whose debut novel The Watchmaker of Filigree Street was a bestseller, places a colourful cast of characters in a fascinating period of history.

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Sydney journalist Meg Mason writes a fun column for InsideOut magazine and, a few pages in, I discovered her gift for comedy transfers beautifully to fiction.

This is the story of young Londoner Abi who falls pregnant by her Australian exchange student boyfriend, Stu. Craving a happy family life, Abi moves to Sydney with baby Jude and sets up house in a sad little flat with Stu, who is struggling with life as a dad. Money is tight and Stu’s mother is a nightmare who sneakily feeds formula to the breastfed Jude. Abi’s only friend is Phyl, a widow from across the road. Just as things are looking up, a little white lie, revealed, sees Abi and Jude retreat to the UK. Carefully drawn characters and hilarious and, at turns, heartbreaking twists make this a delicious pageturner. Have the tissues handy.

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From growing up in Beatles-era post-war Liverpool to his young daughter’s Beatlemania, composer and ABC broadcaster Andrew Ford traces his life through music. He tells of music that shaped him, from his parents’ lullabies to listening to radio in bomb-scarred ’60s Liverpool, where The Beatles were “a reason to celebrate”. Andrew, 60, has worked as a professional musician in the UK and Australia, and presents ABC Radio’s The Music Show. He tells of famous names such as composer Peter Sculthorpe – “impossible to dislike” – whose favourite joke was to “drop his trousers at parties”. This book is written from a composer’s perspective, with some in-depth musical analysis, but Andrew also covers topics such as the importance of music in bringing people together.

ANDREA RIPPER

A good book can be like going on holiday without having to leave home. And what better place to holiday than the idyllic coast of Sicily? For lovers of whodunnits, this is a real treat. The characters you met when SBS aired the Inspector Montalbano series are all here, minus the subtitles. This time Montalbano is solving the murder of a “stinking scoundrel”, who is a loan shark cum womaniser and blackmailer. Half of the fictional town of Vigata has reason to want the man dead, so it’s not going to be easy. Thankfully the TV series has stuck closely to the books so it will all seem very familiar to those who have watched the episodes, and Camilleri’s writing style is deliciously fluid. It’s obviously why his 21 other novels in the series have sold 65 million copies worldwide.

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“It’s beautiful and so peaceful, sitting out on the deck with your feet up, glass in hand, watching the changing colours of the sunset across the water,” Mrs Malecky said.

Vacant land and a big old fig tree to the left of the residence also gives it plenty of privacy.

“Not only are our views across the river so expansive because we aren’t blocked in, but we can’t see into other people’s homes and they can’t see into ours,” Mrs Malecky said.

The two-storey house has a concrete construction with high vaulted glass windows, a flowing floorplan and neutral colour schemes.

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Mrs Malecky said the main bedroom was to die for, with its riverfacing balcony, lounge area and ensuite with a spa bath, twin vanities and dual showers. Other features include a modern kitchen with European appliances and a triple garage.

New-look comfort Centrally located to amenities including shops, cafes and restaurants, this five-bedroom renovated house offers an array of indoor and outdoor living spaces and modern comforts.

A front timber fence and established gardens complement the home’s position in a leafy street, with stairs leading to the first-floor entry.

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INSPECT Wednesday 5 – 6pm

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AUCTION Saturday 26 August at 1pm, on-site

Inspired by the renowned architects Richard Neutra and Harr y Seilder, this river front residence draws on inspiration from California Modernist style. The moment you enter you are greeted by a bespoke gate, vertical gardens lining a concrete path and sparkling swimming pool. The split level floor plan was built around central living areas, allowing multiple rooms to open up to this expansive outdoor space. A gourmet kitchen includes Bianca Venarto marble benchtops with three ovens, two dishwashers and a separate butler’s scullery. The beauty extends to a levelled rear garden with walkway to the boat pontoon.

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TIMEPIECE Presenting a showpiece of significant heritage and expert artistry, this truly is one of Highgate Hill’s finest residences.

HIGHGATE HILL 11 Ruth Street

INSPECT Wednesday 5:30 – 6pm

A remarkable address, this exclusive and whisper quiet position is one of the most soughtafter in the inner city. Reminiscent of a bygone era, this home retains original features while unifying contemporary additions. The stunning north-east views serve as a backdrop to the open plan living, dining and formal family areas. A huge gourmet kitchen equipped to the highest specifications completes this space. Two spacious bedrooms including the lavish master suite are also accommodated on this first level. The ground floor layout comprises two home office areas, a third bathroom and two additional bedrooms.

AUCTION Thursday 7 September at 12:30pm, Place Auction Rooms, 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane

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Resting on a huge 812m2 corner block in one of Coorparoo’s most attractive locations, this magnificent Queenslander spans two levels with plenty of space both inside and out.

COORPAROO 23 Welwyn Crescent Intuitive changes to the original floor plan have dramatically increased the scale of the living space in this substantial family home.

An expansive entertaining deck embraces these spacious interiors and provides an idyllic outdoor area with the most impressive outlook across the entire city, Story Bridge to the mountains beyond. Quality features include landscaped gardens and a grassy yard with watering system, multiple living and entertaining areas, a third level with private terrace, remote gated entry, two water tanks and solar hot water. Buyers seeking a ‘forever home’ should add this exceptional home to their inspection list.

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SEVEN HILLS 184 D’Arcy Road

INSPECT Saturday 12 – 12:30pm and Tuesday 5:30 – 6pm

Welcome to this outstanding example of Seven Hills’ finest, created by highly regarded developers Cube Building Design. This impeccable four bedroom home combines architectural ingenuity with leading edge design to create a truly inspiring family living experience. Light filled and open plan, the living area is complete with a huge chef’s kitchen featuring a butler’s pantry and Miele appliance package. Glass sliders create a seamless transition to the sparkling pool, landscaped yard and outdoor entertaining area with built-in barbeque kitchenette. Four luxurious bedrooms, three bathrooms, a multipurpose room plus a home office complete this statement home.

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23/21 Byron Street

This luxurious four bedroom apartment boasts absolute north facing views of Hamilton Hill and the Brisbane River. Designed by award winning architect, Brian Donovan (BVN), The Boatyard Bulimba sets a new benchmark in waterfront living. With only one neighbour, you will be able to downsize into one of Brisbane’s most exclusive offerings. The handpicked timber, stainless steel and natural stone surfaces blend with a crisp white to create a mood of unaffected luxury.

Only a lucky few will have the opportunity to call The Boatyard home.

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Triple treat This residence has a three-tiered floorplan, with a seamless flow between indoor and outdoor areas.

At the front of the property, a pathway runs between pillars and gardens to a handmade timber front door to a chandeliered foyer on the first level.

An office with side entry sits to the foyer’s left, while a three-car garage is on the right. Under 3m ceilings is a staircase with vitrified floor tiles to the second level.

On this level are living and dining areas withan ornate chandelier, and an adjoining kitchen with granite benchtops and quality appliances including an induction cooktop.

There are sliding glass doors the living and dining room to a covered pavilion with a soaring timber ceiling, resort-style fan and outdoor kitchen.

It overlooks a pool.

Back inside is a soundproofed family room with a wet bar.

A bedroom with access to an outdoor sitting area with an electronic awning is on the middle level.

Four bedrooms with varying features, and a shared bathroom are on the top level.

The main bedroom offers a walk-in wardrobe, Juliet balcony and ensuite.

The residence also has tinted glass and ducted airconditioning.

CARINDALE 21 Kenilworth Pl Land: 1000sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Patti Steele, Harcourts Homeside; ph: 3493 4700 or 0402 908 271 Auction: On site, Sat, Sep 2, 11am

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CLAYFIELD 19 Jolly Street You will love this beautifully renovated home that exudes classic Queenslander features like VJ walls, leadlight windows, French doors, ornate cornices, polished timber floors and picture rails. You will also be impressed by the quality of finish and design that makes the home a pleasure to live and entertain in.

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It is also about delivering space, services and a lifestyle that gives you back time.

The Hathaway’s concierge service helps you settle in and manage body corporate. The interior design service tailors your superb finishes and fixtures, creating your ideal haven. The architect-designed floor plan lets you live spaciously and with ease – simply lock up and leave with no maintenance,

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City views or Mt Coot-tha views, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large open plan living/kitchen/dining, MPR/Media Room, 3 car parks, tailored finishes, generous balconies, ample storage, sep laundry.

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The feeling of serenity is absolute, yet you are only 4km from the Brisbane CBD. This magnificent home has been cleverly, architecturally designed to capture river views from almost every aspect of the house. As you enter the front door you get the feeling of checking in to a luxury hotel with the atrium and its high vaulted glass windows giving spectacular views of the river from the mezzanine floor and allowing beautiful filtered light through the trees into the art gallery lounge. The main bedroom is absolutely breathtaking and continues the luxe hotel feel with a lounge area, his and hers bathrooms, luxury spa bath and a large walk in wardrobe.

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Natural approach This new residence by Cube Building Design has opulent inclusions and natural materials, as well as a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living areas.

The ground-floor entry leads into a tiled foyer also accessible through a double garage.

Timber stairs flow up to the first floor, where there is an office beside a multipurpose room with a balcony overlooking the city.

A wide hallway passes a powder room and laundry with external access, before reaching open-plan dining and living rooms with polished timber floors.

Both connect with a wood-finished kitchen featuring a butler’s pantry, stylish cabinetry, island benchtop and Miele appliances.

There are sliding glass doors to a tiled back deck with timber ceiling,

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dual ceiling fans and outdoor kitchen boasting with a built-in barbecue. It overlooks a yard and pool.

There are four bedrooms on the second floor, two of which have builtin wardrobes and share a bathroom.

Another bedroom across the hallway has a walk-in wardrobe and ensuite.

The main bedroom at one end of this level has a deep walk-in wardrobe, VJ feature wall and an ensuite with a freestanding bath.

Impeccably finished & beautifully appointed, this oversized residence is a timeless haven of light, space, security & privacy – all set on a ¼ acre block next door to parkland. Designed over 3 gently sloping levels, the quality and openness of this architect designed home is about family. 5 Bedrooms in total, Master overlooking the inground pool with a Juliette balcony, WIR and twin ensuite, Sound Proofed Home Theatre with bar, Entertainment Pavilion with own Kitchen, gas bbq and TV, Office with separate entry, 3 Car Lock Up Garage with storage, Electric Gates – the list goes on….

SEVEN HILLS 184 D’Arcy Rd Land: 467sq m Inspect: Today (Wed, Aug 23) and Sat, Aug 26, noon-12.30pm Agent: Linda Bywater, Place Ascot; ph: 3107 6888 or 0488 104 003 Auction: On site, Sat, Sep 9, noon

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Modern way It was the library that Lee-Anne Barnhill fell in love with when she bought her home at 227 Dewar Tce, Corinda, 10 years ago.

Her plans then were to renovate the property and turn it into a large family home, but it was something that got put off and has just recently been done.

The result is an almost complete rebuild of the home and a decision that, as the couple’s children have now grown up, to sell it instead.

“The kids grew up and a family home as such wasn’t required at all,’’ Ms Barnhill said. “It really presents as a brand new home.”

The home is on a large 1867sq m block. The renovation is in a California modernist style.

The floorplan is split-level and built around central living areas.

Several rooms open to the outdoor

spaces. The outdoor area has a fireplace, barbecue area and a wine fridge.

This area has river views and a terraced garden area and swimming pool. There is also a boat pontoon.

The kitchen has Bianco Venato benchtops with three ovens, two dishwashers, and a separate butler’s scullery with foldback windows.

There are six bedrooms and four bathrooms.

CORINDA 227 Dewar Tce Land: 1867sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Sarah Hackett, Place Bulimba; ph: 133 911 or 0488 355 553 Auction: On site, Sat, Aug 26, 1pm

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Family appeal A couple with five busy daughters has enjoyed this renovated character home which is in walking distance to schools, hospitals and the entertainment hub of South Bank The thing that impressed Marsha Pavia the most when she and husband Stephen first looked through their home at 11 Ruth St, Highgate Hill, in 2014, was the parquetry flooring.

“It is French oak,’’ she said.

“Apparently, the man who did the renovations was an architect and he bought the flooring from a chateau in France. It’s really spectacular, those floors are really, really stunning.’’

The two-level Queenslander retained many of its original features after its renovation with contemporary additions.

There is marble flooring in the entry foyer as well as wrought iron grills. It has an open-plan living,

dining and formal family area, and a kitchen with a large island bench with marble benchtops.

Two of the four bedrooms are on the first level of the home. The main bedroom has an oversize dressing room. The second bedroom on this level has its own study area and walkin wardrobe.

On the ground floor are two home office areas, a third bathroom and two additional bedrooms.

HIGHGATE HILL 11 Ruth St Land: 561sq m Inspect: By appointment Agent: Ben White, Place New Farm; ph: 3107 5111 or 0414 647 582 Auction: 33 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane, Thu, Sep 7, 12.30pm

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Horoscope with Tanya Obreza CAPRICORN

LEO

(December 22-January 20) It’s a good thing your energy levels are in for a top up this week, as Mercury keeps you busy. Don’t be surprised if some outcomes are different from those originally planned. Fate ushers you towards a more unconventional path. Love at first sight isn’t out of the question either.

(July 23-August 23) With Mercury at a standstill until Sep 5, projects may be hampered. Someone’s timing may be off, or you feel that others are stifling your freedom or delaying your progress. Nonetheless you can still maintain focus. For now, though, short-term projects are more likely to attract. If anything drags on too long, expect frustration.

AQUARIUS

VIRGO

SCORPIO

(August 24-September 22) Your ruling planet, Mercury, is behaving badly – a warning that if something or someone seems too good to be true, it or they probably are. Mercury rules siblings, contracts, cars, technology and travel. So take care – confusion may surround these areas.

(October 24-November 22) Your popularity this week should go a long way towards advancing professional ambitions. Maybe not so fast off the blocks is a love interest, but you’ve plenty of other matters to attend to. A family member or pet may need some extra tender loving care.

LIBRA

SAGITTARIUS

(September 23-October 23) The cosmos promises more cash – but a mischievous Mercury causes delays or financial backtracking. Best bet: reduce debt and cut expenses to eventually transform potential losses into gains. There’s also a romantic detour – perhaps you’ll be mixing a little business with plenty of pleasure.

(November 23-December 21) No prizes for discovering that you don’t think or feel the same way others do. Most are used to this, so they should know better than to force your hand. Especially now, when despite a backward-moving Mercury, you’re more inspired than ever. Go on, Sagittarius, live the dream.

(January 21-February 18) This week, Mercury persuades you to slow down and pay attention to what’s going on around you. You need to reflect on what you’re trying to accomplish, while ensuring that your next steps are the best ones to take.

If plans go awry, simply step back, take a deep breath, and slow down.

PISCES (February 19-March 20) Mercury turns retrograde this week, causing all manner of irritating delays.

Use the time to go through old papers, tidy up correspondence, and complete projects and other unfinished business. Computers and other processes that work with information may experience crashes or unexpected failures.

ARIES (March 21-April 20) If it suddenly seems like the fates have it in for you, it’s not so – it’s just a mischievous Mercury playing up.

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Sep 5, all upended plans, tangles and scrapes should manage to right themselves. In the meantime, just take lots of slow, deep breaths and keep calm.

TAURUS (April 21-May 20) With Mercury in reverse motion, be careful what you wish for, as you could make some poor judgement calls. To save finances, shop at stores with a good returns policy and avoid making promises or commitments.

Wait until after Sep 5 to make major purchases such as a computer or car.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21) What’s worked for you in the past may not work for you now, mostly because of a stalled Mercury until Sep 5. You’re also faced with a different set of circumstances. Don’t worry – you’ll find a new comfort zone soon enough. In the meantime, you’ve some serious adjusting to do.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) This week, double check dates, times and emails. A retrograde Mercury can cause havoc right now. Until Sep 5, avoid signing contracts. Travel is also subject to delay. Don’t enrol in courses and don’t buy electronic or mechanical items, for example a car or computer. tanyaobreza.com

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