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Alastair McLeod on the art of the creme brulee

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I had a quiet chuckle at Tony Harper’s restaurant review this week. Our long-time correspondent, on assignment in Fortitude Valley, found himself among the hip young things at Za Za Ta – the new Med-meets-Middle East venue at Ovolo The Valley. The stylish space, with its uber cool waitstaff and in-house DJ, had the food critic feeling his age, but he managed to find a silver lining in the menu. Check out Tony’s glowing review on P12.

Our other resident foodie, chef Alastair McLeod, serves up a decadent rhubarb and strawberry creme brulee (P13) this week.

He first made the French classic as a young chef and, several years and versions later, returns to that original recipe. Lucky for us, he is happy to share it.

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ON THE COVER Alastair McLeod’s rhubarb and strawberry creme brulee, Recipe, P13.

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LIFE

Alicia Pyke If Nan were here, I’d drop over with piping hot fish and chips – her favourite. She’d insist on plates, I’d suggest it’s fun to eat off the paper October is a strange time for me. It’s the month Guy and I celebrate our wedding anniversary – this will be our sixth, hurrah!

– so there’s lots to be happy about.

It’s also the month I associate most with my dear nan.

Born in October 1918, Nanny Pyke would be 101 this year if she were still with us. But she’s not. Nanny died in October 2002 and each year I miss her more.

The dates that bookend her life tinge the entire month with melancholy, even though Nan would never tolerate such selfindulgence. Stern, sweet, stoic, she would

tell me not to be sad, to pull myself together.

Because she said things like that and despite her endless love, she had little time for tears.

Unlike many 40-somethings, I had the privilege of knowing my nan closely for 26 years. Our worlds couldn’t have been more different: she lived in London during WWII, emigrated to Australia with her husband in 1950 and raised a family of five children.

Later, she gave up her life in Townsville among treasured family and friends to move to Brisbane to help raise my sister Tanya and me.

As an adult, I’m embarrassed at the

infinite love, care and kindness Nanny showed me. Growing up, I was a brat.

But as I started to make my own way in the world, I realised how lucky a brat I’d been. Not only did I know the love of my mum and dad – yes, children of divorced parents can feel loved by both – I’d been lucky enough to be loved by a grandparent as well.

The last few years of Nanny’s life we grew closer as I tried to thank her for all she’d done. Now it turns out October is the month we celebrate Grandparents Day in Australia. So on Sunday, October 27,

encourage the people around you to do something special for their grandparents – especially if that grandparent is you!

Tell your family you’d like to be together that day or how much you’d appreciate a card or call; family life can be hard so you might as well grab the goodness whenever you can.

If Nan were here, I’d drop over with piping hot fish and chips – her favourite.

She’d insist on plates, I’d suggest it’s fun to eat off the paper. We’d compromise with forks but we’d always agree on a sprinkle of vinegar.

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Pitch perfect The voice behind some of Disney’s favourite singing princesses is coming to Brisbane Hannah Davies

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hen Princess Jasmine hits the high notes in Disney’s animated classic Aladdin, it is actually the voice of Lea Salonga that little (and big) fans are hearing.

Fittingly, the Tony and Olivier awardwinning singer will perform Disney classics from Aladdin, Frozen and more when she takes the stage at QPAC’s Concert Hall at South Bank next month.

“I’m doing some musical theatre standards and some big songs from film and Disney,” she says. “I’ll be nervous, but I always am because I know what can go wrong with a live performance.

“Sometimes there has been a technical problem or a wardrobe malfunction. I just deal with it the best I can.”

The West End and Broadway theatre veteran, who is stopping off in Brisbane as part of her Australian east coast tour, will be joined on stage by Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, Camerata.

The live shows represent a break from the Manila-born singer’s role as a coach on TV shows the The Voice and The Voice Kids in the Philippines. Lea, 48, says she enjoys passing on the lessons from her 40-year career in showbiz.

“To make it in musical theatre you have to be genuinely talented but also have a wonderful personality to support that,” she says. “People need emotional intelligence and be ready for a lot of hard work.”

Known for her powerful voice and perfect pitch, Lea first won acclaim playing the lead role of Kim in the original Miss

Saigon on the West End (1989) and Broadway (1991).

She went on to play Eponine and Fantine in Les Miserables before landing the singing roles for Disney’s Aladdin and Mulan animated films.

And did we mention she has sold 19 million albums worldwide?

The in-demand singer, who also keeps busy with corporate gigs, swears by some pre-performance rituals.

“I say a little prayer in my head before I get on stage. I also have a coffee or tea before the soundcheck or I suck on a glycerine lozenge,” she says.

“These things all help to lubricate my vocal cords. If my throat is supple it’s more responsive to what I want it to do.”

Indeed she would rather warm up properly than use autotune on stage – something that latter-day singing stars might be guilty of.

“I’m old school,” she says. “I’m from the generation when autotune didn’t exist and it bothers me that some people use it today when they sing live.

“Admittedly I’ve used autotune for some of my recordings but I think when it’s a live performance you should be able to represent yourself without it.

“I think to myself are they really that lazy that they have to depend on it?

(Without) it is far more impressive and appreciated by an audience.”

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Grab a martini and take an orchestral journey through film history at QPAC, 8pm, Oct 18. Guy Noble leads the orchestra while Kate Ceberano and Michael Falzon belt out 007 classics including Goldfinger and Skyfall.

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Meet animal rights activist James Aspey (above) at this year’s exhibition of all things vegan, Oct 19-20. Head to Brisbane Showgrounds to find vegan clothing, skin care, healthcare, food and household goods.

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Stuart Bywater in his northside workshop (right); students from his surfboard-making workshops with their timber creations (left).

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tuart Bywater lives for Fridays when he can pull on a wetsuit before his work boots. “I’m up at 4am, pick up a few mates, in the surf by 6am, and at work by 10am,” he says, during a well-earned break at his Boondall furniture design and restoration workshop.

It is here at Bywater Design – with sawdust underfoot and the fresh aroma of timber in the air – that he makes the lightweight, wooden surfboards that float his Friday bliss.

His mates all ride his handiwork too, but the gently spoken and modest master craftsman likely wouldn’t have told me if I hadn’t asked. “I absolutely get a kick out of that,” he grins. “I always drop into work and fill up the van with a bunch of boards I’ve made before we head out.” They’re usually headed for the breaks at Alexandra Headland or Burleigh, both an hour’s drive north or south of his workshop.

The handmade surfboards (and surfing) are the 52-year-old’s passion project, which follows a lifetime of house building, furniture making and heritage restorations.

Stuart and his wife Daniele, 50, launched Bywater Design 25 years ago but Stuart has been working with wood since graduating in 1986 from the Australian National University with a degree in furniture design. He and Daniele moved to Brisbane and married in 1992.

They now live at Nundah. Somewhat surprisingly, Stuart did not initially plan on

being a carpenter. He had a different creative pursuit in mind.

“My father is a carpenter, so maybe that’s where I get my love of hands-on from, but I had a stronger love for art than woodwork early on,” he says of growing up in Canberra.

It was in his younger days, about the age of 13, that he discovered surfing.

“But I very much wanted to be a famous artist and it was Mum who was always interested in art and art history.”

It figures then that much of his

woodwork can easily be described as art.

Stuart spends most of his time in the Bywater Design workshop designing and making beautiful, handcrafted timber pieces or teaching small groups how to make their own.

His surfboard-making classes launched in 2011 and have been making waves ever since. They’re often booked out months in advance, filled by retirees, surgeons, carpenters, nurses and, of course, surfers.

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FEATURE

It’s about creating something that will last a lifetime, not two seasons

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“People come because they either want the board as art, or to surf it,” Stuart says.

“They’re aged anywhere from 30 to 72.

The 72 year-old, he surfs his board. He hadn’t surfed since the late ’60s, but since making his own board he’s started driving up and down the coast, surfing again.”

Teaching has become another of Stuart’s passions. “I love it. Being able to pass on skills and knowledge is important,” he says. “Otherwise those skills are lost.

It’s the same with my furniture making classes. I’m teaching people how to make coffee tables, chairs, boxes with their hands. They’re creating heirlooms.

“It’s about creating something that will last a lifetime, not two seasons.”

Daniele manages the office and the on-site showroom, which opened earlier this year. “We always had a vision to have something to display – you can only say so much in words and photos – so we moved here so we could have a space where people could look at and smell the timbers,” she says.

She took a step back from the business when their daughters Maddison, 25, and Eden, 22, arrived, but made her comeback when Bywater Design won one of its biggest tenders – restoring Brisbane City Hall’s heritage furniture.

City Hall was closed at the end of 2009 so it could undergo critical restoration work before reopening in 2013. Bywater

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Stuart and Daniele Bywater in their showroom; Stuart assists a student during a surfboard workshop. Pictures: Russell Shakespeare/ AAP, Rachael Honner Design won the tender to restore more than 250 pieces of furniture in a time frame of six months, so it was all hands on deck. “We did every chair, desk, even the Lord Mayor’s desk,” Stuart says.

“It was a mammoth job doing everything from replacing leather on tables and upholstery on chairs.”

It was a job that perfectly aligned with Stuart’s values. He says he is often frustrated by today’s “throwaway” culture and mass produced furniture lacking in quality and craftsmanship. “We create

timeless pieces for our clients,” he says.

“No two pieces that come out of our workshop are the same. Every piece is made in our workshop here in Brisbane.

“We don’t mass produce anything and we use solid timber and recycled or upcycled pieces wherever we can. We’re not about making fashion furniture; we’re making classics.”

It is this commitment to sustainability that ultimately led him to craft his first wooden surfboard, too.

“They’re extremely environmentally

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sound,” he says. “We don’t use any foam, they’re hollow, and I spent about eight years doing research and development to create a light board.”

He says the surfing world sees wooden boards as “a bit of a gimmick”, but he won’t ride anything else. “The timber boards are a little stiffer, stronger, more beautiful,” he says. “They’re works of art.”

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GOING OUT

One for the ages Jessica Tovey plays a spirited sibling in a new adaptation of a Greek tragedy As far as career challenges go, taking on the title role in Sophocles’ Antigone is certainly up there.

But former Home and Away actor Jessica Tovey can’t wait to take the stage in Queensland Theatre’s lyrical adaptation of the Greek tragedy, and aims to do it justice.

“It’s such a famous role (which has been) performed by so many people so there is a bit of pressure on me,” she says. “The language is so traditional that I’m trying to wrap my head around how to perform it.”

Jessica says her objective has been to stay true to the text while finding a way to communicate the meaning to modern audiences.

“I’ve been thinking about if I was 15 years old seeing it for the first time and asking myself how I can do this so it makes sense to them.”

Written in 441BC, the play begins with two brothers lying dead in the aftermath of a civil war. One is hailed a

hero and lying in state while the other is condemned as a traitor and dumped in a carrion pile. From the ashes of their conflict rises a dystopian state under a new leader – in this version, a career politician who rose to power by dint of her ruthlessness.

Grieving and heartbroken, their sister Antigone challenges the leader (played by Christen O’Leary) for the right to bury and mourn her dead brother with dignity, sparking a furious act of rebellion that shakes the city to its foundations.

It’s a far cry from Jessica’s days playing Belle Taylor in Home And Away. The talented actor was a soap favourite between 2006 and 2009 and credits the show with giving her a start in the industry.

“It was my first acting role out of high school when I was 17 and I don’t think I really understood what I was getting myself into,” she says.

“I would often do 14 to 16-hour days

so I had to be really disciplined, but it was incredible to have such amazing professional training at such a young age.”

Jessica, 31, who grew up in Sydney and attended a performing arts high school, was last on stage in Brisbane when she starred in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at QPAC in 2018.

When Antigone closes, she is hoping to try her luck in Los Angeles.

“The terrible and wonderful part of acting is not knowing what you’re doing next one day, and then getting one call and having a job lined up.

“The Hollywood lifestyle doesn’t really appeal to me, but there is a lot of incredible work happening over there at the moment and I’m curious to see if there’s a place for me.”

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FOOD + DRINK

Let’s get loud Tantalise all your senses on this culinary safari born in the Middle East

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Za Za Ta boasts an in-house DJ, glam decor and exotic fare.

RESTAURANT Tony Harper Za Za Ta – the Middle East meets Fortitude Valley. Sounds like an adventure hey? And it is – in a loud, exceedingly entertaining way.

Out of the waitstaff and myself, I’m the least stylish by far – the staff garb ranging from the sort of suits you retire when you hit 30 or gain an inch of belly fat, through to more exotic looks, and simple black and whites. I assume there’s a hierarchical plan that decides who wears what.

And despite the fact the DJ (yes, a DJ) plays familiar tunes, it’s loud. Way too loud. I’m getting old, but I am not deaf.

That said, Za Za Ta is slick. Things roll out in a rehearsed, effortless manner. I have a peek at the wine list (it’s good!) and moments later the sommelier is at my side offering help. The menu gets decoded (it needs some decoding) and the food leaves the pass at just the right pace. And our resident coeliac gets pampered.

With only a couple of exceptions, there’s a divide between my mental picture of the dishes based on the menu description, and what arrives. That’s not a complaint – my grasp of Middle Eastern food is flimsy at best and, besides, I like culinary surprises.

Mejadra duck bites ($17) surprise me. I have in my head little fried balls, but there are four onion hearts sticking up like totems in a puddle of something silky and yellow with the mejadra in the middle.

On another dish there’s a giant tentacle belonging to a Fremantle octopus that comes with a quenelle of camel-nduja, pureed eggplant and salted walnuts ($29, right). It’s very good, but hard to manage as a share dish because of the uncut hunk

of seafood. It’s a simple fix. Everything else, however, makes for easy picking.

Goats cheese pretzel is paired with lamb pastrami and a blob of aioli ($15); whipped hummus and abalone mushrooms ($22) has an option of grated foie gras – for an extra $8 how could you not? – and soft pita rolls to the side.

It all makes for a theatrical dining experience, with the food – deliciously quirky – almost a bonus. But we encounter a sting in the tail – a 10 per cent surcharge for tables of eight or more on top of the 1.25 per cent credit card surcharge.

We whinge, it gets removed and everyone is happy. Next time I’ll book adjoining tables of four.

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RECIPE

Berry divine Classic creme brulee is poetry in motion in the capable hands of Alastair McLeod

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o paraphrase Irish poet Oscar Wilde, “experience is of no value. It’s merely the name we give to our mistakes”. I have made square-shaped creme brulee that stand freely on a plate. I have infused them with Jerusalem artichoke, truffle, blue cheese and other things a Francophile would consider anathema.

Here I return to a classic I learnt decades ago, back when I was inexperienced. To be sure.

RHUBARB AND STRAWBERRY CREME BRULEE Ingredients 250g rhubarb, cut into 3cm lengths 250g strawberries, hulled and halved if large 4 tbs brown sugar 1 tbs orange zest 5 egg yolks 110g caster sugar + 2 tbs extra 440ml pure cream 1 tsp vanilla paste Method Preheat oven to 160C. Place rhubarb and strawberries in a small pot with brown sugar and zest and cook over a medium heat until tender. Tip on to a tray to cool then chill until

required. Next whisk egg yolks and caster sugar until creamy, heat the cream until just below boil then add to egg mix with vanilla. Strain into a clean bowl. Divide fruit between dishes and gently pour over the custard to cover. Set into a deep-sided roasting tray and pour hot water half way up the sides of the dishes.

Loosely cover tray with foil and bake for 30 minutes, or until the custard barely wobbles.

Remove from tray and place in fridge for at least four hours. When ready to serve, sprinkle with extra sugar and caramelise with a blow torch, or under a hot grill. Serves 4 Alastair McLeod is chef-owner of Al’FreshCo. alfreshco.com.au Styling and photography: Miranda Porter Ceramics: twowarmhands.com

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ART

Writing’s on the wall A retrospective of powerful works by the late artist Gordon Bennett challenges views of history and national identity Phil Brown

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the crowd .... “I am not an animal! I am a human being!”

That’s a kind of cri de coeur against racism and bigotry too, I think.

The works in this show were made between 1988 and 2014 and they are powerful, bold and humane. Bennett’s art challenged racial stereotypes and provoked critical reflection on Australia’s

official history and national identity. He burst on to the national scene in 1991 when his painting The Nine Ricochets (fall down black fella, jump up white fella) won the prestigious Moet & Chandon Australian Art fellowship. The painting was a comment on white artists appropriating indigenous art and was regarded as a groundbreaking work.

While he critiqued postcolonial Australia in the strongest possible way, Bennett eschewed the limelight, rarely gave interviews and staunchly refused to identify as solely Aboriginal.

“I didn’t go to art college to graduate as an Aboriginal artist,” he once said.

But he did identify with the Aboriginal struggle. Bennett’s mother was indigenous

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ometimes the meaning is encapsulated in the title of a work of art. Which is why I’m never happy to see a gallery full of works bearing the label Untitled.

I like a title and was immediately drawn to one in particular in the impressive show of work by the late Gordon Bennett now on at Milani Gallery. Bennett died suddenly and tragically in 2014, a great loss to his family and to the art world.

He was a fiercely intelligent and provocative artist who straddled two worlds on account of his Aboriginal and European ancestry.

In the current show, entitled Bloodlines, there’s a wonderful mixed media work on paper (part of a suite) entitled Elephant Man. It features some gritty, illuminating text with a sting in the tale.

Bennett describes an ordinary suburban house and then finishes with ... “you wouldn’t think a f---ing coon lived there at all”.

The title adds to the commentary because if you know the film The Elephant Man you will know the famous line when the deformed Joseph “John” Merrick (played brilliantly by John Hurt) shouts at

pieces such as the 1993 three-panelled work Bloodlines, a painting with red rope signifying blood dripping from it.

His Reprisal suite is a commentary on colonisation and there’s a video on display upstairs which is quite entertaining featuring the artist, masked, dancing to a 1993 hip hop song by Ice-T. Gallery director Josh Milani says

Bennett was an international figure and at the time of his death his work was being seen at the Berlin Biennale.

“He was one of the most brilliant minds in Australian art,” Milani says.

Gordon Bennett: Bloodlines, until Oct 26, Milani Gallery, 270 Montague Rd, West End. milanigallery.com.au

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(Clockwise from left) Gordon Bennett’s Study for Possession Island (1991); Untitled (Self Portrait: White Way) 1995; Rivers Run Red; Reprisal 2009; Home Decor (after M Preston) No 16 2012.

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and he once described himself in a catalogue essay as being “socialised into an essentially Anglo-Saxon society where attitudes to indigenous people still seemed entrenched to social Darwinist level”.

Many of the works in this exhibition show that and they are often confronting.

They show how versatile he was as an artist, from intimate works to large scale

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FILM

HUSTLERS (MA15+) hhjjj Director Lorene Scafaria Starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart J.Lo hustles like a pro in this glossy account of the rise and fall of a high-class escort.

But it’s moviegoers who turn out to be the unsuspecting mark.

It’s easy to buy the 50-year-old actor as a hard-headed opportunist who employs her feminine super-wiles to relieve an army of Wall Street bankers of a good portion of their ill-gotten gains.

And she clearly put a lot of work into the steamy pole dancing routine – there’s a YouTube video to prove it. The knee hook, tabletop, Peter Pan and martini should NOT be attempted without supervision.

As a seasoned stage performer, J.Lo also knows exactly how to rock a skimpy showgirl costume. All of which goes some way to explaining the Oscar buzz surrounding the actor-singer-dancer’s star turn in this all-woman crime dramedy based on real events.

But there’s something deeply dishonest about Hustlers’ cynical spin on the Robin Hood myth, in which a bunch of strippers drug their wealthy clients in order to fleece them of large amounts of cash.

It’s alluded to in the film’s one-line synopsis, which describes the women as turning “the tables on their Wall Street clients.” There seems to be an underlying assumption, here, that these men deserve the treatment they are subjected to – partly because they frequent strip clubs in the first place, and partly because of their capitalist cowboy profession.

Just as troublesome is the corresponding suggestion that the straightforward business relationship between stripper and client is illegitimate, or that the women

NAKED AMBITION ... Hustlers, with Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, fails to deliver on its Robin Hood, or feminist, premise. themselves are victims. This directly contradicts Hustlers’ opening scenes at Moves, a club in downtown Manhattan, where a stripper named Destiny (Constance Wu) – a green but selfdetermining employee – is struggling to make an impression.

Mesmerised, like the rest of the crowd,

by Ramona’s (Lopez) showstopping poledance, she asks the club’s star performer for a few tips. The pair quickly become firm

friends and private performance partners – cinematographer Todd Banhazi shot these erotic sequences against a warm, low-lit backdrop – and the money starts rolling in.

But when the sex industry becomes one of the immediate casualties of the 2008 financial crisis, the women must improvise in order to make ends meet.

Hustlers is an impressive showcase for J.Lo and a bunch of fresh new talent.

But it’s hard to shake the feeling that the

STRANGE BUT TRUE (M) hhkjj Director Rowan Athale Starring Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan Amy Ryan is mistress of the grudge.

A decade after her Oscar-nominated performance as a hardened welfare mum in Ben Affleck’s 2007 directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, the actor returns to that angry place.

Only this time she’s playing a middleclass librarian unable to come to terms with the death of her college-aged son. Ryan articulates the bitterness of her character’s grief with cool precision in Strange But True, a soapie suburban thriller based on John Searles’ book of the same name.

It’s a pity the film itself is so muddled.

Director Rowan Athale can’t seem to decide whether he wants to make a schlocky B-movie or something darker and more ambiguous.

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RUN AWAY ... Nick Robinson as a conflicted brother. up on the doorstep, unannounced and heavily pregnant, Charlene Chase (Ryan) goes into a tailspin. Especially after Melissa insists that the unborn child must be Ronnie’s (Connor Jessup), since that’s the only man she has ever slept with.

While Charlene researches cryogenically frozen sperm and virgin births, her troubled surviving son, Phillip

(Love, Simon’s Nick Robinson), who has returned home to recuperate following a motor vehicle accident, takes a more conciliatory route. He visits Melissa’s former classmates as well as her medium in an effort to understand.

Greg Kinnear has a “steadying” role as Phillip and Ronnie’s father, Richard. He has quite literally moved on from his son’s

actors, like their characters, are simply playing dress-ups.

A good example is the early rooftop scene in which Ramona, who is enjoying a post-performance cigarette, invites the scantily clad Destiny to curl up between her legs, wrapping them both in her enormous fur coat. This isn’t an exchange between two characters, but a scene played out entirely for the camera, and one that is keenly aware of its own sex appeal.

death by relocating to another town and another wife.

Shaking off the fortune teller’s warning of impending danger, Phillip visits the rural cottage Melissa is renting from her sweet, supportive “adoptive parents” (Blythe Danner and Brian Cox) in a bid to heal at least some of their wounds.

Whereupon the plot takes a jarring, vertebrae-crunching twist from which it never really recovers. While the information that comes to light in this climactic reveal offers a much more plausible explanation for Melissa’s current state of fertility, its delivery is handled in an extraordinarily rushed and clumsy manner.

As a result, Strange But True’s secular explanation for the events that have occurred isn’t any more convincing than its supernatural counterpart.

Compounding the film’s problems is the fudged resolution – the filmmakers appear to have confused “hauntingly open-ended” with impaling themselves on the fence.

An atmospheric thriller with “noirish” undertones that fails to deliver.

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Afterwards, VIP guests segued from their front row seats to Marchetti for Aperitivo Hour.

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’ve got nothing to wear.” We’ve all been guilty of moaning the phrase while rifling through an overflowing wardrobe, but the story of Brisbane mum Charlotte Coory and her late, beloved sister will make you think twice before uttering the untruth again.

Charlotte is the mastermind behind online store Hello Yello which stocks stylish clothes for people – like her sister – who have an illness or disability that really does limit their wardrobe options.

“The store was really inspired by my

sister,” says Charlotte, 47, a family lawyer who is taking a break to grow Hello Yello and raise three daughters.

She asks Brisbane News to please keep her sister’s name private.

“She lived a full life with a very rare form of cancer for nearly 20 years, but then it became aggressive and she was given a very short time to live,” Charlotte confides.

“Nearing the end of her life, she had IV tubes and pain medication in her arm and a tube that came out of her stomach and

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HIDDEN TALENTS ... (from far left) Models wear Hello Yello’s range including the Samantha top, $74; Cora feather print velcro shirt, $90.84; and (right) Kintsugi print skirt, $110; (far right) Hello Yello founder Charlotte Coory; and with her late sister.

I’ve had first-hand experience so I know what a difference these clothes can make

all she wanted was a nice pair of pyjamas that she could wear in bed if people came to visit.”

Charlotte, of Paddington, couldn’t find a single pair.

“Sure, my sister had a rare condition.

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dexterity issues who find buttons and zippers difficult,” Charlotte says.

So after her sister died at the age of 47 in 2017, Charlotte got busy. She scoured the internet for inclusive clothing manufacturers and started stocking their ranges in her online “one-stop-shop”.

“I began to realise that people were making these sort of clothes … but they were dotted all over the world. A lot of them didn’t ship to Australia, and if they did, the shipping was far too expensive if you only wanted one item.”

With as many manufacturers on board as she could find, Charlotte launched Hello Yello in 2018 with a range of stylish and inclusive clothes for men, women and babies.

It sells established brands such as MagnaReady, which designs clothes with magnetic closures for people with dexterity issues. There’s also womenswear from The Able Label, an English brand that uses discreet adaptive designs and innovative fastenings but doesn’t put function above fashion – a particular

bugbear of Charlotte’s. There are hidden pockets in stylish skirts to hold catheter bags and special linings that allow medical tubes to be pulled through.

Hello Yello’s stock of specialised baby rompers is life changing for parents of sick children.

“They’re designed with extra fastenings to give doctors full medical access without the need to fully undress the baby all the time,” Charlotte says.

“If your child is in a neonatal intensive care unit, you can’t do a lot of those ordinary parenting things like feeding. To be able to give parents back something, like dressing their own child, is really valuable.”

Charlotte’s dream is to grow her range and eventually cater to all ages. In October, she will showcase her range at FashionABLE, a runway event of inclusive fashion worn by models of all abilities.

“The part I get the most satisfaction from is the contact with people who buy from me,” she says.

“I’ve had first-hand experience so I know what a difference these clothes can make.”

FashionABLE, Oct 26, Mercure Hotel, 85-87 North Quay, city. fashionable2019.org.au; helloyelloclothing.com.au

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here really is nothing like a sunwarmed strawberry, all sweet and juicy, plucked straight from the plant and eaten on the spot.

May to October is prime picking time at Cooloola Berries Strawberry Farm and Cafe at Wolvi, near Gympie, where owners Jason and Kim Lewis welcome droves of visitors to pick their own punnets.

“Our only rule we have when picking is you have to eat – we encourage people to taste the fruit,” Jason says, pointing out the rows of sweet Ruby Gems destined to go in sauces at Brisbane’s Blackbird Bar & Grill.

The farm and cafe is open daily, all year round, and we arrive on a glorious Sunday morning for the Farmer’s Table Breakfast, all made from locally sourced produce.

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Drive only a couple of hours north of Brisbane to experience a spectacular range of food, drink and fun in a picturesque location

Gympie. And of course, the pancakes come with Cooloola Berries’ own strawberry jam. As well as jams and toppings, Jason and Kim produce strawberry and blueberry lemonades and ciders, lavender iced tea, and freeze-dried strawberries – all available in the farm shop.

The breakfast buffet is abundant, so it’s a good thing we can walk it all off on a farm tour with a side of berry picking.

“Our hashtag is #tastesunshine because that’s what you’re tasting. It’s the same as when you eat a cherry tomato from the garden – it’s ripe fruit,” Kim says, on a quick break from kitchen duties.

“And we have good varieties: Ruby Gems, Festival, Camarosa, San Andreas.

We sell direct and we give people a true food experience. They come to a working farm and they are tasting all those flavours and textures.”

From our weekend rental, Thirlestane Farm Cottage (more on that later) at Cooroy, Cooloola Berries is a 50-minute drive through rainforest and paddocks

dotted with Droughtmaster cattle. It’s a lovely drive in the countryside.

From Brisbane, you are looking at a two-hour run to the berry farm, and many turn a visit into a day out, starting with the farmer’s breakfast, followed by a spot of strawberry picking, and then sitting down to Jason’s famous paella, washed down with a chilled strawberry cider.

What could be better?

It’s a real family affair, with Jason’s father Gary working on the farm, his mother Kay in the strawberry shed, weighing punnets ($12/kg) picked by the visitors, his Uncle Steve behind the bar, and Aunty Claire in the kitchen.

“They have all finished their working lives and come and help us on weekends, which is lovely,” says Jason, who grew up on a strawberry farm at Gatton in the Lockyer Valley. “There is a history of farming in the family and we are the only ones left doing it.”

The on-site cafe feeds 200-300 guests on any given Sunday. Today the hordes,

young and old, are basking in the sunshine and bucolic setting.

“We are not fancy,” Jason says. “We like to feed people and we want to make people happy. When people come through the gate, they are coming to our home and we think of them as our friends.”

The couple has also reached out to nearby farmers to create the Cooloola Farm Trail, on the first weekend in May and September, which offers guests an exclusive look behind the scenes at working farms in the Gympie region.

“We are working with local farmers all within cooee, a five-minute drive of one another, so you can go to a coffee plantation, an alpaca farm, lemon myrtle, macadamia nuts and many more,” Kim says. “We are now trying to market as the ‘great beach drive’ from Caloundra up to Hervey Bay, and so it gives people a nice stopping point if they want to stay overnight and do a few things in the area.”

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TRAVEL GREEN DAYS ... (clockwise from left) Canoeing in the Noosa Everglades; the country-style interiors at Thirlestane Farm Cottage at Cooroy; the cottage sits amid rolling hills; Cooloola Berries’ Jason and Kim Lewis; an aerial view of the Wolvi berry farm and cafe.

IF YOU GO Cooloola Berries, 856 Tagigan Rd, Wolvi, Sunshine Coast, cafe and farm open daily. cooloolaberries.com.au Copperhead Brewery, 52 Kauri St, Cooroy, open for lunch and dinner daily, 11.30am until late. copperheadbrewery. com.au Habitat Noosa Everglades Ecocamp, 204 Lake Flat Rd, Elanda Point, open daily. habitatnoosa.com.au Thirlestane Farm Cottage, 85 Evans Rd, Cooroy. Nightly rates, $200 weekdays and $300 weekends. airbnb.com.au

Pomona Rockin’ Relics Antiques Barn – filled to the brim with locally-sourced treasures – and the recently revamped Habitat Noosa Everglades Ecocamp in Cooloola National Park at Elanda Point.

The eco-camp offers camping, motorhome and RV sites, plus glamping accommodation and is only a 10-minute boat ride from the Noosa Everglades.

From here, you can paddle through the Everglades in a canoe, or book an Everglades Eco Safari boat tour to see the wildlife (more than 44 per cent of all Australia’s bird species live in this region).

The boat skipper serves as guide as you glide through the tranquil waters before watching the sun set over a glass of wine and an antipasto platter.

The camp, which fronts Lake Cootharaba, rents out all manner of water crafts, and my tykes enjoy paddle boarding in the shallows before a lunch of grilled swordfish, chips and salad at CootharaBAR, the onsite restaurant and microbrewery.

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with its bustling cafes, boutiques and the historic Butter Factory Arts Centre. The handsome brick structure was built in 1930 but spiralling production costs and a decline in the dairy industry forced its closure in 1975.

In 2005 it became an arts centre for local and touring exhibitions, and we catch Joy of the Journey – an exhibition by five artists, and enjoy a quick browse in the gift shop, filled with creations by local artisans.

After dark, we join the throng at Copperhead Restaurant Brewery in Cooroy, a small batch brewery with a cool, New York loft-style vibe. Here, you can opt for a burger at the bar or sit down to an a la carte extravaganza. Being a family group, we opt for a table and cannot fault the eye fillet with potato rosti, green beans and almonds, and the seared scallops with crisp pork belly and miso mayo. Just yum.

While our excursions are fun-filled, we find it almost impossible to leave the gorgeousness of our weekender. From its rustic front gate and cows grazing in the

paddocks to its interiors straight from the pages of a decorating magazine, Thirlestane Farm Cottage is the quintessential country getaway.

Set on almost 10 hectares of rolling hills, close to Cooroy and 20 minutes from Noosa beaches, this two-bedroom beauty has comfy beds dressed in the finest linens, a kitchen befitting a TV MasterChef, cosy living room with wood-burning stove, plus an outdoor entertaining area with film projector, should you prefer a big screen on movie night.

There is a fire pit in the carport, on which my children toast many, many marshmallows, and an outdoor version encircled by stylish Adirondack chairs.

No detail has been overlooked in the renovation and decoration of this charming retreat – clearly a labour of love for the owners, Tee and Stephen Tait of Brisbane. There are board games and shelves groaning with reads by Bill Bryson, Toby Young and Peter FitzSimons, to name but a few. Homey touches abound,

from the basket of rugs for TV viewing to the cow hides in the sun room that I love so much I stop at Glenview’s Skin Thing on the way home to buy one for myself.

Originally from Scotland, the Taits arrived in Australia in 2004 and quickly fell for the Sunshine Coast region.

“We used to have a B&B in Scotland in Perthshire countryside and the Noosa hinterland always reminded us of that area – without the snow and rain of course,” Stephen says.

Two years ago, they bought what had been an old dairy cottage, renovated it for their family to enjoy and to rent out when not in use. In the new year, they will begin converting the adjoining shed into additional bedrooms and living space.

And the origins of its charming name?

“Thirlestane was the name of the street in Edinburgh where we lived when we first moved in together,” Stephen says. “I’m an old romantic at heart really.”

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BOOKS

Page turners Fiona Purdon reviews the latest releases

The Dutch House Ann Patchett Bloomsbury, $30

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Built in 1922 after being commissioned by the wealthy Van Hoebeek family, the grand house is filled with European treasures. Danny and Maeve can never forget

the events from their childhood especially after their mother left to become a missionary in India and Maeve, older by eight years, became like a surrogate mother to Danny. Enter their cold and calculating stepmother Andrea, who is so in love with the house she marries the siblings’ father to gain residency.

Patchett’s eighth novel is a subtle exploration of family events, a psychological page-turner that contains plenty of surprises.

but poor healer and midwife Alinor. From the first pages of Tidelands, Gregory evokes a great

atmosphere in the marshy landscape of southern England. Alinor, who performs a ceremony to seek answers after her husband has deserted her and her children, meets young reverend James Summer. James is risking a clandestine meeting in dangerous political times and Alinor helps to hide him. This charming and thrilling historical romance, from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl, makes for a great read as Alinor has to overcome many obstacles in her pursuit of a happy life for her and her children.

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Niehaus, who has a PhD in ecological physiology, was inspired by events of her own life in writing this poetic novel, after she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer soon after the birth of her daughter.

As a result, she became fascinated by the complex relationship between reproduction and death.

Mentored by author Alice Sebold (The Lovely Bones), Neihaus perfectly evokes the Brisbane landscape in this impressive first release in which she weaves the

fascinating history of the northern quoll, an endangered marsupial.

Tidelands Philippa Gregory Simon & Schuster, $33 English historical novelist Philippa Gregory draws from another fascinating time in history in her latest release. After exploring the War of the Roses and Tudor periods, she now turns to the Stuarts.

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Vintage storytellers Shift to thrift to add an individual touch, with found treasures and quirky curios, says author Jessica Bellef

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o you get a little thrill when you come across magnificent vintage items? I grew up in a home that was, and still is, filled with preloved furniture pieces. Family heirlooms sat next to side-of-the-road finds that had been restored by my dad; rarely, if ever, did anything get delivered, box-fresh, from a furniture store.

Weekends were spent on a welltrodden route of antique and old-ware emporiums, trash and treasure markets and thrift shops, and each day’s adventure began with a ritualistic circling of the garage-sale listings in the local paper.

These weekends taught me about thriftiness and the alternatives to the bigname retailers. My taste for interesting pieces was formed (or is it genetic?), and I grew to appreciate items with a backstory and a sense of history.

I learnt to look out for the cues of a well-made piece – makers’ marks, signs of the handmade as well as construction techniques from years gone by.

My own home, however, will show you that I don’t entirely shun the new.

Looking around my home office as I type this, I will confess that the majority of the furniture in this room arrived as flat packs, with an Allen key drowning in a hugely intimidating sachet of screws and washers. The pieces do the trick of holding my stuff, but that’s about it – they are purely functional, and I have no emotional attachment to them.

There is no romantic backstory, and feelings of the past aren’t evoked when I look at the shiny white pieces.

My office chair, however, has its own biography.

I saw it on a Facebook marketplace page and was drawn to the shape of the seat and the solid swivel leg. The yellowing label underneath tells me that it was manufactured by Pongrass Furniture, an Australian company that was producing chairs in the 1960s and 1970s.

Besides being incredibly comfortable and well made, the chair connects me to Australia’s history; I can’t help but imagine the sorts of rooms this solid furniture piece has seen since its production in the mid20th century.

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I learnt to look out for the cues of a well-made piece – makers’ marks, signs of the handmade

MIX MASTERS …

In her new book, Individual, Jessica Bellef celebrates eclectic spaces and style by referencing (clockwise from main) this 1960s sofa and Willy Tjungurrayi artwork; a curated entry; Bitossi owl and resin vase.

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AT HOME

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jessica Bellef is head of styling at online interiors retailer Temple & Webster.

Her writing and photographic styling have appeared in national magazines and she has taught extensively on the subject of creative design.

TEST OF TIME …

Japanese prints found in a thrift shop feature in a main bedroom; author Jessica Bellef (above).

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this chair gives my office a certain energy and a sense of connectedness to other times and lives.

Old pieces are reassuring, and they symbolise steadiness. They have worked their way through the generations – integrated into the daily lives of a cast of characters – and have stood the test of time.

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the entirety of a living room in one mindless transaction during a dizzying Saturday in a showroom, buying vintage means that you have to wait it out until the ideal piece crosses your path.

So many vintage lovers I’ve met effuse about the thrill of the hunt and the immense satisfaction in finding the perfect piece after months, or even years, of searching. It makes the piece all the more valuable.

Old pieces also represent an environmentally friendly way of making a home.

Not only are you saving a piece from ending up in landfill, but you are also minimising the nasty VOCs (volatile organic compounds) that the cheap, mass-produced new pieces will emit into your home’s air via the synthetic materials used in manufacturing.

Even if your vintage piece is made of synthetic materials, the VOCs would have long dissipated by the time the item is introduced into your home.

For me, the scent of dusty timber and a lingering sense of the past will always trump shiny and new.

TOP TIPS FOR ACQUIRING ‘NEW TO YOU’ PIECES 1 Be persistent and consistent. Visit thrift shops, markets, vintage and antique retailers, junk shops and online marketplaces whenever you can – you never know when that perfect-for-you piece will surface.

2 Get educated and price savvy. It’s good to know when something is fairly priced or incorrectly tagged as authentic vintage. Ask the seller questions, and research any visible manufacturer names for price comparisons. Look out for labels and makers’ marks, or request photos of these if shopping online.

3 Don’t be afraid of surface scratches.

These can often be buffed out with the right furniture oil, and sometimes a little wear and tear gives a piece character anyway. Don’t worry about wobbly legs, either – often a simple tightening of the screws will steady furniture items.

4 Ignore seat coverings. Look beyond the dated or damaged upholstery, and check out the bones of the piece.

Investment in reupholstering will give the item a whole new lease on life. Seek out real wood. In my mind, solid timber wins out over particleboard every time.

5 Good things come to those who wait.

Keep a checklist of the items you are looking for (and the measurements required), and jump on something if it pops up. Who knows when you will see that piece again?

This is an edited extract from Individual - Inspiration for creating a home that is uniquely your own by Jessica Bellef, $50, Murdoch Books.

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LAST WORD

Phil Brown The annoying thing is that things are changing every day. Have you noticed this annoying fact?

The city, my friends and family, the climate ...

This may come as a surprise to some of you but I don’t like change.

I’m not adventurous at all, I love my routine and I want things to stay exactly the way they are. Or were. Like in some undiscovered pharaoh’s tomb, perhaps.

The annoying thing is, however, that things are changing every day. Have you noticed this annoying fact? The city, my friends and family, the climate, everything is changing. So will you all just stand still for a minute! Preferably for a decade.

That would be nice.

I tried to grapple with this some years back by reading that book Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. This book is for people like me, people who suffer from

a paralysing disease called neophobia, which is a fear of anything new. I read the book and it just made me more anxious and neophobic. I mean I’ve got it bad!

If I could only mould the world to suit me, keep everything as it was. If that were the case I would still be wearing flares.

My hair has been exactly the same style (although it used to be darker) as it was in 1974 and I consider that a victory of sorts.

I try to freeze-frame my life at home by having a place for everything with everything in its place but there is a conspiracy to undermine this.

Sometimes my wife will move something and I am completely thrown. Recently this happened to a small, fragile and quite

beautiful little Japanese print. My wife moved it and replaced it with a small decorated mirror from Nepal, which meant I got to see the look on my own face after this outrage.

“Where the f--- is my Ukiyo-e print?!” I shouted. She pointed to it. It hadn’t actually moved far but that’s really not the point.

The point is that it wasn’t where it was supposed to be and for me that was like tipping the world on its axis.

Now I should point out that I am aware of my neophobia, as you can tell.

Or I wouldn’t be writing this, would I? Awareness is one thing. Some people aren’t quite so aware but I don’t want to end up like Norman Bates in Psycho, who was so

keen to keep everything as it was that he left his dead mother in her rocking chair until she became mummified. But he still spoke to her as if she was alive.

Scary movie and maybe Alfred Hitchcock was making a point about neophobia?

Sometimes, when change comes crashing into my world, I retreat to my bedroom, close the curtains, put on my dressing gown, lie on the bed and watch re-runs of Seinfeld. That world never changes and I do find that very gratifying.

But eventually I have to go back out into the world and deal with the fact that today isn’t yesterday and that tomorrow is nearly here. Bugger.

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An established garden with lawn and shrubs is at the front of the residence.

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Trades & Services

Trades & Services

Blinds, Curtains & Venetians

PLANTATION SHUTTERS

BATHROOM RESURFACING. Tubs - Vanities - Tiles Phone 1300 792 555 QBCC No. 653667

INFINITY Shutters • 2-3 Week Delivery • Rails, stiles and louvres reinforced with aluminium • 20 Year Warranty

Vogue Bathrooms & Kitchens - 0416 084 579 High quality bathroom & kitchen renovations.

All work guranteed. voguebathroomsandkitchens@gmail.com

Brick Laying

BRICKLAYING

Trades & Services

Brick and block work maintenance paving. Small jobs. QBCC 1151909. Kevin 0401 071 342 kevinsbricklaying@iinet.net.au

Air Conditioning & Heating

Including small concrete work, rendering - Free Quotes.

Prompt Service. QBCC# 72982 Call Tony 0439079991

Small Jobs and Brick Repair Specialist

EXPERT AIR CON CLEAN • Kill Mould • Save Energy • Increase A/C Life Span • Stubborn Smell Removal

Only $197!

Infinity/ AllviewiQ/ Aluminium

• Decks • Pergolas • Renovations • General Carpentry

Quotes within 48 hours Full planning & approval Fully insured

SALES / INSTALL / SERVICE All Residential, Commercial & Units

07 3262 3299 QBCC 715766. ARCtick AU02076

Call: 1300 457 116 www.eastcoastdecks.com.au

ARC Lic L009292

Phone: 0439 301 108

ASBESTOS Removal & Repairs. LICENCED & Insured. Sensible rates.

Call Steve: 0419 713 810. QBCC Lic #105598

★ASPLEY AUTO @ STAFFORD SAFETY★ Certificates Servicing/Logbooks & Repairs. All Makes & Models & Automatic Transmission Specialists. 19 Webster Rd Stafford 3356 9023

Bathrooms Bathroom Kitchens 0404 444 429 High quality renovations for all budgets. All work guaranteed. Free quotes. QBCC 1237022. Ph Mike

✆ Call Doug - 0416 244 718

Lic#898810

Renovation, Extensions, Specialist, Build in under, Bathrooms, Decks, Insurance Repairs.

Fully insured Master Builder QBCC lic 1131359.

Phone 0430 039 059 or dean@checkconstructions.com.au

QBCC lic 1131359.

Phone 0430 039 059 or dean@checkconstructions.com.au

m.ewaldBUILDING PTY LTD Pro Link Builders : Major Renovations / Refurbishments / High Calibre restoration skills / Excellence in past technical procedures / skilled practice in all building works Pro Link Builders Call Jeff 0417 637 189 QBCC Lisc 6405

Alterations, Additions, Renovations and Repairs.

Member of Master Builders

26 yrs exp, maintenance & alterations, termite damage repairs.

QBCC #1132985 Call Bill 0419 494 403.

Renovations, Kitchens & Bathrooms

YOUR TRUSTED CARPENTER From repairing decks & balustrades to hanging doors, there isn't much we don't do.

Call 3193 7481 - QBCC 1088291 - Fallon Solutions

awningsblindsdirect.com.au ALL internal and external blinds metal awnings, reskins and shutters. Quality Service from free measure and quote to install. All products at great prices.

Phone Michael 3372 5188.

QBCC 1166188.

ADAM McCORMACK 0438 108 679

QBCC 1142751

RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL Bobcat ● Excavator ● 10m3 Tipper & Mini Excavator Free Quotes work All insurance

Specialising in : ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Driveways Car Parks Paths Pergolas Pool Surrounds Industrial Floors Landscaping

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Exposed Aggregate Covercrete Old Concrete Rejuvinated Acid Washing Resealing Epoxy Floors

email info@kustomconcretefinishes.com.au www.kustomconcretefinishes.com.au

• • • ALL WORK COMPLETED •

BY QUALITY TRADESMEN • • •

0431 702 245

Exposed Finishes Colour Concrete Decorative Finishes Commercial Work Water Flow Problems House Slabs Industrial Work

BSA License 1195763 | peter@cementoconcrete.com.au

www.cementoconcrete.com.au

Cleaning

CLEANS FROM $50 Seniors discounts available. Once off or regular clean: Domestic & Commercial. FREE QUOTES www.ghcc.com.au 1300 134 035

EXTERIOR HOUSE WASHING Anti mould soft wash. Family owned.

Jason at GloWash 0408 452 334 GloWash.com.au

Blinds, Curtains & Venetians

Concreting

NDIS Registered

Qualified, Licenced (QBCC Lic No. 1034289) and Insured.

Prompt, Professional & Reliable. Quality work.

Email : rod@p2pqld.com Text Rod 0407 030 517 any time.

ALL IT ISSUES SOLVED! PC’s, Laptops, Networks, Internet & NBN Issues, Emails Software, Virus removal, Data recovery, No Callout Fees.

Senior Discounts. Call Mark 0448 023 217. EFTPOS Avail

www.mewaldbuilding.com.au QBCC 1186322

Upstyle Building - QBCC #15043234

Building & Renovations

Computer & IT Services

LICENSED Builder/Carpenter. Renovations, Extensions, Decks. All Carpentry work including Character Timber Stairs. For a prompt Free Quote call 0481 243 230.

For All Your Carpentry Needs. Renos, Decks, Carports, Patios & Bathrooms. 15Yrs Exp. Free Quotes. Ph: 0403 697 622

BUILDER / CARPENTER

Automotive Services

☞Friendly, Reliable & Honest ☞ All aspects of Building & Carpentry ☞ New Construction & Renovations. ☞ No job to small

CHECK CONSTRUCTIONS & BUILDING

BUILDER AVAILABLE NOW FOR Asbestos Removal

Carpenters & Joiners

Renovation, Extensions, Specialist, Build in under, Bathrooms, Decks, Insurance Repairs.

Fully insured Master Builder

ESKIMO HOUSE AIR CONDITIONING A/C Installations & Maintenance. QBCC #1097576

SECURITY DOORS & SHUTTERS

Gold Coast 5529 7688 Brisbane 3200 9152 www.kbsecurity.com.au

CHECK CONSTRUCTIONS & BUILDING

☎ ➡ ELECTRACON

AIRCONDITIONING, installation, service & repair. Trade qualified technician. Able to repair failed equip. Call Dennis 0401 287 506. ARC# AU 27637 QBCC 1208475

• K&B’s plantation shutters are deliverable within 2-3 weeks.

• Locally manufactured and custom made.

• Suitable for interior/external applications.

BUILDER / CARPENTER

Book Now • 0402770320

AIR CONDITIONING

Gold Coast 5529 7688 Brisbane 3200 9152 sales@kbsecurity.com.au

www.kbsecurity.com.au

SHUTTER SALE

ENHANCE YOUR HOME

Aluminum Shutters • 2-3 Week Delivery • Ideal for interior/ external applications • Durable and strong

K&B is your trusted local supplier of security doors, screens and shutters.

Builders

Safer, Healthier Homes.

ASTON

ALL VIEW Shutters • 2-3 Week Delivery • Entry level, affordable shutters • 15 year warranty

QBCC 1159762

Bathrooms

Standout Concrete Construction

Call Jon 0422 606 580 Driveways, patios, slabs, paths & more.

www.standoutconcrete.com.au QBCC 1203629

Phil’s Window Cleaning We Clean Your Screens and Vacuum Your Tracks.

Small Family Run Business. Ph Phil 0407 653 319

Jobs up to $3,300 only. Phone Andrew 0404 535 377

TRIPLE S CLEANING P/L.

Small Concrete Jobs, Excavation & Drainage Work - 10 to 100m2

Commercial + Regular home $28 /hour. 1 off spring cln $160/5hrs, Bond $200/5hrs. Carpet/Tile/Timber frm $60. Ph: 0405 843 681

ARROW CONCRETING Plain Concrete & Exposed Aggregate Specialist Professional & Reliable Tradesman QBCC Lic 1167187 Please Call Andrew: 0431 699 784 for a free quote

Trades & Services Electrical Services

General Services

ANDREW MELLOR ELECTRICAL 0422 117 559 Lic No. 68876

A/C. RHL 118150

Specialize in Domestic and Commercial Renovations.

Fans, Lights, Powerpoints, Phone, T.V, Data Rewires, Hotwater, Solar, Switchboards, Safety Switches Upgrades.

No job too small.

Reliable Quality Work • Pensioner Discounts • Free Quotes • No call out fee

• Power, Lights, Fans etc.

• Switchboards • Solar Installs & Sales

Lic#55766

www.andrewmellorelectrical.com.au

D J Edwards Electrical Phone Dean: 0400 571 610

ELECTRICIAN - Michael Carter Electrical 25 years experience. All Domestic and Commercial. Honest reliable and friendly. There are no silly questions.

Phone 0417 763 320 Lic. No. 60761

$60 PER HOUR ELECTRICAL Installation & Repairs. Lic #51216.

With 30 Years Exp. Ph David: 0401 065 333

MICA Electrical Pty Ltd Nudgee Split A/C, Switchboards, Safety Switches, Powerpoints, Lights, Fans, etc. Cont. Lic. 78890. Denis: 0415 962 679 Newmarket Electrical - Lic 74099 A senior servicing seniors. Discounts applied. ✆ Eric 0448 667 231

Excavations & Earthmoving

BLEND PROJECTS Bulk Earthworks, Site Clean-Up, Site Preparation, Drainage, Pool Digs, Retaining Walls & Demolition Phone Josh: 07 3726 9595

Kitchen

FURNITURE RESTORATION BY THE EXPERTS • Full makeovers • Furniture Repolishing • Small or large repairs Phone Workshop Anytime 3352 5333 Local rep - 0412 737 931 CARLETON UPHOLSTERY c.c.u@bigpond.net.au

SUNSTATE FENCING • Timber • Colourbond • Retaining walls • Privacy screens • Gates • Free onsite quotes

GLASS REPAIRS, or replacement.

Good rates. Jobs under $3,300 only.

Phone Kevin 0411 701 220

NEIGHBOUR FENCING Specialising in colorbond & timber.

FREE quotes. Reliable quality services. Jobs under $3300 only. Phone 0407 672 211

SHANE PAROZ | SUPER CHEAP FENCING Best prices around | Credit Cards Accepted Phone 1800 509 512 QBCC #14740

ABSOLUTELY

Quality Guttering Workmanship & Material

ESTABLISHED 1982 QBCC 43363

STARK ROOFING

If you want it to last ring Russell Stark

PH 3843 6441 MOB 0410 135 487

FREE QUOTES

Jims Fascia and Gutter Installations

• Paint Fasciaboard & Downpipes • Free Quotes • Pensioner Discount

QBCC 1167294 - ☎

BRISBANES FINEST FLOORS

General Services

KENMORE UPHOLSTERY Local Business with workmanship guaranteed ● All expert restoration including polishing ● All quotes done by owner ●

Phone Roy 3878 6085 or 0418 776 819

CABINETMAKER www.jonathanchappell.com Kitchens & furniture. Home or office Tel: 3348 5784 or Mobile: 0427073597 QBCC Lic no: 1061275.

Landscaping AN EXPERIENCED GARDENER All gardening needs. Landscape refurbishments.

Large & Small cleanups. Gutter cleaning. Weed control.

PAVING Fences, Retaining walls, landscaping QBCC No. 67910. Warren Keyes Ph 0414 644 748 or 3264 4748

RIC’S LIFESTYLE LANDSCAPES

Top Quality, 25 Years Exp, Free Quotes, Pension Discount.

QBCC 1161416. Ph 0451 012 874

For all your Landscaping needs. Free Quotes. Lic #15036668 Phone 0407 113 653

SJB Property & Garden Maintenance All landscaping, supply & install Synth Turf. Drainage & Retain walls. Jobs under $3,300 only. Ph 0487 479 477

Handyman

ERIC'S HANDYMAN SERVICE

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All Repairs On Time Renovations Realiable Painting Professional Carpentry Honest Tiling Kitchens All Electrical Pre-sale Work Residential & Commercial Jobs up to $3,300 only

Specialising in Preparing Your Home for Sale Houses, Units or Townhouses Maximise your Sale Return CALL ERIC - 0411 071 911 Yan - 0435 018 377- lindebao@yahoo.com LICENSED HANDYMAN QBCC # 65333. All Carpentry - Renovations - Extensions - Fascias & Gutters Bathrooms etc. Free quotes. Chris on 0405 401 860

CALL DOUG GRIER For reliable garden maintenance. Lawn mowing, brush cutting, hedging, green waste removal.

Since 2006. NRMA insured. 0448 249 196

Selling your home?

Call us to help you return a higher sale price!

Prepare your home ready to sell!

• Fresh coat of paint • Tidy landscaping • Pressure washing • Alterations to layout or design of home

Increase the value of your property with Antonio’s Quality Painting Interior & Exterior House Painting • Rendering • Flooring Commercial, Residential & Domestic, 10% Pensioners Discount.

For a Free Quote and Colour Consultation 0410 117 631 www.antoniosqualitypainting.com.au QBCC1207574

ASPIRE PAINTING Reliable & honest service, each job is special to us. Local tradie with unbeatable rates. Work gtd.

Exp workers. Free quotes. 0422 124 190 - QBCC 15071448

Licenced Tradesmen. 25yrs exp all surfaces. Available for big/small jobs. Neil 0404 206 407 QBCC 1301776

The Pink Painter Interior & Exterior. All painting aspects. Pensioner Disc.

30+ yrs exp. Jobs under $3,300 only. Ph: 0468 340 399

Paving PAVING by Jon Dobson. 25 years experience. Driveways, court yards, BBQ areas, Relay old paving etc. Paving specialists QBCC Lic 15028665 Ph 0488 639 988

CARPORTS, PERGOLAS, GAZEBOS, POOL HUTS. Full design service including plans and Council.

Phone 32745744 QBCC LIC # 15062508

www.colonialawnings.com.au

Pest Control

LUSCIOUS GARDENS MAINTENANCE All types of Garden Maintenance. Guaranteed to quote.

0418 427 472

BUGS "R" DEAD

THE MOWER MECHANIC. Mowers brush cutters repairs & sales. Free Pickup & delivery 32666791

TERMITE Treatments, Inspections & Pest.

Control. Domestic & Commercial.

25 Years Experience. From $98.

Call Pete 0417 797 414. QBCC: 15019307

Locksmiths

Plasterers

ARRIVE ON-TIME & QUALITY WORKMANSHIP Premier Locksmith Ph Darren 3861 0872 (Sec Lic. 3535622)

Allen’s Interiors FOR ALL YOUR PLASTERING & PAINTING NEEDS

Deadlocks, window locks, cars. Pensioner discount.

24 hrs/7 day. 3355 1022

New Homes and Renovations •Ceiling & Wall repairs •Suspended Ceilings •Partitions •Painting •Home and Office fit-outs Asbestos Removal (Asbestos Removal Certificate 02251220) Insurance work welcome

Painting

Pre Sale Work

Antonio’s Quality Painting & Decorating Services

COLONIAL AWNINGS & PATIOS

ALL LOCAL LAWN MOWING, GARDENING AND RUBBISH REMOVAL SERVICES. www.grahamsgardencare.com.au. Fully insured. Free quotes. Fast response 0478 706 158

IDEALLOCKSMITHS Home Services

B/H: 3349 0918 A/H: 3343 8957

Pergolas, Decks and Patios Lawn mowing

HANDYMAN Painting, Carpentry, Platering, Interior / Exterior Renovations FREE QUOTES

QBCC 66388

QUALITY PAINTING (Pens. Disc)

EVERGREENSCAPE.COM.AU

GUTTER CLEANING AT A BETTER PRICE

TIM’S Reguttering & Downpipes

• Interior/Exterior Roofs • All workmanship guaranteed • No job too small • FREE QUOTES

Spring Specials, Hedge Trimming Greg 0416 105 701

Jim on 0413 898 366

Flooring Services & Supplies Floor Sanding and Polishing. Timber Floors, Decks, Stairs.

Phone 0411 220 488. QBCC Lic 1098439

BENCHTOP RESURFACING WE overlay exisiting Bench Top w/Stone or offer a complete kitchen Makeovers. Free Quotes. New doors also avail. Ph. All Surface Solutions 3208 4644 QBCC No. 653667

All aspects of landscaping. Jobs under $3300 only.

Ph Stephen 0403 663 734.

SOUTHSIDE FENCING Timber and colorbond. QBCC 1124355.

Phone 0424 195 209.

Book an obligation free quote NOW Call - 1800 675 605 t & c’s apply offer ends 6/11/19 QBCC Lic 647 707 www.expresskitchens.com.au

Guttering

www.sunstatefencing.com.au

NORTHSIDE FENCING

32 years experience painting & colour consulting

Call: 1300 614 310 Free quotes, Specializing in Timber, Chainwire, Colourbond, glass and aluminium fencing. Over 20 years experience.

Call 3491 4100 or visit www.northsidefencing.com.au.

Black flat top pool panels (1200mm H x 2475mm W) $79 each.

QUALITY RIGHT HOME PAINTING For your chance to win a Euro appliance package

Glass & Glaziers

30 years experience. Free quotes for leaf guard that works.

Phone Neale 0412 735 755

Fencing

Painting

AXIS

Painting Solutions Pty Ltd

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JOHN: 0447 769 551

john@absolutions.net.au

QBCC Lic. 1076150

YEARS

MEMBERS OF MASTER PAINTERS

• Exterior & Interior Painting • Building Refurbishment • Maintenance Works

Ph Neville 0422 307 854

FULLY INSURED FREE QUOTES

PLASTERBOARD repairs & small jobs, free quotes, no job too small. Gordon 0412 643 658 QBCC #51081.

Plumbers & Plumbing

QBCC 150 34 202

Call Eric on 0411 071 911 www.titan360.com.au

AAB Painting ✔

Roof restoration, Repaints, New Work, Interior/Exterior Commercial QBCC 1090212 Phone Andrew 0404279 666

AAA SERVICE HOT WATER FIXED TODAY. $100 trade-in on new systems. Ph 3029 6322 NOW QBCC 1088291, Lic 65776 www.fallonsolutions.com.au

Trades & Services Plumbers & Plumbing

Roofing Services

PRIORITY 1 PLUMBING

Guardian Roof Restoration

BLOCKED DRAIN SPECIALIST

FROM

$99

Burst Pipes Taps and Toilets No Call Out Fee Free Quotes 10% Pensioner Discount

0417 400 154 www.priority1plumbing.com.au QBCC Lic. 1043844 24/7 Service

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Leaking taps repaired Leaking toilets fixed Clogged drains cleared Hot water systems 50 years of quality service 10% pensioner discount

CALL NOW:

3029 6340

WWW.FALLONSOLUTIONS.COM.AU

IT’S FIXED

WHEN IT’S

QBCC Lic No. 1088291 - Electrical Licence 65776 - ARC AU13164

Looking for a quality plumber you can rely on?

Our friendly, reliable and experienced plumbers can get your problem sorted today All Plumbing, Drainage, Gas Fitting, Blocked Drains and Drain Camera, Pipe Locating, Hot Water Systems, Maintenance, Back Flow prevention. Commercial and Domestic works.

Call Scott Phone 0411 221 653 or 07 3219 9793 QBCC:1195774 Lic. No: 15072

Your Local Plumber Since 1988 QBCC # 1096084

SPECIAL OFFER

4 Taps in your home re-washered & re-seated.

Toilet & Hot Water Unit checked for the set price of $88.00 Inc GST For prompt reliable service & all your plumbing needs

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES FIXED FAST! We repair washing machines, dishwashers, ovens & more.

10% PENSIONER DISCOUNT! Ph 3193 7462 Lic 657756 www.fallonsolutions.com.au

The re-point, cleaning, coating specialist

SAVE THOUSANDS BY PHONING US 0411 371 365 or 3297 7655 Free quotes. Insured

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Roof Restorations/Repairs Roof Painting Skylights Whirlybirds

Deal Direct with Trade Professionals 07 3402 0259 0412 200 053 W: www.gmroofing.com.au

RE-ROOFING SPECIALIST

Phone Peter 3822

Real Estate

QBCC Lic # 1270437

QBCC Lic No. 1167600

24 HR/7 DAYS SERVICE

6446 or 0411 784 970

QBCC Licence #31430

D & B Roof Repairs & Restoration Roof Paint From $1,450. Seniors Discounts. Over 20 yrs exp.

QBCC Roof & Paint Deco Lic #15121203. Dave 0433590103 LEWIS ROOFING. Specialising in concrete & terracotta roof repairs. No job too big or small. We clean roofs & patios P: 0413 838 081 QBCC Lic 1042447

Houses for Rent

ABLE TREE SERVICES

COMPLETE tree care, pruning, removal & stump grinding.

Level 5 Arborist. Est over 25yrs. FREE QUOTES

Ph 0418 789 018 or 3355 $20m Public Liability Insurance

BEST PRICE PLUMBING. No call out fee. 1 hour emergency response. Pensioner discounts. Drains cleared same day. Phone Gary Starr Licensed Plumber 07 3857 2605. QBCC # 76377.

HOTWATER SOLAR ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP & GAS

Supply Install & Repair Contact 0416 075 682 (7days a week). King Solar Man - QBCC# 1271201

GDETreeServices.com.au

PHONE: (07) 3271 6411 A CHEAPEST TREE LOPPER

PLUMBER ROOF REPAIR SPECIALIST PHONE 3812 2432 Corrugated iron tile & fibro. Years of exp. in locating difficult leaks. Jobs up to $1850 only

TIM’S Roofing & Guttering - 25 Yrs Exp Metal Roofing Specialist, Top Quality, Pension Discount, Free Quotes, QBCC 1161416. Ph 0451 012 874

YEARS experience 37 in Roofing and Guttering.

No job too big or too small.

Ph: 0400 470 336 QBCC 65457

Stump Grinding, Rubbish Removal, Discounts, Insured.

Joseph 0412 732 031 or 0450 832 253/3411 2529 AUSSIE TREE SOLUTIONS For a Free Quote Call 07 3351 1722 / Fully Insured 35+ years in Business / Qualified Climbing Arborists

CHEAPER Trees & Stumps. 20 years experience.

Insured. Michael 0418 983 566 COLOURFUL TREE SERVICES - Stump grinding, No job too small or too big. Patrick 0418 988 966

Rubbish Removal

RIVERCITY RUBBISH REMOVAL CALL us to make your rubbish disappear. Cheap, Reliable, Same day Service, 7 days. We Recycle, Donate & Dump.

Domestic / Commercial/Deceased Estates. Green waste, Furniture, Electrical, Reno waste. Mini Bobcats available.

Discounts for Seniors or BCC vouchers.

www.hrrr.com.au

Ph: 0419 796 408.

ABOUT THAT RUBBISH!!

Don’t worry fr. $25 I’ll load & dump it 3353 4030 or 0403 381 326 anytime.

TREE Lopping Mulching & Stump Grinding All Suburbs 25 years Experience. Pensioner Discounts Fully Insured Free Quotes Phone: 3200 9500

$45 for 1 hr or $30 for 1/2hr. Teaching for Leisure.

Adults only. Ph Ben 0423 350 029

SECURITY DOOR SALE Supa Shield “Hook-Clamp” 316 Stainless Steel Security Door with a triple lock, incl. GST from $595.

No bars or grilles. 7mm Diamond Grille Door from $255, incl. GST. Insect Screens from $30.

Free Measure & Quote.

TV Services

BAD TV SIGNAL??

We Can Help!

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Gold Coast 5529 7688 Brisbane 3200 9152 www.kbsecurity.com.au

A&A SCREENS- 0409 645 163 Remedial Massage Pensioner Discount. 1hr for $50. Sport massage - 1 hr for $55. Dry Massage - 1 hr for $40.

3/ 115 Wickham St Fortitude Valley 3252 1472 or 0430 352 639 jocelynhogg212@gmail.com

Steel, Aluminium, Invisigard, Security Grilles & Doors, Flyscreens, Shutters & Blinds. QBCC 1006709

ALL Sliding Door & Window Repairs.

Local Technicians TV Reception Issues New Digital Antennas TV Wall Mounting Call us for a FREE Quote

www.MrAntenna.com.au

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1300 841 859

AAA TV-MAN - ANTENNAS

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FOR $175. TV/Phone points $150. TV & DVD tune in $70. All areas!!

Rollers tracks locks & remeshing. Window Revival. 1300 882 482 7 Days, Pens disc. Free Quotes. 0416 518 855. www.tvman.com.au

But wait, there’s more

Discover more online at Buy Search Sell.

ASCOT Old 3 bdr, colonial, $400pw, near Oriel Park, part furn. 0409 198 225 no text ACCOM BY THE LAKE FIRST WEEK FREE From $99pw - $350pw. Can help move. ☎ James 0412 323 696

Apartments for Sale

BRISBANE CITY Skytower, 2 bed, 1 bath 67sqm, low body corp fees Open Sat 12/10 11.15 - 11.45 Auction 08/11 0430 568 851 Kai Liu

Auction

Mortgagee Auction Marsden 33/7 Lucy St On-site 11:30am 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2 car Return $400pw 160 m2, Security, Entertainment Area, Pool, Suits easy care lifestyle O/H Sat 11:00 -11:30 PRD Marsden 0407 898 798

Boarding & Residence ALBION FLAT Own kitchen, fridge, bus/rail, suit gent. $175p/w 0409 198 225

Tuition & Teaching Piano Lessons

Security

BRISBANE $850 pw Riverfront fully furnished executive home, 16km south-west of CBD in Riverhills 4074, 3+ year lease. www.raywhite.com Susan Bardon 0405 484 828

DISCOUNT PRICES Tree work and stump grinding expert. 25 years experience.

Fully insured. Ph 1300 885 755 or 3863 2778.

SECURITY DOORS & SCREENS Remedial Massage

5398.

in in Make that pa your grass... disappear.

P - 0412 742 242 www.oaplumbing.com.au

Washing Machine & Dryer Services

Expect The Best, For Less!

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE 1 Hour Response for Emergencies Drain Cameras Jet Drain Cleaning Pipe Relining (no dig pipe repairs) Hot Water Units

Tree Services

Need new wheels?

Notices

Motoring

General Notices

Cars For Sale

Holden Statesman 2005 PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE OPTUS MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION AT NEWSTEAD WITH 5G B1000 Newstead: 33 Breakfast Creek Road, Newstead QLD 4006 (RFNSA 4006013) 1. The proposed facility consists of the addition of new 5G equipment and associated works as follows: • Installation of four (4) new panel antennas, 0.70m long, on new mounts • Installation of new ancillary equipment, including cabling and antenna mounts • Reconfiguration of existing equipment on the facility and within the equipment shelter 2. Optus regards the proposed installations as Low-impact Facilities under the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 ("The Determination") based on the description above.

Marine & Boating

BOATS WANTED Cash paid!!

Buying now!!!

Phone Roger Brisbane Boat Buyers

6cyl Excellent Condtion Full leather trim Low Kms Elderly Owner Log Books

0419 756 800

$6,500 O.N.O ☎ 0475 900 254

BOAT Lic. Boat & Jet Ski Training. (Also avail online). Ph. 3287 6262 boatlicence.net.au

3. In accordance with Section 7 of C564:2018 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code, we invite you to provide feedback about the proposal. Should you require further information or wish to comment, please contact Andrew McLane at Axicom, 07 3211 4208, community@axicom.com.au or Level 1, 110 Pacific Highway, St Leonards NSW 2065 by Thursday 31st October 2019. Further information may also be obtained from www.rfnsa.com.au/4006013

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5 your To faith answer (7) enables enterprising Ariens to make the Trust and understand you best of negotiating skills. There’s an need to give your mind, body and spirit 9 Extremely forceful (7) emphasis on money and property. This time to rest. No matter how much 10 being An imagined horror period also brings you to a crucial you’re pushed to take action, (7) stop emotional crunch. For a while now, and be still.

Calm your mind 11 Uncertainty (5) – stop it you’ve been battling with uncertainty or from racing. Failure to do so may result 12 Blacken reputation of (9) restriction. And you’ve worn it well. By in illness not far down the line. late week, expect requited affection.

13 An investigator (9) SCORPIO 15 Defraud (5) 22) TAURUS (October 24 - November (April 21 - May 20) It doesn’t matter whether you focus 16 Play for time (5) You’re exhausted Taurus, and it’s a fair current attentions on travel, moving 18 career As aorfirst bet that relationship issues need sorting. house, loveconsideration – you can expect (3,1,5) But a chirpier Venus turns your some mostly positive. Some 21 changes Calm–(9) attention away from life’s traumas. Give say you’re impatient. Possibly, but only 24 Smallest (5) yourself permission to shift from social regarding life’s trivialities. The strong to solitary, and back again, depending 25 Distraught (7)on in recent resolve you’ve had to call on your mood. Both modes of operation times will now make you much more 26 Sale by bidding (7) will work. Take time for pampering, too. confident. You won’t be disappointed.

27 Fidelity (7) GEMINI SAGITTARIUS 28 Formal speech (7) (May 21 - June 21) (November 23 - December 21)

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Fate, in its wisdom, is pointing you in aDown new direction – one that may feel less secure is nevertheless precisely what 1 but Split (7) you need. Don’t fight the inevitable, 2 A lawn game (7)and you’ll Sagittarius.

Go with the flow, soon at a destination 3 arrive Exactly similarthat (9)looks strangely familiar. You’re in for Distinguished (5) a 4 delightful surprise.

When people are drawn to each other, energies can occasionally be unstable.

Sometimes, it’s two steps forward and one step back. The right balance for love or friendship to bloom takes patience.

Should you need to applaud another’s good fortune, please do. Your support matters, especially this week.

CAPRICORN 6 Type22of- January big band (December 20) jazz

CANCER

5 Teller of anecdotes (9) (5) Being 7 different On thesometimes whole involves (7) taking risks and the planets dare you to 8 Beloved (7) do just that. Romance, possibly with 14 Pursuing hotly (2,4,3) someone older, may be formed as a 15 directGiven result of unwisely work or travel.

And if (9) you feel inclined to mix business with 16 Intense (7)should prove pleasure, the merger mutually pleasing – financially 17 Previously (7) or emotionally. It’s a week to simply enjoy.

19 Covetousness (7) AQUARIUS 20 Lockjaw (7) (January 21 - February 18) 22 Aquarians Deadlyhave (5)the planets well Most and truly on side right 23 Stage play now.

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(June 22 - July 22) 2 Trade in the streets (7) 10 An imagined horror (7) If you’re feeling restless and drumming 3 Nurse felt funny, taking ill 11 Uncertainty (5) your fingers for action, a happier Venus 1 A sitter changes dresses (7) (9) 12 Blacken reputation of (9) should supply it. In other words, you 5 A child of three allowed on 4 Fed up with dates having 13 An investigator (9) have planetary permission to prosper an (5)R E W A R15DDefraud L excursion A U R E (7) L F E L O Nto IbeErearranged S O U (5) T R I G H T and enjoy. This extends to romance. An 9UA passage from ‘Tristan’ (7) 5 Dates may be seen around 16 Play for time (5) N N W N N W A H E S E L Y irresistible magnetism keeps love on its 10 Arab territory that makes here (3,3,3) 18 As a Bfirst consideration R E S T C U R E E L A B O U R C I C A D A P R I E S T toes, so don’t be surprised if someone’s me turn cross (7) 6 Being a fool I do it wrongly (3,1,5) E I B R A R A I T I A D S B A I eager to grab your exclusive attention.

11 Spritely number in fine (5) 21 Calm (9) A R D E N T A S T E R N F O R E N S I C D R E S S I N G disarray (5) 7 Receives support from a 24 Smallest (5) E T G L M G E L F T A E U N LEO 12 Two who play together (9) thin boy (5,2) 25 Distraught (7) A L T O G E T H E R P R E F E R A B L Y R E A R Y A L E (July 23 - August 23) 13 Fighting opponents (9) 8 Thomas’s initial motive for 26 Sale by bidding (7) I S observed I O in a T betrayal Y A C27 Fidelity C F(7) E L Some Leos may have been party to 15 General rule (7) R U N S(5)A R O U N D I14DShow E A promise asFa I G U R28EFormal H E Aspeech D H(7)A R D unnecessary conflict lately. Don’t get cathedral E A revolutionary L N invention L A sculptor?

R N (5,4) I Y C B C U A duped into becoming the reluctant ally.

16 F I N D S15OTake U Tthe car, beetle B E A R S K I N D E M E A N N IoffC E TDown Y While others might have ideas on how (5) rest of us are trying to cope with our F (9) I D From O one’s R first O look, T the E and F have I a good time I1 Split P (7) D U M G you should spend your time, go your 18 tedious lot, you’re spared similar A P L16OEvidence M B F (7) I N A L E E S gate U R isI broken E N T(2,1,6) A D V (7) O C2 A A lawn A T game own way. Especially if you’re caught in canal of a spectator frustrations. Money looks plentiful, R E having C E oddly enough, R Ifor A3 Exactly C S (9) R O someone else’s emotional tug of war.

21N Youngsters seen T 17 IIt’s glee, similar which makes a welcome change from S I changes N I S T P S Athe L mournful M S E S C A L4 A T E B E(5) C K O N And if it all turns nasty, make a run for it. great (9)E R poet (7) Distinguished recent cash embarrassment. Spend up 24 Joy is a composer (5) 19 Driving a point home? (7) 5 Teller of anecdotes (9) while the going’s good. Right now too, VIRGO 25 Unusual spiteCryptic shown by 20 Officers sensing change (7) 6 Type of big band jazz (5) Quick there’s much to be said for team effort.

(August 24 - September 22) the French in a letter (7) 22 The centre may be 7 On the whole (7) Across: 1 Reward, 4 Outright, 9 Priest, 10 Belabour, 12 Dressing, 13 Astern, 15 Yale, 16 Preferably, ensic, 13 Ardent, 15 Rear, 16 Altogether, Life could become erratic. Close friends 26 Losing the rubber dropped (5) 8 Beloved (7) PISCES 20 Hard, 23(2,4,3) Nicety, 25 (February Bearskin,1927 Advocaat, 28 Finale, 29 Escalate, 30 ofBeckon. ient, 28 Aplomb, 29 you Sinister, 30 or family may be a source strife. prevents doing this (7) Psalms.

23 Be off for the Figurehead, rest of the 14 Pursuing hotly - March 20) Home renovations could also take some 27 Schoolboy’s book case (7) night (5) 15 Given unwisely (9) It’s a contemplative week for most hair-raising twists, or11 electronics go 14 28 Promises uncle, 14 Moonlit, 16 Intense2(7)White flag, 3 Resist, Pisceans, you6should listen to your Down: 1 Rapidly, 5 when Used, Reassure, 7 Globe, 8 Tyranny, Anarchy, 7 Inure, 8 Sweater, 11toBillion, haywire. On some level, these perhaps (7) QUICK CLUES 17 Previously (7) heart and not your mind. While not Effaced, 1719Black mark,(7)18 Critical, everyone 19 Fanfare, 21 Dungeon, 22 Bruise, 24 Civic, 26 Pact. s, 24 Mourn, 26 Once. disruptions could reflect your inner need Across Covetousness will be willing, or able, to lend for more freedom, change or excitement.

Down 1 Manner of speaking (7) 20 Lockjaw (7) a helping hand, there should still be Be discerning with the steps you take.

1 Wept and ran from a 5 To answer (7) 22 Deadly (5) a respectable number of people you can Belgian port (7) 9 Extremely forceful (7) 23 Stage play (5) CRYPTIC CLUES Across

Solutions to last week’s puzzles

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Attires, 5 Triplet, 9 Transit, 10 Emirate, 11 Elfin, 12 Duettists, 13 Pacifists, 15 Canon, 16 Wheel, 18 At a glance, 21 Teenagers, 24 Bliss, 25 Epistle, 26 Erasing, 27 Satchel, 28 Pledges. Down: 1 Antwerp, 2 Traffic, 3 Resentful, 4 Sated, 5 The Red Sea, 6 Idiot, 7 Leans on, 8 Treason, 14 Shape well, 15 Celebrate, 16 Witness, 17 Elegist, 19 Nailing, 20 Ensigns, 22 Aitch, 23 Sleep.

QUICK: Across: 1 Diction, 5 Respond, 9 Violent, 10 Chimera, 11 Doubt, 12 Denigrate, 13 Detective, 15 Mulct, 16 Stall, 18 For a start, 21 Unruffled, 24 Least, 25 Frantic, 26 Auction, 27 Loyalty, 28 Address.

Down: 1 Divided, 2 Croquet, 3 Identical, 4 Noted, 5 Raconteur, 6 Swing, 7 Overall, 8 Dearest, 14 In full cry, 15 Misplaced, 16 Soulful, 17 Already, 19 Avarice, 20 Tetanus, 22 Fatal, 23 Drama.

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