Brisbane News Magazine July 31 - Aug 6, 2019. ISSUE 1237

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The only thing I have ever invented is an excuse, so I am in genuine awe of Alex Gransbury who creates the most marvellous gadgets – everything from pizza scissors to the next generation in spice mills – to make our lives easier. Writer Amanda Horswill toured Alex’s Dreamfarm factory in Albion to get the inside track (P8) on this award-winning family business and its crack team of dreamers. Also this week we step inside a house that’s the epitome of James Bond cool (P24, right), chat with actor Nicholas Hamilton, who appears in the Queensland-filmed war movie Danger Close (P14), and review the latest thrillers from Aussie authors (P28). Enjoy the issue.

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THE CHAT Author Paullina Simons FEATURE Exploring the inner sanctum of a Brisbane invention warehouse RESTAURANT The Florist Kitchen & Wine Bar, city RECIPE Alastair McLeod’s braised chicken GOING OUT Nicholas Hamilton for Danger Close FASHION Sustainable fashion, always in style AT HOME High design on the Coomera River TRAVEL Day tripping in Palm Springs, California BOOKS Edge-of-your-seat reads

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THE CHAT

Character driven Riding a rollercoaster of emotions is all in a day’s work for Russian-born bestselling author Paullina Simons

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irst she writes it, then she falls in love with it, then she cries. After that, Paullina Simons sits back, reflects on her work, and hopes her readers will love it, too. “My ultimate goal when I write is for people to cry like I do and feel what I feel,” says the best-selling US author.

And when it comes to her latest novel it seems Paullina, who will visit Brisbane on her book tour next month, is achieving that and more, with Australian readers among the most appreciative.

“The fans are embracing and loving this new book,” says Paullina, a married mother-of-four. “They love the mystery. I feel more pressure with it being a trilogy because there is the risk that people might not like the second or third book.”

The first instalment of her sweeping new End of Forever trilogy, The Tiger Catcher, tells the story of Julian, whose charmed life in Los Angeles is turned upside down when he embarks on an affair with the mysterious Josephine. She is harbouring secrets that threaten to tear them apart, and so begins an adventure that spans a further two books – A Beggar’s Kingdom, out next month, and Inexpressible Island to be released in December.

Paullina, who lives in New York and has written 13 novels, a cookbook, and two children’s books, is delighted with the feedback.

“I have a lot of contact with the Aussie fans. They are incredibly vocal on Facebook and I always love hearing from them.”

Born in Leningrad, Paullina emigrated to the US in the 1970s with her family and always dreamt of becoming a writer – an

ambition she was forced to place on hold until she mastered English and overcame the shock of a new culture.

In 2015, she published Six Days in Leningrad, a memoir about her return to Russia with her father in 1998 – the first time since leaving in 1973.

Now she is looking forward to visiting Queensland – and meeting her fans in person. “Hopefully they love Julian and are interested in his quest. I knew I needed to make it good from the start, and I can only hope that I grab their attention.”

But The Tiger Catcher is not without its critics. “Some readers were expecting a traditional romance but what they got was a story from the hero’s point of view rather than the woman’s,” Paullina says.

“I grew up on male-dominated fiction so I’m used to that, but people who read a lot of my books may not be.

“Most of my books feature very strong female characters but in this one we see everything from Julian’s side, his heart and soul, rather than Josephine’s.

“I didn’t set out to do it from the male viewpoint but when I saw the story it was his quest for her that I saw. Josephine had to be a mystery to him and to us too until the end of the book,” she says.

“It keeps the reader guessing.”

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FEATURE

Amanda Horswill

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n a corner of a nondescript warehouse opposite the Breakfast Creek Hotel sits a dream maker. It’s an odd looking thing, basically a silver rubbish bin with a perspex window revealing ping-pong balls inside. An orange witches hat, like you see at roadworks, sits on top. But when Alex Gransbury turns it on, coloured lights flash and ping-pong balls fly.

He pulls a rope, the hat lifts up and out comes one of the small white orbs. His colleague, engineer Tom Schuster, catches it. Alex repeats the process and another ball is flung in the air. Tom catches that one, too. The balls have something written on them.

“Right, so what does a ‘pastry brush mop’ look like?” Tom asks.

We are in the factory that is Dreamfarm, in Albion, where Alex, Tom and the team invent and perfect kitchen gadgets. Its colourful range of gamechanging goods include Red Dot awardwinning Clongs (click-lock tongs that sit up, so you don’t get cooking mess on the bench); Scizza pizza scissors (who knew cutting pizza slices with scissors could be so easy?) and the Smood spiral masher (one-push for smooth mash and it’s also a scraper for easy serving).

The company’s stockist list stretches across Australia to the UK and US, and reads like a who’s-who of retail – Myer, Bloomingdale’s, John Lewis.

Alex, 37, founded the company 22 years ago in Canberra, with just one product, the Grindenstein, a compact knock-box for coffee grinds, selling it at farmers’ markets and online. Now, working alongside him is a dedicated crew including Tom, design manager Phil Howieson and Alex’s sister Cate McDermott.

Their product shelves bristle with more than 30 offerings, including the Ortwo spice mill, released a few weeks ago.

“It’s been three years in the making and has taken over all of our lives for the past 18 months. There’s a bunch of different materials in it, glass, nylon, diecast zinc, timber, ceramic, so there was so much to

learn. The biggest relief, and I nearly cried, was when Tom and I were at trade shows in Chicago and Philadelphia, and we found out it had won a Red Dot award.

“I mean, that’s like the Oscars of the design industry. It was like getting a big stamp of approval, the world saying, ‘Hey, it’s all been worth it’. But what is really important is to get it into stores and to see how it sells.”

The Ortwo is a spice mill that can be used with one hand or two, depending on the speed and size of the grind required.

Did the world need another spice mill? It seems the public vote is “yes”. The company ran a kickstarter campaign to fund its initial production costs. It raised half its funding goal in a day, and more than $30,000 from 445 backers in a week.

That’s because it’s not just another mill.

It looks different, with two handles jutting out the top and a squat glass jar holding the ingredient to be ground. (The jar holds 60ml, the same amount as standard spice jars at the supermarket).

In the hand it feels solid, balanced.

Sturdy. The two handles can be used with one hand, pressed together like tongs, to produce a light sprinkling of pepper. But grab a handle with each hand and put them apart and the grind is more robust, producing a tsunami of pepper.

All the while, its operation is smooth and powerful, thanks to the ceramic grinder (and that means no rusting, like the industry-standard steel models). It’s one of those gadgets that makes you wonder why no one thought of it before.

Alex says the company’s culture doesn’t allow their products to be anything less than great. It’s “all killer, no filler” with this family business – Mum Carole first helped Alex assemble their products back in Canberra, and Dad Roger did the books on the weekends.

Alex moved to Brisbane in 2007, and Cate, 34, joined soon after. Their brother, John, 39, lives in Brisbane too, but is a scuba diving instructor.

Alex says working with family is “awesome”, because of the unique working

GO GO GADGET … Dreamfarm’s Tom Schuster, Alex Gransbury and Phil Howieson; (top) Ortwo spice mills; and Set of the Best kitchen tools.

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CLEVER TAKE … Alex Gransbury (above and right) and sister Cate McDermott.

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environment it creates. “Especially with Dad passing away at the end of last year, we appreciate it more and more,” Alex says. “Mum even does the cleaning here.

It came about because she would run her finger across everything.

“Cate and I – we have our moments, but you know what it’s like with family. If you have got to have it out, you have to have it out. We have been doing it for a long time, and we are pretty good at it. We enjoy it.”

Cate, Dreamfarm’s special projects manager, agrees. “It’s actually really special,” she says. “If we have a barney, we always manage to hug it out. And it’s never because of anything else but that we care so much about what we are doing.

“We have got to a place where we genuinely respect each other for what we know and what we bring to the business.

It’s really cool to go to work every day and sit next to someone you love and create something you love together.”

Back in the workshop, we are discussing if the world would use a “pastry brush mop bucket”. Maybe they would – after all, who hasn’t had to pick stray pastry brush hairs off the top of a freshly glazed pie or glossy roast chicken skin?

After all, isn’t a pastry brush just a tiny mop, but for basting? Alex lets me down gently, saying the company has moved away from using the “invention lotto

The hope is that we can create things that are so awesome that they become the standard machine” as a basis for business decisions.

“We’ve gone very corporate,” Alex jokes. “We just have bills to pay and kids to feed. If you want to be stocked at places like Myer, the only way you can do that is if you have a complete range. They say, ‘We can’t dump someone else and let you

guys in there until you can offer some key things. You need a whisk and a peeler and a spoon and a spatula and a potato masher and a can opener’ … There are holes in our range that we need to fill.”

That’s how they came up with the Fledge – the flip-edge, non-slip cutting board with a juice groove to catch run-off.

“Cutting boards are an everyday seller, along with knives and mixing bowls,” Alex says. “People keep trying to add things to it – drawers so you can scrape off whatever you are chopping into the drawer, but it’s just another thing to clean. The holy grail is a board with a set of scales in the cutting board. The problem is that the board would cost $40 or $50, so it’s no longer something you’d use every day, and it

would be hard to make it dishwasher safe because it would be difficult to seal. It would be fantastic, but you’d never use it.

“So we came up with the idea of making a board that would weigh exactly half a kilo or one kilo. So all you had to do was put it on the scales and subtract half a kilo or a kilo.”

Even something as simple-looking as boards contain a deceptively large amount of design thinking. “Every last millimetre of product exists for a reason,” Alex says.

“The hope is that we can create things that are so awesome they become the standard and are still the go-to for our kids’ (generation). There are items that are like that in our lives now, that there has never been anything better. They are so simple yet they are the purest form they could possibly be – they do the job, they are reliable, they are cheap to manufacture. Everyone’s gold.”

Kate ventures: “Like the swing-away can opener. We had one as kids and now that’s what I buy.”

Alex picks his favourite: “Something I would have liked to create is the jar key.

How do you beat that? It’s a single shot of plastic, it solves the problem, and it’s no more complicated than opening a jar.”

Tom thinks there could be a close contender in Dreamfarm’s line-up.

“The Jot,” he says.

Alex smiles with pride. The Jot (short for “just holds it there”) is a suction-cup holder that retails for $5.95 for two.

“It originally started life as a mobile phone charging cord, and was going to be retractable with a push button, but that was $15-$20 retail,” Alex says.

“But this way is so simple. And we’ve found 1001 different uses for it – holding razors in the shower, the car GPS cable …

Getting the material right was the worst part. We went through three different suction cup designs, eight materials ...

But I guess if it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

“I suppose it’s a way of feeling good about yourself – the thought that you’ve created something no one else has created.

That’s always nice.” dreamfarm.com

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LIFE

Brooke Falvey I signed up for the choir and was swiftly rejected by my music teacher, Simon Cowell. OK, it wasn’t Simon Cowell but the teacher was equally brutal Whitney Houston famously sang, “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.”

But it seems some teachers didn’t get the memo, or at least, some of mine didn’t. Last week I saw School of Rock at QPAC, based on the hit comedy starring Jack Black, and it had me reflecting on the people tasked with my 12 years of schooling.

Mrs Anthon deserves a special mention for helping me hit both my sporting and academic peak in one year.

It’s just a shame it was Year Five.

Then there were the teachers who made a lasting impact for all the wrong reasons and while their names escape me (it’s not a legal thing, I seriously can’t remember their

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names), I do recall how they made me feel, and it wasn’t great. There was the biology teacher who refused to let anyone go to the bathroom (if only I knew back then that I legitimately have a small bladder) and the English teacher who told me I had “no grasp of the language” so I cheekily sent her a copy of my first front-page story.

She never replied.

But the winner is the teacher who was in charge of my primary school choir. Our history came flooding back as I watched a young girl playing the triangle in School of Rock. My mind flashed back to the early 1990s, when I was a triangle-playing child prodigy. All right, that’s a stretch, but I did play the triangle. Having mastered Hot

Cross Buns on the recorder (a skill I’m now considering adding to my LinkedIn profile), I was given the honour of playing the triangle in the class choir.

It sounds sweet, but there was a callous reason behind this decision and it played out on stage at QPAC when triangleplaying high-achiever Summer Hathaway auditioned for “the band”.

Summer couldn’t sing, and apparently neither could I. Blissfully unaware of that fact, I signed up for the choir and was swiftly rejected by my music teacher, Simon Cowell. OK, it wasn’t Simon Cowell but the teacher was equally brutal – until faced with my utter heartbreak.

While high-achieving Summer was

given the well-suited role as Band Manager, my music teacher said I could join the choir on one condition: I wasn’t allowed to sing. Ever. But I could play the triangle and lip sync.

In hindsight, it would have been better for them to be a little less honest and say something like: “Sorry Brooke, we’ve filled our quota of blue-eyed blondes. Perhaps try the papier-mache club.”

Not one to be deterred, at least not for long, I found my calling on the stage in the school play. Although now that I think about it, my character was supposed to sing a verse from Time Warp which was “cut due to time restraints”.

How odd.

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Going global Bask in the warmth of this pretty city eatery that dishes up a startling array of world cuisines RESTAURANT Tony Harper That lovely little space that once housed Tank, on the ground floor of Santos Place in the city, is now home to the Florist Kitchen and Wine Bar. Odd moniker hey?

And having been there I’m not quite sure how flowers or their keeper pertain to the place, but I’m sure it ties in somewhere.

Still it’s an odd choice for me to ask a mate – former Olympic boxer Todd Kidd, plenty of machismo – to lunch.

What should we wear?

In the end it doesn’t really matter as we are not surrounded by sprays of orchids and baby’s breath. Instead we are tucked around a nicely spacious table and within minutes settled in with menus and drinks.

I’ve always loved the space – there’s something vaguely subterranean about it.

It’s moody in a good way, with lots of timber and glass, tastefully scant and (considering its corporate surrounds) quite relaxed. But it has been refashioned from

its days as Tank with a peony-pink limewash on the walls, and a long banquette down one side. It’s prettied up a little, less scant.

It’s been dubbed a wine bar, and it has a pretty smart wine list that covers a lot of bases – local, international, conservative, progressive, white, red, pink and bubbly.

The highlight of the beers is Tuatara Pale Ale ... but there’s none to be had.

Dear oh dear.

If the drinks list is broad, the menu is even more so, covering breakfast, lunch and dinner (plus the moments in between) five days a week. And it covers a whole gamut of cuisines, which for me immediately rings warning bells. Jacks of all trades, masters of none?

But I am intrigued by a section simply titled Street Food ... nice. And there’s a page dedicated to vegetarian dishes, another to share plates, plus a small collection of mains and desserts.

We stick to the small things.

From Street Food it’s fish tacos ($16 for two) – battered fillets on a tortilla, pineapple and black bean salsa and a sweet-chilli aioli, coriander, red onion, tomato. In purest terms it’s a little culturally confused, but it tastes great.

Cauliflower pakoras ($15 for three) come on a puddle of tomato relish and topped with a handful of salad. They are very good. Pork belly bao ($16.50 for two) follow a similar theme, this time with pickled vegetables and sriracha, a scattering of coriander. And confit-duck pancakes ($16.90 for two) are same, same, only different ... hoisin sauce, similar mix of herbal matter.

So there’s a routine, a sameness, to the makeup of all of these dishes, despite the fact that we’ve covered India, Mexico and China, and that should make me fret. But it doesn’t. They are vibrantly flavoured and have a really good balance of freshness and something more appealing but less wholesome ... like confit duck, battered fish, and slow-cooked pork.

It is definitely a menu of broad appeal rather than culinary focus, as is the wine list, as is just about everything at the Florist Kitchen and Wine Bar.

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RECIPE

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BRAISED CHICKEN, GREEN OLIVES, BAUPLE NUTS, SMOKED POTATO AIOLI

Take the stress out of cooking with a quick and easy option, says Alastair McLeod A one-pot wonder is always a good idea. Heartwarming, delicious and easy to prepare, it’s no wonder our ancestors cooked simple dishes of meat, vegetable and grain. I find this style of dish a great way to minimise wastage. Any vegetable can be used – bulbs, roots, flowers, fruits, seeds, stems, tubers. The other ingredients are pantry staples. The smoked potato aioli substitutes mayonnaise with the more traditional butter and cream in mashed potato. Everything you need and nothing you don’t, like lots of washing up.

80ml extra virgin olive oil 6 chicken marylands, separated into thigh and drumstick 1 large onion, roughly chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 3tsp smoked paprika sea salt 1 red capsicum, sliced 250ml dry sherry

400g can diced tomatoes 2tbs tomato paste 125g green olives, pitted and halved 75g macadamia nuts, lightly toasted ½ bunch oregano, leaves picked Juice of 1 lemon Black pepper, freshly ground

Method Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy based, deep frying pan with a tight-fitting lid, add the chicken in batches.

Cook over medium heat for four minutes, turning often until browned on all sides. Remove chicken then add onion, garlic, 2tsp of the paprika, a pinch of sea salt and capsicum. Cook for 8 minutes, or until soft.

Add the sherry and cook for two minutes, or until slightly reduced and the alcohol is burned off. Add the tomatoes and tomato paste, stir well and cook for 2 minutes. Return chicken to the pan and add 250ml water. Simmer, covered, for 45 minutes, then uncover and cook for a further 15 minutes. Fold through olives, macadamia and oregano then remove from the heat.

Serve with smoked potato aioli. Sprinkle with remaining paprika, a spritz of lemon and a grind of pepper. Serves 4

Smoked potato aioli 300g large potatoes, pricked all over with a fork Rock salt 1 small clove garlic, crushed

250g mayonnaise 70g Greek yoghurt 2tbs lemon juice Pinch chilli Pinch smoked paprika Sea salt and freshly milled pepper

Method Preheat oven to 200C. Set potatoes on a thick layer of rock salt and bake for 1Âź hours or until tender.

Allow to cool slightly then halve and scoop out the flesh. Pass through a fine sieve then stir in garlic, mayo, yoghurt, lemon juice, chilli and paprika then season to taste.

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GOING OUT

YOUNG GUN … Nicholas Hamilton (below); and (left) as Private Noel Grimes in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan.

Battle scars Actor Nicholas Hamilton relishes a new role that allows him to reveal his softer side for a change Fiona Purdon

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laying a vulnerable rookie soldier in the Queensland-made film Danger Close was a change of pace for Nicholas Hamilton. The young star had already won international acclaim for playing defiant or mean kids – bully Henry Bowers in the Stephen King blockbuster IT (2017) and rebel son Rellian opposite Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic (2016).

“It’s awesome to play the nice guy for once and I love to expand my range,’’ says Nicholas, 19. “I’m an awful person in IT … it is always fun to play the villain and experiment and go wild. In that film I was able to go the full monty in badness.

“You don’t want to be pigeonholed as the bully or mean kid, so it’s great to have a role where your sensitivity and vulnerability can shine through.’’

Nicholas was so convincing playing the mutinous son in Captain Fantastic that he

caught the attention of singer Katie Perry at the film’s Cannes premiere in 2016.

“I met Katie that night and her first words to me were: ‘I hate you, you played your character well, but I hate you.’ It was cool to have that recognition from someone so huge.”

Now Nicholas hopes to win audiences over with his performance as teenage private Noel Grimes in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, a film based on true events from the Vietnam War. Grimes was one of 108 Australian soldiers from Delta Company, based at Brisbane’s Enoggera base, who triumphed against the odds while fighting more than 2000 Vietcong troops in 1966.

“It’s awesome to play a character who parents will think of as their own kid. That is what I hope to achieve,” he says.

The actor spent time researching the

It’s great to have a role where your sensitivity and vulnerability can shine through

battle that saw 18 Australians killed and 24 wounded.

“Grimes is the rookie and is feeling overwhelmed,” he says. “(He) was just a kid when he was drafted into the Vietnam War and he was terrified. To actually see enemy running towards you, with malicious intent and wanting to kill you, it’s terrifying.”

Danger Close was filmed in Kingaroy and on the Gold Coast, an hour’s drive north from Nick’s family home at Alstonville, near Ballina, in northern NSW. During filming, he bonded with the star ensemble cast including Travis Fimmell, Richard Roxburgh, Brisbane’s Anthony Hayes, and Dan Webber, who became like an older brother.

“We want to tell this story as respectfully as possible. This movie is the Gallipoli (1981) of our generation. Ever since the week of boot camp we all clicked quickly,” he says.

Nicholas, who has played drums for more than a decade and also sings, was about 15 when he snared his breakthrough role in Captain Fantastic after he was selected following a worldwide search.

He was kicking a football with friends at his northern NSW school when he got the news he had beaten thousands of other hopefuls for the role.

The humble young star credits his family and friends and their support for his success.

“I just live a normal life and I went to a normal school,” says Nicholas, whose next movie, IT: Chapter Two, opens in September.

“I’ve been in LA a lot and filmed the IT movies in Toronto – I like the hustle and bustle of a big metropolis,” he says.

“When I’m home with my mates, we go out for a few casual beers and have a yarn.”

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WHO YOU THINK I AM (MA15+) hhhkj Director Safy Nebbou Starring Juliette Binoche, Francois Civil, Nicole Garcia A middle-aged university lecturer makes a Faustian pact with Facebook in this gripping psychological thriller. There are no portraits gathering dust in Claire Millaud’s (Binoche) attic. Instead, it’s the woman herself who is wasting away – consumed by her eternally youthful avatar.

Recounting her story to a locum psychiatrist (Garcia), Claire peels back the layers of her online obsession with Alex Chelly (Civil), a young man who is 20-plus years her junior.

After being traded in by her husband for a younger model (Marie-Ange Casta), Claire forms a casual sexual relationship with an arrogant 20-something architect named Ludo (Guillaume Gouix).

When Ludo refuses to take one of her phone calls, Claire creates a fake online profile to track his whereabouts. That’s how she “meets” his friend and flat mate, Alex, a budding photographer with whom she quickly becomes infatuated.Their online chemistry is immediate and intense.

Revelling in her ability to wind back the clock, thus becoming young and desirable again, Claire’s real identity slowly begins to merge with that of her girlish fantasy.

Who You Think I Am has as many endings as a Peter Jackson fantasy, but the final twist plays out just right.

MODERN TAKE ... Daisy Ridley and George MacKay as Ophelia and Hamlet.

OPHELIA (M) hhhjj Director Claire McCarthy Starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen This medieval mash-up reimagines Hamlet from his tragic sweetheart’s point of view.

Starring Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) in the title role, the romantic adventure sees Ophelia as a contemporary heroine: independent, passionate, resourceful. She has the beauty – and bearing – of a modern Disney princess.

Ophelia’s idyllic backdrop reinforces this impression, from the exquisite tapestries that hang on the castle walls to the flowerstrewn countryside that surrounds it.

There’s a beautifully-composed recreation of John Everett Millais’s PreRaphaelite masterpiece in which the lifeless Danish noblewoman lies partially submerged in the river. In Australian director Claire McCarthy’s playful retelling of familiar events, Ophelia is shrewd

enough to navigate her own way through the corridors of power but so pure of heart, she doesn’t fall prey to potential pitfalls.

Largely invisible due to her lowly status as a lady-in-waiting, but favoured by Queen Gertrude (Watts), Ophelia has unprecedented access to Elsinore’s inner sanctum. And so the 14th century trailblazer can observe the kingdom’s political machinations at close quarters.

She’s an impartial witness to Claudius’s (Owen) treacherous plots and schemes as well as Gertrude’s internal struggle with her increasingly limited choices.

In this version of events, Hamlet and Ophelia are a committed couple; the prince’s insanity is a deliberate ploy.

The Bard’s verse is recontextualised to fit the new narrative. When Ophelia runs out of her own material – she is not mentioned in the original play after the funeral scene – the filmmakers take twists and turns from other Shakespearean plays, taking her story in unexpected directions.

Rejecting a fate that is determined by vengeance and retribution, Ophelia opts for an alternative existence, in which men appear to have little influence. The film’s resolution offers a fresh twist on Hamlet’s quote about nunneries.

Ridley is well cast as the feisty rebel who has the courage and intelligence to triumph over centuries of patriarchal oppression.

Watts lends sympathetic depth to Gertrude, although she is less convincing as the Queen’s witchy/healer double Metchtild, a character that strays into fantasy territory to be entirely plausible.

George Mackay is solid as Hamlet but he doesn’t have a whole lot to work with – in this story, Hamlet is a supporting player.

Based on the novel by Lisa Klein, Ophelia is hardly in the same league as Angela Carter (The Company of Wolves) or Jean Rhys (Wild Sargasso Sea). But it does represent a light, bright, entertaining retelling of a male-skewing classic.

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SAND, SEA AND SWEETS … Ralph Wilson’s Storm over the Sandhills 2018, (top left) and Summer, Frenchmans Beach 2019 (below left); John Honeywill’s Head and lemons 2019 (top right); and All sorts I 2019 (below left).

Signature takes For a breath of fresh air, head to a show of sensational seascapes and stunning still lifes by two master painters Phil Brown If you don’t have time to actually enjoy the waters and islands of Moreton Bay, you could always go there vicariously – through viewing a painting by Ralph Wilson. Ralph, 63, is the master when it comes to painting this region and for decades he has been chronicling the nuances of wind, waves, weather and the landscape of the islands and waters around Moreton Bay. He agrees that viewing or having one of his paintings is “the next best thing to being there” but follows that by making a

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point. “The best thing is actually being there,” Ralph says. “There’s no substitute for that.” He’s right of course.

Ralph’s latest exhibition at Philip Bacon Galleries is entitled Islands for obvious reasons. Ralph is showing with another of the gallery’s stalwarts, John Honeywill.

John, 66, is like Wilson in that he is a waterman (both have been keen surfers although Wilson is a bit of a master mariner as well) and both are painters of the old school. That is they just paint. And they do so beautifully.

Ralph’s paintings are realistic but poetic and I would say they are a breath of fresh air but really, they are like a breath of sea air. So why does Ralph persist with the same subject matter? Because that subject matter is always different.

“You go to these places and things change with the light and the weather,” Ralph says. “So it’s always fresh and it’s always as if I have never seen it before.”

He even likes bad weather and will ride out a storm just for the drama it unfolds across the land, sea and sky.

The exhibition by Brisbane painter John features an exquisite array of still life works, some inspired by a residency at the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre.

The late Margaret Olley started her career painting as a student at Somerville

House school in South Brisbane. John, who retired in 2017, taught art at Somerville House for 31 years.

It's a nice connection. During his residency down the Tweed way he had access to some of the objects in the recreation of Olley’s home studio there.

“These objects have provided an ongoing source of inspiration and are included in a number of the paintings in this exhibition,” John points out.

There are jugs and vases and a beautiful wooden sculpture in Head and lemons.

There are also some of John’s signature sweets paintings including a couple featuring licorice allsorts. Yum. Ralph Wilson – Islands, John Honeywill, until Aug 17, Philip Bacon Galleries, Fortitude Valley, free admission. philipbacongalleries.com.au

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Green spirit Forget fast fashion. Sustainable practice, organic fabrics, enduring design and clever recycling take hippie chic into the realms of high style

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FASHION 1 Cotton bib-front shirt-dress, $495, Bassike; Materia Italia white and red neoprene chain necklaces, $129 each, Absolutely Fabulous; Ari oxidised silver and sterling chain neckpieces, $399 and $439, Ari Jewellery; white plastic-brass chain necklace, $3, Vinnies.

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2 Janelle organic cotton boiler suit, $290, Kings Of Indigo Ota Chore organic cotton jacket, $233, and EKN Yew vegetable tanned and recycled neoprene trainers, $371, Keoma; Materia Italia white neoprene chain necklace only, as before; other necklaces, as before.

ON THE COVER Cotton bib-front shirt-dress, as before, and stretch twill polyamide pants, $395, Bassike; EKN Palm vegetable tanned leather slides, $218, Keoma; cross body recycled rice bag, $15, Grand Ideas; Ari oxidised silver double chain neckpiece, $399, Ari Jewellery; other necklaces, as before; Christina Brampti triple wrap aluminium mesh bangle, $69, Absolutely Fabulous; wooden-pink plastic bangle, $3, Vinnies; Lanna sustainable wooden bangle, $39, ELK.

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FROM PREVIOUS PAGE 3 Advocate sustainable viscose elastane jacket, $739, Everlasting GOTS organic cotton shirt dress, $499, Ginger and Smart; Ari 9k gold and oxidised silver chain earrings, $429, double sterling silver fine joined bangle, $299, Ari Jewellery; wooden-pink plastic bangle, as before; Lanna bangle, as before, Purnu goat and sheep leather slides, $149, ELK. 4 Saturn organic cotton ribbed strapless bodice, $80, Shallow bike shorts, $80, Viktoria & Woods; Laura coral bra (worn under strapless top), $109, NICO; Ari oxidised silver chain neckpiece, $399, sodalite-silver neckpiece, $439, Ari Jewellery; white plastic-brass necklace, as before.

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Go with the flow Water and landscape are integral to this design where living areas transition from one to another with ease Michelle Bailey

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waterfront site on the Gold Coast’s Coomera River sets the scene for this residential gem that’s more akin to a resort than a home. Designed by architect Justin Humphrey, it celebrates the owners’ love of subtropical architecture through a masterful combination of building and landscape.

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demanding lives and a connection to the water and landscape,” Justin says.

“We’ve designed it to give equal priority to indoor and outdoor spaces.”

The generous floor plan is sheltered by a monumental “floating” roof, from which openings are carved to let in sunlight to illuminate pocket gardens. The greenery forms a “green spine” connecting the front yard to the river through the centre of the

house. Circulation is encouraged around these gardens so that the living world is made part of the everyday experience of moving through the home.

“Landscape is folded into the house to add interest and also to reduce the visual scale of the building from the outside,” Justin says.

The gardens also have a discreet functional purpose, helping to reduce energy demands and the need for artificial lighting and airconditioning.

“Interior courtyard gardens allow dappled natural light to flood deep into the interior living spaces,” Justin says. “And the gardens work with external openings to draw in prevailing breezes, reducing the need to mechanically cool the house.”

Gardens also help to order the plan, dividing private areas from public thoroughfares and social spaces.

Bedrooms arranged along the western side are screened by greenery from the more functional and social area on the eastern side. The study, laundry, kitchen and dining areas all hug this eastern boundary wall, which is a design element in its own right.

“We chose to express and celebrate the eastern edge with a grand tactile gesture – a board-formed concrete wall,” Justin says.

“It communicates the materiality of the house to passing neighbours while remaining private to the ajacent easement.”

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CHIC SHELTER ... Concrete and timber headline at the striking home, designed by architect Justin Humphrey, that occupies a prime spot on the Coomera River. lush tropical gardens, ends at the living room. From here a generous terrace and pool deck extends toward the river’s edge, sheltered below the sail roof.

“Generous overhangs provide deep zones of cooling shade and rain protection,” Justin says. “The large northern roof overhang allows lower winter sun to penetrate deep into the living areas and heat the stone-covered slab ... making it a more comfortable place to be in on a winter’s evening.”

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carved out of the rear terrace and is muchloved and used by the owners and their guests,” Justin says. “It looks out over the Coomera River and evokes the primal sense of shelter and enclosure and is a place of gathering around a fire.”

Year-round, the Passion Pit brings

The Passion Pit is a sunken space carved out of the rear terrace and is much-loved and used by the owners

family and friends together in a casual and comfortable auditorium. In winter, the fireplace is the focus while in summer it is the river, with its passing watercraft, that provides the entertainment. The fluid connections between Passion Pit, terrace and interior ensure there is always a sense of ease and relaxation in the way the spaces are occupied.

The home’s distinctive sculptural form is achieved through the softening of corners, and the use of a rich and robust material palette including off-form concrete and timber.

“The fine battened timber screen is a continuous element throughout the private spaces of the house,” Justin says.

“The timber battens are highly tactile and

together with board-formed concrete, add texture, depth and intimacy.”

Much like the gardens, the robust and tactile finishes are designed to improve with age. “One of the most satisfying things has been seeing the integration of the landscape and house improve as the plants mature,” Justin says.

“As time passes, plants are cascading down the concrete walls, reaching up towards timber ceilings and proving that they are just as important to the success of the house as the timber or concrete.”

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High noon Bask in the glamour of Palm Springs, take a day trip to the desert and return to the lap of luxury in time for tea Leesa Maher

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t’s just staggeringly beautiful. Ted Robinson-designed golf links fan out in all directions and a freshwater lake, home to fish and birds including a flock of flamingoes, shimmers under the desert sun. Palm trees tower overhead and, in the distance, far away from this oasis of green, the Santa Rosa Mountains rise to snow-capped peaks.

If I was seated in the back of a limo, champagne glass in hand, I could imagine myself a star of the 1950s – one of the Gabor sisters perhaps, or Liz Taylor – who owned architect-designed pads in Palm Springs, southern California, a handy 1.5hour drive east of Los Angeles and its Hollywood studios. Oh the glamour.

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a Nissan Rogue rental, a left-hand drive, down the driveway of the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa. With my kids refraining “You’re doing good, mum!” from the back seat and a dear pal doing the navigating, I have just managed the 1.5hour drive from Disneyland, Anaheim, much of it on six-lane freeways, without incident. Rattled, I am in need of a gin and tonic when, at last, the resort’s majestic facade comes into view. We made it!

One of the largest resorts in the Coachella Valley, the eight-storey property on 182ha is 25 minutes from Palm Springs, and its marvels of mid-century architecture, and 10 minutes from the shopping and dining district of El Paseo.

But with four swimming pools, two

championship golf courses, tennis centre, luxury spa, several restaurants (as well as its own Starbucks in the lobby), fashion boutiques, and gondolas that collect guests from the 2787sq m atrium inside the hotel for rides on the lake, you might be quite happy staying put.

My children love chatting to the exotic parrots perched all over the public areas, and we are soon regulars at the familyfriendly Fisherman’s Landing with its tasty seafood chowder, crab quesadillas and Californian wines.

The friendly staff tell us our timing is perfect as Coachella crowds will descend right after we leave. With Kanye West, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish on the bill, the local hotels are booked out – as they

Tour guide Jeff, who is also a musician, plays the War of the Worlds soundtrack on the car stereo to heighten the drama

always are for the annual music and arts festival. “The kids are no trouble and are only here to sleep,” a porter says. “This hotel is on the (Coachella) bus service, which gets them there and back safely.

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(Clockwise from main) A stand of Joshua trees at their namesake national park in southern California; the nearby JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert; downtown Palm Springs; gondolas at the JW Marriott collect guests from inside the hotel for tours of the lake.

gets really hot and very windy.” I know where I’d rather be – and that’s here in the pool, or on a gondola ride, which is free to guests and can be booked in advance.

Electric-powered and therefore whisper-quiet, the boats glide along as the captain points out species of birds, plus hotel trivia. For example, the lake is filled with recycled water from the resort, grass species on the golf courses are switched twice a year to better handle summer and winter conditions, and it is highly likely the honking we heard last night was from a Canadian goose!

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tables, timber headboards, and neutralhued drapes that pull back to reveal that million-dollar mountain view.

We find ourselves in the mountains the following day on a luxury Hummer tour of Joshua Tree National Park. Seasoned guide Jeff Gardner collects us from the hotel at 2pm – the later time avoids the heat of the day and allows for desert sunset views – and after collecting a retired couple from Cedar Rapids from their nearby Airbnb, we’re off.

First stop is the Coachella Valley Preserve, 16km east of Palm Springs in the Indio Hills, which is home to the Thousand Palms Oasis. This mammoth stand of trees is fed by water seeping from the San Andreas Fault. Timber bridges

allow you to walk among the palms, and see the water surging up below. We enjoy the cool for a short while before continuing to the main event: Joshua Tree National Park, an ecological melting pot of two great deserts, the Mojave and Colorado, that merge in a vibrant array of plant and animals.

President Franklin Roosevelt signed a proclamation in 1936, designating 3213sq km of what is now Joshua Tree National Park a national monument. It became a national park in 1994.

We approach through the West Entrance, snapping wildflowers, spotting big-eared jack rabbits, and marvelling at the trees for which the park is named.

Tour guide Jeff, who is also a musician,

plays the War of the Worlds soundtrack on the car stereo to heighten the drama of the rugged terrain, and the amazing inselberg rock formations that resemble small mountains that rise abruptly, like an island, from virtually level ground.

Jeff parks the Hummer and we clamber out to climb the huge boulders – no harness required, which is perfect for rock-climbing rookies like us.

The Joshua trees are the heroes here, and they are in bloom. It happens just once every seven years, for four-six weeks, so we are thrilled to see these flowers that resemble clusters of popcorn.

Jeff explains the trees are not really trees, but part of the yucca family, and inspired the truffula trees in Dr Seuss’s The Lorax – a fun fact my children love.

Irish band U2, equally inspired by the landscape, used it as the title of their topselling 1987 album, with the cover image shot in the park’s Death Valley.

The trees’ name, though, dates back to the 1800s when Mormon settlers came through the area and thought the plants looked like the biblical character Joshua, with arms raised to the heavens in prayer.

We see the trees everywhere, and no two are the same.

As daylight fades we make our ascent on backroads, dust flying in our wake, to Eureka Peak. The fourth highest summit in the park, the peak is 1682m above sea level in Black Rock Canyon.

The wind whips up, the mercury plummets – this is a desert, after all – and we huddle together for warmth to absorb the grandeur of the valleys below, bathed in golden light. It’s a sunset like no other.

In the distance, we can just make out the palm tree-sprigged JW Marriott and, after a quick stop at Pappy & Harriet’s – an honest-to-goodness western saloon where Paul McCartney once did a surprise set during Coachella – we make our return to civilisation.

It’s been an epic adventure but Fisherman’s Landing, and its crisp Napa Valley whites, are calling.

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After Jane Harper’s recordbreaking and stunning debut The Dry, the Melbourne writer has arguably produced her most gripping work yet with this new novel. The Lost Man is set in an isolated community in outback Queensland, around the Burley Downs cattle station, 1500km west of Brisbane.

The station is owned by the Bright family and when middle brother Cam is found dead, near an infamous old stockman’s grave, it is up to the eldest, Nathan, to figure out how and why Cam died. Was it murder or suicide? Harper melds a chilling atmosphere and a richly-drawn cast of characters in this brilliant read.

The north Queensland landscape of the fictional town of Crimson Lake offers the perfect setting for Fox’s series of mysteries featuring unlikely private investigator duo, disgraced cop Ted Conkaffey and convicted killer Amanda Pharrell. In Gone By Midnight Ted and Amanda are brought in by concerned mother Sara Farrow, over the disappearance of her young son Richie. At the same time, Ted’s daughter – whom he barely knows – comes to stay. To find the boy, Ted must dredge up the areas’s worst characters, something that could put his own daughter in harm’s way. Fox has a gift for crafting thrillers filled with both horror and humour – and plenty of banter.

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Krissy Kneen Text Publishing, $30 Brisbane author Krissy Kneen has an impressive and diverse backlist of titles encompassing memoir, erotic fiction and poetry.

Now she has turned her talents to her first mystery, Wintering, and has chosen the dark Tasmanian forest for its sinister setting. The world of wildlife guide and PhD Jessica comes crashing down when the car of her boyfriend Matthew is found deserted in a forest. An enigmatic final image recorded on his phone incites further questions as Jessica, as well as the small isolated community, seek answers.

Kneen proves she can produce a tensionfilled tale full of interesting characters, mysterious creatures and genuinely chilling events.

Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan’s debut bestseller The Ruin won international acclaim and now she is back with her second thriller featuring DS Cormac Reilly, set in Galway, Ireland. This time things get very personal because murder takes place near the workplace of Reilly’s girlfriend, the brilliant scientist Dr Emma Sweeney, a key researcher for Irish pharmaceutical giant Darcy Therapeutics.

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Phil Brown I was a young tearaway surf dude on the one hand but, in private, I was more a pipe and slippers and tartan dressing gown sort of guy Above my son’s piano hang two portraits of yours truly. They’ve been there for ages so I have forgotten about them and so has my son. He’s too concerned playing to notice his old man peering down at him, in duplicate.

But we had a little piano recital at home recently and when I put some photos on Facebook my presence was mentioned, with one critic wondering how he could perform with this glowering presence.

My wife gave a little speech at the end of the recital and mentioned the paintings.

One of them was done when I was quite young and she referred to it as a portrait of me when I was “an angry young man”.

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When I was 10 or 11 and looked, with my thick specs, like a young Stephen Hawking, I was already training for my dotage, particularly in the grumpy stakes.

As a teenager I was a young tearaway surf dude on the one hand but, in private, I was more a pipe and slippers and tartan dressing gown sort of guy and yes, I did smoke a pipe.

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BRISBANE UPHOLSTERY

ARROW CONCRETING Jobs up to $3,300 only. Phone Andrew 0404 535 377 Small Concrete Jobs, Excavation & Drainage Work - 10 to 100m2 Plain Concrete & Exposed Aggregate Specialist Professional & Reliable Tradesman QBCC Lic 1167187 Please Call Andrew: 0431 699 784 for a free quote

Glass & Glaziers

Electrical Services

AXIS

Specialising in full restoration of quality & antique furniture Re-upholstery, Timber Re-polishing & Repairs. 40 Yrs Exp. Onsite Repairs www.brisbaneupholstery.net.au quotes@brisbaneupholstery.net.au Ph 3266 2902

GLASS REPAIRS, or replacement.

Good rates. Jobs under $3,300 only.

Phone Kevin 0411 701 220

Guttering

Jims Fascia and Gutter Installations

• Paint Fasciaboard & Downpipes • Free Quotes • Pensioner Discount

QBCC 1167294 - ☎

Jim on 0413 898 366

Painting Solutions Pty Ltd

MEMBERS OF MASTER PAINTERS

• Kitchen Doors • Cabinets • Splash Backs • Bench Tops • Appliances • Sinks & Taps • We also supply and install New Kitchens

NEW KITCHEN 1 Day Installations

QBCC Lic 647 707

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

QBCC 1161416. Ph 0451 012 874

Specialize in Domestic and Commercial Renovations.

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

No job too small.

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• Switchboards • Solar Installs & Sales

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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

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Handyman

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

Specialising in Preparing Your Home for Sale Houses, Units or Townhouses Maximise your Sale Return CALL ERIC - 0411 071 911

New & Old Homes, Renovations Commercial & Industrial Body Corporate Professional Quality Work Guaranteed

Call Brett for a free quote QBCC 15098650

0402 764 497 www.bjcpaintingservices.com.au

pre sale touch ups all timber care and maintenance carpentry repairs plaster repairs full painting service

TIM’S Reguttering & Downpipes

A/C. RHL 118150

JOHN: 0447 769 551

john@absolutions.net.au

FULLY INSURED FREE QUOTES

ALL AREAS

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

Phone Neale 0412 735 755

ANDREW MELLOR ELECTRICAL 0422 117 559

• Exterior & Interior Painting • Building Refurbishment • Maintenance Works

1800 373 263 www.dreamdoors.com.au QBCC Lic 15030130

GUTTER CLEANING AT A BETTER PRICE

Lic No. 68876

35

YEARS

1800 675 605 www.expresskitchens.com.au

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AAA REPAINTS SAVE $ QUALITY MARTY 0438 244 010 QBCC 15033212 ACB PAINTING AND DECORATING 15YRS experience. Affordable and professional work guaranteed. Ph Aaron for a free quote on 0422 044 249 QBCC 1311085

Landscaping EVERGREENSCAPE.COM.AU All aspects of landscaping. Jobs under $3300 only.

Ph Stephen 0403 663 734.

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

RIC’S LIFESTYLE LANDSCAPES

AFFORDABLE Local Painters. Over 20 Years Exp. Specialising in Internal/External & Roofs. Driveways Phone Grant on 0401 079 524 QBCC #73576.

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

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

FATHER & SON PAINTING SERVICE Interior & exterior. Domestic & commercial. New work & re-paints.

25 years exp. Free quotes.

Ph Andrew 0412 824 308 QBCC #58734.

Lawn mowing

Painting & Roof Restorations Housing, Units, Body Corporate.

Driveways, Garage Floors, Epoxy Coatings. High Pressure Cleaning. 10 yrs warranty, Over 35 yrs exp, Fully Insured, Prompt Service. QBCC Lic No. 715599. Phone Tony 0487 387 793

LICENSED HANDYMAN QBCC # 65333. All Carpentry ALL LOCAL LAWN MOWING, GARDENING AND RUBBISH QUALITY PAINTING (Pens. Disc) - Renovations - Extensions - Fascias & Gutters - REMOVAL SERVICES. www.grahamsgardencare.com.au. Fully Licenced Tradesmen. 25yrs exp all surfaces. Available for Bathrooms etc. Free quotes. Chris on 0405 401 860 insured. Free quotes. Fast response 0478 706 158 big/small jobs. Neil 0404 206 407 QBCC 1301776

Fencing

LUSCIOUS GARDENS MAINTENANCE

Home Services

All types of Garden Maintenance. Guaranteed to quote.

0418 427 472

NORTHSIDE FENCING 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.

NEIGHBOUR FENCING Specialising in colorbond & timber.

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

PRICES TOO HIGH? Give us a try. Last Post Fencing.

QBCC 1040166. Northside Areas Phone Alan TODAY

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Selling your home?

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Prepare your home ready to sell!

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SHANE PAROZ | SUPER CHEAP FENCING

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

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Phone 0424 195 209.

Flooring Services & Supplies

Kitchen 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

Queensland Resin Floors

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For a FREE QUOTE Call James on 0422 554 961

BRISBANES FINEST FLOORS Floor Sanding and Polishing. Timber Floors, Decks, Stairs.

Phone 0411 220 488. QBCC Lic 1098439

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

Locksmiths

Pre Sale Work

Call 13 11 13

Paving

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

PERRY’S PAVING All types of Paving. Professionally laid established 30 years. Free Quotes. Phone Neil: 0408 157 203 Jobs under $3300 only.

IDEALLOCKSMITHS Deadlocks, window locks, cars. Pensioner discount.

24 hrs/7 day. 3355 1022

Painting

Pergolas, Decks and Patios

COLONIAL AWNINGS & PATIOS CARPORTS, PERGOLAS, GAZEBOS, POOL HUTS. Full design service including plans and Council.

QUALITY RIGHT HOME PAINTING

32 years experience painting & colour consulting

• Interior/Exterior Roofs • All workmanship guaranteed • No job too small • FREE QUOTES QBCC 66388

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

Phone 32745744 QBCC LIC # 15062508

www.colonialawnings.com.au

Pest Control

BUGS "R" DEAD TERMITE Treatments, Inspections & Pest.

Control. Domestic & Commercial.

25 Years Experience. From $98.

Call Pete 0417 797 414. QBCC: 15019307 Plasterers

INTERNAL PLASTERING SPECIALIST 35 Years Experience. No Job too Small or Too Tough.

Free Quotes. QBCC 057191. Phone David on 0401 849 543

Trades & Services Plasterers

Refrigeration Services

Allen’s Interiors FOR ALL YOUR PLASTERING & PAINTING NEEDS

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

Ph Neville 0422 307 854 QBCC Lic. 1076150

TNT PLASTERING SERVICE Quality Work • All Areas Repairs & Renovations.

No Job Too Small.

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Phone Tom 0401 949 210 Jobs under $3300 only

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

BLOCKED DRAIN SPECIALIST

$99

Removals & Storage

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Phone Rick or Robert on 0498 866 844

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

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Reddy Roof Restoration All Roof Repairs & Restorations, Free quotes. 10 year guaranteed. Enviro-friendly. QBCC 60328. 30 yrs exp.

Ph Michael 0426 818 546

3029 6340

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

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Tree Services

3353 9222

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

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www.MrAntenna.com.au

1300 841 859

Vehicle Removal

www.qualitytiling.com.au

RE-ROOFING SPECIALIST

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

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Floor Tiling from $30 per Square Metre Ceramic or Porcelain 0438 808 230 QBCC 738931

20 years est 1996 QBCC 76540 10 Year Warranty

0417 400 154

24 HR/7 DAYS SERVICE

CLAUD KHALIFE Tiling Services- 0405 181 472 Renos, Bathrooms, Wall & Floor Tiles. QBCC 1125653.

Local Technicians TV Reception Issues New Digital Antennas TV Wall Mounting

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Roofing Services

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FRIDGE REPAIRS ALL Sliding Door & Window Repairs.

PROMPT IN HOME SERVICE. OVER 20 YEARS EXP. Rollers tracks locks & remeshing. Window Revival. 1300 882 482 ALL MAKES.WORK GTD. PH 3399 5261.

PEARSON ROOFING

Plumbers & Plumbing

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

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No job too big or too small.

Ph: 0400 470 336 QBCC 65457

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Rubbish Removal

Tim the Tree-Man – Arborist

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.

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Ph: 0419 796 408.

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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

Security

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

Free Measure & Quote.

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

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

Fully insured. Ph 1300 885 755 or 3863 2778.

SECURITY DOORS & SCREENS Gold Coast 5529 7688 Brisbane 3200 9152 www.kbsecurity.com.au

A&A SCREENS- 0409 645 163 Steel, Aluminium, Invisigard, Security Grilles & Doors, Flyscreens, Shutters & Blinds. QBCC 1006709

TV Services

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CASH PAID FOR CARS Cash paid for any complete car. Damaged or incomplete free removal. 7 days. Phone: 0433 612 897

Washing Machine & Dryer Services

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

Real Estate Apartments & Townhouses for Sale

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

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Liquidator's Sale Real Estate Rent Roll Portfolio covering various areas of the Redcliffe Peninsula and surrounds.

Average Residential Management Fee of 7.61%.

Residential: 352 Properties, Average Annual Management Income of $1,293.86 per property.

Commercial: 17 Properties, Average Annual Management Income of $993.80 per property.

Sheds: 161, Average Annual Management Income of $145.65 per shed.

Annual Management Income of $495,782 + additional Income from Letting Fees and Charges.

Expressions of Interest closing 15 August 2019 Contact Alan Dawson at businessDEPOT Agency Broking a.dawson@businessdepot.com.au ☎ 0447 169 996 Information Memorandum available upon request.

Liquidator's Sale Real Estate Rent Roll Portfolio consists of 201 Properties covering various areas including Springwood, Acacia Ridge and surrounds.

Average management fee of 7.39%.

Residential: 196 Properties, Average Annual Management Income of $1,316.91 per property.

Commercial: 5 Properties, Average Annual Management Income of $1,545.38 per property.

Annual Management Income of $265,841 + additional Income from letting fees and charges.

Expressions of Interest closing 15 August 2019 Contact Alan Dawson at businessDEPOT Agency Broking a.dawson@businessdepot.com.au ☎ 0447 169 996 Information Memorandum available upon request.

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UNDER $100,000!

Cars For Sale

Holden Statesman 2005 Cooloola, nth of Noosa.

Nice 1.4acs & creek pkgd with a new W/end Cabin!

Ideal for home base & build new home.

None better $96,000! ☎ 07 5476 7244

RE Business Opportunities Great Business Opportunity In South East Queensland Operating 27 years Chauffuer Transport Industry H2 Streched Hummer 16 Seeker Fully Reconditioned Very Popular for Weddings, School Formals, All types of different age parties All types of Event Transfer Including Airport Event Transfers FOR SALE Vehicle comes with $75,000 worth of pre-bookings This is a MUST SELL $150,000 Contact Theo 0433 196 543

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

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Aluminium 11m by 4.5m.

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Telstra plans to upgrade an existing telecommunications facility located at 410 Bowen Terrace NEW FARM QLD 4005 1. Telstra are currently upgrading existing mobile network facilities to allow for the introduction of 5G to Telstra’s network. As part of this network upgrade, Telstra proposes the installation of NR3500 technology at New Farm.

Proposed works at the above site will involve the removal of two (2) existing antennas, the relocation of two (2) existing antennas, the installation of four (4) new panel antennas (each no more than 2.8m in length) and associated ancillary equipment. All internal equipment will be housed within the existing equipment shelter located at the base of the facility.

2. Telstra regards the proposed installation as a Low-impact Facility under the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 ("The Determination") based on the above description.

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3. Further information can be obtained from Max Peel, 07 3173 8353 or at max. peel@aurecongroup.com and at www.rfnsa.com.au, RFNSA Number 4005006 4. Written submissions should be sent by 14 August 2019 to: Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd Attn: Max Peel, Locked Bag 331, Brisbane QLD 4001

PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION AT SOUTHBANK Telstra plans to upgrade an existing telecommunications facility located at 199 Grey Street South Brisbane, QLD 4101 (Lot 600 on SP205159) (Site ID: 277168) 1. Telstra are currently upgrading existing mobile network facilities to allow for the introduction of 5G to Telstra’s network. As part of this network upgrade, Telstra proposes the installation of NR3500 technology at South Brisbane.

Proposed works at the above site will involve the removal of seven (7) panel antennas and the installation of six (6) new panel antennas (each no more than 2.8m in length), three (3) new 5G AIR antennas and associated ancillary equipment. All internal equipment will be housed within the existing equipment shelter located at the base of the facility.

2. Telstra regards the proposed installation as a Low-impact Facility under the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 ("The Determination") based on the above description.

3. Further information can be obtained from Max Peel, 07 3173 8353 or at max. peel@aurecongroup.com and at www.rfnsa.com.au, RFNSA Number 4101028 4. Written submissions should be sent by 14 August 2019 to: Max Peel, Aurecon Pty Ltd, Locked Bag 331, Brisbane QLD 4001

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the work ethic this week, but this may not be your priority. The same can be said for frugality. Despite what the bank balance suggests, you’re in the mood for extravagance. Cash arrives, but there seems small chance of it accruing interest. What we’re more likely to see is an expensive new wardrobe.

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Singles unleash free suffer17 stress just like the of us – but a20 Kindred, believes in coasting freely (8) QUICK CLUES 19 To mirror (7) spirits – monotony is overridden by a different kind of catalyst triggers your 30 Set of six texts distributed Across 21 Disparage (3,4) sense of adventure. Jupiter offers the neuroses. So in a week when many around the East (6) 1 Disposition (6) 22 Fleet of warships (6) unusual when it comes to work. You suffer an anxiety overdose, most Down 4 One-sided (8) 24 Serious lawbreaking (5) become a quiet, but mighty, achiever.

Capricorns safely negotiate rough 1 Getting in range, perhaps (7) 9 Italian tenor, d.1921 (6) 26 Prejudice (4)

Solution to last week’s puzzle

CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Escudo, 4 Pastoral, 9 Relish, 10 Surplice, 12 Imitates, 13 Spinet, 15 Gear, 16 Cigarettes, 19 Open one eye, 20 Apse, 23 Tea bag, 25 Estimate, 27 Virulent, 28 Godiva, 29 Agnostic, 30 Sextet. Down: 1 Earning, 2 Cultivate, 3 Dismal, 5 Abut, 6 Top speed, 7 Reign, 8 Laertes, 11 Deliver, 14 Calypso, 17 Topiarist, 18 Coracles, 19 Octavia, 21 Elegant, 22 Nicole, 24 Apron, 26 Anti. QUICK: Across: 1 Nature, 4 Partisan, 9 Caruso, 10 Friction, 12 Ecstatic, 13 Plight, 15 Soon, 16 Black sheep, 19 Red herring, 20 Tsar, 23 Facade, 25 Tarragon, 27 Epidemic, 28 Casino, 29 Treatise, 30 Margin. Down: 1 Nucleus, 2 Threshold, 3 Rascal, 5 Awry, 6 Ticklish, 7 Sting, 8 Nonstop, 11 Pillory, 14 Scandal, 17 Easy-going, 18 Dead beat, 19 Reflect, 21 Run down, 22 Armada, 24 Crime, 26 Bias.

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