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contents From the editor Here we are in June already and my sense of time seems to be warping. On the one hand, it feels like New Year was only a couple of months ago (not five!) but an event I thought I attended last spring was actually held in March; that autumn was shorter than usual this year, and winter has already been here too long. (Okay, so I love all four seasons in Canberra, just not equally.) I’ve heard it said that when you have kids, sometimes it can feel like the minutes drag, while the years fly by. Some cultures refer to “rubber time”, the notion that time, like rubber, can be stretched and shortened and bent, so just stay cool. You can do a few things with thyme, and supposedly lots more things with time – spend it, save it, take it, steal it, waste it, watch it, measure it, even make good time (just don’t exceed the speed limit while doing so). I’m just trying to make the most of my time, whatever that means at any given moment. Reasons to be grateful this past week include a warm dry home, a restful long weekend, a couple of one-on-one catch-ups with friends, and a fascinating night at the Reception this way: motels exhibition at the National Archives of Australia last Thursday night – a trip back in time. Take care,

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news Vanessa Parton and Anna Reimondos are the ultimate crazy cat ladies, caring for hundreds of cats across Canberra – but it’s not as insane as it sounds. They both work for the Canberra Street Cat Alliance and are currently fighting tooth and claw to raise enough funds for a multipurpose facility. They’re hoping to save Canberra from its fate of being overrun with street cats in the very near future. Alliance president, Ms Parton, and treasurer, Ms Reimondos, say the ACT Cat Plan, due to come into effect on 1 July, will actively increase the street cat population. Ms Parton says they’re already drowning in requests for assistance and cannot continue to maintain their work without a multipurpose adoption centre and intake facility. “We’ve had multiple discussions with the ACT Government and we submitted quite an in-depth submission to them about our

concerns in regard to the plan. There’s aspects of this plan that we are in complete agreeance with,” Ms Parton said. “However, the Cat Plan does not account for unowned cats, and they’re the cats we deal with. These cats are born and living on the streets of Canberra through no fault of their own.” ACT Minister for City Services, Chris Steel, said the new approach to cat colony management moves to a policy of ‘trap, neuter, adopt’ (TNA), which is a process the Alliance follows. “Roaming cats live shorter lives on average and experience more diseases and injuries than those that are contained to the home. They also cause significant harm to native wildlife,” Mr Steel said. “We want to see more street cats find good homes with responsible owners. Volunteer animal welfare organisations play an important role in this, so we will use the next

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President and treasurer of the Canberra Street Cat Alliance, Vanessa Parton and Anna Reimondos, are working to trap, neuter, and adopt Canberra’s street cat population, before it gets completely out of hand.

few months to work closely with local groups to help them adopt new practices and monitor the impact of these reforms once implemented.” Ms Parton and Ms Reimondos say the ACT Government don’t have the resources to TNA, and without a multipurpose facility to help them do the work, cat numbers will “explode”. They also reject the premise that street cats kill wildlife, saying they’re being

fed generally by the Canberra industrial sector, and have no need to hunt, unlike feral cats. “In the end, the whole entire Canberra community benefits from our multipurpose centre, because it will also have an adoption centre in it and our aim is to have less cats on the street,” Ms Reimondos said. – Abbey Halter An extended version of this story is available online.

Bruce-based Paralympian, Sam Harding has been announced to represent Australia in the Men’s Para-triathlon vision impaired (PTVI) event - first of its name. The inaugural PTVI event is set to take place at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games this year, after the Para-triathlon wheelchair category made its debut at Gold Coast in 2018. The all-star team of Aussie athletes debuting at the event will be led by three-time Paralympian Gerrard Gosens OAM. Gosens will line up beside Harding, Wollongong’s Jonathan Goerlach, and Hobart’s Erica Burleigh – all four will be making their Commonwealth Games debuts. Perth-born Harding began in

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tandem cycling, before switching to running after winning three gold medals at the 2009 Paralympic Youth Games in Melbourne. In 2010, he moved to Canberra after gaining a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. Today, at 30 years old, he’s running, swimming and cycling towards a personal best. Harding was selected for the London 2012 Paralympics but was bedridden with glandular fever on the day of his race, unable to compete. He then decided to make the 800m his goal for Rio 2016, only to have the event dropped from the program. The tenacious athlete finally earned his Paralympian title in Tokyo, finishing 11th in the 1500m, then decided to switch to triathlon after a discussion with AIS psychologist

Avish Sharma. He competed in two triathlons as a solo competitor, before making his tethered debut in February 2022, beating out home Tokyo Paralympian and Birmingham teammate Jono Goerlach. Harding was taught to swim by acclaimed Paralympic coach Yuriy Vdovychenko, with Philo Saunders as his running coach. He has choroideremia, a rare hereditary eye condition that caused the loss of most of his peripheral vision. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Harding will be joined by guide Luke Harvey, who is also making his debut in what is sure to be a trove of athletic firsts. The athletes will be tethered to the guide during the swim and run,

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Sam Harding to run, swim, and cycle for personal best at first ever vision-impaired Commonwealth Games event.

while the guide leads on a tandem bike during the cycle leg. Australian Para-triathletes won silver and bronze in both the women’s and men’s PTWC events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and hopefully this year will bag the gold. The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held 28 July to 8 August, with the Triathlon competitions taking place 29 and 31 July. – Anja de Rozario

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Huddled cross-legged on the marble floor of the National Library of Australia, local primary school children were barely able to contain their anticipation, staring eagerly at the makeshift stage awaiting their ‘special guest’. As Australian singer-songwriter and author Josh Pyke entered the room, he created instant rapport with the squirming schoolchildren and his seat next to a cardboard cutout tree immediately reduced the kids to a giggling gaggle. With his audience enthralled, Pyke began to read them his children’s book ‘Family Tree’, alongside the book’s illustrator, Ronojoy Ghosh, for the Australian Library and Information Association’s National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday 25 May. After the read-a-long, Pyke treated the children to a lively performance of Words Make the World Go Around, and every child joined in the fun. CW was able to steal a quick moment of Pyke and Ghosh’s time to ask about the inspiration

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Actress, producer, and former political arts adviser, Lexi Sekuless, is the creative force behind the new Mill Theatre at Dairy Road in Fyshwick, and its professional troupe, the Dairy Road Players. Photos: Martin Ollman.

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he talented Lexi Sekuless, actress, producer, and former political arts adviser, has a vision for a new Canberra company where local performers and directors could develop their craft while enthralling audiences. That vision will become reality this year. The new Mill Theatre, opening in Fyshwick’s Dairy Road Precinct this month, will be the theatrical troupe’s home, and its first season will be an exciting line-up of forgotten Australian masterpieces, rare Shakespeare, modern Broadway hits, and burgeoning Canberra talent. The theatre is supported by the Molonglo Group, a developer interested in “the cultural offering, the cultural maturity” of Canberra, Ms Sekuless said. The theatre at Dairy Road, in the heart of the precinct, will be a studio theatre, seating 71 people. It will be Canberra’s second producing venue

after the Street Theatre, and here Ms Sekuless will bring her ensemble together. The development of the program and the space is driven by her commitments to her craft and to arts policy more widely. The same commitments have driven her advocacy for a National Theatre, the absence of which she sees as a gap in the nation’s cultural life. Her Dairy Road Players will be a fully professional troupe, with parts for emerging amateur performers who want to step into a professionally run rehearsal room. Each play would run for a month: “It’s important for performers and for audiences to know that [the cast would] not just fly in for two nights, then fly out. It’s here: you can see it, you can catch it.” The theatre would also train creatives who want to work backstage. Ms Sekuless would direct the first play, shadowed by an emerging director, who would then

direct the second play, under her mentorship. This is only the start; Ms Sekuless and the Molonglo Group have plans to build a bigger theatre in a couple of years. Most of Canberra’s theatres are traditional proscenium designs, the auditorium facing the stage; but the new performing space will be ‘theatre-in-the-round’, the audience surrounding the stage on two sides. There will also be underpasses (or ‘voms’, short for vomitoria, which amuses the builders) under the seats, so the performers can enter and exit from the sides. “A studio space that has dynamism with lots of entrances and exits is absolutely the most fun to play with,” Ms Sekuless said. She has been fascinated with theatre-in-the-round ever since she acted in one of the most hallowed spaces of all: the Globe in London, where she played Lady Anne in Richard III in the Wannamaker Festival

in 2013. “It’s the best thing I ever did! Every seat in the house is closer than you would possibly imagine; it’s the most fun, the most exciting. You have to find all the elements of ‘live’ theatre that can never be achieved by something you watch on your laptop.” She brought the same approach to the hugely popular Lakespeare series of the Bard’s comedies, of which she was co-producer and artistic director: “Even though it’s out in a big park, how can you still have a really close relationship with your audience?” Lakespeare has “gone gangbusters”; the free open-air performances of Much Ado About Nothing (2018), Twelfth Night (2019), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2020), and As You Like It (2022) have cast their spell over Canberra audiences. But they are not quite the right model for performers to develop, Ms Sekuless thinks. That is what she intends the new theatre will solve.

Lexi Sekuless (right) with costume designer Victoria ‘Fi’ Hopkins (left) and actor Katerina Smalley.

Too often, Canberra creatives must leave town to establish themselves. Ms Sekuless herself has left and come back a couple of times. “There isn’t a chance to develop or establish yourself in Canberra,” she said. Canberrans appear in big shows around Australia like the Founding Fathers rap musical Hamilton or the Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – but they cannot say they come from Canberra professionally, because they did not establish themselves here, Ms Sekuless explains. Even in bigger cities like Melbourne and Sydney, the main stages offer few opportunities for actors to develop; most engagements are short, two or three months. Canberra itself suffers from a cultural cringe – to the point that some amateur and independent companies pay performers to come from elsewhere, if their budget allows. “There’s an idea that if you’re from Canberra, it’s not good enough,” Ms Sekuless said. Currently, only one professional theatre produces plays: the Street Theatre, near the ANU. The Canberra Theatre Centre is only a venue for hire; although they are trying to produce, they only co-produce with outside companies,

Ms Sekuless states. “What is missing is Canberra’s theatrical voice and Canberra’s theatrical practice.” The Canberra Theatre has received more than $4 million for redevelopment from the ACT Government – but that, Ms Sekuless says, is infrastructure funding (builders, concrete, and seats), not arts funding for programs. This is the niche she believes she can fill. “I’m a small venue dedicated to program, dedicated to the things that fill the building, as opposed to looking after the building first, and then expecting people to pay to hire that.” Ms Sekuless emphasises that her new theatre would complement Canberra’s existing companies, “growing the industry horizontally”, rather than competing with them. “The amateur scene is phenomenal – remarkably and beautifully large, and looked after by places like Rep, but any ecology is allowed to have a community element and a professional element.” Every year, Mill Theatre at Dairy Road will put on four plays: a revival of Australian repertoire, a ‘tentpole’ (a commercially successful piece), an adaptation, and a gamble. The season will begin with a revival of The Torrents (premiered

1957), by Oriel Gray, a little-known female playwright (and “card-carrying Communist”), and which the Playwrights’ Advisory Board voted best play of the year in 1955, with Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. “It’s like an Australian screwball comedy, and very socially progressive,” Ms Sekuless says. The play is set in the 19th century, in the bureau of a regional newspaper, which needs more staff (the refrain of all newsrooms since time immemorial!). They eagerly await the new reporter, J.G. Milford – who turns out to be Jenny. “In 1890s Australia, they need to accept a woman in the workplace. That’s reflected in what the town needs to accept in terms of their economic future; it’s a gold mining town, and they need to consider what to do for the environment and for their prosperity. So, it’s got a lot of themes that are still relevant today.” The tentpole is the Tony-nominated Reasons to be Pretty (2008), by Neil LaBute. “It’s a comedy four-hander about two working class couples accepting the realities of life, with the pressure to be beautiful and succeed.” For Shakespeare enthusiasts, perhaps the most exciting works scheduled are adaptations of Shakespeare’s ‘First Tetralogy’ dealing with the War of the Roses: Henry VI parts I to III, and Richard III. The Mill Theatre will stage them over four years – part of Ms Sekuless’s stratagem to develop a long-term relationship with audiences. Like Jane Howell’s superb adaptation for the BBC (1983), actors will return as different characters. Believed to be Shakespeare’s earliest plays, these sprawling, violent, gripping historical chronicles established his reputation, but are seldom performed. Epic in scale, they feature struggles for the crown of England, civil war, kings deposed and murdered, battles, and popular uprisings. The women’s roles are “phenomenal”, Ms Sekuless thinks. Beginning with Joan of Arc, and encompassing two queens and a witchy duchess, they are a gallery of women every bit as power-hungry and duplicitous as the men – who include the infamous “crookback Dick”, the Duke of Gloucester, later

Richard III. Although set in the 15th century, Ms Sekuless believes their themes are relevant today: “political gaming, factions, and what happens to a nation when the leaders and decisionmakers have a bad and sick relationship with power”. Building on the success of her ‘Rockspeare’ Richard III (2020), Ms Sekuless will use rock music to enhance their raw power. “It’s not Shakespeare turned into a musical, but it is a sonic experience, in addition to the verse.” In the small space of the studio theatre, these plays could be cataclysmic. Finally, the gamble: a new play, written by a Canberran or Australian playwright. At this stage, Ms Sekuless is playing her cards close. “A lot of venues around Australia say they want to promote work. Often, they rush and put it on. Whereas I want to develop a work.” Influenced by the off-Broadway try-outs, previews will give these new plays opportunities to fail safely, so Ms Sekuless and the author can iron out the kinks. While the first season features four plays, Ms Sekuless intends to increase the number of plays in later seasons. Other classics could include Euripides, Middleton, and Gorky and Chekhov. “Anything in the space of the epic and the grand, I’m really fascinated by,” she said. “There’s nothing new under the sun. Even contemporary plays lean into myth. I hope that programming of looking back in order to help look forward can help with the new play and new development.” And would she act herself? “Oh, yes! The whole reason that I’ve ever done any producing is so that I can have a part onstage. I love performing; I absolutely love it. “When you’re running a lot of stuff, it’s really lovely and freeing when you can just turn up and do one part, and be responsible for just one storyline, one character.” Exciting times for Canberra indeed. Ring up the curtain: “Sound drums and trumpets! Farewell sour annoy! For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.” - Shakespeare, 3 Henry VI To find out more, visit www.milltheatreatdairyroad.com - Nick Fuller

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Mark Parton’s Aboriginal journey I used to think that I had a reasonable understanding of the concept of Aboriginal reconciliation and the National Sorry Day. I’ve recently discovered that I didn’t have a handle on it all. My new perspective has come as a result of a journey of self-discovery. For more than 20 years, I’ve been aware of my Aboriginal heritage, but I’d just never attempted to find out more, I think partly because I feel like a bit of an imposter in the space. In the last nine months, I’ve been encouraged by some of my relatives and some Aboriginal friends to examine it more closely. What you need to understand is that my father was ashamed of his Aboriginality. It was never discussed, and that led to an information void for me. So, armed with my grandmother’s birth and marriage certificates, I wrote away to Aboriginal History WA to find out more about where I came from … and wow! They didn’t let me down. Late in

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January, they sent me a collection of documents in a wonderfully presented folder titled “My Family History”. It shows that my father was the son of Adeline Ninyette, who was the daughter of Elsie Ninyette. Elsie’s parents were Jack Ninyette and Rose Bennell. And back it goes to the Winmars, the Cables, and the Kicketts. The folder contains pretty much every known official document pertaining to my Aboriginal ancestors, and it makes for fascinating reading. As soon as I began reading about the injustices done to my ancestors, so many things changed around my perception of reconciliation and apology. My people are referred to with disdain in these official documents. There are some newspaper reports about court cases involving my great-greatgrandfather in which it’s abundantly clear that

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Mark Parton MLA, Canberra Liberals Member for Brindabella, shares his thoughts about his Western Australian Aboriginal heritage during National Reconciliation Week 2022, 27 May–3 June.

the outcome was pre-determined. There’s a series of letters between bureaucrats at the Department of Native Affairs regarding a warrant for the removal of Kandi Bennell from Pingelly to the now infamous Moore River Settlement. Relatives intervened and stopped her from being taken there, which by all accounts was a good thing. The stark racism of the time pervades these documents. One of them is personally signed by the infamous A.O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines, who was not portrayed in a good light in the movie Rabbit-Proof Fence. This is from 1933. He starts the note by saying: “The Ninyette family have lived for about two years in a cottage in Kipling Street, Narrogin. The whole family appear (continued page 16)

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the town of Northam or indeed metropolitan Perth. I didn’t know. I was heartbroken to read the horrible stories of Sister Kate’s Mission where my grandmother reportedly lived for a period of time, and I was very much emotionally affected by the experience. There are potentially millions of non-Aboriginal Australians who dismiss the concept of reconciliation and even Aboriginal acknowledgement because “I wasn’t there. I didn’t personally do anything wrong, and so it’s got nothing to do with me.” I think they’ve missed the point. As a nation, we can and will be so much stronger when we can all honestly acknowledge the wrongs of the past, and move to a better future.

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The mass vaccination clinic at the AIS Arena shut on Tuesday 31 May, nine months and more than 288,000 COVID-19 vaccinations after it opened – a “bittersweet moment”, Regina Ginich, assistant director of nursing for COVID vaccination and testing, reflected. “It represents a time when staff from across Canberra Health Services came together and worked really hard on a common goal for Canberra,” she said. In September 2021, the AIS Arena replaced the Garran surge centre as Canberra’s main vaccination hub, while Garran reverted to a testing facility. “Suddenly, we had the space and scope of the area so that we could increase our services and do a lot more vaccines than we were able to do at Garran,” Ms Ginich said. Set up to administer up to 20,000 vaccinations a week, the AIS clinic surpassed that target, administering nearly 24,000 doses and vaccinating more than 3,000

people a day during its busiest week. The ACT Government announced earlier in May that the clinic would close, due to high vaccination rates and low demand – its job done. Chief Minister Andrew Barr thanked the nurses and administrative and support staff who worked “very long hours, day in, day out, week in, week out, month in, month out” to vaccinate Canberrans. During peak times, 110 nurses were on site each day. “Nurses were so efficient at talking with patients, health screening, and giving vaccinations, they could complete the entire process in five minutes,” he said. Many will now be redeployed, easing the pressure on the ACT’s health system. The Commonwealth will refurbish the AIS Arena, restoring Canberra’s premier indoor sporting and concert venue, Mr Barr said – a $15 million Labor federal election commitment.

THE KILLING MUST STOP OPEN LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY We, concerned ACT residents whose rates and taxes fund the killing of kangaroos, demand a stop to all killing on Canberra nature reserves and a public inquiry into the full impacts of this annual slaughter: • on animals; • on people; • on the environment; and • on the reputation of the Territory. Every year, over the winter months, ratepayers fund the ACT Government to send hired guns to stalk Canberra nature reserves at night. Over twelve years, across 11,400 hectares of the Canberra Nature Park, 27,950 kangaroos have been killed. Thousands more pouch joeys have been bludgeoned to death or decapitated. Thousands more dependent at-foot joeys have been orphaned to slower death from hunger, thirst, cold and myopathy (a particularly painful and deadly form of stress). Many Canberra residents feel their own lives have been placed at risk, because shooting often occurs near people, next to roads, reserve fences, off-reserve walking trails, or back fences of homes. The reserves themselves are also affected by the reduction in kangaroo populations, their keystone native grazers, and from the impact of shooters’ vehicles which churn up the ground, killing native species and seeding exotic weeds. Many reserves are now covered in thistles and rank grassy weeds. These weeds will be suburban firetraps in summers to come. Culling began in 2009 without any scientific baseline research on the ACT’s kangaroo populations. Since then, no plausible evidence has been produced to demonstrate any benefits from killing kangaroos. Every government attempt to justify this slaughter has been debunked. Independent research, and even research funded by the government itself, provides no evidence that kangaroo grazing has ever harmed any other native species or ecosystem. During 2021-22, a citizen science project conducted a ‘direct observational count’ of kangaroos in all 37 of Canberra’s accessible nature reserves. This research has confirmed that the Environment Directorate’s claims of an overabundance of kangaroos is demonstrably unfounded. This project’s findings are corroborated by a Farrer resident, who has walked on Farrer Ridge Reserve for decades. She reports that, until last year, the kangaroo population there had remained stable for 30 years, reducing during drought. Last year was the first year Farrer Ridge was included in the government’s slaughter, and almost the entire population was wiped out. The ACT Environment Directorate itself confirmed, on 13 April 2022, that the kangaroo population of the ACT is unknown - but that it intends to kill another 1,650 kangaroos this year anyway. This is not conservation. This is extermination. The Kangaroo Management Plan, which mandates killing kangaroos, and the Code of Practice, which mandates the bludgeoning of joeys, are legislative instruments. Each and every member of the Legislative Assembly is therefore personally responsible for this tragedy. Please stop it before any more damage is done.

WHAT HAPPENED AT FARRER RIDGE? Last year, 296 kangaroos and 120 joeys were killed at Farrer Ridge. Nearby residents huddled in their houses, distressed by the sound of kangaroos being shot and dying. Tragically, only 32 kangaroos survived what can only be described as a massacre. Some locals, especially children, have cried when they learned that kangaroos they nurtured through the drought and the fires have now been shot. One elderly couple reports, “They were shining their spotlight into our house!” Another man was horrified to find a pile of kangaroo corpses dumped outside his back fence awaiting collection in the morning. Experiences of residents at Farrer Ridge echo similar stories from other suburban reserves throughout the 12 years of slaughter.

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Canberra’s so-called ‘conservation cull’ permits shooting female kangaroos with joeys in-pouch and the bludgeoning to death of those joeys. Hundreds every year.

WOULD WE DO THIS TO PUPPIES OR KITTENS? If you believe we are better than this, please email your local MLA or Minister for the Environment: vassarotti@act.gov.au. Please email the Chief Minister barr@act.gov.au. For more information, please email canberrakangaroos@optusnet.com.au Authorised by Save Canberra’s Kangaroos PO Box 6090 Conder ACT 2906

to the editor It does no credit to your publication to print partisan, ageist, misogynistic attacks on women who have been democratically elected by their communities to represent them (Bill Stefaniak, CW 26 May 2022, p6). The new MPs include a respected ex-journalist, a doctor, a CEO of the McGrath Foundation, a professor of paediatric health who ran a children’s hospital, and a director of Anglicare. Furthermore, the ALP were elected, among other things, on a platform of meaningful action on climate change, as well as restoring integrity following a government riddled with fiscal incompetence, cronyism and corruption. They are far more likely to find positive collaboration with the crossbench than the destroyed rump of a party rejected by its traditional base. - S Roberts, Mawson ACT

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Responding to, and empathising with, T Bialkowski’s lament (CW 26 May 2022, p16) regarding obscene and unconscionable house prices young generations are confronted with, the following policy reforms could and should be adopted: Negative gearing tax concessions on residential investment properties be limited to one property per tax payer; Tax deductibility on mortgage interest payments for first home buyers. Not a silver bullet or panacea response to this national housing emergency, but could significantly improve housing affordability for first home buyers; with latter reform being fairly (and largely?) paid for by limiting negative gearing tax concessions, and reducing 2024 Stage 3 Tax Cuts for high income earners. PS Perhaps newly elected Independent Senator Pocock* might give this a push along. - W Fyffe, Cook ACT *Editor’s note: At time of going to press, the second ACT Senate seat had not yet been declared.

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At a glance Raiders fall to Eels in thriller The Canberra Raiders’ three-match win streak came to an end with a 28-20 loss to the Parramatta Eels at home on Sunday afternoon, 29 May. Canberra went into half time leading 18-16 but couldn’t capitlise on their territory dominance in the second half as the Eels made them pay late in the game. Meanwhile, Jack Wighton and Josh Papalii will face off against each other in next Wednesday’s

opening State of Origin match in Sydney. Wighton was a somewhat surprise selection at centre for NSW, while Papalii will line up in the front row for Queensland.

Brumbies suffer shock loss The Brumbies will head into the Super Rugby Pacific finals on the back of three straight losses after suffering an upset 32-22 loss to the bottom placed Moana Pasifika in New Zealand. The Brumbies will now host the Hurricanes on Saturday night in their quarter final.

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Stuart Foundation motorbike raffle World Haemochromatosis Week Ricky The Ricky Stuart Foundation is conducting a raffle for a chance to win a BMW R18 Motorrad World Haemochromatosis Week is 1-7 June, raising awareness of Haemochromatosis – an inherited iron overload disorder that is the most common genetic condition in Australia. If you’re among the one in 200 Aussies affected, it can cause serious health problems. Unfortunately, haemochromatosis is often underdiagnosed because people don’t know about it and the symptoms are general. Early diagnosis is key to managing and reducing complications. The main early symptoms are fatigue and aching joints. If suffering these symptoms, you’re urged to ask your doctor for a blood test. This hereditary condition costs Australia’s health system about $280 million annually and adds further cost and health burdens by compounding other chronic conditions when left undiagnosed and untreated. To fi nd out more, visit haemochromatosis.org.au

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motorbike valued at $26,751, generously donated by BMW Canberra. The raffle is raising funds to support the work of The Ricky Stuart Foundation, to continue its autism awareness outreach work, and to deliver autism education programs. Raffle ticket buyers receive: a one in 75 chance to win the BMW R18 Motorrad; and exclusive entry to a charity cocktail evening (including refreshments) with Ricky and members of the Canberra Raiders. Tickets: $500 each; sales close 6 June 2022 11.59pm; drawn 8 June 7.30pm; available online at rickystuartfoundation.rallyup.com

Lifeline Canberra information session Have you heard Lifeline Canberra has an information session coming up on becoming a Telephone Crisis Support Volunteer? If this is something you’ve been thinking about, it’s time to get informed and join us via Zoom on Wednesday 15 June. Please email TCSVolunteerEnquiries@act.lifeline.org.au to attend.

CWA meeting Queanbeyan Evening Branch: The next meeting is on Tuesday 14 June 7pm at the Women’s Bowling Club, corner Campbell Street and Farrer Place, Queanbeyan. Dinner prior to the meeting from 6pm across the road at Campbell & George. New members welcome. More info: email branch president Nicole via cwaqebsecretary@gmail.com

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Red Dove preloved Red Dove preloved clothing at Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Comrie St, Wanniassa, Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 June 9am-1pm, will host a special winter swap of clothes, books and toys on the Saturday, partnering with SeaChange. The aim is to keep clothes and other reusable items out of landfill, so bring along some items to swap (Saturday only). You can also browse the usual auditorium full of great buys plus there will be a sausage sizzle and café.

Braidwood Book Fair The ever-popular Amazing Braidwood Book Fair will be held again over the 10-13 June long weekend: Friday-Sunday 9am-4pm, Monday 9am-2pm, at National Theatre, Wallace St, Braidwood. 1000s of books for readers of all ages, in categories for easy browsing. Fantastic children’s section. Unusual and often rare books can be found, also DVDs, CDs, records, magazines, puzzles and more. Storage is full to the brim, so donations are not being accepted for this Fair.

Stand with Ukraine Fundraiser Ukrainian dinner and concert on Saturday 4 June 5-8pm at Ukrainian Catholic Centre, 82 Archibald Street, Lyneham. Enjoy a delicious Ukrainian four-course dinner and a concert of music and dance while helping the Ukrainian people in defending their freedom. Win some amazing prizes or purchase a beautiful painting at an auction. You will also be able to buy Ukrainian merchandise and food to take home. All proceeds will go to trusted charities helping the Ukrainian people in the fight against Russian aggression. BYO wine/beer. Tickets via Eventbrite [search Stand with Ukraine Fundraiser] 20

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ZamZam Foundation Australian Launch An evening of Afghan food, a fashion parade, and silent art auction, with singer Fred Smith and guests including Virginia Haussegger and the Afghan Ambassador in exile on Saturday 11 June at The Multicultural Centre Function Room, Level 2, 180 London Circuit, Civic. All proceeds will go towards buying food and supplies for vulnerable women and children in Afghanistan. Tickets $30 from Humanitix.

Canberra Jung Society At the next meeting and social gathering on Friday 3 June, David Russell will give a presentation on “the dream and soul making”. At the McKillop Conference Centre, Archibald Street, Lyneham at 7.30pm for music, supper, library and a chat, followed by the presentation at 8pm, and discussion afterwards. Also meet online. More info: 0406 375 670 or visit CanberraJungSociety.org.au

Move with Women exercise program Diabetes NSW & ACT are holding Move with Women session, a free group exercise program for women of all fitness levels and backgrounds, in Canberra, starting in July. The program involves a one-hour group exercise session every week for nine weeks, with an additional 30-minute health education session every fortnight. ACT venues and start dates are: Canberra City Health Network, Civic, Wednesday 6 July 10am and Thursday 7 July 10am; and Flex Out Physiotherapy, Phillip, Friday 22 July 1pm. The program is delivered in a safe, non-judgemental and comfortable setting, by qualified exercise physiologists who have experience working with groups of women in all different stages of life. Participants do not need to be diagnosed with diabetes to join. To register, visit movewithwomen.com.au/classes or call 1800 328 951.

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Jo Wilson, Megan Jones

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Reception this way: motels – a sentimental journey with Tim Ross exhibition launch, National Archives of Australia, murrulangalang.

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Jan Miles, Margot La Fontaine, Judy Gorman, Janne Colley

Summer Chin, Joshua Chin

Wendy Wilson, Margot La Fontaine, Kirsty Tonna

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Banana fritters Makes 25-30 Prep 20 mins + 1 hour resting time Cook 30 mins 6 very ripe bananas 60g plain (all-purpose) flour 60g fine cornmeal 1 pinch salt 1/4 cup (60ml) lukewarm milk 6g baker’s yeast Oil for deep-frying Peel and cut the bananas into pieces. Place them in a bowl and mash using a fork or rolling pin. Add the flour, cornmeal and salt and mix until combined. Mix the warmed milk and yeast in a bowl. Mix the yeast mixture into the banana mixture. Cover the bowl and leave the dough to ferment in a warm place for 1 hour. Knock down the dough to remove the gas formed by the yeast. In a deep-fryer, heat the oil to 170-180°C. Using a spoon, make balls of dough and drop them into the hot oil. Cook until golden all over. Drain the fritters on paper towel. Serve the fritters hot, dusted with icing sugar or drizzled with melted chocolate.

Images and text from Saka Saka by Anto Cocagne & Aline Princet, photography by Aline Princet. Murdoch Books RRP $45.

Saka Saka: Africans snacks ‘Saka Saka’ is just one of the names for the cassava leaf dish that is a staple across the African continent. However, learning about the African culinary domain doesn’t have to start there. Why not begin your gastronomic adventure with one of these super simple snacks? WITH TASTE EDITOR, ANJA DE ROZARIO

Peanut friands Makes 20 Prep 20 mins Cook 15 mins 2/3 cup (100g) roasted peanuts 200g butter 2 Tbsp peanut butter 6 egg whites

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Deep-fry the banana rounds in the hot oil for 2–3 minutes until both sides are golden.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a friand tin.

Drain on paper towel and serve hot as a snack or as a side for grilled meat or fish.

Melt the butter in a small pot and cook until it is lightly browned but not burnt. Add the peanut butter and leave to cool.

Chef’s tip: The more black patches there are on a plantain banana, the sweeter it will be. The best places to find plantain bananas are African, Indian or Asian grocery stores. Avoid buying them at supermarkets as they are generally not stored very well.

Spoon the batter into the friand tin and sprinkle the crushed peanuts over the top. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.

In a food processor, blend the roasted peanuts to a fine powder.

Beat the egg whites and icing sugar in a bowl until firm peaks form. Gently add the flour, a little at a time, then add the peanut powder and the butter mixture. Gently fold together, being careful not to deflate the egg whites.

Serve the friands warm, dusted with icing sugar.

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Greeted by an unconventional concierge – specifically, a life-sized great white shark – the ANU School of Art and Design’s graduation exhibition is the epitome of all things weird, wonderful, and out of this world. In every corner of the simple space, you’ll find intricately designed art from almost every discipline imaginable. Each artist’s idea and idiom is evident and intriguing, leaving you eager to understand more behind the meanings. Completing university at the tail end of a global pandemic is a niche experience almost exclusive to the graduating class of 2021. Lockdown and limitations moved this set of graduands’ exhibition into an online realm last year, snatching away their chance at a real-life artistic debut. In turn, this gracious group of ANU students are not unaware of the privilege of hosting an in-person show, even if their New Alumni exhibition arrived a year late. Bachelor of Arts with Honours graduate, 24-year-old Maddie Hepner’s work has evolved since 2020 in ways she may not have

expected and says her university experience has been “quite an interesting ride”. A Washington DC native, Hepner moved to Australia when she was 15, which somewhat inspired her final art piece. She says it’s particularly derived from having an “outsider looking in perspective” of the US political climate, yet it being her homeland. Composed of over 1,500 images forming a single confrontational video piece, her work plants seeds of doubt as to whether published content shapes history, or history shapes published content. “Over the course of the year, I was investigating the concept of the American dream in relation to the US today,” Hepner says. “Specifically, looking at alt-right online fringe communities and gathering data, collecting, and collating images, and then utilising the text and the images that I found to create twitter bots, and working with AI; basically, creating a large archive of what I’ve seen and discovered.” Describing the turmoil of attempting to finish a university degree during Covid as an arduous task,

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Trump bots, a 5ft shark and floating heads at New Alumni show

In the back corner of the ANU New Alumni exhibition, you’ll find 24-year-old Maddie Hepner’s extensive art piece, deep diving into Trump, twitter bots, and the US alt-right.

Hepner reveals the challenges have changed the course of her artistic style, “for bad or for good”. Head of the School of Art and Design, Dr Beck Davis, says the “impact of the last two years cannot be underestimated” and encourages Canberrans to visit the exhibition, buy or commission work from the artists, and discover new talents. New Alumni is on display at the School of Art and Design Gallery until Friday 1 July; anu.edu.au/events – Abbey Halter Read more online at canberraweekly.com.au

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA – EXHIBITION OPEN 27 MAY – 7 AUGUST 2022 Mark making on kitchen tools has always been a way of imparting cultural knowledge. Explore the earliest tools used by Australian Aboriginal people through to modern day appliances wrapped in Country in this Australian culinary journey. Explore the collection at the Museum shop or online via shop.nma.gov.au

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What do you get when you put a Canberra author, real estate agent, foreign correspondent, public servant, and press secretary on stage? You get Willie and the Correspondents, of course. The iconic local roots-country-folk band are gearing up to treat fans to a riveting performance of their greatest hits of the past two decades this week. Willie and the Correspondents have seen a few faces come and go over the past 30-odd years. But the current line-up is a group of men who would seemingly know all of Canberra’s secrets, having seen the inner workings of Australia’s highest places. There’s the two original members: author and former cabinet minister’s private secretary, Hugh Watson, and former ABC chief foreign correspondent, Philip Williams. They’ll be joined by real estate agent, Matthew Herbert, former government agency IT manager who once performed with The Seekers and John

Farnham, Peter MacDonald, and former press secretary to Prime Minister Paul Keating and former Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, Greg Turnbull. Lead guitarist, Matthew Herbert, says the band will keep on performing until one of them has “had enough” or they don’t get welcomed back to a venue. So far, neither scenario has eventuated, so the band is still entertaining the masses. “If you’re a musician, it’s not much fun playing by yourself in your bedroom – you want to perform, but it’s the challenge of being able to maintain it,” Herbert says. “Especially as we get older, people give up because it’s hard to get gigs, but we’ve taken the alternative view that we’ve got something special going on, so why stop now? “Two of us in the band aren’t retired but the rest are, and we’re all looking for things to do that fill up our days. Music is good fun, so we’re filling up our lives with stuff that makes us happy.”

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Willie and the Correspondents rock their top 20 Willie and the Correspondents will perform their 20 favourite songs of the past 20 years at Smith’s Alternative on 3 June.

Anticipating his band’s upcoming gig to be “pretty upbeat”, he says Canberra can expect a mixed bag of their classic oldies along with new songs no one has ever heard before. “We decided we would play our 20 most favourite original songs – some of the older stuff and some of the newer stuff. We don’t always get these opportunities for self-indulgence with our favourite songs,” Herbert smiles. Their closing song, Doesn’t anybody care about the country anymore, is guaranteed to “send you home on a high”, says Herbert, and their brand-new songs will be recorded live on the night. “I’d describe our band as an alternative countryfolk-rock band, with songs ranging from our experiences to political songs, and songs about life.” Willie and the Correspondents will play at Smith’s Alternative, 3 June 7pm; www.smithsalternative.com - Abbey Halter

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Tom Cruise attends the Royal Performance of Top Gun: Maverick in London on 19 May.

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Thirty-six years after the original, Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Tom Cruise) has avoided countless chances of promotion to continue living his ‘simple’ life; riding his motorcycle and flying test jets. After his latest project’s funds are redirected, Maverick is called to the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, aka ‘Top Gun’, by old adversary-turned-friend Admiral Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky (Val Kilmer), to train new elite recruits on a highly dangerous mission! The first Top Gun (1986) was a phenomenon that established Tom Cruise as an action superstar. More about action, bravado and machismo, the movie ultimately lacked character, environment and stakes. Top Gun: Maverick more than makes up for it. From the get-go, the audience is informed of Maverick’s ultimately lonely life which has seemingly plateaued. Eschewing naval career and personal advancement,

Maverick is in arrested development, seemingly enjoying his bare-bones life. It is only with the presence of Lt Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw (Miles Teller), son of Maverick’s late flying partner and friend ‘Goose’, that the penny drops; Maverick has been afforded an opportunity to resolve the feelings of his greatest failure, to break out of his self-imposed limbo. The action sequences are intense and brilliantly mapped, and the mission stakes are clearly communicated and felt. It is a shame that the relationship and character of love-interest Penelope (Jennifer Connelly) is so half-baked in comparison. Verdict: Not only a great sequel that surpasses the original, Top Gun: Maverick is a great movie in its own right. Cruise brings the old-fashioned blockbuster back! 4.5 stars. - Luke McWilliams themovieclub.net Viewed at Palace Cinemas

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This week, Jeff Popple reviews three Australian books about war and adventure. More of Jeff’s reviews can be found on his blog: murdermayhemandlongdogs.com Adventure Lives Here by Cam James Echo, $27.45

Cam James has a passion for adventure, and he has managed to turn that passion into a fun career. After finishing his time in the Australian Army, Cam decided to set up his own adventure company with the intent of taking people on the best and most exciting holidays they could dream of. In Adventure Lives Here, Cam takes the reader on a journey through his army service, which included a spell in Afghanistan, to the setting up of his business, his near-death experience in Papua New Guinea, and treks in Nepal and Australia. An enjoyable and inspiring book.

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Neil Churches unearths an overlooked real-life adventure in The Greatest Escape. In 1941, Australian Ralph Churches found himself stuck behind enemy lines in Greece and captured by the Germans. Sent to a POW camp in present day Slovenia, Ralph decided that he had to escape. With the help of the local Partisan network, fellow prisoners, and Allied Intelligence operatives, he put in place an audacious plan that saw 106 prisoners embark on a harrowing 160-mile journey across the Alps pursued by German soldiers. Told by Ralph’s son, Neil, this is a well-researched and fascinating account of forgotten bravery.

Sandpiper by Michael Pert Shawline, $26.95

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Australian Michael Pert provides an entertaining fictional story of wartime adventure in Sandpiper. Set across the length of World War II, Sandpiper is a nicely plotted ‘cat and mouse’ thriller about the efforts of British Intelligence to uncover a German spy whose activities are threatening Allied operations in France in the critical months leading up to D-Day. Smoothly written and briskly paced, Sandpiper is a very enjoyable tale that moves effortlessly from London and the English countryside to a thrilling finale in France. Complete with a good cast of characters and a convincingly limned backdrop of wartime intrigue, it is a compelling read.

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After the success of The Sound of Music in March last year, Queanbeyan Players will be performing an encore season from 24 June to 3 July at The Q. In a convent in 1930s Austria, free spirited postulant Maria Rainer is found ill-suited to life as a nun and is sent to serve as governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp, a widower and decorated Naval Officer. Set against the historical backdrop of the Nazis’ rise to power, The Sound of Music is a time-honoured story of love and patriotism, featuring such classic songs as My Favourite Things and So Long, Farewell.

London’s Chelsea neighbourhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed — and murder. DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough, Sanditon) lives on a shabby houseboat on the Thames, just yards from some of the most valuable real estate in Europe. He’s an unprepossessing figure with one of the shrewdest minds in the Metropolitan Police. His partner, Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry, Luther), is a nononsense detective sergeant newly returned from maternity leave. Together, they must root out the truth behind heinous crimes and bring those responsible to justice.

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What’s on

about life in 1980s Sydney, 8-25 June at ACT Hub, Kingston; bookings acthub.com.au or 6210 8748. ANU CLASSICS MUSEUM: Free tours conducted by voluntary guides on the second Friday of each month at 12.30pm in the A D Hope Building, ANU; call 0438 883 373.

NMA: See traditional and contemporary culinary tools on display in An Aboriginal Culinary Journey: Designed for Living, at National Museum of Australia, until 7 August; nma.gov.au

ROBOT SONG: A deeply personal family show from Arena Theatre Company, suitable for children 8+ and their adults, at The Q Theatre, Queanbeyan, 9-11 June; theq.net.au

CRAFTALIVE CANBERRA: Four days of classes, demonstrations and shopping, 1-4 June 9.30am4pm, Old Bus Depot, Kingston; craftalive.com.au

MOAD: Home to a host of exhibitions, such as: Democracy DNA; Statement: Jack Green’s Paintings; and Behind the Lines 2021, at Old Parliament House. Free entry; bookings encouraged.

SONDHEIM: Tribute to a Broadway legend at Bungendore War Memorial Hall, Saturday 4 June 7.30pm; www.ticketebo.com.au/sondheimbungendore 21 FORSTER ST: A local production set in Bungendore by Kate Walder, continues until 4 June at The Q, Queanbeyan; theq.net.au SMITHS ALTERNATIVE: The City West venue host roots-country-folk band Willie and the Correspondents, Friday 3 June 7pm. Tickets: smithsalternative.com OLD BUS DEPOT MARKETS: The much-loved markets have returned to the Old Bus Depot in Kingston every Sunday 9.30am-2.30pm; obdm.com.au BEAVER GALLERIES: Walking the Murray, paintings by Nicola Dickson, until 11 June. RADIOTHON: ArtSound FM community radio station hosts its annual on-air fundraiser until 5 June; artsound.fm HOLY HOLY: Their Hello My Beautiful World album tour comes to UC Refectory, Bruce, Thursday 2 June 8pm; moshtix.com.au GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU: The enchanting journey of Little and Big Nutbrown Hare at Canberra Theatre, Civic, 3-4 June; canberratheatrecentre.com.au WARPED AND TWISTED: Canberra Spinners and Weavers’ members exhibition showcasing the diversity of their art and craft, 3-12 June 10am-4pm, Canberra Textile Works, 70 Maclaurin Cres, Chifley.

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Human Nature play the Royal Theatre, Civic, 11 June.

STORYTIME: Join local author Tania McCartney as she shares her children’s book, Plume: Global Nibbler, Saturday 4 June 11am, Harry Hartog at South.Point; southpointcanberra.com.au HILARY GEDDES & CLAIRE CROSS: A one-off jazz double bill just for Canberra audiences at The Street, City West, Saturday 4 June 7pm; thestreet.org.au DARREN COGGAN: The master storyteller brings his new show The Poems, Prayers and Promises of John Denver to Bicentennial Hall, Queanbeyan, 4 June 8pm; theq.net.au

KAMBI: How To Lose Friends and Influence White People, a thought-provoking panel discussion at Kambri, ANU, 9 June 6-7pm; book via Eventbrite. CANBERRA REP: Present Joseph Kesselring’s timeless classic, Arsenic and Old Lace, at Canberra REP Theatre, 9-25 June; canberrarep.org.au STORYTIME: Join local author Irma Gold as she shares her uplifting children’s book, Seree’s Story, Saturday 11 June 11am, Harry Hartog at South. Point; southpointcanberra.com.au HUMAN NATURE: Bring their Live 2022 Rebooted tour to the Royal Theatre, Civic, 11 June; humannaturelive.com

LISA MITCHELL: Brings her A Place To Fall Apart tour to Canberra Theatre, 4 June 8pm; canberratheatrecentre.com.au

KIPPAX MARKETPLACE: Indoor market to run 3rd Saturday of every month, 8am-12pm, at Kippax Uniting Church Community Centre; free entry.

DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL CELEBRATION: Federation of Chinese Community of Canberra hosts a concert of traditional Chinese song, dance, martial arts and more at Beijing Garden, Nara Peace Park, Yarralumla, 5 June 10am-1.30pm; free entry.

JIM JEFFERIES: The acclaimed Australian stand-up comedian brings his new show to Llewellyn Hall, ANU, 12 June 6.15pm and 8.55pm; ticketek.com.au

BEN OTTEWELL AND IAN BALL: An intimate live performance from the Gomez bandmates at The Playhouse, Civic, 5 June 7pm; canberratheatrecentre.com.au EMERALD CITY: Free-Rain Theatre Company presents David Williamson’s award-winning play

CANBERRA YOUTH THEATRE: Presents The Initiation by Cathy Petocz, written and developed with CYT artists, The Courtyard Studio, Civic, 15-19 June; canberrayouththeatre.com.au Send your free entertainment listings to: arts@canberraweekly.com.au with ‘what’s on’ in the subject field. Deadline is 10 days prior to Thursday edition date.

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Aussie actress Naomi Watts rugs up for New York City winter, January 2022.

Cool girl Emily Ratajkowski wears cinched layers for the cooler months in London

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Brunch by the fireplace Wearing winter-appropriate doesn’t have to mean bundling up like the Michelin Man … Effortlessly cool style icons, like Naomi Watts, stay Instagram-ready with sleek layers, light neutrals, and pops of colour. WITH FASHION AND BEAUTY EDITOR, ANJA DE ROZARIO

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Anne at Cannes

She graced the Cannes red carpet in a strapless Armani Privé gown, a shimmering backdrop to an enormous sapphire courtesy of Italian luxury label Bulgari

She stunned at the photocall for Armageddon Time, in a mod-style mini that makes cone-bra glamorous.

“I love this Anne Hathaway renaissance we’re going through,” tweeted new and returning fans of 39-year-old Hathaway at the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival. The Devil Wears Prada star’s impeccable looks stole the show from the moment she touched down in Nice Airport.

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Anne inspired wardrobe envy from the moment she touched down in Nice Airport, nailing Parisian style with this androgynous oversized suit.

She wore the perfect flared jeans while leaving Hotel Martinez, hand in hand with husband Adam Shulman.

Bentleys of Canberra, standing the test of time Hairdressing has always been a passion of salon owner of Bentleys, June Irving. She is invested in every way in her salons and wants to leave the legacy of “Hairdressing is a wonderful career”. June, whose salon “Bentleys of Canberra” won salon of the year for the second time in Canberra, is delighted that the salon and her team have been recognised for their quality services. “We have had a tough two years with Covid and lockdowns, clients and staff getting sick,” June says. “We took the approach of doing everything to ensure safety in the salon with Perspex dividers at all stations, plus dividers at the shampoo basin area, strict sign-in procedures, and staff testing on a regular basis.” June believes the success of her business is training. She is known for investing time and money into her staff, without ever being miserly about it. Bentleys staff are quality trained and are some of the “best” in the industry. “This award is the icing on the cake,” June smiles. “I thought as we won it last year, someone else would win. I was wrong; what a wonderful surprise! Hairdressing has been my privilege, to be able to make a difference for our clients, to be part of their transformation and doing what we love, and being creative. “The foundations of our industry are very important and I train my staff in all aspects, so they can build on solid footing that will stay with them all of their lives. “Our industry has rewarded us all with knowledge, and skillsets, plus developed communication skills, to name a few. These skillsets set up our stylists for the rest of their lives, wherever they happen to work. “The Canberra region has been very kind to us, and we are very grateful to have the opportunity to continue servicing our clients,” June says. Thank you, Hairdressing – and thank you, Canberra!

wellbeing

Harness your fear for good In traditional medicine, emotional harmony is one of the core elements of a healthy mind and body. That’s not to say it’s necessary or even desirable to try and stay in a balanced state all the time. Trying to hold onto any one emotional state: happiness, for example, only creates an inordinate amount of tension. One of my favorite quotes comes from O’Sensei, the revered founder of a Japanese martial art call Aikido. Renowned for his incredible agility and poise, one of his students asked him, “O’Sensei, how is it that you never lose your balance?” His reply, “I am constantly losing my balance, I just regain it so fast that nobody notices”. Mastery, therefore, is not about never losing your balance but regaining it swiftly.

In emotional terms then, it’s healthier and more realistic to allow yourself to experience the full range of emotions, from pleasant to unpleasant. To allow them to bubble up into consciousness without trying to control them. This is easier said than done of course, as we all prefer the pleasant emotions like joy, happiness and contentment over the difficult ones like anger, fear or dread. The theory is that if we can expand our capacity to feel the full breadth of our emotional life, we become more skillful at returning to a neutral or ‘balanced’ state. No emotion is either good or bad, they all can be helpful. Fear, for example, is a primal instinct that can keep us safe. Likewise, a fixation on happiness can keep us focused on short-term comfort

over long-term reward. The key is to try and be conscious about what emotions are being triggered within us so we can respond consciously. If we’re learning something new, like skiing, for example, we need to consciously overcome the fear of falling over and hurting or embarrassing ourselves to stick with it and make progress. At the same time, a beginner’s fear of the double black diamond runs is helpful. Have you ever considered how much your own health choices can be an emotional minefield? Scratch beneath the surface and there is often a deep fear about getting sick and dying that we don’t think about until we are confronted with it. As we’ve all experienced, there’s nothing like a global pandemic to stoke fear and trigger

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unconscious responses. If we use our fear wisely, we can harness it to make choices that nourish and support our bodies and minds. So, pandemics can inspire us to eat better, get fitter, and so on. What I see every day is the willingness of the body to repair and heal, it’s both miraculous and mundane. It’s never too late to start making friends with ALL our emotions and no act of kindness toward yourself is ever wasted. Editor’s note: This wellbeing column provides information that is general in nature. Please always refer to your preferred health professional for advice suited to your personal healthcare requirements.

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Pick the perfect winter indoor plants

With frosty Canberra mornings on the horizon, indoor plants can be the safest option to nurture over winter – but which ones will thrive and which will perish? To answer this, we’ve created a cheat sheet of the best winter indoor plants for your home. You’re welcome.

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1 Snake plant $45.95, The Green Vine in Braddon If you’re not a green thumb at the best of times, let alone in winter, a snake plant is the plant for you! They rarely need repotting and thrive in either full sun or partial shade along with dry air – perfect for a Canberra winter.

2 Devils Ivy Pothos $21.95, The Green Vine in Braddon Trailing over bookshelves and climbing up walls, blink and your pothos will be metres long! This super-grower can handle an uneven watering schedule, tolerates almost any light conditions and, just like Elsa, it isn’t bothered by the cold.

3 Cymbidium orchid $175, Heritage Nursery in Yarralumla Cymbidium orchids require low temperatures and lots of light, so place in a sunny spot, preferably next to a window, and watch them blossom. Technically outdoor plants, it’s suggested to move them inside during the colder months, making them the perfect winter indoor plant.

4 Robusta Indian rubber tree $49.98, Bunnings Pop in a spot with bright, indirect light, remember to clean your leaves to help the plant breathe, water once or twice a month, and you’re set! Rubber plants are generally an easygoing plant, and can tend to thrive during winter.

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5 Aloe vera $11.48, Bunnings As long as your aloe vera is placed in a very bright space inside throughout the winter months, it should be absolutely fine. Aloes tend to flower in abundance during the colder months, so just make sure they’re well drained – and enjoy the blooms.

6 Christmas cactus $18, cheekyplantco.com.au The Christmas cactus earnt its name in the northern hemisphere due to its beautiful pink flowers that bloom during winter. It’s literally built to prosper in the chilly months and is generally hard to kill – just keep in a sunny spot, don’t water too regularly, and enjoy the pop of pink in your home.

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The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home. ACT residents most likely to reduce energy usage Considering the world ‘Ngunnawal’ in the local Aboriginal language means ‘cold place’, it’s no surprise Canberra’s reputation of being chilly during winter is true. Although, when it comes to energy usage during the colder months, a recent study revealed ACT residents are more likely to reduce heating appliance usage to save on energy bills, compared to the rest of Australia. The study conducted by money. com.au, showed 50 per cent of ACT respondents will limit their heating this winter, 58 per cent will reduce their non-essential appliance use, and 62 per cent will only use energy when absolutely necessary. Unsurprisingly, Queensland residents are the least conscious about their energy usage in winter with just

35 per cent reporting they’ll limit their heating or cooling in winter. Financial adviser, Helen Baker, has five top tips for Canberrans on ways to reduce pricey electricity and gas costs during winter: Install solar panels; Switch to a combination of gas and electricity; Compare energy provider rates; Put money towards your energy bills each week; Install good quality lightbulbs. The full survey results can be found at money.com.au

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Country yet contemporary Bundanoon NSW 27 Grice Drive Creating a new benchmark for architectural style in the NSW Southern Highlands, this ultraluxurious sanctuary is up for sale and is set to be hot off the block. The pinnacle of contemporary design, this home is breathtakingly beautiful, and boasts state-ofthe-art finishes and fixtures, an effortlessly functional floorplan, and premium stone benchtops with waterfall ends. The four generous 38

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bedrooms are light-filled and lavish, entertaining is at the forefront of the design with a beautiful indoor to outdoor flow, and the outdoor fireplace could easily be the hub of the home. Nestled on an exclusive halfacre allotment, 27 Grice Drive is surrounded by stunning country vistas. Located in Bundanoon’s most desirable street, this freestanding residence is exquisite, combining

flawless craftsmanship with timeless elegance. Just a short drive to Bundanoon village, this property really is the perfect family home. With extra features such as an additional scullery adjacent to the outdoor covered alfresco, oversized sink basins, rainwater showerheads, ample storage, underfloor heating, doubleglazed windows throughout, and bedrooms with bespoke custom

cupboards and integrated desks, this incredible property is an opulent family haven.

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R E A L E S TAT E

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under the hammer

$3,350,000

17 Pindari Crescent, O’Malley

$3,600,000 Civium

28 Pindari Crescent, O’Malley

$3,350,000 Civium

6 Molineaux Place, Farrer

$1,850,000 Maloneys

25 Jacka Crescent, Campbell

$1,780,000 Belle

54 McKinlay Street, Narrabundah

$1,650,000 Hayman Partners

11 Castlereagh Crescent, Macquarie

$1,637,000 Maria Selleck

145 Sculthorpe Avenue, Whitlam

$1,600,000 Confidence

24 Ashton Calvert Street, Casey

$1,570,000 Luton

5 Laurel Place, Jerrabomberra

$1,510,000 McNamee

140 Paul Coe Crescent, Ngunnawal

$1,435,000 Ward

2/58 Betty Maloney Crescent, Banks

$716,500

LJ Hooker

7 Maclaurin Crescent, Chifley

$1,425,000 Hayman Partners

124 Stockman Avenue, Lawson

$710,000

McGrath

6/45 Honeysett View, Kingston

$1,295,000 Hodgkinson

32 Hibberd Crescent, Forde

$709,000

LJ Hooker

9B Hacking Crescent, Narrabundah

$1,290,000 Hayman Partners

13/60 Copland Drive, Evatt

$703,000

Blackshaw

9 Blackman Crescent, Macquarie

$1,200,000 Luton

59 Currong Street, Braddon

$700,600

JWLand

138 Namatjira Drive, Chapman

$1,200,000 Blackshaw

32 Jabanungga Avenue, Ngunnawal

$695,000

Raine & Horne

31 Forest Drive, Jerrabomberra

$1,180,000 Michael Potter

69 Fincham Crescent, Wanniassa

$690,000

Solely

49 Fowles Street, Weston

$1,150,000 Bertram Ellis

19 Stanfield Close, Kambah

$685,000

Property Collective

18 Haven Street, Harrison

$1,121,000 McGrath

2 Moore Place, Banks

$680,000

Property Collective

305/6 Provan Street, Campbell

$1,065,000 LJ Hooker

3/111 Keverstone Circuit, Isabella Plains $677,000

LJ Hooker

29 Barnard Circuit, Florey

$1,010,000 Blackshaw

5/3 Newlop Street, Ngunnawal

$672,000

Blackshaw

17 Souter Place, Weston

$1,000,000 Bertram Ellis

23/36 Fink Crescent, Calwell

$667,500

Property Collective

8 Jessie Street, Forde

$1,000,000 Blackshaw

35/260 City Walk, City

$665,000

Boris

20 Eaves Street, Holt

128 De Little Circuit, Greenway

$997,500

LJ Hooker

44/66 Allara Street, City

$640,000

Independent

108/19 State Circle, Forrest

$965,000

Maria Selleck

4 Morrison Street, Kambah

$630,000

Independent

27 Mundang Crescent, Ngunnawal

$950,000

Bastion

2/41 Ross Road, Queanbeyan

$600,000

Blackshaw

14 Paul Coe Crescent, Ngunnawal

$940,000

Independent

154/41 Chandler Street, Belconnen

$595,000

Blackshaw

152 Kosciuszko Avenue, Palmerston

$865,000

Independent

1203/15 Bowes Street, Phillip

$565,000

Property Collective

12 McHugh Street, Evatt

$850,000

Timothy RD

223/12 Limburg Way, Greenway

$550,000

LJ Hooker

30 Melomys Circuit, Throsby

$845,000

Canberry

1/18 De Burgh Street, Lyneham

$543,500

Luton

193 Clive Steele Avenue, Monash

$840,000

Cream Residential

206/41 Chandler Street, Belconnen

$500,000

Edge

22 Saggers Close, Gordon

$821,000

Solely

28/38 Mort Street, Braddon

$480,000

LJ Hooker

8 Gatliff Place, Florey

$820,000

Independent

37/15 Braybrooke Street, Bruce

$440,000

McGrath

23 Maranboy Street, Fisher

$820,000

LJ Hooker

37/15 Braybrooke Street, Bruce

$440,000

McGrath

20 Boote place, Spence

$815,000

Town Residential

29/1 Mouat Street, Lyneham

$425,000

Upside

10/11 Kerridge Street, Kingston

$810,000

Upside

230/60 College Street, Belconnen

$391,000

Leader Capital

11 Grannall Street, Forde

11 Foskett Street, Fraser

$805,000

Ray White

22/3-5 Davison Street, Crestwood

$375,000

Blackshaw

31 Quinlivan Crescent, Dunlop

$800,000

Blackshaw

11/9 Crest Road, Crestwood

$335,000

LJ Hooker

11/22 Dulcie Holland Crescent, Moncrieff $800,000

Blackshaw

18/38 Isabella Street, Queanbeyan

$301,000

LJ Hooker

10/47 Slessor Crescent, McKellar

$770,000

Ray White

18/38 Isabella Street, Queanbeyan

$301,000

LJ Hooker

402/47 Currong Street, Braddon

$717,000

Independent

Data is provided by agents. Source: Realestate.com.au

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28 Pindari Crescent Civium

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Agent

Justin Taylor 0414 701 465 McGrath Canberra Auction Sat 4 Jun 10.30am

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Major land auction in Turner

Raku Dining buys pavilion

An expansive 16,303sqm site on Northbourne Avenue with potential for up to 477 residential dwellings will be going under the hammer on 28 June, representing a rare opportunity for a local or interstate buyer. The ACT Suburban Land Agency will be releasing the block that sits in a prime location on Canberra’s major entry corridor, and Colliers is managing the sale on behalf of the ACT Government. Colliers Director Residential, Shane Radnell, said the site, “Block 4, Section 57, has Northbourne Avenue Street frontage and is located in the CBD suburb of Turner”. “Northbourne Avenue is the northern entryway into Canberra and it has been transformed since the inception of light rail. This public transport project has reinvigorated the city centre and surrounds by creating demand for high

A piece of Canberra’s history was sold to Raku Dining last month, with the exgovernment service building set to be transformed into a high-end dining experience. The Pavilion at 44 Constitution Avenue in Parkes was built in the 1960s and sold by JLL Capital Markets ACT senior executive, Mitch Frail, via an expressions of interest campaign on behalf of Amalgamated Property Group. “A building like this offers a variety of opportunities, and as such, we received significant enquiry from a variety of operators interested in the historic asset. The campaign

density housing along the light rail corridor. “Future residents of homes on the site being released for sale [today] will only be a short tram journey from the CBD or could even walk to town. Also on their doorstep is the popular dining precinct of Braddon and the lovely green space offered by Haig Park.” Colliers Director Land Marketing, Josh Reid, said, “Based on how popular, and how scarce, development opportunities along the light rail corridor are, we expect local and interstate developers will take a close look at this property”. “With CZ5 mixed-used zoning, planning guidelines allowing for a maximum of 477 residential dwellings and combined with the central and indemand location, this site will present an outstanding opportunity for whoever ends up being the successful purchaser.”

generated more than 85 enquiries and five bids,” Mr Frail said. Soho Hospitality Group general manager, Nic Clarke, said the company was “drawn to the unique freestanding building, in what we believe will be a fantastic location for a destination restaurant”. “We have engaged a design team to keep the heritage feel of the structure yet add harmony inside with an Asian themed pavilion. The vision for the restaurant will be a high-end, heavily Asian-influenced dining experience. “We are planning for the venue to be complete by mid2023.”

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Pop of pink Rivett 38 Bangalay Crescent Filled with character, charm and charisma, 38 Bangalay Crescent in Rivett is up for auction and awaits the perfect family to call this quaint property home. Built in 1971, this home has a functional and friendly floorplan, a beautifully renovated main bathroom and spa bath, generously sized bedrooms, a gorgeous master with an ensuite, polished timber flooring and an eye-catching timber kitchen. Settled on an expansive, grassy block, enjoy the lovely established trees and the abundance of gardening potential. Agents Andy Greenberger and Emma Robertson describe the home as the ideal entertainer, and said they “absolutely love” the large, sunken lounge room that boasts beautiful 40

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light and a striking, peachy pink feature wall. “This home is truly in the heart of Rivett, perched right across from the Rivett shops and oval, plus the community park and playground. This home has a history, previously used as a doctor’s surgery way back in the day, so this is a prime location,” they said. “This is an ideal first home buyer or family home. It has separate living areas, a large, secure backyard with flat grassed area for the children and pets to enjoy, and it has been updated throughout – though it welcomes the new owners to add their own personality. “It features a classic ‘70s feel to it with the timber detailing and beautiful front porch but has

modern and contemporary updates throughout making it perfect for today’s buyer.” Nestled on an RZ2 zone, 38 Bangalay Crescent is a future-proof investment, and with extra features including a 10kw solar PV system, gas wall heater, gas cooktop and electric oven, and rental potential between $630 to $650 per week, this four-bedroom home offers great possibilities.

EER 2.5 Auction Sat 18 Jun 12pm View On request Agent Andy Greenberger Mob 0400 819 650 Agent Emma Robertson Mob 0422 415 008 LJ Hooker Woden & Weston Creek (02) 6288 8888

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02 6249 7588

2 VESPER STREET, BATEMANS BAY

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

For Sale Development Block A once in a lifetime opportunity to develop this strategic piece of land known as the gateway of Batemans Bay. Council wants something special on this block which is approximately 14,063 sqm. Councils preferred options are: 1. Tourist and visitor accommodation 2. Conference and events facilities 3. Restaurants and cafes 4. Residential accommodation

This site would be ideal for a 5-star hotel. Maybe something of mixed use? Please note that council are willing consider changing the zoning and you can investigate height limits when submitting your offer. Your options are limitless! Over the road is the new Bay Pavilions and Aquatic centre and this site in in the heart of the CBD and next to the water which makes it a truly special location.

Expressions of interest will close by 5:00pm Friday 15th of July CALL Adam Sadil 0413 836 698 adam@sadilquinlan.com.au

www.sadilquinlan.com.au 11 McKay Gardens, Turner

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From the moment you arrive at the front entry of this elegant townhouse in the prestigious suburb of Forrest, you know you’re about to open the door to something special. With lightfilled interiors, ideal solar orientation to open-plan living areas, and a private manicured rear yard with a lawn area, this home is a must see.

EER Auction Price View Agent Mob

4.5 Thu 9 Jun 4pm $2,000,000+ Sat 4 Jun 11.45am-12.15pm Andrew Lonsdale 0428 486 692

Ray White Canberra (02) 6173 6300

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These 46 Townhouses all with double garages and internal access are located in the prestigious development of ‘Hilltown’ in the most scenic area of Taylor, opposite open, green fields and only a short walk to the Taylor Primary School. Designed to capture the views and with every convenience included, there is a choice of 3 Bedroom Ensuite Townhouses with double garages or 2 Bedroom Ensuite Townhouses with double garages. ‘Hilltown’ offers everything you would want in a home and is ideally positioned with nature reserves, the Taylor Adventure Playground, restaurants, shops and schools within a short walk. Meticulous attention to detail combining a combination of comfort and convenience, there are 6 different types of floor plans on offer to suit your needs. The selection of 46 Townhouses on offer at ‘Hilltown’ will appeal both to live in owners and investors. Prices for these luxuriously appointed brand new townhouses start from $669,000 EER 7.4

Open Saturday & Sunday 1.00pm to 3.00pm DISPLAY SUITE – SUTHERLAND CRES, TAYLOR (opposite playgrounds)

Alex Eimerl | 0409 007 313 | alex@codaestate.com.au

Homes starting from $670,000 We have a limited number of modern twobedroom homes (villa and apartments) available. Each home comes with: •

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Our residents love calling Bellerive Village home – and you will too. Our relaxed, contemporary retirement village makes it easy for you to make the most of every day. Ditch the mower and enjoy the social community, neighbours you know, and your own home without the time-consuming maintenance. We’ll even change the lightbulbs. For your day-to-day needs, Bellerive’s conveniently located close to the Canberra Hospital and the heart of Woden, home to Westfield, the bus interchange and many of Canberra’s premier clubs.

Call Donna Blackwell on 02 6169 3669 to book a tour now

15 Burnie Street, Lyons ACT 2606 www.bellerivevillage.com.au

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www.marigalgardens.com.au | 1300 884 784 Renders are for illustrative purposes only. Details are correct at time of printing and subject to change. May 2022.

Buy one of our brand new 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments off the plan and have time to plan your move. Why Marigal Gardens? We believe in making over 55’s communities where you can live the way you want. Marigal Gardens Apartments offer beautiful low maintenance homes in a safe and secure setting, as well as plenty of amenities and services on offer. Choose from a range of floor plans that let you live comfortably now and as your needs change. Make the most of life at Marigal Gardens, with: •

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A safe secure environment, with staff on hand 24 hours a day in case of an emergency.

Visit our display suite now Call 1300 884 784 to book your tour

21 Snodgrass Crescent, Kambah ACT 2902 Live life your way

Experience a secure low maintenance lifestyle Located in the heart of Deakin, just 300m from the shops and close to medical facilities, The Grange retirement village offers you independent living in your own private home without the hassle of the building maintenance, and the security of knowing staff are onsite 24 hours a day in case of an emergency. Join the vibrant and welcoming community where you can live life your way. Enjoy lunch or dinner in the private dining room. Take part in the many social activities or interest groups in the village. Keep fit at one of the regular exercise classes, the indoor pool or the many walking tracks nearby including Red Hill. Indulge your passion for culture at the many museums and galleries close by.

This beautifully renovated 2-bedroom home includes: • A spacious open plan kitchen with granite benchtops, living and dining opening onto a spacious balcony • Master bedroom with plenty of storage • Modern bathroom and separate toilet • Reverse cycle air conditioning/heating • Good sized internal laundry and dryer No stamp duty or building insurance required

Ready to move in now

Call for an appointment Monday to Friday on 02 6282 1782

www.thegrangedeakin.com.au | 67 McGregor St, Deakin ACT 2600

30 Broomfield Crescent Long Beach NSW Live the long beach lifestyle

This quality home built around 5.5 years ago by Hotondo Homes is a perfect move straight in proposition, the residence presents as new, all the landscaping is done so just put your feet up and enjoy your new home in a quality neighbourhood. Long Beach is a northern suburb of Batemans Bay only around a 10-minute drive to the main CBD of the Bay but is renowned for its quite easy living lifestyle and great access to the waterways, beaches and National parks in the area, so why hesitate the time is now to begin your new lifestyle.

8 Tallwood Crescent Rosedale NSW Retreat to Rosedale

Looking for a place to unwind and just let the joys of nature clear your mind this property may just be the one for you. Built to blend with nature does not fight it this home flows with the block so there are no ugly cuts and retaining walls. Built on a 1308sm nature lovers block on the water side of George Bass Drive its only around 670 meters to the golden sands of Rosedale Beach, so private the birds are your closest neighbours. So, no matter if it’s a holiday retreat or a permanent home this property is well worth consideration, it is being offered with most of the furniture and whitegood in place a list is available on request.

698sqm

For Sale $795,000-$830,000 View Saturday 4th June at 1.30-2.00pm Agent Rob Routledge 0414 235 976

1308sqm

For sale by auction declared reserve $950,000 11th June at 1pm View Saturday 4th June 11-11.30am Agent Rob Routledge 0414 235 976

24 Calton Road Batehaven NSW The home of zen

When you walk through the front door the home seems to embrace you with a light, calming feeling this continues to the upper level complete with great views over the ocean and Tollgate Islands. The good-sized back yard is split into two areas one I would call the contemplation garden with private seating in various areas to follow the sun perfect for those quite moments with your thoughts lost in the book you are reading or just shaking off the worries of the world.

452 Beach Road Sunshine Bay NSW From the front of the property you can hear the waves breaking and smell the sea at the beach at Sunshine Cove. The property is a short 160 metre stroll to the sands of sheltered Sunshine Cove just across the road. There are filtered views to the Cove and out to the ocean from the front of the property, including the lounge room, study and front bedroom. The block is large at 917sm and fairly level, fully fenced in Colourbond with rear access and room to store your van and boat into the backyard, in a rear parking bay. The home itself is all on one level with Hampton style weatherboard cladding and Colourbond roof .

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However, we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided.Interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries.

873sqm

For Sale $1,200,000 View Saturday 4th June at 12-12.30pm Agent Rob Routledge 0414 235 976

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Price $1,300,000 View By appointment Agent Rob Routledge 0414 235 976

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