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Inaugural Wine Dinner In association with Forrest Vineyards Tuesday 30th March 2010

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Be amazed at the stunning beauty of over 100,000 Australian plants Discover the woodland picnic area & walk cycle tracks.

Relax in the Boonerwurrung Cafe overlooking the Garden Autumn Events: Boutique Bush Tucker 13 March Melb Food & Wine Festival Join us for an evening of Australian native foods, local wines & music against a spectacular backdrop.

Eucalypt Festival 27 March-9 May Experience this popular Festival with a range of fun walks, workshops, family programs and kids’ activities.

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Coast life

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15 minutes of fame Tony Briggs

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2 (coast) people John Rees & Diana Beggs

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Where to eat A quick handy guide on where to wine, dine and snack

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Dine Out Infused Restaurant and Wine Bar

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My favourite recipe Sherwoods Restaurant

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Feature Areas Kernot, Sth Gippsland & Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula p. 100

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Arts & Events guide

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Coast Property

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Coast Directory All of the great businesses in one easy listing.

features Surfer Profile We meet India Payne

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Powerful Prom Autumn in this majestic landscape

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A Dog’s Life Sheep Dogs revealed

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A Living Legacy National Vietnam Veterans Museum

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Artist Profile John Adam

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ART & CULTURE FEATURE We celebrate the arts on the coast

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Artist Profile Andrew McPherson

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Family Tree Meet this real-life family band

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Bunurong Pride The coast’s indigenous people are not forgotten

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Dancing for Reconciliation

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Lifestyle Review 124 A merry old house coast

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Once again we have met some interesting characters. Indigenous actor Tony Briggs talks about his life and we meet lovely couple John Rees and Diana Beggs who are sharing their life’s passions. Our feature artists include gold and silversmith Bronwyn Pratt, art legend John Adams and artist Andrew McPherson. Art and culture is perfectly complemented by fine food and wine, so we showcase the best places to eat and drink, and focus on our local wines. We feature the tiny Gippsland town of Kernot, take a drive to Red Hill, and hear the stories of Vietnam vet Gary Parker, local indigenous Bunurong people Sonia and Unlce Merv and rising star surfer India Payne.

We pay tribute to the coast’s working dogs, the theme of reconciliation and majestic Wilsons Prom in a magnificent photo essays and meet local band ‘Family Tree’. And there’s lots more to fill your autumn days.

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I am not alone in being in awe of this beauty and wonder and, in this edition, we focus on our incredible artists who so often capture the magic of landscapes, people and nature. We have had a great time putting our Art and Culture Feature together and we hope you also get inspired! The feature showcases the inspiring artists and galleries and a guide to all the exhibitions and art happenings this autumn.

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I have been known to say that summer is my favourite season on our coast, but I need to ask for an equal second – autumn. Still days, festivals and clear starry nights sum up this gorgeous season for me.

The hectic pace of summer is behind us, yet there is still plenty of warm weather to enjoy, and picnics, parties and events to attend. The stunning natural beauty of our coast shines resplendent, and those long days mean I am still wandering along the beach at 8pm with my pooch. Extreme tides change the coastline on a daily basis, washing up treasures from the ocean depths, and waves leave scatterings of star-like luminescence along the shore.

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Island sculptor, DAK is proud to unveil his latest creation recently installed at Churchill Island. The design resulted from collaboration with Newhaven College students. “I loved the students’ enthusiasm and energy and their ideas were very cool. We decided that the ‘mating, fluffing’ stance was best.”

Made of vintage cutlery and car parts, the skeleton-like bird prances in the garden outside the Visitor Centre. “The knives give the ‘frizzy bit’ and the forks are the soft, fluffy bit of the tail. My favourite piece is the beak which is the gear changer of an old Holden,” says DAK who can be contacted on 0418 366 016.

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With the overwhelming news of the earthquake disaster in Haiti, Orphfund has initiated a campaign to raise funds for some of the children who have been affected to build a much-needed orphanage. Orphund guarantees 100% of the donation will be used to help victims of the disaster. www.orphfund.org

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Gippsland’s 3MFM is now streaming live on the web.

This dynamic station, based in Inverloch, relies on its over 40 volunteers to run. “Now you can listen to us anywhere,” says Wendy Williams, President of the Committee of Management. Just log onto our homepage and click the link to listen – it’s that easy!

3MFM presents a wide range of programs with their main focus of Hits and Memories from the 60’s to today playing from 6am to 6pm Mon - Fri. Outside these hours are specialty programs for all ages and tastes. 3mfm also keeps you up to date with all the local info. “Natalie Lee, who presents Continental Cabaret has listeners in Europe,” says Wendy proving the power of the good old internet. www.3mfm.com.au 88.1, 89.1 & 89.5 on your dial.

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music Wonthaggi-based Patricia Freeman has many strings to her bow; singing back up for Mark Gillespie with her sister Gay and recently opening ‘Pipi’s Art Gallery’ in Wonthaggi to name a few. Her love of singing led her to a collaboration with Jane Hobson Chambers to write the musical ‘Lady of the Swamp’ – a true story of mystery based on the banks of the Tarwin River. The soundtrack, produced

by Chris Wilson is available from Pipi’s Art Gallery, Westend Arcade, 152-154 Graham St, Wonthaggi. Call 5672 2036.

On Sunday April 11, Glen Isla house will host a garden party to funds raise funds for the You Are My Sunshine Foundation (YAMS). There’ll be fun and games for kids.

For adults there’s wine, jazz, quoits, auction and more. You will bring hope into the lives of those suffering from the childhood cancer, Neuroblastoma. Sun April 11, 12.30-4pm.

Tix @ gate. Call 5952 3369.

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Calling all mothers! If you would like some buddies to take to the waves during school hours with, then this is for you. Some Phillip Island mums are looking to get together for a regular surf while the big kids are at school. “It’ll be very informal.

Mums can just come, bring the little ones and have some fun,” says Lou CurtisSmith. We’ll share the care so we all get a surf and the kids are safe and happy.

There’s no need to be an experienced surfer, this is just a way to have fun with the gals. Please email Lou at kahlilla@tpg.com.au to register your interest.

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inner space design Residents of the coast are lucky to have the experience of award winning building designer Geoff Rodda who recently relocated his business, Inner Space Design, from Melbourne to the coast.

He has the unique ability of creating innovative solutions to challenging residential, commercial and boutique projects. If you appreciate being involved in every stage of the design process, ensuring incorporation of lifestyle needs, effective use of space, natural light and energy, contact Geoff on 0408 138 065 or groddabdav@iprimus.com.au

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Carmel Lynch still has the photos of when she won ‘Miss Garden Party’ in Wonthaggi in 1963.

“I was only 18 and felt pretty special,” she says. Carmel recalls. Patti Newton (then McGrath) presenting her sash, and being “very nice”. The festive Street Parade and Garden Party were an annual highlight on Wonthaggi’s social calendar and their magic will return on 20 March, as part of the Centenary Celebrations. Frock up girls because The Garden Party will see the return of the Matron and Miss of the Garden Party Competition.

Carmel is also looking for past Garden Party winners to come forward for this special day.

You can contact her on 5678 5455 or at www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

red hill turns35 Back in 1974, four couples hatched a plan for a market over dinner. They dreamt of a local gathering to sell or barter seasonal produce, crafts and foods.

They screen-printed posters and nailed them to trees and poles to advertise the first market which was held in September 1975. With 28 stalls, the market spilled out into the street and hippies handed market-goers spring daffodils and boronia.

It was, and continues to be, a ‘feel good market’. www.craftmarkets.com.au

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Actor, writer and Yorta Yorta man, Tony Briggs, has worked hard to get to where he is. After making his own ‘sea change’ to Gippsland, he and his family enjoy time on the coast and travelling Australia to work on projects like TV show, ‘The Circuit’ and feature film ‘Bran Nue Dae’. It’s the spirit of his family and ancestors that keeps him grounded and forging ahead in this difficult industry.

fifteenminutesoffame An early memory?

Playing with my cousins when we were living in the commission flats in North Melbourne. We used to push each other around in an old pram and go really fast up and down the balcony aisles. Sometimes we were 20 storeys high!

How did acting come into your life?

It was when I saw David Gulpilil in the film, ‘Walkabout’. I can still remember the first time I saw him on screen, exactly where I was standing in the lounge room and the scenes I saw. I thought ‘wow’, and that was when it came into my mind that things like that were possible for me, too. I was 15 when I did my first school production in Melbourne. Then athletics and rugby got in the way for many years - athletics was my dream. I got back into acting with a role for stage when I was 19, and worked with the late Bob Mazza and Justine Saunders, Jedda Cole and Maryanne Fahey. Aunty Justine and Uncle Bob were a big, big influence on me. They were the trailblazers as far as indigenous theatre in this country is concerned. It was an honour to be able to work with them.

A career highlight?

When I wrote the stage play, ‘The Sapphires’. I had always felt that I wanted to express myself in another way such as writing, and I wasn’t sure if I could or not. In my thirties, I thought ‘I’ll have a go at it and try and get it out of my system’. It’s a story based on my mother – she went to Vietnam with her sister and performed as a back-up singer for the American troops. It put me on a new path and gave me back my confidence to do all kinds of things.

Your best acting role so far?

Without hesitation, my recent role in the TV series, ‘The Circuit’. When I got the phone call, I just couldn’t believe it, and the first thing my wife

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said was ‘I’m coming to Broome too!’. I can’t speak highly enough of the experience of working closely with Aaron Peterson and also being directed by him.

What impact does your culture have on your life?

My culture is enourmously influential. It has been the driving force behind almost everything I have done in my professional life. I wanted to be a writer because I saw the cultural influence that my late aunt Hyllus Maris had. She wrote ‘Women of the Sun’ with Sonia Borg in the 1980s and it was a huge hit. She encouraged me to try new things and just believe that I could succeed.

Why did you make a sea change?

Children. After we had a baby, I asked my wife what her dream was.

She said it to live in the bush, and my dream was to be near the ocean and have access to bush. We decided to have a go at it and see what happened. People often ask us if we are still happy ‘there’, but we love it! I’m often away for work and the family comes with me, but we love coming home. I am glad that my kids are growing up in the country, because I have great memories of it – although it was good fun riding those trolleys around on the twentieth floor.

The importance of family to you?

My family keeps me grounded. I know that’s a cliché, but they encourage me to follow my heart and are the sole reason why I keep pushing through in an industry that is unforgiving and uncompromising. Unless you are an Angelina Jolie or a Brad Pitt, acting is a hard road – there are not many Denzel Washingtons out there, if you get my drift… C

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It was music that originally brought John ‘Men at Work’ Rees and Diana Beggs together, but now it’s so much more. This is a real meeting of minds: the couple have just opened their own business in Meeniyan teaching maths, music and chess…

John:

I was born in Wangaratta, way back in the dark ages! We moved to Melbourne when I was seven. My mother was a music teacher and I wanted to be a conductor all my life until I realised how much work it was.

I learnt piano and violin, then moved on to guitars. I was studying music at the conservatorium, but constantly day-dreamed, so I walked out. I thought: ‘I’m already playing, teaching and composing’. I wish I’d had the wisdom to finish my degree.

In the mid-seventies, I had my own recording studio, and played in a band called Chitaqua that went to number 40 on the charts in 1973.

Then the whole music industry changed: punk and minimalism came into fashion and old rock gods were gone. After that, I was doing a lot of things at once; jazz, rock and roll, blues. The band broke up, and I started a record company to put out independent jazz records.

Jerry and Colin who formed Men at Work asked me to play bass. The band took off and we had a good time together between 1979 and 1983. You can imagine what it was like moving so fast from pub gigs to playing the Grammies - it was amazing! Jerry Lee Lewis walked past at the Grammies and said, ‘I like your stuff, boys!!”. When we got back from our last American tour, we were burnt out. There was a lot of pressure and the band sort of fell apart. I’m still coming to terms with the whole experience.

After that, we thought we’d get out of the city. I loved Gippsland, so we bought some land for the children to settle and have a great lifestyle. I’ve been here ten years now. My marriage broke up and, in 2006, I was talking to a friend on the street in Korumburra. A lady came and parked her bike and overheard us talking about music and said hi. We were looking for piano players, so I got her number and mentioned what beautiful blue eyes she had. It wasn’t really a pick-up line: I wasn’t looking for anyone!

I had a broken heart and wasn’t sure who to trust. I was open to new friends and a new life, and I think my heart gradually warmed up.

We played music together and then realised we had so much to share – like music and swimming and horses. I liked her intelligence. One day, before I knew her very well, she was in Foster and I said she was welcome to go to my place and play the piano. That was when she fell in love with me, I think. We starting going out after that. My life was a bit messy, so I wanted to honour my part and not go for it until I was a free man. But that’s all behind us now. Eventually, we decided that we were adults with adult kids, we loved each other, so we should get married.

We got married at the church in Fish Creek in December 2008. We decided suddenly: Diana’s father was not well and her sister was visiting from Europe. We had to tell our friends, ‘We are getting married in two weeks!’. Being a male, I just wanted to get it over and done with. Diana had other ideas. We started with a guest-list of 30, and ended up with 80 or 90! There was music and poetry and a lot of joy. It was a great wedding, fantastic. A friend wrote a song for us; it was completely low-budget and like a festival with friends bringing food and music. Di ordered a jumping castle and wore trousers on the day, just so she could jump!

After the ceremony, we went down to the rail trail for our photos.

Because we had spent so much time there, we thought it represented our life journey. We don’t know where we are going, but we are going there

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together. With Diana, I feel joy and I have someone to share music with.

We can share other things, too: it’s a real interaction of minds, and our love is growing.

Diana:

I grew up in Croydon and went to Melbourne University to do maths/science. I started playing piano professionally and was offered a really good gig in the snowfields. From there, I got a good gig in a restaurant in Sydney, so I didn’t do a lot of uni that year. I was in the music scene in Sydney and then thought, ‘Yep, it’s time to go back to uni’. Then I worked as a strapper in horse-racing stables. When I close my eyes and think of greatness and what God is, it’s really encapsulated in horses: grace, simpleness, fire. I ended up riding track work - it was a whole new world, like walking compared to white-water rafting. You just have to let go - it’s really a job best done in your twenties.

I had always been fascinated with astrophysics, so I went back to uni and did some post-graduate work in maths, and some tutoring. Even though I loved it, I found the sedentary lifestyle didn’t suit me. I was asked to give a recital for Fred Hollows and from there, to do a professional recital at Monash. I felt very ill-equipped, but had seven months to prepare a program of Chopin. It went well, but I spent the next few years practising four hours a day. To play that music, you really need the technique. It’s about the experience: you need to make it an intuitive thing, to have the piece in your fingers and mind so you can close your eyes and drift off somewhere else.

I ran a riding school in Mornington and during that time, I got married and had my son, James. My marriage broke up in 1995, so I ended up in Darwin with James and did some good gigs there. When I came back, some old chess mates were getting a chess teaching business going. I worked with them and then at Caulfield Grammar as a sessional teacher of extension maths and loved it.

In 2006, I wanted to move to the country to have room for horses, but then you realise there’s so much more. The day I signed the contract to teach at Korumburra, I met John. I was genuinely interested in him and we had some friendly conversation, but I was neutral. When he turned to take my number and write it down, I was struck by his quality of grace. I didn’t know anything about him, but I was struck.

We played music together and I was happy to be friends - although I did think he was pretty hot, and such a gentle and brilliant man. I also thought he was definitely too young for me - he is actually a few years older, but he’s the rockstar!

We both love teaching and playing music together. Our new business is about empowering students of all abilities through developing confidence and skill. That is our passion.

With John, I feel incredible joy. John can share my soul voice. I feel comfortable with the really tender things that are hard to share with anyone else. He understands my sense of wonder and beauty. John is one of very few people who really know me; it’s a soul level of friendship, as well as the romance - everything. We are independent, but what’s good for one is good for both. He is incredibly loving to everyone: he’s a lovely man. C

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India’s Odyssey There’s only one thing standing between India Payne and the big-time pro-surfing circuit – she totally lacks a mean streak. We track down the sunny 15-year-old Islander and discover whether she can find the inner ‘tough chick’ - or, “be more tactical,” as she diplomatically puts it. words sue webster photos clare plueckhahn “I’m terrible on my strategies – I’ve got to work on that. The older competitors are heaps more savvy – they’ll sit on the inside of a wave and block someone. I just haven’t got that competitive nature. I’m having to learn to get nasty.”

She’s not lacking the talent: last December, she and her schoolmate Nikki Van Dijk won the MR Shield, a national schools pairs title at Coolum. She’s not lacking the willpower: she’s in the water every day. Nor does she lack grit: in October she scored a slash to the forehead from flyaway fins.

A faint scar remains … as does the dedication.

She could do with a little more experience – Nikki and she are two of the youngest competitors on the Pro-Junior circuit. And if it takes luck, well, she’s already hit the jackpot in her choice of parents. Her mum Sally is clearly her greatest fan and her dad Andrew is the person who first introduced her to the sport. It started when she was only eight months old. Andrew plonked her on his surfboard on a flat, calm day at Cat Bay. Andrew wanted his daughter to share his love of

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surfing: now she’s the one giving him the tips. And does he take them? She shrugs – teenager Morse code for ‘maybe yes … maybe not’.

She can’t recall that first encounter with fibreglass fever.

India’s earliest memories are probably surfing at YCW (on Phillip Island) and her first board, decorated with eight flowers because she was eight years old. Now she maintains a dizzying schedule, training with Adrian Sorati on Phillip Island and Jenny Boggis whom she visits every couple of months in Queensland. India attends comps across the country and surfs around the globe. In the last six weeks of 2009, India, her parents and sister Lani, 12, travelled from their Cape Woolamai home to Tasmania, to Jan Juc, to Coolum and then to Hawaii – all in the pursuit of surf. In April she’s taking in the tubes in Sumatra, and calling into Bali – she’s been there seventeen times in her fifteen years Surfing has shrunk the world for the Payne family, even if it does mean travelling with up to seven surfboards. This>

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isn’t a cheap sport in terms of money, hours or commitment. That could be why India is one of only three girls among the ranks of serious Phillip Island surfers. And it was their rarity that has seen India, Nikki and fellow female surfer Jess Laing star in a 45-minute documentary filmed by Claire Gorman, a former Newhaven College student. It is due for its premier at Torquay on April 4, then at Cowes on April 9 before screening at Federation Square on April 27. Some of the footage was filmed during the Hawaiian holiday. “In the beginning it was just a local movie, but not now,” she said. “It’s big, big.”

She spends about a day each week with the filmmaker. The surf scenes were easy, but she found to-camera sessions unsettling.

“I don’t like answering questions,” she said, chasing biscuit crumbs round and around the plate with the tip of her finger. Her teeth are still in braces. Her interview technique is a bit gawky. She’s not a polished film professional, but then again… she’s not chasing movie-stardom. She really only wants to be a pro-surfer.

“I don’t have an option B,” she said. She did once have another option.

India reached state level when she was swimming competitively with the South Gippsland Bass swimming team. Her swimming coach told

“I haven’t had the perfect moment yet.

Nothing has lined up with my expectations.

I’ll just have to keep surfing, I suppose.”

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her she had the potential to be a very good swimmer. “But surfing was more fun than swimming, plus I’m not a fan of chlorine,” she said.

So, at the age of ten, she chose her future and gave up competitive swimming.

Nor is she going to make headlines with any other sports, especially not ball sports (“I’m so unco-ordinated”). But when it comes to surfing, she’s smitten, though her typical day starts not with a check-up of the surf, but breakfast. “I’ve a terrible diet. It’s shocking. I love junk food, I’d eat it all the time if I could, if my mum wasn’t here!” It fuels her up for the daily surf and a visit to the gym twice a week, where she works on her legs to build flexibility and endurance. “I need to bend more,” she says. “And I have a problem: whenever I jump up, I put my back leg up first. I’ve done that forever and if I try to do it the other way, I fall off.”

So it’s back to the ocean, to boost her technique and to try to find her ultimate surf rush. “I don’t have a favourite spot; I like to surf everywhere,” she said. “And I haven’t had the perfect moment yet.

Nothing has lined up with my expectations. I’ll just have to keep surfing, I suppose.” C

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One year on from a devastating fire, Wilsons Promontory National Park is bursting with new growth and promise . . .

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Wilsons Promontory National Park is one of this planet’s most stunning destinations. Perched on mainland Australia’s southernmost point, it is home to a variety of special landscapes and wildlife including Victoria’s largest coastal wilderness. This autumn, ‘The Prom’, as it is affectionately known is showing its true colours as bright new growth erupts in areas blackened by fire in February 2009.

The fire barely made headlines at first. It began the day after ‘Black Saturday’ when lightning struck just north of ‘The Cathedral’ – a mountain near of Sealers Cove on the remote east coast. Visitors and staff were evacuated the next day leaving crews to bravely fight the spreading firefront - for over 30 days. In total, over half the park (25 000 hectares) was burnt including many diverse habitats, the fire coming frighteningly close to the main facilities at Tidal River. Many, but not all Australian landscapes are hard-wired to survive fire, and some of the Prom’s delicate rainforests may never fully recover.

The park reopened on March 21st 2010 and works continue to make visitor areas safe and accessible.

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Even such a large fire cannot take away from the Prom’s magic – in fact it’s enhanced it. Along the road between the main Park gate and Tidal River, the sheer extent of the burn becomes evident. As well as being a landscape of beauty, it is also one of stark contrast. In parts, it’s The Prom you know and love, nothing has changed. In other areas, the difference is apparent. Like the miles of endless sand dunes that have been revealed, naked of the vegetation that once concealed their existence. This vegetation became ash and in turn will provide a nutrient-rich bed for new growth to establish.

There are also areas of beautiful contrast and hope - iridescent green shoots erupting from charred, black logs. And, the poignant moments - a lone echidna, usually hidden in the undergrowth wandering through open areas in search of food. The captivating coastal views remain unchanged; so be prepared to have your breath taken away as your round the bend and the blue waters of Bass Strait and the majestic granite islands come into view.

The main hub of the Park, Tidal River, remains the same. The Park Visitor Centre, store, café, camping areas and cabins sit amidst the lush vegetation by the banks of Tidal River. Norman Bay is perfect for walks, swims, surfing, kayaking and snorkeling, all the while overlooked by majestic Mt Oberon. This 533 metre-tall mountain came out of the fire unscathed and the 3.6km hike to the summit is a bit of a challenge, but a sunset or sunrise from this peak is an experience you’ll never forget… Check with Park staff on the day of your visit for all track updates. The visitor centre will give you all the up to date information on the park’s ongoing recovery. C Just 200km from Melbourne, Wilsons Promontory National Park is home to over half of Victoria’s bird species, along with over 30 species of mammals. The waters of the surrounding Marine National Park shelter animals from large migrating whales through to tiny, delicate sea sponges. www.parkweb.vic.gov.au See more at www.coastmagazine.net

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countingsheep a dog’s tale . . .

words sally o’neill photos maria reed & warren reed

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We pay homage to the great Australian working dog - a four legged friend with a work ethic like no other.

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I admit it. I am a sucker for sheepdogs: well, Border Collies in particular. Renowned for their intelligence, agility and strong instincts, hundreds of years of breeding make them perfect for the job of herding sheep (and sometimes cattle). Every day, on farms around this coast, Border Collies of all shapes, colours and sizes are working hard for their dog-food!

We ventured down to a farm on the coast to capture the magic and humour of a gang of working dogs.

These canines work, eat and play together, and each has its own personality. Most of these puppies are trained for serious farm-work as well as competing in sheepdog trials around the state. They also get plenty of time to play and run through the paddocks, which is quite a sight.

“Border Collies are wonderful dogs and right up there in the very top level of dog intelligence,” says Hilary Steenholdt of the South Gippsland Working Dog Group. This intelligence makes them perfect for the job of rounding up sheep as they have to remember many commands, think on their four paws and work in tandem with their owner.”>

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They are super-intelligent, and want to be stimulated or to work.

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The working collie dog developed in the border country of England and Scotland, so they came to be widely known as ‘Border Collies’.

Due to their intelligence, they are considered to be the world’s best sheep-herding dogs.

Border Collies come in rough and smooth-coated varieties and in the same range of colors as standard collies. Their stamina and strength means they can run for miles without tiring, so if you decide on having a dog of this type, you’ll need to give it plenty of exercise and brain stimulation! Their instincts are very strong, so the ‘rounding-up’ drive can come through in even the most domestic of Border Collies: don’t be surprised if they try to round up grandma, the kids or the chooks! C

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common sheep-dog commands Trainers use their voice or a whistle (or both). Hand commands are not effective because the dogs have to keep their eyes on the sheep!

Come-by - Move around the sheep in a clockwise direction.

Away / Away to Me - Move around the sheep in an anti-clockwise direction.

Stand/Stop - Said sharply, it means ‘stop’ and softly is ‘slow down’.

Get Back / Get Out – Back off from the sheep: you’re too close.

Lie Down - Stop, slow, lie down or just be still.

That’ll do – Stop working and come back to the owner.

Walk Up/ Walk On - Move calmly towards the sheep.

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Phillip Island seems an unlikely location for Australia’s National Vietnam Veterans Museum – yet thousands of visitors and veterans alike make the pilgrimage to its doors every year, and few leave with a dry eye… words susan webster photos warren reed

A box of tissues stands sentry at the National Vietnam Veterans Museum. “And it gets used. We’re always replacing it.” Museum president Gary Parker is heading into the museum’s ‘sound and light’ show. “Most ex-servicemen will well up as they watch the hologram overview of Australia’s longest war. I certainly did initially.”

Other shrines are built of stone and set in sweeping lawns and leafy avenues. The National Vietnam Veterans Museum is a big aircraft hanger huddled in the wind-blasted flats beside Phillip Island airfield.

The museum is a poignant, eclectic collection and growing every day, but it is more than just a storehouse of armaments and memorabilia.

“While the museum aims to bring to life the story of the Vietnam era, it has also become a place of healing,” said Gary, 65, who flew out to Vietnam in 1969.

“The war was one thing: the real shock was coming home. For many veterans there was no coming-down period. They might have been coast 40

in the jungle in Vietnam being experts in creating mayhem and then, two or three days later, in the backblocks of Korumburra on the farm or home playing Dad. There was no one to talk to, and anyway no one really wanted to know. The war was something that was shunned – or protested against: it was as if it wasn’t happening. We came back and no one said thank you. Even the RSL didn’t accept the veterans.”

“All sorts of bad habits developed. For many it was depression, selfmedication, alcohol, uppers, downers. Morbidity studies showed that Vietnam veterans were suiciding at an almost epidemic rate compared to the rest of society. Sometimes people can’t talk about it, but they come here and you can see they’re not travelling well. We are pleased that this place helps them by rounding things off.”

Gary has his own story of struggle. A simple photoboard amongst the hundreds of others in the museum shows the toll his going to war took on his family. “That’s the story,” he says of the board. “While the

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“We were told that the enemy put shaved glass in the ice cubes.

You began by drinking through clenched teeth!”

a legacy lives on wording may vary, it’s what hundreds of families went through.” His mother’s expression in the black and white photo says it all.

Fifteen-year-old Gary started in the army in 1960 as an army apprentice. He had already started an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic: “But in its wisdom the Army said, ‘We’ll accept you as a plumber’,” he laughed. Later he was sent to Portsea to train as an officer. “That was the toughest 12 months – mentally and physically – that I’ve ever put in.”

In 1965, fearing the spread of Communism across Asia, America was supporting the South Vietnamese against Communist-led northerners. Australia sent troops to support the US. Gary saw the friends he had trained with at Balcombe heading to war. “It was unthinkable that they’d be there and I wouldn’t.”

He was promoted to Captain in 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) as he flew out of Australia in 1969 for Nui Dat. “We knew that the Viet Cong generally wore these black pyjama-type clothes, and expected that anyone wearing them was going to be the beast. But as soon as you open the plane door, you see everyone is in black pyjamas!” The first of the culture shocks. He

laughed loudly and continued: “We were also told that the enemy put shaved glass in the ice cubes. You began by drinking through clenched teeth! I never saw this happen first-hand, but you were always aware of the possibility.”

It was during an early familiarisation tour that he witnessed landclearing operations alongside major roads and around villages. “There were D8 dozers, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and chaos. There was heaps happening and I decided that’s what I wanted to do.” He worked alongside graduates from the elite Royal Military College, Duntroon, in Canberra. “They were qualified engineers and I wasn’t, but I thought that I’d make my mark as a soldier.”

The Viet Cong ambushed troops out of the thick tropical scrub lining main supply routes. They also laid mines or command detonators in culverts alongside the roads. The land-clearing team had to clear 1km either side of the roads to deprive the enemy of cover. They then cleared jungle and scrub through vast areas to restrict freedom of movement by the enemy.

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For the leadership he displayed in his 12-month engagement, Gary was mentioned in despatches. “It’s not that you’re Mr Hero - but it’s acknowledgement that you’re doing your job.”

“Did you ever see the enemy?”

“Yes”.

“Alive?”

“No”.

After 23 years in the forces, Gary joined a Melbourne telecoms company. Like thousands of other veterans, the transition to civilian life wasn’t easy. “The guys had to get on with life, but then unwelcome, unwanted thoughts come in and they can’t cope,” he says, speaking in general terms. “Most guides here see a pysch every few months, and take medication. It just goes to show how people can look physically sound, but be suffering mentally. Being in a leadership or management role, makes it difficult to admit you can’t cope. But with treatment, people can revert to leading constructive lives which is proven by the number of business and museum awards that we have won at both national and state level.”

Gary is proud that his generation of veterans challenged things every step of the way and “clamoured for a counselling service to be established.” This process is now accepted throughout society; but in those days was revolutionary – and necessary.

When the firm he worked for went into went into receivership, he and wife Joanne sold their Glen Waverley house to make their sea-change.

“We drove out of the driveway and never looked back. Moved down here to the holiday house with our son, Blake. Best thing we ever did.”

Gary became museum president two years ago and is quick to acknowledge the work of many, quality volunteers especially John and Krishna Methven who really got the museum going. With a policy of “no gore, no bore”, the museum weaves many stories which are illustrated by original photos, letters, uniforms, armoury and objects such as the original balls used for the ballot system that determined the fate of many young lives.

Last August the museum acquired another of Australia’s most important pieces of Vietnam memorabilia: “a pathetic little beaten-up brown suitcase,” Gary marvelled. It contained a May 1966 telegram to the parents of South Australian Pte Errol Wayne Noack informing them of their son’s death, along with his Bible, medals, a photo of a lean-faced young man and film footage of his State funeral – the first National Serviceman to die in Australia’s longest war. Pass that tissue box. Over the ten years in Vietnam, Australia lost none of its firepower engagements … but more than 500 of its servicemen and women.

About 25,000 visitors a year arrive here - carloads, busloads, school groups and bearded blokes on snarly bikes - and are greeted by volunteer guides, most of whom are veterans. The current building opened in 2007 and is soon to double in size to house its aircraft fleet, including a Canberra bomber, a Wessex, a Bell Sioux and Cobra gunship helicopters.

As I leave, three museum visitors are speaking in Vietnamese at the front counter. One has a signed war memoir, translated, that he wants to donate. The book – like Gary and all the vets – has come a long way. C The National Vietnam Veterans Museum is open daily from 10am-5pm. coast 42

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JOHN ADAM a father’s influence

With a dashing pilot and businessman for a father, John Adam knew he was breaking all the rules when he wanted to become an artist. words katie cincotta photos christina prochazka

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ack in the 1950s, art as a profession was regarded by many as a worthless and trivial pursuit. “In those days, art was for idiots and bludgers,” says the sprightly 75-year-old, who paints from his studio in Cowes, between the Lovers’ Walk beach and the golf course.

John’s father was a handsome, well-educated gentleman who rarely stepped out in anything but a pinstripe suit. He made his living in the 1920s by giving joy rides and flying lessons in his Gypsy Moth – that magnificent type of biplane featured in the sweeping saga, Out of Africa.

“That’s how he met my mother Doreen in Maryborough, Queensland. She was a beautiful and vivacious woman. He landed right on the golf course where she was playing, and she took one look at him and said to her mates, ‘I’m having him’. ” John instead found his first love in the paintings of Arthur Streeton and the radical colours and brushstrokes of Paul Cézanne.

When he began drawing and painting as a teenager, he was instantly smitten by the mystery and the magnitude of the task. “It got me. The more I wanted to do it and failed, the more I wanted to know how to do it.” In his Year 10 art room at Melbourne Grammar, he discovered a print

by Cézanne that haunted him. “What I love about Cézanne’s paintings is their mystery and their awkwardness. It was rough, the paint went over the lines and the perspective was funny, but I could not stop looking at it.”

Pablo Picasso dubbed Cézanne “the father of us all” – an artist who bridged the gap between Impressionism and Cubism, using planes of colour and small, repetitive brushstrokes to produce optically complex fields.

But while his heart wanted to follow the ‘father of modern art’, John’s head told him to obey his real father, and so he began a Commerce degree at Melbourne University. Less than a year in, the 17-year -old realised he simply couldn’t fit the mould his father had cast for him. “It was a disaster. I used to nick off and go and look at pictures in the National Gallery.” >

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“My philosophy is just to keep doing what you can do, and if you keep at it, one of these days you might do something good.”

“For a few years I moved in Melbourne art circles, but I don’t think my personality would have survived in that milieu for very long because I don’t have the killer instinct. And I’m not all that concerned about success or failure. Winston Churchill once said, ‘Courage is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm’. My philosophy is to just keep doing what you can do, and if you keep at it, one of these days you might do something good.”

When he eventually confessed his intention to study art, his strait-laced conservative father was devastated and withdrew all financial support.

John found a solution in a teaching studentship, which allowed him to study art at Swinburne in exchange for three years of teaching. It led him to an eminent teaching career that brought him back to his boyhood school, Melbourne Grammar, where he served as the Director of Art for almost 20 years.

Some of his most memorable art students include Mitch Dowd, who created the boxer-short empire, and Angus Trumble, senior art curator at the Yale Centre for British Art. Precocious and curious, Angus was one of John’s most exceptional students, receiving 100 per cent in Year 12 Art. In Year 9, when John asked his class to write about a piece of work in the National Gallery, the 14-year-old chose Henry Moore’s ‘Seated Figure’ – a semi-abstract bronze. “His thesis – and I would call it that – was about the tension between the right hand and the left hand and how that was the key to understanding the work.”

In the mornings, Angus would come in early to test his teacher’s knowledge – pressing him for answers about artists and styles and criticism – an exchange that John found both amusing and challenging. But while he enjoys artistic debate, the heart-felt painter finds his true joy in transforming a canvas. “I am most alive when a painting takes me on its journey.”

One of John’s most magnificent paintings – titled ‘Labyrinth’ – was a reaction to the horror of September 11. “It started off as a painting of driftwood from Silverleaves beach, but while I was painting, that terrible attack happened on the Twin Towers, and all the destruction moved onto the canvas, with a nude female figure trapped inside.”

That painting now resides in the Royal Hotel in Loch.

Another of John’s most striking pieces was born after some intense art criticism from his wife Jenny. “She was sitting in her chair one night with a glass of wine and she said: ‘John, if I have to look at that painting for another day, I’m going to put my fist through it.” The ‘agitated’ painting was done during the turmoil of John’s second marriage, which was loaded, it seems, with angry energy. So, he painted over the canvas, leaving some of the original design in place, to produce a new and dramatic scene that looks like a surreal Uluru. Fellow artist Dale Hickey thinks that ‘art journey’ is one of John’s best works yet.

The two artists studied together and once shared a studio, but John describes his mate Dale as an artist who ‘made it’, with works that appear in major public collections across Australia. In 1967, John himself won a prestigious art prize at the Georges’ Invitation Show – Best Emerging Artist – but he admits fame and fortune were never on his radar. coast 46

That relaxed sense of humour seems to run in the Adam family. John’s brother Tony was a good-looking larrikin who landed one of Australia’s longest-ever modelling gigs, as the Marlboro Man. For a Gippsland farmer, smoking atop a horse was an easy ride, which he recounted in his memoir, Riding High. Now he’s a retired handyman on the Gold Coast, providing his services to elderly widows via a hilarious ad for the local paper written by his wife: “My husband Tony has made me happy for 40 years now. And he’ll make you happy, too!” John almost cries with laughter at the telling of it, but as much as he loves a great story, there’s a serious and sacred side to John’s life, and that’s his quest for knowledge. As part of that pursuit, in 1994 he made a pilgrimage to the art studio of his great French inspiration, Cézanne.

The experience was thrilling, and didn’t go unnoticed by the caretaker of Cézanne’s now public studio. “Monsieur, I can see that you love the master. When you leave, go up the hill, turn to your left, walk one hundred metres and turn around. That is the exact spot where he painted his last landscapes.” Even in his old age, Cézanne went out painting every day. One day they found him unconscious after a storm, claimed by the natural world he sought to immortalise. In the name of his ‘art’ father, John is equally dedicated to the craft and has no intention of putting down his brush. “I hope I can keep on painting till I cark it, just like Cézanne.”

And, as a tribute to his true patriarch, the father who instilled in him a grand reverence for education, John continues to give art classes to adults. “I’ve met artists who are very secretive about what they do, but I don’t feel that way at all. I really like sharing whatever it is that I know about painting.” C

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The Coast is imbued with thousands of years of indigenous culture and heritage which strengthen the vitality of the area.

There are many attractions for artists. Away from the bustle, there is time to be creatively inspired as nature provides moments of wonder. It is a magnet for an extraordinary diversity of artists, musicians, painters, photographers, writers, performers, textile artists, sculptors, and more - a community as varied and entrancing as its landscape. There are many artists’ studios where you can experience the atmosphere of creative spaces, or you can view their work in galleries, wineries, cafes and other supporting businesses.

Theatre is alive, and varies from community groups to professional tours, from musicals to drama and first-time productions. Writers are often hidden at their desks, but come together for workshops and festivals: watch out for their work on the shelves.

Don’t just be inspired by the coast, but be inspired by those it inspires.

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After living in the same patch of forest for 50 years, furniture artist Andrew McPherson made his sea change to Fish Creek.

Though the ride has sometimes been wild, he’s enjoying his new life in this creative town.

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For most of his years, Andrew McPherson was like one of the giant Mountain-Ash trees that surrounded his home in Toolangi. His roots ran deep into the soil and his heart belonged to the forest, the place that he explored as a young boy and then where he chose to raise his family. Yet, a month before turning the big five-oh, life as he knew it changed forever.

“I had a marriage breakup and it was time for a change,” says Andrew, as we take a seat at one of his hand-crafted tables. He did his research and decided upon Fish Creek. After some sweet-talking to acquire the town’s old butcher shop, he did an amazing reno - retaining original features such as the meat hooks and metal walls.

The result is an edgy, modern gallery and workshop named ‘Ride the Wild Goat’. The quaint town of Fish Creek didn’t bat an eye at such creativity. Locals are used to the area’s many artists, and the town already boasts galleries, groovy shops and cafes.

Andrew is a furniture-maker by trade. “When I left school, I worked for a large solidtimber furniture manufacturer and learnt the trade and then did some building.

After that, I worked for a mob who made furniture using recycled timbers from places like the old Fremantle wharf. I had a beautiful education in that, and focused on the traditional fine furniture set-up. Then I went out by myself and started making furniture at home.”

Despite his ‘classical’ training, he now exclusively uses secondhand materials and doesn’t feel the need to create perfect finishes. “It’s kind of a philosophical thing. I like objects to be useful, but I don’t cover any of the holes in the timber. I deliberately look for flaws - in years gone by, I would have cut them out. Something might drop through there,” he says, pointing to the table we are sitting at – “but life’s a bit like that. Things aren’t always smooth and even: you have to learn to work around the imperfections.” >

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Learning to paint changed the way I looked at furnituremaking. I can’t even do the fine timber finishes now - it’s not in me. I rough it up again and keep the story that’s already there.

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Honesty is Andrew’s underlying philosophy. “I embraced the tradition of doing beautiful dovetails and things, but they were all hidden. Now I’ve turned that around entirely. I show all the joints and fixings and use industrial bolts and fittings.

I’m after the honest story of the piece I am creating. Not everyone understands, but there are enough around who appreciate it. I find my work either has a big impact on people, or none at all. If something struck a chord with me at the time I made it, someone will eventually come along and it will click with them, too.”

Making furniture is only part of what Ride the Wild Goat is about. The gallery features hand-made furniture, art and objects, and hosts regular exhibitions and collaborations with local artists. “When I came here, I didn’t have much of a concept of what would be in the gallery. I knew I could make furniture and be respectable, but there were other things I was also very interested in. Furniture is what I know: I’m good at it, and I believe the pieces in the gallery reflect that. People can see the result of my 30 years’ experience – it’s clear that I know what I’m doing. In the end the pieces may look slapped together, but that’s the way I like it.”

“It had always been in the back of my mind to have a retail outlet attached to the workshop,” he says. “It’s great to have total control and make what I like – if it (the gallery) sinks or swims it’s down to me. You also get to talk to people: I have a hundred interesting conversations every day. It’s a privilege. I put a sign out if I’m not here saying I’m out the back building my house. I have a feeling of trust, and until it’s abused, I’ll keep going this way. I haven’t noticed anything missing yet, but then again my stocktaking is not that flash,” he jokes.

Andrew is also using his gallery to explore the “less safe” waters of his own art.

“I hadn’t actually painted a picture until three years ago,” he admits. “Learning to paint changed the way I looked at furniture-making. I can’t even do the fine timber finishes now - it’s not in me. I rough it up again and keep the story that’s already there: you get a little bit of the person who put notches in it 50 years ago, he explains.

After so many years in the forest, Andrew is learning to love the sea. “Back there, if I got stressed out, I’d just go for a walk in the bush. Now I go for a walk on the beach and that’s pretty special too. I’ve lived in two of the most beautiful places in the world, I figure.”

And I have to ask, how did the gallery come to be called Ride the Wild Goat?

“It’s a metaphor for my life over the last few years,” he explains. After my marriage breakdown, I felt like I was riding a wild goat, and just hanging on to survive. There were so many things I had to get done: finish the house, move the children . I just had to operate on total instinct and make intuitive decisions which took me in directions I wasn’t expecting. It’s kind of that analogy - you can’t quite direct a goat, but they are not dangerous like a tiger. It’s not how I lived life before, but I kind of got addicted to it. I feel like I’m on a new, second half of my life. Things are settling down now, but whenever I think I should get off, I chuck something else in the mix to shake it up.” CC

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Admire the astonishing detail of Celia Rosser’s botanical art. View sculpture and changing exhibitions, enjoy coffee, cake and a light lunch at our cafe. Browse the gift shop for unique objects crafted from banksia and maybe meet the artist herself!

Open Friday through Monday 10am to 4pm Closed for winter: mid-June to mid-Sept

Promontory Road Fish Creek VIC 3959 Tel. +61 3 5683 2628 www.celiarossergallery.com.au

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Australia’s leading Sculpture Park and Gallery set in 16 hectares of serene bushland, lakes and landscaped gardens in Langwarrin, 4 kms east of Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula. Entry by gold coin donation.

ADDRESS : 390 McClelland Drive Langwarrin, Victoria 3910 Australia.

PHONE : +61 3 9789 1671 FAX : +61 3 9789 1610

OPENING HOURS : Tues to Sun : 10am - 5pm Closed on Mondays and some Public Holidays.

McCLELLAND GALLERY CAFE : Tues to Sun : 10am - 4:30pm Book for a meal or function on +61 3 9789 1671

info@mcclellandgallery.com www.mcclellandgallery.com

Artwork Key: 1. Roman Liebach Wharf spears 2005; 2. Lisa Roet White ape 2005; 3. John Kelly Alien 2006; 4. Teisutis Zikaras Untitled (GPO) 1964; 5. Simeon Nelson Pollinator phenotype 2001 (detail); 6. Phil Price Grace 2007

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artists & galleries Heather Fahnle

Anita Stepano Ross

Beach St Garden Gallery

Heather Fahnle Dip. Arts is a sculptor, ceramic and mosaic artist, with a focus on rejuvenation both in her artwork and the recycled materials she sources and recreates. Her working studio ‘Mosaics by the Bay’ is surrounded by beautiful and peaceful gardens where she offers mosaic workshops. Unleash your creative soul by participating in this highly recommended day of fun, food and inspiration whilst creating your own piece of art.

Sought after contemporary artist with a pure, creative soul Anita brings light, colour and dimension to her subjects with each bold stroke. Inspired by her life, the beauty of nature, wildlife and the human form, all her work inspires and uplifts the viewer and creates calm or energy in any room.

Artists Robert Cauzzo and Brigitte Dawson have created an artist’s oasis at Beach St Garden Gallery. A stunningly beautiful gallery, the surroundings inspire all the senses, with gorgeous food, flowers, gardens, art, sculptures, murals and mosaics. All things beautiful are available here, including artwork, jewellery and hand-made decor. Visit once and you will definitely be back!

Where Ventnor, Phillip Island Call 0417 562 625

Where 12 Coastal Rise, Kilcunda Call 5678 7346 or 0412 105 841 Email anarte@dcsi.net.au

Where 162 Beach St, Frankston Call 9783 7109.

McClelland Gallery

Cheryl Petersen Galleries

Oak Hill Gallery

A wondrous mixture of art and nature, this open-air gallery is a truly magical experience.

Stroll amongst 16 hectares of native bush and landscaped gardens and enjoy an exhibition of over seventy sculptures from Australia’s premier artists. There are also three indoor exhibition spaces housing temporary exhibitions, a gift-shop filled with quality art treasures and books, and a cafe overlooking the gardens. Entry by gold coin donation.

Bold, bright, quirky, zesty and fun are only a few words that describe Cheryl Petersen’s paintings. Her abstracts, realism and contemporary works are created from emotion and inspired by colour. Once introduced to Cheryl’s work you will become an instant collector. Cheryl shares her talent and contagious energy, offering workshops for creative souls, and collaborates on artwork with other acclaimed artists. Open 7 days

This historic 19th century Italianate farmhouse has been converted into a perfectly setout community arts gallery with working artist studios. Passionate volunteers oversee innovative monthly exhibitions of contemporary and traditional art in all mediums and genres. Oak Hill is an excellent gallery for discovering new and emerging artists.

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Where 7/8 Edward St Somerville Call 5977 8724 WEB www.cherylpetersengalleries.com

360-390 McClelland Drive Langwarrin 9789 1671 www.mcclellandgallery.com

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100 Mornington – Tyabb Rd Mornington 5973 4299 www.oakhillgallery.com.au

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JohnAdam Studio.

Multi award winning artist Painting & drawing in any media in any style Art educator & consultant Sales & commissions Private lessons Consultancy

Visitors very welcome - best to contact first

8 Rose Ave, Cowes, 3922

phone 5952 3736

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ARTISTS STUDIO – Fine Art – Kilcunda Paintings/Drawings Oil/Acrylic/Charcoal

Book Illustration on commission, in any medium

Viewing of works by appointment

All works on exhibition for sale T 5678 7346 M 0412 105 841 Email anarte@dcsi.net.au Google redbubble . anarte

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artists & galleries Celia Rosser Gallery

Gecko Studio Gallery

Ride the Wild Goat

Celia Rosser is a world-renowned botanical artist conveying astonishing realism with her fine attention to detail. Taking over 25 years to complete, her 3-volume series,‘ The Banksias’ forms the basis of the work featured in her gallery along with works from numerous notable artists. Regular musical events also held. Open Friday to Monday 10am–4pm Closed mid-June to mid-September

With monthly exhibitions of new and contemporary artists, as well as stock of works from prior exhibits, Gecko Studio Gallery also offers a beautiful collection of jewellery, ceramics and select pieces by local artists. Michael and Kerry provide a high quality picture-framing service, specialising in exhibition framing. Gecko stocks an increasing range of art materials including papers, sketch books and print-making supplies.

Quirky, fun and functional, Ride the Wild Goat gallery/workshop is based around the furniture, objects and artwork of Andrew McPherson and other artists whose creations are also born from unusual media. Explore impressive and extraordinary art and furnishings from salvaged materials with an artist’s eye, and enjoy ever-changing exhibitions from local artists.

Where Promontory Rd, Fish Creek Call 5683 2628 Web www.celiarossergallery.com.au

Where 15 Falls Rd, Fish Creek Call 5683 2481 Web www.geckostudiogallery.com.au

Where 5 Falls Rd, Fish Creek Call 5683 2661 or 0417 370 596 Web www.ridethewildgoat.com.au

Gooseneck Pottery

Valley Plains Pottery

Mushroom Crafts Gallery

Award-winning potter Robert Barron created Gooseneck Pottery after learning techniques from craftsmen all over the globe. With his own style of hand-thrown, wood-fired stoneware, Robert also built one of Australia’s largest wood-fired kilns that is fired only twice a year and is a spectacle worth seeing.

Watch the creation of contemporary, sculptural and functional pottery by skilled ceramic artist Zak Chalmers. Valley Plains Pottery is a stylish gallery and studio with an earthy feel. Expansive rural views of South Gippsland form the backdrop to this creative space and wood-fired Anagama Kilns.

Beautiful unique pieces are waiting for you to fall in love with.

Mushroom Gallery and its Art & Craft space was designed by Marg Tattersall, who exhibits her own and local artists’ work. Every month offers a new exhibition of various media and genres in the intimate, well-lit gallery. Select from an extensive range of craft supplies including beads and Swarovski crystals and jewellery.

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60 Kardella – Fairbank Rd Kardella (via Korumburra) 5655 2405 www.gooseneckpottery.com.au

Where Nicholas Rd Leongatha Sth Call 0448 996 386

WHERE 40 Bair St Leongatha Call 5662 2144

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artists & galleries Pipis Gallery

Framed Inverloch

Acclaimed musician, songwriter and playwright, Patricia Freeman has recently opened Pipis Art Gallery in Wonthaggi. The gallery exhibits award winning local artists in a wide variety of mediums and genres.

Many paintings are inspired by the beautiful, rich and ever-changing scenery of Bass Coast and South Gippsland. New work is exhibited regularly making this a superb gallery to visit to find that perfect piece to admire in any home or office. Conveniently located in the same arcade as the Framing Art Place for all your art supplies. Featured artists: David Winterbottom, John Adam, Julia Price, Marueen Loughran, Bill Binks, Nicolas Day, Janet Thomas, Rebekah James, Lincoln McAlaister, Jo Ablett, Annalie Jordaan, Ann McRae and Rosemary Perry

Take advantage of the professional, experienced team at Framed Inverloch when framing your artworks. Consult directly with the framer and benefit from their years of experience in choosing the perfect style and colour. Bring an image to print and frame to any size, or choose pictures from the array of stunning professional photos and prints on display.

Where Westend Arcade 152-154 Graham St Wonthaggi Call 0433 415 287

Where Shop 3, 7 Abeckett Street,

Inverloch Call 5674 1333

Keepsake Kreations

Mirboo North Arty Gras

Geraldine Phelan

Scrapbooking has become a phenomenon in the craft world, with each creation becoming a keen reflection of the designer’s identity, style and inspiration. The options are endless: Keepsake Kreations offer scrapbooking workshops and materials so everyone has a chance to explore their creative urges.

A community celebrates art, culture and the environment in Mirboo North (Winner of Getaways ‘Put Your Town on the Map Competition 2010). Come along to the third ‘Arty Gras’ for a fun, event-filled weekend in the heart of Gippsland. Saturday’s food & craft market and sensational street parade are not to be missed. A weekend filled with free music, workshops, exhibitions, competitions and children’s activities await you. Artwork will be on sale at the highly acclaimed Mirboo North Art Show. Mic Conway and friends will be playing at the award winning Grand Ridge Brewery on Saturday evening.

Geraldine, who has recently held a solo exhibition of mosaic art at Waratah Hills winery and has work displayed at Angela Newberry’s studio, is conducting workshops in both pottery and mosaic at her studio/home in Buffalo. She has a pottery with both gas and electric kilns, pugmills and several wheels.

For mosaicers, there is a huge range of glass or ceramic tiles. Geraldine has had 17 solo exhibitions mainly in and around Melbourne.

She is keen to hear from artists interested in participating in a mosaic exhibition in 2011.

WHERE 51 Graham St, Wonthaggi Call 5672 4488

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0409 695 944

www.mirboonorth.vic.au

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OAK HILL COMMUNITY GALLERY Oak Hill Community Arts Co-operative is a not-for-profit organization run by volunteers. We offer the public and art lovers alike the opportunity to appreciate a wide variety of styles from the traditional to contemporary, the conventional to the absurd. The gallery exhibits works by professional and up-andcoming artists with exhibitions held on a monthly basis. Our aim is to encourage and host new moves of art while continuing to embrace and respect the ancestry of art. A charming tree-lined country path meanders through the expansive grounds of Oak Hill and the rose gardens, past the working artist studios and onto the MPRG - Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Well worth a visit.

Oak Hill Gallery, 100 Mornington Tyabb Rd, Mornington . www.oakhillgallery.com.au . ph 03 5973 4299 oakhill6.indd 1

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artists & galleries Denis A. Hawkins Gallery

Panny’s Chocolate Gallery

Bonsai Island

Master jeweller and sculptor Denis A. Hawkins has a working studio and gallery nestled in the charming village of Koonwarra. With over 40 years’ experience designing and hand-crafting jewellery, Denis is a master of setting diamonds and other gems, and is commissioned by clients worldwide, If you desire a precious piece that uniquely represents you, visit Denis and choose from his gallery or collaborate on a design.

Nithia Kondanapanny, the renowned resident artist of the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, uses the most unusual and delicious media for her art…chocolate! Her intricately handdecorated creations can be seen as you view the exhibition showcasing detailed replicas of famous sculptures & paintings created from quality handmade chocolate. This amazing and rare concept will stimulate more than just your visual senses.

The art of bonsai involves patience and skill to craft the beauty of nature in miniature.

Wander through Bonsai Island’s living gallery of natives, evergreens, deciduous, flowering and fruiting bonsai. Each piece is a work of art designed using authentic Japanese techniques. Lessons available from novice to expert. Take home your own living piece of art. Look for the flags!

Open weekends and by appointment.

Where 930 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven Call 5956 6600 Web phillipislandchocolatefactory.com.au

Where 32 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven Call 5956 6388

The Goldsmith’s Gallery

Mingara Gallery

John Adam Studio

Well-known Melbourne jewellery designer Bronwyn Pratt has brought her talent as a gold and silversmith to the coast with her stunning Goldsmith’s Gallery. The gallery offers quality Australian artworks, regular workshops and lessons, and showcases her own work and that of some of Australia’s finest jewellery artisans including Jane Power, Robyn Holtham, Julianne Richards, Philip Schmidt, Diane Southwell, Tracy Kelly, Graeme Kellett, Debbie Sheezel, Paul Bott and more…

Noelle Buckley is the woman behind Mingara Gallery: she presents a stylistically varied selection of Australian contemporary art of the highest calibre. Mingara also exhibits fine Aboriginal works. Enjoy ever-changing exhibitions of paintings, glass, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery. Currently exhibiting Tom Tyrell, other Mingara artists include Andrew Wood, Anne Ronjat, Carole Foster, Greg Jorgenson, Jan Bodaan, Kate Elliot, Lisa Burrell, Luc Prisco, Mary Hennekan, Michael Berry, Noelle Buckley, Rod Cooper, Sue Gill and Vanessa Ashcroft. Closed Wednesdays

John Adam is a brilliant, versatile and compulsive painter displaying pure technique in all styles. With over 50 years’ experience as an artist and educator, winning countless highly-acclaimed awards, John’s eclectic tastes are evident in his range of work from abstracts to finely detailed realism, whilst objectifying humanity and connection to the spirit of place. By appointment.

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3 Lyon St Leongatha or 11 Swan Rd Koonwarra 5662 3142(Leongatha) 5664 2282(Koonwarra) www.denisahawkins.com.au

WHERE Shop 3 157-159 Bridgeview

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Where 242 Thompson Ave, Cowes Call 5952 3722 Web www.mingaragallery.com.au

WHERE 8 Rose Ave, Cowes Call 5952 3736

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Experienced singer & songwriter and creative nurturer Patricia Freeman (Pip) has recently opened her Gallery Exhibiting the Talent of Local Artisans. A range of art currently includes paintings in various medias of local scenery, pop culture, realism and general formation as well as a display of unique hand-made jewellery.

Jo Ablett John Adam Bill Binks Nicolas Day Michele DeGruchy Jackie Hookem Rebekah James Adrian Johnson Annalie Jordaan Dennis Leversha Maureen Loughran Lincoln McAlister Ann McRae Rosemary Perry Julia Price Janet Thomas David Winterbottom

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artists & galleries Noel’s Gallery Restaurant

Montalto Sculpture Prize

Craft Markets Australia

Noel’s Gallery and Restaurant has a long history, and is much loved for its art and cultural heart as well as its beautiful gardens which overlook the hills across the valley.

The family-owned and operated business is newly refurbished, and the Tilley family has rejuvenated Noel’s reputation by exhibiting artworks. Dine on an award-winning Mediterranean menu amongst the artworks in their relaxed and friendly dining areas.

Conceived by owners John and Wendy Mitchell, the prestigious Montalto Sculpture Prize is highly regarded by top Australian sculptors. Curator Neil Williams cleverly displays the competition entries and permanent pieces in the picturesque winery amongst vineyards, olive groves, lakes and gardens. Open daily, come and enjoy lunch or dinner in the restaurant and sample delectable drops at the cellar door.

Craft Markets are an exciting hub of clever and unusual discoveries of various art & craft.

Visit these markets in beautiful areas such as Red Hill and take the opportunity to meet the artists and take home some unique creations.

Red Hill Community Market is held on the first Saturday of each month from 8am -1pm on Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill (Mel. Ref 190 J3) during the months of September to May.

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Where 33 Shoreham Rd Red Hill South Call 5989 8412 Web www.montalto.com.au

1175 Mornington-Flinders Rd Red Hill 5989 2538 www.noelsgallery.com.au

Where Red Hill Community Market WEB www.craftmarkets.com.au

Creative Gippsland

Mangowood Gallery

Framing Art Place

Creative Gippsland: Be Inspired arts festival will feature more than 100 events across Gippsland this May. In Wonthaggi there will be the Black Diamond festival, where you can enjoy art in the shops, music and more.

Enjoy plays, workshops in ceramics, fabric sculptures, Mongolian wearable art, and glass bead making. Visit exhibitions of Aboriginal and Religious art by local artists. Try classical music at Coal Creek, an embroidery exhibition at Leongatha, or a bit of everything at the Arty Gras at Mirboo North. There will be an exciting event on your doorstep somewhere in Gippsland in May.

Mangowood is a vibrant gallery created by owners Wayne and Laurel Foenander (Laurel is also the resident artist). They have created a welcoming and relaxing space showcasing artwork by local and selected artists.

Mangowood has recently expanded their gallery and dining areas, serving delicious, gluten-free and organic fare.

Mic Loughran has built up this well-loved artist’s mecca over many years. His 30-years of experience make him a highly-regarded framer in the artist community and he is an expert in framing for art exhibitions and customising canvas for artists. He also stocks the largest range of quality art supplies in the area including the finest paints and mediums, papers and has an enormous range of mouldings.

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Where 6 Smith St, Warragul Call 5623 2777 WEB www.mangowood.com.au

WHERE Westend Arcade 152-154

Graham St Wonthaggi Call 5672 2036

www.creativegippsland.com

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• Community singing workshops • Weaving workshops • Wirework workshops • Iconography workshops • Jewellery-Making workshops • MN Art Show Exhibition in the shire hall • CWA, quilt and fire recovery photographic exhibition and more around town • Organised Bush Walks • Mic Conway & Friends on Saturday night at 8pm at the award winning Grand Ridge Brewery • Mother’s Day Sunday afternoon tea in the shire hall

Saturday 8th May 2010

9am – 4pm Mirboo North’s Baromi Park • Food & Craft Market • Music Performances • Children’s Activities • Good Old Fashioned Country Competitions • Street Parade @ 11:00am

29th Mirboo North Art Show

Opening night Friday 7th May 2010 Time : 7.30pm – 11pm Venue: Mirboo North Shire Hall Dress: Formal Tickets: $20

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Art & Culture Events

March All Month Colours by James Williams, Mushroom Crafts, Leongatha p. 66 Painting the Bass Coast - Tom Tyrell, Mingara Gallery, Cowes (ongoing) p. 58 Until April 30 – Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill p. 119

Mar 6 Parkville Ensemble perform Hahn & Mozart piano quartet. Celia Rosser Gallery, Fish Creek p. 53

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Print making exhibition, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington p. 60

Photography exhibition Oak Hill Gallery Mornington p. 60

Faeries with Attitude by Rhonda Hunt, Mushroom

Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors by Pennyx Saxon & Brian McDonell (Aboriginal artists), Mushroom Crafts,

Crafts, Leongatha p. 66

Leongatha p. 66

Apr 17 Freshwater Trio perform Beethoven & Schumann Celia Rosser Gallery, Fish Creek p. 53

Creative Gippsland - month long celebration of the arts around Gippsland www. creativegippsland.com p.53

Apr 18 – May 15

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Retracing Darwin - Norm Hanson - photography, paintings and rock art. Gecko Studio Gallery p. 60

Until end of April

Mingara Gallery Demi Art Exhibition Opening, Mingara Gallery, Cowes. Check website for details www.mingaragallery.com.au p. 58

Mezze Plate - Recent prints by Sharman Feinberg, Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek p. 60

John Ford Paterson: A family tradition, McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Langwarrin p. 54

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May 16 – Jun 19 Trees of Gippsland - Colin Bennison - paintings and drawings. Gecko Studio Gallery p. 60

May 7-9 Mirboo Nth Arty Gras Festival and Mirboo Nth Art Show, Mirboo North p. 64

May 25 Elanee Ensemble Music for viola and double bass including Paganini, Beethoven, Sperger, Dittersdorf and Don Kay. Celia Rosser Gallery, Fish Creek p. 53

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montalto magic Art, wine and fine food are perfect partners, and when you combine them with rolling green hills, you have the magic of Montalto at Red Hill.

Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove is an award-winning experience.

Taste and buy boutique wines at the cellar door, enjoy a memorable meal in the restaurant that has just been awarded a Chef’s Hat rating in the 2010 Age Good Food Guide and five red stars in the 2010 Halliday Australian Wine Companion, or relax with a pizza in the casual piazza or a picnic in the grounds.

Each year, the team at Montalto makes a significant contribution to the arts with the Montalto Sculpture Prize. “It’s a family project,” says John Mitchell of his family-owned and run business. John and wife Wendy have developed the vineyard, restaurant and olive grove over many years.

The annual prize is a $20,000 acquisitive award, and the winery grounds provide the perfect setting for the inspiring creations of different size, style and medium. “We have 26 new works and eighteen permanent installations including the six previous prize winners,” says John. On Sunday 14 February, guest judge Guy Abrahams opened the finalists’

exhibition and announced this year’s winner - Hannah Kidd’s ‘Artist to Antarctica’ (above right). The steel rod, corrugated iron piece depicts the artist accompanied by a pensive Polar Bear watching two humorously slapstick penguins. The ambiguous positioning of all the elements gives hints of the issue of climate change with the artist posing as guardian.

The Mitchell Family Award was given to ‘Big Red’, a 1.5 metre, marine-ply rabbit by Joanna Rhodes (above middle). The People’s Choice will be announced at the close of the exhibition.

Montalto Sculpture Prize entries are on exhibition at Montalto from 14 February – 30 April 2010. The winner will join the other permanent installations in the grounds. C Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove 33 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South, Call 5989 8412 www.montalto.com.au coast 67

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Accomplished gold and silversmith Bronwyn Pratt is determined to make her mark. She has realised her dream of opening her own gallery and living in the seaside town of San Remo… almost.

Bronwyn Pratt is buzzing when I meet her. The brand-spanking new gallery glitters like gold and is full of glistening treasures, artfully displayed in custom-made cabinets. These very same cabinets are currently causing a ripple though the gold and silversmithing world.

“I bought them from Mike Wilson a few years ago with this gallery in mind,” says Bronwyn. “Everyone asks me how I got them.” Mike Wilson is a highly renowned goldsmith and one of Bronwyn’s mentors.

Which is another reason for her excitement: Mike is visiting the gallery in less than an hour. As she talks to a client, I browse the well-lit cabinets. Along with a stunning range of her own creations, Bronwyn’s collaborative spirit and experience are also on display with works from a range of Australia’s top artisans and Guild members including Chris Sherwin, Graeme Kellett, Debbie Sheezel and Phillip Schmidt.

The San Remo gallery and workshop is her ‘retirement’ project, and seems to be gathering a life of its own. “It’s not a jewellery shop: I make what’s on display, and also to order,” she explains. “I’m all about selling Australian-made jewellery and re-educating people, and I’ll be running information nights here with experts in the trade. I love to share the knowledge so it doesn’t get lost. People can come and sit

around and listen – learn about pearls and opals. I’ll also be teaching jewellery skill classes.”

In her ‘spare time’, Bronwyn is president of The Gold and Silversmiths’ Guild of Victoria, and passionate about fellow-artists gaining recognition for their work. She has enjoyed her travels around Australia meeting other jewellers. “I’m amazed how many people out there make great jewellery but don’t have a maker’s mark,” she says.

It’s incredible to think that Bronwyn’s lifelong artistic passion may never have been realised. As with so many special stories, fate played a hand. She grew up in the leafy suburb of Box Hill where “we always had paper and cardboard and creative materials around the house, and my mother was fairly arty. Drawing and design came naturally to me.” Not really knowing what she wanted to do, she applied for a variety of courses at RMIT. “Jewellery wasn’t part of my plan. I applied to RMIT as I wanted to do interior or industrial design or architecture. I also applied for nursing as my fallback - I like the caring side of it.

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“You are passing on the love to someone else. I love making my artistic pieces. You finish them and think, ‘wow, I made that’.”

was about. An old German goldsmith was the head of department and, for some reason, he just liked me. He rang Mum and said, ‘She will have a bench space’ (there were only12 benches each year and hundreds of applicants). When it was time to register, I wondered why I hadn’t heard about the other courses: it turned out that they had lost my computer card – it must have just fallen out on the floor somewhere and officially I didn’t exist! I didn’t know what I was doing, but I started the course and haven’t looked back.”

The course didn’t train each student to be a production jeweller, but to become an artist and precious metalsmith. “Most graduates then tried to get work in the industry, and sold jewellery on the side – or became teachers. We were told early in the course, that only 1% of the population would appreciate and purchase our work. In my era, they had teaching studentships, so I applied for one. It was great: they paid us $55 a fortnight to go to school! It was a good income – I saved all of mine and went to England and Europe. Did that, came back, got married, started teaching and that was the end of it.”

Bronwyn went on to have three children, yet managed to find time for her craft. “I always had my work-bench in the corner of the garage – bit cold in winter, bit warm in summer, but it was near the back door, so I could put a little intercom on and hear if the kids woke up.

It was ‘my’ time - I’d forget the housework and just make jewellery! I learnt a lot from making mistakes and picking other jewellers’ brains!”

The family moved to Wantirna, and Bronwyn moved from a corner of the garage to her own studio where she could work and hold classes.

Bronwyn became one of Melbourne’s renowned jewellery artisans, and despite her busy schedule of motherhood and part-time teaching at home and in secondary schools, she regularly exhibited her work, was partner in a gallery, exhibited around the country and sold at craft markets. In the 1980s, one of her creations was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia and was displayed in a touring exhibition in South East Asia.

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She is hard-pressed to name a favourite piece. “You make the arty pieces, the ones you really put your heart and soul into, but you tend to hang onto these and they can take a while to sell. You are passing on the love to someone else. I love making my artistic pieces. You finish them and think, ‘Wow, I made that’. You hope they do sell, because you want them to be worn. You don’t want them to sit in the cabinet and not be appreciated.

Despite her years of experience and success, she often is amazed at what she creates. “I love the ‘bling’, and I also love the stones and the satisfaction of making something that I didn’t think I was capable of - the look on people’s faces when they see it and love it.”

So, Bronwyn has realised her dream, almost. The gallery has been in the planning for many years. It was meant to open at the end of 2010, but that’s another story. There’s just the sensitive subject of her husband moving to San Remo. “I’m not divorced yet,” she jokes, “although my husband says we are separated - by distance! We still have our house in Wantirna and he and the kids live there – it’s only an hour away. So, I suppose I’m going to commute a couple of days a week – I don’t know yet, but we’ll work it out!”

As a post script, Bronwyn recently discovered that her ancestor Thomas Coffin and his son William were gold and silversmiths in Exeter, England in the 1700s. “This is one of the reasons why I joined The Gold and Silversmiths’ Guild, so that my descendants may one day find out that their great, great, great, grandmother was a goldsmith!! Maybe that’s why fate led me to RMIT – it’s in the genes!” C The Goldsmiths Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 10am-5pm and most Sundays during the summer months from 10am-2pm and 7 days a week during school holidays.

Classes in Precious Metal Jewellery Skills, Lampworked Beads and Pearl Threading will be running from 1st May. www.goldsmithsgallery.com.au

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Thirst...your system is starting to spin out of balance. Your heart starts beating faster and your breathing grows harsher as your body struggles to stablise blood flow and pressure. Your body is trying to compensate by shifting water from cells into the blood vessels.

Your temperature starts to rise because you can no longer sweat. Nor can you cry tears. Your urine, if it comes, is a dark yellow colour.

Dehydration generally becomes noticeable after losing 2% of your body’s normal water volume. Initially you lose your appetite and maybe suffer constipation. You start to be confused and your lips are dry.

Around 5% to 6% water loss, you start to feel sleepy, you get a headache and feel nauseous. There’s some tingling happening in your limbs. Your vision might be cloudy.

It’s like a hangover – without the memories of the night before.

Losing 10-15% sees your muscles spasm, your skin shrivel and your vision grow dimmer. Your tongue starts to swell.

Urination stops, the kidneys fail and the body can’t remove toxic waste. You are starting to grow delirious and having seizures.

Lose more than 15% and it’s usually fatal.

Your mum was right. Drink more water.

HOW MUCH SHOULD I DRINK? We can last weeks without food, but only days without water. Experts say we need to drink six to eight glasses (at least 150ml each) a day,more if you’re physically active

or it’s hot - less in the cool weather or if you’re sedentary or you eat a lot of watery foods.Most mature adults lose about 2.5–3 litres of water per day. However, elderly people lose about 2 litres per day.

You absorb about a litre a day from food – even drylooking foods contain some moisture. The balance is usually drunk, although the body creates about 10% of its daily water need from within the digestive process.

The body cannot store water – despite the fact that our bodies are 55-75% of it. And body water is higher in men than in women.

WHY DRINK WATER? Water keeps the body flowing. It helps regulate our core temperature, it keeps the organs and membranes moist and it helps flush out the waste. Little-known reasons why we need to drink include its role as a joint lubricant, and as a shock absorber inside the eyes.

If you regularly don’t drink enough water there is some increased risk of kidney stones and, in women, urinary tract infections. There is also limited evidence to suggest an increased risk for some cancers including bladder cancer and colon cancer. It can also lower your physical and mental performance.

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Sports events, school fetes, street parties, sausage sizzles … just about any public event that has access to mains water – and where you need people to stay well-watered.

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“Water is the best way of keeping yourself well-hydrated,” said Westernport Water’s Managing Director Murray Jackson. “In hot weather, people out in the open are especially vulnerable to thirst. If you are organising a public event, it is your responsibility to ensure your attendees have access to water.

“We are delighted that we will be able to offer this new service to our customers.”

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Being in a family band has its ups and downs. On the plus side, you get to spend quality time with your loved ones. On the down side, there’s the occasional “rough up” on stage…

Family Tree is no Partridge Family. This Mirboo North-based band is the real deal. Dad Tom and the four kids Holly 16, Willow 14, Rowan 12 and Linden 10 are all genuinely related and share a common passion for music. The tribe arranges and performs a repertoire ranging from swing through to original contemporary pieces. Their sound is totally unique – it’s hard to believe they are just kids, and they look pretty cute too.

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we don’t busk anymore,” says Willow in her husky voice. They tossed around all kinds of names for the band and settled on Family Tree “because all of us are named after trees”.

So the band was born and they took to stages at festivals, cafes, hotels and weddings. Holly sings and plays keyboard, flute and guitar; Willow sings and plays ukulele and bass; Rowan does some vocals and rips up the harmonica; and Linden keeps time on the drums. Dad, Tom, loads the van, sets up the PA and plays bass. Mum, Alison, works hard behind the scenes working the sound desk, making sure the kids are dressed, fed, rehearsed and get to the gigs on time. The Family Tree

sound is an evolving one: “Over time we’ve gone from gospel and blues, then swing, through to more contemporary stuff,” says Tom. “If we hear a song we like, we work it up and then put it in a set with whose voice it suits - I’m more of the ‘depressing song’ person,” says Willow, whose first original piece, ‘Hotel Getaway’, is a standout and not at all depressing. She confides that she has many more songs hiding in her notebook, and is working on a new composition, but is reluctant to reveal it just yet “cos it’s a bit ‘rough around the edges.’”

As the kids grow, so does their confidence. “I used to get really nervous: I would stutter and stuff,” admits Willow, who has come a long way from her first performance in ‘Mirboo North Idol’ when she was ten (and no, she didn’t win). “It’s cool when people are enjoying it, clapping their hands and stuff. My favourite gig was Moomba - we got free backpacks and had a lot of our friends watching, so it looked like there was quite a big crowd there!”

The scene for a life filled with music was set long before any of the band was born. The couple met in Amsterdam where Alison was

working with youth. They went on to Africa together, then Tom worked for World Vision for many years in places like East Timor, Kosovo and India. Alison’s most vivid memory of this time was a musical one: “We had a day’s walk ahead of us to a remote community, and the local choir was coming with us. We awoke at dawn to the sounds of the choir and drumming - like an alarm clock coming towards our wooden hut across the African plains. Even in the most remote, wartorn places there was music and singing. It was incredible how music would create normality in such a terrible environment.”

For Tom, music is an essential part of life. “I got a guitar when I was thirteen and haven’t stopped. I’m in a funny situation in that my children have actually become better musicians than I have!” he jokes.

The couple’s love of music translated to their brood but it was not a hard sell. A combination of leaving instruments around the house to see which ones got picked up, some amazingly inspirational music teachers, and family jams got it going. “It was just one big long sing at our house,” says Tom. “We wanted to set them up musically so they could do whatever they want to. As they leave home, the band will> coast 75

Spice Up Your Culinary Life with an Anzac Day weekend of extra special Cleanskin Cooking Classes … followed by an extraordinary Cleanskin Culinary Evening Event. Cleanskin is excited and delighted to announce the Coming Of Herbie, aka Ian Hemphill, to the Bass Coast! From seedling in utero Herbie, the son of revered Australian herb pioneers John & Rosemary Hemphill, was steeped in the world of herbs and spices. With vast depth and breadth of knowledge, no one is better qualified than Herbie to demystify herbs and spices and guide you on an exploration of new and exciting flavours for your cooking.

Many Cleanskin regulars are already Herbie devotees so, if you haven’t discovered Herbie’s extensive (and ever expanding) range at Cleanskin stores, pop in soon and let us introduce you! From single origin to unique and fabulous blends such as “Super Ras El Hanout”, “Fragrant Sweet Spices” (divine in cakes!), “Family Friendly Stir Fry Seasoning” (perfect for young palates) all Herbie’s premium quality herbs and spices are in clever ‘high barrier bags’ to retain freshness, with re-sealable zips for easy storage … and an easy, delicious recipe on the back.

Herbie’s contain no fillers, starches, MSG, free-flow agents or additives of any kind. Try Herbie’s … we guarantee you’ll be hooked and rarin’ to book for his Cleanskin Classes on Saturday April 24.

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gradually shrink! That’s ok as long as I still have someone to play with!”

This family tree has its roots firmly in Mirboo North. “After traveling very extensively, we chose South Gippsland. It’s so beautiful and safe, and has all the amenities for the children growing up. Going away makes you appreciate how beautiful it is here,” Tom says.

The direction for the future in the short term at least seems to point towards more original music, and the band has their sights set on more festivals. “We love festivals: I want to play at Chill Island,” says Rowan. But the family ties may just be the sticking point: “We live together and play music together.

I just love playing music and, if I could stand everyone, I would keep going,” says Willow.

About that ‘bash up’ incident. Rowan assures me that “it wasn’t really a bash up - it was just a few pushes and shoves about who was going to sing. But I suppose it’s just an occupational hazard.”

“The audience liked it,” says Tom of the incident. “They said: ‘Oh, thank goodness: they are a real family!’ We definitely are not the Partridge Family.” C Family Tree is available for festivals & functions.

Call Tom on 0429 862 631.

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Bunurong indigenous people have lived in south-eastern Australia for many thousands of years. Bunurong elder Uncle Merv, and Bunurong woman Sonia Murray talk to Coast about history, culture and the importance of family.

bunurongpride words sally oneill photo maria reed

“Those five women were stolen from Point Nepean,” is how Uncle Merv begins our interview. He’s referring to an event that changed his people’s lives forever: the moment when, in the early 1800s, after thousands of years of traditional life, European sealers entered Bunurong waters and took the women away to assist them in the hard work of sealing.

“Every one of us originates from the women that were stolen and then taken across to the Bass Strait Islands,” explains Sonia. “The majority of families, including Uncle Merv’s and mine, lived on Cape Barren [Island] under the Reserves Act. That was where they had to stay. Aboriginal people weren’t allowed to move around, although a lot of older fellas still islandhopped on their boats to get food,” she explains.

“I am an elder within the Bunurong clan,” says Uncle Merv. “I was brought up in Tasmania as an Aboriginal person and taught about culture and heritage, like how to hunt and what to eat. When I was growing up, we didn’t have electricity; we lived in a little old tin shack in the bush. I went to school with no shoes on and with the backside out of me pants! I was a meat inspector and before that a captain on a tug. My wife, Lorna, and I came over to the mainland with three kids and then had another three.”

“We are white people, but we are black as well. We still have to be part of the white community. Our kids are taught all about our culture, but go to regular schools. They are learning two things at once, a bit like many Italian people, who teach their children their traditional cookery. That’s how we do it, too: we’re passing on culture.”

It’s a different way of thinking. “We were brought up to think that the land belongs to everybody. We only ever take enough food for a feed and never waste any. We taught the kids all the craft but they still learnt other things in the normal way – we are normal! It’s hard to explain: it’s the way you are brought up. We have our Aboriginality. Christians believe in God, and we were brought up to believe in the dreamtime. There’s women’s business - we have nothing to do with that side of things. My dad and all the uncles taught me - everybody teaches everybody else. Everything is shared. We are always happy and love one another. The love that’s here, you wouldn’t believe.” says Merv.

Sonia grew up with her father in Western Australia and moved back to Tasmania about 12 years ago. “We lived where all the Aboriginal housing was, and Uncle Merv lived around the corner.” The two established a strong bond. “I feel very blessed to have an elder that is here with my kids. He brings a lot of knowledge and is the ‘backbone’ of our community, its strength. The aunties share the responsibility and teach the children. I tell my kids, ‘I don’t care how naughty you are, but when the elders are here, you show respect. When they speak, you listen.’ They learn that straight away – what they can and can’t do.” Since moving back to Victoria, Sonia has provided the ‘home base’ for many in the community. “If the whole community turned up right now, I couldn’t say ‘I’m busy.’ I’d have to talk to

them, make them dinner, roll out the beds and if they wanted to stay for a week, that’s the way it would be.”

“Sonia is like my daughter, and her kids are my kids,” adds Merv. “I’m like a big kid when I’m around them! I hope to teach the boys (if I’m still around). But we have to do it slowly, by showing them – how to catch a fish without a rod, how to catch a duck, how to catch a kangaroo. I hope to teach them that.”

Dispossessed from their traditional lands hundreds of years ago, and living in isolation on Bass Strait islands, the Bunurong community strove to keep their culture alive. They are now working even harder to re-establish physical links with their spiritual home. “It’s only been in the last 10-15 years that the elders, with the young people behind them, have had the strength to come back and make a stand and say, ‘This is our traditional country’,” says Sonia.

“Uncle Merv and Nana Ida (who passed away), as the senior elders of the community, were really concerned about the heritage over here in Victoria, so they founded the Bunurong Land Council. They felt there was nobody here to look after what was happening. The Aboriginal way is that you must care for what your ancestors left behind. There was nobody doing that. A lot of the younger people moved back, but we felt it was too demanding to get the older people to move – Tasmania was where they were born, and that’s all they knew. When they visit here, they have a very strong connection to this land. We fight with the Government about this all the time. It doesn’t matter if they grew up in South America, they are the last remaining original people of this land.”

Making a comeback has not been easy. “In 2000, we talked with Nana Ida and everyone about forming the Land Council - about taking a stand. When we first came over, we told people who we were and they said, ‘We didn’t even know there were Bunurong people here’. They thought the Bunurong people had been wiped out. We had ten years of educating people and getting them to judge us. It’s taken a long time to show people that we have our heart in the right place. I remember going to a school to give a talk, and people saying, ‘You don’t look Aboriginal, with your pale skin’ - it’s taken a lot of educating people.”

It’s also been a full-time job to prove to the powers-that-be what they know in their hearts. “We are all obsessed with genealogy, and everyone in the community knows their family history a lot better than most white fellas.

Many historians have recorded the details of the community and then they’re checked with the department of births, deaths and marriages. The community is so small that everyone knew everyone, even if people had been away for years,” says Sonia.

“We may not have been here, we were not in this community: we were on the islands living our traditional way. It has taken a lot of strength to come back and we are here to stay. It doesn’t matter what you put us through, we are here and we are staying.” C

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Patrice Muthaymiles Mahoney feels strongly about indigenous identity and expression. When this Dunghutti woman from NSW moved to Wonthaggi, she noticed: “the lack of celebration in our indigenous culture and people with no avenue or voice.” A woman of action, she joined the Bass Coast/South Gippsland Reconciliation Group to try to work towards change.

The group recently organised a dance performance at Grantville Lodge to involve the community in indigenous culture. It was an emotionally charged evening as rain fell through the gum trees surrounding the site. The Sunset Indigenous Dancers had keen locals strutting like emus to the haunting sounds of the Yidaki (didgeridoo) and clap sticks. The dance performance was one small step towards understanding the complexity of indigenous cultures and reconciliation.

“Anyone can come along for a yarn - black white or brindle,” says Patrice. “It’s an opportunity for cultural exchange, and our group has strong support from local elder Aunty Ada and other indigenous residents. It’s also an access point for indigenous and non-indigenous people alike - a celebration of culture and an avenue to express pride though direct engagement. It’s also very enjoyable as it is an intelligent, active committee of people who get things done.” Patrice wants to create an environment on this coast where locals can be comfortable in saying that they are indigenous and that the wider community embraces, celebrates and learns about their culture.> Anyone interested in joining the group and learning more about indigenous culture can call the Bass Coast/South Gippsland Reconciliation Group on 0413 008 455. coast 81

learn more about reconciliation ANTAR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) ANTaR Victoria’s vision is for a community that realises justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, values their diverse cultures and recognises their inherent rights to self-determination, land and heritage. This is a peoples’ movement, committed to the rights and perspectives of indigenous peoples to determine their own future with the support of the Australian people. ANTaR acknowledges all indigenous peoples in Victoria today, including the original language groups as well as all clans, family groups and land owning groups; as well as their rights to their lands, self determination and control over their culture and traditions.

ANTaR Victoria sees reconciliation as being both a vision and a process. ANTar’s vision is to generate a moral and legal recognition of and respect for the distinctive status of indigenous Australians as First Peoples. This recognition is fundamental to creating a new relationship between indigenous people and non-indigenous people, who have colonised Australia since 1788. This relationship is at the heart of the reconciliation process. C www.antarvictoria.org.au Reconciliation Australia - www.reconciliation.org.au

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enjoy the time to soak up the health-giving minerals of the fragrant mud while Brydie applies a Quandong hair mask and gives me a scrumptious scalp massage. The mud is gently washed away and we move to the massage room – yes, there’s more.

The earthy design, tranquil coastal bush setting and muted tones of The Island Spa seem to have an immediate effect on my mood. I am already feeling a little more relaxed as I check in for my morning of pampering. Lee greets me with a friendly smile, and I slip into the comfy robe and Li’tya thongs and settle onto the couch in the waiting area. A fresh fruit platter awaits me along with chilled, filtered rain water and tangy herbal tea.

I surrender to a Kodo full-body massage that ends with a mini facial. This is the most indulgent treatment I have ever received! I am left feeling totally relaxed and refreshed. It was so good that, like a born-again evangelist, I want to tell everyone about it and get them signed up immediately –but I don’t have the energy just yet!

Today I will be having the ‘Li’tya Mala Maya’ treatment. Two blissful hours of pampering. Brydie greets me and, after completing a standard questionnaire about my general health, she presents me with a tray holding various oils, salt scrubs and earthy muds. I have to smell each and choose the one I intuitively ‘want’. With all of the ‘hard work’ done, we enter the cocoon-like hydrotherapy room. It is dimly-lit and warm, and the specialised capsule, pulsates with subtle lights all the colours of the rainbow – each vibrating with the energy of one of the body’s chakras.

Li’tya (pronounced Le-dia and meaning ‘Of The Earth’) is organic, and was created using the ancient medicinal and botanical knowledge of Indigenous Australians. So, each treatment starts with a welcoming smoking ceremony. I sit with my eyes closed and another layer of stress melts away.

As I lay on the warm, steamy bed, I am indulged with a salt scrub, followed by a warm mud body-mask which smells divine and feels like being covered in the silkiest chocolate – only it smells even better! Brydie closes the lid of the capsule, but I don’t feel claustrophobic. I close my eyes and can still see the soft rainbow colours moving through my mind. I

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Lee has a background in nutrition and yoga, and plans to transform the existing retreat and day spa into a total wellness retreat with a yoga studio, a focus on nutrition and native edible garden. “We all deserve some peace and quiet so we can take time to look inside ourselves and see what’s going on. Relaxation also plays a major role in disease prevention and healing,” she says. Well, I’m a convert.

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Toffee apples, lucky dips, ice cream and cup cakes. Who doesn’t have sweet memories of fetes or parties from their childhood? This month, step back in time and recapture the memories when Wonthaggi hosts a Street Parade and Garden Party, to celebrate its Centenary.

In the 50s and 60s, the annual Street Parade and Garden Party was a highlight of the local social calendar. Recreating the event celebrates the history of Wonthaggi and is a chance to showcase the achievements of Bass Coast in the 21st century.

“Matron” of the Garden Party competition is part of this year’s event, with four separate categories - Junior, Miss, Matron and Best 50s or 60s outfit. So if you have a flair for fashion, this is a perfect opportunity to show your style!

On Saturday, 21 March, a big crowd of locals and visitors are expected to line the streets to see the decorated floats, marching bands, vintage cars and mascots parade along Graham Street and up to the grounds of the Wonthaggi Hospital.

Since being created by the State Government to support the coalmines that provided Victoria with its own, dependable supply of coal, Wonthaggi has played a unique role in our history. With a proud, working class history, the town is renowned for its strong union movement and the establishment of cooperatives, including a medical, pharmaceutical, dental and optometry network that pre-dated our current Medicare scheme by more than 50 years. The 100-year mark is a fitting time to contemplate the history of the town, especially as Wonthaggi once again has been selected by the State Government to supply a vital resource for Victoria, with the construction of the Desalination Plant.

In the past, the competition between local businesses and community groups to create the best float was fierce, with float themes a closely guarded secret. Photos and old news clippings show recreations of fairy tales (Sleeping Beauty), famous novels (Gulliver’s Travels) or dazzling displays of local produce. Organisers of the Centenary parade are hoping this year’s event will inspire similar creativity. As encouragement, local MP, Russell Broadbent, is sponsoring prizes for the best entries in the parade. With brass bands from across Gippsland and a rumoured appearance from the popular marching girls, the parade should guarantee a touch of Moomba-like magic in the streets of Wonthaggi.

Spectators will be able to follow the parade through town to the Garden Party, where the entertainment will continue, with children’s activities, food and stalls full of home-made goods and treats. The original Garden Parties attracted huge crowds and gave everyone a chance to dress up and enjoy themselves. The popular “Miss” and

With an array of local events over the two days, including the Energy Innovation Festival, Human Powered Grand Prix, and the official opening of the underground tunnel at the State Coal Mine, there is sure to be something for everyone.

Please come and join our party…there really has never been a better time to visit Wonthaggi.

For details of weekend events, Centenary Celebrations or registration forms for the Street Parade and Garden Party please visit www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

kernot south gippsland’s best kept secret

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The tiny town of Kernot in Gippsland is a mere dot on the map, but to the residents, it’s one of Gippsland’s best kept secrets - and they really would really prefer to keep it that way…

It’s only about an hour to Chadstone from the tranquil countryside of Kernot. Hard to believe, as they are worlds apart - but a good reminder that if it is lifestyle you are after, it’s not difficult to have the best of both worlds. An easy 106 kilometres from the CBD, you can drive to Kernot via the South Gippsland Highway (turn off just before Loch and wind through the hills) and from the Bass Highway either by turning left at The Gurdies or at the traffic lights at Grantville and follow the signs.

Dairy cows graze in the lush green paddocks around Kernot. The town sits on the Bass River flats and lies within the bounds of Bass Coast Shire Council. The town’s real magic lies in its stories and characters.

On any given day you can see local identities dropping in to the store, and farmers from around the district gather for lunch every Thursday to talk ‘shop’.

Kernot only became a town because of the railway. The area originally known as Campbell’s Corner was named after the French engineer, Maurice Kernot. The line ran from Nyora to Wonthaggi: the first train rattled past in 1910 and the last in 1978.

Bruce and Sheila Campbell were both born in Loch and have lived in Kernot all their married life. They were the first couple to get married in the Kernot church. Dairy farming was their life until their daughter took over the farm ten years ago: now she and her husband run 260 head. Dairy has always been the mainstay of the area. “Every farm milked cows. We had to put up a case to get electricity to the area coast 88

back in 1956. There were 1000 cows in the district then, and now there are only two dairies left,” recalls Bruce. “Although, these days, the dairy herds are much larger. Dad had 100 cows at one time and that was a big herd,” says Sheila. “I remember when cows had names, not numbers.”

The store and the hall were the centre of the community. The bread was delivered twice a week and the store had supplies, did the mail and operated as the manual telephone exchange. “It used to be a 24 hour service – well, not open 24 hours, but we all knew each other and if we needed something or were in trouble, it would be open,” says Bruce.

“The town hall was originally a Salvation Army Hall that was moved here from Ballarat and opened in 1918. It operated as a school until 1936, and church through to 1957. Once it blew off its foundations in a freak cyclone and was propped up with railway sleepers!” says Bruce.

In another interesting twist, during the 1930s and1940s, a group of about 20 Macedonians lived and worked in and around Kernot. These men were known as ‘pecalbars’. This was the name given to men who worked away from home, which was customary in their culture.

They often walked to Kernot from Melbourne and were hard workers, clearing land and removing bracken fern from farms along with fencebuilding and other jobs. Bruce recalls that the Macedonian worker on the Campbell property “lived in a one-room hut on the smell of

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an oily rag and still managed to send money to his wife and children back home.” They added colour to the area, meeting at the store every Sunday for mail and supplies, yet largely kept to themselves. Some stayed in the area for over 30 years.

September. “I remember the first market, the cars stretched right along the road: there were vehicles everywhere” says Sheila. “We had to call Bill Twite, the policeman from Bass, to direct the traffic. ‘There’s a traffic incident in Kernot,’ we said. He arrived with his little poodle and tried directing the traffic.”

Life and the trains rolled on until 1978 when both the railway and school closed. Sheila has fond memories of the trees she planted in the schoolgrounds, and not-so-fond memories of the time she and her family were hit by a train as their car crossed the track one foggy morning on the way to school. “The steam engine hit and took the whole back of the car out. We didn’t wear seatbelts back then, so we were lucky to survive, but we still had to go to school,” she remembers.

“It was a sad time when the school closed down: we were all very involved, and the school gave us a real sense of community.”

The market was Victoria’s second-only craft market (Red Hill was the first) and became a huge success. It brought many visitors to the town and was a highlight on the social calendar – and a lot of hard work.

The ladies made tea and scones and the men worked the bbq. It paid off. The committee got permission to sell the school and with the proceeds, together with the market funds, they opened the new hall in 1993.

After the school closure, the hall became the focus. Kernot District Hall Committee was determined to build a hall and tennis courts to replace the temporary courts and timber packing-box clubhouses they were using. In 1978, the hall committee decided to run a craft market to raise funds for a new hall. The first market was held the following

For visitors passing through the town today, highlights include the general store, hall and church. You can get a lovely lunch, leisurely afternoon tea or dinner and drinks at the newly refurbished Kernot Food and Wine Store, and the hall committee organises regular social events. You could also simply sit in the park and soak up the history and serenity… > C coast 89

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It’s bands like Grilla Step that make festivals so great. I don’t know about you, but LA street music and log-drumming from Papua New Guinea are not tunes usually found on my iPod - for the simple reason that I haven’t been exposed to them – but that’s what festivals are for…

You can confidently head off to Womad without even knowing the line-up, because you just trust that the organisers have done all the work for you. And it’s always the bands you may not have heard of that make your ‘festival moment’.

So, that’s how I came to be speaking with DJ Dexter of Grrilla Step - the world’s only krump band. Grilla Step is a combination of energetic dancing and drumming by South Pacific band ‘Drum Drum’ with DJ Dexter spinning tunes and the energy of dancers taking the stage to perform short bursts of ‘krumping’. “Krumping is a really raw form of hip-hop dance,” explains Dexter. “Yet, it’s a lot more freestyle. There are five basic moves, and in between those you can freestyle and add your own flavour. It has an aggressive feel, and there are also flashy, technical, tricky moves. Originating from south central LA, it’s another form of art to turn to instead of street gangs and violence -the aggression comes out in the dance.”

Dexter and Papua New Guinean log-drumming master Airi Ingram met in Darwin, and share a vision of bringing cultural music into hip-hop, and creating a new Australian music that crosses many boundaries. While the krumpers hail from urban Australia, they all have a Polynesian heritage. The two energies of traditional culture and rapid urbanisation join to create an energetic and powerful performance.

“There are a lot of tempo changes - you get swept up by the energy and the log-drumming itself. Then there’s the intrigue - for many people, this is the first time they are seeing and hearing this kind of performance. We just did the Big Day Out and there were young kids really getting into it. We are quite honoured to play Womad and are really excited about it,” says Dexter, who went looking for something else when he became disillusioned with mainstream music. “I’m not sure if Grrilla Step will ever hit the mainstream. And if it did, like most other bands, their music would get watered down and made palatable. Krump comes from the polar opposite of that, and will always be true to that energy. People should come and check out the world’s only krump band: we bring ourselves and our own culture to every performance.” C

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Newhaven College–Education Excellence Newhaven College understands the importance of choosing the Right Secondary School for your child.

We average less than 100 students at each secondary level, providing a diverse yet friendly sized community where each student can feel safe and comfortable. We have an innovative curriculum, an extensive program of extracurricular activities, excellent pastoral care and dedicated teachers.

The quality of teaching and learning at Newhaven College is reflected in our students’ achievements – and not just in an academic sense. We are very proud of our high standards and excellent academic record, which consistently produces strong V.C.E. results. We are just as delighted in the achievements of our students who make every effort and achieve at a measure beyond even their own expectations.

Newhaven College students build self-confidence and team spirit through an extensive range of extracurricular activities. These include inter-house and inter-school sporting and cultural activities, theatre, instrumental music, public speaking and debating, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and outdoor pursuits such as camping, hiking and surfing. Our emphasis on personal development prepares our students equally to either enter further study or the workforce with the skills needed to adapt and succeed in their chosen field.

The importance of Primary Education A good quality primary school education sets students up for life, giving them a sound grounding in literacy and numeracy and an introduction to disciplines relating to science, humanities, technology, and the performing and visual arts.

Relocating to a brand new, architecturally designed and purpose built facility for Prep to Grade 6 students for the commencement of 2011, the College’s Junior School will join the unique Year 9 Environmental Centre as the second stage of the College’s magnificent 82-acre campus development mid-way between Newhaven and Cowes.

The Junior School offers a happy, welcoming community where students feel secure and valued. Teachers strive to create a safe, caring and nurturing environment, incorporating programs that foster the development of self-esteem, confidence and opportunities to develop personal, social, emotional, physical, academic and spiritual growth. Respect for self, others, the community, the environment and resources are a strong focus of the daily program.

The College’s transition program includes sessions where the children meet their teacher and participate in a range of activities to prepare them for school life. They are also introduced to their ‘buddy’, a senior primary student, who plays an important role in transition.

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NEWHAVEN COLLEGE In Quietness and Confidence Shall Be Your Strength Situated on beautiful Phillip Island, Newhaven College is an independent school offering P-12 in a supportive environment with dedicated teachers. Outstanding features of our school include excellent VCE results and a magnificent Year 9 Environmental Centre.

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Our mission is to live the message of the Gospel in the full development of the person. As a Catholic School we believe in creating a heightened spiritual awareness in the programs that we run and the education we provide. Our Religious Education Program develops within the students a sense of social justice, ethical awareness, tolerance and openness in contributing to a socially just Australian Nation.

Our priority is to cater to the educational, pastoral and individual needs of our students. We have aimed to foster a spirit of collaboration, reflection, supportive open communication and resiliency amongst the students in order to prepare them for an ever changing world. From the onset we desire to create multifaceted thinkers that are willing to problem solve, analyse, decide and put into action their conscience, compassion and Christian values. We tailor programs giving students a variety of streams which incorporates extensive music, sport and cultural programs all delivered by a team of dedicated and quality teaching professionals.

Through our Pastoral Care Program which focuses on Restorative Practices we aim to provide a safe and secure environment that both challenges and supports our young men and women through their development. Through the use of excellent ICT resources and the newly renovated library we can assist students in their preparation for the ever changing world. Teamwork, problem solving, analysis, critical thinking and reflection are all embedded

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Our curriculum is challenging, relevant and innovative and it encourages our students to reach for their personal best. Junior and Middle school students all participate in a ‘Launch’ program catering for individual students’ passions and personal expertise. Senior students are offered a breadth of subject choices which incorporates VCE, VCAL and VETis Programs, including Conservation and Land Management and Building and Construction.

Students may have the opportunity to extend themselves with extra VCE subjects while our connection with local businesses and TAFE has also created many valuable opportunities and experiences for the more ‘handson’ students.

At Mary MacKillop we have the educational, emotional and spiritual needs of our emerging adults as our focus. It is our challenge to harness their thirst for the excitement, challenge for new experiences and desire for expressing themselves into positive attributes.

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It’s a little bit country and a little bit city in Red Hill. The relaxed, rural feel seems to rub off on everyone, resulting in a friendly, laid-back atmosphere. There is also plenty of sophistication and style in the array of galleries, wineries and boutiques on offer.

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High on the ridge between the two bays of Port Phillip and Western Port, Red Hill is an hour’s drive from Melbourne or Gippsland, and from Mornington, an easy twenty minutes. Once there, you are rewarded with something new at every turn – restaurants, wineries, galleries, spas, B&Bs and boutiques. The energy and creative spirit in this region is palpable.

Red Hill has its origins in agriculture - the name comes from the area’s fertile, red-clay soils. There is no town centre as such; the attractions are scattered along four distinct points on Arthur’s Seat Road, Flinders Road and Shoreham Road. As well as the main drag, take the time for a little exploring along the back roads and laneways and you’ll find some gems tucked away.

From the road, vines stretch down hillsides and the sea breeze trickles in each afternoon. It’s this Mediterranean climate and proximity to the sea that make it such a wine mecca. Spoil yourself at one of the area’s many wineries: most have cellar door, and large establishments like Montalto Vineyard also have top-quality restaurants. Food and wine are integral to Red Hill. Fresh produce stalls are scattered along roadsides, and the area has many quality producers of cheese, bread, berries and more.

Art and culture is thriving, so take the time to wander through the many galleries. At Noel’s Restaurant and Gallery, blend dining with

art. This is a great venue for sitting and overlooking the valley and hinterland below.

Louise Stapleton grew up in the Red Hill area and remembers it “as a small, rural community with orchards, chicken sheds and not much more.” Today she works to promote one of Red Hill’s most famous institutions, the Red Hill Community Market, which turns 35 this September. This market has put Red Hill on the map. On the first Saturday of the month from September to May, Red Hill Recreation Reserve comes alive with all of the colour and festivity that have made it such a famous shopping experience. Louise also recommends a stroll, or a horse or bike ride along the rail trail that follows the original train line and connects Red Hill with the town of Merricks below.

Relaxation and rejuvenation are also a strong themes, and the natural beauty of the area is perfect for an indulgent getaway. There is a wide range of quality accommodation, from B&Bs to large hotels. Spoil yourself with some pampering at Red Hill Day Spa so you can return home refreshed and revitalised.

Red Hill is a major centre on the Mornington Peninsula for entertainment events. Red Hill Show is an agriculturally-themed event attracting thousands of visitors, while Red Hill Country Music Festival showcases the talents of many local performers. > coast 101

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indulge Red Hill Spa This luxurious boutique day spa on the Mornington Peninsula is a tranquil oasis where you can harmonise all aspects of your body. A space where you can rest and refresh your mind, pamper and rejuvenate your body, awaken your senses and expand your spirit.

browse Red Hill Community Market Be a part of this great tradition on the first Saturday of the month between September and May. Noel’s Restaurant Gallery Browse the work of local and resident artists in the casual atmosphere of this friendly gallery. Indulge in a great coffee and sumptuous scone or cake as you enjoy the artworks.

eat & drink Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove Sample top wines, dine in style in the elegant restaurant, enjoy a relaxed pizza in the outdoor piazza or pack a picnic – Montalto offers it all. The spectacular finalists’ exhibition of the annual Sculpture Prize is on show in the grounds until 30 April.

Noel’s Restaurant Gallery A cosy and relaxed ambience is what Noel’s is all about.

Relax on the cosy back verandah with valley views, soak up the sun on the deck or dine amidst the art in the gallery room and enjoy a menu that is fresh and focussed on seasonal wine and produce.

stay Dragonfly on the Hill Self-contained accommodation for couples, families and groups in idyllic bush settings. www.dragonflyonthehill.com.au Tigerlily on the Hill This rustic, mud brick cottage has been restored into a luxury couples’ retreat. www.tigerlilyonthehill.com.au

close by Oak Hill Gallery Built in 1892, this community gallery is situated in Mornington within a beautiful Italianate-style Victorian villa. C

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dine amongst the art deck with serene valley views vibrant gallery & charming gardens private dining room, open fire & local wine award winning Mediterranean inspired menu

5989 2538

Lunch: Wednesdays to Sundays Dinner: Fridays & Saturdays

1175 Mornington-Flinders Rd Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula (Melway Ref 190 e7)

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Enjoy a day of discovery at Victoria’s Craft Markets. Unique Gifts & Decor, the freshest farm produce, and great food await you at Craft Markets Australia’s 6 locations.

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freshrevolution

words & photos mel wigg

There is a new revolution happening in food and you can be a part of it at your local farmers market Based on a worldwide trend toward the pursuit of natural and authentic sources of food, reignited passion for protection of our precious environment, awareness around reducing our carbon footprint and a yearning for links back to a time and place in which community spirit flourished; Mt Eliza Chamber of Commerce has responded by establishing an authentic monthly Farmers Market in the Mt Eliza precinct.

On the 4th Sunday of every month, rain, hail or shine (ANZAC Day excepted) the Village Mt Eliza will burst to life between 8am – 12.30pm with a community farmers’ market brimming with fresh, local produce including free range eggs, local cheeses, seasonal vegies,

local apples, tomatoes, fresh pastries, condiments, local seafood, boutique beers and wine, free range meats and that’s just for starters.

Amid a relaxed atmosphere, stallholders will lovingly share their growing, rearing and cooking tales with visitors and passers-by as they trawl the market accompanied by a backdrop of live music and the smells and sounds of freshly brewed coffee and a cooked breakfast.

Please join us on Sunday 28th March 2010 from 8am – 12.30pm in the charming Village Mt Eliza to celebrate this highly anticipated launch.

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Market Launch - Sunday 28th March Mt Eliza Way and Village Green 8am – 12:30pm - 4th Sunday each month (Except April 25th ANZAC Day) www.mtelizafarmersmarket.com.au For more info phone: Mel Wigg – 0429 398 684 Melways Ref: 105 F1 coast 104 mtelizafarmersmarkets.indd

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Luxurious & Private “Women’s Only Wellbeing Retreat” Rest and recharge, spectacular ocean views, walk to beach and nature trails.

Celebrating 5 years in May! Book any 4day/3night ‘Wellbeing Retreat Program’ during May and bring a friend for Half Price!

Includes: all healthy meals • blissful spa treatments • hatha yoga • holistic counseling • reiki • flower essence • rest and relax Mother’s Day Gift Vouchers available

Mizu B&B Retreat, just a 45min drive from Melbourne CBD! free call: 1800 68 22 18 | open 7 days 9am–5pm | bookings essential | www.mizu-retreat-spa.com | Olivers Hill mizu spa V_1.indd 1

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South Gippsland Antique Centre SPECIALISING IN FINE QUALITY ANTIQUE FURNITURE Don’t forget to visit our Tyabb store too!

Owner - Peter McDonnell Manager - Caroline Paturzo

Open Weekends and Public Holidays 7 Mine Road, Korumburra, Vic. 3950

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Open Thurs – Sun & Public Holidays 10am – 5pm 1527 Frankston Flinders Rd, Tyabb, Vic 3913 Ph: 5977 4245 coast 18/2/10 2:40:24 PM105

where to

eat

Archies on the Creek

Curry Leaf

Beach Street Garden, Gallery & Cafe

Fishing Village Bar & Cafe

81 Archies Creek Rd Archies Creek Phone 5678 7787 Unique culinary destination

162 Beach Street Frankston Phone 9783 7109 All day breakfast and lunches

129 Jupiter Blv Venus Bay Phone 5663 7100 Bar, restaurant & takeaway

Boonerwurrung Cafe

Infused

Cafe Chocolatte

Kernot Food & Wine Store

Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne Cnr Ballarto Rd & Botanic Dve Phone 5990 2247 Casual dining & functions

1805 Phillip Island Rd Phillip Island Phone 5952 2283 Hot chocolate, chocs & more

Cafe Lulu

Mornington Antique Centre 65 Tyabb Rd Mornington Phone 5977 0155 Coffee, snacks & antiques

Champions Cafe

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Back Beach Road Phone 5952 2710 Racing good food!

Chocolate Factory 930 Phillip Island Rd Newhaven Phone 5956 6600 For chocolate lovers

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Shop 9, Vista Place Cape Woolamai Phone 5956 6772 Great curries

115 Thompson Avenue Cowes Phillip Island Phone 5952 2655 Restaurant,cafe, wine bar

1075 Kernot Loch Rd Kernot Phone 5678 8555 Gourmet treats, lunch & dinner

Kilcunda General Store Bass Hwy Kilcunda Phone 5678 7390 Great food, delicious coffee

McClelland Gallery Cafe

390 McClelland Dve Langwarrin Phone 9789 1610 Cafe, sculpture & functions

Mad Cowes

4/17 The Esplanade Cowes Phone 5952 2560 Phillip Islands best breakfast

Mangowood

Montalto

The Nobbies

Moo’s at Meeniyan

San Remo Bakehouse

The Puzzle Cafe

89 Whitelaw St Meeniyan Ph 5664 0010 Meeniyan’s newest place to dine

153–155 Marine Parade San Remo Phone 5678 5862 Pastries, treats & coffee

1805 Phillip Island Rd Cowes Phone 5952 2283 At Amaze’n’things - food & fun

Noels Restaurant

Sherwoods Restaurant

Tomo Japanese

5 Thompson Avenue Cowes Phillip Island Phone 5952 3773 Elegant casual dining

23 A’Beckett St Inverloch Phone 5674 3444 Modern Japanese

Ocean View Hotel

Schnappers

Vela Nine

Phillip Island RSL

Taylors Waterfront

Silverleaves Cafe

RACV Resort

The Esplanade Hotel

Watermark

The Gilded Lily

Wonthaggi Club

Gluten Free Fine Foods 6 Smith St Warragul Phone 5623 2777

1175 Mornington-Flinders Rd Red Hill Phone 5989 2538 Great food & great art

Bass Highway Kilcunda Phone 5678 7011 Friendly atmosphere & great food

Cnr Cowes Rhyll Rd & Thompson Ave Phone 5952 1004 Contemporary dining

70 Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road Inverloch Phone 5674 0000 Spectacular views

Red Elk Bar & Cafe

27 A’Beckett Street Inverloch Phone 5674 3264 Hip cafe/bar

33 Shoreham Rd Red Hill South Phone 5989 8412 Vineyard & restaurant

3–4 Ramsey Blv Inverloch Phone 5674 1922 Fresh local gummy shark

1215 Phillip Island Tourist Rd Phillip Island Phone 5956 7371 Seafood a speciality

1 A’Beckett St Inverloch Phone 5674 1432 Delicious meals

35 Victoria Rd Loch Phone 5659 4488 Intimate dining, modern menu

Nobbies Centre Phillip Island Phone 5951 2816 Ocean view cafe & functions

9 A’Beckett St Inverloch Phone 5674 1188 Restaurant & Wine Bar

Cnr Sanders Rd & Honey Suckle gve Silverleaves Phone 5952 1110 Great food & terrific Breakfasts

Phillip Island Tourist Rd, San Remo Phone 5671 9300 Contemporary dining @ Silverwater Resort

16 McBride Avenue Wonthaggi Phone 5672 1007 Modern menu & functions

Sandsford Antiques 13 A’Beckett St Inverloch Phone 5674 3339 Antiques & cosy cafe

Let’s eat!

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Just like a delicious recipe, a great restaurant is a combination of ingredients in the right quantities, and Infused Restaurant and Wine Bar has achieved this mix.

Nestled in the relaxed coastal town of Cowes, this equally relaxed dining venue offers cocktails on the comfy retro couches through to a full degustation experience.

Owner-chef Patrick O’Garey is passionate about creating innovative infusions of fresh produce. His style is modern Australian - a bit like the man himself whose love of food developed in his parents’ restaurant in Tasmania and has never stopped growing.

Pat and partner Kylie McGuiness are meticulous about their team. From the dishwasher to front-of-house, everything must gel. As we settle in to the modern, casual surroundings, assistant food and beverage manager, Dale Ewins infects us with his relaxed island persona. Oh, the joy of having such attentive, professional wait staff! He glides around the table, reciting every dish with ease and making informed and spoton wine suggestions for each course.

The starters are Infused’s famous ‘chef’s mixed dozen’ of oysters. Hot and cold, each delicious morsel has a personality of its own. They are complemented by a dish Pat puts on the ‘specials’ board from time to time. The chilli-encrusted schnapper wings are delicate and crispy and well accompanied by an apple and ginger salad and scallop roe sauce. Dale’s suggestion of a glass of Villa Wolf Gewürztraminer comes good with its promise of “spritz and acidity” and makes a very light and elegant partner to these dishes.

Next, we are treated to two stunning entrees: tempura-fried zucchini flowers stuffed with kaffir lime prawns with a soy sake dipping sauce and avocado citrus salsa, and Pat’s house-cured ocean trout with panzanella salad - chilled, fresh gazpacho sauce. The salsa is light and tangy, and kaffir lime flavours burst from the colourful flowers. The soy and sake combo completes the flavour fusion. The trout is delicious, with capers adding a touch of tradition to this modern fusion. Dale recommends a glass of Infused’s own Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

“At $25 a bottle, this has eclipsed our previous best-selling white and is

a great ‘bang for buck’ wine”, says Dale. It’s not half bad either.

After such a delightful start, we eagerly await our mains. They arrive as beautifully presented as our first courses - each a work of art. The first is double-roasted duck with chilli cashew duck-neck sausage, sticky mandarin and fennel salad, fried wonton skins and Sichuan soy duck glaze. Luckily I could hold a pen to take notes, but my dining partner was speechless throughout his duck course! The pork belly and squid is a rich combination, tempered by the tang and freshness of the celeriac and caper remoulade, terrine and beetroot coulis. Dale suggests a light Mr Frog Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley explaining that the acidity of this quite young drop goes well with the richness of the pork and squid and is, of course, a traditional companion to duck. He’s right again – the light wine matches in spice, lightness and crispness.

Pat and Kylie’s love of wine shines through in the smart, professional wine list that caters to every palette.

After our mains, we take a break and enjoy the casual atmosphere where families, tourists and couples all are represented. Pat reclines at our table (probably the first time he’s sat down all day). He has been cooking for 17 years, the last three at Infused. “It’s a story of evolution,” he says of his restaurant. And he seems pretty happy with where it’s at. “So many people come up to thank us: that gets you through the 30-day stretches of lunch and dinner. It all comes down to passion and hard work. I’m just interested in good, fresh food, and I’m always reading cookbooks and going out to other restaurants – it’s market research.” It helps to have a passionate team around you. “Yeah, we sit around after work and talk food and wine - I’m always thinking of the ‘Infused’ way of doing things.”

Pat talks us into trying Infused’s signature summer dessert, so we share a pineapple and raspberry chilli soup with sweet coconut foam and honey pistachio ice-cream. Dale splashes Phillip Island Wines’ Botrytis Riesling into our glasses, making the perfect finish to our Infused experience. C

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It all comes down to passion and hard work. I’m just interested in good, fresh food.

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From the very first taste of your free sample, you will instantly fall in love with Pannys delectable Belgium premium handmade chocolates...

Select from a vast variety of: •truffles •bars •clusters •gift boxes •animals

• Celebrate Easter with Specially (or especially) made Chocolate Gifts • Explore Pannys Amazing World of Chocolate where you can interact with unique displays and see amazing chocolate creations.

• Indulge your tastebuds including our famous choc dipped bananas and hot chocolate made with real chocolate

Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, 930 Phillip Island Rd, Newhaven phone 5956 6600 web www.phillipislandchocolatefactory.com.au coast 110V_3.indd Panny's

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’ whatsnew The latest in what’s great on the coast this autumn!

wonthaggi club

holy cow!

The Wonthaggi Club has recently gained the services of the exceptionally skilled and talented Executive Chef Michael Donnolley.

He has put his year’s of experience into the Club’s new menu. 16 McBride Ave, Wonthaggi. Call 5672 1007

Check out Mad Cowes in Cowes.

Divine coffees, fresh juice cocktails & they’re all about breakfast. Start your day overlooking the bay - udderly gorgeous! The Esplanade, Cowes

kernot food & wine store This store is a find for any foodie. New owers Kevin, Renae and Lindy (left) are crafting a new food, wine & music destination - discover it for yourself! Kernot Food & Wine Store. Call 5678 8555.

moo-vin at meeniyan Moo’s at Meeniyan is the brainchild of Marty Thomas and one of Gippsland newest restaurants & the locals lurve it!

89 Whitelaw St, Meeniyan Call 5664 0010

turning over a new leaf Silverleave Cafe & Store is no secret to food lovers, but we welcome new owners Sue Lightbound and Rohan Dickson.

They are looking forward to continuing and improving the gourmet cafe with a cosy and friendly atmosphere. 1 Honeysuckle Grove, Silverleaves Call 5952 1110

phillip island wines

Melbourne seachangers Tim and Trish have teamed up to revitalise Phillip Island Wines offering live music (often by Tim himself ) & gourmet platters to accompany their wines.

414 Berrys Beach Rd, Phillip Island Call 5956 8465

esplanade hotel The team at Inverloch’s Esplanade Hotel is proud to welcome new chef John Pearson. Originally from the UK, he is planning a new menu and wooing locals who keep coming back for more!

1 A’Beckett St, Inveroch Call 5674 1432

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The Killy Pub & Meikles Ocean View Bistro

“Providing a quality product with

attentive service and total commitment

to your catering needs”

now operating with

Sarah Ashe catering

• Stunning ocean views • Family friendly • Beer garden •70 seater marquee • Delicious meals • Bookings recommended on w/e • Specialising in fresh local seafood & Gippsland beef • Extensive range of specials

www.killypub.com.au Bass Hwy, Kilcunda Bar 56787245 Bistro 56787011 Ocean View Hotel.indd 1

www.sarahashe.com.au Enquiries 5672 1216 12/10/09 11:06:19 AM

1Q=HEPU OA=BKK@ >U PDA OA= • Quality seafood in a relaxing bar and café atmosphere • Fully licensed with three beers on tap - local and Australian wines • Live music most Friday and Saturday nights • ‘Pot ‘N Parma’ nights weekdays • Friday Night ‘Happy Hour’ from 4 to 7 pm

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aptain’s ounge

Fantastic Sports Bar and Entertainment venue: Juke box or live music, TAB and Pool table. Thirsty Camel Bottleshop and Drive Through. Tabaret, friendly staff and great service.

Modern Bistro, open 7 days, Alfresco dining, new summer menu with seniors meals available, breakfast every Sunday 8.30 –11.30. Try our Sunday night Buffet from 6pm, a great selection of dishes to tantalise your tastebuds

Captain’s Lounge restaurant is the newest, most beautiful restaurant in town. A sophisticated menu and elegant surrounds, you couldn’t find a more perfect place to celebrate a special occasion!

Weddings, Engagements, birthdays, conferences and an amazing dining experience.

1 A’Beckett St Inverloch

03 5674 1432

•Modern Australian food •Gluten Free Available •Fantastic Foreshore Views •Open for breakfast and lunch •Phillip Islands best breakfast Shop 3&4/17 The Esplanade Cowes phone: 5952 2560 email: mad.cowes@bigpond.com Mad Cowes Cafe V_6.indd 1

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NEW GALLERY & DINING AREA “Wild Things” & exhibit of endangered animals by resident artist Laurel Foenander

Mangowood has adopted a philosophy of abundance and freedom of choice for those affected by ceoliac disease and other food intolerances. We serve freshly ground organic, fairtrade coffee and stock a great range of groceries, frozen foods and gluten free lollies. We cater to order for functions and specialty cakes. Everything is created fresh daily, including curries, risottos, soups, salads, handmade sponges and eclairs. We have expanded due to customer demand with a new dining room for an all day relaxed atmosphere. We want you to feel welcome, relax and enjoy our signature, delicious, healthy foods.

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my favoriterecipe Moreton Bay Bugs in a Creamy Lemon Butter With warm salad of green & yellow beans, cherry tomatoes with pink peppercorn & champagne dressing - Sherwoods Restaurant

SHERWOODS

Restaurant

elegant casual dining

“This dish has always been a hit in the restaurant, and is so colourful and tasty, yet quite simple to cook. If you can’t get Bugs you could replace them with fresh raw king prawns, or visit us at Sherwood’s and let us do all the work!”Eddie Sherwood

Ingredients

5 whole Moreton Bay Bugs 1 cup thickened cream 2 tbs butter 1 tbs roughly chopped dill 1 lemon - juiced Splash white wine Good pinch salt Dozen green beans Dozen yellow beans Half red capsicum sliced Half red onion sliced 1 tbs pink peppercorns 1/2 cup sparkling or white wine 1 tbs Olive oil

Method

Every dish is a signature dish Menu changing weekly

Private function room & beer garden catering for all budgets The Islands favourite Seafood Platter

Cut Bugs in half from tail end with kitchen scissors and rinse.

Place all ingredients in pan, cover and simmer until sauce is thick and bugs are cooked (the shell will go pink and the meat white).

When cream starts to thicken, heat olive oil in another pan, then put green and yellow beans, onion, peppercorns and capsicum in and toss for 1-2 mins. Add cherry tomatoes and a splash of sparkling wine, heat for 30 secs and serve. To plate up, make 3 layers of bugs with 2 on bottom, 2 in middle and 1 on top, each layer facing different directions. Pour sauce over bugs. Place salad on plate next to Moreton Bay Bugs, pour dressing over and serve with warm bread. CC

Bookings preferred call Eddie & Karen Sherwood

PH: 5952 3773 5 Thompson Ave Cowes

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With comfortable modern surrounds and a fantastic range of entertainment options, the Phillip Island RSL is the island’s favourite meeting place.

Whether its coffee with friends, dinner with family or a special occasion, our friendly staff and great menu make every visit memorable!

Phillip Island RSL

Open 7 days • For the benefit of members and guests The ANZAC Room is ideal for weddings, engagements, birthdays, corporate dinners, and conferences. Our boardroom facilities also accommodate smaller training groups or conferences, and the Lone Pine Bistro is ideal for smaller functions and social events.

Visit our website for more information, including upcoming events!

Cnr Cowes Rhyll Rd & Thompson Ave, Cowes, Vic. 3922

www.pirsl.com.au Tel. (03) 5952 1004

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Enjoy healthy eating and friendly service

Offering a large diabetic, low fat, low sugar menu – Good for everyone!

Delicious focaccias, soups and salads

Catering available Breads, European Pastries & Cakes, Special Occasion Cakes, Cafe Foods & Fresh Coffee Proprietors Paul & Roberta Smith 153 -155 Marine Parade, San Remo coast San116 Remo Bakehouse_v1.indd

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wine feature

words rick lacey photo warren reed ‘Will it age?’‘How long should I cellar this?’‘Does it age under screwcap?’‘Do you have any aged wine? - I don’t drink anything else.’ These are some pretty common questions at cellar door. To cover the question of the ageing of wine, you would have to write a book – and you would still have gaps, as there is as much unknown as known about the phenomenon.

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So, a few pointers: • Whether a wine will improve further with age depends on its quality and style. There is absolutely no point in cellaring a poor wine in the hope that it will ‘come around’.

• The vast majority of bottled wine is consumed within hours or days of purchase. A tiny percentage is kept for any length of time.

Therefore, winemakers generally release wines when they are good for immediate consumption.

• During bottle ageing, wine loses primary (fruit) and some secondary (winemaking) aromas and flavours, but gains tertiary aromas and flavours, giving more complexity to the wine.

• So, as a general guide, if a wine’s appeal is its fruit aromas and flavours (e.g. rosé) you will lose from ageing and gain little – drink it young.

• For those wines that will improve with age, in most cases and for most drinkers, the ideal mix between freshness and complexity will happen after around 2 to 5 years of bottle ageing.

• Very few wines reward long ageing (10+ years) – these wines are the exception, not the rule.

• Acidity does not change with age.

• Wines age under screw cap, indeed, more reliably than wines under cork (no cork taint, cork failure, etc).If you want to understand the effect of bottle ageing, buy a good aged Hunter Valley Semillon. When bottled, it would have been relatively simple and uninteresting. After 5+ years of bottle age it has toast, honey and a whole lot more going on – all developed in the bottle. C

specialising in quality dining, and function experiences

16 Mc Bride ave Wonthaggi tel: 5672 1007 e: wonclub@dcsi.net.au www.wonthaggiclub.com.au coast 117 Wonthaggi Club_v2.indd 1

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Archies on the Creek

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Archies on the Creek is rapidly gaining a reputation for fine dining. The wine experience is equally as fine and, with a wine list boasting 700 lines and 20 000 bottles in the cellar, this is the perfect venue to explore the wonders of wine.

Owner Vern Rickman recruited highly-regarded sommelier Nick Bowring of Melbourne’s Botanical and Vue de Monde to assist in developing the restaurant wine list using Vern’s amazing collection as a basis. Nick has been consulting for Archies on the Creek since June 2009. Following his success at Archies on the Creek, Nick is now pursuing his own company, ‘Wine Concepts’ while still consulting for wine dinners and special events at Archies.

When dining at Archies on the Creek, why not be adventurous? Try some new varieties, ask questions and expand your wine knowledge by taking advantage of the experienced connoisseurs on hand.

Archies on the Creek’s focus is to create a balanced selection that represents value for money and complements the menu’s fabulous fresh local produce. Along with special treats for dedicated foodies, there is a strong focus on boutique, local producers. There is a real “excitement” about Gippsland, which, I discover to my amazement, is Australia’s largest wine zone.

Crawford River Riesling 2008 “Victoria is not especially renowned for riesling, but this one is superb.

Great by itself, especially in summer, this well-rounded wine has great acidity and is perfect with oysters. Should be drunk at about 8 degrees celcius – to bring out the many citrus flavours.”

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Campbell’s Italian Trebbiano 2008 “Sauvignon Blanc is over-popularised.

There are other wines out there that are crisp and dry like this classic but lesserknown variety. A really clean wine with a unique, full flavour with citrus fruits and herbal notes. Great with antipasto, pastas and pizzas.”

Anthony Nancarrow is the on-site wine expert. He has worked with Melbourne’s leading wine wholesaler and finest independent retailer.

Anthony has also dealt with some of the world’s finest wines and has over 20 years of experience in the industry with the likes of Nelson Wine Company and Como Wines. Anthony is a welcomed addition to what is fast becoming a highly reputable and enviable wine list and food and wine destination. Founder of Archies on the Creek, Vern Rickman is a true oenophile (one who loves wine). Over the past ten years, he has sourced an amazing collection of wines from around the world resulting in a highly impressive private collection.

His main wine advice?

- Go local - support our local wine growers. This also helps to keep down the carbon footprint.

- Be adventurous and try different wines.

- A high price tag doesn’t always mean good quality.

The wines selected for our tasting are a “snapshot of Victoria”. All are available at Archies on the Creek; either in the restaurant or as takeaway from the cellar door. C

Lucinda Estate Pinot Noir 2008 “You don’t need an excuse for this wine, but it classically goes with duck.

Locally produced in Gippsland, this is well-priced & has power, richness & complexity. With Pinots, texture is very important, you look for earthiness and complexity. As good a Pinot as I’ve tried.”

Smith’s Vineyard Shiraz 2006 “Smith’s Vineyard from Beechworth in north-east Victoria produces this coolclimate shiraz. This is a bigger, bolder style of wine that is perfect with steak.

You smell the fruit and this wine is tarry, inky, oaky and meaty!”

V I N E YA R D & O L I V E G R O V E

www.montalto.com.au

Montalto Sculpture Prize open daily until 30th April Restaurant open for lunch daily, dinner Friday & Saturday. Cellar Door open daily 11 – 5pm.

Piazza Café open for lunch on weekends. Picnics available from November to April.

Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove 33 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South. Victoria. Mel Ref: 256 B2 Tel: 03 5989 8412

“we have the dream, that all who visit feel rewarded by the time shared”

Purple Hen

Phillip Island WInes

2008 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

2006 Chardonnay

Very approachable as a young wine – lovely fruit characters and a generous mouthfeel from firm but smooth tannins – this wine will continue to develop for another 3 to 4 years.

Purple Hen Vineyard & Winery 96 McFees Rd, Rhyll, Phillip Island Call 5956 9244 www.purplehenwines.com.au

This delicious wine is light straw colour in the glass and has an elusive fine fruit bouquet with a tantalising hint of white peach and lime. Long and smooth, in the mouth it is creamy, full bodied and crisp with subtle layers of lingering soft citrus on the finish.

An exceptional wine which continues the tradition of excellence established by our one acre of chardonnay since the first vintage in 1997. This wine has a James Halliday Rating of 94 points.

Phillip Island Wines 414 Berrys Beach Rd, Phillip Island Call 5956 8465 www.phillipislandwines.com.au

A Five-Star James Halliday Winery

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414 Berrys Beach Rd, Phillip Island Cellar door: Thurs–Sun 11am–5.30pm Open daily school & public holidays

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cellarselections Montalto Vineyard

Mallani Wines

Lucinda Estate

2007 McRae Chardonnay

Pinot Noir 2008

2008 Pinot Noir

Available from Archies on the Creek 81 Archies Creek Rd, Archies Creek Call 5678 7787 www.archies on thecreek.com.au

Montalto Vineyard 33 Shoreham Road Red Hill Sth Call 5989 8412 www.montalto.com.au

Mallani wines are crafted from grapes grown in the cool climate of South Gippsland. Winemaker James Lance produced this crisp, dry chardonnay from grapes crushed to press via a chiller for immediate juice cooling.

The juice was settled, then racked prior to natural fermentation. Wine was stored on lees without battonage (stirring) to retain fruit purity and freshness.

Mallani Wines Woolamai, South Gippsland www.mallani.com.au

Locally produced near Leongatha in Gippsland, this wine is produced by husband and wife team, Lucinda and Andrew Gromotka from their 15-year-old vines.

This Pinot is well-priced and has power, richness and complexity.

This wine is an outstanding example of the power and grace of the Pinot Noir.

It is already showing lovely tannin and oak integration, allowing wonderful ripe berry and cherry fruits to shine through, underpinned by a gentle earthy complexity all held together with soft and silky textures. Fantastic drinking now and over the next 3 - 5 years, and sure to continue the proud legacy of its predecessors.

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Life is good at this family home in Cape Woolamai. Tracey Kenyon and Mark Merryfull have thrown away the rule book to show that it’s all about putting yourselves into a house that truly makes it a home.

Elcho should be locked in the laundry. But, as I arrive for the interview at the family home of Tracey, Mark, Sonny and Finn, the hound bounds out to say hi. “He’s the luckiest camp dog in the world,” says Tracey of the dog they acquired when they spent a year on Elcho Island, north of Darwin.

Just like everyone in this happy house, Elcho has his own space, and settles on his cushion in the corner. This Cape Woolamai abode is the quintessential beach house - with a unique edge. Sited on a spacious double block, the house has been cleverly made up of two parts: the original beach shack and a second section that was relocated onto the block from Red Rocks.

The couple moved to Phillip Island from Northcote in 2005 and rented as they looked for their family home. “We bought the house after being in it for only five minutes,” says Tracey as she takes me on the tour. “We had looked at other places, but knew this was the one.

It was just a really loved house with lots of interesting nooks and crannies and little cupboards and things. We walked out and I said: “Mez, pay the man now!”

Reality hit when they actually moved in. “We both looked at each other and went – ‘Oh no: there is so much work to do!’ We would have realised that if we had spent more than five minutes in it!” jokes Mark.

The house has a staggering seven bedrooms, two bathrooms and two large (one bordering on huge) living areas. “When we first moved in, Finn would call out to me all the time, ‘Mum, where are you?’ The irony is that we have seven bedrooms but the kids share one room because they just like it that way,” Tracey says. The remaining rooms are reserved for the regular house-guests, most of whom have kids.

“It’s great when people come to stay: they are up the other end of the house and have their own space,” adds Mark.

The couple rolled up their sleeves and started on the floors. Then, they went straight to the pool room they had created from the huge room at the other end of the house. A coat of white paint on the pine ceiling and replacing corkboard with timber flooring worked wonders. They also transformed the existing kitchenette into a funky bar, complete with fish tank. This is Mark’s favourite room, while Tracey prefers the afternoon sun at the other end of the house and her workroom where she practises astrology, tarot and reiki. She is also trained in the field of autism in children and is about to start working with families from home.

Tracey describes the evolution of the house as organic: “We love having projects on the go. We’ll sit down with a glass of wine at the end of the day and talk about what to do next. It’s not uncommon to greet the builder with ‘Hi. The plans have changed!”

The next project was the deck. Designer, Iain Milne suggested a large, split-level decking which effectively created another outdoor living and entertaining area. A visiting garden-designer friend looked at the yard and said, ‘I see circles’ – and now, when you sit on the deck, the garden seems to flow around you. Mark works as a revegetation officer for Phillip Island Nature Park, so he created an indigenous garden with a stone streambed and pond that is currently home to some Southern Brown Tree-frog tadpoles. Even the old water-tanks used for vegie beds keep with the circular theme.

Then came tackling the bathrooms. “We worked with a local builder to fix the shower and floor in the small ensuite, and I did the mosaic.

Then we created one main bathroom from what was originally three separate rooms,” expains Tracey. All the way through, the couple used reclaimed and recycled timbers and fixtures, and pieces of retro furniture add to the funky feel.

“We were really conscious of not changing the essence of the place – that’s what we first fell in love with. The estate agent suggested that we could alter the kitchen by knocking down all the walls – but we think it’s really cute. It’s not state of the art, but has a country feel. We didn’t look at any magazines or catalogues. We just worked with what was there and our own personal taste,” says Tracey.

The house works perfectly with the family’s lifestyle now and into the future. “When we moved down here, it took us a while to hook into a local bunch of friends, so a lot of our entertainment was having our Melbourne friends to stay. We love this house because there is so much room for friends and their kids. It’s also practical.” And bulletproof. “We’ve done what we’ve done thinking that people will just use and enjoy it and not be precious about it at all.”

Can they sum up the house in a few words? “Big and loose,” jokes Mark. Tracey’s word is “fun. It’s a fun house and kids love it. There are lots of spaces we’ve created for all seasons and occasions. It was a house, now it’s the home where we’ve settled and where our kids will grow up. And the beach is just down the road, which is pretty gold!”

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Curry Leaf

136

Esplanade Hotel

113

Infused Restaurant & Wine Bar

13

Kilcunda General Store

136

Kernot Food & Wine Store

91

Mad Cowes

114

Mangowood Gluten Free Food

114

Montalto Restaurant

119

Moo’s at Meeniyan

31

Noels Restaurant & Gallery

103

Ocean View Hotel Kilcunda

112

Phillip Island Chocolate Factory 110

Amcal Chemist Cowes

94

Phillip Island Nature Park

110

Darren George Hair

140

Phillip Island RSL

116

DK Denture Clinic

140

San Remo Bakehouse

116

Jeminy Hair & Health

140

Schnappers Fish & Chips

137

Natural Medicine Centres

141

Sherwoods Restaurant

115

Mizu B&B and Spa Retreat

105

Silverleaves Cafe & Food Store

137

Red Hill Day Spa

103

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137

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23

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137

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83

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138

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103

Tomo Modern Japanese

138

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76

Vela Nine

138

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Emily Flutterbys

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68

Venus Bay Fishing Village Bar & Café

112

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Kush Kush

96

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Beaumont Concepts

133

Southern Bazaar

19

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Burke Homes

129

South Coast Furnishings

13

Amaze n Things

39

Darren Brown Design

144

Simply Blooming Gorgeous

86

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

43

Home Design & Construction

144

Royal Bot. Gardens Cranbourne

5

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144

New Dimension Homes

131

Denis A Hawkins

33

Storybook Cottages

132

Goldsmiths Gallery

68

Waterfront Homes

135

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25

Studio 41 Mornington

43

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117

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130

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145

Evan’s Petroleum

145

Mary MacKillop College

99

Loes Hardware

127

Newhaven College

98

Paint Place

126

Van Steensels Timbers

145

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