Domain Review Bayside & Port Phillip - December 07, 2022

PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

DECEMBER 7-13, 2022

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THE SUMMER READING LIST

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There’s nothing like a big, flashy soiree to kick off the holiday season.

And the NGV knows just how to throw one. To celebrate the opening of the gallery’s new exhibition – Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse – the well-to-do, including our cover star Victoria Lee, are coming to Melbourne. In our last cover story of the year, Jane Rocca talks to Lee and the team behind the McQueen exhibition about the late fashion designer’s creative genius. It has been a pleasure to bring you the best of Melbourne this year – I wish you all a wonderful Christmas, and we’ll catch you in 2023! ●

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BOOKS

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t’s that time of year when – after the festive rush – life slows down enough that you can catch up on your to-be-read pile.

The most gripping stories this year happen to be those too tall to be anything but true. No matter who you love, chances are your fave has a memoir out this year.

Bottom of the pile (for reasons of weight alone) is Bono’s remarkable Surrender, in which the U2 singer uses 40 of his songs to tease apart his incredible life and career, from the death of his mother when he was 18 to the frontman himself (nearly) dying on a hospital table.

Along the way he meets popes, presidents and pop stars and, thanks to his bracing, open-hearted style, we get to stand in the room beside him.

Prefer your stars on the big screen? Paul Newman’s posthumous The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is frank to the point of agony, as the actor pulls himself apart with unforgiving (but famously blue) eyes.

The Alan Rickman Diaries (also posthumous) are unguarded scribbles, packed with celebrity cameos and deliciously wicked in their gossipy asides.

Richard E. Grant’s A Pocketful of Happiness is just as unfiltered and stuffed with celebs, but

The best books to read on your summer break.

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behind the gossip is the moving story of the actor’s last months with his wife, which reads as a work-inprogress on dealing with an unimaginable loss.

Budding tennis stars will find Ash Barty’s My Dream Time an inspiring read, as the Wimbledon champ discusses the bumpy road from picking up a racquet aged five to quitting at her peak.

There’s also inspiration in Grace Tame’s The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner, which tackles her grooming and sexual abuse as a 15-year-old, but ultimately seeks to give hope to survivors.

Edited by Julia Gillard, Not Now, Not Ever has a similar focus on a road map forwards, with a host of notables discussing how the former prime minister’s famous misogyny speech continues to energise women across the globe.

If you want a different sort of road map, try Raynor Winn’s Landlines – in which the author of The Salt Path and her terminally ill husband set out on a new journey to walk one of the wildest paths in

Britain. It’s far more heartwarming than it might sound, with Winn lyrically evoking the liberating force of reconnecting with nature.

If you need a break from reality, Perth author (and emergency physician) Michelle Johnston’s new novel, Tiny Uncertain Miracles, is a wonderful, compelling tale of faith, loss and alchemy – and finding hope in the least likely of places.

Ian McEwan’s sprawling Lessons doesn’t exactly sidestep world events but rather shows us their impact on ordinary folk, following the life of one man across eight decades of turmoil and reminding us that it’s the small things that matter most.

Finally, it wouldn’t be summer without a gruesome death or three. Jane Harper’s Exiles is another great and twisty rural murder mystery, the third in the former journo’s bestselling series that began with The Dry. Murder is closer to home in Sally Hepworth’s page-turner The Soulmate, as a Portsea couple become duelling narrators in the wake of a death by their clifftop house.

But when it comes to a good mystery, there’s no going past Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series. The latest volume, The Bullet That Missed, is complex, comic, rich and fun. ●

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COVER STORY The genius of

McQueen comes to the NGV.

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Fashion forward

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rom Savile Row tailor to international runway trailblazer, fashion designer Alexander McQueen pushed creative boundaries, taking inspiration from history, film, nature and his Scottish heritage.

This weekend, a major fashion exhibition, McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, opens at NGV International to celebrate his fashion domination – from the early ’90s until his death in 2010.

More than 60 garments and accessories travel from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), while a further 50 pieces are taken from the NGV archive – many donated in the past six years by Australian fashion lover and philanthropist Krystyna Campbell-Pretty.

To mark the grand occasion, the NGV Gala (Melbourne’s answer to the MET Gala), in conjunction with David Jones, returns in all its stylish glory after a two-year pandemic hiatus, with McQueen creations likely to feature prominently on the red carpet.

Australian model Victoria Lee returns to Melbourne for the event, wearing Alexander McQueen, of course.

“I love the fantasy he created through his collections; that’s what really got me,” Lee says. “You never knew what to expect from McQueen – he took inspiration from culture, history and his Savile Row background. He was an iconic and talented artist and it was reflected in every piece.”

NGV curator Katie Somerville remembers the gallery’s first acquisition from the designer 25 years ago.

“We would purchase directly from the McQueen studio back in the day,” Somerville says.

“It is exciting for us as an institution to know we were one of the first to see this was an important move to make.”

The NGV has acquired many McQueen couture garments over the

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decades – the first taken from The Hunger and Highland Rape collections.

Somerville has worked closely with LACMA to plot McQueen’s sartorial runway collections in chronological order for the new exhibit, hoping to showcase his talent to a new audience.

“There is a whole generation that didn’t live through this era of McQueen,” she says.

“We hope people will glean just how creative he was as a human and how remarkable it is to bear witness into what fed his creativity and what inspired that mind and those hands.

“The materials he used, the way he tailored was signature McQueen handwriting. He created the bumsters early on in his career, and spoke about how tailoring came from a place of slow fashion.

He left school young and went straight into an apprenticeship. He had a vision and an ability we don’t see often.”

His Scottish ancestry and the history of Scotland is honoured in a 2006 collection titled The Widows of Culloden. He paid tribute to women widowed in the 1746 battle that saw British government forces kill more than 1000 Scotsmen in less than an hour.

We see tartan and highland dresses that evoke more than is immediately obvious – Sarah Jessica Parker wore one of these dresses to the opening of Anglomania at the MET at the time.

“We have 10 works from this collection and they tell a deep and rich story,” Somerville says. “This was the second time McQueen focused on his Scottish heritage – his first was 1995’s autumnwinter Highland Rape.”

LA-based costume designer Michael Schmidt (who has made pieces for Cher, Madonna and Beyonce) was commissioned to create headpieces for the exhibition, paying homage to McQueen.

“I am very cognisant of the fact it is not a Michael Schmidt show, that these pieces exist to exalt McQueen’s work,” says Schmidt, who also incorporates 3D printing, a technique McQueen introduced with his Alien shoe.

“I took my inspiration from him and approached my work in a humorous or unusual way. They are time-intensive headpieces, individual sculptural works of art. I had always been aware of McQueen’s work, and was a huge fan because he took a similar approach to how I work.

“His work was about the craftsmanship in couture. He subverted those techniques – an approach that not many designers do. In doing so, he created his own language and I responded to that as an artist.”

Headpieces by Paris-based Australian sculptor Sarah Hermarnee are also displayed in the NGV exhibition. She first collaborated with McQueen in 1997 for the It’s a Jungle Out There collection.

British fashion photographer Robert Fairer unearths an epic back catalogue of behind-thescenes runway and backstage shots for the exhibition. He attended 31 of the 36 McQueen shows, at a time when photographers weren’t usually allowed backstage. He was also in the thick of the ’90s rebellion that came with McQueen joining the luxury fashion list.

“Backstage wasn’t a genre it has become now,” Fairer says. “I was mostly just shooting runways back then. It was London – a time when creatives found cheap venues and were able to do whatever they needed to do in it.

“The spaces McQueen found were rough, practical, dirty. He used a recycling plant for his shows because he knew he could do whatever he wanted in there.

“McQueen happened to be one of 80 designers I would cover in a season from New York to London and Paris. But he was the most thrilling, intimidating, unexpected and hard work,” Fairer adds.

Somerville says Mind, Mythos, Muse is less biographical and more a celebration of McQueen’s collections and what inspired him each season.

“We want to show what an incredible storyteller he was,” she says. “His garments had incredible impact and innovation in the runway space, and really shows just how creative he was.” ●

“I love the fantasy he created through his collections; that’s what really got me. You never knew what to expect ...”

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CRICKET Aaron Finch says this summer is all about BBL … and his bub.

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etiring from one-day international cricket a few months ago might have put an end to Aaron Finch’s hopes of playing at the World Cup in India at the end of 2023, but the Melbourne Renegades batter returns to the pitch for the Big Bash League this summer.

Finch has been with the club since its inception in 2011. He was captain for nine consecutive BBL matches and only has 13 games to play before he makes 100 with the club.

“It’s nice to [have been] at Melbourne Renegades since they started,” Finch says. “It’s something I am definitely proud of.

“I don’t really look at milestone records but to be with a team as long as that is a big deal. We have had some good highs and difficult, challenging years, too, but to play under the roof at Marvel Stadium week in and week out over the summer is really special to me.”

Growing up on a 1.2-hectare property in Colac with two older brothers meant Finch spent a lot of time outdoors playing sport.

But it was time spent with his grandfather Bob that inspired him to play cricket.

“My love of cricket was through my grandfather and I have great memories of playing cricket with him in the backyard,” Finch says.

Finch with wife Amy Griffiths and baby Esther.

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“We had plenty of space on the property to roll up a pitch, and the hay shed was an automatic wicketkeeper. Growing up with two brothers meant I was always competitive against them when we played, too.”

Finch says getting his first Victorian rookie contract at the age of 18 changed his life, but also came with plenty of mental challenges.

“You go from being one of the better players in the competition to playing professional cricket and finding yourself starting all over again,” he reflects.

“You have a lot of self-doubt as a young cricketer, and do wonder if you’re good enough to play.

“It took a couple of years until I got an opportunity, but I look back and am grateful I got to do this as a career.”

The 36-year-old admits that his early retirement from international cricket was spurred by ongoing injuries – which, in turn, made training more difficult.

“You can’t train at the same intensity as you did when you didn’t have a few niggles,” Finch says.

But the career change means a move back to his regional home with more time to spend with his wife, Amy, and their 14-month-old daughter.

“But it’s allowed me to get some perspective on what life is for me now,” he says.

“My wife has been so supportive of my career over the past nine years and she has sacrificed a lot for me to live my dream. It’s now my chance to pay some of that back.

“What people don’t realise is the world is a lot less glamorous when you travel for international cricket – it’s hotel rooms, airports and buses day after day and being on the road for a few months.

“It was time to focus on T20 and be a present dad while I can.” ●

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Summer in the city

EVENTS What’s on in

Melbourne this January.

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e’re taking a break over January, but Melbourne events certainly are not. We’ve rounded up some of the best things to see and do as the new year kicks off. ●

TIME • RONE It’s not every day you get access to the Flinders Street Station’s third floor, but the doors are open thanks to one of Melbourne’s most celebrated artists, Rone.

He transforms this iconic building into something nostalgic with a midcentury ode to the city, from Flinders Lane’s rag trade to the ’60s wave of clerical halls, with migrant stories woven throughout.

“My grandmother worked in Flinders Lane, so one of the rooms here is a tribute to those who worked there in the rag trade,” Rone says.

The installation features Rone’s large-scale murals, which seem to watch over you as you enter each room, each ignited by a symphonic soundtrack created

by Nick Batterham.

Project collaborator and interior stylist Carly Spooner decks the halls

event with plenty of French favourites selling food, from restaurant L’Gitan and Frederic Bistro to Milk The Cow hampers. ● sofrenchysochic.com

with splendid vintage finds, while carefully placed nods to Rone’s previous work such as Empire are woven in.

“For me, this project is a response to the architecture of Melbourne – there’s an element of fiction in there too, but it’s all about recreating Melbourne and what it might have been like,” Rone says. ● rone.art

So Frenchy So Chic The summer festival So Frenchy So Chic has long celebrated the best of French and Australian culture, and on January 15 the festival returns to Werribee Park with a fully French music line-up. The acts include Suzane – who won the French equivalent of a Grammy Award in 2020 – and Kalika, whose voice has been described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. It’s a family-friendly

Sunset Cinema Mount Martha is once again set to host Sunset Cinema,where you can catch feel-good classics such as Elf Elf, Love Actually, Home Alone and Dirty Dancing – and the soon-to-bereleased Boxing Day flick I Wanna Dance With Somebody. It runs from December 21 to January 20. ● sunsetcinema.com.au

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Lunar New Year Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with the annual street parades and dragon dances that weave from Chinatown through to Queensbridge Square in Melbourne’s CBD. Held over the weekend of January 21 and 22, it’s where food stalls, fireworks and music give us plenty of reasons to be cheerful. ● whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au

Australian Open The Australian Open 2023 will be at Rod Laver Arena from January 16 to 29, bringing the world’s top tennis stars to the courts. Offcourt, prepare to be dazzled by the country’s culinary best from Supernormal, Nomad and Stokehouse. Shane Delia’s Maha, Rockpool Bar & Grill and Penfolds Restaurant are back for stylish dining soirees. More than 90,000 fans are set to come through the gates, so don’t leave booking to the last minute. ● ausopen.com

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WINE

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atherine Brown is leading the charge as a fourth-generation winemaker at Brown Brothers, and bringing back an ’80s red in the name of nostalgia.

The award-winning winemaker runs the family business with her two sisters Emma and Caroline.

They are part of a new Foxtel documentary series, Next in Wine: Survival and Succession, which follows the siblings as they navigate a harvest season and bring back their famous drop – the Tarrango varietal.

It was Katherine’s great-grandfather who planted the first vines in Victoria’s high-altitude King Valley in 1885, and now she’s doing all she can to steer our palates to a past product that was ahead of its time.

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Tarrango is a hybrid grape, planted in 1965 in partnership with the CSIRO and Brown Brothers.

It’s a cross between white sultana grapes and the red Portuguese variety Touriga Nacional. The grape was mostly used to make rosé at Brown Brothers.

“I have been banging the drum for Tarrango forever with my family, and in my mind, it should never have died,” Katherine says.

“Tarrango was before its time, but it’s a natural progression after years of trends that covered chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and summers of rosé.

“It’s a lovely red that’s dry and served chilled. You can pair it with cuisines that stand up to spice and it makes the perfect accompaniment to the sharefood culture that’s booming.”

Making a documentary about what happens behind the scenes at Brown Brothers initially felt like a boring idea to Katherine.

“I quickly realised when the cameras started following me through harvest to see what I do, that none of it is staged, it’s a very candid depiction of what goes on, and I quickly loved sharing this side to my life and job,” she says.

“None of it is staged, it’s a very candid depiction of what goes on, and I quickly loved sharing this side to my life and job.”

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“Seeing myself on camera really shows my passion for the job; my face says it all.”

Katherine found her passion for winemaking while on a trip to France in 2009 and again in 2013.

In 2015, she joined the family business full-time and says that, while the name Brown Brothers is a nod to its founding fathers, it’s women who get the job done at the winery.

“Across our winemaking and throughout the business, it’s very gender balanced,” she says.

“We have women on the board and in winemaking. Dad and his three brothers were successful in their generation because each one took a different direction to work in and it’s similar to me and my sisters. But it was my uncle John and Dad who were my mentors. I would pick their brains and

read over their notes and instantly fell in love with the idea of what I could do next.”

The documentary shows Katherine in her element. Her determination to get it right is reflected in her accolades – including winning a trophy for the 2017 Brown Brothers 1889 dry rosé in only her second vintage with the winemaking team.

“The documentary can’t hide the facts,” she says.

“You see me checking ferments and making sure that the grapes were of quality and there is no way you can re-stage that … once it’s picked, it’s done …

“This is the real deal and gives a lovely portrait into how a winemaker’s world works.” ● NEXT IN WINE: SURVIVAL AND SUCCESSION \ Available to stream on Foxtel Go.

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FEATURE HOUSE HAMPTON \ 29 HIGHETT ROAD 4

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Just completed, this home designed by architects at Ewert Leaf is all set for a busy family life.

The two-storey property is light and spacious with an open, easy-flowing floor plan. At ground level, the living, dining and kitchen area looks out to the landscaped front garden and opens to a wide patio.

The house has been fitted with commercial-grade double glazing. Black-framed floor-to-ceiling doors and windows give the living area a sophisticated indoor-outdoor atmosphere. Wide oak floorboards emphasise clean lines.

The grey and white kitchen is beautifully appointed for everyday cooking or heavy-duty entertaining with Bosch appliances, a large fitted pantry and calacatta stone benchtops.

There is a choice of main bedrooms in this large family home. On the ground floor, a bedroom suite opens to a private paved courtyard and has a large walk-in wardrobe and en suite with twin basins.

A study looks out to another courtyard, and there is a laundry and storeroom.

A wide staircase, lit by a skylight, leads to the first floor.

Here, another bedroom suite has his and hers walk-in wardrobes and a spacious en suite. The two children’s bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and share the family bathroom with its twin basins, shower and oval bath.

The rumpus room on this level is large and has a balcony looking out to the front garden and the leafy neighbourhood.

The house, which is set on a corner block of about 409 square metres, has climate control over several zones, a

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powder room, an alarm system, a video intercom and pure wool carpets in the bedrooms. The gardens have a lighting

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It is zoned for Sandringham Primary School and Sandringham College, and is close to parks and playgrounds.

The beach and Sandringham Yacht Club are a walk away and the address is close to the prestigious group of golf clubs on the sandbelt that includes the Royal Melbourne and Victoria clubs. ● BEVERLEY JOHANSON property @domain.com.au

Agent: Hodges Real Estate, Angus Graham 0401 505 259 Price: $2.1 million-$2.3 million Auction: Noon, December 17

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room. There’s also a remote-controlled

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roof. Here, hardwood floors take over from

triple garage and additional off-street

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the original pine and the white kitchen has

parking, with the location offering plenty of amenity, being only metres from Brighton

a 900-millimetre stove, stone benches and

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excellent storage. Beyond is a deck and

Tropical plantings, visible through most of

beach, Hampton Street cafes, eateries and

the many windows on both levels, enhance

shops, as well as the area’s selection of

The matching fence and verandah trim

house has ducted heating, cooling and an

the resort-like feel of this contemporary

prestigious schools. ●

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home. A lap pool, which is accessed

a garden that includes a lemon tree. The

interior to come. In the original section

the open-plan kitchen and living zone at

of the home, two bedrooms with built-in

rear, doesn’t hurt the relaxed, sanctuary

wardrobes open off the hallway, followed

atmosphere, either. Accommodation – four

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Melbourne signals the fresh and stylish

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by a bathroom that looks out to a side

bedrooms plus a generous retreat space

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deck, to which the third bedroom has

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access. The rear section of the home is a

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floor also providing a separate family

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large and open living, dining and kitchen

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room, home office, laundry and powder

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area whose ceiling follows the peak of the

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while the kitchen includes contemporary

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lounge and dining) while the north-facing

luxuries such as an induction cooktop, two

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ovens and stainless steel fridge. Bedrooms include built-in wardrobes, plus there’s a

a multipurpose studio space for additional

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Given the property’s golden mile address,

dedicated private study, separate laundry,

it is not surprising agent Matthew Pillios

powder room and for storage, there’s

One of the first homes to appear on

describes the renovated townhouse as

space under the stairs in addition to the

Littlewood Street almost a century ago,

being in a “phenomenal location” and “a

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Myrtleford is holding its own against any

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dream location to many”, especially given it is within walking distance of the beach,

lifestyle flexibility. A massive oak tree impresses at the landscaped front, which includes off-street parking. ● JOANNE BROOKFIELD

new build after a renovation. “This is a rare five bedroom, four living and dining zoned

parks and cafes. One of only four in its lot,

family home in highly sought after bayside

the property offers multiple living zones,

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Hampton precinct,” says agent Robin

complemented by a very private rear

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Parker. Over two levels, it provides plenty

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courtyard for al fresco entertaining. There

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of space for a family inside (the kitchen

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are double-height ceilings in the entrance

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has Shaker-style cabinetry while original

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foyer with French oak parquetry underfoot,

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leadlight remains in rooms such as the

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BRIGHTON 78 Cole Street THE ULTIMATE POOLSIDE ENTERTAINER Combining the romance of the Edwardian era with the modern aesthetic of a bayside lifestyle, this grandly scaled home provides the ultimate in family luxury in an idyllic poolside setting. The vast 5bedroom, 4-bathroom interior meets all the demands of growing and multi-generational families through elegant formal and informal living and dining zones, home office, upstairs retreat, showpiece kitchen with butler’s pantry, and choice of master bedrooms on each level. Exclusive locale steps to the foreshore, Elsternwick Park, Elwood Village, Martin Street Village and leading schools.

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ST KILDA WEST 401/315 Beaconsfield Parade WATERFRONT PENTHOUSE WITH BAY AND CITY VIEWS Bayside luxury has never looked an enticing as this memorable 4 bed, 3 bath dual level penthouse in Camino Royale. Enjoy 180sqm (approx.) total, 2 living zones, pristine stone kitchen, balcony with sweeping beach views, 2 upstairs master beds (1 master bed with bar and balcony with city views), 2 car spaces, and access to pool, steam room, spa, and tennis court, and more!

AUCTION Sat 17 Dec 11.30am VIEW See website for details

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Elwood Beauty in Stunning Zen-Like Gardens Beyond beautiful Japanese-style gardens on approx. 505sqm, discover an elegant Californian bungalow that has been renovated to offer unwavering family excellence over two faultless levels. Private and secure with the bonus of rear laneway access and an external studio – or retreat/work-from-home office - the peaceful up-to-theminute accommodation includes a serene lounge, expansive open plan entertaining area plus prestige gourmet kitchen. The ground floor master with glorious bow window is complemented by a lavish ensuite and generously proportioned walk-in robe, while a large rear bedroom and second bathroom are situated in a zone of their own - perfect for in-laws or guests. Two additional bedrooms and a family bathroom are peacefully positioned upstairs away from the home’s social hub and the home boasts exceptional storage throughout - including in the laundry, attic roof space & garden shed – along with ducted heating/cooling (split systems upstairs), two gas log fireplaces, video intercom and secure parking behind auto gates.

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Price: Contact Agent ‘WONGARA’, one of Metung's premier lakeside properties enjoys breathtaking Bancroft Bay views in a private coastal setting only footsteps from the water’s edge & close to Metung Village.

The iconic residence features 4 bedrooms + bunkroom, 3 bathrooms, free-flowing open spaces & decks perfect for relaxed living & effortless entertaining.

This peaceful coastal retreat is enviably located close to Metung Marina, Bowls Club, Tennis Courts and the Metung Yacht Club.

Option to also purchase "Wongara Cottage" (2 bedrooms) on a separate title of 3150sqm.

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