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INSIDE THIS WEEK NICK OFFERMAN

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MAY 22-28, 2019

PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

MAY 22-28, 2019

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LIVE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAR

KHANH ONG

THE MASTER CHEF TASTES SUCCESS

SAM WOOD

A HEALTHY GUIDE TO UBER EATS

CONRAD SEWELL THE MESSAGE IN HIS HIT MUSIC

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MAY 22-28, 2019

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THE MASTER CHEF TASTES SUCCESS

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CONRAD SEWELL THE MESSAGE IN HIS HIT MUSIC

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““I am Anne Myers ” … and I’m a palliative care nurse I worked at St Vincent’s for about 10 years in their intensive care unit (ICU) and then for about one year at Caritas Christi, which is St Vincent’s hospice, before coming to work as a community palliative care nurse at Melbourne City Mission. I’ve been there ever since.

I was working in ICU when my mum died. I was in my mid-30s at the time and it had a huge impact.

I had a lot of questions I wanted answered about death and dying. She died in hospital and no one ever sat us down and had a chat about her dying. So I think, since then, it became a quest to make sure other people have good deaths.

With palliative care we’re looking after someone with a life-limiting illness and taking a holistic

approach, going from a symptom-management point of view through to an emotional and spiritual point of view. And that’s not just for the client, it’s for the carers as well.

We’ve got about 200 clients at any one time and we probably average four to five visits a day, for all different sorts of reasons. Our goal is to keep people at home and manage their symptoms, although there’s no right or wrong way to do this.

I don’t work full-time. Most of us work four days or less just because of burnout. This job’s all about giving all the time. We support each other though and the Mission’s an amazing employer.

I think palliative care is incredible. It keeps you grounded and in contact with your own humanity.

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It’s a gift to be allowed into someone’s home at the end of their life and to be supporting the client and carers.

I know it’s death and dying, but our focus is on life and the quality of that life for what time people have left. We live in a death-denying society and it’s scary for someone to face their own mortality.

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COVER STORY

At the top of his voice Singer Conrad Sewell had to speak his mind before he found his sound – now he’s master of his own music.

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RIA award-winning singer/songwriter Conrad Sewell has spent the past four years writing his debut album Life, struggling to find his voice among record company executives who all thought they knew better.

Now, the 31-year-old is ready to share his story, the inspiration behind hit singles, such as Healing Hands, and studio trial and errors which provoked his new awakening.

“It took me so long to get this album together, working with many producers and writers [and] being pulled in so many directions,” says Sewell, who grew up in Brisbane and now lives in LA. “The result is a really honest body of work; there’s no bells and whistles, nothing sonically lifechanging in its sound, but it’s what felt most authentic to me – to write something timeless and classic.” Sewell says the long and arduous process to make Life taught him some valuable lessons.

“At one point I had Timbaland producing the record and it sounded just like Justin Timberlake. It was like we were trying to recreate Justin and I pulled away from that and started again,” he says.

“It’s scary to stand up for yourself and speak up, but you have to do what makes you happy.”

The new album is full of Sewell’s personal highs, lows, moments of hope and despair.

There are piano ballads to tug the heartstrings, falsettos and high-pitched harmonies that would make Freddie Mercury take a peek from the heavens above and plenty of husked grit reminiscent of Joe Cocker himself.

Sewell grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Prince and Queen – he was always interested in the classics – and even cited the Bee Gees as part of his formative soundtrack, thanks to his grandparents who toured with the band in their heyday.

Long before launching a solo career, Sewell tried his luck with a rock band The Frets, later changing their name to Sons of Midnight. He left Australia for Europe straight after high school, signed to Universal and dreamed of becoming the next Kings of Leon.

“I took out a credit card out to fund the band’s demo,” he says. “My guitarist [Matthew Copley] and I went to Sweden to write pop songs and signed to Universal, but it was a constant battle. We had some success but it wasn’t quite up there.

“Then around five years ago I wrote Start Again, my first big single. Kylie Minogue even wanted to cut it. I was finally seeing a shift but it was a constant roller coaster.

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“I was in LA trying to write, had no money and wondered what the hell was I actually doing. You have to have a certain amount of confidence in your ability and I was losing that feeling.

“It was hard staying mentally above water,” he adds, even after co-writing the single Taste the Feeling with the late Avicii in 2016.

But every time Sewell thought the doors were closing, another would open. When Jay Brown and Jay Z, founders of Roc Nation (responsible for signing Kanye West), told Sewell they had never heard a voice like his, he felt destined to sing.

“It’s just what I needed to hear,” Sewell says.

“That’s when I thought I am doing what I should be doing, but seriously moments before that I was ready to get on a plane and go back home.”

Sewell signed to Sony Music Australia last year and the rest is ballad history in the making.

Melbourne’s home of music, The Esplanade in St Kilda, he’s on a whirlwind trip back home. Sewell says he is happy to spend time by the sea and practise meditation.

“As I get older I am trying to live in the moment and take time to look outwards. I spent so much of my life searching for something and constantly not thinking about anything but my career,” he says.

“I feel guilty if I go home to the beach, but it’s crazy to think like that. I knew singers like Avicii who got worked into the ground. You see in the documentary about him, how much an artist needs that space to live a normal life as much as the next person because it can get the better of you.

“I don’t want to get to that point. It’s sad because it’s a fine line.”

Sewell returned from a meditation retreat in San Francisco a few months ago and is willing to find

“It’s scary to stand up for yourself and speak up, but you have to do what makes you happy.”

CONRAD SEWELL

Songs such as Healing Hands reference the impact of human compassion and his own battles with drugs and alcohol.

“The message behind that song is people change, but if you stick by them it can make them stronger.

There’s a positive message even in the darkness I was going through,” he says. Then there’s the title track – in its Joe Cocker throttle – which is about not over-thinking it.

He thanks his supportive parents for encouraging him to pursue his dream and a younger sister Grace (who will head on tour with him) for standing by him in times of need. When he takes the call for this interview, after a Domain Review shoot at

new ways to disconnect from his workaholic ways.

“I am the kind of person who knocks down my successes, which is why I push myself so hard,” he says. “I hate that about myself and wish I didn’t do it, but that’s what keeps me wanting more.

“It’s what makes an artist work even harder and life is about all those trials and tribulations, and what makes me human.” ● CONRAD SEWELL \ Tickets on sale for his all-ages show at the Forum Melbourne on June 7.

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The pitter-patter of tiny feats Collect a magnifying glass at check-in to these Melbourne hotels, where micro art invokes guests’ wonder.

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ould you call it art? Adelaide-based artist Joshua Smith has created a blue mailbox for an exhibition that is running in all five of Melbourne’s Art Series hotels.

You might not think that a USPS mailbox is a masterpiece: it’s covered in graffiti and stickers, surrounded by spray paint cans.

But when you realise that the mailbox measures roughly the size of Smith’s thumb, and that the equally scaled-down spray cans are so detailed that they even rattle when shaken, thanks to a teeny ball bearing, you might discover an appreciation for the world of micro art.

The powers that be at the Art Series Hotels have done just that, showing more than 40 minuscule

pieces in their exhibition, Art in Micro, which runs in different permutations across their eight Australian hotels.

Ryan Tuckerman, marketing director for Art Series, says the hotel group became interested in these miniature works when they were looking to create an art-inspired experience that would be different to other offerings.

“We wanted to make sure it’s not just about putting art on the walls, but making art more accessible to travellers,” he says.

Upon check-in (until July 31), guests are given a magnifying glass so that they can properly inspect the micro art; there’s also the opportunity to win a trip for two to Le Louvre in Paris.

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Lead pencil art by Salavat Fidai standing only 2mm tall, far left, and Joshua Smith’s micro mailbox, above.

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The exhibitions also include pieces from Russian sculptor Salavat Fidai, who carves itsy-bitsy sculptures out of lead pencil tips. On social media, he’s up there with the world’s most famous artists, boasting 765,000 followers.

One of his pieces for Art in Micro is a man playing a piano, carved out of a lead pencil tip; at 2mm high, it’s a fraction of a matchstick head.

Micro art doesn’t come cheaply; Smith’s works of large buildings cost as much as $17,000.

But this is no easy pay day, given that a single miniature might take Smith anywhere from a week to a couple of months to complete.

Then there’s the danger. “Once I built a fire escape stairwell and constructed it from 300 individually cut cardboard pieces. It took about 12 hours,” Smith says. “I just finished assembling it, and put it down

on the ground. Thirty seconds later, I had stepped on it and pretty much destroyed it.”

Packing and sending to overseas buyers can also lead to nasty surprises if couriers aren’t careful enough.

But Smith says it’s worth it when you consider the joy that micro art brings to audiences of all ages.

“It takes people back to when they were kids. But it also changes people’s perception of what constitutes beauty and art … in my work, I might [create] a run-down or abandoned building or dumpster, which are covered in grime,” Smith says.

“If you put a person in front of that building or dumpster, they would think, ‘Why am I looking at this?’ But when you shrink it down to miniature, there’s this fascination and wonder. It makes everyday mundane things fascinating.” ●

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ast year, Nick Offerman and his wife, actress/musician Megan Mullally (best known as Karen in Will & Grace Grace), wrote a New York Times best-selling novel The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. It humorously plotted the story of how they met in 2000, why age difference doesn’t matter [she’s 11 years older] and how their 16-year marriage is still going strong.

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show All Rise and Mullally touring with her band Nancy & Beth. The super-busy couple refuses to stay apart for more than a few weeks.

Recognised for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s sitcom Parks and Recreation and 2014 TV series Fargo, Offerman gets political and talks about how humanity got it wrong [and right] while poking fun at the US government along the way.

“In a nutshell, All Rise is a way to step back from the divisive rancour that is ruling the English-speaking

myself in this form of humorist iteration, but now, I am crazy about it. It’s addictive. To make an audience roar with laughter is one of the most gratifying feelings I have had outside of the bedroom,” he smiles. “In my mid-30s I was working steadily as an actor, was Mr Megan Mullally – a wonderful gig I still hold – and had my wood shop in LA. I was happy and content.

“I thought my life had exceeded my wildest dreams and then I got cast on Parks and Recreation when I was 38. I have gotten wonderful and varied acting jobs because people knew me from other things but it put me in a new spotlight.

“Nowadays, I try to organically follow what is the next good writing – be it in theatre, TV or film and taking myself on the road.” ●

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part of the world,” says Offerman, who has authored three woodworking books – his most recent Good Clean Fun. “Everybody is so angry about politics these days and there is so much fist-shaking going on that I thought I would give the audience a chance for us to make fun of ourselves all together,” he says.

“Through our sheep-like adherence to capitalism and consumerism we got ourselves in this mess together; the purpose of All Rise is to discern a way to be better than we have been.”

Offerman got his start in theatre in Chicago and still lives for the stage.

“Nothing beats the medicine of a live audience, communicating to you that you have succeeded in making them laugh, cry or shout or shit themselves,” he says.

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Khanh Ong, who finished third in last year’s MasterChef on Network 10, is proof that you don’t need to win the series to be successful.

In less than a year since leaving the show, the Melbourne-based chef has scored a spot on a new TV cooking show, signed a book deal and is now a business partner at The George on Collins, an established business housed within the iconic Collins Street building.

It’s certainly not a bad effort for a 25-year-old former DJ who also dabbled in work as a fashion stylist and spun vinyl at VIP parties attended by celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber.

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“MasterChef was great for me, I would not have “MasterChef had the chance to do what I am without it,” says Ong, who was born in an Indonesian refugee camp to Vietnamese parents and grew up in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne.

“I would have stuck with my vlogging and writing a food blog and hoped it would lead me somewhere, but MasterChef opened doors a lot quicker and if you’re a determined contestant you can get things happening much faster.”

The Asian-inspired menu at The George on Collins captures the flavours of his Vietnamese upbringing and reinterprets some dishes he ate as a child. He worked alongside head chef Quim Hernandez to curate the menu. “The flavours in all the dishes are very Vietnamese; with some modern takes on classic recipes,” Ong says.

Vietnam to explore my family’s culture and cuisine.”

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“Some are peasant home dishes that you wouldn’t necessarily find in any restaurant.”

Ong says a popular dish, and one that has many diners curious, is the caramel rockling with crispy pork belly. “People don’t necessarily see the connection between the rockling and pork, but I grew up eating it and it’s delicious,” he says.

“Combining a river fish with pork in a sauce that is peppery and sweet is a definite highlight. I was accustomed to the flavours growing up and now I get to show others.”

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“I never thought I would start a restaurant this early in my career but when Greg Kahan [owner of the original venue The Long Room] approached me

to join forces I couldn’t resist,” he says.

In another career coup, Ong will also co-host Network 10’s afternoon cooking show My Market Kitchen, alongside 2016 MasterChef Australia winner Elena Duggan.

“I am doing exactly what I want to be doing,” he says. “Who knows what the future holds. I’d love to do travel cooking shows and return to Vietnam to explore my family’s culture and cuisine.

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to apply sparingly to the dish that needs it. We vote this the best dinner of our trip.

The next night we tried Cira.

Overlooking the infinity pool on the edge of the cliff, Cira also is a deeply relaxing place for dinner or lunch.

We ordered capsicum chilli dip with amazing just-made warm bread, a grilled and smoked watermelon salad followed by the seafood platter – an array of octopus, barramundi, calamari and prawns.

We finished with a lemon tart and a dark chocolate fondant. We did not hold back. The buggy seemed to be straining a little on the way home.

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BURGERS \ Sam approved: Grass-fed beef or organic meat patties/veggie patties, salad and healthy fillings. Skip it: Greasy bacon, brioche buns, heavy sauces/aiolis, too many chips and soft drink.

To really step it up health-wise, opt for a lettuce bun, mushroom bun or bun-free. If that’s not for you, try to get burgers with a traditional bun.

PIZZA \ Sam approved: Wood-fired pizza. Skip

MEXICAN \ Sam approved: Grilled fajitas, soft-

it: Processed bases, toppings with the lot, excessive amounts of processed meats and garlic bread. Most of us don’t need a family-sized pizza to ourselves.

Have a few slices with a side salad.

corn tortillas, salsa, salads and corn. Skip it: Enchiladas, sour cream and too many corn chips.

Mexican salads are delicious as they often use salsas, beans, guacamole and other flavoursome additions.

THAI \ Sam approved: Veggie-packed dishes with great flavour. Skip it: Deep-fried delicacies such as spring rolls or money bags. Go for dishes flavoured with herbs and spices like chilli, and stir-fried dishes made with coconut milk. Lean meats and veggies are a great option.

CHINESE \ Sam approved: Steamed dumplings and vegetables, with a small amount of rice. Skip it: Fried rice, spring rolls, sweet and sour sauces.

Always go for the steamed options and practise portion control. Have no more than a fistful of rice.

INDIAN \ Sam approved: Tandoori meats; spinach

SUSHI \ Sam approved: Sashimi and brown-rice hand rolls. Skip it: Tempura or other fried fillings (crispy chicken), mayo-packed rolls and sushi rice.

Go for brown rice over white rice and sashimi in favour of hand rolls where you can.

or tomato-based sauces. Skip it: Butter chicken and deep-fried snacks. There are some great Indian options if you look beyond butter chicken. ● ● 28bysamwood.com

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March Quarter 2019 Melbourne’s median house price recorded a fall of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2019, taking the median price down to $793,000 according to REIV’s median house data.

Manningham’s neighbouring suburbs of Balwyn North, Eltham and Greensborough did well in the March quarter recording increases in house prices of 4.2%, 7.3% and 6.0% respectively.

Not all suburbs in Melbourne had a drop in price. Many areas in the outer ring of Melbourne continued to do well in the March quarter, as they had done so throughout 2018, recording increases.

These are all positive signs that the property market may be bottoming out if it hasn’t already.

In Manningham, Doncaster East was the only postcode that had a sufficient number of sales recorded for the quarter, which makes the data more accurate, showed a slight increase in house prices of 1.2%.

Median House Prices in Manningham

March 2019 Median Price

According to a recent report from a leading property data firm, CoreLogic, the worst of the nation’s housing downturn appears to be over as price falls in Melbourne ease.

The Melbourne unit and apartment median price for the March quarter was down 0.5% to $586,500, while most of regional Victoria recorded strong rises in median prices.

December 2018 Median Price

Quarterly Change

Annual Change

Bulleen*

$1,140,000

$1,047,000 #

+8.9%

-10.8%

Doncaster*

$1,156,000

$1,160,000

-0.3%

-12.0%

Doncaster East

$1,115,000

$1,101,500 #

+1.2%

-12.1%

Donvale*

$1,125,000

$1,310,000 #

-14.1%

+2.5%

Templestowe*

$1,110,000

$1,372,000 #

-19.1%

-13.2%

Templestowe Lower*

$1,028,000

$1,033,500 #

-0.5%

-14.2%

Warrandyte*

$1,245,000

$1,225,000

+1.6%

-0.1%

Melbourne

$793,000

$804,500 #

-1.4%

-0.6%

Median House Price Data sourced from REIV * Indicates a median price based on a small sample (less than 30 sales). # Indicates a revised median price from what was reported last quarter.

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