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Diary dates to keep you busy this winter
Winter Diary Dates
MARKETS:
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Willunga Farmers Market
Willunga High School Every Saturday, 8am – 12pm Come rain, hail or shine, enjoy fresh produce from more than eighty farmers and artisan food makers. Become a member for discounts on all your goods, and enjoy the nourishing community atmosphere every week.
Willunga Quarry Market
Adjacent to the Willunga Oval Second Saturday of each month, 9am – 1pm Browse through an eclectic mix of wares ranging from secondhand tools to plants and crafts.
Willunga Artisans and Handmade Market
Willunga Show Hall Second Saturday of every month, 9am – 1pm An inspiring curated market showcasing local art and handmade goods. A great place to buy a unique, handmade gift made from high quality materials.
Goolwa Wharf Market
Goolwa Wharf First and third Sunday of every month, 9am – 3pm With around eighty stalls including bric-a-brac, collectables, fresh local produce, plants, books both new and old, unique artisan goods, and delicious food and coffee, you’ll find a myriad of goodies at this market.
Port Elliot Market
Lakala Reserve, Port Elliot First and third Saturday of every month, 9am – 2pm A classic country market with plenty of fresh local produce, plants, bric-a-brac, books, fishing gear, and even a two-dollar stall. Soak up the ambience and variety of wares both you and your dogs can enjoy.
Victor Harbor Farmers Market
Grosvenor Gardens, Victor Harbor Every Saturday, 8am – 12.30pm Spend the morning choosing from thirty plus stalls, with locally caught seafood, organic vegetables, seasonal fruit, local honey, mushrooms, fresh flowers, Fleurieu wines and much more.
Kingscote Farmers & Artisan Market
Kingscote Wharf, Kangaroo Island Second and fourth Sunday of each month, 10am – 2pm With baked goods, preserves, coffee, plants, seasonal produce and locally made arts and crafts, this market is a great place to experience Kangaroo Island wares.
Meadows Market
Meadows Memorial Hall Second Sunday of every month, mornings until 1pm A market focused on promoting community. Returning after Covid closure in 2020, the Meadows Market has something for everyone including plants, food, bric-a-brac and much more.
Moana Market
Pioneers Hall, Moana Second Sunday of each month, 9am – 1.30pm Hosting a variety of local stalls offering baked goods, hair accessories, art and crafts, cards, candles, jewellery, photography and much more.
Myponga Markets
Old Myponga Cheese Factory Saturdays, Sundays and most public holidays, 9.30am – 4pm Browse a range of stalls, including art, books, ceramics, toys, records and collectables. There’s also a variety of local food choices including baked goods and plants.
Strathalbyn Markets
High Street, Strathalbyn Third Sunday of every month, 8am – 3pm A quaint, country-style market with bric-a-brac, local produce and condiments, crafts, plants, jewelry and much more.
Yankalilla Craft and Produce Market
Agricultural Hall, Yankalilla Third Saturday of every month, 9am – 1pm This lesser-known market is a surprising gem offering homemade jams and preserves, delicious sweet treats, locally grown fruits and vegetables, plus craftwork, trinkets and unique gifts.
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS:
JUNE
Dark Disco
De Groot Coffee, Factory 9, Port Elliot 11 June, 6pm – late (Y)our disco needs YOU…! It needs you to have fun while raising funds for the Flinders Medical Centre Neonatal Unit. Disco theme dress up is recommended (and strongly encouraged!) Tickets available at events.humanitix.com/darkdisco
Adelaide Hills Chamber Players – 2022 Winter Music Festival
Centenary Hall, Goolwa 15 June, 7.30pm A delightful program suited to fine-music lovers of all ages. Bookings via www.adelaidehillschamberplayers.com
Day Dance
Simon Hackett Winery, Paxton Winery, Coriole Winery and Woodstock Winery 12 June, 10.30am – 5pm A collaboration between Simon Hackett, Woodstock and the newly added Paxton and Coriole wineries, Daydance is offering four uniquely different tours. Four different itineraries lead you on four potential different paths between the wineries but all involve getting your feet moving to multiple sets of live music and DJs.
June Long Weekend at Woodstock Winery
215 Douglas Gully Road, McLaren Flat 11 – 13 June For the June long weekend, Woodstock are hosting three full days of food, wine and live music, complete with an all-weather outdoor dance floor! Woodstock’s new head chef and kitchen team will be preparing the food using local and kitchen garden produce, including curries, flammekueche and spiced squid. Wines by Woodstock, including some cellar door exclusives and back vintages, plus local beers and gin. Visit woodstockwine.com.au for tickets and times.
Gene & Judy
Centenary Hall, Goolwa 19 June, 2pm Enjoy a song and dance spectacular bringing together the extraordinary talents of the legendary Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in a spellbinding concert paying tribute to these magnificent stars of the golden age of musicals. Bookings via events.alexandrina.com.au
Yankalilla Acoustic Evening
Yankalilla Show Grounds Third Saturday of each month, 7 – 11pm Part of the Yankalilla District Community Cultural Arts Network Incorporate, featuring folk, blues, roots, country and more! The acoustic music rule is: if the power stops, the music doesn’t. Instruments must be playable without electricity. Entry is by gold coin donation per person. Free camping is available. Bring your own drinks and nibbles.
Exhibitions at the Onkaparinga Arts Centre
Old Institute Building, Port Noarlunga Check the website for various events throughout winter Various exhibitions will feature on the walls of Port Nourlunga’s old institute building including, ‘The Art of Reconciliation’, an exhibition of portraiture, photography and digital storytelling by eight Aboriginal people paired with eight non-Aboriginal artists. Each pairing results in a unique representation of individual stories, exploring the themes of Aboriginal identity and reconciliation. Julie Schofield displays a series of coastal landscape paintings titled ‘Coastal Elements’ and the textiles market ‘Beanies to Berets’ will be held on June 25. >
Left: Enjoy a song and dance spectacular bringing together the extraordinary talents of the legendary Gene Kelly and Judy Garland at Gene & Judy, Centenary Hall, Goolwa on 19 June.
Oliver’s Taranga Paella Party
246 Seaview Rd, McLaren Vale 26 June, 12 – 4pm Enjoy a four-course Spanish-style lunch, including paella matched with Oliver’s Taranga wines. $150pp all inclusive, bookings via the Oliver’s Taranga website.
JULY
Adelaide Guitar Festival – Kangaroo Island
The Shearing Shed, Eleanor Downs 17 July After huge success in 2021, the Adelaide Guitar Festival on the Road is coming back to Kangaroo Island in 2022 – this time to The Shearing Shed at Eleanor Downs.
Fleurieu Ruah
South Coast Regional Arts Centre, Goolwa 18 – 24 July Fleurieu Ruah explores the ghosting of landscapes with the instability of memory, and the use of painting and drawing to harness those qualities to particular places. Enquiries: jaw@alexandrina.sa.gov.au
Oliver’s Taranga Porchetta Party
246 Seaview Road, McLaren Vale 31 July, 12 – 4pm Enjoy a four-course Italian-style lunch, with wine and porchetta pairings. $150pp all inclusive, bookings via the Oliver’s Taranga website.
Willunga Almond Blossom Festival
Willunga Recreation Park 30 July, 11am – 9pm and 31 July, 10am – 4pm Enjoy rides, games and more during the day, then settle in for the Fleurieu’s oldest fireworks display under the stars from 7pm on Saturday night. Fill up on a delicious range of food and sample local wine and beer. Whether you want to indulge in some classic ‘carnie’ grub, wood-fired pizza, burgers, simple healthy snacks or Asian dishes, this festival has it all. Adults: $10; Concession/Students: $5; Family Pass (up to 4 children): $25; Children under 5: free entry.
AUGUST
SALA Festival
See our special feature arts listing on page 76. Various venues across the Fleurieu and SA 1 – 31 August The SALA Festival is the largest and most innovative communitybased, visual arts festival in Australia. Thousands of artists exhibit in hundreds of venues throughout metropolitan and regional South Australia, and you can immerse yourself in their talent at a range of Fleurieu events. Check the website for details and page 58 of the program for details of all the Fleurieu-based events. salafestival.com
The Overwintering Project – The Bigger Picture
Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa 4 June – 4 July A print-based exhibition curated by Bittondi Printmakers. The Bigger Picture is a South Australian perspective on the Overwintering Project, an Australia-wide series of exhibitions and regional activities that celebrate the miraculous journeys of migratory shore birds.
Strathalbyn Antique Fair and Treasure Market
Town Hall and High Street, Strathalbyn 20 August, 10am – 5pm, 21 August, 10am – 4pm This event showcases a wide variety of stall holders and their treasures. Find antiques, glassware, furniture, textiles, ceramics, toys and more at the Town Hall and other venues across the weekend. With a giant treasure market at the Showgrounds Oval on Sunday, there’s all sorts of bargains to be found!
Fleurieu Food Festival
1 – 31 August The Fleurieu Food Festival aims to showcase the breadth and depth of food and beverage producers and food businesses on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Experience fine dining in vineyards or olive groves, foraging experiences, farm tours and presentations or cooking classes. Visit the multi-award-winning Willunga Farmers Market for special presentations throughout the month, or to bump shoulders with the farmers that bring you their fabulous produce year round. There’s something for everyone. fleurieufood.com.au/festival
Below: Peninsula Providore Plated Provenance Long Lunch last year. This event will again be part of the Fleurieu Food Festival from 1 – 31 August.
Sitting in the outdoor entertaining area of The Ashton – South Coast Constructions’ (SCC) latest display home – on a perfect autumn afternoon, one can easily understand why the home sold before SCC had even finished building it.
The Ashton
Story by Petra de Mooy. Photography by Jason Porter. Styling by Liza Reynolds.
One of the biggest investments a builder can make, and one of their most effective marketing tools, is building a display or ‘spec’ home. It comes at significant cost in both time and money, but it gives the builder the opportunity to flex their design skills and to showcase the quality of their finishes. ‘For clients, before they sign up with us, they want to touch, feel, have a look through and see the quality and what we are capable of,’ says SCC Managing Director Jamie Knott. ‘You wouldn’t typically build a display home with the property market being as hot as it is, but our display homes are a huge help to get projects over the line.’
When a decent-sized block on the outer edges of the Beyond Today development at Hayborough came up for sale last year, SCC building designer Matt Parker saw a good opportunity to build a modern home that would take full advantage of the orientation and semi-rural setting. It was also a chance to realise the Scandinavian barn-style home Matt had first envisioned over five years ago. And so, the company set about purchasing the land and began planning The Ashton.
SCC works with a lot of clients looking to build holiday homes on the Fleurieu. ‘They really want the outside and inside spaces to be connected, and they want the kitchen as the heart of the home so that it opens up to both the living space and outdoor space,’ explains Matt. ‘So that it can be used all year around.’
All of these features are maximised in The Ashton. A pared-back kitchen design is absolutely the beating heart of this spacious home, with the main storage space hidden discreetly away in an extra-large butler’s pantry. Large benchtops offer a luxurious surface area for food preparation as well as views through glazed sliding doors to the outdoor living area and beyond to the hills. >
Above: The Ashton display home at the Beyond Development. Bottom left: The perpetual fountain at the entryway. Right: Metal sculptures by Blue Temper Ironworks are filled with neptune balls gathered on the shores of local beaches.
The adjacent living and dining areas are lofty spaces with expansive double-glazed windows and the French-lay travertine floors throughout give a luxe finish. Beyond the generous entrance hallway, the master bedroom suite completes the home’s main pavilion. A second pavilion includes two more bedrooms, a bathroom and laundry, as well as an additional living area boasting a wine store room. A perfect space to enjoy sharing a drink and good times with family and friends.
Both living areas open out to a sheltered outdoor entertainment area with salvaged wood decking adding character and warmth. The orientation is due north allowing the winter sun to stream in, while an outdoor fireplace will warm up those chilly nights. In summer, the Vergola shade system will shield the sun’s harshest rays. Recycled red bricks on the exterior paved areas complement the native plantings and decking.
The Beyond development encourages sustainability at all levels of the design and build process, so selections have been made taking into account their beauty and utility as well as their eco-credentials. The Ashton highlights this approach through the use of recycled decking and spotted gum from responsibly managed forests on the exterior eaves. Local company, and long-time SCC collaborators, Innovative Kitchens were tasked with the exterior kitchen design as well as the main kitchen, the bathrooms and all of the built-in cabinetry. Their selections enhance the home’s sustainability profile
Top: The large open plan living / dining and kitchen areas open to two outdoor seating areas. Above left: The impressive wine store room. Above right: For the duration of the display home being open, artwork from the Strand Gallery will be on permanent display. In this image – three paintings by artist and Fleurieu local, John Lacey.
– even the benchtops, which are often made from unsustainable materials, have been chosen with care from Cosentino, a company that’s making great progress in sustainability and the use of recycled materials, including through their carbon-neutral Dekton surfaces.
American oak natural timber features in both the kitchen and bathrooms, offering continuity throughout the overall design. The ‘his and hers’ walk-in closet in the main bedroom suite is a clothes hoarder’s dream, with a mirror and dressing table to make the room more than just storage. Cabinets fill the walls all the way to the ceiling (three metres high!) to make use of all the available space as well as creating a feeling of grandeur and scale. The project offered SCC and each of their collaborators the opportunity to explore beautiful materials. ‘The high quality finish of SCC homes makes us proud to have played a part in building with them for decades,’ says Tayla from Innovative Kitchens. ‘A lot of time and effort was put into making sure the joinery in the display home was just right, as would be the case with all aspects of an SCC job – and it has been so worthwhile. The use of texture, natural timbers, lighting and curated features make the space warm and inviting and will provide inspiration for many visitors.’
As the building was taking shape, Matt and Jamie were surprised (or perhaps not surprised?) when the home sold before the building was complete. The new owners were happy with the selections made >
Page left: The sleek, functional kitchen in American oak complemented by greys and blacks, was designed and fabricated by Innovative Kitchens. Above: The en suite bathroom with its’ freestanding bath and textured feature tiles, pendant lights and natural light. Sweet dreams are made of this.
by SCC and they love the design and location, which offers access to the beach via a tunnel under the main road, as well as walking trails and close proximity to Port Elliot. They were happy to put their trust in SCC to finish it to the teams’ specifications. ‘They loved it straight away. They were just wonderful, really. They did their research though – checked out our work and talked to some past clients so they didn’t come in blind – they knew a lot about us,’ says Jamie.
Another agreement with the new owners was that SCC would still get to realise the plan to open The Ashton as a display home for at least six months. The home is now open to visitors, complete with furnishings and artwork. SCC collaborated with the Strand Gallery Port Elliot to curate the artworks for the space during its display home phase. The Strand’s Sonya and Ron approached long-time Fleurieu artist John Lacey about supplying the paintings, considering the luxe home’s light-filled interiors would offer a perfect backdrop for John’s abstract landscapes.
‘It was an opportunity to present my work in a well-lit domestic setting very much like that in which many of my paintings are destined to be hung. Sonya Hender from the Strand Galley had asked if I could produce work with a Fleurieu flavour and fortunately I had a number of pieces nearing completion which would meet >
Top:The master bedroom with it’s plush wool rug, decorative wallpaper and views of the hills to the north. Photography by Ron Langman on the wall depicts nearby Horseshoe Bay. Above left: A window seat in the master bedroom with views to the hills. Above right: The mezzanine gives a bird’s eye view of the landscape and provides a great little reading retreat or office. Note: Many of the pillows, throws and accessories were sourced form Living by Design in Victor Harbor.
this brief and I could retrieve some paintings from interstate galleries which were of a palette that would be consistent with this work and enhance the walls of this home,’ says John. ‘Bringing these together in my Mount Compass studio I was able to select the right works for each of the walls we had looked at. The paintings stand alone and have not had to consider furnishings and décor. Size, shape and colour, however, all needed to be considered in order to choose the best work for each location.’ painting of galahs in the dining area. For the exterior, SCC commissioned Chris Murphy of Blue Temper Ironworks to create sculptures in rusted steel filled with neptune balls (a uniquely Middleton beach find). The sculptures are positioned at the front and back of the entryways to create visual interest and draw the eye out along the north-south orientation of the large entryway. The exterior entry space is finished with a beautiful perpetually moving fountain flowing over river stones. It’s a moving welcome to a wellmade home.
Weaving cultural connection, stitch by stitch Story by Emma Masters.
Page left: One of Aunty Ellen’s early weaving works. Above: Kondoli the Whale, by Ellen Trevorrow with Ngarrindjeri weavers, 2017. Photo: Johanis LyonsReid. ©2022 Change Media.
For renowned Ngarrindjeri artist and Elder Ellen Trevorrow, the intricate weaving of dried, freshwater rushes collected from around the Coorong isn’t just about making beautiful, sculptural pieces she exhibits in galleries around the globe. To the woman known by most as Aunty Ellen, it’s also about sharing her knowledge of the ancient practice and passing it on to younger generations.
Learning how to weave in her late twenties was an experience that changed Ellen’s life and mission. ‘I was taught to weave by Elder Aunty Dorrie Kartinyeri at a special workshop back in 1982,’ Aunty Ellen says. ‘I’d watched my grandmother weave until I was eleven and then came to live at the Coorong fringe camp here, so from eleven to twenty-seven years old, that’s the time that weaving wasn’t around.’ ‘It was very, very important that Aunty Dorrie revived the weaving. So to have it going again was brilliant and from that day on I really thank her for bringing that back to us. From then it became my main aim in life to keep it going.’ at the local Meningie Area School. By 1986, a family group including Ellen’s husband, Ngarrindjeri leader Tom Trevorrow, had established a place they called Camp Coorong, where people could gather to listen and learn about local culture and heritage. They also built a museum to hold important artifacts, photos and stories.
‘That’s what Camp Coorong was all about – sharing and bringing people together,’ Aunty Ellen explains as we sit in the main camp hall. ‘We’d always work weekends with the uni groups and have full schools during the week.’
‘We’ve had big groups through here and then you also see the young ones bringing their family back when they visit the area. The percentage of non-Aboriginals that’ve been here is big, and there’s all different cultures that have come through here, and they’re carrying their culture to us as well. It created work for our community. It was good.’
After three decades of successful operation, Camp Coorong was forced to close in 2017 due to a lack of funding. However, Aunty Ellen along with family, friends and the backing of some business groups are working to get it back up and running again. ‘We just want to keep it going and especially with our young ones, that we’re leaving something behind for them,’ she says. ‘It was a big change emotionally and an obstacle in my way, but it didn’t stop me from weaving, so that healed me and continues to heal me.’ >
Top: Aunty Ellen at Camp Coorong holding an early weaving work. Above left: Ngarrindjeri woven sister basket and carry basket, by Ellen Trevorrow, 2017. Photo: Johanis Lyons-Reid. ©2022 Change Media. Above right: Nanggi (sun) yailparar (rays) lakun (weaving) created as a collaborative artwork between Dr Jelina Haines, Aunty Millie Rigney and Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, commissioned by the Uniting Communities with support from Guildhouse.
In recent years, Aunty Ellen, her family and longtime friend and artistic colleague Dr Jelina Haines have undertaken weaving projects that have grown in size and scale. In 2018 they created and exhibited a woven sculpture of kondoli, a four-metre long whale that’s an important Ngarrindjeri ngartji, or totem. ‘A lot of freshwater rushes went into that kondoli,’ she tells me with a smile. ‘It was in the South Australian Maritime Museum first, but now it’s gone to the Museum of Natural History in Le Havre, France. And we’ve got another kondoli in the South Australian Museum and that one’s diving from the second to the first floor.’
Aunty Ellen has also created a monster-sized Murray cod, or pondi, which is Aunty Ellen’s totem and another important ngartji to the Ngarrindjeri. The five-metre long fish, which spans four-metres in width, will be on display in the South Australian Maritime Museum from June this year.
‘That one went from my kitchen into my lounge room, so I ate and slept and everything around it,’ she says. ‘It was a ten to thirteen hour a day job for a long time, a lot of commitment. One day I’m watching my son working on it and I’m thinking to myself, am I gonna be able to finish this in time? It is huge. Both my sliding doors had to come off to get it out of the house.’
Aunty Ellen says her work has always involved her children and family, from her earlier years to current times. ‘It’s my healing, it’s my therapy and I do a lot of thinking, and I’ve always got children around me,’ she says. ‘They always like when I’m weaving, they’ll come and pick up the piece and do some weaving themselves if I put it down. And so I leave them in that part of the piece that I’ve been working on. ‘We’re letting them know that they’re a part of that, they’ve had their hands on this weaving, that they’ve touched it, and we’re keeping it going within them. When you’re weaving, you’re creating. Stitch by stitch you’re making a connection. So there’s that connection and it’s bringing people together.’
Note: All artworks are collaborative pieces, with Aunty Ellen as the senior cultural weaver, Dr Jelina Haines, who is taught by Aunty Ellen’s knowledge of Ngarrindjeri weaving/cultural stories, Bruce Trevorrow, who makes the metal framework, and family and friends who added their stitches onto the woven work.
