Jetstar February 2018 Magazine

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FEBRUARY 2018

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ROMANTIC WHITSUNDAYS SURROUNDED BY CRYSTALclear waters, the 74 unspoiled islands that make up the Whitsundays are an ideal destination for those who want an exotic wedding without having to travel overseas.

One of the most romantic places in Australia, the Whitsundays are home to world-famous attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef, Whitehaven Beach and the charming Heart Reef –

unforgettable backdrops for your big day.

PARADISE IN REACH The Whitsundays’ balmy tropical temperatures, swaying palms and iconic landscapes make it an ideal location for a destination wedding in your own backyard. With direct flights from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, access to the Whitsundays has never been easier, making travel to and

from your destination wedding simple for your friends and family.

ROMANTIC VISTAS There are few places that have as many natural wonders as the Whitsundays. With gleaming white sands and azure water, Whitehaven Beach is as beautiful as it is iconic, regularly voted one of the best in the world. For a wedding neither you nor your guests will

forget, get married with the famous silica sands beneath your feet. To spy one of the area’s most romantic sights, catch a scenic flight with your significant other over the picture-perfect Heart Reef.

Or, for nature lovers, what could be better than exploring the Great Barrier Reef, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World? Or chartering a bareboat yacht and going island hopping?

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AN ARRAY OF EXPERIENCES The Whitsundays is an incredible location for those who want to infuse their destination wedding with something spectacular.

Your visiting friends and family will have access to an abundance of activities, dining experiences and opportunities to explore, should they choose to turn their trip into a holiday.

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Whether it’s experiencing the Great Barrier Reef up close, hiking inland or relaxing on the beach with a cocktail in hand, there’s an experience to suit any whim.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE With a wide array of accommodation, there’s a bed for every budget, ensuring that you can cater to your guests while

still having your dream wedding. Hamilton Island abounds with options, from private holiday rentals and self-catered apartments to family-friendly resorts. For those after something a bit more luxe, whether for an ultra-decadent wedding or an idyllic honeymoon once your guests have departed, you can’t go past Qualia – one of Australia’s most exclusive resorts.

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With sweeping sea cliffs, towering hardwood trees and dramatic valleys, the Australian summer is a prime time to explore Tassie’s great outdoors. Hike, fly, ride, sail or kayak the abundant coastlines and rainforests, where birds, whales, dolphins and fur seals are out to play. Don’t forget your appetite either – in the warmer months, the island’s worldclass food and wine is on show. Indulge in tipples from local cider to sparkling wine, accompanied with fresh oysters or seafood smoked on an open fire. Take a bite from the Apple Isle on this 14-day coast-to-coast exploration, setting out from and ending in Hobart.

DON’T MISS THE BEST OF TASMANIA’S SUMMER Festivale Like your food and wine alfresco? Head down to Launceston’s historic City Park from 2 to 4 February to sample everything from local sparkling wines and ciders to Pacific oysters.

Wander between more than 70 stalls peppered with live music, dance and family entertainment.

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Navigate the spectacular Overland Track in the World Heritage Area between Cradle Valley and Lake St Clair with Cradle Mountain Huts Walk. Through glacially carved valleys, ancient rainforests and alpine meadows, guides help you learn about flora, fauna and local history. At night, unwind in private huts (with hot showers) and indulge in a three-course meal with a glass of Tasmanian wine.

CORINNA. Tucked away at a remote outpost on the banks of a river in temperate rainforest is the historic mining settlement Corinna. Dip a kayak paddle in the Pieman River or take the Huon pine Arcadia II riverboat journey up to the river’s mouth.

Located at the southern end of the Tarkine, there’s also ample oldgrowth rainforest to explore on foot.

C T20 International Trans-Tasman Tri-Series Australia V England Blundstone Arena plays host to old rivals Australia and England on 7 February, with both sides boasting some of the most explosive T20 players in the world.

Expect big hits, big wickets, and big finishes.

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Aboard the heritage sailing boat Stormbreaker, head out into Macquarie Harbour and its ancient wilderness. When the anchor’s down, alight from the 20-metre ketch for river fishing and kayaking.

Retrieving your cutlery from beneath a sturdy trapdoor in the dining table or curled up in the captain’s quarters, you’ll realise the charm of the wild seas.

Wild Pedder is the dream of best mates Cody and Lou, who forged a friendship guiding along the deserted beaches of the Bay of Fires. This kayaking and hiking experience gives intrepid travellers a taste of South West Tasmania’s jagged mountain peaks, magnificent temperate rainforests and some of the world’s tallest hardwood trees.

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HOLLYBANK. Fly through the treetops of Hollybank State Forest with a tour that takes you through the vast forest canopy. Zip from tree to tree on almost a kilometre of cable during the day, or hit the zipline after dark with just a helmet lamp to light your way. Those more comfortable on the ground can glide the forest floor on a segway.

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Loathe to give up morning lattes, hot showers and soft pillows? Luxuriously fittedout tents at Bay of Fires Bush Retreat combines camping and glamour. It’s also a great base for exploring the Bay of Fires and Binalong Bay with kilometres of beach walks and mountain bike tracks. Back at camp, live-in chef Tom can be found firing up the smoker to prepare fish for gourmet platters.

COLES BAY .

Framed by the pink-hued Hazards mountain range and the sheltered waters of Great Oyster Bay is the seaside town of Coles Bay. Jump in a kayak to traverse from one idyllic spot to the next at your own pace – keeping an eye peeled for passing pods of dolphins.

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BRUNY ISLAND. A private boat will whisk you from Hobart to Bruny Island for the three-day Bruny Island Long Weekend, where a luxury off-grid camp awaits – think king-sized beds and an outdoor shower framed by towering eucalypts. Uncover Bruny’s lesser-known gems, meet local farmers, and hop aboard Rob Pennicott’s adventure cruise past the Southern Hemisphere’s highest sea-cliffs, keeping watch for playful dolphins and lively fur seals.

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ave you ever wondered what it would be like to meet your favourite film or TV star? How about the author of a bestselling book, or the artist behind your favourite comic book? Or perhaps you’ve dreamed of revisiting the sounds of your childhood; the people who provided the voices for those iconic cartoon characters of yesteryear.

If this sounds like you, then it’s time to discover one of Australia’s best-kept secrets – Supanova Comic Con & Gaming, Australia’s biggest and best pop-culture expo.

Since starting in Sydney in 2000, Supanova has grown into a national celebration uniting every fandom imaginable – bringing to life the worlds of film and TV, fantasy, comic books, anime, sci-fi, cartoons, books, gaming and collectables.

Since that first year, more than one million fans have walked through the Supanova doors, and yet the event is still growing in size and popularity – both with those proudly in the geek kingdom, and the general public outside of it.

Fans in the know have been meeting their “Supa-Stars” for years, attending Q&A panels and getting to meet and be photographed with their idols.

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Past stars have included the people behind such franchises as Stranger Things, Back to the Future, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Teen Wolf, Arrow, Overwatch, The Avengers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pokémon, and Dragon Ball Z, among many others.

Confirmed Supanova 2018 appearances already include Doctor Who himself, Peter Capaldi ...

Confirmed Supanova 2018 appearances already include Doctor Who himself, Peter Capaldi; John Barrowman (Arrow, Torchwood); The 100 stars Bob Morley and Lindsey Morgan; original Power Rangers Walter Jones; Terry Brooks (New York Times bestselling author of The Shannara Chronicles) and renowned comic-book artist Arthur Adams, with many more yet to be announced.

But Supanova is not just about the Supa-Stars Supanova is the perfect family day out, with all-ages entertainment including “cosplay”, live music, creative masterclasses, fan clubs, wrestling, competitions, along with an exhibition hall full of collectables.

Then there’s anime and film screenings, behind-the-scenes access to upcoming and newrelease films, prop displays, exclusive “making of” footage and cast and crew spotlights from homegrown productions.

Fans on the Gold Coast can also catch the Supanova Superhero Parade on 29 April, headlined by Peter Capaldi.

Supanova 2018 begins 21-22 April at the Melbourne Showgrounds, then 28-29 April at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Book your tickets now at supanova.com.au and enter “SupaJet” in the promo code area in February to access discounts (10 per cent off General Admission tickets and 5 per cent off Premium tickets, excluding Supa-Star VIP) Supanova visits Sydney and Perth in June, then Adelaide and Brisbane in November.

Use promo code SupaJet in February when you book tickets to access discounts.

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contents FEBRUARY 2018

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12 I WHAT’S ON

46 I PHOTO ESSAY

14 I NEWS

A photographer goes troppo in laid-back Port Douglas

18 I MY PLACE Nazeem Hussain on his home in Melbourne’s south

20 I THE SHORTLIST Discover times past in five intruiging ruins

22 I HOW-TO Master the travel selfie and maintain your dignity

24 I IMBIBE A mocktail with all of the fun and none of the guilt

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EXPLORE

26 I FOOD TREND

53-71 I EVENT OF THE MONTH Celebrate Lunar New Year with a few famous faces, a party in Hong Kong or a sweet Singaporean treat

73 I PORT TO PORT Hitch a ride on a ferry from Melbourne to Portarlington

78 I SANDY FEET IN THE CITY

87 I ART GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT

Dining moves into the digital realm

The creative businesses transforming Brisbane

29 I BITE-SIZE CITY GUIDE

92 I FEEL THE LOVE

Discovering the secrets of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh

32 I HEALTH

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Explore the beautiful beaches of Auckland

These tropical islands were made for romance

142 I BACKPAGE Tales from row 57

Climbing the walls to get fit

34 I BEAUTY Why a good night’s sleep is the ultimate beauty regime

Wine guide

Flip the magazine for our guide to Australian and New Zealand wine in 2018

37 I SPA & WELLNESS

ESSENTIALS

Finding bliss in the Gold Coast’s best spas

108 I Jetstar news

40 I RECIPE

116 I Where we fly

A seafood paella from Australia’s top Spanish chef

123 I Games and puzzles

42 I WORK AND PLAY

129 I Entertainment

The projects breathing new life into unloved spaces

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*New applicants and Australian residents only. Selected flights only - check with the Jetstar Call Centre for availability on your preferred travel dates. The bonus flight is only available on limited Australian Domestic sectors and through Jetstar.com/bonusflight. You will not be eligible for the bonus flight offer if you choose Qantas Frequent Flyer Rewards. The flight must be booked within 6 months of card activation and a minimum of 30 days prior to travel through the Jetstar Call Centre (1300 360 520). Checked baggage is not included but may be added for an additional fee. Flights are subject to availability and non-refundable. Limited changes are permitted, charges apply and Fare Difference will apply. All travel is subject to the Jetstar Conditions of Carriage. The offer is non-transferable or redeemable for cash and cannot be combined with any other offer. Bonus flight is offered by Card Services. ^Terms & Conditions apply, visit jetstar.com/bonusflight and the Jetstar MasterCard Rewards Terms and Conditions for more information. Card Services is a division of Macquarie Bank Limited (ABN 46 008 583 542, Australian Credit Licence 237502), which provides and administers credit and is the issuer of the Jetstar MasterCard. Approval is subject to Card Services credit criteria and suitability assessment. Terms and conditions, fees and charges apply and are available upon request. Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd – ABN: 33 069 720 243

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EDITORIAL For all editorial enquiries, please email JetstarMedia@hardiegrant.com.au Account Director Tiffany Sayers Managing Editor, Jetstar Simon Tsang Editor Krysia Bonkowski Subeditors Leanne Tolra and Diana Baxter Designer Natalie LaChina Picture Editor Janet Gomes

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travellers from right across our network are making the most of the holiday season

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ver the past two months, Jetstar has had its busiest period on record, with nearly four million travellers taking to the skies.

Whether it’s visiting the Australian coastline, skiing in Japan, exploring a South East Asian city or enjoying the sights in New Zealand, travellers from right across our network are making the most of the holiday season.

Bali continues to be one of our most popular destinations, and we recently announced we are increasing the number of

flights into Bali to respond to popular demand.

Between December and March, we’ve offered nearly 30,000 extra seats into Bali for Australian travellers, including extra flights from Melbourne and Brisbane, launching this month.

Jetstar is now by far the largest airline operating into Bali, with more than 70 flights each week. Last year alone, we flew more than 1.5 people between Australia and Bali and we expect to see that number rise this year as we increase our flights.

We’ll continue to look for opportunities to add extra flights into Bali. More seats means more low fares, and we know that’s exactly what our customers want.

Wherever you’re travelling today, I hope you enjoy your flight.

Gareth Evans Jetstar Group CEO

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Auckland’s beaches on page 78

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"Gripping stuff... thrillingly modern.”

Time Out UK

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Kings of War From the creators of Roman Tragedies

Toneelgroep Amsterdam | Directed by Ivo van Hove 10 – 13 March / ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE

From the creators of

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Grace Jones

"Jones is absolutely extraordinary.” The Music 28 February / ELDER PARK

“…this is Lepage at his very best.”

The Guardian UK

The Lost and Found Orchestra

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“Exhilarating and strangely beautiful.” The Guardian 3 & 4 March / ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE

Ex Machina | Written & Directed by Robert Lepage 2 – 7 March / ADELAIDE PREMIERE

The Far Side of the Moon

“...the finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade.”

The New York Times

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Cécile McLorin Salvant

Winner, 2016 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album 17 March / ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE

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Long Lunches Long, lazy lunches by some of Australia’s best chefs 4, 10, 11, 12 & 18 March / ON THE RIVER TORRENS

BOOK NOW adelaidefestival.com.au

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Light up the night

Light installation artist Carla O’Brien will be rendering Fido in fluro for her interactive dog park at White Night Melbourne (17 February).

Find out more about Carla on page 14.

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Feel the love on Valentine’s Day, 14 February

February Add these fun and fascinating things happening across the Jetstar network to your bucket list this month

2-4 February Launceston, Tasmania A street festival started in the ’80s to celebrate Launceston’s multicultural communities has grown into one of the island’s favourite events. Tens of thousands of people congregate in City Park to enjoy Tassie’s finest food and wine. festivale.com.au

Perth Festival

9 February to 4 March Perth, Western Australia

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Festivale

From circus and classical music to film and dance, Australia’s longestrunning multiarts festival offers something for everyone. perthfestival.com.au

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Sapporo Snow Festival

Auckland Pride Festival 2-18 February Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland celebrates its rainbow community with pride parades, black-tie galas and festivalswithin-festivals the Same Same But Different Writers’ Festival and the Heroic Gardens Festival. aucklandpride.org.nz

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Adelaide Fringe 16 February to 18 March Adelaide, South Australia

Adelaide kicks into overdrive as the largest Fringe outside of Edinburgh fills the city with colour and culture. The action takes places across the CBD, with regional Fringe hubs on the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. adelaidefringe.com.au

Bombing of Darwin Day

19 February Darwin, Northern Territory This National Day of Observance commemorates the first wave of the devastating bombing of Australia’s northernmost city in 1942. It is remembered in Darwin with a number of events and services. frontlineaustralia.com.au

For a week in the depth of winter each year, up to two million people visit the capital city of Hokkaido island to experience a frosted wonderland. The centrepieces of the event are giant, highly intricate sculptures carved from ice that light up at night. snowfes.com

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Tropfest

17 February Screened nationally Held at Parramatta, Sydney, this popular short-film contest, the largest of its kind in the world, is simultaneously broadcast to crowds of more than 100,000 at screenings in Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Hobart and Surfers Paradise. filmfest.net.au

Brisbane Comedy Festival 23 February to 25 March Brisbane, Queensland

Give the funny bone a good tickle, with more than 70 Australian and international acts on the cards for this fast-growing festival of laughs. brisbanecomedyfestival.com

Bowl-A-Rama

17-18 February Sydney, New South Wales See some of the world’s best skaters, led by legend Tony Hawk, defy gravity in the bowl at Bondi Skate Park during Australia’s largest annual skateboarding competition. bowlarama.com.au

Art Deco Festival 14-18 February Napier, New Zealand

Step back in time to the ’30s in this South Island town, rebuilt in the Art Deco style of the time after a devastating earthquake, as history buffs dress up to match the perfectly preserved architecture. artdeconapier.com

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SAMPLE succulent barbecue at the Melbourne and Central Coast legs of Yak Ales Barbecue Festival or Auckland’s Meatstock. bbqfest.com.au meatstock.com.au

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WATCH superbikes navigate a stunning course at the FIM Superbike World Championship on Phillip Island, 23-25 February. worldsbk.com.au

CATCH the Travelling Film Festival on its way through the Northern Territory in Darwin from 8-11 February. sff.org.au

White Night Melbourne 17-18 February Melbourne, Victoria

For one sleepless night, up to half a million night owls flock to see the Melbourne CBD illuminated with magical installations. whitenight.com.au

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Q&A with Carla O’Brien INTERVIEW JUSTINE COSTIGAN

installation artist. I moved back to Australia with no job and pitched some ideas to the A Day On The Green festival.

It took off from there and I now do this full-time.

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Thanks for choosing to fly with us today – welcome on board.

As families around the world celebrate Lunar New Year on 16 February, hundreds of thousands of people take to the skies to spend the holiday with their loved ones. Discover how destinations across the Jetstar network celebrate Lunar New Year with our special coverage from page 53.

February also marks a time when many couples travel for Valentine’s Day, and in this edition we provide some inspiration about perfect romantic getaways, destination weddings and ideal honeymoons. You can find our guide to tropical islands on page 92.

And as we enter the final month of summer, there’s still time to fit in a trip to the seaside. Turn to page 78 to discover the beautiful beaches around Auckland, or page 73 to read about the new weekend ferry from Melbourne to the laid-back coastal enclave Portarlington.

Don’t forget to flip the magazine and read our in-depth wine guide, exploring the exciting new trends and top players in the Australian and New Zealand wine industries.

Enjoy your flight with us today, I hope to welcome you back on board again soon.

Dean Salter, CEO Jetstar Australia and New Zealand

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Melbourne-based visual artist Carla O’Brien’s neon installations pop up all over the world, from festivals to major events and even private collections. Her neon Angel Wings, which originally appeared at Melbourne White Night in 2014, became a social media hit when performer Katy Perry posed with them at the annual Burning Man Festival in Nevada, US, in 2016.

Carla is creating another special neon installation for this month’s White Night in Melbourne. We spoke to her as she prepared for the event.

How did you become an installation artist?

I had been working in travel and fashion in Los Angeles for 16 years when I went to the Burning Man festival and saw all the oversize art and light displays. I decided then and there I wanted to be a large-scale

What are you creating for this year’s White Night Melbourne?

I wanted to create something interactive, so I thought about the things that people really love and came up with the idea of a neon dog park. There’ll be six dogs including a sausage dog and a labrador, a pig, a cat up a tree, and a piece of poo all in neon. The word ‘woof’ will be at the entrance too.

What’s the appeal of your work?

That it’s a product that is touchable and interactive, not like old-school neon, and there’s that ‘wow’ moment when you actually see it. I love that there are so many moments of interaction – taking a selfie, sharing it, seeing the responses. I feel like my work puts a good vibe out there and makes people happy. It’s really fulfilling.

White Night will be held in Melbourne from 7pm to 7am on Saturday 17 February and in Ballarat from 7pm to 2am on Saturday 17 March. whitenight.com.au/ Melbourne whitenight.com.au/ballarat carlaobrien.com

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I use LED neon flex. It’s low voltage, better for the environment and I weatherproof it so it’s durable. I taught myself how to work with the flex by watching YouTube videos and I hand-make every piece myself. It’s labour-intensive, but quite easy.

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JUST OPENED

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Sobah as a …

A new Indigenous-owned business on the Tweed Coast is providing for beer lovers less in love with the long-term effects. Dreamed up by Gamilaroi man and psychologist Clinton Schultz and his wife Lozen, Sobah non-alcoholic craft beers are infused with native botanicals. After a crowd-funding campaign late last year, Sobah launched with a Lemon Aspen Pilsner, based on citric Czech beers, and a Finger Lime Cerveza inspired by easy-drinking Mexican brews. The bigger, bolder taste of the recently released Pepperberry IPA mimics hop-forward pale ales.

Follow @sobah_aboriginal_beverages on Instagram or go to sobah.com.au or to find your nearest stockist.

TOUCH DOWN

Auckland airport has gained plush new digs with the opening of Naumi Auckland Airport. It’s the Singaporean boutique hotel brand’s first foray into the New Zealand market, and the opulent design is inspired by the plumage of the native tui bird. naumihotels.com/naumiaucklandairport

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Canggu chic

Move over Seminyak, Ubud and Uluwatu, Canggu is where it’s at on the Balinese island.

The neighbourhood used to be known only to farmers and surfers, but an avalanche of cool new bars and eateries has moved in over the past two years, including Campari bar Salumeria Tanah Barak, sophisticated diner Gypsy Kitchen and beach clubs Panama Kitchen & Pool, Finns Beach Club and La Brisa. Now, in a sign Canggu is stepping up from hip to luxe, COMO Uma Canggu has opened on Echo Beach. The 12 jaw-droppping penthouses are the icing on a stylish cake, complete with rooftop pools and private butlers. comohotels.com

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Quirky Valentines THREE OF A KIND

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Say what you feel to your sugar with cookies from Sweet Mickie. From tender to tongue-in-cheek, each vanilla shortbread or golden ginger cookie comes sprawled with a message, or you can customise with your own heartfelt words.

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WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?

Cult globe-trotting dining experience Dans le Noir Dining has opened the doors and turned out the lights in Melbourne. The first Australian outpost of the Paris-born concept took residence in MGallery

by Sofitel late last month, with diners being guided through a surprise three-course feast by a team wholly made up of visually impaired wait staff. melbourne.danslenoir.com

FEB FEST

On the fringes

As the world’s second-largest Fringe Festival takes over South Australia, Adelaide gears up for a dizzying 1223 events. Highlights include the new and improved Parade of Light on North Terrace every night from 16 February to 18 March, the return of the Street Art Explosion and the ever-popular Garden of Unearthly Delights. adelaidefringe.com.au PHOTOGRAPHY DANS LE NOIR, MIMBY JONES ROBINSON

Stay close to their heart where ever they are with the playful lapel pins and charms from Australian designer and graphic artist Georgia Perry. Her quirky retro designs will take you back to the days of doodling love hearts in your textbooks and trading stickers with your besties. georgiaperry.com

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Melbourne’s

MELTING POT When he’s not on the road, comedian Nazeem Hussain likes to keep it local in Melbourne’s multicultural Elsternwick and East St Kilda INTERVIEW JUSTINE COSTIGAN

Living in leafy, beachside Elsternwick had an unexpected effect on Nazeem Hussain. Facing the dilemma of being surrounded by super-fit people running and working out, while living within walking distance of some of Melbourne’s best cafés and restaurants, Nazeem joined a gym. But, the temptations are still many. “On the way home from the gym I pass 10 amazing restaurants. They’re unhealthy but delicious,” he says.

Best known as the star and creator of TV show Legally Brown, Nazeem has become a

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familiar presence on Australian TV and radio, and on the comedy circuit. This month he kicks off a tour of his new show No pain, no Hussain.

Last year Nazeem spent 44 days in the South African bush as part of the hit TV show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, a far cry from the “urban, cosmopolitan melting pot” where he lives in Melbourne.

The dining options are one of the things Nazeem loves about Elsternwick and East St Kilda.

As the area is populated by large numbers of Melbourne’s Jewish community, Nazeem feels right

at home. “As a Muslim I can eat kosher food so it’s really convenient,” he says.

But he also knows that you can have too much of a good thing.

“The day my takeaway shop knows my name, that’s the day I’ll know I’ve been there too often,” Nazeem says.

Here he shares some of his favourite local spots.

No Pain, No Hussain appears at the Adelaide Fringe this month (16 February to 18 March), followed by the Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth comedy festivals. nazeemhussain.com

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THE GOAT HOUSE 3-6 Elsternwick Place, Elsternwick goathouse.com.au I love to come here and work. I’ll take my laptop and spend half the day eating, and drinking up to eight coffees. The new owners are Sri Lankan and have hired an amazing Sri Lankan chef. It’s a little bit of a secret, but although there’s no Sri Lankan food on the menu, he may cook something from his homeland if you ask.

PHOTOGRAPHY GETTY, THE GOAT HOUSE, CLASSIC CINEMA

ELSTERNWICK PARK This park is really nice, with a golf course and dog park, plus it’s a great place to walk off lunch at The Goat House.

I walk through here with my headphones on and work on my jokes. If you’re a comedian you need to practice out loud.

If people look at me strangely I just pretend I’m talking on the phone. But sometimes I need to change voices or make myself laugh, so my cover becomes a little complicated.

THE MENS ROOM BARBER SHOP 226 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick mensroombarbers.com.au Barbers are really fashionable.

The Mens Room is a bit like a man-cave with comfy leather seats. There are lots of hipsters there so it must be good. They give you a drink (usually beer but I drink Coke) and we chat. It’s a monthly ritual for me. I talk a lot with one guy there. I don’t know his name but we now know a lot of stuff about each other. It’s too late (and embarrassing) to ask his name, but if you’re reading this – please introduce yourself.

AVIV CAKES AND BAGELS 412 Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick avivcakes.com.au It’s so good and yet so bad. I always “accidently” over-order here. It’s a very traditional Eastern European bakery and everything is creamy and delicious. It goes straight to the hips. Even someone with the healthiest diet has to make an exception for Aviv.

CLASSIC CINEMAS

ELWOOD BEACH Everyone’s fit at the beach, but I just like walking on the sand. Last year I gave my wife a surprise birthday party at the FOLLOW: @naze beach. I hired a chef and he emhussain made a barbecue for her and our friends. Once I got up at dawn to take photos of the sunrise with my wife’s new SLR camera.

I’ve now got 300 photos of the beach and all of them are bad.

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Keep up to date with Nazeem on Instagram

9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick classiccinemas.com.au It’s such a lovely old cinema that any film you watch here automatically seems much more beautiful. If you’re into architecture, you’ll love the building, which was erected in 1911. It has a bar and restaurant and the best lolly bar of any cinema I’ve ever been to.

ALMA PARK 150 Dandenong Road, St Kilda East This is a fantastic playground with super-fast slides, swings, a treehouse and a flying fox

I’d encourage everyone to try.

And the kids love it too. I took my niece and nephew last time.

We were there for hours and I forgot to give my niece any food.

I didn’t know you had to feed them. When I take my own child, I’ll set a reminder on my phone to give them something to eat.

ARABESQUE 1/1-3 Carre Street, Elsternwick arabesque.com.au I used to live above this restaurant, which specialises in delicious Arab, Persian and Turkish food. We only dined in once, but had food sent up to us all the time. I rarely cook – why would you when you’ve got great food only 100m away?

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From another time

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Step back in time through these atmospheric relics

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WORDS KRYSIA BONKOWSKI

1. BENDIGO HISTORIC RESERVE

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Otago, New Zealand You’ll have to strap on the hiking boots to reach this former goldmining settlement in the scenic Southern Alps. Reached by a network of short walks between 45 minutes and five hours long, the crumbling huts and industrial remnants are spread over the side of the Dunstan Mountains, providing stunning views of South Island wilderness and farmland.

2. COCO PALMS RESORT

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Kauai, Hawaii Opening on ruggedly beautiful Kauai in the 1950s, Coco Palms Resort became a magnet for A-listers and royalty, and made a star turn in Elvis’s cult film Blue Hawaii. But the iconic resort was left to crumble into ruins after bearing the brunt of Hurricane Iniki in 1992. The old girl is set to step back in the spotlight

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though; the hotel will be faithfully restored and reopened by end of year.

3. RAROTONGA SHERATON Rarotonga, Cook Islands Construction of the Cook Islands’ doomed five-star Sheraton resort on Rarotonga shut down suddenly in 1987 in a flurry of controversy, leaving a 200-room furnished resort to be slowly swallowed by forest before it could ever welcome a guest. The graffiti-covered ruins are now principally used as an obstacle course for paintball and buggy tours, as well as a grazing ground for local livestock.

4. GUNKANJIMA ISLAND Nagasaki, Japan Also known as Hashima Island, this tiny isle 15km off the coast of Nagasaki was purchased at the turn of the 20th century by the Mitsubishi Corporation, and

soon became the most densely populated place on the planet.

Then, almost overnight, the coal ran out and the miners and their families dispersed, leaving a labyrinth of apartment towers and mine sites. Closed to the public until 2009, the eerie site made a cameo in Bond film Skyfall and can now be explored on organised tours.

5. COAL MINES HISTORIC SITE Tasmania This World-Heritage-listed attraction was the first mine in Tasmania and became the unhappy destination for some 600 of the colony’s most hardened convicts. Not far from the more famous Port Arthur Historic Site, the Coal Mines offer a less crowded insight into the colonial past, with ocean views and a network of walks between the sandstone settlement and deserted mine shafts.

PHOTOGRAPHY ALAMY, FLICKR, TOURISM TASMANIA & PORT ARTHUR HISTORIC SITE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, CREATIVE COMMONS / DANFINKELSTEIN

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How to

TAKE A Lighting is your friend Globetrotting is a lot like that tree falling in the woods … if you don’t take a picture of yourself at your destination, were you ever there at all?

WORDS EMMA MARKEZIC

ocial media was made for travellers. The views, the vistas, the landmarks. It’s the ultimate Instagram like-bait. But there are tricks, rules and even laws to be followed.

So, whether you’re a duck-pout devotee or only take the occasional self-portrait, here’s how to check your selfie before you wreck your selfie.

In a class by one’s selfie What really makes a selfie – other than the fact you’re taking a picture of yourself (crucial) – is the lighting. If you’re indoors, stand facing a window or an open door for the most favourable glow, and if you’re outside, face away from the light and use your head to block out the sun for an instantly flattering halo.

If you must use a flash, open Snapchat and use the app’s in-built version – it lights up the screen instead of triggering the phone’s much harsher external flash.

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Un-bearable selfie

Redeem one’s selfie While it can be tricky to find a natural pose, don’t let your hands do the talking. Peace signs, faux gang signs, even thumbs up – they all look forced in photos.

The more natural the pose, the better. If you’re having trouble getting the shot, look away and then back quickly before snapping: it’s an old photographer’s trick for getting the freshest expression. And speaking of poses, maybe leave the forced perspective in the noughties … no one needs to see you propping up the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Don’t be a law unto one’s selfie You might be a big fan of selfie sticks (or as we like to call them, narcissisticks) but it’s worth noting they’re banned in many places.

Milan for one … yes, the whole city. Disney theme parks, the National Gallery of Victoria, Sydney Opera House and Perth Arena won’t put

up with you waving your stick around either (see canibringmyselfiestick. com). And it might be smart to boot the selfie entirely from your Indian adventure. India has the world’s highest number of selfie-related deaths, accounting for around 60 per cent of all fatalities brought on by people attempting to get their mug into frame.

ILLUSTRATION STUART HOLMES

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Possible ‘selfitis’ victim Have some selfie respect Cambodia’s genocide sites, Ground Zero, Vietnam War memorials – there are myriad sites around the world where selfies might not be forbidden, but would be considered deeply disrespectful.

Think about the cultural relevance of a destination before you strike a pose.

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If that sounds like you, put down the smartphone and look around

For instance, taking a selfie with your back to the Buddha shows great disrespect. And speaking of respect, the same goes for wild animals. Police in several US states have had to issue warnings with too many travellers trying to get up close with bears, all for the sake of a selfie.

Selfie care Of course, if you’re taking three or more selfies

per day you might have selfitis – a mental disorder characterised by the obsessivecompulsive desire to take photos of one’s self and post them on social media. If that sounds like you, put down the smartphone and look around. Just like the guidebooks say … you might never be here again.

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GOODNESS

Summer quencher

NO BOOZE NEEDN’T MEAN NO FUN WITH THIS COLOURFUL CONCOCTION

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WITH CHRISTMAS rolling straight into New Year’s Eve and then onto summer Sunday sessions, it can be easy to overindulge during silly season.

If you’re feeling a little guilty, do something good – for yourself and a great cause – by taking the FebFast challenge. Abstinence is made easy with this colourful mocktail, from KICgirls founders and Australian #fitspo icons Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw, made with summer berries and refreshing mint.

RASPBERRY ‘NOJITO’ SERVES: 2 PREP: 5 MINS

INGREDIENTS © Daniel Tran

½ cup fresh mint leaves, plus extra to serve 1 lime, juiced 1 tsp honey 750ml sparkling water ½ cup fresh raspberries 1 lime, thinly sliced, to serve

METHOD

2. Add some ice cubes to two glasses and pour in the ‘nojito’. Garnish with the extra mint leaves, sliced lime and remaining raspberries.

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PHOTOGRAPHY KICGIRLS

1. In a tall glass or cocktail shaker, muddle the mint with the lime juice, half the raspberries and the honey until fragrant and the honey has dissolved. Top with sparkling water and stir.

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Satisfy your inner search engine.

© Daniel Tran

Search

If you choose to explore Tassie, be prepared, there’s never a dull moment. The island might look small on a map, but it’s much bigger on the inside. Uncover stories, meet the locals and create an epic island adventure wherever you roam; the dramatic landscapes aren’t half bad either. So why not experience some Tassie tales with direct flights from Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

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Digital dining PUT TECHNOLOGY ON THE TABLE WITH VIRTUAL-REALITY JUICE BARS, WAITER-LESS RESTAURANTS, AUGMENTED REALITY BURGERS AND CASHLESS GROCERY SHOPPING WORDS NOLA JAMES

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s our digital and physical worlds meet head-on, technology increasingly infiltrates our dining experiences.

Thanks to UberEats, having fine food homedelivered is a cinch, and restaurant reservations can be made in seconds on a smartphone.

But what’s next? If gastronomical virtual-

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reality experience Project Nourished catches on we’ll all be chomping on calorie-free jellied cubes that taste and smell like junk food in a “simulated eating experience” that’s sure to horrify chefs.

Wearing a headset isn’t the most comfortable way to dine – you can’t see your companions, for a start – but it’s a space big brands are starting to play in. In 2016 McDonald’s in

Sweden sold Happy Meal boxes that turned into VR headsets and last year, KFC unveiled a (slightly unnerving) virtual-reality training program for its American employees.

The jury is still out as to whether it’s novelty or necessity – it’ll be a long time before dining goes fully automated – but for now there are plenty of venues going cash- and people-free.

Grocery game changers There’s no cash, checkout or staff at Tao Cafe, which opened to massive queues in July last year in Hangzhou (in east China’s Zhejiang province) selling general groceries, knickknacks and fast food.

You need only scan your smartphone on entry; sensors on the shelves detect which items have been placed

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in the basket and money is charged to your nominated account as you leave, thanks to facialrecognition software.

This style of shopping would previously have gotten you arrested for shoplifting, now it’s a model for the “cashierfree” stores of the future.

Tao Cafe’s competitors are sharpening their knives – 24-hour selfserve convenience store BingoBox has plans to open more than 5000 stores across China by the end of this year.

PHOTOGRAPHY GETTY, TAO CAFE, ROYAL STACKS

Beta burgers In Melbourne, the selfdescribed “tech head” behind Royal Stacks, Dani Zeini, built an augmented reality app for his new burger truck. On the surface it’s just a bit of fun – hold your smartphone up to the truck and it’ll bounce around in a cartoonish fashion. The real value here is in the

Virtual dining at Japan’s Blue Leaf Cafe. LEFT: Royal Stacks truck. BELOW: Tao Cafe in Hangzhou, China.

Virtual dinner date extra features: order and pay for your meal without leaving your office/picnic blanket/deckchair and your device will turn itself into a buzzer when it’s time to collect (replete with a triumphant videogame style jingle).

The app will also help you track down the nearest truck (currently there’s only one, but there are four Royal Stacks stores across Melbourne and Sydney) and predict the average wait time.

Plus, there’s a mildly addictive “burger stacking game” (move over, Candy Crush) that acts like a loyalty program, enabling players to redeem edible exclusive rewards.

Despite leaning towards the digital, Dani assures us that his burgers won’t be made by robots just yet, and you can still walk up and pay cash for your double patty stack, cheesy potato gems and extrathick custard shakes.

Going solo Japan’s Blue Leaf Cafe took customer service

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to the next level last July, offering a series of “dates” with famous virtual idol (yep, that’s a thing now) Hatsune Miku. Over five days, guests at the Sendai café enjoyed their meal in the company of their “virtual girlfriend”, complete with a take-home coaster to commemorate the event.

Slightly less lonelyhearts, but also in Japan, Tokyo juice bar Kajitsu Club sells yoghurts, juices and smoothies, and offers diners a virtual-reality booth, with anime and a vibrating chair, to consume them in.

Or, if you’d like to be really, truly alone with your meal head to an “automat”, waiterless vending machine restaurants located across Japan’s larger cities. Jihanki Shokudo, roughly a 90-minute drive from Tokyo, is considered one of the best, where retro-style machines magically produce pipinghot noodle soups and burgers.

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PHNOM PENH

Phnom Penh IN CAMBODIA’S VIBRANT CAPITAL, TRADITIONAL AND MODERN LIVING COLLIDE WORDS MARISSA CARRUTHERS

Views from rooftop bar Le Moon, BELOW: dining at Kandal Market.

TOP TO BOTTOM, BELOW RIGHT: Vendor at Kandal Market, Chinese House decor and dishes.

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PHOTOGRAPHY LE MOON, SAMJAMPHOTO

As a rapidly developing city, Phnom Penh is a foodies’ delight, packed full of eateries serving cuisine from across the globe. For culinary creativity, head to Chinese House. Overlooking the Tonle Sap River, the former Chinese merchant’s abode is a now a stunning villa that serves fusion dishes spanning all continents.

Try the black kingfish. restaurant-phnompenh.com

BREAKFAST

MORNING

The early bird catches the worm and for most locals life is in full swing by dawn. Join the Cambodians who flock to upmarket Malis Restaurant, owned by celebrity Cambodian chef Luu Meng, to fuel up for the day ahead. Sit in the serene surroundings of the sprawling tropical garden and enjoy the popular morning dish of kuy teav – Cambodian noodles with pork. malis-restaurant.com

The capital’s many markets, or phsars, bustle in the morning.

Instead of tourist favourites Central Market and Russian Market, head to Kandal Market.

Here, fish writhe in buckets, meat swings from hooks and fresh produce is sold from vendors crammed into a rabbit-warren of narrow alleys.

Bargain clothing, electrical and household items and everything in between is also on offer for anyone willing to barter.

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Hop in a rickshaw

TOP TO BOTTOM: Grasshopper Adventures’ Rickshaw Tour, Le Moon cocktail and rooftop.

AFTERNOON Spend the afternoon exploring the city by one of Cambodia’s oldest modes of transport – rickshaw. Grasshopper Adventures has devised an itinerary combining famous and hidden gems. The 13-kilometre route includes iconic buildings, coffee shops catering to the rising Khmer middle-class youth, organic farming initiatives and riding through the heart of local communities.

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Join the masses of Cambodians who flock to Sisowath Quay, also known as riverside, at dusk. Here young lovers look out across the Tonle Sap, fitness fanatics get active at aerobic classes dotting the promenade and locals play games. Le Moon is a relaxed rooftop bar popular with young Cambodians wanting to kick back with a post-work cocktail to enjoy the views as the sun sinks. lemoon.amanjaya-suitesphnom-penh.com

Le Moon is a relaxed rooftop bar popular with young Cambodians wanting to kick back

AFTER HOURS To miss out on Phnom Penh’s eclectic collection of bars would be a sin, so stretch your 24 hours into the night. Bassac Lane is bubbling with action, with boutique bars and eateries lining the narrow alley.

Live music often features in the central courtyard at weekends. Or soak up the city lights twinkling below and the soft sounds of music at Deva, one of the latest stylish rooftop bars to open.

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Experience I HEALTH

Climbing the walls Rock climbers are typically sinewy folk with extraordinary strength-to-weight ratios. Perhaps they’re onto something …

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Try it here he asks, leading me to the base of a mid-level grade 15 route that initially goes straight up, until a hiccup arrives in the form of an overhanging ledge.

Linking the route from bottom to top are a series of colour-coded handholds combining simple jugs with harder crimps, slopers and underclings.

I start confidently, outpacing a girl who’s tackling a trickier route immediately alongside me. But the higher I climb, the more spaced out the holds become. I’m forced to stretch more,

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requiring flexibility I’ve never possessed. And I begin to notice muscles that haven’t been used in a long time. Just hanging on

requires all my strength.

“Let go of the wall and dangle on the end of the rope,” Justin calls.

Reluctantly, I do as he says. Instead of plunging headlong towards the ground, I’m suspended 10 metres above it. With my strength restored, I continue to the top.

Back on terra firma, I’m relieved more than proud, and my forearms resemble Popeye’s. Next time I’ll do one extra climb, and then another after that. Right now though, I’m completely spent.

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“FIRST THING to do is clip in your bunny ears.”

My what?

I knew rock climbers were a breed apart, willingly risking death and injury by scaling cliff faces over and over again. But, until now, I had no idea just how far removed they are from normal society.

“That’s what we call a double-figure-eight-onthe-bite knot,” explains Justin Kuchel, my private instructor at Melbourne CBD indoor climbing gym Hardrock.

I look at him blankly, until he holds up a climbing rope with twin knots that indeed look like a pair of rabbit’s ears.

Locking them into the carabiner attached to my harness, I tick off step one in the gym’s safety induction procedure.

After another dozen steps, I’m ready to tackle my first wall.

Fifty-five walls stretching three-storeys high are crammed side-by-side into the lower levels of this city apartment building, and my first route is like stepping up a ladder.

Justin then has me working on my technique by traversing along the wall’s lower holds.

“Are you up for something a little harder?”

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In our ‘always on’ digital lives, we often forget the importance of shut-eye This means a solid seven to eight hours each night might be the greatest trick in your beauty arsenal.

A few simple lifestyle adjustments can help you achieve a deeper slumber.

Blue light, emitted by devices such as smartphones and laptops, messes with melatonin, the magical hormone that helps you snooze. The free app F.lux is one of several that automatically adjusts devices as it gets

dark to minimise blue light. Better yet, switch off all devices at least an hour before you snooze.

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Whether it’s meditation, a cup of herbal tea or a bath with soothing candles, a calming pre-bed routine will help you catch up on that beauty sleep.

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Our bodies recharge when we sleep – human growth hormone mends skin cells, the antioxidant-rich melatonin is released and our skin and muscles relax. Conversely, lack of sleep can cause signs of ageing, weight gain and an increase in the stress hormone cortisol, which breaks down skinplumping collagen.

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Road to restoration Queensland’s Gold Coast is home to worldclass spa retreats. Here are five wellness experiences to soothe your mind, body and soul WORDS AMY MILLS

The Tribal Dreaming treatment at Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat.

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Spa Q Spa Q offers a 90-minute “freshly picked” treatment, in which you book ahead and decide on the treatment on the day, depending on your mood.

I opted for the 30-minute Wild Thyme foot therapy ($80) for my unloved feet and 60-minute thermal massage ($140), a deeper style incorporating the warming properties of red pepper.

But first, I took advantage of the wet zone featuring a unisex Hammam-inspired steam room, and was already feeling blissed out when my therapist knocked gently on the door.

The deluxe foot rub – with a capsicum, menthol and wintergreen blend – was soothing, but it was the massage, with a

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combination of warm pepper oil followed by cooling, inflammationreducing essential oils, that put me into a state of deep relaxation.

I was on the verge of drifting off to sleep when, sadly, my treatment came to an end.

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I was intrigued by the bespoke Tribal Dreaming treatment ($410 for 150 minutes), designed for Gwinganna by senior

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You emerge from the treatment room into nature therapist Stephen McInnes.

It’s an experiential process that begins with a forest walk and intention ceremony, followed by didgeridoo healing, a treatment with ochre clay from the local region and a customised 80-minute massage that includes hot stones and Chi Nei

Tsang (an internal organ treatment).

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CLOCKWISE: The stylish Earth and Skin cottage, The Bath House, a foot soak at Earth and Skin.

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Inspired by her mother’s breast cancer and her own IVF treatment, Louisa Hollenberg started to pursue a chemical and plastic-free life, particularly when it came to skin care.

Her passion led her to open Earth and Skin, a cruelty-free, chemical-free day spa in a reimagined Queenslander-style cottage at the mouth of the Gold Coast hinterland.

The two-hour Mountain Dreamers treatment ($295) began with the sounding of a Tibetan singing bowl, followed by a signature earth massage and the elemental facial (customised to my skin type). It finished with a foot-relief treatment and the sounding of the singing bowl. I left with a crystal as a gift and glowing, healthy skin.

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On Eagle Wings Day Spa Sipping on a cup of chai, surrounded by green rolling hills, it was easy to pretend I was at a Swiss chalet. My Mountain Getaway package ($210 for 3.5 hours) began with use of the outdoor spa, followed by a detoxifying sauna and a swim in the 25-metre infinity pool.

After enjoying a chocolate fondue and tea by the pool, I headed to an outside treatment area for the Cleopatra foot soak.

If I wasn’t relaxed enough already, listening to native birdlife while my therapist Sabine massaged my feet with a Pure Fiji coconut scrub certainly did the trick.

The experience ended with a 75-minute massage incorporating Hawaiian Lomi Lomi elements and a scalp massage.

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The Bath House Sisters Charlie and Natalie Evans spearheaded the Gold Coast’s vegan revolution with the Greenhouse Canteen + Bar. Late last year, with long-time friend Phoebe Venz, they expanded into the wellness space with The Bath House, a Moroccan-inspired communal rejuvenation space at the mouth of Tallebudgera Valley.

After starting in the hydrotherapy spa, I divided my time between a eucalyptus wet steam room, a red-cedar dry sauna and an outdoor magnesium plunge pool.

I soaked, steamed, plunged and repeated for a few rounds, before retreating to the sundeck for a plant-based lunch

and sparkling wine.

In-house therapists are on hand if you wish to add a massage. I visited with my mum and sister and we instead relished the time together in a beautiful setting.

The Luxe Soak package ($70 for 90 mins) includes sparkling wine and a grazing board.

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Perfect paella SUMMER, SUNSHINE AND SEAFOOD GO HAND IN HAND. WE CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH FRANK CAMORRA’S GIGANTIC SEAFOOD PAELLA WORDS NOLA JAMES

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aella, arguably Spain’s most famous export, has become a firm Aussie favourite thanks to our love of fresh, local seafood and Mediterranean flavours – not to mention our many restaurants dedicated to the Iberian cuisine.

Pronounced “pieAY-yuh”, it’s a dish of Valencian origins (traditionally made with saffron-laced rice, chicken, rabbit and occasionally, snails) that’s been adapted and to great contention over the centuries – ask any Spanish cook and they’ll have their theory about what should, and shouldn’t, go into the dish.

For one of Australia’s best-known Spanish chefs, MoVida’s Frank Camorra, paella means seafood, and plenty of it.

He uses his “party paella” to impress a crowd. “It’s a tradition to cook paella for large celebrations; it’s not only super delicious but also says ‘this is a special occasion’.”

A specialty paella pan is recommended for a recipe this size (available at Spanish grocers and online) as their enamelled steel surface is essential to create “socarrat” – the prized layer of crunchy, caramelised rice that forms on the bottom of the pan.

“Use bomba rice,” Frank says. “It’s a specialty paella rice that takes three times

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its value in liquid, so soaks up more flavour into the grain. It’s more resilient to overcooking and has low starch levels so it fluffs up like a pilaf.”

Frank, who this month headlines Victoria’s Apollo Bay Seafood Festival, also recommends choosing local seafood for the most flavoursome results.

“Not only are you supporting the local community but also selfishly helping yourself; local seafood is often the freshest, cheapest and best quality.”

He says that mussels, calamari and octopus are all sustainable options, but to always ask your fishmonger where the seafood comes from to be sure. And “never, ever” use chorizo in paella. “It overpowers the flavour of everything else,” Frank says.

The Apollo Bay Seafood Festival will be held at Victoria’s Apollo Bay Harbour from 16-18 February. The family-friendly festival celebrates local seafood with workshops, cooking demonstrations and activities for all ages. apollobayseafoodfestival.com

METHOD • To prepare the chicken, place it breast-side up on a chopping board, and slice down on each side to remove the breast and wing, and thigh and leg.

Remove the wings from the breasts and cut off the wing tips. Discard the carcass and tips (or reserve to make stock). Cut the wings in two at the joint. Cut the breasts lengthways. Cut the smaller pieces in two and the larger in three. Trim the excess skin.

Remove the thighs from the legs, and the drumsticks from the thighs. Trim the boney end of the drumsticks and cut in two. Cut the thighs in three.

You should have 24 pieces.

• Place a 60cm diametre paella pan over high heat and add 100ml of olive oil. Add the calamari and season with a good pinch of salt and pepper.

Cook, stirring continuously, for 1½ -2 minutes or until firm and caramelised. Remove from the pan, cover and set aside.

• Add the chicken, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring continuously, for 3-4 minutes or until lightly browned. Push the chicken to one side, reduce the heat to medium-low, add the remaining oil, the onion, garlic, saffron and bay leaves, season with a little salt and cook, stirring continuously, for 5 minutes or until the onion is golden. Add the capsicum and cook for 10 minutes or until soft with a jammy consistency. Mix the chicken in with the onion and capsicum.

• Drain the liquid off the tomatoes and add to the pan.

Add the sherry, increase heat to medium-high, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes, scraping the base of the pan to deglaze as the sofrito cooks.

• At this stage, any liquid should have reduced and the

INGREDIENTS Serves 16 main course 30 as a entrée.

• 1.5 kg free-range chicken • 150ml extra virgin olive oil • 650g cleaned calamari, cut into 3cm squares • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1kg brown onions, roughly chopped (about 3 large) • 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped • Good pinch of saffron threads • 6 bay leaves • 800g red capsicum, seeds removed and cut into 1cm dice • 750g green capsicum, seeds removed and cut into 1cm dice • 10 tomatoes, peeled, seeds removed and grated • 200ml fino sherry or white wine • 2.6 litres of fish stock (heated) • 750g broad beans, podded, or other green vegetables • 13 handfuls (700g) bomba rice • 600g mussels • 400g prawn cutlets • 3 lemons, cut into wedges

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paella should look like thick, chunky jam. Add hot fish stock, stir and continue cooking until it comes to a simmer. Return the calamari to the pan and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the broad beans or other vegetables and cook for 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the rice and stir evenly through.

Add the mussels and prawns.

Do not stir again. Continue cooking for 15 minutes, then remove from the heat and cover with clean tea towels. Set aside for 15 minutes to steam. Divide among plates and serve with the lemon wedges.

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Renewed Entrepreneur Marcus Westbury explains how a seed of an idea led to a grassroots urban renewal movement WORDS PETER BARRETT

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What do you do?

I’m the founder of Renew Newcastle and Renew Australia, and CEO of the Collingwood Arts Precinct, in Melbourne.

Renew Australia grew out of a project I started nearly 10 years ago. It was a scheme to ‘borrow’ some of the many vacant buildings in Newcastle and use them to incubate new creative and community projects.

Why Newcastle?

I was born and bred there. In my other life, I’d been a writer-slasharts-festival-director and worked on various creative and community projects around the country. I went back to Newcastle in 2008 with the intention of starting a small bar and discovered that while there were 150 empty buildings, there were very few who wanted to rent to me. I also had this sense there was a strong community out there that, if given the opportunity, would be able to make big things happen.

How does the idea work?

The deal is we borrow empty properties and, on a rolling 30-day basis, lend them to someone who’s got a creative or community idea. They

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Artist Fran O’Neill in her Renew Newcastle studio.

INSET: Marcus Westbury.

So, instead, we tried to find a different way range from fashion businesses to art galleries to tech projects – pretty much anything, providing it’s original, they make what they do, and it’s not competing directly with existing businesses.

Any hiccups?

Typical property agreements are long-term, conferring a lot of rights and triggering a bunch of things we didn’t want to trigger. So, instead, we tried to find a different way of doing it.

Which was?

By using templates that were designed for things like the laws for mobile phone towers, which allowed people to come and go in buildings for a purpose but not take on the property rights that

the owners didn’t want to give us, and we didn’t want to take.

And the result?

The current count of properties we’ve reopened is 81. And there’s probably 100 more around the world that have been opened up by this model. The thing I’m most proud of is that a very grassroots community effort has made such a difference.

Visit renewaustralia.org for more on Renew Newcastle and capmelbourne.org for what Marcus Westbury is up to now.

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Experience I WORK & PLAY

(Re)design your workspace for productivity

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1. GAP FILLER, CHRISTCHURCH, NZ In a show of great pluck, Christchurch responded to the 2011 quakes with Gap Filler, a creative project bringing life to the empty spaces created by the devastation. Soon, rubble was replaced with quirky installations, such as a coinoperated dance floor and public library in a fridge. gapfiller.org.nz

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2. SAIGON OUTCAST, HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam’s largest city is home to an everincreasing number of young creatives, and Saigon Outcast has become something of a base camp for them.

In 2012, two local friends rented a former carpark in District 2 and transformed it into a cultural precinct complete with shipping container bar, graffiti splashed walls and regular free events. saigonoutcast.com

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so everyone can access them.

Sunlight gives you vitamin D and improves brain function; fresh air makes you more alert.”

2. Tidy up and declutter.

“It’s not only hard to concentrate if you’re sitting among mess but it can also be demotivating.”

3. Provide privacy and quiet spaces. “There’s such a huge backlash against the open-plan office. Workspaces should accommodate different tasks and personality types so everyone has a choice.”

4. Include team spaces and collaboration tools. “Areas for brainstorming don’t have to be slick but agile businesses use a blend of digital and analogue tools, like post-it notes, to help people be productive and engaged.”

5. Set up health and wellbeing initiatives. “Start a fun office Fitbit competition or plant a salad garden. It’s great for team building and being healthy naturally leads to productivity.”

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Life in the slow lane (left to right) A fishing boat bobbing in one of Port Douglas’ sheltered harbours The over-water Port Douglas Sugar Wharf is a popular wedding venue A French expat who can be found selling bird whistles at the Sunday Markets

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here are two sides to Port Douglas. Set on a particularly idyllic stretch of Tropical North Queensland (TNQ) coast – a gateway to the World Heritagelisted Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest – this small town attracts an almost constant stream of tourists in search of sun, sea and scenery.

You might spot them at the pier in the morning filing into boats bound for a day on the Coral Sea, setting off into the interior to get lost in ancient rainforest, or sipping cocktails on the wide verandah of a local fine-dining restaurant.

On the flip side are those who get to live in tropical paradise yearround.

“Locals can spot a tourist for sure – pale ‘Southerners’ and taupetype clothing say it all,” says Australian travel photographer Simon Furlong, who has spent a lot of time in the laidback locality.

“Queenslanders, or those who move there, often don a ‘troppo’ look ... and locals generally look less rushed.”

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I am colour crazy, you could say population of around 3000, ‘Port’ locals inhabit a small country town with all the luxuries of a tourist Mecca.

This “mix of laid-back with a touch of luxe” greatly appeals to Simon, who also soaks up the fantastic local markets and great food and coffee whenever he’s in town.

The lush natural scenery is another drawcard. “TNQ is surprisingly mountainous, and, combined with a beach setting, it’s stunning. Pristine and lush,” Simon says.

“I am colour crazy, you could say – I don’t wear black – and the tropics reflect my taste; oranges and reds, bright blues and just that sense of tangibility from being in a humid, exotic place full of wildlife.”

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54 I FEASTING AND FAMILY Famous faces muse on New Years past

65 I GOING HONKERS Hong Kong sees in the New Year in style

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New year Lions and dragons, fireworks and family reunions, Lunar New Year looms large for Australians and Kiwis with a Chinese background WORDS NATASHA DRAGUN ILLUSTRATIONS TANYA COOPER

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hether from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Malaysia, Chinese Australians are one of the largest groups of overseas Chinese in the world, representing around five per cent of the population. New Zealand is not far behind, representing four per cent. Many Chinese were lured to the antipodes by the gold rush in the mid-19th century.

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and culture hasn’t always been accepted or supported, there are now thriving Chinese communities across both countries. In fact, Sydney hosts the largest Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations outside Asia, and Melbourne is home to the world’s oldest continually used Chinatown. Here, we shine a spotlight on notable Aussies and Kiwis with Chinese heritage, and find out how they will ring in the Year of the Dog on 16 February.

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Australian celebrity chef, artist and actor Poh Ling Yeow is passionate about food that speaks of home. Poh Bakes 100 Greats comes out this year.

Tell us about your heritage.

I’m fifth-generation Malay-born Chinese. I grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before moving here.

What are your memories of CNY? We’d go to markets to pick lanterns.

They’d be beautifully handpainted, made out of cellophane and bamboo. I’d pick a goldfish, my brother a dragon. In the evenings we’d light them. It was a harrowing affair actually – there was a candle inside each one, so it could all go up in flames. I remember being petrified of lion dancers as well!

What did you love about CNY? Getting together with womenfolk in my family and preparing food. One of my earliest memories of cooking is preparing a CNY dish, a glutinous rice ball with ginger and pandanleaf syrup – we’d dye half the balls pink. It’s still one of my favourites.

How do you celebrate now?

It’s an opportunity to get together with family ... we always have yee sang (Prosperity Toss Salad).

The whole family gets involved in tossing it as high as they can with chopsticks. The higher you get, the more prosperity you get that year.

What do non-Chinese get wrong?

I’ve often heard Aussies say, “I’ve never been to CNY.” It’s not a place!

But I love that Australia is getting more and more into it. It doesn’t matter what your background is – it’s a chance to eat, have fun and learn about another culture.

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ROSEANNE AND RENEE LIANG Based in Auckland, New Zealand writer and director Roseanne Liang’s awarded movies include Banana in a Nutshell and Do No Harm.

Older sister Renee is a paediatrician by day, poet and playwright by night.

Tell us about your heritage.

Roseanne: Our parents are from Hong Kong. I’m a firstgeneration New Zealander. I’ve lived all my life in Auckland.

Our parents brought us up traditionally. I was the youngest of three daughters and we were all over-achievers. They told us that anything less than an ‘A’ grades wasn’t acceptable. We did ballet, piano, speech and drama –all the extracurriculars.

What are your favourite CNY memories?

Roseanne: The eating! Mum made sticky rice like mochi, but with brown sugar. You’d cut it into slices, coat it in egg and fry

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it. Our dad would bring out his best dishes. CNY is summer in New Zealand so there would be amazing crab, fresh fish, shellfish and prawns.

Renee: We always used to call relatives when I was little. We’d make overseas phone calls, which were really expensive back then. I remember our grandmother was deaf, and my Cantonese was limited to, “What?” She’d be like, “Blah blah blah,” and I’d go, “What?”

It would go on like that then eventually I’d yell, “Happy New Year,” in Cantonese, and the call would end. It was the same conversation for 20 years.

Did you follow any traditions?

Renee: We’d drive from house to house – I’d jump out, run up and do the ‘chin-chin’ gesture to get a red packet. There might only be 20 cents in it, but you could get some lollies with that.

Not that we could – we had to put it straight into the bank.

How do you celebrate CNY? Roseanne: I love that it’s not just Chinese who celebrate it anymore. There’s stuff going on around the city, not just in Chinatown. Schools celebrate it as well. We still have big family dinners. It’s nice to have a cultural touchstone that is so historic, and so contemporary.

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MARITA CHENG 2012 Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng is the founder and CEO of Aubot. She also launched Robogals, supporting young women in engineering.

Tell us about your heritage.

My mum is from Macau, my dad from Zhongshan. They met in Hong Kong when they were young and fell in love. They moved to Cairns and had my brother and I. Favourite childhood memories?

I used to do lion dancing. Males and kung fu experts traditionally do it, but I practised in Cairns, from age 10 to 17. It became part of my life. The kids in the troupe became my friends. It’s nice to have that kind of community support.

How do you spend CNY? We never celebrated CNY on the day because I was always out lion dancing. My birthday is a couple of weeks after, so we would bundle all the celebrations up and go out for the biggest meal ever.

What is your favourite CNY dish?

Mum cooks traditional dishes, like boiled chicken. She usually sits on the ground to cut it up. She did this once when I had friends over, and it freaked them out. Mum also makes a mean crab and steamed fish, and we’ll eat abalone for a treat.

Do you follow any traditions?

I use CNY as a time to reflect on goals. But I also try to clean the house, because you’re sweeping away bad luck. You’re not supposed to clean again for 14 days, to keep good luck in place.

When I go out for dinner I’ll wear my newest clothes.

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Australian artist and author Shaun Tan won an Academy Award for The Lost Thing, a 2011 animated film of his picture book. He has two books out in 2018.

Tell us about your heritage.

My father was born in Malaysia to Chinese migrant parents, and grew up in Penang. My mother is Australian. My dad came to Australia as a student when he was about 20, in 1960. He met my mother not long after and they got married. He adopted Australian culture pretty completely.

Do you celebrate CNY? The only real experience I had was when I was 13 – we spent time in Penang over CNY. It was the first time I’d travelled overseas and seen a different culture, and one that I’m part of, even if remotely. The fireworks were the best part, and being in a country where that was completely legal. You’d hear fire trucks all the time, but that was okay. My brother and I were like, “This is awesome!”

My brother burnt his hands, which was awesome, too.

What’s your Chinese zodiac?

For a long time I thought I was a tiger, because I was born in 1974. It never sat well. I always thought, “This doesn’t really feel right. You’re meant to be ambitious and a go-getter.”

Years later, it occurred to me: “My birthday is 15 January, CNY happens after January. I’m not actually a tiger, I’m an ox,” which is slow, plodding and just gets the job done. I thought, now that’s me!

Melbourne-based director and screenwriter Tony Ayres is known for his work on TV shows such as The Slap and Barracuda, not to mention film The Home Song Stories, based on his childhood memories.

Tell us about your heritage.

My mother was from mainland China. I never met my father, but family legend said he was a Taiwanese spy. Mum met an Aussie man and came here in the mid ’60s. She promptly left him, and went into the Chinese community, in Melbourne, then Perth. I grew up in the back of Chinese restaurants.

How did you embrace your heritage?

Like a lot of people from my generation, I rejected my Chinese background and moved into a more Western mode of being. I never learnt Cantonese or Mandarin, even though my sister speaks both. Mum died when I was 11; I moved in with my Australian stepfather, and didn’t have much to do with the Chinese community after that.

Have you re-embraced anything more recently?

I’ve always been connected to the food; that’s like a muscle memory that doesn’t stop.

Whenever I’m in a foreign country and need a meal, I always end up at a Chinese restaurant. Respect for family is becoming more important to me as I grow older. Because I’m involved in storytelling ... I find Chinese mythologies and stories really fascinating. I’m always looking for ways to embrace those in my work.

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BENJAMIN LAW Sydney-based screenwriter and journalist Benjamin Law is best known for his books The Family Law (a memoirturned-TV-show) and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East.

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Tell us about your heritage.

Dad is from Guangdong and mum is Chinese-Malay, from Ipoh, said to have the most beautiful women in the world, which mum loves telling people. They met in Hong Kong and moved to Australia straight after getting married. Then they popped out five kids – I’m number three.

What do you love about CNY? CNY in Australia has its own distinct flavour. It’s a huge gathering of Chinese and non-Chinese. Australian culture is really informed by Chinese culture – we all have soy sauce in our cupboards and know

how to use chopsticks. I think it’s gorgeous that CNY here is really inclusive.

Can you share any CNY memories?

At CNY we’d go over to my grandma’s and cook up a storm. It’s the food I remember most: delicious mushroom and fungus dishes, sesame balls with red bean paste, whole steamed snapper. I grew up in coastal Queensland, but we’d sometimes go to Chinatown for yum cha and to watch lion dancing. We’d give out red packets (envelopes containing money to share blessings) to young, unmarried couples.

How will you celebrate this year?

I didn’t go to Queensland for CNY last year, but I’m definitely going to be with family this time. It’s a lucky number (eight) and it’s also my year in the Chinese zodiac – the Year of the Dog. What CNY traditions do you follow?

People get fastidious about their zodiac around CNY. It’s tradition to get your fortune told by a feng shui master, which I often do. I’ll also do a big spring clean, to start the year with a new lease on life.

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PROFESSOR CHARLES TEO Australian Charles Teo AM is a lauded neurosurgeon. He is director of the Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and founder of the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

Tell us about your heritage.

I’ve grown up thinking I’m pure Chinese, from Singapore, but originally from China. I never found out a lot because talking about the past was seen as taboo. We were supposed to look to the future, so my family never talked about our heritage. But I recently went on the SBS documentary Who Do You Think You Are? and it completely changed my ideas of my heritage. Now I realise who I am … and it turns out I’m not as Chinese as I thought I was. Unfortunately, I can’t say any more until the episode airs.

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How do you celebrate CNY? I had a Buddhist upbringing, so we always had joss sticks around the house. CNY signified fireworks, good food and fun.

One of the superstitions is that whatever you’re doing on CNY eve night is how you will spend the rest of your year. So, I always encourage my four girls to be with family.

What foods do you associate with CNY? We always eat Nyonya-style dishes. There’s one called yee sang (“prosperity toss”) that is traditional. It’s a big dish of noodles with salmon, and

everyone mixes it together at once.

How has CNY changed?

Australia has really embraced CNY festivities. When I was growing up, there was so much racism here. I never went out for CNY because you’d be mocked. Now, Chinese culture is accepted and celebrated. I’m not afraid to be Chinese.

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It was taken in 2008 at Sydney’s Chinese Garden of Friendship. They had a costume booth at CNY so I made my family dress up. No one wanted to do it except me.

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hei fat choi’ new-year greeting rings through the streets, mastered by even the most monolingual of expats, often to the amusement of non-English speaking locals. Street markets, awash with red and gold (the colours of happiness and wealth), sell decorative paper flowers, blingy dragons, strings of bangers and festive lanterns. Like pine trees at Christmas, little gardens of lucky bamboo, cherry blossom, tangerine and kumquat trees bloom in shops, temples, office buildings, lobbies and even sidewalks. They’re sold from a huge flower market in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, which gets peak crowds on CNY Eve.

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ust as the glitter of tinsel and boisterous renditions of Auld Lang Syne are starting to fade from memory, another bigger, bolder, brassier celebration looms large in Hong Kong – that of Chinese New Year (CNY) the biggest celebration on the Chinese lunar calendar.

If there has ever been any doubt that this modern mega-city is still steeped in a long history of Chinese tradition, then this celebratory 15-day festival (beginning on 16 February and culminating in the lantern festival on 2 March) will put the record straight. Like a clock resetting, the city and its ever-busy populace turns its back on the hard-working world, and reverts instead to age-old customs and traditions dominated by food, family, fortune and a coveted long weekend (16-19 February).

When you live in this city, like I did for six years, it’s impossible not to get caught up in the celebrations. The universal Cantonese ‘kung

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Elsewhere, traditional goodies such as glutinous rice cakes and turnip cakes line bakery shelves.

Restaurants like to add auspicious savoury dishes to their menu.

Steamed glutinous rice cake, for example, sounds phonetically like ‘higher year’ in Cantonese so is ever-popular.

Around the streets, drums and firecrackers are the sure-fire sound of a nearby dancing lion or parading dragons, marking the festivities not only in the city’s temples, but also as a gesture of prosperity in malls, restaurants and banks. You won’t see one dragon dance over the new year period – you will see a handful.

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Going off with a bang Perhaps the most obvious celebration is Hong Kong’s CNY fireworks display, one of the world’s most elaborate and expensive. The fireworks are launched on Victoria Harbour, watched by hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Statistics convey an idea of the drama: last year a staggering 31,888 pyrotechnic shells, costing HK$13 million, were launched in the 25-minute extravaganza, with 250,000 spectators on the Kowloon waterfront and 26,000 on the island side.

My first CNY fireworks were perhaps my most memorable. When you’re young and fancy-free,

the city’s harbour-view bars are the place to be. Cafe Gray Deluxe atop the Upper House hotel, Sevva on top of Prince’s Building, Lobby Lounge at the waterfront InterContinental and Ozone at the Ritz-Carlton are favourites. I somehow scored tickets to a soiree at highfalutin Sevva,

with its gorgeous rooftop terrace overlooking the flashy HSBC building and harbour – the perfect setting. There we were, glammed up, sipping on Champagne and supping on canapes … then one of the harbour barges from which crackers were being launched caught fire. Caustic smoke

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Bedecking the Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree is believed to bring good fortune.

almost everyone. At first, it’s awkward, as tipping can be for Australians – there’s a certain hierarchy and learned etiquette to be followed by the book, but as the years went by we started to catch on.

Some things I learned: do only give fresh, crisp bank notes (this is why the bank queues are so long leading up to CNY); give single notes where possible (obviously the bigger the better); don’t ever give two $20 notes (this equals 40 and four is unlucky); do have spare red packets – there’s always someone you’ll forget or want to charm; don’t forget the doorman at the neighbouring apartment – it will mean unlimited pool access for the whole year. And if that’s not good fortune, I don’t know what is.

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Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree The Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree in Tai Po is a popular place for locals to give thanks for the year just gone and pray for good fortune for the new year.

Write a wish on a piece of joss paper, tie it to an orange and fling it into the tree. The higher the branch it falls on the more likely the wish will come true.

Chinese New Year Night Parade If you love crowds, you’ll love the city’s colourful New Year’s Day (16 February) night parade, held from 8pm-9.45pm on the streets and harbour front in Tsim Sha Tsui. It features multicoloured floats, 3000 performers and attracts 155,000 visitors.

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a feng shui arcade, lion dances, live music and celebrity jockeys.

Chinese New Year fireworks Celebrate the Year of the Dog with a view of the city’s firecracker extravaganza, one of the world’s biggest. The pyrotechnic display, which will continue for 23 minutes this year, is launched from a fleet of barges in the middle of Victoria Harbour so the night-sky fiesta can be seen from both sides of the harbour.

Temple visit Hong Kong’s temples are some of the city’s most beautiful architectural icons. Visit at this busy time of year to see them heavily decorated in festive red and gold, and smelling like frankincense. As the locals pay respects to their ancestors, you can pray for health and prosperity in the new year. Tip: Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road and tiny Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai are good examples.

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Family meals are another big tradition.

Hongkongers typically go all-out, booking big tables or private rooms and sparing no expense at the city’s best Cantonese restaurants. Fook Lam Moon in Wan Chai, The Chairman in Sheung Wan, Lung King Heen at Four Seasons, Spring Moon at the Peninsula and T’Ang Court at the Langham, to name a few, have a galaxy of Michelin stars between them.

By the time I started a family in Hong Kong, my sister was living a couple of blocks away, so we immersed ourselves in this tradition too. Our family stretched to seven – four adults and three (young) kids. With their mouths stuffed full of pork bun and tiny hands clasping fortune cookies, the children were awed by dragons prancing around the dining room and cooed over by Chinese matriarchs who would squeeze their cheeks and scatter spare red envelopes on the table.

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f there is one sweet treat essential to Chinese New Year in Singapore, it is pineapple tarts. There are as many varieties of these tarts as there are Chinese dialect groups (more on that later), but all feature buttery dough encasing a filling of sugary pineapple jam.

The origins of pineapple tarts are vague, but they are often attributed to the Straits Chinese in colonial Malaya. Apparently influenced by the Portuguese settlers, who were well known for their pastries, the Straits Chinese drew from the abundant pineapples that grew across the island and came up with this now beloved treat.

Traditionally, pineapple tarts are flower-shaped and open-faced, with a circle of jam set in the centre. Their shape and form have evolved over the years, and today, some are shaped like oranges (which symbolise luck), with the filling hidden within the pastry and a clove stuck on top to resemble the fruit’s stem.

Others are rolled into gnocchi-like pillows or shaped like fish (because the Chinese word for fish, yu, is the homonym for ‘luck’), or moulded after the Chinese zodiac animal of the given year … if the said animal makes for cute eating, of course. Think bunnies for the rabbit year or chicks for the year of the rooster. Snakes, rats and this year’s dogs are, understandably, not as popular.

In Hokkien (the dialect of China’s Fujian province), the words for pineapple – ong lai – sound a lot like ‘arrival of prosperity’. So, pineapples at the Chinese New Year table are a must.

Every family has their own unique recipe. Some add a touch of powdered milk to the dough to yield a milky, melting pastry, others add aromatics, like cloves, to the pineapple jam for a different flavour dimension.

Notoriously effortful to make, pineapple tarts are an indubitable labour of love.

First, fresh pineapples must be peeled and grated before they are cooked slowly and stirred constantly to a sticky, caramelised jam. “The pineapples cannot be too sweet or ripe because the sugar content will be too high, which makes the pineapples brown quickly as you cook,” says pastry chef Daniel Tay, who owns Old Seng Choong (oldsengchoong.com), an online bakery selling butter-based confections.

Once the jam is made and cooled, the pastry must be mixed and kneaded, then cut and shaped before being filled and baked. A batch of pineapple tarts can take hours or days to make and mere minutes to devour. This explains why many time-strapped Singaporeans prefer to buy pineapple tarts instead.

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o me, nowhere seems more “unMelbourne” than Docklands, the city’s modern waterside suburb that wraps around the Yarra River and former docks.

Melbourne is associated with gritty laneways, Victorian-era buildings and colourful street art.

By contrast, Docklands is shiny new office buildings, and luxury apartments with sleek private yachts moored nearby.

It’s here I’ll be casting off for the 90-minute cruise to Portarlington, on the Bellarine Peninsula at the southwest end of Port Phillip Bay. The vessel, a two-deck 400-seater operated by Port Phillip Ferries, serves commuters heading to their Melbourne offices during the week. But at weekends its schedule is well suited to daytrippers wanting a break in the other direction.

Once I reach Portarlington, I’ll have four hours to enjoy the attractions of the town and peninsula, which include beaches, wineries and the famous Portarlington mussels harvested from the bay. In the meantime, however, there’s a cruise to enjoy – and it comes in two distinct sections.

The first, a leisurely progression down the Yarra River threading through Melbourne’s massive working port. The open rear deck is the place to be as we head downstream, past huge moored ships and beneath the impressive Bolte Bridge and West Gate Bridge.

As we pass from the river into the bay, I spot Williamstown’s historic Timeball Tower, from whose mast a ball was once dropped daily to signal 1pm. Then the ferry picks up

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speed, carving through the waves past smaller vessels out fishing.

The water is so calm, with tiny wavelets breaking softly in the breeze, that I ask one of the crew members if it ever gets rough out here.

“Not often,” he says. “But about once a month, it can slosh around like a washing machine.”

Luckily that’s not happening today. Between strolls on the deck to take photos and breathe in the fresh air, I settle into my window seat and soak up the view.

The open rear deck is the place to be as we head downstream, past huge moored ships

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PHOTOGRAPHY FLYING BRICK CIDER CO, VISIT VICTORIA, LEURA PARK ESTATE

CLOCKWISE FROM MAIN: Coming in to dock at Portarlington, Leura Park Estate, Flying Brick Cider Co, fishing boats bob in the bay.

Stepping from Portarlington Pier onto dry land, I see Rockwall just back from the water. This restaurant serves breakfast and lunch, with the midday menu featuring local seafood. A highlight is Portarlington Mussels, “fresh from the pier”.

These molluscs are also the stars each January of the popular Portarlington Mussel Festival (13 January), which combines food stalls and live entertainment.

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landmark Grand Hotel, built in 1888 with an imposing three-storey facade. It’s a good place for a quiet beer or pub meal, inside its oldschool interiors or beer garden.

Nearby is Saints & Sailors, a lively, informal eatery with bay views. It hosts regular live music gigs, and diners sit close to the music, so there’s an energetic vibe when a band is in the house.

But today I’m heading inland, courtesy of a Wine Wheels minibus tour. The Bellarine Peninsula is known for its vineyards, so this tour company meets the ferry four times a week to take visitors for a tasting tour and lunch.

The locations vary depending on the day. Today driver Grant is zipping our six tour members over the hilly countryside to visit our first port of call, the cellar door of Flying Brick Cider Co., its tables packed with lunching locals.

Though it also serves local wine, Flying Brick is best known for its cider. Barman Matthew deftly manages to run two parallel sets of tastings, as half our group fancies the wine while the other wants to try the alcoholic apple beverages.

I’m in the cider faction, and we’re soon enjoying samples. The Flying Brick Original (made from Pink Lady and Granny Smith apples) is popular, but our overall favourite

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Stay longer It’s easy to extend the ferry trip to a longer stay, with more time to explore the Bellarine. Here’s how.

CRUISE Port Phillip Ferries sail between Melbourne and Portarlington twice-daily, return fare $27. Bikes can be carried for free if booked ahead. portphillipferries.com.au STAY Portarlington Accommodation hires out holiday homes, including renovated cottages in the centre of town. portarlingtonaccommodation.com.au

Al fresco dining and pizza (INSET) at Leura Park Estate.

is the Pachinga, which contains no apple at all; rather it’s a feisty blend of pear, chilli, ginger and lime.

Then, we’re back on the bus and off to Leura Park Estate. Its cellar door is a beautiful space, with tables decked out in blue and white cloth beneath umbrellas on a stretch of lawn. Our group has become quite chatty, and we compare notes as waiters bustle around our table, bringing impressive antipasto plates and the first of our wine tastings.

One of the gang tells me she’s a regular user of the ferry as she catches it to Melbourne on weekdays, followed by a tram ride to her office. Today, though, she’s doing the wine tour to catch up with friends in a laid-back setting.

We drink a toast to friendship with the second of the wines and my favourite, a sparkling pinot chardonnay, which seems made for a hot sunny day.

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TOUR Wine Wheels operates regular wine tasting tours. winewheels.com.au

We drink a toast to friendship with the second of the wines A set of flavoursome pizzas and a few more tastings later, our tour draws to a close and Grant reappears to drive us back to Portarlington.

The ferry ride home is just as pleasant, but I’m not as active. Full of food, wine and sunshine, I’m happy to recline in my seat and watch the water slip by.

Tim Richards travelled courtesy of Tourism Greater Geelong & The Bellarine.

FERGOS BONGO TOURS tailors tours to farm doors and wineries, some via an electric tuk-tuk. fergosbongotours.com BELLA E-BIKE hires out electric bicycles at Portarlington Pier. bellaebikehire.com.au

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Black-sand Piha Beach.

OPPOSITE: Waiheke Island is one of Auckland’s favourite coastal playgrounds.

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IF YOU’RE AFTER SANDY STRETCHES CLOSE TO AUCKLAND AND SCENERY TO SUIT YOUR MOOD, LOCAL SUN-CHASER ALICE GALLETLY SUGGESTS A FEW OF HER FAVOURITE SPOTS

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Waiheke Island is a short ferry ride from Auckland. BELOW: Takapuna Beach on Auckland’s North Shore.

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LOCAL DIPS When Auckland heats up, locals know that spending eight hours under fl uorescent office lights can feel like torture. Thankfully, the city has myriad great beaches within cooee, meaning an after-work (or even lunchtime) swim is always an option.

Mission Bay is one of the busiest central beaches and has a wide sweep of golden sand lined with restaurants, cafés and gelato shops looking out towards Rangitoto Island. It offers calm water for swimming or kayaking, a kids’ playground and a grassy reserve for picnics, making it popular with families – and a natural drawcard for tourists.

On weekends, when Mission Bay is crowded, I prefer to keep heading east around the waterfront to St Heliers.

Visitors with a little more time on their hands will find the beach is just as lovely, and

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In short, Aucklanders are #blessed, and we know it the St Heliers Bay Bistro does better food than the more touristy options at Mission Bay. Another favourite spot with locals is Takapuna Beach, just over the bridge on the North Shore. Like Mission Bay, it’s family friendly, offers safe swimming, and has bonus postcard views of Rangitoto and plenty of cafés and shops.

If you prefer little horseshoe

bays to wide beaches, head around the corner to Thorne Bay. A secret-ish spot beloved

by Auckland’s hipster crowd, this secluded bay has a steep gradient and deep water, making it one of the better options for swimming at low tide. Reach it via the coastal walkway between Takapuna Beach and Milford or from the end of Minnehaha Ave.

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very year from about mid-November to late March, my life is invaded by sand.

It burrows into the upholstery of my old Toyota Corolla, hitchhikes into the apartment on beach towels and bodies, and coats the floorboards and bed sheets with grit. There’s no point fighting it. Instead, I consider this a small price to pay for living in Auckland, where a summer day without a swim in the ocean is a summer day wasted.

Along with New Zealand’s worst traffic and priciest houses, Auckland lays claim to some of the country’s loveliest beaches. The city is surrounded by water, straddling twin harbours and two wildly different coastlines, so there’s a slice of sand to suit every whim.

Want rugged, raw beauty and awesome surf? The black sand beaches out west offer that and more.

Prefer classic white sand with calm water and shady pohutukawa trees? Auckland’s east coast is lined with them.

Then there are the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, many just a short ferry ride from the CBD, and myriad beaches tucked in and around the city. In short, Aucklanders are #blessed, and we know it.

For summer visitors, a trip to one or more of Auckland’s beaches should be an essential part of the itinerary.

Just try not to bring too much sand home with you.

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CLOCKWISE: Waiheke Island in summer, south-facing beaches in Shakespear Regional Park, native birdlife such as the takahe thrive on Tiritiri Matang.

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an ice-cream shop, Tawharanui has it all: white, sandy beaches with safe swimming areas near the shore and swells further out. There are big, old pohutukawas for reading under, rock pools to study and native bush trails to explore. Bring a snorkel, enough food and water for the day and a fully charged phone (so you can show off on Instagram).

the park is an open wildlife sanctuary flanked by two gorgeous beaches

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NORTHERN GEMS For a proper day out at the beach – car loaded up with books, beach toys, the works – Auckland’s northern motorway is the road to paradise.

Tawharanui Regional Park is the ultimate day-trip destination for those in the know and well worth the 75-minute drive.

The 58-acre reserve lies on a remote eastern peninsula near Matakana and functions as a working farm, bird sanctuary and marine reserve. Besides

Another favourite off-thebeaten-track destination is Shakespear Regional Park. Lying at the tip of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula about an hour north of Auckland, the park is an open wildlife sanctuary flanked by two gorgeous beaches: Army Bay facing north, and Okoromai Bay facing south (take your pick depending on which way the wind is blowing). It’s tempting to spend the whole day lounging and paddling in the clear, calm water, but don’t miss the lookout track to the top of the park’s highest hill. You’ll encounter plenty of birdlife, and the 360-degree views of the Hauraki Gulf and Auckland’s skyline are spectacular.

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I might be biased because I’ve been spending summer holidays there since I was six, but my favourite Auckland beaches belong to Waiheke Island. Yes, it can get crowded in summer, but what can you expect when paradise is only a 35-minute ferry ride from the CBD? The best swimming spots are on the sheltered north side of the island, including the three most popular beaches, Oneroa, Onetangi and Palm Beach. If you don’t mind the sight of nude, leathery bodies, clothingoptional Little Palm Beach (at the western end of Palm Beach) is a secluded white-sand bay that’s even more picturesque than it’s better-known neighbour. For dinner and a sunset dip, I also love Little Oneroa, where, yearround, a mobile pizza cart sells excellent wood-fired pizzas.

Of course, Waiheke isn’t the only island in the Hauraki Gulf blessed with beautiful beaches.

Just over an hour by ferry from downtown Auckland, tranquil Rotoroa Island has two knockout golden beaches (named Ladies Bay and Men’s Bay, but rest assured they’re unisex) within walking distance of the wharf. There are no shops on the island, so it’s best to pack a sandwich if you don’t plan to catch your lunch.

A similar distance from Auckland, Tiritiri Matangi is a haven for native wildlife. After a morning of bush and birdsong, unspoiled Hobbs Beach is a peaceful spot for swimming, snorkelling and picnicking.

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Away from the good-time golden beaches of New Zealand’s east coast, the wild western beaches deliver the real drama. Out there, beyond the dense bush of the Waitakere ranges, vast blacksand beaches are pounded by the Tasman sea. Fiery sunsets, towering sea cliffs and volcanic rock formations add to the raw, rugged beauty of the coast, attracting a steady stream of artists, surfers, hippies and hermits.

The most famous westie beach is Piha, where the rips are so legendary they starred in their own reality TV show, Piha Rescue. Though many do swim here (between the flags), there’s plenty more to do. Admire the view from atop Lion Rock — the ancient volcanic formation that stands guard between Piha and Little Piha — learn to surf, or hike up to the Tasman Lookout, then refuel with woodfired pizza and craft beer at the excellent Piha Cafe.

Other west coast beaches offer equal doses of beauty without the crowds. Made famous by Jane Campion’s The Piano, sweeping, moody Karekare is

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TOP TO BOTTOM: Piha Beach, walking on Piha’s famous black sands, surfers pass the gannet colony on the cliffs at Muriwai.

Whichever beach you visit, make sure you bring your jandals (thongs to Aussies) surrounded by high cliffs and forest walking trails. Bethells Beach or Te Henga boast massive dunes (BYO cardboard toboggan) and Muriwai is known for its big swells and clifftop gannet colony.

Whichever beach you visit, make sure you bring your jandals (thongs to Aussies) for navigating the sizzling black sand. And be sure to dust off that excess sand before you get back in the car.

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PHOTOGRAPHY JULIAN APSE, ALAMY

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The Brisbane River flows through the CBD, the sleek Capri Brisbane dining room, art on a plate at Capri’s Asana.

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Dining out in Brisbane has become an all-encompassing affair, where taste, form, texture and aroma are interwoven into something spectacular.

Enter Asana by Pete Evans, the onsite restaurant at Brisbane’s stylish Capri by Fraser Brisbane.

The cuisine at Asana is described as paleo-inspired – meaning that many of the menu items are crafted using only ingredients that our ancestors could have foraged before agricultural times – such as quality meats and seafood, fruits and vegetables, eggs, seeds and nuts.

That said, for those who can’t forgo breads, grains and the like, there are a few choices that span beyond the hunter-gatherer theme, particularly during the breakfast service.

The menu is a collaborative effort between the paleo ambassador and celebrity chef (who doesn’t work in the kitchen, but plays a key role in concept development) and head chef Josh Harris (who leads the kitchen team day-to-day).

Josh is a charismatic fellow, who – if you succeed in stealing him away from the kitchen – loves to chat about food, art and everything in between. Josh, who began practising street art in his early teenage years and won his first commission at 18,

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is encouraged to apply his diverse talents at Asana. A huge artwork by Josh spells out the word Capri in bright purple in the staff room and the hotel has plans to feature his graffiti work in its public spaces too.

Josh’s artistic originality shines at Asana, where all the dishes come out looking like art. There’s roasted barramundi served alongside sweet potato puree and Asian greens – a kaleidoscope of intensely bright colours; a popular almond and herb-crumbed chicken schnitzel served with colourful slaw and horseradish mayo – this paleo version of a crowd favourite is a flavoursome and photogenic affair; and the desserts include everything from chocolate bark to chia panna cotta and a paleo version of a Golden Gaytime.

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one are the days of the two-horse race.

Tastiest food? Buzziest atmosphere? Best bar scene? The answer was almost always Sydney or Melbourne.

Things began to change when Lonely Planet named Brisbane as Australia’s hippest city in 2014.

In the four years since, Brisbane has experienced a plethora of new hotel, restaurant and bar openings and become home to a thriving arts and culture scene. Food and art are coming together as visionary creatives wow visitors with the unexpected.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Jugglers Art Space, roasted barramundi at Asana, Lachlan Hosking hard at work at QRoasters, laneway life in Brisbane.

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Street cred In Brisbane, street art is no longer something only associated with rebellious youths tagging train carriages after dark. Instead, it’s a medium that artists are encouraged to explore – in daylight.

Jugglers Art Space supports this modern art form, encouraging emerging artists to share their work with the wider community.

The enterprise, founded in 2002, spans a range of facilities including an outdoor gallery where budding artists can hone their streetart skills.

Other businesses are getting involved in the street-art movement, offering their own wall spaces as canvases for public displays. QRoasters in the northern suburb of Stafford is one such example. Enter the café from the main entry and you might miss it.

However, enter from the side by the banks of Kedron Brook and you’ll see a huge artwork on the exterior wall, recently completed by Capri’s Josh Harris.

“I’d been eyeing this wall off for a while, but the previous owners didn’t want me touching it. When the premises changed hands the new owner, Lachie, was happy to let me do it,” Josh says. His massive green mural endorses grass-fed and organic produce.

Lachie, aka Lachlan Hosking, says: “There’s a cycle path round that way and the artwork looks spectacular as you ride in. Plus, it’s nice to have a point of difference.”

His main point of difference is his coffee. “We only have fairtrade coffee here,” Lachie says.

“Everything we roast and serve – whether from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea or Ethiopia – has been certified to the fairtrade standard.”

Most mornings the café is chockers with people enjoying their coffee alongside a slab of locally made cake.

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On tap at Newstead Brewing.

TOP: Live music at Jugglers Art Space.

Street is all about modern, inventive – and often unexpected fare, artistically presented, of course.

There are plenty of other bars, restaurants and cafés that stand out for something beyond the norm. But then, that’s the norm for the Brisbane of today.

Tatyana Leonov was a guest of Capri by Fraser and Brisbane Marketing.

So how does one spread the message of good nutrition? For Josh (above) it’s all about teaching kids how to cook using quality produce. “I want to instil my love for food in the younger generation,” he says. “If parents don’t have time to cook, then they probably don’t have time to teach children how to cook.”

Recognising that kids need to learn in a way that interests them, Josh developed the Food for Thought program – currently being trialled in schools – in which he talks about being a teenager and his street art, linking this with his passion for cooking.

Even in his spare time, Josh blends the worlds of art and food. “I’ve started working on canvases using fruit and vegetables ... when I chuck beetroot into a juicer I get three different shades of red,” he says. Josh has plans to show a series of six such works when done.

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This passion for quality produce can be seen all over Brisbane. For quality craft beer, head to Newstead Brewing Co. Now a two-location beer enterprise (the original Newstead venue in a former steel warehouse opened in 2013 and a second location opened in Milton last year), it’s a popular choice for beer aficionados. Co-owner Michael Conrad is an advocate of all things quality beer and enjoys a bit of humour thrown in. Consequently, the beers have quirky names, often cleverly linked to Brisbane’s history.

The pub-fare style food is tops too, with many dishes designed to complement the beer-drinking experience.

Another place for great beer, Brooklyn Standard in Eagle Lane attracts a diverse crowd keen to kick on into the wee hours of the morning. Beers from the US star and the cocktails, wines and spirits cover off everything else. The venue is considered to be one of Brisbane’s most dedicated live music scenes and, on any given night, punters could find themselves grooving to funk, rock, blues or hip hop.

For those who prefer more intimate evening escapades, Maker in trendy Fish Lane oozes smallbar cool. The drinks are beautifully executed, with Australian spirits, wine and beer starring on the shortbut-enticing cocktail menu.

Fish Lane trails six blocks in South Brisbane and standout venues include La Lune Wine Co, another small bar, where wine connoisseurs have access to more than 120 wines from across Europe, Australia and New Zealand, served in a French-inspired setting. For pizza that tastes as if it has been flown in straight from Naples, Julius Pizzeria can’t be missed. And dining at Gauge on adjoining Grey

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Popping the question, getting hitched, or simply after a romantic trip for two? These tropical isles are made for love

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The eight volcanic islands that make up this US outpost combine energetic resort towns with wild interiors and deserted surf coasts.

The action centre of the main island of Oahu, home to the capital city Honolulu, is Waikiki – a sun-drenched strip of beach backed by shops, eateries and bars. Iconic hotels such as the pink The Royal Hawaiian and trendy Surfjack Hotel are perfect for a wedding with retro flair.

Leave the crowds behind on your honeymoon by renting a convertible and exploring the North Shore, Windward Coast or Leeward Coast.

On Maui, Hawaii’s secondlargest island, you can cruise the Hana Highway, soak up volcanic vistas atop Haleakala and relax at full-service resorts overlooking long beaches.

Visit Kauai, the Garden Isle, for its epic vistas and wild scenery. The Napali Coast, a dramatic spectacle of lush valleys and verdant cliffs dropping to deserted beaches, can best be appreciated by sea or air. Visit the South Shore or the Coconut Coast for lush tropical beaches, chilled-out beach towns and hidden wonders inland.

For more natural wonders, head to the natural hot springs along Hawaii Island’s Puna Coast, see the world’s highest sea cliffs in Molokai or explore the thriving marine reserve in Lanai’s Hulopoe Bay.

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With more than 300 islands, only around a third of which are populated, Fiji is one of the Pacific’s favourite playgrounds.

Most fly into Viti Levu, where you’ll find capital Suva, airportadjacent Nadi and gated island Denarau. Viti Levu is home to a roll call of five-star resorts such as Hilton, Radisson Blu, Outrigger, Shangri-La and more, all well equipped for weddings or fly-and-flop honeymoons.

Venture to Fiji’s biggest island, Vanua Levu, for a glimpse into Fijian life beyond the resorts, and explore rugged farmland, forest and coastlines.

Fiji’s Garden Isle, Taveuni, is ideal for adventure-seeking couples, with one third covered by national parks.

For vistas straight from a postcard, head for Fiji’s outlying islands. The 20 Mamanucas islands are reached by boat from Nadi – with party islands, upscale resorts and deserted shores. The Yasawa Islands are becoming more accessible, with exclusive resorts such as Turtle Island offering the perfect desert-island honeymoon.

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Pop the question here: On a yacht as you island-hop Dinner for two: A seafood feast at Viti Levu’s Wicked Walu Wedding venue made for you: The two-storey pontoon Cloud 9 Dream honeymoon: Tokoriki Island Resort in the Mamanucas

Pop the question here: Atop Maui’s Haleakala volcano at sunrise Dinner for two: Orchids at the luxe Halekulani resort in Waikiki Wedding venues made for you: Haiku Mill, a former sugar mill on Maui reborn as a function space filled with greenery Dream honeymoon: The beachfront suites at Hanalei Colony Resort on lush Kauai

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Pop the question here: Arrange a private boat trip to one of the postcard-perfect motus (islets) in Aitutaki lagoon Dinner for two: On the deck at Tamarind House, the closest Rarotonga comes to fine dining Wedding venues made for you: on the patio beside Nautilus Resort’s infinity pool, overlooking Rarotonga’s calm Muri Lagoon Dream honeymoon: Pacific Resort’s Heavenly Honeymoon package lets you choose from three stunning resorts – Pacific Resort Aitutaki, Pacific Resort Rarotonga or Little Polynesian Resort

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The Island of the Gods has long been one of Australia’s favourite tropical escapes, and the setting for many destination weddings and laid-back honeymoons.

In the southern suburbs of Seminyak or Canggu, exciting local talent and expats have created a dining and drinking scene to rival most cities.

Your guests can choose from family-friendly resorts, exclusive private villas and everything in between. Gather your bridal party and spend a few days poolside at beach clubs such as Ku De Ta or Potato Head.

In Bali’s verdant cultural hub Ubud, you’ll uncover fine diners such as Locavore and Sardine, boutique hotels and a thriving wellness scene. Make time to explore nearby temples, rice paddies and lush farmland.

Or venture south to the rugged Bukit Peninsula, frequented by surfers and wellheeled types lounging in resorts such as Alila or at day clubs Karma Kandara or El Kabron.

For solitude, the east coast with its black-sand beaches is one of Bali’s hidden secrets. But hop to it; people are catching on.

Pop the question here: In a private cave at leafy Jungle Fish Dinner for two: A candlelit dinner on a bale in the Hanging Garden’s iconic infinity pool Wedding venues made for you: Stunning Sundays Beach Club on the Bukit Peninsula Dream honeymoon: Wyndham Tamansari Jivva Resort on an east-coast black-sand beach

TOP TO BOTTOM: Dinner for two at Pacific Resort Aitutaki, explore empty beaches on Aitutaki, Hanging Garden in Ubud offers a romantic pool-side dinner.

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This chain of 15 islands strung out over nearly two million square kilometres is all white sand, turquoise seas and swaying palms. With a political and cultural connection to Aotearoa – Cook Islands M¯aori is a primary language and New Zealand dollar the currency – this picturesque destination has long been popular for Kiwi weddings and honeymoons.

On the most populous isle, Rarotonga, no structure is taller than the highest palm by decree and the single main road is devoid of traffic lights. There is plenty of accommodation to put up your nearest and dearest for a destination wedding and adults-only resorts suited to honeymooners, especially around scenic Muri Lagoon.

For even greater seclusion, the Cook Islands’ second-most visited isle Aitutaki is paradise brought to vivid life – a palmdusted landmass hugging one of the South Pacific’s most beautiful lagoons. With a permanent population of around 2000, most visitors find themselves at the handful of low-key resorts and private holiday rentals. If your dream honeymoon is days spent snorkelling before sunset cocktails, Aitutaki is the place to realise it.

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Sailing into the sunset

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What are your tips for finding the perfect engagement ring?

Be motivated by what inspires you. You are going to wear this ring every day and you have to love it. Wedding jewellery is a celebration and you should feel special and honoured to wear these rings.

Are you seeing more of a trend for coloured stones?

Definitely. People are more comfortable now with embracing their individuality. Australia is a rich source of coloured gems and I try to use rare and beautiful Australian gems as often as I can, particularly rare Argyle Pink Diamonds and Australian Yellow Diamonds.

WHITSUNDAYS Australians don’t need a passport to enjoy a slice of tropical-island paradise.

The 74 islands of the Whitsundays are wedged between Queensland’s idyllic north coast and the worldfamous Great Barrier Reef.

Airlie Beach is the mainland hub for the region, a thriving resort town with a year-round holiday vibe. From caravan parks to luxury waterfront apartments, and rum bars to degustation diners, there is an option to suit everyone.

The Whitsundays are a string of largely uninhabited tropicalisland jewels in the Coral Sea. Accommodation ranges from kayak-in campsites for intrepid couples, to unparalleled luxury at five-star resorts. Hamilton Island is ideal for a destination wedding, a car-free island with a wide range of hotels, restaurants and bars to keep everyone happy.

Palm Bay Resort on Long Island delivers the private-

island experience without breaking the bank, with selfcatering suites mere steps from the idyllic coastline, perfect for a laid-back wedding. One&Only Resort, Hayman Island and Daydream Island are working hard to remedy the damage of Cyclone Debbie last year and return to business this year.

Pop the question here: High above Heart Reef during a scenic flight for a private picnic at Whitehaven beach Dinner for two: A mod-Oz feast with Coral-Sea views at Bommie in the Hamilton Island Yacht Club Wedding venues made for you: The quaint All Saints Chapel overlooking Catseye Bay on Hamilton Island for a beach and church wedding in one Dream honeymoon: The adults-only Beach Club on the water’s edge on Hamilton Island

TOP TO BOTTOM: Go drifting on a bareboat yacht, a scenic flight over the Great Barrier Reef.

Travel info Jetstar has great flight and holiday packages available across the network.

To book, visit JETSTAR.COM

What is the best proposal story you’ve heard?

It might be my brother, our managing director Damien Musson, and his then girlfriend Sema’s story.

Damien took out an ad in Vogue with a proposal message. They went down to Lady Macquarie’s Chair on a Sunday morning to have a coffee and read the paper. Damien gave Sema the latest issue of Vogue, telling her Musson had a new ad.

The ad featured her bespoke engagement ring with the caption “Sema, will you marry me?” Pretty hard to top that. They will have been married for 10 years this year.

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ver more than 13 years in the business, Jetstar has had its share of love stories – from team members falling in love to mile-high proposals. Last year Jetstar sent one of their favourite couples, engineer Bligh and cabin crew Jess, to Paris for the Skytrax World Airline Awards to claim the award for Best Low-Cost Airline in Australia/Pacific. With a combined 24 years at Jetstar between them, when engineer Bligh and cabin crew Jess married late last year, many Jetstar team members attended. They enjoy nothing more than travelling with their two kids. We spoke to the happy couple for Valentine’s Day.

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Do you cross paths at work?

Jess: We used to when we were both Sydney-based; we could have coffee before I started work or I would see him checking over the plane I was about to spend the day on. I’m now based in Newcastle.

Bligh: When Jess was Sydney based we would see each other at work. Once we had to do child swap-over when Jess finished before I would start. I even used Jess as my apprentice to hold a torch while fixing something in the cabin.

Is flying in either of your families?

Bligh: Yes, my parents were both at Qantas, my sister worked at Jetstar and is now at Qantas, and her fiancé is also Jetstar so my entire direct family was or is in the Qantas group. My cousin is also in Jetstar.

Jess: Not on my side. Maybe our little ones will be.

Are you ever able to fly for work together?

Bligh: Yes, now Jess is on maternity leave, she comes on my trips when I get sent away. We bring the kids along too. We have spent time around Australia, NZ, US, France,

Singapore and Vietnam together as a family for work. Our son went on his first trip to the US when he was 13 days old so I could do the 787 Course in Seattle. Our daughter is one and ticked off 12 countries in 12 months – mainly made possible by work.

Jess: We always want the kids to come along with us so they can experience new cultures and the joys of travelling.

Who wears the uniform better?

Jess: Bligh, he looks professional and smart in his uniform.

Bligh: Jess, as she is far better looking.

What’s great about working with Jetstar?

Jess: We enjoy working for Jetstar and the opportunities it has given us – the friends we’ve met and the places we’ve visited.

Bligh: The experiences gained and enjoyed together. We are currently in Vietnam while I work up here.

Jetstar sent you both to Paris this year.

Did you have a highlight?

Bligh: It was also over my birthday so I got to spend my birthday in Paris and have a kiss at the Eiffel Tower.

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Dream swim Almost 750 swimmers took to the water in Russell, NZ, to take part in the Bay of Islands Classic – part of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series of which Jetstar is a sponsor.

Competitors were greeted with a perfect summer’s day for the four distance events – including the special 3.3km grand finale twilight swim across the harbour (in reverse direction for the first time in the event’s history).

It was a tight finish for both men and women – Cole Drinnan arrived first into Russell with a time of 41 minutes and 43 seconds, with Sebastien Priscott just two seconds behind.

In the women’s field Sammi Harnett took the honours with a time of 45 minutes 16 seconds, with Claudia Ashby finishing two seconds behind. With the first 200m OceanKids event taking place, it was awesome to welcome the first six swimmers into the Jetstar Super Swim Squad.

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spritz my face regularly throughout the day.

3. Moisturise. My day starts and ends with a quality hydrating moisturiser. I always apply moisturiser under my makeup, and when I remove my makeup at the end of the day, I use Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair. I also regularly apply lip balm to prevent cracking and use eye drops about every two hours.

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Meet Danica!

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Life at Jetstar WORKING AT JETSTAR is quite a ride. You’ll be supported to develop and explore, and your work will connect people and enrich lives. We can’t promise there won’t be challenges, but that’s what adventure is all about.

The satisfaction and sense of achievement makes for an amazing career.

But don’t just take our word for it. We talked to team members from across Australia and New Zealand about their Jetstar adventures. Read Danica’s story below, or see Life at Jetstar: Jetstar.com/au/en/careers/life-at-jetstar

Jetstar muffins may weigh just 120g each, but a year’s worth of sales equates to 79,000kg – about the same weight as a space shuttle.

And the 1.4 million cups of coffee and tea that the Jetstar Group serves in a year would be enough to fill 4100 standard baths. The most popular product sold onboard Jetstar Australia and New Zealand flights is the classic cheese and crackers, with 56,000kg consumed annually.

DANICA AINSWORTH Job Title: International Flight Attendant | Age: 25 | No. of years at Jetstar: 6.5 | Location: SEQ - Coolangatta Base

How did you end up at Jetstar?

I had two dream jobs as a child; an international flight attendant or a Vogue photographer. So as you could imagine I was pretty excited at 18 when I got the call for an international position at Jetstar after stalking job ads for months.

What qualifications did you need?

I needed an RSA, First Aid Certification and had finished year 12. I took it upon myself to add underwater evacuation training to my resume to show I was keen for the job.

and pilots, then head to aircraft for pre-flight checks. The passengers usually come onboard soon after and we go through with two services on the longer international flights. If we can, we have a break onboard between the two services. Once we land we usually have 24 hours in the destination. We all have our own routines depending on the country we are in. It usually consists of trying to rest for the night flight home, some exploring and a catch-up with the rest of the crew.

Describe a typical day.

I would usually head to the crew room for a flight brief with the crew

Greatest challenge?

Working as a flight attendant is a spontaneous lifestyle – sometimes you

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don’t know where you will be flying.

It was challenging adapting to this lifestyle after being in a routine.

Career highlight so far?

I have been able to travel and see so much of the world, which is a passion of mine. I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to have done so much without this career.

What do you love about aviation?

I think, like most people, it would be the travel. Plus I get to talk to customers who are going on first holidays, or visiting family, and it’s nice to know I was part of their journey. Aviation really does get into your blood.

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n a village just outside of Yangon, Myanmar, Daw Cho sits by her house folding the clothes that she sells.

It’s a small wooden house, but it’s much better than the bamboo hut she used to live in.

Daw Cho used to earn less than AU$1 for every garment she sold. It was not enough to support her two daughters. “It was really hard for us,” she said. “My husband was working … but his income was not enough for us to survive.”

When her younger daughter was hospitalised with a brain disease, Daw Cho couldn’t afford the

Daw Cho’s dream is to grow her business further hospital bills. She had no choice but to borrow money.

But soon she was in debt and unable to repay.

She was in despair until a project supported by StarKids started in her community.

Daw Cho received 350,000 Kyats (AU$330) to start her own business.

After three years Daw Cho had repaid all her debts.

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Daw Cho’s dream is to grow her business further so she can send her daughters to university.

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AIRPORT AWARENESS Up your knowledge in all things aviation with these fun facts about airports around the world

A NUMBER’S GAME Some airports take it to new heights when it comes to passenger numbers:

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If you’re planning a South-East Asian escape, look no further than Singapore. In 2016 and 2017, its international airport won the highly acclaimed ‘World’s Best Airport’ at the annual Passenger Choice Awards, and with multiple gardens, movie theatres and a rooftop swimming pool, it’s not hard to see why.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport receives the highest number of passengers of any airport; a staggering

104passengers million each year

2 If you plan on flying to Hong Kong with Jetstar anytime soon, you’ll have company – its international airport welcomes

70passengers million annually

3 For those who like holidays less crowded, perhaps try New Zealand’s New Plymouth Airport, which welcomed a far less daunting

435,000 passengers last year

KNOW? An aeroplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

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In 2016, the CIA reported a total of 41,820 airports or airfields recognisable from the air worldwide.

The country with the most is the US, with more than 15,000. By comparison, Australia has around 600.

It can be challenging to find the massive amount of land needed for an airport in busy urban hubs. When Osaka International Airport began to suffer from overcrowding in the ’80s, engineers came up with the ingenious solution of creating an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Harbour, and so Kansai International Airport rose from the water.

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SIZE King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest airport by surface area, covering 78,000 hectares. For perspective, Melbourne’s 1,753-hectare Avalon airport would fit inside King Fahd International Airport 44 times over.

HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU This year, Dubai International Airport will be replacing the traditional, yet time-consuming, security gates with … electronic fish. The airport has installed virtual aquariums equipped with 80 in-built cameras to capture travellers’ attention while surreptitiously scanning faces.

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Tokyo (Narita)

Zhengzhou

Nagoya (Chubu)

Osaka (Kansai)

Shanghai (Pudong)

Guangzhou Hanoi Dong Hoi

Chiang Mai

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Okinawa Taipei

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Da Nang Clark Siem Reap Bangkok Phnom Penh

Hawaii (Honolulu)

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Manila

Ho Chi Minh City

Phuket Hat Yai Penang Medan

Kuala Lumpur

Pekanbaru

Singapore

Palembang Jakarta Surabaya Bali (Denpasar)

Darwin Fiji (Nadi)

Cairns Townsville

Cook Islands (Rarotonga)

Brisbane Gold Coast Perth Adelaide

Sydney Melbourne (Tullamarine)

Auckland Wellington Christchurch

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Auckland New Plymouth Nelson

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Adelaide Melbourne (Avalon)

Melbourne (Tullamarine)

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Adelaide

Ballina/Byron

9km 20 mins Approx $20-30 Route J1 or J2 every 15-30 mins. Route J1X every hour.

Tickets from $3.20-$5.10.

Blanch’s Bus route 640 connects to Ballina, Lennox Head, Byron Bay and Mullumbimby.

From $3.80 adult.

Auckland

TO BYRON BAY 31km 30 mins Approx $80-90 Various shuttle buses available. Prices start at $20. Enquire at airport information desk.

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22km 30 mins Approx NZ$75-90 SkyBus. Every 10-30 mins. Adult NZ$16, child NZ$6; return: adult NZ$28, child NZ$12.

Takes 40-60 mins 380 Airporter bus service to Manukau City Centre.

Every 20-30 mins, NZ$5.

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Ayers Rock/Uluru 6km (Ayers Rock Resort) 10 mins Complimentary shuttle buses to Ayers Rock Resort meet every flight. Taxis not available.

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TO BALLINA 5km 7 mins Approx $15-20

Brisbane 16km 25 mins Approx $40-50 Con-x-ion Bus. Every 40 mins. Adult $20, return $36. $10 for additional passengers.

Airtrain. Every 15 mins approx. Adult $17; return $32.

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マイティ・ソー バトルロイヤル

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Stronger | 116 mins LANGUAGE: ENG & ENCC DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson

Jeff Bauman becomes a double amputee and a local hero after the Boston bombing. ボストン・マラソンの爆発 で両足を失ったジェフ・ ボウマンは、地元の英雄 となる。

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ブレードランナー 2049

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Newly minted secret agent James Bond is pitted against an infamous financier of international terrorism in a shootout – at the poker table. 新たな秘密諜報員ジェー ムズ・ボンドは、テロ組織 の投資家と対決する。

Young agent Johnny Utah goes undercover with surfers who might be bank robbers. 若き捜査官ジョニー・ユ タは、銀行強盗犯の容疑 がかかったサーファーグ ループへの潜入捜査を 開始する。

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This comedy, narrated by a grown-up Sheldon, introduces us to the stars of hit TV show The Big Bang Theory in their childhoods.

45 mins per episode, Season 13

45 mins per episode, Season 3

Two brothers protect humanity by battling destructive supernatural forces, including creatures from Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, with the help of various friends and even angels.

A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

Penny moves in across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon, two gifted but socially awkward best friends. She befriends the brainy duo and teaches them about life outside the science lab. ペニーは、社会スキルが欠けて いる隣人たちに研究室の外の 世界を教える。

The Middle* ザ・ミドル 中流家族のフツー の幸せ

22 mins per episode, Season 9

Middle-aged, middle class and living in the middle of the country, Frankie Heck is a wife and working mother of three who uses her wit and sense of humour to get her family through each day intact. インディアナ州に住む機能不全 気味の家族が繰り広げる、 日々 の災難を描く。

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脳性まひの長男JJをはじめとす る子供たちと夫のためなら、 ど んな苦労も厭わない母親マヤ・ ディメオを描く。

Bob’s Burgers*** 22 mins per episode, Season 7

An animated series that follows the daily life of a working-class man, Bob, and his ever-quirky family who together run the restaurant Bob’s Burgers. ワーキングクラスのボブの日常 を描くアニメシリーズ。

American Dad **** アメリカン・ダッド

22 mins per episode, Season 13

Misadventures of a gung-ho CIA agent trying to keep a leash on his daughter. 娘を支配しようとする、職務に 非常に献身的なCIA捜査官の 災難を描く。

45 mins per episode, Season 2

High school students in the small town of Riverdale are still reeling from the tragic and mysterious death of one of their classmates.

Arrow

ARROW／アロー

45 mins per episode, Season 6

A former playboy, who has just spent five years learning to survive on a desert island, returns to his hometown and decides to use his new skills to right wrongs as a masked vigilante. 砂漠の島で5年間かけて生き 残るスキルを学んだ元プレイ ボーイ。彼は故郷に戻り、 マス クを付けた自警主義者身とし て新しいスキルを使おうと決 意する。

高校生たちは、 クラスメイトの悲 劇的な の死に直面した。

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GOTHAM／ゴッサム

45 mins per episode, Season 4

Before Bruce Wayne grows up and becomes Batman, police detective James Gordon fights crime in corrupt Gotham City. ジェームズ・ゴードン刑事が腐 敗したゴッサム・シティで起こる 犯罪に立ち向かう。

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天国、地獄、 獄からやって 来た邪悪な超常的存在か ら人類を守るため、友人や 天使と手を組み、戦う兄弟 の物語。

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Adventure more? And have a bloody good time doing it? Follow Dustin Hollick and Rhian Slapp, two ordinary fathers with the survival skills of welltrained house pets, on a two-week journey around Tasmania with not much more than the clothes on their backs. ダスティン・ホリックとライ アン・スラップが2週間タ スマニアを旅行する様子 を紹介。

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The Insider series sees Reggie Yates live life for real in some of the world’s most diverse and demanding places and brutal institutions.

The Tsums set out on a mission to create collectible memories of themselves.

From directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, the talented team responsible for the 2010 Disney global blockbuster feature, Tangled, comes this delightful all-new short animated film spotlighting the royal wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider.

「ザ・インサイダー」 では、 レ ジー・イエーツが世界で最も 多様で厳しい場所で実際に 生活する様子を紹介する。

A Taste of Hong Kong 30 mins per episode, Season 4

A Taste of Hong Kong is jam-packed with the attractions which highlight Hong Kong’s vibrant diversity. Iconic local celebrity Josie Ho shares her insider knowledge to give her visiting guests a taste of Hong Kong like never before. 地元の有名人ジョシー・ホ ーが地元人ならではの知識 を紹介し、ゲストにこれまで 知られていない香港の味を 披露する。

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Handmade in Japan celebrates Japan’s craft heritage by examining the making of a Samurai sword, traditional pottery and the craft of kimonos. 日本刀、伝統的な焼き物、呉 服などの制作過程を詳しく 調べて、 日本の伝統工芸を紹 介する番組。

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23 mins per episode

Princess Elena must learn to rule Avalor with the help of a Grand Council. プリンセス・エレナは評議会の力 を借りながら、 アバローを統治 する術を学んでいく。

ネイサン・グレノとバイロン・ ハワードの両監督による新作 短編アニメーション映画。

Mickey and the Roadster Racers* ミッキーマウスとロードレ ーサーズ

23 mins per episode

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それいけ、改造レースカー！ センセーショナルな6人組が 出発だ！

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4 mins per episode

Mickey Mouse finds himself in silly situations all around the world. ミッキーマウスが世界中でハプ ニングに巻き込まれる。

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When Rocket and Drax wake up with absolutely no memory of the night before, it’s up to the Guardians to piece together their adventures.

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ガーディアンはロケットとド ラックスの冒険の記憶をつな ぎ合わせる。

ニンジャたちは時空の支配者と して知られるマスターを打ち負 かさなければならない。

22 mins per episode, Season 7

The Ninjas need to defeat the masters known as the Hands of Time.

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“What I felt could have a bit more gunpowder in its barrels was an awards program – something that would get people revved up and have positive energy around it.”

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Hayley Purbrick and her son, representing the fifth and sixth generation of Tahbilk Wine. ABOVE: The Fabulous Ladies’ Wine Society Women in Wine Awards.

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O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards

Celebrate the simple pleasures of life at Queensland’s best tourism winery. Enjoy a relaxed picnic by the creek and sample locally grown O’Reilly’s wines at our cellar door. O’Reilly’s Canungra Valley Vineyards is a scenic 40 minute drive from the Gold Coast and 90 minutes from Brisbane. Open daily 10:00am – 4:00pm.

852 Lamington National Park Road, Canungra, Queensland • www.oreillys.com.au/vineyards • 07 5543 4011

2017 Finalist Australian Tourism Awards Tourism Wineries, Distilleries and Breweries

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A MATTER OF TASTE Do you have an aversion to bitter, fatty or overly sweet foods? Chances are you may be a “supertaster”. Dr Linda Bartoshuk, a US psychologist working at Yale University, first coined the term in the 1990s to describe people with an above-average number of taste buds. Up to 35 per cent of women are supertasters, while only 15 per cent of men fit the bill. Jancis Robinson, one of the world’s top wine critics, is a supertaster, and so too is Jane Faulkner, a Melbourne-based wine writer, wine judge, and member of the Halliday Wine Companion tasting panel.

“Biologically, women are more sensitive to bitter compounds, and that’s so you don’t eat poison and kill your baby,” Jane says. So, does that mean women have better palates than men? “Well, I wouldn’t say better,” she says, “But we do taste differently.”

New Zealand-born winemaker Samantha Connew

of Stargazer Wines in Tasmania also believes women take a different approach to wine tasting. “One of the things I’ve noticed is that women work together more collaboratively – and possibly communicate a little better about wine,” she says. “This is generalising things, but women tend to spend more time around food, so we can readily identify flavours such as spices and fruits, and express that more easily.”

One of Australia’s leading sommeliers and restaurant managers, Ainslie Lubbock of recently opened Pt Leo Estate, agrees. “I know this is a gross generalisation, but typically men have a more academic approach to wine tasting and wine service – they talk about what the vintage was like, the oak regime, the winemaking practices,” she says. “Women tend to look at what’s in the glass, rather than intellectualising it. From an early age, women smell flowers, we bake cakes, we’re more engaged with our olfactory sense, so we pick up those nuances in wine.”

PHOTOGRAPHY THE FABULOUS LADIES’ WINE SOCIETY; STARGAZER; POINT LEO ESTATE

Feast for our senses

CLOCKWISE FROM MAIN: The Fabulous Ladies’ Wine Society, Pt Leo Estate’s Ainslie Lubbock, Samantha Connew of Stargazer Wines, Jane Thomson.

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A MAN’S WORLD So, why then, in a world filled

that the inner sanctum is for men only.”

It’s not due to a lack of interest, either. “Equal numbers of women and men leave winemaking college, but then the proportion of women drops to an absurd amount, with females making up less than 10 per cent of the wine industry,” Jane says.

“There is a huge attrition rate,” Samantha says. She was the first woman to be appointed chief of judges at the Sydney Royal Wine Show.

“Throughout my career, I’ve

with female supertasters, collaborators and sniffers, is the wine industry still such a male-heavy space?

“Well, we live in a patriarchy, and the wine industry has always been a bit skewed towards the old guard, and older men who thought they knew everything about wine,” Jane says. “I think some men have set up these rules

seen women go on maternity leave and then find it too hard to come back in a part-time capacity. The mind-set is that it must be a full-time job, which is rubbish. Whether it’s job sharing or taking a more creative approach, winemaking doesn’t have to be a standard eight hours a day.”

It’s an issue that hits close to home for Suzie Muntz, viticulturist at Xanadu in Margaret River. Suzie is currently on maternity leave following the birth of her son in May last year. “Viticulture can be a bit of a man’s world,” Suzie says. “But Xanadu is such a good place to work in that I plan on getting most of my job done Monday to Thursday. I have a very supportive partner and we are talking about him going part-time so he can also spend some quality time with our son. As much as I’d love a part-time role, the position of viticulturist is hard to do in that capacity.”

It’s not just the hands-on roles of winemaking and viticulture in which women are underrepresented – the top positions in hospitality are still largely man’s domain, too.

“Although there are more women working in the wine space in restaurants – and even in kitchens there’s more balance now – I will say there’s still some way to go to build women’s confidence to lead a wine team and negotiate effectively,” says Ainslie, who’s managed some of Australia’s top restaurants, including Attica and The Royal Mail.

“I did a masterclass with Women in Wine recently, and what was consistent with their stories was not how they pursued their career to the top, but the way they had to pursue their role as mother as well, and still made it to the top of their game,” Ainslie says. “It may have been a more circuitous route, but they got there in the end.”

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Sauvignon Sl ices

WINE JELLY CITRUS WEDGES INGREDIENTS 4 lemons 2 limes

2 packets unflavoured gelatin

1 cup Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

1 cup boiling water

3 Tbs cranberry juice

1/2 cup sugar

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Cut lemons and limes length-wise and carefully remove the flesh from the peel without tearing. Discard flesh. 2. Pour the wine and cranberry juice into a large pitcher. 3. Sprinkle gelatin over wine mixture and let stand for 2 minutes. 4. Dissolve sugar in boiling water.

Add boiling water to wine and gelatin. Stir until completely combined. 5. Arrange peels on a tray and pour mixture into peels until completely full. Place in refrigerator until jelly is set, about 2 hours.

Kim Crawford Wines

Elevate the moment with every drop

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he Sydney International Wine Competition awarded our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc a Blue Gold medal - a winner to serve friends and family at your outdoor soirees over the summer months.

Also available in the Kim Crawford range, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love the delightfully refreshing RosĂŠ and the crisp Pinot Gris, both of which were also awarded Blue Gold Medals and Top 100 status at the 2017 Sydney International Wine show.

Our Winemaker Anthony Walkenhorst (pictured) loves making these wines from the best vineyards across the best regions in New Zealand to create knock-out flavours. Enjoy these delicious wines straight up or with a surprising twist like our wine jelly citrus wedges.

For more inspiration go to kimcrawfordwines.com

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AHEAD OF THEIR GAME PHOTOGRAPHY GETTY IMAGES

STUDIES SUGGEST WOMEN HAVE A NATURAL ADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO WINE, THANKS TO AN ENHANCED SENSE OF SMELL AND TASTE, SO WHY DO MEN DOMINATE THE INDUSTRY? SARAH GAMBONI CHATS TO FIVE WOMEN ABOUT THEIR STRENGTHS

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NEW SOUTH WALES ROSBY WINES

NEW ZEALAND MAHANA ESTATES mahana.nz An organic winery with an artistic bent, Mahana is one of the Nelson wine region’s more idiosyncratic viticultural drawcards. The art collection of owner Glenn Schaeffer — a

two-decade labour of love that has been dubbed one of the world’s best private collections — begins with Marté Szirmay’s seven-metre-high Yantra for Mahana entrance sign. To really get to the bottom of this artistic endeavour, book a private tour along with a tasting.

BRANCOTT ESTATE brancottestate.com A specially commissioned eight-metre-tall installation by

New York-based designer Dror Benshetrit at Brancott Estate leads the way in combining wine and design. Titled ‘Under/ standing’ the piece looms over the vineyard, the home of the first sauvignon blanc vines in Marlborough, planted in 1975.

The structure’s 52 interlocking components make a diamond lattice of weathering steel that resembles an enormous wine rack. It is best discussed with a glass of the estate’s sauv blanc in hand.

LABEL OF LOVE Winemakers know that labels sell wines, but when a label is more than just a marketing tool consumers respond with love.

Central Victorian label PREECE, of Mitchelton’s in the Goulburn Valley, has relaunched its range with a contemporary label design that is steeped in meaning.

Data including rainfall, temperature, bud burst, flowering and veraison (ripening) were used to create algorithms specific to the grape varietal and vineyard site. The result is a beautiful, contemporary design in which no two labels are alike.

PHOTOGRAPHY AMBER HOOPER; BRANCOTT ESTATE

rosby.com.au There’s a democratic approach to art in evidence at this familyrun winery outside Mudgee, 265km north-west of Sydney.

A roster of workshops, held by visiting artists, includes printmaking, painting, mixed media, life drawing and sculpture.

Those of a practical bent can take courses in welding, pizzaoven construction and mudbrick making. The boutique winery, which produces mostly cabernet and shiraz, also hosts Sculptures in the Garden, an annual two-day event showcasing the best regional and emerging outdoor artists from around Australia.

Brancott Estate’s sculpture Under/standing in the vines.

ABOVE: Gillie and Marc’s bronze statue at Rosby Wines.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Situated in the heart of the Macedon Ranges wine country, Cleveland Winery offers a rural Wedding experience, located just 30 minutes from Melbourne Airport.

Our resort sits on 120 acres of rustic farm land and vineyard, with the centre piece being our 1887 Historic Homestead. A Cleveland Winery Wedding offers breathtaking panoramic views of our vines, cottage gardens, lake and surrounding ranges, which will form the backdrop of your special day.

Whether you are looking to host a relaxing Vineyard Cocktail Wedding or a more formal affair, Cleveland Winery has the setting and atmosphere to make your day one you will always remember.

Our Event Management team would love to hear from you, please give us a call for further information or take a look at our website

03 5429 9000 | laurenc@grangecc.com.au | 55 Shannons Road, Lancefield, Vic, 3435 www.clevelandwineryweddingvenue.com.au

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Art, design and wine

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reativity and the grape have long enjoyed a fruitful symbiosis (just ask Diogenes of Sinope, the ancient philosopher who lived in a wine barrel). But thanks to a growing number of leading Australian and New Zealand wineries embracing the art world — with everything from their labels to on-site art galleries, sculpture parks and artistic hotels — we appear to have a Renaissance on our hands.

VICTORIA TARRAWARRA tarrawarra.com.au It’s impossible to separate art and the other good things in life – namely, food and wine – at the Yarra Valley’s TarraWarra.

A visit to this winery restaurant, cellar door and art gallery

begins with the arresting sight of architect Allan Powell’s elegant, award-winning building arching gracefully out of the green, hilly landscape. The TarraWarra Museum of Art’s notable collection of modern Australian art features works

by Brett Whiteley, Arthur Boyd, Clifton Pugh, Rosalie Gascoigne and Jeffrey Smart. The locavorefriendly modern Australian restaurant has impressive kitchen gardens to supplement the best of the region’s produce, and be sure to visit the Kerstin Thompson-designed subterranean cellar door, a true rabbit hole in a hillside.

JACKALOPE jackalopehotels.com What do you get when an artobsessed young man decides to open a boutique hotel at his winery? The Jackalope, of course. The 46-room

hotel at the home of Willow Creek winery on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is the vision of 29-year-old Louis Li. It features an imposing black sculpture of a jackalope (a mythical horned jackrabbit)

by Melbourne artist Emily Floyd, plus surreal artwork and bespoke furniture at every turn.

“I always say luxury is defined by rarity,” says Louis of his quest to merge the worlds of art, design and wine. “For me, the Jackalope brand is about creating a surreal world; it’s almost like entering my own brain.” For proof, check out the 10,000-globe light installation designed to mimic the process of fermentation on the ceiling of fine-dining restaurant Doot Doot Doot. The new range of wines, bottled under the Rare Hare label, are as irreverent yet as compelling as the rest of the package.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Jackalope’s Flaggerdoot Bar and its dramatic entrance sculpture; the D’Arenberg Cube; a concert at Leeuwin Estate; MONA’s Moorilla Winery; majestic Tarrawarra Estate.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA D’ARENBERG

TASMANIA MOORILLA WINERY mona.net.au All roads lead to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art that put Hobart on the global hot list when it opened in 2011 and has kept it there since.

But when you’ve had your fix of visual art, try the drinkable variety. MONA shares its location above the Derwent River with the Moorilla Winery (both owned by David Walsh) and offers tours followed by a tasting in the barrel room or at the cellar door.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA PHOTOGRAPHY JACKALOPE; D’ARENBERG; REDFISH BLUEFISH; PHOTO ELEMENTS; MOORILLA WINERY;

LEEUWIN ESTATE leeuwinestate.com.au Leeuwin Estate’s Art Series wine labels have become iconic since launching in 1980. To date, more than 150 leading Australian artists have had their works commissioned to adorn the label of one of the Margaret River winery’s top-shelf drops. The resulting works hang in the estate’s gallery. “We very much see winemaking as an art,” says chief executive Simone Furlong.

“To us, the labels express that belief and celebrate that integration.” The artistic innovation doesn’t stop there: the winery’s bush-surrounded natural amphitheatre hosts concerts that have featured the likes of Ray Charles, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sting. Jackson Browne will perform at the 34th annual concert in March.

darenberg.com.au Did someone say landmark?

McLaren Vale has a new tourist attraction thanks to d’Arenberg Winery. The five-storey multifunction building, known as the D’Arenberg Cube, is set among the estate’s vines and was designed by Nick Salvati at ADS Architects to resemble an enormous Rubik’s cube.

Why? The brains behind the cube, fourth-generation family member and chief winemaker Chester Osborn says it symbolises his belief that winemaking is a puzzle — a complex combination of soil and geology, viticulture, blending and balance. “The building is a reflection of the art of making wine and viticulture,” Chester says. “Once you have explored one art form to its fullest, it enables an interest in all forms of art to its deepest extent.” The cube houses a tasting room, several bars, a restaurant and private tasting rooms, but it also serves a practical purpose: “(Both) in terms of building an interest in wine, and the d’Arenberg brand more specifically, as well as to drive tourism to South Australia and the McLaren Vale region,” Chester says. Mission accomplished.

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CHEFS’ SPECIALS SO WHERE DO CHEFS GO WHEN THEY HEAD TO WINE COUNTRY? JOEL VALVASORIPEREZA Chef and owner at Lulu La Delizia, Perth I love Millbrook in Jarrahdale, in the Perth Hills wine region. “Guy Jeffreys is the chef there and he grows all of his vegetables on-site. It’s not showy food, just really solid and respectful cooking of the absolute freshest produce.”

NEW SOUTH WALES

PHOTOGRAPHY DESTINATION NSW; MARGAN WINE

MUSE musedining.com.au In the heart of Hunter Valley wine country, Hungerford Hill’s restaurant Muse is a place of grand statements, from the cinematic setting of a huge industrial-chic building flanked by a giant stone fireplace to the best-in-the-business waiters and the sweeping regional and global wine list. The compelling offering is crowned by the food of chef-owner Troy Rhoades-Brown. Unfussy but beautifully crafted, it highlights local ingredients with a subtle Japanese slant.

NEW ZEALAND

MARGAN

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margan.com.au Double down on the Hunter Valley experience with Margan, where the winery’s rammed-earth building is an acclaimed agri-dining epicentre. Translation: it’s a pioneer in the paddock-toplate ethos, utilising its acre of kitchen gardens to celebrate seasonality. The estate-grown, estate-made ethos also sees Margan producing its own eggs, honey, olives and lambs – all put to excellent use on a solidly classical menu.

DAMIEN STYLES,

Margan Estate is a paddock-to-plate pioneer. ABOVE: Muse Restaurant and Cafe in the Hunter Valley.

MAN O’ WAR manowarvineyards.co.nz Getting there is half the fun.

Tucked down a bumpy track and occupying a stunning piece of beachfront, Man O’ War is one of Waiheke Island’s premier wineries. That’s quite a feat considering there are 26 of them on this island just over half an hour’s ferry ride from Auckland. Visiting this absurdly family-friendly venue (it has beanbags and sun-lounges, petanque, cricket, skittles and swingball) is more like crashing a party. The hugely popular cellar door is augmented by share platters for grazing and guest food trucks dishing up an eclectic array of global food.

mtdifficulty.nz It’s a rugged name for a rugged landscape. This Central Otago winery is all about views of the snow-capped South Island interior, although that doesn’t preclude a broad terrace for al fresco dining on fine days.

The restaurant sets the dial to casual without dumbing anything down – as evidenced by the mighty grazing platters heaving with treasures such as truffled salami, smoked-mussel paté and gin-and-blackberrycured salmon.

Head chef at The Fish House, Gold Coast I have fond memories of Montalto, on Victoria’s well-heeled Mornington Peninsula. “We had one of their picnics and it was amazing to sit in such beautiful surroundings and take our time and eat great food and drink wine,” he says.

ROB KABBOORD, Head chef at High-flying Quay, Sydney My heart is in Victoria with Wahgunyah’s All Saints, in the Rutherglen wine region. “My wife is a Rutherglen girl and we actually got married there.

Honest European food with produce from the estate and great wine matches of all their wines and some international ones as well.

We go for lunch every time we go back to my parentsin-law.”

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Flavour match

CLOCKWISE: food and wine matching at St Hugo; Levantine Hill in the Yarra Valley; The Lane showcases the Adelaide Hills; Mr Mick offers first-rate casual dining; Cullen Wines offers a taste of WA.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA ST HUGO sthugo.com This is how you do the Barossa.

One of Australia’s oldest wine regions boasts one of its best winery restaurants. Befitting the multinational owner Pernod Ricard, St Hugo offers the highest of high-end experiences, in which you can fly in by chopper before “adopting” a row of cabernet grapes to make your own blend. But there’s room for mere mortals, too. Hit the glass cube tasting lounge

for a trip through the estate’s impressive back catalogue, or visit the restaurant where chef Mark McNamara has devised a classical menu of extreme comfort built with those true Barossa reds in mind.

THE KITCHEN DOOR pennyshill.com.au One of the jewels in the McLaren Vale crown, Penny’s Hill winery is best known for its full-bodied, fruit-driven reds. It also boasts a stellar reputation for its Kitchen Door restaurant. Don’t let the simple name fool you, this is the home of smart, modern, seasonal food. The lunch-only menu swings from tempura

zucchini flowers anointed with nasturtium oil to mulloway in a citrus-spiked beurre blanc.

Views from the dining room are second to none.

modern presentation – think duck breast with beetroot and spiced wine; or air-dried kingfish with burnt cucumber and sour cream.

THE LANE VINEYARD

MR MICK

thelane.com.au The magic of the Adelaide Hills is best enjoyed from the Lane Vineyard’s dining terrace, with hills, vines and dam laid out below. The Lane, 3km from the historic village of Hahndorf, is one of the Hills’ biggest drawcards thanks to the modern menu of chef James Brinklow. His menu champions local produce and delivers classic flavour matches with

mrmick.com.au The Clare Valley does casual well, as personified by Mr Mick – here shady trees and vine-covered historic buildings meet a youthful, tapasdriven menu. Dine alfresco for maximum pleasure, and accompany the smoked cod croquettes, duck spring rolls and local braised lamb with the famously drinkable Mr Mick Novo Sangiovese.

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CAPE LODGE

WESTERN AUSTRALIA CULLEN cullenwines.com.au A picture of timber and granite gorgeousness set among the vines of the Cullen Wines estate, both the familyrun winery and restaurant (from one of the region’s pioneers) are the epitome of biodynamic integrity. Hit the cellar door for a tasting (including back vintages) before lingering over a lunch that gives a real taste of Margaret River terroir.

capelodge.com.au There’s nothing low-key about Cape Lodge. The Margaret River boutique hotel set among its own vineyard is a vision of Cape Cod luxury transplanted to rural WA, complete with meticulously manicured grounds and illustrious neighbours such as vineyard and winery Vasse Felix. The lakeside dining room doesn’t ruin the illusion – in fact, with a globe-trotting menu befitting its jet-set clientele, it’s a case of anything but.

VICTORIA EZARD AT LEVANTINE HILL levantinehill.com.au A top-flight winery joining forces with a top-flight chef?

The union of Teage Ezard, of Melbourne’s highly esteemed Ezard restaurant, and Levantine Hill Estate winery is a match made in heaven.

At the avant-garde architectural masterpiece that is Levantine Hill headquarters in the Yarra Valley, Teage pulls back on his trademark bold Asian flavours in favour of light, contemporary cuisine matched to the estate’s array of wines.

ROYAL MAIL HOTEL royalmail.com.au You can’t let a $2.8 million wine cellar go to waste.

Thankfully, the folk at Dunkeld’s gastronomically over-achieving Royal Mail Hotel know how to best use one of their key assets. Diners can take a tasting tour of the 26,000-bottle cellar across the road from the hotel before retiring to a table at the newly minted restaurant, Wickens, where chef Robin Wickens produces a degustation flight of fancy from the equally impressive kitchen gardens.

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LEFT AND BELOW: Fine dining at St Hugo; Velo Wines in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.

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ining and dining around Australia and New Zealand is no great hardship. Although 70 wine-growing regions and countless wineries of all sizes do make it difficult to nominate a hit list. From glamorous winery restaurants to intimate cellar-door experiences, this is how you wine and dine, Antipodean-style.

TASMANIA STEFANO LUBIANA slw.com.au This charmingly rugged Osteria, set within the grounds of one of Tassie’s premier producers of chardonnay and pinot noir, offers a slice of Italy 20 minutes’ drive from Hobart. It’s a self-sufficient paradise where honey comes from the estate’s bees, organic bread from the wood oven and vegetables from the biodynamic garden.

It goes without saying that the meats are free range and the seafood is wild-caught from Tasmanian waters.

TIMBRE KITCHEN velowines.com.au Close to Launceston but in the beautiful Tamar Valley, the esteemed Velo Winery has an equally revered restaurant.

Not one for po-faced dining, Timbre Kitchen is the home of old-meets-new dishes such as devilled eggs jazzed up for the modern age with a sprinkling of shichimi (a Japanese spice blend), or excellent roast chook with the necessary trimmings.

The wine list is part Velo, part global adventure.

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MIXED DOZEN

PETER NIXON’S TIPS FOR AN IDEAL CASE OF WINE PROSECCO

PINOT GRIGIO

DAL ZOTTO PUCINO, PROSECCO KING VALLEY < $20 Australia’s epicentre for fine prosecco. This is a delicious interpretation. Italian heritage paying off.

PORTA DANTE, PROSECCO ITALY < $15 Deliciously fresh and affordable. White flowers, apple and pears. Fine bubbles.

SANTA MARGHERITA SUPERIORE 52 PROSECCO DI VALDOBBIADENE, NORTHERN ITALY < $25 Near the pinnacle of prosecco and still half the price of most name-brand Champagne.

ARTEMIS PINOT GRIGIO, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS, NSW < $20 A cool-climate beauty with floral notes and a crisp finish.

DEVIL’S CORNER PINOT GRIGIO, NORTHERN TASMANIA < $20 Tasmania’s latest, greatest expression of this favourite.

WARBURN ESTATE RUMOURS PINOT GRIGIO, RIVERINA, NSW < $5 Think you can’t buy wine under $10 (or even $5) worth drinking in Australia? Think again.

BLUE PYRENEES BONE DRY ROSÉ, VICTORIA < $20 A great example of the light, fresh, zesty and bone-dry rosé styles now in Australia.

PIGOUDET PREMIÈRE VIN DE PROVENCE ROSÉ, PROVENCE, FRANCE < $20 Provence is to rosé (or light, dry, savoury rosé) what Marlborough is to sauvignon blanc. This a benchmark.

VILLA WOLF PINOT NOIR ROSÉ, PFALZ, GERMANY < $20 Southern France doesn’t have a monopoly on great rosé. This one from Germany is absolutely brilliant.

TASMANIAN HILL PINOT NOIR, TASMANIA < $20 The best-known lighter-red grape of all, it is harder and harder to find a decent example under $20.

Z WINE ‘RUSTICA’ GRENACHE, BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA < $20 Plush and fruit-concentrated with a complex savoury underbelly. Minimally-oaked.

Chill lightly to around 16°C and enjoy with a barbecue.

MOUNT LANGI GHIRAN BILLI BILLI SHIRAZ, VICTORIA < $20 Those looking for a fresher, more elegant expression of shiraz need look no further.

White pepper, anise and raspberry on a silky palate.

Aged to perfection

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HOW WE’RE DRINKING IT

A Tony Cragg sculpture at Pt Leo Estate on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. BELOW: A yoga and wine session at Handpicked in Sydney.

URBAN WINERIES These days, you don’t have to plan a road trip to enjoy a cellar-door tasting, with a host of urban wineries popping up in cities. In Sydney, visit the Handpicked Cellar Door in Chippendale for a tasting flight at the bar or a private event in the Experience Room.

Nearby in Redfern, Cake Wines showcases drops from its Adelaide Hills winery in an edgy warehouse space. Just down the road in St Peters, Urban Winery Sydney offers wine-blending masterclasses, tutored tastings and winemaker lunches.

Melbourne’s first “peoplepowered winery”, Noisy Ritual allows you to get involved in the winemaking process, including stomping, pressing, bottling and tasting workshops.

In the heart of Hobart, GlaetzerDixon Family Winemakers has turned an old ice factory into a winery and chic cellar door. Across the ditch in NZ, the Urban Winery in Napier is housed in an old art deco tobacco factory.

NEW SPIRIT

ART AMONG THE VINES For an artistic bent to your tasting session, newcomer Pt Leo Estate on the Mornington Peninsula is home to one of

Australia’s largest sculpture collections. Nearby, Jackalope features a sleek boutique hotel and fine-dining restaurant Doot Doot Doot, where a jawdropping installation of more than 10,000 globes mimics the bubbling fermentation process. In McLaren Vale, the long-awaited D’Arenberg Cube is a futuristic Rubik’s cube that houses tasting rooms, a restaurant and mind-bending installations.

BEND, STRETCH AND SIP Want to take a holistic approach to wine tasting? Sign up for Yoga in the Vines at Craggy Range in Hawke’s Bay, where you can practise your sun salutations in the barrel hall or on the lawn overlooking grapevines. Or, join a yoga and wine session at Handpicked Cellar Door in Sydney, where a one-hour session on the mats is followed by a tasting session at the bar. We like!

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Blending a bespoke red is nothing new at Penfolds in the Barossa or Wynns in Coonawarra. But the high-end Sainthood experience at St Hugo takes it one step further and invites you to adopt a row of grapevines and then turn their grapes into your own signature wine. In New Zealand, Allan Scott Family Winemakers in Marlborough lets you create your perfect pinot blend in the comfort of your kitchen with a home-delivered box of singleblock pinot noirs.

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“I think we’re in a golden age of people embracing not only wine, but also vermouth, spirits and craft beer,” says Dan Sims of Revel.

Standout distilleries and breweries include: BLEND your own gin or whisky at Archie Rose Distilling Co in Sydney.

TAKE A TOUR of the revamped whisky distillery at the iconic Lark Cellar Door in Hobart.

VISIT the new Hippocampus distillery and cellar door in Perth.

ENJOY live music, food-truck snacks and sample craft brew, gin and ‘moonshine’ among the beer tanks at Young Henry’s in Newtown, Sydney.

SAMPLE seasonal specials at Four Pillars in the Yarra Valley, perhaps the Bloody Shiraz Gin or Australian Christmas Gin.

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WHAT WE’RE BUYING PAINT THE TOWN PINK

WHITE HOT When it comes to white wine, the sauvignon blanc brigade has moved on to pinot grigio and prosecco.

“Pinot grigio is the fastestgrowing white wine, with local versions finally taking off here,” says Peter, who suggests looking to the cool climates of Tasmania and the NSW Southern Highlands for crisp, zesty styles of this Italian wine. Our taste in bubbles has also taken on an Italian accent, as prosecco sales continue to soar.

“Prosecco is the antithesis of Champagne. While Champagne is rich, complex and diverse, prosecco is light, uncomplicated and easy to enjoy.”

from Beechworth, Rutherglen or Central Otago; and grenache from the Barossa Valley. Try giving these bottles a quick chill for perfect alfresco drinking. Shiraz fans, turn to cooler climates, such as Canberra and the Grampians, and syrah from Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand, for a fresher, more elegant style.

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As the business manager of fine wine for Dan Murphy’s, Peter Nixon keeps a keen eye on Australians’ drinking habits, so who better to reveal our current thirst? “Rosé continues to go from strength to strength, in particular that southern French style that’s light, dry and fairly pale,” Peter says. And gone are the days when pink wine was considered a lady’s drink. “There are a lot of men who’ve embraced the ‘brosé’ lifestyle,” he says.

HOLD THE SUGAR It doesn’t take long for food trends to trickle down into the wine space and one that is taking hold is an aversion to sugar. “Anything that indicates sweetness on the label is a hard sell,” Peter says.

TOP: Dan Murphy’s Peter Nixon says lighter wine choices such as rosé and gamay are popular. RIGHT: Sell-out events such as Pinot Palooza have tapped into wine trends.

We’re lightening up in the red wine department, too, Peter says. “Ten years ago, lighter reds were seen as a negative, but now they’re part of an emerging trend.”

Winemakers are picking their grapes earlier to retain higher levels of acidity and keep alcohol levels lower, offering a refreshing change to the big, burly reds of the past.

Lighter reds, which are ideal for summer, include pinot noir from Tasmania, the Yarra Valley and the Mornington Peninsula; aromatic gamay

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LEFT TO FAR RIGHT: McLaren Vale’s climate favours Italian grapes, Greek wine is growing in popularity, inspiring winemakers such as Jim Barry (INSET), a sake cocktail at Melbourne’s Kisume.

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WHAT WE’RE TRYING BRANCHING OUT Stuck in a chardonnay rut?

As the chief of judges of the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show and a member of the Halliday Wine Companion tasting panel, Jane Faulkner has sampled her fair share of lesser-known varieties. “Gosh, lots of varieties excite me, from those structured wines to the more smashable drinknow styles,” Jane says. “Two examples would be southern Italian red wines such as aglianico, for its structure and savouriness, and nero d’Avola for its lovely fruit profile and juiciness. Hither & Yon’s nero is a perfect example. It’s a great red for summer as it’s not too heavy, not too light.”

If you’re looking to branch out from your regular chardonnay, Jane suggests trying fiano or pinot blanc.

Switch your sauvignon blanc for arinto, picpoul, arneis or gruner veltliner, and seek out tempranillo, cabernet franc, mataro or montepulciano in place of shiraz.

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GREECE IS THE WORD The man behind sell-out events Pinot Palooza and Game of Rhones, Dan Sims of Revel, has a knack for nailing the local drinking zeitgeist. Last June Revel shone a spotlight on the oft-maligned wines of Greece with Oinofilia, showcasing 80 wines from 20 producers.

“We had a bit of fun with it, encouraging people to try some wines they would not normally encounter,” Dan says.

The charms of Greek wine have not escaped Peter Barry of Jim Barry Wines in the Clare Valley, who was inspired to plant assyrtiko following a trip to Santorini in 2006. With its crisp palate and fresh acidity, Peter thought it would be a perfect fit for the Australian palate. Ten years later, Peter released the first Jim Barry Assyrtiko, saying: “It’s a natural partner for our climate and

cuisine.” Jane agrees, citing assyrtiko as one to watch: “While there’s currently only the one from Jim Barry wines, assyrtiko is going to make its mark in Australia.”

BEATING THE HEAT Just as Peter saw the potential for drought-tolerant assyrtiko in Australia, prescient winemakers have been busily planting Italian varieties that can stand up to our climate.

“There’s no question McLaren Vale with its Mediterranean climate is an exciting place to grow varieties that cope brilliantly with our warming climate,” Jane says. “Think vermentino, fiano, aglianico, nero d’Avola and even Rhone whites, especially roussanne.

Also, cool-climate regions like Beechworth and the Alpine Valleys are producing gems such as schioppettino, tempranillo and pinot blanc.”

SAKE It’s not just grape-based wines that are capturing our attention, with Japanese sake also coming to the party.

Sommelier Morgan Dunn of Kisumé in Melbourne says: “We have sakes on the list that speak to me aromatically and structurally in the same way some of my favourite wines do.

Venues are beginning to realise how versatile it is.”

Sake is much more than just a partner to sashimi, Morgan explains. “Sake is so diverse that even if you fancied a bottle with a three-inch-thick rib-eye, I’m pretty confident you could find something to match.”

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WHAT’S NEW IN WINE WE LOOK AT THE WINES AND EXPERIENCES WE’LL BE TRYING AND BUYING THIS YEAR

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DIARY DATES

Noosa’s finest 17-20 May Noosa, QLD

Sip & snore

Celebrate great Australian food, wine and lifestyle. Join the Long Lunch on Hastings Street, discover Hinterland Food Trails and book in for one-off restaurant events. noosafoodandwine.com.au

EXPLORE the boutique cellar doors of Victoria’s Macedon Ranges from the comfort of Grange Cleveland, overlooking 100 acres of vineyard and farm. grangecc.com.au

Winter wonder

9-11 June Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Winetopia

9-10 June Auckland, NZ 14-15 July Wellington, NZ New Zealand’s largest winetasting event, held in both Auckland and Wellington, is a two-day celebration offering sommelier-led tasting classes, masterclasses and guided food pairings. winetopia.nz

DISCOVER

Brave new world Antipodean wines are conquering new terrain.

China’s thirst for Aussie wine has made it the country’s biggest wine export market. The group behind McGuigan Wines, Tempus Two and Nepenthe Wines last year announced a deal with Chinese online retailer YesMyWine, gaining inroads to a limitless market. Across the Tasman, Kim Crawford Wines have helped drive demand for Kiwi drops in the US, with its sauvignon blanc now the highest-selling NZ wine there.

Digital drinkers While cellar door sales are holding their own, wine connoisseurs are increasingly finding their wines online. A growing number of digital bottleshops are helping consumers connect with local and international winemakers – all from the comfort of the couch.

Adelaide-born Vinomofo offers great prices on curated wines to members, Just Wine offers more than 6000 homegrown Australian drops, and The Good Wine Co. delivers New-Zealand wide.

Central Otago’s stellar cool climate wines from the Arrowtown House Boutique Hotel in a historic South Island village near the vines. arrowtownhouse. com

MAKE yourself at home in the scenic Adelaide Hills courtesy of the refined homestead on the grounds of award-winning Longview Vineyard. longviewvineyard. com.au

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Taste more than 200 premium wines from around 50 boutique wineries all in one location over the Queens’ Birthday long weekend, as this coastal Victorian wine region celebrates Winter Wine Weekend. mpva.com.au

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Events Balloon fiesta October, date TBC Hunter Valley, NSW

The annual Balloon Aloft Hunter Valley Fiesta takes to the skies each October, when more than 25 hot-air balloons from around the country launch at sunrise and float high over the vines in Australia’s oldest wine growing region. balloonaloft.com

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THE ROSÉ Keith Tulloch 2017 Perdiem Rosé Shiraz $23

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Wineries are starting to look closely at their footprint. The roof of Peter Yealands’ NZ winery is taken up by the nation’s largest solar panel installation, while wind turbines, native planting and free-range animals add to a sustainable ethos. Cullen Wines of WA’s Margaret River won a prestigious sustainability award late last year, having been certified A-grade biodynamic and carbon neutral for over a decade. yealands.co.nz, cullenwines.com.au

Prosecco uncovered

Taste Great Southern

8-25 March Great Southern, WA Discover some of Western Australia’s finest wines and freshest produce. More than 40 events, including dinners, markets and classes, helps this food bowl show off the goods. tastegreatsouthern.com.au

25 February Melbourne, VIC

THE BUBBLES Dal Zotto Pucino Prosecco $20

Explore a great selection of prosecco at The Prosecco Festival, dedicated to the Italian sparkling style Aussies have embraced with gusto. Meet winemakers, talk to importers, learn about different styles and discover a taste for Italy on the Melbourne waterfront.

Find the Prosecco Festival on Facebook.

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“This small completely family owned winery and vineyard produces wines that express our unique terroir and climate, from the ancient soils of the Brokenback Range.

Our family and team work to attain the full potential of these vineyards, crafting wines of personality, creativity and excellence.”

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5 I NEWS & EVENTS

23 I GRAPE ART

Trends to watch in the wine world this year.

Wine tourism has entered a bold and creative era.

9 I WHAT’S NEW

29 I WOMEN IN WINE

Discover the latest must-try wine experiences.

Why women have a wine advantage over men.

16 I SIP & SUP

34 I TASTING TIPS

Wine and food lovers are spoilt for choice across Australia and New Zealand.

Our guide to looking like a pro at a cellar-door wine tasting.

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WELCOME Jetstar is proud to fly passengers to wine regions across Australia and New Zealand. If you’re on one of our Business Class Flights, discover Jetstar’s award-winning wine list.

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2018 WINE GUIDE WHAT WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE SIPPING, SUPPING AND SEEING IN THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WINE WORLDS

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