Jetstar October 2017 Magazine

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OCTOBER 2017

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PERTH I HAWAII I TAIPEI I NORTHLAND PHOTO ESSAY

Welcome home OCTOBER 2017

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE TOP END, AUSTRALIA’S CULTURAL HEARTLAND

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Duzenman Atelier lets customers build a bag as unique as they are. Using the finest locally sourced materials as well as imports from Italy and France, a team of experienced craftspeople will create the perfect bag, just for you.

Leave your troubles behind at this fivestar beauty and health destination. Calma Spa offers pampering treatment packages for all of life’s special occasions from bridal and hens celebrations, to couples sessions and corporate events. Spoil yourself with their range of massages, body treatments, facials and pedicure packages.

INTERIORS 3. CHARLIE AND FENTON 7 Kings Arcade, Armadale Discover Australian-designed and made homewares at Charlie and Fenton in the historic Kings Arcade. Store owner and interior-textile designer Jannah Stevens prints limited runs and creates must-have trans-seasonal designs.

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5. DUZENMAN ATELIER 1005 High Street, Armadale

6. ANNA CAMPBELL 1143 High Street, Armadale Crafting every piece by hand, designer Anna Campbell draws inspiration from nature, vintage styles and architecture to create heirloom pieces made with luxurious fabrics, laces and hand-sewn embellishments. The Anna Campbell bride loves romantic, classic designs with a modern silhouette and, of course, all things that sparkle.

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7. VINCENZO PINTAUDI 1166 High Street, Armadale Vincenzo Pintaudi is one of Australia’s most renowned couture designers and has worked with brides and celebrities in Melbourne, Sydney and internationally.

His exquisite designs are made with beaded laces and the finest fabrics, trims and embroideries from France and Italy.

EAT & DRINK 8. TEA CONNOISSEUR 1218 High Street, Armadale This boutique teahouse offers more than 90 teas, and is the only place in Melbourne to offer the Steampunk, a precision brewing machine that delivers a heightened sensory tea experience with every sip. There’s also cold drip and barista-made coffee for fans of the bean, tempting house-made treats and customblended teas to take home.

9. WALK DON’T RUN 17 Morey Street, Armadale Tucked away behind Kings Arcade, Walk Don’t Run’s menu features organic fresh produce used in dishes with an Asian twist such as the Korean bibimbap, poke bowls and the signature Life Loaf, made with superfoods and fermented ingredients.

A cascading wall of greenery adds to the calming, feel-good atmosphere.

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ON THE COVER: Yolngu boy Henry on the beach at Nyinyikay Homeland, Arnhem Land. PHOTOGRAPHY: Millie Brown

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contents OCTOBER 2017

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8 I WHAT’S ON

52 I THE HOMELANDS

10 I NEWS

A photographer is welcomed in remote Arnhem Land

14 I MY PLACE Stephen Curry shows us his Port Douglas

16 I SHORTLIST These airport hotels take layovers to new levels

18 I HOW-TO Barbecue with the best

20 I IMBIBE

62-78 I DESTINATION OF THE MONTH The best of Perth and surrounds

81 I THE GREAT YONDER It’s camping, but not as you know it

86 I ALOHA ISLANDS Discover Hawaii’s lesser-known spots

Wine goes au naturel

94 I MORNINGTON MAD

22 I FOOD ICON

The Peninsula is becoming Victoria’s hippest destination

Tassie’s iconic scallop pie

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EXPLORE

101 I TIME FOR TAIPEI

25 I BITE-SIZE CITY GUIDE

Put Taiwan’s capital on your travel radar

Discover Hanoi, Vietnam’s historic capital

107 I HEADING NORTH

29 I BEAUTY ON THE FLY

NZ’s historic Northland

Nail the spring manicure

114 I WHERE REEF MEETS RAINFOREST

30 I SUITS YOU

The perfect break in TNQ

Modern rites of passage

32 I STYLE

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152 I BACKPAGE Tales from row 57

Get spring-racing ready

35 I SPRING MAKEOVER Great ideas to breathe new life into your home

43 I SPA & WELLNESS Take a dip into Osaka’s quirky Spa World

46 I RECIPE

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ESSENTIALS 128 I Jetstar news 136 I Where we fly

Spring into fresh vegetables with Maeve O’Meara

140 I Games and puzzles

48 I WORK & PLAY

guide

145 I Entertainment

The economic eco-warriors

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Peel Street, Adelaide

Something new

AROUND EVERY CORNER Weave your way through Adelaide’s winding laneways.

Down well-worn steps and between old stone facades you’ll find street art and street food, gigs and galleries.

With something new around every corner, you never know what you’ll trip over.

Find out more at southaustralia.com

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Welcome I GROUP CEO

The gift of travel EDITORIAL For all editorial enquiries, please email JetstarMedia@hardiegrant.com Account Director Tiffany Sayers Managing Editor, Jetstar Ingrid Nason Editor Justine Costigan Deputy Editor Krysia Bonkowski Subeditor Leanne Tolra and Diana Baxter Art Director Robert Bertagni Designer Natalie LaChina Picture Editor Janet Gomes

ADVERTISING Sales and Partnerships Director Lauren Casalini +61 3 8520 6710 or email laurencasalini@hardiegrant.com

HARDIE GRANT MEDIA Managing Director Nick Hardie-Grant

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ver my five years with Jetstar I’ve heard so many great travel stories.

I’ve heard from first-time travellers awed by the experience, young families thankful for the support, other families finally able to reunite, and adventure seekers collecting the most extraordinary life experiences. And of course, the small business owners growing with Jetstar.

But there’s one story that, for me, defines what Jetstar is all about. Back in 2012 we were welcoming our 100 millionth customer – the Wade family – who would make this milestone official when they boarded their Melbourne to Gold Coast flight.

To celebrate the occasion, we presented the Wades with a flight voucher that gave them free travel on the entire Jetstar network for the year, including accommodation.

As I spoke to the Wades about where they would like to go using the voucher, it dawned on me

just how special the year ahead would be for them. A young family, who had never had the opportunity to fly before, were going to be able to travel not just anywhere around Australia, but to Hawaii, Singapore, Tokyo, Phuket and Queenstown. It was a life-changing opportunity for all of them, and I was so proud to be part of this moment. Everyone at Jetstar looks forward to seeing what the clever and inquisitive Wade children do with their newfound curiosity about the world around them.

Giving people more opportunities to travel is at the core of what we do at Jetstar.

With over 24 million flights sold last year for under $100, we’ve helped make travel much more accessible for so many people.

We are committed to setting the standard for everyday low fares, fun travel and great value across our extensive network.

Thank you for choosing Jetstar and I wish you safe and happy travels.

Jayne Hrdlicka Jetstar Group CEO

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A proud moment

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we are fun foragers

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Head to Hanoi

Vietnam’s capital has many beautiful historic buildings including the famous Tran Quoc Pagoda on the shores of West Lake. Find out more about Hanoi on page 25.

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LIFE I STYLE I PEOPLE I PLACES I NEWS

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Experience I WHAT’S ON

Buy a ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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

The Devonport Food and Wine Festival 1-31 October Devonport, Tasmania

4-22 October Melbourne, Victoria

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Melbourne’s creative heart is exposed during this international multiarts festival, with 17 days of dance, ideas, theatre, visual arts, music and more. A highlight is Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, an epic performance of 240 years of American anthems over four spectacular six-hour shows. festival.melbourne/2017

Queenstown JazzFest 20-23 October Queenstown, New Zealand

Kakadu Bird Week

Beach Netball

The Valley Fiesta

With more than a third of Australia’s bird life found within its almost 20,000 square kilometres, Kakadu National Park is a haven for bird lovers.

Learn all about the park’s feathered denizens with seven days of birdwatching tours, and talks led by ornithologists and the park’s traditional owners. parksaustralia.gov.au/kakadu

It’s part netball, part beach volleyball, and all fun. Adapted half-courts will pop up on the sands of Wollongong’s North Beach for a friendly tournament of Beach Netball, which borrows rules from different sports to create a fast-paced, friendly game. beachnetball.com.au

Fortitude Valley, Brisbane’s party-hard suburb, outdoes itself with its annual street festival. Running for more than two decades, the free, all-ages community event shows off the area’s progressive, multicultural spirit with street food, markets and live music from top Aussie acts. valleyfiesta.com

1-7 October Kakadu, Northern Territory

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21-22 October Wollongong, New South Wales

27-28 October Brisbane, Queensland

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, JazzFest offers the chance to catch a wide variety of performances, from classic jazz to soul and funk, at events and concerts in and around Queenstown, Arrowtown, and the Central Otago wine region. queenstownjazzfest.co.nz

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Discover the wonderful produce and passionate producers of North-West Tasmania during a month of food and wine events, from paddock-to-plate dinners and farm tours to masterclasses with respected chefs. devonportfoodandwine.com.au

The Melbourne Festival

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Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 25-29 October Ubud, Bali

Attracting international artists, thinkers and writers, Ubud’s renowned literary festival offers five days of thought-provoking events and live performances. ubudwritersfestival.com

Artweek Auckland 7-15 October Auckland, New Zealand

Explore events, workshops, walking tours and art from more than 1000 artists in venues across the city. artweekauckland.co.nz

Sydney Beer Week 20-29 October Sydney, New South Wales

Attend beer and food-matching classes, tap-takeovers, ‘beergustations’, guided pub-crawls and more during Sydney’s greatest gathering of craft-beer connoisseurs. sydneybeerweek.com.au

Adelaide Film Festival

5-15 October Adelaide, South Australia This respected festival curates an exciting program of local and international films and documentaries. adelaidefilmfestival.org

It’s a great month to…

RAISE a stein and celebrate Oktoberfest in the Gardens as it returns to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney this month. oktoberfestinthe gardens.com.au

SIP a Coonawarra cabernet as the South Australian wine region celebrates its signature wine with a month of events. coonawarra.org

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FEAST at night markets, oneoff events and pop-up restaurants during Sydney’s delicious Good Food Month. goodfoodmonth. com/Sydney

Fremantle Festival 27 October to 5 November Fremantle, Western Australia

The port city presents a genre-spanning selection of events including High Tide, a sitespecific exhibition that’s the first incarnation of the inaugural Fremantle Biennale. fremantlefestival.com.au

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Experience I NEWS

INTERVIEW

Q&A with James Tobin INTERVIEW JUSTINE COSTIGAN

my perfect holiday involves eating and drinking all the local specialties, clocking up the kilometres either walking or riding and finding the spots where the locals hang.

I recently became the ambassador for Lord Howe Island and part of the attraction of Lord Howe is just how much there is to do there.

World-class fishing, scuba diving on the reef, incredible beaches, subtropical forests, hiking up Mount Gower, handfeeding fish on Ned’s Beach, or exploring the hidden pockets by bike.

Welcome

Dean Salter, CEO Jetstar Australia and New Zealand

Weekend Sunrise weather presenter James Tobin has reported from all over Australia and the Q: Have you reported world. We talked to him on the weather from any about life on the road. unusual places?

Q: What’s a typical work day for you?

As the weather presenter I’m effectively the Weekend Sunrise travelling gypsy, and I love it.

Every Friday I pack a bag and head off somewhere around Australia.

Q: When did the travel bug first bite?

For as long as I can remember I’ve always loved travelling.

Seeing somewhere different, having new experiences and meeting new people are all part of what makes travel so wonderful.

Q: What have been some of your favourite travel destinations?

Heading overseas is great, but as Australians I reckon we’ve got the best country in the world right here as our own back yard. The great privilege of my job is that I get to experience so much of it, and I hope that my travels encourage people to see more of this great country.

Q: Describe your perfect holiday.

Little stars

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I love exploring and packing it all in. I’m not very good at lying on a sunbed all day, every day. I’d rather be active.

Regardless of where I am,

The more unusual the better!

We proved weather presenters can talk underwater when I read the weather while scuba diving in a shark tank. We’ve done it skydiving, zip lining, and rally-car driving.

Q: Has it ever gone badly wrong?

I remember we did a weekend from Samoa. I was paddling a very small canoe with the newly crowned Miss Samoa sitting in front of me in a beautiful dress with full hair and make up, singing a national song. Just as they were about to cross live to us we had drifted a little too far so I gave one big pull on the paddle ... and in doing so put us off kilter and we both went in. On camera, her beautiful siren song turned into a gurgling sound, and we both came to the surface like drowned rats. I felt terrible for her, but at least the hosts found it hilarious, and she was a great sport about it.

Q: Where are you headed next?

No idea, but I’m looking forward to it!

Catch James on Weekend Sunrise, Channel 7.

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Thanks for choosing to fly with us today – it’s great to have you on board. We’re marking a special anniversary at Jetstar this year. Ten years ago we started our StarKids partnership with World Vision to give back to the destinations in our network. Thanks to your generosity, we’ve raised $9.3 million in the past decade, a life-changing result. Turn to page 132 to read about the difference our customers have made to more than 1.2 million people in 10 countries.

I encourage you to donate any small change you have on board today when our crew makes their way through the cabin with the StarKids envelope – every cent really counts toward making a world of difference to those in need.

Thank you for your support, enjoy your flight and see you again soon.

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Experience I NEWS

INDIGENOUS ART

CELLAR STYLE

Pouring pretty

Arty Adelaide

Tarnanthi, the Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, brings together the work of more than 1000 First Nations artists in one of the country’s biggest Indigenous arts events. Kicking off with a citywide festival from 13 to 22 October, Tarnanthi will take its place at the Art Gallery of South Australia as a major exhibition until 28 January 2018.

This has been a big year for the Australian cellar-door scene.

Notable openings have included CRFT Wines in the Adelaide Hills, Robert Oatley in Margaret River and the new-look Scotchmans Hill in Drysdale, Victoria. This month, Point Leo Estate in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula opens the doors to a state-of-the-art winery, sculpture garden and restaurant headed

by Phil Wood, and Barossa winery Elderton Wines unveils the new incarnation of the historic family homestead, with private tasting and dining rooms, a heli pad and pool. Before the end of the year the revamp of the iconic Mitchelton Wines in Victoria’s Nagambie will be complete – including a 60-room boutique hotel – and the hotly anticipated d’Arenberg Cube in Willunga, South Australia, will start welcoming summer sippers.

The d’Arenberg Cube.

INSET: Point Leo Estate vines.

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PHOTO EARTH AND SKY, YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS, APY MEDIA, JOHN MONTESI, ISTOCKPHOTO.COM

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ASTRO TOURISM

Stars in our eyes

Most travellers get out and about while the sun shines. But for a growing number, the fun starts when the sun sets.

The centre of Australia might be famous for a big red rock, but the stars above are worthy of the journey alone.

Celebrate the nightly spectacle during the Uluru Astronomy Weekend at Ayers Rock Resort (20-22 October). To soak up one of only 11 International Dark Sky Reserves, and the world’s largest, head to the South Island, New Zealand. Observe the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve from the Mt John Observatory (pictured) with astronomy experts on a tour with Earth & Sky. Or stargaze from the comfort of a hot spring with Tekapo Star Gazing. On the North Island, Great Barrier Island has recently been named one of only three International Dark Sky Sanctuaries in the world, and the isle is gearing up to start welcoming stargazers.

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Mt John Observatory

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Experience I NEWS

Purr-fect WE’RE LOVING THREE OF A KIND

Cat crazy We’re having kittens over these cat-tastic finds

Cool cat

Customised kitty

Are allergies or rental agreements holding you back from the dream of cat companionship? DIY feline with these building-block sculptures from Hong Kong brand JEKCA. From the Tuxedo Cat with its fetching white bib to the marmalade tabby, it’s all the cute without the fur and kitty litter. jekca.com

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Travel inspo The romance of travel starts with your passport with these personalised covers from UK brand Luna Studio Designs. Include a quote from your favourite writer or a special message for a friend. In a range of bright colours (so they’re easy to spot), why not up the style-stakes on your next overseas jaunt?

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WANT IT NOW

Find wanderlust between the pages Homecamp by Doron and Stephanie Francis will inspire your next adventure. $59.99, hardiegrant.com

NEW OPENINGS

Feline issues

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With hard-hitting articles such as ‘What’s your licking style?’ and ‘Fifty Shades of Stray’, Sydney mag Pussweek speaks to the cat around town.

Issue #5 will feature the results of a nationwide search for the next cat top model. Send your human slave out for a copy, stat. pussweekmag.com

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KIWI KIPS

Auckland’s accommodation options are undergoing a renaissance. This month, the city welcomes both the M Social Auckland, overlooking Princes Wharf, and AVANI Metropolis Auckland Residences across from Albert Park. The refurbished 1920s Hotel Grand Windsor (pictured) also joins the MGallery by Sofitel collection to bring five-star luxury to the City of Sails.

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It’s common knowledge that cats own the internet, but few are quite as cool as Maro – the most chilled cat on Instagram. “He is a calm cat,” says Maro’s owner Rie Matsui “When I dress him up, he stays still.”

Good luck trying this on your own moggy. Follow Maro @rinne172.

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Experience I MY PLACE

storm MELBOURNE-BORN ACTOR STEPHEN CURRY ESCAPES TO TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND’S PORT DOUGLAS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE WORDS CHRISTINE RETSCHLAG

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ussie audiences first fell in love with larrikin Stephen Curry in The Castle, but these days it’s not Bonnie Doon where he likes to holiday, but Port Douglas.

Stephen’s introduction to Tropical North Queensland was as colourful as the destination itself.

He first visited Port Douglas in 1998 as a member of the travelling genital origami troupe

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You can get your almond milk iced latte there if you’re feeling a tad hipster Puppetry of The Penis.

The actor and his colleagues performed the show in the IronBar and Stephen says he “instantly fell in love” with the town, its people and its

“glorious” surrounds.

These days he makes an annual pilgrimage with his family to Port, as ambassador of the worldrenowned Port Shorts Film Festival, held every October (27-28 this year).

Stephen’s favourite Port ritual is kicking off his Melbourne “blacks” and “chucking on some boardies, sunnies and flip flops”. And these are his top spots when he’s in town. portshorts.com

FISHING PORT DOUGLAS

44 Wharf Street (The Reef Marina) fishingportdouglas.com.au I get on board the Dragon Lady and head to their secret place on the reef. Once lines are set, the coral trout, nannygai and countless other species I can’t spell properly don’t stand a chance, just as long as you get them into the boat before the bronze whalers have a nibble.

The crew are the best in the biz.

SALSA BAR & GRILL

26 Wharf Street salsaportdouglas.com.au There’s no better place in the world to sip an espresso martini before smashing into

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Experience I MY PLACE

some pulled pork poppers and a ridiculous crab linguini on the way to officially qualifying the experience as a long, lazy lunch.

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HEMINGWAY’S BREWERY

44 Wharf Street (The Reef Marina) hemingwaysbrewery.com I love to shop at Hemingway’s Brewery. There are so many labels on offer. From local designers to international names, I’ve been known to splurge on a Hemingway’s IPA, before investing in a couple of imported pilsners. I always try them on and if they fit, I buy a couple, just to make sure I’ve got the right ones for me.

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CHOO CHOO’S @ ST CRISPINS

9 St Crispins Avenue choochoosatstcrispins. com.au You can get your almond milk iced latte here if you’re feeling a tad hipster in your pink shorts and ironic sunglasses. But I’m stinging for a huevos rancheros for breakfast, with Mexican fried beans, chorizo, cheese, poached eggs and ciabatta.

CAPE TRIBULATION

Cape Tribulation Road If we want to escape, it’s a mere doddle from Port and the only place in the world where two World Heritage

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TOP TO BOTTOM: Niramaya, Salsa Bar & Grill, Cape Tribulation, Fishing Port Douglas.

sites meet and make out passionately. The Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef are total and utter Oz bucket-list items.

Heaven.

FOUR MILE BEACH

5 Esplanade Our two young boys just cannot get enough of it.

It’s close to the heart of Port Douglas town and there’s a patrolled, super-safe and stunningly beautiful swimming area. A day goes by in the blink of an eye. The only problem?

Convincing those little rugrats (and my wife) that it’s time to leave.

STEPHEN’S BEST STAYS Niramaya is great “for the tropical paradise villa experience”. 1 Bale Drive. niramaya.com.au Head to QT “for the perfect tropical hotel experience”.

87-109 Port Douglas Road. qthotelsandresorts.com/ port-douglas/ And Casa Blanca “for a beautiful homestead stay”. tropicalhouse.com.au

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These five hotels offer a great excuse to crash at the airport the night before your next big trip

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1. PARKROYAL MELBOURNE AIRPORT

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parkroyalhotels.com Aviation geeks will love the runway-facing rooms at this upscale hotel, minus the noise come snooze time. There’s terrific food (the pancake maker at breakfast is a hit), friendly staff, a lap pool and gym – all a mere stroll from the terminal.

Got a few hours between flights? Book a lounge and swim package. Or take to the skies with the simulator package offered in conjunction with a nearby pilot-training facility.

2. CROWNE PLAZA CHANGI AIRPORT

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ihg.com/crowneplaza A striking façade and lobby sets the ‘world’s best airport hotel’ (Skytrax World Airport Awards 2017) apart from the get-go. Recently doubled in size, the Singaporean hotel melds functionality with holiday fun.

There’s local art, a fabulous

pool, in-room yoga on the TV, soundproofed windows, jet lag spa treatments and direct access to Changi’s departure hall.

3. PULLMAN SYDNEY AIRPORT pullmansydneyairport.com.au This five-star hotel – a short walk from the domestic terminal (shuttle available to both terminals) – raises the bar at Sydney Airport. There are human-size animal sculptures, runway-style carpets, and sleek rooms with doubleglazed windows and all the mod cons. An executive lounge eases transit fatigue, while a contemporary grill offers an excellent wine list and creative cocktails. Flight delayed? Pffft, who cares?

4. NOVOTEL CITYGATE HONG KONG novotelcitygate.com A free shuttle deposits weary travellers at this hotel within

minutes of leaving the airport.

There’s direct access to the Citygate Outlet and Tung Chung MTR Station (30 minutes to the city centre; 15 to Hong Kong Disneyland). Nearby is the Ngong Ping cable car and charming Tai O Fishing Village.

Bright and airy rooms offer sea, airport or mountain views, along with several restaurants, an outdoor pool, an executive lounge and 24-hour gym.

5. LA COSTA MOTEL lacostamotel.com.au This super-cute, retro motel is across the road from the Gold Coast Airport and 100 metres from Bilinga Beach. The ’50s weatherboard motel has had a complete makeover, but retained its vintage features and playfulness. There’s #instaworthy vintage bikes (gratis), striped deckchairs and free airport transfers, so you can be off the plane and on the beach in 10 minutes tops.

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Barbecue Aussie -style Navigate the most sacred Australian ritual with these handy tips WORDS PETER BARRETT

1. Keeper of the tongs Also known as the Tongmaster, this role falls to the host, who must wield his* sacred implement one-handed while holding a beer with the other. The Keeper may bestow the tongs on another only in extreme circumstances, including death, unconsciousness, both arms falling off or an urgent toilet break.

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2. BYO (Bring Your Own) As a guest you will be required to bring something, even if only as a token offering.

Alcohol, salad, frisbee, footy, deckchairs or meats are all acceptable.

Note, however, all prime cuts are reserved for the Tongmaster and his or her band of merry disciples (i.e. other men standing around watching).

3. Hipster barbecues A relatively new phenomenon, hipster barbecues can be identified by any of the following: brisket, smoking (meat, not cigarettes) and pulledpork sliders. In most cases guests are expected to eat beforehand due to the ‘low and slow’ 12-hour cooking process. This invariably results in lunch being ready at about 3am the next morning.

4. Vegetarianism Less controversial in today’s enlightened age, vegetarians (AKA ‘veggos’) are still advised to observe certain behaviours to

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ustralian barbecues have come a long way since the 1980s. I still remember the pile of bricks my bearded, pipe-smoking dad used to set up at the end of the garden. His art was to apply so much heat to the snags that they audibly snapped in your fingers.

TV cooking shows, better health awareness and up-sized barbecue designs have changed the scene in many ways. But one challenge remains: navigating the complex social dance that goes on around the backyard barbie.

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The Keeper of the tongs

The Keeper may bestow the tongs on another ensure smooth social lubrication. First, allow the Tongmaster to feign bafflement at how to cook your tofu/eggplant/ tempeh patty (they know well enough). Second, be prepared to feign laughter at ‘veggo’ jokes (Q: How do you know if someone’s a vegan? A: Don’t worry, they’ll tell you!)

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5. Children While children are common at most Australian barbecues, interaction with adults is usually restricted to losing at backyard cricket and at ‘diving comps’ in the pool. Disciplining the children of others is encouraged, except in the case where the mother is a character played by the actress Melissa George.**

6. Cleaning A job left entirely to the host/Keeper of the tongs, this involves leaving the barbecue on “to burn the bits off for a while” and results in the gas bottle running out because they forgot to turn it off. * While Keepers are often men, Tongmistresses are on the rise. ** See The Slap series based on the Christos Tsiolkas novel.

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Vine to bottle

Natural selection

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NATURAL WINE HAS TAKEN OVER DRINKS MENUS AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS. BUT, JUST BECAUSE IT’S TRENDING DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NEW – OR THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT WORDS SOFIA LEVIN

FOR WINE to end up in your glass two things must happen: grapes need to be grown and then those grapes have to be made into wine.

‘Natural wine’ is a loose term at best – not all organic and biodynamic wines are natural, and it’s conceivable to use natural winemaking processes on conventional grapes.

According to Aaron Fenwick, co-owner of The Summertown Aristologist natural wine bar in the Adelaide Hills, everyone’s definition differs slightly.

“It hasn’t been legally defined, but I think natural wines are made from grapes that have been grown organically or biodynamically and are made with no additions or subtractions,” he

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go au naturel next time you wine and dine says. A small amount of sulphur is also generally acceptable.

After discovering that natural wines pair wonderfully with food, sommeliers began adding them to wine lists. A trickle-down effect followed, but natural wine is nothing new. “There are people in Georgia who have been making it for 8000 years,” Aaron says.

Lou Chalmer, who owns Clever Polly’s in Melbourne and makes natural wine, points out that chemicals and largescale processes have only

dominated winemaking since the Industrial Revolution. Now a new generation of winemakers is moving away from mass production and reconnecting with the land. “It’s also been really interesting over the past few years to see how some of the older winemakers are getting on board,” Lou says.

Lou and Aaron believe that natural wine’s popularity has been propelled by people becoming more conscious of what they put in their bodies. In Australia, it’s very much in its infancy, so whether you care for the environment or are avoiding chemicals and – apparently – a hangover, go au naturel next time you wine and dine.

Smallfry El Grande A structured, powerful shiraz with a fresh lift from some of the Barossa Valley’s oldest vines.

Mantra Chardonnay An old-school chardonnay with an opulent texture and acid backbone made by Brad Wehr in Margaret River.

Ekleipsis Underwater Rose This wine from Waipara, NZ, is fermented underwater, creating bright, fruit flavours that explode on the palate.

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Australia may be universally known for its meat pie, but Tasmania can boast an iconic pastry of its own WORDS MICHELLE CRAWFORD

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nce a cheap meal for hungry fishermen, the scallop pie is a bundle of buttery pastry filled with Tassie scallops in a creamy sauce with just enough curry to tickle your tongue.

To the uninitiated, it might sound like a oneway ticket to Wrongtown.

But like many iconic foods with a sense of

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place, you need a side order of history to truly understand the merits of the scallop pie.

When the English arrived in the 1800s, Tasmania’s pristine waters were teeming with scallops. So abundant were the little molluscs that by the early 20th century they were sold for a shilling a bucket. Even jam tycoon Henry Jones of IXL fame had a profitable

they’re like a big Tasmanian hug for your insides

sideline exporting canned scallops. By the 1920s, the Hobart waterfront was bustling with not only fishing boats, but commodities such as apples and timber were also loaded onto ships and sailed up to Sydney for export.

Meanwhile, a few miles south of Hobart, young British immigrant Joseph Keen was developing a special blend of curry

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Try it here Available around the state, scallop pies are best eaten outdoors in the brisk Tasmanian air to appreciate their heart-warming flavour.

SMITHS SPECIALTY PIES Saturdays at Salamanca Place, Hobart, and at 13 Maxwells Road, Cambridge A third-generation familyrun business, Smith’s has sold scallop pies using founder Shirley Smith’s recipe for 30 years; look for the caravan with the queue at the Salamanca Markets. smithsspecialtypies.com.au

Fishing boats bob in Hobart’s harbour. TOP RIGHT: Scallop pies from Smiths Specialty Pies.

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A taste of Tassie

powder. Now famously known as Keen’s Curry, 100 years later it’s still available in its little orange tin.

After Joseph passed away, son-in-law Horace took over and daringly transformed a steep parcel of land on the foothills of Hobart’s Mount Wellington into a massive advertising sign.

With large stones painted white, Horace formed

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the words ‘Keen’s Curry’ in 15-metre high letters.

Still there today, it’s not quite the Hollywood sign, but a much-loved Hobart icon that’s listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register.

Starting to get the picture? Plentiful scallops on the waterfront, a massive sign advertising locally made curry powder overlooking the city, and hundreds of apple-cheeked fishermen and wharfies in woolly jumpers needing to be fed. It was only a matter of time before the three of them got together to create a culinary icon.

Legend has it that local fishermen would cook their daily catch of scallops in cast-iron pots over fires right on the waterfront using a pinch of Keen’s Curry Powder. It was only a short culinary leap to stuff them into pastry so fishermen could eat with one hand and hoist the

mainsail with the other.

Purists will argue the finer points of a true scallop pie, but some basic rules apply; a minimum of four scallops, the roe must be left on, and Keen’s Curry Powder should be used, but not overpower the meaty scallop flavour.

Like all good pies, ultimately it’s only as good as the pastry: flaky, yet sturdy, and not too rich.

Hopefully we won’t be seeing scallop pies in finedining establishments anytime soon, and they’ll remain working-class fare that’s a reminder of Hobart’s colourful maritime history. This is why to truly appreciate a scallop pie, they’re best eaten at the source: outside on a chilly Tassie morning near the waterfront. They’re rich, they’re creamy and with the lingering warmth of curry powder, they’re like a big Tasmanian hug for your insides.

JACKMAN & MCROSS BAKERY/CAFE 57-59 Hampden Road, Battery Point, Hobart This scallop pie is about as posh as it gets, with an upmarket version featuring wakame seaweed.

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ST HELENS BAKERY 8 Cecilia Street, St Helens East Coast daytrippers are lured to this picturesque seaside village to scoff these much-loved scallop pies from St Helens Bakery.

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Come to Vietnam’s elegant capital in the heart of the River Red Delta for its tree-lined boulevards and historic villas, and stay for the cultural discoveries and excellent food WORDS NATASHA DRAGUN

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Tran Quoc Pagoda on Hanoi’s West Lake, caphe trung da from Café Pho Co, Hanoi Design Center, on Sophie’s Art Tour.

Ho Chi Minh City

BREAKFAST

MID-MORNING

While many visit Café Pho Co after dark to watch the lights sparkle around Hoan Kiem Lake, it’s just as popular in the morning for its heart-starting brews. The Old Quarter space is no frills, but it has an addictively buzzy atmosphere, stellar views and excellent caphe trung da, coffee with a smooth beaten egg yolk on top.

11 Hang Gai, Hoan Kiem

For a glimpse into Vietnam’s fascinating history through art, join Sophie’s Art Tour.

You’ll visit private collections, museums and contemporary art spaces, from the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts to Manzi, a gallery-café showcasing modern paintings and photography in a restored French villa. sophiesarttour.com

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A series of food stalls in a colonial villa, Quan An Ngon is like Vietnam on a plate. Get a taste for the country’s diverse street food – from northern specialty pho ga (chickennoodle soup) to sweet southern favourite che ba ba (taro and cassava in coconut milk) – from the comfort of a restaurant.

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AFTER LUNCH Hanoi Design Center is part gallery, part shop and part education facility. The fourstorey space is dedicated to high-quality arts and crafts, with an emphasis on sustainability and fair trade. Watch artists at work, then pick up a souvenir. hanoidesigncenter.com

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MID-AFTERNOON On the north shore of West Lake you’ll find the Hanoi Bicycle Collective, a bike shop-cumcreative space where you can watch live performances, browse a gallery, grab a cocktail and rent a bicycle. For now, do the latter, and explore the banks of Hanoi’s largest body of fresh water, where pagodas sit alongside open-air food stalls and bijou boutiques. thbc.vn

CLOCKWISE: The courtyard in Green Tangerine, a cocktail from Tadioto, the Apricot Hotel lounge, exploring with the Hanoi Bicycle Collective.

DINNER

COCKTAILS

In the Old Quarter, Green Tangerine transports you to 1950s Indochina. Set in a French-colonial villa, replete with vine-laced courtyard, the restaurant serves inventive fare that unites French and Vietnamese flavours. The menu changes regularly but might include religieuse buns stuffed with local seafood or pumpkinand-coriander crème brûlée. greentangerinehanoi.com

An assemblage of owner Nguyen Qui Duc’s favourite things – from art and literature to music and wine – Tadioto has character to spare. Dimly lit, the intimate lounge is decorated with Duc’s personal collection of furniture and whimsical objects.

There’s experimental music most evenings, but the venue also hosts exhibitions, readings and cultural collaborations.

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Top tips for a stunning manicure LADIES IN RED Red, pink and coral are ideal spring shades that suit any skin tone. They’re classic and can be as bold or as subtle as you like. For a softer look, choose whisper-soft pinks and more coral-reds. Ready for a bold, fun party look?

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Massaging coconut oil into the nail and nail bed each night before bed will keep the skin hydrated, the nail bed strong and reduce chances of broken nails and torn skin.

FROM THE INSIDE OUT Check that your diet is well balanced. If your body is lacking in vitamins, it will direct nutrients to your vital organs before your nails and hair, which might cause weakness in your nails.

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Rites of passage Not convinced you’re really an adult yet?

Tick off these important milestones to be sure WORDS PETER BARRETT

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First, there’s the young man’s road trip. Involving cars, mates, vast distances and at least one dummyspit, this rite of passage is all about the feeling you get as you look, with high school dissolving behind you, into the dazzling but opaque eye of possibility.

It’s the feeling of freedom.

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Mother and daughter design duo Lynda Partridge (left) and Hannah Mirbach (right) own HART by Partridge Design in Auckland. partridgedesign.co.nz

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SYDNEY STYLIST Jason Grant’s third book overflows with beautiful homes where the old and new coexist seamlessly.

How do you categorise ‘Modern retro’?

“It’s basically the link between all the homes that we shot. I’ve always enjoyed mixing old and new, and a lot of contemporary homes in Australia mix modern and retro; it has kind of become a bit of an Australian style.”

What are your tips for sourcing retro?

“I’m a really big fan of garage sales, op shops, vintage stores, markets, auctions – sometimes it’s just a case of digging deep and finding that ‘thing’. Vintage does get expensive, but (I love) the treasure hunting and those lucky finds. I enjoy that thrill of the chase.”

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When in Rome

AROUND THE WORLD IN A SPA

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any things about international travel can be confronting: foreign languages, unfamiliar traditions and new customs, to name a few.

At SpaWorld I experienced all of these with one added, awkward factor – I was naked.

SpaWorld, in Osaka, Japan, is a collection of sento (communal baths) designed to mimic famous locations around the world. Split into two levels, one Asian and one European, genders rotate between the two ‘continents’ each month – women experience the Asian baths while the males enjoy a European experience, then vice versa.

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Situated within a larger hotel, SpaWorld is in an uninspiring high-rise in downtown Osaka. Though the clerk at the entrance helpfully highlights the correct floor, I’m still worried.

As someone who can’t speak or read Japanese, my greatest fear is that I’ll somehow stumble into the wrong set of sento and find myself surrounded by hordes of naked, bathing men.

Nevertheless, I know I’ve found the right floor, where I’ll be experiencing the European zone, when I see fellow females. I’ve passed the first hurdle.

I find myself upstairs in a large, carpeted locker room. I strip down to my bikini, but I’m unsure where to go next. There’s

It’s unclear when exactly I’m supposed to de-clothe

an attendant but she’s, unsurprisingly, fully clothed. It’s unclear when exactly I’m supposed to de-clothe. There doesn’t appear to be any baths in sight, only a long, deserted hallway that may or may not lead to the spa section of SpaWorld.

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When my bikini is finally stored and I’m submerged in a sento, I begin to appreciate the grandiose aspirations of SpaWorld. Each bath is modelled around famous European locations – past, present and even fictional.

While the ancient Rome and Atlantis rooms are little more than a large bath with a faux-marble fountain, the Finnish and Greek sections more than live up to their names, complete with salt saunas, wooden bathtubs and a blue grotto.

Whether it’s the total lack of attention I’ve received from fellow bathers, or the relaxing hot water, I’m soon hopping from one country to another, with no concern about being sans-clothes. By the end of the day, I’ve even left behind my modesty towel. It’s what the locals

Each bath is modelled around famous European locations – past, present and even fictional are doing, and, as they say, “when in Rome” (in this case, almost literally).

SpaWorld isn’t as relaxing as traditional onsen and its décor is definitely kitsch rather than classic, but it’s certainly an eye-opening experience for a foreign visitor and a fun way to join in Japanese customs without hordes of other tourists. Though initially the thought of baring all seemed daunting, after seeing local women (and a few other daring foreigners) enjoy communal bathing like

any other social outing, I did start to wonder if perhaps it’s time for Westerners to become a bit more relaxed and give communal bathing a go too.

SpaWorld is at 3-4, 24 Ebisu-higashi Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. spaworld.co.jp/english

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flash through my mind – for many Japanese, communal bathing is an important part of daily life with many traditions and rules. While I know that one must bathe naked, I also don’t want to accidentally stumble naked into a room of fully clothed locals. Trying for a compromise, I decide to locate the spas with my bikini on, with the intention of leaving them next to the first spa.

Wrong. Almost immediately after I’ve discarded my bikini and start to enter the water, a clearly frustrated attendant gestures furiously that I have to return all my belongings to my locker before I can start bathing. My attempt at modesty has meant not one, but two long walks in my birthday suit, with the added bonus of now being distinctly soggy.

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alking with Maeve O’Meara is enough to make you hungry. The respected food presenter and author bubbles with enthusiasm when discussing culinary finds – from complex dishes at rarified fine-dining establishments to family recipes discovered in suburban backyards.

“I’m just so blessed to have access to some of the top chefs of Australia, and some really inspiring home cooks as well – each day is an absolute joy,” Maeve says.

At the helm of the longrunning Food Safari TV series, Maeve has shone a light on the diversity of Australia’s food culture.

Coming from a journalism background, she was inspired to move into food while working on currentaffair show Dateline and encountering a more multicultural side of the country. “To find this extraordinary food culture – where people all came from so many different backgrounds – that was the lightbulb moment,” Maeve says.

“I grew up on good, plain food ... I’d always wanted to be part of a more delicious, exotic world.

We would be such a boring food country without the wealth of food knowledge that’s come to our shores.”

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I’m just glad it makes interesting television This month, Maeve returns with Food Safari Earth, focusing on vegetables, fruits, herbs, grains, pulses and flowers. The 13-part series unveils the huge versatility of food from the earth, exploring how high-profile chefs are redefining the limits of vegetarian cooking, and how other cultures have been doing it for generations.

Throughout the series, Maeve meets pros such as Peter Gilmore, Danielle Alvarez and Andrew McConnell, and is welcomed into home gardens and kitchens around the country.

“It’s that insider knowledge that I just have so much respect for,” Maeve says.

“It’s such a rich world for me to be swimming amongst ... I’m just glad it makes interesting television because I’d probably be doing this anyway!”

Find Food Safari Earth on SBS at 8.00pm on Thursdays from 12 October.

Stefano Manfredi’s La vignarola SERVES: 6-8 as a first course PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes COOKING TIME: 30 minutes METHOD • Trim the artichokes, then thinly slice lengthways, placing the slices into a large bowl of water that’s had the juice of the lemon squeezed into it.

The acidulated water prevents the artichokes from browning.

• Shell the peas and double pod the broad beans. Cut the lettuce into thin wedges from top to bottom.

• Heat the olive oil in a medium frying pan over low heat.

Lightly fry the spring onion, garlic and chilli until softened.

Drain the artichokes well, then add them to the pan, along with the broad beans and peas, and add enough water to just cover. Once the water comes to the boil, add a couple of good pinches of salt and the green beans.

Boil for another 6-8 minutes.

Add the asparagus, chard and lettuce wedges. Stir well and simmer for 15 minutes or until the lettuce is tender. If the water has evaporated too much, add a little more. There should be 2-3 tablespoons of flavoursome juice when finished. It shouldn’t be watery.

• Check the seasoning, adding some pepper. Transfer to a

INGREDIENTS • 4 small spring artichokes before choke has formed, outer leaves removed • 1 lemon • 200g unshelled fresh peas • 300g un-podded broad beans • 1 baby gem lettuce, outer leaves trimmed • 125ml (½ cup) extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve • 3 spring onions, thinly sliced • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped • 2 green chillies, or to taste, seeded and finely chopped • 100g green beans, trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces • 4 asparagus spears, woody ends trimmed and cut into 3 cm pieces • 4-6 chard leaves, stems thinly sliced and leaves cut in thin strips • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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t a time when some nations are sending confusing messages about climate change and the environment, some small businesses are bypassing politics and quietly getting on with the job of saving the planet.

These profit-making operations are putting positive environmental outcomes at the heart of their business model, which means success is measured in common sense as well as dollars and cents. Here are three of Australia’s best.

Reground Ever wondered what happens to all those spent coffee grounds left over from your daily latte, flat white or long black?

Ninna Larsen has. Born and raised in Denmark, where families are used to separating household rubbish into no less than eight different recycling bins, she founded her company in late 2014.

Reground collects used coffee grounds from cafés throughout Melbourne and diverts them away from landfill so they can be used for growing food. With a tertiary

Your coffee grounds at work Ninna Larsen returning coffee grounds to a community garden. INSET: Coffee grounds.

success is measured in common sense as well as dollars background in design, culture and economics, Ninna first had the idea while working in a café in Brunswick East. “I was throwing all these coffee grounds in the general waste bin and, going back to my roots of separating waste, I saw an opportunity.” It turns out coffee grounds are high in nitrogen and potassium, chemical elements that make them excellent in gardens, worm farms and

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for growing mushrooms.

Today, Ninna’s business employs four people and diverts 2.4 tonnes of coffee grounds from landfill each week. She firmly believes everyone, including businesses, has a responsibility to care for the planet. “Because the planet is what gives us our home, it’s where we live. If (you) treat it like rubbish then you’re not doing your job as a business or an individual.”

Natural Evolution Foods Seven years ago, Queensland banana growers Krista and Robert Watkins were throwing out five tonnes of bananas each week. These were the rejects: bananas deemed too straight, the wrong size or the wrong look by the big supermarkets.

Then everything changed. Krista recalls Robert coming home excited one day after accidentally backing over a bunch of green bananas in his forklift.

He said they tasted

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Krista and Robert Watkins with their family.

INSET: A raspberry cake made with Natural Evolution banana flour.

TOP RIGHT: Graham Ross running on the Great Wall of China.

like flour. “I thought he had absolutely lost his mind,” Krista says, laughing. Fastforward to today and pioneering company Natural Evolution Foods is producing a tonne of banana flour a day at its environmentally award-winning plant in Walkamin, 1.5 hours west of Cairns. Rich in nutrients, vitamins and fibre but, importantly, low in gluten, the flour is popular with bakers and is also used to make health and beauty products. Since starting

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the business, the couple has given up growing bananas themselves but estimate they have saved 900 tonnes of fruit from landfill last year alone.

“It’s just been an epic journey of accidentally driving over a banana to dust and going ahead and forging a health food company. It’s been incredible.”

Graham Ross had the idea for his sustainable sportswear brand after running his first marathon on the Great Wall Of China in 2010. The former TV producer and his friend, co-founder Matthew Ashcroft, noticed that the promotional T-shirts given to competitors were ill-fitting and uncomfortable. He set about researching the impact of discarded clothes on the planet and realised there was an opportunity in

the environmentallyfriendly, activewear market. But a suitable material didn’t exist.

They spent the following years researching fabric laboratories and factories around the world until they came up with ECOLITE®, a biodegradable blend of 100 per cent plant-based products that they claim use only one per cent of the water it takes to make a cotton T-shirt.

Since launching online last December, Kusaga has developed a range of other activewear, including a degradable polyester running shirt.

“At the end of the day I didn’t start this company to sell T-shirts, I actually started it to make a difference,” Graham says. “T-shirts are just part of the journey.” In fact, Graham hopes his Sydney-based company will one day resemble environmentally-friendly outdoor company Patagonia. “I’d like us to be the future textile company, so we’re ethically, sustainably and environmentally conscious and active.”

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On Yolngu time (left to right) Before school each morning, the kids of Nyinyikay gravitate to the beach.

The dramatic cliffs of Lonely Beach near the Bawaka homeland.

Megan sits with her grandson after an afternoon spent weaving and chatting.

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Life on the land Randy, a Yolngu guide with Lirrwi Tourism, spears fish for lunch near camp at Bawaka.

RIGHT: Henry strides across the Nyinyikay homeland to greet the visitors over breakfast.

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Red earth (left to right) A weaver at Nyinyikay prepares pandanus leaves used for crafting colourful baskets and mats.

A red dirt road leads into the remote and beautiful Nyinyikay homelands.

To prepare the pandanus for weaving, the leaves are boiled with natural dyes made from tree roots.

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Self discovery On her return from living abroad, Millie Brown discovered an ancient side to her own country WORDS KRYSIA BONKOWSKI

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Darwin Arnhem Land

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especially intrigued by remote Arnhem Land, so she was thrilled when the Yolngu people offered her the chance to visit.

Spending a week living in the Nyinyikay and Bawaka homelands, she discovered a vibrant and open community.

“On the homelands the Yolngu live their traditional lives. They live connected to their ancestral country, with their families, their sacred sites, their stories, their ceremonies – with everything that is of utmost importance to them,” she says.

“They are warm, joyful, welcoming and so proud to share their home, stories and culture with visitors.”

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Against the striking backdrop of the Top End, Millie’s portraits captured the peaceful rhythms of “Yolngu time”.

“On their country you are not being dictated to by the hands of a clock.

Life is slower, which I found wonderful.”

The Yolngu people were among the first to make a stand for Aboriginal land rights, presenting the famous Yirrkala bark petitions, written in both Yolngu Matha and English, to Federal Parliament in 1963.

Today, the title rights they fought for allow them to act as custodians of one of the oldest living cultures in the world, stretching back at least 65,000 years.

Millie Brown has been sent out on the road for a host of high-profile travel magazines. She is currently a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize for her portrait of Yolngu boy Peter, titled A moment. milliebrown.com.au

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ustralian-born Millie Brown first found her passion for travel photography while living in Europe, inspired by the culture and street life. “I knew early on in my studies that I wanted a career in travel photography, and I’ve never wavered from that,” she says. “Travel is and always has been a huge part of my life, and it’s a privilege to be able to travel with my camera and photograph what I love: people, life and places.”

On returning to Australia, Millie set out to learn more about the place of her birth. “I wanted to discover my own country, to learn more about its ancient history and its First Peoples,” she says.

Over several trips to the Northern Territory, Millie had been struck by its individuality. “The Top End of Australia is unique; there is a vibe about it that is so very different from the southern states of Australia. The locals all seem larger than life, the outback is mystical, huge, and spectacular – it’s like nothing else I have ever experienced,” she says.

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There are changes afoot in the capital of the West WORDS FLEUR BAINGER

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Small bar Halford, Elizabeth Quay, cocktails at Ku De Ta, Aloft Perth, duck from Ku De Ta, King Street.

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Andy Freeman’s The Flour Factory.

BELOW: Street art

by Andrew Hem in Chinatown. INSET: Crown Towers.

“Perth is on the up again now,” says Andy Freeman, owner of a trio of Perth’s coolest bars. His newest, a tequila haven named Caballitos, opened in August, signalling his belief that the good times will continue to roll in WA. “At my end of town, there’s a lot happening.

There’s the Raine Square shopping hub, then Yagan Square should come on line in February, there’s the new King Square precinct. Where we’re sitting on Queen Street, we’re in the nucleus of what’s hopefully a new bubble.”

Having nailed gin at The Flour Factory and perfected American whiskey at Varnish on King, Andy wants to do something different at Caballitos, and not just with its 200-strong line-up of tequila and mezcal styles. “There’s

a lot of swizzling and stirring, and waxed moustaches and vests already,” he says. “We’re just trying to bring some fun back. You’ll be able to have a dance and a cocktail with a five-star experience in a classy and safe environment,

and naturally tequila is the fuel required to create that festive energy.”

Build it and they will come If the words ‘biggest chocolate fountain in the Southern Hemisphere’ don’t rouse your curiosity, maybe ‘Australia’s most

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owering cranes spike the skyline.

Lairy witches’ hats dot the streets.

The sounds of heavy machinery sting the air.

Perth’s extreme makeover continues at pace in the Wild West, with the capital switching from dull urban wilderness to thriving metropolitan core in just a handful of years. Cue cheers and applause.

Now enjoying a flashy new waterfront called Elizabeth Quay, a game-changing restored heritage precinct christened Cathedral Square, and a revitalised, street-art sprayed Chinatown, Perth’s key redevelopments are starting to gear up on the northern side of the CBD. New pedestrian zones, shiny shopping laneways and earthy market squares will soon cover the spaces unlocked by sinking Perth’s central train lines and relocating its major bus station underground.

Even several tumbles in the all-important iron ore price since March this year – a barometer that affects WA’s psyche as much as its purse – have barely swayed progress.

While the stream of small bar and restaurant openings has slowed, and retail, like everywhere, is in the doldrums, the city’s big-picture evolution is steaming ahead.

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Very few cities combine nature and nightlife quite like Perth. After a day spent picnicking in Kings Park, lazing on the beach or sailing up the Swan River towards Elizabeth Quay, you can ease into the evening in one of Perth’s hundreds of new pubs, bars,

alfresco eateries and fine-dining restaurants.

Then, when it’s time to call it a night, there are plenty of hip new hotels to make you feel at home away from home. Find great offers at westernaustralia.com/PerthDeals

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expensive hotel build’ will. Perth’s Crown Towers doesn’t do things by halves, from its lagoon pool constantly set to 30 degrees celsius to its arresting, three-tonne lobby chandeliers. But even it will get a boost when the neighbouring Perth Stadium – WA’s new home of the AFL – opens with an Ed Sheeran concert in March next year. The 60,000-seat arena, with a glowing halo roof, is designed to give fans unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to players and coaches (for a fee, of course).

It’s part of a wider precinct containing a microbrewery, outdoor movie amphitheatre, barbecue areas, a 200-metre boardwalk and numerous restaurants.

The hotel and the stadium edge the Swan River and face the city skyline, an easy 10-minute drive from the airport.

Party in P-town Perth’s eating and drinking scene is arguably the sharpest and sassiest

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The 60,000seat arena, with a glowing halo roof, is designed to give fans unprecedented behind-thescenes access to players and coaches it’s ever been. The city’s newest entrant, Fromage, is – you guessed it – a cheese bar. Little else is predictable: there’s a dress code, MasterChef alumnus Jessica Arnott is the head cheesemonger and some 40 cheeses are stored in the heritage building’s former bank vaults. “Artisanal cheeses are amazing; it’s a little bit of science, a bit of magic and a whole lot of alchemy,” says owner Danicia Quinlan. “We’re rethinking the way the city thinks about cheese.”

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liquor flight is one way to immerse yourself, another might be to join the new Fromage Walking Tour.

Run by popular Two Feet and a Heartbeat guides, it tours Fromage and two other cheesy destinations, weaving in history and a few mouldy blue jokes.

If sunset cocktails are more your thing, hit up Ku De Ta, a sexy new barrestaurant perched on the Swan River from the same people behind its Bali namesake. Spread across three zones that do their best to cater to all moods, food-wise the slickest is Ku Dining – lash out and order the lacquered six-

Visitng Fromage on the Fromage Walking Tour. INSET Creative plates from dessert bar Measure.

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The Perth Stadium will change the city’s skyline.

spice duck.

Tear yourself away for a sweet ending to the night at Measure dessert bar in hip hood, Mt Lawley.

There are 10 menu choices, all vamped up with cheffy touches and tweezer placement, care of another MasterChef contestant, Karmen Lu. Dessert degustations are recommended only for the most decadent sweet tooths.

If there’s fuel left in the tank, hop back to the city centre and blitz Alfred’s Pizzeria, Joe’s Juice Joint and Halford. They’re all hard-to-find, worth-theeffort basement bars that are best visited on the late shift. Replete with good tunes and polished drinks, they slot neatly into Perth’s new wave of intimate, idiosyncratic small bars.

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An experience worth its weight in gold.

Consistently rated as one of the top tourist attractions in Perth.

Come and discover why the Perth Mint is such a popular attraction here in Perth.

Maybe it’s because we’re Australia’s largest mint, and have tours that offer a unique insight into Western Australia’s history?

Or it could be that we’re home to the largest, most valuable coin in the world? Or that we’re the only place you can witness a traditional gold pour?

Perhaps its the fact you can experience all of these things in the one place?

What ever the reason, people love it, and you will too!

Plus, receive a free gift with every paid entry until 31 October.

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Shop ’til you drop As with its entertainment factor, Perth’s shopping has raised the bar with the emergence of homegrown designers, most notably along William Street in gritty, multi-layered Northbridge. Merge champions sleek WA fashion and accessory

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Homegrown labels

designers, while Periscope favours upmarket tailored women’s fashion in draping fabrics. Fi and Co is another gem, filled with a blend of vintage pieces and whimsical new styles.

While you’re on the strip, retail-recover with the finest gelato this side of the Nullarbor at Chicho – ask for a choc-filled cone.

For less local charm and more luxe, head to King Street, Perth’s most expensive shopping strip.

Gaze through the glass at Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu and Chanel, or head to Zomp, a cult shoe store with amazing sales, at the quieter northern end.

Further on, Highs and Lows aces streetwear.

THE TWO HALVES of Perth’s inner city will be reunited for the first time in a century when Yagan Square opens early next year. In keeping with the land’s heritage as a meeting place for local Aboriginal tribes, the wide, open pedestrian zone will incorporate Indigenous culture through a bustling market hall, native wildflower gardens and a wrap-around screen projecting the story of the fabled warrior, Yagan.

Turning towards Perth’s glittering coastline, the $100-million redevelopment of Scarborough’s beachfront, also pegged for completion in 2018, will see a beachside swimming pool, chic communal zones and several bars and cafés added to the 1.6-kilometre stretch of sand.

WA’s other big-ticket opening, the New Museum is expected to place the state’s natural history and civic culture in an arresting past-meetsfuture construction that’s four times larger than the original museum. Part of the Perth Cultural Centre – a cluster of the state and contemporary art galleries, pod cafés and the urban orchard – it’s due to open in 2020.

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King Street. BELOW: Merge in Northbridge. INSET: Dulce de leche and corn gelato from Chicho.

Perth seems to have a thing for unhotel-like hotels, if the latest spate of openings is anything to go by. Modular-stacked Tribe Hotel has no mini bar, no bible in the drawer and no password on its wi-fi, but it does have a stunning lounge-lobby of designer armchairs, curated hardcovers and neon lights that flows into a slick bareatery. The focus is also on ‘social’ areas rather than rooms at Aloft Perth, which bucks trends further with a pet terrace (and pet snacks, too, on the restaurant menu) and wildly artsy furnishings.

Another newbie, Peppers Kings Square, has an unconventional façade flashing with 50 metres of LED tube lighting, along with plush interiors, all located near Perth Arena and the new Kings Square development.

And here’s a tip: Perth has never been more affordable with hotel rates falling at least 16 per cent in the past five years.

Boomtown is now do-able on a budget.

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FOR A DAY– or a stay Wine and dine to your heart’s content in Perth’s Swan Valley, a region that’s home to wineries, breweries and humane food producers

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s your car or chartered bus veers onto the tree-lined roads that wind into the picturesque Swan Valley, everything that you see or do from this point will warrant the smug Instagram hashtag #thisisthelife.

Swan Valley is a mere 25-minute drive from Perth’s CBD and this modern-day utopia is ideal for a few hours of merry-making, or a weekend getaway. Enjoy a farm-totable meal, taste wines in a tranquil vineyard, indulge in a day-spa treatment, beat the post-lunch food coma with refreshing craft beers and ciders, play with adorable kangaroos … do a little of everything without doing anything much. Wine and dine (and take sunlit selfies) in an idyllic, picture-perfect ambience.

The marketing folks didn’t dub it the “Valley of Taste” for nothing (it’s also sometimes known as Western Australia’s Hunter Valley). There are more than 150 dining and touring destinations over a 32km loop and more than 40 of them are worldclass wineries.

Coincidentally, this is also the oldest wine region in Western Australia. The Swan Valley boasts more than 180 years of winemaking history that began in 1834 when the grapevines at Olive Farm, which still operates today, produced the region’s first wine.

The Swan Valley’s reputation for great cellar doors is still going strong thanks to generous summer seasons that let grapes ripen at just the right leisurely pace to produce the sugar levels needed for rare liqueurs. Swan Valley varietals include sparkling wines, crisp and dry verdelho, intense chenin blanc, berry-and-spice petit verdot and the full-bodied shiraz.

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Drink up The best way to get through wine country is to book a masterclass or tour: you might get to visit a private winery such as Upper Reach Winery or be a winemaker for a day at Sandalford Wines, a spacious estate founded in 1840. Most Swan Valley wineries have in-house dining options so you enjoy a signature pour alongside a meal made with the freshest produce.

Boutique winery Mandoon Estate, which added 32 hotel rooms to its grounds this year, offers both degustation and a la carte menus. It has an underground

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cellar for private wine tastings and a large beer garden with a kids’ playground.

If you love your vintage with a bit of cocoa, book a chocolate and wine tasting masterclass at Providore Margaret River where you’ll discover which liqueurs go best with white chocolate. You’ll most likely lug home a bottle or two of the store’s addictive Sambarino chocolate liqueurs in flavours such as macchiato or after-dinner mint.

Other Swan Valley thirstquenchers include craft beers and ciders. Most places, such as Feral Brewing Co. and Mash Brewing, offer sampler portions so you can taste a little of everything from their taps.

Funk Cider owners, brothers Dustin and Martin Michael, are so serious about their preservative-free ciders that they have 12 taps

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10AM: Drop by Yahava Koffeeworks in West Swan and try the chai latte, iced koffee and koffee essences.

They also serve cappuccino nougat and green tea balls.

11AM: Visit the local outlet of the Margaret River Chocolate Company and nibble on samples of chocolate bars, handmade truffles and even sugar-free chocolates.

12PM: Tuck into lunch at a winery or brewery such as Sandalford or Homestead at Mandoon Estate.

2PM: Pick up some freshly made nougat at Mondo Nougat along the Great Northern Highway then head to its neighbour Morish Nuts for some caramel-coated spicy macadamia nuts.

3PM: A little further down the road try mead or honey wine at The House of Honey and stock up on manuka honey body lotions and beeswax candles.

4PM: Finish your Swan Valley sojourn with a wine and artisan cheese takeaway at The Cheese Barrel in Millendon. Stay a little longer for the sunset views.

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dispensing specially crafted formulas. Their range includes delicious fruit-infused ciders in flavours such as passionfruit and mango as well as barrel-aged ciders such as the provocatively named The Sex Machine (really a Pink Lady apple cider aged in French oak).

or beetroot latte. Swing past The Cheese Barrel behind Olive Farm Wines for a cheese board, and pick up artisan varieties from around the world from the mouth-watering cheese cabinet before you go.

It’s really difficult to go hungry or thirsty in Swan Valley.

Wholesome dining It’s not just the drink manufacturers in the Swan Valley who put this much thought and effort into their craft. About 30 local cafés and restaurants serve menus featuring cage-free eggs and free-range chicken and pork. The Swan Valley was named the first Australian Humane Food Region by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in 2014. Many of the food businesses here are committed to ensuring that hens lay eggs in nests, pigs are not confined to stalls and crates, and chickens bred for meat are allowed to forage. The result is fresher, tastier and more wholesome food.

Swan Valley Vegetarian Café uses local and organic produce, and whips up healthy and moreish vegetarian options such as buckwheat pancakes and pesto omelettes, best washed down with a steaming hot cup of turmeric

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Don’t miss ENTWINED IN THE VALLEY Celebrate everything related to the Swan Valley – from macaronmaking and chocolate and wine tasting to playing winemaker for a day and chilling out with a beer at a comedy show. Meet chefs, sculptors, fine artists and third-generation winemakers. Highlights include the Guildford Jazz Festival, Slow Food Lunch, Feast by Fervor featuring Indigenous flavours and Meet the Winemakers events. October 12-15; entwinedinthevalley.com.au CAVERSHAM WILDLIFE PARK Your kids (and the kid in you) will love this family-friendly park. Get (really) up close and personal with a kangaroo or a wallaby and wait for time slots when you can snap a shot with a nonchalant-looking koala or stroke a sleepy-faced wombat. cavershamwildlife.com.au

Novotel Vines Resort & Country Club Amid a relaxing country club setting, the expansive grounds house 103 resort rooms and 54 condominiums as well as squash and tennis courts, natural walking trails and a 36-hole golf course. vines.com.au Keller’s Bed and Breakfast This charming family-run business offers hands-on farming activities – you can feed the animals, collect the eggs or milk the cows. There are only two bedrooms available, each with a private entrance. kellersbedandbreakfast.com.au Brookleigh Estate Expect equestrian facilities and even a day spa at this picturesque French Chateau-style compound with two luxury apartments, the Gatehouse Cottage with three bedrooms and the Bunkhouse, which can sleep up to 20 guests. brookleigh.com.au Upper Reach Spa Cottage Said to be the only accommodation located on a vineyard (and a 20acre one at that) in the Swan Valley, this 1907-built, fully air-conditioned house has two bedrooms and can sleep up to five guests. upperreach.com.au

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A taste of farm life at Keller’s Bed and Breakfast. INSET: Meet the locals at Caversham Wildlife Park.

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BEACH BOUND

In WA, summer means sand, sun and ice-cream WORDS REBECCA BOTELER

The annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibit on Cottesloe Beach.

OPPOSITE: The iconic Indiana.

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t’s a popular myth that it never gets cold in Perth. The myth is so entrenched, it’s perpetuated

by Western Australians themselves, which means it comes as a surprise to us every year that winter actually exists, and we promptly go into hibernation.

But, as the mercury starts creeping up again around this time of year, Sandgropers begin to venture outdoors and head in one direction – to the coast.

Something that’s not a myth is that WA has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world along its 12,500 kilometres of coastline, with 19 of them in the

metro area. It’s also not a myth that Perth has more hours of sunshine each year than any other city in Australia (about 3200 hours, in case you were wondering). This gives Western Australians plenty of opportunities to enjoy the beach under clear blue skies.

Sunny memories Like most West Aussies, a love of the beach is practically in my DNA. I have wonderful memories of spending school holidays with Grandpa, riding shotgun in his big, red, salt-encrusted LandCruiser to Port Beach at 6am each morning to swim with the Beach Bums – a Speedo-clad, sprightly group of

Like most West Aussies, a love of the beach is practically in my DNA

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Bathers Beach, al fresco at Bathers Beach, The Basin on Rottnest Island.

Grown-up beach days These days, Perth’s beach scene is more upmarket, with the iconic Cottesloe Beach Hotel (‘The Cott’) and the foreshore at Scarborough undergoing major revamps.

Further south, Bathers Beach at Fremantle is now one of the only beaches in Australia where you can sit in a deckchair on the sand and summon a waiter to bring you a cocktail while you work on your tan.

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Five of the best COTTESLOE Eat at the famous Indiana or check out the art installations at Sculpture by the Sea in March.

THE BASIN Take a day trip to Rottnest Island, don a mask and be amazed by the incredible array of marine life.

BATHERS BEACH Sit in the sand and have someone bring you a cocktail (or two!).

CITY BEACH Eat at one of the new restaurants with stunning views over the ocean or have a picnic on the grass under the trees.

METTAM’S POOL, NORTH BEACH Grab your snorkel and explore the protected reef just steps from the shore.

But while Perth’s beach culture may be evolving, and jelly-tip ice-creams aren’t a thing anymore (except in NZ), there are some traditions that haven’t changed.

Throwing down a towel to stake a claim on a patch of clean white sand, feeling the thrill of dipping a toe in the cold Indian Ocean, and watching the endless blue sky turn a vivid pink as the sun sinks below the horizon signalling the end of another perfect day in a place that winter never touches (or so we’ll tell you).

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retirees. The highlight of those trips was stopping at the kiosk after our swim, sandy and dripping wet, for a chocolate jelly-tip ice-cream (with strict instructions not to tell Grandma I was having ice-cream for breakfast).

When I was old enough to get my licence, the first thing I did with my new-found freedom was pick up my girlfriends and head to the beach. That summer was the best of my life – driving to Cottesloe to jump off the iconic bell, check out boys, play beach volleyball and eat fish and chips under the Norfolk pine trees, the screeching of the cockatoos high above, and the air heavy with the smell of salt and vinegar. As we got older, Scarborough was our beach of choice. With its outdoor pubs, it was the perfect place for Sunday sessions – a Strongbow cider in one hand and a kebab in the other.

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Festival fare While the concept of glamping has been around for almost two decades, festivals are pioneering new add-ons to increase comfort and cool factor.

Launched last year to fanfare, WILDfest Southern Highlands offers bespoke experiences and camping in the picturesque ruins of a NSW mining settlement. Bell tents – complete with 900 thread count sheets and resident concierge – are paired with sumptuous meals using locally foraged ingredients and a tailored three-day program.

“You don’t have to sacrifice creature comforts to experience the great Australian wilderness,” says founder Amanda Fry. “We’re providing unforgettable experiences, such as rejuvenating treatments in an open-air bush spa, or the ‘Hike and Harvest’ to the top of a magnificent escarpment where deckchairs and cool-climate wines

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the pop-up hotel has taken pride of place at the likes of Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival

await, alongside yoga, kayaking, abseiling and mountain biking.”

The festival is set to be rolled out to other remote regions of Australia.

A seasoned festival addition, Flash Camp borrowed the concept of ‘mobile glamping’ from the UK’s Glastonbury Festival and created custom-designed tents for the Australian environment. Paired with a hotel-like reception area, free Wi-Fi, local catering, fresh flowers, fluffy white towels and eco-friendly toiletries, the pop-up hotel has taken pride of place at the likes of Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival, and is moving to Bluesfest next year. Roughing it at festivals is a thing of the past.

CLOCKWISE FROM MAIN: Flash Camp, the Bush Hideout Defender in situ, WILDfest’s ‘Hike and Harvest’ experience.

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ark back to the camping trips of your youth. Kitted out with back-breaking packs, assembling a patchworked tent with clumsy pegs and a wood mallet was arduous and frustrating work. Dinner was a lacklustre affair of rehydrated pasta or baked beans, and your bed for the night was a damp sleeping bag on uneven earth. Synonymous with roughing it, old-school camping wasn’t for the faint of heart.

These days, however, camping is an entirely different ball game.

In fact, we’re in the midst of a bona fide camping revolution. Whether motivated by saving pennies, a digital detox or by an urge to reconnect with nature, travellers across Australia and New Zealand are camping in style. From pop-up glamping tents and retro caravans, to added features that would put a five-star hotel to shame, it’s camping, but not as you know it.

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No stress camping Hate camping? Or perhaps you don’t have either the gear or inclination to schlep a tent to a site and assemble it. Either way, these days you can enjoy a night under the stars without having to lift a finger. Introducing easy camping.

Catering to time-poor (read lazy) wannabe campers, a raft of companies is offering to take care of every component, from supplying, transporting and assembling all the gear, to making the beds and providing the food.

One of the best – offering combined hiking and camping – is Light to Light Camps on NSW’s Sapphire Coast. Taking in some

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of Australia’s most spectacular coastline, travellers need only carry their own water and a camera before retiring at the end of the day with a slap-up meal, hot shower and luxurious camp bed.

But it’s not only tents that are on offer. The new Bush Hideouts 4WD Defender Experience, 113km north of Melbourne, is in a category of its own. Picked up from Melbourne Airport or the CBD, guests will be driven to a riverside or mountaintop location within 500 acres of private wilderness. They are then left with the iconic vehicle decked out with a bed, slide-out kitchen and a 65-litre water tank with outdoor shower capabilities.

“There are plenty of companies who set up tents but there’s nothing like this,” says Steven Blick, Bush Hideouts owner. “Guests just bring their clothes and nothing else – they don’t even have to drive. We set everything up and then they’re left alone, in the company of roos and wombats, and then in the morning we come and pack everything up.”

The experience comes with a 60-litre fridge full of produce, including oysters, charcuterie boards, local cheeses, awardwinning breads, cold-pressed coffee and fresh fish, all paired with local wines. A freeze-dried camping meal will never be the same again.

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Into the wild While the idea of having everything done for you is undeniably appealing, sometimes you just want to get away from it all and live out your own (mini) version of Robyn Davidson’s Tracks, Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods or Cheryl Strayed’s Wild.

The antithesis of easy camping, freedom camping is all about selfsufficiency. Unencumbered, trekking through wide-open spaces, breathing fresh air, falling asleep under moonlit skies and waking up to a spectacular dawn: can it get any better than that?

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has been fuelled in part by the evolution of camping kit. An array of lightweight and tech-y camping gear has been developed to remedy the groans and aches that come with heavy packs, making dreams of a wilderness escape an easy reality.

“We’ve designed gear to be adaptive, lightweight and quick to set up,” explains Blake Richardson, senior equipment designer at Kathmandu. “So, time is spent less on nursing sore backs and setting up, and more on exploring.”

New innovations, such as solar-charging tents, also take into account the needs of travellers who, by avoiding campsites, also forsake the accompanying amenities.

New Zealand is widely regarded as the free-camping capital of the world, however, it’s a misconception that you can camp anywhere. Much of the country’s farmland is privately owned and cannot be camped on without permission. To avoid a hefty fine, download the free CamperMate app and everything will be sweet as.

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Some of the standouts include the stunning Robin Hood Bay in Marlborough, where you can fish, surf and dolphin-spot. And, in the North Island’s Bay of Plenty, Whitikau at the westernmost point of Raukumara Forest Park. In Australia, check out the country’s highest campsite in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW. Camping is permitted virtually anywhere, but it’s the Main Range (which encompasses the highest peak) that offers the best views.

Roll with it The beauty of the open road is even more profound when your vehicle doubles as a bed. No plans, no overpriced accommodation and few restrictions; the sense of freedom can be exhilarating. Little wonder that retirees are hitting the road in caravans, motor homes and trailers in ever-increasing numbers.

Nicknamed ‘grey nomads’, Tourism Research Australia reported last year that around 2.6 million of these trips were taken by those in the 55 to 70-year-old age bracket. This is up 12 per cent on the previous year, and 90 per cent since 2000. But it’s not only oldies getting in on the act.

“In recent years, we have seen a huge uptake in millennials taking a caravan road trip,” says Stuart Lamont, CEO of Caravan Industry Association of Australia. “And the industry has definitely been revolutionised as a result.”

A new generation is loading their dogs, laptops and surf boards into revamped VWs and Airstreams and embracing the trend.

“This growth can be partly attributed to the increased promotion of the ‘vanning’ lifestyle though social media,” Stuart says.

One such social phenomena is the Vanlife Diaries, an Australian digital movement now followed by half a million people worldwide.

This and the #vanlife movement allow those travelling in camper vans to share their experience.

For many of these people, vanning is not just a means of transport; it’s a way of life. Facing the choice of a crippling mortgage or driving towards the sunset on a perennial adventure, they’re opting for the latter.

Jumping from one great travel experience to the next without a care in the world? Now that’s an appealing prospect.

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he planet’s most isolated archipelago is also one of its hottest holiday destinations, with good reason.

Ever watched molten lava squeeze through cracks in the Earth’s surface before it oozes its way to the sea? You can in Hawaii.

How about tucking into a barrel in the birthplace of big-wave surfing?

That’s right – Hawaii again. And where else can you stand on the summit of the world’s tallest mountain? You’ve got it …

Hawaii’s your place.

Considering it’s one of America’s smallest states, Hawaii packs a disproportionately powerful punch with regard to what you can see and do. Waterfalls, beaches, volcanoes, jungles, canyons – the list goes on.

Activity-wise, there’s surfing and hiking, kayaking and diving, zip lining and mountain biking.

For those who prefer flop-anddrop holidays, Hawaii’s food fuses, as the locals say, 'onolicious'

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flavours sourced from its mixed ancestral heritage, there’s no end of accommodation options and its beaches are some of the most celebrated in the world.

The Hawaiian archipelago is a chain of 137 islands, all formed by volcanic activity across an area measuring 2400 kilometres from end to end. Any Hawaiian holiday from Australia will inevitably start and finish at Honolulu International Airport on Oahu –

home to Pearl Harbour, Pipeline and more than half its population.

For many, this is as far as they’ll get, bunking down in one of many high-rise condos and swanky hotels overlooking Waikiki Beach. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Expand your horizons and you’ll discover a rich and varied archipelago that would take years to explore.

Two of Hawaii’s eight main islands, Niihau and Kahoolawe, are off-limits to tourists, and Oahu’s charms (North Shore surfing, outlet shopping, Diamond Head) have been well documented.

But the remaining five – Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii (otherwise known as the Big Island) – all possess an ambience that each can call their own.

Everyone has their favourite and their reasons why are many.

What’s certain is that any journey here starts with an ‘aloha’. Beyond that, how you fill your travels is up to you.

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Larger than all the other islands combined, Hawaii’s variable landscape attracts beach bums, vulcanologists, history buffs, nature lovers and athletes. It’s here that the brutal Ironman World Championship triathlon takes place around Kailua-Kona each October, and where Captain James Cook met his demise in Kealakekua Bay. Comprised of five overlapping volcanoes, the highest is the dormant Mauna Kea, at 4205 metres above sea level. Measured from the ocean floor, however, it reaches 10,200 metres – taller, even, than Mount Everest. Watch the sunset from the summit, surrounded by radio telescopes all pointing towards space.

More volatile is the smaller Kilauea, inside the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where lava flows battle lava glows for attention.

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Nothing beats watching the sunset with a cocktail in hand Must do's: • Snorkel with manta rays at dusk in Keauhou Bay • Hike across a solidified lava lake inside the Kilauea Iki Crater • Sample Kona Coffee at a plantation tasting station

THE VALLEY ISLE Of all the Hawaiian islands, Maui is said to have the most swimmable beaches, particularly along the west coast, from Kihei to Maluaka.

Nothing beats watching the sunset with a cocktail in hand from anywhere along this stretch of coastline.

Two volcanoes dominate the island – Mauna Kahalawai and Haleakala. Hire a convertible Mustang, then hang onto your seat as you twist and turn through 600 bends and past 80-odd waterfalls around the foot of Haleakala on Maui’s Hana Highway.

Or come here between November and May, when migrating North Pacific humpback whales breed in the shallow waters off Lahaina and Maalaea.

Must do’s: • The dawn Haleakala cycling tour from summit to sea • Snorkel inside Molokini Crater’s sunken caldera off Maui’s west coast • Settle your nerves with an ale at Charley’s in Paia – a favourite haunt of Willie Nelson – after checking out nearby big-wave break Jaws (Pe'ahi).

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Must do’s: • Hike the Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast • Take in Waimea Canyon, the Na Pali Coast and the Weeping Wall on a scenic helicopter flight • Pull up a stool at the Tahiti Nui Restaurant and Tiki Bar in Hanalei

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THE FRIENDLY ISLE Want a taste of what Hawaii was like before the developers moved in?

Then come to Molokai, the birthplace of the hula.

Close to half the resident population claim native Hawaiian ancestry, and that rich heritage is better preserved here than elsewhere in Hawaii. Time never rushes on Molokai, so you can slow down and reacquaint yourself with your love for the outdoors.

You’ll need to hire a car to get around, even though roads seem like an afterthought. There’s only one traffic light on the entire island.

And with just a single hotel, you might have to rent a condo or book a homestay. After that, just chill out, dude.

Must do’s: • Gaze over the world’s highest sea cliffs from Kalaupapa Overlook • Ride a mule down 26 precipitous switchbacks to the Kalaupapa Peninsula • Kayak across aquamarine waters above the longest barrier reef in the Hawaiian Islands

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From Honolulu take a local flight to neighbouring islands.

Flights are short, usually less than an hour between islands.

Daily ferry services operate from Lahaina Harbour in Maui to Manele Bay in Lanai and Kaunakakai Harbour in Molokai. Alternatively, cruise between the larger islands with Norwegian Cruise Lines or Princess Cruises.

See gohawaii.com/au for more information.

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Maui is a stone’s throw away, but this is the island to escape crowds.

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Must do’s: • Laze on Hulopoe Bay, once named best beach in the US • See the otherworldly ‘Garden of the Gods’, Keahiakawelo • Four-wheel drive through forests on the Munro Trail

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Hawaii’s oldest and northernmost island, Kauai, is where dinosaurs roamed in Jurassic Park and where Elvis blazed a new career as a tour guide in Blue Hawaii. It is arguably the archipelago's prettiest island and certainly its wettest, with average annual rainfall of 11,455mm streaming off Mt Waialeale helping to create a veritable Garden of Eden.

All that rain has shaped and scoured a landscape that’s smothered in tropical rainforest, soaked in waterfalls and splintered with canyons. Mark Twain once described the gaping Waimea Canyon as the ‘Grand Canyon of the Pacific’. And the Na Pali Coast is a tangle of hidden coves and arches beneath towering sea cliffs.

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he Mornington Peninsula – or simply “the Peninsula” to the legions of Melburnians who treat it as their summertime playground – certainly has a blue-blood pedigree, with real estate prices to match.

But this popular beach destination, with its rolling green hinterland, just a little over an hour’s drive south-east of Melbourne, is fast cementing its reputation as one of Victoria’s best destinations for creative dining, great produce and fine wine – not to mention a groundbreaking new boutique hotel.

Wine and dine Victoria’s leading coolclimate producer of pinot noir and chardonnay, the Mornington Peninsula hinterland is punctuated with more than 50 cellar doors and over 200 vineyards. Crittenden has one of the swishest experiences in the ’hood, with guided tastings of wines in a bespoke space complete with open fire, while perennial favourites include the posh Polperro and the amiably rustic Foxeys Hangout.

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sophisticated European menu at winery Ten Minutes by Tractor (also check out Petit Tracteur, their new, more casual bistro complete with boules piste) to the lunchtime pizzas churned out of the wood-fired oven at T’Gallant, consumed at picnic tables in the lush garden. Green Olive at Red Hill Vineyard and Olive Grove keeps things grounded with tapas and simple lunch dishes made from their own farm and other local produce, while Montalto offers diners a two-speed experience: the fine-dining restaurant or a packed picnic hamper in the sculpturedecorated grounds.

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Sleep on it The big news in the area is the arrival of Jackalope, a boutique 46-room hotel at the Willow Creek Vineyard in Merricks North, named after the giant-horned jackrabbit of North American myth. It certainly sounds improbable, but it is a fully-realised triumph of artistic imagination colliding with a healthy budget. From the Emily Floyd’s sevenmetre Jackalope statue dominating the forecourt to the designer roll call

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Port Phillip Estate is definitely worth a look for its winning triumvirate of food, booze and views. Designed

by Wood Marsh – the same firm responsible for the sculpture-dotted Eastlink freeway linking Melbourne with the Mornington Peninsula – the curved, rammedearth building is home to the cellar door. Here you can overlook the vines as they tumble towards the distant ocean and taste the estate’s range of multi award-winning wines.

There is also an upmarket restaurant and six ultramodern accommodation suites nestled into the hillside that certainly ramp up the meaning of ‘boutique’.

Hanging with the hoi polloi In the summer months, the Portsea Pub rises above its station, thanks to a who’s who of Melbourne’s glitterati and politerati – and everyone else in between.

Occupying a brilliant vantage point above the bay beach, this historic watering hole has plenty of outdoor tables, a sloping lawn for the kids to tumble on, and the hardestworking bartenders in the business.

Caffeination, at the double Getting a decent coffee on the Peninsula used to be like finding the proverbial needle in the fictional haystack, but times have changed.

Breakfast at the food wonderland known as the Red Hill Epicurean, the region’s former cool stores, involves the intoxicating scent of house-roasted beans and freshly-baked bread. The quaint 1920s weatherboard Merricks General Store is another morning hotspot, with hearty breakfasts backed up by coffee from Dromana roaster Little Rebel.

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of bespoke furniture and arresting modern artwork, it’s a great place to call home for a night or two.

The food offering is no slouch either, from the wood-fired, producedriven menu in the Rare Hare bistro to the full modern Australian degustation in the finedining restaurant known as Doot Doot Doot.

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farm-gate trail. Add to that list Main Ridge Dairy, nirvana for cheese lovers, where it’s almost imperative to do a tasting before stocking up the car boot (and make sure you time your visit for goat milking). To really get into the regional terroir, operators such as MP Experience Food and Wine Tours will whisk you to meet producers off the beaten track for truffle and mushroom hunts, cheese-making workshops, cooking classes and more.

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The eagerly-awaited Point Leo Estate, from the prominent Gandel family, brings together all the area’s preoccupations. A vineyard and cellar door, architecturally-designed restaurant (where Neil Perry’s former Rockpool lieutenant Phil Wood has been appointed culinary director) and a nationallysignificant sculpture park set in 135 hectares of gardens looks set to be the region’s latest landmark when it opens in late spring.

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ACTIVE PENINSULA What to do in the troublesome space between meals on the Mornington Peninsula?

SOAK AWAY YOUR CARES Check into the Peninsula Hot Springs for some serious R&R. Choose your geothermallyheated mineral spring in a lush garden setting (there’s even one on a hilltop with 360-degree views), sit back and relax. In the day spa, opt for a Turkish-style hamam, or the new Clay Ridge experience, using therapeutic clays from across Australia (weather dependent).

BEACH IT Families flock to the shallow, protected bay beaches (plenty of them are pooch-friendly as well), where the multicoloured 19th-century bathing boxes provide a cheerful backdrop.

The patrolled Portsea and Sorrento ocean beaches are popular when the mercury’s up, but it’s always possible to find rugged and relatively unpopulated stretches of coastline, such as Pearses Beach, on the Blairgowrie oceanfront. And if it’s waves you’re after, some of the best surf in the region can be found at Gunnamatta, Shoreham and Point Leo.

USE YOUR LEGS Stretching for 6.5 kilometres between Red Hill and Merricks, the Red Hill Rail Trail wends its way through native bush land open farmland; it’s some of the prettiest hinterland countryside. Tackling it by foot or on a bike is a good way to escape the Peninsula’s often madding crowds.

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The Peninsula is not only renowned for wine. Hit the distillery door at Bass & Flinders and sample the range of artisan gin, supplemented by vodka and an Aussie cognac – and book ahead for a gin-making masterclass.

For more grain-not-grape action, Mornington Peninsula Brewery is well worth seeking out.

A clever warehouse conversion has resulted in the Platonic ideal of the beer barn complete with beer garden where visitors can drop in for a hit of craft beer, pizzas and live music.

At biodynamic apple orchard Mock Red Hill, run by the same family for generations, you’ll find the fresh product to keep the doctor away, but the real find is the ‘cider door’ for a tasting of their light, crisp singleorigin ciders.

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You can find almost every kind of Asian food in Taiwan, especially regional Chinese cuisine and great Japanese food – Japan occupied the nation for 50 years until 1945.

Taiwan’s citizens love to eat and Taipei’s streets are crammed with restaurants, food stalls and, in many areas, bustling night markets.

Every tourist should head to at least one night market (some of the best include Raohe, Shilin and Ningxia), but appreciation of Taiwanese food culture should start at breakfast. Traditional breakfast stores aren’t always easy to find.

Keep an eye out for small, open shopfronts with a handful of tables and chairs, and staff busy behind a hotplate. All of them sell omelettes, sandwiches and fried radish cakes.

A smaller number focus on more interesting traditional breakfasts.

Look for stalls where staff work fresh dough into long sticks called youtiao. Fried until golden brown and crisp, they’re a delicious treat – a little like a savoury doughnut.

Taipei’s Yonghe District, across the Xindian River in the south-west, is known for its breakfast shops (some are open 24 hours) and the locally made thick soy milk. At Yong He Soy Milk King, brisk staff take orders for pancakes, steamed buns and youtiao.

Here, the shaobing – savoury,

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crumbly, breakfast pastries sprinkled with sesame seeds – are a must. Order one packed with fresh salad greens and mayonnaise, or try the pork and egg version. It’s messy to eat, but thankfully nobody notices. Other delights include fan tuan, a crunchy, salty-sweet rice roll of dried pork, pickles and a youtiao rolled inside a ball of firm glutinous rice, and Taiwanese staple dan bing, a pork-filled, crisp egg pancake.

Yong He Soy Milk King, one of several restaurants around the city with the same name, sits on the three-way intersection of Ziyou Street, Zhonghe Road and Yonghe Road. The sprawling Yongan Market next door sells fresh produce, steamed bread and local soy milk.

Culture hack From Yongan Market head north to Zhongshan and tap into the local art scene. Taiwan, one of the most liberal countries in Asia, is a thriving democracy with a flourishing alternative arts culture.

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This vibrant city offers a heady mix of culture and relaxation, with mountain trails and hot springs easily accessible for day drips.

Travellers, add Taipei to your lists.

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shows and art talks. On the day I visit, artist Xu Huiqing’s exhibit features videos and photographs of people shovelling a mix of fruit and paint into their mouths and then spraying it across glass screens – representing teachers “spraying” education at children. Xu, a teacher, is at the gallery talking to visitors.

“When teachers talk to kids they are trying to change them,” she says.

“So talking can be like attacking.”

Another small gallery worth visiting is Beyond Gallery, located behind an unimposing shop front, with only enough space to display the work of one or two artists.

Exhibitions change regularly, so check Facebook. The Treasure Hill artist village near National Taiwan University is a lovely spot for a late-afternoon stroll. It began as an illegal settlement and is now a government-sanctioned labyrinth of aged buildings and tucked-away artist spaces. Every August it’s home to the Taipei Arts Festival.

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pastries sprinkled with sesame seeds — are a must all over Taipei. Ask for tips at galleries or search local Englishlanguage blogs.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, in an historic building that was once an elementary school, has become a cultural centre for the city. From exhibitions of renowned local artists, including Taiwanese sculptor Li Chen, to emerging genres, the museum is a great starting point for an exploration of smaller galleries and artist spaces in the neighbourhood.

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Browsing boutiques, street stalls, malls and markets is one of the pleasures of exploring Taipei. The sprawling Shilin Night Market, Taipei’s largest and best-known, boasts a hub of food vendors, and a range of fashion and homewares stalls. Its side streets and alleyways are home to small shops, cinemas and bars.

If you’d rather avoid the city’s massive shopping malls, the backstreets of eastern Taipei, particularly between Zhongxiao Dunhua subway station and Civic Boulevard, are a great place to find interesting boutiques.

Check out Immense, which specialises in black and white clothing by local designers, the trend-setting AMPM for edgier street style, or the nearby 38 Design Store where you can often see clothing being made on-site.

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Trekking in the mountains above Taipei. RIGHT: Local craft beer on tap at Taihu Brewing.

Mountains, rivers and fresh sulphur Yangmingshan National Park is an 11,300-hectare cluster of 20 or so volcanoes to the north of Taipei, including the (possibly still active) Datun Mountain. It’s an hour’s bus ride from Jiantan subway station, but a hire car or scooter is faster.

Thick rainforest covers most of the area and pretty streams and waterfalls carve through valleys full of colourful birds and butterflies.

There’s no better place to balance out a day in the city.

Bayan Hot Springs is a 20-minute walk from Yangjin Road on the park’s north-eastern fringe. Further up the trail is a hellish-looking

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There’s no better place to balance out a day in the city landscape where sulphur-smelling gas spews from fumaroles and a stream of scalding hot water flows through a ravine. At Bayan, in a rainforested gully, this hot sulphuric ‘tea’ merges with a cold stream to form inviting pools at varying temperatures, some nudging the threshold between comfort and pain.

You know you have reached the springs when you see a large sign threatening fines if you soak in them, next to groups of people doing just that. Locals will tell you the signs are to protect the park against legal liability, as these areas can be dangerous during bad weather and it’s important to check the forecast. “The police come sometimes and tell people to leave, and sometimes they issue fines,” one soaker says. “It’s not that expensive. I just think of it as buying an entry ticket.”

Beer o’clock Taipei’s craft beer scene may have gotten off to a late start, but there’s now plenty of choice and craft beer bars and breweries are popular with the young Taipei crowd. Crafted Beer & Co has a huge selection of local and imported beers. It’s part of the eclectic Maji Square next to Yuanshan subway station. The 23 Public bar near Taipower Building subway station serves a range of local brews including the delicious Number 1 Pale Ale, and holds a fun open-mic comedy night every Monday. Another excellent craft beer group is Taihu Brewing. One of its coolest bars is a refurbished 8.2m Airstream trailer inside the Commune A7 food market near Taipei’s tallest building, Taipei 101. It boasts 18 beer taps and is an excellent place to sample a cooling ale after a day of exploring.

Travel info Jetstar has great low fares to Taipei with connections via Singapore.

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Taiwan’s oolong tea is among the world’s best, with a smoothness, aroma and flavour difficult to find elsewhere, and it makes for a great souvenir. The better (and more expensive) varieties are grown in mountains 2000 metres above sea level with minimal use of pesticides. A good place to sample and buy tea is the Daan Jade Market. It’s a short walk from the Daan Park subway station and only open on weekends.

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riving through Northland, the long peninsula that stretches north beyond bustling Auckland, is like taking a step back in time.

I don’t mean that in a provincial way – it has to do with pace. Road-tripping through New Zealand is one of my favourite pastimes.

I love the drama of South Island scenery, the desert expanses of the North Island Central Plateau, and the buzz of Wellington. But heading north? I can’t help but feel this is what New Zealand must have been like before the dawn – the steady, beating heart of a rare green country.

Northland takes its time, and a journey along its winding two-lane roads reveals rich forests, rolling farmlands flanked by golden beaches, living and historical cultural sites, and a string of tiny towns you’ll feel you’ve discovered all on your own.

An easy weekend away from Auckland and accessible year round, Northland is the ideal location for a road trip.

DAY ONE:

AUCKLAND TO RUSSELL (232 KILOMETRES) Leave Auckland early to beat the morning traffic and head for Warkworth, about an hour north. This is your breakfast stop and the cafés of this river town are worth the wait. Try Chocolate Brown, serving traditional Kiwi classics like manuka honey-smoked bacon and free-range eggs or mince on toast. Ginger Café makes its own muesli, or delectable blueberry pancakes. Fancy a picnic lunch? Stop by So French Café Deli and pick up a pre-made meal, cheese, breads and dips for later.

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of Matakana, about 12 minutes north-east of Warkworth, is home to Ascension Wine Estate (one of the region’s first vineyards), as well as Brick Bay Wines, a 200-acre boutique winery with views of the ocean.

Take a rest stop two hours north of Matakana. Just after Whangarei, pull away from State Highway 1 onto the loop road through the coastal towns of Ngunguru, Tutukaka and Matapouri and stretch your legs on stunning beaches before continuing on to Russell.

Russell is a quaint town of weathered houses set on a golden sliver of beach that couldn’t be more unrecognisable from its lawless beginnings as a port for sailors and whalers. Even if you’re not a history buff, you’ll still feel the presence of the past here. Stay or dine at the Duke of Marlborough Hotel, one of the oldest inns in New Zealand (“refreshing rascals and reprobates since 1827”). Stroll past Christ Church – the white weatherboard church, built in 1836, is New Zealand’s oldest.

And climb Flagstaff Hill, where Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke felled the flagstaff flying the Union Jack in an act of defiance several years after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed.

You may be only four hours north of Auckland, but you’re already a world away.

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Waitangi Treaty Grounds are a bicultural immersion worthy of several hours. The Te Kongahu Museum of Waitangi, cultural performances at the Te Whare Ru¯ anga meeting house and a visit to the mighty Ngatokimatawhaorua war canoe make for a memorable day at the vast historic site.

As you continue on, stop off at one of Kerikeri’s outdoor markets (like The Old Packhouse Market) or local stands to pick up some of the region’s fresh produce.

Get enough for dinner and breakfast, and enjoy the afternoon drive north-west to the Aupo¯ uri Peninsula, the narrow neck that makes up the top of the peninsula. This drive on winding two-lane roads isn’t made for rushing. Spend the night at one of the campsites, holiday parks or guest houses between Awanui and Te Kao.

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RUSSELL TO THE TE KAO AREA (APPROXIMATELY 183 KILOMETRES) From Russell, get an early start to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds (about an hour’s drive), often referred to as the birthplace of modern New Zealand.

In 1840, Ma¯ ori chiefs signed an agreement with representatives of the British Crown, determining New Zealand’s future with the aim of working together. Northland was one of the first Ma¯ ori settlements and, by the 18th century, 25 per cent of the Ma¯ ori population lived in Northland.

The region is still home to nearly one-third of New Zealand’s Ma¯ ori population.

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Are you ready for something special? Get up before dawn and drive 45 minutes north to Cape Reinga and watch the sun rise where the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea meet.

This (nearly) northernmost point of New Zealand, with its lonely white lighthouse, is believed by the Ma¯ ori to be the departure place of spirits, where the dead leave Aotearoa for the spiritual homeland Hawaiki.

Once the sun has risen and your heart is filled with the wild beauty of the morning, it’s time to have a little fun. Head 25 minutes south to the Te Paki sand dunes, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and an ideal spot for a little sand tobogganing.

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The giant kauri tree T¯ane Mahuta. BELOW: The Te Paki Sand Dunes.

off in Kaitaia for a spot of lunch.

NZ Surf Bros, Beachcomber Restaurant and Mussel Rock Café and Bar are all local favourites.

From there, drive southwest to the ethereal Hokianga Harbour area, a world apart from the sandy, sunny beaches of the Aupo¯ uri bottleneck. This is a quiet place, a deep breath, sparsely populated by visitors and locals alike. The Hokianga Harbour, a 30-kilometre body of water with an unforgiving entrance, is New Zealand’s

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fourth-largest harbour. The name Hokianga means “the departing place”.

Stay overnight in one of the several towns along the harbour, like Rawene (try the Postmasters Lodgings, a unique boutique hotel), Opononi (the Opononi Lighthouse Motel is laid-back and overlooks the harbour), or Omapere (with the grand dame Copthorne Hotel and Resort Hokianga, an ocean-side escape if there ever was one).

DAY FOUR: THE HOKIANGA REGION TO AUCKLAND (APPROXIMATELY 273 KILOMETRES)

For the last (and longest) day of your road trip, power up with a good breakfast at the Boatshed Café (if you’re near Rawene) or the Landing Café (if you’re near Opononi or Omapere).

Your first stop is to pay homage to T¯ane Mahuta, a giant 51.5-metre kauri tree towering over the Waipoua Forest, the most significant kauri forest in New Zealand.

'Lord of the forest' T¯ane Mahuta, believed to be 2000 years old, is not only the largest living tree in New Zealand, but also an important part of the Ma¯ ori creation story – Ma¯ ori still travel to T¯ane Mahuta to receive blessings.

By the second half of the 19th century, the logging of kauri trees had become a major industry, with most forests eradicated by the 1920s.

After seeing the mighty T¯ane Mahuta and the Waipoua Forest for yourself, stop off at the Kauri Museum in Matakohe, about 90 minutes south, for a better understanding of the industry and the importance of these incredible, beautiful trees.

From Matakohe, it’s just under two hours to Auckland, not counting any small-town explorations undertaken along the way.

Four days isn’t a long journey, but take the time to experience the warm welcome of New Zealand’s far north and you’ll come away feeling not only rejuvenated, but with a better understanding of the heart and soul of this amazing country.

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Exploring the Great Barrier Reef.

INSET: The Artists’ Beach House.

BELOW: The Little Larder.

BELOW LEFT: Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort.

ONLY AN HOUR’S drive north of Cairns on a winding coastal road and with the Great Barrier Reef and the World Heritagelisted Daintree Rainforest on its doorstep, Port Douglas is the perfect tropical escape.

TROPICAL TREATS

ALL AT SEA Port Douglas might be home to the famous stretch of Four Mile Beach, but with easy access to the Great Barrier Reef, a day on the Coral Sea is a must-do.

Only 15km from the mainland, Low Island is surrounded by a calm lagoon teeming with marine life and coral. Take a day trip with

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a local operator and snorkel the reef with resident turtles or sun yourself on the beach.

Port Douglas is also the setting-off point for adventures to the outer reefs including St Crispin, Agincourt, Opal, Ribbon and Tongue reefs. Local tour companies will provide the gear and expertise to help you discover one of the world’s greatest natural phenomena at close quarters.

STYLISH STAYS The family-owned Artists’ Houses brim with personality.

From the one-bedroom Artists’ Cottage in the heart of town to the four-bedroom Artists’ Beach Front in a renovated fishing shack just north of Port, these individually styled holiday rentals are a tropical home away from home.

Thala Beach Nature Reserve eco lodge juts out through the treetops over a 2km stretch of perfect TNQ beach south of Port. Explore the 145-acre private property courtesy of in-house activities such as stargazing and nature walks, and dine in the canopy at Osprey’s Restaurant.

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Port’s cafés and restaurants have the farms and forests of Tropical North Queensland as their pantry. Kick-start your day at Origin Espresso with beans from local coffee company Four Mile Roasters or with brunch at The Little Larder on buzzing Macrossan Street.

For a long lunch under the mango trees, visit Bistro H, the laid-back new incarnation of Spencer Patrick’s iconic Harrisons. The original has moved into Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, and continues to deliver the European-leaning dishes that earned it Port Douglas’ first Chef’s Hat in the Queensland Good Food Guide.

If you can’t wait to reach Port to start feasting, get started on the drive up at Palm Cove’s Nu Nu. Surrounded by palm trees, this award-winning restaurant brings an effortless tropical touch to fine dining.

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DAINTREE DREAMING The Daintree Rainforest is a living, breathing national treasure where ancient forest tumbles down to azure waters.

LAND BEFORE TIME Estimated to be around 180 million years old (older than the Amazon), the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Daintree provides a glimpse of the forests that once covered the supercontinent Gondwana.

Home to approximately 3000 distinct plant species, around 400 bird varieties and one third of all Australian mammal species, every inch of the lush, tangled environment pulses with life.

Cape Tribulation is the only place in the world where two World Heritage sites meet – the Daintree National Park and Great Barrier Reef. While it is possible to explore the region independently, professional operators will help you cover more territory and explore less accessible parts of the rainforest.

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Take the Dreamtime Walk and learn about the Kuku Yalanji people’s deep connection to the rainforest HELLO GORGE-OUS Established to promote more sustainable tourism in the Daintree, the Mossman Gorge Centre acts as a gateway to the stunning Mossman Gorge, where deep, clear waters lap giant boulders in a peaceful green setting. Take the Dreamtime Walk and learn about the Kuku Yalanji people’s deep connection to the rainforest, stretching back more than 65,000 years. The centre’s half-day tour offers hotel pick-up and drop-off from Port Douglas, just 20 minutes’ drive away.

Silky Oaks Lodge. ABOVE: Mossman Gorge. INSET: Take a tour with a Kuku Yalanji guide.

Daintree Tours also leads small group tours from Port, ticking off a number of the area’s must-do’s, including a rainforest board walk, crocodile cruise on Cooper Creek and creek swim. Daintree Rainforest leads walking tours of two to four hours into the Cooper Creek Wilderness, with expert guides offering insight into the forest’s complex ecosystem. To go off road, Masons Tours and Billy Tea Safaris both offer 4WD expeditions up the Bloomfield Track, across the Daintree River.

SLEEP IN THE TREES Retreat from the world in a grown-up tree house.

The elegant Silky Oaks Lodge sits in the canopy overlooking the Mossman River. Take part in a complimentary yoga class, treat yourself in the Healing

Waters Spa or rent a snorkel and search for platypus in a nearby freshwater billabong.

Daintree Eco Lodge and Spa offers 15 luxury banyans with mesh walls to let in the forest’s sounds. The sustainable eco resort is enfolded in greenery, offering a seasonal changing menu at the open-air Julaymba Restaurant, and spa treatments harnessing native botanicals from the in-house Daintree Wellness Spa.

Travel info Jetstar has great low fares to Cairns from across the network.

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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.

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NICHOLAS TAJUDIN Nickname: Nick | Job Title: Project Manager | Age: 32 | No. of years at Jetstar: 11 Location: Melbourne Head Office Describe a typical day at work.

What’s typical? The great thing about Jetstar is the diversity of the problems we solve and tasks we tackle. We are dealing with airport changes such as infrastructure and technology, checkin relocations, changes to aircraft parking locations and reviewing fleet schedules. A current project which is very exciting is a new port on the Jetstar network: Zhengzhou in China.

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incredibly supportive people who always make every situation – good, bad or ugly – very light-hearted. It’s the supportive people at Jetstar that give our projects great outcomes.

on initiatives. Most of these that our department leads have a direct impact on how Jetstar performs – a challenge that makes every day exciting.

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Aviation has given passengers the opportunity to travel and see the world.

Today fares are more competitive than ever before, and this competitiveness is something we have achieved at Jetstar.

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My current project of port readiness for China has had some ups and downs ... but this has also been a great opportunity to learn cultural differences.

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Let’s talk HAVE YOUR SAY with the Jetstar Customer Panel. Our online portal lets you weigh in on new products and ideas, with your feedback helping to improve the Jetstar experience. The community of travellers in the Jetstar Customer Panel has already chosen our new on-board coffee supplier (Lavazza), helped us name our new payment-sharing system, FareShare, and suggested ways to make the Friday Fare Frenzy even better.

Meet Elliot

YGAP &

POLISHED MAN

Visit customerpanel.Jetstar.com to take your seat at the table. We’ll ask you to work through a quick survey to help us better understand your travel habits and match you with the best activities in the future. We can’t wait to hear from you!

#JETSTAR

COME ON, GET SOCIAL

DID YOU KNOW? If you tag @JetstarNZ, @JetstarAustralia or #jetstarnz or #jetstaraustralia in your travel pictures, they may end up in print?

Here’s one of our recent favourites from travel photographer @RachStewartNZ, taken at beautiful Golden Bay in Nelson, New Zealand.

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129 ELLIOT COSTELLO founded the social enterprise YGAP in 2008, hell-bent on making the seemingly impossible possible – a world without poverty, where quality education, a fair wage and a good home, free from violence and disease, is the norm.

YGAP backs local entrepreneurs to make change in some of the world’s toughest communities; local leaders providing local solutions. Elliot and his team are aiming to support 1000 entrepreneurs and impact one million lives by 2018.

YGAP’s major campaign is called Polished Man. Men are being encouraged to take

a stand against violence towards children by painting one nail for the month of October – representing the one child victim who dies every five minutes. Funds raised are channelled into trauma prevention, recovery and to alleviate one of the major root causes, poverty.

Kooks is proud to join celebrities such as Chris and Liam Hemsworth, Zac Efron and Kelly Slater in support of the Polished Man campaign and YGAP. For more information and to sign up visit polishedman.com

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Essentials I JETSTAR NEWS

A flying start for neonatal babies

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THE JETSTAR Flying Start program invites community groups and not-for-profit organisations to apply for a $30,000 grant, made up of $15,000 of Jetstar flights and $15,000 cash, to fund a project that enriches the lives of people in their local community.

The latest recipient of a Jetstar Flying Start grant in New Zealand is The Neonatal Trust in Dunedin, Christchurch and Hawke’s Bay. Each year approximately 5000 premature and sick babies are born in New Zealand.

The Neonatal Trust works with the District Health Boards to provide support to families of neonatal (premature or sick fullterm) babies as they make their journey through neonatal intensive care, the transition home, and onwards.

The grant will be used to provide support packs to parents on the arrival of

their neonatal baby and to establish support groups and services throughout the country.

Executive Director of The Neonatal Trust New Zealand, Neil O’Styke, says the contribution will be well received for families all across the country.

“Every 90 minutes, a Kiwi baby is born prematurely and starts its life in the Intensive Neonatal Care Unit. These babies, and other full-term babies with illness, receive direct support from The Neonatal Trust New Zealand including information packs, regular lunches for families, ward visits, playgroups and logistics of accommodation and travel,” he says.

Flipping

great work

IN 2015 a Jetstar Flying Start grant was awarded to Crepes for Change, a social enterprise that reinvests 100 per cent of its profits into eliminating youth homelessness.

Crepes for Change recently identified that the extreme rates of homelessness in the Northern Territory demanded attention and set a challenge to make a difference.

To help achieve this goal, Crepes for Change held its first Northern Territory Change Summit.

The summit brought together a group Do you know a not-for-profit of young, organisation that needs a passionate Flying Start? Applications leaders to are now open at generate Jetstar.com ideas to

Are you eligible?

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help combat youth homelessness in the Northern Territory, with the aim to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to pursue their own change projects.

The Jetstar Flying Start grant allowed Crepes for Change to fly 12 inspired youths from the Northern Territory to Melbourne to attend the summit and participate in an accelerator program created by YGAP (see page 129).

“To have a company like Jetstar back us to create real, measurable and sustainable change within Australia demonstrates Jetstar’s undertsanding of its social responsibility,” says Levi Fernandez, Crepes for Change Impact Officer.

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SMALL CHANGE, big difference

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As the StarKids partnership between World Vision and Jetstar turns 10, we look back at the life-changing work your small change has contributed to across the network

Essentials I CHANGING LIVES

A little star

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veryone’s come home from a trip with a little loose change in their pocket.

Many of you may have dropped that money into a StarKids envelope on a Jetstar flight, or added a little extra when booking on Jetstar.com. It may be just a small gesture, but over the past 10 years, millions of these gestures have added up to make a huge difference.

“Through the StarKids program, and the generosity of Jetstar’s customers, we have been able to change the lives of many thousands of

children across SouthEast Asia and Australia,” says Claire Rogers, CEO of World Vision Australia.

“Jetstar is incredibly proud to partner with World Vision through our StarKids initiative to give children in Australia and many of our destinations across Asia a brighter future,” says Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO Dean Salter.

“In 10 years, our generous customers and team members have raised more than $9 million, and we’re committed to seeing this life-changing work continue.”

In destinations across

the Jetstar network, there are children facing threats to their wellbeing – through poverty, conflict, violence, malnutrition, depravation and discrimination. StarKids is part of Jetstar’s commitment to giving back, and helping make the world a better place.

Meet the StarKids StarKids donations have aided community development and emergency response projects across Asia, including in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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Essentials I CHANGING LIVES

STARKIDS

BY NUMBERS in 10 years

we’ve raised

$9.3m & aided

27 projects in 10 countries

helping more than

New mum Wai Your money has helped fight trafficking in Thailand, given Cambodian children access to education and aided families devastated

by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

But the money raised also goes to projects closer to home in Australia and New Zealand, such as the Young Mob Leadership Program. Mark Thorne was a participant in the program, which helps Indigenous youths develop their leadership skills and connect with their culture. Mark started off as a student, went on to become a young leader,

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and is now a facilitator.

“I would like to say a big thank you to the Jetstar team and customers for supporting Young Mob over the past 10 years,” Marks says. “The donations and support that we have received from Jetstar have had a big impact in my life and, I’m sure, in the lives of our young leaders who are a part of the program today.”

StarKids has helped better the lives of many young people just like Mark, and, with your ongoing assistance, we hope to help many more in the years to come.

MYANMAR PROJECT Inspired by the StarKids 10-year anniversary, a small group of Jetstar team members joined World Vision Australia to visit programs funded by StarKids in Myanmar.

The team found communities thriving on a commitment to working together to help one another.

One program started when World Vision donated three motorbikes to a local community group, along with the basic skills and knowledge to start a small business.

Fast-forward to today, and the group has successfully bought and sold 97 motorbikes to locals to use as a means of employment, whether as a taxi service or as a courier.

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people

The bikes can be purchased straight from the group and paid for in fair instalments.

The extra income allows the owners to provide for their families and purchase essentials such as stationery for their school-aged children or seeds to expand their crop.

The best bit? Profits from group activities go towards improving the health and wellbeing of the community overall.

While there, the team met new mother Wai. Standing proudly with her baby on her hip, Wai recounted how the community group financially assisted her with the birth of her child. Something for which she is extremely grateful.

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Essentials I INFLIGHT

YOUR FLIGHT I TIPS & FACTS

LONG-HAUL LESSONS

Fifteen hours on a plane? Three stopovers? No worries, we’ve got the secrets to long-haul travel covered

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Flight attendants know how important it is to take care of yourself inflight.

So take their tips: get up and stretch your legs on a long-haul flight, take moisturiser or refreshing wipes and wear your comfiest clothes.

All of these small things can make a huge difference to ensuring you arrive refreshed and ready for your next adventure.

Anyone who has taken a 15-hour flight can tell you that having the right gear can make a big difference.

Neck pillows, noise-cancelling headphones, a proper eye mask and earplugs can help you get some rest when you need it. But remember to only take what you know you’ll use.

ME TIME

staying If you find that you get dry skin, itchy eyes or a dry throat on long flights, it might be because you haven’t drunk enough water. It’s easy to forget, especially if you’re

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enjoying other beverages on board, but remember to keep up the (non-alcoholic) liquids. Some even say that hydration before, during and after flying helps with jet lag.

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Check the inflight entertainment options, and purchase ahead to be prepared. Download that book you’ve been meaning to read as an audiobook or eBook, and listen to that podcast everyone’s talking about. Or take some time for meditation and relaxation. Use the flight as an opportunity to indulge in a little ‘me time’, instead of counting down the hours until arrival.

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Route maps I WHERE WE FLY

INTERNATIONAL Operated by Jetstar Airways Operated by Jetstar Asia Operated by Jetstar Pacific Operated by Jetstar Japan

Flights are operated by Jetstar Asia and commence 3 November (Singapore-Hat Yai)*.

Flights are operated by Jetstar Asia and commence 17 November (Singapore-Okinawa)*.

Flights are operated by Jetstar Asia and commence 28 November (Singapore-Clark)*.

Tokyo (Narita)

Zhengzhou

Nagoya (Chubu)

Guiyang Shantou Guangzhou Hanoi Dong Hoi

Chiang Mai

Okinawa Taipei

Hong Kong Haikou Sanya

Da Nang Clark Siem Reap Bangkok Phnom Penh

Yangon

Flights are operated by Jetstar Airways and commence 6 December (Melbourne-Zhengzhou)*.

Operating on behalf of Australia Comfort Travel Group.

Osaka (Kansai)

Shanghai (Pudong)

Hawaii (Honolulu)

Manila

Ho Chi Minh City

Phuket Hat Yai Penang 136 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

Queenstown *Subject to government and regulatory approval

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Route maps I WHERE WE FLY

DOMESTIC VIETNAM

DOMESTIC JAPAN

Hanoi Hai Phong

Sapporo

Tha nh Hoa V inh Dong Hoi Hue Da Nang Chu Lai Pleiku Quy Nhon

Phu Quoc

Tokyo (Narita) Nagoya (Chubu)

Tuy Hoa Buon Ma Thuot

Matsuyama Osaka (Kansai) Fukuoka Takamatsu Oita Kumamoto

Nha Trang Da Lat

Kagoshima

Ho Chi Minh City

Okinawa

Operated by Jetstar Japan

Operated by Jetstar Pacific

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

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Auckland New Plymouth Nelson

Darwin

Cairns Townsville Hamilton Island Whitsunday Coast Mackay

Queenstown

Napier Palmerston North Wellington Christchurch Dunedin

Operated by Jetstar Airways Operated by Eastern Australia Airlines for Jetstar Airways

Sunshine Coast

Ayers Rock (Uluru)

Brisbane

Gold Coast

Ballina Byron Perth

Newcastle

Sydney

Adelaide Melbourne (Avalon) Flights are operated by Jetstar Airways and commence 14 November.

Operated by Jetstar Airways

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Melbourne (Tullamarine)

Launceston Hobart

Auckland

Wellington Christchurch Queenstown

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

Cairns 6km 10 mins Approx $20-30 Sun Palm Shuttle.

Adult $15, child $7.50. Also operates to Port Douglas: adult $44, child $23.50.

Christchurch 12km 20 mins Approx NZ$45-$65 Super Shuttle. NZ$24 for one person, NZ$5 for additional passengers.

Metro Bus Purple line or 29: Every 30 mins. Adult NZ$8, child NZ$5; return: adult NZ$14, child NZ$8.50.

Darwin 13km 15 mins Approx $20-30 Darwin Airport Shuttle.

Meets all flights. Adult $18, child $8; return: adult $30, child $14. Group discounts available.

Dunedin 30km 30 mins Approx NZ$90-100 Super Shuttle, NZ$30 for one person, NZ$10 for additional passengers.

Gold Coast 23km (Surfers Paradise) 40 mins $59 flat rate to Surfers Paradise. $49 flat rate to Broadbeach. See rank supervisor.

Con-x-ion Bus. Every 15-30 mins. Adult $22, child $13; return: adult $41, child $22 (bookings essential).

Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle.

Adult $21, child $13; return:

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Australian & New Zealand airports

adult $41, child $21.

Bus 777 and 760. Every 30 mins. Tickets from $8.60.

Sita Coaches to Melbourne. Adult $22, child $10; return: $42.

Hamilton Island

Melbourne (Tullamarine)

5 mins Free airport transfers offered to guests of selected hotels and holiday homes.

Hobart 19km 20 mins Approx $40-50 Redline Airporter meets every flight. Adult $18, child $14; return: adult $32, child $25.

Launceston 15km 15 mins Approx $30-40 Redline Airporter meets every flight. Adult $18, child $14; return: adult $32, child $25.

Mackay TO MACKAY 7km 15 mins Approx $15-25 TO AIRLIE BEACH 160km 2 hours Whitsunday Transfers.

Adult $69, child (4-15 yrs) $35; return: adult $120, child $60.

Melbourne (Avalon)

25km 25 mins Approx $60-70 SkyBus. Every 10 mins. Adult $18, child $9; return: adult $36, child $18. Skybus operates Express to Southern Cross Station with free city hotel shuttle connections and services to St Kilda and Frankston. Present your Jetstar boarding pass for a discount on any of these services.

Napier/Hawke’s Bay 6km 10 mins Approx NZ$20-30 Super Shuttle to Napier, NZ$20 for one person, NZ$7 for additional passengers.

TO HASTINGS NZ$43, and Havelock North NZ$45. Village Shuttle to Hastings, NZ$38, and Havelock North NZ$40, NZ$5 for additional passengers.

Nelson 8km 15 mins Approx NZ$20-30 Nelson Shuttle NZ$18 for one person, NZ$4 for additional passengers; Super Shuttle NZ$19 for one person, NZ$4 for additional passengers.

TO GEELONG 20km 25 mins Approx $50 Airport Shuttle. Adult $22, child $15; return: $34. Also operates to Bellarine, adult $30, child $16, return: $60; and Great Ocean Rd: adult $32, child $26, return: $64

Newcastle

TO MELBOURNE CBD 55km 45 mins Approx $130

27km 40 mins Approx $70-80 Shuttle Bus, $40 for one person; $10 for

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additional passengers.

Enquire at airport information desk.

Port Stephens Coach route 130. Adult $4.60, child $2.30.

New Plymouth 12km 15 mins Approx NZ$40 Scotts Airport Shuttle (bookings preferred).

From NZ$18, NZ$4 for additional passengers.

Palmerston North 5km 10 mins Approx NZ$20 Super Shuttles.

Adult NZ$18, NZ$4 for additional passengers.

Perth 12km (domestic terminal); 19km (international terminal) 40 mins Approx $35-45 Perth Airport Connect.

Tickets $15; return: $30.

Transperth Bus 40 from T3/T4. Route 380 from T1/T2. Tickets from $4.50.

Queenstown 8km 10 mins Approx NZ$30-40 Super Shuttle. NZ$20 for one person, NZ$6 for additional passengers.

Connectabus. Every 15 mins. Adult NZ$12; child NZ$5.50.

Sunshine Coast TO NOOSA 30km 30 mins Approx $80 Henry’s Airporter shuttle bus. Adult $30, child $16; return: adult $60, child $32

Translink Bus 622, adult $9.70, child $4.80.

TO MAROOCHYDORE 9km 12 mins Approx $23 Con-x-ion buses. Adult $20, child $12, return: adult $40, child $22.

TransLink Bus 622.

Adult $5.60, child $2.80.

Sydney 8km 20 mins Approx $45-55 Airport Link train from domestic and international terminals. Every 10 mins approx (weekdays). Gate Pass: Adult $13.80, child $12.40, plus cost of rail component.

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Townsville 6km 10 mins Approx $20-30 Airport shuttle.

Adult $10, child $5.

Wellington 8km 25 mins Approx NZ$30-40 Super Shuttle. NZ$20 for one person, NZ$5 for additional passengers.

Airport Flyer route 91 bus. Every 10-20 mins.

Adult NZ$6-$12, child NZ$4-$7.

Whitsunday Coast/Proserpine Airlie Beach 40km 35 mins Approx $90 Whitsunday Transit.

Adult $18, child $13.

Whitsunday Transfers.

Adult $18, child $13; return: adult $34, child $18.

Bookings not required.

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1 Who plays a xylophone? (11) 7 What form of writing did ancient Egyptians use? (13) 8 What garden, under the sea, did Ringo from The Beatles want to be in? (9) 11 “A long, long time ‌â€? Don McLean, “American Pieâ€?

(1971) (3) 12 The “Australian Dreamâ€? is to be a home ‌ (5) 13 What’s worn on shoes to grip on ice and snow? (7) 14 What word element means “all typesâ€?, as in omnivore? (4) 15 What Australian venomous snake is called dukayj in the Nyungar language? (6) 17 The acronym for “information and communications technologyâ€?. (3) 18 Skyhooks released the album Living in the ‌ in 1974.

(9) 20 “Make it ‌â€? Captain Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) (2) 22 What horror novel did Mary Shelley write when she was 18? (12)

1 What chromosomes are normally present in male and female mammals? (1,11) 2 What military ranks are abbreviated as LEUT or LT? (11) 3 Who is the sorcerer in Shakespeare’s The Tempest? (8) 4 Who directed films including Dead Calm (1988) and RabbitProof Fence (2002)? (5) 5 A district in London known for its restaurants and nightclubs. (4) 6 An opposite of “connection�?

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9. In which island nation might you have a breakfast of dan bing and shao bing washed down with soy milk?

1. Tasmanian carpenter Joseph Keen invented what popular spice mix?

2. How many Whitsundays islands are there?

A) 125 B) 16 C) 74 3. What is the name given to the Australian social media movement following people living in renovated vans?

4. Waimea Canyon and the Na Pali Coast are on what Hawaiian island?

5. In which Asian capital city would you visit Tran Quoc Pagoda on West Lake?

6. Where is the only place in the world where two World Heritage-listed sites meet?

7. Which hotel was declared ‘world’s best airport hotel’ at the 2017 Skytrax World Airport Awards?

8. The Yolngu people call which vast Northern Territory wilderness area home?

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11. The kauri tree known as Tane Mahuta or ‘Father of the Forest’ on New Zealand’s North Island is estimated to be approximately how many years old?

A) 500 B) 2000 C) 9000 12. Popular Balinese beach club Ku De Ta has recently opened its first international outpost in which Australian capital?

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14. Formerly known as Spoleto Festival, which annual arts festival returns to Melbourne this month?

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Spider-Man: Homecoming

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カーズ／クロスロード

| 133 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN & CHS DIRECTOR: Jon Watts CAST: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.

| 76 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Brian Fee CAST: Owen Wilson, Armie Hammer

Following a sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker comes into his own with his first standalone film. His epic adventures abroad now at an end, the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man must learn to embrace his new identity as he faces high-school quizzes, a curious aunt, homecoming dates and an ominous villain with plans that could threaten the future of the Avengers. ピーター・パーカーはトニー・スタークが目を配る中、 故郷に戻るが…。

Blindsided by a new generation of racers, Lightning McQueen must prove that #95 isn’t through yet. ライトニング・マックィ ーンは新世代のレーサ ーたちから追い上げを 食らう。

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| 129 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg CAST: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush

An old rival pursues Captain Jack Sparrow.

©2017 TriStar Pictures, Inc.

© 2017 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Baby Driver

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| 113 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN & CHS DIRECTOR: Edgar Wright CAST: Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm

A getaway driver relies on his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game, but must face the music when everything he loves is threatened.

ジャック・スパロウ船長 は、 旧敵サラザール船長 に追い詰められる。

無謀な強盗により、逃走 車ドライバーの生命、愛、 自由が脅かされる。

Everything, Everything

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

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The Circle

The House

Wonder Woman

ザ・サークル

ザ・ハウス

ワンダーウーマン

| 110 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: James Ponsoldt CAST: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks

| 88 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Andrew Jay Cohen CAST: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler

A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called The Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity.

After a married couple lose their daughter’s college fund, they decide to start an illegal casino in their neighbour’s basement.

| 141 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Patty Jenkins CAST: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright

スコットとケイトのジョハ 強大なテクノロジー企業「 ンセン夫婦は娘アレック ザ・サークル」 で理想の仕 スの大学進学資金を失っ 事を手に入れた女性は…。 てしまい…。

LANGUAGES AVAILABLE:

JPN: Japanese

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Before she becomes Wonder Woman, Diana, princess of the Amazons, must fight in the war to end all wars. ワンダーウーマンになる 以前、彼女はアマゾンのプ リンセス、 ダイアナとして 暮らしていた。

FRE: French

エブリシング

| 96 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Stella Meghie CAST: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson

Smart and imaginative Maddy cannot leave the protection of her hermetically sealed house due to illness.

18歳のマディは病気の ため、密閉された自宅か ら出ることができない。

キャプテン・アンダーパン

ツ：ザ・ファースト・エピ…

| 89 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: David Soren CAST: Kevin Hart, Ed Helms

Two mischievous kids hypnotise their mean high school principal. いたずらっ子の少 年 2 人は、意 地 悪な校 長 先 生に催 眠 術をか け… 。

ENG: English ENSUB: English subtitles ENCC: English closed captioning

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| 121 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott CAST: Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender

The crew of the Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

ダイアリー・オヴ・ウィンピ ー・キッド：ザ・ロング…

| 91 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: David Bowers CAST: Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone

A family road trip goes badly off course. 一家はおばあちゃんの90 歳の誕生日をお祝いする ために車で旅に出るが、旅 はとんでもない方向へと 進んでいく。

© 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

© 2017 Home Box Office, Inc.

My Cousin Rachel

The Wizard of Lies

マイ・カズン・レイチェル

| 106 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Roger Michell CAST: Rachel Weisz, Sam Clafin

A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious cousin, only to find himself falling in love with her. イギリス人の青年は、美 しくミステリアスな従姉 妹に復讐しようと考え るが…。

© 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Ubisoft Motion Pictures Assassin’s Creed.

植民地を探す宇宙船コヴ ェナント号は暗く危険な 惑星を見つける。

Diary of Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

嘘の天才 ∼史上最大

の金融詐欺∼

| 133 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Barry Levinson CAST: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer

マドフが起こした出資金 詐欺、彼の策略と嘘、隠 を詳細に描き出す。

ジュリアン・アサンジは5年 間にわたって小さな建物 内に軟禁されている。

General

Parental guidance recommended 保護者同伴推奨

Kung Fu Yoga

Why Him?

ディオールと私

アサシン クリード

ホワイ・ヒム？

カンフー・ヨガ

| 90 mins LANGUAGE: FRE & ENS DIRECTOR: Frederic Tcheng CAST: Christian Dior, Omar Berrada, Raf Simons

| 115 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: Justin Kurzel CAST: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard

| 111 mins LANGUAGE: ENG, JPN, CHS & ENCC DIRECTOR: John Hamburg CAST: Bryan Cranston, James Franco

| 90 mins LANGUAGE: CHS & ENS DIRECTOR: Stanley Tong CAST: Jackie Chan

Marked by tragedy from an early age, Cal Lynch is facing capital punishment when he gains an unexpected second chance at life.

Visiting his daughter at Stanford, an overprotective dad meets his biggest nightmare: her strange billionaire boyfriend.

A renowned professor of archaeology at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi’an teams up with an Indian professor to locate a lost treasure.

死刑宣告を受けた囚人は、 殺し屋として過去へと送り 込まれる。

ネッドは娘のボーイフレン ドでシリコンバレーの億万 長者に会う。

考古学教授はインド・マ ガダ国の失われた財宝 を探し始める。

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Assassin’s Creed

ラフ・シモンズが行ったク リスチャン・ディオールで 最初のオートクチュール コレクションの裏側に迫っ た作品。

| 126 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Laura Poitras CAST: Julian Assange

In 2008, financier Bernie Madoff is arrested for perpetrating perhaps the largest financial fraud in US history.

Dior and I

Minimalist designer Raf Simons must race against time to make his first haute couture line for Christian Dior.

Risk リスク

While capturing the story of Julian Assange, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle.

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Alien: Covenant

エイリアン：コヴェナント

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Recommended for mature audiences 成人推奨

Not suitable for people under 15. Under 15s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian

15歳未満非推奨。15歳未満は 保護者または成人の同伴が必要

Restricted to 18 and over 18歳以上観覧可

Check the classification

Check the classification 分類を確認のこと

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Her Love Boils Bathwater 湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛

| 90 mins LANGUAGE: JPN & ENS DIRECTOR: Ryota Nakano CAST: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki

ヒー・ダイド・ウィズ・ア・フ

ェラフェル・イン…

| 90 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Richard Lowenstein CAST: Noah Taylor

I am Legend

Limitless

アイ・アム・レジェンド

リミットレス

| 101 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Francis Lawrence CAST: Will Smith

| 105 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Neal Burger CAST: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro

A nightmare chase through hell in a neverending search for the ultimate shared house.

Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.

末期がんと診断された 双葉は、死ぬ前に4つの ことをやり遂げようと決 意する。

報われない欲望の終わ りなき連鎖…。地獄で の悪夢のような追跡劇 を描く。

伝染病を逃れ、ニューヨ ーク唯一の生存者となっ た男は治療薬を探して果 敢に戦う。

Mad Max: Fury Road

マジック・マイク

When Futaba learns she has terminal cancer, she gives herself four duties to fulfil before she dies.

A copywriter discovers a top-secret drug that gives him super-human abilities. As his life begins to change, he starts to consider the drug’s shadowy origins.

The Lincoln Lawyer

リンカーン弁護士

| 119 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Brad Furman CAST: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei

Lawyer Mickey Haller is operating out of his car when he becomes embroiled in a highprofile case involving a Beverly Hills playboy.

コピーライターは超人的 能力を引き出す極秘ドラ ッグを見つける。

弁護士のミック・ハラー は、注目の性的暴行事件 に巻き込まれていく。

Miss Congeniality

The Man From Snowy River

ティー

スノーリバー／輝く大地

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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He Died With a Felafel In His Hand

マッドマックス 怒りのデ ス・ロード

| 120 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: George Miller CAST: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron

Haunted by his past, Mad Max is swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland. マッドマックスは精鋭フ ュリオサ大隊長とともに 過激な戦闘に巻き込ま れていく。

Magic Mike | 110 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh CAST: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey

Entrepreneur Mike spends his days pursuing the American Dream and his nights as the hot headliner of an all-male revue. マイクは日中は起業家だ が、 夜になるとマジックへ と変貌する。

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デンジャラス・ビュー

| 109 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Donald Petrie CAST: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine

Tomboy FBI agent Gracie must go undercover as a beauty queen to foil a terrorist plot. 男勝りのFBI女性捜査官 グレイシーは、 ミスコンに 参加する美女に変身しな ければならなくなり…。

の果てに

| 102 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: George Miller CAST: Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton

In a story inspired by Banjo Paterson’s epic bush poem, Jim Craig fights for his honour.

1880年代のオーストラ リア。 ジム・クレイグは土 地係争で自らの名誉をか けて戦う。

美女と野獣 （1991）

| 84 mins LANGUAGE: ENG DIRECTOR: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise CAST: Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach

Lovely Belle enters an enchanted castle owned by the Beast. 若く愛らしいベルと、心 根は優しいが見るも恐ろ しい野獣との間に生ま れた不思議なロマンス を描く。

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COMEDY SERIES

Friends

Pretty Little Liars

Claws

ライフ・イン・ピーシズ

プリティ・リトル・ライアーズ

クローズ

22 mins per episode, Season 2

22 mins per episode, Season 2

45 mins per episode, Season 7

A show about love, sex, careers, and the time in life when everything is possible.

It’s about the search for commitment and security and the fear of commitment and security. Most of all, it’s about friendship – for when you’re young and single in the city, your friends are your family.

45 mins per episode, Season 1

Significant milestone moments in the evolution of a large family are depicted in a series of vignettes.

Four high school girls reunite after receiving frightening messages about their deepest secrets, suggesting that a long-missing former friend has returned and is watching them. Based on the books by Sara Shepard.

Follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous Florida manicurists at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County Salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.

都会に暮らす独身の若者たちに とって、友達こそが家族である。

The Big Bang Theory

*MODERN FAMILY © 2016-2017 AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES. **AMERICAN DAD ©2014 FOX AND ITS RELATED ENTITIES

Life In Pieces

フレンズ

ビッグバン★セオリー

22 mins per episode, Season 10

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。

2 Broke Girls

NYボンビー・ガール

22 mins per episode, Season 6

Street-wise Max doesn’t expect much from the new waitress at her night job, a rich girl who has reluctantly joined the food service industry after a string of bad luck. But to her surprise, Caroline is a woman of substance and just may be her ticket to success. マックスとキャロラインは奇妙 な友情を築き、大きなチャンス を夢見る。

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大家族で起こる重要な出来事 を、様々なエピソードから描く。

Modern Family*

モダン・ファミリー

22 mins per episode, Season 8

Follow the comical exploits of three families as they work out what it means to be a ‘modern family’.

3つのモダンな家族を描くコメ ディードラマ。

The Middle

ザ・ミドル 中流家族のフツー の幸せ

22 mins per episode, Season 8

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 sense of humour to get through each day. 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。

American Dad**

アメリカン・ダッド

22 mins per episode, Season 13

A gung-ho CIA agent tries to keep a leash on his odd family, which includes his hippie daughter, an alien, and a talking goldfish. 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。

重大な秘密を暴露する恐怖の メールを受け取った4人の女子 高校生は、再び結集する。

iZombie

アイゾンビ

45 mins per episode, Season 3

A young medical resident turned zombie works in the coroner’s office to access the brains she must reluctantly eat, but with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she now solves homicides to quiet the voices in her head. ゾンビになってしまった若き医 大生は、人間の脳みそを手に 入れるために検死解剖室で働 き始める。

Lucifer

ルシファー

45 mins per episode, Season 2

Lucifer decides to abandon Hell, a decision that angers both sides in the Divine struggle. 地獄を捨てる決意をしたルシフ ァー。彼の決断は天国と地獄の 両方を怒らせてしまう。

フロリダ州のネイルサロンに勤 める多様で危ないネイリスト5 人のドラマ。

The Leftovers

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LEFTOVERS／残された世界

45 mins per episode, Season 3

Three years after the fateful October day when 140 million people – two per cent of the world’s population – disappeared without a trace in a global event dubbed The Departure, the denizens of the small suburban town of Mapleton struggle to comprehend and cope. 「旅立ち」 と呼ばれる世界的な 出来事で世界から1.4億人が突 然姿を消した。

The Originals オリジナルズ

45 mins per episode, Season 4

This spinoff from The Vampire Diaries series follows the three Mikaelson siblings, the world’s oldest vampires, as they return to conquer the city of New Orleans. 「ヴァンパイア・ダイアリーズ」 のスピンオフ作品。世界最古の ヴァンパイアのマイケルソン家の 3兄弟を描く。

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KIDS

Sara’s Australia Unveiled

サラズ・オーストラリア・アンヴ

ザ・ワールズ・モースト・エクスト

ェイルド

ローディナリー・ホ…

30 mins per episode

60 mins per episode

Sara La Fountain starts her exploration to the Northern Territory in Darwin.

A woman used the wings and tail fins of a disused Boeing 747 for her dream home.

サラ・ラ・ファウンテンの冒険はノ ーザンテリトリー州ダーウィンか らスタートする。

ある女性は廃棄されたボーイン グ747の翼と尾翼を使って理想 の家を建てる。

Curious Traveler

Who Do You Think You Are?

30 mins per episode

フー・ドゥー・ユー・シンク・ユー・

キュリアス・トラヴェラー

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The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes

Why does Paris look like Paris?

Why were the Eiffel Tower and the Pont Alexandre III built for World Expos? Why is the Opera Garnier so ornate? Why is there a Romano-Byzantine Basilica atop the highest point in Paris? Why are the streets so windy in Montmartre? Why was a famous cabaret, the Moulin Rouge, built inside a red mill? パリがパリらしいのはどうして だろうか？

New World Without Strangers

ニュー・ワールド・ウィズアウト・

ストレンジャーズ

26 mins per episode

Home-sharing platforms have opened up private homes and turned them into shared spaces. Such opportunities have redefined our travel experiences and how we discover of a city and its people. ホームシェアリングとは、個人宅 を開放して共有スペースを活用 する仕組みだ。

アー？

60 mins per episode

Delving into his family history, actor and civil rights champion Sir Ian McKellen uncovers a theatrical ancestor, a Victorian political activist, and a link to an ancient druidical landmark. サー・イアン・マッケランは、 「マ ッケラン家の最後の人物」 として 一抹の哀愁を覚える。

The Wheel***

ザ・ウィール

30 mins per episode

スクービー・ドゥー！＆WWE

Everyday Henry meets something new.

- カース・オヴ・ザ…

ヘンリーは毎日、新しいものに 出会う！

Disney Tsum Tsum****

ツムツム

2 mins per episode

Short episodes featuring Disney Tsum Tsum’s. ディズニー・ツムツム主演の短 編作品。

Six ordinary people face the most challenging rite of passage ever created. ある平凡な6人が史上最も過酷 な行程に挑戦する。

In The Wild

***

イン・ザ・ワイルド

42 mins per episode

Adam Savage and Alie Ward explore the future of industrial innovation. アダム・サヴェッジとアリー・ワ ードが産業改革の未来を紹介 する。

81 mins per episode

It’s pedal to the metal as Scooby-Doo and the gang team up with WWE superstars. スクービー・ドゥーと仲間たち がWWEのスーパースターたち とタッグを組み、猛スピードで 駆け抜ける！

Insectibles

Elena of Avalor

インセクティブルズ

23 mins per episode

Grandpa’s invention accidentally shrinks Zak and Grandpa down to insect size.

22 mins per episode

アバローのプリンセス エレナ

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。

Disney Mickey Mouse

****

ディズニー ミッキーマウス！

4 mins per episode

45 mins per episode

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Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

The Day Henry Met

ザ・デイ・ヘンリー・メット

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。

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

Hot rod diggity dog – the Sensational Six are on the move! 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！

ザックと祖父は、祖父の発明品 で誤って虫の大きさに縮小され てしまう。

Secret Millionaires Club

シークレット・ミリオネアズ・ クラブ

26 mins per episode

Warren Buffett mentors a group of entrepreneurial kids. ウォーレン・バフェットが、起業 家精神に れた子供グループを 指導する。

Bananas in Pyjamas Surprise Party バナナインパジャマ - サプライズ パーティー

30 mins per episode

The Teddies decide to give the Bananas a surprise party. テディたちは、バナナたちにサ プライズパーティーを開こうと 考える。

***THE WHEEL, IN THE WILD © DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, ****DISNEY TSUM TSUMS, DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE, MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS © DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

LIFESTYLE & REALITY

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ALBUMS

PODCASTS & RADIO

O’Shea 61-615

Katy Perry

オシェイ 61-615

Chained to the Rhythm

Calvin Harris Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1. カルヴィン・ハリス ファンク・ウェ ーヴ・バウンシズ Vol.1

Lana Del Ray Lust for Life

ケイティ・ペリー チェインド・トゥ・

ザ・リズム

Kirin J Callinan ft.

Conan Mockasin Living Each Day キリン・J・カリナン ft. コナン・モカ

ラナ・デル・レイ ラスト・フォー・

シン リヴィング・イーチ・デイ

Various Artists

The Vamps Middle of the Night

ライフ

Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture) オムニバス ベイビー・ドライバー

（サウンドトラック）

Status Quo The Last Night Of The Electrics (Live)

ステイタス・クオー ザ・ラスト・ナ

イト・オヴ・ジ・エレクトリックス

（ライヴ）

MUSIC VIDEOS

ザ・ヴァンプス ミドル・オヴ・ザ・ナイト

The Strypes Behind Closed Doors ザ・ストライプス ビハイン

キャンドルズ

Dierks Bentley What The Hell Did I Say ダークス・ベントリー ホワット・

Niall Horan

ジョナス・ブルー ft. ウィリアム・

The Kooks Be Who You Are

ザ・クークス ビー・フー・ユー・アー

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シンジ ママ

Meg Mac Low Blows メグ・マック ロー・ブロウズ

Hailee Steinfeld Most Girls ヘイリー・スタインフェルド モースト・ ガールズ

Mini Meditations (Kids) ミニ・

The Em Rusciano Radio Show with Harley Breen

NOVA Hear the freshest hits on NOVA, hosted by Smallzy.

ザ・エム・ルチアーノ・ラジオショー・ ウィズ・ハーレー・ブリーン

Chrissy, Sam & Browny ドキャスト

ッパ・ポッドキャスト

Kate, Tim & Marty ケイト、ティ ム＆マーティー・ポッドキャスト

ションズ（アダルト）

オーストラリアからスマルジーが最 新ヒット曲をお届けします。

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Smooth FM Chill out to these favourites. イージーリスニングプログラム。

GAMES

The Grill Team ザ・グリル・チー ム・ポッドキャスト

Merrickville with Merrick Watts メリックビル・ウィズ・メリッ

ク・ワッツ

The Hot Breakfast ザ・ホット・ Hamish & Andy ハミッシュ＆ア

カット・コピー エアボーン

ン・オーストラリア

Meditations (Adult) メディテー

ー・ポッドキャスト

Dope Lemon Marinade Jonas Blue Ft. William Singe Mama

Game On Australia ゲーム・オ

Carrie & Tommy キャリー＆トミ

ブレックファスト・ポッドキャスト

ドウプ・レモン マリネイド

ム・ポッドキャスト

メディテーションズ（キッズ）

ウィズ・ネイチャー

Cut Copy Airborne

The Slow Home ザ・スロー・ホー

ィ、デイヴ＆フェヴ・ポッドキャスト

Fitzy & Wippa フィッツィー＆ウィ

ポール・ケリー ファイアウッド＆

ア・マン・イン・コンフリクト・

Shane Nicholson Safe

Fifi, Dave, Fev & Byron フィフ

Paul Kelly Firewood & Candles

テックス、 ドン＆チャーリー

シェイン・ニコルソン セイフ

The Property Couch ザ・プロパ

ティ・コーチ

ド・クローズド・ドアーズ

Tex, Don & Charlie A Man in Conflict with Nature

ナイル・ホーラン スロー・ハンズ

カイル＆ジャッキーO・ポッドキャスト

クリッシー、サム＆ブラウニー・ポッ

ザ・ヘル・ディド・アイ・セイ

Slow Hands

The Kyle & Jackie O Show

ンディー・ポッドキャスト

Tetris

テトリス

Chess

チェス

Bejeweled 2

ビジュエルド２

Hughsey & Kate ヒュージー＆ケ

Blackjack

Kinderling Conversation

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Lying high When is it okay to tell a little white lie when travelling?

WORDS CHRISTINE RETSCHLAG

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Meet my imaginary husband...

So you can speak Chinese, can you? truth. Matt is indeed a chippie on the Sunny Coast and he is messy. The skill is in omitting certain facts: we don’t particularly like each other.

Holidaying overseas, I was once accused by a tour operator spruiking his offerings on the street of lying about already having taken a similar tour the previous day.

While I have, in fact, used this trick before to scare off touts, for once I was telling the truth. So I was astonished when the tour operator started grilling me about minute details of the tour in question, all of which I passed with flying colours. Unsatisfied, he screamed at me: “You are a liar and a disgrace to Australia!” The one time you tell the truth …

I arrived back in Australia from a China trip once to find there were no immigration

forms written in English, only in Chinese. Having filled out the form many times, and rather weary from my overnight flight, I simply ticked all the boxes I knew meant “no”.

When I arrived at the immigration desk, the officer asked, with a grin on his face, “So you can speak Chinese, can you?”

To which I pointed at the nearest Chinese man, and replied: “No, but my husband over there can.”

You may as well print out my boarding pass straight to hell.

ILLUSTRATION GREGORY ROBERTS

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A STRICT Catholic upbringing means I’m a notoriously terrible liar, the threat of an eternity in hell enough to keep me on the straight and narrow.

But strangely, when travelling, I am prone to sprinkling the odd porkie pie if it makes life a little easier.

My fellow females, I’ve noticed, are especially skilled at this trick. Who hasn’t had to concoct an imaginary husband while travelling in certain countries to avoid unwanted attention? In my case the fable goes something like this: “I’d love to have dinner with you, but my husband Matt, a Sunshine Coast chippie, would be very angry.” This story is usually enough to keep potential paramours at bay. Particularly savvy human lie detectors will sometimes ask: “So, if you’re married, where’s your wedding ring?”

To which I will reply: “Oh, it’s very expensive, and I didn’t want to lose it while on holiday.” The fact Messy Matt and I haven’t spoken for years is then lost among the hustle and bustle of the local markets.

The trick to the travelling white lie is that you divulge just enough

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