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● Miss Puggy of the Lost Dogs Home just adored her meeting with Jane Jolmes of 3AW-Magic 1278 as part of her birthday celebrations over the past week.

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Review by Cheryl Threadgold ■ Brighton Theatre Company is again treating audiences to a play that challenges the ‘grey cells’ or, more directly, ‘messes with the mind’.

Ed Sala’s mystery comedy Bloody Murder presents a fascinating interpretation of the murder-mystery genre, with the (mostly) multi-role playing characters discussing their characters in a developing mystery story and rebelling against their author.

Wealthy Lady Somerset (Joan Krutli) laments “We are characters in a story in a mindless piece of tawdry detective fiction.”

The mystery creator takes advantage of writing from a first person narrative perspective to eventually take control, add more characters, create character assassinations and develop a final entertaining twist.

Directed by Andrew McMillan and set in 1939 in an elegant English country house, this intriguing play within a play is promoted as Agatha Christie meeting Luigi Pirandello, author of the absurdist Six Characters in Search of an Author.

The six potential suspects gathered for the weekend with Lady Somerset include retired army Major Quimby (Simon Cooper), fading thespian Tremaine (David Efron), idle nephew Charles (Tim Murphy), ingénue Emma (Stacie Mason) and a Maid with surprising revelations (Christine Bridge).

Other arrivals include the exotic Countess, Mr Woo, a bumbling Police Inspector, a motorist, servant and Irish nun.

Performance pace will no doubt increase during the season, and fewer pauses between dialogue will ensure sustained audience focus.

The cast’s varied acting experience enhances portrayal of the colourful mix of characters, but the production is fortunate to benefit from Joan Krutli and Simon Cooper’s skilled stagecraft and comedy timing.

The set designed byAndrew McMillan and Valentina Serebrennikovais warmly plush and era-authentic, while lighting by Ewen Crockett and Alan Crispin creatively compliments the script and stage direction.

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Taxi threat case ■ Geelong teen Akec Akec, 19, who threatened a taxi driver with a serrated pruning saw before stealing about $40 in coins, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count each of making threats to kill, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, reports the Geelong Advertiser.

Akec was sentenced to two years in a youth justice detention centre.

Gatecrashed party ■ Six men gatecrashed a Ballarat East party, armed with wooden planks and crutches before assaulting those inside in an alcohol-fuelled attack, the County Court has heard, reports the Ballarat Courier. James Davies, 21, Andrew Doherty, 23, and Brandon Trewin, 19 – all pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated burglary, intentionally causing injury and affray.

‘Blew .238’: Police ■ A 34-year-old Mildura woman was arrested for alleged drink-driving after being intercepted in West Rd, Buronga, on Friday night. The woman returned a breath analysis reading of 0.238 per cent, reports the Sunraysia Daily.She is due to appear before Wentworth Magistrates’ Court on January 6, 2015.

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● Recording industry veteran Ron Tudor with entertainer Dorothy Baker at the Survivors luncheon held on Saturday at the Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne.

5. I've bought a Jeep".

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La Boheme

● Performers James de Montfort and Suzan Harvey ■ Puccini is one of opera's greatest composers, and he is all the rage in Melbourne at the moment.

You can find the Italian opera master indoors with Opera Australia's Tosca at the State Theatre, or perhaps opt for La Bohème in the historic surrounds of the National Trust's Ripponlea mansion and gardens.

The revitalised Citi-Opera company is bringing its innovative production of La Bohème in modern dress to the lawns of Rippon Lea House, from Friday- Sunday, December 5-7.

The timeless story of four young artists navigating through life and affairs of the heart has been popular with audiences since its first performance in 1896.

The whirlwind romance between the poet Rodolfo and his neighbour Mimi drives the drama and poignancy of the opera, which is performed in Italian with surtitles so everyone will know exactly what is going on.

A chamber orchestra will accompany the cast, with musical direction by Katia Pronin. Production director is CitiOpera's new general manager, Adam Miller, an Australian baritone who has returned to Melbourne after an impressive career singing in England with major opera companies, and then managing Opera Novella, a successful touring opera company.

Melbourne audiences are used to outdoor theatre productions where they can bring their picnic rug and hamper, so being able to enjoy a live opera in Ripponlea's historic lawn setting with some gourmet goodies should be a fun experience.

The role of Mimi is shared by Fiona Jopson and Martha George, with alternate Rodolfos being Othon Charalambous and Dmitri Pronin. Musetta is shared between Suzanne Ribet and Suzan Harvey. The other three Bohemians are Simon Meadows as Marcello, James de Montfort as Schaunard and Des Lukey as Colline.

While CitiOpera promises a delightful performance, nobody in their right mind promises ideal weather in Melbourne, so pop in a sweater and an umbrella …just in case.

The performances are at 7.30 pm on Friday, December 5, 2pm on Saturday December 6 and 4pm on Sunday, December 7, and tickets are available from www.trybooking.com/ 103887 or by calling 9656 9804.

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● Henry Gay with radio man Philip Brady

Editor Ash Long is heard: ● 8.45am Wed., with Ron Burke, 3NRG-FM Sunbury ● 10am Wed., with Denis Scanlan, Pulse 94.7 Geelong ● 9.15am Thu., with Bob and Judy Phillips, 3RPP Peninsula

Women welcomed at ‘Survivors’ ■ For decades, the Survivors group of showbiz veterans have kept their twice-yearly luncheons as strictly male-only affairs.

A vote was taken earlier this year, and it was widely agreed that show business women should be welcomed.

Singer Dorothy Baker was the first woman to be welcomed at Saturday’s meeting held at the Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne.

Chairman Ron Tudor, 90, was on hand to greet Dorothy who became a household name after her appearances on Graham Kennedy’s In Melbourne Tonight.

Dot was accompanied by Judy Kidney, a member of the ‘Four Debs’ from those early Channel 9 days; and Robin Turner, who made her name as a State Political Reporter for National Nine News, then under the leadership of John Sorell.

Robyn also made a name as a reporter for The Australian, working with Melbourne bureau chief John Monks, and working in the Victorian political arena.

Convenor Bruce McKay said invitations had also been extended to Melbourne Observer columnist Yvonne Lawrence, and 3AW-Magic 1278 presenter Jane Holmes (and her partner Peter Acfield).

The meeting welcomed Henry Gay, who made the jour-

● Hugh Hill and Judy Kidney at Saturday’s lunch ney from Hervey Bay, Queens- Melbourne newsroom. Now land, to attend the reunion. retured, Chris keeps busy as a Philip Brady described Justice of the Peace, after deHenry as the oldest living friend cades of volunteer community of the late Graham Kennedy. work, particularly as Captain of They had worked together at the Country Fire Authority at 3UZ. Epping.

Chris Bahen, who started Former Channel 9 General work as a page boy at the Re- Manager Nigel Dick was in atgent Theatre in Collins St, is a tendance, and told of his regular attender. progress in his thesis for a DocHe became a projectionist tor of Philosophy. at the Regent Thornbury, then He was pleased to see adjoined GTV-9 in 1959. vertising man Don Hyde as a He was later responsible for guest. Hyde is also well-known news exchange for Channel 9’s for his work as a football commentator, and he recalled the dexterity of John Vertigan, as Sports Co-Ordinator at 3UZ. Another 3UZ alumni is Johnny Chester, also well known for his country music singing career. He sat with Ian Stewart, whose was prominent in Melbourne radio, particularly as an overnight presenter on 3MP and 3AK. He began has career with the stage name of ‘Ian Richards’.

Today, Ian finds success as as an associate of the Ian Reid VendorAdvocacy.

The Survivors group was formed in a Channel 9 caravan by Bert Newton, John Proper and Ron Tudor.

Some of its early members included Doug Elliot, Joff Ellen, Frank Rich, Norm Spencer and Peter Smith.

In recent years, its membership has included the late Bud Tingwell, Bill Hunter, Keith McGowan, Peter James, John Hart, Doug Morgan and Tony Charlton.

Saturday’s meeting was the first to have included invited ● Chris Bahen at Saturday’s ‘Survivors’ luncheon women guests.

● Johnny Chester with Ian Stewart.

Paul Konik is up at 3.15am daily to travel from his horse ★ stud in North-East Victoria to the Wangaratta studios of 3NE to present the breakfast radio program there.

Denis O’Kane, working in the Fairfax Radio newsroom ★ at 3AW, has been busy of the Victorian state election trail. He is nicknamed ‘DOK’ because of his initials. Another radio man, Keith Livingston, is also known as ‘Doc’.

Radio-TV man Brian Smith is a popular civil celebrant these days. He was best known for his sports reports on outlets including 3UZ and Nine News.

Hugh Hill and Judy Kidney were pleased to reacquaint at the Survivors’ luncheon on Saturday. Hugh worked in staging at Channl 9 on the early days of In Melbourne Tonight in the late 1950s, when Judy was one of the members of ‘The Four Debs’.

A group of Survivors travels from Geelong to enjoy the twice-yearly lunches. They include Denis Scanlan, Gary Newton and John Humphrey. Paul Jennings often accompanies them.

Former Nine News political reporter Robin Turner also hails from Geelong.

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● Dean Reynolds addresses the meeting

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‘Comedy of year’ at Mt Waverley Briefs Missing

■ Police have concerns for the welfare of Christos Vavouras, pictured, missing since Friday, reports the Sunraysia Daily.

Vavouras, 68, was last seen leaving his Mildura West home about 2pm, driving a maroon Ford sedan.

Police said he suffers from a medical condition.

‘Carjack’

■ Police are appealing for information after five men, all wearing balaclavas used a firearm to steal a car in Armadale early yesterday (Tues.).

The incident happened in Densham Ave when the victim was sitting in his BMW coupe, near his home address, just after midnight.

A 22-year-old man, told Police that two vehicles, a white Audi A4 and a brown Audi Q5, boxed him in.

Spending

■ The Wangaratta Saleyards upgrade will go ahead at a cost of $3.897m if administrators give their approval, reports the Wangaratta Chronicle.

The decision was due last night (Tues.).

■ Key For Two won comedy of the year in Britain in 1982 and there is a feeling of having stepped back in time watching this production.

In 1980s Britain the recession is biting and divorcée Harriet (Sarah Somers) has come up with a novel way to make ends meet.

Her two married lovers, Gordon (Michael Knowles) and Alec (Glenn Baker), unbeknownst to each other, are ‘entertained’ in shifts.

As with all the best laid plans, Harriet’s neatly organised scheme, ‘Eggs away five-thirty. Fish arrives at six,’ hilariously unravels when her longlost friend Anne (Tina Bono) arrives on her doorstep followed by Anne’s estranged husband Richard (Chris Shaw).

Key For Two was written by veteran comedy writers John Chapman and Dave Freeman who between them had a hand in many popular postwar British sit-coms and comedy sketch shows including The Benny Hill Show and the Carry On films.

In the tradition of the best British bedroom farces, all the well-known double entendres are

● Alison Knight (Mildred) and Tina Bono (Anne) in Peridot Theatre’s Key For Two in Mt Waverley until November 29. Photo: Michael Papier here; from ‘tea and crum- Despite the dated feel comedy presented at its pet’ to ‘falling off his and the occasional lame best.

Performance Season: mount’ jokes. joke, the audience loved November 19, 20, 21, 22, There is also a sexy it. nurse, a couple of Director Bob Bramble 26, 27, 28, 29 at 8pm, Nodowdywives and lots of has managed to unleash vember 22 at 2.15pm, lingerie on display. the considerable comedic November 23 at 4pm Venue: Unicorn TheHelen McIntosh’s skills of his talented acclever set design adds an tors. Chris Shaw’s prat- atre, Lechte Rd, Mt extra layer of complexity falls, in particular, are a Waverley (Mt Waverley Secondary College) by allowing for visual highlight.

Tickets: $25/$22 jokes to be played out Peridot’s Key For Two Bookings:www.peridot. separately to the dialogue. may be silly (and on ocThe comedy timing in casion politically incor- com.au - Kathryn Keeble this production is spot on. rect) but it is also light

■ Australia’s radical large-scale puppet company Snuff Puppets is building the biggest human puppet in the world … at 26.5 metres long.

The free outdoor installation – Everybody – will preview with a grand intervention into an exciting new public space, Testing Ground, in Melbourne’s arts precinct for three days only in December.

Everybody is an interactive installation and roaming puppet performance that will surprise and delight unsuspecting audiences, and is predicted to liberate people from the ordinary and mundane.

Onlookers will be encouraged to interact with, and even sit on, the

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huge body parts while performers/ puppeteers activate the enormous living puppet at regular intervals.

A multitude of giant human body part and organ puppets will break away from the body to roam freely and interact with the audience.

The company’s popular 2012 presentation of Everybody featured the genesis of this year’s giant human puppet Everybody, with detachable giant parts including a mouth, eye, nose, ear, foot, guts and even poo.

Much work has been undertaken in the Footscray laboratory, where■ giant skin cultures have been grown to stretch over bamboo bones.

Snuff Puppets has been running its first-ever crowd sourcing campaign to raise funds to build the giant puppet. www.pozible.com/everybody Dates: December 4 – 6 Times: Between 5.30pm and 9.30pm Location: Testing Ground, 1 23 City Road, Southbank (just behind the Arts Centre) Tickets: Free Audience: Parental guidance recommended for later evening performances More information www.snuff Open puppets.com - Cheryl Threadgold

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■ The costumes are beautiful - congratulations to Christina Carolan and her team.

The full-capacity house on opening night was testament to Brighton Theatre Company’s reputation.for presenting quality community theatre productions and offering audiences friendly, generous hospitality.

Performance Season: Until November 29 Venue: Brighton Theatre, Corner Carpenter and Wilson Sts, Brighton.

Bookings: 1300 752 126 or www.brightontheatreco.com.au - Review by Cheryl Threadgold ■ There are only four more issues of the Melbourne Observer before Christmas. To advertise, contact our Advertising Department by 5pm Friday on 1800 231 311.

● Daniel Andrews ■ Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews is doing better in the State Election pre-poll surveys than the ALP- or Liberals - expected.

However, Andrews’ inability to nail down budget spending figures is losing him traction in the opinion polls.

Andrews haqs been promising spending everywhere, but has steadfastly refused to having the figures analysed by Treasury.

Instead, Labor has been promising to have the figures costed by an independent accounting company - which it is paying.

Andrews promised to have the figures released before voting, but pre-polling started on Monday this week with no sign of any verification.

Andrews ducked scrutiny on Monday afternoon by cancelling his regular fortnightly interview on Tom Elliott’s 3AW ‘drive’ radio program.

Elliott, whose father John was a leader of the Liberal Party, was expected to have grilled Andrews on the many spending promises made.

Instead, Andrews claimed to have double dooked himself, and cancelled the radio spot. Strange ... but it is a regular Monday afternoon appointment.

On the hustings, Labor minders have been careful to have Andrews only address an issue of the day, refusing to take general questions from reporters.

Likewise, Andrews has refused to comment on matters from the Liberal-National coalition.

The balance of power of the State Parliament is already fragile. The balance could again be held by independents and the Greens.

Whilst Labor is publicly distancing itself from the Greens, the ALP is eagerly seeking preferences in both Hosues of Parliament.

Daily papers freefall ■ The Barrel has been a constant critic of the Fairfax Media organisation in regard to the poor performance of The Age newspaper.

Its air of arrogance, its blatant left-wing agenda, its expensive cover prices, its late production, its non-urgent news agenda ... are all matters of failure.

The Barrel has been correct.

Weekday sales of The Age newspaper fell 19.6 per cent, year-on-year, for the July-September quarter. Monday-Friday daily sales are now just 107,678.

Saturday edition sales have fallen to 182,187. The Sunday Age has dropped to a circulation of 138,330.

A spokesman for Fairfax told the Mumbrella trade press: “Our print circulation is more profitable than ever.” Yeah, sure. Or as the kids say: “Whatever.”

Monday-Friday sales for the Herald Sun are 365,133. The Saturday edition sells 366,269. The Sunday Herald Sun circulation is now 429,500.

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Molly Meldrum 50-Years in Music Celebration At Club 23, Crown Photos: Fiona Hamilton

50 years in the business

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■ Foxtel and MAX music channel celebrated Australia’s music guru Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum’s 50-year milestone in the music industry with a party at Crown’s Club 23.

Guests included Jessica Mauboy, Marcia Hines, Brian Mannix, Greedy Smith, Richard Wilkins, Ross Wilson, Glenn Wheatley, Mark Holden, Ralph Carr, Denise Drysdale, Brian Cadd, Jon English, Lindsay Fox, Jeanne Pratt and Russell Morris.

Molly was also reunited with some of the team from Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Daryl Somers, Jacki MacDonald and John Blackman at the star-studded gathering.

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● Amanda Pellman with husband Brian Cadd

● Jeanne Pratt

● Glenn Wheatley and Mark Holden

● Denise Drysdale

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● Paula and Lindsay Fox

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Year of milestones for Molly

● Molly Meldrum, Jacki MacDonald and Daryl Somers

■ It has certainly been a year of milestones for much loved music guru Molly Meldrum.

This year has seen the 40th anniversary of Countdown and last week Foxtel and the Max Music channel hosted a celebration marking Molly’s 50 years in the Australian music business.

The celebration at Club 23 at Crown drew a star-studded crowd including Jessica Mauboy, Marcia Hines, Brian Mannix, Greedy Smith, Richard Wilkins, Ross Wilson, Glenn Wheatley, Mark Holden, Ralph Carr, Denise Drysdale, Brian Cadd, Jon English, Lindsay Fox, Jeanne Pratt and Russell Morris.

It also saw Molly reunite with some of the Hey Hey It’s Saturday team - Daryl Somers, Jacki MacDonald and John Blackman.

The night doubled as a platform to launch the Max Music channel’s documentary The Molly Meldrum Story which will air on Thursday, November 27.

Max Music channel will, as well, dedicate the weekend of Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 to Molly.

Add to this celebration of the man in the hat, the ABC aired the first of a two-part documentary on Countdown, Countdown: Do Yourself A Favour, on Sunday.

The show was really a loving tribute to Molly and was a ratings hit for the ABC. More than 965,000 viewers tuned in, making it nationally the fourth most watched program of the night.

The episode included the now famous Prince Charles roast of Molly.

The skit by the Prince is as charming and endearing as it is astonishing, but it also shows Charles as a very good sport with a genuine sense of humour.

Topping out the 2014 celebration of Molly is, of course, his memoir, The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story.

As I reported recently, the book is a great read.

What an incredible year it has been so far Molly, a wonderful guy, a dear friend and a great figure within the Australian music and TV industry.

La Cage Aux Folles opens this week at the Playhouse ■ I am so looking forward to seeing The Production Company present La Cage Aux Folles.

The show opens on Saturday evening at the Playhouse Theatre at the Arts Centre and boasts a marvellous cast.

Todd McKenney, Simon Burke, Rhonda Burchmore, Marg Downey and Gary Sweet have come together for what will be The Production Company’s last production for 2014.

Todd stars as Albin who is a brilliant drag performer, Zaza, with Simon as his partner Georges.

Simon starred in this role on London’s West End in 2009.

Georges and Albin have happily lived together for 20 years above their St Tropez nightclub La Cage Aux Folles.

It’s the imminent engagement of George’s son Jean-Michel to Anne, the daughter of a bigoted politician that creates the comedy and drama of the show.

The show features well-known numbers such as I Am What I Am, You On My Arm and The Best of Times.

It will also mark the first time Todd and Simon have performed together in the same show.

The pair have been great mates for years, however up until now had never shared a scene.

Certainly rehearsals for the show look like they have been a blast.

Rhonda has been giving her fans a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes fun by uploading pictures from the rehearsal period on to her Instagram.

With such fabulous talent, this show is going to deliver a terrific night in the theatre.

The La Cage Aux Folle season runs from November 21 to December 7.

For tickets go to www.theproduction company.com.au

● Todd McKenney and Simon Burke

● Fiona Byrne is a former journalist and is the Public Relations Manager at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins.

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Art Gala night for Heidi Museum

● Di Rolle and Fiona Byrne at the Heidi Museum of Modern Art Gala at the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins.

■ The Heide Museum of Modern Art Gala is always one of the most fun fundraising dinners on the calendar and this year’s outing at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins lived up to expectations.

The event, themed Love Heide, acted as the Bulleen-based gallery’s major fundraising activity for 2014, while also being a chance for many supporters to say farewell to Heide’s departing director Jason Smith.

Jason has been appointed curatorial manager of Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery.

He has held the position of director of Heide since 2008 and gave a heartfelt speech to the 250 guests outlining the many highlights of his tenure.

Kirsty Grant, currently the head of Australian Art at the NGV, was announced at the dinner as the new director of Heide, a role she will assume from January 2015.

The gala was MC-ed by the marvellous Brian Nankervis who brought a few Rockwiz moments to the evening.

Music trivia is always guaranteed to bring a room to life – even more so if there are tickets to the filming of Rockwiz on offer.

The crowd was delighted by a fabulous performance by the talented cabaret artist Meow Meow.

And Melbourne’s most suave auctioneer, Paul Sumner from Mossgreen presided over a live auction of hotly contested unique items including a chance for Heide’s head gardener Dugald Noyes to come to your house for a private consultation.

Guests at the event included Jason Smith, Rino Grollo, Andy Dinan, Emma Boling, Christian Wagstaff, Fiona Taylor, Nick Shelton, Greta Donaldson and the Melbourne’s Observer’s tireless girl-abouttown, Di Rolle.

The Heide Museum of Modern Art began life in 1934 as the home of Melbourne couple John and Sunday Reed and has since evolved into a leading cultural institution.

The Reeds had a central role in the development and promotion of modern art in Australia through their nurturing of artists such as Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Joy Hester, John Perceval and Charles Blackman.

Heide became a public art museum in 1981 and produces a compelling yearly exhibition program.

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Love This City!

Santa’s Magical Kingdom opens

● Mrs Claus ■ With three young nieces to entertain I know where I am heading in the next few days. We will be making a beeline to Santa’s Magical Kingdom under the big top at Caulfield Racecourse.

Santa’s Magical Kingdom brings to life all the wonder and joy of a traditional Christmas and is sure to delight children of all ages.

In fact, you are never too old to experience the magic of Christmas.

This year Santa’s Magical Kingdom has grown to include a magical Christmas walkthrough wonderland, Snowland with a new Snow Castle, a Christmas Circus Spectacular, roving Christmas characters, Gingerbread Land, where you can decorate your own gingerbread man, storytelling with Mrs Claus, amusement rides and games, and, of course, the chance to meet Santa.

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is open from November 15 to December 23 at Caulfield Racecourse.

For opening times and further information, including ticket prices, go to www.santas magicalkingdom.com.au

Sir Simon to visit

■ The Australian World Orchestra revealed it will bring renowned conductor Sir Simon Rattle to Melbourne next year as part of its 2015 tour.

The announcement that Sir Simon, the chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, would lead the AWO was made at a lavish dinner at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins last week.

It was a delight to be in the room when the announcement was made.

Founder and artistic director Alexander Briger also confirmed that Sir Simon would perform with his wife, Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena at the AWO’s Melbourne performance at the Arts Centre on August 1, 2015.

The concert will feature Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Forgotten Songs, and Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor.

The orchestra will also perform in India under Zubin Mehta next October. Zubin was the AWO’s guest conductor for its Australian tour in 2013.

The AWO is unique in that it brings together Australia’s best classical musicians from international orchestras around the globe.

The 2015 version of the orchestra will feature 95 Australian musicians from 45 of the world's leading orchestras.

For anyone with an interest in classical music and orchestral performance, the AWO event will be a ‘must see’.

The AWO will also perform at the Sydney Opera House on July 29 and 31 next year. www.australianworldorchestra.com.au

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Equitana starts tomorrow

■ I make no secret of my interest in horse sports.

Be it racing, eventing, show jumping, dressage or showing under saddle, I just think it is fascinating.

I guess it all goes back to my childhood. I grew up with ponies – Star joined our family when I was two.

There was a racehorse trainer across the back fence.

And as I got older I used to round up the cattle on my fabulous mare Sugar.

So my admiration for, and interest in, the animal is deeply ingrained.

Hence I am eagerly looking forward to Equitana Melbourne which gets underway at the Melbourne Showgrounds tomorrow (Thursday).

Equitana Melbourne is recognised as the premier equine festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

Since 1999, the event has showcased dressage, jumping and a shortened form of eventing, as well as western sports including Cutting, Reining and Barrel Racing.

There will also be breed showcases with Miniature Horses and Arabians, a classic show horse turnout competition akin to the famous Garryowen, a team sports showcase featuring Polo, Polocrosse, Tentpegging and Mounted Games, along with extreme carriage driving.

Rebecca Bramich, a noted horsewoman and leading Melbourne-based model is the ambassador for Equitana Melbourne 2014.

Equitana Melbourne will be held over four days from Thursday, November 20 to Sunday, November 23 at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

For tickets and full program details go to www.equitana.com.au ● Turn to Pages 39-41 for our Equitana advertising feature featuring Sunbury Lodge, Arena Pro and North Country Steel.

Sculptor wins Melbourne prize ■ Melbourne-based sculptor Geoff Robinson has won the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture for his work 15 locations / 15 minutes / 15 days.

The $60,000 prize was awarded to Geoff for his contribution to the urban environment through his work.

Kay Abude was awarded the Professional Development Award 2014 for her work Piecework (Federation Square), 2014.

Meanwhile, Daylesford-based artist Aleks Danko was announced as the inaugural recipient of the $40,000 Rural and Regional Development Award for his portfolio of past work and proposal for new work to be presented in Bendigo and Ballarat.

The winners were announced at Deakin Edge at Federation Square last week at a ceremony attended by Minister for the Arts, Heidi Victoria, Melbourne Prize Executive Director Simon Warrender, and Melbourne Prize Chair Janine Kirk.

The Melbourne Prize judging panel for 2014 consisted of Tony Ellwood, Director, National Gallery of Victoria, Juliana Engberg, Artistic Director, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Professor Callum Morton, Professor Marie Sierra and Simone Slee.

The Melbourne Prize marked its 10th anniversary at the awards ceremony.

It is one of the most valuable prizes of its kind in Australia and runs in a three-year cycle, which includes the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture (2014), the Melbourne Prize for Music (2015), and the Melbourne Prize for Literature (2016).

Since inception the Melbourne Prize has made available more than $1 million to Victorian writers, sculptors and musicians.

● Macy Gray

■ The Macy Gray concert I mentioned last week has had change in venue, writes Di Rolle.

Due to a scheduling issue the Macy Gray concert on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Palais Theatre, will now take place at The Athenaeum (Collins Street).

The date and time remain the same.

Ticket holders for the original concert at the Palais Theatre will be automatically given new tickets from Ticketek for the new venue.

As The Athenaeum is a Ticketek venue and Palais Theatre is a Ticketmaster venue, all tickets must be replaced in advance of the show.

For information regarding the Macy Gray ticket exchange, contact Ticketek at The Athenaeum on 9650 1500

Beth Hart to perform at Recital Centre ■ I caught up with Di Rolle at the Heide Museum of Modern Art Gala on the weekend and she was keen to share news from the Melbourne Recital Centre.

She was excited to tell me that Grammy Award nominee Beth Hart was coming to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall on Thursday, April 2, 2015.

Such a fan of Beth’s, Di keeps in touch with her on Facebook.

Beth’s story is one of incredible highs and gruelling lows.

In the late 1990s she was on the cusp of a promising music career and signed to a major US recording label with a swag of hit singles.

But it was at the peak of her music career that her drug and alcohol addiction took hold, derailing her chart-topping success and sending

her on a rollercoaster ride of personal and professional challenges.

Fast forward a few years later and Beth overcame her demons, married her road manager and crafted her comeback.

Beth’s tenacity and soaring talent has resulted in collaborations with Jeff Beck, ex-Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist Slash and acclaimed blues veteran Joe Bonamassa.

Beth has been to Australia before, performing at the BluesFest 25th Anniversary.

She returns to Australia to perform at BluesFest once more and will include an intimate show at Melbourne Recital Centre.

For tickets go to www.melbourne recital.com.au/hart or ringing the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 9699 3333.

New arts hub being created at St Kilda

● The Alex Theatre, St Kilda ■ It is always good to hear that a landmark in I was invited to have a behind-the-scenes Melbourne is going to be renamed and re- tour of the new venue, and what I got to see born, writes Di Rolle. was three cinemas stripped back and being I speak of Melbourne’s newest arts hub transformed into three new spaces. that is being created on the site of the old George I thought for a moment I was on the set of Cinemas in St Kilda at 135 Fitzroy Street.

The site will be renamed as the Alex The- The Block. It was like a scene from The Block or House Rules. It is still a work-in-progress. atre St Kilda.

It was great to catch up with Alex Theatre The new venue will house two state-ofthe-art theatres and a professional rehearsal St Kilda, General Manager, Richard space, while still having the capability to op- Fitzgerald, who told me the venue was on erate as a cinema. track to open in February next year.

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Melbourne People

● Diana and Rino Grollo

● Jason Smith and Nicole Gooch

● Andy Dinan, Kieran Bolland and Brie Trennery

● Nicole and Alex Kenning

● Alex Clinch, Sam Redston and Niki Tan

● Emma Boling, Frauke Tyrrell and Nick Shelton

● Sue Curwood, Frank Warner, Jo Roach

Heide Art Gala Dinner At Sofitel Melbourne On Collins Photos: Fiona Hamilton

● Di Rolle and Fiona Byrne

● Stasia Raft and Edward Commons

● Miom Tsantis, Lesley Harding, Kendrah Morgan, Richard Haese

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Survivors Luncheon At Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne Photos: Ash Long

● Paul Konik and Brian Smith

● Ron and Megan Tudor

● Roy Hampson and Johnny Chester

● Bob Taylor, Dan Webb and Peter Philp

● Denis O’Kane and John Vertigan

● Nigel Dick and Kevin Trask

● Don Kinsey and Don Hyde

● John Humphrey and Gary Newton

● Peter Van and Wes Turnbull

● Jim Murphy and Garry Stewart

● Kevin Kidney and Bob Horsfall

● Bill Armstrong and Denis Scanlan

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Confidential Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

Patrick Roberts at Thornbury Theatre

● Violinist Patrick Roberts performs at Thornbury Theatre on Saturday (Nov. 22).

■ Melbourne-born violinist Patrick Roberts has long been interested in music, and recalls when starting to learn the instrument at age seven being almost hypnotised by the violin’s mystique, and how it worked.

“My parents were a great support –Mum sings and Dad is a guitarist – so I regularly listened to them and joined in at every chance,” says Patrick.

Known today as “Australia’s global violin sensation”, Patrick says the catalyst to leave Australia was the opportunity to perform his own self-titled show on cruise liners around the world.

“From this I exposed my music to a worldwide audience, and then land performances across Asia, New Zealand and French Polynesia,” he says.

Over the past year, Patrick has presented his show on 51 cruise ships, and performed at the Venetian Casino in Macau.

“I am excited to announce I am currently working on my third studio album due for release next year with award-winning UK producer Gareth Cousins, known for his brilliance with Vanessa Mae, Bond and Sting, ” says Patrick.

Initially a classical musician, Patrick says he aims to bring classical and contemporary audiences together.

“I am always interested in creating a new genre that allows for well-known classical masterpieces of the past to be ‘reborn’ today for a contemporary audience,” he says.

An example is Patrick’s new single, One World.

“I have always loved the work of classical composer Dvorak, and in particular his timeless New World Symphony.

“My new single is based on the first and third movements of the New World Symphony and has paved the way for my forthcoming album which will feature more crossover classical music.”

Patrick is showcasing his most well-known songs at the Thornbury Theatre on Saturday (Nov. 22).

He says he would love to do more Melbourne shows, but has overseas commitments, including a USA tour, and studio recording to do for his third album.

He also wants to “keep my feet firmly planted on securing some great venues back home in the middle of next year with a Melbourne tour.”

Patrick’s albums are available in good record stores in Australia and also on iTunes internationally.

Date: Saturday, November 22 at 8.00pm (doors open 7.30pm) Venue: The Thornbury Theatre, 859 High St., Thornbury Tickets: $35 - $75 (General/Reserved/Dinner and Show) Bookings: thornburytheatre.oztix.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Melbourne choir man’s night with the Stones

■ When it comes to street cred, having a choir sing with one of the greatest rock and roll bands the world has seen is right up there.

That's what happened to the Consort of Melbourne, who took to the stage of Rod Laver Arena with the Rolling Stones to sing the rarely performed choral part of the famous Stones' song You Cant Always Get What You Want.

Led by Consort of Melbourne directors Peter Tregear and Warren Trevelyan-Jones, the choir sang to a somewhat larger audience than their usual gigs - 24,000 people!

Professor Tregear, whose other job is head of the Canberra School of Music at Australian National University, secured this performance through a UK choral contact.

Now that the excitement of the Stones' performance is over, Consort of Melbourne can focus on its forthcoming concert, Thanksgiving, on Wednesday November 26 at 6pm in the intimate Salon of Melbourne Recital Centre.

The choir will celebrate the American choral tradition, with a

● Peter Tregear

Public company AAT fined $27,000 ■ Australian public company, AAT Corporation Limited, has been convicted and fined $27,000 for failing to lodge annual and half-yearly financial reports.

AAT Corporation Limited was charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after failing to lodge its annual financial reports for the years ended June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, and halfyearly financial reports for the half-years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2012.

The company pleaded guilty on Tuesday last week (Nov. 11) to ASIC’s charges.

ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer said financial reporting played an important role in maintaining market integrity and investor confidence.

“The primary purpose of financial reports is accountability – particularly to shareholders who are entitled to timely and reliable information.

“Any company required to lodge financial reports should provide this information so that shareholders get a clear picture of a company’s performance and position’, Mr Tanzer said.

AAT Corporation Limited was suspended from listing on the Australian Securities Exchange on March 1, 2010 after failing to lodge its half-yearly report.

Silver lining for Golden Days Radio

■ Melbourne radio station 3AW may be rapidly losing listeners who have no interest in the cricket, but every cloud has a silver lining ... community station Golden Days Radio 95.7 is welcoming many new listeners.

The station is vibrant. President Larry James says the Golden Days Christmas Luncheon is being held at the Bentleigh Club from 11.45am on Wednesday, December 17, with a little show featuring Bob Horsfall, Shirlene Clancy and Dorothy Baker. Cost: $30. Bookings : 9572 1466.and IMT.

program ranging from spirituals to new choral music from California.

The concert will finish with music from contemporary composers who are much loved in Australia, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre. They also happen to be the most performed and recorded contemporary choral composers of our time.

The American tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving started in 1621, when pilgrims in the New World gave thanks for their first harvest and shared their feast with NativeAmericans.

US President George Washington proclaimed the first nation-wide thanksgiving celebration in America, marking November 26, 1789, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.

The Consort of Melbourne is a professional vocal ensemble, which performs both historic and contemporary choral repertoire, and has presented regular concert series at Melbourne Recital Centre for several years. melbournerecital.com.au - Julie Houghton

Rumour Mill

Hear It Here First

Candice at the desk

● Candice Wyatt

■ Channel 10 is chasing some of the viewers it has lost to its Ten News At Five bulletin. It has appointed Candice Wyatt to be a co-anchor with Stephen Quartermain, who took over a year ago from Mal Walden. Viewer figures have dropped from about 200,000 to sometimes as low as 150,000 for the nightly service,.

Melbournewide

■ The Melbourne Observer has a wide readership and its free classified ads are popular ... but even we didn’t know how far our reach extended.

This week we received a free classified ad lodged at our website from Ray Jeffords, seeking to sell a 32-inch flat screen HD television for $145.

So far, so good.

But if you want to buy the set, you will have to go to Melbourne, Florida, USA. For the record, Ray’s phone number is 0011-1-561-284-5496.

E-Mail: Confidential@MelbourneObserver.com.au

Whispers

Missing

● Andrew McLaren ■ 3AW overnight presenter Andrew McLaren pondered on air on Friday afternoon why he did not receive an invitation to last Thursday night’s farewell party for departing General Manager Shane Healy.

No calls

● Bruce Mansfield ■ A senior Victorian radio industry identity, involved in the relay of the 3AW Nightline radio program to country regions, made the comment this week: “How is that when (co-host) Philip Brady falls over and breaks a hip, we get flooded daily with calls from listeners, asking how he is?

But when Bruce Mansfield is away for three weeks, not one person made an enquiry?”

Moving

● Jackie Frank ■ After 20 years at the helm of Marie Claire magazine, Jackie Frank is to take a wider role at Pacific Magazines.

The daughter of Lillian and Richard Frank says she is to play a more strategic role rather than the intense day-today editorial task she has performed.

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● Observer Editor Ash Long, Don Kinsey and Wes Turnbull Photo: Ian Stewart ■ It is just over a month to Christmas 2014 ... and there are only another four more editions of the Melbourne Observer before we take our summer break.

Invitations to Christmas functions are rolling in thick and fast. Sadly, we have to decline most of them.

But Long Shots was delighted to attend a lunch on Saturday where guests included Don Kinsey and Wesley Turnbull.

Don was a presenter and executive at 3DB, later to go on to work for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. editor@melbourneobserver.com.au Wes was one of the first with Ash Long, Editor producers of the Remember When program on “For the cause that lacks assistance, 3AW in the 1990s, and he ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance was a presenter at 3NE For the future in the distance, Wangaratta on those And the good that we can do” early days. Wes has a high community communications profile.

We enjoyed a meal at the Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne.

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■ Falling in love. And being told by my wife to eat up all my veggies, Because I'd need my strength.

We few fellows were locked into a studio with many women. We were outnumbered two or three to one. Even gay guys and girls seemed to enjoy the environment. As did the male actors written into the show.

We were all together. We got it. We tried hard to produce this program called Prisoner. We intermingled. There were times we met, cast and crew, for Chinese or Indian meals: wine, laughter, hugs ... belief.

I was always half in love with Elspeth Ballantyne.

Who wouldn't be with a name like that? I'd seen her on the ABC in Bellbird. She was just so vital and fresh and youthful and Girl Next Door ... and I'd worked with her ex, Dennis Miller, on Brumby Innes in the early 70s.

She was also a no-nonsense professional: laugh or cry on cue, hit her marks, share a joke but get back in character straight away, do some fairly serious scene, end up distraught and howling, and when the Floor Manager shouted 'cut!' grin, wipe the tears away and say, “How was that?”

I admired her then for much more too. She said that she was working to make sure her boys got a good education, even if it meant being typecast.

She was, and is, a dear lady.

Anyway, Peta Toppano was also such a young, new and vibrant actress she caught one's breath, as did KerryArmstrong.

What the heck? Locked in with so many wonderful, giving, youthful, knowledgeable, and not so young, but extremely experienced and ready to share, women was something to appreciate then, and more especially in retrospect.

To put it simply, the girls were the goods. They were what made the thing run. All of them: Fiona, Patsy, Sheila, Val, Carol, Colette and on.

They were what peopled the thing. They were the life-force of Prisoner. And we were the supporting staff, not just technically, but emotionally.

Over those eight years, fromDesign, Wardrobe and Makeup, Effects and Properties to Directing, Floor Managing, Camera, Lighting, Audio and Staging; all these people did their jobs unflaggingly.

And meanwhile I was still doggedly writing, and by this time, early 80s, mapping and illustrating my fantasy fiction trilogy.

I'd gotten past the first volume, all hand-written in exercise books in pencil, and began the exploration of a new, greater land and its denizens.

Somewhere during this period, I wanted again to produce something more concrete than hand-written pages in books. A stack of those were slowly growing, though were not much to show for a number of years.

The maps, wrought with a goose quill and various coloured inks (I still have the quill) helped, as did the ink and water colour paintings, yet I yearned for something more expressive.

And to that end I turned to my old art form, oil portraits. I decided to approach Peta Toppano and to ask if she might have any photos of herself and whether she would agree to my using them for a painting.

And that was how the cover of the third volume of Varlarsaga: Consolation came to be. Peter Hind was the photographer, witnessed by Chris Adshead at the time.

Peta, together with Barry Quin, was close to leaving Prisoner in 1980, and I hassled to complete the painting so they could see it before they took off for Sydney.

Oil on board, a profile of Peta in a night-time sylvan forest setting with a couple of critters on her shoulders (so tricky getting them to pose) and the paint not dry.

I brought the unframed work into the studio, on the day they were bidding farewell to Prisoner, and deposited it behind a corridor prison door on the studio back wall. Surprise, surprise!

Retrieving it to show them, Val Lehman popped out. She'd been rehearsing her lines.

Meantime, at home, I had begun building another room beneath our house that would become my study, a place where I could hang my paintings and find a tiny space beneath the spiral stairs; a little refuge to write and paint and think.

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Showbiz Extra

‘Requiem for Dalinka’ at Gas Works

■ This bleak and provocative work, Requiem for Dalinka, created by Peter Marks, and co-written by him and Ben Pfeiffer, brings home to us some of the horror and enormity of the holocaust.

It keeps the story on a human scale by focussing on four prisoners and four of their jailers, and their interactions at the end of WWII, as the allies are approaching.

The prisoners are musicians and have been spared to entertain their captors.

The irony of the juxtaposition of the beauty of the music and the depravity of the listeners is not lost on the audience.

The writers open up many issues and questions and despite our sympathies being clearly with the prisoners, the soldiers and their fear and

Review by Geraldine Coulson paranoia become increasingly apparent and beg for understanding, with the finale emphasising the universality of the human condition.

As well as co-writer, Ben Pfeiffer is also Director of the ensemble cast, The Artisan Collective, who bring alive the personalities and complex interplay of the characters with great skill and intensity.

The Dramaturg, Deborah Rechter, stresses the writers’ success in highlighting “universal themes (of) identity, sexuality, survival, civility”.

The design team, set design,

Jeminah Alli Reidy, lighting, Benjamin Morris and sound, Nick Culvenor, are to be congratulated on the very effective set, which chillingly emphasises the control of the persecutors and the helplessness of their prisoners.

The haunting music used in this production adds poignancy and depth, due to Ben Pfeiffer, composer Nicholas Marks, Mark Jones, Steve Phillips and the theme song musicians.

Performance Season: Until November 22 Venue: Gas Works Theatre, 21 Graham St, Albert Park Bookings: www.gasworks.org.au/ buy-tickets/ Further details: www.theartisan collective.com - Review by Geraldine Coulson

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● Luke Mulquiney and George Lingard in Requiem for Dalinka Photo: Bronwen Kemp

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Christmas countdown is on

■ The Christmas countdown is now on with a vengeance. Advertising brochures are being delivered to our letterbox with regular monotony.

It seems as if we were celebrating the joys of Christmas and New Year only yesterday. Time marches on and I for one will look forward to saying farewell to this year with loud cheers.

I wonder where Senator Jacqui Lambie will be this time next year?

She’s making headline news for all the wrong reasons with outrageous statements every time she opens her mouth.

I can’t make allowances for her outbursts any longer. She’s losing all credibility.

There should be some way that newly-elected Senators are muzzled and told in the strongest language that they have a great responsibility when elected to Parliament.

The media must take some blame for letting this genie out of her bottle and giving her publicity and headlines whenever she opens her mouth.

Suddenly she is the toast of the town. It’s all gone to her head.

But I don’t find her amusing. She’s a disgrace.

Big hugs to Molly

■ Clive Palmer has told her to calm down. He’s called her a drama queen, and said she should challenge him for the leadership if she’s not happy.

God help us. What next?

Having got, the Lambie disaster off my chest, I’m smiling when I send big hugs to Molly Meldrum who is celebrating 50 years as one of Australia’s best loved music identities.

I think most of us watched Countdown, and felt for him when nerves got the better of him when he attempted to interview HRH Prince Charles.

He laughed when he saw the roast that Prince Charles gave him this week on television.

He must be the only person on earth to say “hang on mate” to HRH when he asked for a glass of water when nerves really got to him.

The outpouring of love by thousands of fans when Molly fell off the roof of his house and we thought he wouldn’t make it, was enormous.

And under that hat is a knowledgeable man, not only for music, but his general knowledge is tremendous.

Great Aussies

■ I recall one of his friends phoned me when Ziggy, Molly’s much loved pooch, went missing a few years ago.

Molly was beside himself, and his friend asked me if I would give it some airtime that night on my radio program.

I went around to Molly’s house to get all the

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belonged to Peter’s nanna when washing the dishes. And it’s nonsense that opals bring bad luck. Wear them and enjoy.

Dropping a line ■ It surprises me that Nick, with his vast knowledge of the indigenous people in the Outback, hasn’t been asked for advice on how best to assist them when the well meaning Government comes up with some new plan which usually ends up costing squillions, and often has very little benefit to those they are trying to help and support.

I might have a word in the right ear.

Nick’s column in the Observer is terrific, and I feel that I am back in Alice Springs when I read what he has been doing during the week.

Would you believe that we have never met face to face – only by telephone? But I’ve promised myself that I will go into his shop in Melbourne and check out the opals, and have a with Yvonne Lawrence great chat about the Alice. yvonne.lawrence@bigpond.com Nick is an animal lover, so how could I not details, and was amazed at the number of his admire this man.

Don’t think I could ever grab a frilled-neck friends who had gathered to give him support.

It was meltdown on the phones with talkback lizard by the tail though. Nick takes it all in his listeners phoning in for more details, so they stride.

He enjoys fishing, so perhaps this summer we could look around in their area. might drop in our rods and continue our chat.

Ziggy was found much to our great relief.

Molly phoned me to thank me for my help.

He’s just one of those great much loved Aussies. There are many people we admire and ■ I’ll be interested to hear what Nick thinks about think of as great Australians.

I’ve met many of them during my years in the prospect of the Tasmanian Devil being released into the wild to save them from extinction. the media.

It was exciting to see a posse of them arrive at a feeding post at Cradle Mountain in Tasmania.

We heard them before we saw them as they ■ One of those I admire is colleague Nick Le growled and fought over the food that had been Souef. put out for them.

I used to listen to Nick when Keith McGowan Then, my other half was furious with me when did a weekly chat with him on 3AW. I wouldn’t I was introduced to a Devil when doing an apmiss those nights. pearance for Tasmania at Travel Week.

When I finally went to the outback, I thought I cuddled this animal and was cheek to cheek of Nick and Keith, and was surprised that I knew for photographs. where the important points of interest were simIt wasn’t until I had returned this feisty animal ply from listening to him on air. to his keeper that I was told that everyone held Finally I phoned him and asked if he would breath because one snap of its jaws and my come on my radio program. It was like talking their face would have gone. to an old friend.

I hear the stories about them, and then look at It helped of course, because when Nick is not the photograph and this little animal with the big traveling to the outback, he can be found giving good old-fashioned service and imparting his roar, not to mention teeth, I do wonder at my vast knowledge of opals at his shop Lightning sanity at not having any fear of animals. Except snakes.

Ridge Opals, in Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

If the Devil was released, would they wipeout I love opals, and I was very careful when wearing my pieces because I had been told the native birds and reptiles?

And remembering what went wrong with the stone can crack.

“Not so,” said Nick. And now I take pleasure rabbits when the myxomatosis virus was introin wearing the pieces I have – except I still duced, I would hope that a lot of thought goes into wouldn’t wear my opal engagement ring, which their plan with the Tasmanian Devil.

Devil in the detail

Outback legend

Frogs and toads

■ I have never been so sad at seeing these poor blind and sick rabbits stumbling around, waiting for death.

And finally.

Can you imagine toad cakes, curried toad, fried toad being on the menu and it could be in restaurants in the very near future.

Never in a million years could I be enticed to eat toad anything.

It would take specials chefs to prepare them because they have that poison bit in their body.

A bit like that fish in Japan that claims a couple of lives every year because the chef hasn’t been more careful when cutting out the poison. Even trained chefs can be distracted at times.

I don’t care if they are rich in protein and high in Omega 3 I couldn’t look at them.

We went to a restaurant in Port Douglas that was situated in what was a wonderfully cool forest.

It was a heavenly setting, until I saw a cane toad hopping between tables. It was so big and had a very cunning leer on its face.

They really have inherited the ugly gene.

Frogs legs were on the menu that night, and no matter how the waiter tried to coax me into trying them, I couldn’t.

Besides I like frogs, and lament their demise from the fishponds in my garden.

What’s the secret?

■ One of the great things I did as a kid was go with a few mates to the local dam and catch tadpoles.

We’d keep them and become very excited when they eventually turned into frogs. It’s against the law now for kids to catch tadpoles.

It’s a pity, but at least it won’t add to the disappearance of frogs.

Every room in my house this week has bowls of the most beautiful roses.

The scent is almost overpowering.

Every house in our street has roses galore.

What is the secret of their wonderful growth this year?

Last year the roses were a bit thin, but this year I didn’t even prune them, and they are giving a riot of colour in the garden.

Perhaps that’s the secret. Only prune every second year.

Ciao until next week.

- Yvonne Contact: Editor, Melbourne Observer P.O. Box 1278, Research, 3095.

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Big lift for Beyond Blue

● Freemasons Victoria Acting Secretary Bruce Stockdale, Matteo Donato of Garabaldi Lodge, BeyondBlue CEO Georgie Harmen and Freemasons Victoria Grand Master Hillel Benedykt.

■ How could you forget the Garabaldi Lodge's 'Night in Las Vegas', held in July this year in Tullamarine? Not only was this event a spectacular night of entertainment and fun, but it raised $35,000 for men's health organisation BeyondBlue.

Freemasons Victoria's Board of Benevolence matched the funds raised by Garibaldi Lodge, making the total donation $70,000.

With a great turn out of more than 250 guests and many sponsors who pledged their support including LaManna Direct, NatAlex Builders, Doherty and Partners Solicitors, Fleet Plant Hire, Jontian Group Architects and Carllision Bodyworks, the evening was a fantastic show of support for those suffering depression or mental illness.

On Tuesday last week (Nov. 11), Grand Master Hillel Benedykt and Acting Grand Secretary Bruce Stockdale joined Matteo Donato of Garibaldi Lodge to present BeyondBlue CEO Georgie Harmen with the cheque.

Joining Georgie was Fundraising and Partnerships Manager Joshua Donchi, who said that BeyondBlue was appreciative of the donation.

"It's not often that individual's voluntarily contribute one-off sums such as yours. We're very grateful for your efforts and the efforts of those from Garibaldi Lodge,” Joshua said.

Matteo, who had co-ordinated the 'Night in Las Vegas' event along with his wife Helen and sister Sandra Madafferi, said that the evening was a great achievement.

"If we all make a small contribution, this can result in a large effort - and I'm proud to be able to put the funds raised towards BeyondBlue. Mental health is an important issue that cannot be ignored,” Matteo said.

BeyondBlue aims to reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide in the community by raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help, and supporting recovery, management and resilience. For more information about BeyondBlue visit: www.beyondblue.org.au

They’re ‘in the pink’

● Stan Exon, 'Worshipful Master' of the barbecue, at the Jonadab Lodge Think Pink barbecue.

■ Jonadab Lodge demonstrated once again that its members are staunch supporters of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Think Pink Foundation on Saturday, October 25, by holding a 'dress-up' barbecue breakfast.

The maestro of the barbecue sported a pink clown wig while others wore pink glasses, pink t-shirts, pink piggy outfits and hats.

There were many items up for raffle and voluntary donations made on the day. With this combination of efforts, a espectable $600 was raised by the end of the morning; something everyone involved from which Jonadab Lodge can be proud.

Although there was lots of fun and hilarity members never lost sight of the importance of the day and showed just how much of a difference people can make when they all get together.

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Field of Remembrance

● Former Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu joins Grand Master Hillel Benedykt in Lodge Room 1 where the Ceremony of the Unknown Soldier was performed

■ This year's Field of Remembrance was a moving and memorable event.

Beginning on the front steps of the Dallas Brooks Centre, dignitaries and guests assembled opposite the field of poppies and Shrine Guards.

Freemasons Victoria Grand Secretary Peter Henshall addressed guests and welcomed those attending to lay a wreath in honour of a service person who had paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Grand Master Hillel Benedykt took part in the wreath laying ceremony, and addressed guests about the significance of the day.

"It's very important that institutions such as Freemasons Victoria perpetuate the memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, to allow community the opportunity to remember and understand why we have the freedom we enjoy today,” he said.

Former Premier of Victoria, Ted Baillieu, representing the Department of Veterans Affairs, was among distinguished guests, along with Peter Bright representing the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia; Chief Executive Officer of Legacy, David Cull; and State President of the War Widows and Widowed Mothers Association, Shirley Cornish.

The piper played Flowers of the Forest, from the balcony of the Centre before guests moved into Lodge Room 1.

The Ceremony of the Unknown Soldier was performed seamlessly by the team, headed by Jim Puohotaua, followed by a performance by the Shrine Guards.

Lights were lowered as the Ode of Remembrance was recited followed by a minute's silence.

Ted Baillieu said that one of the most important things about this event are the linkages and connections between history and the youth of today.

"If we continue to remember, by holding significant events like this, we strengthen the threads between our history and our young people.

“Stories need to continue to be told within families and friends so that we can remember, as opposed to never forget", he said.

Guests were invited to pull out a poppy from the lawn of the Centre and take it home to plant in their own garden in memory of a fallen loved one.

● Shrine Guards perform in Lodge Room 1 at the Dallas Brooks Centre, for Freemasons Victoria's Field of Remembrance event.

Cheque is music to MYM’s ears

● Freemasons Victoria Acting Grand Secretary RWBro. Bruce Stockdale hands over the BIG cheque for $75,000 to MYM CEO Dorian Jones and MYM Board Vice President Raghava Dasika.

■ Freemasons Victoria had the pleasure of attending a special performance by the talented young musicians of Melbourne Youth Music on Sunday, November 9.

Held at the Iwaki Auditorium in Southbank, the amazingly talented young musicians put on a wonderful show of modern and classical pieces.

The performance, headed by internationally renowned conductor Paul Fitzsimon is just one guest conductor that Freemasons Victoria supports in its funding towards MYMs programs.

Freemasons Victoria's Acting Grand Secretary Bruce Stockdale presented MYM CEO Dorian Jones and MYM Board Vice-President Raghava Dasika with a $75,000 donation towards its continued tutorial support and the ongoing engagement of guest conductors.

"It's incredibly important that students receive continued support in their pursuit of learning an instrument and contributing towards an orchestra.

Freemasons Victoria is very proud to present this funding to MYM to ensure that programs can continue to run, and teaching expertise is accessible,” Bruce said.

MYM CEO Dorian Jones who hosted the weekend's event, said that the funding would assist MYM to continue to promote the programs it offers and develop an audience.

"Without funding such as that received today from Freemasons Victoria, MYM would not have the same standard of excellence and students would not receive the individual tutorial support that they need,” Dorian said.

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West Hollywood

Prize fighters at the Ramada From my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Jeff Daniels' Two Faces

Award for Jeff Fenech

■ Triple world xoxing champion, Jeff Fenech picked up the ‘Ozcar’ from the Managing Director of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, Alan Johnson, for his successes in the ring and his work with junior boxing around the world.

IBF Bantamweight Champion 1985 - 1987.

WBC Super Bantamweight Champion 1987 - 1988.

WBC Featherweight Champion 1988 - 1989.

Jeff sums up boxing: "There are so many intricacies: throwing a punch, doing a combination, sizing up your opponent, moving your feet. You're dancing to a certain extent, all while someone is trying to hit you."

Jeff has passed the baton on to Will Tomlinson who is undefeated in the Australian Super Featherweight division.

Will is training at the moment for his upcoming December 13th fight at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

West Hollywood, hot spot ■ Craig's is located at 8826 Melrose Avenue West Hollywood,right in the heart of the West Hollywood Design District.

You know when a restaurant is hot; you see paparazzi around the front entrance.

Larry King said: "I don't think they have had an empty table since they opened."

When I was there, I saw Ellen DeGeneres at one table and Joe Walsh from the Eagles at the next table. I was leaving and outside a white Lamborghini pulled up and Jamie Fox stepped out. Now that's HOT, West Hollywood.

● Champion boxer Jeff Fenech with Managing Director of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, Alan Johnson.

God Bless America

■ One of the most inspiring, enduring, red-white-and-blue anthems celebrates its birthday this week ... sort of.

Irving Berlin wrote an early version of God Bless America in 1918 but the one we know and love today was first performed on a November 11 1938 radio broadcast by singer Kate Smith soon becoming a flag-waving patriotic favourite and Kate Smith's signature song.

Tower Records to become Gibson Guitars

■ The former Tower Records building, a legendary West Hollywood site that was under threat of being demolished, will have a second life in the music business as a special outpost for guitar giant Gibson Brands.

Plans for the property at 8801 Sunset Boulevard are in early stages but the Nashville Company intends to showcase its musical instruments and consumer electronics in a venue that will also feature live performances.

Constructed in 1971, the Tower Records building was for decades a centre of activity in the Sunset Strip's vibrant scene.

The store's walls were plastered with giant reproductions of album covers. Record labels routinely kicked off new releases by sending bands there to play live.

GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

CNN orders more

Latest music news

■ U2 will perform as part of a two-night radio show called A KROQ FM Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Forum in Inglewood.

A great promotion for a radio station in Melbourne if they wanted to do something exciting for this Christmas.

The December 13 lineup includes Bush, Fall Out Boy, Incubus, Linkin Park, Royal Blood and Walk the Moon.

The December 14 lineup includes: U2, Imagine Dragons, Modest Mouse, Smashing Pumpkins, Tears for Fears and Weezer.

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■ If you are considering a move to Los Angeles or just coming over for a holiday then I have got a special deal for you.

We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood.

I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer.

Please mention 'Melbourne Observer' when you book and you will receive the 'Special Rate of the Day'.

Please contact: Joanna at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood.

● Anthony Bourdain ■ The cable news network CNN has renewed three of its original series.

CNN is staying the course with three of its most successful original series. The cable news network has handed out renewals for Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Somebody's Gotta Do It with Mike Rowe and This Is Life with Lisa Ling.

Announced by CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker on Thursday, none of the pickups comes as much of a surprise.

Bourdain has become the face of the network since his departure from the Travel Channel. And Parts Unknown's 2015 return will mark its sixth season on CNN. Ling and Rowe's series have also been ratings successes in their first seasons. Both shows premiered in recent months.

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● Jeff Daniels ■ How many guys can go From Newsroom to Dumb and Dumber ?

Which character does Jeff Daniels more resemble?

Will McAvoy, the brainy, world-weary anchorman he portrays on The Newsroom?

Or Harry Dunne, the lovable doofus who gets his tongue stuck to a ski-lift pole in Dumb and Dumber?

After sitting down with the 59-year-old actor for the better part of two hours in a Beverly Hills restaurant, the answer turns out to be … well, you decide for yourself from the Q&A that follows.

One of Daniels' roles, of course, is about to end (The Newsroom's third and final season began Nov. 9 on HBO), while the other is about to be, after 20 years, reprised on the big screen.

Daniels and Jim Carrey have reunited with the Farrelly brothers to bring back their most moronic characters - and worst haircuts - in Dumb and Dumber To, arriving in theatres "At the time [we made the first film], we just thought 12year-old boys would think it was funny," says Daniels. They did - to the tune of $250 million worldwide.

A prequel (with different, younger actors) was released by New Line in 2003, and an animated show ran (briefly) on ABC in 1995. Still, it took several years to get Dumb and Dumber To, up on the screen, with at least one studio (Warner Bros.) passing.

You went from The Newsroom straight into Dumb and Dumber To. How do you prepare for a change like that?

I won an Emmy on a Sunday night, and Tuesday at 9:30 in the morning, I was showing butt crack walking down the street.

But the transition was frighteningly easy. Jim [Carrey] and I had met a couple times in the months leading up to [production], but we hadn't done anything, so we just started shooting.

Jim would just go, "Ooh, let's try this. If I do this, you do that."

And we would just do it.

That's a considerable shift from The Newsroom, where you say every word on the page.

Yes, but what makes it a little easier is that it's all a reaction.

With Jim, you want Jim to be Jim. This is not a competition.

Were you surprised at how long it took to get this sequel made?

New Line did a prequel in 2003 with other actors … I knew it wouldn't be a slam-dunk. It never is. But I didn't think it would take three years and five drafts.

Why did it take so long?

We're too old. Comedy has moved in a different direction.

It's different guys who aren't in their 50s. But Jim has two gears - first and fifth. And he arrived in Atlanta in fifth gear and stayed there. We both threw everything we had at it, and it felt funny when we did it. The only wild card is whether under-25s will come or not.)

One running theme in your career seems to be doing the unexpected. What's driving that?

Jack Lemmon told me years ago, "You got to be different, kid. Everybody's the same. They walk through the door, and they're all the same actor. You got to be the one who's different, and sometimes that gives you choices." How many guys, and this is assuming I can pull it off, can go from The Newsroom to Dumb and Dumber? So, isn't that a challenge? Why would you not try to do that?

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■ Many of our readers would remember Arthur Young as a flamboyant musical director on many Australian television programs during the 1950s.

Not many would know too much about this brilliant musician who was one of the great characters in the early days of television in this country.

ArthurYoung was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1904 to a relatively affluent family.

His father was a commercial traveller and music teacher.

Arthur was well educated and studied at Strathallen College with the intention of becoming a doctor but he won a gold medal at the Edinburgh Music Festival and was soon in London starting a musical career.

He played piano and an instrument called the ‘Novachord’ with some up-and-coming bands until his big break came when he joined Jack Hylton's Orchestra in 1925.

He stayed with the Orchestra for a few years, playing in London, Paris and Berlin, until a fatal trait which he had all his life came upon him.

Finding himself with no money in his pocket he took a large deposit for the band to play a concert, without letting Jack Hylton know. He was immediately sacked and the money paid back.

In the early 1930s Arthur played in many bands, The Four Bright Sparks; Joe Venuti's Blue Four; Ray Noble; and he also formed

going to Hollywood where she was cast opposite Humphrey Bogart in All Through The Night.

Arthur served in a concert party during the Second World War and worked with Peter Ustinov and Wilfred Hyde White.

When the couple divorced in 1945 Kaaren married the film actor Peter Lorre.

Arthur immigrated to Australia and worked for the ABC. He went on tour with artists such as Donald Peers and Larry Adler.

During this time his son Alastair was placed in foster care in England and had little to do with his father.

Arthur was in the television series Melody Time in 1957. In 1959 he joined Channel 9 as resident musical director.

Philip Brady recalls his horror when Arthur backed his trailer into Philip's new Volkswagen in the Channel 9 car park.

Arthur worked on many Australian television shows such as The Mavis Bramston Show The Delo and Daly Show and In Melbourne Tonight. He married Rosalie Woods in 1964.

In 1965 Arthur Young died of throat cancer in Sydney at the age of 61.

Kevin Trask

Whatever Happened To ...

Arthur Young

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM Arthur Young and his Youngsters with his friend Max Goldberg on trumpet, as well as featuring in a film, Radio Parade of 1935, with Gerry Fitzgerald.

Arthur met Katherine Ingeborg Klinkerfuss Bechstein, a budding actress in Berlin during 1937.

Adolf Hitler had seized the family business Bechstein Pianos - in 1934.

Katherine spoke out about what she thought of the Nazi regime and was politely asked to leave the country.

Arthur and Katherine married and had a son Alastair. They settled in England and Katherine adopted the stage name of Kaaren Verne.

Kaaren appeared in English films before

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Desert storm hits the Territory

■ Although denigrated by many of my friends as being inane waffle, and often this is admittedly the case, Facebook can nevertheless be the source of some vital information.

This was so last week. Suddenly all the Coober Pedy connections were awash with photos of a huge desert storm.

I have only twice encountered such

a phenomenon. Once, when I was driving along the Stuart Highway north of the town, I was confronted by this behemoth - I just had to stop. I couldn't see anything because of the dust swirling around with small rocks, like large hail stones, crashing all over the car.

And then I encountered the same thing in Alice Springs a few years later.

There were famous photos taken

of this one - it just looked like a tsunami of dust raging through the desert.

My shed ended up deep in red desert dust.

The same thing happened in Coober Pedy last week - the majority of residents who live underground weren't affected, but those above ground were.

Many a roof was torn off, and mining machinery scattered about the place, and the top story of the pub was virtually blown away.

Luckily, rare events.

■ I often mention feral cats in a derogatory manner, but have often wondered how one would tell the difference between a vicious feral and a wandering tamish household moggie.

Wayne Davidson, the Alice Springs Town Council Senior Ranger, has just inadvertently provided me with the answer -"when we collect a feral cat from a trap, it will hiss, whereas a domestic cat will meow".

Simple - I never thought of that.

Alice Springs Rangers have destroyed 700 ferals in the past couple of years.

Graham Gillespie, Terrestrial Ecosystems Director for the Territory Government Land Resources Management Department has been studying these creatures for the past few years.

He's been finding out the species of local animals which they have been devouring, and where they are actually living.

And he's trying to figure out the best methods of eradicating them, employing new and different technologies.

They are menace from the bottom of the NT to the Top End, so he's keen to find some answers.

He's found that the time honoured method of shooting is not effective.

This is the only method I've ever employed, apart from running them over, and it's always been effective for me.

■ The Brolgas have come around again. Just like the Logie Awards in the entertainment industry, the Brolga Awards give recognition to excellence in the NT tourism industry.

Whilst they don't mean much to visiting tourists - they are mystified at the strange-looking little statuettes sitting on the counters of tourist venues throughout the NT - they are a big deal to the locals themselves, and highly

The Outback Legend

with Nick Le Souef Lightning Ridge Opals 175 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Phone 9654 4444 www.opals.net.au sought after, with fierce competition.

I've been to these functions in various venues throughout the Territory - often in hotels, but once in a huge marquee at Yulara, and in an aircraft hangar at Alice Springs Airport on an unexpectedly frosty minus five degree night, where we all warmed ourselves by dozens of gas heaters, and at Ooraminna cattle station.

Basically everyone in the whole NT tourist industry knows everyone else, and this is an opportunity to tie a bow and don some finery, and to eat, drink and be merry.

Many's the night I've unsteadily weaved my way on board the nearest shuttle bus to deliver me home to my chaste couch.

■ I have made mention recently some violent family drama amongst the community of Ti Tree, on the Stuart Highway between Alice Springs and Barrow Creek.

Happily that seems to have dissipated, and peace reigns once more.

However, not is all universally peaceful, because the family which was causing the trouble has now

moved. "We are enjoying peace because the people that used to cause the trouble here have moved to Yuendumu, and they are now causing trouble there. We are a peace loving community, and we are enjoying the current situation here now. We hope that trouble doesn't come back again," claimed one local lady.

But there's another problem - making local kids go to school.

One resident points to this problem "Sports carnivals must not take place during school terms," she said.

She claims that "governmen people are busy driving around the country to make sure children go to school, yet they support more sports carnivals, which encourages children to drop out of school at an increasing rate.

Sounds like typical bureaucracy.

■ I have often driven past the aboriginal settlement of Ali Curung, just off the Stuart Highway, also between Alice Springs and Barrow Creek.

An elder of the Community, Charlie Paulson, who's lived there since 1955, has recently made a few observations about some changes he reckons should be made.

"Young people need to work," he said, criticising the fact that fit and healthy young people were just dropping into Centrelink, and given money to do nothing. It's generally termed "sit down money" - paid to just si down.

"They resort to violence following drinking binges on the day their welfare payment comes through", he noted.

"Education of the local community youth was also vital", he said. "Everyone around the world chats in the English - if these children do not learn language, education and culture they will not know where they have come from".

I have always personally maintained that that the greatest injustice anyone on earth can inflict on another is to deny him or her an education And yet this still happens in 21st Century Australia.

Wise words from a respected elder - and all too often such findings just fall on deaf ears. It's just too easy to extend a hand every week for a fistful of cash, and then to splurge i on easily accessible grog, which never benefits anyone at all, and causes individuals like Charlie such anguish.

- Nick Le Souef

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Observer Classic Books

‘Bleak House’ by Charles Dickens Continued From Last Week “It might open a new world to him,” said I. ‘‘So it might, little woman,” my guardian assented. ‘‘I doubt if he expects much of the old world. Do you know I have fancied that he sometimes feels some particular disappointment or misfortune encountered in it. You never heard of anything of that sort?”

I shook my head.

“Humph,” said my guardian. “I am mistaken, I dare say.” As there was a little pause here, which I thought, for my dear girl’s satisfaction, had better be filled up, I hummed an air as I worked which was a favourite with my guardian.

“And do you think Mr. Woodcourt will make another voyage?” I asked him when I had hummed it quietly all through.

“I don’t quite know what to think, my dear, but I should say it was likely at present that he will give a long trip to another country.”

“I am sure he will take the best wishes of all our hearts with him wherever he goes,” said I; “and though they are not riches, he will never be the poorer for them, guardian, at least.”

“Never, little woman,” he replied.

I was sitting in my usual place, which was now beside my guardian’s chair. That had not been my usual place before the letter, but it was now.

I looked up to Ada, who was sitting opposite, and I saw, as she looked at me, that her eyes were filled with tears and that tears were falling down her face. I felt that I had only to be placid and merry once for all to undeceive my dear and set her loving heart at rest. I really was so, and I had nothing to do but to be myself.

So I made my sweet girl lean upon my shoulder — how little thinking what was heavy on her mind! — and I said she was not quite well, and put my arm about her, and took her upstairs.

When we were in our own room, and when she might perhaps have told me what I was so unprepared to hear, I gave her no encouragement to confide in me; I never thought she stood in need of it.

“Oh, my dear good Esther,” said Ada, “if I could only make up my mind to speak to you and my cousin John when you are together!”

“Why, my love!” I remonstrated. “Ada, why should you not speak to us!”

Ada only dropped her head and pressed me closer to her heart.

“You surely don’t forget, my beauty,” said I, smiling, “what quiet, old-fashioned people we are and how I have settled down to be the discreetest of dames? You don’t forget how happily and peacefully my life is all marked out for me, and by whom? I am certain that you don’t forget by what a noble character, Ada. That can never be.”

“No, never, Esther.”

“Why then, my dear,” said I, “there can be nothing amiss — and why should you not speak to us?”

“Nothing amiss, Esther?” returned Ada. “Oh, when I think of all these years, and of his fatherly care and kindness, and of the old relations among us, and of you, what shall I do, what shall I do!”

I looked at my child in some wonder, but I thought it better not to answer otherwise than by cheering her, and so I turned off into many little recollections of our life together and prevented her from saying more. When she lay down to sleep, and not before, I returned to my guardian to say good night, and then I came back to Ada and sat near her for a little while.

She was asleep, and I thought as I looked at her that she was a little changed. I had thought so more than once lately. I could not decide, even looking at her while she was unconscious, how she was changed, but something in the familiar beauty of her face looked different to me. My guardian’s old hopes of her and Richard arose sorrowfully in my mind, and I said to myself, “She has been anxious about him,” and I wondered how that love would end.

When I had come home from Caddy’s while she was ill, I had often found Ada at work, and she had always put her work away, and I had never known what it was. Some of it now lay in a drawer near her, which was not quite closed. I did not open the drawer, but I still rather wondered what the work could he, for it was evi-

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And I noticed as I kissed my dear that she lay with one hand under her pillow so that it was hidden.

How much less amiable I must have been than they thought me, how much less amiable than I thought myself, to be so preoccupied with my own cheerfulness and contentment as to think that it only rested with me to put my dear girl right and set her mind at peace!

But I lay down, self-deceived, in that belief.

And I awoke in it next day to find that there was still the same shade between me and my darling.

Chapter LI— Enlightened When Mr. Woodcourt arrived in London, he went, that very same day, to Mr. Vholes’s in Symond’s Inn. For he never once, from the moment when I entreated him to be a friend to Richard, neglected or forgot his promise. He had told me that he accepted the charge as a sacred trust, and he was ever true to it in that spirit.

He found Mr. Vholes in his office and informed Mr. Vholes of his agreement with Richard that he should call there to learn his address.

“Just so, sir,” said Mr. Vholes. “Mr. C.‘s address is not a hundred miles from here, sir, Mr. C.‘s address is not a hundred miles from here.

Would you take a seat, sir?”

Mr. Woodcourt thanked Mr. Vholes, but he had no business with him beyond what he had mentioned.

“Just so, sir. I believe, sir,” said Mr. Vholes, still quietly insisting on the seat by not giving the address, “that you have influence with Mr. C. Indeed I am aware that you have.”

“I was not aware of it myself,” returned Mr. Woodcourt; “but I suppose you know best.”

“Sir,” rejoined Mr. Vholes, self-contained as usual, voice and all, “it is a part of my professional duty to know best. It is a part of my professional duty to study and to understand a gentleman who confides his interests to me. In my professional duty I shall not be wanting, sir, if I know it. I may, with the best intentions, be wanting in it without knowing it; but not if I know it, sir.”

Mr. Woodcourt again mentioned the address.

“Give me leave, sir,” said Mr. Vholes. “Bear with me for a moment. Sir, Mr. C. is playing for a considerable stake, and cannot play without — need I say what?”

“Money, I presume?”

“Sir,” said Mr. Vholes, “to be honest with you (honesty being my golden rule, whether I gain by it or lose, and I find that I generally lose), money is the word. Now, sir, upon the chances of Mr. C.‘s game I express to you no opinion, NO opinion. It might be highly impolitic in Mr. C., after playing so long and so high, to leave off; it might be the reverse; I say nothing. No, sir,” said Mr. Vholes, bringing his hand flat down upon his desk in a positive manner, “nothing.”

“You seem to forget,” returned Mr, Woodcourt, “that I ask you to say nothing and have no interest in anything you say.”

“Pardon me, sir!” retorted Mr. Vholes. “You do yourself an injustice. No, sir! Pardon me! You shall not — shall not in my office, if I know it — do yourself an injustice. You are interested in anything, and in everything, that relates to your friend. I know human nature much better, sir, than to admit for an instant that a gentleman of your appearance is not interested in whatever concerns his friend.”

“Well,” replied Mr. Woodcourt, “that may be. I am particularly interested in his address.”

“The number, sir,” said Mr. Vholes parenthetically, “I believe I have already mentioned. If Mr. C. is to continue to play for this considerable stake, sir, he must have funds. Understand me!

There are funds in hand at present. I ask for nothing; there are funds in hand. But for the onward play, more funds must be provided, unless Mr. C. is to throw away what he has already ventured, which is wholly and solely a point for his consideration. This, sir, I take the opportunity of stating openly to you as the friend of Mr. C. Without funds I shall always be happy to appear and act for Mr. C. to the extent of all such costs as are safe to be allowed out of the estate, not beyond that. I could not go beyond that, sir, without wronging some one. I must either wrong my three dear girls or my venerable father, who is entirely dependent on me, in the Vale of Taunton; or some one. Whereas, sir, my resolution is (call it weakness or folly if you please) to

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wrong no one.”

Mr. Woodcourt rather sternly rejoined that he was glad to hear it.

“I wish, sir,” said Mr. Vholes, “to leave a good name behind me. Therefore I take every opportunity of openly stating to a friend of Mr. C. how Mr. C. is situated. As to myself, sir, the labourer is worthy of his hire. If I undertake to put my shoulder to the wheel, I do it, and I earn what I get. I am here for that purpose. My name is painted on the door outside, with that object.”

“And Mr. Carstone’s address, Mr. Vholes?”

“Sir,” returned Mr. Vholes, “as I believe I have already mentioned, it is next door. On the second story you will find Mr. C.‘s apartments. Mr. C. desires to be near his professional adviser, and I am far from objecting, for I court inquiry.”

Upon this Mr. Woodcourt wished Mr. Vholes good day and went in search of Richard, the change in whose appearance he began to understand now but too well.

He found him in a dull room, fadedly furnished, much as I had found him in his barrack-room but a little while before, except that he was not writing but was sitting with a book before him, from which his eyes and thoughts were far astray.

As the door chanced to be standing open, Mr. Woodcourt was in his presence for some moments without being perceived, and he told me that he never could forget the haggardness of his face and the dejection of his manner before he was aroused from his dream.

“Woodcourt, my dear fellow,” cried Richard, starting up with extended hands, “you come upon my vision like a ghost.”

“A friendly one,” he replied, “and only waiting, as they say ghosts do, to be addressed. How does the mortal world go?” They were seated now, near together.

“Badly enough, and slowly enough,” said Richard, “speaking at least for my part of it.”

“What part is that?”

“The Chancery part.”

“I never heard,” returned Mr. Woodcourt, shaking his head, “of its going well yet.”

“Nor I,” said Richard moodily. “Who ever did?”

He brightened again in a moment and said with his natural openness, “Woodcourt, I should be sorry to be misunderstood by you, even if I gained by it in your estimation. You must know that I have done no good this long time. I have not intended to do much harm, but I seem to have been capable of nothing else. It may be that I should have done better by keeping out of the net into which my destiny has worked me, but I think not, though I dare say you will soon hear, if you have not already heard, a very different opinion. To make short of a long story, I am afraid I have wanted an object; but I have an object now — or it has me — and it is too late to discuss it. Take me as I am, and make the best of me.”

“A bargain,” said Mr. Woodcourt. “Do as much by me in return.”

“Oh! You,” returned Richard, “you can pursue your art for its own sake, and can put your hand upon the plough and never turn, and can strike a purpose out of anything. You and I are very different creatures.”

He spoke regretfully and lapsed for a moment into his weary condition.

“Well, well!” he cried, shaking it off. “Everything has an end. We shall see! So you will take me as I am, and make the best of me?”

“Aye! Indeed I will.” They shook hands upon it laughingly, but in deep earnestness. I can answer for one of them with my heart of hearts.

“You come as a godsend,” said Richard, “for I have seen nobody here yet but Vholes.

Woodcourt, there is one subject I should like to mention, for once and for all, in the beginning of our treaty. You can hardly make the best of me if I don’t. You know, I dare say, that I have an attachment to my cousin Ada?” Mr. Woodcourt replied that I had hinted as much to him. “Now pray,” returned Richard, “don’t think me a heap of selfishness. Don’t suppose that I am splitting my head and half breaking my heart over this miserable Chancery suit for my own rights and interests alone. Ada’s are bound up with mine; they can’t be separated; Vholes works for both of us. Do think of that!”

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Observer Classic Books From Page 23 He was so very solicitous on this head that Mr. Woodcourt gave him the strongest assurances that he did him no injustice.

“You see,” said Richard, with something pathetic in his manner of lingering on the point, though it was off-hand and unstudied, “to an upright fellow like you, bringing a friendly face like yours here, I cannot bear the thought of appearing selfish and mean. I want to see Ada righted, Woodcourt, as well as myself; I want to do my utmost to right her, as well as myself; I venture what I can scrape together to extricate her, as well as myself. Do, I beseech you, think of that!”

Afterwards, when Mr. Woodcourt came to reflect on what had passed, he was so very much impressed by the strength of Richard’s anxiety on this point that in telling me generally of his first visit to Symond’s Inn he particularly dwelt upon it. It revived a fear I had had before that my dear girl’s little property would be absorbed

by Mr. Vholes and that Richard’s justification to himself would be sincerely this. It was just as I began to take care of Caddy that the interview took place, and I now return to the time when Caddy had recovered and the shade was still between me and my darling.

I proposed to Ada that morning that we should go and see Richard. It a little surprised me to find that she hesitated and was not so radiantly willing as I had expected.

“My dear,” said I, “you have not had any difference with Richard since I have been so much away?”

“No, Esther.”

“Not heard of him, perhaps?” said I. “Yes, I have heard of him,” said Ada. Such tears in her eyes, and such love in her face. I could not make my darling out. Should I go to Richard’s by myself? I said. No, Ada thought I had better not go by myself. Would she go with me? Yes, Ada thought she had better go with me. Should we go now? Yes, let us go now.

Well, I could not understand my darling, with the tears in her eyes and the love in her face!

We were soon equipped and went out. It was a sombre day, and drops of chill rain fell at intervals. It was one of those colourless days when everything looks heavy and harsh. The houses frowned at us, the dust rose at us, the smoke swooped at us, nothing made any compromise about itself or wore a softened aspect. I fancied my beautiful girl quite out of place in the rugged streets, and I thought there were more funerals passing along the dismal pavements than I had ever seen before.

We had first to find out Symond’s Inn. We were going to inquire in a shop when Ada said she thought it was near Chancery Lane. “We are not likely to be far out, my love, if we go in that direction,” said I. So to Chancery Lane we went, and there, sure enough, we saw it written up.

Symond’s Inn. We had next to find out the number. “Or Mr. Vholes’s office will do,” I recollected, “for Mr. Vholes’s office is next door.” Upon which Ada said, perhaps that was Mr. Vholes’s office in the corner there. And it really was.

Then came the question, which of the two next doors? I was going for the one, and my darling was going for the other; and my darling was right again. So up we went to the second story, when we came to Richard’s name in great white letters on a hearse-like panel.

I should have knocked, but Ada said perhaps we had better turn the handle and go in. Thus we came to Richard, poring over a table covered with dusty bundles of papers which seemed to me like dusty mirrors reflecting his own mind.

Wherever I looked I saw the ominous words that ran in it repeated. Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

He received us very affectionately, and we sat down. “If you had come a little earlier,” he said, “you would have found Woodcourt here. There never was such a good fellow as Woodcourt is.

He finds time to look in between-whiles, when anybody else with half his work to do would be thinking about not being able to come. And he is so cheery, so fresh, so sensible, so earnest, so — everything that I am not, that the place brightens whenever he comes, and darkens whenever he goes again.”

“God bless him,” I thought, “for his truth to me!”

“He is not so sanguine, Ada,” continued Richard, casting his dejected look over the bundles of papers, “as Vholes and I are usually, but he is only an outsider and is not in the mysteries. We have gone into them, and he has not. He can’t be expected to know much of such a labyrinth.”

As his look wandered over the papers again and he passed his two hands over his head, I noticed how sunken and how large his eyes appeared, how dry his lips were, and how his finger-nails were all bitten away.

“Is this a healthy place to live in, Richard, do you think?” said I. “Why, my dear Minerva,” answered Richard with his old gay laugh, “it is neither a rural nor a cheerful place; and when the sun shines here, you may lay a pretty heavy wager that it is shining brightly in an open spot. But it’s well enough for the time. It’s near the offices and near Vholes.”

“Perhaps,” I hinted, “a change from both — ” “Might do me good?” said Richard, forcing a laugh as he finished the sentence. “I shouldn’t wonder! But it can only come in one way now — in one of two ways, I should rather say. Either the suit must be ended, Esther, or the suitor.

But it shall be the suit, my dear girl, the suit, my dear girl!”

These latter words were addressed to Ada, who was sitting nearest to him. Her face being turned away from me and towards him, I could not see it.

“We are doing very well,” pursued Richard.

“Vholes will tell you so. We are really spinning along. Ask Vholes. We are giving them no rest.

Vholes knows all their windings and turnings, and we are upon them everywhere. We have astonished them already. We shall rouse up that nest of sleepers, mark my words!”

His hopefulness had long been more painful to me than his despondency; it was so unlike hopefulness, had something so fierce in its determination to be it, was so hungry and eager, and yet so conscious of being forced and unsustainable that it had long touched me to the heart. But the commentary upon it now indelibly written in his handsome face made it far more distressing than it used to be. I say indelibly, for I felt persuaded that if the fatal cause could have been for ever terminated, according to his brightest visions, in that same hour, the traces of the premature anxiety, self-reproach, and disappointment it had occasioned him would have remained upon his features to the hour of his death.

“The sight of our dear little woman,” said Richard, Ada still remaining silent and quiet, “is so natural to me, and her compassionate face is so like the face of old days — ” Ah! No, no. I smiled and shook my head. “ — So exactly like the face of old days,” said Richard in his cordial voice, and taking my hand with the brotherly regard which nothing ever changed, “that I can’t make pretences with her.

I fluctuate a little; that’s the truth. Sometimes I hope, my dear, and sometimes I— don’t quite despair, but nearly. I get,” said Richard, relinquishing my hand gently and walking across the room, “so tired!”

He took a few turns up and down and sunk upon the sofa. “I get,” he repeated gloomily, “so tired.

It is such weary, weary work!”

He was leaning on his arm saying these words in a meditative voice and looking at the ground when my darling rose, put off her bonnet, kneeled down beside him with her golden hair falling like sunlight on his head, clasped her two arms round his neck, and turned her face to me.

Oh, what a loving and devoted face I saw!

“Esther, dear,” she said very quietly, “I am not going home again.”

A light shone in upon me all at once.

“Never any more. I am going to stay with my dear husband. We have been married above two months. Go home without me, my own Esther; I shall never go home any more!” With those words my darling drew his head down on her breast and held it there. And if ever in my life I saw a love that nothing but death could change, I saw it then before me.

“Speak to Esther, my dearest,” said Richard, breaking the silence presently. “Tell her how it was.”

I met her before she could come to me and folded her in my arms. We neither of us spoke, but with her cheek against my own I wanted to hear nothing. “My pet,” said I. “My love. My poor, poor girl!” I pitied her so much. I was very fond of Richard, but the impulse that I had upon me was to pity her so much.

“Esther, will you forgive me? Will my cousin John forgive me?”

“My dear,” said I, “to doubt it for a moment is to do him a great wrong. And as to me!” Why, as to me, what had I to forgive!

I dried my sobbing darling’s eyes and sat beside her on the sofa, and Richard sat on my other

side; and while I was reminded of that so different night when they had first taken me into their confidence and had gone on in their own wild happy way, they told me between them how it was.

“All I had was Richard’s,” Ada said; “and Richard would not take it, Esther, and what could I do but be his wife when I loved him dearly!”

“And you were so fully and so kindly occupied, excellent Dame Durden,” said Richard, “that how could we speak to you at such a time! And besides, it was not a long-considered step. We went out one morning and were married.”

“And when it was done, Esther,” said my darling, “I was always thinking how to tell you and what to do for the best. And sometimes I thought you ought to know it directly, and sometimes I thought you ought not to know it and keep it from my cousin John; and I could not tell what to do, and I fretted very much.”

How selfish I must have been not to have thought of this before! I don’t know what I said now. I was so sorry, and yet I was so fond of them and so glad that they were fond of me; I pitied them so much, and yet I felt a kind of pride in their loving one another. I never had experienced such painful and pleasurable emotion at one time, and in my own heart I did not know which predominated. But I was not there to darken their way; I did not do that.

When I was less foolish and more composed, my darling took her wedding-ring from her bosom, and kissed it, and put it on. Then I remembered last night and told Richard that ever since her marriage she had worn it at night when there was no one to see. Then Ada blushingly asked me how did I know that, my dear. Then I told Ada how I had seen her hand concealed under her pillow and had little thought why, my dear.

Then they began telling me how it was all over again, and I began to be sorry and glad again, and foolish again, and to hide my plain old face as much as I could lest I should put them out of heart.

Thus the time went on until it became necessary for me to think of returning. When that time arrived it was the worst of all, for then my darling completely broke down. She clung round my neck, calling me by every dear name she could think of and saying what should she do without me! Nor was Richard much better; and as for me, I should have been the worst of the three if I had not severely said to myself, “Now Esther, if you do, I’ll never speak to you again!”

“Why, I declare,” said I, “I never saw such a wife. I don’t think she loves her husband at all.

Here, Richard, take my child, for goodness’ sake.” But I held her tight all the while, and could have wept over her I don’t know how long.

“I give this dear young couple notice,” said I, “that I am only going away to come back tomorrow and that I shall be always coming backwards and forwards until Symond’s Inn is tired of the sight of me. So I shall not say good-bye, Richard. For what would be the use of that, you know, when I am coming back so soon!”

I had given my darling to him now, and I meant to go; but I lingered for one more look of the precious face which it seemed to rive my heart to turn from.

So I said (in a merry, bustling manner) that unless they gave me some encouragement to come back, I was not sure that I could take that liberty, upon which my dear girl looked up, faintly smiling through her tears, and I folded her lovely face between my hands, and gave it one last kiss, and laughed, and ran away.

And when I got downstairs, oh, how I cried! It almost seemed to me that I had lost my Ada for ever. I was so lonely and so blank without her, and it was so desolate to be going home with no hope of seeing her there, that I could get no comfort for a little while as I walked up and down in a dim corner sobbing and crying.

I came to myself by and by, after a little scolding, and took a coach home. The poor boy whom I had found at St. Albans had reappeared a short time before and was lying at the point of death; indeed, was then dead, though I did not know it.

My guardian had gone out to inquire about him and did not return to dinner. Being quite alone, I cried a little again, though on the whole I don’t think I behaved so very, very ill.

It was only natural that I should not be quite accustomed to the loss of my darling yet. Three or four hours were not a long time after years.

But my mind dwelt so much upon the uncongenial scene in which I had left her, and I pictured it as such an overshadowed stony-hearted one, and I so longed to be near her and taking some

sort of care of her, that I determined to go back in the evening only to look up at her windows.

It was foolish, I dare say, but it did not then seem at all so to me, and it does not seem quite so even now. I took Charley into my confidence, and we went out at dusk. It was dark when we came to the new strange home of my dear girl, and there was a light behind the yellow blinds.

We walked past cautiously three or four times, looking up, and narrowly missed encountering Mr. Vholes, who came out of his office while we were there and turned his head to look up too before going home. The sight of his lank black figure and the lonesome air of that nook in the dark were favourable to the state of my mind. I thought of the youth and love and beauty of my dear girl, shut up in such an ill-assorted refuge, almost as if it were a cruel place.

It was very solitary and very dull, and I did not doubt that I might safely steal upstairs. I left Charley below and went up with a light foot, not distressed by any glare from the feeble oil lanterns on the way. I listened for a few moments, and in the musty rotting silence of the house believed that I could hear the murmur of their young voices. I put my lips to the hearse-like panel of the door as a kiss for my dear and came quietly down again, thinking that one of these days I would confess to the visit.

And it really did me good, for though nobody but Charley and I knew anything about it, I somehow felt as if it had diminished the separation between Ada and me and had brought us together again for those moments. I went back, not quite accustomed yet to the change, but all the better for that hovering about my darling.

My guardian had come home and was standing thoughtfully by the dark window. When I went in, his face cleared and he came to his seat, but he caught the light upon my face as I took mine.

“Little woman,” said he, “You have been crying.”

“Why, yes, guardian,” said I, “I am afraid I have been, a little. Ada has been in such distress, and is so very sorry, guardian.”

I put my arm on the back of his chair, and I saw in his glance that my words and my look at her empty place had prepared him.

“Is she married, my dear?”

I told him all about it and how her first entreaties had referred to his forgiveness.

“She has no need of it,” said he. “Heaven bless her and her husband!” But just as my first impulse had been to pity her, so was his. “Poor girl, poor girl! Poor Rick! Poor Ada!” Neither of us spoke after that, until he said with a sigh, “Well, well, my dear! Bleak House is thinning fast.”

“But its mistress remains, guardian.” Though I was timid about saying it, I ventured because of the sorrowful tone in which he had spoken. “She will do all she can to make it happy,” said I. “She will succeed, my love!”

The letter had made no difference between us except that the seat by his side had come to be mine; it made none now. He turned his old bright fatherly look upon me, laid his hand on my hand in his old way, and said again, “She will succeed, my dear. Nevertheless, Bleak House is thinning fast, O little woman!”

I was sorry presently that this was all we said about that. I was rather disappointed. I feared I might not quite have been all I had meant to be since the letter and the answer.

Chapter LII— Obstinacy But one other day had intervened when, early in the morning as we were going to breakfast, Mr. Woodcourt came in haste with the astounding news that a terrible murder had been committed for which Mr. George had been apprehended and was in custody. When he told us that a large reward was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer’s apprehension, I did not in my first consternation understand why; but a few more words explained to me that the murdered person was Sir Leicester’s lawyer, and immediately my mother’s dread of him rushed into my remembrance.

This unforeseen and violent removal of one whom she had long watched and distrusted and who had long watched and distrusted her, one for whom she could have had few intervals of kindness, always dreading in him a dangerous and secret enemy, appeared so awful that my first thoughts were of her. How appalling to hear of such a death and be able to feel no pity! How dreadful to remember, perhaps, that she had sometimes even wished the old man away who

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AIRPORT WEST, 3042. Airport West Newsagency.

53 McNamara Ave, Airport West. (03) 9338 3362.

AIRPORT WEST, 3042. Airport West Nextra. Shop 73-74, Westfield Shoppingtown, Airport West.

(03) 9330 4207.

ALBERT PARK, 3206. Dundas Place Newsagency.

188A Bridport St, Albert Park. (03) 9690 5348.

ALBURY, 2640. Albury Newsagency.

ALTONA, 3018. Altona Newsagency. 84-86 Pier St, Altona. (03) 9398 2912.

ALTONA EAST, 3025. East Altona Newsagency. 63 The Circle, Altona East. (03) 9391 3316.

ALTONA MEADOWS, 3028 . Central Square Newsagency, 1 Central Ave, Altona Ameadows.

(03) 9315 8022.

ALTONA NORTH, 3025. Alrona North Newsagency.

22 Borrack Sq, Altona North. (03) 9391 2291.

ARMADALE, 3143. Highdale Newsagency. Shop 1, 969 High St, Armadale. (03) 9822 7789.

ASCOT VALE, 3032. Ascot Vale Newsagency. 208 Union Rd, Ascot Vale. (03) 9370 6485.

ASCOT VALE, 3032. Ascot Lotto & News. 217 Ascot Vale Rd, Ascot Vale. (03) 9370 8558.

ASHBURTON, 3147. Ashburton Newsagency. 209 High St, Ashburton. (03) 9885 2128.

ASHWOOD, 3147. Ashwood Newsagency. 503 Warrigal Rd, Ashwood. (03) 9885 4662.

ASPENDALE, 3195. Aspendale Newsagency. 129 Station St, Aspendale. (03) 9580 6967.

AUBURN, 3123. See Hawthorn East.

AVONDALE HEIGHTS, 3034. Avondale Heights Newsagency. 5 Military Rd, Avondale Heights.

(03) 9317 8274.

BACCHUS MARSH, 3340 . Bacchus Marsh Newsagency. 138 Main St. (03) 5367 2961.

BALACLAVA, 3183. Carlisle Newsagency. 272 Carlisle St, Balaclava. (03) 9593 9111.

BALLAN, 3342. Ballan Newsagency. 133 Ingles St, Ballan. (03) 5368 1115.

BALLARAT, 3350. Bridge Mall Newsagency. 6870 Bridge Mall, Ballarat. (03) 5331 3352.

BALLARAT, 3350. NewsXPress Ballarat. Shop 20, Central Square, Ballarat. (03) 5333 4700.

BALLARAT, 3350. Williams Newsagency. 917 Sturt St, Ballarat. (03) 5332 2369.

BALWYN, 3103. Balwyn Newsagency. 413 Whitehorse Rd, Balwyn. (03) 9836 4206.

BALWYN, 3103. Belmore Newsagency. 338 Belmore Rd, Balwyn. (03) 9857 9729.

BALWYN, 3103. Yooralla Newsagency. 247B Belmore Rd, Balwyn. (03) 9859 8285.

BALWYN NORTH, 3104. Burkemore Newsagency.

1060 Burke Rd, Balwyn North. (03) 9817 3472.

BALWYN NORTH, 3104. Greythorn Newsagency.

272 Doncaster Rd, Balwyn North. (03) 9857 9894.

BALWYN NORTH, 3104. North Balwyn Newsagency.

77 Doncaster Rd, North Balwyn. (03) 9859 1983.

BANNOCKBURN, 3331. Bannockburn Newsagency.

(03) 5281 1625.

BARWON HEADS, 3227. Barwon Heads Newsagency. 43 Hitchcock St, Barwon Heads.

(03) 5254 2260.

BATMAN. Batman Newsagency. (03) 9354 1269.

BAYSWATER, 3153. Bayswater Authorised Newsagency. Shop 21, Bayswater Village. (03) 9729 1773.

BELGRAVE, 3160. Belgrave Newsagency. 1704 Burwood Hwy. (03) 9754 2429.

BELL PARK, 3215. Bell Park Newsagency. 21-23 Milton St, Bell Park. (03) 5278 4032.

BELMONT, 3216. Belmont Newsagency. 132A High St. (03) 5243 1385.

BENNETTSWOOD, 3125. Bennetswood Newsagency. 79 Station St, Bennettswood. (03) 9808 3391.

BENTLEIGH, 3204. Central Bentleigh Newsagency.

395 Centre Rd, Bentleigh. (03) 9557 1453.

BENTLEIGH EAST, 3165. Centrefield Newsagency.

939 Centre Rd, Bentleigh East. (03) 9563 7607.

BENTLEIGH EAST, 3165. Chesterville Newsagency.

299 Chesterville Rd, Bentleigh East. (03) 9570 1983.

BENTLEIGH EAST, 3165. East Bentleigh Tatts & News. (03) 9570 5951.

BERWICK, 3806. Berwick Newsagency. 29-31 High St, Berwick. (03) 9707 1311.

BLACK ROCK, 3193. Black Rock Newsagency. 606 Balcombe Rd. (03) 9589 4266.

BLACKBURN, 3130. Blackburn Newsagency. 116 South Pde, Blackburn. (03) 9878 0101.

BLACKBURN SOUTH, 3130. Blackburn South Newsagency. 108 Canterbury Rd, Blackburn South. (03) 9877 2110.

BORONIA, 3155. Boronia Village Newsagency.

Shop 22A, 163 Boronia Rd, Boronia. (03) 9762 3464.

BOX HILL, 3128. Newsline Newsagency. Shop 70, Box Hill Central. (03) 9890 2217.

BOX HILL, 3128. Whitehorse Plaza Newsagency.

G35, Centro Shopping Plaza, Box Hill. Phone: (03) 9899 0593.

BOX HILL NORTH, 3129. Kerrimuir Newsagency.

515 Middleborough Rd, Box Hill North. (03) 9898 1450.

BOX HILL SOUTH, 3128. Box Hill South Newsagency. 870 Canterbury Rd, Box Hill South.

(03) 9890 6481.

BOX HILL SOUTH, 3128. Wattle Park Newsagency.

164A Elgar Rd, Box Hill South. (03) 9808 1614.

BRIAR HILL, 3088. Briar Hill Newsagency. 111 Mountain View Rd, Briar Hill. (03) 9435 1069.

BRIGHTON, 3186. Gardenvale Newsagency. 168 Martin St, Brighton. (03) 9596 7566.

BRIGHTON EAST, 3187. Highway Newsagency.

765B Hawthorn Rd, Brighton East. (03) 9592 2054.

BRIGHTON EAST, 3187. East Brighton Newsagency.

613 Hampton St, Brighton. (03) 9592 2029.

BRIGHTON NORTH, 3186 . North Brighton Authorised Newsagency. 324 Bay St, North Brighton. (03) 9596 4548.

BRUNSWICK, 3056. Lygon Authorised Newsagency. (03) 9387 4929.

BRUNSWICK WEST, 3055. Melville Newsagency.

418 Moreland Rd, West Brunswick. (03) 9386 3300.

BRUNSWICK WEST, 3055. Theresa Newsagency.

34 Grantham St, Brunswick West. (03) 9380 8806.

BULLEEN, 3105. Bulleen Plaza Newsagency. Shop 29, Bulleen Plaza. (03) 9850 5521.

BULLEEN, 3105. Thompsons Road Newsagency.

123A Thompsons Rd, Bulleen. (03) 9850 1882.

BUNDOORA, 3083. Bundoora Centre Newsagency.

Shop 3, 39 Plenty Rd, Bundoora. (03) 9467 1351.

BUNDOORA, 3083. Bundoora Newsagency. 1268 Plenty Rd, Bundoora. (03) 9467 2138.

BUNYIP, 3815. Bunyip Newsagency. (03) 5629 6111.

BURNLEY, 3121. Burnley Newsagency. 375 Burnley St, Burnley. (03) 9428 1669.

BURWOOD EAST, 3151. East Burwood Newsagency. 16 Burwood Hwy, Burwood East.

(03) 9808 7284.

CAMBERWELL, 3124. Burke Road Newsagency.

(03) 9882 3671.

CAMBERWELL, 3124. Burwood Newsagency. 1394 Toorak Rd, Camberwell. (03) 9889 4155.

CAMBERWELL, 3124. Camberwell Centre Newsagency. 628 Burke Rd, Camberwell. (03) 9882 4083.

CAMBERWELL, 3124. Camberwell Market Newsagency. 513 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell.

(03) 9813 3799.

CAMBERWELL, 3124. Zantuck Newsagency. 732 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell. (03) 9836 4953.

CAMBERWELL EAST, 3124. East Camberwell Newsagency. 188 Through Rd, Camberwell. (03) 9836 2495.

CANTERBURY, 3126. Canterbury Newsagency. 104 Maling Rd. (03) 9836 2130.

CARISBROOK, 3464. Carisbrook Newsagency. (03) 5464 2293.

CARLTON, 3053. Lygon Authorised Newsagency.

260 Lygon St, Carlton. (03) 9663 6193.

CARLTON NORTH, 3054. Princes Hill Newsagency.

607 Lygon St, Carlton North. (03) 9380 1419.

CARLTON NORTH, 3054. Rathdowne Newsagency.

410 Rathdowne St, Carlton North. (03) 9347 2630.

CARNEGIE, 3163. Carnegie Newsagency. 58 Koornang Rd, Carnegie. (03) 9568 5256.

CARNEGIE, 3163. Patterson Newsagency. (03) 9557 5794.

CARNEGIE, 3163. Southern Distribution & Delivery Service. 669 North Rd, Carnegie. (03) 9576 7044.

CARRUM, 3197. Carrum Newsagency. 514 Station St, Carrum. (03) 9772 7696.

CARRUM DOWNS, 3198. Bayside Distribution. (03) 9782 6333.

CAULFIELD EAST, 3145. Caulfield Newsagency.

14 Derby Rd, Caulfield East. (03) 9571 6194.

CAULFIELD NORTH, 3161. Junction Newsagency.

69-71 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield North. (03) 9523 8546.

CAULFIELD SOUTH, 3162 . Booran Road Newsagency. 177 Booran Rd, Caulfield South.

(03) 9578 3195.

CAULFIELD SOUTH, 3162 . South Caulfield Newsagency. 792 Glenhuntly Rd, Caulfield South.

(03) 9523 8701.

CHADSTONE, 3148. Supanews. Shops A42 and A49, Chadstone. (03) 9569 5858.

CHADSTONE, 3148. Holmesglen Newsagency.

637 Warrigal Rd, Chadstone. (03) 9569 7365.

CHARLTON, 3525. Charltopn Newsagency. (03) 5491 1680.

CHELSEA, 3196. Chelsea Newsagency. 403 Nepean Hwy, Chelsea. (03) 9772 2621.

CHELTENHAM, 3192. Cheltenham Newsagency.

332 Charman Rd, Cheltenham. (03) 9583 3276.

CHELTENHAM, 3192. Southland Newsagency.

Westfield Shoppingtown, Cheltenham. (03) 9584 9433.

CLAYTON, 3168. Clayton Authorised Newsagency.

345 Clayton Rd, Clayton. (03) 9544 1153.

CLIFTON HILL, 3068. Clifton Hill Newsagency. 316 Queens Pde, Clifton Hill. (03) 9489 8725.

COBURG, 3058. Coburg Newsagency, 481-483 Sydney Rd, Coburg. (03) 9354 7525.

COLAC, 3250. Blaines Newsagency, Colac. (03) 5231 4602.

COLDSTREAM, 3770. Coldstream Newsagency.

670 Maroondah Hwy, Coldstream. (03) 9739 1409.

CORIO, 3214. Corio Village Newsagency. Shop 27, Corio Village, Corio. (03) 5275 1666.

COWES, 3922. Cowes Newsagency. 44 Thompson Ave, Cowes. (03) 5952 2046.

CRAIGIEBURN, 3064. Craigieburn Newsagency.

Shop 9 Mall, Craigieburn. (03) 9308 2132.

CRANBOURNE, 3977. Cranbourne Newsagency.

105 High St,Cranbourne. (03) 5996 8866.

CRANBOURNE NORTH, 3977. Thompson Parkway Newsagency. Cnr South Gippsland Hwy, Cranbourne North. (03) 5996 0055.

CROYDON, 3136. Burnt Bridge Newsagency. 434 Maroondah Hwy, Croydon. (03) 9870 6140.

CROYDON, 3136. Croydon Newsagency. 158 Main St, Croydon. (03) 9723 2001.

CROYDON NORTH, 3136. Croydon North Newsagency. 5 Exeter Rd, Croydon North. (03) 9726 6030.

DANDENONG, 3175. Lonsdale Newsagency. 250 Lonsdale St, Dandenong. (03) 9792 1897.

DANDENONG, 3175. Lucky Winners Lotto. 118 Hemmings St, Dandenong. (03) 9792 4628.

DANDENONG, 3175. Doveton News & Lotto. (03) 9792 4937.

DEER PARK, 3023. Deer Park Newsagency. 823 Ballarat Rd, Deer Park.(03) 9363 1175.

DENILIQUIN, 2710. Deniliquin Newsagency and Bookstore. (02) 5881 2080.

DIAMOND CREEK, 3089. Diamond Creek Newsagency. 62A Hurstbridge Rd. (03) 9438 1470.

DINGLEY VILLAGE, 3172. Dingley Newsagency.

79 Centre Dandenong Rd, Dingley Village. (03) 9551 1184.

DONCASTER, 3108. Shoppingtown Newsagency.

Shop 34, 619 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster. (03) 9848 3912.

DONCASTER EAST, 3109. East Doncaster Newsagency. 74 Jackson Ct, Doncaster East. (03) 9848 3174.

DONCASTER EAST, 3109. Tunstall Square Newsagency. Shop 4, Tunstall Square, Doncaster East. (03) 9842 2485.

DONCASTER EAST, 3109. The Pines Newsagency.

Shop 35, 181 Reynolds Rd, Doncaster East. (03) 9842 7944.

DROMANA, 3936. Dromana Newsagency. 177 Nepean Hwy, Dromana. (03) 5987 2338.

DROUIN, 3818. Burrows Newsagency, Drouin. (03) 5625 1614.

DRYSDALE, 3222. Drysdale Newsagency. High

EAGLEMONT, 3084. Eaglemont Lucky Lotto, News & Post. 68 Silverdale Rd. (03) 9499 2589.

EDITHVALE, 3196. Edithvale Newsagency. 253 Nepean Hwy. (03) 9772 1072.

ELSTERNWICK, 3185. Elsternwick Newsagency.

348 Glenhuntly Rd, Elsternwick. (03) 9523 8335.

ELSTERNWICK, 3185. Elsternwick Office Supplies.

433 Glenhuntly Rd, Elsternwick. (03) 9523 6495.

ELSTERNWICK, 3185. Ripponlea Newsagency. 78 Glen Eira Rd, Elsternwick. (03) 9523 5649.

ELTHAM, 3095. Eltham Newsagency & Toyworld.

958 Main Rd. (03) 9439 9162.

ELWOOD, 3184. Elwood Newsagency. 103 Ormond Rd, Elwood. (03) 9531 4223.

EMERALD, 3782. Emerald Newsagency. Main St, Emerald. (03) 5968 5152.

EPPING, 3076. Dalton Village Newsagency. (03) 9408 8877.

ESSENDON, 3040. Essendon Newsagency. 15A Rose St, Essendon. (03) 9337 5908.

ESSENDON, 3040. Roundabout Newsagency. 94 Fletcher St, Essendon. (03) 9370 5305.

ESSENDON NORTH, 3041 . North Essendon Newsagency. 1085 Mt Alexander Rd, North Essendon. (03) 9379 2243.

FAIRFIELD, 3078. Fairfield Newsagency. 99 Station St, Fairfield. (03) 9481 3240.

FAWKNER, 3060. Fawkner Newsagency. 54 Bonwick St, Fawkner. (03) 9359 2046.

FAWKNER, 3060. Moomba Park Newsagency. 89 Anderson Rd, Fawkner. (03) 9359 1595.

FERNTREE GULLY, 3156. Ferntree Gully Newsagency. Shop 2, 69 Station St, Ferntree Gully. (03) 9758 1343.

FERNTREE GULLY, 3156. Mountain Gate Newsagency. Shop 9B, Ferntree Gully. (03) 9758 4427.

FERNTREE GULLY UPPER, 3156. Upper Ferntree Gully Newsagency. Shop 3 Ferntree Plaza. (03) 9756 0171.

FITZROY, 3065. Fitzroy Newsagency. 337 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. (03) 9417 3017.

FITZROY NORTH, 3068. North Fitzroy Newsagency.

224 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North. (03) 9489 8614.

FOOTSCRAY WEST, 3012. Kingsville Newsagency.

339 Somerville Rd, Footscray West. (03) 9314 5004.

FOREST HILL, 3131. Brentford Square Newsagency. 29-31 Brentford Sq., Forest Hill.

(03) 9878 1882.

FOREST HILL, 3131. NewsXPress Forest Hill. Shop 215, Western Entrance, Forest Hill. (03) 9878 2515.

FOUNTAIN GATE, 3805. Fountain Gate Newsagency. Shop 1157 (Level 1), Fountain Gate. (03) 9704 6408.

FRANKSTON, 3199. Beach Street Newsagency.

239 Beach St, Frankston. (03) 9789 9736.

FRANKSTON, 3199. Foote Street Newsagency. c/ - Bayside Distribution Services. (03) 9783 4720.

FRANKSTON, 3199. Frankston Newsagency. 5 Keys St, Frankston. (03) 9783 3253.

FRANKSTON, 3199. Karingal Hub Newsagency. c/ - Bayside Distribution Services. (03) 9776 7744.

FRANKSTON, 3199. Young Street Newsagency. 78 Young St, Frankston. (03) 9783 2467.

GARDENVALE, 3186. See Brighton.

GARFIELD, 3814. Garfield Newsagency Pty Ltd. 77 Main St, Garfield. (03) 5629 2533.

GEELONG, 3220. Geelong Newsagency & Lotto.

139 Moorabool St, Geelong. (03) 5222 1911.

GEELONG EAST, 3219. East Geelong Newsagency.

78A Garden St. (03) 5229 5109.

GEELONG WEST, 3218. Manifold Newsagency.

Shop 2, 132 Shannon Ave, Geelong West. (03) 5229 5897.

GEELONG WEST, 3218. Murphy's Newsagency. PO Box 7133, Geelong West. (03) 5229 1973.

GISBORNE, 3437. Gisborne Newsagency. Shop 20, Village Shopping Centre. (03) 5428 2632.

GLADSTONE PARK, 3043 . Gladstone Park Newsagency. Shop 164. (03) 9338 3921.

GLEN HUNTLY, 3163. Glenhuntly Newsagency.

1164 Glenhuntly Rd, Glenhuntly. (03) 9571 2551.

GLEN WAVERLEY, 3150. Glen Waverley News.

Shop L2, 65 Glen S/C, Springvale Rd, Glen Waverley. (03) 9802 8503.

GLEN WAVERLEY, 3150. Kingsway Newsagency.

65 Kingsway, Glen Waverley. (03) 9560 9987.

GLEN WAVERLEY, 3150. Syndal Newsagency. 238 Blackburn Rd, Glen Waverley. (03) 9802 8446.

GLENFERRIE, 3122. See Hawthorn.

GLENROY, 3046. Glenroy Newsagency. 773 Pascoe Vale Rd, Glenroy. (03) 9306 9530.

GRANTVILLE, 3984. Grantville Newsagency. Shop 4, 1509 Bass Hwy, Grantville. (03) 5678 8808.

GREENSBOROUGH, 3088 . Greensborough Newsagency. Shop 4-5 Greensborough. (03) 9435 1024.

GREENVALE, 3059. Greenvale Newsagency. Shop 4 & 5, Cnr Mickleham & Greenvale Rds, Greenvale. (03) 9333 3154.

GROVEDALE, 3216. Grovedale Newsagency. 19 Peter St. (03) 5243 1480.

HADFIELD, 3046. Hadfield Newsagency. 120 West St, Hadfield. (03) 9306 5007.

HAMPTON, 3188. Hampton Newsagency. 345-347 Hampton St, Hampton. (03) 9598 1239.

HAMPTON EAST, 3188. Hampton East Newsagency.

412 Bluff Rd, Hampton East.(03) 9555 2821.

HAMPTON PARK, 3976. Hampton Park Newsagency. Shop 3, Park Square, Hampton Park. (03) 9799 1609.

HASTINGS, 3915. Hastings Newsagency. 56 High St. (03) 5979 1321.

HAWTHORN, 3122. Glenferrie Newsagency.669 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. (03) 9818 2621.

HAWTHORN EAST, 3123. Auburn Newsagency. 119 Auburn Rd, Hawthorn East. (03) 9813 4838.

HAWTHORN EAST, 3123. Auburn South Newsagency. 289 Auburn Rd, Hawthorn East.

(03) 9882 2009.

HAWTHORN WEST, 3122. Hawthorn West Newsagency. 44 Church St, Hawthorn. (03) 9853 6098.

HEALESVILLE, 3777. Healesville Newsagency.

(03) 5962 4161.

HEIDELBERG, 3084. Heidelberg Newsagency. 128 Burgundy St, Heidelberg. (03) 9457 1098.

HEIDELBERG WEST, 3081. Heidelberg Heights Newsagency. 35 Southern Rd, Heidelberg West.

(03) 9457 2063.

HEIDELBERG WEST, 3081. The Mall Newsagency.

Shop 18, Heidelberg West. (03) 9457 4244.

HIGHETT, 3190. Highett Newsagency. 2 Railway Pde, Highett. (03) 9555 1010.

HIGHTON, 3216. Highton Newsagency. 7 Bellevue Ave. (03) 5243 4824, HOPPERS CROSSING, 3030. Hoppers Crossing Newsagency. 31 Old Geelong Rd, Hoppers Crossing. (03) 9749 2652, HUNTINGDALE, 3166. Huntingdale Newsagency.

291 Huntingdale Rd, Huntingdale. (03) 9544 1175.

HURSTBRIDGE, 3099. Hurstbridge Newsagency.

800 Main Rd. (03) 9718 2045.

IVANHOE, 3079. NewsXPress. 194-196 Upper Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe. (03) 9499 1231.

IVANHOE EAST, 3079. East Ivanhoe Newsagency.

262 Lower Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe East. (03) 9499 1720.

KEILOR, 3036. Centreway Newsagency. 59 Wyong St, Keilor East, 3033. (03) 9336 2451.

KEILOR, 3036. Keilor Newsagency. 700 Calder Hwy, Keilor. (03) 9336 7930.

KEILOR DOWNS, 3038. Keilor Downs Newsagency.

Shop 3, Keilor Downs Plaza, Keilor Downs. (03) 9310 9955.

KEW, 3101. Cotham Newsagency. 97 Cotham Rd, Kew. (03) 9817 3840.

KEW, 3101. Kew Newsagency. 175 High St, Kew. (03) 9853 8238.

KEW NORTH, 3101. North Kew Newsagency. 93 Willsemere Rd, Kew. (03) 9853 9383.

KEYSBOROUGH, 3173. Parkmore Newsagency.

Parkmore Shopping Centre, Kensington. (03) 9798 4311.

KILMORE, 3764. Kilmore Newsagency. 41 Sydney St. (03) 5782 1465.

KILSYTH, 3137. Kilsyth Newsagency. 520 Mt Dandenong Rd. (03) 9725 6218.

KINGSVILLE, 3012. See Footscray West.

KNOX CITY. See Wantirna South KNOXFIELD, 3180. Knoxfield Newsagency. (03) 9764 8260.

KOO-WEE-RUP, 3981. Koo Wee Rup Newsagency.

44-48 Station St, Koo Wee Rup. (03) 5997 1456.

LALOR, 3075. Lalor Newsagency. 364 Station St, Lalor. (03) 9465 2698.

LARA, 3212. Lara Newsagency. 44 The Centreway, Lara. (03) 5282 1419.

LAVERTON, 3028. Laverton Newsagency. 12 Aviation Rd, Laverton. (03) 9369 1426.

LEOPOLD, 3028. Leopold Newsagency. 45 Ash Rd, Leopold. (03) 5250 1687.

LILYDALE, 3140. Lilydale Newsagency. 237 Main St. (03) 9735 1705.

LOWER PLENTY, 3093. Lower Plenty Newsagency.

95 Main Rd. (03) 9435 6423.

LOWER TEMPLESTOWE, 3107. See Templestowe Lower.

MALVERN, 3144. Malvern Newsagency. 114 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern. (03) 9509 8381.

MALVERN, 3144. Malvern Village Newsagency.

1352 Malvern Rd, Malvern. (03) 9822 3761.

MALVERN, 3144. Winterglen Newsagency Malvern Lotto. 167 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern. (03) 9509 9068.

MALVERN EAST, 3145. Central Park Newsagency.

393 Wattletree Rd, Malvern East. (03) 9509 9842.

McCRAE, 3938. McCrae Newsagency, 675 Point Nepean Rd. (03) 5986 8499.

McKINNON, 3204. McKinnon Newsagency. 148 McKinnon Rd, McKinnon. (03) 9578 4478.

MELBOURNE, 3000. Mitty's Newsagency. 53 Bourke St, Melbourne. (03) 9654 5950.

MELTON, 3337. Melton Authorised Newsagency.

383-385 High St, Melton. (03) 9743 5451.

MELTON, 3337. NewsXPress. (03) 9743 5451.

MENTONE, 3194. Mentone Newsagency. 24 Como Pde, Mentone. (03) 9585 3494.

MERLYNSTON, 3058. Merlynston Newsagency. (03) 9354 1532.

MIDDLE BRIGHTON, 3186 . Middle Brighton Newsagency. 75-77 Church St, Middle Brighton.

(03) 9592 1000.

MIDDLE PARK, 3206. Middle Park Newsagency.

16 Armstrong St, Middle Park.

MILDURA, 3500. Klemm's Mildura Newsagency.

(03) 5302 1004.

MILL PARK, 3082. Mill Park Authorised Newsagency. Stables Shopping Centre, Cnr Childs Rd & Redleap Ave, Mill Park. (03) 9436 4400.

MITCHAM, 3132. Mitcham Newsagency. 503 Whitehorse Rd, Mitcham. (03) 9873 1108.

MOE, 3825. Yeatman's Newsagency. 3A Moore St, Moe. (03) 5127 1002.

MONT ALBERT., 3127. Mont Albert Newsagency.

42 Hamilton St, Mont Albert. (03) 9890 1140.

MONTMORENCY, 3094. Montmorency Newsagency.

41-43 Were St. (03) 9435 8893.

MONTROSE, 3765. Montrose Newsagency. 912 Mt Dandenong Rd. (03) 9728 2057.

MOONEE PONDS, 3039. Puckle Street Newsagency.

45 Puckle St, Moonee Ponds. (03) 9375 2264.

MORDIALLOC, 3195. Mordialloc Newsagency.

574A Main St, Mordialloc. (03) 9580 5141.

MORDIALLOC, 3195. Warren Village Newsagency.

87 Warren Rd. (03) 9580 3880.

MORELAND, 3056. See Brunswick.

MORNINGTON, 3931. Mornington Newsagency. 97 Main St, Mornington. (03) 5975 2099.

MORNINGTON, 3931. Scribes Newsagency. Shop 1/10, Mornington Village, Mornington. (03) 5975 5849.

If your local newsagency is not listed, and you would like them to stock the Melbourne Observer, please ask them to contact All Day Distribution, phone (03) 9482 1145.

MORWELL, 3840. Morwell Newsagency. 176 Commercial Rd, Morwell. (03) 5134 4133.

MOUNT ELIZA, 3934. Mount Eliza Newsagency.

102 Mount Eliza Way. (03) 5974 2347.

MOUNT MARTHA, 3934. Mount Martha Newsagency. 2 Lochiel Ave, Mount Martha. (03) 5974 2347.

MOUNT WAVERLEY, 3149. Pinewood Newsagency.

Shop 59, Centreway Shopping Centre, Mount Waverley. (03) 9802 7008.

MOUNTAIN GATE, 3156. See Ferntree Gully.

MT EVELYN, 3658. Mt Evelyn Newsagency. 1A Wray Cres. (03) 9736 2302.

MULGRAVE, 3170. Northvale Newsagency. 901 Springvale Rd, Mulgrave. (03) 9546 0200.

MULGRAVE, 3170. Waverley Gardens Newsagency. Shop 44, Waverley Gardens, Mulgrave. (03) 9547 5773.

MURCHISON, 3610. Murchison Newsagency, Murchison. (03) 5826 2152, MURRUMBEENA, 3163. Murrumbeena Newsagency. 456 Nerrim Rd, Murrumbenna. (03) 9568 1959.

NARRE WARREN, 3805. Narre Warren News & Tatts. Shop 1 Webb St, Narre Warren. (03) 9704 6495.

NEWCOMB, 3220. Newcomb Newsagency, Geelong. (03) 5248 5434.

NEWMARKET, 3031. Newmarket Newsagency. 294 Racecourse Rd, Newmarket. (03) 9376 6075.

NEWPORT, 3015. Newport Newsagency. 6 Hall St, Newport. (03) 9391 2548.

NIDDRIE, 3042. Niddrie Newsagency. 455 Keilor Rd, Niddrie. (03) 9379 3840.

NOBLE PARK, 3174. Noble Park Newsagency. 22 Douglas St, Noble Park. (03) 9546 9079.

NOBLE PARK, 3174. Variety Newsagency. 1268 Heatherton Rd, Noble Park. (03) 9546 7916.

NORTH BALWYN, 3104. See Balwyn North.

NORTH MELBOURNE, 3051. See West Melbourne.

NORTH MELBOURNE, 3051. Haines Street Newsagency. 46 Haines St. (03) 9328 1195.

NORTH MELBOURNE, 3051. News On Errol. (03) 9326 3744.

NORTHCOTE, 3070. Croxton Newsagency. 509 High St, Northcote. (03) 9481 3624.

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NUNAWADING, 3131. Mountainview Newsagency.

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OAK PARK, 3046. Oak Park Newsagency. 120 Snell Grove, Oak Park. (03) 9306 5472.

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Observer Classic Books From Page 24 was so swiftly hurried out of life!

Such crowding reflections, increasing the distress and fear I always felt when the name was mentioned, made me so agitated that I could scarcely hold my place at the table. I was quite unable to follow the conversation until I had had a little time to recover. But when I came to myself and saw how shocked my guardian was and found that they were earnestly speaking of the suspected man and recalling every favourable impression we had formed of him out of the good we had known of him, my interest and my fears were so strongly aroused in his behalf that I was quite set up again.

“Guardian, you don’t think it possible that he is justly accused?”

“My dear, I CAN’T think so. This man whom we have seen so open-hearted and compassionate, who with the might of a giant has the gentleness of a child, who looks as brave a fellow as ever lived and is so simple and quiet with it, this man justly accused of such a crime? I can’t believe it. It’s not that I don’t or I won’t. I can’t!”

“And I can’t,” said Mr. Woodcourt. “Still, whatever we believe or know of him, we had better not forget that some appearances are against him. He bore an animosity towards the deceased gentleman. He has openly mentioned it in many places. He is said to have expressed himself violently towards him, and he certainly did about him, to my knowledge. He admits that he was alone on the scene of the murder within a few minutes of its commission. I sincerely believe him to be as innocent of any participation in it as I am, but these are all reasons for suspicion falling upon him.”

“True,” said my guardian. And he added, turning to me, “It would be doing him a very bad service, my dear, to shut our eyes to the truth in any of these respects.”

I felt, of course, that we must admit, not only to ourselves but to others, the full force of the circumstances against him. Yet I knew withal (I could not help saying) that their weight would not induce us to desert him in his need.

“Heaven forbid!” returned my guardian. “We will stand by him, as he himself stood by the two poor creatures who are gone.” He meant Mr. Gridley and the boy, to both of whom Mr. George had given shelter.

Mr. Woodcourt then told us that the trooper’s man had been with him before day, after wandering about the streets all night like a distracted creature. That one of the trooper’s first anxieties was that we should not suppose him guilty.

That he had charged his messenger to represent his perfect innocence with every solemn assurance be could send us. That Mr. Woodcourt had only quieted the man by undertaking to come to our house very early in the morning with these representations. He added that he was now upon his way to see the prisoner himself.

My guardian said directly he would go too. Now, besides that I liked the retired soldier very much and that he liked me, I had that secret interest in what had happened which was only known to my guardian. I felt as if it came close and near to me. It seemed to become personally important to myself that the truth should be discovered and that no innocent people should be suspected, for suspicion, once run wild, might run wilder.

In a word, I felt as if it were my duty and obligation to go with them. My guardian did not seek to dissuade me, and I went.

It was a large prison with many courts and passages so like one another and so uniformly paved that I seemed to gain a new comprehension, as I passed along, of the fondness that solitary prisoners, shut up among the same staring walls from year to year, have had — as I have read — for a weed or a stray blade of grass. In an arched room by himself, like a cellar upstairs, with walls so glaringly white that they made the massive iron window-bars and iron-bound door even more profoundly black than they were, we found the trooper standing in a corner. He had been sitting on a bench there and had risen when he heard the locks and bolts turn.

When he saw us, he came forward a step with his usual heavy tread, and there stopped and made a slight bow. But as I still advanced, putting out my hand to him, he understood us in a moment.

“This is a load off my mind, I do assure you, miss and gentlemen,” said he, saluting us with great heartiness and drawing a long breath. “And now I don’t so much care how it ends.”

He scarcely seemed to be the prisoner. What

with his coolness and his soldierly bearing, he looked far more like the prison guard.

“This is even a rougher place than my gallery to receive a lady in,” said Mr. George, “but I know Miss Summerson will make the best of it.” As he handed me to the bench on which he had been sitting, I sat down, which seemed to give him great satisfaction.

“I thank you, miss,” said he.

“Now, George,” observed my guardian, “as we require no new assurances on your part, so I believe we need give you none on ours.”

“Not at all, sir. I thank you with all my heart. If I was not innocent of this crime, I couldn’t look at you and keep my secret to myself under the condescension of the present visit. I feel the present visit very much. I am not one of the eloquent sort, but I feel it, Miss Summerson and gentlemen, deeply.”

He laid his hand for a moment on his broad chest and bent his bead to us. Although he squared himself again directly, he expressed a great amount of natural emotion by these simple means.

“First,” said my guardian, “can we do anything for your personal comfort, George?”

“For which, sir?” he inquired, clearing his throat.

“For your personal comfort. Is there anything you want that would lessen the hardship of this confinement?”

“Well, sir,” replied George, after a little cogitation, “I am equally obliged to you, but tobacco being against the rules, I can’t say that there is.”

“You will think of many little things perhaps, by and by. ‘Whenever you do, George, let us know.”

“Thank you, sir. Howsoever,” observed Mr. George with one of his sunburnt smiles, “a man who has been knocking about the world in a vagabond kind of a way as long as I have gets on well enough in a place like the present, so far as that goes.”

“Next, as to your case,” observed my guardian.

“Exactly so, sir,” returned Mr. George, folding his arms upon his breast with perfect self-possession and a little curiosity.

“How does it stand now?”

“Why, sir, it is under remand at present. Bucket gives me to understand that he will probably apply for a series of remands from time to time until the case is more complete. How it is to be made more complete I don’t myself see, but I dare say Bucket will manage it somehow.”

“Why, heaven save us, man,” exclaimed my guardian, surprised into his old oddity and vehemence, “you talk of yourself as if you were somebody else!”

“No offence, sir,” said Mr. George. “I am very sensible of your kindness. But I don’t see how an innocent man is to make up his mind to this kind of thing without knocking his head against the walls unless he takes it in that point of view.

“That is true enough to a certain extent,” returned my guardian, softened. “But my good fellow, even an innocent man must take ordinary precautions to defend himself.”

“Certainly, sir. And I have done so. I have stated to the magistrates, ‘Gentlemen, I am as innocent of this charge as yourselves; what has been stated against me in the way of facts is perfectly true; I know no more about it.’ I intend to continue stating that, sir. What more can I do? It’s the truth.”

“But the mere truth won’t do,” rejoined my guardian.

“Won’t it indeed., sir? Rather a bad look-out for me!” Mr. George good-humouredly observed.

“You must have a lawyer,” pursued my guardian. “We must engage a good one for you.”

“I ask your pardon, sir,” said Mr. George with a step backward. “I am equally obliged. But I must decidedly beg to be excused from anything of that sort.”

“You won’t have a lawyer?”

“No, sir.” Mr. George shook his head in the most emphatic manner. “I thank you all the same, sir, but — no lawyer!”

“Why not?”

“I don’t take kindly to the breed,” said Mr. George. “Gridley didn’t.And — if you’ll excuse my saying so much — I should hardly have thought you did yourself, sir.”

“That’s equity,” my guardian explained, a little at a loss; “that’s equity, George.”

“Is it, indeed, sir?” returned the trooper in his off-hand manner. “I am not acquainted with those shades of names myself, but in a general way I object to the breed.”

Unfolding his arms and changing his position, he stood with one massive hand upon the table and the other on his hip, as complete a picture of

a man who was not to be moved from a fixed purpose as ever I saw. It was in vain that we all three talked to him and endeavoured to persuade him; he listened with that gentleness which went so well with his bluff bearing, but was evidently no more shaken by our representations that his place of confinement was.

“Pray think, once more, Mr. George,” said I. “Have you no wish in reference to your case?”

“I certainly could wish it to be tried, miss,” he returned, “by court-martial; but that is out of the question, as I am well aware. If you will be so good as to favour me with your attention for a couple of minutes, miss, not more, I’ll endeavour to explain myself as clearly as I can.”

He looked at us all three in turn, shook his head a little as if he were adjusting it in the stock and collar of a tight uniform, and after a moment’s reflection went on.

“You see, miss, I have been handcuffed and taken into custody and brought here. I am a marked and disgraced man, and here I am. My shooting gallery is rummaged, high and low, by Bucket; such property as I have — ’tis small — is turned this way and that till it don’t know itself; and (as aforesaid) here I am! I don’t particular complain of that. Though I am in these present quarters through no immediately preceding fault of mine, I can very well understand that if I hadn’t gone into the vagabond way in my youth, this wouldn’t have happened. It HAS happened. Then comes the question how to meet it” He rubbed his swarthy forehead for a moment with a good-humoured look and said apologetically, “I am such a short-winded talker that I must think a bit.” Having thought a bit, he looked up again and resumed.

“How to meet it. Now, the unfortunate deceased was himself a lawyer and had a pretty tight hold of me. I don’t wish to rake up his ashes, but he had, what I should call if he was living, a devil of a tight hold of me. I don’t like his trade the better for that. If I had kept clear of his trade, I should have kept outside this place. But that’s not what I mean. Now, suppose I had killed him.

Suppose I really had discharged into his body any one of those pistols recently fired off that Bucket has found at my place, and dear me, might have found there any day since it has been my place. What should I have done as soon as I was hard and fast here? Got a lawyer.”

He stopped on hearing some one at the locks and bolts and did not resume until the door had been opened and was shut again. For what purpose opened, I will mention presently.

“I should have got a lawyer, and he would have said (as I have often read in the newspapers), ‘My client says nothing, my client reserves his defence’: my client this, that, and t’other. Well, ’tis not the custom of that breed to go straight, according to my opinion, or to think that other men do. Say I am innocent and I get a lawyer.

He would be as likely to believe me guilty as not; perhaps more. What would he do, whether or not? Act as if I was — shut my mouth up, tell me not to commit myself, keep circumstances back, chop the evidence small, quibble, and get me off perhaps! But, Miss Summerson, do I care for getting off in that way; or would I rather be hanged in my own way — if you’ll excuse my mentioning anything so disagreeable to a lady?”

He had warmed into his subject now, and was under no further necessity to wait a bit.

“I would rather be hanged in my own way. And I mean to be! I don’t intend to say,” looking round upon us with his powerful arms akimbo and his dark eyebrows raised, “that I am more partial to being hanged than another man. What I say is, I must come off clear and full or not at all. Therefore, when I hear stated against me what is true, I say it’s true; and when they tell me, ‘whatever you say will be used,’ I tell them I don’t mind that; I mean it to be used. If they can’t make me innocent out of the whole truth, they are not likely to do it out of anything less, or anything else. And if they are, it’s worth nothing to me.”

Taking a pace or two over the stone floor, he came back to the table and finished what he had to say.

“I thank you, miss and gentlemen both, many times for your attention, and many times more for your interest. That’s the plain state of the matter as it points itself out to a mere trooper with a blunt broadsword kind of a mind. I have never done well in life beyond my duty as a soldier, and if the worst comes after all, I shall reap pretty much as I have sown. When I got

over the first crash of being seized as a murderer — it don’t take a rover who has knocked about so much as myself so very long to recover from a crash — I worked my way round to what you find me now. As such I shall remain. No relations will be disgraced by me or made unhappy for me, and — and that’s all I’ve got to say.”

The door had been opened to admit another soldier-looking man of less prepossessing appearance at first sight and a weather-tanned, brighteyed wholesome woman with a basket, who, from her entrance, had been exceedingly attentive to all Mr. George had said. Mr. George had received them with a familiar nod and a friendly look, but without any more particular greeting in the midst of his address. He now shook them cordially by the hand and said, “Miss Summerson and gentlemen, this is an old comrade of mine, Matthew Bagnet. And this is his wife, Mrs. Bagnet.”

Mr. Bagnet made us a stiff military bow, and Mrs. Bagnet dropped us a curtsy.

“Real good friends of mine, they are,” sald Mr George. “It was at their house I was taken.”

“With a second-hand wiolinceller,” Mr. Bagnet put in, twitching his head angrily. “Of a good tone. For a friend. That money was no object to.”

“Mat,” said Mr. George, “you have heard pretty well all I have been saying to this lady and these two gentlemen. I know it meets your approval?”

Mr. Bagnet, after considering, referred the point to his wife. “Old girl,” said he. “Tell him. Whether or not. It meets my approval.”

“Why, George,” exclaimed Mrs. Bagnet, who had been unpacking her basket, in which there was a piece of cold pickled pork, a little tea and sugar, and a brown loaf, “you ought to know it don’t. You ought to know it’s enough to drive a person wild to hear you. You won’t be got off this way, and you won’t be got off that way — what do you mean by such picking and choosing? It’s stuff and nonsense, George.”

“Don’t be severe upon me in my misfortunes, Mrs. Bagnet,” said the trooper lightly.

“Oh! Bother your misfortunes,” cried Mrs. Bagnet, “if they don’t make you more reasonable than that comes to. I never was so ashamed in my life to hear a man talk folly as I have been to hear you talk this day to the present company Lawyers? Why, what but too many cooks should hinder you from having a dozen lawyers if the gentleman recommended them to you” “This is a very sensible woman,” said my guardian. “I hope you will persuade him, Mrs. Bagnet.”

“Persuade him, sir?” she returned. “Lord bless you, no. You don’t know George. Now, there!”

Mrs. Bagnet left her basket to point him out with both her bare brown hands. “There he stands!

As self-willed and as determined a man, in the wrong way, as ever put a human creature under heaven out of patience! You could as soon take up and shoulder an eight and forty pounder by your own strength as turn that man when he has got a thing into his head and fixed it there. Why don’t I know him!” cried Mrs. Bagnet. “Don’t I know you, George! You don’t mean to set up for a new character with ME after all these years, I hope?”

Her friendly indignation had an exemplary effect upon her husband, who shook his head at the trooper several times as a silent recommendation to him to yield. Between whiles, Mrs. Bagnet looked at me; and I understood from the play of her eyes that she wished me to do something, though I did not comprehend what.

“But I have given up talking to you, old fellow years and years,” said Mrs. Bagnet as she blew a little dust off the pickled pork, looking at me again; “and when ladies and gentlemen know you as well as I do, they’ll give up talking to you too. If you are not too headstrong to accept of a bit of dinner, here it is.”

“I accept it with many thanks,” returned the trooper.

“Do you though, indeed?” said Mrs. Bagnet, continuing to grumble on good-humouredly. “I’m sure I’m surprised at that I wonder you don’t starve in your own way also. It would only be like you. Perhaps you’ll set your mind upon THAT next.” Here she again looked at me, and I now perceived from her glances at the door and at me, by turns, that she wished us to retire and to await her following us outside the prison.

Communicating this by similar means to my guardian and Mr. Woodcourt, I rose.

“We hope you will think better of it, Mr. George,”

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Observer Classic Books From Page 57 said I, “and we shall come to see you again, trusting to find you more reasonable.”

“More grateful, Miss Summerson, you can’t find me,” he returned.

“But more persuadable we can, I hope,” said I. “And let me entreat you to consider that the clearing up of this mystery and the discovery of the real perpetrator of this deed may be of the last importance to others besides yourself.”

He heard me respectfully but without much heeding these words, which I spoke a little turned from him, already on my way to the door; he was observing (this they afterwards told me) my height and figure, which seemed to catch his attention all at once. “’Tis curious,” said he. “And yet I thought so at the time!”

My guardian asked him what he meant.

“Why, sir,” he answered, “when my ill fortune took me to the dead man’s staircase on the night of his murder, I saw a shape so like Miss Summerson’s go by me in the dark that I had half a mind to speak to it.”

For an instant I felt such a shudder as I never felt before or since and hope I shall never feel again.

“It came downstairs as I went up,” said the trooper, “and crossed the moonlighted window with a loose black mantle on; I noticed a deep fringe to it. However, it has nothing to do with the present subject, excepting that Miss Summerson looked so like it at the moment that it came into my head.”

I cannot separate and define the feelings that arose in me after this; it is enough that the vague duty and obligation I had felt upon me from the first of following the investigation was, without my distinctly daring to ask myself any question, increased, and that I was indignantly sure of there being no possibility of a reason for my being afraid.

We three went out of the prison and walked up and down at some short distance from the gate, which was in a retired place. We had not waited long when Mr. and Mrs. Bagnet came out too and quickly joined us.

There was a tear in each of Mrs. Bagnet’s eyes, and her face was flushed and hurried. “I didn’t let George see what I thought about it, you know, miss,” was her first remark when she came up

,“but he’s in a bad way, poor old fellow!”

“Not with care and prudence and good help,” said my guardian.

“A gentleman like you ought to know best, sir,” returned Mrs. Bagnet, hurriedly drying her eyes on the hem of her grey cloak, “but I am uneasy for him. He has been so careless and said so much that he never meant. The gentlemen of the juries might not understand him as Lignum and me do. And then such a number of circumstances have happened bad for him, and such a number of people will be brought forward to speak against him, and Bucket is so deep.”

“With a second-hand wiolinceller. And said he played the fife. When a boy,” Mr. Bagnet added with great solemnity.

“Now, I tell you, miss,” said Mrs. Bagnet; “and when I say miss, I mean all! Just come into the corner of the wall and I’ll tell you!”

Mrs. Bagnet hurried us into a more secluded place and was at first too breathless to proceed, occasioning Mr. Bagnet to say, “Old girl! Tell ’em!”

“Why, then, miss,” the old girl proceeded, untying the strings of her bonnet for more air, “you could as soon move Dover Castle as move George on this point unless you had got a new power to move him with. And I have got it!”

“You are a jewel of a woman,” said my guardian. “Go on!”

“Now, I tell you, miss,” she proceeded, clapping her hands in her hurry and agitation a dozen times in every sentence, “that what he says concerning no relations is all bosh. They don’t know of him, but he does know of them. He has said more to me at odd times than to anybody else, and it warn’t for nothing that he once spoke to my Woolwich about whitening and wrinkling mothers’ heads. For fifty pounds he had seen his mother that day. She’s alive and must be brought here straight!”

Instantly Mrs. Bagnet put some pins into her mouth and began pinning up her skirts all round a little higher than the level of her grey cloak, which she accomplished with surpassing dispatch and dexterity.

“Lignum,” said Mrs. Bagnet, “you take care of the children, old man, and give me the umbrella!

I’m away to Lincolnshire to bring that old lady here.”

“But, bless the woman,” cried my guardian with

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Mrs. Bagnet made another application to her skirts and brought forth a leathern purse in which she hastily counted over a few shillings and which she then shut up with perfect satisfaction.

“Never you mind for me, miss. I’m a soldier’s wife and accustomed to travel my own way.

Lignum, old boy,” kissing him, “one for yourself, three for the children. Now I’m away into Lincolnshire after George’s mother!”

And she actually set off while we three stood looking at one another lost in amazement. She actually trudged away in her grey cloak at a sturdy pace, and turned the corner, and was gone.

“Mr. Bagnet,” said my guardian. “Do you mean to let her go in that way?”

“Can’t help it,” he returned. “Made her way home once from another quarter of the world.

With the same grey cloak. And same umbrella.

Whatever the old girl says, do. Do it! Whenever the old girl says, I’LL do it. She does it.”

“Then she is as honest and genuine as she looks,” rejoined my guardian, “and it is impossible to say more for her.”

“She’s Colour–Sergeant of the Nonpareil battalion,” said Mr. Bagnet, looking at us over his shoulder as he went his way also. “And there’s not such another. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.”

Chapter LIII— The Track Mr. Bucket and his fat forefinger are much in consultation together under existing circumstances. When Mr. Bucket has a matter of this pressing interest under his consideration, the fat forefinger seems to rise, to the dignity of a familiar demon. He puts it to his ears, and it whispers information; he puts it to his lips, and it enjoins him to secrecy; he rubs it over his nose, and it sharpens his scent; he shakes it before a guilty man, and it charms him to his destruction.

The Augurs of the Detective Temple invariably predict that when Mr. Bucket and that finger are in much conference, a terrible avenger will be heard of before long.

Otherwise mildly studious in his observation of human nature, on the whole a benignant philosopher not disposed to be severe upon the follies of mankind, Mr. Bucket pervades a vas

t number of houses and strolls about an infinity of streets, to outward appearance rather languishing for want of an object. He is in the friendliest condition towards his species and will drink with most of them. He is free with his money, affable in his manners, innocent in his conversation — but through the placid stream of his life there glides an under-current of forefinger.

Time and place cannot bind Mr. Bucket. Like man in the abstract, he is here to-day and gone to-morrow — but, very unlike man indeed, he is here again the next day. This evening he will be casually looking into the iron extinguishers at the door of Sir Leicester Dedlock’s house in town; and to-morrow morning he will be walking on the leads at Chesney Wold, where erst the old man walked whose ghost is propitiated with a hundred guineas. Drawers, desks, pockets, all things belonging to him, Mr. Bucket examines. A few hours afterwards, he and the Roman will be alone together comparing forefingers.

It is likely that these occupations are irreconcilable with home enjoyment, but it is certain that Mr. Bucket at present does not go home. Though in general he highly appreciates the society of Mrs. Bucket — a lady of a natural detective genius, which if it had been improved by professional exercise, might have done great things, but which has paused at the level of a clever amateur — he holds himself aloof from that dear solace. Mrs. Bucket is dependent on their lodger (fortunately an amiable lady in whom she takes an interest) for companionship and conversation.

A great crowd assembles in Lincoln’s Inn Fields on the day of the funeral. Sir Leicester Dedlock attends the ceremony in person; strictly speaking, there are only three other human followers, that is to say, Lord Doodle, William Buffy, and the debilitated cousin (thrown in as a makeweight), but the amount of inconsolable carriages is immense. The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood.

Such is the assemblage of armorial bearings on coach panels that the Herald’s College might be supposed to have lost its father and mother at a blow. The Duke of Foodle sends a splendid pile of dust and ashes, with silver wheel-boxes, patent axles, all the last improvements, and three bereaved worms, six feet high, holding on behind, in a bunch of woe.

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Vic. Drama League nominations These Things Take Wine

● Natasha York in These Things Take Wine.

■ Natasha York describes her self-devised cabaret, These Things Take Wine, at The Butterfly Club, as a celebration of “the things she loves – music, wine and good times”.

But from the moment she first appears on stage, hungover and dishevelled from a wine bender, the show becomes a rambling exploration of all the negative aspects of drinking.

Ms York gives us a character who is sad and lonely and who uses alcohol as a way of avoiding the pain of life.

It is only when she sings that we get to see Ms York’s true talent. She has an exceptional, gutsy, versatile voice that moves easily from pop to musical comedy with a good dash of blues thrown in.

The songs come thick and fast and range from Sondheim (Ladies Who Lunch) to Elton John (I’m Still Standing), from Nancy Sinatra (These Boots Are Made For Walking) to a poignant rendition of Carole King’s Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Unfortunately the show is let down by the patter. It’s supposed to be funny, and there are some good laughs, but all too often the humour misses the mark.

Ms York’s attempts to introduce the ‘wine’ theme by changing the lyrics to popular songs is clumsily done and, again, mostly unfunny.

She also looks unattractive, disguising her pretty features with grotesque, smeared make-up and a truly irritating hairstyle.

Daniele Buatti provides solid piano and vocal accompaniment, although he is a little lightweight as the foil for Ms York’s humour. This might also be attributed to the material.

Ms York is a very talented performer and I hope to see her soon in material better suited to those talents.

- Review by Barbara Hughes

Showbiz Briefs

■ It is opening night for La Cage Aux Folles at the Arts Centre Melbourne on Saturday (Nov. 22). The Production Company’s final show for the 2014 season stars Todd McKenney and Simon Burke. Are we to expect any Dancing With The Stars ad libs?

■ Once The Musical is scheduled to play at the Princess Theatre until January 2. Observer Showbiz hears that ticket sales have been disappointing.

■ Foxtel has lost the broadcast rights to the third season of House of Cards. It will shown through Netflix.

■ It is the final week for Big Brother. Will it ever return?

Or has BB run its race?

■ Channel 7 is thumping its promotions for the 2015 series of My Kitchen Rules, which won’t be broadcast for at least another two months.

■ The Schools Spectacular (NSW) will be broadcast on GEM at 7pm on Saturday, November 29 on GEM. It might be a good diversion from state election night broadcasts.

■ Media Watch host Paul Barry was scathing in his criticism of Tom Elliott’s 3AW radio program and its failure to satisfactorily check on the credentials of interviewees.

By CHERYL THREADGOLD ■ Nominations have been announced for the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria awards to be presented on December 13.

Open Section Production of the Year (Bruce McBrien Award) My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group The Phantom of the Opera, Babirra Music Theatre Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, UMMTA (The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association) The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Direction (Vin FosterAward) Stephen O’Neil, The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Alan Burrows, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Wayne Moloney, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Grace Agnew, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, UMMTA (The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association) Connor Crawford, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Tyler Hess, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Richard Perdriau, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Shaun Kingma, Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Musical Direction John Shawcross, My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions Ian Govan, The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Ian Govan, Chicago, BLOC Music Theatre Bev Woodford, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Kirk Skinner, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Phil Osborne, The Phantom of the Opera, Babirra Music Theatre Danny Forward, Guys and Dolls, Mountain District Musical Society Anthony Bingham, Oliver!, PLOS Musical Productions Daniel Donovan, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Danny Forward, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Ben Hudson, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Choreography (Marie Cumisky Award) Susan Lewis, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Louise Adkins, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Emmalee Meisels, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, UMMTA (The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association) Mandy Vugler, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Craig Wiltshire, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Settings (Grahame Murphy Award) Matt Sheehan, Avenue Q, Three’s A Crowd Damian Muller, Chicago, BLOC Music Theatre Graham McGuffie / Merinda Backway, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Tad Hendry, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Paul Watson, Rent, CenterStage Geelong Tom Fellowes, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, UMMTA (The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association) Merinda Backway, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Richard Perdriau, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Wardrobe (Hazel Rodgers Award) Rodney Green, The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Victoria Horne, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Colin Mitchell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Shonaid Uccellini, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Victoria Horne, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Ros Turnley, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Turn To Page 70

‘And This Was Odd’

● Stephanie King, Lynne Elphinstone-Gray and Shirley Cattunar in And This Was Odd at Strathmore.

Photo: Michael Bentley ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group on the corner of Loeman and Napier Sts, Strathmore, presents Kenneth Horne’s play And This Was Odd which continues until Saturday (Nov.22) at 8pm with a matinee on Sunday (Nov. 23) at 2pm.

And This Was Odd was first performed at the Criterion, London, on October 2, 1951. The plot of this unusual comedy centres on a mother’s astonishing discovery that the effect of a prescribed sleeping draught is to make her mind and spirit slip away from her body.

She uses this ‘gift’ to solve many of her family problems and, at the same time, provides herself with a little harmless fun.

STAG is celebrating its 60th year of performance this year and this play was the first play presented by the new theatre group directed by Ron Little.

Watching this play you find it hard to realise it was written so long ago by the wonderful playwright.

This is a night of enjoyment with a cast directed by Mel De Bono who has cast this show so well.

The play is set in Frank’s place in the country at Christmas. When the curtain goes up the fun begins with Morton (Andrew Scarborough) mumbling in the dark.

Morton’s role has him make many appearances throughout the play and each time his comedic presentation makes you laugh.

Nurse Jones (Chloe Leah) is impressive with her role.

Julie Kemp (Stephanie King) as the wife of Frank, gave a most impressive performance.

Jane Simmons ( Lynne Elphinston Gray) was also impressive and as the play continues creates a little mystery into the story.

Frank Kemp (Dennis Hine St.Clair), his performance was powerful but at times, one thought, a little over the top.

Margot Kemp (Alexandra Keefe), Frank and Julia’s daughter, played her role beautifully, and her boyfriend Sam Potts (Gilbert Gauci) was outstanding, as was Mrs Simmons (Shirley Cattunar) who is one of the most impressive players and always entertains the audience so well.

Lady Wilson (Karen Parrott), although a small role, presented very well.

This is a play that you will enjoy and go home talking about it. A play written so long ago proves that if well written, it stands up to the period of time.

And This Was Odd continues until Saturday, November 22 at 8pm and Sunday, November 23 Matinee at 2pm.

Bookings: 9382 6264 or drew.mason@optusnet.com.au Thank you Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group for another year of wonderful productions during 2014, and congratulations on your 60th anniversary.

- Review by Brian Amos of Radio Easterm 98.1

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Observer Showbiz ■ Former K-Rock and Nova 100 Program Director Ronnie Stanton has been appointed Vice-President, National Brands and Programming, Corus Radio, Canada.

■ US TV legend Bill Cosby will not be appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman this week, after sexual assault allegations hit the media. Cosby had been scheduled for tonight’s (Wed.) episode, but has now been replaced with Regis Philbin. Cosby has denied the allegations.

■ Harold Bishop and his late wife Madge (Ian Smith and Anne Charleston) will re-unite for Neighbours next year.

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Radio Confidential News from stations from around Victoria

Nicko back with the Bizzo AT AGE 76, IAN RETURNS TO BENDIGO STATION

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Country Crossroads info@country crossroads.com.au Big Breakfast Show. Southern FM 88.3.

Tues. 6am-9am.

Rob Foenander

Whittlesea 2015 ■ The Whittlesea Country Music Festival is back for 2015 with Mark Seymour headlining the list of acts on February 7.

The twilight concert will be held at the Walker Reserve, Whittlesea, from 5pm to 9pm.

More artists and festival details are yet to be announced.

Gembrook Festival ■ 3MDR 97.1FM, in conjunction with theGembrook Cockatoo Football Netball Club, will host the second annual Country Music Festival on Sunday, November 30 at the Gembrook Football Ground.

Featured acts will include the Brook Chivell Band, Nia Robertson, The Dalton Gang, Prairie Oysters, Ruckus and more. It all starts at 10am with tickets only $20 adults and $10 for 3MDR members and concession card holders.

● Ian Nicholls ■ Aged just 76, Ian Nicholls is returning to a daily radio program from December 12.

‘Nicko’ will return to Bendigo station KLFM (‘Keep Listening For More’) from December 12, and present the breakfast show.

After learning the radio game at the Vincent School of Broadcasting, ‘Nicko’ worked at 2LF Young, 3AK, 3GL Geelong, 3UZ, 3XY, 7HT, 3DB-3LK, 3MP, 3XY-ZOO, KRock Geelong, 2LM Lismore, 3AW, ABC Bendigo, KLFM and Channel 31, presenting a Geelong program.

Charter trip

Keely gets her wish ■ Sixteen-year-old Keely Johnson, from Ayr in Queensland, has had a dream come true thanks to Make-A-Wish, Australia.

Keely got to record her song Turn This To Gold , with none other than her hero and Australia country music legend Lee Kernaghan.

The song is about her battle with cancer and what it is like for seriously ill children, like her, to spend their days in hospitals undergoing treatment for their illnesses.

“Turn This To Gold is a way for me to raise awareness for childhood cancer and also raise money for Make-A-Wish," said Keely.

- Rob Foenander

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Wednesday November 19

■ American bandleader Tommy Dorsey was born in 1905. He died aged 51 in 1956.

The late Margaret Whitlam, wife of former Prime Minister Gough, was born in 1919.

US radio-TV talk show host Larry King is 81.

Australian singer Robin Jolley is 64.

Thursday November 20 ■ US senator Robert Kennedy was born in 1925. He died aged 42 in 1968.

Winemaker Sir James Hardy is 82.

Actress Bo Derek (Mary Collins) was born in California in 1956 (58). She’s a ‘10’.

Former AFL player, now US grid iron player Sav Rocca is 41.

● Geoff Charter ■ A popular first-time attender of the Survivors twice-yearly luncheon of showbiz veterans on Saturday was former radio executive Geoff Charter.

● Max Thorburn was highlighted on the front-page of Friday’s Midura Weekly in recognition of his 50 years on air in the Sunraysia region. The journalist was prominent in establishing community radio in Mildura. He presented a special program on Sunday on 1611AM looking back over his career which started at 3MA in 1964.

Geoff had been the Music Director and Program Director for the Frankston-based 3MP, when it was at the top of the ratings tree with a 15 per cent market share.

Geoff was also husband of the late Binny Lum, who died in 2012 at age 97. Binny was a popular performer on 3XY, 3KZ, 3DB, Victorian country stations and television.

■ Others to attend the Survivors luncheon included Jamie Kelly from Vision Australia, journalist Robyn Turner, Judy and Kevin Kidney, Don Hyde, Hugh Hill, Paul Konikand Roy Hampson. There were apologies from Peter Smith, Mal Walden, John Worthy, Ray Lawrence and Paul Jennings.

Briefs

■ Broadcaster Derryn Hinch will be back in Court in January to contest a case about failing to vote. He argues against compulsory voting, and must figure the $400 fine is worth the media publicity.

■ Andrew McLaren, 3AW presenter, did not arrive at a Doveton outside broadcast on Friday, until after his segment with Denis Walter and Darren James was already in progress.

■ Chrissie Swan will not be with Mix 101.1 (to be re-named KIIS 101.1) next year. Australian Radio Networkhave issued a statement which concludes: “ARN wishes her every success in the future.”

● Shane Healy ■ Fairfax Press (The Age Green Guide) said lovely things about Fairfax Radio departing General Manager Shane Healy last week.

Writer Neil McMahon used phrases such as: ■ "phenomenally successful period" ■ "He did that, and much, much more" ■ "Healy departs on a high - of his own volition" With praise like that, it makes one wonder why Fairfax didn’t try harder to retain Healy’s services.

Lee in hospital

■ Jose Auditore tells us that Lee Anderson, of 3AW and Magic 1278, was admitted to St Vincent’s Hospital at the weekend.

Our best wishes to Lee.

● Lee Anderson Melbourne

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■ English actress Juliet Mills was born in London in 1941 (73).

Australian comedian Grahame Bond was born in Sydney in 1943 (71).

Singer Ross D Wylie was born in Brisbane in 1944 (70).

Actress Goldie Hawn is 69 (1945).

Glenn Ridge is 59.

■ US comedian Rodney Dangerfield was born as Jacob Cohen in 1921.

He died aged 82 in 2004.

Actor Robert Vaughn was born in New York in 1932 (82).

Footballer Gary Dempsey is 66. He is a Brownlow winner.

Actress Mariel Hemingway is 53.

■ Boris Karloff (William Pratt), Hollywood horror film actor, was born in London in 1887. He died qagede 81 in 1969.

Harpo Marx (Adolph/ Arthur Marx) was born in New York City in 1888. He died aged 75 in 1964.

Singer Miley Cyrus was born in 1992 (22).

■ American author Dale Carnegie was born in 1888. He died aged 66 in 1955.

American actor Dick Powell was born in 1904.

He died aged 58.

Actor Howard Duff was born in 1917. He died aged 72 in 1990.

Scottish comedian Billy Connolly was born in Glasgow in 1942 (72).

■ Australian Presbyterian Minister, the Rev. John Flynn, was born in Victoria in 1880. He died aged 70 in 1951.

Cricketer and ABC commentator Kerry O’Keeffe was born in 1949 (65).

Singer Amy Grant was born in Augusta in 1960 (54).

Thanks to GREG NEWMAN of Jocks Journal for assistance with birthday and anniversary dates.

Jocks Journal is Australia’s longest running radio industry publication.

Find out more at www.jocksjournal.com

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Edge ensemble debut

● The cast of Iago from back left: Rex Pelman (Othello), Achai Deng (Bianca), Oti Willoughby (Brabant and Cassio); Front left, Legrand Andersen (Iagro), Piper Huynh (Emilia) and Natalie Lucic (Desdemona).

■ The beautiful 1869 Bluestone Church Artspace at 10A Hyde St, Footscray stands graciously between Maribyrnong City Council’s offices and the iconic Footscray Yarraville City Band’s rehearsal venue.

Last week, the Edge Ensemble from Western Edge Youth Arts presented their debut performance of the locally written play Iago to a full capacity audience in this atmospheric location.

A clever re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Othello, set in a modern day boxing training gym, Iago broadens Shakespeare’s original themes of deception and jealousy by exploring issues of male violence and misogyny from various cultural perspectives.

Directed by Tariro Mavondo and Dave Kelman, Iago has been written by Dave Kelman, Tariro Mavondo and Piper Huynh in collaboration with the ensemble.

Artistic Director Kelman explained to the audience pre-show that this ‘gig’ is still evolving as a work in progress. Created by and featuring young, energising actors, and with a youthful audience, Iago remains uncompromising in its design for an older audience, rather than youth theatre.

Effective lighting and a simple back-drop of silver-framed black curtains provide the ideal setting, as six talented actors, wearing black and white gym gear, presented well-rehearsed, high-energy, often emotive, performances.

The terrific cast includes Legrand Andersen (Iago), Rex Pelman (Othello), Natalie Lucic (Desdemona), Oti Willoughby (Brabant and Cassio), Piper Huynh (Emilia) and Achai Deng (Bianca).

Critically speaking, future workshopping will remedy rushed dialogue, which early in the show muffled delivery of Kelman et al’s text.

Also, near the end of the play, surprisingly in such a well-disciplined production, Desdemona and Emilia’s action was masked behind Othello.

The main thing is that Iago has all the ingredients for a successful theatrical journey, combining an innovative interpretation of a classic play with creating awareness of contemporary social and cultural issues.

Bravo to Dave Kelman and Western Edge Youth Arts on an engaging, inspirational production. www.westernedge.org.au

Showbiz Briefs

■ The Australian Centre for the Moving Image is presenting White Reindeer fropm December 6-24.

A bit oddball. Tickets $13 - $17 ■ ABC TV children's programming, is presenting the much-anticipated return of the award-winning Nowhere Boys on ABC, ABC3 and ABC iview on Sunday (Nov. 23) at 6pm.

■ Amanda Keller, 52, had to be taken to hospital on Monday night after suffering cardiac symptoms.

The Gold 104.3 radio host was feeling unwell while attending the Unbroken premiere in Sydney and left before the film started, later admitting herself to hospital.

■ Howard Sattler claims Fairfex Radio sacked him because he has Parkinsons disease.

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Calpurina Descending

● Pete Paltos (ledt), Paul Capsis and Ash Flanders in Calpurnia Descending.

Photo: Brett Boardman ■ Cabaret theatre star ✍ the neat script has gone ented Ash Flanders. and one-time drag queen, Enter also entrepre- awry.

Paul Capsis, is one of two neurial producers Max Despite this disappointleading ‘ladies’ in a new Silvestri, acted by the ment, Calpurnia Deplay showing at The highly humorous Sandy scending is a highly satisMalthouse - Calpurnia Gore, and the ill-fated fying theatre-going expeDescending.

Charles (Peter Paltos). rience - audacious, bold, The play is brought to What follows is an at- funny, and entertaining, us by queer theatre group tempt to bring Dumont’s with an enormously talSisters Grimm (com- career back from oblivion ented cast and remarkable prised of Ash Flanders only to be foiled by a ri- live-action cinema, withand Declan Greene) who valry between the old and out giving too much away. delight in subversive and new diva, which sees What a feminist take gender-bending theatre. on the play might be is anthem battle it out till the In a role written for him other conversation worth Capsis lights up the stage, bitter end. having.

What starts as a highly just as Beverly Dumont Performance Season: (the beleaguered former entertaining parody of a Until November 30.

1950’s Hollywood melodiva he plays) once lit up Days: Tuesday – Sunday drama ends as something (varying times) Broadway.

But alas, for Beverly entirely different.

Duration: 1 hour 20 About halfway into the mins, no interval Dumont, those days are over. The star of yester- performance, what seems Venue: Merlyn Theyear seems destined to live to be a surrealist segue atre, Malthouse, 133 Sturt out her days in her crypt- (think giant rat wandering St. across the stage) is in fact like apartment.

Tickets: $60 Full, $50 Until … enter the sec- the plot beginning to un- Concession, $30 Student ond leading lady, a beguil- ravel.

Bookings: malthouse Albeit intentional, one theatre.com.au ing, country yokel and wannabe star, Violet St can’t help but feel a little - Review by Clair, aka the very tal- let down when we realise Catherine McGregor

Tales of City by Sea ■ La Mama Courthouse Carlton was full to overflowing for the opening night of Tales of a City by the Sea, written by Samah Sabawi and directed by Lech Mackiewicz.

Based on true events of 2008, the play revolves around the relationship between Jomana, a Palestinian woman living in a refugee camp in Gaza.

Jomana falls in love with Rami, an American-born Palestinian medical doctor and activist, who is in Gaza on a twoweek humanitarian mission.

While Rami returns to his home in Texas, Jomana remains in Gaza, which is under ferocious bombardment from Israel.

They continue their love affair via Skype until Rami decides he can’t live without Jomana and undertakes the dangerous journey back through the tunnels that link Eygpt and Gaza.

Jomana is played by the beautiful Nicole Chamoun, making her theatrical debut. This is finely nuanced performance which shows Jomana as a strong, determined young woman capable of great love and loyalty.

I was less impressed with Osamah Sami whose portrayal of Rami lacked real emotional depth.

Emily Coupe as Jomana’s flighty cousin, Lama, grew in stature as the play progressed and Reece Vella added well-

● Image: Nicole Chamoun (Jomana) in Tales of a City by the Sea at La Mama Courthouse.

Photo: Ahmad Sabra timed humour. The supporting cast of Majid Shokor, Wahibe Moussa, Ubaldino Mantelli,Aseel Tayahand Cara Whitehouse were, for the most part, strong.

Playwright Samah Sabawi has crafted a very fine piece that explores themes of love and separation, human tenacity, and hope in the face of despair.

The play is political without being fanatical, making its point by demonstrating the effect conflict has on real people.

Sabawi has seamlessly inserted poetry and traditional Palestinian folk songs throughout to make this a captivating and thought-provoking theatrical experience.

Performance season: Until November 23 Venue: La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond St., Carlton Tickets: $25/$15 Bookings: 9347 6142 or www. lamama. com.au - Review by Barbara Hughes

Drive-in project

● The Drive In Project screening ■ Artist-led, interdisciplinary group Aphids have celebrated another weeklong residency at Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, collaborating with passers by to create original and experimental short videos.

The culmination of the week’s work was screened on Friday night at the Fed Square Big Screen, along with Aphids short film Finale and 80s Australian cult film Young Einstein.

Friday night’s event also celebrated Aphid’s 20th Anniversary and the outgoing and incoming presidents.

Aphids has a long history of creating experimental, local and international contemporary art since its inception 20 years ago.

The company was founded by a group of individuals of various artistic and creative backgrounds who became inspired after watching insects in the garden. Today, the group has created and presented projects across Australia, Asia and Europe.

Artistic Director, Willoh S Weiland, described Aphids as having always been “insistent” on being cross-disciplinary and collaborative, with an “ongoing commitment to experimentation”.

Because of that, she said, “this practice is always a risk…We’re making a pathway for artists as Aphids has done for the past 20 years”.

For last week’s project, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, the 15 artists involved were asked to consider the history and politics of Federation Square, and to work with the public in creating these works.

The result was a Fed Square-centric series of short, very quirky videos showcasing people’s perspective of the space and its uses more than presenting cutting edge contemporary filmmaking.

Aphid’s short film, Finale, however, is a triumph and pure joy to watch. Directed by Weiland, the film features 200 residents of the Mornington Peninsula and the area’s breathtaking landscape.

Beautifully shot, the rising tension and drama is driven by a splendid and imposing score and a captivating non-spoken narrative.

The Drive In Project screening on Friday night was supported by Federation Square’s Creative Program.

- Deborah Marinaro

I, Malvolio

■ Arts Centre Melbourne presents I, Malvolio from January 6-11 in the Fairfax Theatre.

I, Malvolio, is written and performed by Tim Crouch, who seeks to discover who this bit-player in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night really is.

By focusing on Shakespearian characters that are not dukes, queens, or even lovers, Crouch allows contemporary theatre audiences (and particularly young people) a way into some of Shakespeare’s most beloved texts.

He explores characters who are maligned, who live on the fringes of their texts and who will never participate in the glories of an epic ending.

Crouch breathes new life into old stories, both to benefit audiences who find the scale of Shakespeare intimidating and even incomprehensible, and for those who simply seek a new perspective on the Bard.

I, Malvolio re-imagines Twelfth Night from the point of view of Shakespeare’s pent-up steward, resulting in a hilarious and often unsettling rant from a man ‘notoriously wronged.’

Venue: Fairfax Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne Tickets: From $30 (additional fees and charges may apply) Bookings: www.artscentremelbourne.com.au

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Movies, DVDs

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With Jim Sherlock and Aaron Rourke

What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs

● Eddie Marsan is a standout in the bittersweet and haunting Still Life.

FILM: STILL LIFE: Genre: Comedy/Drama.

Cast: Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Dury.

Year: 2013.

Rating: TBA. Length: 92 Minutes Format: DVD. Stars: **** Verdict: The poignant and moving tale of a quiet and selfless council worker who finds fulfilment in helping everyone but himself, as is charged with finding the next of kin of those who have died alone, and when his department is downsized, he must increase his efforts on his final case.

Beautifully paced and laced with gentle and touching humour, Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes) gives a profoundly restrained and humble performance that will grip the heart with sensitivity and humanity. This is a small British movie with a big heart, a nicely structured, respectfully humorous and superbly realized journey of life and liberation. This is not still life, but a film of moving intelligence and compassion.

FILM: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2: Genre: Animated/Action/Adventure.

Cast: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill.

Year: 2012.

Rating: PG. Length: 102 Minutes.

Format: DVD and BLU-RAY. Stars: *** Verdict: It's been five years since the young Viking Hiccup and his dragon Toothless successfully united dragons and Vikings on the island of Berk in the 2010 hit How To Train Your Dragon, and now our heroes Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, and the two friends find themselves at the centre of a battle to protect the peace. Filled with colourful and highly engaging characters, rich dialogue, well balanced pathos and humour, eye-popping animation and breathtaking action, this is a fun filled adventure ride that expands on the original, but be warned, the action may be too intense for children of too young an age.

FILM: SEX TAPE: Genre: Comedy.

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Corddry, Rob Lowe.

Year: 2014.

Rating: MA15+.

Running Time: 94 Minutes.

Format: DVD and BLU-RAY. Stars: ** Verdict: Excruciatingly unfunny romp of a married couple who wake up to discover that the sex tape they made the evening before has gone missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts. Woefully written and directed, there's nothing here to redeem this humourless, dull and stilted train wreck which comes across more like a painfully bad 30 minute sitcom episode stretched to a feature length. Never has an attractive woman (Cameron Diaz) disrobing been so boring and lifeless.

With plenty of scope for riotously funny humour and comic situations the idea should have worked, especially with a cast traditionally cemented in comedy with great success, but here are just going through the motions, making this misfire with no spark whatsoever and a climax that will leave you limp with disbelief.

FILM: TRANSFORMERS - AGE OF EXTINCTION: Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor.

Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi. Year: 2014.

Rating: PG13.

Running Time: 165 Minutes.

Format: DVD, BLU-RAY and BLU-RAY 3D. Stars: ** Verdict: As the story goes, a mechanic and his family, Mark Wahlberg and co, join the Autobots as they are targeted by a bounty hunter from another world. Blockbuster action director Michael Bay returns with another epic Transformers extravaganza and this time it's still dumb, loud and illogical. Acting honours are smashed to a pulp as this ear bashing, headache inducing and bum numbing CGI popcorn potboiler takes you on an onslaught of a visual special and banal dialogue. Clocking in at near staggering three hours in length, there is little to think about here. This is the latest edition to the billion dollar Transformers franchise, not Shakespeare, so you know exactly what to expect before it even starts, so don't complain when it's over.

Nightbreed

Top 10 Lists THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. INTERSTELLAR. 2. GONE GIRL. 3. FURY SONY. 4. JOHN WICK. 5. LOVE, ROSIE. 6. PRIDE. 7. THE BEST OF ME. 8. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU. 9. THE VATICAN MUSEUMS 3D. 10. CHAAR SAHIBZAAD. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: NOVEMBER 13: LET'S BE COPS, MY OLD LADY, THE DROP, WINTER SLEEP, DAVID BOWIE IS. NOVEMBER 20: MAPS TO THE STARS, ROCK THE CASBAH, THE DARK HORSE, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1.

● Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg on the set of Nightbreed.

■ Director's Cut. 120 minutes. Avail- Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer)and club able now on Region A Blu-Ray and singer Lori Winston (Anne Bobby), Region 1 DVD. a young couple who are experiencing In 1990, author-turned-film-maker problems due to Boone suffering from Clive Barker released his latest di- horrific nightmares, visions where he rectorial effort, Nightbreed. is pursued by monsters at a mysteriAfter the critical and commercial ous location known as Midian. success of his 1987 feature film deBoone has been seeing psychiabut Hellraiser (which unfortunately trist Philip K Decker (David spawned way too many sequels), Cronenberg), who thinks he might Barker wanted to adapt his novella actually be the person committing a Cabal for the big screen, and to give series of brutal murders in the area, audiences an unusual mix of fantasy, an accusation which has Boone doubtromance, and action. ing his sanity.

There would be some horror eleIt doesn't take long to discover who ments, but Nightbreed was not in- the real killer is, leading Boone on jourtended to be a horror film. ney where he will discover that During production, problems arose Midian and the monsters he has between the studio and Barker. dreamt of are real, and he will play a The former were becoming un- major part in their destiny. comfortable with the latter's epic apThanks to Barker's version, proach, which was focusing more on Nightbreed now comes across as a the main protagonists' love story, as more complete picture blessed with a well as presenting its monster char- distinctive identity, allowing a large acters as misunderstood good guys. gallery of characters to have more The producers wanted a more trato breathe, giving the story a true ditional horror flick of the stalk-and- time sense of weight and purpose. slash variety, one they could easily The of Midian is a fascinatmarket to a specific demographic. ing one,world full of bizarre wonders, but This lead to rewrites, re-shoots, and there is also a greater feeling of comeventually, a complete re-edit (via munity, one that has been persecuted accomplished editor Mark Goldblatt, brought in during post-production), and oppressed over the centuries by turning Nightbreed from an expansive institutions who are afraid of the un2½-hour fantasy experience into a known.

The extras produced for this longfast-paced horror/thriller, running a awaited release are outstanding, with scant 102 minutes.

The version released in cinemas audio commentaries, an in-depth 72 received largely negative reviews, as minute documentary about the film's critics were expecting a horror movie extensive production problems, as in the vein of Hellraiser, not the con- well as other featurettes, deleted voluted remnants of a much different scenes, and more that dedicated fans will most certainly enjoy. feature.

A limited three-disc edition (which I remember seeing Nightbreed in an almost-empty theatre, and despite is apparently already hard to get) conthe numerous changes and chopped- tains more goodies and the 1990 thedown story, proved entertaining due atrical cut.

After more than two decades, Clive to Barker's still-evident imagination and David Cronenberg's eerie per- Barker's intended vision of Nightbreed can finally be seen by a formance.

Now, after nearly 25 years of fanbase that has grown considerably searching, and negotiating with mul- over the years, beautifully restored tiple studios who owned the rights in and complimented with a vast array various ways, we can finally see Clive of bonus features, and is one of the Barker's cut of Nightbreed, culled most impressive blu-ray releases of from vast amounts of footage thought the year. The wait was definitely lost, lovingly restored and presented worth it. in a glorious special edition.

RATING - ****½ The plot centres around mechanic - Aaron Rourke

THE DVD TOP RENTAL & SELLERS: 1. THE EXPENDABLES 3 [Action/ Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford].

2. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 [Animated/Adventure/ Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler].

3. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [Romance/Drama/Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort].

4. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST [Sci-Fi/Drama/Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence].

5. EDGE OF TOMORROW [Sci-Fi/ Action/Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton].

6. LOCKE [Drama/Tom Hardy].

7. MALEFICENT [Fantasy/Adventure/Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning].

8. TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY [Animated/Adventure/ Pamela Adlon].

9. 22 JUMP STREET [Action/Comedy/Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill].

10. GODZILLA [Aaron TaylorJohnson, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe].

Also: VENUS IN FUR, THE MULE, CALVARY, BLENDED, TWO FACES OF JANUARY, THE ROVER, GRACE OF MONACO, THE TRIP TO ITALY, BAD NEIGHBORS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: The Winter Soldier.

NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON DVD THIS WEEK: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [Action/Sci-Fi/Drama/Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman].

POSTMAN PAT: The Movie [Animated/Family/Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint].

MRS. BROWNS BOYS D'MOVIE [Comedy/Brendan O'Carroll, Jennifer Gibney].

CHARLIE'S COUNTRY [Drama/ David Gulpilil, Luke Ford].

WAY OF THE WICKED [Thriller/ Christian Slater, Vinnie Jones].

GIMME SHELTER [2013/Drama/ Vanessa Hudgens, Brendan Fraser].

NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSICS ON DVD HIGHLIGHTS: None Listed for This Week.

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC DVD HIGHLIGHTS: DOCTOR WHO: Season 8.

FARSCAPE: Season 3.

MITCHELL JOHNSON SPECIAL. MONSTER JAM: SYDNEY 2013.

MONSTER JAM: WORLD 14.

WINNER TAKES IT ALL: Season 1.

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Local Theatre With Cheryl Threadgold

‘Fawlty Towers’ at Lilydale Surrey Music Cafe

● Ultrafox plays at the Surrey Music Café on November 28. At left is Kain Borlase (double bass), Julie O’Hara (jazz vocalist), Peter Baylor (guitar right) Jon Delaney (left), and Andy Baylor (violin).

■ Now in its 14th year, the last Surrey Music Café for 2014 will be held on Friday, November 28 at 8.00pm at the Box Hill Community Arts Centre.

Featuring Ultrafox, this delightful evening of French Jazz will feature vocalist Julie O’Hara, backed by some of the best of Melbourne’s Jazz musos.

Enjoy Le Hot Jazz inspired by the infectious style of people like Django Reinhart, tender jazz ballads, gypsy waltzes and elegant swing, with the sounds of two guitars (Peter Baylor and Jon Delaney), double bass (Kain Borlase), violin (Andy Baylor) and clarinet and saxophone (Michael McQuaid).

Performance: Friday, November 28 Time: Doors open at 7.30pm for 8pm show. Coffee and cake, wine and cheese are available.

Venue: Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station St., Box Hill.

Tickets: $18 Advance booking recommended.

Bookings: www.surreymusic.com or Whitehorse Box Office 9262 6555 (10am-4pm)

SHOWS

■ Tangled Web Theatre Productions: Don Bradman Lives Next Door (Written and Directed by Cenarth Fox) November 19 at 9.00am. Audition venue tba. To be presented at the Doncaster Playhouse in March, 2015. Enquiries: 9429 3004.

■ MLOC Productions: Spamalot Information Evening Thursday, November 20 at 8pm at the Parkdale Church of Christ hall, 174 Como Pde., Parkdale. Auditions November 25, 27, 29. Director: Jane Court; Musical Director: Ian Nisbet; Choreographer: Keir Jasper. Enquiries: 9589 4912 www.mloc.org.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: When Dad Married Fury (by David Williamson) November 23 6.00pm - 9.00pm, November 24 7.00pm-9.00pm at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Maureen McInerney. Audition bookings: 0409 655 603 or email maureen@costumefactory.com.au ■ The 1812 Theatre: The Book of Everything (by Guus Kuijer) November 23 at 7.30pm at The 1812 Theatre, 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Chris Procter. Audition enquiries: 0407 543 081 or 9754 3081.

■ Mountain District Musical Society (MDMS): Funny Girl November 23 from 12 pm, November 26 from 7.30-10.30pm at the Kim Annette Dance Studio, 1/3 Woodbine Court, Wantirna South.

Director: Tyler Hess: Musical Director: Anthony Barmhill; Choreographer: Craig Wiltshire. Audition bookings essential: auditions@mdms.org.au (preferred) or 0417 331 071 (AH only).

■ Nova Music Theatre: Evita November 24, 25, 26 from 7.00pm.

Director: Noel Browne; Musical Director: Phil Osborne; Choreographer: Wayne Robinson.

Audition bookings: 9727 0192.

■ Frankston Theatre Group: Dimboola (by Jack Hibberd) November 23 from 1.00pm, November 24 from 7.00pm at The Shed, Corner Overport and Somerset Rds., Frankston. Director: Roy Thompson. Enquiries: 0419 304 650 www.frankstontheatregroup.org.au ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Chapter Two (by Neil Simon) November 30 at 2.00pm, December 1 at 7.30pm at Brighton Theatre, Wilson St., Brighton Director: Bruce Cochrane. enquire@brightontheatreco.com Company Website: http:// www.brightontheatreco.com/

Melbourne

Observer MURDERED TO DEATH

SHOWS ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Fawlty Towers Until November 22 at 39-41 Castella St., Lilydale. Director; Kevin Trask. Tickets: $25/$23. Bookings: www.lilydaleatc.com ■ Fortyfivedownstairs: Dreamers (by Daniel Keene) Until November 30 at fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Director: Ariette Taylor. Tickets: $45/$42.50/$35.

Bookings: 9662 9966 or fortyfivedownstairs.com ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Bullshot Crummond (by Ron House, Diz White, Alan Shearman, John Neville-Andrew and Derek Cunningham) Until November 22 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Jeff Saliba. Bookings:9587 5141 ■ Sherbrooke Theatre Company: Stepping Out (by Richard Harris) Until November 29 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Loretta Bishop. Tickets: $25/ $23. Bookings: 1300 650 209 www.sherbrooketc.org.au ■ The Basin Theatre Group: My Three Angels Until November 29 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Susan Carty. Tickets: $25 incl. program, parking, refreshments. Bookings: 1300 784 668 www.thebasintheqatre.org.au ■ Torquay Theatre Troupe: Cosi (by Louis Nowra) Until November 22 at 16 Price St., Torquay. Director: Michael Baker.Tickets: $20/$17. Bookings: 5261 3335 ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): And This Was Odd (by Kenneth Horne) Until November 23 (2.00pm matinee on November 23) at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Corner Loeman and Napier Sts., Strathmore. Director: Mel de Bono.

Tickets: $20/$15. Bookings: 9382 6284.or www.trybooking.com ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Murdered to Death (by Peter Gordon) Until November 29 at 8.00pm at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Carol Owen.

Cabaret style. BYO food and drinks. Tickets: $22.50 (no concession). Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au or 0411 713 095.

■ Brighton Theatre Company: Bloody Murder (by Ed Sala) Until November 29 at Brighton Theatre, Cnr. Carpenter and Wilson Sts., Brighton. Director: Andrew McMillan. Bookings: 1300 752 126 or www.brightontheatreco.com.au ■ Peridot Theatre: Key for Two (by John Chapman and Dave Freeman) November 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 29 at 8.00pm and November 22 at 2.15pm and November 23 at 4.00pm at the Unicorn Theatre, Lechte Rd., Mt Waverley. Director: Bob Bramble. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: www.peridot.com.au ■ Gemco Players: Maskerade (by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs) Until November 29 at 8.00pm, Sundays at 3.00pm at The Gem Theatre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Enquiries: 0411 343 618. Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/ BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=100751&hs=www.gemcoplayers.org ■ Beaumaris Theatre: The 39 Steps (by John Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock, adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept

by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon. November 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8.00pm and November 23 at 5.00pm at 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director; Neil Barnett. Tickets: $25/$22. Cabaret seating. BYO nibblies and drinks. Enquiries: 9583 6896. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com.au ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: True Minds November 20 December 6 at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna. Director; Natasha Boyd. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: htc.org.au or 9457 4117.

■ The 1812 Theatre: Over the River and Through the Woods (by Joe Dipietro) November 20 - December 13 at 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Dexter Bourke. Tickets: $27 Bookings: 9758 3964 www.1812theatre.com ■ Frankston Theatre Group: Whose Wives Are They Anyway? (by Michael Parker) November 21 - December 7 at the Mount Eliza Community Centre, Canadian Bay Rd., Mount Eliza.

Director: Ray Reid. Bookings: 1300 665 377 or www.frankstontheatregroup.org.au ■ Cathouse Players Inc: Atlantic Crossing November 21 - 29 at the Masonic Hall, 7 - 9 Yaldwyn St., Kyneton. Director: Betty Sartore. Tickets: $25/$20. Bookings: 0448 371 623 www.cathouseplayers.com.au ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Kitchen Sink (by Tom Wells) November 20 - December 6 at 2 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Lois Collinder. Tickets: $25/$22. Bookings: 9885 9678.

■ Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield) November 21 - December 6 at the Woodbin Theatre, 16 Coronation St., West Geelong. Tickets: $25. Bookings: 5225 1200 www.geelongrep.com ■ Adelphi Players: Old Mother Hubbard Panto (by Fred Rome) November 29 - December 6 (matinees at 1.30pm and 3.15pm at Labassa Mansion, 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North. Director: Michael Mace. Tickets: $10/$8. Bookings: 9690 1593.

■ Tangled Web Theatre Productions: Other People's Money (by Jerry Sterner) December 10, 11, 12, 13 at 8.00pm and December 13, 14 at 2.00pm at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: John Gauci. Bookings: www.tangledweb.com.au or 9748 1468.

● Ben Mitchell (Pierre) and Peta Owen (Elizabeth) in Eltham Little Theatre’s Murdered To Death.

Photo: Ian Clarke ■ Eltham Little Theatre presents in cabaret style Murdered To Death until November 29 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd, Research.

Written by Peter Gordon and directed by Carol Owen, Murdered To Death tells of the inept and bungling Inspector Pratt battling against the odds and his own incompetence to solve the murder at Bagshot Manor.

It soon becomes clear that the murderer isn’t finished yet.

With the usual suspects including the Colonel and his wife, the French art dealer, and the socialite, will Inspector Pratt (with a little help from Miss Maple) unmask the miscreant before anyone else meets their doom, or will the audience die laughing first?

Tables of up to six are available to see this hilarious spoof on Agatha Christie traditions. BYO food and drinks.

Season: Until November 29 at 8.00pm Venue: Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research Tickets: $22.50 (no concession) Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au or phone 0411 713 095

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

● Jon Haynes and David Woods in The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland.

Photo: Ponch Hawkes ■ The shake and slow shuffle of the heavily medicated wandering the corridors of the psychiatric ward may become a thing of the past. In Western Lapland in the northernmost part of Finland, psychiatrists have developed a ground-breaking treatment for schizophrenia sufferers based in part on the work of Russian literary theorist, Mikhail Bakhtin; language is never an individual pursuit but a polyphony of voices and a multiplicity of meanings.

Treating patients through ‘Open Dialogue’ has demonstrated that tackled early enough a crisis team can talk a patient and their family through a psychotic episode without the need for drugs, sometimes without the need for a patient to be hospitalised.

Written by David Woods and Jon Haynes, The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is an experiment in immersive experiential theatre exploring the concept of Open Dialogue.

Woods and Haynes along with Ben Grant and Nicola Gunn, play a family in the grip of schizophrenia in this surreal and blackly comic tale. There is a sense of the absurd; tragedy and farce coexist as parallel narratives are played out simultaneously while the audience, divided into two, watches the performance from different sides of the set.

After interval the audience swaps sides. The effect is an experience of auditory hallucination – we hear disconnected voices coming from the other side of the lace curtained windows of the dividing wall all the while trying to make sense of the action. Conversations circle around fantasy and reality – everything from tonight’s dinner to the crocheted toilet roll dolly is interrogated for hidden meanings.

It is disturbing and fascinating at the same time. It is also not an easy piece to watch, much less comprehend, but it certainly stays with you after the curtain calls.

- Review by Kathryn Keeble

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Aussie put Italian resort on map ■ Had Sydney-born author Elizabeth von Arnim been around today the more-trendy would probably be calling her best-selling books ‘chick lit.’

Not that she would have been pleased with the description, for whilst she was a household name in Britain and the United States with her bestsellers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she was anything but selfpromotional and would doubtless be aghast at what she’d perceive as such vulgar utterings.

Born Mary Annette Beauchamp at Kirribilli on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour in 1866, she was taken to England with her family three years later, and when she turned to a literary career was self-deprecating in the extreme – even to the extent of using only pen-names.

Mostly it was simply Elizabeth or “by the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden,” the title of her first best-seller that was reprinted twenty times in the first year of its release in 1899.

In general her books were autobiographical, including stories of two unhappy marriages (at one time she was also one of the many mistresses of fellow English writer HG.Wells.)

But a novel she wrote in 1922 called The Enchanted April was very different, and was inspired by a monthlong holiday on the Italian Riviera.

And over the decades it’s been adapted as a couple of Broadway

● Scenes like these in Portofino are a photographer’s delight.

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Stunning Highlands Merlot ■ If you’re one of those re-discovering the joys of Merlot after it seemed to go out of fashion for a time, a stunning drop worth investing in by phone or internet is a 2011 ‘Halle’ Reserve from Cherry Tree Hill in the cool-climate NSW Southern Highlands.

This small maker that began growing grapes in 2000 on the 30-year old family farm at Sutton Forest, is making a big impression on the local scene, and while its wines are currently available only by phone or online you can be sure it’ll become a major player when a cellar door currently under construction opens before Christmas.

Gabi Lorentz and his family established Cherry Tree Hill farm after arriving here from Hungary in the 1980s, and today son David manages the vineyards and oversees all aspects of the winery operation – with wines themselves made by highly-respected local contract makers Anton and Mark Balog.

The 2011 Halle Reserve Merlot has blueberry fruit-like flavours, and interesting Hungarian oak hints make it a more-ish drop to enjoy with barbecued steak and mushrooms, or bacon wrapped prawns.

Pay $32 a bottle, less 10 per centfor six or 20 per cent for 12, plus $12 freight for any number of bottles; go to www.cherrytreehill.com.au or phone David Lorentz on 0414 366 000.

One to note ■ It is 40 years ago that Peter Rymill and his wife Judy Ritchie founded Rymill Coonawarra in the heartland of this famous wine growing region, a region that in fact Peter’s great-grandfather, John Riddoch founded back in 1890 after arriving here from Scotland during the Gold Rush of 1852.

Today Rymill Coonawarra needs no introduction to those who enjoy quality wines, and one that particularly impressed recently was their 2014 Yearling Sauvignon Blanc – not just because of its wonderfully full-on fruit flavours, but because of the price-tag of just $15.95.

Tropical fruits like passionfruit and paw paw dominate, together with grapefruit and lime, an enjoyable flintiness and nice varietal zesty finish. Enjoy it with Chief Winemaker, Sandrine Gimon’s suggestion of grilled lime-marinated prawns.

Pictured ■ Cool surprise from the NSW Southern Highlands ideal with barbecued steak and mushrooms.

■ Think lime-marinated prawns with this Sauvignon Blanc.

plays, two Hollywood movies and a stage musical.

It was set in the Italian Riviera’s beautiful and secluded village of Portofino, which Elizabeth had reached by horse and cart over 50km of winding, frightening, one-lane coastal road from Genoa via Santa Margherita Ligure.

The literary success of The Enchanted April is universally recognised as the reason why Portofino is today the vacation Mecca it is for society’s rich and famous.

But now they drive there in their Ferraris and Lamborghinis on the one road – but have to park outside of the village because motor vehicles are forbidden within Portofino itself, the only exception being the small garbage truck that makes several runs through town each day to empty kerbside waste bins.

Or they sail into the crescentshaped harbour in their luxury yachts, and pay up to AU$3600 a night in mooring fees.

Steven Spielberg, Coldplay front man Chris Martin, pop diva Rihanna follow in the footsteps of Greta Garbo, Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando who were regular visitors here, while British actor Rex Harrison owned a villa in Portofino – and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton got engaged here the first time around.

Today only small cruise vessels are able to drop anchor off-shore and ferry their guests ashore, not the locals thankfully admit, those of gargantuan proportions. And earlier this month one of those boutique companies, SeaDream Yacht Club polled its guests about their favourite Italian destination – and Portofino won hands down even though the award-winning SeaDream I and II visit such other wonderful Italian enticements as Positano on the Amalfi Coast, Sorrento, Capri, Taormina in Sicily, the Cinque Terre and Venice …

Portofino offers shoppers every conceivable outlet and boutique, with local craftsmen and women sitting side-by-side with top-end Dior, Armani, Ferragamo and Gucci. And when not shopping they take coffee, an ice-cold beer or a glass of wine at a sidewalk cafe and watch the passing parade of well-heeled … or join the queue outside the village bakery for steaming hot, oven-fresh focaccia toppedwithlocally-grownolivesandherbs.

The wonderfully pastel-coloured houses and shops add further appeal, there’s the classic San Martino church whose bell-tower peers over the buildings between it and the waterfront … and Castelo Brown named after the British Consul to Genoa, Yeats Brown who moved-in in 1870. It offers a fascinating insight into a lifestyle past with its 19th century furnishings and photos and paintings of famous visitors of the era.

And with no motor vehicles, visitors can stroll to their hearts content without having to dodge snarling motorised annoyances.

Ask anyone who has visited Portofino why they like it so much and you will probably be greeted with a shrug of the shoulders.

“Why?” he or she will reply. “It is just because I do!”

And who can argue with that?

For information about Portofino tourism go to www.italia.it/en/travelideas/the-sea/portofino and for SeaDream Yacht Club’s 2015 year itineraries that include visiting Portofino go to www.seadream.com

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Historic Photo Collection

● Elizabeth St, Melbourne. Near GPO. 1892-93.

● Cable tram car and dummy. 1892-93.

● Cable motorhouse, Melbourne tramways. 1892-93.

● Elizabeth Street corner, Melbourne. 1892-93.

● Princess Theatre, Spring St, Melbourne. 1892-93.

● L aw Courts, Melbourne. 1892.

● South Melbourne Town Hall, 1892.

● Bourke Street, Melbourne. 1892.

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Falling in love Above, in a long hall, timber-lined on one side, north-facing floor to ceiling windows on the other I would set up my easel. Even in winter, the pale sunlight would warm within and I could paint all day, listening to Rachmaninoff or Stravinsky or Respighi or The Stones or Dave Brubeck. I loved those “Please, May I have that day again?”

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The black cat 'Sooty' who Rod Hardy exchanged with us for a bottle of Glenfiddich whisky, became the character Bim: Bimmelbrothur, son of Memmelardoth in my books.

That cat had a wily sense of humour. I recall showing Maria my very bruised big toe after a heated Squash game. Soot was alert, and sank his teeth into it, then ran away.

Well, from Rod Hardy. What can you expect?

So the days and my dreams of writing and my conviction that this particular house, this home of so many haunts: from the crazy pavement and liquid amber tree, the tiny oak, planted from a nut in the front lawn, the flowers randomly springing out of it too, and the beautiful old Jacaranda overshadowing our down-sloping rear garden to the full grown claret ash at the bottom where I hung swingchains from one of its strongest boughs.

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Victorian Drama League Nominations

From Page 59 Lighting Mystic Entertainmentz (Matthew Heenan / Scott Snowden), The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Mystic Entertainmentz (Scott Snowden), Chicago, BLOC Music Theatre Ewan Cole / Trevor Wyhoon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Jason Bovaird, The Phantom of the Opera, Babirra Music Theatre Brad Alcock, Rent, CenterStage Geelong Jason Bovaird, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Jason Bovaird / Deryk Hartwick, Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Technical Achievement (Nigel WallaceAward) The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Chicago, BLOC Music Theatre The Phantom of the Opera, Babirra Music Theatre Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Male Performer in a Leading Role (Harold Burrows Award) Matthew Clayton, Curly, Oklahoma!, PLOS Musical Productions Jamie McGuane, Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions Mitchell Stewart, The Man, Whistle Down the Wind, CPAC (Cardinia Performing Arts Company) Tom Green, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Mike Fletcher, Fagin, Oliver!, PLOS Musical Productions James Terry, Joseph, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Windmill Melbourne

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Theatre Company Nelson Gardner, Gomez Addams, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Jonathan Guthrie-Jones, Bobby Child, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Robbie Smith, Leo Bloom, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Mark Doran, The Creature, Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Female Performer in a Leading Role (Doreen BurrowsAward) Molly Fry, Christine Daae, The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Amy Larsen, Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady, NOVA Music Theatre Melanie Ott, Peggy Sawyer, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Kerryn Lockhart, Mary Magdalene, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Georgia Wilkinson, Christine Daae, The Phantom of the Opera, Babirra Music Theatre Carla White, Narrator, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Windmill Theatre Company Rosa McCarty, Florence Vassy, Chess, Catchment Players Lucy Ross, Morticia Addams, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Emily McKenzie, Jo March, Little Women, OXAGEN Productions Kristen Beayni, Polly Baker, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Tori Stones, Miss Adelaide, Guys and Dolls Jr, CenterStage Geelong Male Performer in a Supporting Role (Rob Constable Award) Scott Hili, Ali Hakim, Oklahoma!, PLOS Musical Productions Lachlan Turner, Alfred Doolittle, My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions

Howard Dandy, Colonel Pickering, My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions Lee Threadgold, Herbie, Gypsy, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Tony Wasley, Rooster Hannigan, Annie, Geelong Lyric Theatre Society Nathan Slevin, Dennis, All Shook Up, ARC (Amateur Repertory Company) Pasquale Bartalotta, Mereb, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, UMMTA (The University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association) Dennis Clements, Alexander Molokov, Chess, Cachment Players Mario Mohorko, Uncle Fester, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) David Torr, Lank Larkins, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Warren Logan, Franz Liebkind, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) Connor Sheedy, Nicely Nicely, Guys and Dolls Jr, CenterStage Geelong Female Performer in a Supporting Role Lindy Yeates, Aunt Eller, Oklahoma!, PLOS Musical Productions Sam Heskett, Gary Coleman, Avenue Q, Three’s A Crowd Sarah Kate Hanley, Louise, Gypsy, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Barbara Hughes, Tessie Tura, Gypsy, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Pam Christie Birkett, Dorothy Brock, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Mary Mirtschin, Carlotta, The Phantom of the Opera, Warragul Theatre Company Denise Devlin, Joanne, Rent, CenterStage Geelong Jess Barlow, Maureen, Rent, CenterStage Geelong Monique Dawes, Wednesday,

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Meghan Dal Masetto, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Taylah Ritchie, Fame, Altona City Theatre Cameo Performance Andrew Roberts, Uncle Jocko, Gypsy, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Ian Moore, LeFevre / Passarino, The Phantom of the Opera, Warragul Theatre Company Jeremy Zuber, Bert Healy, Annie, Wangaratta Players Nick Wilson, Palace Guard 1, Judith Prior’s What’s New Pussycat?, Horsham Arts Council Ensemble Performance The ensemble, My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions The ensemble, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group The Storytellers, Children of Eden, PEP Productions The “children”, Blood Brothers, Leongatha Lyric Theatre The Ancestors, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) The Little Old Ladies, The Producers, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) The Op-Shop Ladies, Judith Prior’s What’s New Pussycat?, Horsham Arts Council The ensemble, Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Design Award (Peter Blizzard-Allen Award) Ben Leonard / Les Thornton, scenic art, Avenue Q, Three’s A Crowd Kathryn McAllister / Michael Wolfe, program, Avenue Q, Three’s A Crowd Graham McGuffie / Merinda Backway, Buffalo train scene, 42nd Street, CLOC Musical Theatre Turn To Page 71

Sport Extra

World’s richest greyhound race ■ The world's richest greyhound race, the TAB Melbourne Cup, will be run this Friday night, November 21 at Sandown Park.

The switch to a Friday for the big event is expected to draw greater interest in the race, and club officials will be delighted with the field assembled for the event.

Prizemoney for Friday's race is a record $600,000, giving an indication of just how far the greyhound code has progressed in Victoria in recent years.

The Melbourne Cup box draw was conducted last Friday afternoon and is: 1 Keybow, 2 Chica Destacada, 3 Above All, 4 Awesome Project, 5 Cosmic Wise, 6 Star Recall, 7 Luca Neveelk, 8 Dyna Villa, 9 Cawbourne Whip (first reserve), 10 My Bro Fabio (second reserve).

Master trainer Darren McDonald has two runners in the Cup and was delighted after the box draw when his strong fancy Keybow came up with the one trap.

That should ensure Keybow starts as TAB favourite in the race.

“He’s in the right form at the right time,” McDonald said.

“He’s been my pick all the way through – the other dogs have gone well but he’s really peaked at the right time. His whole campaign has been built towards this race.”

“He had a little issue leading into the Topgun where he needed the run, but he had a trial after that showed he was back on track. He’s at peak fitness – I’d love to be as fit as him!.”

Victory in Friday’s race will see Keybow eclipse XyliaAllen’s all-time Australian prizemoney winning

Greyhounds

6 Mystic Twist, 7 Coulta Rock, 8 Blinker’s On, 9 Dyna Kayla (first reserve), 10 Manila Express (second reserve).

Missed sprints with Kyle Galley record. McDonald is also represented

by Awesome Project who will start at good odds as his trainer attempts to win a record fourth Melbourne Cup. Gippsland trainer Gerry Kleeven celebrates his 72nd birthday on Friday night and will looking to buy a very large cake with the Cup stakemoney if Luca Neveelk can salute.

Kleeven was unsure if Luca Neveelk would step up to the 515 metre distance from sprint racing, but his worries were put to rest when he won his Cup heat.

New South Wales will be represented by Chica Destacada and Anakie trainer Jeff Britton has two finalists in Star Recall and Cosmic Wise.

A New Zealand bred dog, Above All, is the least experienced of the starters but ix expected to run well.

As well as the rich Melbourne Cup, the Bold Trease event over 715 metres will be staged on Friday night.

The box draw for this race is: 1 Beks, 2 Zipping Maggie, 3 Sweet It Is, 4 Space Star, 5 Reap The Benefit,

■ Two top dogs were missing from the Melbourne Cup series in the form of Xylia Allen and Dyna Willow, who have both been retired from racing.

Owner Paul Wheeler has said both dogs have been retired for breeding purposes.

Xylia Allen mixed sprinting and staying with great success. She would have been a leading fancy for the Melbourne Cup series, with a victory there taking her prizemoney earnings over the $1 million mark.

She retires the winner of 40 races from 83 starts for an Australian record $743,000 in stakes.

“She’s not injured and she is perfectly healthy, but I thought she was flat in her past couple of runs so the time was right to retire her," Wheeler said.

Dyna Willow won $260,000 in prizemoney courtesy of 20 wins from 57 starts.

staged and the famous dirt bikes of Nitro Circus will provide the crowd with thrills as they conduct their exciting exhibitions during the night.

Facilities are superb for patrons at Sandown Park, and entry on Melbourne Cup night is free for all spectators with gates opening at 6pm.

Those who can’t make the track can watch all of the action via television on Sky Racing, or keep up to date via the Sandown Greyhounds Facebook and Twitterfeeds during the night.

Top guests

■ Popular English sporting commentator Julie Collier will be among ■ Patrons attending the Melbourne the special guests at Sandown Park Cup night will be entertained not only on Melbourne Cup night.

Collier has worked across England by great greyhound racing but also by for the past six years covering greya host of on-course activities.

They include a chance to spin the hound racing for Sky Sports and hostSandown super wheel for prizes in- ing a weekly greyhound program on cluding $600,000 cash, cars and holi- Racing Post TV. She is excited about visiting days.

A celebrity challenge race will be Melbourne and experiencing Australian greyhound racing, as well as learn

Plenty to do

ing about the Greyhound Adoption Program, as she is a passionate advocate and fundraiser for greyhound adoption back home.

No doubt Collier will take plenty of ideas back to England with her once she sees how professionally our sport is conducted in Victoria.

- Kyle Galley

Upcoming race meetings

■ Wednesday: Bendigo (Day), The Meadows (Twilight), Cranbourne (Night), Ballarat (N); Thursday: Warragul (D), Shepparton (T), Geelong (N), Warrnambool (N); Friday: Bendigo (T), Geelong (N), Sandown Park (N); Saturday: Cranbourne (T), The Meadows (N); Sunday: Sandown Park (D), Healesville (D), Warrnambool (T), Sale (T); Monday: Ballarat (D), Geelong (T), Shepparton (N); Tuesday: Horsham (T), Warragul (N).

- Kyle Galley

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VRC over the moon ■ The Victoria Racing Club washighly delighted with the total crowd of just over 325,500 who attended over the four days of their Spring Carnival.

Spectacular horse racing as at the heart of the carnival with eight Group one races, in total 536 horses competed in 37 races, representing and an average field size of 14.48 runners across the four days at heritage listed Flemington.

The 37 races saw 29 individual trainers enjoy victory.

Regarded as the best single day of racing in Australia, the AAMIVictoria Derby, opened the carnival with four Group One Races.

Top jockey, Damien Oliver, claimed his fifth Victoria Derby onPreferment, for Chris Waller, and bookies have opened up as one of the favourites for next year's Melbourne Cup. Leading trainer, Chris Waller, also won the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes withBrazen Beau, brilliantly ridden by top Brazilian rider, Joao Moreira.

Protectionist's win in the Emirates Melbourne Cup, was the first by a German horse, a five year-old who had only nine starts before the Cup. It came after another brilliant ride by English rider, Ryan Moore.

Only a week before, he brought the Aidan O'Brien trained galloper, Adelaide, from last to win the Cox Plate at the Valley.

Moore is rated as one of the best jockeys in the world, as proved by his great rides in both big races.

Then what about the performance of Red Cadeaux; the nine year-old running in the Melbourne Cup for the fourth time.

In 2011, he was nosed out of the major prize, by Dunaden, and then he finished just behind Fiorente last year, and this year a gallant second to Protectionist.

A number of punters and good judges rated him a very poor chance in the Classic as his form had tapered off this time in.

However he showed his liking for

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the big open spaces of Flemington and the 3200 metres with yet another courageous second in the big one.

On the Thursday Oaks Day, the crowd was down, but we saw a special filly, in Set Square, after a handful of starts mow them down over the 2500 metres, and is already being set for next year's Melbourne Cup, by her young trainer, Ciaron Maher.

One of the most anticipated races of the Carnival was the running of the Darley Classic on the final day.

Billed as the world championship for sprinters over the straight 1200 metre trip, it let nobody down.

The pressure was on the Irish horse, Slade Power, whose connections were allowed to place him in last because of his poor barrier performances.

He wore a hood over his head, to help him settle with the idea the hood would be moved when they

jumped.

A herculean task for his rider; resulting in Slade Power missing the start by about a length.

In the run however he was never a chance.

When you up against the likes of Lankee Rupee, who once was rated the best sprinter in the world at a rating of 123, the highly promising sprinter, Chautauqua, the flying Sydneysider, Terravista, and the top Queenslander, Buffering, it was always going to a big task.

I can't wait for next year's Newmarket, if it all shapes up and they contest the big one, including Deep Field and Angelic Light, what a race.

They'll stack them in at Flemington for the 1200 metre blitz.

Rewarding outstanding racing performance, the prestigious Ron Hutchinson award named after one of our greatest international riders, was won by Damien Oliver and the Melbourne Cup Car-

nival TrainerAward was won by Sydney trainer, Chris Waller for the second year in a row.

Runs on board

■ One of Vinery Stud's young sires, Onemorenomore, had her first stakes win when promising filly, Onemorezeta, won the listed Gucci Stakes at Flemington over the carnival.

The Kris Lees filly proving herself to be more than capable of matching it with some of the nation's speediest fillies scoring in the good time of 1.3.61 with a scintillating last 600 metres in 34.6.

Her rider, Hall of Fame jockey, Damien

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Melbourne Observer Racing Round-Up Parton, could be in for a very pleasant treat from a leading brewery.

After Zach saluted on the ill-fated Admire Rakti, he was more than happy to take the sponsor’s product on the winner's dais, much to the delight of the Club's major sponsor Carlton and United Breweries.

Their new product Crown Golden Ale went down very well with the popular jockey, who has taken all before in Singapore.

So much the dinosaur of Australian beer brewing is will■ The rumors are ing to ship plenty out flying thick and fast of Australia to keep that Caulfield Cup his CUB taste buds in winning jockey, Zach tact.

Oliver, was full of praise for Onemorezeta and her effort to dig deep and beating flying filly, Eloping in the final few strides.

Oliver said: “She is a brave little filly and to beat Eloping who is flying at the moment was a big effort, and I feel she has a bright future".

Onemorezeta'swin is a milestone moment in the career of Group One Vinery resident, Onemorenomore, whose stocks look set to soar in coming days and weeks.

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Showbiz Extra ■ From Page 62

Top 10 Lists

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TOP BLU-RAY RENTAL & SELLERS: 1. THE EXPENDABLES 3 [Action/Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford].

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3. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [Romance/ Drama/Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort].

4. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST 3D + Blu-Ray [Sci-Fi/Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence].

5. EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D + Blu-Ray [Sci-Fi/Action/Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton].

6. MALEFICENT Blu-Ray 3D + Blu-Ray [Fantasy/Adventure/Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning].

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LOCKE [Drama/Tom Hardy].

8. TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY [Animated/Adventure/Pamela Adlon].

9. 22 JUMP STREET [Action/Comedy/ Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill].

10. GODZILLA - Blu-Ray + Blu-Ray 3D [Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe].

Also: Two Faces of January, The Mule, Calvary, Blended, Grace of Monaco, The Rover, The Trip To Italy, The Amazing Spiderman 2: Rise of Electro, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Bad Neighbors.

NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON BLU-RAY THIS WEEK: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [Action/Sci-Fi/Drama/Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman].

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POSTMAN PAT: The Movie [Animated/Family/Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint].

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- James Sherlock

Len in New Zealand

■ There is no Sulky Snippets column this week. Harness racing columnist Len Baker is in New Zealand. We expect his column will be back next week in the Observer.

Mapping Melb.

■ Mapping Melbourne 2014, a four day showcase from December 3-6 of contemporary Asian arts spanning dance, music, theatre, visual art, film and spoken word, will be presented in the heart of Melbourne.

This year's lineup features hip hop duo In Between Sounds. ● From Page 59

Drama League nominations Tad Hendry / John Cuttriss, crucifixion scene, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Nadia Gianinotti / Dale Brander, graphics / animations, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Windmill Theatre Company Andrew McDougall, puppets, Little Shop of Horrors, SPX Waterdale Players Breanna Fowler, make up, The Addams Family, OCPAC (Old Carey Performing Arts Club) Jacqui Day, transformation dress, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre Concert/Revue Performance Bend It Like Broadway, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group O2: Oxagen’s Fifth Anniversary Gala, Oxagen Productions Broadway Stitched Up, SLAMS Music Theatre

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Victoria Pictorial

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North Melbourne Nostalgia Collection

● Boundary Road State School, North Melbourne

● Commercial buildings, including British Farm Equipment

● North Melbourne? Circa 1955

● Queensberry Street State School

● Victoria Hotel. Cnr Peel and Victoria Sts. 1949.

● Victoria Street. 1880.

● Trinity College, North Melbourne

● North Melbourne Post Office. Circa 1920.

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Pet Friendly Accommodation

Eagle Point Cottages

P et Friendly cce sssible sible A ccommoda tion in the Friendly,, A Ac Ac ommodation Gippsland Lakes Area Near Paynesville, Victoria A leisurely stroll from Eagle Point Cottages, down eful c ountry lane leads y ou tto o Gippsland a peac peaceful country you ont r es taur ants,shopping, es a ha v en of w a t er fr Lak front res estaur taurants,shopping, Lakes hav wa es, boa ting and fishing. W e ar e ffabulously abulously close caf cafes, boating We are to Paynesville - the Boating Capital of the Riviera Region.

Our cottages were specially designed for people holidaying with dogs, families and for those with accessibility needs.

Dogs on holiday are welcome indoors in these very priv at e pet friendly c ottages tha priva cottages thatt include secure fencing with huge yards. Inside the cottages are immaculately clean, modern and recently refurbished.

Located on the east coast of Victoria, these two very priv at e self-c ontained c ottages ar e on 4 ha priva self-contained cottages are (10 acres) in a rural area just 5 minutes from Paynesville. Each of the cottages sits on its own acreage. Children are warmly welcome to pet the friendly lamb ollect the chick ens eggs or enjo y lamb,, c collect chickens enjoy spotting local echidnas, koalas and kangaroos in the area.

We ar e a ffamily amily run busines s enjo ying this ar ea are business enjoying are as much as the rregular egular cus eturn y ear custt omers who rreturn year aft er y ear after year ear..

Orignially fr om this ar ea w e ha ve tr avelled ar ound from area we hav tra around

FACT FILE NAME: Eagle Point Cottages ADDRESS: 90 Jones Rd, Eagle Point, Vic 3878 PHONE: (03) 5156 0065 AC T at e Br own CONT ONTA T:: Phil and K Ka Bro w . eaglepoint c ottages. com.au WEB: w w ww eaglepointcottages.c E-MAIL: stay@eaglepointcottages.com.au A us tr alia and liv ed in a c ouple of ssta ta ould ustr tralia lived couple tattes and c could not resist returning to one of the most magnificent parts of this c ountry country ountry..

Relax and unwind, walk or fish, visit markets and restaurants - Eagle Point Cottages are perfectly positioned tto o enjo y it all. T hese tw o spacious, prienjoy These two vately fenced, self contained cottages are an easy 3 hour driv e eas er e purpose drive eastt of Melbourne and w wer ere built for people with accessibility needs and for 'best friends' on holidays.

Ther e is plenty of rroom oom tto o park y our boa here your boatt & car and each c ottage has a double car port.

W e ha ve cottage We hav split system comfort, private patios, washing machines and sparkling clean cottages all modern and beautifully furbished.

Great Fishing spots only a couple of minutes aw ay. Boa ea vailable with no lic ense rrequir equir ed Boatt hir hire av license equired in Paynesville.

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Cape Conran Coastal Park FACT FILE NAME: Cape Conran Coastal Park Cabins and Camping ADDRES S: PO Bo x 18, Marlo ic 3888 ADDRESS: Box Marlo,, V Vic PHONE: (03) 5154 8596 CONT AC T uglisi ONTA T:: Carla P Puglisi an.net.au WEB: w w w. conr onran.net.au ww E-MAIL: info@conran.com.au

Cape Conran Coastal Park is located in Eastern Victoria, (Far East Gippsland) Australia, 396 km. from Melbourne.

The park consists of 11,700 hectares of coastal wilderness. It fronts onto 60 kilometers of isolated s sandy beaches ffacing acing south o ver rugged Bas ov Bass Strait.

The park also has heath lands, Rainforest and Banksia W oodlands brimming with nectar-f eedWoodlands nectar-feeding birds.

Each y ear the park pla ys hos o campers and year play hostt tto na tur e lo vers fr om ar ound A us tr alia and the w orld. natur ture lov from around Aus ustr tralia world.

Whether it be fishing, surfing, nature walks or jus ound and ca our rreadeadjustt lazing ar around catt ching up on y your ing the park has something ffor or e very one ev eryone one,, with an amazing array of unique accommodation options.

One of the most unique features of the park is the e xt ent of the ac commoda tion options: T her e ext xtent acc ommodation Ther here ar e se v en uniquely designed cabins which can are sev house up to eight people each.

The cabins are named after local timbers and fitt ed out ac cor dingly her e is "Black wood", "R ed fitted acc ordingly dingly.. T Ther here "Blackw "Red

Bo x" et c... Suitable ffor or c ouples or ffamilies amilies the y ox" etc... couples they off er an e xperienc e lik e no other offer experienc xperience like other,, beautifully situated and not taking anything away from the local environment. All just metres from the East Cape Beach.

Beds: One Queen ((d do wn sstairs tairs ), 4 singles (in loft) own tairs), one bunk (for kids down stairs) Linen not included (hire available, by prior arrangement) Kit chen: T w o burner sstt ove, 3 pots, pan , small Kitchen: Tw oven grill, micr o w a v e, 3 /4 fridge micro 3/ fridge,, all cutlery pla platt e s etc. for up to eight.

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PetFriendly FriendlyAccommodation Accommodation Pet

Bruce’s Waterside Units FA CT FILE NAME: Bruc e’ sW at erside Units Bruce’ e’s Wa ADDRES S; 19 P elsart t, R ed Hill, A CT 260 3 ADDRESS; Pelsart S St, Red ACT 2603 PHONE: 04 19 6 39 5 72 0419 63 57 CONT AC T ert ONTA T:: John Hilv Hilvert WEB: w w w.bruc esfla ts. com.au ww .brucesfla esflats. ts.c co m E-MAIL: john.hilv ert@gmail. john.hilvert@gmail. ert@gmail.c

F i s h e r m a n ’’s s C ottage e, Co e.. 4 B u c k l a n d D r i v ve Mallac oota.

Wher e can I park m y boa t/ cr aft? All Mallacoota. oota.Wher Where my boat/ t/cr craft? units and c ottages ha ve separ at e spac e ffor or a cr aft cottages hav separa space craft at our jetty or there is generous off-street parking as w ell. Ov erlooking lak e 200 metr es a w ay, well.

Overlooking lake metres aw e rrandah, andah, rreno eno vat ed kit chen, jetty spac e huge v ve enov kitchen, space below

We lo ve domes tic animals. So pets ar ew lov domestic are welc elcome att elc ome a all Bruc es Fla ts units and the c ottage .

Sa v e on Bruces Flats cottage ottage. Sav boar ding k ennel ffees ees and mak ey our pet happ yb y boarding kennel make your happy by bringing them with y ou! you!

We ha ve a small paddock in the back ffor or pets tto o hav roam in as well.

The cottage has a fenced yard. Pets are welcome inside. Damage needs to be paid for and please pick up aft er y our dog! after your Village View Units 1 and 2. With latest digital TV Remember tto o bring y our dogs bo wl and blank et, your bowl blanket, ys. Unit 1 is wheelchair friendly displa display friendly.. Each unit so the y ffeel eel a er y our holida y, email they att home home.. And aft after your holiday offer one queen, two singles and a trundle bed. us a pictur e of y our pet ha ving fun. picture your having Units ha v e r e v erse-c y cle split s y s t em air c ondihav re erse-cy sy conditing. All units ha ve sho w ers. Unit 1 is tioning & hea L OOKING F OR THINGS T O DO ? show heating. hav FOR TO DO? wheel-chair friendly e not ffenc enc ed in. If ous off-s tr eet parking ffor or y our boa Gener enced friendly.. Units ar are Generous off-str treet your boatt or a att our jetty . jetty. you’r e looking ffor or a mor e secur e plac e ffor or y our ou’re more secure place your Visit Bas tion, Betk a, Quarry et beach and Bastion, Betka, Quarry,, Secr Secret pet Shipwreck creek.

Hire a kayak. es tto o ride – Bring y our horse!

Plenty of plac places your Ride a tr ail bik e thr ough e xt ensiv e tr acks. tracks. trail bike through ext xtensiv ensive Walk ar ound the lak e on the boar d w alk. around lake board walk.

Walk tto o double cr eek tr ack. creek track.

Walk on the mining tr ack. track.

Visit the pony-club.

Climb the big Sand Dune and slide down.

Pla y golf Play golf..

Visit the Op Shops.

Fish off the jetty ean, beach and lak e. jetty,, bank, oc ocean, lake Go tto o the mo vies in summer movies summer..

Ea t a t L ee’ s tak e-a w ay, Luc y’ s Noodle shop Eat at Lee’ ee’s take-a e-aw Lucy’ y’s shop,, Wat erside Units:. Each unit off er one queen, tw o offer two C rroajingalong oajingalong gourmet, the bak ery bakery ery,, the Golf singles and a trundle bed. Units ha ve rre everse-c ycle erse-cy hav club, and the pub. split system air conditioning & heating. All units Photograph the pelicans and various other bird and c ottages ha ve separ a te spac e ffor or a cr aft a cottages hav separa space craft att life. our jetty or there is generous off-street parking Explore the rock pools of each beach and name as w ell. All units ha ve sho w ers. Unit 1 is wheelshow well. hav the cr ea tur es y ou find. cre atur tures you chair friendly e not ffenc enc ed in, if y ou’r e friendly.. Our Units ar are enced you’r ou’re Build sand castles. e plac e ffor or y our pets or looking ffor or a mor e secur more secure place your Floa wn the Betk a riv e rr..

Floatt do down Betka rive kids.

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Polehouse Mudbrick Units FA CT FILE NAME: Polehouse Mudbrick Units ADDRES S: PO Bo x 96, Mallac oota, ADDRESS: Box Mallacoota, Vic 3892 PHONE: (0 3) 5158 0 77 (03) 077 7711 MOBILE: 0434 218 89 CONT AC T ober R oy Rober Ro ONTA T:: John R commoda tion/ vic/ w .s ta y z. c om.au/ ac WEB: w w acc ommodation/ tion/vic/ ww .sta tayz.com.au/ac lak eswildernes s/ mallac oota/ 162280 mallacoota/ oota/162280 lakeses-wildernes wilderness/ s/mallac w ww.s ta y z. com.au/ ac commoda tion/ vic/lak es.sta tay z.c om.au/ac acc ommodation/ tion/vic/lak vic/lakeswildernes s/ mallac oota/ 162281 wilderness/ s/mallac mallacoota/ oota/162281 E-MAIL: johnr oy1@gmail. co m johnro y1@gmail.c The P olehouse c omple x is of tw o sstt or eys, with the Polehouse comple omplex two ore owner's house abo v e. abov The 2 bedr oom unit on the lo w er le vel ((s still enbedroom low lev jo ying ffabulous abulous vie w s) and the tw o-s e y onejoying view two-s o-sttor ore bedroom unit semi-detached from the main house.

The property faces north-east across the lake at the v ery bott om of Sc enic Ct on the left. very bottom Scenic The gar den c ontains na tiv e plants, fruit tr ees garden contains nativ tive trees and a wide selection of herbs.

NO TE: Linen (Upper and L ow er sheets, tto ow els NOTE: Lo els)) is no ally pr ovided. Ho w ever or gues ts arnott gener generally pro How er,, ffor guests riving from interstate or abroad, linen may be provided a ta y. att $25 per person per ssta tay FREE wi-fi is available.

This listing describes the 1br unit.

Mallacoota remains a pristine area with lakes and beaches, surrounded by Croajingalong National Park, a World Biosphere Reserve. It is ideal for relaxed, nature-based holidays. Activities include beach and lake swimming, river and lake boat cruises, use of hire boats, ocean and lake fishing, boating, beach walks, bushwalking and bird watching.

There are 2 restaurants and 3 cafes serving fresh healthy food and good coffee. The bakery has its own cafe. The town also has 2 supermarkets, a pharmacy, a medical practice with 3 doctors and a community health centre. Mallacoota has been known over many years for its art and music activities, often attracting well-known performers (eg. Eric Bogle, Ronald Farren-Price and Slava Grigoryan). Admission prices are remarkably low. Altogether, Mallacoota is a place to unwind from big-city pressures and to experience nature at its most unspoiled.

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Opportunities

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Opportunities

View the development report

Talk to the owner/developer, Tom Perry, 0438 833 764

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