Village News August 2016

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KANGAROO POINT

NEWSTEAD

TENERIFFE

FORTITUDE VALLEY

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MUMS & DADS

Jumping In To Save FIRST HOME BUYERS WITH SAM MORRIS

Along with everything else that comes with parenting, there’s an increasing number of mums and dads now being called upon to step in as guarantors for any deposit shortfall to help their adult children secure their first home purchase.

Have you found a great piece of property, and too often that 20% deposit borrowers have saved hard for isn’t enough to meet lending criteria for those first home owner purchases.

Borrowers without a 20% deposit may have to pay LMI (lenders mortgage insurance) which is a one-off insurance payment that protects your mortgage lender against you defaulting on the loan.

However, some banks are prepared to lend 100% of a property purchase price if mum and dad stand in as guarantors.

This then frees up those savings to assist with stamp duty, conveyancing fees and any other costs associated with the establishment of the home loan.

To avoid paying LMI, home buyers need to keep their borrowing to 80% of the purchase price.

However that 20% deposit may not be required if the borrowers’ parents act as guarantors for them. First-home buyers are the most likely to receive some form of assistance from their parents.

And as the next generation begins moving into the property market, it seems likely that parental guarantees will become more common.

Most lenders are happy to meet the demand for guaranteed mortgages. Customers seeking to upgrade are wisening up to ways to avoid LMI and any wonder, especially when the cost for LMI can costs tens of thousands of dollars.

HOW DOES A GUARANTOR WORK? • A close acquaintance, usually a family member, one who offers up a portion of their property as a ‘guarantee’.

• This guarantee is taken as an additional mortgage over the family member’s home, used to support the mortgage application.

• In the event that the borrower defaults on their loan, action may be taken against the guarantor’s assets.

• Once equity has been built up in the property a guarantor may be released from the loan.

NEW FARM GOOD LUCK, AND FOR ANY OTHER TIPS AND TRICKS FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL OR AN EMAIL ANY TIME, SAM

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Let’s see reforms to body corporate laws

By Mike O’Connor

HAVING missed the body corporate meeting for a property we once held, I rang a fellow owner and asked who had been voted in as chairman.

Office workers getting off the bus dodge traffic on Skyring Tce.

Newstead ‘near misses’: pedestrians at risk controlled intersection at Skyring Terrace and Cunningham Street in Newstead, as well as improved RESIDENTS and workers in pedestrian crossing facilities Newstead have highlighted what and times at the intersection they call an “urgent need” for of Breakfast Creek Road and improved traffic management and Montpellier Road. pedestrian safety around Newstead.

“The current configurations do Nearby businesses have reported not facilitate the safe and efficient vehicle collisions and many more movement of pedestrians or vehicles near-misses involving pedestrians in through the precinct, to and from the area. the river, or An ePetition surrounding which attracted suburbs over 500 “These risks for pedestrians need including the signatures has to be addressed as a priority, transport been put to prior to the completion of further hubs such Council and draws attention developments in the area as they will as Bowen to inadequate only increase pedestrian and traffic Hills Train station and pedestrian movements further.”

Teneriffe Ferry links in the Terminal,” the area. petition reads.

A Local workers and residents spokesperson for Energex said will be familiar with the many the petition was established by commuters crossing from the an Energex staff member in their CityGlider stop at Skyring Terrace role in the Energex Active Travel and Reddacliff Street to a traffic Committee. island.

“As one of the original commercial “These risks for pedestrians tenants in the rapidly growing need to be addressed as a priority, Newstead area, our staff have seen prior to the completion of further the rapid increase in pedestrian, developments in the area as they vehicular and cycling movements in will only increase pedestrian and the area,” he said. traffic movements further,” the “This is only likely to continue petition continues. with new commercial and residential Bank of Queensland’s health and accommodation projects under way safety manager Tanya Hill said that or planned.”

Continued on Page 5>> The petition calls for a fully

By Timothy Swanston

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By Mike O’Connor

“You were,” he said. I suspect this violated any number of regulations but I went along with it and gained some insight into how things worked.

As thousands of apartments are completed in Brisbane over the next few years, owners will have the opportunity to involve themselves in the running of their buildings.

Most will choose not to for a variety of reasons: they don’t have the time, they can’t be bothered or they’re just too lazy.

This indifference can lead to unintended consequences such as when the handful of owners who bothered to attend the AGM for Mactaggarts Place apartments

at Teneriffe voted to build a fence blocking public access to the river.

The move has provoked community outrage and could have been avoided, and public access to the river walk maintained, if more people had engaged with their body corporate.

Recent changes to strata title laws in New South Wales allow for body corporate meetings to be held using social media, video and teleconferencing and for votes to be cast electronically.

They have also banned proxy farming whereby a small group of individuals collects the proxy votes of large numbers of other owners and thus controls the meeting.

Under the new laws, no one person can control more than 5 per cent of the votes.

The Queensland Government has been undertaking a review of strata title laws for three years which to date has produced nothing more than a deafening silence.

It’s time it produced some recommendations for public discussion.

Reforms are needed to make it easier for owners to have a say in matters affecting their lifestyle and to ensure democratic outcomes.

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SKYE’S LETTER P 14

Resident’s grief at Mactaggarts Place fence

By Dash Elson TO the casual pedestrian, the small grassy rise at Mactaggarts Place, Teneriffe, is a pleasant patch of green, albeit a welcome one.

But for New Farm resident Skye McKay it is the keeper of some of her most cherished moments and memories.

It is woven into the fabric of her life – her past, present and, she’d thought, her future: weddings, relaxed picnics, soaking up sun, fresh air and a particularly beautiful view of the river.

Not any more. The tiny handkerchief of green with its perfectly spaced palm trees is now fenced off from her, and the rest of the public, by the Mactaggarts Place apartments’ body corporate.

When the fence was suddenly erected it was “like a slap in the face” to Skye, 42, an operating-theatre nurse and mother of two.

“When I got home after seeing that, I was actually crying,” she says.

“It’s always been such a lovely area.

“A friend of ours got married under this tree here,” she says, pointing, “and all of us stood there, literally right where the fence is, taking pictures with the river in the background.

“When the kids were little we could sit at Eve’s (restaurant) and have breakfast and if they got a bit restless they could go out and play on the grass while we ate.

“Little kids can run around, parents can go across and get their coffees and they can just sit there.

“It’s nice and contained, it’s safe, they can look at the river, they can see everyone walking by with their dogs and their bikes and it’s just interesting. To be able to people-watch and sit in the shade of the tree…

“It (the fence) is just terrible, absolutely terrible.”

Skye, who had never written a letter to the editor before, was shocked into action, writing an impassioned letter to the Village News.

She’s also signed a petition to the Brisbane City Council to reverse the decision, as have her friends.

“I couldn’t believe how strongly I felt

about it. It just astounded me, really absolutely astounded me.

“There have been pages and pages (in the paper) about it… but I think now the reality of the fence will shock a lot of people.”

As we sit talking on a park bench, that reality hits dozens of Sunday walkers, joggers, families and cyclists accustomed to taking the smooth, curvaceous path from the river to Vernon Terrace.

They are quite literally stopped in their tracks by the steel barrier, where they come to an abrupt halt, bewildered and annoyed. “What’s going on here?” a couple ask.

“When did this go up?”

Skye McKay is shocked at the decision to fence of the grassland. council to say ‘no, this is good for the community and this is what we’re going to do.’

“It’s the complete opposite end of the spectrum, for this (fence) to go up. It’s not in keeping with the community at all.”

The Mactaggarts Place woolstore redevelopment in the mid-1990s recognised the need for public open

Over 1,100 residents signed a petition demanding the Brisbane City Council use its statutory powers and best endeavours to re-establish or to create and to maintain a public pedestrian walkway between Vernon Terrace and Riverwalk that passes through Mactaggarts Place, 53 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe.

While acknowledging the apartment owners have the legal right, Skye questions the morality and spirit of the decision.

As a New Farm resident of 15 years, her husband Andrew for 20, Skye has embraced the area’s history, change and renewal.

With her children Noah, 10, and Ciel, 12, the family watched the riverside suburbs bloom into a cosmopolitan, diverse precinct with its emphasis on a lively outdoors culture.

“We’ve seen the suburb go through quite a lot of change,” she says.

“We moved here right when the Powerhouse was opened, so it was quite exciting and really interesting to see all of those houses at the end build up.

“This (Mactaggarts Place) had already been done, but all of the river was being developed.

“We were here when the Riverwalk was built, and there was opposition among houses along there saying ‘we don’t want that in front’ and it took the

space in the growing suburb for the use of all residents to enjoy, says Skye.

“They identified when they redeveloped the woolstore that this will be a lovely place for gathering… So they said ‘we’ll put in the greenery, we’ll put in the walkway so people can access the river’.”

The people did come, and they loved it.

It chimed with the suburb’s history and its influx of new residents: tolerant,

diverse, active, civic-minded; people who love being outdoors, walking, jogging; a place to build bonds with friends, family and neighbours.

The green patch became a special, almost sacred space as the area became more densely urbanised with fewer backyards and less open space.

“Thousands of people use this area, all the time,” Skye says.

“Teneriffe Festival, they always had a big set-up here – that will be gone now.

“There’s really nowhere (else) along the river where you can get married and have pictures with the river in the background… and people book Eve’s (restaurant) for that reason,” Skye says.

“I recognise that it’s part of the Mactaggarts land, but after making it publicly accessibly for 20 years and then suddenly to say ‘Actually, no, we’re going to take that back’ – it doesn’t add up for me.

“It’s not like it was a year or two.

Twenty years is a very long time.”

Nor is Skye envious of the Mactaggarts Place residents.

“I don’t think I’d want to be one of those residents out here barbecuing, watching everyone go past, in six months’ time.

“It’s like they’ve put it in jail.”

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BBQ with Gloria The Teneriffe Progress Association invites you to a public BBQ & byo drinks with Gloria next to THE FENCE on the Riverwalk in Teneriffe. Sunday August 7 at 11am.

All welcome. For details: www.teneriffeprogress.org.au

Grace to Body Corp: Tear this fence down

STATE Minister and Member for Brisbane Central, Grace Grace, has given her vocal support to have a fence at Mactaggarts Place in Teneriffe torn down.

The fence blocks access to a thoroughfare that once served the community by allowing easy access from Vernon Terrace to the river.

MP Grace said that she wanted to see the Boardwalk at Mactaggarts Place re-established as a public pedestrian thoroughfare and returned to the people.

“It’s such a shame to see our local community suddenly locked out from entering the riverfront boardwalk at Mactaggarts Place in Teneriffe,” Ms Grace said.

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everyone, and to fence it off means a large part of green space is no longer available to the local community.

“I’ve had a number of concerned constituents contact me, and I stand firmly with our community on this issue.

“I will work with Ben Pritchard from Teneriffe Progress Association and the rest of the local community to see this unnecessary fortress pulled down.”

Ms Grace told the Village News that Brisbane City Council could fix the issue by resuming an easement and opening the space back up to the local community.

Teneriffe disability advocate Tony Long, TPA “It’s been open for public use for as long as I can President Ben Pritchard and local state MP Grace remember and why should that change now?”

Grace talking over the fence to Les Day.

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Demolition site on New Farm battleground A HISTORICALLY listed home, “Gwandoben”, at 42 Maxwell Street, is set to be restored and be relocated on the site.

Maxwell Street has been a battleground between developers and residents for many years, with residents still scarred by the demolition of the historic Blanshard house across from number 42.

A previous owner of 42 Maxwell Street applied to have it removed from the council’s heritage register in 2011 after it was added in 2010, only to be refused after significant pressure from local residents.

Chris Vitale, director of Pointcorp, said that Pointcorp have applied for a partial demolition approval from the Brisbane City Council to restore the heritage of 42 Maxwell Street.

“Our plan is to remove the extensions, pick the house up and move it closer to Dodwell Lane,” Mr Vitale said.

The house will then be refurbished, keeping the beautiful Tudor style home and then be sold as three boutique apartments.

Chris Vitale said Pointcorp was going to refurbish Dodwell Lane, which runs between Maxwell Street and Moray Street, which was negotiated with council at the approval of development

at 40 Maxwell Street.

“I can understand people being concerned about us knocking it down – that’s certainly not our intention.

“Our intention is to give it prominence in the street again – that’s the approval that we’ve lodged with council.”

Malcolm Elliot, senior associate and heritage consultant at Conrad Gargett, said that the partial development would enhance the heritage value.

“It’s drawn its heritage significance from a couple of different phases of development,” Mr Elliot said.

“Initially the site was significant because it was a substantial house built for the Dodwell family.”

The house was built in 1933 by an emerging architect, James M. Collin, who built the house in a mock-Tudor style, a design popular in the inter-war period.

Two two-storey, concrete stucco home with a terracotta tile roof was featured in a number of magazines as the Dodwell’s were a prominent socialite family.

“The proposal is to demolish the 1960s part of the building, which is of a lesser order, and to relocate the site to have a clearer relationship with Dodwell lane, reconnecting the house to its family history,” Mr Elliot said.

“It’s a multi-purpose approach

Gwandoben at 42 Maxwell St soon after it was built in 1934 (SundayMail-4Nov1934-p16). we’ve had – it’s about trying to retain the significant, higher order, Tudor architecture of the original building and the relationship to the lane and the river.

“It meets a lot of good heritage outcomes.”

The application for partial demolition is only in the preliminary stage of assessment and no decision has been made yet.

Councillor for Central Ward, Vicki Howard, said residents would have the chance to comment on the development application as per the State Government’s Planning Act. “Residents will be able to provide feedback on this application, and I too will be providing my feedback on the proposal on behalf of the community as part of the assessment process,” Cr Howard said.

Continued from Page 3>> as one of the major employers in the Newstead and Gasworks Precinct, they have been collaborating with Energex to champion shared safety initiatives.

“One of our agenda items has been improved traffic management and pedestrian safety in the precinct,” she said.

“For the safety of our staff, and other workers and residents in the community, we would like to see improved traffic signal timing on Breakfast Creek Road and an additional option for safe pedestrian crossings on Skyring Terrace.”

Councilor for Central Ward Vicki Howard issued a statement that council had been regularly monitoring traffic volumes and pedestrian safety along Skyring Terrace in Newstead and was investigating the petition.

“The Infrastructure Committee will consider this matter, when the petition is presented, however the matter is still under active investigation.

“An extensive investigation 18 months ago found that no new pedestrian crossings were required at that time, however, Council is reassessing the matter as part of the petition.”

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Elected first time

COUNCIL CONNECTIONS Securing the Infrastructure you deserve Your investment as a ratepayer is important to me, and I am determined you get your fair share of maintenance upgrades for public spaces and infrastructure.

We have some very valued public parks, boardwalks, and buildings that all residents enjoy - keeping them ship-shape and fit for purpose is vital.

Catalina Park Boardwalk Many locals use the river boardwalks in Central Ward so I am pleased to let you know that I have secured a $3.6 Million investment for maintenance of the boardwalk at Catalina Park in Teneriffe in this year’s budget.

The boardwalk is obviously constructed in a damaging marine environment and, whilst costly, it’s continued maintenance is important so the boardwalk remains secure for continued use.

Cathedral Square Upgrades

Spring Hill, Fortitude Valley, and City residents understandably spend time to pause in our special City parks and gardens.

We are doing so much across the city and locally you will have already seen the benefit of investments in Bedford Park’s new playground and at Cathedral Square opposite St John’s Cathedral.

This year I have secured funds for stages 3 and 4 of the continued renewal at Cathedral Square. We will further upgrade the tiling, upgrade the public toilets and very pleasingly indeed the reinstate the water feature.

In 2016/17 we are also upgrading the lighting in Wickham Park Spring Hill, as part of its Precinct Plan, and in the Botanic Gardens in Alice Street we will focus on new wayfinding and signage, and works associated with the new Information kiosk.

Cr Vicki Howard – CENTRAL Ward P: 3403 0254 E: central.ward@bcc.qld.gov.au 6

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IN his first time running for office, LNP candidate Trevor Evans has been elected as a federal MP in the seat of Brisbane.

The former National Retail Association CEO won the election after eight tough weeks of campaigning in what was one of the longest campaign periods in Australian election history.

Trevor Evans said that he was very thankful and humbled by the people of Brisbane putting their faith in him and the Coalition on election day.

“I am looking forward to delivering on my election commitments.

“Plus I look forward to being an accessible and responsive representative, helping constituents wherever I can,” Mr Evans said.

“It was a long campaign but on the flipside to that, I was pre-selected relatively late as a candidate, so my team and I put in every hour possible to convince the people of Brisbane that we had the best local plan.”

Traditionally a Labor seat, the Coalition secured the seat of Brisbane in 2010 when Theresa Gambaro contested it, with Trevor Evans taking Gambaro’s place after her resignation.

Despite Australian voters swinging against the Coalition over the whole of Australia in the 2016 election, the seat of Brisbane saw an increase in the margin that the LNP hold the seat by.

“I hope the people of Brisbane saw that I was the candidate with detailed local plans and willing to engage in substantial conversation on a variety of topics important to the local

New member for federal seat of Brisbane Trevor Evans has moved into his Newstead electorate office at 5 Kyabra St, Newstead. community,” Mr Evans said.

“I'm especially proud of all the work to secure funding for local projects, including $760,000 to help clean up the Brisbane River catchment, more than $1 million to upgrade four dangerous intersections, and almost $500,000 towards community safety in Fortitude Valley and the CBD,” he said.

“People want to see results, and I want to make it a mantra of mine to deliver for Brisbane.”

Mr Evans said he was looking forward to working with community groups, clubs, volunteers and local businesses, which he finds is the most inspiring and rewarding part of the job.

“On the campaign trail I came across many examples of innovative local businesses.

“I aspire to make Brisbane a magnet for these type of companies, because they are creating the jobs and opportunities of the future.

“More broadly, I want to encourage confidence and an economic environment to persuade businesses and government to invest more in Brisbane.”

Back to Army for Major O’Neill PAT O’Neill caused headlines early in the federal election campaign when the ADF called for billboards featuring O’Neill in uniform to be taken down.

Following his unsuccessful campaign for the seat of Brisbane, O’Neill said he is heading back to the Army this month, most likely based out of Canungra while living in Red Hill.

“It was a fantastic experience whereby I met a lot of great Pat O'Neill members from the community and built a team of really passionate volunteer activists,” Mr O’Neill said.

“What I’ve taken away is that we should continue working on building a sense of community and opening our eyes to the shared experience of everyone who lives in our very lucky piece of the world.”

‘To be or not to be’ Lovejoy GREENS federal election candidate Kirsten Lovejoy picked up close to 20 per cent of the first-preference vote in the seat of Brisbane, with a near 5 per cent positive swing.

“Well I’m pretty pleased, I think the result shows that the people of Brisbane want more,” she said.

“It’s fair to say I’m always going to be here for my community anyway, and it doesn’t really matter what Kirsten Lovejoy the election result was – I was here before and I’ll be here after no matter what.

“It is possible I’ll put my hand up again, I’d definitely consider it.”

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Is that the bell?

No ordinary Nonna

By Jocelyn Garcia

CONCETTA Mazzocato, known as Connie, is no ordinary Nonna!

She has received many awards for her contribution to the Australian Red Cross as well as more than 50 years’ contribution to the Italian community.

98-year-old Connie has been awarded the Australian Red Cross Long Service Award, the Distinguished Service Award and the Honorary Life Member Award.

In 2009, she received the Premier’s Award for Queensland Seniors for dedicating 56 years to volunteering for the community.

“I do everything I can. If my life is still going, I go!” she said.

Connie established the New Farm branch of the Australian Red Cross in her living room with some of her Italian friends in 1984.

“A lady from Red Cross sent a man from another Red Cross branch to speak to me about joining the Red Cross,” she said.

“I couldn’t understand a thing but I wanted to help people, he asked me what did you want to do?

“So I called a few ladies – my friends – to open a branch right here in my living room and we started with bingo and bus trips.

“The first bus trip was to Stradbroke

I WAS in the busy Holy Spirit school tuckshop with Leanne Farinola last Friday, filling the cold bags as we do once a month and admiring

Concetta Mazzocato.

Island and we had 54 people. After that, our bus trips to local areas had 80-90 people coming along.”

The monthly bingo nights and bus trips unite them, among other activities organised by the committee, such as lawn bowling.

“Last year, we started a cinema to watch Italian movies at New Farm and everyone loves it.

“Everyone is always welcome and there are pizzas, coffees and sweets to eat too!”

The New Farm Branch has raised thousands of dollars in donations for the Red Cross.

“I like people and helping people and when we say bingo and bus it’s a trip that’s lovely because we can all be together.”

“I don’t do it for myself; I do it for the people. This is important to me.”

To this day, the branch continues to grow and there is no sign of Connie slowing down!

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by Beth J Leach Gen Waldie’s perfectly cored apple slinkies when I noted that I’m really going to miss Holy Spirit.

After 12 years of having children at the school, our two youngest are heading across to the “big” schools next year and it’s with some melancholy we wind down the end of this particular era for my family.

But, this year is fete year, so no time for misty eyes just yet. There’s work to be done!

The countdown is on and the date is set for Sunday, September 11.

Like with every school or community organisation there’s a huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes, be it big or small contributions that enable the school to function, and in this case raise much-needed funds that will enable the school to grow for the benefit of future local children.

Under the watchful eye of Karen Searle as fete co-ordinator for the third time (give that woman a medal!) the committees have been formed, stall co-ordinators confirmed and the planning is well under way.

My good friend, Jane Ginardi and I will head up face-painting again, which we love doing.

The children get so much out of it. Face painting encourages their imaginations and the transformations give way to lots of giggles and fun role plays.

Our fete has evolved over the years to become rather a gastronomic event with flavoursome delights coming from all corners of the world representing the various multicultural origins of our families from Indian to Mediterranean, to Spanish to the good old Aussie barbie.

We invite the community to visit this year’s event and join us in celebration of this wonderful school at this very important time in its history as we expand from one class per year to two.

Now, more than ever we need your help.

Please call the school should you want further information on how you can donate or sponsor us, be it personally or as a business. Or simply come along and enjoy the day!

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Fun equals happiness, says party girl “THE more fun you have the happier you are. I discovered that after attending school at Somerville House. I realised later in life that all one’s life is is stories, and if you don’t have stories to tell then you haven’t lived.”

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by Gary Balkin

Everell (Ev) Cornelius was speaking of her early days living in our town.

Ev continued: “Being born into a beautiful family with great parents is a good start. What you do with that fun, love and happiness is what counts for the rest of your life.

“After Somerville I went nursing at Princess Alexandra Hospital. I was elected on to the student nurses’ union as the social secretary for Queensland.

“The ball season in Brisbane used to be on everyone’s tongue for months: the Debutantes’ Ball at Cloudland, the Bushwhackers’ Ball, the Embers Ball … but the funniest ball I attended with my date at Cloudland was when after the ball we walked into the carpark.

“I was beside myself with this terrible itch where the fibre-glass material my dress was made from was stuck into my skin.

“I asked my date to unzip my dress – I had just a merry widow bra on, covered by my mum’s fur stole – you should have seen his face as he drove me home in his convertible.

“In those days arriving home without your dress was just not done, so my mother who was waiting up for me followed me into the bathroom with a very worried look on her face.

“We later heard that the thin glass fibres can get embedded in your skin causing irritating rashes.

It became a great joke with my friends and family.”

Ev continued enjoying life to the max. She was sparklingly happy the day she attended the Kings Cup Regatta on the river at the former Coronation Drive venue.

Standing on a stool in a boatshed, Ev became excited and fell backwards – right into the arms of the stroke of the South Australia crew who were also watching the repechage race.

The rower was to be her future husband.

“We moved to St Kilda in Melbourne. Melbourne was a highlight of my life,” Ev recalled wistfully.

“Ha – walking to work each morning, I would be amazed at the cars that would pull up and ask me if I had the time.

“Of course a good Brisbane girl would reply with the correct time.

When I mentioned this peculiarity at a party everyone fell apart laughing as we were living in St Kilda.

“They told me that my white handbag was the dead giveaway sign. Later I managed a motel there and I began to really catch on when I noticed a woman booking in a couple of times, and she was carrying a white handbag, accompanied by a different gentleman.

“I had to ‘tell’ her the next time she turned up, suggesting she never return.

“We next moved to Canberra with two children and our baggage and possessions.

“I became the social secretary for the pre-school and primary school in the area. I wasn’t into cake stalls as a fundraiser. So we organised a few functions.

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Above: Those flashing light headbands were popular at Expo. There were plenty of “weird” loads ... Jumbo the elephant from Bullen’s Lion Park was pretty special (above and top right). was a parent, so we planned a Philippines Feast for 600 people.

I ordered banana fronds sent down from Brisbane for decor, managed to get a permit to have pigs slaughtered with heads on, and what a night it was!

“At 3am I had to ask everyone to depart as the hall had to be restored to a state of tidiness for the church service at 8am. I was still scraping pig fat off the floor at 6am.

“My father had a transport business from Brisbane to Beenleigh, and he had a heart attack so we came back to run it.

“Returning was heaven for me but hell for my husband. Living in Beenleigh and running the transport business became our whole life.

“We had to be in Rotary, Lions and Apex, working by night renovating the big old house on two acres we bought, and truly our house became the drop-in centre.

Christmas morning, we entertained over 100 people for breakfast.

“I was also the forklift driver for local deliveries to Beenleigh businesses, including pallets of beer we had stored on our property.

“I got used to expertly driving backwards down the main street to unload yet another load of beer to pubs in the Beenleigh district. It drove better backwards.

“I had plenty of ‘weird’ loads. The elephant Jumbo from Bullen’s Lion Park was pretty special.

“She weighed 5 tonnes and we would drive her to the Hare Krishna Centre near Murwillumbah.

“Jumbo was trained to get on to the back of the truck by herself -- pick up her 1 tonne platform with her trunk, carry it to set up the ramp up to the back of the truck, walk up, pick up the platform again and place it on the truck beside her.

“We just added some support poles for the trip and away we went.

“Fun? Jumbo didn’t like my husband the driver and kept putting her trunk in his window to bump and grab him.

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“I began giving her a bun each time to settle her so we needed a big bag of buns.

“Occasionally there were cars driving past with their windscreen wipers on – sometimes the cars followed closely to get a better view of the elephant, and Jumbo would lift her tail and deliver a stream of pee.

“The men at the weigh station at Coomera would get a hell of a shock when we would weigh in at 5am.

“The stress of heavy work affected our home life.

“My husband was far from enjoying our business. Our marriage and business in tatters, we moved to a unit in South Bank where the children went to school.

“Having been left with no financial support I started a cleaning business. Thank goodness Expo ’88 was just around the corner.”

Ev Cornelius arose from the canvas to begin negotiating for the cleaning contracts of many pavilions, hotels and residences of staff working on site.

“Brisbane Expo ’88 was a wonderful experience. I had marvellous staff.

“Sunday nights was ‘curry night’ when everyone would come to the unit bearing a curry and we would all enjoy the fireworks and the vista of the Kookaburra Queen paddle wheeler coming up the river. Sunday night was the only night we could take off to relax and celebrate.

“Those flashing light headbands were popular at Expo. I wore mine constantly, especially when carrying the weekly payroll cash in my bag from my Expo bank through the crowds.

“Like everyone in Brisbane I had post-Expo Blues really badly.

“We had met so many visitors from overseas and interstate. Then I met the new love of my life, a man I had known since schooldays, and I thought everything would be grand.

“Three years on, many tears fell when I put my love to rest. It broke

my heart. “ Travel overseas was next, “and travel does change one’s thinking”, Ev mused.

Ev had met many Canadians and Americans at Expo so she looked a few of them up.

They had all said: “Come and see us.”

On Ev’s return she decided to re-educate herself. After much studying and achieving a new status in life, Ev was able to start a new business in Paddington.

“Bowen Therapy was my choice of modality,” stated Ev. When the writer left the interview my first job was to understand “modality” and Bowen Therapy.

Well, it all means this: Fifty years ago Tom Bowen had the initiative to experiment with this holistic, remedial method of “a cross-fibre muscle release technique that balances and stimulates energy flows, resulting in a deep sense of relaxation”.

It involves the treatment of a disorder, helping the body remember how to heal itself.

“Modality” means the technique or mode of treatment. Treatment is approved by private health funds.

Ev semi-retired from her Paddington business two years ago, after 16 years there, and now works from home at South Bank just four days a week.

Ev has three adult children: Dania who is an opera singer, formerly with Queensland Opera, and also a singing teacher in a Melbourne private school; Mark who is a computer animator in Melbourne; and Meagan, who with her husband Nick Gregorski operates the restored and trendy Alliance Hotel, Spring Hill.

Ev has three grandchildren: Harrison, 15, a good rower at Nudgee College; Jordan, 17, her grand-daughter who is also a good rower and “Head of Boats” at Somerville House; and Pippy, 5.

Ev continues to share the seaside house at Caloundra with her siblings. It has been in the family for 60 years.

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NEWSTEAD-BASED French language school Lingua Franca is celebrating a win at the Queensland finals of the Telstra Business Awards on Friday July 15.

Katrina Waugh, owner of Lingua Franca and named Queensland’s Micro Business of the Year in 2016, said the win was recognition of seven years of hard work to build her dream business.

“I started Lingua Franca with no real business experience but a deep passion for the French language and a love of French culture,” Ms Waugh said.

“I’d been living in France while working for the Ladies European Tour in golf and when I returned to Brisbane in late 2007, I knew that I wasn’t quite ready to abandon the beauty of the language.

“Building Lingua Franca has been a labour of love.

“I’ve always had faith that the unique way we teach language and the fun environment that we create for our students would be our point of difference.”

Ms Waugh spent the first 18 months in business developing a unique and accessible way to teach French.

She’s since had 25 students go on to complete the Diplôme d'Études en Langue Française (DELF) exam which officially certifies French language competency.

“We’ve probably had 500 students come through our door and I can honestly say that we do things differently from other language schools: we have a lot of fun.”

Lingua Franca will take on finalists from across the country at the national Telstra Business Awards in Sydney on Friday August 26.

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Under his Robin Maini. tenure, the Chamber hit 200 active members, as well as lobbying against curfews on the Valley's nightlife.

“The biggest change in the Valley is the amount of new buildings going up, it's just phenomenal,” said Robin.

“There's a lot of development going on but the daytime retail economy is struggling a bit. We have tried to do a few initiatives to make that better.”

Robin will remain a director and board member of the Chamber.

Vice-president Murray Sutherland will take on the role of president, with Amanda Cooper assuming the vicepresident positon.

“Murray has been on the board for about five years, and has been in business in the Valley area for 20 years,” said Robin.

“We've pretty much collaborated on a lot of the changes and growth of the Valley Chamber.

“It's really inevitable and obvious that Murray should continue on as president.”

Soaring values to drive down owner profits OWNERS of residential unit blocks in New Farm are facing serious tax hikes after land valuations have skyrocketed.

Anni Baker, owner of a multiple dwelling site in New Farm and in her 70s, said she almost had a heart attack when her annual land valuation jumped by close to $1 million, 60 per cent of the property’s value.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” Ms Baker said.

“It’s gone up by $50 or $100 thousand in the last few years and that’s acceptable – I can handle that,” she said.

“But almost $1 million is completely outrageous.”

The updated land valuation means that Ms Baker’s rates will increase by around 60 per cent and her land tax will quadruple in three years.

The increasing availability of units and apartments in Brisbane’s inner city due to substantial development is driving rental prices down, meaning that Ms Baker can’t charge a higher rent to offset the increased tax.

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“This reduces my personal income but more importantly I’ve been upgrading the property to be clean and attractive and those big expenses are really very difficult on a reduced income.”

A spokesperson for Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt said that although they noted Ms Baker’s concerns, there were no plans to adjust the thresholds or rates of land tax.

“The Queensland Government recognises that rising land values can have some adverse effects on taxpayers,” the spokesperson said.

“To help mitigate these effects, the Government maintains a system of three-year averaging for land.

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Even with three-year averaging, such large increases in overall taxes and rates might force Ms Baker to have to sell the property, her only source of income.

Ms Baker said that properties like hers could be scooped up by yet another commercial developer, further undermining affordable inner-city living.

“It’s going to make it hard – I like living here, it’s where I live and get my income and I don’t want to have to move, I don’t want to sell.

“This isn’t vacant land, there’s a building on it which would be extremely hard to pull down and develop because of the streetscape they want to maintain.

“Council aren’t considering people such as myself when they keep approving large developments. They seem to be raking in whatever they can get.”

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Collaboration key to student success ST Joseph’s Catholic Primary School at Kangaroo Point is showcasing their new purpose built Collaborative Learning Space. This dynamic space has the entire school community buzzing.

Micheal O’Sullivan, Principal of St Joseph’s, explained how the space has been designed using the evidence based research of John Hattie and his Visible Learning and Teaching Practices and is centred on the data gathered from the results of millions of students.

“Yesterday’s structured classrooms have been replaced with group learning and collaborative spaces, including areas for individual work, breakout spaces, displays and focused teaching,” stated Mr O’Sullivan.

The furniture allows for a flexible learning environment and students are encouraged to move the furniture to cater for different collaborative situations and learning needs.

While focused teaching of knowledge and skills will always remain a primary role of teachers, collaborative learning spaces accommodate the needs of 21st century learners who are developing the skills to drive their own learning. The teacher’s role also includes facilitating projects, providing resources, managing technology and assisting students to develop strategies to work both independently and collaboratively.

Mr O’ Sullivan said the feedback from students, parents and teachers has been fantastic.

“It has changed the mindset of the students as well as working collaboratively on projects at school they are now taking these skills and working on projects outside of school as well,” he said. “This sort of collaboration is changing the face of education.”

Students work on “real world” problem solving and discussing solutions with each other and their teachers. They are involved in planning, research and presentation and are encouraged to think creatively. Students access and present data using Surface Pro Tablets as part of the school’s ‘One to One Tablet’ program.

The difference is evident in student results and their enthusiasm for learning. The collaborative learning space, and dedication and skills of the teachers, has accelerated the student’s learning.

Parents also have noticed a big difference in their children and how excited they are about learning and going to school. They can see the innovative teaching happening and have expressed how happy they are with the new classroom environments.

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$25,000 is the ultimate shopping spree Raffle IT takes a village to raise a child so in the case of Holy Spirit School, the villagers of New Farm are working together to raise their children and join forces to support their school.

It all started when the Parents & Friends Committee met to discuss ideas for the major raffle prizes at this year’s Spring Fair on Sunday September 11 in the grounds of Holy Spirit School New Farm.

Local business owner and Holy Spirit mum Meaghan South started thinking about what prize she and other parents at the school might really like to win.

Meaghan’s idea was to approach businesses within local shopping precincts to see whether they would be interested in sponsoring the fair and whether their vouchers were pooled together they would form a substantial prize.

A plan was set to approach businesses at James St and Merthyr Village who have a relationship with the school or who have been supporters of the school for many years, to see whether they would participate.

The response from the local business owners was positive and supportive of the local community.

The result is the Ultimate Shopping Spree Raffle with a $25,000 prize pool and five chances to be a winner.

Public discussion on euthanasia debate

THE next local “Politics in the Pub” will tackle the euthanasia debate with a powerful line-up of speakers in a Q&A-style event.

The evening’s topic “The Ethics of Euthanasia” will be hosted by MC Marg O’Donnell and include panellists Exit International chapter coordinator and director of ethical rights Dr David Swanton, principal director of Cartwright Consulting and Emeritus Professor at Southern Cross University Colleen Cartwright, president of Cherish Life Queensland Julie Borger, vice-president of Dying With Dignity Queensland Sharon Tregoning, palliative care specialist at the Wesley Hospital Dr Maureen Mitchell, and General Secretary of Queensland Churches Together Reverend Canon Richard Tutin.

The New Farm Neighbourhood Centre has been hosting “Politics in the Pub” events for 16 years, inviting all members of the community to engage in debate and discussion.

For more information visit www. communify.org.au or contact Charla Strelan on 0423 764 376 or charlas@communify.org.au What, when, where: Politics in the Pub – The Ethics of Euthanasia, Tuesday August 16, 2016, 6-8pm Brisbane Powerhouse, Turbine Platform

The first two tickets drawn will receive a $10,000 shopping spree at James St or Merthyr Village, with the first ticket holder having the choice of shopping spree Back Row (L-R): Meaghan South - owner Outshine Medispa James location.

St and mum to Hamish, Sharon Sorbello from Merthyr Village and The remaining mum to Daniela with ticket sellers Hamish Gaffy, Oliver FItzGerald, prizes include Daniela Sorbello and in the front row Ava FitzGerald. weekends Holy Spirit principal Mrs Kim Davis away at Viridian said: “This is another example of the Noosa Residences and Bluewater on the rich and generous community that Beach, Byron Bay and a Merlo coffee makes up Holy Spirit School and the appreciation breakfast for 10 people. wider New Farm community.”

The James St Shopping Spree P&F president Louise FitzGerald said: includes vouchers to Outshine, “We are so very grateful for the support Camargue, Samantha Ogilvie, Gerard’s and generosity of our parents and the Bistro, Cru Bar, Harvey’s, Tinderbox, businesses in our local community.

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I WOULD like to thank you for the great support that you have shown in bringing to the community’s attention the proposed redevelopment of the heritage-listed house, “Fenton”, at 388 Bowen Terrace, New Farm.

It was due to the public outcry, and the significant media attention brought to the story, that the BCC Assessment Team refused the application which would have destroyed the significance of one of Brisbane’s finest historic homes.

Many New Farm locals lodged detailed objections to the development in addition to the New Farm Historical Society, Brisbane Central MP Grace Grace, and expert architects, academics and architectural historians.

Sadly, the battle to save “Fenton” is not over.

The developers have lodged an appeal in the Planning and Environment Court. Councillor for Central Ward Vicki Howard has confirmed that Brisbane City Council will be contesting the appeal and that the BCC legal team is working on the case.

It is vitally important that the community show their strong support for Brisbane City Council to fight this development in the courts.

Louise Noble, New Farm Readers can help by sending a letter of support to “Save Fenton – Protect our Heritage”. Please write to: Councillor Vicki Howard at Central.

Ward@bcc.qld.gov.au REF: Appeal No. 2828 of 2016, filed July 20 2016 Planning and Environment Court or sign the online BCC petition https:// www.change.org/p/central-ward-bccqld-gov-au-save-brisbane-s-historicfenton-from-redevelopment?

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DURING my morning run along the river boardwalk I came upon a most distressing sight.

Two almost parallel fences, scars extending out from Mactaggarts Place to the opposite buildings blocking all access to the river and grass.

As I was finally able to tear myself away from the site, I started crying.

Seems like an extreme response doesn’t it, but what amazing memories I have of this little pocket of green.

I lived across the street in the early years and I would sit on the grass reading a book with my rapidly expanding belly while watching the boats go by.

Later I would walk along the boardwalk with the pram and stop to picnic with my kids while they blew and chased bubbles to the delight of all.

In later years I attended a dear friend’s wedding and I stood exactly where a fence does now.

I have rested on that grass during bike rides and walks, scooter rides and jogs and every time have smiled and

thought how lucky I was to live in the community and surroundings that I do.

I absolutely do not understand how Mactaggarts can justify taking this space away from the thousands of people who have truly enjoyed its use.

Just because you can put up a fence, morally, should you?

What a terrible example you are setting for our children, that the whims of a few can affect the happiness of thousands. Shame on you Mactaggarts!

Skye McKay, New Farm

Fence trumps dog walkers

I’VE lived in the local area for 10 years – and this has never been a problem in the past – but another unintended consequence of the Trump, sorry MacTaggarts fence is its impact on local dog walkers.

Anyone walking a dog near MacTaggarts used to take a 25m trip down the MacTaggarts laneway to the river, as that has the nearest bin (the one nearby Gloria) with a dog-waste plastic bag container.

So now if you’ve run out of plastic bags, you have to take a 300m detour around the MacTaggarts building, meaning your dog is likely to leave several dumps along the street-side MacTaggarts nature strip.

On the way back, once people have bags they’ll try their best to clean up the mess but it can be hard to remember exactly where your dog has let rip.

So people living on the street side of MacTaggarts may now be enduring a more pungent and shitty situation at the moment, which coincidentally is an apt metaphor for the whole MacTaggarts fence.

Speaking of coincidence, I wandered down to the river and noticed the bin in question has now been removed!

I’m hoping this is a temporary oversight but, not knowing what to do with my empty coffee cup, I tossed it over the MacTaggarts fence in disgust.

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Humbled by win

THE election result for the Federal seat of Brisbane has now been officially declared. I am humbled and honoured by the faith placed in me by the voters of Brisbane.

I would like to thank your readers and all Brisbane residents for their strong support. I also pay tribute to the former Federal Member, the Hon Teresa Gambaro, who leaves a proud legacy and served our local community over many years. I pledge to be a hard-working representative who is accessible, responsive and deeply thoughtful about the needs and priorities of our community.

I look forward to dedicating the next three years to delivering on my election commitments, and repaying the faith placed in me.

Trevor Evans Federal Member for Brisbane

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ames Street Pilates at Osteopathy on James is New Farm’s most exciting and newest boutique Equipment Pilates studio!

Situated in the rear of the Osteopathy on James building, James Street Pilates offers clients a wonderful alternative to traditional Group Reformer classes. Boasting a fully equipped studio clients work across the Wunda Chair, Tower and Reformer in every session.

Dr Michael Rochford of Osteopathy on James says, “Pilates is a gentle method of exercise, designed to improve flexibility, posture, increase strength and enhance mental awareness which makes it invaluable for good posture, injury recovery, sports performance and most importantly, optimal health.” Due to its controlled nature, Pilates can make a significant difference to your health without taking a toll on your body.

At James Street Pilates, the sessions are limited to no more than three clients - ensuring everyone receives specific attention to detail and an extremely high level of supervision.

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James Street Pilates has two experienced instructors; Jenny Usher, who teaches Pilates for general strength and fitness and Physiotherapist Katie Mackenzie, who can assist clients with more specific injures and goals. Usher says that Pilates “aims to challenge your body in ways that alternative exercise simply can’t, through dynamic series of exercises which build strength, balance, coordination, flexibility and breath control.”

“Many people turn to Pilates for rehab purposes or when trying to manage pain or injury, but Pilates as a general exercise regime can make a huge difference to your energy levels and concentration in daily life,” James Street Pilates Owner, Renee said.

“At the moment we have a special for new clients for $100 which includes an initial 1-on-1 consultation and 14 days of UNLIMITED EQUIPMENT PILATES. Try it – we’d love the challenge to make you feel great every single day!”

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By Anna Stewart

What are your top/favourite three destinations and why?

Montmartre in Paris (a cliché I know but we stay in a residential area away from the tourist frenzy); New Zealand (fantastic scenery, wine and food) and Central Australia (breathtaking scenery and culture) What’s your favourite travel tale?

Went cave rafting (in full wetsuits and booties) in New Zealand’s South Island – floating through amazing underground glow-worm caves must rate as one of the most surreal experiences ever!

Do you have an “off the beaten” track story?

As a teenager living in Papua New Guinea, I trekked into areas out of Madang and Lae where World War II conflict had previously taken place. Extremely remote places with mind-blowing scenery and I met a number of senior villagers who gave me a first-hand account of their wartime experiences. An extraordinary opportunity.

A really memorable dining experience while travelling?

It was a no-name “cheap and cheerful” on the beach in Phuket – on holiday with my wife Sharon and family, feet in

Mike Mitchell from Mitchell Fine Art. the sand and the most amazing chilli fish you could imagine. Magical!

Practical travel tips to share with fellow travellers?

Live in the moment! Take time to really enjoy and fully experience the place you’re visiting. Don’t be in a hurry or try to cram too much into your itinerary. Invest time in planning your flight schedules meticulously: It will pay off when you avoid long, unnecessary transits, layovers and 3am arrivals.

Aside from the basics (i.e. passport, credit card etc), what are three “must-bring” things for you when taking a trip?

• Good walking shoes • An iPhone (for all the amazingly compact technology they provide such as camera, maps, information etc) • A great book to read during the down times What’s your biggest travel grumble?

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Tours visit charming towns and villages.

Indulge your taste for Italy AUSTRALIA’S love affair with food and wine has seen television programmes such as MasterChef attract wildly enthusiastic audiences and celebrity chefs attain cult-like status.

taking part in intimate cooking classes and most importantly, dining on superb cuisine.

With Italy renowned for its extensive “agriturismo” offerings, accommodation can include a stay in masseria (farm or country houses located on estates which specialise in olive oil, wine, or food production) and also boutique hotels, ranging from the charmingly rustic to the last word in villagetravel luxury.

by Anna Stewart Tailor-made tours range from 5-14 nights and side trips can be Events such as the recent Regional arranged to play golf on magnificent Flavours at South Bank enabled courses or attend special events interaction with more than 30 such as Sardinia’s annual Sartiglia, chefs and the the medieval opportunity to equestrian enjoy some of tournament Bruce and Caron White are escorting Queensland’s and festival. a small group to Puglia in September top seasonal Bruce lists and plan to conduct approximately five produce and the following tours per year. Wine and Food Traveller wines. as some of provides all ground content i.e. touring, Local New his personal accommodation, meals and beverages.

Farm residents favourite They work closely with local business Bruce and experiences: New Farm Travel who package tours • Dining Caron White with airfares and flights to suit each in Puglia’s have taken their individual traveller. celebrated passion one step Antichi Sapori further with the restaurant in establishment of Montegrosso in the Andria region tour company Wine and Food Traveller (Bruce says it’s the best meal he’s – The Italian Lifestyle. ever eaten!).

They’ve spent the past five years • Visiting the De Carlo olive oil sourcing special places and spaces in estate near Bitritto in Puglia. The Italy which have not been extensively De Carlo family IS olive oil and explored. has been producing it since the The company arranges small group 1600s. Their olive groves are tours for experienced as well as firstthe heart and soul of the local time travellers, taking the path less community, with nearly all the travelled in places such as Sardinia townspeople engaged on the and Puglia. estate in some role or other.

With the crazy pace of life • The beautiful medieval hill-town nowadays, taking time to savour of Montepulciano in southern food and wine in such extraordinary Tuscany. On a recent visit, Bruce settings seems the stuff of dreams. met the Count of Montepulciano, Bruce and Caron liaise closely with Andreas Contucci, of Contucci their local partners in Italy who are Winery fame (producers of the members of the Slow Food Movement. famous Vino Nobile, the family Sample experiences with wow factor has been cultivating grapes as include truffle-hunting expeditions, far back as the Renaissance) and dining in olive groves and vineyards, visited his 1000-year-old cellars. learning the fine art of pasta making (more than 60 types of pasta are To learn more, visit available in Italy) meeting renowned www.wineandfoodtraveller.com olive oil producers and winemakers,

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NEW Farm resident Caitlin Burgess is a part of the world-first Museum of Brisbane exhibition 100% Brisbane and just made it in as the 99th person on the list!

A museum spokesperson said 100% Brisbane was the biggest, most interactive and technologically advanced exhibition it had ever staged, with 100 Brisbanites involved representing 1 per cent of our city’s population as well as depicting the city’s culture and personality.

“It’s a reflective piece of work,” said Caitlin.

“We live in a busy world. I don’t think I would’ve ever stepped back and thought or even identified what Brisbane is if I hadn’t have done this.

“It really makes you realise the difference and similarities between everyone in Brisbane,” she said.

The categories are based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics and include gender, age, suburb, place of birth and family make-up.

Curators used a chain reaction technique (sometimes called a “snowball”) of giving each person 24 hours to find the next person that fitted the demographics.

“I was picked in the categories of being female, born in Australia, living in a single-parent household and between the ages of 24-30 living in the Newstead, Fortitude Valley and New Farm Area,” said Caitlin.

“It was about finding 100 people in 100 days so it got to a point where the 98th person was having trouble finding the next person.

“I found the Facebook callout for the 99th person and my friend suggested that I do it and I like saying

Caitlin Burgess. yes to things so I did!”

Once they were selected, the 100 people chosen were asked a series of different questions ranging from personal topics, views and opinion of Brisbane and other situations.

“Some questions were asking about things like ‘have you ever gone to jail or have a drug addiction?’ and others were about Brisbane, such as ‘what does Brisbane smell like?’

“People from the north side said it smells like mangroves.

“I said it smells like the bitumen when it rains thinking it was a pretty clever answer, only to find out quite a few people said the same thing!

“There are some cool characters and it’s interesting to see what others’ views are about Brisbane.

“What hit some of us the most is that when you’re in your own little bubble of Brisbane, it’s interesting to see that someone you’ve never met before is living around the area or how everyone else thinks!”

The 100% Brisbane exhibition opened last month and will be showcased for the next three years, continuously collecting data with visitors having the opportunity to contribute their own information and views of Brisbane to be a part of it all!

BRISBANE-BASED artist James Hillier – also known as Nordacious – is showcasing his artwork in an exhibition for the very first time at “This Must Be The Place” in Fortitude Valley’s Bakery Lane.

Both ecstatic and proud, James wants everyone to come along so he can share his art with the community.

“This is my debut show, so I’m excited just to get my name out there and establish myself in the local arts scene.

“I’ve spent a great deal of time building up this body of work, so on a personal level, I do feel quite invested in each piece, and the stories they tell,” he said.

The show called “Time of Your Life” focuses around the Australian classic film, Muriel’s Wedding.

James used fine liner ink pointillism, a technique in which distinct dots are applied to form an image- for every portrait that took him 100 hours to create.

“Time of Your Life” celebrates Muriel’s journey to self-acceptance.

“The overall look of the works has been greatly inspired by the uber-kitsch aesthetic Muriel’s Wedding indulges. Its retro, its camp, and doesn’t take itself too seriously.”

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The Bellas from Hellas JAMIE Bellas was never meant to have a café, so he says, and yet today here he sits in the cosy surrounds of his almost 20-year-old shop: both icons of Brisbane’s coffee scene.

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by Annabelle Chapple Jamie’s Espresso Bar opened as a hole in the wall in 1998 when New Farm was largely undiscovered by developers and when Jamie’s coffee experience was limited to a two-hour barista course.

No one questions his credentials today and his café now also functions as a sleek bar and event space.

He’s witnessed change on a grander scale too, watching James Street evolve over the years, and there’s a new wave coming with a multi-storey hotel under construction across the street from his store.

New Farm Village News sat down with Jamie to talk about the future, reflect on the past and to nab his parent’s coveted spanakopita recipe.

New Farm Village News: What made you want to start the shop?

Jamie: I kind of just fell into it really.

I’d been living overseas for a couple of years after going to university and I just had a lot of fun but I hadn’t really done anything in terms of career.

The day after I got back my parents, who owned this building and had their art gallery upstairs, said, “You know the area’s going to change a lot and we really don’t want to walk too far to get a coffee, would you like to open a café in the building?”

And I said, “Yeah, that sounds good.” And I opened up a year later.

At the time they would walk up to the Valley Mall to get their coffee because there was no coffee shop here.

Do you come from a coffee-loving family?

Well funnily enough I kind of do what my grandfather did. When my grandparents came [from the Peloponnese, Greece] to Australia in about 1930 they started a farm but it didn’t work out, so they moved from their farm and started doing milk bars. I kind of do a similar thing, I was never meant to.

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Brisbane’s café scene has changed a lot over the years, how do you respond to those changes?

Coffee has become really like, I don’t know, there’s a lot of hipsters involved in coffee.

I like to serve nice coffee but what I feel is important is the actual ritual of people coming here every day and having their coffee. I find that a lovely thing.

You’ve always done things differently here, down to serving toast on baking paper, where did that idea come from?

I don’t know. Originally when I opened there used to be a milk bar in the same

building so at first I was only allowed to sell coffee ‘cause I didn’t want to take away from their trade.

I was a hole in the wall, this bar we're sitting in was a storeroom. It’s just grown really naturally and we’ve just done our own thing and people like it and I mean if we had plates for our toast you know it would be a big mess and I’d probably have to employ another person.

That’s very practical.

Yep. It’s a very practical shop here. We don’t have any wastage at all with any of our food, we just stick to a simple menu.

I make these really lovely sandwiches now. They’re like the sandwiches you get at home and people are really liking them.

Just ham and salad, no spreads or anything unhealthy just good ingredients like Green Oak lettuce and tomato, cucumber, onion.

And there’s the legendary spanakopita, what does that recipe mean to your family?

My first memories of it was at my grandparents’ place, they’d be rolling the pastry and it would be exciting then it would come straight out of the oven, we’d cut it up and it would be gone.

It was quite a valuable thing. Once some pies were made and word would get out amongst all the different members of the family everyone would be like, “Who got sent a pie? Did you get sent a pie? I didn’t get sent a pie.”

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*Annabelle’s Tips: My heart stopped when I saw I’d be making the filo from scratch but it was surprisingly simple using Julie’s tips. The hardest part is rolling the dough because it’s so elastic, so the secret is being patient. I used a rolling pin but traditionally the pastry is rolled using a thick piece of dowel (from the hardware store) and lifted to extend the stretch. Don’t skip the note to fold the overhanging filo pastry back on top of the silverbeet mixture. I somehow overlooked that and it made a strange crispy crust (as you can see in the photo). The filling recipe is straightforward but it’s important you dry the silverbeet thoroughly (I used tea towels) after washing it. Any moisture will make the pastry soggy. And on that note, while spanakopita’s translation is spinach pie, Julie tells me silverbeet is used over spinach because it gives off less moisture.

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OLD LAMPS FOR NEW My daughter the other day referred to me as being in the Genie business.

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WHAT is it about childhood perceptions of “Grannie’s house”, that they always seem so vivid?

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Photographs from that era have stirred the memories for Sam Aherne, who fondly recalls life during the 1940s at his grandparents’ home Fingal on the corner of Brunswick and Moreton Streets.

Young Sam and his sister and their cousins enjoyed adventures galore on the home’s wide verandah and expansive lawn and relished bikeriding around the locale.

The house was designed by architect Lange Powell (1886-1938) in 1918 for Alfred Huybers, managing director of Queensland Pastoral Supplies Ltd. Sam began his education at Holy Spirit School. A cache of family photos from this period depict some extravagant social outings.

One was a fund-raiser for the Mater Hospital which meant fancy dress in the style of a 19th century wedding party, with Sam (aged about 6) as bridegroom.

The war meant an air-raid shelter in the garden, and windows being taped up to stop flying glass in the event of air raids.

Maybe this was when guns and weapons were

placed in concealed cavities in the living room walls.

Their discovery was apparently made in the 1970s-80s when a later owner was carrying out Top: The home’s Moreton Street frontage features renovations. the two Canary Island palms. Right: Sam and his In 1958, a block of sister with their mother in front of Fingal in the flats was built on Fingal’s 1940s. tennis court, close to the Brunswick Street boundary. brisk match of tennis, The purchaser in 1991 was Robert Allender, who with the trams gliding by in Brunswick offered useful details about the four years when he Street.” was the owner.

Unusual features for a 1918 home included a “All of the property was rented to permanent large three-way bathroom connecting the end of tenants. the central hallway, with the main bedroom facing “Back then, the Canary Island palms in the garden Moreton Street, as well as another rear-facing were small but have since grown to the tall and bedroom. beautiful specimens they are today.

In addition, internal stairs gave access to one huge “There were eight flats in the block. The house had upstairs room which ran right through under the been divided into two tenancies but otherwise was eaves from the front to the back of the home. largely unaltered.

“It was a marvellous house in which to live,” said “The original kitchen was in the same location with Mr Allender. a serving hatch through to the large dining room.

“I have happy memories at a time when rapid “I strata-titled the flats into individual titles (with change for New Farm was just starting. the house on its own title).

“In 1991 there were only two restaurants at the “Calling it ‘Allender Apartments’ guaranteed a top Merthyr Village corner: Rosa's Pizza in Merthyr Road spot in the accommodation directories. Rates were and another restaurant in Brunswick Street.” $50 per night.

After his early life in New Farm, Sam Aherne moved “Originally, the dining room had a large bowto Annerley Junction where he managed to make window facing Brunswick Street. a couple of appearances in Hugh Lunn’s popular book Over the Top with Jim — but that’s for another “It must have been pleasant indeed to watch from column. the dining room while ‘bright young things’ played a

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From networking events to business forums and government connections you’re in touch, informed, involved and an integral part of the VCC. Membership is welcome to businesses located in the above listed areas. Like any investment, the more time you put in, the more returns you’ll see. We have over 400 members.

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LONG before the Howard Smith Wharves under the Story Bridge, Captain William Collin helped pioneer the state’s shipping trade from this site.

Noel Field, author of a book about this prominent maritime family, will speak at the August meeting of the New Farm and Districts Historical Society.

“Master Mariner Captain William Collin established his wharf and home at this site in 1883 and progressively developed the precinct by purchasing the land and excavating the cliffs,” said Noel.

All are welcome on Saturday, August 27 at Merthyr Road Uniting Church Centre, 2-4pm. Bring along a friend to enjoy Noel’s talk followed by afternoon tea.

For more information, please phone 0409 498 402.

Howard Smith Wharves in the late 1930s with the Story Bridge’s north pylon taking shape.

World’s best photographers on display in Brisbane THE Brisbane Powerhouse is showcasing World Press Photo 2016, the 59th iteration of the worldwide photography exhibition.

Photographers profiled over the past year captured images from civil unrest in America, the refugee crisis in Europe and the impact of extreme weather.

The World Press Photo received more than 82,000 images from 128 countries for consideration in the 2016 exhibition.

Australian photographer Warren Richardson received the 2015 World Press Photo of the Year award for his photo of refugees crossing the Serbian-Hungarian border.

The exhibit will run until August 21, open 11am to 9pm. See brisbanepowerhouse.org for further information.

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Seniors group turns 40

NATIONAL Seniors and New Farm Branch turn 40 this year and are celebrating. We would like you to come along and help us as well.

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NSA is the largest single organisation advocating for Seniors with 250,000 members in Australia, of which 100,000 are Queenslanders.

To mark this milestone in New Farm, we are holding a Wine and Cheese Extravaganza in conjunction with our regular general meeting on Wednesday October 5 at the Uniting Church complex in Merthyr Road starting at 9.30am for 10am and concluding about 2pm.

We will have wines for tasting from the Wine Warehouse in Nundah who are also introducing a range of Yandina low-sugar, low-carbonation premium soft drinks for those interested in preparing for summer, together with cheeses from Maleny Cheese.

Festivities will conclude with a sausage sizzle.

Numbers are limited so it is a case of first-in, best-dressed. To reserve your place please forward a cheque for $5 made out to the Treasurer, National

Seniors Australia New Farm Branch Inc. and mail to PO Box 13, New Farm, 4005.

If you do not have a cheque account, please contact Val Murphy on 0403 713 040. We look forward to seeing many fresh faces and enjoying your company.

Our activities in August include: • Thursdays from 10am: Learn Mahjong (Eastern style) at Café 63.

• Friday 19th from 9am: “Stitch and Bitch” meeting in New Farm Library.

• Friday 19th from 6pm: Dinner at 2BThai in Merthyr Road when we particularly welcome those interested in National Seniors who cannot attend day-time activities.

• Wednesday 24th: Bus outing to the Ipswich Little Theatre in the Walter Burley-Griffin Incinerator including 2X10 minute plays and lunch.

• Wednesday September 7 at 9.30am for 10am: Monthly general meeting at the Uniting Church complex in Merthyr Road followed by our AGM and election of office bearers for the coming year and then lunch in the courtyard.

For all enquiries, please call Val Murphy on 0403 713 040 or read the newsletter published on the website www.nsanewfarmbranch.com. Don’t forget to act on our invitation to the Wine and Cheese Extravaganza as early as possible.

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“In the villages, the field workers would use massage at the end of a hard day’s work as a natural way of curing their aches and pains,” she said.

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The ancient healing art of traditional Thai massage has a diverse range of benefits due to the combination of massage, acupressure and assisted stretching techniques.

“It is more than relaxing the muscles, removing knots and relieving tension,” Supattra said.

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by Tim Swanston Having worked six days a week for the past 20 years, he’s stacked up a successful property management and sales business, mentored some of Queensland’s best real estate agents and started a family with three kids to boot.

Matt Lancashire is animated, excitable and a keen learner, bursting with enthusiasm and savvy.

Since purchasing the sales side of Ray White New Farm from Haesley, he’s driven its market share up with his team and started his own family, a feat only achievable by one of Australia’s most driven entrepreneurs.

The story starts in 1996 when Haesley began working at Ray White.

“I worked for my mum at Ray White Moorooka. I’d just turned 18,”

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“I went backpacking around Europe like all young Aussies do and in 2001 I was offered a job at Ray White’s corporate office.

“I trained for them and was their chief auctioneer until 2005.”

Haesley bought Ray White New Farm and poured his efforts into it, growing the business and its substantial market share.

Enter Matt Lancashire, fresh from travelling in Europe, an electrician by trade and looking at starting a career in real estate.

Matt and Haesley had been friends since they were young boys.

“We grew up in the same area, our families knew each other, my brother went to school with him so we’ve always been connected in that way,” Matt said.

“I ended up meeting with Haesley, and he said look, ‘I’ve got this real estate business and he was looking for staff’ – so I said, why not?”

“It was a good fit,” Haesley said.

“Matt worked for me for a number of years and was very good.”

Matt invested in his personal brand and utilised full colour high quality presentations.

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Haesley Cush principal of Living Here - Cush Partners in Teneriffe and New Farm agents were doing things on the photocopier and trying to skimp where they could, he made a decision that he was seriously in the real estate business.”

“He was the most serious and most determined out of anyone I ever had.”

Matt said he wasn’t the best agent to begin with but started to “hit his straps” after two to three years of Haesley’s mentoring and meeting with leading real estate agents.

“I was going down to Sydney and Melbourne learning from the best in the country.

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I pretty much stalked them to try and organise a meeting so I could work out and dissect what they were doing so I could implement strategies here.”

Matt quickly became a very celebrated agent in New Farm, becoming the number one selling agent in Queensland in five years.

“All of that wouldn’t have been possible if Haesley hadn’t of given me that opportunity, guiding me through and mentoring me,” Matt said.

Haesley sold the sales side of Ray White New Farm to Matt who was by this stage his best agent and close friend.

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“It got to a point where Haesley had owned the business for seven years and my focus changed – I wanted to be a principal and manage a team,” Matt said.

“I said to Haesley, I don’t want to be arrogant enough to think that you would sell me your business, but if there’s an opportunity where I can buy in, I’m committed to this company and I want to show that.”

On the surface, Haesley admits it looks like he sold the business to become a family man, but said that the move fit his changing professional desires.

“The timing was good because

Living Here recently opened a second office on Brunswick street.

“After 15 odd years in rentals at Ray White and now Living Here, property management became something I was really interested in. To me it is really undervalued in real estate so I was able to focus on that,” Haesley said.

“In some ways we are competitors now, but so are many other people – it doesn’t make us enemies.”

Matt said the peninsula is a $750 million marketplace and there’s enough for everyone to go around.

Haesley and Matt work very hard on their relationship, catching

“We’ve got such a good, strong relationship that there’s no animosity - when we sit down on Sunday, we don’t talk real estate at all.” we’d just a baby,” Haesley said.

“By selling the sales business I got to sell part of my business to a guy I really cared about and respected and I was confident he would do a really good job with it.”

Haesley kept the rentals side of Ray White New Farm and later rebranded to Living Here, a brand also owned by the White Family specialising in property management.

up for dinner with their families “religiously” every Sunday.

“We used to go out to Beccofino’s or Vine, but since we’ve had babies I generally cook and Matt and his wife Caitlyn come over,” Haesley said.

“We do definitely work on our relationship – sort of like a marriage!”

“We’ve got such a good, strong relationship that there’s no animosity – we obviously have our

Matt Lancashire principal of Ray White New Farm and Ray White Spring Hill differences with what happens in business, but when we sit down on Sunday, we don’t talk real estate at all,” Matt said.

“Realistically, what’s more important – friendship or business?”

Both men have similar routines for their family lives, reflecting high intensity of real estate work.

“As much as people think that real estate agents don’t do much it’s a very labour and time intensive job,” Matt said.

A normal day for Haesley and Matt would be 7:30am until late in the evening, where they return home, spend some time with their children and put them to bed – often to then do more work from home.

Haesley and his wife Aleesha have just welcomed their third child, Theodore (Teddy), who joins Vivienne and Louie.

“I’ve managed to make family time fit into my schedule as well, so it’s been a wonderful blend,” Haesley said.

“Being a father of three is far scarier than opening a new business.”

Matt and Caitlyn have an 18-month old son Monty.

“Our wives are mates, they hang out all the time,” Matt said.

“Caitlyn and Aleesha are probably the reason why our families are so tight, they’re keeping us really close.”

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There was an eerie silence in the market for the 3 weeks leading up to the federal election. Due to the length of time it took to count the votes we saw that pause extended for a further 2 weeks. All eyes are now on the market to see how it recovers.

The early news is the house sales in the market have picked up where they left off. We have seen bidders returning to auctions and clearance rates are getting back on track. Houses have and will likely continue to hold their values or see some increase in price.

The apartment market has continued to be challenging.

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There has been a lot of examples of buyers prepared to pay a fair price for those apartments that offer a spark of individuality. For example, Teneriffe’s character Woolstore Apartments, New Farm’s larger 70’s big complex’s and a number of refurbished apartments have seen multiple offers and strong prices achieved.

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Haesley is the local principal of Living Here real estate and a columnist for the Sunday Mail. Portions of this article may be an extract from his column.

(07) 3606 8300 68/241 Arthur Street, Teneriffe

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2/19 Harcourt St, New Farm

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This property is a one of a kind in city fringe luxury living. Take your private elevator from your secure double garage to one of the four levels appointed with the highest quality custom designed and built finishes or go straight to the top and admire the stunning city views from your rooftop terrace. This really is the ultimate in low maintenance executive living. Master suite stands alone on the second Floor with marble ensuite, luxurious spa bath and opulent walk in robe. Other levels include 2 bedrooms with bathroom and powder room. Two separate courtyards join the ground floor living areas. Low maintenance living at its best allowing you the time to enjoy a walk to the parks, restaurants and coffee shops on your doorstep.

• Large modern kitchen • Three bedrooms including full level master suite • Separate powder room on each level • All rooms with built in robes • Roof top terrace

• Air conditioning throughout • Internal laundry • Two car garage • Secure block with intercom and security cameras • Internal Lift

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RARE OPPORTUNITY WOOLSTORE! FOR SALE- $595,000

IMMEDIATE RETURN ON INVESTMENT

119/53 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe

10/650 Brunswick St, New Farm

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Very rarely will you have the opportunity to buy into this block. The BONUS is the direct River access! Uninterrupted, never to be built out river views are the pot of gold at the end of the realesate rainbow when it comes to owning property in Teneriffe and this apartment has it all.

Standing proud on the top floor of the historic MacTaggarts Woolstore is this magic 99sqm split level apartment. This gives you the luxury of allowing the river breeze to flow through from all angles.This apartment is an oasis from the buzzing Teneriffe/ New Farm lifestyle that is so highly sought after.

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In the heart of Brisbane’s favorite suburb you can buy this one bedroom stylish apartment hidden at the rear of the block of 12 apartments. Lovely and quite with a leafy outlook from a very private North facing balcony.

Just pop upstairs from you own secure car space or jump on the bus at your door. Its positioned so you can stroll to all the local enviable cafes, restaurants and bars.You can even see a late movie just up the road at the New Farm 6 cinemas!

Currently rented at $370.00 per week with very good tenants in place until the early new year.

CONTACT: Judith Cush

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OLD warehouses in the inner-north of Brisbane are being completely revitalised with fresh coats of paint and eye-catching colourful designs.

These aging commercial spaces in New Farm, Teneriffe, Newstead and Fortitude Valley are ripe for commercial developers to adapt in engaging and innovative ways.

DC8’s new studio in Commercial Road fits the “urban renewal” theme of the area, completely transforming an old warehouse into an exceptionally visual and functional space.

Riccardo Rizzalli, director of DC8 Studio, said they approached the three-month warehouse project with a minimalist, aesthetic design implementing superb light installations, high ceilings and community greenery.

“The adaptive re-use of an old warehouse into a commercial space speaks to us – we’ve always had a different edge,” Mr Rizalli said.

“There’s always a place for buildings like this one to have another round or life of use – there’s such an appetite at the moment to have this sort of treatment done to warehouses in the area,” he said.

“It brought the benefits of the warehouse that we had but added so much more.”

The building is entirely open-plan, generating a light breeze from the large glass fire door at the front to the open greenery space at the back.

Spaces like DC8’s studio keep with much

of the council plans for the area while providing a creative office for emerging and frontier Brisbane Riccardo Rizzalli, businesses. director of DC8 According to Mr Studio.

Rizzalli, commercial developers and architects walk by with their clients all the time, telling them that this kind of development is what they should be aiming for.

The building was formerly a Koala Electrical warehouse, with a green façade and little street interaction.

Now the façade is covered with a geometric super-graphic, with the inspiration drawn from the ruins of Pompeii, a design that has had a long genesis in architecture.

DC8 conducted the project as they had outgrown their old office some time ago and were looking to adaptively reuse a space in Brisbane.

“The time had come for us to have a space that we could truly call our own.

“For us what’s important is that we’re part of a community, it’s not just about building a business and being profitable – it’s about being part of the local community,” he said.

The firm have recently worked on apartment projects in West End and Woolloongabba, as well as the Ripley Valley Priority Development Area.

The old warehouse on Commercial Road has been transformed with eye-catching colourful designs.

HAMILTON 7 Mullens Street With panoramic views over Brisbane River and CBD from its elevated vantage point, this luxurious Robin Gibson architecturally designed masterpiece is awarded the finest inclusions for a lifestyle of unmatched prestige. The expansive floorplan showcases stateof-the-art interiors immersed in a breathtaking panorama of Brisbane’s waterfront CBD while flowing out onto a vast covered terrace overlooking beautifully manicured gardens.

Resting on a premium 1,258sqm parcel, this home is just a stroll to the riverfront.

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