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Teneriffe and Newstead had scant community of interest with Hamilton ALL voters in Teneriffe, Newstead suburbs such as Pinkenba, Eagle and Bowen Hills would fall within Farm or Woolowin, he said.

Central ward under a proposed The LNP submitted the redraw of council boundaries. redraw proposal in December The push to change the borders to the Electoral Commission of of Central and Hamilton has won Queensland, which must shed some the backing of Teneriffe Progress electors from Central and Hamilton Association president Ben Pritchard. to stop them exceeding their target At present, quotas.

Teneriffe, Newstead “It is clear and Bowen Hills are the pattern of calved up between continued growth the two wards but in the inner city the changes would wards of Central, put these suburbs Hamilton and The wholly in Central, Gabba need to be which would also taken into account pick up a small part when drawing of Windsor south boundaries to of Albion Rd from ensure a degree Hamilton. of longevity,” the In return, Central LNP submission would jettison said. voters on the “It is proposed western side of the that the new Inner-City Bypass boundary of in the suburbs of Central ward Herston, Kelvin utilise the Inner Grove, Wilston, City Bypass …

Ben Pritchard Windsor and (and) Breakfast Newmarket.

Creek leading into Mr Pritchard said the plan to the north coast rail line, Albion Rd locate all of Teneriffe, Newstead and Lutwyche/Bowen Bridge Rd to and Bowen Hills in Central made connect with the Inner City bypass,” sense. the LNP proposed.

“If possible they should keep Mr Pritchard said: “The suggested whole suburbs intact,” he said. alteration to the boundary to follow Under the current map, Newstead Breakfast Creek seems much more and Teneriffe residents on the sensible, logical and defensible.” northern side of Commercial Rd and The submission said Hamilton Chermside St belong to Hamilton, needed “to shed a quarter of its as do Bowen Hills residents north of electors to become within quota Campbell and Cowlishaw streets. for 2018, equating to around 7000 Mr Pritchard said the changes electors”. It’s proposed to share made sense on commonality and a new border with Central at interaction grounds too. Wilston and “Breakfast Creek and Lutwyche/ Windsor, for instance, shared little Bowen Bridge Rd”. with other Central suburbs on the Mr Pritchard said the commission River side of the bypass. Similarly, Continued on Page 4>

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villagenews Continued from Page 3> had electorally split Teneriffe along a “completely arbitrary line”.

He also said he felt there was some vagueness about the line’s precise path.

He said the council website showed “an apparently ECQ-sourced map that shows the boundary taking a completely arbitrary line, which extends Chermside St in a straight line towards the river through the middle of an apartment building at Teneriffe Wharves.

“I am certain I had seen a third map that diverted that boundary line through the driveway to Teneriffe Wharves which sits opposite the steps from Macquarie St to Chermside St at the side of the old Paddy’s Market building.

“Whatever the reasoning in the past, Teneriffe needs this matter to be resolved. I look forward to having some clarity and certainty,” he said.

Labor and the Greens also submitted proposals. Submissions closed on December 22. The public can comment until February 16. Visit: goo.gl/EjjFCW

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WHEN Teneriffe artist and graphic tripled.” designer Liesbeth Thie was asked to Liesbeth said that being asked create an image that represented her to contribute to the awareness of local suburb, she turned to the view from the Association’s work gave her the her wool store window for inspiration. opportunity to create a modern day view “The Teneriffe Progress Association of Teneriffe. asked me to design something “It’s really a feel good picture that would portray just what that I hope people can enjoy in Teneriffe was all about,” their own homes as well,” she Liesbeth said. “I immediately said. looked toward my window The Teneriffe Progress because it tells the story Association has used the image entirely.” on their flyers and promotional Liesbeth has lived and material to promote Teneriffe’s worked in Teneriffe for eight vibrant community as a fun place years and during that time, has to live.

Liesbeth Thie come to know the suburb and The artwork has since been its people well. selected by the New Farm and “I joined the Teneriffe Progress District Historical Society as one of the Association so that I could meet my pieces in their upcoming Exhibition of neighbours and know more about the New Farm houses and streetscapes. community,” Liesbeth said. “I have Liesbeth is one of six well-known local definitely done that and since then, artists who are exhibiting their works attendee numbers at meetings have as part of the NFDHS’s launch of the

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book, ‘Homes with History on the New Farm Peninsula’, by Gerard Benjamin on February 28 at the Uniting Church Centre on Merthyr Rd. Liesbeth’s artwork is available to purchase in print from New Farm Editions or at the Museum of Brisbane shop at City Hall, or order it online from Liesbeth’s website www.twotonedesign.com.au

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A NEW Farm mum was left gobsmacked after what she said was a heated chance run-in with Cr Vicki Howard over a petition to fix the bus run for Kelvin Grove State College students and parents.

Tracy Musgrave said the Central Ward councillor took exception to the Village News’s coverage of the bus campaign, which showed that Cr Howard’s office had been falsely claiming council were powerless to change routes and was instead trying to pass the buck to the State Government.

Ms Musgrave, who launched a council petition late last year to enhance bus route 393 for local families, said she saw Cr Howard at a state election candidates’ debate at the Powerhouse late last month and introduced herself as the petitioner.

She said after initial pleasantries, the encounter became heated.

Ms Musgrave told the Village News: “My discussion with Vicki was very heated at times as we both raised our voices.”

She said it took her Year 7 son an hour to get to Kelvin Grove college, including a change of bus in the City, and the same duration home. Kelvin Grove is the catchment high school for the Peninsula and a relatively short distance as the crow flies.

Her petition calls for route 393 to start from New Farm ferry terminal, about

2.5km from its current starting point at the Teneriffe terminal, and to push on about 2.3km from its current terminus at RBWH to the Kelvin Grove college.

Ms Musgrave said Cr Howard told her that TransLink, the State Government body that manages bus services in Brisbane, was not there to provide a taxi service to everyone’s door.

Contrary to advice from Cr Howard’s office to Ms Musgrave and the Village News, it is council that sets routes and timetables in Brisbane. TransLink then operates these.

Following the petition and media coverage of the problem, council was seeking feedback on what it described as “minor changes to route 393”.

“Under the proposed changes, the trip which leaves the Teneriffe ferry terminal at approximately 8.15am would now stop opposite the Royal Brisbane Hospital in O’Connell Terrace on school days and not stop at the Royal Brisbane Hospital platform until after dropping school students at Kelvin Grove State College,” council wrote.

Ms Musgrave told the councillor that the petition supporters would reject council’s alteration because the service still left from Teneriffe rather than New Farm, which excluded many families, and one bus at 8.15am was both too little and too late in the morning.

“Basically, she can’t believe that we are unhappy with the suggested one

bus in the morning and another in the afternoon and is dumb-founded that we think it unreasonable for the 393 not to come to New Farm ferry terminal,” Ms Musgrave wrote. The councillor said “wiser people than us” had made the decision, Ms Musgrave wrote.

Meanwhile, a transport expert who lives in the Peninsula, said it was reasonable to expect a more direct bus route to the school.

Rachel Smith, who has consulted for mayors and city leaders here and abroad, said Brisbane needed to move from a “commuter” public transport model, where travellers were forced to come into the City and then head out, to a “transit” system which crisscrossed more directly between suburbs.

She said improving alternative methods of getting to and from school could significantly slash cars on the road. She said it was not necessarily a safe bike ride for younger Kelvin Grove students.

Ms Smith has written Decongestion – 7 steps for Mayors and other City Leaders to cut traffic congestion, without the expense of new roads or annoyed residents” which was due out this month.

Cr Howard called the Village News on deadline to dispute Ms Musgrave’s description of the conversation as heated. “I at no time felt that it was an angry conversation,” she said Bus coverage earns praise Page 11>

Award honours pride THE Rotary Club of New Farm is calling on businesses in the area to acknowledge the outstanding performance of their employees as part of the Pride of Workmanship Awards Program.

The club is inviting local businesses to nominate an employee who they consider a worthy recipient, to be presented at a special awards dinner at Eves on the River on March 25.

President Denise Buckby said that prospective employers wanting to acknowledge that special employee should take the time to nominate them for a 2015 Pride of Workmanship Award.

Ms Buckby said the presentation dinner provides an opportunity for sponsorship and also for colleagues, associates and friends to gather and enjoy the awards ceremony. The cost of the awards dinner is $50pp.

The award recipient will be invited to the dinner as a guest of the Rotary Club of New Farm and their work story will also be featured in the Village News.

Nominations close on February 25 and forms are on the website RotaryNewFarm.com. For information contact Denise on 0401 377 144 or at cranbuck@gil. com.au.

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COUNCIL CONNECTIONS Ferry Terminal News

Brisbane City Council is pleased to let residents know that the $7.7 million upgrade to the Bulimba Ferry terminal has been completed. This is the first of 11 projects across the network to make Council’s ferry infrastructure more accessible, connected and flood resilient – and most importantly ferry services between Bulimba and Teneriffe have now recommenced.

The upgrade to the original terminal – which had been in operation for over 100 years – will improve local network efficiency through the provision of a dual-berth pontoon.

Our next major project for the area is the Sydney Street ferry terminal upgrade that started in January 2015.

This new terminal is expected to open in mid-2015 with increased berthing capacity, improved efficiency and flood resilience, increased shelter and better access for people with mobility impairments. Council apologises for any disruption and encourages residents to contact the free-call information line on 1800 669 416 for further details. The terminal will be closed during construction.

NEW Farm couple Matt and Caitlyn Lancashire became the proud parents of bouncing baby Monty N. Lancashire on the afternoon of January 7. After a relatively short labour at the Mater Mothers, South Brisbane, Monty was delivered weighing a very healthy 7lb 4oz (3.29kg) and 51cm long. Beaming father Matt said: “Not that I am biased, he is pretty cute and fortunately he received his mother’s genes and not his father’s!” The family has enjoyed several weeks at home getting to know each other before Matt’s return to work this month as principal of Ray White New Farm. Congratulations!

School parking crackdown flagged COUNCIL would work with the city’s 300 schools to develop Traffic Management Plans and implement better parking enforcement to improve safety and relieve congestion, it was announced.

Council’s new parking strategy for schools was a direct outcome of the Parking Taskforce’s recommendations about managing and enforcing school traffic zones, a council spokesman said.

“Feedback from schools, parents, residents and P&C Queensland to the Parking Taskforce has been calling for better safety, as well as solutions to traffic congestion and enforcement of non-compliance in school drop-off zones,” he said.

“In response, council will work with schools to develop traffic-management strategies tailored to the needs to each individual school, creating safer parking areas, implementing educational programs and conducting more parking enforcement.

“We’re also looking at how we can create standardised, clearer signage for school drop-off zones,” the spokesman said.

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Lancashire family welcomes new addition

“I won’t let you die alone,” sick, reclusive housemate promised WHEN Melissa Robinson arrived at the Irish Inn in New Farm in August last year, she had no idea that she would make lifelong friends at the boarding house whilst facing the toughest experience of her life.

It was here that Melissa met fellow boarder Kampong Keily, a reclusive Thai lady in her sixties, who appeared to have no family or friends even though she had been in Australia since 1987.

Melissa could see that Kampong needed company and soon they became firm friends, along with neighbours, Terry and Rachel.

Melissa could see that Kampong was struggling with her health and asked her if she could help.

Within a few weeks, Kampong was diagnosed with cancer and after spending several days in Royal Brisbane Hospital after the diagnosis, opted to finish her days out in the place she had called home for more than two years – the Irish Inn. She opened up to Melissa about her situation and said: “Please don’t leave me alone with this.”

Melissa began taking care of Kampong after work, then before work and more and more at

weekends. Soon, Kampong’s health deteriorated to such a state that Melissa had to leave her job as manager in hospitality to care for Kampong full-time.

Melissa promised not to leave her and to care for Kampong until the end, which is what she has been doing night and day for several months.

Melissa, with the help of Terry and Rachel, launched a full-blown care campaign to reduce Kampong’s discomfort. Feeding her, bathing her, organising her medication and paying for everything out of her own pocket. Melissa is doubtful Centrelink or Kampong’s family will ever compensate her.

“It’s not about the money - I am just happy that I can do something like this for someone who needed my help,” Melissa said. “We have done everything we could to help her enjoy her last weeks and gave her a nice Christmas and some moments of joy to hang on to.”

Melissa has become firm friends with the Karuna nurses, who have provided nursing care to Kampong throughout her illness and is also grateful for the support from Footprints Inc.

Melissa caring for Kampong in her final moments at the Irish Inn, Merthyr Rd. “Without the Karuna nurses, we nursing, something I never thought I would have been lost,” Melissa said. could do. I know now that I was sent “They have been a gift from God, to find this woman for a reason.” sent to give Kampong treatment and “If people just realise that they help her feel comfortable in her last can give someone a gift – not as days.” huge as this, but even just five Melissa says she is exhausted and minutes of their time can be the has faced the worst weeks of her life greatest gift of kindness to someone watching her friend pass away. in their community.”

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393 Update

Council has been undertaking consultation on a proposal to provide a school day service to and from Kelvin Grove State College by extending an existing service from the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

This proposal requires changes to the route and timetable of the existing Route 393 service which will have impacts on existing passengers travelling to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

Once consultation is completed and feedback assessed, the petition will be considered by Council’s Public and Active Transport Committee before a recommendation being made to Translink, who are required to approve any changes.

If Translink supports the change it is expected that it would be implemented at the end of February.

If you would like further information on the proposed changes please visit Council’s website and search ‘393 proposed changes’.

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IN the 12 years that I’ve lived in this locality, I have absorbed a lot about New Farm’s history, but to the question, “Did you know about the old police lock-up in Arthur St?”, I had to answer in the negative.

The inquirer explained that the lock-up was one of three adjoining houses, which also included a police residence and a post office.

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by Gerard Benjamin Naturally intrigued, I soon paid a visit. After entering the little wooden cottage with its steeply raked roof, the brickwork of the fireplace naturally caught the eye.

Most fascinating was the two-level stone and brick structure behind the house. The windows high up on the wall of the upper level were certainly consistent with a lock-up.

The brickwork was attractive, and the stonework impressive.

The owners, who had bought the house in 1992, produced a folder of documentation and were keen to know if I could add anything further.

The Brisbane City Council’s Heritage Unit had obviously noted the possible institutional usage, but clearly were not prepared to draw any conclusions about the home’s historical origins, except to say that the style was typical of the 1880s development in this street where workers’ cottages were crowded tightly upon each other.

Also in the folder was a Daily Sun newspaper clipping from 1986. It was about the sale of the house next door which it called the “constable’s cottage”. The writer suggested that it was built around 1840. The article went on to mention this house with the lock-up: “The house next door includes a section in large sandstone blocks with high windows that was obviously the original New Farm lock-up. Similar stone blocks have been used in the foundations of the cottage for sale.”

An enquiry to the Police Museum brought the reminder that their records only began with the formation of the Queensland Police in 1864. The curator suggested visiting the State Archives so as to trawl through records from the early days of free settlement, in the hope of finding a reference to this house.

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Intriguing Arthur St house, an old police lock-up perhaps?

With its high windows and solid construction could this be anything but a police lock-up? newspapers yielded nothing. Maybe owners were in-laws of Captain John the existence of this old police Wickham, the police magistrate, lock-up was once well-known in the who lived not much further away at street, but now, many generations Newstead House. later, all of the salient details may Perhaps there’s an elderly have been lost to collective memory. resident still living in Arthur St who I am leading up to explaining remembers his grandparents talking why this sweet and fascinating about this police lock-up. Perhaps little house was not included in some photos will come out of the the forthcoming book, Homes with woodwork as a result of this article.

History on the New Farm Peninsula, As I’ve discovered while working being published this month by the on the 20 key houses featured in the New Farm & Districts Historical forthcoming book, a lot depends on Society. luck. How else, against all the odds, The scarceness of records simply could I have come across a colour meant that it was not possible to sketch, dating from the 1840s, of tell a story that is well anchored in the girl who later became the lady of history. the house at Stratton?

It is not difficult to imagine why a police station and lock-up might Gerard will sign copies of Homes have been situated here. The with History on the New Farm spot was only 180m from a large Peninsula on February 28 at the property named “Stratton” on a rise Uniting Church Centre, 52 Merthyr overlooking Commercial Rd. The Rd, 10am-4pm.

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IF you love art and appreciate history, then you’ll relish the Art Exhibition which is to complement the launch of the new book by local historian Gerard Benjamin entitled “Homes with History on the New Farm Peninsula”.

Both events will take place on Saturday, 28 February, at the Uniting Church Centre, 52 Merthyr Road, New Farm, courtesy of the New Farm & Districts Historical Society.

The Art Exhibition will open at 10am and will feature works by David Hinchliffe, Jan Jorgensen, Trevor Downes, Philippa Webb, Stewart Free and Liesbeth Thie.

Admission is free.

The book launch is to take place during the 2pm NFDHS public meeting, and will be followed by afternoon tea.

“This is a wonderful chance to meet the artists and to view their renditions of local homes and streetscapes,” said Society President Ross Garnett.

A portion of David Hinchliffe’s depiction of “Kingsholme” in Kingsholme Street.

“In case you can’t be present at the launch, Gerard will be on hand earlier in the day to sign copies of this marvellous new book.”

Entry to the NFDHS meeting is $5 including afternoon tea ($4 members). For more information, please contact Ross Garnett on 0409 498 402.

BRISBANE will host Australia’s leading female entrepreneurs for the League of Extraordinary Women’s annual Run the World conference on May 16, a one-day event at which 10 trailblazing business women will share their strategies, secrets, insights, learnings and more.

Bringing together some of Australia’s best and brightest entrepreneurs, Run the World will feature talks from Renegade Collective founder and editor-in-chief Lisa Messenger, Showpo founder Jane Lu, The Content Folk founder Nicole Kersh, Nads founder Sue Ismiel, and Charlton Brown general manager Petrina Fraccaro. Five more speakers are still to be announced.

For a small taste of what will be on offer, the editor-in-chief of The Collective Magazine, Ms Messenger, will divulge how a woman with no background in print magazines can independently launch a 176 page glossy lifestyle publication into an industry heralded as ‘dying’.

Jane Lu will lend lessons on failure, having launched fashion website Showpo off the back of a failed business venture, $50,000 in debt, and still living at home with her parents.

Whilst the League of Extraordinary Women hosts a bi-monthly breakfast series across all major cities, the Run the World conference is the mindfood that budding entrepreneurs and business owners of Brisbane have been

Lisa Messenger, founder of The Collective Magazine. craving. Brisbane is often seen to be lacking in culture and inspiration for its local entrepreneurs and creatives, yet league general manager Chiquita Searle wants to challenge this outdated mindset.

“Brisbane is the second largest of our 20,000-strong community,” Miss Searle said.

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Fight to fix school bus trip ordeal earns readers’ praise THANKS to the Village News for the story on our issue of the 393 bus route change (Page 3, January edition).

As you’ve heard, our community feels strongly about the need for this change for our children and their parents, so it has been wonderful to have the support of our local magazine in highlighting our issue and in helping us to figure out what exactly is the process in council.

You’re persistence has been great to watch.

Michael (Hawke, editor) and Nick (Moore, reporter), our campaign wouldn’t have gotten to this point without your support. You’ve been amazing.

I hope that the community at large recognises your persistence and professionalism, both with feedback and increased advertising requests.

Tracy Musgrave, New Farm WELL done Village News. It was great to see this story on Page 3 as that’s where it deserves to be.

It’s such a simple extension to a bus run that would make a considerable difference to a lot of children and their parents.

As Tracy said in the article, now that year 7 is in high school, some of these children will be only 11 years old when

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR they attend high school. We need to do everything we can to make it as safe as possible for them to get to school.

Also, good on you Tracy for bringing this to the attention of the council. I only hope that Cr Howard can act to have this change implemented before school commences. (EDITOR NOTE: The problem was not fixed before school began.)

Adam Gray, New Farm TRACY has been the voice for us parents and we all have these concerns for our children, all set for high school now.

With no direct connectivity the impact on children and parents is likewise.

Safety, time and effort all are at stake.

Jyoti Batra MY daughter, Zahlia, (pictured in the January article) will still be only 11 years old when school starts.

She is expected set out each morning on the 199 to the city, then change buses at King George Square en route to Kelvin Grove. Not many parents would send their 11 year old into the City unattended.

In fact, it’s probably illegal (see Queensland Criminal Code Act 1899 (QLD) – Section 364A – leaving a child

under 12 unattended).

There must be a better option.

Craig Reiach, New Farm

WELL done Tracy on ‘fighting the good fight’ despite the bureaucratic circus you have had to endure to get to the truth!

The Village News should be congratulated on the terrific job they have done covering this story and setting out the facts for its readers.

Carmen Mitchell, Newstead

BCC, fix this fine mess

I TOO!! FINED!! (“Back street tricks motorists”, VN, January 2015.)

Was conducting business next door - I parked where the policeman/woman parked (Hastings St) and copped a fine!!

I debated this with BCC (usually my friends) in many exchanged letters - but to no avail!!

Really was not worth the time it was taking me to go into dispute, etc!! I presume BCC work at that!!

However, as you maybe note or your photo does not declare - the left-hand side of the “street” is totally taken up by the bicycle program - so no parking there!

The “street” finishes very quickly at the unit’s entrance - one has to reverse to get out!! It’s not a formal cul-de-sac!!

I simply asked them, “How can this be a street”? Same answer - “Hastings St is a street”.

I rest my case and paid my fine!!! BCC - please reverse the decision/s, send me back my money and fix this MESSY situation!!

Doug Merritt

Gold star for coverage

I JUST want to say thanks for the latest issue of VN - not just because of my story, though I was happy with the quality of it.

There were many stories of local interest.

I liked your explanation about not being able to cover the election because of the short time frame and the lack of response from candidates.

It was important to us to know that you tried to get info.

Mind you, I suspect everyone was caught a little off-guard and were in a bit of a spin doing what they had to do to organise themselves.

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A NEW Farm craft enthusiast is providing the local community a place to escape the everyday and share their love of all things handmade.

Crave for Crafts is the brainchild of Ana Garcia del Barrio, who wanted to create a place where talented makers and creators could share their skills with eager participants in a relaxed and supportive environment.

Launched late last year, Crave for Crafts has already held workshops in Teneriffe on crochet, wreath making and handmade decorations, with classes in smartphone photography, stencil paper craft and knitting scheduled for February and March.

Originally from Spain, Ms Garcia del Barrio found it difficult in Brisbane to find workshops or social groups with participants of similar age and found herself searching for a creative and social outlet.

“I was inspired to run simple classes that were outside business times, in accessible locations that didn’t involve a big commitment of time or money,” Ms Garcia del Barrio said.

“All of the workshops are oneoff classes, uncomplicated and informal to make the most of the social opportunities. All materials and inspiration are provided, so people just have to turn up and enjoy their time, a

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Ana Garcia del Barrio is inspiring locals to soothe the soul by learning both traditional and new handicrafts. glass of wine and hopefully make new friends.”

The Crave for Crafts community is building through social media and those who attend the workshops are discovering they can connect with likeminded participants.

With workshops up and running in Teneriffe and also Hamilton, the aim is to expand to other inner city areas as well as being able to provide free resources and tutorials for DIY on the Crave for Crafts website.

The next workshop is scheduled for Saturday, February 7, with stencil silhouette card making for St Valentine’s Day, followed by a series of fun crochet workshops, and taking and editing great photos with your smartphone.

Visit the Crave for Crafts website for workshop information www.CraveForCrafts.com.

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Festival celebrates Asian influences BEAT the drums and snap open the chopsticks as the popular BrisAsia Festival returns with a dynamic program across the city from Friday, February 6, to Sunday, March 1.

A council spokeswoman said the festival was a celebration of Brisbane’s connections with Asian culture and featured free events and activities to suit all tastes.

“There’s something for everyone at BrisAsia Festival with live music and performances, art installations, a games night, short film screenings, food stalls, artist talks as well as Japanese youth culture event, Neon Pop,” the spokesperson said.

“The festival kicks off with a free opening night party in Reddacliff Place (the City) where critically acclaimed Australian band The Bombay Royale will entertain with their vintage Bollywood inspired surf, spy disco and funk sounds while visitors sample Brisbane’s best Asian food trucks.

“Festival-goers can visit a cutesy, crocheted wonderland as the Japanese art form amigurumi takes over Burnett Lane, and listen to the South Bank Allstars sing World Pop.” BrisAsia Festival also incorporates council’s Chinese Lunar New Year festivities which will bring Chinatown

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Mall to life with lion dances, cultural performances, markets and firecracker displays.

The spokeswoman said most events were free to provide an accessible celebration of Brisbane as a vibrant, creative and multicultural city.

“This is shown through the return of signature events such as Taste of Asia where celebrity chef Adam Liaw will make his favourite Asian comfort food and Japanese youth culture event Neon Pop which celebrates everything wonderful and eccentric about cosplay and anime.”

Visit council’s website at Brisbane. qld.gov.au for the full BrisAsia Festival program.

Residents are also invited to go to www.vickihoward.com/cny2015 to enter our competition to win Dinner for four in Chinatown this February.

NEW Farm’s Melissa Scott is one of an emerging breed of successful young netball coaches after a skiing accident three years ago sidelined her from playing competitive sport for a period.

Despite having no coaching experience and limited playing experience, the former junior swimmer took up netball coaching in 2012 and has never looked back, taking her under 12 years team to a premiership win the following year.

The 26-year-old PE teacher is looking for others to join her and take on a coaching role in 2015 with one of Brisbane’s largest netball clubs, Raiders Allstars at the Downey Park Netball Association in Windsor.

“When I was at school I used to train a lot for swimming and my coach wouldn’t let me play another sport, so I only started to play club netball after I left school,” Scott said.

“Sport has always been part of my life, and after my knee reconstruction in 2012 due to a skiing accident, I felt bored not being able to play sport while I recovered. So I decided to take up netball coaching and that’s when I joined Raiders at Downey Park,

Windsor.

“I’d never coached before and I was obviously quite new to the sport, so I was really nervous when I first started and worried I wouldn’t be good enough.

“But I co-coached in my first year and watched what the other club coaches did, plus I went along to different coaching courses which really prepared me for the following season.”

“In 2013, I coached the under 12s Division 2 team on my own. This was such a rewarding experience, not only because we won the grand final, but because I got to put into practice all of my coaching experience from the previous year.”

Scott says that coaching has also taught her some great skills off the court.

“Even though much of my early sporting experience was gained in the pool, I’ve learned that coaching is as much about managing people as it is about the actual game,” she said “I think it’s made me a better teacher because it has improved my attention to detail, which is important when giving feedback.

“I really encourage people to get

New Farm’s Melissa Scott. involved in coaching for whatever sport they enjoy and don’t be scared to put your hand up for things you may not have done before. You may just surprise yourself.

“Coaching can be hard work sometimes but if you are positive and make training and games a fun place to be, your team will always love turning up and I think that’s what netball is all about.”

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There’s more to this familiar face TENERIFFE student Phuong Huynh has been a familiar face at Vue Lounge and also recently at Eves on the River since she came to Brisbane to study a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree majoring in Public Health in 2011.

Phuong graduated from the University of Queensland in St Lucia in December with a High Distinction, and during her time there, received several Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement and Academic Excellence Awards and two UQ International Student Prizes for the highest grade point average in her first and second years of study.

Phuong received a scholarship from the Da Nang city government in Vietnam to begin her UQ Foundation year studies at IES in Spring Hill.

She arrived in Brisbane from Vietnam just after the 2011 floods and during her time in Brisbane, Phuong has volunteered at St Andrew’s and Wesley hospitals, Daffodil Day and also helped her ‘mum’ Sue at The Fred Hollows

When body and soul wed FAMED German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, “I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal”. But these days the communication between body and soul that dance provides has an image problem.

Phuong Huynh at her graduation in December 2014 or at Vue taking an order from customer Nicole Ireland.

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In addition, she completed an internship with the Fred Hollows Foundation in Melbourne.

Fred Hollows Foundation state fundraising manager Sue Larsen said it was wonderful to have such a hard-working student in our midst.

“These awards reflect the hard work and commitment of Phuong during her time in Brisbane,” Ms Larsen said.

“We congratulate Phuong on her outstanding efforts.”

Phuong returns to Vietnam in early February, however she will be back to begin a scholarship with UQ to study for a Master of Economics in 2016 and 2017.

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by Beth J Leach Our ancient ancestors used rhythm and movement as a form of meditation and healing. Centuries of civilisation has meant that the complex, controlling social norms that form the unwritten rules of how a group behaves have deemed dance as embarrassing in our culture. We’re fraught by inhibitions and constraints.

This ‘unnatural’ state of self-control and self-consciousness is learned.

It’s more common and acceptable for mothers of my generation to use alcohol as a way of numbing out the buzz of white noise and stress associated with modern, daily living, just like the mothers of the ’60s did

with Valium.

Have we lost touch with our need to move our bodies and our capacity to engage our innate wisdom and self-healing power? Even the Bible references dance as a practice people engaged in to celebrate the gift of life. It’s been around a while.

I’ve used dance, and especially tribal dance, as a meditation form and way to connect to my body for most of my life. Everything is stilled when I dance. Time is turned instead into responses my body makes to the patterns of rhythm. I can shake out frustration, defrag my brain, set my intentions, work through processes and ignite or calm my spirit, all by calling on a deep primal receptor within myself.

It’s a liberating exercise, releasing oneself into this meditative discipline. To medicate the body and reconnect in this way requires one to courageously reject inhibitions and disappear into the rhythm of the drum. It’s just you and the beat. For me, dance is an electric ribbon that runs through my veins. It’s a way off taking off the masks we wear in society and peeling back the layers to a primitive truth.

If you’re game, you can try 5Rhythms dance at Holy Spirit school hall. It’s could be a mirror to your most pure form.

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Council pushes green waste bins RESIDENTS were being urged to keep their gardens tidy by ordering a council green waste bin.

Ordering a green bin during the summer months could help with staying on top of garden waste from pruning and mowing, a council spokesman said.

“Brisbane has experienced a wet summer so far, which has fuelled our gardens and lawns,” the spokesman said.

“It is an affordable way of disposing of green waste, with a one-off establishment fee of $30 and an ongoing cost of just $18.63 a quarter or $74.52 per year.”

Once collected, the contents are taken to a green waste recycling facility where it is composted and mulched ready for reuse.

AS I write, the state election is in full swing but when you read this it will all be done and dusted and we will have elected our local representatives and the Government for the next term.

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Japan fan artist explores femininity THE exhibition launch for Brisbane artist and designer Tiffany Atkin’s GYARU (“Girl”) was set to be held on February 5 from 7pm in Fortitude Valley. Atkin’s work is an exploration of femininity in contemporary Japanese pop culture and she says her body of work culminates from ideas, adventures, life-lessons, discovery, loves, losses and heart-felt respect for Japan, which has been significant to her journey as an artist and human. GYARU is her debut solo exhibition and was due to run from February 5 to March 31 at Lust for Life Tattoo Gallery Espresso Bar, at 176 Wickham St. Visit www.tiffanyatkin.com for details.

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As a community organisation each has helped us, listened to our views, attended our meetings and we have given them, and their opponents, the opportunity to talk to us both collectively and individually – it has always been a productive collaboration, which we wish to maintain.

In the lead-up to the election, National Seniors asked each of the major parties a series of questions, the first being: Will you create a dedicated Minister for Seniors? With 48 per cent of the Queensland electorate aged over 50 years we seniors need a powerful voice in Government. At least one of the major parties agreed. Watch this space!

After the summer break, New Farm

Branch is starting the year with a full program: • We were set to welcome local artist Philippa Webb at our first general meeting of the year on February 5. Philippa illustrated her talk with images of her work, with New Farm and Brisbane scenes her favourite subjects.

• Our first Friday evening dinner when we particularly welcome those interested in National Seniors but unable to attend daytime activities will be at the ever-popular Merthyr Bowls Club in Oxlade Drive on February 20 from 6pm.

• Saturday 21st is the opening night of the latest Nash Theatre production of The Business of Murder.

• Branch members will meet at the Shingle Inn in City Hall at 10 on Wednesday 25th before visiting Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the Museum.

• We will celebrate our 25th birthday at the general meeting on Wednesday, March 4, at 9.15am for 10am at the Merthyr Uniting Church. A regular stich and bitch morning is planned once we have found a suitable location.

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“PAVAROTTI sat me beside him,” Kate Collins recalls, “patted my knee and signed a photo for my mum. I swore I’d never wash that knee again. ” Kate’s interview with the great man for the Brisbane Times in 1994 followed earlier interviews with actor Jackie Chan in the Valley and the nephew of China’s last emperor in Beijing. So China was already on her radar.

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Back home in Brisbane after a decade working there, the Brisbane writer has even more material for her latest book, a ‘Young Adult’ timetravel fantasy set in her old suburb of (Song Dynasty) Hangzhou, one of the seven capitals of Ancient China: “Foreigners write about China’s economic miracle. My story is about the other half, the millions of poor migrant workers building the miracle.

The Chinese government sees it as a massive problem, people living on construction sites with Prada and Starbucks opening next door,” she says.

It won’t be her first book.

Ellis Rowan (1848-1922), the biography of Australian botanical artist commissioned for the 1988 Bicentenary is in the State and National libraries and was adapted for an ABC TV documentary. Several other book contributions followed.

“The China novel is set where I lived near the ancient Drum Tower,” Kate told me. “When Marco Polo visited in the 1270s the man-made Grand Canal had been there from 5th century AD, 1794km long from Hangzhou to Beijing. Hangzhou was already bigger than Paris or Constantinople.

“I worked as a journalist while lecturing at China’s National Academy of Art. China invented printing, gunpowder, the compass, centuries before the West. That was Marco Polo’s real discovery. Columbus used his book to search for the Spice Islands but found America instead.”

One of Kate’s weekly China columns records it: ‘The Canal was the internal trade artery that made China rich carrying rice, salt, tea and silk. Emperors toured it regularly and left memorials of canal journeys from Beijing to Hangzhou.

‘Sail past the massive modern West Lake Centre. Along the canal banks, tranquil willow-filled parks face historic buildings, wealthy apartment districts, locals airing bedding on iron fences, old men fishing, tiny homes that look ready to tumble into the water …’ Kate’s China stories also ran in newspapers like The Australian, South China Morning Post and Herald Sun. Kate Collins’ love of China began on a visit to Beijing in 1992 for the Sunday Mail with a government business delegation.

“Beijing had still not opened up to the West, was unchanged for a century, nobody owned cars – the only cars were big Politburo limousines; there were millions of bicycles in the streets, the hutongs or tiny back alleys still existed. It was fabulous.

“I saw it all before it disappeared for the 2008 Olympics, before it became the economic super power of today. Now it is increasingly American, traffic chaotic, forests of high-rise, more billionaires in Shanghai than in California. The middle class is huge but so are the poor, migrant workers building the wealth but battling to survive.”

Hangzhou is Kate’s favourite city: “It is beautiful, historic because of its imperial past. I lived in a slum so saw both sides of life. Deng Xiao Ping succeeded Mao and kick-

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Kate Collins. started a modern market economy to compete with the super powers. Now it’s Communist in name only after decades of rampant development and social upheaval.

“The human cost is vast. There is no free education, no free medicine, migrant worker children cannot attend school or sit national exams.

When I returned in 2004 it was vastly different to 1992.

Hangzhou – ‘In Heaven is paradise, under heaven, Hangzhou’ they say - was the last refuge of the Song dynasty conquered by Kublai Khan’s Mongol hordes. Marco Polo whose statue stands by West Lake visited in the late 13th century as Kublai Khan’s emissary. Kate hopes the new Netflix Marco Polo series builds an audience for her book.

“My story merges old and modern and introduces real characters not just Marco Polo and Kublai but figures unknown in the West like Shen Kuo, China’s version of Leonardo da Vinci.”

Kate studied Art teaching at Kelvin Grove and introduced the first Western Art history course at Hangzhou’s Academy of Art, her own first encounter with Chinese calligraphy, history and culture. She was invited to write columns about it from a Western perspective for Chinese newspaper Dushikuaibao’s eight million readers.

Her interests in journalism, education and politics began when working in London for The Humanist magazine after getting a BA (Hons) Sociology and Linguistics at Essex University. Postgraduate study at Queensland University followed.

In Hangzhou she covered the 2006 World Leisure Expo and in Shanghai the 2010 Expo.

“Food was another reason to stay,” she says. “I’m an Asian foodaholic.”

For our interview Kate chose a Vietnamese restaurant Phob in Duncan St. We shared a bowl of soup (Pho) and noodles.

“Food is one of China’s great arts. I can’t go a day without rice or noodles, it’s so healthy. Chinese food is like medicine, special dishes heal different conditions. We wonder why there’s a diabetes epidemic in Australia but who eats soup every day here? In China every meal balances the body.

“Regional variety is vast: north of the Yangtze where they don’t grow rice it’s dumplings, noodles, pancakes; in the south it’s rice, fish, vegetables. I found plain rice bland at first but eat with chopsticks, ride bikes, walk everywhere and fat just falls off. Nothing is wasted. Old timers remember millions dying in Mao’s famines. They eat the same food daily, go for walks at night and drink endless tea.

“Australia owes our Asian immigrants our food. Without 19th century Chinese market gardens the Gold Rush diggers would have starved. Queensland got its first sugar cane, tea, rice, bananas, coconut, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper from Chinese gardeners. In remote NT I’ve seen trees grown by the first Macassan traders who sailed down on the Trade Winds for trepang, centuries before Captain Cook arrived.

“Today we’d have no Vietnamese, Cambodian, Burmese, Laos food without immigrants. I can’t cook without coconut, lemon grass, chili, garlic, kaffir lime, sweet potato; my garden’s full of them. We’re spoiled with variety here. In China you get only the regional Chinese food. In Fortitude Valley we get foods of a dozen countries.

“Even in Paris last year I ate Pho for breakfast and Cambodian on the Cote d’Azur. I blame my friend the late great Eddie Liu who fed me weekly at the Valley Chinese Club.”

With immigrant Italian, Irish, Scots ancestry Kathleen Maccheroni was

always going to travel. She can order beer and hold conversations in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish or Mandarin, has dual Italian and Australian nationality and took her kids to Asia early. “I taught them to bargain in Asia and we nearly got thrown out of Woolworths when they tried it back home.”

Food has been a long-term Maccheroni affair: “Dad took us to Mamma Luigi’s when he ran the Leichhardt Hotel in Spring Hill after he had a pub in Roma. I ate in the Valley as a journalist covering Chinese New Year and my kitchen is basically Chinese.”

After pubs her dad Jack was a bookmaker and started Boys Town Art Union: “He was an entrepreneur like his grandfather who sold land to the Caltex Refinery on the river but asked them to leave the olive trees he planted there. Marco Polo brought pasta from China. My greatgranddad grew olives and coffee on Mt Coot-tha and owned a pasta factory, wiped out in the 1893 Flood.

He hand-churned gelato for the Italian immigrants for whom the Maccheroni home on Nudgee Rd was an unofficial consulate early last century.

After years at the Sunday Mail and Courier-Mail she ‘jumped the fence and went to the dark side’ to work in state and federal politics as a media advisor: “I saw amazing places like Torres Strait and Cape York through that era. You can’t call yourself a Queenslander till you’ve been there; growing up in Roma made me a bushie at heart.”

I asked if Kate’s novel was a Harry Potter-style story. “Harry Potter never eats,’ she joked. “In my book food is part of the adventure.”

“Writing comes easy to me. Writing an 80,000 word book was the fun bit.

Getting published in Australia is the hard part. I got a contract in China but here there just aren’t the agents and Queensland publishing is a thing of the past. Like Dorothy Parker said, writing’s easy, just open a vein and let it flow. It’s the rest that kills you.”

Somehow I feel sure we will see such a book by KM Collins in the bookshops.

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FebruDAREy’s celebrity ambassadors, Queensland Test cricketer Joe Burns, The Block contestants Carlene and Michael Duffy, and 97.3 radio host Paul ‘Campo’ Campion, accepted the challenge and were joined by CPL clients and families to carry out dares for the national launch.

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The Ultimate FebruDAREy Challenge in New Farm Park on January 22 consisted of mini-dares.

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The three losers were covered in slime by the winning ambassador, Carlene, who was very happy that she was named the victor.

Gold Coast design and construction duo, Carlene and Michael, took on a dare to build an accessible cubby house for CPL’s Southport service just two days before Christmas.

Michael said the couple had chosen to come on board as ambassadors because they believed that Australian children and adults with disabilities had the same right to live fulfilling lives as people without disabilities.

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“Each night after dinner my parents would give me a few pieces of fine Swiss chocolate, a family tradition that set in place my dream of one day becoming a chocolatier,” Murielle said.

Murielle grew up in the French part of Switzerland in a small village close to the border called Tramelan.

The region has a rich heritage in chocolate, including famous chocolate pioneers such as Lindt, Toblerone and Suchard.

Her career as a flight attendant for

Qantas International gave Murielle the opportunity to enrich her dream by visiting chocolate kitchens all over the world.

“My travels helped me to shape the kind of chocolatier I wanted to be,” she said.

In 2008, Murielle began her training as a chocolatier, attending classes in Switzerland, Italy, Singapore and Melbourne. She then built a special chocolate kitchen in her home to practise and hone her skills in tempering and developing her own recipes.

Five years later, Murielle was finally able to leave her Qantas job and start building her own business, Murielle Vuilleumier Swiss Chocolatier, opening a store in Commercial Rd Teneriffe, which includes retail space and a chocolate kitchen.

“I wanted a name that reminded me of my Swiss heritage and ensured that I kept my mission to make chocolates the way the Swiss do using only the finest Swiss couverture,” Murielle said.

“We now live close to the shop and love the area and being close to the river,” she said. “We love the idea of closing up and walking home passing

IF you are heading to Canberra, take the opportunity to visit Federal minister for Brisbane Teresa Gambaro’s parliamentary office.

Ms Gambaro is hosting the second Officework in Canberra art exhibition.

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AS FAR back as she can remember, Teneriffe’s Murielle Vuilleumier has always loved chocolate, and not the ordinary kind – the artisan-made variety. Her passion for chocolate began when she was growing up in Switzerland.

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Swiss Chocolatier Murielle Vuilleumier and her delicacies hand made in her recently opened store on Commercial Rd, Teneriffe. by our local pubs and restaurants.”

Murielle and husband Michael, who is the businessman behind Murielle’s dream come true, are very proud of what they have achieved.

“Our feature piece in the shop is the polished concrete counter which does a great job in featuring the chocolates,” Michael said. “It also serves to keep the chocolates cool while on display. We also have a window into the chocolate kitchen so our customers can see us making the chocolates.”

All chocolates are made onsite in the kitchen and the couverture is imported directly from Switzerland, including white, milk and dark chocolate ranging from 52% to 72% cocoa content.

In Murielle’s chocolate collection, there are 16 fresh flavours offered as truffles, pralines, gianduja and caramel flavours, the most popular of which are the traditional Swiss milk praline and the salted caramel.

Also included in the range are some of the old favourites such as rocky road and liquorice dipped in chocolate, and some new innovations such as dried mango dipped in white and dark chocolate and a range of moulded chocolate objects such as the popular chocolate stiletto.

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The theme of the exhibition evolved from Robert Moore’s work, Four days in the Valley (2014). The well-crafted oil and enamel painting, explores the difference between coastal and country terrains.

The artist permeates geometric shapes in variegated blues and greens with Cezanne-like dark trees, to create a complex mosaic. Moore is well known for his distinctive work for Australian surf brand Mambo.

The exhibition features artworks by four other Queensland-associated artists, Noel McKenna, Julie Fragar, Ian Smith, and Bill Yaxley.

Noel McKenna is an acclaimed Australian artist who celebrates the ordinary, the mundane. McKenna’s

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Ian Smith’s Red, green and blue with new carport (left) and Robert Moore’s Galah.

The galah, a native Australian bird, makes a distinctive and quite raucous call. Colloquially, galah may be used in Australian society as a derogatory term to mean “a foolish noisy” person. However, Moore’s Galah captures the iconic wildlife in the time-honoured artistic tradition of the gaze.

The cockatoo may be musing over the artist painting him or just trying to find a quiet space in the city fields.

Moore’s use of vibrant and cool colours reflects the terrain that the cockatoo lives in as well as the bird’s distinct grey-backed, and pinkbreasted plumage.

The artwork is visually compelling because of Moore’s contemporary approach to abstraction. Moore’s Galah, pictured above, is an ironic statement for any politician’s

parliamentary office.

Ms Gambaro is supporting visual art and artists connected to Queensland in a positive and practical way. As the member for parliament regularly hosts national and international visitors in her Canberra office, she will be promoting Queensland art to the world.

The Officework in Canberra exhibition is a collaborated effort of Ms Gambaro, the Institute of Modern Art and Heiser Gallery, Brisbane. *Images courtesy of Teresa Gambaro MP, IMA, Heiser Gallery and the artists.

The exhibition will be open until March 5, 2015. Please check the Parliament House website for further information.

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95 Arthur St, Fortitude Valley (2014) oil on plywood documents the house where he began his adult life.

The painting is strong and simple yet reveals the world through the suburban familiar.

By revisiting and painting significant places in his life, McKenna believes he has a better understanding of the person he has become.

Ian Smith, like Noel McKenna, began studying architecture at the University of Queensland before embarking to Melbourne to pursue his interest in art.

Smith’s Red, green and blue with new carport (2012), pictured above, captures the rooftops so familiar on the inner-city Brisbane skyline, in a bold and gestural pattern.

The vibrant asymmetrical roofs complement the geometric lines that carefully construct the new carport.

Both these artworks focus on the particular character of iconic homes found in Ms Gambaro’s Brisbane electorate.

Lastly, in writing this article during the Queensland government election campaign, I felt Ms Gambaro or the exhibition curator had a sense of humour for installing Robert Moore’s Galah (2014) in her office.

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Films to screen in February include the highly acclaimed Selma and the controversial The Interview. promising in the Brisbane market.

NAB Chief economist Alan Oster said Brisbane was the best city in Australia for capital growth this year (5.7per cent) followed by Sydney (4.1 per cent) and Melbourne (2.7 per cent). The latest National Australia Bank Residential Property Index

also suggested that Queensland house prices in general to rise 2.1 per cent compared with the national average of around 1.5 per cent. Mr Oster also predicted that there would be two further RBA rate cuts in 2015, in March and August, which would bring the cash rate to 2 per cent, a new record low.

Carmel’s extensive experience in conveyancing, developing properties and investments makes her ideal to talk to about home loans. Whether it is unlocking equity in a currently held property, or switching a home loan from another lender, Carmel enjoys helping customers achieve their financial goals.

To organise an obligation free home loan health check, or to discuss your finances, contact Carmel on 3358 0300 or 0455 064 075. NAB New Farm is located at 92 Merthyr Road, New Farm.

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THE New Inchcolm Hotel in Spring Hill has been completely transformed, incorporating a new restaurant, Thomson’s Reserve, which has a beautifully intimate atmosphere of old-world charm blended with modern dining penache. For those looking for high-end dining with outstanding food in an atmosphere to rival Sydney and Melbourne establishments, Thomson’s Reserve is the place. I believe this restaurant raises the bar for Brisbane and offers a whole dining experience rather than just another meal.

The menu is specialised and limited for good reason, as executive chef Andrew McCrae has certainly mastered each dish to a standard no less than excellent. The ceviche of north Queensland kingfish, watermelon, grapefruit and chilli with kalamansi

was an incredibly tender combination of exotic flavours. The wine, an Adelaide Hills Lucy Margaux Lucci gris noir chosen by food and beverage manager Dallas Bickle, was a brilliant match and just an example of the quality of wines in the Inchcolm cellar.

The mains featured pressed organic duck leg with flowers and tea, sweet potatoes, beetroot sand Davidson plums. This dish I languished over and was especially superb with a glass of 2010 Kaesler Avignon grenache mataro shiraz. To finish, a sublime dessert of golden cherry meringue, citrus curd, white chocolate and honeycomb. The entire deal was sealed with a glass of Campbell’s Merchant Prince Rare Muscat. This was an experience I hope to repeat very soon.

JAN Powers Farmers Markets have started again for the year, kicking off at the Brisbane Powerhouse last month. This market is a visual and virtual feast offering the most popular forms of food and beverages available today. Several varieties of coffee, kombucha, fresh juices and smoothies, cronuts and croissants, seafood, goat pies, authentic Italian pizza and pasta, paleo muesli and dumplings - just a hint of the treats I tasted whilst working my way through the culinary corridors of this giant food market. Take home all the fresh fruit and veg you can carry and fill up on sauces and condiments for the week ahead. The market is back again

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New cafe on the block AT the top of James St sits a small cafe with big impact. Their menu consists of creatively healthy breakfast and lunches that are packed with flavour and impart plenty of nutritious goodness. The Gettin’ Place is becoming famous for their Green Top Toast which is adorned with asparagus, a mixed green Asian salad, boiled egg and spicy tomato relish. Also on offer is a freshly madeto-order salad of the day. Mine was a delightfully light and tasty concoction

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THE art deco surrounds, regal red velvet lounges, antique dining tables and its own royal crest give Cafe Belson a stately feel. It’s different to most cafes on the contemporary set, but then again most cafes in Brisbane aren’t situated in an original building, circa 1900. As grand as it is, its relaxed vibe can be attributed to the uber-friendly service and the modern food options. The new owner has turned things up a notch, offering a weekly unlimited coffee deal and a flip for your coffee offer between 2pm and 3pm weekdays. Resident artist Jade’s work lines the walls and she also makes a fine barista. Make sure you add a brownie to your order. Chock full of seeds and nuts it’s hugely generous and worth every calorie.

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La Rotisserie has put a French spin on southern fried chicken labelling it “not so sinful” and I hope they are right, because it is sensational! They have redesigned the process, taking their rotisserie chicken and dusting it with their own secret herbs and spices, then plunging it into a hot fryer for one minute only. The result is super

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IF you have wondered what all the fuss is about down the New Farm Park end of Brunswick St, it’s because there is a new cafe in town and its reputation has preceded it.

You may know 63 from Wilston or Hamilton and now that this franchise has come to New Farm, it brings with it loads of mealtime variety - and flowers! The menu choices are huge starting with bircher muesli with berries, a selection of omelettes and traditional big breakfasts available all day, through to midday specials such as pulled pork burgers and Cajun chicken. Talk about spoilt for choice! The atmosphere has a slightly European feel, chairs and tables right up to the street for the best position possible to watch the world go by.

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ROBIN Maini and Vick Howard jointly celebrated they birthday with friends at Alfred & Constance.

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Lesleigh Birrer, Loretta Duffy & Vicki Brownlee

Many Queenslanders have fond memories of playing under the sprinkler as a child on a hot summer’s day. The sprinkler and hose signify not only the suburban backyard and childhood play but also our changing relationship to water in a drying nation. Orr’s work explores these relationships.

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February $20 special

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Sitting proudly above the quiet and picturesque Elystan Road, this historic New Farm property has a street presence that is second to none. A true statement of lifestyle and opulence, this gorgeous home has been renovated and restored by renowned architect Kevin Hayes, to incorporate every modern luxury imaginable, including a sandstone pool, temperature controlled wine cellar and architecturally designed landscaped gardens.

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With a perfect North-East aspect, this stunning 208m2 riverfront apartment is positioned within the exclusive and admirable Flinders building. Located in the heart of the flagship Cutters Landing precinct, this apartment offers a balanced lifestyle and is the ultimate in luxury living. Its elevated position on the fourth floor offers the perfect balance to ensure absolute privacy, but maintaining a connection to the river. This expansive apartment is designed to complement the incredibly convenient lifestyle that is at your door step.

Thursday 26th February at 6:00pm,

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Luxurious, Award Winning Warehouse SPRING HILL, 264A Water Street Multi-award winning ‘Rossignol’ is a highly acclaimed and widely publicised warehouse conversion designed by architect Yuri Dillon. Constructed circa 1920 and operating first as a blacksmith shop, this landmark property underwent a five year metamorphosis emerging in 2010 as a cutting edge city abode.

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I’ve been a real estate agent in Brisbane since the 90’s and in that time I’ve learnt that the market gets as distracted ‘as a schoolboy in math class’ every time there’s an election. If there’s a big world wide news event the number of enquiries drop. If the weather is bad the inspections drop. And if there’s an election, the market can’t focus on anything other than hypothesising what may happen afterwards! And with three levels of government that means that every other year there is a period of time that a slight stall hits the market as buyers say “let’s just wait and see what happens at this election”.

But not so much this time! Campbell Newman calling the election in January has in fact given real estate and similar industries a distraction when their market was already distracted. Sure, buyers will still be saying “I’m going to wait till after the election”, but the number of buyers, sellers and agents that are active in the January market is far less that at any other time of the year. To give you an example I call roughly 45 auctions per month, yet I called none - that’s right ZERO, in Brisbane in January. So where do these buyers the market go in January? Mainly to the coasts. And on the coast, seasonally, holiday time is when these markets peak. So the obvious question to ask is: have these coastal regions stalled? To answer this I called Andrew Bell the principal of Ray White Surfers Paradise who has just conducted 125 auctions over the Australia Day long weekend. He said mid-year elections definitely upset the day to day operations. However he went on to say that in January their buyers were less engaged with those style of matters. Their window to purchase whilst on holiday was short and this year was one of their most successful with 120 property auctions and over $20 million worth of real estate sold on the day!

Maybe elections aren’t as influential in all regions and in all seasons as Brissy?

From where I stand (usually behind the podium) elections and new governments have played strong roles in stimulating and extinguishing markets over last ten years. It can make them raise their hands and bid or hang on to the insides of their pockets! It’s notable that this government has made radical changes inside the real estate industry cutting costs to owners and removing unnecessary forms. There could be more to come with the REIQ issuing a wish list to lobby for lower stamp duty and a reintroduction of first home owners grants for existing homes amongst other things.

Whichever way you vote the sun will still rise the next day and life will move on. However your asset value continue could rise or start to diminish. Either way like many other small business owners across our state I was thrilled when a quick election was called during a traditional ‘holiday period’.

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Unit demand builds in inner-city hot spots In the January edition the Village News commissioned a report by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland on the suburbs of New Farm, Newstead and Teneriffe, This month they report on Spring Hill, Kangaroo Point and Fortitude Valley.

Inner-Brisbane suburbs continue to perform strongly as buyer demand heats up across the city. The inner-city unit market is in full swing with strong investor activity being reported by REIQ member agents.

REIQ research analyst Yvette Burton said the suburbs of Spring Hill, Kangaroo Point and Fortitude Valley were no exceptions.

“Across the majority of inner-Brisbane suburbs, unit sales volumes over the September quarter were up on the June quarter,” she said.

“These results exclude off-the-plan sales which do not get officially recorded until the unit sale settles.

Fortitude Valley recorded an increase of 23 preliminary sales – the third highest increase across Brisbane, after Toowong and New Farm; while Spring Hill also recorded more than 10 extra unit sales compared to the previous quarter.

While Kangaroo Point unit sales volumes remained relatively stable over the quarter, around 60 preliminary sales were recorded - making Kangaroo Point the third highest selling Brisbane suburb in absolute terms after Brisbane CBD, New Farm and Fortitude Valley, Ms Burton said.

“Unit sales in the sub-$500,000 price point have been strong across these three suburbs also, with Fortitude Valley seeing a surge in activity over the September quarter.

“So while the new apartment market has been

popular, so too is the established, more affordable stock in these suburbs, which are providing investors with relatively good rental returns.

“In Spring Hill unit rentals are achieving an average 6.6 per cent indicative gross yield, while Fortitude Valley is sitting at 5.5 per cent – both results above the Brisbane average of 5.1 per cent.”

According to Ms Burton, the house market in these suburbs record a much smaller proportion of sales. Continued on Page 40>

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New Farm Apartment Owners Benefit From A Chance Encounter “PETER, we’ve been looking for you!” Victor Hensley* exclaimed upon stumbling across Peter Hutton from Style Estate Agents in an unexpected meeting.

“Where have you been? We need you to sell our apartment.”

The Hensleys had purchased another New Farm apartment with Peter a few years back.

So a meeting was set up with Victor, his wife Denise and Peter. And another meeting, and then a final meeting. Although they’d been looking for Peter, they weren’t making it easy for him.

The problem was, the apartment had been on the market for $1,295,000 with another agent for two months prior without receiving a single written offer. Peter pointed out the growing stigma of it being ‘over-priced’ and ‘something-wrong-with-it’ was scaring buyers off.

The solution came in re-positioning the property to not only attract new buyers but to motivate into action buyers who had already seen the property.

So a customised, ‘story-driven’ marketing campaign was created and Peter’s stylist, Karen, brought in to declutter and style.

A strikingly different apartment was presented to the market. The result? Not only did it sell in under a week, it sold for $1,300,000.

“A brilliant outcome!” enthused Victor and Denise after the sale.

For the month of February, Peter is offering free decluttering and styling sessions to all new vendors (worth $350 each).

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Continued from Page 34> “As inner-city suburbs, house sales are a rarity with detached houses in all three suburbs accounting for less than 15 per cent of all housing stock.

“Over the September quarter, preliminary sales records show less than 10 house sales were recorded in each of these suburbs.”

In Fortitude Valley, where 93 per cent of properties were units, just one house was sold – a prestige town home on a block no more than 300sq m selling for in excess of $1 million, she said.

“Median house prices for Kangaroo Point and Spring Hill recorded double digit growth over the 12 months to September.

“Over the past 10 years, these two suburbs recorded healthy average annual increases of 5.6 and 7.4 per cent respectively, compared to 4.4 per cent for the Brisbane City Council area.

“This is evidence that buyer demand for inner city living, particularly for houses, will always remain strong.

However, given the inevitable growth in unit developments, in response to our capital cities’ increasing population, detached houses in the inner city would become even rarer as the years went by, Ms Burton said.

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TENERIFFE 50 Macquarie Street Generous Saratoga Woolstore apartment (187sqm) offers rare indoor/outdoor terrace and natural light across two levels of living. This apartment enjoys an open plan layout with three generous bedrooms, each with own bathroom. Character features like original floorboards and soaring sawtooth ceilings deliver charm and a sense of space. This great lifestyle offer is further complimented with electronic blinds, air conditioning, additional storage and study zone.

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NEW FARM 4/19 Annie Street This spacious two level, two bedroom, two bathroom apartment has recently been refreshed and is ready to move straight into. Representing an outstanding opportunity to buy in a central location in New Farm. It is set in a boutique complex of five, the master bedroom enhanced with walk-in robe and ensuite. Designed for easy entertaining with the living room and second bedroom opening onto a generous north east facing balcony, just a short stroll to cafés, restaurants, cinema, shops and transport.

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TENERIFFE 18 Beeston Street Located on prestigious Teneriffe Hill, this master crafted multi-level home enhanced by designer tropical gardens is an ultra-desirable sanctuary. Clearly defined architectural styles encompassing a restored cottage transition to an expertly detailed contemporary extension. Sleek main living areas flow outdoors to a private poolside entertaining retreat, while on ground level are self-contained guests´ quarters. It´s situated near schools, shops and the river.

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