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Sculptor Mark Andrews with his soon-to-be-completed sculpture of 'Gloria" - the wool store ewe
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By Vanessa Fang FOR New Farm Neighbourhood Centre worker Clare Lindop, bringing the community together was most important focus when she joined the centre in February. Clare, who has taken on the newly created position of outreach community development worker, said she could not wait to become involved with the community and find out its needs. “It’s been really good and a great atmosphere to work in. It’s an incredibly diverse community so it’s really great to say ‘what are the needs of the community, how do we best tailor to those needs, how do we create events and opportunities for such a community and form some great relationships?’ ” Clare said. She said her focus lay in boosting the centre’s awareness profile among the wider peninsula community, not just within New Farm, and to continue to bring people together through events, such as the popular panel discussion Politics in the Pub. The centre has hosted two Politics In the Pub events in as many months with a state and local council elections flavour. “We’re really interested in getting people more involved with Politics in the Pub. I want people to get involved with the topics, say who they want to hear from, tell me their interests–whether it’s mining or community development– and get those experts along to have a discussion,” Clare said. An Easter Friday picnic in New Farm Park ditch day was run successfully for the 60-80 children who turned up for Easter egg hunts, games, activities and arts and crafts. “We had some great volunteers and great staff. It was a fantastic event,” Clare said. “It was just for the Easter holidays so we tried to engage people in the centre and promote what we do a little bit and also get people connecting with others in their own neighbourhood.” The community outreach role also extended to collaborating with six-
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New Farm Neighbourhood Centre outreach worker Claire Lindop month-old Maida Lilley Community Centre, at Fortitude Valley, which housed the offices of homeless network HART 4000, youth program Visible Ink, Welfare Rights Inc and Brisbane Housing Company. The New Farm Neighbourhood Centre has worked with the community to promote social justice, diversity and inclusion for more than 25 years. Clare, who completed a thesis on how young people could connect with their community through events, said she felt a “great connection” to New Farm and had always been passionate about the community. “I’m really accessible to talk to people about what they want to see in the area so, if you’re a family who’s just moved into New Farm or the area, you don’t have any social ties or you’re finding it hard with kids, we’ll ask how we can get you connected,” Clare said. The New Farm Neighbourhood Centre is at 967 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley. To contact Clare, telephone 3358 5600 or email clare@ newfarmneighbourhood.org.au
Vicki rises above election carnage in Central Ward By Darryl Whitecross THE Liberal National Party’s Vicki Howard’s win in April 28’s Local Government elections was five years in the making. Vicki said she had worked hard to turn around a 100-vote loss in Central Ward in 2008 into a resounding victory second time around: “It’s so what I want to do”. Now about to be Cr Vicki Howard, she defeated Dr Heather Beattie, the wife of a former Queensland premier, and the Green’s candidate Rachael Jacobs to claim victory in the poll in what some in the media described as a drubbing for the Australian Labor Party. The seat was held by Labor councillor David Hinchliffe for 20 years. He did not seek re-election. David Hinchliffe said, on his first day of his retirement from politics, the Labor Party had a long road back after the election defeat. David said that, while he was disappointed for Dr Beattie, given the decision by the ALP’s Paul Crowther to pull out of the race just three weeks before poll date, “the result was inevitable”. He said that, despite residents and business owners being unhappy with the LNP-led council on important issues such as parking, development, drainage and bus routes, still they “overwhelmingly
endorsed” Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and “strongly backed” the LNP candidate. Vicki Howard, a New Farm resident and mother of two, told the media the win was a long time coming: “I’ve been campaigning since 2007,” she said, describing her electorate as `diverse and wonderful’. She described the win as fantastic and, despite being overwhelmed with the result and the attention immediately after her win, promised to tackle the “diverse issues” of the ward with enthusiasm. She also congratulated the LNP’s Cr David McLachlan, from the neighbouring Hamilton Ward, who was returned in another clear result, and said she looked forward to working alongside him in council especially on delivering the policies which would benefit both wards – and on such events as the Teneriffe Festival. Dr Beattie congratulated Ms Howard on her win and thanked David Hinchliffe for his role in the community over many years and the help he was to her in the election campaign. Dr Beattie said she would not stand again. She said she was surprised that so many still trusted the LNP council Continues on Page 11>>>
‘Gloria’ is coming
A VISIT to sculpture Mark Andrews’ studio in the Gold Coast hinterland brought immediate surprise at the size and enormity of Gloria, a piece commissioned by Brisbane City Council and destined for the streets of Teneriffe. Mark put an enormous amount of effort and intricate detail into the stainless-steel commissioned sculpture which many believe will become a tourist attraction for Teneriffe. Gloria is a wool store ewe, complete with handbag which Mark says, with a wry smile, is “a Gucci original”. Local artist and former Central Ward councillor, David Hinchliffe, said the sculpture he commissioned from his Central Ward Trust Fund was named Gloria in honour of local historian Gerard Benjamin’s late partner Gloria Grant. He said Gerard and New Farm & Districts Historical Society president Ross Garnett support the name. “I think it’s great to have a name for (it) and I think Gloria Grant’s sense of the irreverent would have been tickled. I hope one day that this sculpture will be joined by a ram, perhaps with the name ‘Gerard’ to complete the picture,” David said. “The whole idea of having sheep sculpture is to remind residents and visitors to Teneriffe that this suburb was built on the sheep’s back. Teneriffe’s magnificent wool stores
Artist David Hinchliffe admires the enormity and detail in the sculpture made countless millions of export dollars in selling wool from outback Australia to the world and shipping it out from local wharves,” he said. Mark said that, after several delays over two years, due to personal problems, the council decided to cancel the contract which was originally for two sculptures - of a sheep and a ram standing up and with a suitcase reading to board the boat at the Teneriffe wharves. Mark said that, despite the delays and the tearing up of the contract, he wanted to complete what he had already started - even at great personal and financial hardship. He said the $7000 he has received, which was the original deposit, would see him deliver the sculpture to the council at an enormous financial loss as his materials alone were well over that. David Hinchliffe, said he was initially surprised at the amount of detail in the sculpture and, considering what the council had paid for others sculptures Mark had been hard done by.
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Gasworks masterplan spreads across both sides of Skyring Terrace A NEW spirit of competition and diversity is spreading across Newstead Teneriffe with a boom in retail space being opened up on either side of Skyring Terrace. Mirvac’s $1.5 billion Park residential and retail complex – which is part of Waterfront Newstead – is expected to be finished within a matter of weeks and, as part of the project, a variety of operators such as a coffee shop, delicatessen, restaurant, news agency, a mini-mart and cellars are being touted as possible tenants. Hanna Peard, a sales agent with Cherston’s, who is negotiating the retail leases for Park, said that, although the residential part of the project was almost finished – the first display apartment in Park has just been completed – focus on the letting out the retail space had only just begun. Hanna said the focus on the retail space was boutique restaurants and cafes to provide outdoor eating areas that would benefit from views out over the 5ha of parkland that is part of the development. Across Skyring Terrace but still within the Newstead Riverpark precinct, the focus is on the securing retail tenants within FKP’s 10-year project – the $1.1 billion Gasworks development. The precinct is to include 8000sq m of retail space, anchored by a major Woolworths supermarket and a 500sq m Terry White Chemists pharmacy and medical centre. Darren Frame and Mitchell Love, the fresh food specialists from the popular James Street Markets and the Gold Coast’s Ferry Road Markets, already have announced plans for a new retail venture – Skyring Terrace Markets in the Gasworks precinct. The pair, who started with a single fruit shop nine years ago, said the Skyring Terrace Markets would cover 780sq m and include the diverse mix of fresh produce that had made the James Street Markets successful, such as Fine Fruit on Skyring, Sevilo Gourmet Delicatessen, Prime Specialty
Meats, Flour Bakery and Quench juice and gelati. It is expected to open by mid next year in line with the completion of the new dining, shopping and commercial precinct, which is the second stage of the Gasworks master-planned development. FKP executive director Mark Jewell said that with Woolworths and Terry White Chemists, the addition of the markets would take the precinct “to a whole new level”. Gasworks is already home to the Energex headquarters and its 1700 workers and Bank of Queensland has just committed to a large commercial space in the next stage. FKP said the buildings in the Gasworks project were to range in height from five to 25 storeys, with 20,000sq m of retail, 60,000sq m of commercial and about 900 residential apartments. Construction on Gasometer 1, which is the second stage of the development, began in August last year and is on track to be opened early next year. The retail and dining precinct is to surround the historic Gasometer frame, which is to become a public plaza and centrepiece of the 17ha riverfront development. Mark Jewell said Gasworks would transform Brisbane’s inner north, with the Newstead Riverpark precinct to virtually become “a satellite CBD” when complete. “Gasworks alone will inject another 1800 residents and accommodate about 5000 workers when complete, with the entire Newstead Riverpark redevelopment precinct to become home to some 3500 residents,” Mr Jewell said. For more information on leasing at the Park development contact Hanna Peard on 0422484614 or hpeard@ chesterton.com.au and for the Gasometer 1 contact Julian Musial from CB Richard Ellis on 0400 008 008.
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JUST spending it with my two daughters, doing absolutely anything. Maybe having lunch together with wine and good food; even staying at home would be nice; or a nice, relaxed lunch at somewhere like Pearl Café in East Brisbane or else, Mondo Organics or Red Hen in West End.
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Mothers Day is about cherishing all of the moments you have and have had with your mum and luckily for me appreciating the wonderful gift of being a mum. I am given a precious reminder every day through an adoring smile, a cheeky laugh, tight cuddle, written message and drawings that expresses how much love just one “little” person has to give another. This years Mother’s Day will be spent running in the Mother’s Day Classic, followed by a picnic in the park with my beautiful Alexis, finished off with a spin on my Vespa, imagining we are getting lost in the narrow streets of Italy somewhere... maybe next year.
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GOING to the Kedron Wavell’s Service Club with her daughter, Lorraine Tomlinson, for dinner. This year it was fully booked though so Lorraine said, with a cheeky grin looking at her mum, it would have to be “Maccas”. Florence, obviously, had and an appalled look on her face hoping her daughter wasn’t serious. A drive up in the country to Maleny near Mooloolah Valley is also on her list. Lorraine, who lives next door, says she and her mother have a lot in common “so we spend a lot of time together”.
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When all else fails, there’ll always be man’s best friend THIRTY thousand years ago, a lone she-wolf, heavily pregnant, comes out of the dark tundra night and warily circles a campsite of humans. She knows there are scraps of food to be had but she must be vigilant. Humans are an unpredictable species, at times encouraging – throwing her the remains of their hunt – and other times hostile, chasing her away by brandishing fire-sticks and pelting her with stones. Although it’s late spring, the winter has been slow to surrender its icy grip and as a consequence, food is scarce. The smell of blood and cooking meat alerts the wolf to the success of the human’s hunt. Hunger makes her bold and she moves closer to the encampment, her intelligent, pale blue eyes ever watchful. The wolf is well acquainted with this group of people; she has visited their campsite before. She carefully scrutinises the individuals moving about the campfire and then her whole body stiffens in recognition: the woman is there. The she-wolf settles back on her haunches. She understands she must wait patiently for the summons. The woman quiets her fractious child by giving him a greasy morsel of charred meat; his chubby fingers stuff it whole into his greedy mouth. She has seen the ghost-like shadow of the wolf lurking behind the concealing veil
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her child safe within the group, she makes her way to the periphery of the camp where the flickering firelight surrenders to indigo dark. Calling softly into the cold night the woman waits, then from the shadows, she sees the wolf moving stealthily toward her. It stops at a safe distance, alert and suspicious. These two are known to each other. The woman has bought food to the
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and grow somnolent from full bellies and the warmth of the fire. The woman gathers up some discarded bones still generously covered with remains of flesh. Leaving
she-wolf before, motivated in part by the animal’s piteous condition and obvious pregnancy but also in part by the human desire to communicate and seek reassurance that we are not alone in the intimidating vastness of the universe. The woman drops the meaty bones and moves slowly away. The wolf lifts her head, her dark moist nose quivers in appreciation, all the while keeping her eyes firmly fixed on the human. She senses no danger from that quarter and moves quickly to claim the prize. The woman stands quietly watching the beast feed, powerful jaws crush the bones and sharp strong teeth shred
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of war. Charlie licks the face of the sweating soldier. The young man buries his head deep in the warm woolly coat of the dog. He breathes in the faintly gamey odour of the dog. “I am safe. I’m with Charlie and it’s all right”. I remember those awful final days before my mother finally lost her battle with leukaemia. Visiting her in hospital
debilitating illness. When Mum was forced to take to her bed, Beau would join her, his big brown eyes watching her constantly. I think he was the recipient of all her fears and concerns. As her confidant, he would neither remonstrate nor try to offer solutions. His role was to listen and just be there, a companion in
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The one lasting regret I have in the final days as Mum slipped in out of consciousness is that I never challenged or disobeyed the direction from the hospital administration that non-service dogs were not allowed into the wards; an insensitive directive when you consider the immeasurable comfort delivered to a dying woman by being able to say goodbye to her little dog.
she would immediately demand news of Beau, my small black poodle: “How’s my little dog?” she’d ask. “He’s fine Mum but more importantly, how are you?” She would brush aside my query with almost impatient reassurance: “I’m fine love. It’s that little dog I worry about”. Indeed, during last year of her life, Mum came to rely heavily on Beau. He was a distraction from her failing health and perhaps the only one who was able to lighten the overwhelming depression that often accompanies
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the true sense. Often as you passed her room, you would hear the quiet murmur of conversation. If you had looked in, you would find Mum propped up with pillows, her fingers entwined in Beau’s curly coat, each looking intently at the other; a true understanding passing between them both. The one lasting regret I have in the final days as Mum slipped in out of consciousness is that I never challenged or disobeyed the direction from the hospital administration that non-service dogs were not allowed
into the wards; an insensitive directive when you consider the immeasurable comfort delivered to a dying woman by being able to say goodbye to her little dog. Humans may eventually go the way of the dinosaur, whether due to our own colossal ego, bombing the Earth to smithereens or just exhausting the planet with our ever-increasing number. The end may well come, as some scientists predict, when a giant meteorite plunges into the Pacific Ocean causing the Earth to wobble on its axis and, as the plant shifts, splits and buckles, an enormous tsunami will roll out from the ocean depths sweeping all before it. Whatever the cause, I know, as the end draws near, horses will flee, sheep and cattle will blithely continue to graze their pasture, cats will quietly disappear and go where they have always gone. Man will watch in shocked awe as Armageddon approaches but he won’t be alone. For standing beside him ready to face the final onslaught will be his ever-faithful hound. After all, where else would a dog rather be?
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Trains and motor traffic once shared roadways THE next time you amble from Gray Street through the beautiful jacaranda-lined avenue towards Cutters Landing, think of the steam engines which passed that way, enroute to the CSR refinery and the powerhouse. The Bulimba Branch Railway line (which reflected the early riverside name for Teneriffe) left the main line at Bowen Hills, crossed Breakfast Creek Road into Newstead then headed south beside the river, sharing the roadway with motor traffic.
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A special excursion train leaves the CSR siding in 1986 (Photo: Qld Rail Hist. Collection)
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THE next meeting of the Teneriffe Progress Association is to be on Monday, May 21, from 7pm at the ANFE Club in Wyandra Street, Newstead. President Rob Murdoch said the agenda was to be “very busy” with reports to be tabled from the development and traffic study sub-committees. He said the meeting also would be the first opportunity since the council elections to “engage with both local councilors (Central and Hamilton wards)”. For further information or to register to attend, telephone 38542303 or log on to www. teneriffeprogress.org.au
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by Gerard Benjamin The railway, which was opened in December 1897, had been on the drawing board for years. A real estate notice from October 1882 advertising 63 allotments in “Lower Brisbane, near Bulimba Ferry” noted among the locality’s attractions: “BULIMBA RAILWAY (promised soon) and STEAM FERRY will bring this charming locality into closer proximity to QUEEN-STREET.” The railway’s primary purpose ended up being for industry. Along its length, more than two dozen sidings served wharves, wool stores, a fuel depot, factories and warehouses. The list of those who were awarded compensation for land which had been resumed for the railway, provides a useful roll call of riverside landowners in 1897. One of the largest claims (£3000 but awarded £800) was made by the Queensland Brewery Company whose beer-making took place where Florence Street met Vernon Terrace.
A goods train steams from Wyandra Street into Skyring Terrace, Teneriffe (1965). (photo: Qld Rail Hist. Collection) Claiming £120 but awarded £42 was William Ruddle, a racehorse owner and licensee of Fortitude Valley’s Royal George Hotel. His recently completed family home with a perfect view of the Brisbane River, stood on the site of present-day Freshwater Apartments. Though the branch line closed in 1990, there are still traces of it along Macquarie Street and Vernon Terrace. * The New Farm & Districts Historical Society has recently installed an historical plaque in the Arbour Walk, adjacent to Gray Street. This is part of an ongoing project to offer insights into the suburb’s past.
THE newly formed Teneriffe Chamber of Commence, which is a division of the Valley Chamber of Commerce, has announced that it is to hold breakfast meetings on the second Wednesday of each month. For further information or to register, log on to www. teneriffechamber.com.au
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KANGAROO Point’s St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is seeking help to build and maintain an edible schoolyard project aimed to help students learn about fresh food and sustainability. The Adopt Our Edible Schoolyard project needs help from families, individuals, companies and organisations to sponsor the materials and time required to establish the garden through donations of money, materials and School principle Micheal O’Sullivan trade services, as well as regular with students hungry to learn volunteer hours. Principal Micheal O’Sullivan said the garden would provide a “sustainable tomorrow” for the children. “The hands-on experiential method of learning has many benefits for our children. We believe our new school garden will provide essential learning for children today,” Micheal said. St Joseph’s aimed to engage students, parents and carers to work together in the garden to achieve positive learning curriculum outcomes, as well as enjoying “getting dirty”, watching their produce grow and then harvesting and eating it. The project was inspired by the founder of Edible Landscapes, Bruce Molloy, who has taken his Edible Schoolyards program to schools all around Australia. Bruce said he believed that engaging children with food they ate formed their interest in understanding their own nutritional needs and food choices – after having discovered the delight in growing their own food and the bliss of devouring them, the youngsters go on to being positive fresh-food-influencers on their families and extended communities. To help with setting up of the St Joseph’s garden or for further information, telephone 3391 5397 or log on to www.ediblelandscapes.com.au/stjosephs to see the proposed garden design in full.
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Lucky jeweller takes Golden Girl to the ball By Louise Cheer NEW Farm custom jeweller Cameron Robinson is to be one lucky man when he attends this month’s RACQ CareFlight’s annual gala ball. He is to have four-time Olympic Games beach volleyball champion Natalie Cook on his arm. The Argyle select atelier, who also designed a pendant being donated to the event (pictured), will join revellers flocking to the Cirque du CareFlight event at the Toowoomba Showgrounds on Saturday, May 26. Cameron said it was an honour and privilege to be able to attend the ball, especially with such a notable “date”. Natalie competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, and has a gold and a bronze medal. She runs her own beach volleyball business, Sandstorm, and is an Order of Australia recipient. Cameron said he was a strong supporter of CareFlight because, while holidaying on Moreton Island in the late 1980s, he had to be airlifted by a CareFlight helicopter after a serious accident. “Having now come into my own life and with children of my own, I felt it was time to give back to those who I was in need of,” Cameron said. “For a number of years, we have continued to support the efforts of CareFlight as it is, in a general respect, a not-for-profit organisation. “Being so close to the city, with the opening of their Toowoomba hangar, we have a huge country following at Bruce Robinson Diamonds – in some respects it’s in support of our country
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clients who may call on such a valuable service,” Cameron said. Bruce Robinson Diamonds has designed and manufactured a fine 18-carat white gold, diamond pendant on site especially for the cause, which worth about $10,000. “The pendant reflects the theme of the event, which is in the vein of a clown’s beachball,” Cameron said. The pendant has been shaped into half a ball, and encrusted with yellow, pink and white Australian Argyle diamonds. “This is a fabulously intricate handmade piece of jewellery and will suit the finest or mature of necks and certainly a piece to show off,” Cameron said. “Bruce Robinson Diamonds – after 43 years – continue to manufacture and design fine jewellery on premises,” he said. Cirque du CareFlight is held each year to raise funds for CareFlight’s not-for-profit services. The cause usually raises more than $50,000 but this year CareFlight hopes to raise more than $60,000 for its helicopter service. Guests are to enjoy a three-course meal and a six-hour beverage package, with circus-style entertainment – including an appearance from the International Aerial Angels performers – and a five-piece band to entertain them. For further information or to buy tickets, telephone CareFlight Toowoomba on 0423 602 555 or email suziew@careflight.org.au
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BRANDING and marketing specialist Jo Ellice-Flint has joined the ranks of Teneriffe’s Basis Group as its new business director. Jo said she would take great pleasure in taking her well-rounded experience to the company’s table. “Basis Group integrates both strategy and creativity – ie both left and right brain thinking – into a holistic marketing approach that will leave your target audience ‘wowed’,” Jo said. New to Basis Group, Jo Ellice-Flint Her motivation is fuelled by her team and the clients with which she collaborates. Basic Group managing director Murray Sutherland said Jo was a great fit for the company because she was a great people person with a fun, vibrant personality. “She has a great balance of branding and marketing experience (and) broad industry knowledge including retail, property and government,” Murray said. “(Jo will bring) a fresh approach to Basis and its clients – senior thinking, new relationships and business growth.” Jo has worked in Sydney, Canberra and Queensland over the past 12 years where she gained broad experience with some of Australia’s most respected advertising agencies. For more information, log onto www.basisgroup.com.au
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THE local government elections are over for another term and there are new faces representing New Farm in State parliament and City Hall.
seniorsvoice by Tony Townsend New Farm branch members of National Seniors Australia would like to thank formally MP Grace Grace and Cr David Hinchliffe for their efforts on our behalf and for the New Farm community over past years. They have always been very supportive and, while we may not always have agreed with some of the decisions made by the parent bodies, they were always approachable. They have left big shoes to fill and we now look forward to working with their successors and congratulate Robert Cavallucci and Vicki Howard on their success in the elections.Anyone who puts their name forward in the public arena, whether in a paid position or as a volunteer in a not-forprofit organisation, deserves the applause and support of the community. Apart from the time and effort involved, one will never please all the people all the time but there is always the satisfaction of a job done to the best of one’s ability and
the reward for at least making the effort. In a democracy like ours, we need choice in the candidates for elections and we congratulate all who tried whether they won or not. +++ The NSA generally has welcomed the government’s new package for aged care. Key consumer wins include: • Ageing at home is the centrepiece of reform with a doubling of new home care places • $1.2 billion to tackle workforce shortages • The exclusion of the family residence from the home care assets test. In residential care the treatment of the family home will not change from current arrangements • Caps on individual care costs • Recognition that older Australian have diverse needs • Specific funding allocated for dementia care. +++ THE New Farm branch of the NSA’s next dinner on Friday, May 18, is to be held at the New Farm Bowls Club in Brunswick Street from 6pm and as well as members of the branch NSA members who cannot attend daytime activities are particularly welcomed. +++ At the next Branch general meeting at Merthyr Uniting Church from 9.30am on Wednesday, June 6, the speaker is to be comic book author Lenore McDonald. For further information on the NSA or New Farm Branch, telephone Tony Townsend on 3315 2523.
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A happy LNP team lead by Vicki Howard with new State Member Robert Cavallucci, left, and Federal Member Teresa Gambaro Continued from Page 3>>> Dr Beattie said that many people were frustrated with the LNP on many issues but returned it to power. While she said she believed the ALP had a lot of soulsearching to do, Dr Beattie said it was not time to give up. She said the ALP faithful needed to continue to be part of the community, part of action groups, part of neighbourhood groups. “We can’t retreat,” she said. Dr Beattie said she now would focus on spending a lot of time with her 80-year-old mother “who’ve I’ve ignored for three weeks” and then she and husband Peter would look at taking a nice, long holiday.
Over in Hamilton Ward, which covers Teneriffe south and Newstead, it is to be business as usual as the LNP’s David McLachlan cruised to an easy victory ahead of the ALP’s Philip Anthony and the Greens’ Alex Cousner. Cr McLachlan, said he had to reacquaint himself with his dogs and mow the lawn after spending most of his time campaigning. He said he also looked forward to working the his colleague over the ward fence in Vicki Howard who he said had worked hard over the past five years to “get the ID necessary” to have the electorate confident she would do a good job as their representative.
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Organisers still have a few surprises to be announced By Alexandria Utting THIS year’s Teneriffe Festival is to roll back into town in July and is set to the biggest and best yet, according to festival co-ordinator, Nicole Ogilvie. The festival was first run in 2010 just after Teneriffe was officially named a suburb. The festival focuses on the history of the suburb with strong focus on the wool stores and celebrates the heritage, the people, the beauty and the community of Teneriffe. “You would be surprised how many people haven’t been to Teneriffe before so the festival is a great way to promote the area,” Nicole said. This Teneriffe Festival, which received support from the Brisbane City Council, has quickly become one of the premier festivals in the city. About 30,000 people are expected. Planning for the third annual festival is well underway and a host
of new events are being planned but not at the expense of any of the old favourites. The popular Running of the Rams is to happen again; this year with the sponsorship of radio station Nova. Contestants are encouraged to dress up as a sheep for the zany foot race. The station is to give prizes for best dressed on the day including a trip for two on Fantsea Cruises to the Whitsunday Islands and an iPad. The 2012 festival is to have a stronger focus on fashion. Fashonistas can look forward to a dedicated fashion zone in the DoubleOne 3 laneway with parades in partnership with the fashion house, White Label Noba. There also are to be cooking demonstrations, alfresco dining, a pop-up bar and live music on three stages.
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Teneriffe Festival event manager Nicole Ogilvie . . . a great way to promote the area “Music is a highlight this year,” Nicole said, announcing that the Brisbane-based brass band, Bullhorn, would be on the bill. While releasing some of the details of attractions for this year’s festival, Nicole said the planning committee still had “a few surprises more up their sleeves” regarding the music for the day. There is to be the playground for children, with a petting zoo, pony rides, fairy floss, painting workshops and a climbing wall. The festival, which runs from 9am10pm, is a free event and is to be
held on Saturday, July 7. Several of Teneriffe’s main streets will be closed including principally Macquarie Street and Vernon Terrace Organisers would like to hear from any businesses or organisations who would like to become a sponsor for the event. They also are looking for more stallholders and volunteers.
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THE opening of the general practice, Flow, at Teneriffe has been an “interesting journey” for owner Dr Kylie Bown. Dr Bown, a general practitioner, said that, after having been health industry for about 20 years, she felt a strong attraction to the altruism factor of the industry and wanted to serve the community with “premium-quality services” that did not “cut corners” – so she opened Flow about three months ago. She said it had been an “interesting journey” to get this, her first practice, to a “working stage” from liaising with the architects to working with the builders. Now it was time to focus on her patients, she said. Dr Bown said she believed Teneriffe was “a good area” for the services her practice offered, given the suburb’s “educated demographic” that “liked to look after themselves and prioritise their health”. “It’s just about helping people, working with people, sharing their journey with them, their stories and their lives really,” Dr Bown said. “Basically our focus is anti-ageing and looking after people as they’re moving through life and the journey that they put forward for us,” she said. The team of five includes a dietician, a physiotherapist, a psychotherapist and counsellor and a registered nurse.
THE Hotel Urban Brisbane at Spring Hill has been named in the Top 25 trendiest hotels in Australia list at the 2012 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards. General manager Lachlan Furnell said he was thrilled to receive the award which would give it recognition on a global scale. “TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel site so to be honoured by them feels like a huge achievement,” Lachlan said. “It is also great to know that we won this (award) based on positive feedback from our guests and that we are hitting the mark in the industry as a contemporary boutique hotel,” he said. The Hotel Urban company prides itself on having design features distinct to the personality of the cities in which they are located. The Travellers’ Choice Awards rate hotels from around the world, judging them on online reviews and customer satisfaction. Big things planned for the Hotel Urban Brisbane this year with new promotions and events to be announced soon. Hotel Urban Brisbane is at 345 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill. For further information, log on to www. hotelurban.com.au/brisbane
Dr Kylie Brown at Flow Private Practice Dr Bown, who has worked in Brisbane and Ipswich, said that having allied health services on site promoted flow (a psychology concept) – much like “a revolving door” – as it allowed patients to receiving holistic care under one roof. “So, a lot of places have a bit of a ‘disconnect’ because you refer a person somewhere else hoping they will follow through but they don’t always or the doctors don’t always get connected. It’s better for the patients and for us to work together as a collaborative team,” Dr Bown said. “When things are working well in your life, then things tend to flow from one thing to the next. That was the
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Jane was educated at several schools (something which Rod accounts for her easy, bubbly personality) but settled mainly at Loreto and was a foundation year student at Bond University where she graduated with a BA in Communications as a double major. Jane was a fitness fanatic for years in her swimming and running regime but her greatest loves were rowing – for Bond University first eights – and the simple pastime of fishing. Most of all, though, she loves writing and has a real gift for it. She says: “It’s a personal love that I’ve been blessed to bring into my work each day as a publicist and marketing strategist and I am very fortunate to be able to do that – and help pay some bills with the income.”
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delight at motherhood and, with it, the blooming of my dear daughter Jane Balkin. On Mother’s Day this month, Jane will be one of millions of Australians who will be honoured by their nearest and dearest, many in restaurants across the nation. Jane and her family will probably do their own thing – at home or enjoy a little picnic in the park. Jane, her 13-month-old son Jack Bunter and Jack’s father Rod Bunter live in James Street, towards the New Farm Park end, in a fine old Queenslander. Every year from now, the happy couple will probably toast their luck – in the meeting of the parents, where Like evolves into Love and little Jack was born to them. He’s a little beauty.
Rod, a Dalby boy, was educated at Ipswich Grammar and achieved his degree (a BA in Visual Arts) at the Queensland College of Art and recently returned to complete a Masters degree. Rod is an artist who, in these tougher times, also runs his business of commercial and residential painting. He has a spacious art studio beneath the house. His art works are highly valued, collected nationally and sold well in healthier economic times. They only met as 39 year olds despite having lived not far from each other in New Farm. Jane said: “We had a happy and jumbled adulthood before meeting each other. We both had vices. After a wild time in his 20s, Rod decided to give up alcohol. He had been a teetotaller for a decade when he met me and he inspired me to give up the drink. That brought great clarity and liberation to my life. ” Jane and Rod made a remarkable further pact after the last year’s devastating Brisbane River flood. The water entered the downstairs art studio,
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Jane Balkin with her son Jack destroying much of it with more than a metre of water damaging the room. They awoke the next day to a great fanfare of mud army volunteers – all armed with buckets and mops – to help them clean up and a generous offer of a beer or two. Rod, who spent many hours in the clean up might have felt like a beer or two but, instead, took them up on an offer of bottled water. Jane was seven months’ pregnant with Jack and there was concern about hygiene. The couple had to reassess their life and made further decisions, preparing for Jack’s future, and to do what they could to save for further unforeseen “rainy days”. “Actually, Rod and I late in life realised what directions in life we are to undertake, who we are meant to be with, following the path in front of us, discovering who we really are. Life so far has been a long apprenticeship,” Jane said. Jane, who gave birth to Jack when she was 40, is happy to generally hang out at home for the first time in her adult life and continues to build her business very well considering the handful her baby has been at times. Her clients include people in arts and
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Anxious wait over as Tony’s pasta machine arrives FORTITUDE Valley restaurateur Tony Percuoco can now share his love for making pasta with his new Italian pasta machine. The owner of Tartufo restaurant, at The Emporium, endured an anxious month-long wait as the machine was shipped to Australia. “The machine comes all the way from Italy and is the best on the market, making all lengths of pasta including filled pasta, from pheasant filled agnalotti through to fresh pappardelle,” Tony said. “We wanted to bring another level of excitement to what has become known as the Tartufo experience and give diners a new experience unlike anywhere else,” he said. The oyster bar at the restaurant has been refurbished to make room for the machine, where diners are able to watch the pasta being made and served. “People can come in, sit at the bar and have pasta and a glass of wine. We want people to enjoy Tartufo, where food, wine and laughter are a way of life,” Tony said. With more than 100 industry accolades and numerous chef hats to his credit, Tony remained humble about his achievements: “Tartufo is not fine dining. Just because I pay attention to detail doesn’t mean I’m
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Penne e salsicce – fresh penne from the machine with pork and fennel sausage and parmesan imported from Italy, because “you just can’t get good Italian parmesan here” fine dining. I serve food you can get in any restaurant in Italy.” Tony is passionate about providing authentic Italian dishes using fresh, seasonal local ingredients, influenced from Naples, his hometown, and Tuscany. Tony had been in the industry for more than 30 years. He moved to Australia in 1970. His name has been synonymous with Ristorante Fellini at Marina
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By Vanessa Fang NEW Farm Spanish taperia Pintxo has snapped up the award for the Lifestyle Channel Queensland’s most popular Spanish restaurant last April. Restaurant manager Adam Pickle said the win was a “great surprise” and was “grateful” for the effort the customers must have put in to vote for the venue, which turns three years old this month. “We genuinely appreciate those customers that come back. We get to know them by name and what they like. It’s just easy to do in a small and intimate place like this,” Adam said. Adam said he believed showing appreciation for his customers contributed to the restaurant’s success but, above all, meeting the growing expectations for the food was most important. “People are getting more sophisticated in their taste with public dining. With that, comes raised expectations for restaurants which I think is fantastic,” he said. “It’s good to have a competitive restaurant environment with welleducated diners because it means
you have to do a good job.” Pintxo’s (pronounced pincho) tapas train and table service was previously open exclusively for dinner but the restaurant’s popularity saw a demand for a lunch menu which is available from Tuesday to Sundays. In particular, the San Sebastian sandwich – boasting Serrano ham, grilled chicken, buttered mushrooms, slightly spicy green chillies and Romesco sauce – had been a hot favourite. While some dishes maintain traditional Spanish ingredients, such as chorizo, the menu always made room for modern twists and rare or seasonal ingredients, such as piquillos – mini green ‘roulette’ chillies – where it is impossible to tell which one is spicy until it is eaten. “We source a lot of local produce, meat and seafood. We do import Spanish white anchovies, manchego cheese and serrano ham and jamon iberico,” Adam said. “The tapas train style of dining is really different because you are able to
Adam Pickle, the restaurant manager of Pintxo with the trophy not commit to just one main, you can try a lot of different things.” He said the best way to enjoy Pintxo was to embrace the art of sharing. Pintxo is at 561 Brunswick Street, New Farm. To book a table, or get a menu details or for further information, telephone 3333 2231 or log on to www.pintxo.com
RNA set to announce dairy award winners THE winners of the dairy competition in this year’s Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show are to be announced later this month. Entries come from the length and breadth of the country aiming to be judged the best in a range of areas from winemakers to chocolatiers. About 500 entries were received in the cheese, dairy produce, ice cream and chocolate sections this year with “rigourous judging” to find a winner to take place between May 14 and 17. Last year a cheese from Victoria won the section. This year is the first that a chocolate competition has been included. The awards, now considered one of the most prestigious in the country, were first conducted in 1876 to find what was considered the best cheese and dairy produce making them Australia’s oldest awards. “Rigorous judging will take place to crown the best of the best as judged by the best,” the RNA said. The awards aim to embrace the diversity and quality of Australia’s culinary culture.
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villagenews Exhibition shows the evolution of Asa TENERIFFE graffiti artist Asa Boardman is to demonstrate his softer side with an exhibition titled Lines and Something to be held at Love, Love Studios this month. Asa, 32, said the works were to be based around a detailed and fun illustrative style that incorporated gritty lines to form characters and scenarios. “I am collaborating with a photographer called Dylan Evans and we are combining photography and line art to create scenes of ‘far beyond reality’, visualising real shots with a graffiti-based unrealistic expectation for the viewer,” Asa said. The illustrations are to include distorted and detailed faces and bodies, with an already-present characteristic of the facial and physical structure emphasised. Asa’s graffiti work is prominent on the peninsula, particularly his colourful wall display at the Grinders Coffee Queensland headquarters but his artistic style was evolving. “My previous work has always been heavily based in graffiti and utilised explosive mish-mashed colour. A lot of these (new illustrations) are black and white,” Asa said. “I see my artistic style evolving into finer detail and a more concentrated use of expression and lines.” Asa, who owns The Ponycat cafe,
when she meets Markus (comedian Francois Damiens). The film is based on David Foenkinos’ best selling novel of the same name.
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A piece from the exhibition at New Farm, kept mum about a possible children’s book in the future but hinted at another gastronomic venture to open, at Paddington, later this month. Lines and Something with collaboration from Dylan Evans is to run from May 4-20. Love, Love Studios is at 27 Florence Street, Newstead. For further information, log on to www.lovelovestudio.blogspot.com
Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow THE 14th annual Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow rolls into Brisbane on May 16 for a season at the Brisbane Powerhouse at New Farm. Award-winning comedians Harley Breen, Felicity Ward, Matt Okine and Kate McLennan are to draw out the odd giggle, chortle or cackle when they take to the stage as part of their 97-performance, 67 Australian town 2012 tour. Sarah Neal, the Powerhouse’s head of programming, said audiences were in for “a good time.” “Anyone who is already missing their comedy fix after the Brisbane Comedy Festival should definitely check this out. It’s always one of our most popular shows of the year,” Sarah said. Harley Breen, familiar to audiences from his shows Shape Up!, I Heart Bunnings and The Kingswood and I which have toured around Australia and internationally, won the comedian’s choice award at 2011 Melbourne Comedy Festival. Matt Okine was a finalist in the Triple J RAW and 2Day FM Comedy God
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competitions and winner of the Brisbane New Comic of the Year and Rove Live/ Snickers Golden Nut Competition. He recently sold out his show Being Black and Chicken and Shit at Brisbane Comedy Festival 2012. Felicity Ward is best known for her work on Ronnie John’s Half Hour and her stand up tours for Ugly As a Child and Felicity Ward Reads from the Book of Moron in addition to appearances on Spicks and Specks, Thank God You’re Here and Good News Week. Kate McLennan won the Best Comedy and Best Newcomer Awards at Melbourne Fringe Festival. She’s known for stand up shows Homeward Bound, The Debutante Diaries and Livin’ the Dream (a duo with Fiona Harris). Her television comedy work includes The Mansion and Ben Elton’s Live from Planet Earth. The Roadshow is to be in Brisbane from May 16-16 with shows from 7.30pm each night. Tickets are $29-$38and can be booked by telephoning 3358 8600 or by logging on to brisbanepowerhouse.org
PALACE Cinemas, in James Street, has a special Mother’s Day film event planned for Sunday, May 13, from 4pm. At the special screening of the M-rated Delicacy, mum’s who are movie club members, and a guest will receive a glass of Brown Brothers sparkling moscato rosa. Delicacy stars Audrey Tautou. The film traces the live of Natalie (Tautou) who is happily married one minute, successful in her career and convinced the future is full of promise, but a tragic accident occurs and her whole world is turned upside down and the love that blossoms
AFTER a five-year break to raise her son, Kiwi Bic Runga has released a new album, titled Belle, tracks from which she is to perform in a concert at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday, May 5. Her first two albums each sold 11 times platinum in New Zealand, were top 10 hits in Australia, Japan and Ireland and received critical success in the United Kingdom. Bic and her band, including Mint Chicks Kody Nielson and Michael Logie, come to Brisbane fresh from shows in the UK and Ireland. She is to perform at the Powerhouse, in Lamington Street, New Farm, from 8pm on Saturday, May 5. Tickets are $40. For further information, log on to www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
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Rotary Art Spec The Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular was held at the Riverside Centre. It is Queensland’s most prestigious art exhibition and raises funds for the Cerebral Palsy League, Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children and Rotary Community Projects.
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Femme Funds is a bi-annual event held to raise money to aid in two projects run by the Edmund Rice Foundation. More than $4000 was raised which will go towards Edmund Rice Camps in South Africa and the Ruben Centre in Nairobi. The event also aims to support and promote Brisbane businesses and networking opportunities.
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Family fun day is all about bicycles
By Ili Tulloch We Like Bikes is the name given to a first-time family fun day being planned for Sunday, May 20. Live music, the Vulcana Women‘s Circus, bike workshops and hot rod biking are among the activities being organised for the event to be held at the Teneriffe Bikeway. It is part of the Brisbane City Council’s Scratch the Surface program, which gives young people the opportunity to work organise and run produce with its support . Organiser Ellie Freeman said “Scratch the Surface” was about utilising urban spaces “so I picked the bikeway”. “I really enjoy seeing Brisbane by bike. We Like Bikes is about encouraging people to use that space and seeing it in a positive way,” Ellie said. The Hot Rod bicycle competition is expected to attract “some of the wildest creations” yet seen in Brisbane where participants get to show off their skills and compete for the “ultimate bike bragging rights”. Live music is to be presented by gypsy folk group Greshka, Brisbane rockers Wayward Smith, legendary groover Jimi Beavis and the alternative folk singer/songwriter Amy Crow.
Simon Wells, of All Star Fish, is to perform on a unicycle Community group Turnstyle is to provide workshops on not only bicycle maintenance and upkeep but to build a bike from scratch. Hellhound Hotdogs, which is to sell food from its custom-made bicycle hotdog cart, is one of a host of other food and beverage options to be available. The Teneriffe Bikeway is on the boardwalk to the Brisbane River at Teneriffe. Entrance is through the end of Commercial Road. For further information, telephone Ellie Freeman on 0407 171 668 or email ellie.freeman@gmail.com
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peninsulaproperty Development breathes life into sleepy Brunswick Street By Vanessa Fang A NEW five-storey boutique development at 514 Brunswick Street is a breath of fresh air for a sleepy section of the street which separates New Farm and Fortitude Valley. The mixed-purpose building is under construction and is to include ground–floor retail space, first–floor office space and three levels of residential apartments. Developer Neil Dixon said he was “very happy” with the finished design and was confident the building would grow with the ever-developing area. “Brunswick Street is a fantastic spot. It’s central and I think the location is great for the retail floor here,” Neil said. “It’s got good exposure; it’s well located to the mall and James Street. “The office floor is unique itself as well because it’s got patios and planter boxes. “This building is actually one of the highest blocks on Brunswick Street on this side of the street offering great views.” Ray White New Farm’s commercial agent Ivo Kornel said the development was a breath of fresh air to the “in-between” precinct between the two suburbs.
“This site is not a run-of-the-mill development. Neil has gone to huge lengths to ensure both workable and liveable areas are spacious, well configured and user-friendly,” Ivo said. He said the 264sq m office space and the additional 54sq m of verandas front and back would be perfect for Friday afternoon gettogethers. The building has a double entry which could accommodate up to two tenants with the use of partitioning walls internally. The residential level has two threebedroom units and two two-bedroom units, with only the two-bedroom units left for sale – a 130sq m design with two bathrooms and one car space and an 80sq m floor plan with one bathroom and one car space. Each apartment, which have windows glazed to prevent exterior noise, has ceiling fans and an airconditioning unit in each room while the kitchens have a premium-quality, European-labelled dishwasher and oven. Neil said the car park had an innovative car lift system to fit 10 cars which was a rare sight in
514 Brunswick Street Brisbane apartment developments. “It’s quite common in Melbourne and in parts of Europe,” he said. “The lift was invented to accommodate space needs and is incredibly safe and easy to use.” To arrange an inspection or for further information, telephone Ivo Kornel at Ray White New Farm on 0412 301 439 or email ivo.kornel@ raywhite.com
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By Darryl Whitecross
WITH the State and local government elections and the Easter school holidays out of the way, David Kortlang and his sales team are putting into top gear their campaign to market Devine’s $58 million 111-apartment DoubleOne 3 complex in Commercial Road at Teneriffe. David said elections always created uncertainty for potential buyers who were afraid to sign on the dotted line for fear a new government could change the face of the regulations governing the sales landscape such as tinkering with the Building Boost in Queensland or the First Home Owners Grants. He said the development had been soft launched back in March but Saturday, April 21, had marked the beginning in earnest of the marketing campaign. With it came the mandatory advertising campaign which was accompanied by the introduction of major billboard promotions on Ann Street in Fortitude Valley. As yet, no overseas marketing had been undertaken or approaches to major investors – although that eventually would become part of the campaign. David said April 21 was “the first real test” for the project as to how the market would react. “We were flat out all day without a break (on the day),” David said. At the
end of the day, two contracts had been signed – one for about $895,000 on the premium 160sq m two-bedroom floor plan on the sixth floor and the other a $395,000 ground-floor design with courtyard. David said a large part of the interest from property buyers looking in the area came from people wanting to spend “the second half of their life” in Teneriffe and Newstead because of its transport, facilities and history, particularly the ambience provided by the wool stores. He said the buyers of the sixthfloor apartment were from Brisbane’s northern suburbs and the second “locally”. Since the property went on the market, seven contracts have been signed. One apartment had been bought by a Malaysian investor who had travelled to Brisbane to see first-hand the properties being built around the city before settling on DoubleOne 3. One unique aspect of the DoubleOne 3 development is the inclusion of a dedicated bike store off the laneway at the rear of the complex. It is to be able to accommodate almost 50 bicycles. David said often such accommodation often was an afterthought on many developments and an add-on but the “clever architects” involved with DoubleOne
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DoubleOne 3 sales director David Kortlang at the 34 Florence Street display apartment 3 had included the facility from the beginning. Sales consultant Caroline Humbert said all five of the retail shopping spaces on the ground floor fronting Commercial Road had been sold – to the one investor. Caroline said two of the five spaces had been approved for restaurant businesses. David said he expected work to begin in September or October on constructing the complex. In the meantime, the sales office and display is at 34 Florence Street. DoubleOne 3 is to be a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments and with the 387sq m of retail space. Prices start at $370,000 for designs including a secure car park to the premium-quality 163sq m floor plans
selling for about $885,000. Each apartment has a sleek and contemporary gourmet kitchen They have been designed to bring the outdoors in, with balconies forming an integrated extension of the living area and courtyards opening off the groundfloor designs. Floor-to-ceiling windows deliver plenty of light, with some apartments giving views of the CBD and the Brisbane River. Each apartment is wired for high-speed internet and cable television. The building is to have a communal open-air rooftop terrace, with an outdoor kitchen. For further information on the development, visit the sales office and display apartment at 35 Florence st Teneriffe or telephone 1300 000 113.
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hyde apartments, 41 beeston street, teneriffe • • • • • • •
Magnificent tree lined street with green surrounds Contemporary design with central atrium Choice of 2 and 3 bedroom apartments available Loads of storage for each apartment Proven area for capital and rental growth Enormous lap pool, BBQ area and glass backed lift 50 metres from Teneriffe Park and 200 from the Brisbane River
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Inspect the fully furnIshed dIsplay apartment saturday 12.15 to 1pm or by appoIntment. contact adam Gray 0418 708661.
ph: 3246 1111 m: 0418 708 661 98 commercial road, newstead Qld 4006
At Place New Farm, we are selling! What can only be described as a refreshing start to 2012, the shear volume of sales generated in our office this year has given an electrified approach to our already successful office. Employing the best agent with the right strategy will sell your property. World Class Marketing plus Superior Negotiation Skills and Personalised Service give your property the edge to succeed. Confidence, clarity and consistency have ensured my clients have the right information to make the big decisions when it matters most!
Nothing speaks louder than Results!
2/88 Main Street, Kangaroo Point $910,000 prior to Auction
22/19 Dixon Street, New Farm $612,500 prior to Auction
6/88 Main Street, Kangaroo Point $1,070,000 Private Treaty
25/483 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City $1,575,000 Private Treaty
37/46 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley $600,000 Sold at Auction
59 Heath Street, East Brisbane $1,950,000 Sold at Auction
Simon Caulfield
0437 935 912 sc@eplace.com.au | www.eplace.com.au
"Delivering the results others promise to achieve Call Simon today for a confidential discussion"
31 Properties Leased in 31 Days Renting your home or investment property can be incredibly stressful, that’s why it’s so important to pick an experienced result based Real Estate Agency. Our complete focus and personal attention ensures the individual needs of our owners and tenants are met.
555 Brunswick Street, New Farm Rented 0 days vacancy
98 Oxlade Drive, New Farm Rented in 7 days
Due to our success we have generated a large volume of enquiry resulting in a number of qualified tenants waiting to move into the right property. If you currently have a vacant property perhaps it’s time to talk to our dedicated team of experts who will look after you. These outstanding results reflect why so many local owners choose Raine and Horne New Farm to manage their investment properties. Book your rent appraisal with Kay today...
Kay Walding
Hickey Street, New Farm. Achieved more than advertised Rented in 0 days
p. 3358 5444 kwalding@rhq.com.au
120 Commercial Road, Teneriffe Achieved more than advertised. Rented in 4 days
Personalised service for all our property owners. Professionalism - experience - commitment! 68 Beeston Street, Teneriffe 2+study 2 1 Garden Courtyard– Pet Lovers Paradise * Spacious 127m2 open plan ground floor apartment * “Signature Park” Security– pool 100meters to River $605,000 1 140 Commercial Road, Teneriffe 1+study Stylish Pet Friendly Living * Spacious contemporary design - 97m2 of living * Large 31m2 entertaining terrace, security intercom $425,000
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2 2 1 9/769 Brunswick Street, New Farm Easy Living in the heart of our cosmopolitan precinct * Great utilisation of space with a unique floor plan *45m2 courtyard - secure garaging, pool, gym $489,000 2 2 18/769 Brunswick Street, New Farm Perfect fusion of style, space and versatility * Unique design combines indoor and outdoor living * Well designed kitchen, views, lift, security $489,000
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Integrity - Performance - Outstanding results Since 1986, Lee has earned a proven reputation for providing a superior level of service and commitment for her clients. Lee’s local knowledge, real estate expertise and negotiation skills create an unbeatable combination ensuring exceptional sales results ...
Lee Paul
m. 0418 733 818 p. 07 3358 5444 lpaul.newfarm@rhq.com.au
rh.com.au/newfarm
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Janelle is back being busy again By Louise Cheer HIGHLY respected property specialist Janelle Griffiths has joined the LJ Hooker New Farm team after having attempted to lead a quieter life. Janelle said that, in 2006, she was advised to “slow down” but the magnetism of the property market was too much to ignore “I love the property market too much to stay out of it,” Janelle said. Her sabbatical from the industry was short-lived and after having slowed down for a short while, began to ease back into work, selling in the apartment complexes near where she lived. Janelle said that, when LJ Hooker principal Brett Greensill asked her to join his team, she knew he was offering her “more than just a job selling real estate”. “(Brett) understood my passion and I felt his was the right team because of his ethics, work style, the happy office environment and the supportive rather than competitive members of the team he leads,” she said. Brett said Janelle complemented the existing members of his team. “(Janelle) specialises in putting deals together quietly without any
Highly repected Janelle Griffiths has joined LJ Hooker New Farm pomp and self-aggrandisement,” he said. “Working with our topend product affords her inbuilt flexibility that permits dedicating extensive time to each individual property and giving clients the attention they deserve.” Janelle, who lives at New Farm, has lived and breathed the area’s real estate since 2001, having specialised in the upper end of the market. She also has a background in interior design and sees it as a great advantage, along with her personal experience in buying, renovating and selling. To contact Janelle, telephone 0410 338 608 or email jgriffiths. newfarm@ljh.com.au
Matt’s ticks boxing off his ‘bucket list’
By Vanessa Fang RAY White New Farm agent Matt “Lights Out” Lancashire emerged the victor in a gruelling boxing match to raise money for the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre on April 21. Matt, who took on “Super” Darren Hooper at the Fortitude Boxing Gym, said putting on the gloves was daunting but still wanted to tick something off his “bucket list”. “It was a surreal feeling leading up to the evening knowing it was just me and one other person in a 20 x 20 ring about to flog each other. Walking into that with 300 - 400 people there watching was just an out-ofbody experience,” Matt said. “I went through lots of training for the night but you can’t mentally prepare for it. I think I just watched a lot of Rocky movies and tried to copy him.” “Super” got in a few “very good shots” that nearly stopped Matt in the second round but he pushed on to eventually prevail. “I did something great for charity and I’ve hung up my gloves but I don’t see myself doing something like that again,” he laughed. There were seven bouts on the card with Matt’s faceoff with Darren, an amateur boxer, the main event of the night. Coach Luke Meldon said Matt had a tough opponent but his gruelling training paid off. “He had been coming in training for the
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Matt shapes up to Darren Hooper, above, and eventually takes trophy, left last six months but, in the last 10 weeks he really stepped it up,” Luke said. “With boxing, it’s difficult getting used to it the first time but, once you get into it, it’s not as hard as you think.” Matt also donated a signed Qantas Wallabies jersey which was auctioned by Ray White New Farm principal Haesley Cush. It raised $1100 for the neighbourhood centre. Now that another item on his “bucket list” has been ticked off, Matt has more adventures in store.. “My job is all about mental toughness and pushing myself. I think the next thing on my bucket list is, now that I’ve got my skydiving licence, to base jump off Angel Falls in Venezuela at the end of 2013,” Matt said.
“Quay Terraces” Where elegance & style mingle with the rhythm of the city
An enviable address, perched on Brisbane’s exclusive Admiralty precinct, Quay Terraces offers contemporary style, seclusion and serenity in the middle of the city. Renovated with style and flair this apartment features stunning hardwood floors and white shutters throughout. The kitchen and bathrooms are simply a triumph, a beautiful mix of glass, white stone, timber, stainless steel and soft muted tones. From the large balcony the sights and sounds of Brisbane can be experienced. You can have it all, spectacular river views, the Storey Bridge, paddle steamers and yachts cutting across the river, and who could forget the awesome spectacular that is RIVER FIRE.
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24/7 Boundary Street Brisbane City 4000 Thurs 10th May @ 6:30pm On site Sat & Sun 11 to 11:45am Wed 6 to 6:30pm Anthony Pasmore on 0410 342 675 or Anneke Cleary 0412 950 143
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We believe in creating wealth for our clients. Call our Property Management team today on 07 3254 1022 Property management is more than coordinating tenancies and rental payments - it’s about helping you achieve your financial goals. Tap into the strength of the Ray White Group and benefit from competitive loans, insurance and the unrivalled market intelligence that will help maximise returns on your investment property.
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Prestige Apartment Specialist New Farm • Teneriffe • Newstead Margaret Waters is a leading specialist in the inner city market and the inner suburban ring of Brisbane’s most desirable and convenient suburbs - localities that comprise one of the most dynamic and complex urban environments in Australia. “I believe this is the most exciting real estate market in the country bar none! Urban renewal, the trend to city and near city living, the sheer variety of residential styles and the pace of change make this market my perfect choice,” says Margaret. “I have always specialised in prestige apartments in the inner city & its surrounding localities and I have made it my business to dedicate myself to becoming the leader in this highly specialised field.”
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A good real estate agent will secure you a premium price for your property. An outstanding real estate agent will add value to your sales experience on levels above and beyond the dollar value of your home.
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Results alone tell the story. Matt Lancashire and his team have again set new industry benchmarks, achieving sales volumes in excess of $50,000,000 in unconditional sales in 2011.
At the recent Ray White Awards, Matt and his team were humbled to receive a number of Accolades for their achievements throughout 2011:
With dominating market presence, Matt’s formula for results is uncontested and unrivalled. When assessing performance, it’s important to take a look at the facts. Results matter, and if results are what you need, engaging Matt is the safest and smartest option.
• Number 1 Performer Brisbane
Matt adopts a creative, innovative and individual approach to every transaction, with service and value being the backbone of his business and brand. Every transaction is a personal one, and there is no task he would not complete to ensure your peace of mind and satisfaction in his ability to achieve the best price for your home.
• Excellence in Print Media - Courier Mail Winner
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• Number 2 Performer Queensland (*Based on Settled Commission)
• Number 8 Performer Internationally (*Based on Settled Commission)
• Marketing Excellence - Property Profile
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