Village News May 2014 Issue

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ENGINE ROOM: Uproar over restaurant plans

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Engine Room restaurant draws strong response THE campaign against the council proposal to convert the Engine Room into a cafe/restaurant is gathering heat as nearby residents mobilised quickly to get objections in the public domain.

A group of residents, mostly from the adjacent Catalina Wharves apartments, have joined forces under the Historic Engine Room Supporters banner and are mounting a campaign to stop the proposal from going ahead. Spokesperson Ken Hoy told local radio the problems centred around the noise, cooking smells, and aggravated traffic issues - among other problems - that would be brought to the area if a restaurant was introduced.

In announcing the proposed development application, Acting Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said: “The historic Engine Room was built around 1920 and originally housed mechanical equipment associated with the area’s former wool shed, but after decades of sitting largely unused in a dilapidated state, a proposal was recently submitted to refurbish it as a small-scale cafe,” Cr Schrinner said.

“This is not a cafe and words like

cafe only mislead the public,” Mr Hoy said. “It’s a restaurant, a 60seat licensed restaurant to operate between the hours of 8am and 10 at night,” he said.

“They’re putting a commercial concern in a residential area that was never intended for that purpose,” Mr Hoy said.

Mr Hoy suggested the building could be more appropriately used by the community, possibly as offices for the historical society, the progress association, or the submariners association.

“It was mentioned at the recent Teneriffe Progress Association meeting that the Sea Scouts could use it and store their canoes there, and at a small cost, (council) could modify the boardwalk in front the Sea Scouts and the public could launch their canoes there. That’s something that’s not available anywhere along the river.”

Teneriffe Progress Association president Ben Pritchard said the group would welcome the opportunity to house itself in the restored Engine Room.

“We could have our meetings there,” he said. “Some sort of community use, perhaps by the

Submariners Rob Woolrych, Don Currell, Barry McKeown on ANZAC Day, from the SAA Queensland Inc who are interested in having the historic Engine Room as a museum. President Graeme Caesar (right) said that now the Council is keen to get a use for the site we will commence our planning and work with local residents and all levels of government. historical society, would be better.

Our membership would support some sort of positive re-use for the building that doesn’t impact inappropriately on the neighbours’ amenity,” he said.

Submariners Association of Australia Queensland president Graeme Caesar said his group was also interested in the Engine Room.

“We have been so focused on getting the Submariners Walk

Heritage Trail set up this idea was put on the backburner but now something is being proposed for the building, we have decided to CONTINUED ON PAGE 7>

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IN 2012 changes were made to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 that, for the first time, introduced the opportunity for costs to be awarded against the losing side in the Planning and Environment Court.

The Court went from being a largely cost-free jurisdiction to being an arena where the losing side could have enormous, potentially bankrupting costs awarded against them.

Architect and advocate David Murray said the changes had an immediate effect on the types of cases that came before the P&E Court, limiting community groups who could not afford to take that sort of risk.

“In the early days you could represent yourself and go to the P&E Court it was the people’s court.

There were no costs awarded. You paid your own costs. “(The P&E Court) was seen as a different jurisdiction to the Supreme Court or the Magistrate’s Court or the High Court, where you have to be represented,” he said.

The risk of costs being awarded against the losing side meant that the stakes were higher and

representing yourself had become a risky move.

“You can still represent yourself, but you’re venturing into a world of legal jargon that is so frightening,” he said.

As a result those wanting to appeal to the Planning & Environment Court needed to engage legal representation and that put the cost immediately into the tens of thousands. Add to that the risk of losing and costs being awarded against the losing side, and communities are effectively prevented from appealing in the P&E court.

The Kangaroo Point community fighting the Brisbane City Council’s decision to approve a tower that is outside the City Plan and Neighbourhood Plan guidelines must fundraise more than $50,000 to take on developer David Devine’s Metro Property Developments and the Brisbane City Council.

“It’s very unfair,” Mr Murray said. “(The P&E Court) has been taken out of the realms of a pedestrian approach to the very highbrow, he said.

Brisbane an “ugly city” EARLY last month, Swiss author Alain de Botton stirred up the locals when he declared Brisbane to be one of the world’s ugly cities.

“In central Brisbane, it’s on the waterfront and that part of Brisbane has been taken over by property developers who have been allowed to run riot, for the sake of money,” Alain de Botton said.

“Now I don’t blame property developers for trying to make money.

That’s what they’re in the business of doing. What interests me is how local government in Brisbane has been unable to find a response to their proposals. They have created something that is not, in my mind, beautiful, partly because it is so chaotic.

“I would allege that certain vistas of Brisbane would qualify in a humanistic way, as ugly,” de Botton said.

Mainstream media huffily declared de Botton was wrong, but those who were qualified to understand de Botton’s comments shifted uncomfortably in their seats.

“Absolutely he’s right,” Katarina Dracopolous, an architect with experience living and working in

Europe, said.

“I’m an architect and I’m embarrassed for this city. It can be an awesome city, it’s got the river and the climate and all of that, so why fill it with s**t?” she said. “It’s embarrassing.”

Architect David Murray, from David Murray and Associates in Kangaroo Point, and also a supporter of the Kangaroo Point residents fighting the Metro Property Development tower, agreed.

“We have a visual amenity expert from Sydney, he visited two weeks ago and we walked around the suburb, and he just couldn’t believe the approach in Brisbane,” Mr Murray said.

“The special thing about Sydney is it’s not one big authority, you’ve got about 12 different councils in competition with each other. And there have been instruments put in place where buildings have to be designed by registered architects and anything over three storeys they come before a panel and the panel then gives them advice as to form, texture, height and amenity issues.

“Whereas here, they’re out of control,” he said.

KANGAROO POINT

KP community marks a birthday milestone A YEAR down the track and the Kangaroo Point residents are still fighting, still angry and still as determined as ever to stop the 20-storey Metro Property Developments’ Riverview Towers that they don’t want in their 10-storey height-protected area.

At the most recent community meeting, steering committee

hard work, it’s been exhausting, and I felt it was important that we stop, take stock and recognise our achievements,” she said.

“There have been many, right from the start, who said we would never get this far and we have. I just wanted everyone to realise what we’d done as a group and as a community,” she said. “We’re the

“There have been many, right from the start, who said we would never get this far and we have. I just wanted everyone to realise what we’d done as a group and as a community.” member and appellant Katerina Dracopoulos showed a powerpoint presentation that drew a strong emotional response, including gasps of shock, and nods of determination, from the gathered throng.

“We wanted to change the mood and be a little bit optimistic and a little bit positive. It’s been a year since that sign first went up on the fence.

“After 12 months of fighting this development, and 12 months of fundraising, and 12 months of

little engine that could! We have dug our heels in against a lot of people saying, ‘you can’t do this’,” she said.

Those achievements include raising more than $50,000 to take on the Brisbane City Council and wealthy developer David Devine’s Metro Property Group. Also, sending 500 postcards to the Brisbane City Council, lodging objections to the development.

Others at the community meeting have said the presentation was inspiring and strengthened the

The Kangaroo Point appellants ready for their day in court, David Murray, Katerina Dracopoulos, Helen Asange & Karen Williams. resolve of the group.

“The presentation really gave the room a bit of a lift,” KP resident and named appellant Karen Williams said. “We stopped and patted ourselves on the back and were reminded of why we were doing this.”

Ms Williams said the group was growing stronger all the time and said new faces turned up at the meetings every month.

The appeal is at the point where experts for the KP community, (the appellants), as well as the experts for the primary respondent, the

Brisbane City Council, and the co-respondent, Metro Property Developments will meet and discuss the development, comparing the facts as they’ve been briefed.

A second mediation will be scheduled and the experts will make their recommendation to the mediator.

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Finding the secret ingredient IS there a common link between all entrepreneurs? More specifically, is there a formula for success?

Writer and marketing expert Allan Bonsall thinks there is and has written a book in collaboration with coffee guru Phillip di Bella outlining the “formula” that makes up successful entrepreneurs, using di Bella as an example.

“It is a formula that acknowledges the tangible with the intangible of entrepreneurial thinking, a formula that builds on the customer-centric driver that all entrepreneurs acknowledge. It is an idea we call Entrepreneurial Intelligence,” Mr Bonsall wrote.

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Allan Bonsall customer network, in coffee shops and retail outlets, with the initial run of 2000 almost sold out, with a second print run looking likely.

“We recognised the best outlets for us are the wholesalers that Phillip deals with, which are the cafes,” he told Village News.

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THE Brisbane International Jazz Festival is in its second year and will feature a line-up of prestigious local and international names, such as Rafael Karlen, Andrew Butt, and Louise Denson, for the week of the festival, June 4 – 8.

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THE shape and scope of future building developments in Spring Hill will be subject to the new Spring Hill Neighbourhood Plan, currently under its first review since it was created 1987.

A committee of 30 community representatives has been formed to represent the views of the large cross-section of residents, businesses and other commercial interests located in the “tin and timber” suburb.

“We have a project team that’s been set up to look after the plan from whoa to go. The project team decided upon the 30 people, based on the questions they were asked and based upon their ability to be representatives of the area and of the community,” Cr Howard said.

The 30 people are not identified, however, the minutes of the regular meetings will be published online and made publicly available. Cr Howard said when choosing people for the committee, past stoushes with council were not a factor.

Cr Howard was asked why people should have any faith in the Neighbourhood Plan as a promise to the community, when on several recent occasions the council appeared to disregard neighbourhood plans and approve buildings that failed to comply with the neighbourhood plan (such as the Metro Property Developments’ 20-storey Riverview Towers).

“The Neighbourhood Plan is just one assessment tool that is used when deciding whether a development should proceed, or not. It’s a very big assessment tool, obviously because it is part of the City Plan,” she said.

Cr Howard said submissions were part of the process and “performance solutions” from the developer were also deciding factors when approving a development.

The council will release a draft renewal strategy later this year and seek community consultation on that strategy.

MALOUF’S Lisa Moore, Nicole Wessel, Donna Rubin do their best to get pharmacist Bennett Robinson to test a mask during a recent ‘Sleep week’ promotion. They went to work in their pj’s to bring awareness to the dangers of leaving Sleep Apnea undetected. Left untreated it can increase their risk of High Blood Pressure, Heart Attacks/Strokes, Heart Disease plus driving or work-related accidents.

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TPA win on Macquarie Street IT ONLY took 10 months but council has responded to the Teneriffe Progress Association’s petition asking for traffic calming measures and pedestrian crossing support along a busy, and some would say, dangerous stretch of Macquarie Street.

And best of all, the TPA has had a “half” of a win.

TPA president Ben Pritchard said the petition asked for two things - a 40kmh speed limit be introduced along Skyring Tce, Vernon Tce and Macqaurie Street, and improved pedestrian access linking Teneriffe to the riverwalk.

Council responded to the petition in a letter saying the route was busy and it may not be appropriate to reduce the speed limit to 40kmh. Studies revealed that 85% of traffic obeyed the current limit of 50kmh which was “an indication of public acceptance of the limit as being appropriate”.

“The Skyring Terrace, Vernon Terrace, Macquarie Street route is the primary district access route from New Farm through to Newstead, carrying approximately 11,000 vehicles per day. lt is also the designated truck route. lt is generally considered inappropriate to place traffic calming devices on district access roads which carry high volumes of traffic.

However, given the high level of

Vernon Tce resident Tim Croxford has also started a petition asking for the speed to be limited on the busy street, to 30kmh and has gathered many signatures A copy of the petition is at the Wunderbar on Vernon Tce. pedestrian activity in certain spots along the road, council agreed to investigate further the level of community support for both of these measures to be introduced.

“Given the low level of support on this petition from local residents when compared to the wider population of residents in the suburbs of New Farm, Teneriffe and Newstead, it is considered that a similar survey should be undertaken to demonstrate community support prior to further consideration being given to a reduction in speed limit in this particular location,” council and committees support officer Jo Camamile wrote.

The “half” win came in response to the request for improved pedestrian facilities near the Florence Street

intersection with Macquarie Street/ Vernon Terrace.

“An upgraded pedestrian crossing facility or refuge over Macquarie Street, at the intersection of Florence Street, be provided,” Ms Camamile wrote.

“Everywhere along that stretch there are users who need to get across that road - there are mums and kids, there are people with dogs, people in wheelchairs, people with prams - all different kinds of road users trying to get across. And the traffic does come through there at a fair rate of knots,” Mr Pritchard said.

Mr Pritchard said the community throughout Teneriffe was encouraged to make their support of the traffic calming measures known to council when the survey period began.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3> get on board and talk to the local community, and say hey, there might be better solutions, better ideas better uses the building can be put to.

“Is a restaurant or public toilet the best use or should it reflect the history and heritage of the area and for what it was built for?

I think it has a better use than a restaurant,” he said.

Cr Schrinner said the building was a public asset and at the moment the public wasn’t getting any benefit from the building.

He said something needed to be done to stop the building decaying further. “The historic Engine Room was built around 1920 and originally housed mechanical equipment associated with the area’s former wool shed, but after decades of sitting largely unused in a dilapidated state, a proposal was recently submitted to refurbish it as a small-scale cafe,” Cr Schrinner said.

The period for comment or objections is open until May 20.

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Clarkie and Kitty go to war…

YOUNG Longreach grazier Arthur Vivian Clark was so keen for adventure that within weeks of World War I’s being declared, he had travelled to Enoggera to enlist (No. 133) in the 2nd Light Horse.

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by Gerard Benjamin His fiancée, Katherine (Kitty) Jones, recalled that he was a ‘dashing young man who yearned to be a pilot’.

Undaunted by his overseas posting, Kitty was determined to be close by.

“I followed him to Egypt. All the young women who could afford to, went to be with their men,” said Kitty. She could certainly afford to. Her Rockhampton grandfather John Ferguson had made a fortune with the Mount Morgan Syndicate, and her stepfather was the barrister and politican, Joshua Thomas Bell.

Kitty’s sister Ella went to London, while Kitty with her sister Enid, worked at the Australian Hospital in Cairo as Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses (VADs).

In August 1915, The Queenslander printed Private Nutting’s “A Light Horseman’s Letter”, outlining graphic

details of casualties from Anzac Cove.

The writer finished by stating, “I was in the trenches for 48 hours. Several of my personal friends were shot dead. When I left, Arthur Clark, son of Mr James Clark, and Bevis White were unwounded, and had been in the trenches.”

By late 1915 after another stint at Anzac Cove, Arthur successfully secured a commission with the Gloucestershire Regiment, hoping that this would lead to flying training. Instead he was designated a machine gun officer.

The couple were married at St Giles, Cairo on 15 April 1916. A week later, Kitty received the news that Arthur had been killed in Mesopotamia (Iraq). She had just turned 21.

The news must have devastated James and Jessie Clark at Wybenia, New Farm. As the younger son of James Clark the ‘Pearl King’, one of Australia’s most prominent citizens, the family’s pearling and pastoral empire would have offered Arthur a dazzling future.

It seems that Arthur was stationed near Kut-Al-Amara, 100 miles south of Baghdad, which was under Turkish siege. Further enquiries elicited these facts: “He was going along the top of the trench when the Turks turned the machine gun on him. He is buried near the casualty clearing station near Orah.

The grave is marked.”

Kitty returned to Brisbane in July 1916 and set up house on the river

The age of urban renewal…

A City-to-Fortitude Valley light rail system was mooted as an urban renewal solution.

Kitty Kent (left) became one of Chelmer’s revered Laurel Avenue residents. at Laurel Avenue, Chelmer, where she planted a pine tree seed, said to have come from Gallipoli. She remarried in 1932 only to be widowed again in 1954. Her interest in golf, horses and astronomy sustained her. By the time of her death at the age of 94 in 1989, Kitty Kent was revered as an iconic citizen of the Oxley-Chelmer area.

Lieutenant AV Clark rests in peace at Iraq’s Amara War Cemetery. His name appears on the honour boards of both the Brisbane Club and New Farm Bowls Club. “He gave his life, his best, his all,” said a Memoriam Notice of July 1916. *Would you enjoy a walking tour of historical Teneriffe conducted by Gerard Benjamin? Phone Bright Learning on 3103 2413. Time: 9-11.30am, Saturday 31 May.

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“PEOPLE before bricks and mortar” was a cornerstone of the Urban Renewal ethos when Lord Mayor Jim Soorley established the Task Force in 1991.

The results of that vision are enjoyed every day by the riverwalkers, cyclists and café-goers amidst this locality’s chic precincts.

Come and hear how the dream was achieved when townplanner and local identity Ben Pritchard addresses the next meeting of the New Farm and Districts Historical Society.

Entitled “The Seven Ages of Teneriffe”, Ben will highlight the recent age of renewal.

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Visitors walk back in time THE swish of a bustle skirt, the clop of horses hooves on the unsealed road, the hustle of a busy early-1900s Teneriffe street, were brought to life for visitors on the Bright Learnings sold-out walking tour of Teneriffe, led by local historian Gerard Benjamin.

The walk began at the Winchcombe Carson Woolstore, the oldest remaining woolstore in the area.

Woolstore resident and Teneriffe Progress Association president Ben Pritchard kindly allowed visitors a peek at the beautiful restoration inside the heritage protected building.

The group walked along Skyring Terrace and over to Gasworks Plaza.

In 2014 the plaza became a local shopping centre and popular hot spot for residents, yet back in the 1880s, the land was part of the Brisbane Gasworks. For more than 100 years, the gasworks provided an indispensable source of energy for the city’s major streetlights, public buildings, factories and homes.

The tour meandered down Commercial Road (once called Bulimba Road) and through to Harcourt Street where the history of Mareeba Flats, one of the oldest blocks of flats in New Farm, was unveiled. Walkers then ventured up Teneriffe Hill and down through Teneriffe Park.

The Brisbane River in all its glory,

Hinchliffe sells out in New York

and of course, Gloria the Ewe, were the final stops on the tour. Gloria is named for Gerard Benjamin’s wife.

The 2.5 hour tour revealed a detailed and extensive history of the area, and walkers on the tour were left impressed at the colourful history of such a small area of the city.

For more information about the next walking tour of Teneriffe, on May 31, contact Bright Learnings: 3666 0924

FORMER Brisbane City Councillor David Hinchliffe has transitioned dramatically in the two years since he left office, from councillor to a celebrated artist in New York City.

Mr Hinchliffe recently sold out of his 25 landscape and scenic paintings at an exhibition in New York.

Organisers to the New York Art Fair confirmed Mr Hinchliffe was their star artist when he sold out at the exhibition, which features more than 100 artists in more than 60 galleries from around the world.

“I’m amazed at how my work has taken off here,” Mr Hinchliffe said.

“Obviously the locals like the way I depict their city. I’m really fortunate that I’ve been able to go from City Councillor to city painter. My studio is on Riverside Drive, Harlem, overlooking the Hudson and I sell to true blue local New Yorkers, New Jersians, Connecticuttans and a few international visitors to New York. No expats,” he said.

Anne Berridge is selling a ticket raising funds for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance to Cr Vicki Howard at Merthyr Village.

From City Councillor to city painter is New Farm’s David Hinchliffe Mr Hinchliffe exhibited at the New York Fair through Australian gallery Marks and Gardner (Mt Tamborine).

He will travel to London in June for two exhibitions.

New Farm’s Moving Canvas Gallery is holding its “Home Grown” art exhibition featuring 10 of their local artists’ stunning contemporary original artworks. The exhibition will be held in The Foyer, Central Plaza One at 345 Queen Street until May 9. The catalogue is online at: www. movingcanvas.com.au For more details please call Kaye Fox on 0414 457 318 or kaye@movingcanvas.com.au.

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A modest proposal for Teneriffe Turkeys

by Christopher Swift THE festive season is well and truly over for another year, but it is never too early to start thinking about what will be on the table or barbeque at the end of the year or the middle of the year if Christmas in July is on the calendar. So before the year gets away from us all, its time to start talking turkey, bush turkey that is.

Over the last three years there has been a massive increase in the numbers of the indigenous fowl throughout southeast Queensland. These robust birds seem to love the leafy, fashionable inner-city suburbs of Brisbane.

It is estimated there are now more than 10,000 bush turkeys living on the New Farm peninsula alone, and with accommodation in the area at a premium it may not be long before we see the more affluent turkeys driving rents up and exacerbating the housing affordability problem.

As many residents of the peninsula are aware the native species has no natural predators and is causing significant damage to private property and public infrastructure. Further to this and very recently a group of cyclists was brought down by a bunch of meandering turkeys who did not see the lycra coming.

Fortunately no one was seriously injured.

It is a timely reminder of the potential dangers this creature poses to the broader community.

With this in mind, we at Teneriffe Turkeys have come up a novel idea. At

present we have a modest proposal before the various local and state authorities that would kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. (Although it does occur to me that whoever thought of killing two birds with one stone may have been thinking about our feathered friends). Our proposal would see local free range produce supplied to our community at affordable prices and as a side benefit the proposal would help control turkey numbers.

We have had informal discussions with DMR, DERM, DPP, DET, PLANNING and the Department of Immigration; all of these local, state and federal agencies fully support the idea. The idea dovetails (or turkey tails) neatly with the BCC policy for ECO friendly management of native species such as bush turkeys.

The proposal as you may have guessed involves farming bush turkeys in the New Farm, Teneriffe and Newstead areas. The birds will lead a carefree life as they do now, ostensibly a free range bird foraging and scraping the ground day and night stripping the earth bare of leaves, small native plants and grass as they currently do. After a period of approximately six months the birds are encouraged to spend more time at a certain Teneriffe establishment.

A discreet area has been designed where the turkeys can be fed and watered with mix of ancient grains and locally brewed beer. It is a good healthy mix as it plumps the flesh and slows the birds down as

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Obviously there are some council planning hurdles to overcome and the usual NIMBY complaints from ill-informed residents. However, our PR machine has been out and about and is getting very positive feedback from the locals. If the BCC approves a 20-storey building at Kangaroo Point where the limit was 10 storeys, we believe we are well-placed to receive approval before the end of the financial year.

So, for all the real estate agents who have made too much money over the past year, it a perfect place to stash some cash, and yes, for you investors there are government subsidies and rebates available.

Government recognises this is a more sustainable business than the car industry.

What does bush turkey taste like, I hear you ask, and what is the best way to prepare the bird?

Despite the old recipe (place the turkey in boiling water with two stones, cook for sixteen hours then season to taste and eat the stones) Teneriffe turkeys anticipate the birds will be tender, a little gamey but perfect for Asian style cuisine and people on the latest Paleo diet. It will certainly add some spice to the banquet table or at very least some interest amongst family and friends.

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There is always the vexed question of processing. Needless to say there will be no offshore processing of the product in Indonesia, Malaysia or Manus Island.

All animal welfare will be handled locally with the greatest care using the sharpest, cutting-edge technology available.

With production handled just around the corner the project provides school children with an excellent opportunity to learn about ‘where our food comes from’.

By the end of 2014 we should be up and running so look for the bird in the black bag at your local providor or supermarket. Teneriffe Turkeys - helping to put the farm back in to New Farm.

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Sam Morris & Adam Shepherd from BOQ New Farm

By Alisa Cork THE juggernaut that is the Teneriffe Festival is gathering pace, with the event securing this year’s major sponsor, BOQ New Farm.

Local lads Sam Morris and Adam Shepherd, from BOQ New Farm, are bankers of a different ilk and wanted to stump up the serious money required to host one of Brisbane’s favourite festivals, just so everyone else could have a good time.

“We love doing business and getting to know the people here and so we jumped at the chance to sponsor the event simply because it is such a fantastic drawcard for people in the New Farm and Teneriffe areas,” Sam said.

BOQ New Farm has been part of the local community for more than 10 years, and Sam and Adam have shared a long history with the suburbs of Brisbane, attending Nudgee College together before graduating and joining

BOQ. Sam has worked at BOQ New Farm for nine years while Adam cut his teeth managing several BOQ branches around Queensland.

When the opportunity presented itself in 2012 to take over the branch in New Farm, the boys, both 27, teamed up to form what they hope will be a lasting partnership.

“Our point of difference is that this model allows us to run Talk our own tobusiness your local Chiropractor… ensuring longevity in our relationships and instills confidence in the people we deal with,” Sam said. “We work hard to develop long lasting relationships in this area, and to show people that it’s possible to love a bank.”

“The Teneriffe Festival is such a well-loved and renowned annual event and because we are passionate about our own backyard, we can’t wait to help make it the best community event yet,” Adam said.

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In honour of my grandmother

MY Nanna, Kit, measured in knuckles. and her husband died an early death.

Her damper recipe needed flour to the Yet sometimes people cope with loss by second joint of the pinky. Cake needed giving. sugar to the first. And though only two Kit’s involvement in her community generations separate us, how influential was tireless and her achievements were yet different her life as a working many. She received the Silver mother was to mine.

Jubilee Medal given by the Kit gave birth to my father, her Queen in ’77 for outstanding fourth son in Byron Bay in ’31 voluntary work, the Quota Club during the Great Depression and “Woman Of The Year” Award in not surprisingly he attributes ’75, was a member of the C.W.A. his resilience to those barefoot, for 25 years and foundation half-starved years, living in a member, long time member of tent and tin shed structure on the Red Cross and foundation a dairy farm at Broken Head. president of the Tweed In their most desperate days Valley Enterprises (Sheltered during the Depression they ate Workshop) Ladies Auxiliary, a parrots that his father shot with devoted member of the Anglican a .22 rifle. villageview Church and during the second Nanna and Grandfather

by Beth J Leach World War Kit also applied walked to milk the cows in the her service to the National dairy a kilometre away before Emergency Service. dawn and had to leave their children Hard to imagine she ever had time for unsupervised. They were paid a minimal entrepreneurial pursuits outside of her amount of money as there was none, civic passions but Kit become a house but were allowed to live on the land. keeper at the Quarterhouse Hotel in My father has many stories from his Murwillumbah, then a self taught caterer early childhood when he roamed free, and eventually ran her own business; a long before the possible invention of full time boarding house (B & B) for many childcare. On one such occasion, aged years. three, he wandered into a creek and out Growing up hearing these stories of of necessity learnt to dog paddle that subsistence, how she overcame hardship day. and found fulfilment in helping others has It shaped people this simpler, harder been an inspiration. I value the choices I and often tragic time. Kit lost a baby to have and am staunchly protective of my illness, her eldest son in World War II dreams. I leave them unbridled.

Winners bowled over in Jack Attack MORE than 150 enthusiastic bowlers enjoyed the Jack Attack Barefoot Bowls Tournament that wrapped up at the New Farm Bowls Club on April 1.

It was a nail biting finale to the fiveweek competition which saw a onepoint margin between the winning team “We B Rollin” and runner ups “Tempo Tigers”.

Village News editor Michael Hawke thanked the community for participating and offered a special thanks to the New Farm Bowls for organising the event, in particular the tireless efforts of Roy Toohey, Neil Peach and ‘Spoon’. Yalumba Wines made a special donation of champagne.

Fiona Hunt of the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre was presented with a cheque for more than $700 from the competition while raising a further $700 on a framed, signed Broncos Jersey raffle.

World champion bowler Mark Casey was an exciting addition to the games, where many new friendships were made and lots of great bowls were played.

Neil Peach president of the New farm Bowls club said that the Jack Attack concept would continue with the next event to be held later in the year.

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Roy Toohey of the New Farm Bowls club with the winners We Be Rollin team Chris, David and Brendon Osbourne welcome casual bowlers to come in after work on Tuesday to get some practice in,” Mr Peach said.

Final teams were: We B Rollin, Tempo Tigers, Mine's in the Gutter, Professionals New Farm, Silverstone, Mortgage Choice, Rotary Rollers, Q Solicitors (who went out on a high with two wins), Perfect in Print, Flying Cappuchinos, Mortgage Choice (two teams).

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Remembering Cloudland and honouring the past JOHN Keats (1795-1821) “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness…”

Cloudland, originally called “Luna Park” because of T.H. Eslick’s design, was constructed in 1939-40 in Bowen Hills. It opened in 1940, along with an open-air two car funicular railway

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by Kerry Gillett that transported visitors up the steep hillside.

On the hilltop site above Brisbane, Cloudland’s distinctive vaulted entrance, which featured a wide, white, 18 metre tall arch was highly visible from surrounding suburbs. The majestic arch was lit at night by a rim of twinkling lights that were seen for the next 42 years. Cloudland was famed for its graceful decoration and its sprung dance floor, which was known to be the best in Australia. It was significant as a landmark as well as a place where generations of Brisbane people went for dances and musical entertainment.

When its popularity waned it became a marketplace and university examination room.

Cloudland, which was listed by the National Trust for its architectural and cultural significance was demolished at 4am on November 7, 1982 despite vigorous public calls for its preservation.

It took 60 minutes to reduce the majestic arch and ballroom to rubble.

The Deen brothers, without a demolition permit, destroyed the memories of three generations.

Today “Cloudland Memorial Arch” 2004 by Jamie MacLean based on the famous Cloudland arch and entranceway can be found on Cowlishaw Street Bowen Hills. This memorial arch as public art captures the essence of the iconic Cloudland (1939-1982). The beauty of its appearance has historical meaning, cultural significance, and aesthetic appeal. We can enjoy looking at it for its own sake, plus the integrated historical panels on the sculpture and the engraved ceramic floor tiles in the form of dance steps, relate stories of people’s memories of the Ballroom.

The inclusion of didactic information provides context for the viewer.

Looking at this sculpture, especially as an artwork in the round, allows the viewer to embrace the sculpture from a variety of vantage points to witness how the form evolves in changing light.

This occurs over a period of time and this site-specific work incorporates a picnic table and BBQ plate to facilitate this unique viewing experience and

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allow the viewer time to reflect. This commemorative sculpture as public art is constructed of aluminum and ceramic tiles, which are durable, easily cared-for materials that avoid the worst effects of the elements and vandalism.

Jamie Maclean’s sculpture is both a way of looking and an action. It embodies community memory to remember a time in Brisbane history that we are not proud of but is crucial to learning about our past. The phrase “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” is often quoted, and remains true. Though the memorial is not in an obvious position, it works to impose a permanent memory on the very landscape where Cloudland previously existed. As a community we need to remember the actions of the Queensland government in 1982 who had no regard for history, culture or The National Trust register. In 2014, we need to consider the socio-political implications of 1982 in regard to the Howard Smith Wharves under the Story Bridge.

The Howard Smith Wharves built between 1934 and 1940 in conjunction with the Story Bridge is a heritagelisted site containing multiple buildings, former air-raid shelters and original timber wharf frontage. As part of an overall site review by Brisbane City Council, we need to ask the question— Will the BCC and Queensland State

Entrance to the Cloudland Ballroom Bowen Hills Brisbane 1946 Government respect the cultural and historical significance of the Howard Smith Wharves or will demolition occur in the night in the name of ‘Strong Choices for Queensland’? As events and circumstances unveil in the present, “Cloudland Memorial Arch’s” destiny is to recall the past and provide conditions for new responses in our future.

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Engine Room restaurant only brings problems to Teneriffe I AM against the proposal for a licensed restaurant firstly because traffic would increase and secondly because parking in the area is already inadequate.

I am a frequent visitor to the area and I know there is already great concern about the danger posed by the busy traffic. A restaurant would certainly add to those concerns, particularly where drivers are slowing to both pick up and drop off restaurant patrons and/ or to search for a park.

Further, it is widely known that parking in the area is at a premium. A restaurant open long hours could only severely exacerbate this problem.

I recommend a use for the building that would not generate extra traffic, such as a cafe with no cooking, community centre, artist’s studio or low-key office.

Louise Zimmer St Lucia I RECENTLY heard the Acting Lord Mayor speaking on ABC morning radio about the Council’s proposal to convert the Engine Room building into a cafe for upwards of 60 people. As a frequent visitor to the area and user of the small parklands there, I am appalled that the BCC would consider doing this.

It is difficult enough as it is to find a parking space on Macquarie Street without adding to the congestion. But worse still are the plans to heavily modify the Heritage Listed building.

Cities that preserve their heritage buildings insist that the facades are not changed, but allow internal changes.

The addition of a deck to the Engine Room is certainly not following that precedent. Brisbane’s historical buildings need to be preserved, not desecrated.

Hendrik van der Kamp I READ with mounting distaste your report on the council’s plans to redevelop the Engine Room site in Macquarie Street as a 60-seat restaurant.

Although I do not live in the close proximity of this proposal, but further along the river and might well find the provision of a refreshment facility and toilets a bonus along that stretch of the river walk, this development smacks of complete insensitivity by the council to the needs of its residents.

Not once in this proposal do I see any attention paid to the well-known fact that noise rises. As this facility will be placed in what can only be described as a man-made amphitheatre of two- and three-storey buildings, I can 14

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imagine how distressing the sound levels will be to the existing residents.

Has any noise analysis been taken above ground level? The living and sleeping areas of some poor folk are only a few metres away.

Groups of people are well known for creating huge volumes of noise. We have all been in restaurants where we can barely hear the people on the other side of the table for the sheer volume of chatter and clatter. Is this what these poor residents will have to suffer on a daily basis?

Sure, the restaurant will close at 10pm, or rather, its doors will close at that time. But what about the clean up, filling the garbage bins, stacking of outdoor furniture, the sound of revellers leaving and the noise of ventilation and air conditioners? Not to mention the extra early morning garbage services that will be required.

I believe that residents who bought in this area did so on the understanding that the Engine Room might be redeveloped as a benign community facility - not as a commercial one. The fact that this overdevelopment might even be considered by council is an appalling indictment of the lack of awareness of their responsibility to their residents and ratepayers.

I look upon this development and fear that if it goes ahead, it could set the template for other unsympathetic, revenue generating schemes. I ask your readers, if they live anywhere in the BCC area, to take a look out of the window at their neighbourhood and consider just what a money hungry council might do to the enjoyment of their lifestyle.

This isn’t just a local issue, this is pertinent to all Brisbane residents.

M.Tanner Vernon Terrace I REFER to your recent article about the Council proposed cafe/restaurant plus public toilets in the Engine Room at 71 Macquarie Street.

Many questionable aspects surround this proposal. Some examples are noise, odour, vermin, rubbish and grease-trap servicing and deliveries within five metres of bedrooms in an adjacent property.

A major concern, not only for Macquarie Street residents but for the hundreds of locals who use Macquarie Street each day, is the impact of the extra traffic anything bigger than a coffee shop would engender.

Already, council gardening contractors and CityBike bicycles park on the footpath to service the small park. There is no loading zone

and a yellow line extends along the length of the site. Parking availability is inadequate already. A restaurant’s requirements, such as service and delivery vehicles, taxis and extra private cars, would add stress and danger to the area around the site. The road is already so busy it is somewhat hazardous to cross the road as a pedestrian.

Traffic is just one major problem for such a high-impact proposal as council’s for the Engine Room.

If indeed a restaurant, or even a cafe - council’s proposal seems to interchange the two titles even though vastly different operations - aimed to be successful, the traffic impact would seem problematic.

Rae Peters Teneriffe

WE are confused. Why would the Brisbane City Council consider a 60 seat restaurant in the Engine Room [in the small Catalina Park], adjoining their notice posted below?

The opening hours under consideration are from 8am to 10pm.

It is hard to comprehend the disruption from some early morning training could in any way compete with diners/ smokers/drinkers using the same precinct until 10pm.

Helen Cooper I AM not directly affected by the Brisbane City Council’s proposed development for the Engine Room at 71 Macquarie St, Teneriffe. However, I do have profound concerns for all those residents – some as close as five metres away – whose right to the simple amenities of life will be unreasonably compromised and diminished.

BCC is seeking approval for the development of a 60-seat restaurant at the Engine Room, trading from 8AM10PM seven days a week. The math is simple: 98 hours of noise (we all like to enjoy ourselves) and the associated traffic, parking and odour problems an intense development like this engenders.

New Farm and Teneriffe are exceptionally well catered for restaurants, coffee shops and bars. If

the Engine Room must be developed, a low impact development such as an art gallery or maritime museum would be an alternative.

As BCC plans now stand for the Engine Room, they are anything but fair.

This is not the Australian spirit of a fair go for everyone.

Seana Mortimer Teneriffe As a former resident of New Farm but still a frequent visitor to Teneriffe, I am very disappointed that Council is proposing a 60 seat licensed restaurant with long opening hours in the small and peaceful Catalina Park.

There is very little parkland left on the river and there are many restaurants, some not doing so well.

Why would Council want to destroy this very peaceful and very small park widely used as a pleasant access to the Board Walk by opening within it a busy, noisy restaurant with its attendant issues of extra traffic, scarcity of parking, servicing, rubbish collection and so on?

Teneriffe has enough restaurants and not enough parks. Council, please reconsider.

Anna Woodmansey (Northcote, Vic)

Losing Fr Leo Coote saddens parishioners

I HAVE just read your article on Father Leo as he is affectionately known to us all in the New Farm Parish.

To say we are devastated at hearing this news is an understatement. my family and I are regular parishioners and we applauded at the treatment he has been given by the Arch.

We do not want him to go and we do not want the Scalabrini Priests here.

They will not attend to the parish flock as Father Leo has for the past 22 years.

We moved here 12 years ago and and he has baptised three of my grandchildren, two nieces and nephews, married my son, led my mother’s funeral. Most of these do not reside in New Farm and he welcomed them with open arms and heart, never refusing or criticising but welcoming with the faith of Jesus.

We strongly object to his leaving and to his shabby treatment. If there is anything we can do to have our say, please let us know.

Mary Sergiacomi I AM saddened to read your article in the April edition of the Village News about Fr Leo Coote.

Though I am not a member of his

villagenews church, I have known him since I came to live in New Farm, many years ago. I have always admired his integrity and sincerity. He has an unassuming charm. I know Fr Coote is an intellectual. That notwithstanding, he has an engaging personal style which always engenders respect. I have no doubt that those who admire and respect Fr Coote are bitterly disappointed at his abrupt move.

Jean Lahz AS always, I enjoy Gary Balkin’s articles on interesting characters of Brisbane’s inner suburbs, but was saddened to hear of Fr Coote’s sudden departure from New Farm parish. Fr Coote was always ready to extend a hand to outcasts and those faltering in life.

In these days of community within the church, I was surprised by the arrogance the Archbishop displayed when he stood down such a beloved member of our community.

Looking forward to a brighter portrait of a peninsula identity next month.

Catherine Marsden

Construction noise

I’M sure that many who can’t see, but can hear, assume that the incessant jackhammering echoing over New Farm and particularly across the river to Kangaroo Point is from the Riverwalk construction, but not so, it’s from excavation at 43 Maxwell St. The Riverwalk people have been exemplary, keeping us informed and keeping their noise to a very low level. I’ve just written this letter to the Lord Mayor.

My dear Lord Mayor, I write to you

personally because, on contacting your planning department about this matter, I was given a polite but form-letter reply which missed my point.

My comment is about noise from construction that is beyond normal noise and that a change in planning requirements is required to remedy this situation.

I know that the noise about which I complain is within the law. But in this case the law must be changed.

I live in a small apartment in Kangaroo Point. For many weeks now, starting mid-January, for many full days at a time, we have been harassed by jackhammering noise from a property that I believe is 43 Maxwell Street New Farm.

The noise, which echoes throughout Kangaroo Point and can be easily heard as far away as the Eagle Street Pier, is in complete contrast to the almost non-existent noise from the Riverwalk construction currently being undertaken in the same location.

The Riverwalk construction has been exemplary. They have kept us informed at all points. The private excavation at 43 Maxwell Street, however, is much louder with no communication. When will it stop?

Council should note that jackhammering noise carries loudly across the river and is much more intrusive for being at water’s edge.

Surely in those circumstances the planning permission should include the requirement that quieter-possibly drilling rather than jackhammeringmethods be used for excavation.

Austin Adams

Historic fig tree is dying in Kangaroo Point

ATTENTION ALL RESIDENTS CounCil proposes large restaurant on this heritage site engine room, 71 Macquarie st teneriffe

• Council is using your money ($500,000+) to heavily modify and utilise this heritage listed building for financial gain and not for any community need.

• say no to Commercial Development of this small parcel of remaining riverfront parkland.

View the Da, at pDonline Brisbane, go to application enquiry. the number is a003805985

OVER the past months I have been observing the gradual demise of this beautiful fig tree in Captain Burke Park at Kangaroo Point. I live nearby and the park is my front yard.

I have written a poem to acknowledge this magnificent tree.

The BCC arborist said that the tree is indeed dead and it will be cut down in a few weeks as these types of trees deteriorate quickly.

(Editor’s Note: To read Margaret’s poem, please visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ villagenewsmagazine) Margaret Clifford

HAVE YOUR SAY: EMAIL US:

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to lodge an objection (strictly 28/4 till 20/5) write to Brisbane City Council, gpo Box 1434 Brisbane Qld 4001 or email dalodgement@brisbane.qld.gov.au You will need to sign letters and include your address on both letters and email. also include Da number above.

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Looking back at interviews from past years

CONTINUING my series of 2010 profile characters, we interview Cameron Robinson, son of pioneer Bruce, and Mike Hawthorne, musician, and husband of pianist Jo.

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by Gary Balkin

SON OF THE PINK PANTHER

WE hail the happy news of the imminent emergence of Cameron Robinson, New Farm Village jeweller, to be succeeding his pioneering father Bruce at the helm of Bruce Robinson Jewellers. In fact, Cameron manages the family business seemingly around the clock, and when I talked to him he had just completed a few days “soft opening” of the newly-vamped premises. And it’s looking classy.

When we wrote Bruce Robinson’s profile in 2010, I wrote of the founding father who had lived in New Farm for 50 years. I mentioned that everyone enjoys a conversation peppered with laughs, and that Bruce has a great attitude to selling diamonds: “Everything goes wrong if you don’t see the funny side of life!”

And he kept laughing. So I laughed. It was contagious. I departed his store without a diamond that day but my day was a beauty, thanks to Bruce.

Bruce is so witty, and I had known him for much of that 50 years, that when he talked up his pink diamonds, Pink Argyles, I was moved to think of him as the comedian Peter Sellars of the movie Pink Pan the r fame.

Four years on, Cameron tells me that Bruce comes into the store usually once a week, by appointment.

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should really enjoy those meetings with the master.

Cameron states that he is “in the middle of succession” after 25 years working with his famous dad.

A Churchie boy, he completed his Bachelor of Commerce in Retail Management, the first in the world to achieve that honourable degree.

So, being a trail-blazer himself, he and his dad have now 14,000 clients, 80% of those living within 10 km of this fabulous little shop, and the other 20% being interstate and international clients.

More impressive percentages: “We are proud that 86% of our work are of Design Make (designed and manufactured on the premises).

Apart from Argyle Pink diamonds, we travel annually to Antwerp, Belgium, to hand-pick our diamonds. Antwerp is the diamond capital of the world,” the son of the Pink Pan the r advised.

Cameron is married to Lisa, and they have two sons Jack, 14, and Thomas, 10.

A happy time indeed for the Robinson family.

tells me for the LEFT: Bruce ‘The Pink Panther” Robinson. umpteenth time: “I RIGHT: Cameron Robinson has been in first saw this talented the family business for 25 years. and lovely lady playing jazz, now playing pop and rock. They piano for this band I was about to quickly adapted, with Mike on a join, and was so keen to make a good learning curve, wanting to compose impression on her I went out and musical tunes of the contemporary bought a new trombone.” genre to please the masses.

Thirty-eight years on, the y have So, one afternoon on their home lived in a classic Queenslander in back verandah while hosting a casual New Farm for 30 of those years, barbeque with friends around a table, and although music is their great Mike started strumming his fingers, common love, Jo remains a typesetter searching for a new, catchy beat. He coordinator in book production, stated this intention by humming to while Mike works at renovating their

MUSICIAN SWINGS TO NEW BEAT

THIS is a feel-good tale, a little sad for jazz lovers but a happy 2014 for a famous New Farm couple. Mike Hawthorne’s sharp ear for the beat of music saved his life in 2013.

But first, read his background story leading up to that almost deathdefying moment…

The story of jazz musicians husband and wife team Mike and Jo Hawthorne was my very first Village People profile in February 2010. I first knew Mike and Jo in 1976 when the y met while playing in the then new jazz band The Vintage Jazz Society led by Andy Jenner and John Braben. The Vintage played together for 24 years at the n respective jazz spots The Melbourne, Twelfth Night Theatre, St Paul’s Town Inn. Mike’s eyes go misty as he

I first saw this talented and lovely lady playing piano for this band I was about to join, and was so keen to make a good impression on her I went out and bought a new trombone.

Mike and Jo Hawthorne beautiful home and enjoys French polishing and restoration of antique furniture, mainly for good friends.

Mike and Jo and their band the UTR (Up The River band) had played jazz to the adoring crowds at the Story Bridge Hotel on Sunday afternoons for 19 years nine months.

In recent times the crowds began to drop off. The older generation of jazz lovers were diminishing, and the younger generation of music lovers were obviously fans of contemporary songs, mainly rock.

The generous hoteliers, the Deery family, were becoming just a little concerned, so Mike and Jo started a new band ‘The Sessions’, away from the toe-tapping tones of trad

the beat of his pulse with a rhythm that suddenly transformed into a tune like a Brazilian rhythm section, very fast indeed. He voiced his concern at the erratic nature of his pulse.

A female guest sitting opposite leaned over and felt his pulse.

She was a GP so was qualified to announce that he must visit his doctor the next morning, no later, for a check-up. A week later, Mike was out of hospital, with a pacemaker in his chest.

“I was told that my heart was pumping blood at only 26% capacity,” said Mike, “and I can honestly state that the love of music saved my life.

If not for that moment, I may have popped over anytime, like just when pushing the mower.”

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Law week opens the doors of justice to the community THE legal fraternity embarks upon its major public relations exercise, Law Week, from May 12 - 18 the Queensland branch will celebrate with a week of activities designed to connect the community with the legal eagles.

Activities during this traditional week-long celebration include the annual Queensland Legal Walk, with money raised going to support disenfranchised members of the community, complimentary professional development programs at the QLS Open Day and dancing the night away at the QLS Annual Ball.

The week also provides an opportunity for the public lift the veil on the rarified world of the legal profession and on Friday May 16, between 9am and 2pm a sixmetre display will give visitors to the Queen Street Mall information on a range of legal services. The event will also feature a mock trial and performance by the Crown Law Choir.

The Queensland Law Society hosts its annual ball has a breathtaking aerobatic performance

under the vaulted elegance and magenta silk of the ‘big top’.

The black tie evening features a sumptuous three course dinner, premium beverage package and live entertainment. For more information or to purchase tickets to the event visit the Law Society website at www.qls.com.au.

The Walk for Justice is held during Law Week and offers hundreds from within the legal community an opportunity to raise money to support pro bono services that are accessed by those in need, according to Lawyers Weekly reporter Melina Gouveia.

This year’s Walk for Justice will be held on 13 May. “The event supports pro bono organisation Justice Connect, which provides access to justice to marginalised and disadvantaged people and the community organisations that support them.

“Last year, the Walk attracted hundreds of lawyers who raised thousands of dollars for organisations that helped battered women and abused children.”

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Q Solicitors make a difference BASED in Brisbane’s riverside community of Teneriffe, Q Solicitors was established at the turn of the century. Now a division of The LawStore Group of firms, we deliver highly personalised legal advice for business and private clients.

Our business services include the full range of legal needs, such as: sale/ purchase; start-ups; restructuring; partnerships; asset protection; franchising; IP and general litigation.

Our personal services also include a wide range of legal needs, with some of our most common cases involving: wills and estate planning; trusts; powers of attorney; family and divorce law; prenuptial agreements and binding financial agreements; conveyancing; insolvency and bankruptcy and personal litigation.

THE Q DIFFERENCE Keeping You Informed At Q, we believe you should understand and be aware of each and every step of the legal process you are going through.

We keep you informed and updated because having knowledge gives you power –in this case, it is the power to make your own legal decisions with confidence and clarity.

Pro-Active Advice At Q, we also believe in providing legal advice for the long-term – not just for today. How do we do this? We ask questions and we get to know you – so we have the full story, rather than just one aspect of an immediate concern.

By doing this, we are able to make legal recommendations that will benefit all areas of your life, and potentially save you time, stress and money in the long run.

Teneriffe Teneriffe has always been a much-loved home to Q Solicitors and March 31st this year marked our first birthday in our premises in the iconic Mc Taggart’s Wool store on Vernon Tce, This is our home. There is something about this suburb that we love. Perhaps it is its rich history, or perhaps it is that real sense of community – either way, belonging to Teneriffe makes us feel like we are a part of something truly special.

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and New Farm and named the property Teneriffe because it reminded him of Mount Teide in Teneriffe, Canary Islands.

The first wool store in Teneriffe was built in 1909, to meet the growing demand for exported wool from Queensland. Another three stores opened by 1915, and an additional nine wool stores were built, with the last two constructed as late as the 1950s.

Built in 1926, Mactaggarts Woolstore was one of several stores at Teneriffe on the Brisbane River’s Bulimba Reach.

The building’s lower floors were used for storing, loading, and unloading wool while the top floor was used for displaying it. Redeveloped into residential apartments in 1995, some of the building’s original wool baling equipment is displayed throughout the apartment’s corridors as a reminder of the building’s history.

The Pop-Up Gallery

When the fit-out process for our new office stalled for a few months, we decided to turn the place into an art gallery. The idea was that instead of sitting empty, our office space, facing the riverside footpath, was bustling with the colourful creations of our artist in residence Mike Banks.

We were pleased to be able to provide the space to promote Mike and to be enjoyed by the Teneriffe community as a whole.

Teneriffe Festival This year Q has decided to take the opportunity to participate in the Teneriffe Festival. The Q team have eagerly started planning for the event. The Festival is sure to create an even bigger buzz than last year with something for everyone including a fashion parade, live music, historical displays and market stalls. Our prime location on the river means we will be right amongst the excitement.

Law Week This year Law Week is taking place from 12th – 18th May. Part of this year’s celebrations include Legal walk (13 May 2014). This is one of QPILCH’s most important fundraising events to help ensure ongoing pro bono civil law services for disadvantaged members of the community.

If you are interested in getting involved in all the celebrations, Law Week’s special flagship event will take place in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall, on Friday 16 May.

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Taking stock - Cr Vicki Howard half way done The Village News met Cr Vicki Howard in her Chinatown office recently to see how she is travelling at the halfway mark of her first term as the local councillor for the Central Ward.

CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve reached the halfway mark. How are you feeling about it?

It is exciting. We’re just getting on with the job. It’s has been really great and I enjoy the people in the Central Ward. There a great bunch and they are quite active in local issues.

What do you mean active?

They are really involved in their community. That is what I like most about what I am doing. The people are very committed to make a difference, especially in the New Farm /Fortitude Valley areas and also Wilston has some active business groups that meet regularly to improve on the amenity of their suburb.

New Farm does not have its own community association?

Teneriffe has the progress association and I don’t think New Farm needs one as a lot of people feed into organisations like the neighbourhood centre. That is the hub of that community. There is more activity from the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre and it is encouraging more people to get involved. Events like the recent Jack Attack bowls tournament was a good example of how corporates can get together with the community and this tends to happen more in other suburbs but I see it happening more (here).

There is a hectic way of life in innercity suburbs where people do not get that connectivity. The Valley Chamber also takes in that area.

Is there one planned for Spring Hill?

No, no, the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce is filling that role and the Spring Hill Alive in October has a lot of the local schools and businesses getting involved and keen to showcase what Spring Hill has. Spring Hill Alive will bring some ideas together and

there is a renewed interest in the area.

I am very excited about Spring Hill and we held the first meeting of the committee to review the Spring Hill Neighbourhood Plan and we chose 30 to be on the committee out of the 120 that applied. The willingness for people to contribute in encouraging.

Spring Hill Alive will bring these ideas forward that come from the committee. The old main roads building has been sold to a hotel and hopefully that will come online soon.

We very much want to retain the tin and timber look but also encourage new developments to move people into the area to assist the local businesses.

What about Fortitude Valley?

The Brunswick St Mall is happening.

Shortly after I was elected the $4 million was committed by the Lord Mayor after a meeting of over 70 stakeholders was held. Hopefully by the middle of the year that will be completed. It is on track actually we found some tram tracks in the dig.

With the Village Twin coming online to activate that part of Brunswick St including the Brunswick Hotel upgrade.

We are a bit of a construction site at the moment but we are looking to the future.

Why does the Council approve development that are outside the size and scale of the local neighbourhood plan?

That is due to something called acceptable solutions where the developer has to prove that what they are wanting to do will comply with the acceptable solutions. They are fairly well set out in the neighbourhood plan. Spring Hill for example where 5 stories were the limit and approval was given for 6 or 7. That approval was given based on the fact that to

have the 6 or 7 there is setbacks off the street so you are not having boxes and the new architecture enhances the street.

Local residents are concerned about a restaurant going in the old Engine Room building?

They don’t have anything to worry about as there is a development application lodged by the council in council now and I encourage everyone to put in their concerns. That is the good thing about our planning process - that people can have a say. That DA also is dependent on what people have to say. It is public space and we feel that all of the local community has a say on what is there.

From the River’s Edge Strategy we learned that people are very keen to have areas where they can have a cup of coffee and look at the river and enjoy that beautiful area down there.

And we will try to address their concerns when they respond.

What’s your work day like?

My day starts most mornings from 7am with some paperwork and home by 9 or 10pm. I work seven days and even busier on weekends.

What is your legacy in the first two years?

The Brunswick Street Mall redevelopment, the Riverwalk being repaired, the Engine Room, the Tram Drivers Shed and the Submariners Walk.

I think my legacy is about making sure our community is heard and is able to grow and have a representative that does care about what they think and deliver.

Do you get Mother’s Day off?

No, I have to go to an event. I want to spend time with my granddaughter and I get to do that once a fortnight.

Central Ward Councillor Vicki Howard enjoys a cuppa while reflecting on her first two years in the job.

What do you do when relaxing?

I like going to the coffee shops like Ponycat, and Giardinetto’s still offers a great Italian meal and it has been here for such a long time. We have a lot of choices in this ward. I like catching up with friends at Merthyr Bowls on Sunday afternoon it is a great place to meet locals. I try to pop into new businesses to say hello.

Where do you shop?

I like Aldi and I am pleased one has opened in the Valley because I like buying Australian. Coles is good and IGA New Farm is very handy and I am always popping in there on the way home.

What do you like about the Village News?

Well everyone reads it and I am always asked if I read a particular story in it.

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Women in Business Raine & Horne New Farm

Pashmina Passion

Chiropractic Moves ‘Nurture Studio’

LEE PAUL

CAROLINE BUCHAN

AMANDA COLLINS

HAVING held the reins as principal of Raine and Horne New Farm for an outstanding 28 years, Lee Paul knows the peninsula back to front, inside and out. Lee’s local knowledge and real estate expertise together have become an unbeatable combination. This expertise ensures clients receive well-considered market advice, attention to detail, strategic marketing, the benefits from an extensive database and most importantly, results.

Her passion for the real estate industry and local community are evident in every aspect of her service, as she collects top-sales awards. Most recently collecting her fourth consecutive Top Residential Principal award, Lee’s proven reputation for delivering incomparable commitment to her clients has seen an abundance of repeat service.

She enjoys helping to bring her clients’ property dreams to fruition, whether it is the challenge of purchasing a new property or assisting sellers in achieving a successful result so they can move onto the next chapter in their lives.

“We want the process of buying and selling to be the celebration it should be rather than the daunting process it often is today,” she said, adding that she always enjoyed having a coffee with her clients at the local cafe and hearing about their future plans.

Outside the office, nothing feels more satisfying to Lee than enjoying quality family time with her first grandchild, very patient husband, two strapping sons and spirited daughter.

WITH 95 per cent of the world’s pure pashmina shawls produced in Nepal, Caroline Buchan has been working to make a difference in the lives of women working in the pashmina industry.

For five years, she has worked with small, family run factories who ethically produce high quality pashmina shawls for her online business, Pashmina Passion. All items are hand woven, hand dyed and meticulously checked by hand in the final stages.

“I personally visit Nepal and the factories, to ensure that the workers we are involved with are well looked after and happy in their workplace.

At this time, we are the only distributor of the ‘CHYANGRA’ pashmina that offers the only guaranteed label of authenticity from the Nepalese Government,” she said. “We are also waiting to become a member of the Fair Trading organisation.”

As the second generation of her family involved in the wool industry, coupled with 25 years of boutique retail experience, Caroline knows how to provide the best service and expert advice to her customers while building a comprehensive and successful small business. Pashmina Passion also sells its unique products through trade shows and privately.

“I successfully founded and operated two businesses in Melbourne and Cairns before this venture, but the focus now is looking after the needs of our valued pashmina customers,” Caroline said.

DR Amanda Collins founded Chiropractic Moves in New Farm with a keen interest in women’s and pediatric care, especially those with pregnancy and post birth complaints.

For Amanda and her partner Dr Michael O’Doherty, the practice has been an “exciting and revolutionary” way of helping people in the community achieve their best body possible through chiropractic care.

“Pregnancy can be such a challenging time for a woman’s body and I find it is incredibly rewarding to be able to help provide relief and comfort to an expectant or recovering mother,” Amanda said. “We do not simply treat symptoms; we assess the body as a whole to find the real source of a problem and find a solution that helps. Our goal is to be the best chiropractic practice in Brisbane and provide the very best standard of care possible for our patients.”

Amanda is the youngest and only girl of four children. Her childhood and most of her career was spent in country Queensland, where she was fortunate enough to have been mentored by renowned chiropractor, Dr Evan Rogers.

She is heavily involved with numerous industry events, including International Midwives Day; collaborating with midwives, health professionals and parents to help to educate the community on chiropractic, pregnancy and neonatal care; and guest speaking at a Griffith University (Logan) midwifery class.

Raine & Horne New Farm a. 650 Brunswick Street, New Farm p. 3358 5444 w. raineandhorne.com.au/newfarm

Pashmina Passion PO Box 1314, New Farm p. 0408 587 974 w. pashminapassion.com.au

Chiropractic Moves ‘Nurture Studio’ a. Cnr James and Annie Streets, New Farm p. 3254 3834 w. chiropracticmoves.com.au

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Meet the local ladies making a difference!

Body Life and Soul

Meron Somers Interiors

Eyes on Business

LEONA MIRTSCHIN

MERON SOMERS

ANITA JAKINS

LEONA Mirtschin is a wellness warrior aiming to combat diseases through fitness and nutrition.

As an accredited exercise physiologist, her lifelong affinity with Pilates has taken her career through injury rehabilitation and performance efficiency specialties as well as co-directing a 10 episode Pilates television series.

With a goal to become the leader in the field of anti-aging fitness lifestyle programs at Newstead studio, Body Life and Soul, Leona enjoys helping men and women attain stronger and younger bodies for lifelong health.

“I’ve grown my passion for anti-aging fitness, how to disease proof your body and how to ensure you can live an active and healthy life all the way through into older age. New research suggests that strong muscles are good medicine and most important of all for staving off disease including diabetes and cancer,” Leona said. “While going for a walk is enjoyable it’s not enough, you’ve got to make sure you do your strength exercises if you want to live well and prevent injury and disability. We show you how to exercise and eat to manipulate muscle strength crucial to all aspects of health.”

Outside the studio, Leona donates her time fundraising for a number of not-for-profit organisations such as Biggest Morning Tea and Zonta. Giving back to the community has always been part of her business plan.

WITH more than 25 years in the interior design industry, Meron Somers brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her clients when she provides them with tailored, stylish interiors, and is experienced in all styles including apartment, urban and country living.

Whether her clients are building a new home, renovating or decorating, Meron helps them with all aspects of the job, from selecting paint colours through to supplying and installing the floor coverings, window treatments, furniture and accessories and even to hanging the paintings on the walls. When you are designing your living space, you want an expert like Meron who can advise you on trends and colours that will make a comfortable environment.

Many times her clients have their own furniture and need some individual pieces to achieve the look they desire, others want to furnish the whole home. Whatever the situation, Meron loves to create homes that are comfortable, elegant and an absolute pleasure to live in.

Meron and her husband Tom have lived in Teneriffe for 23 years, having bought a run-down but never-the-less beautiful old Queenslander. “We have fully renovated our home and believe it was a lucky day for us when we found the house here even though the redevelopment of Teneriffe was years away. With so much at our doorstep, it is a beautiful place in which to work and play.

WHEN it comes to her achievements, Anita Jakins prefers to let her work, rather than her words shine.

Over 20 years in the industry saw her starting her own bookkeeping company, Eyes on Business, to act in the role of financial controller for small to medium businesses in 2006. The company expanded from one Gold Coast office to an additional branch in Teneriffe within three short years.

“The real personality of our business of eight women is that we communicate well with business owners and are an effective communication wheel between business and their accountant on their daily accounts operations. Most small businesses do not have a full-time financial controller; we are that for them on a need basis.”

Anita said. “Small business did not go into business to work for the ATO. This is where we can streamline the responsibility to ensure limited time reporting to ATO on GST, HR and record keeping for tax purposes.”

Having grown up and attended university in the country, Anita is a strong supporter of community organisations. She is the Chairperson for the Teneriffe Chamber of Commerce, a patron of the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre and this year will be her second on the board of the Teneriffe Festival. She also helps provide 90-120 meals to the homeless in Fortitude Valley most fortnights.

Body Life and Soul a. 3/22 Newstead Tce, Newstead p. 3161 4047 w. www.bodylifeandsoul.com

Meron Somers Interiors e: meron@meronsomersinteriors.com p. 3252 2825 or 0411 424 225 w. www.meronsomersinteriors.com

Eyes on Business a. 4 Hastings St, Teneriffe & 46 Meron St, Southport p. 0408 451 878 or 5518 7770 w. eyesonbusiness.com.au May 2014 villagenews

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Women in Business LOQ Group

Chester’s Real Estate

Fusion Cycles

KYLIE MCQUIE

GREER GITTOES

CHELSIE EASTON

KYLIE McQuie started her own business venture in 2008, almost six years ago, when she became increasingly frustrated by the lack of support and clarity offered to clients by traditional accounting firms and other advisors. Since branching out on her own she has built her business around key business principles, and the desire to make a positive impact on her clients’ professional and personal success.

With entrepreneurial spirit in her DNA - her parents and grandparents all own small businesses - Kylie knows that the two fundamental aspects of success are without a doubt how an organisation manages its finances and having the best team of advisors possible.

This is highly evident if you speak with any business owner, entrepreneur or CEO who will all sing the praises of having someone in their corner looking after their best interests. It leaves them with more time and energy to focus on what they do best – running their own business.

“Business owners have enough to do on a daily basis, we ease that burden by coordinating partnership with the advisor team and ensuring their financial position is secure” “We give our clients absolute confidence that their affairs are operating effortlessly, efficiently and effectively – that is peace of mind!” Kylie says.

WITH a family history in construction and property development the creation of Chester’s Real Estate provided an excellent avenue for owner Greer Gittoes to work in Brisbane’s dynamic property landscape.

In 2005, Greer was accepted into a pilot graduate program specialising in property development and property investment with Suncorp. After several years as a property analyst in Brisbane and then London, she started commercial property agency Chester’s Real Estate two years ago. With her, she brought a number of associates including valuation experts, banking executives and other professionals who passed on their expertise to her clients.

“Our unique independence allows us to negotiate the needs of our clients whilst understanding the requirements of both the owners and occupiers.

Our commitment to quality service, integrity and a diversity of property platforms allows Chester’s to enhance the value of the property you invest in or use,” Greer said. “Chester’s aims to grow the quality of boutique retail investment in Brisbane. This is an exciting time in Brisbane’s Retail sector”.

She said her parents taught her the gratification of a small business, the value of hard work and integrity in her job and the people around her.

“It’s not hard to be motivated to go to work when you love what you do. Tantamount to Chester’s growth is the success of my clients.”

FUSION Cycles was founded on the principals of “five star service”, premium products and a welcoming environment for any cycling level. Chelsie Easton and her husband Matt were happy to find a team that shares the same values.

The most rewarding part of running their business is the “terrific people” they meet and work with every day. When a fire destroyed the four-year-old Newstead store in 2012, Fusion Cycles bounced back with the support of the community.

Over two days, 40 customers, suppliers, staff and friends helped clean, move, setup and reopen the store. Eighteen months later, they helped again by relocating the store to Teneriffe.

“Like most small business owners we live and breathe our business but we love it and it sure is fun to be a part of people enjoying riding their bikes around our beautiful city,” Chelsie said.

Chelsie continues to keep busy by hosting the annual Fusion Games, a duathlon (run/cycle/ run race) and criterium (street circuit cycle race) community event as well as a number of group social rides to raise funds for the Amy Gillett Foundation (safe cycling focus). A frequent triathlon competitor, Chelsie also sponsors local club Reddog Triathlon Training, Kingscliff Triathlon series and hosts Fusion Coaching sessions and beginners cycling confidence courses for women. Fusion Cycles also offers mechanical and coaching services and cycling tours.

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Chester’s Real Estate a. James Street, Fortitude Valley p. 0438 198 305 w. chestersrealestate.com

Fusion Cycles a. 125 Commercial Rd, Teneriffe p. 3252 9997 w. fusioncycles.com.au

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Meet the local ladies making a difference!

Studio 15b

The Midwife Clinic

Mino Design Studio

SARAH RAIL

ALLISON SMITH

KELLI ZAKHAROFF

ALLISON Smith’s boutique architectural practice, Studio 15b, was founded in and named after her residential address - paying homage to the company’s humble origins and love for beautiful Queensland design.

“Our logo is an abstract of the stained glass windows we have in our 100 year old New Farm home.

We believe that big things can happen from simple beginnings, much like any architecture and interior design project,” Allison said.

Allison understands the value of experience, completing university while working at architectural practices four days a week. With 20 years’ industry experience, she has built a strong reputation on commitment to custom designed houses, multiresidential, commercial and fit-out projects. Always ensuring the design intent is maintained right through construction.

A born and bred Queenslander, her style of architecture is derived from the location and sits well within its context. It is modern architecture that always strives to be a little different from previous projects as well as adjoining property, to give vital individuality to each project. The use of cutting edge 3D software allows clients to see an exact virtual image of the final product.

Allison is a member of the Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Architect’s Small Practice Group and enjoys building relationships with like-minded people.

Her genuine, down-to-earth personality makes her approachable for networking or project opportunities.

DURING her 12 year tenure as a midwife, Kelli Zakharoff has spent four practicing independently.

When she opened The Midwife Clinic in New Farm last year, she focussed on supporting families and babies with antenatal, labour, birth (home or hospital support) and postnatal care across Brisbane.

“My goal is to educate families to the benefits of having a private midwife. She is a trusted and wellknown support system for the whole family. Many studies have proven that having a known midwife during your pregnancy, labour and birth, accomplishes lower rates of caesarean sections, less interventions, the families make informed choices during their labours and postnatal care with the same midwife provides consistent information and less fragmented care during a vulnerable time,” Kelli said.

“We provide a service for women experiencing breastfeeding issues, sleep and settling help for newborns and we have a home visiting service that can be accessed by anyone having a baby in Brisbane.”

Having to “disappear” in the middle of the night to attend a birth is part of every midwife’s job description and Kelli is grateful for her understanding family.

Outside of midwifery, Kelli is currently studying lactation consultancy and will soon commence a pharmacology course. She is a proud supporter of many hospital causes such as Mater Little Miracles and the Royal Children’s Hospital Christmas Appeal.

WITH over 10 years experience in the industry Sarah Rail specialises in branding, graphic/web design and online marketing and she loves helping young entrepreneurs and business owners realise their vision and build a spectacular brand.

With today’s ever changing online world Sarah is passionate about keeping up with the latest technology and trends and has completed various online marketing courses specifically in the areas of blogging, using social media tools and managing subscriber lists to ensure her clients are successful.

The digital shopfront that is your website is the most important selling tool a business can have, and Sarah understands that it must do many important jobs all at once – be functional, high-ranking in searches, professional, beautiful, customer-focused and also be a kick-ass sales tool.

“We have great clients that have been with us since we first opened 5 years ago. We offer all clients a personalised service, whether it’s a coffee or a Skype date, we can’t stress enough the importance we place on building strong, positive relationships with our clients,” Sarah said.

“This also helps us ensure when we build your brand that it is infused with your personality.”

The Village News is just one of many loyal clients that Sarah works with and she enjoys having the opportunity to form relationships with the local community.

Studio 15b a. PO Box 750, New Farm p. 0438 134 875 e. allison@studio15b.com.au w. studio15b.com.au

The Midwife Clinic a. 6 Refinery Parade, New Farm p. 0499 004 748 w. themidwifeclinic.com.au

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Beware a short attention span RECENTLY, I asked a friend to review some content that I was preparing to send as part of a marketing campaign.

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by Alan Blair His reply, “Opened it. Saw it was three pages. Put it in the too hard basket.” As there is for most things now, there’s an SMS shorthand that conveys the same idea as my friend’s response – “TL; DR”.

It stands for, “Too long; didn’t read.”

I’ll confess that I’ve never been the most concise writer, whether with this column, blog entries or marketing copy. However, acknowledging my bias, I still can’t escape the feeling that the overwhelming preference towards extreme brevity has gone too far. It’s reached the point of regularly devouring much of the meaning from our communications.

This isn’t another rant against Twitter and the cult of what you need to know in under 140 characters. This is a warning that we’re making a grave trade-off when we decide we can’t be bothered to read anything longer than a headline and a few bullet points.

Let me try to explain – without

exceeding my word limit.

There’s more content available to read today than ever before. More new information becomes available to us daily than was available to our not so distant ancestors over their entire lifetimes. Now that anyone can publish and email you their two cents’ worth, the noise and clutter can be overwhelming. So how do we avoid wasting our time on the stuff that’s just not valuable?

One option is to take the time to analyse your sources carefully. Limit what you allow through the spam filter by carefully curating and selecting what’s important, instead of what’s “trending” or “urgent”.

Option 2 is to assume you already know everything important to you and default to “TL; DR”, never reading anything deeply. This option has become the new normal.

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There is always going to be more than enough to choose from, but what we need is something that is worth our effort to read. I might start replying to some of the stuff that comes across my “desk” with “NV; DR” – “Not Valuable; Didn’t Read.”

Helping at-risk teens eat better food DA’ Burgers New Farm has handed and unloved. hundreds of dollars’ worth of “I can speak freely about my food vouchers to not-for-profit experiences because they don’t organisation Brisbane Youth Service define who I am. That is, not a last month. victim, I’ve just had an interesting After and somewhat experiencing colourful life. We a turbulent all make choices, upbringing some better than himself, others.” owner James BYS assists Ellerslie D’Ath young people to hopes that find and maintain DA’Burger will appropriate continue to housing, address be a “vehicle physical & to help at-risk mental health teens”. issues, establish “By giving successful them free relationships & nutritious support networks food, by Da Berger co-owner Wendy Mason with and provide them employing with pathways to Richard Langford from Youth off the them and by education & long Streets educating the term employment. public about mental health, it’s not Services include a range of rocket science. I want to explore emergency and longer term support social enterprise more and open programs such as crisis support a second store so we can expand including - housing, food vouchers, on this stepping stone foSr often clothing and Emergency Relief, times troubled and homeless at risk health services, including drug youth,” James said. & alcohol intervention, specialist James said that he was not a housing services for young women victim, but wanted to help those and education. who feel like he once DA’Burger 876 Brunswick st, New felt – alone, hungry, confused Farm.

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WHEN the gold standard fashion brand Marie Claire teamed with the James Street Initiative, an unusual marketing event was created that would draw fashion-focused shoppers to the precinct for an exclusive opportunity to buy carefully selected fashion pieces.

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by Lisa Rutter The “Marie Claire Up Late” concept was created three years ago, when James Street Initiative (JSI) pitched the idea of hosting an annual late night shopping extravaganza. The Marie Claire team embraced the idea with gusto and the third event has grown in size and reputation, with its most successful event yet held last month.

Hosted by JSI, Marie Claire Up Late presented the Brisbane fashion elite with the opportunity to meet with favourite designers, pick up new season items, learn key styling tips from the professionals and explore the precinct after dark.

Up Late drew big crowds of dedicated shoppers and trendsetters and had the support of 50 local businesses.

James Street Initiative’s Andrew Tynan said the event was an opportunity to “create value and an experience for customers”.

Tom Gunn Shoes, created by designers Gabrielle Thompson and Shannon Gunn, opened in James Street in 2011 and Thompson said the Up Late event allowed them to preview their winter collection to a targeted audience in a fun and unusual way.

“Marie Claire Up Late is an absolutely fantastic event and it’s wonderful to see the street lit up and full of excited ladies

celebrating Brisbane fashion!” Thompson said.

“For winter we have designed ankle boots, brogues and loafers because we can get away with this in our climate.

Jaguar pony hair is huge at the moment so we’ve injected it into our winter collection for a bit of fun as well as space age silver, a deep azure blue and we’ve created galaxy printed snake leather!

“Brisbanites don’t tend to dress head to toe in black like our friends from Melbourne and we think the best way to have a bit of fun in winter is your shoes!”

Story Bridge lights up THE Story Bridge will be set alight in rainbow lights to commemorate International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) on May 17.

As part of a commitment to working with the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) community, Brisbane City Council has promised “a standing booking” for the bridge to be illuminated on every IDAHO in the coming years.

The Brisbane Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex & Queer Action Group (BLAG) said they were grateful to the council for recognising the harm done to LGBT people by homophobia.

The group has been lobbying for three years to illuminate the bridge as well as flying the rainbow flag from Council flagpoles/ property on IDAHO. “Lighting the Story bridge in rainbow lights and flying the rainbow flag would send a powerful message of inclusion and acceptance to the many LGBT Brisbane residents who may be marginalised and struggling,” a spokesperson said.

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Rotolone, and they are proud of their menu which is emphasised by their Italian heritage. Sophisticated food with a modern edge, most locals know Vine for the signature dish which is a divinely constructed cake-style tiramisu.

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THE Casa Italia Community Centre on Gray Street encourages locals to embrace the resurgence of core Italian values - a sense of belonging, family, culture, great food and good wine. The club’s restaurant is at the heart of the revolution, and welcomes seasoned Chef Gary Hales who specialises in Italian cuisine.

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20 years of memories at Nash Theatre Robbie’s ready to rock the Romans It’s been 20 years since New Farm Nash Theatre began in Rosalie. After a series of moves to locations including a Church Hall in Balfour Street New Farm, the Village Twin Cinemas in Brunswick Street, Viz Ink in Berwick Street and a peripatetic period of moving between venues, the group finally settled in its current home at the Merthyr Road Uniting Church.

It’s been a long and enjoyable journey and we’re proud of the work we’ve done; the plays we’ve produced; the actors we’ve nurtured, some of whom now have successful professional careers; the directors, stage managers, designers and all the valuable people who are needed to put a show onstage.

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we are having a party and inviting everyone who has been with us at any stage of our journey. Details are in the advertisement in this issue of Village News. Please come and join us in making it a night to add to your memories of the good times you’ve had with us.

Our next production is Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. This is one of Ibsen’s most often performed plays and with good reason. The picture shows Kristi Gregory as Hedda with Tristan Ozinga as Eilert Lovborg. The production opens on Saturday May 10th so there’s another date for you diary. Why don’t you join us for both occasions? We’d love to see you at 52 Merthyr Road!

Board gaming rolls the dice in the Valley SINCE December, Brisbane web show The Four D4 has teamed up with board gaming group the League of Extraordinary Gamers and Grill’d Burgers Fortitude Valley to run a regular gaming night every second Thursday.

The event, which started in January, has been hugely successful with a regular turnout of over 30 people, playing games ranging from the simple Guess Who and Snakes & Ladders to the complicated Galaxy Truckers and Firefly.

Event organiser Dylan Shearer said it was hard to find someone not having fun, as everyone “duked it out” for points towards the six-month competition that will be finalised at the end of June. “It’s not just the $100 and $50 vouchers they are playing for either. There is also a fortnightly prize where the player with the most points at the end of the night, gets a free burger at the next meet up,” Dylan said.

“We’ve had a lot of success running these events. What more could you ask for?

There's great food; great friends; and great fun.”

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By Chris Herden WARRIOR queen Boadicea is brought to life in all her vengeful glore in La Boit Theatre Company’s latest production, Boadicea – The Celtic Rock Opera, and joining the choral cast Vocal Manoeuvres is the group’s former photographer Robbie Sinclair.

Sinclair, a risk and business continuity manager at Griffith University, is one of the 30 singers that make up the Vocal Manoeuvres ensemble. The choral group, led by acclaimed choir director Alison Rogers has a starring role in Boadicea -The Celtic Rock Opera which opens at La Boite Theatre Company’s Roundhouse Theatre next month.

Sinclair is also one of Kangaroo Point’s newest residents.

Boadicea – The Celtic Rock Opera is an epic tale of rebellion and revenge set in 60AD, a time when Celtic tribes and Britons were mercilessly ruled by Nero, the insane Roman Emperor. The imposing Boadicea was loud-mouthed and aggressive, and had striking red hair that hung to her hips Sinclair began his association with Vocal Manoeuvres as the choral group’s photographer but moved to the other side of the camera lens when he was invited by Rogers to boost Vocal Manoeuvres baritone ranks. He is now part of the large team that Dianne Gough Productions has assembled for a thundering rock spectacular about the Celtic warrior queen Boadicea who

Robbie Sinclair led an uprising against Nero’s Roman Empire.

“The show looks at interesting issues about loyalty, the intrigue of regal court and the violence and beauty that goes with it. I love the comment on a Boadicea banner I saw on Facebook linking the show to Game of Thrones.”

Beyond Boadicea’s rock and Celtic influences, Sinclair gets to tackle a wide variety of musical styles at other Vocal Manoeuvres events.

“I enjoy any sort of music… except piano accordian. The definition of a gentleman is a man who can play a piano accordian but chooses not to.”

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THE recent launch of the LocalFamous promotion by Thousand Island Dressing New Farm now featuring the six winners on their Brunswick street shop window.

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Shimmy Mob’s crazy ladies BELLY dancers will be shaking their hips on the streets of Brisbane as part of Shimmy Mob, a national event celebrating World Belly Dance Day on May 10.

With performances scheduled nationally and internationally to raise funds for abused women and children shelters, Team Brisbane consists of 36 dancers, including one 10 year old girl. The mob will perform at multiple venues throughout the day, including West End, the CBD, Kangaroo Point and Ferny Hills.

Belly dance merchandise and information on sponsoring charities will be available at the stalls in West End. “Shimmy Mob represents all styles of belly dance and audiences will be treated to a short show full of fun and variety.

Worldwide Shimmy Mob has over 2300 dancers in 162 cities across six countries including Canada and Chile,” A DV Connect Womensline spokesperson said.

“May is also domestic violence awareness month. With so many highly publicized domestic violence crimes in the last two years around Australia, Shimmy Mob aims to help bring DV Connect Womensline to the people who need their help the most,” they said.

Nash is celebrating 20 years of quality theatre.

If you have been involved in its remarkable journey over the years, please join us for the birthday party!

When: 7pm on Saturday 21 June 2014 Where: Merthyr road Uniting Church, new Farm Bar and SaUSage Sizzle: gold coin donation rSVP: essential for catering purposes: P: 3379 4775 E: nashtheatre4@bigpond.com Memorabilia will be on display. This will be a chance to reminisce and catch up with people you might not have seen for some time…

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Strong sales prove apartments still popular OFF-the-plan sales for Liv 4005 are proving popular, with 30% of the boutique apartments already sold prior to public launch.

These six sales were achieved in one week with strong enquiry received from both locals wanting to relocate and interstate and off shore investors keen on its position within the established and highly desirable suburb of New Farm.

“Centrally located between James Street and Brunswick Street, in an elevated position gave buyers confidence to jump fast to secure an apartment.” says selling agent Ryan Leddicoat of Ray White New Farm.

“Annie Street is a location that connects the distinctive neigbourhood areas between the best of New Farm’s wining, dining and entertainment precincts.”

This is Brisbane based Pikos’ first move into the New Farm market.

They have spent time researching and monitoring local buyers desires.

Collaborating together with the Architects and Interior Designers, Liv 4005’s governing principal was to create a building that tailored the design to capitalise on the elevated position to capture breezes, natural

light whilst ensuring that all potential views looking east across the suburb and south west to the city were expansive.

Boutique in size Liv 4005 consists of 18 three bedroom apartments and two bedroom + MPR are spread over 3 levels. “I am enthusiastic about the opportunity of providing three bedroom apartments in New Farm, these are rare indeed, says Ryan.

“New Farm real estate is probably the most tightly held and quickly snapped up stock in Brisbane inner city at the moment. Our office in New Farm has seen good returns and capital growth of up to 10% on comparative sales in the last 12 months.

“I believe that the superior designs that the architect has worked into these floor plans has proven the popularity of Liv 4005.

There is no negative space within the apartment, such as long corridors.

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“The building is very attractive, the use of timber cladding and other feature materials gives an utterly unique appearance that is both stylish and very sophiscated. I have had comments that the building is reminiscent of Japanese design influences. “

Liv 4005 New Farm is an exciting inner city suburb just 2 kms from the CBD, with all the conveniences of major shopping centres, boutiques, cafes and restaurants close by.

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Peninsula MArket Update Brisbane’s property market has delivered an exceptional performance in the first quarter of the year. The Peninsular market continues to strengthen as the year goes on with first quarter results showing a strong up lift in all aspects of the property market. 238 properties have been sold from the 1st January - 31st of March in New Farm. With strong results for both units and houses, The highest sale for a house was 26 Chester Street at 3,275,000 and the highest unit sale $1,800,000. The Brisbane is also proving to be strong with 4,266 properties were sold over the last 12 weeks, with the average price being $571,250.

Auctions are proving to be the preferred method of sale, and the results are speaking for themselves. 70 Sydney Street is just one of the success stories with 28 registered bidders and over $185,000 over the reserve. The auction clearance rate has been rock solid, holding at 75 per cent which is testament to the unrelenting buyer demand and very tight supply.

That demand is coming from not only owner occupiers but also investors who are taking advantage of low interest rates to expand their property portfolio. Quality properties in good locations are highly sought after by a broad cross-section of buyers right now that includes families, downsizers, couples and singles.

The frantic market pace didn’t slow over the Easter and Anzac long weekends, and there is no sign of slowing in the short term. The market is in great shape! If you would like to discuss your property options, feel free to contact our top performing agents.

Matt Lancashire and Ray White New Farm

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So far this year we have successfully sold 75% of our advertised auctions either before or on the auction date.

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Disclaimer: This information is being provided by Australian Property Monitors, Price Finder and MyDesktop (Ray White New Farm’s CRM System) based on settled sales as of 31 November 2013. It’s accuracy can not be guaranteed. Parties should rely on their own enquiries and Ray White New Farm will not be liable for errors or admissions herein.

“Knock on! It’s a ‘knock on!”

If you ever have the displeasure of sitting near me (especially this season) while the mighty QLD Reds are playing, you will hear me screaming words to the affect of “knock on”, “open your eyes” or “C’mon mate you’re missing a great game!”.

TALKING ProPerTy With Haesley Cush Coincidently these phrases have a lot of relevance to the current market and ironically usually very little to do with the reality of the rugby match.

So what’s a ‘knock on’ in terms of the real estate market? Let me give you two live local examples. On the 8th of March Brandon Wortley from our sales office auctioned 70 Sydney Street we had 28 registered bidders and it sold under the hammer for $1.015million (see inserted).

However scattered through the area and the Brisbane Market are many homes listed for $1.5mil+, that are sitting on the market with a lot less competition.

The 28 bidders validates the $1million price tag for Sydney St, this is a clear indication of fair value. Less competition means greater value in the higher price bracket. If you add the build cost to that property at Sydney St and compare that price to the other homes on the market, you will find the excellent value of the higher priced property. So why?? When a market moves it comes from competition. That competition is strongest in the ‘affordable’ zones of an area (in New farm that’s under a $1million). This then unveils a section of the market that is good value and where there is value in a market, buyers grow. And

The crowd at 70 Sydney Street, New Farm

The 28 bidders validates the $1million price tag for Sydney St, this is a clear indication of fair value. Less competition means greater value in the higher price bracket.

Like at the footy I do a bit of yelling beside the real estate field too. And It’ll be interesting to see how long this stage of the market lasts. So to those real estate enthusiasts get out the binoculars, to those of you in the market look for your opportunities and I’ll be in my normal position screaming out the front!!

so a ‘knock on’ affect is created (mystery revealed!).

Real estate like many markets (and sports) has ups, downs and requires a game plan. But sometimes you need to change to suit the conditions (or play the game that’s in front of you).

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Ralph Lauren touches throughout Pier apartment MIRVAC has opened the doors to one of the few remaining subpenthouses at Pier Waterfront Newstead, showcasing the luxury lifestyle on offer.

Adorned with spectacular pieces from the latest Ralph Lauren collection, apartment 771 has been styled by interior designer Tonie Robertson in an opulent palette of blacks, whites and creams.

“Using a sophisticated blend of classic and contemporary pieces, we have created a space that celebrates chic apartment living while maximising comfort and liveability” Ms Robertson said.

Located on the seventh floor, this riverfront apartment contains four bedrooms, two living areas, 2.5 bathrooms, and a two-car private garage, and it is currently listed for $4.5m. Part of The Luxe Collection, these apartments conjures up luxury and quality which best describes this brand new display at Waterfront by Mirvac.

Following the sell-out of all nine luxury penthouses at Pier in late 2013, this 4 bedroom subpenthouse apartment represents one of the few remaining opportunities at this exclusive address.

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Apartment 771. residential John Carfi said the Waterfront development had delivered strong results with $340 million sales generated to date.

“15 apartments have been sold during this financial year in Pier alone, producing more than $49 million in sales,” Mr Carfi said.

“Waterfront Newstead is quickly becoming one of the most sought

after living locations with soaring popularity from surrounding suburbs like Teneriffe, Hamilton and Ascot,” he said.

Mirvac has also just released initial plans for its latest stage at Waterfront, Unison - an innovative development designed to bond community cohesion and inner city lifestyle in perfect harmony.

Unison offers new Waterfront opportunities UNISON is Mirvac’s latest stage in its Waterfront precinct, a visionary residential development designed to bond community cohesion and inner city lifestyle in perfect harmony.

Unison is the third stage of Mirvac’s premiere Waterfront precinct, which has delivered $340 million in sales to date, and includes the Pier and Park Residencies, as well as hectares of public parkland and a 8,000m2 perched lake.

This latest stage will include 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in addition to a special release of terrace homes, courtyard apartments and beautifully designed pavilion apartments.

Unison will emulate the neighbouring Teneriffe area’s distinguished heritage with an authentic architectural interpretation. The development’s design will unite a contemporary look and feel with a respectable reinvigoration of the area’s historical character.

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Madison Heights sells 90% of apartments MADISON Heights at Bowen Hills has settled into the market easily, selling more than 91 per cent of its 308 apartments.

Developed in conjunction with Pearls Australasia, Madison Heights’ combination of location and style has been in strong demand with owner occupiers and investors. The value of the 279 settled apartments at Madison Heights is now more than $120 million.

Developer Metro Property Developments expects the complex will follow in the footsteps of its Chelsea Bowen Hills development and be 100 per cent sold, settled and rented in the coming weeks.

Managing director Luke Hartman said Madison Heights had achieved outstanding results in a growing market.

“Although the Brisbane market is picking up, quality apartments in the inner-city are still a rare commodity. Madison Heights’ price point, combined with its high level of finishes and convenient location has always placed it well ahead of its competitors,” he said.

“The development’s central position in Bowen Hills has also been a magnet for

retailers. Retailers who have signed leases in the ground floor retail component of the project include IGA, fast food chain Subway, liquor retailer Cellabrations and sushi operator Haru Sushi. We are also in negotiations with a leading Mexican Metro CEO Luke restaurant.

Hartman “Our ability to settle so many apartments and lock in high profile retail tenants is definitely a testament to the hard work of our sales and development team.”

Featuring 308 apartments over 30-levels Madison Heights is located in the centre of the vibrant and exciting suburb of Bowen Hills. The development features two Sky Terraces where guests can enjoy views of the Brisbane CBD and Teppanyaki grill barbecues. Metro Property Development was created in 2010 by Devine Limited founder David Devine and business partners Ken Woodley and Luke Hartman. The company currently has a portfolio of projects concentrating on quality, affordable residential high rise projects and broad acre land development in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.

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With the current market conditions some of the best we’ve experienced in years, ensure your property stands out from the crowd. Simon Caulfield and his team are maximising results for their clients with some outstanding sales in 2014. His expert advice and unequalled level of personal attention to his loyal clients has once again set him apart. With Simon there are no empty promises, just exceptional results. Will you be their next success story?

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Over 100 properties SOLD, and over $120 million in sales so far in 2014.

We have new local, state, national and international investors and buyers looking to purchase every day. If you are considering selling, buying or would simply like an update on the fast paced market we’re in, we look forward to hearing from you.

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MAKE THE WISE DECISION, CONTACT OUR MULTI-AWARD WINNING OFFICE TODAY Lee Paul | 0418 733 818 | lee.paul@rh.com.au Lorna Bailey | 0410 609 789 | lorna.bailey@rh.com.au