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The Cellini moonphase A unique interpretation of the cycle of the moon, combining classical elegance with a contemporary touch.

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CONTENTS MARQUE | THE AUTO CLASSIC MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2018 EDITION

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WELCOME TO MARQUE MAGAZINE

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ummertime, and the living is easy - or so the famous song goes. Here at Auto Classic, we couldn't agree more, and we'd like to make the living even easier with the newest issue of Marque Magazine.

We know that our valued BMW and MINI clients love to travel, and in this issue we've thrown the net wide in terms of inspiration for your next trip. Choose from the Amazing South Coast right here in WA, the glorious Greek island of Crete, or for the uber adventurous, how about following the Silk Road?

If you're ready to invest in a new BMW, read the review of the BMW X3. The new incarnation of this popular model will leave you keen to get behind the wheel and head on a road trip, just like our reviewer Matthew Mills did. Everybody knows that MINIs have special personalities, so it's no surprise that one of our top MINI sales people, Serena Horrocks, has a special personality too. Read all about what makes her love her job so much - and why she gets such a kick out of selling these special little cars.

Food and drink are particularly well covered in this issue, with a definitive feature all about the hottest new/old drink - rum - and an impressively carnivorous recipe for a tomahawk steak from The Heritage's talented chef, Matt Carulei.

We've also put together an impressive collection of extraordinary audio equipment, luxury watches and comedian Matt Okine's seven deadly sins.

I hope to see you soon at Auto Classic happy reading.

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The latest mechanical timepieces 16 STAFF SPOTLIGHT

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TAKE FIVE Sandalford Winery’s Jenny Hvalgaard

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MQ REVIEW

The powerful S 1000 R

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The Amazing South Coast

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BMW REVIEW

The BMW X3

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Melbourne F1 Grand Prix

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Impact 100 Fremantle

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Urbane Homes

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Extraordinary headphones

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The X Trial Championships

Mark McDonnell, CEO, Auto Classic

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Averna Homes

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GIFT GUIDE Motorcycle gear

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Pulp fiction - when cowboys were king

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The Heritage makes waves

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Celebrating the X2

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Myths busted 80

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Reel stories from rugby legend, ‘ET’ Ettingshausen

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Matt Okine’s 7 Deadly Sins

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Contributors Cassandra Charlick, Dianne Bortoletto, Norman Burns, Brooke Evans-Butler, Fergal Gleeson, Darryl Gibson, Mia Lacy, Matthew Mills, Lisa Shearon.

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The hottest events, the best innovations, travel inspiration and exhibitions

MUSICAL YOUTH

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rinspoon’s Phil Jamieson can’t wait to bring the smash hit show American Idiot to Perth, inhabiting the lead role of St Jimmy like only a bona fide rock star can.

The role, previously played by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Melissa Etheridge and Chris Cheney, demands a lot of its new star who admits he’d never tackled a musical before.

“I hadn’t seen the show and when I got to rehearsals in Brisbane I thought to myself ‘this is going to be really hard',’” admits Phil.

It wasn’t the singing part of the role that worried him particularly - ‘that was my strength’ - but finding the character and inhabiting the role really stretched the star.

Winner of two Tony Awards and the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot features every song

from Green Day’s iconic album of the same name as well as several hits from their follow up release, 21st Century Breakdown. This album not only defined Green Day as a band but also gave a voice to a generation waiting for the opportunity to let their hair down and embrace their youth and individuality.

Phil was no different.

“I finished high school in 1994 and Dookie was out. I really loved the band, and when American Idiot came out in 2004, with its nine-minute songs and characters throughout, it was a game-changer.”

The musical tells the story of three best mates grappling with the decision to either challenge the status quo and break out of their aimless rut or to remain in the safe confines of their urban existence. Their quest for true meaning in a world full of violence and dissolution leads them on a journey of self-discovery, heartache and revelation.

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of Whatsername which earned her a 2017 Helpmann Award nomination for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Phoebe made her professional debut when she was just 11 and since then has made international headlines being handpicked by Baz Lurhman to play the lead role of Fran in Strictly Ballroom the Musical.

“Phoebe as Whatsername is phenomenal,” says Phil, and in fact one of the best things about the whole American Idiot for the rock star is being part of such a strong ensemble cast.

“They’re very supportive, especially for somebody like me who’s never done musical theatre before. There are some first timers like me and others with a triple threat (acting, dancing and singing skills).”

Watch out for Phil’s favourite part of the show - “it’s when we sing 21 Guns, three quarters of the way through. It’s a lovely part.”

 American Idiot, Crown Theatre, from February 2 to 11. Visit ticketmaster.com.au.

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DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY ~ FOR A GOOD CAUSE THIS YEAR, ONE of the city’s most popular social charitable events is being sponsored by Auto Classic. The Auto Classic Variety WA 2018 Ball sees the dealership take the major sponsorship spot for the 10th anniversary of this important fundraising event. With a MINI Ray featuring as the main raffle prize, it’s expected that this year’s Variety WA Ball will be more successful than ever.  Auto Classic Variety WA Ball, February 17, Mounts Bay Sailing Club, Australia II Drive, Crawley, Perth. To buy tickets, visit variety. org.au/wa/event/2018varietyball

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ICONIC LOCATIONS AROUND Perth are participating in Perth Children’s Hospital’s mental health awareness initiative, The Big Splash dolphin trail.

The dolphin trail is a mass public art exhibition raising awareness for mental health with 36 individually unique life-sized dolphin sculptures painted by various Australian artists, including Claire Davenhall (pictured), as well as activities based around each.

The initiative is intended to encourage conversations around adolescent mental health, providing young people with information on what help is available. A mobile phone application will be available for the public to participate in the experience, with a map to locate each dolphin, information about each dolphin’s artist, access to unique rewards and information regarding mental health.

Funds collected throughout the initiative will allow clinical experts to initiate innovative programs needed

to engage adolescents with severe mental health disorders, along with those who are at risk of mental health problems.

“The main messages of The Big Splash WA is ‘you are not alone’”, said Carrick Robinson, CEO of Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation.

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organisations there to support young people facing mental health problems – and with the help of Perth Concert Hall this important message can be spread further to young West Australians and their families.”  The exhibition will run until March 4.

For further details about this initiative, visit thebigsplashwa.com.au

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FEAST FOR ALL EXCLUSIVE LONG TABLE lunches, intimate wine tastings and major festivals, in the company of top chefs from Australia and around the world will be key elements in Australia’s biggest wine and food festival, Taste Great Southern, from March 8 to 25.

The biggest name of them all, British super chef Marco Pierre White, known to Australian viewers for his TV roles on Masterchef and Hell’s Kitchen, will lead the charge to Albany and surrounds.

He’ll be joined in 45 events running across the southern part

of Western Australia in an area roughly the size of Switzerland by top Indonesian chef Chandra Yudasswara and former Masterchef contestant and TV cooking presenter Justine Schofield, along with Scott Brannigan, Anna Gare, Paul Iskov, Jesse Blake, Don Hancey, Sophie Budd, Kenny McHardy, Russell Blaikie, Stuart Laws and Vincent Lim. Great Southern chefs and presenters include Amy Hamilton, Frederick Kirby, Sally Francis, Nic Lancaster, Marty Morgan, Ian Gatjens and Kade Sims.

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of events as part of Taste Great Southern which features events in Albany, Denmark, Mount Barker, Porongurup, Frankland River, Katanning and Kojonup.

Marco Pierre White, often referred to as the first celebrity chef and the godfather of modern cooking, was the youngest chef ever to be awarded three Michelin stars.

He’ll be making his first visit to the Great Southern region of WA to appear at the Albany Wine & Food Festival and then at the Fervor x Three Anchors dinner, both on Saturday, March 17.

The Fervor dinner will feature an eight-course degustation featuring local and native Australian ingredients prepared by Paul Iskov.

Other key events will include In The Raw, tasting great seafood match with wines from the region on Sunday, March 11; a Long Table Whisky Dinner with Great Southern Distilling in Albany on March 16; A Secret Affair, mystery dinner at a secret location in Albany on March 22; and the Liberte Carpark Party at the London Hotel car park with renowned chef Joel Valvasori from Lulu La Delizia on March 22.  For more information about Taste Great Southern visit tastegreatsouthern.com.au/

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SURF’S UP ARAVINA ESTATE ARE making a big splash this summer by, for the first time ever, celebrating Western Australia’s surfing history in an exciting collaboration with Surfing WA. The WA Surf Gallery is the first and only official collection of surfing memorabilia in Western Australia, ideally located in one of the nation’s most iconic surfing spots.

Just minutes from the world famous breaks of Yallingup, Margaret River and Gracetown, the surfing history of these areas have a large part to play in the evolution of the region to its current stronghold as one of WA’s leading destinations for food, wine and nature.

From as early as the 1950s, surfers have been visiting with boards in tow to enjoy the pristine waters and

incredible surf breaks, though it wasn’t until the 1970s that the surf culture really took hold and they started making the move to live and settle in the area.

With the wine industry taking root in the same decade, daily life riding the waves in the afternoon and picking grapes in the morning saw Margaret River start to flourish and become firmly entrenched as both a surf and wine destination.

A visit on your trip to the region to explore the carefully curated collection of surf memorabilia, surfboards, historical photos and stories from surf legends such as Taj Burrow is one that is bound to surprise and stimulate.

You might even spot a familiar face (or wave) if you look closely.  Visit aravinaestate.com.au

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We take a look at five of the best new timepieces available at Watches of Switzerland that fit Australia’s summer vibe like a glove - whether you’re into cycling, sailing, diving, flying, knocking a tennis ball around or just chilling back and relaxing in this Great Southern Land. By NORMAN BURNS.

HUBLOT CLASSIC FUSION CHRONOGRAPH THE ASHES LTD EDITION

BREITLING SUPEROCEAN HERITAGE II CHRONOGRAPH I’m going to dub this beauty a “bronzed Aussie” even though Breitling is a Swiss watchmaker through and through. But there’s something about this variant of the new Superocean Heritage II Chronograph (yes it is a bit of a mouthful) that strikes a chord with our own Australian environment. The beautiful Copperhead Bronze dial, ceramic bezel and matching leather strap really sing on the wrist. This is a watch made for using in, and under, the water (it’s waterresistant to 200m). An automatic Breitling 13 chronograph movement controls the show and, at 46mm, this is a great looking, bold, timepiece. If the bronze version doesn’t tick the boxes for you there are five other variants - all of which are worthy descendants of the original Superocean, first introduced in 1957.

Price: $8,140.

Visit watchswiss.com or call 1300 808 135

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Subtle isn’t an adjective I’d normally associate with luxury Swiss brand Hublot, which rocked the watch world with its Big Bang watches.

But with this very cool, ultra-limited edition Fusion Chronograph (just 32 pieces, referring to the number of series won by Australia and England, are available worldwide) Hublot has opted for the less-is-more touch, and with stunning results. The watch was produced to mark the 2017-18 Ashes series (hence the ash grey look of the polished and satin-finished titanium case) but it’s the devil in the details that will have cricket fans cock-a-hoop. The 12 o’clock indices? That’s in a triple appliqué referencing cricket stumps; there’s triple stitching on the calfskin strap, just like that of a cricketball seam.

The hands on the two sub-dials are shaped like cricket bats. And the see-through case-back sports The Ashes logo. An automatic Hublot chronograph movement provides a 42-hour power reserve for what will no doubt become a sought-after collector’s item.

Price: $16,200.

Visit watchswiss.com or call 1300 808 135

TAG HEUER CONNECTED MODULAR 45 Sports watches don’t get much “sportier” than those out of the TAG Heuer (pronounced hoy-er) stable and the Swiss watchmaker has produced another beauty with its 45mm Connected Modular 45 models. This combination of silver dial and blue mat ceramic bezel/ blue perforated vulcanised rubber strap is eye-catching indeed - but

this combination is also fully customisable. The case is constructed from titanium with a sandblasted satin finish.

And under-the-hood is an Intel processor, because it’s not called “Connected” for nothing. This is a smart watch so pair it up with a smartphone (it’s compatible with Android or iOS 9+) and you can enjoy all the delights of the digital age. This includes uploading different watch face designs, even making your own. TAG offers a big range of interchangeable accessories (lugs, buckles, straps and even the actual watch “head”) so you can truly make the TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 your own watch.

Price:$2,350.

Visit watchswiss.com or call 1300 808 135

TUDOR PELAGOS TITANIUM

ROLEX AND ROGER FEDERER ARE A NATURAL FIT ..."

Tudor turns up the “wow” factor to 11 on a 10 scale with this very sexy iteration of its Pelagos diver’s watch. And this is a real diver’s watch, able to withstand immersion up to an incredible 500m deep and fitted with a helium escape valve, which allows the gas to escape freely during deep ‘saturation’ dives to protect the watch mechanism from overpressure.

Sure, unless you are a pro diver who goes to such depths you are unlikely to actually have need for a helium escape valve but it makes for good conversation at the bar. The 42mm watch’s 70-hour power reserve is especially handy, the matt blue dial/rotating ceramic bezel combo looks a million bucks (especially paired with the blue rubber strap - the watch is also supplied with a patented Tudor titanium bracelet) and behind the scenes, housed securely within the titanium case, a Tudor Calibre MT5612 automatic movement ticks away, well, like clockwork. There’s also a “left-handed” version.

Price: $5,250.

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ROLEX SKY-DWELLER BLUE DIAL Tennis fans will know that Rolex is Official Timekeeper for the Australian Open, and at this year’s event it was a beautiful blue dialled Sky-Dweller that took centre stage on the centre court advertising. And Rolex has an ace up its sleeve, because a certain Roger Federer - gunning for his 20th grand slam title as we went to press - is a Rolex ambassador. It’s a natural fit, and not just because both share a Swiss heritage. Both Federer and Rolex seek to be the “best in class” and the Sky-Dweller, introduced in 2012, is perfect for anyone who loves to travel. The Sky-Dweller is jam-packed with patents (11 to 14, depending on the model) but doesn’t sacrifice elegance over functionality. The inner 24-hour disc, for example, displays a second time zone, the case and bracelet are made of a special blend of white gold and steel which Rolex dubs Rolesor, and under the hood beats an ultra-accurate automatic Rolex 9001 movement.

The 42mm watch is waterproof (thanks to the innovative Oyster casing) to 100m, sports a 72-hour power reserve and the hour indices and numerals are coated with Chromalight for supreme night-time legibility. The SkyDweller may not help you perfect a Federer-like backhand but you’ll sure look slick wearing one when watching the great man from the sidelines... Price: $18,250.

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Serena Horrocks is about as passionate about MINIs as it’s possible to be. We find out why she won the coveted employee of the month in December at Auto Classic MINI Garage.

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MQ Tell me about yourself – how long have you worked at MINI? SH I worked with MINI in the UK and always loved the cars. When I came to Australia a year ago I experimented with other brands but the lovely little MINIs called me back - and so did the Sales Manager.

It’s been just over half a year at Auto Classic and it was definitely the right MINI-move for me! I’ve been at Auto Classic for six months in the sales department, definitely the right move!

STAR PERFORMER Serena Horrocks, above, was awarded employee of the month at Auto Classic MINI Garage recently.

MQ What do you particularly enjoy about the job?

SH MINI customers are wonderfully

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unique and uniquely wonderful; there’s not just one demographic so every day is different. It’s so great to see people share our passion and excitement for the cars.

MQ What do you think contributed to you being awarded employee of the month in December?

SH I made a giant bow to put on the building for Christmas, so I think that might be what wrapped it up. It started off as a bit of a silly idea but when I began to really think about the construction and logistics side of the project, I was pretty confident I could pull it off. Then I started to sew . . . 50 metres of fabric on

a domestic sewing machine was a rather large problem, paired with the painstaking hand-stitching that went into the bow itself. But by then, sheer stubbornness kicked in and I was determined to finish and get it hung from the roof, no matter how much of my free time it took up. If Cartier can do it – so can we!

MQ What do you love about MINIs? SH To me, they have their own

personalities, I love that they’re not just a car. Every MINI feels individual. Customers often say that their MINI is part of their family and I completely agree. All my MINIs in England had names, I even built an exact replica of a Demo I had because it was my favourite! The speed and handling are also really important factors, there’s nothing like a MINI for the bendy country roads and you can fit in any parking space.

MQ What gives you the biggest buzz about your job?

SH Definitely the handover. Seeing the faces of the clients when they catch a glimpse of their shiny new MINI and being able to make that experience special for them. Especially if they’ve

factory ordered, I like to send them videos at each stage of production and transportation to build the anticipation, and, of course, to keep them updated. They also get a ‘sneak preview’ of their car when it arrives at the dealership - it can be a long wait when you’re that excited.

MQ If you could choose any MINI or BMW, which one would you choose?

SH JCW Convertible all day long.

Even when it’s cold, heated seats on and roof down! I’m looking forward to seeing the new LCI vehicles in the flesh, the rear lights are a fantastic touch.

“CREATIVITY AND PROVIDING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME."

MQ What do you enjoy about the service

side of your job? Meeting people for instance?

SH Creativity and providing outstanding customer service are extremely important to me. I love to look after people and make sure they’re happy, our cars are unique so our service should be too. When people are comfortable, they tell the most fascinating stories; I once had a customer who designed and operated spacecraft for instance.

It’s amazing who you meet and get to know simply by chatting about

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a car!. We’re currently working closely with Famous Sharron – a local ‘Perthonality’ who’s very famous for ‘nothing at all’ – with tonnes of exciting bits in the pipeline for the Fringe World Festival, an awesome example of the fabulous members of the community we meet on a day to day basis – watch this space.

MQ What do you hope to achieve in 2018?

SH I want the World in MINIs of course.

Visit Serena at the Auto Classic MINI Showroom in Victoria Park.

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SANDALFORD WINES' JENNY HVALGAARD

By MIA LACEY

She has successfully managed corporate events for most luxury marques at the multi-award winning Swan Valley venue Sandalford Wines, however for Corporate Tourism Manager Jenny Hvalgaard, delivering happiness is all about passion and - as she learned recently when catering to royalty - the smallest things.

ML What attracted you to a career in hospitality?

JH At a young age, I knew I had a passion and that passion was for people. I truly loved being around people and my calling to the hospitality industry was there very early on. My parents were caterers and I got involved in the business on the weekends working at events and there was really no turning back.

Forty years ago, there wasn’t the extent of hospitality training there is now so you learnt the hard way and to do that you needed to have a passion for it and the commitment to learn. My journey through hospitality includes extensive time in leading international hotels however I seemed to always gravitate to events. To be good at it, I’ve learnt you have to be very creative. And you have to understand people, anticipate their needs and always leave an element of surprise which will exceed their expectations. To be in hospitality, you need to be hospitable – it’s that simple!

ML You’ve been involved for more than 40 years now – what do you love about it?

JH Events here at Sandalford Wines are incredibly interesting! The venue itself is unique and has so many options, so it is up to us to transform the client’s ideas into reality and excite them with new ideas. Here, we have an ideal niche in corporate socials – those huge conferences and meetings where national and international companies are looking for an offsite venue for dinner, a cocktail party or product launch with a point of difference.

Being just 25 minutes out of Perth means we’re also highly accessible.

I enjoy hosting familiarisation visits for clients on site here where they can see, taste and sense our venue and their potential experience. We can easily cater for large groups of 100 to 1,000 for corporate socials. Every client is looking for something different and that is where you step in. You need to keep up to date with what’s available in the event industry, what is possible to create to give your client

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that point of difference. The end result is always spectacular here!

ML In your opinion, what sets your venue apart?

JH Sandalford is limited only by your imagination – it’s a diverse and beautiful venue recognised as an industry leader here.

We cater particularly well to the auto industry because we can put vehicles into our Underground Cellar and Oak Room to create spectacular launches.

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Dietary needs are a key issue now, and Sandalford Wines has embraced this completely and we cater outstandingly, in my view, as we are able to do anything at all – including kosher. Once the menu is confirmed with a client, I’ll usually offer a wine tasting so they can choose wines from our wide range and vintages. For our events, the details – and the attention to those details – are what is critical. Clients who are planning a corporate event are under pressure to deliver a function different from their last; you have to be constantly thinking of and for your client.

We are fortunate to have wonderful weather here in Perth so I love creating al fresco events. As well as corporate socials, Sandalford is very popular for weddings. People enjoy theming their weddings to our different indoor venues here too. Working on Sandalford’s concert events where the VIP corporate areas are all mine to conceptualise and produce is highly rewarding on concert day too!

ML What’s been the highlight of the last year for you?

JH I love working with our chefs to create superb menus that exceed people’s expectations. A highlight was managing the function we created for

RIGHT ROYAL Sandalford Wines has played host to some memorable events over the years, including welcoming the king and queen of the Netherlands.

Left, Jenny Hvalgaad, Sandalford Wines’ Corporate Tourism Manager.

the king and queen of the Netherlands.

Initially for several weeks I worked with a diplomat from Canberra and was completely in the dark about who the visitors actually were! We liaised closely with the Australian Federal Police and eventually the Royal Household staff to ensure the event’s security and protocol was perfect.

After 40 years you feel pretty confident with your skills and experience, but at a pre-tasting the chef brought out our fabulous canapes

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and we learnt they were not the right size for a royal event – the members of the Royal Household actually measured them! Canapes for royalty have to be literally ONE bite – to avoid any messy mishaps! So, of course, we delivered and proved that you never stop learning.

The requirements of this function were different, but the level of attention to detail was what we would normally give any event. MQ Visit sandalford.com

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Stripped down, but full of BMW power and technology, the S 1000 R is the ultimate machine to take on Australia's roads.

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A’s roads are perfect for the serious motorcyclist. Whether it’s winding through the forests of the South West or speeding through the unspoilt emptiness of the Kimberley, our blacktop is the ultimate environment for putting a road bike through its paces.

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wheel adventure, the S 1000 R is the Roadster for you.

Stripped down to the essential, but maximised for pure riding fun, the S 1000 R’s aggressive engine with 165 hp/121 kW will put a smile on your face every time it revs up.

And the rich sound of the new HP titanium rear silencer leaves no doubt: that’s how life in the fast lane

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is supposed to sound.

Some riders call the S 1000 R naked, BMW just calls it concentrating on the bare essentials.

The genes of its sister, the S 1000 RR, are quite obvious: an aggressive tail-up/nose-down design, a distinctive split-face and characteristic gills.

The greatly reduced side trim

panel and precise colouring make MAKE IT YOURS The S 1000 R’s it clear: the power delivery isn’t exceptional packages the only thing here that’s pure and will let you become uncompromising. Three colours one with your bike. underscore the character of the bike: motorsport, Catalano grey and racing red/black storm metallic.

The high-performance 4-cylinder in-line engine, just like the rear, stems from the RR. With EU4 and the new noise regulation, its performance has been increased to 165 HP/121 kW. For an extremely linear torque and constant forward propulsion across the entire engine speed range.

E-Gas lets you meter out this power even more precisely. And the racetested Pro shift assistant lets you shift up and down without using the clutch: for more dynamics and shorter response times – welcome to the borderland.

As standard, the S 1000 R offers you two driving modes: Rain and Road. Rain provides a gentle throttle response, with ABS and ASC adapted to wet road surfaces. Meanwhile, Road optimises throttle response, ABS and ASC for dry asphalt.

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Optionally, you can have two additional modes: Dynamic and Dynamic Pro. Then ABS Pro provides you perfect delay even when leaning, DTC, launch control and the pit lane limiter. The Dynamic Pro user mode also allows custom settings. So there is really only one limit: your own personal one.

For your insatiable hunger for curves, there are two packages with special accessories. The Sport package lives up to its promises.

It provides the Pro shift assistant, cruise control and the Pro driving mode, including the Dynamic and Dynamic Pro modes, DTC, ABS Pro, pit lane limiter and launch control.

The Dynamic package, on the other hand, includes the electronic chassis DDC, heated grips, LED turn indicators and the engine spoiler.

And with the HP forged wheels, the S 1000 R weighs a whole 2.4 kg less than the series, but has much more character. It has to be the perfect machine for the true motorcycling aficionado. MQ

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Step back in time at the National Anzac Centre Be moved and inspired by one of Australia’s (if not the world’s) greatest museums, dedicated to the memory and bravery of the ANZACS who fought in the First World War. Follow the story of one of the many soldiers (both ANZAC and others) who served in the most extreme circumstances so far from home, and thank your lucky stars it wasn’t you fighting for your life on the Western Front. Located within Albany’s heritage listed Princess Royal Fortress, the centre overlooks the actual harbour from which over 41,000 men and woman departed Australia for the Great War.

Clamber up Bluff Knoll One of the third highest and most spectacular peaks in the whole of WA, Bluff Knoll will reward walkers with beautiful wildflowers, birdlife, reptiles and outstanding 360-degree stunning views from the summit during the 6km bush trail.

Do the Castle Rock Granite Skywalk Take a deep breath and follow a suspended walkway around the huge granite outcrop of Castle Rock. The spiral walk, with two lookouts (one which requires scrambling over rocks and climbing a ladder) offer unforgettable views to Mt Gardner and Mt Manypeaks as well as farmland to Albany. A marvel of engineering, see the landscape as a rock climber would without the need for ropes or pickaxes.

Take a dip in Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks The scene of many an Instagram snap, the water at Greens Pool (15 km west of Denmark) is supernaturally beautiful - and very green, made all the more astonishing thanks to the ivory white sands. It’s a must-visit destination for any self-respecting water baby, and with Elephant Rocks nearby, the perfect place for a lazy afternoon and beach picnic.

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Take a trip to Mount Romance and the Sandalwood factory The leading producer of Australian sandalwood oil (and the world’s largest distiller of the oil), Mount Romance has been a pioneer producer of this sensual product since 1997. Browse the range of sandalwood beauty and health products and you’ll realise why this special natural resource has been so prized by man for thousands of years.

Explore Albany's Historic Whaling Station Another unique destination, Albany’s Historic Whaling Station is the only one of its kind in the world. Walk aboard an actual whaling vessel, one of a fleet once owned by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company, and learn about this once incredibly important and lucrative part of Albany’s history. An added bonus - there’s a small zoo on the site too, including albino kangaroos and other Indigenous wildilife.

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Discover the Gap and Natural Bridge See the power of the ocean in all its terrifying glory, closer than you’ve ever done before at the Gap and Natural Bridge. Thanks to a viewing platform that hangs directly over the ever-surging seas, this is an experience not to be missed.

Explore the Valley of the Giants Treetop Walk For nature lovers, immerse yourself in some of the most beautiful forests in the world in the Walpole Wilderness. The Tree Top Walk is 18km from Walpole and 52km from Denmark, and includes imposing granite peaks, rivers and forests. You’ll discover art in the forest too and of course walk right up among the trees’ canopy, 40m above the ground.

Go whale spotting The southern coastline of WA becomes a whale highway from late May until early October. Join a dedicated whale watching tour and you’ll never forget the moment you see a humpback or Southern Right whale breach just metres away from your boat.

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REVIEW

THREE’S A CHARM Want an SUV that will lead the pack?

Look no further than the revamped BMW X3.

By MATTHEW MILLS.

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he long road down south has become pretty familiar to me, my wife and the kids. With luck, we’re on it two or three times a year, on our way to some beautiful holiday spot in the getaway haven that is the Margaret River region.

Our regular trips, then, mean we know what to expect on that long, long stretch of blacktop and, while familiarity doesn’t quite breed contempt, the less enthralling bits of the drive have brought us to the point where the getting there is definitely better than the going.

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Or so I thought.

Yes, thanks to BMW I have found a cure for the long-journey blues – and that is the remarkable, recently revamped X3. This car, I now know, is the ultimate machine to take you a long way in style and comfort.

The X Series has, of course, taken the motoring world by storm since the first of its kind, the massively popular X5, hit the roads two decades ago. Always a company at the forefront of its industry, BMW shook up the SUV and set the standard that would see the genre become what it is today – the leading style of car on roads around the world.

Today, the series is the pinnacle of SUV excellence, boasting perfection in all styles, from the compact X1 to the superb seven-seater X7.

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The X3, which first arrived on the scene in 2003 and is now on its third incarnation, sits proudly in the middle of the series and, for me, has to be the perfect family car for a driver who needs to know their precious cargo is safe but still wants to feel the thrill of a wheel in their hands and the road beneath them.

The good people at Auto Classic loaned me the X3 xDrive30d for our three-day break in Busselton, knowing, I think, I’d be bowled over with it.

This new version, crafted by Australian designer Calvin Luk and an addition to the showroom floor since the beginning of the year, is a little bigger than its previous incarnation. An extended wheelbase and a wider body push it closer to X5-size – and as we loaded up for the trip it was quickly apparent that we would be doing the drive in extreme comfort.

The big boot easily swallowed all our bags and the two kids in the back seat had more than enough room to stretch out and guarantee a squabblefree journey.

The extra size, however, doesn’t in any way detract from the beautiful styling of the X3. Sitting on 20-inch alloy wheels, it is an impressive sight, tough-looking but sleek. And the styling perfection continues on the inside, with the MSport package adding all the chic trim that BMW is known for.

The tech in the X3 is quite staggering and before we set off we hooked up an iPhone and explored the iDrive 6.0. Our eldest was most preoccupied with the sound system, which gave his Spotify list fantastic resonance. I meanwhile programmed the oh-so-simple navigation to show us the way to our resort.

Our initial exploration of the system was all tapping fingers, but the iDrive 6.0 also includes natural language understanding, so you can just tell it what to do. Also, of course, there’s the relaxing gesture control – a simple wave of the hand and calls are answered, volume

adjusted and so much more.

Packed and ready, then, I hit the keyless ignition and headed to the freeway and quickly I saw the benefits of the X3’s safety features – a more-than-handy addition when negotiating the Mitchell Freeway in rush hour.

My favourite feature is the sensors that point out when another

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vehicle is closing up on you – great for early notice of those undertaking cars that can pop up when you’re changing lanes.

The driver benefits from the heads-up display, information projected onto the windscreen in their line of sight which shows speed, speed limit and any other important things – warnings pop up, for instance, when the car in front gets a bit too close.

Eventually, we left the city behind and the freeway became clearer. This, for me, is when the X3 really comes into its own. Engaging cruise control takes the pressure off the driver, especially as it includes auto braking, and drift sensors gently nudge the wheel in your hands if you stray out of your lane.

Cruising south, then, is a joy – especially once the boys in the back fall asleep – and the big gas tank coupled with a combined fuel consumption of six litres to every 100km, means there’s no need for a pit stop. The quiet, smooth ride, meanwhile, belies the 30d’s mighty inline six-cylinder TwinPower Turbo diesel engine which provides an output of 195kW/620Nm, power that can take it from a standing start to 100km/h is just 5.8 seconds.

When we arrived, then, we were all refreshed and ready to go – none of the long-journey hangover that so often mars day one of a holiday. Over the next three days, we explored our surrounds and, as we nipped around Busselton’s narrow streets, I discovered that the X3 is surprisingly nimble for a big vehicle – and that the automatic parking assistant is just wonderful when there’s only one bay left on Main Street.

Our journey back was just as stress-free, the only downside being that our trip was done and Auto Classic were going to want their X3 back. Still, we left with a lot of good memories and the knowledge that we had found the ultimate car to tackle Australia’s many long drives. MQ Visit autoclassic.com.au

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DRIVING SEAT Driving a Formula 1 racing car is not for the faint-hearted but then neither is being in charge of one of Australia’s biggest sporting events, the 2018 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix. By NORMAN BURNS. Images courtesy AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX CORPORATION

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ike millions of other motor racing fans, Andrew Westacott will be glued to the action at Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit in March as the world’s best drivers battle it out at the 2018 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

The tight, twisting circuit on the edge of the CBD is a supreme test of man and machine. Hundreds of thousands will watch the race live from the stands, millions more via TV or web asts across Australia and the globe.

However unlike his fellow “revheads” Andrew won’t just be riding every gear change and every tactical moment of brilliance (or blunder) for fun - as Australian Grand Prix corporation chief executive officer

he’s ultimately responsible, across four days of high-octane action, for every facet of the event. It’s a role that involves supreme logistical, and sometimes quirky, challenges.

Sorting out a plate of hamburgers for an international movie star? No drama.

Or making sure all staff (152 of them) are on the ball for dealing with nearly 300,000 race fans, many of them corporate guests who will eat their way through literally tonnes of food and consume champagne and beer by the gigalitre.

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describes as “natural, down to Earth, doesn’t take himself too seriously”.)

“The event is a huge, complex, collaborative effort,” says Andrew, whose interest in motor racing stems from watching Alan Jones and the Wide World of Sports back in 1980 then the Bathurst 1000.

Andrew honed his skills in logistics and supply chain management in the food industry before moving into major events, playing a key part in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games as group manager for venue delivery and capital projects. He became Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO in February 2011.

“It (the event) couldn’t be delivered without the commitment of our dedicated staff, event partners and wonderfully professional group of event suppliers. My job is a combination of many things – it’s full-on, it’s enjoyable and it’s motivating to lead a great team that operates at a world-class level,” says Andrew.

He also readily acknowledges the love and input of his family.

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“My family is hugely supportive and are a great sounding board and reality check in many ways. My wife Tina is Deputy Race Director of the GMHBA Lorne Pier to Pub swim, the world’s largest open water swim.

My daughter Amy works in PR and my son is a sports nut like myself – I’ve got it all covered.”

Even so, every year the race presents a fresh set of challenges, no matter how smooth the event has gone previously.

“Across 11 years (21 F1 and

MotoGP events) there’s been plenty, but it’s about planning, contingencies and coming up with solutions.

Some that spring to mind include supplying a plate of hamburgers for Arnold Schwarzenegger, clothes’ dryers for the marshals’ uniforms and delayed F1 qualifying in 2013 which was pushed to Sunday morning and turned out to be a bonus for Sunday fans,” says Andrew.

While Andrew sees “team” as the key to Melbourne’s success on the F1 world stage, he also notes many

personal highlights. Getting contract extensions for F1 until 2023 and MotoGP until 2026; immortalising our five world champions (Jack Brabham, Alan Jones, Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan and Casey Stoner) in bronze; broadening the event to be an entertainment spectacle that delivers the highest level for Melbourne.”

While the event, held at Albert Park since 1996, has had its critics in the past, Andrew says Melburnians are now much more likely to say how

RACE THAT FIRES UP A NATION: Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Andrew Westacott with 2017 female race ambassador Brooke Hogan.

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proud they are that the city is being showcased to the world.

“We get feedback all the time, every week. People care about the event and they always want to see it evolve. I’ve never met a Melburnian who’s not proud of our stature as the sporting capital of the world,” he says.

Evolution and innovation are two keys to the grand prix’s success.

“We have to continually improve and raise the bar. (This year) the F1 fans will get more access to the drivers at the Fan Forums and the Melbourne Walk. Supercars as a championship (it was a demonstration event in the past) is a huge attraction and the food, entertainment and music will all be dialled up. With the biggest on-track program, this is the year to go,” says Andrew.

Despite all the pressure, Andrew keeps a cool head as the days, hours and minutes count down to the race start.

“Race week is a routine and the day of the grand prix is also a routine. I get to the circuit at 6.45am, have a few quick coffees.

There’s a leadership team meeting at 7.30am to finalise plans for the day and then it’s all systems go.

Before you know it it’s 12-1pm. Then there’s the government dignitaries, sponsors, the fans, the race build-up.

The grid walk is a highlight for many - and then it’s all in the hands of the drivers and the great group of race officials from CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) and the

FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, the sport’s worldwide peak body). An Aussie on the top step of the podium would cap off a great day.”

As tempting as it could be if you’re the boss, Andrew says he isn’t inclined to don a race suit and take one of those astonishingly quick F1 machines for a blast around Albert Park.

“I do rate myself as a go-karter but that’s a long way from Formula 1. I’ll leave it to the pros and stick to running the event.” MQ The 2018 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix will be held from March 2225. For more information, visit grand prix.com.au

by the numbers

Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 302,000,000 estimated global media audience in 2017 7,314,000 Fox Sport and Network Ten (One) TV audience across all event days in 2017 296,600 estimated attendance at Albert Park track during the four-day event in 2017 44,000 beers consumed in corporate hospitality areas in 2017 17,000 glasses of champagne consumed in corporate areas in 2017 12,000 bread rolls eaten in 2017 1996 year race first held at Albert Park circuit 1928 year first Australian Grand Prix held (at Phillip Island) 650 two-litre bottles of milk consumed in 2017 419 Australian and international accredited media at the event in 2017 57 laps of the Albert Park circuit 29 the lap local hope Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) was on when his engine failed, putting him out of contention in 2017 25 number of points awarded to the winning driver 16 number of turns on the Albert Park circuit 5 number of street circuits on the F1 calendar; others are Singapore, Baku, Montreal and Monaco 4 best finish by an Australian (Mark Webber, 2012) at the Albert Park circuit 3 most pole positions (Germany’s Michael Schumacher) 2.5 tonnes of beef eaten in 2017 1.5 tonnes of chicken eaten in 2017 1:24.12 lap record (in seconds) set by Michael Schumacher in 2004 1 2017 race winner, Ferrari’s Sebastien Vettel

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THE IMAGINATION GAME

By NORMAN BURNS

West Australian Brett Rumford will be out to defend his crown at the innovative World Super 6 golf tournament at Lake Karrinyup in February.

PROFESSIONAL GOLF IS a high-pressure game.

The difference between being a tournament champion or also-ran can come down to the barest of margins - a fluffed chip shot here, a lipped-out putt there.

The traditional 72-hole stroke (i.e. counting every shot) format though isn’t for everyone.

Like many other sports in recent times (Twenty20 cricket being a prime example), there’s been a push to re-energise the traditional format and widen golf’s appeal.

And that’s why the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 event at Lake Karrinyup Country Club from February 8-11 has caught the imagination of fans - and the pros.

A field of 156 starts the tournament, which is run in the traditional format for three rounds (54 holes). But after the first two rounds, just 65 professionals (and any amateurs on the same score or better) get to play round three.

The field is then whittled down to the top 24 players and that’s when things get really interesting as the format switches to cut-throat match play across just six holes. The top eight players from the 24 remaining are rewarded with an automatic seeding into the second round of the match play; the other 16 face a sudden-death knockout to make it into round two.

Finally, the 16 players remaining in the event go headto-head in sudden-death knockout over the six holes; if matches are all square, players will head to a Shootout Hole (using the club’s 18th green) and keep going until there’s a winner.

With US$1,750,000 prize money up for grabs, the Super Six has attracted a top field, including England’s Danny Willett, former world No.1 Lee Westwood and current world No. 16 Tyrell Hatton. Look out, too, for leading local amateur Min Woo Lee, a 19-year-old who will have had the chance to take stock of the course which is also hosting the Australian Amateur Championship.

West Australia’s own Brett Rumford, who won last year’s inaugural event, will be aiming to repeat the feat and land the cool $280,000-plus that goes to the champion.

Founded by Japanese philanthropist Dr Haruhisa Handa, ISPS HANDA’s aim is to foster partnerships with golf’s governing bodies worldwide and promote the game at every level, including blind and disabled golf, with a wider mission for golf to be included as a Paralympic sport.

The ISPS HANDA World Super 6, February 8-11 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club. Visit worldsuper6perth.com

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COMMUNITY

PEOPLE POWER Proving that great things can be achieved when individuals work together, a small Fremantle foundation is making a huge impact in its own community and beyond. By LISA SHEARON.

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t sounds so simple - get a bunch of people to donate $1,000 each, and you’ll change the world. So simple, and, as it turns out, so happening right here in Fremantle.

Established in 2010, the Fremantle Foundation is an independent, notfor-profit community foundation that exists solely to create a thriving community through local giving.

The foundation addresses critical community needs by providing inspiring ways for people to give.

“In Fremantle, there is a growing concern that the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger,” Fremantle Foundation executive officer Dylan Smith explains. “On the

NIGHT MOVES Left, Night Hoops in action.

Below, Night Hoops tournament director Paul Malone.

one hand, there has been the increase in property prices and the mining boom, but on the other, there are still pockets of real disadvantage.

“Then, of course, there is this amazing community spirit in Fremantle, where you feel like anything is possible because people have a genuine care for others.”

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patron, Peter Bell, saying simply: ‘I can’t understand how a child in Fremantle could be going without.’

“After further discussion, the focus for the first year became Children and Young People.”

Impact100 Fremantle’s “collective giving” model comes from the US, where there are more than 30 Impact100 groups working from the same template. The premise is simple: each year, the foundation asks people to donate $1,000 to important local organisations and projects. The donations are pooled together to create a “game-changing” major grant of $100,000. Donors are

MAKING AN IMPACT Above, Mervyn Eades, founder of Ngalla Maya, receives Impact100 Fremantle grant 2017.

Above right, Impact100 Fremantle 2016 winners Night Hoops celebrate with past winners, (l-r) Jess Stenhouse (Growing Change), Paul Malone and Griffin Longley (Night Hoops), Renee Gardiner (Growing Change) and Pat Ryan (Dismantle).

then invited to be part of the grant process – right down to the final night when members vote for the winning project.

“A hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money for many organisations,” Dylan says.

“This amount of money allows organisations to be more strategic.

“Instead of working hard to make ends meet, $100,000 allows them to be assured the money is in the bank and they can deliver the programs confidently, and also have some much-needed breathing space.

“It has an ongoing impact on their sustainability.”

Importantly, the grant is just the beginning. For the applicants, they instantly gain more than 100 friends who are emotionally invested in their work and organisation.

“We’ve had some great stories of volunteering, extra donations and further support being offered,” Dylan says. “That’s the beauty of it

“The amazing people who give to Impact100 Fremantle have directly been responsible for building a community kitchen in Hampton Rd, and providing two years’ worth of Night Hoops tournaments for young people in the Fremantle area, as well as helping build a social farm in North Fremantle.

“We don’t shy away from the big issues, and through the process we get to meet amazing people doing incredible work. It’s very inspiring for everyone.

“We know people want to give to the community, to make a difference and to help out with the key issues that are out there,” Dylan continues, “but they don’t exactly know how.

“Impact100 Fremantle makes it really simple and really rewarding to give back.”

As well as Impact100 Fremantle, the Fremantle Foundation works with individuals, families and businesses

being local. It’s local people, getting involved in local projects.”

In 2017, Impact100 Fremantle received more than $115,000 in donations, with the primary grant going to Ngalla Maya, an incredible organisation run by Mervyn Eades.

“They work directly with Indigenous offenders to provide training, employment and mentoring when they leave prison,” Dylan explains. “Their work is ground-breaking.”

An earlier winner was Dismantle, for their Bike Rescue Project. “They have gone on to win awards for successfully engaging young people at risk through bikes and for their Bike Dr social enterprise.

to set up their own charitable funds, called Named Funds.

“Through Impact100 Fremantle and Named Funds, we are helping build a community of giving.”

Dylan believes the success of the Fremantle Foundation comes down to the human need to contribute. “It’s when we are at our best,” he says. “It gives us the opportunity to directly shape our community for the better.

“No matter who you are, what your day job is, and what your income or wealth level is, philanthropy allows us the chance to contribute and realise the best in ourselves and others.

“I think people are looking for effective ways they can contribute,” Dylan concludes. “They want to be involved in community life in a meaningful way, and to have some say in the world they live in.

“That’s why we do what we do.” MQ For more information, visit fremantlefoundation.org.au/ impact-100/

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PROPERTY

VIEWS TO A It’s rare for ocean views in Perth to be showcased in such a spectacular way, but that’s just what this beautiful property created by Urbane Projects achieves.

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Spread over three levels on a waterfront block in Watermans Bay, Perth, the result is an elegant, iconic and inviting home with a clever floorplan that manages to offer an ocean view from almost every room.

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stay, with bedroom suites for the kids and a beautiful guest suite on the ground floor. The open-plan living is the heart of the home but the floor plan still offers numerous spaces for private retreat.

It’s also a stunningly modern approach to a communal living space, with an outstanding, eye-catching bank of windows overlooking the Indian Ocean. This is a room which is the very definition of West Coast living, and the residents of this very special home will no doubt spend many hours watching the ever-changing seascape, whatever the season.

While the coastal location is visually spectacular, the site also presented a design challenge being constantly buffeted by harsh, bracing winds.

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To create a sheltered space for outdoor entertaining without taking away from the view, Urbane Projects’ Steve Gilosca designed the home as a U-shape that wraps around a tranquil, sheltered courtyard with pool, spa, deck and alfresco area, maximising the uninterrupted sea view while giving abundant scope for indoor-outdoor entertaining.

With the clients confident in giving Urbane free rein on the fit-out and interiors, the end result feels warm and modern yet with mid-

century elements that reference the history of the area.

A light, beachy palette of wide natural oak floorboards, crisp white walls and Bernini stone floors link the interiors to the coastline while opulent feature wallpapers, waterfall marble benchtops and statement light fittings give the home a resplendency befitting of its worldclass location.

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SEA BREEZES AND SUNSETS The team at Urbane Projects has created the perfect home to make the most of the west coast's legendary sunsets at Watermans Bay.

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for the resident Masterchef to work their magic.

The vestibule, with its double height entrance and stunning, bespoke lighting feature is the perfect introduction to the home, putting light and a sense of space centre stage from the moment you walk inside. It’s again an example of the Urbane approach to detail - and how important the smallest element of a home’s design makes to the overall finished product. You’ll find that same attention in every room of the home - the bathroom for instance is a masterclass in understated elegance and finishing touches designed to enchant and impress.

An undercroft garage for eight cars, wine cellar, gym, lift, cinema room, parents retreat and lounge with private bar are among other luxury inclusions which make this home one for the ages. MQ Visit urbane.net.au

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NORMAN BURNS REVEALS THE LATEST GREAT READS.

WAVE OF SUCCESS: Tyler Wright in action. Image Phil Jarratt, courtesy Surfing Australia.

CHAIRMEN (AND WOMEN) OF THE BOARDS Legendary Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku wowed crowds with his surfing prowess at Manly Beach in 1915 and it’s fair to say since then Aussies have taken to the sport, well, like ducks to water. Phil Jarratt has worked in surfing journalism for 40 years and with Surfing Australia ($45, Hardie Grant) he details how a rebel pasttime grew into a multi-million dollar profession. Surfing’s also had its bad side, with notorious beach gangs and the like and Jarratt isn’t afraid to tell it like it is warts and all.

trying not to take anyone’s eyes out when popping the cork; but author Tyson Stelzer lives, breathes and, err, drinks champagne. Stelzer has won a slew of international plaudits for his expertise on bubbles and with The Champagne Guide 2018-19 ($49.99, Hardie Grant) he offers the ultimate guide to what many consider the ultimate drink. More than 600 drops are taste-tested and rated, there’s a guide to matching the right fizz with the right food, plus tips on how to buy, store and serve champagne (without the danger of flying corks).

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get-away-from-it-all holiday destination (although you may well run into your neighbours there) but there’s another aspect of the Bali lifestyle that holds equal fascination - the beautiful tropically-focused architecture.

The ‘Bali backyard’ is becoming increasingly popular and Bali Living: Innovative Tropical Design (Gianni Francione/Kim Inglis, Tuttle $29.95) has a wealth of inspiration to lift you out of the just-got-back-fromBali blues. The book features 21 spectacular properties, from a cliffside wedding chapel to private villas and commercial properties, all prime examples of that Bali ‘vibe’.

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S TRAVEL TALES There’s only one thing better than travelling; and that’s reading about travelling. And if you’re actually planning to go somewhere reading about your destination is even better still. Japan Traveler’s Companion (Rob Goss, Tuttle, $16.95), American spelling of traveller aside, is a great companion if you’re heading off to the Land of the Rising Sun. Author Goss nails the country’s best trips, offering detailed itineraries and musthave factoids on Japan’s 100 must-visit sites - and tips for checking out those cool little off-the-beaten track places that linger long in the memory.

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ummer means cricket and cricket books. As MQ went to press Australia was locked in battle with the ‘Old Enemy’, England (and some England players were locked in battle with each other) for the Ashes. And you can learn all about this cricket war, which has been raging between the two nations since 1882, in Bernard Whimpress’s fascinating and pictorially spiffing The Official MCC Story of the Ashes ($34.99, Hardie Grant). Whimpress, a historian and former curator of the Adelaide Oval Museum, deftly traces all the highlights, lowlights and controversies of the Ashes, including the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-33.

Former WA cricket repturned-journo Ian Brayshaw zeroes in on the exploits of two of cricket’s most lethal fast bowlers in his entertaining Lillee & Thommo ($29.99, Hardie Grant). Dennis Lillee and Jeff ‘Thommo’

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And last, but not least, The Doctor’s In ($39.99, Churchill Press) is a must for all WA cricket lovers; written by Ken Casellas, chief cricket writer for The West Australian for 30 years, The Doctor’s In (the title refers to the arrival of the famous Fremantle Doctor) charts the classic matches and characters of more than a century of international and top class cricket at the WACA Ground. And even diehard cricket tragics may learn something. Did you know, for instance, the first Ashes Test played at the WACA was a women’s match? The Doctor’s In is available through Boffins Books (08) 9321 5755.

here are coffeetable books - then there are Taschen coffeetable books, for the German publisher has taken the concept to a whole new level.

Mad comics fan Benedikt Taschen was just 18 when he opened a comics store in Cologne in 1980. But Benedikt bit off more than he could chew venturing into comics publishing and faced financial oblivion before, in 1984, borrowing money from his family to buy 40,000 remainders of an English language book on Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte. It was a bold move but the young German had tuned into the vibe at the time; incredibly he sold all 40,000, putting Taschen back on its feet and realising lavish books on the arts and popular culture could be the way of the future. He was right and today Taschen has an amazing inventory, producing books on art, design, erotica, pop culture and more - many of which are virtual works of art themselves.

Four of the latest releases - New York Portrait of a City ($59.99), 75 Years of Capitol Records ($250), Steve McCurry: Afghanistan ($99.99), and The Marvel Age of Comics 1961-78 ($85) show the depth of Taschen’s creative canon.

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Time magazine dubbed the original collectors’ edition of New York Portrait of a City the greatest photo book about New York ever and it’s not hard to see why with this 428-page re-edition. Crammed with hundreds of iconic images of The Big Apple, the book also captures that New York vibe that impresses anyone who has ever visited the city. An appendix details 100 books, movies and records inspired by the “City that Never Sleeps”.

Afghanistan is a whole other world from Manhattan but legendary photographer Steve McCurry reveals the human side of a country always in the headlines in Steve McCurry: Afghanistan, a stunning 256-page retrospective of his work in that war-torn land.

McCurry’s famous Afghan Girl, featured on the cover of National Geographic, thrust the photographer into the limelight but this tome is packed with equally evocative imagery.

If bringing The Beatles to America in the early 1960s was Capitol Records only claim to fame that would be

enough to guarantee immortality in the music biz but the Hollywood-based label has been a powerhouse across all genres.

In 75 Years of Capitol Records, leading rock writer Barney Hoskyns traces the rise of the label, founded in 1942, and its glittering array of star acts from Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Bob Seger, and those boys from Liverpool and right up to today’s megastars such as Sam Smith.

With The Marvel Age of Comics 1961-78, Taschen comes something of a full circle venturing back into comics. This time former Marvel editor in chief and writer Roy Thomas looks at the formative years of the New York publisher that, through the team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, created some of the genre’s most enduring - and conflicted superheroes, now smashing it of course at the box office.

Just remember one thing if you’re thinking of venturing into Taschen-land - you need a sturdy coffee table, because all of these volumes are big, bold and beautiful.

Taschen titles are distributed by New Holland Publishers.

Light fantastic: The main concourse at Grand Central Terminal, 1929. Copyright courtesy of New York Transit Museum. Right: An evocative Steve McCurry image.

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AUDIO

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When it comes to audio, normally you get what you pay for but with headphones it’s what you don’t get that is the difference between quality cans and the raft of cheap product out there. By NORMAN BURNS.

(VERY) BROADLY SPEAKING there are two categories of headphones - the cheap, buy-'em-anywhere types that are a means to an end and ‘good’ ones, which usually come with a healthy price tag and an impressive list of technical specifications (even if all that jargon doesn’t mean that much to Joe Public).

Cheap 'phones may make sense for the budget but if you’re a true music lover they make no sense at all because if you want hear the full spectrum of what the artist intended - the colour, the nuances, the passion of whatever musical genre you’re in to - only decent headphones (preferably matched with an equally

decent audio system) will deliver the goods.

Audio expert Dan Cross, of Leederville’s Addicted to Audio, says all headphones are definitely not created equal.

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He says the biggest mistake people make is opting for “trendy”, or celebrity-endorsed headphones, without taking the time to come in and listen to the many other options available.

And there are a lot of choices.

In-ear, open-back, over-ear, wireless, Bluetooth or professional, studio ‘’monitor’’ headphones; there’s something for every taste, although Dan says for “serious” listening wired headphones are the way to go.

“It is a shame to see people surrender to big brand advertising or peer pressure . . . (headphones) are such a personal purchase and it really does come down to taste, not price.

find the right combination. We take them on a journey and help them find the perfect pair.’’

For those wanting the ultimate set, there’s the mind-boggling Sennheiser HE1, for which the mere descriptor “headphones’’ doesn’t do justice.

The HE1 combines bleeding edge audio wizardry with its own amplifier (which sits on a housing crafted from glass and a solid block of Italian marble) and is trumpeted by its German creators as a work of art in itself.

The price? A cool $81,000.

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“You’d be surprised to find some amazing headphones at very reasonable pricing. At $119 the Grado SR60e is an outstanding headphone that has little competition at or anywhere near the price. The Grado family has been handcrafting headphones in Brooklyn, USA, since 1953. To stay with the car analogy, the Grado represents the Porsche 911 of headphones - a true classic,’’ says Dan. At just over $100, the Grado SR60e easily matches it with “lesser” phones price-wise while delivering a far superior sound but prices head well north of here for other models, often boasting an amalgam of NASA-worthy tech and materials and hand-crafted finishing, plus serious sonic specs.

“Another iconic Grado headphone, the RS2e ($649) uses mahogany which has undergone a proprietary curing process that enhances its natural tone properties,’’ says Dan. “Rhodium, the most expensive precious metal on earth, is also used to prevent corrosion on connectors and unwanted ‘graininess’ in your music.”

With digitised music, streaming and the like, convenience is king, so it’s no surprise wireless headphones are big sellers (and great for wearing while out walking or jogging) but Dan says to get the optimum out of your music you need to be “wired”.

“The majority of wireless headphones utilise 2.4GHz Bluetooth that can make it tough for these models to match the high definition quality of their wired counterparts; let’s not forget about the impact of Bluetooth-compressed audio either.”

Ultimately, choosing headphones comes down to personal taste and budget but, as Dan stresses, music lovers owe it to themselves to thoroughly “road test” a range of headphones.

“At Addicted to Audio the customer can sit down and compare headphones, play with different headphone amplifiers, DACs (digital to analogue converters) until they

FINAL SONOROUS III $549, made Japan

What makes them special? The Sonorous III is a non-foldable, “closed back” headphone with a titanium diaphragm that generates monitor-like sound quality (monitor headphones are the sort used in professional recording studios - usually with a much higher price tag). Final has put a lot of thought into the “fit” and material of the ear pads, plus the ‘phones incorporate a system known as BAM (Balancing Air Movement), developed by the Japanese manufacturer to enhance bass tones and the “three dimensional space” of music reproduction.

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What makes them special? Like a fine musical instrument, Grado RS2e are hand-crafted from select mahogany tone-woods. The late Joseph Grado began the business in 1953, making his name producing exceptional phono cartridges. In 1990 his nephew, John, took the reins at Grado Labs and at the urging of his sons, Jonathan and Matthew, expanded the business into making high-end headphones. Grado says its RS2e model resonates with “warm harmonic colours, rich full-bodied vocals, excellent dynamics, and an ultra-smooth top end”. Grado even makes limited-edition headphones - including a one-off piece given to Billy Joel as a birthday present.

AUDEZE LCDI4

$3,499 Made California, USA Aimed At Audiophiles/music lovers What makes them special?

In-ear 'phones aren’t everyone’s cup of tea fan but Californian company Audeze takes the concept to a whole different level with its LCDi4 kit.

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What makes them special? The daddy of all audiophile headphones, the HE1 from Germany’s Sennheiser is the world’s most expensive, the pinnacle of beyond-the-cuttingedge engineering, incorporating a “Cool Class A MOS-FET high voltage amplifier” that is integrated into the ear cups. The HE1’s valve amplifier is based on a solid block of Italian marble and the headphones themselves have more than 6000 individual parts. Sennheiser calls the HE1 a “masterpiece” and indeed it stands alone as a work of art in itself - albeit one you can listen to and with a frequency range (8Hz to more than 100,000Hz) that takes audio “realism” into a whole new dimension.

PURE SOUNDS The daddy of all audiophile headphones - HE1 from Sennheiser (bottom) is also the world's most expensive.

FOCAL UTOPIA

$5,499, made France Aimed At Audiophiles/music lovers What makes them special?

Reference high-fidelity headphones manufactured in France by Focal, a company with 35 years’ experience in developing and manufacturing high-end speaker drivers and loudspeakers. Featuring lambskin leather ear cushions and cutting edge engineering, audiophiles the world over have raved about the Focal Utopia, an open-backed style of headphone that features Beryllium speaker domes, a material that allows an incredible sonic “range”.

SONOMA MODEL ONE

$6,999, Made in China, designed in the USA Aimed At Audiophiles/music lovers What makes them special? The Sonoma Model One mixes some serious mind-bending tech (it is the world’s first headphone system to use the High-Precisions Electrostatic

Thanks to Dan Cross for his help with this article. Addicted to Audio, 197 Oxford St Leederville, (08) 6478 4816, addictedtoaudio.com.au

Laminate audio transducer developed

by Warwick Audio Technologies Ltd; the transducer is the ‘conduit’ by which sound is delivered) with the best Mother Nature can offer - in this case hand-made ear-pads and headband made from the ultrasoft leather of the Cabretta hair sheep (yep, there is such a beast).

So not only are you getting cutting edge wizardry, listening is darn comfortable as well.

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THRILLS

X MARKS THE SPORT In March, Claremont’s HBF Stadium will host a posse of daring motorcycle warriors in a supreme test of skills at the Australian X Trial Championships.

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nce upon a time there was a best-seller titled Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

It sold millions of copies but had little to do with Zen Buddhist concepts or, indeed, motorcycles.

It’s a shame that book title is taken as it would now be a perfect fit for the intriguing, and very challenging, sport of X Trial.

The “Zen” aspect because for the riders - who have to pilot their bikes over a seemingly impossible obstacle course - X Trial requires them to be in a perfectly relaxed, but focused, mental state.

The “maintenance” aspect because, well, your specially designed X Trial bike has to be in perfect, robust order to cope with the ultratough workout it will go through on every circuit.

The origins of X Trial go way, way back, to motorcycle despatch riders in World War I. In their downtime, the messengers and army couriers began to set up obstacle courses for their own amusement. The idea was, under the watchful eye of an observer, for each rider to complete the course without putting a foot on the ground.

Eventually, after the war, the

soldiers’ activity evolved into a “proper” sport known as Observed Trials and later “Trials”.

And from Trials has evolved X Trial, a crazy mix of courage, theatrics and finger-tip control of special powerful, but lightweight motorcycles (300cc two-stroke engines, with the bikes weighing 65-70kg).

“It’s slow and controlled,” says Neil Price, one of the country’s top X Trial exponents and the brains behind bringing the national championships to Claremont’s HBF Arena on March 18 through his company Moto Dynamics.

Competitors must negotiate an obstacle course across multiple stages; putting a foot on the ground (or falling) incurs point penalties for “dabbing” - a term that dates back to those WWI despatch riders.

And the obstacles, far removed from a mere line-up of traffic cones; you’re talking massive truck tyres, arranged in crazy piles, or blocks riders have to jump on (or over).

This is where absolute concentration and preparation is vital because X Trial is, unlike other forms of motorcycle sport, certainly not about “opening the throttle up”.

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Neil says X Trial is the perfect family sport, far removed from visions of “hooning around” on a bike, and one that requires discipline, ingenuity and imagination, as well as top riding skills.

And he has big, big plans for the sport, which is increasingly attracting top riders from other disciplines, such as Motocross.

“We’d like to get the sport into schools; there are special electric bikes kids can ride,” he says.

And there’s a long-term vision to set up a pathway to elite riding with suburban, city, and state championships.

Expanding any sport, of course, is an expensive exercise, and Neil is hopeful X Trial (which is a perfect event for TV) will attract more sponsorship.

“We’ve had Titan tyres come on board, they’ve been great and we’d really like to take the sport forward in the next three years,” says Neil.

Getting fans involved in the thick of the action is also a big part of enhancing the X Trial experience.

“It’s not just a matter of fans sitting and watching from the sidelines; this year we’ve got a great, family friendly Pit Party before the competition. Fans can meet the riders, kids can try out the Oset electric bikes, there’ll be food trucks, kids’ activities and more,’’ says Neil, who will be one of the eight elite riders to contest the main event.

And fans can also, for a price, get to “walk the course” for themselves and see up close why X Trial is a jaw dropping testament to the riders’ skills - and courage. MQ The X Trial Australian Championship is being held on Sunday, March 18, at HBF Stadium, Claremont. For more information, visit ausxtrial.com.au

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Head to Greece’s quiet achiever - Crete - and you’ll be rewarded with a foodie paradise as well as more ancient history than you can throw a discus at. By CASSANDRA CHARLICK.

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he Greek islands are famed with good reason; Santorini and her iconic blue and white architecture, the trendy hotels and pulsating nightlife of Mykonos, the Ionian Islands with their crystal clear sandy beaches and Rhodes, chockfull of the hippest cocktail bars in Greece. But what about a piece of paradise that has all of these qualities for the discerning traveller?

The southern-most point of Greece, Crete’s location is responsible for its unique identity.

Set in the middle of one of the busiest trade routes for centuries, its history is sculpted by a heady mix of cultures and varied terrains.

Combined with the longest growing

season in Greece, produce abounds and its plentiful and varied nature means that the Cretans have one of the healthiest and most flavoursome diets in the world. So for visiting foodies, the cities and towns of Crete each hold their own distinctive charm along with a host of fantastic options for wining and dining.

Starting on the Western coast, Chania is a food lovers paradise with options within easy strolling distance around this incredibly picturesque city. The Venetian occupation of the town is responsible for it being referred to as ‘The Venice of Greece’.

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There is no other option than to relax into the Cretan lifestyle – and this includes mealtimes. Choose from cocktail bars smack bang on the waterfront in the harbour such as Pallas, a bar-restaurant where Asian-inspired dishes sit alongside a superb drinks list. Boheme combines

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TRAVEL INFO incrediblecrete.gr boheme-chania.gr Chalidon 26-28, Chania, Crete, 73100 , Greece pallaschania.gr Akti Tompazi, Chania 731 00, Greece salischania.com Akti Enoseos 3 Chania Old Harbour facebook.com/kouzinaepe Daskalogianni 25, Chania 731 32 AZURE BEAUTY The historically important island of Crete has much to offer modern-day visitors in search of their own Aegean idyll.

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the best of Chania’s award-winning bartenders with a drinks list of over 600 labels in one of the town’s most atmospheric historical buildings. The bar’s signature drink, El Gran Viaje is enriched with cured pork-flavoured rum, olive marmalade, homemade thyme honey syrup with herbs, lime and basil.

Salis is one of the hottest tables in town with iconic Cretan dishes served with a twist such as seared

Ladotyri cheese from Mytilini with mandarin marmalade. The Mediterranean menu by SwedishIranian chef Afshin Molavi is paired with an international wine cellar with over 800 labels.

For those seeking an authentic experience, be sure to rub shoulders with the locals for lunch at Kouzina where traditional home cooking is served in hearty portions with specials of the day on the blackboard.

Try the rabbit and onion stew if there are any portions left – a meltin-your-mouth experience and ideal with a glass of local red wine.

Hit the beaches on the south west coast such as Balos, Falasarna and Elafonissi to laze about in the blue waters and white sands. With no shortage of sheer cliff faces, rock climbing is a popular recreation for those who prefer to look at the ocean rather than swim in it. The undulating roads throughout the countryside play host to numerous cycle routes and within an hour from the town centre of Chania lies the breathtaking and famed Samira Gorge for those keen to take on the 18km challenge. Their reward? Some of the most stunning scenery on the island throughout the day followed by crystal clear waters and a sunset ferry ride home for weary limbs.

While Iraklion, the capital city,

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is often visited for its airport and location close to Knossos, one of Crete’s most famous tourist attractions for history buffs of all ages, it’s also an ideal starting point to tour the islands wine region.

Hiring a car is highly recommended as the bus routes are well serviced but infrequent throughout the island and the real gems are often off the beaten path.

Further south, Western Australians might recognise a familiar name at the beach and nearby monastery of Preveli. The seaside hamlet near Margaret River was named after this Cretan location and the local church in WA was built to honour the monks who rescued allied troops during the Second World War. Finally, for those that enjoy the finer things in life, make the boutique luxury beach resort of St Nicholas Bay on the Eastern coast your port of call. Be swept up in a cocoon of relaxation and pampering in one of the most stunning locations in all of Greece. Each villa is uniquely designed by the architect-owner whose style is contemporary with an elegant reference to the Crete traditional culture and building materials. Sample the local cheeses, pastries and delicacies while breakfasting overlooking both the spectacular Gulf of Mirabello Bay and the old cosmopolitan fishing village of Agios Nikolaos.

After a day exploring the town watch the colours change as the sun sets over the same waters by the beachside bar and enjoy a refreshing cocktail. International flavours are catered for at the intimate poolside Minotaur Restaurant, but for an occasion to remember visit the beachside traditional restaurant. The Greek Kafenion serves authentic Cretan dishes in a charming atmosphere with live music moments from the water’s edge. The nearby Creten Olive Oil Farm is a chance to sample the island's delicacies, learn more about the produce of the region and stock up on local wares. MQ

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Darryl Gibson fulfils a lifelong dream to visit the ancient cities of the Silk Road - and it’s a trip that doesn’t disappoint.

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or nearly six decades, I have liked to imagine Samarkand was the city responsible for my greatest triumph, and greatest embarrassment, as a 10-year-old elementary school pupil.

And for nearly six decades, I told myself, memory correct or not, I would go to Samarkand.

Recently, my long-time promise became reality as the high-speed “Sharq” pulled into Samarkand train station from Bukhara.

And Samarkand lived up to every

dream of the Silk Road, Tamerlane and the Registan I harboured since that long-ago day as fifth grader I won a “geography game” (by answering “Samarkand” in my no doubt flawed memory) against fierce sixth and seventh-grade rivals and lost control of my bladder at almost the same moment.

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senses of Silk Road adventure had been piqued by the leafy boulevards and overflowing markets of Tashkent, an overnight 1,000-kilometre train trip from the Uzbekistan capital to Urgench, a transfer to ancient Khiva and a seven-hour journey through the Kyzylkum Desert to Bukhara.

“How could it get better,” we asked ourselves.

Reality is not that it couldn’t get better; reality is a trip encompassing the four major Silk Road destinations in Uzbekistan is continuous delight from beginning to end.

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ANCIENT JOURNEY Following in the footsteps of so many travellers, discovering the wonders of the Silk Road is an unforgettable experience.

beyond before Marco Polo ever left for Cathay.

Chorsu market, modernised certainly now, welcomed traders long before the nearby Kukeldash madrasah was built around 1570.

Chorsu still teems with every manner of foodstuff, farm implement, sellers of carpets, cribs, and Chinese knock-off watches, jewellery fake and exquisite, gold, sliver, plastic buckets in every colour of the rainbow, and much, much more.

The nearby mosques and

madrasah offer a first glimpse of the wonders to come further down the Silk Road. The many stalls and warrens filled with traditional craftsmen and women underline the Uzbek dedication to their history and their craftsmanship.

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fastest growing in the world and the populace exudes pride in both the ancient and the modern.

Everywhere, the friendliness of the people evoked awe; and fun.

Waiting for our train in Tashkent, two women from Bukhara waiting for their train offered to share their packed dinner with us. We had no language in common, but with pictures on our cameras and on theirs, we learned about their homes, children and grandchildren, and they learned about ours in Japan, and about our dog.

This was not a one-off.

In Khiva, several women touring from east of Tashkent grabbed Brenda, hauled her to a CD store and implored the proprietor to put on a CD of traditional

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MUST-SEE SIGHTS IN KHIVA: The Ichan-Kala Fortress, Mukhammad Amin Khan Madrasah, Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrasah, Kalta Minor, Kunya-Ark, Juma Mosque, Toshkhovli Palace, PakhlavanMakhmud Mausoleum and the Minaret of Islom-khodja.

dance music. Within minutes, they and Brenda were dancing in the street and passersby were joining in.

In Bukhara, another group of women quizzed our guide on our ages. Brenda was the same age as one of them and I the same as another, prompting a demand we sit for photos. They then presented Brenda with a bolt of cloth one of them had bought for her own souvenir. Refusal of the gift was impossible.

It would have been the epitome of rudeness in a culture that values the hospitality imbued in an Islamic tradition infused into society for centuries.

After being drawn into the Russian sphere in the late 1860s, Sovietised from 1921 and then declaring independence in 1991, Uzbekistan has developed a largely secularised religion that eschews militancy, interprets the Quran liberally, and is practised as a guide to a gracious personal life rather than a public dominance.

But the government and the people remain fiercely proud of their past and visitors benefit immensely.

Life after invasions by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and others is marked as proudly as the glorious years when Timur, Tamerlane as he is also known, ruled Central Asia from India to the Mediterranean.

For Silk Road enthusiasts, and those newly introduced, this means Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand

embrace the past, maintain or have restored some the world’s most marvellous architecture, offer startling visions of grand palaces, walled cities, caravanserai, marketplaces, bazaars, tiny streets and alcoves, madrasahs, mosques, churches, and hotels with every modern convenience, including WiFi. In Khiva, the old city offers an architectural feast around every corner. Few vehicles are allowed inside the city walls and walking is a breeze. Imagining the glories of past khans is easy, and so is buying a souvenir. As in many of the world’s famed cities, stall holders are everywhere, but unlike in many such cities, touts are almost nowhere.

Bukhara, larger, is still an easy walk. Samarkand, Uzbekistan’s second-largest city, is more spread out, but the sights are still easily taken in by public transit or taxi. And what sights they are, everywhere.

In Khiva, the mosaic-and majolica-clad minarets, palace, madrasahs and mosques are ubiquitous, as they are in Bukhara and in Samarkand.

After a full day sight-seeing in any of the main cities it is easy to wake the next morning feeling slightly jaded, imagining the next site will be more of the same.

But within minutes, it is crystal clear that around nearly every corner is yet another awe-inspiring structure.

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FEAST FOR THE SENSES Make sure you visit one of the many markets and pick up a unique souvenir of your trip.

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IN BUKHARA: The Lyabi Hauz Ensemble, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Chor-Minor Madrasah, the trade domes mimicking the ancient bazaars, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque,MiriArab Madrasah, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, the Ark Fortress, Bolo-Khauz Mosque and the Ismail Samani and Chashma-Ayub mausoleums.

OUTSIDE THE CITY: SitoraiMokhikhosa, the summer residence of Bukhara’s last emir, combines Oriental and Russian architecture, while the Bakhoutdin Naqshbandi Mausoleum and Chor-Bakr Necropolis offer a less gaudy respite.

IN SAMARKAND: Registan Square, the remains of the Bibi Khahum Mosque, Siyob Bazaar,Gur Emir Mausoleum – the incredible memorial to Tamerlane – Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, the Ulugbek Observatory and the Tomb of Saint Daniel dazzle with ancient splendour.

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In every city venturing down the alleys and byways brings surprises such as carpet-makers, ancient bakeries still turning out traditional breads that vary from city to city and baker to baker, and throngs of school kids eager to try out a foreign language.

Bouncing across the Kyzylkum Desert brings views across the Amudarya River to Turkmenistan, desert flowers in bloom, and flocks of sheep and goats scrabbling lunch from some of the toughest brush on earth.

The only disappointment in nine days traversing the Silk Road in Uzbekistan was that I waited nearly 60 years after my embarrassing triumph in Mrs Walsh’s classroom to see the cities of my dreams.

Don’t make the same mistake.

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WE TRAVELLED ON a “group tour”, for two, arranged through Advantour, (advantour.com), in Tashkent.

The nine-day trip comprised a choice of top hotels in each city, including a 19th-century converted merchandising mogul’s home in Bukhara, train fares for a first-class sleeper from Tashkent to Urgench and for the high-speed “Sharq” from Bukhara to Samarkand and the high-speed “Afrosiyob” from Samarkand back to Tashkent, cars and drivers in each city and across the desert, all breakfasts and incredibly knowledgeable personal guides in each city. The cost was US$1940, for two.

Airfare to Tashkent is arranged by the traveller.

We failed to spend the equivalent of US$200 in local currency on lunches, dinners and incidentals and ended up donating the surplus toward a party for the staff at our hotel in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan has currency controls that prevent taking som out of the country.

Using a tour company is recommended. The company will arrange for all tickets, guides, cars, drivers and so on, provide a letter of introduction for visa applications and will take care of pretty much anything you need.

Many guidebooks suggest eating out is not a gourmet experience in Uzbekistan, and they are not wrong.

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meat as a side dish with your meat if you like. Vegetables are excellent, but despite dazzling one’s eyes in the markets, they are not as integral a part of Uzbek cuisine as one might imagine.

Still, in a country that reveres its bread as a national treasure, you will definitely not go hungry. The national dish plov, a pilaf, is equally revered; to the point that packages of plov are available at the airport to keep travelling Uzbeks from getting homesick abroad.

An “expensive” dinner for two rarely topped US$10, with wine, beer or, my favourite drink, minted lemonade. Superb juices are available everywhere.

Year-round, the markets have mountains of dried fruits and nuts in quantities to make a pasha jealous, and to make a traveller happy on long train journeys and car rides.

Many hotels will also pack lunches for impromptu picnics.

Seeing any of the cities without a guide is possible, but the insights into the history, traditions, and contemporary life provided

by Mohira in Tashkent, Saida in Khiva, Fahridden in Bukhara and Larisa in Samarkand, and the added viewpoints of drivers Mavlon, Serik, Amin and Rustam, transformed our simple awe into real understanding of what we were seeing, hearing, and smelling.

A camera is essential.

Weather varies by season from freezing to blistering, with spring and autumn generally best, and autumn offering all the delights of the harvest, including, we were told often, the best pomegranates on earth. MQ

PROPERTY

FROM LITTLE THINGS

BIG THINGS GROW The Averna Homes success story continues as the company celebrates 10 years at the forefront of building excellence in Perth.

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ust like Steve Jobs did with his brainchild Apple, Paul Serra built his building company Averna Homes from the comfort of his own garage.

Ten years ago Averna Homes was a small building company with only a handful of staff, specialising in middle entry two-storey homes.

Fast forward to today, and the Averna Homes name is up there with some of the best boutique, custom home builders in Western Australia.

Paul Spatara has been part of the Averna Homes movement for the past six years, overseeing the dayto-day building practices as General Manager of the company.

Paul credits the company’s past decade of success to his team’s incredible love and passion for building high class, quality homes.

“We are very proud to reach our tenth anniversary and we are proud of the success we have had over the

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years,” he said.

“I think 10 years is a great achievement for any business and this accomplishment has definitely set the foundation for many years to come.”

As the building industry has experienced many twists and turns over the past decade, Paul said he felt proud that his team had managed to ride the road relatively unscathed.

Several members of the Averna Homes team have been there with Paul Serra from the very beginning, and the company is incredibly proud to have adopted a welcoming familyorientated ethos.

The family ethos runs strong on the Spatara side, with Paul’s 65-year-old father employed as one of the company’s bricklayers.

He often passes on his wealth of knowledge about the building industry to his son.

“He always says to me, 'son, the building industry will always be up and down, but if you do the right thing you will always have work’,” Paul said.

BUILDING BLOCKS Averna Homes adds yet another achievement to its impressive collection, celebrating 10 years in 2018.

“There is no secret formula to building homes, we just put our love and passion into what we do and I think that comes across to our clients.

It’s not all about making money.

“It’s about building relationships with our clients and building beautiful homes that they are proud of and we are proud of as well.” MQ Visit avernahomes.com.au

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R&R

WHAT’S SUP, DOC? Pick up a new skill peacefully paddle and you’ll not only feel relaxed and rejuvenated but also be able to see your surroundings from a different point of view.

Dianne Bortoletto strapped her board to the car's roof to find out more.

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ake a deep breath and close your eyes; imagine yourself in a blissful place, a calming bay with a sandy beach or glassy river surrounded by trees and native bush.

You’re completely present in the moment, gliding along a body of quiet water with the momentum of paddle strokes while admiring beauty of your surrounds.

Stand Up Paddleboarding, known as SUP, can be as gentle or as energetic as you make it. Unlike

surfing that requires fitness, upper body strength, quick reflexes to snap up from lying down and ocean confidence, SUP is an activity that can be enjoyed at any age, even by those with dodgy knees or stiff shoulders. According to SUPWA, it’s one of the most accessible water sports available. And it’s not just good for the body, it’s great for the mind too.

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Revive Retreats at Smith’s Beach, the next retreat being February 11 to 15.

“When you’re out there on a board, away from everyone and everything, the stress just falls away.

It’s quite meditative but at the same time, you’re working your core to maintain balance, without even realising it,” Sarah said.

Sarah said there are so many beautiful places to SUP in the south west including around the Busselton Jetty that are teeming with marine life.

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“One of my favourite places to go for a SUP is in Geographe Bay,” the SUP enthusiast said.

“For the retreats, we tend to go to the end of Dunn Bay in Dunsborough, which is especially good for those new to SUP because it’s quite shallow, there’s sand banks and it’s protected. It’s also a great place to take kids, although that mightn’t be as peaceful!”

One spot Sarah recommends is Quindalup Boat Ramp paddling towards Busselton and Siesta Park.

Another spot, on a calm day, is the Old Dunsborough Boat Ramp paddling towards Castle Rock and Meelup Beach.

“The water close the coast is crystal clear and if you SUP towards Meelup, you’ll see heaps of fish, coral and marine life. A return paddle should take about an hour in a good conditions.”

Knowing the conditions is pivotal to choosing where and when to SUP. For novices like me, asking an expert is a fail-safe way to get the most of your time on a board.

Fresh Tracks Margaret River head honcho Troy Brice specialises in SUP and surf safaris, taking people to secret spots where the waves are

pumping or where it’s as flat as a pancake. Tell him what you’re after and he’ll tailor an experience to suit the best conditions available. He also makes beautiful bamboo SUPs for sale and to hire from his Gnarabup surf shop.

A SUP beginner with my new board strapped to the roof, Troy sensed my trepidation and suggested a very tranquil body of water protected from the wind. I followed Troy’s 4WD to Cane Break Pools, a calm section of the river that’s surrounded by bush. Without a soul in sight, it was just the place to gain some new SUP skills and confidence on my board.

We limbered up with a short yoga sequence and practiced standing up techniques before launching our boards from the bank. Under Troy’s instruction, I learnt to stop, reverse, wide turn, tight turn, kneel down then stand up and to paddle on just one side while maintaining a straight line.

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favourite activity.

One place I’d like to take my board is to Hardy Inlet in Augusta and along the Blackwood River.

Stand Up Paddle Margaret River takes groups to the Blackwood River and to Chapman Pool along that same river. They offer SUP and sip tours that include two winery stops.

Talk about experiencing the best the region has to offer.

There are plenty of places to hire a board and amazing places to SUP along the coast from Busselton to Augusta and on river systems inland.

Search for SUP on MargaretRiver.com to hire a board, book a lesson or a tour and I reckon SUP might end up being your new favourite sport too. MQ Visit margaretriver.com/natureadventure/water-sport-lessons-a-hire/

ELECTRIC DREAMS BMW has long known the importance of electric vehicles and the part they will play in the future of world motoring – which is why they stand at the forefront of those pushing the technology to greater and greater heights. By MATTHEW MILLS.

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n 2017, BMW delivered more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers across the planet, underlining its leadership role when it comes to electro-mobility.

It was a milestone worth celebrating, and BMW did so in style earlier this year when a magnificent light show transformed their Munich headquarters in a giant battery, a beautiful, glowing symbol chosen to

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represent the technological change taking place in mobility.

“We deliver on our promises,” said Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. “This 99-metre-high signal is lighting the way into the era of electro-mobility. Selling 100,000 electrified cars in one year is an important milestone, but this is just the beginning for us. Since the introduction of the BMW i3, we’ve delivered over 200,000 electrified cars to our customers and, by 2025, we will offer 25 electrified models to our customers. Our early focus on electro-mobility has made this success possible – and electromobility will continue to be my measure for our future success.”

And that future is an exciting one.

For its BMW i electric brand, which was founded in 2011, the company has already secured the naming rights for the BMW i1 to i9, as well as from BMW iX1 to iX9.

All models promise to be exciting additions to the range which currently boasts the multi-award-winning i3 and the fantastic dream supercar i8. The i8 is already a classic and the world waits with anticipation the launch of the i8 Roadster next year.

Other exciting launches on the horizon include the first fully electric MINI hitting the streets next year, followed in 2020 by the electric version of the BMW X3.

Then, in 2021, we will get to meet the brand’s new technology flagship, the BMW iNext, which will combine electro-mobility with autonomous driving and new interior connectivity options for the first time in a seriesproduction model.

The BMW Group adopted a holistic approach to electro-mobility early, when it launched project i, the trailblazer for BMW i, back in 2007.

By the following year, electric test fleets took to the roads worldwide in the largest wide-scale EV field trial the automotive industry had ever seen. Production of the fully-electric BMW i3, one of the most-awarded

vehicle concepts in the world, began in 2013. Since then, sales have increased every year, for the past four consecutive years.

Thanks to its early focus on electric vehicles, BMW has a clear lead over its competitors when it comes to registrations of new fully-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe, with a market share of 21 per cent. This means the BMW Group’s share of the electrified vehicle segment is more than three times its share of the market for traditional models.

Electrified models are in especially high demand in western Europe and the USA, for example, where they account for seven per cent of total BMW brand sales in both markets. In Scandinavia, where the BMW i3 is the best-selling BMW model, one in four BMWs sold is electrified. In Germany, new registrations of fully-electric and plug-in hybrid BMW Group vehicles will reach more than 10,000 units this year.

Complementing the nine electrified four-wheel vehicles

SMOOTH RIDERS Sales are increasing as customers realise the benefits - both financial and ecological - of investing in an electric vehicle.

While electrified vehicles now account for two per cent of new vehicle registrations across all manufacturers in Europe, the BMW Group figure is already six per cent.

In other words, the BMW Group holds a disproportionately large share of the growing market for electromobility in Europe. The company’s position is similarly strong when it comes to the worldwide market – the company has a 10 per cent share of the global electrified vehicle market.

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offered by the BMW Group, the company also manufactures the ideal two-wheeled product for premium urban electro-mobility: the BMW C evolution. Following the introduction of a new battery, which extends the scooter’s range to 160km, sales have grown by 80 per cent compared to the first 11 months of last year. The 1,500 units sold around the world are in addition to the 100,000 electrified automobiles the company has sold in 2017. MQ Visit autoclassic.com.au

MINI

THINKING INSIDE THE BOX

Any MINI owner knows that the old adage small is beautiful holds particularly true regarding their choice of wheels. Now in China that same philosophy is being applied to a new apartment complex by MINI LIVING. By MATTHEW MILLS.

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ou don’t have to go far in WA to hear the common lament that houses are getting smaller, but when it comes to plot-size Sandgropers know that they still have it better than most across the world.

In many built-up megacities elsewhere on the planet, space is very much a premium – often reaching crisis point. Thankfully, experts are working hard to address the situation and provide innovative solutions to our shrinking spaces.

And among those diligent experts is MINI, a brand long associated with creating excellence in small packages.

Yes, the iconic brand revitalised

by BMW at the turn of the

millennium, has shown that it has many strings to bow by turning its attention to this troubling problem.

Welcome then, MINI LIVING, an exciting new branch of the company investigating living space solutions in China.

Working with Chinese project developer Nova Property Investment Co, MINI LIVING is about to start transforming an unused industrial complex in the Jing’An district of Shanghai into a multi-layered co-living initiative made up of apartments, working spaces and cultural/leisure offerings. And, in doing so, they are confident that they can prove that small can be beautiful.

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The story began in 2016 with the launch of MINI LIVING. Its brief was to explore new kinds of living concepts that would maximise quality of life within minimal spaces – all in keeping with the brand’s “Creative Use of Space” motto.

The project in Shanghai sees MINI translating the concept idea demonstrated in lab versions into an actual building project for the first time. The former paint factory will be transformed into an urban hotspot with generous space for working, interaction and living.

Alongside apartments, bookable workspaces and services such as shared-use vehicles will be available

“(MINI) NOT ONLY HAS ITS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE CITY, IT INJECTS THAT PULSE WITH EXTRA ENERGY”

as part of a concept enabling maximum personal flexibility and optimum use of space.

“MINI has always been an urban brand. It not only has its finger on the pulse of the city, it injects that pulse with extra energy,” explains Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the Board of Management of BMW

AG, responsible for MINI, RollsRoyce, BMW Motorrad, Customer Experience and Digital Business Innovation BMW Group.

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LIVING brings this know-how from the vehicles we drive into the places where we live. We are rethinking the idea of living space in the city and developing attractive, need-oriented living concepts. Our aim here is to offer an extremely high quality of life within an extremely small area.”

Peter signed the contract with Nova Property at the MINI Urban Matters brand event in Shanghai at the start of November.

When completed, the Shanghai project will become a home for singles, sharers and families on short, medium-term and extended tenancies. The design and therefore the character of the apartment interiors is international, modern and clean, and features references to the history of the city.

However, living in an apartment that occupies only a small surface area in no way means going without.

Anything that doesn’t fit inside the apartments will be accommodated in the adjacent spaces. Generously sized lobbies will provide an excellent place to just hang out, while exhibition areas and a food market will invite a closer look.

The available facilities will also include gardens, play areas, shops and restaurants, which people living elsewhere in Shanghai will be welcome to access too. MINI LIVING is keen to promote social interaction, not only among the residents themselves but with people from other parts of the city. After all, one of the key aims of MINI LIVING is to bring people together and encourage shared experiences.

In addition to the space itself, the project also comprises additional services that can be accessed digitally. For example, residents can make restaurant reservations, book room cleaning and service, order food and rent mobility options. So MINI LIVING not only demonstrates how space can be used in an intelligent way, it also offers scope for individualisation and a range of digital services. MQ

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any people who work in the CBD spend ‘Nine to Five’ within the four walls of an airconditioned office. However, tenants of the iconic QV1 building on St Georges Terrace get the opportunity to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine, do some gardening and indulge in freshly-grown produce, thanks to their community garden.

QV1 general manager Paul Teraci says the community garden was designed to put the life back into work-life balance.

“The building was a bit over 20 years old and to do a bit of preventative maintenance we emptied the garden beds,” he recalls.

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“I thought we could convert it to a community garden; the owners thought it was a great idea and there was interest from the tenants.”

Josh Byrne and Associates was briefed to design the community garden, which is located on the rooftop of the QV1 carpark.

The garden has now been operating since September 2016 – and the result is so much more than just some basic garden beds. As well as featuring fruit trees and a varied range of fruit and vegetables (just some of the latest produce growing includes basil, tomatoes, rockmelon, cucumber and oranges), the garden, which wraps around barbecues, seating and tennis courts, also features a closed-loop compost unit, egg-laying hens and a bee hive.

“There is a feast there at the moment,” Paul says. “There is a heap of basil and rosemary. Prior to Christmas we did our first honey harvest; we got almost 25 litres – and we ate the most delicious watermelon from the garden yesterday.”

The community garden is maintained by about 50 QV1 tenants, with guidance from Perth City Farm.

“We have a gardener from Perth City Farm come twice a week,” Paul says.

“People come and ask our gardener where to plant things and she tells them what to do. Perth City Farm does the basic maintenance of the common area.

“What it has done is created a social space for the building,” he adds. “People use it for gatherings, meetings and even small parties.

“It is the perfect place for workers to relax, enjoy some gardening in the sunshine and connect with others,” Paul says. “Having a unique laidback space within corporate environment provides the best of both worlds, while adding to the strong QV1 atmosphere.”

Morgan Gillham, general manager of Josh Byrne and Associates, says the wind was the biggest challenge for the rooftop garden – particularly to grow fruit trees – but good tree selection helped overcome the issue.

The garden features egg-laying hens and a bee hive (among other things) . . .

Paul says getting materials to the garden has been a bit difficult (he says they have moved soil conditioner up the lift, and mulch bag-by-bag) but says it is all part of the fun.

As well as new crops of fruit and vegetables for each season, there are still future plans for the community garden. Paul says they would like to build a proper pergola to grow a grapevine to help with the wind.

They would also like to add another Flow Hive to collect more honey.

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important that a community garden is created that will engage the tenants.

"It is important that a space is created that you want to go to, and ideally is an entertaining space,” he says. “A community garden is more than just somewhere to grow vegies.”

Morgan says ensuring there is leadership is also important when establishing a community garden.

He adds that there needs to be a group of people in place so if a lead person moves on, there is someone to make decisions around the garden.

“What has been achieved at QVI is incredible,” he adds. “It is inspiring to see how Paul has driven this project.” MQ

ART

SET IN STONE Jina Lee was the recipient of the 2017 Rio Tinto WA Emerging Sculptor Mentorship and has put her award to good use with a stunning work of art for this year’s Sculpture by the Sea. By GABI MILLS

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I feel like Western Australia in particular is very supportive of its art scene and artists.

GM Where do you see your career

GM Tell me about the kind of art you

produce and how long you’ve been working as an artist?

JL I work with a wide range of materials, however I specialise in stone sculptures. My work embodies my ongoing interest in organic forms and nature, as well as my focus on engaging with the audience. I started studying sculpture when I was in art school in 1999 in South Korea, however it wasn’t until I graduated from my Masters in Fine Art in 2009 that I started to see myself as a working artist.

GM What did it mean to you when

you won the Rio Tinto WA Emerging Sculptor Mentorship? How has it changed the way you approach your art?

JL When I won the Rio Tinto WA Emerging sculptor mentorship, I immediately knew that I wanted to go to Italy to learn and further develop my skills and knowledge.

As an emerging artist, this support meant a lot, and it provided me with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I am extremely grateful for.

GM What was it like to work in Italy,

the cradle of so much amazing artistic endeavour? What did you bring back from your travels in terms of the skills you learned?

JL It was amazing, for me as a

sculptor it is almost impossible to describe in words. The inspiration and feeling of the area was very special. I learnt a lot, and developed my technical skills and knowledge of different tools. Also the knowledge of how the different marble quarries operate was a priceless lesson to learn.

ROCK SOLID Working with Carrara marble was a dream come true for artist Jina Lee, who won the Rio Tinto WA Emerging sculptor mentorship.

GM What are the special challenges of

working with Carrara marble? Is it a material you would like to work with again?

JL Having worked with granite, which is much harder than marble, and with a lot of marble thus far, it was great to work with Carrara marble.

It is the highest quality of marble in the world, soft and nice to work to sculpt and shape, and polishes very beautifully. I believe that every stone sculptor would like to work with Carrara marble and I was very lucky to bring eight tons of extra Carrara marble blocks back to Australia for me to continue working with.

GM What’s it like being an emerging

artist in WA? Do you feel like you’re surrounded by a supportive artistic community?

JL As a young artist, having an outdoor exhibition such as Sculpture By The Sea is a very good opportunity to exhibit public works.

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progressing over the next few years?

What ambitions do you have?

JL I will continue to apply for Sculpture By The Sea every year, and hopefully be lucky enough to continue to be involved. As a stone sculpture, attending international stone carving symposiums is a great way of developing, learning skills especially for the large-scale stone sculpture, so I plan to attend as many symposiums as possible. I hope to have a solo exhibition, and to be considered for public sculptures locally and internationally.

GM Who do you particularly admire as a

WA artist working at the moment?

JL I have a huge amount of respect

and admiration for Greg James.

When I first moved to Australia, he took me under his wing and gave me a studio to work from. Whilst working with him, although we work in different mediums, I learnt a lot, especially about the sense of community and support for other artists. I hope one day, I can be in a position to help a younger artist develop and grow.

GM What are your inspirations – what

do you draw on when you approach a new work?

JL Stone is my inspiration. I often gather my ideas from nature and from the stone itself, each piece is unique, the feeling, the colours, shape. I enjoy communicating with the stone, as each stone has a different character. I begin with a scale model before carving stone, however I often adjust the design depending on the stone.

It is important to know about the character of the stone. MQ See Jina’s work at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Beach, March 2 to 19. Visit sculpturebythesea.com.

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THIRST

Rum is a spirit that’s moved far beyond its stereotypical image as a drink for larrikins (or pirates). There’s an entire rum universe out there just waiting to be discovered.

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By NORMAN BURNS.

The chief fuddling they make on the island is Rumbullion, alias Kill-Devil, and is made of sugar canes distilled, a hot, hellish and terrible liquor…”

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o wrote a visitor to Barbados in 1651, somewhat unimpressed at the locals’ efforts at making a “fuddling” in that steamy tropical Caribbean clime.

The Bajans, as they are now known, had the last laugh though because their creation (and that of other Caribbean islands) evolved into rum, now one of the world’s most popular spirits.

If that 17th-century visitor was teleported into modern Australia their comment might be something along the lines of “the chief fuddling they make is Bundy and Coke” - such is the dominance of Queensland’s Bundaberg Rum on the domestic market (accounting

for 48% of all dark rums sold here in 2016, according to a Euromonitor International report on the Australian spirits trade).

While Bundy is the elephant (or more accurately, the cute Polar Bear) in the room, do a little exploring and you’ll discover rum is a drink with as much subtlety, nuances, character, flavour and style variations as rival spirits such as whisky and gin.

That old stereotypical image of rum being a bogan drink is rapidly vanishing as a new breed of rum evangelists, either behind the bar or bringing in exotic brands, seek to spread the word that this is a drink that oozes panache - and doesn’t need a fizzy drink partner to make it so.

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SNEAKY TONY’S, NORTHBRIDGE, PERTH Tucked away in Perth’s Northbridge is Sneaky Tony’s, a rum-centric bar that’s been plucked out of the speakeasys of the Prohibition era (yes, on Friday and Saturday nights you need a password to access the joint).

Part of the Lavish Habits’ empire (other venues include La Cholita, Henry Summer and Alabama Song), Sneaky Tony’s is on a mission to widen the drinking public’s knowledge of rum.

And that’s why, says Lavish Habits Beverage Manager Luca Baioni, you won’t find Bundy and Coke on the (substantial) drinks menu at Sneaky Tony’s.

“People love the opportunity to learn and discover something new, and the international rum offering on the market at the moment is extremely diverse and interesting,’’ says Luca.

“What is great and so interesting about rum as a category is that it has the widest range of flavour profile you can find in one spirit due to its ‘lawlessness’ (rules and regulations defining rum are pretty loose internationally).

“With rum, you can have a spectrum of flavours that goes from extremely smooth and sweet on one end, to very dry and earthy on the other. When you have a spirit that has body, persistence and length, you know you’re

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onto something. I like rum that has a nice alcoholic kick, but also showcases a rich backbone, possibly multi-faceted and surprising, with a long, drier finish,’’ says Luca.

And if you want to explore rum’s possibilities to the limit, Sneaky Tony’s is a good starting point, currently stocking about 300 rums on their shelves.

“I’d say that the most unusual rum

we stock is from the Cayman Islands.

It is aged in barrels that are placed in the ocean (yes, underwater) so they roll with the tides. The constant movement allows a deep extraction of flavours from the wood and an extremely rounded flavour profile.

“The most exotic is a rum produced on a tiny island close to Guadeloupe. It’s made from fresh sugarcane juice, distilled in a pot still,

RUM FUN (below, clockwise) The Rum Diary founder and owner Hamish Goonetilleke; the amazing variety of rums at Sneaky Tony’s in Northbridge; spiced rums are growing in popularity.

then aged in casks that were previously used to rest Sauternes wine.”

The bar’s most expensive tipple ($180 a glass) is from the last stock of UK Navy rum, distilled more than 40 years ago.

“It’s a rum that used to be given to UK Navy sailors since the times of the colonies, then rested in stone flags and, until now, poured only during important royal celebrations.

It’s really dark, extremely rich, powerful, textural and complex, yet approachable.”

If you decide to mix your rum, forget about soft drinks full of bad sugars and preservatives, says Luca.

“Simple cocktails such as sours, daiquiris or an Old Fashioned are always a great choice.”

THE RUM DIARY, FITZROY, MELBOURNE Several thousand kilometres away in Victoria, there’s another bar flying the rum revolution flag.

Hamish Goonetilleke, founder and owner-operator of Melbourne’s groovy The Rum Diary bar in Fitzroy, started his bar - which stocks more than 300 rum varieties - after visiting Cuba.

“Of all the spirit categories, rum is the most diverse,” says Hamish.

“From clean, slightly aged and then charcoal-filtered white rums, through to amber and then to dark rums aged into 25-plus years like a fine whisky or cognac.”

Since it opened in 2013, he’s seen a big change in customers’ knowledge, and appreciation of, the myriad rum styles available.

“It’s been a long time since someone came in and asked for a Bundy and Coke - whereas five years ago, when we started, this was commonplace. We love being able to understand a customer’s palate and drinking style and being able to recommend a rum to suit; that’s the beauty of the drink, there are sipping kinds of products, there are simply mixers and there are cocktail rums,” he says.

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TOP TIPPLE The sheer variety of rums on offer boggles the mind - and tantalises the tastebuds.

thing; an online “rum club” where subscribers can get to sample some of the more offbeat and interesting rums going.

“We group three different products and give samples of each; it could be Havana family, by a style (English, Spanish or French) or by a country (only Jamaican or Australian) and provide tasting notes on each rum, how they are made, instructions on a simple drink to make at home with that product - it’s all bloody good information and we are very passionate about rum, so love to share our thoughts.”

The “lawlessness” over rum production that Sneaky Tony’s Luca Baioni lauds as allowing rum to be “free spirited” is something of a double-edged sword for consumers because, as long as the source is sugar cane, pretty much anything can be labelled rum.

Only France has a legal framework to regulate the production and labelling of rhum agricole in its overseas territories such as Reunion Island, Martinique and the French West Indies.

Under Australian law, “rum” (or brandy or whisky) must be stored in wood for no less than two years and must be “a spirit obtained by distillation of a fermented liquor derived from the products of sugar cane”.

Quittin’ Time, 0405 250 061, quittintime.com.au; Tegusta Spirits, 0456 375 111, tegusta.com.au; The Rum Diary, 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Melbourne, (03) 9939 0616; Sneaky Tony's, Chinatown, Northbridge entry by password Friday and Saturday nights.

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TEGUSTA RUM Brother and sister Carlos and Haridian Ramirez only began importing rum into Australia in 2014 through their company Tegusta but the spirit certainly runs through several generations in the family.

Their father, Don Jose Ramirez, was born in Cuba and their grandfather used to ship rum between Cuba and Spain’s Canary Islands, where the siblings were born.

They bring in product from the Arehucas Distillery in the Canary Islands - the ‘ground zero’ for the rum trade, because this is where Christopher Columbus sourced the sugar cane he took to the West Indies, inadvertently leading to the birth of rum.

“Initially our customers tended to be those who had some knowledge of our Canary Islands rum through travelling in Europe or people coming from Spain, Spanish restaurants or Spanish bottle shops,” says Haridian.

But when they took their product to drinks fairs word soon began to spread that the Canary Islands product was special.

“Because Arehucas is a Spanishstyle rum, or ‘ron’, it is typically lighter with a more refined taste, unlike other rums in the Australian market made in the English or French styles,” says Haridian.

“Our rums fill a niche as they are unusual and not widely known, so they are seen as a more boutique product,” she says.

QUITTIN’ TIME COMPANY The Wyong-based family-run Quittin’ Time company (so-called because its founders swapped corporate life for a mission to bring boutique rums and spirits into Australia) has an amazing rum portfolio, including products from FourSquare, the last familyowned rum distillery in Barbados, and El Dorado, a Guyanan distillery that uses wooden stills, some dating back to 1732, to produce a unique, rich and sweet, range.

“For several hundred years the

NOSE KNOWS Beenleigh Artisan Distillery master distiller Wayne Stewart.

Rum, Australian style Sugar cane is the common denominator in all rums - and, luckily, way back when, some visionaries saw the Australian tropics as a great cane growing region. From the sugar crushing process came molasses, and from that Australia’s own rums. But even way beyond the tropics there are some nifty Australian rums being created.

company was a bulk rum producer for other companies and families,’’ says Quittin Time’s Michael York. “They wanted rum to be seen and respected like any cognac or single malt, rather than a drink that was mixed and blended and not as sophisticated. So in 1966 they started making rum and setting it aside in a warehouse; in 1992 they released their 15-year-old El Dorado as the world’s first sipping rum. It changed the category and is a big contributor to why we have sipping rum today.”

Michael sees a big future for “real’’ rums.

“The gap between rum and whisky is closing and producers like Richard Seale (of the FourSquare Distillery) are making these authentic rums to show that the spirit doesn’t need to be sweetened to be enjoyed.

Rum is great on its own - it needs producers to treat it with respect and for them to have confidence in their craft,’’ says Michael.

BEENLEIGH ARTISAN DISTILLERY, QUEENSLAND If you think Australia’s oldest continuously produced rum brand starts with a “B” - you’re right. But that’s Beenleigh, which began in 1884, a full four years before Bundaberg. Beenleigh rums, which have won a swag of awards, are produced under the watchful eye of master distiller Wayne Stewart, who started as a 17-year-old office boy before moving into the art of creating rum, which he’s been doing for 38 years. “Our rums are copper pot-distilled using locally produced molasses for our fermentations,” says Wayne. “It’s a longer process but when we’re finished we’re left with the heart rum.

We only produce at the quality we would be happy to drink ourselves.” Wayne says it’s exciting that Australian consumers are starting to be more open to trying new

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styles of rum. “Rum produced on a copper-pot still tends to be a heavier, fuller style rum with less ‘bite’ than column-still produced. We produce less but with a better flavour profile,’’ he says.

Beenleigh Artisan Distillery, 142 Distillery Road, Eaglby, Queensland, (07) 3807 3737, beenleighrum.com.au BUNDABERG, QUEENSLAND With nearly 50 percent of the market of all dark rum sold in Australia, Queensland’s Bundaberg - whether you love it or not - can’t be ignored.

The fact that Bundy has entered the national lexicon shows just how the brand has permeated the Aussie consciousness. It’s also been, literally, a pioneering spirit. Founded in 1888 and now part of the colossal Diageo drinks empire, Bundy has survived economic hardship and disasters (fires and flood - even a lightning strike in 1936 which caused an explosion that destroyed the distillery). The owners rebuilt and the Bundy has been flowing continuously ever since 1939. Bundaberg, too, has an amazing record of innovation; when US servicemen on R&R in World War II were found to be enjoying the rum with a dash of Coke, the distillery came up with a solution that is popular to this day - the premixed Bundy & Coke. Over the decades the bright ideas flowed, well, like a smooth rum; in 1961 the distinctive square bottle and “Polar Bear” label were born; in the 1980s the Dark & Stormy - a mix of rum and ginger beer in one bottle - and the start of producing special rums such as Bundaberg Black. Another massive hit, in 2008, was Bundaberg Red - a rum filtered through Red Gum. Bundaberg’s trophy cabinet is also packed. In 2016 Bundaberg’s Blenders Edition was crowned World’s Best Rum and World’s Best Dark Rum at the 2016 World Drinks Awards in London.

Bundaberg Distillery, Hills St, Bundaberg, Queensland, (07) 4131 2989, bundabergrum.com.au

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HUSK DISTILLERS, NEW SOUTH WALES New South Wales’ distiller Paul Messenger wanted to make his own mark on the Australian rum scene so he set out to make agricole, the French-style rum that is made from freshly crushed cane juice rather than molasses. But unlike those French products, Paul doesn’t have to stick to the strict rules for rhum agricole.

Now his Husk Distillery is reaping the rewards, producing several variants of paddock-to-bottle agricole rums. The sugar cane is grown at Husk’s own plantation and after going through the distillation process the spirit is aged in American oak barrels. There’s the limited edition Spiced Bam Bam (infused with native and traditional botanicals), a Pure Cane agricole and the limited edition 1866 Tumbulgum Rum, which took a gold medal at the 2017 New York World Wine & Spirits Competition.

Husk Distillers plans to open its cellar door this year. Contact info@huskdistillers.com for details.

THE HOOCHERY, KUNUNURRA, WA The Hoochery founder Raymond Bernard Dessert III - better known as Spike - was always up for a challenge. And that’s why the former Californian took on (and overcame) a mountain of red tape in the mid 1990s to set up his own distillery.

Using molasses produced from sugar cane grown in the Kimberley, Ord River Rum was born. Even when the bottom fell out of the sugar cane market, Spike was undeterred, buying his own crusher. Spike then set up The Hoochery so tourists and locals alike could come on down and try his creations, the rums gaining widespread praise (and featuring on the menu of Denmark’s worldrenowned NOMA restaurant). Sadly, Spike died just before Christmas.

His rums, though, live on. Australian Distillers Association vice-president Cameron Syme, who runs the mega successful Limeburners Distillery, told The West Australian newspaper Spike was always “ahead of the curve”. “We’re looking to name the trophy for Australian Champion Rum as the Spike Dessert Memorial Rum trophy. As an industry we want to honour him as well,” said Cameron.

The Hoochery, 300 Weaber Plain Road, Kununurra, (08) 9168 2467, hoochery.com.au

FIVE MUST-TRY RUMS

Sneaky Tony’s rum expert Luca Baioni with the lowdown on five spectacular rums.

Plantation rum Anything from this producer is excellent. They feature many rum expressions, coming from some of the best rum producing areas on earth. They then transport the rums to France for a second ageing in ex-Cognac barrels.

This gives the rum extra elegance and a third dimension of flavour.

Matusalem Gran Reserva 15 This ex-Cuban distillery is now based in the Dominican Republic since the Communist regime took over. The rum is tasty, approachable and not too sweet. It’s easy to source and excellent value for money.

El Dorado 12yo Made in Guyana at what is possibly the best and most diverse rum distillery in the world.

The 12yo is a great go-to rum when you want a rich flavour, and don’t mind a journey to the dark side.

Rhum Rhum Liberation From Marie Galante Island. If you want to indulge in something special, here’s something that won’t disappoint the best of rum enthusiasts. It’s a powerful, charming juice, made in very small batches and is best shared with a person you really care for.

Ron Abuelo Centuria A Panamanian rum that is ready to change your life. It’s the quintessence of smoothness, balance and elegance. It doesn’t come cheap, but we only have one life to live.

THE GROVE DISTILLERY, WILYABRUP, MARGARET RIVER Margaret River’s The Grove Distillery is at the opposite end of the scale of Bundaberg; a boutique distillery producing small batch quantities of whiskey, gin - and rum (four styles). Its Caribbean Spiced Rum (aged in bourbon barrels for at least two years) won Double Gold/Best in Show at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirit Competition.

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VIRTUAL REALITY

SPACE ODYSSEY

Go into outer space thanks to a smart piece of virtual reality kit and drive the X3 on the planet Mars.

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lsewhere in this edition, you'll have read about how much fun Matthew Mills had when he took BMW’s new X3 down to Busselton – but just imagine what he could have got up to if he put the reinvented SUV superstar through its paces on Mars.

Well, now’s your chance to see just how that would pan out thanks to extensive global ad campaign On a Mission which accompanied the new X3’s launch at the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt last year.

As well as a rousing TV spot featuring extreme athletes, BMW gave enthusiasts the chance to take a 360-degree virtual reality test drive on Mars.

The On a Mission campaign presents the BMW X3 as free-spirited and independent, always ready to push the boundaries. The theme of venturing off the beaten track and discovering new horizons is underlined by the off-road character of the SUV and its ground-breaking innovations, so where better to put it through its paces than the Red Planet?

Using virtual reality, the clever tech takes customers and fans on the world’s first test drive through the breath-taking scenery of Mars – quite literally pushing the boundaries.

Spectacular images and evocative sounds transform the trip into an immersive experience.

During the virtual reality drive

across the atmospheric and ever-changing surface of the planet – reminiscent of a Hollywood film – different features of the BMW X3 are presented as part of the “BMW Personal Co-Pilot”.

The 360-degree experience can be enjoyed on all widely-available smartphones, through YouTube or using VR glasses, and will be integrated into the BMW brand’s own online channels. The Mars mission will also be shown at selected BMW dealers and branches and integrated into brand events and mailings using Google Cardboard.

“With the BMW X3 Mars mission we once again offer our customers and fans a unique experience – something completely new they have never seen before,” says Uwe Dreher, head of Brand Communications BMW, BMW i, BMW M. “For me, that is how marketing should be: surprising, modern, with an entertaining wow effect.”

To take the Mars test drive, go to missiontomars.bmw

Visit Albany on the South Coast of Western Australia to experience the Anzac Legend.

The award winning National Anzac Centre is one of Australia’s most important cultural pilgrimages.

Located within Albany’s Princess Royal Fortress, the Centre overlooks the harbour from which over 41,000 men and women departed Australia for the Great War. For many this would be their last glimpse of Australia.

Follow the personal stories of the men and women who served and immerse yourself in the Anzac Legend through state of the art technology, multimedia and historic artefacts.

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Pair a clever device which keeps wine as fresh as a daisy even after the bottle’s been opened with one of Perth’s top menus and you’ve got a winning combination, says Fergal Gleeson.

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eritage Wine Bar in Perth offers one of the biggest wine lists by the glass in Australia, an attraction which more than holds its own alongside the innovative food that emerges from head chef Matt Carulei’s kitchen.

It’s possible for customers to enjoy all of their 100 or so wines by the glass, carafe or bottle. This is made possible by their use of the Coravin wine preservation system - which ensures that every wine is kept as fresh as the day the first glass was poured.

The wine list is far-reaching and eclectic. There is premium Alsace riesling, top shelf chardonnay from Burgundy and the Margaret River region, there are classics from Barolo and Burgundy as well as wines from up-and-coming Western Australian winemakers such as Tripe.Iscariot and Brave New Wine.

I spoke to owner Ed Wollinski

about Heritage Wine bar. Warning!

If you are a food or wine lover your mouth will water . . .

FG What was the inspiration for Heritage Wine Bar? EW Originally it was Heritage Brasserie but a lot of people weren’t familiar with a brasserie, couldn’t pronounce it and didn’t really get it. So we shifted away from formal dining to a focus on drink and thought ‘let’s open a load of wine and create a place you can come to have fun, have a glass of wine, a cocktail or a beer’. On a Friday or Saturday night you can still get a three-course meal here or you can just come and graze on salumi, which is cut to order, or some of our other shared dining plates.

FG What’s on the menu?

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complement our extensive drinks list. The menu has been structured so you have the ability to have a light bite, share with a group or enjoy the more traditional dining format of entree, main and dessert.

FG Is there a theme to the wine list?

EW We don’t concentrate on a particular area. The wine list changes frequently and we think about what is good for the season. We do focus a bit on Western Australia and Australian wines but it’s really about offering wines that we like.

FG Who drinks there?

EW That depends on the time of week.

At lunchtime we get office workers.

We offer a main course and a wine or beer for $25. We also get high-end corporates from the towers coming for a more formal lunch at the end of the week. We offer a happy hour after work where customers drop in to try some of the vast array of wines that

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we offer by the glass. At weekends we have couples coming in from the suburbs for special occasions.

FG What are the most popular wines now?

EW The Domain Naturaliste Artus Chardonnay from Margaret River ($24) and La Violetta Ye Ye Blanc Riesling from Great Southern ($18) are proving very popular as things are warming up. The Marc-Antonin Blain ‘Chassagne’ Pinot Noir from Burgundy ($30) is a nice glass.

FG What is your top food and wine match?

EW One of my favourite dishes is our fried quail, which is like a glorified version of KFC. An off-dry white with texture and weight like the Bella Rich Chenin from Swan Valley cuts through the fat.

It also pairs nicely with an Australian rosé or the Zillinger ‘Spring Break’ Rosé Zweigelt. The Muller Thurgau from Alto Adige is also a winner.

FG What’s your favourite dish?

EW There’s a lovely beef main made in bulgogi sauce

MATT CARULEI’S TOMAHAWK GRASS-FED STEAK WITH WHISKEY AND WAGYU FAT BUTTER and a swordfish served with lentils. But it’s hard to go past the Tomahawk 700+ gram grass-fed steak, which is served on the bone with a whiskey and wagyu fat butter. It’s popular with the corporate crowd. They’ll select an iconic wine such as a Katnook Estate, Juniper Estate or Clarendon Hills with it.

FG What is a Coravin?

EW One of the world’s most famous wine critics, Robert Parker Jr, has described Coravin as the most transformational and exciting new product.

The Coravin was designed by Greg Lambrecht, an American medical device manufacturer, who also happened to be obsessive about wine. Coravin allows you to have just one glass of wine from a bottle while keeping the remainder fresh. The user plunges the needle through the cork of an unopened bottle, forcing argon gas down the needle. The pressure drives a stream of wine up the needle in to your glass. When the needle is extracted the cork reseals. The wine is fresh as a daisy. There is an altered version of Coravin for screwcap bottles which gives the same result.

Heritage Wine Bar, 131 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA. W: theheritageperth.com.au P: 08 9226 559

A TOMAHAWK STEAK is a large rib eye on the bone with a bone length of around 30cm. they usually come weighing in at a minimum of 1kg and can go up to 3kg+. These monsters are perfect for a good BBQ and will feed between two to four of the hungriest backyard cricketers this summer.

Cooking a Tomahawk can be a little daunting due to their bulky and bumbling size and nature. But when cooked perfectly, you’ll be crowned king (or queen) of the game of stoves.

INGREDIENTS 1 “tomahawk” steak from your local butcher.

300ml cream 20-30ml of whisky (preferably peated) or bourbon Hickory wood chips or liquid smoke A kitchen mixer/a good balloon whisk or a 500ml jar that seals tightly.

1 fine sieve Cheese cloth or chux Beef jus or gravy A BBQ or a large griddle pan.

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METHOD Allow the steak to come up to room temperature. Now is a good time to start making the butter and check in an any umpiring decisions needed.

Place the thickened cream, whisky and a few drops of liquid smoke (if you are using it) in your kitchen mixer bowl and whisk until you get a whipped cream consistency. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue whisking. Keep an eye on the cream as it will change consistency and turn to butter before you know it. The butter will suddenly appear as a large lump and you’ll have buttermilk splashing everywhere if you’re not careful.

An alternate way of making butter is by placing the cream and whiskey in a jar, seal the lid tightly and give it to one of the kids with too much energy, then shake, shake, and keep shaking until it feels like a large lump is inside the jar.

Hey presto, you’ve got whisky butter!

Strain the butter through fine sieve, lined with a clean chux over a bowl.

Leave to drain for a few minutes and squeeze out any excess buttermilk.

Reserve the whisky buttermilk for pancakes for a rock star’s breakfast in the morning or for a whisky and buttermilk fried chicken batter.

If you’re using woodchips, get a large pot lined with foil. Put a small handful of the woodchips on top of the foil on one side and heat the pot until the woodchips start to smoke.

Place the butter in a heat-proof pot or ramekin and move to the other side of the pot. Quickly cover the smoking pot with foil and a lid and take off the heat. Leave to one side and let the smoke do it’s thing until it has all gone. Alternatively, use a backyard smoker if you have one and follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

Fire up and clean the BBQ. Season the steak with a very small amount of oil and a good amount of high-quality sea salt. I prefer to add pepper at the end after cooking and slicing so that it doesn’t burn and leave an acrid taste on the meat.

Place the steak on the grill and cook for about 2 minutes, then turn 90

degrees and continue cooking. This will give a criss-cross pattern on the meat.

Then turn over and cook for another 2 minutes and turn 90 degrees for the last 2 minutes. Don’t forget to sear the thick outer edges too around the bone as these parts usually end up less cooked than the rest of the meat.

Now place the tomahawk on a tray or on the resting rack part of the bbq, close the lid and cook at around 220c (or use your oven.) Probe with the digital thermometer - I prefer to cook my tomahawks to around 54-58 degrees celsius.

Keep checking the internal temperature of the steak every couple of minutes while in the oven to ensure you get the meat to just how you like it. Rare – 50-55c, medium rare 5560c and medium 60-65c. I wouldn’t recommend cooking any further unless it’s what you really prefer. I usually cook for 8-10 minutes on one side, then flip and cook for another 4-6 minutes on the other side.

Leave to rest on a warm tray and gently cover the meat in foil for around 5 minutes and turn to rest for a further 2 minutes on the other side.

Get the plates ready and load them up with a nice fresh and vinegary salad, potatoes or whatever else makes you feel better about yourself after eating massive amounts of meat.

Quickly place the tomahawk on the grill for 1 more minute, or back in the oven, to heat up a little.

Slice along the bone to free the meat. The meat here is usually less cooked than the rest, so it’s ideal for those who like it a little more on the rare side. Then slice against the grain so that the meat is extra tender. Don’t fall at the last hurdle and ruin your masterpiece by slicing the meat wrong.

Spread the meat out across a warm plate and finish with a few pieces of smokey whisky butter, drizzle with jus or gravy and serve to your adorning fans.

Finally, use the leftover, half gnawed bone to smash a glorious six and out and retrieve the ball from your neighbours’ pool before getting started on the dishes. MQ

POP CULTURE

For the past 64 years, a small, family-run Sydney publisher has been keeping alive the flame for what was once a mighty entertainment genre — the Western.

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nce upon a time, the “pulps” ruled the newsstand.

Named for the cheap paper they were printed on, pulps took hold in the early 20th century and sold in their millions.

Thrillers, romance, crime, horror and heroic tales of the Wild West, all showcased in lurid covers, were the order of the day.

The Western had ingrained itself in popular culture in the 1880s thanks to a series of fictionalised stories on the life of frontier scout William Cody, portrayed as Buffalo Bill in the articles published in the New York Weekly. Buffalo Bill’s tales of derring-do (writer Edward Judson admitted they were mostly based on imagination) were so popular other publishers scrambled to get on the bandwagon and thus a new genre was born almost overnight.

With the dawn of the paperback novel - and television - the pulps went into decline but Westerns got another shot in the arm.

Novels by authors such as Zane Grey sold by the truckload; movies such as High Noon, Shane and The Big Country were box office gold, and on TV shows such as Gunsmoke, The Virginian and Bonanza ruled the ratings.

Westerns were alive and kicking but even as the sun was setting on the Pulp Age one enterprising Aussie decided to take a punt and get on the horse himself.

In 1953, Jack Atkins started Cleveland Publishing Co and, despite facing many challenges over the decades, it thrives today as a beacon for Western lovers the world over.

“My father Jack started Cleveland on a less-thanshoestring budget,” says his son Les, who runs the company today, along with daughters Stacey and Melissa.

“He hired some Aussie authors on the premise that if the Westerns became a hit and people bought them, they would get paid — I don’t believe it was ever discussed what would happen if the books did not sell.”

Other “handshake” deals followed.

“He hired a manager from Truth and Sportsman who

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PULP FICTION a lot of attention) and over the years many of those involved in producing these rip-roaring tales of a West were colourful characters indeed.

“In the early days of the company, it appeared to be ‘work till noon, then off to Walter Lindrum’s pool hall’, I believe, in William Street in WEST IS BEST The family team behind Cleveland Westerns, Les Atkins Sydney near King’s Cross, for the and his daughters Stacey and Melissa, are carrying on the tradition of the old afternoon. There would be plenty of dime pulp westerns (opposite page). stories there, but none that I would worked nights on the same promise want to relate…” says Les. that he had a job if the company Many of Cleveland’s writers, Australian and American, made a profit. One of the authors turned out a phenomenal number of stories. knew a comic artist who agreed “The company also produced the Larry Kent detective to paint the covers on a similar stories, heard on radio pre-TV days, which was produced condition,” Les says.

by American Don Haring of New York. He went on to “Imagine the stress of waiting three write over 800 novels published by the company until his months to be on sale, another month untimely death in the 1980s. for sales to be tabulated, then receiving “One of my favourite Western stories was Everyone’s a cheque (hopefully!) in the mail.”

Gunning’ For Dunn which featured Des Dunn on the But Jack had cannily read the cover, another Aussie who wrote over 800 Westerns for market; these cheap booklets, following the company. The characters in the story all worked for on from their pulp ancestors, struck a Cleveland at the time (but not their wives),’’ says Les. chord with Australians fascinated by the While Cleveland proudly continues with the print romance of the Wild West. format, Les and his daughters have also embraced the digital “The first books published had a age and many titles are also available in e-book format. print run of 25,000; the first book to “I believe Cleveland is the last of the pulp fiction hit the stands, Hunted Down, sold publishers of the 50s and 60s,’’ says Les. “It certainly is 21,474 copies,” says Les, who was a challenge today for any publisher to stay in business just seven when his father began the but Cleveland has always published a high standard of company. Les took the reins in 1973, enjoyable stories for young and old, male and female, and when Cleveland was publishing 16 titles maintained a high degree of authenticity. a month, each with a 15,000 print run.

“To my knowledge, Cleveland has never won any Today it puts out eight titles a awards other than its success. From my father’s idea month (6,000 copies of each), with a — and no money — it has survived 64 years, giving its cover price of $5. readers a quality product, value for money and an escape The “Clevelands” are something from the trials and tribulations of present-day living. As of a cult collectible overseas (the the ad on our back cover states: ‘Bite the bullet and get a painted covers alone, especially those taste of the Old West’.” of original artist Stanley Pitt, attract And with their eye-catching covers, and must-read MARQUE SUMMER 2018

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In their heyday in the 1920s and 30s, the “pulps” sold by the millions each week.

Cheap and lurid they may have been but that doesn’t mean the pulps weren’t without any artistic merit, as this beautiful new hardback from American specialist publisher IDW shows.

In The Art of the Pulps, An Illustrated History ($79.99), collectors and pulp historians Douglas Ellis, Ed Mulse and Robert Weinberg present an eye-catching cross-section of art from all the pulp genres, from Westerns to horror, thrillers, romance, war, sports and even “spicy” (although the latter is very tame by today’s ‘standards’).

Many writers who cut their teeth churning out pulp stories went on to bigger and better things (Isaac Asimov, Mark Twain and Mickey Spillane to name but three).

The rise of the paperback and television led to the pulps’ decline, although Westerns proved the genre with the most longevity, US titles lasting until the 1950s. And even today heroic stories of the Old West continue to captivate, thanks to Australia’s Cleveland Publishing Co.

titles such as Guns Are My Business, Sundown for a Loner, Death Rides This Range and many, many, more, why wouldn’t you? MQ Cleveland Westerns are available in select newsagents or via clevelandpublishing.com.au

PERFORMANCE

TWO’S COMPANY The BMW X2 is called the ‘cool X’ for good reason, says Matthew Mills.

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othing can compare to the excitement that comes with a new addition to the family, so the buzz around Auto Classic as the unveiling of the BMW X2 approached was one of happy anticipation.

The sporty little SUV, the latest addition to the superb X range that has taken the motoring world by storm since its first incarnation, the X5, hit the streets two decades ago, was unveiled before an awe-struck crowd at the Detroit Motor Show earlier this year.

The gasps of admiration were well merited, the sporty coupe boasting

all the stylistic key points that have made the series both a world leader and an integral part of BMW’s present and future – a third of the company’s total sales are currently an X of one type or another.

Dubbed the “cool X” model by its designer, the new X2 features an upside down kidney grille, as well as a sportier roof line and more aggressive styling than its X1 sibling.

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boasting a two-litre turbocharged four cylinder petrol engine, producing 141kw of power and 280Nm of torque, and a seven-speed dual clutch transmission.

That’s a set-up that can take it from a standing start to 100km/h in just 7.7 seconds.

At 4.36mm long, just over 1.8 m wide and 1.5mm tall, riding on a 2.67m wheelbase, the X2 is a touch shorter than the X1, but a few millimetres wider. Both vehicles ride on the same wheelbase. With the rear seats up, the X2’s boot will swallow 470 litres of gear, rising to 1,355 litres with the rear pews folded flat.

Australians can choose between three X2 variants, the sDrive18i, sDrive20i and xDrive20d, all of which enhance the range’s reputation as the pinnacle of SUV driving, while at the same time, of course, maintaining the exemplary styling, technology and interior traditions of its stablemates.

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All models feature LED tail-lights and LED headlights, LED interior mood lighting, Wi-Fi hotspot, Apple CarPlay compatibility, rear-view camera and satellite navigation. A 6.5-inch infotainment screen sits atop the dashboard while BMW’s exciting heads-up display feature is available as an option on all variants, as is a panoramic sunroof.

Stop-and-go adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assistance, autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection at urban speeds, and semi-automated

parking assistance are among the safety features available on all models.

The arrival of the X2, along with the release of the magnificent X7 last year to take aim at the competitive seven-seater SUV market, continues to consolidate BMW as leaders in the important SUV market – a market which more and more is dominating the driving choices of motorists across the world.

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KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY The official X2 launch is being hosted at Auto Classic on Saturday March 10 - for more information email rsvp@ autoclassic.com.au.

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ENTREPRENEURS

THE FIVE MYTHS OF BECOMING AN

entrepreneur If you’re set on becoming the next big success story, read Alan Manly’s mythbusting tips on what it does (and doesn’t) take to be an entrepreneur.

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ver wonder what is the secret to being a successful entrepreneur? A quick Google of the word will reveal pages of inspiring quotes leading the reader to think if only they were a little more confident, or maybe a had flash of genius, entrepreneurial success would be theirs. Thinking of the need for a lightbulb moment, who better to seek advice from than the inventor of the modern lightbulb, Thomas Edison. He is quoted as saying, “genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration”. Apart from the one percent flash of genius, what is hidden in that other 99 percent? There are some barely discussed myths that should be confronted before any further contemplation of launching into an entrepreneurial venture.

MYTH # 1

You just need one great idea.

“Creativity thinks up new things.

Innovation does new things.”

Michael E. Gerber, The E-Myth How many BBQs have you been to where a great idea is discussed and all present smugly know that it will remain nothing more than an outburst of untested creativity?

While you will need a great new idea, you will also need to face the cold, hard reality of getting down and dirty and actually implementing something new. This is where conversation and rehashed ideas need to be refined into something that has a logical process and financial sense. Gone is the fun of captivating a small audience with creative ideas being replaced with the sometimes lonely journey of MARQUE SUMMER 2018

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writing a business plan that everyone who sees it will critique from a position of assumed authority.

Implementing innovation is a major barrier to any creative idea.

MYTH #2 Get Lucky

Successful entrepreneurs are naturally deemed lucky. Chinese subscribing to Taoism have always understood that in reality man has three types of luck that accompany him throughout his lifetime.

Heaven’s Luck: 40 percent of the luck we have comes from Heaven. Good fortune created in past actions.

Not unlike “what goes around comes around”.

Earth’s Luck: 30 percent of the luck we have is said to come from the Earth and the way we are nourished by the Earth via the ‘Five Elements.’ Harmony with the AUTOCLASSIC.COM.AU

earth. Not that unusual in that some cultures revere the Earth so much that they worship Mother Earth.

Man’s Luck: 30 percent of our luck is said to come from the things we do to create our own fortune. The decisions we make, the good ideas we have (and implement). Unsurprisingly a lot like “the harder I worked the luckier I got”.

MYTH #3

You need to be young and bright.

Publicity around entrepreneurs often highlights the young and bright enjoying fast success. This is only natural when you consider that they are the exciting entrepreneurs. The story of the hare and the tortoise is only tolerable because the hare adds the excitement to the story. Imagine reading about a long, slow and dull experience of a ploddingly boring individual on a journey that finally gets to the end. However, the facts point to a slower tortoise-like journey than a hare-like dash to success.

Supporting this observation is the fact that start-ups are twice as likely to be founded by people over 55 years olds as opposed to 20 to 34 years olds. As dull as it may seem, the tortoise wins in most cases.

MYTH #4

It’s all in the plan.

The myth is that all successful startups have a professional business plan.

This myth is hard to expose because getting a copy of a start-up’s business plan if you are not an investor is nigh on impossible. That is not so much because they don’t have a plan but more as a result of them being too busy working on the business addressing almost every aspect of their venture that has proven to not be as planned. A sharp focus is required to get any start-up to go to any plan let alone share the fact that the plan being implemented may still be in the entrepreneurs head.

MYTH #5

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You have to be crazy With reported failures of start-ups being 80 percent in the first year why would anyone take the chance?

The rewards are there for the taking if and when you get it right. Not so different from applying for a promotion. You may not get the promotion but if by that experience you learn what is required to get a promotion, you have invested in yourself. After all, knowledge is power. Start-ups are not unlike that experience. An attempt is only a failure if you don’t learn from the experience. Maybe because being an entrepreneur is a very public experience, you can be called crazy daring to learn in public.

Whether it be a holiday trip or commencing as an entrepreneur in a start-up, the experiences worth retelling are those that happened as a result of being out of your comfort zone. Having experienced travel we are less likely to allow colourful tales to dissuade us from venturing to unfamiliar places. That measured cynicism will stand an aspiring entrepreneur in good stead when they consider entrepreneurial myths.

Rest assured, once the move is made to become an entrepreneur, your business tales will both delight and maybe terrify others. MQ

ALAN MANLY is the founder of Group Colleges Australia and author of the new book, The Unlikely Entrepreneur. To find out more visit alanmanly.com.au

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FISHING

HOOK, LINE & SINKER

Planning the ultimate fishing trip in Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific Islands? Make sure you grab a copy of ET’s latest book.

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ndrew ‘ET’ Ettingshausen made it his goal to have his own fishing show after the end of his wildly successful footy career. His latest book - ET’s Ultimate Fishing Adventures - is a glorious showcase of the amazing fishing that’s available off Australia’s shores.

Here’s an excerpt from the book highlighting the rich pickings off one of WA’s most popular fishing destinations - Coral Bay. CORAL BAY SITS on the shores of the Ningaloo Reef, Australia’s largest fringing coral reef.

It’s a thriving tourist town over the winter months with thousands of travellers heading north to

follow the sun.

I was fortunate to stay at the Ningaloo Reef Resort overlooking the beach but the local caravan and camping parks provide plenty of accommodation.

Ningaloo Reef is like spending each day right on the Great Barrier Reef; you can walk straight off the white sandy beach and snorkel to your heart’s content over shallow reef systems.

Large numbers of marine life species inhabit the lagoon and you have the chance to swim with Mantarays or whale sharks in a unique environment. But I was there for the fishing, and I teamed up with the guys from Mahi Mahi Charters.

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Sandra and Bernie run this fishing business and I was fortunate to be on board with Bernie who knows the area so well. The Mahi Mahi Charter boat is moored in the lagoon and it takes next to no time to jump on board and head out through the north or south reef entrances.

rankin cod, snapper and, in the deeper water, gold band snapper, made their way onto the deck of our boat.

I changed over to use jigs and got Rankin Cod on two successive drops before hooking up to a solid amberjack.

Before finishing the day, we managed a small black marlin who

FISHY TALES Andrew Ettingshausen's new book - ET's Ultimate Fishing Adventures offers expert tips on fishing the coast of Australia and beyond.

took a liking to our Pakula line getting towed behind. What a great holiday and fishing destination!

Coral Bay has a warm, friendly feel with great facilities and the best water activities possible. I suggest a trip with Bernie and the team should be on anyone’s fishing bucket list. MQ

FAST FACTS

WHERE 40km south of Exmouth HOW TO GET THERE Seven hours by car from Geraldton ACCOMMODATION Ningaloo Reef Resort; camping, caravan or liveaboard charter FISH Wahoo, sailfish, mahi-mahi (dolphinfish), mackerel, cod, pearl perch, red emperor, spangled emperor BEST TIME TO GO all year.

The plan was to trawl skirted lures behind the boat on our way to each reef destination. Within five minutes I was hooked up to what ended up being the smallest sailfish I have ever caught. It was a beautiful fish, though, and we took some pics before returning the fish to the water.

Bernie was carefully watching the sounder technology as we came up on our first reef patch. The bottom was loaded with sizeable fish and my first drop with a paternoster rig and bait resulted in a 5kg red emperor. Not a bad way to start! This instant hook-up became the norm as we stopped at a few reef patches that held quality fish.

The mixture of red emperor, spangled emperor, red throat emperor,

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andrew Ettingshausen is a former professional rugby league footballer and current TV presenter. He played first-grade for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks from the age of 17 in 1983, retiring at the end of the 2000 NRL season having played 328 first-grade games. Since then, ‘ET’ as he is affectionately known, has forged a career on Foxtel and Channel 10 hosting his own fishing shows ‘Escape with ET’ and ‘Seafood Escape.’

ET’S ULTIMATE FISHING ADVENTURE by Andrew Ettingshausen, New Holland Publishers ($49.99).

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LAST WORD

Gluttony – What is the food you could eat over and over

again? Not a day goes by where I don’t think about salt n vinegar chips. Most weekends, there’s more crumbs in my bed than a luxury sheet’s thread count. I’m all about crinkle cut too. I find thinly cut chips are too thin these days. There’s no structural integrity and they disappear in the mouth. No good.

Greed – You’re given $1m that you have to spend selfishly

– what would you spend it on? I’d spend $900,000 on a beachside apartment in Fremantle. But last time I went swimming there, I got stung by jellyfish, so I’d spend the other $100,000 bribing stingers to leave me alone. I hear if you slip them a fifty they’ll rack off and let you float in peace.

Sloth – Where would you spend a long time doing nothing?

I worked at a call centre once. I definitely spent a long time doing nothing there . . . Jokes aside - I was in Athens recently, and I had one too many beers after lunch which means we arrived at the Partheneum JUST after it closed. But we went to this little hill right next to it and watched the sunset and it was awesome. I could spend all day on that hill . . . assuming uber eats delivers up there.

Wrath – Which news story makes you white with rage?

Blimey. I just read a news story about a man in Phuket airport who walked around naked and threw poo at people because he ‘overdosed on Viagra’. I’m furious! I left my extra-large packet of viagra at Phuket airport just yesterday and I’m pretty sure he’s necked it all. Spewin’.

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Envy – Whose shoes would you like to walk in? LeBron James. Only because I have size 15 shoes, and so does he.

I spent years squeezing into shoes that were too small, and now my toes are all gross and bent, but I’m trying to bring fugly feet back.

MATT OKINE

Matt Okine began his career by becoming a triple J RAW finalist in 2004 at the age of 18, going on to cement his popularity as co-host with Alex Dyson of the breakfast show for three years for the same radio station.

Pride – What is the one thing you’re secretly proud of? My

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he winner of many comedy accolades, last year Matt co-wrote and starred in The Other Guy. Now a regular standup act on the national and international comedy circuit, Matt will once again return to Perth later this year to entertain audiences with his winning combination of acutely observed wit, goofiness and sheer likeability.

Catch Matt at the Perth Comedy Festival, Regal Theatre, May 12, 7 to 8pm. Visit perthcomedyfestival.com to book tickets.

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My table tennis abilities. My signature move is a ‘doublehanded backhand’. Many would consider it a rather foolish waste of energy to play a double-handed shot for table-tennis, but I’m really just preparing both of my hands for when I’m holding up the Bunbury Under 33’s Table-Tennis Champions trophy later this year*... (*not a real tournament)

Lust – What makes your heart beat faster? There’s an instagram account called @liftingnoodles. It’s just pictures of noodles being lifted up by chopsticks. I could look at that account all day. I feel like a ramen just thinking about it.

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