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ur cover story this issue is all about celebrating the unique Australian built landscape. Grand Designs Australia, back for its seventh season, has featured some incredible homes over the years, and this series is no exception. I interviewed Peter Maddison, the presenter of the hit show, and found him to be as excited about the future of Australia's architecture as he was after the first series.

Of course architecture isn't the only aspect of this great country that we do well. We also love a good laugh and some of the funniest Aussies (and others) around are coming to Perth for the annual comedy festival, while Jimmy Barnes, another great icon of our land, is heading to the Ord Valley Muster in May. Di Bortoletto interviews him and finds out what's happening to everybody's favourite working class man.

We've been out and about for this issue, visiting Little Sisto, a practically perfect little cafe in Doubleview, sampled the new Peppers King's Square hotel in the CBD, and flown further afield to Oxford in the UK and Paris.

There’s also our usual collection of what’s on ideas, new books, new gadgets and gizmos as well as an interview with Alecia Hancock, a creative professional who has made the not-for-profit sector her own.

There's a mini special about Broome in this issue with some incredible photographs of those amazing Kimberley waterfalls and a reminder to book your tickets for a unique event: the Cable Beach Polo tournament in May. We've also got intervews with the creators of Dingo Sauce Co., a roundup of cookbooks and some ideas about how to celebrate autumn in the forests of the south west. On top of all that we've got over 200 new property listings from the Peard Real Estate group.

Happy reading.

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Ground work

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icture craft beer, bar restaurants, artisan bakeries and quality coffee roasters all gathered together in one glamorous space. This is the very near future for Perth’s iconic CBD building, QV1.

Located at the top of St Georges Terrace, QV1 is set to undergo significant regeneration, with the

Already the Perth’s wellestablished Mary Street Bakery has signed up to join The Grounds community and will be operating as a pop-up venue in the plaza while progress on its permanent premises is underway.

As a hint at their successful future at QV1, Mary Street Bakery catered for The Grounds launch, giving all in

embellishment, the finish was fresh and creative.

Crested with a giant steel and glass oculus structure, Hassell Architects David Gullund says the space will be a truly bold statement without comparison in Australia.

“The rooftop structure will be surrounded by lush, green trees and vibrant floral features, generating shade, wind

first phase, a complete reimagination of the ground floor retail plaza, already underway.

Known as The Grounds, this contemporary plaza will be a striking new addition to complement the QV1 building, designed by internationally renowned modernist Harry Seidler AC. Co-owned by Investa Commercial Property Fund and Eureka – Real Assets, The Grounds initiative is scheduled for completion in early 2018.

attendance a taste of what’s to come. As a savoury fan myself, I couldn’t get enough of their mushroom and basil breakfast quiches, but their buttery pastries were going like hot cakes.

If the design of the launch was any indication of the style of the upcoming plaza, I’m looking forward to the atmosphere it creates. With contemporary, recyclable materials supporting the space and native flowers as

protection and ultimately a relaxing, usable space for retailers and customers within The Grounds,” says David.

This stunning and innovative meeting space is intended to become an effervescent food haven for tenants, city workers and visitors alike. Based on an impressionable launch and impressive plans, The Grounds is likely to captivate all whot wine and dine at its premium outlets. primolife.com.au

PLANS FOR ROE 8 SCRAPPED – where to next?

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ome might say Perth has been known to be a bit of an underdog among some of the hip and happening states of the East Coast; but with constant developments over recent years, it’s evident that our city has begun to soar as the new place to be.

The Swan River Pedestrian Bridge is just one upcoming attraction that will add a little flair and high quality contemporary design to Perth.

While the bridge should be a stunning addition to the city, the decision to have it built in Malaysia means that an opportunity to provide an abundance of jobs to local Western Australians has been missed.

The steel deck and arch components of the bridge being fabricated in Malaysia have taken longer than originally anticipated. The new McGowan Labor Government is making use of this time to try to create local jobs that will minimise further delays.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has now asked Main Roads Western Australia to work closely with the York

Rizzani Joint Venture to mitigate these delays. They will also be investigating whether the steel deck component can be built in WA to fuel more local jobs.

Local manufacturers will soon be issued a formal request for quotes to supply and fabricate the deck component of the bridge and will have two weeks to prepare submissions to Main Roads.

“We are currently looking at all the options available to salvage local jobs on this project and put WA jobs first,” says Premier Mark McGowan.

“As Premier, I’m committed to ensuring that, wherever possible, taxpayers’ money is used to support local businesses and create new jobs for Western Australians.”

Ms Saffioti agrees that it’s the responsibility of the State Government to ensure local jobs are maximised on major projects such as this.

“Under our plan we hope to create local jobs out of this project and have the bridge completed in a timely manner,” she said.

FAST FACTS The bridge is expected to be completed in 2018 The construction of the bridge creates approximately 300 local jobs It willl provide year-round access for local residents and the community to playgrounds, picnic and barbecue areas and a network of walking and cycling tracks

lans for Roe 8 have been ruffling feathers within WA since conception.

Should we stimulate the economy and fuel local jobs at the expense of native wetlands, home to rare flora and fauna? Or should we conserve the environment and forgo development that will advance Perth and stimulate much needed incomes?

The new McGowan Labor Government has made the final decision for us and, as promised, brought the Roe 8 developments to a sharp halt.

“We were elected with a clear mandate and we are getting on with the job, delivering our election commitments,” says Premier Mark McGowan.

The McGowan Government’s new plan is to redirect $1.7 billion in funding to job generating, congestion-busting projects – which will hopefully speed up traffic and reduce the number of headaches felt during peak hour.

Premier McGowan is confident in his plan and believes that the Roe 8 project never made planning, economic or environmental sense.

“Today we are righting the wrong and moving forward with our plan to create new jobs and bust congestion across Perth.”

The first step to bringing this plan to life requires renegotiating the $440 million Roe 8 contract. Main Roads will be working closely with the Roe 8 Alliance partners to produce alternative projects for Perth.

“We are proposing to bring forward some important upgrades to our road network that will improve safety and reduce journey times in our suburbs,” says Transport Minister Rita Saffioti.

“The scope and timing of these new projects will be announced once the renegotiation process with the Roe 8 contractor is complete.”

FAST FACTS A community program, led by the State Government, will revegetate the land that has already been cleared for Roe 8.

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Commemorating 50 years of Curtin University INSTA INSP0: @united_ interiors

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here is nothing quite like scrolling through Instagram for a daily dose of inspiration, and there’s certainly no shortage of it out there! Social media has given talented interior designers, artists and brands a powerful platform to help reach their audience better than ever before.

With that being said, it can take a lot for a home and interior design account to stand out from the crowd. And United Interiors (@united_interiors) is certainly one of them!

With a showroom and art gallery in Moorabbin,Victoria, United Interiors utilises its Instagram account to showcase their fresh and on-trend pieces, and the best part is that most are available to buy.

You can find the Atrium Play rug by Rug Space in our homewares feature, so check it out.

Their account is bursting with impeccably decorated interiors, and we especially love the mood board posts they create to help break down the key elements of a well-designed space.

With nearly 33K followers (and counting), United Interiors is definitely one to watch and our feed is certainly brighter with them on it. Do yourself a favour and visit them today.

The Atrium Play rug by Rug Space features in our must-see homewares on page 14.You can find it at unitedinteriors.com.au.

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urtin University has been making tomorrow better for 50 years; adding value to Western Australia through the bettering of minds.

In commemoration of half a century of service, a sculpture exhibited at Cottesloe’s Sculpture by the Sea for 2017 has been presented to Curtin University by the State Government.

The artwork, entitled Murmur, was created by Curtin graduate Anne Neil. Given the occasion, it seems only fitting that Curtin is graced with the fruits of one of their skilled students.

Anne has produced the exquisite, spiralling sculpture using marine-grade aluminium to reference the biological form of a shell structure. The piece is seen as an innovative focus in science and an intriguing visual reference to the original WA Institute of Technology logo, also installed on the campus.

“Curtin University has made a significant contribution to WA since it opened in 1967 as the WA Institute of Technology

with 3,000 students,” says former premier Colin Barnett.

“The Government is proud to recognise this milestone for Curtin University on behalf of all West Australians.”

THE ARTWORK, ENTITLED MURMUR, WAS CREATED BY CURTIN GRADUATE ANNE NEIL. FAST FACTS Curtin was established in 1966 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) It gained university status and was renamed Curtin University of Technology.

In 2011 it became Curtin University More than 215,000 students have graduated from the institution

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GRAND DESIGNS AUSTRALIA IS BACK FOR ITS SEVENTH SERIES WITH PRESENTER PETER MADDISON AS INSPIRED AS EVER

BY OUR NATION OF INNOVATIVE HOUSING DESIGN VISIONARIES.

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t might seem obvious, but the differences between the architecture of the UK and Australia are as striking as the difference between the two presenters of Grand Designs Australia and the UK version of the long-running series.

In Australia’s corner we have Peter Maddison - affable, garrulous, everenthusiastic - and for the UK, there’s Kevin McCloud with his cut-glass Queen’s English and occasional air of chilly reserve.

So when Peter was invited to get together with Kevin to discuss their shared love of their countries’ grand designs, of course it was always going to make great telly.

“I stayed with Kevin in his guest wing in his house in Somerset,” says Peter. “We shot the episode in one take, it’s just us talking, ranting and raving as we watch excerpts of the series via an old Hasselblad projector.”

That conversational interlude has been boiled down to a one-hour special in Kevin McCloud’s Top 10 Grand Designs Australia premiering on April 20 on Foxtel’s Lifestyle.

Set in historic Homewood House in

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Surrey, England, Peter and Kevin sit down with a cup of tea and an old-fashioned slide slow to reminisce about the design features of each of the 10 homes, selected from the past six seasons.

The design gurus talk cladding, tiles and form, and with whisky in hand, engage in

some gentle banter over each other’s take on the architecture of their favourite builds.While the special looks over the past, it also serves as a teaser for the upcoming seventh season.

In Grand Designs Australia, leading Australian architect Peter follows the process of turning ideas into reality,

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BEST MATES Opposite, Kevin McCloud and Peter Maddison shared their opinions on Grand Designs' houses of the past during a one-off special to be screened in April. This page, examples of Grand Designs Australia's incredible houses, as the show returns for its seventh series.

as people use design and architectural ingenuity to create an environment that best reflects their personality and ideals.

Following 14 distinctive houses from concept to completion, the newest season premieres on April 27.

“Australia’s architecture is all about exuberance and experimentation,” says Peter.

“Who knows what inspires people - for instance in this series, there’s a home in South Australia which has something of a cottage pavilion manse about it. All of the houses are experimental and forging their own style.”

With 76 episodes of the series under his belt, Peter knows a thing or two about the subject, and believes that viewers are also inspired by what they see during each season of Grand Designs Australia.

“There’s some incredible invention going on,” he says. “For instance one of the houses in this series in Queensland is a big ten structure with quilted zigzag steel while in Maianbar, they used crosslaminated timber, a first in Australia, and chipboard in Byron Bay.”

Without the longtail of architectural heritage to draw on like its British counterpart, Peter believes that New South Wales and Melbourne in particular have ‘cut the shackles’ of referring back to the past or other countries for inspiration, creating its own Australian sense of architectural style instead.

“I would love to see where housing is

going in 200 years time,” he says.

Excited about the new season ahead, Peter said, “Inventive building systems, wondrous materials and memorable form making has been applied to our wide brown land to produce a breathtaking collection of stories.”

Perhaps one of the most unique builds of the season is a Japanese-inspired Queenslander home. Steve, the owner, was inspired by the minimalistic style of Japan, both architecturally and culturally.

He employed a Japanese-based architect and a majority of the design process was conducted through Skype sessions.

“I loved the minimalist aesthetic which has the roots of a traditional Queenslander but as a house is very understated with beautiful details,” says Peter. PL Kevin McCloud’s Top 10 Grand Designs Australia will premiere Thursday, April 20 at 6.30pm.The seventh series of Grand Designs Australia will premiere the following Thursday, April 27.

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WINNING COMBINATION IT’S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE AS PEARD JOONDALUP WINS AGENCY OF THE YEAR TITLE. BY DEA LALOVIC.

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eard Real Estate Joondalup has won the Agency of the Year award in the RateMyAgent 2017 Agent of the Year Awards. The awards, which are the largest real estate awards in Australia, recognise agents and agencies that have ranked the highest based on customer reviews and feedback.

Peard Real Estate Joondalup’s Licensee Rob Nicholls says the award is the ultimate compliment.

“We are delighted to be named the top agency in the WA market.”

“This award recognises the hard work of our team and the dedication we have to the local property market. In the past year, we’ve sold $200 million worth of property and we’re thrilled that so many of our clients appreciate our work and have rated us using the site.

“To be voted number one by our customers means a great deal to us,” says Mr Nicholls.

Peard Real Estate Joondalup also took out the suburb award for Ashby, Burns

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Beach, Carramar, Edgewater, Iluka, Kingsley and Tapping.

The Agent of the Year Awards compare over 26,000 agents and agencies across the country. They highlight the leading real

estate agents and agencies in each suburb, city and state across Australia, and on a national level.

RateMyAgent CEO & Co-Founder Mark Armstrong says the Agent of the

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JOONDALUP

Year Awards are the only awards which use verified customer reviews and feedback, so they’re an honest gauge of the customer service an agent has provided.

“These awards are the only industry awards to put sellers’ needs first, using customer reviews as a leading indicator of an agent’s success over 2016.”

The awards, which are in their third year,

are the only major customer choice awards for the real estate industry in Australia.

Rather than being judged by industry peers, the awards are calculated based on the reviews that customers provide on the RateMyAgent website. PL For a full list of winners visit: ratemyagent.com. au/agent-awards-2017

Joondalup is the thriving urban centre of Perth’s outer northern suburbs. Joondalup’s development is relatively recent having only begun in the 1980s, where rapid growth occurred until 2006 and then steadied between 2006 and 2011 as fewer new homes and dwellings were built. Joondalup’s 11 square kilometre land area is primarily used for housing and institutional purposes, with some industry sectors in the west and a commercial area in the suburbs centre.

Joondalup’s city centre is relaxed and casual with an alluring combination of cultural, civic and commercial areas built on the edge of Lake Joondalup.

Residents and visitors to the area have an array of restaurants and cafes to choose from, as well as a major shopping centre with over 240 stores and a cinema.

There is a university in the area, as well as a private hospital and numerous recreational facilities like an aquatic centre, basketball stadium and an arena. Local schools in the suburb include Joondalup Primary School and Lake Joondalup Baptist College.

Population - 9,197 Median average age - 33 Annual media house price $510,000 Median weekly rent - $360 (Statistics: reiwa.com)

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PROPERTY Finance

Computer says ... YES

like it when they see a 60-year-old person renting with friends, with no assets.

CHARACTER If bills or repayments are not paid on time is considered a blemish on someone’s character potentially.

Avoid shopping around for the best rate, or apply for short-term loans, or more than two or three credit cards/personal loans, and if these people have too many enquiries on their CRAA (credit report) they have a greater likelihood of failing credit scoring.

CONDITIONS Policy governs how a deal is assessed. This is the more tangible method of assessing a loan and its credit worthiness. This is less about the borrower and more about the purpose of the loan, type of loan, loan amount, etc. There are parameters for lending based on location, debt against equity, loan amount, and purpose.

NEED A LOAN? HERE’S HOW TO GET THE BANK TO SAY YES. BY ANDREW CROSSLEY.

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t can be a time consuming process applying for a loan, but there is a simple way to go about it. There are a number of things an applicant can consider in order to increase their preparedness, awareness and credit worthiness.

The first thing to do is try to be finance ready, make sure bills are paid on time to avoid surprises on the applicant’s credit file. Reduce credit card limits if possible; this will increase borrowing capacity. Have documents ready. These often include; two forms of ID, six months mortgage statements for a refinance or loan increase, or, if a purchase, the purchase contract will be required. Evidence of ‘funds to complete’ if a purchase, a clear understanding of assets and liabilities to avoid leaving any off and being accused of non-disclosure, and an exit strategy if over 55, are also useful.

It is always wiser to never be a guarantor for anyone; it is incredibly risky. Never purchase a property with someone else except a spouse - lenders can attribute 100% of the debt and only a percentage of rental income, inline with what each person on title is responsible for/entitled to. The fundamental elements of what a lender assesses when deciding on every application

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and every applicant are what is called the The Six Cs of Lending: • Commitment • Collateral (Property — what the valuation says, zoning, density, postcode) • Character • Conditions (Policy) • Capacity (Servicing) • Commitment Lenders want to see a track record of repayments on debts to demonstrate the applicant has been responsible. It’s indeterminable whether a person has the inclination to repay the debt if they have no debts. Deals where someone has 5% of genuine savings are good, because they have proven they can save money. Borrowers with no ‘hurt money’ in the deal are higher risk.

COLLATERAL Having assets is another strength in a deal when applying for a mortgage. Whether it’s cars, furniture, other belongings that have a value attributed to them and naturally, property, shares, superannuation, and cash, they all count to paint a picture.

The older the applicant is, the more assets the lenders would like to see. They don’t

CAPACITY What a person earns in their job, and tenure in the role have an impact. A person must be able to service the debt they require, in conjunction with any other debts they already have.

This is another reason why a broker is better than a bank. A good broker is one who knows which calculators are better, and which lenders are more forgiving.

Ultimately there are three things, which can assist, in a greater likelihood of finance being approved.

A good credit rating, cash or equity available and enough income to service current commitments as well as the new loan being applied for. PL

ANDREW CROSSLEY is a property investment strategist and founder of Australian Property Advisory Group. He is also the author of the #1 best-selling books Property Finance Made Simple and Property Investing Made Simple (Busybird Publishing, $24.95 each). For more information visit australianpropertyadvisorygroup.com.au or contact andrew@apag.com.au

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You’ll be spending a lot of time in your new locale, so you want to be sure it offers all the services you require on a regular basis.

CRUNCH THE NUMBERS Find out important information like annual price growth, annual median house, unit and land prices, and population figures within the suburb profile. Plus, you can check out the growth of nearby suburbs, view the latest Census summary and review up-to-date price charts.

INTERACTIVE MAPS You can access nifty interactive maps from the suburb profiles, using the Explore Suburb tool. The interactive maps give you the full low-down on the suburb you’re interested in, with information including

the median sale price of your suburb, how much it has grown and how quickly property is selling in your area.You can even pinpoint the local coffee shop.

If you find a property you like on reiwa. com, you can also view an interactive map for that specific lot which highlights boundary lines, sewerage, easements and more.

USEFUL INFORMATION FROM A LOCAL SOURCE Other useful resources are just a click away, including Landgate Titles/Surveys, property interest reports and past sales reports. Plus, you can easily search for local agents in the area with access to the reiwa.com AgentFinder tool.

If you want handy suburb information, market snapshots and advice sent straight to your inbox, you can also sign-up to the weekly reiwa.com newsletter.

The newsletter will keep you up to date on weekly and quarterly market data, interest rate changes and local industry news. Plus, get expert advice on buying, selling and renting in WA, along with informative feature articles and lifestyle pieces. PL Check it out at reiwa.com and become your own local real estate expert.

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PROPERTY Careers

Scaling the heights of success THINGS ARE ABOUT TO LOOK A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT IN MT LAWLEY’S REAL ESTATE MARKET WITH THE OPENING OF PEARD GROUP’S 13TH OFFICE, SAYS DEA LALOVIC.

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he Peard Group is no stranger to the Mt Lawley market having had agents from other Peard offices working in the area for some time. So why wasn’t there an office there sooner?

After all, it’s no secret the group has always been selective with their office locations, placing a huge emphasis on finding the right location for every single office venture.

So it was something of a perfect storm when a competing Mt Lawley agency put

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their established real estate business up for sale. Forever the opportunist, Peard Group’s CEO Peter Peard, didn’t waste any time jumping on the opportunity.

Fast forward a couple of months and the striking Peard blue signage is up, the doors are open and great things are already happening.

“The space was already set up for a real estate business to operate from and the expert team would ensure Peard Real Estate Mt Lawley was ready to dominate as soon as the doors opened,” said Peter.

Previous owners Helen Bond, Di Pitchford and Peta Cron say working under the Peard Real Estate brand’s umbrella will not only take the office to a whole new level, but allow them to focus on doing what they love most: selling and leasing real estate.

“Owning a real estate office was very rewarding but when you are so concerned with the administrative and financial side of things, it makes it hard to concentrate on doing what makes you happy, which is getting out there and talking to clients”, says Helen.

“For us, selling the office to Peard Real Estate was going to mean bigger and better things. A high-profile brand with an enthusiastic support team will allow us to excel and really cement the office as the

number one choice in the area.

“We’ve been living and working in Mt Lawley for over 15 years and absolutely love it. Call us biased, but it really is the best suburb in Perth,” laughs Helen.

Di says the area is highly sought-after for all it has to offer.

“Mt Lawley boasts an awesome café and bar strip, shopping options, excellent education facilities, proximity to the city, river and airport plus a diverse range of living options.

“You can find everything from an affordable one-bedroom apartment, to a five-million-dollar mansion,” explains Di. While there has never been a shortage of real estate agencies in the area, no single agency held the market, but Helen says the Peard Group should be able to change that pretty quickly.

“The Peard brand is high profile and premium one which I think will work really well in the area.

“The local market really needed a fresh and vibrant approach to real estate.”

Peter says the decision was not a matter of if but when a Mt Lawley office would open.

“We had been watching the area for some time, always looking for the right

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opportunity to jump in on the action.

“We are thrilled to have secured an office on busy Walcott Street to give the brand some serious exposure,” he said.

“Helen, Di and Peta bring with them many years of local area knowledge and I have no doubt they’ll play a huge role in the success of the office." PL

Do you want to be a part of Mt Lawley's newest real estate office?

With a leading brand, innovative marketing and unmatched support, Peard Real Estate can help take your career to the next level.

Call Melissa Farrell, Director of Business Resource, on 0404 084 244 for a confidential chat.

REIWA’S TOP PERFORMERS

~ REIWA February 2017 Statistics

TOP ROOKIES

TOP UNASSISTED SALES PERSONS By value sold

3 Rodney Vines - Peard Hillarys - 4 listings sold

18 Helen Bond - Peard Leederville - $4,853,000

6 David Burnley - Peard Hillarys - 2 listings sold

30 Rodney Vines - Peard Hillarys - $3,936,000

TOP UNASSISTED SALES PERSONS By properties sold 14 Steven Wilcox – Peard Mindarie - 7 listings sold 28 James Kennedy – Peard Hillarys - 6 listings sold

TOP ASSISTED SALES PERSONS By properties sold

TOP ASSISTED SALES PERSONS By value sold 4 Ben Keevers - Peard Hillarys - $8,375,000 11 Todd Utley - Peard Joondalup - $4,033,000 15 Karen Riches - Peard Hillarys - $3,625,000 17 Jarrod O'Neil - Peard Hillarys - $3,305,000

5 Ben Keevers - Peard Hillarys - 8 listings sold

29 Gaylene Bicheno - Peard Hillarys - $2,350,000

13 Jarrod O'Neil - Peard Hillarys - 6 listings sold

TOP OFFICE By properties sold

19 Todd Utley - Peard Joondalup - 5 listings sold

5 Peard Hillarys - 32 listings sold

21 Karen Riches - Peard Hillarys - 5 listings sold

9 Peard Scarborough - 24 listings sold

25 Gaylene Bicheno - Peard Hillarys - 5 listings sold

10 Peard Joondalup - 23 listings sold 17 Peard Mindarie - 18 listings sold

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PROPERTY Tax hacks

DIY TAX HACKS

AS TAX TIME FAST APPROACHES, HERE ARE A FEW TAX HACKS TO HELP YOU GET A FEW MORE BUCKS BACK WHEN YOU VISIT YOUR ACCOUNTANT IN JULY. BY MELISSA BROWNE.

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very year, it comes around, as predictable as the Freo Doctor on a summer’s afternoon - tax time. It’s the one time of year where it might be possible for you to receive a refund, so what are the best ways to maximise your cheque?

If you start now, with time still in hand before the tax man comes a-knocking, these simple tips could help you achieve maximum dollars in your pocket: LOST RECEIPTS If you’ve thrown all your receipts out in a mad cleaning frenzy, you forgot to ask for one, or your dog ate them – all is not lost.

If you paid for the deduction on your debit or credit card, your bank statement can be proof of your claim.

MOTOR VEHICLE If you use your car for work but haven’t

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kept a logbook you can still use the cents per kilometre method.You simply need to justify how you arrived at the kilometres travelled.

WORKING FROM HOME If you’re bringing work home (which is most of us), you may be able to claim for light, heat and internet. Light and heat is a cents per hour claim while internet is a percentage of your bills.You’ll need to keep a log for a month to prove your usage.

YOUR PHONE This includes potentially a percentage of your calls, your data, the phone plan, accessories and apps. Because a phone isn’t just a phone anymore.

SUN PROTECTION Whether you’re driving, sitting under

fluorescent lights or working outside chances are you’re affected by UV wh ich means you can claim for sun protection.

This includes sunglasses and sunscreen remembering that your moisturiser and foundation may be sunscreen if they include an SPF factor.

HANDBAGS AND CARRY-ONS The commissioner delighted women last year when he said handbags might be claimable as a tax deduction. It’s important to understand the conditions, including whether you’re using your bag exclusively for carrying laptops and work paraphernalia or if it’s a percentage.

MEALS AND ACCOMMODATION If you travel overnight for work, you can claim costs of travel which means your food and accommodation.

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CHARITABLE DONATIONS Unfortunately, the loose change you throw in the bucket at the pub can’t be claimed but the monthly amount deducted from your bank account, the regular amount deducted from your pay or the annual amount you donate electronically can all be claimed.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DIRECT DEPOSITS Rather than paying cash and forgetting to ask for a receipt, consider subscribing to your deductible magazines.

You’ll save both money on the subscription and guarantee yourself a tax deduction.

PAY FOR DEDUCTIONS PRIOR TO 30 JUNE This seems obvious but every year I meet people who forget until after 1 July. The best idea is to make a list of what you need and a plan to buy it well before the end of June incase you forget.

CAPITAL GAINS If you’ve sold property or shares and are carrying some poorly performing shares, consider selling them prior to June 30 so your capital loss offsets some or all of the gain. If you don’t have any underperformers, consider salary sacrificing to superannuation to lower your taxable income and reduce the tax payable.

UNDERSTAND GOOD VS BAD DEBT We’re hard wired in this country to pay down our mortgage as fast as we can but if you have a mortgage on your own home then you’re almost always better off paying interest only on your investment loans.

LOOK INTO YOUR CRYSTAL BALL If you know that next year you’re going to drop income because you’re taking gardening leave, maternity leave or are quitting your job, you might want to look at your tax deductible expenses. That’s because it may be worthwhile pre-June 30 to prepay expenses while your income is higher. This may include prepaying interest or insurance for up to twelve months in advance. PL

MELISSA BROWNE is a money and business strategy expert and founder of A&TA and The Money Barre. Melissa works with small and medium business owners to save tax, grow their business and reduce their stress. She is the author of More Money for Shoes and Fabulous but Broke. For more information visit byata. com.au or contact melissa@byata.com.au

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PROPERTY biz

Ban the busy

FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE ADVICE AND YOU’LL ELIMINATE THAT FEELING OF BEING OVERWHELMED IN FOUR EASY WAYS BY ALISON HILL.

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n a world of 24/7 connectivity, the fight for your attention is real.

Couple this with a relentless change environment and the result is higher exhaustion levels and shorter fuses. Busy is the master and we’re its faithful servants, turning up full pelt whenever it snaps its fingers. But this is a race with no winners — so it’s time to go boss-like on your life.

The quickest way to cut through all the busyness and focus on what matters is to get forensic about where you’re actually spending your time. Get curious about where your attention is drawn towards and what it’s drawn away from. This will give you a clue about the current behaviours you want to defend and the behaviours that can be shifted.

TAKE ACTION Take a moment to grab a piece of paper and write down the activities in your week that drain you. What are the things you

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feel like you’re dragging your heels on? Or what’s the stuff that you keep putting off? Write down anything that comes to mind.

It doesn’t matter if it’s having to wash the car verses having to call clients about a project. Whatever it is, as big or as small it is, write it down. The longer the list, the better.

Now review your list through the lens of three actions that will free up time and energy: sort out what you can mitigate, delegate or eliminate.

MITIGATE THE IMPACT Mitigating tasks means reducing the impact of them. The reduction might be in the impact on your thinking or productivity, or on how you feel.Your focus isn’t on stopping doing these tasks but on changing how you do them. For example, rather than have continual interruptions at work, set clear times when you’re available. Or instead of having coffee catch-ups that go longer than you anticipated, catch up with a colleague over a walk-and-talk.

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Look at your procrastination list and identify the tasks you have to do but could redesign how you do them so they are more engaging.

don’t really need to be involved at all, find a way to delegate it — either internally at your work or through outsourcing the task.

DELEGATE LIKE A BOSS Defending your time and focusing on the actions that matter means you have to master the art of delegation. Delegating is hard because others will do the tasks differently from you — they may take longer, they may go down a different path, and they may make mistakes. But handing stuff over is a crucial skill. The people you hold in high regard — whatever their field of expertise — have all mastered it. Not only do they know how to delegate well, but they also have clarity about what to delegate and what tasks fall squarely in their lap.

Take some time to gain clarity about your greatest strengths and where you make the greatest contribution, and find ways to delegate the rest. If all you need to do is oversee the task or you

ELIMINATE IT, STAT You can cut some tasks and actions out altogether. Here are three categories to get you started on what you can eliminate: Eliminate the goals you serially ignore. If you keep writing down certain goals but don’t get around to doing them, put these goals to the values-test. Are they really important to you, but you’re not getting any traction on them? Use the time you’re freeing up to focus on them. If, on the other hand, they are fun but not really connected to the core of who you are, it’s time to let them go.

Eliminate any activities that are no longer serving you. Don’t keep doing something just because it’s the way it’s always been done. Instead, get rid of it.

Eliminate people who drain you. Focus on spending time with people who are going to lift you up, who inspire you, and are going to be your champions to moving toward.

Return to your ‘what drains you’ list and put M for mitigate, D for delegate or E for eliminate against each one. Imagine the time and space you’d have to focus on the stuff that energises you if you were to mitigate, delegate or eliminate these things – because ‘busy’ doesn’t have to be a part of your story. PL

ELIMINATE PEOPLE WHO DRAIN YOU. FOCUS ON SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LIFT YOU UP, WHO INSPIRE YOU, AND ARE GOING TO BE YOUR CHAMPIONS

Alison Hill is a psychologist and co-founder of Pragmatic Thinking, a behaviour and motivation strategy company. She is also the bestselling co-author of Dealing with the Tough Stuff, and Stand Out: A Real World Guide to Get Clear, Find Purpose and Become the Boss of Busy (Wiley $27.95). Check out the Stand Out Life podcast at alisonhill.com.au/standoutlife/

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PROPERTY Intro

PEARD REAL ESTATE OFFICE LOCATIONS

WELCOME TO THE MAY/ JUNE ISSUE OF PRIMOLIFE MAGAZINE

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n company news, we are excited to announce the opening of our 13th office – Peard Real Estate Mt Lawley.

We have very high hopes for the office and with an expert team on board, I’m feeling very confident that we will fast become the area’s first choice in real estate.

Real estate in Perth is changing. A tough market has seen many agencies close their doors for good and, interestingly, plenty of new names pop up around town.

Potential sellers are being inundated with promises of a “quick sale” and unbelievably low fees and, while it may sound like the dream, often a small saving could end up costing sellers big time.

Cheap fees, elaborate giveaways and gimmicks offered by new and inexperienced agencies used to entice sellers is nothing new, but it’s certainly on the rise.

We’ve been in the business for 20 years this year and our sellers rely on our unmatched area knowledge, innovative marketing and cutting edge selling techniques to sell their home. We won’t give you a free car at settlement, but what we do offer is the timely sale of your property for the highest possible price.

When it comes to selling one of your largest assets, make sure you look to a reputable agency that has a proven record.

An agency may be charging a lower fee, but at what cost to the final sale price of your property?

As a new season gets into full swing we are already seeing the positive effects of autumn on the real estate market with a notable increase in buyer enquiries and home open activity. If you’ve been thinking about selling your home and want to have that SOLD sticker on the signboard come winter, now is a great time to get your ducks in a row.

Our latest social media advertising strategy is pairing genuine buyers with properties faster than ever, and we’d love to tell you more about its huge success.

I hope you enjoy this edition of PRIMOLife.

65 Broadhurst Cres, Bateman has to be one of the most beautifully presented homes in Bateman. The degree of excellence, thought and attention to detail that has gone into creating this masterpiece is immediately apparent.

Style, class and quality abound! With so many reasons to view, it has to be top of your list.

marg.kudla@peard.com.au

This high quality fully renovated home, in sort after Bateman is situated on a 698sqm block. A very peaceful and serene location, this beautiful home is located close to schools, Murdoch University, St John of God Hospital and the upcoming Fiona Stanley Hospital, major transport, shopping centres and parks.

Opportunities to purchase homes of this calibre in the area are rare, so don’t delay! To view this property call Marg Kudla today on 0457 515 007.

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WANNEROO SOUTH The Wanneroo South sub-market recorded a median house price for the year to January 2017 of $480,000, whereas the Perth Metro Region’s median house price was $525,000 for the same period.

The suburbs of Landsdale, Marangaroo and Girrawheen have the highest number of sales in the market for established houses, in comparison to the rest of the Wanneroo South sub-market.

The most popular suburbs in terms of properties leased within the sub-market are Girrawheen, Landsdale and Madeley.

On average, it takes approximately 69 days to sell a house in the Wanneroo South sub-market, with approximately 50 per cent of sellers’ discounting from their original listed selling price. In comparison, it takes on average 66 days to sell a house in the Perth Metro Region for the three months to January 2017 with 52 per cent of sellers’ discounting.

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FOR SALE Alkimos 2 Paymaster Way

From $349,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Alkimos 55 Leeway Loop

$399,000 - $429,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Ashby 18 Lautrec Loop

Offers over $469,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Aveley 30 Torres Parade

From $395,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2 28

Located in Shorehaven at Alkimos, this beautifully presented home will appeal to first home buyers, downsizers and investors alike! This delightful 3x2 home is within easy reach of schools, beaches, parks, cafes and is a short drive to Butler Train station and the new Brighton Shopping Centre. The modern & functional design of this home is a must see.

CONTACT Alison Beuck PHONE 0414 244 742 EMAIL alison.beuck@peard.com.au

When you step foot into this beautifully presented home you will think to yourself, the search ends here. This stunning family home comes complete with 3 bedrooms, 1 of which has the added benefit of its own activity area, ideal for teenagers to use as a study, TV room or chill zone. This could easily be converted to a 4th bedroom if required.

CONTACTS Jay Furnell/Lisa Furnell PHONE 0466 431 313/0424 653 336 EMAIL jay.furnell@peard.com.au

Diane Williamson welcomes you to a home that represents excellent value! Featuring 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge open plan family room, very spacious kitchen, enclosed theatre AND games.This home is in a great location just footsteps from the Conti reserve, Local amenities include Public transport & the Ashby Bar Bistro.

CONTACT Diane Williamson PHONE 0431 112 750 EMAIL diane.williamson@peard.com.au

This immaculate four bedroom two bathroom family is priced and positioned to sell. If you are looking for a quality home in this price range and simply want to move in and enjoy the lifestyle that The Vale Estate has to offer then you cant go past 30 Torres Parade. Situated opposite conservation land and within walking distance to the new shopping precinct in Aveley makes this the best located home on the market in this price range in Aveley. Be quick to book your viewing to avoid disappointment.

CONTACT Rod McDougall PHONE 0418 909 954 EMAIL rod.mcdougall@peard.com.au

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Alkimos 4 Bristlebird Circuit

From $539,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Armadale 4 Wyloo Place

Auction bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Aveley 18 Pyrton Street

From $529,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Aveley 6 Atoll End

$449,000 - $469,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Look no further than this quality built Don Russell display home. This stunning property sits proudly within a street of designer homes in the popular suburb of Alkimos Beach. It wants for nothing as its all here, from the eye-catching facade enhanced by the expertly landscaped gardens to the grand & welcoming entry.

CONTACT Paul Turner PHONE 0400 072 005 EMAIL paul.turner@peard.com.au

AUCTION:Saturday 22nd April at 11.00 am Happy living starts here for your family in this spacious home built on a generous 809 sqm block in a quiet cul de sac location. Don't put off seeing this home or you'll pass up a rare buy. Easily accessible to schools, public transport, Haynes Shopping Centre and a short drive to Armadale Shopping Centre, train station CONTACT Karen Lloyd and hospital.

PHONE 0421 614 447 EMAIL karen.lloyd@peard.com.au

Nestled in one of the nicest areas of Aveley amongst other quality homes sits this immaculately presented property. If your dream home has multiple living areas & a great entertaining area with a pool you should be on the phone to me now! Only a few doors away from Aveley Primary School, Swan Valley Anglican School, & between the Aveley Lakes it is sure to have many early admirers. If you are chasing easy access to Gnangara Road, public transport & the Vale shopping centre search no further. Suitable for CONTACT Tiffany Bray families as well as down sizers this PHONE 0412 930 820 must be viewed to EMAIL tiffany.bray@peard.com.au be appreciated!

Situated next to a whisper quiet park & overlooking conservation land is where you will find this property. This very well located, quality, energy efficient home has absolutely no peers in this price range. With its close proximity to everything that this fantastic estate has to offer including new shopping precinct & within the catchment area of Aveley Primary School this fantastic home is sure to attract lots of admirers. If this home is in your price range & you simply want to move into a quality home that has everything then CONTACT Rod McDougall book your essential viewing.

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FOR SALE Balcatta 1/35 Jedda Road

From $349,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Balcatta 2/83 Beryl Street

$459,000 - $479,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Baldivis 16 Arwon Street

Buyers Over $599,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 3

Balga 35A Coolham Way

$475,000 - $495,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Superb value for money here in this lovely villa home that would be ideal for a first home buyer. It provides a separate lounge room, kitchen with gas cooking and a breezy meals area with direct access to the courtyard. The 3 bedrooms are good sized and 2 have built in robes. All this topped off with a massive courtyard for kids and pets and it even has the best aspect to make the most of the sun and breeze. Don't miss out on this gem.

Balcatta 10/209 Jones Street

Then best be quick to grab this rarest of finds. The kitchen has benefited from a superb renovation complete with dishwasher, fridge recess, glass splash back and heaps of cupboards. Stone bench tops are matched perfectly with the porcelain tiles that continue into the bright meals area. A separate generous lounge with domed ceiling has timber flooring and direct access to the private courtyard.

Balcatta 43 Attra Street

CONTACT Shaun Pettit PHONE 0411 725 511 EMAIL shaun.pettit@peard.com.au

CONTACT Shaun Pettit PHONE 0411 725 511 EMAIL shaun.pettit@peard.com.au

$445,000 - $465,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

$569,000 - $589,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Conveniently located at the Amelia Heights village this generous home is a delight to present. Entertaining and every day living will be a breeze in the jumbo sized tiled living area that accesses directly to the private alfresco. Coupling that with a super convenient location is sure to make this a stand out property.

CONTACT Shaun Pettit PHONE 0411 725 511 EMAIL shaun.pettit@peard.com.au

It may be time for the owners of this well-loved home to move on but it is the perfect opportunity for you to buy in this fantastic location. Stroll to the local parks, grab the essentials from the shops around the corner or walk the kids to school.

Everything is within easy reach of this property and with the North facing rear garden there will always be plenty of natural light.

CONTACT Shaun Pettit PHONE 0411 725 511 EMAIL shaun.pettit@peard.com.au

Situated on a 633m2, this beautifully presented residence has an outstanding layout and clever floorplan which allows not only multiple living spaces, but a separate childrens wing.

Open plan living/meals, a designer chefs kitchen and the stunning alfresco area all create a seamless flow of indoor and outdoor living, perfect for entertaining all year around.

Call Tray at to view TODAY! CONTACT Tray Edwards

Balga 12A Louden Street

This spectacular, modern townhouse is beautifully appointed with stainless steel kitchen appliances, wooden flooring and high ceilings.

Features a spacious family area with the dining area beside, a top floor balcony to watch the stunning Perth sunsets, private fully fenced & paved entertaining courtyard to the front, monitored alarm system and a huge double garage with room for storage. Move quickly because if you don’t someone else will!

CONTACT Blaise Partridge PHONE 0478 890 876 EMAIL blaise.partridge@peard.com.au

These properties boast quality extras including 900mm gas Balga Fujitsu A/C in master bedroom & living area, open 42B & C Derrington Street stove, plan living room, kitchen & dining room. Fully fitted kitchen.

PHONE 0407 193 199 EMAIL tray.edwards@peard.com.au

From $329,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

From $359,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

This property features open plan living room & kitchen with separate dining room space, fully fitted kitchen and reverse cycle A/C in living area. Huge master bedroom with double mirrored robes, ceiling fan & ensuite. Bedroom 2 is queen sized. Large bathroom and separate toilet. Private courtyard with grassed area. Large double garage. Security alarm.

CONTACT Ray D'Costa PHONE 0403 165 936 EMAIL ray.dcosta@peard.com.au

Large master bedroom with ensuite, bedroom 2 & 3 are queen sized with mirrored robes. Private undercover courtyard with ceiling fan. Large double garage with storage & shoppers entrance. CONTACT Ray D'Costa PHONE 0403 165 936 EMAIL ray.dcosta@peard.com.au

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FOR SALE Banjup 17 Cilantro Parkway

$889,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Banksia Grove 14 Basedow Chase

From $519,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Banksia Grove 71 Teasel Way

From $349,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Bedford 63 Catherine Street

$649,000 - $679,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 2 30

Located in the popular Calleya estate close to natural bush and parks you will love what this beautiful home has to offer.

Features include:3 large bedrooms all with fully fitted wardrobes, 2 high quality bathrooms boasting high quality fixtures including stunning freestanding baths, upstairs retreat, full height tiling and under floor heating in all wet areas, downstairs the floorsCONTACT Julie Read are polished concrete.

PHONE 0422 495 665

This well presented affordable home is just perfect for your Banksia Grove portfolio! A lovely family home on a low 1 Ghost Gum Boulevard property maintenance block, ready to move in without spending a

Pinch yourself this isnt a dream. This super-stylish, custom-designed family home is on the market and could be yours. Looking like its come straight from the pages of an interior-design magazine. Offering relaxed, luxurious and high-end family living in a great, family-friendly cul-de-sac close to great parks and schools.

Deluxe family home on Delamare Par. Newly vacant with Banksia Grove details and photos coming soon. This home wont last 4 Sundowner Meander more and must sell, it ticks all the boxes and on location and price

EMAIL julie.read@peard.com.au

CONTACT Ben Hanson PHONE 0402 785 410 EMAIL ben.hanson@peard.com.au

From $359,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

$449,000- $469,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Perfect for the first home buyer or family this home has all the hallmarks of open plan modern family living. Situated on an easy care 330sqm fully reticulated, low maintenance block, with double lock up garage and located across the road from the beautiful Joseph Banks Park. Features evaporative air conditioning, alarm, study/ computer nook, open plan family / meals, paved alfresco and grassed area and solar hot water with gas booster.

Bassendean 50 Hamilton Street

Desirable street location opposite Browns Lake Reserve. 807sqm level block zoned R20/25, wide excellent 24.2m frontage with potential to renovate, rebuild or redevelop. Untouched home set amongst quality new two storey homes. Imagine the possibilities and make them happen in this rapidly changing suburb close to parklands, schools, shops and public transport with Perth City just 6 km away (approx.)

Bindoon 16 Corella Road

Offers in the $400,000's

CONTACT Blaise Partridge PHONE 0478 890 876 EMAIL blaise.partridge@peard.com.au

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CONTACT Paul Sharry PHONE 0417 174 180 EMAIL paul.sharry@peard.com.au

$230,000

dollar! Enough room to move with a large pergola perfect for entertaining friends and family. Close to Pitstop Playground Banksia Grove located within the beautiful Discovery Park.

CONTACT Esmari Bradley PHONE 0422 279 396 EMAIL esmari.bradley@peard.com.au

alone is unbeatable value. Enquire today and be the first inline to buy. 218m2 total house, 557m2 Block, 2007 Year built.

CONTACT Ben Hanson PHONE 0402 785 410 EMAIL ben.hanson@peard.com.au

Arguably the best centrally located block in Bassendean. This wonderful 503m2 proposed green titled, street fronted block, right in the heart of Bassendean and with great schools, shops, cafes, bars, restaurants just around the corner, a short walk to the train line, this is the perfect opportunity for you to build your dream home. Within a short drive to the domestic & international airports, major arterials, Swan Valley's world-class wineries and excellent schools, this lot offers a truly unique lifestyle.

CONTACT David Hofler PHONE 0418 923 857 EMAIL david.hofler@peard.com.au

New to the market is this 5.2 acre fully fenced property at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac with phone and power to the front.

60% bush and 40% cleared, its ideal to build that dream home youve been waiting for. 5 minutes to Bindoon town site including the award winning Bindoon Bakehaus and 45 minutes to Midland and Joondalup.

CONTACT Samantha Hill PHONE 0407 666 905 EMAIL samantha.hill@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE Brabham 307 Park Street

From $989,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Burns Beach 22 Clearview Avenue

From $1,249,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Butler 1 Irma Way

From $419,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Butler 5 Baddesley Street

$569,000 - $599,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Focused on quality, this immaculately presented & impeccably maintained home will be everything you ever wanted & more.

Positioned on the most sought after sophisticated street in Brabham & built on an expansive 2064m2 block of land with an massive internal size of 258m2. Spacious living areas make this home a great entertainer, with a spacious front lounge, very large open dining & living, plus a activities room as well as a large study room. Relax & enjoy the beautifully maintained gardens or take CONTACT Thanh Nguyen a dip in the sparkling solar heated PHONE 0414 288 165 swimming pool.

EMAIL thanh.nguyen@peard.com.au

Bullsbrook 8 Truscott Street

This beautifully designed and built Bache home offers 330sqm of outstanding family living with ocean views, central kitchen, free flowing open living areas, huge theatre room that includes a 130-inch screen and Sony projector, high architectural ceilings, solid Marri timber floors and a level of quality throughout that is rarely seen. Outdoors features a cedar lined alfresco, extensive decking, outdoor kitchen, thatched gazebo, heated pool and outdoor shower.

CONTACT Shane Capelli PHONE 0410 339 499 EMAIL shane.capelli@peard.com.au

Burns Beach 9 Southport Loop

Immaculate 4 bedroomed home set in highly sought after part of Butler. This home is sure to impress any discerning buyer, guaranteed. A modern facade with painted render and decked portico. Positioned in a fantastic street location near a park, this home offers plenty of extra parking for the occasion visitor.

Butler 34 Haslingfield Way

CONTACT Paul Turner PHONE 0400 072 005 EMAIL paul.turner@peard.com.au

Do you think its impossible to get a big home with room to fit all the family, pets and vehicles while still having room for outdoor entertaining and a pool? Well it's not and this could be the one you have been looking for! This 2 storey loft home is built on top of 640m2 of land and is just literally a few minutes walk to local primary schools, high schools, shops and parks.

CONTACT Jackson Hamlin PHONE 0438 500 318 EMAIL jackson.hamlin@peard.com.au

$315,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 2

From $995,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 3

From $459,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Butler 8 Rogart Bend

Offers Over $500,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Just listed is this immaculately presented 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom brick home on a 579m2 block. Freshly painted and tiled throughout, new carpets, updated kitchen and laundry and plenty of space outside for the kids or pets. Slow combustion heater, reverse cycle air conditioner, electric oven and hotplate and electric hot water system. Huge outdoor patio, electric roller door and small garden shed. All ready for you to just move in and enjoy your new home. Located opposite a local reserve and walking distance CONTACT Samantha Hill to local schools, shops & sporting PHONE 0407 666 905 complexes.

EMAIL samantha.hill@peard.com.au

This luxuriously appointed brand new residence offers spacious light-filled living areas, high impact soaring ceiling voids & has the added advantage of north-facing parkland views, with tantalising ocean glimpses in the background. A third bathroom and triple garage to add to the bounty.

A rare find – make it yours.

CONTACT Todd & Danielle Utley PHONE 0417 910 967 EMAIL todd.utley@peard.com.au

This very tidy home is plenty big enough to home the growing family, with 248sqm of total building situated on a 543sqm home site and only a stones throw from a beautiful park. Inside this freshly decorated residence take a deep breath, its that new carpet smell, nothing to do here other than make the offer and move right in.

CONTACT Paul Turner PHONE 0400 072 005 EMAIL paul.turner@peard.com.au

This is a massive home with 245m of internal living with all the premium upgrades. Its got the extra space for the kids, the business, the cars and it can be yours! Located in a quiet street, surrounded by beautiful homes in the Green Estate of Butler. This house was thoughtfully built with the modern family in mind.

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FOR SALE Situated in the ever so popular Seahaven location with Butler street appeal, this property is large enough for even 43 Ammanford Crescent fantastic the biggest of families. Comprising 4 large bedrooms with 2

Butler 47 Dirleton Loop

bed 4 bath 3 car 2

bed 4 bath 2 car 2

From $499,000

Byford 7 Marlee Street

From $410,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Canning Vale 12B Plunkett Turn

$469,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

ensuites and 1 semi ensuite, there will never be a queue for the bathroom again! Ideally located close to parks, schools, Butler Train Station, shops and restaurants.

CONTACTS Jay Furnell/Lisa Furnell PHONE 0466 431 313/0424 653 336 EMAIL jay.furnell@peard.com.au

From $549,000

This fascinating family home situated on a massive 520sqm block is packed with superb features; 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, built in 2012 by Gemmill Homes.

Keep an eye on the kids while you cook up a storm in the spacious kitchen, great size master bedroom with ensuite, all other bedrooms are good size with built in robes & solar panels to reduce CONTACT PK (Pankaj Kapur) your electricity bill & large PHONE 0424 194 509 alfresco area.

EMAIL p.k@peard.com.au

Canning Vale 12 Dowarn Green

3 bedroom/ 2 bathroom villa built in 2014 on a 303sqm and on an area of approximate 197sqm is the perfect stepping stone for the first home buyer or a great opportunity for an investor. The property is currently tenanted on a periodic basis and the tenant is happy to continue on a long- term fixed lease.

Canning Vale 17 Ambergate Close

CONTACT Khush Monga PHONE 0411 094 249 EMAIL khush.monga@peard.com.au

From $410,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

$649,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 4

This fascinating family home is situated on a massive 806sqm Canning Vale and is packed with superb features; 5 bedrooms with 2 32 Templetonia Retreat block bathrooms plus study/home office plus magical outdoor

Canning Vale 4/61 Canna Drive

bed 5 bath 2 car 2

bed 3 bath 2 car 2

From $699,000

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entertaining area with below ground swimming pool.This beautiful property has paved side access for a boat or a caravan. Decent size shed to create your own workshop or store your gardening CONTACT PK (Pankaj Kapur) tools and pool equipment. PHONE 0424 194 509

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EMAIL p.k@peard.com.au

From $449,000

This property has the capacity to home a large family and ticks everyones needs at the same time. This unique property is not short of space, with 310sqm of total building situated on a massive 640sqm home site. Inside, all of the rooms are of generous proportions. The front part of the home zones off from the rear allowing the parents to have their own living, study and master suite. CONTACT Paul Turner PHONE 0400 072 005 EMAIL paul.turner@peard.com.au

An exceptional opportunity for First Home Buyers, Investors or FIFO to be grabbed with both hands!!!For first home buyers, do your mathematics! Why pay rent? When you can own this gorgeous 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom family home situated on massive 632sqm block and for investors, this investment will bear fruit for long term.

CONTACT PK (Pankaj Kapur) PHONE 0424 194 509 EMAIL p.k@peard.com.au

The owners have taken great care in making sure that you will not be disappointed with this beautiful property. This thoughtfully designed home has enough room for the whole family with separate living areas, all double rooms with BIRs, renovated ensuite, study, games area plus built in bar. The modern kitchen will make cooking up a storm a breeze with granite bench CONTACT Phil Carnaby tops and ample storage.

PHONE 0418 910 824 EMAIL phil.carnaby@peard.com.au

Immaculately presented family home, not a cent to spend admire this neat and tidy 3 bedroom 2 bathroom strata home strategically located opposite to park in a well maintained group of units. Just minutes to school, shopping centre, restaurants and host of amenities, it is perfect for first home buyer, down sizer, savvy investors or FIFO. CONTACT PK (Pankaj Kapur) PHONE 0424 194 509 EMAIL p.k@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE Carine 101 Monyash Road

$999,000 - $1,059,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 2

Clarkson 1 Webster Brace

From $349,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Clarkson 19 Lomita Link

Expressions Of Interest bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Clarkson 66 Waring Green

From $389,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Backing onto the stunning Carine Open Space, this cleverly-renovated residence will deceive you from its charming street frontage, offering comfortable family-friendly living with a sense of modern character that can be found right throughout the versatile interior and beyond.

Outdoors, the low-maintenance entertaining area enjoys the shimmering backdrop that is the below-ground gas-heated swimming pool and all of its summer glory.

CONTACT Namita Mehra PHONE 0409 920 737 EMAIL namita.mehra@peard.com.au

Caversham 7 Nasco Way

As soon as you walk through the front door, you will know you are in for a treat! Immaculately presented home complete with renovated kitchen and bathroom, this is sure to delight the most discerning buyers! Situated in great location, close to all amenities that Clarkson has to offer.

516sqm block. This won't last long!

Clarkson 12 Verrado Way

CONTACT Tish Thomas PHONE 0430 141 343 EMAIL tish.thomas@peard.com.au

$409,000 - $429,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

From $429,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Overlooking Homestead Park makes for a tranquil vista.

Situated in sought after pocket of Somerly with convenient access to train station and schools (primary and secondary ) .

This modern home has open plan living with central kitchen plus separate theatre room. Low maintenance gardens so you can enjoy the serenity in the alfresco entertaining area. Decorate to your own taste.CONTACT Jeff Parkes

Clarkson 28 Porongurup Drive

Looking for your first family home situated in fantastic location close to Anthony Waring Park and its spacious oval, St. Andrews Catholic Primary School, Clarkson Primary School and everything Clarkson has to offer, then come take a look this weekend. All contained on 563sqm block.

Connolly 6/20 Long Island Pass

PHONE 0418 923 989 EMAIL jeff.parkes@peard.com.au

CONTACT Tish Thomas PHONE 0430 141 343 EMAIL tish.thomas@peard.com.au

From $339,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

From $499,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 1

Whether its your first home (no stamp duty!), first investment, increasing your portfolio, or looking to start a family, 7 Nasco Way is the one for you. Conveniently located off Arthur Street in the ever popular Brookleigh East Estate with just a short stroll to a beautiful park and the new Caversham shopping centre, this home will attract first home owners!

NBN access, reticulation for the front lawn, close bus stop to Bassendean station, less than 20km to the city & approximately 10km to the Airport.

CONTACT Thanh Nguyen PHONE 0414 288 165 EMAIL thanh.nguyen@peard.com.au

Looking for something modern and with a stylish design and not a cent to spend? - Then this is for you. Situated on a corner block, in a great location, within walking distance of Clarkson train station and the cafe strip and close to schools, parks, Ocean Keys shopping centre and the up and coming access from Neerabup Road to the Mitchell Freeway.

CONTACT Tish Thomas PHONE 0430 141 343 EMAIL tish.thomas@peard.com.au

This home represents sensational value. It has brand new flooring throughout. Brand new carpets in the bedrooms, ducted reverse cycle air conditioning, really spacious living areas & bedrooms & that's just the inside. The gardens at the front provide shade & privacy, & there is side access, so you can park a caravan, or boat out the back or even drive through to the workshop. CONTACT Jan Buchanan PHONE 0408 802 381 EMAIL jan.buchanan@peard.com.au

Fabulous golf course and parkland views from this beautiful townhouse.

With open living and kitchen, spacious courtyard, 2 balconies and a modern, light and bright finish throughout, this is outstanding lock and leave living. Additional features include reverse cycle air conditioning, gas point, remote gate and entry access for visitors, covered parking, security screen door, separate storage room and so much more!

Block size 426 sqm. Built 1995.

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FOR SALE Connolly 10 Southern Terrace

$699,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Craigie 36 Mandalay Place

Offers Invited bed 5 bath 1 car 1

Doubleview 202A Ravenscar Street

$769,000 - $799,000 bed 3 bath 3 car 2

Duncraig 16 Bonchester Court

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Set on a 798 sqm block, in a quiet cul-de-sac, in a very popular, sought after suburb, and just a stones throw to Connolly Primary school, this delightful freshly painted 4 x 2 plus study & huge powered workshop home, has plenty to offer and will not disappoint.

CONTACT Brigitte Grigsby PHONE 0405 113 781 EMAIL brigitte.grigsby@peard.com.au

Connolly 8 Hoylake Court

From $659,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Sitting on a huge 748sqm block at the end of a cul-de-sac, this property ticks more boxes than most. The main house boasts three bedrooms and a new modernized bathroom as well as the kitchen, dining and living areas. In addition, there is a separate living zone extension at the rear including two more bedrooms and a sitting/ TV room. The big pitched pergola is completed by a fully fenced spa and lush garden surrounds.

Dianella 13B Boulton Street

A must see quality built 3 bedroom 3 bathroom plus study home in this fantastic private and completely sealed laneway location.Property was built by Argyle homes in 2007 and oozes style and character with its Australian style yard perfect for all year round entertaining!

Duncraig 10 Turner Close

CONTACT Valerie Boyle PHONE 0404 864 932 EMAIL valerie.boyle@peard.com.au

CONTACT Adam Mannino PHONE 0411 962 383 EMAIL adam.mannino@peard.com.au

This lovingly renovated beautiful family home is so unique! For one it offers three levels of living space, and has been extensively renovated with thought and love to create a modern home without sacrificing some of the beautiful character touches! The spacious floorplan boasts large, bright multiple living areas both inside and out, giving the whole family room to spread out in comfort!

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CONTACT Namita Mehra PHONE 0409 920 737 EMAIL namita.mehra@peard.com.au

$780,000 - $830,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

$1,290,000 - $1,390,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Duncraig 49 Nicholli Street

$719,000 - $759,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 3

A great family home in a popular suburb, featuring a lovely sparkling below ground pool, in a quiet cul-de-sac. Situated on a 708sqm block, this freshly painted home offers generous living areas, featuring separate sunken formal lounge, elevated dining room, open plan family/dining, which leads to a great outdoor alfresco area, surrounded by landscaped gardens.

CONTACT Brigitte Grigsby PHONE 0405 113 781 EMAIL brigitte.grigsby@peard.com.au

Have you been searching for a property with all the bells and whistles but thought you couldn't afford it?

This brand-new Green Title contemporary home that is spacious, luxurious, and has everything you could possibly want in a modern family home.

CONTACT Dean Bradley PHONE 0411 110 779 EMAIL dean.bradley@peard.com.au

Sitting on one of the select few, tightly-held, elevated streets in Duncraig South, this home has been cleverly designed to maximise the ocean views from most rooms, as well as the outdoor entertaining areas. Features a generous floorplan with two levels of fabulous living and entertaining areas, tranquil pool and entertaining area, huge decked backyard, and the best views from the kitchen and open plan living areas.

CONTACT Namita Mehra PHONE 0409 920 737 EMAIL namita.mehra@peard.com.au

Imagine having a park as your extended front yard, to kick a footy with the kids or run the dog or enjoy a brisk walk, what a special lifestyle! Plus enjoy a wonderful family home with separate formal and casual living areas, a large pool and big backyard, all on a generous 780sqm block! Handy to both Davallia & Poynter Primary Schools, as well as Carine Glades Shopping Centre and Carine Open Space.

CONTACT Namita Mehra PHONE 0409 920 737 EMAIL namita.mehra@peard.com.au

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FOR SALE Duncraig 65 Alder Way

$785,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

East Victoria Park 11 Creaton Street

Expressions of Interest bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Edgewater 42 Lakeview Drive

Offers Over $799,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Ellenbrook 3 Heirisson Turn

From $439,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Well positioned in a whisper quiet cul-de-sac and elevated on a manageable “lock & leave” block this home has been totally renovated and refurbished. Desired orientation provides a sun filled, north facing, casual outdoor entertaining area beneath a generous “A framed pergola” with a liquid limestone finish to the courtyard. Features beautiful new black butt flooring, new carpets and lighting, new stone benches to the kitchen and ducted air conditioning.

CONTACT Les Lindsay PHONE 0407 420 384 EMAIL les.lindsay@peard.com.au

East Cannington 1/102 Gibbs Street

This 15 year young home really does tick loads of boxes.

East Victoria Park 29 Ashburton Street

Located close to Curtin University, local schools, parks, public transport, East Victoria Park Cafe Strip and the Park Centre shopping centre.

Viewing will impress.

CONTACT Tash Welburn PHONE 0409 884 176 EMAIL tash.welburn@peard.com.au

The views in Edgewater do not come much better than those offered from this fully modernized family 4x2 home with home office/study/nursery or fifth bedroom. Located on one of Edgewaters most buyer requested streets with a stunning backdrop of views over Lake Joondalup and beyond this family home sits on a huge 1057m2 block.

CONTACT Tony Mullen PHONE 0402 020 331 EMAIL tony.mullen@peard.com.au

Are you looking for a family home with three living areas & a large enough block for the kids to play safely outside? Would you like room for a pool & side access with storage potential for a trailer or small boat?

Look no further than this much loved family home in the heart of Charlotte's Vineyard. With little extras like solar panels to reduce your electricity bills & reverse cycle air-conditioning, it is sure to have early admirers. Located between Arbor Grove Primary & Holy Cross College, close to the bus route & CONTACT Tiffany Bray only a couple of minutes from PHONE 0412 930 820 Ellenbrook Town Centre, it ticks all the boxes. EMAIL tiffany.bray@peard.com.au

From $439,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

From $779,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 0

Ellenbrook 19 Mundego Turn

$360,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Ellenbrook 3/14 Redstone Trail

From $369,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

This truly remarkable residence boasts a spacious master bedroom equipped with walk-in robe, two minor bedrooms with built-in robes, two beautifully appointed bathrooms, spacious open plan living/dining/deluxe kitchen with stainless steel appliances, two split reverse cycle air-conditioning systems, and much more amazing features.

CONTACT Vicktor Sutrisno PHONE 0422 774 044 EMAIL vicktor.sutrisno@peard.com.au

Character lovers are in for a treat with this property.

This stunning renovated and extended Jarrah weatherboard house will certainly get the heart pumping.

Only seconds walk to the Park Centre shopping centre and vibrant Cafe Strip.

Close to transport and the CBD. CONTACT Tash Welburn PHONE 0409 884 176 EMAIL tash.welburn@peard.com.au

Dont hesitate to book your essential viewing on this very well priced & located three bedroom two bathroom home. This fantastic home situated on 481sqm block is priced to sell & is sure to attract lots of attention from astute buyers looking to purchase a value for money home in this market. Value for money without the hassle and living expenses while waiting to build. So if you are looking to enter the market for the first time or are looking to add value to your portfolio then book your viewing today.

CONTACT Thanh Nguyen This wont last long!

PHONE 0414 288 165 EMAIL thanh.nguyen@peard.com.au

Take a look at this beauty in Malvern Springs! 150sqm home on approximately 358sqm of land. This spacious home features stunning wooden floors, open plan living and dining area looking out on the easy care paved outdoor entertaining area with lawn, garden shed, secure off street parking in the double lock up garage with remote door.

Alternatively the astute investor can take the opportunity of adding this low maintenance home to their portfolio.

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FOR SALE Ellenbrook 43 Pierre Bend

$599,000 - $629,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Ellenbrook 97 Bronzewing Avenue

$529,000 - $549,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Gabbadah 7 Villalta Way

Offers Over $595,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Girrawheen 10 Whitworth Avenue

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This superb residence offers a delightfully warm & inviting family home that boasts relaxed living areas with quality throughout & privacy that a modern family loves. With luxurious porcelain tiles floors, exceptional window treatments, quality finishes throughout, the modern style of the home just simply flows throughout. Spend time with your family & friends in the open & large living area, dining or games area which look out to the easy & well maintained backyard or gather everyone & watch a movie in the large CONTACT Thanh Nguyen home theatre with dimming PHONE 0414 288 165 lights & state of the art surround sound.EMAIL thanh.nguyen@peard.com.au

Ellenbrook 53 Stanbury Crescent

Are you looking for a freshly renovated home with a stunning outdoor entertaining area close to all amenities? Look no further than this immaculately presented property in dress circle " Woodlake Village" opposite the lake. This home is light & bright & you will be begging for summer to arrive so you can cool off in the sparkling pool & entertain your friends in style. In winter you can retreat to the heated spa to unwind or curl up with your favourite book in the front lounge room. With all the hard work havingCONTACT Tiffany Bray been done for you inside & out, PHONE 0412 930 820 all you need to do is move in & enjoy! EMAIL tiffany.bray@peard.com.au

Gabbadah 12 Seaflower Way

This home has it all 3 acres of cleared land backing on to farmland, Spacious 3x2 plus study home finished to a high standard throughout, huge pool, masses of sheds for the men as well as 5kw of solar panels to keep all your running costs down. This home is feature packed and priced to sell so give me a call to organise your private viewing.

Gabbadah 74 Sovereign Hill Drive

CONTACT Tracy Kriwopischin PHONE 0419 998 306 EMAIL tracy.kriwopischin@peard.com.au

This newly rezoned R40 property with side access has options galore. You can retain as is, retain and build a duplex on the rear site with no demolition required or level the block completely to make way for a triplex development-the choice is yours. The existing home has 2 good sized bedrooms, one bathroom, separate kitchen and dining areas. Big patio area and rear garden. CONTACT Ray D'Costa

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PHONE 0403 165 936 EMAIL ray.dcosta@peard.com.au

$320,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Offers bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Offers Over $615,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Girrawheen 9 Shortland Way

From $393,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Why build?? When this house is as good as new and ready for you. This home has recently been re-painted throughout and brand new carpets in all 3 bedrooms. Spacious central kitchen with stone bench top and high ceilings. Very low maintenance gardens, shade sail over patio area and a double lock up garage to the rear of the property.Nothing left for you to do. Located opposite a natural bushland and play ground, within walking distance to new primary school.

CONTACT Angie Pearce PHONE 0499 775 046 EMAIL angie.pearce@peard.com.au

If you are looking for a tree change but do not want to sacrifice and compromise on the size and quality of your family home, then look no further than this Content Living home built in 2015. It is a stunning 4 bedroom 2 bathroom plus study property set on 2.5 acres. The house is approx 245sqm of living and finished to the highest quality throughout.

CONTACT Tracy Kriwopischin PHONE 0419 998 306 EMAIL tracy.kriwopischin@peard.com.au

This property set on 2.5 acres is overflowing with features inside and out and all you have to do is move in! The hard work has been done for you - this property has a pool, solar panels huge shed, masses of fruit trees with a crop of over 800 mangoes last season and internally has fresh paint, carpets and blinds. This is truly below replacement cost when you add it all up! CONTACT Tracy Kriwopischin PHONE 0419 998 306 EMAIL tracy.kriwopischin@peard.com.au

Nestled on a spacious 685sqm (approx.) lot in a family-friendly “no through road” street, this charming home falls under the suburb’s R20/R40 re-zoning area, making future subdivision a very feasible possibility. The house itself is solid and comfortable, welcoming you inside via a delightful front dining room. An efficient kitchen space precedes a huge living-room extension before retreating outdoors to a private rear patio entertaining area, overlooking the sunken backyard.

CONTACT Rodney Vines PHONE 0417 917 640 EMAIL rodney.vines@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE Girrawheen 52 Curtis Way

From $399,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Greenwood 23 Caladenia Street

From $625,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Greenwood 48 Smallman Crescent

From $579,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 3

Gwelup 8/28 Porter Street

Mid to high $700,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

This newly rezoned R40 property with side access has options galore. You can retain as is, retain and build a duplex on the rear site with no demolition required or level the block completely to make way for a triplex development-the choice is yours. The existing home has 2 good sized bedrooms, one bathroom, large lounge, separate kitchen & dining areas.

Big patio area and rear garden.CONTACT Ray D'Costa

Gosnells 12/28 Clara Street

This 1991 quality built family home boasts generously sized open plan living and manicured gardens. Features a huge kitchen and multiple living areas including a large front lounge room with adjoining dining and a massive family room, complete with built in bar, which connects onto an inviting and extensive outdoor entertaining area with gorgeous gardens, a paved area and two garden sheds.

Greenwood 28 Blackthorn Road

This beautifully renovated family home is positioned on a large 749sqm block and has so much to offer. Features a well-appointed and renovated kitchen, multiple living areas including separate lounge room, spacious meals, family room as well as a relaxed sitting area. This room flows onto the spacious patio that has a mains gas BBQ, plus there is a welcoming water feature, a large shed and reticulated established gardens.

CONTACTS Julie Vincent/Ron Vincent PHONE 0403 809 445/0403 809 209 EMAIL julie.vincent@peard.com.au

Greenwood 85 Allenswood Road

Featuring either a downstairs or upstairs master suite on a low-maintenance easy care block, this north facing two storey home will have significant appeal to professional couples, busy families and downsizers alike.

Halls Head 20/6a Valley Road

PHONE 0403 165 936 EMAIL ray.dcosta@peard.com.au

CONTACTS Julie Vincent/ PHONE 0403 809 445/ EMAIL julie.vincent@peard.com.au

CONTACT Brian Godwin PHONE 0430 344 300 EMAIL brian.godwin@peard.com.au

Offers bed 2 bath 1 car 1

$573,000 bed 4 bath 1 car 1

$499,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 1

From $389,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 1

Set on a peaceful and secluded tree-lined street, youll find this boutique two-bedroom apartment located within close proximity to all amenities. Clara Street Apartments is your chance to invest in a quality, secure gated development offering an easy, convenient lock and leave lifestyle.

No maintenance, no hassles and no waiting!

CONTACT Vicktor Sutrisno PHONE 0422 774 044 EMAIL vicktor.sutrisno@peard.com.au

Set on a huge, 750sqm block, this brilliantly located and beautifully presented home has so much to offer. Features a fully renovated kitchen, brand new carpets in the living and family rooms, as well as in two of the bedrooms, enormous undercover patio area and split-system reverse-cycle air-conditioning. From the native, no-water front yard to the backyard veggie and herb gardens, this is a home with a huge heart.

CONTACT Blaise Partridge PHONE 0478 890 876 EMAIL blaise.partridge@peard.com.au

This spacious and easy care low maintenance property has two spacious separate living areas and minimal yard, so you can keep your weekends free for relaxing & entertaining. The centrally located kitchen has been fully renovated and overlooks both the games room and the timber decking to the backyard. An extra-large store room under the main roof provides excellent storage for a multitude of belongings.

CONTACTS Julie Vincent/Ron Vincent PHONE 0403 809 445/0403 809 209 EMAIL julie.vincent@peard.com.au

An amazing apartment with stunning 180 degree views. See the sea from every window. Property features include: Air Conditioning, North Facing Balcony, Tennis Court, Swimming Pool, Manicured Gardens, Secured Gated Complex, NBN Available & 114M Living. Your new easy care coastal lifestyle includes access to pristine beaches & beautiful parklands Book your viewing now!

CONTACT Rob Davis PHONE 0439 843 776 EMAIL rob.davis@peard.com.au

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FOR SALE Hamersley 45 Appian Way

From $599,000 bed 4 bath 1 car 1

Harrisdale 20 Ogilvie Way

From $589,000 to $619,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Heathridge 1B Balanus Way

From $399,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Hillarys 5 Pindari Place

$627,000

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A desirable elevated location in a whisper-quiet and family-friendly street allows you to sit inside this fully-renovated home and appreciate the breathtaking city-skyline vista. Quality tiling throughout the residence lends a low-maintenance feel to the interior, working well with high angled ceilings that help preserve some of the property’s original architectural character whilst creating an overwhelming sense of comfort throughout all of the bedrooms and the two living spaces.

CONTACT Karen Riches PHONE 0422 686 363 EMAIL team.riches@peard.com.au

Harrisdale 14 Calidris Crescent

Someones dream house that offers them 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms and located in the healthy, vibrant, and picturesque suburb of Harrisdale. An open plan kitchen and living area with 31 Course ceiling throughout with down lights opening into a beautiful and well-planned backyard.

Reverse cycle air con with 6 Zones, external BBQ gas bayonet, garden shed CONTACT Khush Monga & side access PHONE 0411 094 249

Harrisdale 41 Pyramid Road

Beautifully presented and charmingly decorated, this is a home with a lot of heart. Boasting a fully renovated kitchen and semi-ensuite, this property is secure, private and bang up-to-date, with the latest contemporary finishes. Features renovated kitchen, big meals area, cosy lounge room, paved undercover area for relaxed alfresco dining and a magical rear garden with beautiful, established gardens. With ducted, reverse-cycle air-conditioning throughout, this well-presented property has a lot to offer. CONTACT Gaylene Bicheno PHONE 0419 929 616 EMAIL gaylene.bicheno@peard.com.au

Heathridge 50 Caridean Street

Perfect opportunity to build your dream home either single or double storey on this super generous 710sqm block located in a quiet cul-de-sac amongst quality homes. With a generous street frontage and rectangular dimensions, the options are endless for suitable home designs. This block offers an unbeatable location so close to Mawson Park, St Marks School, Whitfords Shopping Centre plus the beach and Scared Heart College both nearby.

CONTACT Kathy Clement PHONE 0403 539 820 EMAIL kathy.clement@peard.com.au

Hillarys 9 Positano Way

EMAIL khush.monga@peard.com.au

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$250,000

Location location!

Great block, close to all amenities, minutes from Southern River Shopping Centre, Carey Baptist College, Ranford Road, bus stop, approximately 20 kms from the CBD. Situated in the heart of this estate is this lovely size 300sqm block with an 11.998 meter frontage.

CONTACT Karen Lloyd PHONE 0421 614 447 EMAIL karen.lloyd@peard.com.au

From $399,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

$475,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 1

From $930,000

Beautiful 3 x 2 home. Three good size bedrooms all with built in robes. Open plan living with kitchen, meals and family area with lots of natural light. Great size kitchen with large stainless steel gas cooktop, stainless steel oven, double stainless steel sink, lots of bench and cupboard space. Great sized master bedroom and beautiful ensuite, glass shower screen. Sparkling mainCONTACT Karen Willis bathroom with bath. Fantastic PHONE 0437 704 427 courtyard.

EMAIL karen.willis@peard.com.au

This generously sized home situated on 702sqm offers very comfortable living throughout. The generous light and bright front lounge room includes air conditioning. The well-appointed, renovated kitchen overlooks the meals area and opens up to the huge games room/ entertaining area. The beautiful but private gardens provide the perfect back drop.The property includes a spa under a Balinese style gazebo, two rain water tanks, gas hot water system and low maintenance gardens.

CONTACT Gaylene Bicheno PHONE 0419 929 616 EMAIL gaylene.bicheno@peard.com.au

This beauty is perfectly located in the prestigious Harbour Rise Estate and you are literally walking distance to one of the States most sought after destinations Hillarys Marina (Sorrento Quay) with its beautiful beaches, a vast array of shops, dining areas and entertainment. Great schools, public transport and lots more all contribute to this stunning location.

CONTACT Mick Evans PHONE 0417 933 620 EMAIL mick.evans@peard.com.au

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FOR SALE Hillarys 171 Waterford Drive

From $1,095,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 2

Hillarys 40 The Corniche

From $2,900,000 bed 6 bath 4 car 4

Hillman 14 Unnaro Street

Buyers From $299,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Iluka 6 St Lucia Road

From $1,250,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Fantastic ocean views from every level of this big bold Tri Level home featuring two kitchens including the fully self-contained unit downstairs on the ground floor overlooking beautiful decked pool area, then up to the second mid-level a huge open plan living area plus TV/theatre room, large adjoining kitchen and meals opening out to massive alfresco veranda, all taking in the tranquil ocean vistas with sunsets that will blow your mind.

Hillarys 25 Martinique Mews

Architecturally designed tri-level master piece, offers luxurious living at its very best. Upon entry, you are greeted by a foyer offering entry to home office, self-contained unit 4 car garage, store room, lift, or you can use the stunning solid French Oak timber stair case. Features huge open plan living with a huge central chef’s kitchen, separate home theatre, big balconies to the front taking in coastal vistas and an awesome alfresco kitchen entertaining area overlooking huge concrete pool with waterfall feature.

CONTACT Jeff Coghill PHONE 0412 928 643 EMAIL jeff.coghill@peard.com.au

Hillarys 61 Cook Avenue

This great little centrally located home is an ideal starter home or will suit an investor. The lounge dining is to the front of the house, which has split system reverse cycle A/C. The kitchen is modern with a fabulous 900mm free standing stove & plenty of storage. To the rear of the property there is a large games room/activity room. There is also side access to a large 9x5m CONTACT Vandy Hall powered workshop.

PHONE 0424 937 034

Iluka 21 Tulum Approach

Finished with flair this home is the epitome of quality and style with a welcoming ambience and practical floor plan spanning two levels to suit the evolving needs of young and teenage families. Features open plan light-filled living areas, delightful kitchen, separate generous home theatre, study and spectacular resort style outdoor setting which includes alfresco with cafe blinds and tropical glass fenced pool with enchanting Balinese styled poolside gazebo.

CONTACT Sheila Stritch PHONE 0412 212 748 EMAIL sheila.stritch@peard.com.au

Iluka 7 Deerfield Place

CONTACT Jeff Coghill PHONE 0412 928 643 EMAIL jeff.coghill@peard.com.au

EMAIL vandy.hall@peard.com.au

$1,795,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 2

From $895,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 3

Mid $900,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

$1,395,000 - $1,495,000 bed 6 bath 3 car 2

New modern opulence and exceptional architectural dimensions have been utilised creating a bright free flowing spacious living environment, magnifying the panoramic parkland views only a stroll to the marina/boat harbour, creating one of the most sought after desirable locations. Features a big open plan main living, kitchen, dining and balcony alfresco area, centrally located pool with decked courtyard. The third floor is a big open loft area that can be utilised for a myriad of purposes.

CONTACT Jeff Coghill PHONE 0412 928 643 EMAIL jeff.coghill@peard.com.au

This modern design home on a level 684 sqm block is only 6 years old. Features large open plan living including family, games, meals, separate home theatre, separate activity, study, alfresco under the main roof, below ground pool with a large grassed play area, ducted reverse cycle air conditioning throughout and a three car garage with access through to rear paved area.

CONTACT Jeff Coghill PHONE 0412 928 643 EMAIL jeff.coghill@peard.com.au

FOR CONNOSSIEURS OF FINE LIVING !!

Enviably located close to the beach front and within stone’s throw to manicured parklands, this handsome abode with quality finishes is visually enticing from the minute you walk through the door. With separate study, home theatre & activity room, the whole family is catered for.

CONTACT Todd & Danielle Utley PHONE 0417 910 967 EMAIL todd.utley@peard.com.au

Nestled in a super quiet cul-de-sac this quality home offers you an easy care lifestyle home with abundant amounts of space and light and features a super-sized front lounge room or office with independent client access, multiple open plan living areas, high ceilings, stunning chefs gourmet kitchen and massive dining area, spacious guest wing, and solar heated salt lap pool with waterfall incorporating eight seater gas heated spa.

CONTACTS Kathy Clement/Mary Peard PHONE 0403 539 820/0407 151 153 EMAIL kathy.clement@peard.com.au May/June | PRIMOLIFE

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FOR SALE Innaloo 15A Dongara Street

From $625,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Jindalee 4 Belii Lane

$655,000-$685,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Joondalup 1/2 Wattlebird Loop

From $349,000 bed 2 bath 2 car 1

Joondalup 21 Ohrid Place

From $579,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2 40

Prepare to be instantly impressed when you step inside this cleverly designed, light filled, 2008 build townhouse. Street front position, survey-strata lot & an unbeatable location!

You'll admire the extra features & attention to detail that has been dedicated to this fantastic home, that should be a priority viewing.

CONTACT Marcus Lord PHONE 0417 911 107 EMAIL marcus.lord@peard.com.au

Innaloo 29 Muir Street

Low to mid $500,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

You’ll love this beautiful 3 bed, 2 bathroom standout Como Display home by Red Ink Homes (Scott Park) thanks to a long bank of windows, natural light fills and open living area.

Enjoy the comforts of Daikin air conditioning, high ceilings to the living areas, and a kitchen with stone bench tops, breakfast bar overhang, soft close drawers & cupboards throughout and much more! CONTACT Steve Wilcox

Jindalee 7 Seaspray Crescent

Situated on the ground floor of a beautifully maintained apartment development with its own swimming pool and barbecue area, this ultra-modern apartment boasts two courtyards and comes fully furnished, ready for you to move straight in and enjoy the complex and surrounding area. Beautifully decorated and immaculately presented, this apartment is light, bright and very welcoming, with its own parking space and storage area.

Joondalup 12/85 Reid Promenade

If you are looking for a large family home, then here it is.

Beautiful 4x2 situated in the prestigious heart of Joondalup.

Open the entry doors and fall in love with the space, layout and feel of your new home. The separate Formal Lounge and Formal Dining are very spacious and leads you through into your huge living area.

Kallaroo 18 Artarmon Rise

PHONE 0421 277 366 EMAIL steve.wilcox@peard.com.au

CONTACT Blaise Partridge PHONE 0478 890 876 EMAIL blaise.partridge@peard.com.au

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CONTACT Lindsay King PHONE 0439 700 100 EMAIL lindsay.king@peard.com.au

From $649,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

$370,000 bed 2 bath 2 car 1

Offers Invited

Better be quick for this free standing character home in this fantastic Innaloo location over the road from parklands and so close to shops and the Innaloo bowls club!Sitting on a large street front 383 sqm lot this property has been immaculately kept with its character and style maintained.

CONTACT Adam Mannino PHONE 0411 962 383 EMAIL adam.mannino@peard.com.au

5 bedrooms + study + theatre + family living areas.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, this deceptively large modern home must be seen to really be appreciated.

Dedication and vision by its owners exemplifies the quality, style and elegance that this magnificent home embodies.

CONTACT Steve Wilcox PHONE 0421 277 366 EMAIL steve.wilcox@peard.com.au

This second floor apartment with balcony views in a secure complex offers the best of lock and leave lifestyles and features a spacious lounge dining and quality kitchen, air conditioning, and neutral décor with tiled living areas and high ceilings. Stroll to cafes, theatre under the stars at the Pines, a huge array of shops and boutiques or enjoy the bird life and beauty of Neil Hawkins Park and Lake Joondalup.

CONTACT Juliet Wills PHONE 0411 782 808 EMAIL juliet.wills@peard.com.au

This 1223sqm block is your dream come true. The potentials of this block to subdivide and to be able to build your dream house are incredible or to develop into two houses to make a profit. This truly is an exclusive opportunity only a fortunate few can acquire. Design, plan and build your dream residence amongst some of Perth's finest homes capitalising on this spectacular view and unique location.

CONTACT Karen Schleyer PHONE 0406 695 772 EMAIL karen.schleyer@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE Karrinyup 3A Wylie Place

From $1,090,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Kingsley 40 McDowell Crescent

Mid $600,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Kingsley 48 McDowell Crescent

$599,000 - $629,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Kingsley 7 New Cross Road

$549,000 - $569,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

A build with reputable West Coast Residential, this 400sqm block will soon boast a well-designed four bedroom, two bathroom property spread across two levels with an automatic double garage.

A central kitchen, living and dining presents the perfect spot for the whole family to enjoy. Opening out to the outdoor alfresco area, this open-plan style is perfect for modern living and entertaining at home year round.

Karrinyup 7B Stoneman Street

Quietly located and across from Goollelal Primary school park this decent size home with an open plan living area and stunning large kitchen is a true family home. With 3 separate living areas, 2 renovated bathrooms, large under cover patio and below ground pool this home will keep the family comfortable for years to come.

Kingsley 48 Ferncroft Way

CONTACT Ben Keevers PHONE 0404 056 010 EMAIL ben.keevers@peard.com.au

CONTACT Lee Parkinson PHONE 0422 233 484 EMAIL lee.parkinson@peard.com.au

From $1,075,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

$695,000 - $735,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

With an ideal floor plan and great size living areas, this home offers a great opportunity to add your stamp to this already immaculate property. Features a large kitchen, separate study or option for a nursery, separate living areas which includes a front lounge area and dining room, open plan meals and family room, and a separate games room and a massive outdoor colorbond pitched patio private entertaining area with extensive paving.

Kingsley 62 Halidon Street

This ideally located family home sits on a 706sqm block with a great open plan floor plan and perfect price tag to match! Features a large central kitchen, separate open plan living areas including front lounge and dining, good size meals and family rooms and a large games room, Fujitsu reverse cycle air conditioning throughout the home, outdoor Colorbond pitched patio entertaining area, reticulation to front and back and a double garage with drive through access.

CONTACT James Kennedy PHONE 0421 420 450 EMAIL james.kennedy@peard.com.au

Kinross 7 Cuchullin Court

CONTACT James Kennedy PHONE 0421 420 450 EMAIL james.kennedy@peard.com.au

$629,000 - $649,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

From $579,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Low maintenance living has never been easier, with this impressive abode exuding plenty of space and natural sunlight so you can completely unwind. Features open-plan family, dining and kitchen area designed to extend out to a huge cedar-lined front balcony. Downstairs, a comfortable second living area services the minor sleeping quarters well, boasting a handy kitchenette, whilst extending outdoors to a fabulous alfresco entertaining space with very easy-care garden beds.

CONTACT Leigh Wilson PHONE 0410 056 092 EMAIL leigh.wilson@peard.com.au

Don’t miss your chance on this big, bold fully renovated family home sitting on an extra large 813sqm piece of land! Features a stunning and stylish big open plan kitchen, three separate living areas including a lounge, dining, meals, family and rear games room, outdoor pitched colorbond patio entertaining area with ceiling fans and double workshop with roller door access with light and power for extra storage.

CONTACT James Kennedy PHONE 0421 420 450 EMAIL james.kennedy@peard.com.au

This modern family home has tastefully renovated indoor and outdoor living areas that your family will love! Set on an elevated prime 704sqm block featuring open plan living with beautiful solid bamboo flooring to lounge, dining and family rooms, tiling to open plan games and meals area, stylish renovated kitchen and beautiful outdoors with a pitched cedar lined alfresco entertaining area with private cafe blinds for year round entertaining.

CONTACT James Kennedy PHONE 0421 420 450 EMAIL james.kennedy@peard.com.au

This gorgeous home is really big. Hiding behind a deceptive street frontage is a spacious family home with four generous living areas that includes a formal lounge, theatre room, kids activity and an open plan family, kitchen and dining area. Fantastic outdoor entertaining with huge patio, extensive paving, timber deck, feature stone, below ground pool and easy care reticulated gardens.

Block size 604 sqm. Built 1991.

CONTACT Shane Capelli PHONE 0410 339 499 EMAIL shane.capelli@peard.com.au

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FOR SALE Leederville 7 Franklin Street

Auction bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Mandurah 1/13 Leslie Street

From $249,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Mandurah 13 Heron Street

From $399,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Mandurah 4 Chollerton Way

From $525,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2 42

Auction onsite 3.30pm 22/04/2017 (unless sold prior ) Under instruction from Public Trustee Positioned in a prime location with city glimpses, set on a 588sqm block,this charming character home offers so much renovate, build a new home, or a great investment with the potential to subdivide (subject to council approval).

CONTACT Damien Lloyd PHONE 0410 574 626 EMAIL damien.lloyd@peard.com.au

DUDLEY PARK This is your opportunity to acquire a neat and tidy unit in a complex of only six, located in a strategic location so close to town centre and only 100m to the waters edge. This brick and tile property comprises of 2 good size bedrooms, 1 bathroom, lounge and functional kitchen. A single carport is part of this unit.

CONTACT Gabriele Negri PHONE 0409 686 172 EMAIL gabriele.negri@peard.com.au

DUDLEY PARK This brick and tile home is located in the sought after area of Soldiers Cove with spacious living areas, a big shed out the back it's sure to appeal to a range of buyers. Set on a 690m2 block, ducted evap air-conditioning, large formal lounge room, renovated family bathroom, retic from bore. Side access room for van/boat or extra cars.

CONTACT Kathryn Fiorenza PHONE 0427 475 661 EMAIL kathryn.fiorenza@peard.com.au

MADORA BAY The Secret Is Out.....This stunning brand new, New Generation built home is on the market to sell ! With a sophisticated open-plan living area, quality finishes throughout and a thoughtfully designed layout, this family home is situated in a superb location just minutes from the shopping centre, golf course and the beach !

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CONTACT Simon Goodwin PHONE 0432 039 627 EMAIL simon.goodwin@peard.com.au

Lower Chittering 323 Ayrshire Loop

$495,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Mandurah 11 Cunderdin Loop

From $399,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Mandurah 2/113 Janis Street

Offers bed 4 bath 3 car 2

Mandurah 4 Lakes Close

$429,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Open plan kitchen, meals & lounge, huge main bedroom with WIR, ensuite & french doors leading out onto the wrap around verandas, 3 minor bedrooms with BIR & two rooms also having access to the veranda, reverse cycle air conditioner & slow combustion fire place. The property also consists of a bio septic systems, solar hot water system, 5kw solar panels, 125,000L rainwater tank plus an additional 10,000L bore water tank, drinkable bore, paddocks, various fruit trees, greenhouse, chook pen & CONTACT Samantha Hill plenty of storage below the PHONE 0407 666 905 residence all on EMAIL samantha.hill@peard.com.au 5.7 acres.

DAWESVILLE This is a generous size home with nice street appeal built on a large 650m2 block in a peaceful street. 4 good size bedrooms all built in robes, 2 bathrooms, separate lounge, dining, family room, games room plus an activity / study room. The surrounding area is fully established and is close proximity to estuary, primary school, parks etc.

CONTACT Gabriele Negri PHONE 0409 686 172 EMAIL gabriele.negri@peard.com.au

HALLS HEAD Genuine offers you will fall in love with unspoilt white sandy beaches and stunning Indian Ocean views that will take your breath away! 2 storey, 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home, open plan kitchen, dining, living, spacious patio, alfresco entertaining, where you can enjoy summer living by the beach is a rare find.

CONTACT Carole Harrop PHONE 0419 948 711 EMAIL carole.harrop@peard.com.au

SOUTH YUNDERUP We welcome to the market this brick and tile 4 bedroom home set on a generous 792m2 block with the advantage of side access and sparkling pool. The property is an ideal location in a quiet cul-de-sac close to canals and Murray River with shops and the Sandy Cove Tavern a short stroll away.

CONTACT Pauline Bill PHONE 0487 832 539 EMAIL pauline.bill@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE Mandurah 16 Grafton Drive

From $350,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 1

Mandurah 19 Wittenoom Turn

From $499,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Mandurah 25 Wilghi Way

$429,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

DUDLEY PARK This is a well located property, close to the town centre, schools, shops and only 500m to the boat ramp. This realistically priced home is well positioned and elevated on a large 807 m2 block. 4 bedrooms, separate lounge, an open plan including large functional kitchen dining area, family room. Side access room for boat/van.

CONTACT Gabriele Negri PHONE 0409 686 172 EMAIL gabriele.negri@peard.com.au

DAWESVILLE Elevated 2 year old home on a large 752m2 corner block. 500m from Florida Beach, walking distance to primary schools and a lovely park. Upstairs loft, separate theatre, study nook, open living areas which flow to the outdoor alfresco. Rear yard has many possibilities CONTACT Kathryn Fiorenza PHONE 0427 475 661 EMAIL kathryn.fiorenza@peard.com.au

RAVENSWOOD Bring your family home to this spacious 2014 Content Living home. Set on a generous 687m2 block with side access. The spacious home offers 4 large bedrooms, separate study theatre room and 2 modern bathrooms. With separate living zones this specifically designed home has space for every member of the family.

CONTACT Pauline Bill PHONE 0487 832 539 EMAIL pauline.bill@peard.com.au

Mandurah 17 Menna Brace

$339,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

From $269,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Mandurah 27 Hillside Fairway

From $549,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Mandurah 84 Morfitt Street

bed 2 bath 2 car 2

bed 3 bath 2 car 1

the western balcony of the Indian Ocean and the Cut Golf Course, eastern boundary views look over Dawesville and onto the estuary.

CONTACT Kathryn Fiorenza PHONE 0427 475 661 EMAIL kathryn.fiorenza@peard.com.au

CONTACT Vicki Wotherspoon PHONE 0428 206 884 EMAIL vicki.wotherspoon@peard.com.au

COODANUP If you are looking for a home that is spacious, Mandurah and perfectly priced then this one is for you!! Large 19A Sandeland Avenue functional open meals/family room with bulk head ceiling and down

DAWESVILLE Mortgagee in possession - This amazing Mandurah apartment is located on the 7th floor in the 62/100 Country Club Drive coastal impressive Oceanique Complex. With panoramic views from

$925,000

GREENFIELDS A perfect and affordable home to purchase in a great place, accessible to all major amenities, make sure you do not miss to inspect this good valued home. Featuring 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets, double garage, a good size Alfresco and ample sized backyard. Ideal for first home buyers or retirees.

Offers

lighting is the fantastic kitchen. Master bedroom is located at the front of the home, great size minor bedrooms. Separate games room or 4th bedroom. Generous alfresco.

CONTACT Rick Uren PHONE 0414 779 834 EMAIL rick.uren@peard.com.au

MEADOW SPRINGS Fall in love with this quality built, corner block, brick and tile home set on 569sqm of land, with fabulous Meadow Springs golf course views from your kitchen, living and entertaining areas, you will truly love the natural setting and surrounds of this delightful home.

CONTACT Carole Harrop PHONE 0419 948 711 EMAIL carole.harrop@peard.com.au

This is a solid double brick home in close proximity to shops, schools, and train station. This property is well presented with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms a lovely kitchen plus an open spacious living area. This pleasant family home sits on a large 850 m 2 block and has a paved patio area, a drive through garage to access the spacious workshop.

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FOR SALE Mandurah 93 Portrush Parade

$550,000 - $590,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Maylands 29 Richards Street

Offers over $1,279,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Merriwa 17 Wescap Rise

From $409,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Mindarie 8/2 Fowey Loop

From $449,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2 44

MEADOW SPRINGS Seize this gem of a chance to secure this property while it still exists! This beautiful 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home is elevated and backs on to a world class golf course with lake view. Separate theatre room.

Entertaining area complete with latest technology Barrier Reef swimming pool, alfresco dining under main roof.

CONTACT Rick Uren PHONE 0414 779 834 EMAIL rick.uren@peard.com.au

Fabulous family home overlooking lush De Lacy Reserve.

Grand entry with quality fixtures and fittings throughout.

Stunning floors both upstairs and downstairs. Huge bedrooms,stunning kitchen with quality appliances and stone benchtops and so much more.

CONTACTS Helen Bond/Di Pitchford PHONE 0411 223 004/0414 875 635 EMAIL helen.bond@peard.com.au

Never been to Bali but wondered what it was like? Haven't been for a while & missing it ? Well then you need to see the exceptional Bali Inspired Gardens, that this amazing home has to offer.With a huge 759m2 block, you can lose yourself in this tropical paradise, throw off the stresses of the day, relax & enjoy the ambience.

CONTACT Jan Buchanan PHONE 0408 802 381 EMAIL jan.buchanan@peard.com.au

This beautifully designed villa has it all! Being immaculately presented with soft modern tones & consisting of 3 spacious bedrooms all with built-in robes, 2 modern bathrooms, stunning open plan living areas, modern kitchen including stainless steel appliances, casual meals & family room.

Fantastic alfresco area & lovely low maintenance native garden beds.

CONTACT John Cowup

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PHONE 0411 37 36 35 EMAIL john.cowup@peard.com.au

Marmion 46 West Coast Drive

From $2,750,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 3

Meelon 91 Ridgeview Drive

$1,200,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 2

Mindarie 15 Itea Place

From $599,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 1

Mirrabooka 5/6 Fragrant Gardens

$240,000 - $270,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Quality Residence on an elevated 835 square meter lot allowing you some of the best coastline, beach, ocean and Marina views available.

Features open plan living areas and adjoining balconies with awe-inspiring views, beautiful big kitchen, central home office, luxurious sized master bedroom, another large open living area with kitchenette facilities and automatic gated drive way allowing access to 3 car garage and work shop area.

CONTACT Jeff Coghill PHONE 0412 928 643 EMAIL jeff.coghill@peard.com.au

“Le Maison Blanc” stunning 15.5 acre property set on the ridge, high end living with the most magical views all the way to the ocean. Manicured property, with meandering walk trails, 9 dams and even a jetty to fish from! The home is simply stunning, fitted with quality appliances and designed with carefree living and energy saving in mind.

CONTACT Kathryn Fiorenza PHONE 0427 475 661 EMAIL kathryn.fiorenza@peard.com.au

If you are looking to downsize, looking for a change of lifestyle or a great investment, then this is for you! Only one street back from the Marina inlet, this three-storey townhouse is in the perfect spot for you to sit on one of the two balconies to watch and enjoy the sunset over the Indian Ocean, or walk to the hotel, pubs and cafes that Mindarie Marina has to offer.

CONTACT Tish Thomas PHONE 0430 141 343 EMAIL tish.thomas@peard.com.au

Beyond the lovely reticulated lawn and gardens this wonderful home is waiting for you to just unpack and enjoy the easy life. You will feel welcome the moment you step inside, with its neutral décor, new appliances in the kitchen and security screens and doors throughout. The bright, sunny rooms look out onto a leafy park, and a courtyard with covered pergola provides a nice private space for you out the back.

CONTACT Rodney Vines PHONE 0417 917 640 EMAIL rodney.vines@peard.com.au

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FOR SALE Stunning, spacious contemporary apartment set in a small group Morley 8 in a sort after location. This property will certainly impress!

4/11 Stanbury Crescent ofFabulous finishes throughout. 32 c ceilings giving the apartment

Mount Claremont 2/25 Arenga Court

bed 2 bath 2 car 1

bed 2 bath 1 car 1

From $420,000

Mount Hawthorn 23 Egina Street

From $795,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 2

Mount Lawley 9/169 Railway Parade

$369,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Ocean Reef 2B Mead Cove

From $495,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

that wonderful airy feel. Be quick to secure your new home in this fabulously designed group. Only 4 left, the choice is yours.

CONTACTS Helen Bond/Di Pitchford PHONE 0411 223 004/0414 875 635 EMAIL helen.bond@peard.com.au

This cute Bungalow offers incredible convenience & excellent proximity to parks, schools, shopping centres, cafes, beaches and public transport,. This is a fabulous renovator, ready for living and ripe for clever buyers to capitalise on this attractive price point. Buying into this location on a 491sqm block is a great way to secure your piece of this great suburb.

CONTACT Phyllis Gemelli PHONE 0407 386 501 EMAIL phyllis.gemelli@peard.com.au

The welcoming foyer to this sought after group sets a high standard. This renovated, spacious ,bright and breezy 2 bedroom apartment is set in one of Mount Lawley's sought after groups.

The gorgeous apartment is set in well maintained medium sized secure complex with manicured lawns and secluded garden retreat area.

CONTACTS Helen Bond/Di Pitchford PHONE 0411 223 004/0414 875 635 EMAIL helen.bond@peard.com.au

Located in a super quiet cul de sac on a low maintenance block this duplex is ideally suited to the professional couple, small family or those wishing for a property to lock up and leave. Boasting no common walls (on the main dwelling), 2 separate living areas and secure front and back yards (with ample space for potential lockup caravan or boat parking), the property provides plenty of room whilst still offering a low maintenance lifestyle.

CONTACTS Jarrod O'Neil/Caroline Foley PHONE 0411 103 617/0415 289 471 EMAIL jarrod.oneil@peard.com.au

$475,000

Mount Lawley 21 Chelmsford Road

Mid $1,000,000's bed 5 bath 3 car 2

Must be seen this 2 bedroom home, in the heart of the western suburbs. Get ready for a downsize lock, leave and go on holidays without a care in the world, then this is for you!

Dont delay tightly held small group of friendly villas!

CONTACT David Lynch PHONE 0409 955 554 EMAIL david.lynch@peard.com.au

Stunning character property walking distance to Mount Lawley's fabulous cafe strip and shopping. High ceilings, polished boards, gorgeous light fittings and all the usual character touches you would expect in a quality home. Stunning landscaped gardens reticulated off mains with below ground swimming pool at the rear. This home is an entertainers delight.

CONTACTS Helen Bond &/Di Pitchford PHONE 0411 223 004/0414 875 635 EMAIL helen.bond@peard.com.au

Set to the end of a recently rendered brick and tile beachside North Beach alongside the North Beach plaza, this ground floor 1/23 North Beach Road complex unit is beautifully presented and comes with a long term

$449,000 bed 2 bath 2 car 1

Ocean Reef 8 Jutland Rise

End date sale bed 5 bath 2 car 2

tenant who wishes to stay. It is both neat and clean with a fresh ceramic floor tile, split system air conditioning and a separate study nook off the lounge / living area.

CONTACT Les Lindsay PHONE 0407 420 384 EMAIL les.lindsay@peard.com.au

This much-loved, generous coastal family home will capture your heart with its warmth and welcome! Perfectly positioned on a large 788 m2 elevated cul-de-sac block, this home is only a short stroll away from the proposed world class Ocean Reef Marina making it a great investment for the future.

CONTACT Pauline Lyon PHONE 0427 968 070 EMAIL pauline.lyon@peard.com.au May/June | PRIMOLIFE

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FOR SALE Ocean Reef 117 Constellation Drive

From $669,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 4

Ocean Reef 8 Tarolinta Gardens

Offers Over $805,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Padbury 14 Finstock Mews

From $715,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Padbury 37 Oxley Avenue

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This beautifully presented family home has had extensive renovations throughout including the kitchen and both bathrooms and offers three spacious living areas, raked ceiling and drive through rear access.

Features an exceptional kitchen, ducted reverse cycle air conditioning, great outdoor entertaining with huge pitched roof patio, quality café blinds, extensive paving, terraced limestone feature walls and easy care garden with plenty of space for the kids and a pool.

CONTACT Shane Capelli PHONE 0410 339 499 EMAIL shane.capelli@peard.com.au

Ocean Reef 25 Barossa Heights

This charming and well kept parkside,coastal residence boasts fastidiously maintained gardens.Perfectly positioned on an extremely generous 868m2 block in one of Ocean Reefs most desirable family friendly pockets; this home sits almost opposite the fabulous Tarolinta Park complete with modern children's playground and breathtaking ocean views.

Padbury 10 Chadwin Place

CONTACT Pauline Lyon PHONE 0427 968 070 EMAIL pauline.lyon@peard.com.au

From $649,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

From $719,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 1

Offering great street appeal and positioned in a quiet Hepburn Heights cul-de-sac this stylish home has been designed with a focus on functional living. The house exudes sophistication and offers high ceilings and light-filled interiors that flow effortlessly from the entrance to the impressive central kitchen and connecting to the backyard which soaks up the winter sun and provides a stunning alfresco area, resort style below ground pool, gazebo and easy care reticulated gardens.

CONTACT Jarrod O'Neil PHONE 0411 103 617 EMAIL jarrod.oneil@peard.com.au

Padbury 143B Giles Avenue

This very flat 692sqm parcel of land was recently rezoned from R20 to R40 and lends itself to three individual titles. The surveyor’s impression is an indication that all of the three created lots would enjoy street frontages that are all at least 10 metres wide. A current rental lease is in place and the tenants are wishing to stay on until demolition, if this is the requirement of the successful buyer!

Parkwood 28 Abercairn Way

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CONTACT Les Lindsay PHONE 0407 420 384 EMAIL les.lindsay@peard.com.au

From $399,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Offers bed 3 bath 1 car 2

With three living areas, and a fabulous cul-de-sac location, this gorgeous open plan home is a perfect start into Ocean Reef for young families. The central kitchen overlooks the outdoors with extensive paving, easy care gardens, kids’ cubby and plenty of room for the kids to play or a pool. The double garage has shoppers’ entry and rear drive through access to extra paved parking.

Block size 698 sqm. Built 1992.

CONTACT Shane Capelli PHONE 0410 339 499 EMAIL shane.capelli@peard.com.au

Nestled on a large 754sqm block in a super quiet cul de sac in Pinnaroo Heights, this immaculately presented home is packed full of all the features needed in today’s lifestyle and boasts two living areas, two meals areas, a beautifully appointed kitchen, awesome outdoor entertaining area (with café blinds and a pizza oven) and a recently added pool that is set in a tropical oasis – there is something for everyone.

CONTACT Jarrod O'Neil PHONE 0411 103 617 EMAIL jarrod.oneil@peard.com.au

Prepare to be impressed by this beautifully renovated duplex half that is ideally suited to the professional couple, small family or those wishing for a property to lock up and leave. Offering modern decor, separate living and meals areas and a spacious ‘blank canvas’ backyard, the property has been immaculately maintained for quality and comfortable living and provides plenty of room whilst still offering a low maintenance lifestyle.

CONTACT Jarrod O'Neil PHONE 0411 103 617 EMAIL jarrod.oneil@peard.com.au

Thoughtfully renovated home sitting on 704sqm Green Title block. Indoors, this much-loved home boasts three good sized bedrooms with outstanding garden and/or pool view master bedroom with built-in robe, one well-appointed bathroom, spacious formal lounge room, renovated dining area, deluxe kitchen with stylish fittings, split reverse cycle air-con, roller CONTACT Vicktor Sutrisno shutters and more amazing PHONE 0422 774 044 features.

EMAIL vicktor.sutrisno@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE Parkwood 32 Cerberus Avenue

Offers bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Quinns Rocks 16 Sirius Ramble

From $399,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Quinns Rocks 274 Ocean Drive

From $899,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Quinns Rocks 6 Pearce Street

From $999,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Indoors, this much-loved home boasts four good sized bedrooms with energising garden view three bedrooms come with built-in robes, two well-appointed bathrooms, deluxe kitchen with stylish fittings and quality appliances, spacious formal lounge room and dining area, ducted evaporative air-conditioning system and many more amazing features.

CONTACT Vicktor Sutrisno

Quinns Rocks 15 White Tern Elbow

Proudly presenting this outstanding home in highly sought after coastal suburb of Quinns Rocks, opposite Quinns Beach primary school, featuring: formal lounge, chef kitchen with stainless steel oven, cooktop and range hood, overlooking generous family and dining room, split system air-con, and an outdoor entertaining alfresco area overlooking landscaped gardens.

CONTACT Steve Wilcox

Quinns Rocks 20 Dennis Street

Prepare to be wowed from the moment you walk through the door, this wonderful residence seamlessly links all the main living spaces into once centralised location, including bringing the outside in, and is absolutely ideal for entertaining guests. Combining elegance with class and coastal convenience, this truly is a property and location to envy.

CONTACT Steve Wilcox

Quinns Rocks 6 Leeves Court

As you enter this property you will know you have arrived at your ultimate destiny location, absolutely nothing to fault just everything to enjoy and embrace in the coastal ambience of Quinns Rocks. The owners attention to detail and quality is apparent throughout which can only mean that you benefit and indulge in an envious lifestyle as soon as you walk through the door.

CONTACT Jeff Parkes

Redcliffe 30 Miller Avenue

PHONE 0422 774 044 EMAIL vicktor.sutrisno@peard.com.au

PHONE 0421 277 366 EMAIL steve.wilcox@peard.com.au

PHONE 0421 277 366 EMAIL steve.wilcox@peard.com.au

PHONE 0418 923 989 EMAIL jeff.parkes@peard.com.au

From $449,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

$660,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

From $329,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

$570,000 to $620,000 bed 3 bath 1

Located opposite a park this gorgeous air conditioned home is sure to suit your growing family! Offering 5 bedrooms, a large newly renovated kitchen, vaulted ceiling to main living area plus a separate study make this home a must see. Enjoy the Quinns lifestyle relaxing in one of the local cafes or taking a stroll along the beach.

CONTACT Alison Beuck PHONE 0414 244 742 EMAIL alison.beuck@peard.com.au

Available for the first time in 50 years. What an opportunity with a beautifully maintained and presented home on a large 910sqm block zoned with development potential. Opportunity to sell off the rear block and retain the existing home or perhaps demolish and redevelop the whole site. A little over 500 metres to the beach and close to the Mindarie border plus Mindarie Marina makes this prime real estate.

CONTACT Chas Paridis PHONE 0418 911 289 EMAIL chas.paridis@peard.com.au

Situated in an elevated whisper quiet cul de sac in sought after pocket of Quinns Rocks at an affordable price. Neat as a pin and ready for you to move in. Village shopping centre, parkland, public and private schools are just a short stroll away. Makes practical sense to buy this little gem.

CONTACT Jeff Parkes PHONE 0418 923 989 EMAIL jeff.parkes@peard.com.au

ATTENTION - DEVELOPERS, SAVVY INVESTORS and HOME BUYERS! 1050m2 SUB-DIVIDABLE LOT with delightful 3 x 1 house thrown in - fabulous location.

Behind the white picket fence and beautifully scented roses comes this delightful, well presented, 3 x 1 solid brick and tile home with 2 lock-up garages.

CONTACT Sue Rowles PHONE 0403 531 585 EMAIL sue.rowles@peard.com.au May/June | PRIMOLIFE

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FOR SALE Rockingham 2 Caprice Pass

From $469,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Rockingham 52 Houston Street

AUCTION bed 5 bath 2 car 3

Scarborough 15/163 Abbett Street

From $420,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Scarborough 9 Brodie Lane

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Have you always wanted your own pool? Would you enjoy beach walks on Palm Beach? Does the thought of an easy care setup appeal to you? This corner block offers all of these things and more. Here is what you get: Below Ground Pool, Theatre Room, 193M Living, 582M Block. Now is the time to jump at this opportunity!

Call now so you don't miss out. CONTACT Rob Davis

Rockingham 44a Jecks Street

A one of a kind, impressive premium home, sitting on a 927m2 block of land will please the most discerning buyer, overlooking the tranquil park in a peaceful tree lined street. A very relaxing atmosphere is felt as soon as you walk through the double entrance doors with the sunken theatre/media room and Bali themed spa room.

Scarborough 12/29 Hastings Street

PHONE 0439 843 776 EMAIL rob.davis@peard.com.au

CONTACTS Graham York/Helen York PHONE 0467 773 977/0407 727 732 EMAIL graham.york@peard.com.au

Better be quick this stylish two bedroom villa located in an attractive group wont last long, perfectly positioned and only a short stroll to the beach and beautiful parklands. This delightful home offers large spacious living and a north facing outdoor entertaining area. It's priced to go, so be quick for this one!

CONTACT James Drummond PHONE 0422 043 344 EMAIL james.drummond@peard.com.au

Its time to enjoy the best things in life! This 1 year new home is positioned in a quiet South Scarborough location with the benefit of being in the Churchlands Senior High catchment area, a few minutes drive to Scarborough Beach, restaurants, bars and the upcoming pool and activities.

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CONTACT Sacha Daniel PHONE 0414 501 109 EMAIL sacha.daniel@peard.com.au

Offers Over $510,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Offers bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Scarborough 7/134 Deanmore Road

$329,950 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

Seabird 3 Hudson Street

Offers Over $595,000 bed 3 bath 3 car 6

Stunning new near residence just perfect for family beach living, would also suit business couple & just great for retirees to lock and leave, as in a very private location. Beautiful tiled living spaces, a home theatre with double doors & large study. Extras include gas heating and hot water, reverse cycle A/C, loads of cupboard space and a beautiful high spec finish overall. CONTACT Fran Satherley PHONE 0414 447 343 EMAIL fran.satherley@peard.com.au

What will you say when your children ask "Why didn't you invest in Scarborough Beach?"Lifestyle Is The New Opulence, Design Sophistication Is The New Luxury!This iconic building achieves the highest ambition of modern architecture: to make homes in which people can be better and happier!

CONTACT Paul Kettle PHONE 0403 177 680 EMAIL paul.kettle@peard.com.au

Less than 100 metres to Scarborough Beach Road for transport or walk to the beach & cafĂŠ strip from this appealing apartment. Well presented with garden courtyard and includes direct carport access. With a renovated bathroom/ laundry this is a great home or investment. Take advantage of the changing face of Scarborough with the multi million dollar redevelopment taking place, funded by the WA State Government (MRA) & the Stirling Council.

CONTACT Chas Paridis PHONE 0418 911 289 EMAIL chas.paridis@peard.com.au

Welcome to the peaceful seaside location of Seabird a hidden Gem! Not often does a chance to secure a home in this kind of location come along do not miss your chance!

This 3 bedroom 3 bathroom 2 storey home is set in a prime location being just over 150 metres to the gorgeous beaches, sportsgrounds, cafe and the Seabird Tavern.

CONTACT Tracy Kriwopischin PHONE 0419 998 306 EMAIL tracy.kriwopischin@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

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FOR SALE Secret Harbour 11 Dillon Way

$549,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Like to entertain? Got teenagers? This fantastic home has it all. Spacious master bedroom, with a spa bath in the ensuite, generous kitchen, dining, living area offering a great space for everyone to come together. Enclosed theatre room for family movie nights, low maintenance backyard with large patio and sparkling below ground swimming pool.

CONTACT Bernadette Woodhouse PHONE 0402 420 393 EMAIL bernadette.woodhouse@peard.com.au

Secret Harbour 28 Elwell Street

$499,000-$539,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

This is a unique opportunity to purchase in one of the most Shoalwater streets in Shoalwater, very close to the beach, AND 110 Gloucester Crescent desirable with proposed new Marina and infrastructure, this IS a top

Shoalwater 135A Safety Bay Road

bed 2 bath 1 car 2

bed 3 bath 2 car 2

$749,000

Shoalwater 64B Fourth Avenue

From $699,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Sorrento 15 Parker Avenue

From $1,200,000 bed 2 bath 1

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investment now, and in the future. The land is zoned R20 and can be developed if desired. There is a conditional approved plan for the sub-division available. Dont delay make your offer today.

CONTACT Fran Satherley PHONE 0414 447 343 EMAIL fran.satherley@peard.com.au

From $479,000

Stroll to local beach, beautiful park two houses away, local shopping centre, cafe, restaurants, chemist, library, medical centre and many other facilities. With everything that is happening in this amazing Shoalwater Bay/Rockingham area, now is the time to invest and set up your family home.

Amazing kitchen with stone bench-tops, home theatre, kids activity room/study. CONTACT Fran Satherley

Singleton 64 Lookout Vista

Zoned R20 with the option to subdivide into 2 lots, this huge 1165sqm parcel including the original dwelling is one of the most unique opportunities to come to market in “Old Sorrento" in a long time. It presents prime vacant land on a quiet street in an enviable location only a few hundred metres from the Indian Ocean. This is a truly unique opportunity not to miss and won’t last long at all!

Sorrento 4/9 Steele Road

PHONE 0414 447 343 EMAIL fran.satherley@peard.com.au

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CONTACT Ben Keevers PHONE 0404 056 010 EMAIL ben.keevers@peard.com.au

From $749,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 3

$375,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

A must see-this 2006 built brick and colour bond home is located on a 662M corner block. An amazing blend of style and function just look at what is on offer: Central Kitchen Features Stainless Appliances, Open Plan with Air Conditioning, Theatre & Games Room, Beautiful Solar Heated Below Ground Pool, Twin Gabled Patios Overlook Garden And Pool, 18 Panel CONTACT Rob Davis Solar Power System.

PHONE 0439 843 776 Call today to view! EMAIL rob.davis@peard.com.au

This near new home presents like a show home & is the perfect lock up and leave residence. The home has fully ducted reverse cycle A/C & the walk in linen cupboards are a useful feature of this home. The kitchen comes complete with its own scullery & the generous living/dining space opens onto a paved outdoor entertaining area. Home theatre, solar HWS & reticulated CONTACT Fran Satherley gardens.

PHONE 0414 447 343 EMAIL fran.satherley@peard.com.au

Have you been dreaming of your own two storey home on a large block? Do you need a triple garage with access through to the rear of the property? Then this property is an absolute must see. Nestled at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on the rise in Singleton now is the time to make the move to this 4x3x3 home. There are very few homes like this. Hurry on this one. Call now to inspect. CONTACT Rob Davis PHONE 0439 843 776 EMAIL rob.davis@peard.com.au

Located on the ground floor with the exclusive use to a west facing outdoor area, allowing you to soak up the afternoon sun and just footsteps from the oasis style pool, this gem presents the perfect opportunity for someone looking to enter into Sorrento at an affordable price or an astute investor looking to grow a premium property portfolio.

CONTACT Ben Keevers PHONE 0404 056 010 EMAIL ben.keevers@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

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FOR SALE Sorrento 16 Mulloway Court

From $849,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Stirling 14 Tivoli Drive

End Date Sale bed 4 bath 3 car 2

Stirling 39 Telford Crescent

End Date Sale bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Tapping 31 Galileo Avenue

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Situated in a cul-de-sac within walking distance of beaches and Hillarys Marina, this superb family home offers four living areas, a study and solar heated lap pool. Features a fully renovated kitchen, huge light filled guest suite, alfresco dining area with a pitched roof, solid hardwood floors, established fruit trees including mulberries and lemons, double garage and a garden shed on a 670sqm block.

Sorrento 18A Hawkins Avenue

14 Tivoli Drive is a home with the resort lifestyle in mind. From the grand and spacious guest bedroom downstairs providing longevity in design. To the full height vaulted ceilings from the kitchen expanding to the wrap around pool filtered pond and outdoor entertaining. You feel as if you are in your own private resort. This is truly a home and not a house, a home that is both relaxing and inviting.

Stirling 2 St Anthony Drive

Every once in a while a stand out property becomes available. This generous and modern 2 storey home on a massive 801sqm block means that it HAS to be in that category! Entering the property through the private front courtyard you will be greeted by a spacious entrance hall. Stunning Karri wood flooring then leads you past the main and second bedroom and into the massive main living area.

Stirling 9 Balsam Link

Diane Williamson presents this UNIQUE resort style family home. Individually designed and built by Scott Park Homes.

You REALLY must come along to see the hidden attributes of this stunning family residence boasting a total of 245m2 of living space.

The Vines 58 Taittinger Grove

CONTACT Juliet Wills PHONE 0411 782 808 EMAIL juliet.wills@peard.com.au

CONTACT Richard McNicol PHONE 0433 838 547 EMAIL richard.mcnicol@peard.com.au

CONTACTS Shaun Pettit/Damien Lloyd PHONE 0411 725 511/0410 574 626 EMAIL shaun.pettit@peard.com.au

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CONTACT Diane Williamson PHONE 0431 112 750 EMAIL diane.williamson@peard.com.au

$1,690,000 - $1,740,000 bed 4 bath 3 car 2

$799,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

End Date Sale bed 5 bath 2 car 2

From $1,175,000.00 bed 5 bath 3 car 4

Impeccably presented with picturesque sea views from multiple locations, this faultless two storey property is the height of coastal luxury living. Claiming multiple living areas throughout including an open-plan living and dining area with outdoor access to the main alfresco, front theatre room, and an upstairs parent’s retreat with tiled balcony and exceptional sea views, there is plenty of space to suit a growing family.

CONTACT Ben Keevers PHONE 0404 056 010 EMAIL ben.keevers@peard.com.au

At the head of the cul-de-sac is this spacious well maintained home with room for a pool should you wish. Features above average height ceilings and study, family and games rooms. Additional features include own bore, reticulation, covered patio/ pergola, brick barbeque with mains gas & outdoor sink and a rear area ideal for vegetable growing. Around two hundred metres away is appealing parkland with children’s play equipment.

CONTACT Chas Paridis PHONE 0418 911 289 EMAIL chas.paridis@peard.com.au

Positioned between 2 parks, in the quiet streets of prestigious Roselea Estate sits 9 Balsam a custom designed and built home for the family who need space, without compromising on quality. As you enter through the solid timber double doors, you're greeted with gleaming solid WA Blackbutt timber flooring and wide entry hall which invites you into the home.

CONTACT Damien Lloyd PHONE 0410 574 626 EMAIL damien.lloyd@peard.com.au

This unique, beautifully designed federation home is situated in the most desirable location within The Vines Estate. Offering an inspiring timeless style & boasts an incredible array of spacious living areas to suit the whole families lifestyle. The moment you pull up to the home you will be taken away by its luscious green lawn, beautifully maintained & manicured gardens. Cool down on hot days with your large pool which was only installed two years ago. Contact me to book your private viewing & take the step CONTACT Thanh Nguyen to own this magnificent estate.

PHONE 0414 288 165 EMAIL thanh.nguyen@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE The Vines 324 Vines Avenue

$785,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Thornlie 32 Grenadier Drive

buyers from $469,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Perched up high above the golfers, you can enjoy the relaxing view from all living areas as well as the master bedroom & will enjoy many evenings relaxing with friends in either of the two patio areas. This house oozes luxury, from the luxuriously appointed bathrooms, functional & well equipped kitchen right through to the quality of the drapes & decor.

The gardens are reticulated and ideal for your kids or dogs to play safely & with Ailsa Park, The Vines Resort and Country style lifestyle at your door step there is CONTACT Tiffany Bray something for everyone to enjoy. PHONE 0412 930 820 EMAIL tiffany.bray@peard.com.au

Thornlie 19/6 Lester Drive

This large 4 bedroom 2 bathroom 2 car garage home is ready for its new family to enjoy its many features. You can choose to keep it in its original state or renovate and reinvent this fantastic home. 948sqm block, grand double door entrance, large master bedroom with walk in robe and generous ensuite complete with bath, minor bedrooms all with built in robes and CONTACT Erin Phillips Split system A/Cs PHONE 0448 858 101

Thornlie 8 Knightsbridge Way

EMAIL erin.phillips@peard.com.au

This is a very rare opportunity to secure a three bedroom top Tuart Hill apartment situated at the back of the quiet group.

17/185 Wanneroo Road floor Supersized, excellently presented, it has the best security and

$320,000 - $330,000 bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Victoria Park 221/7 Heirisson Way

From $499,000 to $540,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 0

privacy. This lovely apartment is perfect for easy care lock-up and leave life style.

$242,000 - $262,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

$489,000 to $519,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Two Rocks 85 Two Rocks Road

From $199,000

If so, you are going to love what this immaculately presented, 3 bedroom, two bathroom, spacious lifestyle apartment home has to offer!

CONTACT Sue Rowles PHONE 0403 531 585 EMAIL sue.rowles@peard.com.au

CONTACT Julius Graham PHONE 0419 890 613 EMAIL julius.graham@peard.com.au

Thoughtfully designed for entertaining, this property offers an amazing combination of indoor and outdoor living accommodation. With a spacious formal living, a family sunken lounge, three king size bedrooms, fourth & fifth rooms are double size and the sixth is an activity room which completes the added dimensions of this home.

CONTACT Julius Graham PHONE 0419 890 613 EMAIL julius.graham@peard.com.au

This well located piece of land is 810m2 in size & nicely set on a beachfront Rd only a stones throw away from foreshore reserve.

Stroll across the sand dunes to the water & go fishing, swimming or just enjoy a leisurely walk along this beautiful coast line. Positioned in the established part of Two Rocks with no building time restraints & giving you the opportunity to construct a different style of house down the track.

CONTACT Richard McNicol PHONE 0433 838 547 EMAIL richard.mcnicol@peard.com.au

CONTACT Jasna Kolaj PHONE 0401 337 869 EMAIL jasna.kolaj@peard.com.au

FANCY LIVING BY THE RIVER IN A RESORT LIFESTYLE APARTMENT .... IN A CENTRAL LOCATION WITH CITY & PARKLAND VIEWS?

This single level villa has to be Thornlies best buy. Located off a quiet street that is known to locals in a complex that is safe, secure and ready for you to move in. Featuring 2 good sized bedrooms 1 bath, a well-appointed kitchen, dining area, easy maintenance courtyard and a single automatic garage!

Strategically close to shops, transport and parklands.

Waikiki 9 Abbeytown Circle

From $429,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Dont miss out on this gorgeous family home located in a quiet street in Waikiki. Situated on a large 600m2 block this large home has plenty to offer. If outdoor entertaining is something you enjoy then your guaranteed to love the extended A frame style wooden patio and beautiful well maintained gardens! There is even room for a pool!

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FOR SALE Overlooking the pristine blue ocean and white sands of Waikiki beach, is this amazing magnificent 180 degree 122 Warnbro Beach Road Waikiki picturesque coastal panorama from Port Kennedy to Penguin

Wanneroo 29 Helsinki Terrace

bed 3 bath 2 car 4

bed 3 bath 2 car 2

$1,375,000

Warnbro 2 Pembroke Court

From $899,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 3

Wembley Downs 245a Weaponess Road

From $1,065,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

West Leederville 326A Railway Parade

Offers From $1,200,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2 54

Have you been looking for something different? Stop looking!

This individually designed Ross North home is perfect for the busy family or downsizers looking for quality & low maintenance living.This home is located in the sought after Belvedere Hills Estate within walking distance of the Hocking Primary School and Wyatt Grove Shopping Centre development.

CONTACT Esmari Bradley

Island, this impressive tri level, 2 story residence will impress you at first glimpse with its striking architectural flair, whilst also offering resort style entertaining. Call Graham York for a private viewing CONTACT Graham York

Offers Over $579,000

Fantastic opportunity to buy a classic 300m2 home, 350mtrs from the beautiful Warnbro beach. There is a real country ambience about the property once you're behind the fence including side access to put your caravan or boat along with two garden sheds. This 2272m2 block has bore and auto reticulation, plus there is plenty of room for a large workshop.

CONTACT Vandy Hall

Watermans Bay 3/22-24 Elsie Street

Step into the private courtyard of 245a Weaponess Road and get ready for a surprise. Beyond the pretty, French-provincial exterior lies a deceptively large family home complete with a massive, standalone games room and huge, welcoming and beautifully decorated living areas that are flooded with natural light.

Calling all first home buyers or astute investors. This incredibly Wembley and well-kept two story, two bedroom, one bathroom 56/11 Herdsman Parade cute townhouse is available now. Located in the sought after Beverly

PHONE 0467 773 977 EMAIL graham.york@peard.com.au

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CONTACT Paul Kettle PHONE 0403 177 680 EMAIL paul.kettle@peard.com.au

With flawless magazine style presentation and contemporary elegance this sophisticated two storey residence exudes comfort from the moment you enter this home providing enough space and options for everyone to gather together or retire to their own quiet refuge.

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CONTACT Karen Lloyd PHONE 0421 614 447 EMAIL karen.lloyd@peard.com.au

$569,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

From $279,000 bed 2 bath 1 car 1

West Perth 12/8 Prowse Street

Offers Above $500,000 bed 2 bath 2 car 2

PHONE 0422 279 396 EMAIL esmari.bradley@peard.com.au

Tucked to the rear of a small complex, this beachside home offers privacy, seclusion and a brand new lock up garage or workshop with an office, carport and recess for a boat trailer or caravan – it is just perfect for a home business. The interior of the home has been renovated with a smart kitchen, floating floor boards and opens to a Travertine paved alfresco area equipped with a pizza oven and cafÊ blinds.

CONTACT Les Lindsay PHONE 0407 420 384 EMAIL les.lindsay@peard.com.au

Court you will find yourself on the doorstep of Lake lands of Herdsman Reserve. If location is important to you this one is perfect for those looking to have easy access to the CBD, freeways, and coast.

CONTACT Dean Bradley PHONE 0411 110 779 EMAIL dean.bradley@peard.com.au

A great opportunity to secure your home in one of the quietest streets in West Perth. This spacious executive apartment offers a wonderful modern city lifestyle with convenient West Perth location in walking distance to train station, CAT bus routes, close enough to Leederville, West End of the CBD, Subiaco and Northbridge.

CONTACT Brian Godwin PHONE 0430 344 300 EMAIL brian.godwin@peard.com.au primolife.com.au

FOR SALE West Perth 34 Cleaver Street

Auction bed 3 bath 1 car 1

Woodvale 10 Agathis Close

From $619,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Woodvale 38 Tallering Heights

From $725,000 bed 5 bath 2 car 2

Yanchep 3 Wrasse Corner

$599,000 - $639,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Auction on site 22/04/17 at 2.00pm (unless sold prior) Perched on the crest of the hill, sits 34 Cleaver St, a stunning character home with opportunities aplenty. Zoned R80, on 549sqm of prime land overlooking the picturesque Perth city skyline, with street frontage, and rear access via a sealed service lane - there are a myriad of options to maximize your returns through development and create a highly desirable product.

Woodlands 35 Bentwood Avenue

Large family 4x2 with study or 5th bedroom in one of Woodvales highly sought after locations. This large family home is positioned on a good size 689m2 block and has been well cared for by the current owners.Original and well looked after home offering a large blank canvas rear garden so you can add your own style and features.

Woodvale 24 Panzano Circuit

$689,000

CONTACT Damien Lloyd PHONE 0410 574 626 EMAIL damien.lloyd@peard.com.au

CONTACT Tony Mullen PHONE 0402 020 331 EMAIL tony.mullen@peard.com.au

Built by the current owners, this beautiful five-bedroom property has been lovingly cared for and immaculately kept, making it a wonderful, welcoming family home in a prime Woodvale position. Situated in a quiet, peaceful cul de sac, close to picturesque parks and nature reserves, this is a home with a real heart.

CONTACT Mick Evans PHONE 0417 933 620 EMAIL mick.evans@peard.com.au

Situated in one of the best locations Yanchep has to offer, only a few steps from the beach this property is sure to impress! The beautiful home boasts 4 spacious bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, beautiful theatre room, well-appointed kitchen with quality appliances, large open plan family room/casual meals, fantastic alfresco, Bali cabana & a stunning solar heated swimming pool. CONTACT Peggy Middelveld PHONE 0415 566 825 EMAIL peggy.middelveld@peard.com.au

Searching for a great location to stake your claim and build the dream home, then look no further than this outstanding 400m2 lot.The location sits close to all of the suburbs many attractions including top class educational amenities, the likes of Hale, Churchlands Senior High and Newman College.

CONTACT Sam Mannino PHONE 0402 822 457 EMAIL sam.mannino@peard.com.au

From $699,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Yanchep 21 Wentworth Street

From $399,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Yanchep 5 Teraglin Vista

From $650,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Welcome to 24 Panzano cct, a quiet street within one of Woodvales newest pockets within easy reach of the shops, walk trails, transport and schools. This very well designed property was quality built by Dale Alcock Homes & was completed in 2013. Set on an 396m2 lot boasting an impressive facade I am sure that you will enjoy arriving home to it every day.

CONTACT Rob Nicholls PHONE 0407 442 222 EMAIL rob.nicholls@peard.com.au

What a pleasure to present this delightful property in the popular 'St Andrews' Estate. The size of this home will amaze you, as this 3 x 2 is substantially bigger than the average 4 x 2. Definite WOW factor here. Combined with its charming natural surroundings, this beautiful family home is a an absolute must see.

CONTACT Peggy Middelveld PHONE 0415 566 825 EMAIL peggy.middelveld@peard.com.au

Unique Federation style home in top spot! Located in prestigious Ocean Lagoon Estate, only metres from the pristine beach this superbly finished residence sits on 708sqm prime coastal land. Packed with charming details such as sculpted archways, crystal chandeliers, ornate ceiling roses, French doors, front verandah just to name a few.

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FOR SALE Yanchep 27 Lookout Drive

From $429,000 bed 4 bath 2 car 2

Carefree beachstyle living! This brand new home has just been built (never lived in) and sits in the sought after Lindsay Beach pocket only 75m to the new beach access path and lookout point! Beautifully finished and presented this sophisticated home has been built with modern and low maintenance lifestyle in mind.

CONTACT Peggy Middelveld PHONE 0415 566 825 EMAIL peggy.middelveld@peard.com.au

Yokine 66 Golf View Street

$765,000 bed 3 bath 2 car 2

Secluded away amongst quality homes with city glimpses and panoramic views of The Darling Range surrounds, this classic beauty will reward you with happy living and central "near everything "location. Green title, extra-large with three living zones and room to expand (swimming pool), well maintained and loved by present owners this is the one. Be quick to inspect!

CONTACT Maggie Pawlik PHONE 0438 876 727 EMAIL maggie.pawlik@peard.com.au

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IT’S THE NAUGHTY BUT NICE ADULTS-ONLY CARNIVAL OF FUN - DON’T MISS SEXPO WHEN IT ROLLS INTO TOWN SAYS TORI WILSON.

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hen Sexpo comes to town it’s presence is pretty hard to miss, so it’s very likely you’ve at least heard about it or seen the odd eye-popping advertising flyer.

But for those of you who haven’t yet taken the plunge to attend, now’s your chance to open your eyes to a whole new experience.

It’s hard to pin down an exact description of Sexpo in just a few words as there’s so much going on. Some might say it’s a bit like a ‘no kids allowed’ carnival. But that still doesn’t really cover it.

Acclaimed Australian adult movie star, sex and relationship therapist and Sexpo tour guide Madison Missina has been with Sexpo for 10 years and describes it as a different world.

“Sexpo is an exploration of sexuality and a celebration of the freedom to live different lifestyles,” she says.

“You have everything from the educational side of things provided by sexologists and tantric practitioners; to performers and strippers; to lifestyle products that cater to all preferences. There really is something there for everyone.”

If you’re visiting for a bit of fun and a good laugh, Madison recommends you try out ‘The Shafter’ – the ride that looks like a giant, er, male member (don’t worry, it’s not as confronting as it sounds).

“It’s a bit like a combination between the Batman Returns simulator ride and the opening scene from Look Who’s Talking with the sperm swimming through the fallopian tube,” says

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Madison. “It’s all about intercourse. It took me years to try it out but when I finally did I had so much fun.”

If you want to get even more involved and embrace the opportunity to show off the inner you, join in for the Sexy Cosplay competition (the $1,500 prize up for grabs makes it even more attractive).

“I love that we have cosplay at Sexpo now,” says Madison.

“Whenever someone puts on a costume or dresses up, a new part of them comes alive and they have an increased level of self-esteem for that moment.”

There’s no need to follow strict rules with this comp.

Contestants are encouraged to break boundaries that they can’t in everyday life; to embrace creativity and sexuality through costumes and role playing on the main stage. The only requirement: dress however you want and share why it makes you feel sexy.

There is so much opportunity for fun, games, social interaction and the chance to break out of your shell at Sexpo. But there’s also the chance to be educated on the way sexuality and sexual norms are constructed and confined within the media.

Through her photo exhibition RAW, Madison hopes to deconstruct these norms and expose that all bodies are different and all bodies are beautiful.

“RAW is educational but also a bit of a protest,” says Madison. My point with RAW is that we’ve gotten to a stage now where female sexuality is everywhere. It’s used to influence the public and to sell products; everything from fast food meals to cars to perfumes.

“The impact of this is that women are starting to self-objectify.

Magazines are often teaching women that ‘you may be happy with your flat stomach but is your bum okay?’”

Madison aims to expose the censorship laws put in place by the government that dictate what is and isn’t acceptable female sexuality to publish. She hopes to communicate that true female sexuality is not the male fantastical depictions seen in porn and that this should not be the standard with which to compare ourselves.

“Something that my exhibit questions is the fact that according to censorship laws, you’re not allowed to publish external genitalia of a woman in any form,” says Madison. “This means that if you’re an outie, you can put your vagina in a magazine but it has to be photo shopped so that you’re an innie. If you’re an outie, according to our Australian classifications, that’s considered obscene.”

Madison has produced artistic photos of herself for RAW to expose that all body types are completely normal.

Through both RAW and as a tour guide, Madison hopes to encourage patrons to embrace their bodies and boost self-confidence with the knowledge that everyone is different and that’s OK “If everyone could come to Sexpo and walk away feeling a little bit better about themselves and more OK with what’s going on with their sexuality and in their sex lives, then to me, we as Sexpo have done our job,” says Madison.

Whether you’re wanting to be surrounded by an aura of positive body image; to learn about how to improve your relationship; to spice up your sex life; or to just have fun, Sexpo is your chance to do it.

“Sexuality is something that is so inherent in our existence that we tend to shy away from,” says Madison. “We’re all sexual beings, so the fact that for one weekend everyone can just put everything out on the table is awesome.” PL Sexpo, Perth Convention Centre from May 5-7. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit sexpo.com.au

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PRIMO Picks Catch the latest shows, openings and exhibitions this autumn - and win tickets too!

A ROCK STAR RISES

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hawn Mendes has continued to rise in the rock star world since his sophomore album Illuminate, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Luckily for us, he’s bringing all his best songs with him to Australia this summer as part of his Illuminate World Tour.

As a hockey-loving teenager from Pickering, Ontario, something about Shawn that sets him apart is he wins over hearts with his small town charm over a bad boy attitude. He began with catchy acoustic folk-pop tunes and now many of his songs have garnered a cool blues rock kind of vibe that makes people want to move.

Shawn has done a fair bit of touring in the last few years so he knows how to put on a killer performance. His 2016 Shawn Mendes World Tour and his Illuminate release show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden were both sell-outs that pleased the masses.

His past tours have set the bar so there are some high expectations for this one that are very likely to be met. Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate World Tour, Perth Arena December 6. Book at Ticketek on 132 849 or visit ticketek.com.au

TEEN IDOL IS DISCOVERED. TEEN IDOL HITS IT BIG. TEEN IDOL WANTS TO MATURE. TEEN IDOL PULLS IT OFF. ~ LA Times

HUB ATTRACTS THE STARS One of Margaret River’s best kept secrets has been gaining a lot of attention of late with a host of celebrities popping up at the venue.

The Margaret River Cultural Centre on Wallcliffe Road is well-known to locals but not many visitors know about this little gem within walking distance of the main street.

Spotted recently at the venue were Tim Winton, Leon Pericles, John Butler, Craig Silvey, Ben Elton, Ian Parmenter and a host of other artists, musicians, actors and authors.

Upcoming events include ARCHÈ - live ballet performance by the Melbourne Ballet Company on Saturday April 29, Shirley Valentine – live theatre performance by HIT Productions on Thursday May 11, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow on Sunday May 28 and the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival on Friday June 2 to Sunday June 5 and featuring Michael Palin, Kerry O’Brien, Clementine Ford, Bruce Pascoe, Robert Drewe, Stephanie Alexander, Abdi Aden, Jane Caro, Joan London, Tim Costello and many more.

With events like these we don’t think that the Margaret River Cultural Centre will remain a secret for long especially after major renovations due to commence later this year.

The renovations will see a much larger, state of the art venue that will better suit the quality of events being presented.  Check out their website for more details – artsmargaretriver.com and mrrwfestival.com or drop into the venue the next time you are in town.

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LET’S DANCE IF YOU’RE NOT able to get away to Groovin’ the Moo to catch The Wombats, no need to fret. They’ll be celebrating the 10th birthday of their first album A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation at Metro City on the May 11.

Their collection of hits from Glitterbug, This Modern Glitch, and, of course, A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation will kick things off to get everyone moving to their indie-rock vibes.

Anyone who’s tuned into triple j will know how catchy and recognisable The Wombats are, but for those of you who have never seen them live, it really is something different. They add just an extra hint of grungy rock and a whole wave of feeling that gets everyone on board.

So if you think you’re a fan now, make sure to join the party at Metros. The Wombats, Metro City May 11. For more info visit secretsounds.com

Dancing in the street F

remantle has such an upbeat, artsy feel that just makes people want to dance in the street; so the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival for 2017 is sure to get everyone in a good mood.

Named ahead of Rome as one of the top 10 cities to visit for 2016, according to Lonely Planet, Fremantle’s urban street culture has a lot to offer. FISAF is recognised around the globe as a world-class festival thanks to the high calibre performances on show.

Performing artists from around the globe will be travelling all the

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way Down Under to share with you their talents. Whether they make you smile, laugh, or scratch your head; you’re likely to have fun with this crowd.

You will have plenty to choose from with 34 international performers from 11 countries, including Belgium, the UK, USA and Japan, ready to impress with their original and enthralling performances.

British humour usually goes down pretty well in this area, so if you’re looking for a laugh check out Chris Lynam from the UK, renowned for bringing his brand of crazed humour to audiences.

For enchanting artistic talent, It Started With a Dance by Hungarian performers is worth attending.This one is a unique show that combines technology and human movement to deliver something completely new.

Or, if you’re hoping to stumble across one of those completely quirky European gems, Boucherie Bacul is for you. Strange Belgian Butchers of the market will try to sell you their morbid merchandise with some interesting techniques. Beware, this deliciously dark sideshow comedy is not for the feint-hearted.

Join the party over the Easter long weekend from April 13 to 17. For more info visit streetartsfestival.com.au

WICKED WORDSMITHS Love a gripping story? Or maybe you just enjoy and appreciate creativity in general?

If you can put your hand up for either category, you’ll probably like the Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival too.

The event runs over a course of three days in Geraldton and is jam packed with a vibrant range of presentations, workshops, masterclasses, and more. These events will involve a bunch of incredible writers, illustrators, comedians among other creative types for you to engage with and enjoy.

If reading and writing is your number one creative passion, you’re spoilt for choice with featured guests. Just a few include multiple award-winning Australian Indigenous writer Bruce Pascoe; Singaporean writer, poet and flash fiction storyteller Felix Cheong; and bestselling psychological suspense writer Sara Foster.

If photography is more your gig, check out award-winning photographer Frances Andrijich who has published 11 photography books.

Or, if you’re looking for something captivating that will provoke thought and feeling, make sure to see poet and children’s writer Meg McKinlay.

Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival, Geraldton from May 5 to 7. For more info visit library.cgg. wa.gov.au/big-sky-2017.aspx

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A HEALTHY DOSE OF COMEDY

Shout out to

LITTLE MIX

THE GLORY DAYS Tour 2017 is set to hit Perth on July 20 at Crown Theatre, and it has Little Mix fans wriggling in their seats.

This will be the second time the world’s largest girl group tour Australia and this time round they have a whole new range of songs to wow the crowd. Cheeky lead single Shout Out To My Ex and mega hits Hair, Wings and Move will be some of the many favourites fans can expect.

Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, LeighAnne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall formed Little Mix in 2011 and have been taking charts by storm ever since.

Today they have no doubt become one of the biggest pop acts on the planet, which will make total sense to the masses of Little Mix fans out there who are more than keen for a live performance.

A second show has already been added to the Melbourne venue, where tickets for the first show sold out in a flash. So if you haven’t grabbed your ticket yet, get in while you can. For ticketing details visit livenation. com.au

Everybody loves to laugh, and what’s more, it’s great for your health.You can get your next decent fix at the 2017 Perth Comedy Festival where you’ll be sure to get a good, long-lasting dose.

There’s a ton of variety this year, ranging from online superstars Alex Williamson and Frenchy to critically acclaimed gem Alice Fraser.

Alex Williamson has been a huge runaway hit with the Youtube generation, and continues to deliver with his act Make the World A Banter Place. Described as overwhelmingly politically incorrect, Alex seems to have caught on that many of us are suckers for inappropriate humour, otherwise known as good banter.

US performer Eric Andre pushes the boundaries for longer laughs with his absurd, anything-goes stand-up. If his

late night cult hit The Eric Andre Show is anything to go by, he’s a weird and wonderful talent that’s one of a kind.

If you’re into comedy that’s a little artful, unpredictably meaningful, and narratively unorthodox, then Alice Fraser has what you’re after. Alice has been a sell-out, critically acclaimed hit with her 2015 & 2016 solo shows Savage and The Resistance so purchase early with this one. Her new show Empire will explore the notion of power and revenge, triggering bouts of laughter along the way.

Presented by Frontier Comedy, the Perth Comedy Festival will be showcased at Regal Theatre so dress up, grab a drink, and make it an evening. * Read Lisa Shearon’s interview with one of the Festival’s stars - David O’Doherty on page 102 The Perth Comedy Festival, Regal Theatre from May 11 to 14. Book at Ticketek on 13 28 49 or visit ticketek.com.au

CAT’S BACK

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usuf, also known as Cat Stevens, is heading our way with his 50th Anniversary Peace Train Tour – that’s a pretty impressive milestone.

The last time Yusuf toured Australia was in 2010 for the first time in 36 years and his talent was received with much praise. It was a reminder to all of how rare and beautiful his songs are.

His life has taken him on a journey full of various challenges, and his response to turn to spirituality and a search for peace has heavily influenced his music in an incredible way.

It was 50 years ago that Yusuf ’s musical journey began and he released his first major hit single and debut album Matthew & Son. Today it sounds just as incredible as ever. Find out for yourself when he visits the Perth Arena on November 22. Yusuf/Cat Stevens Peace Train Tour, Perth Arena November 22. For more info visit catstevens.com, tegdainty.com or livenation.com.au

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ver heard of Le Dîner en Blanc? If your answer is yes – lucky you! If not, it’s probably because these exclusive events tend to be very hush hush and it’s usually up to attendees to discover them for themselves.

Le Dîner en Blanc began 30 years ago in Paris as a strictly word-of-mouth event.

Today, this global phenomenon has spread like well-dressed wildfire to more than 70 cities across the globe, including New York, Miami, Sydney, Los Angeles, Singapore, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Montreal, Tokyo, and Abidjan.

The most recent event right here in Perth was on April 1, an epicurean do hosted at Fremantle Esplanade Reserve, where 1,900 invite-only guests gathered.

Just moments before the event kicks off is the secret location revealed; once all the guests converge, it makes for a stunning spectacle.

If you’re curious as to why it’s titled Dîner en Blanc, this is because every guest must dress in all white attire that is stylish and tasteful – originality is encouraged. No need to worry about overdressing here.

Guests must bring a table and two white chairs, a gourmet picnic with a white tablecloth and napkins, quality cutlery, and wine or champagne only. This event is all about elegance.

So how do you join this sophisticated soiree and find out what all the fuss is about? To do so you must be a member, be sponsored by a member or sign up to the official waiting list and cross your fingers – we never said it was easy. The next event is planned for 2018.

Visit facebook.com/DinerEnBlanc.Perth/

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DISCO FEVER

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e’ve all had a good time getting down to YMCA at least once in our lives so get excited to join in with the real thing when the Village People tour Australia for their 40th anniversary.

These known and loved Kings of Disco are coming to Australia in May to deliver some absolute hits and get everyone dancing.

For an extra fix of disco fever, the Village People will be accompanied by supporting band Björn Again – the only Abba show endorsed by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. They are guaranteed to get you down for a boogie and a singalong to classics that you know and love.

Sounds like a good time to us.

Village People 40th Anniversary Australian Tour, Crown Theatre on May 21.

Book with Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com.au

BALI WITH AN EXTRA KICK

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e’re sure you’d agree that we could all do with a luxurious Bali getaway, surrounded by breathtaking landscapes and beautiful beaches. We could also all feel a little lighter by hiking up our fitness regime and eating fresher, more nutritious foods.

Revive Retreats have the right idea by combining two things that will make anyone feel great; Bali and a fitness camp.

Each day features something new to get involved in. Get your heart rate up to

kick start your endorphins with circuit and functional training and rice paddy cycling.

Get among your surroundings with volcano hiking, high ropes course, and stand up paddle boarding. To finish off, connect with your body and mind through yoga. There’s something to cover all bases.

Learn to make healthy and wholesome meals too with organic cooking classes. Take note so that you can impress your friends and family with your new skills when returning to Oz. Komune is a stunning health and fitness hub that’s just steps away from the beach along Bali’s more remote east coast. This seven-day retreat includes accommodation, all supervised training and activities, meals, a traditional Balinese massage, and a welcome goodie bag to commence your stay.

For more info visit reviveretreat.com.au, email at info@reviveretreat.com.au or call 0434 549 867.

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Magic hits the high notes

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SOUNDS LIKE A SYMPHONY Prepare to be dazzled by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra when principal conductor Asher Fisch returns to conduct a concert of Mozart, Stravinsky and Sibelius.

WASO’s concert master Laurence Jackson will be performing too so you’re guaranteed to witness talent that’s sure to take your breath away.

The performance will open with the sparkling and energetic Symphony No.29 before Laurence takes centre stage to captivate the audience with Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto – a rare highlight that hasn’t been performed at WASO in 45 years.

The performance is evocative of the landscapes of Asher’s native home, Finland.

It’ll be filled with feeling and incredibly moving.

Asher Fisch Conducts Sibelius, Perth Concert Hall from April 21 to 22.Visit waso.com.au

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FUN FACT: LISTENING TO MOZART BOOSTS BRAINPOWER ACCORDING TO RESEARCH.

arry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was an absolute hit as a film for so many reasons, with the remarkable soundtrack being one that was definitely up there at the top.

WASO has recently announced a third screening of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert due to extremely high demand – is anyone really surprised?

So for the fans out there who have missed out so far, now’s your chance to experience Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in high definition, while the West Australian Symphony Orchestra performs the score composed by award-winning composer and Oscar winner, John Williams. It’ll set some pretty spectacular atmosphere for the film to say the least.

Start expecting goose bumps all over when you experience the moving sounds of this talented symphony through the sometimes eerie, sometimes heart-warming moments within this much-loved film.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert, Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 5 to 6. Book at Ticketek 1300 795 012 or visit ticketek. com.au

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ne of the coolest ‘tricks’ on my iPhone is the slo-motion video setting. But capturing things in ultra slow-motion has, until now, been a very, very expensive exercise that’s mainly the domain of highend scientific and motion picture technology (think bullets being fired through playing cards etc); the specialist cameras needed cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, well beyond the reach of the average Joe. Step up to the plate Canadian whizzkid engineer David Kronstein.

Inspired by the wow-factor of TV’s Mythbusters series - and more importantly unable to afford a highspeed camera at the time - David set out to design and build his own high-speed imaging camera. Many thousands of man hours later, and thanks to an injection of capital via Kickstarter, Kron Technologies has launched the Chronos 1.4, a pro quality high-speed camera that fits in the palm of your hand. The Chronos 1.4 can capture, depending on the resolution setting, up to 21,640 frames per second. “We started on a journey that led to Chronos because we believe high-speed imaging should be for everyone, not just scientific research labs and TV productions with massive budgets,” David says on the Kron Technologies website. “Cameras with similar features currently sell for around $25,000; Chronos is about 1/10th the price, with more features, smaller size and far better usability.You can buy a Chronos for less than the cost of renting a typical high-speed camera for a week or two,” he says.

The Chronos 1.4 sells for just under $US3000.

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t resembles an escape pod from the Death Star, but Devialet’s striking Gold Phantom is actually a state-of-the-art wireless speaker that has enough grunt to send your music listening experience into the stratosphere. The Gold Phantom, which is packed full of patented gizmology, can pump out an astounding 4500 WATTS at 108 decibels (sorry, neighbours) but with virtually no distortion. It can connect via AirPlay or Bluetooth or optical inputs (think turntables, CD players, TV, Blu-Ray etc) and its 11.4kg composite body is flanked with - gulp - 22K pink-gold plate. Devialet is distributed in Australia by Melbourne-based Interdyne and brand manager Morgan Coady describes the French company as cutting edge luxury. “Think of them like the Tesla of hi-fi, combining new technologies and impeccable performance to creat new industry standards,” he says. The Gold Phantom will set you back $4,690.

For more information and details on where to buy the Gold Phantom and other Devialet products, visit interdyne.com.au

THINKING INSIDE THE SQUARE

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veryone knows you can’t fit a square box in a round hole, right? Well what about drilling a square hole? For years, tradies and the world’s handymen and women have had to muck around with rulers, pencils and handsaws to do this kind of time consuming job (confession: I’ve never done so and would rather dive into a pit of king cobras than futz around being a home handyman). But British inventors/ designers Michael Sebhatu and Ean Brown of London-based start-up Genius IP have come to the rescue with the ingenious QUADSAW, a nifty four-bladed tool that’s compatible with power drills and most battery drills and which they say allows the user to cut a square hole in just seconds with the minimum of mucking around.

QUADSAW even has its own built-in spirit levels and height gauge and the Genius IP pair have crunched the numbers on just how much time and effort it would save British electricians.

“With 250,000 electricians in the UK cutting around three holes each working day there are almost 200 million square hols cut every year. QUADSAW could save 16 million hours of labour and more than £320 million a year in the UK alone and much more globally,” says Michael.

Says Ean: “It cuts a perfect square and it means there is no ‘making good’, so when you’ve finished there is no returning to the building site to plaster or fix things up.”

Genius IP has launched QUADSAW in the UK where it retails for around $400 and is finalising plans for an Australian release.

For more information, visit quadsaw.com

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t was 50 years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play…

Hard to believe half a century has passed since The Beatles released what is considered by most music pundits to be the most influential album ever produced, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Audacious in its concept, engineering and design, and jammed full of instant classics (Lucy InThe Sky With Diamonds et al), Sgt Pepper’s still sounds as fresh today as the day of its release, June 1, 1967. As befitting such an occasion, EMI is celebrating the 50th anniversary with a raft of collector’s releases: a single, stereo-mix CD; a deluxe set of twin CDs and digital package that features stereo and mono mixes (the original was released in mono which was the dominant music format at the time); a deluxe LP set

on 180-gram vinyl (the second record has previously unreleased takes of the albums 13 songs, newly mixed in stereo and sequenced in the same order as the album); and, for the ultimate Beatles tragic, a “superdeluxe” six-disc boxed set which features multiple mixes, unreleased tracks, BluRay and DVDs with restored footage of Beatles’ promotional films and a previously unreleased documentary, posters and a 144page hardcover book. “It’s crazy to think that 50 years later we are looking back on this project with such fondness and a little bit of amazement at how four guys, a great producer and his engineers could make such a lasting piece of art,” says Paul McCartney in his newly-penned introduction for the Sgt Pepper Anniversary Edition.

The 50th anniversary editions of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band will be released on May 26 and available at all good music stores.

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s it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it an amazing, glow-in-thedark, mechanical time-telling jellyfish? Well, yes to the latter. Max Busser and some seriously inventive friends are the brains behind avantgarde horological specialists MB&F and this crazy, cutting edge machine (the word ‘watch’ doesn’t do it justice) is based on an encounter he once had on a family beach holiday - with a jellyfish. The Aquapod, released at the Baselworld watch fair last month, shimmers in a titanium case which houses a threedimensional movement, including a tourbillon (a device to keep the movement accurate against the effect of gravity) and glows in the dark thanks to a special coating.

A unidirectional rotating ceramic bezel makes a nod to the traditional diver’s watch but the Aquapod really occupies a space in watch-dom all of its own.

The titanium case version costs $98,000 (33 pieces only worldwide) and there is also a rose gold variant (66 worldwide, $118,000 per piece).

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THE LATEST AND GREATEST FROM THE WORLD OF BOOKS

KIWI Keith Dunstan, Allen & Unwin, $49.99 There just has to be a film in this somewhere (think The Castle), the quite remarkable story of how Melburnian William Ramsay’s invention of a humble shoe polish became an international phenomenon. Ramsay founded his business in 1906 but it was the outbreak of World War I that gave his business a real boost; armies thrive on spit and polish and cans of Kiwi accompanied troops overseas to put a shine on their boots, belts and bridles. By the time the Great War was over, Kiwi was being made in 24 factories worldwide, selling an incredible 250 million cans a year.

Despite their rapid rise to fame (and fortune), the late Keith Dunstan (Kiwi was his last book) reveals the Ramsay family’s story, and their shoe polish empire, was also one of trial and tribulation. But the brand (now owned

by SC Johnson) lives on, stronger than ever, and is sold in more than 180 countries. And the name? William Ramsay dubbed his polish “Kiwi” to honour his New Zealand-born wife Annie.

remaining civilian population to wage a rearguard war against any Japanese advance - to initiate a “Scorched Earth” policy to stop the Japanese Imperial Army from seizing resources (and slaves) as it had done in Malaya and elsewhere in Asia. The motto was “total war, total civilian collaboration” and, for 75 years these plans had been marked top secret - until now. In Scorched Earth, New South Walesbased historian and heritage consultant Sue Rosen reveals for the first time the extreme sacrifices Australians were prepared to make to keep their freedom.

REMOTE BEAUTY The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, from Back Roads Australia.

BACK ROADS AUSTRALIA, Dorling Kindersley, $29.99 Apart from going on holiday, the next-best thing is planning your next one. And if that involves taking a trip around any of the 913,000km of roads in this great sunburned country of ours, well you’d better get a copy of the latest edition of DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guide’s Back Roads Australia.

From the Hunter Valley, to the Great Ocean Road and 20 other great drives, there’s a host of information for each adventure from sightseeing tips, GPS data, accommodation and dining options and more. For those more analogue-minded (i.e. me) there’s also a great pull out map to plot your journey.

SCORCHED EARTH Sue Rosen, Allen & Unwin, $32.99 Anyone who’s a fan of “alternative history” yarns will get a buzz out of this - except this history is all too real.

In 1942, with most of its fighting forces overseas, Australia lay like a sitting duck to a potential Japanese invasion.

Secret plans were drawn up for the

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS, Tom Ang, Dorling Kindersley OK, pretty much everyone these days can take a snap via their phone but there’s still nothing like a made-forthe-job instrument to get the best result - in other words, the camera knows best. Dorling Kindersley are the masters of vivid, visually striking books, and Tom Ang’s Digital Photography Masterclass is no exception. It’s 360 pages are packed with clear, concise “how to” tutorials on how to get the best out of your digital DSLR, whatever, and wherever, the subject. Plus there’s a host of post-production tips, all in language the layman (or woman) can understand.

STOP PRESS:

STOP PRESS: ARTISTS OF THE MARGARET RIVER REGION by Carmen Jenner and Gabi Mills (M&P Publishing) has won a gold medal in the annual IPPY Publishing Awards. The prestigious international awards recognise excellence in the independent publishing sector, with entries from all over the world vying for the top medals.

Congrats!

SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND Brian Southall, Hachette $39.99 My first exposure to The Beatles was in the late 1960s via well-worn EPs, four songs on each, as I blasted out (scratches and all) these mini-records in all their monaural glory via my parents’ one-speaker radiogram. But at high school I got my first real taste of Lennon/McCartney magic when our music teacher (frustrated I suspect that his class of know-all teens thought then chart-topping Peter Frampton was the be-all and end-all of popular music) made us listen - at sonic boom level - to the majestic A Day In The Life from the seminal Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Frampton’s wailings were promptly put in their place as the aural awesomeness of that final note washed over Class 4PK. This June marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the record that

rocked the foundations of popular music; Sgt Pepper’s was, essentially, the first real album with a cohesive theme, rather than just a collection of songs. It took album cover art to another realm; “Fifth Beatle” George Martin’s production melded classical sensibilities with (for the time) mindbending psychedelic touches. It was, in short, a watershed moment for pop

music and pop culture.

Music industry insider Brian Southall’s new book, cleverly split into “A” and “B” sides, delves into the Beatles’ creative process for Sgt Pepper’s, the staggering impact of its release and a wider look at that world of the Swinging Sixties when it seemed that “Fab Four” from Liverpool could do no wrong. PL May/June 2017 | PRIMOLIFE

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ALL THE BEST ON THE SMALL SCREEN

YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT TO WATCH ON TV IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH

JOHN TORODE’S KOREAN FOOD TOUR Lifestyle Food, April 26.

There’s been talk recently that John Torode doesn’t actually have much time for longtime culinary partner in crime Gregg Wallace, despite more than a decade side by side on the UK version of Masterchef.

Some reports talk of culture differences, but we reckon it’s more likely due to the awkwardness there must be when they chat about what they’re up to when not slating wannabe chefs in the seminal reality TV cooking comp.

Torode, after all, gets to wax lyrical about his new series, which sees him touring beautiful, vibrant South Korea in a 10-part odyssey to discover all that the scintillating country has to offer. He drops in at Buddhist temples, paints stunning Seoul red, meets social media-obsessed celebs and sits down with traditional rural gatekeepers of centuriesold fare as he explores everything from tofu to barbecue and all that’s in between.

Wallace, meanwhile, would probably get all enthusiastic about baked bean production in Wigan as he recounts his latest exploits in Inside the Factory, that bizarre throughthe-round-window look at mass food production that also crops up every now and then on Lifestyle Food.

If you’re pondering which Masterchef to follow, then, trust us and stick with Torode. A date with barugongyang crafted by monks in a temple built in a time of myth, legend and adventure, is always going to be preferable to a container full of crispy pancakes.

• Watch if you love: Rick Stein’s Long Weekends and all of Torode’s previous food tours.

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VEEP S6, SHOWCASE APRIL 26 HOUSE OF CARDS S5, Netflix May 30 It must be hard to be the writers of these two illustrious pieces of iconic television, what with everything that’s going on in the real world right now.

For years, they’ve both cornered the market in White House-based entertainment, toppling the once-predominant West Wing by dividing to conquer – Veep took the comedy road, House of Cards went for dark, disturbing drama.

Their ace in the hole was to discard reality in favour of extreme fiction, Selina Meyer’s Veep bringing hilarity through the ridiculousness of her political forays while Frank Underwood patrolled Washington’s House of Cards leaving Machiavellian chaos in his wake – both making hay from events that, once upon a time, would never occur

in a sane world.

Now, of course, we have a reality TV star in the White House, tweeting, groping, glaring, terrifying – and one wonders just where Armando Iannucci and Beau Willimon, the geniuses behind Veep and HoC will be able to go next to match what is actually going down in the Oval Office.

Fingers crossed, they’re up to the job, and with the talent at hand, we’re quietly confident. The brilliant Julia Louise-Dreyfus, the only one to escape Seinfeld with a new identity, returns as Meyer and Kevin Spacey’s back as Underwood, sly asides to camera and lethargic drawl at the ready, so settle down and enjoy the kind of chaos at the seat of the world’s number one superpower that we should celebrate not fear.

• Watch if you love:The Thick of It and the original HoC (these two buck the trend of

second-rate US remakes of British classics), or if you follow Donald Trump’s Twitter feed.

60 DAYS IN: ATLANTA Crime & Investigation Channel, April 26 Back in the day, there was a late-night ‘yoof ’ TV show in the UK called The Word. It was a stream of consciousness affair where guests and presenters who looked suspiciously unsteady on their feet shouted, giggled and swore their way through 50 or so minutes.

As an impressionable teen, I loved it.

One section, dubbed simply ‘I’d do anything to get on TV’, involved members of the public snogging old ladies, eating bugs and licking sweat off fat people, a piece of small screen genius I was reminded of while reading up on the premise of 60 Days In. The Word’s five-minute section, was, you see, the dawn of reality TV, the advent

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of non-celeb voyeurism that exploded with Big Brother, evolved through the likes of Survivor and The Great Race and eventually spawned extremeties like Dating Naked, Married at First Sight and, it could be argued, 60 Days In. The premise here is that nine volunteers – innocent members of the public – are sent to prison for 60 days. And not just any jail, one of America’s most violent.

Now, there are many, many things I wouldn’t do to get on TV, but this must be close to the top of my list – frankly, I’d rather my friends and family watched me date naked than sign up for the two months these coves are set to endure in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail.

There is, however, a noble undercurrent to these hidden cameras, highlighted during the previous two series in other notorious American jails – the harrowing nature of the experience and the sheer brutal drama of what unravels throws light on just how much work is still needed in corrective institutions worldwide.

You wouldn’t get me volunteering, but

BEST OF THE REST John Torode’s not the only one bringing new culinary delights to LifeStyle Food – foodies should look out for news shows from Sarah Todd and Neil Anthony. In Neill Anthony: Private Chef (May 4), the internationally-acclaimed guru will be visiting the homes of the rich and famous, cooking up something special in their kitchens, while former Aussie Masterchef contestant Sarah will be touring Goa while knocking up a treat or two in Serve it Like Sarah from May 1.

Drama fans, meanwhile, have plenty to look forward to, not least SS-GB, which begins on BBC First on May 7 and delves into that evergreen

there is no denying that this is reality TV with a very sharp edge.

• Watch if you love: Shawshank Redemption IRL, uber-reality TV. UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT S3, Netflix May 19.

If ever you needed proof that the key to success is originality, that what the world actually wants is broken moulds rather than endless clones, then you don’t need to look much further than Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

The theme tune alone is worth half and hour’s listening on repeat – trust me I’ve done it – and, if you’ve not yet met her, it will provide you with a quick insight into Kimmy’s background.

To get you up to speed, Ms Schmidt joined a doomsday cult as a young teenager and, for 15 years, lived in an underground bunker with three other women and the Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne, believing that all life on earth above had been wiped out.

Aged 29, she’s rescued – and we pick

up her story as she attempts to rebuild her life in 2017 armed only with the life experience of a girl who still thinks Miley’s Hannah Montana.

And . . . it’s a comedy. No, honestly it is – and a pretty darn funny one at that.

The first couple of series have seen Kimmy hook up with roommate Titus Andromedon, a struggling actor, and find gainful employment as melancholy socialite’s Jacqueline Voorhees nanny.

What plays out in episode after episode is a surreal explosion of colour and hilarity, a non-stop explosion of innovation that has garnered high praise.

It’s also part of Netflix’s canon of shows that show the world how entertainment must progress to be successful, that quality is everything and the creatives will drive the profits from now on, not the beancounters.

Long may Kimmy reign, and long may she stay unbreakable.

• Watch if you love: 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, the fact that TV is in safe hands with the likes of Netflix.

conundrum, what would the world be like if the Nazis had won? Elsewhere, Ransom, which kicks off on Fox8 on April 30, is a hostage and negotiation drama that’s well worth a look, while fans will be pleased to see Lucifer (above right) returning for season two on FX on April 19 and the third series of Leftovers premiering on showcase the day after.

Comedy-wise, it looks like Netflix is the go-to destination – as well as the brilliant Kimmy Schmidt dedicated streamers can look forward to two new series, Girlboss from April 21 and Dear White People from April 28. The former is based on the career of Nasty Gal magnate Sophie Amoruso, while the latter picks up where the film of

the same name left off, delivering biting wit and commentary as it examines racial tension in the USA. Doco-wise, set your IQ for Taryn Brumfitt’s Embrace on Lifestyle YOU on May 1 so you can keep this clever, enlightening examination of the global epidemic of poor body image to watch again when the pressure of bikini-body magazine spreads gets too much. Grand Designs Australia returns to the Lifestyle Channel for season seven on April 20 and History Channel highlights include Australian SAS: The Untold History on April 25 and The Cars That Made Us on May 3.

The National Geographic Channel, meanwhile, has a hidden gem on April 24 – Genius, which sees Ron Howard direct Geoffrey Rush (above left) in the story of Albert Einstein.

In the wonderful world of sports, footy’s back and FoxFooty’s strengthened its squad by drafting Freo legend Matthew Pavlich to its commentary team – so far he’s proving as dependable behind the mic as he was in the inside 50, and a lot better at what he gets paid for than the teammates he left behind. PL

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Success story ALECIA HANCOCK OF HANCOCK CREATIVE REACHED A TURNING POINT IN HER PUBLISHING CAREER AND HASN’T LOOKED BACK SINCE. BY LISA SHEARON.

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hen she started her own business in 2010, Alecia Hancock had two small goals: to redefine the modern workplace, and to change the world. Seven years on, the former journalist is close to achieving both through her business Hancock Creative, with her philanthropic approach to teaching and storytelling.

“We offer social-media education packages to not-for-profits, community groups and social enterprises,” she explains. “We believe telling stories can change the world.”

After graduating from Curtin University with a journalism major, Alecia skipped a few rungs of the publishing ladder to become

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editor of a new online magazine, Tribe.

“I was 20 and I was an editor,” she recalls. “I was in a senior job, with staff; I learned a lot that year! I became quite a good manager quite young, because I made all the mistakes.”

From there, Alecia established herself as one of the key figures in Perth’s publishing industry, moving from Oxygen and MuscleMag to Perth VITA and, finally, the special publications team of The West Australian.

“Then, around nine years ago, The West changed ownership and the decision was made to close the department down. If we’re talking about low points in a career,

this was it,” Alecia says.

“One of the general managers of The West moved me into the advertising department to keep hold of me in the organisation, and I somehow ended up as the manager of custom publications, the team that created advertising design and all the special lift-outs.”

It was here that the seed of an idea for an alternative workplace culture was sown.

Alecia saw the monitoring of swipe-card access and the boys’ club culture, and realised there must be a better way to work – one more conducive to productivity and positivity.

“For me, it helped me create what I wanted to build in a business. I could see there was a way to do things better. Even at that stage, I was thinking that if I wanted to have a child, I could never keep that job.

I could never work flexibly, or come back full time. I could see how long term it was never going to suit me.”

Alecia came up with an idea for a onestop shop creative agency, which she dreamt about for months before putting into action.

“The trigger point came when my husband turned around to me and said, ‘You’ve got two options: either do it, or stop talking about it.’ At that point, I wrote a business plan and went to see a business adviser, asking, ‘Am I crazy?’ She said it was probably one of the best thought-out business plans she’d ever seen.

“I decided that was it. I gave in my notice and worked from home, just me and my cats.

“I was only in business for three or four months when I was asked to pitch for the Government’s road safety campaign.

That was a big turning point – me, at home in my pyjamas, working on this big government project for a big agency.

“It made me realise that as long as you can present yourself well, talk the talk and deliver what you say you will, then it doesn’t really matter where you work from.

It’s about being authentic.”

It wasn’t long before Alecia began to receive high-profile recognition, including three Australian Web Awards in Social Media, as well as making it to the finals of the 2014 Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year.

Three-and-a-half years into the business, Hancock Creative was asked to pitch for a social-media campaign for not-for-profits.

“We came back with a different proposal, offering more of an education model, with mentoring. Then we found out the benefactor was the Bankwest Foundation, and they loved the idea. That’s where we

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developed all the skills that we use for our current education programmes.”

At around this time, Alecia came to a crossroads, as she realised the business wasn’t scaling.

“I had two pieces of paper – I wrote on one everything in the business that made me happy, that I loved and was passionate about. On the other I wrote everything that made me angry, upset, frustrated; who I liked working with and who I didn’t.

“At the end I realised I had a very clear list – on the left was all of our training, education, and our work with not-forprofits. On the other side was the agency stuff, working with corporates and business.

It was such a clear division that I could draw the line.

“I realised at that moment that I’d played it safe for too long, that I’d dabbled in too many areas, that I was hedging bets. Instead I had to take some risks.”

And so, in 2016, a new office space was found and Hancock Creative became 100% cause-focused. Richard Bell, former general manager of The Entourage Australia’s leading educator and community of entrepreneurs - joined the business as chairman of the advisory board.

“There’s always been that two-pronged approach for me: I feel we can make a difference. We can change the world. We can do things better. And one of those things is: there’s a better workplace out there.

“It’s 2017 and so many businesses are doing it wrong. We can have flexible hours, we can work from home, we can acknowledge families. That’s why we buy birthday presents for the children; it’s our way of showing that they matter, and they’re part of the vision too.

“I also came to the clarity of knowing that I have a natural talent for storytelling.

I can find the story in anything; I can find the angle and I can find the way to spin it. Instead of using that to interview celebrities or make a magazine money, or help small businesses build a better website, we can actually do it to change lives, and to physically save lives.

“We’ve worked with people like Lifeline – if we can help them reach more people, then they’re literally saving lives. That’s amazing to me, that we can just do what we’re naturally good at and apply that to an industry that needs our help. These people have incredible stories, they just don’t know how to get them out there.”

In 2016, Hancock Creative held a free Change the World event in Perth, aimed at sharing information with organisations who perhaps couldn’t afford it.

“We really did take a risk, but there was a huge reward. Now we’re launching in Sydney in May, and we can see adding Brisbane and Melbourne. There are so many people we can help; there’s so much impact we can have.”

Alecia’s accomplishments in the notfor-profit sector were recognised with a NIFNEX Influential 100 award last year, and with Hancock Creative making it to the finals of the 2016 Western Australian Corporate Volunteer of the Year. PL Change the World Sydney takes place on May 9.

For more information, visit hancockcreative.com. au/changetheworld

“I REALISED AT THAT MOMENT THAT I’D PLAYED IT SAFE FOR TOO LONG, THAT I’D DABBLED IN TOO MANY AREAS, THAT I WAS HEDGING BETS. INSTEAD I HAD TO TAKE SOME RISKS.”

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Keep on truckin’ PERTH’S LATEST ADDITION TO OUR COLLECTION OF FOOD TRUCKS THE FISH BOSS - IS UP AND RUNNING AND ITS RESTAURANT-QUALITY FOOD IS RAISING THE BAR FOR THE INDUSTRY.

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A celebrity chef and previous MasterChef contestant Josh Catalano and chef of 25 years Stuart Fergusson, teamed up to launch The Fish Boss last year, with the vision of serving up fresh, 100% Australian seafood to the people of Perth.

“Stuart and I had been searching for a location to open up our first café or restaurant when we stumbled across a food truck that was really quite economical,” says Josh. “One thing we noticed when looking into the market was that no one was doing fish and chips in Perth.”

Season One MasterChef contestant Josh, was born and raised in the family behind Perth’s leading seafood business Catalano’s Seafood, while Stuart has travelled the world cooking seafood in various locations; so it makes perfect sense that their fish and chips is so good.

“Through my background and growing up supplying fish and chip shops, there was a constant sense of disappointment with so many outlets in Perth selling imported seafood,” says Josh.

“So we decided to go down the path of selling 100% Australian, sourcing all produce from Catalano’s Seafood.”

And so The Fish Boss was born.

Since then, they’ve roamed all around Perth from family events to corporate locations.You can usually spot the black truck with the very hip fish boss sailor painted across it at Curtin or QV1 by day, and Embargo or Inglewood markets by night.

Recently they have traded at the Pork and Cider Festival at Elizabeth Quay and the Crab Fest in Mandurah. They’re also available to cater private functions, so book in advance to lock them in for your special event.

Wherever they’re at, turn up to The Fish Boss food truck and you definitely won’t be disappointed with what any of their qualified chefs dish up.

The beer batter is made from premium quality Hop Hog beer, supplied by WA’s Feral Brewing company, for an enhanced flavour and perfect golden crunch.

However it’s their fish tacos that have really taken Perth by storm as a must-try item on the menu.

“I think that our fish tacos have to be the best item that we offer,” says Josh.

“They’re full of flavour, quite healthy, and there are about 40 different ingredients going into them,” says Josh.

“We’ve got a smoked corn purée, a spicy

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chipotle, a fresh slaw; we’ve got fried black beans, fried shallots, and fresh parsley; the crunchy beer battered fish and soft tortillas.

The flavour combination is absolutely amazing.”

With sometimes 10 or more food options available at The Fish Boss, you’ll want to keep coming back to try them all.

“We have an unusually extensive menu, but having that restaurant background of being able to pump out many different types of orders within 10 square metres makes us a completely different food truck to most,” says Josh.

Thanks to this dedication to the highest quality tucker around, The Fish Boss has gained a lot of traction, and future plans are ambitious, with a Fish Boss restaurant on

FISH BOSS TACOS Serves 4

Garnish 1/4cup parsley (finely chopped) 1/4cup fried shallots 1/4cup jalapeños 10 soft taco shells 4lt canola oil (for frying) Salt and pepper to season

INGREDIENTS Fish 800g of fresh silver trevally (cut into small, boneless pieces) Slaw ¼ red cabbage (thinly sliced) 1/4 green cabbage (thinly sliced) 1 carrot (thinly sliced into matchsticks) 1/2 red onion (thinly sliced) 1 coriander (just picked leaves) Beer batter 330ml beer (Feral Hop Hog) 200g plain Flour 100g cornflour 1 cup plain flour (for dusting) Chipotle Mayo 1/2cup mayonnaise 1/4cup sour cream 2 chipotle chiles (from the can) 2tbs Freshly squeezed lime juice

METHOD To make the slaw and all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and season with salt & pepper.

To make the beer batter, mix the two flours and then whisk in the hop hog beer, until you have a smooth consistency.

To make the chipotle mayo, and all the ingredients into a food processor or blender and blend together.

When frying your fish, make sure your oil is at 190 degrees. First dust the trevally in the plain flour and then into the batter mix. Be careful when putting the fish into the hot oil and make sure the pieces don’t stick together.

Cook the fish portions for four mins.

Once cooked put on some paper towel and soak up any excess oil.

For the best results, lightly toast the taco shells in a dry pan on high heat - one minute on each side, and make sure they don’t burn.

Place the toasted taco shells on a serving board, top with the slaw, then the cooked fish, then the chipotle mayo, then garnish with jalapeños, fried shallots and fresh parsley. PL

SOMETHING FISHY Opposite, Josh Catalano and Tori Wilson, of The Fish Boss, serving 100% Aussie seafood from their innovative food truck.

the cards.

“Stuart and I are currently searching for our first fixed site to launch The Fish Boss as a restaurant in Perth,” says Josh.

Look out for where The Fish Boss will be next by staying up to date with their Facebook page. For April and May, just a few of many events where you will find The Fish Boss will be the Inglewood Night Markets, Curtin University and In the Pines at UWA. Once you’ve tried their famous fish tacos and decide you can’t get enough, make them yourself at home by following the recipe on this page.

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CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN HILLARYS IS HELPING RAISE MUCH-NEEDED FUNDS FOR LOCAL CHARITIES - FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OTHER CPKs ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

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he name might have international origins, but the focus at California Pizza Kitchen in Hillarys is definitely local. This is something encouraged by the Californian franchisor, driven by the West Australian owners, and supported by their local staff.

A quick online search reveals a wide range of charities being supported by a string of CPKs around the world, from fallen Police Officers in Palm Springs, to the Red Cross in Hawaii, to childhood cancer in Georgia just to name a few.

The desire to be part of the greater good is something that it is entrenched in the CPK vision internationally, with their American CEO GJ (Gerard) Hart commenting: “Promoting positive change has inspired California Pizza Kitchen from the beginning. It is our hope that we can promote acts of kindness and inspire others to pay it forward by continuing to do good in the communities they live in, always striving to make it a little better.”

CJ's personal philosophy of leading

with your heart and promoting positive change has not only resulted in powerful and unique initiatives such as the Inspired Acts community restoration and renewal program but also CPK’s Kindness Fund, established and funded by CPK employees to provide assistance to fellow employees who have a sudden financial emergency due

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to a catastrophe or crisis in their life.

This philanthropic attitude has well and truly been picked up by CPK Australia’s directors, Peter Peard and daughter Hannah.

On a recent trip to San Antonio in the United States for a CPK international conference, Hannah was able to get involved in an Inspired Act that raised funds for the Boysville Orphanage, and the impact that businesses could have on their local

community was clearly not lost on her.

“Being a locally owned business, with owners and staff who live close by, it was really important to us that we developed close ties with the community” said Hannah, one of the CPK Australia's directors.

“One of the ways we’re doing that is through becoming involved in various fundraising activities for local groups and

charities”.

CPK Hillarys has stepped in to help the team at The Milk Barber, who are themselves heavily involved in charity work, and well and truly philanthropic in their own right.

“We have various charity events each and we’ve come to know Hannah at CPK who has been able to help us out with food for our guys and girls,” said The Milk Barber’s Chris Finnigan.

What started as a casual helping hand is now being developed into an ongoing partnership, with CPK soon to be hosting meet and greet functions after The Milk Barber’s “Don’t Stop TILL” events, with a portion of the takings being returned to the charity.

The Don’t Stop TILL project will feature special appearances by WA cricket, netball, AFL, rugby and surfing stars working The

GOOD WORKS The Don't Stop TILL project will raise vital funds at the Milk Barber's till, with appearances by sporting stars from cricket, AFL, rugby, netball and surfing.

Milk Barber’s Till, making coffees … and maybe even cutting a head of hair or two.

CPK is also launching their ‘Dine for Donations’ program, that will see local sporting and social clubs raise money by encouraging their members to dine at CPK. “We’ll be partnering with local clubs and charities, and giving 10% of all money spent by their members over a week back to the club – all they have to do is get their members to come in and enjoy our food and hospitality,” said Hannah. PL To book a function for your club, or to find out more about how you can raise funds through the Dine for Donations program, contact Marlo at CPK at mstubber@cpkaustralia.com.au or call 6500 0232.

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IF YOU LOVE THE FOOD OF ITALY, CUCINA ON HAY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS BLESSED COUNTRY’S GLORIOUS CUISINE.

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or Italians, food isn’t just nourishment, it is life. Words that Cucina on Hay live by.

Perth’s newest Italian restaurant is open 7am until late, seven days a week, ready to feed the hungry people of Perth city, whatever time they fancy. How very grown up. How very . . . European.

Step into Cucina and it feels as if you’ve entered a bright and welcoming classic

Hay days alimentary. The space is filled with warm terracotta and neutral tones, with subtle pops of olive green. Ivy-like vines adorn a wall-mounted trellis and the room features a full-ceiling skylight for an enchanting, al fresco-style touch.

Swing by in the morning to kick start your day with your fix of the lifeblood of Italy - coffee. It is served at a quaint little window by barista Jerrlyn.

If you’re on the run at lunchtime, choose from a mix of freshly made grab-to-go items. Or if time’s on your side, dine in and enjoy crispy-based rustic pizza from the classic charcuterie and an Italian share menu in the afternoon.Tip: sip on a full-bodied red while you’re there for an even more

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authentic experience.

By night, Cucina transforms into a vibrant bar and restaurant featuring a shareplate menu intended to be enjoyed Italianstyle with family and friends.

Head chef Sharath Kanchala is proud of his his menu. He is committed to showing Cucina’s guests both good food and a good time.

“At Cucina on Hay we are hands on when it comes to sharing our passion and introducing our guests to the simple pleasures of life. We are all about celebrating la dolce vita,” says Sharath.

Sharath is excited to showcase the outstanding local produce that Cucina sources from both Italy, and Western Australian suppliers and growers. He highly recommends to try the pork belly bites.

“For our pork belly bites, Linley Valley WA pork belly is marinated in sugar, salt, fennel, ouzo and my special spices, and then slow-cooked for 18 hours,” says Sharath.

“The pork is then pressed and cut into sharable, bite-sized pieces and served with a crisp apple slaw, cider reduction and walnut praline dust. Our apples and apple cider are sourced from Spring Valley Orchard in Donnybrook – we’re passionate about local produce.”

Don’t stop at mains; their desserts are equally enticing. Their zabaflione semifreddo is a frozen take on the traditional Italian creamy dessert that comes topped with a shot of hot espresso.

Think cream, mascarpone and Amarena, an authentic liquor with black cherry aromas.

This special treat for dessert lovers is also

gluten-free.

Chef Sharath and the team at Cucina cater for all kinds of dietary requirements.

“Whether you are paleo, gluten-free, vegetarian or pescatarian, you’ll feel right at home at Cucina on Hay and we look forward to welcoming you.” says Sharath. PL Visit cucinaonhay.com.au

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Leader of the pack NORTH FREMANTLE CHEF LEIGH NASH’S NEW RANGE OF DINGO HOT SAUCE WAS BORN FROM A LOVE OF SPICY, ASIAN FLAVOURS, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCE AND CULTIVATING THAT CLASSIC FREO ARTISAN VIBE.

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riot of blazing red chillies dazzles the eye during my visit to North Fremantle to check out Leigh Nash’s new chilli sauce venture.

The man himself is slaving, madscientist-like, in protective clothing over a large vat on the stove, all that wonderful chilli goodness bubbling away.

This is literally hot stuff of course, and gloves and a face mask are essential protection against the effects of chilli fumes.

A love of all things spicy led Leigh, the executive chef at Vans in Cottesloe and the Gill Street Cafe in Mosman Park, to dabble at home making his own chilli sauces, but it can be said that a twist of fete – yes, f-e-

t-e – was probably the catalyst for Dingo becoming a commercial enterprise.

“Initially Leigh gave the sauce away as gifts to family and friends,” says his wife Ailbhe, whose strong accent immediately gives away her Irish origins. “Then about three years ago he was roped into donating some sauces, chutneys and chilli jams to North Fremantle Primary School (where his daughter is a pupil) to sell at some fundraising events.”

Leigh’s sauce (it didn’t have a name then) sold like wildfire. Ailbhe, as president of the school’s P&C, realised they were onto a good thing and admits she twisted his arm to cook bigger and bigger batches.

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“Leigh soon realised that a: he had finetuned a pretty great recipe that he could consistently replicate and b: people loved it,” says Ailbhe, who is now heavily involved in the business side of things for Dingo Sauce Co. She says Leigh’s great relationship with Vans and Gill Street Cafe owner Kevin McCabe has allowed her husband time to focus on giving Dingo commercial legs, with the couple running a successful campaign on Pozible to raise start-up capital.

And one of the first challenges was ensuring they could use the name “Dingo” and a dingo logo for their range; the giant Heritage Listed Allied Mills Dingo flour mill sign at North Freo is, of course, an iconic symbol of the area and Leigh and Ailbhe had to put in the due diligence to ensure no copyright was being infringed.

“The Dingo flour mill in North Freo is such an icon and living just beside it we loved that we were able to put our own stamp and interpretation on such emotive local imagery,” says Ailbhe. “Before we went public with the sauce we had our graphic designers re-imagine the dingo so we’ve actually redrawn the classic dog taking a step forward – what the dingo did next, if you like – and we’ve also focused on the word DINGO as the primary part of the logo, as opposed to the red dog in the soft-cornered circle that was originally used by Allied Mills and appears on T-shirts, tea towels and mugs and other Dingo Flour merchandise being sold locally,” she says.

A successful brand is, of course, more than just a logo and Ailbhe says she and Leigh pride themselves on taking a totally hands-on, and sustainable, approach to

making each batch of Dingo (and there are six variants of the sauce that include Sriracha Hot and Mild, to the Barbadianinspired Bajan to the memorably named super hot Widow Maker).

“We are all about the process, not just the end product,” she says. “For Leigh, creating his sauce is a labour of love. With the exception of a bit of garlic peeling or onion chopping by me, Leigh hand-picks, ferments, blends, hand-passes with a sieve and personally balances every single batch of sauce that bears the Dingo label. He’s a total control freak; he wouldn’t have it any other way.’’

Dingo sauces are preservative-free, made from locally sourced ingredients (the chillies come from the Nash garden and other small WA suppliers) and don’t contain (like many overseas chilli sauces) powders or concentrates.

“The big difference with our Sriracha is that fermentation process; it takes over two weeks for each barrel of sauce to mature and there are no other Aussie sauces out there at the moment that manage to capture that depth of flavour and balance,” says Ailbhe.

With Freo being such a creative hub, it’s no surprise Leigh and Ailbhe are already “cooking up” some new ideas, such as limited edition sauces, in conjunction with other local businesses.

“I think a big point of difference is that as well as being a complete chilli fanatic, Leigh is a highly regarded career chef, working in one of Perth’s most enduring Western suburbs’ restaurants AND he makes amazing sauce. In contrast, a lot of the other sauces out there are being made by

chilli lovers who don’t necessarily have that same breadth and depth of culinary experience.”

For more information and details on stockists, call 0412 205 662 or visit Dingo Sauce Co. on Facebook.

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COOKBOOK CORNER

By NORMAN BURNS and GABI MILLS.

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he worldwide appetite for cookbooks (pun intended) is seemingly inexhaustible. Each year, around 25,000 are produced, from niche in the extreme (Namibian desert desserts anyone?) to TV cooking show mega-sellers.

A great cookbook is more than a collection of recipes of course; it can be a journey through another culture, an exploration of exotic tastes - or the perfect foil to give you bragging rights at your next dinner party.

And with the ‘Oscars’ of the cookbook publishing world, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, about to be held in China in May, it’s the perfect time to take a look at what’s new in the cookbook stakes…

CEVICHE

Serves 6–8

The national dish of Peru, and a popular street-eat all along the coast (and around inland waters, too), ceviche is incredibly easy to make. Prepare your fish in one bowl, the marinating ingredients in another, then once you mix the two together it takes just 10 minutes to ‘cook’ the fish to perfection.

Ingredients 400g sea bass fillets (as fresh as you can find), cut into 1cm cubes 1 teaspoon salt juice of 5 fat limes ½ red onion, very finely sliced 3 or 4 hot red chillies (e.g. bird’s eye), finely chopped

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a small bunch of coriander, chopped freshly ground black pepper a drizzle of olive oil, to serve Method Place the diced fish in a bowl.

Sprinkle over the salt, stirring well to mix. Leave to rest for five minutes.

In a separate bowl or jug, mix together the lime juice, onion, chillies, coriander and a good grind of black pepper. About 10 minutes before you want to serve, simply pour the marinade over the fish, stir well, and leave to rest. To serve, spoon into small cups or pile on a plate and drizzle over a little olive oil.

MASTERCHEF STREET FOOD OF THE WORLD GENEVIEVE TAYLOR, Bloomsbury, $45 I prefer the MasterChef show to its big TV rival, My Kitchen Rules, mainly because it is more ‘soup opera’ than ‘soap opera. With this tome, author Genevieve Taylor looks at the astonishing array of street food, eaten daily by an estimated 2.5 billion people. The twist is the recipes come from MasterChef winners around the world, including Brent Owens, Andy Allen and Adam Liaw from Australia. Quick and easy, colourful and delicious is the key here (such as the ceviche recipe on this page), rather than intricate fine dining recipes, which is right up my alley.

Recipe (left) taken from MasterChef Street Food of the World by Genevieve Taylor, published by Bloomsbury, $45. Out now.

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THE ADRIATIC KITCHEN BARBARA UNKOVIC, Exisle Publishing, $14.99 This little gem of a cookbook already feels like it’s been on your bookshelf for years, not least because the pages have been created to look like fingerprints and blobs of cooking have fallen on them after much use. Inspired by the sun-soaked Croatian island of Korcula in the Adriatic Sea, Barbara Unkovic has produced a beautifully rustic approach to cooking in this book, full of recipes that should be eaten with a view of a Greek harbour ideally, and evocative childhood memories. With over 70 recipes including Croatian sweet Easter bread (basted with limoncello), an unusual black risotto, sugared almonds and vanilla horseshoe biscuits, you’ll fall in love too with this unusual yet delicious cuisine.

JUNK FOOD JAPAN SCOTT HALLSWORTH, Bloomsbury, $52.99 Aussie chef Scott Hallsworth’s Japanese cooking credentials are impeccable; former head chef of the Michelin-starred Nobu London and then head chef for Nobu’s Melbourne restaurant. He’s since branched out with his own restaurants, including Kurobuta in London.

Bridging the gap between restaurant-standard Japanese and your home-cooked version can be daunting but Scott has taken the bull by the horns to create a Japanese-inspired food odyssey that everyone can follow. Not for Scott the regimented regime of traditional Japanese cuisine; in Junk Food Japan he bends and breaks the rules to create 100 unforgettable, and more importantly easy to follow, recipes ranging from miso grilled baby chicken (pictured left), barbecued pork belly and tea smoked lamb and the intriguing tuna sashimi pizza.

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Tree change CELEBRATE AUTUMN WITH A FOREST ADVENTURE DOWN SOUTH - AND THEN RECOVER IN STYLE AT A LUXURIOUS RETREAT SURROUNDED BY TREES.

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he Margaret River Region isn’t just gorgeous white beaches and vineyards - there are some of the country’s most beautiful forests to explore too. Head to the Ludlow State forest on the edge of the Tuart forest and you’ll find challenges high up the treetops while in the Boranup forest, you’ll go back in time and discover the area’s prehistoric past.

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early obstacles as if they’d been born in the Pyrannees. I, however, failed at the third challenge and had to be rescued by Ricard, the very easy on the eye French climbing expert behind the 100 or so obstacles spread out over the forest.

It’s a brilliant concept, appealing to anybody who’s always fancied themselves as an SAS recruit or stuntperson. The premise is terrifyingly simple; arrange increasingly difficult tree-high ropes, wires and obstacles across the forest, hook up some willing participants and watch as they slide, wobble

FOREST ADVENTURES Ludlow forest (Corner of Tuart Drive and Ludlow North Road) Busselton. Call 0439 827 926 or visit forestadventures.com.au There are probably more amusing things than a 40-something helmet-wearing woman clinging to a green hoop suspended in midair to see in a pristine south west forest, but I’m struggling to think what that may be.Yes, that helmet-wearing, uncoordinated 40-something woman was me, and to be fair, I hadn’t done anything even vaguely this energetic for years. But there I am, stuck midway across one of the tortuous obstacles at Forest Adventures, a new attraction for adrenaline hunters right in the middle of the Tuart forest. My daughter Daisy and her friend Chloe had climbed, mountain-goat-like, through these

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and jump their way around the course.

Everybody is shown the ropes - literally - when they embark on their two-hour adventure and it’s made very clear that safety comes first.You’re shown how to use the climbing equipment so that no matter how high you eventually manage to go around the course, the furthest you’ll ever fall is about 15cm. To make things even more interesting, with each level (there are six in total), the challenges not only stretch your strength and ability to balance, they’ll make you smile too (or shake in your boots depending on your bravery levels). By the time you get to level three, you’ll be riding a BMW across a track suspended 20 metres in the air. Sounds impossible? Well, Daisy and Chloe did it with aplomb.

You’ll zip wire your way from one giant tree to another, stand on a skateboard and careen across the sky and by the time - or

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THE LODGE, FOREST RISE 231 Yelverton Road, Yelverton, call 08 9755 7110 or visit forestrise.com.au

rather if - you reach the final stage, you’ll be required to shimmy up one of the tallest trees in the forest and eventually abseil down another giant. That’s when Daisy’s courage eventually left her and she, like her mother, required rescuing.

It’s all in a day’s work though for the friendly, entirely relaxed and accomplished professionals who keep an eye on all of their Forest Adventurers.

As for me, I’m perfectly happy to cheer on my brave duo from the forest floor - and marvel in the beauty of this natural playground.

ECO ADVENTURES MARGARET RIVER Cnr Caves Rd and Vlam Rd, Boranup WA 6286, call 9780 5911 or visit ecoadventuresmargaretriver.com.au Quad bikes and environmental sensitivity are rarely mentioned in the same sentence

but Gary Ingram of Eco Adventures wants that to change. He’s the brains behind a world-first innovation that’s turned the standard fuel-powered quad bike into an electric-powered, silent, green-sensitive mode of transport that, in this case, will take you into the Boranup karri forest.

Your EcoBike is a quad bike for the 21st century – retooled to “float” across the park trails for a unique adventure that blends the beauty of natural exploration with cutting-edge technology. Each bike is equipped with an iPad mini that Gary uses to bring highlights such as the fossils of long-extinct megafauna to life in your hand.

It’s a fun Jurassic Park twist to top off a truly memorable experience.

If you have any doubt about the “eco” side of things, consider this: these reimagined quad bikes run on a bit less than $2 worth of electricity for a charge that will last about 100 kilometres of driving distance.

Gary’s a font of knowledge (he’s an exdocumentary film maker) and takes great pleasure in explaining the more arcane factoids about the forest during the twohour trip. Highly recommended.

If you’d like to continue the eco-friendly theme when you’ve exhausted yourself during all these adventures, without compromising on luxury levels, then make tracks to Forest Rise’s Lodge just off Yelverton Road.

The Lodge itself is simply gorgeous, and the resort as a whole has been eco-certified since 2003 as an ecotourism operator.

Water for instance is sourced naturally from springs and filtered by UV and the team take information-sharing seriously about the flora and fauna which surround the resort.You’ll leave more informed about the animals and plants with whom we share a space. Even the toiletries and other products in the Lodge are carefully chosen to be Western Australian and in context to the resort’s environmental, local/fair trade approach to business.

Designed to meet your every need, from a beautifully appointed gourmet kitchen to so much living space you could fit most people’s entire home into the living room, The Lodge is very special indeed. It sleeps up to eight people with two ‘wings’ - one with the master suite, ensuite spa bath and shower and separate library/TV room, while at the other end, you’ll find three newly renovated ensuite bedrooms.

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SAY G’DAY TO ELSIE, THE NEWEST BEER IN THE LITTLE CREATURES’ RANGE - AND AVAILABLE ONLY RIGHT HERE IN WA. BY TORI WILSON.

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ike just about most people in WA, I’m a big fan of Little Creatures in Fremantle.

It’s that little gem that we can proudly say blossomed out of humble Western Australia. And now we have even more reason to celebrate as the folks at Little Creatures have just launched their newest addition to the family; Elsie – a beer brewed just for us in WA. Since opening their doors in 2000, Little Creatures has been a down-to-earth, community brewery. It was three good mates - Howard Cearns, Adrian Fini, and Nic Trimboli - who shared a love for beer and a vision for something special who first brought Little Creatures to life.

Brewing giant Lion was a minority shareholder in the early days. They recognised the impressive potential of Little Creatures brewery and invested in the vision of the three original owners. In 2012 they took the relationship further by taking over ownership of Little Creatures, and spread the love to the east coast by opening a brew

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house in Geelong to ensure our mates on the other side of the country were also getting the freshest beer possible.

As a born and raised Western Australian, I’ve loved a sunshiny day out at Little Creatures since childhood.

Over the years I have watched the business flourish fervently - from the old days with Dad, when a seat by the glistening water’s edge was available no worries; to catching up for drinks with mates today, where Little Creatures’ success can mean customers spilling out the doors and happy to wait.

Despite the shift in ownership, Little Creatures remains just as dedicated to its birthplace as ever. Which is where Elsie takes the stage.

“As a West Australian brewery we’re proud of our roots. So, it felt only natural for us to make a beer just for WA,” says head brewer Russ Gosling.

Unlike Elsie’s siblings, she’s distributed exclusively in WA. “With our brewery located on the water’s edge, we’ve always had a strong

connection to the ocean, so we wanted to create a beer perfect for the WA coastal lifestyle. Call it a thank you, a cheers for all the help, or just a bloody good beer for the locals,” says Russ.

Marketing manager, Ash Cranston, who joined the team eight years ago after working in hospitality, describes WA as carefree and laidback, a place of sunshine, blue skies and beaches.

“It’s a pretty amazing lifestyle that people live here; so we thought, how do we actually bring that to life?” says Ash. “We said to the brewers, it’s simple, just come up with WA in a bottle.”

The brewers accepted the brief from their good chums in marketing and, despite their initial chuckle at the supposed ‘simplicity’ of it, they absorbed their relatable Western Australian surroundings and absolutely nailed it.

Elsie, named after the Little Creatures kombi that’s been with the business since day dot, reflects our beautiful state in appearance, character, and cause.

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The amazing stretches of white beaches that we’re blessed with in WA is subtly reflected in Elsie’s wonderful head of foam and the hazy, pale gold colour really is like sunshine in a bottle.

The beverage itself is incredibly easy to drink with far lower hops and bittering units than Little Creatures’ previous creations; the citrus notes instead gives a light refreshing flavour. As someone who definitely doesn’t drink beer regularly, I

would happily take a six-pack of these home to polish them off. Which makes sense, as unlike some of their more sophisticated, full-bodied beers, “Elsie is for drinking not thinking” says Brett Newan, the innovation brewer for Little Creatures.

While the beer does look and taste like WA, it’s perhaps the message behind Elsie that truly makes it a beer for the people of this state. Little Creatures have teamed up with the local organisation Coastcare, to

INNOVATIVE BREWERS The team at Little Creatures has created a beer just for WA - Elsie.

raise funds, awareness, and participation for restoring the beaches of WA, starting with those in Fremantle.

“It means our beaches will be healthier as habitat connectivity, biodiversity, and tree canopies will increase around Fremantle,” says Adin Lang, the partnerships manager for Coastcare Australia.

“Through Elsie and every beer you have, essentially you’re helping to restore Western Australian beaches.”

If you’re keen to help Coastcare out, not only should you drink more Elsie, but join the Little Creatures and Coastcare team at the Fremantle brew house on April 8, where local groups will be coming along to plant their own little seeds in little pots. It’ll be great day for both kids and adults, so bring the whole family and grab a bite to eat by the water while you’re at it. The seeds will later be planted in the dunes of beaches around Fremantle.

Little Creatures’ has always been a quiet but dedicated supporter of local organisations such as the Fremantle Arts Centre and the Fremantle Hospital, and that hasn’t changed a bit since the change in ownership.

“It’s always been part of our ethos to actively be a part of the community.

We always wanted to be embedded in what was in our backyard,” says Ash. This humble, approachable attitude is what has led Little Creatures in Fremantle to become such an iconic location within Western Australia for people of all ages.

Their doors are open to all, seven days a week, so come down with family or friends to try a fresh pint of Elsie and cheers to WA. Visit littlecreatures.com.au PL

ELSIE IS FOR DRINKING NOT THINKING, SAYS BRETT NEWMAN, THE INNOVATION BREWER FOR LITTLE CREATURES.

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A NEW ADDITION TO THE HOTEL SCENE IN PERTH - PEPPERS KING’S SQUARE - ALLOWS GUESTS TO BE AT THE HEART OF PERTH’S ACTION, SAYS ADAM COLLINS.

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here’s palpable excitement at the opening of any new venture, built on the nervous energy of those who have invested plenty of time and resources to make it a reality. Will it work? Will people like it? You never know until the ribbon is cut.

Mindful of those pressures, I was privileged to stay with Peppers King’s Square in downtown Perth during their opening weekend, the chain’s 19th hotel in Australia.

From manager to bellhop, there was a unity of purpose about getting every last detail right.

It’s doubly impressive they managed this so well given the tower went up in just 11 weeks. In short: if I’d arrived unaware aware that this was opening weekend, the operation was already smooth enough that I wouldn’t have noticed.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION On my arrival I’m told the plan is to throw open the doors to hear the music when international acts perform at Perth Arena, a

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two-minute walk away. It illustrates just how well placed it is. “In terms of location, you can’t really beat us,” says the concierge.

All the evidence supports that claim.

Perth Arena is also a staple of the city’s obsessive sport appetite, hosting the home games of the prolific Wildcats in the National Basketball League. Then returning to music, the Concert Hall is a gentle 10-minute stroll.

If you’re coming into town to watch the Ashes Test Match next summer, you won’t do much better: the famous WACA Ground is on the same street as the hotel, only setting you back $7 for an Uber back to the lobby.

When the cricket and AFL matches ultimately move over the Swan River to the new stadium (scheduled to open in 2018), that journey will extend only by a few minutes. That’s also the site of the Burswood Casino, if winning or losing money is more your scene.

Muscle has been added to Perth’s image

with a succession of laneway bars emerging across the city. On the Murray Street thoroughfare that runs behind Peppers, nightclubs continue to flourish as well. By day, that’s also where you’ll end up doing the bulk of damage to your credit card when shopping.

ROOMS FOR ALL SEASONS A key objective of Kings Square Peppers is to deliver competitive options across the price range. If you’re organised, you can snap up a stay for around $200 a night.

All rooms include comfortable robes, slippers, top-notch wifi and powerful air conditioning.

The Sky Rooms are the higher-end offering, usually worth about twice that of the more belt and braces options. These six feature suites are on 17-floor with views spanning the Perth skyline. The beds are comfortable and extras faultless, including a butler service, late check out and a welcome drink upon your arrival.

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BOOZE: A LOCAL TOUCH It’s unusual to walk into a flash hotel and smell the food. This is Peppers quirkiest element, with the restaurant beginning where the check-in desk ends. “The spaces are tight which is a great point of difference for us because we can create that intimate experience as people walk in,” my wellinformed waitress tells me as we are seated.

The co-location is intentional, following their sister property in Melbourne, incentivising new guests to make sure they book in for a meal at some point during their stay.

CITY SLICKER The new addition to Perth's CBD hotel offering - Peppers King's Square - is the perfect place to stay and explore the state's capital.

As for the menu, it’s unashamedly West Australian. Local setups are given top billing for gin and vodka, with the bulk of the food coming from the state’s south west, be that cattle or fish or vegetables. “Farm to fork” is the executive chef ’s motto.

The wall of alcohol is as unmistakable as the open-air kitchen, as a sign of what is to come when you open the expansive wine list.

Unable to decide on an aperitif, we took both the beer, a Bootleg Pilsner from Margaret River, and then a Charlie Chaplin.

The local theme is retained with the latter, gin coming from East Perth’s on-trend Hippocampus distillery.

LET’S EAT Our bottle of wine, the Amelia Park chardonnay (also sourced from the Margaret River region) arrives as the small plate dinner service begins with grilled chorizo and polenta crusted calamari. Next up are dainty little hot hog croquettes that taste as good as they sound.

The wine washes perfectly with the West Australian crab wanton, served with avocado mousse and caramelised onion.

Passions colliding, as far as I was concerned.

When the herb-coated halloumi arrives, all is well in the world. All this, in theory, are just the starters.

Next up: sliders. Who doesn’t love them?

Beef, pulled pork, Cajun chicken – all bases are covered. We have another of the local gins having polished off the wine. Rude not to.

To finish off the feast, a chocolate mousse with honeycomb and and white chocolate. Sometimes you just luck in. Add the mango ice cream for full indulgence.

All told, you can get in and out with a belly full of nourishing and beautifully prepared food, accompanied by carefully selected wine, beer and gin, for around $60 to 80 a head.

If this is opening weekend, I can’t wait to see what it will look like next time I’m back. And after this first impression, you can bet I will be. PL

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IT’S A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT MALES OF THE SPECIES AREN’T GREAT AT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY NEED HELP - SOMETIMES WITH TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES. FORTUNATELY HELP IS NOW AT HAND TO MAKE THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES EASIER.

TABOO

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t’s a terrifying statistic but one that has a huge impact on our society.

Suicide is the biggest killer of men aged between 18 and 40 years and, until now, it’s been hard to get vulnerable men to open up and discuss their feelings.

However, Richmond Wellbeing has come up with a novel concept; they’re visiting cricket clubrooms across WA to try to do something about this lack of openness, breaking down barriers and making the whole idea of sharing thoughts, fears and feelings a whole lot less, well, embarassing.

Thinking outside the box, the not-forprofit mental health organisation has started catching up with blokes in the cricket clubrooms after a game to tackle mental health issues head on.

Beer in hand, singlet and thongs on, they’re talking in simple terms about what anxiety and depression look like and how to access help, bloke to bloke.

Richmond Wellbeing executive manager of operations Adrian Munro, and director of Richmond Wellbeing Learning Exchange, Ian Thompson, are the ones at the coalface, men just like those they’re meeting across WA, determined to make a difference.

“When it comes to us men, there tends to be a strong stigma associated with any mental health issues such as anxiety or depression,” says Adrian.

“We aren’t doing enough about it until it’s too late.”

It’s a peculiarity reserved for the males of the species that discussing such topics is still taboo.

“Women tend naturally to chat to each other and, quite often, by just sharing your thoughts problems can be solved,” says Adrian.

“Men are less inclined to talk, so our approach is prevention before cure.”

The clubroom chats are informal and take about half an hour, with the Richmond Wellbeing team offering advice on what depression and anxiety feel like, or how you might recognise a mate who is struggling and in need of some help.

Most importantly perhaps, the nonthreatening sessions teach men how to listen “The most typical response from one bloke to another is to say ‘oh, you’ll be right, mate’, but it’s time for us all to step up,” says Ian. “We need to start listening and try to connect them to someone who can help.”

The presentation includes information on what GPs and mental health providers like Headspace, Lifeline and Beyond Blue can do for men who are going through hard times, and, after sessions, useful contact numbers are

FAST FACTS

Richmond Wellbeing • Richmond Wellbeing is a not-for-profit leading mental health organisation that brings recovery into mainstream mental health practices and supports people with mental health challenges on their journey of recovery.

• The organisation has been delivering quality support and effective mental health services to West Australians, with a focus on recovery, for more than 40 years.

• They can provide supported residential accommodation and support services in the community, for people who are on a mental health recovery journey.

To find out more about Richmond Wellbeing visit rw.org.au

THE THREE AMIGOS Above, L–R: Reece Young (Captain CVPCC 9th Grade), Ian Thompson (Richmond Wellbeing) and Matt Doyle (President Curtin Victoria Park Cricket Clubs).

left on the club’s notice boards to share with someone who many need help.

Richmond Wellbeing has so far conducted talks in Morley,Victoria Park, Kalamunda and Ocean Beach, with plans to expand the program around Perth and its environs.

“Although it’s in its early stages we seem to have full support from the WA Cricket community,” says Adrian.

“The next step is to get into the footy clubrooms, soccer rooms and so on. Sporting Clubs are brilliant at supporting people and it’s become very obvious that within this environment we have a listening ear.” PL May/June 2017 | PRIMOLIFE

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DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO SEE AIRNORTH CABLE BEACH POLO IN ACTION IN MAY - IT’S FAST, FURIOUS AND FUN SAYS GABI MILLS.

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roome is a special place, we all know that, but once a year it become even more unique, hosting Australia’s original beach polo tournament this year on May 20 and 21.

Founder of Cable Beach Polo Marilynne Paspaley AM came up with the idea eight years ago, and has since seen the world’s appetite for beach polo grow exponentially since she was appointed as the governor of the International Beach Polo Association (Australasian Region).

“The original idea came to me in 2009 when I recognised that, due to the very long low season in Broome, we really needed to introduce an event as early in the year as possible to bring the season forward,” says Marilynne.

“May is a good month in Broome weather-wise and it was somewhat overlooked by travellers and travel agents previously. It seemed an ideal time to introduce an event, and polo seemed an ideal prestigious sport to bring to iconic Cable Beach.”

There was much in Broome’s favour as the original site for such a concept, not

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least the ‘field’ itself where the polo players would display their skills. In fact Glen Gilmore, Australian Polo captain and Guards Polo Club polo manager had high praise indeed: “There is no more stunning place on the planet to play polo.”

Marilynne couldn’t agree more.

“What we have learned over time is that Cable Beach is possibly the best beach in the world for beach polo due to the massive tides that compact the sand naturally, creating a playing surface second to none,” says Marilynne.

“Polo and Cable Beach is a match made in heaven really. Add a Broome sunset to the end of the day and it is incomparable.”

Such is the nature of this truly international sport, that once Marilynne had come up with the concept, the next step was to ensure the world’s best polo players would come to Broome to play.

“The event has attracted tremendous support and interest from the WA polo scene since its inception in 2010,” she says.

“The Swan Valley Polo Club was the first club to become involved and its enthusiasm and commitment enabled the

event to grow from a one-day social match to a two-day beach polo tournament with seriously competitive high-goal polo being played on Cable Beach.”

Thanks to the growing reputation for the event, that initial interest from local polo clubs has grown each year.

“The Swan Valley Polo Club is still a strong supporter but interest is widening and the reputation of the event is now attracting teams from other Perth clubs as well,” says Marilynne.

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“We have professional players in the Patrons’ teams who are from everywhere – Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, India on occasion and Colombia one year.”

Players from Singapore are also keen to throw their hats in the ring, especially as the south east Asian country has recently introduced its own one-day beach polo match.

“It would be fair to say that Cable Beach Polo has stimulated interest in and growth of beach polo in the southern hemisphere,” says Marilynne.

It’s not just a wonderful addition to Broome’s calendar of events; it’s also, says Marilynne, a fantastic way for visitors new to the sport to experience the excitement of a chukka close up and personal.

“I thoroughly enjoy watching the matches,” she says. “It is exhilarating and immediate, more intimate than field polo where the play is more distant.”

Part of the Cable Beach Polo weekend is, of course, to see and be seen, and enjoy some wonderful gourmet food into the bargain.

VIP packages sell out months in advance and the beautiful people who travel the world in search of unique events such as these sit side by side as polo ponies hurtle past.

The Dinner Under the Stars is one of the most popular events, initiated in 2011 as a ‘thank you’ to the polo patrons and players and now a much sought-after ticket by all and sundry. This year’s event is no different, says Marilynne. The menu, giving starring roles to local produce, is kept under wraps right until the last minute.

“We like to keep the menu a surprise for our guests but I can say that this year, our

guest chef Hamish Ingham from Banksii Vermouth Bar & Bistro at Barangaroo in Sydney, is very excited to be including Yeeda beef, directly from Yeeda Station in the Kimberley.

Perhaps the best thing about Cable Beach Polo is the fact you don’t need to know the first thing about this sport of kings.

“You don’t need to know anything about polo to enjoy watching beach polo, so it is an enjoyable spectacle for anyone,” says Marilynne.

“Our commentators do a great job of keeping the audience up to date with the state of play during each match and it

doesn’t take long to get the hang of it.”

Now in its seventh year, Cable Beach Polo has struck up a passionate following, with many guests returning year after year.

“It seems that once they attend one event, they become somewhat addicted - to the polo, the fun, the entertainment, the dancing on the sand and the many friendships they make in the marquee,” says Marilynne.

“They see it as the best beach party in Australia and I see it as a really happy family that just keeps growing.” PL To buy tickets visit cablebeachpolo.com.au/ tickets/

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AFTER THIS YEAR’S EXTRAORDINARY WET SEASON, MAKE SURE YOU VISIT THE KIMBERLEY REGION’S WATERFALLS AND HAVE YOUR CAMERA AT THE READY.

BY LISA SHEARON. IMAGES BY YANE SOTIROSKI.

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ecord rainfall could see the Kimberley’s wet season aptly renamed the waterfall season.

Dramatic waterfalls such as Cathedral Falls, King Falls and Mitchell Falls are flowing on a grand scale after the monsoonal rains caused the water to gush over the escarpment in a way rarely seen.

The Kimberley is coming to the end of its wettest wet season on record, which, although it’s kept emergency services, remote communities and cattle stations busy, has also boosted the region’s tourism industry, with visitors flocking to see the region’s waterfalls.

Photographer Yane Sotiroski says he hasn’t seen the waterfalls perform on such a spectacular scale since the “Big Wet” of 2011.

“This has been a great wet; one of the best on record. There’s so much water around, the waterfalls should flow right up until the end of the dry season.”

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, 944mm of rain fell across the Kimberley during December, January and February – double the region’s seasonal average of 452mm, and above and beyond the previous record of 787mm set in 1996-97.

The Kimberley is classified as having a tropical climate because it has two seasons the wet and the dry. The wet season or monsoon season runs from November until April, and is when the area expects to receive the majority of its annual rainfall; the dry season runs from May to October

and, as the name suggests, no rainfall is expected during this period.

The Kimberley’s last two wet seasons saw little rainfall, with the region’s waterfalls drying up quickly. The 2014-2015 season saw the East Kimberley region receive 300mm less than average, with the 20152016 wet season being mostly dry.

According to Yane, viewing the waterfalls in full flow should be high on bucket lists.

“They have been there for millions of years, and when you get down and close to them, you really appreciate the power and noise from all that water.” PL Visit visitbroome.com.au for more information.

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Little em IT’S DOUBLEVIEW’S BEST KEPT SECRET - AND HOME OF SOME OF THE BEST COFFEE IN TOWN.

BY TORI WILSON.

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ittle Sisto is that unsuspecting hidden gem that you might drive on past if not in the know.

Tucked away among a few shops in Doubleview, once inside you’re transported to another world.

With a minimalist charcoal interior, the cosy café is spick and span and welcoming.

However, it’s the little outdoor nook at the back, nestled in among vibrant shady leaves that makes Little Sisto the kind of place I’d easily spend all afternoon at with a good book.

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The creeping vines and overhanging tree made my seating choice easy – plus, the lazy, local cat curled up for a nap in the corner was pretty adorable too.

The owner, Kate Wilson, who comes in regularly, took my order. I chose a flat white and The Green Bowl: a fresh and colourful combination of avocado, house greens and zucchini, quinoa with incaberries and herbs, roasted almonds and sweet potato, goat’s fetta and a poached egg.

The bowl was full to the brim with

crunchy greens, and was light yet satisfying – just what I was after. However it was the coffee that was the star. It was smooth, creamy, and delightful to drink.

“We source our beans from Micrology Coffee Roasters, a local roaster based in Perth,” says Kate.

“I think that a lot more cafés should be supporting locally as we really do have some awesome roasters here. Micrology have a really fresh and vibrant flavour as opposed to a heavy Italian roast.”

They’re not wrong. The coffee is clearly a big drawcard, with locals queuing out the door for their daily cuppa during weekends.

“The biggest factor that sets us apart from other cafés and baristas is that we work with volumetrics,” says James Postle, a barista of three years at Little Sisto.

“We weigh out all of our shots and

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are precise with our extraction time. If it doesn’t meet those time brackets we won’t serve it but will adjust things and start afresh. We want to create a really consistent coffee and believe that we achieve that well - we’re always working out what we can do better.”

The team at Little Sisto also only

work with the freshest beans that change seasonally – no wonder they taste so good.

And if you’re not a major coffee drinker or are looking to lower your caffeine hit, there are plenty of other options to try.

“All of the smoothies and juices are freshly made. Beetroot, orange and ginger too. Everything in the cake fridge is made in-house and is sugar sensible (most of the time), with a lot of vegan options and homemade raw treats too.

“Our ethos is to provide food that is of a simple, authentic quality; we want to have integrity about what we serve,” says Kate. “I might pay a bit more for my fetta and a bit

more for some ingredients, but I know that they’re quality. It’s about keeping people coming back.”

Kate likes to change up the menu fairly regularly with specials that reflect the seasons.

The Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl special was something that caught my eye. This morning treat was made with blended cacao, 100% peanut butter, banana + organic almond milk, topped with house made coconut, nut and seed granola, peanut butter fudge crumble, fresh banana and cacao nibs.

Little Sisto has to be one of the few places in the surrounding suburban area that provides top notch coffee, made with such thought and consideration. With the kitchen open from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm and drinks available for an extra hour, if you’re out of time to sit in, swing by and pick something up on the way to work.

You can even text your coffee order to 0497 060 322 in advance to have it ready on arrival.

Stop Press: Little Sisto is just about to undergo renovations for an even better feel, so make sure you check it out before it closes its doors for a while. PL Little Sisto,145 Sackville Terrace, Doubleview.

Visit littlesisto.com.au.

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LOCAL (ANTI) HERO

ALL THE BEST NEW MOVIE RELEASES

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creened exclusively in Leederville’s Luna Cinema, Tori Wilson discovers more about WA’s very own Bad Girl, a movie filmed right here in WA. Sullen, defiant and on probation following her release from juvenile detention, 16-year-old foster child Amy Anderson rebels against her new country life. Then she meets Chloe, the charming girl from around the block.

WA producer Tenille Kennedy sheds light on this fresh film and her passion for producing.

PL Tell us who you are and what you do.

TK I’ve been a producer’s assistant for 10 years now and decided to go out on my own four years ago to produce Bad Girl, my very first feature film as a primary producer.

PL What stood out for you the most about Bad Girl’s story?

TK The relationship between the two girls stood out for me the most. It’s such a raw, brutal relationship and it reminded me a lot of growing up in Rockingham.

PL What films have been the most inspiring for you and why?

TK Blue Valentine and Take This Waltz are two of my favourite films that I would aspire to make.

PL What else makes a film great for you?

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TK When you see a great film all of the elements are working together cohesively. When you watch BAD GIRL, for example, the pictures are so beautiful, the framing, lighting, and sound design are working together in harmony.

PL Can you briefly describe Bad Girl for those who haven’t seen it?

TK It’s a psychological thriller about the build-up and breakdown of two teenage girls struggling in this isolated, rural countryside. It’s about finding yourself in very extreme situations and how people react to pull themselves out of it.

PL What do you love about the movie’s setting?

TK It was filmed right here in WA and is such a positive contribution to our film community. We reference Serpentine as the location in the film, but we also filmed in the Swan Valley and Kalamunda.

PL What was the biggest challenge that you overcame when producing Bad Girl?

TK One of the biggest challenges was finding our location because it is so unique.

PL What was the most fun you had as the producer of Bad Girl?

TK All I’ve ever wanted to do is make movies, so I enjoyed every single aspect of the process. I just felt like I was in my element.

Bad Girl is playing exclusively at Luna Palace Cinemas from April 27. Special Q&A with writer & director Fin Edquist will be held Friday April 28, 6:30pm at Luna Leederville.

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 Thanks to Studiocanal Australia, we are giving our readers the chance to WIN in season double passes to John Wick: Chapter 2 Keanu Reeves returns as the legendary assassin John Wick in this non-stop action thriller across international locations.

In this high-octane sequel to the 2014 hit, legendary super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy Italian assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers in an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that takes the non-stop action of the original to a whole new level.

John Wick: Chapter 2 is in cinemas nationally from May 18.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. It’s a rip-roaring adventure that finds down-onhis-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea – notably Jack.

The movie is released on May 25.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 The original Guardians of the Galaxy was a hit with critics and audiences alike, earning over $770 million at the

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worldwide box-office, and holds the record as the most successful debut film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition, the film’s soundtrack went platinum and was nominated for a Grammy - it also introduced the world to the most loved stick on the silver screen, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel - who knew?)

All the favourites are back including Chriss Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord and Zoe Saldana as Gamora, as the unlikely heroes unravel the mystery of Peter’s true parentage.

The movie will be out on July 28.

PADDINGTON 2 Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson are joining an all-star cast for the return of that loveable bear from darkest Peru as filming begins in London.

The much-anticipated sequel to the worldwide hit family film finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in London, where he has become a popular member of the local community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes.

While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, Paddington sees a unique pop-up book in Mr Gruber’s shop and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it’s up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief, who appears to be a master of disguise.

The perfect Christmas treat, Paddington 2 will be out on December 27.

sequel to his hugely successful and highly acclaimed Oscar-nominated 2015 cinematic debut.

Shaun and the Flock are back for another epic and hilarious journey, in what will be their biggest and most exciting adventure yet.

David Sproxton of animation powerhouse Aardman, said: “Shaun’s move to the big screen proved such a success with audiences around the world that he and the flock are very excited to be embarking on another big screen adventure.

“Aardman is partnering with Studiocanal once again to produce another rip-roaring comedy, featuring Shaun and the rest of the gang in a story that takes them to even greater heights of lunacy.“ The movie will be out later this year.

EMBRACE YOURSELF Body image activist Taryn Brumfitt explores the global issue of body loathing in Embrace, a moving social impact documentary.

After Taryn Brumfitt posted an unconventional before-and-after image on the internet in 2013, it sparked an international media frenzy. The image, which embraces body diversity, was seen by

over 100 million people worldwide and led to hundreds of interviews and articles.

Taryn soon realised how restrictive four minute TV interviews, 800 word articles and 140 characters on Twitter can be. This issue needed a louder voice on a bigger platform, so the idea of creating the documentary Embrace was born.

The doco is told from the point of view of Taryn as she traverses the globe talking to experts, women in the street and wellknown personalities about the alarming rates of body image issues that are seen in people of all body types.

In her affable and effervescent style, Taryn bares all (literally) to explore the factors contributing to this problem and seeks to find solutions.

Along the way, she catches up with Mamamia’s Mia Freedman and the inspirational Turia Pitt in Australia, TV

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE 2 The world’s favourite sheep returns to the big screen in Shaun the Sheep Movie 2, the

personalities Ricki Lake and Amanda de Cadenet in LA, photographer Jade Beall in Canada and actress Nora Tschirner in Vienna, who all share a passion about changing body image.

After 24 months of travelling, interviewing, production and post production, Taryn and the team created a film that is relevant, relatable, highly engaging – but above all life-changing.

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COMEDIAN DAVID O’DOHERTY IS BRINGING SOME VERY SILLY JOKES TO THE PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL.

BY LISA SHEARON.

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rish comedian and author David O’Doherty is – by his own admission – something of a slow-burner.

Beginning his stand-up career in Dublin in the late 1990s, he won So You Think You’re Funny, an annual stand-up comedy competition for new acts, at the Edinburgh Festival in 1999.

“I was in a sort of legendary final with Russell Brand, Russell Howard, Josie Long and Jimmy Carr, which is like an obscure trivia question now,” David tells me, laughing.

“Since then, I’ve been the slowest burner in terms of rise to the top – like those stalactites in caves that take years to form; unlike someone like Tom Ballard, who’s just exploded in Britain.

“I’ve just been a very slow drip-drip – but with that comes quite a loyal crowd. I’ve just finished a UK tour, and what’s amazing is that people will come up to you and say they’ve seen six of your shows. I feel like there should be some kind of loyalty system, like in a coffee shop.”

The upside of spending close to two decades establishing a career, according to David, is that the audience grows with you.

“What I do isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, by any stretch, but some people really like it, and they tell their friends, who also really like it. That’s the start of a crowd then. I can go to Liverpool or Prague and people will turn up there. To be able to come to Perth

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– somewhere so far away – and anyone turn up whatsoever is one of the thrills of this job.”

Since he won the prestigious newcomer award 18 years ago, David has – slowly but surely – established himself as a stalwart of the international comedy scene; a career that runs concurrently alongside that of being a children’s author.

“I have a strange, dual career where I write children’s books and do shows for kids in the day, and do stand-up for grownups at night,” he says.

“It’s nice to have something else that’s not stand-up comedy. I love stand-up comedy, but if I just did it all the time my head up would disappear up the leg of my trousers. It’s nice to have something completely different to get your head into.”

Besides, there’s nothing like the honesty of children to bring a comedian back down to earth.

“When the kids heckle at the gigs, they’re much more brutal than grown

LAUGHING GEAR David O'Doherty is heading to WA for the Perth Comedy Festival.

ups, who tend to just sit there and politely clap at the end. Kids are, like, ‘I’m bored.

Mummy can we go home? The man is scaring me'.’

“One kid recently was like, ‘You are TOO silly.’ Another kid shouted at me: ‘What is the point of you?’ That was terribly profound.”

Known for his whimsical, slightly silly brand of humour, David still manages to keep his comedy grounded in the here and now. Following a Barry nomination for Best

Show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2016, David has spent the year on a solo tour of Europe and around America with Flight of the Conchords, and is returning to Perth on April 30.

“My whole career has been a struggle between two things,” he says. “I really want to try and describe the feelings that I have about how chaotic and tricky life is, but I also really really like stupid jokes. My whole career is a tension between those two different and polar-opposite things.

“The start of my career was just relentlessly silly jokes and, in fact, with this show I wanted to go back to that and write a silly, silly joke show. I toured around America with Flight of the Conchords last year and I just loved what they were doing, because in the face of Trump they were sticking defiantly to their ridiculous roots.

“But then my plan to write a really silly show was interrupted by the sudden and frightening rise of fascism across Western Europe,” he adds, laughing.

“Humour is a very valid and important response to serious things happening in the world. I’m not trying to make a hugely profound statement, just to point out that there’s a sense of perspective to be found.” PL David performs at the Regal Theatre on April 30. For tickets, visit perthcomedyfestival.com

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MITCHELL MARTIN

BUNBURY BOY MITCHELL MARTIN HAS JUST DROPPED HIS DEBUT ALBUM INTO THE LIGHT AND HAS PLANS FOR BIG THINGS IN PERTH AND BEYOND.

BY TORI WILSON.

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MM My name is Mitchell Martin and I’m a 20 year old original songwriter. I was born and raised in Bunbury and have recently moved to Perth to study at WAPA and grow as a musician.

PL What do you sing in the shower?

MM Oh, I’m a huge Ed Sheeran fan. I love Ed Sheeran. He’s my shower go-to for songs. He’s definitely my favourite artist.

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I like most of his songs and have been listening to him since I was 15.

PL Who are your musical heroes?

MM I’m really into John Mayer. Shawn Mendes is another big one recently. I’ve been listening to his album lately and am really enjoying it. Not just the ones on the radio but some of the other songs on his album are really well written and produced.

PL What’s on your Spotify/iPod playlist at the moment?

MM I’ve been listening to Ed Sheeran’s new album Divide a lot. Other than that I tend to tune into 92.9 and listen to that more than anything. I love pop music.

PL Who would be your dream musical mentor or collaborator?

MM Again it would have to be Ed Sheeran – he’s pretty much my answer to most questions (he laughs). He writes albums that are really diverse and I enjoy that a lot.

I love an album with variety and Ed can write anything.

PL Tell us about your new release.

MM It’s a 12-track album and it’s called

Into The Light; I released it on the 26th of March, the day I turned 20. The title track, Into the Light, is the last song on the album and my favourite track. It has a real blues rock kind of feel with all electric guitar and is in 6:8 time rather than 4:4, which is a bit different for me.

PL What do you love about Perth/WA? MM I love that Perth gives me the chance to get better at what I do. It’s great to be here and feel like I’m getting somewhere with so many opportunities surrounding me.

PL What are you looking forward to most?

MM I’d love to grow more in Perth as it has such a great live music scene. I’m looking forward to being able to share my music with the rest of Australia in the future – and then hopefully the world.

PL How would you sum up your fashion style?

MM It’s pretty plain to be honest. I’m not very out there with my clothes; I just wear what I feel comfortable in. PL Follow Mitchell Martin on facebook.com/ MitchellMartin97/

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MUSTERING A SONG JIMMY BARNES IS HEADING NORTH IN MAY TO PERFORM AT THE ORD VALLEY MUSTER. DIANNE BORTOLETTO CAUGHT UP WITH THE STAR AS HE PREPARES FOR THE SHOW.

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t’s almost un-Australian not to know the words to Jimmy Barnes’ Working Class Man anthem. So many of us have grown up listening to his music, from the days as frontman in the most iconic Australian band of all time, Cold Chisel, to his incredibly successful solo career, Jimmy Barnes’ voice is immediately recognisable.

On May 27, Jimmy Barnes is headlining the Kimberley Moon Experience, the biggest party of the 10-day Ord Valley Muster festival in the Kimberley, so I sat down with him for a bit of a chin wag.

DB What can the audience expect at the Ord Valley Muster when you return to Kununurra, the biggest concert in the region on May 27?

JB Listen, this is a big party, we’re coming to play, it’s the biggest party in the festival.

Myself, Daryl Braithwaite and The McClymonts are going to come up there, so it will be a great bill. It’s a beautiful festival. It’s an incredible part of the world as you well know, it’s one of the most stark, beautiful, harsh ... everything, it’s got everything going on up there. And then

they put on this festival which celebrates the season - I think it’s going to be a really big party up there. As far as my show goes I’m going to get up there and I’m going to play all the hits and all the songs that people know, I’ll play a bunch of Chisel stuff. My intention is to come and rock the party, that’s my job.

DB You’ve lived a big life, what advice will you be giving your grandchildren?

JB You know what, just do what brings your heart joy. If you do things and it makes you happy and you don’t hurt people, get out and have a good time, do it. Life is short, you’ve got to live life, you can’t just sit back and wait for life to catch up to you.

You’ve got to take it, embrace it and do what you want to do, you’ve got to lead your own life. Really, you can’t go out just to please everybody, you’ve got to please yourself. If you do that right, that means you’ll live a good life, it doesn’t mean be selfish and don’t care about other people.

Part of pleasing yourself is to be able to live with yourself, so you’ve got to be a decent person. And if you work hard and do what you love, you can’t go wrong.

DB You were given an Order of Australia award this year for distinguished service to the performing arts and for support for non-profit organisations, particularly to children with a disability. Jimmy, what did that award mean to you personally?

JB It was a really nice thing, it was a lot, I know how important these awards are, the Order of Australia. I got presented an award for doing stuff that I love, I love to sing, I

love to play live for people, I love to do that every night of the week. I’ve been involved with the children’s charities, particularly at the Westmead Children’s Hospital for the Rehab Unit, for children with spastic paraplegia, with cerebral palsy. And I’ve done that since my children were small.

Once I became a father and I realised that kids are suffering out there, a parent will do anything to help a kid and that’s what I do, stuff that I would normally do anyway. I was really pleased to get the award but it was for doing things that I’d be doing whether it was awards or not.

DB So you’re going to be in Kununurra, is there a message you want to leave for any of your Kununurra fans, and even people who are going to be travelling to Kununurra for the Ord Valley Muster?

JB This is a great celebration of a great time of year, it’s one of my favourite places in the world, everybody I know that goes up there like Daryl, everybody loves the place and I’m thrilled to be going up there. It’s going to be a great night, come and enjoy us and come celebrate with us.

DB You actually love the Kimberly. In 2011 you did a bit of busking in Sydney to raise awareness for all the gassing projects that could have potentially been happening in the Kimberly.

That’s really awesome.

JB Yeah, but you know I’ve spent a lot of time up there, I’ve got lots of good friends who live in Broome and north of Broome, and like I said before this is one of the most beautiful places in the world. As much as it’s harsh and it’s stark and it’s arid and all that, we could easily mess it up and we’ve got to do everything we can to protect it. When I heard about bringing offshore drilling for gas and building platforms and stuff I just thought, “What an eyesore.” There’s got to be a better way of doing things. And I’m not one of these people, I don’t want to stop progress, I want us to make progress but there’s got to be better ways of doing stuff than digging up coal or building gas pipelines outside of a beautiful beach.You know really, it’s ridiculous.

DB So when do you actually get into Kununurra?

JB Last time I was up there I stayed for about a week and went fishing but this time I’ve got to get back to work unfortunately I hate to say it, but we’ll get in the night before so I’ll have a good day up there. PL Jimmy Barnes will be headlining the Kimberley Moon Experience, all part of the Ord Valley Muster from the May 19 to 28. It’s not too late to book tickets, it is going to be an amazing, amazing time so make sure you get involved.

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THE CITY OF PARIS HAS A ROMANTIC REPUTATION TO UPHOLD AND, AFTER A STAY AT THE SUBLIME SHANGRILA, ADAM COLLINS WAS IN NO POSITION TO ARGUE.

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o to Paris and write about love,” came the message from the editor of this publication.

In my line of work, commissions don’t come much better. Naturally, it was an offer accepted without hesitation. But it couldn’t work on its own; this protagonist needed a partner.

Fortunately, I have Amy. To give a window into my girlfriend, she was her valedictorian, captain of all the sport teams, speaks foreign languages and is altogether brilliant. But I have romance, and I have tenacity. Paris serves those traits well. I planned to impress.

With so much to see, enough time is crucial, better still if the sun is shining. Tick and tick.

But what really helps are some fancy digs. This is

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, where the Shangri-La really came to our midsummer party. What can I say other than this is an utterly ridiculous place to stay? I’ve had the chance to rest my head in some exquisite hotels, but this was your quintessential once-in-a-lifetime type experience. More on precisely why later. For now: how I romanced my girl.

The best habit you can get yourself into when based in London is using the island as a platform to leap from for continental weekends as often as possible. It’s something for which Australians and Americans (Amy is a Yank, I neglected to mention) are especially adept – getting in, making it count, getting home for work on Monday.

Eurostar rail, taking just over two hours from central London to Paris, is a rite of passage, and easy to justify even when fares inflate beyond $200 a leg.

In our case, when our train pulled in mid-morning, breakfast beckoned. With my political bent from a former life, I wanted to hit up Fouquet’s (99 Avenue des ChampsÉlysées) for our first meal. It made headlines in 2007 as the prominent spot where Nicholas Sarkozy took his high-flying mates to celebrate election triumph; a moment of excess he never lived down.

The food was basic but the peoplewatching true to form as one of the most prominent strips in the world. A row of Ferraris parked over the road punctuated that point.

Wandering up the Champs towards the Arc de Triomphe, two things were noticeable. The first, how long the queue was at the landmark. But the second was that there were public bikes right nearby.

Distinguished as the Arc is, the scale is captured just as effectively from underneath it rather than on top. The bikes, however, became the unexpected hero of our visit.

Thanks to excellent signage and ample bike-paths (and relatively flat terrain), we were en route to our first major stop: the mighty Sacre Coeur.

This cathedral on the hill can be hard work when you arrive due to forceful street merchants, but that’s all forgotten when looking down from the highest point in town.That last bit of the journey – a spiral staircase high above the church – comes with a $15 fee, but it’s one tourist trap worth falling right into. For peak romance write your names into the wall, or come back after dinner to see the city lit up.

It being lunchtime, we had a date with our hotel check-in. The impression left by the Shangri-La staff the moment you walk though the door (and certainly before they knew I was writing about them) was no French stuffiness. It was an enduring theme: whatever staff could do to add to our experience, they would.

Touring the premises, we were seated

at one of three on-site restaurants, La Bauhina. The other two – L’Abeille (French gastronomy) and Shang Palace (south east China) carry Michelin Stars, so book nice and early. For our part, we ate foie gras and bass filleted in front of us while we swilled chardonnay. Ideal in building expectations before going upstairs to see our suite.

Now, we sensed a treat was coming. But a balcony big enough to, say, play tennis on? Looking directly south over the River Seine to the Eiffel Tower in all its glory?

It is a staggering view. The tower itself can be easy to dismiss as a cliché landmark, but

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less so when you’re that close. And besides, something that brings so many people together in a world so divided? For me, that can only be cherished.

A wireless Bose speaker is an added joy, meaning you can take your music with you out to the huge ledge along with the complimentary champagne that magically appears on ice each afternoon for the long sunset. A booming rain shower – a modern sign of decadence – is to be indulged in, as

PERFECT PARIS Every street seems to offer the perfect photo opportunity in Paris, from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame. The sumptuous surroundings of the Shangri-La in the city make it one of the most luxurious hotels in Europe.

is the walk-in wardrobe that’s the size of a normal bedroom.

All told, it’s little wonder the hotel records an average of three marriage proposals a week. A purposeful look shot my way from Amy when this information was revealed. The subtext was pretty clear: ‘don’t get any ideas’.

Downstairs, the pool caters for swimming laps and opens into a garden that looks upward at that Tower again.

Stunning function rooms are the scene for weddings of the rich and famous; each room emblazoned with the initials RB for this was Ronald Bonaparte’s personal home, once upon a time. That’s the grandnephew of Napoleon, in case you were wondering about the relation. It truly is another world.

And on a practical level, it’s not for nothing that days later when my return flight was cancelled in shambolic circumstances that the kitchen knocked me up a royale with cheese for the ages. “Make it big,” was my only request. Once again, they didn’t miss a beat.

Having soaked up our surrounds, our afternoon adventure was the Pompidou Centre (Place Georges-Pompidou). My assessment from earlier trips was that this is where you go for art, but not to be

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overwhelmed. There’s nothing wrong with joining the masses to take a selfie in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, but a main collection of eccentric installations and modern art is more us. Doubly so upon realising the exhibition on show featured the Beat Generation, rounding out a wonderful first day in town.

When in Paris, you can’t waste a meal.

Each is to be viewed as an opportunity. So on opening night, we took that approach to snag a booking at Passage 53 (53 Passage des Panoramas). We were lucky, as an eatery boasting a couple of those fabled Michelin Stars, it is typically booked out weeks

in advance. The entrance is anonymous, much like the decor when you get inside, minimalist by design so that you focus on what is in front of you. Which is everything: Japanese, Italian, Spanish fused into a multi-dish extravaganza, setting you back $300 a head when folding in the matching wines. Caviar costs another $50, but once you’ve come that far, it is hard to say no. In summary: believe the hype and just do it.

A strategic decision after a dining experience like that is whether to return to the room in order to watch the hourly light show where the Eiffel sparkles, or to kick on for another drink. We went with

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the latter. Le Comptoir Général (80 Quai de Jemmapes) is a Caribbean club with flare in the hip 4th arrondissement, set on the canal where the rum punch flows. Join the eclectic crowd to dance to one song you know, then four you don’t. It ensures that when you climb back into your huge bed that you are going to sleep deep.

Flinging the curtains open with breakfast delivered to the room is about as ideal as a day can start when taking your eggs Benedict laced in truffle oil out to a clear blue sky. Amy supplemented her dish with the biggest tray of berries you’ll see.

The Louis Vuitton Museum was first up, and we made our way to the extravagant Frank Ghery building once again courtesy of the Parisian bikes. When you factor in that you can ride as much as you want for about $10 a day, it shapes up nicely against the metro trains. And then there’s the added experience, in this case cycling through a park so dark and eerie you briefly forget the metropolis it sits within. The gallery itself has a distinct Asian focus, with several video-based installations in wide open spaces that quickly demand your attention.

We leave having learned something, and having been challenged. A good foundation for more exploration.

du Luxembourg as they’d prefer. A stunning palace by the same name almost fades into the background for all the natural splendor running either side. Take the pond at the precinct’s epicentre. It may sound like a kid’s activity, but rent a toy boat and attempt to sail it from one side to the other. Once that goal has been achieved, retire to the grass to reveal things you didn’t know about each other. Its beauty disarms like that. Look at old people and try to work out their story while you dream one of your own. Have a picnic, bring a bottle, buy a baguette. It’s a place for all that. As I type this, I want to go back. But we had to push on.

If trying to avoid a theme of avoiding savage queues, Notre Dame might be best viewed from the outside as well. For generations, lovers would attach padlocks to the Pont des Arts Bridge alongside the cathedral, before throwing the keys into the water. Sadly, local authorities have stopped the practice due to the bridge being simply weighed down by the volume of those who committed the ritual. But a few remain in hard-to-reach places, as a lasting remainder of devotion.

We crossed to the Seine’s South Bank to get our fill of second-hand records, old books and posters before stopping into

meringue for dessert. The place is a gem.

We again veto the light show in favour of a frolic given we’re already in the vicinity of Paris’ most vibrant after-dark precinct that’s but a stone’s throw away from dinner: the Oberkampf strip in the 9th arrondissement.

If you’re feeling bold, there’s ample on offer to dance deep into the night. Pop In (105 Rue Amelot) is a logical landing place.

But check the guides on your arrival, it’s a transient scene. Similarly, if hearing New Order one minute and 60s swing the next is your thing, then Le Tigre (5 Rue Molière) just south of there is worth a try, also.

After a relentless couple of days, we’ve earned a slow start to our last hurrah. Sure enough, the Shangri-La caters just for that as well, a spa and massage treatment with all the perks making for true relaxation.

And following all this time investing in your relationship, what better way to test your progress than a cooking course? Namely, a three-hour lesson in making the perfect French macaron. It’s worth the effort, both for coming away with a box of the delightful little things, and also the skills to reproduce them at home for years to come.

Wandering the streets in a far less deliberate way, arm in arm, can bring its own rewards; a host of vintage clothes and record

By lunch, we realise that we hadn’t yet hit a traditional French bistro. For shame.

Our preference coming into the trip was La Gauloise (4 Rue du Laos) on the basis that it was notoriously former President Francois Mitterand’s favourite since his mistress lived around the corner. Allegedly, of course. Steak tartar was the natural main there, served with a salad containing all the avocado one could need, and fries to mop up the snail juice - another essential. All washed back with a carafe of rose in the sun.

If you ask locals as to the most romantic spot to visit in their city you can be sure they will nominate Luxembourg Garden, or Jardin

Chez Francis for a drink; maybe the best panoramic view of all the city (our hotel room notwithstanding). Push your dinner time back to enjoy the sunset in full, which we do back on our balcony with our champagne listening to French music.

Ito Eats (2-4 Rue Pierre Fontaine) was recommended to us by Australia’s former ambassador to the OECD; his favourite spot from three years in Paris. Japanese fusion on the plate, sake followed by red wine in your glass. Unorthodox, but why not? And while you may be drunk, the 10 courses at 35 Euro is a steal. From the menu, the octopus was especially memorable, likewise lemon

shops back in the 4th, in Amy’s case finding a pair of fashionable glasses that she’ll be asked about every time she wears. Oh, and after a couple of nights trying, we finally made it back to see the Eifel Tower lit up. Parfait.

Of course, you can’t do it all. We didn’t eat North African or Vietnamese. We didn’t visit Musee D’Orsay or the collection of Picasso works. But the point here is this is a city you never finish.Where romance always flourishes in each repeat visit. Where if you leave less in love than when you came you’re doing it wrong. Thankfully, then, we did it right. PL Visit shangri-la.com/paris

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DREAMS OXFORD IS NOT JUST THE HOME OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST UNIVERSITIES - IT’S ALSO A BRILLIANT PLACE TO EXPLORE IF YOU LOVE HISTORY, LITERATURE AND ART. BY GILL PRINGLE.

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edieval architecture, ancient history and culture combine in the so-called “City of Dreaming Spires”, a venerable seat of learning which has given the world some of the best and brightest minds.

But Oxford isn’t just for students. During recess months, the university opens its doors to visitors wishing to take advantage of its dorms, tracing the footsteps of Gandhi or the 27 British prime ministers who have passed through Oxford’s colleges; eat in the college hall (in settings reminiscent of Harry Potter at Hogwarts) or take a punt along the river and sup at the college bar.

Certainly these bed and breakfasts or self-catering rooms offer a fun low-cost alternative to the city‘s hotels and your patronage contributes to the university‘s

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upkeep. Check out university rooms.com.

Theresa May, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher all attended Oxford as did 50 Nobel Prize winners and 120 Olympic medalists.

Authors and poets Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Percy Shelley, John le Carre, T S Eliot and J R R Tolkein all found inspiration here while scientists Stephen Hawking explored the mysteries of the

universe and Tim Berners Lee invented the world wide web in 1989.

Actors Hugh Grant, Emilia Fox and Felicity Jones are Oxonians and even Bill Clinton and Rupert Murdoch passed through.

And while it’s fun to experience student life, it’s even more splendid to stay at the city’s only five-star hotel, The Macdonald Randolph. With its luxurious rooms, award-

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STATELY HOME Oxford and its surrounding area is one of the most picturesque spots to visit in the UK. There are plenty of historic buildings to visit too, including Blenheim Palace (above)..

winning food and sensuous spa, all in the heart of Oxford, it's hard to beat.

Opened in 1866, The Randolph is often incorrectly said to have been named after Lord Randolph Churchill who resided at nearby Blenheim Palace although, in fact it was named after its proximity to The Randolph Gallery.

Situated on the south side of Beaumont Street, directly opposite the famed Ashmolean museum,The Macdonald Randolph boasts one of the best locations in Oxford. For more than 150 years, this Victorian gothic hotel has hosted world leaders, prime ministers and presidents, although I was even more interested in checking out its “Morse bar” instantly recognisable as the watering hole of Colin Dexter’s detective series Morse, and later Lewis.

With its stained-glass windows and red velvet couches, it's certainly a fine place to pass a few hours, but with so much to do in Oxford, drinking in the hotel bar seems like a wicked indulgence.

Endless days might be spent browsing the university’s 44 colleges and halls – many with familiar names like Balliol, Corpus

Christi, Oriel, Magdalen or Queen's College but we wanted to visit the place where every Oxford student spends so much of their time. Umm, not the library or pub but the Covered Market on Market Street (oxford-coveredmarket.co.uk).

This eccentric building in the city centre dates back to the 1770s, welcoming visitors with a dazzling array of aromas and colours.

Only here can you buy flowers, spices, fresh produce, china, jewellery, fashion, all under one roof. With too many vendors to list here, we had a hard time deciding between ice cream parlours, cake confections and fresh-baked cookie stands, not to mention coffee houses, diners and global cuisine, all in this bustling setting.

Unless you’re a student on a strict budget whose sole purpose is refreshment, it's impossible to leave without purchasing something you didn’t need - like a new tea towel or telephone box-shaped biscuit tin.

Later we dined at The Randolph’s Acanthus restaurant offering British cuisine sourced from the freshest ingredients from the UK’s best known suppliers – think Scottish beef, Welsh lamb and English pork. A contemporary city centre bistro, with leather banquettes and elegant menu, it nods to its antiquity with gilt-framed oil paintings and college crests. Feasting on Cornish oysters, Barnsley chops and Acanthus fish pie in a rich creamy sauce with crisp potato topping, this is the best of Brit cuisine.

Ditto the Acanthus’ full English breakfast – reminding one that eggs really are best served with black pudding, sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms and buttery toast.

After so much hearty fare, what better time to visit The Ashmolean, just steps

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away across the road from The Randolph.

Established in 1683, it has the distinction of being the world’s first university museum and the first public museum in the UK. With its excellent collection of art and archaeology, it is a superlative museum benefiting from a recent $100 million facelift. From the outside it looks severe and forbidding, a little like the British Museum, but inside its rooms are bright and inviting, full of wide open airy spaces. Admission is free which makes it even more of a treasure.

Originally erected to house the collection of curiosities donated to the university by Elias Ashmole - including antique coins, books, engravings, geological antiquities and zoological specimens - it is

fast facts Take a punt

Messing about in boats on the River Cherwell is among Oxford’s most cherished traditions. At Magdalen Bridge boathouse you can hire punts, rowing boats and pedalos or spoil yourself by hiring a chauffeured craft.

As idyllic as punting appears in Brideshead Revisited or Bridget Jones’ Diary, picnicking with champagne as kingfishers wade in shallow waters, be warned that its actually quite stinky and we spotted enormous rats at the water’s edge. Visit oxfordpunting.co.uk

worth noting, that the collection included the stuffed body of the last dodo ever seen in Europe. By 1755, the stuffed dodo was so moth-eaten that the then director of the Ashmolean tossed it on a bonfire, only for another museum employee to pull it from the fire at the last minute. To this day, all that remains is a scorched head and a claw.

Expanding over the centuries to house an eclectic collection of antiquities and marbles, the ground floor has a delightful group of classical statutory known as the Arundel Collection which, during our visit, was full of snickering schoolchildren pointing at naked body parts. Always good for a giggle.

Oxford is a town where you could easily spend weeks without uncovering all its hidden gems. Not to mention, the castles, gardens and stately homes dotted about its environs - too many to list here - although Blenheim Palace, Broughton Castle and Kelmscott Manor are definitely worth a visit. Just 54 miles from London, Oxford is easily accessible by train from Paddington station. PL For all things Oxford and its environs, visit experienceoxfordshire.org

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Oxford Castle Unlocked Take an irreverent tour around this ancient castle which has served time through the centuries as a royal home, courthouse and county jail.

One of the oldest buildings in Oxford, the castle tower was built prior to William the Conqueror’s invasion in 1066. Largely used as a prison, it is said to be haunted by the ghosts of its former inmates. Finally closing its cells in 1996, they have grimly preserved all manner of instruments of torture, including pillories and screws. Visit oxfordcastleunlocked.co.uk Alice’s Shop One of the most famous little shops in the world can be found just across the road from Christ Church college where Lewis Carroll studied under his real name, Charles Dodgson. Alice Liddell was the real life daughter of the then Christ Church dean, regularly visiting the store to buy sweets, her family becoming friends with Dodgson. Immortalised in Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland adventures over 150 years ago, is it just me who finds Carroll’s infatuation with a 10-year-old girl just a tad creepy?

Visit aliceinwonderlandshop.co.uk Botanic Gardens Housing a diverse array of plants, the Botanic Gardens consist of a Walled Garden, Glasshouse and Water gardens, and is a national reference collection for 5,000 different plants at Rose Lane, Oxford OX1 4AZ. Visit botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk Bodleian Library The second largest library in Britain, the world famous Bodleian has approximately 11 million volumes. Even if you’re not in bookish mood, it's worth exploring the magnificent architecture that houses the collection at Old School’s Quad. Open Monday to Sunday, year round, no wonder those Oxonians are so smart. Visit bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Were you snapped at one of WA's parties last month?

KU DE TA LAUNCH The latest eatery to join the ranks of Perth's newly revitalised dining scene opened in April, right on the river. Ku de Ta, a sister establishment to the well-known Bali venue with the same name, ambitiously offers three different dining options from relaxed to high-end. The partygoers made the most of the hot weather and dressed, Bali-style, enjoying the cocktails and canapes on offer.

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Game on I’VE DISCOVERED THE PECULIAR PLEASURE OF ASSEMBLING A FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM - AND I’M ADDICTED.

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f the Aussie security services have some kind of nefarious, covert operation monitoring the population’s cyber comings and goings, I hope that in a deep bunker somewhere a hipster tech nerd plucked from years of bedroom hacking happened across a text message I sent to my wife last Friday.

It read simply:“I’ve got two dogs and a pie.”

I like to imagine the net-spy stroking his neatly trimmed moustache while working his fashionably retro Power Rangers stressball and mulling over this cryptic communication sent from one WA journalist to another.

“What could it mean?” he would wonder. Dogs of war perhaps? Pie a metaphor for a tempting financial settlement or just a simple acronym?

Prepare immediate evacuation? Possible infidel execution?

Yes, he’d eventually decide, definitely a bit of dodgy intelligence – and he’d hurry upstairs to report his finding to his commanding officer, who just happens to be a grizzled Sandgroper, veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, fourth generation Digger.

“Two dogs and pie, you say?” the CO would say, looking up from his desk wearily.

“Mate, that’s not jihad. That’s fantasy footy.

It just means he’s got a couple of Western Bulldogs in his line-up this week and someone from Collingwood. Taylor Adams, if he’s lucky.”

Yes, those bizarre seven words were just one of myriad random communications texted, messaged, emailed and exchanged face to face between me and my wife after a work buddy introduced us to the wonderful world of fantasy AFL – and we dived right in, head first.

For those of you not acquainted with our new pastime, let me explain. Basically,

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it’s an online competition played across Australia based on the performances of AFL players, and it’s pretty darned popular – if you don’t play it yourself, then chances are there’s someone you know who does. The league we play in, the official one organised by the AFL, currently boasts 128,052 members – and there are other versions that thousands of other footy tragics are signed up to.

The premise of the game – that you pick a team of AFL players and then get points for how they perform when they hit the oval each round – sounds pretty simple, but in reality takes a bit of explaining, so I’ll have a go.

The scoring system is based on what your players get up to during each game they play – four points for a tackle, six for a goal, some more for a behind, handball or kick, that kind of thing.You’ve got 22 starting players – a rigidly enforced division of defenders, midfielders, rucks and forwards – who score you points and eight interchange coves who don’t, even though they get awarded them. From them you’ve got to pick your captain, who gets double points, and your vice captain, who doesn’t.

The interchange players can be your emergencies, pulling on a gernsey if one of your scoring 22 fails to turn up on the day, or you can swap them for players in similar positions - but only pre-lock-out.You can trade a couple of players in and out of the draft, sticking to your $11 million salary cap – did I mention the salary cap already?

– between rounds, but again only pre-lockout. The lock-out is very important and it’s vital to work out when it is. Sometimes there’s a partial lock-out and that’s also very important for a host of important reasons which I haven’t got time to go into here.

Every team is in the main league, but

there are leagues within the leagues and leagues within those leagues. Some of them have the teams going head to head, while some of them don’t. If you’re going head to head you get to see the match-up and get four points if you beat the other team regardless of how many points you score overall, which, obviously, makes your percentage pretty important.

Clear? Make sense?

No, me neither, to be honest, but I promise you that not having a completely 100 per cent understanding of what’s going on doesn’t diminish the fun of the thing – as long as you can live with the fact that you’re probably not going to win much in your first season.

To illustrate, despite my side being packed with stars – Nat Fyfe’s in there, Buddy’s up front, Bob Murphy’s a rock at the back and Sandilands and Naismith is surely a ruck partnership made in heaven – I’m currently ranked 100,503rd overall after some spectacularly disappointing results.

My debut round, for instance, saw me going head to head with the chap that introduced us to the game – and he quietly thrashed me, scoring nearly twice as many points as I managed. Frankly, I felt very let down by Jetta and Walters and a bit embarrassed that I’d been cheering on the wrong Kennedy all the way through the GWS/Adelaide clash. My opponent meanwhile racked up a staggering total thanks to the likes of Dayne Beams, who got 103.

Dayne Beams! Who knew he could play?

But, as with all good sportsmen, the wooden spoon hanging over my head can’t dampen my enthusiasm – nor that of my wife, who, while annoyingly is doing quite a bit better than me, probably isn’t going to make the Grand Final either.

As each weekend approaches, our excitement at re-arranging our squad increases and conversations grow more and more surreal as we lament not being able to afford Josh Kennedy and, as die-hard Dockers fans, wrestle with the fact that our lack of success may well be because we have far too many purple shirts in our line-ups.

We still love to watch the games, of course, but having a laptop in the corner collating our fantasy scores adds an extra frisson to the four quarters that, no doubt, will boil over come that inevitable weekend when we match up against each other.

If you’re not playing yet, make sure you sign up in 2017. And if you do, watch out for that partial lock-out. Hopefully by then I’ll have worked out what it is, and I’ll happily explain why it’s so important. PL

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A Vintage special

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From grape

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Mia Lacy discovers the wonders of vintage and watches the next Margaret River Region drops come to life from all those beautiful rows of vines.

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’m learning to love a whole new language.

It’s the words of wine.

I’m with Steve James, manager of winemaking and viticulture at Voyager Estate and the two wine words I’m currently fixated on are ‘total crush’.

It’s harvest time in the Margaret River Region, and winespeak is on everyone’s lips.

I like this new language, and I’ve come here to understand more of it, and more of what happens around here during harvest. Or should I say vintage?

“To me, harvest represents the harvesting of the grapes,” says Steve.

“Vintage covers the whole gathering of the crop plus the winemaking process.”

Margaret River Region’s vineyards produce just three percent of total Australian grape production, but hold over 20 percent of the Australian premium wine market.

Last year, the value of Australian wine exports surged 14 per cent to $2.1 billion, its highest value since late 2007.

In Western Australia, exports were down 5 per cent on 2014, but were valued 5 per cent higher at $38.5 million. Margaret River exports’ value rose 3 per cent to $23.5 million.

“Our total crush at Voyager Estate is around 600 tonnes of grapes sourced from 110 hectares of Estate grown vineyards. It is difficult to compare harvest seasons but early

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HARVEST TIME Wineries around the Margaret River Region are bringing in the fruits of their labour as they prepare to turn this year’s crop of grapes into wine.

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signs are the yields this season certainly appear better at this stage.

“Quality-wise we still have a way to go, however it certainly looks great at this stage.

Warm dry weather from now on, without excessive heat, would be perfect,” says Steve.

Voyager Estate and other vineyards operate estate tours and during vintage this behindthe-scenes look at the various viticultural and winemaking operations can reveal a hive of activity. Guests can observe grape harvesting, crushing action and taste new juices, ferments and even fresh tank samples.

Typically, harvest commences in February and may extend until the end of April and sometimes even into the cooler months of May.The main varieties are Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as Malbec, Merlot, and Petit Verdot and they typically ripen in that order. Chardonnay is first picked from February while cabernet usually begins around the end of March.

Over at Aravina Estate, they’re bringing in their first crop from new plantings of Tempranillo and Malbec.The estate’s winemaker Jodie Barton says their expectations of this

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