C I T Y
T O Y O T A
NEDLANDS 60,616 KMS
13,777
36,868 KMS
13,777
5,474 KMS
14,777
17,365 KMS
16,777
$
$
$
$
2010 TOYOTA
2010 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1DGI786. Hard to find 6 speed man trans with electronic stability control, ABS/EBD and the toyota safety cell to keep the ocupants safe. Toyota has developed an extremely reliable 1.8 Dual vvt-i engine delivering excellent performance.
1DRU819. Stunning little manual Yaris YRS. 1 owner with complete with full service history! Featuring a zippy 1.5L engine, ABS brakes, dual stage front airbags, air conditioning, power steering, power windows mp3/cd player & much more.
1EEZ005. This 2012 5 door YR was owned by Toyota motor company & was a company demo & with only 5,474klms its like a new car! Packed with features such as electric windows, electric mirrors, usb and aux input with bluetooth & more.
1EEZ585. This 2012 5 door YR was owned by Toyota motor company & was a company demo & with only 17,365kms its like a new car! Packed with features such as electric windows, electric mirrors, upgraded safety pack & more.
COROLLA ZRE152R ASCENT
YARIS YRS 5 SPEED MAN
7,617 KMS
16,777
9,984 KMS
17,777
YARIS YR 5 SPEED MAN
10,266 KMS
17,777
YARIS YR 4 SPEED AUTOMATIC
13,584 KMS
18,777
$
$
$
$
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1EEZ006. This 2012 5 door YR Yaris was owned by Toyota motor company and was a company demo and with only 7,617klms its like a new car! Packed with features such as electric windows, electric mirrors, USB and much more.
1EDS755. New Generation Yaris boasting a stylish body kit ,15” alloy wheels & sporty 1.5L motor, sat nav, bluetooth with live audio streaming enabling you to play your favourite tracks live via bluetooth without any annoying cords & more.
1EDZ810. This hatch was owned by Toyota & was a company demo. With only 10,000klms its like a new car! Packed with features such as electric windows, electric mirrors, cruise control, USB & AUX input with bluetooth & voice control, & more.
1DZJ790. This is just an absolute pleasure to drive & is loaded with fantastic features - 5 star ancap safety rating, 7 airbags, full touch screen audio display, ABS brakes, dual airbags, full electric windows & mirrors, cruise control, steering wheel audio controls & more.
YARIS NCP130R YR 4SPEED AUTO
YARIS NCP131R ZR MANUAL
27,605 KMS
21,777
4,900 KMS
23,777
YARIS NCP131R YRS 3 DOOR
YARIS NCP131R YRS 5 DOOR
16,100 KMS
6,296 KMS
SOLD
$
26,777
CAMRY ATARA SX 6S PEED AUTO
AURION AT-X 6 SPEED AUTO
$
$
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2011 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1EEZ588. Look at this, spacious current model Prius C, still under New Car Warranty with capped price servicing + your limiting your impact on the environment at the same time. The hybrid technology is amazing, 3.9L/100km on the highway.
1EGN040. WOW CHECK THIS OUT. This new model Corolla Ascent Sport is in brand new condition. It looks amazing in the Black. The car features the always reliable 1.8L engine thats now pumping out a whopping 103kw.
1DUO185. Be the first owner of this ex Toyota demo with very few kilometers. You will save thousands on buying this against a new one. Latest model with the fuel miser 2.5 litre VVTi engine coupled to a super smooth 6 speed auto transmission.
1EEZ234. With grey cloth sports interior, 17” factory sports alloy wheels, full safety features (5 star ancap rating) including front, side, knee and curtain air bags, abs brakes, traction and stability control and electronic brake force & much more.
PRIUS C 1 SPPED CONSTANT VAR
COROLLA ASCENT SPORT S-CVT
20,082 KMS
27,777
4,634 KMS
33,777
12,285 KMS
39,777
1,226 KMS
46,777
$
$
$
$
2011 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1EBI116. This Executively driven RAV4 DEMO represents fantastic value. Driven by its economical 2.4L VVT-i engine, automatic transmission it’s the perfect city sized SUV & loaded with safety features.
1EDT432. Top Of The Range Camry Hybrid HL Demo. Boasting a massive 151kws of power with only 5.2L per 100km fuel economy, 17” alloys, leather accented interior, smart entry & push button start, dual zone air con, rain sensing wipers & more.
1EGG846. Look at this & save thousands on this 2012 executively driven demo from Toyota Australia. Balance of New Car Warranty and fixed price servicing. See why the kluger is one of Australia’s best selling SUV’s
1EGG829. “Leading The Hybrid Revolution... Shaping The Future Of Cars...the Prius V I-tech! Auto 1.8l 4 Cylinder Hybrid Wagon With 7 Seats! With A Petrol Engine Combined With Electric Motor, Exceptional Fuel Efficiency At Just 4.4l/100km!
RAV4 ACA38R CV 4X2 AUTO
CAMRY AVV5OR HYBRID HL
202 KMS
4,000 KMS
46,777
KLUGER KX-R 2WD 5 SPEED
48,777
37,771 KMS
49,777
PRIUS V 1 SPPED CONSTANT VAR
19,563 KMS
52,777
$
$
$
$
2011 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
2011 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
SN149759. ** FACTORY AERO KIT and ULTREX 18” WHEELS ** This car is Wheels, Top Gear (UK), Carsales/guide, Drive Car Of The Year for a reason. The amazing and highly sought after toyota 86 is ready to be taken home today!
1EEZ010. Genuine 202klms! This is the ultimate family sized SUV on the market today! This Kluger can fit seven people in comfort & is ideal for the weekend escapes. Its AWD for added all weather safety, driven by a powerful 3.5 Litre V6 engine.
1EDZ805. Luxury wagon with options such as sat nav, reverse camera, bluetooth connection, trizone climatic air con, multi function steering wheel, electric tailgate, keyless smart entry & start, electric windows & front electric heated seats.
1EGG831. Ready for work or play. Hard to find turbo diesel auto 4x4 SR5 with low ks . This factory demo has plenty of great features including an expensive lockable hard cover, air con, power steering/windows/mirrors, cruise control & more.
86 ZN6 GTS 6 SPD MAN COUPE
24,539 KMS
53,777
KLUGER KX-S 2WD 5 SPEED
KLUGER GRANDE 2WD AUTO
23,372 KMS
54,777
LOW KMS
56,777
HILUX SR5 DOUBLE CAB 4SPEED
21,014 KMS
59,777
$
$
$
$
2011 TOYOTA
2011 TOYOTA
2011 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1ECI350. Has all options such as sat nav, reverse camera, bluetooth connection, trizone climatic air con, multi function steering wheel, electric tailgate, keyless smart entry & start, electric windows & more.
1ECL549. Be the first private owner of this top of the range Kluger Grande in the rare combination of silver pearl with beige leather accented interior. Has all options such as sat nav, reverse camera, bluetooth & much more.
1DXC098. Just arrived! 3.0L D4-D turbo diesel engine, sports auto trans, 17” alloys, climate control, front/side/curtain airbags, ABS with EBD and dynamic stability control, down hill assist, reverse camera & more.
1EEZ590. Be the first private owner of this top of the range Kluger Grande in the stunning combination of Crystal Pearl with bold black leather accented interior. Complete with balance of New Car Warranty and toyota advantage servicing.
KLUGER GRANDE AWD 5SP
KLUGER GRANDE AWD 5SP
L/C PRADO KDJ150R GLX 5 SPD
City Toyota Nedlands 199 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Perth, WA 6000 T 1300 034 472 www.citytoyota.net.au DL12195 MRB693
KLUGER GRANDE AWD 5 SPEED
COUNTRY
THIS IS 126,592 KMS
$
37,777
195,016 KMS
63,265 KMS
41,777
42,777
$
$
2005 TOYOTA
2004 TOYOTA
2008 TOYOTA
1BYS652. Tough as tough can be! This tough diesel has been built to handle the harshest of Australian conditions. Seriously low k’s with solid service history & used as a local Wanneroo farmers runabout car this car is out of the box!
1EEN645. Still king of the off road. This 4.2L t/diesel auto 100 series is a real credit to its previous owner & will not disappoint with its bulletproof reliability! Geared up & ready to take you on your next 4x4 adventure.
1CYG377. Extremely low km’s. Represents great value & boasting fantastic feature’s including; genuine alloy nudge-bar, 17” alloys, side steps, 6 disc stacker, bluetooth phone connectivity with aux in, cruise control & much more.
LANDCRUISER 5SP MANUAL CAB CHASSIS DIESEL
118,988 KMS
48,777
LANDCRUISER HDJ100R GXL 5 SP AUTO T/D
57,755 KMS
98,306 KMS
49,777
SOLD
$
$
2006 TOYOTA
2010 TOYOTA
1CKY186. Prado Grande wagon includes features such as 3.0L turbo diesel engine, 4 speed auto,high & low range 4x4 to get you out of sticky situations, sat nav, sunroof, leather trim, side steps, tow bar, roof rails & much much more.
1EEZ004. Just arrived. Turbo diesel 150 series. Quite possibly the most popular 4x4 on the market & it no wonder with features including- proximity keyless entry with push button start & the tough 4L petrol engine is powerful.
LANDCRUISER PRADO T/DIESEL GRANDE WAGON
LANDCRUISER PRADO GXL 5 SPEED AUTO WAGON
71,740 KMS
$
64,777
27,423 KMS
$
LANDCRUISER PRADO GXL 5 SPEED AUTO WAGON
2008 TOYOTA
LANDCRUISER SAHARA 5SP AUTOMATIC V8 PETROL
1DRC033. Need power & torque to pull or just need the 8 seats the powerful 4.7 V8 is the answer. With loads of room for the family & performance both on & off the road you are sure to enjoy this fantastic vehicle no matter what.
18,929 KMS
67,777
69,777
$
2006 TOYOTA
2010 TOYOTA
2011 TOYOTA
Very low kms! Sat nav, bluetooth phone, reverse camera, DVD player with the largest screen I have seen in a vehicle, redarc in dash electric brake unit, towbar, alloy bullbar, rear dust deflector, weather shields & more.
1DVM086. Want a luxury 4x4 with the very best features on offer with out the big price tag. This feature packed Kakadu features a smooth 4.0Lt V6 engine, 5 speed auto 4x4, proximity key with entry & push button start & much more.
1EEZ589. Get the whole family out of town in comfort these holidays & stop less with a massive 150 litre long range tank in this luxurious 3L turbo Prado. Well appointed with leather accented interior, heated front seats & more.
LANDCRUISER HDJ100R VX 5 SPEED AUTO WAGON
22,289 KMS
$
74,777
LANDCRUISER PRADO KAKADU 5SP AUTO WAGON
11,933 KMS
40,189 KMS
74,777
SOLD
$
2012 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1EGG912. Look at this a GX 200 series demo ready for the road. Land cruiser isAustralia’s king off the road. Its strength, reliability & superior quality means you can rely on it to take you anywhere. With many great features.
1EGG913. Get the whole family out of town in comfort these holidays & stop less with a massive 150 litre long range tank in this luxurious auto 4.0L V6 Prado just arrived in Toyota’s exclusive Crystal Pearl.
LANDCRUISER GX 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC WAGON T/D
88,902 KMS
LANDCRUISER PRADO VX 5 SPEED AUTO WAGON T/D
LANDCRUISER PRADO VX 5 SPEED AUTO WAGON
2011 TOYOTA
LANDCRUISER GXL 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC WAGON
1DNQ540. Just arrived. Check out this one of a kind gold Cruiser with beige cloth interior. This car presents as new with only 40,000klms allowing you to save thousands of new car cost. With amazing standard features.
70,286 KMS
3002 KMS
SOLD
84,777
92,777
LANDCRUISER SAHARA 6 SP AUTO WAGON T/D
LANDCRUISER SAHARA 6 SPEED AUTOWAGON T/D
$
$
2008 TOYOTA
2010 TOYOTA
2012 TOYOTA
1EGH586. Need power & torque to pull or just need the 8 seats the powerful 4.5 V8 twin turbo diesel Sahara is the answer. With loads of room for the family & performance both on & off the road you are sure to enjoy this vehicle.
1DHI740. 1 owner with fantastic service history! Need power & torque to pull or just need the 8 seats the powerful 4.5 V8 twin t/diesel Sahara is the answer. With loads of room for the family & performance both on & off the road.
Save thousands off new car price. Renowned for its off road performance & on road family comfort! Boasting great features such as new powerful 4.6L Lexus V8 engine, 5 sp auto trans, off road crawl control & more.
LANDCRUISER URJ202R VX 6 SPEED AUTO WAGON
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STUFF OFF, WINTER Winter’s boring. Everybody knows that. It’s cold. You have to wear lots of clothes. More importantly, other people have to wear lots of clothes – people who previously were wearing bikinis and such like. Never mind. We’ll help you through this tedious time of year with a mag that’s jam packed with things to warm the cockles of your heart. First up, how about a round of golf (complete with 19th hole hot toddy)? Liz (our newest RC recruit) explores all that Perth’s golfing scene has to offer plus some natty new golfing fashions and equipment to add to your wish list. Then Jude gets all hot under the collar about Toyota’s FJ Cruiser. It’s a jeep, but not as you know it, Jim. We interview the stars of NY Ink’s Wooster Street Social Club who just so happen to be dropping by a big tattoo convention in Perth in September – nice coincidence, that. It’s like they KNEW they’d be in Rock Candy and decided to come to see what all the fuss was about. Then Gill over in LA interviews Wolverine star, Hugh Jackman – he’s not all facial hair and claws apparently – as well as Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, hapless newbies trying to cut it at Google in new flick, The Internship. I got to hang out with the stars of one of the most successful Aussie movies in recent years – Drift – so that meant chewing the fat with Sam Worthington, Twilight’s Xavier Samuel and Myles Pollard, and then casting around to see if Drift can hold its own in the sea of other surfing movies (hint: it can). We’re looking forward to catching A$AP Rocky when he rolls into Metro City in July, and are just loving the reinvented Prisoner: Cell Block H aka Wentworth – Liz interviews the stars. There’s travel too to remind you that the weather’s always better somewhere else in the world – Troy’s New Zealand bungy jump of a trip, mountain trekking in Japan, Liz’s whistlestop tour of China, ideas to expend your wanderlust and my little piece of luxury at the Fraser Suites. We look forward to hanging tough with the WWE stars, dive amongst the shipwrecks in Pulau and reveal the results of our best gourmet burger in Perth competition (hint: it’s not what you might expect). Heath tackles the serious subject of suicide, while the FIFO Wife reminds us to make time for our significant other, even if that’s at the expense of the kids for a couple of nights. And as usual, there are competitions aplenty – there’s trekking shoes, fancy shoes, surf lessons, a couple of rounds of golf, a natty music system, and beautiful canvas prints, tickets to the wrestling and free entry to one of the state’s toughest bike races, the Cape to Cape MTB. Oh and then there’s the small matter of our speed dating extravaganza at the Paddo, the FIFO Wants a Date. Have you registered yet? If that doesn’t warm you up, nothing will.
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contents Issue 06 - Winter 2013
COVER STORY
60 - TV
Liz meet’s Wentworth’s bad girls
37 - CLAWS FOR THOUGHT
62 - TV
Wolverine is back with his own blockbuster
Mad Men’s hot ladies
64 - TRAVEL
SPECIAL FEATURES 31 - GOLF SPECIAL
Discover New Zealand
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Meet FOX Sports’ The Golf Show’s host, Brett Ogle. Plus check out our suggestions to bling out your golf bag
69 - TRAVEL
China on the run - four days, two cities
73 - TRAVEL
Troy goes beyong the Shire in NZ
54 - PERTH’S BEST BURGERS
76 - TRAVEL Perth’s Fraser Suites
Who reigns supreme in the battle for the city’s best patty in a bap?
78 - TRAVEL
Trekking in the Japanese Alps
85 - WWE RAW
Top wrestlers are coming to Perth
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84 - DIVING
Explore the ghost ships of Micronesia
REGULARS
88 - THE FIFO WIFE
10 - COMPETITIONS
93 - HEATH’S HELPLINE Suicide prevention - how to save a life
12 - GADGETS AND STUFF
96 - LOCAL HERO
Build your own man cave
14 - FIFO (FASHION IN, FASHION OUT)
Fair Game’s Dr John von Bockxmeer
101 - WHERE TO EAT
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Bib & Tucker - a new era in beachside food
On your hike
102 - WHO’S THIS, THEN?
16 - RISING STARS Street artists - the best around
Local sweeteheart, Gracie Gilbert, star of the new Underbelly: Squizzy
27 - ARCHERY
104 - THE LAST WORD
Perth’s very own Robin Hood teaches you how to hit the bullseye
Heath Franklin goes camping
30 - MUSCLE CARS 69
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Jude stands out in Toyota’s FJ Cruiser
36 - INK
Meet the stars of NY Ink
46 - FILM
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star in The Internship
50 - FILM
Ride the crest of a wave with Drift and RC’s round up of top surf movies
54 - FILM
The Man of Steel is back
57 - MUSIC
A$AP Rocky checks into Metro City
59 - TV
Will The Bachelor serve up a hit for Ten?
Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine. Courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
34 - MOTORING
COVER PHOTO
A retro classic goes pop
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WHAT IS THE SURNAME OF THE BROTHERS MYLES POLLARD AND XAVIER SAMUEL PLAY IN DRIFT? Is it: 1. Kennedy; read the article 2. Kelly; or 3. Keegan? at page 52!!!
Movie ticket giveaway We’ve got ten double passes to see Johnny Depp’s latest movie from Disney, The Lone Ranger which opens in Australia on June 28. For your chance to win one of the double passes, just answer this question and send it with your details to competitions@candymedia.com.au by June 26 2013.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF JOHNNY DEPP’S CHARACTER IN THE LONE RANGER? Is it: 1. Tintin; 2. Tombola; or 3. Tonto?
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We’ve got one pair of men’s and one pair of women’s keen hiking shoes from Paul Carroll for two lucky readers worth $160 and $180 each. The Susanville Low (women’s), and Alamosa (Mid) will make trekking over the bush of WA a breeze. To go into the draw, send your answer to the question below to competitions@candymedia.com.au by August 6 2013, and mark your entry either ‘man’ or ‘woman’ according to which shoe you’d prefer to win.
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Gadgets & stuff
BUILD YOUR OWN MAN CAVE The man cave is the ultimate blokes’ domain, an oasis for all things manly just for you and your mates (no missus or kids allowed). Here are some of our favourite toys to trick out your very own special place of refuge.
WIN ME WITH MOODCUBED LED LIGHT CUBE
Add fashion and function with this 40cm luminated cube. It can be used as a seat, table or light, providing ambience to any dark man cave. You can also change the colour when the mood strikes, if for instance, a lady should wander in by mistake.
$169
www.moodcubed.com.au
POT BLACK FORTESCUE POOL TABLE WITH JACK DANIELS CLOTH
Fancy yourself as Cool Hand Luke? Then get your paws on this 7ft custom made pool table which ticks all the boxes. It’s stylish, cool as, and features one of our favourite drops. It’s made from stainless steel, so you can be sure it will handle even the most intense pool tournaments.
$7500 (ALL INCLUSIVE) www.malatwell.com.au
PLAYTABLE ARCADE GAME MACHINE
Add some retro cool to your cave with this classic video game table. With 60 of your favourite old school games on one machine, arcade games have never been this fun (or funky). There’s even the option of including a coin mechanism, so you can make some money out of your mates if they end up drinking all your beer.
$2799
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MENEGHINI LA CAMBUSA REFRIGERATOR
The mother of all chiller cabinets, feast your eyes on this monster. Incorporating the important parts of a kitchen (ie where the beer is kept) you need this ultimate fridge in your man cave. Fact. This model can be customised to include an array of devices including a coffee maker, ice machine and even a flat screen TV. It could probably even double up as a small apartment if push comes to shove.
UP TO $41,500
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WIN ME WITH GENEVA MODEL XS HI-FI AUDIO
We love this classy leather sound system because it’s portable – so you can take a piece of your man cave back to work with you. Just don’t leave it there or you may never see it again - it’s one desirable piece of kit. It’s a speaker, amplifier, radio and alarm clock all rolled into one compact case.
$299
www.genevalab.com.au
KEN DUNCAN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPH CANVAS
A stunningly shot photo is a welcome addition to any self respecting man cave. While a poster of a naked chick might do the trick when you’re 15, it’s time to raise the bar and invest in some of iconic Aussie photographer Ken Duncan’s landscapes now available on canvas.
$32 TO $200 (DEPENDING ON SIZE) www.ArtWorldPod.com
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FIFOs If you’re a sadsack, high vis-wearing singleton, then we’ve got just the event for you. Head along to the Paddo on Thursday August 15 for the first ever FIFO Wants a Date night and who knows. You could just get lucky. We get it. It’s tough working those swings and then landing back in town with only a wilted pot plant to welcome you home. You need help to find ‘the one’ and sometimes, even the most stacked Lothario needs a shove in the right direction. So Rock Candy with Red FM, Dare2Date and the Paddo have come to your rescue. For one night only, the legendary nightspot will host a speed dating event like no other, just for you hardworking FIFO boys and girls. The FIFO Wants a Date night can’t promise you love and marriage, but it can promise you a fun night of flirting, free booze (well one drink at least), some seriously good food, and the possibility of at least one or two decent chat up opportunities. So how do you get yourself a piece of this sweet action? Well, once you’ve registered your details at www.redfm.com.au, you’ll be emailed a formal invitation and call to confirm you can make it on the night. Then on the big night, all bets are off and it’s up to you to do your thang. You’ll be given a name tag, a free drink and it’s full steam ahead into the heady world of speed dating. To get you in the mood there’ll be a round or two of ‘Perfect Match’, hopefully giving you some ideas about how to impress (or not) the opposite sex with some smooth chat and perky pick up lines. The great thing about speed dating, says Debbie Burns, MD of Dare2Date, is it allows you to meet lots of people at one fun event without having to commit to chatting to one person for the entire evening. Because you’ve only got three or so minutes to impress – and be impressed – speed dating gives you the chance to find out if you would like to meet someone again, and if not, then all you have to do is get up and move on to the next enticing prospect across the table. And as 93% of how we communicate is face to face, that’s what makes speed dating the perfect way to meet available singles.
How does it work? It’s pretty simple. Everyone is given a name tag with a number and a sheet and during your dates – which involve you and the date sitting opposite each other for three to five minutes, trying to find out as much as possible within that time - you put the person’s name and tag and ‘yes’ if you want to meet them again. If you both say ‘yes’ you will both receive an email with that person’s contact details. The rest is up to you. To help you out, we thought we’d put together some completely fool-proof chat up lines:* What do you like to do on the weekends and in your spare time? What do you love to do – as in interests or hobbies? What made you decide to come tonight (although everyone asks this and people usually say a friend talked them into it, according to Debbie). Who is your favourite super hero and why? Favourite guilty pleasure – is it food, music, a tv show, movie? If money wasn’t an object what would you do? What song is playing on your iPod at the moment? And the questions to avoid What do you do for a living? Questions about past relationships. What they like to eat for breakfast. Pushy. Way too pushy.
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Art street There are some astonishingly talented artists decorating
the public spaces of our cities
- often working undercover of pseudonyms - or beanies at least. We thought it was time to celebrate these street artists and thank them for turning drab urban walls
into stunning masterpieces.
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1. DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE OF ART IN A FEW WORDS:
Perth
art by destroy
Art by Destroy, aka Joseph Boin, sees art in part, as his salvation. A troubled kid who fell on the wrong side of the law thanks to his graffiti work and brushes with violence, Joe ended up in jail for a stretch in 2010. Always a talented artist, he discovered traditional brush painting, ‘mainly because I was bored of drawing’. Since his releases, Joe has pursued art full time and is building up a legion of fans of his work in Perth and beyond, as he currently works on an album cover for an up and coming Aussie rapper. He’s also recently completed a commission to paint murals in The Angry Moose burger bar in Mouth Lawley.
Lowbrow, dark, different, but political with a dash of social commentary.
2. WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES AND WHO DO YOU ADMIRE?
I am influenced by all art and everything around me. What I see in the world and society is my main influence in my more political and social commentary work. I admire people who want change.
3. WHAT MEDIUM DO YOU USE AND WHERE CAN WE SEE YOUR WORK?
I use many mediums from acrylics (brush), chalk pastels, airbrush, aerosol, pencil. You can see my aerosol/ streetart work around the CBD and surrounding areas of Perth and some parts of Fremantle. Other than that you can see it on my website or Facebook page.
4. WHAT’S YOUR LONGTERM AMBITION?
My ambition is to further develop my art, meet like-minded artists, travel the world to do art, and continue to exhibit my work.
5. IF YOUR ART WAS A KIND OF MUSIC, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WOULD IT BE?
It would be hip hop or funk because that’s what I love. See more of Joe’s work at
WWW.ARTBYDESTROY.COM.AU OR WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ARTBYD3STROY
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rising stars Perth
Kyle Hughes Odgers
An Australian painter and installation artist – and the talent behind the huge mural in Jamie’s Italian restaurant 140 William Street – Kyle has exhibited his works throughout Australian and internationally. Kyle’s strange moon faced humanoids, rich colour palette and architecturally inspired settings are immediately identifiable with striking examples in Sydney, Queensland and Perth. In 2010, Kyle completed a 45m seven panel public art commission for Murdoch Univeristy, and held an international solo exhibition with a prestigious gallery in Berlin. He’s taken a residency in Port Hedland and completed more public art commissions including a 50m work in the Perth Cultural Centre. Proving that he’s able to work in a variety of different scales, Kyle’s also illustrated his first kids’ book – Ten Tiny Things, written by Meg McKinlay – published by Fremantle Arts Press. He’s currently preparing new work for an upcoming solo show in Amsterdam in July.
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Melbourne
League of gentelmen
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LEAVE THE DIRT IN THE MINE
It’s time to indulge...
Melbourne’s enigmatic League of Gentlemen – Dyno, Ritz, Shamus and Ders – are envigorating the urban landscape with their inspired use of can and paint. You’ll find their work from Collingwood to the CBD. Here’s what makes some of them tick:
1. DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE IN A FEW WORDS DYNO: Illustrative with graffiti elements and commonly sci-fi themed. RITZ: I usually paint horror and gross looking characters to go with Dyno’s pieces. I also like Skater style, 80’s horror and comics. SHAMUS: Street art and illustration.
2. WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES AND WHO DO YOU ADMIRE DYNO: Comic book artists, Moebius and Enki Bilal, as well as
graffiti writers like Akuze AFP, Spin TAB, Nasa WCA, ACM crew, and of course the boys in League of Gentlemen. RITZ: I’m influenced by comic books. Skater art and master drawers. SHAMUS: Albercht Durer, Katsuhrio Otomo and Bernie Wrightson.
3. WHAT MEDIUM DO YOU USE AND WHERE CAN WE SEE YOUR WORK DYNO: Spray cans for street stuff. As well as pen and ink at home. RITZ: Cans and paint. I draw on paper as well. SHAMUS: Mostly pen and ink on paper, I exhibit and work with the boys on murals and street art around Melbourne.
4. WHAT’S YOUR LONG TERM AMBITION DYNO: To develop my style, and end up
designing covers for vinyl records. RITZ: Keep painting and somehow make a crust out of it. SHAMUS; Not to become an alcoholic.
5. IF YOUR ART WAS A KIND OF MUSIC, WHAT GENRE WOULD IT BE DYNO: Deep soul. RITZ: Insane clown posse WOOP WOOP. SHAMUS: K - Pop.
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golf special
WA is home to some of the nation’s most challenging courses and as golf tragics prepare for the season’s round of international big money tournaments, Liz Palmer catches up with FOX Sports’ The Golf Show’s host, Brett Ogle.
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Mobbed: Perth-born Brett Rumford took out the top honours at the Volvo China Open in May.
golf special
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f your entire golfing knowledge and experience is watching Happy Gilmore and admiring Tiger Woods’ prowess with women, it’s time for a rethink. There’s a lot more on offer than a bunch of old blokes meandering around a golf course because they’re too unfit to play footy. Once you’ve seen the prize money on offer for professionals, or how much it costs for a membership at an exclusive golf club, it’s little wonder that the sport has endured since the 15th century. American author Mark Twain apparently once said that “golf is a good walk spoiled” but we’d like to respectfully disagree. The evolution of golf has elevated it to one of the most played and most watched sports worldwide. In the US there’s even a 24-hour cable channel devoted to golf – cleverly named The Golf Channel – which goes out to 120 million homes. Golf is evolving faster than it would take you to complete 18 holes, and it’s experiencing a resurgence in popularity of late in Australia. To some extent, we can thank the Aussie pros. It was a long time between drinks for Australian golfers winning a men’s major until Queenslander Adam Scott broke the 77-year Aussie hoodoo
at the US Masters tournament at Augusta in April. Not bad for a nation that has had eight runners-up, including Scott himself two years ago who tied for second with countryman Jason Day, in an oh so close race to clinch the elusive green winner’s jacket. Former professional golfer Brett Ogle says Scott’s win will definitely benefit the sport in Australia. As the host and writer of FOX Sports’ The Golf Show and the face of Drummond Golf, Ogle is considered one of our most eminent golfing brains in the country, and happily allowed me to pick his brains. “For Adam to win this, it’s massive,” Ogle said, still brimming with excitement over Scott’s US Masters victory. “Under pressure, he kept cool, he believed in himself and he knew it was his time. “It’s big for our sport, just like it was when Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open in 2006. It gave Australia a good boost in getting interest in golf again, and that’s what major championships do to a country when a player wins a major.” For armchair enthusiasts, there’s more to come. Some of the biggest tournaments of the year are teeing off over the next few
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golf special months. So if you’re a wannabe golfing aficionado, or just coming off night shift and having trouble sleeping, first up is the US Open from 10 to 16 June at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania. Ogle recommends tuning in to The Open Championship (aka the British Open), held at the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in Scotland – or Muirfield for short – from 14 to 21 July. “I feel, and I know a lot of other players feel, that this is the one that everybody wants to win,” Ogle said. It’s the oldest major (first held in 1860), but 2013 will be just the 16th time The Open Championship will be held at Muirfield. And who is he tipping to take it out this year? “It’s a course that suits Adam Scott. It’s long – you need to be a good driver of the golf ball – so look out for him to maybe go back to back. That’d be awesome.” On the local front, Perth-born Brett Rumford has been tearing up the PGA European Tour (as much as one can tear it up in such a gentlemanly game), with successive wins this year in the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea in April and the Volvo China Open the following month. Confusingly both tournaments are part of the European Tour despite being in Asia. In fact, tournaments on the Tour are played throughout the world including South Africa, America and Australia, giving little significance to the ‘European’ part of the title. Luckily for us the Perth International is the last competition on the European Tour before the Final Series, so all eyes will be on Lake Karrinyup Country Club from 17 to 20 October. In only its second year, the prize pool is at US$2 million, and Rumford has already confirmed he will be competing to try and win the big bucks this year. “It’s always exciting to play an international tournament at home. I had a great time at last year’s Perth International, but this year I will be aiming my sights higher to hopefully round out a career-best year in front of a home crowd,” he said.
For those of us who like to indulge in a leisurely round or two on a day off, Brett Ogle is full of praise for our local courses. “I think Western Australia has got some of the best golf courses around. I love The Vines resort, I played well every time I played a tournament there,” he said, reflecting on his professional career. Ogle can’t go past Lake Karrinyup, describing it as “a magnificent place”. He also thinks the courses down south from Rockingham to Margaret River are “awesome”. And West Aussie golf courses are no walk in the park, either. The Quarry course at Joondalup Resort proved especially tough for Ogle when he bombed out in a WA PGA Championship. “I made 13 on one hole, the highest score in my professional career,” he admitted, able to laugh about it now but probably not at the time. Ogle has hosted numerous golf days for Drummond Golf, and finds FIFOs to be some of the most enthusiastic participants. “I meet a lot of miners in WA and Darwin, a lot of great blokes who enjoy their golf. They just love spending money on the new equipment and having the top stuff.” Having good equipment is important, but Ogle has some sage advice for those golfing greenhorns who want to improve their game and avoid embarrassment on the green. “Make sure you get a package of six lessons, you’ve got to get the basics of golf right before you start swinging. I see too many players out there with bad fundamentals.” He also imparted some words of wisdom that we couldn’t help sharing, despite it having nothing to do with his sport. “My mum told me not to cook bacon in the nude!” Thanks Brett, we’ll keep that in mind. Catch Brett Ogle on The Golf Show each Tuesday night at 6.30pm WST on FOX SPORTS. ▶▶▶
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TaylorMade R1 Driver $479
A good driver can work wonders to improve your golf game. This one’s a beauty that tunes to any swing, any look, any flight and can be adjusted to fit pros and amateurs alike. With improved aerodynamics there’s no excuse for not nailing the tee off when using this sweet piece of kit.
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GolfBuddy Platinum GPS $389
The GolfBuddy is like having a mini golf course guide in your pocket - no matter where you’re playing. It will help you gain confidence by knowing exactly how long the fairway is and where to go on each hole. With its unmatched 50 channel reception, the GolfBuddy Platinum receives robust and power GPS satellite signals from any course in the world. So there’s no excuse for wayward shots with this handy gadget.
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SureShot Pin Loc 1000 laser pin finder $259.95
Want to know exactly how far you need to hit the ball? Then the SureShot Pin Loc 1000 is for you. It’s a cross between a set of binoculars and a high-tech measuring tape. Once an object is sighted, the unit sends a laser pulse to it and gives a true line-of-sight distance to any target, in any conditions at any time. It’s also handy for calculating the distance from the 18th hole to the clubhouse bar.
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Oakley Cipher shoes $169.95
Don’t get bogged down with a pair of heavy clodhoppers, these are the lightest performance golf shoe in the world. The technology in the Oakley Cipher allows your feet to be closer to the ground, ensuring a better sense of gravity and reduced foot fatigue. However they’re not completely fool proof. These won’t help if you’ve been knocking back tinnies all day.
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Callaway Hex Chrome Golf Balls $33.64 (BOX OF 12)
It’s all about getting your shot in the hole, so choosing a good quality ball should be a priority. These Callaway Hex Chrome balls are durable and aerodynamic, reducing air drag. They are ideal for players with moderate swing speeds and are suitable for long distance shots as well as putting. Think of it as the all-rounder of golf balls.
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Greg Norman glam print dress $79.95; NIBLICK Bribie shoes $89.95
Fairway fashion
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Part of golf’s appeal is that it allows you to let loose with your togs – no boring beige here – as long as you look neat and tidy with a collared shirt and suitable footwear (no thongs, high heels or work boots please). Fun and funky fashions also provide a safety aspect: if you’re easily visible, hopefully you won’t get hit by a flying golf ball.
Puma wrap stripe polo $89.95;
IJP Design Vegas cap azure $39.99;
Puma high shine fitted belt $59.95;
IJP Design Lineback shirt jet black $119;
Puma Golf Tech Bermuda shorts $89.95;
IJP Design white Italian belt with buckle $139;
Puma FAAS Grip shoes $129.95
IJP Design Tech trousers azure $159
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Win some golf goodies
Here’s a chance to beef up your golf bag and improve your power drive. We’ve got a TaylorMade R1 driver (worth $479) and a round of golf for two people at The Vines (worth $198) to give away to one lucky reader, thanks to Drummond Golf and The Novotel Vines Resort and Country Club. For your chance to win, send your name and contact details to competitions@candymedia.com.au by 6 August and answer this challenging brain teaser: WHO WON THE 2013 US MASTERS? WAS IT A. TIGER WOODS; B. ADAM SANDLER; OR C. ADAM SCOTT? GOOD LUCK!
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Gabi Mills photos: Barbara Bertoli
Right here in Perth, there’s a guy who can give Robin Hood a run for his money – and he’s happy to share his secrets with corporate funseekers on how to hit the sweet spot right on the bullseye.
archery
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f Scott White was the lead in a movie with archery at its heart, you’d feel like you were in pretty safe hands. He’s big, and butch and more than capable of bringing down a couple of men in a tackle (he does love his rugby after all). However, the reality of professional archery is somewhat different, with typical stars in the field displaying more brains than brawn. “To be honest, really good archers are unusually zen-like with a real ability to project their inward calm outwards,” says Scott, owner of The Archery Centre, Perth’s leading archery event experts. “The sport is all about how strong you are internally and thanks to the new advances in bow technology, you don’t have to use brute force now to score a bullseye.” Scott started early as an archer, at a YMCA camp on Rottnest Island when he was just eight.
“I enjoyed it straight away and being dyslexic and pretty unco-ordinated, it really helped me get a grip on that.” It’s a difficult skill to master – Scott says it took him around four years to really shine – but it’s also one of those sports which allows complete novices the opportunity to have a crack. And thanks to the movies’ love affair with all things bow, Scott’s business, which he runs with his wife, Sarah, is currently enjoying a boomtime, particularly with companies in the mining sector who are keen to offer their workers an unusual but fun teambuilding day out. “You can see interest in archery coming and going depending on what Hollywood is doing,” he says. “The first time I really noticed it was when Gina Davies took it up, and then with each Lord of the Rings movie, people signed up again.” Scott teaches archery at many schools around Perth, and the husband and wife combo are in hot demand from corporate
clients keen to build teams through shooting arrows at targets and in a recent addition to their offering, laser shooting days. During the recent Olympic Games in London, an American TV network reported that coverage of the archery events was more widely watched than basketball matches – a fact that doesn’t surprise Scott. “During the Athens Olympics, there was so much noise coming from supporters of the archery competition that officials had to ask them to keep the noise down as it was affecting the athletes next door.” It’s a great sport for kids who have trouble controlling their emotions or concentrating, says Scott and it’s a supremely unisex pursuit. “It’s all about your focus and for people who aren’t really into the team thing, it’s perfect. It’s the ultimate mind game.” To book an event with Scott and Sarah, email scott@thearcherycentre.com.au or visit www.thearcherycentre.com.au
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Archery tell me more, tell me more
There are four types of bow in general use; the longbow, the recurve, the compound and the crossbow. ● You don’t need a permit for the longbow, the recurve and the compound, but you currently need a permit and a licence to own and use a crossbow. ● Olympic standard bows can cost up to $5000, but you can pick up a good recurve bow (ideal for beginners) for under $100. ● Between 1900, and 1920 Archery became part of the Olympic Games, but had to be dropped due to the fact that there were no internationally recognised rules. ● Local Busselton boy, Taylor Worth, competed in the London Olympics and won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Right on target Ever since Errol Flynn’s Robin put on his hood and pulled a couple of hand whittled arrows out of his quiver, film and TV have been obsessed with the art of archery. As if to confirm the rise and rise of the ancient sport, at the London Olympics, NBC reported extraordinary viewing figures – an average of 1.5 million viewers during the day – higher than any other sport including basketball. Guns may have had their time in the spotlight in the 80s and 90s pushing the old fashioned rush of an arrow finding its target out to grass. But that’s all changed now. Just take a look at how Hollywood has reembraced the archer and put his ancient skill centre stage once more.
The Hunger Games It’s a no brainer that The Hunger Games’ central character, Katniss Everdeen should claim the crown for making wielding a bow a seriously hot skill. Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine of the insanely popular trilogy relied on some sharp shooting skills to get her out of some seriously sticky spots. I’m pretty sure the story wouldn’t have the same appeal if, say, she was armed with a baseball bat instead. Interestingly Katniss’s first name comes from a plant that is more commonly known
as Sagittaria – or arrowhead. The plant also shares its name with a constellation in the Zodiac called Sagittarius, or ‘The Archer’ – all underlining the importance of a bow and arrow in the story’s plot. Fans of Ms Everdeen will be pleased to hear that the next installment of Suzanne Collins’ trilogy – Catching Fire – will be out by the end of 2013.
The Walking Dead Everybody’s favourite crossbow-carrying bad boy, Daryl Dixon, can ride a hog and take out a couple of black eyed walkers with his bow without breaking into a sweat. This, more than any other reason, is why he’s the coolest character bar none (yes, I’m talking to you, Rick) in the magnificently gory runaway TV success from the States, The Walking Dead. Daryl’s crossbow has become as much part of the character’s mojo as his epically crusty poncho and grudging love affair with Carol. Thanks to his experience as an expert tracker, Daryl is an invaluable part of the group armed with his Horton Scout HD 12 crossbow – which, says Norman Reedus who plays the character, he takes home at the end of each day of filming.
Game of Thrones The fictional continents of Westeros and Essos may not have your typical 21st
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century creature comforts, you know, like non-fur based clothing or hairbrushes – but they’re top heavy with talented archers intent on making the most of the estimated $60 million budget per season. If you’re a complete GOT nut (and let’s face it, if you liked Lord of the Rings, you’re probably the target audience), it’s possible to buy replicas of the weapons and armour used in the series, and Brewery Ommegang is about to start selling the first of a line of beers based on the series. We can only hope that Eau de Tyrion is just around the corner.
Revolution Another smash hit from the US – Revolution – has gone decidedly low-tech in its weaponry – mostly because the entire premise of the series is that the world has switched off from the grid. An unknown event disabled electricity 15 years previously, effectively making it impossible to charge your damn phone, among other things. Naturally this caused the entire United States to turn against each other in a frantic desire to update Facebook, resulting in two sides – the Monroe Republic’s militia, run in a totalitarian type of way by nut job Sebastian Monroe, and the plucky Rebels, headed up by ex-Monroe mate, Miles Matheson and his niece, Charlie. Thanks to the lack of anything working, Charlie and her bunch of ragamuffin mates are left to fall back on old school weaponry, like bows and arrows, which mostly are effective. Until, that is, naughty Monroe reactivates power and gets helicopter gunships back up and running. A cowboys and Indians-style caper for the iPhone generation who probably can’t imagine anything worse than being without power for half an hour, let alone 15 goddamn years, Revolution is a creeper hit with a quiver full of potential.
Arrow A new sharpshooter on the block, Channel Nine’s show has garnered quite a following already, thanks to its hunky lead, Stephen Amell playing man of mystery, Oliver Queen. Missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific, Queen returns home to Starling City - where his devoted mother, beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy Merlyn welcome him home, but sense that somehow Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. As Oliver slowly reconnects with those closest to him and tries to readjust to the privileged social world he used to know so well, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a hooded vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family and fight the ills of society. Hiding the truth about the man he’s become, Oliver desperately wants to honor his father’s dying wish to save Starling City from the corrupt, while at the same time, redeeming himself with his exgirlfriend Laurel Lance (another pointy named character). One to watch if you love a bit of top notch recurve bow action. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Robin Hood: Men in Tights; The Adventures of Robin Hood…you get the picture. Lord of the Rings, Dances with Wolves, Jason and the Argonauts.
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muscle cars crowning glory is the TBS 8-71 supercharger that wears twin QFT carbies that nose their way up to around windscreen height. Custom machine rocker covers and a stainless steel exhaust system make the polished beauty even more impressive. Slotted in behind the big horsepower motor is a Turbo 400 gearbox with a TCI torque converter. Andrew couldn’t help himself but modify that ‘perfect’ body he had bought. It was due to necessity and functionality though. The firewall was recessed around 7 ½-inches to help clear the engine and the rear was massaged to help with the wheel tubs so they could encompass the trick looking Real Rodders rims. Hour after hour was spent finding the right paint colour. “I had the colour that I wanted in my head so I started mixing bits and pieces together and came up with the dark Coca-Cola colour. We sprayed a panel with it and took a photo of it which was fed into a computer which ultimately came up with the exact paint code.” Pretty amazing technology we have these days. Keeping with the ideal old school vibe he fitted up all the factory fitted lights and handles and also added a pair of cowl lights to boot. The car now cuts the right look on the outside. The interior hasn’t been overlooked either but Andrew has given the traditional look a bit of a twist. “Most guys go with just tuck and roll in there but I was searching for something a little more. Chris at Trimcare blew me away with what he came up with. I just let him go and he returned a truly awesome result.” Intricate lights are fitted to the centres of each seat along with matching units in the custom door cards too. The leather used is a combination of Ferrari red and a subtle beige colour to add some real class and contrast to the cabin. Classic looking gauges and a billet wheel finish it all off. Since the car was photographed Andrew has since sold the machine onto a mate and has already gotten plans on the go to construct another American idol but this time the Pro-Tourer theme will be bestowed to a much loved muscle car. Rest assured, the car will be up to the same epic standard as this picture perfect Ford Coupe.
Fizz and pop: The custom mix shade of Coca-Cola makes this 1934 5-Window Ford Coupe a unique gem. Below, the car has since been sold to one of Andrew Casellas’s friends - but there are plans afoot to work his magic on another American old timer.
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1934 5-WINDOW FORD COUPE PAINT Custom Mix Coca-Cola GRUNT Engine: Chev 454 CID Induction: Twin 750 QFT Carbies Supercharger: TBS 8-71 Heads: Edelbrock Crank: Steel Rods: Scat H-Beam SHIFT Gearbox: Turbo 400 Diff: 9-Inch LSD UNDERBELLY Brakes: Commodore (f) XB Falcon (r) Suspension: 4-Inch Dropped I-Beam (f) T riangulated Four-Bar (r) ROLLING STOCK WHEELS: Real Rodders Wheels 15x6 (f) 15x10 (r) TYRES: Mickey Thompson 165 (f) 295 (r)
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here are two types of FIFO culture on the highways and byways of Western Australia. First up, there’s you lot. Steaming along the Reid Highway with a backpack full of fluoro, either with that post-swing elation of knowing you’ve got a couple of weeks to kick back or that pre-swing smile on your face as you mull over just what you got up to and the tales you’re going to tell your mates. Then, of course, there’s that other FIFO culture, the one that identifies itself with a bumper sticker – that other acronym, that other world, where FIFO doesn’t stand for fly in fly out, big mines, big money and big lives, but instead wearily spells out ‘fit in or f*ck off’. Hey, I’m all about the each to their own, so I’m not gonna deliver a big old sermon. But, still, every time I see a bit of motoring livery espousing this particular lifestyle choice I can’t help but raise an eyebrow. Fit in or f*ck off? Seriously? In Australia? In a country that deifies its misfits, lauds its rebels, puts its bad boys on a pedestal? Ned Kelly, anyone? Ben Cousins? Chopper? The still-thriving bikie gangs? I can’t help but picture the driver of a FIFO-ed up motor trundling home after a day at his desk and putting on his specially remastered version of Top Gun. Here, there’s no Maverick and Goose sating their need for speed, just Sheep and Lemming sitting quietly in the corner and waiting to see what the rest of the group are doing before committing to whether they like Masterchef more than My Kitchen Rules. It’s a strange mindset, this intense desire to follow the herd and ensure everyone else does too, but, hey, whatever floats your boat. The upside, of course, is that the more drones there are, the more fun there is for everyone else who wants to leave them to it and push for something with a bit more edge. Motoring wise, you fit-in-and-f*ckoff-boys can stick to your white 2006 Magnas. The rest of us, we want something that shouts in your face that we’re the tall poppies, we’re the ones who want the
highs, the excitement, to sit in the sun and be sure that everyone knows our name. Bugger it, we’re the ones that want a Toyota FJ Cruiser. This, people, is a real car. This big boy is in the First Nine and vying for VP. The one I blagged for a week came courtesy of City Toyota in Nedlands. Here, you’ll find one of those dealerships that doesn’t run with the pack. Yeah, you’ve got the coffee machine, the plush reception and the kind of service which makes you feel like you’re actually being listened to, but this is a set-up that pushes past the day-to-day. City Toyota’s lot is a treasure trove of precious metal. The boys down there deal in nearly-new motors, but they’re not fishing for beat-up Commodores or a silver Getz for Shaznay’s 18th birthday. The tin on the tarmac at City Toyota has badges to die for – Mercs, a Lexus or two, big-end off-roaders and gleaming Beemers. But even so, when I landed on Stirling Highway it was the FJ which towered over them all. Bright red, tall, wide – it looked like it was quietly flexing its muscles waiting for me to take it on. The lot’s boss, Matthew Nunis, walked me round the beast, drawing casually on a cigarette. But his cool persona couldn’t hide his enthusiasm for the car, pointing out the top spec wheels and other add-ons he’d fixed up to make this even more the car for someone who doesn’t want to run with the herd. I couldn’t get behind the wheel quick enough. And as soon as I was on the road, I knew I’d found a car that truly makes a statement. The sheer size of the interior makes you feel like you’re vying for the king of the road crown. You probably know the history of the FJ – a high-tech, high-spec rebirth of Toyota’s iconic workman the FJ40. That old boy had a real military feel to it, that it’d be just as happy on a battlefield as on a beach, paddock or highway. And the FJ has inherited that vibe – its robust, big-boned power screams warrior. Only this ain’t a
grunt following orders, this is the car of a mercenary always torn between fighting for the honour or fighting for the money. And it has the power to do both. The 4-litre V6 lump under the bonnet, pushing out 200kW and 380Nm of torque, gives it speed on the highway and the belief that there’s not many terrains that are going to slow it down. Of course, the FJ’s prettier than its granddad. Leather seats, beautifully designed dash with every bit of tech we all yearn for nowadays – including that snazzy rearview camera screen in the mirror palaver – and colour schemes that would make a Parisienne interior designer wet. But it’s still as practical as the old dog. You can hose this bastard down, inside and out, if you’ve had a particularly massive day at the bush and the bodywork’s designed to take the kind of pounding you don’t have to risk in a mall car park. It’s got more doors too, obv. The backward opening rear doors – bit of a mouthful there, but Toyota doesn’t like us using the name we’d bandy about at the bar and I’m not about to jeopardise my blagging rights – are another in-yer-face example of why this ain’t like any other motor on the road. Behind the back seats, there’s plenty of space for your supplies, but if you don’t have a massive load you can just pop the rear window and chuck your carriers straight in. But you want to know about the FJ on dirt, don’t you? Well, mate, it rocks. There’s just so much power there that you’ll never want to be off the bitumen in anything else. And, by Jimmny, it’s quiet too. I love this car. It’s the car to be seen in, to make that statement that you’re not just on this earth to do what they tell you. Basically, buy this and tell the Fit-In brigade to F*ck Off.
Jude Jones drove a 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser courtesy of City Toyota, 199 Stirling Highway, Nedlands. Tel. 08 9284 8484. FJs start new at around $46,500 – a nearly new one from Matthew and the boys will save you cash and probably give you that little bit more.
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Miami Ink set the bar pretty high for would-be tattoo artists hoping to emulate its star, Ami James. Now Ami and a new bunch of tatt talent are taking the Big Apple by storm in NY Ink. Just don’t expect them always to play nice.
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here are a million stories in New York City – and the city’s tattoo artists take the job of illustrating them all in ink very seriously. Foxtel’s NY Ink show is back and bigger than ever, as tattoo kingpin Ami James returns with familiar faces popping up along with a diverse new cast of characters – including Mike Diamond – joining the debauchery at the Wooster Street Social Club (WSSC). As the new series opens, Ami’s struggles have paid off and the WSSC is the hottest tattoo shop in NYC. But more success means more problems. The third season will see the addition of tattoo artists from Brazil, Argentina and Australia. This season includes regular characters James, Tommy Montoya and Megan Massacre alongside new artists Rodrigo ‘Hot Rod’ Canteras, Lee Rodriguez, Steven Huie, Jes Leppard, Diego Miranda and top Australian tattoo artist Mike Diamond. Diamond, who Tommy Montoya describes as a “mix between Van Damme and Jack Sparrow”, is an old friend of Ami’s who has run all the coolest nightclubs from New York to Las Vegas. It’s his job to take over as the new shop manager and office prankster. Ami, meanwhile, the talented, brash owner of WSCC has a big personality and heart to match. He became a household name thanks to the groundbreaking series Miami Ink in 2005, becoming possibly the first tattoo artist to gain such celebrity status. Ami and his starstudded crew gave TV audiences around the world an inside look into the tattoo culture on the hot streets of South Beach, Miami. It was a no brainer then when this sharp-tongued, quick-tempered artist set his sights on dominating the birthplace of American tattoo style: New York City – and with it a whole new can of problematic worms. “The cast is definitely the biggest difference,” said Ami. “Miami Ink was a bunch of best friends in a shop, so there was a lot less tension. What we managed to create in NY Ink is the creation of a cast that’s so diverse. There has been a lot of friction, which causes a lot of drama, which causes a lot more interest.” Ami, who got his first tattoo at 13 – “it was on my leg and it said ‘Miami Punks’”, particularly enjoys working in black and grey these days. “Being around my new cast members pushed me in a different direction: Tommy Montoya got me trying to do more photorealism, more black and grey tattoos, more West Coast style. And at the same time I help them out with what I do, so it’s nice to feed off each other, you know? It’s positive.” Splitting his time between Miami and New York, Ami manages the fans’ unquenchable thirst for meeting their heroes by turning the original Miami site into a tourist destination. “I love New York in the summer and Miami in the winter,” he says, but admits that he couldn’t just sell up the Miami shop with all the interest it was generating. The unusually named New York shop has its roots in the functions it performs. “The shop was built with three main
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NY Ink stars come to town If you’re a fan of Mike Diamond, Lee Rodriguez, Yoji Harada and Tommy Montoya – aka members of the Wooster Street Social Club on Foxtel’s NY Ink hit show – then make sure you’re in Perth over the weekend of 6 to 8 September. The Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo will pack out the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre with ink-loving Aussies keen to meet their tatt heroes, learn new techniques and browse the vintage and specialist stalls. The three-day event will see a fantastic line up of incredibly talented Australian and international tattoo artists from studios including Decorative Tattoo, Yogami Tattoo, ADA Tattoo, Skin Nation, Artful Ink, Ink Garage and Reilly Tattoo. The expo will also showcase retailers such as Hurly Burly Clothing, Baby Creatures, Lucky Supply and Archer Imagery already on board. Plus there will be a range of retail vendors showcasing tattoo accessories, clothing, body piercing, alternative fashion, artwork, books, magazines and even the latest tattoo removal techniques. To top it all off expect a first class line up of entertainment can including tattoo contests, airbrush displays, rockabilly style pin-ups, burlesque, live music, kids activites and much more – as well as the chance to get up close and personal with Mike, Lee, Yoji and Tommy. The talented gang is coming all the way from the famous Wooster Street Social Club, in New York’s hip neighborhood Soho, and will be at all three days of the show. Famous for their long list of clients that visit them from all over the world to get inked, this is your opportunity to meet them face-to-face. Details of how to book an appointment with them will be coming shortly. For ticket information visit www.tattooexpo.com.au
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I play Wolverine. It’s great therapy. I have anger, everyone does, but I was the youngest in my family and I remember having the feelings like I’ll kill my brothers, if only I could, if I only had claws,” reveals the Sydney-born actor, the youngest of five kids raised by a single dad. “I think that’s why a lot of kids relate to Wolverine, because in the comic books, he’s five foot three, he’s the shortest, he’s got claws. He’s not the most powerful but, in a way, he’s the most formidable because he’s the toughest and grittiest and the one person you don’t want to piss off,” argues the 6’ 2“ actor who was originally shot from different angles to disguise his true height. This time around, The Wolverine reveals a weakness - a fear of flying. It’s another trait Jackman doesn’t share: “I love flying,” he says brightly. His tips for jetlag? “Whenever you land, the first thing to do is go straight to the ocean and jump in. Whenever you can jump in the ocean, that’s the best cure. Landing in Perth? I recommend heading straight for Cottesloe. “There’s probably going to be some fans who will wonder where the fear of flying comes from but it’s literally my own view that every character, particularly if they are superheroes, needs to be afraid of something. When I was growing up, it made absolutely no sense that Indiana Jones should be afraid of snakes. He’s been in the jungle his whole life, and he’s terrified of snakes? But it’s brilliant and funny, and so it makes sense for the Wolverine to have a weakness. Does Wolverine choose to fly around the place and go to Cancun for the week? No. He’s a down to earth kind of guy.” After 13 years of playing the whiskered one, he knows the character inside and out although he owns up to a gaffe prior to debuting his first Wolverine incarnation: “I was trying to over achieve and was watching lots of wolf documentaries and told the director, ‘I’ve been watching these wolves and basically their eyes are always down because they’re smelling the ground, that’s how they sense everything…’ And he said, ‘Wolves? You are not a wolf, you are a wolverine, there is an animal called the wolverine!’ It was so embarrassing. The other actors still give me sh*t about my ‘wolf workshops’,” grins Jackman who has since visited the wolverine enclosure at Detroit Zoo. “It looks cute but I understand that it’s quite ferocious.”
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Know your Wolverine from your Magneto? As we gear up for another X-Men onslaught on the big screen, here’s a little reminder of what all the Marvel-ous fuss is about (sorry). By Liz Palmer Despite boasting an ensemble cast, there’s little doubt that Jackman is the true star of the film franchise. Women want him full stop and men want to be him – even with that dodgy hair and beard he sports as the eponymous beast. Jackman is the only actor to have appeared in all six X-Men movies. He even manages a cameo in X-Men: First Class, despite his character having nothing to do with the film. A bevy of beautiful women also pop up in various movies including Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence and Rebecca Romijin. What’s not to love about X-Men? The film series is made up of mutant superheroes from the Marvel Comics universe, with the first X-Men comic published in 1963. After years (and generations) establishing a cult comic book following, the original X-Men movie was released in 2000, with a new one out every few years thereafter. The first five films have made almost two billion dollars worldwide, and helped make Jackman a household name. If you need to brush up on your X-Men storylines before watching The Wolverine (very handy if you need to impress a date), here’s the RC crib sheet.
PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER
The X-Men were formed when Professor Charles Xavier began to train young mutants who possess the ‘X-gene’ to use their powers for the benefit of humankind, rather than destroying it. Up until then, public opinion was against mutants (think illegal immigrants, society’s outcasts and you’ll get the picture), but Xavier was convinced that mutants could be heroes. Xavier himself is a mutant with telepathic abilities, while being confined to a wheelchair. Wolverine and Rogue are drawn into the conflict between the X-Men and Xavier’s arch nemesis, Magneto.
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Magneto is your typical psycho twat, intent on world domination for mutants, whereas Xavier believes they can coexist with humans. Along with his Brotherhood of Mutants, Magneto plans to mutate world leaders at the upcoming United Nations summit, but Xavier realises this is a disastrous idea as it will result in a war with humanity. Instead a war between the two mutant groups erupts and it’s superpower versus superpower with some pretty awesome special effects.
SEQUELS
The two films which followed the original X-Men movie, X2: X-Men United and X:Men: The Last Stand are sequels. X2 sees Magneto and Xavier brainwashed by baddie Colonel William Stryker in order to wipe out all mutants, forcing the X-Men to team up with the Brotherhood to ensure their survival. In The Last Stand a pharmaceutical company develop an antidote to the mutant gene and Magneto declares war on humans (again), and the two mutant groups begin fighting each other again.
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine was the first prequel to come about, and is the story of Wolverine’s evolution, while X-Men: First Class focusses on the early years of Professor Xavier and Magneto, beginning in 1963 in line with the comics. If the title isn’t enough of a giveaway, The Wolverine is the sequel to the first Wolverine film. X-Men: Days of Future Past, the seventh in the series, is slated for release sometime next year and is set ten years after First Class. Awesome X-Men fact: If the films stick to their comic book origins, there could even be an X-Men movie set in Australia
ROGUE
Rogue is a teenage mutant able to absorb people’s memories as well as their strength - one powerful chick. She put her boyfriend into a coma just by kissing him, forcing her to leave her regular life in Mississippi. Rogue befriends Wolverine before they shack up in the X-Mansion with the rest of Xavier’s mutants.
STORM
She’s sexy, sassy and can control the weather, and to top it off Halle Berry plays her in the movies. Storm is every comic book nerd’s wet dream, and is even more desirable on the silver screen. Sadly the two Wolverine films are the only ones Storm does not appear in, so you’ll have to wait for Days of Future Past for your next Storm fix.
CYCLOPS
As Xavier’s deputy, Cyclops leads the X-Men when they’re out on missions and emits an “optic blast” from his eyes (yes he has two despite his name), which is able to destroy almost anything. He wears a single-lens ruby-quartz visor in combat, earning him the Cyclops moniker. He’s your archetypical superhero and mutant wrapped into one.
MYSTIQUE
She’s the Brotherhood of Mutants’ resident hottie, and is deputy to Magneto. Mystique’s superhuman powers (apart from her banging bod) include shapeshifting, incredible agility and she’s also ageless. Rebecca Romijin and Jennifer Lawrence have both played the role of Mystique in the films, and have never made blue body paint look so good.
DR JEAN GREY
As the X-Men doctor, Jean Grey also possesses the powers of telekinesis and telepathy. She’s in a relationship with Cyclops (lucky him) and fills out a leather cat suit quite nicely too. Thankfully the good doctor makes a cameo in The Wolverine upping the eye candy for blokes.
BEAST
Before becoming a mutant he was a brilliant scientist known as Dr Henry McCoy and is one of Xavier’s former students. Beast has exceptional strength and agility. Don’t let the blue fur and frightening exterior fool you though. Beast is kind at heart, which probably explains why Frasier wuss Kelsey Grammer has been one of the actors to play him in the franchise.
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Middle-aged” and “dinosaur” are not terms usually ascribed to Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn but when I meet up with the duo in Los Angeles – eight years after they last paired up for raunchy hit comedy,The Wedding Crashers, there’s no denying that these two forty-somethings are getting there. After all, both have now settled down and become fathers, putting behind them their heady bachelor days. “I still use a Blackberry and people make you feel like having a Blackberry makes you a dinosaur whereas I remember when the Blackberry was the very cutting edge of technology. Boy, time marches along,” says Wilson, 44, in that familiar whimsical southern drawn beloved by movie-goers. “I rest my case,” laughs Vaughn, 43, nodding his head in Wilson’s direction. If most of Hollywood is frantically trying to act younger than their true ages, then Vaughn came up with the idea to actually capitalise on the plight of a generation now struggling to stay relevant and youthful in the face of a gloomy economy and the disappearance of many professions. “There’s many jobs that have become obsolete during our time,” argues Vaughn. “Travel agents, advertising reps, book publishers, travelling salesman, journalists...” Ouch. Unsurprisingly, Wilson, Vaughn and Will Ferrell have been approached numerous times to recreate their screen magic so evident in Wedding Crashers. “But nothing really worked, so I came up with the idea for these two guys whose jobs as watch salemen have become
extinct, forcing them to re-invent themselves in middle-age,” says Vaughn who both wrote and co-produces The Internship. The funny man becomes suddenly serious when he outlines poor lifestyle decisions made by his own generation and when he moves on to the topic of women who chose to put career before children, its almost as if he’s describing his ex, Jennifer Aniston. “I felt like a lot of the girls who I knew, now felt like their window was small because they weren’t pursuing motherhood younger and there was a real sense of ‘I focused on my career, and now there isn’t a career. Now I don’t have a job and I don’t have a family because I never worked on that either’. “For myself, as a guy, I woke up later in life and said ‘Oh I really want a family’. And I had to put energy into saying, ‘Well, what does that mean?’ It’s something you have to work on: Who do I want to be within that? What am I looking for? Its not something that you just say ‘Oh I want that’ and then you have it. Like a job, you have to work at it,” reveals Vaughn who wed realtor Kyla Weber three years ago, the couple expecting their second child in August. Likewise, Wilson is papa to two-year-old son Robert with ex-girlfriend Jade Duell. After coming up with the premise of The Internship, Vaughn next asked himself where would be the ultimate place of employment for these two dinosaurs – coming up with the genius idea of Google, a workplace place so coveted that books have been written about how to get a job at its Northern California HQ boasting 25 gourmet restaurants, “nap-pods”,
state-of-the-art sports facilities – all for free. Of course, as two of Hollywood’s most successful comic actors, Wilson and Vaughn don’t really have to worry where the next pay cheque’s coming from, but put them as two over-the-hill interns among a sea of tech-savvy college grads in a setting like Google then ‘funny’ beats ‘youth’ every time. “I think a sense of humour is the one characteristic everybody gives themselves credit for. Everybody likes to laugh and if you can get laughing with anybody that’s usually a great sign but if you can get laughing with a girl, that’s even better,” says Wilson. “Don’t they say that laughter releases endorphins? If someone can genuinely make you laugh, that feels really good.” While Wilson and Vaughn enjoyed taking their schtick to Google, the opportunity to improve their computer skills was admittedly wasted on them both: “I have been known to use a few apps,” offers Wilson fumbling with his Blackberry. “I’m not very computer savvy and I hear there are lots of people on Twitter who pretend they’re me even though I don’t have a Twitter account.” But ask him if he’d google a potential date and he turns coy. “I would think it’s a slight invasion of privacy to google somebody before you went out with them, although I realise that people do do that. “But its kinda creepy – you shouldn’t be doing that.” THE INTERNSHIP RELEASES JUNE 13.
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It’s 1973 – everything’s bathed in a variation on the colour brown. The knitwear, the ponchos, the grizzled beard on Sam Worthington’s face, Xavier Samuel’s artfully stringy hair. Everything, except the brilliant azure ocean which we all know and love in Margaret River. If ever Western Australia thought it might be running low on tourist appeal, then Drift which could change all that. An epically shot movie with surfing at its heart, Drift is the poster boy for WA’s stunning looks. The action set pieces are genuinely breathtaking and most impressively and unusually, feature the cast members themselves in many cases taking the risks on their sticks. The story, which revolves around the two Kelly brothers, Andy (Myles Pollard) and Jimmy (Xavier Samuel), is one of those which restores your faith in the power of family and the importance of bonds (not the underwear chain, stupid). Set in the little WA town of Seacliffe at the beginning of the 70s, the boys’ innovative surfboard design is the key to their potential success, the thing which will lever them and their mother (a brilliantly understated performance from Robyn Malcolm) out of penury, the threat of arrears always at their clapperboard house door. Younger brother Jimmy’s a natural on the board, but not so clued up when it comes to choosing his friends, and a nasty bunch of local bikies make it their business to push both brothers almost to the edge – in terms of their business and their lives. Fortunately, along comes hippy Sam Worthington with his early version of a Go Pro camera and a truly disgusting chunky knit cardigan, and beautiful friend, Lesley-Ann Brandt from Hawaii, casting a spell on both Kelly boys. Underwater filming and surfing action shots provide most of the film’s iconic moments, but it’s the relationship between Andy and Jimmy which is really the focal point of the whole piece. There’s a lovely moment when the past – with little Jimmy frantically diving beneath the waves to save his drowning big bro – melds with the present which had this viewer tearing up in the dark of the cinema. In short, Drift should go straight to the top of the surfing movie pantheon – its charismatic stars easily shouldering the limelight with the biggest co-star of all – the Indian Ocean and its monstrous waves.
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T Brothers, inc: Boardcave.com creators, Ryan Mets and Chris Greben (top) are the real life version of Drift’s Kelly brothers (above).
here’s a cool new Aussie website - Boardcave.com - which takes the spirit of the Kelly brothers’ entrepreneurial nouse, and then some, connecting you with Australia’s leading surfboard shapers allowing you to easily customise your perfect board. The brainchild of two young Aussie surfers, Ryan Mets and Chris Greben, who gave up suit-and-tie jobs, Boardcave.com also lets you compare prices and delivers your surfboard to you anywhere in Australia. “Every surfer and wave is different, and customised surfboards help maximise your performance in the water,” said Ryan. Boardcave.com’s unique online technology, the Board Engine, matches a surfer at any level with the perfect board. Based on the customer’s experience, weight, height and wave type, the Board Engine will recommend a range of different surfboards at the best prices. After comparing and choosing a board model, the customer can customise the size, artwork, fin layout, construction and more. “Surfers can now order surfboards direct from shapers around Australia, having boards custom made to their surfing needs and delivered safely to their chosen address. The best surfers use
custom made surfboards, and thanks to Boardcave, now every surfer at every level in Australia has access to one,” said Ryan. “The Board Engine assists in customising your perfect surfboard at the best price, with the convenience of ordering online and having the board safely – and free of charge – delivered to your door, making the experience even sweeter.” The customised boards are shaped by a range of leading Australian surfboard manufacturers listed on Boardcave. com. One of them is Darren Handley or DHD surfboards, which is one of the world’s leading high performance surfboard manufacturers, shaping boards for Australian world champions Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore. Boardcave.com was founded by former corporate careerists Ryan Mets and Chris Greben, who quit their jobs last year to pursue their dream of transforming their hobby into a lucrative business. The IT wizards and avid surfers received an Australian Commercialisation Grant in February, which helped them launch the patent pending Board Engine, going on to scoop the Best Services in the prestigious Startup Smart Awards. Andy and Jimmy Kelly would be proud.
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GABI MILLS IS A LITTLE BIT EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW SUPERMAN MOVIE SET TO REFRESH THE ULTIMATE SUPERHERO’S FRANCHISE THIS YEAR.
He’s said to be the unluckiest guy in Hollywood, but maybe Henry Cavill’s fortunes are finally changing. Passed over to star as James Bond (too young) and Twilight’s Edward Cullen (too old), Henry would be forgiven for thinking that his time may have never come. Fortunately though the movie gods were smiling when it was his turn to pull on the familiar blue shiny suit with a big ‘S’ monogram and red underpants. There’s much excitement surrounding the forthcoming new excursion for Kal-El/Clark Kent, which also stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Produced by Christopher Nolan who worked some kind of magic with Heath Ledger in his final role as the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises, there are high hopes that this addition to the superhero lexicon will be more Iron Man than Incredible Hulk. The storyline seems to follow a familiar pattern to all those who grew up with Christopher Reeve in the title role. Little Clark Kent, the farm boy raised by doting parents, becomes gradually aware that he’s got some pretty awesome powers thanks to the fact he was born on Krypton, not Kansas. Fast forward and the Earth comes under attack from nasty General Zod and Clark/Superman finds his true calling. There’s the tasty prospect of Russell Crowe taking a spin on screen as Clark’s real dad, Jor-El, leaving poor Kevin Costner as his adopted pa inevitably looking like sloppy seconds. I, for one, welcome our new Krypton overlords and can’t wait for this new adventure in lycra.
Man of Steel is screening nationally from June 27.
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In the spirit of the new outing for ole’ Red Pants, we’re offering one lucky reader the chance to prove their Man (or Woman) of Steel credentials with FREE entry to by the Cape to Cape MTB four day mountain bike race through some of the most gorgeous and challenging landscapes in the South West of WA. Set to an iconic backdrop of world famous surf beaches, private farmlands, rocky outcrops and national forests, the event is fun and challenging for riders of all levels, from recreational to competitive. Last year more than 900 mountain bike riders traversed over 220km in the fifth annual Cape to Cape MTB event held in the Margaret River region over four days. The field included some of the world’s best, riding alongside recreational riders from all over Australia and overseas. Each stage of the event showcases some of the unique terrain that the South-West offers: Stage 1 Thursday 24 October, 2013 Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse to Hamelin Bay (Approx 40km) Stage 2 Friday 25 October, 2013 Hamelin Bay to Xanadu Winery (Approx 60km) Stage 3 Saturday 26 October, 2013 Xanadu Winery to Colonial Brewery (Approx 50km)
Stage 4 Sunday 27 October, 2013 Colonial Brewery to Dunsborough Country Club (Approx 60km) There are also some great prizes up for grabs. At the end of Stage 4 an overall male and female winner from each category will be recognised and monetary prizes will be awarded. • 1st Overall Open • 1st Overall Masters • 1st Overall Female Open • 1st Overall Female Masters • Winner (male and female) of each stage, not including teams. Runner up awards in each category will be recognised and the recipients will receive prizes of either products from the Margaret River region, sponsor vouchers and/or riding products. At the 2010 event a new award was announced that carries the name of Australian mountain bike Champion James ‘Willo’ Williamson. The whole mountain bike community was devastated to lose Willo at the beginning of 2010. Willo and his partner Niki were a massive part of the Cape to Cape MTB, having won the first two events and been a huge supporter to get the event up and running. The overall winner of the
Cape to Cape MTB will now be awarded a medal named after James Williamson. In 2009, the Johnny Waddell Beacon Award was introduced and awarded to the person who is the ‘shining light’ of the event. This award carries the name of local mountain bike legend John Waddell and is open to any participant, irrespective of their level of mountain bike skills. This year’s event will run from October 24 - 27. The Red Bull Sundown Shootout will take place on the evening of Friday October 25. READER GIVEAWAY: CAPE TO CAPE MTB ONE READER WILL WIN A ONE FOUR-DAY SOLO RIDE ENTRY, VALUED AT $410. A REGISTRATION PACK IS INCLUDED WHICH THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE UPON CHECK IN AT THE EVENT. EACH PACK CONTAINS AN OFFICIAL CAPE TO CAPE CAP, OFFICIAL EVENT GUIDE, GIFTS FROM EVENT SPONSORS AND AN ASSORTMENT OF INFORMATION ON THE SOUTH WEST REGION. ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO AGREE TO THE BELOW TERMS & CONDITIONS WHICH CAN BE VIEWED ON THE EVENT WEBSITE – WWW.CAPETOCAPEMTB.COM. MEALS, ACCOMMODATION, TRANSFERS AND BIKE COMPOUND FEES ARE THE WINNER’S RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRIZE.
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HARLEM’S NEWEST STAR IS GOING TO TEAR IT UP IN PERTH BIG TIME AS HE BRINGS HIS FRESH NEW APPROACH TO RAPPING TO A GRATEFUL AUDIENCE. You may not know who Rakim Mayers is off the top of your head, but you’re sure as hell going to know all about his alter ego A$AP Rocky when he hits Metro City on June 27 during the New York-born rapper’s debut Australian tour. One of the hottest properties in rap right now (he’s currently supporting Rihanna on her Diamonds world tour), the gilded toothed boy from Harlem released his debut album in January – Long Live A$AP – attracting attention for its genre defying beats, lyrics and rave synths. He’s certainly got a pretty impressive Little Black Book of mates to call on to sing along with – guest artists who lend their lungs to the album include Florence (minus her machine), Santigold, Skrillex as well as
rap royalty Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Chainz. Expect to get messy during the gig during stand out single Goldie, one of 2012’s best club hits as the A$AP Mob goes up a gear. A kind of musical collective, the Mob includes rappers, producers, music video directors and thanks to this collection of talent, they’re getting noticed in the US and Europe. So now it’s Australia’s turn to witness the birth of a new rapping phenomenon. What does A$AP stand for, you’re wondering? Apparently it’s anything from ‘Always Strive and Prosper’ to ‘Assassinating Snitches and Police’. My favourite though is this – ‘Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose’.
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Ten bets big on Mr Right The US hit show The Bachelor is set to flirt its way into the hearts of Aussie girls later this year on Network Ten – will it be a hit or miss, in a season which has seen some high profile reality shows bomb? And yes, Celebrity Splash and Being Lara Bingle, I’m talking to you. There was probably a conversation somewhere in a big boardroom in Sydney within the walls of Network Ten HQ which ran something like this: “That show over in the US – the one where a hot bloke has his pick of a bunch of hot chicks?” “The Bachelor?” “Yeah – that’s the one. It’s been running for 17 seasons in 24 countries. Surely we can’t mess it up if we bring it over here?” A dustball rolled across the highly polished table as execs looked uncomfortably at each other, the ghosts of past skirmishes in Reality TV Land flashing past their eyes. Shudders rippled through the room as they recalled with horror the epic fails which were Everybody Dance Now, Being Lara Bingle, The Shire and the deeply unloved I Will Survive. Surely taking on a tried and tested formula like The Bachelor will end up handing Ten the biccies this time around? After all, who doesn’t love following a handsome hunk for weeks on end as he works his way through a bevy of beauties? Ten has counted on our appetite as a nation for watching such eye candy fodder and recently closed applications for the lucky guy who’ll have the pick of the bachelorettes on offer. The detailed application process covered all possible bases to get the best single bloke our fine nation can offer. The broad shoulders of the special one who is chosen will be required to eliminate a filly every week or so until he settles on the girl of his dreams who he’ll marry. The US version has a pretty good strike rate for landing The Bachelor a future wife – there have been ten marriage proposals in those 17 series. So let’s raise a glass, and keep our fingers crossed that The Bachelor doesn’t end up divorcing more viewers from Ten’s audience quota.
The Bachelor will be airing on Network Ten later this year.
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WENTWORTH airs Wednesdays at 6.30pm WST on Foxtel’s SoHo channel (8.30pm on SoHo+2).
FOXTEL’S NEW SMASH HIT PRISON DRAMA, WENTWORTH HAS TAKEN A DAGGY CLASSIC TV SERIES AND MADE IT A RED HOT MUST SEE. LIZ PALMER FINDS OUT WHAT MAKES BEING BANGED UP ON TV IN 2013 SO WATCHABLE.
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hen Foxtel announced they were going to create a new version of the classic Aussie series Prisoner, there was a healthy amount of scepticism from fans and critics alike. Would it feature the same characters and storylines? Would it be as daggy as the original? And most importantly, would anyone watch it? Wentworth, Foxtel’s ‘reimagining’ of Prisoner premiered with record ratings and rave reviews. It has become the most watched non-sports program in pay-TV history and its debut season doesn’t wrap up until July. So what’s made it so successful? Wentworth isn’t a complete copy of the original series which first screened in 1979 and throughout the ‘80s. Thankfully the creators have set in it in the here and now, so there’s no time warp back to the decade taste forgot. Having said that, some of Prisoner’s most memorable characters do reappear in Wentworth but they too have been given a modern makeover. The hardest bitch on the block, Bea Smith is back with a twist: Wentworth follows Bea’s story from her beginnings as a prison newbie, before she is known as “Queen Bea”. Several of the screws (prison wardens) return, including tough as nails governor Meg Jackson and her hard working deputy, Vera Bennett. Don’t be fooled by the slick production; Wentworth is just as gritty as Prisoner once was. It’s not a bunch of beautiful people better suited to a soapie – most of the characters look as rough as guts, just like you might find in an actual prison (and helpful in keeping hair and makeup costs down). We did manage to find some eye candy among Wentworth’s great unwashed. We also tracked them down – OK, stalked them – to get their thoughts on their characters and the series. NICOLE DA SILVA (PLAYS FRANCESCA ‘FRANKY’ DOYLE) In her Prisoner days Franky Doyle was the fierce and feisty lesbian inmate of the group and nothing has changed in this respect. According to Nicole da Silva, her character’s incarnation in Wentworth gives more of an in-depth portrayal than the original. In Wentworth Franky still wants to be top dog, but “all her strengths are actually coming from a really vulnerable place”. So she’s not all bad, phew. We like a bad girl with a good heart deep down.
Da Silva says that while taking on one of Australia’s best-known baddies was daunting, she was excited about the challenge. For Wentworth to be successful, the wider Australian audience needed to be impressed. “Audiences today have a really great – I don’t know if I can say this – bullshit meter, so we knew that we had to come up with something that was pretty sophisticated.” And what would she say to those hard core Prisoner fans about the new series? After pondering the question for a moment, da Silva comes up with a befitting one word answer: “Enjoy!” ROBBIE MAGASIVA (PLAYS WILL JACKSON) Robbie Magasiva’s shirtless scenes in Wentworth as prison officer Will Jackson are enough to make any woman drool and send most blokes to the gym to pump out a few more reps. Will was in the original series, however the role has been completely reworked. For starters he isn’t killed off in Wentworth (well, not in the first season) like in Prisoner. Magasiva didn’t see much point in researching the original character, although he has fond memories of being unemployed and watching the iconic series as part of his daytime TV fix. “I don’t think it would work if I played him like the Will Jackson of the original. This Will Jackson’s got an amazing tan,” he jokes. While Magasiva may play down his research into his character, there was an enormous amount of preparation by the writers, producers and cast to make Wentworth as realistic as possible. “Before we started shooting, we actually had some ex-prisoners come in and talk to us about being in prison and we had guards come in too.” Born in New Zealand and of Samoan descent, Magasiva has a thick Kiwi accent which he had to tone down for Wentworth. “[The producers] said I had to soften my accent. I was confused about what they meant, so I spoke really lightly and they said, ‘No, not like that Robbie!’”. “There are some key words that really sing out as being very ‘New Zealand’. They were the words I had to be aware of,” he explains. “I’m just stoked to be part of it really.” The Prisoner of old was the kind of show that you’d sit down with a hot cuppa to watch. A glass of scotch straight up would be more appropriate while watching Wentworth. Bring on season two.
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EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Remakes (or ‘reimaginings’) of television shows are nothing new. While many are never as good as the original, here are some upcoming remakes that we think are definitely worth a watch.
BATES MOTEL
Described as a ‘contemporary prequel’, the series is based on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, Psycho. Bates Motel introduces us to Norman Bates as a 17-year old before he becomes the infamous Psycho sicko. It centres on the strange relationship between Norman and his mum Norma and if the matching names aren’t creepy enough, their eerie motel reminiscent of the 1960 original will send shivers down your spine. US cable channel A&E was so confident of Bates Motel’s success they commissioned the 10-part series without even seeing a pilot episode. Lucky for them (and us) the gamble paid off and a second season is in the works. Bates Motel airs Sundays at 6.30pm on FOX8; 8.30pm on FOX8+2 (WST).
HANNIBAL
Dr Hannibal Lecter is one of cinema’s biggest baddies thanks to The Silence of the Lambs films and menacing performances by actor Sir Anthony Hopkins. The Hannibal television series focusses on the early relationship between the cannibal doctor and FBI special investigator Will Graham who is an expert at profiling and capturing serial killers. As you’d expect, there’s violence and murder aplenty, so this one’s not for the faint hearted (or the kids). In fact, Hannibal was pulled from air in Salt Lake City, Utah due to the subject matter. It also explains the late night time slot, but if you’re a fan of the original we think it’s worth staying up for. Hannibal airs Wednesday nights on Seven.
DRACULA
There seems to be a trend with some of the most frightening films of all time getting the television treatment. Unlikely as it may seem, the producers of smash hit Downton Abbey have reworked the most famous vampire story and put the Twilight wimps to shame. Dracula is set in the 19th century and the title role is played by Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Myers (The Tudors), whose character arrives in London posing as an American entrepreneur. He’s out to take revenge on those who turned him into a vampire hundreds of years before, but when he falls for a woman who he thinks is a reincarnation of his dead wife he makes life (or afterlife) complicated for himself. The original 1931 film is a classic and we can’t wait to sink our teeth into the TV version which is described as ‘twisted, sophisticated and sexy’. It’s due to air in the US in September, so expect it to be screened in Australia shortly after.
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Move over, Don Draper. Despite the show’s title, it’s the women of Mad Men who’ve captured our hearts. Gill Pringle catches up with the hottest chicks on
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Leading ladies: Christina Hendricks (below, top) proves redheads have more fun, while Elisabeth Moss’s character Peggy (bottom) is the show’s ‘heart and soul’ for many.
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or all of us who secretly mourn the passing of an era where cheating, smoking and drinking to excess were considered the norm, indeed celebrated, there’s always Mad Men. Thank goodness for those depraved bed-hopping, boozing folk whose exploits give such vicarious pleasure. Female viewers around the world have identified with Jessica Pare’s cheatedupon wife, Megan; January Jones’ Betty’s struggles with weight issues; Elisabeth Moss’ ambitious single girl, Peggy, and Christina Hendricks’ sexy divorcee, Joan. “If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from Joan – besides her fashion sense – it’s her quality to bounce back from a bad situation, and to stay proud and true to herself,” says Hendricks, 38, who boasts the kind of sinful curves that drive men to think only with their pants. No other actress but Hendricks could pull off a story-line where she saves Mad Men’s entire firm of advertising execs in exchange for a few hours of her company in the boudoir; securing a place on the board of directors to boot. Off screen, however, she’d prefer to not discuss her ample measurements or even acknowledge the off colour websites dedicated to her cleavage. “People have still not stopped asking me about my body,” she sighs. However, it’s impossible to consider the current sixth season of Mad Men without first revisiting where we last saw Hendricks’ Joan Harris – literally sleeping her way to the top in the time-honored tradition. “I would say audience reaction has been probably 95 per cent positive and supportive towards Joan,” she says musing upon the response Joan’s actions have received. “So I think the people who are more negative about it, and are using words like ‘whoring’ and ‘prostituting’, are looking at it in a much more modern way. This was the 1960s and she was put in a corner and this was her only option. We don’t have to do that now, which is fantastic,” says Hendricks who is married to actor Geoffrey Arend. Ask January Jones how she feels about playing housewife Betty – one of the most misunderstood women on television – and she giggles mischievously. “If I was living in that era, I’d probably have to be a lesbian or something.” She knows it’s a preposterous remark, particularly coming from this beautiful actress whose been linked with numerous lusty male suitors including Ashton Kutcher, Josh Groban and Aussie Liam Hemsworth. “But seriously, I wouldn’t be satisfied with being bossed around by a bunch of men. I think any modern woman would find that time a bit rough. I wouldn’t cope very well. I’m a very independent person,” she says. And nor would Jones, 35, herself tolerate any infidelity. Cheated on in Mad Men’s early seasons by TV ex-husband Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm, she says: “I would have divorced him long before Betty did. I wouldn’t have been OK with that. I’m a bit
old-fashioned when it comes to infidelity.” If playing a mother-of-three helped prepare her for motherhood in real life, then she certainly doesn’t look to Betty as a role model. “When I first had the baby, I was asked whether I was going to learn anything from Betty, as a mother so I think I can only exceed people’s expectations in my real life,” smiles the actress whose son, Xander, is now 18 months. While Jones boasts an enviably svelte figure, on screen Betty struggles with weight gain, a plot line with surprising benefits. “For the first time ever, audiences started to like me. When Betty is bigger, I think they’re more sympathetic to her, for whatever reason. So that was nice, just not to always be so hated,” she reveals. As one of Mad Men’s newer cast members, Jessica Pare’s Megan symbolizes the first of the “have-it-all” generation, quickly discovering that having it all – career and husband – doesn’t guarantee happiness. Even Pare, 30, is shocked to discover how important Megan has become in the series given that when she first appeared in season four, she was described only as “Don Draper’s brunette secretary,” and had one line. “If it hadn’t worked out, I’m sure there would have been a scene where Megan would have fallen down the elevator shaft.” Then came the famous Zou Bisou Bisou scene where Pare had to sing and dance before her new colleagues. “I was so embarrassed by that,” she recalls, cringing. Remarkably, the scene led to a second career in music. “I actually got to sing on tour with The Jesus and Mary Chain for a couple of shows which was terrifying and amazing and the song actually got to number one on Billboard’s World Music charts which was so cool,” says the French Canadian actress. For Pare, playing an out of work actress who finally gets a break is a little like art imitating life. “Going out on auditions can be a real bummer and you just have to forget that nobody really cares about you and they’re on their phones or texting someone else in the room. It’s really depressing until you get that part and then there’s nothing like it.” For many audiences, Elisabeth Moss’ Peggy is the heart and soul of Mad Men, following her through her awkward beginnings, sacrifices and promotions. Likewise, Moss has literally grown up on the show. “I know it’s crazy right? We made the pilot when I was 23, and season one when I was 24. I’m 30 now, and when it finishes I will be 31. So Peggy is similar to me in a lot of ways, but I hope I am a little bit wiser than her... just a little bit. But it is very strange to think I’ve done this show for most of my 20s,” says the actress who, in real life, married and divorced SNL actor Fred Armisen during her time on Mad Men, today starring in Jane Campion’s TV drama Top of The Lake, and
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Mad Men Season 6 is currently on air only on Foxtel’s Showcase.
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Travelling alone is no bar to enjoying New Zealand’s adrenaline-pumping activities as intrepid singleton Troy Douglas discovered during a non stop, six day tour of the North Island with Pathfinder guide, John Murdoch.
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quick six hour flight from Perth flying Air New Zealand’s premium economy class and I had arrived in Auckland. At the start of my journey I had prepared myself for the usual additiveinfused meals I was accustomed to enduring during a flight. A foodie at heart, evidenced by an ever expanding greedy gut that the honourable Mr Palmer would envy, I pealed back the aluminium foil and let out a less than masculine groan of delight as I realised I was about to tuck into some seared salmon fillets with saffron risotto, pepperonata and green beans with lemon butter sauce. Okay… Good start, I’m impressed. As I was flying alone I had no one to enjoy this unexpected gourmet experience with, but I battled on and cracked the lid off a Sem Sav. So far, so good. John Murdoch, owner and operator of Pathfinder and SNOMAD tours met me off the flight, thrusting a quick cup of coffee my way and then off we went for my whistlestop adventure trip. Being an NZ novice I allowed John, the expert, to take the reins and map out my adventure itinerary of North Island. First off the bat was Hot Beach on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. Within two hours either side of low tide, it’s possible to dig into the sand which allows the hot water to escape to the surface, forming a naturally hot water pool. So it was there that we relaxed and soaked in the thermal water, me wishing I had a girlfriend to share the experience with. However John was a good sport… not that good, calm down, gents, but we certainly had a laugh as I attempted and failed to entice some backpacking Spanish beauties to join us. Next on the agenda was right up my nerdy street. We were in Hobbit country so it was off to the set of the Lord of The Rings trilogy located on a farm near Matamata, a rural Waikato town. The New Zealand Government decided to leave the Hobbit holes built on location as a tourist attraction, as they were designed to blend seamlessly into the environment, and now The Shires rest offers a tranquil setting for you to enjoy a cup of coffee and a meal. Enjoy, like me, the unique hobbit-like environment of the Kaimai Room or on a nice day, you can relax on the balcony, drinking in the most stunning views of rural New Zealand, or if you fancy it, scull a cider at the fully licensed bar facilities. If you are so inclined you can even have a ‘Lord of the Rings’ style wedding. As it was just me and John, fortunately this wasn’t (as yet) on the cards. Day two and we headed to Rotorua, famous for its geothermal activity with geysers taking the starring role – notably the Pohutu Geysey at Whakarewarewa and hot mud pools. The thermal activity is sourced from the Rotorua caldera, on which the city lies. The Wai-O-Tapu thermal wonderland is certainly worth a visit but it’s a bit on the nose with the smell of rotten egg in the air caused by the hydrogen sulphide that oozes out of the ground in steam as water temperatures of up to 300 degrees Celsius absorbs minerals out of the rocks and transports them to the
You snooze, you lose: On a Pathfinder Tour take the Skyline Rotorua (top), go karting, or nap in a Hobbit nook.
surface as steam. This thermal area has the largest area of surface thermal activity of any hydrothermal system in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and it is literally covered with collapsed craters, cold and boiling pools of mud, water and steaming fumaroles. The area is associated with volcanic activity dating back about 160,000 years and is located right on the edge of the largest volcanic caldera within the active Taupo Volcanic Zone. There’s a Polynesian Spa in Rotorua that’s naturally heated by geothermal activity with four shallow hot mineral rock-pools bubbling away at a sublime 36°C to 42°C, landscaped with native flora. Romantic couples no doubt love this kind of schtick. I, on the other hand enjoyed the spa with John and was again reminded how much I wish I had a girlfriend. That’s not to say that looking into John’s eyes wasn’t delightful but we both fervently hoped a pair of naked Swedish women would walk in any second, which I am told has happened in the past. Unfortunately for us it was not to be this time around. For a change of pace in Rotorua hit the local zorbing experience, a must-do adventure ride whoever you’re with. Up to three people can ride in the ZYDRO – a wet ride where they throw you and a few buckets of water into the ZORC globe and launch you off – slipping, sliding and spinning your sweet way to the bottom of the hill. Or take the one person Zorbit ride, known as the ‘astronaut in training’ ride, where you are strapped into a harness and sent tumbling head over heels down a hill. The Skyline Rotorua complex also located ▶ in Rotorua, high up Mt Ngongotaha is
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Bonding: Take a swing together, check out the glow worms or just drink in the amazing views that NZ has to offer. glow worm grotto, where we meandered underground along the Waitomo River and gazed in silence at the myriad of glow worm lights studding the darkness. I entered this galaxy of tiny living lights, and realised finally what the word ‘serene’ really meant. You’ll definitely win bonus points taking your missus here, lads. As far as I’m concerned, there’s only one place to stay in town, and that’s the Waitomo Caves Hotel, a stately galleon of a place, still welcoming in her old age. Originally built in 1908, the architecture is typically New Zealand Victorian but based on an eastern European chalet. I stayed in the turret room in the octagonal corner known as the ‘Honeymoon suite’. Yay, go me. Apparently it’s haunted – probably by the ghost of my invisible girlfriend. For my second last morning we took the ferry from Auckland to Waiheke Island to try out a premium Waiheke Wine experience. We visited both Mudbrick and Cable Bay Vineyards, with its big views across the Hauraki Gulf to Auckland. If you’re looking to pop that big question on your next holiday with your lucky lady or man, this is the ideal place to end your trip as an official plus one. Six days later, I’m back on the flight home to Perth – faintly astonished I achieved so much in such a short space of thime with my doughty bro, John – but determined to return next time with a Jane. ------------------------------------------------
For more information about the tour Troy took with Pathfinders, visit www.pathfindertours.co.nz Tour prices start from NZ$2195 for two people.
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f you’ve ever fancied yourself as a V8 Driver, a Go-Karting legend, a skydiving hero or a deep sea fishing maestro, then here’s your chance to put your money where your mouth is. For WA thrillseekers, there’s a company which puts your search for a sense of adventure centre stage, and they should know what they’re talking about. The company’s owner, Kylie Dalton, has adventured harder and better than most. “I started the business because I’ve chased adventures all my life,” says Kylie. “I joined the army at 18 and found myself jumping out of planes over the peaks of the Grampians National Park, and learning how to rock climb with the Two Commando Unit. I just loved it from the get go.” With a strong flair for marketing, it was a no-brainer for Kylie to combine her business nouse with the driving passion in her life – to offer amazing, unforgettable adrenaline-pumping experiences to her
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fellow Australians, and new plans to expand into offering exciting corporate days for WA companies later this year. “We’d love to extend the chance to flex your adrenaline muscles to the business folk of WA – with the pay off for bosses being that they’ll find their teams newly inspired and challenged with a renewed sense of purpose thanks to a weekend rock climbing or skydiving.” Thrills-N-Adventures WA was born, giving punters the chance to buy experiences as diverse as paintballing to penguin watching, jet boating to helicopter joy riding. “I made the decision early on not to include anything on the website which wasn’t thrilling,” says Kylie, who has put customer service firmly at the centre of the web-based business. Kylie, who lists rock climbing, surfing, scuba diving as well as dirt biking on her thrillseeking CV, recently created a once in a lifetime opportunity for a special client.
“A customer called asking if we could send her profoundly deaf and epileptic fiancé on a skydiving experience – we were happy to help and they had an amazing time.” There are experiences across the age range, and Kylie has big plans for a major competition to be launched later this year. “I’d love to find one ultimate Thrillseeker who would be prepared to experience every adventure we’ve got on offer over a whole year – I wonder if there’s anybody tough enough out there?” If that’s not a challenge to get your adrenaline pumping, I don’t know what is…
Visit www.thrills-n-adventureswa.com.au for the full range of adventures on offer.
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It’s possible to visit the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square and foodie capital Guangzhou over a long weekend – just pack your walking shoes and a strong stomach, says Liz Palmer.
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f the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square are on your bucket list, the time to go is now. Granted, China isn’t going anywhere, but it is currently experiencing a renaissance of sorts with its combination of ancient cultural relics and fascinating history, mixed with post-Olympics modernity and wealth, making it an attractive destination to say the very least. A number of airlines also operate between China and Australia, meaning affordable flights (and friendly skies). Like the country itself, China Southern Airlines has recently upped the ante in an attempt to lure the lucrative international market. It’s Asia’s largest carrier, with a fleet of state-of-the-art planes, including the Airbus A380 superjumbo, flying between Australian capital cities (with recently upgraded A330s on the route from Perth) and
Guangzhou in the south. China’s increasing significance on the world stage was highlighted earlier this year when the third instalment of the Iron Man films held its international promotional launch inside the walls of Beijing’s historic Forbidden City so if it’s good enough for Iron Man, then we’re sold. Often referred to as the “melting pot of China”, Guangzhou, the city formerly known as Canton, is a great starting point for an introduction to all things Chinese. The climate is quite similar to Perth, with a bit of extra humidity thrown in. As a city it’s slightly less overwhelming than Beijing and Shanghai and is the home of traditional Cantonese cuisine – arguably the most famous Chinese food – including yum cha. So if in doubt, eat. As expected, traditional Cantonese fare is aplenty in
Guangzhou, and even though you won’t find much “Chinglish” (the hilarious translation of Chinese to English) in any of the major cities anymore, there are still some eateries with names in questionable English, perhaps only to pique the interest of foreign tourists. In the Crowne Plaza complex in central Guangzhou alone, there’s Wedding Restaurant (tasty food although no weddings in sight), Donkey Meat Restaurant (may actually contain donkeys, a Chinese delicacy) and Wang Steak (hopefully not a euphemism for the food). While Cantonese cuisine is definitely one of the highlights of a visit to China, it’s no secret that one of the country’s biggest problems is the air quality. Unless it rains or there is strong wind, the only time you may get a glimpse of clear sky is when you’re on a plane high
above the clouds (a bonus if you score a window seat). It has been reported that air pollution was responsible for a staggering 1.2 million deaths in China in 2010, so it’s worth ensuring that you have adequate medication with you if you’re an allergy or asthma sufferer. It also means that many parts of the country are much more picturesque at night when the pollution’s not so visible. Take an evening stroll on Ersha Island along Guangzhou’s Pearl River, and it’s hard to believe you’re in a country with almost 1.4 billion people. The city at night is breathtaking. Boats cruise along the river covered in bright lights (and advertising), and most of the high rises are also lit up. Canton Tower, rising to 600 metres often disappears despite its bright lights into the night sky thanks to the pollution, giving it «
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“…there’s Wedding Restaurant (tasty food although no weddings in sight), Donkey Meat Restaurant (may actually contain donkeys, a Chinese delicacy) and Wang Steak (hopefully not a euphemism for the food).” an almost ethereal quality. The nearby Haixinsha Stadium, home of the 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, is also lit up like a Christmas tree. Guangzhou at night can leave visitors grateful they’re not paying the city’s electricity bill. During the day there’s so much to see and do, where to begin can be half the problem. Guided tours can be a godsend, which overcomes the language barrier you may encounter as the majority of locals do not speak English, unlike Asian hot spots like Bali and Thailand. Aussie tour company Creative Holidays has recently launched some Guangzhou tours which give a taste of the different sights, and the planning is left to those with local knowledge. The Buddhist Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, originally built in 537 AD is one of the must-see places to visit, a religious sanctuary set amongst the city clutter. The communist government unofficially turns a blind eye to established faiths, and Buddhism has survived here as it provides equality for the people when their daily lives may not. Despite the age of the temple, don’t be surprised if you see a monk wandering around talking on a smartphone – technology has infiltrated almost every aspect of modern China. Guangzhou’s Qingping Market is the largest herbal market in the country, its name meaning ‘peaceful market’. However don’t let the name fool you; dried snake, seahorse and starfish are just some of the herbal remedies available for purchase. This is not the place to go souvenir shopping, as most of the products sold here are illegal to bring into Australia. Live animals can also be bought at Qingping Market, including kittens, puppies and turtles. Your tour guide probably won’t mention it, but according to Lonely Planet these are sold for human consumption, not as pets. Although we might find it disturbing to see a kitten put in a plastic bag once sold, this is just another example of the cultural curiosities that seem to be the norm in China. A visit to Beijing is necessary if you’re still
checking off that bucket list. China Southern has daily flights between Guangzhou and Beijing on the Airbus A380, which in itself is a novelty, especially if you splash out and fly first or business class (the flight attendants will even put complimentary slippers on your feet if it’s all too hard). Surprising fact update: contrary to popular opinion – and US propaganda from the 1960s – the Great Wall of China is not visible from the moon. Much of the Great Wall is no longer accessible due to farmers dismantling parts to use for their own building projects, but the Mutianyu section - about an hour’s drive north of Beijing - is one of the best-preserved segments. Even if visibility is poor (a mixture of fog and air pollution apparently), the haziness provides an eeriness which is befitting of such an iconic relic. Here you’ll be able to amble along two and a half kilometres of the Great Wall, with 22 intact watch towers where guards were once based to keep an eye on the marauding enemy from the north. Cable cars take tourists to the top of this section, but the real highlight is getting back down… on a toboggan. It turns out history can also be a lot of fun in China, as long as you’re not stuck behind a slow poke on the way down. Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City in the heart of Beijing are walking distance from one another, and the place you’ll most likely encounter crowds. The Square and surrounding government buildings are typical of soviet-style architecture that came to the country during Mao’s Cultural Revolution and the onset of communism. Chairman Mao’s gigantic mausoleum is also located in Tiananmen Square, and his countrymen are still prepared to queue for hours of a morning to pay their respects. Uniformed guards patrol the area, and if you feel like you’re being watched, you’re not wrong. CCTV cameras are on almost every light post in Tiananmen Square, so don’t forget to smile. And if you’re not being filmed, chances are Chinese tourists are taking your picture; light hair and
skin are a fascination for some and seen as very attractive. The Forbidden City was originally home to emperors from the Ming and Qing Dynasties for almost 500 years, and the walled city of ancient Beijing still has almost 1,000 buildings. It was also used by Chairman Mao as offices during his time in power, his gigantic portrait still looming over the entrance. It seems almost like a pilgrimage for the Chinese, and probably the most crowded place you’ll visit unless you brave the Beijing subways during peak hour. Audio tours are available for a small rental fee, giving you the freedom to visit as much or as little of the Forbidden City as you choose. For adventurous eaters, the Wangfujing night market is the place to experience some of China’s exotic street food. A fashionable shopping district by day, the area comes alive at night with stalls selling mostly skewered meat including scorpion, snake and spider – definitely not for cry babies with weak stomachs. Not far from the Wangfujing night market is the Peninsula Hotel’s Huang Ting restaurant, based on a traditional Chinese nobleman’s house. The only thing more opulent than the décor is the menu, offering both a la carte and dim sum (yum cha) options. If authenticity is what you’re craving, a home-cooked meal in one of Beijing’s hutongs (the city’s historical alleyways) is definitely an experience you won’t get anywhere else. At Alice’s Tea House deep within the Xuanwu Hutong, Alice’s husband Charlie spends most of the day preparing delicious meals. It’s safe to say the sweet and smiling Alice wears the pants in that relationship. After the meal Alice performs a traditional tea ceremony, and cooking classes are also available. You wouldn’t want to miss it for all the tea in China. Crap puns aside, hutong tours conducted by rickshaw are available through Creative Holidays. Whether it’s for a couple of days’ stopover en route to or from Europe, or a stand-alone holiday, China has the ability to deliver in exotic spades.
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FACTS
» The entire country shares the same time zone with Perth meaning no jet lag. » China Southern Airlines fly between Guangzhou and Perth/Melbourne/Brisbane three to four times a week on the latest generation Airbus A330 aircraft. » Sydneysiders can fly to and from Guangzhou on the A380 superjumbo from October. Daily flights currently operate with A330 aircraft. » China Southern flies daily between Guangzhou and Beijing on the Airbus A380. » For more information on China Southern Airlines, visit www.csair.com. » For the latest China tours with Creative Holidays, visit www.creativeholidays.com. » To arrange a visit to Alice’s Tea House, email alice197412@126.com.
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Wild about Wanderlust Australia dishes up a fine menu of adrenaline-pumping activities for the thrill-hungry. Whether you’re a landlubber, a water-hog or have your head in the clouds, Australia’s great outdoors is sure to satisfy.
MAKING TRACKS Yorkeys Knob - Cairns
If you are looking for some four-wheeled or four-legged fun, get yourself to Yorkeys Knob, near Cairns. Blazing Saddles Adventures offers ATV and horse riding at their superb sugarcane farm, and they cater for both virgin riders and those experienced with pulling on the throttle or cracking the whip. Get down and dirty with your Honda ATV on the obstacle course before taking on the property’s mogul-like tracks, with a soundtrack of cockatoos screeching almost as loud as your engine. On separate trails, trained Aussie Brumbies, Arabians and Quarter horses have you riding among mangrove wetlands, creeks, rainforest and termite mounds, and around
an 18-acre billabong. Mid-ride, your guide will use traditional methods to brew tea over a campfire, demonstrating how to swing the billy to settle the leaves. When enjoying your tea and damper, keep an eye out for the saltwater croc. The nearby Cattana Wetlands mean that darts, magpie geese and ducks frolic around the peacocks on the property. And resident wildlife includes lace monitors, goannas and the attractive amethystine python (the longest non-venomous snake in Australia), as well as a few stealthy taipans. Rest your John Wayne thighs after dismounting to enjoy a well-deserved barbeque sausage sizzle. ▶▶▶
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GORGE DEEP, RAMPART HIGH Flinders Ranges
A WHALE OF A TIME Geographe Bay
Fill the backpack, lace up the boots, and hit the countless walking trails that weave through South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. This exceptionally photogenic country is latticed with leisurely short loops and arduous sections of the epic 1,200km-long Heysen Trail. The ranges themselves run between 250 and 750 kilometres north of Adelaide, featuring sparse and barren terrain as well as dense eucalypt forests and waterfalls. Much of the area is stark, stony and rubbly, but becomes increasingly vegetated around Mount Remarkable, coloured in ringneck parrots and wild orchids. Further north, near Wilmington, is Alligator Gorge. Be humbled by its vertical slices of fire-red quartzite-rich cliffs soaring above
chasms lined with pines, red gums and yaccas. If this gets your hiking juices flowing then head a further two hours north to the Flinders Ranges’ geological climax. The amphitheatrical sight of Wilpena Pound, with its contrast of russet soil, olive foliage and indigo skies is utterly spellbinding, particularly when following the 18km-long Bridle Gap hike crossing the Pound’s basin. And the Mount Ohlssen Bagge and St Mary’s Peak hikes require well-oiled knees and lungs able to pump like there’s no tomorrow. Head over to Brachina Gorge and Bunyeroo Gorge to see this land crumpled and rippled over millennia. Ancient rock here has been dated back to a mind-blowing 560 million years.
There’s nothing as awesome when out on the ocean as spotting the might of humpback whales. Naturaliste Charters run excellent whale-spotting trips from Western Australia’s Quindalup Beach. On this action-packed trip, polarised sunglasses are a must for spotting humpbacks as they surge from the horizon, the sunlight flickering off their dark blubber. Head up to the flybridge to snatch prime photo opportunities. As they perform their ritual breaching, sometimes
just metres from the vessel, feel the force of their pec and tail-slaps; the shockwaves strong enough to rock the boat. These regal mammals can live up to 50 years, feasting through a tonne of plankton daily. During the 1800s, the British and Americans ran a whaling station at nearby Castle Rock. Today, however, between September and December, during their mass migration south, calves find refuge in the nursery that is Geographe Bay.
SURF’S UP NSW
BALLOONING THE BAROSSA Barossa Valley
After that Hawaii Five-O look? Then hit Sydney for stand-up paddle-surfing: today’s coolest new sport. This cool sport originates from Hawaii, and you can easily enjoy it on home surf. Join Surfing NSW’s number one stand-up paddle-surfing coach, Matt Grainger from Manly Surf School, who runs thrilling lessons from Sydney’s iconic beaches. Clearing the salt from your nostrils (come on, it’s bound to happen), prepare to have your posture realigned for correct balance on the board. It isn’t as easy as it looks, but fear not; Matt will teach you the latest techniques to get you the feeling like you are walking on water. While this activity looks super-relaxing, paddlesurfing seriously fires up those core muscles, developing strength and coordination.
If the muscles are moaning, climb into a hot air balloon basket and expend the adrenaline without lifting a finger. In the Barossa Valley, one of South Australia’s most picturesque pockets, it’s a case of 50 shades of green. Barossa Valley Ballooning runs sensational sunrise flights above the valley’s patchwork of corduroyed vineyards, home to some of the country’s most celebrated wines. Trace kangaroos pounding across the grasslands below as the roaring thunder of the fire fuels your balloon’s journey. Having ascended with the rising sun, and when the wind has decided on your landing destination, you’ll be driven to a nearby location for some cork-popping. It’s time to indulge in a celebratory champagne breakfast to feast on the best of the Barossa Valley’s famed produce.
FURTHER INFORMATION: Blazing Saddles: www.blazingsaddles.com.au Naturaliste Charters whale-watching: www.whales-australia.com/whales Manly Surf School: www.manlysurfschool.com a1 Kiteboarding: www.a1kiteboarding.com.au Eco Kayak Tours: www.ecokayaktours.com.au Barossa Valley Ballooning: www.barossavalleyballooning.com.au
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RIDE LIKE THE WIND North Haven - Adelaide
KAYAKING KU-RING-GAI Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
It’s a kind of mishmash of surfing and windsurfing, only a whole lot more blustery. When Adelaide is dowsed with roaring northerly winds, kiteboarders head for North Haven, Adelaide’s northernmost metropolitan beach. Prepare to be wind-blasted, and go with the pros. IKO-approved a1 Kiteboarding will safely spread your sea-wings for the ultimate adrenalin raiser. Kite-boarding gets you riding those ripples at speed, and with time and practice, turns you into a lunatic acrobat, soaring metres into the air. The instructors are highly-skilled and will train you to edge the water, travel upwind, turn without falling, and if you do, how to re-launch your kite and still look cool. In this stunning swathe of Heritage-listed national park, tucked away behind Sydney’s Palm Beach, there’s an untouched world of jades, taupes and ceruleans. Grab some oars and hit Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park’s glittering Pittwater. Garlanded by unspoilt rainforest, the area’s arterial estuaries and creeks bathe the bases of towering sandstone cliffs. Paddle through Coal and Candle Creek and Cowan Waters before arriving at Bobbin Head, where you can fire up lunch on the reserve’s barbeque station. Stretch your legs along the mangrove boardwalk that runs above the area’s crabs and waterfowl. Eco Kayak Tours run guided paddles covering seven wild kilometres between Apple Tree Bay and Cottage Point. This is picture-postcard territory in spades.
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FOAMING CREST Bells Beach Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze chose it to battle out their final scene in the movie Point Break, so Bells Beach must be Victoria’s best surf spot, right? Well okay, that particular scene was actually filmed in Oregon, USA. But Bells is worshipped for its right-hand breaks. If you’re a fearless surfer, nearby is Jan Juc beach, another revered spot to take on challenging sets. If you’re not quite there yet, watch from shore during Easter when the Rip Curl Pro is held at Bells Beach. Going since 1962, it’s the world’s longest-running surfing competition. This string of Torquay’s beaches is a mecca to surfers worldwide. And you can purchase authentic surfing gear from Surf City Plaza: the headquarters for brands including Quicksilver and Rip Curl.
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Gabi stayed at the Fraser Suites on a weekend package, which included a one bedroom premier suite plus buffet breakfast for two at $284 per night. Visit www.frasershospitality.com for a full list of packages and deals both in Perth and around the world.
WHEN YOU’RE A FREQUENT FLYER, STAYING IN A HOTEL CAN BECOME A DRAG, AND EQUALLY A SERVICED APARTMENT CAN LACK PERSONALITY. THANKFULLY THERE IS A MIDDLE WAY, DISCOVERS GABI MILLS, AT ADELAIDE TERRACE’S LUXURIOUS FRASER SUITES.
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here are times when checking into a swanky hotel is nothing short of fabulous, with all the excitement of discovering what’s in the mini bar, which light switch turns on which light and how many tiny bottles of shampoo it’s possible to pinch without the management noticing. You might be there on a longed for holiday or spending a night away from the office and in these circumstances hotels rock. If you’re away for longer though, previously cool things begin to irritate. You don’t always want to call room service for something to eat when all you crave is a toasted cheese sandwich. You don’t want a piece of bloody parsley with your toastie, thanks very much and you certainly don’t want to pay ridiculous amounts to have your shirts and socks laundered. In these circumstances, it makes sense to find somewhere less formal to lay your hat which has facilities to cook yourself a bit of tucker, a fridge big enough to store more than a novelty sized bottle of gin and even a washing machine to keep your gear in good nick. Serviced apartments do this up to a point but they can suffer from being overly anonymous, the kind of place where God knows what is happening in the unit next to yours. So where do you stay if you don’t want to compromise on the facilities of a posh hotel – swimming pool, gym, room service if you’re too stuffed to cook, a bar to hang out in after dark – with all the convenience of a home away from home. Fraser Suites at the far end of Adelaide Terrace is the perfect solution to those craving the best bits of both. With secure underground parking, once you arrive, you needn’t worry about Perth’s notoriously ticket-happy rangers
getting their kicks at your expense. We checked in for a couple of nights, free of the shackles of kid wrangling for 48 blissful hours, keen to put the swanky suites through their paces. The entrance hall is on the palatial side of things – an immensely high ceiling, acres of marble, elegant orchids on the check in desk – all very zen and calming. The check-in process is equally unstressful and soon we’re zooming up 13 floors to our suite. When I open the door I think they’ve forgotten to give us a bedroom, but no, there it is around the corner of our sitting room and kitchen, just past the glass door to our balcony. Scale is everything in the world of suites, and this one – a Premier one bedroom suite coming in at 65sqm – does not disappoint. They’ve been very clever with their use of the space available, with a full sized washing machine and dryer hidden in a concealed cupboard next to the front door. There’s a groovy drawer-style dishwasher, and plenty of space to actually cook a proper meal in the galley kitchen. A complimentary box of Twinings tea bags and Vittorio coffee is replenished daily, as well as fresh milk, and a few mini bar staples which you’ll pay for at the end of the stay. The fridge and freezer is spacious, and there’s a small pantry next to them to store your foodie treats. If you like your tech toys, there’s free Wi-Fi, a flat screen TV, DVD and iPod docking station in the sitting room, and another wall mounted TV in the bedroom. Décor is sophisticated, muted tones throughout with thankfully none of the terrible bland wall art which afflicts so many hotel rooms. Our bathroom – complete with an enormous, freestanding, middle tapped bath and wet room shower, had plenty of storage space for all your bits and bobs, and I really liked the organic, non-animal tested soaps and shampoos by Peter Thomas Roth which may or may not have found their way into my bag home. The bed – which could easily accommodate three rotund FIFO workers – was quite literally the most comfortable I’ve ever slept on – and I’ve slept on a lot of beds.
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travel We’d invited some American friends round for drinks that evening but first enjoyed a sundowner on the vertiginous balcony. Thirteen floors up makes for some impressive views down the Terrace and across to the Swan River. As the sunset flushed the sky rosy pink, our hands clutching the champagne we’d brought with us, it seemed entirely likely that staying at the Fraser Suites could become something of a habit. Our friends arrived and didn’t clutter up the suite one bit – it’s big enough to still feel spacious despite an increase in bodies. We talked, drank, played Trivial Pursuit at the dining table – but then that’s being in your forties for you. The bar downstairs for those with a different kind of pursuit in mind was bustling – thanks perhaps in part to the fact that this end of the terrace is a bit short on fun places to hang out. There’s a smart restaurant too – the breakfasts were really excellent, and good value at $25 for a full English, as well as a whole heap of pastries, cereals, yogurts and savouries. For a big property on one of the city’s busiest streets, it’s beautifully quiet. Once you’re in your suite, you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s just you in the whole building. If complete privacy is what you’re after, there’s a button you can press to keep the cleaning staff at bay – and equally if you’re in need of a full room makeover, press another button and they’ll miraculously sort things out while you grab a latte downstairs. If you’re feeling perky, pull on your budgie smugglers and head to the in house pool, sauna and spa space – we had the place to ourselves when we visited. Sunday morning in the city is a special place, as residents swap their suits for jogging pants, making the most of those heady views along Riverside Drive, pounding the pavement with their dogs in tow. Pleasure boats wind up the wide river towards the sea, outpacing each other, their motors just audible above the never ending traffic. And we’re watching it all, from our sentry post on the balcony, trying to resist the draw to sneak back into that epically comfortable bed for one last snooze before it’s time to go home.
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Peaceful feasting The remote area around Kamikochi in Japan’s Northern Alps offers citied-out visitors to the island nation a respite – as well as the chance to sample some wonderful local food masterpieces.
The only way to access the national park is by public transport, there are no ‘best’ routes and you will have to connect a number of times depending on the direction of travel. As a rough guide: From Tokyo: Catch a JR train to Matsumoto from Shinjuku (2.5 hours), transfer to the private train to Shin-Shimashima and then to the Highland Express bus to Kamikochi ($80, 2 hours) From Osaka: Catch the Shinkansen/JR train to Takayama (3.5 hours), transfer to a bus to Shirhansen Onsen and then onto an additional bus to Kamikochi ($80, 2 hours) Access to Kamikochi via private vehicle is not possible; however you can park and make the final leg on the shuttle bus for approximately $30 per person. Rental cars in Japan vary greatly in price between $150 to 300 per day.
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Hikers rest huts: $75 without meals, $115 with meals Traditional Guesthouse in Kamikochi: $160-400 per person per night including meals and onsen Beer: $4 at Kamikochi; $2 if purchased prior Travel time: approximately 5.5 hours from Tokyo/Osaka Free visa on arrival for Australian citizens Japan Rail pass costs $340 for 7 days but must be purchased prior to entry into Japan
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eaving their trip with an empty belly but a memory card full of photos, trekkers often survive on packets of fruit and nuts, canned fish and dehydrated vegies. Armed with mosquito repellent and khakhi cargo pants I arrived in the Japanese Alps to find world-class hiking and incredible homemade delicacies without a tin of tuna in sight. Kamikochi is a local secret that marries memorable overnight alpine adventures with traditional culinary creature comforts of ancient Japan. If you like the idea of roughing it but can’t get your head around pit toilets, sleeping bags and water purification then you will love Japan’s less popular northern alpine region. It is worth spending a few days here on your journey between Tokyo’s hectic metropolis and the grunge capital of Osaka. In essence, this ‘town’ is a carless collection of traditional mountain lodges wedged between shrines and carp ponds in a deep valley somewhere between the regional cities of Takayama and Matsumoto. I don’t blame the locals for wanting to keep these mountains as a bit of a secret – you can’t drive into Kamikochi and getting to them is no easy task. Most Australians escape the summer heatwaves and travel to Japan in February but I wanted to experience the country in the warmer months. The Kamikochi valley is particularly beautiful in the spring or autumn shoulder periods making it a perfect destination for the September school holidays. There are limited accommodation options so be sure to book ahead in the busy July peak period. Setting out from the bus terminal Japanese families march directly to the visitors’ centre to purchase trail maps (English versions are strangely unavailable) before heading to the slopes. Elderly couples stroll on the boardwalks and ramps holding umbrellas in
one hand and enormous digital SLRs in the other. A series of wooden suspension bridges bring you over the vodka-clear glacial river towards the chocolate box mountains. In short, if you’ve had your fill of the urban landscape and don’t want to see another vending machine in your life, it’s easy to spend three days in the National Park away from the constant urbanity of Japanese life. I would highly recommend an overnight trek and there are a series of hikers’ rests offering comfortable accommodation and camping for hikers. These huts receive supplies by helicopter and are dotted throughout the mountains, they have electricity, running water and fully functioning bathrooms. They are run by fellow mountaineers and can offer a variable range of meals and refreshments and you can be assured they never run out of beer. The Dakesawa Trail is a moderate 6km ascent to 2920m and can be easily traversed in a single day. The incline offers panoramic views over Kamikochi as you follow the path of an old glacier through heavily wooded National Park. At the hikers’ rest we caught our breath and were invited to join a group of elderly Japanese men having a midday beer and green tea ice cream. The chilled Kirin Lager did the job and took the sweat off my brow as we decided to settle in for the night. The following day the clouds parted and we seized the opportunity to scale the bare granite mountain pass ahead. Even in summer, peaks above 3000m are covered with an icy crust making cold weather gear essential. Pink trail markers point you back down the slippery path upstream of Kamikochi. After a good day’s hike we had booked a Japanese room at the Nishi-Toya Lodge, the cheapest but most traditional accommodation option in the village. In a sign of true Japanese hospitality we were treated with hot tea and snacks delivered to our room on arrival.
There are plenty of other guesthouses in Kamikochi which can cater for couples, families or trekking groups. They are thoughtfully appointed with sliding wooden doors, airy balconies and comfortable tatami mats. Most have private onsen, hot springs fed by local volcanic activity. Once we had checked in we were met by the owner requesting that we book a time for our evening meal. We spent the afternoon soothing our weary hiking legs in the onsen before making our way downstairs to the dining room. Each group was given their own authentic private dining experience sitting on the floor surrounded by bamboo screens. After taking a seat we were presented with an elaborate menu with no less than nine courses for the evening. Every item of food was prepared with an art-like precision and accompanied by perfectly proportioned garnishes enriching the decadent flavours and textures. Our host explained the local produce, customs and dining sequences for the meal. Drooling at the sight of a banquet of fresh local sashimi trout, mackerel sushi and grilled zucchini rolled in wagyu beef, it was difficult to judge just how much of each course to eat without spoiling my appetite for the next. Dish after dish kept appearing from the kitchen with never ending miso, pickled vegetables and tempura prawns. We finished with seasonal fruit and spent the rest of the night in our complimentary kimonos sipping rice wine, listening to a chorus of crickets in the mountain air. It gradually became obvious to me just how much of a contrast our experience in Kamikochi had been. This weekend was a completely satisfying food discovery matched only by the elegant beauty of the local wilderness. With a sigh I took another swig of beer and contemplated just how relaxed I was. Kamikochi might be difficult to find, but it’s definitely harder to leave.
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Time to pull on the spandex tights and groom that mullet because the stars of WWE Raw will be tub thumping up a storm at Perth Arena in July.
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WWE If your idea of entertainment is seeing an assortment of body types beating the be-jeezus out of each other, then hold onto your popcorn. WWE Raw is coming to town. The global brand of energetic entertainment will include a line up designed to make wrestling fans drool in an unbecoming manner. Big names like John ‘The Champ’ Cena, Ryback, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, R-Truth, Zack Ryder and AJ Lee (all appearances subject to change at this point, injury permitting) will prove why they’re the best in the business. For those of you however who have yet to embrace the special world of WWE, here’s Rock Candy’s guide to some of the stars of this tougher as nuts sport.
What’s it all about ?
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The Stars JOHN CENA
At 6’1” and weighing in at 113kgs, Cena is the current WWE Champion and probably the best known WWE star around at the moment. Known variously as ‘The Champ’ and ‘The Doctor of Thuganomics’, Cena is also not adverse to dropping some beats on the microphone, God help us, and has even produced an album. It’s rumoured he’s dating WWE Diva, Nikki Bella, and he’s always on the lookout to add to his collection of one of a kind muscle cars (he’s got 20, in case you’re wondering). Signature Move: Attitude Adjustment; STF
RYBACK
Vegas-born Ryan Reeves, aka Ryback was a finalist on WWE Tough Enough 4 but began his career with the brand by ringing the bell live at a World Wrestling Federation event at the age of eight. Seen perhaps as the pretender to Cena’s crown, Ryback looks primed to win new fans during the Raw tour as his pumped
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Aired in the US since 1993, WWE Raw is watched the world over – including Iraq – with the show’s 1000th episode airing on 23 July 2012. Over three hours, the well-trodden format remains pretty much the same as it always was – shot in front of a live audience, with multiple shots of throws shown from various angles. It made wrestling accessible to a huge new audience and catapulted its super fit stars into the limelight globally.
physique and dinky beard make him the new poster boy for the sport. However, the rivalry between the two superstars isn’t to everybody’s taste, so watch this space. Signature Move: Shell Shocked
THE MIZ
Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin is well used to being in the spotlight. As well as his wrestling kudos, he’s a reality television star as well as presenter who first gained fame on MTV’s The Real World: Back to New York in 2001. Keen on wearing fetching super budgie smugglers, The Miz is generally a villain of the peace although no doubt is pleased to be featured in a kid’s book called The Most Mizerable Christmas. Signature Move: Skull-Crushing Finale, Figure-Four Leglock
DOLPH ZIGGLER
Let’s face it, Dolph’s the kind of guy who’s at home with a bottle of fake tan. He’s bronzed,
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platinum blonde, and beautiful – if an ideal six pack and stacked pecs are your thing. Winner of a second World Heavyweight Championship gong in April this year, don’t be fooled by Dolph’s boyish good looks. This guy is a beast in the ring – and out of it too apparently. According to an exgirlfriend, he’s ‘too athletic sexually’. Nick Nemeth chose the name Dolph in honour of his grandfather (also called Dolph), and Ziggler was chosen by a girlfriend. Signature Move: Zig Zag
KANE
This guy is big – and I mean BIG. He’s 7ft tall for a start, and wears a red mask, thus giving him the imaginative alter ego names of ‘The Big Red Monster’ and ‘The Devil’s Favourite Demon’. Spanish by birth, Kane’s the second longest contracted wrestler in the WWE and is often paired up with the character’s half brother, The Undertaker. Signature Move: Chokeslam
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Gods of WWE: There’s no room for wimps or anything less than chest length beards in the manly world of WWE. Bottom left, Kane models the new must-have ‘spilt ketchup’ mask.
THE WWE RAW WORLD TOUR COMES TO PERTH ON 30 JULY, 7.30PM AT PERTH ARENA. GET YOUR TICKETS FROM WWW.TICKETEK.COM.AU OR TICKET HOTLINE 132 849. REMEMBER THE LINE UP IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
COMPETITION TIME !!!!!
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We’ve got a double pass to see the stars of WWE Raw when they come to Perth Arena on 30 July at 7.30pm. To go into the draw, send you name and contact details to competitions@candymedia. com.au by 10 July 2013 and answer this simple question:
Who is also known as The Champ? Is it a. Dolph Ziggler; b. John Cena; or c. Julia Gillard? GOOD LUCK!
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ships There’s a special kind of thrill to be had diving among shipwrecks, whether from ancient times or more recent history, as is the case with the Truk Lagoon in Micronesia – the site of one of the most decisive sea battles in the World War II.
Ethereal: (Left) The wreck of the Fujikawa Maru looms into view. Unforgettable: (Below) Exploring the ship’s hold, Fujikawa Maru, right, coral growth, Fumitzuki Destroyer
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ention the San Francisco and the Rio De Janiero wrecks and you could be forgiven for mistaking that they were American ships, but they’re actually Japanese. The fact is that both of these wrecks, named after US cities, were taken by the Japanese government from the owners (who were Japanese) and used for the war effort in World War II, only to never have the chance to return them to their owners. These are just two of many wrecks in Truk Lagoon in Micronesia which have the name ‘Maru’ after them. Maru was added to the name given to non-military ships which were ‘attained’ by the Japanese Government, armed up and sent out to war. The bottom of the Atoll of Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon is littered with wrecks from the Japanese Imperial navy, only three of which were actually built for war. Two destroyers and a submarine were unlucky enough to have been caught out in Operation Hailstorm 17 February 1944. The operation started from an accidental
reconnaissance mission of a US bomber who went off course only to stumble across the largest fleets at anchor ever to have been amassed in one area. It was a gold mine find for the US forces. The Japanese did spot the reconnaissance plane and immediately began to remove major utilities such as battleships, aircraft carriers and other destroyers out of the lagoon and away to Palau, a fatal move that ultimately lead to a fleet which was almost defenceless to an aerial attack. Upon reporting back to the US commanders on the bomber’s return, aircraft carriers were scrambled together for a massive aerial assault on the Japanese ships and installations at Truk Lagoon. This attack would go down in history as the one which broke the back of the Japanese war effort in the Pacific, undoubtedly saving thousands of lives of allied soldiers and navy personnel. Sixty nine years on and the Perth Scuba crew, headed by five time Truk Lagoon Tour Leaders myself and Joey Pool, went on a
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ten day visit to the region with 23 others to take a closer look at the remains and devastation caused over those two nights of bombing. After almost 70 years of rest at the bottom of the lagoon at mostly around 20 to 50 metres are some spectacular soft corals covering these almost fully intact wrecks, albeit for aerial torpedo holes and aerial bomb damage scattering the decks. The wrecks are a combination of freighters which were laden with tanks, planes, trucks, cars and even bicycles, tankers which were there to supply the vessels with fuel, ammunition and medical supplies right down to tug boats and airplanes which were either bombed or shot down during the vicious attack. Truk Lagoon has to be the most concentrated area of World War II wrecks in the world. Some of the wrecks are deep - the San Francisco Maru wreck sits at 62 metres and is definitely worth building up the depth profiles to be able to dive this trademark wreck. While a great dive, it ▶
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Heart of the ship: (above) Exploring the engine room, Rio de Janiero Maru, and below, divers explore at depth, Fumitzuki Destroyer and the engine room, Kensho Maru.
is not necessarily the best wreck, but it is one which almost definitely captures the imagination of everyone who dives here. The San Francisco Maru is probably the most photographed wreck of Truk Lagoon. The three, two man tanks on the deck make for a great photo opportunity and the contents of the holds, land and beach mines stacked against the hold walls along with aircraft parts and crates of ammunition all make for great viewing, even though time at this depth is limited (just 12 minutes). The most inspiring thing about diving the wrecks of Truk Lagoon is that every wreck has its own story - how it got to where it is today, what it was doing there, what was its purpose right down to how it even became a part of the war in the first place. The visual experience of diving these wrecks can only be described as amazing and the history in Truk is fascinating. Every diver on the trip had a favourite wreck. Some loved diving on planes, some loved diving on freighters, while others loved getting deep into the wrecks to check out the engine rooms. Whatever the case, these divers had an unforgettable time. Many of the divers on this trip went to Truk Lagoon not knowing what to expect. Many of them came with limited experience of diving both wrecks and diving deep. By the end of this trip with 24 wreck dives under their belts over a ten day period, they all came back as much more accomplished and confident divers. Many of them reached depths well beyond their imagination and learned about decompression diving first hand. Along
with having the trained technical divers and instructors to assist in their planning, all of the divers were involved in the planning and execution of the deeper dives by building up to deeper depths as they felt comfortable. They were shown the advantages of completing decompression and safety stops on a higher percentage of oxygen in their bail out cylinders and were shown that technical diving doesn’t have to be that technical provided there is a good plan in place before the dive, and that the plan is stuck to during the dive. Every diver reached their goals and no one came back with regrets of anything they didn’t accomplish on the trip. If you’re already a scuba diver, you will understand the desire to explore what’s inside a ship wreck – and Truk Lagoon has THE best shipwrecks in the world. If you aren’t yet a scuba diver, but love adventure and exploring the unknown, then scuba diving is a fantastic way to live life to the full and enjoy your down time. The exploration opportunities, the unique adventure and being somewhere less than 5000 people worldwide have seen with their own eyes should make it top of your bucket list when you learn to scuba dive. If you are interested in joining Perth Scuba on the next trip to Truk Lagoon, we are heading back in 2015 on board the TRUK SIREN live aboard vessel. For more information on this trip in the meantime, please contact Perth Scuba www.perthscuba.com.
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You’re taking a holiday without your children, she says to me? Just you and your husband? She asks giving me an incredulous look. I look at her. I want to say no, that I was taking my lover and having my husband look after the children; instead I hold my tongue. Oh I could never do that, she 2013 says. I look at her and want to slap her. She’s one of those women who could also never allow her husband to work away, never disciplines her children, and eats gluten free products because it’s hip, not because she has a confirmed medical diagnosis. She also blindly doesn’t know when to put her marriage first. What she does know is how to complain when she has finally fallen into a heap, her marriage has started to fail and she’s wondering what has happened when her kids are ransacking her home the minute she is no longer able to put her knickers on herself. My marriage is my priority in my life. Without a good marriage I have an unhappy home. An unhappy home equals unhappy children. So my marriage with them in mind is my priority. As much as we love our children, want the best for them and want to give them the whole world they will inevitably leave us (sometimes later than we would like) but still they will leave and then what happens to husband and I? We learned early on after B2 was born that we as a couple take priority. We married each other for each other, not for the children, although they have enriched our lives beyond measure and to be without them terrifies me. Yet for the benefit of our children we act as a team, take an interest in each other, show love and respect for each other. In short, we put each other first. I would suggest that a good marriage is the biggest gift you can give your children. Statistically FIFO workers are no more at risk than, say, dentists from getting divorced. In fact we are down 1.04% compared to dentists but it’s a cliché that the FIFO lifestyle is to blame for the failure of marriages across the board. Perhaps it’s true for some, but overall most FIFO workers found in a study conducted by Monash University understood the importance of healthy family dynamics. It was found that being able to be flexible meant that FIFO’ers reacted better when life threw them a curve ball, they were able to be more cohesive in fitting back into home life and most had more effective communicating systems. So a good marriage takes work and compared to most ‘civilian’ marriages, mine is an incredible one - but it’s work in both good and bad times. If it means the kids miss out on a holiday for the year because we need one more they do, then I don’t have an issue with that. We make an effort to say loved up stuff, I make sure he knows he’s my lover and not my roommate, he watches Downtown Abbey with me and I nod at the right moment when we talk trucks. He makes me coffee unasked and I buy him chocolates when we go to Woollies. He takes the kids out when I need a break without asking, we date every week, write notes and send texts. When he is home the kids are not allowed in the bedroom and then we holiday together; a lot. Often on holiday we go our separate ways for a recharge and meet back at some dodgy bar. I will drink too much and the rest is left to your imagination but it must be said hotel sex has to be the best sex you can and must have. So with all that in mind I turn to this acquaintance of mine and reply yes, I am going on holiday without my children and yes, I’m taking my lover with the full knowledge of my husband.
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Say G’day to Debbie We’re stoked to have The FIFO Wife, aka Debbie Russo on board here at RC as our regular rock chick columnist. She tells it how it is, from the other side of the FIFO fence - as one of those perennially waiting for a partner to come home, then go back to work just a few weeks later, literally left holding the babies. So here’s a few words from Deb herself: “Im 35 but I will forever be 26. I have three yummy boys aged 6,4 and 2 years old. I live in the country and I love it. I’ve been a FIFO wife for thirteen years now. I love it most days - note the word most - and I believe this is a lifestyle you either make it work or you dont. Its up to you. Its hard work but its worth it.” So we hope you enjoy Deb’s honest take on being a FIFO wife - insight guaranteed.
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IT WAS A TOUGH JOB BUT WE’RE PROFESSIONALS HERE AT ROCK CANDY. SO WE PUT SOME OF PERTH’S TOP GOURMET BURGER JOINTS THROUGH THEIR PACES TO SEE WHO REIGNS SUPREME IN THE BATTLE FOR THE CITY’S BEST PATTY IN A BAP.
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’d l l i r G We visited: The Mount Lawley branch for lunch We had: Simply Grill’d – grilled grass fed lean beef, salad, relish and herbed mayo ($10.50), and the Goats Cheese and Hummus burger – grilled 100% grass fed lean lamb, Meredith Dairy goats cheese, chermoula, hummus and salad ($14.50), hot chips ($4.80) with dips, a Rekorderlig strawberry and lime slushy and Coke.
We visited: The Subiaco branch on the corner of Rokeby Road. what they say
Finally a burger you can eat, without having a hangover first.
What’s the vibe?: Energetic staff, relaxed diner, a company with a conscience thanks to their promise to donate funds to local charities. A mixture of table and chair types from perch-like high tables to more relaxed arrangements on the pavement. Burger construction: My lamb burger was completely delicious, the combination of tangy goats cheese and hummus a perfect mix, cutting through the rich meat. The bun collapsed by the time I got down to the last few mouthfuls, thanks to its extreme juiciness. The beef burger was less impressive, a tad bland and underseasoned. The slushy was zingy although did inflict a storming ice-cream headache. The fries were OK, if a little forgettable. www.grilld.com.au
The verdict: A real front runner with a lamb burger that hit the spot.
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We had: The Pommy Burger – WA Amelia Park beef, MSA approved, hormonefree – char grilled, Cheddar and back bacon ($13.50); Original Lamb – WA Amelia Park lamb, char grilled, homemade mint chutney ($12.50); Original Chicken – WA Mount Barker free range chicken, hormone-free, char grilled, marinated in garlic, herbs and oil ($13.50); chips ($4.50); onion rings with aioli ($6.00);(Spanish Slaw ($4.50), cloudy apple juice ($5.95) and lemon juice ($6.50)
what they say
Our ‘Fresh no freezer allowed’ policy ensures that all of our food is cooked to order.
What’s the vibe?: An informal, come-asyou-are type place, great for kids with a corner full of colouring in stuff and books, a mish mash of table styles and a hard working line of cooks in full view of diners. Burger construction: All three burgers looked towering on arrival, with chips and slaw, and giant onion rings presented on a wooden board. We realised pretty quickly we’d over ordered but battled on bravely. These are the kinds of burgers you need to have a hinged jaw to eat, so we cut ours in half and managed better that way. The clear winner was the Original Chicken – juicy, generous slabs of free range chicken with a really delicious combination of herbs and salad. The Original Lamb was less of a knockout than the Grill’d one, while the Pommy Burger could have done with its bacon cooked for longer. A nice touch is that if you’re defeated by your order, the staff are more than happy to bag it up for you as a takeaway (which we did). www.jusburgers.com.au
The verdict: A really relaxed place, friendly staff, an especially good choice in the summer when you can sit outside on little chairs
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We visited: The (one and only) Mt Lawley branch. We had: The Steak Burger – beef pattie, bacon, green tomato chutney, Emmental cheese and caramlised onion ($17), the Porked Moose – pulled pork, marinated and roasted for 12 hours, served with its own special gravy and guacamole ($16), nachos (tomato salsa, cheese, sour cream and guacamole, bean ragout, $10.95), sweet potato fries ($5), Cokes.
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All burgers served on a Lawley’s ciabatta roll
www.theangrymoose.com.com.au
We visited: 140 William Street, Perth We had: The Jamie’s Italian Burger – Wagga Wagga beef with fontina cheese, pancetta, soft lettuce, tomato salsa, dill pickles, chilli and fried onions ($19.50), Funky Chips (with fresh garlic and parsley - $5.90), roasted pumpkins, beets and squash (tossed with chilli, garlic and roasted nuts and seeds - $6.00), Bellini (Prosecco with peach puree - $9.50)
what they say
Simple delicious food, created using superbly sourced produce
What’s the vibe?: Crazy busy – expect to queue for at least half an hour most lunch times, longer for dinner even if you have a reservation as we did. This makes even the most even tempered Oliver fan a little fraught by the time they sit down, provoking discussions about whether the hype is indeed worth the wait for essentially a meal from a franchised brand. Our table was small and although near one of the big windows, also rammed up against a pillar. Staff are polished but overstretched thanks to the restaurant’s enormous popularity at the time of going to press.
What’s the vibe?: A big generous space, it’s a hotch potch of table and seating styles, with a bottle opener chained to each table in case you want to take advantage of their BYO policy. There are wine glasses available too – a nice touch, and kids’ activity stuff to keep the little ones quiet. Graffiti art’s on the wall (by Art By Destroy – see Rising Stars p16) and the staff are young and cool. Burger construction: The Steak Burger was brilliant, perfectly cooked (medium) and held up well under the Lawley’s bun (Lawley’s own the whole joint so you’d expect the bread to be good). The Porked Moose though was a revelation – amazingly moreish, licksmackingly tender and that guacamole and gravy concoction really hit the spot. If you’ve got a hangover that needs sorting out, this is the baby to go to. I’m also a complete sweet potato fries convert – served in a cute mini deep fry cage – and the nachos, if we hadn’t already pigged out on the mains, would have been a perfect pre-drinks snack, if they’d upped the bean to nacho ratio a little. This is a franchise waiting to happen, people.
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Burger construction: We came specifically to try the burger and found it to be another towering edifice of meat and bread. It was, however, disappointingly dry, lacked a tasty sauce to maintain lip-smackability, and over all, was our least favourite of the lot. We really weren’t digging the ‘funky’ chips either, I’m sorry to say. On the plus side, we loved the little pickled chillis that were served alongside the bun, raved about the cured and crispy fish antipasti we had as a starter, and the Bellini was a thing of cocktail beauty. www.jamieoliver.com
The verdict: A not so pukka
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HEATH'S HELPLINE
Suicide is a dark shadow hovering over the lives of many, threatening to rob families of loved ones. So the onus is on all of us to keep an eye on our mates and watch for the warning signs which could mean the difference between life and death.
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I IT’S A CHILLING STATISTIC THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE COMPLETED SUICIDES IN AUSTRALIA LAST YEAR THAN ROAD TOLL DEATHS”
If you need immediate assistance, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467. For further information about depression, contact beyondblue on 1300 22 4636 or www.beyondblue.org.au or talk to your GP, local health professional or someone you trust
had my own secret suicide plan in 2008 on a footy trip to South East Asia. Nobody knew that I had made the plan and I’d made the decision that I wasn’t going to complete the suicide on my own – I wanted to put myself in a position where somebody would do it for me. I almost got my wish too – a gun was pulled on me in Thailand after I got into a fight. Fortunately I was pulled back from the brink but I’ll never forget those feelings of loneliness, the way I felt there was no support and that the world had let me down. I just couldn’t see a way out of the pain that I was feeling. In the footy world, there’s a constant pressure to perform, and a constant pressure to earn more and more money to keep up with financial expectations. You’re worried about being dropped which leads to self esteem issues, relationship problems, and before you know it you’re buying a $1 million house and pretty quickly you’re looking to upgrade to a $5 million dollar one. The pressure never lets up. In some ways it’s a similar story in the FIFO world and in the Wheatbelt’s drought-stricken areas where I’ve been visiting communities recently. Third or fourth generation farmers are under pressure to perform from the older generations and warning signs begin to appear. People are up and down with their moods, they’re detaching themselves from things they’d normally do, like missing
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footy matches or not eating properly. These are all signs which may lead to something more serious and you should watch for triggers like a friend giving away all their possessions, or the verbalisation of a sudden desire to ‘disappear’. Others offer to give away their pets, and I’ve been taught to approach such situations in clear ways. You have to ask the hardest questions of a loved on in this kind of despair, and it’s just one sentence. “Are you suicidal, or are you at risk of harming yourself?” If they are and they have a plan, then it’s likely that they will tell you. Then the next question is to find out what their plan is, which puts them in a position to respond. Then it’s “where are you gonna do it?”, and then it’s up to you to hold that person’s hand until you can get them help. In rural areas it’s fair to say that resources are just not there, but if we scratch hard enough we’ll find help. There’s plenty of resources online – Lifeline is particularly excellent, as well as Headspace which has a chatroom and the Suicide Call Back Service. Some mining companies are going the extra mile and providing counseling services which is fantastic but in many cases it’s going to come down to mates looking out for each other and spotting the warning signs. It’s a chilling statistic that there have been more completed suicides in Australia last year than road toll deaths. Together we can try to make that a statistic of the past.
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In 2011, 1,727 males (15.3 per 100,000) and 546 females (4.8 per 100,000) died by suicide, a total of 2,273 deaths (10.0 per 100,000), which equates to an average of six deaths by suicide in Australia each day. For those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, the suicide rate is 2.5 times higher for males and 3.4 times higher for females than for the corresponding non-Indigenous population. In 2011, approximately 76% of people who died by suicide were males and 24% were females. Suicide is the leading cause of death in Australia for the 15 to 34 age group of males, accounting for three in four deaths.
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uicide is one of the most uncomfortable and unpopular topics of discussion, especially among men. Evidence shows that one of the major causes of suicide for young males is relationship break ups. Relationship splits can often be the thing that tips someone over the edge but usually there are heaps of underlying issues going on at the same time. Issues such as isolation, fatigue, unrealistic expectations, financial pressure, information overload, stress and substance misuse all play a huge part in what gets us to that “tipping point” of considering or attempting suicide. What can we do about this? As a psychologist working with male dominated groups, such as the military and emergency eervices, I would say the best way to address the issue of suicide is to firstly be open about the fact that suicide occurs (recognise that suicide is a real issue) and secondly work on helping each other out as mates and colleagues (ask directly about suicide). Generally, when someone suicides, friends and relatives often look back and remember events or statements indicating the risk of suicide was increasing, but they didn’t directly ask about suicide. Failing to ask about suicide and allowing it to happen can haunt family and friends for a lifetime, as they could have done something if they had asked and acted sooner. Another reason why people don’t ask their mates and families about suicide is that most of us are scared about the answer we might get. What would you do if the person you asked said “Yeah, I have thought of killing myself”? The best way to prepare for this situation is to attend a Suicide Prevention Training session. I highly recommend it as training will equip you with the skills and confidence to ask the question and then manage any immediate support that might be required. If you think Suicide Awareness Training would benefit you or your work place ask your manager for training and get in contact with us. IN THE MEANTIME JUST REMEMBER TWO SIMPLE THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO SUICIDE PREVENTION. 1. RECOGNISE THAT SUICIDE IS A REAL ISSUE. 2. ASK DIRECTLY ABOUT SUICIDE IF YOU NOTICE ANY INDICATORS. IF YOU CAN DO THIS THEN YOU MIGHT JUST SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE.
If you have any questions or need any advice, please shoot me an email and I’ll be glad to help. info@criticalcomponents.com.au
Joshua Hawes principal psychologist at Critical Components
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Dr John van Bockxmeer is the driving force behind the innovative charity, Fair Game, which for the past two years has provided recycled and pre-loved sporting equipment to some of the more impoverished communities around WA. The young, entirely voluntary workers who deliver footy boots, balls and other equipment to remote communities in the Pilbara, Kimberley and Perth are intent on delivering the healthbringing benefits of sport to youngsters who need it most. And thanks to the support of major companies like BHP and most recently the Fremantle Dockers it looks like the good doctor and his motley crew of like-minded health workers are onto a winner.
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RC: WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT LIVING IN WA? JVB: I love the state’s open spaces, healthy lifestyle and fresh air – and also the way it creates opportunities and encourages support for ideas like Fair Game. RC: WHAT COULD YOU DO WITHOUT? JVB: I’m not a fan of the tall poppy syndrome which seems to pervade Australian society. I could also really do without mosquitoes – not that they bite me much, but more because of all the diseases they spread. And over regulation – we’re all required to fill out way too many forms. RC: WHAT COULDN’T YOU DO WITHOUT? JVB: Apart from friends and family, I couldn’t do without the quality fresh food that we’re so lucky to have in WA, as well as sport and fitness. RC: WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? JVB: I’m pretty proud of Fair Game’s achievements so far, considering we are all young, and giving our time for free. In addition to my day job (John is a GP and registrar in the A & E department of Charlie Gairdner’s hospital), I spend about three hours every day working on the charity.
RC: WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IF NOT IN WA? JVB: I spent some time over Christmas working in London’s A & E departments, so I think if I didn’t live in WA, it would be the UK. It’s so well placed as a base to visit other places like Africa. RC: WHO IS YOUR HERO? JVB: It’s Douglas Mawson, the Australian Antarctic explorer who went through exceptional hardships during his expedition to the South Pole in 1911. He didn’t do it for financial reward but ended up contributing an immense amount in terms of international collaboration and scientific research.
RC: WHAT ONE THING WOULD MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER? JVB: Other than a 25th hour in the day, I’d like to factor in more time to laugh. I went to some of the shows during the Fringe festival this year, and realised that while I was laughing at some shows, I’d managed to completely switch off for an hour. RC: WHO MAKES YOU LAUGH? JVB:My friend Chris, who’s a school teacher, is an eternal prankster. He doesn’t take anything seriously – and that’s refreshing because sometimes I think I’m too serious.
RC: TELL US SOMETHING WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU. JVB: I’m quite flexible and enjoy yoga. RC: WHAT’S THE LAST THING YOU THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT? JVB: I see a lot of terrible things during my job at the hospital and I suppose like all doctors, I think about the decisions I’ve made and the patients I’ve treated.
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ou can’t beat the location, that’s for sure - sun sparkling on the turqouise sea, lapping the powder soft sand off Leighton Beach, a retro ice cream hut picturesquely squatting next to Bib & Tucker’s verandah packed with people who look like they can’t believe their luck. What? Somewhere in Perth where you can actually eat and drink in full view of the sea without a road or traffic or buildings in the way of that view? Who’d have thought it possible? Well it is possible, thanks to the vision of a trio of mates - Eamon Sullivan, Steve Hooker and Jamie Dwyer - all professional sportspeople who wanted to create an eatery where they’d like to eat. Bib & Tucker is the result - an ocean-kissed restaurant with proper cooking chops, thanks to head chef and Rockpool alumni, Scott Bridger, his army of chef mates and some serious pieces of kitchen kit. “This is the spit roast,” says Scott, showing me around his impressive cooking toys. “We’ll cook a whole suckling pig on here, as well as chicken rubbed with chermoula, charcoal grilled prawns, maybe some guinea fowl.” Cheek by jowel is a clever adjustable grill which allows Scott and his guys to keep the level of heat just right when he’s roasting meats, haloumi, whatever - it’s top notch stuff, the latest thing, and custom made. And
next to that, there’s a huge pizza oven, big enough to cook a whole teenager in, a centrepiece furnace which goes a long way in creating the restaurant’s epically good pizzas’ crispy bases and just right toppings. It’s the kind of place where the chefs make their own pastries, flavour their own butters and jams, where they serve things on hefty pieces of driftwood yet have the lightness of touch to create dishes like a crudo of fish - a sashimi style serve of the freshest fish imaginable with a cloud burst of apple essence, radish and jalapenos. It’s addictive, this beach-style schizzle. Scott, who has worked around the globe on some of the world’s most glamorous private yachts as head chef has brought a level-headed captaincy to the gig - as well as a clear sighted vision about the type of food he wants to serve. “I’ve created a menu which reflects the best ingredients we’ve got available here in WA. I’ve loved the creataivity, tweaking the kitchen and the menu. It’s fresh, it’s chilled out, you can come for a drink or a full three course menu of beachside food. Bib & Tucker can be basically whatever you want it to be.” Bib & Tucker, 18 Leighton beach Bvd, North Fremantle For bookings - 08 9433 2147/ info@bibandtucker.net.au Check www.bibandtucker.net.au for opening times.
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Gracie gilbert Perth girl Gracie Gilbert, 20, is about to steal your hearts starring as Ida Pender, in the newest addition to the Underbelly franchise, Underbelly: Squizzy. We find out what makes this rising star tick.
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who’s this, then? WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM ?: WERE THE MORE EXPERIENCED I’m Gracie Gilbert and I am living in CAST MEMBERS SUPPORTIVE TO Melbourne but I’m originally a Perth girl. THE YOUNGER STARS?:
HOW DID YOU GET INTO ACTING?:
I have been a storyteller from a young age... I like to think of myself as having a vivid imagination as a child, which did get me into a few sticky situations.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CURRENT ROLE IN UNDERBELLY:
I play Ida Pender, one of the loves in Squizzy›s life. She is young, vivacious and falls in love with the dangerous lifestyle Squizzy leads.
WHAT’S THE BEST PART OF YOUR CAREER?: I love doing what I do and I feel so lucky when given the opportunity to tell a story. Playing a character like Ida has been so rewarding, she was such a progressive young woman, lots of fun, although a little bit naughty.
DO YOU PREFER WORKING ON A PERIOD SET OR IN A MORE MODERN ERA?:
No preference really, both bring their own challenges. The costumes, hair and make up on Squizzy were amazing though.
There was such a sense of support among the cast, particularly between the females. As a young actor it is always such a huge learning opportunity to be working with such seasoned professionals.
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS MAY BE YOUR BREAKTHROUGH ROLE?: I don’t like to think of it as a breakthrough role. It was very exciting to be a part of such a successful and iconic Australian franchise, I made some great friends, I learned a lot and if it brings more opportunities then that›s a bonus.
WHAT ARE THE DOWNSIDES OF BEING RECOGNISED?:
I don’t really get recognised very often. However, when it does happen, I always seem to be in trackie pants.
DOES ANYBODY LEAVE YOU STARSTRUCK?: Yes, I find myself starstruck often despite my best efforts to remain cool. But luckily everyone I have met and worked with are really down to earth.
ARE YOU A COLD OR HOT WEATHER PERSON?: Being from sunny Perth, the first Melbourne winter hit me hard. I think I am definitely a hot weather person.
IF YOU WEREN’T DOING THIS, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?: I would probably be at uni finishing my Law degree... but right now, I am having too much fun.
DESCRIBE THE FEELING WHEN YOU FINISHED FILMING UNDERBELLY:
Hungry! I keep a pretty strict diet and exercise regime while I am filming so wrapping and coming home to a Gilbert Christmas was really nice.
WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO LIVE IN THE WORLD?:
I am not sure - I have done a lot of travelling but have still got a long list of places I am yet to explore... TBC I guess.
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the last word
When nature calls By Heath Franklin
There is absolutely nothing like camping, apart from being homeless in a national park, which is almost exactly like camping. Think about it - getting pissed by a fire, food from a can, sleeping on the ground under the stars, not bathing and pooping a minimum of 100m from the fire. Yep, if you tried any of that anywhere in the city, people would throw coins at you, but out in the bush, under the stars, it’s all good. It also makes it hard for the cops, or anyone else to find you if you’ve been a bit ‘stabby’. So, when the heat is on, there is no reason you can’t turn a quick getaway into a quick getaway. Now, a lot of people pack carloads of crap to go camping tents, camping stoves, torches, mosquito nets, batteries, plates, cups, sporks, knives, bolt cutters, fake IDs, etc etc etc, but putting all this crap in your car is just going to slow you down. If you want to turn the outdoors to the f**king great outdoors, leave the following three items in your boot at all times.
1 A KNIFE When you’re camping there’s no problem that can’t be solved with a knife. Tie it to a stick and stab something with it, carve something with it, cut some smug house-sized-tent owning douche bag’s ropes, or use it to let the ranger know you won’t be paying to use the facilities. Bringing a knife to a gunfight is stupid. Bringing a knife to a place where people don’t even have knives? That makes you king. You won’t need forks because if you can’t eat a can of beans from the edge of your bowie knife after half a bottle of bourbon, you just don’t deserve beans.
2 MATCHES OR A LIGHTER Without a fire, it’s not camping. END. OF. DISCUSSION. You can cook something you’ve stabbed, dry your clothes and that getaway car isn’t going to burn itself. A good campfire is like nature’s cell mate. You’ll sleep well if you’re warm all night. You won’t need an air mattress, or a pillow. From my experience, sleeping while heavily armed provides a degree of comfort that all the duck feathers in the world can’t give. Also, if you can pass out near the fire, you won’t even get cold. Except the part of you that isn’t facing the fire, it will get freezing cold. Try to rotate yourself slowly like a kebab shop meat slab to warm yourself evenly.
3 A SHOVEL Something about the greasy diet of beer, beans from a can and sausages cooked on sticks tends to make you need to sneak out a grunter. As stated above, you should be at least 100m from the campsite when you smash one out, (just a bit of old fashioned respect). It’s not about smelling it, it’s about hearing it. Use the shovel to dig a hole about a metre away from a sapling. Pick a strong looking one because you are gonna use it to keep your balance as you ‘make a transfer’. Or alternatively just walk to about 85m out, crap on the shovel and fling it the last 20 or so metres away. A shovel can also be used to wang someone over the head if they start asking too many questions about what ‘crops’ you’re growing, and I don’t know if you’ve ever tried digging a hole the size of a fat park ranger with your hands, but it’s no picnic. The rest takes care of itself. Camping is something everyone loves, especially if you absolutely, positively must disappear. Because apart from the serenity and peace, the best thing about spending time in Mother Nature is she keeps her f**king mouth shut.