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Long Lunch
Gold Coast-based not-for-profit, Serving Our People (SOP), hosted their first Ladies Long Lunch Charity event, welcoming over 350 guests to celebrate and recognise the women who have supported the organisation since its inception. A number of notable personalities were in attendance including 2021 Olympians, Logan Martin and Curtis McGrath. Hosted by Sea FM personality, Bianca Dye, the exclusive, invite-only event raised more than $430,000 through auctions and generous donations from the business community, helping SOP continue their plight as Australia’s fastest-growing charity. For more information on SOP, or to register as a volunteer, please visit: sop.org.au
Symbol of style
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 31mm timepiece with a yellow dial and an Oyster bracelet. RRP $7,250 rolex.com
Holiday here
Australia’s largest independent sustainably-led five-star hospitality group, Crystalbrook Collection, has launched a series of luxurious holiday packages to celebrate new travel freedoms and help guests get back to poolside days and balmy evenings. Each hotel in the Crystalbrook Collection carries an authentic expression of its location, a passion for responsible luxury, considered design and a twinkle of fun for a uniquely enriching experience. Crystalbrook’s Queensland portfolio includes: Crystalbrook Riley, Cairns; Crystalbrook Bailey, Cairns; Crystalbrook Flynn, Cairns; and Crystalbrook Vincent, Brisbane. crystalbrookcollection.com
Ready to set sail
Emerald Azzurra, the first custom-built superyacht by Emerald Cruises, has successfully completed its first sea trials in Vietnam, departing Ha Long Shipyard on 20 November at 06:00, with the operation completed within 48 hours. The vessel will shortly undergo the final touches to its interior and exterior, as well as complete the training of the on board teams, before the maiden voyage on 28 January 2022. Offering a luxury small ship cruising experience, Emerald Azzurra, will carry just 100 guests in 50 deluxe suites and staterooms, with more than 80 per cent of cabins featuring a balcony. The 10th vessel in the Emerald Cruises fleet – joining nine river cruising Star-Ships – Emerald Azzurra will launch with its eight-day Best of the Red Sea itinerary. Contact Cove Travel for more information. 07 5577 9211 | covetravel.com.au
Exclusive experience
Awaken the senses with an exclusive evening of art, culture and culinary delights at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art’s (QAGOMA) First Artists: Exceptional Indigenous Art and Dining Experience. For $4,199 enjoy a private tour of Queensland's unique Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and cultural history. Hear from an Australian First Nations storyteller, artist and curator before joining them for an intimate dinner by Koori Chef Chris Jordan and QAGOMA’s Executive Chef Doug Innes-Wills. The immersive experience is brought together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander live music and dance performances. Alternatively, opt for the group experience connecting artwork and culture, with a tour of the exhibition, hands-on creative activities and canapes for $465 per person. qagoma.qld.gov.au
The Renaissance City
Record regional migraton is driving an excitng revival on the Gold Coast. Janelle Estreich speaks to SeaBreeze Design & Construct whose striking debut project has broken new ground.
Go behind the scenes of Jabiru House
LURED BY SUN, surf and a laidback lifestyle, more Australians relocated from capital cites to the Gold Coast than any other region in 2021.
That mass migraton has triggered a renaissance of sorts on the Gold Coast, with metro migrants reinvigoratng the city with fresh energy, ideas and capital.
SeaBreeze Design & Construct is led by designers Renée Ellen and Paul Lingard who, along with their team of engineers and trades, are among those who now call the Gold Coast home.
“The Gold Coast has sufered for a long tme from being a holiday home outpost, when it really has all the elements of a world-class destnaton,” says Ellen.
The unique SeaBreeze brand of holistc house and landscape design has not gone unnotced — their debut Gold Coast project Jabiru House smashed the Mudgeeraba house price record twice, selling prior to aucton each tme.
Inspired by Brazilian architecture and the imperfect beauty of natural materials, Jabiru House carves a memorable presence in the well-to-do hinterland haven of Jabiru Estate.
SeaBreeze worked closely with the overseas owner on the inital concept, and remotely managed the 12-month project smoothly through each phase; from design, constructon and landscaping through to handmade furnishings and styling.
The project has seen SeaBreeze atract those clients with a keen appreciaton for design and a strong desire to enjoy the surrounding landscape as a natural extension of their home.
“I think the type of people who are migratng to the Gold Coast have something in common: they want to get out of the city,” says Ellen.
SeaBreeze specialises in semi-rural and hinterland sites behind the Gold Coast and in Northern NSW where home and landscape design take advantage of space, natural beauty and relatve isolaton.
“The way we live and use a home in Australia is diferent to other countries,” says Ellen. “We all love that indooroutdoor style of living, but we also have the opportunity to take that a step further by creatng an of-grid retreat.
