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t was a haiku of contempt. Succinct, devastating. providing cathartic space for infuriated and frustrated “Melbourne Airport. Useless.” travellers to unburden themselves of their horror It was all the well-known Liberal Party pollster, Mark experiences – 15 minutes creeping 500 metres! – and Textor, needed to say. With just three words he conjured wail in bewilderment at why it seems to be getting the unbelievable and completely unacceptable gridlock worse, not better. (And a word to the wise: these chat and chaos that is now the permanent state of the rooms have cleverly observed that on approaching approach to our major domestic and international the gridlock, the Skybus invariably diverts off the airport. Welcome to basing federal election freeway and onto Melrose Drive, avoiding the Liberal Party headquarters in Melbourne, Mr crunch but adding about eight minutes to the “what the Textor. Have a nice stay. expected trip. Something to bear in mind.)

Have you seen it lately? And not just during And now there’s the politically charged hell is peak hour? Once past Mickleham Road and issue of the proposed east-west tunnel link going on?” often, God help me, even before Mickleham depositing more traffic more quickly onto the Road, traffic grinds to a halt and slowly and Tullamarine Freeway and choking an already infuriatingly creeps all the way to the elevated failing airport entrance. drop-off points for all airlines. For the country’s Let me say this nice and loud so that anyone with a second-biggest airport, it is a complete embarrassment. responsibility for this might hear me: what the hell is Numbers at Melbourne Airport are impressive. For a going on? modest facility in a medium-sized city, it services nearly Is it the old issue of too much traffic because of a joint 29 million passengers a year. But that’s just today – a domestic/international terminal and the well-known day with long, static lines of private cars, taxis and buses need to split the two? Is it true, as it appears to me, that snaking away from the airport, back down the freeway. a dual carriageway is simply insufficient for the traffic Passenger numbers are expected to reach 46.5 million a needs and should have been expanded a long time ago? year by 2023 and 64.4 million by 2033.

(Before they put in a pedestrian walkway and a hotel The daily traffic situation on the approach to that will now be very difficult to retrofit).

Melbourne Airport is so staggering it is now the stuff of Or is all this the long-expected legacy of sequential legend: entire frequent flyer chat rooms are devoted to state governments failing to provide the fast airport rail

link that was so cleverly anticipated and designed at the time of the original airport plan?

A third runway is planned for the airport and will give it the highest capacity in the country. It will be operational from 2022 and, to make your pride swell and blood run cold at the same time, Australia Pacific Airports Corp chief executive Chris Woodruff boasts of “taking the fight to Sydney and outgrowing them”.

Oh goody. But I’m damned if I know how all those new passengers are going to make all those new flights on time. Qantas chief Alan Joyce gets it: “There’s no point in having new runways and terminals if people are waiting hours to get to the facility,” he says.

Joyce wants the rail link. Melbourne Airport wants it. Let’s not waste time talking about how many of us would like one, too. Instead, every time you hear a politician – and by politician I mean Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott – say during this election campaign that they want to build a better, modern Australia with infrastructure we can be proud of, phone party headquarters and give them the Melway co-ordinates for postcode 3045. If you’re stuck in Tullamarine traffic trying to make your plane, you should have plenty of time to do it. \

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adies and gentlemen, welcome to the sick season.

The kids’ schoolyard is empty, teachers are absent, the soccer team is minus 10, and I’m getting “so and so has gone home unwell” emails all day.

Over here, we’ve had one kid home from school all week with intermittent fever and a raging sore throat.

I know man-flu is a recognised phenomenon, but in our house we also have the kid-flu. She’s dying, of course – the other night, while I administered Panadol at 3am, she asked if I thought she might survive this thing. Yes, honey, I said, but I’m not sure I will.

There’s no denying she’s sick. She has aches and pains, a grotty cough, and no appetite for anything except icy poles and crackers. I’m just not convinced she is quite as sick as she sounds.

What I’m hearing are these delicate, shaky, something-terrible-is-happening-to-my-body moans, and when I go to her expecting to find some dire turn of events – severe vomiting, a blocked artery perhaps – she says, “Oh, I’m just sooooooo hot”, or “I’m just sooooo thirsty”, or “I’m just sooooooooo tired but I can’t sleep”.

If man-flu is defined by a masculine propensity to exaggerate cold and flu symptoms, then kid-flu is made three times worse because, while they’re lying around on the couch demanding lemonade and tissues, they are also moaning about missing out on stuff.

Strange, but my kids really like school. They don’t want to miss out, not so much on the schoolwork but on rehearsals for concerts – and then there’s sport and music and art. Even unlimited access to Minecraft is not cutting it right now.

Actually, you’d think unlimited access to her parents might also have cheered her up, because all week one of us has had to stay home with her, which strangely didn’t

seem to rock her boat at all. For us as kids, getting a day off to watch Days of Our Lives and eat boiled eggs with mum made being sick so much easier to swallow.

She has just asked me what day it is, and when I said Thursday she almost cried because it’s sausage roll day in the school tuckshop. I’ve also been submitted to a barrage of questions about what I think they might be doing at school right now. Sometimes, I think she’d actually like me to ring and find out.

Anyway, we’ve just been to the doctor and, since he told her she wasn’t going to die, she’s picked up a bit.

We went to the bakery and got a sausage roll. Now she’s watching Harry Potter, and laughing.

Melbourne thrives on its winter epidemics. It brings us together. It is our shared pain. This week I’ve discussed the colour of nasal emissions with the lovely lady in the chemist, had a to-give-antibiotics-or-not-togive-antibiotics discussion with mums at school, and listened in detail to my friend outline the development of her son’s tonsillitis. I was actually interested.

And I’ve been part of conversations about temperatures (my daughter’s friend told me one of hers was 41.6 and she didn’t even faint), compared really bad middle-of-the-night asthma stories, and got a bit competitive about how many times we’ve had to ring the nurse-on-call service at 4am.

This might go on for a while now. Because the reality is, as soon as one kid starts to recover and get back into the school routine, the other will come down with it.

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BarISTa \ LEANNE TOLRA REVIEWS TWO DUDES KITCHEN The names of three South CAFÉ Yarra cafés called to me on the same day: Husband (check) and Two

PNG added to create balance. It’s nutty, sweet and earthy. Dishes such as the house specialty chilli mince on sourdough, the triple pig roll (pork belly, bacon and ham) and the mushrooms, tomato, asparagus and avocado with poached eggs aren’t just for the fellas.

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Dudes (ditto, late teen and pre-teen at home) – both on Malvern Road, and My Legendary Girlfriend (which one?) on Domain Road.

I started with Husband, which is in its early Six days a week Dennis days and still has a sign taped to its front Gray operates the La window. It’s nicely appointed, needs a little Marzocco espresso machine at Two Dudes. refining, but shows promise (the café, that In his other life he’s a flair bartender is; mine’s been around awhile). (yes, think Cocktail and Tom Cruise, My Legendary Girlfriend was fun, “I Didn’t 1988). Making coffee was something quirky and showed some spunk even really he did as an adjunct to bartending beside its more traditional SY like coffee – until he joined Bay Espresso, a neighbours. I’ll be back with one or specialty coffee roaster in Hawkes two of my own. until then” Bay in his native New Zealand about Two Dudes – tidier and better eight years ago. organised than either of mine – won “I didn’t even really like coffee until me over for its food, décor, attitude and then. That was when I learnt to make proper best-on-the-day coffee. coffee,” he says.

It’s the work of locals – Brian Townsend, Gray moved to Melbourne from New Cassandra Townsend and Elliot Wood.

Zealand four years ago to establish his Brian Townsend has worked in hospitality business, Flair Demons, and learn more about for 25 years and runs five-year-old postcode the city’s coffee scene. He’s worked at Kazbar sibling Maya Tequila Bar and Grill. Wood in Chapel Street, and, funnily enough, at My is a first-time café owner with a hospitality Legendary Girlfriend. “Personality is the most background, and Cassandra Townsend is a important aspect of being a barista,” he says. lawyer who supports the two dudes behind “Getting a perfect extraction goes without the scenes. saying, but giving customers something extra The coffee, roasted by Derek Silva of in their day is what makes them come back.” \ Espresso House, is predominantly South ltolra@theweeklyreview.com.au American beans with Indian, Kenyan and

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hen it comes to wine, single is the being added to the fermentation to increase new black. Provenance is a big perfume in reds, or the wine may be matured trend in wine and wineries are in a high proportion of new oak for extra highlighting the virtues of specific vineyards structure and tannins. by naming them on wine labels.

Single-vineyard wines also come to life Of course, single-vineyard wines are no without any specific planning. There may new thing for the small producers out there be a handful of barrels from a particular who toil away at their own little patch of vineyard that stand out when the time comes dirt, striving to get the best out of their vines to blend the barrels and create the final wine. and the grapes they produce. Many of these These wines are bottled separately and have producers label their wines as single-vineyard often been labelled as “reserve” in the past. wines as a matter of course. Others label Winemakers are starting to name these according to estate. wines after the vineyard from which most Speak to any winemaker or they were produced. single vigneron and they’ll all point to To my mind, it’s a smart vineyard a section of a vineyard that they move. The term reserve has been drops don’t grabbed by wineries’ marketing believe produces the best grapes. come cheap departments and is used quite freely Several winemakers take the single-vineyard concept further and on wine labels these days. Where produce single-block wines from these reserve once stood for a selection of special grapes. wine that the winemaker thought was the It might be a particular aspect in the best of a vintage, in many cases it’s now just vineyard, a different soil type, or even a few another tier in a brand’s portfolio. rows of vines at the top of a hill that produce Naming the wine after the vineyard is the best grapes. often a noble thing to do: quite often the The grapes from these sections of a growers don’t get the recognition they vineyard are often given different treatment deserve with their wines. in the winery after they’ve been picked.

In the Barossa there are signs lining the They’ll be fermented in isolation before being highway with the name of the winery the syphoned, or racked as the winemakers say, grapes go to and often the name of the wine to oak barrels that have been specifically they help make. From a wine lover’s point of chosen to make what the winemaker hopes view, it’s just like putting a face to a name. will bring out the best in the wine.

There’s only one problem with most single Of course, winemakers strive to make the vineyard-labelled wines – they don’t come best wines possible with all of the grapes at cheap. The wines are limited to a certain their disposal, but I’ve spoken to plenty who number of cases and, when demand is high, have given months of thought about the best the bottles are priced accordingly. \ bthomas@theweeklyreview.com.au way to make wines from their special block.

Examples of this include whole bunches Follow Ben on Twitter @senorthomas of grapes, rather than individual berries,

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poachEd FIsh curry

pork BElly WIth chInEsE BroccolI In oystEr saucE

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ummer came and went and, despite intention, this reviewer didn’t manage to dine at South Wharf, a precinct I had intended to keep an eye on. Somehow I’m back again mid-winter. And it still feels like the doors to many of the refurbished cargo sheds are starkly closed against the climate: financial; environmental; diner whimsy, take your pick. But there are patches of warmth around Common Man, where I’ve had a couple of decent winter meals, at a slowly emerging coffee franchise and in the AstroTurf-ed, bicycle-enhanced bling that surrounds Thai-style eatery BangPop. It was, briefly, The Sharing House, a fine-dining concept that never really filled seats this far south of the city. At time of writing, Paul Mathis and Frank De Rango were still the managing directors of BangPop, its four-month-old successor, and other restaurants including neighbouring Akachochin, Firechief and Goldilocks in Hawthorn and Henry & the Fox in Little Collins Street. But there have been newspaper stories about the troubled Mathis empire. His spokesman insisted these were inaccurate, but did confirm one of the directors soon would be departing.

That makes for uneasy staff. But in the lively, vibrant BangPop space crowds seemed steady, if not heaving, and the waiters genuinely cheery.

A nearby couple ordered confidently and snapped photos of their dishes. They ate quickly, laughed a lot and left. Another duo sat on the floor beside us to play with the Lego blocks that wrap around the bar.

That installation cost a reported $12,000 as part of the original design, so it was good to see it getting some use.

On pretty plates with curly garnishes, BangPop’s food is flashy and fast to the table. In and out quickly, as you would at a street stall – or so that you’ve got time to get back to business at the DFO, The Plenary or the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Dishes borrow myriad elements from Thai street food – names, ingredients and complex flavour combinations – and there’s a spice-level warning on the menu. But curry pastes are made in a Pacojet, and classically trained chef Kam McManamey (ex Dandelion) admits he employs sous vide techniques, too.

Grilled turmeric chicken ribs (kai khmin yang nam prik pla raa), the poultry marinated in the mild spice with white pepper and fish sauce, will appeal to the non-spice lovers. Their stouter counterparts will be enamoured of the generous serve of pla ra, a fermented fish paste and chilli-enhanced relish that adds a robust, earthy element to the dunked ribs. A side of vibrant mint, basil and other herbs recruits another layer of flavour receptors.

Post-ordering, four little white pots are delivered, bearing condiments to add sweet, spicy, salty or sour elements to the food: sugar, chilli, fish sauce and red wine vinegar. It’s interactive, pseudo-authentic, and fun.

So are the Bangkok-inspired cocktails.

We recommend the Tom Yam Siam – vodka, lychee

there’s a spice-level warning on the menu

stEamEd coconut puddIng

and lime juice, garnished with lime leaf and chilli.

Any Thai restaurant claiming bona fide heat levels is a challenge to spice cowboys. The jungle curry (gaeng bpaa kai – chicken, wood ear mushrooms and young bamboo) is BangPop’s hottest, our helpful waiter informs us.

I’m no cowboy – not even in the line of duty. I go lower down the spice chain to the yellow fish curry (gaeng leung tai). Barramundi was the catch of the day, dressed with pla grop – a curl of flash-fried salted fish.

Turmeric, chilli, kaffir lime, lemongrass, shallots and garlic gave it definite fire and intensity.

We experimented with the flavour enhancers, adding sugar and fish sauce to adjust the heat and augment the greens.

Stir-fried Chinese broccoli and crispy pork belly “croutons” – slices of finely treated pork belly with crunchy caramelised edges – tossed with oyster sauce, chilli and garlic were a pleasing chaser to the comparably one-dimensional curry. Texture, spice,

sweetness and elements of salt were all present. We didn’t need to fiddle.

Salads are this reviewer’s Thai food penchant. The cooler temperature of the ingredients elevates and divides the flavours. I can identify ingredients and bring them into focus. Aromatics are less evident, so a search for them sharpens the senses (that’s my theory). The larb kai (poached ground chicken salad) stole the night for me with its vivid mint, intense chilli, shallots and spices and supremely tender meat: fresh, feisty, fabulous.

I don’t think I’d pass up desserts at BangPop either. An emerald puddle of tapioca, coloured by pandan leaves and topped with mango sorbet soothes overstimulated taste buds. And McManamey’s steamed coconut pudding served with excellent lychee sorbet will long remind me to return in summer. \ ltolra@theweeklyreview.com.au to rEad morE rEvIEWs

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From the lights, the bikes and the trees out front to its timber-lined walls, sparkling fittings and glossy surfaces, BangPop is a visual treat. and to think it’s just a shed. Mirrors, the colourful Lego-lined bar and in-theme kitchen walls add layers of interest and lightheartedness rarely achieved in such big, open restaurant spaces. Pale-timber sharing tables, low-backed chairs and stools and coloured walls enhance the theme. Bikes, bolted to planter boxes, attract photo-happy tourists but, at this stage, are not for hire. \

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t’s impossible to come away from time spent with Tim McCallum and not see the world through different eyes. That’s because of the man’s relentless positivity in the face of a struggle that would break lesser people. We’ve met at a city café in Melbourne so I can hear his extraordinary story: how the kid from Geelong with dreams of being on the world’s stages as a singer and actor broke his neck at the beach one day and became a quadriplegic at 18, and then went on to pursue his love of performing and pretty much anything else he wanted to do, including skiing. More of that later.

McCallum, 33, grew up in Geelong and attended Belmont High, which he says boasted more than its fair share of track athletes, swimmers and footballers.

It suited McCallum. “I loved sport,” he says. “I loved athletics, I loved tennis, basketball.” He was in the local basketball team representing Victoria.

“Athletics took over towards the end of high school,” he says. “I was a sprinter. All of a sudden the speed kicked in. I just had the ability to run really fast.”

He was offered a running scholarship in Canada.

McCallum spent a lot of time on the family dairy farm in Glenormiston. “I grew up on the farm as a second home,” he says. “My parents would take me down every school holiday. It’s always had a really special place in my heart. Motorbikes, pulling fences, birthing calves and milking cows … all that stuff.”

dream realised. “It was scary going over because I’d never left home. I was in a new town, but it was where I wanted to be.

“On the Saturday before starting the course we went to Scarborough Beach for a swim. My friends were out on their surfboards. I ran into the water a couple of times, ran back out, ran in, and I happened to run a different direction 10 metres to the left … and I dived into an incoming wave and I hit my head on a sand bar.

“I instantly broke my neck and was paralysed straight away. I remember feeling the electric shock down the back. I couldn’t move anything. I could see these hands in front of me and I thought, ‘Great, someone’s come to get me’ and then I realised they were my hands and I couldn’t actually move them.

“It was at that stage that I blanked out. Just before that I thought, ‘Gee I hope someone saw me go in otherwise this is it’. My four mates I was there with brought me in on a surfboard, laid me on the sand and called paramedics. That was the moment that my life changed significantly forever.” He was 18.

McCallum was put into halo traction, a circle bar placed around his head with weights hanging off the back of the bed to hold his neck in a certain position.

He was in halo traction for six weeks, unable to move anything. Some shoulder and arm movement returned but there were no major steps to complete recovery.

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The Voice McCallum’s trio of passions were sport, the country “They always wait six weeks until they give you a and the arts. He started singing when he was six and his proper diagnosis, but … we knew what the news was sister Noni was four. “My mum and dad were looking going to be: that I wouldn’t walk again. I got that news at things for Noni and me to do so they could get us out on the day of the six-week mark. The doctor came in. of the house for an hour. Mum and dad saw an ad in a I knew it was coming. He said, ‘Yep, the time’s up; it’s local paper by a lady offering singing lessons to young not going to get any better than this’. There were no ifs children. That same weekend we were on holiday at or buts. I was shattered. I think I cried for a couple of Barwon Heads and we were sitting around the campfire days. I’d always hoped that I would walk again but I and there was a young girl a couple of years older who kind of knew … but hearing the news is another thing.” had been doing singing lessons. We were sitting round McCallum spent 13 weeks in Perth and then the fire singing the theme song from The Greatest six months of rehabilitation at the Royal Talbot American Hero. Mum and dad thought, ‘These kids Rehabilitation Centre in Kew, “learning how to do all have got all-right voices’.” the practical physical things again”.

They started lessons. “We fell in love with it He had to learn to feed himself, brush his straight away,” he says. For several years the teeth … day-to-day things. But he also sang. siblings competed in competitions, travelling He slowly regained his voice, which had “Sitting to Warrnambool and sometimes Ballarat. been affected by the accident. “When I was and sulking At 12, McCallum moved into theatre. trying to sing, it felt right,” he says. “It got me is just not my through a lot of the frustration. I sang songs “I was cast in a theatre show, and loved it. personality’’ I was then in A Christmas Carol. The that were inspiring songs.”

Geelong Society of Dramatic Arts had a Heading home, McCallum brought with junior theatre company for kids aged 12 to 17. him an amazing positivity. “It wasn’t long before I auditioned and got in. I quickly figured out that you kind of realised that you’ve got really only two there aren’t as many boys in that kind of field as there options. You either suck it up and sing – singing had are girls. The ratio was one to 10, I reckon.” always been a part of my life so I kind of saw that as the It resulted in a lot of lead roles. “It meant I got the moving on bit – or sit and sulk. Sitting and sulking is spotlight a bit. It just felt good. It was a fun thing to just not my personality. do, but I really loved the art of it. I got deep into the “I had family, friends, university lecturers around me technique of acting and singing. I remember buying my … There was just such a lot of positive and encouraging first Anthony Warlow CD and playing it until mum and stuff around me that it was hard for me to be sad and dad would yell out, ‘Turn that thing off, we’ve heard it so grieve about what was happening.” many times’. I would sit in my room and sing to it.”

His parents showed courage in front of him. “To be He looked up to Warlow. “I saw him in Phantom honest, I think they held it in. I think they were really when I was eight. Musical theatre seemed like the path strong around me. I think they kind of thought, ‘If we I wanted to go down.” He was accepted into the Western cry and show weakness around him he might do the Australian Academy of Performing Arts, which trained same’. They were amazing. And most people were like Hugh Jackman and Lisa McCune. It was a childhood that. It was a bit of both. When they were coming I’d

want to give them a smile, ‘It’ll be all right. I’m alive, I’m here. Let’s just deal with that’.”

There was a lot of opportunity to reflect on his young life. “Many nights lying on your back, looking at the roof, not able to move, you think about absolutely everything. You remember what you’ve achieved in life, what kind of person you are, and then you think about the kind of person you want to be.

“You’re really unsure about what you’re going to be able to do, physically. But for some reason it’s almost like starting again, with the knowledge of what you’ve done in the last 18 years. It was kind of that forced moment where I had the opportunity.”

His positive outlook inspired those around him.

“With my attitude I drew a lot of people to me who wanted to help out. The local community is so strong.”

The family home had been modified, and fund-raising concerts were held. “I never realised how loved I was. I thought I was just another kid. But I was welcomed back with open arms and opportunities to reconnect with the community. Mum and dad played a big role. Rotary clubs would come and help modify the house. I would go and sing for them.

“All of a sudden I had all these ready-made gigs. I was singing at Rotary clubs, Carols by Candelight. The gigs came in thick and fast. I think that had a lot to do with the awareness. People said, ‘Whatever you want to do, we’ll help you do it’.

“The YMCA basketball club helped so much because I’d played for them for so many years. Keith Roderick, a wonderful family friend, organised a lot of fund-raisers.

He was the first on the phone to say, ‘Do you want to come back and coach?’ And I did. I coached for five or six years after that.

“Coming home was like nothing had changed except I couldn’t walk. I was still performing shows. My first show after my accident was Les Mis. I played eight roles. They said, ‘You mightn’t be able to walk but we can design this and design that’. And they did. They designed tables for me to sit on in a café scene when I was singing with the other French revolutionists. And I refused to play a dead body on the barricade because I thought that was too easy.”

McCallum performed at Melbourne’s Tennis Centre in a state school spectacular directed by David Atkins.

He realised how singing had become much more important to him. “People often ask me, ‘Would you rather sing or walk?’ And it’s sing.”

One night in 2006 McCallum’s life changed again, this time in the best way, when he met his wife-to-be.

“I was performing with the Three Geelong Tenors.

Mel happened to be sitting in the front row. It’s going to sound corny and clichéd but she had this smile on her face as though she knew something that I didn’t know and it just captured me. I just wanted to know who she was. Throughout the whole performance she kept looking at me and we kept connecting.

“Afterwards I built up the courage and went up and introduced myself – never done that before. I never thought I would have the courage to do that. I’d been a bit unlucky in love after my accident. But there was something about her. I fell in love with her from the day we met.” McCallum and Mel, a child social welfare worker, married in 2008.

“Ever since I met Mel I’ve done things that as a quadriplegic I would never do – scuba diving on the Barrier Reef; we spent two years in Canada, I went skiing using adaptive skis, a bucket seat with two skis underneath on springs.”

Life is great. This year McCallum was invited to sing in Italy, including a performance in St Marks Square in Venice and the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Bologna with a 60-piece orchestra – an extraordinary experience, he says.

He and Mel have moved to Brisbane and have built a house. Kids? “Watch this space,” he says. \ pwilmoth@theweeklyreview.com.au We Welcome your feedback @

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Under the radar \ Myke bartlett reviews the latest film top pick

The new film from Primer director Shane Carruth poses its audience some tough questions. The first, judging by the screening I attended, is: “What the hell was that all about?”

Certainly, Upstream Color is an impressionistic, hallucinogenic beast that resists pithy plot summaries. Carruth makes no attempt to guide us through his shapeless tale of two lovers brought together by a shared, traumatic experience. Indeed, I can’t really be sure if that’s what his tale is about. On one level, it seems to be an allegory for the struggle between free will and predeterminism. Our characters’ lives are overseen – through complicated, nonsensical means – by a lonely figure dubbed the Sampler, who seems driven to taste and record the lives of others, although his motivation for doing so is never explained. As the leads begin to unpack the event that destroyed their lives, they strive to free themselves from the Sampler’s influence and, in doing so, reclaim their lives.

Maybe. Or maybe Upstream Color is simply an anti-drugs metaphor. Maybe it’s an arty thriller. Certainly, as with the recent Only God Forgives, it’s the sort of movie likely to be embraced by film students and largely ignored by the public.

Unlike Only God Forgives, however, Carruth’s film is driven by powerful (if mysterious) emotional undercurrents, rather than stylised cinema geekery. Upstream Color feels meaningful, even if we’re never entirely sure what it all means. It’s perhaps best approached as a profound, involving and somewhat exhilarating experience, from which the audience might draw its own conclusions. \

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British performer Shah has an interesting heritage.

Raised in the north of Britain by a Pakistani father and Norwegian mother, Shah arrived on the music scene as a jazz singer, although there’s little jazzy about her debut.

Despite its punning title, Love Your Dum and Mad is a grand, gothic rock record that, for obvious reasons, has invited comparisons to Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. While there are hints of the latter, Anna Calvi feels a better fit, with Shah’s remarkable voice scaling similar, operatic heights. The album’s instrumentation is clattering and cluttered – at times the tracks feel crafted from found sounds – but Shah’s strident vocals cut through the racket to take centre stage. Sometimes stunning, sometimes heart-wrenching, this is a powerful debut. \

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This US comedy from the makers of The Office has had a run on Channel Seven, but Seven made it more or less impossible to follow by shoving it on, somewhat erratically, at hours when nobody was watching. Thankfully, SBS 2 has come to the rescue, stripping the series Monday to Friday in the friendliest of time slots. This is a good thing as, frankly, Parks and Recreation is one of the funniest comedies in production.

Leslie Knopes (Amy Poehler) is head of Pawnee County’s Parks and Rec department, but is keeping her eye on the White House. When local, loveable goofball Andy falls into a pit on an abandoned building site, Knopes sees her chance for a career-defining project in transforming the site into a new playground. As she discovers, the political system – even at town council level – is set up to impede, rather than encourage, progress.

This is political satire of the warmest, most human variety. After a distinctly wobbly first series, the joke shifts from Knopes being inadequate to her being overqualified. She is a large-scale, Obama-era politician struggling to make a difference in a tiny, creaky, underfunded and deeply conservative town. The real star, however, is Ron Swanson: a deer-shooting, whisky-drinking libertarian plotting to bring down the government from within. His fiercely un-bleeding heart provides a canny comic counterpoint to Knopes’ freewheeling idealism. \

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Watching \ Wonderland (Ten). Sydney’s answer to Offspring via Secret Life of Us strives to be hip but feels tired. Snappy editing can’t lift lacklustre scripting and unremarkable performances.

Listening \ Hiatus Kaiyote Tawk Tomahawk. Feted by the likes of Erykah Badu and The Roots, this Melbourne band makes smooth and beautiful acid jazz. Highly recommended. in cinemas \ Kick-Ass 2. Loved the first film’s anarchic take on the tired superhero genre, but I’m still not convinced we needed a sequel.

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lvis has left the building. Rumours of another imminent sighting in Melbourne can be confirmed. Elvis is soon to croon at Dallas Brooks Centre.

The king of rock’n’roll has had a busy schedule in Melbourne this month, with performances at the Athenaeum Theatre and Crown Casino by lookalikes from Detroit and Adelaide.

This weekend a Melbourne musician with home-grown sideburns is squeezing into a replica white jumpsuit and presenting quite a different Elvis, circa 1977.

Tony Franks says he studied footage from America’s CBS network of one of Elvis’ last concerts to portray him in a theatrical event he says is a first for Australia.

Melbourne production company Bluestone has spent four years developing the show, A Tribute to Elvis: Rapid City ’77.

Presented as one of Elvis’ last concerts, it “I had comes with props of the times, a venue that to put on is of the era, and singers and a band in flares and wigs. To set the mood for arriving a few kilos patrons, there is a display of memorabilia – I enjoyed and newspaper cuttings in the foyer of East that” Melbourne concert venue the Dallas Brooks Centre. It reverts to Dallas Brooks Hall, its name from the ’70s, in Bluestone’s advertising material.

The show warms up with Elvis’ signature Strauss brass and drum fanfare, followed by CC Rider done gospel-style with clapping from his backing singers.

Franks’ Elvis wears a white jumpsuit emblazoned with a golden Mexican sundial, a re-creation of the outfit devised by the king’s costume designers Bill Belew and Gene Doucette.

There are even actors dressed as US cops controlling the crowd, and backstage crew in Elvis-logo bomber jackets that are true to the CBS footage.

“No one has attempted this type of concert before,” says Bluestone associate producer Andrew Barker.

“What attracted me to this show is that it is an Elvis concert specifically. So many impersonators over the years have picked the eyes out of his life rather than something encapsulating a period of time. This show adds more interest than just highlights.

“We don’t want to denigrate or desecrate Elvis. He put on quite an amazing performance for the condition that he was in. He was quite extraordinary.”

The Rapid City, South Dakota, concert that Bluestone brings to life was held at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Centre on June 21, 1977, just weeks before Elvis’ death.

The concert’s mix of songs, spanning the king’s career, was sung by a forgetful, mumbling and overweight Elvis who referred to a lyric sheet for the haunting Sinatra song My Way. He apologised for stumbling over the names of his band and backing singers as he introduced them.

There were several more unfilmed Elvis concerts to follow on his last tour, but Franks says the king’s performances deteriorated further in these through his ill-health. Elvis died in Memphis on August 16, 1977, from a heart attack at age 42.

At audition, Tony Franks, 48, sang one of his favourite Elvis songs, You Gave Me a Mountain, and strummed Are You Lonesome Tonight on guitar. Both songs are in the Rapid City ’77 show.

Franks, who has worked as a drummer in many Melbourne rock and Latin bands over the past 20 years, says Bluestone was not looking for an impersonator to cover Elvis songs.

Big shoes to fill: “They wanted the right singer, the right tone and Tony Franks the right mannerisms,” he says, and he took an intense recreates one of approach to learning the role of an unfit but still tuneful Elvis’ last great Elvis. “I am a method actor. I had to put on a few kilos – concerts and I quite enjoyed that.”

(PETEr A compilation recipe book of Elvis’ favourite CasamEnTo) indulgent foods – Are You Hungry Tonight? – is available from online bookshops but Franks says he preferred to bulk up with meals of steak, bread and lasagne prepared by his wife, Francesca. And lots of it.

Franks says his wife has also had to put up with his Elvis-type mumbling at home when his method acting

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Profile \ It’s an Elvis impression show, but not as we know it, writes LORETTA HALL

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incorporated Elvis’ personality traits. He also worked on Elvis’ body language, voice projection and hip moves, which were not nearly as vigorous as they once were.

“This is a totally different Elvis,” Franks says. “There are 80,000 impersonators in the world – mostly from America – and most are of the years ’71 to ’74, his second peak era when he still looked his best.

“He looked great in a jumpsuit then. It’s a safety net era for impersonators because it remembers him at his best.”

Franks says he was not tempted to see the two recent Elvis shows in Melbourne. “I didn’t go because I

didn’t want to confuse myself. This is a later era, a different man.

“We are going where people haven’t seen this time live. We are doing it exactly as it was. No extra gyrations. All the props are as they were in Rapid City.

“We’ve done a lot of research.” \ lhall@theweeklyreview.com.au » A Tribute to Elvis in Concert: Rapid City ’77, August 23-31, Dallas Brooks Centre.

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Try blending one ripe frozen banana with two large handfuls of cos lettuce, a few sprigs of fresh mint, a tablespoon of cacao powder and water in the blender.

For a smoother, richer texture, add half a small avocado. Trust me – it works. This smoothie consumed post-workout will give you a burst of goodness and vitality that processed protein shakes will never deliver.

If a cos lettuce smoothie does not float your boat, there are alternatives. The important thing is adding more green vegetables to your life. Toss steamed kale with macadamia nut oil and fetta cheese, select spinach as a side with your eggs instead of hash browns, or add bok choy to your barbecue dinner.

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Tisanes and herbal teas filled with rose petals and pretty chamomile flowers may not appear as masculine as a short macchiato. However, the benefits should have you queuing for a tea rather than a coffee. Peppermint, dandelion, ground ginger, lemongrass, lemon myrtle, liquorice root and rosehip, when served in tea, contribute to gastrointestinal health and boost the immune system. Herbal teas can contribute to your daily fluid intake and yes, water consumption is crucial even in colder weather. let’s cheer for oatmeal \

Oats, whether consumed as porridge, Bircher muesli or in a banana-oat smoothie, provide sustained energy, promote bowel health, reduce cholesterol absorption and can enhance athletic performance. They also contain essential fatty acids for brain and heart health and nerve signalling, and support the immune system.

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f ever you were going to have a local, you’d want it to be like the Mornington Peninsula. What a perfect locale for a local, one that lends itself to alliteration: peninsula, pinot, peaceful, perfect produce, pleasing pinot, pleasant people, and plentiful pinot. You get the drift.

As a getaway, it doesn’t get a lot better: not too far from the big smoke, but far enough to put you at ease while you embrace all of the above. Tasting many of the area’s wines was, in fact, a taste of things to come: 26 of the region’s wineries will show off their new releases with some aged pearlers at next month’s Mornington Peninsula Melbourne Roadshow.

Your head spins (it’s like a role in The Exorcist) as you drive through the region: so many cellar doors, breweries, restaurants, cafés, B&Bs, produce outlets … you name it, it seems to be there, even an occasional glass blower. lINdeN tRee ReStaURaNt \ lINdeNdeRRy I got lost, so I phoned Lindenderry At Red Hill, misdialled by a digit and connected with a local woman, who happily re-directed me. Soon after, front-office manager Damien was The open fire and a glass of shiraz contributed. Mains upped giving me a rundown on all things Lindenderry (there were the ante: oven-roasted Flinders Island lamb rump, cooked plenty). He carried my bags to my room then said: “We to pink, moist perfection, with stinging nettle and pea thought you might like a refresher” (it was a bottle of purée, confit potatoes, shallots and sautéed green 2008 Lindenderry Reserve Pinot). He poured me a beans on the side. Take a bow, Mr Edwards. generous glass. What a welcome, what a wine.

Sleep in the king-sized bed came easily and in no the The room was huge, beautifully furnished and time I was back in the restaurant getting friendly manual with bacon, eggs and mushrooms before hitting the finished, and had a wall of windows looking out to the 12-hectare wilds of the estate (OK, wilds may be tasting road to run through the excellent array on overstating it), with a lake home to seemingly a million wines at Montalto. \ mvaughan@theweeklyreview.com.au noisy frogs and birdlife – including a couple of huge, white resident geese. Quite a view. » Lindenderry At Red Hill, 142 Arthurs Seat Road, What better preparation for dinner than to soak in a deep Red Hill. 5989 2965 www.lancemore.com.au/lindenderry spa, its jets pounding away the pent-up bodily anger created by abysmal traffic snarls leaving Melbourne. » Mornington Peninsula Melbourne Roadshow: Comme, When I was suitably tubbed and scrubbed, the Linden 7 Alfred Place, Melbourne, 6-8pm on Tuesday, September 3.

Tree Restaurant, under chef Philip Edwards (he trained with $30 includes Riedel tasting glass and all tastings. 5989 2377 Hermann Schneider at Two Faces), beckoned and delivered.

A shot glass of warming sweetcorn and basil soup got the tastebuds dancing, followed by a delicious starter of Michael Vaughan travelled courtesy of the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons seared scallops, lobster tortellini, sautéed shitake and enoki Association. Yes, he drove, he tasted early and, although it went against his grain, mushrooms, asparagus, tarragon and mushroom velouté. he mostly spat.

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232 Red Hill Road, Red Hill. 5989 2324 » www.darlingparkwinery.com Tasting wine at 10.30 in the AM is not my norm, but it was easy at darling Park, thanks to winemaker Judy Gifford, a mother to five daughters and maker of great wines. Her 2010 pinot is a cracker and I’d buy most of the other 10 or so I tasted.

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2003 was a big year for Bentley. The car manufacturer won the Le Mans 24-hour race and decided to partner with Breitling on a range of watches. The masculine 49-millimetre case has a bezel motif that emulates a Bentley grill and an oscillating weight inspired by Bentley wheel rims. The Bentley B06 movement is distinguished by its “30-second chronograph” system. Available in steel or red gold, with steel or crocodile leather bracelet.

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Platinum is said to be 30 times more expensive than gold. The cachet in the story of Rolex’s iconic Daytona model would be worth even more. This version of the legendary chronograph released in 1963 and made famous by Paul Newman – he wore one continuously from 1972 until his death in 2008 – is equipped with a chestnut-brown monobloc Cerachrom bezel in ceramic and an ice-blue dial that is like air-conditioning for the eye. Crisp, classic and driven by an in-house 4130 self-winding mechanical chronograph movement.

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There are two things to love about this 2013 edition of the Carrera, featuring the in-house 1887 calibre. One, the horizontal subdials. Two, the “bullhead”-style case with angled dial. It places the crown and chronograph pushers at the top of the case, giving it the appearance of the two-part stopwatches Jack Heuer supplied to pro-racing circuits. “I’m not a watch man, I’m a product man,” Jack told The Weekly Review at the Carrera’s 50th birthday party in Geneva. “But as a product, this watch is a classic.”

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nce, “What are you wearing?” was the standard query. But with the popularity of mechanical watches, there’s a second question: “Nice watch, is it an in-house movement?” This refers to whether the movement is made by the maison, or a generic one. Here are three in-house movements to make that awkward moment go away. “Why yes, yes it is … ” \ amcutchen@theweeklyreviewcom.au

Money \ Do yourself creDit

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the top five things young people should know to avoid bad credit

ccording to a recent Roy Morgan poll, one in three people aged 16-25 carries more than $2500 forward in credit card debt each month, despite those aged 21 to 25 having an average weekly income of only $791.

Statistics released by credit reporting agency Veda Advantage in March showed Gen Y accounted for 60 per cent of credit defaults – topping the list in every category from telco defaults through to loan defaults.

MyCRA Credit Rating Repair CEO Graham Doessel says one of the reasons for this is a lack of education.

“Many young people amble through their early years with credit, making mistake after mistake that can cost them dearly down the track,” he says. “Credit rights and obligations should be taught in schools.”

Doessel says many young people have financial habits that get them into trouble. “Before they know it, they’re 20 years old and facing bankruptcy or court action and years of being locked out of the finance market coming into the crucial years when they need it most,” he says.

Doessel says many young people are unaware of their basic rights in disputing bills or credit reporting.

“Young people can assume they should accept what they’re told without question – but in matters of credit reporting, young people need to be educated to be able to effectively advocate for themselves,” he says. \ editorial@theweeklyreview.com.au

overseas for a long stay. Typically an account gets sent to your previous address and, if unpaid, is listed on your credit file. If you move around often, consider a post office box for your mail or use a parent’s address.

Otherwise, when you move, give your credit providers your new address. If going overseas, have someone check your mail regularly.

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1. Pay all of your credit on tiMe

Unpaid accounts for as little as $100 can lead to you being defaulted and banned from mainstream credit for five years. Credit cards and loans paid more than five days late may mean a late payment notation is added to your file. Any credit account can get you slapped with a default if it is unpaid – mobile phone accounts, electricity accounts, credit cards and personal loans. Make it a habit to pay every account on time, every time.

4. check your credit stateMents and order a credit rePort

You might think someone would inform you if something was listed incorrectly on your credit file. But this is seldom the case.

It is your responsibility to make sure your accounts are correct by checking statements.

In addition, you should also regularly obtain a copy of your credit file. Your credit report is free once every year from Australia’s credit reporting agencies – order it annually.

2. let your credit Provider know if you can’t Pay

Communication is key when it comes to staying out of trouble. If you run into financial difficulty, contact your credit provider to work out alternative arrangements. Asking for a financial hardship variation may save your credit file, even if you are struggling to make payments.

5. you have a riGht to correct Mistakes

Mistakes can happen on credit reports.

Likewise, bad credit can be listed on credit files unknowingly. However, credit providers have a legal obligation to remove an incorrect listing. Any listing you feel is inaccurate or unfair should be tested for its validity. \

3. Get financial Matters in order before you Move or Go overseas

» More information at www.mycra.com.au

A common way for young people to get into trouble – sometimes without even knowing it – is when they move house or go

Any advice is general only and has not taken into account your objectives, financial situation or needs.

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swedish PrestiGe 255 Huntingdale Road, Huntingdale 9543 6869 www.swedishprestige.com.au This independent service specialist has built a formidable reputation for taking care of Swedish vehicles. Don’t let the name fool you, though. Its professional, experienced mechanics specialise in more than just Volvos and Saabs. Recent turbulence in the Swedish car-manufacturing industry has prompted the business to move into servicing French and German cars. The focus is on providing thorough services in state-of-the-art workshops. There’s a free loan car with every service. \

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Be warned, the number of guys visiting for a rejuvenating session is on the rise – don’t be the one left behind. Bring your partner and enjoy the indulgence together. \

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All right, so you know how to change a tyre. But do you really have the time, energy and motivation to do it? For many of us, changing tyres is a mundane, excruciating task we like to put off for as long as possible. Save yourself the trouble and get the Mobile Tyre Shop to do it for you. Its representatives come to your home or office to eliminate hassles or interruptions. Enjoying downtime with family and friends instead of getting covered in grease has got to be a good thing. \

Selective hearing can be very useful in certain circumstances.

The empowering art form is developed and refined through years of practice. However, it’s enjoyable only when you’re in control. If your hearing is starting to wane, it’s time to consider professional advice. Unlike many competitors, this business is not owned by a hearing-aid company.

Tap into personalised, clinical advice from its staff and compare a vast range of makes and models. \ Compiled by daniel mCCulloCh

The last thing anybody wants to do at the spring racing carnival is to blend in with the crowd. Just remember, there are better ways to stand out from your peers than being the most intoxicated bloke in the marquee. Most punters don’t realise Versace’s 2014 spring/summer collection has already landed in Australia – and that’s just the way it should be.

Pick yourself up a one-off piece from the exclusive Italian line of garments, and make an impact for all the right reasons at the track this carnival. \

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Books

\ CORRIE PERKIN MANS UP WITH SEVEN BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FATHER’S DAY

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ather’s Day looms and our little bookshop is manning up. The beautiful hot pink and pastel-toned book covers that dominated our shelves during the Mother’s Day sales have been replaced by lots of non-fiction titles – usually with loud, red and black covers – featuring stories about bikie gangs, former AFL greats, business gurus, beer, 1970s rock bands, the Australian Labor Party (and how it went bung), best wines, and better fishing spots.

There are some real gems among this year’s batch. The federal election and some new thinking about the ALP’s future have prompted a host of politics titles.

Business books have moved on from the Wall Street collapse of 2007-08 and are focused on future strategies and new growth markets.

There are lots of sport, history and autobiography offerings, while November’s 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and next year’s centenary of the start of World War I are also creating interest.

There are many reasons books make great gifts but, when contemplating what to buy your dad or special bloke this Father’s Day, consider the following: dads too often get slotted into the too-hard-to-buy-for category.

Unlike a pair of socks or a packet of golf tees, a book shows that you have spent time considering your choice, and dads appreciate this. They also love to hear why you chose the title you did. Immediately, a fabulous book dialogue begins.

And books are affordable. Just ask your local bookseller for advice and a tour of the shop’s range, and you’ll find some great titles for under $15.

Remember, also, that many parents are under 55 and have been greatly influenced by popular culture – TV, film,

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contemporary art, advertising, the web, social media, rock music and the like. These topics are catalysts for some terrific books.

Enter the 100 Best Albums of All Time by Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson ($49.95, Hardie Grant), our pick of the 2013 Father’s Day crop.

Well researched and compiled by two of Australia’s most respected music writers, this book also features photographs and album cover images, and contains a few list surprises that will certainly provoke debate. A beautiful hardcover, we expect 100 Best Albums to be one of our bestsellers between now and Christmas.

Barbecue books generally leave us cold; their blokey formats and insipid recipes too often lack imagination.

Then we discovered Bon Appetit magazine’s new The Grilling Book ($50, Andrews McMeel Publishing). This is a truly beautiful barbecue book and includes cooking tips and more than 350 recipes.

As a rule, we avoid US cookery books. Their recipes often don’t translate well locally, while their food stylists and photographers lack the creativity of their highly talented Australian counterparts.

But The Grilling Book defies the norm. In the words of British-born, New York-based chef April Bloomfield, “If you’ve never grilled before, or have an expert on hand, this book is a must’’.

Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch & The Ultimate Revenge

by Pamela Williams ($39.99, HarperCollins) and Colleen Ryan’s Fairfax: The Rise And Fall ($32.95 MUP) recently arrived in bookshops.

Both books examine the Sydney-based Fairfax media empire

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and the predators, bad managers and destructive forces that have affected its fortunes.

Media junkies will appreciate these two riveting accounts, while anyone interested in business generally will find that the books offer much food for thought.

The 2013 calendar’s aligning of the Ashes series, the US golf tour, the recent Tour de France, footy, rugby and – just around the corner – the spring racing carnival, has provided publishers with many book opportunities.

One to watch is Amen: How Adam Scott Won the US Masters and Broke the Curse of Augusta National ($27.99, Allen and Unwin). Sydney sports writers Will Swanton and Brent Read teamed up to produce a lively narrative of Adam Scott’s April US Masters campaign.

The book includes interviews with Scott, his father Phil, and Australian golfing greats Greg Norman, Peter Thomson, Ian Baker-Finch and Jack Newton as they reflect on the significance of the Atlanta victory.

For the man who loves architecture, we urge you to consider Thames and Hudson’s pictorial tribute to one of Australia’s finest architects.

Robin Boyd’s Living In Australia ($59.95, Thames and Hudson) was first published in 1970 and has been reproduced with original photographs by the late Mark Strizic, a friend of Boyd, as well as additional images by John Gollings.

Boyd’s design philosophy – beautifully articulated and still relevant more than four decades later – is accompanied by contemporary perspectives of the master’s contribution by architects Kerstin Thompson and Rachel Neeson.

And finally, our feel-good/self-improvement/change your life book of the year.

The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living? by Hugh Mackay ($29.99, Pan Macmillan) may cause dad to smile and wonder whether you are trying to make a point. Perhaps you are. Perhaps we should all strive to identify behaviours that can lead to a happier life. Since the 1980s, social researcher Mackay has delved into the lives of Australians, probing and observing and listening.

“The Good Life draws heavily on those stories,’’ he says in his introduction. His conclusions are fascinating and uplifting – exactly what dad deserves on Father’s Day. \ cperkin@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Test car \ Land Rover Australia

Motoring \ ron hammerton is at home in the rangie

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any new vehicles are trumpeted as game-changers, but few are. When Britain’s original Range Rover arrived on the scene in 1970, it truly shook the status quo, introducing an unprecedented blend of luxury, road manners and supreme off-road capability.

I will never forget my introduction to this SUV icon, from the passenger seat of a Rangie driven by a Land Rover staffer who intentionally drove head-on over a high kerb. Fearing the front suspension would be ripped out by the roots, I braced for a huge bang, only to be amazed by a muted thump as the big beast took the obstacle without a hair out of place. It was a revelation.

Four decades on, the new fourth-generation Range Rover from this British brand, now Indian-owned, still sets the pace as one of the few luxury four-wheel-drives capable of supple mountain-goat feats while looking the part in the Flemington car park at the spring carnival.

The new Range Rover gets an evolutionary styling update, but the biggest change is under the skin, with all-aluminium construction. This helps rid the vehicle of a staggering 420 kilograms of unwanted fat, although it still weighs north of two tonnes. The big question is whether this form of car-like construction – called a monocoque – can deliver the same hard-core performance, on road and off.

The Range Rover has lost none of its on-bitumen performance, riding and cornering with a belligerence that belies its bulk and tall stance, thanks to a large extent to its active air suspension that works overtime to keep it floating on an even keel. Whopping 21-inch wheels help, too.

The weight savings deliver improvements in acceleration and fuel economy, with the test car – a high-end supercharged V8 Vogue SE – gliding from zero to 100km/h in a sporty 5.4 seconds. Thirst has been chopped 9 per cent but, at 13.8 litres per 100 kilometres, the force-fed 5.0-litre petrol Range Rover’s fuel economy is not for the environmental warrior. In town, the glug-glugging of fuel soars to more than 20L/100km, hence most buyers will opt for diesel variants – the 3.0-litre TDV6 (7.5L/100km) or stump-ripping 4.4-litre SDV8 (8.7L/100km).

Sadly, an old-style rainy week in Melbourne prevented us from stretching the Range Rover’s talents in the bush.

We suspect the vehicle could handle it, but ploughing up sodden bush tracks is environmental vandalism.

We are assured that the latest model has lost none of its long-legged climbing ability using its low-range gearing, massive wheel travel, deep well of torque and, on the test car, active rear differential. It can even wade through 900mm of water.

As before, the Range Rover’s suspension can be raised or lowered with the twist of a dial to meet conditions.

Of course, most Range Rovers spend their days wading through commuter traffic, with the driver seated high above the riff-raff, cosseted behind laminated acoustic glass range rover vogue se What is it? Four-wheel-drive luxury SUV What’s in it? Supercharged 5.0-litre V8 petrol engine.

Power: 375kW. 0-100km/h: 5.4 sec is it thirsty? 13.8 litres per 100 kilometres – 2.5 stars price

$224,400

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thumbs up superb road manners, genuine off-road talent, improved fuel economy, large cargo zone, variable height function, sumptuous cabin thumbs DoWn thirsty in petrol form, steep price, lack of autonomous emergency braking in most models * These are manufacturer’s list prices.

in sumptuous captain’s chairs that have 18-way electrical adjustment. And now we are getting to the crux of why well-heeled buyers shell out such a big wad of cash.

This is extremely comfortable. The decor is a mix of old English drawing room and up-to-the-minute gizmos. For example, the heated steering wheel was cloaked in optional ($980) traditional wood and leather.

The new eight-speed automatic transmission, a German-made ZF unit shared with sister company Jaguar and other car-makers such as BMW, offers two more gears than the previous generation and is controlled by a round selector knob that pops out of the console.

A big sat-nav screen dominates a dash swathed in leather.

Above it, the windscreen has fine wires embedded in it – the anti-icing and de-fogging system for snow country.

In the limo-style back seat, passengers who tire of watching the countryside rushing past can switch to the touch-control TV screens, complete with headphones, embedded in each of the front headrests.

Behind the split-fold seats, a capacious luggage compartment swallows a large lump of cargo, making maximum use of the extra stretch in the car’s overall length.

The two-piece rear hatch has an upper door that rises and lowers majestically at the push of a button, and a lower tailgate that swings down to transform into a convenient carpeted seat at the polo or picnic table at the cup.

Apart from three engine choices, the new Range Rover comes in four equipment levels – HSE, Vogue, Vogue SE and Autobiography – with prices starting at $168,900 (plus on-road costs) for the V6 diesel HSE and rising to $240,100 for the supercharged V8 petrol Autobiography.

Oddly, only the Autobiography gets auto-braking adaptive cruise control as standard, with buyers of other levels having to fork out $3240 for the privilege.

But all Range Rover owners can bask in the glow of the convenient “puddle lights” that don’t merely light the way into the cabin at night, but also spell out “Range Rover” on the ground. Just in case you forget what you paid for. \ rhammerton@theweeklyreview.com.au

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eo, a boutique apartment project offering luxury living in level-six apartment with city views. Leo’s façade combines Hawthorn East, features interiors by Belle magazine interior interlocking forms, metallic finishes, reflective frameless glass and designer of the year Hecker Guthrie, with architectural design feature timber.

by Artisan Architects.

Dynamic white pods frame apartments, and there’s a spacious When completed in mid-2015, Leo will include 89 oneground-level lobby where exposed concrete flooring, timber wall and two-bedroom apartments in a six-level building at panelling and pendant lighting combine for impact. On level four, 18 Camberwell Road, with city skyline views, ground-level café the residents’ gym opens to a garden terrace, ideal for yoga or and retail, and residents’ gym and garden terrace. Leo is being social gatherings, with views over the surrounding area. developed by Kokoda Property, a specialist in luxury development Inside the apartments, Hecker Guthrie uses signature in Melbourne’s inner south-east since 1995.

Scandinavian styling and an element of industrial chic in light, Kokoda’s sales and marketing manager Sam Tucker says spacious interiors. White American oak flooring flows 70 per cent of the apartments have sold since they were through open-plan living areas, which have clean lines released last month, ahead of this month’s official launch. and neutral tones. The 2.7-metre ceilings, living area pOstcOdE “The response has been phenomenal. Leo is the floor-to-ceiling glazing and full-height joinery work epitome of style and elegance in a highly desirable together to increase the feeling of space. Layouts feature pocket of Melbourne and it is appealing to a broad bespoke timber shelving, pantries and overhead solid range of buyers,’’ Tucker says. oak shelving in two-bedroom apartments.

“Elements like marble benchtops, timber flooring and Ceiling-mounted white track lighting illuminates Hecker Guthrie’s bespoke joinery have given Leo a major kitchen work surfaces including a stainless-steel Miele point of difference in the market. gas cooktop set into the marble benchtop, with off-white tiled “It is our first time working with Hecker Guthrie and we splashback and Miele oven below. A built-in rangehood and have been very impressed with their unique and contemporary compact integrated dishwasher are included. design style and the attention paid to details that add liveability Buyers have the choice of designer tapware in black powder to the apartments.” coat, gold or chrome finishes. Bathrooms have full-height tiled Tucker says buyers include downsizers, investors and young walk-in showers with semi-frameless glass screens, rainwater professionals mainly drawn from surrounding suburbs. Pricing shower heads, wall-hung vanities, American-oak shelves and starts from $325,000 for a one-bedroom apartment and from mirrored storage. $599,000 for a two-bedroom. Internal sizes range from 37 to In the bedrooms, a wool-blend carpet will be underfoot, and 84 square metres, with balconies or terraces of up to 87 square built-in wardrobes fitted with hanging rails and shelves. metres. Every apartment has a car park and storage cage in a Kokoda Property recently completed luxury apartment projects secure basement, where there’s also bicycle storage. in Toorak and South Yarra, and will release a 110-apartment Available apartments offer a range of layouts and aspects, development in Montrose Street, Hawthorn East, this year. \ liz Mclachlan including a 84-square-metre two-bedroom apartment lmclachlan@theweeklyreview.com.au with an 87-square metre terrace and parkland views, and a

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Leo is seven kilometres from the city. With a 10-minute walk to Camberwell, Leo residents can pick up dinner at the Camberwell fresh food market, meander around the Sunday market, catch a movie at the Rivoli or browse in Camberwell’s 400-plus shops. In the opposite direction, Auburn village and train station are five minutes on foot for cafés and specialist boutiques or a trip to the city in less than 15 minutes. Swinburne University is less than a kilometre away, next to Glenferrie Road’s lengthy high street of cafés and shops. Many of Melbourne’s elite independent schools are close by, including Camberwell Girls Grammar, Camberwell Grammar, Methodist Ladies’ College, Carey Grammar, Scotch College and Xavier College. \

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IRONIC ICONIC \ RACHEL BERGER ExpLAins How to RECLAim ouR sEnsEs

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struggle with the tempo at which our lives are orchestrated; it’s more a jive than a jitterbug. Not only is the speed at which we’re expected to perform unnerving but, syncopated with multitasking and the fact that computers give us the opportunity to make very fast, very accurate mistakes, we’re sliding off the dance floor, out the door and crashing through the verandah. At 176 beats per minute, the speed at which jive is danced in competition, we can’t possibly absorb very much. I’m stopping the dance metaphors, it’s making me breathless. We’re experiencing the world through our devices – at a glance.

Recently a friend told me that when she can’t fall asleep, she visualises her problems as folders on her computer’s desktop, then deletes them one by one. This morning while transferring rubbish from the bin in my kitchen to the big bin outside, I was thinking – there are 25 items in the trash, are you sure you want to remove them permanently? What will become of our relationship with the real world? The one that doesn’t have an icon, an app or an interface. We need to stop clicking and reclaim our curiosity with our senses.

Buildings are defined by their design, structure and usage. And, if it’s an older building, by its history. It’s precisely this history, embodied in a building’s wear and tear, stains and smells, that delivers a sensory experience. Melbourne’s CBD has dozens of heritage buildings that have held onto their identity and are still occupied by the sort of businesses they were originally designed for. If you want to avoid being totally robbed of

your curiosity, take a ride in their kooky lifts or walk up their spartan stairs; therein lies sensory magic.

The Nicholas Building has been a creative hub forever. Exploring this building is like going through a constantly moving turnstile, which presents alternately the past and the present. Enter via the Cathedral Arcade with its vaulted leadlight ceiling, dome and fanlights – reportedly the only remaining example of a leadlight-roofed and fan-lighted arcade in Melbourne – read the tenant directory, and you’ll find nine floors of studios, artists and artisans.

Designed by architect Harry Norris and built by Nicholas Buildings Pty Ltd in 1925-26, the basement, ground and first floors were created as retail spaces, with Cathedral Arcade providing a link between Swanston Street and Flinders Lane.

The shopfronts, particularly at first-floor level, highlight the very best of 1920s shop and office decoration; there are letter chutes and directory boards made by Brooks Robinson shopfitters on every floor.

Experience the romance of manually operated lifts.

The top six floors are no-nonsense. Smallish corridors, cream-tiled walls, lino floors and varnished timber joinery on doors and windows all point to a stylish and utilitarian environment.

Other than an addition to the ground floor, there have been very few major structural alterations to the internal fabric of the building since 1939. If you want to feel, smell and touch the past while simultaneously peeking into the future, waltz into this Melbourne gem. \ boomboom@rachelberger.com

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lyric House Often, Melburnians speak passionately about the Paris end of Collins Street, forgetting about the financial end towards Elizabeth and Queen streets. Designed by A & K Henderson for Wertheim, Melbourne’s premier piano retailer, and built in 1930, Lyric House was described as “an architectural representation of the spirit of music’’. The tall, thin proportions are typical of interwar buildings, perhaps to maximise space.

But here the lean shape and string-like narrow fenestration is reminiscent of the hammers and strings of a piano. Look above the entry arch and you’ll see the figures depicted playing the flute, lute and cymbals. Ta-dah! \

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robur Tea building The height and freestanding character of this six-storey Victorian warehouse makes it a South Melbourne landmark. The building, designed by architects Nahum Barnet and John Grainger (also the engineer) and built in 1888 by James Moore, is one of the few to have survived redevelopment. It was built on swampy land that made substantial building difficult and residential development unattractive. It once was one of the tallest buildings outside the CBD. Although named Robur Tea Building after a famous occupant, it was built as a warehouse for stationers Fergus and Mitchell. \

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cromarty building If you regularly visit Smith Street in Collingwood, you probably love beards and harbour contempt for any music that isn’t jazz; it’s a cool destination.

It’s also one of Melbourne’s oldest shopping streets. This building, formerly Cromarty’s Store and built in 1888-89, has operated as a wood shop, grocer and tea merchant. Currently food is being served under the name Agent 284 – a restaurant and bar offering home-style modern Australian meals with a side order of Collingwood history. I’d bet James Cromarty and Alfred Mainman, the grocers who operated the original wooden shop, would be chuffed to know that patrons are still being fed on the premises. \

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Building Design of the Year 2013

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Project name \ Rose of South Yarra Architects \ Wilson id

Design at its finest V

ictoria’s most talented building designers were recognised at the 18th annual Building Designers Association of Victoria Awards on July 27.

Wilson id took out eight prizes for its warehouse-style residence Rose of South Yarra, including the prestigious Building Design of the Year 2013. The panel of judges said they were impressed by the scope of entries, which ranged from a renovated Victorian terrace to an eco living centre. They judges commended Rose of South Yarra for its use of glass, brick and timber in a robust and eccentric design that reflected its surrounds. Check out TWR’s pick of the winners. \ jdavy@theweeklyreview.com.au

(MARK DoNAlDSoN PHoToGRAPHY)

awards \ JO DAVY highlights some winning building projects

WINNER Category \ Heritage Conservation Project and Multi-Residential Design up to six dwellings Project name \ Bermondsey, Richmond Architects \ Rachcoff Vella Architecture

CommENdatIoN Category \ Most innovative Bathroom Design Project name \ The family Bathroom, Mornington Architects \ first impressions Projects

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WINNER Category \ Best Environmentally Sustainable Design (residential) Project name \ Nunawading Architects \ Maxa Design 36 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

WINNER Category \ Residential Design – Alterations and Additions over $500K construction cost Project name \ The Eyrie, Eaglemont Architects \ Vibe Design Group

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A5 | B4 | C2 | D

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| 26 Shakespeare Grove

For Families, Nothing Could Be Finer

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This landmark c1890 Victorian residence in St James Park Estate on 14,200 sq ft approx. of twelve principal rooms is superbly renovated with light filled modern spaces which achieve the perfect balance. Up to five huge bedrooms, including a luxurious master bedroom with ensuite and walk in robe, two family bathrooms, spectacular receptions rooms, formal dining room, huge living/ dining areas and open plan kitchen. Features include: Integrated surround sound, heated pool with spa and adjacent cabana and excellent garaging.

Please register your interest to receive your exclusive auction invitation.

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A3 | B2 | C2

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| 27 Power Avenue

Inner City Seclusion Enjoys A Toorak Address

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Elegant modern style, brilliant indoor/ outdoor entertaining and an exceptionally private yet convenient position create the perfect backdrop for spacious, easily managed proportions in this recently renovated town residence just a short walk from Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, trains and Village cafes. Entirely enclosed by smart designer decking, recently renovated open plan spaces bask in a sunny northern aspect complemented by a chic contemporary kitchen with superlative Falcon Cooker. Includes upstairs main bedroom with built in robes, ensuite and adjoining study nook, remote double garage.

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A5 | B3 | C6 | E

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| Holcombe Estate, Holcombe Road

Historic Estate of Provenance, Luxury and Position.

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Superbly renovated Victorian homestead on 537 acres approx. 12 principle rooms, 5 opulent bedrooms, reception rooms with open dry stone fireplace, European kitchen with separate butler´s pantry designed for entertaining.

Features smart wiring CBus system, hydronic heating, reverse cycle heating and cooling and tennis court. Additional features include: Separate 4 bedroom manager´s residence, machinery shed, wool shed and ´as new´ cattle yards.

Excellent farm fencing and water security. Ideal grazing property which could suit stud and equine pursuit. To be offered as a whole or in five separate lots.

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A4 | B1 | C2

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| 13 Orrong Crescent

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Jeff Gole 0419 401 677 Andrew Harlock 0419 379 992 Office 9864 5300

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Edwardian Elegance, Potential, Options , Opportunities.

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| 3/17 Kensington Road

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Simon Hicks 0413 713 000 Rob Vickers-Willis 0412 210 066 Office 9864 5300

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Impressive Townhouse Proportions

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32 ChesterďŹ eld Avenue Malvern

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing Tuesday 27th August at 5pm 48 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

Perfection From Every Angle Overlooking Robert Menzies Reserve, this spectacular home features remarkable chefs and butlers kitchens, landscaped gardens and materials sourced from around the world. Comprising: 4-5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, study, theatre room, two lounge and dining areas, generous laundry, abundant storage, C-Bus technology, CCTV security system, ducted vacuum system, 80,000 litre underground water storage tank, internal lift, gym, rumpus room and garaging for four cars.

VIEW Thursday & Saturday 12 - 12.30pm

CALL Darren Lewenberg 0412 555 556 Mark Williams 0417 189 377 Gabby Krayz 0449 899 700

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188 George Street East Melbourne

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing Tuesday 3rd September at 5pm

Amberley on George. London Lifestyle in Melbourne.

A Belgravia House, situated on the finest street in the most sought-after suburb in Melbourne. Amberley is an 1886 mansion flooded with natural light, complete with magnificent ballroom, large living and dining areas, 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, nanny’s loft, gym, office, study, cellar, pool, and double garage. Ideal for a family who enjoys entertaining, this exquisite property delivers a lifestyle reminiscent of inner London, with Melbourne’s best on your doorstep. Land size: 902sqm approx.

VIEW Strictly by appointment, Thursday 12 - 12.30pm, Saturday 11 - 11.30am

CALL Gowan Stubbings Sarah Case Michael Gibson

0412 269 999 0439 431 020 0418 530 392

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1 Tara Avenue Kew

PRIVATE SALE

50 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

Only 1 Remaining - “Luxurious Living Beyond Compare” From conception to completion, this sensational townhouse represents a new age in contemporary style and sophistication over 3 luxurious lift-accessed levels. The collaborative genius of Coy & Yiontis Design, Easton Builders and Julian McCarthy Landscapes inspires a breathtaking 3-4 bedroom/4 bathroom home replete with study, stylish lounge, home-theatre/rumpus, Miele kitchen/easy-flowing areas spilling onto poolside terraces amid Annabelle Drew gardens.

VIEW Thursday 1 - 1.30pm & 6 - 6.30pm, Saturday 11.30 - 12pm

CALL Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Michael Armstrong 0407 063 263 WEB TARAAVENUE.COM

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18 Laing Street Mont Albert

AUCTION Saturday 7th September at 11am

Timeless Victorian beauty reveals immaculate space and style Impressive throughout, this totally transformed Victorian 3 bedroom/2 bathroom home flaunts the finest appointment, unexpected space and exceptional entertaining options amidst beautifully considered, night-lit garden sanctuary (rear ROW double garage). With exquisite formal rooms, 4th bedroom/home-office, striking Euro kitchen and huge casual spaces bifolding to stunning recycling-stream and stylish al fresco dining terrace amidst truly picturesque and private garden setting. Close to Mont Albert Primary School and 109 tram.

VIEW Thursday 12.30 - 1pm, Saturday 1 - 1.30pm

CALL Richard Spratt Daniel Bradd

0412 493 189 0411 347 511

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1-3/8 French Street Camberwell

PRIVATE SALE From $1,100,000 52 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

1 Already Sold- Modern Low Maintenance Living Currently under construction, these superbly built classic low maintenance town residences offer lovely light ďŹ lled spacious rooms, sun drench nth facing gardens, main bedrooms downstairs, and double garaging. They feature large entrance areas, high ceilings, 3 bedrooms and study accom, 2 bathrooms, separate living areas, superbly ďŹ nished miele kitchens, heating / cooling, ample storage and security. Buy now and save on stamp duty. Alterations are available with completion due June 2014. Note: internal photos from previous development.

VIEW By Appointment

CALL Tim Picken Rebecca Edwards

0419 305 802 0423 759 481

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7 Waterloo Street Camberwell

AUCTION Saturday 7th September at 1pm

Faded beauty with real depth A priceless opportunity on the high side of a Blue-Ribbon tree-lined avenue that is both beautifully quiet and marvelously convenient right on the edge of the Junction, this charming 8 room Victorian boasts impressive character and proportion plus an amazing land depth of some 200 feet with excellent rear ROW access providing an inspirational foundation for a stunning contemporary transformation or creation of your own grand scale design (STCA).

VIEW Thursday 11.45 - 12.15pm & 6 - 6.30pm, Saturday 11.45 - 12.15pm

CALL Richard Spratt Daniel Bradd

0412 493 189 0411 347 511

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7 The Ridge Canterbury

AUCTION Saturday 24th August at 1pm 54 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

Residence 3 “St Magnus” A uniquely private, serene and secure architect designed 3/4 Bedroom/3 bathroom home set deep within an exceptional enclave in the Golden Mile environs. 5 star living and entertaining amidst Melbourne’s finest schools with highlights including hand-painted dome entrance to easy-flowing living spaces radiating around stunning European-style courtgardens. With fireside living, gourmet kitchen/glass ceilinged dining zone, studio/home office, huge warehouse-style teen retreat (kitchenette), indoor swim-jet pool and sauna/steam room.

VIEW Thursday 11 - 11.30am, Saturday 12.30 - 1pm

CALL Tim Picken Rebecca Edwards

0419 305 802 0423 759 481

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18 Woodside Crescent Toorak

AUCTION Saturday 7th September at 11am

Residence 8, 545 Toorak Road Toorak

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing Tuesday 3rd September at 5pm

Prime Position This appealing double fronted Victorian home offers irresistible charm, light filled formal sitting and dining room, master suite with walk in robes and ensuite, two further bedrooms, main bathroom, excellent sized kitchen, large open plan family room flowing through to paved entertaining area, garden and pool. Other features include garaging for 2 cars, parquetry floors throughout, separate laundry, alarm, OFPs, ducted heating, R/C air-conditioner. Land: 687sqm/7392 sqft approx.

VIEW Wednesday 12 - 12.30pm, Thursday 1 - 1.30pm, Saturday 1 - 1.30pm

Toorak Village Penthouse Apartment This elegant and spacious penthouse apartment opening to a huge terrace with expansive views is brilliantly positioned in the heart of Toorak Village only metres from city transport and Como Park. Beautifully appointed using the finest fixtures and fittings, it features a stunning master bedroom suite with 2 ensuites and 2 walk in robes, an open plan lounge/dining area with separate study/den, 3 basement carspaces and a separate storage area on title.

VIEW Wednesday & Saturday 2 - 2.30pm

CALL Sarah Case Peter Kudelka

0439 431 020 0418 319 439

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CALL Andrew Smith Gowan Stubbings

0413 309 605 0412 269 999

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143 Prospect Hill Road Canterbury

AUCTION Saturday 31st August at 1pm

29 Currajong Avenue Camberwell

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing Friday 30th August at 5pm 56 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

Pure Potential, Epic Dimensions, Prized Position, a Triumphant Trio Indeed Rarely does potential enjoy such prized position. This charming 8 room/3 bedroom home offered for the first time in almost 100 years occupies almost 1200 square metres near Maling Rd cafes, exceptional public and private schools and transport; a remarkable opportunity for renovators to finesse the dream or land buyers to create luxurious new home(s) on versatile Maling Rd corner with north-facing rear (STCA).

VIEW Thursday 11 - 11.30am, Saturday 11 - 11.30am

A New Benchmark in Luxury Living and Design Built by renowned builder, Victorian Extension Design, the sheer magnitude of this stunning 5-star entertainer’s transformation of approx. 72 sqs will leave you breathless. Comprises 5 deluxe bedrooms with BIR’s/WIR’s , 3 full en-suites, a family bathroom, multiple living spaces to delight and amaze & a spectacular granite/ European VZUG kitchen plus butler’s pantry opening to a stylish alfresco kitchen BI BBQ area featuring a night-lit in-ground swimming pool amidst a garden oasis.

Exquisitely located near Camberwell Junction.

VIEW Thursday 1 - 1.30pm & 6.30 - 7pm, Saturday 11 - 11.30am

CALL Richard Spratt Daniel Bradd

0412 493 189 0411 347 511

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CALL Cher Coad 0412 252 858 Monique Depierre 0407 881 327 Scott Patterson 0417 581 074

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30 Illawarra Road Hawthorn

AUCTION Saturday 24th August at 3pm

57 Glen Street Hawthorn

PRIVATE SALE

Family excellence on Scotch Hill Charismatic Edwardian beauty is perfectly in balance with contemporary space in this outstanding home (being offered for the first time in over 25 years) enjoying an easy indoor/outdoor transition to stylish entertainer’s deck amidst private pool/garden surrounds. In prime Scotch Hill position near premium schools and transport and comprising 4 over-sized bedrooms (main/dual-vanity en-suite, treetop balcony), large bathroom, executive study, teen retreat/5th bedroom, sun-filled formal living/dining, impeccable marble/Euro kitchen overlooking open-plan living and dining (OFP).

VIEW Thursday 12 - 12.30pm, Saturday 2.30 - 3pm

Simply flawless on Scotch Hill An exemplar in lifestyle excellence, this luxurious 3 bedroom/2 bathroom town residence provides stunning sanctuary in which to indulge, unwind and entertain.

Dean Dugdale’s Award Winning expertise takes you on an aesthetic journey where monumental glass walls fuse gallery-style expanses with 2 night-lit al fresco terraces (including city-viewing rooftop terrace, BBQ, wine fridge). Also study, Miele kitchen/ dining, large living zone, glazed cellar, CBus2 home automation and double auto garage.

VIEW Thursday 11 - 11.30am, Saturday 3 - 3.30pm

CALL Tim Picken Matt Davis

0419 305 802 0412 466 858

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CALL Daniel Bradd Scott Patterson

0411 347 511 0417 581 074

DEAN DUGDA LE DEVELOPMENTS

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1-23/619-625 Canterbury Road Surrey Hills PRIVATE SALE APARTMENTS FROM $399,000

82 Empress Road Surrey Hills

AUCTION Saturday 7th September at 2pm 58 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

Style All Year Round Evergreen, located in the heart of vibrant, leafy Surrey Hills, is a seamless union of timeless sophistication and contemporary urban life. Available in a range of spacious floor plans, each with entertaining sized outdoor terraces, all apartments feature expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, indulgent double bedrooms with ensuite, Caesar Stone bench tops and quality Miele appliances, as well as a secure underground car park and foyer. Display Suite 369 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert. surreyhillsapartments.com.au VIEW Wednesday 1 - 2pm, Saturday 10 - 11am

Sunlight, style and seclusion On the high side of a leafy street regarded as one of the area’s finest, this lovely 3 bedroom/2 bathroom 1920’s home on a lush compact allotment features an immaculate layout transformed with effortless style where rich timber features are in perfect harmony with a fresh white-washed interior. Comprising entertainer’s Caesar Stone kitchen and open-plan living/dining areas unfolding to private courtgardens plus stylish north deck for balmy evening dining. Also heating, air-conditioner, security, storage and OSP VIEW Thursday 1.15 - 1.45pm, Saturday 3 - 3.30pm

CALL Daniel Bradd 0411 347 511 Richard Spratt 0412 493 189 Conjunctional Agent Fletchers Mark Salvati 0413 745 457

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CALL Richard Spratt Daniel Bradd

0412 493 189 0411 347 511

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9 Annadale Street Kew

AUCTION Saturday 31st August at 2pm

11 Malleson Street Richmond

AUCTION Saturday 24th August at 11am

The ultimate low maintenance lifestyle An exceptional Canny design set in a quiet location close to Cotham Rd tram, this stunning 3 bedroom/2 bathroom home makes a sensational first impression and continues to excite with ground master suite, upper home-office, fully-integrated Smeg kitchen and expansive free-flowing living areas open to beautifully executed al fresco areas for ultra-stylish garden-based entertaining. With a no-expense-spared attitude, ducted heating, air-conditioners, video gated intercom and double auto garage VIEW Thursday 2 - 2.30pm, Saturday 2 - 2.30pm

Great space, beautiful character and perfect poise A picturesque presence on one of the area’s widest and most admired streets, this surprisingly spacious late Edwardian 4 bedroom/2 bathroom home combines heartwarming character and beautiful contemporary spaces amidst perfectly private, North gardens. Sitting quietly between Bridge Rd and Swan St and comprising elegant fireside lounge, vaulted ceiling atop open-plan Euro kitchen/living areas open to landscaped gardens with lily-pond water-feature. Also hydronic heating, airconditioning, security, roof storage and OSP VIEW Wednesday 12 - 12.30pm, Saturday 10.30 - 11am

CALL Richard Spratt Daniel Bradd

0412 493 189 0411 347 511

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CALL Scott Patterson Rebecca Edwards

0417 581 074 0423 759 481

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440 Kooyong Road Caulfield South

PRIVATE SALE From $810,000

11 Wolseley Grove Brighton

AUCTION Saturday 24th August at 12.30pm 60 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

Finest Designs, Unsurpassed Quality This exclusive boutique development of 10 luxury apartments will appeal to the most discerning of buyers with its inspired and elegant contemporary design, combined with inviting ambience, and superior workmanship in this premier address. Each generously proportioned two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment offers carefully curated European appliances, finishes and fittings, complemented by spacious lowmaintenance living with generous balconies or courtyards, first class security, modern technology and basement garaging.

VIEW Wednesday 2.15 - 3pm & 5.30 - 6pm, Saturday 2.15 - 3pm, Sunday 11.30 - 12pm

The Art Of Living This spectacular new Nicholas Wright designed 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom plus a study north-facing residence with a pool, two living areas, a gymnasium, sauna, Gaggenau kitchen and a four car basement garage resides close to the beach, train station, schools and Church Street and Hampton Street shopping. Private, secure and maintenance free, this solidly-built bespoke residence features meticulous attention to detail and a 7.3 star energy rating in this first class address.

VIEW Thursday 1.45 - 2.15pm & 5.45 - 6.15pm, Saturday 12 - 12.30pm

CALL Ian Jackson Gail Pullen John Simpson

0419 593 663 0407 852 041 0428 857 821

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CALL Justin Follett David Curtis

0405 996 822 0417 122 352

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Balwyn north 26 McShane Street

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An inspirational family home within Balwyn High School zone, minutes from parklands on approx 1,026sqm. Offering five bedrooms, master with designer ensuite/WIR and private balcony overlooking the rear garden, formal lounge and dining room (OFP), Euro stone kitchen, family and meals area complimented by your own private theatre/cinema room.

Formal study room, laundry room, home office/5th bedroom with kitchenette and ensuite bathroom is positioned above the 3 car garage with abundant storage. Salt-pool/spa and private entertainment pergola, water tank, alarm system and CCTV and R/C ducted heating.

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thurs 12.00 - 12.30 & 5.30 - 6.00pm & sat 12.00 - 12.30pm sat 7th september - 1.00pm 46 / F4 Please contact agent Laurence murphy 0421 829 028 maurice Di marzio 0419 182 276 Balwyn/hawthorn 9830 7000

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Glen IrIs 42 Valley Parade

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entertaining excellence with fabulous views.

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Capturing glorious views across the valley, this beautiful 4 bedroom 3 bathroom Californian Bungalow is in a class of its own. Superbly appointed with solid timber floors, quality carpets & timeless charm, this zoned family entertainer enjoys a handsome sitting room, flowing lounge, dining & meals area with French doors to decked balcony, stunning granite kitchen (Blanco appls), main bedroom (WIR & marble ensuite) & downstairs children’s retreat (floor heating) with paved terrace into the garden. Meticulously maintained, it boasts high ornate ceilings, ducted heating, air cond, ceiling fans, alarm, terraced gardens, shed & auto garage. Whisper quiet, close to train, tram, great schools & parkland.

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brunswiCk east 126 Mitchell Street 8 apartments, 1 title, outstanding investment opportunity.

Located in a cul de sac close to Lygon Street transport and extensive parkland, this well-maintained block offers a unique portfolio opportunity. In renovated condition, each apartment is securely tenanted, and comprises two double bedrooms (BIRs), a spacious living room, large kitchen/meals, neat bathroom/laundry and separate WC. The upper level units have sunny west-facing balconies, and all have a designated parking space. Don’t miss this chance to secure a prime property with an assured income stream, in one of the area’s most desirable residential precincts! Currently returning $138,708 per annum.

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Wed 1.00 - 1.30pm & sat 2.00 - 2.30pm thurs 29th august - 2.00pm 29 / k5 Please contact agent John sheldrick 0426 248 076 rob Elsom 0411 889 660 Brunswick 9388 5200

Canterbury 852 Burke road edwardian Charm.

Renovated to infuse its original beauty with contemporary living, this timeless brick Edwardian is picture perfect in every way. Greeted by a tessellated tiled verandah, this engaging home enjoys 3 beautiful bedrooms (fireplaces & BIRs, main - WIR, BIRs & double shower ensuite), heritage bathroom (claw foot bath), well appointed granite kitchen (WI pantry) & open plan living/dining with bi-fold doors to private entertainment courtyard. Features leadlights, pressed metal & polished boards, it boasts hydronic heating, air conditioning, security entry, attic storage & off street parking. Perfectly positioned on the brink of Camberwell junction, restaurants, cafes, trams & leading schools.

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2 thurs & sat 12.00 - 12.30pm sat 31st august - 12.00pm 45 / J10 Please contact agent steve Burke 0448 331 653 katie reynolds 0413 790 708 maurice Di marzio 0419 182 276 Balwyn/hawthorn 9830 7000

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Kew east 14 Minto Street Uncompromising style and sophistication.

Boasting single level opulence, this substantial home caters to every family member’s desire for space. The multiple living zones include a lounge sweeping out to a elegant courtyard, dining room, meals and enticing family room with Jetmaster fire, leading to a private backyard. Central to this home’s allure, the gourmet granite kitchen features Asko/Ilve appliances. Gleaming parquet floors complement the 4 fully-fitted bedrooms, study, luxurious master ensuite and granite bathroom.

Well-appointed with ducted heating/cooling/vacuum and double auto garage, live near elite private schools, Kew Golf Club, St Anne’s and Kew East Primary Schools, Yarra Bike Trail and Harp Village eateries.

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Kooyong 75 elizabeth Street Stunning light-filled, fully renovated 3 bedrooms plus solid brick home with large open plan kitchen/living room & a separate dining area, 3 bathrooms, sunny courtyard, pool & garage set in tightly held Kooyong.

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thurs 11.00 - 11.30am & sat as advertised sat 7th september - 2.30pm 59 / D4 $1.1m - $1.2m andrew James 0411 420 788

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Fiona martin 0423 582 866 Fraser cahill 0400 592 572 armadale 9509 0411

2 thurs 1.00 - 1.30pm & sat from 12.30pm sat 24th august - 1.00pm 45 / g2 $1,500,000 - $1,650,000 mark Purdey 0428 946 683 toby Parker 0413 581 104 Balwyn/hawthorn 9830 7000

Prahran east 7 WeStbourne Street Light-filled, renovated freestanding Victorian 2/3 BR home is a short stroll to Hawksburn Village & comprises arched entry hall, 2 bathrms, study/3rd BR option, generous open plan kitchen, dining & living room, paved rear courtyard & sunny north/west aspect, R.O.W. at the rear & more.

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Wed 12.00 - 12.30pm & sat as adv. sat 7th september - 11.30am 58 / g6 $900k - $1.0m Fraser cahill 0400 592 572 andrew summons 0418 321 604 armadale 9509 0411

348 Orrong Road Caulfield 9526 1999 55 Inkerman Street St Kilda 9066 4688 garypeer.com.au AUCTION THIS SATURDAY 11:30

Toorak 10 Ashe Grove

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Stunning double fronted Edwardian home comp; landscaped front garden, light filled kitchen, spacious living w/adj dining, paved courtyard, master bedroom (BIRs & powder room), 2nd BR (ens) & 3rd BR/sitting room, central bathroom w/l’dry facs & OSP for 2 cars.

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79a Alfred Street PRAHRAN Prahran Perfection Enjoy a lifestyle of luxury & convenience in this spacious town residence. With the advantage of two living zones, granite kitchen, landscaped courtyards & what is a rare find in Prahran a DOUBLE remote garage. So close to restaurants & cafes, public transport & all the area’s exciting features.

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Auction this Saturday

CAMBERWELL 458 Camberwell Road

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An elegant Tudor rich in history Elegant, welcoming and rich in history, this Tudor rarity is sure to impress! Tightly held for generations, the well-appointed

Auction Sat 24 Aug, 12.30

family residence showcases half-timbering, tall chimneys, leadlight windows, gables and wood-panelled hallway-all on an

View Thu 1.00 - 1.30 & Sat 12.00 - 12.30

expansive 966 sqm. (approx.) allotment. Boasting three bedrooms, gas kitchen, grand bathroom, laundry, generous and

www.458camberwellrdcamberwell.com

beautifully-lit living spaces, library and sunroom, two undercover car spaces (one lock-up), garden shed, as well as trams at

Jason Hearn 0409 828 590

doorstep! Close to Camberwell Junction, prestigious schools, shops, restaurants, library, cinema, market and shopping

Caroline Hammill 0418 334 561

centre. Modernise or simply immerse yourself in the warm and beautiful period charm.

Camberwell 9805 1111

Camberwell 277 Camberwell Road 9805 1111

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SURREY HILLS 85 Broughton Road

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"Bon Accord" - A blank canvas for your imagination Build your dream home from this prized corner-position block, boasting an extra-wide 35m (approx.) frontage on Elm St, generous 620sqm land size and wide driveway already in place-the possibilities are endless! Quiet, yet a stone throw away to the gorgeous Wattle Park as well as Riversdale Road trams to the city. Enjoy a short stroll to Elgar Road shops, post office and restaurants, or drive merely a couple minutes to Surrey Hills train station and Union Road shops and amenities.

The existing structures of a 2 bedroom house, garage and a shed are uncomplicated-making development a breeze.

HAWTHORN 25/563 Glenferrie Road

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Best position in the block Surprisingly large with northern aspect, this immaculate refurbished unit is within easy walking distance of myriad lifestyle attractions. Quietly positioned at the rear of the block. Parking available.

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HAWTHORN 24 Urquhart Street

Auction Sat 31 Aug, 11.00 View Thu & Sat 12:30 - 1:00 Helena Chow 0407 226 828 Caroline Hammill 0418 334 561 Camberwell 9805 1111

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Classical period charm in the prized Urquhart Estate Auction Sat 31 Aug, 10.30 Quoting $330K - $360K View Thu 1:00 - 1:30; Sat 2:30 - 3:00 Lisa Roberts 0413 265 362 Glenn Bartlett 0418 337 710 Carlton 9347 1755

Camberwell 277 Camberwell Road 9805 1111

Enriched with romantic Urquhart Estate character, this 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom Californian Bungalow offers restoration/extension potential. Comprising lounge, kitchen, family/meals, powder room, sun room & double lock up garage. Land: 739sqm approx.

Auction Sat 31 Aug, 11.00 View Wed 12:30 - 1:00 Chris Karantzas 0413 944 034 Clare Rocke 0412 979 109 Oakleigh 9568 1188

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BERWICK

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CAMBERWELL

CAULFIELD

GLEN IRIS

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BALWYN

BERWICK

BLACKBURN

BOX HILL

CAMBERWELL

CAULFIELD

GLEN IRIS

GLEN WAVERLEY

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BERWICK

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CAMBERWELL

CAULFIELD

GLEN IRIS

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BERWICK

BLACKBURN

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CAMBERWELL

CAULFIELD

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Glen Iris 5 Vincent Street Superb modern single level residence situated on 860sqm approx, features refined spaces arranged around an elegant central Japanese garden - a beautiful focal point for bright formal sitting and dining rooms, light filled kitchen/family areas and four bedrooms served by two impressively appointed bathrooms. A large rear garden with north westerly aspects, wine storage, double garage and workshop with access from White Street.

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4 • Elite location • Huge open plan kitchen/living • Spacious rear entertaining • Garage & storage (Access from White St) • Land 860sqm approx Auction Saturday 31st August 12.00pm Inspect Wednesday 12-.30-1.00 Thursday 5.30-6.00 Saturday 12-12.30

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Celeste Wright 0413 309 002 John Chartres 0418 321 951 Malvern 9509 8244 1276 High Street

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Malvern East 3/46 Capon Street Auction Price Inspect Contact

Single-Level Sensation in a Sought-After Location!

With its open-plan design and quality features throughout, this surprisingly spacious rear villa highlights three bedrooms (master with WIR and ensuite), main bathroom, open living/dining and well-appointed kitchen. Features include ducted heating and cooling, high ceilings, full-sized laundry, plus an impressively large L-shaped private courtyard garden with northerly aspect, remote-controlled double garage. Close to Chadstone Shopping Centre, public transport, local parks and primary school, easy access to Monash Fwy. www.3-46.caponstreetmalverneast.com

Office

Sat 31 August 1.30pm $580,000-$630,000 Wed 2-2.30pm & Sat 11-11.30am Robert Eierweis 0413 779 604 James Marcou 0409 967 995 Ashburton 9809 9888 3

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HAWTHORN Apt 83, 349 Riversdale Road

BALWYN NORTH 2/21 Severn Street

Rare and Special

Villa With A Village Feel

An exceptional 3 bedroom ´Penthouse´ Apartment offering security, privacy and panoramas that only ’Ryland’s can offer. Independent living at its best in a 5 star Country Club atmosphere. Ideally located for convenience to transport and shopping.

Features: Theatre, library, reception room, restaurant and bar, gymnasium, pool, ´wellness centre´, storage and parking.

Office: 1161 Burke Road, Kew 9817 0123

For Sale: Price: Open: Contact:

$1.1 - $1.2 Million by appointment Ivan Green 0418 326 483 Chris Ewart 0419 897 979

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With its own street frontage, separate driveway, walking distance to Village shops, Tram, St Bede´s Church & located in Balwyn High Zone, this 2 bedrm villa comp: Spacious open plan living/ dining & kitchen, courtyard, main bedroom with access to central bathroom, 2nd WC/powder room, both bedrooms (BIRs). Heating/cooling, direct access to LUG, freshly painted & newly carpeted.

Office: 72A Doncaster Road, Balwyn North 9859 9517

Auction: Price: Open: Contact:

Sat 24th August at 11.00am $530,000 plus Th 11-11.30am Sat 10.30-11am Anthony Panayi 0402 911 117 Chris Ewart 0419 897 979

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CAMBERWELL 7 Alma Road Step inside and enjoy the ambience and period grandeur of this magnificent Hawthorn brick Italianate residence exemplifying the elegance and impressive proportions of the Victorian era, with a perfect combination of period features including tessellated tile verandahs, iron lacework, heritage colours, slate roof, stained glass windows, marble fireplaces, ornate cornices and ceiling roses representing its past character. Arguably one of the earlier homes on the Seymour Park subdivision in the 1890s the home was named after a vessel of the same name. Gracing a wide garden allotment and delivering a seamless blend of old and new comprising a gracious arched tessellated tile hallway opening to formal sitting and dining rooms, study, two downstairs bedrooms (main/WIR/ensuite), two period-style bathrooms and laundry. A light-filled rear two-storey extension includes generously proportioned informal living and dining spaces, Baltic Pine kitchen overlooking a verandah, alfresco area and fountain; plus upstairs retreat and two additional bedrooms.

Other features include intercom, alarm, d/heating/cooling/vacuum, remote gates tandem+single garages, off-street parking and original stables with four rooms.

Enhanced by a sought-after lifestyle location in the leafy environs of the Sunnyside Estate close to Burke Road, Camberwell Junction or the new Tooronga Village Complex, with easy access to the CBD via CityLink plus transport to many of Melbourne´s prestige schools - all underpinning the family benefits.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 10.15-10.45am & Saturday 1-1.30pm

Contact

James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Zali Booker 0422 576 049

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266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

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www.7almaroadcamberwell.com

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MALVERN EAST 88 Manning Road Spectacularly nestled within an absolutely stunning Eugene Gilligan designed private garden and pool oasis reminiscent of a 5 star resort, this completely refurbished contemporary residence´s luxurious and generously proportioned dimensions provide sensational family appeal close to good schools, transport, shops and cafes.

A glorious parquetry foyer introduces elegant formal dining, gracious sitting room with gas fireplace and study all enjoying picture window outlooks to the beautiful garden. The sublime entertainer´s kitchen featuring a large Smeg oven, marble benches and butler´s pantry and superbly proportioned living and dining room open through a series of bi-fold doors to a picturesque totally private garden surrounded by soaring palm trees and boasting bluestone paving, a built in BBQ entertaining area, stunning solar heated pool and a fabulous year round alfresco spa pavilion surrounded by banquet seating and bi-fold louvre doors. Generous bedroom accommodation upstairs includes a captivating main bedroom with walk in robes and designer en-suite, four additional double bedrooms with robes and a stylish bathroom.

Every modern luxury has been incorporated including ducted heating and cooling, alarm, 2xRC/air-conditioners, ducted vacuum, remote pool/spa controls, underground water tank, drip irrigation, powder-room, laundry and double garage.

Land size: 826sqm/8,890sqft approx.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2.15-2.45pm & Saturday 1.15-1.45pm

Contact

Andrew Hayne 0418 395 349

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

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MIDDLE PARK 202 Page Street This stunning five/six bedroom, three bathroom Victorian sets benchmarks for classical beauty and contemporary brilliance on one of Middle Park´s largest allotments. A romantic formal sitting room, refined dining room and evocative study are complemented by the un-paralleled luxury of dramatic living/dining areas, superb marble kitchen and an upstairs lounge with a balcony. Landscaped entertaining and seductive pool precede a three car garage and, above, a fully self-contained studio apartment.

Land depth 55m (approx.)

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 11.30-12pm

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Contact

Kaine Lanyon 0411 875 478 Oliver Bruce 0409 856 599

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Office

119 Bridport Street Albert Park 9822 9999

Web

www.202pagestreet-middlepark.com

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HAWTHORN 27 Kinkora Road This impressive Grace Park Queen Anne residence c1907 impressively showcases the generous proportions of its era plus meticulously detailed art nouveau period features. The adaptable interior features exquisite leadlight+bay windows, polished timber floors, arched hallway, formal sitting, study, 5 bedrooms, upstairs living, 2 bathrooms, superb Bosch/ CaesarStone kitchen/dining, butlers pantry, concealed laundry & separate family living room overlooking a north facing verandah plus paved outdoor entertaining area with fully tiled I/G pool, spa & Gazebo.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2.45-3.15pm & Saturday from 3pm

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James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.27kinkoraroadhawthorn.com

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HAWTHORN 19 Linda Crescent In beautifully landscaped surroundings & with preferred northerly aspect, Grace Park Estate ’Harlech’ c1910 merges classical refinement & romance with contemporary luxury & style for unsurpassed indoor/outdoor family living. With four bedrooms (or three & formal dining room), impressive sitting room/home theatre, powder room, substantial family zone opening to sandstone entertaining terrace & handcut tiled self-cleaning pool, rumpus area, stone gourmet kitchen with European appliances, family bathroom, hydronic heating, airconditioning, alarm, OFPs, raintank & rear ROW.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm Saturday 3-3.30pm

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Antony Woodley 0421 286 741 Kathy Malcolm 0416 279 966

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.19lindacrescent-hawthorn.com

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TOORAK 6 Heymount Close Magnificently situated behind an 80ft frontage, this iconic c1970´s SJB designed, single storey residence offers a myriad of options ranging from renovating to rebuilding (STCA).

Soaring ceilings accentuate the scale of the living spaces opening to north facing garden. The original gourmet kitchen with new ovens, casual dining and living/home theatre open to a courtyard. Main bedroom with marble ensuite is accompanied by three further bedrooms, bathroom and study. Features hydronic heating, RC/air-conditioning, powder-room and 2xgarage. Land size 733 sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday 12-12.30pm

Contact

Richard Mackinnon 0414 822 579 Susan McGlashan 0417 554 224

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.6heymountclose-toorak.com

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ELWOOD 5 Bendigo Avenue This light-filled and alluring attic-style Edwardian reveals superbly renovated and extended interiors ideal for family enjoyment. Generously proportioned throughout stunning formal lounge and dining domains and open-plan living flooded with natural light, featuring bi-fold doors to the garden. A stylish contemporary kitchen and formal, family and outdoor dining spaces. 4 beautiful bedrooms include main upstairs with polished ensuite and private balcony.

Open fireplace, beautiful bay windows, double garaging via right-of-way.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 3.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 4-4.30pm

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James Redfern 0412 360 667 Kaine Lanyon 0411 875 478

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.5bendigoavenue-elwood.com

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TOORAK 1/14 Martin Court "Sienna" Apartments An exquisite garden apartment in the new luxury boutique "Sienna" building, featuring two bedrooms and a study and enjoying large open plan living area. The design consultants’ meticulous attention to detail has been matched by the builder’s uncompromising standards of quality to produce a sophisticated living environment a short stroll from Toorak Village.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 12-12.30pm

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Mark Harris 0414 799 343 Justin Long 0418 537 973

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

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DEEPDENE 19 Crest Avenue This superbly renovated English-style 2-storey family residence is enhanced by a sought-after Reid Estate cul-desac location & northern views featuring marble tiled entrance, p/room, light-filled formal living & dining & lowerlevel informal family living with Smeg/Calacatta marble kitchen, tranquil garden vistas to paved alfresco area & heated I/G pool; plus 4 zoned bedrooms with WIRs & ensuites, 2 bathrooms; upstairs retreat+balcony. Features include alarm, d/heating/cooling/vac., auto watering, attic storage & rem/dble garage+OSP(4).

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday 12.30-1pm

Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.19crestavenue-deepdene.com

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CANTERBURY 52 Bryson Street This lovely Edwardian residence in the Maling Road precinct features a relaxed, family-friendly ambience coming from spacious formal rooms and informal living areas. Superbly renovated/extended the interior with a flexible layout comprises sitting room, north-facing living, 4 bedrooms (main/WIR/ensuite), study/5th bedroom, 2 family bathrooms, laundry, kitchen/dining/living opening to a wide deck+deep garden. Includes alarm, period features, OFPs, R/C airconditioners, d/heating, rem/double garage.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 1.45-2.15pm

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Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.52brysonstreetcanterbury.com

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SOUTH YARRA 5 Norman Avenue In a tightly held cul de sac, the stunning indoor and expansive outdoor dimensions of this impressive solid brick c1890´s Victorian residence provides a captivating tranquil oasis. Glorious arched hallway introduces a magnificent sitting room (OFP), beautiful main bedroom (en-suite), second gorgeous bedroom, fitted study/3rdbedroom and stylish bathroom. The modern Smeg kitchen and light-filled living and dining room open to an exceptionally deep private garden. Features hydronic heating, air-conditioning and alarm.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 10-10.30am & Saturday 1-1.30pm

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Contact

James Tomlinson 0408 350 684 Susan McGlashan 0417 554 224

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.5normanavenue-southyarra.com

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HAWTHORN 2 The Boulevard The captivating ambience of this unique Spanish Mission styled family residence in the coveted Urquhart Estate boasts garden vistas & access plus a light-filled interior comprising formal dining & sitting rooms, study, informal living, farmhouse-style kitchen/dining (Euro appliances), powder room & laundry plus large courtyard. Complemented by 4 bedrooms, main/WIR/ensuite, study alcove; whilst 3 are located upstairs+family bathroom. Incls period attributes, OFPs, d/heating, ample storage, rem/dble garage+ storerooms (ROW).

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 10-10.30am

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James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.2theboulevardhawthorn.com

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BALWYN 35 Yongala Street This captivating Californian Bungalow in the Balwyn High zone offers exceptional zoned living over 2 levels and sublime north-facing indoor/outdoor entertaining comprising 4 bedrooms (main/WIR/ensuite), sitting room (GLF), study or dining, laundry+shower, 2 p/rooms, upstairs retreat & bathroom; a full-width informal living domain & stunning granite/Euro kitchen (WIP) leading to a wide deck & private, leafy garden with heated I/G pool. Includes alarm, P/shutters, hydronic heating, d/cooling, auto+watering+tank 10,000ltrs, carport+OSP. Land Size 765sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 1-1.30pm

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Contact

Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 DĂŠsirĂŠe Wakim 0412 336 266

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.35yongalastreet-balwyn.com

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KEW 10 Cradley Avenue A classic late 1920s family residence in the Studley Park precinct blending the charm/proportions of its era with a superbly renovated/spacious and stylishly appointed interior featuring light-filled north-east facing living/dining/kitchen flowing to a terrace and s-heated pool+garden, entrance foyer, formal living/dining, 2 powder rooms, laundry, 3 bedrooms (upstairs main/twin WIRs, retreat), study/4th bedroom, porcelain tiled ensuite & bathroom. Also includes OFPs, ducted heating/cooling, roof storage, tanks/13,000ltrs, remote/garage+OSP.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday 2.45-3.15pm

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James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.10cradleyavenue-kew.com

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KEW 1 Murphy Street This classic clinker brick home in the Studley Park environs has been superbly renovated capitalizing on breathtaking City skyline views with a split-level interior featuring a polished timber hallway, study/sitting room (OFP), 4 bedrooms, main/WIR/ensuite, 2 bathrooms, flowing to a sleek kitchen, adjacent laundry plus dining/living opening to a deck+views - providing a brilliant indoor/outdoor entertaining precinct; downstairs retreat & under-house storage. Includes alarm, d/heating, R/C air-conditioners, rem/ gates, carport+OSP.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 11-11.30am

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Zali Booker 0422 576 049 Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.1murphystreet-kew.com

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TOORAK 1 Landale Road The captivating elegance and exceptional luxury showcased by this spacious Nicholas Day residence delivers a highly coveted elite lifestyle. A circular entrance hall featuring parquetry floors introduces elegant sitting and dining rooms, expansive living/dining with gourmet kitchen opening to north-facing courtyard. Accessed by lift and stairs, two gorgeous bedrooms with travertine ensuites are accompanied by third bedroom, third bathroom and study.

Features heating/cooling, alarm, powder-room, wine cellar, irrigation and 3xgarage.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 10-10.30am

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Susan McGlashan 0417 554 224 Justin Long 0418 537 973

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.1landaleroad-toorak.com

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BALWYN NORTH 7 Corona Street Behind the striking façade of this brilliantly renovated splitlevel home a total transformation has taken place.

Comprising wide hallway, stunning formal and informal living areas, four bedrooms (mainWIR/ensuite), three bathrooms, butler´s pantry/laundry, north-facing kitchen (twin ovens)/meals/family room, balcony, lower-level kitchen/bar and solar-heated pool and entertaining area.

Includes alarm, ducted heating/cooling, heated floors in both ensuites, remote/double garage, 2 dishwashers, cellar storage. Perfectly located in Riverside Estate.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 11-11.30am

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Michael Wood 0425 280 191 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.7coronastreet-balwynnorth.com

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ARMADALE 21 Glassford Street The spectacular architect designed renovation of this solid brick Edwardian residence has created a scintillatingly stylish domain. A limed Baltic pine hallway leads to captivating main bedroom with ultra stylish en-suite, two further bedrooms, designer bathroom and sitting room. The state of the art kitchen and generous living/dining room open to a private landscaped north-facing garden courtyard.

Only just completed, it features ducted heating, RC/airconditioner, instant hot water, alarm, Euro-laundry, ample loft storage and optional OSP via ROW.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 11.30-12pm

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Justin Krongold 0403 163 355 Andrew Hayne 0418 395 349

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.21glassfordstreet-armadale.com

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CANTERBURY 20A Logan Street This immaculately presented single-level classical contemporary residence near Maling Road features a deceptively spacious interior offering luxurious lowmaintenance surroundings, formal/informal living opening to north & south courtyards, tranquil water features, parquetry hallway, 3 zoned bedrooms main/WIR/ensuite, central atrium, 2 bathrooms laundry and an expansive family living+ stylish emporite/granite kitchen. Includes intercom, alarm, Euro appliances, JetmasterFP, d/heating/cooling/vac, rem/ double garage (I/A).

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday - By Appointment

Contact

Duane Wolowiec 0418 567 581 Stuart Evans 0402 067 710

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

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www.20aloganstreet-canterbury.com

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KEW 71 Argyle Road Rich Arts and Crafts period character, impressively renovated proportions and outstanding poolside entertaining provide an exceptional context for refined family living in this five bedroom 1920´s home enjoying a privileged Kew position just moments from leading schools and Outer Circle Trail parkland. Substantial accommodation features fine marble finishes, northern Ranges views, conservatory sitting/ dining, solar heated pool with large cabana and gated off street parking for six vehicles. Land: 909sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 2.15-2.45pm & Saturday 2.15-2.45pm

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Walter Dodich 0413 262 655 Wayne Tyson 0409 864 814

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.71argyleroadkew.com

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CAMBERWELL 34 Donna Buang Street Highlighted by a prestigious address, a substantial 1087 sqm (approx) site and c1978 style, this expansive brick residence offers immediate family enjoyment or luxury new home site or townhouse site (STCA). The elevated entry opens to spacious living and formal dining areas (OFP), well equipped kitchen, family living/dining room and billiards room opening to deep garden. Main bedroom (en-suite) is accompanied by two further bedrooms, study/4th bedroom and bathroom.

Features ducted heating, laundry, wine cellar, 2xcar-port & lock-up garage.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 1-1.30pm

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Mark Sproule 0408 090 205 Andrew Gibbons 0407 577 007

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.34donnabuangstreet-camberwell.com

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GLEN IRIS 11 Irymple Avenue Immaculately presented, this timeless contemporary residence reveals elegant interiors, sensational indooroutdoor entertaining spaces and a highly regarded location close to Central Park. Sun-drenched interiors include superb formal lounge and dining domain extending to two private courtyards and stylish open-plan living and dining adjacent a gourmet granite kitchen. Fabulous north-facing courtyard with automated awning. Beautiful downstairs main bedroom (ensuite/WIRs), upstairs children´s living room and two additional bedrooms.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday 1-1.30pm

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James Redfern 0412 360 667 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.11irympleavenue-gleniris.com

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GLEN IRIS 1574 Malvern Road Commanding an imposing presence, this character-rich timber Edwardian residence showcases period elegance and comfort through substantial light-filled dimensions. The Baltic pine hallway introduces sitting room (OFP), formal dining (OFP), gourmet kitchen, generous living/dining and home theatre room all opening to west-facing garden with heated spa. Main bedroom (OFP) with en-suite/WIR is accompanied by three further bedrooms, bathroom and retreat. Features ducted heating, alarm, powder-room, auto gates and OSP.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday from 1pm

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Stephen Gough 0439 844 855 Nick Ptak 0413 370 442

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.1574malvernroad-gleniris.com

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SURREY HILLS 4 Wandsworth Road This immaculately presented c1970´s solid brick single level Fasham designed residence´s indoor/outdoor focus and contemporary styling delivers immediate family lifestyle enjoyment. Highlighted by beamed ceilings and timber floors the spacious living/dining room, casual dining and modern kitchen open to a northeast-facing gardens with gas-heated pool/spa. Main bdrm (en-suite) is complemented by 3 further bdrms & stylish bath. Features slab heating, split system airconditioning, laundry, video intercom and 2xcarport. Land size 650sqm (15.2m x 42.6m) approx

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 2pm

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Contact

Désirée Wakim 0412 336 266 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.4wandsworthroad-surreyhills.com

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TOORAK 10 Woorigoleen Road Modern two bedroom, two bathroom solid brick residence creates a tempting opportunity to consider new home site on 536sqm, STCA, making the most of this exclusive location. Impeccably maintained living/entertaining, separate dining and generous study each overlook the established front garden and are served by a spacious kitchen which reflects the style of its era. Outdoor dimensions include a lock up garage and enhance options for a fabulous future within walking distance to Toorak Village and tram routes.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday & Saturday & Sunday 1-1.45pm

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Contact

James McCormack 0410 503 389 Walter Dodich 0413 262 655

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.10woorigoleenroad-toorak.com

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TOORAK 1/60 Mathoura Road Occupying the entire ground level of an exclusive Christopher Doyle development of only 3, this luxurious brand new residence exudes the finest in contemporary European elegance. Exceptional proportions and dark oak floors distinguish the north facing library/sitting room and separate north facing living room. Dining area opening to west terrace & garden, sublime marble Miele kitchen with butler´s pantry. Three stunning bedrooms (marble en-suites).

Features slab heating, ducted heating/cooling, alarm, video intercom and lift to 2 carparks, storeroom and cellar.

Private Sale

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Inspect

By Appointment Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday 1.30-2pm

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Contact

Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Nicole French 0417 571 505

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.1-60mathouraroad-toorak.com

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124 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

KEW 1-4/17 Stirling Street With value underpinned by an outstanding Kew residential location - this boutique development of 4 apartments (all let) and ideally require a makeover to the interiors and surrounds. Alternatively presenting an exceptional opportunity to redevelop the existing buildings for the construction of luxurious new residences or new home site with northern rear orientation and R.O.W. (STCA). The original apartments with ground & 1st floor configuration comprise living/dining, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen/ meals.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 1.15-1.45pm

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Contact

Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.1-4-17stirlingstreet-kew.com

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MALVERN EAST 7 Manning Road Within a beautiful north-facing garden and pool setting, this gracious solid brick residence´s elegant proportions, period charm and prized Gascoigne Estate location highlight its instant family appeal.

Baltic pine arched hallway introduces cosy sitting room (OFP), grand formal dining (OFP), spacious kitchen, lightfilled living, music/TV room, main bedroom (OFP) with ensuite, three further bedrooms, study/5th bedroom (OFP) and bathroom. Features ducted heating, RC/air-conditioning, alarm, powder-room and double car-port.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 11am

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Contact

Heather Elder 0413 273 079 James Tomlinson 0408 350 684

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.7manningroad-malverneast.com

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CANTERBURY 4 Victoria Avenue This magnificent Hawthorn brick, slate roofed Victorian residence on 935sqm in the Golden Mile precinct features a beautiful interior with arched hallway, study, formal sitting & dining room, 4 bedrooms main/WIR/ ensuite & 2 bathrooms. A split-level rear extension incorporates a superb dark stained timber, granite/Miele kitchen/dining opening to a balcony overlooking an in-ground pool/spa & lower level informal living & external home office. Includes alarm, marble OFPs, d/heating/cooling, rem/dble garage.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 11-11.30am

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Contact

Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.4victoriaavenue-canterbury.com

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KEW EAST 5 Cole Avenue Impressive not only for its sense of classical modern style, exemplary finish and beautifully elegant four bedroom proportions, this brand new luxury residence brings all these elements together in an effortlessly practical single level floorplan complemented by private alfresco entertaining, an easily managed landscaped garden and remote double garage. Includes showpiece smeg appointed kitchen and butlers pantry with second hob/ oven, dedicated storage, video intercom, ducted heating/ cooling. Land: 755sqm (approx)

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.15-1.45pm Saturday 3.15-3.45pm

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Contact

Cameron Edgoose 0438 064 212 Antony Woodley 0421 286 741

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.5coleavenue-keweast.com

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126 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

HAWTHORN 64 Manningtree Road This classic Victorian residence enviably located near Glenferrie Road features a Baltic Pine arched hallway, formal sitting room (bay window), 4 bedrooms, generous main with WIR & ensuite access to a stylish family bathroom; flowing through to a full-width family living/dining domain with contemporary timber floors and European S/S kitchen plus study & laundry with WC. Features include Plantation Shutters, period attributes, marble OFPs, ducted evap cooling throughout & R/C air-conditioner (informal living), hydronic heating, roof storage, front tandem OSP.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday from 1pm

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Contact

Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.64manningtreeroad-hawthorn.com

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PRAHRAN EAST 16A Chomley Street This exceptional four bedroom, two bathroom contemporary home´s light filled spaces, dedicated home office and Miele kitchen with walk in pantry enjoy endless northern light and appreciate aspects over the sublime backdrop of designer decking and a self cleaning alluring lap pool. Heated polished concrete floors, high ceilings and walls of windows define fabulous dimensions, matched upstairs by impressive accommodation. 2-pac joinery, heating/cooling, garden LED lighting, 5 star energy rating and secure garage enhance scintillating spaces in the Prahran East precinct.

Auction

Saturday 14th September at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday 12-12.30pm

Contact

James Redfern 0412 360 667 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

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SURREY HILLS 31 Park Road A stunning contemporary statement in this highly regarded tree-lined street within walking distance to Wattle Park, 70 tram line and local shopping village. This inspiring custom built home feats 4 or 5 beds, study, separate lounge, dream state-of-the-art kitchen that serves a vast family dining & living room with bi-fold doors opening onto expansive decking . A consummate entertainer amidst a lush garden setting with alfresco dining overlooking night lit salt/solar pool and spa. Land: 843sqm approx

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am Saturday 2.45-3.15pm

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Contact

Ross Stryker 0401 318 772 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.31parkroad-surreyhills.com

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MALVERN 46 Wheatland Road This classic solid brick Edwardian residence´s blend of period charm and modern comfort is perfect for immediate family enjoyment while offering scope to extend or further update.

High ceilings are displayed through Baltic pine hallway, four spacious bedrooms (2OFPs) and bathroom with spa bath.

Generous living room (gas fireplace), light-filled dining and modern Bosch kitchen featuring stone benches opens to a deep garden with ROW. Features hydronic heating, RC/airconditioner, laundry, sprinklers and OSP.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 3.30-4pm & Saturday 2-2.30pm

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Contact

Rae Tomlinson 0418 336 234 James Tomlinson 0408 350 684

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.46wheatlandroad-malvern.com

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128 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

GLEN IRIS 10 Bella Vista Road Elegant family residence brilliantly caters to relaxed living and lavish entertaining through stylish indoor/outdoor dimensions. Plantation shutters add contemporary elegance to generous sitting room, formal dining and study. Expansive living room, casual dining and well appointed kitchen open to a huge covered deck, garden and heated pool. Main bedroom with a stunning en-suite/WIR is accompanied by three further bedrooms, designer bathroom and retreat.

Features heating/cooling, alarm, powder-room and 2xgarage.

Land size 678sqm.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 2-2.30pm

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Contact

Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.10bellavistaroad-gleniris.com

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SURREY HILLS 80 Guildford Road Impressively situated within a deep garden and pool allotment, this enchanting c1926 timber residence offers instant family appeal. Captivating period features are showcased through elegant sitting room, country style Caesarstone kitchen and generous living/dining room opening to a timber deck & picturesque garden with heated pool and spa. Main bedroom (en-suite) is complemented by two further bedrooms, study/retreat and 2nd bathroom.

Features ducted heating/cooling, RC/air-conditioner, attic & Land: Approx 782m2.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 2-2.30pm

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Contact

Nicholas Franzmann 0412 247 175 Peter Mitchell 0418 374 556

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

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GLEN IRIS 36 Madeline Street This attractive brick family home ideally positioned beside a Reserve features an appealingly renovated interior with ample accommodation comprising inviting hallway, sitting room (OFP), 4 bedrooms (BIRs), 2 stylish bathrooms & laundry plus a smart contemporary kitchen overlooking a generous informal family living and dining area with study alcove flowing to a fantastic outdoor entertaining deck, BBQ area & private garden. Features include d/heating, R/C airconditioner, roof & garage storage+OSP.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 3.45-4.15pm

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Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.36madelinestreet-gleniris.com

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ASHBURTON 23 Eleanor Street Beautifully merging Art Deco charm with contemporary style, this captivating c1930´s residence´s exceptional architectural designed dimensions cater to every stage of family life. Timber floors are highlighted through formal sitting room and formal dining with OFPs, stunning Smeg and stone kitchen, family meals area and spacious living room opening to north facing garden. Three bedrooms with two bathrooms are complemented upstairs by two further bedrooms, study, retreat and third bathroom. Features ducted heating, water tank and irrigation.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday 10.30-11am

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Contact

Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058 Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.23eleanorstreet-ashburton.com

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130 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

CAMBERWELL 33 Regent Street In a quiet leafy Camberwell location this light filled home comprises hallway opening to a formal sitting room with study alcove and formal dining, four bedrooms (BIRs), two bathrooms, split-level living, dining and superb kitchen all opening to a brick paved entertaining area and family sized garden. Includes ducted heating, R/C air conditioning, CaeserStone benchtops, S/S appliances, skylit laundry, carport plus single car garage/gym and easy-care gardens.

Land size: 930sqm/10,011sqf approx.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 4.15-4.45pm

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Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.33regentstreet-camberwell.com

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GLEN IRIS 42 Aintree Road The captivating period charm of this enchanting c1920´s residence is matched by stylish contemporary comfort and wonderful outdoor dimensions with pool. River Red Gum floors flow through the entrance hall to sitting room (OFP), formal dining, stylish gourmet Ilve kitchen and spacious family room opening to private garden with heated pool.

3 generous bedrooms (BIRs) and 4th bedroom/study are accompanied by 2 modern bathrooms and a mezzanine playroom/retreat. Features ducted heating, RC/air-con, alarm, laundry and OSP. Land size 560sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2.15-2.45pm & Saturday 2.45-3.15pm

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Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 James Redfern 0412 360 667

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.42aintreeroad-gleniris.com

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GLEN IRIS 33 Park Road Eye-catching classic Art Deco family home on a generous allotment (833sm approx) featuring zoned accommodation comprising formal sitting room, adjacent dining, 4 bedrooms, rear main with ensuite, period-style bathroom and study.

Complemented by a central Euro kitchen with concealed laundry and spacious living/dining with glass roof and fullheight doors opening to a north-east facing deck plus retreat or home office and deep rear garden with fountain.

Incls: alarm, v/intercom, d/heating, evap. cooling, tank +grey water, garage.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2.45-3.15pm & Saturday 12.30-1pm

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Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.33parkroad-gleniris.com

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KEW 19 Atkins Street This pretty, stylishly renovated Edwardian enjoys a brilliant Kew location comprising 3 bedrooms (BIRs, main/WIR/ ensuite), modern bathroom & separate laundry. A generous open-plan living, dining & kitchen area with CaesarStone benches, Euro appliances & polished concrete floors flows to paved entertaining area gently shaded by a heritage rose and Japanese Maple tree in a leafy garden. Features include alarm, classic period features, OFPs, d/heating, R/C airconditioner, ample internal storage+shed with power, 2000ltr water tank & OSP.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 2pm

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Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.19atkinsstreet-kew.com

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132 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

MALVERN EAST 1c Glenbrook Avenue Refined contemporary dimensions and an idyllic location near Hedgely Dene and Central Park define the enormous appeal of this elegant single level residence. Beautifully proportioned for relaxing and entertaining, the expansive living and dining room (gas log fireplace) and gourmet kitchen open to north terrace and garden. A generous main bedroom with en-suite is complemented by second bedroom (BIR) and bathroom. Features timber floors, hydronic heating, cooling, alarm, video intercom, double garage and auto gates.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 10-10.30am

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Contact

Heather Elder 0413 273 079 James Tomlinson 0408 350 684

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.1cglenbrookavenue-malverneast.com

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PRAHRAN 59 Chomley Street The renovation of this classic c1910 Edwardian residence has created a luxuriously appointed and generously proportioned domain. Spotted Gum floors flow through hallway to four bedrooms (BIRs), lavish bathroom (gas log-fire) and upstairs two further bedrooms (BIRs) and bathroom. Expansive living and dining room (gas log fire) with stone kitchen opens to sensational northwest outdoor precinct boasting gas log fire, pizza oven and gourmet BBQ. Features RC/air-conditioning, alarm, solar panels, floor heating in the living area and video intercom. Land: 224sqm/2,463sqft approx.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 12.15-12.45pm

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Contact

Justin Krongold 0403 163 355 Ian Whiteside 0419 591 761

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.59chomleystreet-prahran.com

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PRAHRAN EAST 28 Kelvin Grove Architecturally striking, a contemporary addition adds style to this classic solid brick, tuck-pointed Edwardian residence´s elegant dimensions. Baltic pine floors and high ceilings distinguish two bedrooms (OFPs), stylish bathroom, sitting room (OFP) and living room. Generous main bedroom upstairs includes balcony, en-suite and WIR. Concrete floors and a soaring wall of glass define the stylish kitchen and dining area opening to leafy northwest garden. Features ducted heating, RC/air-con, alarm and laundry.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.30-12pm & Saturday 3.30-4pm

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Contact

James Redfern 0412 360 667 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.28kelvingrove-prahran.com

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KEW 39 Wellington Street Nestled behind a high front fence and prominently positioned at the front of the Award Winning St Anthony´s Place mews-style development close to Kew Junction - this immaculately presented, recently refurbished town residence features an interior with large picture windows providing leafy vistas, formal sitting & dining room plus a sunny northfacing contemporary kitchen/living area - opening to the garden, 3 bedrooms, main/ensuite, family bathroom & laundry. Includes alarm, intercom, d/heating, rem/dble garage.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 10.15-10.45am Saturday 11.45-12.15pm

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Contact

Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585 Chris Alcock 0407 907 748

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.39wellingtonstreet-kew.com

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134 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

MONT ALBERT 19 Grace Street In a tightly held locale, this superbly designed single level residence combines an air of refinement with contemporary style through generous sitting room, formal dining, main bedroom (en-suite), two further bedrooms, bathroom, intelligently designed kitchen and living/dining opening to northwest courtyard and rear garden. Features ducted heating, evap-cooling, powder-room and 2xgarage.

Land: 509sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 12noon

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Contact

Nicholas Franzmann 0412 247 175 Ross Stryker 0401 318 772

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.19gracestreet-montalbert.com

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PRAHRAN 6 Chatsworth Road Uncompromising and innovative, this new home reveals the finest craftsmanship by Gunther Constructions. It combines low-maintenance space and architectural innovation, to create a 2 bedroom and study residence full of light and luxury. Downstairs is home to bedrooms and 2 en-suite bathrooms, fitted with prestige finishes. Upstairs is lightfilled and inviting, with indoor-outdoor living and a stateof-the-art kitchen. Exclusive address near High St´s cafes and Malvern Rd´s trams, supermarket and restaurants.

Deluxe oasis for busy professionals or a prestige downsizer.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 3.15-3.45pm

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Contact

Gerry Gordon 0418 144 000 James McCormack 0410 503 389

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Office

312 New Street Brighton 9822 9999

Web

www.6chatsworthroad-prahran.com

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CAMBERWELL 2/13 Halley Avenue A Fasham design of signature quality maximizes privacy and security against a totally secluded northerly rear aspect in this stylish rear of two only single level town residence just moments from Camberwell Junction. Stylish contemporary proportions include a study or third bedroom, two double bedrooms, the main with WIR/ ensuite, impressively sized living/ dining domain, smart large modern kitchen with WIP, full width alfresco deck, alarm, intercom entry, independent drive with remote gates, double garage, OSP, on own title.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am Saturday 2-2.30pm

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Contact

Cameron Edgoose 0438 064 212 Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.2-13halleyavenue-camberwell.com

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ST KILDA 15 Octavia Street The spectacular design of this brand new ultra-contemporary residence showcases impressive proportions, sensational views and sophisticated styling. The sublime Miele kitchen with BBQ balcony and expansive living/dining room open to a wide north-facing balcony. The main bedroom features a sun terrace offering city views and lavish en-suite. A living room/3rd bedroom (BIR) is complemented by second bedroom and designer bathroom. Features RC/airconditioning, security intercom, laundry and basement parking for three cars.

Auction

Saturday 24th August at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.30-12noon & Saturday from 12noon

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Contact

Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 Sam Hobbs 0404 164 444

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.15octaviastreet-stkilda.com

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136 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

HAWTHORN 11 Manchester Street Conveniently located on the fringe of the Urquhart Estate close to Auburn Village, schools & transport, this charming brick Edwardian home provides a perfect blend of period charm and modern comfort. Sympathetically renovated, the home includes entry hall, master bedrm (ornate fireplace, ensuite/BIRs), 2nd bedrm (BIRs), bright living, large main bathrm (inc laundry) & stylish kitchen/meals including granite bench tops & Euro appliances opening out to lovely established garden featuring paved entertainment area.

Includes alarm, dctd htg, ceiling fans, shed & OSP.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 1.30-2pm

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Contact

Shamit Verma 0401 137 597 Robert Ding 0418 858 393

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.11manchesterstreet-hawthorn.com

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KEW 68 Eglinton Street Painstakingly renovated from the ground up, this free standing Victorian weatherboard residence has been extended out and up to provide brilliant contemporary living and generous 3 bedroom accommodation. Includes substantial kitchen with quality stainless steel appliances, large family and dining expanses opening to rear decking and patio, upstairs main bedroom with parents retreat and ensuite, tandem off-street parking, gas hydronic heating, solar power, alarm, and polished timber floors.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday 12-12.30pm

Contact

Chris Barrett 0412 927 409 Peter Mitchell 0418 374 556

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.68eglintonstreet-kew.com

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MONT ALBERT NORTH 9 Manniche Avenue Situated in this leafy locale close to East Balwyn Village this large 933 sqm (approx) allotment provides the opportunity to build your dream home or offers excellent potential as a multi-unit development site (STCA) with broad 22.88m frontage (approx). The existing dwelling offers scope for renovation & comprises entry hall, kitchen/meals/family, lounge, 3 ground floor bedrms (BIRs), bathrm & upstairs master (ensuite/WIR) with deck offering sweeping views.

Close to Greythorn Primary, Koonung Secondary College, Freeway, Westfield Doncaster & Box Hill Centro.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12.15-12.45pm & Saturday 3-3.30pm

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Contact

Shamit Verma 0401 137 597 Robert Ding 0418 858 393

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.9mannicheavenue-montalbertnorth.com

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CAMBERWELL 2/35 Cornell Street Modern 2-storey executive town residence with rear positioning, offers a private and secure lifestyle. Comprising entrance hall with built in office, formal living/dining room, gourmet kitchen with informal meals and living area featuring French doors opening to a sunny northern courtyard. Upstairs three bedrooms, main includes WIR, luxurious porcelain tiled and granite finished ensuite and second bathroom.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 9.30am

Inspect

Thursdy 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 12.30-1pm

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Contact

Chris Alcock 0407 907 748 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

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Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

Web

www.2-35cornellstreet-camberwell.com

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138 The weekly review \ AUGUST 21, 2013

GLEN IRIS 37 Renwick Street EXECUTORS AUCTION - Retaining all the allure of the deco era, this solid brick home offers instantly inviting interiors with additional scope for contemporary renovation and extension if desired (STCA). Superbly positioned, this appealing home reveals three attractive bedrooms, main with open fireplace, generous living room with gas log fire and rear kitchen/dining that extends to a pretty garden overlooking Ferndale Park. Bright central bathroom, separate laundry. Decorative ceilings, leadlight, heating, cooling and garage add further appeal. Land size 418sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday 12-12.30pm

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 James Redfern 0412 360 667

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.37renwickstreet-gleniris.com

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PRAHRAN EAST 54 Harvey Street In a secluded location near Orrong Park and Beatty Ave, this charming freestanding north-facing Victorian C.1885 home delivers enormous lifestyle and investment appeal. Period features define the hallway, two double bedrooms (BIRs) and bathroom. The light-filled living room overlooks a side courtyard while the well-equipped kitchen and sunny dining area opens to a private sunny garden. Features gas heating, laundry and good off street parking.

Auction

Saturday 7th September at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 3-3.30pm & Saturday 3.30-4pm

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Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Anna Perry 0434 212 271

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.54harveystreet-prahran.com

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SOUTH YARRA 38 Hardy Street Just a short walk from everything that makes this the ultimate inner urban location, this charming, immaculately presented solid brick Victorian residence´s blend of period charm and modern comfort provides an idyllic lifestyle or investment opportunity. High ceilings and timber floors define main bedroom (OFP), second bedroom (BIR), bright modern bathroom, generous living room, light-filled dining area and smart Bosch kitchen opening to a private northeast courtyard with ROW. Features panel heating and Eurolaundry.

Auction

Saturday 31st August at 10:30am

Inspect

Thursday 10.15-10.45am & Saturday 11.30-12pm

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Contact

Justin Krongold 0403 163 355 Fiona Ansell-Jones 0410 325 240

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Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

Web

www.38hardystreet-southyarra.com

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In a heritage listed c1951 development this captivating ground floor apartment offers generous living & dining room with leafy outlooks, separate modern kitchen, two bedrooms (BIRs) & fully tiled designer bathroom.

Features communal laundry facilities, security intercom, storage & car-space.

Impeccably presented light-filled single level town residence highlights modern style through smart kitchen with dining area, generous living room opening to north-facing garden, two bedrooms (BIRs) & bathroom. Features ducted heating, RC/air-conditioner, laundry & garage.

INSPECT Thu & Sat 11-11.30am

INSPECT Thu & Sat 11-11.30am

Michael Derham 0425 790 233 James Scarff 0419 233 377

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AUCTION Saturday 7th September at 12.30pm

AUCTION Saturday 31st August at 2.30pm

Ben Kenyon 0413 697 203 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

9822 9999

AUCTION Saturday 31st August at 11am

CHARM OF A BYGONE ERA

Hawthorn 6/70 Power Street A wonderful opportunity to upgrade this most attractive circa 1930’s first floor apartment. Situated at the rear of a pretty garden block and close to all amenities it comprises formal entry, gracious lounge/dining, large master bedroom with wall of robes, second bedroom, adjacent kitchen opening to light filled rear verandah, tiled bathroom/laundry and lock up single garage.

Features include OFP over mantle, ceiling roses, etc.

South YaRRa, 20 hoWItt StREEt View: Sat & Thur: 12.30-1.15pm Auction: Sat 31 Aug @ 11am Contact: Rob Hooper 0416 068 854 Office: 9822 9808 1361 Malvern Rd Malvern VIC 3144

www.hooper-realestate.com.au

‘amBLESIDE’ VICtoRIaN GRaNDEuR IN CuttING EDGE GaRDEN DESIGN

Superbly renovated retaining its stately proportions, this exquisite 4 bedroom 2 bathroom Victorian is a statement of entertaining beauty. Greeted by a gorgeous north facing garden with its stunning gas heated plunge spa pool, alfresco area & deep granite verandah, this palatial residence enjoys city views, parquetry floors, 12ft ceilings, 3 beautiful living areas (marble OFPs), seamless stone kitchen (Miele appliances), funky garden deck and a double auto carport. Surrounded

by Chapel Street, Hawksburn Village & Toorak Village.

4 auCtIoN: Sat 31St auGuSt at 1:30 2.5 INSPECt: WED 5:30 - 6:15, Sat & SuN 1 - 1:45 2 Jeremy Dukes 0413 460 375 Leonard Persichetti 0417 319 900

9525 9222

203 Balaclava Rd, Caulfield Nth www.rmprealestate.com.au

Prahran 407/85 high Street BranD nEW & rEaDY TO MOVE In nOW LOCATION UNBEATABLE! Positioned on the secure 4th level with views sweeping across the district to the bay, cutting edge design O/P living/dining, sleek modern kitchen inc integrated fridge, dishwasher & microwave, 2 Queen size beds with BIR’s (main with ensuite), central bathroom, concealed euro laundry, split system heating/ cooling, basement car park & storage cage Now only $580,000. CONTACT AGENTS FOR LIMITED OTHERS ALSO AVAILABLE

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2B

1C

Private Sale Contact Mark Dihm 0410 377 704 Angus Ferguson 0427 584 444

9593 6222 18 Belford Street, St Kilda 3182 9531 1254 59 Glen Huntly Road, Elwood 3184

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KEW 7 Regency Grove

SOUTH YARRA 12/1 DOMAIN STREET EXQUISITE BOUTIQUE APARTMENT Setting new standards in contemporary elegance, steps to Fawkner Park, this exquisitely renovated apartment has spacious living and dining rooms, two balconies, Superbly fitted out and newly appointed kitchen, robed bedrooms including ensuite to main, lavish marble bathroom, laundry and double garage.

Saturday 14 September 2.00pm

By Appointment Anton Wongtrakun 0419 352 888 Sophie Lach 0423 177 137

9614 6688

278 High Street, Kew

AUCTION INSPECT

Saturday 7 September at 11 am Thursday 11:30-12 noon & Saturday 11:30-12 noon

LAND

370 sq m approx.

CONTACT

Doug McLaren 0408 333 041 & John Cokalis 0411 184 124

9854 8888

mclaren.com.au

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www.dinglepartners.com.au

Auction Inspect Contact

Privacy of a home, the convenience of a townhouse this property offers the best of both worlds. Comprises lounge/ dining room, three bedrooms, BIRs, kitchen/ family room overlooking the rear garden, two bathrooms, powder room, laundry & double garage. In excellent condition throughout with a northerly aspect & quiet cul de sac location.

Transparency is key, great results are a given!

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THE HOME DIRECTORY Blinds A/P Shutters & Blinds

Highest quality blinds and Timber Plantation Shutters at Melbourne’s best prices. Specialising in all other window furnishings including Holland Blinds, Sun Screens, Awnings, Venetians, Romans and Curtains.

Contact: 9818 1133 www.ap-shutters.com

Design & Renovations Helmex

Helmex is based in Surrey Hills and specialises in the design and renovations of bathroom, kitchen and extensions. Helmex is your one-stop-shop for everything that’s kitchen, bathroom fittings and door furniture needs. 520 Whitehorse Road, Surrey Hills North. info@helmex.com.au Contact: 9830 7441 www.helmex.com.au

Decking Decksealrevival

10% off low season rates!

Melbourne’s deck care and maintenance professional’s.

Residential and commercial; Deck sanding, cleaning and sealing. Concrete and paving cleaning and sealing, interior floor sanding also available. Delivering a beautiful and long lasting deck surface. Protect your deck from the winter rains!

Contact: Brian 0410 537 164 www.decksealrevival.com.au

BATHROOMS Bathrooms ‘R’ Us

We do it all, from renovations and remodelling to plumbing and electrical, plastering, waterproofing and tiling. Contact us 24 hours, 7 days a week and we will happily assist. Call us now for a quote.

Contact: 0423 676 555 or 9530 0422 yosi1@netspace.net.au

Landscaping

BATHROOMS Bathrooms ‘R’ Us

We do it all, from renovations, plastering, plumbing and electrical, waterproofing, remodelling and tiling. Contact us 24 hours, 7 days a week and we will happily assist.

Call us now for a quote.

Contact: 0423 676 555 or 9530 0422. yosi1@netspace.net.au

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Pioneering Bathroom Designs Melbourne Design Awards 2011Winner and 2012 Melbourne Design Awards Shortlisted. Let us transform your tired/outdated bathroom into a modern and innovative design. With over 20 years experience, we specialise in all aspects of bathroom renovations. HIA 984704. pbd@live.com.au Contact: Sam 0439 115 225. www.pioneeringbathroomdesigns.com.au

Smarter Bathrooms Escape to a beautiful bathroom with a complete design, build and project management from Melbourne’s smartest bathroom renovator. Guaranteed start and finish dates, or we pay you. Call for an award winning interior designer to visit you. 77 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne.

Contact: 1300 662 838. www.smarterbathrooms.com.au

BLINDS A/P Shutters & Blinds Highest quality blinds and Timber Plantation Shutters at Melbourne’s best prices. Specialising in all other window furnishings including Holland Blinds, Sun Screens, Awnings, Venetians, Romans and Curtains.

Contact: 9818 1133. www.ap-shutters.com

Bracken Blinds & Shutters Specialises in designing quality window coverings for the home, office or builders/architects on time and within budget. Showroom: 391 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, or let us come to you.

Contact: 1300 884 838 or 9882 3332. www.brackenblinds.com.au

Builders MC Building MC Building is a multiple HIA award winning, residential builder. We specialise in new homes, extensions and renovations. With over 10 years proven experience, we pride ourselves on delivering professional advice, technical know-how and exceptional customer service through.

Contact: 9661 0580. www.mcbuilding.net.au

Builders Plant n’ Pave

Landscape construction specialist. We are able to quote on your existing landscape designs or give you some ideas of what we can do for you. With 15 years experience, we will help you choose the right solution for your garden needs. For more information, give us a call or find us online.

Contact: Jay Walton 0438 445 933 www.plantnpave.hipages.com.au

MC Building

We are a multiple HIA award winning, residential builder. We specialise in new homes, extensions and renovations. With over 10 years proven experience, we pride ourselves on delivering professional advice, technical know-how and exceptional customer service through our established network of trades & suppliers.

Contact: 9661 0580 www.mcbuilding.net.au

CARPENTRY Marcelle’s Carpentry Qualified Female Carpenter. Specialising in sash windows, doors, flooring weatherboards, bathrooms, pet doors, decking, verandahs and timber rot repair.

Contact: Marcelle 0411 101 299. www.marcellescarpentry.com.au

CLEANING PRODUCTS The Cleaning Shop Conveniently located

Electrical Services J.L Hutt Electrical Specialising in all electrical installations: Extensions/Refurbishments, Stove/ Oven/Hot Water Repair, Switchboard upgrades, House Rewires, TV/Phone/Data, Safety switches.

Free quotes. 24 hour service. Lic 17824.

Contact: Jason 0411 300 772. www.jlhuttelectrical.com.au

at 283 High Street in Kew, we stock an extensive range of cleaning products and supplies for all your domestic and commercial cleaning needs.

Contact: 9853 0177. www.thecleaningshop.com.au

GARDEN CONSULTATIONS

CLUTTER RESCUE Total-E-Tailer Sold your home, renovating or

a new garden. Practical, professional advice and

wanting to get rid of unwanted goods? Clean up with my help. Let me help you sell your unwanted goods and turn it into $$$$. We sell used furniture, kitchens, bathrooms and home decor.

Contact: 0425 329 247. simonehayman@gmail.com

Construction Rycon Developments The Construction Experts. We specialise in all aspects of construction from new homes, extensions and renovations, we can help you no matter what the budget. Call for a no obligation quote.

Contact: 0435 727 755. www.rycondevelopments.com.au

DECKING DeckSealRevival Pty Ltd

10 per cent off low season rates. Melbourne’s deck care and maintenance professional’s. Deck sanding, cleaning and sealing, interior floor sanding, concrete and paving cleaning and sealing available. Continually delivering a beautiful long lasting deck. Protect your deck from the winter rains.

Contact: Brian 0410 537 164. www.decksealrevival.com.au

Design & Renovations Helmex Specialises in the design and renovations of bathroom, kitchen and extensions. Your one-stopshop for everything that’s kitchen, bathroom fittings and door furniture needs. 520 Whitehorse Road, Surrey Hills North. info@helmex.com.au Contact: 9830 7441. www.helmex.com.au

Kitchen Renovations Smarter Kitchens

Live in the kitchen you love with a complete design, build and project management from Melbourne’s smartest kitchen renovator.

Guaranteed start and finish dates, or we pay you. Call now for an award winning interior designer to visit you.

Contact: 1300 662 838 Showroom 77 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne www.smarterkitchens.com.au

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WINTER 2013

Town and Country Gardens Personalised service including solving existing garden problems, plant health checks and revamping or establishing garden designs ensuring individual gardening needs are fulfilled. Call us, we come to you.

Contact: 9822 9704.

Garden Services Live It Up Gardening We specialise in general maintenance, lawn mowing, pruning, weeding, hedging, landscape design, dripper irrigation installations, one off clean ups and house safe clean ups. Free quotes. Servicing Melbourne’s East.

Fully insured. Email: rob@live-it-up.com.au Contact: 0401 546 183. www.live-it-up.com.au/garden

Sam’s Gardening Looking for a reliable Gardener with reasonable rates? Call Sam for all your garden needs: Mowing, Pruning, Whipper snipping, Hedge trims, Gutter cleans and Weed removal and spraying.

Contact: 0418 109 974. www.samsgardening.com.au

GATES Ri-cal Improvements Specialists in designing and fabricating all types of modern steel and aluminium gates. We cater for both the residential and commercial markets with our focus on modern and architectural styles. Call for a free quote.

Contact: Brett 0409 257 535. www.rical.com.au

Glass Tinting Solartech Glass Tinting

A cost effective solution to insulate the windows in your home and office resulting in reducing solar heat in summer and reducing heat loss in winter. Reduces glare, fading and blocks 99% UV radiation. One-way films give you privacy to enjoy the open view and light. Call for FREE quotes.

Contact Kim 9521 1339 www.solartechglass.com.au

THE HOME DIRECTORY Glass Insulation Solartech Glass Tinting A new cost effective solution to reduce energy consumption in your home and office. In winter, it reduces heat loss up to 25 per cent through your windows and in summer it rejects up to 57 per cent of sun’s heat. Other benefits includes tinted appearance, glare reduction, UV reduction by 99 per cent to reduce fading and sun damage to furnishings. Frosted and etched films will give you day and night privacy.

Call for a free onsite consultation.

Contact: Kim 9521 1339. www.solartechglass.com.au

KITCHEN RENOVATIONS Smarter Kitchens Live in the kitchen you love with a complete design, build and project management from Melbourne’s smartest kitchen renovator. Guaranteed start and finish dates, or we pay you. Call for an award winning interior designer to visit you. 77 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne.

Contact: 1300 662 838. www.smarterbathrooms.com.au

KITCHEN SPECIALISTS Zesta Kitchens Your perfect kitchen can be easy and affordable. Professional In-home design with quick delivery. Made in Melbourne with a 10 year guarantee. See our style online.

Contact: Nunawading: 8878 9555 Mt Waverley: 9543 5755 Richmond: 9429 7616 Cheltenham: 9584 4491 www.zestakitchens.com.au

LANDSCAPING Northcote Landscaping Our services include complete landscape design and construction, renovate existing paving, decking, retaining walls, irrigation and planting. Call our qualified professionals, to receive personalised service and quality workmanship. For your free consultation and quotation Contact: Michael 0412 300 712. www.northcotelandscaping.com.au

Plant n’ Pave Landscape contractor with 15 years experience offering paving, retaining wall construction and planting services. Member of the Master Tradesman Association of Victoria.

Contact: Jay Walton 0438 445 933. jaywalton@mail.com

Garden Services Live It Up Gardening

We specialise in general maintenance, lawn mowing, pruning, weeding, hedging, landscape design, dripper irrigation installations, one off clean ups and house sale clean ups. Free quotes.

Servicing Melbourne’s East. Fully insured.

Email: rob@live-it-up.com.au Contact: 0401 546 183 www.live-it-up.com.au/garden

OVEN CLEANING Ovenu At Ovenu, the oven cleaning and detailing specialists, we provide you with the ultimate professional domestic oven cleaning and detailing service that will leave your oven and other associated cooking appliances in near showroom condition. Our oven cleaners are the best in the business. Return your oven to new using non caustic, biodegradable solutions. No fumes, no mess, safe for you and your family. Introductory $10 discount.

Contact: 1300 683 681. www.ovenu.com.au

The Oven Cleaning Company Melbourne’s original and independent oven detailing service.

Our fully trained technicians will renew your oven using environmentally safe and fume free methods.

Satisfaction guaranteed or we will happily do it again for free. Proudly Victorian.

Contact: 1300 886 979. www.ovencleaning.com.au PAINTING Matt’s Painting & Decorating Personalised, highly effcient and motivated team.

Free quotes, prompt service and high quality paint finish. Experienced porters paint applicator and specialist in wall paper hanging. We don’t just paint, we create.

Contact: Matt 0418 384 620. www.mpainting.com.au

SECURITY SYSTEMS Ozspy Security Blackburn CCTV specialist for home, retail and commercial. From HD systems to hidden cameras, DIY kits and spy gear. Friendly, professional service. In store demos. Free quotes.

Showroom: 2 Whitehorse Road, Blackburn.

Contact: Leo 9894 2778.

SHUTTERS A/P Shutters & Blinds Highest quality Timber Plantation Shutters at Melbourne’s best prices guaranteed. Also specialising in all other window furnishings including Awnings and Roller Blinds.

For a free, no obligation quote, please email: info@ap-shutters.com Contact: 9818 1133. www.ap-shutters.com

Shutters A/P Shutters & Blinds

Highest quality Timber Plantation Shutters at Melbourne’s best prices guaranteed. Also specialising in all other window furnishings including Awnings and Roller Blinds. For a free, no obligation quote: Contact: 9818 1133 info@ap-shutters.com www.ap-shutters.com

Victorian Shutters & Shades Distributors of the Durafit® Shutter System.

This premium product exceeds quality standards of most shutters available, providing peace of mind and a guarantee of quality. Also on offer an entire range of window furnishings. Showroom: 405 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills.

Contact 9849 0355. www.vicshutters.com.au

SKYLIGHTS Diamond Skylights We are the Eastern suburbs Solatube Premier Dealer and Velux Roof Window official supplier. We have been supplying and installing these innovative products for 15 years to deliver daylight to dark rooms where natural light was previously unavailable. Visit our showroom to view our Energy Efficient Skylight displays.

145 Bell Street, Heidelberg Heights.

Contact: 9455 0544. www.diamondskylights.com.au

TIMBER FLOOR REJUVENATION DeckSeal Revival Floor Rejuvenation At A Fraction Of The Price! We fine sand and re-coat your tired and dull timber floors, bringing them back to life! Re-coating on the following surfaces: Existing timber and parquetry floors, steps and staircases. *Rejuvenation applicable to floors in reasonable condition. Call for an obligation free quote.

Contact: 0410 537 164. www.decksealrevival.com.au

WINTER 2013 ConstruCtion Rycon Developments

The Construction Experts.

We specialise in all aspects of construction from new homes, extensions and renovations, we can help you no matter what the budget. Call for a no obligation quote or visit our website.

Contact: 0435 727 755 www.rycondevelopments.com.au

Bathroom Renovations Smarter Bathrooms

Escape to a beautiful bathroom with a complete design, build and project management from Melbourne’s smartest bathroom renovator.

Guaranteed start and finish dates, or we pay you. Call now for an award winning interior designer to visit you.

Contact: 1300 662 838 Showroom 77 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne www.smarterbathrooms.com.au

Wardrobes Almara Cabinets

Winners of the Australian Achievers Award. Customdesigned wardrobes, wall units, bookshelves, guaranteed quality.

Renovations, our specialty.

Visit our showroom: 145-147 Williams Road,

TREE DOCTOR Frank Duke Total tree care, including reshaping or removals. Third-generation owner, 56 years experience. Complete customer satisfaction with individual assessment.

Contact Paul 9509 4768.

WARDROBES Almara Cabinets Winners of the Australian Achievers’ Award. Customer-designed wardrobes, wall units, bookshelves, guaranteed quality.

Renovations, our specialty. Visit our showroom: 145-147 Williams Road, Dandenong.

Contact: 9793 8233. www.almara.com.au

Green-Isle Built-In-Robes Built in wardrobes and bookcases. High standard of work and expert advice. Reliability guaranteed.

Contact: Michael Clarke 0407 731 801 or AH 9350 6362.

Oven Cleaning Ovenu

We provide you with the ultimate professional domestic oven cleaning and detailing service that will leave your oven and other associated cooking appliances in near showroom condition. Return your oven to new using non caustic, biodegradable solutions. Introductory $10 discount.

Contact: 1300 683 681 www.ovenu.com.au

TO ADVERTISE CONTACT AMANDA ON 9238 7725

Dandenong.

Contact: Richard 9793 8233 Fax: 9793 8243 www.almara.com.au

Gates Ri-Cal Improvements

Specialists in designing and fabricating all types of modern steel and aluminium gates. We cater for both the residential and commercial markets with our focus on modern and architectural styles. Updated gallery.

Contact: Brett Kendall 0409 257 535 www.rical.com.au

Garden Consultations Town and Country Gardens

Our personalised service includes solving existing garden problems, plant health checks and revamping or establishing a new garden. We offer professional and practical advice and garden designs to ensure your individual gardening needs are fulfilled. Call us, we come to you.

Contact: 9822 9704

Bib Stillwell BMW

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BIB STILLWELL BMW DELIVERS YOU BEAUTY, STYLE AND SHEER DRIVING PLEASURE. At Bib Stillwell BMW, we are continually striving to bring our customers a more exciting and convenient BMW ownership experience.

We have a wide range of time and money saving options available which will provide you with peace of mind motoring for years to come.

With two convenient locations, we commit to you that your ownership experience will be first class.

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Full Circle With Guaranteed Future Value* New Car Warranty Roadside Assistance Service Inclusive^

Discover exciting opportunities on a select range of BMW new and demonstrator models, including manufacturer’s rebates# on the BMW 5 Series Sedan and runout offers on the iconic BMW X5.

If the BMW 3 Series Sedan is more your style, for a limited time you can enjoy a complimentary upgrade to a Modern, Sport or Luxury Line package# and further highlight the sophisticated, athletic and elegant elements of your newest Ultimate Driving Machine.

With a fifty year tradition commitment to excellent service and a passion for exciting automobiles, Bib Stillwell BMW is the ideal foundation for your BMW journey.

Visit Bib Stillwell BMW at South Yarra or Oakleigh and experience sheer driving pleasure today.

WE GUARANTEE IT WILL BE WORTH YOUR WHILE. Bib Stillwell BMW 145 Williams Road, South Yarra. (03) 9521 2121. bibstillwell.com.au Cnr Huntingdale & Dandenong Roads, Oakleigh. (03) 9252 5000

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*BMW Full Circle with Guaranteed Future Value from BMW Financial Services is for approved customers only. Fees, charges, terms, conditions and approval criteria apply. ^BMW Service Inclusive packages available prior to initial service or up to 12 months from the vehicle’s date registration (whichever comes fi rst). #Offers available while stocks last on vehicles ordered and delivered between 1/7/13 and 30/9/13. Excludes fl eet, government and rental buyers. Terms and conditions apply. Contact Bib Stillwell BMW for more details.