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part to play in designing, servicing and maintaining our urban environments. I’m just glad that someone outside the policy and practice circles that I move in has recognised the bleeding obvious: that the sustainability and amenity of our built environments are crucial to our economic outcomes. Smart cities are wealthy cities, and citizens who don’t lose a third of their day commuting are more happy, connected and productive people. Former assistant minister for infrastructure and regional development Jamie Briggs has been given what I regard as the best job in government, and the early response of planners, urban designers, transport policy wonks and others has been positive – at the very least because they now have someone in Cabinet whose job is to care about the stuff they do. It also means the Commonwealth won’t just concern itself with big roads (that cut through key electorates) but will concern itself with mass transit and the amenity of large cities grappling with the needs for densification. The portfolio recognises that human capital can be trapped in a poorly designed city or its potential released by an approach that integrates home and work. No one pretends this area is not enormously complex, but that doesn’t mean designing a cohesive policy is beyond our mental capacity. At a recent infrastructure conference, I was

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The infrastructure significance is just how many people this, and the expected many more corporate decisions like it, takes off the road now that the peak-time commute is killed off. What does a decision like this mean for proposed toll roads and expanded mass transit systems if our workforce ends up working smarter and offline? The role that Infrastructure Australia plays in all this will be crucial. The statutory body is currently compiling a list of audited infrastructure projects crucial to national growth (rather than the electoral success of a particular party) and accepting its recommendations will be a big test of the seriousness of this ministry. And will pork-barrelling state and local governments of all stripes play ball with the Feds? There’s a great number of egos involved in all of this – and only the future of our magnificent but struggling cities at stake. ● Virginia Trioli is co-host of ABC News Breakfast on ABC1 and ABC News 24, 6-9am weekdays

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PETER WILMOTH meets Delta Goodrem

ELTA Goodrem breezes into the room wearing a glamorous black dress and black nail polish, bangles jangling, that famous cascading blonde hair framing one of Australia’s most famous faces. Any casual viewer of The Voice knows she’s telegenic, but up close this mega-wattage serves to reinforce the truism that some people are born to be in show business. I’m at The Voice offices at Fox Studios in Sydney, a little bit of Hollywood in Australia, next to the Sydney Cricket Ground. I’ve walked past the long pathway that contestants nervously enter to perform, and into a boardroom to wait for Delta. My timing is excellent: it’s the day Delta’s song Wings goes to No. 1 on the charts and The Voice’s ratings hit the stratosphere. Things are good for Australia’s sweetheart. “I’m appreciative of when the stars align,” she says. It’s been a long journey to this point. From child star at 15 to pop stateswoman now at 30, Delta has never been satisfied with being one thing: she’s a classical pianist, singer, songwriter, performer and actor. No wonder she needs the energy she radiates. “I have a million trains of thought,” she says. “When it came to joining The Voice it was hard to

debuted at No.1 on the Australian charts in March 2003 (it reached No.2 in the UK), selling four million copies worldwide. The album would go on to break Australian records previously held by John Farnham’s Whispering Jack by staying at No. 1 for 25 consecutive weeks. The euphoria was quashed in July 2003 when Delta was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer. Australia, in love with the young, blonde pop sensation, rode every bump of Delta’s journey – which included intense chemotherapy and radiation treatment – to her full recovery. She wrote her 2004 album, Mistaken Identity Identity, about that experience and says what she went through made her stronger. “I think that’s one moment in my life when, yeah – absolutely. I think it was another colouring to the story.” Writing her own songs has always been part of the Delta package. Indeed, she attributes the longevity and success of her career to it. “You definitely can’t last without writing your own songs,” she says. “You have to create your own moment. It doesn’t get given to you.” She says songwriting is her lifeblood and ties in with her curiosity about people. “I love the psychology of human nature; it’s something I love to study and that’s why I’m

the jealous ire of a rival. I ask if there were any echoes of that in her own life – people envious or resentful of her success? “I don’t know. I don’t think about or worry what people’s projections onto me are any more. I’m older now.” Did she once? “I’ve only ever wanted to come in and do a great job, do the best I can. Projections onto me are up to them, their own things to work through. I’m really proud of the person that I am today. My heart, my intention is to only ever bring good things, have fun and live my life to the fullest. I don’t spend time judging other people.” She relishes her role as a coach on The Voice. “I love it. I get to be surrounded by music all day. I’ve got the best seat in the house.” She says her fellow coach, Ricky Martin, could be a template for male charm, but she acknowledges there has been friction with

“I think I’m actually a little bit more wild at heart than I’m probably seen as”

process [it all] to one train of thought and to finish it … I find I jump, I jump, I jump … I’ve had to learn how to be succinct. It wasn’t something I was natural at when I first joined the show.” What did come naturally was the warmth she showed towards the acts she observed and mentored. “My honesty is my truth. It doesn’t mean I have to be hard about it. It’s that thing of ‘never mistake kindness for weakness’. “I feel very strong in the way I approach my kids. They have to be as committed as I am, because I’m giving my heart and soul. I feel that I always end up having a very united team. They have to learn quickly, so I try to give them as much information as they need.” Delta grew up in Sydney with her brother, Trent, who plays football in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It wasn’t a very musical household. “Very Aussie and my brother’s very sporty,” she says. “I equate finding my own style when I was young to not being influenced by a lot of artists. I didn’t have the exposure to these artists until I got older, when I started to write my own (music).” Success came early. She was signed to Sony records aged 15, and by 18 she had a main role in Neighbours and had released her first album. The largely self-penned Innocent Eyes 8 THE WEEKLY REVIEW \ SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

a songwriter. I love watching and observing and listening.” She writes her songs at home. “My home is my happy place. I bought my home for its acoustics. I literally imagined this place. It’s a big room and I don’t put any furniture in it; it’s just a piano, a microphone, and my mum helped me build in some speakers so I could sing.”

ask whether she subscribes to the theory that songwriters find it easier to write when they’re not thrilled with life. “I believe my best work has been when I’ve been happiest,” she says. “If I get to a place where I’ve processed what has happened, that’s normally when I write the song. It’s when I’ve just come through it and then I write it just after the cusp, when I feel I’ve dealt with that. “I feel there are fire moments where my heart is trying to speak out and then there are moments where things are higher and come through you. It’s like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. It’s like sitting in a storm and waiting and looking and going ‘where is the lightning, I’ve got to catch it’.” She smiles. “It’s hard to catch.” In 2003 she played the namesake in the film Hating Alison Ashley, about a beautiful girl arriving at a new school and attracting

another coach, British singer Jessie J. Tensions between the two over Jessie’s full-bodied assessments of performers on the show came to a head one night when Delta walked off set. “I’m an Australian on there,” Delta says, “and these are Aussie artists. I realise we’re making a TV show, but at the same time I don’t care. I come from an artist’s point of view where I sit there going ‘they have to walk off to their families, they have to live with this for the rest of their lives’. I’m not going to let them walk off with a bad experience … It takes a lot for me to walk off set. In 15 years I’ve never snapped in front of anybody.” Has she smoothed things out with Jessie? “I love having her as part of the show. I think she brings an incredible dynamic.” With The Voice now wrapped up for 2016, Delta is busy rehearsing for her next role, playing Grizabella in the musical Cats, which opens in Melbourne in December. “I’m loving it,” she says. Delta says she has two cats, but they are not much of an inspiration. “One of them doesn’t move. He just sits there. But they love music.” After 15 years in the spotlight, I wonder whether we really know the real Delta all that well? “I’m responsible for guarding myself over the years,” she says. “I learnt how to have two lives. I learnt how to live a pubic life and

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Delta’s influences Delta attributes her longevity in the industry to her skill at writing her own songs. So who are her songwriting heroes? Delta was born 13 years after one of her musical heroes, Carole King, released her monster album Tapestry in 1971. The album, which won four Grammy Awards and was No. 1 on the American Billboard charts for a record-breaking 15 weeks, is a distillation of King’s songwriting talent with Will You Love Me Tomorrow?, You’ve Got a Friend, It’s Too Late, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman and Tapestry. Tapestry Delta hadn’t been born, either, when Fleetwood Mac released its self-titled album in 1975. It featured another of her heroes, Stevie Nicks, whose Rhiannon and Landslide are on that album. “I didn’t have the exposure to these artists until I got older, when I started to write my own (music). I went ‘Oh! This is a spiritual thing that I connected to … Carole King, my heart completely went … Stevie Nicks, I discovered Stevie when I was 22. After I’d gone through the rough health chapter, I then found Tori Amos. So I went through these different phases. You have to be exposed at the right time to influences in your life.” ● CAROLE KING

then to live with my friends and do my thing. “I think I’m actually a little bit more wild at heart, I’m actually a little bit more eccentric than I’m probably (seen) as. I just knew how to sit and be a professional in my job. That was all it was. It wasn’t as though I was trying to act as anybody else; it was just that I was being a young professional as a kid.” Did she ever feel that being a teenage star robbed her of anything? “No. I never feel that. There are decisions – like anyone has – where I think ‘I could have done that better’. But when it comes to missing out on childhood … I managed to have a wonderful childhood. “Music was something I always knew I would do, so it wasn’t a surprise to me. It was a part of my life since I was six or seven. It was a part of my being. It wasn’t that I said ‘oh, I want to do this’. It was just what I did.” As I’m leaving, I mention, slightly sheepishly, that someone in my inner circle admires her enormously, especially her famously lush hair. Delta smiles and without further comment grabs my phone and films a greeting to this young person, going into some detail about the man who does her hair and how much work Delta does to ensure it looks this good. She signs off with a dazzling smile and blows a kiss. One young heart back in Melbourne beat a little harder that afternoon. What Delta did was natural, warm, authentic, refreshingly down to earth, and it just might say more about the type of person she is than anything else. ● pwilmoth@theweeklyreview.com.au » Wings by Delta Goodrem is out now. » Cats plays at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from December 18. Ticketmaster 136 100, ticketmaster.com.au SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 \ THE WEEKLY REVIEW 9

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Sometimes I feel I can nail a place and plunder its menu, but at others I develop a FOMO (fear of missing out). This cheerful new Spanish bar at the far end of Thornbury’s High Street offers more than a dozen tapas choices on its weeknight menu; many also come as raciones. We hover over croquetas and patatas bravas, meatballs (albondigas) and gambas (prawns). But we settle on pimientos del piquillo (peppers) filled with creamed goat’s cheese, marinated lamb skewers and coliflor rebozada (crumbed cauliflower). When our board arrives, everything looks small, especially the cauliflower, and I think we’ve messed up, but a saffron and manchego butter saves the vegetable dish. There’s only one skewer too; it’s charry and tender and we get a nibble each. The piquillo pepper is delicious and bursts with creamy filling as we cut it, and share. We’ve opted for the paella next. It’s in big metal pans on tables around us, so we’re confident we’ll eat our fill. Chato, which according to modern translation means short, small or stubby, is named after the 40-millilitre glasses on its wine menu. For $2.30 to $6.50 you can have a little nip of something that will go with each course. There’s a five-chato-and-five-tapas offering, but our charming Spanish-accented

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an you name the world’s largest wine region? It’s Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France and it is also one of the world’s most diverse. There’s an incredible 2800 square kilometres under vine in this huge region that stretches from the Camargue, where the Rhône River flows into the Mediterranean, along the coast to the Pyrenees and the Spanish border. The Languedoc is a region where nearly everything grows. More often than not its wines are labelled as Pays d’Oc. With such a large area, there’s a diverse array of micro-climates and soils on which different grapes grow and thrive – from heat-loving, traditional varieties such as marsanne, grenache, shiraz and picpoul de Pinet to popular modern grapes such as sauvignon blanc, chardonnay and merlot. Many of these little pockets of terroir are recognised appellations, where hundreds of years of experience has taught vignerons the best grapes to grow. Languedoc is often thought of as a cheap region, especially when compared

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Paul Mas makes a wide range of varietal wines all around the region and the 2013 Cote Mas Rouge Intense Sud De France ($11) mixes the old world with the new. Carignan, grenache, cinsault – classic Languedoc grapes – are blended with small amounts of merlot and syrah. Perfumed red and black berry fruits have character and style. 89/100

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hen the grand final is decided this Bulldogs played finals against the odds, West weekend and about 100,000 fans file Coast made the top four, Adelaide won a final out of the MCG, it will mark the end and fans enjoyed the return of kick-to-kick and of the most emotional AFL season in cheaper food at the MCG and Etihad. living memory. Garry also marked his 21st season on The Footy This year the football world has mourned Show this year. He joined as a player panellist in its the deaths of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and second year, having written for his local Kyabram Cooper Ratten, the 16-year-old son of Hawthorn paper. He also worked on Melbourne radio and assistant coach Brett Ratten. Former Melbourne in children’s TV after his retirement from football coach Neale Daniher is battling motor neurone in 1999. Garry acknowledges some of the show’s disease, Essendon coach James Hird quit as the critics would love to see it go but says it continues supplements saga dragged on, Sydney star Adam to thrive, thanks largely to Sam and a new Goodes was constantly booed, and his teammate generation of viewers. Lance Franklin missed the finals because of He says that, off-camera, Sam is far from the mental health issues. grumpy dinosaur we see on air. “He wouldn’t Garry Lyon, as co-host of The Footy like me to say that he’s a really nice guy Show, presenter of Footy Classified and a because that would … break his broadcaster with Triple M and afl.com. cover,” Garry says. “He is a great “it was au’s Access all Areas, lives and breathes man and he is as generous and total footy for much of the year. He says he selfless as anyone I’ve met.” shock and can’t remember a more challenging Garry, 48, played 226 games for AFL year than 2015. Phil Walsh’s death Melbourne between 1986 and 1999, disbelief” on July 3 stunned everyone. “It was total including the 96-point 1988 grand final shock and disbelief,” Garry says. “It’s still loss to Hawthorn. He represented Victoria hard to get my head around, to be honest.” nine times when State of Origin games, But with each successive tragedy, the football promoted by the legendary “stick it up ’em” Ted community united. Adelaide and Geelong Whitten, drew up to 90,000 fans. But he says his cancelled their game after Phil’s death (son Cy has first game remains his favourite. “To run out in been charged with the coach’s murder), Neale’s your first-ever game at the MCG, it’s pretty hard MND campaign raised more than $2.5 million, to top.” and hundreds gathered to farewell Cooper. fter retiring, Garry toyed with coaching The spirit shown reminded Garry of the death for a while but is now firmly entrenched in of his close friend and Melbourne president Jim the media (he also writes for The Age). He’s Stynes in 2012. happy to watch his sons Ben, 21, and Tom, 19, play “We’re all competitive … beasts,” he says of footy for Old Xaverians and his youngest son Josh, footy. “But there’s this tremendous empathy, 17, plays rugby union for Xavier. I think, among the footy fraternity. Jimmy’s “As for the rugby, I don’t really know what’s [death] was a great example of that.” going on there,” he says. “One of his teachers Another example was when rival media outlets suggested it. He goes OK, I think.” put aside differences to promote the Big Freeze at Once the siren sounds on grand final day, Garry the G in June in support of Neale; Garry joined forgets football and often heads overseas. He took Footy Show colleague Sam Newman, Channel Ben to the NFL Super Bowl for his 21st and a few Seven’s Tim Watson and comedian Mick Molloy years ago trekked Kokoda with Sam Newman. to slide into a freezing pool. This off-season will be bittersweet. He knows that Garry describes Neale, who is planning a while he can switch off, those directly affected by fund-raising ball and a car rally, as amazing. tragedy cannot. “His speech is probably going a bit because … “We’ll celebrate the champions, whoever they the tongue is a muscle and that’s one of the things are, on grand final day, but when the lights are that suffers. But in terms of energy and optimistic turned off … unless you are directly involved in outlook … he’s undeterred and you can’t keep him those circumstances you won’t really know how down. He just bounces up and he’s inspirational.” hard it is,” he says. “For most of us we move on Garry is also heartened by the supportive and things get back to normal pretty quickly, but response to Buddy Franklin’s mental health issues. we should never forget … how challenging it will “That’s a mark of how far we’ve come as a football be for the people who are intimately involved in industry,” he says. “Once upon a time the attitude some of those tragic circumstances.” ● would have been much different.” ccritchley@theweeklyreview.com.au There were positives on-field too. The Western

Media demon: Garry Lyon says the 2015 football season has been a challenging one. (COURTESY OF CHANNEL NINE)

By the numbers Début \ Round 1, 1986

Grand final \ 1988

Career Brownlow votes \ 40

Melbourne player \ 1986-1999

Victorian representative games \ 9

All Australian \ 1993, 1994, 1995

Career games \ 226

Club best and fairest \ 1990, 1994

Captain \ 1991-97 (119 games)

Leading club goal-kicker \ 1994, 1995

Melbourne team of the century

Career goals \ 426 Finals \ 12 games, 26 goals

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ou might not know the name Marie Duplessis, but chances are you’ve heard her story. The 19th-century French courtesan has left an incredible imprint on popular culture, despite dying at 23. But whether you know her as The Lady of the Camelias, Camille or Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!, you’ll find a few surprises in Sheridan Harbridge’s Songs for the Fallen. Arriving in Melbourne after an acclaimed season in New York, the mash-up of cabaret, pop songs and musical theatre whisks audiences off to Marie’s final shindig – the mad party to end all mad parties. Sheridan says she was drawn to Marie’s story when she realised everyone else had been telling the tale wrongly. “Her real story was just so much more fantastic and awful and remarkable than I felt all the books and incarnations about her had been. Part of me was frustrated that it had just become about her life with men, when really she was the most extraordinary, tenacious, driven woman who changed her station, her class and her

life in six whirlwind years. It blew me away.” How does a writer and performer go about bringing such a charismatic woman back to life? “With a lot of balls,” Sheridan says. “I took all the parts of myself that were in line with her and put them on steroids, basically.” Sheridan says she was keen to draw parallels with the way society treats contemporary party girls such as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. “There’s that sneer of going: they must be unhappy to live so wildly and without consequence. It’s that really human thing of hating what you want to be.” Songs for the Fallen does its best to plonk the audience in the middle of this party-girl world. Mixing an 1847 setting with 2015 references, the show features dancing, power ballads and pillow fights, while Marie moves out through the crowd to “harass and seduce anyone and anything she can”. “The best thing about the show is how hot, sweaty and fun it is,” Sheridan says. “We set out to make a raucous party and we’ve delivered.” ● mbartlett@theweeklyreview.com.au » Songs for the Fallen, Arts Centre Melbourne, September 29-October 3, $30-$49. artscentremelbourne.com.au ONLINE \ Watch the trailer

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THE GRAND FINAL COMEDY DEBATE Women’s football mightn’t be seen as the main event (despite a broadcast of a women’s AFL match recently out-rating a Bombers game), but this annual luncheon brings a female focus to grand final week. Comedians such as Celia Pacquola and Dave Hughes will debate the topic “that football players are role models not male models”. Other attractions include a two-course luncheon, a gift bag from Antler, a silent auction and the presentation of the 2015 Football Woman of the Year Award. ■ Crown Palladium, October 1, 11.30am-3pm, $195, grandfinalcomedydebate.com.au COMEDY

MA RIO N COTIL LA RD & MI CH AE L FA SSB EN DE R MACBETH Snowtown director Justin Kurzel’s take on Shakespeare’s most devilish tragedy is FILM a bloody and beautiful beast. A patina of gritty realism brings the supernatural elements down into the mud, with Kurzel cleverly reworking some of the more far-fetched elements. Most successful is an added thread that establishes Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) and his missus (Marion Cotillard) as grieving parents, giving the pair new motivation for their misdeeds. Cotillard is sublime, subverting lazy cliches about Lady M, while Melbourne girl Elizabeth Debicki has a small, if heartbreaking, role. ■ Opens October 1. Rated MA15+, 113min ONLINE \ Watch the trailer

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MOZART’S LAST SYMPHONIES Mozart’s final three works CLASSICAL were written in a fierce blaze of creativity across six short weeks. Today, they’re revered as some of the finest orchestral pieces of all time. Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, has a particular, personal connection with the symphonies as they were the first pieces he performed when he took up his role 25 years ago. To celebrate his quarter century at the ACO helm, Tognetti is revisiting the trilogy, this time as conductor. ■ Arts Centre Melbourne, October 4 and 6, $38-$133, www.aco.com.au ONLINE \ Watch the trailer

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AFL GRAND FINAL For most Melburnians, there’s EVENT only one truly unmissable event this week. But those who don’t have tickets can still find a way to get in on the action. There’s the annual Grand Final Parade on October 2, cinema screenings of the match itself and the AFL Grand Final Live Site. Situated in Yarra Park outside the MCG from Wednesday until Saturday, the site offers family-friendly live stage entertainment, interactive displays and appearances from your favourite players. ■ October 3, www.afl.com.au ●

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THEATRE A DIFFERENT WAY HOME This family drama offers two sides to a story. Brother and sister Leslie and Maureen take an act each to tell their stories in this play, which discusses how to cope with losing a loved one. Michael Dalton and Zoe Warwick star in this comedy centered on a brother and sister who together convey the need for families to communicate. Through their dysfunctional relationship, they teach us how love, laughter and loss are what bind us together as family.

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Jac + Jack is an Australian fashion brand focusing on luxury knitwear and basics. The second of its five bricks-and-mortar shops is in an old terrace building in Hawksburn.

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What’s in store? Knitwear, trousers, jackets and shirts in classic yet modern cuts for men and women. “It’s those things in your wardrobe that you absolutely love and that you continue to wear all the time,” Jac says. Who’s buying? Pretty much everyone. Jac says she’s seen three generations all walk out with bags in hand. “My oldest customer is 83,” she says. ●

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Who’s behind the counter? The names behind the label, Jac Hunt and Lisa “Jack” Dempsey, met while working at chain store Marcs. They launched their first collection in Sydney in 2004. “We had a similar sort of aesthetic and it was at a time when there was a lot of embellishment happening in clothes,” Jac says. “There weren’t really many labels doing something simple and clean and modern.” Jac says she has a soft spot for the Hawksburn shop. “From the moment we opened our doors, we were embraced by the area,” she says. “I’m a Melbourne girl originally, so it’s a pet store of mine.”

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van Carlisle is a man of many talents. When he studied engineering and arts at university, his engineering friends would say “you’re such an arts student”, while his arts friends told him “you’re such an engineer”. Now a maths and philosophy teacher at Melbourne Girls Grammar, Ivan has long had a foot in both camps. As a student the genuine all-rounder loved maths and computers, but was equally passionate about philosophy and the arts. He didn’t realise his many and varied talents were suited to education until he worked as an engineer. Since becoming a teacher in 2011 after a long philosophical journey, he hasn’t looked back. “I’ve landed in teaching in a quite reflective and deliberate way,” he says. Ivan grew up in leafy Blackburn, where he rode his BMX bike past the lake to attend St Thomas the Apostle Primary School. He spent much of his spare time at the local Scout hall and hiking through regional Victoria and the Flinders Ranges. Ivan’s father, Derek, now retired, was a trust accountant and his mother, Mary, who grew up on a Western Australian farm, worked in administration. His sister, Alice, teaches science and health science. Ivan played with Box Hill Whitehorse Hockey Club and, when he started at Camberwell Grammar School, which his father attended before him, he made the first hockey team. It lost just one or two competition games while he was there. “I was always in very strong teams,” he says. Always keen for a challenge, Ivan joined the school’s cadets, did Wing Chun Kung Fu and played bass guitar in the school stage band. Cadets was not unlike Scouts, with camps and activities that allowed participants to rise through the ranks. In year 12, Ivan studied English, history (revolutions), maths methods, specialist maths, physics and chemistry. His all-round talent underlined his versatility but made it difficult to choose a career path. In the end he covered both bases. After graduating in 1998, he completed a double degree in engineering (electrical and computer systems) and arts at Monash University. To him, this was “a very natural choice”. In Ivan’s eyes, engineering was just as

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creative as the arts because he had to design working technical systems. He saw much overlap between the logic of philosophy and engineering. His work on Exit Soul, a film documenting a man’s existential journey, combined both and topped the class. “Film is a design process in many respects,” he says. Towards the end of his degree, Ivan, now 35, spent time at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France, working on the engineering side of an artificial intelligence project. It was the early days of visual recognition and the project entailed the development of a vision-based dynamic hand-gesture recognition program. It was an incredible experience and Ivan visited Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Austria, the Netherlands and the UK. On his return, he worked as an electrical engineer with what is now WSP Global, a leading professional services firm. He helped design the infrastructure for projects such as Southern Cross Station and the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. “I can walk around Melbourne and point to a whole lot of buildings that I’ve worked on, and that’s sort of nice,” he says. It was challenging and important work, but lacked the scope Ivan craved to make a difference. “It didn’t quite tick all my boxes in terms of my values,” he says. To fill that gap, he volunteered with Oxfam and joined Engineers Without Borders, completing tasks such as repurposing old computers for the underprivileged. He then consulted on the sustainability, energy-efficiency and ecological footprint of building projects as part of what is now WSP Built Ecology, which was established by Ché Wall, founding chairman of the World Green Building Council and founder of independent environmental design and advisory practice Flux. But something was still missing. “Ultimately it wasn’t enough for me,” he says. “I’ve always been philosophical about these sorts of things. As a society we need to be wiser environmentally. I think maybe we need to be a bit more big-picture about this.”

ondering how he could make a real difference, Ivan was drawn to education policy. But he realised that he could not do this without a teaching background and completed a master of secondary teaching at the University of Melbourne. During his placements, Ivan related well to senior secondary students and recognised he

needed to challenge himself across all year levels. When he started as a maths teacher at Melbourne Girls Grammar in 2011, he did just that. Ivan joined the new Wildfell Program for year 5 and 6 students and team-taught with primary teachers to deliver maths classes. Wildfell is part of the Middle Years but sits on the Senior Years campus, which helps the transition to high school. Three year 5 and three year 6 classes share large, open-plan areas where they can work in groups of all sizes. Ivan instantly felt at home. He thrived on the teaching and, with Wildfell head Leigh Pitt, was soon designing and implementing maths programs for year 5 and 6, later moving into the secondary years. It boosted his confidence in the classroom and in terms of his pedagogy. “Having that engineering background, we always want to create and design stuff,” he says. “I’m always needing to be designing something, otherwise I get a bit bored.” Melbourne Girls Grammar has long encouraged girls to explore all their strengths, including maths and science, through innovative evidence-based programs. This has allowed Ivan to enhance projects such as KAble, which was established by head of maths, Faina Brichko. KAble is a lunchtime program for those “keen and able” in maths. It now covers girls in years 5 to 10 and encourages them to enter maths competitions. In the classroom, Ivan currently teaches year 7 maths, year 9 and 10 philosophy, year 9 maths and year 12 maths methods. He introduced philosophy in year 10 last year and year 9 this year as part of a plan to prepare students to study it in year 12. With that pathway established, he is working to introduce a new algorithmics VCE subject that Monash and Melbourne universities have helped develop and will offer credit for. As part of this, he has started the AI (algorithmics and informatics) Network, which meets at lunchtime to prepare students for computer science competitions. Ivan sees algorithmics as a 21st-century subject strongly linked to real life. In many ways, technology is life. Providing students with the skills to understand and work with it is timely and important. “The opportunity for girls to really develop in a rigorous way these capabilities in secondary school is fantastic,” he says. This year he joined the school’s first Middle

“i want to stay as a teacher rather than move into policy any time soon.” - ivan carlisle

Years science and enterprise tour of the US with 59 students in years 6 to 8. Among other things, they toured museums and Silicon Valley. “It was really fantastic for the girls,” he says. “It’s an opportunity for them to imagine … having careers in these different pathways to do with science and enterprise.” The trips will be run every two years and plans are under way for a Senior Years trip to Europe. With so many diverse interests, spare time is at a premium. But Ivan and his partner, Lingling Sun, an early-learning teacher now studying primary school teaching, enjoy hiking and rock climbing. Ivan also surfs. “I’m a person who likes to keep busy,” he says. Ivan is constantly working to enhance his knowledge of teaching and education policy. As part of this he completed a second master’s degree in international policy, which saw him observe education systems in Berlin, Stockholm and London. Policy is a passion, but the classroom was a revelation and Ivan is now happy there. Working at one of Melbourne’s leading schools helps. “I want to stay as a teacher rather than move into policy any time soon,” he says. Ivan was drawn to Melbourne Girls Grammar by its holistic approach, ground-breaking programs, strong funding of non-core subjects and openness to teachers thinking outside the box. “That really resonated with me,” he says. Underpinning everything is the need to equip students with the ability to think for themselves in ways that can influence many aspects of their existence. Ivan says maths and humanities both play a big role, and won’t be tied to either. “People think ‘maths teaching’ and they put you in a box,” he says. ● ccritchley@theweeklyreview.com.au » www.mggs.vic.edu.au

Keen for a challenge: Melbourne Girls Grammar maths teacher Ivan Carlisle. (SCOTT McNAUGHTON)

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ROSEMARY RY BALMFORD Class of 1950

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Rosemary won the Supreme Court prize for the top-ranked University of Melbourne law student before becoming Melbourne Law School’s first permanent female lecturer in 1957. After rising to partner at Whiting & Byrne in 1960, she completed an MBA and was founding executive director of Leo Cussen Institute for Continuing Legal Education from 1971-1977. Rosemary became a County Court judge in 1993 and in 1996 was appointed Victoria’s first female Supreme Court judge. In 2012 she became a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the law and ornithology. She is the author of A Funny Course for a Woman. ●

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KATIE ALLEN Class of 1983 CV

Paediatric gastroenterologist/allergist

A paediatrician and medical researcher, Katie is Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Population Health research theme director, a Melbourne University professor of paediatrics and a Royal Children’s Hospital paediatrician. She has spent 25 years in research and child and adolescent clinical care, and is an Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellow for her work on food allergies. Katie is on the Raising Children Network and Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation boards, sits on the Cabrini Health Patient Experience and Clinical Governance Committee and holds a professorial chair at Manchester University. ●

CAROLINE CRAIG Class of 1992 CV

Actor

Caroline completed a bachelor of arts at the University of Melbourne before graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1999. In 2000, she landed her first regular series role on Channel Seven’s Blue Heelers as Sergeant Tess Gallagher. In 2008 she appeared as Detective Jacqui James in Channel Nine’s original Underbelly, which she continues to narrate. Caroline has worked for various theatre companies, including the Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare. Now based in New York, she recently played Matron Grace Wilson in the ABC series Anzac Girls. ●

ALICE OEHR

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Designer and illustrator

Alice is an incredibly talented and creative designer who applies her distinctive colourful aesthetic across textiles, pixels and paper. After graduating from MGGS, she completed a bachelor of arts at the University of Melbourne, a diploma of graphic design at RMIT and then studied in Amsterdam. Alice now works largely in freelance illustration and home textile design for local and international clients. She balances her commercial work by creating artwork for pleasure and working on projects with friends. Alice has just illustrated her first book, The Little Book of Australia’s Big Things (Hardie Grant Egmont). ●

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Five minutes’ walk to Glenferrie station, Swinburne University and the Hawthorn Aquatic and Leisure Centre; 5.5 kilometres or a 12-minute train trip to the CBD. Scotch College, Methodist Ladies’ College and Glenferrie Primary are also an easy walk away.

travertine clads levels one and two, while the upper two levels are set back with regular intervals of lush climbing plants. Manors Gate Group executive director Ricky Phoon says the development company saw an opportunity to transform the ideally located site into superior-quality residences. “We have worked with Plus Architecture and Interiors and CBRE to offer the best

in apartment living with the kind of design intelligence and finishes you would generally only associate with multi-million-dollar homes,’’ Ricky says. “We know Hawthorn buyers are looking for exceptional design, finishes, materials and convenience. “True luxury is going beyond what most people expect and that is what we have done

here. You can’t find a better location in Hawthorn – you are so close to the best cafés, bars, stores and restaurants but you’re not living in the midst of them. “Trains and trams are a couple of minutes away and the new civic park is across the road.” ● LIZ McLACHLAN lmclachlan@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Wide oak floorboards feature in the open kitchen, meal and living zones, with a choice of two natural tones for 2pac cabinets – 2pac is also used in studies, wardrobes and laundries. Plus Interiors has selected lengthy satin-bronze handles, marbled porcelain stone benchtops and splashbacks, with waterfall ends for island benches. Appliances include a Miele stainless-steel gas cooktop, underbench oven, integrated rangehood and optional integrated refrigerator, and Fisher & Paykel dishdrawer or dishwasher. Overhead open shelving is ideal for cookbooks and display. ●

The building’s travertine theme continues in apartment bathrooms where large porcelain tiles run across floors and full-height over walls. A stylish and convenient marbled porcelain stone ledge runs above the vanity and the cistern toilet. Twin mirrored vanity cabinets are an elegant, equitable solution for bathroom storage and feature the apartments’ signature satin-bronze handles. The beech cabinets below the floating vanity provide further storage. Frameless glass screens the walk-in shower, adding to the feeling of space, and there’s a rainwater shower head. ●

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and six-speed auto, it’s brilliantly economical. I used seven litres per 100 kilometres in the city, 5.5 in the country. It’s possible that if you’re coming from a big car, 79 kilowatts will seem low but consider that this car weighs 1027 kilograms, or about 60 per cent of a Holden or Falcon. It’s peppy and fun. There’s a catch of course. On the open road at open-road speed, the 2 behaves like

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most small cars. It’s noisier than larger cars, especially on coarse surfaces, and its ride quality is on the sharpish side. On a long country trip this makes it a little more tiring than a bigger thing, but it’s still entirely competent at the job. It’s a car that grows on you; the more you drive it, the more you appreciate how clever it is. And its price (it starts at $17,490 for a base model with six-speed manual transmission and goes to $24,380 for a six-speed automatic with the works) is excellent value. It’s the best small car on the market, followed

closely by Hyundai’s i20 ($18,608). There are smaller alternatives, such as Nissan’s Micra, Mitsubishi’s Mirage and the Fiat 500, and these are mostly lighter and more economical than the Mazda2, and noticeably cheaper. But the difficult areas of small cars – ride quality, noise and highway cruising – are more pronounced down here. My choice among these offerings is Suzuki’s Celerio and it appealed to me because it was about the only car among these offerings that is fun to drive. And the value – it costs just $12,990 – is unarguable. The Suzuki 500 (a bit expensive

at $16,000) is also popular because it’s such a strong statement of individuality. Most people shopping around this price go for something second hand and while there are some good picks, there’s a solid reason for buying a car that’s smaller and new. Safety technology has improved dramatically in the past five years and anything older is hard-pressed to match something new. The Celerio is also a great choice as a first car for a new licence holder as being a bit more demanding, it teaches much more about the art of driving than something bigger

and easier to cruise around in. It has a good complement of safety gear, a willing and efficient little three-cylinder, one-litre engine, and it comes in the choice of five-speed manual or a continuously variable auto. In the auto (which costs $1000 more), I used 7.2 litres per 100 kilometres in the city, 4.8 in the country. The official combined figure is 4.8. I’m also fond of Mitsubishi’s Mirage – although it looks a bit funny – but my second choice down here would be Nissan’s Micra at $15,775. It looks a bit funny, too, but makes terrific use of its space. There are ground-up luxury offerings in small cars too – such as BMW’s 1 Series, Audi’s A1 and the Mercedes A-Class. The problem is that by the time you’ve optioned up to all the equipment normally expected in a luxury car, you’re looking at $60,000 and for that you could have a new Mazda3 with all the equipment and $15,000 left over for Mars bars. Among these offerings, my choice is the BMW because it reflects the sort of quality and build integrity of the brand far better than the Mercedes or the Audi, which can both feel a bit like poor relations if you’re used to the larger models that wear the same brand. ● reasdown@theweeklyreview.com.au

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PERSONAL SPACE AT H O M E W I T H . . .

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hen fashion illustrator Megan Hess and her architect husband Craig Yelland first discovered their future family home in Port Melbourne it was just the empty roof space of an 18th-century church. Rather than letting this deter them, the couple, along with their two young children, began the process of creating their dream space. Five years later and the beautiful home looks like it has sprung from one of Megan’s famous elegant pen and ink drawings. The colour palette is simple – black, white and neutrals, and the decor undeniably inspired by her two favourite cities, New York and Paris. With a parents’ retreat on one side and a kids’ area on the other, to say the renovation was a success would be an understatement. In Megan’s own words, I created this large-scale (2.5 x 2.5 “I can’t ever imagine us leaving here metres) piece especially for this room. I now, we’re so happy.” ● just wanted something big and graphic but JANUARY JONES also soothing and elegant. When you’re a jjones@theweeklyreview.com.au

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» Megan’s latest project, Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon ($29.95, Hardie Grant), will be in bookstores from October.

working mum there’s so much happening and things can become very chaotic. I wanted this artwork to restore a sense of calmness to the home.

MY COCO CHANEL BOOK My latest work is an adult storybook called Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon. I’ve always been inspired by her journey.

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LARGE CHANEL NO 5 PERFUME BOTTLE This giant factice is filled with real Chanel perfume. Several of my girlfriends got together and bought this for my birthday last year. It’s one of those things I’ll keep forever.

CINDERELLA GLASS SLIPPER I worked on the recent Cinderella movie with Disney, illustrating all of the costumes. As a little girl I was obsessed with the story so it was a very magical experience. After filming they sent me a Swarovski slipper that I keep around me because it holds such a special memory.

BEETHOVEN BUST F R A M E D FA M I LY P H O T O We took this photo a couple of days after we finished a year of renovations. We all sat on the couch together and it felt like we finally exhaled. Whenever I look at it I remember that feeling of, we did it, we created our dream home.

I found this in an antique store while living in London. At the time I was broke and desperately wanted to illustrate fulltime. I thought that if I had him on my desk, wrapped in a chic scarf, he could become my mascot. Now I keep him in my home studio because he is such a strong sentimental memory to me. SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 \ THE WEEKLY REVIEW 31

FIRST BASE WHERE I GREW UP

Setting the scene

Being the son of a fallen soldier, I was looked after by Legacy. During footy season, I was invited into the Melbourne Football Club rooms before games. The players called me “Little Ronnie”.

RON BARASSI S O L I D S TA R T This is me as a baby in 1937. There are not many pictures of me from that time. Photos cost money and money was in short supply.

NUMBERS GAME This photo was taken after I won a place in the Melbourne playing list. The club wanted me to have my dad’s No. 31 jumper. That’s me ironing my jumper, with coach Norm Smith’s wife, Marj. I have to say she did much more ironing for me than I did. She was marvellous.

ong before he punted his first football through a lucerne field in the hills outside the Central Goldfields hamlet of Guildford, the name Ron Barassi was legend. The great man of AFL was named for his father, Corporal Ronald James Barassi, who was killed in Tobruk scarcely 10 months after playing in the Demons’ 1940 premiership side. Ron jnr has but one memory of his dad, dressed in the uniform of a World War II soldier and walking through the Victorian bush; living flesh and blood against wattle poignantly described in Peter Lalor’s Barassi Barassi The Biography Biography. Following the death of the first Barassi to wear the number 31 jumper, the Melbourne Football Club pledged to look after his widow Elza and her five-year-old son, but Elza was determined to pay their way. “Mum was a brave person, she wasn’t looking for sympathy. She was a real worker, she had two jobs to make ends meet and I went up and lived with my grandfather and

Aunty May on the farm. Mum came regularly to see me. She was a great footy fan. Once she bought me a footy and the first kick hit the edge of the tin chook-shed roof and it punctured,” Ron says with a laugh. “My grandfather, Carlo, was a real character – he was the son of an Italian immigrant who came out here looking for gold in the 1850s. I was the only child in the household. The nearest kid lived almost a mile away. He was my younger cousin. “I can remember kicking a football with my grandfather, but he wasn’t that good at it. He much preferred bowls. “My aunty used to sing and play the piano. We had a piano in the dining room, but it was pretty clear I wasn’t going to be a singer or pianist from early on. “I went to the state school in Guildford. I wasn’t an angel; I can remember getting the strap there a few times. Once I swiped the headmaster’s strap and cut it into pieces. Another time, my grandfather chased me in the paddock, he took his belt off to strap me

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My first CRUSH

I enjoyed school. We couldn’t form a footy team at Guildford State School because there were only about 30 kids in the whole school, but it didn’t stop us playing.

and had to hold his pants up as he ran. By the time I got into sixth grade, I was boss of the kids. There were only about 30 of them in the school and a few of them were my cousins. “After school and on weekends, I used to go rabbiting with a ferret and my dog Koda. He came to us as a pup at the time the Kokoda Track was in the news so I called him Koda. “He used to love it when I went out kicking the footy up in the air and he’d be dashing around barking, trying to bite it.” When Ron was 11, he returned to the city to live with his mum in a flat in Moreland Road, Brunswick, but remained a frequent visitor to the town where he was born. “It was a very happy childhood. I was very lucky to have three such strong people in my life.” ● SARAH HARRIS sharris@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Now & then

Well, there was a girl called Sandra Nicholls and there was another called Jan Davis I remember thinking were pretty special.

JOB

The very first job would have been milking cows for my grandfather. I grew up understanding you worked for your money. When I moved back to Melbourne, I had a job washing eggs and cleaning out chicken sheds around the corner in Preston.

CAR

It was a second-hand one, a Holden. It was when I was living with Norm Smith and his wife, Marj. I can’t remember the colour; you are talking mid-1950s.

MAJOR BREAK

In February 1953, I received a letter inviting me to train with the Melbourne seniors. They wouldn’t have had to go far to tell me as I was living in a bungalow in the backyard of the home of coach Norm Smith.

CLIPPING

One of the first clippings to mention me was a tribute to my dad in the Football Record. He was killed in action at Tobruk on July 31, 1941. Dad probably would have played in the flag that year, too, if not for the war.

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he real estate market tells us that history always was and continues to be a bestseller. This century-old double-fronted weatherboard house is likely to prove that adage once more. First there is its instant street appeal in a street noted for its pretty façades and variety of housing stock, from Victorian to Edwardian and more recent. Then there’s the traditional picket fence, the classic block-fronted façade with window frames picked out in white, and a glossy black front door. All this is set beneath a new bullnosed verandah and a new slate roof. But don’t be fooled by those chimneys reaching up above the roof line. There are no open fireplaces here. The builder-developer who bought this property two years ago has rebuilt the house from the two front rooms back. The traditional Victorian has been transformed to suit a savvy, style-conscious buyer. At a recent open for inspection, many of the savvy and style-conscious were in the downsizing demographic. The house appealed, they said, because it was a single-storey, lock-up-and-leave proposition. Unlike an apartment, it attracts no body corporate fees and is on its own patch of dirt. Not that there’s any lawn to mow here. Apart from the small garden at the front and a bit along the side fence, exterior surfaces are paved or decked. Inside, the house gleams in a palette of greys, whites and neutrals. The two front rooms are a sitting room and main bedroom on either side of the central hall. The bedroom ups the luxe factor with heavy grey silk drapes at the windows, a fitted walk-in wardrobe and stylish en suite with grey and white finishes. The walk-in wardrobe and en suite were created from a second room behind the front room. Another bedroom is off the hall. At the end of the traditional central hall, it’s time to flick

EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS PROPERTY EDITOR \ MARIA HARRIS property@theweeklyreview.com.au M \ 0409 009 766 DEPUTY PROPERTY EDITOR \ BONNIE ZIEGELER M \ 0437 603 911 ADVERTISING INQUIRIES REGIONAL SALES MANAGER \ MATTHEW MAASDIJK mmaasdijk@theweeklyreview.com.au M \ 0417 307 710 The real estate cover story (right) and We Love It property reviews on the following pages have been visited by TWR journalists. Agents’ Choices and Out of Town are promotions provided by the selling agent.

final word “exquisitely designed and built. refined luxury meets suburban oasis in this sought-after locale.” richard winneke – agent Jellis Craig \ 9810 5000

Price \ $2 million +

Auction \ October 10 at 11am

Fast facts \ Totally rebuilt, double-fronted, single-storey Victorian house; formal and informal living areas; study; powder room; luxurious en suite; walk-in wardrobe; designer open-plan kitchen with Calacatta marble finishes and Neff appliances; butler’s pantry; indoor-outdoor deck with built-in barbecue; spa/plunge pool; hydronic and slab heating; zoned cooling; security; off-street parking; close to schools, shops and transport. Kew \ 6 kilometres from the city

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the switch from classic to contemporary. Floors change from polished boards to polished concrete with stone flecks, rather resembling terrazzo. Here you will find a contemporary powder room and a study that leads to the laundry. Nearby is the third bedroom, which could easily become a favourite. Glass sliders open it to the deck. Next door, a bathroom has grey oversized floor-to-ceiling tiles, a frameless shower, a timber and marble vanity and freestanding oval bath. But the open-plan kitchen and family hub is the real show-stopper. This part of the house is awash with natural light, thanks to the high raked ceiling and large sliding glass doors and overhead windows that face north. A storage niche in the living area features a marble-topped bench. As well as creating a design with abundant light, the builder has produced a winner in a large north-facing deck that is ideal for entertaining. In the kitchen, two dramatic overhead pendants light the long white Calacatta marble island bench. On the back wall, another marble-topped bench holds the Neff induction cooktop and oven. A third bench contains the double sink and integrated dishwasher. Behind a door at the end of the kitchen is the butler’s pantry, a feature that is now almost standard in new builds. As expected in a building like this, nothing has been left to chance. High-end fittings, a mixture of hydronic and slab heating, zoned cooling, security and off-street parking are part of the package. The azure blue of a plunge pool, discreetly fenced yet visible from the living room, is a decadent finale to a house that provides plenty of lifestyle and entertainment options. ● MARIA HARRIS mharris@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Expressions of interest \ Close October 5 at 3pm

It’s easy to see why so many people reference New York when talking about POSTCODE this pocket of Spring Street. With views of the city skyline, this apartment looks out across Fitzroy Gardens, our own answer to Central Park. Just a minute’s stroll from the culinary delights of Flinders Lane, the apartment also offers a convenient location and maximum comfort. Built in the late ’90s and designed by award-winning architect Nonda Katsalidis, it has well-proportioned rooms. Bookshelves line the hallway that leads to the three bedrooms. The main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite with a spa. The open-plan layout of the living, dining and kitchen area maximises light, air and views. The kitchen has granite benchtops and abundant cabinetry. Glass doors extend the living room to the balcony, which can easily accommodate a table and chairs, adding another vibrant dining area to this elegant city pad. ● FRANCESCA CARTER

Built three years ago, this double-storey family house presents a luxurious interior and a sense of space at every turn. The entry is a grand statement with a high ceiling void and chandelier. Here rich timber parquetry flooring extends through to a super spacious, open-plan dining room, living area and kitchen. The kitchen stands out for all the right reasons with a marble splashback and benches, stainless-steel appliances and a fridge out of sight in the butler’s pantry. There is access to an outdoor area, stepping down to a lawn and water feature, with the greenery framed by north-facing windows. There are three carpeted rooms on this level – a study tucked away in the southern corner and nearer the entry, a formal lounge with gas fire and a guest bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and stone-tiled spa en suite. The bathrooms upstairs are just as impressive; two carpeted bedrooms share an en suite, a third has its own and the spacious main bedroom features a freestanding tub and huge walk-in wardrobe. ● JULIAN HEALEY

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38 Hood Street, Balwyn North 5

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36 Lesney Street, Richmond 3

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13 Alta Street, Canterbury 4

Agent: Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 ................................................................. Price: $5 million + ................................................................. EOI: Close Tuesday October 27 at 3pm ................................................................. OFI: Wed noon-12.30pm; Sat 10-10.30am .................................................................

Agent: Mike Dehnert 0404 887 375 ................................................................. Price: $2.5 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 1pm ................................................................. OFI: Thur 10.30-11am; Sat 12.30-1pm .................................................................

Agent: Elliot Gill 0411 863 603 ................................................................. Price: $1.7 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 17 at 1pm ................................................................. OFI: Wed, Sun noon-12.30pm .................................................................

Agent: Anton Zhouk 0430 224 438 ................................................................. Price: $2.1 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 12.30pm ................................................................. OFI: Thur 11-11.30am; Sun 2.45-3.15pm .................................................................

An elevated, light-filled, freestanding Victorian residence retaining many original features. Meticulously renovated with a stunning contemporary extension.

An architect's-own house, this palatial residence has been designed and built by to maximise stunning views across Macleay Park.

Immaculately preserved on 524sqm (approx), the Grunberg House c1853 offers three-bedroom heritage accommodation, moments from contemporary attractions.

This superbly renovated and extended art deco family house in the leafy Hassett Estate showcases perfectly preserved period.

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BALWYN NORTH \ 371 BELMORE ROAD Grand and gleaming, this new Latitude 37 house is a tribute to beautiful materials. Hence a pleasant paradox; all that Carrara marble and American oak flooring make a sumptuous backdrop for corporate entertaining, but give it a few years of use and it might look even better. With five communal areas, the house is ideally suited to large families. It has a substantial garden, with landscaped front and rear lawns and a tiled pool with a covered terrace. Enormous sliding doors link indoors and out for a breezy flow. The house opens in palatial style with a wide hall two storeys high. At the front are a double bedroom and a tiled marble bathroom. Beyond the carpeted living room is the kitchen, which is splendid in streaky marble with AEG gas and electric cooktops, two ovens and a butler’s pantry adjoining a wine room. The open-plan dining and family areas are warmed by a Heat & Glo gas log fire. A sliding door leads to the carpeted home theatre. On the first floor are the retreat, a study, three double bedrooms with en suites and the main suite, which has two walk-in wardrobes and a magnificent marble en suite whose bath has a beguiling view north. The property is one block from Greythorn Primary and is in the Koonung Secondary College zone. ● ALISON BARCLAY

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Just metres from Sir Robert Menzies Reserve, Tooronga Station and the Monash Freeway, this pocket of Malvern is tree-lined, quiet and sought after. This 1930s brick house has been tastefully renovated to offer elegant and modern spaces. The façade has had a facelift and sports a grey render and decorative brickwork. The interiors feature exceptional craftsmanship. The floor plan is uncomplicated – quieter rooms at the front, open-plan living at the rear and a spectacular main suite upstairs. The formal sitting room is a lovely space that benefits from a north-facing window. With an open fireplace, this room could suit numerous purposes, including a playroom or a space for relaxing, hosting book clubs or watching a game of football. A stair leads down to the open-plan living, dining and kitchen area, where doors open to a spacious deck with barbecue facilities. High walls surround lush green plantings that create a tropical oasis. The main bedroom has an en suite, walk-in robe and a northerly orientation. ● FRANCESCA CARTER

Surprisingly spacious, this single-level house provides a great balance of formal and informal living in a classic, refined style. Built in 2002, it comes impeccably presented, from the formal, carpeted living and dining rooms in the front to the separately zoned family room and kitchen towards the rear. The tiled and secure entry is open to the living room, where a gas fireplace brings a sense of warmth. Opposite, there’s a carpeted study or bedroom adjacent to a powder room and two bedrooms with built-in wardrobes. At the rear, the granite kitchen – with an impressively large island bench – overlooks a slightly more casual family room with access to a French-style courtyard. There is a separate laundry and bathroom, as well as the main bedroom tucked away right at the rear. This bedroom is, quite simply, enormous. It has sliding-door access to the courtyard, split-system air-conditioning and an en suite with dual vanities and a bidet. Set in the Balwyn High School zone, this is a fabulous family prospect ● JULIAN HEALEY

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3144

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3103

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3101

53 Argyle Road, Kew 4

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Agent: Rebecca Edwards 0423 759 481 ................................................................. Price: $2 million ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 17 at 11am ................................................................. OFI: Thur 2-2.30pm; Sun 3-3.30pm .................................................................

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12 Charles Street, Kew 4

Agent: Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 ................................................................. Price: $2 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 10.30am ................................................................. OFI: Thur 11.30am-noon; Sun 11.45am-12.15pm .................................................................

Agent: Greg Toogood 0418 385 440 ................................................................. Price: $1.9 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 1pm ................................................................. OFI: Thur noon-12.30pm; Sun 1-1.30pm .................................................................

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This prestigiously positioned residence on about 847sqm has formal and family rooms, quality kitchen/meals, hydronic heating, cooling, and off-street parking.

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Let's eat lunch @ La Q, 223 High Street Let's eat dinner @ Barkers Wine Bar & Bistro, 84 Barkers Road Let's drink coffee @ Cocoa Patisserie, 169 High Street

HAWTHORN \ 34 HAWTHORN GLEN This house is typical of its time, the ’70s. It started life as a prismatic composition of Daniel Robertson’s twice-burnt bricks, brown-stained window frames and brown roof tiles. Ten years ago its venturesome owner, after consulting no fewer than five architects, embarked on bringing this historic house into the new century. The changes were dramatic. Stucco and plasterboard covered the aggressive brickwork, internally and externally. Ranch brown timber window frames gave way to full-height double-glazed sliding doors. The brown roof and floor tiles were replaced with black and white tiles, slate and sandstone. Only the dramatic cathedral ceilings and an industrial-level air-conditioning system remain to recall a significant architectural style that left its mark on middle Melbourne. Stairs lead up to a bedroom suite and down to a recreation room that is fitted up as a home cinema with storage and a bathroom. A glistening white Corian kitchen is centrally placed and, at the lowest level, a terrace surrounds a secure heated pool and barbecue. Clever planning ensures that most main rooms enjoy views of and access to the garden. Hawthorn Glen is an attractive street that has been almost rebuilt in the past decade. Its nearness to Scotch College and Glenferrie Road has ensured perennial popularity. ● NEIL CLEREHAN

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3143

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Price \ $3.7 million +

22 Stuart Street, Armadale 2

Auction \ October 17 at 12.30pm

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3124

3/11 Jervis Street, Camberwell 3

POSTCODE

3123

9/5 Grandview Grove, Hawthorn East 1

Agent: Anthony Smith 0419 888 980 ................................................................. Price: $1 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 11am ................................................................. OFI: Thur 5-5.30pm; Sat 1-1.30pm .................................................................

Agent: Michael Derham 0425 790 233 ................................................................. Price: $950,000 + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 17 at 10.30am ................................................................. OFI: Thur 5.30-6pm; Sat 10-10.30am .................................................................

Agent: Brooke Warwick 0403 510 822 ................................................................. Price: $1 million + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 1pm ................................................................. OFI: Thur noon-12.30pm; Sat 11-11.30am .................................................................

Agent: Brett Vanderwert 0411 609 363 ................................................................. Price: $450,0000 + ................................................................. Auction: Saturday October 10 at 11.30am ................................................................. OFI: Thur, Sat 11-11.30am .................................................................

A lovingly maintained single-level residence enjoying elegant living, northfacing dining, sun-drenched kitchen/meals and a delightful al fresco courtyard.

This freestanding two-bedroom Victorian enjoys an Armadale setting surrounded by Union Street Park, recreation facilities and High Street.

This house is meticulously presented with gorgeous interiors including polished timber floors, neutral contemporary hues and an abundance of ambient sunlight.

Positioned on the top floor with a leafy outlook, this modern one-bedroom apartment is incredibly spacious.

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maKe oVer or ‘DoZ-oVer the choice is yours. the opportunity is undeniable. Only minutes from burke road shopping, cafes and the camberwell Junction, as well as transport, parks and some of melbourne’s most elite schools. this property offers extraordinary potential: move straight into the comfortable and liveable six-room home; renovate and restore to its former glory or build your brand new dream home. (Stca). 532 SQm approx (11.89 x 44.81) in this highly desirable location, with no easements and rear car access. the options are only limited by imagination. ViEW: Sat 11 - 11.30am, Thurs 1 - 1.30pm contAct: David Evans 0413 730 377 Gary Reed 0413 866 677

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7 Plunket Street, Brighton East With an air of modern elegance, this 4 bed, 3.5 bath family home near Brightonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best schools & Dendy Park offers formal lounge, expansive family & meals, dedicated dining, stone kitchen, huge master bed with balcony, upstairs rumpus, alfresco meals, courtyard with water feature, and double garage.

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BIRREGURRA 4100 Cape Otway Road 6

Set on 190 acres of the most picturesque rural landscape in all of the Western district with Barwon river frontage and with historic significant grandeur, and awe-inspiring elegance, this Birregurra 6 bedroom estate with separate residence with Guilfoyle gardens is a once in a lifetime opportunity to live the majestic rural lifestyle. With stately appeal, this homestead is graced with period appeal with the formal lounge and dining, exquisite hall and sitting room, kitchen with imported appliances from England, 6 beds, 2 baths, music room, & rumpus. A delightful second residence in the form of a historic cottage, built in 1865, originally the farm managers home, as well as grand cellar, tennis court, stables, historic shearing sheds, and historic Guilfoyle gardens. Expressions of Interest Closes 24 November 5pm Inspect

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BALWYN 3/4 Campbell Road ARCHITECTURAL ELEGANCE/SINGLE LEVEL LIVING Architect designed and remastered 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom single level villa unit. Main bedroom with BIRs plus ensuite and separate toilet, spacious living room and meals area also having vaulted ceilings, skylights and loads of storage plus stainless steel bench-top kitchen with fabulous outdoor area and lock up garage, close to schools and transport. In conjunction with Synergy. Buy. Manage. Sell.

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BLACKBURN 3/23 Laburnum Street SINGLE LEVEL VILLA UNIT

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Saturday 17th October at 11:00am $700,000 Plus Thurs 12 - 12:30 PM & Sat 10:30 - 11 AM Anthony Panayi 0402 911 117 Chris Ewart 0419 897 979

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Auction Saturday 17th October at 1:00pm Open: Thurs 1:00 - 1:30 PM & Sat 12:00 - 12:30 PM Contact: Russell Turner 0419 955 655 Andrew Maung 0410 233 787

A quality development in a very desirable part of Blackburn –“Laburnum.” Convenient to Laburnum station, village and the Blackburn shopping precinct. This unit is spacious in design with 3 bedrooms, main with ensuite and WIR, entry to formal living, separate dining, meals area adjacent to granite bench top kitchen overlooking a family room and huge courtyard. Internal access to double garage, family bathroom, new carpets, gas ducted heating, cooling, ducted vacuum and security alarm. A villa unit in this position is a must for an eastern suburbs buyer.

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SOUTH YARRA 36 Davis Avenue EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Tuesday 27th October at 3.00pm (Unless sold prior) Imposing elevated light filled freestanding Victorian residence, meticulously renovated with a stunning contemporary extension. Elegant living spaces with original period features complimented with exquisite modern finishes throughout. Ideally positioned in fashionable South Yarra, close to restaurants, shops, transport, schools and Chapel Street. Comprising formal lounge and separate dining with open fireplaces, 3 large bedrooms all with walk in robes and striking ensuite bathrooms, stunning gourmet kitchen with marble benches and Miele appliances, overlooking huge informal lounge/dining area, commercially fitted bar with Gaggenau wine fridges, leading out through automated glass bi fold doors to landscaped entertaining area, heated pool and spa with retractable awning. Further features include security entrance, high ceilings, wide imported South American timber floors, study area, smart wiring system and remote double garage. www.36davisavenue-southyarra.com 60 The weekly review \ SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

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SOUTH YARRA 1/38 Murphy Street AUCTION Saturday 17th October at 1.00pm (Unless sold prior) Beautifully appointed single level luxury apartment offering an exclusive lifestyle uniquely designed on the ground floor as one of only two by renowned architect Stephen Akehurst featuring high ceilings, large open plan living spaces and quality appointments throughout. Located in one of South Yarra´s premier tree lined streets walking distance to the delights of Toorak Road´s famous cafes and restaurants this very rare apartment provides a preferred North West oriented living room with open fire, dining room, gourmet kitchen and meals area leading to a private courtyard. Two double bedrooms, master with en suite and walk in robe, main bathroom, quality appointed study/library, powder room, separate laundry, abundant storage and two secure car spaces all on one level confirms this fabulous residences´ high quality appeal. www.1-38murphystreet-southyarra.com 62 The weekly review \ SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

VIEW Wednesday 2.00-2.30pm & Saturday 12.00-12.30pm Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777 | Paul Skafte 0425 865 386 Toorak Office 9826 1000 | rtedgar.com.au

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EAST MELBOURNE 41 Albert Street AUCTION Saturday 24th October at 12.00pm (Unless sold prior) Graceful 3 bedroom Victorian Terrace with light filled rear extension conveniently located within walking distance to the MCG, Fitzroy Gardens, restaurants, cafes and transport. Offering formal entertaining and dining areas separated by a two way gas fire place, fully equipped chefÂ´s kitchen with Miele appliances and solid jarrah bench tops, an informal dining area bathed in natural light from the modern atrium ceiling and cantilevered doors opening to large light well, spacious informal living with OFP, French doors leading to private rear garden, downstairs bathroom, laundry and ample storage. Upstairs comprises master with balcony, en-suite, built in robes and ornate open fire place, 2nd bedroom with robes and open fire place, family bathroom, 3rd bedroom/study with access to large upstairs decked terrace. Private rear garden consists of integrated BBQ and built in dining area, tiled spa, 2 car garage and storage accessed from rear ROW. www.41albertstreet-eastmelbourne.com 64 The weekly review \ SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

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Hopetoun Road, Toorak

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Moonga Road, Toorak

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Murphy Street, South Yarra

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Gipps Street, Richmond

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Linlithgow Road, Toorak

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Kooyong Road, Toorak

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Cambridge Street, Armadale

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Gipps Street, Richmond

Lansell Road, Toorak

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Williams Road, South Yarra

Toorak Road, Toorak

Sydney Street, Prahran

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Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda

Esplanade, Brighton

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Avoca Street, South Yarra

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Wrights Terrace, Prahran

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Male Street, Brighton

Selling in Spring? Due to our outstanding success over winter we have a number of buyers seeking properties in Toorak, South Yarra, Armadale, Malvern and Prahran. Since January we have sold in excess of $170,000,000 worth of property. Many of our sales are quiet and confidential. If you would like a confidential discussion regarding the sale of your home, please call 9825 0555 or email reception@melbournesir.com

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14 Wallace Avenue, Toorak

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KEW 4 Kevin Grove 5

Rare offering in an iconic riverside pocket In a world of its own, this enchanting earlyVictorian (c1850) is Studley Park´s most intriguing offering. Reminiscent of a French homestead, this remarkable home offers an exceptional lifestyle plus extraordinary scope on some 1315m2 with city views & 2nd access to Hodgson St. Bluestone foundations & subfloor cellars underpin a splendid 5 bedroom/3 bathroom layout comprising superb lounge, dining, library, teen retreat, entertainer´s kitchen (Rosieres oven), conservatory-meals, familyroom plus SC quarters with studio/homeoffice. Enjoy, improve or redevelop amidst schools, Yarra parklands, transport & only 5 kms to CBD (STCA).

AUCTION Thursday 22nd October at 6.30pm

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Hawthorn 9810 5000

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GLEN IRIS 137 High Street 4

For Families, Nothing Could Be Finer Distinguished by its generous strength of character, stylishly renovated family spaces and a magnificent 1466sqm block with north facing rear, this superb 4 bedroom plus study residence offers an idyllic family lifestyle environment with north/ south floodlit tennis court, luxurious solar heated pool/ spa, roller garage and remote OSP. Highlights include a downstairs main bedroom with extensive WIRs and contemporary ensuite, recently updated chef´s kitchen featuring marble benchtops, QASAIR/ ILVE appliances, plumbed Miele coffee machine and cellar, upstairs family bathroom with spa, high ceilings, leadlight windows, double glazed windows.

AUCTION Saturday 17th October at 2pm

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CONTACT Chris Gillon 0407 409 227 Andrew Wilkie 0408 441 151 Richard Earle 0418 564 168 ___________________________________________________ OFFICE

Glen Iris 9809 8999

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32 Hillcrest Avenue, Kew Enjoying privacy behind a Cyprus hedge, this wonderful brick Californian showcases an inviting interior where traditional period features have been meticulously maintained throughout the home. Featuring flexibility and zoned living the accommodation comprises a wide central hallway opening to a formal sitting room with OFP & bay window, second living or dining room, five bedrooms, main with WIR and contemporary period-style ensuite or four plus study and a family bathroom with spa bath. Through to an expansive family domain with OFP, stylish, wellappointed timber kitchen with adjacent laundry and powder room flowing to a north-east facing deck overlooking a solar heated pool; delivering a marvellous outdoor area for family entertaining and relaxation. This exceptional family home conveniently located in one of KewÂ´s finest residential areas close to prestige schools also features include alarm, ducted heating & cooling, water tank, easy care gardens, remote gates and tandem garage. 32hillcrestavenue-kew.com Auction Saturday 17th October at 1.30pm Inspect Thursday & Sunday 10.15-10.45am Stephen Gough 0439 844 855 Adam Vocale 0418 113 070 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

9822 9999

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CARLTON NORTH 129 Amess Street

DRESS-CIRCLE VICTORIAN Impressive 1890s residence combines crisp contemporary style with period detail close to Rathdowne Village. Boasting brilliant scope to extend (STCA) on a deep allotment with double carport (ROW). 2 bedrooms, sep. living & dining, stylish kitchen, neat bathroom.

Wed 6-6.30 & Sat 9.45-10.15

Nicholas West 0418 559 494 Andrew De Angelis 0402 039 342 Carlton North |

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Camberwell 277 Camberwell Road 9805 1111

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think results

Camberwell 277 Camberwell Road 9805 1111

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BALWYN NORTH 57 KARWARREN STREET

Exquisite inspiration with parkland views.

View Auction Mel Ref EPR Contact

Inspired style enhances the individuality of this architect designed residence, overlooking Koonung Reserve. Marble floors and full-height glazing reflect light throughout the suave lounge with OFP, dining and premium granite kitchen. From here, enjoy the tropical resort-style garden with covered deck and solar-heated pool. Be impressed by the front office/living with balcony, TV room, and large teen retreat, as well as 4 double bedrooms including a master with WIR, ensuite and sauna. Features ducted heating/air-conditioning, ducted vacuum, double auto garage and a carport. In the Balwyn High School zone and moments to Greythorn shops, bus, and private schools.

Office

780 (approx.)

Thurs & Sat 1.15 - 1.45pm Saturday 17 October - 12.00pm 32 / G11 Please contact Agent Maurice Di Marzio 0419 182 276 Claire Wenn 0409 857 506 Balwyn/Hawthorn 9830 7000

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AUCTION SATURDAY

HAWTHORN 42/44 BURWOOD ROAD

Exclusive penthouse in the Heart of Hawthorn.

View Auction Mel Ref EPR Contact

Penthouse prestige and 2 levels of sophistication combine beautifully with views across St James Park from this architect designed apartment. The generously proportioned interiors have been recently and expertly renovated, complemented by extensive glazing. A Caesarstone island bench separates the near-new gourmet kitchen with European appliances from the expansive open-plan dining and living with hidden study area, bar and entertainerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s balcony. A walk-in robe, stylish ensuite and plantation shutters accompany the master bedroom while 2 further double bedrooms with built-in robes are serviced by a main bathroom and powder room. This stunning home comes complete with a full laundry, ducted heating and air-conditioning, intercom, 2-car basement parking plus a storage shed. Stroll to the train, tram, cafes, & leading schools nearby.

Office

Thurs 5.30 - 6.00pm & Sat from 10.30am Sat 3rd October - 11.00am 45 / A10 Price on Application Steve Burke 0448 331 653 Nicholas Goold 0408 553 181 Balwyn 9830 7000

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A5 | B4 | C2

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| 12 Sorrett Avenue

Classical Elegance, Contemporary Excellence

The elegance of the Victorian era and the quality of its contemporary spaces form the unforgettable combination that defines this hugely desirable five bedroom, four bathroom family residence. A refined drawing room, light filled library and evocative formal dining room are complemented by equally impressive modern living/dining areas and a Miele kitchen overlooking a landscaped backdrop. Double carport and automatic gates add to the allure in a coveted cul-de-sac literally moments from leading schools, trams and Glenferrie Road. Land size 895 sqm approx.

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A2 | B1

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| 22 Stuart Street

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This outstanding Federation era residence provides the perfect response to modern family needs. A bright study or library, charming dining room and north facing lounge are complemented by a living/ dining domain that includes an open plan kitchen. Four bedrooms and three bathrooms and a sunny childrenÂ´s rumpus room/retreat on the upstairs level confirm the family credentials of a home further enhanced by garden entertaining and ample off street parking close to leading schools and Glen Iris station. Land size 910 sqm approx.

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Michael Derham 0425 790 233 Kate Cusack 0438 334 374 Office 9864 5300

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Saturday 17th October at 10.30am

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Thursday 5.30-6.00pm & Saturday 10.00-10.30am

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The Allure Of An Armadale Address

| 1686 Malvern Road

A4 | B3 | C2

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Simon Curtain 0405 385 285 Rob Vickers-Willis 0412 210 066 Office 9864 5300

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Saturday 24th October at 10.30am

View:

Saturday 11.00-11.30am

24/7 View:

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Federation Elegance, Family Excellence

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Satchwells

www.satchwells.com.au

3 SEAWIND ROAD BALNARRING BEACH SUNDAY 11TH OCTOBER AT 2:00 PM

PRIME REAL ESTAT EST E 4 DOORS FROM THE BEACH! Rare opportunity to purchase prime real estate in this tightly held location just 4 doors from the sands of Balnarring Beach. With the best beach on Westernport at your fingertips, this 3 bedrooms home would make mak an ideal platform platf to enter the seaside market mark with the long term view to rebuild in the future on the generous 780sqm (approx) allotment. For full details contact John Hanna on 0408 374 334 Inspect Contact

Saturda Satur turday day & Sunday Sunda 2.00 - 2.30pm John Hanna 0408 374 334

BALNARRING 14 Balnarring Village 5983 5509

101 MT GISBORNE ROAD, GISBORNE “Glenreagh”- 9.64 Acres – Town Water 6A 3B 2C

Sale

Masterbuilt north-facing homestead within walking distance to Gisborne township and schools. Stunning views to the Macedon Ranges. Decorative ceilings, stone benchtops, OFP’s, guest house plus separate selfcontained home office. Machinery shed, mezzanine floor, 3-phase power, and tennis court. 45 mins Melb CBD. An inspection will reveal its true qualities.

View

By Appointment

Agent Ken Grech 0418 509 710 Price

$1,550,000 -$1,650,000

Raine Horne Gisborne

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Live it.

eldersrealestate.com.au

“KOROROIT PARK” Toolern Vale via Diggers Rest – Sunbury, Vic 847-1071 Blackhill Road, Toolern Vale Outstanding Location Rural Lifestyle & Investment 40 Minutes Melbourne CBD For Auction: Saturday 10th October at 11.00am on Site 483 Acres (195.48 195.48 Ha) in Two titles to be auctioned as a whole or in two separate lots. Lot 1 • 305 Acres (123.75 Ha) of prime country, 2 – road frontages, double frontage to Kororoit Creek West, 65% arable. • 3 Bedroom home, substantial farm shedding. • Watered by, 2-bores, dam, creek and rain water storage, recycled water on boundary Lot 2 • 177 Acres (71.73 Ha) of Prime Country, 3 – road frontages, 75% arable, creek and 1 dam ‘Kororoit Park’ Situated in a tightly held and capital appreciating region. Ideal horses, cattle, sheep, cropping and all forms of intensive farming pursuits. 8 Mins Diggers Rest (Electric Train Service), 15 Mins Sunbury & Melton, 25 Mins Melbourne International Airport, 40 Mins Melbourne CBD. Inspection: Strictly by appointment with agents Bob Sherwell 0418 363 473, Ken Drysdale 0409 195 470 Elders Melbourne 03 9609 6222 | Web Id 8585583

RE0830

Auction

find your new home + discover your new neighbourhood

18 Rest Drive

www.prh.com.au

pat rice & hawkins

73 Hunts Road PICTURESQUE RURAL PROPERTY

LANCEFIELD

45 ACRES - 18.2 ha

• Unique designed spacious home • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study and open plan living

Auction Saturday 17th October

at 11.00 am - on site

• Spectacular district views • Rich red soils with improved pastures • Excellent water supply • 1 hour to Melbourne and 30 minutes to Melbourne Airport

(03) 9866 5588

FIRST IN RURAL PROPERTY

Melbourne (03) 9866 5588 Matt Childs 0418 512 494 www.prh.com.au

(03) 9866 5588

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THE HOME DIRECTORY GARDEN MAINTENANCE Specialist Garden Services

Our friendly crew of qualified horticulturists offer professional, yet personal service. Regular garden maintenance includes fertilsers, pest/disease management, green waste removal, irrigation maintenance, horticulturial recommendations and written report. Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Contact: 9560 1110

www.specialistgardenservices.com.au 1196867-PB36-15

PLUMBING Baywest Plumbing

Baywest Plumbing 25 years experience. Domestic, Commercial and Industrial. Burst pipes, tap and toilet repairs, tanks, blockages, roofing and re-guttering, gas fitting, hot water installations, kitchen and bathroom renovations, new homes and extensions, back flow testing. Contact: Ian 0418 994 654.

info@baywestplumbing.com.au

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TREE CARE Assured Tree Care Pty Ltd We have now begun our Elm Leaf Beetle treatments. If you are concerned about your Elms or any of your trees this Spring, please contact us for a consultation. Contact: Russell Shepherd 0411 257 793

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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 and Safety switches. Free quotes 24 hour service.

Lic 17824. Contact: Jason 0411 300 772

www.jlhuttelectrical.com.au 1145289-PB30-14

ROOF REPLACEMENTS Camberwell Potteries Roofing

Has been replacing or repairing tiled roofs in Boroondara & Stonnington for over 28 years under the current ownership. Re-roofing provides a costeffective way to transform any tiled roof with a 50 year guarantee. Call us to arrange a free no obligation quotation. Contact: 0418 321 886 or 9888 7088.

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BATHROOMS

BLINDS

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

Bathrooms ‘R’ Us We do it all, from

A/P Shutters & Blinds Highest quality

Gardens By Glen 30+ years experience

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.

in all aspects Horticulture and Plants.

Contact: 0423 676 555 or 9530 0422.

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.

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www.ap-shutters.com

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Smarter Bathrooms Escape to a beautiful

Bracken Blinds & Shutters Specialises

Specialist Garden Services Our friendly

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. Showroom 77 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne

in designing quality window coverings for the home, office or builders/architects on time and within budget. Showroom: 391 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell, or let us come to you . Contact: 1300 884 838 or 9882 3332.

crew of qualified horticulturists offer

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Contact: 9560 1110

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

BLINDS & SHUTTERS

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Pioneering Bathroom Designs Melbourne Design Awards 2011 Winner 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. Registered Builder. Email: sam@pioneeringbathroomdesigns. com.au

Contact: Sam 0439 115 225 1198364-PB38-15

1199429-CG38-15

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Page Doors & Blinds Roller blinds.

Roman blinds. Slim line venetians. Timber plantation shutters. Retractable insect screens.Customer satisfaction guarantee. 390 Burke Road Camberwell.

Call now on 9809 1766. www.pagedoors.com

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.

Garden Maintenance. New Gardens. Garden Planning. Garden Renovations. Regular Garden Service Calls. High pressure cleaning.

Contact: Glen 0408 456 988

professional, yet personal service. Garden renovations/restorations can include soil conditioning/mulching, plantings, turf, irrigation installation, tree/stump removal. Satisfaction is Guaranteed.

www.specialistgardenservices.com.au

GLASS INSULATION Solartech Glass Tinting New “Low e” window film to reduce energy consumption in your home and office all year round. In Summer it rejects up to 76% of sun’s heat and in Winter, it retains warmth up to 47% (comparative to double glazing). It reduces UV by 99%, glare, and is highly transparent. We also stock one-way films, Frosted and Privacy films. Call for a free onsite consultation. Contact: Kim 9521 1339.

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Pepper Constructions Melbourne’s

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HAIRDRESSERS

premier bathroom renovator. Specialising in design, build and total project management. Working with a fully registered, Master Builder brings peace of mind. Call now to arrange a free in-home consultation with our award-winning designer. MBVA, HIA, KBDI member

GARDEN CONSULTATIONS

WAS Hairdressing Warren Ansell Salon

Town and Country Gardens Personalised

Contact: 9568 1112.

service including solving existing garden problems, plant health checks & revamping or establishing a new garden. Practical, professional advice & garden designs ensuring your gardening needs are fulfilled. Contact: 9822 3305.

www.pepperconstructions.com.au

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PLUMBING

GLASS TINTING Plumbing live

we turn up, give fixed prices and free house calls. We love re roofs, small jobs, dripping taps, same day service. Sole operated country plumber now in the big city. SPECIAL $15 per dripping tap Contact: 0402 356 635 OR

www.plumbinglive.com.au 1200338-ACM39-15

is a unique salon specialising in colour, straightening, wigs, hairpieces and extensions. New foil package 1/2 head of foil highlights style cut and blowave $149. Bio Ionic hairstraightening with a free colour or treatment for $599. A huge range of wigs, hair extensions, irons and blow-dryers. Or shop online at:

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UPHOLSTERY Solartech Glass Tinting

New “Low e” window film to reduce energy consumption in your home and office all year round. In Summer it rejects up to 76% of sun’s heat and in Winter, it retains warmth up to 47% (comparative to double glazing). It reduces UV by 99%, glare, and is highly transparent. We also stock one-way films, Frosted and Privacy films. Call for a free onsite consultation. Contact: Kim 9521 1339. www.solartechglass.com.au 1162461-EG45-14

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SPRING 2015

Highly Sprung Furniture

Highly Sprung offers a unique service from a boutique style showroom in Kew. The team of craftsmen and professional designers are willing to assist with all aspects of interior design plus the manufacturing of window finishes & furniture. Call today for a consultation. Contact: 9855 1533

www.highlysprung.com.au 286 High Street, Kew

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THE HOME DIRECTORY HEATING & COOLING

ROOF REPLACEMENTS

Atmosphere Indoor Outdoor Leaders

Camberwell Potteries Roofing Has

in Heating and Cooling, Construction, Consultancy, Installation, Maintenance and Products. Jetmaster, Heat n Glo, Quadrafire, Kemlan, Braemar, Toshiba. Free Onsite Consultancy and Quote. E. info@atmosphere.com W. atmospherenow.com

UPHOLSTERY

been replacing or repairing tiled roofs in Boroondara & Stonnington for over 28 years under the current ownership. Reroofing provides a cost-effective way to transform any tiled roof with a 50 year guarantee. Call us to arrange a free no obligation quotation.

Jeffrey Brown Ph 0418 170 400

Contact: 0418 321 886 or 9888 7088. www.camberwellroofing.com.au

KITCHENS

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Smarter Kitchens live in the kitchen you love with a complete design, build and project management from Melbournes smartest kitchen renovator. Guaranteed start and finish dates, or we pay you. Call now. Showroom 77 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne.

Contact: 1300 662 838

Mazens Rubbish Removal specialising in rubbish removal, interior strip out, tree lopping, concrete cutting and removal, mini excavation and demolition. Contact: Mazen 0426 873 781 Email: mazen.rifai.3700@gmail.com

SHUTTERS

www.smarterkitchens.com.au

A/P Shutters & Blinds Highest quality

PLUMBING

Timber Plantation Shutters at Melbourne’s best prices guaranteed. Also specialising in all other window furnishings including Awnings and Roller Blinds. Email: info@ap-shutters.com Contact: 9818 1133.

Highly Sprung Furniture Highly Sprung

offers a unique service from a boutique style showroom in Kew. The team of craftsmen and professional designers are willing to assist with all aspects of interior design plus the manufacturing of window finishes & furniture. Call today for a consultation.

Contact: 9855 1533 286 High Street, Kew www.highlysprung.com.au

Newham Interiors & Upholstery,

family owned and operated since 1934. All aspects of Upholstery and antique restoration completed by our Master Craftsmen. Specialists in all aspects of Interior Design - Curtains and blinds expertly manufactured. Call today for a consultation.

Contact: 9817 5335.132 Cotham Rd, Kew. www.newhaminteriors@bigpond.com

WARDROBES

Almara Cabinets Winners of the

Australian Achievers’ Award. Customerdesigned wardrobes, wall units, bookshelves, guaranteed quality. Showroom: 145-147 Williams Road, Dandenong. Contact: 9793 8233.

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www.almara.com.au

info@baywestplumbing.com.au

TREE CARE

WINDOWS

Plumbing live We turn up, give fixed prices

Assured Tree Care Pty Ltd Experienced,

and free house calls. We love re roofs, small jobs, dripping taps, same day service. Sole operated country plumber now in the big city. Contact: 0402 356 635 or

www.plumbinglive.com.au

Qualified and Insured Arborists. We provide professional high quality services including tree removals, pruning, stump grinding, tree care, plant health, consultancy and reports. No job is too big or small. Contact us for a free quote.

Russell 0411 257 793

RENOVATIONS B.R.A.D. P/L Specialising in extensions,

SPRING 2015

Malvern Windows Specialists in manufacture, supply and installation of period style timber windows. Additional areas of expertise range from; double glazing, sashcords, rot repair and complete window replacements. Call Brett for a no obligation quote. Contact: Brett Smyk 0409 870 016

WINDOW REPLACEMENTS

Contact: Brad 0408 446 887.

reshaping or removals. Third-generation owner, 56 years experience. Complete customer satisfaction with individual assessment.

www.buildwithbrad.com.au

Contact: Paul 9509 4768

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RENOVATIONS

TREE DOCTOR Frank Duke Total tree care, including

UPHOLSTERY B.R.A.D. P/L

Specialising in extensions, renovations, decking, pergolas weatherboard repairs and replacement. We can also alter interior spaces to suit your requirements. We also specialise in wall removal and we also offer general carpentry services. DBU-11103. Contact: Brad 0408 446 887

www.buildwithbrad.com.au

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We specialise in the supply and installation of replacement windows and doors – timber, aluminium or PVC. Our staff are fully qualified ensuring quality work. No job too big or too small. Member of MBA and HIA. To replace your old, tired, rotting windows please call us for a free, no obligation measure and quote. Contact: 9703 1530

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Newham Interiors

Newham Interiors & Upholstery, family owned and operated since 1934. All aspects of Upholstery and antique restoration completed by our Master Craftsmen. Specialists in all aspects of Interior Design Curtains and blinds expertly manufactured. Call today for a consultation. Contact: 9817 5335 132 Cotham Road Kew. www.newhaminteriors@bigpond.com 1192010-PB30-15

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WINDOWS Malvern Windows

Specialists in manufacture, supply and installation of period style timber windows. Additional areas of expertise range from; double glazing, sashcords, rot repair and complete window replacements. Call Brett for a no obligation quote. Contact: Brett Smyk 0409 870 016

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INDOOR/OUTDOOR Atmosphere Indoor Outdoor

Leaders in Heating and Cooling, Construction, Consultancy, Installation, Maintenance and Products. Jetmaster, Heat n Glo, Quadra-fire, Kemlan, Braemar, Toshiba. Free Onsite Consultancy and Quote. Contact: Jeffrey Brown 0418 170 400.

info@atmosphere.com www. atmospherenow.com

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BLINDS & SHUTTERS Page Doors & Blinds Roller blinds. Roman blinds. Slim line venetians. Timber plantation shutters. Retractable insect screens. Customer satisfaction guarantee.

Windows 1 Specialise in supply and

www.assuredreecare.com.au

installation of replacement windows and doors – timber, aluminium, PVC. Our staff are fully qualified ensuring quality work. No job too big or too small. Member MBA, HIA. To replace your old, tired, rotting windows please call us for a free, no obligation measure and quote. Contact: 9794 7913

renovations, decking, pergolas weatherboard repairs and replacement. We can also alter interior spaces to suit your requirements. We also specialise in wall removal and we also offer general carpentry services. DBU-11103.

WINDOW REPLACEMENTS Windows 1

Call now on 9809 1766. 390 Burke Road Camberwell.

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BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Pepper Constructions

Melbourne’s premier bathroom renovator. Specialising in design, build and total project management. Working with a fully registered, Master Builder brings peace of mind. Call now to arrange a free in-home consultation with our award-winning designer. MBVA, HIA, KBDI member. Contact: 9568 1112 www.pepperconstructions.com.au 1140746-LB25-14

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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.

www.bathrooms-r-us.com.au 1141964-HM27-14

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