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How Elizabeth turns tomatoes into zucchinis A VEGGIE-growing challenge has become much more for public servant Elizabeth Goodfellow, who started the 100 kilos Summer Veg Challenge at Bowning, north of Yass, in September last year as a way to encourage more people to grow fruit and veg in their own backyard.

“I wanted to do something useful, that helped the environment and made a genuine difference to people’s lives,” she says.

The initiative has taken off, and what started as a challenge for local gardeners has become a way to bring communities together and share food with people in need.

“I went to a presentation last year about sustainability at the Canberra Environment Centre, and one of the speakers was Dave Pentony, who runs Choku Bai Jo,” she says.

“He said we could produce hundreds of thousands of kilos of food if everyone grew 100kg themselves. It struck a chord with me – I’d just grown 60kg of tomatoes pretty much by accident, and I thought, it should be possible to grow a lot more.”

Elizabeth started the website 100kilos.org to encourage anyone to have a go at growing their own fruit and vegetables, by sharing photos, knowledge and tips online.

Now it’s harvest time and Elizabeth has organised a series of Harvest Swap Meets in Yass, where people can bring along their home-grown efforts and swap with other people.

“It hasn’t been a great year for growing, with all the heat, and personally I’ve only managed to grow about 11kg this year, but there are people who have done amazingly well, even if

they have a glut of one thing in particular,” she says.

“The swaps we’ve had so far have been wonderful community events, with produce that looks absolutely amazing, with up to 24 different sorts of fruit, veg and herbs.

“People seem to love to stop and chat, and share stories and recipes.

We also get passers-by asking if they can buy the produce, but it’s done by exchange only.

“Sometimes they will then go away and come back with huge boxes of apples from their garden!”

Elizabeth says there’s a dedicated community of keen backyard gardeners forming online, and that she’s on the lookout for more experts to contribute to the blog.

“I’m certainly no growing expert myself, and I learnt by the school of hard knocks,” she says. “I think that’s what’s so great about the program – growing can be fun but challenging, and we can help each other.”

Elizabeth says Harvest Swaps will be starting in Canberra from April.

“We will be placing boxes at Canberra City Care in Charnwood, at Mount Rogers Community Centre in Spence, and at Communities@Work in

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Veggie grower Elizabeth Goodfellow... “People seem to love to stop and chat, and share stories and recipes. We also get passers-by asking if they can buy the produce, but it’s done by exchange only.”

Photo by Gary Schafer Gungahlin Community Centre and Tuggeranong Community Centre,” she says. “People can leave their produce and take what they feel is a fair swap.”

Any leftover food will be donated to local community organisations and food pantries, she says.

“It’s rewarding, and I find that people are positive about it and get very enthusiastic,” Elizabeth says.

“It’s taking on a life of its own.”

Upcoming Harvest Swap Meets will be held at the Thyme to Taste Cafe, 60 Comur Street, Yass, 9.30am-2pm, on April 12 and May 20.

As of April 26 there will be a regular Swap Meet at the Murrumbateman Farmers Market on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.

For more information, visit 100kilos.org

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THE whales that provide Canberra’s coastal holidaymakers with a delightful passing parade each year can breathe a little easier after this past week’s excellent decision from the International Court of Justice.

Morning walkers along the Tuross Boulevard sometimes spend half the day entranced by their antics close to shore.

In fact, as the sea warms up, they seem to be arriving a little earlier each year.

I don’t think Japan’s preferred minke species have been much in evidence; most seem to be humpbacks and southern rights; but they’re all very welcome.

IT’S not all good news, however. The warming currents, we’re told, are also bringing the great whites and other dangerous sharks closer to our favoured beaches. The week’s death of Christine Armstrong at Tathra beach was a shocking reminder of the dangers lurking.

And who knows what other unexpected perils climate change will bring.

LIBERAL heavyweight Arthur Sinodinos seemed all at sea under questioning at the ICAC hearing. Time and again he couldn’t recall or was blissfully ignorant of the skulduggery taking place on his watch as the boss of Australian Water Holdings. He couldn’t even remember that AWH had donated

The week’s death at Tathra beach was a shocking reminder of the dangers lurking. $72,000 to the NSW Liberals… and he was the Party treasurer!

And we all thought Arthur’s shiny dome contained a mind like a steel trap.

Sad really, the way these high flyers seem to be afflicted with “executive amnesia” when they reach the nation’s courtrooms.

STILL on matters oceanic, the search for the black box in whatever remains of MH370 in the wave-tossed seas west of Perth, has delivered a surprising foreign policy dividend.

The close co-operation between Australian and Chinese authorities in the search has led to China’s PLA actually asking to operate under Australian command a big naval exercise.

Defence boffins tell us it’s the first time the Chinese armed forces have ever accepted Western command in a military operation. Rim of the Pacific will comprise the navies of more than 20 nations in the seas around Hawaii where the Chinese flotilla will come under the firm direction of the RAN in rescue exercises.

Happily, it signals the Chinese leadership has forgiven PM Tony Abbott his extraordinary diplomatic solecism in declaring Japan Australia’s “best friend” in Asia.

THE WA Senate election might have caused Tony Abbott some grief… but not nearly as much as Labor Leader Bill Shorten.

In fact the odds are shortening (as it were) that he’ll be replaced well before the next election, much to the relief of the 60 per cent of Labor members who voted for Anthony Albanese.

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AS for standing up, why oh why is the ABC’s charming Virginia Haussegger now required to introduce our nightly news vertically before her desk? And why is she holding sheets of paper? Is the teleprompter on the blink? More alarmingly, could this really be the end of that delicious tradition of news readers sitting modestly behind their desks… secretly disrobed? robertmacklin.com

AUNTY’S best friend and plucky guardian, managing director Mark Scott, stood up to her (and his) critics in a hard hitting speech that raised the prospect of a Murdoch newspaper monopoly “in every capital city except Perth”. The dogs have been barking that the “SMH” and “The Age” might well close down their print editions which would leave Rupert master of the field.

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Dangerous walk in another’s shoes People living in Crimea do have reason to be concerned about the anti-Russian attitudes of the party in power.

Meet a designer whose hats and vintage-inspired pieces are designed to be noticed.

“I COULDN’T buy a fancy hat that fit, since I have a large head size, and so started making my own.” That sums up how local designer Barbara Mickelson started making highly creative headwear that has seen her internationally recognised for her work, with several awards picked up in competitions here and in NZ. Barbara owns BMdesigns and the hats and vintage-inspired pieces she creates are designed to be noticed.

“I love the theatre of hats,” she says, “and have always worn them when in the mood.”

As with many local fashion designers, Barbara graduated with a Bachelor of Design (Fashion) from the Canberra Institute of Technology (2005).

She entered CIT to learn more about design processes and pattern making. Since then she’s taken intense courses through the Textile Fibre

Hat designer Barbara Mickelson...“I love the theatre of hats.”

Alexandra Martin models one of Fashfest designer Barbara Mickelson’s hats.

Photos by Gary Schafer, make-up by Elle Thomas Forum in millinery, felting and shibori, a traditional Japanese method of dying fabric that involves folding, wrapping, stitching and clamping fabric to dye it and create texture in it.

Barbara applies the shibori method with polyester to create thermoplastic fabrics with volume that she uses for some of her outstanding headwear pieces. After dying, Barbara often edges fabric with wire to create sculptural pieces that can be draped and manipulated into stunning headwear and works of art.

While some of the headware created through BMdesigns looks heavy, awkward and difficult to wear, the opposite is true. The fabrics used, such as silk, are deceptively light and pieces are designed for total comfort and to work with most hairstyles.

For the first time, Barbara will showcase a new collection in a major fashion event. She has been accepted to participate in this year’s Fashfest, to be held at Majura Park, April 30May 3.

“It’s both exciting and a bit nerve wracking to participate in such a large event,” says Barbara, “but I just know my work will create a buzz.”

Part of the collection she will present on the runway at Fashfest is the vintage-inspired pieces she designs

and hand makes in hand-dyed silk, silk velvet and vintage fabrics, prettied up with vintage buttons, ribbon and lace.

She constructs pieces using blocked shapes and wire, which means she can manipulate and fine tune each one for an individual head fitting.

Barbara then covers the pieces in fabric and trims accordingly. Because Barbara handles all dying, she can match a hat perfectly to any outfit.

And who are Barbara’s clients?

“They include those who love glamorous racewear and I have a strong following in the burlesque world and with those who adore the vintage look,” she says.

“But fashion in Canberra is changing and becoming more quirky with more people interested in wearing something unique. I now have clients who approach me just because they want to go out and make more of a statement through headwear.”

Barbara has competed and won awards in wearable art competitions in Australia and NZ and has twice presented her creations on stage at the prestigious International World of Wearable Art event in Wellington.

Fashfest, April 30-May 3. Tickets at fashfest.com.au

“TRY putting yourself in their shoes,” suggested an historian, Konstantin, who was our guide in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, “and perhaps you will see a different picture from that presented by the western media as to why people in the Crimea voted to go with Russia.”

Konstantin raised a series of issues that had not had serious consideration on CNN, BBC and the media that they feed. The strategic importance of the Crimea has had both the western and Russian propaganda machines in full swing.

The history of the Crimea, the impact of the policies of the Soviet Union, the cultural differences between the Crimea and the rest of the Ukraine and the changing nature of the Ukraine regime in Kiev all impact on this complex situation.

For centuries there has been movement between the area of the Crimea and what is now the Russian Federation. One of the outcomes is that the vast majority of people living in the Crimea speak Russian, have Russian origins and associate much more closely with Russia than they do with the west. Other parts of the Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union but have maintained their strong self-concept as Ukrainian.

Putting yourself in the shoes of a Crimean-Ukrainian with Russian heritage will help you understand the over 95 per cent referendum result (as reported by BBC) to join the Russian Federation. Such a person has felt the threats of some Ukrainian politicians who are looking for a Ukraine with one language, one people and who use the Russians within their country as scapegoats.

The party in government, Batkivshchyna (or the All-Ukrainian Union “Fatherland”) under Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is anti-Russian as is demonstrated by one platform that looks back to the early 1930s – 7.5 million people starved and the Batkivshchyna believes the Soviet Union deliberately

perpetrated this as a holocaust of the Ukrainian people. To this extent people living in Crimea do have reason to be concerned about the anti-Russian attitudes of the party in power.

No sooner had the Crimean referendum been carried than the US was talking about the move as a “breach of international law”.

A sentiment reiterated by our own Foreign Minister. And yet it is not hard to recall when the US and her allies were happy to support a non-elected government on the basis they were pro-west. This appears the height of hypocrisy: the west only supporting democracy that is in its favour.

The people of Crimea, which sits from the rest of Ukraine as a separate peninsula in the Black Sea, have good reasons as to why they wish to be part of Russia rather than the Ukraine. The tensions that are created by the resistance from the west should ring the same loud warning bells as the “weapons of mass destruction” lie that pre-empted our involvement in the Iraq war.

Michael Moore was an independent member of the ACT Legislative Assembly (1989 to 2001) and was minister for health. He recently crossed Russia on the Trans-Siberian Express.

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Kieran puts a face to fashion MIXED media designer Kieran Stopp describes his new clothing line as a “fusion” of his passions – photography, music and fashion.

The 25-year-old Wanniassa resident recently launched “I Heart Threads”, a collection of T-shirts and hoodies with his sketches or photography printed on to the garments.

Stopp’s prints range from photography of Canberra’s landscape, such

as Lake Burley Griffin, to sketches of faces, microphones or guitars and “abstract psychedelic art”.

“I’ve had heaps of requests from people who want a sketch of something in particular that means something to them, which can be worn on their shirt,” Stopp says.

“It’s making fashion very personal, so I think that’s why people have been drawn to it.”

He has just had his first solo exhibition at The Front Gallery in Lyneham,

and another exhibition in Melbourne.

Stopp, who studied design at high school but has had no formal training, says his prints can also be used on canvas or skateboard decks.

“Creating prints for skateboards in particular is something that I had never seen before. I was a skater for 10 years and I thought that could be really popular,” he says.

– Laura Edwards Designer Kieran Stopp… “It’s making fashion very personal, so I think that’s why people have been drawn to it.”

Photo by Gary Schafer

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I THINK it is time for a radical rethink about how to attract crowds to Canberra sporting events.

It is becoming a struggle week in, week out to entice people to watch live sport. The Brumbies’ bottom line depends on it and they have battled to get crowds to games over the past couple of years.

The Raiders’ first home game of the year against the Gold Coast on a Sunday night had the Raiders going into the match following a great win over Newcastle away from home. The crowd was disappointing.

Cricket Australia was happy with the attendance at the Sheffield Shield final at Manuka.

Frankly, I thought it should have attracted more than the 8000 or so that turned up over the four and a half days of the final. Admission was free and it was the first time the final had been staged in Canberra.

Canberrans demonstrated during last year’s Centenary that they would turn out for major events if they were well promoted. The netball test, the Rugby League test and the Australian Ladies Golf Open are cases in point.

The Capitals deserve bigger crowds as do Canberra United, but it’s a hard slog.

Sports do all they can to be part of the community; they are in the schools, lending their assistance to charities and to all intents and purposes, they are part of life in Canberra. So why don’t we go to sporting events week in, week out?

One obvious factor is the emergence of pay television with every Brumbies’ and Raiders’ game televised live. The take up rate for pay television in Canberra is particularly high.

Scheduling is another major issue.

I think Canberra struggles with more than one major sporting event each weekend in winter. Three weeks ago we had the Shield final, the Brumbies and the Raiders all on the same weekend. Add GWS to the equation and it is problematic as to how much people can afford.

It’s obvious the scheduling of major events in Canberra needs more work.

Why would the Brumbies play NSW on the same night as Skyfire? Why would the NRL not allow the Raiders to play a home game until the third week? They should be playing as many home games as possible before winter sets in.

There is another aspect that may add to the reduced crowd size for the Brumbies apart from the obvious, such as the game itself, which I believe has some room for improvement.

In its infancy, the Super Rugby season was short and sharp and over by the end of May. It now goes until August.

We have seen with the emergence of

More than ever, our sporting teams need your support. There isn’t as much corporate backing around, and they are doing all they can to get you to the game.

Before crowds mattered… Manuka Oval, January 1, 1928. Photo from Mildenhall Collection 20/20 cricket, the Rugby League Nines, the Rugby Sevens and so on, that people are searching for a quick fix when it comes to going to sporting events. Their kids are involved in so many sports that it is increasingly harder to get to major sports events.

Another is the cost with public service cut backs a factor and families having less to spend on entertainment.

People still tell me it is too expensive to buy food at sporting events and I can sympathise with them after my son managed to go through $30 worth of food at a Brumbies’ game recently and complained he was still hungry!

The Brumbies have tried to lift the vibe at their home games with a band and music between breaks in play. I am not sure the music while players are walking to a lineout adds much to the experience, except to ruin any chance of conversation about the game itself. But overall it does demonstrate that the Brumbies are willing to try something new.

The Raiders have enhanced their match-day experience by adding affordable ticket prices.

GWS has joined in with a free bus service to home games, a concept that the Brumbies and the Raiders have also taken up.

More than ever, our sporting teams need your support. There isn’t as much corporate

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backing around, and they are doing all they can to get you to the game.

I am interested in finding out why we aren’t getting 20,000 to Canberra Stadium on a regular basis. I am happy to broadcast some of the responses in my next column.

Email gavel.tim@abc.net.au with your thoughts.

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BELINDA Nunn, 37, of Isabella Plains, has been named ACT Barnardos Mother of the Year. Fellow finalists, Lauren Irvine and Mary Ryan-Baker, were also commended. Belinda is the biological mother of three daughters and has taken on the responsibility of raising her niece.

Belinda will be in the running for the national award, which will be announced in Sydney on May 9.

Gardens art THE “Art in the Gardens with Friends” botanical art exhibition is back for the seventh year at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Oils, water colours and pastels are all on display and for sale. The free exhibition is open from 9.30am-4.30pm daily until April 21.

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Parton wide of the mark MARK Parton is well wide of the mark in his column “Really, George, that’s just not on” (CN, April 3), and I am surprised that a thoughtful commentator should get it so wrong.

Brandis is observing that free peoples in a free country have the right to think anything they please.

However, we have both social and legal conventions, a framework if you will, within which the expression of those thoughts can be managed to the agreed expectations of our society.

Thus one can think racist thoughts and even express them privately, but to publicly incite hatred on the basis of those ideas can be dealt with at law.

Brandis is not condoning bigotry, rather he is defending the very platform on which we enjoy the freedoms of this great country. The suggestion that the state should control thoughts and private beliefs is to be decried at every turn.

Graeme McElligott, Isabella Plains

speech and unreasonable things people may say within laws such as defamation, and racial vilification laws already. We have adequate protection for unacceptable behaviour and suggesting that we need laws to control our free thoughts belongs in North Korea, not a free society.

Unless we allow people free thought, the ability to openly challenge, and create new ideas, then everything will be second-hand knowledge, previously approved as “non-offensive”.

In history, someone challenged those who believed in a flat earth and dare I say, some challenge climate change and defend their rights with free speech.

Offensive or not, I will not be willing to live in a thoughtcontrolled society where I need permission to think.

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A lesson from Gandhi

NO cone of cannabis silence for Mark Parton (“Grow up, legalise the weed”, CN March 20). I have had 30 years’ experience in drug policy including four attendances at national drug conferences. However, let’s put my COLUMNIST Mark Parton attacks Senator George experience aside, and call on an historical figure who Brandis for saying people have the right to be a bigot, was certainly an adult. which Parton defines, without giving his source, as “a Many years ago I was nearly conned into thinking person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, that legalisation of drugs was the way to go. But then I ideas etcetera....a person who hates or refuses to accept recalled a story about Gandhi, who was studying law, the members of a particular group (such as a racial or and one of his university lecturers. religious group)” (CN, April 3).

Having been out thought brilliantly several times by This unsupported definition may suit Parton’s Gandhi, the lecturer decided to take revenge at the next argument but my “Concise Oxford Dictionary” defines test. He said: “Mr Gandhi, if you were walking down bigot as “a person who is prejudiced in their views and the street and found a package, and within it there was intolerant of the opinions of others” and my Webster’s a bag of wisdom, and another bag filled with money, “New Collegiate” says “one obstinately or intolerantly which one would you take?” devoted to his own church, party, belief or opinion”.

Without hesitating, Gandhi replied: “The one with Very different to Parton’s version. At least allow your the money, of course.” Smiling smugly, the lecturer said: opponent’s words their normal accepted meaning if “I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom, don’t you presume to criticise him. you think?”

Hugh Dakin, Griffith “Each one takes what one doesn’t have,” responded Gandhi indifferently.

Filled with anger, the lecturer wrote on Gandhi’s exam sheet the word “idiot” and gave it to him. Gandhi sat down. A few minutes later he approached the WHAT country did I wake up in this morning? North lecturer and said: “Sir, you have signed the paper, but Korea or inside George Orwell’s “1984” perhaps? you did not give me the grade.”

In Robert Macklin’s column “Go home, you’re giving The lesson? Drug legalisation masquerades as a us a bad name” (CN, April 10), how can you suggest that lecture, but is easily countered and out thought. it’s a good thing for laws to control what people think?

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LOCAL life-long birdwatcher/ photographer Geoffrey Dabb will talk about the presence of the wedge-tailed eagle around Canberra at the Belconnen Branch of the CWA’s next meeting in the community room of the Kippax Library, Holt, 11am, on Monday, April 28. Morning tea will be provided and interested visitors are invited to RSVP to 6255 3141 or belconnencountrywomen@gmail. com by April 24 for catering purposes.

Veterans’ friend GUEST speaker Jane Gallagher, director of nursing at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, will talk about her travels overseas with veterans at the Woden View Club’s next lunch at the Southern Cross Club Woden, from midday, on Tuesday, April 22.

View is a leading women’s volunteer organisation and part of The Smith Family and interested visitors are invited to call 6281 2022.

Youth club Cook JACQUI Cook, from the Police Community Youth Club, is the guest speaker of the Tuggeranong Day View Club’s lunch at the Tuggeranong Vikings Town Centre club, Greenway, 11.30am on Tuesday, April 15. RSVP to 6284 8804.

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RESEARCHING telomeres and the results his team has achieved gets Prof Roger Reddel of the Children’s Medical Research Institute excited. And just quietly you should be, too.

The Canberra committee of the CMRI received all his good news at the reception at the residence of the embassy of France with the ambassador’s wife Madame Agnes Espagne-Romatet playing hostess.

We all came away knowing a lot more about those itty bitty end bits protecting the DNA in our chromosomes, the chemical compounds already being used in research to stop them shortening each time the cell divides and the positives to come out of this research particularly in cancer research.

His aside about the cosmetic industry’s need for anti-ageing products to keep giving us all “hope in a bottle” had the professor debunking some of the myths and magic promulgated by their marketing strategies.

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Canberra Confidential Crimper brings out Gossips EVERYONE who contributed to the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave this year deserves a pat on the back but a special mention must go to the good people of Bungendore, who tallied up about $25,000 in donations.

“As a town of less than 4000 people we’ve done a super awesome job,” says local hairdresser Chemain Perceval, of Gossips hair salon, who collected more than $10,600 herself, smashing her $4000 target. She also registered Gossips as a World’s Greatest Shave salon, running a barbecue and offering the philanthropic styling pro bono.

“When I was in year 8, one of my girlfriends lost her brother to leukaemia and she was a bone marrow donor for him as well,” Chemain says, explaining her first experience of the disease.

“That was a really big thing, and from that point I realised it was important to do charity work and help people out.”

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The art of being in the right place at the right time “I LOVE the clouds. I love the panorama. I loved being in the right place and at the right time, and getting everything aligned,” says Canberra photographer Martin Ollman of this remarkable photo of Parliament House, taken around 7 o’clock on the evening before Australia Day. Despite the picture’s sense of timeless serenity, the shot was taken “just after the Australians of the Year had been announced and were doing their press interviews.”

“The Roulettes came over just after that,” he says.

“Every time I go to this spot at this time of year I take a photo of it – an annual shot.”

Parliament House, January 25, 2014. Photo by Martin Ollman

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The unisex game is played almost Organiser Bobby Simonsson came to entirely underwater, with teams of six wearthe surface long enough to tell CC he runs ing snorkels and flippers, and chasing an the year-old Canberra underwater rugby team and that “we really are just a fledgling unfloating ball that can be passed up, down, left, right, forwards and backwards. Intendcommunity sport with a small group of ing players should check out the Facebook core players who meet weekly in the pool at the AIS.” There are also teams in Sydney, page, Canberra Underwater Rugby.

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Answering the call of the balmy south coast A SLIGHT chill has already started creeping around Canberra in the evenings, whispering here and there that winter is coming, but at the coast, even as far south as Merimbula, daytime temperatures are still in the range of 20-30 degrees.

Most of us living on higher ground forget the beach exists after the end of February, making autumn an excellent time to enjoy the seaside, without the crowds, and when the weather does turn frosty, clever Canberrans find relief by escaping to lower ground.

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IN late March, Martin and Wendy Goodisson opened Stony Creek Farm, a new bed-and-breakfast in the rolling green hills of the Sapphire Coast’s hinterland, five minutes north of Bega.

“It’s an 1890s weatherboard homestead that was the main residence for a dairy,” says Martin. “It’s been renovated over the years and we’ve continued on with a bit of extension and renovation, but stayed true to the look and feel of the place.”

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“There’s a real quality food movement happening around here towards small, local producers and we’ve been hooking into that,” says Martin. “We also use our own veggies and eggs that we grow on the farm in our kitchen garden.”

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HEADING north from Canberra through the scenic Southern Highlands, past the spectacular Fitzroy Falls and down a winding road through rainforest covered mountains, we come to Kangaroo Valley, a lush oasis overshadowed by steep cliffs.

Just over two hours from Canberra, the little village and surrounding area has a lot to offer for a day trip, weekend or longer holiday.

There’s great places to eat such as Bistro One46, which serves award-winning modern Australian cuisine for lunch, dinner and weekend breakfasts in a casual and relaxed atmosphere, or Thai restaurant Jing Jo, where chef Chai creates mouth-watering treats using herbs and vegetables from his own kitchen garden combined with fresh local produce.

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Geoff Fearon runs The Man from Kangaroo Valley Trail Rides, taking visitors through the bush on horseback and putting them up on his farm if they need accommodation.

A new antiques shop, Valley Vintage, is soon to open too, and the locals all say that with the weather perfect and the leaves turning brown, autumn is the best time to visit.

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Berry good news A LITTLE further on from Kangaroo Valley, just before the coast, is beautiful, historic Berry, first settled in the 1820s by the Shoalhaven’s main pioneers, Edward Wollstonecraft and Alexander Berry, whose brother David is honoured by the town’s name.

It’s now a thriving hub of art galleries, antiques, collectibles, cafes and top-notch restaurants such as Hungry Duck and South on Albany.

It’s a place that offers both a “tree change” and a “sea change” at the same time, says Berry Chamber of Commerce and Tourism vice president Tim McGoldrick, who owns the local Elders Real Estate franchise and offers the area’s biggest selection of holiday rentals through Berry Getaways.

“In terms of accommodation, Berry can cater to whatever anyone’s looking for: in town, with the convenience of being near all the shops and eateries, up in the rolling green foothills and the hinterland or closer to the beach,” says Tim, adding that the town now has its own Facebook page.

“As for holiday rentals, we can cater for couples right up to big family reunions in multi-million dollar homes with lots of room. Our biggest place fits 18 people and when you split

SOUTHERN Pies is the new kid on the block in Kangaroo Valley, having just opened with the guiding ethos to always do it for the love of pie.

“We opened 12 months ago, and have seen demand for our deep dish, gourmet pies grow strongly; we’ve found our niche,” says owner John.

Located right in the heart of the village, Southern Pies has offered a new special pie every week since opening a year ago, on top of its standard range of 12 different savoury varieties, including everything from the classic beef pie, which you can have with buttery mash, mushy peas and gravy, right through to the more unusual flavours

such as lentil and chickpea dhal, or green Thai chicken.

Southern Pies haven’t forsaken the sweet side of pie-making either, with favourites such as old fashioned cherry pie and newer tastes such as salted chai caramel slice.

“We even cater for sensitive tummies with gluten and dairy free options,” adds John, “and you can wash it all down with one of our retro milkshakes, complete with whipped cream and a cherry on top.”

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the costs up between a big group or a few families, it’s very good value.”

Elders Berry, 121 Queen Street, Berry. Call 4464 1600 or go to eldersberry.com.au. For holiday rentals call Berry Getaways on 4464 1793 or go to berrygetaways.com.au.

A new room with a view CLOSER to home in the heart of Bateman’s Bay, the newly renovated Mariners Waterfront Hotel and Motel offers high-quality rooms with incredible views and delicious gastropub-style food in the bar and bistro.

“It’s the view that really makes it what it is,” says licensee Heath Bailey. “You can walk out on to your balcony and the water’s right in front of you, and the fact that there’s a bistro and bar on site means you don’t have to venture away too far to experience what the town has to offer.”

Bateman’s Bay is famous for its oysters and Heath assures us the Mariners Waterfront only ever gets theirs from local farms.

“For our food, we use as much produce from the local area as we can; we always get our eggs from a local farmer, and the same goes for things like tomatoes and other vegetables,” he says.

Its main-street location makes it easy for guests to enjoy everything the town has to offer, and with the Bay itself right outside the door, they can hop on one of the many fishing charters or cruise boats like the “Merinda”, which chugs up the river to Nelligen and out to the Tollgate Islands daily.

Mariners Waterfront Hotel, 31 Orient Street, Bateman’s Bay. Call 4472 6222 or go to marinerswaterfront.com.au

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Stony Creek Farm B&B is located two and half hours from Canberra and 10 minutes north of Bega on the stunning Sapphire Coast region of NSW. • A small rural holding with established gardens, orchards and bountiful kitchen garden.

• Restored and revamped with a slant of ‘industrial country design’ to the 1890s historic farmhouse is complimented with antiques and collectibles to reminisce.

• Stroll through the garden and reflect on the sculptures or just soak up the view set against the Mumbulla Mountain backdrop and the sheoaks of the Brogo river.

• The owners are striving for a sustainable lifestyle by growing their own fresh food supplemented with the region’s famous dairy, seafood, fruit and vegetables and specialty products such as local oysters, full cream jersey milk and cured pantry delicacies.

• Accommodation – under the same high pitched roof and chimney line of the weatherboard homestead.

• Two private and luxurious air-conditioned queen sized bedroom areas each with full sized bathrooms, one with freestanding bath and the other with a walk in contemporary shower.

• Private verandahs to views of Mumbulla Mountain and misty valleys - provides a stunning backdrop to enjoy home cooked breakfasts made from fresh organic local product. Breakfast on own verandah, in room or in the farmstyle kitchen with wood fire heater… in the cooler months.

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day spa. Explore our eclectic range of shops, from contemporary and retro fashion and accessories, chic homewares, antique furniture, art and pottery galleries, book store, surf shop, gifts and more.

towards the south coast Relaxing beside the harbour JUST up the road from Berry on the southern fringe of the Illawarra is Kiama, a seaside community on a rocky stretch of coastline marked by secluded beaches at the foot of steep, fertile hills and home to Australia’s most famous blowhole, which thrills (and drenches) onlookers when it shoots water up to 25m in the air.

A short walk from the blowhole is Kiama’s premier hotel and function venue, the Sebel Harbourside, a mix of historical buildings and new occupying a commanding position on the water’s edge with 180-degree views.

The Sebel’s Blue Diamond Bar and Bistro offers a relaxed lunch and dinner option with gourmet pizzas, tapas and contemporary Australian cuisine seven days a week, with tables out in the garden courtyard or indoors overlooking the harbour, and as a wedding venue, the Sebel has everything.

The hotel has 80 stylish, self-contained guest rooms with either ocean, garden or village views, those with two bedrooms featuring a huge entertainment balcony, full size fridge and separate dining area.

The Sebel Harbourside won two South Coast Tourism Awards last year, for both its restaurant and accommodation, and is offering “CityNews” readers an exclusive 10 per cent discount.

The Sebel Harbourside, 31 Shoalhaven Street, Kiama.

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SOUTH of Bateman’s Bay, between Guerilla Bay and Tomakin, is a long row of massive palms that marks Barlings Beach Holiday Park, set on its own ninehectare patch of the Eurobodalla coastline.

Guests can swim, sunbathe, build sandcastles or fly a kite on the sheltered beach right in front of the park, and the rocky shoreline at its north end is perfect for scrambling around and exploring rock pools.

“The park is a great base to explore what the Eurobodalla Coast has to offer, including whales in late winter and in spring, seals and dolphins,” says one of Barlings Beach Holiday Park’s owners, Lisa Schrier.

“As it is located in a marine park, it is an ideal location

for the scuba diver or snorkeler. If you prefer to catch the fish instead of swimming amongst them, you could try one of the many deep-sea fishing charters that the area has to offer, or even put your boat or canoe in at the local boat ramp and discover the waterways at your own pace.”

The historical village of Mogo, home to a well regarded zoo, is just down the road while Moruya, which offers skydiving, scenic flights, weekend markets and a racecourse, is less than 20km away.

Barlings Beach Holiday Park, 1939 George Bass Drive, Rosedale. Call 4471 7313 or go to barlingsbeach.com

• Tanja Lagoon Camp is a perfect haven to immerse yourself in nature.

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towards the south coast / advertising feature Destination of desire BERRY’s multi-award-winning retirement village, The Arbour, is increasingly a retirement destination for those from Canberra.

The picturesque Berry region has a temperate climate, country and coastal appeal and there is a sophisticated and engaged local community. Sydney and Canberra remain readily accessible from Berry, which is served by the Sydney suburban rail network.

The village has been nominated as a National Finalist in the Property Council of Australia awards for 2014.

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its innovative and ground-breaking design of homes that suit active and engaged retirees, but also adapt as they age.

Owner John Leo notes that the highlight of all the Awards was when architect Prof John Ballinger and his wife Susan moved in 12 months after the professor discovered The Arbour as part of a judging panel.

New resident of nine months, Rosemary Halford, relished the opportunity to downsize and alleviate the maintenance burden of her large Canberra home.

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choosing to positively embrace passions and opportunities in their retirement. Rosemary, at 67, had often felt too young for other retirement villages she had visited, whereas she fitted right into The Arbour.

“The homes are very private which gives you the space and peace that you sometimes need but the opportunities to socialise and pursue your interests are all readily available.”

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NESTLED at the foot of the Budawangs, surrounded by the green pastures of dairy farms, yet only minutes from some of the most beautiful white sand surfing beaches, the sweet, south-coast town of Milton promises to be a great destination for a winter break.

Only 2.5 hours’ drive from Canberra, it offers a broad range of accommodation options from caravan parks to motels; self contained cottages to bed-andbreakfast venues.

Whether it is enjoying one of a number of bushwalks of varying degrees of difficulty, self pampering in a local day spa, relaxing in front of the fire, or indulging in some retail therapy, Milton is a good choice for a winter break.

Along the main street there is an eclectic range of shops including contemporary and retro fashion and accessories, chic homewares, antique furniture, art and pottery galleries, a book store, a surf shop and more. The town is blessed with cafes, as well as fine dining restaurants, that offer a variety of cuisines plus gourmet delicatessens and award-winning wineries nearby.

Markets are held in the village on the first Saturday of every month and on the Saturday of the June long weekend, Milton will host the annual Scarecrow Festival which, with this year’s nautical theme, will see the town and surrounding districts brimming with colourful, seafaring scarecrows and lots of fun activities.

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Luxury camping by the lagoon DOWN on the Sapphire Coast, 15 minutes drive north of Tathra, lies the peaceful Tanja Lagoon Camp, surrounded on all sides by the native forests of Mimosa Rocks National Park and home to an abundance of wildlife.

Accommodation is in luxurious safari tents, each resting on its own spacious deck beside the lagoon’s calm waters, with former wilderness guides Sam Bright and Lorraine Hunt on hand to assist guests as camp hosts.

They’re not gilding the lily when they say the tents are luxurious, either. Each one has an ensuite bathroom, handcrafted queen-size bed, lounge area with sofa and writing desk, kitchen with fridge and freezer, microwave and cooking equipment, as well as a gas barbecue with hotplate, grill, oven chamber and side burner.

“You will have a great experience if all you want to do is breathe in the air and soak up your surroundings, but there are plenty of other things to do,” says Sam. “You could canoe across the lagoon to Middle Beach, swim at glorious Bithry Inlet, try out the Tathra mountain bike tracks, go for a bushwalk, kayak to the Wapengo oyster farms and buy some fresh oysters, taste the Mimosa Wines or visit the local art galleries.”

Tanja Lagoon Camp, 142 Haighs Road, Tanja. Call 6494 0123 or go to tanjalagooncamp.com.au

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“Cheerleaders are hard-working athletes who can stunt, jump, tumble and dance, role models with the positive, enthusiastic and supportive attitude a real cheerleader embodies,” she says.

“Sirens Cheerleaders took off in Canberra in 2011 and is expanding its program rapidly.

THE Paint Place is the place to go for colour advice from the experts, as well as all the main brands, including Haymes, Wattyl, Dulux, Porters and Taubmans, say owners Rachel and Mishy Hetenyi.

“As well as paints, we also have a large wallpaper selection, and plenty of inspiration throughout the store,” says Rachel. “With our staff, we have more than 80 years’ experience between us so we’re wellplaced to offer the best advice.”

The Paint Place in Mitchell won the Paint Place Store of the Year in 2013, and the Master

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“Our beautiful purpose-built store has an area dedicated to retail customers, with a big colour area and a table so you can really spread out,” Rachel says.

The Paint Place also offers an interior design service.

“Our goal is to ensure that every customer gets the best advice and the right colour every time, as well as the right products to do their job.”

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Savvy School Wear is the one-stop-shop for school uniforms, with expert staff offering advice and great service, says owner Anna Petridis.

“We’re a family-run business that has expanded from a small store in Erindale to Tuggeranong, Queanbeyan and Mitchell,” says Anna.

“We also have a fabulous new store that’s just minutes from Gungahlin with free parking.”

Savvy School Wear specialises in everything school uniform-related, including school shirts, polo shirts, shorts, trousers, tracksuits and trackpants, dresses and pinafores, bags, ties, hats, jumpers, jackets and skirts, and only sells the official uniforms approved by the school.

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BUNGENDORE officially became a town in 1837, only 12 years after English explorer Alan Cunningham became the first European to lay eyes on the area.

The railway came through in 1885, and by then the village was home to about 700 people and it was put up as a possible candidate to become the national capital.

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A FEW years back, Bungendore got its own Community Bank through the successful initiative started by Bendigo Bank, which receives only half of the profits from the joint ventures it shares with communities all over Australia, including Bungendore and Braidwood.

“The other half goes to the local parent company, and then 80 per cent of that profit is given straight back to the community in the form of education grants, sponsorships to sporting organisations, and a lot of other ways, sometimes for small things that only cost 50 or 100 dollars, up to hundreds of thousands,” explains Bungendore branch manager Leigh Felton.

At the same time as providing a complete range of financial services, the bank’s community contributions so far have topped $1 million.

JUST around the corner on Ellenden Street at number 33 is Cheryl Welsh’s legal practice Just Law. About a year ago, she had hired top conveyancer Robbie Freestone to cope with all the extra demand for their services from around the region, but demand for the firm’s legal expertise just keeps booming.

“We’ve just been talking about getting someone else again, because there’s still just so much work coming to us,” Cheryl says, explaining she has been getting more and more work as properties change hands in Braidwood, Goulburn, Tarago, Yass and Murrumbateman.

“It’s got to be the word of mouth,” she suggests.

“People must have good things to say about us and the [real estate] agents must think we do good work, too, because they’re sending people, and there’s a few bank managers and other people around the place we get referrals from as well.”

A GREAT time for a trip out to Bungendore is on the third Sunday of the month, when the market@bungendore is on at the War Memorial Hall on Molonglo Street. There you can see a range of local arts and crafts all in the one place as well as fresh produce, musical instruments, toys, rugs, second-hand goods and various edible delights.

“The market@bungendore is a not-for-profit venture run by the pARTnership, a small group of Bungendore artists,” explains spokesperson Lyn Randall.

“The income from stall hire is used to promote the market and also to help the group to promote their work. Entry is by gold coin donation and this money is donated to the Bungendore War Memorial Hall Restoration Fund to assist with the maintenance of the hall.”

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best of historic Bungendore and beyond Tony Booth, Food Lovers Market.

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ALSO on Molonglo Street is Food Lovers Market, an incredibly diverse emporium of fresh, local produce, which also functions as a delicatessen, art gallery and coffee shop with tasty food, gelato and some of the town’s best coffee.

“We’ve got a lot going on,” agrees owner Tony Booth, picking up an apple and explaining he only sells fruit that’s grown and packed the natural way without tricks to improve its appearance and comes from places within a few hours’ drive like Young and Leeton.

“First and foremost, Food Lovers Market is about supporting local producers, so it’s local first, Australian second, particularly in terms of the fresh produce,” he says.

“Another overriding requirement for our business was that everything had to be good quality – the deli’s got some overseas influences, because obviously you’ve got hundreds of years of experience in places like Italy and Spain and you can’t beat that – and the other overriding requirements were we had to have good variety and good prices.”

“I’d like to think we’re becoming a bit of an institution out here,” says Cafe Wood Works owner Eric Dangerfield. “We’ve been here 13 years, and consistency is what we’re all about.”

Whether it’s for a quick pitstop on the way to or from the coast, a special sit-down dining experience or a big function, Eric says the Wood Works Cafe is ready to exceed the expectations of Canberrans.

“The most common reaction from first time visitors to Annie’s Collectables is: ‘Wow’,” says owner Joyce Nordsvan.

“They are surprised and impressed by the extensive range of affordable antiques and collectables, including our extensive collections of Carlton Ware, uranium glass, Shelley, Wedgwood, Doulton, crystal, silver and fantastic coloured glass, as well as a lovely selection of vintage clothing and jewellery.”

costumes that trace their history back to the beginning, and a parade of children from Braidwood Central School, forming a timeline of Braidwood’s 175-year history,” Judit explains, adding that Ryrie Park will also host a heritage market with much more to peruse than the regular monthly markets held there.

She also advises that it will be worth having a look at the exhibition of works entered in the Heritage Art Prize Award, which is judged by ACT Museums and Galleries director Shane Breynard and presented by the Governor.

“Winners of each category (youth and adult) will be announced at the opening of the exhibitions on May 2, the youth exhibition at St Bede’s Primary School at 5pm and the main exhibition at the National Theatre at 6pm, followed by a reception at the BRAG Arts Centre.”

The Heritage Art Prize comes with a $3000 sweetener for adults and $1250 for youth prizes, put up by the Braidwood and Bungendore Community Banks, and is open to artists living in postcodes 2621 and 2622 only (artists who aren’t blow-ins apply to bragart.com.au by April 14).

AROUND the corner on Malbon Street is the famous Bungendore Wood Works, whose cafe is almost as highly regarded among Canberrans as the gallery itself.

MOJO Constructions is another business that reflects Bungendore’s country pride.

“We’re a diverse and versatile construction company, so we can cater for all construction needs,” says owner Mark Osarek, adding that he’s happy to provide obligation-free quotes.

“We run a fast, friendly and reliable service with a focus on professionalism and quality.”

…and beyond JUST up the road from Bungendore to the north of Canberra lies Wamboin, where you can find Annie’s Collectables open on weekends and public holidays (other times by appointment).

ONLY a few rolling hills away in the other direction is Braidwood, which celebrates its 175th birthday this year, starting on April 27 with a Foundation Day Family Picnic in Ryrie Park.

“The event will feature the Mayor of Palerang unveiling the Heritage Path, which traces the 175 years’ history of Braidwood, through engraved paving stones,” says Judit Kovacs from Braidwood Heritage Society.

Then on May 3 a parade rolls through town from 1pm, with the NSW Governor Marie Bashir doing the honours.

“The parade will proceed up on Wallace Street [the Kings Highway], which will be closed to traffic with diversions in place, and will include a number of floats, a parade of vintage cars, horse-drawn carriages, families in

Festival of Braidwood. Call Judit Kovacs on 4842 1119 or go to festivalofbraidwood.org.au

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The mystifying art of unknown Elioth Gruner

By Helen Musa

THE Canberra Museum and Gallery can breathe easy – at long last it has a major exhibition.

The opening of “Elioth Gruner: The Texture of Light”, curated by senior gallery staffer Deborah Clark, recently saw the gallery packed with arts identities, not least the reclusive Cooma-based artist Imants Tillers and the event-shy director of the National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford, who was on hand to talk about the Sydney landscape painter he very much admired, but whose reputation he said had deteriorated since his death in 1939.

That is the mystery about Gruner, known among the cognoscenti as one of the finest brush technicians that Australia has ever seen – indeed, Clark believes he outclasses far more famous Australian painters – he is almost unknown to the wider public.

How could this be? Gruner’s importance had been recognised by his inclusion in the London Academy show mounted by the NGA last year and clearly, Radford remarked, it was “high time for a Gruner exhibition”. In his day at least, “his works were always loved by the general public” and the director praised his concern with light and the way, in many later paintings, “Gruner loved to emphasise the folds of the land” which he said were “sculptured by light”.

Visitors to this show will see his point.

There are more than 30 paintings of the south coast and the Southern Highlands,

ABOVE: Gruner’s “Murrumbidgee Ranges”, 1934… on display at the Canberra Museum and Gallery.

LEFT: Gruner’s “Weetangera, Canberra”, 1937.

Yass and the Murrumbidgee River valley, and Cooma and the Monaro plateau.

Noting that the Art Gallery of NSW had hitherto been the only gallery regularly showing Gruner, with its last major show in 1983, making a rare loan to CMAG of their 1919 destination piece, “Spring Frost” quite a coup. It seemed all the more mysterious that the reputation of such a considerable artist

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should have declined. “It doesn’t quite fit,” Radford said.

Curator Clark’s enthusiasm is infectious.

“He is a bloody marvellous painter” she tells “CityNews” as she chronicles Gruner’s life, from his birth in NZ, through his cashstarved years studying part time, his artistic epiphany as he discovered plein air at Emu Plains and his growing profile via the Society

of Artists and the Macquarie Galleries.

His devotion to his mother, his revolutionising visit to Europe in 1923 after her death, his excursions into the backblocks of Australia including a camping site on the periphery of pre-lake Canberra, and his private sexual orientation that he was largely obliged to conceal – Clark speaks of all of these as if she knew him intimately.

That’s hardly surprising, given that a large part of the six years since she started working at the Canberra Museum and Gallery have been devoted to the research behind this show where, among 70 paintings, no fewer

By Helen Musa

THE word “ukelele” derives from two Hawaiian words meaning “flea” and “jump”.

bamboo flute) master, Riley Lee, cofounder of the drumming ensemble Taikoz.

While Peterson still lives in a ranch on the island of Maui surrounded by imported eucalyptus trees that “give it the feel of the Canberra region”, Lee lives in Manly, but he comes from Hawaii, moving to Australia years ago when Sydney University offered him a Ph.D. scholarship.

The shakuhachi is an ancient instrument of great refinement and intensity in performance, but the slack-key guitar, of which Peterson is the acknowledged world master, involves loosening the keys in a way that allowed the Hawaiians to play

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Folk musicians in the key of slack As well, Hawaiian uke and slackkey guitar maestro, Jeff Peterson, tells me, we are all pronouncing it the wrong way – it should sound more like “ookoolaylay” and its sound resembles that of a jumping flea.

You’ll be able to pick up this and other useful facts and skills if you join Peterson’s two-day masterclass on April 16 and 17 in the lead up to the National Folk Festival.

His third visit, he’ll also be playing his guitar on the festival stage with Australian shakuhachi (Japanese

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than 37 are of Canberra’s immediate region.

Clark perceives in his work a transformation, probably deriving from his encounters with modernism in Europe.

“From this time on,” she says, his paintings become almost abstract, the colour tone changes, things become flatter.

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Slack-key guitar maestro, Jeff Peterson.

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in the “Aloha spirit”.

Traditional music on the islands involved, he says, “mainly a lot of percussion and chanting, which was intense and powerful”, but the guitar was more relaxed, as Hawaiians adopted what is known as the “nahenahe” style of singing, soothing, but beautiful, with a very strong quality.

But don’t Peterson and Lee occupy two ends of the musical spectrum – relaxation and intensity?

“Just think of the relaxing soothing quality of the slack-key and think of the way the shakuhachi can be very lyrical and its emotions very close to the human voice,” Peterson suggests.

Lee confirms this, by phone from Manly, also making the point that traditionally, stringed instruments “just go together”, with the guitar, for instance, providing a rhythmical and harmonic background to the more ethereal sound of the flute.

This accounts for the enormous

success of the album he and Peterson put down together a few years ago – “Bamboo Slack Key”.

While he’s in town, Lee will be holding breathing workshops, but his main focus right now is helping to organise Taikoz’s first tour of the US, playing Honolulu, Santa Rosa, Sacramento and the World Taiko Gathering in Los Angeles.

Peterson says that while he will be playing the guitar in his concerts with Lee, “just for fun”, he might play the ukelele as well.

So why is there a world-wide craze for the uke, including here in Canberra?

“There’s something very special about an instrument that you can pick up and start strumming,” he says. “It’s one of the most userfriendly instruments in the world, it brings people together.”

The National Folk Festival, Exhibition Park in Canberra, April 17-21.

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Composer gets a hearing in Washington CANBERRA composer, Jes Grixti, tells us his music has been selected to be performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, strangely, as part of the European Month of Culture.

“Being a professional composer is not for everyone, Jes Grixti. that’s for sure,” he says in the understatement of the week.

MANAGEMENT at Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, is justifiably crowing at figures released in its annual report showing an increase in revenue to artists through the centre’s programs, with a total of $160,000 going directly to artists, writers and curators in 2013.

THAT formidable ARIA-winning Canberra pianist and composer, Sally Whitwell, will soon be performing the Australian premiere of the “Sonetti Lussuriosi” by Michael Nyman then hopping on a plane to Los Angeles to play with Philip Glass. But first, she’s presenting “In Her Shoes: music by women composers”, mark III, featuring the Acacia Quartet, known for recording the complete quartets of Elena Kats-Chernin. At All Saints Anglican Church, Cowper Street, Ainslie, 3pm, Sunday, April 13. Tickets at the door.

THE National Capital Orchestra is describing itself as “Canberra’s other symphony orchestra”.

Its first concert of the year will feature Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and a marimba concerto composed by Eric Ewazen, with young Canberra-trained percussion virtuoso, Veronica Bailey.

Veronica Bailey, as soloist. The Q, Queanbeyan, 3pm, April 13.

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Webster, whose work is tied to outdoor experiences. As gallery manager Annika Harding puts it, he has “a refreshing approach to painting as part of a crossdisciplinary art practice”. ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Street, Dickson, noon-5pm, Wednesday to Sunday, April 9-27.

“SNACK” is a free Tuggeranong Arts Centre slam poetry workshop project, April 14-17, for young people aged 14-18. Expressions of interest are essential to TCA’s community cultural inclusion officer, Jorge Bagnini, at ccip@tuggeranongarts.com or 6293 1443.

THE Oriana Chorale’s first concert for 2014 will be “Mirrors in Mirror: Music for Maundy Thursday”. Brett Weymark will be conducting the chorale, joined by youth choir, Kompactus, to perform Arvo Pärt’s 1990 “Berlin Mass”, interspersed with pieces by J.S. Bach, Schütz and Lotti, Eric Whitacre, Thompson and Górecki.

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“WARTS and All” is a well rehearsed and strongly performed new comedy by prolific local playwright, Bruce Hoogendoorn.

It’s delivered with unpretentious charm by a strong cast led by two rival grandmothers. Oliver Baudert in drag is perfect as Alice, a boastful old woman who would go to the opening of a hat box. Helen Vaughan-Roberts’ Margaret is dry, wry and played with impeccable timing. The relationship between Margaret and her depressed teenage grandson Simon (Will Huang) is strong, funny and real.

The intergenerational ghost story tackles themes of family pride, personal identity and reconciliation with the past. While visiting his grandmother because he is ill, depressed and has just failed school, Simon is in turn visited by the amnesic ghost of a sports coach (Rob De Fries).

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Small experience, but big on quality

Farce and fantasy amid the nostalgia “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (M)

It was so good that my friend returned the next day (without me) to order her very own sausage penne, loving every single bite.

FOOD envy. It happens to the best of us.

You’re at a restaurant and order what you’re convinced is the most delish dish on the menu only to discover, when your dear friend lets you sample theirs, that they’ve got more inspiring food.

This happened recently to a friend of mine at Da Rosario on London Circuit, the city’s newest Italian place, when she sampled my sausage penne. It was so good that my friend returned the next day (without me) to order her very own sausage penne, loving every single bite.

Da Rosario is modelled after the little pizzerias in Italy where you can enjoy a coffee or wine while grabbing your weekly fix of salami and bread. So it’s tiny by design.

Quality of food is high on the menu at Da Rosario, an Italian grocer-type operation. It’s so small you can’t dine inside and Da Rosario uses the kitchen of its big brother next door, Mezzalira, to prepare the food. The main man at the helm is Vince, one of the Trimboli brothers.

My sausage penne, from the “pasta e zuppa” part of the menu, smashed it ($17).

It came with crumbled bits of Calabrese sausage, cavolo nero (legendary Tuscan cabbage), Cinzano bianco vermouth and shaved pecorino. The dish was the right size (some establishments prefer quantity over quality with pasta) and gorgeous.

Although my friend was suffering from food envy this didn’t mean she didn’t adore her panini ($10), made with slow-roasted, deboned and rolled Berkshire pork and stuffed with rosemary and thyme, grilled eggplant and baby cos. It was served on a wooden board and the perfect size for those who want something tasty at lunch that isn’t

too large or heavy.

The wood-fired pizzas are no doubt fab and, of course, you can enjoy antipasti.

The menu also offers rotating specials.

Breakfasts are simple and include small passionfruit tarts. Savoury breakfast options roll out soon and don’t forget you can take away.

At Da Rosario it’s fun to sit on stools on the sidewalk pavement in an oh-so-cosmopolitan kind of way.

The service was friendly, efficient and the waiters knowledgeable on product (it drives me bonkers when I ask about a dish and am greeted by a waiter shrugging their shoulders because they haven’t a clue).

Our waiter suggested we try the tiramisu, which comes in a small glass ($10) and I really wanted to but couldn’t fit it in. Next time.

And there will be a next time.

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Adventurous study in naivety theatre

“Johnny Castellano is Mine”

By Emma Gibson, directed by Karla Conway At The Street Theatre until April 12.

Reviewed by Joe Woodward “JOHNNY Castellano is Mine” is a study in naivety; a sculptural fantasia touching on inner powers through which the human body and psyche act as a conduit only to be left devastated.

Gibson’s play strips a person down to the layers below all pretence and lays bare the yearnings and magnetism that propels personal action into the realms of the grotesque.

Yet in its compelling simplicity, the production maintains a beautiful aesthetic in its poetic delivery and visual display.

This achievement is the result of an effective collaboration between The Street Theatre and Canberra Youth Theatre. Karla Conway’s direction is bold, adventurous and very challenging for the lone actor, Alison Plevey. The design

by Samantha Pickering is sparse yet totally integrated with the movement of the actor.

Gibson’s script displays maturity and surety.

The performance style reflects thousands of isolated moments of a strain in one’s life; stopped and restarted as thoughts find physical form in photographs. This has the effect of taking the audience away from naturalistic associations and allowing personal reflections to be embedded into the experience. It goes some way towards the highest ideals in theatre while still needing time to refine itself by playing and meeting with audiences.

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INSPIRED by “The World of Yesterday”, the autobiographical memoir by Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), writer/director Wes Anderson brings his unique view of people and events to this combination of upper-crust manners and values with farce, fantasy and nostalgia.

In the early 1930s, concierge Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) rules a Grande Luxe Hotel on the top of an eastern European mountain.

In the 1960s, in an almost deserted dining room, Moustafa (F Murray Abraham) tells a writer (Jude Law) about his life as apprentice hotel lobby boy Zero (Tony Revelori) in 1932 and the hotel’s slow decay.

Wealthy lady guests, especially Madame D (Tilda Swinton, wearing ageing make-up reputed to have taken several hours to get right) valued Gustave’s boudoir talents. Madame D, found dead in suspicious circumstances, owned the hotel. The plot, leading Gustave and his apprentice through a string of adventures, develops when, to the fury of her son Dmitri (Adrien Brody), it transpires that Gustave, having pleasured her whenever she was in residence, is her sole heir.

Never allowing the subtle pungency of its perceptive observations to divert its constant flow of comedy, Anderson deftly guides the film among class distinctions, prison life, a jailbreak, high life on a high mountain, hot pursuit on skis, the village patisseur’s daughter, political life, a severed head, a priceless painting, useful friends in high places and more.

Its intelligent humour applies a fresh gloss to familiar situations. A one-sheet poster in cinema foyers listing its great supporting cast could become a collector’s item.

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Even reviewers are permitted personal likes and dislikes. I avoided “CapAm 1” and if anything else had been opening on the day “CapAm: Winter Soldier” opened, I’d have shunned that as well. I don’t enjoy boring films. “Winter Soldier” did that, big time.

The good guys work for spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D, commanded by Nick (Samuel L Jackson). HYDRA is a bunch of moles inside SHIELD led by Pierce (Robert Redford) and devoted to the proposition that safety is better than freedom.

Above DC, three Helicarriers hover to pre-emptively deal with threats. On the way to the SHIELD office, Steve Rogers a.k.a Captain America (Chris Evans) and Romanoff a.k.a Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) get ambushed by the winter soldier whom Steve recognises as his former World War II comrade-in-arms Bucky.

And it’s on for young and old, violent, noisy, fatuous, predictable, flaccid tensions, American cultural colonialism with Uncle Sam’s artistic acolytes working their creatively obese butts off to inhale your dollars. Who needs it?

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For this Australian-made animated adventure comedy, co-directors and writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller applied CG and stop-motion techniques to create and manipulate images from Lego pieces.

Will Ferrell voice-overs tyrannical Lord “Captain America: The Winter Business and plays the Man Upstairs, a dad enchanted by Lego’s versatility in Soldier” (M) challenging young minds to build all THIS is the sequel that writers Christopher manner of things.

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GEMINI (May 21 – June 21) This week you’ll be easily distracted, as your mercurial mind jumps all over the place. The Lunar Eclipse fires up your entertainment zone so it’s time to be a gregarious Gemini as you shop, see a movie, go to a concert, hit the clubs or party with friends. Mercury/Mars aspects help you communicate with extra power and passion, but not everyone will like what you’ve got to say!

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22) Lions aren’t usually domesticated creatures (you prefer to pour your energy into shining on the public stage). But, with the Moon and Saturn hooking up your home zone, it’s time to tackle DIY jobs that you’ve been putting on the backburner. If you are travelling over the Easter break (locally, interstate or overseas) then allow yourself plenty of time as mix-ups and delays are likely.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22) This week will work best if you multi-task and mix things up. Avoid making major financial decisions, as you are likely to skip over important details.

Nervous energy and stress levels are high so pace yourself. Don’t be a holiday hermit. Group activities and social networking are favoured but don’t assume you know what a loved one is thinking – you may be way off the mark.

LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 23) The Lunar Eclipse is likely to trigger some relationship rumbles. Financial negotiations are favoured on Friday – as long as you have done your homework and have your business hat on. Over the weekend you’re in the mood to indulge your sweet tooth, as discipline flies out the window and you overdose on too many hot cross buns and chocolate Easter eggs. Enjoy!

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CANCER (June 22 – July 22) Tuesday’s Lunar Eclipse highlights your home zone so be on domestic drama alert and realise that emotions will be running high, and you’re likely to blow things way out of proportion. Get set for a fabulous Good Friday as the stars favour eating, drinking, socialising, travelling and hanging out with loved ones. Time for busy Crabs to de-stress and have some holiday fun.

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24 Name an alternative word for a serviette.

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26 Which other term describes a creek or stream?

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3 To run away to marry, is to do what?

4 What are cinemas also called?

5 What is a grating of crossed bars?

6 Name a positive particle present in every atomic nucleus.

7 To be disinclined or reluctant, is to be what?

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14 Which Australian state is known as the “Apple Isle”?

15 Name one of the two bones of the forearm.

17 Which place is said to be the abode of God, angels, etc?

18 Which eye condition is also known as near-sightedness?

20 What do we call a person who suffers from Hansen’s disease?

21 Where, perhaps, would a cowboy work?

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SCORPIO (Oct 24 – Nov 21) Friday’s stars are fabulous for Scorpio flights of fancy as you explore and experiment, go on a grand adventure, or fall passionately in love! Creativity and children are also highlighted. If you are too set in your ways then you’re in for an unsettling Saturday and Sunday, as Uranus and Jupiter disrupt your usual routine. The more flexible you are, the better the weekend will be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) The Lunar Eclipse stimulates your ‘kids zone’ so expect a tricky time, as children and teenagers shift into hyperactive mode. Holiday hijinks are highlighted on Friday, as you relax and enjoy socialising with family and friends. You have a talent for putting your foot firmly in your mouth (especially this weekend) but are people ready for your special brand of Sagittarian truth serum?

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) Conscientious Capricorn – when trying to juggle professional projects and personal matters, compromise is the key. If you try to do everything 100% perfectly, you’ll just end up exhausted. Prepare for some upheaval on the weekend, as unpredictable Uranus shakes things up on the home front. If you’ve been stuck in a domestic rut, it might be just what the doctor ordered.

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Solutions from last edition

The focus is on lust and loot as the Lunar Eclipse brings up unresolved issues.

An intimate relationship could soar or crash depending on how committed you are, emotionally and financially. With Venus and Neptune both visiting your sign, you’re emanating some serious charisma and your appreciation of art, literature and music is especially high.

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Crossword No. 448

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You’ll feel restless over the Easter break, as the Uranus/Pluto square stirs up your temperamental side. Just remember there’s a fine line between reckless behaviour (resulting in regrets) and spontaneous action (leading to success).

If you keep busy with interesting and productive projects, then there’ll be less inclination for you to be disruptive and demanding.

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Set in the Carlton Gardens and the magnificent Royal Exhibition Building (constructed in 1880 and the first building in Australia to receive World Heritage listing), the most popular attraction is the Showcase Gardens. They are in two divisions; one for landscape designers to compete for prizes and promote their work, the other for “achievable” garden designs with ideas that can be translated into gardens for the average backyard.

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We do it all... Designing • Paving • Planting • Lighting • Decking • Plumbing • Concreting Turfing • Irrigation • Carpentry • Stonemasonry • Pools... And everything else in between!

Allow our professional Design & Build team to interpret your desires and bring your dreams from concept to reality.

Testimonials are available!

Call us today on 6249 1894 Visit us at 10 Beltana Rd Pialligo ACT www.livingsimply.com.au CityNews April 10-16, 2014 31