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ALAN DUFFY

A JOB THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD

SAM WOOD

WHEN TRAINING GETS PERSONAL

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It is one heck of a sporting event that can bring Curtis Stone all the way back from Los Angeles, where he is a revered chef with two top restaurants, to cook up a storm for Melbourne foodies. A pop-up version of his Sunset Boulevard fine diner Gwen (which he runs with brother Luke) will grace the greens at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club for the Presidents Cup in December. In this edition, Stone shares memories of his late grandmother Gwen, whose own wood-fired cooking informs the decadently primal menu and proves even refined palates can be inspired by lovingly humble origins. ●

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THE EDIT What we love at Domain Review

OUR COVER \ Australian chef Curtis Stone at his LA restaurant Gwen. Photo by Clay Larsen.

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““I am Associate Professor Alan Duffy” … an astronomer and astrophysicist I’ve always been curious about the world around me – I was that annoying kid asking, “why, why, why?” Luckily, my parents encouraged it. However, it wasn’t until I read Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time as a precocious 12-year-old that I knew there was even a job of being an astronomer.

I had a terrible time in my final year of high school trying to pick what to study, but in the end I chose physics because it kept my options open.

Eventually, I took a PhD at the University of Manchester, based around creating universes with super computers and seeing them grow. At the end of it, a post-doctoral position opened up at the University of Western Australia. Australia was embarking on building the Square Kilometre Array

– the biggest telescope ever conceived – and was pulling in astronomers from all around the world, and I was lucky enough to be part of the team.

After that, I was able to present my work: what could this telescope see, how many galaxies could it find and what could we learn about the darker side of our universe – the invisible side that’s formed of dark matter, which we now know outweighs every atom we can see combined five times over.

It wasn’t sufficient to just do the science; I also had to go out and explain it. So, at Swinburne, half of my life is engagement and half is research. It’s the closest I’ve ever got to the dream job.

For a decade now, I’ve been focused on one of the biggest questions in science: what is the nature of

As told to

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dark matter? I try to figure out what it’s made of and what its properties are by creating baby universes. Then, I try to find that dark matter in the lab as part of the SABRE Dark Matter Experiment.

In terms of my day-to-day, a lot of the time it’s brainstorming with my students, working with colleagues, doodling equations or logging onto super computers and trying to fix code or program new types of universes to simulate.

Then I switch gears, which could involve speaking to the public, being on TV or going into schools. I have to say, it’s a thrilling challenge to keep a group of six-year-olds entertained about dark matter. ● ● alanrduffy.com

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urtis Stone remembers Gwen, his nana, very fondly. “She was always in the kitchen and just your typical Aussie nan,” he says.

“She came from a very simple background, living on a farm outside of Melbourne.

“My mother lived on the farm with Gwen, and her father, Ernie. It was a pretty simple existence.”

While Gwen’s life may have seemed much like that of many other Australians, the way she lived her life still inspires Stone, 43, who is one of Australia’s most loved chefs and a Michelinstarred restaurateur.

One of his two top Los Angeles restaurants is called the Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant while the other is named Maude, after his grandmother from his father’s side.

Fondly known simply as Gwen, the restaurant will have its first ever Australian presence in December, with a pop-up experience at the Presidents Cup at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock.

LU K E D E N N E H Y

here’. It was pretty cool.” Gwen, like Maude, would be very proud of what her grandson has achieved.

As well as the two restaurants in Los Angeles, he is the face of Coles in Australia and has built a huge television career in the US. He got his TV break hosting the Channel 7 reality show My Restaurant Rules back in 2004, which was partly filmed in Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.

Stone is one of the favourites to join the new judging panel of MasterChef Australia after George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston left the show earlier this year.

He and his wife Lindsay Price were among the select few invited to a recent state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House.

The couple live in Los Angeles and have two sons, Emerson, 5, and Hudson, 8.

Stone is back and forth from Australia a number of times during the year but, at the moment, LA is home.

“It’s a cool city to live in,” he says of his home.

“The weather is bloody beautiful.

“There are a lot of things I don’t like about it too, but there are a lot of things I do like. We are really close to the beach, and when you’ve got young kids, that is a good thing.”

Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s in Melbourne in between kicking the footy, he always had a love of food.

“I started cooking as a kid,” he says. “I’ve always been a greedy little bugger, and I still am. I’ve always been obsessed with the way things taste.

When something tastes really good, I get really excited about it.”

Stone went to high school at Essendon Grammar, a boys’ school that is now co-ed and called Penleigh and Essendon Grammar.

He went to school with now celebrated chef Shannon Bennett , who is the same age as him.

The two studied home economics early on.

The menu made with love COVER STORY Inspired by the memory of his grandmother, chef Curtis Stone is bringing his restaurant home.

Both Gwen and Maude passed away in 2008, but they are never far from Stone’s memory. The way Gwen and Ernie raised his mother Lorraine is something he will never forget.

“They had a few cows that they used to milk and sell the milk,” he says. “Mum always talks about that, when the cheque would arrive from the butter company. That was a big, exciting moment for them.

“They would also cut firewood and take it down to the people in the city.

“They were market gardeners and they had a bunch of veggies they’d grow.”

Everything in Gwen’s kitchen was cooked on a wood-fired stove.

When Stone and his brother Luke, who is a coowner, opened the restaurant in Los Angeles in 2016, both of them felt she was with them in spirit.

Like Gwen in her life, the restaurant relies on a trusty old wood-fired stove.

“It was funny the night we opened, actually I lit the fires and my brother and I went upstairs, and we then walked back into the space and we could both smell the fires,” he says.

“I looked at him and I was like, ‘it’s like she is

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“We decided to do home eco to meet the girls, because at the time it was an all-boys’ school and home eco was taught at the girls’ school,” he says.

“We’d get the bus over and try to meet some girls.

We didn’t meet any girls, but somehow we both learnt how to cook.”

The 120-seat Gwen at the Presidents Cup will serve a lunch and dinner menu. Reservations are available to patrons with general admission tickets.

“It’s a world-class event and we thought we’d bring some world-class food,” Stone says of the Presidents Cup. “I’ve also never been able to do a restaurant at home, so it will be fun to bring it to Melbourne.” ●

How to book a seat at Gwen at the Presidents Cup For more details ● presidentscup.com/ plan-your-visit/curtis-stone-gwenpresidents-cup.html

Cooking on a wood-fired stove at Gwen

PRESIDENTS CUP 2019 \ The Royal

reminds Curtis Stone of his nan.

Melbourne Golf Club, December 9-15.

RAY KACHATORIAN

“I’ve always been obsessed about the way things taste ...

I get really excited about it.”

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DIANA CHAN \ CHEF ST YLE

GREG BRIGGS

CHRISTIAN ROCCHI / FOOD STYLING EMMA ROSEN

Hop to the sunny side up

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oppers, aka Appam, are said to have originated from the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

They are eaten widely in Sri Lanka for breakfast or dinner. I stayed at the ShangriLa Hotel in Colombo during my last visit and was lucky enough to be given a masterclass

by Chef Gehan from Kaema Sutra restaurant. He taught me how to make pol sambol, plain hoppers, and egg hoppers as well as the hotel’s signature black hoppers made with squid ink.

Pol sambol is a condiment staple to Sri Lankan cuisine.

You can make this recipe vegetarian simply by leaving out the Maldive fish.

At Kaema Sutra, they are well known for their sweet hopper served with curd and kithul treacle derived from a type of palm tree. Boiled down into a caramel-like consistency, the treacle was a standout.

Safe to say, hoppers are versatile and can be served sweet or savoury and eaten pretty much any time of the day. ●

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Sri Lankan egg hoppers with pol sambol Ingredients (Makes 12) 1 tsp active dry yeast 1 cup water (lukewarm) 1 tsp salt 3∏ cups rice flour 1 tbsp sugar 400ml coconut milk ∏ tsp baking soda 12 eggs (optional) Pol sambol (Makes 1 cup) 1 tsp of dried red chillies, crushed 1 tbsp red onion, finely chopped 1 tsp ground black pepper 1 tsp Maldive fish chips (optional) 1 cups of coconut, freshly grated (use frozen as substitute) Juice of 1 lime Salt to taste

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Method ■ Mix the yeast and water in a glass and set aside for about 10 minutes until it foams.

■ In a bowl of a stand mixer, combine salt, rice flour, and sugar. Add the yeast mixture and stir to obtain a batter.

■ Cover with a damp towel, and set aside for 2-3 hours in a warm place (standing time can vary. A room temperature of 32 to 35 degrees is ideal).

In the meantime, you can prepare the pol sambol.

Once the batter has risen, add in the coconut milk and baking soda and mix until smooth. Cover and set aside for another hour.

Batter should have the consistency of a thin crepe batter. If it is too thick, adjust by adding water or coconut milk.

If using a non-stick hopper pan, wipe the pan with a paper towel soaked in vegetable oil. If using a more traditional iron hopper pan, add a little more oil.

Heat the hopper pan over a high heat, then lower to medium.

Add a ladle of hopper batter and immediately swirl the batter around the pan to cover the entire surface.

Add an egg in the centre of the hopper to make an egg hopper. This is optional. You may leave the egg out if you wish to have a plain hopper.

Cover and cook until the batter sets and the edges are crispy. This should take about 3 to 4 minutes.

Method for pol sambol ■ In a large mortar and pestle, grind together the chillies, onion, pepper and Maldive fish. Add the grated coconut and season with lime juice. Mix well by hand to ensure all the coconut is coated.

■ Season well with salt and combine thoroughly.

Serve with the egg hoppers. ●

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ART & CULTURE The Archibald Prize 2019 finalists – including the winner – are on show this spring in the sensational Yarra Valley.

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ustralia’s most prestigious art award, the Archibald Prize, is making its Victorian debut at TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, bringing with it the winning work of Tony Costa.

Costa painted artist Lindy Lee using his hands instead of paintbrushes. “Did you know that Rembrandt also painted using his thumb?” says Costa, who flew in from Sydney for the opening event in regional Victoria.

“It’s nothing new and painters have been doing it for years. A famous painting by Rembrandt called A Woman Bathing In A Stream saw him paint her gown using his thumb.

I feel I have a much more direct approach using my hands and my markings are much more definitive as a result.”

TarraWarra is the first venue to host the Archibald Prize after the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The exhibition will travel around regional Australia, reaching more than 300,000 visitors along the way.

“The Archibald Prize is an extraordinary vehicle to get our work out to the people. It’s a wonderful accolade,” Costa says.

It took Costa two days to paint Lee, first approaching the artist and Zen Buddhist after he heard her interviewed at the NSW Art Gallery.

“She’s a very busy woman and I had access to her for one day,” Costa says. “She meditated for three hours in the morning and then again for three in the afternoon.

“I captured her in the lotus pose, which says as much about her as her physical features. This is someone

who is meditating and it already tells you half the story.”

He completed the painting in his studio.

Costa, a second generation Italian, says he’s been intrigued by eastern philosophies for decades and was introduced to Buddhism in 1978.

“I had a faint idea of what Buddhism was about back then – it wasn’t for me, but I totally respect what it stands for,” he says.

“Approaching art in that Zen way I found parallels in that with my own temperament because you have to give in to that way of working to make it work.”

Costa is all about trapping energy with every hand movement when he paints.

“That’s my ticket to nirvana,” he says. “When I first started experimenting using my hands 30 years ago I wore surgical gloves and felt I had more power.

“By getting rid of detail in the work I was delivering something with greater impact.

“The painting of Lindy Lee is about peace and serenity. It’s about mood and stillness, I hope that’s what people get from it when they see it.”

Among the 51 works in this year’s Archibald Prize exhibition are paintings that portray Australian subjects including renowned actor David Wenham by Tessa MacKay (the winner of the Packing Room Prize), former ballet dancer and director of the Queensland Ballet Li Cunxin by Jun Chen, Anh Do’s portrait of the artist George Gittoes and journalist Annabel Crabb as depicted by Jordan Richardson. ●

JOHN GOLLINGS

ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2019 \ Exhibiting

Archibald Prize 2019 winner Tony

at the TarraWarra Museum of Art

Costa’s portrait Lindy Lee (oil on

until November 5.

canvas), top left; the glorious

● twma.com.au/exhibition/

TarraWarra Museum of Art, left.

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PROFESSIONALISM \ This is a big one. A professional trainer is organised, punctual, well presented and creates a personalised program for

your goals and your lifestyle. They take the time to understand what you want to do and the challenges or obstacles that you face and they make sure they work with you to get the job done.

You know you’ve found a great trainer when you feel that it’s about you, not about them and you know you’ve found the wrong trainer if they look at their phone when you have paid them for their time.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE \ I definitely don’t think you need someone with a master’s degree or 20 years of experience. However, it is important to see what qualifications your trainer has and, as someone that has been doing this for 20 years, I am comfortable to admit that I am a far better trainer today than I was when I was 20.

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A saying that I love is that “if you get your mind right, your body will follow”. If your trainer doesn’t have a high enough level of emotional intelligence to recognise your motivations, your triggers and the reasons you have failed before then they will not be able to get in your head to help you in the long term.

The best trainers have an impact on you across all 168 hours of the week, not just the 60 minutes they spend with you.

CONVENIENCE \ Of course, if you find the perfect trainer for you it is worth the drive but make sure it is going to work for you practically, because if it is a challenge logistically to get to your sessions from day one it is highly likely not to stick.

MOTIVATION AND SUPPORT \ Great trainers know

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ACCOUNTABILITY \ A great trainer helps you set

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EDUCATION & INNOVATION

Beyond the classroom

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nside and outside the classroom, music and technology offer students opportunities to develop new skills and interests and to learn the value of persistence.

Music is an essential part of school life at Shelford Girls’ Grammar. Jean McQuarrie, head of music, has been with the school for the past 25 years and has seen many of her former proteges find a fulltime career in the world of music and performance.

“Some of them have performed with the Melbourne Conservatorium orchestras, some have worked as composers with the ABC and one student just got her first commission to compose,” says McQuarrie.

Extra-curricular music is a popular choice for many of the girls at Shelford. Around 73 per cent of students play a musical instrument and most are also part of an ensemble and spend hours before and after school perfecting their musical skills.

“We have choirs, harmony ensembles, string orchestras, a concert band, guitar ensemble, brass ensemble, jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble and flute ensemble. If a student comes to me and is interested in being part of a rock band or an Irish band, we will form an ensemble so they can pursue that interest,” says McQuarrie.

The annual school musical also involves many extra-curricular hours with the junior school and senior school performing in alternate years. This year the junior school performed Annie and next year the senior school students will present Mary Poppins.

“The students sing and act and hold positions of responsibility in terms of stage management, sound and lighting,” says McQuarrie.

“These experiences don’t only enrich their musicianship but they lead to girls forming crossyear level friendships and the older girls help the

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younger girls. Music helps with the students’ academic rigor and discipline, and it presents them with the challenge of being brave enough to perform publicly which is a valuable acquired skill.”

At Preshil in Kew, robotics and technology are popular extra-curricular choices for students, with their interest encouraged from early primary school years. Younger children enjoy spending lunchtimes and recess in the “Fish Bowl” – a bright, modern area equipped with a 3D printer, green screen, video and editing software, LEGO and coding programs.

“The Fish Bowl is a space where children can explore and be curious,” says Natalie Jensen, assistant principal at Preshil.

“Teachers take on projects at lunchtime with groups of children and they’ve used 3D printing to make pieces of jewellery and phone cases and they’ve made films. We get people from the community or parents who are specialists to work with the children – one person worked for Channel 7 and has been making films with the kids.”

Younger students use the Cubico coding program

that was developed by specialists in early childhood education, computer engineering and computer linguistics. It helps them understand basic concepts of coding such as command sequences, iteration and looping and conditions and to improve logical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Older children can get to grips with Arduino programming, which is a more involved introduction to robotics.

“All our classrooms are open at lunchtime, so children can self-initiate activities and projects at that time,” says Jensen.

“The focus in all these robotic and technology projects is more on the process than the end result.

They learn to design, test, undo something, re-do it and try again, so it’s good for building resilience.

“They often try something and when it doesn’t work, they look at it through a different lens to see what they can change. The students will discuss projects together and help each other problemsolve and that continues to encourage their natural curiosity.” ●

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EDUCATION & INNOVATION

A sporting chance

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rom badminton and basketball to soccer and swimming, sports are a key part of the program for many of Melbourne’s independent and state schools.

Saturday mornings are a busy time for Caulfield Grammar School students. Classes may be over for the week, but at weekends the effort and attention turn to the sports field, athletics track and swimming pool.

The 3300-plus students at the co-educational independent school take part in sport before and after school and compete on Saturdays. More than 400 sports coaches support them along with the school’s head of sport, Michael Hall. The school has a firm belief that being active is important for a well-balanced life and to promote physical and

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mental wellbeing. So extra-curricular sports are part of life at Caulfield Grammar from years 5 to 12.

“We want students to have a balanced experience at Caulfield Grammar and sport is a vital element of that balance,” says Hall. “There is a great ability to impact the lives of children through sport and its value is immense in terms of health benefits, building resilience and the friendships and connections students make.”

Swimming, cricket and touch football are popular during summer and Australian rules and netball are in demand in winter. Athletics is popular, and Caulfield Grammar is also renowned for its prowess in water polo. “Softball, swimming and football are also particular strengths and we’ve had a good record in netball,” says Hall.

A new aquatic centre is taking shape at the Caulfield campus and will include state-of-the art features such as a 50-metre indoor pool that can be converted into two 25-metre pools. The floor can be raised or lowered to cater for inexperienced swimmers and elite swim teams.

Maribyrnong College in Melbourne’s north-west

is also focused on the benefits of sport.

Maribyrnong is Victoria’s only specialist sports high school and incorporates Maribyrnong Sports Academy. The school has 575 student athletes within its 1300-strong population who juggle VCE and sport.

Current and former students have been selected for state and national teams and have competed in prestigious events like the Olympics and various world championships.

“Sports students follow the normal school curriculum from 9am to 3.15pm but also complete an athlete development program that includes strength and conditioning, media training and sessions with our sports psychologist and dietitian,” explains Mark McAllion, the school’s sport director.

“Our aim is to provide an education for teenagers who want to pursue an elite sporting dream while continuing their studies. So, we’re set up to support students who want to have a real crack at their sport but also finish their secondary school education.”

Sports at the school include AFL, athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, golf, hockey, netball,

soccer, softball/baseball, taekwondo, tennis and volleyball. But the school also has students involved in elite level gymnastics, swimming, cycling and synchronised ice skating. There is a stadium with basketball and netball courts, a badminton hall, high-performance gym, water therapy area, tennis courts, soccer pitch, athletics track, cricket nets and beach volleyball training courts.

Former Olympians and national athletes form part of the coaching team and proteges of the school include Luke Platt who has won junior world cycling titles and Celeste Mucci who has represented Australia in athletics. AWFL rising star Monique Conti has attended Maribyrnong College and Nia Stamatopoulos, a year 10 student, has played with Melbourne City in the W-League and has been in the Junior Matildas soccer team.

“The people who are teaching, coaching and mentoring have been serious athletes themselves, so they are used to being in a high-performance environment,” says McAllion. “They all work towards getting each individual athlete at the school to their highest level.” ● SARAH MARINOS

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Pass the Landfall sign on the front gate and follow a long driveway to an impressive 1938 two-storey stone residence.

Sitting on approximately 1.01 hectares of land, the home has incredible views of the Yarra River, gardens and natural bushland. Interiors feature warm timbers and plenty of living spaces including a dining room, sunroom with balcony, living room with fireplace, and a kitchen, pantry and meals zone, which opens to a paved outdoor area and pergola. There’s a self-contained apartment upstairs with a bedroom, lounge, kitchen and deck, as well as four additional bedrooms.

Other features include an outdoor studio with kiln, storage building and garage. ● ARIANNA LUCENTE Agent: The Agency, Peter Kakos 0418 123 993 Price: $1.2 million-$1.3 million Expressions of interest: close 5pm, October 21

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Set on over 2.5 elevated acres and boasting uninterrupted range views, this historic 5 bedroom home is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Built in 1938, the magic of ‘Landfall’ lies in its expansive stone-terraced gardens, vast living areas, rich timber detail, and extended views from every window. Fully self-contained flat with private balcony and outlook, plus a mudbrick Artist's Studio in the gardens, are other special features of this stunning property. The established gardens include European and native plants, plus if desired, there is an option to purchase an additional acre. Rustic charm only a short walk from Yarra Street Village and 30km from Melbourne. Note: Enter via Lewis Road.

Expressions of Interest Closing Monday 21st October at 5.00pm

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