Domain Review Ivanhoe & Valley - March 20, 2019

PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

MARCH 20-26, 2019

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Come in close, put the kettle on – I have something to tell you. I’ve just turned 36 (single, no children) and as such, Dr Lynn Burmeister – on our cover – is as famous to me as a Jonas brother is to a 16-year-old. This glam doctor is changing the way women access fertility treatment, and is an intriguing personality, straight from the pages of a Candace Bushnell novel. She’s helped to rewrite the life stories of many Australian women and their families, including TV host Sonia Kruger, who fell pregnant with Dr Burmeister’s help at the age of 48.

Journalist Kate Jones met the doctor for this week’s feature. ●

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““I am Ronny Chieng ” … and I’m a comedian I studied law in Melbourne, lived here for 10 years

and started comedy here as well. I studied law because I got in and thought it would be an easy way to make money and gain prestige.

I started in comedy in the final year of law school – I did a university campus comedy competition and I won it, and then I kept doing shows after that around Melbourne. I moved into comedy full-time when I couldn't get a job. I graduated during the peak of the global financial crisis – thanks Gen X. I never got to practise as a lawyer, but I always knew that I wouldn’t regret it if I didn't.

I've lived in a lot of different places – Asia, Australia, America. Everywhere feels like home now, although I always need to find a quiet place to rejuvenate.

I’ve got all my places in Melbourne that I usually hit up when I get back here. I have a website of recommendations in Melbourne – I’m Okay With Anything – that I personally hit up, listing all my favourite spots.

While I’m here I’ll go watch Melbourne United basketball games. I’ll also go to my favourite bar, Bar Americano, after shows.

My new [Comedy Festival] show is called Tone Issues. I don't have overarching premises for my stand-up shows but if ever there was a premise for myself, it'd be that I have a terrible tone when talking to people. People think I'm being angry or sarcastic and everyone gets offended, even though I'm trying my best.

A typical day for me these days would be when I'm working on (US talk show) The Daily Show, which involves an intense work cycle. If I'm on the show that day, we've got to write the segment and hand it in around 11.30am. We get notes back at 1pm, we rehearse at 3.30pm, get more notes, rewrite and then at 6.30pm we tape the show.

After The Daily Show, I'll rush to do maybe three stand-up sets. I get home around midnight and then try to go to sleep. That said, absolutely nothing has changed since I started on The Daily Show. I still do my own laundry. ● MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL ● comedyfestival.com.au ● ronnychieng.com ● imokwithanything.com

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The baby whisperer

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Dubbed an “IVF rockstar”, Melbourne’s Dr Lynn Burmeister is pioneering a fresh approach to fertility science.

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er headline-making departure from Monash IVF in 2017 came amid her allegations of stymying internal politics and bullying. It triggered a $12.3 million fall in revenue for the listed company and a court battle that resulted in a settlement. It also left Dr Burmeister with a massive $2.5 million legal bill.

Monash aside, she says she is motivated to make IVF and egg-freezing cheaper and more accessible to a wider range of people.

IVF costs in Australia vary widely – between $1870 and $9000 per cycle (or pregnancy attempt), according to consumer group Choice.

At Dr Burmeister’s No.1 Fertility, a chain of three clinics at Collins Street in the CBD, Epworth Geelong and Epworth Richmond set up in the past year, patients pay $3200 in out-of-pocket expenses

per cycle. At Love Fertility, a new low-cost clinic she plans to open in May at Frances Perry House, patients’ costs will be even lower – just $550 out of pocket per cycle.

“I think I just feel sad for some people,” she says.

“I feel this is coming from the heart. So I still want to provide good service to them, but make it affordable and just change the landscape that’s happening right now.”

Business is booming for Dr Burmeister, who is soon to open another clinic at Jolimont this month.

Called Emerald City, it will be more akin to a day spa than a typical medical space.

“It’s all going to be green because the whole theme behind it is that we’re making gems,” she explains.

“We’re going to have a growing room and that’s going to be a spa-like centre for the ladies. So preand post-transfer they get to lie down and not rush out. We’re going to have on-site acupuncturists and

reasons women decided to freeze their eggs were not having a partner with whom to have children; having a partner who didn’t want to be a father; and wanting time to prepare financially, emotionally and socially for single parenthood.

Although egg-freezing gives women the chance to avoid age-related infertility, success rates are slim – just 6 to 12 per cent per egg, Dr Burmeister says.

Expectation management is a large part of any medical professional’s job, particularly in IVF. Hopes of long-held dreams of parenthood can be painfully dashed and, on the flipside, ecstatically realised. Dr Burmeister offers her patients free counselling and takes a holistic approach that factors in diet and naturopathy.

“I basically look at all areas,” she says. “You know, there was someone whose husband was smoking and he hasn’t given up yet, and that makes really bad embryos. So I gave him another lecture about

“If I can try and make it not so clinical and a better journey for the patients, that’s what I’m trying to do.”

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r Lynn Burmeister may not be a household name, but in many households she’s something akin to a deity. The renowned IVF specialist has made countless dreams come true for couples and single women who feared they may never have children.

Chances are you’ve heard or read about Dr Burmeister, such is the Melbourne doctor’s reputation, particularly after her acrimonious split with Monash IVF and her prolific workload.

Ever since helping Channel Nine presenter Sonia Kruger give birth at age 49 and alternately being dubbed “the baby whisperer” and “fertility queen” by the media, and an “IVF rockstar” on online pregnancy forums, her popularity has soared.

Yet, and perhaps by the nature of her work, Dr Burmeister has somewhat of a polarising personality. One friend told me her appointment had cost $400 for four minutes, and described it as a waste of time.

But another holds Dr Burmeister in high regard for being what she calls “the co-creator” of her second child. “She’s definitely over the top glam and reminds me of the Sex and the City women, but she was so kind and caring,” the former patient says.

In person, Dr Burmeister is open, antiestablishment and at the helm of an IVF chain unlike any other in Melbourne.

“I would love to be a big brand and that’s my mission,” she says.

“I’m in control and so any decision that gets made in this company, I make. If something’s not working in the clinic, it’s not like I have to go through a whole line of processes. I can just go, ‘that’s not the way we should be doing it, let’s do it this way’ and make things more efficient.”

The desire to do things her way is a goal Dr Burmeister has eyed off for years.

TV personality Sonia Kruger had a baby at age 49, with the help of Dr Burmeister.

maybe a masseuse there to give them a back rub. I think it might make the process more enjoyable because it’s a pretty awful process. If I can try and make it not so clinical and a better journey for the patients, that’s what I’m trying to do.”

While IVF remains the most common reason patients come through the clinics, more women are opting to put their eggs on ice.

A survey by the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority found the most common

stopping smoking. I suppose people have high expectations, don’t they? Maybe I can’t meet them all the time, but most of the time I think I do a good job and I think patients walk away happy.”

A couple of those happy patients were Ashley Fowler and Shelley Brown. After two years of trying to fall pregnant naturally and then with the help of another IVF specialist, they decided to see Dr Burmeister.

“She was straight to the point and she was willing to look at things that hadn’t been looked at before,” Fowler says.

“She was open and honest about our situation and gave us a new hope, which was really good, but within reason as well. We really liked her upfront personality, whereas I think a lot of people are put off by that.”

Brown became pregnant in her first cycle with Dr Burmeister and their daughter, Erica, is now four months old. “It’s such a rollercoaster and it takes a lot out of you, emotionally and physically,” Fowler reflects. “It’s months and months of just waiting and that’s a horrible feeling. So I can see why a lot of people just stop.

“If we didn’t go and see Dr Lynn, it could have been a totally different story for us.” ● ● drlynnburmeister.com.au

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umplings practically form part of the food pyramid for your average Melburnian, but when was the last time you thought, “Man, I could really go doro wot tonight”?

The fragrant Ethiopian stew made with berbere spice and clarified butter isn’t usually top of mind.

Then again, Chinese people have lived in Victoria for about 110 years longer than Ethiopian migrants.

And while Ethiopian food is becoming more commonplace, African food as a cuisine is still underrepresented – unless you count the popularity of the Moroccan Soup Bar in North Fitzroy.

Besides, pigeonholing African food into a single continent is like squeezing Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese and Japanese cuisines – plus the rest – into one “Asian” label.

Ethiopian cooks tend to stick to traditional cuisine for communities hungry for a taste of home.

Wondimu Alemu opened Ras Dashen in Footscray in 2011, while also working full-time as an electrical engineer until 2014.

He left Africa in 1994 to escape political turmoil and met and married his wife in a refugee camp.

Once in Melbourne, she worked for a decade in the food department of the Western General Hospital.

“She had a passion and also a very good

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Out of Africa Discover the vibrant cuisine that should be on every Melburnian’s lips.

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traditional knowledge of our foods from her parents. I wanted to answer that, and I was also passionate about having my own business,” Alemu says.

“My kids help us, and my sister, my daughter, my niece – we all work together.”

It’s more difficult to find contemporary iterations of African cuisine, but there are exceptions.

Polepole, an East African-inspired restaurant from Australians Dean and Jeanelle Mariani, came about more than four years ago after the couple fell in love with the country during their travels.

At Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (on until March 24), they’re serving ostrich and crocodile in a

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glamping tent. “We are an introduction to the cuisine and a lot of people come to us for those African flavours,” Dean Mariani says.

The red ostrich meat is similar to beef but has a gamey texture and underlying flavour. With one farm in Victoria, which exports most of its product, short supply means ostrich isn’t always on the menu.

In the past four months, two cafes with African flair have opened in Melbourne’s southern suburbs.

There’s Tennyson in Elwood arranging avocado on Zimbabwean cornbread and putting boerewors sausage in pasta.

In St Kilda, Ostrich & The Egg is a South African mother-and-son operation, who upgraded from a

koeksister (South African doughnut) food truck.

You can still get the doughnuts, but now you can also eat vetkoek sliders, lamb bobotie and bunny chow.

“In Melbourne there’s a lot of Ethiopian and East African food, but South African? There’s pretty much zero to nothing,” says co-owner Gary Andrews, whose mum does the cooking.

“For us a lot of influences come from the Indo-Malay Polynesian area, and also through European and Dutch settlement. Four hundred years of amalgamation mean that South Africa has its own diverse food.”

What has changed in Melbourne is who’s eating African-style food. At PolePole half of the customers are repeat visitors, with some Kenyan and Zimbabwean diners, too. At Ostrich & The Egg, they were “flooded” upon opening and had to add seats. And Alemu has noticed a shift at Ras Dashen over the past eight years.

“It was more African people when I started because nobody knew about us and slowly, people tried our food and they wrote some reviews online.

People started noticing us and they started coming in numbers,” he says. “They like our food.”

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Me & My Mentor

MIA KOUFAL AS & ZEMING ZHUO

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eming Zhuo began his working life at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School as a student teacher in 2016. He’s currently a year 8 tutor and teaches maths, physics and IT. Zeming also teaches robotics to year 10 student Mia Koufalas, who has a passion for science and maths. With Zeming’s expertise and encouragement, Mia constantly sets herself challenges in the classroom to further develop her technological skills.

Since I joined Ivanhoe Girls’ I’ve enjoyed STEMrelated subjects. Jobs of the future will be technology-based, so having a basic understanding of how and why technology works will be beneficial.

Last year I studied app development with Mr Zhuo and enjoyed it – although it wasn’t easy.

For one project I had to build a gaming app and I built a Hangman app. It went well initially but then I got stuck.

Mr Zhuo spent a lot of time talking through what was wrong, what I needed to do to fix it, and why the new solution would work.

I’m glad Mr Zhuo is teaching me robotics this year because we don’t just learn how something works, he explains why things work.

Robotics class are fun … we work in pairs and when we build our robots, it’s like a competition to find out who can build the longest or strongest robot.

Last year Mr Zhuo suggested another student and I take part in a competition at the University of Melbourne.

We had to work with new software called “Alice” to program some animation. He asked us what we wanted to learn from the competition and came to the event.

He puts a lot of effort into teaching each student individually, rather than as a group.

Mr Zhuo has given me some good advice, too.

When I was on my way to the competition my classmate and I were talking about what we wanted to do in the future.

I had so many ideas but he suggested I slow down, enjoy the subjects I’m doing, and reminded me that I had plenty of time to figure out what I want to do with my life!

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I studied aerospace engineering and science at Monash University and during the last year of my degree I realised the subject wasn’t as creative as I thought. So I did a master of teaching because during my years at university I was a tutor and I enjoyed discovering what worked for students in their learning.

This year I’m teaching robotics for the first time.

I want students like Mia to think about the planning and design process. Towards the end of the semester they’ll find a client around the school and design and build a robot to help their client solve a real problem.

I teach Mia and her year 10 classmates in the

school’s new Innovation Station where they have access to materials and equipment such as a laser cutter and 3D printer.

Mia reminds me a lot of myself. She has a real desire to push herself and to test her understanding.

I think my role is to make sure Mia always has something to reach for. She’s a little competitive, like me.

But I try and give Mia some perspective, too.

I share examples of projects I’ve done that didn’t work perfectly to remind her that while you can accomplish anything when you put your mind to it, things won’t always work out perfectly and you can still learn from that. ● SARAH MARINOS

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Whether you enter via the pedestrian pathway or either set of automatic gates, this property greets impressively. Take the path, and the facade of the residence welcomes with chic, stone-clad confidence. Slip through the front gates, and the driveway leads to the groovy, three-car garage.

Negotiate the rear gates, and admission is courtesy of a second garage, this one beneath the pool house.

A stroll along the prestigious street reveals a run of large houses, all enjoying the elevated ground and the pride of being on parade. This one was built at the start of this decade, making it a relative newbie.

Besides the extravagant floor plan and top-end appointments, modern technology is key to the lifestyle on offer. The wine cellar is climate controlled; zoned heating and cooling cater for tailored comfort; an alarm system and closed-circuit television up the ante on security, and solar electricity takes some of the sting out of energy bills.

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The main bedroom suite takes up the lions’ share of the first floor. A walk-in wardrobe, marble en suite and exclusive access to a massive, panoramic balcony ensure it is one heck of a den.

Walk to transport, parklands and prestigious schools. ● KAY KEIGHERY property@domainreview.com.au

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Panelled walls and columned cutaways team with a contemporary build in this immaculately-kept townhouse that pairs period styling with modern, low-maintenance principles. The brick facade is in the Georgian style and on ground level, a powder room, laundry, study, lounge, dining room and open-plan kitchen, meals and family area provide ample living space. The lounge opens to a mini courtyard.

Folding glass doors unite the open-plan hub with a large, north-facing, entertainment deck with built-in barbecue.

Head upstairs for three bedrooms including the main with walk-in wardrobe and en suite. Oak floors, heating and cooling and ducted vacuum included. ● KAY KEIGHERY Agent: Miles, Damien Carter 0438 850 166 Price: $1.2 million-$1.25 million Auction: 1pm, March 23

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2 Glen Drive, Eaglemont This Lloyd Wright-inspired modernist masterpiece is set on a vast botanical garden block (1971m2 approx) with access to a Burley-Griffin designed private park. Fringed by terraces & lawns, it offers stunning formal & informal living/dining rooms; bespoke Gaggenau kitchen; 4 double BRs (main

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32-34 The Eyrie, EAGLEMONT Historic, Iconic - Chadwick House c1904 One of the most important houses in Australian architectural history designed by architect Harold Desbrowe-Annear, set amidst 1458m2 (approx) of botanical grounds, this 4BR and study masterpiece has undergone award-winning restoration to be a family residence of the highest regard.

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LOWER PLENTY 87 Main Road What an opportunity awaits the savy investor with this low risk property. The property is situated in the middle of one of the best shopping strips in the northern suburbs that is very tightly held and always has low vacancy rates. To make things even better there are 4 separate exceptional tenancies on the site which is anchored by the original bakery facing Main Road so if one tenant does vacate you can feel comfortable knowing that there are still 3 other incomes coming in. The combined income of the site is approximately $78,000 per annum with the tenants paying all the usual outgoings. Estimated return on investment: 5%.

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GREENSBOROUGH 7 Kerta Close This warm and inviting single level home is bathed in natural light, featuring a beautiful lounge with vaulted ceiling and elevated aspect, kitchen/meals complete with stainless steel appliances and access to a shady rear deck, 3 robed bedrooms (main with ensuite) and zoned family bathroom. A spacious entertainer’s deck will inspire plenty of outdoor time, and the private and secure garden is just the place for kids to play. Extras include polished timber floors, ducted heating, air conditioning, 2 sheds, gated off-street parking and proximity to the Ring Road and Greensborough amenities.

For Sale Quote $600,000 - $660,000 Land size 570m2 approx.

View Thursday 6.00 - 6.30pm Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pm Scott Anderson 0412 855 775 David Oakley 0439 397 284 Office 104 Grimshaw St, Greensborough Phone 9435 0999

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Buckingham and Company are proud to market this exceptional property in the heart of the Greensborough restaurant precinct. The building is located on Grimshaw Street Greensborough with massive exposure to thousands of cars a day and is approximately 290sqm with a further 50sqm of land at the rear. Inside the premises has been meticulously designed by the new business owners with no expense spared. As an added bonus, being located in the Greensborough activity zone gives the next owner huge potential for high rise development in the future (STCA).

Auction Friday 29th March at 2.00pm Rental $106,000 + GST + outgoings per annum with fixed 3% increases.

Lease 5 years plus options of 5 + 5 + 5 Terry Gazelle 0438 196 480 Office Cnr Rattray Road & Were Street, Montmorency Phone 9434 6666 Proudly supporting

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Bundoora 11 Maloney Rise

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Gracious & elegant with every modern luxury.

With the grace and grandeur of a period home, this stunning residence is quite simply a cut above the rest. Custom-built & finished to an exceptional standard throughout, it enjoys a quiet court position and features a gracious lounge (GFP), open plan living/dining area with Coonara fireplace, beautiful entertainers’ kitchen & sheltered alfresco terrace. The elegant master boasts twin walk-in robes and ensuite - ducted vacuum & cooling, hydronic heating, solar panels, laundry plus triple-car garage are among the many highlights. Near Parade College, universities, Uni Hill & transport.

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Bundoora 22 Monagle Avenue

Entertainers' sensation with stunning pool!

This stunning 4-bedroom plus study home has it all! A selfcleaning pool, fully-equipped home theatre plus sensational alfresco entertaining area are among the highlights, whilst an ultra-convenient location is the icing on the cake! Finished to the highest calibre, the home offers multiple living/dining areas, gourmet kitchen, decadent master (spa ensuite) plus ensuites to all remaining bedrooms. Ducted heating, split system, GFP, alarm and garage are included. Near RMIT, Latrobe University, Uni Hill & transport.

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Fall in love with the feeling of space and freedom in your enormous downstairs master bedroom, complete with your own full en-suite and walk-in robe. Upstairs you will find a further 3 generous double bedrooms, master bathroom and separate toilet that ensure's plenty of room for your growing family, offering everyone their own personal sanctuary. Cook up a storm in your gourmet kitchen, complete with European stainless steel Smeg appliances. Entertain friends and family in the wonderful light-filled open plan living area, or simply relax in comfort. Ducted heating and evaporative cooling throughout ensure you'll stay wonderfully warm in the cooler months, while keeping comfortably cool in summer.

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LAND 253sqm Approx

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Eltham 10 Woongarra Court A Peaceful, Prestigious Haven Surrounded by approximately 1724m2 of easy-care gardens and exclusively situated in one of the area´s most prestigious pockets, this magnificent home introduces stylish sophistication and exceptional liveability, grand proportions and elegance behind a timeless façade. With every detail crafted without compromise, it introduces poolside living spaces including five double bedrooms, two bathrooms, four living areas, and garaging for four cars. Custom crafted for comfort, functionality and a relaxed family lifestyle, it´s the ideal peaceful prestige haven.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Offers Close Tuesday 9th April at 5pm (Unless Sold Prior)

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Diamond Creek 100 Old Diamond Creek Road A Celebration of Family Life Set behind a landscaped garden and enjoying a peaceful tree canopy with valley vistas from a wide, deep alfresco deck, this stunning family retreat is something truly special. The functional split-level layout offers a study and zoned bedroom accommodation including a main bedroom with luxury ensuite and balcony access complementing multiple living spaces. Among them, a casual living zone that wraps around the Miele kitchen and a rumpus room fitted with Bose surround sound and state of the art projector ensuring a great night in!

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Spacious Living. Poolside Entertaining Delivering complete serenity amidst birdsong thanks to a low maintenance 833m2 allotment (approx.) surrounding a pool and a choice of paved and decked alfresco spaces, this fabulous family home presents you with the quiet life you crave in the location you desire. Offering an exceptional opportunity to enjoy a lifestyle that´s essentially Eltham, two living areas, striking stone kitchen, study, three bedrooms and two designer bathrooms provide all you need for the perfect new chapter in your family’s life!

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