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PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

CHRIS PANG PILLOW TALK WITH THE MELBOURNE-BORN MOVIE STAR

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VANESSA AMOROSI ON MOTHERHOOD AND NEW MUSIC

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Melbourne’s own Chris Pang, rising movie star, is in illustrious company, and not just for the actors he shines alongside. He’s a member of that surprising group of Hollywood elite who started their working life as a salesperson. Fun fact: George Clooney flogged insurance, Jeff Goldblum hit the phones to push stationery and for Chris Pratt, it was coupons he had to hawk to make a living. Pang, who studied at Monash University, was a door-to-door phone salesman. From those humble beginnings, Pang has Hollywood at his feet, and is our cover feature interview this week. ●

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FIRST PERSON

““I am Alejandro Espino Aldana ” … and I’m a mariachi musician In the year 2000, I was living in my hometown of

Tijuana, Mexico and I met an Australian woman.

We got married, had a child and went on tour in the US, performing a “musical journey through Latin America”.

In one year we played 400 schools, and then that was it, we didn’t want to do any more. We came back to Tijuana and set up a music school.

In 2006, we decided to move to Australia because there was a lot of fear in my (now) ex-wife about being kidnapped. We went to the immigration building in Melbourne for the visa interview, and the lady said to me: “OK, you’re going to be granted your permanent visa, just go out and get a job in the meantime”.

I didn’t want to work in Bunnings or IGA, or anything like that. So I went to the Collingwood Children’s Farm and started busking.

That first day I got about $300 in gold coins, and a guy from Abbotsford Convent came to me and said: “You wanna come and play here every Saturday and Sunday?”

Another day I was busking and the women who used to run the office at the Prahran Market saw me there and put her card in my guitar case. I started performing for kids at the market in 2008 and I haven’t stopped since.

I can sing La Bamba, and I can sing classical Mexican tunes, but for the adults I also play Funky Town, Foxy Lady, Thunderstruck, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smoke on the Water Water, Black Sabbath and a little bit of Led Zeppelin.

I’m probably the only Mexican that’s playing music here in Victoria professionally. There are some other mariachis but they’re from El Salvador and they’ve got Chinese violins.

It’s a fun job. I meet a lot of other people and I go to different places every week, and I get to help my son and daughter economically by sending money to Mexico – not as much as I want to but I do my best.

Sometimes people see me and they go “flamingo, flamingo!” What the hell, a flamingo is a bird; you’re trying to say “flamenco” right? Flamenco is not even Mexican, it’s Spanish!

I think I’ll always be a mariachi. I’ve created my own thing, suited to Australia. I’m pretty proud of what I’m doing, and always trying to get better. ●

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COVER STORY Actor Chris Pang’s career sounds like a Hollywood

plot, but this is the true tale of a Monash student who became a star.

Crazy success

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ver since Australian actor Chris Pang played Colin Khoo in the Hollywood blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, his acting career has hit the proverbial big time.

Just how this Melbourne-born and former mobile phone door-to-door salesman quit his casual job to move to Los Angeles in 2013 is the stuff Hollywood dreams are made of, but Pang says there’s more to his success than meets the eye.

At 34, Pang is at the top of his game and knows it.

These days he can knock back scripts that don’t appeal and meet with Hollywood directors before castings are even announced; a good position to be in as a rising star.

When he takes this call, he’s running a little behind schedule due to a photo shoot for his first suit campaign (he won’t say which brand) at the Joshua Tree National Park in southern California.

He’s also the face of Sheridan, and appears in the brand’s Tonight Makes Tomorrow campaign.

“When the opportunity came up to represent a true Australian brand like Sheridan, I couldn’t say no,” he says.

“My mum was the first in the family to get excited about it. She told me their luxurious sheets are the highest quality and was gifted a set for their wedding present.”

On fine bed linen, Pang says when he first moved to LA he knew nothing of the kind – couch surfing his way around Sunset with other Aussie wannabe actors.

“Since filming Crazy Rich Asians my career has gone up a whole new level from where I was once standing,” he says.

“People started messaging me congratulations via social media for my part in the movie, for helping break down barriers for other Asian-Australians.

“It had an inter-generational appeal factor, with many parents telling me they are glad their children have a movie like this to call their own.”

It was his award-winning part in the Australian film Tomorrow, When The War Began (based on the

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“You have to have a love for the art of filmmaking. You can’t just turn up in LA and hope to be famous.”

Above: Chris Pang kicks back in the Sheridan ‘Reilly’ sheet set in carbon.

Opposite: From Kew to LA, Pang (far left) with the cast of Crazy Rich Asians.

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popular novel by John Marsden) in 2010 that catapulted him to the top of the local film industry.

“I quickly got to know everybody in the industry after that film, and it pushed me to head to the States and look for more opportunities,” Pang says.

“You land in LA wide-eyed and full of hope and you’re just like every other actor looking for work.

“The biggest win for me after Crazy Rich Asians is I have options and don’t have to sacrifice my integrity to get in the front door.

“I’m that slightly bit higher up and it’s a nice feeling.”

Pang was raised by his martial art instructor parents Barry and Anne Pang, who run a kung fu school, and spent most of his childhood in Kew. He went on to study multimedia at Monash University before deciding he didn’t want to work in design.

“I always had an interest in art and drawing and produced my first comic in year 12,” he recalls proudly.

“But, after studying at Monash University, I found the industry very limiting.

“As a freelance designer you work for someone else, and all you end up doing is working within their brief and not being as creative as you’d like to be.

“You’re hired as a designer but everyone has an opinion.”

It was while selling phones to raise money to buy a car that the epiphany occurred.

“I found myself door-knocking at a casting agency and they actually got me onto their books instead,” he says of his career break.

Pang, who has now just finished working on directing his first film – it’s in post-production – says he is grateful he followed his gut instinct to LA. “I think, at the end of the day, you have to have a love for the art of filmmaking,” he says. “You can’t just turn up in LA and hope to be famous.

“My passion for film along with a strong support system is what got me to where I am today.”

Pang doesn’t plan on remaining in LA forever, and hints Melbourne is where he wants to return sooner rather than later.

“When I get to a position where I can continue to work in LA but be based in Melbourne would be my absolute ideal,” he says.

Pang is proud he hasn’t lost his accent while in the US. “I have had to neutralise my accent though, just so people can understand me,” he jokes.

Pang will also star in the new Charlie’s Angels reboot, due for a November cinema release, although his character is still under wraps.

“The first Charlie’s Angels really resonated with me as a kid,” he says.

“I remember the three women as total badasses and loved that one was Asian actress Lucy Liu. “That made it all the more relatable to me.

“What we do with the 2019 version is a modern take on that – it’s all female empowerment.

“I get to do everything from action to comedy, and with such talented people from Kirsten Stewart to Naomi Scott and director Elizabeth Banks. It was so much fun.” ●

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MUSIC Everybody get ready – Vanessa Amorosi is releasing new music.

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t’s hard to recognise 35-year-old Vanessa Amorosi from the bouncy teenager who sang pop anthem Absolutely Everybody at the Sydney Olympics.

Not that she looks much older; maybe it’s that she lives in Los Angeles, where everybody chooses hiking and juicing over ageing.

But much has changed since she belted out her ARIA-winning hits such as Shine and The Power Power.

For starters she has a husband (with whom she owns an Los Angeles gym) and son, now three. And she’s got an eye on the charts again with her new single, Heavy Lies the Head. Her last single This Is Who I Am debuted at No.1 in Australia 10 years ago.

For Amorosi, it’s not exactly a comeback, since she’s been furiously busy in LA as a song writer and artist since she left Melbourne.

That has included working with musician, songwriter and record producer Dave Stewart, of the Eurythmics fame, and establishing herself in the LA gospel music scene, which took six years of earning her stripes. “I couldn’t go in there and say, ‘Oh, I sang pop songs, I know everything about gospel music’,” she says.

The latest album is also a chance to take control, and not cater to the demands made of her when she was younger.

“With this new record, I haven’t gone back and rewritten anything, [which happened] with all my previous songs. Shine was [written as] Die, but when I played that to Mark Holden, he said, ‘Don’t you think that’s a bit heavy?’ As a kid it was a truth – everyone you see, everyone you know is going to die. But at the end, you can still hear – ‘Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t you do it!’ ” Becoming famous in an era where “you had to kind of conform yourself in order to be desirable as a product”, she’s now happy to embrace all those strange, eccentric sides of herself. In her current songs: “I just speak the truth and hopefully it makes sense, and it's relatable.”

Her life in Los Angeles – where she lives with husband Rod and son Killian – isn’t so dissimilar to how she once lived in Emerald, Victoria.

“I live near Santa Monica Reserve and have a big property, and I’ve got my horses and my dogs and my goats, and you would swear coming to my place that you’re coming to Australia,” Amorosi says.

And beyond the grounds, a life that she never imagined herself living.

“I never thought I would be the person getting married, I never thought I would be a mother.”

Taking control “I never thought I would be the person getting married, I never thought I would be a mother.

And, it’s been a real gift to have that,” she says. “[Parenthood] is a bizarre adventure but it’s such a great journey. I never would have thought it would be in me, but I’m pretty relaxed as a parent.

“My little boy’s like a fireball. I go, ‘Look at how gentle and calm daddy is’, but he’s this little spitball, it’s great.” Amorosi says her martial arts expert husband is the complete opposite of her.

“He’s about structure and fitness. I think there’s only room for one arty person in the household

before everybody’s driven crazy. He’s tone deaf, but it doesn’t stop him. We go to karaoke, and he won’t get off the microphone.

“And, it’s not like he just sings it – he dances it.

He’ll do something like NSYNC or Justin Bieber – completely out of time. And then I come on and sing something dark and weird and obscure!” ● TOUR 2019 \ Amorosi plays in Melbourne on April 18 at Crown with Jon Stevens, with more Victorian concerts on May 16, 17 and 18.

● vanessaamorosi.com

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Rachael Beck WHO \ Stage

star known for her leading role as Belle in Beauty in the Beast alongside Hugh Jackman WHAT \ Plays Charity Barnum in the new Barnum The Circus Musical WHERE \ Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from April 27

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Beck moved into mentoring six years ago. “Acting is my passion and creative outlet, but I have turned to doing residencies at high schools and building and strengthening the creative KURT SNEDDON, BLUEPRINT STUDIOS

In t e r v i e w b y male friends who understand the nature of the business and what we’re dealing with.

“I recently I did five auditions for Billy Elliot the Musical and didn’t get one of them, and was devastated.

“I am fatalistic. I sometimes freak out and I take myself away when I feel like it’s not working out. I go to the Blue Mountains to think about the breadth of life and the time we have here. Life is too short. I also see a psychologist. I am not afraid to ask for help when I am in those down places – I get resources from whatever feels right at the time.”

arts areas and linking it to better mental health too.” ●

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Beck, who split from Stenlake six years ago, says she’s in a great place and is focusing on raising children Talulah, 13, and Roxie, 10.

“I try to get my kids to do meditation,” she says. “It’s a great thing I have carried through my life thanks to my dad John, who taught me as a child. I do yoga nidra with them, and I know they look at me all funny and roll their eyes, but one day they will realise the benefits.” ●

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ustralian actress Rachael Beck was just 16 when she moved from her family home in Sydney to Melbourne to star in Cats the Musical. Now, at 47, and as a mother of two young daughters, she reflects on her parents’ trust in letting her go.

“When I joined Cats, I was at least 10 years younger than other cast members. I mean, anything could have happened, but nothing did,” says Beck, who stars in the new season of Barnum The Circus Musical with Todd McKenney.

“It’s only as a parent looking back that I realised my parents must have felt hugely confident in their own parenting to let me go,” she reflects.

“I moved in with a family of a costar – even though she was staying somewhere else – and then a family relative, but it was still a lonely time for a teenager.”

From a four-year role playing Samantha Kelly in TV sitcom Hey Dad! in the late ’80s, to starring in the stage show Me and My Girl in the mid-’90s, Beck has continually worked hard to fulfil her dream as an actress. She’s considered a veteran in the biz, and thanks her parents for encouraging her to follow her dream.

Beck has performed alongside some of the best – Hugh Jackman in Beauty and the Beast, David Hobson in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and her former husband Ian Stenlake in You and II. However, she doesn’t take her place in the industry for granted, and says it’s still tough work securing roles no matter what has come before. “Working as an actor can be very challenging,” Beck says.

“Sometimes I cry, I turn to meditation and read a lot of books when things don’t work out. I also like to chat with my girlfriends and

Beck has been nominated for three Green Room Awards – for her role as Fantine in Les Miserables in 1998, best female actor in Singing in the Rain 2001 (above, with Wayne

BARNUM THE CIRCUS MUSICAL \

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McKenney) and for Chitty

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Chitty Bang Bang in 2013. ●

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A cheesy twist on tradition

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ith Easter just around the corner, I thought about creating something different from traditional hot cross buns. These treats bring back a lot of childhood memories.

Traditionally eaten over Easter and on Good Friday, the bun represents the end of Lent or fasting period, and the crosses represent the crucifixion of Christ.

Whatever your beliefs, it’s safe to say that hot cross buns are now eaten by people of many religions and races, and are a crowd favourite. The smell of freshly baked hot cross buns is very nostalgic, and they are best eaten straight out of the oven.

The only downside about hot cross buns are that they are sold only over the Easter period, so for those of you who love hot cross buns as much as I do, you can now make them just as easily at home with this recipe – no matter the time of year. ●

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Triple cheese hot cross buns Ingredients (makes 12 buns) 700g high protein or bread flour 21g dried yeast 2 teaspoons salt 500ml warm whole milk 50g aged cheddar, grated 50g manchego cheese, grated 50g Monterey jack cheese, grated 5 tbsp grated parmesan For the crosses 6 tablespoons high protein or bread flour 6 tablespoons water 5g parmesan cheese, grated

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Mix the flour, yeast and salt in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk. Mix with a wooden spoon, then using your hands, to form a soft dough.

Knead for 10 mins, then put into a clean bowl.

Lightly cover with oiled cling film and leave somewhere warm until doubled in size. This should take approximately 30 mins.

Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead in the cheeses. Dust a large, flat baking sheet with flour. Shape the dough into 12 round buns and arrange on the sheet with a 2-3 cm gap between each. Cover with another sheet of lightly oiled cling film and leave to prove until nearly doubled in size.

Heat oven to 180C fan. In a mixing bowl, add in the 6 tbsp flour, 6 tbsp water and the 5g of parmesan cheese to make the crosses. Pour mixture into a disposable piping bag and pipe a line along each row of buns, then repeat in the other direction to make crosses. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden. ●

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DRINK LIST

A shot at greatness

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GIN MASTER ANDREW MARKS

t makes sense that Andrew Marks would take a winemaker’s approach to distilling gin. He’s head wine maker at his family’s Gembrook Hill Winery in the Yarra Valley and has been making wine under his own label, The Wanderer, for many years. So in 2012, when contemplating his first batch of gin under the Melbourne Gin Company label, he turned to his winemaking skills.

“I taught myself to make gin and so I distilled every botanical in the gin individually, taking a winemaking approach,” he says, referring to the 10-plus botanicals that flavour his original dry gin, among them lemon myrtle, sandalwood and macadamia. “After I understood the distilling process better, I decided to try a different approach and to add another gin to the range.”

Enter the MGC Single Shot gin, recently released

to acclaim and international medals. It also saw Marks recognised as a Gin Master at the 2018 Gin Master Awards in London.

Single Shot refers to the process where the botanicals in the gin are distilled simultaneously.

Marks wanted a juniper-forward gin without chill filtering to retain more of the oils from the botanicals. This means that the spirit may “louche” (go faintly cloudy) when chilled, such as in a martini. Marks had martinis in mind when he made the gin but he was also adamant that Single Shot would be excellent in a gin and tonic.

“There’s never been a more exciting time to be a gin and tonic drinker,” Marks says. “There are so many great local gins on the market and now there’s a huge number of tonics and some of the best of those are also made locally.”

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Signature drink

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Those after a G&T with an Aussie twist should go for the MGC

‘Single Shot’ Gin, $95

Dry Gin, paired with local mixer maker Capi’s Native Tonic. It’s a low sugar tonic, subtly flavoured with lemon aspen, Tasmanian

There’s a pleasing restraint

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in the number of botanicals flavouring MGC’s second

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gin, just seven of them, all

Andrew Marks likes the snack selection at Windsor’s Neptune,

distilled at the same time

where they do a great version of the Southside using MGC gin.

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Try the charcuterie, the whipped cod roe on squid ink crackers

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or, for the famished, the ’nduja jaffle. ●

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lavender. The result? A clean, full-flavoured and elegant gin

Local soft drink maker Capi has a couple of tonics available, Dry and Native, both noticeably less sweet than some of their bigger and more recognisable counterparts. Marks suggests the Dry with the original MGC Dry Gin, with a rosemary and grapefruit garnish. The Native Tonic and Single Shot are good with orange and thyme.

Marks is excited that MGC is being poured at the bar at the Princess Theatre, during the run of Harry

Potter and the Cursed Child. Marks is a Potter fan and that fact that his gin is part of the Jinx & Tonic (MCG Dry, Aperol, rosemary syrup, orange bitters and tonic) seems something of a career highlight.

“The awards and the reaction to the new gin have made me feel like I’m on the right track,” Marks says. “I don’t do flavour by committee and make the gin to satisfy myself so it’s gratifying that people seem to be enjoying it too.” ●

that performs well both in a martini, in a G&T or simply on its own, served on the rocks. ●

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SAM WOOD \ FITNESS

How to get runs on the board

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e all know someone who loves running.

They love what I would describe as a “good pain” feeling and challenging themselves to run further and faster every time. But I know that for many people, running can seem hard and intimidating, and the mere thought of a lap of the block makes their palms sweaty.

It’s all about pushing through that mental barrier.

Persisting through the initial “I hate this” moments can get you to a place of enjoyment where you find the run really rewarding.

Here are my top tips to help you pound the pavement and like it.

TO START \ Running takes patience and perseverance. Some people are born to run but most people need to gradually build in fitness and distance. For anyone starting their running

journey, I always recommend starting off slow with no distance in mind. This will give your body time to adapt and recover afterwards, and slowly strengthens your muscles. Slow and steady might not win the race but it will prevent injuries and is the ideal way to start.

MAKE A KILLER PLAYLIST \ When I’m really not

feeling it, I spend 10 minutes making a playlist of some of my favourite songs that I know really pump me up. So, if you really hate running then turn dread into excitement by creating a brilliant running playlist with epic, upbeat songs.

GET A RUNNING BUDDY \ Whether it’s your mum,

sister, best mate or your dog, there’s nothing quite like having a companion to motivate you. It also helps having someone to keep you accountable.

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GO EXPLORING \ There are two main things I tell my clients to focus on when running. Firstly, your breathing. It gives you a great sense of body awareness and rhythm.

Secondly, take in everything around you. We are so often glued to our screens that your run might be one of the few moments in your day where you are able to just be in the moment.

STRETCH, STRETCH, STRETCH \ Muscle pain

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after your first ever run is all too common. This is why I stress the importance of warming up before each run and dynamic stretches that target your calves, hammies, hip flexors and quads post-run.

I know so many people, including thousands of 28ers, who have become running converts despite believing it would never happen. Just remember, the only way you can become a runner and get to this point is if you get out there and do it. ● ● 28bysamwood.com

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If the artist Jeffrey Smart were still with us he’d have found this house picture-perfect. Black shutters and white porcelain floors, an atrium living room and a glass gallery give it a hard-edged purity that takes contemporary style to its zenith.

Take the long hall view to the garden, add a grinning kid to subvert the chic and there’s your super-Smart composition.

And this place has the vast walls on which to display it.

Designed by Interlandi Montesso about 12 years ago, the house was recently renovated to make the main bedroom suite even more spectacular.

With sitting, living and family-dining rooms and a highhedged garden with pool and terrace, it will appeal to a school-aged family with corporate entertaining – and travel – in mind. (There’s famously only one set of traffic lights between Myoora Road and the airport.)

A huge black gate guards the bluestone-paved courtyard.

The sitting room, at the front, has full-length, shutter-clad windows north, and west and would suit an office.

The central living room, with its six-metre ceiling, has a gas log fireplace and mirror wall. Lustrous white floor tiles continue into the open-plan family, meals and kitchen area, where sliding doors lead to the covered terrace and garden.

The mesh-front open fireplace adds a rugged element.

A gigantic crystal chandelier lights the dining area, which has a stainless steel sideboard amid dark timber cabinetry.

Gourmands will enjoy the Calacatta marble kitchen, replete with Miele gas cooktop, oven, dishwasher and microwave. Walk through the pantry to the powder room,

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laundry and double garage.

The true awesomeness awaits upstairs. The main

“IT’S A CONTEMPORARY HOME WITH NOTHING TO DO. HIGH CEILINGS AND A SIX-METRE

bedroom, with a fitted dressing room almost as large, a

VOID ALLOW AMAZING NATURAL LIGHT. THE LOW-MAINTENANCE GARDEN, WITH ITS

marble spa bathroom with twin showers and a private

IN-GROUND POOL IS WONDERFUL FOR ENTERTAINING.” NICOLE GLEESON - AGENT

balcony overlooking the garden, is a suite to make the honeymoon last forever.

Three further double bedrooms have wardrobes, one has an en suite and one opens to a balcony with plantation shutters. The main bathroom has a shower and bath. ● ALISON BARCLAY property@domainreview.com.au Agent: Kay & Burton, Nicole Gleeson 0414 809 221 Price: $7 million-$7.7 million For sale: By expressions of interest

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In gleaming marble, with an under-lit staircase and mosaic bathrooms, this citadel has dazzle to put diamonds in the shade. The secure, three-level house is one block from the Yarra and has a north-facing garden with a pool, spa and barbecue kitchen. Follow the travertine hall to the study, parquet living and dining rooms (fireplaces), wine store and family-meals area with stackers to the terrace. The marble kitchen, with Wolf and Miele appliances, is impressive.

Upstairs, three bedrooms have en suites and the main has two walk-in wardrobes, a twin en suite and a balcony. The basement has a cinema, gym, sound-proof music room and garage for six. ● ALISON BARCLAY Agent: Marshall White, Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Price: $12 million-$13.2 million For sale: By expressions of interest

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Perfectly positioned close to the best Armadale has to offer, this two-bedroom apartment was made for walking. Walk 100 metres to High Street’s boutiques and cafes, around the corner to Armadale train station, and to the suburb’s various schools. Sitting pretty in a block of just 12 residences, the solid-brick unit has been tastefully renovated and faces north for all-day sunlight. A bright, open living area leads to an ample kitchen with integrated fridge and freezer. A balcony overlooks the tree-lined street below. The bonecoloured bathroom features a tub and separate shower.

Both bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and leafy views. A car space comes with the title. ERIN MUNRO Agent: Andrew Tolson, Rodney Morley 0418 312 542 Price: $765,000 Private sale

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DEEPDENE \ 45 CAMPBELL ROAD

Agent: Marshall

HAWTHORN \ 6 KOOYONGKOOT ROAD

White, Marcus

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0411 411 271 This Christopher Doyle-designed home oozes elegance.

Price: $4.395 million

Scotch Hill is renowned for its tree-lined boulevards and

Enclosed by an avenue of magnolia trees, two antique

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grand properties. This 2090-square-metre home offers a

timber doors lead to a spacious foyer, a refined study and

north-west garden allotment, swimming pool and tennis

a elegant sitting and dining setting, fitted with a limestone

court. Designed in the 1960s as an entertainer, the property

gas fireplace. Marble benches and pale oak parquetry

has been renovated to create a spacious five-bedroom

floors in the kitchen reflect the prestige of this home. A

home. With self-contained separate accommodations,

private, landscaped north-west facing garden and outdoor

grand reception rooms, a bar, granite kitchen and a

dining terrace overlook a self-cleaning heated pool. This

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north-facing family living and dining space, the interior’s

home is beautifully located, just moments from an array of

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leading private schools, Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, cafes,

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trams and high-end retail. ● PORTIA CONYERS-EAST

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This well-appointed home in the heart of the Union Road shopping village is a prime opportunity for downsizers or young professionals. In a boutique development of 10 dwellings, the new apartment has two en suites with porcelain tiling, a powder room, Euro laundry, a premium AEG and Miele kitchen with butler’s pantry and stone surfaces, and an open-plan living, dining and study space.

Both this room and the master bedroom open on to a large balcony with tree-top views. Both bedrooms have excellent storage, the master with a walk-in wardrobe and the second with a fitted study area. There is a secure undercover car space with storage cage. ● LEISHA KAPOR Agent: Fletchers, Mark Fletcher 0403 387 579 Price: $720,000-$780,000 Private sale

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CAULFIELD NORTH \ 343 ALMA ROAD

Agent: Grant Samuel,

BALWYN NORTH \ 4 MAUD STREET

Kay & Burton

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Price: $2.35 million-

0418 377 718 Price: $1.5 million-

Set back from the street, this red-brick, single-storey

$2.585 million

This late-20th century, contemporary home was custom-

$1.6 million

Edwardian home is a heritage treasure, with period

Expressions of interest:

designed around a large courtyard garden, allowing light

Auction: 1.30pm,

hallmarks throughout. Leadlight windows frame the front

close 5pm, May 7

to stream into the living, dining and family areas from

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door and rooms, high ceilings have elegant lines and details,

both sides of the house. All three bedrooms have walk-

and Baltic pine floorboards and open fireplaces are striking

in wardrobes and en suites, and the house comes with

features. Past the front rooms – five bedrooms, with some

a separate laundry, workshop, storeroom, triple carport,

functioning as a sitting room or study – a huge, stone-

study or parents’ retreat, and a versatile hobby room that’s

finished kitchen sits alongside a family area. Timber floors

currently being used as a darkroom. With vaulted ceilings,

and cabinetry are a warm complement to white walls.

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shopping village. ● ARIANNA LUCENTE

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BALWYN NORTH 4 Maud St

CAMBERWELL 2/21 Bellett St 40 Dower St

CAULFIELD NORTH 343 Alma Rd

GLEN IRIS 30 Clyde St

HAWTHORN EAST 5/64 Anderson Rd 7, 9, 11 Miami St

PRAHRAN 1/638 Malvern Rd

ST KILDA WEST 122/333 Beaconsfield Pde

THORNTON Nooken Farms

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TRENTHAM 16 Mulcahys Rd

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1/638 Malvern road, Prahran Ground Floor Space With Penthouse Quality

-Miele Kitchen with Butler’s pantry -Huge master suite with bespoke joinery -Northerly aspect -Expansive private garden -Integrated Fridge and Dishwasher -Large separate laundry -Quality joinery and feature stone throughout

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92 Chapel Street, Windsor 9510 1966

Contact Agent Heath Thompson 0408 314 756, Luke Spence 0448 024 514

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FOR SALE – BY EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSING WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY 2019 AT 4PM

• Spacious outdoor entertaining areas within private setting • Spectacular botanic like gardens with towering mature trees

Address:

16 Mulcahys Road, Trentham VIC

Contact:

Matt Childs 0418 512 494 mchilds@prh.com.au or

• Walking distance to exclusive township – just over 1 hour from Melbourne

Peter Balharrie 0407 795 007

• Low Density Residential Zone – genuine development opportunity

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eldersrealestate.com.au ‘NOOKEN FARM’ Thornton, VIC | 378 HA* / 934 AC*

• Extensive Rubicon River frontage, 400 ML* of dam storage and a strategic stock watering system • Highly productive alluvial river flats suited to a range of agricultural pursuits including cattle – sheep – cropping – equine • Consistent fertiliser history and pasture improvement • Spectacular views overlooking the Rubicon Valley and the Cathedral Ranges • Ideally located 14 km* from the major regional township of Alexandra and 126 km* from Melbourne CBD

Expressions of Interest

Closing Thursday 16th May, 4pm Inspections by appointment Nick Myer 0427 610 278 John Tossol 0419 558 032 Elders Alexandra and Elders Melbourne eldersrealestate.com.au/20592224

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One of the Region’s Finest Rural Holdings Situated in one of Victoria’s most tightly held agricultural precincts, ‘Nooken Farm’ epitomises an idyllic rural lifestyle boasting envied productivity, exceptional water supply and quality farming improvements.

• Exceptional (60 sq*) homestead positioned in an elevated garden setting enjoying spectacular valley views, incorporating an adjoining pool house/entertaining area and a private 20 m x 6.5 m solar heated swimming pool • Comfortable two-storey guest accommodation enjoying uninterrupted views over the property and surrounding valley, in addition to a further three bedroom residence • Farm improvements include two sets of cattle yards, machinery shed/workshop with concrete floor, power and lighting, standalone workshop equipped with cool room

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BLINDS Bracken Blinds & Shutters

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WINDOWS Specialists in manufacture, supply and installation of period style timber windows.

Additional areas of expertise range from; double glazing, sashcords, rot repair and complete window replacements.

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Campi’s Maintenance, Contractors

BATHROOMS AND KITCHENS design and renovation company, providing peace of mind that one company will manage all aspects of your renovation process. Complete start to finish service, with guaranteed start and finish dates. Call now to book an in home consultation or visit our website for further information.

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architects on time and within budget.

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customers in and around Hawthorn,

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PAINTING

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MARKETS Craft & Food Markets Point Nepean Portsea Market. Easter Saturday 20th April, 9am – 2pm. At Portsea Quarantine Station, Point Nepean National Park. A foodie’s delight, be sure to come hungry $5 Parking.

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owner, 56 years experience. Complete customer satisfaction with individual assessment.

Contact: Paul 9509 4768

Malvern Windows Specialists in manufacture, supply and installation of period style timber windows. Additional areas of expertise range from; double glazing, sashcords, rot repair and complete window replacements.

Call Brett for a no obligation quote.

Contact: Brett Smyk 0409 870 016

BLINDS

VINTAGE FURS

BATHROOMS Pioneering Bathroom Designs

www.pioneeringbathroomdesigns.com.au

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FENCING Websters Fencing

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DECKING DeckSeal

Deck care & maintenance professionals. We specialise in the restoration & preservation of timber decks & screens. Deck sanding, cleaning & sealing, concrete cleaning & sealing.

Residential & Commercial Contact: 1800 DECKCLEAN (1800 332 525)

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KITCHENS A/P Shutters & Blinds

Linda Black Vintage Furs

Do you have old furs in the wardrobe that you don’t wear?

Linda Black Vintage Furs specialise in making existing fur garments into throw rugs for the bed or sofa. We also alter your fur garments and remodel them into entirely new designs.

143 McKinnon Rd, McKinnon Contact: 9597 9687

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Registered Building Practitioner Building quality timber fences in Stonnington and Boroondara since 1982. Websters Fencing provides a tailored and reliable service, with the experience to ensure quality and longevity of your fence. We specialise in boundary fencing. Please call Les Webster between 7.00am and 7.00pm for a quote: Mob: 0417 356 608

and installation of replacement windows and doors – timber, aluminium or PVC. Our staff are fully qualified ensuring quality work. No job too big or too small.

Member of MBA and HIA. To replace your old, tired, rotting windows please call us for a free, no obligation measure and quote.

Contact: 9703 1530 www.windows1.net.au

reshaping or removals. Third-generation

www.mpainting.com.au

WINDOWS

Windows 1 We specialise in the supply

Frank Duke Total tree care, including

Personalised, highly efficient and motivated team. Free quotes, prompt service and high quality paint finish.

Period to contemporary.

Experts in porters and dulux application. External and internal painting. We don’t just paint, we create.

Contact: Matt 0418 384 620

are passionate about designing and constructing visually appealing bathrooms.

Winner & Shortlist of Melbourne Design awards, our workshops with Reece Bathrooms Life stores will inspire to provide a bathroom space where you can feel comfortable in your own style.

Contact: Sam on 0439 115 225.

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TREE DOCTOR

Matt’s Painting and Decorating

old furs in the wardrobe that you don’t wear? Have you ever thought about having them made into something new?

Linda Black Vintage Furs specialise in making existing fur garments into throw rugs for the bed or sofa. We also alter your fur garments and remodel them into entirely new designs.

Contact: 9597 9687 www.lindablack.com.au

Contact: 9808 9559

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pride in giving our clients the best level of professional Arboricultural services to meet their needs. We have a holistic approach to the value and care of trees and their addition to the landscape. We are experienced, qualified and insured arborists. Contact us for a free quote.

Contact: Russell 0411 257 793 facebook.com/assuredtreecare www.assuredtreecare.com.au

PAINTING

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

Contact: 9818 1133

www.ap-shutters.com

Ultimate Kitchens & Bathrooms

From design consultation and 3D imagery of your new kitchen or bathroom, and project management to completion, let UKB turn your dream renovation into reality. Make it happen in 2019. Local registered builder.

Showroom: 1035 Burke Rd, Hawthorn East Contact: 9882 4103

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TO ADVERTISE CONTACT TYNE ON 5945 0605

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