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In my 16 years as a journalist I have rarely been lost for words. But I find this editor’s letter difficult to write – looking out to the MCG from my apartment, with seats that will be empty, learning of friends’ businesses that are struggling, and speaking to Melburnians who run restaurants and entertainment venues who are unsure what the future holds. We hope this edition brings some enjoyment. And if you use it after reading as spare toot paper, I’d be nothing less than pleased. Our website will be regularly updated with locally-focused stories. ●

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he impact of COVID-19 is vast and continues to unfold by the minute. We’ve been hit with rolling cancellations, closures and postponements, all of which are essential – especially to protect our most vulnerable – but it’s still just a tiny bit crushing.

Is Melbourne even Melbourne without the Comedy Festival? That said, there’s plenty on that you can experience from home to help keep chins up and hands occupied.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has ensured that we’re not left in a cultural chasm by live-streaming concerts during the ban on public events. Starting with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, based on The Arabian Nights, which the MSO streamed from Hamer Hall on the eve of the Arts Centre closure.

While they played to an empty concert hall, by the next morning nearly 35,000 people had watched online from every continent, except Antarctica.

The MSO will broadcast weekly from its YouTube channel and, from the orchestra’s perspective, the decision was a no-brainer.

“I’m someone who learnt long ago that you actually can transform a challenge into an opportunity, and the MSO has been engaging in this community for more than 100 years,” Sophie Galaise, the MSO’s managing director, says.

“We really believe in community engagement and being embedded in our community. We reach a lot of people every year – nearly 400,000 – but there was so much opportunity to reach more.”

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It’s a bold plan that’s been well received, evidenced by the flurry of pictures Galaise has received since of people watching the concert from their living rooms with the whole family.

“I was looking for a way to keep the orchestra going,” Galaise says. “I could see around the world orchestras, operas and ballets forced to close, and I was talking to my colleagues in Japan, China and Spain.

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“There’s a necessity to do something and continue life,” says Maria Yebra, one of Laneway Learning’s general managers. “It’s not business as usual, because it’s definitely not, but we need to try to control panic. Art, learning and education help.”

If and when the time comes to close the doors, Laneway Learning is gearing up to move online.

“There’ll be interactive classes that we’ll run as part of a sort of ‘stay-at-home festival’,” Yebra says.

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“One after the other they were going dark, which is the most depressing thing when you’re an artist.

At the same time, I think we have an obligation to our audience. In times of duress, music has the power to heal and help.”

Other outfits, like Laneway Learning – the host of an eclectic and fun program of inexpensive night classes ranging from pasta-making to macrame – have made the carefully considered decision to remain open.

For Laneway Learning, this means running small group workshops from its CBD premises only, subject to heightened precautions (including extra cleaning and a limit on class numbers to allow for appropriate social distancing).

In this case, the proposal is to run the classes via the Zoom conferencing portal. “Rather than a video, it will mean that the students and teacher can interact and connect,” Yebra says.

“The aim is to try and keep the community together. That’s going to be one of the major issues – with isolation, we need to connect in order to look after people’s mental wellbeing.”

Similarly, Anna Go-Go (proprietress of Anna’s Go-Go Academy) has already shifted gears, taking her weekly pub dance classes into the virtual realm.

“We have the technology these days that we didn’t have even a few years ago,” she says. “We can still dance, be together and connect, but just in a bit more of a technological way.” ●

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Fashion looks closer to home The coronavirus pandemic is prompting designers to examine their supply chains and focus more closely on Australian input.

“Made in Melbourne has always been a priority in my business, for many reasons – quality, efficiency, ethically, sustainably and, importantly, to support a wonderful industry that is predominantly made up of women, many who are migrants and refugees. I see us as a team,” Barron says.

But there’s reason for some concern, too.

“As we don’t have a fashion textile industry in Australia, most fabrics are produced overseas,” Barron says. “My business model is to order fabrics pre-season in readiness for sampling and bulk manufacturing. So, for this current winter, I have made and produced the collection. All we need now is for it to sell.

“Many of my fabrics are from France and Italy with a few embroideries from China. The next summer collection sample range is complete except for a few embroideries being held up in China due to the controls and now a backlog in the mills.

“Being smaller and agile in times like this is very helpful, but there are still rents and wages to pay so business must continue.”

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ith the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival cut short this month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, life has certainly changed, but it’s also left many wondering what the outbreak means for the Australian fashion industry.

Some designers will need to rethink reliance on overseas production while others are counting their blessings that they manufacture locally. What’s more, it’s an opportunity to trade the international high and fast fashion websites for local production and get back to basics.

In an eerily pre-emptive discussion during the Fashion Summit at VAMFF, three Australian designers sat together on stage to discuss risk and reputation.

Rebecca Vallance, Mary-Lou Ryan (one half of sustainable brand Bassike) and Margie Woods of Viktoria & Woods were asked about how to prepare for a pandemic and what it meant for their respective fashion houses.

“My fabrics are made in Italy and manufacturing is in China,” Vallance said at the event.

“We got our drops until April delivered before Chinese New Year which was great, so that’s fine, but now we face pre-fall – our biggest drop of the year in October – and we’re facing delays of up to two weeks. It’s a real wait and see.”

Copenhagen Fashion Summit founder Eva Kruse also spoke of the fashion industry’s growth trajectory, predicting an 81 per cent growth in volume by 2030 – and that’s not just in turnover.

“We are going to be 9 billion people on the planet and the demand for clothes will be increasing,” Kruse told the VAMFF gathering, sounding hopeful.

“It’s a good thing for those in business; there will be more bodies to dress.”

She said we were buying more, owning 60 per cent more clothing that we did 50 years ago and using it half of the time.

“The future is simply not possible; we’re already using one and a half planets in natural resources and, looking ahead, we need three planets to keep us sustained ... we have to rethink our business model,” Kruse said.

Climate urgency aside, we’re now faced with the reality that this pandemic has given us the pill we didn’t want to swallow. With it comes the suggestion that supporting local is a model we should have never turned our back on.

Melbourne fashion designer Lisa Barron is certainly concerned about the pandemic and what it means for retail, but she’s confident the industry will get through.

Designers Deborah Sams and Mary-Lou Ryan of sustainable brand Bassike, opposite; designer Estelle Michaelides of Melbourne’s Micky In The Van, above.

assike’s Ryan says it is too hard to gauge the impact that the pandemic will have on her label, but its stores are still open and the online business doing well.

“We make over 90 per cent of our collection in Australia, so we are really fortunate that we haven’t been impacted from a supply chain perspective, as this was the initial concern within the local industry when the virus was predominantly in China,” Ryan says.

“As customers increase caution there’s been a natural shift in foot-traffic in stores to our online business.”

Bassike sources fabrics from Italy and Japan with all organic jersey produced in Melbourne, and the label’s co-founder Deborah Sams knows some delay of fabric deliveries might occur. “At this stage we’re yet to see what that will be and when, but know [that] the way through it will be in how agile we are in responding,” Sams says.

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“We make over 90 per cent of our collection in Australia, so we are really fortunate that we haven’t been impacted ...”

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“We have been made aware that all of the mills that we work with in Italy are still fully operating.”

Woods, who has been in business for 16 years, says business is still going strong. At VAMFF, she spoke of winter collections that rely on fabrics from Italy (that’s coats and blazers) but her label is entirely made in Australia.

“There’s so much reliance on off-shore, I think this is a good opportunity for local business,” Woods told the fashion summit.

“Our knitwear is made in Melbourne and we quickly geared up our Australian suppliers and manufacturers to increase their capacity for us.”

Local designers Julie Goodwin, Nevada Duffy, Kara Baker, and Estelle Michaelides of Micky In The Van showed their Melbourne-made collections to VIP guests at the Westin in a unveiling of a new kind – an intimate showing with fewer than 30 guests in the room, up close and personal with the creations. It was clever thinking, before social distancing was a thing.

According to Michaelides, being made locally means her business is open as usual.

“I haven’t got any issues with manufacturing, but the best part through all this is that makers who once sourced from overseas are now looking towards local makers,” Michaelides says.

Her collection is made to order, allowing six to 10 weeks for delivery.

“Our world is slowing down, literally, and it’s rather reflective of the philosophy that my business encompasses, and aspects of slow fashion. My clients have always been happy to wait, but as my client base grows so too does the appreciation of my slow craft,” she says.

Some of her most loved Micky In The Van designs will need some tweaking, with her fan favourite MITV knitted ribbed waist bands unable to proceed due to yarn being made in China. But overall, she’s holding on the positives in uncertain times.

“I’ve always been crusading the importance of shopping local, ensuring our city is self-sustainable and understanding that when you buy local, your bucks stay on our shores making our economy more fruitful,” Michaelides says.

“The pandemic has finally forced us to open our eyes and respect what we have locally.

“To see the fashion landscape finally make this shift is so liberating – it’s a feeling of victory. If we all did one small thing, made one small change, purchased with intent and purpose, the ripple effect would be vast.” ●

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o seduce potential guests and grab a booking, hotels spruik the international location they have been designed to mimic: New York modern, boho Parisienne, Scandi cool.

However, the DoubleTree by Hilton, on Flinders Street in the CBD, is just so Melbourne and proud of it. That’s the hook, and Melburnians looking for a weekend break will fall in love with their city from a new vantage point.

“Meet you under the clocks at Flinders Street Station.” Give me a dollar for every Melburnian who has given that direction to a friend, and I’d have enough money to book a suite on this hotel’s salubrious new penthouse level for a month.

More than a portal to propel thousands of commuters from A to B, the station – built in 1854 and the first railway station erected in any Australian city – is a symbol of growth, pride and promise, and DoubleTree’s interiors respect and celebrate its position.

Some of the premium rooms on the recently opened level 14 hover above the station (almost on top of it, it feels), close enough to hear the bleep of

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All of level 14 of the hotel – once a private penthouse – has been transformed into seven higher-end suites, accessed by their own lift from the foyer.

The contemporary and boldly minimal suites were created by acclaimed Australian design and architectural firms Woods Bagot and iWolff Atelier.

Three of these rooms are loft-style (featuring exposed beams, echoing a railway), and are lent an airy feel thanks to double-height ceilings.

Two of the rooms capture a panoramic postcard view of Federation Square, Birrarung Marr, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Arts Centre spire, the Yarra River and Southbank’s bars and restaurants.

The designers have fitted out the suites with custom-made pendants by Collingwood lighting studio Point of View, colour-blocked Italian side tables and bespoke joinery.

The hotel is also sustainable, with water saving faucets, LED lighting and a partnership with the

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Modern Australian restaurant Platform 270, with a buzzing open kitchen, is in the foyer. Come morning, load up on the generous buffet breakfast, including breads and pastries, cereals, fresh fruit, cold cut meats and hot dishes.

DoubleTree by Hilton also has a swish lobby bar for pre-theatre tipples, a gym and room service.

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hen is a bar a restaurant, or for that matter, when is a restaurant a bar?

At BYRDI, which opened last October in the ELLA dining precinct beside Melbourne Central, owners Luke Whearty and Aki Nishikura from awarded Singaporean bar Operation Dagger put more effort into their cocktails than most chefs do their food.

Credit is deserved for the fit-out, crafted from sustainable Australian materials like coconut husk flooring and Victorian ash tables, but the space lacks feng shui.

Don’t let that get in the way of what are arguably Melbourne’s best cocktails. The way the ingredients are listed doesn’t do them justice, so allow me to try.

My favourite is the Not Mezcal, a reference to the fact that everything from the booze to the botanicals at BYRDI is Australian (mezcal is made from Mexican ingredients).

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Still, this highball has the deep, smoky notes associated with mezcal thanks to a week-long process. Last season fresh Victorian pears were peeled, poached in water and Queensland vanilla, smoked for three days over hickory in a Green Egg, dried for a further three days and then blended with 96 per cent grain spirit.

That’s then distilled and diluted with the poaching water before being topped with Strange Love pear soda and carbonated.

That’s just one of 13 cocktails, highballs and house ferments (similar to fruit wine) that change as ingredients ebb and flow into and out of season – “BYRDI” is a reference to birds’ ability to adapt to their environment.

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passionfruit vinegar adds acidity. There are also four harder-to-find wines, something fizzy and a couple of beers.

Food is matched to drinks in the three or fivecourse tasting menus ($90 or $150 per person).

There are fewer than 10 dishes, and while grilled lettuce hearts were soggy and lacklustre, vibrant green beans in weightless salt and vinegar tempura batter more than made up for it.

Fried prawn toast soldiers filled with juicy prawn meat and finished with bitey squiggles of pepperberry mayonnaise are another highlight.

Cheese is curated by Maker & Monger in Prahran, whether creamy stracciatella with herb jam and fried capers or Riverine Blue with local honeycomb, scraped from a glistening stand behind the bar.

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COVER STORY Meat lovers are getting a taste for Melbourne’s first vegan butcher.

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he silver trays are piled with rippling mince, glistening sausages and mounds of beef burgers. Behind the glass cabinet smiling staff in hospitality-style black aprons (no bloodsoaked coveralls here) offer recipe suggestions to customers from as far afield as Tasmania. Yes, it’s a butcher’s shop – but not as we know it.

Amanda Lethlean and Matt Sipala opened The KYND Butcher in Ascot Vale just before last Christmas. Its billing as Melbourne’s first plantbased butcher was controversial from the get-go, even provoking heated discussion on Melbourne talkback radio. But the business partners, who met when Sipala became Lethlean’s personal trainer, make no apologies for the name.

“It’s a conversation – some people like it and other people are very uncomfortable with it,” Lethlean acknowledges. But with the store aimed at meat eaters choosing more plant-based meals as much as

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at vegans and vegetarians, they wanted customers to know what they were getting, but with a twist.

They settled on The KYND Butcher because the products are cruelty-free, but also because their aim is a kind customer experience. And the spelling?

“It’s an alternative, so an alternative spelling,” Sipala explains.

Lethlean says customers concerned about the environment wanted to reduce their footprint and use less packaging. Products are mostly bought in bulk, customers encouraged to bring their own containers and they don’t stock canned food.

Some are concerned about animal cruelty and not so bothered about additives. Others like Sipala, the overweight kid who’s now a vegan fitness specialist, are “all about nutrition”. So there’s a balance between “clean” wholefoods such as veggie burgers and processed meat substitutes, he says.

Lethlean’s family gave up animal protein for health reasons four years ago and the butchery was her dream. “I had this idea where I would like to walk into a store where I did not have to read labels and could purchase anything in the store.

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“I wanted it to be local [she lives in Ascot Vale, which also has a vegan bakery and a vegan cake shop] and price competitive.”

She knew she couldn’t do it alone. Sipala, with fitness and nutrition training, would complement her business acumen.

The stats are on their side. Last year Roy Morgan research found 2.5 million Australians – 12.1 per cent – eat all or almost all vegetarian meals, up from 2.2 million in 2014.

“Our customers are mostly people looking to reduce their impact. At Christmas, people from the other side of Victoria came to check it out because they were having a vegan for Christmas and then bought for the whole family,” Sipala says.

Customers are 30 per cent local and 70 per cent from regional Victoria and interstate.

The US Centre for Biotechnology reports health benefits and evidence that those eating large quantities of fruit and vegetables live longer than those who don’t. Sounds like a no-brainer, but Lethlean knows it’s not so easy: “For people of my generation it’s difficult to change your habits.”

The KYND Butcher owners Matt Sipala and Amanda Lethlean, opposite; juicy, plant-based produce, above.

So customers may want to try Mexican chipotle or Italian sun-dried tomato sausages, the bratwurst or even the jackfruit, but not know what to do with them.

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he flowers on the English lavender hedge have turned crispy. Our aggies are fading and the flowering gums are at their peak. It’s summer’s last hurrah and the bees are like a pack of old grog dogs, drifting from one garden bed to the next before it’s closing time at the pub.

Since reading British author Sally Coulthard’s new book The Bee Bible: 50 Ways To Keep Bees Buzzing, I have become a serious bee watcher.

The world’s bee population is shrinking; as Coulthard writes, “bees are in trouble and they need our support'”.

She adds: “Bees punch well above their weight when it comes to helping humans. At least one-third of all our food is pollinated by bees and other creatures [not just crops, but also fruit, vegetables, and the feeds given to meat and dairy animals].”

Coulthard's message is simple: our eco-system won’t function properly if we don’t have bees to help plants pollinate. And so, my peaceful times in the garden have become more of a review of what more we can all do to nurture and increase our bee population.

A couple of my friends have taken up beekeeping and frequently remind me of the pleasures in

Bee the solution Nurturing bees is a simple but critical step in caring for the planet. keeping honey-producing hives. But if keeping hives is not on your agenda, there are many other ways we can work together to boost bee numbers.

Coulthard’s book is simple and achievable grassroots eco-activism. We don’t need beehives or a rural plot to help our pollinators, she says. And we don’t require lots of money or hours of spare time.

For a start, we can stop using pesticides in our gardens. We can create lawns that encourage bees.

And we can allow the grass to grow a little longer.

As sciencemag.org reported in 2018, “researchers have discovered that lazy lawnmowers – people who mow their lawns once every two weeks – have more bees than people who mow their lawns every week”.

Plant more flowers. Even if you live in a low-rise apartment, you can plant bee-friendly flowers in

pots. There are many bulbs, annuals and perennials, and shrubs like my English lavender that bees love to visit. (Coulthard’s book includes a handy list.)

If you have a garden, Coulthard suggests creating what she calls “a wildflower meadow”. English meadows, she explains, “were once a nectar and pollen-rich source of food for bees. Since the 1930s, however, they have nearly all disappeared.”

Herbs, also, produce nectar-rich flowers bees love.

And don’t forget, bees love trees. “They’re rich, densely packed store cupboards of pollen and nectar, often blossoming earlier and later in the season than flowers,” writes Coulthard.

“It’s estimated that five established trees provide a haul of pollen and nectar equal to an acre [0.4 hectares] of meadow.”

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Creating a beehive is on my list of things to do when I have more time. For now, it is possible to create simple structures to keep bees safe.

Bees love log piles, hedges rather than fences (think a rosemary hedge), compost heaps (providing you don’t toss turn too often; remember, lots of bugs and bees like to live and nest in compost heaps), and bird boxes in which to shelter.

And don’t forget water. “Bees need to be able to get close to a source of water without risk of falling in,” Coulthard says.

Shallow dishes dotted on your balcony or around the garden will help “but you just need to make sure there are plenty of floating ‘bee rafts’ for them to land on, such as wine corks or lollipop sticks.”

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So new it doesn’t yet have a name, this three-level house is certainly distinctive enough to deserve one. How about Life Is Suiteˆ? When you see the bedrooms, you’ll get it.

There’s much to admire about this property, from the glossy grey stone kitchen, huge family/dining area and barbecue terrace to the oak-floored lift that glides gracefully between the three levels. The tantalising closeness to Gardiners Creek and Ferndale Park (and, mmm, The Pantry) makes this an exceptional address for a fun-loving family.

However, the sleeping quarters deserve accolades, too.

Each bedroom is so spacious, with a walk-in wardrobe and a shimmering porcelain en suite, it’s hard to pick which one should be the main.

Parents seeking privacy might prefer the ground-floor suite, whose bathroom has twin basins and a walk-in shower. Then again, that first-floor suite has a free-standing bath and a brilliant view across the treetops …

Designed to pre-empt anything a family might ask for, the house has climate control, video intercom security, a six-star energy rating and a hall-adjacent powder room. The interior is smart in oak floorboards and grey looped carpet, and storage is ample and discreet.

The ground level has a cosy retreat leading to the front bedroom suite. However, more than half this floor is given to the north-facing dining and family area (with gas log fireplace), where doors lead to the deck for indoor-outdoor pleasure. The barbecue kitchen has a Vintec wine fridge.

The Caesarstone kitchen, looking almost too good to use, has twin Asko ovens, an induction cooktop with wok burner,

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“THIS IS CLEARLY DESIGNED AS AN ENTERTAINER’S HOME, WITH LARGE

with dark timber-veneer cabinetry and matt black Franke

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES. THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS ALLOW

sinks. The adjoining laundry has extra storage.

FOR INTERESTING LINES AND LIGHT IN ALL AREAS.” ZALI REYNOLDS – AGENT

Take the lift or the floating timber stairs to the first floor, which opens with a sunny retreat. Both double bedrooms face north. The larger one has the bathtub.

The basement – via the lift or a hidden staircase off the family room – has a wine cellar and parking for three cars. ● ALISON BARCLAY property@domainreview.com.au Agent: Shelter, Zali Reynolds 0422 576 049 Price: $2.6 million-$2.8 million Auction: 11.30am, March 28

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Once a winsome Victorian cottage, this house has been lavishly transformed into a two-storey modern masterpiece with a parents’ retreat. A skylit hall serves two groundfloor bedrooms with wardrobes; the front bedroom has a fireplace, and both have access to a dual-entry en suite.

The drama gets big in the living/dining area, which opens to both a central courtyard and a north-facing deck, allowing the natural brilliance to bounce off the polished concrete floor. The Miele-equipped kitchen, with its marble island and integrated fridge/freezer, makes a sleek white backdrop.

Upstairs, the main bedroom has an en suite and a rooftop view. Hawksburn village is nearby. ● ALISON BARCLAY Agent: Belle Property, Lauchlan Waterfield 0422 290 489 Price: $1.45 million-$1.55 million Auction: 10am, March 28

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So desirable, yet never been strata-titled! This building is a rare creature in South Yarra. It has proved an excellent investment for its owner, with each of the 12 one-bedroom apartments renting for about $350 a week. Young professionals love it; the block is well-maintained and a three-minute sprint from the station. Each flat has a living/ dining room opening to a balcony, and a double bedroom with a wardrobe and en suite. The fully-tiled bathrooms have showers. A refurbishment about 20 years ago included modern kitchens with induction cooktops and granite benchtops. Eight of the flats have car spaces. Subdivide or keep the lot, as you choose. ● ALISON BARCLAY Agent: Kay & Burton, Gerald Delany 0418 355 337 Price: $4 million-$4.4 million Expressions of interest: close 4pm, April 8

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GLEN IRIS \ 36 HOWARD STREET

+Agent: Marshall

MELBOURNE \ 9E/481 ST KILDA ROAD

White, James Redfern

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Agent: Kay & Burton, Peter Kudelka

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Price: $3.8 million-

0418 319 439 Price: $1.75 million-

A Sydney house in Melbourne? This sandstone beauty

$4.18 million

Fawkner Park is the romping ground for Parkside, which

$1.85 million

certainly has that exotic, harbourside quality. Nestled

Auction: 1.30pm,

backs right on to South Yarra’s swathe of glorious green.

Expressions of interest:

alluringly near the Gardiners Creek parklands, it has a pool,

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This ninth-floor apartment has a huge dining-living-cocktail

close 5pm, April 6

a putting green and a contemporary floor plan with three

bar area with a north-easterly view across the city skyline

living areas and zoned bedrooms. The interior is resplendent

and a balcony overlooking the park. The separate kitchen

from last year’s revamp, and has fully tiled bathrooms (matt

has a meals area; walk through the pantry to the laundry.

black tapware) and a new Dolomite stone kitchen with

Two double bedrooms share two walk-in wardrobes and

Smeg appliances and butler’s pantry. There’s a bay sitting

two lustrous en suites with spa baths. The third bathroom

room, open-plan living/dining and a family room that opens

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with basement parking, this high-rise hideaway will suit

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a bathroom. Upstairs, the main bedroom has an en suite

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downsizers and frequent flyers. Parkside has an outdoor

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and walk-in wardrobe. ● ALISON BARCLAY

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pool, and 24-hour concierge. ● ALISON BARCLAY

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GLEN IRIS \ 8 SEATON STREET

Agent: Marshall White,

ARMADALE \ 546 ORRONG ROAD

Jason Brinkworth

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Agent: Jellis Craig, Andrew Macmillan

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Price: $2 million-

0418 142 252 Price: $3.5 million-

Glen Iris is a known magnet for families with its top ranking

$2.2 million

Here’s a chance to fall for the period charms of a Spanish

$3.85 million

schools, parks and recreational facilities. This residence will

Auction: 10.30am,

Mission-style house or renovate/extend STCA. Set on about

Auction: 1pm,

allow families to make the most of the locale while offering

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1130 square metres, the house could almost be a time

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versatility for changing needs. On the ground floor, the

capsule of its era with original features including the arches

formal dining room and family cinema room both feature

and decorative brickwork on the facade and, on the inside,

open fireplaces – perfect for cosying up to on autumn

ornate plasterwork, large leadlight windows and extensive

evenings. The spacious kitchen has a marble island bench.

timber panelling. Two bedrooms and the formal dining

The ground floor main bedroom has an en suite with a

room feature open fireplaces while there are two further

spa bath, and walk-in wardrobe while the younger family

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bedrooms and a period bathroom. The kitchen with casual

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meals area looks out onto the private backyard. The house

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the rear of the property, the pool is surrounded by extensive

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is close to schools, High Street, Orrong Road and public

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decking. ● PORTIA CONYERS-EAST

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transport. ● PORTIA CONYERS-EAST

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Agent: Marshall

CANTERBURY \ 34 HIGHFIELD ROAD

White, Brad Cooper

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Agent: Jellis Craig, Alastair Craig

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0418 335 363 Price: $2.9 million-

Families will be drawn to this Californian bungalow that’s

$2.1 million

Surrounded by beautiful, lush greenery, this six-bedroom

$3.19 million

walking distance to Carnegie station and shops, and only

Auction: 11.30am,

home combines classic architecture with contemporary

Auction: noon,

a short drive to Chadstone Shopping Centre. The home

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styling. Offering privacy, the house is divided into four

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offers the best of both worlds – the serenity of a quiet

distinct living areas with the bedrooms evenly dispersed

neighbourhood, and the convenience of nearby public

throughout the property to ensure personal space when

transport and amenities. There’s a delightful sense of space

desired. The main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and

with high ceilings and an open-plan living/dining zone with

en suite with a spa. Upstairs, teenagers can enjoy their

gas fireplace. The kitchen has stone benches and meals

own retreat with three bedrooms, an en suite and shared

can be enjoyed in the covered al fresco area. The main

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bathroom as well as a communal study space filled with

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light. Outside, a patio and covered kitchen make for an ideal

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and en suite. Other features include a lock-up garage, and

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entertaining space with the added features of a pool and

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2000-litre water tank. ● PORTIA CONYERS-EAST

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steam room. ● MEGAN WHITFIELD

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TOORAK \ 7 MAPLE GROVE

Agent: RT Edgar,

BOX HILL SOUTH \ 23 FOWLER STREET

Agent: Fletchers,

Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650

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Brooke Warwick

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0403 510 822 Price: $2.4 million-

$9.5 million With a striking architectural design, this expansive Toorak

Expressions of interest:

Tucked away behind the traditional exterior lies a

$2.6 million

home is sleek and considered. Throughout the house,

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contemporary slice of architecture. Step past the yellow

Auction: 10am,

light filters in through generous floor-to-ceiling and corner

brick entrance and find yourself in a skylit hallway guiding

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windows with privacy maintained through lush hedges and

you towards an airy living room. Keep following the path to

fencing. From inside, enjoy views out to a canopy of trees

reach the open-plan living and dining spaces, defined by

and pool and decking area. Entertaining is made easy too

warm American oak flooring, floor-to-ceiling windows and

with an open-plan living and dining space leading into a

minimalist styling. The kitchen features Caesarstone and

kitchen kitted with Poggenpohl cabinetry and Gaggenau

a butler’s pantry as well as a custom, fully insulated wine

appliances plus there’s custom-made EuroCave wine

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lush lawn and covered outdoor entertaining space. Other

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features include a double garage and ducted heating and

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cooling. ● MEGAN WHITFIELD

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DIR ECTORY ADDRESS

AGENT PAGE

ALBERT PARK 55 Reed St

8 Seaton St Marshall White 50

ARMADALE 601/881 High St

Belle Property 32

1/29 Hampden Rd

Belle Property 34

546 Orrong Rd

Jellis Craig 62

18 Northcote Rd

Jellis Craig 66

503/3 Evergreen Mews

ADDRESS

McGrath 30

BALWYN

47 Howard St

501/12 Railway Walk North

5/1 Oak St

Kay & Burton 38

64-66 Berkeley St

Kay & Burton 37

10 Oak St

Marshall White 53

22 Chrystobel Cres

Marshall White 54

208/131 Church St

22 Winmalee Rd

Jellis Craig 67

HAWTHORN EAST

Marshall White 46 Marshall White 49

BELLARINE 195 Church Rd

RT Edgar 70

CAMBERWELL

RT Edgar 30

HAWTHORN

Jellis Craig 64

12 Ruby St

Marshall White 53 Shelter Real Estate 68

HAMPTON

29 Knutsford St 16 Bevan St

AGENT PAGE

RT Edgar 28

ADDRESS

MELBOURNE 9e/481 St Kilda Rd

1 Carrick St

23 Hawkins Ave

Belle Property 33

3/62 Relowe Cres

Belle Property 33

MOUNT ELIZA 19/20 Earimil Dve

Marshall White 48

8 Trinian St

18 Wiseman St

Marshall White 54

20 Pleasant Rd

Marshall White 55

RICHMOND

KEW Kay & Burton 39

64 Richmond Tce

3279 Point Nepean Rd

37 Doonkuna Ave

Marshall White 42

11 Belvedere

Marshall White 55

SOUTH YARRA

57 Bellett St

Marshall White 50

6 Wishart St

Marshall White 51

Marshall White 56

7 Gavan St

301/19 Chambers St

9 St Anthony’s Plc

Marshall White 56

50 Darling St

34 Highfield Rd 12 Golding St

KEW EAST Jellis Craig 63 Kay & Burton 36 Marshall White 51

DEEPDENE 27 Deepdene Rd

Marshall White 44

EAST MELBOURNE 704/1 Powlett St

RT Edgar 27

GLEN IRIS

25 Strathalbyn St

Marshall White 57

2/310 Mont Albert Rd 10 Arundel Cres

Marshall White 57

MALVERN EAST 16 Olive St

Jellis Craig 68

Kay & Burton 41

Colliers International 34 Kay & Burton 40

SURREY HILLS

MALVERN 4/9 Hamilton Rd

Marshall White 59

SORRENTO

Marshall White 47

38 & 40 The Ridge

Aqua 60

PRAHRAN

20 Alfred St

CANTERBURY

Fletchers 23

MONT ALBERT NORTH

506/38 Harold St

1/35 Carson St

Kay & Burton 40

MONT ALBERT

Kay & Burton 35

23-25 Canterbury Rd

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TOORAK 81 St Georges Rd

Jellis Craig 65

Fletchers 23 Marshall White 60

Jellis Craig 61

Residence 1/3 Huntingfield Rd

Marshall White 45 Rodney Morley 34

5 Beech St

Jellis Craig 66

24/703 Orrong Rd

4 Nyora St

Jellis Craig 67

11 Torresdale Crt

RT Edgar 24

8 Hopetoun St

RT Edgar 25

44 Paxton St

Kay & Burton 41

19 Kingston St

Marshall White 58

4/1 Irving Rd

RT Edgar 26

Marshall White 52

4 Serrell St

Marshall White 58

8/2 Lansell Crt

RT Edgar 29

Marshall White 52

61 Beaver St

Marshall White 59

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47 Howard Street, Glen Iris

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Auction Sat 28th March at 11:30am Inspect Thu 26th 12.15pm-12.45pm

Contemporary brilliance customised for luxury living, this exclusive new residence presents stylish, sleek & state-of-the-art interiors comprising entry, consummate Caesarstone kitchen with BP, living/dining GLFP, downstairs master incld WIR/deluxe ensuite, retreat/study, two upstairs bedrooms each with WIR/ens plus 2nd living zone, entertainers deck, outdoor kitchen/BBQ & easy-care environs. Includes heating/cooling, pwd, ldry, security, 6-star ER, private lift, cellar & 3-car basement garage.

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