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CATHERINE ANDREWS In the premier league

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his week’s cover story on our Premier’s T wife, Catherine Andrews, got me thinking about that hoary old concept of the

superwoman. In the ’80s, magazines were full of tales of a mythical creature who could kick goals in a high-flying career, raise beautifully mannered children, maintain a house straight from the pages of Vogue Living Living, work out five days a week and still find the energy for a loving relationship. Then women got real. We wised up that no one would die if we didn’t iron the kids’ school uniforms or bought a charcoal chook for dinner. Just getting the kids off to school on time and arriving at work with two matching shoes was an achievement.

So, what to make of a mother of three who has a master’s degree in history, runs marathons, is on a swag of committees and public service initiatives, pitches in on school excursions and sausage sizzles and has been named the Premier’s secret weapon?

She might sound like a superwoman, but Catherine insists she’s little different to legions of other suburban mums struggling to find that elusive work/life balance. Read Peter Wilmoth’s enlightening interview inside. ●

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remember the phrase well. The newsroom of any busy metropolitan newspaper is by necessity a place of shorthand, both actual and metaphorical, and the commonplace descriptions of the good or the bad – a cracker of a yarn, just a follow-up, a bit of basement colour (the bottom of the page) – got the message straight with minimal fuss.

When police rounds would run through the list of that day’s yarns, one of the most common of the commonplaces was the dead-end description of a story nobody intended following up: “Nah, don’t worry – it’s just a domestic.” I know: I used the phrase “dead end” just there, didn’t I? I meant it.

But you didn’t have to work in a newspaper to be familiar with the dismissive and relegating meaning of this well-worn phrase: it’s one communities around the country have long been familiar with.

It describes the known, unknown and suspected horrors lurking behind suburban doorways for generations, and it’s been a terribly useful one. The phrase contains

“it describes the horrors lurking behind doorways” the description of the event and the proper response to it – which should be nothing, because there are some crimes that are simply none of our business. Rather like the suspicions about clerical abuse: just not to be talked about, thank you.

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I’ve written before in this place about the change that has taken place in this country, about the horrific prevalence of family violence and its shameful acceptance. It still amazes me to see television news and newspapers starting to routinely report such incidents: the word “just” seems finally to have been shrugged off.

This week an email popped up, announcing a new journalism prize that would have been unthinkable even five years ago. News of the Our Watch Awards – recognising excellence in journalism that contributes to a deeper understanding of violence against women – would have been met with jeers about political correctness and reverse sexism. Now the figures about the number of women killed in this country each year by their male partners are as well known as the road toll, the jeers have stopped.

After completing her Antipodean version of Game of Thrones with The Killing Season, my friend and colleague Sarah Ferguson is working on a documentary that looks inside the lives of those fleeing family violence – mothers, children, babies and those who try to protect them. It will doubtless provide the next important conversation about what drives this violence and why it persists.

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and kids the statistics show will end up nightly homeless or in shelters in a desperate attempt to survive abuse.

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Just as the road toll became a national conversation when too many of our fellow Australians were dying in scandalous numbers, and the painful discussion began about the behaviour that drove these deaths, it seems to me we are on the cusp of that next discussion about the social dynamics that allow it to occur – and that’s going to be the biggest and most confronting one of all. ● Virginia Trioli is co-host of ABC News Breakfast on ABC1 and ABC News 24, 6-9am weekdays

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ne day when Catherine Andrews was an 18-year-old student at Monash University she walked into the common room in the college where she was living and met a young brainiac called Daniel. He was watching Sale of the Century and answering all the questions.

“In between answering all the questions he was being very, very funny,” she says. “I thought, ‘Oh, interesting’, you know? It was definitely one of those moments where I thought, ‘I’m going to sit next to you’.”

She did. “He still remembers what I was wearing,” she says. “It was the ’90s, so I had a psychedelic body suit and purple jeans. He still says, ‘You were wearing that amazing outfit’.”

The pair dated for five years and in 1998 Daniel proposed to Catherine. She was 24. They married on New Year’s Eve that year. “You don’t want to muck around,” she says. “When you know, you know.”

The young woman in the psychedelic body suit is, of course, now the Premier’s wife, Victoria’s “first lady”.

We’ve met at a photographic studio in Prahran.

As her minder hands her a takeaway coffee, she seems utterly unaffected by the overnight fame that came when her husband became Premier last November.

Our interview seems more like a chat in a café about the usual stuff – kids, busy lives, trying to keep fit, finding time to pursue a hobby. This is a woman who does not stand on ceremony. It’s not hard to see why she was described before last year’s state election as her husband’s “secret weapon”.

Daniel becoming Premier has changed the family’s life only in the sense that it’s even busier. With three children – Noah, 12, Grace, 10, and Joseph, eight – the Andrews face similar challenges to most families, “signing school notices and washing uniforms”.

“As a family unit we haven’t changed at all,” Catherine says.

“It’s still Dan and myself and the three kids. We’re exactly the same. The world around us has changed slightly. We haven’t forgotten who we are.

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“I had grown up in a family that wasn’t necessarily overly political and when I went to university that changed quite a lot. I signed up to [study] politics, wasn’t very good at it, met this really clever man [Dan] and I knocked on the door in the evenings to say, ‘Can you help me with this?’.

“I’m very grateful to Jeff for his concern about me too. He says, ‘You’ve got young children, don’t overwork yourself’.”

She is also an ambassador for Premier’s Active April, which encourages people to exercise, and Sunsmart Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria’s skin-cancer control program. She wants to use the opportunities she has. “I could choose to do nothing and I could choose to continue with my editing business that I’ve been running for a number of years,” she says. “I could try to do both but I think that would be almost impossible.

“Or I could take this opportunity of a lifetime and give back and contribute wherever I can. Daniel has this line that he often says at schools and various places, ‘If you have the opportunity, you have the obligation’.

“I agree with that. I have this opportunity now because of my profile … to do some really great things that are very interesting, challenging, thought-provoking, entertaining, fascinating. So I’m thrilled to be in this position.”

Life’s busy but then it always has been. “Daniel’s been a member of parliament for 12½ years. During that time I’ve been working and raising three children. We’ve always been extremely busy but it’s certainly stepped it up a notch. We just have to be more organised now.”

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ask Catherine about the view, commonly expressed by men, that they devote too much time to their work and regret missing out on watching their kids growing up.

“It plays on his mind,” she says. “The children are our top priority. They’re all beautiful, they’re all very different and they’re a complete blessing.”

The juggle is a challenge. “But there are lots of people we know who are not involved in politics and they are struggling to find the work-life balance as well … I’m not sure we’ve got that balance right yet, but we’re working on it,” she says.

What do the kids think about their dad being Premier?

“They barrack for him on the TV. Sometimes it’s the only

Premier Crew “You have to maintain your family routines, the things you’ve always celebrated together. They’re the important things, whether you’re in politics or not. Of course [the children] are our top priority. The children’s birthdays are very firmly in the diary, Daniel’s birthday, my birthday, our wedding anniversary is on New Year’s Eve, so that’s great because very rarely can work interfere with celebrations around that.”

Nor has the family’s change of circumstance meant they are treated all that differently by the public. “We’re very lucky here in Australia,” she says. “People are very respectful.

Wherever we’ve been people just say hi and let us go about our day.”

Maybe it’s a product of an egalitarian Australia? “I’m very grateful for it actually. In another country it could be very different, especially when we’re out with the children.”

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atherine, 40, grew up with two older brothers in Mornington, near the beach. If it was hot her mother would take her for a swim on the way home from school. She was active in ballet, netball and piano. It was, she says, an idyllic upbringing. She dreamed of being a ballerina.

She attended ballet classes until university. In 2001, after a long break from dancing, she got a call from her ballet teacher who asked her to dance in a performance. “When I did this concert I realised I should have never given it up,” she says.

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any form of exercise growing up, your body doesn’t forget.”

She now attends ballet classes each Tuesday night in Prahran.

“That’s my day,” she says.

Catherine has even danced on Broadway in New York. “I did a couple of classes on Broadway. You can just rock up to any class in the world because ballet is an international language.” Her friends at the Australian Ballet Company in Australia helped her find it.

“It’s amazing. It’s a bit like being in Fame – there’s a pianist in the corner and 50 people in the room moving through line by line, people of all standards.” New York is her “second favourite city in the world”.

She did an arts degree with a double major in English and history, then a master’s in public history. In recent years she has worked as a freelance copy editor, writing such things as wine labels and death notices, which is what she was doing until Daniel got the top job and life became too hectic to continue.

Last year former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett approached her to be on the board of The Torch Project, which helps indigenous prisoners connect with their culture. Kennett, chairman of beyondblue, told her he had been “impressed with you in the media”. She joined the board earlier this year.

“It’s really nice that he reached out,” she says. “In 1992, when he became premier of Victoria, I turned 18. He figured very large in my life growing up, especially spending my life with someone who was very heavily involved in politics.

time of the day when they’ll see him, so they like to watch the news,” she says.

“Noah has just started secondary school, so we were a bit aware of how that might be for him. The kids at his school have just been amazing, really friendly – ‘We know who your dad is’, ‘Good on him’.

“The little ones have been at the same school all along and the parents and teachers at the school know Dan and me.

I’ve been on every excursion there is to go on, done the sizzle wizzles (sausage sizzle fund-raisers), the school fête.”

Catherine keeps fit with gym and running. Last year she ran the Melbourne Marathon. “My best friend said we should do a marathon the year we turned 40. Anything for a day off.”

The sole controversy Catherine has faced is when the car she was driving, with her children on board, hit a cyclist, who was not injured. “It was terrible, so traumatic,” she says. “It was really traumatic for everybody involved … The media onslaught in the days after was very stressful. The most important thing was the young cyclist was OK. “I rang the hospital on dozens of occasions to check on him and the outcome, thank God, was good. It was awful, really awful.”

The media’s focus was that Dan Andrews had not made the incident public, on the grounds his wife was a private

The Andrews: (from left) Joseph, Daniel, Grace, Catherine and Noah.

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“As a family unit we haven’t changed at all. The world around us has changed slightly” citizen, although she was driving a taxpayer-funded car. How did she see the privacy debate around that? “To tell you the truth, I was thinking more about the child on the bike and my own children.”

She says she loves being a parent. “We both do. Our children are amazing. Noah’s taken up the drums. So he’s got the drums and the violin. Joseph loves soccer and he’s rediscovered roller skates, so he’s been flat-out up and down.

“Grace is very adventurous. She does ballet and contemporary dance and has taken to learning to ride a unicycle. There are card tricks and unicycles and roller-skating and drums. It’s flat out. They’re very busy.”

She says her partnership with Daniel is a great one. “We’ve been together for 22 years. He’s my best friend. We talk about everything. We know each other really well … We’re really lucky, we work as an amazing team. I couldn’t do my role without him and vice versa.

“He’s my best friend in the whole world and I’m very lucky that I found in my best friend someone I could spend the rest of my life with.” ● pwilmoth@theweeklyreview.com.au

Catherine’s Melbourne “We live in Mulgrave in the house we bought 12 years ago, in Dan’s electorate.

Our neighbours are our friends. We wouldn’t live anywhere else … Dan became a member of parliament four months after we moved in. I was pregnant and letter-boxing the area. I got to meet all my neighbours that way.

I introduced myself and said, ‘My husband’s running to be the local member of parliament, my name’s Catherine and, as you can see, I’m pregnant with our first child’. And they embraced me in their warm, loving arms.

“I have beautiful neighbours who are quite elderly, who are just my friends. I used to take them to the movies but they’re getting a bit old now.

“There’s nothing I don’t like about [Victoria].

“There’s never a dull moment. I love the arts, I love the Australian Ballet, I love the [NGV], the regional galleries of Victoria, I love our food and wine, I love the natural beauty of our state [and] its vastness. I love the city and fashion and food and coffee … I love all aspects of Victoria.”

Dan and Catherine sometimes get to go out for a meal.“We love Grossi Florentino. It’s like visiting Italy without jumping on the plane. There are a lot of great bars [in Melbourne]. In an ideal world we’d get to have dinner more often but the truth is he’s so busy that it doesn’t happen very often, so it’s quite special when we do go out.” ●

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For dessert, gelatinous cubes of Okinawa black sugar warabi mocha rest inside a halved walnut shell on a bed of tea leaves, scattered with precision. ● LEANNE TOLRA ltolra@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Cattier Brut Premier Cru ru ($40 at Liquorland). With smoky stonefruit, zesty citrus and Saltine biscuit aromas, this is a gentle, elegant champagne rather than one of intensity and drive.

There’s much to like about the structure of chalky acid, grip and a driving finish of grilled peaches and lemon.

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London, The Oval: The Oval was once named Foster’s Oval in a sponsorship deal, but rum or Red Stripe beer are the tipples for this Test. ● BEN THOMAS bthomas@theweeklyreview.com.au

Club Armada Dark Rum, available from First Choice, is quite the bargain for $30.

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ricketers’ love of a drink is well known.

Over the years the game has influenced a few winemakers, too, with wines named Cricket Pitch, Second Innings and Cover Drive. With The Ashes getting under way this week and games on TV starting at 8.30pm, there’s a good chance there will be a drink in your hand.

What’s it going to be? For me, it depends on where the game is.

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff: It’s all about grain rather than grape in Wales. Wales’ biggest beer, Brains, can be found on the shelves of better beer shops and Dan Murphy’s stocks Penderyn whisky.

London, Lord’s. Lord’s is the only cricket ground in the world where you can take in a bottle of wine.

Birmingham, Edgbaston: This is the nation’s curry capital. Semillon-sauvignon blanc blends and rich shiraz pair perfectly with spicy dishes.

Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire: This county is more famous for the legend of Robin Hood than its drinks, so why not put the two together with cider and

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wo tribes, one city. A boy and a girl caught in the crossfire. It could be Shakespeare or, come to think of it, an AFL romance gone sour. But in place of Montagues and Capulets (or Magpies and Saints) we have Jets and Sharks. When Jet Tony falls in love with Maria (Anna O’Byrne), sister of the rival gang-leader, sparks are bound to fly. And, being West Side Story Story, we might expect a song or two on the way.

Melburnian Gareth Keegan is the latest actor to step into Tony’s well-worn boots, in the new production of Sondheim and Bernstein’s classic musical. He says while he and director Gale Edwards aren’t moving away from the 1950s New York setting, they’re keen to draw out parallels between events onstage and contemporary issues.

“I feel like we’re alluding to the fact that right now in the world there are similar situations,” Gareth says. “Race is a big one at the moment. Fear of the unknown – not knowing the enemy or why this war began. If you think about a religious war, people grow up just knowing they hate the enemy, but they’re never told why.”

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GOING OUT FORUM PRE-TEEN ANXIETY Whitehorse Council will look at one of the most common mental health concerns among children and adolescents in an information forum called Managing anaging Anxiety and Worries (eight to 13 years). The forum will discuss what normal childhood and adolescent development looks like in the context of managing children’s anxiety and worries.

Presented by Michelle ichelle Graeber, CEO of Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria.

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Mitcham Community House, ouse, 19 Brunswick Road, Mitcham. Cost: $96. Inquiries: nquiries: 9873 4587 or www.mitchamcommunityhouse.org OPERETTA THE MERRY WIDOW FROM BLUEGUM CREEK Diamond Valley Singers and Eltham Orchestras rchestras present The Merry Widow from Bluegum Creek at Warrandyte High School, a great night of musical

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That it’s easy to apply the musical’s themes to an ever-changing world might explain why West Side Story remains a crowd-pleaser almost half a century after it was first staged.

“The writing is so clever because it’s so universal, so poetic, that it never gets too specific or stuck. I think it’s refreshing for an audience to go into a theatre and hear something with that clarity, something that isn’t just the usual realist mumbling.”

There’s also the songs, of course. And the near-tragic romance that gives the musical its beating heart. But Gareth says there’s one very simple reason for Melburnians to buy tickets.

“It’s a classic. Something that’s been absolutely crafted and intricately plotted.

Most TV these days is pretty pedestrian, but going to the theatre and seeing West Side Story, it refreshes the palate. It’s like a fine wine.” ● mbartlett@theweeklyreview.com.au

» West Side Story opens July 11 at the State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, $24-$126. www.theproductioncompany.com.au

theatre. Based on the original operetta, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár, and featuring an identical score, this bluegum widow has a distinctly Australian flavour.

■ Until July 11, 8pm. Warrandyte High School, 241-247 Heidelberg-Warrandyte Road, Warrandyte. Cost: $10-$30. dvsingers.org MUSIC ELLE ET LA CONTREBASSE Elle et La Contrebasse meanders through French jazz, pop beats and Latin, inspired by singers such as Zaz, Pauline Croze and Yves Jamait. Lead by the sultry Xaris Miller with double bass (Luke Richards), mandolin (Ross Richardson) and accordion (Will Hoffmann).

■ July 10, 8pm. Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station Street, Box Hill. Cost: $22, under 25s $10. Inquiries: 9417 1983 or promo@boite.com.au ● COMPILED BY EWEN McRAE

THEATRE HEAD FULL OF LOVE A yarn to warm your heart (and your head). Head Full of Love is the story of two remarkable women and their unlikely but inspiring friendship.

It invites you to look differently at the possibilities of the humble beanie: a much-loved everyday item, and an extension of ourselves and the everyday lives we wear. Suitable for ages 15-plus.

■ July 10, 8pm (Q&A session), July 11 2pm and 8pm. Whitehorse Centre, 397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading. Cost: full $45, concession $42, under-25 $25. Inquiries: 9262 6555 or tickets@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

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Here, Emma is little more than a spoilt brat. Even when she professes love we don’t believe it, while her acquisitiveness is more about snobbery than cushioning a prosaic life. A wonky collection of ill-fitting accents doesn’t help.

■ In cinemas July 9, rated M, 118 minutes ONLINE \ Watch Cast and crew talk about Madame Bovary at the London première WE GET IT Ever wondered who would win in a slamdown between Medea and Lady Macbeth? Melbourne’s Elbow Room might just have the answer in this production that takes five heroines from classic theatre and pits them against each other. The idea is to consider the sort of women playwrights have thrust on to stages – beautiful, troubling and often monstrous – and wonder what that says about

SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL Given Scandi-noir has been all the rage on TV, it makes sense to give their cinema a bit more attention. Sure enough, last year’s première festival of all things Nordic proved a great success for Palace. This year’s program has a strong focus on comedy, kicking off with Here Is Harold, in which a desperate carpenter sets out to kidnap the founder of Ikea. Other highlights include satire The Grump, Young Sophie Bell, and gritty GFC drama Life in a Fishbowl. ■ Palace Cinemas Como and Brighton, July 9-26 ONLINE \ Watch the Scandinavian Film Festival 2015 trailer

the fairer sex. Turning traditional gender anxiety on its head, this playful piece concludes this year’s Neon Festival for MTC. ■ The Lawler – MTC Southbank Theatre, July 9-19, $25. www.mtc.com.au ONLINE \ Watch Elbow Room discuss We Get It

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THE MAGIC CHICKEN School holiday distractions don’t KIDS come much more sophisticated than this. Drawing on French mime tradition, this New Zealand production fuses magic, puppetry, slapstick and live music in an appealing cartoonish

PIRATES OF PENZANCE This English National Opera production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is billed as opera for those who think they don’t like opera. Reaching his 21st birthday, Frederic is released from his apprenticeship with a band of pirates – a mistaken placement owing to his nurse mistaking his father’s instruction that Frederic be apprenticed to pilots. He then pledges himself, regretfully, to exterminating his former friends, but nothing is simple. Film director Mike Leigh extracts every drop of humour in this delightful and colourful performance.

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Its central premise of a small town plagued by the dead returning to life has recently been memorably tackled by French series The Returned.

Going by the first ep, Glitch appears to take a less spooky approach, keeping a tight focus on the emotional repercussions of rural cop James (Patrick Brammall) being reunited with dead wife Kate (Emma Booth). It’s familiar territory, but still a relief to see intelligent Australian drama that dares edge away from realism. ● The Underwriting by Michelle Miller (Text), $29.99 www.textpublishing.com.au/ books/the-underwriting

Wall Street hot shot Todd finds himself headhunted by the founder of dating app Hook (read Tindr) and he and his investment-banking team are transplanted to Silicon Valley. There they find themselves in a world of Machiavellian deals, sex scandals and toxic testosterone. Miller’s plot bolts along so quickly there’s no time to mind her colourless prose. ● ONLINE \ Watch The Underwriting book trailer

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he ran up to the end of the field and kicked the ball right into the goal, and then she said, “that felt f---ing fantastic”.

While a ripple of shock mixed with quiet amusement passed through the parental pack – because this was a fourteen-year-old girl, after all – I don’t think I was alone in feeling a sense of relief because for once it wasn’t my kid swearing.

Our swear jar is a bucket. Right now it’s so full there’s probably enough coin in there to get us all to Disneyland for a week.

Some might argue that it is not necessarily working as a deterrent, given it is overflowing.

Others might say the kids are doing pretty well at making sure they get to Disneyland.

Yet if you come from my generation, where the use of any kind of contraband word, especially those that describe a particular part of your body or something that came out of it, was met with fairly brutal doses of corporal punishment (in primary school the nuns lined us up in a row and whacked us with rulers; they might have made a career out of holding back but in the instance of swearing

they did not), you might understand why some of us turn a blind eye to our kids using the odd expletive.

Especially when they might or might not have learnt it from us.

At least mine know to only swear in the privacy of our home – I hope. They mostly use it to horrify and insult each other, a particularly delightful aspect of their relationship. I have tried to tell them that conjuring sentences using every single swear word you know and directing them at your sibling might have more impact if you didn’t do it at five-minute intervals every single day, but to no avail.

To them it’s become a sport.

Calling out your sister for being a “beatch” while also using a hair flick is awesome fun apparently.

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“At least mine know to only swear in the privacy of our home – i hope” One time, when my youngest was four, she was so surprised to hear a priest use the word “Jesus” at a christening she kept repeating it right through the service. Even from a very young age she had an ear for a no-go word. No, she wasn’t using her inside voice and, yes, the church was quiet.

Her aptitude for picking up on swear words and reusing them in the right context was declared a definite sign of her intelligence by the other adult in this

house. I might or might not have said she is just copying you, you big buffoon. Now she is eight she collects them like rocks. At the moment her pocket money goes straight into the swear jar, so it is likely the Disneyland trip will be on her.

I use swear words only in moments of extreme frustration, or when something breaks. The other adult tends to be more free-flowing on the expletive front, but neither of us is an angel. We’ve all got an investment in that trip to Disneyland.

Anyway …

Back to the soccer. Might there be an argument here, in saying that this particular word – putting its literal meaning aside – was used in this incident for good not bad, to emphasise how great the kid felt because she kicked a goal? Can we forgive her, because it wasn’t delivered as an insult or to express anger but in the spirit of celebration?

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I love Burwood

The food’s pretty good there too.

For a bit of “me time”?

Wattle Park’s a favourite spot because it’s so big – it’s a really nice place to walk in or go for a run.

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Where do you go for a great coffee?

Probably Santucci’s, it’s a really cute place that’s always got a nice atmosphere.

For a nice gift for a friend?

I’d probably go into Camberwell for that. I love going to Kikki.K. That’s great for that sort of stuff.

For a nice meal?

I like the café Zimt, maybe not for a meal so much but it’s got German patisserie-type things, which is really cool.

My grandparents are German, so it’s a nice connection to my heritage.

(SCOTT McNAUGHTON)

Burwood student Stefanie Hodgson has been a passionate advocate for alopecia awareness ever since she was diagnosed with the condition at just six, and lost all her hair at 12. Stefanie was helped by children’s charity Variety to get a human hair wig, and is keen to encourage others to get a cut for a cause to help other kids with alopecia. “I’ve been really lucky to work with Variety and promote the cause,” Stefanie says. “It’s not only about raising awareness for alopecia but also spreading a message of loving yourself as who you are. When I realised that the things I was struggling with – identity, confidence and belonging – were quite universal, I thought maybe I have a message to share that could help other people.”

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without having me keel over at the end of the game.

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The reality It’s fair to say my backyard soccer skills aren’t exactly going to set the world on fire, but I hustled up to a central striker role within Who should do it? my five-person team and gave it my I’d recommend a basic level of fitness best shot. After a few early nervous and any knowledge of soccer “a big moments when every touch of (indoor or outdoor) would be thumbs up mine was quickly picked off by the beneficial. from opposition, I managed to settle into me” the task and get some good play The bill? going with my teammates. I even $20 per player as season registration, laid off the assist for the first goal of plus $90 a game (divided among up to the game! It was relentless running, up and eight players per game). down the court as the momentum swung WOULD I DO IT AGAIN? wildly, all the while feeling my skills improve I’m a long-time lover of team sport and this and my game understanding rise with is a great way to get that fix without giving every touch. up too much of your week. A big thumbs up from me. ● The pay-off Even though we lost 11-1 (I think the other Box Hill Action Indoor Sports side had played a bit more often than us), I 9 Clarice Road, Box Hill. 9890 7000 still had a great time. And the run time was www.boxhillindoorsports.com.au just long enough to work up a good sweat

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Manager Jeff Mickan has worked at the shop for 25 years, and knows his fruity from his savoury and his sweet from his dry.

One of Templestowe Cellars’ staple wines, the 42o South pinot noir tastes of red berries and has cedar aromas. Best of all, it’s affordable at $25 a bottle.

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The store specialises in pinot and riesling, which Jeff insists is not too sweet: if you enjoy pinot gris or sauvignon blanc, you are likely to enjoy a good riesling. “We taste all our wines before we buy them, so if it doesn’t come up to scratch … then we don’t support it,” he says.

Who’s buying?

Loyal locals who trust the staff’s advice. The shop keeps customers’ purchase history, so if they can’t remember the name of that red they loved, it’s there on file.

Jeff says the way people buy wine has changed since he started with the shop. “The younger generation aren’t loyal to one brand,” he says. “They’ll come in and say, ‘Give me the best $20 bottle you’ve got’ and if you’ve got a good one, they’ll keep coming back.” ● JEMIMAH CLEGG

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Wendy was born in Perth before the family moved to Melbourne’s outer east.

Charlie worked a range of jobs, including as a stockman and in cattle saleyards. At one point he ran a canoe-building business.

Among other things, Cheryl made curtains and worked as an integration aid.

Wendy attended Ringwood Heights Primary School and her local secondary school, where she was sporty and played the clarinet. Weekends and holidays were packed with canoeing, hiking and cross-country skiing.

She did well at school, but sport was Wendy’s first love. Encouraged by Charlie, she attended canoe meets around the country and has fond memories of hockey, cross-country and athletics. “They brought me up to try your best … it wasn’t always about the end result,” she says. “It was just fun. We’d run at Olympic Park and Dad would come and sneak off work.”

ou are never too young to make a difference – just ask the children at Kingswood College’s Early Learning Centre.

When they realised how stressful life was for their school’s year 11 and 12 students, the ELC children decided to perform a concert for them. The three, four and five-year-olds rehearsed several children’s songs and finished by dancing to Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off Off, delighting their older audience and offering brief respite from demanding study schedules.

“We walked off like rock stars,” Kingswood College ELC co-ordinator Wendy Corser says.

“They gave us a standing ovation. Can you imagine that feeling?” endy was community-minded The performance was part of a “pay it from a young age and always forward” philosophy, in which the various enjoyed being around small school levels are encouraged to help others children, with whom she had and return favours. The senior students will a special connection. Cheryl would say she probably repay the ELC children with some needed a career “where you get to talk”. one-on-one reading or a walking excursion.

During year 11, a friend of a friend told “We’re [also] making cakes for them in a Wendy about a mothercraft nursing course. couple of weeks,” Wendy says. “We’re going to Intrigued, she enrolled in the course at Box make them morning tea. People think that’s Hill TAFE. Her first job was as a play very cute but it’s actually not cute, it’s therapist at Box Hill Hospital, where really empowering.” she spent several years.

The special relationship between alumni Dr Anne Walker Wendy engaged babies and the younger and older students is Tom Meadmore children using role play to explore just one example of how Wendy Samuele Smith their feelings, while making their and her team are redefining Sheryl Ding hospital stay as positive as possible how we see pre-school and the » SEE OVER with fun and games. potential of young children to take Activities were tailored to the charge of their learning. child’s age, capabilities and illness.

At first glance the ELC rooms For example, if they were infectious they’d resemble any other, with colourful art work use play dough that could be thrown out adorning the walls and excited children afterwards. If a child had broken a limb, enjoying activities on pint-sized chairs and they’d put plaster on a doll. tables. But closer inspection reveals they have “We worked through treatments with tackled topics as diverse as being kind to them as well,” Wendy says. “I learnt so much. others and how the human brain works. They People would come back after they had been also enjoy guided meditation and yoga. discharged and bring in a donation or just “We see children as really capable and come back to say hello. We also ran hospital confident,” Wendy says. “It’s not about getting tours for local kindergartens.” the right or wrong answer. It’s about what It was challenging and satisfying work, they’re thinking and their input. Young but Wendy decided to branch out by children want to learn. In our ELC the studying early childhood at the University learning is very visible but it’s also wrapped of Melbourne. She absolutely loved it and up in so much fun.” discovered a passion for researching topics This innovative thinking is part of a close to her heart. philosophy that Wendy has developed over Wendy and her husband, Rob James, many years. She was not overly studious at moved to Warrnambool where Rob studied school, but has studied education almost marine and freshwater biology at university. continuously since and discovered that young Their children Kai, 17, and Kobi, 14, were children are capable of much more than they born there. “I graduated while I was pregnant are given credit for. with Kai,” Wendy says.

As a child, Wendy enjoyed school, When Kai was small, Wendy started especially the social side. Her mother, her first job at Nullawarre & District Cheryl, is American and her father, Charlie, a Kindergarten, half an hour from town. It “£10 Pom”. was attached to a small school and was a They met in northern Western Australia, wonderful experience. “Being in the country, where their older daughter, Jenny, was born.

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people were very kind and very supportive,” she says.

After four years the family returned to Melbourne and Wendy spent 13 years working part-time at a North Ringwood community kindergarten.

She also spent time as an early childhood team leader with the City of Knox, taught at Christ Church Grammar School’s kindergarten and lectured at Swinburne University of Technology.

Somehow she also found time for her boys and to complete a master’s degree in education at the University of Melbourne.

In 2013, Wendy joined Kingswood College as a part-time kindergarten teacher. Last year she became Early Learning Centre co-ordinator but she still teaches the pre-prep class and uses her research background to ensure that the children’s educational world expands while they are having fun.

An advocate of positive education, which teaches children how to be resilient and happy as well as traditional skills, Wendy encourages children to be resilient and drive their learning. Get things right in the foundation years, she argues, and research shows that children will do much better later on.

Instead of telling her charges what they will discuss, Wendy asks

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questions and allows them to do the same.

When they discussed the human brain the children were fascinated, asking about how neurons developed and what their role was.

They also help each other to understand such concepts.

Kingswood College is in the process of becoming accredited as an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program school, so Wendy and her team use its inquiry-based principals in the ELC, which has 28 pre-prep and 12 three-year-old children.

With about 600 children from ELC to year 12, the school has a positive community feel.

“Everyone knows everyone,” Wendy says.

“We can be really responsive to the child’s learning. We’ve got an amazing team. I just think that children deserve knowledgeable teachers. To me it’s the most important job. Every day is new and different and the learning is so apparent.”

The concert for the year 11s and 12s was the perfect example of the school community connecting at different levels. The older students enjoyed a welcome distraction, while the younger children felt enormous satisfaction helping them to relax.

While she encourages the children to take charge of such situations and to learn, Wendy and her team don’t pressure them to read and write before their time. All children are different and many still need to develop the fine motor skills required before they can even try to write. In that case, they are encouraged to mould play dough and use scissors and tongs.

“There’s so much to do before you learn to read and write,” she says.

“You need to get the foundations right.

Most children are interested in acquiring the skills.”

Rather than direct the children at this age, Wendy believes teachers should ask questions with them and try to answer them together.

“Wondering is the most valuable thing, to be honest; wondering with children,” she says.

Kingswood College is the perfect fit for Wendy, who is dedicated to her research and applying ground-breaking approaches such as positive education in the classroom.

“I wouldn’t work anywhere that I didn’t feel had a really good philosophy [and] really good leaders who really support the teachers, the students, the parents,” she says.

“The school culture here is … very holistic.

You can’t do well academically if you don’t have good well-being. A brain that feels happy and content is a brain that learns well.” ● ccritchley@theweeklyreview.com.au » www.kingswoodcollege.vic.edu.au JULY 8, 2015 \ THE WEEKLY REVIEW 21

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Anne spent 1962 to 1972 in Fiji, where she taught, conducted media workshops and helped establish the YWCA. She then gained a master’s degree and a PhD in education at the University of Bloomington in Indiana.

In 1976, Anne co-founded the International Women’s Tribune Centre, which she led as executive director for 27 years. A feminist, activist, artist, photographer and writer, she was integrally involved in developing the global women’s movement. Anne has spent much of her time helping women in developing countries access media and education, recently in Africa and Asia. ●

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Originally from Perth, Tom lives and works in Britain and has enjoyed a successful career as a cameraman, director and producer, with several noteworthy short films under his belt. He is an acclaimed editor who shared a 2012 Emmy award with the team who made Amazing Race Australia and lists National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Channel 4 and the BBC among his many credits. Tom also acts, and appeared on Neighbours in 2002. His first feature length film, How to Lose Jobs & Alienate Girlfriends, had its European premiere at the East End Film Festival in London on July 4. ●

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University of Melbourne bachelor of biomedicine (Chancellor’s Scholars Program) student

Sheryl met her closest friends at Kingswood College, where she developed her passion for science, maths and art. A year 12 social service co-captain, she attended a summer camp for biology Olympiad high achievers and later, Australia’s delegation at the Asian Science Camp. Sheryl was school dux and, after completing a bachelor of biomedicine, she hopes to work in medical research. In 2014 she joined the university’s student-run iGEM team, winning bronze in an international competition. Sheryl is now investigating pluripotent stem cells. ●

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Lisa Randall and her daughter Genevieve have their hands full with their pets. Genevieve is in year 8 at Ivanhoe Grammar and Lisa attended Flora Hill Secondary College in Bendigo.

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My favourite subject at school was …

Art and we had sewing, which I really enjoyed. I really liked maths too at my daughter’s age – until it got really hard [laughs].

My favourite subject at school is …

Art and sport. I just really enjoy doing creative things and I love getting out in the sun.

I couldn’t live without …

My friends. Still can’t.

I can’t live without …

Food. If I had to pick one in particular … chocolate.

My favourite outfit was …

Anything that wasn’t a hand-me-down from my brothers. Being the ’70s, it was probably something brightly coloured.

My favourite outfit is …

When I’m at home and just relaxing, I like wearing a really big jumper and trackies.

My first concert was …

Ooh, I think it might have been Australian Crawl at the Bendigo Showgrounds. It was in the early ’80s, I think.

My first concert was …

It would have been The Lion King King, I think. I can’t really remember it, I was only like four years old.

I was most looking forward to …

Holidays, definitely. For quite a few years we used to go on YMCA camps down in Mornington.

I’m most like Genevieve in the way that …

We’re both quite creative and like doing arty things. We also like getting out in the sun. ●

I’m most looking forward to …

School holidays.

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We have one dog, five rabbits, a chicken and a few fish. ● DANIEL PAPROTH

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e always have something to worry about, whether it be exams, work, money, family or even our footy team losing. This is perfectly normal but some of us develop serious anxiety issues that interfere with day-to-day life. For teenagers facing intense pressure at home, school and on social media, this can be debilitating.

A friend’s 13-year-old is so anxious about media stories on violence and tragic accidents that she can’t sleep without her mother beside her and has issues with sleepovers and school camps. This has affected the whole family.

Another friend’s teenage daughter suffers from general anxiety and used to be physically ill when she had to go to school. Things have improved, but she still worries excessively about things like what might go wrong during a camp.

Her mother, who has worked as an aide with anxious students, says there is a big difference between normal and clinical anxiety.

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If the anxiety relates to a mental disorder such as generalised anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, social anxiety and panic attacks, seek professional help.

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The number of 15 and 16-year-olds reporting that they feel anxious has doubled in the past 30 years.

This might be due to the incredible pressure some teens feel to create the “perfect life” on social media to have a sense of value and self-worth.

Anxiety is a natural human reaction that everyone experiences from time to time; it serves as an alarm system to let us know when we might be in danger. It is completely normal to experience worries. However, when these worries become excessive and persistent, there might be a problem.

There are a few different anxiety disorders, including generalised anxiety, OCD, phobias, social anxiety and panic attacks. Parents can tell if their teen is suffering from generalised anxiety if they have persistent physical symptoms such as headaches, stomach aches, vomiting or tiredness and are missing school and avoiding social activities.

As soon as these symptoms are noticed, it is a good idea to seek a professional consultation from your doctor to rule out anything else. The doctor can then refer you to a mental health professional.

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It’s normal for teens to feel anxious at critical times, such as exams. This is called “acute anxiety”. It becomes a disorder when the anxiety is chronic and the teen feels anxious most of the time. Teens are more anxious now due to the internet, which can overwhelm with information and exposure to world tragedies.

Social media also causes anxiety about being liked and missing out. Also, there is immense pressure to succeed and perform. Some anxious teenagers will act out, becoming hyperactive, irritable or aggressive. Some will become avoidant – staying in their rooms, sleeping too much, watching too much TV. Parents can recognise an anxiety disorder by looking for physical symptoms such as loss of appetite and sleeping problems.

Other symptoms can include fidgeting, nail biting, being easily startled, moodiness, depression and inability to concentrate or make decisions. Keep communication open, be a good listener and encourage habits such as regular eating, exercise and early nights.

Some parents are anxious themselves. As important role models, they should be honest about it. Teens learn best when they see their parents admit fear and show resilience. ● DR JANET HALL Clinical psychologist, managing Richmond Hill Psychology in Melbourne. She has written six parenting books, including Fear-free Children (Finch, Sydney, 2001) www.drjanethall.com.au

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Fast facts \ Two-storey, brick-veneer house with lower-ground level; 2.43 hectares; double-glazed windows and doors; 8.4-metre ceilings in formal living room; three fireplaces; multiple living zones; custom-designed vanities and fireplace mantels; gym; sauna; Sonos integrated sound system piped to outside areas; zoned alarm; perimeter cameras; 60,000-litre water tank; concrete retaining walls to terraced back garden; gas-heated pool; floodlit, mod-grass tennis court; primary schools and secondary schools within a four-kilometre radius.

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emember A Year in Provence and the six acres that launched a bestseller? This house in Wonga Park is on a lot of the same size (2.43 hectares). With its balanced, symmetrical proportions; brick exterior; hip roof; tall windows and balcony balustrades, this house is a page from a French provincial building guide.

A Year author Peter Mayles had a farmer next door, and so does this Jamieson Road house, which nudges the northern border of a farm with espaliered fruit trees – very French.

Here, however, the French reverie ends. While it is easy to be distracted by the aura and the presence this house commands in its idyllic setting, it’s the details that have gone into creating this presence that are most compelling.

Externally, the pinkish hues of brick matched with light cream mortar give this house a relaxed, light feeling. The house is big, but not bulky. It is symmetrical but not boring.

It is far from the madding crowd, yet within walking distance to a general store (at the corner of Brysons and Yarra roads). Its size is proportional to the acreage of its land.

Internally, the stellar features are not brick and mortar, even though some of the rooms have brick feature walls. The stars within are timber and marble.

American white oak is used extensively throughout. On floors the white oak is finished in a dark walnut stain. On the kitchen island bench (which has a marble top), this same oak is the colour of coffee grounds. In the bathrooms, the vanities are stained a deep brown to show off the inset marble panels on the benchtops. These are all custom-crafted pieces.

The grand entry has a beveled-edge, herringbone parquetry floor of American oak. This room is flanked by two staircases leading to the first floor. This entry leads directly to the main lounge, which has a ceiling 8.4 metres high. Central to this room is an open fireplace with a custom-crafted mantel. To the left and right of this fireplace, french doors and multi-pane windows balance each other out to form a visually stunning “wall” of glass.

The drapes (to door height) look like raw silk but are made of sterner stuff, the vendor says. Throughout the house the sheen of these drapes (in different shades of coffee) complements the 2pac satin finish of wall panels, mantels and cabinetry.

To the left of the entry is the library and home office; to the left of the central, formal lounge is a dining room and a billiard room, while to the right is the kitchen and meals area. Both wings open to a large, paved terrace and lawn.

The plan is similarly balanced upstairs, with three bedrooms in a left wing, a fourth bedroom above the entry, while the main bedroom (with en suite and dressing room) is the wing on the right.

The grassed area on the ground floor courtyard is the “roof” of a lower-ground level comprising gym, lounge, sauna and guest quarters. All these rooms open to the grassed and paved pool surrounds.

The floodlit tennis court is on a lower terrace to the pool and the back garden falls gently away to the property’s edges.

A white post-and-rail fence neatly frames the landscape of this house built with a keen eye to detail. ● SIEW-CHING GOH property@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Auction \ July 18 at 1pm

The backyard of this property is big enough for playing basketball or cricket or kicking a footy. Buses pass the front door, primary and secondary schools are in easy walking distance, and the floor plan of the single-level house makes perfect family sense. Behind high fencing, the weatherboard Californian bungalow fronts up in heritage-sensitive tones. A central hall introduces a lounge, a dining room, two bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and the main bathroom. Baltic floorboards, mint-toned walls, plate rails and a candelabra light fitting create an engaging vibe in the lounge. The kitchen, family and meals area has hardy floor tiles; while dado walls and gilded tapware lend retro flair in the bathrooms. There are four bedrooms on the right side of the house. The last one shares the rear wing with a second bathroom and the laundry. Paved areas, a covered barbecue area behind the double garage and oodles of lawn make the backyard a boon for fresh-air recreation. Ducted heating and evaporative cooling are included. ● KAY KEIGHERY

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PROPERTY ID » 2012048073

Price \ $650,000 +

Auction \ July 11 at 11am

This 1950s house is perfectly groomed and fresh to the market. Its one and only owner has kept its modernist details in mint condition, and there are some interesting rarities, including the main bedroom’s speckle-finish wardrobe and the living room’s spaceship-like ceiling lamp. The single-storey house is behind a mature garden and has a single carport. The covered, crazy-paved verandah leads to the long entrance hall; turn left for two of the three double bedrooms (all with built-in wardrobes) and right for the large living and dining room with its Victorian ash floorboards, mosaic open fireplace and mullioned french doors to the verandah. The updated kitchen has Kleenmaid upright stove and dishwasher amid cream laminate cabinetry that continues into the laundry, which has fridge and pantry space. The cedar-lined bathroom has a blue ceramic bath and basin and is supplemented by a shower and powder room. The rear extension has the third bedroom and a retreat. The bungalow offers a possible fourth bedroom. ● ALISON BARCLAY

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BOX HILL SOUTH \ 3 GRANDVIEW ROAD Art deco features bestow timeless grace on this 1920s house. The owners are duly proud of their own input, having recently extended and renovated with flair. From the high side of the street, the house offers a façade that is quite the period charmer with contrasting-brick detail and a curved canopy over the entrance porch. Views from this porch and from the front rooms are far-reaching.

One front room is a large lounge. With an ornate ceiling, picture rails, cocoa-coloured carpet, a gas log fireplace and sash windows inviting those vistas, it’s a space that is classic, cosy and panoramic in one. The other front room is the main bedroom, which has built-in wardrobes and a door to the principal bathroom.

Two-tone cabinetry and stainless-steel appliances star in the kitchen, which links with the family and meals area. Under a vaulted ceiling hung with a fan and uniting inside and out through folding doors, this hub is the hot spot for casual, family interaction.

Kicking off with a wraparound terrace, the lush and private backyard adds a cute home office adjoining an open-air terrace.

There’s roof storage accessible through the garage; ducted heating and split-system units keep things temperate, and nearby Gardiners Creek Reserve makes for a peaceful stroll. ● KAY KEIGHERY

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PROPERTY ID » 2012063580

Price \ $900,000 +

Auction \ July 18 at 10.30am

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Price: Price on application .................................................................

Auction: Saturday July 18 at 11am .................................................................

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Auction: Saturday July 11 at 10.30am .................................................................

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Agent: Andrew Keleher 0417 599 135 .................................................................

Price: $2.1 million - $2.3 million .................................................................

Auction: Saturday August 8 at 11am .................................................................

OFI: Thur 1-1.30pm; Sat noon-12.30pm .................................................................

An excellent foundation for a fabulous family future. An inviting tranquillity flows throughout the superb floor plan of this refined home.

Encapsulating the perfect home for growing families, this house offers unsurpassed luxury and al fresco bliss in this esteemed Templestowe cul-de-sac.

Let's eat lunch @ MDI Café, 144a Springfield Road Let's eat dinner @ Mayura Thai, 291a Springfield Road Let's drink coffee @ Café Vanilli, 89 Railway Road

Let's eat lunch @ Melissa Cakes, 63-65 Parker Street Let's eat dinner @ Senses Restaurant & Bar, 124 James Street Let's drink coffee @ Degani, 25 Anderson Street

Talk to your local branch today.

Upgrade to a premium standard with this new executive residence in an unbeatable location and with meticulous presentation and first-class craftsmanship.

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WARRANDYTE \ 40 ALEXANDER ROAD The neo-classical beauty of this acreage property doesn’t stop at the colonnaded pool terrace. The view north – of lambs gambolling in meadows – is positively Arcadian. It completes the pristine picture of this hillside hideaway, secluded in a private road with just two neighbours.

The brick, single-storey house stands on 4235 square metres and has a self-contained studio. The main house has three large communal areas. The carpeted living room has a fireplace, and the adjoining dining area has a Georgian-style bay window that opens to the rear deck and spectacular view. The meals and family area has polished floorboards. Step down to the nine-metre rumpus room, warmed by a gas log fire, then up to the study, which looks toward Laughing Waters Park. French doors link the rumpus room to the terrace and solar-heated pool.

The kitchen is chic with soft-closing cabinetry, Westinghouse oven and electric cooktop and Asko dishwasher. The island has drawers, and there’s also a built-in sideboard.

In the eastern wing is the main bedroom which has a retreat opening to the pool.

There’s a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite with shower, twin basins and corner spa. Two further bedrooms have built-in wardrobes.

The property has gas ducted heating and split-system cooling. Warrandyte High School is a 10-minute walk. ● ALISON BARCLAY

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PROPERTY ID » 2012059414

Price \ $1.45 million – $1.6 million

Sale by set date \ by July 14

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AUCTION SATURDAY

Forest Hill 12 Jaques Grove Architect designed family home on allotment with permit to build a 2nd dwelling!

Amazing opportunity to live in a stylish home & achieve an amazing return on the land at the rear! The original home is a contemporary designed BV home on a large, flat allotment approx 872m2 (2 allotments combined) with PLANS/PERMIT for a NEW 2 storey townhouse.

Existing dwelling comprises spacious living & dining rms, 3 bedrms, optional 4th bedrm or family rm, kitchen with adj casual meals, ensuite & family bathrm/2 WCs, lge laundry/utilityrm, current dble carport integral to original design with plans for a new dble garage. New townhouse offers open plan living/dining, kitchen/ breakfast bar, 2/3 bedrms or optional study & DLUG. Easy access to EastLink, Forest Hill Chase shops/ supermarket/cinemas, bus terminal, schools & parkland.

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Thurs 2.15-2.45pm & Sat from 12.00pm Saturday 11th July - 12.30pm 62 / D4 In excess of $790,000 Gordon Openstein 0402 303 508 Christina Li 0481 152 178 Brad Ellis 0418 394 062 Blackburn 9894 8788

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BlackBurn South 2A TrAvellyn CourT comfort. lifestyle. location Immaculately maintained single storey 5yo BV property on own title in a quiet court location within easy walking distance to Blackburn South supermarket, retail and restaurants. Accommodation comprises elegant formal living with plantation shutters, stunning modern kitchen with stone benchtops and stainless steel appliances, tiled meals/family area with access to a private, low maintenance courtyard garden, three bedrooms with BIRs - two with ensuite bathrooms plus further family bathroom/3 WCs, ‘European’ laundry and single carport with security roller door. Ideal first home, retirement property or superb investment in this coveted locale.

Enjoy further access to bus on Canterbury Road, Blackburn Village shops/train and a choice of major retail centres.

3A View Auction Mel Ref EPR Contact Office

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Thurs 3.00-3.30pm & Sat 1.15-1.45pm Saturday 18th July - 11.00am 61 / J1 In excess of $700,000 Brad Ellis 0418 394 062 Olivia Jacqueline 0439 968 835 Blackburn 9894 8788

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NuNawadiNg 30 Dunlavin RoaD The best of both suburbs!

Located on the border of Nunawading and Mitcham this neat BV home offers you the best of both suburbs; easy access to Nunawading and Mitcham train stations, thriving Mitcham shopping centre, the Golden Mile retail precinct, parkland and Eastern Freeway.

Accommodation comprises living room with provision for OFP, adjoining dining room; both with polished hardwood floors, modernised kitchen/meals, three bedrooms, family bathroom/separate WC, laundry, single garage, garden shed and full width rear patio overlooking the private rear garden. Ideal first home or superb investment property with scope to extend in this popular locale.

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Office

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Thurs 1-1.30pm & Sat 2.45-3.15pm Saturday 25th July - 11.00am 48 / H8 In excess of $590,000 Olivia Jacqueline 0439 968 835 Peter Wang 0434 052 071 Brad Ellis 0418 394 062 Blackburn 9894 8788

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BlackBurn 2/100 Main Street Walk to thriving Blackburn South shops with easy access to parkland, Blackburn Village/train from this BV unit - the ideal ongoing investment currently leased at $1,414pcm, great first home or superb retirement property comprising living, kit, 2 bedrms with BIRs, bathrm/sep WC & carport.

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View Thurs 12-12.30pm & Sat 10-10.30am Private Sale Mel Ref 61 / J1 EPR In excess of $470,000 Contact Olivia Jacqueline 0439 968 835 Brad Ellis 0418 394 062 Office Blackburn 9894 8788

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NuNawadiNg 12 Efron StrEEt 3 bedrm WB home with working drawings for 2 NEW 4 bedrm homes - superb development proposition (STCA) on approx 984m2 enjoying preferred northerly aspect with parkland at rear.

Currently leased at $1,304pcm.

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View Thurs 1.45-2.15pm & Sat 3.15-3.45pm Expressions of Interest Closing Monday 13th July - 5.00pm Mel Ref 48 / F7 EPR In excess of $770,000 Contact Olivia Jacqueline 0439 968 835 Brad Ellis 0418 394 062 Office Blackburn 9894 8788

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Doncaster 1-5/3 Thiele STreeT ‘state oF tHe art DesIGn, In QUaLItY LocatIon’ – Priced from $780,000 (Massive stamp Duty savings available!)

All offering 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ bathrooms, double lock up, secure basement garaging and outdoor entertaining will be a delight with a selection of balconies and/or courtyards, on title. Stunning modern designed building with uncompromised finishes with external alucobond panels, powder coated aluminium windows and doors, and exposed aggregate paths and driveways, whilst the internal spaces offer modern, neutral décor, featuring Oak floors, quality wool blend carpets, porcelain tiles stunning white kitchens with stone benches and stainless steel Miele appliances, heating and cooling throughout including gas, feature fireplaces.

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Private Sale Mel Ref 47 F1 EPR Contact Agent Contact Lee Salce 0400 770 099 Maurice Di Marzio 0419 182 276 Office Doncaster 9842 1188

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A TASTE OF LUXURY Discover the value of your home by 31st July, 2015 to win a $1,000 Westfield Gift Voucher!

We’re offering all our Manningham residents the chance to win a gift voucher which can be used at any retail outlet at any Westfield Shopping Centre.

Simply contact the hockingstuart Doncaster office and arrange for a free property appraisal before 31st July 2015. The appraisal is obligation free and arranged to fit your schedule.

Call us on 9842 1188 to discover the true value of your home and treat yourself.

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THE PROPERTY MARKET REPORT WITH LEE SALCE Director | 04 00 77 00 99 hockingstuart Doncaster

HOW DO I PREPARE MY PROPERTY FOR LEASE? DO I NEED A PROPERTY MANAGER?

To facilitate the smooth running of a property’s tenancy, most investors will enlist the support of a Property Manager, whose approach is committed, professional and sharply focused on customer service.

HOW DO I DECIDE WHAT WORK NEEDS DOING?

Your Property Manager will make an assessment of your property and take note of anything that might be done to enhance it’s rental potential. This will include any work required to ensure the property is safe for occupancy, such as operational smoke alarms- a requirement by law.

WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE TIME TO ORGANISE THE WORK?

Your Property Manager can arrange quotations from trustworthy trades people, co-ordinate and oversee the work, and manage timelines to ensure the property is available to lease within a reasonable time frame.

DO I NEED INSURANCE?

You should consider Landlord Insurance, which covers against risks specifically associated with renting a property that may not be covered by general home and contents insurance.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IT’S LEASED?

Once the tenancy has commenced, your Property Manager should conduct regular inspections of your property and report back to you. If maintenance is required they can arrange to have the work completed by reliable trades people, who should also be available at short notice should the need be urgent. Any tenant request should be discussed with you and your approval sought before work is commissioned or undertaken. Your tenant’s payment schedules should be closely monitored to ensure they pay their rent on time. The rental market should also be monitored and rental reviews discussed with you periodically. Before the end of a fixed lease, your Property Manager should seek to learn your future intentions and, if agreed, arrange to renew the lease for another period.

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Fantastic family future 964m2 Boasting an elevated grand position and enviable location this beautiful home will impress a myriad of buyers offering incredible scope for future subdivision or extension opportunities on 964m2 approx STCA. The masterful design blends formal and family living with large open plan spaces enhanced by stunning wooden floors and high ceilings throughout. A modern open kitchen and meals area adjoins a family room with private courtyard, formal lounge and dining. Minutes to shopping, cafes, restaurants, freeway, park & ride, schools and more.

AUCTION Saturday 25th July at 12.30pm

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Doncaster

27 Roseville Avenue

DDO8 within sight Of westfielD

Located within sight (& an easy walk) of Westfield Doncaster with the highly sought after DDO8 zoning overlay. This 4 bedroom home set on 658m2 approx of prime land features an open plan with formal lounge, dining, family room & kitchen all either overlooking or connecting to the covered al fresco area on the north side. Incl a large workshop/ storage area. Ducted heating & 2 air conditioners.

TEMPLESTOWE LOWER

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25th July at 11:00am Interest above $900,000 Thurs 4:30 - 5:00pm & Sat 1:30 - 2:00pm Stephen Cadee 0408 266 656 or stephen@landfield.com.au DONCASTER EAST 284 Blackburn Road 9841 4433

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ManninghaM’s PreMier aPartMents

1 & 2 bedroom air conditioned apartments. Many with study areas & 2 car spaces. Amazing City views. Passenger lift to all levels. Full disabled access. Larger than usual floor plans, meticulously designed. Highest level, quality fit out. Soft close, gloss Italian kitchens, stone benches, Miele appliances; Gas hot plates, elec oven, dishwasher & exhaust canopy. Fully tiled bathrooms & more

Selling or Leasing? Contact Landfield for a free market appraisal 9841 4433

PriCe: 1 Bedroom from $399,500. 2 Bedroom from $475,000 2 OPen: Wednesday & Friday 2:30 - 4:00pm & Saturday 10:30 - 12:00pm 2 Open for Inspections at Display Suit: 2/316 Manningham Road Doncaster COntaCt: Stephen Cadee 0408 266 656 or stephen@landfield.com.au 2 OFFiCe: DONCASTER EAST 284 Blackburn Road 9841 4433

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906-908 Doncaster Road, Doncaster East Vic 3109

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Imagine living on a tranquil street, steps from Tunstall Square’s lively shopping hub and a short walk to top schools, medical centres and parkland.

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PESCARA features 23 luxurious 1-3 bedroom apartments, ideal for families, young professionals and downsizers - a secure investment in a prime position! > Substantial balconies, many with views, or generous ground floor gardens > Gourmet kitchens with Miele appliances and Caesarstone benches > Generously-sized, functional open floorplans > Solid Tasmanian oak floors > Secure undercover carspaces with storage > Built by De Felice Brothers PTY LTD, with over 50 years experience

2 BED, 2 BATH FROM $610,000 Scott George 0410 753 549 sgeorge@parkesproperty.com.au

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906-908 Doncaster Road, Doncaster East Vic 3109

Brand New Display Homes Open Now! The Avenue, Selandra Rise & Timbertop Estate Open Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues & Wed from 12-5pm

Knock down - Rebuild From $244,723

The Hawthorn 31.2sq Think of your property as a blank canvas... Now imagine rebuilding the stunning Hawthorn amongst the existing landscape of your street. With its country style and distinctive weatherboard facade, the Hawthorn blends seamlessly with contemporary living and the charm of yesteryear. You will love the warmth of the timber floors and the quality of the finishes like high ceilings, feature cornice, decorative arches and picture rails. The kitchen/family/dining area form an entertainment activity hub which includes a beautiful country kitchen complete with mantelpiece and walk-in pantry. Neatly tucked away behind the kitchen, a stairway leads to your very own attic-style theatre and study/retreat area, proof of the generous living space the Hawthorn has to offer.

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CASIANA GROVE

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TIMBERTOP ESTATE

SELANDRA RISE ESTATE

Flowerbloom Crescent CLYDE NORTH Melway 131 C8

Red Maple Drive CRANBOURNE Melway 133 B6

Stoneleigh Road, CRANBOURNE NORTH Melway 130 K11

Clovelly Way, OFFICER Melway 214 E2

Belant Rise, CLYDE NORTH Melway 134 K5

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Bulleen 69 Yarra ValleY BouleVard

a total family lifestyle is what your growing family can look forward to once the keys are collected and you can officially call this place home. The young family with children will see the appeal of having schools, parks and shops within close proximity, however it’s the presence of four living zones, home theatre, lift access to all three levels, ensuites to all bedrooms, gourmet kitchen and alfresco entertaining with access to an in-ground swimming pool and fully self-contained outdoor kitchenette that’s sure to get the growing family excited.

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BlackBurn 36-38 Laburnum Street In a five-star location for family living on a sizeable allotment, this excellent piece of real estate is destined to change your life for the better. With regards to locations, they don’t come much better given its walking distance proximity to Laburnum shops, Laburnum train station, blackburn Station Village shops, blackburn train station, Laburnum Primary School, box Hill High School and the scenic Gardiners Creek trail. Its generous offering of multiple living areas, spacious bedrooms and a central well-appointed kitchen delivers a light and bright home full of potential.

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3a METHOD PRICE INSPECT CONTACT

Saturday 11th July at 3pm Contact agent for Price thur 3-3.30pm & Sat 2.30-3pm Photo ID required terry burgoyne 0404 842 771 John Stack 0402 443 312 BlackBurn 9878 0222

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TemplesTowe lower 146 TemplesTowe Road showcasing the elegant grace and timeless character of a bygone era with the opportunity for a rewarding future, seize the moment and restore this remarkable residence to its former glory. one of the original homes in the area and complete with its own miniorchard, this substantial-sized residence boasts formal and informal living areas of grand proportions with the added benefit of a dedicated accommodation wing. standing on an excellent 2026sqm (approx.) allotment across the road from Birrurrung park, there’s also scope to develop in a five-star location (sTCa).

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saturday 25th July at 12pm Contact agent for price Thu 3.30-4pm & sat 1.30-2pm Photo ID required mark di Giulio 0407 863 179 spiro drossos 0425 709 479 Doncaster 9842 8888

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Donvale 9 Pescara Place remarkably spacious and highly private courtesy of its secure placement behind high fences that border the sprawling acre (approx.) property, this excellent family home captures the essence of rural living less than a 30-minute drive from Melbourne’s cBD. living of generous proportions is what you can expect inside this flowing single-level residence, which caters for both formal and informal living whilst offering zoned bedrooms designed with space and comfort. Full-length windows also maximise daylight use and frame picturesque views of the scenic landscape.

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saturday 25th July at 2pm $1,200,000 - $1,300,000 Thu 12.30-1, sat 2.30-3 & sun 1.30-2pm Photo ID required Theo Politis 0415 030 088 Belinda McDiarmid 0431 287 117 Doncaster 9842 8888

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Doncaster 37 Rose stReet Boasting an unbeatable location, meticulous presentation and first-class craftsmanship, there are many aspects of your lifestyle that will be upgraded to a premium standard with the purchase of this brand new executive residence, complete with its own title and no body corporate fees. With no expense spared, the future occupant can expect nothing but the best inside this flawless 6.5-star energy-rated home. Fittingly, this stateof-the-art showpiece also boasts a coveted location that’s only a 600m stroll to Westfield shoppingtown and a short two-minute drive to the eastern Freeway!

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TemplesTowe 8 Merna Drive There’s no denying the grand nature of this stately home, perched majestically on an elevated allotment within a stone’s throw of Templestowe Park Primary School to present a compelling case for buyers searching for family living of large proportions. With a total of three separate living zones, two outdoor areas and generous-sized bedrooms coupled with a desirable location within moments of Westerfolds Park, transport, The Pines Shopping Centre, Templestowe village, Westfield Shoppingtown and the eastern Freeway, the spacecraving family has a chance to hit the jackpot with this smart purchase!

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Saturday 25th July at 3pm $900,000 - $990,000 Thu 10.30-11am & Sat 1.30-2pm Photo ID required Jason Stepanow 0405 159 650 ayleisha Plant 0417 333 600 Doncaster 9842 8888

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TemplesTowe lower 56 Rose Avenue Big on space and bursting with potential, unlock the path leading to future rewards with the purchase of this standout property in a first-class location. Measuring a stately 849sqm (approx.) in a location central to schools, Bulleen Plaza and the eastern Freeway, the idea of utilising the existing approved plans and permits for three Townhouses is a smart one.

The existing home, however, is perfectly liveable and allows you to move straight in and enjoy its multiple living areas, five bedrooms and enclosed backyard with an in-ground swimming pool.

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saturday 18th July at 12pm Contact Agent for Price Thu & sat 12.30-1pm Photo ID required James Hatzolos 0418 518 694 Jason stepanow 0405 159 650 Doncaster 9842 8888

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TemplesTowe 111 Atkinson street Package a desirable corner allotment measuring an impressive 649sqm (approx.) with a coveted location on the footsteps of templestowe Village and what you have is the perfect recipe for development success (stCA)! With dual street frontage, you could easily subdivide the block and build brand new townhouses with their own frontage and no common land (stCA). Currently occupying the prized block is a perfectly liveable — and rentable! — three-bedroom home, which offers modern, spacious living inside and excellent alfresco entertaining outside. With so much potential, an inspection is a must!

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saturday 25th July at 1pm More than $800,000 thu 1.30-2pm & sat 2.30-3pm Photo ID required Mark Di Giulio 0407 863 179 Adam spozio 0400 316 214 Doncaster 9842 8888

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BlackBurn 2/5 Railway Road you only need one reason to buy this appealing two-bedroom unit, but we’ll give you three: minimal upkeep, solid investment potential and a sensational Blackburn location that’s within walking distance of Blackburn Station Village and Blackburn train station and only minutes away from laburnum Primary School, Box Hill Central and the Eastern Freeway! loads of natural light illuminates the welcoming lounge on entry, while a well-appointed kitchen and adjacent meals setting extends onto a large covered outdoor area to create a seamless indoor-outdoor arrangement. Two bedrooms are of generous proportions, while gas ducted heating and air-conditioning delivers modern comfort.

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TemplesTowe 8 Meadow Place coveted for its top of the court location and desired for the future rewards it’s destined to achieve, if ever there was a property dressed for success it is this! Showcasing blank canvas appeal, inside and out, be the one who taps into the full potential of this appealing residence by refurbishing the solid single-level layout or building your dream family home on a fantastic 829sqm (approx.) block (STca).

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Saturday 25th July at 1pm $880,000 - $960,000 Thu 10.30-11am & Sat 3.30-4pm Photo ID required James Hatzolos 0418 518 694 Theo Politis 0415 030 088 Doncaster 9842 8888

Doncaster east 16 Windermere Avenue Whether you’re contemplating your next move for your growing family or searching for that dream development site (STCA), you won’t find a better opportunity in a better location. east doncaster Secondary College is less than 300metres away, while Zerbes reserve is a similar distance in the opposite direction. The fantastic 654sqm (approx.) allotment could easily accommodate two modern Townhouses (STCA), but should development opportunities not be on the radar just yet, the existing home boasts spacious bedrooms, multiple living zones and a large grassed backyard the kids will love.

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MitchaM 256 MitchaM Road Peacefully set behind established trees and the modern comfort of double glazed windows; a post-war home presented in such remarkable condition that you can move straight in and not have to lift a single finger. Well-cared for by the one owner since built as new, this character-filled home with a bungalow in the back also delights with its walking distance access to Mullauna college, Mitcham Primary School, shops and transport. then there’s what awaits inside; that being a sun-kissed interior defined by its mix between cork and polished timber flooring, attractive cedar bathroom, radiant living spaces, wellappointed kitchen and abundant natural light.

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Saturday 11th July at 11am Contact Agent for Price Thu 2.30-3pm & Sat 10.30-11am Photo ID required Sam Kocuk 0419 311 222 Adele Kocuk 0412 255 919 Doncaster 9842 8888

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Saturday 11th July at 11am contact agent for Price thur 1-1.30pm & Sat 10.30-11am Photo ID required John Stack 0402 443 312 Kane Penhalluriack 0406 556 445 BlackBurn 9878 0222

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Vermont 75 Betula avenue the challenge of finding the perfect starter or investment in an ideal location is hard enough. thankfully, your task of finding the right home has become much easier with the availability of this excellent property in — you guessed it — the perfect location! Standing on a sizeable 592sqm (approx.) allotment, the solid, original home packages bedrooms of a generous nature with two separate living zones, presenting an enticing option for the young family in desperate need of space. Its blank canvas, yet pristinely presented original interior, will also tempt the smart buyer yearning a home they can truly make their own with a stylish upgrade.

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Doncaster east 13 ArAwAtA Drive Faultless in its location and the opportunity it offers, securing this life-changing property could be the smartest decision you ever make. Standing on a flat 653sqm (approx.) block within walking distance of tunstall Square, choosing to develop the allotment with a couple of units or townhouses makes perfect sense (StCA). Proud and graceful in appearance, this warm and inviting home also presents an excellent option for the young family desiring space, convenience and modern comfort.

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Saturday 18th July at 11am Contact agent for Price thur 2-2.30pm & Sat 1-1.30pm Photo ID required John Stack 0402 443 312 terry Burgoyne 0404 842 771 BlackBurn 9878 0222

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Saturday 25th July at 12pm $800,000 - $880,000 thu 5.30-6, Sat 11.30-12 & Sun 12.30-1pm Photo ID required Jim Kapsalis 0488 837 653 James Hatzolos 0418 518 694 Doncaster 9842 8888

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Bulleen 5/62 ManninghaM Road Striking a stylish pose with its impressive ensemble of polished timber floorboards, beautiful high ceilings, breathtaking open-plan living, spacious bedrooms, sleek bathrooms and quality appointments, this contemporary boutique town residence leaves you wanting for nothing. high in style yet low in maintenance, it’s therefore the perfect choice for empty nesters wishing to downsize, not downgrade, along with young professionals seeking a stylish addition to their lifestyle with a strong focus on carefree living.

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TemplesTowe lower 7 Marcus road From its aptness as a development site (sTca) to its suitability as a practical home for the growing family, such is the wide appeal of this excellent piece of real estate that missing out shouldn’t be an option! Enjoying a sizeable 729sqm (approx.) allotment with plans for two Townhouses, developing the property appears the obvious destiny. The existing home, however, has been tastefully refurbished, allowing the lucky buyer to move straight in!

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Saturday 25th July at 11am Contact agent for Price Thu 2.30-3pm & Sat 3.30-4pm Photo ID required Mark di giulio 0407 863 179 Robert di giulio 0428 273 739 Doncaster 9842 8888

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saturday 18th July at 2pm $760,000 - $840,000 Thu & sat 11.30-12pm Photo ID required James Hatzolos 0418 518 694 Jason stepanow 0405 159 650 Doncaster 9842 8888

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TEMPLESTOWE LOWER 8/325 THOMPSONS ROAD

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Timeless in presentation and carefree in its lifestyle appeal, give your investment portfolio a real boost or grant your growing family the space they crave with this excellent freestanding town residence. Offering the benefits of a full-size family home with the added bonus of an easy-care block in a secure landscaped complex, the well-presented residence also makes perfect sense for the empty nester desiring low maintenance living with enough space to entertain the grandkids.

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