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us-stop ads don’t usually bring the titans of retailing to a grinding halt but there’s one that can be found at the end of a street near you these days that is awe-inspiring in its arrogance. It shows a common electronic consumer item with the tag-line “Browse it at Westfield; Buy it brand new on eBay”. Even just thinking about it, you can almost hear Gerry Harvey wailing. That’s what we do these days, and the major retailers seem helpless to stop us. Shops, and retailers are simply where we do recon for the purchase that will actually be made online from that above-mentioned mass market in the sky, or from an obscure internet shop located somewhere in Annapolis, Missouri. The retailers think we do it because of price, and yes, we do. But it’s not only about price, and that’s where calls by people such as Harvey, for the government to close the loophole that allows tax-free online shopping up to $1000, miss the point. We all love a bargain, but many of us also love, and sorely miss, decent service, and that’s where so much internet shopping has it over all the rest. I’m well aware that one moves quickly into the territory of grumpy old woman by talking of poor shop-floor service, badly arranged goods and lack of in-depth knowledge (or even care!) by retail staff. But has every retailer forgotten that those elements are, or at
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least they used to be, part of the pleasure of shopping? The expert stylist, those fabulous old department store bra-fitters, or the electronic-goods salesperson with an Apple Corp level of product intelligence will secure your loyalty with one transaction. Its absence will see you flee the shop, never to return. And I haven’t met one of them in years. The online shops I’ve become addicted to offer me real-time live chat with an unfailingly cheerful person who knows everything about the product; multiple views and detailed descriptions of the goods under consideration; and parcels delivered to my door, with return forms already filled in and attached. Oh, and there’s usually a discount thrown in for good measure. Yes, cost is important, and the spike in online sales since the dollar jumped is easily tracked, but this sort of stuff is irreplaceable, and I’m happy to support a retailer
that gives a very good appearance of valuing my custom. I know retailers are doing it very tough. We shop sales if we shop at all, and when we’re not doing it online. So why is it that in a confidential chat with one of Melbourne’s more niche, and really rather expensive retailers, she confides that the GFC hasn’t been bad for her at all, in fact she’s moving stock at a quick-fire rate (“But don’t tell anyone!” she says, laughing). Is it because rather than opting for quantity she focuses on exceptional quality and the kind of expert service that most shoppers can only dream of these days? Honestly, if one more shop assistant jumps to declare, loudly and with what seems like more than a little defiance, that no, we don’t have that in stock before I’ve even managed to finish my request, I will return to my computer, load up overstock.com and never set foot in a retail outlet again. I will miss the sense of occasion. But in much contemporary retailing, I’m missing that now already. \ Virginia Trioli is the presenter of ABC News Breakfast on ABC 2, 6-9am weekdays. Follow her on Twitter @LaTrioli
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he author of this story is not C. S. Lewis, and the glass doors at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Prahran do not look like those of a wardrobe. But they might as well be. For once you have passed through those doors and crossed from the real world – where humans walk rather than fly – into this parallel one, the experience of life changes completely. NICA, whose mission is to train and inspire talented young performers to become skilled, innovative circus artists, is the only institution of its kind in Australia. It provides professional training through a three-year bachelor of circus arts, which is auspiced by Swinburne University of Technology. Two Australians who have walked in and then out of those doors are current Cirque du Soleil performer Keiran Bourke, soon to tour Australia with Saltimbanco in 2011, and final-year NICA student Renee Koehler, who will take to her chosen apparatus, the straps, at this year’s Circus Showcase, which runs until December 11. ANDRew McUTCheN crosses the threshold to tell their story and discovers a world as dark and magical as Lewis’ Narnia, full of physical pain, fear of death and feats of unbelievable courage and skill. Meet the flyer, the base and the mortal.
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flyer, the base & the mortal
She claps her palms in chalk, climbs up onto a riser next to the high bar, takes it with both hands and begins swinging her body until the momentum is sufficient that she can knee up onto the bar. After a few micro adjustments of balance, teetering first backwards and then forwards, she stands on top of it, still and unaided. This alone is a mindboggling feat to the mortals in the room, which for now seems to be just me. The other spectators are NICA students, equally muscled and lithe, equally unafraid of injuring themselves on a Friday morning. She stands on the bar 2.5 metres above the ground, then squats a little and launches her body into a flying backward arc. Her outstretched hands grasp for the bar, her palms slamming puffs of chalk into the air, and she uses the powerful downwards momentum to swing around the bar in a 360-degree arc a couple of times. Her trainer, a Russian fellow in a tracksuit who had been quiet, suddenly shouts: “Wait (or weight)! Down! … Shift!”, before she releases into a double backflip dismount. She nails it, almost, then falters slightly, back-stepping on the mat. 6 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
The crowd of students, who had previously been occupied with their own routines, clap and cheer. The mortal does too, wildly, despite himself. She waves to her trainer and then skips over. She offers her hand for a handshake and then withdraws it quickly. We both look at her right palm, which is a bloody mash of chalk and torn skin and strapping. Renee Koehler, who was due for our interview an hour ago, before a NICA trainer forbade it, complaining that it was “eating into her training time”, gives a little apologetic grimace and says: “Sorry I’m late; I’m free to go now.” She opens and closes her hands. “My hands are hating me at the moment; it’s been 12 years since I did high
bars,” Koehler says. “My coach tells me I’ve got to get my skills back. I do have the weekend to recover but I really only have six weeks to get right for the showcase. If I can’t do anything hard on the bar, then I don’t want to do it at all.” If her hands are hating her, her arms, which are blistered with rope burns and coloured by Patricia Cornwell book-cover bruises, can’t be much happier. The magic I have just witnessed, like Narnian Turkish delight, has its cost. Ouch. “I do get sick of the pain, but it’s part of what I do. You can tell what a circus performer does by the marks on their body,” Koehler says, a little embarrassed by my horrified reaction. “If their knees and hands are all
above: Renee Koehler, a student at NICA in Prahran, on the straps. right: Koehler’s scarred hands. (ShANNoN MoRRIS)
manky, they’re probably a trapeze artist. Hula-hoopers have bruises around their ankles and, yeah, this is what straps looks like.” We walk past a girl whose body is covered in vivid tattoos laying on her stomach reading a novel. In a rehearsal room with a door ajar, there are five people, all frozen in different poses. I peer in and stop walking. One holds a glass ball, another balances a chair on one leg. “Change!” The lecturer shouts and in a microsecond all five have snapped into different poses and are once again still. “Movement classes,” Koehler says with a grin. “Fun.” The word fun has more to do with the flyer’s story than the base’s. Until only 2½ years ago, Canberra-bornand-raised Koehler, who has an Aboriginal mother and a German father, was “100 per cent sure” she’d be a vet, especially after she came down to NICA at 18 to audition but “chickened out”. It seemed the circus dream was dead. “So I went back to Canberra and I worked in the public service, just like my mum, my dad and my sister,” she says. “I love animals and I worked with the detector dogs in Customs. That was really fun, but then I went travelling and decided I wanted to become a vet. I was waiting for that passion to hit me, and it never came. I thought it’s time to do something for me. I reapplied for NICA. I got an audition and I was accepted, which was really lucky.” NICA’s three-year bachelor of circus arts encompasses a diploma and advanced diploma of circus arts and admits only 24 students to the first-year program. The degree program provides intensive tuition with highly experienced trainers from a diverse range of nationalities, backgrounds and circus genres. Subjects include dance, performance, the history of circus and business studies. “Aside from core subjects, you choose your specialities, and you should choose something that’s fun so you can look forward to that every day,” Koehler says. If only she could take her own advice. Her speciality is “straps”, possibly the most physically demanding of all apparatuses. It requires tremendous strength and also control. “Not many girls do straps, so in a competitive industry I thought it would be smart. I have a very strong upper body; I did gymnastics when I was little and I wasn’t flexible but I was really strong and was good at the power moves. I don’t really enjoy it,” Koehler admits with a laugh when pressed. “You get sore shoulders but your body adapts to it. It just becomes numb.” Koehler, the flyer, and Keiran Bourke, the base, have studied and worked together. “He was in my year at NICA,” Koehler says. “We were doing adagio (an extraordinary two-person act that involves balancing on each other) when he left. I was his flyer too; I’m the person that he throws around and catches. “It sounds like a glamorous, fun lifestyle but there’s a lot of stress, and when everyone’s socialising, you’re working. You’ve got people’s lives in your hands so you can’t go wild and do whatever you want, which you might like to do in your 20s. It’s not as crazy as people think. Your body must be in optimum shape to carry out its tasks. You have to be a perfectionist; you don’t have any room to stuff up.” With a pizza and a couple of pots of tea dispatched, I have one last question: what is Koehler’s dream; is it to follow Bourke to Cirque du Soleil? “Everyone thinks that Cirque is the ultimate, but it depends what you want to do in the show,” she says. “Cirque as a whole is the best of the best doing what they do best in each act, unless you’re a base like Keiran and you do various things. Circus Oz, on the other hand, has a really small cast, so you have to be a generalist. You’re playing an instrument, you’re roller-skating, so many different things.” Koehler’s dream is neither one nor the other, it’s “just
to be employed! It’s such a hard industry to get into”. “I just want to be a flyer in something,” she says. “If I can get a job doing that with a stable contract for a few years I’ll be happy. I’m 26, so if I want to have a family and stuff I need to get a job now and make some money doing my physical performing while I can, until my body can’t take it any more or I’m starting to get a bit old to have kids. But lots of people go back into it after they’ve had kids; that is still an option. “Personally, I like to push things, which is why I’m doing the high bar, because afterwards, when you get through it, you’re on such a high. And then as I get older I’ll probably downgrade to easier specialties that aren’t as dangerous.”
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“Soleil” is French for “sun”, and while those in Cirque du Soleil, or “Circus of the Sun”, shine for much of their days, they spend half of their lives in the dark, fearing for their bodies, their careers and the lives of their fellow performers. Australian Cirque du Soleil performer Keiran Bourke, who dreamed of being in the elite Canadian entertainment company since he was 10, loves nothing more than the smiles of the audience as he and his highly skilled, absurdly fit troupe go through their finely tuned motions. But he confirms in an interview that was strung as tight as a high wire that “the other side” of the circus is a very real one for him and his colleagues. “There are three things that will make this show happen,” says Dominic Champagne, the theatre director of Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai, in a documentary about the making of the show. “Emotion, emotion, emotion. Give your soul to touch their heart.” The same, in as many words, has been told to Bourke of the Cirque show he’s performing in, Saltimbanco, which will tour Melbourne from May 25 to June 3 next year. “You’re asked to give everything you have to the performance,” he says, from Portugal, where the troupe will stay for another couple of months before moving on again. Talk of heart, soul and sacrifice is common in the circus world. It is a terrible cliché to say that one can have “a love affair” with one’s work. But in the case of Keiran Bourke it is a turn of phrase that runs deep. Because his ongoing relationship with elite acrobatics and gymnastics contains all the elements of a passionate affair, including the intense attachment, the physical and mental abuse, the masochism and the fear, above all, that one day it will end. “It’s something I don’t like to even think about,” says Bourke, who lists a 45-year-old flyer in his current troupe as a mentor and hero.
» right: Baroque characters from Cirque du Soleil’s Saltimbanco. (SuPPlIed)
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“At the end of the show I’m exhausted physically and mentally because it’s an intense show for me,” Bourke says, his voice weary on the international telephone line. “I do quite a lot of different things that involve other people’s lives at risk and not just my own, so it’s quite stressful on the mind, and doing the acrobatics is very stressful on the body.” The language of the Cirque performer is patterned with this phrase “lives at risk”. While the audience delights and suspends their belief during 14-metre dives into shallow water and mid-air catches and holds, the acrobats hold to their belief – in themselves and each other – and hope they won’t be injured in the process. Part of the magic of Cirque is this dislocated reality, which Bourke says is “the goal of Cirque du Soleil. To take an audience away from their day-to-day and just let them have fun and draw them in for two hours while we’re performing.” Cirque du Soleil shows usually succeed in creating this illusion. You can quickly believe that what you are seeing is as fantastical as the world created in the film Avatar. But it’s flesh, blood, exhilaration and fear on the part of the performers. Especially for Keiran, whose act on the seven-metre-tall Chinese poles and whose role as a “pusher” in the Russian swing act are both among the most dangerous in Saltimbanco. “I’m actually a back pusher, so I stand at the back of the Russian swing, a big A-frame pendulum which can swing all the way around, 360 degrees,” Bourke explains. “It’s a very stressful position to have because I’ve got to control how hard the swing is going and push the flyer to the right height so they can do the acrobatics. “There’s lots of muscle memory, too. You don’t necessarily think, ‘I have to push now’. Your body just knows when to do it. But that takes quite a long time to know how it should feel and where you are and what you have to do. It takes a while to warm down from all of the adrenalin that goes through you. I usually watch movies
grave misconception that elite acrobats live a carefree, happy-go-lucky circus life flying through the air and putting on fun make-up, which, incidentally he must do himself every night for 1½ hours. The circus wasn’t always this full-on for Bourke, whose first residency was in Albury-Wodonga with the Flying Fruit Fly Circus a mere five years ago. “I started doing circus classes around Melbourne on Saturday mornings when I was a kid and they ran for two hours at a time,” Bourke says. “I trained by myself at home doing handstands in the hallway until I was 15. Then I got an audition with the Fruit Flies and I spent three amazing years there under my coach, Sergei Okhai, who was a performer in Cirque du Soleil for 10 years.” The dream to perform in a circus for a living was no doubt helped along by his champion trampolinist father, Peter Bourke, who provided Keiran with some very twisty DNA, not as fully utilised by Keiran’s two brothers, one a real-estate agent and the other a fireman. “Dad ran a trampoline school from our backyard when we were younger,” Bourke says. “I learnt some very basic things off him and became accustomed to performing with my body. But it wasn’t until 1999 when I saw Cirque du Soleil performing in the big top that I said to my family, ‘That’s what I want to do for a job!’ Eleven years later, here I am. My parents were very supportive, but I also had to work my ass off to get here.” Saltimbanco was created by Franco Dragone, who was inspired by the way multiculturalism had shaped the nature and direction of Cirque du Soleil, founded in 1984. Bourke promises much of the performance, saying he enjoys watching it when he’s not participating. “It’s a very high-energy show with lots of high-level acts,” Bourke says. “The Russian swing will have people on the edge of their seats. It will have them wondering what’s going to happen next and what the jumper’s going to do and how they’re going to land.”
“IT’S DefINITely The MoST DaNGerouS aCT I’ve ever SeeN aND I GeT To Do IT every NIGhT.”
above: Australian Cirque du Soleil performer Keiran Bourke, who dreamed of being in the elite Canadian entertainment company since he was 10. (Supplied)
left: Baron, a character from Cirque du Soleil. (Supplied)
until three in the morning until I finally drift to sleep. “I have fallen before,” Keiran says of the Chinese poles, which are vertically positioned poles the performer climbs and grips with hands, feet and limbs. “I landed on my back, which bruised up quite a bit. But we have good physio staff on site who travel with us and make sure we’re fit and ready to do the show, however many shows we do a week, which can be between six and 10.” The Russian swing is rumoured to be the apparatus involved in a fatal injury to a Ukrainian acrobat at the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal, Canada, in October 2009. According to reports, acrobat Oleksandr Zhurov was training on the swing when he lost his balance, falling to the floor and striking his head. Cirque du Soleil was fined for a breach of occupational health and safety standards by the Quebec occupational health and safety board and has since taken steps to lessen the risks for performers using the swing. “It’s definitely the most dangerous act I’ve ever seen and I get to do it every night,” Bourke says with a mix of pride and trepidation. “It’s pretty fun but very stressful. You have to fully respect your apparatus. If we lose that caution, then that’s when something’s going to happen.” The combination of pressure, extreme discipline and responsibility has matured the young performer, who – amazingly, given his countenance, which is serious and watchful – is only 21 years old. It is a
The MorTal
The numbness of mind that a mortal experiences after talking to elite circus performers must be attributed to a kind of disbelief or perhaps to the fact that what they do on a daily basis seems to be on the “in” side of sane. Despite Koehler’s damaged hands and Bourke’s late-night adrenalin detox, both must front for training and work tomorrow, and both claim, in exactly the same words, to “look forward to the rush”. At the end of my interview with Renee Koehler we wandered back to NICA past students lolling around the public square at the entrance to the academy. Pretty similar to any high school or uni quad, except a few of them were sitting comfortably in the splits position, or walking around on their hands. As I went to leave this magical wardrobe and re-enter the non-circus world of gravity and minimal self-harm, Koehler had one last comment, which she’d saved for Keiran Bourke. “You know, it’s absolutely impressive that Keiran is a base in Cirque du Soleil,” she says fondly. “He has such good technique, he’s worth his weight in gold. As a flyer you really need to trust your base, and when you do, you have less fear. They don’t get enough credit, because they’re the ones actually balancing you. If they drop their elbows, you fall. They’re the ones with the responsibility; it’s probably more stressful to have someone else’s life in your hands instead of just your own.” \
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Millswyn\ boon for foodies three years since colourful it’s been restaurateur Paul Lynch quit the legendary Lynch’s of South Yarra, closing the door
on three decades of fine-dining history. After a brief intermission during which the corner Victorian terrace continued trading under its founder’s name, Lynch’s has been reborn as The Millswyn. The interiors have had a don’t-scare-the-locals lift by design studio Hecker Guthrie. Expect elegant Shaker Style furnishings, Italian porcelain light fittings, striped linens and a muted Scandinavian colour scheme. It might feel a bit frigid if not for leafy views out the windows and Anne Zahalka’s surrealist wildlife photographs adorning the walls. Echoes of the old Lynch’s linger in the marble fireplaces and, in the men’s toilets, a vintage black-and-white shot of four attractive women kneeling in the sand, utterly naked. The caption reads, “Lynch’s Volleyball Team Resting Between Sets on Elwood Beach”. The Millswyn’s menu speaks with the same French accent as Lynch’s once did but head chef Nathan Johnson (ex-Maze Grill), offers a much fresher, contemporary take on the cuisine – and dabbles elsewhere in Europe when the mood takes him. The menu’s classic bistro format features two substantial columns of appetising foods, ranging from oysters and charcuterie to a duet of pastas and three salads bound to find favour with slimming socialites. Johnson’s food is surprisingly good, and superb at times. He can’t lose with a charcuterie plate showcasing the finest Spanish ham in the world, Joselito jamón ibérico de bellota, complemented simply by cubes of Spain’s best cheese, Manchego, and plump Sicilian olives. There’s also some sliced salami, but it’s lost beside the exhilarating, acorn-scented ham. Meanwhile, a starter of potted duck comes with sourdough soldiers and a jar of slightly bullying pear and apple chutney. The rillette’s quite delicious without smothering it in a sweet fruit paste. We’re thrilled with the food so far, and with a Volnay Sancerre we choose from the book-sized drinks list. The wine selection is refreshingly original and prices are reasonable unless your tastes run to a Burgundy grand cru. If so, good luck to you. Waiter service is friendly but also hilarious at times. The floor manager apologises nine times to the table of four beside us as he delivers their last main course after the other three have all but finished theirs. A runner appears on the threshold of the dining room gripping two mains that look suspiciously like ours. She is standing there bewildered, scanning the room for a sign to direct her, when a finger appears in the doorway and begins pointing forcefully at us. We can’t tell whose hand it is because the owner is hiding behind the door. It’s like watching a skit starring Thing from The Addams Family, and it’s just as amusing. Thanks to Thing, our dishes find their mark, and once they’re on our table all is forgiven. Both look luscious. A glistening slab of hapuka rests beside a
Above left: Hapuka is accompanied by a nicoise-style salad. Above right: Chocolate tart with vanilla salt. Left: The interior is elegant. (DARRIAN TRAYNOR)
nicoise-style salad of sliced tiny potatoes, quail eggs, roasted capsicum, cherry tomatoes and white anchovies. Beneath its dark crust, the fish is fleshy and juicy, but the sprinkle of diced olive on top is unnecessary. "Suckling pig nose-to-tail" is a fastidious arrangement of pork packages on a white platter. The pig’s head and trotters are shredded, rolled, breadcrumbed and deep fried into golden patties drizzled with a full-bodied jus. Shoulder and leg meat is marinated for 24 hours and then pressed into a rich, loose, confit terrine. There’s also roasted loin, a wonderful scored slab of pork belly slow-cooked in the trendy sous-vide style, and celeriac and fennel to cut through the cardiac richness of it all. For dessert we relocate to the streetfront terrace with its floral mosaic flooring and cast-iron Corinthians. South Yarra’s smart already seems to have adopted it as their favourite outdoor haunt. While neighbouring tables cavort with fine wines and fags, we try to maintain our decorum over a slice of gooey gouache tart with milk ice-cream and vanilla salt. If I lived closer to The Millswyn I would plan many repeat visits to work my way through Johnson’s exciting menu. But service standards need to improve quick-smart to match the food and fit-out here, especially now that the legendary chef Cheong Liew is in residence at The Botanical, just a few doors up the road. \
KENDALL HILL khill@theweeklyreview.com.au
eat this THE MILLswyN Corner Millswyn street and Domain Road, south yarra. Cuisine: Modern French Chef: Nathan Johnson
Hip pocket: About $75 a head, drinks extra. Open: Daily noon-3pm, 6-10pm. Highlights: Elegant interiors, exciting food. Lowlights: Haphazard service. Bookings: Yes. Phone: 9866 5627
we rate it
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Fields oF gold more than a drink wine is for me. In each bottle there is history, heartache, hard work and
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personality. Plus the wine, obviously. I love getting out and meeting the people behind the label, talking to winemakers and vignerons about how they got into wine. Their answers are always different, and you’d be surprised by their various backgrounds. However, one thing is constant: their passion. I’ve written in these pages before that the more I know about a winemaker, the closer I feel to the wine and the more enjoyment I get from a bottle. Wine Australia has been running an excellent campaign this year called A+ Australian Wine, which champions Australian wineries and the stories they have to tell. It’s a fascinating initiative and well worth checking out at www.australiaplus.com. The Bendigo wine region has gone a step further and released a book, Mixed Cases, that highlights the rich (and little-known, I’d suggest) winemaking history of the region and gives an insight into the diversity of the region’s winemaking fraternity. I reckon regions such as Bendigo tend to slip under the radar a bit, while those closer to Melbourne, such as the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula, get all the attention. Mixed Cases not only gives the region much-needed publicity, it’s also a good read that leaves the reader with a satisfying sense of what the region is about. Cracking tales include the one about super chef Stefano de Pieri cooking lunches for the pickers during harvest at Passing Clouds in the ’80s to Queen Elizabeth II being served Water Wheel wines during her visit in 2006. I have friends with a block of land just outside Bridgewater On Loddon and have called into quite a few Bendigo cellar doors over the years. Highlights for me have been the Pondalowie cellar door on the town’s
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main street and the nearby Passing Clouds, where there’s always been a tempting cleanskin offer and a load of stories about the wines and past vintages. So many, in fact, that I’ve often stayed far longer then planned and have had to skip other cellar doors that were on the itinerary just to get back to Melbourne at a reasonable hour. There’s plenty going on around Bendigo, with the excellent Bendigo Art Gallery showing international exhibitions that bypass Melbourne and the other capital cities, so it’s worth thinking about next time you’re heading out of town to discover a few cellar doors. \
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» For more information about Mixed Cases and where to pick up a copy, phone 1800 813 153.
HiSTOriC BENdigO • The first vines were planted about 1855 during the gold rush. • The region quickly found fame overseas and at the 1873 Vienna Exhibition, the judges said of the region’s Hermitage (shiraz): “no colonial wine can be that good)”. • Phylloxera, a tiny insect that feeds on the vine’s roots, was discovered in the region in 1893 and soon after a government-driven vine eradication scheme took place. Many wineries saw bigger profits in dairy cows than wine and didn’t replant their vines. It would be another 80 years before the region made its name again.
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TASTINGS\ DRINK THIS Bit of age
PASSING CLOUDS GRAEME’S BLEND 2005 (Bendigo) $25; 13.5% ★★★★
Food match: Roast leg of lamb
It’s good to see wines with a bit of age to them on the shelves. You could hold onto this for a few more years, but why bother? It’s drinking nicely now. Blackberry, cherry, chocolate and slightly dusty oak aromas waft about the glass. Time has softened the tannins, which play a supporting role to the medium-bodied flavours of stewed plum, blackcurrant, pepper and spice. A persistent, spicy plum finish provides a nice ending.
Top quaffer
Squeeze this under the Christmas tree.
WATER WHEEL MEMSIE HOMESTEAD 2008 (Bendigo) $14; 14% ★★★ ½
Food match: Pizza
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This is shiraz with a little malbec (7 per cent) and cabernet sauvignon (6 per cent) blended in, and most years it over-delivers for the money. This year is no exception. It is a pretty-smelling wine with dark cherries, blackberries, redcurrants and spice rising from the glass. Subtle tannins and bright acid are nicely blanced with ripe flavours of cherries, redcurrant and a slighty sour rhubarb element that I’m quite fond of. BALGOWNIE ESTATE BLACK LABEL SHIRAZ 2008 (Bendigo & Grampians) $24; 14.5% ★★★★
Top value
Creamy texture
Food match: Fancy bangers and mash
The Grampians is the source of 33.5 per cent of this wine (there’s also 2.5 per cent of viognier in here) but the rest is from Bendigo, and it’s a pretty terrific wine for the price. There’s a lift from the viognier on the nose, along with blackberries, plums, blueberries, cloves and a hint of eucalypt. It’s full-bodied and ripe, with blackberry, dark cherry, pepper, dried herbs and vanilla well supported by bright acid and chewy tannins. I really enjoyed drinking this. Great value, too. BRESS ROSE CABERNETS 2010 (Bendigo) $20; 13% ★★★★
Food match: Charcuterie platter
My aunt Heather put me onto the wines of Bress a few years ago, and we often split a mixed case. I haven’t been disappointed yet. A pale-salmon colour, this has a note on the back that says it’s the “strawberries-and-cream” wine, but there’s more to it than just that. It does have strawberries-and-cream flavours, alongside blueberry, raspberry, cinnamon and red cherry. A creamy texture and soft, yet refreshing acid lead on to a raspberry finish with faint herbal notes. 5★ OUTSTANDING 4★ REALLY GOOD 3★ GOOD 2★ OK 1★ NOT WORTH IT
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CHATEAU LEAMON CABERNET SAUVIGNON, CABERNET FRANC, MERLOT 2008 (Bendigo) $23; 14.5% ★★★★ ½ Food match: Lamb kebabs I’m always partial to a blend with cabernet franc included – I like the lift it seems to add to the mix. The is rather complex for the money, with aromas of blackcurrant, raspberry, rose petal, bay leaf and tobacco. It’s medium-bodied, with flavours of plum, stewed blackcurrants, chocolate, leather and earthy notes. For a wine with high alcohol, this is quite light on its feet, with bright acid and fine-grained tannins balancing out the ripe flavours. This gained complexity the longer it was open, so it should be a safe bet for the cellar. december 8, 2010 \ The weekly review 13
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’ve decided to do something crazy and attempt to lose weight before I actually put it on over Christmas. I’m really good like that. Totally ahead of myself. Except that I’m already behind by about five kilos. So the cardio-twist machine has been dusted off. I used it twice last week and could barely walk, my calves were so sore. Makes you wonder if exercise really is that good for you, when you endure pain such as that. I was all hunched over like a sour, old drunk person. But it happens every year about this time – the thought of summer and bathers and a big dose of daytime-television guilt brings on the urge to shed. If there’s not a million ads about weight-loss products that fit neatly under your bed in the Oprah hour, there’s a whole schedule spruiking life and funeral insurance and that’s seriously persuasive advertising. The cardio-twist machine was purchased during last year’s pre-Christmas panic attack. It was eventually brought out and used about four times. One day, I put it neatly away next to my desk, not for a second realising I would not use it again for 12 months, choosing instead to feel guilty about it every single remaining day of 2010. Guilt about Christmas indulgences is one of the negative things about the season. Last week I was full of yuletide joys,
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anticipating all those lovely barbecues and get-togethers. But every day is ‘‘bring a plate’’ day in December. I’m not one for baking – fairy bread and Chocolate Royals with melted snow on top is about as complicated as it gets for me. But there are people I know who make individual little packets of White Christmas with green-and-red bows and I’ve always been suspicious of them. I really hate it when do-gooders give me something lovely and home-made and I give them, um, nothing, because I didn’t know we were giving. That bit I hate. But I do like White Christmas. And I love shortbread and chocolate peanuts and brightly wrapped toffees, and I really don’t get why we don’t eat these things all the time. (Was it just us, or did anyone else get buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken as an extra-special treat at Christmas time? I know I’m not alone – other friends have fessed up. KFC was culinary gold for kids who were raised by people who were raised by other people who lived through the Depression – kids who were regularly made to eat stewed rabbit and corned beef with mash were rewarded with a big bucket of juicy fried chicken and a pot of potato and gravy at Christmas, and what a joy that was to behold.) So this week, the joy of Christmas is fading, but only slightly. I’m avoiding the Christmas decoration aisles in the supermarket (too hard, the
kids just want all of them) and phone calls from my mum, who wants to discuss in detail all of the grandchildren’s Christmas presents. For hours. And I’m wondering how many newspaper articles I can possibly read about how not to get sacked or drunk and disgraceful at the office Christmas break-up. Call me crazy, but isn’t that the point? Just ask anyone who has ever slaved over a computer or counted beans in a cubicle all year to hold back on the free champers. And when else do you get to tell you boss he’s a nutter? But wait, I just thought of another positive. If you say you have Santa’s phone number, you can get the kids to do literally anything. At my daughter’s crèche, the carers tell the toddlers that when the lights change colour on the overhead alarm sensor, Santa is watching. They teach kids all sorts of good things at crèche – sharing, how to hold a fork and use a pencil and not to spit on each other, and many of them we try to reinforce at home. But this little pearl of wisdom is the best one of all. The kids are spooked into being good 24/7. And that’s the Christmas spirit we want. \
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It could be the immaculate lawn. I CAFÉ spotted owner Greg Saunders watering one obsessively Sunday when his fab new place
opened in early September. It’s lush and green now. Or the tyre swing hanging from the front tree. (Today tested for strength by a golden-haired lad, who eventually ran out of steam.) But mostly likely the atmosphere and the edge at the Salford Lads Club should be attributed to its visionary owner and his energetic team. Saunders puts it simply: “The people coming here, and some of them come from right across town, really get what we are into. They really seem to dig it.” The “what” is a combination of nostalgia, respect for time out, good food and coffee – and a touch of old-fashioned charm. Saunders, a bricklayer for 25 years, has transformed this former factory, named after an English club founded for working-class boys in the early 1900s and featured on a Smiths’ album cover, into a secluded, self-contained haven in the backblocks of Port Melbourne. Cyclists, factory workers and local families soak up the atmosphere
and appreciate the passionately extracted espressos with notes of berries, roasted hazelnuts and a creamy, toffee finish. Tom Singer (pictured) arrived BARISTA in Melbourne from Perth in April last year. He trained with the Five Senses
coffee company and was working in another café in Port Melbourne when Saunders “found” him. Just two months after this laid-back café opened, he’s already at home. Singer’s visibly happy with his place of employment. “I get to hang out with great people all day and focus on making coffee. There’s no huge stress. It’s all pretty good,” he says. He likes the regulars and has enjoyed working the Coffee Supreme “South” blend the café is using. The Salford Lads Club is busy. There’s a growing band of regulars through the week and a transient, interested crowd on weekends to challenge his coffee-making skills. \
LEANNE TOLRA leanne.tolra@gmail.com
SIp ThIS SALfORd LAdS CLub 1 fennell Street, Port Melbourne barista: Tom Singer Coffee: Coffee Supreme barista’s choice: Espresso
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Review\ inteRview
The remake Stephen Linnell’s life unravelled the day he lied to an Office of Police Integrity hearing. PETER WILMOTH meets a man who is slowly remaking himself.
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s a veteran journalist and spokesman for Victoria Police, Stephen Linnell was good at finding the right words. For 20 years these words were used in the sporting pages of The Age, or at the news conference when he was that paper’s news editor or communicating the official police line. And then one day this skill deserted him. Giving evidence at an Office of Police Integrity hearing, torn between an instinct to tell the truth and loyalty to a friend, Linnell couldn’t find the right words. So he lied. And it has changed his life forever. “I went down the wrong path. I did the wrong thing,” Linnell says. “I’ve asked myself every day since, ‘Why did I do that?’ And I haven’t got an answer. I guess at the time I was under pressure. Until that point whenever I’d been under pressure I think I’d trusted my judgment and made the right call. On this occasion I didn’t.” In September 2007 Linnell told the OPI hearing he had never spoken to anyone outside the “reference group” about a taskforce known internally as Operation Briars, a secret investigation into the death of a self-confessed vampire and male prostitute, Shane Chartres-Abbott. But what Linnell didn’t reveal was that he had, on his computer screen, shown close friend Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby a part of a media strategy. Secretly taped conversations between Linnell and Ashby were played at the OPI hearing. “I’d done the wrong thing by showing him, earlier, the Briars media strategy, so I guess there was a bit of self-preservation involved in that,” Linnell says. “I didn’t want that to come out because then I’d lose my job. But then I also didn’t want to impact on Noel because I was very close to (him). I was looking to protect him. Those issues overrode sensibility in a sense.” In his book Don’t Tell The Chief, Linnell writes: “My first mistake came early in the proceedings and once I had made it, I had locked myself into a spiral of lies and stupidity. I look back now with a sense of anger and incredulity. How could I have been so stupid?” Linnell was charged with 19 offences and later convicted after pleading guilty to perjury charges. He was sentenced to eight months’ jail, suspended for two years. He later appealed and, despite his guilty plea on June 16 this year, all convictions were overturned in the County Court. For someone well paid to be strategic and having grown up in a journalistic culture of sorting fact from fiction, it was an extraordinary lapse. “It’s disappointed me, absolutely,” Linnell says. “Initially it horrified me when I reflected (on it). And I spent a lot of time kicking myself. And I still do. Up until that point I’d had a fantastic career, both at The Age and a very responsible, high-paying position with Victoria Police and I blew it. “I’ve thrown away any further career opportunities. I’ve thrown away my reputation, and they’re things you can never get back. I let a lot of people down but I also let myself down.” We are talking at the offices of Star News Group in Tullamarine, where Linnell now edits nine community newspapers. This job has been central to his personal rehabilitation. It has allowed him to rebuild his confidence and self-respect. It has brought him back into doing what he does best. And he wants it known he is extremely grateful – for 16 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
the work, for the support of his family and friends during the terrible saga, and for a second chance. It has been a long and painful journey to get to this point. At Victoria Police, Linnell, from his front-row seat, found himself swept up in the intrigue of police politics. He became the man who knew too much and he couldn’t keep it to himself. “The main thing was, one: Did I show Ashby or talk to anybody about Operation Briars?“ Linnell says. “And I lied about that to protect Ashby and in part myself. And then things flowed: Did I ever have discussions with Ashby about Briars? And I said ‘no’… but I had. Then I got on the phone and told him what had happened in the hearings. What was I thinking then? I was panicking at that point. And I was quite concerned. I always knew that I’d done the wrong thing and I sought to remedy that as soon as possible after the hearings.” He has since endlessly revisited the moment he showed Ashby the Briars document. “I was talking to a close mate, who was an Assistant Commissioner, a former Deputy Commissioner, a guy who would run second to (Christine) Nixon in 2001 … It’s wrong that I showed him that media strategy and discussed it with him. But at the time I was thinking, ‘Well, he’s within the inner circle’. It’s not as though I was talking to a journo or talking to somebody outside of Victoria Police or a family member. And I was very cognisant through my entire time never to do that. “We talked like mates. It was horrifying to sit back during the OPI hearings and then later during Ashby’s committal when they were playing tapes of our everyday conversations. It’s a horrible thought.” He hasn’t spoken to Ashby since September 2007.
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innell faced a long jail term. “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t concern me. When they were saying I faced up to 15 years in jail I’m thinking, ‘This can’t be good’. Even though you know you’re not going to get 15, it’s still there.” He was concerned when former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld, then 70, received a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to perjury having lied to avoid a speeding fine. “I thought I’m in a bit of strife here,” Linnell says. Linnell picked up a sense there were some in the media who wished him ill. “Because I had been part of them there was an added spur … some people would have liked to have seen me go to jail. That’s fine, that’s understandable.” Linnell needed to overcome his fear of being seen in public and earn some income for his family. “A mate gave me a job as a labourer. That was the best therapy … being out on a building site with your run-of-the mill tradies, they didn’t care what I’d done, they only cared
Stephen Linnell: He has worked his way back to normality after becoming the man who knew too much. (JULES TAHAN)
whether I could get a crowbar, rip into some clay and get a shovel in my hands. And we’d leave the site and jump in the ute and go have a beer. There were no pressures.” After that he searched in the newspaper for jobs – as a truck driver, labourer, fork-lift driver. He found a position in a coat-hanger factory in St Albans. One night, too exhausted to drive home after his shift ended at 4am, Linnell slept in his car. “I was very down at that point,” he says. “You get to a point where you think, ‘How am I going to get out of this?’ “I felt so bad about letting the kids down. They look up to you: ‘There’s dad, he’s out there, he’s got a good job’, then all of a sudden it comes crashing down and you think, ‘How the hell did I get here’?” There were times when he felt things were hopeless. “I had some really dark moments. I’d sit there and contemplate what I’d done. But thankfully I had such a strong supportive family and network of close friends. Things like this – and you’ve heard this a thousand times – when you go through a very public humiliation you certainly find out who your friends are.” During those long months of worry, he had trouble sleeping. Many nights he’d give up on sleep and get up
“I thInk I found out that today I’m a much more emPathetIc Person.”
operated while news editing at The Age. “Now I reflect that I’ve been the hunter and the hunted. (At The Age) I’ve sent people out and told them, ‘Don’t come back unless you get the photo or the story’. And that puts enormous pressure on that person. You are doing it without regard for that person’s privacy or personal circumstance. Having experienced that myself, I think that makes me a better editor because I can put myself in that person’s shoes when making decisions.” In the days during the court appearances and after walking free, Linnell avoided even being in public, let alone dealing with people as a journalist. “I found that very difficult to get back into some form of public life … It was awful. (For two years) I never went to the city – only to see the lawyers. A friend of mine took us to a football game and I wore shades and pulled my cap down. I was paranoid that somebody would see me; that a photographer would start taking pictures.”
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to drink “litres” of coffee. “When you’re going through what I did, you’ve got a thousand conversations you’re trying to remember. And when you’ve lied, you’re trying to remember what lie you’ve made. And that doubled it. And you’re trying to think, ‘How am I going to get out of this’?” He felt a huge sense of relief when he pleaded guilty to perjury charges. “That was it for me. I put my hand up and from that point on I never had to lie again. I could walk into the court during Ashby’s committal hearing and I was free of all that baggage. All I did was sat there and told the truth. I wish my wife had been in that damn room with me (in the OPI hearing) because she would have told me what to say, and I would have been fine. I might have lost my job, but so what? Instead I went down this path and then once I was doing it you just get caught up in it.” In the book, Linnell writes of the low moments of his crash, applying for more than 30 jobs, from a picker in a cold-storage factory to competing with 16- and 18-year-olds for a position as a “night fill” at Coles. “While I understood that mainstream white-collar employers would be reluctant to hire a foul-mouthed
ex-journo who had become a central figure in Victoria’s highest-profile ‘corruption case’, you begin to doubt your worth and future when you can’t beat a pimply-faced teen for a job that requires you to stack supermarket shelves at night.” He felt he might never work again. “I went for job after job. I knew I had to work, because we needed the income. I couldn’t sit around at home feeling sorry for myself. I’d done the wrong thing; I had to go out and try and rectify it. I will never again, I don’t think, be employed in the city, which is fine.” Linnell had been drawn to the blokey, macho culture in the police force. “I got sucked into that, absolutely. That was part of my personality; it drew me along like a magnet. I lost my way.” By way of disclosure I worked with Linnell at The Age, although never closely (his brother Garry Linnell also worked at The Age and The Sunday Age and is now editor of The Daily Telegraph in Sydney). As news editor at The Age, Stephen Linnell was known as an uncompromising and tough operator. It’s an approach that has been tempered by his experience. The personal disaster led to big reassessments about how he’d
his reclusiveness and paranoia started to get unhealthy. “It really has a deep impact on your psyche. I’d lost all my confidence. It was a traumatic experience, but of my own making. “It took a long time for me to get some of (my) confidence back. Coming back to journalism … as they say, if you fall off a bike you just get back onto it. I was back more in a comfortable zone and (then) you do get your confidence back. “You find out a lot about yourself. I think I found out that today I’m a much more empathetic person, a more understanding person. I think I was too judgmental in the past. I think sometimes you can be cocooned away in your bubble of politics and the high-pressure work environment and you really don’t get down and engage with what real people are doing and going though. All of that makes me a better editor, particularly with community newspapers.” He’s been at the Star News Group for three years and its editor for two. “It is difficult still going out in public. That was one of my greatest fears. My wife saw the job advertised and said, ‘You’ve got to go for it’. I thought (first) I won’t get it and (second) I don’t think I can go back into the public and go out there. How could I have any credibility as a reporter? My answer is I made a mistake and I’m not going to make it again. Yes, there are going to be people who think I shouldn’t be in this position, making judgments about stories and opinions. I can’t change that.” He is mentoring “nine kids straight out of uni – they’re raw, you’re teaching them about reporting (and) about writing, and I’m finding that really enjoyable”. By writing the book he is not seeking redemption. Unable to talk about what happened for so long, he just wanted to set out his story. He knows he’s come a long way from those really dark days, but he also knows there’s a long way to go before he can feel settled. “I want to get back, at least personally, some inner strength, without being the person that I was. That person is no longer around. This is a much different person.” \
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I first encountered M.A.C. STUDIO MOISTURISE TINT SPF 15 ($48, 40ml) in New York couple of years ago. It was still not released to the public and I was asked to trial it. It took my breath away. A perfect combination of colour, moisture and coverage, it also had a good range of colours. This is my top pick of tinted moisturisers on the market now.
The Scoop In September CLINIQUE released REDNESS SOLUTIONS MAKE-UP SPF 15 ($49, 30ml), a welcome relief for all those combatting redness. The formulation contains neutralising pearls that have a yellow-green undertone to instantly camouflage redness, leaving skin looking calmer, more uniform and less blotchy. Over time it also helps to control and reduce the appearance of redness. Redness Solutions also contains antioxidants and a blend of broad-spectrum sunscreens to combat UVA and UVB.
BLISS SKIN CARE, Myer. I had been promised the whole year that it was coming and it has finally arrived. I am talking of Bliss, of course. The cult and worldwide hit range that keeps churning out great products with great names has landed in Melbourne. Don’t be fooled by the cute-as-a-button packaging or quirky names; there are very sound science and ingredients behind the products. Firm favourites are the Triple Oxygen Instant Energising Mask and all of its hand and body products. Go experience it for yourself – there are way too many favourites. Exclusive to Myer.
» Stockist Clinique www.clinique.com.au Laura Mercier (Myer/David Jones) www.adorebeauty.com.au M.A.C. Cosmetics www. maccosmetics.com.au Ultraceuticals www. ultraceuticals.com.au Physicians Formula all good pharmacies, 02 8709 8800
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ULTRACEUTICALS PROTECTIVE DAILY MOISTURISER SPF 30+ TINTED ($45/$60, 50ml/100ml) is the heavy-duty worker in the line-up. High broad-spectrum SPF helps protect your skin against UVA and UVB and has two formulations: light/fair; and medium/dark. What more can you ask? (GOODSHOOT / THINKSTOCK
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LAURA MERCIER TINTED MOISTURIZER SPF 20 ILLUMINATING ($78, 50ml) is a recent addition to the ever-growing tinted moisturiser range at Mercier. It’s the brand that started the ball rolling for tinted moisturisers; every other brand is just trying to catch up. This new addition has a hint of glow to give your summer skin a touch of radiance. Check out the oil-free product in the purple tube if you want a shine-free option.
PHYSICIANS FORMULA ORGANIC WEAR 100% NATURAL ORIGIN TINTED MOISTURISER ($24.95, 44ml). Eighty per cent of the ingredients in this product are produced by organic farming; with an SPF of 15 and ingredients good enough to eat, this product not only works but is gentle on the skin and hip pocket. \ askdhav@gmail.com
DHAV NAIDU looks at the alternative to foundation for the warmer months that are ahead. a hint of a tint that you IT IS JUST will need in the coming gloriously warm months. Confused? I am actually talking about complexion products. Heat and foundation are not necessarily best friends, so use a tinted moisturiser instead. I know the words “tinted moisturiser” have been thrown around a bit in the past few years, but many people still do not know what they are. They’re basically moisturisers with a hint of colour. Beauty companies have stabilised colour and moisturiser into one seamless product. They’re ideal for any complexions, and for more-demanding complexions you can team the tinted moisturiser with a good concealer.
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THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN APPLYING COMPLEXION PRODUCTS IN THE WARMER MONTHS ● Less is always more; ● Do not double up on moisturiser and tinted moisturiser; ● If prone to perspiring, use a mattifying primer such as M.A.C.’s Matte ($36, 25ml), a gel that miraculously keeps faces fresh for at least eight hours; ● Only use a pearl-sized amount of product for the whole face; and ● Even when a product has an SPF, it is highly recommended to apply a separate sunscreen – keep in mind sunscreen is your most important skin-care routine.
For years “experts” have said you can mix your own tinted moisturiser by adding your foundation to your existing moisturiser. There has been some success, but for the majority it has resulted in a mess. What they failed to grasp is that certain ingredients do not mix well, and what you get when wearing your own concoctions are peeling, streaking and make-up that just won’t blend.
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My insider trick is to use a product such as CLINIQUE SELF SUN FACE BRONZING GEL TINT ($36, 50ml). Mix this gel with your regular moisturiser to give a stable hint of tint. Keep in mind a little goes a very long way. The oil-free formula won’t clog pores and washes off with soap and water. It can also be used on the body. december 8, 2010 \ The weekly review 19
REVIEW\ JEWELLERY IN THE TRUE STYLING SPIRIT of the Three Kings, Moroccan mauve and gold necklace (left), $149, from Owl of Eden. BOW TIES aren’t only for the men. Don a crisp white shirt under this hot gold bow tie to give a contemporary twist to Christmas-party dressing. Vintage sterling silver box-link chain necklace with vintage pressed-metal ornate bow pendant. $280 from double dutch.
of these Fiesta agate teardrop earrings. Perfect accompaniment to a little black dress. $265 from Jan Logan.
Victoria Mason’s CROCHETED NECKLACE is as good as your granny would make this Christmas. “Granny Square” necklace (above) in sterling silver and enamel. $220 from Victoria Mason.
WHAT A STATEMENT
GET YOUR MR BIG ON and make him
GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT
This divinely sparkly 18-carat diamond Carnaby ring will rock on any finger. $5500 from Jan Logan.
GORGEOUS GOLD ritual ring (below) in
Dalmatian jasper resin and brass. $110 from Elke Kramer.
’TIS THE SEASON\ TO ADORN HER
The Three Kings came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Now I don’t have a practical use for the two latter gifts, but I can definitely put gold to good use. Combine white and yellow gold with bright cocktail colours of purple, emerald, black and red to shine this Christmas. And for those looking for the most perfect gift, you can’t go past a necklace – no worrying about if she has her ears pierced, or no resizing if the ring doesn’t fit. For those who love a gamble, there are more engagements during the festive season than any other time of year, so why not kill two presents with one stone and propose? \
propose with this oh-so-hot 18-carat white gold and black diamond ring, $6500 (below), or the ridiculously spectacular 18-carat white gold and yellow diamond ring (8.07-carat) $230,000 from Jan Logan.
MELBOURNE ARTIST
Katheryn Leopoldseder’s “Mollusc” brooch (below) makes me wistfully look forward to the beach holiday after Christmas. Silver, 18-carat yellow gold, oxidised silver. $910 from e.g.etal.
STEPHANIE WILLIAMS theairloom@hotmail.com
MAMMOTH IVORY DRAW ATTENTION to your lobes with these gorgeous little Baby Bow rose gold and pearl studs. $59 from Mimco.
earrings handcrafted in 22-carat gold and sterling silver with black diamonds, from $1390 from Michael Wilson Diamond Jewellers.
MATCHING GOLD with Perspex
THISTLE LINK earrings
and white beads is modern classic styling at its best. $129 from Mimco.
in 9-carat gold and sterling silver, from $195 from Michael Wilson Diamond Jewellers.
» Stockists » Jan Logan / 1300 001 989 ● www.janlogan.com Victoria Mason / Victoria Mason Jewellery (Fitzroy) ● Little Salon (city) ● Pussycat Black (Brunswick) ● www.victoriamason.com e.g.etal: contemporary jewellery and objects / 167 Flinders Lane (city) 9639 5111 ● www.egetal.com.au Elke Kramer / Alphaville stores ● www.elkekramer.com double dutch / Rich: 375 Brunswick Street (Fitzroy) ● Sommerhus: Shop 2/53 Hitchcock Avenue (Barwon Heads) ● Hunter and Minx: 76a Mount Eliza Way (Mount Eliza) ● www.doubledutchdesign.com.au Owl of Eden / Shop 4, Yarra Lane, 5-7 Yarra Street (South Yarra) ● www.owlofeden.com.au Mimco / 1800 994 340 ● www.mimco.com.au Michael Wilson Diamond Jewellers / 725 Main Road (Eltham) 9439 3111 ● www.michaelwilson.com.au 20 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
REVIEW\ FASHION
A RISING FORCE
Housed in a former bakery, Eliza Baker is a new name in Melbourne's boutiques, writes JANE ROCCA. three friends decided to join WHEN forces and open a boutique in Melbourne, it wasn’t going to be just any
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old coming together. Perth-based fashion designer Aurelio Costarella, Domenique Nestel and Jocelyn Kahil had known each other for the past 15 years and wanted to put their fashion expertise to good use. Enter the concept for Eliza Baker, their boutique experience, which is in a former bakery at 447 High Street, East Prahran – hence the name of the business. With a philosophy of “build it and they will come”, the trio has not just gone about business in the usual source-and-supply manner, here they have handpicked the labels for the store – many of which can’t be found anywhere else in Melbourne. Costarella has selected styles suitable for the boutique from his own spring/summer 2010/11 collection, while the others have pooled their buying-trip discoveries from the past to arrange placement in the store. Costarella has become a mighty force in his own right and often shows his collections at New York Fashion Week. He makes evening dresses that have been worn and sought after by the likes of burlesque queen Dita Von Teese and model Jennifer Hawkins. His recent spring/summer collection was mostly about floor-length gowns, some in embellished fabrics with large corsages. It was all about chiffon and inspiration from the Australian landscape – think shades of ochre, terracotta, powdered pink and gold embellishments as well as the staple black, of course. The emphasis was on sleek styles and many short, flirty pieces too, with a hint of fur and tight corsets. It was while on a buying trip to Rio de Janeiro in 2007 that Nestel came across Coven. “The Coven collection stood out for its edgy design and style,” he says. “It’s such beautiful quality and the designs offer great fashion that is totally up to date yet at the same time timeless.” Coven’s dresses are sculptured and wearable. The fashion label shows at Rio Fashion Week each year, and its designer, Liliane Rebehy Queiroz, describes her role as an architectural designer rather than a dressmaker (she did, after all, study architecture in 1987). In this year’s collection she relies on combining metallic and bright shades and is known for working with various textures and colour. The clothes are youthful, sensual and elegant – making all the choices in dresses just the right ticket for summer.
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Then there’s the kooky and innovative Brazilian label Osklen. Originally starting out as a ski-wear brand, later trying its hand at beach wear and now shifting into the high-fashion area, the label is aesthetically interesting, to say the least. Here it’s all about experimentation and minimalist design. The choice of fabric includes silk, taffeta, chamois and printed leather as well as cotton and natural latex from the Amazon. Parisian designer Valerie Gregori bases her business in Vietnam and is the brains behind the eco-ethical label Song. She combines Parisian daydreaming with Asian influences in her clothing (as would inevitably be the case), and we love the lazy, relaxed feel to her range. Equally amazing is her ability to ensure the absence of synthetic materials right through to buttons and labels. \
JANE ROCCA janerocca@mac.com
» www.aureliocostarella.com www.asiasongdesign.com www.coven.com.br www.osklen.com/sum10ing
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REVIEW\ BOOKS
LET IT BE THE BOOK
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“IT DESERVES ITS PLACE IN ANY WORTHY LIBRARY’S MUSIC HISTORY SECTION.”
MR SHAKESPEARE’S BASTARD by Richard B. Wright $29.99 (Fourth Estate)
FICTION
Although not a fan of historical fiction, I found myself quietly drawn into this intriguing story by celebrated Canadian writer Richard B. Wright. Aerlene Ward is a retired English housekeeper in her 70s who feels that the time has come to tell the story of her mother’s life. Relying on the writing skills of Miss Charlotte, the young woman of the household, Aerlene reveals her father was William Shakespeare, the famous playwright. Set against an unstable political and social backdrop of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Mr Shakespeare’s Bastard may wobble at times in the believability stakes, but it will keep you entertained this summer.
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AT A RECENT 50th birthday party the
20-something DJ insisted on playing songs by Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys. Great music, but most of the guests were aged six when the tunes were hits. Where was the Clash? Blondie? AC/DC? Tainted Love? The 1960s hit parade continued, and our discontent grew. Then a moment’s salvation: Twist and Shout, by the Beatles. In 2013 it will be 50 years since the Fab Four rocked the charts with their cover version of the Isley Brothers’ song. It still manages to ignite a dance floor. Twist and Shout does not feature in the new edition of Steve Turner’s bestseller A Hard Day’s Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles’ Song. But its absence does not take anything away the book, first published in 1994 and updated in this beautiful new format for Christmas this year. The book focuses on those songs written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. “What I have tried to do is simply to tell the story of how each song came into being,’’ writes Turner, a respected London-based music writer and poet. “It could have been a musical inspiration such as wanting to emulate a Little Richard single, or trying to write in the style of Smokey Robinson.’’ Turner’s research draws upon a vast and diverse number of sources. Print, radio, TV and documentary interviews with band members; interviews with people who worked with the Beatles; family and friends; libraries and music museums – Turner even tracked down a woman called Lucy, who, as a four-year-old friend of John Lennon’s son Julian, inspired Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. In 1967 Julian brought home from nursery school a picture he’d drawn of Lucy, floating in the sky surrounded by diamonds. After meeting Lucy O’Donnell, Turner writes “she was, of course, an ordinary person, made extraordinary by the touch of a Beatles’ pen’’. We must forgive Turner these moments of flowery prose. He is, after all, (a) a keen Beatles fan and (b) a published poet. At times you are permitted to groan out loud, as I did when I read this section about the inspiration behind the haunting In My Life from the Rubber Soul album: “John jettisoned all the specific place names, and worked up the sense of mourning for
VILLAGES OF BRITAIN: THE FIVE HUNDRED VILLAGES THAT MADE THE COUNTRYSIDE by Clive Aslet $65 (Bloomsbury)
HISTORY
“There has been a tendency, particularly at time of national stress, to see villages as part of the old and immutable order of the countryside,’’ writes Clive Aslet in the introduction to his new hardback. But his study of 500 villages throughout England, Scotland and Wales proves that these small towns have been places of invention – often through necessity to survive – and adaptability. So often cities are the focus of studies into a country’s make-up. This book emphasises the role of small rural communities in Britain’s agricultural, industrial and cultural development and religious and intellectual evolution.
a disappeared childhood and youth, turning what would otherwise have been a song about the changing face of Liverpool into a universal song about confronting death and decay. Here was a tough guy who had been known to laugh at cripples and who poured scorn on the middle-class nature of his upbringing, but who was also a sentimentalist.’’ But Turner’s musings are adornments, not distractions. At the guts of the book is the information: compelling, informative, and – we assume – accurate. Each chapter is a song, presented in chronological order and accompanied by photos. The reader draws on his or her memories of different songs. And as the soundtrack plays in your head – or on YouTube, as I did – you can read Turner’s account of how the song came about, who or what had prompted the creative process, and what success the song achieved. The writing partnership of Lennon and McCartney thrived on competition; when one produced an outstanding lyric or passage of music, the other would want to do better. “It’s impossible to underestimate the creative power that was unleashed by the desire to top the other’s achievements,’’ Turner writes. The result, as this book reminds us, changed music forever. The 2000 book The Beatles: Off the Record by Keith Badman remains my favourite Beatles book because of the devices it uses to capture the personalities of the four band members. A Hard Day’s Write, meanwhile, honours the songs. It deserves its place in any worthy library’s music history section. \ CORRIE PERKIN corrie@mybookshop.net.au
» A HARD DAY’S WRITE: THE STORIES BEHIND EVERY BEATLES’ SONG by Steve Turner $44.99 (Carlton Books)
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement C. Moore, illustrations by Robert Ingpen $29.95 (Walker)
WARDROBE 101: CREATING YOUR PERFECT CORE WARDROBE by Dijanna Mulhearn $34.95 (Thames & Hudson)
FASHION
Melbourne readers may not be familiar with Dijanna Mulhearn’s long-running Sydney Morning Herald column Wardrobe 101. Take it from us: when it comes to clothes, shoes, accessories and what goes with what, Mulhearn knows her stuff. She will have you quickly reassessing your wardrobe and considering important points such as: what shape you are; what colours best suit your complexion; can you get away with patterns and florals; and what are the essential fashion items for one’s wardrobe? You’ll be reaching for that Salvation Army old-clothes bag and doing a clear-out before you can say Witchery!
KIDS
If you have a true believer in your midst and if you only buy one Christmas-related picture book this festive season, then make sure it is this beautiful edition of an old 19th-century favourite. American doctor Clement C. Moore first read his poem to his children on Christmas Eve 1822. Today is still enchants people of all ages whose hearts are still open to the idea of some Father Christmas magic. This new edition is accompanied by the exquisite illustrations of Robert Ingpen, an internationally renowned children’s illustrator, who lives in Victoria and who has breathed life into so many old classics. This one does not disappoint.
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TOP PICK
FILM MEGAMIND 3D \ OPENS DECEMBER 9, RATED PG, 95 MINUTES
MUSIC
Funnier than The Incredibles and smarter than Despicable Me, the latest offering from DreamWorks revisits Shrek territory by turning a popular format on its head and siding with the bad guy. In place of a green ogre, we have blue supervillain Megamind (voiced by Will Ferrell), whose evil career has been repeatedly foiled by all-American hero Metro Man (Brad Pitt) and plucky journalist Roxanne Ritchi (Tina Fey). When Megamind unexpectedly succeeds in exterminating his nemesis, he finds out that world domination isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. With no competition, it’s lonely at the top. There’s a lot of fun to be had here, particularly if you have a secret identity as a comic-book geek. The Superman franchise provides the main template, giving the opportunity for plenty of nods and winks – with an extended, amusing spoof of Marlon
Brando’s cameo in the Christopher Reeve films of the 1970s – but there are also snappy, less-nerdy references to the superhero flicks of the past decade. More importantly, Ferrell’s Megamind is a winning creation, cheerfully wicked without any genuine malice, he’s shown to be the product of a broken home. To paraphrase Jessica Rabbit, he isn’t evil, he’s just drawn that way. His path to redemption, assisted by space-fish sidekick Minion (voiced by Arrested Development’s David Cross), may end predictably, but it takes no shortcuts, with a few surprising, witty turns along the way to a satisfying payoff. It never quite hits the comedy heights of Shrek 2 but, daft enough for kids and clever enough for parents, it’s hard to imagine a better film for the impending school holidays.
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Simian first emerged a decade ago with a brand of fidgety indie rock that, like the Beta Band before them, proved a bigger hit with critics than the record-buying public. Within five years, it was all over and splinter-group Simian Mobile Disco was born. As the name suggests, the duo have abandoned their rock roots for electronica and DJ sets, releasing two LPs of their own and remixing tracks for acts as diverse as Peaches, The Go! Team and Muse. Whereas their last record employed the vocal talents of some indie chums, new release Delicacies is pure instrumental techno; a minimalist, atmospheric affair that takes the listener on a culinary tour of the globe, each track named after exotic-sounding dishes such as Thousand Year Egg, Aspic and Nerve Salad. It’s a shame, then, that the album itself is curiously lacking in texture and variety. While there are hints of past highs, it’s impossible to shake the feeling that this is music to be experienced live, in a rave setting, rather than listened to on your home stereo. Appropriately, the CD comes packaged with a remix disc that transforms the eight tracks into a seamless, hypnotic 40 minutes of pulse-quickening beats and head-circling synths.
Former professional baseballer Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) has hit rock-bottom in this black comedy from HBO. Last season, after falling from grace in the major league, Powers found himself working as a substitute phys ed teacher in his hometown high school. At the start of this, the second series, Powers is attempting to forge a new career as a cockfighter in Mexico. And, yes, there’s more than one joke about his chicken. Comedy protagonists tend to range from the hapless to the hopeless and, like the best, Powers has the astounding twin powers of self-belief and self-deception. He is busy writing his self-help manual from a squalid bedsit, while berating the Spanish-speaking locals (or “villagers”) for hiding behind the “language barrier”. The world has a problem, but he’s doing fine. The line between an unattractive character and an unappealing one has always been difficult for comedies to tread, with potentially vile characters usually redeemed by either a quick wit or even viler opponents. Too often, redneck Powers falls on the wrong side of the sympathy line, although the return of the adoring, imbecilic Steve in episode two (showing as part of a double bill) does him some favours, by comparison. However, as with recent flick Due Date, in which the options for empathy were an annoying idiot or an angry bastard, it’s easy to wonder why we’re supposed to care. While there are laughs to be had, the opening episode is a strangely sombre affair. He might regret nothing, but Powers seems increasingly aware of what he might have lost, threatening to reveal a sensitive side. For the most part, however, he remains a distinctly unlikeable character, which makes his adventures abrasively entertaining but difficult to love.
(PAUL NEWCOMBE, 2010, SYNTHETIC POLYMER ON PANAMA HAT
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO \ DELICACIES (SHOCK)
EXHIBITION FROM THE NECK UP \ SMART ALEC, 71 SMITH STREET, FITZROY, UNTIL DECEMBER 16 With summer almost upon us, this timely exhibition celebrates a timeless piece of headwear – the Panama hat. Plenty of notable artists have sheltered beneath them, but few have turned their creative eye upon them, until now. For this exhibit at Fitzroy hattery Smart Alec, a motley collection of Melbourne visual artists, painters, fashion and costume designers have been selected to paint, strip and sculpt seven Panama hats, with sometimes surprising results. \
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JAM BRINGS CREAM TO TOP It was reputed to be the jam session to end them all, and now it’s the basis for a stage show, writes JANE ROCCA.
“We’re not playing characters, we’re simply paying homage to the songs and bringing ourself to the songs,” says Barker. “We’re certainly not impersonating Elvis, either, we’re telling the story. James Blundell is the main narrator, and this show is as much about Sam Phillips as it is about that day they all came together. It’s an informative show and talks about the whole Sun Records legacy. “It’s one thing to get up there and play a whole bunch of songs but we really go to great lengths here. A script was written and we’ve done our own research. It had to have something to really draw me into it, and I get to sing two Johnny Cash songs, an Elvis Presley song and a Chuck Berry song, too.” When Elvis Presley walked into Sun Records that fateful day, his girlfriend Marilyn Evans was also with him. The brunette was one of Presley’s lesser-known girlfriends who never really made a big deal that they dated. She was photographed sitting on the piano that the famous four musicians stood around, but was cropped from the picture. It’s still a point of contention today if you visit any Presley fan website forums. The story goes that the studio spotted an opportunity for the press to come down and write about what was happening at Sun Records. A local paper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, published an article under the title of Million Dollar Quartet accompanied by a cropped version of the photo – minus Evans, of course. While there won’t be a girl sitting on the piano in the Australian stage version of this show, Barker says the songs and stories will certainly captivate. “There’s about 22 songs that we perform in total,” he says. “Most were on the jam sessions record in some form, but what those guys did was a really loose affair. I think a show like this has a lot of broad appeal because it covers so many inspiring artists from that time.” \
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“THIS WAS CUTTING-EDGE STUFF. THEY WERE ACCUSED OF PLAYING THE DEVIL’S MUSIC.”
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ome of rock’n’roll’s greatest moments happen thanks to an impromptu jam session, but few gatherings shaped popular culture like what happened on December 4, 1956, in a tiny Memphis recording studio. Imagine Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis huddled in a studio belting out songs such as Blue Suede Shoes, Great Balls of Fire and Don’t Be Cruel – songs that’s we’ve all come to know the lyrics of in one way or another. Their coming together at Sun Records is referred to as The Ultimate Rock’n’Roll Jam Session and produced some of history’s greatest rock’n’roll anthems. From the folks who brought us the stage hit The Man in Black: The Johnny Cash Story, which had Tex Perkins singing Cash songs, comes the Ultimate Rock’n’Roll Jam Session, which brings together some of Melbourne’s best including Nick Barker, James Blundell, Dave Larkin and Ezra Lee. The four musicians will bring that historical day’s events to the stage through song and narrative, and it’s the first time they’ve ever been on stage together at the same time. “We’re all pub musicians, and I think we bring something quite different to the stage as opposed to someone who is in theatre or involved in musicals,” says Barker, who has been making music since he was 17. With a 30-year career behind him, Barker has a strong love for performance. He gained mainstream success with his band Nick Barker and the Reptiles in the 1980s and ’90s, and to this day he still makes music and performs. “These guys were punk rockers,” he says of Presley, Cash and Lewis. “This was cutting-edge stuff that took place. They were accused of playing the devil’s music. This was really a conservative time in America. When they had this jam session Elvis was 21. They were wild kids. “The depth of their musical knowledge at their age is quite amazing. There was everything from gospel to country and rockabilly being played. Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records, was the driving force behind it, but it shows just how one day changed the world.” This gathering of future musical greats in Memphis was hardly staged. Here was a bunch of musicians who walked into a studio and what took place was laid-back and unscripted. Keep in mind that most of them were barely known to the big, wide world – Jerry Lee Lewis was a hired piano player for Sun Records and was yet to launch his career. Word has it that Johnny Cash was the first to walk into the studio that day. It was Phillips who decided to switch on the recording equipment and capture the moment. Under the musical direction of Stephen Hadley, the new Ultimate Rock’n’Roll Jam Session comes to life with the help of producer and director Simon Myers and writer Jim McPherson. It’s not just a stage show of songs; here is a story of a moment in time where Blundell, Barker, Larkin and Lee talk through the events of the day, adding insight and explaining what actually occurred.
» The Ultimate Rock’n’Roll Jam Session – The Day the Music Lived! plays at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, December 8-19. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets $49.90 adult, $45 concession.
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Forget them not
Alzheimer’s, seen as a scourge of the elderly, is particularly devastating when the victim is comparatively young, writes ClAire HAllidAy.
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don’t hear them say it the first time. It’s only when I am typing up the interview, the earpiece of my headset nestled into my left ear, my fingers racing across the keyboard to keep pace with the recorded conversation, that I notice it. Garry, 47, is attempting to answer a question I have posed when he is cast adrift, abruptly, leaving the sentence he has been trying to piece together hanging, incomplete, between us. In the stumbling silence in which it happens the first
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time – four people seated in a comfortable room in the Hawthorn office of Alzheimer’s Australia Vic – I switch my attention to the PR woman who had helped arrange the meeting, letting her fill in Garry’s gap to tell me about the importance of keeping busy, passively absorbing her words about brain activity and engagement, my mind already formulating my next question. But now, on the recording that plays back the interaction for a second time, Garry’s whispered voice is loud and clear. “I can’t think of the word … ”
His wife Mandy, 38, whispers back to him. Soothing. “It’ll come to you.” Mandy’s patience shines quietly, a glow of determined positivity, despite the darkness she knows is just around the corner. At the moment, it’s Garry’s short-term memory, mainly. His communication has been affected too, she says. A little. “I get the beginning of one word mixed up with the end of another. It’s like another language. It’s funny,” Garry says. “But it’s not really, you know.” They’d been together about a year when they found out. Not long before, he had watched his mother struck down by younger-onset dementia when she was just 50. Shortly after, as the illness raced through its terrible progression, she was shipped from nursing home to nursing home in the quest for anyone equipped to meet the needs of a person so ravaged yet so young. Garry had already attracted the interest of specialist researchers, all keen to explore the misfortune of his family who had, his mother had revealed before dementia took her ability to remember any more, all succumbed to a similar fate. Perhaps five generations. When she died, Garry gave permission for an autopsy to study her brain. “They found the gene responsible, and because they did that, they said I should be tested,” he says. He didn’t hesitate to agree. “When she got sick and she told me there’d been a family history, she said, ‘I hope you don’t get it’. I can still hear her saying that,” he says. “I didn’t want to pass it on as well. I just wanted it to stop with me.” The initial anger and confusion that had sprung from his mother’s decline had made way for depression and self-harm, but this, too, passed. From the start, Garry was honest with Mandy about what he knew. By the time they went, together, to collect his test results at Box Hill Hospital, they’d been through some genetic counselling. To prepare them. “Then we were told that the gene was there and that Garry was 99.9 per cent going to get Alzheimer’s around the same age as his mum got sick,” Mandy says. Her family, she says, supported her decision to stand by him. Others, though, have not been as understanding. “I’ve certainly had people – friends and associates – ask, ‘What are you doing this for?’ That has always offended me greatly, because this is the man I totally love and adore with all my heart and that’s it,” she says. “It makes it a little bit tricky, sure, but that’s what life is, so you have to respond to that and cope with all those changes.” With the spectre of genetics revealed to them, it was natural to look for the warning signs. There were little things at first – forgetting people’s names, misplacing things around the house. “I’d say to Garry, ‘This is what we’re doing on the weekend’. Then the weekend would roll around and I’d be prepared for what we were doing and Garry would have completely forgotten. You think, ‘well this is not just about husbands tuning out – this is more serious’,” Mandy says. “I remember one time he went to the footy by himself and he came out and he couldn’t remember where he’d parked the car. He had no spatial awareness.” Garry panicked. “I remember just running around. Eventually, I found the car. It was only by chance because I didn’t even know where I was,” he says. That was almost three years ago. How is he now? Mandy hesitates, shifts in the position on the couch. Looks at her husband. Looks away. “It is getting worse,” Garry says. “You can say it.” She smiles at him, and then back at me. Reaches for his hand. “Yes,” she says. “It is getting worse.” They’ve changed to a mostly organic diet in an attempt to nourish Garry’s body in the best way possible. He takes vitamins each morning and the crossword puzzles and Sudoku books are always nearby.
Anything to help the fitness of his mind. Maree McCabe, the recently appointed chief executive of Alzheimer’s Australia Vic – the peak body representing the interests of people affected by dementia in Victoria – says it’s a tactic that is backed up with the promotion of its Mind Your Mind program. “There is sufficient evidence to show that a healthy lifestyle, keeping an active social life and learning new skills, e.g. a language, dancing, complex activities, reduce the risk of dementia,” McCabe says, adding that “there are no guarantees.” To maintain his own physical fitness, Garry still does two days a week in his usual occupation – landscape gardener – under the supervision of a workmate. Mandy works the same two days, splitting her time between a private psychology practice and a job as a casual counsellor in a local palliative care service. “We know that if this is going to progress, I need to be around more and more. It does affect your prospects. I’m not going to go for big promotions in management if, down the track, I might not be able to keep working, or work long hours,” she says. And even now, Garry feels better when she’s around. They’re thinking of downsizing and leaving their country property for a more suburban existence, closer to health and support services and away from the worry of land clearing and property maintenance that last year’s bushfires inspired. But there are other things they think about, too.
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ith no dedicated care facilities to meet the needs of younger-onset sufferers such as Garry, the inevitable progression will mean accommodation options are limited. According to McCabe, there are an estimated 66,000 Victorians living with dementia, with an estimated 250,000 Australia-wide. “There are 53 new Victorian cases diagnosed every day – a conservative number, as many more are not diagnosed. By 2020, in Victoria there will be 98,000 people living with dementia.” At the moment, about 2500 Victorians suffer from younger-onset dementia, which affects people under the age of 65. Unless better accommodation is provided, most of these younger people end up within the walls of aged-care facilities or mental-health institutions. “One of Garry’s greatest fears is wondering what’s going to happen to him,” says Mandy. “It’s one of my fears too. Will I get to the point where I have to relinquish care of my husband? That does my head in, thinking about it.” They have their “moments”, she says quietly. “We have nights when we’re awake and we do have a cry and it’s very difficult to get your head around. I don’t think coping with this is a linear thing. You might go along for a while and it’s all OK, and then something happens and it stops you in your tracks and makes you scared. It’s a bit all over the place,” Mandy says. “I think because there’s two of us in the relationship, we can support each other at those times. When I’m finding it hard, Garry’s pretty good at being a rock. Then, when he’s churned up, I can support him.” There are still good times; those reminders that her life with Garry has been one of laughter, happiness and love. Earlier this year, the couple fulfilled a long-held ambition of Garry’s to visit St Petersburg in Russia. Next year? Perhaps that trip around Australia. “I just want to fill it up a bit … time. It’s better than just waiting,” Garry says. Mandy’s belief in science – this soft hope that the swag of researchers working on the Alzheimer’s issue will suddenly find a cure – adds a calm veneer to any inner panic. Garry still hopes, too. For his mother, the decline was rapid. He can only guess that his will follow a similar progression. “I’m hoping for some sort of
main: Sandra and Trevor Mast with two of their four daughters, Daliah and Ineke in their backyard. below: Garry and Mandy Lovell outside the Alzheimer’s centre in Hawthorn. (SHAnnon MorrIS)
“Will i get to the point Where i have to relinquish care of my husband?”
medicine that can slow it down,” he says. “I’ve still got hope. Drug companies all over the world are trying to sort this out. It’s worth a lot of money to them.” As a couple, their hope has stretched tight enough to wrap itself around the idea of having children – something that could be achieved with IVF and the technology that would identify embryos with the same deadly gene. “It’s something I would really like to do, but you’ve got to wait. If my husband is going to be getting sicker and I’m trying to raise a little person, how is that going to go? It’s layer upon layer of difficulty,” she says. Garry is scared, he says matter-of-factly. “I get really scared. It keeps me awake at night. Sometimes I’m just in bed, staring at the ceiling, and this voice in the dark will say, ‘I know you’re awake’. And it’s her. And I won’t answer. I try to breathe slower, quiet.” Mandy knows because it keeps her awake, too, sometimes, grappling with her own fear that comes from a different perspective – watching someone you love disappear. “It’s such a treacherous, revolting thing that robs you of the person’s very essence,” she says. “It would be nice to know that we could support the families who are going through that much better by establishing adequate and appropriate care.” While medical leaps and bounds are getting closer,
Professor Michael Woodward, head of aged and residential care services at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and director of the Austin Health memory clinic, says that what is still not understood is why certain people get it and others don’t. Once identified, some delay and modification is possible, he says. “We do have effective treatments that appear to have the potential if they are used early enough,” he says. With Australian medical researchers leading the world in this area, Woodward sees the future positively. Does he believe there will be a cure for Alzheimer’s one day? “Yes,” he says. “Possibly 10 years or less.” For so many families thrown into what medical experts refer to as an epidemic, it will be too late. Trevor Mast’s mother was 80 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Not long after, Trevor’s workmates at the winery business he had run and recently sold to new owners had noticed him behaving unusually. Just little things. At work, his colleagues put it down to the stress of changing ownership. Trevor would announce he was going to the cellar door for a particular bottle and come back 20 minutes later without it. His wife, Sandra, had picked up on things, too. “He started sounding like his mum,” says Sandra, 61. “What she started doing in the early stages was to have regular phrases she would bring out all the time. He started doing the same thing – developing these set phrases to describe a range of things. His speech patterns were different, too.” The diagnosis, at Ballarat Hospital, came in 2006. He was 57. “I remember being quite relived that we actually had a name for it. Trevor was more surprised than I was but just said, ‘Oh, well … I guess we have to deal with it’. We came back home and I asked him who he wanted to tell. He said his brother and the girls. I made him ring them and tell them: ‘Guess what I’ve got … I’ve got the bloody Alzheimer’s’.” Looking back, Sandra thinks the warning signs were there even earlier. “He was always a bit of an absent-minded professor, in that he often lost his sunglasses, his car key, his hats. Our second daughter is a scientist and he always said to her ... you’d better study Alzheimer’s because I’m going to get it. We just laughed it off,” she says. Having raised four daughters together and spent much of their 40-year marriage in regional and rural Victoria at the helm of prestigious local label Mount Langi Ghiran as well as founding the Four Sisters brand (named for their four girls), Sandra says that the decision to return to Melbourne to be closer to the daughters, who are now raising their own children in suburban Melbourne, was something Trevor instigated. She’s thankful that he did. Today, at just 62, the progression of the dementia has already robbed him of his memory and his ability to engage in any meaningful conversation. “Communication is his biggest enemy,” says Sandra. Within weeks, with his mother’s rapid decline acting as a trigger for speedy action, Trevor was planning his complete exit from the wine industry. With his ageing mother still alive in a nursing home but unable to recognise even close family members, the knowledge of what was to come was “really tough”, says daughter Ineke Mast, 31. “But we’re a very close family, a pretty strong family, and we knew whatever we had to go through, we’d be doing it together,” she says. At the time of Trevor’s diagnosis, they were told he might have five years to live. They have since found out, through the support of Alzheimer’s Australia Vic, that it is more like five to 10 years. “His progression has been steady,” says Sandra. “When we were moving, he was just a bit forgetful. Now, the only thing he can do by himself is walk the dog to
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the local park which is just down the road; once around the park and back again. Getting lost doesn’t seem to be his problem. He was always a person who had an incredible sense of direction. He travelled a lot with the wine label. He was one of those people who could arrive in a city he’d never been to and find his way around.”
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revor is good at carrying the bags for Sandra at the supermarket, can bring the washing in from the clothesline and can still feed himself if the food and cutlery is laid out for him. “He can’t dress himself, he hasn’t been able to drive for over two years, he can’t use a mobile phone and he has no idea of money,” Sandra says of the obvious changes in the man she married. “He doesn’t know whether the note in his hand will buy an ice-cream or a car.” The strain on Sandra is obvious, despite her stoic exterior. Unable to leave her husband alone without respite care from family or external services, what she misses, she says, is the intellectual stimulation – those endless conversations the pair would have. “There are lots of time in the day now when he tries to tell me something but I have no idea what he’s talking about. He’s got some words. ‘Yes’. ‘No’. I might make a cup of tea and ask him to get the milk and he used to be able to go to the fridge and get it out for me. Now I ask him to get the milk and he just stands there looking blank. He doesn’t know what the word ‘milk’ is.”
“I DO GET THE FEELING THAT HE’S SLIPPING AWAY – THE FATHER THAT I KNOW.”
There is still some physical affection but not as husband and wife. “We’re not on the same level,” Sandra says. But there is still some of Trevor in new, childlike ways. “Trevor’s got a very lovely way of looking at the world,” she says. “He’ll take the dog for a walk and he’ll come running back and grab my hand and drag me down to show me because there’s a rainbow lorikeet on the corner. He gets very excited about nature and birds and animals. We’ll be swimming in the summer and he won’t want to get out of the water because the sun is starting to set and he’s just besotted with the colour.” Still, things are getting harder. Next year, she says, just to give herself a break, she will utilise respite care to allow two or three nights away from him. The year after next, she says, he might have to go into permanent care. “I think if I took him somewhere now and said, ‘I’m leaving you here’, he would be horrified. I know I will
feel guilty, but the practical part of my brain knows that if I fall in a heap I won’t be good to anyone,” she says. Eldest daughter Daliah McLoughney, 38, knows that it might take the urging of herself and her three sisters to help their mother choose the right time to make those big decisions. “I think she’s coping amazingly,” she says of her mother. Her father was always “left of field” – “the life of the party”, Daliah says,. Ineke says the reversal in roles – from him being the “nurturing, protective and caring” father to having to be looked after – has been the most difficult thing to deal with. “I do get the feeling that he’s slipping away – the father that I know – but we will keep the memories alive,” she says. Daliah agrees. “I’m finding it hard on two levels. I’ve always been extremely close to him as a daughter but because I had a lot to do with him on a professional level – working in the business – I saw what an amazingly brilliant person he really was,” she says. “He was always the strong one.” \
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sent Right: Trisara’s inviting pool at the sea’s edge.
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On Thailand’s Phuket, just a quick hop from Bangkok, PETER WILMOTH discovers a luxury resort where romance is in the air.
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in Trisara’s 45-metre As you floAt pool on the edge of the sea, or have your second latte while watching the small
waves crash on the white sands or retire to your private villa and read a book while ordering lunch, it strikes you: Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Gos was right. Heaven really is a place on Earth. You should arrive at Trisara, located in a private bay on Phuket’s quiet north-western coast, knowing that there is no moment where somebody somewhere isn’t looking after you. If you want it. It’s easy to be left alone and the thoughtful and subtle service provided by all of Trisara’s staff will ensure that. But if you would like a little snack by the pool, or a game of tennis with one of the in-house players, or an expert waterman to take you for a sail or if you feel like a spa treatment, it’s a phone
call or a question away. Trisara, which in the Sanskrit language means the Third Garden in Heaven, is true top-end luxury with all the style and sophistication that connotes. Simply, everything is done properly. Everything is designed for the happiness and relaxation of the guest. And I found it easy to shake off the city and submit to Trisara’s charm. The resort was conceived, designed and built by Anthony Lark, an ex-Sydneysider who worked for the Amanpuri, the first five-star hotel in Phuket. Living nearby, Anthony feared that the beautiful land, which spilled down to the beach where he walked his dogs, would one day feature a horrible chain hotel. He jumped when, 10 years ago, he was approached to build Trisara. “It’s a bespoke resort developed by someone who is passionate about guests’ happiness,” he says of Trisara. The resort, a quick one-hour hop from Bangkok and just 15 minutes from Phuket International Airport, has 39 villas, all with private pools, teak sundecks and views of the Andaman Sea. Lark designed the villas himself. The rooms, with free Wi-Fi and superb furnishings, are exquisite. In-room dining is a phone call away, or you can head to the open-air restaurant right on the sea. The food is superb – all their meat is from Australia, the salt is Murray River Salt Flakes and the coffee is Vittoria – and the staff offers warm and exceptional service. There are 19 larger residences with two to five bedrooms, private kitchens, 20-metre pools and dedicated cooks and service staff. These suit families or larger groups, whereas the smaller villas are perfect for couples. What to do in paradise? You can’t sit by the pool the whole time you’re here. (Yes you can.) No you can’t. There is a large range of excellent activities – kayaking,
yachting, diving (there is a dive-master), golf and gym. I booked a game of tennis with staff member Lec, who gently prevailed 6-1. Hitting with someone much better than you is always good for your game. Strangely I seem to have discovered the two-handed forehand at this late stage of my tennis career. I don’t know where it came from. When you connect, those balls stay connected, and I think Lec was impressed with a couple of zingers, even if a little bemused by the one I skied over the fence. I might have lost a couple of kilos in the hot sun, but I didn’t lose face. A buggy is arranged to take you back to your villa where you slip into the pool for a late afternoon float. This place is so romantic that if you’re on your own, you almost feel like ordering yourself flowers. I settled for taking myself out to dinner and the evening could have really kick-started until I took my book out. It’s beautiful down on the terrace with the light sea breeze and gently swaying palms. And a view of my glass of pinot noir. The honeymoon couples didn’t seem to want to talk to me. I didn’t take it personally. Next day Lec was assigned to be my personal trainer in the gym, and he gently urged the strong effort he’d seen from me the day before on the tennis court. With physical exertion kept to a reasonable 30 minutes, it was time, after some lat pull-downs and crunches, to do some crunching over lunch at the main pool. You arrive and a towel is laid out for you and a mineral water with lime is placed on your table. Equipped with my iPod, I listened to music and looked at the sea. I actually tried to get into the sea – only later did I see a sign that I wasn’t meant to – because it looked so tempting, but the shorebreak had some sting to it and
I retreated quickly. Swimming in the sea is something for the high season, which starts in November, when it’s flat. And that’s when the water sports really kick in. Maybe Anthony Lark saw me romancing my book the night before, but he’s not trying to rub it in when he says 60 per cent of the guests are on a “romantic journey”. I saw some of them. Yes, great place for honeymooners, of which Lark says there are many. There are also young families who can use Trisara Kids, a staffed recreation centre where games – including treasure hunts – are organised. Before arriving a friend told me Phuket had gone to the dogs, especially the southern town of Patong. So I took a cab in to check it out. She was right. Patong Beach – what Lark describes as “concrete and bar girls”– was unremittingly, skin-crawlingly awful. It made Kuta in Bali look like the Garden of Eden. It was a long cab ride back after a half-hour stay. “There is the perception that Phuket is overcommercialised, and Patong is,” says Lark. “Anything south of Surin Beach is trashed.” And then there’s paradise, just up the road. It is the starkest of contrasts. Trisara is highly recommended. And just an hour’s flight from Bangkok. And amid all the luxury and the pampering, the most convenient aspect of the four-night stay was that I didn’t have to go to the trouble of dying to get to heaven. \
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Human Nature have been knocking them dead in Las Vegas with a show that’s the toast of the town. They’re the first Australian band to have a residency on The Strip, and May 11 has been declared Human Nature Day by the mayor. Is this Rat Pack renaissance fact or fiction? ANDRew McUtcHeN headed to Sin city to find out.
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he booth is shaking. It is actually shaking in time to the loud rendition of Sam and Dave’s classic Hold On, I’m Comin’. This is because of two things: a dodgy floor riser beneath, which seems to be holdin’ on by the grace of God and a few haphazard screws, and the Las Vegas crowd’s lustful foot stomping to the Motown music. They are loving this show. They are screaming, whistling and thumping tables. The battered booth – God bless it – is joining in. All this before Australia’s most successful vocal group ever has even take the stage. For the American audience, sighting Human Nature for probably the first time seems a coup de foudre and the boys are quick to seize the moment, harnessing the crowd’s energy and running from the stage to be among them. For the many Australians here, it’s no less impressive to witness the style and energy of this boy band of yore now in Motown mode, with Don Draper skinny ties and Brylcreemed hair. Andrew Tierney, a founding member of Sydney’s Human Nature, runs by me singing in full flight and pauses to shake my hand. He is not to know I am to interview him and the band a couple of hours from now. The spot that lights his face makes it hyper real – I had a split second to study the lines around his eyes; he has aged since the smooth-skinned days of their five times platinum selling breakthrough hit Telling Everybody in 1996. Haven’t we all. Tierney balances nimbly on the back of the booth and works the rows behind me. There is another explosion of applause.
On the stage, which is dark with roving spots lighting the boys as they rampage through the room, there is a set of white teeth floating above a piano stool. The smiling piano man, emulating Stevie Wonder with his head tilted, is thoroughly in the moment. As is the drummer, bass player and lead guitarist, a crack accompanying band not missing a beat or a lick. The crowd, too, is at least a third African-American. It seems there is little cynicism about or resistance to the idea that four white boys from Down Under should be the ones to hold the Motown torch in Sin City. (Americans, by the way, are still obsessed with our global position, one reinforced by the most famous Aussie presence in town, The Thunder from Down Under, a troupe of male strippers.) When the applause dies down, a schmaltzy background keyboard plays while Andrew Tierney tells us that Human Nature are the first Aussie band to have a room on Las Vegas Boulevard. They go nuts. “I bet you never thought you’d come to this town and see four white guys singing Motown. Not what you’d expect right? But once you get to know us you’ll see this music of Motown just fits us like a glove.” Their claim is surprisingly legitimate. The glove fits and not just because the world’s most famous glove wearer, the late Michael Jackson, called them “awesome!” on the their press release. Human Nature, or The 4 Trax, as they were known in 1989, were singing shockingly uncool barber-shop quartet stylings of The Penguins who had a hit in 1954
groups I’ve heard … Awesome!” But let’s pan back from the stage in David Fincher style and see the casino floor and the Imperial Palace itself from a wider view. The Australian press has touted Human Nature’s rise to fame in Las Vegas as being a direct result of their residency at a major casino on the fabled Strip. I had read about their extended contract to 2012 and was impressed – Garth Brooks at Wynn, Barry Manilow at Paris, Cher at Caesar’s Palace and Human Nature at Imperial Palace. Amazing! And this is true to the letter, but so is the fact that this casino is a hole. Las Vegas is a city of glaring overstatement and this venue is one of the best misnomers. Because the Imperial Palace is neither imperial nor palatial. On the casino floor, which smells as poor as it looks, there are bits of gaffer tape patching up the maroon carpet and the “room” is more of a fly-by-night beer hall.
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“WE THOUGHT TO OURSELVES, ‘THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT WAY TO MEET GIRLS’ ...” with Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine). While one’s cynical instincts, those tuned to the career revivals of Jimmy Barnes and Rod Stewart to name just two, scream that a Motown album is every fading pop star’s best chance at a comeback, the history is actually there and Tierney points it out to the crowd. “We started singing together 20 years ago now and the very first vocal group we ever listened to was the Four Tops. We wanted to be just like the Motown groups. We wanted to have the sweet harmonies like the Miracles had, then we wanted to be able to sing and dance just like the guys from the Temptations. Then we thought to ourselves, ‘This is going to be a great way to meet girls …’ So to be here tonight singing Motown for you guys is just … Human Nature.” The Americans and the Australians in the crowd laugh, but I suspect for different reasons, while those with lactose intolerance and/or a faint sense of irony pass out. Tierney continues, describing each member’s role in the band, starting from the top, height wise, with Toby Allen. “Even when we first started back in high school, Toby
has always been our bass man,” Tierney says. On cue Allen begins singing a nether-region jangling bass line. “Toby has always been popular with the ladies because ladies, you love the low notes, don’t you?” Which is unfortunate for his female fans as he’s openly gay, though not tonight, and seemingly not in the US. “Up here on the stairs, this is my little brother, this is Mike,” Tierney continues, patting his blood brother and brother-in-law (they are married to sisters, Heather and Andrea née Pope) on the shoulder. Mike Tierney slips into a fluid and absurdly high melody line. “Isn’t he cute …?” He’s also a daddy; his first daughter, Isabel Ellen, was born in Nevada on July 10. “Next voice in the mix was Phil, who sits right in the middle. Just like that.” Phil Burton’s middle harmony is faultless, it’s a Mars Bar of perfect sweet layers, with Andrew’s lead melody line the chocolate coating. “And we had our group,” he concludes to polite applause. The admittedly formidable vocal powers of Human Nature have also stirred people in Motown places. Indeed, Motown legend Smokey Robinson, who co-wrote My Girl has lent his considerable muscle, and his name, to their push to make it in the US – the full title of the show is Smokey Robinson Presents Australia’s Human Nature – The Ultimate Celebration of Motown. A sticker on Human Nature’s Reach Out album quotes Robinson: “Human Nature are my brothers. They are the real deal and one of the greatest vocal
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he good news is the cocktails are on the right side of $10 and the waitress will call you darlin’. She must be on some kind of commission deal because she replaces the bottles of beer before I can get halfway through them. Which leaves me in perfect condition for the highlight of the night’s show; Andrew Tierney has plucked a woman from the crowd, Shirley from North Carolina, to have a sing with him. Shirley is an African-American woman wearing a Bluetooth earpiece and she’s shy at first about the prospect of singing My Girl with Tierney. She blushes and hugs him roughly into her bosom. The bass line begins – bup boodum, bup boodum, bup boodum, bup boodum – then BOOM, she opens her pipes on Tierney, who stands there like he’s just opened a shook-up can of beer – he’s blinking wildly while Shirley hits the high notes then goes higher. It’s brilliant; she’s a new-tech Etta James, she’s the thunder from North Carolina and all too soon, she nails the key change in the second verse, belts out the last chorus and returns to her seat, the Bluetooth still firmly in her ear. It completes a night that rolled from there to the closing song through several encores. Half an hour later, when the band are finished signing autographs outside the theatre I am shepherded down a corridor into the Green Room, where the interview will take place. The boys are towelling off so I have a snoop. First, the Green Room is mostly 1970s brown. Secondly, it’s a décor time machine and holds with the Imperial Palace style: chipped coffee table, ancient microwave or television I’m not sure, a framed picture of a huge Human Nature billboard on Las Vegas Boulevard with a plaque to commemorate their tenure and a brown mini-bar fridge filled with sports drinks and fruit juice. No chilled gin for a Dean Martin martini. The boys troop in. All are dressed down and still have wet hair, either from the incredibly vigorous dance routines, which drenched them all with sweat, or from a quick shower. I wonder if this kind of audience interaction is par for the course. How good was tonight’s show on a scale of 1-10? “It was pretty good tonight,” Phil Burton says. “Probably mid-sevens or an eight. “We don’t go too far below a six these days; we never have a five. It comes down to the crowd really. We get a few 10s.” “Shirley was great,” says Andrew Tierney, who has changed into a short-sleeved cowboy shirt, revealing muscled arms, which he uses to vigorously shake a protein drink. There’s a post-workout vibe to the boys, who are still flushed and glowing. “Had her Bluetooth in … maybe she brought her own in-ear monitor? It just looked like a Bluetooth.” A Bluetooth would surely make it easier for Human Nature to nail their dance routines on stage, which, at various times, look downright difficult
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to perform in a suit and shiny leather shoes. “Yeah it would! One of the songs, Uptight is like a spin class,” Andrew Tierney says. “We’re thinking of releasing a Lose Weight With Human Nature! DVD. It comes with a three-piece suit.” Michael Tierney adds that the energy of the room makes it easier to get through their strenuous set as well as a visit before the show from what the band call Dr Stage, which is the rush of adrenaline they still get as 8.30 approaches. The 653-seat showroom, which has been renamed the Human Nature Theatre, Michael Tierney says, is the right kind of place to begin their American campaign. “Yeah, there’s a real down-and-dirty energy in this place, even down on the casino floor. We’ve been up to the Wynn and sometimes it feels like there’s no vibe, no one’s having fun. We’ve just recorded an album of the great songs inspired by Vegas and we’re going to do a photo shoot for it. We want to capture the ‘old’ Vegas. Funnily enough, of all the places we looked at to do the shoot, it’s at Imperial Palace. It’s got that character that everyone thinks of when they think of Vegas.” The road to Vegas, even if it is to a room that’s “at the Imperial Palace, which is the other end of the scale to the Wynn”, according to straight-shooter Burton, began when their first Motown-themed album, Reach Out, (2005) went five times platinum in Australia, selling more than 350,000 copies. They released another three Motown albums between 2006 and 2008 and took an opportunity to play a seven-week stint at Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino. “Ever since we released the first Motown record in Australia people have said, ‘You guys would be great in Vegas’,” Burton says. “There’s been planning since then
to try and get us a room in Vegas and after a few maybes we got together as a group with our families and said, ‘You know what, let’s just bite the bullet and we’ll go to Vegas for three months. We’ll just knock on doors and just try to force our way in.’ About a week later it was almost like karma was listening; we got this room.” The plan in America is to one day upsize the room and build the band’s national profile with some television performances. “Our main thing is that we want to know we’re filling a room consistently and one of the big plans for us is to develop a national profile in America,” says Toby Allen. A more pragmatic voice in the mix, Burton says: “I’m sure there’s going to be some frustrations coming from Australia where we’re really well known. We’ve toured Australia a few times, we’ve had records that have gone to No.1. We felt like there wasn’t much further to go.” The band is unified in their commitment to the
Motown bound: Human Nature at the premiere of Smokey Robinson Presents Australia’s Human Nature – The Ultimate Celebration of Motown at the Imperial Casino in Las Vegas. (Eric Jamison /
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A MAtter of life & deAth A Malvern artist, who likes to discuss death, lives life with gusto, writes Judith hughes. A new beginning: Adam and Eve, a steel cello with male and female symbols and supported by arms, rises out of the swimming pool. (Maggie Bufe)
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efore meeting Melbourne sculptor Karleena Mitchell at her home in Malvern, I visited an exhibition where one of her recent works was on display. It was a piece called The Late News and it occupied one room of the Yarra Sculpture Gallery in Abbotsford. To experience the work I sat in a blackened, almost empty room, and listened to voices emanating from what appeared to be an old-fashioned radio. Mitchell created the sculpture by incorporating an original 1960s radio front into a cast glass replica. Illuminated by LEDs, it glowed softly in the dark, recalling a time when people gathered around the radio, which was, in her words, “the pulsing heart of the house”. I have heard sculpture described as “a drawing from every angle”. In this innovative contemporary piece that took the artist two years to make, voices – many of them recognisable as belonging to public figures – come and go. While neither the sculpture nor the spectator moves, the work is multifaceted. One metaphorically
circles the work, viewing it from many angles as the dozens of identities, of varying ages and from diverse walks of life, different cultures and religions, ponder the deeply philosophic question Mitchell poses: “Give me your thoughts about death and the afterlife.” It is an intriguing, moving and haunting experience. The artist, a Singaporean, lived in London, New York and New Zealand before settling in Australia. She found making The Late News a cathartic experience and regards it as a privilege to have interacted with people who gave their time to make her work meaningful. She says she feels “blessed”. Ultimately her own positive outlook on life was reaffirmed. All participants spoke about peace and dignity; there was no hatred expressed. “Love flowed through it.” As the voices expressing a range of beliefs fade in and out, they are sometimes blurred, just as the differences between people merge into a common thread of humanity. For an artist who is so keen to explore the topic of death, Mitchell is very much alive. Her tiny frame exudes a passion and energy that is infectious. Her home is a gallery filled with artworks, mostly of her own creation, and behind every one there is a story. On top of her gateposts is a pair of steel pots complete with metal plants. Two thin pieces of black steel snake along the top of the fence. They recall king cobras that Mitchell encountered in her garden as a child in Singapore. I’ve enjoyed this decorative feature for many years so it was a thrill to meet the woman who made it and to go beyond the fence to see the other extraordinary objects in her garden. Many date from her years as a student of fine art at Monash University in the 1990s: “I also got my ticket in welding at RMIT.” The bed she created for her daughter at the time would be quite at home in the Tim Burton exhibition. Rising out of the swimming pool is a steel cello held up by a pair of arms (her husband Paul was the model). Male and female symbols sprout from the instrument. Mitchell called this surreal work Adam and Eve as she designed it at the time the family moved into the house. “A new beginning.” Drinking tea on her front verandah, surrounded by these imaginative creations, Mitchell’s conversation returns to death. She explains that the loss of two close friends and her own near-death experience in a car accident have led her to reflect on the subject. She insists on telling me what she hopes her last supper will be, but it seems that one final meal isn’t enough for this small-in-stature, larger-than-life personality. Her fantasy is to spend her last weeks at her “bach” in an isolated spot on New Zealand’s north island. She goes to this, her “spiritual home”, once a year for contemplation and renewal. There with her closest friends and family, she’d like to do all the things she loves most about the place, such as catching her own food, eating oysters, enjoying conversation and drinking cocktails at sunset. Sounds like heaven to me. \ judithhughes53@gmail.com
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WHEN LEss Is moorE ELLEN WHINNETT meets the family which has gone from living in a mansion to living above the shop ... and loving it.
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eronica and Garry Moore were on the upward swing – a beautiful home in East St Kilda, a studio/warehouse in Prahran and a Falls Creek winter retreat. They had two great kids and a successful business. Life was good. And, like many people at their stage of life, a big mortgage. So when the global financial crisis arrived like a tornado, the Moores didn’t wait to get swept away. They downsized, selling their home and moving into an apartment above their Prahran studio. In the blink of an eye, they went from five bedrooms and a sweeping back garden to three bedrooms, a balcony and no grass. And they couldn’t be happier. Veronica said their children Caspian, 14, and Indigo, 12, had settled well into their new inner-city life. And she and Garry were enjoying the closeness of their living arrangements and revelling in no mortgage for the first time in many, many years. “It became apparent that we didn’t need what we had,” Veronica said. Garry agreed: “We lived on a bit of a grand scale before, I think.” The Moores’ transition to inner-city living in a converted warehouse began when they noticed the work coming into their business, photography and production agency Miss Bossy Boots, beginning to slow. They thought they could weather the economic storm, but started to question if they wanted to. “The decision came out of reducing debt,” Garry said. “There was a global financial crisis and we felt a definite drop-off in the volume of work. We thought, do we just keep plugging away and hope for the best, or do we act early and make a decision that would protect us. “Now we have no mortgage – the sale cleared our mortgage – which is a fantastic feeling.” The Moores established their business about seven years ago. In 2000, they had bought a lovely old home
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Right at home: Garry and Veronica Moore, with their children Indigo and Caspian in their Prahran warehouse conversion. (Shannon MorrIS)
in Hawsleigh Avenue, East St Kilda, a quiet, friendly dead-end street where the kids played on the road and people mowed their lawns on Saturdays. A massive renovation later and it was their dream home; five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a driveway for their car and an ample backyard for Caspian and Indigo to enjoy climbing gyms, trampolines and tree houses. They never expected at this stage of their lives – Garry is 50, Veronica is 42 – to be packing up and moving into a warehouse, just seven metres wide by 18 metres long. They’d owned the warehouse for about 12 years, and used it as a studio for Garry’s work, and office space for Miss Bossy Boots, which had up to six staff. Once the decision was made to downsize, the builders cut the size of Garry’s studio, built a single car-park, and brought the upstairs offices down into the studio. All up, it cost about $130,000. The end result is a breezy, modern apartment with three bedrooms, two small bathrooms, a small study and a balcony. Downstairs, the studio is small but there is ample space for computers and equipment around the walls. Arriving at the Moores’ feels a bit unorthodox. A walk down their laneway takes you past the back door of a large-scale laundry and dry-cleaning business. On one side of their warehouse is a furniture maker. On the other is the office for a window-tinting firm. “Originally this space and the one next door belonged to a single factory. We think it was an old printing press,” Garry said. “We believe it was built in the ’50s or ’60s. It’s on old railway land.” When Garry and Veronica first planned the move, they worried how their children would cope. “It was very difficult,” Veronica said. “I was concerned about the way the kids would respond. We had all absolutely loved the house and the kids had a lot of space
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there, and they had grown up with the kids in the street. “There were tears, lots of tears. We walked into each room and said goodbye, and that was hard.” The Moores said the children took about six months to settle in, but now love their new home. “The original reaction (from the children) was better than I thought,” Veronica said. “They dealt with it really well. The difficulty was in the settling-in period, particularly my son. “They had a lot of space (in East St Kilda) and now they were in closer proximity to each other and to us. “It took about six months for him to settle in.” The children now make the most of their home and its surrounds, sliding into their new lifestyle with ease. “Caspian climbs onto the roof with his friends and they sit up there,” Veronica said, indicating a window cut into the ceiling of Caspian’s bedroom, which is built into the roof space. “He gets onto Facebook and says he’s on the roof, and talking to people on the street.” Garry said Caspian and a group of mates had stayed over recently and made the most of the house. “They slept out on the balcony the other night. They took a projector and projected their Xbox onto a big wall and played games on that and slept outdoors,” he said. There was only one occasion when the Moores felt regret and indecision about their move – when they got caught up in red tape as they sought permission to become the first residents to live in the laneway. Garry said the house in East St Kilda was already on the market when they were told they had to get an environmental audit done – at a cost of up to $60,000. Eventually they got it down to $35,000, but a small amount of contaminant was found in ground water six metres below their concrete floors. Environmental bureaucrats and the Stonnington Council warned that this could stop them living there – in case someone tried to drill a well and use the water for a swimming pool. Eventually, they convinced them that every inch of the property was covered in concrete and they had no desire to drill for a well to fill a non-existent pool. “That was the only time – the house was on the market and we were going through this and I thought, ‘Oh no, I’ve stuffed everything up’,” Garry recalled. Things ended well when they got permission to move in, and their house sold for $1.4 million. Veronica said she and Garry had worked together for 10 years, and were used to the close living quarters. “We put a spa on the balcony and three nights a week we go out there and discuss children issues. The kids don’t come near us because we’re in bathers and when you’re a teenager, your parents in bathers is just horrific,” she says, laughing. The pair believes the move into a small home and office means their children benefit by having their parents around when they get home from school. Garry appreciates not having to maintain a garden, and said the tight living quarters had led to improved lines of communication, particularly with his son. “It probably harks back to the times when the homes people had were smaller,” he said of the move. “Nowadays people want to go for the big mansion and more space. We wanted that too I suppose.” Veronica said paying one set of utility bills instead of two saved money, and showed the family was cutting down on its environmental footprint: “It all contributes to lessening your impact environmentally.” They might be onto something. Two of the old factories in their laneway are gone, replaced with apartments under construction. The Moores will be getting neighbours. “We still have a life,” Veronica said. “Our friends still come over and the kids’ friends still come here. It’s been a bit of an experiment and it’s worked.” \ editorial@theweeklyreview.com.au
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commercial and residential developments.” Apel says developers are increasingly looking for an edge over the competition, whether it’s something as simple as a nice-looking intercom or televisions that drop from the ceiling. Likewise, architects look for aesthetically pleasing components to their work, while homeowners might just be after functionality. What’s important, however, is that such work is done as early as possible. “It’s not uncommon for us to get the call late in the project, but obviously we can do a lot more things if we’re involved from the planning stage,” he says. Getting in early also allows the company to educate clients. “The sky’s the limit. We can stream high-definition movies around the house. We can have multiple streams, we can have a movie server so more than one title or movie can be played at the same time off a centralised storage device, with independent control from different areas,” Apel says. “You could even shut all the lights or air-conditioning via one button at the front door. You could control curtains or
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eard about smart houses? Sure you have. It’s a buzz word that conjures images from hand-clap-activated lighting to kettles that start boiling water when you wake up. But what truly makes a house smart? “A smart home is only as smart as the person that designed it,” says Connected Living director Sasha Apel. “I would look at things like a solid backbone of data infrastructure or television cable infrastructure to make sure there are options. You’ve got to have the right style and location of cables, and to think of all the possible future locations for televisions and wireless access points. We try to make a house as smart – or, at least as future-proof – as possible.” Connected Living offers services from structured cabling to security via home theatre and cinema work. It’s a broad area, one that Apel has seen grow in popularity over the years. “It’s certainly a talking point for a lot of homes that are getting built now,” he says. “Because the technologies exist currently, the market takes a little bit of time to catch on, but most developers are doing a little bit of it now in their
blinds as well as the alarm or security system. You can have speakers built flush into the ceiling to be used with built-in iPod docks. Depending on how we program it, all those things are possible.” The key is centralising the likes of television and data points in one location that is accessible after the developers are done or after the house is sold. This provides new vendors or clients with the opportunity to put in whatever hardware they like. According to Apel, this provides clients with a big advantage. “It gives them the ability to make decisions at a later point,” he says. “With cables in the right location it’s very easy for us to adapt those cables into the technology they’ve decided to go with in the future.” The wiring and automating of a house very much depends on what the owner wants, what the house allows physically and what the owner can afford – making it hard to put a price tag on Connected Living’s services. While Apel says a basic system would cost $3000-$4000, the only limits are the client’s wallet – and their imagination. “It might start from wanting to answer the intercom in a different room, but where it finishes is due to budget constraints or what the client thinks they want to be doing.” \
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irst Melbourne had the Paris end of Collins Street, now it has the Paris end of Flinders Street, with The Press Club and MoVida restaurants hatted in The Age Good Food Guide 2011 joined by the Fender Katsalidis-designed 108 Flinders apartments. This $100-million, 12-storey project will have 189 apartments including two penthouses. Double-storey apartments will occupy the top two levels. On the upper ground floor the architects have created a courtyard with shade provided by a canopy of suspended upside-down trees, stone tiles, glass-bottomed water features and a water wall. Below this is the lobby, which is accessed from the hotel-style drop-off area and features a green copper concrete wall and a Pasquale Marinelli sculpture from the site’s former façade. Inside the apartments, open-plan spaces maximise natural light and access to the balcony. A palette of neutral tones has been used with white joinery, timber veneers and stone finishes. In kitchens and bathrooms, European appliances and fittings have been used, with stone benchtops and mirrored splashbacks. Each apartment balcony is sheltered from the elements with timber soffits. Directly across the road from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Federation Square, and a short walk from Melbourne’s arts and sports precincts, 108 Flinders is right in the heart of things. The apartments will have views over the Yarra, the Botanic Gardens and the MCG. For resident car owners, the Monash Freeway is a few minutes away providing an easy escape from the CBD. Apartments are being sold off the plan and are due for completion in 2012. \
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Designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects, who have created a trio of iconic Melbourne buildings – Republic Tower, Melbourne Terrace and Eureka Tower – 108 Flinders will feature a striking façade. Karl Fender, director and founder of Fender Katsalidis Architects, said: “108 Flinders commands such a prominent position that it demanded a strong, distinctive design. As a result, we chose a vivid palette, creating a dynamic composition of glass, concrete and steel. “The crystalline form of the stainless-steel canopy wraps the building to frame its façade, which features eye-catching double-storey latticework, making a striking announcement to Flinders Street pedestrians. For the modernist frontage onto AC/DC Lane we drew inspiration from the warehouse architecture in the city’s laneways.” On the Flinders Street façade, three types of glass windows will create a mosaic finish and a stainless-steel verandah will wrap the building and frame its façade. The AC/DC Lane façade features an urban art screen and is made up of timber, concrete and glass. The building will also have a hotel-style car drop-off area, providing access to the entrance lobby and lifts. december 8, 2010 \ The weekly review 43
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Fast facts: Architect-designed house, abundant natural light, large rooms, powder room, study/rumpus room, open fireplace, hand-laid Castlemaine stone fireplace surround, timber floorboards, designer kitchen, butler’s pantry, cellar, en suite, deck, private courtyard, north-facing al fresco entertaining, prize-winning swimming pool, landscaped natural garden, double garage with remote-controlled entry, workshop, close to all Hawthorn attractions, schools and transport.
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HAWTHORN 6 KILOMETRES EAST OF THE CBD How this suburb has moved: Down by 7.2 per cent in the year to September 2010. * REIV stats
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rchitect Steve Domoney has created another high-end contemporary house in Hawthorn’s Grace Park estate. The house follows the townhouses he designed on the old Hawthorn Football Club Social Club site. His latest offering, a house with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, formal and informal living and a prize-winning swimming pool, is striking with its strong horizontal lines, abundant light and natural finishes. With a mezzanine level, it is vastly different from the traditional period houses that make up most of the Grace Park estate, but it looks fantastic and is an asset to the built environment. It is all about contemporary spaces flooded with natural light, organic surfaces and a relaxed vibe. There are concrete benches, including a custom-made wash-pane in the en suite, wide floorboards and a Castlemaine stone wall surrounding the open fireplace and again in a courtyard. But this is first and foremost a family house where low maintenance really does mean low maintenance. The mother of three young children, who had just returned from school drop-off, spent only a few minutes doing what mothers do – picking up socks, putting plates in the dishwasher and plumping the cushions – and the house looked as if it had been styled for a photo shoot. That’s how easy the daily tidy-up is. But whatever one says about this house, however much you look at the photographs, there is only one thing to do – and that is go and see it for yourself. You will be blown away by the design and the practical nature of the place. Yet again, it is an advertisement for using an architect. A central path leads through a natural landscape of trees, grasses and pebbled paths to the front door, which opens onto a wide entry. The living room, with its big, open fireplace and wood storage set in a surround of Castlemaine stone – hand-laid by the stonemason – would be a stunning winter room, yet it is still light with windows overlooking both garden and swimming pool. A couple of steps up from the entry, past the steel open-tread staircase, and you enter the informal zone. The family and meals area is bathed in northern light. Natural finishes include sealed concrete benchtops, glass splashback and glass doors that conceal the cellar and lead to a large butler’s pantry at the end of the kitchen. The meals area overlooks the spa and pool, which won the 2006 pool of the year award for landscape company Out From the Blue. Wide sliding glass doors on the back wall open the house to the al fresco entertainment area and back garden. Bedrooms are separated from the living zones and form a wing along the eastern wall of the house. At the front, the main bedroom suite is made up of a walk-in wardrobe with double sliding cavity doors to a stunning en suite with an elongated concrete wash-pane and shower “room” that looks out to a private courtyard.
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wow factor It would have been easy for architect Steve Domoney to create a mock period house. But that’s not what his clients wanted, and instead he designed this contemporary house that is appropriate in size and scale for the neighbourhood. Despite several objections, Domoney’s clients persisted, and their original vision was realised. The result stops you in your tracks. As agent Alastair Craig says: “People walk in and go ‘wow’, showing that the wow factor is alive and well in Grace Park.
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The bedroom, reached through the walk-in wardrobe, gets gentle southern light through windows that are large but well-placed to maintain privacy. Three more bedrooms, a powder room and family bathroom are off a hall that extends to the rear of the house. Each bedroom has a picture rail for hanging artwork, massive storage, including a built-in desk, wardrobe and floor-to ceiling open shelving. In the children’s bathroom, a concrete wall beside the bath has been treated so that water “beads” off it when it gets wet. A laundry at the end of the hall opens to the double garage and workshop.
Returning to the front of the house, the steel staircase leads to a large study or rumpus room. Tucked away at the other end of the first floor is the guest bedroom with a wall of built-in storage. Windows are placed so that the roofs of the nearby Victorian houses and the treetops come into view. Sliding doors lead to a smart en suite bathroom. This house, with its fabulous finishes, organic surfaces and marvellous floor plan, shows how the contemporary can sit happily beside the historic when the design is right. \
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WE LOVE IT CANTERBURY Judged on stylish interiors, an impressive façade, ideal location and stately grounds, this double-storey residence gets top marks. The house has a real Tuscan flavour, with Romanesque arches, terracotta colourings, water features, stone pavements and rows of citrus trees. Inside, each of the European-inspired rooms has consistency and depth. They are all decorated in richly hued colours, with European accessories and delightful textures. Floorboards and tall ceilings accentuate the feeling of space. Next to the formal living room is an entertainment room that has been specifically built to fit a full-sized billiards table and wet bar. Flooded with light, the entertainment room opens onto the tennis court, providing a great retreat after a vigorous game. The kitchen is also spectacular and features European appliances, a large butler’s pantry, two separate workstations and marble benchtops. It seamlessly connects to the sheltered al fresco area. Designed to host lunch parties, this area has a built-in barbecue, a concealed plasma
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KAY & BURTON, 9820 1111 24 Embling Road Price: $2.95 million + Auction: December 11 at 11am
With a magnificent renovation designed by Inarc Architects, this grand residence displays a perfect blend of original 1920s character with modern additions. The front garden has been landscaped beautifully. A grand staircase leads to the first floor. A large sitting room with an open fireplace on the right and the main bedroom on the left are off the entrance hall. Featuring an oversized walk-in wardrobe, a dual en suite and bay windows, the main bedroom is luxurious. Towards the rear of the property, you pass a laundry and powder room before reaching the large dining room with a spacious study. The open kitchen/meals/family area has marble and stainless steel benchtops. An al fresco dining area plus a glorious pool and spa are outdoors, as well as a double carport with storage space. Four bedrooms are upstairs, as is a study and a bathroom with dual basins. Three of the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and one has two walk-in wardrobes. \ TOM HYWOOD 46 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
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Living in the same street as a primary school has many advantages. The speed limit is low for part of the day and there is likely to be a playground or park nearby. When the school is Christ Church Grammar and the park is Fawkner Park, then you know you have hit the jackpot. This double-storey house has been remodelled so that the main living areas enjoy the spectacular views of the park. With a timber fence and tall glass windows, the façade blends into the natural surroundings. On the ground floor, there are three well-lit bedrooms that all share a living area and a spacious bathroom. The third bedroom has a fully tiled en suite and opens onto a stone courtyard. Upstairs, the dining and family room is a relaxing haven with a spectacular backdrop of Moreton Bay fig, elm and oak trees. It opens to an outside terrace. The all-timber kitchen has plenty of cupboards and a breakfast bar. The main bedroom has an en suite and a double-sided walk-in wardrobe and a balcony. \ FRANCESCA CARTER
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KEW Inspired by French provincial architecture, this double-storey house is flawless in execution and design. Positioned at the top of the Florence Avenue hill, the façade has winning street appeal with long French windows and landscaped front gardens. Inside, the grandeur continues with well-proportioned rooms and quality fittings and fixtures. The whole ground floor has been zoned effectively, creating an abundance of different living areas. To the left of the entrance hall is the family living room and library, while to the right are the formal living and dining rooms. A causal meals area overlooks a private courtyard, which has a sculptural feature. The L-shaped kitchen is contemporary and neutral with white cabinetry. Modern features include a built-in coffee machine, Miele appliances and a walk-in pantry. The outdoor terrace is a spectacular space year-round. It has a built-in barbecue and looks down onto the manicured lawns and solar-heated pool. Tall hedges ensure privacy. Upstairs, every bedroom has a mocha colour palette and is styled with accessories – long satin drapes, soft carpet and chandeliers. Each bedroom has a built-in wardrobe and the main bedroom includes a fully tiled en suite. Yet, for all its glamour and style, the house still has all the necessities for a modern lifestyle – ducted heating, a two-car remote-controlled garage and high-level security. \ FRANCESCA CARTER
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PUTTING A VALUE ON THE X-FACTOR OF EMOTION THERE’S no denying that emotion
plays a huge part in the value of a property. Even when valuing land and buildings, it’s not just land dimension and the factual specifications of a house (how many bedrooms or whether it has a double garage, for instance) that determines how much people are prepared to pay. Individuals and markets value property in a way that is not entirely rational. An individual buyer (or couple) places weight on aspects of a property, its location or its “feel”, for instance, that aren’t always easy to pin down. They may pay more because a property reminds them of the home they grew up in or because it has a nice garden view or because it’s near the home of their child’s best friend. Sensible to them, but difficult to account for on a purely factual basis. Then there’s the emotion that moves the whole of the market – known as market sentiment. Someone can be quite happy to spend a certain amount on a property one week, then change their minds because, along with everyone else, they’ve read a negative article in The Australian Financial Review or they’re spooked by a couple of
weeks of interest-rate talk – even though the actual property hasn’t changed. So when buyers, sellers, or agents talk about the X-factor, the price of emotion – exactly what do they mean? And how do you value it? It’s true that you can’t predict with complete certainty the behaviour of an individual buyer or seller in a property exchange. But if you don’t want to overpay for a property then it’s important to have an understanding of what kinds of emotional components are most likely to influence a larger group of people. And while you may not be able to predict with absolute certainty what one person out of 100 is prepared to pay for a house, with experience, it is possible to predict with a high level of confidence how much 70 out of 100 people will pay. If you’re interested in maximising growth when you come to resell a house, it’s the large group you want to appeal to – not the
“EMOTION PLAYS A HUGE PART IN THE VALUE OF A PROPERTY.”
SOLD AFTER FOR $2.6 MILLION 10 Menzies Avenue, Brighton
one in a hundred. The style of a house is one example of an emotional response that, while not completely measurable, can be fairly easily predicted. As we have pointed out previously, people in Melbourne respond more positively to a well-maintained Victorian or Edwardian house than one built after 1940. It’s not just the age of the property – there is something about their look and feel that people like, especially when they have a nice renovation that opens out the back of the house to the garden. Some houses have a sense of light and
logical flow that makes people feel good as soon as they walk through the door and that encourages them to pay more than the bare facts of, for example, “four bedrooms with double garage on 600 square metres of land in Brighton’s Golden Mile” would suggest. It’s not entirely rational, but it’s not too difficult to recognise when you’ve seen as many houses as we have. Another example is the water view. Everyone likes water views, but not all water views are the same. We’ve found that people will generally pay more for land with a water view than without, that they’ll pay even more if they can see breaking waves and even more if they can see sand and waves rather than just waves. And they will pay even more if they can see no other building between them and the water. The fact is that land and building values both have an emotional component. And while it’s not an exact science, you can build your own database of some general laws that apply to emotion. It just takes experience and a bit of an understanding of how humans think. \ MAL JAMES Principal Buyer Advocate 0408 107 988 \ 9804 3133 WE ONLY BUY HOMES www.james.net.au
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17 Wrights Terrace, Prahran ................................................................. Price: $900,000 - $1 million ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at 1.30pm .................................................................
4 Stevenson Street, Kew ................................................................. Price: $2.8 million - $3 million ................................................................. Private sale .................................................................
8 Linden Court, Prahran ................................................................. Price: $2.25million - $2.5 million ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at noon .................................................................
24 Embling Road, Malvern ................................................................. Price: $2.95 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at 11am .................................................................
Creative flair and an evident emphasis on quality are eloquently expressed throughout this comprehensively renovated three-bedroom, two-bathroom house moments from Hawksburn village.
Three levels of luxury in a uniquely designed and stunningly crafted building with no compromise on quality and without peer in the local area - another innerurban delight by the renowned team at Urban Vision. Let's eat lunch @ Lina's Pizza, 70 Barkers Road Let's eat dinner @ Ocha Japanese, 5 Church Street Let's drink coffee @ Coffee Moments, 130 Denmark Street
Fabulous solid-brick 1930s four-bedroom family-friendly house in quiet cul-de-sac, close to many leading schools, shops and transport with deep rear garden with an inground pool ideal for entertaining. Land: 788sqm (approx). Let's eat lunch @ Aroma, Shop 709, 163 Commercial Rd Let's eat dinner @ Chez Oliver-Le Bistro, 121 Greville St Let's drink coffee @ Saigon Rose, 206 Chapel St
Exclusively renovated by Inarc Architects, this grand 1920s residence offers generous living spaces, stunning period detail, stylish entertainment areas and quality finishes throughout.
Let's eat lunch @ Cafe Latte, 521 Malvern Road Let's eat dinner @ La Lucciola, 4/478 Chapel Street Let's drink coffee @ Spoonful, 543 High Street
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150-154 Winmalee Road, Balwyn ................................................................. Price: $2.3 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at 2.30pm .................................................................
12 Stanhope Street, Mont Albert ................................................................. Price: $2.75 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at 11am .................................................................
31 Hastings Road, Hawthorn East ................................................................. Price: $1.5 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 18 at 11am .................................................................
10 Denmark Street, Kew ................................................................. Price: $790,000 + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at 12.30pm .................................................................
Offering comfortable accommodation with the potential for complete renovation and excellent scope to extend this landmark c1911 Harold Desbrowe Annear-inspired four- to five-bedroom residence. Let's eat lunch @ Anne´s Pantry, 135 Union Road Let's eat dinner @ La Francesca Restaurant, 512 Whitehorse Road Let's drink coffee @ Organic Union, 137 Union Road
Steeped in historical charm and period grandeur, this enchanting Victorian mansion features grand living spaces, intricate period detail, elegant interiors and lush gardens.
A picturesque, character-rich Victorian offering an alluring family setting on the leafy edge of the Junction near transport and schools. It has ample accommodation and sizeable mature gardens with scope to extend. Let's eat lunch @ Bread & Butter Cafe, 2 Burke Avenue Let's eat dinner @ Orsini, 205 Camberwell Road Let's drink coffee @ Oliv, 328 Auburn Road
This wonderfully renovated three-bedroom solid-brick Edwardian semi-detached house is welcoming from the moment you walk through the front door. With high ceilings and a new kitchen and bathroom, this house is sure to impress. Let's eat lunch @ QPO Bar & Bistro, 186 High Street Let's eat dinner @ Centonove, 109 Cotham Road Let's drink coffee @ Fred Young of Kew, 204 High Street
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Let's eat lunch @ Churchill, 13-15 Hamilton Street Let's eat dinner @ Country Fare, 4 Hamilton Street Let's drink coffee @ Zimt Patisserie, 38 Hamilton Street
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KEW Live it up with luxury and lifestyle in this beautiful third-floor two-bedroom, twobathroom security apartment. This timeless residence provides granite/timber entertainer's kitchen, open-plan living and dining and undercover security parking. Let's eat lunch @ South Yarra Trattoria, 302 Toorak Road Let's eat dinner @ Caffe e Cucina, 581 Chapel Street Let's drink coffee @ Laurent, 279 Toorak Road
The wonderful result of an impressive justcompleted total refurbishment, this gorgeous single-level period residence's superbly stylish indoor/outdoor spaces are appealingly nestled within metres of Beatty Avenue and High Street shops and cafes. Let's eat lunch @ The Orchard, 24 Beatty Avenue Let's eat dinner @ Chez Bob, 22 Beatty Avenue Let's drink coffee @ Treat, 736 Malvern Road
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This classic 1870s house is being sold for the first time since 1954. Displaying a contemporary Allan Powell renovation, modern interiors have been incorporated expertly with the original architecture. It features five bedrooms (with a sixth in the in the self-contained studio), two spacious sitting rooms with open fireplaces, a grand formal dining room with wide windows, a lounge and an open kitchen/meals/ family. The kitchen has state-of-the-art appliances, stainless steel benchtops and a butler’s pantry. The studio has a Miele kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. All the bedrooms are upstairs, as is the study, which has an open fireplace. Exquisite design and rich heritage are among the valuable qualities of this residence, and its location is second to none, on the doorstep of Xavier College. The house also features a bluestone cellar, comprehensive security, remote-controlled double garage and water tanks. This property could only be classified as special. \ TOM HYWOOD
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WHERE TO LIVE\ AGENTS’ CHOICE
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90 Sutherland Road, Armadale ................................................................. Price: $1.25 million - $1.35 million ................................................................. Auction Wednesday December 15 at 6.30pm .................................................................
Superb town residence in this highly desirable location - a short walk to Prahran Market, Chapel Street cafes, shops, restaurants and public transport. This property is perfect for an owneroccupier or investor. Let's eat lunch @ Botanical, 169 Domain Road Let's eat dinner @ Cristal, Level 1, 402 Chapel Street Let's drink coffee @ Insieme, 229 Toorak Road
A highly desirable freestanding Hawthornbrick Victorian. Generous, renovated and extended spaces provide the perfect basis for enjoying an exceptional Armadale lifestyle.
NOEL JONES, 9885 3333 8 Karma Avenue Price: $1.2 million + Auction: December 15 at 6pm
This house, on one of this delightful street’s largest allotments, has plenty of room for extension, renovation or development. The deep garden is flourishing and the groomed lawn is perfect for summer entertaining. Kept in immaculate condition, the property is all quality, equipped with modern touches and a large amount of space, which contributes to a flowing floor plan. Three bedrooms feature built-in wardrobes, while the other two could be used as a living room or study. The sunny kitchen is a generous size and is next to a laundry and powder room. The family area and dining room have lovely garden views and offer easy access to the lawn through sliding glass doors. In a highly regarded part of Melbourne, near local shopping, schools and parklands, the residence would superbly support a family lifestyle. Featuring a single rear carport, a long driveway, workshop and storage shed, as well as ducted heating, this is a premium property. \ TOM HYWOOD
POSTCODE
Noel Jones Kew 9817 4535
3104
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Let's eat lunch @ Willim, 90 Union Street Let's eat dinner @ Barca, 1007 High Street Let's drink coffee @ Coin Laundry, 61a Armadale Street
POSTCODE
Jellis Craig Hawthorn 9810 5000
POSTCODE
Fletchers Balwyn North 9859 9561
POSTCODE
Marshall White 9822 9999
3124
3
3103
4
3101
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3
2
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219 Belmore Road, Balwyn North ................................................................. Price: $1 million - $1.1 million ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 18 at 10.30am .................................................................
43 Avenue Road, Camberwell ................................................................. Price: $1.2 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at 2pm .................................................................
5 Wills Street, Balwyn ................................................................. Price: $2 million - $2.2 million ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at noon .................................................................
24 Macartney Avenue, Kew ................................................................. Price: $2.3 million + ................................................................. For sale .................................................................
Redevelop (STCA) or keep this Californian bungalow. Located in the Balwyn High zone and close to shops, transport and parklands, it features three bedrooms, sitting and dining rooms, kitchen, family room, deck and triple garage. Let's eat lunch @ Pure Italian, 249b Belmore Road Let's eat dinner @ Dunyazad, 329 Doncaster Road Let's drink coffee @ Moka Pot Cafe, 315 Doncaster Road
Classical and contemporary elements are beautifully balanced throughout this brilliant freestanding Victorian with double carport on a deep landscaped allotment opposite parkland. Close to Camberwell Junction, schools and transport. Let's eat lunch @ Deco Restaurant, 211 Camberwell Road Let's eat dinner @ Riversdale Thai, 655 Riversdale Road Let's drink coffee @ Degani Bakery, 536 Riversdale Road
In a prestigious pocket of Balwyn, this spacious family house occupies a generous allotment of 1262sqm. Close to transport and quality schools, the stellar location suggests multidwelling redevelopment (STCA). Let's eat lunch @ Town & Country, 24 Whitehorse Road Let's eat dinner @ Tom Yum Thai, 137 Whitehorse Road Let's drink coffee @ Cafe Bacino, 1335 Burke Road
A stunning family domain faithfully extended by its original architects, Guilford Bell and Graham Fisher, this compelling classic modern residence delivers refined contemporary living. Let's eat lunch @ Replete Providore, 302 Barkers Road Let's eat dinner @ Della Nonna, 844 Glenferrie Road Let's drink coffee @ Town & Country Gardens, 24 Whitehorse Road
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POSTCODE
3181
PRAHRAN 3
3
POSTCODE
Jellis Craig Balwyn 9831 2800
POSTCODE
Jellis Craig Balwyn 9831 2800
3126
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3126
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15 Alexandra Avenue, Canterbury ................................................................. Price: $3 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at noon .................................................................
15 Alexandra Avenue, Canterbury ................................................................. Price: $3 million + ................................................................. Auction Saturday December 11 at noon .................................................................
The grand Georgian-inspired façade is a stunning entree to the luxurious European style of this family house, expressing commitment to excellence throughout with ample living and entertainment zones and extending north to poolside terraces. Let's eat lunch @ Cafe Eden, 78 Maling Road Let's eat dinner @ Charntra, 740 Riversdale Road Let's drink coffee @ Cafe 88, 88 Maling Road
The grand Georgian-inspired façade is a stunning entree to the luxurious European style of this family house, expressing commitment to excellence throughout with ample living and entertainment zones and extending north to poolside terraces. Let's eat lunch @ Cafe Eden, 78 Maling Road Let's eat dinner @ Charntra, 740 Riversdale Road Let's drink coffee @ Cafe 88, 88 Maling Road
RT EDGAR, 9826 1000 19 A’Beckett Street
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Price: $1.9 million + Auction: December 15 at 6pm
The enduring architecture of Wayne Gillespie has been given a sympathetic yet modern edge by three renovators. This executive townhouse is opposite Orrong Park, which can be seen through the study’s windows. Solid chestnut flooring and oak-panelled walls create a warm entry. The kitchen has stainless steel Smeg appliances, stone benchtops, a window that forms the splashback and, like the family room, opens up to a neat free-form garden through sliding doors. At the front, the living room has an open fireplace and doors that open onto a courtyard with a water feature. The downstairs bathroom has fittings for a European laundry. Upstairs are two bedrooms with reverse-cycle air-conditioners and built-in wardrobes, both rooms sharing a central bathroom. The main bedroom has park views, a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite. With features such as imported vanities and toilets, hydronic heating, alarm, electric blinds and new wiring, this is a stylish inner-city pad. \ MICHELLE OSTROW ZUKERMAN
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POSTCODE
POSTCODE
3207
3185
PORT MELBOURNE 3
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BENNISON MACKINNON, 9694 5000 9 Seisman Street Price: $1.05 million – $1.15 million Auction: December 11 at 11.30am
Kate Pointon and Michael Leeton, of Leeton Pointon Architects, are selling their award-winning house in Port Melbourne. The three-bedroom house, which won the best heritage development at the City of Port Phillip Design Development Awards in 2007, features copper cladding recycled from the dome of the State Library of Victoria. The architects took the 1880s timber double-fronted house and added a contemporary extension while maintaining the property’s historic features. The result is a light-filled house with three living areas, including a library and sitting room, a streamlined marble kitchen overlooking the living and dining room and sliding doors to a sunny courtyard. An internal courtyard allows light into the house. The staircase leads to two upstairs bedrooms and a marble bathroom. The main bedroom has a private deck. Other features include a powder room, hydronic heating, air-conditioning, a Jetmaster fireplace, mains gas barbecue and understair storage. \ MARIA HARRIS
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WILLIAMS BATTERS, 9866 4411 60 Trevelyan Street Price: $850,000 – $900,000 Auction: December 11 at 11am
This classic coffee-coloured double-fronted Edwardian residence sits behind a high fence. Small trees, plants and a brick path lead to a traditional entry, where Baltic pine floorboards continue through into the lounge-cum-dining room with a feature white-brick fireplace. Through French doors, the kitchen, meals area and family room all have slate flooring. This part of the house looks out to the north-facing rear garden. Off the family room a door opens to a central bathroom with a bath, separate toilet and laundry. The main bedroom at the front has a built-in wardrobe, ceiling fan and an en suite. The en suite is also accessible from the hall. The second bedroom has a skylight and built-in cupboard and the third has built-in cupboards and a ceiling fan. There’s parking for one car, ducted heating and cooling and new carpets in the bedrooms. Wesley Junior College is at the end of the street and Hopetoun Gardens are a few minutes’ walk away. \ MICHELLE OSTROW ZUKERMAN
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WHERE TO LIVE\ PROPERTY LISTINGS AGENT PAGE (PICUTRES COURTESY JAMES MARKET NEWS)
ADDRESS
ARMADALE
2 Huntingtower Rd Marshall White 121 4 Elm Gve Marshall White 132 90 Sutherland Rd Bennison Mackinnon 156
ASHBURTON
45 Ward St 12a Duke St 5 Hudson Crt
Noel Jones Noel Jones Hocking Stuart
ASPENDALE
1/8-10 Bona Vista Ave
BALNARRING 75 Hunts Rd
54 56 99
Buxton 153
Kay & Burton 110
BALNARRING BEACH 5 Esplanade
BALWYN
2/322 Belmore Rd 342 Whitehorse Rd 5 Wills St 1/7-13 Kireep Rd 24 Nungerner St 24 Frederick St 58-60 Yerrin St 27 Jurang St 318 Belmore Rd 150-154 Winmalee Rd 22 Burroughs Rd 5 Wynette Ave
BALWYN NORTH
219 Belmore Rd 5 Thackray St 10 Carron St 3/18 Maylands Ave 24 Jacka St 2 Kendari Ave 43 Sweyn St 33 Winfield Rd 103a Maud St
BLACKBURN 3 Hartigan St
Paton 164
Noel Jones 56 Noel Jones 57 Fletchers 64 Fletchers 70 Jellis Craig 75 Jellis Craig 88 Hocking Stuart 97 Hocking Stuart 99 Hocking Stuart 99 Marshall White 118 Marshall White 143 Marshall White 143
Noel Jones 57 Fletchers 69 Jellis Craig 74 Jellis Craig 88 Hocking Stuart 90 Hocking Stuart 92 Hocking Stuart 93 Hocking Stuart 97 Marshall White 144
Woodards 100
BOX HILL SOUTH 33 Boardman Close 1-3/38 Cadorna St
BRIGHTON
63 Outer Cres 3, 4, 5 & 9/11 Well St 4/15-17 Bent St
Jellis Craig 88 Marshall White 144
Kay & Burton 109 Buxton 152 Buxton 153
BRIGHTON EAST 1/9 Lansdown St
Bennison Mackinnon 159
BROKEN HEAD
7 Mile Beach Rd Byron Bay Property Sales 167
BURWOOD
49 Murray Dve
CAMBERWELL
3/596 Riversdale Rd 34 Judd St 30 Radnor St 6 Seymour Gve 43 Avenue Rd 951 Toorak Rd 4/11 Allambee Ave 67 Rowell Ave 31 Derby St 1/253 Highfield Rd 33 Glyndon Rd 19 Victoria Rd 26 Rowell Ave 14 Cooloongatta Rd 48 Glyndon Rd
CANTERBURY
3/89a Mont Albert Rd 54a Mont Albert Rd
Noel Jones
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Noel Jones Fletchers Fletchers Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Hocking Stuart Hocking Stuart Woodards Woodards Marshall White Marshall White Marshall White Marshall White
57 68 69 76 83 84 88 94 98 101 102 116 130 142 142
Noel Jones Fletchers
54 65
AUCTIONED FOR $5.6 MILLION 2 Bromley Court, Toorak
29 Delany Close 15 Alexandra Ave 3 Leeds St 35 Monomeath Ave 196 Prospect Hill Rd 4/43 Faversham Rd 126 Mont Albert Rd 1/35 Victoria Ave
SOLD AFTER $2.585 MILLION 2 Barnsbury Road, Balwyn
PASSED IN $4.5 MILLION 5 Yarra Street, Hawthorn
Fletchers 70 Jellis Craig 77 Jellis Craig 78 Jellis Craig 79 Jellis Craig 84 Kay & Burton 109 Marshall White 129 Marshall White 141
13 PACKINGTON STREET, PRAHRAN Freestanding three-bedroom Victorian house in the heart of Prahran. Auction: December 11 at 12.30pm. Agent: Bennison Mackinnon 9864 5000. Price: $880,000 – $950,000
CAULFIELD NORTH
22 Palm Ave Gary Peer 62 25 Orrong Cres Marshall White 125 402-404 Dandenong Rd Bennison Mackinnon 156
CITTA DI CASTELLO, UMBRIA, ITALY 2 Via Sant’Angelo
RT Edgar 152
ELSTERNWICK 60 Trevelyan St
Williams Batters
60
GLEN IRIS
1771 Malvern Rd Noel Jones 58 40 Pascoe St Noel Jones 58 2 Allison Ave N.R. Reid & Co 59 12 Faircroft Ave Jellis Craig 85 45 Vears Rd Jellis Craig 89 7 Walerna Rd Jellis Craig 89 29 Osborne Ave Hocking Stuart 95 1/5 Allenby Ave Woodards 101 19 Cloverdale Rd Marshall White 136 1/169 Glen Iris Rd Bennison Mackinnon 157
Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Hocking Stuart Hocking Stuart Woodards Christopher Russell Marshall White Marshall White Marshall White
72 80 86 99 100 101 111 136 137 137
HAWTHORN EAST
14 Broomfield Rd Noel Jones 55 406b Barkers Rd Fletchers 70 31 Hastings Rd Jellis Craig 81 1a Burwood Ave Jellis Craig 85 2/96 Campbell Rd South Marshall White 138 5 Campbell Gve Marshall White 138 460 Tooronga Rd Marshall White 139
IVANHOE EAST
301 The Boulevard
KEW
6 Davison Plc Williams Batters 19 Ralston St Williams Batters 2/27 Avoca St Williams Batters 42 Clara St Castran Gilbert 8 Lang St Jellis Craig 7/286 Toorak Rd TBM 45a Murphy St Kay & Burton 2a Nicholson St Abercromby’s 4 Balmoral Plc RT Edgar 66 Park St RT Edgar 18/123 Millswyn St RT Edgar 44 Park Plc Bennison Mackinnon 3/27 Kensington Rd Bennison Mackinnon
120/8 Wells St
55 Navarre Rd
25 Mary St 27 Connell St 4/9 Lisson Gve 82 Robinson Rd 4/70 Wattle Rd 14/187 Auburn Rd 2/16 Lawes St 29 College St 2a Oak St 70 Melville St
SOUTH YARRA
SOUTHBANK
Shelley Fagan 164
CURLEWIS
HAWTHORN
AUCTIONED FOR $1.7 MILLION 67 Karma Avenue, Malvern East
5/501 High St 52 Grandview Terrace 1/107 Walpole St 2/67 Davis St 25/37 Foley St 30 Florence Ave 121 Walpole St 4/393 Barkers Rd
10 Denmark St Christopher Russell 2 Gellibrand St Abercromby’s 9 Carnsworth Ave Marshall White 8 Banool Ave Marshall White 3/206 Cotham Rd Barry Plant 12 Ross St Marshall White 24 Valentine Ave Marshall White 2/29a Stawell St McLaren 4/377 Barkers Rd Bennison Mackinnon
KEW EAST
12 Kilby Rd 9A Clyde St 1/31 Munro St
Jellis Craig 82 Marshall White 140 Marshall White 141
MALVERN
343-345 Glenferrie Rd Jellis Craig 71 24 Embling Rd Kay & Burton 107 3 Ethel St Marshall White 133 27 Chesterfield Ave Bennison Mackinnon 158
15 Illowa St & 27 Clynden Ave Noel Jones 8 Karma Ave Noel Jones 13A Paxton St Marshall White 17 Nott St Marshall White 4/11 Hedgeley Ave Marshall White 1 Bates St McLaren 4/70-74 Finch St Bennison Mackinnon
MELBOURNE
505 St Kilda Rd 35-47 Coventry St
Noel Jones 58 Fletchers 68 Fletchers 70 Jellis Craig 89 Jellis Craig 89 Hocking Stuart 96 Hocking Stuart 98 Hocking Stuart 100
226 Coolart Rd
MORNINGTON 7 Nunns Rd
5 Bay Ave Aqua Real Estate 165 80 Old Mornington Rd Aqua Real Estate 165
160 Drysdale Rd
Alex Scott & Staff 163
PORT MELBOURNE 9 Seismans St
Noel Jones
27 Bath St
Bennison Mackinnon 159
PRAHRAN 6 Bowen St Marshall White 46 Clarke St Marshall White 19 A’Beckett St RT Edgar 8 Linden Crt RT Edgar 13 Packington St Bennison Mackinnon 17 Wrights Tce Bennison Mackinnon
134 135 147 150 159 160
PRAHRAN EAST 33 Airlie Ave
Marshall White 135
370 Burnley St 15/69 River St 366 Church St
Fletchers 67 Fletchers 69 Marshall White 126
Bennison Mackinnon 160
ST KILDA EAST
Lot 668/36 Clipper Quay Kay & Burton 110
SANCTUARY COVE 5642 Harbour Tce
SURREY HILLS 54 Boisdale St 2/91 Essex Rd 27 Bentley St 1 Felix St 9 Bristol St
Coldwell Banker 163
SOUTH MELBOURNE 120 Palmerston Cres Bennison Mackinnon 160
Gary Peer
129 Canterbury Rd Kay & Burton 1/459 Glenferrie Rd Kay & Burton 11 & 11a Devorgilla Ave Marshall White 20 Kent Crt Marshall White 3-5 Carmyle Ave RT Edgar 276a Williams Rd RT Edgar 21 Ross St RT Edgar 3/8 Washington St RT Edgar 2/1 Tahara Rd Bennison Mackinnon
TORQUAY
25 The Esplanade
O’Connells Rd
62
Noel Jones 56 Noel Jones 59 Fletchers 66 Jellis Craig 87 Marshall White 131
TOORAK
TRENTHAM
SAFETY BEACH
160
RT Edgar 151
25 Empress Rd
OUTTRIM
106 108 120 132 146 148 151 151 161
BFP Rural & Urban 166
Pat Rice & Hawkins 166
WAHRING (NAGAMBIE)
205 Wahring Murchison East Rd Marshall White 114
WARRAGUL
182 Bowen St
Quirk Real Estate 163
*LISTINGS SUPPLIED BY CAMPAIGNTRACK
+AUCTIONS
Jellis Craig 86 Kay & Burton 104
MONT ALBERT NORTH MOOROODUC
58 59 122 133 134 145 158
Marshall White 123 Marshall White 124
5 York St 12 & 12a Stanhope St
54 Strabane Ave
ST KILDA
MOUNT ELIZA
RICHMOND
MALVERN EAST
MONT ALBERT Marshall White 145
111 112 127 128 133 139 140 145 157
60 61 61 62 87 101 108 113 149 150 151 155
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ASHBURTON 45 Ward Street
Privileged Position - Family Lifestyle! With a highly sought after residential address this attractive family home enables you to move in today, enjoy the ambience of the era and as the family grows take advantage of the expansive garden allotment of 17.4m x 47m (56’ x 153’) by extending at your leisure. The immaculately presented air conditioned interior features light and bright living, separate dining, three bedrooms and a kitchen overlooking a stunning expanse of garden. Fully re-wired and re-plumbed, this home provides a solar panel hot water system, broad band cable and Coonara wood heater. Direct gate access to the Anniversary Trail, with close proximity to the High Street Village shops, Alamein Station, three primary schools and Ashburton Pool complete the appeal of this home.
AUCTION
Sat 11th December at 11am
ESR
$1,000,000 - $1,100,000
INSPECT
Thur 5.30-6pm & Sat 10.30-11am
LAND
17.4m x 47m (56’ x 153’)
CONTACT Julie Kingshott 0413 569 643 OFFICE
Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Rd)
CANTERBURY 3/89A Mont Albert Road
Surprisingly Spacious Privately positioned at the rear of only three, this substantial town residence offers house-sized proportions, low-maintenance appeal and tremendous scope for contemporary refurbishment. Beautifully maintained interiors of impressive dimensions include expansive living room with gas heating, adjoining dining room featuring built-in-bar and spacious timber kitchen with informal meals. 2 huge bedrooms, each with ensuite, main with WIRs, plus generous study/potential 3rd bedroom. North-facing courtyard
AUCTION
Sat 11th December at 11am
INSPECT
Thur 2-2.30pm & Sat from 10.30am
CONTACT John Bradbury 0413 772 778 OFFICE
Michael Nolan 0418 546 118 9830 1644 - Balwyn 289 Whitehorse Road
garden. Features powder room, laundry with outdoor access, heating/cooling, security system and auto double garage/workshop with 4th WC. Close to Camberwell Grammar, train and tram.
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BALWYN 9830 1644 CAMBERWELL 9809 2000 GLEN IRIS 9885 3333 KEW 9817 4535
HAWTHORN EAST 14 Broomfield Road
Style, Space & Status This elegant double fronted Victorian´s classical image conceals a huge, family orientated floorplan which offers all the benefits of comprehensive renovation and extension. A light-filled, north-facing drawing room is complemented to the rear by contemporary open plan living/dining and sublime kitchen where style and size form a compelling combination. Superb main bedroom accompanied by walk-in robes and ensuite sets fresh benchmarks for luxury, a theme maintained by three further bedrooms and faultless family bathroom. Bi-fold doors facilitate seamless links to sky-lit indoor/outdoor pavilion and four car
AUCTION
Sat 11th December at 2.30pm
INSPECT
Thur 1-1.45pm & Sat 2-2.30pm
LAND
10.7m x 40.2m (35’ x 132’)
CONTACT Julie Kingshott 0413 569 643 OFFICE
Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Rd)
garage. Every imaginable luxury merely moments from cafes, trams and several prestigious schools.
MONT ALBERT NORTH 54 Strabane Avenue
Single Level Family Sanctuary An impressive renovation has created a gloriously spacious family home, combining a stylishly finished, zoned floorplan with year round indoor/ outdoor entertaining. Abundant northern light highlights immaculate presentation, superior appointments and fabulous alfresco spaces including heated pool. Comprises 3 bedrooms (BIRs, Main WIR/ ensuite), fitted study/ 4th bedroom, formal sitting (OFP), formal dining with fitted bar, open plan living/ dining, granite/ St George kitchen. Auto double garage/ storage, OSP.
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AUCTION
Sat 11th December at 12pm
ESR
$1,000,000 - $1,100,000
INSPECT
Thur 12-12.30pm & Sat from 11.30am
CONTACT James Bateman 0438 110 744 OFFICE
Michael Nolan 0418 546 118 9830 1644 - Balwyn 289 Whitehorse Road
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SURREY HILLS 54 Boisdale Street
A Private Surprise This home´s attractive, understated street presence precedes a family property of such spectacular dimensions, inside & out! Upper level living/dining areas enhanced by a beautifully appointed contemporary kitchen open to designer decking that overlooks a family friendly garden of depth & width that must be seen to be fully appreciated! Sunny home office/4th bedroom upstairs supplements a downstairs domain offering 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, galley style kitchenette & huge family room/ recreation or teenagers´ lounge. Ducted heating. Double OSP. Close to Wattle Park, Riversdale Road tram & PLC.
AUCTION
Sat 11th December at 1pm
ESR
Price On Application
INSPECT
Wed 11-11.30am & Sat from 12.30pm
CONTACT Geoff Inglis 0418 177 794 OFFICE
Geoff Hall 0419 006 488 9809 2000 - Camberwell 883 Toorak Road
ASHBURTON 12A Duke Street
BALWYN 2/322 Belmore Road
Beautifully Positioned Brand New Spaces
Under Instruction From State Trustees
Scintillating new residence enjoys its own frontage & separate allotment in a sought after location 2 mins from vibrant Ashburton Village Shoping Centre & train station! Generous living & dining areas. Stylish open plan kitchen & 2 low maint nth facing c’yards. D’stairs bdrm & fully-tiled bthrm set the tone for 2 further bdrms upstairs, incl main bdrm with WIR’s & ensuite & an inviting study space/retreat.
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AUCTION ESR INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 11th December at 12pm $860,000 - $930,000 Thur 1-1.30pm & Sat 11.30am-12 noon Tony Doh 0419 316 676 Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Road)
Position, Potential & So Affordable. One of only three, this large light and bright 2 bedroom single level unit is in a wonderful location with shops and transport at the door. Manageable, easily maintainable & will suit owner occupiers and investors alike. Includes: lounge/dining/kitchen, 2 double bedrooms, bathroom, laundry, single LU
AUCTION ESR INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 18th December at 10am $420,000 - $460,000 Thur 11.30am-12 noon/ Sat 10-10.30am Mark Read 0402 215 841 Michael Nolan 0418 546 118 9830 1644 - Balwyn 289 Whitehorse Road
garage & gas heating. An easy cosmetic renovator.
BALWYN 9830 1644 CAMBERWELL 9809 2000 GLEN IRIS 9885 3333 KEW 9817 4535
BALWYN 342 Whitehorse Road
BALWYN NORTH 219 Belmore Road
Capitalise On This 752sqm Site
Explore The Options
A 752sqm site adjacent to Balwyn shopping strip offering outstanding development potential (STCA) now or into the future, where you can choose the best option. Brilliantly serviced by community facilities and infrastructure virtually at your front door. Comprises 6 rooms, 1930´s English/Art Deco style brick home leased to Feb 2011.
AUCTION INSPECT LAND CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 11th December at 2pm Thur 10.30-11am & Sat 1.30-2pm 16.46m x 45.72m approx John Cokalis 0411 184 124 James Scoones 0413 872 558 9817 4535 - Kew 150 Cotham Road
Re-develop (STCA) or keep this delightful C1929 solid brick Californian Bangalow. North facing rear garden, Balwyn High Zone, close to shops, transport & parklands. The home consists of 3 BR’s, sitting room & dining room with OFP. Large family bathroom, 3 toilets, kitchen, family room & large deck. Also triple garage, ducted heating & cooling & sep laundry.
AUCTION INSPECT LAND CONTACT OFFICE
BURWOOD 49 Murray Drive
CAMBERWELL 3/596 Riversdale Road
Designed With Families In Mind
Perfectly Positioned
This exceptional 4 BR, 2 bthrm home demonstrates the appeal of its family focused floorplan with conspicuous success. A single level format arranged around 2 undercover courtyards delivers genuine indoor/outdoor enjoyment. An impressive formal lounge precedes living/dining featuring parquetry floors, home cinema & granite kitchen. GDH, A/C, water tank & garage. Close to Wattle Park & PLC.
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AUCTION ESR INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Thur 16th December at 6.30pm Price On Application Thur 12.30-1pm & Sat 11.30am-12 noon Andrew De Angelis 0402 039 342 Geoff Hall 0419 006 488 9809 2000 - Camberwell 883 Toorak Road
Fronting St Johns Ave on the 1st floor, with a glimpse of the city skyline, this apartment has large spaces & a generous balcony, could offer a significant investment or suitable as great 1st home. Separate functional kitchen, living/dining, 2 double bedrooms (BIRs), spacious bathroom (separate bath & laundry facilities). With a leafy entrance, SLUG & close
AUCTION ESR INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 18th December at 10.30am Thur 12-12.30pm & Sat 2.30-3pm 765sqm approx Tabitha Bradbury 0435 757 414 James Scoones 0413 872 558 9817 4535 - Kew 150 Cotham Road
Sat 18th December at 11am Price On Application Thur 12-12.30pm & Sat 1-1.30pm Helga Fialides 0411 631 200 David Gillham 0411 518 672 9809 2000 - Camberwell 883 Toorak Road
proximity to Camberwell Junction.
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GLEN IRIS 1771 Malvern Road
GLEN IRIS 40 Pascoe Street
Admired Landmark!
The Compelling Appeal Of Quality
Elegant & stylish 2 bedroom upstairs residence in a Tudor influenced architectural duplex, minutes from local boutiques & restaurants. Enjoy golden tones of polished timber floorboards, light toned decor & ornate white ceilings in the hall, lounge & dining room. Rear garden (on title), single garage, security system & laundry with extensive shelving also help to
AUCTION INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 18th December at 10am Wed 1.45-2.15pm & Sat 12-12.30pm Alex Voronin 0411 507 028 Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Road)
This fully renovated 3 bdrm, 2 bthrm home conveys quality & expresses style from 1st glance to final detail. Bright living & sunny dining are flexibly formal & informal. Sep family room/meals feat fabulous Spotted Gum floors incl a state-of-the-art kitchen with stone & smeg. To the rear, Jarrah decking beneath a canopy of vines overlooks a leafy garden.
AUCTION ESR INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 11th December at 1pm $1,000,000 - $1,080,000 Thur 3-3.30pm & Sat 12.30-1pm Tony Doh 0419 316 676 Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Road)
make life a little easier.
Side drive to double carport & workshop/storage.
KEW 5/501 High Street
MALVERN EAST 15 Illowa Street & 27 Clynden Avenue
Sensational Single-level!
Plans & Permits Approved!!!
One of five, renovated interiors, generous proportions & close to Victoria Park, Kew Cricket Ground, buses & trams. Interiors include light-filled living room, CaesarStone kitchen boasting breakfast bench, sep dining room plus two DBRs featuring BIRs. Features bathroom, sep WC, Euro laundry, heating/cooling. Courtyard garden with lawn area boasts NE orientation. An ideal home or investment.
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AUCTION INSPECT CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 11th December at 12.30pm Thur 1.30-2pm & Sat 12-12.30pm Tabitha Bradbury 0435 757 414 James Scoones 0413 872 558 9817 4535 - Kew 150 Cotham Road
Retain, invest, renovate or re-develop - the choice is yours! The existing solid brick duplex pair with rooms of house size proportions are in excellent order throughout & the approved plans for three additional townhouses & car parking facilities to be built at the rear with street frontage to Illowa Street.
AUCTION ESR INSPECT LAND CONTACT OFFICE
Sat 11th December at 12pm $1,000,000 - $1,100,000 Thur 3.15-3.45pm & Sat 11.30am-12pm 15.93m x 36.6m Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 Julie Kingshott 0413 569 643 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Road)
BALWYN 9830 1644 CAMBERWELL 9809 2000 GLEN IRIS 9885 3333 KEW 9817 4535
MALVERN EAST 8 Karma Avenue
SURREY HILLS 2/91 Essex Road
The Luxury Of Land Size!
Serene, Stylish, Sublime!
One of Karma Avenue´s largest allotments rarely offered, highly regarded & widely renowned! Options for further extending this 4 bdrm family residence or sub-divide. Close proximity to East Malvern station, Chadstone shops & nearby parkland. Comfortable
AUCTION ESR INSPECT LAND CONTACT
spaces incl flexible living/dining areas, a sunny kitchen, study, central bthrm, sep laundry/2nd bthrm & duct heat. Deep, wide N/E garden & side drive to carport!
OFFICE
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Wed 15th December at 6pm $1,200,000 - $1,300,000 Wed 5.30-6pm & Sat 12.45-1.15pm 15.24m x 57m (50’ x 187’) Julie Kingshott 0413 569 643 Karl Fitch 0418 371 343 9885 3333 - Glen Iris 1509 High St (Cnr Malvern Road)
Un-interrupted aspects over South Surrey Park provide this inviting modern town residence with exceptional outlooks & unique advantages! Formal & informal living/dining each occupy their own level & are served in style by a gleaming granite kitchen.
AUCTION ESR INSPECT CONTACT
Main bedroom (WIR & ensuite) sets the benchmark for 2 further bedrooms, study & 2nd bathroom, paved entertaining areas, GDH & DLUG.
OFFICE
Sat 11th December at 11am Price On Application Thur 1-1.30pm & Sat from 10.30am Rowan Walters 0433 103 102 Geoff Hall 0419 006 488 9809 2000 - Camberwell 883 Toorak Road
BALWYN 9830 1644 CAMBERWELL 9809 2000 GLEN IRIS 9885 3333 KEW 9817 4535
Mount Waverley 2 Allison Avenue
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Tudor Magic With An Art Deco Twist A classic 1930’s Art Deco Tudor style home of outstanding character close to Ashburton shops, Glen Iris Primary School, Solway Primary School, Korowa, Sacre Coeur, St Kevins and Scotch College. Glen Iris and Darling Station, tram, buses and the freeway entrance are also all close by. Presented in excellent order this charming home has magnificent ornate ceilings and cornices and leadlight windows. The modern kitchen and family room opens to a large under cover deck and together with the downstairs rumpus room, with its bi-fold doors, overlooks the superb fully tiled and heated inground pool, all on a superb 684m2 allotment (approx). Further contains: Security entrance foyer, wide hallway, formal lounge (OFP), dining room, family room (OFP), opening to kitchen and casual dining, 4 bedrooms (BIRs), 2 bathrooms, 3 toilets and large rumpus room. A TOUCH OF OLDE ENGLAND… “ROMNEY LODGE”
Auction Inspect Contact Office
Sat 18th December at 12noon Thurs 1-1.30pm & Sat 11.45-12.15pm Bill Michael 0418 179 219 361 Waverley Road, Mount Waverley 9807 9522
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www.williamsbatters.com.au | 159-161 Toorak Road, South Yarra | 9866 4411
www.williamsbatters.com.au | 159-161 Toorak Road, South Yarra | 9866 4411
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CAULFIELD NORTH 22 palm avenue
THE ULTIMATE IN CONTEMPORARY FAMILY LIVING This architectural masterpiece offers a spectacular backdrop for entertaining & family living. Designed to foster the ultimate in comfort with garden outlooks at every turn, the luxuriously styled interiors include formal & informal zones, gourmet kitchen, Nth-facing garden, private deck & two upstairs terraces.
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AUCTION THIS SUN 12.30
| Sunday 12th December 12.30 Thurs 6.30-7.00pm & Sun from 12.00pm Darren Krongold 0438 515 433 Eyal Malka 0414 778 837 Sally Zelman 0412 294 488
9526 1999
www.garypeer.com.au 348 orrong road, caulfield north, 3161
South Yarra
42 Clara Street
ST KILDA EAST 25 empress road
AUCTION THIS SUN 11.30
Prime Development Site / New Home Site or Restoration VOLUMES OF VERSATILITY WITH FAMILY FOCUS Volumes of space & a versatile layout create an ideal environment for the extended family in this massive home. There’s plenty of room for all in the formal & casual zones, family room, superbly appointed kitchen, study, rumpus room & two outdoor areas for recreation.
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| Sunday 12th December 11.30 Wed 12.00-12.30pm & Sun from 11.00am $1,300,000 - $1,450,000 Adam Joske 0414 337 979 Joel Ser 0415 337 708
9526 1999
This highly sought after allotment of some 468m2 (5040sqft) approx. has planning approval for the construction of two luxury townhouses designed by Melbourne’s leading Architect Christopher Doyle Esq. Currently comprising a charming double fronted Victorian residence of six main rooms with striking period features, large private garden and rear access. Situated within one of South Yarra’s finest streets this property presents the opportunity to re-develop or restore, the choice is yours.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing Tuesday 14th December at 5pm INSPECT Wednesday 12.30 - 1pm & Saturday 11 - 11.30 TELEPHONE 9827 1177 WWW.CASTRANGILBERT.COM.AU 276 TOORAK ROAD SOUTH YARRA
CONTACT Lachlan Castran Paul Castran
0407 766 304 0418 313 038
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25 Mary Street - HAWTHORN A compelling contemporary vision in the esteemed Grace Park Estate, this magnificent modern domain is an architect designed family sanctuary merging stunning interior and exterior spaces with dramatic window walls, floor level glazing and clever landscaping. Set in a low-maintenance indigenous garden with open-plan zones framed by complex stonework, rusted metal and polished concrete; this captivating 2-level residence stands on a 948 sq. metre north-facing
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rear allotment (approx.) with side ROW and double remote-control garage (internal). A prestigious position close to private schools, Glenferrie Road shopping and public transport enhances an enviable family lifestyle in this sublime designer home highlighting excellent children´s accommodation, parent´s retreat with striking ensuite, C-BUS home automation system, below water level windows and outstanding alfresco areas for private entertaining.
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5 fitted BRs (stylish main & guest´s with ensuites), C-BUS wiring, air-conditioning Versatile upstairs Home Office or Rumpasroom, wide entry foyer, timber floors Loungeroom with OFP and rock chimney wall, Diningroom, hydronic hearting Vast Familyroom looking into heated pool and spa Brilliant bath and powder rooms, Kitchen with Miele/Ilve appliances and butler´s pantry, laundry Alfresco entertaining areas, BBQ, manageable gardens, DLUG
Expressions of Interest Closing Tuesday 14th December at 5pm Inspect Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 3-3.30pm Land 18.3m x 51.8m (60' x 170') approx. Contact Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Alastair Craig 0418 335 363 Michael Hingston 0412 922 488 Office 9810 5000 Visit jelliscraig.com.au
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10 Carron Street - BALWYN NORTH The magnificent position overlooking Koonung Creek Reserve is idyllic accompaniment to this handsome contemporary home sited in the prestigious Balwyn High School zone near Greythorn Village, transport, Shoppingtown and freeway. The elegant sun-flooded layout features marble Entrance, lovely formal/casual zones, Music room, granite Kitchen, huge Family domain and atrium-style Sunroom unfolding to sail-covered garden terrace. With 4 Bedrooms (main/spa-ensuite/Retreat), Study, 2 bathrooms, heating/cooling/security, autogates/double remote garage.
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Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 12noon Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday from 11.30am Irreg 841 sq. metres (9,502 sq. ft) approx. Patrick Dennis 0409 321 159 Richard James 0408 751 189 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
24 Nungerner Street - BALWYN Cleverly conceived and consummately crafted for high quality zoned executive family living, this impressive Fasham Johnson residence (2006) is oriented to the north for relaxed indoor/ outdoor entertaining on an easily-managed garden allotment. Balwyn High zoning and proximity to fine amenities brilliantly enhances this light-filled family home offering heating/ cooling, vacuum, alarm, 3 robed Bedrooms (indulging main ensuite), Study or 4th, vast Familyroom (OFP), Loungeroom, Ilve and ASKO Kitchen/Meals, bathroom, auto DLUG and private alfresco area with pond.
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 12noon Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am 15.2m x 44.5m (50’ x 145’) approx. Peter Dixon 0403 062 220 Trish Dixon 0411 555 650 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
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6 Seymour Grove - CAMBERWELL Privately nestled behind high-fenced formal gardens, picturesque "Seymour" (c1884) blends rich Victorian character, stylish modern function and sensational family-sized pool/spa for an entertainer´s lifestyle close to Junction restaurants, boutiques and transport. Boasting rear triple remote garage, this wonderful home comprises 3 large Bedrooms (2/OFP, upper Parent´s Retreat/BIRs/ensuite), Study/4th Bedroom (gas fire), regal Living/Dining (gas fire) and stylish Kitchen/Family domain to north deck and hedged pool/gardens. Heating/cooling, bathroom, powder room.
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Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 2pm Thursday 1.30-2pm & 7-7.30pm, Saturday from 1.30pm 10.85m x 44.2m (35.6’ x 145’) approx. Julian Tonkin 0419 341 341 Peter Vigano 0407 301 224 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
15 Alexandra Avenue - CANTERBURY A grand Georgian-inspired façade is stunning entree to the luxurious European style of this family home in prominent Golden Mile locality near Maling Rd, parks, elite schools and shops. Expressing unwavering excellence through marble/porcelain Reception, ample formal/casual living/entertaining zones, Rumpus/Home Theatre extending north to stylish poolside terraces and manicured gardens. With 5 fitted Bedrooms (Parent´s Retreat/WIRs/spa-ensuite), downstairs study/6th bedroom, 3 bathrooms, Miele Kitchen/Butler´s Pantry, climate control, security, auto gates/double remote garage.
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 12noon Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am 15.2m x 42.9m (50’ x 140’) approx. Daniel Bradd 0411 347 511 Richard Spratt 0412 493 189 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
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3 Leeds Street - CANTERBURY Classically designed and superbly appointed with family-focused dimensions throughout, this lovely modern home delivers a lifestyle to be envied opposite Canterbury Primary School and moments to Maling Rd, train, tram and first-rate schooling. Elegantly finished over 2 sunflooded levels, this easy-flowing home features 4 king-sized Bedrooms (BIRs, main/WIRs/ ensuite), Study/5th Bedroom, stylish refined and relaxed zones (Stone Kitchen, Tecknicka appliances/WI pantry), Teen Living, bathroom, powder room, auto-gates/double remote garage and landscaped north gardens.
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Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am 16.79m x 39.2m (55’ x 128’6") approx. Richard Spratt 0412 493 189 Daniel Bradd 0411 347 511 9809 8999 jelliscraig.com.au
35 Monomeath Avenue - CANTERBURY Gracing an exclusive Golden Mile position moments to prestige schools, this substantial modern residence boasts every conceivable luxury for an unsurpassed family lifestyle. A large low-maintenance allotment focusing on sun-drenched alfresco entertaining complements an extensive, quality appointed interior featuring 5 fitted Bedrooms (huge main with spa ensuite), 2 Studies, formal Lounge and Dining, Familyroom, granite Kitchen/Meals with Smeg appliances, 3 further bathrooms, Gymnasium, indoor pool/spa to terrace, 2 powder rooms, alarm, CCTV, auto gates and DLUG.
Expressions of Interest Closing Friday 10th December Inspect By Appointment Land 18.3m x 71.5m (60’ x 235) approx. Contact Tom Ryan 0413 872 550 Alastair Craig 0418 335 363 Office 9810 5000 Visit jelliscraig.com.au
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27 Connell Street - HAWTHORN This just completed residence makes a scintillating contemporary contribution to a coveted location close to St James Park. Light-filled living/dining dimensions, sunny central retreat and a Miele kitchen with walk-in pantry reflect signature designer style before bi-fold doors link effortlessly to north-facing outdoor entertaining areas. Downstairs main bedroom with walk-in robes and en suite sets a luxurious standard for two upstairs bedrooms and study served by additional en suite and third bathroom. Heating/cooling. Clever storage. Security. Single garage with second car space.
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Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 18th December at 12noon Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 1-1.30pm 9.14m x 32.3m (approx) Clayton Smith 0418 877 445 Hayden Reed 0412 321 025 9428 3333 jelliscraig.com.au
31 Hastings Road - HAWTHORN EAST Beautifully blending into an established streetscape, this picturesque Victorian offers an alluring family setting on the leafy edge of the Junction, transport and schools. A lovely leadlight and twin arched Entrance gives rise to expansive ultra-stylish Living/Dining (OFP) whilst 4 large Bedrooms (2/BIRs, main/WIRs/ensuite), Study/5th Bedroom delivers ample accommodation. OP Kitchen/Meals/Family zone unfolds to terrace and sizeable gardens featuring Studio/storage, rear carport/ROW and scope to extend with possible 2nd storey city views (STCA).
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 18th December at 11am Thursday 11.15-11.45am & Saturday 2.30-3pm 11.89m x 46.33m (38.99´ x 151.96´) approx. Richard Winneke 0418 136 858 Chloe Quinn 0412 238 565 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
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12 Kilby Road - KEW EAST An eye-catching architect extension is stunning complement to the Deco character of this distinctive home elevated amidst landscaped gardens and handy to transport, schools and freeway. A glass-encased heated plunge-pool plays dramatic definition between rich original rooms and striking contemporary areas where panoramic glass walls overlook huge deck and luxuriant water-featured garden oasis. 3 large Bedrooms (main with ensuite), Study, formal Living, Dining (4th Bedroom), IG Euro/stone Kitchen, Sunroom, spa-bathroom, auto-gates/ garage/cellar.
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Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday from 10.30am 15.2m x 42.6m (50’ x 140’) approx. David Volpato 0414 701 983 Richard Winneke 0418 136 858 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
43 Avenue Road - CAMBERWELL Classical & contemporary elements are beautifully balanced throughout this brilliant freestanding Victorian with double garage on a deep landscaped allotment directly opposite parkland. Stroll just metres to vibrant Camberwell Junct, schools & transport from this irresistible home boasting a 3 BR (BIRs) & 2 bathroom floorplan enhanced by hydronic heating, alarm & air-con. A consummate entertainer with sun-drenched alfresco deck & BBQ area, it also offers stunning Living (Jetmaster OFP) & Dining area, premium Kitchen (Smeg/AEG).
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 2pm Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 1.30pm 6.1m x 53.3m (20’ x 175’) approx. Steve Burke 0448 331 653 Maree Keel 0438 828 582 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
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951 Toorak Road - CAMBERWELL Spacious proportions, stylish presentation and a sought after position confirm the enduring family appeal of this Gable style home on an easily managed allotment with half tennis court. Previously renovated spaces offer immediately inviting accommodation with scope to update, renovate/ redevelop (STCA). Sitting (OFP), Library/ Dining (OFP), Sunroom Study, open plan Living/ Dining with Bosch Kitchen. 4 Bedrooms (x3 BIRs), Rumpus, 3 family bathrooms. Double garage, multiple OSP. Excellent consulting suite adaptability.
196 Prospect Hill Road - CANTERBURY The secret to this homes success lies in its wonderful family-focused position close to excellent schools, Maling Rd shops, train, tram & bus. Secluded beyond a high-fenced garden setting, this attractive 1920´s home offers a gently evolved layout with ample scope to further contemporize/extend making the most of the private, family-sized garden wonderland. Features: 4 good-sized Bedrooms (BIRs), big formal Living (OFP), fireside Dining, central Kitchen & Familyroom to decked gardens (Studio). With bathroom, heating, air-con’s, OSP.
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Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am 18.3m x 40.2m (60’ x 132’) approx Kevin O’Brien 0447 008 000 Steven Abbott 0407 324 240 9832 0500 jelliscraig.com.au
Saturday 11th December at 2pm Wednesday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 1.30pm 17.07m x 39.63m (56’ x 130’) approx. Patrick Dennis 0409 321 159 Peter Dixon 0403 062 220 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
12 Faircroft Avenue - GLEN IRIS Boasting direct access to Gardiners Creek parkland & bike paths, the stylish contemporary renovation of this Spanish Mission home has created a seamless combination of modern practicality & wonderfully engaging heritage character. Generous original proportions enhanced by decorative ceilings & leadlight windows precede open plan family lifestyle spaces offering abundant storage & uplifting natural light. Formal Living, 3 Bdrms (BIRs, Main ensuite), open plan Living/Dining, CaesarStone/Bosch Kitchen (WIP), alfresco entertaining, OSP x2.
1A Burwood Avenue - HAWTHORN EAST This stunning brand new architect designed tri-level townhouse (on its own title) is a remarkable achievement in low-maintenance living on the edge of the Junction´s restaurants, transport and Rivoli Theatre. DLUG from Carrington Avenue, this unique home delivers 3 al fresco areas including ground level courtyard, north terrace and chic balcony with city views adjoining OP Living domain. Features upper Master-suite dedicated to privacy with ensuite Bedroom, 2 further Bedrooms, Euro/Stone Kitchen, bathroom, powder room, heating/cooling.
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Auction Inspect Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am 15.2m x 38.7m (588.3 sq m) approx. Zali Booker 0422 576 049 Paul Keane 0419 330 571 9809 8999 jelliscraig.com.au
Saturday 11th December at 12noon Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am Michael Hingston 0412 922 488 Tim Picken 0419 305 802 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
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4/9 Lisson Grove - HAWTHORN So spacious, so stylish and so easy, this fabulous investment, entry-level opportunity or lowmaintenance lifestyle choice flaunts a premium Riverside location handy to Glenferrie Rd and just a quick commute to the CBD via tram, train or bike track. A 1st floor position in beautifully maintained "Knox Court" offers peace, privacy and leafy outlooks from lovely Living/Dining (heater, air-conditioner) open to treetop balcony and 2 generous double Bedrooms (excellent BIRs). With huge Kitchen/Meals, spacious bathroom/laundry, Intercom Entry and carport.
5 York Street - MONT ALBERT An exciting prospect in a tree-lined street, this charming original Edwardian sitting on a flat block of almost 745m2/8,100 sqft approx. presents a compelling opportunity for renovators/ home builders in a pivotal setting with Our Holy Redeemer, cafes & shops all within easy reach. The largely untouched interior features remnants of a rich history with Wunderlich ceilings, leadlight features & classic proportions whilst mature gardens offer sunny backdrop to future improvement/new home (STCA). Formal Living, Dining, 3 Bdrms, 2 bathrooms, garage/OSP.
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Auction Inspect Contact Office Visit
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Thursday 16th December at 7pm Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 10.30-11am Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Michael Hingston 0412 922 488 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
Saturday 11th December at 1pm Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 12.30pm 18.2m x 40.8m (60’ x 134’) approx. Richard Spratt 0412 493 189 Richard James 0408 751 189 9809 8999 jelliscraig.com.au
8 Lang Street - SOUTH YARRA With an inspiring display of contemporary architecture, this stylish home offers a lifestyle oasis near Fawkner Park, Chapel St and Toorak Rd. A free-flowing design seamlessly extends to water-featured terrace amidst stylish al fresco setting whilst for flexibility, 3 double Bedrooms (BIRs, 2 upstairs to suspended terrace) and Office zone are accompanied by Games room/Teen Retreat (bar/kitchenette, retractable double bed). 2 chic Bathrooms, IG Miele Kitchen, heat/ cool/security, auto-gates/plenty OSP for 3 cars.
1 Felix Street - SURREY HILLS An elevated, exclusive cul-de-sac provides a coveted setting for this classic 3 Bedroom plus Study residence surrounded by a spectacular allotment of some 1078 sqm. Such impressive dimensions suggest exceptional scope for re-development, STCA, to make the utmost of north facing rear aspects. In addition to dual townhouse possibilities, the prospect for a full scale renovation/extension project or for sensational new home site with pool further illustrates this great site´s huge potential. Explore your options in a highly sought after location.
Private Sale Estimate $1,450,000 Inspect As advertised or by appointment Land 9.8m x 26m ( 32’ x 85’) approx. Contact Jerry Aquino 0413 737 778 Steven Abbott 0407 324 240 Office 9832 0500 Visit jelliscraig.com.au
Auction Inspect Land Contact Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am 22.1m x 48.78m (72´6" x 160´) approx. Sue Wooldridge 0413 476 674 Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
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24 Frederick Street - BALWYN
3/18 Maylands Avenue - BALWYN NORTH
The areas most prized pocket in the Balwyn High zone close to bus, Whitehorse Rd tram, shops & supermarket is the outstanding setting for this 3 BR weatherboard cottage backed by a gen mature garden & ideal to reno, extend or create a new home (STCA).
Elegant 2 BR unit presenting an exciting entry-level/scale-down opportunity near Kew High School, parks, bus & Village shopping. 1st time offered & with scope to up-style, this spac single-level home feat big nth-fac Liv/Dining, Kitchen/Meals, rem garage & lovely gardens.
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Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Wednesday 12.45-1.15pm & Saturday from 10.30am 15.24m x 44.49m (50´ x 146´) approx. Patrick Dennis 0409 321 159 Danielle O´Callaghan 0418 376 903 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 11am Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday from 10.30am Julian Tonkin 0419 341 341 Diana Healy 0418 314 433 9831 2800 jelliscraig.com.au
33 Boardman Close - BOX HILL SOUTH
4/11 Allambee Avenue - CAMBERWELL
Sitting idyllically in a whisper-quiet cul-de-sac taking in northern views of Box Hill Golf Course/Gardiners Creek, this 2 storey 3 BR t-house on almost 400m2, delivers a premium entry-level/downsize opportunity with bus, Bowling Club, & Golf Course metres away.
Experience indoor/outdoor living & entertaining at its best in this light-filled 2 BR villa unit that is nestled to the rear of a garden block of only 4 savouring seclusion, serenity & a spacious & leafy nth-fac courtyard garden. Stroll to Middle C’Well shops, parks & transport.
Auction Inspect Land Contact
Auction Inspect Contact
Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 2pm Thursday 10.30-11am & Saturday from 1.30pm Irreg. 392 sq m Richard Spratt 0412 493 189 Daniel Bradd 0411 347 511 9809 8999 jelliscraig.com.au
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Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 10.30am Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 10am Steve Burke 0448 331 653 Maree Keel 0438 828 582 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
45 Vears Road - GLEN IRIS
7 Walerna Road - GLEN IRIS
Surrounded by established gardens, this elevated residence has been totally renovated offering light-filled interiors including inviting Lounge, substantial Kitchen, 2nd bathroom, Casual Dining & Family room. 3 Bdrms, main (ensuite), 4th Bdrm/Study. Deck at rear.
Supremely positioned in an enviable family locale, this 3 Bedroom + Study home epitomizes functional liveability with huge potential to improve. Walking distance to Ferndale Park and Glen Iris Primary, also close to transport shops and freeway access.
Auction Inspect Land Contact
Auction Inspect Land Contact
Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 12pm Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday from 11.30am 20.4m x 39.75m (67´ x 131´) or 818 sq m (8,800 sq ft) approx. Mark Lawson 0414 777 887 Paul Williamson 0418 509 472 9809 8999 jelliscraig.com.au
Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 12pm Thursday 6-6.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am 15.24m x 41.76m (636 sq m) approx. Zali Booker 0422 576 049 Corey Ahearne 0405 637 045 9809 8999 jelliscraig.com.au
2/67 Davis Street - KEW
25/37 Foley Street - KEW (ACCESS VIA ST JAMES PLACE)
This delightful residence, one-of-a-pair, offers stylish interiors, designer decking & lowmaintenance appeal. Enjoying formal lounge, open-plan living/dining, well-equipped kitchen, 2 spacious Bedrooms, main with ensuite plus study. 2nd bathroom, garage & OSP.
Well positioned with private entry via St James Place; enticing low-maintenance lifestyle awaits with this light-filled 3 Bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse enjoying access to shared pool & BBQ facilities. Well-presented with new carpets & freshly painted throughout.
Auction Inspect Land Contact
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Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 10am Thursday 12.45-1.15pm & Saturday from 9.30am 6.4m x 33.5m (21´ x 110´) approx. Chloe Quinn 0412 238 565 Richard Winneke 0418 136 858 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
Office Visit
Saturday 11th December at 12.30pm Thursday 3-3.30pm & Saturday from 12noon Steve Burke 0448 331 653 Maree Keel 0438 828 582 9810 5000 jelliscraig.com.au
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Balwyn North 24 Jacka Street Outstanding in every category! A minimalist masterpiece boasting an idyllic location abutting Gordon Barnard parklands and zoned for Balwyn High School. Flowing seamlessly with cool, clean lines through vast gallery-style spaces concluding with perfection to salt-water pool amidst expansive terraces and superb landscape. Uncompromising luxury permeates every breathtaking space with endless European Oak hall, 4 deluxe ensuite bedrooms, study/5th bedroom, sumptuous home-theatre, lavish open plan Miele kitchen/butlers pantry and vast dual living zones linked by flame-feature-fire and triple remote garage. Land 1,350sqm (14,537sqft) 24.53/29.06m x 50.57/50.34m (80’/95’ x 166’/165’) approximately. 4
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3 Thurs 6.00 - 6.30pm & Sat 4.00 - 4.30pm Thurs 16th December - 7.00pm > EPR POA 46 / F5 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Paul Pfeiffer 0411 224 008 Maurice Di Marzio 0419 182 276
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Balwyn North 2 Kendari Avenue Grand elegance. This magnificent brand new home offers grandeur and luxury, within the sought after premium Balwyn High School zone. Elegance and style combine with superior finishes to create a stunning and spacious domain that will appeal to many. Expansive formal living area and private office are positioned either side of the grand entrance, with stylish designer kitchen, dining and living space opening up to a large private courtyard ideal for entertaining. Upstairs you will find luxury in all the right places, 4 bedrooms, main and guest room with ens and WIR, rumpus room and study. Only a short walk to Balwyn High School and minutes to everything, this stunning residence offers a grand lifestyle. 92 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
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2 Thurs 1.00 - 1.30pm & Sat from 12.30pm Sat 11th December - 1.00pm > EPR POA 46 / B1 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Troy Rendle 0438 305 520 Toby Parker 0413 581 104
Balwyn North 43 Sweyn Street For those on the quest for something special! Stunning 3 bedroom/2 bathroom townhouse flaunting impressive space, style and luxury in hush-quiet position near Belmore Village, freeway and St Bridget’s. With sun-filled jarrah timber floors through lounge/dining, superb open plan living domain (Miele/stone kitchen) bi-folding to big stylish deck and tiered landscape, lavish ensuite and separate powder room. Heating/cooling/security and auto-gates/remote garage.
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1 Thurs 12.00 - 12.30pm & Sat 3.00 - 3.30pm Sat 18th December - 11.00am > EPR $890,000 - $980,000 46 / H3 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Paul Pfeiffer 0411 224 008 Toby Parker 0413 581 104
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Camberwell 67 Rowell Avenue Grand family abode, positioned to perfection! A touch of French-inspired glamour has arrived in one of the area’s most sought-after tree-lined avenues. Offering executive family luxury, this superb home showcases epic proportions through refined, relaxed open plan areas and upper teen zones, 6 huge bedrooms (WIRs, 5/ensuite access, main with “his and hers” dressing rooms/marble spaensuite), stunning marble/Miele kitchen/butler’s pantry and enticing solar pool amidst tropical-style landscape. With powder room, cellar, climate control, video security and auto-gates to double remote garage. Celebrate a premium lifestyle with excellent proximity to sports grounds, transport, boutique shopping and select schools. 94 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
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2 Thurs 12.00 - 12.30pm & Sat from 10.30am Sat 11th December - 11.00am > EPR POA 59 / K4 Hawthorn/Camberwell 1153-1157 Burke Road, Kew 3101 9944 3888 Maurice Di Marzio 0419 182 276 Toby Parker 0413 581 104
Glen Iris 29 Osborne Avenue “The Block�. Entire block of 8 x 2 bedroom apartments on separate titles to be sold as one, each with its own balcony, carport, separate kitchen, laundry area and large bright living room. 4 in excellent order and 4 in sound original condition. Situated in a wide leafy street highlighted by trams, trains and the Harold Holt swimming pool around the corner. Modestly returning approximately $118,000 per annum. Blue-chip investment in a blue-chip location.
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Kew 30 Florence Avenue European grandeur comes to Florence! From the moment you set eyes on this stunning home you’ll know it’s something special. Superb architect design and European-inspired luxury come together with spellbinding effect and then unfold to north deck (al fresco kitchen) and decadent salt-pool/spa and sculptured garden oasis reminiscent of a Mediterranean villa. An exceptional environment to live and entertain, this memorable home features the finest finishes through luxuriously proportioned refined and relaxed zones, full Miele kitchen, 4 double bedrooms (BIRs, main/ensuite), fitted study, library, dual living areas with music zone, 2 bathrooms, powder room, heating/cooling/security and double remote garage. 96 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
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2 Thurs 1.00 - 1.30pm & Sat from 12.30pm Sat 11th December - 1.00pm > EPR $2,500,000 - $2,750,000 45 / G6 Hawthorn/Camberwell 1153-1157 Burke Road, Kew 3101 9944 3888 Maurice Di Marzio 0419 182 276 Toby Parker 0413 581 104
Balwyn 58-60 Yerrin Street A unique opportunity awaits. A spectacular opportunity for an extraordinary parcel of land in prime Balwyn High School zone close to Balwyn Village and 109 tram. Two homes on two titles offered as one (totaling 3,072sqm approximately) convey a unique opportunity for owner-occupiers, investors and developers. The land offers strong characteristics with its stunning northern and city views, producing a prime opportunity for medium to high density residential application (subject to council approval). Comprises; (58) 1930s art deco home of 3 bedrooms in original condition. (60) 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom architect designed home set over 2 levels and offering the luxuries of a floodlit N/S tennis court and swimming pool.
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2 Thurs & Sat 5.00 - 5.30pm Sat 18th December - 1.00pm POA 46 / E7 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Paul Pfeiffer 0411 224 008 Toby Parker 0413 581 104
Balwyn North 33 Winfield Road Unique architectural sanctuary with breathtaking views Classic open plan Modernist Architecture. Floor to ceiling windows, clean lines and light, huge spaces offering uninterrupted views and indoor/outdoor living. This is a very special and truly unique home. A private sanctuary, with garden vistas from every room, and a spectacular panorama extending over bush land directly opposite. Savour peaceful birdsong from the ingenious floorplan featuring two bedrooms, plus study area, music area, gourmet kitchen, and stunning bathroom. You will be surprised by the incredible spaciousness of this immaculate property in coveted Balwyn North. Inspection is a must. You might just fall in love!
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3 Thurs 12.00 - 12.30pm & Sat 10.00 - 10.30am Sat 18th December - 12.00pm $850,000 - $950,000 46 / J3 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road, 3103 9830 7000 Troy Rendle 0438 305 520 Toby Parker 0413 581 104
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Camberwell 31 Derby Street Visionary Design In A Desirable Address This just completed 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home applies a fresh, forwarding thinking approach to all the attributes associated with family success. Three living zones include a refined formal lounge, large, light-filled living/dining with superb Miele kitchen & upstairs, huge family-room, media/ theatre room or children’s area. Alternative upstairs & downstairs main suites, each with WIRs, sublime bathrooms & outdoor retreats. Elegantly lowmaintenance landscaping & north-facing outdoor entertaining surrounds a seductive lap pool. Central heating, refrigerated A/C, ducted vacuum & double garage. Genuine walking distance to tram, Camberwell Station, Burke Rd cafes & shops. Land 524m2 approx.
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Thurs 12.00 - 12.30pm, 6.00 - 6.30pm & Sat from 2pm Sat 11th December - 2.30pm POA 60 A1 Hawthorn/Camberwell 1153-1157 Burke Road, Kew 3101 9944 3888 Paul Walker 0418 323 122 Leo Dardha 0425 718 411
Kew 121 Walpole Street When quality counts and location matters‌ On a large allotment of approximately 300sqm this sizeable & exceptional quality town residence with 2 manicured outdoor areas in premium Kew location. Rich-toned solid parquetry floors flow through living room to family living & dining rooms & sleek kitchen of granite, stainless steel & timber opens to a private & secure expansive courtyard. Features ducted vacuum, central heating & A/C, security system & video intercom. Downstairs laundry with ample storage and remote control basement double garage with additional parking. A leisurely stroll from Willsmere Village and the Kew Junction. Easy access to public transport. Minutes from freeway to city & airport.
Thurs 6.00 - 6.30pm & Sat from 10.30am > AUCTION Sat 11th December - 11.00am > EPR $1,100,000 - $1,200,000 > MEL REF 45 D3 > OFFICE Hawthorn/Camberwell 1153-1157 Burke Road, Kew 3101 > TEL 9944 3888 > CONTACT Hayden Mitchell 0421 958 359 Glen Coutinho 0409 779 399 > VIEW
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Ashburton 5 Hudson Court
Balwyn 318 Belmore Road
Located in one of Ashburton’s many “cul de sacs” this substantial 4 B/R, family orientated home offers large open living spaces, great outdoor entertaining & access to Ashburton Recreational Centre, Ashburton Shopping Village & Holmesglen Tafe.
Walking distance to transport, schools and shops a fabulous classic cream brick home resides on a 840sqm (approx) block with an outstanding 19.7m frontage. Move in, renovate or redevelop (subject to council approval). Living room, updated kitchen, 3 bedrooms (ens to main), bathroom, laundry and plenty of storage, lock up garage and secure off street parking.
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Thurs 2.00 - 2.30m & Sat 12.00 - 12.30pm Sat 18th December - 3.30pm 60 F10 Glen Iris 58 High Street 3146 9885 9811 Reilly Waterfield 0422 291 773 Lauchlan Waterfield 0422 290 489 Glen Coutinho 0409 779 399
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2 Thurs 11.00 - 11.30am, 5.30 - 6.00pm & Sat from 10.30am Sat 11th December - 11.00am > EPR $900,000 - $990,000 46 / J5 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Nick Gatacre 0428 860 425 Chris Johnson 0433 466 463
Balwyn 2/7 Jurang Street
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Delightful villa amid leafy surrounds. In a boutique block of four, this spacious villa highlights two large bedrooms (BIRs) and central bathroom with spa, lounge/dining area complemented by a contemporary kitchen, laundry and separate toilet, plus gas heating, polished timber floors, lock-up garage. Within the Balwyn High School zone, walk to Maranoa Gardens, Whitehorse Road trams and shops.
Renovate On Scotch Hill. First time offered in 52 years, is this Single Fronted Freestanding Victorian Home, in need of a loving new owner to use their imagination and restore it to its original glory, or simply start again with a clean canvas and build a magnificent “dream home” (Subject to Council approval) Land 7.6m x 44.3m approx.
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Thurs 1.30 - 2.00pm & Sat 10.30 - 11.00am Sat 18th December - 2.00pm > EPR $520,000 - $560,000 46 E7 Balwyn 544 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Suzie Blade 0407 633 663 Paul Walker 0418 323 122
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Thurs 11.00 - 11.30am, 6.00 - 6.30pm & Sat from 12.30pm Sat 11th December - 1.00pm > EPR $700,000 - $770,000 59 E2 Hawthorn/Camberwell 1153-1157 Burke Road, Kew 3101 9944 3888 Tina Ceravolo 0417 533 125 Evan Lykourinos 0414 555 455
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1/253 Highfield Road When Location & Convenience Really Counts.... Situated within a short stroll to the Hartwell hub, trams and Leo´s supermarket, this conveniently located two bedroom unit oozes warmth and charm with splashes of natural northern light. Step beyond the unique façade and be impressed by the sparkling modern kitchen with meals area, formal lounge with open fire place, spa bathroom and two robed bedrooms plus large private courtyard.
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7/286 Toorak Road ´Broadway´ - A Class Act At The Ultimate Address. Live it up with luxury and lifestyle in this beautiful 3rd floor 2 bedroom 2 bathroom security apartment. Superbly appointed with granite and marble finishes, this timeless residence provides a granite/timber entertainer´s kitchen, open plan living & dining with leafy unadulterated views over South Yarra, adjoining den, large store room and undercover security parking. Whisper quiet, surrounded by stylish cafes, fabulous restaurants, cinemas, transport and designer boutiques.
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Impressive By Any Standard Luxurious as new state of the art two storey residence of substantial proportions, 5 star energy rating and breathtaking style blends classical inspiration and high end quality for unparalleled contemporary family living near middle Camberwell shops, schools, two trams and Willison train station. The property comprises big bedrooms, stunning master with WIR, ensuite and fabulous city views, home theatre, vast formal sitting room/dining room, huge family room with gas fireplace, fully equipped and plumbed entertaining terrace, stone stainless steel kitchen with butlers pantry, second kitchen, three bathrooms, three zone heating/cooling and ducted vacuum. Extra features; Security systems, solar energy, video intercom, auto garage with direct access, water wise garden all on land size of 619m2, or 6590 sqft (approx).
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Position Plus Potential You will feel right at home the moment you step inside this well appointed apartment with a much desired Hawthorn locale. Comprised of two good sized bedrooms (both with BIRs), large living area with gas heater. A light and bright kitchen is of good size with a back door out to a courtyard on title. The bathroom services the apartment well with a separate toilet and laundry facilities. With a balcony and ground level position this one is certainly a winner. A stones throw from Barkers Road and Church Street trams plus the Yarra Boulevard, also just a short walk to ´Victoria Gardens´ shopping complex. One carport car space on title in a boutique block of 6, this apartment offers plenty of scope to be further enhanced. Auction: Price: Open: Contact: Office:
Saturday 11th December at 11am $420,000 plus Thursday 12.30 - 1.00pm & Saturday 10.30 - 11.00am Anthony Panayi 0430 464 111, Chris Ewart 0419 897 979 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123
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Enticing Edwardian This wonderfully renovated 3 bedroom solid brick Edwardian semi-detached home is welcoming from the moment you walk through the front door. High 3.3 metre ceilings, plenty of storage & large windows enhance the appeal of this period property. Enjoy the lounge with open gas fire, new modern kitchen with granite bench tops & meals area. Beautifully designed paved courtyard provides perfect outdoor entertaining with large sheltered BBQ area & sunny open spaces. Features: polished floors/quality carpet, ducted vacuum, gas cooktop, stunning bathroom, central gas heating, rear storage shed & double off street parking. Located on a deep sunny allotment close to Kew Junction, leading private schools, public transport & easy access to the city. Auction: Price: Open: Contact: Office:
Saturday 11th December at 12.30pm $790,000 plus Thursday & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm Tori McGregor 0433 356 600, Chris Ewart 0419 897 979 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123
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Kew 2 Gellibrand Street Once In A Lifetime Opportunity Offered for the first time since 1954. Demonstrating the superiority of its original craftsmanship and recent contemporary renovation, this landmark c. 1870 family residence with fully self contained studio presents a substantial family living environment blessed with rich strength of character, consummate modern comfort and a unique cul de sac position providing views of Xavier College´s magnificent Chapel and sports fields. Four classical reception rooms, stylish informal living/ dining, stainless steel kitchen with AGA stove, walk in pantry. Three upstairs bathrooms serve up to six bedrooms, the main with dressing room easily adapted to facilitate a nursery. Serene garden surrounds with alfresco dining, bluestone cellar, water bore/ tanks, comprehensive security, remote double garage. Landsize: 1200 sqm approx. Auction: Saturday 11th December at 11.30am View: Wed 5-5.30pm, Thur 12-12.30pm & Sat from 11am Jock Langley 0419 530 008 Lisa Jarrett 0408 053 623 Andrew Harlock 0419 379 992
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South Yarra 2a Nicholson Street Surround Yourself With Style An exceptional example of townhouse design on a substantial South Yarra allotment, surrounded by Fawkner Park, schools, transport, Prahran Market and Toorak Road´s rich café culture. Inviting living/dining areas enjoy abundant light from northerly aspects, a natural advantage that also complements a huge paved entertaining patio. A well equipped original kitchen appreciates its own outlooks over the impressive outdoor dimensions. Upstairs main bedroom with romantic terrace and second bedroom share a bright central bathroom. Heating, cooling, security and off street parking.
Auction: Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm View: Wednesday 12.00-12.30pm, Thursday 1.001.30pm & Saturday from 1pm Lisa Jarrett 0408 053 623 Jock Langley 0419 530 008
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Kew 3/206 Cotham Road This historical period style property has been converted into a boutique block of grandeur apartments which are absolutely stunning to
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Noorilim Estate One of Australia’s most significant private estates, Noorilim is a genuine, once in a lifetime opportunity. Currently an exclusive family retreat with endless possibilities for the astute investor. A spectacular landholding of 65 hectares encompasses an ornamental lake, botanical gardens, 32 hectares of private vineyards, Goulburn River frontage, coach house and stables. With its prominent tower, 14 principal rooms, colonnaded loggias and 5 meter ceilings, Noorilim is the finest example of Italianate architecture in rural Victoria. www.noorilim.net
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Camberwell 19 Victoria road replete with evocative original Victorian splendour, this iconic solid-brick residence in the prestigious Tara estate represents an exceptional chance to restore to its former glory and create a luxurious family domain in an elite location (STCa). Sumptuous proportions, exquisitely detailed ceilings and glorious hand-painted leadlight windows define the dramatic arched hallway, sitting room with marble OFP, grand formal dining room (marble OFP), spacious bedroom with marble OFP and currently a kitchen with marble OFP. additional accommodation includes a generous living and dining room, second kitchen, two further bedrooms, study and two bathrooms. a deep north-facing garden with rOw further enhances this unique property’s impressive appeal. land: 1,040sqm/11,195sqft (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 12.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 11.45-12.15pm Saturday from 12noon
Contact
James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766
Office
266 auburn road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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BALWYN 150-154 Winmalee Road Restore to its former grandeur or sub-divide allotment (STCA). Offering comfortable accommodation with the potential for a complete renovation and excellent scope to extend this landmark c1911 H.D. Annear inspired four/five bedroom residence is positioned on a substantial corner (Banff Court) allotment of 1670sqm/18,000sqft (approx) complete with modgrass tennis court and a solar/gas heated in ground pool. Alternatively, sub-divide the tennis court (6,000 sqft approx) occupying the front portion of the land (STCA), in turn develop the site with a luxurious new home or sell the land to fund your renovation of the main family residence.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 2.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday From 2pm Photo ID required
Contact
Geordie Dixon 0418 588 399 James Tostevin 0417 003 333
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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TOORAK 11 & 11a Devorgilla Avenue Buy one or buy both - 2 whole floor residences. The very essence of this property is its prime position in the heart of one of Toorak’s finest streets. Set on 466.80sqm (approx) this grand residence offers enormous potential and awaits someone with a matching vision to capitalise on this exceptional opportunity - invest or occupy. Set in a beautiful garden setting the existing residence comprises two separate whole floor apartments, each residence comprises formal sitting and dining room, three bedrooms, modern kitchen/meals, bathroom, and NE facing informal living with garden vistas. Two remote double garages & OSP.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 1.45-2.15pm & Saturday from 1pm
Contact
Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Nicole French 0417 571 505
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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ARmADAle 2 Huntingtower Road Uncompromising style, superb Paul Bangay gardens and a highly regarded address confirm the classical appeal of this elegant residence. Refined interiors include sophisticated formal sitting and dining rooms, study and inviting informal living domain accompanied by a granite/Blanco equipped kitchen, each opening to secluded garden spaces. 2 beautiful bedrooms, each with ensuite, include luxurious main with walk-in-robes. Powder room, security. Double garaging and internal access.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 3.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 12-12.30pm & 6-6.30pm Saturday from 3pm
Contact
James Redfern 0412 360 667 Scott Banks 0411 700 099
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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MAlvern eAst 13a Paxton street A statement in style and sophistication, this stunning new 4 bedroom (up and downstairs) 3 bathroom executive residence creates a lasting impression with an emphasis on contemporary living and refined alfresco entertaining. On a low-maintenance allotment with north-facing rear near Central Park, Hedgeley Dene Gardens. Includes upstairs lounge, formal living (Jetmaster HeatnGlo), family/ dining, covered deck, Miele-equipped kitchen, heating/airconditioning, alarm, auto garage.
Auction
saturday 11th December at 12.30pm
Inspect
thursday 11-11.30am & saturday from 12noon
Contact
John Morrisby 0411 875 476 Justin long 0418 537 973 Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058
Office
1111 High street Armadale 9822 9999
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MELBouRnE/SouTH YARRA 505 St Kilda Road The choice is yours, choose from sweeping uninterrupted views through the tree tops of Fawkner Park across to the Dandenong Ranges and the MCG or a picturesque backdrop overlooking the blue waters of Port Phillip Bay and Albert Park Lake to frame these luxurious residences. Each residence offers the choice of two or three ensuited bedrooms, study area, beautifully appointed Gaggenau and marble kitchen, spacious light filled living and dining areas leading to your generous winter garden overlooking Fawkner Park/Port Phillip Bay. Ideally located only moments from Toorak Road shopping, Botanic Gardens, Albert Park and the CBD. Features: pool, gymnasium, concierge and two car spaces. Apt 507 - 2 BDR, 2 bath plus study $1,400,000 Apt 1304 - 3 BDR, 2 bath plus study $2,400,000
Private Sale Actual view
Inspect
Saturday 3.30-4pm or by appointment
Contact
Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 nicole French 0417 571 505
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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SOuTHBAnk/MelBOuRne The Guilfoyle, 35-47 Coventry Street Huge success! Developers final Release! Only few select apartments remain. Designed by SJB Architects. The Guilfoyle offers a surprise around every corner. Sculptured, interlocking forms of the building combine to create an exciting new focal point of this evolving neighborhood. The textured lattice of the western faรงade with its varying depth captures the sunlight in an ever-changing kaleidoscope of colour and pattern. The bold, identifiable access points at street level offer dynamic entry portals along the Coventry Street frontage. The landscaped terrace and lap pool, located on the podium deck give residents a secluded oasis for recreational activity and a tranquil outlook from upper level apartments. www.theguilfoyle.com.au
Private Sale Inspect
Display open by appointment Wednesday & Saturday 4-6pm
Contact
Scott Banks 0411 700 099 James Redfern 0412 360 667
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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CauLFIeLd NORtH 25 Orrong Crescent Spectacular contemporary residence is defined by cutting-edge architectural style and sensational family dimensions. Polished concrete flows through breathtaking living/ entertaining (OFP) with sublime Gaggenau kitchen and butler’s pantry opening to north-facing garden. Home-theatre, study, main bedroom with retreat/gym and en-suite/WIR, three further bedrooms and two bathrooms are complemented by studio with bathroom. Features slab-heating, air-conditioning, alarm, video-intercom, electric-blinds, triple-garage, powderroom. Land: 723sqm/7782sqft (approx).
Expressions of Interest Closing tuesday 14th december at 5pm Inspect
thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 12.30-1pm Sunday 11.30-12noon
Contact
andrew Hayne 0418 395 349 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Justin Krongold 0403 163 355
Office
1111 High Street armadale 9822 9999
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Do HUG n’ E t SU m C iS CE S S oU S t!
RicHMonD 366 church Street Vaucluse Apartments offers a unique opportunity to live on the top of Richmond Hill near all that Richmond has to offer. Designed by JAM Architects, these sensational apartments feature stunning timber floors, European appliances and secure basement parking. A remarkable mix of ground floor residences with courtyards and three further floors with balconies/terraces, all offer a selection of 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom contemporary residences. (Substantial stamp duty savings available). Register your interest now. www.vaucluseapartments.com.au
Now Selling $399,000 - $695,000 Contact
Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 James Mccormack 0410 503 389
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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KEw 9 Carnsworth Avenue Distinguished 1950s residence within an elevated garden delivers generous family accommodation with enormous scope in a prized Studley Park cul-de-sac (STCA). Expansive north-facing terrace precedes gracious sitting room (OFP), study (OFP), dining room opening to pool and terrace and well-equipped kitchen. Four bedrooms are complemented by two shower rooms, bathroom and powder-room. Features alarm, ducted-heating, RC/airconditioner, laundry, double-garage, workshop/store-room. Land: 1027sqm/11,054sqft (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 10.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 10am
Contact
Nicholas Franzmann 0412 247 175 Mark Dayman 0409 342 462 Nick Ptak 0413 370 442
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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KEw 8 Banool Avenue ‘Ariadna’ is a refined heritage residence in prestigious Studley Park affording grace, elegance and superior quality on a landscaped low-maintenance allotment designed for excellent alfresco entertaining. Fully secure and secluded, this solid brick Edwardian showcases a rich, polished interior near private schools and Kew Junction. Three bedrooms (ensuite), sitting room, living, family/dining to entertainment terrace, granite Miele-equipped kitchen, marble bathroom, auto gates, 2-car carport.
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 12.30-1pm
Contact
Antony woodley 0421 286 741 Peter Mitchell 0418 374 556
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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CANTERBURY 126 Mont Albert Road A prestigious Golden Mile location complements this luxuriously appointed Mediterranean-inspired two-storey residence boasting magnificent gardens and exceptional family entertaining/recreation options. Comprising stunning formal/ informal living areas, 5 bedrooms (4 WIRs/ensuites), billiard room, study, powder room, laundry, state-of-the-art kitchen with expansive paved indoor/outdoor entertaining area (OFP), north-south tennis court, in-ground pool. Includes CBUS, video intercom/alarm, hydronic heating, ducted cooling/vacuum, pool changeroom/bathroom, wine cellar, remote gates, double garage + OSP(6). Land: 2,049sqm/22,047sqft approx.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 12.30-1pm Saturday from 1pm. Strictly by appointment only. Photo ID required
Contact
James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Geordie Dixon 0418 588 399
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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CaMbErwEll 26 rowell avenue Impressive Edwardian residence brilliantly combines period allure, unparalleled family luxury and designer style. Imposing entrance precedes elegant sitting room with wine room, opulent main bedroom (dressing room/en-suite), four further bedrooms (2 with en-suites), bathroom and playroom/living. State-of-the-art Gaggenau and Miele kitchen and generous living/dining open to picturesque northwest garden and solar/gas heated-pool. Feature gym, double-garage, alarm, hydronic heating, air-conditioning, ducted-vacuum, powder-room, irrigation, water-tank.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am Saturday from 11am
Contact
Joe Muinos 0423 222 043 James Tostevin 0417 003 333
Office
266 auburn road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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SuRREy HIllS 9 Bristol Street Captivating, freshly renovated timber Edwardian successfully blends period elegance and contemporary style with impressive family space. Designer colours distinguish arched hallway, sitting room and formal dining (2-way OFP), study (OFP), main bedroom with stylish en-suite/WIR, three further bedrooms (1 x OFP), two bathrooms and computer alcove. Generous living room, sunny dining and gourmet Miele/AEG kitchen open to north-facing garden. Features ducted-heating, RC/airconditioning, laundry, carport.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 1pm
Contact
Duane Wolowiec 0418 567 581 Mark Sproule 0408 090 205
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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TooRAk 20 kent Court Positioned in a quiet cul-de-sac, off Irving Road, this is the finest position in Melbourne. Immaculate single level residence complimented by a lush garden setting, sympathetically renovated to provide a chic living environment with scope to rebuild or extend in the future. Comprising two bedrooms, main with ensuite, third bedroom/ study. Featuring north facing al fresco dining area, hydronic heating, double LUG and more. Alternatively, this could be the perfect new home site (STCA). Land: 489sqm (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 12.15-12.45pm & Saturday from 11am
Contact
Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Justin Long 0418 537 973 Nicole French 0417 571 505
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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ARMADALE 4 Elm Grove Totally refurbished throughout, this gorgeous single level period residence’s superbly stylish indoor/outdoor spaces are appealingly nestled within metres of Beatty Avenue. Dark stained boards flow through L-shaped hall to two beautiful bedrooms, study/3rd bedroom, stylish bathroom, sleek contemporary European kitchen boasting stone benches and generous living and dining room opening to a leafy landscaped deck and garden. Features ducted heating, RC/air-conditioning, storage, oSP.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 10.30am
Inspect
Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday from 10am
Contact
John Manton 0411 444 930 Madeline kennedy 0411 873 913 Justin krongold 0403 163 355
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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MALveRn 3 ethel Street Classic period family residence with the much sought after northern orientation for family living. Three large bedrooms, main with WIR and ensuite, study/office, open plan kitchen and family room, further sitting room and a “surprise� - loft space providing a fourth bedroom and living area. Stunning deck and lush garden surrounds provide a very comfortable family home with potential to further improve or rebuild (STCA) and embrace the Malvern lifestyle. Robert Menzies Reserve, public transport, freeway access, schools and excellent shopping and dining are just metres away. Features include: Ducted heating, cooling, sprinkler system. OSP for 3 + cars. Land: 557sqm/6,000sqft (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 1pm
Contact
Heather elder 0413 273 079 James Tomlinson 0408 350 684
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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MALveRn eAST 17 nott Street Charming solid-brick residence offers immediate light-filled spacious comfort with potential to modernise or extend in the coveted Gascoigne estate (STCA). natural light streams through the generous sitting room, separate dining room (OFP), well-equipped kitchen and inviting living room opening to northwest private garden. Two double bedrooms (1 x BIR) are accompanied by bathroom and laundry. Features gas-heater, RC/air-conditioner, shed and OSP.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday from 11am
Contact
John Manton 0411 444 930 Justin Krongold 0403 163 355 Andrew Hayne 0418 395 349
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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MalveRn eaST 4/11 Hedgeley avenue Set at the rear and orientated to enjoy abundant northwesterly light, this luxuriously large townhouse is one of only four in impeccably maintained environs adjacent to Hedgeley Dene Gardens. Proximity to Darling station adds further appeal and ensures convenience matches the comfort of beautifully presented spaces. Downstairs separate dining complements light-filled, north-facing living and large, impressively equipped kitchen/meals, each opening to an expansive paved courtyard that’s the ideal outdoor entertainment area. Three upstairs bedrooms, BIRs, and a stylishly appointed modern bathroom. Ducted heating. Double car-port.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Wednesday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 11am
Contact
John Morrisby 0411 875 476 Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058
Office
1111 High Street armadale 9822 9999
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PRaHRan 6 Bowen Street Sleek, contemporary residence, completely refurbished throughout, is superbly enhanced by close proximity to High Street shops and cafes. Porcelain tiles flow through generous living/dining area highlighted by additional mezzanine living area and stunning new european kitchen opening to north-facing courtyard. Two bedrooms (BIRs) and lavish bathroom are complemented by third bedroom (BIR/ en-suite) opening to courtyard. Features electric-heating, RC/air-conditioner, laundry, 2 x OSP.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 11am
Contact
Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 Justin Krongold 0403 163 355 James McCormack 0410 503 389
Office
1111 High Street armadale 9822 9999
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PRaHRan 46 Clarke Street The brilliant and meticulous refurbishment of this captivating solid-brick period residence reveals an inviting blend of enduring charm and latest contemporary style near Hawksburn Village. Wide boards flow through hallway to two generous bedrooms (BIRs), stylish bathroom and beautifully proportioned living and dining (OFP) with stunning gourmet European kitchen boasting stone benches opening to a deck and private courtyard. Features Eurolaundry, heating & cooling.
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 10.30am
Inspect
Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 4-4.30pm
Contact
Joe Muinos 0423 222 043 James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Mark Williams 0417 189 377
Office
1111 High Street armadale 9822 9999
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PRaHRan EaST 33 airlie avenue Brilliantly redefined by sublime designer style, this instantly engaging solid-brick Edwardian delivers sensational, generously proportioned indoor/outdoor lifestyle enjoyment near High Street. Ornate ceilings and hardwood floors flow through arched hallway to three beautiful bedrooms (2 x BIRs), gorgeous bathroom, inviting sitting room (OFP), designer European kitchen with WIP and light-filled dining opening to landscaped northeast garden. Features ductedheating, alarm, attic-storage, laundry.
Auction
Thursday 16th December at 6.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 10-10.30am & Thursday 16th Dec from 6pm
Contact
Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 James McCormack 0410 503 389
Office
1111 High Street armadale 9822 9999
Conj.
Walter Kastelan 0418 544 491
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GLen IrIS 19 Cloverdale road Lush seasonal gardens frame the instantly appealing environs of this distinctive Fasham designed residence, a private sanctuary meticulously maintained by one family since construction. Fluid spaces of generous proportions oriented to capture natural light include inviting formal sitting and dining with open fire, informal living/dining, well-equipped timber kitchen and 4 double bedrooms plus study/5th bedroom, main with ensuite. Study nook, workshop/studio. Land: 697sqm (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 11am
Contact
Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282 James redfern 0412 360 667
Office
1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999
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HAWTHOrn 29 College Street Totally enchanting freestanding timber Victorian brilliantly blends period charm and contemporary style in a sought after cul-de-sac near Smart Street reserve. Captivating designer style pervades arched hallway, main bedroom with WIr/ en-suite, two further bedrooms, BIrs (2 x OFPs) and new bathroom. Generous proportions define gourmet european kitchen and living/dining opening to north-facing courtyard/ garden (rOW). Features alarm, ducted-heating, rC/airconditioner, irrigation, laundry, potential OSP.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 9.30am
Inspect
Thursday 2.45-3.15pm & Saturday from 9am
Contact
Chris Barrett 0412 927 409 James Tostevin 0417 003 333
Office
266 Auburn road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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HaWtHORn 70 Melville Street Part of an iconic trio of Boom-style terraces, this lovely sunfilled semi-detached Victorian features ornate character, contemporary comforts and pretty decked courtyard garden. Beautifully positioned near Smart St Reserve, tram, train and cafes, this unexpectedly spacious home features 2 large bedrooms (BIRs/OFPs, main/bathroom access), 2nd bathroom, generous modern kitchen/meals plus familyroom overlooking lush garden setting with potential OSP via ROW.
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 11.30am
Inspect
thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 1.45-2.15pm
Contact
Stuart Evans 0402 067 710 Hamish tostevin 0408 004 766
Office
266 auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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HaWtHORn 2a Oak Street Enchanting free standing solid-brick period residence, nestled within a deep private allotment near the Yarra, represents an outstanding opportunity to renovate, extend or rebuild to capitalise on potential spectacular city views (StCa). Charming period features define generously proportioned entrance hall, living room (OFP), dining room, three spacious bedrooms and bathroom. Capable kitchen opens to covered deck overlooking private garden. Features ducted-heating, laundry, OSP. Land: 618sqm/6,652sqft (approx).
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 12noon
Inspect
thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 3-3.30pm
Contact
Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585 James tostevin 0417 003 333
Office
266 auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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HAWTHORN EAST 5 Campbell Grove A charming streetscape reveals the ideal setting for this innovative, architecturally designed home, boasting enduring interiors expertly designed to capture natural light. Generous interiors reveal central dining, stunning CaesarStone/Bosch kitchen and open-plan living with bi-fold doors to a northerly oriented garden and outdoor room. 3 Bedrooms plus study area include main with WIRs and balcony, 2nd with ensuite access to spa bathroom.
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 10.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 11.30-12noon
Contact
Nick Ptak 0413 370 442 Mark Dayman 0409 342 462
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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HAWTHORN EAST 2/96 Campbell Road Intelligently designed, impressively appointed, freshly finished – this light-filled contemporary residence’s luxuriously large spaces are matched by low-maintenance ease. Northern light washes over full width Merbau decking to fill living/dining areas featuring Brushbox floors and a fabulous Miele kitchen. Second living downstairs and third lounge with a study zone upstairs ensure outstanding flexibility complements exceptional accommodation. Alternative main bedrooms, one on each level, both with ensuites, and a third bathroom are accompanied by two additional bedrooms. Ducted vacuum. Huge double garage. Every creature comfort included. Around the corner from Camberwell Junction.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 2-2.30 & 6-6.30pm Saturday from 1pm
Contact
Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282 Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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HAWTHoRn EAST 460 Tooronga Road Located between Leura Grove/St Helen’s Road, walking distance to Auburn South Primary School, Bialik and Scotch Colleges, this solid brick 4 bedroom residence is in a popular location close to Tooronga Village and Anderson Park, with easy access to CityLink and public transport. Wellpresented throughout and offering four spacious bedrooms, stylish bathroom (separate WC), large kitchen, light-filled family and meals area overlooking covered timber deck and generous garden, & children’s retreat/study area/home office (separate entrance). Exterior storerooms offer opportunity to further renovate or extend.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 10.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday from 10am
Contact
Geordie Dixon 0418 588 399 James Tostevin 0417 003 333
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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KEW 12 Ross Street The exclusive Sackville Ward setting amidst Melbourne’s finest schools adds undeniable family appeal to this captivating, comfortable 3 bedroom/2 bathroom brick 1920’s home offering scope for contemporary revival or luxurious new home site (STCA). Comprising timber features through formal living and dining rooms (oFPs), updated kitchen and sun-drenched familyroom overlooking the generous mature gardens and oSP. Land: 456sqm (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 11am
Contact
Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 Andrew Gibbons 0407 577 007
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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KeW 24 Valentine Avenue A tranquil cul-de-sac setting ensures the enduring family appeal of this luxurious 3-year-old contemporary residence. Polished boards flow through sitting room, formal dining, gourmet Ilve kitchen and sensational living/dining (gas log-fireplace) opening to north-facing landscaped garden with solar-heated pool. Downstairs main bedroom (WIR/ensuite) are complemented by four further bedrooms (BIR/WIRs) and bathroom. Features ducted-heating, evap-cooling, ducted-vacuum, powderroom, irrigation, water-tank and double-garage.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 2.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday from 2pm
Contact
Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 Andrew Gibbons 0407 577 007
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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KeW eAST 9a Clyde Street The exciting possibilities extend beyond all expectations with this classic 2 bedroom semi-detached clinker brick home that stands behind deep front garden on a surprisingly large allotment boasting big backyard and rear ROW to Cadow Street. Long held and meticulously maintained near High Street, Hays Paddock and schools; this charming home’s immaculate interior offers instant enjoyment while considering your options including renovating/extending or subdividing (STCA). Land: 504sqm (approx).
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 12.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 12-12.30pm
Contact
Antony Woodley 0421 286 741 Kathy Malcolm 0416 279 966
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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KeW easT 1/31 Munro street Thoughtfully designed, beautifully built new townhouse. Luxuriously appointed, low maintenance living in a quiet yet convenient location. Comprises: spacious living room, fully appointed kitchen, dining and family room (OFP) opening to extensive deck, main bedroom (downstairs) with ensuite and WIR, 2 further double bedrooms (WIR & BIR), large versatile retreat, family bathroom, powder room, laundry, double garage with remote control door. Features a five star energy rating, double glazing, reverse cycle heating and cooling, ducted vacuum, security system, video intercom and remote control gates and a low maintenance garden.
Auction
saturday 18th December at 2.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am & saturday 3-3.30pm
Contact
Duane Wolowiec 0418 567 581 Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718 annie Clewlow 0431 234 234
Office
266 auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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CanTeRBuRy 1/35 Victoria avenue Bright, spacious and beautifully maintained! enjoying the choice front position in this highly regarded garden development, this fastidiously maintained 143sqm / 15.5 square (approx.) villa enjoys all the charm and convenience of its prime Canterbury location Comprises: entrance hall, living room, separate dining room opening to private rear garden, 3 double bedrooms, spotless kitchen with adjacent meals area, bathroom, separate powder room , laundry, tandem garage. Features: gas ducted heating, split system air conditioner.
Auction
saturday 18th December at 12.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & saturday 2.15-2.45pm
Contact
Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718 annie Clewlow 0431 234 234
Office
266 auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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CAmBERwELL 48 Glyndon Road Capturing spectacular garden outlooks and city views, this delightful solid-brick c1929 Deco residence exudes style throughout. Glorious ceilings and leadlights feature in the beautifully proportioned sitting room (OFP), separate dining room (OFP). A sleek, contemporary European kitchen and three double bedrooms (2 x BIRs) are complemented by stylish bathroom and Euro-laundry, all opening to tranquil northeast garden. Features ducted-heating, evap-cooling, garage. Land: 17m x 38m 646sqm (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 12.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 12noon
Contact
Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282 James Redfern 0412 360 667 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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CAmBERwELL 14 Cooloongatta Road Delivering an exceptional family environment, this classically appealing residence had been masterfully designed to incorporate light-filled living spaces and effortless indoor-outdoor entertaining. Elegant formal sitting and dining domain with gas fire precedes informal living/dining domain and granite kitchen opening to an entertaining pavilion with outdoor kitchen. Study and 4 beautiful bedrooms, 3 with ensuite, main with spa. Features upstairs rumpus, powder room. Land: 836sqm (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 1.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 1pm
Contact
matthew wassylko 0412 793 544 Andrew Gibbons 0407 577 007
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
Conj.
mandy Lee - Jack Chen 0402 336 688
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BALWyn 22 Burroughs Road Walking distance to Whitehorse Road tram, Balwyn Village, Beckett Park and Maranoa Gardens this substantial allotment of 733sqm (approx) is suited as a new home site or potential townhouse development opportunity (STCA). The current 1940’s timber residence provides comfortable accommodation with 8 principal rooms, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, generous living areas and updated kitchen. This is an opportunity not to be missed within one of Balwyn’s most desired pockets. In Balwyn High School zone. Land: 733sqm/16.5m x 44.6m (approx).
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 12.30pm
Inspect
Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday from 12noon
Contact
Ross Stryker 0401 318 772 Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
Conj.
Greg Sinclair Property 0418 170 108
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BALWyn 5 Wynette Avenue The beautifully presented, intelligently extended spaces of this three bedroom, two bathroom family home enjoy the advantages of Balwyn High School zoning and a quiet culde-sac context immediately adjacent to parkland. Classically attractive formal living and dining rooms are matched by the modern style and space of light-filled family-room/ meals dimensions and contemporary open-plan kitchen. Surround sound extends to designer decking that basks in the northern sun. Ducted heating, reverse cycle cooling, water tanks and off-street parking for two cars.
Auction
Saturday 18th December at 11.30am
Inspect
Thursday 11-11.30am & 6-6.30pm & Saturday 12-12.30pm
Contact
Cameron Edgoose 0438 064 212 Ericka Wong 0411 472 849
Office
266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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Balwyn noRtH 103a Maud Street Scintillating single-level contemporary residence near Balwyn High has been brilliantly designed to capture year round northern light through every stylish space. Polished timber flows through fabulous open plan living/ dining area with study alcove and sleek gourmet European kitchen overlooking expansive north-facing courtyard. Main bedroom with ensuite/BIR is accompanied by two further bedrooms (BIRs) and family bathroom. Features ductedheating, RC/air-conditioning, laundry and carport.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 10.30am
Inspect
thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 10am
Contact
Hamish tostevin 0408 004 766 DĂŠsirĂŠe wakim 0412 336 266
Office
266 auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
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Box HIll SoutH 1-3/38 Cadorna Street these 3 brand new town residences, with 2 bedrooms and study offer a superb blend of refined elegance and classic contemporary style. the commitment to quality shines through every well-considered space including the master bedroom downstairs, 2 bathrooms, use of polished floorboards, quality carpets, spacious gourmet kitchen with stainless steel Miele appliances and stone bench tops over looking informal living area and private sundrenched courtyards. additional features include nobo heating, Panasonic split system cooling, Euro laundry, 2000l water tank, alarm and remote control lock up garage. If you are considering downsizing, a first home buyer, or as an investor this is a great opportunity!
Private Sale Inspect
thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday 1-1.30pm
Contact
Ericka wong 0411 472 849 Cameron Edgoose 0438 064 212
Office
266 auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999
marshallwhite.com.au 144 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
IvAnhoe eAST 301 The Boulevard Immaculately presented brick veneer 1950’s residence represents an exciting opportunity to update, extend, rebuild or develop on a good-sized northeast allotment (STCA). Immediately comfortable through L-shaped sitting/dining room, three bedrooms, bathroom, well-equipped kitchen and casual dining area. Includes ducted-heating, air-conditioner, double-garage.
Auction
Saturday 11th December at 10.30am
Inspect
Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday from 10am
Contact
Antony Woodley 0421 286 741 Kathy Malcolm 0416 279 966
Office
266 Auburn Road hawthorn 9822 9999
Conj.
Collins Simms - Stefan Dzanovski 0404 828 723
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MALVERN EAST Units 1-4/1 Bates Street
KEW 2/29A Stawell Street
TO BE SOLD AS A WHOLE A rare opportunity to purchase 4 x two bedroom 1930´s deco style apartments on one title with the opportunity to separate, renovate & resell (STCA) or hold as a long term investment. Returning $73,824 p/a, on month to month leases. Easy access to city train, shops, cafes & Monash University.
278 High Street, Kew
AUCTION
This Thursday at 2pm
INSPECT
Thursday 1:30-2 pm
LAND
895 sqm approx.
CONTACT
Nick Whyte 0417 131 153 & Doug McLaren 0408 333 041
Comprising three bedrooms (two with ensuite bathrooms), living-dining opening to balcony and large separate courtyard, it will suit owner-occupiers and investors alike. This generously proportioned apartment set on a leafy street in the coveted Studley Park precinct; is just a few minutes walk from the shops, transport and dining delights of Kew.
9854 8888
AUCTION
This Saturday at 11 am
INSPECT
Wednesday 5:30-6 pm, Thursday 12-12:30 pm & Saturday 10:30-11 am
CONTACT
Bruce Bonnett 0418 333 042 & Nick Whyte 0417 131 153
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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
TOORAK 3-5 Carmyle Avenue Executor’s Auction Renovate, redevelop or rebuild on this unique site of 1,185m of land with broad frontage situated in a quiet cul de sac off Malvern Road. Comprising 2 Geoffrey Summers designed double storey 3 bedroom maisonettes both with formal lounge, separate dining, kitchen/meals area, lock up garage and set in stunning garden surrounds. 2
Auction Saturday 11th December at 2.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Wednesday 2.00 - 2.45pm & 6.00 - 6.30pm Saturday from 1.30pm Call Andrew Smith 0413 309 605 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000
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PRAHRAN EAST 19 A’Beckett Street A brilliant concept with cutting edge style and design, this stunning Wayne Gillespie home has undergone a complete renovation/extension to provide a classically cool contemporary interior. Light filled living spaces with front and rear landscaped courtyards enhance the overall ambience. Euro kitchen, study with views over parklands, 3 double bedrooms, master with ensuite, 2 further bathrooms, laundry and 2 living areas. Features: Hydronic heat, reverse cycle cool, polished timber floors, off street parking for 2 cars, directly opposite Orrong Romanis parklands and Hawksburn Village only a short stroll away.
Auction Wednesday 15th December at 6.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Wednesday 6.00 - 6.30pm & Saturday 3.00 - 3.30pm Call Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226 Tim Wilson 0419 726 769 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000
rtedgar.com.au december 8, 2010 \ The weekly review 147
TOORAK 276A Williams Road Beautifully balanced between indoor and outdoor living, this highly specified and superbly finished 3 bedroom, solid-brick home is positioned within walking distance of Toorak Village. A Calacatta marble kitchen with Miele appliances and mirrored splashbacks, leads onto open living space flooded with natural light, and gas fireplace. All bedrooms have built in robes plus data and phone points. In addition; Italian tap wear and lighting, natural brush box flooring, heating and cooling plus parking for a minimum of 3 cars.
148 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
Auction View Call Office
Saturday 18th December at 12.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 12.00 - 12.30pm & Saturday 1.30 - 2.00pm James Vakrinos 0402 434 344 Gerald Betts 0418 371 855 133 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park 9699 7222
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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
SOUTH YARRA 4 Balmoral Place Superb town residence minute’s walk to Prahran Market, Chapel Street and transport. High ceilings throughout, internal courtyard, ground floor self contained home office or guest bedroom (4th bedroom) with ensuite and walk in robe and separate laundry. Upstairs: Living room with balcony and BBQ area, kitchen and dining, master bedroom with walk in robe and ensuite, 2 further bedrooms (1 with balcony) and main bathroom. Lock up garage plus 1 off street car park, heating/ cooling, intercom and alarm. Perfect for an owner occupier or investor.
Auction View Call Office
Saturday 11th December at 12.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 12.00 - 12.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am Sarah Case 0439 431 020 Greg Herman 0411 473 307 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000
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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
PRAHRAN 8 Linden Court Fabulous solid brick 1930’s 4 bedroom family friendly home in quiet cul-de-sac location, close to many leading schools shops and transport. Many period features throughout, formal sitting room, separate dining, study, kitchen with informal living/family room. Upstairs: 4 bedrooms, master with ensuite, second central bathroom. The property is further enhanced by a deep rear garden with inground pool ideal for entertaining, polished timber floors, hydronic heating and off street parking for multiple cars including lock up garage.
Auction Saturday 11th December at 12.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Wednesday 12.00 - 12.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am Call Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226 Tim Wilson 0419 726 769 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au
AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
SOUTH YARRA 66 Park Street Positioned perfectly between the Botanical Gardens and Fawkner Park, this beautiful elevated 4 bedroom Victorian terrace provides a mix of period charm and modern convenience. Comprising: Formal lounge and dining, modern kitchen, bathrm, laundry and downstairs bedroom. Upstairs: Master bedroom (ensuite and WIR), 2 further bedrooms and central bathrm. Other features include OSP and hydronic heating. Auction View Call Office 150 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
Saturday 11th December at 11.00am (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 12.00 - 12.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am Andrew Smith 0413 309 605 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000
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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
SOUTH YARRA 18/123 Millswyn Street
SOUTHBANK 120/8 Wells Street
A short walk to the Botanic Gardens, Domain and Toorak Road’s shops and restaurants, this light filled apartment comprises an open plan living/kitchen opening to north facing balcony, large bedroom with built in robes, central bathroom and laundry facilities and off street parking available.
Penthouse apartment with views of the Botanic Gardens and walking distance to CBD and Toorak Rd. Downstairs living and dining opening to terrace and kitchen. Upstairs: 3 bedrooms (main with ensuite) and main bathroom. 2 undercover car parks, cooling/heating and communal facilities such as pool and gym.
Auction View Call Office
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Saturday 11th December at 2.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 11.00 - 11.30am & Saturday from 1.30pm Will Cooper 0409 963 204 Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au
Wednesday 15th December at 6.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 2.00 - 2.30pm & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm Sarah Case 0439 431 020 Michael Ebeling 0418 338 811 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au
AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
TOORAK 3/8 Washington Street
TOORAK 21 Ross Street
Whole floor, north facing, 1st floor apartment with lock up garage enjoys an elevated leafy outlook only minute’s walk to Toorak Village and Como Park. Large living area opening to northern balcony, 2 double bedrooms with built in robes, kitchen/ meals area, bathroom with laundry facilities, 2 entries and boards under carpet.
Positioned so close to Toorak Village, in a tightly held pocket renowned for lifestyle appeal, this substantial vacant block of land would suit a new home or development (STCA). Land size 437m2 approximately.
Auction View Call Office
Private Sale View By Appointment Call Andrew Smith 0413 309 605 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au
Saturday 11th December at 11.00am (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday & Thursday 1.00 - 1.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am David Colbran 0418 348 481 Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au
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SOUTH YARRA 103 Caroline Street
CURLEWIS
In one of South Yarra’s finest streets, this residence comprises a formal sitting room, kitchen, family room, informal dining and 3 BRs (each with ensuite), pool and double secure parking. Close to the Botanic Gardens, schools and shops and restaurants.
Curlewis Winery 3.55 Ha - 8 Ac approx in the heart of the Bellarine Peninsula. Charming mud brick home with timber tower, lofted ceilings & all the trappings you would expect in an iconic wine estate. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large living room connecting to sunny tower balcony room with water views. Lovely gardens with lake, shed & winery building with caretaker’s flat above. Highly profitable wine business.
Private Sale View Wednesday & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm Call Greg Herman 0411 473 307 David Colbran 0418 348 481 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au C/Agent Marshall White – Jeanine Dwyer 0418 120 041
55 Navarre Road
For Sale by Expressions of Interest Closing Tuesday 1st February 2011 Call Peter Lindeman 0418 525 609 Ian Friend 0414 581 811 Office 1/50 Hitchcock Avenue, Barwon Heads 5254 1688 rtedgar.com.au
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Bennison Mackinnon supporting the Community and Very Special Kids
$10,100! Bennison Mackinnon thanks our clients and staff who donated almost 600 bottles of wine or volunteered at the recent Very Special Kids Fair. We are delighted to announce that our Wine Stall, rafe and silent auction raised a record amount of $10,100! Very Special Kids is a unique organisation that supports families caring for children with life-threatening illnesses. The Fair, which raised over $105,000, plays an important role in contributing to the operating revenue required to sustain the services of Very Special Kids each year. For further details please view their website www.vsk.org.au
benmac.com.au 154 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
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MARSHALL WHITE, 9822 9999 205 Wahring Murchison East Road Price: $10 million + Expressions of interest: Closing December 17 at 5pm 162 The weekly review \ december 8, 2010
One of Australia’s most significant residences, Noorilim Homestead was designed by James Gall, who also designed Werribee Mansion. It is classified by the National Trust and features on the Historic Buildings Register. Impressive Victorian Italianate features abound throughout, including the tower, great hall, colonnaded verandahs, seven staircases, 15 fireplaces and ornate columns. There are five-metre-high ceilings, intricate imported floor tiles and etched windows. Noorolim Homestead offers a perfect balance of imposing entertaining rooms and intimate family living spaces. Its accommodation consists of 10 bedrooms among the 14 main rooms. There are also
cellars and a historically significant water tower. The blue-chip landholding of 64.76 hectares includes open park-like gardens encompassing a formal Italianate-style garden, an ornamental lake and 100-year-old Moreton Bay fig trees and a helipad. Among the outbuildings is a Victorian-style coach house. The property is a haven for native fauna, bird and aquatic life and enjoys an extensive Goulburn River frontage with many sandy beaches. Thirty hectares of vines include shiraz, cabernet sauvignon, merlot and viognier varieties. There is also excellent fencing around eight paddocks. \ THIS INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED BY MARSHALL WHITE
Warragul
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Is this the Perfect Hobby Farm? For Sale by Expression of Interest
‘Koola-la Cottage’ - An Exceptional Lifestyle Opportunity on 10 acres. Established gardens surround this delightful meticulously restored homestead with fabulous views to the Strzelecki Ranges. This Rural Retreat has an engaging ambience, complemented by a low maintenance park like setting, with a unique combination of fully fenced pristine paddocks and natural bush. Featuring a 3.6 m press metal ceiling, 3 generously proportioned bedrooms, stunning bathroom, open fire place, bullnose verandahs, open deck, split system heating and cooling. A large machinery shed, lock up workshop, dam and an abundant stock water supply complete this sensational property. This is a rare opportunity to secure a unique and finished lifestyle property close to the beaches of Inverloch.
Open for Inspection Saturdays @ 3pm
Estimated price range $600 - $650K
A Fully Prepared 4 Acre Blank Canvas A formal entrance greets you with polished aluminium gates and treated dressed timbers. A sweeping driveway lined with established Manchurian pear trees will take you to the site of your new home in one of the most appealing parcels of land in the area.
Formal lounge with stunning golf course views. Open plan family / meals area with adjoining rumpus room. Light modern decor with North facing living areas. Large kitchen with s/s appliances, corner pantry, breakfast bar. Elevated tiled balcony. Located close to St. Paul’s Anglican Grammar.
With a rare permit to build until 2014, power connected, feature waterway, extensive planting and rolling pasture build your dream home and enjoy the spectacular mountain views. Don’t miss out.
$485 000 Open Saturday 12-12:30pm
Open for Inspection Saturdays @ 3pm
Estimated price range $300 - $330K EOI close Wednesday 4pm, December 15, 2010
7 A’Beckett Street, Inverloch Phone 03 5674 1602 alexscott-invy@dcsi.net.au
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"Lamorna" on tHE CornEr Positioned for prominence in a court setting is this well-established three-bedroom home sited on an elevated 580m2 corner allotment (approx.) just 300 metres from beautiful Fisherma’s beach. Brimming with original character this brick home known as “Lamorna” includes a spacious lounge, central bathroom, powder room, laundry, hallway, high ceilings, airconditioning, gas ducted heating and a kitchen/meals area with walk-in pantry plus bay views. Freshly painted walls and newly glossed floorboards throughout add extra appeal whilst the master bedroom features satisfying floor-to-ceiling robes. auCtion Saturday 11th December at 12.30 pm insPECt Saturday 12-12.30pm mornington oFFiCE 59754555 tom CrowdEr 0438 670 300 BrEtt mCEwing 0438 273 886
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paton
mornington peninsula
BALNARRING BEACH VACANT LAND - SIZE 900sqm Rare beachfront block with MPSC planning approval for substantial two storey home. Magnificent views over Westernport to Flinders, Phillip Island and the Balnarring Beach coastline. Plans and permits and artists impressions available to purchaser. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Howard Cleine 0419 559 042
Cook St, Flinders 5931 1000
www.patonestate.com.au
Michael Parker 0428 540 500
Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring 5931 4333
ITALY!
Città di Castello, UmbrIA Sant’Angelo is a stunning 16th Century apartment overlooking a convent garden in the heart of the walled historic centre of Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy! Sant’Angelo offers 2 bedrooms, a charming living room, newly renovated kitchen, terrazzo and laundry facilities. Renovated and furnished, it is just 6 minutes walk through the cobbled streets to the main piazza. Città di Castello is a vibrant Italian town with beautiful architecture, churches and shops, not to mention the many wonderful cafes for the daily cappuccino. Being near the border with Tuscany, it is within easy driving reach of such wonderful places as Florence, Assisi, Perugia, Cortona and Arezzo.
Contact owner Shelley on 0434 194 125 Inspect: On your next trip to Italy at your convenience Website: www.santangelo-umbria.com Price: $370,000 plus AUD fully furnished
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ONE OF MOUNT ELIZA'S FINEST GOLDEN MILE ESTATES 5 BAY AVENUE, MOUNT ELIZA One of Mount Eliza's finest Golden Mile estates, this stunning 65 sq Mediterranean inspired family residence with soaring 6m corniced ceilings on 2/3rds of an acre (approx) is both intensely private & immensely inviting. Spectacular panoramic views across the entire bay & the city skyline to the north, manicured gardens with tiled heated horizon-edged pool & extensive sand stone patios provide a magnificent backdrop to the grand main residence with 5 lg. bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, garaging for 2 cars and a level of first class features and fixtures befitting a home of this calibre. Other features include full heating and refrigerated air-conditioning, security system, wine storage, enormous cellars, large fitted laundry and extensive sandstone paved patios and stone walls & a very prestigious location literally four homes from Canadian Bay Beach.
www.bayavenue-aqua.com EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST BY MONDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2010 (unless sold prior) View by private appointment
Michelle Skoglund 0416 119 444
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226 COOLART ROAD MOOROODUC A grand 6 bedroom country property in a world of its own, this 43 acre (approx) estate with picturesque lake & astounding 68sq (approx) residence & managers cottage is an amazing opportunity to create an oasis of rural luxury only 40 minutes from the city. 1/3 Olympic size pool, tennis court, a barn with stables, irrigated horse paddocks, loose boxes & superb views across the lake. At the heart of the home is an enormous formal room featuring 14ft ceilings, chandeliers, a waiters room discreetly set behind timber panelling and a roaring open fireplace, while double doors reveal a large formal dining room with space for a banquet table. A gentleman’s study with lake views is also located downstairs, along with a guest wing featuring its own bathroom & door onto the pool, as well as a superb modern kitchen. An enormous ornate timber staircase leads up to the bedroom level where 4 bedrooms are serviced by the family bathroom and a massive parents bedroom and en-suite, retreat lounge area & fireplace.
Private sale $P.O.A. Private appointment Kent Skoglund 0408 508 733 Aqua Real Estate Mount Eliza 86 Mt Eliza Way, Mount Eliza 9775 2222
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80 OLD MORNINGTON RD MOUNT ELIZA A masterpiece of contemporary design, this stunning 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom architect-designed home set privately on 2/3 acre (approx) steps from Toorak College & close to Mt Eliza village offers luxury living for the entire family. Relax by the 18m lap pool & spa, enjoy a barbecue on the terrace, stroll to nearby Davey’s Bay Beach or take advantage of the floodlit tennis court. Less than five years old with vast open-plan lounge, dining & kitchen area with polished Tasmanian oak flooring, high ceilings and a wall of concertina doors that spill out to the terrace with views over the pool house with bathroom & tennis court to the treetops beyond.
Private sale $2M View by private appointment or as advertised Michelle Skoglund 0416 119 444
www.aquarealestate.com.au
sales@aquarealestate.com.au
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Torquay / Surf Coast
25 The Esplanade
FOR SALE Contact agent for details
UNBEATABLE TORQUAY FRONT BEACH LOCATION The position of this premier home is the envy of property owners across the Surf Coast. Situated in the middle of Torquay’s Front Beach foreshore, the home has been designed to make the most of the stunning views from Point Danger to Zeally Bay and out to the Mornington Peninsula and Arthurs Seat. Features floor to ceiling glass and a large entertaining deck overlooking Torquay’s main beach. Two spacious kitchens, 2 light-filled living rooms, 4 large bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms are spread across 2 storeys, making it ideal for 2 families to share. The home also features a large office, double garage, and ducted heating and vacuum. The 708 sqm block gives privacy and space while adding value to this rare opportunity to purchase one of Torquay’s most impressive properties.
www.bfp.net.au
LAND
708 sqm approx
INSPECT
By appointment
AGENT
Scott Hunt 0431 474 721
OFFICE
350 LaTrobe Terrace, Geelong
ONLINE
www.bfp.net.au
GEELONG (03) 5225 5777
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TRENTHAM EAST
HEATH HILL
HUME & HOvELL CRICkET GROUNd - STRATH CREEk
17 Acres - 6.87 Ha
A charming TURN OF THE 19th CENTURY COUNTRY COTTAGE
FAMILY OWNERSHIP SINCE 1959 • 4 bedrooms - open fireplaces.
• A series of dams filled by a spring, cattle yards, shearing and machinery shed. • Two paddocks, rich soils majority of which are re-sown to new pastures - outstanding opportunity. • Melbourne 75 mins, 10 mins Woodend and 2 mins Pig & Whistle hotel.
78 Acres - 31.56Ha
Auction Saturday 18th December at 11.00 am - on site
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“Lords Of The Bush” picket fence oval, turf wickets, practise nets and coaching facilities. Long room pavilion, kitchen, licensed bar, toilets, B & B room, bunkhouse accommodation. Facilities ideal for touring cricket clubs, schools, company conferences and functions. Excellent water supply, residence offers 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Just on an hours drive from Melbourne CBD and International airport.
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Tender Closing Friday 17th December - 2.00 pm
441 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne (03) 9866 5588 Rhys Nuttall 0438 383 221 Bart O’Sullivan 0408 576 582
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7 Mile Beach Road Broken Head As good as it gets, 8.49 hectares of Byron Bay beachfront, located in a secluded private position nestled by a National Park. With 460 metres of absolute beachfront and a fully approved DA for a magnificent Kerry Hill contemporary designed home. This is a property that dreams are made of. 16 minutes to the heart of Byron Bay. For Sale by EOI-Closing February 11th, 2011
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Graham Dunn 0418 663 620 12 Lawson Street Byron Bay NSW 02 6685 8575 www.byronbaypropertysales.com.au graham@byronbaysales.com.au
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