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Here’s the next challenge for gay marriage opponents: when the first gay couple applies for divorce, then you’ll know the system is really working. l So if gays can marry, why isn’t polygamy legal?

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cover story MISCHA MERZ talks to a former AFL superstar about his return to the ring.

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he day I spoke to Barry Hall, we had matching shiners. We joked about all the assumptions that go with a black eye. “People think you’ve ‘lost’ the sparring session when it might just have been a scrape or a scuff that you didn’t even feel at the

time,” I say.

He agrees. And the more you protest, the worse it sounds. I tell him that I have the added burden of people assuming I’m in an abusive relationship. Hall laughs and says he is on safe ground there.

Hall and I don’t have too much in common: he’s a former AFL superstar who played for the Saints, the Swans and the Bulldogs; I’m a writer and no particular fan of football. He’s a towering 194 centimetres and weighs more than 100 kilograms; I’m 164-centimetre woman tipping the scales at 63 kolograms.

But we did start boxing at roughly the same time in the mid-1990s. He was a teenager while I was an adult woman. We have even sparred at the same gym, the famous Brizzi Brothers in Preston.

Boxing is a glue that can bind the most unlikely of people. It is a broad church comprising a variety of races, larger-than-life personalities that come in an array of shapes and sizes. They’re united by a willingness to test themselves inside the ring.

When I tell Hall I used to dream about fighting and wake myself up throwing left jabs, he confesses to shaping up when the microwave bell sounds at home, ready to rumble. He adds, only half-joking, that he does it to stir his wife, Sophie, who has no love for the Sweet Science.

Joking aside, Hall also knows that boxing is a sport in which self-doubt battles with arrogant swagger all the time; to be realistic about your chances, you need to strike a delicate balance between the two.

It can be an emotional seesaw that can take over your life in unusual ways. Ultimately you need to know yourself, because too much confidence – or not enough – and you risk being floored by something you didn’t see coming. You need to know where you are in the pecking order.

As the character Tyler Durden questions in the film Fight Club: “How much can you know about yourself without being in a fight?”

That is something Hall wants to learn the hard way; no padded records or easy wins for him. He wants to fight the genuine fighters in his heavyweight division and not what he calls the “part-time boxers” who still play other sports, an oblique reference to the New Zealand All Blacks and former rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams, who has been touted as a potential opponent for Hall and who has been goading him on Facebook. Williams has been carefully managed in boxing to capitalise more on his looks and fame than his skills, recently knocking out a flailing and very average Clarence Tillman on a pay-per-view broadcast.

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Hall is following in the footsteps of other rugby league stars such as John Hopoate and Solomon Haumono and most notably Anthony Mundine. Promoters dream about making matches between people who already have star power, but such matches can often make boxing itself look like a joke.

“I want to be respectful to the sport,” says Hall. “I think the sport’s had a lot of harm done to it with shows not being too high quality. You want to give people value for money.”

He categorically doesn’t want to become part of that celebrity boxing circus; he wants the real thing. And he knows from experience what that is. All hype aside, it’s a very personal quest he embarked on long ago. He still has questions about himself that only a return to the ring as an adult can answer.

Hall boxed as an amateur junior and finished as a bantamweight champion with two losses in 15 fights, so he knows a little more than latecomers, such as Williams, what it means to be tested against genuine equals. In the amateur code there is no picking and choosing. You fight who you draw, making records more meaningful than they are in the professional game, where fights are matched by agreement more akin to a business arrangement. Hall wants to make sure the matches are even, rather than purely profitable.

So he will be facing men twice the size of the boys he fought in the 1990s, and they will hit twice as hard.

But Hall can hit too. Just ask former Kangaroo Sam McFarlane, whose jaw Hall broke in an onfield incident in 1997, or West Coast Eagles defender Brent Staker, who went down in 2008 with a punch to the jaw from Hall.

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ickboxing was the sport Hall took up originally but, as a junior, he wasn’t permitted to make full contact with his opponents and kept getting disqualified for head-high strikes.

In boxing it was legal and he craved that intensity but he insists it was not because he was an angry young man.

“I was pretty well behaved, actually, but you’d have to ask my mother. I might have had a little bit of ratbag in me.”

Mainly it was because his father, Ray, had engendered in him a love for the sport. He was an inventive trainer who focused on the basics, laying a good foundation.

“He used to make up stuff. Like he’d have us training in snorkels to restrict your breathing; these days you see athletes training in masks, doing exactly the same thing,” Hall says.

Ben Brizzi, the amateur matchmaker and trainer at the gym in Preston where Hall sparred, says he was a “pretty quiet kid”.

“He was just an unassuming boy who came to the gym and did his business. He was pretty clever as a boxer, very stylish, with good straight punches and a good left jab. I remember he won the novice title against another kid who was also pretty good,” says Brizzi.

The veteran trainer thinks Hall will be a “breath of fresh air” for boxing in Australia and has the potential to go to the top.

Hall’s junior boxing career was disrupted by football and the temptations of teenage social life, which lured him away from the gym. So much has changed for him since, aside from his size. Also, he’s no longer able to blend with the crowd.

Memories of fighting are so distant that, on one level, it feels like he’s starting again. So he’s not planning too far ahead.

“The first fight is all I’m concentrating on,” says Hall. “It might be pie in the sky, but I’ve always wanted a belt of some sort,” he says.

“Even as a kid I used to make them out of cardboard.”

But first things first. That means testing his chin, sparring a group of different heavyweights at the FightFit gym in South Melbourne with his trainer, Paul Fyfield, watching closely.

“I’ve been tested a little bit,” Hall says. “There have been a couple of sessions when I’ve copped a few big hits and the chin seems to be OK. But I still don’t know how I’ll go fighting my way out of a tough situation.”

Hall finds the training more demanding than it was for football. A different kind of fitness is required. Boxing is one of the most, if not the most physically taxing sports, with equal requirements of aerobic stamina and explosive strength.

He’s planning on fighting 6-8 three-minute rounds for his debut, with the customary one-minute rest between each round. It’s less overall time than a football game but the intensity is high from start to finish. You need to defend against an opponent who is trying to knock you out, land your own punches and stay focused and mobile the whole time.

Hall says his agility in the ring is still his best asset. Looking

“I’ve copped a few big hits and the chin seems OK. But I still don’t know how I’ll go fighting out of a tough situation.” at his long limbs, you can’t help but notice his reach. That wingspan and, importantly, knowing how to use it, is another asset that shouldn’t go to waste.

At least Hall has been through the nerves and the performance anxiety before and has had the luxury of appearing in a big sporting arena for many years so he’s not exactly worried about stage fright. Debuting as the main event mid-year hasn’t brought on the butterflies yet but he does admit to a increased heart rate when he talks about it.

“It’s good,” he says. “It’s what I want and what I need. I never really got nervous with footy.”

He also knows his sparring partners are “looking after him”.

This means they’re not following up or trying to finish him off.

Sparring can sometimes feel harder than a fight but, in the end, you know there are checks and balances.

Professional boxing is also a different game to the Olympic-style amateur code: there are more rounds; smaller gloves that feel harder when they hit you; a different scoring system that takes aggression into account as well as clean punches landed; it’s rougher, more physical and combatants often seek a knockout over punch rate. But the fundamentals remain: hit and don’t get hit.

“I guess my advantage was mainly my footwork in the amateurs, the ability to be able to fight going backwards; it was all drilled into me and it served me well. But the amateurs is all about point scoring. I have to sit down more on my punches now. If fit guys can walk through you, it’s no good – there’s got to be something there for them to respect,” says Hall.

“Sitting down” means turning your body into the punch, pivoting off the feet and hips to send a jolt of power down the arm and into the fist. With more rounds and more time, professional fighters reduce the punch rate in favour of power.

The harder you punch, the more hesitant your opponent will be. Respect, in this context, essentially means fear.

That’s where boxing can raise some hairy questions about your own character, your courage, or what they call “heart”.

There is no team to pick up the slack. Other sports borrow boxing metaphors. This time, for Hall, it’s the real thing.

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f all the trainers who hoped he would walk into their gym, Hall chose veteran Fyfield, with whom Hall had a connection from the days when he fought as a junior in kickboxing.

Fyfield is known as a hard fitness taskmaster. Although in his 50s, his fitness is as good, if not better, than his own fighters, who always come to the ring superbly conditioned, tough as old boots and exciting to watch. There have been 15 Australian and eight world champions in his charge over the years, and he now has a group of about 10 boxers.

After a month or so training alone with Fyfield, Hall has joined the group. He’s amazed at how relaxed they all are about fighting; it makes him realise he has a long way to go before he settles into the game. “They talk about fighting as if it’s like going out for dinner,” he says.

Hall wants to make sure that those fighters with less media exposure get their due for all the years of hard grind they have put in; he doesn’t want people to think he regards himself as “the saviour of boxing”.

“I don’t want other fighters to think I’m going waltz in and get a lot of publicity and easy fights. But if there is more attention and more articles about boxing, it might rub off on the other guys.” \ editorial@theweeklyreview.com.au

Mischa Merz is an amateur boxing masters champion, former Australian amateur boxing champion and author of The Sweetest Thing: A Boxer’s Memoir. » www.theweeklyreview.com.au/article-display/ Wedded-to-the-ring/3605 We WelcoMe your feedbAck @ www.theweeklyreview.com.au/cover-story february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 9

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\ Katrina Hall trips up down memory lane Why did Pina Arena change her name to Tina?

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have a guilty secret. Actually, two, but the first one is more relevant right now, as it involves Young Talent Time.

The secret is that sometimes I like to dance, YTT-style. The guilty part is that this usually only happens when I’m completely plastered.

It’s a dancing style that involves lots of leg-kicks, hip swivels and waving arms. The husband calls it “Jane Scali” dancing, but it’s actually a bit closer to the “Dennis Walter”, if we’re totally honest.

(My even-drunker dancing routine resembles that strange beast we at Catholic school in the ’70s called liturgical dancing, which was dancing with hymns, effectively. I know of such exotic things because I was once conned into dancing in a hooded, brown kaftan to a rousing version of Yahweh is the God of My Salvation, in front of my whole school. The person who convinced me to partner her in these floaty-sleeved antics is now a prominent Melbourne psychiatrist, which isn’t the point, but should be. Anyway, these days I recall those heady, happy days of my youth by sweeping my arms joyfully to the heavens and down to imaginary red seas and pilgrims looking for loaves and fish. And then I fall over.)

But I’m thrilled Young Talent Time is back on the TV – especially as it’s on Sunday nights, which is perfect family-time programming (remember the 6.30pm Sunday Disneyland hour and what a bummer it was when we copped Frontierland? Fantasyland great, Adventureland, all right if we have to, but Frontierland was all about climbing the Grand Canyon. Please – what we wanted was Goofy).

Family faves: The original YTT team in Hollywood.

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Anyway, this version of YTT is bit slicker than before, more Australian Idol than Evie Hayes, but it does give a reverent nod to the show’s long history of mostly bad outfits and suspect singing.

If I had to choose, I’d prefer the very early days when the dance du jour was modern jazz and there they all were in miniskirts bopping around randomly placed

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boxes, which strangely seemed quite genuine and realistic, and certainly more down-to-earth than the big-stadium, hip-hop thing of today. And I do wonder about the complex impact Justin Bieber has made on boys of the world, but that’s a topic for another time.

Anyway, I’m not complaining. There’s something incredibly joyous yet wildly curious about seeing kids sing like adults, and God knows we need some more feeder talent for the musical theatre industry. Marina Prior can’t do everything.

You know, we all have unanswered questions from our childhood, and I’d really like to know if anyone has ever bothered to ask Jamie Redfern why Liberace really wanted him to come and live with him in LA. I’d also like to know what happened to his brother Derek. And Sally Boyden. And why did little Pina Arena really need to change her name to Tina to be on TV? I’m sure the viewing public could have coped.

So now, at our house, every Sunday night is officially YTT night, and we all smile our way through the hour, mostly at awkward but gorgeous Millsy, who seems as surprised he got this gig as he might well have been the morning he woke up next to Paris Hilton. But maybe, like that night, it will be the making of him.

Oh, and my other guilty secret involves potatoes.

I know they’re not fashionable any more, but if I had to take one item of food on a desert island, it would be spuds. You’re probably not that interested, and I don’t blame you, but there it is. \ khall@theweeklyreview.com.au we welcome your feedback @ www.theweeklyreview.com.au/my-view

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While doing an internet search for the location of Coffeehead, I stumbled on the urban dictionary’s definition of the term at www.urbandictionary.com/ define.php?term=coffeehead I did have a laptop and glasses packed and I was wearing a scarf and an expensive outer garment that could unkindly have been termed a cardigan.

But no mind, I was in like company arriving at this new café and retail space tucked behind Burke Road – there were even a few other reviewers on site.

Paul Mathis, a restaurant and café owner with more than 17 businesses and a five-year industry hiatus under his belt (Taxi, SOS, 100 Mile Café) has six new ventures on the go this year, including Firechief Pizzeria, Goldilocks Café and The Sharing House at South Wharf.

Coffeehead is an adventurous concept.

Mathis hopes to stock 100 brands of coffee, coffee-making equipment, and to showcase every conceivable method of coffee brewing, including Greek and Italian-style stove-top.

For now, the house blend is North Wollongong company Delano Coffee’s Divino blend, which comprises Central and South American, plus PNG beans.

It’s the blueprint for Coffeehead’s own Coffee 1961, which will be roasted at the Camberwell premises and may include

\ leanne tolra reviews CoFFeeHeaD Colombian and African beans.

“The people who work here will have to have (figurative) tattoos of coffee all over their bodies. Coffeehead won’t be just a roaster with its own lines, it will be a depository for all kinds of coffee throughout the country,” Mathis says.

Everything will be sold online too.

Coffeehead 8 Railway Parade, Camberwell Phone \ 9831 1400 Barista \ Alan Chan Coffee \ Delano Coffee Barista’s choice \ Pour-over Open \ Monday to Friday 7am-6pm; weekends 8am-4pm

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At a request for an Aeropress coffee, fellow staff members step out of the way as head barista and roaster Alan Chan swoops on a bag of single-origin Kenyan beans and promptly creates a bright, delicate brew.

His boss says this young man has “a coffee cup tattooed across his heart”, and Chan’s the first to admit he’s a coffee tragic.

“If you came to my house you would think I had started a mini café,” he says, claiming collection of “quite a few toys” including a Gene roaster, two espresso machines and three grinders.

Chan, who qualified in hospitality and management, has worked in a string of Melbourne cafés during the past 10 years. His most recent position was at Coffee Hit in Doncaster, where he worked his way into head barista and roasting roles.

He has also dipped his toe in the

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The coffee devotion is clear: oversized red capital letters spell out the word above industrial black shelves holding caffeine-related paraphernalia – and signs promise there’s more to come. Factory workbenches and recycled metal tables painted red and green sit over seagrass matting on one side of the room and black-and-white chequered tiles on the other. A burnt-yellow-tiled service counter holds a geek’s dream collection of brewing devices, including a manual-lever La San Marco and a high-tech DC pro espresso machine. At the back of the room, completing the package, sit a pair of shiny 12-kilogram Probat roasting machines, one finished in gold, the other in silver. \

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ot so long ago, it used to be the case that you This value is seen in many of the Spanish wines would have to travel to Spain to get good, coming into Australia – from $10 quaffers to bottles cheap Spanish wine. costing more than $100. At every price point there is There’s an increased awareness of Spanish wines a bargain to be found. in Melbourne these days, thanks in part to the Here’s a handy list of Spanish regions you’re likely proliferation of tapas bars and Spanish restaurants. to find at the local bottleshop and the grapes you’re Iberian drops seem to be everywhere on wine lists, likely to find in the bottle. This is just the tip of the and in bars and bottleshops. iceberg – there are scores of interesting wines and A high Aussie dollar has no doubt fuelled varieties available, which you’ll find at specialist, the latest influx of wines, but the trend of independent wine shops.

At every importing quality, cheap Spanish wine in price point Rioja large volumes started well before parity The earliest evidence of wine production with the US dollar and the euro debt crisis there is a hit Spain. bargain to be in this region dates back to 873. Split into three principal subregions, Rioja Alavesa, The past decade or so has seen a rapid found Alta and Baja, red wine accounts for 85 per increase in quality of Spanish wine, which cent of Rioja’s wine output. A typical red will has driven demand around the world. be a tempranillo-dominant blend with grenache, For a long time, many of Spain’s wineries were graciano and mazuelo making up the mix. part of large regional winemaking co-operatives that operated with a focus on quantity rather than quality.

Ribera del Duero Grapes from precious old vines with the potential Named after the Duero River that flows through to create wines of quality and complexity were often it, the region is almost solely dedicated to lost in the mix as the co-ops produced bulk wines for the tempranillo grape. Its wines are capable the local market. Think of it like adding Grange into of great depth and intensity, along with the mix of wine destined for a cask or flagon. genuine ageworthiness.

Like many places around the world, there’s a new breed of ambitious young winemakers who aren’t Penedès content with churning out the same old generic Ninety-five per cent of all Spain’s sparkling wines. They’re often from winemaking families wine, cava, is produced in a region not far from with rich and long histories who have set about Barcelona. Made from grapes such as xarel.lo, modernising their vineyards and wineries and are macabeu and parallada, to be certified as cava, the producing wines of consistently high quality and wine must be bottle fermented to create the bubbles good value.

naturally, just like Champagne. I reckon this makes many of the sub-$20 bottles, such as Freixenet, you’ll see on shelves great value.

Rueda

Part of the Castilla y León region 170 kilometres north-west of Madrid, it’s the widely planted grape verdejo that was introduced from northern Africa in the 11th century that gets all the attention. Selling for as low as $10 at the chains, the cheaper offerings may be blended with high proportions of sav blanc.

Rías Baixas

Pronounced “ree-ass by-shass”, the region is in the north-west tip of Galicia, just above Portugal.

Albarino is the region’s most widely planted grape, where mild maritime weather helps the grapes ripen to produce refreshing, perfumed wines. \ bthomas@theweeklyreview.com.au To read more reviews, visit www.theweeklyreview.com.au/wine

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(Rioja) $35; 13.5% ★★★★

Charming

Part of the Freixenet group, this tempranillo is brimming with old-world charm. A bouquet of strawberry, plum, cherry, cola, spice and cedar oak benefits from being served with a light chill, as do medium-bodied earthy flavours of plum, cherry, tobacco and leather. Nice mouthfeel, with luxurious texture, fine powdery tannin and fresh acidity. A lengthy finish of cherry, cola and spice adds to the experience.

StruCtured

(Ribera del Duero) $29.99; 14% ★★★★ ½ The sample I tasted was fresh off the boat and needed time in the decanter to open up but, when it did, it revealed aromas of cherry, strawberry, tobacco, herbs and a touch of spice. Tasting of cherry, blackberry, orange zest, spice and vanilla, it’s in the mouth where this tempranillo shines. Silky smooth with great sandy tannins that drive the flavours with a vibrant acid balance.

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Food match \ Grilled pork chops

Peramor Verdejo 2010

Giró Ribot Mare Gran Reserva Cava 2006

(Rueda) $22; 13% ★★★★

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Complex

Hand-picked, hand-sorted grapes (a blend of xarel.lo, macabeu and parellada) from 30- to 50-year-old vines, with ageing on yeast lees for three years. It’s complex, with white peach, apple, fennel seeds, minerals and orange rind on the nose. Granny Smith apple, lemon, minerals and yeast mix nicely with a creamy texture.

Dry, grippy finish with salty biscuit and lemon flavours on the finish.

Food match \ Pintxos

Vela Blanca Albariño 2010

(Rías Baixas) $19.99; 12.5% ★★★★ Vela is the Galician word for a boat’s sails, which is fitting, given Vela’s vineyards are close to the sea. This has pretty floral aromas of apple, blossom and tropical fruits. It’s unoaked, but there’s a smokiness to the wine that adds to the complexity found in its weighty yet delicate melon, pear, brine and nectarine flavours. It has a lovely texture but is dry and refreshing and, with good intensity to the finish, it’s a highly gluggable wine.

(Region) $39.99; 11.5% ★★★★ I was first introduced to verdejo by the sommelier at Mugaritz, a restaurant outside San Sebastian. That glass cost a measly €5, and I have been hooked on it ever since. Pretty and perfumed, this is packed with juicy tropical fruit, honeydew melon, blossom, stonefruit and pear flavours. Grassy notes, along with lemon juice and pith, temper the flavours nicely. Dry and refreshing, there’s good texture and grip to this moreish wine.

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\ Kendall Hill reviews GorsKi and Jones

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et’s call it the Melbourne look. Frequent diners will know it well – that studied, once-industrial space of exposed brick and “distressed” paint, with a quirky-light-fitting-and-Bentwood-chair aesthetic that is de rigueur at any neighbourhood eatery aspiring to attract the in-crowd.

You’ll find it writ large at Gorski and Jones, a newish Collingwood restaurant and bar that has moved into the digs once occupied by the prophetically named Last Record Store. If we had space here, we’d publish a cut-out-and-keep checklist of the Melbourne design zeitgeist so you could tick off the wood-fired oven, the open kitchen, the hanging baskets, the terrazzo floor, the forest of warm timber finishes, the vintage objets, the charcuterie/salumi cabinet, the tiled feature walls – all of which you’ll find re-created down the Woollies end of Smith Street at G&J. Not to mention the deep rear courtyard finished in red brick and shingles to conjure a Swiss-chalet-meets-Manchester vibe. Quirky.

Not that there’s anything wrong with the interior. In

fact, it’s so familiar that I feel relaxed immediately and settle in for a fun night, even though it’s my first time here. Still, we’ve probably reached the tipping point with this particular look, dontcha think?

G&J is named for the three partners behind this instant Smith Street hit – Paul and Linda Jones from Brunswick Street’s popular Alimentari, and Meaghan Gorski, ex-Jacques Reymond and St Peter’s. Their hospitality stripes show through in the way the floor copes on a crammed Saturday night. Personable staff only neglect us once during peak feeding frenzy, and we mightn’t have even noticed except we were waiting on more wine at the time. The music, meanwhile, is loud enough to scare older diners away and keep the vibe youngish and cool.

The important thing about the décor is that it does nothing to distract from the pleasures of Paul Jones’ food or the thrill of selecting an unfamiliar drop from the tight, varietal-heavy wine list. A Tiefenbrunner pinot bianco goes so well with the starters and pasta

All hands on deck: The kitchen staff are kept busy at Gorski and Jones.

(DArriAn TrAynor)

that we run dry quickly but are saved by an inspired selection available by the half-bottle carafe. Genius stuff.

You can kick off with plates of antipasti or salumi or cheese (the latter two keenly priced at $10/$20 servings) or go a bit more upmarket, like we did, with a bountiful entrée of fior de latte (cow mozzarella) wrapped in prosciutto and baked in the wood oven until crisp and stupidly irresistible. They sit on a simple tomato sauce and sport two basil leaves by way of herbal supplement.

All up, it’s a wonderful way to start the meal. Cheese and bacon. What’s not to like?

Finely crumbed zucchini flowers are stuffed plumply with ricotta on a bed of roasted capsicum. Sprigs of dill add a fresh, almost healthy accent to the deep-fried dumplings.

Pollo tonnato sounds wrong but turns out to be a clever twist on the vitello version. Poached rounds of sliced chicken are drenched in tuna mayo and scattered with quartered egg and cherry tomato pieces. Some good anchovies and juicy capers round out the line-up.

Purists might turn their pert noses up at the absence of veal but I’m looking forward to diving into that plate again some time soon.

The food so far has been gutsy and rich, and the serves are decent. Perhaps that’s why, by the time my linguine with seafood, chilli and white wine arrives, I’m underwhelmed. There’s a standard seafood selection of two prawns, inoffensive white fish, mussels and cockles, and it’s all perfectly palatable but just doesn’t punch as hard as its predecessors. The chilli is too restrained, so is the seasoning.

Curiously, the pork belly has a bone in it and looks more like half a cutlet than a piece of paunch. In fact, this toned, meaty cut is more abs than belly. But there’s enough fat to keep things moist and juicy and we fully support Mr Jones’ decision to pair the pig with beautifully baked and halved figs and pine nuts. The man clearly has good taste.

There is really only one dessert worth mentioning, but the baked peaches are nice, too. The shapely halves sit in a sugary cinnamon juice with an almost caramelly amaretto cream, but they almost defeat us at the end of our big blow-out.

And then comes the tiramisu. It’s not much to look at, just a modest serve in a quaint crystal glass with all the layers in the right places. But this is eye-poppingly good pudding. At the bottom there’s a morass of sponge blackened with cocoa and coffee until the colour of sump oil, overlaid with more ladyfingers, then plugged with a gorgeous gloop of creamy egg white and mascarpone that itself is paved with a bitumen of cocoa and chocolate. Best tiramisu I’ve had in months.

Forget the décor. Just come for the cake. \ khill@theweeklyreview.com.au To read more reviews, visit www.theweeklyreview.com.au/food

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\ Leanne toLra previews the big event

online » Festival highlights plus » Full program of events at » www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au

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he very first Frank, wine expert Sarah Gough and Dupleix, never envisaged MasterClass was such the festival would become the cultural food and wine-sated a buzz,” says food juggernaut that it has. writer and original Melbourne For Natalie O’Brien, the festival’s chief executive officer since Food and Wine Festival 2003, it’s the World’s Longest Lunch, started by restaurateur and committee member Jill Dupleix. original festival chief Sylvia Johnson, that is a favourite. “It is just “White-clad, pony-tailed chefs a beautiful day where people enjoy and experience so many of the cutting a swathe through the things that set Melbourne apart,” she says. crowd, pistachios to nibble on, “Another highlight for me has always been the Langham fresh from the tree, incredible Melbourne MasterClass – it is the most incredible opportunity wines to drink … and the whole where the world’s leading chefs can showcase their amazing thing spilling out onto the streets talents to our Melbourne chefs and foodies. It’s something and into the cafés, bars and precious and exciting because Melbourne is put on the world restaurants of Melbourne every stage. This year’s Gala Dinner, to be held at the Royal Exhibition night,” she recalls.

Building, will be our 20th dinner, and the philosophy behind it is Just 10 events filled the to show we have come of age and to mirror what is going on in the program at the first festival in industry, where we have come from and where Melbourne is in 1993. But they were the ones that left an indelible mark on the food and wine.” hearts of this city of food fanatics. And the ones that, 20 years and For O’Brien, the gems beyond the big-ticket events have been 300 events later, are still sell-out attractions. the crawls through the laneways, the wine programs and the The MasterClass program – in which international chefs celebration of the city’s “deep and diverse culture base It’s a very showcase their incredible skills and emerging food trends that spreads through the suburbs to so many regional Melbourne before a food-obsessed audience; the World’s Longest locations”, including an ever-strengthening indigenous Lunch on Friday, March 2, which now attracts more thing to meet theme. “One of my favourite things is hearing the than 5000 diners in 30 locations across the state; and the stories and exchanges between people about the things over food Gala Dinner, a glamorous black-tie, $240-ticket event that they have experienced and shared,” she says. and wine featuring internationally renowned chefs to be held at the Dupleix, who says she appointed herself the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton on Saturday, March 10. festival’s “fairy godmother – always on call for ideas and For festival founder Peter Clemenger, it’s the annual Gala implementation”, says she has loved seeing the who’s who of Dinner that is the most memorable attraction – and he has international talent make their mark on Melbourne – industry attended many since he first conceived the festival while still leaders who have, in turn, come to appreciate the city’s unique reeling from the loss of Melbourne’s 1996 Olympic Games bid. place in world food and wine.

“When we started the festival, the rivalry between Melbourne “It’s a very Melbourne thing to come together over food and Sydney was at its peak. Victoria was in the doldrums, half and wine – and being curious, wanting to learn more, is a of our vineyards were up for sale and it was a difficult time,” real expression of being a Melburnian. Hence, the people who says Clemenger, who put up $57,000 to get the first event off the attend the festival really understand and become intensely loyal, ground. He continued to fund it for years. “It was nine before the following the same events year after year and evolving as they Victorian government provided a grant of $5000,” he says. evolve,” she says. \ ltolra@theweeklyreview.com.au Clemenger and his team, which included restaurateur Richard

massimo bottura

gala dinner

Part of the fun of selecting a festival event is sitting down with the program and a glass of wine to create a wish list. This year, the guide runs to 80 pages and lists 300 events to run over 20 days and nights.

There are events at every price level, from the free Foodie Films showing at Federation Square and the Family Foodie Weekend at ArtPlay in Birrarung Marr, to Cellar Door and Farm Gate at South Wharf for $35, or Restaurant Express, where a two-course lunch and a glass of wine is available for $35 at more than 85 restaurants across the city and suburbs.

If you can’t afford to attend a MasterClass event, how about joining the international stars at the cocktail party for $45, or join French pastry chef Stephane Bour at Number 8 restaurant at Crown for afternoon tea for $40. There are more than 80 events on the program priced at less than $50.

The world’s No.1 chef Rene Redzepi (Noma, Copenhagen) and Italian food philosopher and three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana, Italy) head the list of international stars on the MasterClass list. (Single tickets, $65, or a full-day ticket $320.) They will also pair with local chefs in the Theatre of Ideas program to reveal the big and small ideas behind their successes ($65).

Structured tastings, in-depth wine analysis and inspirational debate are promised at the Acqua Panna Global Wine Experience ($160). Sign up for Fire in the Belly and discover Spain and Portugal’s hottest varieties with Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez, learn all there is to know about Burgundy, or understand Single Vineyard Perfection.

The festival kicks off on March 3-4 at the Riverside Opening Weekend at The Hub in Queensbridge Square and spills to Docklands, WTC Wharf, South Wharf Promenade, Southbank and Federation Square.

Our Aboriginal heritage will be recognised at Reconciliation Through Dining, at Charcoal Lane, Fitzroy, on March 16, when traditional Australian ingredients and local indigenous community members will pair with modern cooking techniques ($150).

And Mebourne’s culinary past is on show at Queen Victoria’s Feast at the Hotel Windsor on March 9.

The regional program also promises some inspired ideas. Enjoy Fresh Bread, Cold Beer and Hot Buns at Red Beard Bakery in Trentham, or learn the secret to sparkling and press your own grapes at Ellender Estate Winery in Glenlyon. \ february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 15

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\ JANE ROCCA WALKs ON THE sUNNY sIDE

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“In the Australian sun, we need to take extra care.”

ec Bennett knew she was on to a good thing when she decided in 2008 to launch Eye Tribe – an eyewear range for babies and children.

Bennett put her skills to good use (she had worked in marketing at Oakley for years) but knew there was a gap when it came to finding protective eyewear for little people.

It wasn’t just about launching a range of fashionable eyewear (although we love the leopard-print frames that make their debut this season). For Bennett it was about sourcing quality lenses and sturdy frames that suit the Australian lifestyle, that work in and out of water and that give children the extra protection all year round – not just in summer.

The mother of two, who has a showroom in South Yarra, says she would not be able to manage the expanding business if it weren’t for the support of her partner, Nathan, and close family.

“From the start my parents and Nathan’s parents were enthusiastic to see me get the business going and they want me to do well,” says Bennett, who heads to Europe later in the year to show at trade shows with the hope of securing international buyers.

“I started this business before I had kids, so I went in blind in terms of realising how much work it would be doing the family and business side of things. But it’s what I love, and I like doing both – raising a family and running a business. It’s the only way I know.”

Bennett says training your children to wear sunglasses from a young age is important; it should be up there with applying sunscreen and slapping on a hat – be it at the beach or at school.

She should know. In a former life, Bennett also worked in marketing at Little Athletics and was always amazed by the number of youngsters complaining of headaches because of the sun – and of course – no sunglasses were to be found to stave off the glare that led to the problem.

Eye Tribe makes a couple of collections each season: the Frankie Ray, which is for boys and girls who are fashionistas at heart – playful frames, bright colours and cool blacks – and Mini Squids. These are suitable for children as young as three months up to two years old and are made with shatter-proof material and 100 per cent UV protection. The Squids range covers slightly older children.

“We want kids to fall in love with what we do,” says Bennett. “We also provide cases with the glasses so they learn to take responsibility for their eyewear. It’s part of the process of training your kids that you need to respect your sunglasses. We really shouldn’t think twice about protecting our eyesight, either – and in the Australian sun, we need to take extra care.” \ jrocca@theweeklyreview.com.au » www.eyetribe.com.au

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ake-up artists, these days, are a luxury and a must-go-to. The talent of any good make-up artist is to mix and yield products and make them work like never before.

They are simply modern-day alchemists: a lipstick is never just a lipstick, it is for eyes, cheeks and lips. Complexion products are never used purely as directed but mixed and applied with myriad techniques to achieve a flawless face.

Make-up artists should also have a plethora of products and brands, at various price points, and a seemingly endless bag of tricks.

A religious fervour to cleanliness is also very admirable in my books, but I digress.

In my many travels to international fashion weeks I have picked up a few tricks from acclaimed make-up demigods backstage, and seeing them mix, measure and manipulate products is pure theatre.

I have gone through and selected a few great combo mixes that I know you will appreciate and use. Yes, I agree there are brands out there that have harnessed these make-up artists’ secret mixes into user-friendly single products, but where is the fun in that?

The best way to make these concoctions your own is to become a mixologist yourself and create. And remember, less is more and two products, in my world, are certainly better than one – have fun. \ dnaidu@theweeklyreview.com.au To read more reviews, visit www.theweeklyreview.com.au/beauty

instant flash Mixing a bit of Benefit High Beam ($45) with Burt’s Bees Radiance Day Cream ($39.95) will give you the perfect base for your make-up. The rich moisturiser with royal jelly and the pearlescent liquid create a sheer and luminous texture that can also be used to highlight cheekbones, lids and brow bones. You have to try it to believe the effect on the skin.

\ Dhav NaiDu waNts you to mix thiNgs up The flawless foundation

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There are many brands and formulations that promise the world when it comes to foundations, but Madonna’s make-up artist, Gina Brooke, advises mixing two or more foundations together to give you a better-matching foundation and, she adds, nobody’s face is of one colour.

Good advice, but might be a budget constraint for some. In my experience I found that mixing Diorskin Forever Foundation ($77) with Becca Luminous Skin Colour ($68) creates the ultimate foundation – no more redness, visible pores or uneven skin tone.

If you have dark circles, you know the frustration of finding the right product to camouflage them.

Well, look no further – mixing a little YSL Teint Radiance foundation ($85) and a smidgen of Kevyn Aucoin’s The Sensual Skin Enhancer ($US45) and patting it just under the eyes will give you well-rested eyes.

The mix is not dense or cakey, thanks largely to the YSL foundation, and goes on like a dream.

The great lash effect Did you know our obsession with lashes did not start recently? There is documented proof to show that people in ancient times were obsessed with lashes. Studies have shown recently that 50 per cent of women will choose a mascara if they could use only one make-up product.

Well, I have to say that the eyes have it.

To get fuss-free, luscious lashes, follow these simple steps: l Curl lashes; Cast eyes down and raise

brows with your fingers. Use your free hand to place mascara wand at base of lashes and wiggle to left and right. Keep wiggling as you guide the wand to the top of the lashes. The wiggling is what keeps your lashes clump-free and separate; l Finally, close the eye and place the wand on the top of lashes and pull through; l For a perfect finish, try not blink for five seconds after application; l If you are a perfectionist and cannot put up with even the slightest clumping of lashes, use a clean mascara wand (recycle a finished mascara wand by cleaning with some make-up remover and soap) and go through lashes. This is a far cheaper alternative, but if you have a few bob to spare you can also buy a metal lash comb specifically designed for this.

The super primer

My pick

Diorshow New Look Mascara ($52) – this is a take on Dior’s new look. After the war, Monsieur Dior is credited as the man who freed up women’s dress and this mascara will free up women from the hunt of finding the perfect mascara – très magnifique.

You have heard of all things super recently but nothing beats this in the make-up world.

Mix equal parts of Laura Mercier Foundation Primer ($65) and M.A.C. Strobe Cream ($55) for the most effective pre-foundation base.

The primer is renowned for its perfect texture and staying power, and the Strobe Cream, with oodles of antioxidant and vitamins, keeps the mix lightly hydrated with a touch of glow.

Bobbi Brown Lash Glamour Extreme Lengthening Mascara ($48), Covergirl Lash Perfection Mascara ($16.95), Benefit Cosmetics They’re Real! Mascara ($38) and M.A.C. Cosmetics False Lashes Mascara ($42) are absolutes triumphs too.

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The lip stain that is not a stain

Mix some Palmer’s Cocoa Butter ($9.95) into your palms and add two to three drops of M.A.C. Cosmetics Face and Body Foundation ($60).

Always pick a shade that is at least two shades darker than your natural skin tone.

This pairing will give you sexy, shimmery legs that are to die for. The mix of foundation and body lotion hides all minor flaws and is better than any self-tanner – plus there is no waiting time.

This works with any lipgloss and balm.

The trick is to find a balm that is not too slippery; you want the balm to be firm but not thick. Coat lips with balm and then press lips. Apply gloss to the centre of the lips and press. Adjust colour by dabbing with fingers. Voilà – the result is pretty, with the added bonus of unsticky lips. And if you want a fuller pout, just add some Ice Drops to your lips. The menthol in the drops will help to increase blood flow and cause some tingling, making lips appear fuller.

Try Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm ($14.95) and Kit Cosmetics Lip Glaze ($19.95 each) february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 19

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The Museum art hotel

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90 Cable Street, Wellington (04) 802 8900 www.museumhotel.co.nz

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Take a tour of owner Chris Parkin’s eclectic contemporary art collection. Opposite Te Papa, the art and decor set this boutique hotel apart.

The Hippotamus bar and award-winning French restaurant overlook the harbour. There’s a lap pool, sauna and spa. Originally on the other side of the road, the hotel faced demolition to make way for Te Papa. But Parkin was determined to save it. The five-storey structure made a 120-metre journey on railway tracks to its new location in 1993. The move took two days and the building arrived in pristine condition. Hence its early moniker, Hotel de Wheels.

Rooms rates start from $NZ215 per night. \

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t’s a short trip across the Tasman (fours hours tops, deal for a small country. Most of these big international barely time for the in-flight movie and drinks) acts would never venture to the bottom of the globe and you’re landing in Wellington, New Zealand’s otherwise. And they love it; many, such as the National pretty and compact harbour capital with a funky Theatre of Scotland, return with new productions. This vibe. Think verdant mini-Sydney with a dollop of year it’s Beautiful Burnout, a play set in a boxing ring.

Melbourne edginess, great food and lashings of Pacific This year’s program spans everything from style. And opening this weekend (February 24) is the fairytales and opera to Shakespeare and salsa, with country’s international arts festival, the New Zealand nine world premieres. International acts include fun International Arts Festival (NZIAF), which brings and innovative UK theatre company Kneehigh 900 artists from around the globe to the city with Wild Bride and TeZukA, a Japanese There’s for 24 days. anime-inspired contemporary dance work There’s a theory that small cities always hold even a festival by the renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi the best festivals. Certainly, it’s hard to miss Cherkaoui. The indigenous New Zealand within the the festival buzz in Wellington; the theatres, work gives this festival its unique flavour: festival cafés and restaurants are all within walking from Lemi Ponifasio’s extraordinary dance distance and many events, such as First Contact, work, Birds with Skymirrors to a brand-new New a giant projected artwork by Michel Tuffery on the Zealand opera Hohepa. monolithic façade of Te Papa (the National Museum There’s even a festival within the festival: Writers and of New Zealand), are smack-bang on the waterfront.

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t is the late 1970s in County Cork, Ireland.

Seven-year-old Rebecca O’Connor is playing in her bedroom. Her adoptive father, Michael, shouts out to her: “Becky, there’s something on the telly you need to see.”

She runs and sits with her father. What she saw in the next three minutes would entirely change the course of her life which, at that point, revolved around becoming the junior national champion of Irish dancing.

“I saw the lips, I saw the legs, I saw the big hair and I heard this voice. I was just a little girl and she was a woman, but I thought, I want to BE that.”

“I was the only black Irish dancer in the world at that time and I was eighth in the country. But I’d never seen anything like Tina Turner’s dancing. She was strutting, kind of like a horse; there was this awkwardness to her, but it was perfect. I’ve studied her ever since.”

It is 2010 in Küsnacht, Switzerland. Tina Turner is watching footage of a singer giving it her all. The lips, the hair, the legs, the voice. Yes, it is Rebecca O’Connor, performing her Tina Turner tribute show in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Turner calls her Australian manager, Roger Davies.

“Tell Rebecca she’s so good she’s scary. If I had her energy today I’d still be touring.”

In the present day, O’Connor is still struggling to comprehend that both scenarios are connected; that her pursuit of painstakingly personifying one of the world’s greatest solo female performers has been validated.

She says, a little short of breath: “For the queen of rock herself, who’s sold 180 million albums, solo, to say that about me …” Her voice trails off. “It’s just amazing.”

But plenty of water would pass under the bridge before this tiny dancer could sing Proud Mary to the real thing, even if it was just from Turner’s television.

The major event that propelled O’Connor from her job as a Barcelona-based beauty therapist to becoming the world’s best Turner tribute artist, was her winning the television talent search Stars In Their Eyes a decade ago with a rendition of (Simply) The Best. It scored 89 out of 90. A staggering 33 million viewers watched the-then 27-year-old take out the European title.

“When I was in Irish dancing I used to do a lot of cabaret shows as a kid,” O’Connor says, retracing the journey. “I started introducing the Tina thing into my routine when I was 11 or 12 years old.

“I used to dress up as Tina Turner and I’d mime along to a tape. By 13, I was singing like her, by my mid-20s I looked like her. My mother sent in a tape of me doing Tina to the producers of Stars In Their Eyes. They said, ‘You’re in. You’re through to the last 100.’ They skipped me through all the knockout stages.

“I’m very close to my parents, Anne and Michael O’Connor,” she says. “They adopted me when I was two-and-a-half months old. They’ve always believed in me. Without them, I would never have taken this path.”

What O’Connor saw when she kneeled in front of the telly with her father, just as enthralled, was more than an idol, or a mentor, or a new favourite artist.

Far removed from her Cuban kinfolk in the Caribbean – her biological parents are Cuban and Irish – O’Connor had grown up identifying wholly with Irish culture and “white Irish people”. But looking at Tina was like looking in a mirror for the first time. “I have the same body shape, the same colour skin,” O’Connor says.

The profound connection she struck was one linked with identity. “I just thought I was her.”

In her early music videos Turner portrayed herself as a woman out of place, which forged the bond even deeper for O’Connor.

In her breakthrough single Private Dancer, for example, the newly solo Turner strutted her stuff through a hyper-white world of actors and dancers, their faces dusted to a gothic pallor to accentuate her dark skin. “I related to her on every level,” O’Connor says.

“I was the only black girl in the village.

Everyone was white. I loved it. It was always positive attention because there was no other black dancer in the world in my experience. I stood out like a sore thumb. Everybody else with their ringlets and me with my afro.”

A couple of things still stand out about the 37-year-old, aside from her glossy black hair, which is closer to ringlets than afro these days.

She has a nervous energy that is downright contagious. We’re sitting on a couch in The Beach, Albert Park, and you can feel it like a forcefield.

And she has rich brown eyes that don’t light on anything for long; if they are a

“Sex is with one person.

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window to her soul, then all the lights are on inside and there’s a party.

Is there any reason she’s a little tense today? “It’s been two months since a show, so I’m sorry if I’m a bit on edge. I need a stage. Give me a stage!” she says.

I suggest, hopefully, that we do a little shot of something from the top shelf, pop on the Turner backing tape she travelled around Europe with for a year and that she do her thing at The Beach, Albert Park.

She considers the idea and then says that she stays off the hard liquor for “figure reasons”.

They’re good reasons indeed. For the obvious fact of the matter, emphasised by a short black dress and toned legs tapering down to appropriately Tina-esque heels, is that O’Connor is fit. Watching footage of her performing live you quickly see a link between superior fitness and imitating a dynamo such as Turner.

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orget triathlon. Try a Tinathlon. One minute O’Connor is singing Nutbush City Limits, strutting with the short, staccato high-steps of a dressage horse, targeting her calves and glutes. The next she’s running from one side of the stage to the other, working her band up to another hectic crescendo in The Best.

Add to these physical demands the fact that as a singer you can never, not even for one little extra puff, sound like you’re out of breath. A marathon coach once told me you should be able to talk while you train, or you’re not fit enough. Try singing Proud Mary while you train. Welcome to O’Connor’s world.

“It’s a physically demanding show,” O’Connor says.

“You can’t let that energy drop at all. You have to be at the top of it all the time. We’ve worked really hard on the set list, to get the balance right. I can’t have four or five belters all at once. I do three fast ones into a nice slow one. I sing everything in the same key as her too.

When it works it’s the best feeling in the world.”

Better even than sex? “Sex is great, but the stage is just …” O’Connor looks down and visibly darkens, perhaps in anticipation of what’s about to come out of her mouth. “Sex is only with one person. When you’re on stage, you’re doing it with thousands!”

She might be able to sing like Turner, look like Turner and carry off the same sexual energy, but searching for deeper parallels in O’Connor’s life proves fruitless: “I’ve had a fantastic upbringing and a fabulous life,” she says.

“But Tina, she went through so much suffering. It’s part of the reason her music has so much power and pride. Ike took her to hell and back. He discovered her, but he destroyed her as well. She was totally abused all the time. I’ve never had anything like that happen.

Tina’s a fighter. She survived it and came out better.

“I have so much respect for her. If I met her, I don’t know what I’d do. I’d probably just hug her or something. Or I might run away!”

However, there is one vital coincidence. After huge early successes and then a period of languishing – Tina at the bottom of the charts with four successive solo album flops and Rebecca singing along to backing tapes on tiring club tours of Europe – both women had their careers resuscitated by Australian band managers.

For Turner it was Roger Davies, who discovered and

how to sing like tina Proud Mary is the kind of song that hurts your throat. To listen to. Yet elite vocal performers such as O’Connor sing it, and two hours’ worth of other larynx-lacerating hits, up to five times a week. So what’s the secret to sounding like Tina, without turning your trachea into toast?

Warm up \ The more you condition your voice, the less it will break down. Fitness levels for your voice have to be at peak to sing Tina. milk iS a bad ChOiCe \ don’t drink milk or anything that coats your throat.

Sleep aS muCh aS pOSSible \ it has an amazingly good effect on your voice.

NO alCOhOl \ When you wake up with that croaky voice after a few drinks, well that kills your chance of singing pretty much all of Tina’s catalogue.

CigareTTeS? \ i’d never recommend them, but i do smoke. i limit myself to weekends only.

managed Sherbet through their halcyon days. His belief and guidance resulted in the album Private Dancer.

O’Connor’s connection was Melburnian Dennis Dunstan, tour manager of Fleetwood Mac for 23 years.

They connected in Brisbane, on O’Connor’s backing tape tour. In O’Connor, Dunstan saw the reincarnation of Turner. He recruited a band of crack Sunshine Coast musos – as tight as much of O’Connor’s wardrobe – and toured her around the country.

Last year she played 46 Australian shows and a handful of sold-out performances in South Africa.

Dunstan, who multitasks as her drummer, couldn’t help but show his old mate Mick Fleetwood the footage: “Mesmerising” was his one-word response.

Dunstan’s belief and significant investment in O’Connor has also led her to discover Noosa, a place she describes as “paradise” and where she sees herself settling in years to come: “I’ve lived there for 18 months. I have a place on the river and I have some fabulous friends; it’s just brilliant,” O’Connor says. “I’m on a sponsorship, but I’d love to live here. They’re asking me to sing on Australia Day next year so that will help!”

As for singing her own songs, which she describes as “rock stuff, like Amy Winehouse” in the tradition of her favourite vocalists Chaka Khan, Etta James and Gladys Knight, there will be “a time and a place to do it. I don’t want to release anything until this show has taken off.”

One question remains: how does she “become” Tina?

“It’s the wig,” O’Connor confesses. “As soon as the wig goes on, I’m in character. I’m Tina. The wig changes my whole face, I get an attitude as soon as it’s on. It’s showtime. As soon as I step onto the stage and hear the first song going, which is Steamy Windows, I’m fully in the zone. I feel it, I love it, I breathe it and I miss it terribly when I’m not in it.” \ amcutchen@theweeklyreview.com.au wE wELCOME YOUR FEEdBACk @ www.theweeklyreview.com.au/interview

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music FRANCO PHONICS \ New French rock

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Recent months have seen a run of remarkable albums by French rock acts. Take E Volo Love (Domino) by Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains. There’s no sign here of the expected soft rock or quirky electro. Instead, this is gently unpredictable, summery rock, more influenced by Afropop than Edith Piaf.

Just as surprising is Camille’s ilo veyou (Virgin). Fresh and playful, the record is bookended by a pair of striking à capella pieces.

Skipping back and forwards between French and English, Camille also hops with ease across genre bounds. Pop, rock, funk and drunken singalongs all feature — the latter, Allez Allez Allez, threatening to collapse into a blazing row. It’s a truly remarkable, often stunning record that truly sounds like nothing else on offer.

Finally, Air return this month with a soundtrack to Georges Méliès’ classic silent flick Le Voyage Dans Le Lune (EMI).

Now leaning more to rock than dance, their latest effort isn’t an easy listen. There’s still much to impress, but I suspect the album works best when paired with the visuals that inspired it. \

tv LIFE ARCHITECTURALLY \ ABC 1, Tuesday February 28, 10pm Architects are the true artists in this engaging new doco. As likeable as they are, there’s still a hint of diva-ness to acclaimed husband-and-wife team Robert McBride and Debbie Ryan. When a client suggests a less-outlandish colour scheme, Ryan says it “would make me cry to have to do that to our building”. The pair’s work has always verged on the controversial; they’ve just been awarded for an “origami” building inspired by an impossible bottle, and on the drawing boards are structures based on infinity symbols and Chinese dragons.

However, it’s wonderful to see the pair pour so much passion into what might be seen as a dry profession. \

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A selection of new Australian plays are showcased this week, alongside talks designed to inspire artists and audiences alike.

Festival-goers will be able to sample polished readings from some of the country’s most innovative playwrights or engage in discussions with an impressive range of local and international industry figures. \

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\ george ierodiaconou is king for a day in a range rover evoque

The insTrucTions FroM MY eDiTor were: pick up the Range Rover Evoque from Malvern, drive to Ten Minutes by Tractor, have a modest lunch and bring me back a couple of bottles of good pinot.

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said yes before realising Ten Minutes by Tractor is a restaurant/winery on the Mornington Peninsula that serves meals fit for a king and that Queen Elizabeth drives a Range Rover.

A six-course degustation was the furthest thing from my mind, but something happened when I was handed the keys to the Evoque.

As I approached the Malvern Range Rover dealership, my middle-aged, family man’s station wagon suddenly seemed very ordinary when compared to the undisputed king of the road in the 4X4 world.

I was also excited because finally I get to drive. The Weekly Review has sent me out to write about fast cars, planes and helicopters, but I am always the passenger, never the driver.

This time it was my turn to shred and, after signing a $10,000 insurance access fee, the tactic was to take it easy.

Sales consultant Cameron Macmillan appeared and, like a magician, he opened the boot and wound down all the windows with a button held in his hand. Range Rover is the only car company that has developed the technology to do this.

“This is the Evoque,” he proudly said. “This is the car Prince Harry would drive, the Queen drives the Vogue. If you want armour plated, we can do that too.”

In the 4X4 world, Range Rover is considered the undisputed trailblazer. Up to 10 years ago it didn’t even make a sedan.

To make the Evoque, Range Rover hacked into its traditional chunky frame and made its car into a sporty and sexy beast that can transform into a mud-swallowing animal off road.

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The engine started and I wanted to go wild.

Macmillan was talking to me about airbags, kilowatts and the motor but all I could feel was the pull of this machine to the road.

“You’re not really paying attention, are you?” he asked.

“It happens all the time. People get in and all they want to do is drive.”

So, with wife and baby in the back seat, we were on EastLink bound for the Mornington Peninsula. On the freeway, 100km/h felt like 50km/h, and when the wailing and thrashing was over from baby Andy, darling wife and I were enjoying the sound of silence.

At the Red Hill exit I planted the foot and took the first two corners a little quicker than I normally would. The Evoque handled them well.

The word modest was the furthest thing from my mind when we arrived at Ten Minutes by Tractor. I was doomed to fail this modest lunch assignment.

The vineyards’ workers gave it the name because they need 10 minutes travel time in a tractor to get to the three family-owned wineries that now make up the estate.

In a moment of madness, we decided on the full degustation menu, which would never have happened if we had been in the station wagon. I blame the Evoque; it encourages extravagance.

It began like this: gazpacho, infused with basil from a bubbling dry-ice water feature.

“This is to awaken your palate,” said assistant manager Graham Kinsey.

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Next was the tuna. Fortunately I’ve been to a couple of these things before, so the anxiety arising at the sight of my meal arriving on a tablespoon was comforted by the knowledge that my appetite would be full and satisfied by the end.

I wasn’t disappointed. The amuse-bouche was seared tuna, peppered strawberries, goat’s cheese and jamon (Spanish for cured ham). It was opposite to a flavour explosion and melted in the mouth. A gulp of pinot after that made me happy. My wife gulped the rosé and smiled. Yep, I was doing well.

My ego was being fed brilliantly by course after course of a colourful, delightful meal filled with flavour and texture. My wife was smiling and baby was still sleeping by the side of the table. Sporty wilderness man was exercising his sophisticated side among the vineyards at Ten Minutes by Tractor.

Scallops, barramundi and duck followed. I was in heaven.

Baby was still sleeping.

“Our food is inspired by local produce, our chef is a genius and lovingly creates dishes that awaken and inspire,” Kinsey said. “I’m a sweet man, so I like the sweeter dishes: the wallaby, raspberry panna cotta and peanut satin tart.”

We were now on the road back to Melbourne when reality hit: the car had to go back.

Nick Cave’s The Boatman’s Call came on the radio and I was now sailing along the highway, king of the road again. There was not a car in sight that I would swap for the Evoque.

But I didn’t want it to be over. I wanted to cross rivers, crawl over rocks and get this baby churning through mud. The grass and the trees were calling me. I wanted to get it dirty and I wanted to take it to its driving limits.

Reality came crashing down as we got to Frankston, baby Andy was now agitated and cars were jammed ahead. A stifling aroma replaced the new-car smell and I had to make a nappy stop. The ride was nearly over.

I then realised I’d had a lunch fit for a king and driven in a car made for royalty. That’s not a bad Friday for a Weekly Review reporter. If Range Rover is the choice of car for the Queen, the Evoque is for the everyday man who wants to live like a king. \ gierodiaconou@theweeklyreview.com.au » Test drive at www.ulr.com.au eat at www.tenminutesbytractor.com.au

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he first part of this tale is best told in the context of a sandpit. Remember the days of the old school yard? One kid, let’s call him Tim, has an idea to pool all the children’s Matchbox cars into one big “club”. He tells everyone how good it will be, and another boy, Nathan, joins him, adding his cars and his pocket money to the pot. They set the rules: For a fee of $5, children can buy in and get the use of any car they want for a certain number of days per school year.

Then the wheels come off. The boys squabble then go straight to the principal to dob on each other.

Fast-forward about 25 years and the Cat Stevens’ schoolyard song remains the same for the two boys: First “we used to laugh a lot”. Then there were tears.

English entrepreneur Tim Sommers and self-made Aussie mining billionaire Nathan Tinkler went on this journey when they joined forces to create the Supercar Club by living out the above scenario on a seriously alpha-male scale. The sandpit scene may be fabricated but the adult re-enactment is not. Sharing toys, it seems, never gets easier.

Instead of Matchbox cars, there were drop-dead dream machines, including Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and Ferraris worth up to $750,000. The annual fees ranged up to $50,000 and, at its peak, its 300 members included Jennifer Hawkins, media mogul Ryan Stokes, ex-AFL footballer Jason Akermanis and trumpeter James Morrison.

In August 2009 the club collapsed amid bitter in-fighting and Sommers was sacked as CEO; multimillion-dollar lawsuits followed soon afterwards.

Tinkler wanted $2.2 million from Sommers, who he claimed had run off with money, cars and

Sharing toys, it seems, never gets easier

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A club that threw them all in together. What could possibly go wrong? asks AndrEW McUtChEn. motorbikes. Sommers counter-sued for $600,000, claiming Tinkler paid only $1.4 million of a promised $2 million investment.

In the place of a cranky school principal dealing with two finger-pointing boys was an equally unimpressed judge, Justice White, who, in mid-2011, told Tinkler off for not showing up in court and for failing to provide evidence to back up some of his claims. Tinkler’s claim was successful but, of the $2 million Tinkler sought from Sommers, Justice White awarded him the sum total of $10. Ten. Dollars. – in damages. He was initially awarded more but the sum awarded to Sommers in his counter-claim was offset against Tinkler’s damages award, reducing it to $10.

Despite commentators in Australia calling it a “stalemate”, Sommers considers the day a great success.

“Nathan was trying to get over $2 million off me and he was awarded 10 bucks!” Sommers says, talking on a mobile phone from his native England, where he has returned with his wife to “regroup”.

“Which part of that isn’t a win for me?”

But Sommers shouldn’t gloat. He may have attended, but he received nothing and was deemed by his honour

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to be “not reliable” as a witness. The part that “wasn’t a win” for him was the fact that his claim for $600,000 netted him doughnuts.

And last year, in a truly bizarre twist to the tale, Sommers decided to release a book called Big Boys Fall Out Over Their Toys, which he says has two goals: “To showcase the cars; and to be a public, six-page statement from me, which had been hidden from the press.”

Well, the pictures sure are pretty but unfortunately Tinkler’s lawyers immediately put a gag order on Sommers, effectively pulling all the teeth out of the tiger that was intended to bite the billionaire back. Practically none of Sommers’ original diatribe has survived.

Which raises the question, did Sommers ever really expect the book would work? “Probably not!” he says, laughing. “It wasn’t really for the masses. It was for the 10,000-odd people, including the members and the suppliers, who know the situation.

“Listen, I’m very angry,” he says. “My entire life and soul was in the business. I traded with all my assets exposed. I traded with personal guarantees.”

The fallout from the club’s collapse for members is hard to determine. While The Telegraph estimates

“70 to 80 super-rich members” have been left out of pocket, Sommers reports that “about 95 per cent” of feedback has been positive. Sommers lists “Aker” (Jason Akermanis) as one of his satisfied customers: “Jason emailed me the day I left saying how much he enjoyed what I’d founded.”

Aker not only denies this, he claims to have “never even met” Sommers. He goes as far as checking his ‘Sent Items’ for said email while on the phone to The Weekly Review. “Nothing! Closest I’ve got here is Tim Hayden!”

As for Sommers’ future in the sandpit, there’s one thing for sure; he’s tossing in his toys and going home. Despite owning “more than 30” luxury vehicles in his life, he now drives a Toyota Tundra (similar to a Hilux) and the plan is to abandon billionaires and Bugattis for a “move into e-commerce” in Australia and New Zealand.

“I tell you what I won’t be doing and that’s opening a Supercar Club,” he says grimly. “I honestly have been totally and utterly cured of $400,000-dollar Ferraris, Porsches and Aston Martins.” \ amcutchen@theweeklyreview.com.au

When the [Supercar] Club folded I was lucky because I’d already used up my 1000 points ($40,000 worth). I love cars and I got to try every car I ever wanted for weeks.

I had the pick of all the cars. I think I enjoyed the Lamborghini the most. The Ferrari F430 was a bit twitchy. The idea’s good for people not in the ridiculously wealthy stage, but wealthy enough to have a crack at it. I’d rather drop 40 grand on trying them out than a couple hundred thousand on a car I didn’t end up liking!

Did I write Sommers an email thanking him? No, that’s not true. I know what I email

people and I very rarely email people to thank ’em. I really don’t know who he is. He might be bending the truth, I might have told him I enjoyed the club, which is true. But I think he’s putting a fair bit of mayonnaise on that one.

Now I’ve got two go-karts and my race bikes. It’s a lot cheaper to have them to fang around in with my mates than it was to have a super expensive car; I’m happy to drive a Jeep. That’s what the Supercar Club taught me. \

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he default family vehicle of the modern era – high-riding sports utility vehicles (SUVs) based on ordinary passenger cars – arrived unheralded in the 1990s, like the answer to a question nobody asked.

Disparagingly called “soft-roaders”, these convenient wagons, such as the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, found a big audience among city slickers while generating a raft of imitators, including most players in the luxury sector, where BMW has led the way with its three-model X range.

SUVs not only represent one of the bigger market segments but sales of luxury examples were up 22.4 per cent last year – the most of any category – in a market that is down overall by 2.6 per cent. Dealers now sell twice as many of these luxury wagons as sports cars, lending credence to the theory that SUVs are the sports cars of the modern age.

The five-seat BMW X3 – now sitting neatly between the new compact X1 and the flagship X5 in the BMW SUV range – arrived last year in its second generation, refreshed and better value than the previous model. The masters from Munich primped it and pumped it up a size, mainly to make room below it for the entry-level X1 while giving previous X3 owners something to aspire to on the way to their ultimate dream of a big X5.

What does it have?

We tested the only six-cylinder petrol-powered model in the X3 range, the confusingly named xDrive28i. The “xDrive” bit refers to the constant all-wheel-drive system that is standard on all X3s. You would think that 28i might refer to

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a 2.8-litre injected engine but, no, this vehicle is powered by No-fuss white-on-black dials dish out the speed and revs, a 3.0-litre inline six. The demotion seems to differentiate it but why are the odometer and other details hidden at the from more powerful 3.0-litre engines in BMW’s sedans. bottom of the instrument binnacle? And why does the radio This creamy, normally aspirated straight six is still turn off only when the car is exited and locked? high-spirited in the BMW tradition. It sits in the X3 The test vehicle was swathed in creamy beige leather on range between two diesels – a four-cylinder base model the seats, lower dash and doors (leather is standard on the and a top-of-the-pile 3.0-litre six-cylinder. A new, six-cylinder models, with four other colours available), with cheaper four-cylinder petrol variant also has been added classy textured black synthetics across the upper dash. Dark to the bottom of the range, as turbo fours leave the woodgrain finishes complete the upmarket look. The beige once-dominant inline sixes on the outer at BMW. carpets might be a step too far for those prone to messy Claimed fuel economy for the petrol X3 is 9.0 litres per boots, when the optional black floor mats become a must.

100km, but we managed only 12.6L/100km – mainly Spacious rear-seat accommodation includes adequate in urban slog. More freeway running would shoulder room for three, as well as plentiful leg room.

The improve that, and diesels would do better again.

The spaciousness extends to the cargo area, where straight As you would expect from BMW, all the X3s the lack of a spare wheel – the X3 has run-flat tyres six is still have a sporty edge, with the MkII X3 getting a in the event of a puncture – promotes roominess sophisticated multilink suspension on all four high-spirited with 550 litres of space with the split-fold rear seats corners and new electronically assisted steering up and 1600 litres with them folded flat. that, together, endow it with an even racier edge.

Standard equipment includes climate control While we would stop short of describing the air-conditioning, 18-inch alloy wheels, USB and handling as sharp, it is among the best in this league. The Bluetooth connections, keyless start, trip computer and ride is firm but, as with all good German-engineered cars, multifunction leather-clad steering wheel. the sharper bumps are ironed out and it is quiet too.

Safety features The latest eight-speed auto transmission is standard The X3’s primary safety asset is all competence on the road on six-cylinder X3s (and an optional upgrade from the – accelerating, stopping, cornering and gripping the tarmac six-speed unit with the four-cylinder diesel), and while this at levels once reserved for sports sedans. gearbox makes changes more smoothly than a politician The NCAP folks have given the X3 a top-shelf five-star after an election, the launch feel from standstill is curiously safety rating, just like its X5 and X1 siblings. Six airbags are suspect. The X3 moves from standstill a little lethargically, standard – including side curtain airbags – along with a but if the driver gives it a hurry up, it suddenly lifts its skirts full complement of electronic chassis and brake controls. and bolts. Not the petrol X3’s best trait.

As a nod to its off-road potential, hill descent control is Better are the ergonomics, with cosseting leather seats also standard. with lots of electric adjustment, chunky leather sports The reversing camera’s wide-angle view is displayed on a steering wheel and that high SUV seating position. dash-mounted LCD screen and the X3 has parking sensors.

The list of optional extras is long, and includes a six-stack CD player, so be careful how many boxes you tick. \ ron.hammerton@live.com.au

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It is no surprise that his first car was a VW Beetle

Past perfect: Martin Reich and the restored love of his life.

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here’s nothing like a good mother-in-law joke, and this one fits the bill: this fellow tells his mate that his mother-in-law’s an angel, and his mate replies: “You’re lucky, fella. Mine’s still alive.” Boom–tish!

Martin Reich, a Porsche fanatic from Camberwell, no doubt puts his mother-in-law, Draga, in the angel category, a living one. His old Porsche spent several years in her garage while he worked on it, and she didn’t mind at all.

In fact, when wife Jacqui had a bit of a grumble one Sunday about the time he spent out there, Draga came to his defence.

“I wouldn’t complain,” she said. “At least you know where he is and what he’s up to.” Unlike one husband she knew, she said.

Every week Reich and his wife and family went to Draga’s Avondale Heights home for a Sunday roast and afterwards he’d spend the next three or four hours working on his 1965 Porsche 356C, the last of the original breed.

From what Reich says, by the time Jacqui had levered him out to go home, you could hardly see across the four-car garage for blue smoke – or breathe, for that matter, given the toxic smell of TiG-welded body parts. One suspects that Jacqui now feels all those years her husband spent on the car were worth it because the result is a stunning 46-year-old Irish-green Porsche 356 you’d swear had just rolled off the showroom floor.

In fact, when we drove it to a Canterbury nursing home to take photographs, one resident called Ray, commented: “It looks like a newy, doesn’t it?”

The car’s restoration took Reich eight years. Eight years of cutting out the rust – and there was plenty of that – welding new bits in, grinding and sanding and sourcing the right parts to turn his dream into reality.

The 48-year-old father of three has always loved cars, German cars in particular, a trait he probably inherited from his German-born father, a mining engineer. “He was a car nutter,” says Reich. That has clearly rubbed off.

It comes as no surprise that his first car was a Volkswagen Beetle. He turned another one into a hotrod.

Then he switched to a big Aussie, a four-speed V8 Monaro HQ 1974 model, but hoons kept breaking in, either for a joyride

BACKGROUND The origin of the Porsche 356 was a mid-engine sports version of the VW Beetle, developed in 1939 for the Berlin-Rome rally that never took place. With Professor Ferdinand Porsche interned by the French after World War II, his son, Ferry, and his father’s chief engineer continued to develop the car. The first Porsche 356 prototype was built in 1948 as an 1100cc mid-engine car. This evolved into the classic 356.

The first production Porsche 356 was built in 1950 with a 1600cc boxer engine at the rear, like the Beetle. After this came the 356A, B and C, being the last of this series.

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or to pinch things. When they “ripped out” the stereo in broad daylight, with the alarm screaming, that was it. He sold it and bought something more sedate – a 1969 MGB Roadster.

“I thought that would attract the birds, and it did,” he says.

He could park that anywhere, even unlocked. (That could be telling you something about MGBs, but we won’t go there.)

His real fascination, though, has always been the Porsche, and that started as a 12-year-old with a tiny Porsche Scale Electric slot car. Then he eventually spotted the real thing – an old 356 in a Malvern car yard in December 1993, one of the last of the Porsche 356 series. It had an electric sunroof and was the first production model to come with four-wheel disc brakes.

He paid $14,000 for it, only to discover the body was full of rust. The salesman told him he was ‘throwing the rust in for free’, “but I didn’t know how much rust,” Reich says.

“Basically, 90 per cent of the chassis has been replaced.”

Reich did much of the body welding himself. Not that he was a welder; at the time he was a property consultant on Melbourne’s new Southern Cross Railway Station.

Enthusiasts faced with this task would usually do a welding course. But not Reich. “I simply practised in my mother-in-law’s garage on scraps of metal,” he says chuckling.

“Basically I MIG (metal inert gas)-welded the chassis and the floor myself – mind you, there was a lot of grinding. I worked on the old knots principle: if you can’t tie a good knot, tie plenty of them. I made sure it was well welded, which meant there was a lot of slag that had to be ground off later.”

After about four years, the car spent two to three years in a panel shop, where the body was smoothed and painted.

The four-cylinder boxer engine was rebuilt, too, and boosted from a 1600cc to 1720cc. In the process it got new pistons, new barrels and a new crank and bearings that were shipped from Germany. After the bottom end was assembled, Reich says he did the rest himself with the help of a few like-minded friends. He admits he initially considered “turning it into a sort of hotrod”, but realised it was too good for that and restored it. Being a perfectionist, everything had to be just so. The original grey vinyl interior is now fawn stippled leather. He also replaced the radio with a genuine German push-button Blaupunkt. Underneath, the wheels are fitted with full-profile 75-series Michelins. He well remembers the first day he drove the car after he had finished it. You get the impression the day was one of relief as well as pride.

“I had this big smile on my face,” he says with a grin. “It gave me the feeling that I’ve been climbing this huge mountain and I’ve finally done it and got to the top.”

At first he was paranoid about stone chips and drove it with a car bra on the front, but now that’s gone.

“Now it’s a nice tidy driver and attracts a lot of attention,” he says. As for what the car has cost him, it seems he’s too frightened to find out. “I could do that exercise, but I’ve deliberately chosen not to,” he says. \ norbsu@gmail.com february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 31

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eventeen years of designing and building new architectural first-floor ceilings and floor-to-ceiling double glazing. houses for clients has given Damian Canny an extensive A large study is off the entry hallway and directly ahead, off grounding in what people want in a new home. the double garage, is a clever arrivals room with lots of storage. “All of our clients are looking for an exceptional architectural Continue through one of the three living zones to a luxurious home but not all are able to give a year to the design process. laundry complete with drying cupboard, laundry chute and Above all else, they want certainty in design, quality, delivery and copious cupboards. value,� Canny says.

Wander past a powder room into the expansive kitchen, dining Canny’s first predesigned house series, Lubelso, is the and living zone, which opens onto an outdoor dining area with culmination of nearly two decades of listening to clients and a sleek, sculptured, cast-concrete bench for the barbecue beneath designing and building their new homes. a cantilevered roof. Alongside the terrace is a sparkling “The Lubelso offers real value with savings in architectural eight-metre rendered pool set off by designer greenery and and engineering fees and time as well as a refined bluestone paving. procurement and construction methodology, all of Upstairs is an expansive master suite with bedroom, poStcoDe which is only possible with a concept home. Overall, a sumptuous walk-in wardrobe and stunning stone building a predesigned home would cost 30 per cent bathroom with freestanding bath and shower room less,� Canny says. sunlit by an overhead skylight. Three double bedrooms He adds that people who choose to build a one-off, with built-in wardrobes, bathroom, and powder and architect-designed house want to participate in the design activity rooms complete the upper level. and specification process. “However, it’s not for everyone, Canny has chosen Europe’s top-selling kitchen appliances, which is why we have come up with the Lubelso.�

Neff, for his first predesigned home with wall ovens, gas cooktops, The Canny business includes a 15-member team of architects a semi-integrated dishwasher and rangehood. The integrated and interior designers. fridge is by Liebherr.

The Lubelso offers a 550-square metre two-storey family house Upgrade options are available at extra cost and include and a 365-square metre single-level house with the choice of an underground cellar, a Bose sound system, landscaping, several architectural styles, including contemporary, Frank Lloyd custom-designed pool, external fireplace, kids’ study and fifth Wright-inspired early modern and a traditional French provincial. bedroom with en suite.

The double-storey house includes three integrated living zones, American oak floors flow throughout, with the exception four bedrooms and a study and an outdoor eating area under a of bathrooms, with porcelain tiles and carpeted bedrooms. cantilevered roof. The single-storey separates living and bedroom Benchtops are Corian, timber, in situ concrete and laminate. zones in a blend of spaciousness, natural light and privacy.

Clients can choose from three colour palettes and standard items Stepping through the full-height front door of the first Lubelso include double glazing, pebble gas fireplace, ducted reverse-cycle house, a double-storey contemporary in Malvern, the heating and cooling, and solar gas-boosted hot water. \ abundance of natural light and space is clearly apparent, LIZ McLACHLAN thanks to three-metre ground-floor ceilings, 2.7-metre lmclachlan@theweeklyreview.com.au

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uch has already been written about balcony gardens but, I admit, not much has grabbed my eye until I saw a copy of Indira Naidoo’s The Edible Balcony, which hit the bookshops late October to quite a bit of media fanfare (Malcolm Turnbull launched the book, with the ABC’s Tony Jones acting as MC).

The nice things about this book are many. It is an antipodean take on the edibles that can grow in small spaces, plus it has recipes to go with the bounty on the balcony.

The most appealing aspect for me was its tone of voice – direct, light-hearted, instructional but not pompous.

And I really like the recipes which, for me at least, are the strongest motivation for vegetable gardening.

Preparing food grown by your own hands is, after all, what food growing is all about.

The book it is basically the journal of a year in the life of Naidoo’s Sydney food garden, which is about 40 metres above ground level.

There are advantages in having a little island of greenery in the “concrete jungle”. For starters, pests such as thrips and scales cannot crawl up 13 floors unless they take the lift. Possums, too, would not be able to make the nightly raids they undertake in suburban backyards. In general, it is easier to control pests and diseases when plants are in pots. It is easier, too, to move them into the sun or into the shade as and when needed.

Against these pros are the cons, such as attracting bees to help with the sex life of potted plants – pollination. You can plant borage, as Naidoo did, to attract the bees to tomatoes. Or you can, as we did

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DEVELOPING OUR CITY \ On a deck 13 floors above the street, Indira Naidoo harvests herbs and vegetables, writes SIEW-CHING GOH. backyard gardener generally has more than just the one nook to tend.

Generally, balcony plants grown in pots or containers need a little more care than the garden plant; it’s up to the owners to provide all the plant’s needs, from starting off with a good potting mix to ensuring that depleted nutrients are replaced by the regular application of fertilisers. Use liquid organic fertilisers on pot plants rather than slow-release plant food and remember to observe the recommended interval between fertiliser application and harvesting.

As Naidoo has shown by her garden journal, it is possible (and satisfying) to grow quite a bit of food on your balcony. The expertise is out there. More important than knowledge, however, is the will to spend time with your plants.

If you cannot find the will, read about what happened when Naidoo met tomato and you might be inspired. \ chingji@yahoo.com.au

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in plant-breeding class, hand-pollinate tomatoes by only for vegies whose edible parts are fruit. Vegetables shaking the flowers. Shaking the vine on a warm, sunny grown for their edible leaves, roots or bulbs, for day is one way to ensure a tomato crop on a balcony example, would be perfectly happy in a strictly platonic with no bees. relationship with their owners. It’s no wonder that most The reason is, unlike flowers that have anthers with books on balcony farming urge aspiring gardeners to pollen grains on the outside, tomato pollen grains are start with herbs and salad greens. housed within hollow tubes that need to be shaken or When planning a sky garden in Melbourne, take into vibrated to release the pollen through pores in the tubes. consideration climate. Sydneysiders such as Naidoo Wind can help pollination to some extent, as will have about 240 days a year with temperatures bees. Failing that, all you need is love: give your above 15 degrees (according to the Diggers Club Pests tomato flowers a little vibration to induce fruit growing-days chart), while we in Melbourne cannot set. Tomato vibrators were once commonly have only about 150 such days. This is the crawl up used in commercial greenhouses but were in our calendar for warm-weather 13 floors unless “window” quickly replaced by bumblebees, which were plants such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, they take more efficient and cheaper to maintain. squash and cucumbers. the lift The scenario changes with cucurbits (e.g.

The Melbourne calendar, while short on squash, gourds, cucumbers, melons), which warm days, is long on cool days (about 210 bear separate male and female flowers. In order to below 15-degree days compared with 150 such days in hand-pollinate these vegetables, pick the anthers from Sydney). Cool days favour crops of spinach, beetroot, the male flowers and gently brush their pollen (which carrot, silverbeet and all manner of herbs. is conveniently borne on the outside of the anthers) on For more details about when to plant vegetables, get to the stigmas of the female flowers. (Female squash a planting guide from a gardening book or online, such blossoms have a small, swollen embryonic fruit at as Eden Seeds, at www.edenseeds.com.au, which has their base. Male squash blossoms are carried on long, useful tips on what and when to grow vegetables and skinny stalks, with no tell-tale bump). Do this only if when to expect your harvest. your patch is not shared with insects that can transport That said, balcony and terrace gardens are personal pollen as and when needed. and highly individual spaces, where one-style-fits-all Needless to say, balconies on the upper floors does not apply. Balcony gardeners have to plan a lot of high-rise buildings will be have fewer natural more than their backyard counterparts because they pollinators and other creepy crawlies than balconies on have less room for error. However, because the space is the lower floors. small, it is also comparatively easier to create a comfy Human intervention in pollinating plants is needed nook that looks the way you want it to look, while the

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Riverlane director Alan Mitchell says the development sets out to deliver intelligent and environmentally sustainable architecture using materials, form and texture to create a timeless and lavish result. Designed to create an open, light living environment with high-quality finishes, The Maling is Riverlane’s first apartment building, a natural progression from inner-city warehouse conversion and development of high-end beach houses at Torquay.

“When we designed the building we were mindful of its need to relate to the neighbourhood. We have selected soft timber finishes and we will use picket fences down the side to match the streetscape. The building is tapered back so the view opens up down Canterbury Road. We wanted it to enhance the entrance to Maling Road.”

Mitchell says interest in The Maling is keen, particularly from long-term residents who want to downsize from a house while staying in the area.

“The opportunity to build apartments in such an exclusive heritage area is rare. Young couples, empty nesters and the newly single are all keen for apartment life but want to stay in the area they love,” he says.

In line with the building’s upmarket design, buyers will have the choice of three colour schemes offering light, medium and dark options from a natural palette of feature tiles, oak flooring, 100 per cent wool carpet, CaesarStone and custom timber joinery.

Oak floors will flow through living areas and the kitchen with fully ceramic tiled bathrooms and en suites, and carpeted bedrooms. \ LIZ McLACHLAN lmclachlan@theweeklyreview.com.au

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As any self-respecting Cantabrian will no doubt tell you, Canterbury is the centre of the known world aka the eastern suburbs, with Melbourne’s leading private schools, gardens, shopping and public transport all within cooee. Maling Road’s 50-plus Edwardian-style shops, cafés and restaurants are set village-style alongside Canterbury railway station, where either the Belgrave- or Lilydale-line trains will whisk you into the city in 20 minutes.

Canterbury Gardens are just 200 metres from The Maling, with Boroondara Park and the Anniversary Trail 700 metres down the road.

Also close by is the Boroondara Sports Complex with a choice of pools, health club and indoor courts.

The Whitehorse Road shops and tram are about a kilometre to the north and Riversdale Road shops and tram a similar distance to the south. The Camberwell high street on Burke Road is 1.2 kilometres to the west. \ february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 39

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AnYOne fOr SCOTCh? All the things that make Hawthorn such a great place to live are here, writes MARIA HARRIS. And Fernando the gardener has left his mark too.

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KAY & BURTON, 8862 8000 33 Kooyongkoot Road, Hawthorn Price: $9 million + Expressions of Interest: Closing March 6 Fast facts: Iconic Scotch Hill position, study, powder room, large formal rooms, ideal for indoor-outdoor entertaining, en suite bathroom, gas fireplaces, American oak parquetry floors, luxurious stone and marble bathrooms, magnificent landscaped gardens, flood-lit north-south tennis court, solar-heated pool, games room and entertainment pavilion, Miele appliances, heating, cooling, alarm, double garage and automatic gates, close to schools, shops, transport and city access.

HAWTHORN \ 6 kms from the CBD How this suburb has moved: Down by 3.5 per cent in the quarter to December 2011* REIV stats

carpet, white walls and ceilings and french doors leading to pretty garden terraces. These rooms, the study and main bedroom are arranged off the parquetry-floored entry. A staircase, off the entry, provides a dramatic and impressive feature at the front of the house.

Interiors are mainly white, with deep mocha carpets, and white plantation shutters at the windows.

The study, with a gas open fireplace, has a wall of built-in storage and cabinets on the opposite wall. At the front, a bay window looks out over the garden.

The main bedroom, also off the entry hall, opens into a large en suite with freestanding oval bath, dual basins in a stone bench and large shower.

In the informal rear of the house, the meals area, under a glazed roof of a conservatory, is separated from the kitchen by a wide island bench. Miele appliances and extensive storage are packed into the bench against the wall.

The family room, which connects seamlessly from the kitchen, features a gas open fireplace against one wall, windows on the northern side and french doors that lead to a lovely east-facing terrace framed with classic wrought-iron balustrade. From the terrace, steps go down to the swimming pool and the tennis court.

The pavilion and games room, which is part of the garage complex, has its own kitchen, bathroom and laundry and a verandah that overlooks the pool and garden. The pavilion complements the house from its slate roof and red-brick construction to the white timber trim.

Back inside, two bedrooms upstairs are at either end of the wide retreat, which has french doors leading to a wrought-iron-trimmed balcony. Both rooms maintain the mocha-and-white colour scheme and have built-in wardrobes and desks. They share a bathroom.

In a wing off this retreat, two more bedrooms share a large designer bathroom with mocha-tiled wall, spa bath and shower. The bedroom at the end of the hall repeats the motif of french doors leading to the wrought-iron balcony.

This house shows why Hawthorn is so popular and so sought after: the tranquillity of the country, combined with space for a family to spread its wings, but with trams, schools, shops and freeway only minutes away make it game, set and match to 33 Kooyongkoot Road. \ mharris@theweeklyreview.com.au

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Open by appointment only, a select group of potential buyers who viewed 33 Kooyongkoot Road, Hawthorn, last week were “bowled over” by its great location, stunning garden and the period-style elegance of the house, said agent Tim Picken.

They were also impressed by the sheer presence of the property with its 40-metre frontage in one of Hawthorn’s premier streets.

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ooyongkoot Road is, by anyone’s reckoning, one of Hawthorn’s top streets. You can almost smell the money as you drive up the gentle incline under an arch of overhanging scarlet oaks. It’s not just the shiny imported cars that give the street an air of unbridled wealth – its houses are mostly refined period pieces with the odd big and showy number. Blocks of land are typically large, especially on the eastern side of the street. And that is where, at No.33 on the peak of the rise, you will find the house that is regarded as the real-estate showpiece of Kooyongkoot Road.

This is more than just a classic home on the famous Scotch Hill. Its 40-metre frontage, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a study, formal living and dining rooms, a games rooms with kitchen and bathroom, outdoor entertainment terraces, north-south tennis court, swimming pool and amazing garden, and a raft of extras make it a lifestyle property – all set on 2800 square metres of prime Hawthorn real estate.

The garden provides a gracious and tranquil setting for the beautifully proportioned 1930s red clinker-brick house. This garden was tended by the same Italian gardener for most of the past 30 years. Fernando was his name. He’s dead now, and although he maintained many gardens in Kooyongkoot Road, this was his pride and joy.

He cared about every azalea, every ginger plant, every hydrangea, every tree, and created a botanical showpiece that was often used for large-scale outdoor entertaining and fund-raising events.

The formal entertainment rooms have deep mocha

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JELLIS CRAIG, 9810 5000 84 Kinkora Road Price: $2.2 million + Auction: February 25 at 1pm

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BENNISON MACKINNON, 9864 5000 125 Gipps Street Price: $3.7 million – $4 million Auction: February 25 at 1.30pm 44 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Lyndenhurst is close to Glenferrie Road in the picturesque Grace Park Estate. The Italianate Victorian house, built c1888, features a parterre garden in keeping with its formal exterior, while Victorian embellishments such as the tessellated-tiled verandah and leadlight front door evoke this boomtime architectural era.

Off the long, arched hallway with traditional lantern lighting and polished floorboards is a large formal sitting room with a ceiling rose, decorative cornices and a marble mantel over a fireplace. Here, tiles with a hand-painted landscape scene tell a tale, while behind a cupboard door is a hidden bar.

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Casa de Juana is a stunning Victorian terrace within walking distance of the MCG, Fitzroy Gardens and the city. Classic period features are accented by a modern Italian edge. Through an arched leadlight door, Italian marble tiles gleam under high ceilings in the entry.

The formal sitting and dining rooms have dark, polished boards and original marble fireplaces. Rear entertaining begins with light floorboards and a timber and white kitchen with a marble island bench and breakfast bar.

The adjoining family and meals areas has french doors to a low-maintenance garden. A shade sail protects a dining area, which overlooks a plunge pool. The double garage is reached from a right-of-way. Upstairs is split-level living, with the parents’ wing at the front. A huge main bedroom features a marble fireplace, walk-in wardrobe, balcony and en suite. Two large bedrooms are at the rear. A fitted study overlooks the back garden. \ MICHELLE OSTROW ZUKERMAN

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Opposite are two bedrooms, the main bedroom with a marble fireplace, built-in cupboards and a modern, marbletiled en suite. A third bedroom is next to the traditionally tiled central bathroom.

The rear of the house features a large open-plan living space with a fireplace and an adjoining dining area. The French-style kitchen has timber benchtops, wrought-iron handles and stainless steel appliances.

Another bedroom is off the living room, as is a study with garden views. The dining area opens to a formal terrace that leads down to a larger tiled area and the pool.

There is also an undercover carport. \ MICHELLE OSTROW ZUKERMAN

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The clean lines of this house’s façade are nicely offset by a quirky circular garden with a water feature. Downstairs there’s a study and a lounge/dining expanse, with a corridor bisecting the house. The interiors are generous in proportion and surprisingly well-lit. Double doors lead up into a large, airy space, nominally divided into family, kitchen, meals and rumpus areas. Each of these benefit from floor-to-ceiling windows that show off northerly views extending all the way to the Macedon Ranges; the views are welcomed in and the light reveals just how polished the timber floors are. You can also see the pool from here, but upon descending to its level the realisation dawns that it is rather private, surrounded by hedges. Upstairs are five bedrooms, the main with an en suite, walk-in wardrobes and great views. On a lower level are a storeroom and shed, a laundry, a powder room and a great home theatre system. \ HARI RAJ

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RT EDGAR, 9826 1000 79 Yarrbat Avenue Price: $2.2 million + Auction: March 3 at 2pm

HawtHorn This three-bedroom apartment, privately set on the ground floor of the boutique building, blends light, space and style in equal measures. It also includes 57 square metres of garden terrace in the total area of 215 square metres.

The entrance hall leads to a large, north-facing dining/ living and kitchen hub decorated in a soft palette of whites and greys. Glass sliding doors open the living area to the garden terrace for indoor-outdoor entertainment, while beyond the terrace, the large lawn with trees and garden offers a rare piece of open space so that people used to gardens can still feel connected to the outdoors.

In the kitchen, there are white CaesarStone benches with gleaming soft-grey cabinets and Miele appliances, while the benchtop separates the kitchen from the living/ dining area.

Discreetly tucked away off the living zone, the main bedroom also opens to the garden terrace. The walk-in wardrobe leads to the large tiled en suite with a double shower and twin vanities, set in a CaesarStone bench.

Bedrooms two and three are off a hall in a “wing” that includes a bathroom with large large oval bath, separate shower and the same neutral hues as the en suite. The architect has also managed to fit in a proper laundry, not one that is behind a folding door.

A video-monitored entry, zoned heating, air-conditioning, C-Bus lighting and two underground car parks complete the picture at this apartment, which is close to Glenferrie Road, trams, Yarra parklands, shops and schools. \ MARIA HARRIS

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LITTLE, 8809 5888 1.02/33 Wattle Road Price: $1.3 million + Auction: March 3 at 12.30pm

What’s in your house-buying plan for this year?

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he auctions are back and the chatter about what is happening on the property market has started. By Labour Day (March 12), the trickle of opinion on the state of the market will turn into a flood.

The big question for many may well be: should we buy the family house in Brighton or Hawthorn now – or should we wait until later in the year? You may be worrying about what’s happening to the economy and wondering how it’s going to affect the property market.

But it’s still impossible to say what’s happening on those two fronts. And whether you decide to buy now or later, first you need to work through your house-buying plan. To some people this is an amazingly difficult ask, but I can assure you that if you make a sensible plan and follow it, it’s a Black Caviar certainty you will buy a house that suits your needs, makes your family happier and lets you retire earlier.

Your plan should include financial and emotional outcomes. Financial outcomes include whether you aim to minimise debt as soon as possible, and whether you want your house to help you build wealth.

Emotional outcomes are about what kind

of property will maximise your family’s happiness and well-being.

Your plan will, of course, be very different depending on what stage of life you are at, whether you’re single, a couple, have young children or older children or are in midlife or retirement.

So grab your iPad or a piece of paper and pencil and divide a page into three columns. At the top of column one, write “Position”; at the top of column two, write “Property”; and in column three write “Price”.

This is where you answers will go – so what about the questions?

Start with the emotional outcomes. If you are single or a child-free couple, you may be focusing on car spaces, benchtops or a groovy locale. But think in terms of a bigger picture. Imagine your life five years from now. Maybe you’ll meet somebody, leave somebody, get a job, lose a job, go to Nepal, discover the punt. The point is your Price column shouldn’t tie you down to a life of endless mortgage payments, your Property column should have room for a spouse or child or renter, and your Position should go beyond the one funky suburb. Your best emotional outcomes are flexible.

If you have young children, your focus will be on how the house can accommodate you all happily as the

family grows. So think hard when filling in the Property column on how the floorplan can combine supervision with some separation. With older children, your emotional focus is schooling and transport. So when you fill out the Position column, remember that where you live in relation to schools and public transport determines how much time you will spend driving the kids around.

In the midlife stage, there’s a chance you’ll make a big, dramatic life change – move to the country or overseas. But when you look at Price, be careful you don’t rule out the possibility you may want to come back to a house in the city.

In the retirement stage, your emotional focus will move back to the Position column – to somewhere you can easily walk to a café, catch a train and see your doctor.

In terms of the financial outcomes in your life, your answers will revolve around growth (building wealth to give you choice later in life), cash flow (allowing you to live for the now) and risk (allowing you to sleep at night). All boring but necessary.

Once you have a PPP plan, looking at each house becomes much easier and quicker because you know what you want.

You can assess each house against your plan rather than looking at each house

and then trying to work out a plan to fit.

If your PPP plan is functioning well, then the question asked at the start: “Do I buy now or do I wait?” can be answered relatively easily. It’s not so much about getting the timing right but about the property itself: does it meet my PPP plan and does it feel right? Yes? Well then, buy it! No? Wait and keep looking. \ Mal JaMes Principal Buyer advocate 0408 107 988 \ 9804 3133 We Only Buy HOMes www.james.net.au *www.marketnews.com.au/james-bidderman

Once you have a PPP plan, looking at each house becomes much easier and quicker

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ArmAdAle Classic Victorian beauty underlies a modern transformation designed by a professional renovator, businesswoman and mother.

This house, recently featured in a style magazine, has just been renovated with thoughtful touches such as loads of storage, which makes this family residence a must-see. Traditional features add charming elements to the two front main bedrooms. Take your pick, as one features a wall of built-in wardrobes, plantation shutters (which feature throughout) and an en suite. The other has an open fireplace surrounded by cupboards, where one door opens to a fitted shop-style walk-in wardrobe and another to an en suite. Two smaller

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MARSHALL WHITE, 9822 9999 86 Wattletree Road Price: $2 million + Auction: February 25 at 10.30am

children’s bedrooms have cabinetry, one a desk and are opposite a funky sitting room. Italian silk sheer curtains, an antler light fitting and an open fireplace give flair to the adult space. There’s a fitted storeroom with an underfloor cellar and a study or possible fifth bedroom off the open-plan entertainment hub. Here, french doors lead to an enormous deck overlooking the garden and pool.

The stylish kitchen has sand-coloured quartz benchtops, stainless steel appliances and a servery area, where sliding windows open to the deck. Outside, giant birds of paradise and cycads fill the garden and night-lights glow under a towering lemon-scented eucalypt. There’s even a lawn area and a kitchen garden. \ MICHELLE OSTROW ZUKERMAN

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Noel Jones Camberwell 9809 2000 4

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4/69 Denbigh Road, Armadale .................................................................

Price: $900,000 + .................................................................

Auction Sunday March 4 at 11am .................................................................

15 Vauxhall Road, Balwyn .................................................................

Price: $1.2 million - $1.3 million .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 3 at 12.30pm .................................................................

84 Mountain View Road, Balwyn North .................................................................

Price: $1.4 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 3 at 12.30pm .................................................................

238 Canterbury Road, Canterbury .................................................................

Price: $800,000 + .................................................................

Auction Saturday February 25 at 1pm .................................................................

Unique, private and secure. This stunning church conversion town residence is located close to all amenities and features a flexible two-storey layout, contemporary interiors and private north-west courtyard garden.

Let's eat lunch @ Pheast48, 48 Wattletree Road Let's eat dinner @ Cucina Vostra, 717 High Street Let's drink coffee @ Sardine, 15 Morey Street

Spacious single-level sanctuary in a treelined street near Maling Road, shops, private schools and transport. Three bedrooms plus study, lounge, dining, kitchen, living, meals, sunny garden, heating/cooling and a double garage.

Let's eat lunch @ Columbo's Pizza, 250 Whitehorse Rd Let's eat dinner @ Flame Greek Tavern, 486 Whitehorse Rd Let's drink coffee @ Snow Pony, 95 Whitehorse Rd

Behind the striking façade of this brilliantly renovated two-storey family residence a total transformation has taken place, creating a superb living and entertaining domain.

Let's eat lunch @ The Village Café, 2/74 Doncaster Road Let's eat dinner @ Satgurus Indian Restaurant, 139 Bulleen Road Let's drink coffee @ Taste Kitchen, 105 Bulleen Road

Edwardian character and ample space to add a superb contemporary extension close to Maling Road make this elevated, entirely liveable four-bedroom house one of Canterbury´s most compelling opportunities.

Let's eat lunch @ The Maling Room, 206 Canterbury Road Let's eat dinner @ Wildflower, 1 Theatre Place Let's drink coffee @ Cafe Eden, 78 Maling Road

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Sometimes the words just aren’t enough.

You could describe No.83 as unique.

You could point out how welcoming its heritage-listed façade is, all tessellated tiles and leadlights and bricks in warm shades of caramel and brown. You could tell someone of the sympathetic restoration you can see as you walk in, where strips of the original wallpaper add a classy contrast to the new fittings below. You could mention the way the main bedroom reaches half the length of the house, using space in the same satisfying, languorous way as a cat stretching before a nap. Maybe you could point out the size of the block, almost 900 square metres in heart of South Yarra, and how a long corridor is raised in sections before opening into a marvellous living/dining area. Or you could describe how the house seems to breathe, its organic, serene curves undulating as you traverse its interior. But really, you should head down and have a look for yourself. \ HARI RAJ

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KAY & BURTON, 9820 1111 83 Caroline Street Price: $3.5 million + Expressions of Interest: Closing February 28 at 5pm

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Marshall White 9822 9999 3

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Fletchers Balwyn North 9859 9561 4

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On its original bluestone foundations, this house is a little bit country, a little bit city, and the result of a six-month-old renovation.

Dark red-brick, rejuvenated Victorian castiron lace and stained-glass detailing frame the large front verandah. Keeping with the old-world feel, Baltic pine floors and a row of brass coat hooks line the arched hallway, suggesting you hang your Akubra before you relax in front of the huge marble fireplace. Period details such as antique door handles and brass light switches are in all four bedrooms, and the main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and en suite. In contrast, the living and dining hub and kitchen are ultra-modern, with new appliances and floor-to-ceiling cupboard space. A spotted, green-tiled splashback and stainless steel benches are what you might expect to see on a celebrity cooking show.

The large living area looks out through sliding doors to the backyard, where a wood-fired oven adds to the house’s country-life atmosphere. \ EDDIE MORTON

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HOCKINg STUART, 9944 3888 16 Derrick Street Price: $1.25 million – $1.35 million Auction: February 25 at 11.30am

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Jellis Craig 9831 2800 3

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9 Allenby Avenue, Glen Iris .................................................................

Price: $1 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday February 25 at 1.30pm .................................................................

5 Earls Court, Balwyn North .................................................................

Price: $850,000 - $930,000 .................................................................

Auction Saturday February 25 at 3pm .................................................................

14 York Street, Mont Albert .................................................................

Price: $1.3 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 3 at 3pm .................................................................

25 Campbell Road, Deepdene .................................................................

Price: $2.7 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 10 at 1pm .................................................................

Location, lifestyle and liveability combine with a huge north-facing rear garden block to ensure that this 1920s brick residence represents an ideal family opportunity. Set on 800sqm (approx.) in a secluded pocket just metres from parkland.

Let's eat lunch @ The Kitchen Table, 134 Burke Road Let's eat dinner @ Maris, 15 Glenferrie Road Let's drink coffee @ Juzt Blue, 395 Wattletree Road

At the end of a tree-lined idyllic cul-de-sac stands this charming 1960s house. The perfect opportunity exists to renovate in this delightful pocket or build a new luxury house (STCA) in the Balwyn High School zone.

Let's eat lunch @ Cafe 287, 287 Doncaster Road Let's eat dinner @ Red Lantern, 327 Doncaster Road Let's drink coffee @ Moka Pot Cafe, 315 Doncaster Road

An inspired design finished to perfection for easy executive living. Entertaining defines this luxurious residence freestanding on title in a secure rear oasis.

Three bedrooms, study, home theatre, living and dining and a Miele kitchen.

Let's eat lunch @ Churchill Cafe & Larder, 13 Hamilton St Let's eat dinner @ One Thai Restaurant, 6/346 Belmore Rd Let's drink coffee @ Zimt Patisserie Bakery, 38 Hamilton St

Stately period house in a tree-lined street features multiple formal and informal rooms, kitchen, butler's pantry, outdoor dining and garage. Near schools and trams, renovate/build new (STCA). Land 1096sqm (approx.)

Let's eat lunch @ Chez Marie, 380 Cotham Road Let's eat dinner @ Magic City Cafe, 873 Burke Road Let's drink coffee @ Snow Pony, 95 Whitehorse Road february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 47

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Converted from a hotel, this splendidly maintained art deco apartment building is a splash of class between the greenery of Fawkner Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens. The hotel was built in 1900 and charming hints of its former life remain; there is the lift, automated and speedy yet decidedly old-school, and the old office cubicle in the lobby, where today’s occupants can pick up their mail. Apartment 14 is proof that the art-deco aesthetic remains alive and well, the graceful lines enhanced by the occasional organic curve, such as the half-moon shape of the dining space or the quartercircle space for windows in the second bedroom. The main bedroom is set slightly askew from the rest of the apartment, an interesting touch that lends a feeling of space, and the kitchen/meals area opens up to the living space via a large counter. All residents have access to the roof, cleverly divided into portions for a bit of privacy; it has barbecues, tables and deck chairs. \ HARI RAJ

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HOCKING STUART, 9868 5455 14/11-21 Marne Street Price: $770,000 – $850,000 Auction: February 25 at 11.30am

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Bennison Mackinnon 9864 5000 3

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Jellis Craig 9810 5000 5

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AbeRCROMby’S, 9864 5300 64 Sutherland Road Price: $3.75 million + Private auction: March 1

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No.64 sits well forward on the block. This house seems to stretch on and on. Past the residence is a space that is almost as large as the house itself – a deck, a neat rectangle of lawn framed by a walkway, a shed/studio and a trampoline over an area fitted out for a pool. The house is very pretty, stained-glass set like jewels in a façade of white-painted wrought-iron arches. There are shades of white and cream indoors, too, warmed by timber floors and awash with light. The ground floor has sitting, dining and study areas, each with its own fireplace and unique cornice; the family room allows parents to spy goings-on in the back garden. The first floor has four bedrooms, the rearmost with its own retreat/study area, and the main with an en suite and a verandah designed for sipping drinks in the sun. There’s a second floor, too – a bedroom is nestled under the eaves, while an office space has a private deck and a desk that runs the length of one wall and a seat along the length of the other. \ HARI RAJ

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Marshall White 9822 9999 3

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25 Closeburn Avenue, Prahran .................................................................

Price: $1.4 million - $1.5 million .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 3 at 12.30pm .................................................................

3 Ash Grove, Malvern East .................................................................

Price: $1.7 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 3 at 2pm .................................................................

4 Belmont Avenue, Kew .................................................................

Price: $1.6 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday February 25 at 11am .................................................................

228 Ross Street, Port Melbourne .................................................................

Price: $950,000 + .................................................................

Auction Saturday March 3 at 1.30pm .................................................................

This Edwardian's uncommon spaces and private garden with solar-heated swimming pool prove that genuine family proportions and a superb Prahran lifestyle need not be mutually exclusive.

Perfectly preserved arts and craftsinspired detailing highlight the heritage appeal of this five-bedroom, threebathroom family residence c1910 modernised for indoor and outdoor living.

Let's eat lunch @ Ped's Kafè-Restaurant, 319 Waverley Road Let's eat dinner @ Satsuki, 458 Waverley Road Let's drink coffee @ One Little Place, 352 Wattletree Road

Located close to private schools, this brilliantly updated, well-proportioned Victorian villa provides modern family areas with marble OFPs, four bedrooms plus study, Miele/Asko kitchen and outdoor entertainment areas in lush gardens.

Let's eat lunch @ Ora Cafe, 156 Pakington Street Let's eat dinner @ Centonove, 109 Cotham Road Let's drink coffee @ Wild Toast, 234 High Street

Brilliant ideas have been beautifully expressed throughout the comprehensive renovation of this engaging Edwardian.

Attractively located within easy walking distance of parklands, beach, Bay Street, the city and light rail.

Let's eat lunch @ Clare Castle Hotel, 354 Graham Street Let's eat dinner @ Cest Bon, 396 Bay Street Let's drink coffee @ Seven AM, 155 Bay Street

Let's eat lunch @ The Bush Inn, 505 Malvern Road Let's eat dinner @ Lemnos Tavern, 445 High Street Let's drink coffee @ Spoonful, 543 High Street 48 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

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CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL, 9859 9517 12 Cole Avenue Price: $1.2 million + Auction: February 25 at 12.30pm

Low-maintenance living was a key ingredient during this house’s recent renovation.

Modern luxuries have been added to every corner – timber floors, huge stone baths, classically detailed trimmings and more space than you can poke a stick at. While it has a modest street presence behind its rendered façade, do not be fooled; the interior is anything but modest and could easily be mistaken as having being built yesterday. The block is a deceptive 660 square metres. Three generous bedrooms have high ceilings and the main includes builtin-wardrobes and a stone en suite. The huge kitchen, with modern appliances, and living and dining area leads to the backyard through bi-fold doors, and a rear study or fourth bedroom leaves you wondering exactly how you might fill such a space. While every design element seems to have been considered meticulously to mask the square rendered façade, this remains an unpretentious, relaxing and very desirable house. \ EDDIE MORTON

postcode

3102

east Melbourne 2

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35 Grey Street Price: $1 million + Auction: March 3 at noon

3145

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1

All living areas of this house are flooded with natural light. Built during the late 1970s, its single owner has kept the fixtures and grounds like new, leaving little to be improved upon for the next residents.

However, renovators could add a few contemporary touches to create that 21st-century style. In an ideal position, Glenferrie Road, Kew Junction and six of Melbourne’s most prestigious private schools are within walking distance, while uni students need look no further than Swinburne University, also only a few tram stops away. The large entry hall with etched-glass doors opens to the spacious living and dining rooms. A main bathroom and two spacious bedrooms with built-in wardrobes are at the rear. There are two quiet and concealed courtyards either side with access from the main living and kitchen area. The wellzoned floor plan, peaceful neighbourhood and convenient location are sure to appeal. \ EDDIE MORTON

3002

CAINE, 8413 8000

POSTCODE

Kew

There is a big, old brass knocker on the door of this house, much more tempting than a simple button with a bell on it or a camera lens staring you in the face. The previous owners left it there when they converted this once single-bedroom, single-level Victorian into a two-storey house for a young family. Behind the iron picket fence and stained-glass-framed front door, the 2007 renovation is tastefully contemporary with necessities such as built-in wardrobes, stainless steel appliances, a modern bathroom and a loft bedroom. High ceilings, a rejuvenated original fireplace and views of the front garden make the large main bedroom a comfortable space. The rest of the ground floor is dedicated to the kitchen, living and dining. A neat courtyard at the rear has enough space for an outdoor dining setting. This charming house is perfect for the duo expecting to become a trio, or a professional looking to be close to the city and the added attractions of the Tennis Centre and the MCG. \ EDDIE MORTON

postcode

RT Edgar Toorak 9826 1000 4

3

POSTCODE 5

3101

Jellis Craig 9810 5000 4

2

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22a Ferncroft Avenue, Malvern East .................................................................

Price: $3 million + .................................................................

For sale Expressions of interest closing March 5 .................................................................

4 Rossfield Avenue, Kew .................................................................

Price: $1.6 million + .................................................................

Auction Saturday February 25 at 11am .................................................................

This stunning, brand-new luxury residence comprises four double-bedrooms plus study, generous formal room, Mieleequipped kitchen, an upstairs additional living area ideal as a teenager's retreat and a downstairs home theatre and gym.

Let's eat lunch @ Asakusa, 127 Waverley Road Let's eat dinner @ L'Olivo Restaurant, 171 Waverley Road Let's drink coffee @ Le Petit Bergeouis, 330 Waverley Road

In harmony with its elegant original character, the architect renovation/ extension of this 1920s house is a seamless achievement in timeless quality and style in a perfectly secluded garden oasis.

Let's eat lunch @ Centonove, 109 Cotham Road Let's eat dinner @ San Choi on Kew, 300 High Street Let's drink coffee @ Ora Cafe, 156 Pakington Street

postcode

3101

1

FLETCHERS, 9090 8390 13 Annadale Street Price: $890,000 – $950,000 Auction: February 25 at noon

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albert Park Architects O’Connor and Houle have clearly met the brief by the photographer owner of this residence. The renovation is understated, yet speaks volumes with its light Scandinavian aesthetic. The grey exterior retains elements of Victorian architecture that juxtapose the rear black-panelled extension. Once inside, light American oak floors add a minimalist presence. Two front rooms, one a bedroom and the other a sitting room with an open fireplace, are crisp and white. Both have high vaulted ceilings that were taken back to the roofline. A central bathroom has mosaic green tiles and a freestanding bath overlooking a side garden. The rear extension is

postcode

4

2

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MARSHALL WHITE, 9822 9999 2 Kerferd Place Price: $2 million + Auction: March 1 at 7pm

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breathtaking. Underfoot are granite tiles in the open-plan dining area and living room, which features a hanging fireplace and American oak cabinetry the length of the room.

The kitchen features marble benchtops, Miele appliances and a servery window that opens to outdoor dining. Sliding doors open to the north-facing secluded garden with covered dining area and right-of-way parking for two cars. Upstairs is a sky-lit hallway with storage and an interesting timberclad storeroom or possible playroom. You enter the main bedroom, with its vaulted ceilings and high-set windows, through a fitted walk-in wardrobe. Next door is a bedroom with a built-in floating desk. Both rooms share a bathroom. \ MICHELLE OSTROW ZUKERMAN

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BUSTAMOVE 595 Balcombe Road 9589 7861 www.bustamove.net.au Personal trainers may not be new, but a workout on Black Rock Beach is a rarity. Within a minute’s walk of the famous clock tower, imagine fresh, salty air while being guided by the expert staff from Bustamove. With six professional certified trainers to choose from, it’s not just one-on-one training available but small groups, seniors, yoga, nutritional care and private gym membership, all in a fun and informal setting. \

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ROUGE JEWELLERS 600 Balcombe Road 9589 4000 With clients such as the National Gallery, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Leonard Joel, Rouge Jewellers must be doing something right. For expert antique restoration, the UK-trained director has more than 35 years experience to offer. Also displayed in cabinets are unusual ethnic pieces such as jade-and-stone Chinese pendants alongside incredible bejewelled bracelets, pearls and other fine pieces. A feature silverware cabinet houses an enviable collection of antique pieces, some of which are more than 200 years old. \

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DAVEY MAC’S 602 Balcombe Road 9589 0636 daveymacs.com.au

REGARDS 2 Bluff Road 9589 2980 www.regards.com.au

Finding a former stockbroker and accountant-turned-artisan gelato maker is a story in itself. Yet one lick of these brilliant frozen desserts and you’re hooked. Liquorice, watermelon, dark chocolate, peanut butter, mandarin and cherry yoghurt are just a few of the sorbets and milk-based gelatos available. Great for dairy-intolerant people, it’s made fresh onsite in the traditional Italian way. Davey even gets some callers ringing to see if their favourite is on the menu. Featuring edible cone cups for an extra treat, take home packs are a must. \

For more than six years, Regards has been specialising in hand-picked cards from all over the world. There’s nothing run-of-the-mill here. People come from far and wide, not just to buy gifts of all types but to have gifts expertly wrapped in exclusive paper. Party products for kids are a favourite, including unique invites and helium-filled balloons. There is also a range of cards, journals, bags and wall hangings by Papaya, direct from New York. \

fresh

FRESCO 615 Balcombe Road 9589 0666 For more than 21 years, this iconic corner shop, run by the same family, has been the florist with a view. The owner is bringing a new element to Fresco with the addition of gifts and homewares to designer floral arrangements. Toys, Mexican handicrafts, Hammamas towels and the big-selling Glasshouse range of candles and home fragrances are available. A café will be opening soon, so you will be able to grab a gift, some flowers, have a coffee and enjoy views of the beach and bay. \

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38 Lambeth Ave Marshall White 86 Wattletree rd Marshall White 2 Clendon rd Marshall White 618 Orrong rd Marshall White 1/22 Myamyn st Bennison Mackinnon 4/69 denbigh rd Kay & Burton 1 Bell st RT Edgar 64 sutherland rd Abercromby’s

63 64 94 98 108 138 145 155

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Ashburton

1 & 2/153 High st 20 Marquis st

Noel Jones Marshall White

54 89

124 Winmalee rd Marshall White 11 Madang st Marshall White 4 Conway Cres Marshall White 122 rochester rd Marshall White 3 evergreen Ave Marshall White 3/7 Grey st Marshall White 79 Yarrbat Ave RT Edgar 104 Yarrbat Ave Christopher Russell 14 Carrigal st Jellis Craig 12 Henley st Jellis Craig 5 Palm Grv Jellis Craig 8 Angle rd Jellis Craig 12 Bernborough Ave Jellis Craig 1a Austin st Jellis Craig 918 Burke rd Jellis Craig 1/7-9 Leonard st Jellis Craig 24 Fitzgerald st Jellis Craig 15 Vauxhall rd Hocking Stuart 14a Burroughs rd Hocking Stuart

68 89 94 96 97 98 146 157 167 168 169 173 186 186 187 188 188 201 206

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9 Inverness Way Marshall White 84 Mountain View rd Marshall White 3 Lynne Crt Fletchers 161 Bulleen rd Fletchers 37 doncaster rd Fletchers 2 sylvander st Fletchers 22 Jolie Vue rd Fletchers 4 Larbert Ave Fletchers 5 earls Crt Fletchers 1 Glamis Crt Fletchers 4/4 Maylands Ave Fletchers 1 Kyora Pde Barry Plant Brunswick 10 Abbott st Jellis Craig 141 Greythorn rd Jellis Craig 26 Moody st Jellis Craig 3 Minerva Ave Jellis Craig 21 Yeneda st Jellis Craig 63 Trentwood Ave Jellis Craig 93 Winfield rd Hocking Stuart

69 80 110 111 111 112 112 113 113 114 115 158 189 189 190 190 191 191 205

birregurrA

2880 Cape Otway rd Bruce Falk Property 207 11 First st

Kay & Burton 130

brighton

30-42 Warleigh Grv 192 Church st

brighton eAst 734 Hawthorn rd

burwood

25 Andrews st

cAmberwell

Marshall White 57 Kay & Burton 129

8 Trafalgar st Kay & Burton 18 st Georges Ave Christopher Russell 14 York st Jellis Craig 433a Mont Albert rd Jellis Craig

mont Albert north 1 Goddard Crt

Port melbourne

5 Pier st 38 Clarke st 228 ross st 144 Clark st 606/108 Bay st

PortseA

3698 Point Nepean rd

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Auction: February 25 at 11am

123 Wattle Valley rd Noel Jones 15 Gowar Ave Marshall White 43 Broadway Marshall White 51 rowell Ave Marshall White 143 Fordham Ave O’Donoghues First National 11 Wiringa Ave Kay & Burton 19 Waterloo st Abercromby’s 4 Green st Jellis Craig 3/35 Bringa Ave Jellis Craig

52 73 91 100 115 127 152 170 192

red hill

4 sheehans rd

RT Edgar 151

733 rathdowne

Nelson Alexander 115

Abercromby’s 154 Jellis Craig 193

hAwthorn

deePdene dc 25 Campbell rd

Hocking Stuart 202

eAglemont

21 silverdale rd

Miles 198

eAst brighton 10 Connor st

Noel Jones

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Bennison Mackinnon Bennison Mackinnon RT Edgar Jellis Craig

104 105 148 160

eAst melbourne 125 Gipps st 112 Powlett st 7/6 Webb Ln 123 Gipps st

5 Florence st 5 Ferndale rd

elwood

67 Ormond esp 44a shelley st

FingAl

Kay & Burton 128 Rand Corporation 200 Kay & Burton 139

Flinders

glen iris

11 Greendale rd Noel Jones 2d Grandview Ave Noel Jones 9 Allenby Ave Marshall White 29 ranfurlie Cres Marshall White 1 Hilltop Ave Marshall White 32 Kardinia rd Bennison Mackinnon 35a Peate Ave Kay & Burton 39 denman Ave Kay & Burton 12/219 Burke rd Dixon Kestles 3/285 Tooronga rd RT Edgar

55 56 81 84 88 106 124 134 139 149

86 robinson rd Marshall White 5 Fashoda st Marshall White 2 Myrtle st Marshall White 4/561 Glenferrie rd Woodards 33 Kooyongkoot rd Kay & Burton 3a Hambledon rd Kay & Burton 553 Glenferrie rd Kay & Burton 59 Urquhart st WB Simpson & Son 9/498 Glenferrie rd Christopher Russell 84 Kinkora rd Jellis Craig 26 smart st Jellis Craig 21 Lyall st Jellis Craig 1.02/33 Wattle rd Little Residential

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2 Laurel Crt 80a st Helens rd 2 Buley st 23 Broomfield rd 3 deanlea Crt 13 Jaques st

Marshall White Marshall White Kay & Burton Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig

61 85 122 175 176 177

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38 Alfred st Marshall White 236 Cotham st Marshall White 25 Carson st Marshall White 13 Annadale st Fletchers 3/19 Grandview Tce Fletchers 4 Belmont Ave Kay & Burton 5 New st Kay & Burton 43 edgevale rd Kay & Burton 10/2-6 Malmsbury st Christopher Russell 72 Princess st Jellis Craig

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9 elm Gve 12 Cole Ave 36 Baker Ave 60 White Ave

kooYong

1/19 Talbot Cres 7/1 Monaro rd

Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Jellis Craig Hocking Stuart Hocking Stuart Hocking Stuart

178 179 180 181 182 183 194 194 203 204 206

Fletchers Christopher Russell Jellis Craig Jellis Craig

114 156 195 195

mAin ridge

1308 Mornington-Flinders rd RT Edgar 151

65 86 86 110 114 135 136 137 156 164

1 Northbrook Ave Marshall White 4 Plant st Marshall White 15 & 17 somers Ave Marshall White 4b Cressy st Marshall White 18a Hornsby st Marshall White 1/13 Valetta st Marshall White 55 Victoria rd North Bennison Mackinnon 7 Fraser st RT Edgar 9 Woodmason st RT Edgar 50 dixon st RT Edgar 1 Glenview Ave Abercromby’s 16 east st Abercromby’s 29 Bonview rd Rand Corporation

mAlvern eAst 4 Goode st 43 Boston Ave 56 Brunel st 123 Manning rd 17 Coppin Gve 22a Ferncroft Ave 3 Ash Gve

melbourne

1501/505 st Kilda rd 1702/480 st Kilda rd

72 77 79 83 87 99 108 143 144 147 153 154 200

Marshall White 88 Marshall White 92 Marshall White 93 Marshall White 95 Kay & Burton 121 RT Edgar 142 Jellis Craig 166 Marshall White 58 Kay & Burton 120

RT Edgar 150

5/105a stawell st Bennison Mackinnon 107 79 Buckingham st Jellis Craig 197

sorrento

17 Hiskens st

south melbourne 353 Moray st

Marshall White

RT Edgar 149

10/168 Toorak rd West Castran Gilbert 33 Clara st Marshall White 286 domain rd Bennison Mackinnon 6/371 Toorak rd Woodards 83 Caroline st Kay & Burton 58 Tivoli rd Kay & Burton 2101/7 Yarra st RT Edgar 14/11-21 Marne st Hocking Stuart 1 Longmore st

surreY hills

1 & 1a Beech st 18 Howell Ave 1 Guildford rd 19 Anderson st 19 Theodore st 32 Kingston rd 8 durham rd

Marshall White

56 100 105 109 119 133 147 206 82

Noel Jones 56 Marshall White 74 Marshall White 90 Marshall White 92 Marshall White 99 Kay & Burton 137 Jellis Craig 185

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windsor

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49 Argyle rd 23 Barrington Ave 222 Cotham rd 10 davis st 7 ross st 4 rossfield Ave 13 May st 23 Park Cres 16 derrick st 31 First Ave 13 redmonds st

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richmond

34 edward st

cArlton north

cAnterburY

7 Alexandra Ave Noel Jones 54 238 Canterbury rd Noel Jones 55 16 Monomeath Ave Marshall White 59 6 McGregor st Marshall White 76 29 Hopetoun Ave Kay & Burton 125 22 Victoria Ave Kay & Burton 126 1-15/220 Canterbury rd Jellis Craig 159 9 Cross st Jellis Craig 171 16 daphne st Jellis Craig 172 5 Highfield rd Jellis Craig 192

Marshall White 84 Marshall White 93 Marshall White 97 Kay & Burton 139 RT Edgar 151

19 Highbury Gve Marshall White 6 Highbury Gve Marshall White 23 Westbourne st Marshall White 31 York st Marshall White 25 Closeburn Ave Bennison Mackinnon 1-9/573 High st Bennison Mackinnon 18 Bayview st Bennison Mackinnon 3/42 Grandview Grv Kay & Burton 11 spring st Kay & Burton 1 & 2/1 sydney st Hocking Stuart 601 Orrong rd Hocking Stuart

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2049 Mornington-Flinders rd RT Edgar 150 Bennison Mackinnon 109

This property of more than 1560 square metres is on the postcode corner of Hampton Grove. The long pebbled driveway is reminiscent of a bygone era. Maplewood was built c1924 and has been beautifully tended. It is like a country estate and just needs some sympathetic refurbishments to the rear and the second level. A front porch leads to the formal foyer. Substantial sitting and dining rooms have square leadlight windows, chandeliers and ceiling decorations. One features a study nook and cellar. The main bedroom has a bay window, an en suite (one of three bathrooms that were given a makeover five years ago) and a dressing room. A 1970s-style kitchen leads to an meals and family area with a Heat & Glo fireplace and a central rumpus room. Upstairs are three bedrooms, a bathroom, roof storage and a cubby area. The backyard has a paved outdoor dining area, a tiled pool and a three-car garage. \ MICHeLLe OsTrOW ZUKerMAN

136 155 184 196

Jellis Craig 196

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2 Kingston Heath Marshall White

RT Edgar 141 RT Edgar 148

mont Albert

Price: $2.6 million – $2.8 million

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914/250 st Kilda rd 316/250 st Kilda rd

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BLACKBURN

BOX HILL

CAMBERWELL

CAULFIELD

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South Yarra 10/168 Toorak Road West EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing Tuesday 6th March at 4.30pm (If Not Sold Prior) INSPECT

Wednesday & Saturday 12 - 12.30pm

CONTACT

Lachlan Castran 0407 766 304

“The Oaks” Exceptional Three Bedroom Apartment on the Door Step of Fawkner Park This substantial and generously proportioned first floor three bedroom apartment is impeccably presented and is located in the highly sought after Royal Botanic Precinct.

Comprising three double bedrooms, master complete with ensuite, second central bathroom, large light filled living / dining area opening to north facing balcony, brand new state of the art Miele kitchen and meals area.

Further features include separate powder room, laundry, heating / air conditioning, security entry, lift access, two side by side secure basement car parks and storage room.

Level 2, 108 Toorak Road South Yarra / 9827 1177 / castrangilbert.com.au

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TE I SU EN Y P A L O P S W DI NO

Commanding pride of place in North Brighton, a breathtaking residential opportunity, stylish, architecturally designed apartments and private townhouses of The Warleigh Brighton are revealed.

Be amongst the first to experience their relaxed elegance and spacious comfort, by viewing the stunning on-site display suite and prepare for even finer bayside living.

The Warleigh Brighton is the combined vision of Cbus Property, SJB Architecture, Jack Merlo Design and SJB Interiors.

Wednesday 5 - 6:30 pm Friday 11 am - 12 pm Saturday 3:30 - 5 pm 30-42 Warleigh Grove, Brighton For more information and to register online visit

TheWarleighBrighTon.com.au James McCormack 0410 503 389 / Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 / Gerry Gordon 0418 144 000

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MELBOuRnE 1501/505 St Kilda Road Walk from the dramatic foyer into the huge formal living room and you know you have arrived into a truly remarkable family home. Enjoy the sunset with spectacular views of Albert Park Lake, the Bay, City skyline and Fawkner Park.

Huge master suite with terrace, ensuite, WIRs and study complimented by three further bedrooms each with ensuite, 5th bedroom/home office, second living zone, laundry and media room. Features basement storage, 6xcar-parks pool, gym, sauna, steam rooms and elegant lobby with excellent concierge service.

Expressions of Interest Close Tuesday 13th March at 5pm

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Inspect

By Appointment Only

Contact

Mary Dowling 0438 098 888 Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271

Web

www.1501-505stkildaroadmelbourne.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

CAnTERbuRy 16 Monomeath Avenue Enjoying a choice location in Canterbury’s finest avenue, this 1920’s residence has been thoroughly renovated & extended to create a family home in which comprehensive accommodation is complemented by entertaining amenities.

Comp sitting room, dining room, fully appointed kitchen, family room, main bedroom with ensuite & dressing room, 4 further double bedrooms serviced by three ensuites, retreat, study, billiards room, home cinema, summer house incorporating a second kitchen, bathroom & sauna leading to a heated pool & spa. Land: 1170sqm/12,590sqft (approx).

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 1.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 6-6.30pm & Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday 2-2.30pm

Contact

Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718 Ross Stryker 0401 318 772

Web

www.16monomeathavenuecanterbury.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 59

ToorAk Penthouse, 103 Mathoura road This sumptuous penthouse’s sheer luxury and magnificent proportions deliver a sophisticated lifestyle on Toorak Village. Surrounded by terraces, the sitting room, study, opulent main bedroom with en-suite and two further bedrooms with en-suites are highlighted by lavish finishes.

Northwest light streams through exceptionally spacious living/dining room with state of the art marble Miele kitchen opening to terrace. Features private lift, heating/cooling, alarm, video-intercom, powder-room, laundry, storage cage, 3xcar-parking.

Expressions of Interest Close Tuesday 20th March at 5pm

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Inspect

Wednesday 2-2.30pm & Thursday 6-6.30pm & Saturday 12.15-12.45pm

Contact

Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Nicole French 0417 571 505

Web

www.5-103mathouraroadtoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

HAWTHoRN EAST 2 Laurel Court (off Harcourt Street) A prestigious cul-de-sac location complements this luxuriously appointed contemporary 3-level family residence built with meticulous attention to detail and faultless presentation with gallery-styled interior featuring spacious light-filled indoor/outdoor formal and informal living and entertaining zones including a s/heated, s/cleaning inground pool+BBQ facilities, state-of-the-art Miele kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, study. Features include video/ intercom/security 6-car basement, cellar, storage+lift to upper levels.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & 6.15-6.45pm Saturday from 12noon

Contact

Ericka Wong 0411 472 849 Nicholas Franzmann 0412 247 175

Web

www.2laurelcourthawthorneast.com

Office

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TOORAk 24 Heyington Place In a premier locale, this captivating c1945 Georgian style corner residence’s stylishly refurbished dimensions deliver impressive family living with scope to easily extend if required or alternatively options to rebuild or redevelop (STCA). Dark timber floors flow through sitting room (OFP), sleek European kitchen, living room & inviting dining opening to the northeast garden. Main bedroom (ENS/WIR) is complemented by 3 further bedrooms (BIRs), study & 2 stylish bathrooms. Features ducted heating, RC/air-con, alarm, security intercom, irrigation & double garage.

Land: 703sqm (approx).

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Auction

Saturday 25th February at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 11am

Contact

Justin Long 0418 537 973 Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271

Web

www.24heyingtonplacetoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

ARMAdAlE 38 lambeth Avenue Unforgettable c1900 solid brick Victorian residence brilliantly showcases exceptional designer flair inside and out. Oak floors and high ceilings highlight attention to detail through arched hallway, stunning main bedroom with lavish en-suite/WIR, three further bedrooms, study and designer bathroom. Generous living and dining room with gourmet Miele kitchen opens to a stunning landscaped northeast garden with picturesque heated pool. Features 2xmarble OFPs, ducted heating/cooling, alarm, water tank, irrigation, OSP.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & 6.30-7pm & Saturday 1-1.30pm

Contact

Heather Elder 0413 273 079 James Tomlinson 0408 350 684

Web

www.38lambethavenuearmadale.com

Office

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ArMAdALe 86 Wattletree road Magnificent c1880’s Victorian residence brilliantly marries captivating period allure with breathtaking designer style.

Majestic ceilings are showcased through arched hallway, formal living, two lavish bedrooms with ensuites, two further bedrooms and bathroom. Sensational architect designed extension accommodates living room, study, dining room and streamlined Miele/Smeg kitchen opening to entertainers’ garden and heated pool. Features 3 marble OFPs, heating/cooling, alarm, intercom, cellar, water tanks, irrigation, 3xOSP, auto gates. Land: 718sqm/7,740sqft approx.

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Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 10am

Contact

John Manton 0411 444 930 Andrew Hayne 0418 395 349

Web

www.86wattletreeroadarmadale.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

kEW 38 Alfred Street Stunning Architect designed renovations have created a spacious, light-filled split-level residence enviably located in the prestigious Sackville Ward. A luxuriously appointed interior features cathedral ceilings and large areas of glass providing superb formal/informal living & entertaining areas, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, stylish kitchen, s/heated in-ground pool. Includes intercom/alarm, cellar, Bose entertainment system, ducted heating/cooling/vacuum, cellar and remote/double garage. Land 760sqm approx

Auction

Saturday 10th March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & 7-7.30pm Saturday 1.30-2pm

Contact

Cameron Edgoose 0438 064 212 Ericka Wong 0411 472 849

Web

www.38alfredstreetkew.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 65

ALBerT PArK 2 Kerferd Place Transformed with characteristic flair by O’Connor and Houle Architecture, this exceptional four bedroom brick residence acknowledges the preference for luxury, light and low-maintenance ease. A versatile sitting room provides a flexible formal counterpoint to large living/dining areas and a marble and Miele kitchen that enjoy the natural advantage of northerly rear aspects and relate beautifully to outdoor dimensions. American Oak floors. Hydronic heating. Off street parking. One of Albert Park’s most desirable corner addresses.

66 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Thursday 1st March at 7pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.30-2pm & 6.30-7pm Saturday 1.30-2pm

Contact

Oliver Bruce 0409 856 599 Kaine Lanyon 0411 875 478

Web

www.2kerferdplacealbertpark.com

Office

119 Bridport Street Albert Park 9822 9999

TOORAK 22 Warra Street The enticing blend of period charm and contemporary style displayed by this charming attic style home establishes its excellent family credentials. Superb proportions are highlighted through sitting room (OFP), study (OFP), formal dining, main bedroom with stylish bathroom/BIR and upstairs three further bedrooms (BIRs), playroom/5th bedroom and new bathroom. Brilliant contemporary kitchen and light-filled living/dining open to private leafy garden.

Features ducted heating, air-conditioner, alarm, powderroom, double carport. Land: 830sqm/8,931sqft approx.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 11am

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Andrew Hayne 0418 395 349

Web

www.22warrastreettoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 67

BAlWyn 124 Winmalee Road On 1470sqm approx in Balwyn’s most prestigious position, this immaculately presented imposing double storey home with north south tennis court offers fabulous flexibility across a range of possibilities. One grand 5 bedroom family residence, or a magnificent multi redevelopment prospect (STCA) enjoying extensive views all the way to the Dandenong Ranges! Existing floorplan features upto 6 bedrooms (main WIR/ ensuite), multiple living and dining zones plus 2 alfresco terraces. Situated in the Balwyn High School zone.

68 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 10th March at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 2.15-2.45pm

Contact

Ericka Wong 0411 472 849 Cameron Edgoose 0438 064 212

Web

www.124winmaleeroadbalwyn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

bALWyn noRTH 9 Inverness Way This unique two-storey clinker brick family residence blends contemporary and classical features complementing its coveted leafy Riverside Estate location. The generous interior features flowing light-filled formal & informal living/ entertaining areas, study, powder room, laundry & sewing room plus superbly appointed kitchen and north-facing deck, recreation room and S/H in-ground pool. Upstairs 4 bedrooms (main/WIR/ensuite) plus bathroom. Features include alarm, ducted heating/cooling/vacuum, remote dble garage (I/A). Land: 836sqm/9,000sqft (approx)

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 10.15-10.45am & Saturday from 10am

Contact

James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Mark Sproule 0408 090 205

Web

www.9invernesswaybalwynnorth.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 69

BriGhtoN eASt 734 hawthorn road Spanning 2 titles (1400sqm/15,000sqft/ approx), and a 100ft frontage, this once in a generation opportunity for style, clever internal spaces and a desirable garden sanctuary. An idea blend of formal and informal living areas and a flow to outdoor entertaining, it offers the resort style living all year round. From the late Deco features to the modern kitchen ( Miele appliances ) and out to the original fish pond, this is a true family home on a magnificent allotment. So enter the gates and begin the journey.

70 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 1.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 12-12.30pm & Saturday 11-11.45am

Contact

Barb Gregory 0419 568 370 Kate Strickland 0400 125 946

Web

www.734hawthornroadbrightoneast.com

Office

312 New Street Brighton 9822 9999

WIndSOR 61 Henry Street The absolutely inspired architect designed renovation of this double fronted solid brick Victorian is brilliantly enhanced by a stunning north-facing garden oasis. Blond timber floors flow through arched hallway, sitting room (OFP), four double bedrooms (BIRs) and two designer bathrooms. Sensational living/dining room, study and state of the art Ilve kitchen open to generous north-facing deck and garden. Features plantation shutters, hydronic heating, wine cellar, laundry, water tank, irrigation, garage and auto gates.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 1pm

Contact

Mark Williams 0417 189 377 Adam Jack 0418 613 188

Web

www.61henrystreetwindsor.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 71

MAlverN 1 Northbrook Avenue Distinguished c1929 architect designed Deco residence in coveted cul-de-sac offers immediate family appeal and comfort while considering possible plans to further update (STCA) on 629sqm (approximately). Polished boards flow through elegant sitting room (OFP), study, formal dining, well equipped timber kitchen, casual dining and light-filled living room opening to Paul Bangay designed northwest garden/courtyard. A curved staircase leads up to four bedrooms and bathroom. Features ducted heating, evaporative cooling, alarm, powder room and large garage.

72 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 10th March at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 10-10.30am

Contact

Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Nicole French 0417 571 505

Web

www.1northbrookavenuemalvern.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

CAmbeRWell 15 Gowar Avenue Offering an enviable lifestyle and flexibility for year round entertaining this exceptional two-storey family residence comprises wide tiled hallway, elegant formal sitting/dining room, study, powder room & laundry, stylsh kitchen with an expansive informal living/dining area, Vergola covered deck plus s/heated, S/C in-ground pool. Upstairs retreat, 4 bedrooms main & guest bedroom with WIRs/ensuites, family bathroom. Features include zoned heating/cooling, indoor/ outdoor piped music, roof storage, remote/double garage (I/A).

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 12noon

Contact

DĂŠsirĂŠe Wakim 0412 336 266 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

Web

www.15gowaravenuecamberwell.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 73

SuRREy HillS 18 Howell Avenue Substantial single level proportions of more than 50 squares combine with impeccable finishes and chic contemporary styling to create this 15 month old, 5 bedroom plus study family home set on 946 sqm approx featuring formal, informal and alfresco entertaining, home theatre, solar heated pool , private northern garden and large 4 car remote garaging with additional storage.

74 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & 5.30-6pm Saturday 3.15-3.45pm

Contact

Ericka Wong 0411 472 849 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

Web

www.18howellavenuesurreyhills.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

TooRAk 11/245 kooyong Road Idyllically situated at the river end, this luxurious 2-level, 232sqm (25 square approximately) penthouse delivers impressive living and entertaining with spectacular Yarra views. Northern light streams through expansive living/ dining room with stylish gourmet kitchen and balcony.

Second generous living room upstairs with kitchenette and bathroom opens to a fabulous terrace. Lavish main bedroom (en-suite/WIRs) is complemented by two further bedrooms and bathroom. Features heating/cooling, alarm, video intercom, laundry, lift access, store room, double garage.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 3.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 12.30-1pm & Thursday 7-7.30pm & Saturday 11-11.30am

Contact

Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Nicole French 0417 571 505

Web

www.11-245kooyongroadtoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 75

CAnTERBuRy 6 McGregor Street This classic Edwardian residence is perfectly located close to Maling Road, excellent schools and transport offering a surprisingly spacious and flexible formal/informal living areas with leafy vistas to the garden and solar heated in-ground pool; plus four bedrooms (BIRs), study, periodstyle bathroom with in ground heating, a well appointed kitchen, laundry+powder room and shower. Other features include, Baltic Pine floors, OFPs, hydronic heating, Euro S/S appliances, R/C air-conditioner x2, tandem OSP.

76 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday from 2pm

Contact

DĂŠsirĂŠe Wakim 0412 336 266 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

Web

www.6mcgregorstreetcanterbury.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

MAlVERn 4 Plant Street Captivating block fronted Victorian family residence in quiet cul-de-sac superbly blends period elegance with contemporary style. Arched hallway leads to inviting sitting room, gorgeous main bedroom (stylish ensuite/WIR), three further bedrooms (BIRs) and bathroom with spa bath.

Generously proportioned and light-filled living/dining room and superb European kitchen extend out to sunny northeast landscaped garden. Features 3xOFP, RC/air-conditioning throughout, ducted vacuum, central heating, video intercom, laundry, auto gates and OSP.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 2.15-2.45pm

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 John Manton 0411 444 930

Web

www.4plantstreetmalvern.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 77

MALvErn 15 & 17 Somers Avenue Enjoying a highly prized location in the Stonnington Estate, these two adjoining allotments (605 and 739 sqm) boasting northwest orientations offer a range of exciting opportunities. Complete with plans and permits for 3 levels of apartments plus a basement, the sites represent an outstanding development opportunity. Alternatively purchased together or individually, these superb allotments provide the ideal foundations for creating one or two luxurious family domains. Whichever path is taken, a rewarding outcome is guaranteed.

78 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March from 10.30am

Inspect

Saturday 3-3.30pm

Contact

Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 Leonard Teplin 0402 431 657

Web

www.15-17somersavenuemalvern.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

HAWTHORn 86 Robinson Road Positioned in one of Hawthorn’s finest pockets ‘Scotch Hill’, this 1920’s timber Californian Bungalow is within easy reach of schools, shopping & transport. On a commanding elevated allotment of approx. 720sqm, this residence is extremely comfortable in its current condition, however offers many options for renovation/extension or the possibility for further redevelopment as a new home site (STCA). Comps: 3 bedrooms (master with ensuite & WIR), formal & casual sitting rooms, spacious kitchen & wonderfully bright openplan family/dining room leading onto a covered entertaining patio. Land: 15.2m X 47.2m (approx).

Auction

Saturday 10th March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 11.45-12.15pm

Contact

Ross Stryker 0401 318 772 Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718

Web

www.86robinsonroadhawthorn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 79

BAlwyn nORTH 84 Mountain View Road Brilliantly renovated two-storey family residence featuring a wide hallway, study, formal sitting room (OFP), adjacent dining, rumpus/4th bedroom, bathroom, laundry, full-width living/dining area incorporating a superbly appointed kitchen, covered deck plus a solar-heated in-ground pool/ spa. Upstairs three bedrooms (main/ensuite), retreat and family bathroom. Features include intercom, alarm, quality fixtures/fittings, ducted heating/cooling, auto-gate, ample OSP. Enviably located in the coveted Balwyn High zone.

80 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 12.15-12.45pm

Contact

Mark Sproule 0408 090 205 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

Web

www.84mountainviewroadbalwynnorth.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

gLen IrIS 9 Allenby Avenue Location, lifestyle and livability combine with a huge northfacing rear garden block to ensure that this light-filled 1920s residence represents an ideal family opportunity.

Set on 800sqm (approx) in a secluded pocket just metres to parkland, this attractive 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home delivers formal sitting, generous open-plan living and a blend of period and modern styles complemented by ducted heating, a/c and alarm. Close to private schools, shopping and transport. Includes sandstone alfresco area, deep garden with play equipment and OSP.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 1pm

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058

Web

www.9allenbyavenuegleniris.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 81

TOOrAK 738 Orrong road Deceased Estate. Exclusively situated on 602sqm approx northeast leafy garden, this classic 1940s Georgian style residence of generous proportions, a short walk to Toorak Village’s elite environs inspire exciting possibilities to renovate, rebuild or develop (STCA). Timber floors flow throughout study, sitting room (OFP), dining room, powder room, functional kitchen and living room opening to deep garden. Three bedrooms and study are complemented by family bathroom. Features ducted heating, alarm, airconditioner, laundry, double garage.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 2pm

Contact

Susan McGlashan 0417 554 224 Mark Harris 0414 799 343

Web

www.738orrongroadtoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

ST KiLDA WEST 1 Longmore Street “ Kambrook” a complete compatibility between renovated original rooms & designer contemporary dimensions has been achieved throughout this beautifully proportioned 3-4 bedroom single level, double fronted brick Edwardian in a privileged position. A huge central dining room precedes superb living and meals areas arranged around a Miele and marble open plan kitchen. Outside, the garden offers perfect privacy. Beautiful family bathroom, solar hot water system, hydronic heating, water tank and carport further complement this home. Land: 395sqm (approx).

82 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 3.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 6.30-7pm & Thursday 11.30-12noon & Saturday 1-1.30pm

Contact

Lisa Jarrett 0408 053 623 Oliver Bruce 0409 856 599

Web

www.1longmorestreetstkildawest.com

Office

119 Bridport Street Albert Park 9822 9999

TOORAk 6 Millicent Avenue Exclusively situated c1930’s Georgian residence showcases an alluring elegance through every light-filled dimension.

Parquetry floors and high ceilings are highlighted through sitting room (OFP) and formal dining. Superb Miele kitchen and generous living/dining room open to landscaped gardens. Spacious main bedroom (marble ensuite/ BIRs) is complemented by two further bedrooms (BIRs), bathroom and study area. Features ducted heating, RC air-conditioners, alarm, powder-room, laundry, irrigation, garage, auto gates. Land: 438sqm (approx).

Private Sale Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 12-12.30pm

Contact

Susan McGlashan 0417 554 224 Justin Long 0418 537 973

Web

www.6millicentavenuetoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

MALvERn 4b Cressy Street Stunning new two-storey luxury town residence in popular Malvern location designed to maximized light and space throughout interior comprising European Oak floors, charcoal/white dĂŠcor, superbly equipped kitchen with Butlers Pantry, generous living/dining, deck/courtyard, four bedrooms (BIRs/main/ensuite), retreat, study, laundry, powder room and bathroom. Features include video/ intercom, alarm, ducted heating/cooling, prestige fixtures/ fittings, easy care gardens, 5,000ltr water tanks, remote/ double garage (ROW).

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 2pm

Contact

Duane Wolowiec 0418 567 581 James McCormack 0410 503 389

Web

www.4bcressystreetmalvern.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 83

GLen IRIS 29 Ranfurlie Crescent In the same family for over 50 years, this classical four bedroom residence now offers the next generation the opportunity to make the most of immediate proximity to Korowa, Sacre Coeur and transport to several other leading schools. Today’s warmly welcoming current day spaces, including charming sitting room, separate dining room, bright kitchen/meals and sunny lounge opening to an expansive deck enjoy an allotment of significant size, with north facing rear aspects. Outstanding prospects for sustained family success. Land 899sqm approx.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & 6-6.30pm Saturday from 3pm

Contact

Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282 James Redfern 0412 360 667

Web

www.29ranfurliecrescentgleniris.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

PORT MeLBOuRne 5 Pier Street The bay, its beaches and bike paths ensures outstanding lifestyle attractions surround this distinctive four bedroom contemporary residence. A refined formal retreat leads to huge living/dining areas and include an open-plan kitchen distinguished by stone benches, integrated wine fridge, Miele appliances and coffee machine. A fabulous, sun drenched lounge with a balcony sees the city skyline as well as a broad sweep of the bay. Private courtyard, designer comfort, double garage.

84 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Wednesday 5.30-6pm & Thursday 3-3.30pm & Saturday 11.30-12noon

Contact

Damian O’Sullivan 0418 566 916 Simon Gowling 0422 234 644

Web

www.5pierstreetportmelbourne.com

Office

119 Bridport Street Albert Park 9822 9999

HAWTHORn 5 Fashoda Street This stunning elevated Victorian home features a brilliant two-storey contemporary extension with north-facing rear aspect, arched Baltic Pine hallway, 4 bedrooms (BIRs, main/ WIR/ensuite), laundry, two bathrooms, formal sitting room, retreat, superb indoor/outdoor living and entertaining area with floor-to-ceiling windows and doors opening to the terrace and garden complementing the well-equipped gourmet stainless steel kitchen (WIP). Features include an external self-contained studio, hydronic heating, OFPs & OSP.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 3pm

Contact

James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585

Web

www.5fashodastreethawthorn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

HAWTHORn EAST 80A St Helens Road Brilliantly located this desirable architecturally designed two-storey town residence boasts an eye catching faรงade complemented by luxurious appointments featuring study, bathroom, formal living/dining, laundry+powder room, stylish kitchen/dining/living opening to a private deck ideal for indoor/outdoor entertaining; 3 bedrooms (BIRs, main/ensuite/balcony) plus 2nd bathroom. Includes video/ intercom entry, refrigerated air-conditioning, R/C air/cons (upstairs), ducted heating/vacuum, easy-care gardens, remote/dble garage (internal acccess).

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday from 11am

Contact

Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 Matthew Elder 0408 052 406

Web

www.80asthelensroadhawthorneast.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 85

keW 25 Carson Street This classic family residence c1920 boasts a prominent corner position in the prized Studley Park precinct.

Presenting in perfect order whilst offering an exceptional opportunity to renovate/extend or rebuild a family home (STCA) comprising wide entrance hall, formal living & dining rooms, 3 bedrooms (main WIR/ensuite), 2 studies, sky-lit bathroom and north-facing kitchen/ meals with adjoining laundry+WC. Features include alarm, period attributes, ducted heating, cellar+storage, remote gates, single garage (Madden Grove access).

Land: 780sqm/8,395sqft (approx)

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday from 10am

Contact

Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585 Peter Bennison 0418 332 864

Web

www.25carsonstreetkew.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

keW 236 Cotham Road This charming solid brick two-storey residence is set on a large allotment in the private school precinct. Offering a generously proportioned interior with scope to improve comprising formal sitting, adjoining dining room, study, guest bedroom, bathroom, kitchen/dining +split-level informal living opening to a deck overlooking an in-ground pool. Upstairs 4 bedrooms (BIRs/main/ensuite), retreat or fifth bedroom (balcony) and 2nd bathroom. Includes period features, ducted heating, R/C air-conditioner, dble carport.

86 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 1-1.30pm

Contact

Andrew Gibbons 0407 577 007 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

Web

www.236cothamroadkew.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

MALveRn 18a Hornsby Street Recently completed classically inspired town residence showcases luxurious contemporary elegance at its finest.

A picturesque Paul Bangay garden precedes oak entrance hall, main bedroom with opulent ensuite/WIR, second bedroom with ensuite/WIR, further bedroom, study, third bathroom, multi-purpose room and fabulous home-theatre room. Brilliantly equipped Gaggenau kitchen and generous living/dining room open to a northeast courtyard. Features heating/cooling, ducted vacuum, alarm, video-intercom, powder-room, double garage.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 1.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 1.30-2pm

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Justin Krongold 0403 163 355

Web

www.18ahornsbystreetmalvern.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

TOORAK 64a Clendon Road Georgian style originality, generous proportions and an exclusive tree-lined address adjacent to Toorak’s most acclaimed private garden all attest to this classic double storey town residence’s exceptional renovation potential (STCA). An enduring elegance permeates generous sitting room (OFP), spacious main bedroom, two further bedrooms, bathroom, light filled living and dining rooms and well equipped kitchen leading out to northeast garden. Features ducted heating, alarm, powder-room, laundry facilities and garage. Land: 332sqm/3,573sqft approx.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday 2.30-3pm

Contact

John Manton 0411 444 930 Justin Krongold 0403 163 355

Web

www.64aclendonroadtoorak.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 87

MALveRn eAST 4 goode Street A parkland pocket just moments to schooling is an alluring family lifestyle setting for this delightful three bedroom residence enjoying a fabulous focus on alfresco entertaining. Wonderful timber deck with retractable awning, cabana with air-conditioning and bifold doors, lovely private garden and gas/solar heated in-ground pool provide an enviable all-seasons backdrop to this superbly renovated period home on a 707sqm (approx) allotment with abundant OSP. Quietly and conveniently situated close to Chadstone and transport.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12-12.30pm & Saturday 11.30-12noon

Contact

Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058 John Morrisby 0411 875 476

Web

www.4goodestreetmalverneast.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

gLen IRIS 1 Hilltop Avenue Beautifully renovated, this solid brick period residence’s generous accommodation, contemporary style and brilliant location ticks every box. Polished boards flow through to sitting room (gas log fire), formal dining (OFP), gourmet kitchen and spacious living/dining opening to landscaped northeast garden. Main bedroom with en-suite/WIR and study are matched upstairs by three further bedrooms (BIRs) and second bathroom. Features ducted heating/ cooling, alarm, video intercom, powder-room, double carport, auto gates. Land 787sqm approx.

88 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 12.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday from 12noon

Contact

James Redfern 0412 360 667 Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282

Web

www.1hilltopavenuegleniris.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

BALWyn 11 Madang Avenue Perfectly presented Cape Cod inspired residence in this quiet tree lined cul-de-sac. Featuring elegant sitting room, separate dining opening to terrace, open-plan kitchen/family. Three bedrooms (main WIR/ensuite), study, bathroom, family retreat with views to the Dandenongs.

Including; cellar, alarm, ducted heating, under-house storage, double garage.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 2.30-3pm

Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

Web

www.11madangavenuebalwyn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

ASHBuRTOn 20 Marquis Street The irresistible family allure of this captivating timber period residence’s stylish dimensions is enhanced by its superb location near Ashburton Village. Timber floors throughout sitting and formal dining rooms (2xOFPs), main bedroom with stylish en-suite/WIR, three further bedrooms (BIRs) and bathroom. Stunning gourmet kitchen with home office & generous living/dining room opens to landscaped northwest garden with lights. Features ducted heating/ cooling, alarm, powder-room, irrigation, shed/studio, secure carport with auto door. Land: 673sqm/7250sqft (approx).

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday from 10am

Contact

Duane Wolowiec 0418 567 581 Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282

Web

www.20marquisstreetashburton.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 89

SuRREy HIllS 1 Guildford Road This appealing Californian Bungalow offers an idyllic family lifestyle in a coveted location. Featuring a warm and inviting interior with a north-facing rear aspect comprising formal sitting & adjacent dining room, 3 bedrooms (main/ ensuite), family bathroom, laundry plus stylish marble and stainless steel kitchen with a spacious living/dining area (cathedral ceilings) opening to a private leafy garden and paved outdoor entertaining area. Features include polished timber floors, ducted heating/cooling, OSP/2.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 1pm

Inspect

Thursday 1.15-1.45pm & Saturday from 12.30pm

Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

Web

www.1guildfordroadsurreyhills.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

PRAHRAn 19 Highbury Grove The classic Victorian allure of this freestanding Hawthorn brick residence is seamlessly merged with scintillating designer style. A masterful combination of ornate ceilings and dark timber floors is highlighted through double arched hallway, three bedrooms (2OFP/BIRs) and stunning bathroom. Sensational contemporary Smeg kitchen featuring stone benches and generous living/dining room (OFP) open to north facing deck and private aromatic garden. Features hydronic heating, Euro-laundry, irrigation, double garage.

90 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Thursday 23rd February at 6.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12.45-1.15pm & from 6pm

Contact

James McCormack 0410 503 389 Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939

Web

www.19highburygroveprahran.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

CAMBERWEll 43 Broadway A classic Edwardian situated on the coveted Tara Estate close to Camberwell Junction largely in original condition offering an exceptional opportunity to renovate and extend out/up (STCA) with capital gain prospects. With a northern rear aspect it currently comprises entrance hall, three bedrooms, full-width living/dining, bathroom, kitchen with meals alcove and external laundry, WC and storage shed. Other features include period attributes, gas heating, established cottage gardens, storage shed, carport+tandem OSP.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March

Contact

Mark Sutherland 0418 691 585 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

Web

www.43broadwaycamberwell.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

SANDRINgHAM 34 Edward Street Welcome to “Isandhlwana”, where Victorian grandeur and a beachside address make for magnificent living. Renovated to create today’s luxury, this 3-bedroom home has a beautiful sitting room, grand dining room and zoned family room. Marble fireplaces, leadlight and Baltic pine floors are matched with a deluxe parents’ suite, hydronic heating and Miele kitchen. Fine design continues outdoors, with a north-facing garden and double garage. Metres from the bay, “Isandhlwana” is a private indulgence near parks, schools and shops.

Expressions of Interest Close Tuesday 6th March at 5pm Inspect

Wednesday 11-11.30am & 6.30-7pm Saturday 3-3.30pm

Contact

Kate Stickland 0400 125 946 Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058

Web

www.34edwardstreetsandringham.com

Office

312 New Street Brighton 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 91

SuRREy HILLS 19 Anderson Street This charming Edwardian home offers complete family harmony in classic period surrounds comprising hallway, four bedrooms, two of which are upstairs with a retreat, balcony and powder room, period-styled ensuite and bathroom, formal sitting room, laundry plus a superb kitchen and spacious informal living and dining area overlooking a private rear garden and sandstone paved entertaining area shaded by a magnificent Oak tree.

Features include alarm, OFP’s, R/C air-conditioners, roof/ under-house storage, carport.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday from 11am

Contact

James Tostevin 0417 003 333 Zali Booker 0422 576 049

Web

www.19andersonstreetsurreyhills.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

MALvERn EAST 43 Boston Avenue Idyllically situated, this charming c1921 timber residence’s attractive and generous indoor/outdoor spaces provide year round family enjoyment. High ceilings are highlighted through inviting sitting room (OFP) and three spacious bedrooms with two bright bathrooms. Stylish contemporary European kitchen, separate study, generous dining area and family living room open to a deep west facing private garden boasting an exceptionally large covered entertaining area. Features ducted heating, RC/air-conditioner, laundry and 2x carport.

Land: 595sqm/6,401sqft approx.

92 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 12.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 12noon

Contact

John Manton 0411 444 930 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913

Web

www.43bostonavenuemalverneast.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

MALveRN eAST 56 Brunel Street Impressive, elegant exterior lines frame the light-filled spaces of this inviting three bedroom, two bathroom residence ideally located amidst a leafy streetscape close to Hedgeley Dene Gardens and Central Park. Refined north facing living and an accompanying formal dining domain lead to separate everyday living/dining spaces surrounded by a completely private courtyard and an open-plan kitchen with walk-in pantry. Large bedrooms, marble bathrooms. Heating/cooling, ample cupboard space and a double garage.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday & Saturday 12-12.30pm

Contact

Mark Williams 0417 189 377 Adam Jack 0418 613 188

Web

www.56brunelstreetmalverneast.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

PoRT MeLBouRNe 38 Clark Street Transformed into a contemporary residence offering genuine three bedroom, two bathroom accommodation close to Port Melbourne Primary, parkland, the beach, the light rail and Bay Street. Living/dining areas link to outdoor spaces while a galley kitchen features walk-in pantry and Smeg appliances. The downstairs main bedroom’s designer ensuite and walk-in robes offer consummate comfort while upstairs, two further bedrooms (BIR’s) share a second bathroom and study/retreat. Ducted heating, air conditioning, alarm, attic storage and off street parking via Nelson Street.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 2.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 6-6.30pm & Saturday 11-11.30am

Contact

Kaine Lanyon 0411 875 478 Sam Hobbs 0404 164 444

Web

www.38clarkstreetportmelbourne.com

Office

119 Bridport Street Albert Park 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 93

ARMAdAlE 2 Clendon Road Perfectly situated near Beatty Avenue, this freestanding solid brick Edwardian residence’s blend of period elegance and modern comfort confirms its instant appeal. High ceilings are highlighted through elegant 3rd bedroom/ sitting room, main bedroom with ensuite/WIR, parents retreat/study area, second bedroom with BIR and OFP. Modern Smeg kitchen and light-filled living/dining room open to northeast courtyard. Features ducted heating, RC/air-conditioning, alarm, Euro-laundry, OSP.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 10am

Inspect

Wednesday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 3.30-4pm

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Justin Krongold 0403 163 355

Web

www.2clendonroadarmadale.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

BAlWyn 4 Conway Crescent This delightful post Edwardian double fronted home is beautifully renovated offering period detail with the comforts of modern living whilst providing scope to extend up and out if desired (STCA). Zoned for Chatham primary school and walking distance to Whitehorse Road tram/ shops/cafes. Comprises three bedrooms, modern bathroom, entertainer’s kitchen and spacious living and dining room opening through French doors to paved entertaining area.

Features ducted heating, air conditioning, studio, carport and OSP.

94 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 11-11.30am

Contact

Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766 Stuart Evans 0402 067 710

Web

www.4conwaycrescentbalwyn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

PRAHRAn 6 Highbury Grove A light-filled oasis secluded on a deep landscaped block with auto double garage/storage, this wonderful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom freestanding Victorian delivers seamlessly integrated indoor/outdoor living and entertaining moments to High Street. Spectacular living/ dining overlooking alfresco area and garden, granite gourmet kitchen with European appliances, ducted heating, air-conditioning, alarm and open fireplaces. Surprisingly spacious, brilliantly appointed and perfectly positioned to Hawksburn Village and shops.

Land: 404sqm/4348sqft (approx).

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 12.45-1.15pm & Saturday from 10am

Contact

John Morrisby 0411 875 476 Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939

Web

www.6highburygroveprahran.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

MALVERn EAST 123 Manning Road Significant size, second frontage to Lloyd Street and additional laneway frontage distinguish the allotment that surrounds this livable now four bedroom Edwardian. Useful plans for renovating/ extending or 2x 28 square town residences (STCA) are complemented by a northern aspect, 100 m from Lloyd Street Primary. Traditional formal rooms are arranged around a functional central kitchen. One of Malvern East’s most enticing opportunities. Leased until July 2012. Land: 611sqm (approx).

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 5-5.30pm & Saturday 1.45-2.15pm

Contact

Jason Brinkworth 0416 006 282 James Redfern 0412 360 667

Web

www.123manningroadmalverneast.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 95

BAlWyN 122 Rochester Road Superb Fasham Johnson designed & built home offering generous formal/informal living, floor-to-ceiling windows + northern orientation providing abundance of natural light & garden vistas. Comprises: foyer, study, three bedrooms (BIRs, main/ensuite), bathroom (separate WC) and laundry, open-plan kitchen/living, northern paved entertaining area with gas/solar-heated I/G pool and spa. Features include: energy efficiency, scope to renovate or build (STCA), 4,500ltr tank, remote gates/intercom, double carport.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 10.15-10.45am & Saturday from 10am

Contact

Désirée Wakim 0412 336 266 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

Web

www.122rochesterroadbalwyn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

pRAHRAN EAST 23 Westbourne Street Enviably situated near Hawksburn Village, this stunning block-fronted single level Victorian residence brilliantly marries subtle period allure with fabulous contemporary design. High ceilings & dark timber floors instantly convey the designer’s flair through arched hallway, 3 bedrooms (2BIRs) & stylish bathroom with Euro-laundry. North & west facing decked courtyards surround & stunning Julian Ronchi designed garden surround generous living & dining with contemporary Miele kitchen boasting stone benches.

Feat ducted heating/cooling, RC/air-con, automatic watering system & automatic awnings over rear courtyard.

96 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 3-3.30pm

Contact

Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913 Andrew Hayne 0418 395 349

Web

www.23westbournestreetprahran.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

PORT MELBOURnE 228 Ross Street Brilliant ideas are beautifully expressed throughout the renovation of this engaging Edwardian offering 3 bedroom (plus study) 2 bathroom luxury in walking distance of parklands, beach, Bay Street, City and light rail. Generous living/dining areas flow through to a landscaped private courtyard whilst an open plan kitchen boasts stone island bench and European appliance. Upstairs main bedroom is a zone of its own, with designer en-suite and study/ nursery retreat. Ducted heating/cooling provides year round comfort. A commitment to quality has delivered a stunning outcome. Move in and immediately enjoy.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 1.30pm

Inspect

Wednesday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 12.30-1pm

Contact

Damian O’Sullivan 0418 566 916 Simon Gowling 0422 234 644

Web

www.228rossstreetportmelbourne.com

Office

119 Bridport Street Albert Park 9822 9999

BALWyn 3 Evergreen Avenue Modern, low-maintenance, single level home on a compact (387 sq m / 4,166 sq ft) allotment with its own street frontage and completely separate title, in a most convenient location, just 400m from Whitehorse Road tram, shops, library and community centre. Comprises: entrance hall, spacious living room, separate dining room, well appointed kitchen, family room, main bedroom with ensuite, two further double bedrooms, main bathroom, laundry, double garage.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11.45-12.15pm & Saturday 12.30-1pm

Contact

Ross Stryker 0401 318 772 Doug McLauchlan 0418 377 718

Web

www.3evergreenavenuebalwyn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 97

BALWYN 3/7 Grey Street Brand new single level Daniel Robertson brick town residence one of three in private and secure rear position in a coveted Balwyn location featuring dark teak stained Black Butt floors, plenty of natural light and private northfacing entertaining deck and garden accessed from a living/ dining area with a stylish Miele/CaesarStone kitchen; plus 3 bedrooms (main/WIR/ensuite), pristine bathroom and laundry. Features include alarm, porcelain tiling, quality fixtures/fittings, ducted vacuum and R/C heating/cooling, solar+gas boosted/HWS, remote/garage.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 11.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday 10.15-10.45am

Contact

Zali Booker 0422 576 049 James Tostevin 0417 003 333

Web

www.3-7greystreetbalwyn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

ARMADALE 618 Orrong Road Expansive Orrong Park unfolds directly opposite this stunning architect-renovated Victorian enhancing a peaceful ambience, stylish designer interior and secluded rear entertainment area. Nestled in a plane tree setting behind a convenient car space, this smoothly rendered 3 bedroom home brilliantly blends classical and contemporary styles for outstanding single-level indoor/ outdoor living close to fabulous High Street and Toorak station. Heating/cooling, alarm, OFPs, northerly orientation, Miele kitchen.

98 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 1.30-2pm & Saturday 11.45-12.15pm

Contact

John Morrisby 0411 875 476 Daniel Wheeler 0411 676 058

Web

www.618orrongroadarmadale.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

SuRRey HILLS 19 Theodore Street Superbly situated on a substantial allotment boasting 3 street frontages and potential views to the Dandenongs, this classic solid brick period residence represents an exceptional opportunity to renovate, rebuild or develop (STCA). Comfortably presented through generous living and dining rooms opening out to an elevated deck and northeast garden, bright modern well equipped kitchen, main bedroom with BIR and en-suite, two further bedrooms and powder-room. Features ducted heating, airconditioner, double carport.

Land: 675sqm/7265sqft (approx).

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 3.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 2.30-3pm & Saturday 1-1.30pm

Contact

Duane Wolowiec 0418 567 581 Peter Bennison 0418 332 864

Web

www.19theodorestreetsurreyhills.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

MALveRN 1/13 valetta Street Impeccably stylish and beautifully maintained boutique town residence offers an enviable, secure, lock up and leave lifestyle near Glenferrie Road. Natural light streams through formal living and dining room, superbly equipped Miele kitchen and relaxed living/dining room opening to landscaped north-facing courtyard. Three good-sized bedrooms (BIRs) upstairs includes main with stylish ensuite/WIR and second bathroom. Features ducted heating/ cooling, alarm, ducted vacuum, powder-room, laundry, irrigation, double garage.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 10am

Contact

James Redfern 0412 360 667 Madeline Kennedy 0411 873 913

Web

www.1-13valettastreetmalvern.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 99

CAMBERWELL 51 Rowell Avenue This attractive semi-detached townhouse located close to Camberwell Junction boasts a preferred northern aspect and surprisingly spacious interior comprising oiled hardwood hallway, 3 bedrooms, sparkling bathroom plus a formal living room leading to an open-plan kitchen with Euro appliances, concealed laundry and generous living/ dining area opening to a deck and tranquil rear garden shaded by a Golden Robinia tree - perfect for alfresco entertaining. Features include ducted heating, R/C airconditioner, carport+tandem OSP.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 2.30pm

Inspect

Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 3.30-4pm

Contact

DĂŠsirĂŠe Wakim 0412 336 266 Hamish Tostevin 0408 004 766

Web

www.51rowellavenuecamberwell.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999

SOuTH yARRA 33 Clara Street A brilliant location offering both tree-lined tranquility and close proximity to both Toorak Road and Chapel Street highlights the enormous renovation, rebuilding or development opportunity presented by this charming double block fronted Victorian residence. (STCA) Behind a wide frontage, it retains many original details including high ceilings through arched hallway, three spacious bedrooms, bathroom, living room, kitchen with meals area opening to west-facing courtyard. An exceptional opportunity. Land: 220sqm/2368sqft (approx).

100 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 1.30am

Inspect

Thursday 11.30-12noon & Saturday from 1pm

Contact

Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 James McCormack 0410 503 389

Web

www.33clarastreetsouthyarra.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

pRAHRAN 31 York Street Sensational streamlined designer style and a brilliant inner urban location highlight the exceptional lifestyle appeal of this stunning solid brick Victorian residence.

Comprehensively renovated with superb flair throughout, timber floors flow through hallway, spacious main bedroom (BIRs) with spacious mezzanine study, second bedroom (BIRs) and designer bathroom. Ultra stylish Miele/Bosch kitchen and light-filled living/dining space extend out to northwest courtyard. Features ducted heating, RC/airconditioning, Euro–laundry.

Auction

Saturday 25th February at 11.30am

Inspect

Wednesday 2-2.30pm & Saturday from 11am

Contact

Dean Gilbert 0418 994 939 James McCormack 0410 503 389

Web

www.31yorkstreetprahran.com

Office

1111 High Street Armadale 9822 9999

HAWTHORN 2/1 Myrtle Street A superbly renovated semi-detached Edwardian home featuring an all-white interior with sky-lit double-arched hallway, new carpets and contemporary timber floors and comprising 2 bedrooms, living room (conservatory bay window), stylish kitchen, bathroom, concealed laundry and stunning north-facing dining area with cathedral ceilings and extensive glass areas plus private garden with rear access; R/C heating/cooling. Enviably located in a culde-sac with easy access to the Yarra River, shopping and transport options.

Auction

Saturday 3rd March at 10.30am

Inspect

Thursday 2-2.30pm & Saturday 10-10.30am

Contact

Désirée Wakim 0412 336 266 Matthew Elder 0408 052 406

Web

www.2-1myrtlestreethawthorn.com

Office

266 Auburn Road Hawthorn 9822 9999 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 101

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BURWOOD | 25 Andrews Street

This immaculately presented 1950’s residence balances inviting three bedroom accommodation with a peaceful yet convenient position just minutes from Deakin University, leading schools and the newly refurbished Burwood Plaza. Spacious, stylishly updated interiors are complemented by alfresco entertaining, ducted heating and cooling plus a large shed/workshop. Land size 18.28/41.6m x 43.67/25.9m approximately.

4/561 Glenferrie Road

Auction Saturday 3rd March at 10.30am View Thursday 1-1.30pm, Saturday 2-2.30pm Contact Lachie Fraser-Smith 0418 399 182 Simon Dale 0425 771 377 Office 1215 High Street, Armadale 9864 5000

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Sun Splashed Sophistication. An impressive modern design, this contemporary 2 bedroom ground floor security apartment defines cosmopolitan chic in a sensational location featuring a light-filled living & dining area, gorgeous north-facing undercover balcony, stylish Smeg kitchen, 2 bright double bedrooms (WIR/BIRs), vogue bathrooms (ensuite) and secure underground parking with additional storage cage. An unbeatable lifestyle, so close to terrific restaurants and shopping, schools and city by foot, tram or train.

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1 Saturday 3 March at 11.00 Thu 12.00-12.30 & Sat 1.00-1.30 Tony Nathan 0412 285 066 Caroline Hammill 0418 334 561 273 Camberwell Road Camberwell 9805 1111

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SOUTH YARRA 6/371 Toorak Road

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With security entrance, lift access, lockable storage cage, two undercover car spaces and the potential to add value with a cosmetic upgrade over time, it presents an opportunity not to be missed.

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2 Saturday 25 February at 11.00 Thu 12.30-1.00 & Sat 10.3011.00 Prue Jones 0419 352 439 26 Seddon Street Ivanhoe 9499 1276

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733 RathdowNe StReet

Exceptional commercial/residential opportunity occupying a prominent corner block in the heart of Rathdowne Street Village, this gorgeous shopfront and separate 3BR residence presents a unique and versatile city-edge investment opportunity, moments from cafés and restaurants, Curtain Square and Lygon Street trams.

auct this Sat at 2.30 pm Price Guide $1.35 m - $1.5 m James Keenan 0418 580 620 Mark Verrocchi 0413 135 935 open thurs 12 - 12.30 pm

414 Rathdowne Street Carlton North 9347 4322

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Saturday 17th March, at 11.00 a.m.

Inspect:

Saturday 2.00 – 2.30 pm

Land size: 15.44/15.27 x 65.73/64.18 sq m (approx) Contact:

Jonathon O’Donoghue 0412 745 707 Nick Pane 0418 344 381 Simon O’Donoghue 0407 315 049

269 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, 3124

• Classically comfortable family residence • Ready to update or extend • Deep garden dimensions offer many varied options • Promising development/sub-division scope, STCA • Close to schools, shops and public transport

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TOORAK 46 Canberra Road Timeless Wayne Gillsepie Luxury Nestled in a tranquil corner just metres from parkland & the Yarra, this elegant family residence delivers an abundance of space & light with utmost privacy & seclusion. The 3-storey home feat. a light-filled reception foyer, formal sitting room with FP, formal dining room, study, family room, kitchen with pantry, outdoor dining/BBQ area & pool. Also comprising 4 BRs with BIRs & balcony access (main with en suite & WIRs), skylit central bathroom, remote-controlled double garage, large store room/workshop, cellar, laundry, ducted heating, AC, intercom & security.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Fri 9th Mar 5pm View.

By Appointment Wednesday 11.30-12pm & 5-5.30pm Call.

Ross Savas 0418 322 994 Andrew Sahhar 0417 363 358 Michael Armstrong 0407 063 263 Office.

226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

TOORAK 16 Selborne Road Bespoke Contemporary Classic Situated on one of Toorak’s best streets, this 2-storey Christopher Doyle classic featuring a grand entrance foyer, formal sitting/dining rooms, casual dining & living zone, & alfresco dining precinct – all with OFPs. 2 kitchens with quality appliances & cellar, home office & library complete the ground floor. Upstairs provides a luxurious main BR with WIRs & en suite, & 3 additional BRs with robes & en suites. Also includes garaging for 3 cars & OSP, pool & spa, parquetry floors, marble benchtops, integrated sound system, intercom, security, heating & cooling.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Fri 9th Mar 4pm View.

By Appointment Wednesday 1-1.30pm & 77.30pm Call.

Ross Savas 0418 322 994 Michael Armstrong 0407 063 263 Andrew Sahhar 0417 363 358 Office.

226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 117

TOORAK 135 Canterbury Road An Exceptional Rob Mills Residence Designed to exact standards and constructed with meticulous attention to detail this outstanding modern residence is positioned only on short stroll to the Toorak Village.

Comprises: Grand entry, formal living room, large study/recreational room, exceptional European kitchen with adjoining dining area and open plan family room OFP. Upstairs: Main Bedroom inc ensuite, city skyline views, dressing room & 2 further bedrooms. Further enhanced by basement parking for 3-4 cars, limestone & marble finishes, polished timber flooring & 3.3m ceilings.

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Saturday 3rd Mar 3pm Thursday 11-11.30am & 5.30-6pm Nicole Gleeson 0414 809 221 Matt Davis 0412 466 858 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

SOUTH YARRA 83 Caroline Street Prime Contemporary Luxury In South Yarra Designed by Peter Carmichael, this Victorian gem delivers luxury & comfort on approx. 895sqm. Feat. lightfilled OPL areas, outdoor entertaining spaces, sitting room with OFP, modern kitchen with quality appliances & walk-in pantry, main BR with en suite, WIRs, marble OFP & courtyard; separate guest house with 2nd BR & bathroom, space for additional BR with en suite (STCA), air-con, hydronic heating, cellar, powder room, laundry, garage with storage & OSP. Located within walking distance to the Botanic Gardens, restaurants, shops & transport.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Tue 28th Feb 5pm View.

Wednesday 12-12.30pm & 6-6.30pm Call.

Darren Lewenberg 0412 555 556 Gowan Stubbings 0412 269 999 Michael Gibson 0418 530 392 Office.

226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

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MELBOURNE 1702/480 St Kilda Road The Metropolis Penthouse Exclusive top floor 2 story penthouse residence at the Iconic Metropolis, featuring an exceptional bespoke interior and spectacular uninterrupted views of Albert Park and Port Phillip Bay. This substantial 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom residence, with separate study, features granite kitchen with European appliances, home theatre, winter garden and excellent indoor and outdoor entertaining areas for year round enjoyment, totalling approx. 390 sqm.

Also providing a 3 car lock-up garage, large secure storeroom, gymnasium and heated lap pool.

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By Appointment Thursday 1:00 – 1:30pm Tim Blackett 0400 780 700 Tom Staughton 0411 554 850 Alex Schiavo 0419 239 549 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

MALVERN EAST 17 Coppin Street Magnificent Victorian In Prized Gascoigne Estate Set on a deep north facing landscaped allotment (830sqm approx.) within the prestigious Gascoigne Estate, this renovated Victorian residence featuring stunning interiors by Stuart Rattle, charming period details & low-maintenance garden surrounds. Comprising: living & entertaining spaces (OFP), kitchen with Gaggenau appliances & pantry, 4 BRs (main with en suite & WIR), study with OFP, central bathroom, alfresco deck & pool. This striking home also incl. hydronic heating, AC, cellar, 32,000L water tank & carport for 2 cars.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Thu 15th Mar 5pm View.

Wednesday 1-1.30pm & 5-5.30pm Call.

Gowan Stubbings 0412 269 999 Michael Gibson 0418 530 392 Matt Davis 0412 466 858 Office.

226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 121

HAWTHORN EAST 2 Buley Street Contemporary Family Oasis Spectacular streamlined spaces merge seamlessly with native-inspired garden surroundings creating an irresistible synergy to complement the brilliant functionality of this outstanding four bedroom, four bathroom architect designed residence. Anderson Park proximity just moments to Tooronga Village, leading schools & freeway. Auto DLUG, 37000l raintank, home office, lounge room, living/dining, home theatre, Ilve/Bosch kitchen, heating/cooling, Philippe Stark & Roger Sellers fittings, alfresco areas & solar/gas heated pool.

kayburton.com.au 122 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

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Saturday 3rd Mar 2pm Thursday 12-12.30pm Nicole Gleeson 0414 809 221 Tim Picken 0419 305 802 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

HAWTHORN 33 Kooyongkoot Road Classic Scotch Hill Home On Magnificent Land One of the most significant Scotch Hill openings seen for some time, this substantial 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom English-style residence graces an extensive 2800sqm (approx.) with 40m frontage affording a richly rewarding indoor/outdoor family lifestyle. N/S Mod-grass floodlit tennis court, tiled pool, alfresco terraces, executive study, lounge, sitting room, dining room, conservatory, family room, comprehensive Miele kitchen, studio apartment, heating/cooling, gas fireplaces, alarm, double garage tes. Near private schools, parklands, shopping, trams.

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By Appointment Thursday 2 – 3pm and Saturday 3 – 4pm Call.

Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 Office.

553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

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Glen IrIs 35a Peate Avenue Peaceful Oasis Of Space And Water Ideally situated in a quiet, tightly-held location convenient to all amenities, this executive-style residence with 4 bdrms (all with ensuites), study and 3-car garage seamlessly combines indoor and outdoor living spaces to offer year-round comfort, convenience and style. From the Silver Travertine tiles around the swimming pool, to the sweeping city vistas, to the extensive use of White Carrara Marble, everything about this pristine property adds joy and grace to the art of living it inspires.

Expressions of Interest. Close Thu 15th Mar 5pm View.

Thursday 12-12.30pm & 6-6.30pm & Saturday 12-12.45pm Call.

Cher Coad 0412 252 858 Sam Wilkinson 0400 169 148 Jason Scillio 0418 554 115 Office.

226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

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AUCTION SATURDAY

CANTERBURY 29 Hopetoun Avenue Substantial Open-Plan Family Domain An elite Golden Mile address provides enviable environs for this impressive 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom residence crafted to exacting standards by highly-respected Kokoda Property. Superbly appointed and beautifully finished boasting spacious proportions and lush, secluded garden near excellent schools, Maling Road, park and trains. Offers dining and sitting room, huge family room to alfresco area, Miele/Smeg kitchen, substantial upstairs retreat, heating/cooling, vacuum, European Oak parquetry, raintanks and auto double lock up garage.

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Saturday 25th Feb 1pm Thursday 11-11.30am Sam Wilkinson 0400 169 148 Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 125

CANTERBURY 22 Victoria Avenue Golden Mile Family Grandeur ‘Shewalton’ (c1895) commands a grand presence amidst magnificent grounds affording a rare family lifestyle opportunity on a prestigious Golden Mile avenue. Painstakingly restored merging original grandeur with craftsmen-built additions, this majestic 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom plus powder room Victorian (approx 60sqs) exudes an air of unrivalled refinement and luxury on a 1815m2 allotment (approx.). Offers north-facing selfcleaning pool, study, library/billiard room, sumptuous dining, sitting, family room, Miele kitchen, 3500-capacity Connoisseurs thermostatically controlled subfloor Cellar, ornate marble open fireplaces, underground 60,000l raintank, attic storage in both the house and auto DLUG. Stroll to private schools.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Mon 5th Mar 5pm View.

Thursday & Saturday 1-1.30pm Call.

Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Michael Armstrong 0407 063 263 Office.

553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

CAMBERWELL 11 Wiringa Avenue Contemporary Single Level In Cul-De-Sac Family fundamentals are addressed with a consummate commitment to contemporary style, quality and the environment in this stunning as-new four bedroom plus study residence peacefully positioned in a cul-de-sac.

Stroll to St Dominic’s Primary, Highfield Park, shops and trams from this light-filled domain with child-friendly northerly rear garden and covered entertainment area. Double-glazing, solar hotwater, raintanks (5 star energy rating), heating/cooling, lounge, vast and versatile family zone.

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Saturday 3rd Mar 10am Thursday 11-11.30am Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 Sam Wilkinson 0400 169 148 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 127

ELWOOD 67 Ormond Esplanade Renovated Beach Front Residence This renovated grand 1920’s residence retaining many period features opposite Elwood Beach and only moments to Elwood Village, has been renovated with meticulous attention to detail.

Located on a magnificent block of approx 800sqm, this home offers an elegant entry hall, formal sitting room complete with OFP, casual living area flowing out to in-ground pool and established gardens. 5 BRs, main with dressing room and ens, 2 further bathrooms and powder room. Upstairs feat. a large O/P living and dining area with Bay views opening onto an entertaining terrace complete with outdoor fireplace, Gourmet kitchen with adjoining butlers pantry, additional expansive terrace also leading to Garden, fitted study and Gym. Add. features include double LUG with ample storage and adjoining cellar, as well as off street parking.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Fri 9th Mar 5pm View.

Thursday 11-11.30am & 6.30-7pm Call.

Alex Schiavo 0419 239 549 Ross Savas 0418 322 994 Office.

101 Dundas Place, Albert Park

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

BRIGHTON 192 Church Street “Aldgour� Circa 1892 Secluded on grand grounds of some 14,400sqft/1337m2 on Church Street Hill, this illustrious 4-bedroom plus a study Victorian residence balances period originality with contemporary appointments in this premier address. Towering domed ceilings and grand rooms convey a sense of openness throughout the house; while outlooks across the established gardens with a wrap-around verandah and raised terraces provide a beautiful backdrop. Magnificent reception and dining rooms complement a light-filled family living room & glassed conservatory, contemporary granite & Ilve kitchen with walk-in pantry, solar heated in-ground pool and 4-car garage in this Blue Chip location walking distance to cafes, cinema, schools & transport.

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View.

Wednesday & Saturday 12.30-1pm Call.

Ian Jackson 0419 593 663 Gail Pullen 0407 852 041 Stewart Lopez 0418 377 757 Office.

36 Carpenter (Cnr Church) Street, Brighton

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BLACK ROCK 11 First Street Substance And Stature Quality Jon Friedrich design, luxurious finishes and abundant natural light present significant drawcards to this low-maintenance 2-storey, 4-bedroom plus a study family home set within classical established gardens with a solar-heated pool in this coveted address, close to the beach. An impressive sense of space is conveyed throughout the home from the dramatic entrance foyer to the columned reception rooms with a gas fireplace; and spacious open-plan living and dining areas with a wet bar with lounge. The granite kitchen is tailored to entertaining; and the master bedroom has a grand marble spa ensuite & balcony. Features a family spa bathroom, remote gates to a double garage, slab heated marble flooring and reverse cycle heating/cooling.

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Expressions of Interest. Close Tue 6th Mar 5pm View.

By Appointment Call.

Justin Follett 0405 996 822 Miranda Leeden 0499 475 616 Office.

36 Carpenter (Cnr Church) Street, Brighton

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

TOORAK 26 Woodside Crescent Contemporary Luxury By Wayne Gillespie

TOORAK 33 Evans Court Designer Luxury At Its Finest

This Wayne Gillespie designed town residence offers contemporary living at its very best. Comp formal & informal living/entertaining areas (OFP), European kitch, established gardens, 3 BR’s (main with en suite), study, laundry and double LUG. Featuring, heating/cooling, alarm and watering system.

Featuring renovated interiors by Stuart Rattle & landscaping by Paul Bangay, this Nicholas Day classic feat. grand living & dining precincts with FP, study with FP, limestone kitchen with balcony & European appl., main BR with limestone en suite, 2 further BRs with en suites & balconies, lndry, pwdr rm, dble garage & storeroom.

Expressions of Interest Close Monday 27th Feb 5pm View Thursday 12-12.30pm & 66.30pm

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 1pm Michael Gibson 0418 530 392 View Thursday 1-1.30pm & 5-5.30pm Matt Davis 0412 466 858 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

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Matt Davis 0412 466 858 Michael Gibson 0418 530 392 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

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TOORAK 24 Tashinny Road Spacious Family Home

TOORAK 2/744 Orrong Road “Monticello�- The Consumate Apartment

Family home on 689sqm(approx.) between Hawksburn & Toorak Village. Formal living rm with gas FP, family rm with atrium style meals off reno. kitch with Smeg & Miele appliances, entertaining garden, 4 BRs (main & 2nd BR ens & WIRs). Feats: timber flrs, heat/ cool, two large terraces, single gge & car port via ROW.

Only mins to Toorak Village is this 20sq/185 sqm of internal living apart featuring 2BRs, with study/library, formal living/dining & kitchen with casual meal/living area is finished to the highest possible standard. Feat extensive wrap around terrace with North aspect, beautiful garden & basement garaging for 2 cars.

Expressions of Interest Close Monday 5th Mar 5pm View Thursday 1-1.30pm & 5.30-6pm, Saturday 2-2.30pm

Auction Sunday 4th Mar 12noon View Wednesday 12-12.30pm & 66.30pm

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Matthew Wassylko 0412 793 544 Gowan Stubbings 0412 269 999 Matt Davis 0412 466 858 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Michael Armstrong 0407 063 263 Ross Savas 0418 322 994 Andrew Sahhar 0417 363 358 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

PRAHRAN 3/42 Grandview Grove Spacious & Gracious Apartment

SOUTH YARRA 58 Tivoli Road Effortless Hilltop Luxury

A magnificent dress circle location enhances this captivating 2 bedroom plus study ground-floor apartment with LUG in a landmark block. Peacefully positioned combining original refinement and contemporary finesse enjoying older-style proportions and modern features by Hawksburn Village, Orrong Park, trams.

Set on 555sqm (approx.) atop Tivoli Hill is this single-level solid brick Victorian residence feat. bright living/dining areas, kit. with quality appl., entertaining garden, 4 BRs & modern central bathrm. Other features incl. timber floors, motorised blinds, heating & cooling, irrigation, laundry, dbl garage via ROW.

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 3.30pm View Wednesday 1-1.30pm

Expressions of Interest Close Wednesday 7th Mar 5pm View Wednesday 12-12.30pm & 5.306pm

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Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 Chris Alcock 0407 907 748 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Nicole Gleeson 0414 809 221 Michael Gibson 0418 530 392 Matt Davis 0412 466 858 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

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AUCTION SATURDAY

GLEN IRIS 39 Denman Avenue A Northern Entertainer, Family Style

HAWTHORN 3A Hambledon Road Scotch Hill Retreat With River Views

This stylish single-level 4-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom plus a study north-facing residence with a heated pool provides a sophisticated indoor-outdoor lifestyle in this prized parkland precinct. North-facing living/dining opening to deck, entertainer’s kitchen, rumpus room, double garage.

Savour tranquil views directly onto the Yarra River and parkland from this outstanding Scotch Hill haven exclusively located in a secluded cul-de-sac.

Featuring a wonderful Northern alfresco terrace, this fabulous three bedroom town residence directly accesses Yarra River parkland.

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 11am View Thursday 2-2.30pm

Auction Saturday 25th Feb 12noon View Thursday 1-1.30pm

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Gowan Stubbings 0412 269 999 Jay Giblett 0417 681 312 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Nicole Gleeson 0414 809 221 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

AUCTION SATURDAY

KEW 4 Belmont Avenue Gracious Villa, Prestige Position Secluded among plane trees in the highly-coveted private school precinct, this attractive 4 bedroom Victorian (1893) displays beautiful heritage character and modern convenience. Stroll to trams, parks and shops.

Auction Saturday 25th Feb 11am View Wednesday 12-12.30pm Vendor Advocacy Australia

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Judy Balloch 0408 753 877 Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

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KEW 5 New Street Signature Style, Convenient Cul-De-Sac

MONT ALBERT 8 Trafalgar Street Enviable Address For Family Success

As good as new just got better with this stunning three bedroom, two bathroom home merging masterful design, superior quality and desirable style in a quiet culde-sac near High Street. Rear OSP (2) and north-facing garden complement this brilliant low-maintenance residence near park, trams, shops and school..

‘Clovelly’ is a superb 4BR & study English-style residence in one of Mont Albert’s best tree lined St’s possessing excellent proportions & character just moments to Mont Albert Village. A one family owned home that has tastefully evolved; further potential to improve/create your own stunning lifestyle on 800sqm aprx allotment.

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 3pm View Wednesday 1-1.30pm

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 1pm View Thursday 1-1.30pm

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Judy Balloch 0408 753 877 Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 Sam Wilkinson 0400 169 148 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

SURREY HILLS 32 Kingston Road Spectacular Size In Family Locale

KEW 43 Edgevale Road Enchanting Victorian Gem

Enjoying a family-focused location; space is in abundance for relaxed living with this inviting four bedroom, two bathroom home on a huge allotment. Tastefully improved with a flexible floorplan, plentiful parking and massive shed while superbly situated near Maling Rd, park, Chatham Primary and trains.

Perfectly positioned close to amenities, this free-standing Victorian feat. a wide entrance hall that leads to 3 double bedrooms with BIRs & OFPs, a modern kitchen, large refurbished bathrm with laundry & generous sun-filled living/dining area with floor to ceiling windows which flows to a North/West facing garden.

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 11am View Thursday 12-12.30pm

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 12noon View Thursday 11-11.30am & 66.30pm, Saturday 11-11.30am

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Scott Patterson 0417 581 074 Chris Alcock 0407 907 748 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Tim Picken 0419 305 802 Rebecca Edwards 0423 759 481 553 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111 february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 137

ARMADALE 4/69 Denbigh Road Unique Award Winning Architecture Located near High St shops & transport this unique church conversion town residence at the rear of a boutique complex with N/W orientation & courtyard with priv entry. Offers o/p liv/din with cathedral ceilings, Miele kitch, main BR (WIR & ens), upstairs 2BRs + study, 2nd bathrm, timber flrs, heat/cool, storerm & 2 OSP’s.

Auction Sunday 4th Mar 11am View Wednesday 12-12.30pm & 6-6.30pm

Gary Ormrod 0419 588 331 Peter Kudelka 0418 319 439 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

SORRENTO 17 Hiskens Street “Rosealan”

PRAHRAN 11 Spring Street Hawksburn Village Locale

A unique combination: this stylish, modern 4/5 bedroom, 2 bathroom home, on an elevated 1619 sqm in Old Sorrento, offers solar heated swimming pool, N/S mod grass tennis court, spacious living & dining rooms, glamorous kitchen, expansive entertaining decks & fully fenced garden. DLUG, jet ski & trailer space.

This recently modernised solid brick, freestanding Victorian home, walking distance to Hawksburn Village and having the added bonus of a north facing rear garden with dble car port from ROW. Comp; Alarm sys, 2BRs, renovated bathroom, open plan living, and dining with new kitchen opening to sunny northern rear garden.

Private Sale View Saturday & Sunday 3-3.30pm

Auction Saturday 10th Mar 11am View Wednesday 5-5.30pm

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Linda Boulter 0438 520 282 Liz Jensen 0418 446 228 3741 Point Nepean Road, Portsea

Peter Kudelka 0418 319 439 Jacqui Ralph 0418 106 068 226 Toorak Road, South Yarra

Albert Park. 9252 1800 Brighton. 9592 6522 Flinders. 5989 1000 Hawthorn. 8862 8000 Portsea. 5984 4744 South Yarra. 9820 1111

Hawthorn

59 Urquhart Street

Auction: Saturday 3rd March 2012 at 11.00 am

Port Melbourne 144 Clark Street Designer Townhouse Living This near new townhouse is located moments to Bay Street shops, parklands and Port Melbourne beach. It offers 2 bedrooms with BIRs, the master inc. a private balcony and ens, retreat/study and central bathroom plus powder room. The open-plan design incorporates spacious kitchen and living areas, flowing out to a generous Terrace. Note: secure storage area and car space with internal access.

Auction Saturday 3rd Mar 12noon View Wednesday 11-11.30am

Potential At Its Most Impressive Behind its original 1920s façade, this substantial Californian Bungalow offers a floor-plan which will respond readily to updating, renovating and extending (STCA).

Currently comprising three ground floor bedrooms, substantial entrance hall, enormous lounge room and separate dining room, bathroom, large kitchen/meals and an additional two bedrooms on the first level. The home retains many of its period features, decorative ceilings and cornices and is situated on a corner block of 756m2 (approx) with a north-facing rear yard.

The position, one of Hawthorn’s best, offers the allure of immediate proximity to public transport, Glenferrie Road shops, some of Melbourne’s premier private schools, Swinburne University and the Yarra River. www.59urquhartstreethawthorn.com

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Syd Sherrin 0418 530 452 Tim Maher 0414 212 290 Richard Simpson 0402 223 027 30 Errol St, North Melbourne

Alex Schiavo 0419 239 549 Tom Staughton 0411 554 850 101 Dundas Place, Albert Park

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Sat 10th March at 12.30pm

12/219 Burke Road, Glen Iris

Fingal 2 Kingston Heath “Golfers’ Dream House” Expressions Of Interest Mortgagee Sale Approx. 1 hour drive from Melbourne is this 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom cedar-clad modern home. Spacious light interiors & expansive views of the Open Course from the open-plan living-dining area that connects to entertainment decks.

Expressions of Interest Close Thursday 1st Mar 5pm View By Appointment

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John Couper 0411 884 641 Jan Couper 0403 805 306 3741 Point Nepean Road, Portsea

Portsea. 5984 4744

Strong Solid Smart 1960’s immaculately maintained block of 16 units 1 bedroom, 1st floor and enjoying a northerly aspect Well equipped kitchen with adjoining meals area, balcony, bath and laundry facilities Sensational location, walking distance to Harold Holt Pool and Gardiner train station Invest or occupy Open Wednesday 3.15-3.45pm & Saturday 1.15-1.45pm Leila Timmer 0418 388 728 Simon Regan 0412 059 900

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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY

TOORAK 14 Evans Court Elevated, double storey, light filled family residence with inground swimming pool, large main rooms, excellent floor plan, wide entrance hall and only a minute's walk to private schools, shops and restaurants. Land size: 700m2 approx. Comprising: Formal lounge, separate dining opening to North facing terrace, kitchen/meals and informal sitting room with built-in bar. Upstairs: 3 generous bedrooms and main bathroom. Other features include lock up garage and ducted heating.

Auction View Web Call Office

Saturday 25th February at 1.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 12.00 - 12.30pm & Saturday from 12.30pm www.14evanscrttoorak.com.au Simon Hicks 0413 713 000 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY

MELBOURNE 914/250 St Kilda Road This stunning and beautifully presented 3 bedroom balconied apartment located minutes to the Arts precinct and CBD, offers stunning views over the Royal Botanic Gardens and CBD. Located on the 9th floor, this as-new apartment offers entrance foyer, secure lift, 3 excellent bedrooms (main with ensuite and WIR), 2nd bathroom, combined lounge and dining, stunning kitchen comprising Poggenpohl bench and Miele appliances with adjoining casual meals opening to large terrace all offering terrific views. Other features include 2 car parks, storage, brilliant pool, gym and sauna and 24hr concierge.

Auction View Call Office

Saturday 25th February at 11.00am (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday 2.00 - 2.30pm & Saturday from 10.30am Tim Wilson 0419 726 769 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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MALVERN EAST

22A Ferncroft Avenue

Perfectly positioned in a tranquil cul de sac opposite Hedgeley Dene Gardens (on its own title), this stunning new luxury residence showcases approx. 67 squares of living and is beautifully appointed throughout. Comprises 4 double bedrooms (2 with ensuites) plus study, generous formal room, Miele equipped kitchen overlooking large informal living/meals area, upstairs additional living area ideal as teenage retreat and downstairs home theatre and gym or 4th living room. Heating/cooling, 5 car basement parking, solar heated in-ground infinity pool, cellar and 10,000 litre water tanks.

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Expressions of Interest Closing Monday 5th March at 5.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Wed 1.00 - 1.30pm & 5.30 - 6.00pm & Sat 1.00 - 1.30pm Call Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777 Kylie Schubert 0408 366 468 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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MALVERN 7 Fraser Street Superbly finished architect designed town residence with 4 car garage, situated a short stroll from Malvern Gardens, High St and Glenferrie Rd shops/restaurants. The generous formal and informal open plan living areas feature stained European Oak floors opening onto a private landscaped courtyard. Gaggenau equipped kitchen with marble benches and butler’s pantry complement 3 double bedrooms each with a beautifully appointed fully tiled ensuite, separate study and powder room. Views to the Dandenong Ranges, alarm, watering system and heat/cool complete this homes already impressive list of credentials.

Auction View Call Office

Saturday 3rd March at 1.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777 Kylie Schubert 0408 366 468 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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MALVERN 9 Woodmason Street Stunning north facing 4 or 5 bedroom Nicholas Day designed family residence featuring enormous living areas, 6 car basement and lift minutes to High St shops and major schools. Informal sitting room, formal lounge and dining flowing to family room and gourmet kitchen opening to garden with heated pool. Lower level features home theatre, gym, full bathroom and cellar. Upstairs: Vast main bedroom with elevated outlook, ensuite and WIRs, 2nd bedroom also with ensuite and WIR, 2 further bedrooms with built in robes and main bathroom. Includes zoned heat/cooling and alarm. Land approx 610m2.

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Auction View Call Office

Saturday 3rd March at 1.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 2.00 - 2.45pm Simon Hicks 0413 713 000 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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ARMADALE 1 Bell Street 'Belle Armadale' An elegant and luxurious 3 storey building comprising 8 expansive single level apartments, each enjoying its own unique aspect and leafy surrounds, designed by renowned architect Christopher Doyle. Each magnificent apartment offers 3 bedroom plus study configuration with huge open plan living areas, generous outdoor living spaces and 2 - 3 secure car spaces.

CONSTRUCTION ALMOST COMPLETE, STAMP DUTY SAVINGS STILL AVAILABLE, ACT NOW! DISPLAY SUITE NOW READY TO INSPECT BY APPOINTMENT.

Private Sale View Display suite by appointment Web www.bellearmadale.com.au Call Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777 Kylie Schubert 0408 366 468 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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BALWYN 79 Yarrbat Avenue Set in a commanding position capturing Northerly views to the Macedon Ranges, this stunning family residence is only moments to Balwyn shops, cafes, restaurants, respected schools, Balwyn High zone, Beckett Park and transport. Features lounge with gas fireplace, dining, gourmet kitchen, meals, family, rumpus with open fireplace, home theatre, 5 bedrooms, study, 2 bathrooms, 2 powder rooms, spa, ducted heating, A/C, security, parquetry flooring, high ceilings, wine bar, 2 north facing outdoor entertaining areas, resort style pool and double garage. Land 730m2 approx.

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Auction View Web Call Office

Saturday 3rd March at 2.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Thursday & Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm www.79yarrbatavebalwyn.com.au Phillip French 0411 090 987 Jeremy Fox 0418 339 650 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000

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MALVERN 50 Dixon Street Renovate or Rebuild. Superbly situated in a coveted tree-lined street close to High Street and Glenferrie Road shops and restaurants, this charming freestanding solid brick Edwardian residence represents an exceptional opportunity to restore to its former glory or rebuild a new luxury home (STCA). Features high ceilings, fireplaces, leadlight windows and arched hallway, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, living room, dining room and original kitchen. The generous 468sqm 5040sqft approx garden allotment presents scope to easily extend or start fresh (STCA) free from heritage restrictions.

Auction Saturday 3rd March at 2.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Wednesday & Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm Call Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777 Kylie Schubert 0408 366 468 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au

SOUTH YARRA 2101/7 Yarra Street This fantastic contemporary sub penthouse apartment located on the 21st floor of this highly regarded building, architect designed by Bird De La Coeur, offers views from the bay through to Melbourne city. With cutting edge style and design it features 3 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, main with ensuite, modern kitchen to open plan living/dining and outdoor terrace. Security, lift, heating/cooling, 2 car parks, separate storage, amazing roof top pool and gym. Close to some of Melbourne’s best restaurants, shopping, transport and many of Melbourne’s leading schools.

Expressions of Interest Closing Tuesday 13th March at 5.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Wednesday & Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm Call Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226 Tim Wilson 0419 726 769 Office 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au february 22, 2012 \ The weekly review 147

EAST MELBOURNE 7/6 Webb Lane This amazing large warehouse style apartment with 15ft ceilings offers a brilliant living space, 2 large bedrooms and only minutes walk to the MCG, Fitzroy Gardens and Melbourne CBD. Features entrance foyer, 2 excellent sized bedrooms, chef’s galley style kitchen, large light filled open plan combined lounge and dining rooms with terrific outlook and large bathroom with bath.

Other features include air conditioning, hydronic heating, excellent storage, security intercom, basement and lock up single car park.

Auction View Call Office

Saturday 3rd March at 2.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday & Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pm Tim Wilson 0419 726 769 David Colbran 0418 348 481 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au

MELBOURNE 316/250 St Kilda Road The Melburnian. This landmark St Kilda Road building enjoys high security with concierge and is just minutes to the CBD, Kings Domain and the sporting precinct, with views over the Royal Botanic Gardens and a large terrace. Gourmet chef’s kitchen overlooking both lounge and dining opening to terrace access, 2 large bedrooms (main with ensuite) and 2nd bedroom both with views and direct terrace, main bathroom with separate W/C and laundry facilities. 2 basement side-by-side car parks, storage, pool, sauna and gym.

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Auction Price View Call Office

Saturday 3rd March at 11.00am (Unless Sold Prior) Suit $1,000,000 buyers Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm David Colbran 0438 348 481 Tim Wilson 0419 726 769 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au

GLEN IRIS 3/285 Tooronga Road As new cutting edge townhouse concealed by a rustic warehouse faรงade offers 3 double bedrooms, master with ensuite and walk in robe, top level studio/3rd bedroom with north facing terrace, open plan living area with bi-fold doors to northern courtyard, gourmet kitchen with Caesar stone benches and stainless steel appliances and downstairs powder room. Basement parking for 2 cars, heating/ cooling and alarm. Easy access to the Monash freeway, Tooronga station, tram, buses and bike paths while cafes and restaurants are minutes away.

Auction View Call Office

Saturday 3rd March at 11.00am (Unless Sold Prior) Wednesday & Saturday 11.00 - 11.30am Kylie Schubert 0408 366 468 Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777 10 Wallace Avenue, Toorak 9826 1000 rtedgar.com.au

SOUTH MELBOURNE 353 Moray Street From every perspective this remarkably adaptable Victorian reveals scope for significantly rewarding outcomes in a pivotal inner city position. Currently configured as professional premises, a decision to maintain the status quo will ensure reliable on-going returns. In addition, options to take this classical terrace back to its residential roots, for combining business and pleasure OR for pursuing multiple dwelling possibilities (STCA). Off street parking for 2-3 cars enhances any scenario.

Private Sale View Wednesday 5.00 - 5.30pm & Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm Call Kent Morgan 0466 488 912 Simon Jones 0418 531 243 Office 133 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park 9699 7222

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AUCTION THIS SUNDAY

FLINDERS “Bilati” 2049 Mornington Flinders Road Set on 83 acres of lush rolling pastures “Bilati” offers an immaculate two level weatherboard residence in a superb garden setting. Delightful open plan living opening onto extensive verandah overlooking the property. Three bedrooms, study, ensuite + 2nd bathroom. A self contained art studio with mezzanine can also be converted into accommodation. Other improvements include machinery shed, garage, hay shed and cattle yards.

Auction View Call Office Conj.

Sunday 26th February at 12.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm & Sunday from 11.30am Michael Phoenix 0408 675 361 43 Cook Street, Flinders 5989 0599 rtedgar.com.au Peter Balharrie 0407 795 007 Peter Hawkins 0418 317 440

Auction View Call Office

Sunday 26th February at 3.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Saturday 3.00 - 3.30pm & Sunday from 2.30pm Michael Phoenix 0408 675 361 Meg Pell 0403 161 105 43 Cook Street, Flinders 5989 0599

AUCTION THIS SUNDAY

RED HILL 4 Sheehans Road A magical home for a spellbinding property perched high above Dromana Bay, this 5.2 acre hinterland paradise delivers the very best of coast and country. Features include a breathtaking northerly vista, croquet lawn, golf putting green, stunning French provincial-influenced home with large living areas opening to a wide verandah, 4-5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, a spring-fed dam, wetlands, pony paddock, shady mature gardens and extensive vegetable, herb and berry gardens for the freshest home-grown produce. Extras include hydronic heating and a triple carport with storeroom.

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PORTSEA 3698 Point Nepean Road Offering one of Portsea’s most beautiful vistas with sweeping Bay views over magnificent cliff top homes nestled in manicured landscaped gardens. Re-designed by Stephen Akehurst this unique, 3 storey, 5 bedroom cedar beach house (includes provision for a lift) affords the most exceptional coastal lifestyle experience. Set in generous low maintenance grounds of some 1700 m2 approx and includes a north facing 15m lap pool. It provides the perfect setting for summer and weekend retreats.

Expressions of Interest Closing Wednesday 29th February at 5.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) View Saturday & Sunday by appointment Call Lloyd Robinson 0414 441 880 Ilze Moran 0439 840 550 Office 3743 Point Nepean Road, Portsea 5984 4500 rtedgar.com.au

PORT MELBOURNE 606/108 Bay Street

MAIN RIDGE 1308 Mornington-Flinders Road

This stylish designer BIANCA apartment has stunning views to the City. The spacious curved balcony overlooks the private garden, heated pool, BBQ and entertaining area. Comprises spacious master bedroom, ensuite with bath, extensive dressing/ wardrobe area, 2nd bedroom (BIRs). Quality kitchen apps and marble bench tops.

Escape to the warm embrace of neighbouring vineyards, restaurants, galleries and farm gate providores surrounding this enchanting 4 bedroom home on a rare 1 acre (approx). Featuring 3 living zones including a private parent’s lounge, huge country kitchen, spotted gum floors and separate artist’s studio.

Private Sale View Wednesday 6.00 - 6.30pm & Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm Call Robert Marden 0412 381 841 Gerald Betts 0418 371 855 Office 133 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park 9699 7222 rtedgar.com.au

Auction View Call Office

Sunday 4th March at 2.00pm (Unless Sold Prior) Saturday & Sunday 2.00 - 2.30pm Michael Phoenix 0408 675 361 43 Cook Street, Flinders 5989 0599

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Camberwell 19 Waterloo Street ’Hillston’ c1890 A magnificent heritage facade elevated behind a formal garden on the high side of a beautiful plane tree avenue is the perfect introduction to ´Hillston´, an architectdesigned late-Victorian residence in the coveted Prospect Hill Precinct that boasts stunning contemporary extension and self-cleaning pool. Comprises grand hallway, classical 4m ceilings, 5 Bedrooms (downstairs main with double-shower ensuite, upstairs children´s wing with Lounge and bathroom), executive Study, Study area, elegant Sitting and Dining, marble OFPs, Familyroom, alfresco terrace, granite gourmet Kitchen, family bathroom and auto DLUG. Close to schools, Camberwell Junction shopping and parklands.

Auction: Thursday 8th March at 6.00pm View: Thursday 5.30-6.00pm & Saturday 3.00-3.30pm Rob Vickers-Willis 0412 210 066 Andrew Harlock 0419 379 992 Agents In Conj: Jellis Craig Greg Toogood 0418 385 440 or Alastair Craig 0418 335 363

Abercromby’s 1075 High Street Armadale Telephone 9864 5300 Email sales@abercrombys.com.au 152 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

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Malvern 1 Glenview Avenue Meeting Family Needs The Modern Way Designed so that northern light washes over inviting spaces close to Malvern Central School, great cafes and Glenferrie Road, this substantial modern residence is a highly desirable family domain. Brightness and beauty define a formal entertaining area complemented by sun drenched central dining and attractive everyday dimensions accompanied by a family focussed kitchen. Separate lounge offering home cinema options completes exceptional spaces, all enhanced by elegantly landscaped outdoor surroundings. Downstairs bedroom and bathroom adds ideal flexibility to upstairs main bedroom with ensuite, adaptable retreat/fifth bedroom, three further bedrooms and two additional bathrooms. Double garage. Total comfort. All today’s answers...

Auction: Saturday 17th March at 11.30am View: Saturday 1.00-1.30pm Tim Derham 0438 332 844 Kate Cusack 0438 334 374

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Glen Iris 5 Florence Street A Uniquely Advantaged Family Address Immediate proximity to Glen Iris Primary School and easy access to several prestigious private schools as well as Gardiners Creek parkland, bike paths, Glen Iris station and the freeway contribute to the outstanding appeal of this modern family residence. Inviting dimensions include light filled formal living, separate dining and a substantial family-room/meals domain with open-plan kitchen. 4 bedrooms, 2 upstairs, and a bathroom on each level deliver ideal accommodation, enhanced by a separate downstairs study. Decking, lush lawns and outdoor entertaining areas form a beautiful backdrop while large carport and ample forecourt parking complete a family focussed allotment.

Auction: Saturday 25th February at 11.00am View: Thursday 11.15-11.45am & Saturday from 10.30am Jeff Gole 0419 401 677 Andrew Harlock 0419 379 992

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Malvern 16 East Street Contemporary Refinement To Suit A Modern Lifestyle A sought after Malvern Village address enhances the impressive designer style and luxurious finish of this less than five year old town residence. Handsome contemporary lines introduce classically elegant, open plan interiors that take full advantage of abundant northern light and a private alfresco courtyard planted for entertaining privacy.

High ceilings, polished timber floors and European appointments head a comprehensive list of extras that includes attic storage, alarmed security, intercom entry, heating, cooling and remote double garaging with additional storage.

Abercromby’s 1075 High Street Armadale Telephone 9864 5300 Email sales@abercrombys.com.au 154 The weekly review \ february 22, 2012

Auction: Saturday 25th February at 11.30am View: Thursday 1.00-1.30pm & Saturday from 11.00am Tim Derham 0438 332 844 Kate Cusack 0438 334 374

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Armadale 64 Sutherland Road www.64sutherlandroad.com A Beautiful Victorian Family Residence This superb Victorian meets every family need with intelligent flexibility and unforgettable flair throughout refined original rooms and stylish separate living/dining areas against a substantial garden backdrop. Four upstairs bedrooms and two flawless bathrooms surrounding a versatile children´s study precede a top floor home office, sky-lit guest bedroom and an alluring roof-top retreat. Hydronic heating and air conditioning. Trampoline area with its own pavilion. Off-street parking. All enhanced by one of Armadale´s most desirable locations.

Private Auction: Thursday 1st March View: By appointment Wednesday 6.00-6.30pm, Thursday & Saturday 11.00-11.30am Jock Langley 0419 530 008 Rob Vickers-Willis 0412 210 066

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MONT ALBERT

18 St Georges Avenue

As New, Single Level Home, In a Prestigious Address This low maintenance residence has a delightful blend of Period style charm with modern family living. Situated in one of Mont Albert´s premier streets, this conveniently located residence is only minutes away from the Mont Albert Village shops, cafes & train station. Contemporary open plan kitchen featuring stone benches & European appliances all overlooking spacious informal & formal living areas, surrounded by views of the garden. Also includes 4 large sun filled bedrooms, new family bathroom & powder room. The main bedroom is a retreat on its own, with a study zone & spacious ensuite with spa & WIR, automatic gates to under cover parking. Sitting on a generous allotment 801sqm (approx.) with a wide 21.5m frontage.

For Sale: Open: Contact: Office:

Thursday 1.00 - 1.30pm & Saturday 3.00 - 3.30pm Joseph Brancato 0430 464 111 Chris Ewart 0419 897 979 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123

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10/2-6 Malmsbury Street

’Rylands’ Offers You the Best of Everything Independent living for the Over 55 year olds. Security, privacy and access to all amenities including some of Melbourne’s finest restaurants. Set in a treed garden setting, this apartment, superbly fitted and finished throughtout has all expected refinements. There are two bedrooms (garden views), two bathrooms, feature kitchen and integrated laundry, car parking and storage. ’Rylands’ offers an engaging and multi interest envioronment second to none. The considerable amenities offered include the library, theatre, restaurant, private entertaining room, pool, gym and billards room.

For Sale: Price: Open: Contact: Office:

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$687,500 Inspection by appointment Ivan Green 0418 326 483 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123

12 Cole Avenue

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Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy This Sngle Level Family Home Enjoy sleek contemporary living in this stylish renovated abode. The home features hallway, 3 bedrooms, main with robes & ensuite; large study/4th bedroom. The family bathroom is beautifully designed with a deep separate bath, double basins & a seamless glass shower, 2 toilets, huge family room with an open-plan kitchen, sleek stone benches, stainless-steel appliances, bifold door opening to a large entertaining deck & sun filled garden, laundry, remote control double garage (internal access). Features include large size rooms, high ceilings, ducted refrigerated air-conditioning & heating, cable internet, polished floor boards. The highlights include close proximity to transport, Schools, shops & the Freeway. Land 660sqm (approx.).

Auction: Price: Open: Contact: Office:

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Saturday 25th February at 12.30pm $1,200,000 plus Thursday & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm Joseph Brancato 0430 464 111, Chris Ewart 0419 897 979 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123

BALWYN

104 Yarrbat Avenue

’Windover’ - Enchanting Edwardian This classic Edwardian home has been transformed into a flowing family residence full of light, space & charm. The well designed floor plan includes main bedroom with ensuite, 3 additional bedrooms, study/fifth bedroom, & an open plan kitchen/meals/living room with highlight windows, Baltic pine floors & a working fireplace. The family room opens to a private rear garden with cubby house & separate studio. Location is everything & ’Windover’ is located on one of Balwyn´s most desirable streets. Enjoy being in the Balwyn High School zone & close proximity to the 109 Tram & Beckett Park/Maranoa Gardens. The home is well positioned on a level 690 sqm (approx) block offering immediate appeal & future possibilities.

Auction: Price: Open: Contact: Office:

HAWTHORN

Saturday 3rd March at 3.00pm $1,300,000 plus Thursday 1.00 - 1.30pm & Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm Tori McGregor 0433 356 600, Russell Turner 0419 955 655 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123

9/498 Glenferrie Road

Bright Apartment - Leafy Tree Top Outlook Outstanding light & bright 2 bedroom apartment located in Hawthorn on iconic Scotch Hill.

This first floor property exudes a comfortable feeling from the moment you enter the well maintained block of apartments. The kitchen/ meals area with natural light offers ample space to move & entertain. An open plan living area with access to private balcony offers large windows with treetop views, new quality carpets, a Braemar heater & feature glass wall. 2 bedrooms with BIRs share the central bathroom with bathtub, separate shower & laundry hook up. Located on the 69 Tram line, this property offers a car free lifestyle, however a single undercover car space & lock up storage is included on title. A perfect investment or first home in a very popular area.

Auction: Price: Open: Contact: Office:

Saturday 3rd March at 11.00am $450,000 plus Thursday 11.00 - 11.30am & Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm Tori McGregor 0433 356 600, Russell Turner 0419 955 655 1161 Burke Road Kew 9817 0123

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BALWYN NORTH 1 Kyora Parade Alluring Art Deco

Stylish appointed 3 brm family home offers stunning features, modern updates and a north facing rear garden.

Presenting high decorative ceilings, p/boards, stained timberwork, OFPs, corner windows and glass brick highlights. Spacious lounge flows through to the large dining area; timber kitchen with s/s apps adjoins alfresco entertaining deck. 3 dbl brms with BIR’s, including master/parents retreat with study/sitting area and ensuite.

Central main bathroom, evap/cool, duct/heat, carport and garage. Land Size 18.3 x 45.7 total of 837sqm approx.

Saturday 3 March at 1pm PRICE $1,000,000 - $1,100,000 INSPECT Thurs 2-2.30pm & Sat 10-10.30am Photo ID required CONTACT

Greg Cusack 0417 128 125 Chris Goulding 0424 652 786

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include an open plan kitchen featuring fabulous marble island bench, integrated fridge and Falcon double oven. Dual outdoor domains, each elegantly low-maintenance, enhance entertaining options. Upstairs a sumptuous main Bedroom with romantic balcony, walk-in robes and superb marble ensuite. 2 further Bedrooms, study/4th Bedroom and a 2nd marble Bathroom complete opulent accommodation. Heating/cooling, security system and double garage are amongst additional assets of a compelling family home walking distance from the CBD and the MCG.

4 Expressions of Interest Closing Monday 27th February at 12noon Inspect Wednesday 12-12.30pm, Saturday 12.30-1pm Land Irreg 337 sqm approx.

Contact Adam Cashmore 0407 077 113 Richard Earle 0418 564 168 Nadine Roberts 0408 960 082

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HAWTHORN 84 Kinkora Road

´Lyndenhurst´ c1888 A classically captivating period profile with glorious parterre garden precedes this impressive Victorian residence savouring pride of place in the prestigious Grace Park Estate. Boasts entertainment terrace and heated pool, evocative heritage elegance and carport. Stroll to Glenferrie Road and schools.

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laundry, ducted heating, air-conditioning, alarm system, marble open fireplaces, leadlighting, polished floorboards, high ceiling roses and remotecontrol rear carport.

90 metres to Glenferrie Road shopping, cafés, transport, parklands and Melbourne's leading private schools.

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Saturday 25th February at 1pm Thursday 6-6.30pm & Saturday from 12.30pm 610 sq. metres approx.

Contact Richard Winneke 0418 136 858 David Volpato 0414 701 983 Alastair Craig 0418 335 363

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Period Opulence on a Grand Scale A secluded garden sanctuary that superbly balances heritage grandeur and modern comfort, this superlative Victorian c1891 creates a compelling context for private family lifestyle enjoyment in a convenient location.

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Saturday 25th February at 2pm Thursday 11-11.30am & Saturday from 1.30pm 20.42m x 55.78m approx. www.72princessst.com

Contact Steve Burke 0448 331 653 Andrew Wilkie 0408 441 151 Richard Earle 0418 564 168

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EAGLEMONT 21 Silverdale Road DESIGNER SYNERGY, FAMILY LUXURY Totally transformed to breathtaking effect by award-winning architects Kennedy Nolan and landscape designer Christian

Auction:

Saturday 25th February at 2.00pm

Jenkins, this spectacular residence on a 1159m2 approx. allotment presents an unparalleled lifestyle opportunity. Beautiful

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Balinese-inspired grounds viewed from numerous vantage points while a blend of classic and contemporary accommodation

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Thu 6.00pm-6.30pm, Sat 2.00pm-2.30pm

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living/dining (Jetmaster OFP, in-built coral reef tank), stone gourmet kitchen (De Dietrich induction cooktop), powder room,

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zoned heating/cooling, bifold doors to alfresco terrace and north-facing BBQ area, 10,000L underground raintank, auto DLUG.

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James Davis 0405 687 817

IVANHOE 9497 3222 143 Upper Heidelberg Road

HAWTHORN RICHMOND CITY SOUTH YARRA

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AUCTION

SATURDAY 3 MARCH 12.30PM

1.02/33 WATTLE ROAD, HAWTHORN

LIVE LARGE, LIVE LUXURIOUSLY Expertly designed with sumptuous inclusions & state-of-theart appointments, this ground level apartment showcases an unwavering commitment to high-end quality. A huge garden terrace for relaxation & entertaining adds a townhouse ambience to the selection of free-flowing living spaces.

D Expansive open-plan area for living, dining & entertaining D Spacious and efficiently planned Caesar Stone/Miele kitchen D Huge north facing garden terrace enticing outdoor relaxation D Pampering master ensuite opening onto terrace D Two further sizeable bedrooms D Designer main bathroom D Two underground car parks & storage D Video monitored entry, C-bus lighting, zoned heating & air conditioning D Perfectly positioned near city transport, shops & a fabulous selection of parks & reserves.

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For Sale

Sea Views And Luxury Lifestyle In this spacious and contemporary residence with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, prodigious entertaining and living zones, large terrace and roof top garden that enjoys panoramic views.

Features separate home office, powder room, “Snaidero” premium joinery, double glazed windows and double garaging.

Stroll to the beach, foreshore reserves and parklands, cafes and restaurants.

44A Shelley Street, Elwood for sale By Private Treaty view Wed and Sat 1.30 – 2.00pm Thurs 6.30-7.00pm contact Mark Tappin 0412318149 office Melbourne 9097 1601 Level 2, 710 Collins Street

For Sale

New York Loft Style Residence Substantial new residence with pool, in all about 360 m2 with prodigious 150m2 open plan living space with dramatic void and seamless indoor outdoor living to terrace with elevated views and perfect north orientation.

Italian luxury ‘Snaidero’ kitchen and butlers pantry, European oak floors and feature fire place are exceptional.

All 3 principal bedrooms are ensuited with European wardrobe/dressing room.

Double work station/home office.

Double garaging with 2nd street access and excellent storage.

All on title with no body corporate fees.

29 Bonview Road, Malvern for sale By Private Treaty view Wed and Sat 3.00pm – 3.30pm Thur 7.30pm – 8.00pm contact Mark Tappin 0412318149 office Melbourne 9097 1601 Level 2, 710 Collins Street

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Deepdene 25 Campbell Road Outstanding dimensions in an exclusive pocket.

In a coveted tree-lined street off the Golden Mile, this stately 1920s brick residence boasts intricate ceilings & original fire places. Multiple formal & informal rooms provide a variety of entertainment options. Featuring butler’s pantry, the kitchen & meals sweep out to a covered alfresco & lush garden. 5 fitted bedrooms (master - luxe ensuite) are serviced by 2 superb bathrooms, laundry & utility room. Appointed with ducted heating, air-conditioning, water tanks, irrigation, double remote garage & carport. Perfectly placed near prestigious schools, trams, cafes & parks, the substantial 1,096sqm approx block offers potential to renovate, extend or build a stunning new home (subject to council approval).

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Thurs 5.30 - 6.15pm & Sat 1.00 - 1.45pm Sat 10th March - 1.00pm 45 / K8 POA Balwyn 279 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Helen Yan 0404 078 588 Toby Parker 0413 581 104

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Balwyn North 93 Winfield Road Sun-soaked, spacious and serene.

Enchanting, established gardens frame this engaging family residence. Elevated and boasting a desirable northerly orientation, experience the glorious natural light and timber floorboards flowing through the master with country ensuite, walk-in robe and french doors to a sunny deck, 3 further bedrooms and a study. Provincial styling evokes harmonious tones in the lounge with open fire place, white kitchen with timber benches and informal meals. Multiple french doors in the living room extend to a covered alfresco and secluded garden, ideal for entertaining.

Split system A/C and garage add comfort, with the convenience of superb schools, shops and Koonung Creek bike trail nearby. Land: 636sqm approximately.

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2 Thurs 11.00 - 11.30am & Sat 1.30 - 2.00pm Sat 3rd March - 11.00am 46 / J2 $800,000 - $880,000 Balwyn 279 Whitehorse Road 3103 9830 7000 Claire Wenn 0409 857 506 Paul Pfeiffer 0411 224 008

Prahran East 1 Sydney Street Two For One - One For All In a prime position directly opposite Orrong Park, this red-brick period residence presents a flexible future. Currently, the property is divided into 2 units with the option to easily re-instate into a single dwelling. Unit 1 consists of 1 bedroom with a spacious living/dining room, separate kitchen, bathroom and a garage; while Unit 2 has 2 bedrooms, a kitchen/meals area and a living room. The property retains period detail including decorative ceilings and there are 2 external laundries.

An interesting opportunity for the entrepreneur who can live in one unit and rent the other or renovate and restore the residence to an appealing family home in this prized parkside address.

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2 Thurs 11.45 - 12.15pm & Sat from 9.30am Sat 25th February - 10.00am 58 / J6 $870,000-$950,000 Armadale 835 High Street 3143 9509 0411 Fiona Martin 0423 582 866 Andrew James 0411 420 788 Peter Perrignon 0418 566 846

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Armadale 601 Orrong Road On a corner block with views of Toorak Park to the front & Orrong Park to the north, this solidbrick 3-bedroom period residence couldn’t be better positioned, well maintained & invites the opportunity for modernization to match the outstanding parkside location.

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Balwyn 14a Burroughs Road Stylish luxury and lifestyle. Impressive blend of contemporary elegance and luxury features, combine to create a magnificent home in premium location (Balwyn High School zone).

Sublime throughout, this superb property offers a fabulous lifestyle.

South Yarra 14/11-21 Marne Street Set in the prestigious Domain Precinct this grand Art Deco apt boasts entrance hallway, master BR & second dble BR both with BIRs, living rm (OFP), formal dining, lge open kitchen, sep lndry, central bathrm, hydronic heating, security entry, LUG with further storage & rooftop terrace.

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$570,000

Brand new 1 bedroom apartment offering a unique living experience adjacent to beautiful Sir William Fry Reserve, just a short stroll to the many amenities Highett has to offer.

• Open plan living area flowing out to private balcony with sweeping parkland views.

• Designer kitchen with ample cupboard space and Fisher & Paykel appliances.

• Generous sized bedroom with spacious fully fitted wardrobe and built-in study area.

• Elegant bathroom with Caesarstone bench top and designer fittings.

• Ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling throughout.

• Secure basement car parking with self-contained storage and high speed lift access.

• CCTV cameras, colour video security intercom access, optic fibre ‘NBN Ready’.

From superb design to quality features and finishes, this spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment offers modern neighbourhood living, with a genuine community atmosphere.

• Spacious open plan living area flowing to your own private balcony.

• Two master sized bedrooms with spacious fully fitted wardrobes.

• Designer kitchen with Fisher & Paykel appliances, stone benchtop and glass splash back.

• Ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling throughout. European laundry.

• Study area with custom fitted desk and shelving.

• Secure basement car parking with self-contained storage and high speed lift access.

• Low maintenance lifestyle, no more gardens to look after!

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Damon Armstrong 0402 843 661, Angelo D’Addazio 0438 223 385 www.kingstonparkapartments.com.au

Abercrombie Barwon River Frontage

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140Ac/ 56.7ha

Abercrombie - exceptional opportunity to secure Barwon River frontage and residence. 80min Melb CBD, 20min Geelong, 30min Lorne. All new fencing with mature trees provide outstanding protection for livestock in addition to mature Red Gums, outstanding water supply.

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Based on listings on realestateVIEW.com.au in November 2011.

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