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LIVE • PLAY • GROW FREE take me! YOUR FREE liveplaygrow.com.au DEDICATED PUBLICATION NORTH BRISBANE • AUSTRALIA FORLIVE THE • PLAY PENINSULA • GROW | 01 FROM THE EDITOR 05 WHAT'S ON? 06 FEATURE 10 LIVE PLAY GROW 24 36 48 AUSTRALIA DAY 2019 SUMMER BREAK INSPIRATION FIRST HOME VS INVESTMENT the grass is greener 28 41 51 FIT IN 15 RUGBY LEAGUE ROUND-UP GRACE PRIMARY ECOMARINES with 32 42 52 SCAN SECRET TO INTERIOR DESIGN HOME OF CELEBRATIONS 2019 STYLEto see TRENDS more WELCOME HOME Barron Road See you Welcome to Bay Villas on Barron, five brand-new stylish and secure villas in the seaside suburb of Margate. Located in the heart of the Redcliffe Peninsula, Bay 34 44 54 Villas offer private, modern, lowset villa living high 19 REASONS FOR CHILDCARE WELCOME HOME BEST IN THE BAY kindred.com.au on the hill of Margate with beautiful sea breezes, a in 2019 short stroll to the beach and easy access to shops and public transport. #LivePlayGrow The design offers very low maintenance#PeninsulaLife living and the interior has been cleverly crafted with meticulous attention to detail, showcasing premium finishes and features throughout. LIVE • PLAY • GROW | 03 The bright and airy living area connects seamlessly to the outdoor patio area, bringing the outdoors in, ensuring there is plenty of natural light and consistent cooling seaside breezes. Located in a quiet street, the 5 villas provide a sense of community and security, while still providing privacy and a relaxed environment. If you are searching for an inviting brand-new home with lots of style and close to lifestyle amenities, this is for you. SCAN to see more Now contact our 0419 358 292 sales team today Selling LIVE • PLAY • GROW ISSUE 8 | JAN · FEB 2019 FREE take me! YOUR FREE liveplaygrow.com.au DEDICATED PUBLICATION NORTH BRISBANE • AUSTRALIA FOR THE PENINSULA From the Editor The new year always makes us reflect in Publication of some capacity about the year that was Peninsula Life (QLD) PTY LTD and the things we hope to achieve in the year ahead, as if the new year dangles a ABN 30 623 498 680 VIEW OUR RANGE IN IMMERSIVE 3D magical wand over us all, and suddenly we 35 Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe will make change for the better. ONLINE OR IN DISPLAY Peninsula, Queensland, 4020 [email protected] I’ve been reflecting recently on how fast GJGARDNER.COM.AU/TAILORED liveplaygrow.com.au the world is changing, how much time we spend on mobile devices and in front Editor of screens. The new iPhone screen time Joshua Kindred monitor has been an incredible wake up [email protected] call to some people, but indications are that we will spend more time than ever Content Editor before on our phones or in front of some Carinda Gosling [email protected] form of tech device in 2019. Partnerships In the tweet, snap, post, # world we live, & Advertising it’s astonishing to find that the average Katrina Holmes adult spends over 2hrs of screen time 0400 528 302 on social media… Scary I know. When [email protected] when Apple brought out the function to measure screen time, some of my friends Stockists were shocked to realise that over the last If you would like to stock 7 days they’d used social media more than Peninsula Life, please email We’re back, and happy 3hrs per day (that’s 45 days per year)!! [email protected] New Year! If you’re Certainly we’re proud of our Instagram reading this we hope and Facebook and hope you will follow us Peninsula Life is a free magazine dedicated to there, but we are really proud that so many the Redcliffe Peninsula with a strong vision to that means you’re one of encourage people to LIVE, PLAY and GROW in locals still love picking this local magazine. our region. “us” - the people who still The Publisher and associated parties do not We edit and build this magazine to feature assume responsibility for, endorse or adopt the love picking up a mag or the fantastic life and community we have content of any advertisement or third-party contributor information published in Peninsula paper. We love you chose on the Peninsula, in the hope to steal back Life. Peninsula Life is intended to be a guide some of your screen time so you can enjoy and reasonable care is taken in the preparation to pick up Peninsula Life, of the publication, however, the Publisher reading about how our community Live, and other associated parties do not accept and you certainly won’t Play and Grow on the Peninsula. any liability for any errors or omissions the publication may contain. be disappointed as you Have a wonderful 2019, and consider Peninsula Life - Your free journey through our 2019 placing your phone down and lifting dedicated publication for something or someone else up instead… the Peninsula Live, Play & Grow edition. Stay connected JoshEditor, Peninsula KindredLife liveplaygrow.com.au LIVE • PLAY • GROW | 05 @ Send us your events 11 What's on? for our MAR/APR PICNIC HILL FOOD issue of TRUCK FESTIVAL ' ? When: Friday 11th January: 4:00pm- 10:00pm January Whats on Location: Picnic Hill, Crn of Oxley 1 - & Anzac Avenues, Redcliffe Jan Cost: Gold coin donation at the gate 17 Food Trucks Galore! Live Music and Feb Entertainment for all ages + Craft Beer & THE BEAT - Cider! What more could you want? REDCLIFFE MUSEUM All proceeds go towards supporting young When: Currently running until people of the Moreton Bay region who are at Sunday 17th February, risk of homelessness, domestic violence, AOD 10.00am - 4.00pm, everyday and much more. except Monday and public holidays Where: Redcliffe Museum, 75 Anzac Avenue, Redcliffe For thousands of years we have been singing, dancing, clapping and drumming to a beat. Come and discover ways in which we interact with music in the Imaginarium. Explore the rhythm, increase the tempo, play the drums and find your beat. A WATERCOLOUR LEGACY When: Wednesday 9th January- 4-13 Sunday 3rd February: RAPUNZEL - THE PANTOMIME 10:00am- 3:00pm When: Friday 4th January: 7:30pm-10:00pm Location: Redcliffe Art Society, Saturday 5th January: 2:00pm-4:00pm, Old Fire Station Gallery, 26 7:30pm- 10:00pm 395 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe Sunday 6th January: 2:00pm- 4:00pm The late John Carr was a talented watercolour AUSTRALIA DAY Friday 11th January: 7:30pm- 10:pm artist who for many years passed on his skills When: Saturday 26th January Saturday 12th January: 2:00- 4:00pm, and understanding of this medium in classes Monday 28th January: Public Holiday 7:30pm- 10:00pm at Redcliffe Art Society. Two of his former Sunday 13th January: 2:00pm- 4:00pm students who are now also accomplished PENGUIN Australia Day is a day to celebrate the past, Where: Mousetrap Theatre, artists and teachers celebrate his legacy in AWARENESS DAY present and future of the country. It is a Lamington Drive, Redcliffe this joint exhibition. 20 commemoration of the day that the First Fleet When: Sunday 20th January landed in Sydney Cove in 1788, as well as a Adult- $20, concession- $17, Child Cost: Kerry Fiske joined the watercolour class with celebration of all the achievements of our (14 or under)- $14, member- $12 John Carr at the helm and has not looked A celebration of one country. At its core Australia Day is driven by Tickets: www.trybooking.com back. With confidence, her love of painting of the world's most communities who celebrate everything they expanded and she developed her own style beloved creatures love about living in Australia and about being Rapunzel is stolen when only a baby in the illustrating flowers, small animals and birds. and a call to an Australian. middle of the night from the home of Dame action for their Beatrix Bouffant by the evil witch Gothel and Heather Delaney never would have conservation. Website: www.australiaday.org.au has been kept prisoner in a tower by herself guessed that John Carr’s encouragement for 16 years. Why has the witch kept her and mentoring would have brought her to the prisoner so long and who will come to place she is today where, in her words, “my her rescue? heart and imagination can soar and my brush is free to capture anything I desire”. 06 | LIVE • PLAY • GROW 9 Jan - 3 Feb LIVE • PLAY • GROW | 07 CHINESE NEW YEAR When: Tuesday 5th February Many Australians celebrate Chinese New Year, What's on? also known as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. It marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese calendar. February Chinese people first came to Australia in large 2-3 numbers during Australia’s Gold Rush in the 1850s and 1860s. About one-third of the miners were REDCLIFFE RUGBY Chinese. Many Chinese-Australian families can UNION- SIGN ON trace their settlement in Australia to that time. Monuments and buildings developed by Chinese When: Saturday 2nd February settlers serve as reminders of the long history Sunday 3rd February: of Chinese immigration to Australia. Examples 9:00am- 1:00pm remain in towns such as Ballarat and Bendigo Location: Ray Frawley Fields, in Victoria. The Chinese-Australian 14 Silcock Street, Clontarf community holds a variety of VALENTINE’S DAY events to celebrate festivals The time has come to sign up for the such as Chinese New Year. When: Thursday 14th February 2019 Redcliffe Rugby Union season Valentine’s Day is a time when people and you don’t want to miss out on show feelings of love, affection and the fun.