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ENTERTAINMENT THREE ESCAPEFLIX TO OBSESS OVER STRANGER THINGS Dominating the internet and BY BEATRICE SMITH earning millions of fans since Escape movies! Netflix is changing the way we view television, and for some of us, the release of the first season it's the ideal escape from the everyday. Here are five shows where this year, Stranger Things is BY ROSLYN HULL More at hercanberra.com.au escapism isn't just a state of mind, it's a necessity. part heart-thumping thriller, Run. Basically…run! Evading captors, an oncoming storm, aliens or bandits, escape on film can be one of the part lovesick homage to 80s most exciting cinematic devices. As the audience - hearts in mouths and breath barely a gasp - we hope, no pop culture. Set in small town matter what the impossible odds, that our heroes will make it. Indiana, the show follows 12-year-old tight-knit pals Here are five celluloid moments that had me on the edge of my seat. Mike, Lucas and Dustin as they search for their missing friend Will. But when they find seemingly lost girl Eleven instead, it becomes clear that the nearby government science facility might have something to do with Will’s disappearance.
Raiders of the Lost Ark 2012 Alien The Bourne Identity Speed MISFITS What happens when five Indiana Jones running from Pick a sequence, any sequence, Run Ripley run! Or hide, or fight! Any Jason Bourne outing, really. Keanu and Sandra and a bus young offenders from a huge rolling boulder... and and there will be the stomach- But with a franchise like this she I can barely breathe through that can’t slow down - it still sends South London are hit by he stumbles! dropping moment where it could could never truly escape... some of these chase scenes. me to the edge and I’ve seen it at lightning while serving all go wrong. least 10 times! their community service sentences? Superpowers, that’s what. While some BY PAPERCHAIN BOOKSTORE are already desperate All titles available for purchase instore, paperchainbookstore.com.au ESCAPE READS to escape their criminal past, they’re now trying to navigate the powers they hold, with some hilarious and BROOKLYN THE AMAZING A ROOM WITH I‘M SUPPOSED TO DARK MATTER dark consequences. Colm Tobin ADVENTURES OF A VIEW PROTECT YOU FROM Blake Crouch KAVALIER AND CLAY ALL THIS E.M. Forster ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Michael Chabon Nadja Spiegelman Are you a Piper or an Alex? OITNB follows one-time drug A young Irish girl reluctantly Following a daring escape in a For young Lucy Honeychurch a tour We are all shaped in countless Jason Dessen is happy in his life; he mule Piper as she ends up heads to New York City to escape magician’s trunk from Prague to of Italy offers an all-too-brief respite ways by our parents. In Nadja loves his family and his routine job. the last place she thought economic stagnation in Ireland New York City, Josef Kavalier teams from the restrictive rules of turn of the Spiegelman’s new memoir, But when he is given the chance to she’d visit – Federal Prison. and create a new life. After up with cousin Sam Clay to create century English society. Upon her the artist recounts her difficult escape his past and become the This ground-breaking series struggling with homesickness, she new comic hero, The Escapist. As return, she finds herself torn between relationship with her mother. She celebrated physics genius he always from Jenji Kohen (Weeds) establishes herself in Brooklyn Josef attempts to rescue his family suitors from both worlds, one with reflects on her attempts to escape hoped to be, what will he choose? will make you wonder how and begins to thrive. When she is from Nazi-occupied Prague, the conservative English manners and from her mother’s influence and Venture through the multiverse as you’d act in prison, which suddenly called back to Ireland, escalating exploits of The Escapist the other an embodiment of her time define herself, while still finding this intelligent thriller leads you alliances you’d form and she must choose whether to stay begin to mirror Josef’s desperation. in Italy. This truly escapist love story herself inexorably pulled into to question everything, from your whether you’d be the same home or return to New York. Will he be able to pull off this most will take you to Italy and back again. the patterns of the past and perception of reality to your own after your release. difficult escape? her upbringing. deepest motives.
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A romantic countryside escape A super chilled roadtrip
Looking for a romantic escape? Head straight for the countryside! A white dress with delicate broderie is a classic There’s nothing more exciting than heading off with no specific destination in mind. The key to travel is comfort, choice with a touch of romance, and a fit-and-flare silhouette flatters most shapes. Smarten the look with a preppy but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it in style! Nothing says ‘holiday’ better than lightweight layers paired with a blazer in a soft hue and accessorise with a classic straw boater. Accessorise with soft neutral accessories and add denim jacket and espadrilles, and round sunnies are a must this season! A carry-all tote bag containing a journal, interest with texture or prints. Don’t forget to pack a picnic basket! map book, camera and headphones is all you need – just press play and go!
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WITH APOLOGIES TO THE WIZARD OF OZ, SOMETIMES WE CRAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE COMFORTS OF HOME — BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO LEAVE THE SUMMER ON THE TERRACE TERRITORY TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ANOTHER CULTURE. IT’S A PARLOUR THING.
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...the real showstopper is a massive aquarium where fish, large and small, swim by. I taly AfricaFrom the moment you step inside the soaring foyer of Jamala Wildlife Lodge, you take a trip to deepest Africa… but it’s just a taste of what’s to come. The main entertaining area, known as Ushaka, will leave you speechless. High ceilinged and airy, the room is painstakingly decorated with authentic Images: Adam McGrath - H Creations African items, each carefully selected to take the admirer on a journey.
It’s a feast for the senses: a Zulu hat, beautifully hand-carved and beaded, If you’re thinking Nonna’s house, you The Bisa siblings’ Italian influence will adorns one wall; an imposing two- The private dining room – usually Agostinis is set to be a may need to adjust your expectations. spread further in February 2017, when Joe’s Bar in the Bisa-family-owned Agostinis Ristorante Italiano opens in metre tall statue of Maasai Warriors frequented only by guests, but open to true luogo accogliente, a commands attention. But the real show East Hotel, is all Italian sophistication; the space left by Ox Eatery & Bar. all during special promotions – takes welcoming place, filled stopper is a massive aquarium where you deeper into the wild, accessed an intimate space big on textures with the soul of Italy. An expression of their lifelong passion fish, large and small, swim by. It’s a through an internal rainforest. White and layers with earthen finishes and for the pizza and simple food they constantly changing art installation in lions push their massive bodies up materials and conversation styling grew up with, Agostinis will welcome the open plan space. against the glass as diners enjoy an pieces dotted throughout including guests in the Italian tradition of African-inspired meal created by an incredible floor-to-ceiling concrete friends, family, laughter and great food Jamala Lodge’s private chef. curtain at the entrance. — think big tables with pizza, pasta It’s a totally wild experience. Authentic fare, cocktails and a and vino di casa to share with friends. carefully curated wine list balancing Italian wines with a selection of local Agostinis is set to be a true luogo drops gives Joe’s a magnetic pull. The accogliente, a welcoming place, filled menu is the creation of Italian-born with the soul of Italy. chef, Francesco Balestrieri, and brings out the best in local ingredients: ocean trout is cured in grappa and basil, JOE’S BAR JAMALA WILDLIFE LODGE burrata is smoked, mushrooms are pickled and dehydrated. There’s a lot East Hotel, 69 Canberra 999 Lady Denman Drive, Canberra of love here. Avenue, Kingston 02 6287 8444 | jamalawildlifelodge.com.au 02 6178 0050 | joesateast.com
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For most, a school is a school. For others, it’s a “Any friends I had gradually deserted me, fearing private, seemingly inescapable nightmare. The being bullied themselves. Being my friend became too corridors are no longer just corridors - they present hard, and joining their group was the easier option,” an opportunity for a bully to confront their victim, Holly says. away from the eyes of teachers. The bus ride home wreaks havoc on the nervous system. Lunchtime is “From that moment on I was completely isolated, and the loneliest hour. even more of a target. I became anxious about going Holly Rourke can pinpoint the moment her to school. I took a lot of sick days.” nightmare began: midway through year 10, one afternoon after class. On Holly’s sixteenth birthday, she woke up to her house being egged. “I remember calling out to my friend as the bell went,” Holly says. “They knew when my birthday was, so they picked “All of a sudden one of the popular girls turned that day to do it,” she says. around and snapped ‘your voice is so annoying.’ “I just remember feeling so crap about it, but my I didn’t think much of it at the time, it was just a comment - but from that point onwards, there parents tried to pretend it had been a prank by was a passionate hate towards me. That’s when it someone else - they later told me they had lied to all started.” make me feel better.”
Soon everything Holly did or didn’t do was a source Holly lasted six months of unrelenting emotional of aggravation to her bullies, from her “big hips” to abuse before her parents had no choice but to pull NO ESCAPE her “greasy hair” or the pens she used. her out of the school and move her to another. “Suddenly I couldn’t sit where I usually did, near the ‘popular group’ - I was shunned to the other end of “Back then I felt so embarrassed and ashamed about the room,” she says. what happened,” Holly said.
WORDS Laura Peppas “I’d be confronted in the corridors after class, they’d “I’d lie awake and go through everything I could surround me and tell me I was a bitch and that they have done that made them hate me so much, but I were going hit me - it became cool to hate me.” couldn’t think of anything. My mum kept saying it At the school social, Holly’s father had to drop her was jealousy, but I never believed her. BULLYING ISN'T JUST SEEN AS "KIDS STUFF" ANYMORE - IT'S A SYSTEMIC right outside the doors and pick her up not a minute ISSUE THAT CAN END IN TRAGEDY. BUT WHY DOES IT HAPPEN, AND WHAT after the time it was supposed to finish, because there “It’s stayed with me a bit even all these years later... CAN WE DO TO STOP IT? LAURA PEPPAS ASKS THE TOUGH QUESTION – was a rumour going round that she would be “beaten sometimes when people are in bad moods I worry ‘ARE HUMANS HARDWIRED TO BULLY?’ up” at the event. they hate me, and then that anxiety plays up again.”
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For so long,it seemed that bullying was reserved Anxiety, depression, social withdrawal and low self as “kids stuff.” esteem are just some of the effects associated with bullying, whether it be physical, verbal or cyber. ...BULLY VICTIMS ARE Teachers preferred to stay out of the matter, while many parents had the attitude of ‘we all go through “Victims can develop phobias sometimes even it,’ or even that it toughened you up. years after, they can become depressed, feel BETWEEN TWO TO NINE hopeless, worthless and helpless, some people can But the widely reported suicides of young people who be traumatised and some can even end up with post have been relentlessly bullied proved this was a major traumatic stress disorder,” Holly says. TIMES MORE LIKELY TO issue that had to be taken seriously, and fast. So what causes someone to bully? Is it instinct - an Today the statistics on bullying and suicide are innate, almost animalistic urge within to weed out the CONSIDER SUICIDE THAN alarming: bully victims are between two to nine times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, vulnerable? Or is it learned behaviour? * according to studies by Yale University , while a study Holly says current research indicates it’s “50/50.” NON-VICTIMS. in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying*. “It is a multitude of factors,” she says.
According to statistics reported by ABC News*, “Dr Beben Benyamin from the Queensland Brain nearly 30 per cent of students are either bullies or Institute collaborated with researchers at VU victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from University of Amsterdam to review almost every school every day due to fear of bullying. twin study across the world from the past 50 years, involving more than 14.5 million twin pairs in 2015, Principal psychologist at Northside Psychology Holly and that showed our traits come from half nature and “Before that age, most children haven’t developed Results showed bullies tended to hold a negative view Kirwan, who offers counselling and assessment half nurture*,” Holly says. the mental complexity of wanting to cause pain to of themselves, suggesting they pick on others to feel services for a wide range of matters including anxiety, others,” Peter Randall, Ph.D., a senior research fellow better about themselves, and they may especially bullying and harassment, says the prevalence of social “I think it’s important though to look at a at the University of Hull in England and an expert on single out those who have trouble fitting in for media has somewhat exacerbated the issue, with predisposition to this kind of behaviour – it may be bullying, has said. “A two-year-old may get angry and other reasons*. bullying no longer contained to the classroom. role modelling or it may be that there’s not enough kick or punch, but it’s impulsive behaviour.” boundaries. There can be so many different causes: So what is the solution? Many experts believe schools “The stress can be enormous because the home is no In a culture that is fascinated with winning, could do more to combat the issue. longer a sanctuary,” Holly says. with some people it may be that they start to target the victims because of their own low self esteem. power and violence, some experts suggest that “As a researcher and educator I have at times been “You’re not necessarily going to be able to escape it In other cases, people aren’t even really aware it is unrealistic to expect that people will not be disappointed and saddened at the low rate of progress unless you completely switch off - which can be very their behaviour is bullying behaviour; they’ve told influenced to seek power through violence in their in reducing bullying in schools,” University of South hard for young people to do - and because of the themselves what they are doing is ok, it’s normal.” own lives. nature of cyber bullying, you don’t necessarily know Australia professor Ken Rigby, an international One report suggested the fact that one gets more who it is or where it’s coming from.” While Holly believes most bullies can “unlearn” their authority on bullying, writes in his 2010 book behaviour, others may not. social recognition for negative behaviours than for How schools counter bullying. Of course, it’s not just young people who feel the positive ones can also contribute to reasons why force of online bullies: in 2014, TV personality and “A small percentage of people are always going to be people bully. Television shows or movies, as well as “It is now widely acknowledged that bullying is not former model Charlotte Dawson committed suicide wired differently,” she says. real life situations in schools, for example, show that limited to physical forms of aggression but includes after an onslaught of abuse from Twitter “trolls.” acting out is more likely to get noticed than behaving verbal and indirect forms such as deliberate and “They’re not going to have empathy, they’re not oneself civilly and courteously. unfair exclusion - and that the latter can be the most Her final tweet was a simple message to her faceless going to have remorse and they’re not going to feel devastating. Secondly, it is now evident that reducing bullies: “you win”. any guilt.” A 2010 study presented in a poster session at bullying in schools is really hard.” the 118th Annual Convention of the American “Often the people who see no other way out are Whether it’s instinct or learned, many researchers Psychological Association in San Diego went inside Currently each school’s bullying policies differ, battling other issues in their life, and may not easily believe children can’t truly be considered bullies until the minds of bullies themselves, involving 666 ranging from offering counselling services for bullied see a solution,” Holly says. they’re four or five years old. students (ages 12 to 16) from 14 schools who had students to educational programs for teachers on recently reported bullying others. The researchers handling bullying cases. compared the bullies with a group of 478 students who had not recently engaged in bullying.
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“THE EARLIER CHILDREN LEARN NOT TO BULLY AND THE Canberra lawyer Kavina Mistry knows first-hand “Unfortunately, it got to the point where I’d become EARLIER BULLIES ARE HELD the impact of office bullies. When she was a young fearful each day that I would have contact with lawyer starting out in an interstate law firm, she this person - I wasn’t able to get out of bed without ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR was subjected to an almost daily “denigration” by a considerable difficulty and I wasn’t able to speak colleague for over six months. clearly because I was so fraught with anxiety. It High-stress environments such as law firms can became quite hard for me to even have day to day BEHAVIOUR, THE BETTER.” be known to be a breeding ground for bullying: conversations. I had to seek counselling because I “Everyone is a high achiever, everyone is was considering leaving the field, due to the fact that competitive,” Kavina says. it was so constant, and I was later diagnosed with anxiety and depression.” “Lawyers and their clients have very high stakes, and at times that can result in people taking out any Luckily, Kavina eventually managed to turn her feelings or insecurities out on people around them.” experience into something positive.
The day to day bullying had a “catalyst effect”. In 2014 she started the Young Lawyers’ Mentor A spokesperson for the Education Directorate says a Holly Kirwan believes change is most effective if it Program for the ACT, a program designed to connect “I’d start to believe what they said - that I wasn’t “whole school approach” is the most effective way of can begin from the “ground up.” young lawyers with more senior practitioners for dealing with bullying. strong enough to do this job, or I just wasn’t good “The earlier children learn not to bully and the enough - and the seeds of doubt that were planted in advice, guidance and support. “[Public] schools put in place Social and Emotional earlier bullies are held accountable for their me started to wander into everything else that I was “The job itself is intense, it takes its toll on people - so Learning programs as well as lessons in developing behaviour, then, the better,” she says. doing,” she says. I think it’s important for young lawyers to essentially personal capabilities as outlined in the Australian “Schools need to take a stand from a young age. It “There was a feeling of anxiety every time I got an have an outlet where they have someone they can Curriculum,” the spokesperson says. can be difficult, and this is where you need good email from this person or every time I got a call from go to, to talk about either law or personal matters leadership and consistent policies and procedures in “This proactive approach builds the skills and this person, it just became this instant feeling that I such as building confidence or fears they may have in place from the beginning: people need to understand resilience of students to engage in respectful didn’t deserve to be there. practice,” Kavina says. the serious nature of the situation, that there are relationship and how to deal with bullying. This laws in place; workplace are supposed to be safe and approach also emphasises respectful relationships for schools are supposed to be safe. all students, regardless of cultural/ethnic background, religious beliefs, whether a student has a disability, or “Bullying is not just a single comment, it’s a systemic, identifies as LGBTQI.” ongoing humiliation and it’s harmful. When you look at the Human Rights Commission, there’s legislation Implementation of the controversial Safe Schools in place to protect people, so this sort of behaviour program, which encourages schools to be safe and shouldn’t be happening from the start.” more inclusive for same sex attracted, intersex and gender diverse students, staff and families, is seen by If a bully’s behaviour is left unchecked it can follow “THERE WAS A FEELING OF ANXIETY EVERY TIME I GOT AN EMAIL FROM them into adulthood, says Holly. some as a step in the right direction, with “a range of free support for school staff, including profes “It’s not uncommon for a bully to take that behaviour THIS PERSON OR EVERY TIME I GOT A CALL FROM THIS PERSON..." sional learning, advice and resources.” More than 20 into the office or other environments. Whatever the schools in the ACT have been listed as members of age, bullying can continue if the behaviour continues the Safe Schools Coalition. to be validated.”
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WHETHER YOU’RE BATTLING WITH CHRONIC HEALTH SYMPTOMS OR SIMPLY WANT TO OPTIMISE YOUR OVERALL “PEOPLE NEED TO BE CAUGHT OUT TO KNOW IT’S WELLBEING, OUR EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO TAILOR A MULTI–DISCIPLINARY APPROACH. NOT OK TO BE BELITTLED OR BULLIED.”
“The program itself has had a fantastic response - “No one deserves to be bullied, in any shape or I’ve had so many people saying things like ‘it’s so nice form, and I believe legislation like this will create to feel that I’m not alone.’ And there lies the key in awareness that bullying can and does have very stopping those feelings of anxiety or isolation.” serious consequences for the victims. Legislation like this will hopefully act to deter this type of behaviour Kavina is now working in an “incredibly supportive” law firm and last year, was awarded ACT Young as it will make it clear that any perpetrators can and Lawyer of the Year. will be held accountable for the consequences of their actions, as they should be.” ¡ Like Holly Kirwan, she believes the key in combating bullying or harassment lies in “changing the culture.” References: “People need to be caught out to know it’s not ok to be belittled or bullied,” Kavina says. * Yale University, Office of Public Affairs, “Bullying-Suicide Link Explored in New Study by Researchers at Yale” http:// WELLNESS - SCIENTIFICALLY Some important groundwork has been made in resources.uknowkids.com/facts-stats-bullycide prosecuting bullying cases: Victoria’s anti-bullying legislation, known as Brodie’s Law, commenced * Matt Dickinson, The Independent, “Research finds bullying in June 2011 and made serious bullying a crime link to child suicides” http://www.independent.co.uk/ punishable by up to 10 years in jail. The legislation news/uk/home-news/research-finds-bullying-link-to-child- was introduced after the tragic suicide of a young suicides-1999349.html woman, Brodie Panlock, who was subjected to * Susan Donaldson James, ABC News, Health, “Teen relentless bullying in her workplace. Meanwhile the INJURY • INSOMNIA • EXHAUSTION OR LOW ENERGY • PAIN Commits Suicide Due to Bullying: Parents Sue School death of student Allem Halkic, who jumped off the for Son’s Death.” http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ POOR CONCENTRATION • SKIN DISORDERS • ILLNESS • STRESS • DIGESTIVE ISSUES West Gate Bridge in 2009 after receiving threatening MindMoodNews/story?id=7228335 ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION • SLOW HEALING • LOW SELF ESTEEM text messages from a former friend, led to Australia’s first prosecution over cyber bullying. * University of Queensland, “Nature vs Nurture: Research shows it’s both” https://www.uq.edu.au/news/ “Legislation like Brodie’s Law makes it very clear to SO IF YOU WANT A SOLUTION TO YOUR HEALTH PROBLEMS ONCE AND article/2015/05/nature-v-nurture-research-shows-its-both FOR ALL, COME AND DISCOVER A WORLD OF WELLBEING TODAY. people that actions have consequences and I believe legislation like this takes a significant step towards * Livescience, “Bullies on Bullying: Why We Do It” http:// 6260 4774 | [email protected] | WORLDOFWELLBEING.COM.AU creating much-needed accountability,” Kavina says. www.livescience.com/11163-bullies-bullying.html
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WORDS Emma Macdonald
MEET THE WOMEN WHO lustGAVE IN TO THEIR WANDERLUST AND DID SOMETHING A LITTLE CRAZY, A LOT BRAVE AND ULTIMATELY LIFE-AFFIRMING WHEN THEY PACKED UP THEIR ORDINARY LIVES, AND TOOK THE PLUNGE...
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SarahAT 26, SARAH LEFT A WHAT FIRSTBown STIRRED YOU TO ACTION? WHAT DID YOU EAT? CORPORATE JOB AT THE ANU TO VOLUNTEER IN MONGOLIA I had a terrible foreboding feeling my life was slipping into Because of their location and extreme climate, the availability of monotony at the tender age of 24. A friend had won a fresh fruits and vegetables in Mongolia is a little limited so there is role in Tonga in a program with Australian Volunteers for a lot of meat and dairy. However, when you go to the supermarket International Development. to buy some meat and the man gestures to a whole dead goat on a board and asks you something in Mongolian which is probably “Every single day I went at it like a bull in a china shop. I started applying for “which bit do you want?”, it is a little confronting. positions in Laos and Vietnam and was already imagining all of I experienced something that the Vietnamese coffee and sunshine. Unfortunately, I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the job descriptions themselves and was DO YOU RECALL A TIME IT WAS TOO HARD? has inevitably changed me unsuccessful. After three months I was getting a little frustrated and 2015 was getting really close. This was the year I said I would Winter in Mongolia goes for about five months of the year and at for the better.” go on this adventure and the universe just wasn't feeling my jam. its worst can be -30˚C for four or five weeks at a time. You have to Then lo and behold, the perfect job came up: marketing and wear about seven layers of clothes and the hairs in your nose freeze communications in two education host organisations; tertiary when you breathe in and your eyelashes get stuck together. There experience preferred. I was stoked; this was it, my 2015 adventure! were definitely moments we had to break into our supply of Tim And then I realised the job location was Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Tams to get through a bad day! Mongolia. I resigned at the beginning of 2015, leaving the security of a job and my partner of four years behind in Australia. HOW DID IT CHANGE YOU?
Every single day I experienced something that has inevitably DID YOU EVER GET COLD FEET? changed me for the better. I guess the most profound is, as a Luckily not. I am a proud person at my core so getting cold feet is Type-A personality, I preferred everything to run to Plan A and go something I fear because it indicates I'm not fully on board with my like clockwork. decisions; it's a weakness. I feel like the positive aspects of my personality have just been enhanced and I've broken out of a couple of bad habits like stressing over little things and being Ms Impatience. It's also increased FIRST IMPRESSIONS? my appetite and appreciation for the "new" and I've been really Arriving in late March, it was pretty much smack bang between confident in exploring new hobbies and interests in Canberra and summer and winter. Which meant all of the winter snow had melted meeting new friends. If I can handle living in Mongolia for a year I but the lush green summer grasses had yet to appear. So everything can handle going to an Italian class on my own! was grey and dry with no vegetation. So it pretty much looked like the moon. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment with another volunteer in a really central area of Ulaanbaatar.
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WHAT SPARKED YOUR DECISION? TAKE TWO? Amy I'dO’Dell wanted a solo travel adventure since my early twenties, but my Second trip: A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! I spent my first month travelling decision was cemented at the end of a big relationship nearly four from Guatemala to Costa Rica on a combination of solo travel AMY O’DELL, 35, LEFT HER years ago. and as part of a small Intrepid Tour. By the time I got to Costa “I was a relaxed, tanned, MARKETING MANAGER JOB, Rica I decided I should check my bank account and realised I had At the end of most relationships, the people involved are forced make-up free, goat-farming SOLD HER BELONGINGS AND drastically overspent. to have a tough look at their life. I’d come to a crossroad and had STARTED A BACKPACKING to decide which direction I’d take. The next relationship, or an So in a sudden turn of events I searched the Worldwide digital nomad” ADVENTURE. (TWICE!) adventure of my own? One day in July last year I was driving home Organisation of Organic Farmers USA website for farms that to my latest share house and got stuck in roadwork traffic. It was needed immediate help, and would you believe a farmer in sunny about 5.20pm and nearly dark, and cold and rainy and I’m in the California had a goat farm and his goats needed to be milked. traffic on a roundabout and remember having a moment of clarity I was greeted at the farm by two gorgeous dogs and a guard donkey like in a movie! If I'm going to make change in my life, it needs to called Odie. I had my own bedroom, gorgeous neighbours, and happen now! I booked my flights a few days later. I had 15 weeks delicious farm-fresh goats cheese that I helped produce. Not to until departure, and I went into panic saving mode. mention 50-something goats, two pigs, woodpeckers, bears and the most friendly, welcoming and warm neighbours and farm friends, who are all now friends for life. HOW DID YOU RAISE FUNDS? Two weeks turned to two months, and I only left because I was One of my goals of this trip was to reduce my belongings to only the offered a big freelance project with a Canberra business and basic and sentimental items. I sold furniture, whitegoods, clothes, was struggling to manage working at the farm with completing artwork and finally my car! the project. I was really shocked by the number of clothes I had in my wardrobe I was a relaxed, tanned, make-up free, goat-farming digital nomad. that still had labels on them. I was just carting them around from one share house to another. And so many beauty products! Wow, what a waste of money! I felt sick looking at it all. I either sold things WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN? on eBay or gave it Vinnies. I was already feeling lighter. Less is more! By disconnecting myself from the material things in life, and coming back to the basics, life really is less complicated. SO WHEN DID YOU SET OFF? I’ve discovered I actually don’t need much and I’ve become really adaptable to my environment. For example, I’ve survived 10 I arrived in Thailand last November, where I was planning six months without a car! weeks travel from south to north. I’d been there a couple of times before, so knew what to expect, but on my fifth night, in the outdoor But on the flip side, I’ve also realised how unsure things can be shower of my tropical $15-a-night bungalow, I broke my wrist! I had when you don’t have an income. This trip has definitely made me to fly home a few nights later for surgery in Canberra, and spent the learn to budget and live within my means. I’ll look for some contract next two months in a cast. work and hang out in Canberra or Sydney for a couple of months to top up my bank account, then I’m heading back to the US to backpack from Nashville to New York before job hunting in the US or England.
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KirstinAT 40, KIRSTIN AND HER WHYL TAKE angton THE PLUNGE? FIRST IMPRESSIONS ON THE GROUND? HUSBAND JOE DWYER TOOK We have lived in Canberra for over 10 years now and our trip was Our village was very quaint - Servian in the Languedoc-Roussillon THEIR THREE KIDS UNDER “I admire how laid back the 10, ALIYAH, ZAE AND NOAH, pretty much about the kids improving their French language skills. region, population around 4000. People didn't speak English. The TO LIVE IN FRANCE FOR 10 I always thought I would like to bring up my children to be bilingual school was small and welcoming. Our house was very old and very French are and the slower and we were lucky enough to get them into Telopea Park School. I huge. Everything was so old in France - the village, the houses, the MONTHS – THE LONGEST pace of life but I know that BREAK THEY COULD CLAIM wanted to spend time living in France while they were still relatively cars, and the appliances, because people don't replace things unless young and we had access to long service leave. they can't be fixed. It was annoying when people smoked around FROM THEIR PUBLIC is just not me” SERVICE CAREERS. children, dog poo was everywhere, people were oblivious to the At first Joe wasn't overly keen. He thought he might prefer to dangers of skin cancer, things were so seasonal with everything spend 10 months at home watching Netflix and doing some things shutting in after summer - not to mention nothing open on around the house and getting fit. I convinced him that he could a Sunday. watch Netflix in France and he could still go for runs (dodging the dog poo!). The kids were pretty keen to give it a try so we had no The wine was so good and cheap but we got so sick of baguettes problems really convincing them. which I didn’t think was possible before we left.
PROS AND CONS? BEST MOMENTS?
It definitely cost us a lot of money as we weren't working and the Seeing the children perform with their class mates at the school Aussie dollar decided to plummet just after we left and bounce back fete. Travelling around France and Italy. Noah making friends just after we returned. Things were a lot harder because of the and arguing in French with his best friend. Having wine with our language barrier. Joe and I weren't fluent in French and were still winemaker neighbour. Being in London and seeing where I used to fairly basic when we left. This limited us a lot in our interactions live and work. Seeing the Tour de France. Noah's school principal and the way we lived. Our children learnt lots of new swear coming to our house because he left his teddy at school. The kids’ words. But the pros were the kids got to immerse themselves in the school send off - like nothing I have seen before and ever expect to language and culture and made lots of special friends. They learnt see again. a different way of living and different approach to school and life. A big pro was not working and being able to pick up the kids from school and take them to their after-school activities or to play with HOW DID YOU CHANGE? friends. I really appreciated that, especially now we are back to I think I've realised I can't or don't want to change. I admire how juggling full time work, homework, tennis squads, soccer, play dates, laid-back the French are and the slower pace of life but I know that baby sitter, after school care etc. is just not me. I like how they live more simply but we have gone back to our more complicated lives and I don't think we will change that for the foreseeable future. Part of me wants a simple life but I don’t think it’s in my nature.
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LarissaAT 28, FLORIST AND STYLIST, WHEN DID YOU FIRSTHrstic FALL IN LOVE WITH FLOWERS? THE PROS AND CONS? LADY LARISSA TOOK OFF FOR LONDON AND A DATE WITH I basically fell into floristry doing work experience at age There were many pros - learning to be independent and finding THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 15 and completing a Certificate 3 in Floristry while at an inner happiness and spark I never knew existed. I took a risk Narrabundah College. and had the time of my life. I gained so much from freelancing for different florists, I made beautiful friends and opened myself up to I then did a Bachelor in Graphic Design at UC, but I don’t fancy a new world. I also travelled a lot. Cons were missing family and the desk and computer life. I fell back in love with flowers and have friends, and missing out on special milestones and events. not looked back. I remember breaking down at the airport with my mum. Despite thinking I would only be gone a few months - I remembered asking WHAT TOOK YOU TO LONDON? her “What the hell am I doing with my life?”. Mum just smiled and “Everything just fell into replied, “you’re going to have a good time”. It was all the comfort I I had been travelling a fair amount the years before and something needed. And she was right. place because I had left about London spoke to me. The flower scene there is very big. The city set my soul on fire and I just knew I had to go back. I went with my plans half open and the intention of finding a few months’ work experience to take back WHERE DID YOU LIVE? with me so I could start my own business and also bought tickets to to chance.” the Chelsea Flower Show - which is like Floriade on steroids. I lived in an incredible warehouse with three others in East London. Amaia a trained ballerina and sarcastic Basque beauty; Kent As soon as I got off the flight in Gatwick and onto the train to a Canadian director, older brother figure and spirit lifter; and London I couldn’t stop smiling. I felt free, more me than I had Henrick, a Norwegian Englishman environmentalist and writer ever been before despite not really knowing anyone, or having a who made me laugh a lot. These three people were soon became set schedule. Everything just fell into place because I had left my my family, and with Mayo the cat then there was five. People within plans half open and to chance. I ended up staying on for two years that area are all so friendly, and you quickly become linked with and don’t think I would have ever left the UK if my visa permitted different groups of people especially with Facebook. East London me to stay. attracts more of a creative kind of person. It's full of freelancers, actors, artists, models, musicians, film makers, dreamers. The warehouse lifestyle also linked everyone together and we would HOW DID YOU SETTLE IN? often cross paths and just hang out with each other at the local I just kind of winged it and was proactive in taking myself around brewery after work, or at a party in a neighbouring flat. Everyone is and emailing a bunch of florists I liked the look of. In most cases in the similar boat of being a young working professional, wanting I was lucky to meet the right people at the right time. I think it’s to have a good time. always best to have some sort of direction but more importantly follow your heart and go with the flow and that gut feeling. HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED?
I am much more independent. I just strive to do what I love and the money follows. I still dream of returning to London. Everything still feels a bit unfinished. My ideal situation would be to spend six months in each country. What a dream, to never miss a summer! ¡
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As she sits on my couch with a coffee in hand, Sofia looks at me with her strong, dark eyes and artfully applied makeup. This warm, professional woman is living proof that no matter what we imagine the future will look like, domestic violence can happen to any one of us.
“Looking back now, Ethan was a complete narcissist,” Sofia explains of her charismatic ex-partner, “everyone thought he was amazing and that he would never do anything to hurt me, that we were the perfect couple. But it was not like that all.”
In their early 20s, Ethan and Sofia met through a mutual friend. She adored his outgoing personality and spontaneity. Within a week, they were an item.
“Everything was in the moment, and I found that kind of SOFIA’S ESCAPE exciting,” Sofia says. In her personable manner Sofia laughs and confesses that as a teenager, she didn’t have many boyfriends; Ethan’s attention was flattering.
With candour she says: “It was just nice to have someone to talk to.”
Soon after they began dating, Ethan’s father informed WORDS Ginger Gorman Sofia of his son’s serious mental health issues. His moods could swing from extreme highs to deep lows, she was told.
Far from being daunted, Sofia “just wanted to be there for him” and “help him through it.”
WHEN 34-YEAR-OLD SOFIA* WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE HAD ONLY ONE DREAM: “BY THE TIME I TURN 25, I’M GOING TO HAVE THIS AWESOME HOUSE AND HAVE CHILDREN AND MARRY MY PRINCE CHARMING.” SHE DIDN’T GET THE FAIRYTALE.
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"I DON’T THINK HE CARED WHERE HE DID IT. HE JUST WANTED TO CONTROL ME,”
The first time Ethan was violent to Sofia, the couple “My family had doubts about him and I didn’t want were visiting his parents. to reinforce that…I wanted them to accept him, as I had,” she explains. “We had had an argument, I remember him grabbing me and shoving me against the wall and For a few years things seemed relatively stable and holding me there,” she says. the pair moved in together. Despite his doctor’s advice, Ethan persisted in taking medication for his A few days earlier Ethan had been smoking mental health conditions while simultaneously using marijuana. In her own mind, Sofia speculated this recreational drugs and alcohol. It was a poisonous was a factor in his behaviour. Instead of feeling mix. Out of sight from Sofia’s parents, Ethan became shocked, she felt responsible. She also wanted to violent on a visit to her family’s home. believe the best of her boyfriend. “I don’t think he cared where he did it. He just “I just took it as, you know, I had to get him off this wanted to control me,” she says. drug,” she says. “Because I [had] just kind of turned Then things settled down again. For five years there into his rock. I helped him through everything. was no violence. Ethan agreed to stop smoking “I thought it was just a once off and would never pot and after many discussions, they decided to get happen again. And it took a few years before married. Soon afterwards their daughter, Isabella, anything happened again,” she continues. was born.
Thinking back to the pattern of abuse which later Sofia found being a new mother tough. As a baby, emerged, she says: “He wasn’t violent while he was Isabella was “a really bad sleeper” who frequently cried for long periods. This led to both Sofia and smoking pot but it’d be the day after when he’d come Ethan being chronically sleep deprived. off his high or whatever, he’d tend to get violent.” Ethan fell into a pattern of smoking pot every night Despite being extremely close to her parents, after he came home from work. Once again his Sofia didn’t tell them about Ethan’s first pattern of violence erupted. aggressive outburst.
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“I WAS NOT GOING TO LET MY CHILD GROW UP LIKE THAT. I WAS PROTECTING MY DAUGHTER.”
“It was always in the middle of the night when Alongside the violence, Ethan’s controlling The incident that permanently broke Sofia’s Over the past three years, Sofia’s life has we just weren’t coping,” Sofia says, “we’d have a behaviours increased. He’d attempt to stop marriage occurred just before Isabella’s second transformed. She has a wonderful new partner who disagreement…and I’d end up held by the throat, Sofia having coffee with her friends and would birthday. Tragically, her young daughter witnessed it. “makes me laugh every day” and a great job. pinned to the bed, him screaming at me. constantly check the car’s odometer to see how far she’d travelled. “He grabbed me by the throat and dragged me “I feel completely safe,” she says. “Then I would end up having a panic attack and around the corner and continued to choke me,” Sofia crying on the floor,” she continues. Sofia’s mother-in-law ratcheted up the domestic says. “I was scared that one day he was just going to Although Ethan still has regular access visits with pressure. After Isabella was born, Sofia recounts keep holding on.” Isabella, Sofia retains custody of their daughter Soon Ethan was choking her by the throat more and Ethan’s mother becoming “very over-involved and through the Family Court. more frequently – once or twice a week. very controlling.” In that moment Sofia knew if she stayed with Ethan, the violence would never cease. Perhaps she’d end Sometimes Sofia thinks about what she’ll say when “I was terrified that he was going to kill me,” she Looking back, Sofia believes she had postnatal up dead. Isabella is old enough to start asking questions. says, adding that he verbally threatened to do so depression right from when she gave birth to Isabella. She’s hopeful their own story of surviving domestic “many times in the heat of the moment”. The depression deepened as Ethan’s violence A single thought made her determined to escape: “I violence will give Isabella courage into the future. and family tensions escalated. She began having was not going to let my child grow up like that. I was According to Sofia, Ethan was consistently protecting my daughter.” “I really hope it gives her strength and confidence unapologetic about these horrific episodes. Instead suicidal thoughts. to always look after herself and not let someone else ¡ he’d lambast her: “It’s your fault, you made me A dear friend helped Sofia to reach out to PANDSI – With the assistance of her parents, ACT Police and control her,” Sofia says. do that.” Canberra’s postnatal and antenatal support service. Canberra’s domestic violence crisis service, DVCS, She participated in multiple PANDSI programs, Sofia obtained a domestic violence order and an “I truly believed that [it was my fault] because * Names and some identifying details have been changed to including telephone counseling, and was thankful for exclusion order (colloquially this is also known as he made me believe it,” she says, adding: “I protect Sofia and Isabella’s safety the non-judgmental environment. a ‘kick out’ order) through the Magistrates Court. was ashamed.” Ethan was forced to leave their house. For Sofia, recalling the terror of those nights is hard. Sofia sees this as a turning point in her life; she Despite her obvious fear, Sofia wanted to give Isabella If this article has raised issues, please visit the A number of times we stop our conversation so started to get her confidence back. some stability. She stayed in the home and her PANDSI website at pandsi.org she can wipe away tears and take a breath, before “I really, truly believe that I wouldn’t be here today father changed all the locks. With a smile and a tiny pressing on. without PANDSI,” she says. glimmer of satisfaction, Sofia says: “I had my house and my life back.”
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Melbourne is a city of contrasts, and nowhere is this more apparent than the St. Kilda boardwalk. Stretching along 5km of beach, the boardwalk is more ST KILDA FORESHORE Miami than New York, and will make you feel miles away from the CBD’s laneways. Undeniably the best time for this walk is sunset where you can grab St Kilda Foreshore and the perfect Instagram shot of the sun setting over the Ferris Wheels of Luna Park. Boardwalk, St Kilda Mosey your way along the boardwalk from Dickens Street to Fitzroy Street (about 2km) where you can then walk up the gentle slope and grab a drink or Melbourne dinner in the throbbing heart of St. Kilda. WORDS Beatrice Smith
THE CHEEKY KID SISTER TO SYDNEY’S POLISHED COSMOPOLITAN ATMOSPHERE, MELBOURNE APPEALS TO OUR BIG CITY SENSIBILITIES BIRD’S BASEMENT In true Melbourne style, Bird’s Basement is located in a deserted alleyway, just – BOISTEROUS, DELICIOUS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT GRIMY WITH NEW JAZZ CLUB off William Street in the CBD. Down two flights of stairs you’ll find a jazz club DISCOVERIES TO BE MADE WITH EVERY VISIT. 11 Singers Lane, which wouldn’t be out of place in NYC, possessing a velvety old school vibe with Melbourne CBD all the modern conveniences (such as a state-of-the-art sound system).
1300 225 299 Bird’s boasts a packed program of international Jazz superstars. Booking is birdsbasement.com highly recommended, especially for a table close to the stage. S tay If you’re here to fit as many food and drink experiences into your trip as possible, OVOLO LANEWAYS look no further than Ovolo Laneways. This discreet boutique hotel on Little Bourke Street is close to many of Melbourne’s hippest restaurants and bars, 19 Little Bourke Street, Eat + Drink making it the perfect city oasis. The hotel’s interiors will make you feel like you’re Melbourne CBD MADAME BRUSSELLS Madame Brussells is a space stuck somewhere between a Hamptons’ garden crashing at your very cool Melbourne mate’s apartment, with colourful, spacious party and Alice in Wonderland. Sit on vintage lawn furniture as you’re served a Level 3, 59 Bourke Street, (03) 8692 0777 rooms and chic European subway tiled bathrooms. Aside from the killer location, jug of ‘The Madame’s Fruity Double D Cups’ or ‘Smokey Throbinson’ (no, really) Melbourne CBD ovolohotels.com there are perks like free wifi, rainfall showers and blackout curtains for when you or snack on a chocolate fondue with marshmallows and fresh strawberries. In inevitably need to sleep in after a big night out. (03) 9662 2775 summer, ‘Madame’ really heats up, but their expansive terrace nestled in the madamebrussels.com trees and overlooking the city provides a cool retreat.
CONVERTED CHURCH A “30 second walk” from Fitzroy’s Smith Street, this Airbnb property is ideal for HOUSE visitors who want to feel like a local. ARCHIE’S ALL DAY Melbourne isn’t short on café culture, so when deciding where to go for break- Palatial in size, the owners have kept the church’s dark wooden elements fast or a quick coffee, it can be a little overwhelming. Luckily it’s hard to go Converted Church House, 189 Gertrude Street, throughout, from the well-worn bannisters to the imposing dining room table, the wrong, but Archie’s All Day is a great choice if you’re looking for somewhere a Fitzroy Fitzroy only exception to which is the sleek modern kitchen. Although with legendary cut above. They’re famous for ‘The Godmother’ and their ‘Huevos Suclos’ (dirty airbnb.com.au/ establishments like Huxtaburger and Bebida right next door, it’ll be hard not to (03) 9417 0066 eggs) but their other menu items won’t disappoint. Get in early in the morning to rooms/10317669 head out for every meal. archiesallday.com avoid waiting for a table.
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Play THE PICNIC SHED This gorgeous boutique homewares store is located in a shed at the back of the Cnr Prince Alfred Street + Milkwood Bakery and has all the goods you need for relaxing at home, working Princess Highway, Berry in the garden or a day on the picnic rug. Grab a picnic rug and basket and 0447 773 894 some outdoor games for an al fresco feast. thepicnicshed.com.au
MOSS NEST Located in a beautiful 19th century historic building, Moss Nest boasts a 69 Queen Street, Berry Down in the valley delightful collection of eclectic home furnishings, ladies’ fashion and accessories, (02) 4464 2203 something for the guys and stunning fresh flowers at their in-house florist. WORDS Belinda Neame IMAGE Tim Bean mossnest.com.au
LESS THAN TWO HOURS DRIVE FROM CANBERRA AND WEST OF THE COAST, KANGAROO VALLEY IS A RIVER VALLEY IN THE SHOALHAVEN REGION. DESCRIBED AS “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VALLEY HUSKISSON PICTURES IN AUSTRALIA”, IT’S THE PERFECT BASE FROM WHICH TO EXPLORE THE SURROUNDING TOWNS OF This isn’t your average cinema. Oozing character, Huskisson Pictures was constructed in 1913 by local ship builders as a community hall for their BERRY, HUSKISSON, ULLADULLA AND EVEN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. IT’S THE BEST OF THE Owen St, Huskisson employees. Movies have been screened here since the early 1950s with the COAST AND THE COUNTRY - YOUR SENSES WILL BE ON OVERLOAD! (02) 4441 5076 exterior left as original as possible, adding to its charm. The perfect place to huskipics.com.au catch a new release or classic film. S tay THE COTTAGE Eat + Drink KANGAROO VALLEY Located in the heart of the picturesque Kangaroo Valley, THE COTTAGE is CUPITT’S WINERY AND curated by artist, stylist and creative director Lisa Madigan and is the perfect RESTAURANT Tucked away behind the historic village of Milton, Cupitt’s is a boutique winery, 118 Moss Vale Road, destination getaway. It’s not just a stay at THE COTTAGE, it’s an experience microbrewery, fromagerie and restaurant. With extraordinary views across the Kangaroo Valley —we’re talking a full steel bathtub and rain head shower, Aesop bathroom 58 Washburton Road, vine to Burrill Lake and the Budawang ranges, you can enjoy award-winning amenities, IN BED linen & robes, open fireplace and a fully equipped chef’s Ulladulla 0415 138 909 wines and craft ales or even learn about the wine-making process, sample local kitchen. You actually won’t want to leave. thecottagekangaroovalley.com (02) 4455 7888 produce and enjoy a special dining experience with a French twist. cupitt.com.au
RIVER BLISS TREEHOUSE Nestled on the banks of Kangaroo River, the uniquely designed River Treehouse BIOTA DINING is a short 10-minute stroll from Kangaroo Valley’s village centre. Set in lush This is destination dining at its best. Inspired by the ingredients of the landscape, Cullen Crescent, bushland, you can soak up the sun on the outdoor setting on the rear deck 18 Kangaloon Road, the two-hatted Biota Dining’s seasonal Mod Oz menu is crafted by using Kangaroo Valley overlooking the pristine river, or take a leisurely walk to amazingly breathtaking Bowral produce from surrounding dairies, livestock farms, vegetable growers and wild river viewing platforms down to the river beach. Excellent cafes and restaurants 0418 662 836 native ingredients. are just a stone's throw away. (02) 4862 2005 blissproperties.com.au biotadining.com
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THE W HOTEL With a long strip of beach and the sorts of cool and arty inclusions that make Jl. Petitenget, Kerobokan, the W chain so wonderful, this place will put you in the middle of all the action. Seminyak Everything is on point, from the elegantly trained bamboo tunnel upon the entrance to the multi-layered pool and array of incredible restaurants (want your 1-800-025-525 cocktail pre-frosted in a silver bucket of liquid nitrogen? Ice is just so passe…) wretreatbali.com
KATAMAMA Recently opened up as an exclusive hotel behind the famed Potato Head Beach Katamama, Jl Petitenget Club, Katamama is distinctive for its mid-century décor and an abundance No 51B, Seminyak of brick. Lots of brick. A bonus of staying here is preferential access to its “community” of restaurants, bars and cafes. That includes scoring a day bed at +62 (361) 302 9999 Potato Head, which, during some glorious sunsets, is akin to winning Lotto. BaliWORDS Emma Macdonald katamama.com
BALI HAS LONG BEEN A FAVOURED DESTINATION FOR AUSTRALIANS IN SEARCH OF SEA AND SUN — FOR OUR BALI TRAIL WE FOCUS ON THE INCREASINGLY URBANE BEACHSIDE SEMINYAK AND INLAND CULTURAL CAPITAL UBUD. Play BODYWORKS It’s an oldie but a goodie, providing frazzled and unkempt visitors with untold Jalan Kayu Jati No 2, options to de-stress and beautify themselves. Take an afternoon out and head in Petitenget for the works: massage, scrub, facial, mani and pedi. It provides incredible value Choose your destination for money. Burrill the Bintang beer-flavoured Kuta, Seminyak has become a hipster haven, delivering an array of +62 (0) 361 733317 restaurants, beach clubs, bars, boutiques and luxurious hotels and villas. Even the coffee is good now, although bodyworksbali.com you may want to check the beans in your latte haven’t been pre-digested by a civet cat.
But with its stocks as a global playground rising, so have the prices. Seminyak may be an easy place for a quick break away, but it is no longer the cheaper option compared with other Asian destinations such as Singapore or SPRING Hong Kong. A New Zealand venture that is drawing a strong following for its gorgeously 100x Jln Petitenget, sleek interiors complete with a DJ station, all conveniently located adjacent to Seminyak If quiet time, yoga and bird song is your thing then Ubud is a must. Located north of Seminyak and about 90 the W Hotel. High end offerings include an oxygen facial or a seat at the minute’s drive from Denpasar Airport, Ubud is surrounded by rice paddies and steep rainforest ravines, promising +62 (852) 391 41775 blow-dry bar. a more ecologically enriching and less chaotic streetscape than Seminyak. springspa.com
S tay Want to do something a little 'out there'? Why not scale up a volcanic mountain BALI ECO-CYCLING and cook some eggs over fissures steaming from molten lava? Bali Eco-Cycling ABADI VILLAS Abadi Villas offer large self-contained villas if you are travelling with family in tow. Each morning a chef will arrive to cook your breakfast, while an extensive in Ubud offers guided tours up Mount Batur. It’s a straightforward slog to get Jln. Raya Pengosekan, Jalan Beraban 110, menu can be delivered at any time. Villas all have pools and the mod-cons of a up; the ground turns rocky, then sandy, then ashy. In the shadow of a steaming Peliatan Ubud Seminyak large home including cable, flat screen TVs and a surplus of day beds. There is a crevice, the eggs, coffee and chocolate cake come out and you can watch the certain attraction to having the privacy and security of your own home serviced +62 (0) 361 975557 sun set over an extraordinary landscape. Coming down is the most fun. Torches +62 (0) 361 736624 by beautiful staff and with large walls keeping tropical gardens in, and the baliecocycling.com light the way as you run, slip and slide down the ash dunes, screeching with abadivillas.com bustle of the Seminyak streets out. laughter. Note: White sneakers will never be the same.
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Eat + Drink MERAH PUTIH Hold onto your belt buckle, the Seminyak food scene is next level. Every week it seems a new hipper-than-hip restaurant has popped up. You’d need to Jl. Petitenget No.100x, stay a month to sample the top crop, but a seat at the cathedral-like Merah Kerobokan Putih should be booked in advance. It offers inventive Asian fusion food and +62 (0) 361 8465950 truly excellent cocktails under soaring perspex rooftops. Turns out, the perspex merahputihbali.com catches rain for the kitchen garden.
KILO A tiny, industrial-themed restaurant, Kilo is pumping out exceptional food. 22 Jalan Drupadi, Bali Lunches veer to organic healthy salad bowls, while dinners are more substantial +62 (812) 4616 7618 including the miso butter gnocchi. Two words of advice: Truffle fries. kilokitchen.com/bali
LA FAVELA Over a small bridge off a shopping strip you enter the dark underground world of La Favela. Think Mexican Day of the Dead meets a kitsch 60’s junk yard. Once Jl. Kayu Aya No. 177X, your eyes have adjusted to the glow of a thousand mismatched light bulbs, grab Seminyak a private dining room or sit in a back courtyard. Food feels secondary to the +62 (0) 361 730603 assault on your senses. But a bowl of the porcini quinoa risotto will bring you lafavela.com back to earth.
KU DE TA Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented Prime beachfront position and enough seating to ensure everyone gets a through regular screening. Jl. Kayu Aya No. 9, glimpse of the ocean, Ku De Ta has earned its position as a legendary Seminyak Seminyak playground. A huge menu doesn’t detract from the quality of ingredients. The A Pap test every two years is currently the best way to protect emphasis is on fresh seafood, with even a simple barramundi fillet in an Asian against cervical cancer. +62 (0) 361 736969 broth rising above the competition. If you’re aged between 20 and 69 and have ever been sexually kudeta.com active, you need regular cervical screening — even if you have received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Call your health practitioner to book your cervical POTATO HEAD BEACH CLUB Funky recycled wood curves into the ultimate three-storey hedonist's playground screening (Pap) test today or, for more information on at Potato Head Beach Club. No matter what time of day you visit, you may have cervical screening, call 13 15 56. Jl. Petitenget 51B, to wait in line for a table. If you don’t book a day bed then you will likely forgo Seminyak any chance to cavort around the pool with the other preening jetsetters. Potato Head is selfie city, but provides such exemplary food and service that it’s worth +62 (361) 473 7979 taking seriously. ¡ ptthead.com
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BABY, BABY, IT'S A WILD WORLD
ESCAPE YOUR FASHION COMFORT ZONE BY EXPLORING TEXTURE, COLOUR AND CONTRAST. LET YOUR STYLE BE AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF YOUR INNER ADVENTURER.
PHOTOGRAPHER LAUREN CAMPBELL STYLIST HAYLEY O'NEILL CREATIVE DIRECTOR JAVIER STEEL
Samantha wears dress, $899, by Thurley at David Jones; sheer dress (worn over top), $145, by Cue, both available at Canberra Centre.
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Monica wears sheer dress, $120, by Kira Pizzingrilli; skirt, $349, by Cue at Canberra Centre; bralette, $99 and briefs, $99, both by Mae’s Sunday at Miss Winks.
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Samantha wears lace bodysuit, $79, by Cassandra the Label at Miss Winks; skirt, approx $180, by Megan Cannings Designs. Monica wears gown, $230, by Megan Cannings Designs.
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Samantha wears dress, $595, by Zimmermann available at David Jones Canberra Centre. Opposite: Top, $599, by Trelise Cooper at Pink Ink Boutique.
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Monica wears top, $69.95, by Zara; hair clip (worn as brooch), $89, by Cue at Canberra Centre.
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Samantha wears dress, $550, by Thurley at David Jones. Monica wears dress, $399, by Thurley at David Jones, both available at Canberra Centre.
CONCEPT + CREATIVE DIRECTOR JAVIER STEEL
PHOTOGRAPHER LAUREN CAMPBELL – ASSISTED BY AMANDA SMITH
STYLIST HAYLEY O'NEILL – ASSISTED BY BIANCA ARMSTRONG AND TAYAH MOTT
HAIR LEXI BANNISTER MAKEUP JACQUI SCOTT
MODELS SAMANTHA FARROW AT DEVOJKA MODELS AND MONICA O'LEARY AT HAUS MODELS
COORDINATION BELINDA NEAME
LOCATION CAPTAINS FLAT, NSW
SPECIAL THANKS HEIDI STRATFORD AND FAMILY FOR LOCATION ANDREA HUTCHINSON AT HAUS MODELS. TINA NIKOLOVSKI AT DEVOJKA MODELS.
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A space to
PHOTOGRAPHERbreathe Christine Pobke WORDS Belinda Neame & Amanda Whitley FOR MOST OF US, OUR HOME IS OUR REFUGE — A PLACE TO SEEK RESPITE FROM THE PRESSURES OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE. WE SPEAK TO ONE WOMAN WHOSE KANGAROO VALLEY COTTAGE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE PERFECT ESCAPE.
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Sydney is a fast-paced, crowded place, crisscrossed by a network of roads and rail lines. Always moving, always busy. Life moves fast, and the city is never silent — even in the dark of night. It couldn’t be further removed from Kangaroo Valley — a place filled with rich green fields, gurgling creeks, lush rainforest — and no traffic lights.
It’s easy to see what drew Sydney artist and stylist Lisa Madigan and her husband Rob to this location 10 years ago.
“We wanted a beautiful location and an old gem that hadn't been touched so we could put our own stamp on it,” says Lisa.
“It had to have good bones and a hefty amount of charm. Kangaroo Valley is lush and fertile and so picturesque, offering both the countryside and the coast. We found THE COTTAGE and fell in love instantly.”
“It had to have good bones + a hefty amount of charm...”
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“As always for me, there needs to be context and continuity within an environment.”
And so began Lisa’s transformation of “I love to work texturally as much as visually, this 1880s weatherboard structure which, things need to feel good, be of substance. interestingly, used to be home to local Creation is storytelling in different incarnations.” newspaper, The Kangaroo Valley Times. Once Lisa and Rob’s home, it’s been reinvented once These textural elements play an important more as boutique accommodation. part, with layers telling the all-important story; found objects lie alongside fine art, the old and “It was important for me to give THE COTTAGE the new, the raw and the polished, detail and a sense of place. Surrounded by this incredible openness in equal measure. natural bounty and country charm, it had to have ample elements of raw nature “Many pieces have come from my personal intermingled with luxurious touches, whilst collection that has accumulated over the years nodding to a simplicity and beauty found in the and other pieces were bought in or created natural world.” specifically,” says Lisa.
“As always for me, there needs to be context “We custom-built the banquet table and front and continuity within an environment.” day bed in place, as well as the kitchen and many other little touches. Some of my original Lisa drew inspiration from nature, history, works are throughout, there are plenty of architecture, art, the things in life that stimulate collected touches from nature, beach walks the senses and give meaning to experience. and forest hunts; and vintage finds from abroad and the Southern Highlands and auctions.”
PAGE 74 PAGE 75 Paint finishes are all white – inside and out – which opens the space and lets the light flood and bounce. It's grounded by areas of concrete floors and stunning original floorboards.
“The two textures add such warmth and another layer of story. We wanted to celebrate the original features, At The Cottage, you do whilst bringing everything into the now,” says Lisa. The kitchen has all the beauty of the country, with feel like you step into a contemporary and clean edge. Beautiful light, hand-poured concrete bench tops, industrial fittings, stainless steel cupboards and appliances; the space another world. is a workhorse as much as a show pony.
The bathroom also gives the space a sense of raw THE COTTAGE Kangaroo Valley can luxury, the large bathtub and rain shower tying effortlessly into the entire sense of the property as an be booked for stays through Airbnb or direct oasis from the “rush age”. through [email protected].
“Everyone has somewhere to be or something to do THE COTTAGE is also available for and 'busyness' is celebrated,” says Lisa. intimate events, weddings and location hire. “We all need those moments in our lives when we get to reconnect, with our loved ones, with our friends, with ourselves. At THE COTTAGE, you do feel like you step into another world.”
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Lazy days PICNICS SHOULD BE THE ULTIMATE IN RELAXED DINING: SHORT ON RULES AND STRUCTURE, BIG ON ‘HANDS-ON’ DELICIOUSNESS. THIS FUSS-FREE MENU HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE PERFECT AL FRESCO ADVENTURE. Cheese board
PHOTOGRAPHER Lean Timms STYLING Lisa Madigan & Belinda Neame Grab your picnic blankets and hamper and gather together a selection of hard and soft cheeses, fresh fruit, crusty bread, olives, marinated goat’s cheese, crackers and proscuitto, served with a glass of local wine. Then simply relax.
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Homemade lemonade You’ll never buy lemonade again once you taste this homemade version. For an adult take, add a dash of vodka.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup caster sugar 1 cup water 1 cup fresh lemon juice 3 cups chilled soda water Lemon slices
METHOD
Place the caster sugar and water in a saucepan and stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Leave to cool and then stir in the lemon juice. Chill in the fridge. Add soda water and lemon slices and pour over ice to serve.
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White bean + tomato salad Beef skewers INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 red onion cut into wedges These skewers are easy to prepare and oh-so flavoursome. 25g thyme, broken into sprigs The best part? They take mere minutes to cook. 3 tablespoons white wine 400g tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed 150g cherry tomatoes, halved INGREDIENTS METHOD 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 500g rump steak, cut into Combine the steak, garlic, olive oil, 1 large handful flat-leaf parsley, pieces vinegar and mustard in a bowl and roughly chopped stir to combine. Refrigerate for 30 2 cloves garlic, crushed minutes, longer for a more intense 1 tablespoon olive oil flavour. METHOD
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar Heat a char-grill pan or BBQ over 1 tablespoon seeded mustard high heat. Thread the beef onto Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and add the garlic cooking until lightly Salt & pepper to taste skewers (if using bamboo skewers, it’s best to soak them in some water golden. Add the onion and thyme and Rocket leaves, to serve prior to grilling to avoid burning) and continue cooking until the onion is soft. grill or barbecue for 2–3 minutes each Mountain bread or flatbread, Add the white wine and simmer until side or until cooked to your liking. to serve the wine has reduced. Add the beans Aïoli, to serve Serve with rocket leaves, mountain and stir gently to combine and then bread and aïoli. remove from the heat.
Recipe adapted from Seasons – Tip the beans into a bowl and add the Donna Hay. tomato, vinegar and parley. Stir gently, taking care not to crush the beans, and season to taste.
Recipe adapted from Kitchen – Marie Claire
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Almond + coconut cake with fresh berries + cream
INGREDIENTS METHOD
180 grams almond meal Melt the butter in the microwave and set aside to cool. In a medium mixing bowl, put the almond meal, desiccated coconut, 2/3 cup desiccated coconut salt and sugar and briskly mix together for a minute with a 1/4 teaspoon salt balloon whisk.
250g caster sugar In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla extract and 4 eggs at room temperature almond essence until they are thoroughly mixed. Then mix in the 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract melted butter and stir until incorporated. Pour the butter mixture into the almond mixture and stir together (the mixture will be 1/4 teaspoon almond essence quite runny). 200g unsalted butter, melted and cooled Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and scatter with the flaked 3 tablespoons flaked almonds almonds over the top. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the top Icing sugar, fresh berries and double thick of the cake springs back slowly when you press on it. Cool the cream to serve cake in the tin on a wire rack. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and line Once cooled, invert onto a plate and dust the top lightly with a 23cm shallow spring-form cake tin icing sugar and serve with fresh berries and double thick cream. Make the most of the spoils of summer with this decadent cake featuring Recipe adapted from Mix&Bake - Belinda Jefferey lush berries and lashings of cream. The best part? It’s wonderfully portable!
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Set within the heritage buildings of NewActon, Soma is connected by a corridor to the La Bimbi hair salon downstairs (should you decide to go the full nine yards SOMA DAY SPA and get a head-to-toe service). 12 Kendall Lane, Soma offers luxury body treatments, facials, manicures and pedicures, skin care, NewActon Kaldewi dual bath tubs, waxing and tinting, and make-up, meaning you could conceivably enter looking like a wreck and emerge looking ready for the Oscars. 02 6162 3636 soma.net.au It stocks French luxury skincare La Biosthetique and offers a range of express treatments for the busy Canberran – all at a reasonable price.
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Due to open in early 2017, Hale is a resort-style day spa and fitness centre that will break new ground in Canberra and potentially pitch the city as a wellness Sui spa destination to the rest of the country. HALE SPA Plonked in the middle of Northbourne Avenue within the Melbourne Building, The latest development from the award-winning Doma Group, Hale has Sui Spa is a welcome sanctuary from the hustle and bustle outside. SUI SPA taken over the 1927 heritage arches and internal ground floor halls of the 10–14 Macquarie Brassey Hotel in Barton. Street, Barton The space, which occupies two floors with seven rooms including a yoga studio, Melbourne Building, 37 has been gorgeously refurbished, with a Japanese-influenced fit-out and soft Northbourne Avenue, 02 6273 3101 Take a seat in the Scandi-style lounge in front of the fireplace with views onto lighting. It’s one of those spaces where you can feel the weight lifting off you as Canberra City halespa.com.au a landscaped courtyard and water feature while you prepare for a customised soon as you walk in. facial or body treatment in one of the nine private treatment rooms. A high- 02 6181 3691 end skin specialist suite will provide medical skin treatments as part of your It offers the full complement of spa services, including waxing and tinting, as well suispacanberra.com.au rejuvenation ritual. as running weekend yoga classes.
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Printed by CanPrint Communications PAGE 1 Welcome to the summer pictorial preview We also have some more exciting news of Unveiled! ahead – on Saturday 25 February, we will be holding UNVEILED: The Event at the National In this issue you’ll find a selection of stunning Portrait Gallery. features and photo shoots that will inspire your wedding planning; including our dreamy Ever After This event won’t be your average bridal fair – think and Through the Ages fashion shoots, a gorgeous themed installations allowing you to literally step real wedding, sparkling engagement ring feature inside your dream wedding, delicious food vans, and our delectable wedding cake feature. pop–up shops with heaps of goodies, fashion parades, beauty bars, workshops and talks, a very So much more wedding goodness can be found special long table dinner and the very best vendors in the complete edition of Unveiled magazine, Canberra has to offer. We’re currently busy creating available to read online at hercanberra.com.au/ an event unlike anything Canberra has seen before! unveiled, and on our dedicated wedding section housed on the HerCanberra website (hercanberra. We’ll announce more information in the coming com.au/weddings). weeks on our website and social pages, so watch this space. Stay tuned for the next online edition and print preview of Unveiled magazine, both out in late Until then, happy reading! February 2017. Laura xo Engagement rings to
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“ The start of our new adventure...”
Alice and Johnny's relaxed backyard wedding HOW CAN WE TELL YOURS?
WEDDING DATE 27 February 2016 CEREMONY AND RECEPTION Bride’s parents' house
Designer Alice Sutton and Johnny’s gorgeous backyard wedding on her parents' tennis court had a sustainable theme with relaxed styling (the bride designed her own dress, as well as her bridesmaids’ and the mother of the bride!). We asked the lovely bride to take us through her big day.
MANUKA ARCADE BRIOLETTE.COM.AU As soon as the ceremony finished everyone went into the marquee and had a drink. We also had table tennis tables, giant Jenga and other games set up for kids and adults.
We couldn't stop smiling! Some of the highlights included: when everyone took their heels off and started playing 'around the world' table tennis and the dancing that went on into the wee hours of the morning thanks to our fantastic DJ Lachlan Smith!
We had always thought we would get married at my parents' house as they have a beautiful garden and we feel very relaxed when we are there.
We had the ceremony in front of the rose garden and under the huge tree in their garden that survived the Canberra bushfires of 2003.
My dress was designed and made by me – I have a sustainable fashion label called EDITION. I have been designing and making for EDITION in Canberra for four years and I had to take the For the reception styling, like my label, I kept it very simple and refined. My sister Marney, Lauren Cooper challenge to make my own wedding dress! from Loveday Designs and myself bought flowers from the markets for table styling and the bouquets. I When I found the fabric I knew straight away it was collected the jars myself by recycling food jars at home and they worked perfectly with the rusted wine what I wanted. It is a wool and viscose blend so barrels, timber chairs and exposed timber tables. We had high timber bar tables that worked really well for had a beautiful drape and it was a grey white. people to stand around all afternoon and night. THE LITTLE DETAILS
PHOTOGRAPHER Lauren Campbell Photography CELEBRANT Hannah Noller CANBERRA VIDEOGRAPHER Margaret Ophel BRIDE AND BRIDESMAIDS’ DRESSES yourWEDDING EDITION
ALL JEWELLERY Phoebe Porter Weddings are among the most joyous The Margaret Whitlam Pavilion is a spectacular GROOM AND GROOMSMEN’S SUITS and memorable occasions in family life. architecturally designed venue with breathtaking MJ Bale views of Canberra. Including, arching walls, subtle The National Arboretum has a range of lighting, a steeple roof and grand polished wooden GROOM'S WATCH Tissot romantic settings and great locations for front doors make this a unique venue. Incredible views can be seen through the floor to ceiling glass HAIR MAKEUP photography, with dynamic backdrops for frontage, as you step out onto a private balcony. Leslie Henshaw Hayley Boyle Another highlight was these precious records of your special day. At the heart of the Arboretum is the Village Centre, having ice creams instead FLOWERS With an abundance of natural light and featuring a soaring high ceiling inspired by the of cake – everyone loved EDITION and Lauren Cooper of Loveday Designs sweeping views across iconic Canberra fronds of the adjoining Chilean wine palm forest. it! We had 'cheesecake on This award-winning, architect-designed building CATERER Eat your words places, the venues at the National a stick' ice creams when with dynamic background provides remarkable Arboretum Canberra are world class. venue for large scale events. Think big. we were in Tasmania. Mel DESSERT Icecream by Cheesecake Baculo from Cheesecake Baculo STATIONERY Hannah Baker, was amazing to send them letterpressed by Artforme all the way to Canberra frozen for us. FIRST DANCE SONG +61 2 6130 0170 | [email protected] Electric Feel by MGMT FOREST DRIVE WESTON CREEK ACT 2611 | GINGERCATERING.COM.AU Through the ages PICTORIAL PREVIEW
JUST AS LOVE IS ETERNAL, SO TOO IS STYLE PAGE 11 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17
PHOTOGRAPHER Dan O'Day UNVEILED
STYLIST Annie Brown
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Javier Steel
Andrea wears Q’nique Mystique Dress, POA; Emanuella Daisy Headband, $210 available at Annabel’s Bridal. 1920s 1930s PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 13 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
Cassandre wears ‘Emma’ Gown, $1850, Annabel’s Bridal; ‘Lara’ Heel, Kurt Geiger, $130, David Jones at Canberra Centre and Maria Choker, $69, Miss Winks. Shane wears Joe Black Fleet Suit, $795 and Waistcoat, $200; Mil and Bow Tie, $59.95; David Jones Pocket Square, $24.95; Hardy Amies White Shirt, $119.95, available at David Jones, Canberra Centre. Sarah wears Ted Baker ‘Tahlor’ Dress, $389 and Kurt Geiger ‘Kiwi’ Shoe, $155, David Jones at Canberra 1950s Centre. Pearl Bracelet, $79, Miss Winks. Pearl necklace, $39.95, David Lawrence at Canberra Centre. Opposite: Andrea wears Audrey Gown, $1850 and Satin Edge Audrey Veil, $95 at Annabel’s Bridal. PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 15 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
1960s PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 17
Sarah wears Lace Bralette, $39 and Lace knickers, $19, Miss Winks. Lace Robe, $395, La Belle the Label. 1970s PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 19 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
Cassandre wears White Crepe Alisia Lace Jumpsuit, $1149, Carla Zampatti. Shane wears Blue Suit, POA, Braddon Tailors; Florsheim Loafer, $189.95 Hardy Amies shirt, $119.95; Milana Bow Tie, $59.95; David Jones Pocket Square, $24.95 at David Jones, Canberra Centre. 1980s PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 21 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
Cassandre wears Mermaid’s Kiss Gown, Naomi Peris, $2399; Each to Own Gemstar Earrings, $69, Miss Winks. 1990s PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 23 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
Andrea wears Pale Blue Lace Versailles Gown, $1099, Carla Zampatti; Kurt Geiger Shoes, $170, David Jones at Canberra Centre. THE TEAM SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED PHOTOGRAPHER Dan O'Day
STYLIST Annie Brown
CONCEPT + CREATIVE DIRECTION Javier Steel
COORDINATION Laura Peppas and Belinda Neame
MODELS Andrea Rose Shane Foreman at Victoria's Models Sarah Parker and Cassandre Girard at Haus Models
HAIR Leslie Henshaw at Next Hair
MAKEUP Lesley Johnston – assisted by Stephanie Church
LOCATION Albert Hall, with thanks to Alexandra Slobodian
SPECIAL THANKS Tim Bean, Belinda Neame and Parlour Wine Bar for props. Michael and Michelle Polsen for the Holden GTS Monaro. Victoria Schnabl and Chynna Marston at Victoria's Models. Andrea Hutchinson at Haus Models. hausmodels.com.au [email protected] @hausmodels The Haus of Artists SLEEPING BEAUTY
Sculpture: Nigel Dobson, Tude, steel, 2015.
Dress, by Naomi Peris; diamond ring, by Diamond Boutique; headpiece, by Andrew James, POA. Ever After
BRIDAL WEAR AND ART COLLIDE, CREATING A MODERN DAY FAIRYTALE PICTORIAL PREVIEW
PHOTOGRAPHER Lori Cicchini
STYLIST Hayley O'Neill
ART DIRECTORS Amanda Whitley and Javier Steel PAGE 27 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
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CINDERELLA
Sculpture: Brian Doyle, Folley, salvaged Sydney sandstone columns and lintels, 1880 and 2002.
Dress, by Naomi Peris; head piece, by Andrew James, POA. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Sculpture: Haeli Van Veen, Beast, wood and steel, 2012.
Dress, by Naomi Peris; headpiece, by Andrew James, POA. PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 31 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
KING MIDAS AND THE GOLDEN TOUCH
Dress, by Carla Zampatti; earrings, bracelet and necklace, all by Devine Goddess; diamond ring, by Diamond Boutique.
BAMBI
Sculpture: Amy Power, Close to you (Bambi), resin and fibreglass, 2007.
Dress, by Annabel's Bridal Studio; diamond ring, by Diamond Boutique; headpieces (worn as epaulettes), by Andrew James, POA. THE LABYRINTH
Sculpture: John Baker, Labyrinth, granite stones from neighbouring hills, 2013.
Dress, by Brides by Francesca; veil, by La Belle; headpiece, by Andrew James, POA. PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 35 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 THE TEAM UNVEILED
PHOTOGRAPHER Lori Cicchini
STYLIST Hayley O'Neill – assisted by Bianca Armstrong
CONCEPT + ART DIRECTION Amanda Whitley + Javier Steel
COORDINATION Belinda Neame
MODEL Ruby Cooper at Devojka Models
HAIR Lexi Bannister
MAKEUP Jacqui Scott – assisted by Shay Flanigan
MILLINERY Andrew James
DRIVER John Baker
CATERING Liz and Lis Baker Your vision, Your event, Your way
LOCATION "Old Graham” at Hovells Creek, NSW
SPECIAL THANKS Liz and John for the location, assistance and catering. 18 Kallaroo Road, Pialligo Andrew Cannon, for the customised millinery. (02) 6247 6060 Tina Nikolovski at Devojka Models. [email protected] pialligoestate.com.au Let them eat cake
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Tim Bean STYLING BY Belinda Neame
WHEN IT COMES TO WEDDINGS, THESE LOCAL CAKEMAKERS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 39 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
MISS.CAKEISH FORTYTWO CAKES
Cake Description: An orange butter cake layered with vanilla Cake Description: A naked Earl Grey cake with buttercream icing finished in a signature Monet design in shades of vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream and pink and cream, and styled with fresh roses and orchids. raspberry jam, decorated with fresh flowers and handmade sugar bunting. SWEET BONES
Cake Description: A ‘death by chocolate’ vegan cake with vanilla buttercream, organic dark chocolate drip and finished off with fresh berries. PICTORIAL PREVIEW PAGE 43 SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 UNVEILED
LAVENDER AND LACE CAKES
Cake Description: A marble grey and white double-barrel, single-tier cake topped with fresh roses and lisianthus. LA OMBRE CREATIONS
Cake Description: A white chocolate mud cake with layers of raspberry and white
SPRING/SUMMER 16–17 chocolate ganache. Finished with vanilla buttercream icing and oozes of white chocolate painted with gold dust. UNVEILED
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