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FREE FEBRUARY 2020 GUIDE Find Your Next Outdoor Adventure at Expo 5 VALENTINE'S CLICHÉS TO AVOID GO PRO NEW YEAR VintageVintage NEW YOU! 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ROTHWELL: 735 - 739 Deception Bay Road MORAYFIELD: 247 - 249 Morayfield Road KALLANGUR: 1452 Anzac Avenue FEBRUARY 2020 3 FEBRUARY 2020 Contents 6 VINTAGE ROCKS Our House on the Hill fundraiser – a 6 fabulous and fun event raising funds and awareness for a good cause. 8 FIND YOUR NEXT OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AT EXPO Kick-start 2020 by heading down to the Moreton Bay Caravan, Camping, Boating & 4x4 Expo. 10 EDIT TATTOO REMOVAL Kelly Lojen has spent the past seven years painstakingly removing regretted 8 tattoos from the skin of local residents. 12 VALENTINE’S CLICHÉS TO AVOID This year, avoid unimaginative commercial trappings and give your partner something personal. 38 GO PRO, NEW YEAR, NEW YOU! Have you decided this is your year to focus on improving your mind and body health? The pros can help! 40 FEBRUARY WHAT’S ON 16 Calendar of Gigs, Events and Notices. 46 FINE DINING AWARDS And the winners of the 2019 Redcliffe Fine Dining Society awards are... 48 DINING GUIDE 62 TRADES & HOME SERVICES Find skilled local professionals. 4 REDCLIFFE GUIDE PUBLISHER Dominic Alberth PHOTOS Ben McShea A Note FROM THE TEAM DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION elcome back to all Crystal Shaw our readers! We FREE FEBRUARY 2020 GUIDE hope the summer WRITERS Find Your break gave you a chance to Next Outdoor W Adventure at Expo rest, as there’s plenty to do Nadia Chapman 5 VALENTINE'S in Redcliffe this month! CLICHÉS TO AVOID Sally Eberhardt GO PRO NEW YEAR The Redcliffe & Sandgate Peter Hansler VintageVintage NEW YOU! ROCKS Fine Dining Guides are looking for Awards Our House on the Hill Wayne I Flack fundraiser photographers to join our team. If you’re a photographer TRADES Richard Lancaster & HOME SERVICES Local and want to share your talents DIRECTORY INSIDE DINING Sean Leahy photo by Ben McShea GUIDE with our readers, we would Kelly Livett love to hear from you. Contact [email protected] or call 0450 078 200. Linda Read The Our House on the Hill fundraiser combines great Donna Roberts music, great food and glamour4 by the sea – as the Hellen White Bramble Bay Bowls Club at Woody Point is transformed into a 1950s-themed pinup competition, where models show off sports and leisure costumes from the era. GENERAL ENQUIRIES Find out which restaurants took out the top prizes in the [email protected] Redcliffe Fine Dining Society Awards for 2019 – maybe you could reserve a place for Valentine’s Day. Sharing good food in a great setting is always special – that said we also list 5 clichés you might want to avoid for Valentine’s Day! ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Kristy Yaldwyn [email protected] Phone: 07 3338 5091 RETRACTION: In the December issue of The Redcliffe Guide we published an article on The Boat Shed restaurant in Scarborough. The quotes in the story were incorrectly attributed to Brian Rawnsley and should have been attributed to Ian Patrick Ferguson. We apologise for this error. The Redcliffe Guide is intended for informational purposes. The Publisher and other affiliated parties do not endorse and are not responsible for any third-party contributor information, nor do we endorse the content of any advertisement. Our editors take reasonable care in the development of this publication. However, we do not assume any© 2017. Designresponsibility by Hedrick Plandes for any errors or omissions this Guide may contain. www.hedrickplandes.com Behance: behance.net/hedrickplandes Facebook: facebook.com/hedrick.plandes Instagram: instagram.com/hdrkgp FEBRUARY 2020 5 From left, The House Band with event organiser, Kathy Allan and pinup model, LuLu Divine. Held at the Bramble Bay Bowls Club at Woody Point, the event will feature a pinup competition, with the theme of 1950s vintage sports and leisure. Lulu said twelve finalists “who love to embody 1950s' fashion and styling” would compete on the day. Vintage “They will come in their interpretation of 1950s' ROCKS sports and leisure wear,” said Lulu. ROCKS “It could be a cute vintage archery outfit, a swimming outfit, or golfing outfit. They’ll strike Our House on the Hill some poses for the audience and really showcase their personality.” fundraiser Story Linda Read Photo Ben McShea There will also be a full band line-up from morning until well into the evening. Lulu said hat happens when you combine that even though the overarching theme of the vintage glamour, a live music line- music was Rockabilly, there will be bands and up, good food and a great cause, performances for all musical tastes. allW in a seaside setting? The Our House on the Hill fundraiser – an event that promises to be “We’re trying to cater to everyone,” she said. not only fabulous fun but also aims to raise “It’s going to be really family-friendly, and a good awareness of organ donation and money for community-oriented event.” medical research. As well as the pinup competition and live music, Money raised will go to The Common Good, there will be a vintage car show, raffles, and food an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital stalls. Guest speakers will also be aiming to raise Foundation, which funds live-saving and life- awareness of the importance of organ donation changing health research. and transplants. Event co-organiser and Queensland Premier For more information and for sponsorship Pinup Event producer, Lulu Divine, said the opportunities, contact Lulu Divine on fundraiser was inspired by one of the event’s 0431671174. organisers, Kathy Allan, who recently had a life- saving lung transplant. Our House on the Hill Fundraiser “Kathy wanted to figure out a way to give back,” Sunday, 23 February, 10am-7.30pm said Lulu.“It’s something that’s had an amazing Bramble Bay Bowls and Sports Club impact in her life. That’s why the event was Cnr Victoria Avenue and Hornibrook Esplanade, created.” Woody Point 6 REDCLIFFE GUIDE On originally developing a foundation in cardiac medicine, Anita decided to move to the UK and follow her dream of performing and the arts. Alongside furthering her career in cardiac medicine and dermatology, she studied and sang with English National Opera and completed a Master of Acting at Central School of Speech and Drama. Anita worked as a TV Presenter for Sky Sports, the BBC and UK breakfast television, did a stint on The Bill, performed in various TV commercials, West End theatre and various fi lms. 18,000 TREATMENTS PERFORMED It was actually on a fi lmset 15 years ago that saw Anita in the hair and makeup department overhearing a tense conversation between the director and makeup artist. The lead actress had turned up on the fi rst day of the fi lm shoot with grossly overfi lled lips and a completely frozen and expressionless face. Anita vowed on that day to make it better. To somehow make cosmetic inectables look natural rather than scary and overdone, which thanks to reality TV, was ust starting to become the rage. She set out on her mission as soon as the fi lm shoot wrapped 6 weeks later. Anita is known for creating s a Nurse Practitioner of cosmetic injectables and Beautiful Uniue Faces rather aesthetic medicine, Anita East, BSc, MA, MSN, has than the grossly overfi lled and A frozen faces that sadly, are now performed more than 18,000 treatments on people becoming commonplace. worldwide. Anita is a resident writer for The Cosmetic Surgery Magazine and is often called upon to present at Warmest Regards, Anita East MSN, MA, BSc meetings on Cosmetic Medicine throughout Australia. Endorsed Nurse Practitioner A US OO TODAY 0413 231 100 [email protected] www.anitaeast.com.au Location 27 Second Avenue, Sandgate LD 4017 FEBRUARY 2020 7 Story Nadia Chapman variety of exhibitors will be at the Redcliffe Showgrounds in February, where you can browse and compare the latestA caravans, camper trailers, boats, 4x4s and much more. Event organiser, Courtney Stephens, said this year’s FIND YOUR event will be much more focused on the prizes that will be up for grabs. OUTDOOR This year we will have more than $20,000 in prizes to be won, which includes a tagalong tour ADVENTURE “and a boating package for the fellow adventurer,” Courtney said. AT “Tagalong Tours is the newest addition to the ‘No EXPO Limits’ tour program and will include travelling on some of the Top End’s most remote roads and If you need supplies for your tracks. The boating package includes a boat, motor, next outdoor adventure, trailer and rego for 12 months.” kick-start 2020 by heading Visitors can enter, for a chance to win, simply by down to this month’s Moreton finding their unique QR code on their event entry ticket — so you don’t have to pay twice.