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father Nick Paspaley and my father fleet yet. It looks like we might top the record Bob Oatley, including the determined next year, with so many of the sailors telling way in which they lived their lives, me they intend to return and bring friends, and their extraordinary ability to grab which is always the best compliment as far as onto and stick with a clear vision. I’m concerned. There is a great story on page 18, As 2018 draws to a close, I look back written by our good friend Lisa Ratcliff, on the on another very successful year for opportunities opening up for women in sailing, Hamilton Island. I marvel at what one of whom, Stacey Jackson, will be skippering stands here today, and it’s pretty our boat Wild Oats X to Hobart this year. much how Dad described it should In terms of what’s new, this year we built a new be. Perhaps that’s how these first- Weddings Office, which sits opposite the Spa generation pioneers did it. They knew in the Resort Centre, and we refurbished the what our country should have, and Chapel. We renovated our Conventions Centre they worked it back from there. I am and our Fitness Centre – both are worth a quick proud of my father’s vision and I’m look if you get time. Finally, I am pleased to equally proud of the Hamilton Island present our brand new Pizzeria and Gelateria, team members who have brought his which opened early December. vision to life and who continue to live I will finish with a thank you for choosing and breathe it every day. For these Hamilton Island for your holiday, your highlight for me this year was reasons it is an honour for me to share it with wedding, your conference, whatever it is that meeting and doing a talk onstage you, our guests, and with the many residents has brought you to stay with us. From the with Marilynne Paspaley at the and businesses that call Hamilton Island home. Oatley family and the Hamilton Island team, recent Hamilton Island Race In September, we presented pas de deux in we wish you a happy holiday and a fruitful and Week. Two second-generation paradise with The Australian Ballet. Owing successful 2019. familyA members sharing and swapping stories to demand, we had to schedule an additional (probably boring everyone senseless) about what performance and both were sold out. These it was to grow up with fathers pioneering as performances are rare and special and primary producers in the 1950s and 1960s. For something not to be missed. You can read more Paspaley it was natural pearls, in our case it was about this year’s event on page 58. coffee beans and then wine. There were some Hamilton Island Race Week was again a Sandy Oatley remarkable similarities between Marilynne’s resounding success, with our second-largest Hamilton Island

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10. CASTAWAY With Vogue Australia’s on the classics. Shaken and stirred. memorable photography. By Nicholas Carolan. editor-in-chief, Edwina McCann. 30. ADVENTURE Rhapsody in Blue. The 48. MY ISLAND LIFE Together Stronger. Meet 12. TOP 10 TO DO The must-do ultimate day trip to another part of paradise. Hamilton Island triathlete Debra Childs. Hamilton Island Activities during any stay. 34. ACHIEVEMENT Moonrise Kingdom. 50. GOLF Play Like a King. Matt Docking on 14. ISLAND NEWS Bulletin Board. Alison Veness meets Marilynne Paspaley. how to play the Hamilton Island Golf Course – 16. CALENDAR Take note: Diary Dates 38. ENVIRONMENT Wonder World. The and win. By Matt Cleary. for 2019. incredible underwater world of Catseye Beach. 52. RSVP Hamilton Island Race Week: 18. SAILING Riding the Wave. Lisa Ratcliff on By Jarrod Parkinson. Lennox Hastie dinner; Neil Perry Qantas dinner; the women of Hamilton Island Race Week. 40. STYLE The Importance of Being Yourself. Piper-Heidsieck Champagne lunch; Paspaley 22. FOOD Playing with Fire. Lennox Hastie Style guru Nick Wooster in conversation. luncheon; an afternoon with Helen Goh; creates food theatre. By Alison Veness. 42. STYLE Sounds of Summer. Dress the part James Boag Discovery Dinner; and pas de deux 26. PERFORMANCE In Camera. Justin Ridler in the perfect beach and pool pieces. in paradise. photographs The Australian Ballet. 44. PHOTOGRAPHY The Roving Eye. 60. PROPERTY PORTFOLIO On the Up. 28. COCKTAILS Let’s Do the Twist. A new take Kurt Arrigo shares his passion and tips for Papillon, one of the hottest properties on island.

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LISA RATCLIFF, WRITER IF YOU WERE ASKED TO SET SAIL, WHICH TYPE OF SEAWORTHY VESSEL WOULD YOU CHOOSE? My favourite design team is MORE THAN Sparkman & Stephens, founded in 1929. Their first commission, drawn up by a twentysomething NICHOLAS Olin Stephens, was Dorade, the JUST INSURANCE. CAROLAN, WRITER pedigree American S&S 52, which IF YOU WERE ASKED TO JUSTIN RIDLER, graced Hamilton Island Race Week SET SAIL, WHICH TYPE PHOTOGRAPHER in 2017 during a tour down under. OF SEAWORTHY VESSEL IF YOU WERE ASKED TO Jessica Watson and Jesse Martin BE REWARDED WITH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? SET SAIL, WHICH TYPE both completed their record solo The Good Ship Lollipop, if only OF SEAWORTHY VESSEL circumnavigations on a trusty KARA ROSENLUND, for the chance to reprise my debut WOULD YOU CHOOSE? S&S 34, and my first Sydney PHOTOGRAPHER stage role as Sailor #2 in my first- CLUB MARINE. I’m gonna stick with a tinny, but Hobart Race in 2017 was aboard IF YOU WERE ASKED TO grade musical showcase. it has to be seaworthy. the magnificent 30 tonne S&S 73 SET SAIL, WHICH TYPE YOUR FAVOURITE SUMMER FAVOURITE SUMMER Kialoa II, a former line-honours OF SEAWORTHY VESSEL SUNDOWNER? SUNDOWNER? winner from the early 1970s. WOULD YOU CHOOSE? A negroni of spritz proportions. There’s a little bar in the Piazza FAVOURITE SUMMER A classic 1940s wooden runabout YOU HAVE DISCOVERED Santo Spirito in Florence that SUNDOWNER? with a flapping red flag. I think BURIED TREASURE ON THE does a cherry negroni. I know it Soda and fresh lime, or good it would be great for water- ISLAND – WHAT DO YOU sounds a bit weird, but my mum champagne with a strawberry. skiing, too. HOPE IT MIGHT BE? YOU HAVE DISCOVERED gave me cherry cough medicine FAVOURITE SUMMER BURIED TREASURE ON THE Yet again, a negroni of when I was a kid and now fake SUNDOWNER? spritz proportions. cherry flavour is totally a thing ISLAND – WHAT DO YOU I’m partial to an Aperol spritz YOU CAN PARTAKE IN for me. HOPE IT MIGHT BE? – to me, it’s summer in a glass. ONE WATERSPORT WHILE YOU HAVE DISCOVERED Anything silver, plus a pair of However, I also can’t go past a YOU’RE ON HOLIDAY – BURIED TREASURE ON Havaianas and a SodaStream chilled glass of rosé. WHICH DO YOU PICK? THE ISLAND – WHAT for making endless soda water YOU HAVE DISCOVERED Jet-skiing side-saddle, like Rihanna ARE YOU HOPING IT in reusable bottles. I have a BURIED TREASURE ON THE – looks like a vibe. When you join Club Marine you’ll discover that boat insurance is just the beginning. Club Marine have been MIGHT BE? keen interest in the plight of the ISLAND – WHAT DO YOU TOP TUNE THAT YOU MIGHT providing outstanding claims service to boaties of all kinds for more than 50 years and offer broad, flexible All of my lost sunglasses… ocean and its sea life, which is HOPE IT MIGHT BE? BE PLAYING TO “DANCE Thousands of them all literally choking on plastics and and affordable policy options to give you the cover you need. With Club Marine, you can have fun on the This is my dream. It would be IN” 2019? buried together. microplastics. filled with sacred and rare tribal Shallow from A Star Is Born. I’m water knowing you’re covered. YOU CAN PARTAKE YOU CAN PARTAKE IN artefacts from Papua New Guinea, off the deep end, watch as I dive in. IN ONE WATERSPORT ONE WATERSPORT WHILE including bone jewellery, skulls WHILE YOU’RE ON YOU’RE ON HOLIDAY – and woven baskets, which were ALL CLUB MARINE MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO: HOLIDAY – WHICH DO WHICH DO YOU PICK? collected by an archaeologist at YOU PICK? That’s easy – sailing! the turn of a century, who set the TOP NEW YEAR’S TUNE Water pistols – maybe an arsenal treasure chest adrift as he was THAT YOU MIGHT BE of them – and some kind of caught by a cannibal tribe… PLAYING TO “DANCE pirate-ship-skirmish situation. YOU CAN PARTAKE IN IN” 2019? TOP NEW YEAR’S TUNE ONE WATER SPORT WHILE THAT YOU MIGHT BE Old school from the ’90s… Snap, YOU’RE ON HOLIDAY – Have peace of Get discounts and Enjoy Australasia’s Access the right Keep informed PLAYING TO “DANCE Real McCoy, C+C Music Factory WHICH DO YOU PICK? mind on and off the benefits at favourite premier lifestyle boating information with expert boating IN” 2019? and, for something slower, Rivers Snorkelling just out the front of of Babylon by Boney M. water 24/7 with marine retailers with marine publication anywhere, anytime and fishing tips from I’m pretty into Emerald Rush by Catseye Beach, witnessing the Jon Hopkins. I reckon that will sea life, including my favourite, Club Marine Club Marine with Club Marine with the industry experts on 1 stay on high rotation for a while. sea turtles. Assist. Member Rewards. Magazine. Club Marine App. Club Marine TV. TOP NEW YEAR’S TUNE THAT YOU MIGHT BE PLAYING TO “DANCE IN” 2019? GET A QUOTE TODAY Africa by Toto. I know it’s daggy, but my gosh is it fun. P 1300 00 CLUB (2582) W CLUBMARINE.COM.AU

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CMMP014_Get More_297x220_FPC_Print-R2.indd 1 23/10/2018 9:48:19 AM CASTAWAY What would you take as your island accessory? “Hermès H slip sandals in tan.”

Which book would you Who would be your bring with you? dream companion? “Predictably, I would bring 60 “My partner, because we are years of copies of Vogue, rather well practised at being stuck than any books. If I’m stuck for together, and we still like one a long time, I could stretch it another. Why risk it?” out, month by month.”

What would you miss most about reality? Who would rescue you? “My family.” “Well, I hope someone with a boat – preferably a very What island hobby would large one with lots of staff you take up? and champagne.” “Paddleboarding, although I didn’t Castaway.... opt to pack a paddleboard, did I? What would you grow to eat? EDWINA MCCANN So that might be disallowed.” “Anything green, except kale.” Imagine you’ve been stranded on a desert island – yes, the thought of it is quite fabulous – and you’ve only been able to “take” a few things. You need to be resourceful. We invited Edwina McCann, editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia, to be our castaway. Surely this would be stressful for her, as it’s not nearly as glamorous as Hamilton Island and her Where’s the first place you’d go once you’ve been rescued? daily diary. How would she cope? “Caviar Kaspia in Paris – after I’ve been home, of course.” Dream meal once you’ve been rescued? “Caviar with Ruinart Blanc de Blanc champagne.” What three essentials What spirituality lessons that would you pack? you’ve learnt would you apply “iPhone, charger, power plant!” to your time spent stranded on the island? Top island tune? What would you wear? What would you most “‘This too will pass’. But, then, “Anything by Jack Johnson.” “Paco Rabanne SS19.” regret not packing? if I were stranded anywhere like “None of the above.” qualia, I wouldn’t want it to pass too quickly.”

Catch of the day? “Dogtooth tuna – I think that’s what it’s called. Do I get to pack an angler?”

What essential tool would you What’s your favourite island want to have on the island? How would you send your SOS? If you could channel one fictional movie for inspiration? “Said Angler.” “I’d spell it out on the beach with character, who would it be? “Certainly not that one with driftwood and shells, which would “Alice in Wonderland, because I Tom Hanks and the volleyball! What would your keep me busy for a few hours think, being a castaway, I would Gilligan’s Island, but I’m more island mantra be? while I beachcomb, and make me start to hallucinate anyway.” Mary Ann than Ginger.” “Where’s the champagne?” feel crafty, which I am not.” PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHAEL NAUMOFF. PHOTOGRAPHY:

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RF20_P10_CASTAWAY.indd 10 15/11/18 8:33 pm TOP 10 TO DO GET AMONGST IT: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF There are many ways to view the reef SUNDAY with minimal impact. Take a day trip TRADING: 7 out to the pontoon at Hardy Reef and enjoy snorkelling through the brilliantly MARINA DAZE What better place to watch coloured coral formations. Or spend a the sun set than down at half- or full day touring the secret spots 6 the marina? Head on down of the Whitsunday Islands or outer reef and enjoy the live music that with the Explore Group experts, who GET PUMPED: STAY ACTIVE happens every Sunday – 6pm- also offer an introductory scuba-dive There are so many great ways to see the island. 9pm during the summer, and experience for a deeper look at the reef. Our pick is a sea-kayaking session. If you’re 5.30pm-8.30pm in the winter There’s also the option of taking a flight staying at the Reef View Hotel, Palm Bungalows, months. Bring a blanket, pack a in a chopper or a seaplane over the Beach Club, qualia or Hamilton Island Holiday picnic, or just pick up a pizza or Whitsunday Islands with Hamilton Island Homes, you can pick up a complimentary fish and chips, and join all the Air; you’ll be amazed at the views – and catamaran, kayak, windsurfer, snorkelling gear other families soaking up the your photographs. These moments will or paddleboard from Beach Sports on Catseye last rays of sun and dancing. make for a truly memorable holiday. Beach. Hot tip: try them all. And did you know Because it’s all about kicking Quite simply, this is one of the most 1 there are some incredible bushwalking tracks on back and relaxing. incredible natural habitats on Earth. the island? One of the most unforgettable ways to start the day is watching the sun rise from one of the many lookouts to which the tracks lead. UP THE ANTE: Follow that up with a morning yoga session, held WHITEHAVEN BEACH at different locations on the island and, twice a A holiday on Hamilton Island demands a trip out to month, on the helipad at Dent Island, and then PLAY AND STAY: Whitehaven Beach. It really is the kind of natural seal all the good work with a nourishing green environment that is often viewed in glossy books or breakfast afterwards. If you’re keen for a more GOOD GOLFING rigorous workout, head to the Hamilton Island Catch the ferry across to incredible photographs, yet is seldom seen in person. Sports Club and choose from group fitness Dent Island to enjoy one of Here it is, then: a perfect stretch of bone-white silica classes such as Bodypump, RPM, HIIT and Pilates. Australia’s most spectacular sand, bordered by clear, turquoise sea – pinch-yourself 18-hole courses, the Hamilton paradise that is truly wonderful. The beach may feel Island Golf Club. Designed by remote and otherworldly, but the reality is only a short trip away by helicopter, seaplane, yacht, motorboat 2 the late, five-time British Open or, better yet, a high-speed catamaran from Hamilton champion Peter Thomson, CAST OFF: INTO THE BLUE it’s an incredible course. Our Island. There’s so much more to Whitehaven Beach There’s nothing like a day out on the open sea to advice is don’t rush the round than meets the eye, though. Take a guided bush walk fill the senses. Explore the Whitsunday Islands on – a challenge for professionals and learn all about the native flora and fauna, or climb a sail or jet boat, or be your own captain and hire and casual golfers alike. It is to the Hill Inlet lookout for unparalleled views across a motorised dinghy. Pack a delicious picnic, relax breathtakingly beautiful, with the Whitsundays. It’s worth the hike. and soak up the beauty as you set out across views of the Whitsundays the Coral Sea. If you fancy a little more action, and beyond, so prepare to hire some snorkelling or fishing gear and make be distracted. At the 19th a sporting day of it – perfect for family fun or a hole, drink in more views BE YOUR BEST SELF: couples day out. Head to Hamilton Island Marina over a laidback lunch at the GET PAMPERED to choose your own adventure. 8 Clubhouse, which has an à la carte menu that’s sure to Treat the mind, body and soul to a dedicated session satisfy any hungry golfer after at Spa wumurdaylin. The highly skilled therapists a day out on the course. And provide treatments that are rich in aromaceuticals perhaps update your golf by Waterlily, plus massages, scrubs, rituals and facial GO FASTER: wardrobe with a visit to the 3 therapies. And there’s no better way to achieve an well-stocked Pro Shop. instant lift than getting a blow-dry, a last-minute ’do, SPEED a mani and pedi, or even a spray tan. So make some RACER time to book into Island Hair & Beauty in the Resort Go-kart racing at Centre while you’re here. 9 Hamilton Island’s Palm 10 Valley track is a classic on-land go-to not to be missed. The karts are fun and easy to drive, 4 GOOD TIMES: and a session in one SAY HELLO: MEET THE FAMILY FU N WILD BUNCH is a great way to let off some city steam. The youngest members of the family This is one of the best ways for the whole family to No licence is required will find new friends to hang out with at have fun: a guided walk to meet the animals at WILD for these bad boys, the Fun Zone play area or the Clownfish LIFE Hamilton Island, followed by breakfast or lunch which can reach up to Club childcare centre (for children aged at the cafe. Say hello to Freddie the talking sulphur- 5 45km per hour around up to 14 years). Those aged six to 14 crested cockatoo (he might even say hello back) and the track. Kids too young to drive can still join in the fun and ride as with a sense of adventure can tackle the hang out with Bobby the koala and his family to get passengers in a double go-kart. Just the thing for tropical thrill-seekers. Quads for Kids course in Palm Valley, some much-needed cuddle time (children must be while the whole family will get a kick over the age of 12 to hold a koala). And don’t miss out of a few rounds of mini golf. Or why the slippery lizards, snakes, kangaroos, dingoes, the not try for a strike at the island’s seven- fierce Australian cassowary and the island’s resident To find out more or book your tours and activities, visit the Tour Desk, lane bowling centre. crocodile. The whole gang’s here. call 07 4946 8305, or download the Hamilton Island app

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Heart Island CHECK IT OUT Skin checks PIZZA THE ACTION pontoon. Beard Season’s Jimmy here. When in Rome… yes, eat delicious pizza and feast on fine gelato, Niggles joined forces with that’s our advice. Except, for Rome, read Front Street, Hamilton the Queensland Institute Island. The latest addition to the good food to be found on the island of Dermatology during is here and selling melt-in-the-mouth gelato. There are 12 flavours Hamilton Island Race to choose from – our personal favourite is classic vanilla, if you’re Week for the second year asking – and the ice-creamy treats and coffee are served from 10am running. He tells us that this until late. Perfect for when you’ve finished promenading around the BULLETIN year’s Race Week felt extra- marina. And if, like us, you like lazy days in your holiday villa, or at special. “Our skin-check home, and don’t want to cook, then why not try the home-delivery team from the Queensland pizza option? The fine crust pizzas, served from 3pm until late, are Institute of Dermatology delizioso, and there are an impressive 20 different options. was busily back in action. All home delivery is between 5.30pm-9.30pm and costs $5 per BOARD We were honoured to have delivery. Order through the Hamilton Island app. them checking more than 800 people in a week, with more than 400 biopsies. Mind-blowing. But what really hit home were all the Delicious pizza It’s all about the amazing people who told me in tears that they might not have been here if is served. it hadn’t been for a vital skin check last year. Such a powerful result environment and life on the to be part of. Pinch-me moments in paradise. I couldn’t be happier. It was like a family reunion – so many warm and wonderful faces. Great Barrier Reef. Big smiles and sparkling eyes up there in the Captain’s Club, along Here, the latest updates, the wharves and across the room at every single lunch, dinner and impromptu dancefloor. The whales even seemed to be waving us all by Esther Holmes. a welcome, every chance they got.” We love a good result. The message? Get checked. GET TO THE HEART OF IT Hamilton Island Air has recently opened its eagerly awaited Heart Island pontoon. Moored 40 nautical miles from Hamilton Island, it’s an incredible “landing pad” and so much more for their slick helicopters that will take you out to see the Great Barrier Reef and the famous Beach Club. Heart Reef. A breathtaking experience. Once you land at the pontoon, you can snorkel in the area, although there is also a glass-bottomed boat for anyone wanting to view the reef below the surface without getting wet. We say pack your camera (obviously), swimmers and all the usual – sunscreen, hat, towel – and get set to enjoy a memorable and thoroughly unique experience. It’s everything we love. Snorkelling equipment and light catering are provided. To find out more or to book, visit the Tour Desk or call 07 4946 8305.

WEDDED BLISS So you’re secretly thinking about proposing to your loved one while you’re here and then heading back again later to tie the BEACHSIDE DINING knot. Our advice, then, is go straight to the newly minted Hamilton There is nothing better than watching the sun setting while dining, Island Weddings office in the Resort Centre to start the top-secret savouring a glass of wine and discussing the day that’s been and planning. If you want to see what they do and need inspiration, the days of relaxing to come. If you’re staying at the Beach Club, check out their Instagram – @hiweddings – and be amazed at the beachside dining has just become a reality, with four tables exclusively options, the detail and the romance of it all. The superstar team will reserved for semi-private dining on Catseye Beach. The five-course help plan the kind of day that you’ve always wanted: they listen and chef’s degustation starts with Piper-Heidsieck champagne, and there’s make dreams a reality. the option to have an additional matching wine flight. Only available for Beach Club guests; for more information and Hamilton reservations, visit Beach Club Guest Services or call 07 4946 8000. Island Weddings.

Spa qualia. YOUR EXCELLENCE We do love an award-winning destination, and so we were thrilled when qualia took the gong for best resort at the prestigious 2018 HM RELAX, RENEW AND RECHARGE Awards for Hotel and Accommodation Spa qualia has recently undergone a complete refurbishment. Excellence. These are decided on by the Picture mood-lifting spaces, deluxe couples’ suites and luxe experts’ experts, they’re the insiders’ treatment rooms – yes, a total haven for the body and soul. There insider awards. qualia has also snagged is a new treatment menu and, joining the Sodashi range as the new the Australian Traveller People’s Choice brand in residence is LaGaia, which has been developing luxurious Awards 2018 for best luxury hotel/ and results-based formulations for 20 years. Spa qualia have chosen resort/lodge. This award is decided on their most authentic Australian products for the body treatments, by the passionate readers – “Luxury, including the Macadamia Exfoliate and kaolin-clay Balancing Mask. serenity, visually spectacular scenery, Also available are products by People4Ocean, which has developed Award-winning wonderful food and fantastic service – qualia. Australia’s first 100% coral-reef-safe, ocean-friendly sun-care our best travel experience in the world!”

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Happy Hamilton Island Hamilton Island holidays. Triathlon. Race Week.

Anzac Day.

Hilly Half Marathon. Whitehaven Beach or the shorter 5km teaching professionals alike, all ready to take circuit. Kids can compete in junior events on the iconic Hamilton Island course for the – there’s a challenge for everyone. However, national final. That also goes for the non- DIARY DATES some of us feel the trickiest challenge is pro, three-day event, the Hamilton Island not letting the allure of the turquoise tide, Amateur Golf Championship, which runs in party atmosphere will be Chinese-food stalls, the sunshine or warm sand distract you conjunction with the PGA final. Places in the live entertainment, a traditional lion dance as you sprint to the finish line on one of latter are limited to only 50 spots, so golfing 2018/19 performed by the Chinese Kung Fu Academy the most photogenic beaches in all of the enthusiasts must act quick. The popular and, yes, of course, cracking fireworks. Whitsundays. Stableford competition starts at the same Some of the best events in Australia’s sporting time as the PGA and is a pro-am on day one, and social calendar are held right here on APRIL 25 AUGUST 17-24 followed by a 36-hole competition, which ANZAC DAY HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK is open to both men and women. There Hamilton Island, set in some of the most This day marks the anniversary of the landing The mixture of short-course, passage and are serious prizes to be won. Time to start breathtaking scenery in the Whitsundays. at Gallipoli. Like hundreds of thousands of multihull racing classes is guaranteed to locking in those extra practice hours. our fellow citizens who gather at memorials test any sailor’s tactical ability, and has in cities, suburbs and towns across Australia, established Hamilton Island Race Week as NOVEMBER 23 we gather here on Hamilton Island to one of the world’s premium yachting HAMILTON ISLAND TRIATHLON 2018 commemorate one of the most significant regattas – certainly Australia’s favourite. You can do it. Swim Catseye Bay, bike the Great events on our national calendar. Please come Also on the schedule for top-end contenders airport runway and run the Hamilton Island Whitehaven DECEMBER 24 one of the island’s restaurants will make the and join us at Catseye Beach for the Anzac Day is an IRC Passage class for modern, roads. It’s a demanding course and serious Beach Run. CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT evening almost complete, but it wouldn’t be a dawn service of remembrance. fast-cruising yachts, performance racing all the way to the idyllic beachside finish, Come all and join the festivities on Christmas New Year’s Eve celebration without fireworks and a sports-boat competition. Cruising, but this is your chance to face off against Eve at Frangipani Park as the sun sets. Get lighting up the sky at midnight, of course. For MAY 5 corporate, bareboat, non-spinnaker and professional athletes and other amateur- among the live entertainment, carols and the kids, Catseye Beach will be hosting a variety HAMILTON ISLAND HILLY SB20 divisions will all be in the line-up, but-intense participants who come to candles, available at Hamilton Island State of activities, as well as family-friendly fireworks HALF MARATHON too. It is one of the most exciting weeks to Hamilton Island to test their mettle. Just School. There’s also going to be a very special by the beach at 8.30pm. Go on, ring in the new Marathon runners, listen up: 21.1km of be on the island and, with accompanying crossing the line earns extensive bragging guest dressed in red with a stocking full of year right. Hamilton Island’s mountainous terrain is on-shore events including delicious lunches rights. For athletes aged 4-14, there’s a junior sweets… Pack a picnic or buy food and drinks calling you. Yes, it’s that time of year again – the and memorable dinners created by visiting triathlon and a Splash’n’Dash swim and at the park. A firework display will kick off annual Hilly Half Marathon is back. It’s one of chefs, a Paspaley pop-up store and lots more, run the following day (both events are of after sunset. the most epic endurance events in Australia and Hamilton Island Race Week has become one varying lengths). 2019 we’re already gearing up for the 2019 challenge. of the key social events on the calendar. We DECEMBER 31 The event also includes a 3 x 7km relay, plus a will be there. NOVEMBER 24 NEW YEAR’S EVE FEBRUARY 5 kids’ fun run. They’re all part of the Endurance WHITEHAVEN BEACH OCEAN SWIM Make it a happy new year with a good old street CHINESE NEW YEAR Series, and visitors and locals are welcome to NOVEMBER 18-21 This is one of the most beautiful beaches party. Dance the year away on Front Street Head down to the marina at Front Street to battle it out for those coveted titles. PGA PROFESSIONALS in the world and not to be missed, so to great, chart-topping tunes and classic hits. celebrate the Chinese New Year, which for CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAMILTON if the adrenaline is still pumping after It all kicks off at 9pm, followed at 10pm by 2019, is the year of the pig. According to the JUNE 23 ISLAND AMATEUR GOLF the triathlon, why not compete in the Hamilton Island’s guest band, Martini Club, Chinese zodiac, the pig represents a year of GREAT WHITEHAVEN BEACH RUN CHAMPIONSHIP Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim? It’s a 2km who are taking the stage at the Marina Tavern fortune and luck, which we think is something Participants have a choice: a half-marathon, This PGA Professionals Championship or 750m race, so will definitely be able to forecourt. Including a delicious dinner at really worth celebrating. Adding to the street- a 10km run along the white expanse of attracts Australia’s top-order club and help you to burn off any excess energy.

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DINING

The scene is set Lennox Hastie. at Pebble Beach, qualia.

Matt Vickers from Wild Cape York Barramundi.

HASTIE: Wood smoke wafts and sometimes billows like Playing “The whole experience was just joyful. Matt’s a sensory cushion as the twilight lowers across eyes lit up – he was like a little boy – and even the diners. Aromatic and concealing. he was surprised we got that many. He had only put the pots out 24 hours earlier. GUEST: “WHEN I WAS WITH FIRE “When I was young, I wanted to be a conductor, “Why so particular with the wood – couldn’t and I often feel now that my role is a conductor you have just used driftwood?” YOUNG, I WANTED TO – and the ingredients are the stars. My role BE A CONDUCTOR, Take your seats, it’s curtain up for some food theatre is to put them together and orchestrate it, so HASTIE: – a performance piece starring Lennox Hastie, that they are performing at their very best “[Laughing loudly.] When I came from Spain AND I OFTEN FEEL [Laughs.]. I don’t play any instruments – I [from Asador Etxebarri, where Hastie was NOW MY ROLE IS A playing the role of himself. By Alison Veness. wasn’t at all musical, really. It was very bizarre cooking with Victor Arguinzoniz] to Australia, but I liked the idea of it…” I knew I wanted to cook with fire, so I had to CONDUCTOR – AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN BUTTI look at the woods – we have amazing native THE INGREDIENTS AND KARA ROSENLUND Some of the GUESTS may have expected woods in Australia – some are great and some HASTIE to have a wood-chopping axe in are rubbish to burn. Driftwood is rubbish. So ARE THE STARS.” hand, but instead, he currently has a metal it took time. The way they burn really affects rake and shovel. He is already lightly grilling they way we cook. [There is something wild the yellowfin tuna, sourced from Mooloolaba in the air. There is a light wind blowing, CHARACTERS Hastie, is stoking the white-hot embers on the linen and tons of fat candles and many pristine in Queensland, to go with the shiso and nashi and fire is unpredictable, but Hastie Character #1: the chef himself, LENNOX army of stainless-steel grills that have been wine glasses. Something shocking is about to pear that will be served as an entrée. appears to be in control. He takes a swig HASTIE, about 186cm tall, close-cropped, shipped all the way up here for tonight’s dinner happen. ’Twill be a sight to behold. from a bottle of water.] It’s an honour to dark hair and light, four-day beard. Born from his award-winning restaurant, Firedoor. HASTIE: be here. I am blown away by the setting, Sussex, England. Speaks with English accent. There are also two wood-fired ovens to burn ACT I “The sweet perfumes are so good together, especially qualia.” Wardrobe: chef blacks. Nimble. Deft. Centre of the wood to make the embers over which the THE CANAPÉS yet nature doesn’t follow any rules – it chops the action. fish is to be grilled. Hastie is nothing if not HASTIE has already prepped for tonight, and changes when you are cooking on wood. GUEST: Characters #2: two supporting chefs and the resourceful. His famed approach to cooking starting out early in a boat with the renowned It’s the opposite of consistency, and so the “How hot is too hot?” restaurant manager from Firedoor, Sydney, plus over a wood fire has quite literally fuelled his fisherman and provedore Matt Vickers. Their flavours are unique. Every day I cook is qualia’s finest staff. All dressed in blacks. incredible reputation as a fearless chef. morning catch from eight special pots has different – that’s what excites me. Some days HASTIE: Characters #3: the extras, aka the GUESTS, hauled 30kg of fat mud crabs that are included are tougher than others [Pauses to rake the “Good question. Ironbark burns 400 degrees dressed in black tie, all looking glamorous in a TIME on the menu as a fortuitous, last-minute canapé: embers.]. The whole world of wood has opened hotter than the wood we used in Spain. I didn’t selection of sweeping gowns and smart tuxedos Dusk. Guests are already clustered around grilled mud crab and crème fraîche on seaweed up now and I’ve really created a demand for know that because it hadn’t been done before and crisp white shirts. this fireside setting, watching the smouldering rice crackers. The GUESTS are purring with all types from my supplier. We had all the I started experimenting. The ovens at Firedoor embers as the sun dips down over the happiness. This is the thing with HASTIE – wood delivered for this evening from the Blue are currently rated to 1,700 degrees and SETTING Whitsundays. There are neatly stacked piles of he has a menu in mind, but he also lets things Mountains in New South Wales and driven up sometimes it can suddenly skyrocket up and Lennox Hastie Pebble Beach, qualia, during Hamilton Island chopped ironbark ready for refuelling the fires evolve. He revs it up, and he only uses top- to Airlie Beach and then ferried across to the sometimes we can’t touch it, so we’re exploring prepares. Race Week, where our main character, Lennox when needed. The long tables are set with white notch bounty. island. Ironbark, orange and grapevine.” new territory with food all the time.”

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Lennox Hastie admits that Firedoor goes against the grain of a classic grill restaurant, with the majority of the plates served comprising fish and vegetables. This is, in large part, due to his particular obsession with finding a steak to rival that of the renowned grass-fed beef of Spain. It’s been a journey, however, and he has finally found two Plating up. Dessert drama. producers in Australia that produce Angus cattle that are grain-finished gradually over 270 days. He’s a man with a mission.

We appreciate that 200+-day-aged beef may not be a regular at our local butcher’s and “MY GRANDMOTHER RAN A HOTEL wood fires aren’t the everyday go-to cooking AND SHE LOVED FOOD. I REMEMBER method, but Hastie’s steak recipe below can be applied to any good-quality, slightly aged steak COOKING WITH HER.” on a barbecue. Follow it as best you can and reap the benefits of a hearty meal.

200+-DAY DRY-AGED BEEF RIB Serves: 2–4 Recipe type: savoury Wood type: grapevines GUEST: GUEST: over grapevines, keeping the flavour Heat: intense embers “You must have grown up cooking with fire.” “Kilt?” light and delicate.].” Additional equipment: grill Variation: a good-quality, slightly aged steak HASTIE: HASTIE: GUEST: cooked over a high heat on a barbecue “[Laughs.] I grew up in Sussex, England, “Yes. It’s Lennox – and my mother’s maiden “Craziest ingredient you’ve ever grilled?” where you only have a short burst of summer name. And no, I don’t ever cook in my kilt – INGREDIENTS when everyone goes out and barbecues. My it’s too hot!” HASTIE: 1kg (2lb 3oz) dry-aged beef rib on the bone, dad, despite being Australian… Well, we “Caviar. It tasted amazing. It took a year to at room temperature were looking at charcoal briquettes doused GUESTS: get it right, to get the right caviar, to look at HASTIE: lime bombe, flambéed with Malibu liqueur, an Fleur de sel or sea salt with lighter fuel. My mother is Scottish. She [Laughter as they turn back to the the whole world of caviar and work out the “Keith Floyd!” ironic nod to tropical holidays. is unusual, in that she grew up on a small dinner table.] most delicate way to cook it. It was one of the METHOD island – the Isle of Arran. Back in the ’70s she most amazing flavours ever. I eventually put GUEST: HASTIE: 1. Prepare your embers. Suspend a grill went overland across the world via Kashmir ACT II wakamame seaweed between the wood and the “I’m from Bristol, too! I loved watching Floyd “It ignites so well. It’s fun, it’s interactive, and approximately 10cm (4in) above the embers. and then she ended up on the large island of THE ENTRÉE AND MAIN caviar, and it was trial and error. It accentuates on TV as a child – he was such a character. I there’s something about that sense of theatre, 2. Holding the steak by the bone, Australia, where she met my dad and dragged The entrée of tuna, shiso and nashi is served. the nuance in the caviar, the flavour of black remember going to his restaurant in Bristol.” engagement with something, a reminiscence brush it across the grill rack 3 or 4 him back to Scotland. [Pauses.] My heart is in There is silence, save for the sound of the olives and hazelnuts, so it is briny and sweet of toasted marshmallows and flames on the times to baste the grill. Scotland. We used to visit a lot from southeast cutlery, as the lightness and freshness hits the and smoky. You need to have 10g of caviar at HASTIE: bonfire… ” 3. Place the steak on the grill and England when I was younger. My granddad ran brain cortex of the hungry and, it must be said, once, anything else is pointless. It’s a good “He was amazing, knowledgeable, completely immediately season well. the buses and the taxis on the island, Lennox hedonistic GUESTS. spoonful, then you are truly experiencing it. It bonkers. Exactly what a celeb chef should be. The plates are clean, a few espresso martinis 4. Leave for 1 minute and rotate 60 degrees, adjusting the height of the grill or the embers Motors, and my grandmother ran a hotel and blew my mind. It’s hard to get, difficult to do.” I’d like there to be more honesty, transparency, are served to order. as necessary to ensure that the steak is only she loved food. I remember cooking with her. It HASTIE: none of this bullshit.” being licked by flames. was back in the day when the only olive oil you “Do you love the sake [Tsukasabotan Senchu The main course is Wild Cape York By now, the GUESTS are well fuelled with 5. Repeat the rotation 5 times until the could buy was in a pharmacy – exactly [Raises Hassaku Junmai Sake, from Kouchi, Japan, barramundi, supplied by Matt, with fennel, GUEST: food and wine – Robert Oatley Finisterre surface is caramelised to a rich mahogany. his eyebrows.]! – and to actually use exotic is poured.]?” palm heart, native herbs scattered over the “Really, there is.” Chardonnay 2016, Margaret River; and Robert 6. When ready, turn the steak ingredients was forward thinking. She taught filleted whole fish. The barramundi is grilled on Oatley Finisterre Syrah 2014, Great Southern. and season again. ALL THE GUESTS: HASTIE: me how to make biscuits and cakes, and I orangewood and falls apart fabulously. As the curtain goes down, the conversation 7. Repeat the rotation and adjustment remember making Yorkshire puddings, always. “Yes, yes, yes – absolutely delicious [Murmurs “Are you serious?” turns to tomorrow’s racing and childhood process (steps 4–6). As a kid, seeing that rise… [Laughs. He has between forkfuls of fresh tuna and GUEST: memories of camp fires and dining outside 8. Remove the steak from the grill and allow a loud, infectious laugh.] My wife is also refills from giant bottles of the sake. “[Waves breaking gently on Pebble Beach under the stars. to rest in a warm place for 5 minutes. Scottish, she was born in Aberdeen – my wife, Octopus, from Tasmania’s Roaring and cutlery clinking as guests eat.] I saw ACT III 9. With a sharp knife, remove the bone, trim my mother and her mother are all deep into Forties, with ’nduja and chickpeas, you on MasterChef! Do you have a favourite THE DESSERT HASTIE takes a bow as the GUESTS applaud the sinew line on the inside of the rib and carve

Scottish dancing. [He can reel.]” follow. The octopus has been grilled TV chef?” With a final flourish, dessert is served – a pine and cheer. EXTRACT TAKEN FROM FINDING FIRE BY LENNOX HASTIE (HARDIE GRANTPHOTOGRAPHY: BOOKS, © NIKKI $60) TO into 5mm (¼in) slices. Serve immediately.

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In CAMERA Justin Ridler has been working with The Australian Ballet for the past six years. His photographs capture the energy, passion and all that precision, says Esther Holmes.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN RIDLER

very two years, The Australian was largely aided by my relationship with Ballet comes to qualia to perform the ballet and their dancers,” Ridler says. a showcase of pas de deux. It is “And over the sum of those years, I’ve had always a night to remember as the somewhat unique privilege of becoming the sun sets and the dancers wildly opinionated. Through conversations Eenthrall with magic and emotion in this with brilliant artists like David and resident intimate setting. choreographer Alice Topp, my preferences have To coincide with the performance in September refined. Now I have something that you could this year, Justin Ridler exhibited at qualia’s describe as an irreverent curiosity about dance. Long Pavilion and captured our hearts all I believe I know the structures, the chords, the over again with an enduring and fruitful phrases. Now I want to have a little fun with creative collaboration. it. To see what else is there. To say new things. “When I met David McAllister [creative New phrases. New ideas.” director of The Australian Ballet] in 2012, I He’s excited about “the potential to expand was an early career artist, a young man who the vocabulary of dance and photography contextually was experiencing a lot of changes,” through my creative practice. To work choreo- Ridler says. “Illness in my family, relationships photographically and make great kinetic ending and forming, places to call home paintings of my own.” changing their shape and place. I think, with a McAllister says, “It has been such a joy to work little objectivity, it’s easy to see why the ballet with Justin over these past six years. Apart from became such a strong source of inspiration for being one of the most creative and generous me, an intensely curious and kinetic person. people you could meet, he really understands “The works I saw develop in rehearsal spaces, our art form and the importance of form and performed on stages and in my own studio, line. He is a fantastic collaborator and makes through their expressiveness, mapped the our time in front and behind the camera so contours of my own life, holding a mirror to enjoyable. It has been amazing over the past few my own perils and triumphs and the textures years to take this creative partnership we share in between – through the pure grace of to the ‘paradise’ that everyone encounters at bodies moving. I know my body and my own qualia on Hamilton Island. I think his images movement. I saw those people dance and I knew reflect the beauty of both the natural world and their movement as though it was my own.” the physical world that we all enjoy when you Adam Bull and Six years on from that meeting, “I have a are watching the dancers perform under the Miwako Kubota. home, a life and a conviction to my craft that stars at qualia.”

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COCA CHU: INGREDIENTS MANDARIN 30ml Four Pillars Shiraz Gin STING 30ml Campari 30ml Cinzano Rosso Some like it hot. We like it

spicy. So coca chu’s fruity METHOD martini infused with chilli – Stir all the ingredients together, then serve shaken, not stirred – is ripe MARINERS: in a rocks glass with an ice sphere. Garnish for drinking. Choose your TROPIC THUNDER with dehydrated blood-orange peel. level of spice wisely. Leave the ginger beer in the fridge and reach for the eggs instead. You heard us. INGREDIENTS The creaminess of the egg white in this 60ml Smirnoff Red tangy delight means Mariners take on 30ml mandarin purée a mule – also known as a buck – is still 20ml lemon juice punchy but without all that fizz. 15ml cranberry juice 5ml maraschino syrup INGREDIENTS (double strained) 45ml Tanqueray gin Fresh chilli to spice 15ml peach schnapps level, muddled into 45ml pineapple juice 15ml sugar syrup 30ml lemon juice

15ml sugar syrup METHOD 15ml egg white Shake all the ingredients 2 dashes of peach bitters together and double strain

them into a sugar-rimmed METHOD martini glass. Garnish with Combine all the ingredients in a shaker, fresh chilli. dry shake (no ice), wet shake (add ice), then double strain the mixture into an ice-filled collins glass. Garnish with bitters, a dehydrated pineapple slice and edible flowers.

BOMMIE RESTAURANT: COCONUT AND VANILLA DAIQUIRI We all know a good daiquiri must have the perfect balance of sweet and sour, Let’s do the and Bommie Restaurant’s version captures this essence and then some. TWIST Coconut and rum? Partners in crime. INGREDIENTS 30ml Malibu We love a fresh, delicious cocktail to pass the time 15ml Pampero Blanco rum during a hot Australian summer. However, we also 15ml Licor 43 like to mix things up – pun intended – so we asked 45ml coconut cream 15ml sugar syrup the restaurants on Hamilton Island to share their takes on classic cocktails. See you there. METHOD Shake all the ingredients together, then PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARA ROSENLUND double strain them into a coupette glass. Garnish with an edible flower petal and dust of cinnamon.

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Flying high. Boarding now, Jordan Stenmark. Hamilton Island Air terminal. Rhapsody IN BLUE We do love a day trip while we’re on holiday, especially one that is super-stylish and involves great company. REEF took to the task, happily joining a small and perfectly formed group of old and new friends on the ultimate day out in another part of paradise.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN BUTTI “WE WAVED AT WHALES AND REALLY JUST Bird’s-eye view MARVELLED AT approaching Whitehaven. IT ALL.”

The welcoming party.

otta love Jordan and Zac over Whitehaven Beach, all snakey sandbars home. Highly. Recommended. Stenmark. They are the boys who and lush landscape. Low tide. When we reached Here’s what everyone had to say once we hit can and do. They are exponents the reef pontoon, we waved at whales and really terra firma… of healthy eating, good living just marvelled at it all – the geography, the

and super-fitness, so REEF got environment, the tiny beating Heart (reef) and Instagram: @Jordanandzac – “Aussie twin Jimmy Niggles. Nick Wooster. Ga little worried about being in the company vast, never-ending big blue out here. Then we brothers enjoying life as it comes” of such pedigree, even though we have a gym doubled back towards Whitehaven. Jordan: “It was pretty amazing to be able to membership, which by itself is sometimes A seaplane landing is a rush of excitement and sit on the beach, eat fresh seafood with a great enough to make us feel fit... Joining the dynamic water, and we made quite the grand entrance group of people after getting off a seaplane on Seafood picnic. duo on the day trip was nutritionist Asha Dillon on Whitehaven Beach as the plane reversed the whitest beach in Australia. I don’t think you and our favourite fearless adventurer and in and we all climbed down onto that famous can get much better than that.” filmmaker Sam Evans, as well as Nick Wooster, white sand. Could there be a more glamorous Zac: “To fly in over the Great Barrier Reef, have one of the most stylish men this side of NYC, setting for a qualia-provided picnic? The lunch at the most beautiful beach in Australia, and Beard Season poster boy Jimmy Niggles, sunshades and loungers were spaced out along paddleboard around and then be flown back – it who is rather stylish himself. the sand immaculately, and our waiter greeted doesn’t get much cooler.” And so the day started at the Hamilton Island us with a chilled glass of Charles (Heidsieck), Air terminal with a debriefing about flying in whom we toasted, of course. Platters of fresh Instagram: @ashax – “Nutritionist, model, one of their de Havilland seaplanes. Not just oysters, prawns and charcuterie kept us fuelled product development” any day out. And soon we were all off, divided in between swimming and paddleboarding, “It was the first time I’d visited Whitehaven into two groups, and soaring up over the island also kindly provided. This was no Vegemite- Beach, and I’m confident that arriving on the and heading north over the Great Barrier Reef, sandwich picnic, but a six-star qualia moment, beach, via a seaplane over the reef, with fresh towards Heart Reef, which lies 40 nautical miles though it can be as simple or as lavish as seafood and champagne upon arrival, was the from Hamilton Island. The flight affords a true you want out here, as in the end it’s all about ultimate way to experience it.” bird’s-eye view – this has to be one of the best enjoying the company and the epic location. ways to see the Whitsundays, with all that epic We squandered time, talked and relaxed. Instagram: @nickwooster – “Free agent” blue ocean and sky so picture perfect. Click Talked some more, sipped more Charles and did “One of the most indelible moments of my life click. And filming. It takes about half an hour to nothing at all. We took a few pictures and lazily, was having the opportunity to fly over the Great fly out to the reef and, on the way, we swooped eventually, returned to the seaplanes and headed Barrier Reef in a helicopter and the next day in

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Whitehaven POSTCARDS Beach hosting the perfect picnic. FROM PARADISE

Dear Instagram followers, look who came to visit the island recently…

“STEPPING ONTO ONE OF THE PUREST BEACHES IN THE WORLD WAS SURREAL.” “[Cheers] to the weekend” @sam_armytage

Asha Dillon, Jordan Stenmark, Zac Stenmark, Sam Evans and Jimmy NIggles.

“@ramavoyage @cruisewhitsundays #journeybeyond #hamiltonisland #whitsundays #resortwear #destinationwear” @lindyklim

a seaplane. It is one of the most awe-inspiring, back and enjoy what would easily be one of the breathtakingly magnificent visuals I have ever most glorious places in all the universe.” experienced! Twice!” Instagram: @samevanslife – Instagram: @beardseason “Content creator” (aka Jimmy Niggles) “Our afternoon out on Whitehaven, for me “Big climb but worth it to get to Passage Peak! Best view of “Our trip to Whitehaven was an absolute as a filmmaker, was one I don’t think I’ll the Whitsundays” dream come true, especially flying in on a ever forget. Usually with such pristine and @markberetta seaplane over the truly Great Barrier Reef. untouched coastline like Whitehaven Beach, Crystalline blue water, squeaky white sand it would take a considerable hike/boat trip and a wonderful crew to enjoy it with. All the to make it out there. To be able to fly in via more memorable, thanks to the qualia team, seaplane and step off onto the sand onto one who put on a delicious spread of cheeses, of purest beaches in the world was just surreal. seafood and, of course, Charles Heidsieck We then swam, paddleboarded and enjoyed WEDDINGS | ELOPEMENTS | REAFFIRMATIONS champagne. A few of us went for a dip while some food under the comfort of an umbrella, the rest chatted under umbrellas. I took the all the while soaking up the radiant white Located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island Weddings offers the liberty of explaining an ancient Aussie beach sand and mesmerising turquoise water. It’s ultimate destination wedding experience. With more than 10 ceremony locations and tradition known as the Chiko Roll to one of experiences like these that I crave to capture.” 15 unique reception venues, we can cater for anywhere between two – 200 guests. the guests, Nick Wooster, who’s from New Delivering the full scope of weddings services from your Planner through to venue For more information about flying with York. When you have the whitest sand in the styling and photography, our goal is to make planning your special day a joy. world to work with, why on earth not?! It was Hamilton Island Air and taking a scenic “Beautiful one day, perfect the next. the perfect moment to embrace this jewel of flight or heading to Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays ain’t too bad either. Plus, with its own airport guests are able to easily access Hamilton Island with direct visit hamiltonisland.com.au #seeaustralia @australia” a landscape, forget our phones and simply sit @darrenmcmullen flights from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Cairns. For more information, visit hamiltonislandweddings.com

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Marilynne Paspaley.

Moonrise

KINGDOM “WE ARE SO CONSCIOUS OF Marilynne Paspaley AM is a legend. She may dispute this, THE WEATHER, as she is nothing if not humble. Indisputably, though, she is from THE BLUE the very best pearling stock in the world. Second generation. SKY, THE Here she talks to Alison Veness about life out west. TEMPERATURE, WHEN IT HAS OR e are sitting on the edge aware of it all the time because of the different tremendous challenge, raising the five children of Pebble Beach in qualia extremes between the wet and the dry seasons in such a remote area. I think that awareness HASN’T RAINED, looking out across to the – those wonderful extremes of ridiculous of seeing opportunity and grabbing it and AND THE SMELL Whitsundays. There are humidity where you can never be comfortable making something of it was innate, possibly whales at work out there. – no fabric suits it. And then this beautiful dry learnt because of the examples set. And I’m OF THE EARTH.” IW have ordered us a glass of Charles (Heidsieck), season, like Hamilton Island in winter, which is not sure it was Australia that bred that, but I as it seems only the right thing to do when just gorgeous. I think it grounds you.” do know that he believed very strongly that we you are with Marilynne Paspaley. You want to She doesn’t feel as though she’s from the were Australian, because it was Australia that celebrate, as she is such a pioneer of fabulous country. It’s a very different thing, she explains. gave him the chance to build a beautiful life for design, one of the keepers of the Paspaley flame “The Kimberley is such an extraordinary his family. and so much more. She also has a great, rather destination, and it’s so intense in so many “He was very clear. At that time, Greeks naughty laugh. ways. The colours… I mean, there is nothing mixed with Greeks, but my father mixed with She is quite at home here, but then beautiful mundane about it or ‘common’ – it’s always Australians and he raised us to be Australian. landscape is in her blood, her natural habitat. about extremes. And I feel very much part of He wouldn’t speak Greek at home. And one She is based most of the time in Broome, there. I do think that when you are in places day I asked him why, and he said, ‘Because operating the boutique lodge Pinctada like that, it feels like anything is possible… ” this is the country that has given me the McAlpine House, of which she is founder Her late father, Nicholas Paspaley, registered opportunity. We can live like this and we are and managing director. The retreat is a wonder, the Paspaley Pearling Company in 1952 Australian.’ Amazing. A great strength. He an edge-of-the-earth sweep, and so we talk (although he bought his first pearling lugger really appreciated what he was able to do in this about what it’s like to come from so much in the 1930s). I ask her if the immensity of that country, without question.” epic landscape. landscape is perhaps what fuelled her father’s One of her first memories is of dancing – “with “I think when one is living there you just don’t energy to achieve so much. “I feel that the a piece of tinsel, at Christmas. I was very little, think about those sorts of things, it’s just where energy was just inherent in him,” she says. and I was wearing frilly underpants. That’s what you are, and you’re doing what you’re doing,” “He came from Kastellorizo, a tiny island in I remember,” she laughs. She also remembers she says. “But when I come back to the city, or Greece. Historically the people there traded being out at sea: “I loved it, and have so many when people from the city visit, I realise the through Turkey to the rest of the world. So wonderful memories of it. I remember falling pace is so completely different. And they find they never looked inwards, because it was tiny. asleep on deck one day when we were going that the colours influence them, and the way It was all about position, position, position. out to the [pearl] farms, and when I woke up you feel and what you actually want to do. They had the most superb environment to live I’d lost all sense of time and this massive globe Rather than feeling you have to be hectic every in, but it was so small and you couldn’t do was rising above the horizon. I thought I’d slept moment, you actually want to stop and take it business there within that tiny island, you had right through the night and it was the sunrise, in. Things have a different value. to think outward. but it was actually the spectacular moonrise “We are so conscious of the weather, the blue “And so I think it was part of his nature. His that you see in the Kimberley, when the moon sky, the temperature, and when it has or hasn’t father died within two years of them arriving is red. That’s why people go to Staircase to rained, and the smell of the earth. And it just in Australia – my father arrived when he was the Moon in Broome, because when it rises it

becomes part and parcel of your day. You are so four years old – so I think his mother faced a is actually red. It looks as if it’s on fire, quite ROSENLUND. KARA PHOTOGRAPHY:

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“I’VE LEARNT A LOT, A GREAT DEAL. AND I’VE Marilynne Paspaley Paspaley with MADE A LOT Monsoon her mother, cicada Vivienne, in OF MISTAKES. pendant. the 1950s. incredible, and so I got ALL OF THAT IS totally confused about the Marilynne REALLY HEALTHY. Paspaley in time. It was beautiful. I Paspaley the 1970s. I FEEL VERY Monsoon just loved being out at sea cicada – my father did, too.” BALANCED.” earrings. She never tired of going out to the pearl farms. “I got goose bumps every something with that size of keshi. They might goose bumps with particular moments – and time I was allowed, and to see the land and the make about three pieces a year like my original they weren’t always expensive moments. It was coves, and the excitement of that plane… That one, but they make smaller ones, and I’ve never such a thrill knowing when a piece was going to flying boat is such a thrill every time it lands worn anything that gets so many comments. someone who valued it.” and takes off. A flying boat lands on its belly, It’s not about the value of it, it’s just the beauty She first visited Hamilton Island before the MAGIC OF THE and so when it lands, the water rushes up past of it.” Oatleys owned it. “Now, how perfect is this? I your window and it’s as though you’re being Marilynne She is now a director of the Paspaley Group stayed at the Beach Club then, and now they MONSOON Paspaley in submerged, but you’re not. It’s an amazing the 1970s. of Companies and a mentor. “I love the have absolutely maximised the position and feeling. It is so extraordinarily beautiful and communication. I think our next generation is done the rooms so beautifully. I could happily The latest Paspaley collection is untouched out there.” very smart, well educated and very passionate stay here several weeks.” inspired by the powerful monsoons that I ask if her father has particularly influenced about our business. I don’t formally mentor, but She knows her hospitality. Over the past decade hit the land and pearl grounds between her life, and perhaps still guides her. “All the “I JUST LOVED BEING when you have meetings it’s a great pleasure to she has established Pinctada McAlpine House October and May every year in Broome. time, actually, all the time – with all the choices share experience. I would have loved a mentor – (an original, historic master pearler’s home) The storms affect everything and, while I make in life. He had very strong values, he OUT AT SEA - MY I had examples, but not a mentor.” as an award-winning destination. “I have the wet season brings seriously challenging times, in its aftermath there is a great regeneration was very simple, quiet, not an ostentatious FATHER DID, TOO. I For Marilynne it was more that she was the learnt a lot, a great deal. And I’ve made a lot of and rebirth of the insect and plant life as nature repairs the work of the summer months and person at all, and he really believed in dealing youngest in a family business and about mistakes,” she laughs. “And all of that is really the dry land begins to blossom. It is an intense cycle, and it is the raw beauty of this naturally with people with integrity, in everything he GOT GOOSE BUMPS whether they would take her seriously. “That healthy. I feel very balanced, having taken that extreme environment that the innovative and passionate design team have taken as their did. And it was a tremendous gift, to be valued EVERY TIME I WAS was more of a challenge than being a woman. on and, as much as it has not always been easy inspiration. Of course, there is technical innovation, the hallmark of Paspaley. And so, an by someone like that and see it lived every day. I think when you’re creative and meet on a or successful, I don’t actually have regrets. I just incredibly clever cicada – chosen because, when they appear en masse, it is a signal that the “I think that’s common in all of us [her siblings, ALLOWED...” creative level, it’s no longer about being male wish I had been better at it! One of my biggest wet season is about to begin – comes complete with a pair of hinged wings that open and Nick and Roslynne]. I think we actually like to or female, it’s about the vision, the excitement. mistakes was not listening to my instincts – close and encase a pearl body. There are dragonflies, too, with rare keshi-pearl bodies. Three- live a simple life. We are very fortunate, because satisfaction when you pulled it off – which we Gender was not an issue. I never found that now I really do listen. They’re not some crazy dimensional flower buds have petals that open and close. And then there are earrings inspired we are involved in an amazing industry that usually did. relevant at all in all of my 20 years.” emotion but numerous perceptions, experiences by the “aftermath of rain – dripping with pearls and wet with diamonds”, says Christine has given us a very good life, but the underlying “My father made me a cross with some keshi Before joining the family business she was an and learnings, and that’s the solid foundation of Salter, the creative director (and third generation of Paspaley), who works closely with the thing is that it keeps us very grounded, because [non-nucleated pearls] when I went to university actor, appearing in films and on TV for many real instinct.” design team. Exceptional. We die. We want it all. you are working with nature and it doesn’t [the University of New South Wales, at the age years. She says she made the change because Her proudest achievement so far? She smiles, matter how smart you think you are. Unless you of 16, on a Commonwealth scholarship]. I had she was “benefitting from the business and “Oh gosh, well there’s work and business, but Paspaley Monsoon are working truly in nature’s best interests, you been complaining about pearl-jewellery design wasn’t contributing”, and “my brother and my greatest thrill at the moment is seeing two petal earrings.

don’t get anything. So it is quite a wonderful because I thought it was terrible back then – sister decided that I probably wasn’t doing of my sons – because only two have partners Paspaley lesson every day. It takes hard work and all our and so he challenged me. He got out a packet anything really… and I should open the store and children – be such amazing husbands Monsoon wildflower children have a very good work ethic.” of keshi pearls and he said, ‘What would you in Broome.” She did and became completely and fathers, and seeing the incredible joy they collier. do?’ and I said ‘I don’t know.’ And he flicked passionate about it. “We knew nothing and it have in being fathers. It’s as much as you could arilynne was executive some keshi pearls across the table and said, ‘You was a tremendous learning curve, but to be able hope for.” She has four grandchildren, but she director of Paspaley for more go and do something then… ’ And so I did – I to work with such an extraordinary product is a long-distance (geographically speaking) than 20 years. “It was a very made a bracelet, which I still have. It’s the most and to be able to be honest was akin to being grandmother. “We FaceTime a lot and they are exciting time, I absolutely gorgeous thing, very simple and quite ethereal. an actress, because in performance, if it isn’t gorgeous children and fabulous parents. I’m loved it. I had a fabulous team At the same time, he made me this beautiful grounded and honest, you lose your audience. very proud of them all.” Mof people that I worked with and we were all so cross. And then I thought I’d lost it and, just If it’s an ‘act’, you don’t touch anybody. When She says her children, especially her oldest passionate about it. Every day was exciting. I before I left the company, I found some button it’s based on a belief and a reality, then you son, Nick, are hugely influenced by their directed the design and the collections – they keshi at a harvest and asked the pearl room to have a performance that can reach people. I felt grandfather: “Nick spent a lot of time with my were based on business, but to add creativity to find me the balance of them, as it requires six that same passion when I worked with people father. And I think he would be very proud. a discipline is more exciting than just creating. I perfectly matched pearls, and then sent it to the and dealt with clients. I loved looking after I know he is. You have no idea how many loved that challenge of creating a collection that workshop and asked them to make me a cross, people, I loved giving information so that they moments in my life he has absolutely been there, was good business but also outstanding. It was and all I wanted was to see the pearls. I wear could make a wise choice and feel confident and truly, absolutely been there… ” And, at that,

great fun. And there was a tremendous sense of that every single day. It’s very hard to make and happy with their purchase. I used to get PASPALEY. MARILYNNE COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHY: we pause and look out across the sea.

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Catseye A cuttlefish. Beach.

Wonder A giant clam. WORLD Catseye Beach is home to a fascinating underwater world of fabulousness. Jarrod Parkinson, Bachelor in Marine Science, walking encyclopedia and Hamilton Island resident, talks us through some of its unique magic and shares his passion.

atseye Beach is named after incubation period. Sand with a temperature the catseye shell also referred of more than 27C produces more females, to as a shiva shell. The beach is while cooler sand produces more males. Not renowned for these shells – they all that hatch survive – maybe one in 1,000 get washed up from the lagoon will reach adulthood and maturity, which is Csystem and sit along the shores. approximately 35 to 50 years. Overall, there are 3,500 individual reef Unfortunately, most become victims of systems, 760 of which are fringing reefs, predatory birds and reef sharks during their which grow a further 20cm from the first scurry across the sand and their arrival shoreline each year. Hamilton Island is really into the ocean environment. special and really lucky – it has seven of the There are 45 species of stingrays from 16 760 fringing reefs. families that are within the Great Barrier What is so unique about Catseye Beach is Reef, and up to 23 have been spotted in and that it stretches great distances seaward with around the lagoon systems of Hamilton the low tide, more than 500 metres, and Island and Catseye Beach. Yellowtail the big 3-metre tides allow the ecosystem Stingrays have a defence mechanism – three- fusiliers. to function as normally and healthily as quarters of the way up their tail they have a possible. Down at the southeastern side of small barb, made up of keratin just like our Catseye the beach, we get those little reef sharks and fingernails, which they use as defence. If they have really small scales at the top of their Beach experiences the big 4-metre tides that shells. juvenile lemon sharks – they really help are attacked, they get one shot, and it takes heads and then really long diamond scales at occur around the moon phases, the whales the environment. Green and brown algae is two years to regrow that barb. They don’t have the bottom of their backs. There are plenty of will come in very close. It’s not uncommon abundant here because of the shallow, calm teeth – all they have is a cartilage-crushing dugongs around the island as well. Seagrass, at night-time, when you’re sitting up at One nature of Catseye Beach. The algae grows in jaw. They will sit in the sand to crush up little “PEOPLE HAVE weeds and all that algae is what they feed on Tree Hill, to hear them, slapping around and temperate and tropical waters but not at great snails, prawns and crabs. Generally, you’ll see SAID THEY’VE – it’s the most oxygen-producing plant in the spraying along these reef systems while they depths, which is why this area is so full of life a tail behind them and they’ll bask in the sun entire world. The dugongs will sit and make protect their young. When the calves are a and there is such a diverse abundance of and feed. HEARD THE their own little beds in the seagrass and munch bit more mature, around September time, primary producers that allow the ecosystem There are shovelnose rays, too, which have WHALES SINGING away. They are very curious and social, but they they begin making their way back down to to thrive. a triangle-shaped head and two dorsal fins. don’t like noise, so are rarely sighted. There are Antarctica, back to where they came from. Six of the world’s seven marine turtles are They’re very smart marine creatures, and that TO EACH OTHER, giant clams, too. While they’re up here, the whales won’t eat, in the Whitsunday area, and four of them jelly-like liquid at the top of the triangle of IT’S QUITE What Catseye Beach is really renowned for is they’re just here letting their babies develop a have been spotted at Catseye Beach. As you their head is actually see-through. They can cuttlefish, one of the smartest invertebrates blubber layer and using the warm water and A cowtail ray. look across the water you might see turtle detect our heartbeats. Shovelnose rays have SPECIAL.” to exist. Their latin name is Sepia latimanus – protection of the islands. Shallow lagoons like heads popping out. They are cold-blooded no physical protection, they are just very sepia meaning ink, lat meaning flat, and manus this, and the ones around Whitehaven, are reptiles that need to breathe air; they have clever and cautious. meaning fingers moving. They are masters of perfect for protection. lungs not gills, so every seven minutes they Down towards the southeastern end of the disguise that contain chromatophores, sacks People have said they’ve heard the whales have to pop up and take a breath. And they’re beach are cowtail rays, named for having a of red, brown and yellow pigments that are singing to each other. It’s quite special. Each very inquisitive. And very playful. The sex of feathered tail similar to the kind cows have. regulated by muscle and controlled by the brain season they’ll add a little bit more to their song hatching turtles depends on the temperature The fish you can see cruising around in the allowing them to alternate between being visible – new parts of their song get created through of the sand where they are laid during the waters are the diamond-scale mullet. They and invisibile in a matter of seconds. Catseye communication, reconnecting with family Beach is so calm that they school in this area. members and learning. PHOTOGRAPHY: KARA ROSENLUND AND JARROD PARKINSON. AND JARROD ROSENLUND KARA PHOTOGRAPHY: During whale season, especially when Catseye The whole ecosystem is really thriving here.

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Nick Wooster is an international traveller who records many of his super-stylish exploits on Instagram. Here we watch and learn...

have always been obsessed with clothes, or blue. Or with military green or camouflage and probably the only fear I don’t have I’m going to wear some sort of khaki or green is getting dressed. I tend to be pretty on top. Stick with one colour, it makes life insecure and fearful about everything easier, and it makes packing so much easier. except getting dressed. From the time I And a really good pair of shoes, a really good Iwas five years old there’s never been anything pair of sunglasses and a really good watch can [I wouldn’t wear]. Some people say, ‘Oh, I would make a simple T-shirt and jeans look amazing. never wear that’, but I’ve always been up for I love collaborating with brands because they’re anything. For someone who honestly never the experts. I don’t actually consider myself wanted to stand out, my actions when getting a designer, but I love to collaborate and I love dressed were exactly the opposite. I’ve never been afraid to wear something with a weird “Thank you @paspaleypearls design or colour. And now it’s like I’ve painted “I GUESS STYLE IS @hamiltonisland @qualiaresort #hirw myself into a corner. LIKE A FINGERPRINT. photo by @kararosenlund” So many people have influenced my career and helped me along the way. The person behind EVERYBODY HAS the scenes who really influenced me the most THEIR OWN STYLE, in terms of everything I do, the filter through which I see everything, is Peter Rizzo, who was EVEN IF IT’S NOT my boss at Barneys New York in 1987. At the ‘STYLISH’, AND time, he was the [chief merchant], so the boss of all the buyers, and he ran the men’s business THAT’S OK – NOT when the Pressman family owned Barneys, EVERYONE SHOULD when it was truly a social and cultural source in New York. He taught me everything I know OR WILL PRIORITISE about design, about taste, about how to buy CLOTHES IN THE “Shooting in Taormina with collections and, to this day, I think about him. WAY THAT I DO.” @paulsharkofficial photo by The Three of the most recent people who have @sara.antonietti” influenced [my career] are Tommy Ton, Importance of Scott Schuman, the founder of the blog The to go to the source. So if it’s somebody who Sartorialist, and Lawrence Schlossman. They makes beautiful eyewear, like Garrett Leight, are all bloggers, and in 2010, Scott took a photo I’m happy to collaborate. I have a couple of BEING of me for The Sartorialist, and Lawrence was the things cooking… My next collaboration is first to write about me when I started as fashion going to help address travel, which is obviously director at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf something I am doing a lot of right now. Goodman. It’s because of those three that I have The jacket I’m wearing here is from the YOURSELF the career that I have today. collaboration I did this summer with Paul & I guess style is like a fingerprint. Everybody has Shark, a heritage Italian brand that has its roots Oscar Wilde once said, “Be yourself, their own style, even if it’s not really “stylish”, in sailing. The jacket is a homage to the kind and that’s OK – not everyone should or will of statement jackets they’ve been making for everyone else is already taken”, “I’m having the best week in Tokyo prioritise clothes in the way that I do. But the past four years, and it was really my take thanks to @teslamotors for the use of and the American fashion director, also I’m a sponge, so I think I get informed by on those. And the flag on it, the country it the Model X. It’s an amazing ride.” collaborator and “free agent” Nick everything, whether it’s people in the street, represented, means something to me. And for Wooster is the living embodiment of at the airport, or in movies and magazines. my next motivation, I’m going to have to make Everything influences me to some degree, and Australia front and centre. the sentiment. Rebecca Khoury caught it really is about, “OK, cool, I’m not doing that Before I got to Hamilton Island, so many people up with him as he cut a stylish swathe but maybe I’ll do this.” I do believe people said to me, “God, that’s a long way to go”, and I through Hamilton Island Race Week to have their own style, even if they are not said, “Yeah – and it’s worth it.” That’s the thing conscious of it. about the island – I had no idea what I was ask him how he does it. Sticking to one colour is the easiest rule – if you getting into. I had no idea what was in store and want a rule – and something I’ve kept really it blows me away. I would say it’s worth going practising in some way, shape or form. So if all the way around the world for. The people, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARA ROSENLUND you’re going to wear colour, stick to the family, the setting, the weather, just everything, the for example jeans. People always say things like, hospitality, oh and qualia – I’ve never seen “Oh, that looks great with denim”, but for me, anything like it. It really exceeds every possible “Thank you @cartier for the most amazing two days in San Francisco... the only requirement for denim is navy blue. I expectation I could have had or did have. It’s And I’m obsessed with this

PHOTOGRAPHY: XXXXXX XXXXXXX. PHOTOGRAPHY: never wear a “colour” with denim – I wear navy so worth it. acoustically perfect room.”

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Wild Oats XI, Hamilton Island Race Week 2018. The Roving EYE Malta may be home for the t’s funny – when people ask, ‘What’s summer months, life in Malta turns toward the photographer Kurt Arrigo, but your favourite destination?’ it’s hard azure sea – in particular, to Arrigo’s lifelong he’s never more content than “ to put your finger on one,” says Kurt passions of sailing and diving. Testament when he’s at sea “bobbing up Arrigo, 49. “But being in the sea, being to the Mediterranean island’s magnetism is and down on the water”, most among nature is certainly where I’m the fact that Arrigo has never managed to Ihappiest.” An intrepid marine photographer stay away for more than three months, no recently during Hamilton who is just as at home shooting portraits on matter how extensive his travels. This year, the Island Race Week, writes location as he is documenting a yacht race, photographer has visited 44 countries; add to (including Hamilton Island Race Week), that the almost three decades that he has been Nicholas Carolan. Arrigo thrives in liminal spaces. “I’m shooting travelling, and you start to get a picture of his above, below, and sometimes on board,” he endless appetite for adventure. “Travelling says. “I consider myself quite flexible in all the opens up your whole perspective on life and different elements I can place myself in.” your connections with people,” he says. “It’s PHOTOGRAPHY BY Arrigo’s comfort navigating the space between a way of growth, where you tend to discover sea and sky could almost be predestined. yourself in various situations… It really is a KURT ARRIGO The relative proximity of Malta to the world university of life – it certainly has been for me.” beyond is an added bonus of life on the island It wasn’t until he was in his early twenties, at a where he was born and raised. “Being based in time when his photographic career was gaining Malta, everywhere is pretty close,” Arrigo says, traction, that Arrigo started to feel an urge to speaking from his home in Gharghur, a hilltop explore other countries. At 21, he travelled to village in the northeast of the island. In the San Diego to photograph the 1992 America’s Cup – it was a trip that sparked his desire to make a living from travelling. When he first began to explore underwater photography, Arrigo recalls reading an article that had the headline “If you don’t have a good sense of humour, don’t take it up”. “True to the headline, it was so challenging. In the early days, it was still analogue,” Arrigo says, Hamilton Island Race laughing. “I feel very fortunate that I started Beneteau 47.7 Stratacare The fleet approach the finish Week 2018. Bluebottle, Hamilton line in Dent Passage, Hamilton from film, because it really disciplines you in Island Race Week 2018. Island Race Week 2018. how you create your photography.” For him, shooting analogue completed the equation necessary for creating a memorable image – to balance the lighting, framing, exposure and composition without the retroactive aid of digital compositing. As for any favourites, there are too many to remember. Arrigo recalls a Rolex Middle Sea Race, which starts in Malta, when he photographed a boat ploughing through the seas and 30-knot winds, its deck bathed in golden sunrise and white water. There are also the many taken when a boat has passed the Organ Pipes cliffs of Tasmania just as the light perfects itself. Or there’s the photograph that landed him the Yacht Racing Image of the Year in 2012, taken during the Volcano Race (which is based around Gaeta and the Aeolian Islands in Italy) and featuring the yacht Nilaya, in whose hull the reflection of the isle of Capri is visible as the sun broke through the storm clouds, gilding the ship and her neatly aligned crew.

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KNOW YOUR GEAR “Whether you’re shooting with a phone, a point-and-shoot camera or a professional SLR, it’s really important that you understand how to use your gear properly in terms of what it can deliver. If you don’t understand it, get some Ian Edwards’ Scaling Peter professional help to show you how you Dehler 46 Harburg’s Wings, Black Jack, can best use your camera.” Hamilton Hamilton Island Race Island Race Week 2018. Week 2018. PREPARATION IS KEY “If you’re going to a particular destination on assignment or on holiday, it’s great to know where you’re going and prepare yourself for what you’re expecting to see.”

UNDERSTAND THE LIGHT “Sunrise and sunset are always magical hours because they give beautiful colours In August 2018, Arrigo visited the “IT WAS, AS that have an impact on our emotions. It’s Whitsundays for the first time to photograph important to prepare yourself for where Hamilton Island Race Week. “It was, as EXPECTED, you’re going and how it suits you to be in expected, stunning,” Arrigo says. “The island STUNNING. THE that location. Whether you’re shooting into has a really incredible energy… My time there or away from the sun, if the sun or the light was absolutely fantastic.” The week presented ISLAND HAS is hitting a subject, whether there is shade Arrigo with the rare opportunity to capture the AN INCREDIBLE or contrast, are all things to bear in mind.” dense concentration of life above and beneath the surface, framed by the kind of crisp light ENERGY.” SHOOT THINGS THAT MEAN that saturates the world in vivid colour. SOMETHING TO YOU Perhaps more impressive still, Arrigo somehow “At the end of the day, you’re creating a

finds time to put down the camera and join Black Jack (left) picture that needs to resonate with you in. A recent week on a cruising boat in Greece and Wild Oats XI, first. The connection with the image you’re Hamilton Island allowed him to relax. A camera, however, was Race Week 2018. going to create is going to come from you. If never far from hand. “It’s just natural to me. you’re not connecting with it, it’s not going When I go out on assignment, to be honest, I to reflect the best image.” still feel like it’s my first day. It has never really been a job for me.” DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY Hamilton Island’s Golf Car of Choice Next up is another Rolex Middle Sea race, “Ultimately, it’s important to be happy which starts from Valletta and goes around with what you’ve created. I always live by the islands that surround Sicily. Then perhaps this kind of [test] – is it an image I’m happy it will be on to Tromsø, in northern Norway, with or could I improve on it? It helps where Arrigo went on an expedition last year to you as an artist to develop your skills as www.golfcarsinternational.com.au photograph orcas. “Whatever comes, we’ll see,” a photographer. You grow from it as you he says. “I’ll take it as it comes.” connect with the picture.” Sales and Service Centre: Hamilton Island PH: 0427 050 409 Head Office: 20 Kingston Drive, Helensvale QLD 4212 PH: 07 5529 9499

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The opulent table setting. Edwina Robinson LENNOX HASTIE and Felix Forest. RS DINNER Location: Pebble Beach, qualia Dress code: beachside elegance Chef: Lennox Hastie, Firedoor, Sydney It was an elemental fine-dining experience that guests enjoyed as VP Lennox Hastie cooked on open fires. HAMILTON ISLAND Fanning the conversational flames RACE WEEK was the well-respected journalist Joanna Savill, who hosted an Kerrie McCallum and Joanna Savill. entertaining conversation with the Sydney-based Hastie, who brought all the theatre and delicousness to the beachside table. A night to remember.

Jay Lyon and Nick Leary.

Claudia and Carol and Patrick Boutellier. Sandy Oatley.

Jordan and Zac Stenmark.

Jimmy Niggles and Nick Wooster.

Firing up the wood.

NEIL PERRY QANTAS DINNER Location: Long Pavilion, qualia Dress code: resort chic Chefs: Neil Perry, Rockpool Dining Group, Sydney, and Helen Goh, Ottolenghi, London As the sun set quite spectacularly and on cue – naturally – guests sipped Piper-Heidsieck and toasted Neil Perry’s 21-year partnership with Qantas. He cooked the entrée and main courses; Helen Goh was on dessert. Both were en pointe. Taste Sophie Tedmanson, Alison titans. We were in heaven. Veness, Elizabeth Hewson,

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Hayley Wilson.

Terry Biviano and Anthony Minichiello.

PASPALEY LUNCHEON Location: Pebble Beach, qualia Nicky Oatley. PIPER-HEIDSIECK Dress code: elegant white Chef: Perrin Yates, Long CHAMPAGNE LUNCH Pavilion, qualia Location: Pebble Beach and Long Pavilion, qualia The blue skies and full sun provided the Dress code: resort chic perfect backdrop to the annual super- Chef: Perrin Yates, Long Pavilion, qualia chic Paspaley lunch. Everyone wore their Well, of course, only the finest Piper-Heidsieck most stylish white and Paspaley pearls. champagne was served with every course, tick, Even the menu had a white theme, the tick, tick: a Cuvée Brut on arrival; Piper-Heidsieck best (always) being the dessert: frozen Essentiel with the entrée; and our favourite, meringue, milk sorbet, fromage blanc, served with the main course of beef short ribs, a coconut and elderflower pearls, and Piper-Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage. To finish? Piper- milk jam. Lush with lustre. Heidsieck Vintage 2008. Epic.

Lunch is served at Nikolina Skoric, Glenn and Pebble Beach. Sophie Flemming Linda Bourke. and Jack Slade. PHOTOGRAPHY: KEN BUTTI; KARA ROSENLUND. KEN BUTTI; KARA PHOTOGRAPHY:

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Deborah Symond RS O’Neil. VP HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK

Embarking. Afternoon AN AFTERNOON tea. WITH HELEN GOH Location: Quantum James Tobin. Collette Dinnigan Dress code: resort chic and Bradley Cocks. Chef: Helen Goh, Ottolenghi, London Christine Power and Rob Mundle. It was a sweet success as we set sail, Danielle Alvarez and nibbling tiny raspberry bitters sponge Justin Hemmes. cakes, and passionfruit cheesecake Xanthe Wetzler and Robert Oatley. with spiced pineapple. The table was groaning under the goodness of this JAMES BOAG spread laid out for afternoon tea (and champagne). Helen Goh, who works DISCOVERY with Yotam Ottolenghi as his tour de DINNER force pastry chef, melted hearts (and Location: Outrigger Lawn some chocolate) and we swooned and Dress code: resort chic fell in love with this Melburnian legend. Chef: Danielle Alvarez, Fred’s, Sydney James Boag and Danielle Alvarez,

Ardyn Bernoth. Anthony Minichiello head chef at Sydney’s award-winning and Jared Ashdown. restaurant Fred’s, created a dinner that fully delivered on flavour, including the refreshingly crisp new beer from James Boag. It beautifully matched the specially created menu, which celebrated Tasmania’s finest produce. Guests were extremely happy and enjoyed this foodie phenomenon.

Montana McDonald and Deborah Symond O’Neil.

Native flora decorating Quantum. the table PHOTOGRAPHY: KEN BUTTI; KARA ROSENLUND. KEN BUTTI; KARA PHOTOGRAPHY:

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Tanya and Ian Oatley. Brodie James and Amanda McGuigan.

Nadia Fairfax.

James Pettit and Catriona Rowntree.

Richard House, Amanda McGuigan, Silvia Colloca. Brodie James, Rena Nemoto, David McAllister and Natasha Kusen (front) of The Australian Ballet.

Daniel Galvin Jnr. PAS DE DEUX IN PARADISE Location: Pebble Beach, qualia Dress code: black tie Chef: Perrin Yates, Long Pavilion, qualia Every two years, The Australian Ballet performs under the stars at qualia. (This is the only place the company ever performs outside.) Magical and amazing, this year’s pas de deux included Life in Grey; Le Corsaire; Giselle Act II; and The Sleeping Beauty. There was much swishing around in elegant evening gowns and the boys did their stylish best in black tie.

Guests interacting with the performers following their

barre class. RIDLER; JUSTIN PHOTOGRAPHY: OLIVIA ROSE.

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Room with Perfect a view. poolside.

On the UP Papillon has emerged resplendent from the chrysalis, and everybody’s “PAPILLON IS BACK, BIGGER AND BETTER excited – it’s on the – AND NONE OF THE MAGIC OF THAT BIG, market. While investors WIDE, SPECTACULAR VIEW OF FITZALAN rev the engines, REEF PASSAGE HAS BEEN LOST.” takes a walk-through.

sitting outside. In the long infinity pool that The majestic curves around the view and stretches out into property. the air, it feels as though we could float right out into the turquoise beyond. Below, in the green, neatly manicured gardens that come complete verybody’s been talking about with an outdoor pizza oven and a fire pit that it. The Papillon property – a gives off campfire vibes under the stars, there’s jewel on the residential northern the pure quiet and sense of being surrounded end of Hamilton Island for a by native bush. Let the clear air fill the lungs long time – has just completed up – these 2,661 square metres of private land Eits transformation into a seven-bedroom, are paradise. contemporary haven for families, and it’s It’s also a true home for families, for groups who already booked by holidaymakers into 2019. come to the island for escape. Papillon gets it: Tourism numbers are excellent and the scene secluded togetherness is what you came for – here is buoyant. “It’s a good time for investment but so is space. All the bedrooms are en suite, on the island – we’re getting great returns,” with six of them set apart from one another says Hamilton Island Real Estate. “The whole across the site, stretching out from the body of island has a refreshed sense. There’s been a lot the main building – only the master bedroom is of renovation and there’s an excitement.” Blink here – like a butterfly. and you’ll miss it, though – this house is going There’s also a superbly kitted-out gym set in its to fly. own little house, from where you can drink up Papillon is back, bigger and better – and none expansive views of bush, sea and sky. Well, if of the magic of that big, wide, spectacular view one must sweat on holiday, one should not feel of Fitzalan Passage has been lost. The original like it’s hard work. invention and intention of architect Chris Yes, shoulders down, slow breathing. The state- Beckingham, a local master of island design, is of-the-art kitchen makes entertaining a cinch. still evident – from the kwila wood floorboards Air conditioning maintains the balance between to the limestone tiles and flow of the space, the chill and the island’s balmy breeze. We’d heard nature, air, light and island breeze are invited the buzz, we’d expected a lot. And Papillon inside. At the long, eight-place table in the open is even more perfect than we’d imagined. If dining space, the 180-degree view across to housesitting is ever remotely required, call us. Whitsunday Island is so big we’re practically We’re so in.

To find out more, visit hamiltonislandrealestate.com.au

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CLEARWATER JASMINE 12 GREAT NORTHERN HIGHWAY, 4 DIANELLA CLOSE, HAMILTON ISLAND HAMILTON ISLAND $3,250,000 PRICE ON APPLICATION

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Jasmine is a stunning four-bedroom, three- Nestled in the side of the One Tree bathroom house perched above the Marina, with Hill precinct, this stylish luxury breathtaking ocean views that reach as far south home sits high atop this island as the Conway Ranges. paradise, and has sweeping vistas The property truly is an entertainer’s delight, over the Whitsunday Passage. thanks to its designer kitchen, which features Step through the grand entrance to striking granite benchtops and the best-quality be greeted by uninterrupted water appliances, and an open-plan living and dining views. Boasting four spacious area. There’s also an enormous entertaining bedrooms and a granny flat, this deck that’s perfect for outdoor dining by the property has plenty of room for gorgeous pool. family and friends. The master Located on the upper level, the main bedroom bedroom features breathtaking features a private deck with incredible views, a views of the ocean, a queen bed walk-in wardrobe and an expansive en suite with and a large en suite with spa bath. spa bath. Downstairs, you will find two additional bedrooms, a study and an entertaining room, complete with its own kitchen.

BELLA VISTA EAST 1 POINCIANA LODGE 001 12 WHITSUNDAY BOULEVARD, HAMILTON ISLAND 2 MARINA DRIVE, HAMILTON ISLAND $1,200,000 $1,350,000

2 2 1 3 2 1 When they were built in 1990, under the watchful eye of Hamilton Island’s original visionary, Keith Williams, the deluxe two-bedroom, two-bathroom North facing and centrally located, with the Marina on one side apartments of the Bella Vista East complex were an innovation in terms and resort area on the other, Poinciana Lodge 001 won’t be on of space and luxury… and this is still the case 28 years later. This large the market for long. apartment offers a type of modern luxury that is unavailable anywhere else Self-contained, tastefully renovated and located on the ground on the island. The lawn on its wide, eastern frontage is the perfect spot floor, this property has an extended lawn area, access to the for relaxing in the tropical sun and, thanks to the corner location of this fantastic complex pool and an inviting barbecue area. property, there’s no through traffic to interrupt the peace and quiet. You will Currently used as a holiday let, Poinciana 001 is receiving never want to leave. healthy returns and has strong forward bookings that will be passed on to the new owner. Additionally, being a company- COOINDA GARDENS 4 share title, no stamp duty will be applicable to this transaction. 14 WHITSUNDAY BOULEVARD, HAMILTON ISLAND $1,700,000 OASIS APARTMENT 19 5 BANKSIA COURT, HAMILTON ISLAND $685,000 4 3 2

2 1.5 1 With just six apartments making up this unique development, Cooinda Gardens is a luxurious private estate, complete with a private pool and manicured gardens. This luxury home features a large, open-plan kitchen, Oasis Apartment 19 is a top-floor, single-level, two-bedroom, dining and lounge area, as well as spacious, covered twin balconies. With one-and-a-half bathroom apartment in the heart of Hamilton sleek, contemporary lines and vaulted ceilings throughout, the natural light Island. The light and airy design instantly creates a tropical- streams in through the enormous windows, while the living spaces remain holiday vibe – perfect for families and people of all ages. cool and breezy, thanks to clever interior architecture. This is a property Fully furnished with the main living area extending out to a that truly has it all. large balcony, this is the ideal space for entertaining on balmy summer evenings. Adjacent to the complex pool area and just a short walk to the marina and restaurants, this oasis is truly a PROPERTY SALES: CONTACT BOYD JACKSON 0407 901 721 piece of paradise. The properties featured in the REEF Magazine Real Estate section are available at time of print, but for a full listing of properties for sale or to review recently sold properties, visit the Hamilton Island Real Estate office on Front Street, or go to www.hamiltonislandrealestate.com.au. PROPERTY SALES: (07) 4948 9101. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: (07) 4946 8028. HOLIDAY RENTALS RESERVATIONS: 137 333 (02 9433 0444)

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WHITSUNDAY VIEWS 3 18-hole Championship Hamilton Island Golf Club 10 WHITSUNDAY BOULEVARD, HAMILTON ISLAND $2,400,000

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Located in a quiet estate, northeast facing and with amazing views over Fitzalan Passage, this property is simple, stylish, stunning and easy to maintain. Designed by Chris Beckingham and recently refurbished to a high quality, Whitsunday Views 3 features large verandas and patios that are surrounded by landscaped tropical gardens – ideal for entertaining. The home comes fully furnished and air-conditioned, and has the potential for the construction of a private, in-ground pool. If you are after a reasonably priced single residence with consistent holiday-rental returns and no issue of a body corporate, you need look no further.

SUNRISE WATERS B8 2 WESTVIEW LANE, HAMILTON ISLAND $550,000

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Centrally located, this top-floor, single-level apartment features an open- plan kitchen, dining and living area that leads out to a balcony with views over Catseye Beach. Thanks to a recent renovation, its presentation is perfect: there’s a new kitchen, new bathrooms, new timber-look flooring and new furniture throughout. All the bedrooms are generously sized, with the master featuring an en suite and beautiful vistas of the ocean. Currently vacant, this property will perfectly suit either an owner-occupier or investor. Expected to achieve rent of between $750 and $800 per week, with the tenants paying for utilities, this is a perfect investment opportunity.

SUNSET WATERS 11 3 BANKSIA COURT, HAMILTON ISLAND $500,000

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Sunset Waters is a beautifully presented, recently renovated, value-for- money complex in a quiet cul-de-sac, nestled among the trees. The well- appointed, two-level, two-bedroom, spacious, open-plan townhouse has leafy views over Dent and Whitsunday Passages, and offers a quiet, relaxed atmosphere. On the lower level, the kitchen/dining and living area opens onto a spacious, sunny garden courtyard, while the upper level, comprising the main bathroom and two large bedrooms, boasts a wide private deck where you can enjoy magnificent views. Dramatic terrain. Breathtaking views. The Hamilton Island Golf Club is the only 18-hole championship golf course on its own island in Australia. Designed by five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson, the par 71 course features two distinctly different nine- PROPERTY SALES: CONTACT BOYD JACKSON 0407 901 721 The properties featured in the REEF Magazine Real Estate section are available at time of print, but for a full listing of properties for sale or to review recently hole circuits and a Clubhouse with a fully-stocked pro shop and relaxed restaurant. sold properties, visit the Hamilton Island Real Estate office on Front Street, or go to www.hamiltonislandrealestate.com.au. PROPERTY SALES: (07) 4948 9101. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: (07) 4946 8028. HOLIDAY RENTALS RESERVATIONS: 137 333 (02 9433 0444) hamiltonislandgolfclub.com.au

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YACHT CLUB VILLA 20 (4-NIGHT MINIMUM STAY) FROM: $1,330 PER NIGHT (7-NIGHT RATE) MAXIMUM CAPACITY: NOW SELLING 8 PEOPLE

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With its superb waterfront location, contemporary decor and spacious interior, this luxury villa offers an unforgettable Hamilton Island escape. It boasts four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a golf buggy and everything you need for a truly indulgent holiday.

BLUE WATER VIEWS 8 BELLA VISTA WEST 2 ALANG ALANG (3-NIGHT MINIMUM STAY) (3-NIGHT MINIMUM STAY) (5-NIGHT MINIMUM STAY) FROM: $475 PER NIGHT FROM: $655 PER NIGHT FROM: $1,330 (7-NIGHT RATE) (7-NIGHT RATE) (7-NIGHT RATE) MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 6 PEOPLE MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 6 PEOPLE MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 12 PEOPLE

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This fresh, spacious and well-equipped Bright and airy, this large, three-bedroom Perched high on the headland, apartment is ideal for families. It offers apartment is located on the ground floor, Alang Alang is beautifully quiet and views to the Whitsundays and Dent with private access to the complex’s private. Relax on the deck and enjoy Passage from the outdoor balcony, living gardens, as well as a large terrace and a spectacular views of the Marina and area and master bedroom, and opens lawn area – ideal for young children. It offers the Whitsundays. There’s plenty of onto a covered entertaining terrace that magnificent views over another, private room for everyone, with five bedrooms, has a barbecue and outdoor seating for lawn area to the pristine Whitsunday waters. four bathrooms and a range of living six people. It also offers direct access Located on the northern side of Hamilton spaces, including a media/rumpus to the pool and the complex’s shared Island, it’s an easy walk to One Tree Hill, room, second living area and self- barbecue area. the perfect spot for enjoying the sunset. contained guesthouse. Architecturally designed by Walter Barda. Outstanding waterfront positions with spectacular views. Lagoon-style pool and private beach area. HOLIDAY RENTALS: CONTACT HAMILTON ISLAND HOLIDAYS 137 333 (02 9433 0444) 4 Bedrooms / 4 Bathrooms. Direct ights from most Australian capital cities daily. To view the full listings of Hamilton Island holiday-rental properties, visit the Hamilton Island Real Estate office on Front Street, Hamilton Island, or go to hamiltonislandholidayhomes.com.au. HOLIDAY RENTALS RESERVATIONS: 137 333 (02 9433 0444). PROPERTY SALES: (07) 4948 9101. For Sales enquiries please call Boyd Jackson (07) 4948 9101. For Holiday Reservations please call 137 333. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: (07) 4946 8028. *RATES QUOTED ARE OFF-PEAK RATES BASED ON A 7-NIGHT MINIMUM STAY. OTHER RATES AND DURATIONS OF STAY AVAILABLE, PLEASE ENQUIRE AT TIME OF BOOKING. www.hamiltonislandrealestate.com.au www.hamiltonisland.com.au

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