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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. shore events. We’ve featured an article on the rising popularity of multihulls entering Race Week and other regattas around the world. Throughout the pages of REEF Magazine, you will find a preview of our favourite on-shore events, and we think you’ll be inspired by entrepreneur and surfboard shaper Hayden Cox as he launches his newest venture. Internationally renowned chefs Guillaume Brahimi and Matt Moran have shared recipes for you to enjoy at home and they will be dishing up culinary experiences during Race Week. In the following pages you’ll see highlights from new events we introduced this year. We pushed the limits with our Endurance Series by doubling the Stamford Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon to include a full marathon for the event’s 10th year. The inaugural Active Women’s Weekend celebrated women who have excelled in fitness. We were fortunate enough to have Olympians Libby Trickett and Eloise Wellings attend the events and share their knowledge. I hope you enjoy this issue of REEF Magazine, As I write, the countdown is well inclusiveness of what happened to the sailing full of holiday inspiration and stories, but more and truly on for this year’s Audi community after the day’s racing. He couldn’t importantly, I hope you make the most of your AHamilton Island Race Week. This walk more than two metres without somebody time here. While we have been working hard to edition of REEF Magazine will stopping him for a chat. Along with shaping continue the advancement of Hamilton Island, launch only days before the talented, the Race Week, Bob instigated a cataclysmic change it has been extremely gratifying to see guest fashionable and the high-spirited arrive on and improvement to the island when he created satisfaction climb to an all time high. Thank Hamilton Island for an exciting week of sailing, our luxury resort, qualia. Not only committing you for joining us in our little slice of paradise style and gastronomic adventures. A favourite to the investment financially, he changed the and I encourage you to discover the many on our calendar, the regatta was moulded by culture and in doing so changed the persona wonderful experiences the island has to offer. our late founder, Robert Oatley. and perception of Hamilton Island. We now We chose to put Bob on the cover of this issue take on that mantle and continue his legacy in of REEF Magazine because, put simply, he was that vein. Race Week. He loved competing. He brought his With this purpose clear in our minds, Race boats and he never missed a race. Week 2016 is set to have a record-breaking Glenn Bourke He loved the banter, the camaraderie and the number of entries and a stirring array of on- CEO, Hamilton Island

EDITOR Alison Veness ASSOCIATE EDITOR Rebecca Khoury ART DIRECTOR Lyndal Frollano CONTRIBUTORS Bruce Arms, Zac Bayly, Ken Butti, Hayden Cox, Mr Elbank, Nadia Fairfax, Noelle Faulkner, Andrea Francolini, Golf Australia, Kevin Green, Carla Grossetti, Esther Holmes, Hamilton Island Photography, Hamilton Island Real Estate, Darren Jahn, Brendan James, Abbie Kozolchyk, Jason Loucas, Michael Naumoff, Jimmy Niggles, Rob Mundle, Neil Piddick, Nick Robinson, Kara Rosenlund, Belinda Rolland, Nicole Sauer, Tristan Stedman-Sap, Luke Tscharke, Tracey Withers.

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14. TOP TEN TO DO: Must-do activities for from Guillaume Brahimi and Matt Moran. 48. ENDURANCE: Marathon winners Hanny good times on the island. Wine notes, by Darren Jahn. Allston and Richard Banks: The Thrill of the Hill. 16. ISLAND NEWS: Bulletin Board. 32. MUSIC: Lance Ferguson: Tropical Tunes, 50. CHALLENGE: Women of Endurance, by

18. SAILING: The Cats are Coming, by Noelle Faulkner. Tracey Withers. by Kevin Green. The rise of the Multihulls. 34. EXPLORE: Hamilton Island: A Fine 52. GOLF: Eyes on the Prize, by Brendan James. Cruise Whitsundays 22. DESIGN: Hayden Cox: Wave Rider, Romance, by Abbie Kozolchyk. 54. CALENDAR: Take note, diary dates. by Alison Veness. 38. ENVIRONMENT: Nicole Sauer: A Day in the 56. RSVP: Mother’s Day Classic; Nova’s Red Number 1 Day Cruises 26. PHOTOGRAPHY: Flying High, Life of a Zookeeper. Room: Taylor Swift; Audi Hamilton Island Race by Luke Tscharke. 40. ADVENTURE: Paspaley: Northern Week 2016: The Launch; Great Whitehaven Beach

28. FOOD: Meet qualia’s Craig Knudsen: Exposure, by Zac Bayly. Run; Stamford Financial Hilly Marathon. Captain Cook, by Carla Grossetti. 44. STYLE: Nadia Fairfax: Funny Girl. 60. PROPERTY PORTFOLIO: Glass Palace, by Great Barrier Reef Adventures & Whitehaven Beach Day Cruises 30. FOOD & WINE: Ocean to Plate, recipes 46. HEALTH: Jimmy Niggles: Bearded Wonder. Tracey Withers. CW6370 Outstanding experiences with the region’s premier marine tourism operator. Cruises depart daily from Hamilton Island Marina. For bookings or further information contact the Hamilton Island Tour Desk on 07 4946 8305 or 68305 (in-house) or visit them in the main Resort Centre. cruisewhitsundays.com

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KARA ROSENLUND, PHOTOGRAPHER MOST MEMORABLE SAILING MOMENT? “Hopping on a boat for a bit of fun at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, without realising we were competing in an actual race. Happy accidents.” OCEAN OR POOL? “Ocean, always ocean.” FAVOURITE HOLIDAY ACTIVITY? “Diving. I love being in the water, looking in on the underwater kingdom. Nothing beats a dose of nature.” SURFBOARD OR PADDLEBOARD? “Paddleboard. I paddleboard everywhere I go. It’s like meditation for me: clears the mind and slows life right down ... though I secretly wish I could surf.” HOLIDAY PLAYLIST TOP TUNE? “Mozambique, Bob Dylan. Always gets me in the mood.” ATHLEISURE OR HARD-CORE EXERCISE? “Hard-core exercise. I’m full strength: go hard or go home!”

KEVIN GREEN, WRITER MOST MEMORABLE SAILING MOMENT? “Probably being aboard Wild Oats XI in 2005 for her very first race and watching Bob Oatley see if skipper Ricko could really sail their expensive new canting keel toy!” OCEAN OR POOL? “I was taken to sea on the Scottish Pentland Firth before I could even walk by my commercial fishermen family and the only swimming pool I ever saw was on television.” FAVOURITE HOLIDAY ACTIVITY? “Big fried breakfast after an early morning surf. And the Aussie waves are much warmer than the Pentland Firth ones in the far north of Scotland, where I had to wear more rubber than a dominatrix.” SURFBOARD OR PADDLEBOARD? “I won’t trade in my 20-year old 7’6’’ mini mal for one of those gross logs!” HOLIDAY PLAYLIST TOP TUNE? “My iPod says most played is Kate Bush, who like me, has mellowed with age. But I just saw my favourite Aussie rockabilly band – The Detonators – at the Blues on Broadbeach music festival. Ripper!” ATHLEISURE OR HARD-CORE EXERCISE? “Variety is the spice of life so both sides of this equation are needed to keep me on an even keel; otherwise I get grumpy, says my wife.”

ABBIE KOZOLCHYK, WRITER MOST MEMORABLE SAILING MOMENT? “It has to have been the one in this picture. I was in a rope swing that hung from the side of a boat over the Red Sea in Egypt. Someone would periodically lower me so that my feet were skimming the delicious — and in fact, very Coral Sea-like — water.” OCEAN OR POOL? “Ocean, unequivocally. Unless it’s not a clear, warm ocean — in which case, pool.” FAVOURITE HOLIDAY ACTIVITY? “Snorkelling and hiking.” SURFBOARD OR PADDLEBOARD? “I’d be a menace to myself and others on a surfboard, and would surely be asked by the local authorities to kindly leave, as has actually happened on ski slopes. So, um, paddleboard.” HOLIDAY PLAYLIST TOP TUNE? “Lately, almost anything by Carlos Vives.” ATHLEISURE OR HARD-CORE EXERCISE? “There’s not a hard-core bone in my body (except where crossword puzzles and Game of Thrones are concerned).”

Hamilton Island’s Golf Car of Choice BRENDAN JAMES, WRITER MOST MEMORABLE SAILING MOMENT? “Nursing a wicked red wine hangover sailing from Hamilton Island to Hayman Island.” OCEAN OR POOL? “Pool, preferably with a cool bevvie.” www.golfcarsinternational.com.au FAVOURITE HOLIDAY ACTIVITY? “Golf, golf and for good measure, a bit more golf.” SURFBOARD OR PADDLEBOARD? “In a past life, would have been a surfboard.” Sales and Service Centre: Hamilton Island PH: 0427 050 409 HOLIDAY PLAYLIST TOP TUNE? “Champagne Supernova , Oasis.” ATHLEISURE OR HARD-CORE EXERCISE? “ The thought of hard-core exercise Head Office: 20 Kingston Drive, Helensvale QLD 4212 PH: 07 5529 9499 makes my head hurt.”

998 REEF MAGAZINE TOP 10 TO DO THE EXPLORER: WHITEHAVEN BEACH To most visitors, Whitehaven Beach is a pristine stretch of sparkling white silica sand bordered by clear blue waters. However, those who 1 venture deeper will discover the rich THE KIDS: history of this beach. Head north, up 7 FUN IN THE SUN to Hill Inlet and track the history of The youngest of the bunch the indigenous Ngaro people. Walk 6 will find new friends to hang south through the native bush and THE SAILOR: out within the Kids Fun Zone find spectacular swimming holes CRUISE CONTROL play area or the Clownfish Club and hidden snorkelling spots. The Soak up the best of sea and land childcare centre. Kids aged best part: although it feels remote, with a sail-and-stay package, or hire six to 14 years with a sense of Whitehaven Beach is just a short a skippered yacht charter and tour adventure can tackle the Quads trip by helicopter, seaplane, yacht or the Whitsunday Islands’ beaches and for Kids course in Palm Valley. motorboat from Hamilton Island. bays on your own bareboat charter. Sports fans will get a kick out Budding captains can book lessons of a few rounds of mini golf or with the island’s expert sailing crews try for a strike at the island’s to earn internationally-accredited seven-lane bowling centre. For qualifications. If a quiet sail into the water babies, head to the the sunset or luxury dinner cooked Resort Centre to put dibs on a onboard a traditional cruiser is more Water Walker: a giant blow-up THE DISCOVERER: your style, then raise a sundowner bubble that you climb inside and simply enjoy. Whether you’re an and roll out onto the sea. REEF BY SKY AND SEA adrenalin junkie, an avid explorer or The natural wonders of the Great constantly in cruise control, enjoy and Barrier Reef are worth exploring by all ride that tropical breeze. means available. Take a day-trip out to the Reefworld viewing pontoon and snorkel through the brilliantly coloured THE coral formations. Or spend a half or THE FITNESS FANATICS: ATHLEISURE full day touring the secret spots of the Whitsunday Islands, including a dive or MOVE IT, MOVE IT ADDICT: snorkel out at Bait Reef with the Explore There are 20 kilometres of bushwalking tracks TEE TIME ON Group experts. Prefer to be up in the air? on the island. Watch the sun rise from one of the DENT ISLAND Take flight in a chopper with Hamilton many breathtaking lookouts to which the tracks lead. Or head to the Hamilton Island Sports Club 8 Catch the ferry across to Island Air, soaking up the big, postcard- our fairway to heaven — perfect picture. This is a scenic spin you for a range of group fitness classes including the Hamilton Island Golf won’t forget. body pump and cycle, a weights session, cardio Club. You’ll be amazed. 2 workout or game of tennis. Or if you’re looking But don’t rush your round for a more centred start to the day, does a at this impressive 18- morning yoga session fit the bill? Guests staying hole course designed by at Reef View Hotel, Palm Bungalows, Beach five-time British Open Club, qualia or Hamilton Island Holiday Homes champion Peter Thomson, can also pick up a complimentary catamaran, a challenge to professionals THE ADVENTURER: REEL IT IN kayak, windsurfer or paddleboard from Beach and Sunday swingers alike. Fishing fanatics, listen up. Hamilton Island Watersports’ Predator Sports on Catseye Beach. One of the best ways Every tee offers yet another Fishing or Renegade Fishing Charters cater to all levels of fishing to see the island is from a sea-kayaking session. perspective on the ruggedly prowess. Hire a private or share charter and let the crew show you how Paddle out, get wet and just go for it. beautiful Dent Island and to clean and prepare a catch for dinner. First-timers can get advice on the Whitsundays beyond. where the big fish are biting. And for the seasoned salty fisherman, And be sure to visit the 19th Hamilton Island Dinghy Hire is the best bet for a boat, bait and tackle hole: drink in yet more views for that solo adventure. over a laidback lunch in the 4 Clubhouse.

THE THRILL- THE CHILL-OUT SEEKERS: NEED AFICIONADO: RELAX FOR SPEED 3 There’s no better way to restore body, Feel the need for speed? Why not mind and soul than a dedicated session 9 burn around the go-kart track or of pampering. Start at Spa wumurdaylin, take that needle down a notch on set deep in lush gardens near the Resort the speedometer and hire a golf Centre. Intuitive, highly skilled therapists buggy. They are easy to drive and a provide indigenous-inspired treatments THE FAMILY: WILD LIFE great way to get to know Hamilton by Waterlily and LI’TYA, including It’s the ideal way for the whole family to have fun: Island. Hire some wheels and ride customised cocoons, scrubs, rituals and a guided walk to meet the animals, then stop in for the fire trails and bush tracks on facial therapies. This sanctuary also breakfast or lunch at the café. Say hello to Freddie the an all-terrain vehicle. It’s a blast, offers consultations with a nutritionist talking sulphur-crested cockatoo (he might even say and one of the best ways to get to or alternative therapist for a total 5 “Hello” back), or Elvis the koala and his family. Don’t rugged outlooks on the island. Or wellbeing experience. Need a blow dry, forget the slippery lizards and snakes, creepy spiders, take it out to sea and power up on wedding up-do or emergency spray kangaroos, dingoes, the fierce Australian cassowary the water with a guided jet ski tour. tan? Of course you do. Book into Island and the island’s own resident crocodile are all here at Exhilarating and totally memorable. Hair and Beauty in the Resort Centre. WILD LIFE Hamilton Island. 10 To find out more or book your tours and activities visit the Resort Centre Tour Desk or call 07 4946 8305.

998 REEF MAGAZINE REEF MAGAZINE 999 ISLAND NEWS WHAT LIES BENEATH LINING UP FOR We love the Disney Pixar classics Finding Nemo and Finding Dory. Spot the real-life versions LASER TAG of the popular characters on the Great Barrier Reef. The whole gang is here... The island’s just opened hi-tech laser tag and everyone’s locked BULLETIN and loaded to launch their first day or nighttime mission. Book through the tour desk to give gamer kids a real-feel BOARD experience, a little adrenalin and exercise when they’ve still It’s all about the wonderful environment and got energy to torch. It’s not just a workout. Experts say REAL LIFE: the mental stimulation, logic, CHARACTERS: REAL LIFE: CHARACTER: life on the Great Barrier Reef. Here, the latest PALETTE precision, planning and co- NEMO AND MARLIN CLOWNFISH DORY SURGEONFISH updates. By Esther Holmes. ordination required can also lift children’s leadership, teamwork and communication skills. Some adults even find the laser-focus meditative. We find zen usually happens when we have a quiet coffee outside while the kids are in with the lasers, but whatever REAL, REALER, works… it’s your holiday. REALITY Oh Sir Attenborough, we’d follow you anywhere. And so we climbed inside FIVE MINUTES the wildlife legend’s state-of-the-art submarine and sank, sank, sank to CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: WITH… QUALIA the most gorgeous depths of David BUBBLES YELLOW TANG HANK OCTOPUS GENERAL MANAGER Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef and explored like never before. Fish darted KYLE LAMONICA amongst otherworldly coral; sharks As gigs go, General Manager at qualia is the cruised in circles around us; Sir David one to get. Kyle LaMonica’s certainly got the stayed by our side as our personal guide. CV for it: he’s been GM at the fabulous Beach It was via virtual reality, of course: the Club resort, and run some super-luxe spas. immersive experience first shown at the We throw the crucial questions at him… Natural History Museum in London, UNDER THE SEA then at the Australian Museum in The Great Barrier Reef has six of the world’s seven marine REEF: WHAT MAKES QUALIA MAGICAL? Sydney. Nothing made everyone turtle species and also the humpback whale passing Kyle LaMonica: “Within 10 minutes of want to dive more. Brit bookings on through during the months of July, August and September. touch down, we’ll have you here and I, or Hamilton Island, the springboard to Almost every day during this period we see the whales on my Executive Manager, will meet you with the reef, actually tripled as the VR trips to the reef and hear them singing while snorkelling. Champagne or spa tea. Our amazing documentary made waves. We’re The best way to do this is with Explore, here on Hamilton staff will check your buggy’s plugged in Island, an eco-accredited marine operator and a climate CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: Samsung wearing scuba suits as we speak. late at night while you sleep. It’s all about change innovator. Essentially what this means is that GIL MOORISH IDOL PEACH STARFISH Virtual the detail.” Reality Explore care immensely about the environment and headset. are accountable for the way they operate throughout REEF: SO HOW DO YOU LIFT THE GAME? the business. Explore is also active in the Great Barrier KLM:“Food at qualia is already some of the Reef Marine Park initiative, Eye on the Reef, an ongoing best in Australia. It’s exclusive to guests, RETAIL THERAPEUTIC monitoring process of reef quality, which requires monthly but sometimes we’ll bend the rule for VIPs We love a wearable memento. Think “I went to Hamilton Island and all I got reporting back to the authority. Over time the data or celebrities who are staying elsewhere. was this … fabulous canvas beach bag printed in the living colours of the collected will provide historical facts as to what is changing Now we’ve got a new Executive Chef, Craig Great Barrier Reef and crafted by local artist Kerry Alexander”. That’s the at our specific location on the Great Barrier Reef. Knudsen, who was at Tetsuya’s before kind of holiday story a souvenir should tell. Of course, a respectable piece of qualia, and we are exploring taking a fine- Henry Lloyd yacht-wear would do nicely, too. Shop gorgeously at Hamilton dining degustation from Long Pavilion Island Designs on Front Street for a little slice of casual island life to take down to Pebble Beach with that waterside home. If you must pick up a cute kid’s hat, trinket (or emergency flip flops), this is also the hotspot. atmosphere. Every table has a fantastic view. We’re taking the menu ahead of trends to CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: really wow our guests.” MR RAY SPOTTED EAGLE DEB FOUR-STRIPE REEF: YOUR QUALIA CALENDAR RAY DAMSELFISH HIGHLIGHT? KLM:“Hard call. The Australian Ballet we host is incredible; it’s as if they are dancing on water. Audi Hamilton Island Race Week too is electric. The Charles Heidsieck lunch is the absolute highpoint, for me.” REEF: AFTER 5PM, I’D LIKE TO BE… KLM: “At Pebble Beach. I’d have Sean our head bartender, mix me a Cosmopolitan and watch the sunset with my wife.” REEF: TOP TIER AT THE SPA? KLM: “The Wild Oats treatment for men CHARACTERS: REAL LIFE: CHARACTER: REAL LIFE: Kerry Sea is the ultimate to melt away all the daily SQUIRT AND CRUSH GREEN SEA TURTLE BLOAT MASKED tote bag. pressure over 180 minutes. Full-body PUFFERFISH salt scrub, outdoor rainshower, hydrating massage, a facial and hand, scalp and foot treat.”

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This year’s Audi he sailors I race with on the including America’s Cup-winning strategist drag set-ups,” says Slingsby, who says these are multihulls often have a mindset and Australian Olympic gold medallist, Tom ideal for club events and regattas such as Audi Hamilton Island Race driven by new concepts. Slingsby, are wary. Hamilton Island Race Week. Week features the Performance is their holy grail, “Foiling sailing and foiling boats, especially as Slingsby has also raced in the Extreme 40 Series inaugural Multihull with seaworthiness perhaps they get bigger, should not be associated with which is a thrilling way to bring stadium style Racing class. Their down their lists. cruising or inexperienced sailors. I’ve sailed racing to the crowds. The Sydney Opera House TThe extremes of these ideas were first seen with foiling multihulls as much as any person in during December 8-11 is now a regular venue thrilling momentum and the arrival of the outrageous AC72 catamarans the world and when things go wrong, they go for these boats which race in eight regattas, technical innovation in 2010, which relied on sheltered waters and wrong fast,” warns Slingsby. across three continents. The 2016 competition steady breezes to reach speeds of 44 knots. The simple equation of adding sail power while saw a major change in the series with the 40 made the inclusion Huge research and development budgets from reducing drag has led to the introduction of foot catamarans being replaced by GC32 foiling almost inevitable, argues major companies such as Oracle and SAP hydrofoils that lift the hulls clear of the water. boats. Reaching speeds of 39 knots, compared sailor Kevin Green. turbocharged a naval architecture development This in turn creates the need for aerodynamics, with 30 knots for the larger 40 footers, the frenzy that disproved the traditional idea that as the parameters of lift, windshear and GC32’s carbon hulls are elevated by J-foils to bigger is faster. sheeting loads change. Previously unheard-of minimise drag. Inspired by the AC boats and The smaller AC48 catamarans are expected to wind speeds have also prompted improved designed by foil expert Dr Martin Fischer and go as fast or faster than old AC72s when wing-sail technologies. Elite sailors such as built by Premier Composites in Dubai, the they compete in the 2017 America’s Cup in Slingsby pioneer these boats for reasons which GC32 is aimed at both elite sailors and skilled Bermuda. The development class for these, include speed and pure excitement. amateurs. Unlike AC boats which have a wing the AC45, is already reaching speeds of 55 “Foiling is not for amateur sailors but there sail, the one design GC32 uses a conventional knots while testing new ideas and technologies are high-performance multihulls out there catamaran rig with rotating mast and three sails including high-speed gybing and tacking. without foiling and the enhancements are in (main, jib and gennaker), so could bring foiling

But bingles have occurred, so the professionals power-to-weight, better hull shapes and low STEDMAN-SAP TRISTAN IMAGES; EXTREME SERIES/LLOYD PHOTOGRAPHY: TEAM; ANDREA FRANCOLINI. EXTREME SAILING to club-level sailors.

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Bruce Arms aboard his Chamberlain 46. EXPLORE

The Olympic Nacra 17 class to be seen at the Rio Olympics best illustrates the production models of these styles of performance catamaran, characterised by narrow, high-aspect carbon HAMILTON rigs that power up and down instantly while maximising crew weight in relation to the boat. These also have lightweight carbon hulls with drag reduced by curved daggerboards that lift the lee bow clear. Other advancing technologies include rotating masts that create an aerofoil ISLAND shape to improve flow across the luff. Offshore sailing is a different story for both multihulls and monos, as witnessed in the last Vendée Globe where several foil failures occurred on the Open 60 monohulls. For the offshore multihull sailor, Bruce Arms — who won back-to-back Trans-Tasman Races and holds the solo, around Australia record — SAILING WITH ON THE EDGE seaworthiness rather than pure performance is a high priority. • Exhilarating sailing around the Whitsundays “I’ve had my boat hit by a wave and thrown 50 • Half and full day trips to Whitehaven beach 18.3 metre metres sideways in 10-metre seas in the middle • Romantic sunset sail with beverages and nibble “I’VE HAD MY Schionning 1800 SSS, the Zero. of the Tasman; that’s pretty frightening,” BOAT HIT BY recounts Arms. CRUISING WITH HAMILTON STAR A WAVE AND We’ve competed in several Three Peaks races together, and raced his Chamberlin • Relaxed afternoon cruise around the Whitsunday Islands THROWN 46 catamaran short-handed during these • Evening dinner cruise with 3 course modern menu 50 METRES five-day events. Night-time solo helming was my challenge during the Three Peaks • Private functions and wedding celebrations SIDEWAYS IN because knowing when to reduce sail or ease 10-METRE SEAS windage by running downwind is critical DIVING WITH REEF EXPLORER IN THE MIDDLE in preventing a vessel that can’t heel from capsizing or pitchpoling. • Custom designed dive and snorkel vessel OF THE TASMAN.” Unlike performance cats, such as that • Half and full day diving and snorkeling options Chamberlin 46, modern cruising catamarans • Top outer Great Barrier reef and fringing reef locations are much more forgiving under sail. Typically they don’t have daggerboards like the Chamberlin 46 but rely on small mini keels EXPLORING WITH PURE DIVE integrated into their hulls, so can usually be pushed sideways in gusts without capsizing. • High speed catamaran cruises Their vast decks and interiors, plus the tall • Daily snorkeling and Whitehaven beach tours flybridges on some from leading brands such • Visiting the stunning inlet at Whitsunday Island as Lagoon, Leopard and Fountaine Pajot see these modern cruising catamarans labelled the ultimate party boats, but they can also cross an ocean faster than equivalent monohulls. Up yet another notch is the performance cruising catamaran, a regular attendee at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. The newest in this year’s fleet is an Australian 18.3 metre Schionning 1800 SSS, the Zero, built by Ian McMahon of Cure Composites Queensland. The performance aspects of this family cruising cat includes a full carbon rig and daggerboards with carbon crossbeams to enhance stiffness BOOK NOW! and create a thrilling ride, which racing (07) 4946 9664

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Hayden Cox is the man who can. He has built a world-class surfboard empire and his first book is about to be published. Here he talks to Alison Veness about boards, technological innovation and his journey to the top.

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um put a surfboard under all subconsciously instilled in me from a young age. our arms so she could enjoy Interviewing the people for my book, New Wave lying on the beach without Vision, has helped me understand and re- “ interruption. She had five evaluate even the journey that I’ve been on. The kids… so that kept five kids underlying message that’s come through from Mentertained for a long time. For me, it turned everyone has been that early sense of naivety into my love and my passion. and sort of disregard for the risk, and just to go My first surfboard was a leopard-print rail Hot for it and not have any clouded mindset about Buttered five. That’s the only board I don’t have creating and innovating things. I think it’s now that I really miss. Surfing definitely became easy to get caught up in the commercial side. an obsession. When I designed the FutureFlex [an innovation I like to build things with my hands and enjoy in surfboard technology with a compression learning about construction. And so I started molded EPS foam and a parabolic carbon to piece together what was going on in the surf fiber frame], it was new, it was not how people world, not knowing that I would go on and saw surboards as surf technology had been make it my life. When I was 15 I broke a board unchanged since the 1960’s. I wasn’t thinking that summer holiday and by the time it got to commercially; I was thinking product and the Easter holidays I’d lined up work experience product only. I hadn’t commercialised to that in Mona Vale [Sydney] at Dalgleish Surfboards level before and so for me now, it’s about getting and they let me build a board. Rod, the owner, back to that. I’ve got to extract myself from the shaped one side and showed me the basics and commercial side and be creative and innovative, then I shaped the other. That was the beginning not have that fear, the thing that hangs over you and end of my lessons. Everything else was when you’re trying to run a business, day in and self-taught. day out. I started building boards for teachers and Everyone says you won’t get it unless you friends and I went to parties and I would tell have confidence; if you have that passion everyone I’m a surfboard shaper. I lived and behind the product. You’re your first customer breathed it. I sold the dream. I was definitely too, and so you know the product is good sort of ‘fake it till you make it’ because I had because you use it yourself. All common sense. no bloody idea about the surfing industry The latest product I have been designing is a really but hey, I had my logo, I digitally printed chrome surfboard. It has been a really creative that onto tissue paper and in my mind I created project because of the inherent nature of the the empire! material. There is an innovative process in I think it’s in my blood, my nature and in how to apply it and maintain the performance my personality. My dad studied metallurgy element of the surfboard at the same time. I love and materials at university and my mum and this kind of challenge. grandpa have both been very entrepreneurial. My favourite surf movies are Kelly Slater in My grandfather ran businesses, my mum Black and White and Slow Dance with Craig developed homes and things like that. I think Anderson, who is one of our athletes. That’s a lot of the different aspects of all this were a proud moment for me. I’ve shaved Craig’s

998 REEF MAGAZINE REEF MAGAZINE 999 Haydenshapes workshop. DESIGN

Hayden Cox and HOW HAYDEN Surfboard line up, chrome surfboard. Haydenshapes, Mona Vale. SHAPES UP…

1996: Hayden Cox starts brand, aged15, while still at high school. Learns how to shape during work experience. Registers business and builds first website.

1997–2003: Works out of a local factory to build his boards. Pays lamination fees, material fees and shaping-bay rental to the owner. Quickly outgrows space as customer demand increases; sets up his own facility.

2003: Opens first factory aged 22. Actually moves into the factory to live so he can work seven days a week building the business.

2006: Designs/invents and patents FiberFlex surf board technology (since renamed FutureFlex). Launches to market in Australia “THE ENERGY and Japan. YOU GET FROM 2008: GFC hits. Challenging times and Haydenshapes is on the brink of bankruptcy. SALT WATER AND THE MOVEMENT 2011: Business pulls through. Cox signs global distribution deal and travels to FROM WAVES Thailand, spending eight months setting up IS WHAT I a production line. LOVE ABOUT 2012: Launches Haydenshapes internationally (now in 72 countries). THE OCEAN.” Sets up home base in USA.

2013: Opens Haydenshapes custom factory surfboards since he was 15 years old and when your first wave and you don’t know how that in Los Angeles. he was 25 or 26 he released a feature movie wave is going to happen… you just don’t and it showcases his surfing obviously on my know and that’s that feeling of excitement. New Wave Vision by Hayden Cox, published 2014: Becomes No. 1 selling surfboard boards. That was definitely a rap. I was surfing out by myself in the South by Simon & Schuster. In The energy you get from salt water and the Island, New Zealand down near Dunedin stores October 2016. worldwide, plus winner of Surfboard movement of waves is what I love about the and found this beach break. It was magical. of the Year in Australia. Launches key ocean. I suppose it’s mind power; I think it It was so beautiful and I was out there and design projects, including Alexander Wang enables you to get to that space in your mind then this thing starts barking at me and collaboration. where you completely disconnect from the bringing up its massive tusk, with six-inch- next thought about past or the future. You’re long teeth. I catch a wave and I think ‘I’ll Again snags No. 1-selling surfboard completely present. It’s sometimes really hard just ignore it’; I hadn’t experienced anything 2015: in this world to be able to get to that kind like that before. I was thinking it must be worldwide. Winner of Surfboard of the Year of moment. a dolphin maybe, but it sounded like a dog in Australia and adds USA. Opens first retail I love being right out on the ocean and barking… Then it started chasing me store in Sydney. paddling out on a wave from a boat, right out through the whitewash onto the beach and in the middle of nowhere. Maybe a wave is I was thinking it would swim away. But it Launches: two new models globally; breaking over a sharp coral reef and it might freakin’ came up on the beach and chased 2016: be breaking for 200 metres, moving really me over the sand dunes. It was like ‘Get out his first book, New Wave Vision published by quickly and it will be like the sun is just of my beach’. Respect the locals, I say. It was Simon & Schuster (October 2016); the chrome coming up and you’re the only one out there. a sea lion. Yes, I’ve had adventures along surfboard project. You paddle out by yourself and you take off on the way.” OF SIMON AND SCHUSTER. VISION COURTESY NEW WAVE MICHAEL NAUMOFF; PHOTOGRAPHY:

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“It was a beautiful day on Whitehaven Beach. I decided to capture some FLYING frames of the cloud and water movement with the aid of my neutral-density filter. The long exposure gives the scene a beautiful vibrant HIGH soothing feeling, much like the experience of being on the beach.” It takes more than a good eye to capture a great shot. It requires intense curiosity, a sense of adventure and a speedy response to action. So when photographer Luke Tscharke flew over Hamilton Island, he was camera ready, finger hovering over the shutter release for those moments when the light is just right. Here, he shares his photo diary and musings from a memorable visit to the reef.

“I saw this wonderful lone cloud while “I woke quite early and headed down to Catseye I was at the lookout on Whitehaven Beach. It was low tide and I walked out a fair way. Beach, and allowed it to move to the There were some rather ominous-looking rain centre of the frame before I captured it. clouds in the sky and the rising sun turned them The varied colours in the water of Hill the most amazing colour for a brief minute.” Inlet were mesmerising at high tide.”

“Coming in to land at Hamilton Island Airport, I was able to capture a few frames of the island from the air. It looked stunning in the midday sun.”

“I was fortunate to take a flight with Hamilton Island Air over the Great Barrier Reef during my stay on Hamilton Island. I instructed the pilot to fly up high over the channel between Hook and Hardy reefs and was able to capture this amazing natural formation during the middle of the day.”

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FOOD FIVE TOP DROPS FOR TROPIC THUNDER SEAFOOD Be prepared to break the classic rule of “white with white” and This year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week schedule will include serve a rosé or even a softer-style special dinners with two of Australia’s favourite chefs: Guillaume red wine with your seafood. Just Brahimi and Matt Moran. We asked the chefs to each recommend a dish match the weight of the wine to the designed to show off typical tropical flavours. While Moran’s dish of richness of the dish. These range from fresh crisp whites through fresh grilled prawns with lemon and oregano would suit a casual get- to medium-bodied reds, and I’ve together, Brahimi’s is more suited for a sit-down dinner, but both are listed them in order. perfect for Hamilton Island’s year-round tropical climate. By Darren Jahn.

MOUNT HORROCKS WATERVALE RIESLING. Clare Valley is Australia’s classic region for great riesling, and Stephanie Toole’s version is amongst the top of the tree: lemon, GUILLAUME BRAHIMI lime and mineral notes; crisp and PAN-SEARED SNAPPER, OCEAN refreshingly dry. TROUT ROE, CLAMS AND KALE SERVES 4 SANTI SORTESELE PINOT GRIGIO. This combines INGREDIENTS from pan, then add 20g of butter and chestnut the variety’s pear-juice character 16 clams mushrooms. Toss mushrooms for 1 minute with a savoury edge, the result 100ml white wine and remove from pan and drain. being light, reasonably dry and 2 sprigs thyme, peeled and sliced typically Italian. Ideal with deep- 40ml olive oil Place sauce over a medium heat and add 2 eschallots clams to warm gently. fried fish. 30ml white wine vinegar 100ml fish stock Place a pot of salted water over a high heat THOMAS BRAEMORE 4 x 160g snapper pieces, skin off and bring to the boil. Blanche the zucchini SEMILLON. An excellent value, 50g butter ribbons for 30 seconds and then remove from impeccably balanced traditional 1 punnet chestnut mushrooms the water and twirl. Blanche the kale in the Hunter semillon displaying 2 zucchini, thinly sliced same water for 1 minute, then remove and lemongrass and lime notes, zesty MATT MORAN 1 bunch baby kale drain. acidity and a long, satisfying GRILLED PRAWNS WITH 40g ocean-trout roe aftertaste. OREGANO AND LIME Snow pea sprout leaves Place clams, mushrooms, kale and zucchini SERVES 4, AS A Red vein sorrel, to serve in each bowl and place the fish on top. Blend PARINGA ESTATE PENINSULA SHARED ENTRÉE. the sauce using a hand blender to incorporate METHOD air. Add the sauce around the fish, place PINOT NOIR. This is the least Place a pot on high heat, add clams, white ocean trout roe on top of the fish and garnish expensive of Lyndsay McCall’s wine and thyme. Cook for 40 seconds and with snow pea sprout leaves and sorrel. Serve exemplary range of Mornington INGREDIENTS: Place the crushed garlic, chardonnay vinegar, WINE NOTES: remove from heat. Strain the clams and keep immediately. pinots and an easy match with 16 king prawns (four prawns per person) olive oil, lemon juice and lemon zest in a bowl DARREN JAHN RECOMMENDS the cooking liquid. seafood that has a little extra 1 lemon (juice and zest) and mix together. Add the chopped oregano, I know Matt’s grilled prawns well as they’re WINE NOTES: flavour or texture. Bright acidity 20ml chardonnay vinegar chopped parsley and season with salt and a favourite when I hang at his North Bondi Place a saucepan over a medium heat, add DARREN JAHN RECOMMENDS and soft tannins are perfect foil to 1/4 garlic clove (crushed) pepper to taste. Fish restaurant over summer. If not enjoying 20ml of the oil and cook eschallots until This sophisticated dish cries out for a riesling the cherry-berry fruits. Delicious. 80ml olive oil a glass of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne, I enjoy translucent. Deglaze the pan with vinegar, — a wine-style with citrus notes of lemon, 2 tbs oregano, roughly chopped Drizzle the prawns with a little olive oil, season them with either a light savoury white such as then add 100ml of the clam liquor and fish grapefruit and tangy mandarin. Can’t you just HANCOCK & HANCOCK 1 tbs parsley, roughly chopped with salt and pepper, place shell side down on Hunter Valley semillon — Mr Moran serves stock and reduce by a quarter. Add 30g butter imagine that working with the snapper and SHIRAZ GRENACHE. This is 2 limes, halved the grill plate and cook for 2 minutes, then an excellent version from Terrell’s — or a and use a blender to whisk into a foam. clams? I love the rieslings of Larry Cherubino Salt and pepper to taste turn over and cook for about 1 minute on the European-style dry rosé. My current favourite and Frankland Estate in WA’s Great Southern, as soft a red as you’d find from flesh side. Remove from the heat and place on a is a brand-new release from Hancock & Place a saucepan over a medium heat. Add and if you’ve a slightly sweeter tooth, an (only the typically rich, full-bodied METHOD serving plate. Hancock in South Australia’s McLaren Vale. remaining olive oil, place the snapper into just!) off-dry version such as the Grosset Alea red region of McLaren Vale. Its Pre-heat a grill pan over a high heat. Split each the pan and seal until golden, then turn and from the Clare Valley in South Australia is supple, smooth red fruits and prawn down the centre of the back and open it To serve, spoon the dressing over the top and cook the other side. Place into oven for four divine. Its touch of sweetness would be a gentle tannins will pair well with out, leaving the head and tail intact. serve with the lime halves as garnish. minutes or until fish is cooked. Remove fish perfect complement. bouillabaisse.

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Listen up these are the sounds of TUNES a totally tropical escape courtesy of Lance Ferguson, aka Lanu. Sit back, relax and tune in. Island life and the sounds of the Pacific proved the perfect inspiration for New Zealand musician Lanu’s latest album, a holiday soundtrack that’s reviving a The Beach Boys — forgotten genre. Noelle Faulkner listens up. Sloop John B (1996 Remaster) Ryuichi Sakamoto — Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

iki torches, cool cocktails, jungle Order of The Double Sunrise” with an Massive Attack — Sly motifs and beautiful women illustrated certificate. with mysterious eyes. Such is the The Double Sunrise has all the elements of a Brian Eno — Deep Blue Day imagery associated with exotica, perfect, sit-under-the-palms-while-the-waves- a musical genre born in the 1950s lap-at-your-feet soundtrack, minus any of the Prefab Sprout — When Love Breaks Tthat draws on the feel and traditional music usual holiday-album cheesiness. Down of Polynesia, Oceania, South-East Asia and “I loved the idea of seeing two sunrises and the elements of tribal Amazonia and Africa. Think glamour of travel in those days,” says Ferguson, Cocteau Twins — Cherry Coloured Funk congos, bongos, steel guitars and big-cat roars; although a retro throwback was never the plan. sounds from where you’d rather be. “Exotica was almost like a pastiche of what was Cults — High Road Exotica was created to provide a soundtrack to actually authentic,” he says. “It was more of an cocktail drinking and poolside gatherings, a imagining, a style influenced by indigenous Javelin — We Ah Wi sonic attempt to capture the essence of island music around the world, mixed with jazz and life, the luxury of travel and to bring the beauty unusual percussion sounds. I’ve always listened DJ Shadow — of the islands home to those who had never and collected those sorts of records, but I Changeling/Transmission 1 seen the reefs, beaches and palms of the Pacific. wanted to update it, remove the tackiness and Despite a brief revival in the 1990s, criticisms introduce it to listeners in a way that is relevant Arthur Lyman — Sea Breeze of cultural misappropriation and kitsch to now.” overkill saw exotica relegated to bargain bins A little help from his vocalist friends Megan Bill Wolfgramm & His Hawaiians in record stores and Tiki-themed bars around Washington and Nouvelle Vague’s Mélanie & Millie Bradfield — the world. The genre’s chances of another Pain saw it morph into more of an indie album, My Hawaiian Song of Love moment in the sun looked slim, until New with bossa-nova undertones and Zealand musician, Lance Ferguson, under his tribal beats evocative of relaxing sunset hues, solo moniker Lanu, took it on with his tropical palm trees and the other myriad wonders concept album, The Double Sunrise; a sun- of the Pacific. fuelled record made for holiday listening in the There are nods to Ferguson’s musical heritage 21st century. — his Tongan grandfather, Bill Wolfgramm, “I guess the tropical thing ties in to a was a Hawaiian-guitar virtuoso and one of the longing I had for tracing my own heritage first to release a record in New Zealand — and and experience,” says the Melbourne-based love of island life, from his New Zealand home, musician, mostly known for his work with his all the way to Hamilton Island, where he has band The Bamboos and collaborations with performed with his band. One of the richest Megan Washington. and most inspiring experiences of his life “I spent part of my childhood in Yeppoon happened at Hamilton Island: a deep sea dive [on Queensland’s Capricorn coast] and I’m at the Great Barrier Reef (along with “driving part Tongan. Even though I’ve never been, around the island on the buggies”, I’ve always wanted to go.” he laughs). “Parts of New Zealand are semi-tropical “I love the fact that there’s this idolised image and on top of that, I’ve always holidayed in of the tropics, but I also love how they’re also the tropics, so I’ve always felt comfortable a bit raw,” he says. “It’s not always blue skies, it in that environment.” can be cloudy and it rains. I love the rawness The album is named after the flight path and fragility of nature and island life. That taken by Qantas in the 1940s between WA and aspect is really attractive to me… what is now Sri Lanka. The journey “I suppose this was a chance to really make an took so long — up to 33 hours flying time — album completely devoted to the aesthetic of that passengers would see two sunsets and at all those things.” PHOTOGRAPHY: MATTHEW JENSEN. MATTHEW PHOTOGRAPHY: the end, be inducted into “The Secret The Double Sunrise by Lanu is out now.

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EXPLORE coca chu, overlooking ISLAND Catseye Beach. READS

Romantic beach reads, from The New York Times

Bommie restaurant. Bestsellers to beloved classics.

Air Kisses, by Zoe Foster. Our guilty pleasure.

“HAVE A HAMILTON Love In The ISLAND AIR HELICOPTER Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Heart Reef. FLY YOU FIRST OVER THE Marquez. UNCANNY HEART REEF Forbidden love. Never (YOU CAN ALL BUT SPOT gets old. CUPID TAKING AIM AT THE THING IN A Coral Sea sunset. WETSUIT AND FLIPPERS), Me Before You, by Jojo THEN TO THE FABLED Moyes. WHITEHAVEN BEACH.” Everyone’s talking about it. Sweet tragedy.

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. Classic. Everyone needs a Mr. Darcy.

A third stunning sunset option — Bommie’s with herb salad and lime chilli dressing. prow-like deck bar, which juts out over the Arguably the most romantic local dining water at the yacht club — comes with a bonus: experience happens off island. Have a some of the best food on the island. Once the Hamilton Island Air helicopter fly you first Sweet Little Lies, sun is down, head inside this glassy, gorgeous over the uncanny Heart Reef (you can all by Jill Shalvis. space for, ideally, a tasting menu with wine but spot Cupid taking aim at the thing in Girl meets boy by pairings. You’ll experience five courses’ worth a wetsuit and flippers), then to the fabled the ocean. Perfect of inventive and incredibly fresh fare, from Whitehaven Beach, where you can picnic island read. the grilled smoked oysters with finger lime, alongside the surreal swirls of stark white and chilli and ginger to the Cape Grim beef eye aqua that festoon the shore. fillet with oyster sauce, sweet corn, quinoa, At day’s end, retreat to some of the most snow peas and mint. romantic surroundings not only on the island, For a more casual take on romantic island but on earth: qualia. This series of pavilions The Obsession, by dining, check out coca chu, set in a lush, tucked into the dense tropical greenery of Nora Roberts. tropical garden and overlooking the stunning Hamilton’s secluded northern tip comes with Riveting. Suspense white sands of Catseye Beach. This Asian- breathtaking sea and island views, whether and romance. What fusion restaurant serves up everything from from the sunset-maximising Leeward more do you need? twice-cooked Sichuan duck with chilli, Pavilions, or from the Windward Pavilions, coriander, ginger, and soy black vinegar where the infinity pools seem to dissolve into

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“I’LL BE SETTING UP ‘ENRICHMENT’ ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS GRAPES HIDDEN IN TREES FOR THE CASSOWARY TO FIND: IT’S GOT TO 6AM: It’s often still dark when I do the first walk-around to check I can see everyone BE DIFFERENT ALL and that they’re looking healthy and happy. THE TIME.” Then we start cleaning. The grubbiest of all the animals? Koalas! They only eat certain parts of the eucalyptus so there are shredded leaves everywhere… and they don’t mind where they ‘go’. 8AM: I’m in, tidying up with the reptiles. We don’t have venomous snakes, but our biggest is a nine-foot, 15kg black headed python called Medusa and she can get a bit cranky, even more than McCulloch, who is our three- just keep animals in cages and feed them; we’re can touch and have photos with animals, metre saltwater crocodile. Crocs are pretty very focused on replicating the wild, so animals happen all throughout the day. You can meet misunderstood. Not that I’d walk ours on a lead forage for their own food, find a mate, teach the reptiles and birds or go in to play with or lay down for a nap with him, but he’s so big young, build nests and do things they would the dingoes: they were hand-raised and are A DAY IN and we’re relatively small so, he doesn’t see us in the wild. We keep them engaged and in a 10-years-old now but still get excited about as a threat to bother with. Crocs run on instinct positive state of mind. All day, I’ll be setting up seeing us. There are three different koala and repetition to stalk prey in the wild, so he’ll ‘enrichment’ activities, such as grapes hidden encounters. The koala cuddles are the main recognise me and it might look like we have a in trees for our cassowary to find: it’s got to be attraction. Queensland is one of the only places THE LIFE OF A relationship, but it’s more that he knows the different all the time. I’m also busy setting up where you can do it, so we are very lucky. Each patterns of each of the different keepers. We’re things like heat lamps for the reptiles in winter koala only does 30 minutes a day for three days not exactly friends! because they’re in brumation, which is not quite and then they have a day off. Our koalas only 8.30AM: Food prep starts for the day. The hibernation, and can’t keep their cold blood cuddle if they want to. ZOOKEEPER birds get fruit and veg or parrot pellets; the warm. In wet season, we clean even more often 4PM: Our second guided tour of the day is kangaroos have grasses and apples and sweet so animals don’t catch infections. I was a vet more of a feeding tour and we’ll get you as potato. Each koala eats a kilo of leaf per day, nurse before coming to the island and we do involved as we can, except with the crocodile. We were up with the birds to track head which is about 5,000 trees in a lifetime, and we regular animal health checks. We have very friendly parma and agile keeper Nicole Sauer around WILD LIFE have eight koalas. The zookeepers have to go 10AM: The park opens for visitors and wallabies and some joeys right now, as well as Hamilton Island. Warning: up close and out, find and cut down a ute-and-a-half full of our first guided tour. A lot of our animals eastern grey kangaroos. You might even get branches each day. Our dingoes eat chicken, are endangered so this tour is all about a pat. The keepers. personal animal encounters ahead… lamb, venison, raw mince and raw eggs. conservation. Keepers are always walking 5PM: The park closes, but that’s not it for me. McCulloch only needs to eat about a quarter of around the park and love to answer questions I’ll be here for more feeding, and I like to say PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARA ROSENLUND a chicken a day. any time. I could talk about koalas all day. goodnight to all of the animals. It’s a long day, 9AM: We are a new-school zoo, so we don’t 11AM: Animal Encounters, in which visitors and it’s hard work, but I do it for the love of it.

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Fujifilm Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim, Sign up for the Active Women’s Weekend, a 2km or 750m race, and help burn off the your chance to get up close with the experts DIARY DATES extra energy. who can share serious coaching tips on Open your calendars. Take note. Hamilton Island running, strenth and endurance techniques. During this weekend, Hamilton Island also is buzzing with events. By Rebecca Khoury. 2017 proudly hosts the annual Mother’s Day 30 APRIL Classic, Walk in the Park. It’s a fundraiser for STAMFORD FINANCIAL HILLY breast cancer research, and a tribute to mums leading florists, candlemakers, chefs and MARATHON all over Australia. Dress in pink and join the 2016 OCTOBER milliners. It’s all about the craft. A new favourite on the Endurance Series island community and other guests in this 20-27 AUGUST PGA PROFESSIONALS CHAMPIONSHIP calendar with both locals and visitors alike, in walk for a good cause. It’s so much fun and AUDI HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK AND HAMILTON ISLAND AMATEUR 12 NOVEMBER 2017, the Stamford Financial Hilly Marathon such a good spirit. Belive us, there is nowhere else you will want GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP FUJIFILM HAMILTON ISLAND will take place again. We are putting down a to be this week, it’s Australia’s favourite annual Australia’s top-order club golfers and teaching TRIATHLON challenge once more for runners to take on 26 JUNE yachting regatta. The race week’s mixture professionals are primed and ready for the This is your chance to face off against the 42kms of the island’s uniquely challenging THE GREAT WHITEHAVEN BEACH RUN of short course, passage and the inaugural 2016 PGA Professionals Championship. Yes, professional athletes with the likes of Susie and mountainous terrain in what is now Could there be somewhere more glorious Multihull Racing class will test any sailor’s the greens are going to be hot. That goes O’Neill, Ky Hurst and other amateur-but- one of the most epic endurance events in to wait for that photo finish than on one of tactical ability to ultimately decide the new for the non-pro event, the Hamilton Island intense athletes who come to Hamilton Island Australia. If the half marathon is still more the most photogenic beaches in all of the national champions. Also on the schedule for Amateur Golf Championship, too. This is the to test their mettle. Just crossing the line your style, you can take part in the 21km Whitsunday islands? Wait, you have a choice: top-end contenders is an IRC Passage class championship’s fifth year and anyone who earns extensive bragging rights and, we would race, and the event also includes a 3 x 7km there’s the full-throttle 21.1km half marathon, for modern, fast-cruising yachts; performance missed out on a spot last time will not be argue, first call on the daybeds by the pool. relay plus kids fun run. So what does it take a 10km run along the silica expanse of racing and a sports-boat competition. Cruising, making the same mistake twice. Places are It’s a beautiful course, covering the natural to make it? Some serious race prep, because Whitehaven Beach, or the shorter 5km circuit. The Great corporate, bareboat, non-spinnaker and SB20 limited so, golfers and enthusiasts, book early. highlights of the island, but this is serious all when you hit the wall running you want to be We’re not letting the lulling turquoise tide, the Whitehaven divisions will also be lining up. If you prefer The popular stableford event starts at the same the way to the beachside finish. For the kids able to power through it. holiday sunshine or warm sand dazzle us into Beach Run. to stay on dry land, Hamilton Island has a time as the PGA and will host a pro-am on day there is also a junior triathlon (of varying a false security. Focus: this is a test and we will carnival vibe throughout the week, with the one, followed by a 36-hole competition, open lengths), and a Splash n Dash run and swim for 13-14 MAY ACTIVE WOMEN’S sweat. Run solo or team up with friends. You fashion, the food, and the social set-up on to both men and women. There’s serious athletes 15 years and under. We’ll be taking it WEEKEND FEATURING can even bring the kids along for junior events island giving non-sailors just as much buzz. prizes to be won but, honestly, we just do (a little) easier in the Dent Dash. It’s more of a MOTHER’S DAY CLASSIC — there’s a challenge for everyone. it for the glory. So lock in some extra practice fun Sunday walk or run along the buggy paths 23-25 SEPTEMBER hours between now and October. of the picturesque Hamilton Island Golf Club PAS DE DEUX IN PARADISE on neighbouring Dent Island. No pressure – Held every two years and set under the stars, 2-4 DECEMBER it’s not about prizes and the timing is all left up witness two magical outdoor performances WEEKENDS OF WONDERMENT to you. That victory breakfast awaits us all and Fujifilm that will leave you completely spellbound. The Back by popular demand, Weekends of we are going to tuck in because we deserve it. Whitehaven Australian Ballet will perform at qualia, so Wonderment are a great way to meet Beach Ocean Swim. book now and enjoy this intimate and exclusive inspirational experts who share their artisinal 13 NOVEMBER weekend of Pas de Deux in Paradise. Honestly secrets. Now’s your chance to front up with FUJIFILM WHITEHAVEN it’s one of the most memorable events on the experts and get down and get creative. Past BEACH OCEAN SWIM Hamilton Island. 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ntuition, we know, says the most tropical palms in the well-established gardens, in solitude. Even if your soul isn’t the blonde wood that bounces sunlight, the immediately gripped by an aspect that concertina doors that transform easy living areas spans Catseye Beach, Fitzalan Island and into epic outdoor entertaining spaces… and still the Coral Sea, listen up, for your smarts entire, invisible walls of glass. Almost every seat Iwill be shouting out loud: island investment has a view. Here, nature lives inside with us, too. doesn’t get better. Glass House, which presides Naturally, there are human creature comforts over the coveted, Melaleuca Drive, is one of the to keep us happily captive on the large, private most impressive holiday properties on Hamilton block for days. Cook dinner in the ultramodern Island and it’s on the market for the first time kitchen’s Teppanyaki bar. Take a dip in the spa, since 2006. We suggest not blinking; this is a then relax on the Balinese day bed in the breeze dream space and also a built-to-go business — or sun-soaked deck. Downstairs, the resort- bookings are solid until 2018. style pool spills over a wet edge out into the blue Let’s review… The first architects — Boris infinity of the Whitsundays. Yes, this is relaxed Podberscek from Architects Whitsunday — built glamour, the interiors already carefully styled, this escape in glass in the ‘90s. It was all about a furnished, everything curated. home inside the green scrub, the light, the sky, Still, sometimes we simply must go out. Glass the sea. Inspired extensions throughout the ‘00s House is an easy stroll to sunset cocktails up by Core Architecture’s Paul Braithwaite elevated on the island’s high-point, One Tree Hill, or a the property into the sweeping five-bedroom, quick trip in one of the two four-seater buggies 10-guest luxury retreat that has holiday-makers down to the marina. How’s this for a clincher: on the waitlist. Every build, every design has this is pure world-away escapism, yet we’re still been considered. Natural stonework, natives and only a quick flight from major cities.

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CASUARINA COVE 14 FOR SALE $1,050,000

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Casuarina Cove 14 is part of the unique development of freestanding villas overlooking the Yacht Club and Dent Island Golf Course. Two enormous balconies, with their views of the planes descending and the amazing sunsets of the Whitsundays, means entertaining is never an issue. Drive in to your personal garage, which leads into the lower three bedrooms, shared bathroom and laundry area. Upstairs is an open-plan living, dining and kitchen that adjoins to the outdoor dining and barbecue area. The master bedroom and ensuite is a private haven with comforting sea views. The complex’s generous pool and sundeck area creates a real resort feel. Casuarina Cove 14 is a popular holiday rental property with consistent returns which have improved further since the villa underwent a makeover.

THE PINNACLE APARTMENT 3 FOR SALE $830,000

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If you are looking for a modern hilltop apartment with stunning views over Dent Passage to the islands and beyond, look no further. This property showcases a high- quality, two-bedroom, two ensuites, fully air-conditioned and designer open plan layout with an endless list of features; superior furniture package, electric buggy, separate laundry and third toilet, lockable storage room, resort-style complex pool, plasma televisions, stone benchtops, master walk-in robe and two private covered balconies. These popular properties enjoyed occupancy rates of more than 75 per Located just a stone’s throw from Hamilton Island, on neighbouring Dent Island, the 18-hole championship Hamilton Island Golf cent for the 2015-16 year and forward bookings of more than $50,000 Club has some of the most spectacular views of any golf course in the world, making it the perfect place to learn how to play or highlight an excellent income- producing investment. brush up on your golfing skills. The Clubhouse is ideally perched to catch the soft sea breeze and to take in the stunning views of Consistent rental returns of more than the Coral Sea. It’s a great spot for long, relaxed lunches or a relaxing drink after your time on the course. $100,000 per annum and depreciation benefits on account of a completion date of 2009 means this property To find out more contact the Hamilton Island Golf Club ticks all the boxes and is priced to sell. Our last Pinnacle property sold on 07 4948 9760 or [email protected] quickly. Do not miss out on this one. www.hamiltonislandgolfclub.com.au

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PENINSULA 7 FOR SALE $1,745,000

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This detached, open-plan, fully-tiled and air-conditioned dwelling is located on the exclusive northern point of Hamilton Island, with excellent sea and island views towards Dent Passage and Shute Harbour. The clever design features large kitchen, dining and living areas that open to a huge entertaining balcony perfectly positioned to watch the sunsets. On the lower level are four generous bedrooms — two with ensuites — plus a separate living area, all of which lead out to your own private plunge pool and patio. There are only eight houses in the complex which also features a communal 25-metre lap pool and sunset viewing area that complements this site. This body corporate scenario means the comfort of shared expenses, further adding to its attractiveness as an investment proposition. Its current holiday letting generates more than 4.5 per cent net per annum with full income history and future bookings provided on request.

FRANGIPANI LODGE 207 FOR SALE $925,000

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When a property as stunning as Frangipani Lodge 207 comes on to the market, we get very excited. This apartment presents like new following its recent complete renovation. The moment you enter through the front door, you are greeted with a wonderful modern kitchen with island bench and an open-plan living and dining area that leads out to the substantial balcony. Here you are met with one of the most spectacular views across Fitzalan Passage towards Whitsunday Island you will ever see. The main bedroom also enjoys stunning views of the passage and beyond, fully complemented by a modern ensuite with clean lines. The Artist’s impression Artist’s impression second bedroom is also of a generous size and the entire property is beautifully furnished for the holiday rental market. Hidden Cove – an exclusive waterfront development This top-floor apartment opposite Catseye Beach is a rare commodity that will not last Not many people have seen the beach that separates the Coral Sea from the green-covered land on the northwest edge of Hamilton Island. Even most long. Don’t delay in arranging an inspection: it locals don't know it's there, it's an undiscovered sanctuary. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to secure one of only 22 private residences in the Hidden will not disappoint. Cove development, which presents mid-density lifestyle at its best. With 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom single story residences, as well as 3 and 4 bedroom homes stretching across two levels and featuring their own private plunge pools, each boasts long, uninterrupted views across Dent Passage. Planned completion by late 2016.

PROPERTY SALES: CONTACT WAYNE SINGLETON 0416 024 168 Priced from $1,150,000 14 residences already sold, 8 remaining 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 For sales enquiries please contact | Wayne Singleton 0416 024 168 PROPERTY SALES: (07) 4948 9101 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: (07) 4946 8028 HOLIDAY RENTALS RESERVATIONS: 137 333 (02 9433 0444) www.hchi.info | hamiltonislandrealestate.com.au

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YACHT CLUB VILLA #30 HOLIDAY RENTALS FROM $1,020 PER NIGHT Maximum capacity: 8 people

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Recently refurbished, this luxurious villa offers a tranquil and private island escape. It is situated at the highest point of the Yacht Club Villa complex and commands panoramic ocean views of Dent Passage within a lush tropical setting. There are four generous bedrooms - each with its own bathroom a state-of-the-art gourmet kitchen and ducted air-conditioning throughout.

KIRRIBILLI HOLIDAY RENTALS FROM $980 PER NIGHT Maximum capacity: 10

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Spacious and stylish, this three level designer home offers unrestricted views over the Hamilton Island Marina, across to Dent Island. With high ceilings, three spacious rooms, a private plunge pool and two buggies, it’s one of the island’s most stand-out luxury homes.

LAGOON LODGE#001 HOLIDAY RENTALS FROM $525 PER NIGHT Maximum capacity: 7 people

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This modern, three bedroom apartment is located directly across from Catseye Beach. It includes three spacious bedrooms and two bathrooms, and a large adjoining balcony where you can sit back and enjoy the view. There is also a fully-equipped kitchen, air-conditioning, and all the comforts of home. PAVILLIONS 15 OASIS#21 HOLIDAY RENTAL FROM $465 PER NIGHT Maximum capacity: 8 people Hamilton Island’s largest apartment

3 2 1 • Four bedrooms, master with spacious ensuite, built in spa and large walk-in wardrobe. • 582m2 including a stunning open plan living area leading out to expansive ocean view balconies. Recently refurbished, this modern three bedroom apartment • Enormous family/media room complete with entertainment system plus professional office suite. offers a perfect home away from home. Enjoy the large entertaining terrace, which overlooks the Oasis pool, perfect • 18m marina berth with 3 phase power. for keeping an eye on the kids while they play. It also offers • Beautiful sunken spa pool exclusive to this apartment and surrounded by an ocean view balcony. a great location, just a few minutes from the Hamilton Island Marina and all the cafes, restaurants and shops on Front Street. • Lock up private double golf buggy garage with lift access direct to your front door. A complimentary Platinum FOXTEL package is also included.

HOLIDAY RENTALS: CONTACT HAMILTON ISLAND HOLIDAYS 137 333 (02 9433 0444) For Sales enquiries please contact To view the full listing of Hamilton Island holiday rental properties available, Wayne Singleton 0416 024 168 Nick Chapman 0400 580 022 visit the Hamilton Island Real Estate office on Front Street, Hamilton Island or go to www.hihh.com.au HOLIDAY RENTALS RESERVATIONS: 137 333 (02 9433 0444) PROPERTY SALES: (07) 4948 9101 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: (07) 4946 8028 [email protected] [email protected] *RATES QUOTED ARE OFF PEAK RATES BASED ON 7 NIGHTS PLUS STAY. OTHER RATES AND DURATIONS OF STAY AVAILABLE, PLEASE ENQUIRE AT TIME OF BOOKING. www.hamiltonislandrealestate.com.au

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