AUGUST 2013 - FREE WEDDING SPECIAL WIN Spa day & Pandora bracelet 8page Sydney Home Feature KU-RING-GAI MUSICIANS PREPARE FOR FITZ BAND COMP ErinCremorne Holland, resident crowned CHILDCARE Miss World Australia CHOICES: What’s the best option for you? WELLBEING• travEL • HOME & GarDEN • fOOD & WINE • EDucatION 14 LOCAL NEWS 7 - 13 FROM THE TEAM OPINION - Ku-ring-gai Mayor Elaine Malicki speaks out against council amalgamation ............................... 7 This month the Sydney Observer LOCAL NEWS HITS THE RADIO - Young journalism team has been going wedding students present and produce their own show ......10 crazy as we organised our wed- STEP INTO THE PAST- Visit a different era with the ding special. We’ve put togeth- Wahroonga Fifties Fair or Jazz in the Glen .................12 er ideas for venues (p.24), found PROFILE 14 - 15 the most idyllic honeymoon desti- ERIN HOLLAND - Cremorne resident talks about nations (p.30) and created a so- winning Miss World Australia ..............................................14 cial media wedding guide (p.28). EDUCATION 16 - 22 Our graphic designer Anna has HOW TO: SECURE A SCHOLARSHIP - The ins and outs actually just jetted off to Bali for of university scholarships......................................................16 a wedding! CHOOSING CHILDCARE - Ku-ring-gai mother offers We were delighted to chat to advice on finding the best day care option.............20 Erin Holland about her experienc- 46 es in the Miss World Australia com- WEDDING SPECIAL 23 - 30 petition (p.14). Who would have GIVEAWAYS - Enter to win a Pandora bracelet or thought when she’s not on stage 28pre-wedding spa day ............................................................23 or practising singing, she spends WEDDING ETIQUETTE - A guide to wedding day her time watching sport? social media dos and don’ts ...........................................28 Following the warm recep- HONEYMOON IDEAS - Canada, Australia or Greece, tion of our home improvement what’s your dream destination? ......................................30 special in July’s issue, we decid- SYDNEY HOME 31 - 39 ed to relaunch Sydney Home (p. 00 ANTIQUE ELEMENTS - Personalise your home with 31) within Sydney Observer. For the old-fashioned items.................................................................36 rest of the year we will be bringing you pages of home and garden 23 GARDENING ADVICE - Act now to ensure your garden is bright and blooming this spring .................38 tips along with businesses that can help you. LIFESTYLE 40 - 47 Enjoy the magazine and let Wellbeing•Home & Garden us know what you think! 44 Food & Wine • Travel AUGUST 2013 - FREE HEARING WEEK - Three generations of hearing specialists open Audiohealth in Gordon ..................40 ARE DENTAL X-RAYS SAFE? - Dr Sweeney explains WEDDING why we need x-rays of our teeth ....................................42 SPECIAL WIN Spa day & Pandora VISITORS GUIDE TO NYC - New York’s best views, bracelet museums and experiences..............................................44 8p a g e Sydney Home VIETNAM IN TWO WEEKS - What to do if you’re lucky Feature enough to escape to South-East Asia .........................45 KU-RING-GAI MUSICIANS PREPARE FOR FITZ BEST LOCAL BREKKIES - We scout the best bacon B A N D C O M P ErinCremorne Holland, resident crowned CHILDCARE and eggs on the north shore .........................................46 Miss World Australia CHOICES: What’s the best option for you? 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I have recently returned from an overseas holiday to Vanuatu. Travel really does broaden your horizons. K Wedlock, Mosman The Gardenby Rose Moloney Guru Jamie Duriever the last five years Jamie Durie has IMPORTANCE OF SUPERFOODS been splitting his time between working Oin Australia and the US. He has worked Having been interested in good nutrition for many years, I welcomed read- on over ten different television shows, all while developing a new range of indoor furniture for the European market. Sydney Observer (July DURIE INSPIRES If expanding his reach to interior design wasn’t already enough, Jamie has also just launched 2013, p.39). Since incorporating these better choices into my own diet, I have I liked the home improvement special ina newthe range of organic skincare products for People For Plants. Life is busy for Jamie, who is just at the end of founding of thethat benefits I’m having of the less six infections, superfoods needing in this less month’s supplements and enjoying July magazine. Jamie Durie (July 2013 p.17) a five-weekal- stint in Malaysia filming home design television show, The Apartment. However he says ways has a smile on his face and a great story to thistell. year he has been spending a lot more time in better energy levels. Give them a go, for your health’s sake! Sydney in his Northern Beaches home. While he can’t give too much away about a Well done guys. new book he is releasing at the end of the year, he is Lynne Wiltshire, North Rocks more than happy to share his insights into creating ideal outdoor living spaces. Robert Langdon, WilloughbyAccording to Jamie the current trends in landscaping are all about expanding indoor living INSPIRING GREEN FINGERS spaces into the outdoors. Feeling very inspired by your ‘Home Im- SAying “no” tO DRUGS M provement’ special (July 2013, p.17) my husband SYDNEYOBSERVER.CO |JULY 2013 and I donned the gardening gloves and decided to explodes the myth 18ofSYDNEY synthetic OBSERVER drugs being safe drugs give the front a reno: new garden beds, plants and and isThe a timely ‘War on reminder Drugs’ reportof the harmful, (July 2013, even p.10) deadly firmly (as the all important mulch. with Henry Kwan), consequences of using these drugs Jo Burrowes, Kariong Steve Ngeow, Chatswood If you would like to enter any of the giveaway draws, tell us in 25 words or more, what you liked in this month’s magazine. The best entries will be published* and go in the running for our monthly giveaway in the next issue of the magazine. 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