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April 2013 KANGAROO POINT PETRIE BIGHT NEWSTEAD TENERIFFE FORTITUDE VALLEY BOWEN HILLS NEW FARM SPRING HILL ROCK OF AGES: Wallace Bishop and the Queensland jewellery empire PAGE 10 PRISCILLA’S PRIDE: Teaching amputees to prize their prosthetics PAGE 16 COFFEE BUZZ: New Farm Park Hut opens PAGE 3

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Page 1: Village News April 2013 Issue

April 2013

Kangaroo Point

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Rock of ages: Wallace Bishop and the Queensland jewellery empirePage 10

PRIscILLa’s PRIDe: Teaching amputees

to prize their prosthetics

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coffee BUZZ: New farm Park

Hut opens Page 3

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By Felicity MooreNEW Farm Park Coffee Hut has finally opened for business overcoming myriad hurdles that include a lengthy battle with private developers spanning almost a decade, community consultation over a new proposal, and a few tender processes. Mums and dads can now enjoy a good coffee and a snack while watching the kids play in the playground.

Cr Vicki Howard (Central Ward) officially opened the Coffee Hut on Tuesday morning, March 26.

“It’s with great pleasure that we are able to open this new facility to service the local community, families and visitors just in time for the Easter school holidays,” Cr Howard said.

The Coffee Hut will sell tea, coffee, sandwiches and ice creams, among other food items, similar or the same as has been sold in the temporary

van operating on the site for the past year.

The State Heritage approved Coffee Hut comes with a hefty $150,000 price tag for the six-month build.

“There were a lot of heritage constraints on this site,” Deputy Mayor and Infrastructure committee chairman Adrian Schrinner said. “All of the trees around are protected and the whole park is heritage listed.

The Coffee Hut has been specifically designed to be up on stilts,” he said.

“That’s been done so as not to impact the trees or the tree roots underneath the hut. There is also special matting underneath so the water can still get down to the tree roots,” he said.

The Coffee Hut is operated by Fortitude Valley business Bellissimo, who also operated the temporary facility. Bellissimo, who have a café

and roasterie in Wandoo St, won the right to operate in a competitive tender process, twice. They first successfully tendered to run the coffee van and then successfully tendered to run the permanent hut.

Bellissimo has a five-year lease arrangement with council and will have to compete again in five years to retain operator rights. The council is paid $15,000 a year in rent plus

5% of turnover by the operator. It is estimated 17,000 people visit

New Farm Park each week.

New Farm Park Coffee Hut opens for business

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All of the trees around are protected and the whole park is heritage listed. the Coffee Hut has been

specifically designed to be up on stilts.

Bellissimo Coffee Hut operator Mark Bignell with Cr Vicki Howard and Cr Adrian Schrinner.

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anzac dayTo add to your Anzac Day celebrations this year, I wanted to share a family favourite Anzac Biscuit recipe from the legendary Jamie Oliver. Like Jamie, I prefer the chewy Anzac Biscuits and so do my boys. This recipe is so simple - the kids love helping me make these and they’re quick, easy and deliciously chewy.

You may have noticed on recent visits we are doing some renovations? Through the years, our Deli has really become the

heart and soul of our store so we decided to make some big changes. Our new Deli design means more space to focus on the gourmet lines our customers love and easier access to our Australian and imported

cheeses; tubbed olives and sliced meat lines, all of which are cut and packed right here in store. Our new espresso machine moves to the deli making it quicker and easier to grab a coffee when you come in for fresh sandwiches or your daily shopping. We are also excited to be rebranding the store by adopting the contemporary

‘Marketplace’ brand of our sister store in Greenslopes. In the coming weeks we will be known as IGA Marketplace Brunswick Street.

I look forward to welcoming you to our new look store and welcome your feedback.

One of my favourite things to do is get out and ride my bike around the streets of Brisbane. Well, I’m taking that a little further and have entered to participate in the ‘Rio Tinto Ride to Conquer Cancer’ event this August. Held over 2 days, we will ride 200 km from Brisbane out to Lake Wivenhoe and back. I competed last year with a few colleagues and this year we have rallied some more, and we now have a team of 20 riders participating! We are aiming to raise $50,000 through our team’s efforts. A coin donation at our registers will help immensely as we raise funds in the coming months for this great event.

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The intersection of Brunswick and Barker streets will not be improved under the SCIP scheme.

By Felicity MooreRESIDENTS have resoundingly voted no to the Brunswick and Barker streets Suburban Centre Improvement Plan (SCIP).

Cr Vicki Howard (Central Ward) who was a keen advocate of the SCIP was disappointed with the result.

“It would have been a great opportunity to get additional special features to that area that council can’t do,” she said. “But that’s democracy in action,” she added.

“This proposal was all about a partnership for our area. From the beginning of the project it was made clear to the affected local property owners that Council needed their support for the upgrade to proceed,” she said.

“Brisbane City Council has not received support from the majority of property owners and therefore the New Farm SCIP will not go ahead.”

New owners of the Village Twin Cinema, on the corner of Brunswick and Barker streets, brothers Peter and Stephen Souris have previously spoken strongly in favour of the SCIP (Village News, February).

“We’re disappointed it was defeated,” Peter Souris said. “I thought it would have been good for the area.”

“When we do our redevelopment

we’ll do some work on our corner, so our corner will look nice,” Mr Souris said. “Hopefully other traders in the area will follow suit and we’ll improve the area together,” he said.

“We’re hoping to get started on our site as soon as possible but we’re in talks with council at the moment,” he said.

One local resident, who voted against the SCIP, said he wasn’t surprised. “We’re probably selling our place at the end of the year and I was worried about the additional levy that was attached to it for the next 10 years,” he said.

Improvements to other Brisbane areas under the SCIP scheme, including Merthyr Village, Banyo, Greenslopes and Clayfield have dramatically changed the streetscape and created visual appeal where drab and plain streets once existed.

Cr Howard said the SCIP would not be offered again to this area. “We already extended the vote deadline once due to holiday periods and that’s it now,” she said.

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By Felicity MooreRESIDENTS and developers will have greater certainty and a clearer guideline document when planning to develop, redevelop or renovate sites, if the draft new City Plan is approved, according to planning chair Cr Amanda Cooper (Bracken Ridge Ward).

Cr Cooper presented the City Plan to the Fortitude Valley Chamber of Commerce last month and explained its many features that would offer time-saving and money-saving components for the broader community.

“It’s about making sure residents really understand the block of land that they are sitting on - their home - what can be or cannot be done on their property. It’s about explaining all of the sorts of things that they need to know to really understand how the city is growing and changing,” she said at the Cloudland luncheon.

Cr Cooper said feedback on the existing City Plan was that it was too complicated and didn’t offer enough clarity. She said council’s overarching goal with the new City Plan was to simplify the document and improve its accessibility for users, from developers and architects down to everyday people who simply wanted to renovate their home.

“Even amateur town planners like me will be able to understand what the level of assessment is,” said Cr Cooper, a former Newman Government urban policy advisor.

The new document offers interactive elements, called overlays which offer a range of different information for users to access.

“Interactive mapping is a huge improvement in the new document,” she said. “You’ll be able to search by

lot, by address, you’ll be able to pull up all that information. There will be hyperlinks that will move you through the document, so you won’t have to know that you need to go to chapter 7, page 5 - it will do all of that for you,” she said.

“It also does give you the ability to click on different overlays. So you’ll be able to pick up if you’re interested in flood information, or bushfire risk. You’ll be able to do it quite quickly and simply.

“It also links to different documents, essentially cheat sheets that explains

what different terms mean. A lot of people have reported that makes it more accessible for them. You can turn on and off different overlays. You can prepare a property report at home at 2am if you choose!” she said.

She said some significant changes to planning and building included introducing the “barn” principal – if it fits inside the barn then it’s OK – to reduce the number of assessments.

“Probably one of the more

controversial things we are doing is we are Increasing the height of the house from 8.5m to 9.5m. That means less houses will be assessed by council.”

Additionally, Cr Cooper said the smaller Neighbourhood Plans were doing the heavy lifting of the draft new City Plan, with about 34 plans completed or near completed, accounting for about a third of the city.

“The Neighbourhood Plans have done the hard yards already. The community has been part of that, they have very much endorsed the planning work that

we’ve done and this is what we’re now escalating into the new city plan. It is not that hasn’t been seen by people before.”

The draft new City Plan is being checked by State Government and will soon be available for community consultation. Council is running information sessions in all major shopping centres, offering people the chance to sit down and go through the City Plan and see it in action, with a

council officer. Council is also offering the opportunity to talk with a town planner at events throughout the city.

To see the draft new City Plan visit: http://goo.gl/JAjyJ. To learn more about information sessions, when and where, or the town planner sessions, visit http://goo.gl/DE79D or call council: (07) 3403 8888.

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it also links to different documents, essentially cheat sheets that explains what different terms mean. A lot of people have reported that makes it more accessible for them. You can turn on

and off different overlays. You can prepare a property report at home at 2am if you choose!

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teneriffe Festival launches… onto the river! THE highly successful Teneriffe Festival is gearing up again as organisers begin planning for the fourth annual event, held this year July 6, 10am – 10pm.

Event manager Murray Sutherland said this year the festival was expanding to the river and would have a floating stage on the river hosting live bands playing throughout the day.

“We’re looking to utilise the river, which hasn’t been utilised to date. It’s in the early planning stages, not yet confirmed, but we’re hoping to have a riverstage,” Mr Sutherland said.

“It should add a nice dynamic to the whole festival,” he added.

“We’ve got Westpac on board again for the fourth year as our naming rights partner and we’re also proud to announce the Council Festival Community fund has contributed $30,000 to the festival, which we’re very excited about,” Mr Sutherland said.

The festival will continue to celebrate the unique features of the area, including the woolstores and its history as a submarine base during World War II.

A new logo and creative has been unveiled for the festival, created

by Basis Group, Mr Sutherland’s advertising agency which has created all the campaigns for the festival since the first one four years ago.

This year will be the first year Mr Sutherland has managed the event although he has previously been involved through the board.

“We have a bigger team and greater resources so we should be able to take it to the next level,” he said. “We’re injecting better ideas, different ideas. We can do more in terms of the promotion of the event,” he said.

The event attracts 30,000 people and Mr Sutherland hopes that will grow this year with the riverstage and entertainment down on the river.

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year’s event.

THE Brisbane City Council has approved the development application of New Farm Clinic, although council claims it has listened to residents’ strenuous objections and imposed strict conditions on the approval.

Development Assessment chairman Amanda Cooper said those conditions included cutting 2.7 metres off the proposed height and requiring 21 new car parks. The expansion will increase bed capacity by 44 per cent to 128 beds.

Cr Cooper said the clinic’s approval would increase access to critical mental health services and the clinic would also be a training facility for the University of Queensland.

“The New Farm clinic has lived alongside residents on Sargent St for nearly 30 years, providing essential services to the community and this expansion shows the clinic’s commitment to continuing to serve the city,” Cr Cooper said.

“We need more full-time care facilities in Brisbane’s suburbs to help battle the isolation felt when people are forced to move away from their family and friends to seek care and this approval is another important step towards achieving that goal.

“However we also recognise that while the clinic’s been a long-term resident of Sargent St, impacts on

their neighbours from any expansion needs to be considered and we’ve achieved that balance through strict development conditions.

“This includes successfully cutting the proposed height increase by about 20 per cent without a reduction in services, increasing the number of new car parks by over 16 per cent and ensuring there is no increase in out-of-hours services.”

Cr Cooper said the approval would only see an increase of about 700mm – or about five per cent – on the clinic’s current height of 12.5 metres to 13.2 metres. This is 2.7 metres lower than the clinic’s original proposal of 15.9 metres – a 17 per cent decrease, she said.

The approval will also see the total number of car parks increase to 98.

Cr Cooper said the clinic’s expansion met all legislative and planning requirements, including the Brisbane City Council City Plan 2000, which was introduced by the previous Labor administration, and the State Government’s Sustainable Planning Act and Private Health Facilities Act.

nF Clinic expansion nod

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Council parking fee increase will bring in additional $1m a yearBy Vanessa FangA WAVE of street parking hikes has swept through Fortitude Valley following a new Brisbane City Council scheme to boost its revenue, last month.

The metered hours for on-street parking were extended from the existing 7am - 7pm to the new hours of 7am - 10pm Monday to Friday, and weekends (previously free) metered from 7am to 7pm, attracting an off-peak fee of $1 to $1.50 an hour.

Council was expected to boost its revenue by $860,000 a year with the increased charges which also affected the CBD and South Brisbane, with the funds to be allocated equally to each ward for footpath and park upgrades.

Brunswick Street Mall 7-11 owner Aruna Deo said the increased fees were not only driving visitors away, but were exacerbating existing parking issues she had in the area.

“This place will be the least attractive place for everybody, not only for business owners but for visitors. I think it’s [fee increases] the worst decision council has made, I’m not happy about it,” Ms Deo said.

Ms Deo said parking was becoming too costly when running a 24-hour business, as she was forced to park in a private car park daily.

“It’s too expensive to have to pay $10 every time you get in, parking is the biggest issue we have here. Not only that, I cannot tell you how many fines I’ve already paid this year just for a few minutes of loading and unloading,” she said. “As a business we should be entitled to some sort of special discount

to be here every day.”Deputy Mayor and Infrastructure Chairman Adrian

Schrinner said the changes would encourage and increase visitation of the area through parking turnover, which would subsequently boost the night time and weekend business opportunities of all affected suburbs.

“While not all streets in the Valley experience the same demand, the changes to parking meter hours have been introduced as part of a whole-of-area focus to improve parking access,” Cr Schrinner said. “If only the most sought-after streets are updated, there would be a flow-on affect to the surrounding streets making them far busier than they should be.”

Chinatown Mall Green Tea restaurant owner Tony Tran said he did not support metered on-street parking after 7pm, but has accepted it.

“Many people coming into the Valley would like to have street parking but I think visitors should be able to park for free after 7pm, not 10pm,” Mr Tran said.

Mr Tran did not believe the changes would affect his business as many of his regular customers lived locally.

Cr Schrinner said motorists are now paying less than half the normal hourly peak rate of $3 which was much more affordable than the $15 to $20 fee applicable to private car parks.

He said it was important to understand that some clearways and loading zones continue operating as free parking spaces outside of specified hours and new changes have affected existing meters only.

THE consultation period ends April 10 on the council’s proposed Howard Smith Wharves amendments to the New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Local Plan.

The draft amendments to the local plan are intended to help manage future development on the site and ensure future development delivers the best possible outcome, a council spokesperson said.

According to the council website the local plan amendments will include a description of the intended outcomes for the Wharves site and place strict limits on its development.

“The amendments will also ensure at least 80% of the site will be provided as open space and buildings do not exceed the height of the adjoining cliffs,” council guidelines stated.

Also, the plan will manage reuse of the existing heritage structures on the site and the location, size, height and design of new buildings on the site; include regulations about the various uses of the building space, how public access is to be maintained and how the heritage values of the site are to be respected.For more information or to make a submission go to the council website: goo.gl/OHvWQ

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THE recently dedicated Submariners Heritage Walk finally recognises submariners and their contribution to allied war efforts, and it marks a moment in time, following the bombing

of Pearl Harbour in December 1941, when so many young American men gathered in Brisbane and affected the lives of so many.

Brisbane residents Wanda Davis and Sharon Hayden-O’Bryan met through a connection with the Village News.

The initial impetus behind the Submariners Heritage Walk originally came from Wanda. In 2009, she approached the New Farm and Districts Historical Society for help in raising awareness about the little red brick building on the riverfront adjacent to Beeston Street. It was the last remnant of the wartime Submarine Base. Wanda was connected to the tiny building through her father, a US Navy submariner whose boat was homeported at New Farm.

In 2010 two plaques honouring the red building were unveiled at the

Teneriffe Festival and Sharon read the Village News article about it. She contacted Historical Society president Ross Garnett, who put the two women in touch. They soon discovered they shared a desire to learn about their submariner fathers.

sHArOn’s stOrY “My father, Paul, was raised in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky,” Sharon said. “I found it to be a little town where the charm of the South still existed.

“Paul was one of 12 children in an Irish family. He’d already served six years in the Navy and had returned to timber mill work, but then re-enlisted. He arrived in Brisbane in April 1942 on board S-42, a World War I S-class submarine. He was a torpedo man, first class.”

On an early war patrol from New Farm the S-42 was damaged by a depth charge attack and returned to Brisbane for repairs. Here, S-42 crewman Paul met the teenaged Gwendoline, who was raising her two younger sisters.

“They often went to the Ritz ballroom. They both loved dancing and were very sociable,” Sharon said.

Once repairs were completed the S-42 went back on patrol and Paul sailed out. However, when he heard that Gwendoline was pregnant, he tried to get back to Australia by transferring to Kete, one of the fleet’s newest Gato

class submarines. Tragically, Kete was lost with all hands, off Japan in March 1945.

“I was never told about my father,” Sharon explained. “When I was about 15 years old, I had the courage to ask. My mother felt so wounded. She was so determined to start a new life and had tried to wipe out the past.

“By the time I was 40, I raised the subject again. This time, she was willing to tell me his name, where he came from and the names of two of his sisters. Eventually, I saw a photo of his sister Elizabeth.

“Years later, I had the courage to phone the police station at Lebanon Junction. I identified myself and asked how I could speak to the family. Very soon, I was inundated with phone calls!”

“We speak of skeletons in the cupboard. This was a case of trunks under the bed. It seems that my mother had a trunk, and so did my father’s family,” she said.

“My father never did succeed in getting back to Australia, but they wrote all the time, and photographs were exchanged. Photos of me in ballet dresses were sent over, and dolls came in return.

“I have all of my father’s letters, even if they are couched in that coded sort of language which had to get past the censor – plus all of my mother’s letters were kept at Lebanon Junction.

“I’ve been twice to Kentucky and met many in the extended family. I learned that my father sent his naval pay packets home to sustain his mother and siblings after his father was killed in a vehicle accident. The family presented me with my father’s woollen winter uniform and his flak jacket marked with his name, along with his Purple Heart medal.

“It was in 1997 that I found my US family. Two years before, I moved from Coorparoo and fell in love with a flat in New Farm, hardly a kilometre from where my father’s boat tied up. How do you account for that? I am a Leo, as was my father. I must be one of the original Who Do You Think You Are? people!”

WAnDA’s stOrYWanda’s father Glenn W. Orth was a machinist’s mate, second class, one of 60 men on board the submarine Peto. After serving his fourth mission from New Farm, he was transferred onto an Attack ship going to the Phillipines. About this time, he learned that he had a daughter who had been placed for adoption.

“It seems that all of his efforts to find out about me were restricted,” Wanda said. “Many years later, with my family’s assistance, I traced my US family, who knew that he had a daughter in Brisbane.

“My husband Mike and I put together

historicalsocietyby gerard Benjamin

the tale of two submariners and their wartime daughters

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HAVING been a major staging post in the Pacific campaign, post-war Townsville, with its military installations, decommissioned equipment and stories galore, was a wonderland for adventurous children like Peter Dunn.

No wonder Peter has had a life-long interest in World War II. His burgeoning website www.ozatwar.com is a trading post of information.

As guest speaker at the April meeting of the New Farm and Districts Historical Society, Peter will address the military and civilian roles carried out by women in Brisbane during 1939-45.

For instance, The Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) included more than 24,000 women, the largest of the women’s service organisations.

Guest speaker Peter Dunn will address the Historical Society on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Merthyr

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a little booklet entitled, Getting to Know You, consisting of photos and a brief story about our family. Back came their reply, ‘Welcome to your US family – and when are you coming to meet us?’.

“Mike and I have been over twice. On our first visit, 50 relatives turned up from all over the state. On our next visit we met even more of my relatives.

“There was one special moment when my newly found sister said to me, ‘I have something for you. This is the flag which was draped over our father’s coffin. I don’t know why I kept it. Now I do.’”

“Considering how many US servicemen were in Brisbane after Pearl Harbour, I am sure that there must be lots of people whose story is similar to ours,” Wanda said.

Sharon agrees, revealing that a girlfriend had recently divulged that she too was a wartime daughter of a visiting serviceman.

The Submariners Walk Heritage Trail is a place to reflect upon and honour all submariners. For Wanda and Sharon, it is a spot where they can cherish the memory of their submariner fathers.

Wanda Davis (left), who provided the impetus for the New Farm Submariners Heritage Walk, with Sharon Hayden-O’Bryan. Both discovered that they were daughters of

submariners based at New Farm.

Women were encouraged to join up for a ‘Victory Job’ during WWII.

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THE recently formed Rotary Club of New Farm is extending an invitation to the New Farm and Teneriffe community to come along to the inaugural Pride of Workmanship dinner on April 17 at Eve’s, Teneriffe.

“There are many worthy recipients nominated and it should be a great night for all,” committee chair John O’Byrne said.If you would like to nominate one of your employees, please contact John O’Byrne for a nomination form E: [email protected] Nominations have been extended to 12 April, 2013.

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By Vanessa FangWALLACE Bishop is a proudly Queensland family-owned business dating back 90 years and four generations have worked under the iconic Wallace Bishop marque.

The Bishop family built their business empire early on, starting in 1917. At a frenetic pace, Wallace Bishop manufactured Lions and Rotary Club regalia and school badges, as well as running a screen printing business and a dairy farm before starting the jewellery business in 1998.

Son Stuart said “manual dexterity with mechanical hitches” was one of the main traits of the Bishop family, and his childhood was surrounded by a family constantly creating things.

“The business is really a staunch Queensland family where I am the fourth generation. We’ve been here supporting the local community - Dad through Rotary Club (Brisbane) and Red Cross. We’re true Queenslanders,” Stuart said.

The jewellery empire grew as Wallace seized upon the opportunities to put a jewellery store in every new shopping centre. Today, the regalia factory is now the Wallace Bishop head office as well

as a jewellery factory and watch repair centre. And Wallace Bishop now has 55 stores nationwide. When he took over his father’s role as chief executive late last year, Stuart knew he had big shoes to fill.

“My father was entrepreneurial in the manufacturing sense, as he was a tool maker. He taught me everything; he had a great wealth of knowledge. It’s been an interesting life,” he said. “You have to put your wants and needs aside to work for the greater good – almost like a co-op where everyone contributes. It’s the same with the business. Everyone who works at Wallace Bishop is treated like a family member.”

Stuart became part of the jewellery design process early on, spending many years jewellery and watch making. His interest in precious gemstones grew and he gained a diploma in diamond grading before furthering his qualifications in Israel in diamond cutting.

The only one of Wallace’s four children still in the business, Stuart said he grappled with the decision to use cheap offshore labour to produce jewellery, like so many other previously Australian-operated jewellery companies had, but said he would rather build “a foundation

of longevity” to his father’s legacy, where Queenslanders benefited.

He said that while he missed “tinkering” with all the parts, he enjoyed creating custom designs for engagement rings and jewellery for special clients.

“There’s a fair bit of travel each year to watch fairs and jewellery conventions to stay ahead of the trends, but we have a workshop downstairs that can produce our original designs faster and usually we have a piece in store within a week. We try for a point of difference but our diamond qualities (thanks to his experience in Israel) are a lot better than our competitors’. It’s my personal belief that we need to offer that little bit better than everyone else,” Stuart said.

Standing in Wallace Bishop HQ on the corner of Commercial Rd and Doggett St, the border of New Farm and Teneriffe,

Stuart was reminded of its history, and was nostalgic for his youth spent sweeping the factory floors and making regalia.

“This place used to be so different. In Robertson St, there used to be a Coca-Cola factory across from us 15 years ago, so we would have plenty of drinks for our staff barbecues,” he said.

Stuart hadn’t always envisioned being company CEO. He was an elite sailor in his 20s and narrowly missed qualifying for the 1997 and 2001 Olympics.

Sailing remains an integral part of his life today.

“Business and family are the main drive, but then you have to escape and sailing is a love for me and then motor racing. I would love for my children to join the family company but I want them to see and do other things.”

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NEW research indicates that people aged 70 and beyond are happier than those in their 50s and 60s, despite being more likely to live alone and have poorer

health. The findings were released early in March in the latest National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre report Staying Connected: Social Engagement and Wellbeing Among Mature Age Australians. The report was based on a survey of members both online and by mail resulting in a sample size of 2,123.

Seniors Australia chief executive Michael O’Neill said the results were surprising: “This older cohort is more likely to report socialising as much as they want with all the friends they want or need, so overall the quality of their social relationships is higher than for younger people.”

Interestingly, and in support of some of my recent articles about the use of technology by older people, while the telephone was the preferred way of keeping in touch with friends and family, Skype was used by more than 20% of the 70-plus age group. This percentage rose to 40% for those in their 60s,

dropping slightly for the 50-something age group. Friends of the postal system will be happy that snail mail also rated highly, particularly among the over 70s.

But the study raised some worrying concerns about the wellbeing of people in their 50s who were more likely to feel isolated and lacked companionship. Possible reasons for this include job stress or unemployment, sharing their household with children and the hours involved in caring for their elderly parents.

New Farm Branch of National Seniors contributes to the social wellbeing of residents in this area through our organised activities and the resulting friendships. Our next monthly dinner is on Friday, April 19 from 6pm, to which we particularly welcome those interested in National Seniors who are not able to attend daytime meetings, will be at the New Farm Bowls Club in Brunswick Street.

The revitalised City Hall will be officially re-opened on Sunday, April 7 and so at the monthly General Meeting at the Merthyr Uniting Church at 10am on Wednesday, May 1, we welcome Cr Angela Owen-Taylor (Parkinson Ward) to talk about the City Hall Restoration. Then later in May we hope to arrange a tour of City Hall.

You can find out more about New Farm Branch through the website www.nsanewfarmbranch.com or by contacting Tony Townsend on 33152523.

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Older and happier, study showsCONSTRUCTION on the New Farm Riverwalk is expected to begin, as scheduled, by late April, a council spokesperson told Village News.

“We haven’t got a definite date yet, but it’s likely that even with a few delays we’ve had with the tender process that it will probably be a late April start. We’re very much on track for a start date in the next couple of weeks,” the spokesperson said.

“The tender hasn’t yet been announced but that should be signed off and finalised in the next week or two and then construction will go ahead immediately.”

It is expected that construction will take about 18 months. The new design will feature a more flood-

resilient structure, designed to last for 100 years, a rotating opening span to allow for the passage of vessels to and from moorings, a new alignment that will take users further out into the river for the majority of the walkway, to improve the river experience and increase privacy for residents, a segregated pedestrian and cycle path, 2.5m and 3.5m wide respectively, shaded rest and viewing areas at various locations along the walkway.

There will be a public display of the Riverwalk at the New Farm Markets and a Fiesta at the Howard Smith Wharves on April 20.

The original Riverwalk washed away in the 2011 floods.

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THE Sandakan Memorial at New Farm Park honours POWs from the Sandakan-Ranau death march in Borneo between 1942 and 1945. Only six Australians survived, of the 2000 British and Australian POWs on the marches and it is considered the worst wartime atrocity against Australian POWs.

Every year, at 9am on Anzac Day there is a service at this memorial to pay respect to all Australian servicemen and women who gave their lives, remembering in particular those

on the Borneo death marches.Many Australians who have walked

the Kokoda Track in PNG go on to retrace the Sandakan Death March by trekking to the memorial in Sabah Borneo.

Join Rev Graham Cole and the family and friends of Sandakan POW’s at the remembrance service this Anzac Day. The Sandakan Memorial is set among the Queensland Bottle trees just inside the main gate. Service begins 9am April 25, Sandakan Memorial, New Farm Park entrance.

Death march survivors honoured at new Farm Park

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Council rejuvenates train Driver Hutlost relative help I JUST wanted to say thanks ever so much for the note you kindly put in the February edition of The Village News. The care taken with the content and tone was just perfect. I want to express my huge appreciation.Anna Davies, UK

spring Hill on FacebookI HAVE a website on Facebook dedicated to Spring Hill. I am building it up into the largest photo collection ever on the Spring Hill area. Anyone can visit or join the group.Brian Blackwell, spring Hill

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THE old train driver’s hut in Catalina Park has been given a new lease on life and will soon be available for public hire and events.

Cr Vicki Howard (Central Ward) said council had given the hut a “spruce up” by repainting the inside and out including the outside railing and veranda, upgrading interior lighting so the facility is useable for small functions at night, and enhancing exterior lighting for security, installing power so hirers can bring a kettle, urn, or data projector, revarnishing the floors, securing the window openings and fastening awnings, installing a front door and bi-fold doors to the interior, and planting new gardens.

“With so much existing foot traffic and some of the best views of the river, this is the perfect place to bring to life and refresh,” Cr Howard said.

The shelter will be available for hire through Council’s Parks Department.

Originally the Hut was located at the end of Merthyr Road but council negotiated its retention and relocation to the current site as part of the redevelopment of the One Macquarie area.The hut will be available for hire immediately after Easter. Contact the Central Ward office to discuss pricing options, which vary according to community use or commercial use. T: 07 3403 0254 E: [email protected].

The old Train Driver’s Hut, with its river views, is available for hire from the council.

great piece, gerard BenjaminRe: the recent Historical Society article “Flats at Freshwater”. Congratulations to writer Gerard Benjamin. The article has been passed around our office and everyone enjoyed the read.

A wonderful way to commemorate Charlie’s work after the negative comments around his design of the original Townsville General Hospital in the Sunday Mail a few weeks before.Harleigh venables, spring Hill

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PHYSIO staff from Teneriffe Physio will offer a free strapping service to athletes and competitors who want joints strapped before an event, in exchange for a gold coin donation to Footprints, a community welfare group based in Teneriffe.

“The most common would be ankles followed by knees and shoulders. Starting from April 5 our staff will be offering our services for free on a Friday afternoon and Saturday morning for strapping members of the local community.

“People will need to either bring

their own strapping tape or purchase it through us at a cheap price ($10 a roll for the best tape on the market - Leuko Premium Plus). If people have slightly sensitive skin we can also use Skin Prep spray to reduce irritation,” he said.

“They will need to call us on 3252 8866 to arrange a time to come in, and we ask that they arrive ready to be strapped, meaning shaved and clean! All strapping will be done at our practice at 2/102 Commercial Road Teneriffe. For more information visit: www.teneriffephysio.com.au

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Business owners frequently reach out to me to ask how they should grow and improve their business. Once I get to know a business, it’s often more

important for the owners to stop doing certain things than to start doing new things. Three keys that I examine when I work with any business provide a good starting point when considering how to grow.rigHt PrODUCtMany businesses begin with a brilliant product, sure to be a hit with consumers. If only they could figure out who those customers are. I’ve seen numerous products, destined for greatness fall flat because they never found a market. It’s much wiser to begin knowing exactly who your buyers are and cater your product to that specific group to the greatest extent possible. Better to be wildly popular with a small, dedicated following than to get a lukewarm reception from the masses. rigHt PriCeWhen I mention price, many assume I mean discounting. In fact, I believe

strongly in establishing price based on the value that a product delivers to the target customer and then sticking to it. I advise my clients to never (OK, rarely) discount. Discounting can easily end with the death of the product being discounted or even the entire business. Customers don’t see discounts as temporary; they see them as new (less profitable) prices. And that means doing more work just to get back to where you started.rigHt serviCeA critical element to growing any business is having customers that are satisfied enough to recommend your business to others. The best way to ensure that’s happening is to offer them something exceedingly rare – proper customer service. The definition of “proper” differs depending on who your clients are. Offering either more or less service than expected by your customers can be equally deadly. Getting it right means you can overcome even some of the most insidious mistakes that you can make as a business owner.

If you’ve got these three keys evident within your business, you’ll be well positioned to begin thinking about how to grow and improve your business further. Contact Alan Blair by email: [email protected]

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novel published in three easy stepsBRISBANE writer and former journalist Poppy Gee wrote her first book, Bay of Fires, at the kitchen table while her children were sleeping.

While it’s an achievement to complete a book, it’s what happened next that sets Poppy and Bay of Fires apart.

“When I finished the novel I typed ‘literary agent new york ‘ into Google and found a literary agent at an agency in New York ,” she said.

“My agent edited the novel, sent it out, and four days later she accepted an offer from a publisher. She sold the World English Rights, which means it will be published in the US and the UK in March (it was published in Australia February 1),” she said.

“This happened very quickly, which is quite unusual!”

Bay of Fires, is a murder mystery set in the Bay of Fires, on Tasmania ‘s east coast and tells the story of Sarah, a barramundi farmer, who discovers a woman’s body on the beach, and a journalist who comes to investigate the crime.

“I drew on my experiences as a journalist on the Village Voice newspaper in Sydney to create this character. He’s very idealistic!” Ms Gee said.

“I wrote the novel through the UQ Creative Writing masters program. Brisbane author Venero Armanno was

my supervisor and it was his idea for me to focus on the murder plot line, which turned the novel from an odd love story into a kind of literary crime novel.

“I’m grateful to Venero for this as there is a large market for crime novels,” she said.

Poppy Gee will be at Mary Ryan’s New Farm.

Ms gee will sign copies of her debut novel Bay of Fires at Mary

ryan’s Books, new Farm, April 16 from 6.30pm.

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I FIND the hardest thing about planning a holiday is actually going online and booking a flight. My procrastination is due to my dislike of flying.

I don’t fear the plane falling from the sky. No, it’s the tedium and the rigmarole of airport security. It’s also dealing with the great unwashed who now use air travel as their preferred means of transportation.

Once, on a flight out of Singapore, I sat next to a young man wearing board shorts, rubber thongs and a T-shirt. “What’s wrong with that?” I hear you ask. After all, it was 32 degrees outside and with the humidity at a debilitating 90% why would he wear anything else?

Our destination was Amsterdam, with temperatures a balmy -1C. We were flying into a brutal European winter.

When I drew his attention to the shocking disparity between his mode of dress and the alarmingly inadequate protection it offered against the vagaries of a freezing Dutch winter, his response can be only described as brave, if not, in my opinion, foolhardy.

“She’ll be fine mate. If it’s brass monkey weather, I’ll just chuck on the wet suit,“ he boldly proclaimed. I’m confused and have no suitable riposte, nor indeed any clear idea how a wet suit would help. Perhaps it could be used as a pair of long-johns?

sArDines sMell!While I’m prepared to overlook inappropriate dress - although it has to be said, boarding an international flight wearing apparel more seemly for the beach is quite discombobulating - I can’t employ an equal sans souci approach towards personal hygiene.

The reality of modern air travel is that it’s relatively inexpensive and as a consequence, the airlines pack us in as one would sardines in a can. More often than not, you’re sharing a space with a perfect stranger in proximity more intimate than if you were sharing a bed!

And if that person is less than particular regarding personal hygiene, you find an already uncomfortable situation made so much worse by the presence of acrid and pervasive body odour. Should anybody begin a journey already ‘on the nose’, you can imagine how hellish a long, 12-hour or 24-hour flight would be.

First ClAss Or nOt At AllMy friend Hebe is quite dismissive of such niceties. “Darling, the solution is obvious - travel first class“. This puts my teeth on edge. In fact, it makes me so angry my cheeks hurt.

But before I can present a compelling argument, Hebe is quick to deflect any boring bleatings about affordability, by interjecting with the helpful suggestion, “Just take a sleeping tablet, perhaps two, with a vodka soda. In 10 minutes you’ll be out like a light.”

I protest: “I can’t do that! You know

how alcohol and barbiturates cause me to snore. So explosive is my breathing, I would disturb the entire cabin!”

“Darling, if your travelling companions are, as you say, smelly, badly dressed vulgarities, I suspect they shouldn’t mind in the least!”

There are few occasions when Hebe’s teases don’t elicit a laugh and while I appreciate the joke I can’t help but feel a trifle envious at her expectation that one ought to travel first class or not at all.

I, of course, can’t entertain such lofty ideals, for to do so would mean always having to stay at home.

Air is ordinarieA few years ago, while holidaying in the Greek Islands, I received some sound travel advice - a kindness I’ve never forgotten - from a charming Italian called Giovanni. It was at the end of a month-long stay in Mykonos and I was planning a brief visit to the island of Santorini before coming home to Brisbane.

It had been a glorious summer holiday, with long days spent lazing in the sun, swimming in the startlingly clear, cobalt blue waters of the Aegean Sea, and enjoying languorously protracted lunches of fresh seafood, washed down with a locally produced white wine - its dry, slightly astringent flavour an invigorating surprise on the tongue not unlike when the sea connects with skin already tingling from sunburn.

It was at one of these lunches that Giovanni turned to me and said, “Antonio, you mustn’t fly into Santorini. On your first visit, you must always arrive by sea. Flying is so boring, so ordinarie,” his attractive Italian accent lending a heightened glamour to the opinion.

Raising a glass of wine, he smiled, his teeth strikingly white against the deep tan of his complexion, “You will

see how magical it is sailing into the great Caldera. Come with us on my boat. There is room for you.”

I demur. After all, our acquaintance at best, can only be described as succinct in its tenure; my remonstrations,

more a nod to good manners than any authentic desire not to be part of Giovanni’s coterie of circumnavigators. Giovanni waves aside my protestations and it is settled: I am to meet them on the morrow at the village port of Tourlos.

sAiling ADventUreAnd so it came to pass, the next day in the indigo light of early dawn, I along with five other guests found ourselves boarding Giovanni’s gleaming white cruiser, Belle Helene.

In the luxuriously appointed main cabin, breakfast was being served, hot coffee, pastries, fresh fruit and Greek yoghurt. Champagne was available for those confident their sea legs would stand them in good stead even with the warning of choppy seas ahead.

The sun was still low on the horizon when the Belle Helene left the picturesque port of Mykonos. Leaving behind the gleaming white adobe buildings and tranquil waters the cruiser’s elegant prow turns toward the rolling swell of open seas.

The cruiser, in spite of buffeting winds and contrary seas, gave smooth passage and only those voyagers who braved the deck were made aware of the choppy conditions, while inside the luxurious cabin it remained cosseted and calm.

Lunchtime found the party still in high spirits and ready to swim in the sheltered waters of the pretty bay of

Paros.Santorini is a large crescent shaped

island. Santorini and the smaller islands of Therasia and Nea Kameni, are all that remains of a once much larger land mass. These islands form the rim of an ancient volcano.

About 3600 years ago there was an enormous eruption that sent great plumes of volcanic ash and molten lava soaring into the heavens. Such was the cataclysmic violence of the explosion the central part of the original island imploded and dramatically disappeared forever beneath the sea thus forming the majestic caldera of Santorini.

The wind abated, just as Giovanni predicted, and the sea was glassy as we drew near to our destination. We were close to entering the vast lagoon of the caldera. The air was eerily still and suddenly a diaphanous mist began

to appear almost as if rising from the sea itself. And as we moved steadily through the water, the fog gained such a viscosity as to render visibility to less than a few metres.

I felt a degree of disquiet for we were in the world of ancient gods; gods that take a mischievous delight in playing with the lives of mere mortals. There is something about the Greek Islands that leads you to believe Poseidon, the god of the sea, is always close by.

A zephyr-like breeze stirred the thin fabric of my shirt. It slowly built momentum and the mist moved and shifted. The breeze grew more determined and with increasing precipitancy, the mist shredded and disappeared, like wraiths into the atmosphere.

sUDDenlY, sAntOriniSuddenly, there, surrounding us, and rising majestically out of the cobalt blue waters of the caldera, were the towering basalt cliffs of Santorini. And perched atop these monumental edifices looking like snow on a mountain top were the towns of Oia and Thira.

It was breathtakingly beautiful and I’m convinced, as has often been suggested, this island could well be the birthplace of the legendary city Atlantis.

Giovanni stood beside me, gave me a glass of champagne and said: “What do you think? Is it not magnifico?” I nod my head in complete agreement. “You know Giovanni, you were right. Arriving by sea is magical. To have arrived by airplane, would have been just ordinarie!

We raise our glasses. “Salut, Antonio.”

“Cheers, Giovanni.”

Flying with the great unwashed leads to a greek island adventure

tonyjonesdiaryby tony Jones

And so it came to pass, the next day in the indigo light of early dawn, I, along with five other guests, found myself boarding

giovanni’s gleaming white cruiser, Belle Helene.

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AUSSIE Home Loans is opening a new branch in New Farm in early April and the new location will offer the full range of home finance advisory packages.

Founder and chairman John Symond said of the opening: “We are really happy to be opening a new store in New Farm and Aussie looks forward to being able to provide a great service to the community by offering a better deal on home loans, credit cards, personal loans and other financial products.”

The Aussie New Farm Store is effectively a one-stop solution for customers keen to find the right loan or financial product.

Aussie New Farm’s expert team of mortgage advisors can help customers through the use of Aussie’s unique cloud-based mortgage comparison software to let customers find out how much they could be saving on their home loans.

Aussie New Farm franchisee Monique Higgins said: “The opening of the new Aussie store in New Farm

gives home buyers the choice of seeing Aussie’s expert mortgage advisors during the shop’s opening hours or having an advisor visit them at their home or workplace.”

“We can offer expert advice for first-home buyers and existing borrowers who are seeking a better mortgage deal. We also have a comprehensive suite of other financial products and services to help our customers”.

Aussie’s research shows that home owners who refinance through a mortgage advisor generally save up to 0.75 per cent on the standard

variable rate, which could amount to tens of thousands of dollars over the life of the mortgage.

Customers now have the choice of seeing Aussie New Farm’s expert mortgage advisors during the shops’ opening hours or at their home or workplace, or by calling 07 3358 3358.Aussie Home Loans is at 79 Merthyr Road, New Farm. T: 07 3358 3358.

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DR Michael Rochford and staff at New Farm clinic Osteopathy on James welcome osteopath Dr Lachlan Freebairn to their team.

This busy osteopathic practice has been providing holistic osteopathic care in New Farm for the past four years and is now expanding. When asked about his new position Dr Freebairn said: “I am excited to be part of the team at this wonderful clinic. Helping people is my passion and osteopathy is the perfect platform for this. I feel like I don’t work a day in my life.”

Dr Freebairn has been working at the cutting edge of osteopathic research in the area of poor breathing patterns, posture, and neck pain for the past 2.5 years. His work is highly satisfying and he is keen to expand his clinical expertise as well as continue research.

Dr Rochford and Dr Freebairn will be working as a team to provide high quality osteopathic care, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in the health care field to their patients’ care.

In our modern, highly industrialised society, many suffer from painful, and potentially preventable conditions such headaches and back pain. Often, the treatment people receive tends to be a Band-aid fix and fails to address the root cause.

Fortunately the treatment focus of Dr

Rochford and Dr Freebairn is to provide long-term recovery by nipping in the bud the causes of persistent and burdensome aches and pains.

“People tend to underestimate how important it is to maintain good musculo-skeletal health and how this can dramatically improve the whole picture of health,” Dr Rochford said.

One of the major differences at Osteopathy on James is the focus on placing the responsibility of wellness largely on the patient and offering the right amount of support both inside and outside of the clinic environment.

“Our aim is to ensure each patient has the best chance to reach total body health that can be maintained long-term” Dr Freebairn said. The clinic is open six days Mon-Fri 8am-6pm Sat 8am-12pm. For more information drop into Osteopathy on James, 187 James St, New Farm. Phone 07 3358 2982 or visit www.osteopathyonjames.com Find us on Facebook.

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new Farm school fete preparationsTHE New Farm State School Fete will put the ‘farm’ back into New Farm this year, with its focus on creating a village fair atmosphere.

Following the success of the last fete’s inaugural Best of New Farm produce competition, the school is inviting New Farmers to start mixing their organic fertilisers, planting their prize tomatoes and singing to their butternuts.

And for those who are more at home in the kitchen, start testing grandma’s cake recipes and saving your empty jars ready to fill with jams and chutneys.The New Farm State School Fete will be held on Sunday 28 July, 10am-4pm, corner James and Heal streets, New Farm. For more information, call Katie Grundy on 0452 562 106.

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THE day after I met Priscilla Sutton was an extraordinary day. The sun had broken through a determined bank of rain-fattened clouds that had kept Brisbane wet and miserable for days. But it wasn’t the weather that inspired me. Sure, the skies were clearer, but shop assistants and customers were smiling; there was a positive feel about Brisbane everywhere I went. In fact, I have felt inspired ever since I met this courageous and inspiring young woman.

Priscilla positively beams. She’s happy because a busy day on her feet no longer fills her with pain through her right leg. She’s happy also because she knows she has inspired countless other amputees to dispel mental strain and anguish and move happily forward with their lives.

Priscilla encourages amputees to wear their prosthetics with pride, urging them to feel special and positive, and encouraging them to have their new limb adorned brightly, florally, dotted, tattooed, chequered or classically, to show the world that they are “pretty cool” people.

“I was born with no fibula (shin bone) in my right leg,” Priscilla explained. “And for 24 years I happily continued my busy life. My mother had always told me that if I ever decided on surgery, and opted for a prosthetic lower leg, it was to be my decision totally.

“I was working in Tokyo, living there for 18 months. I juggled two jobs, including one in the studio with musicians. The walk back from the railway station to my accommodation after a busy day on my feet was causing me so much pain I decided there and then to have surgery and go the next step (to have a prosthetic lower limb surgically attached),” she said.

Priscilla was 24 when she made the decision to amputate her lower leg, and 26 when she had the surgery.

“The Zoo music venue is my old stomping ground, and I had worked there for a few years. So I had my Foot Farewell party there in 2005, just before the surgery.”

She was fitted with her first prosthetic, and as the swelling in her stump reduced and the muscle wasted away she was fitted with replacement sockets (the part your stump goes into).

“You need different styles of feet depending on your level of activity. As you get more active, with walking

or playing sport, your prosthetic also wears down, just like a pair of shoes over time, and so the leg process repeats again, and again,” she said. Now 38, Priscilla said her quality of life had improved incredibly and she has even been able to run with her new prosthetic.

Some time after the surgery, during a spring clean, Priscilla found three of her pre-loved prosthetics from the cupboard and that’s when the idea to decorate and exhibit the prosthetics was born.

She hosted an exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, called Spare Parts, showcasing pre-loved prosthetic limbs that had been decorated by a broad range of artists. The event was a huge success. Priscilla then set her sights on London and took Spare Parts to Old Blighty.

The 2012 exhibition in London drew a huge response, attracting rave reviews. Ten Australian artists living in England took part in the exhibition, getting involved through the Arts Council in London.

2012 also happened to be an Olympic and Paralympic year in London.

“I went to the YMCA in Soho to swim most mornings, and there was

a regular kids’ class that came to the pool after I was finished and they were so intrigued with me, how I swam, how I got in and out of the pool, and if was I was going to be in the Paralympics. I loved their interest, and also their knowledge about the Paralympics.

“The TV coverage on Channel Four in the UK was outstanding, and it wasn’t just ‘inspiring a generation’ it was also ‘educating a generation’. These tiny children knew the word prosthetic, were not afraid of me as an amputee, and were full of delightful questions. It is a great memory of London for me, and what a special time for everyone who was in town for the Games.

“I decided to take the Spare Parts exhibition to London because of how popular the first exhibition had been at the Brisbane Powerhouse. I had some corporate sponsorship, but I also had to do a lot of fundraising.

“I had a gig at the Zoo in the Valley and Brisbane fashion label dogstar held a market day to help me too. I had raffles and online crowd-funding, and in the end it all came together and the exhibition was paid for by the kindness of friends and strangers alike.

“I am so thrilled at how many people believe in me, and in Spare Parts. Next step? Japan? USA? I have been back

to Japan a couple of times for holidays. I’d love to have an exhibition there one day.

“All up I have had about 80 diverse artists involved, including tattooists, sculptors, painters, a milliner and fashion designers, painting or imprinting or styling on such spare parts as hands, eyes, legs, and skin – as their canvas.

“In London the exhibition was a huge success, the media coverage was amazing and I had an endless stream of visitors to the gallery every day. One special visitor was the Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce, who came for a private visit along with her husband Michael Bryce, and the Australian High Commissioner. It meant so much to me that she had the time and interest to come along. I loved showing her around and explaining the concept and the displays. It is a day I will always remember.

“A lot of amputees came to the exhibition in London, and told me that even though they had nothing to do with it they still felt so proud of Spare Parts. For them the exhibition was a celebration of who they are, and a lot of amputees brought family and friends, and the positiveness of it all helped them create open conversation between themselves, let alone the

general public. “This month, now, in the

Collectomania exhibition of the Queensland Museum, I have two pieces of artwork on display, both legs and crowd favourites. One leg has been adapted by an English artist Lincoln Austin, and it’s called ‘Knit one, purl two’, and the other is called ‘Hotrod Hermes’ and is by Sean Kelly of Melbourne. I am so happy to see the legacy of Spare Parts live on, and in such an iconic museum. The exhibition is about Queenslanders who collect interesting things – there is something for everyone.

Until last year Priscilla had worked for five years in mental health, as part of Queensland Department of Health, but in December she was made redundant along with so many others.

“I’m like a cat, I always land on my feet.” In typical life-affirming fashion, she declares herself, “the luckiest one-legged girl in the world”.Post Script: Priscilla rang as we were going to press to reveal she has commenced work at the recently renovated Museum of Brisbane, based at the restored Brisbane City Hall. Visitors can learn about our artistic and cultural past. However, it is at the Queensland Museum where Priscilla’s Collectomania exhibits are on show.

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All up i have had about 80 diverse artists involved, including tattooists, sculptors, painters, a milliner and fashion designers, painting or imprinting or styling on such spare parts as hands, eyes, legs, and skin – as their canvas.

Priscilla Sutton with one of her prosthetics

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TWO rising stars of the Commercial Swim Club, Jess McGuinness and Lily Weston, are off to the Australian Age Championships in Adelaide next month.

Jess will compete in the girls 15 years 100m and 200m breaststroke and Lily will take on all comers in the girls 12-13 years 100m backstroke.

Enormous credit goes to high-profile swim and triathlete coach, Trent (‘Red Dog’) Patten, for training and nurturing the squad, and developing their racing skills.

The 2013 Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation Australian Age Championships will be held at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre, Adelaide from April 8 -15.

Commercial Swimming Club has a distinguished history as a training ground for Olympians. The club offers squad and stroke programs for young people from age 8 through to masters swimmers. For more information visit www.commercial-swimming.org.au

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Back Row: James Lester, Simon Daley, Greg Mee, Andrew Clough, Guiles Astone, Jack Fahy, Daryl Young. Front Row: Fabio Pavanello, Anthony Lyndon, Doug Campbell,

Rob Lyndon, James Hamilton, Brendan Moore. THE Avalon Icebergs knocked the Barracudas Old Boys out of top spot in an unbelievable grand final showdown of the X Grade water polo competition last month at the Valley Pool. The game ended in a draw, forcing the teams into extra time, which also ended in a draw. The winner was decided in a penalty shoot-out. Barracuda Old Boys had not lost the grand final for five years. The X Grade competition is a Brisbane completion featuring eight teams.

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Jess McGuinness (left) and Lily Weston are aiming for national glory at the age

championships next month.

THE importance of forming strong neighbourly bonds and building a close neighbourhood will be the central theme of the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre Open Day, marking Neighbour Day on April 7.

The day will feature a free barbecue lunch provided by Rotary New Farm, tours of the centre, and activities. Ray White New Farm estate agent Ivo Kornel will also be pedalling away for 24 hours on a stationery bicycle to raise a goal of $10,000 for the community centre. Visitors will be encouraged to support Ivo by riding alongside him on an accompanying stationery bike. The Open Day will run from 10am until 2pm, while Ivo will ride from 6am April 7 until 6am, April 8 at 967 Brunswick Street, New Farm. All are welcome at the event and can donate on the day by card, cash or cheque. To donate before the event contact Rodney on 3358 5600 or visit www.newfarmneighbourhood.org.

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NEW Farm United Soccer Club has reached adulthood and will be fielding a senior men’s team for the first time.

Club coordinator Barry Neighbour said it was exciting times for everyone at New Farm United.

“Our numbers are up across the board, it’s very very exciting. This is going to be a record year for us,” he said.

New Farm United formed in 1986 and membership remained steady for most of the 1990s, fielding teams in four grades: under-8s, under-9s, under-10s and under-12s.

Recent growth in the area with young families returning to New Farm has boosted membership and last year the Club boasted 230 players, with 70 of those playing in the Club’s very popular U6 and U7 in-house league. The remaining members made up the 14 teams from under-8s to under-16s.

“With the club’s older players moving into an under-20 age group this year, the time seemed right for us to provide a structure that would

cater for players to remain at the Club,” Mr Neighbour said.

“New Farm is entering a Firsts and a Reserves team in Football Brisbane’s newly announced Capital 4 League.”

Some of the players making up these two senior teams have played for New Farm United as juniors in the ‘90s, and most have, in recent years, been playing for Rivercity FC in the QCSA competition playing their home games at New Farm Park.

The task of co-ordinating the transition to Senior soccer and overseeing

the creation and development of the new teams will be undertaken by Fabio Zullo, who in one form or another has been associated with New Farm United on and off since playing with the under-7s in 1988. The Capital 4 teams will be playing their home games at New Farm Park on Saturday afternoons. For more information and for fixture details visit the website www.newfarmsoccer.com.au.

new Farm United adds senior teams

new players are very welcome, any players interested in joining

the senior teams can contact Fabio on 0417 616 656, or Barry on 0423 868 986 for general or

junior enquiries.

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Women in Business

ONE of the most common things Natalie Strijland gets asked is how she manages time so fluidly between being a mother of two and the director of a successful law firm.

“I time manage effectively and read cases and legislation late at night which also helps me sleep,” she said.

Ambitious Natalie found her roots at N R Barbi, having started working as a clerk full-time while she was still a full-time law student in 1997. After graduating in 2000, she went on to practice as a solicitor for seven years before making partner. As a small firm, she understands that establishing quality, long-term client relationships requires personalised service.

“You can sit down with your solicitor face to face and work through your legal issues in a supportive, insightful environment,” she said. “We have local and practical experience and clients appreciate having a solicitor who they can ring and speak with at their convenience. You rarely get that from larger firms, which is why clients are making the switch to firms like mine.”

While Natalie specialises in the area of civil litigation including commercial, building and construction, contracts, partnership disputes and mediation, the firm also offers other areas of legal advice ranging from criminal to business, wills and estates.

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n r Barbi solicitor suite 15, 900 Brunswick street, new Farm p: 3358 5800 f: 3358 5448 e: [email protected] w: www.nrbarbisolicitor.com.au

JUDY Goodger is synonymous with the prestige property market, leading the Brisbane and Queensland real estate industry with an unsurpassed $1 billion portfolio of premium residential sales.

Recognised by her peers as a highly successful real estate consultant, she has been given top honours throughout Queensland and internationally. This includes 18 consecutive years as the number one marketing and sales agent in Brisbane.

Her focus on exceptional client service and a steadfast commitment to first-class marketing has led to consistently strong sales throughout her career,

Judy joined the Place Group a little under three years ago as a partner of the multi-award winning company and is a director of the Place New Farm office. She has assembled a team of top-selling agents and built an office that is just as committed to quality service and record-breaking sales.

While Judy enjoys the challenges of her professional role in Place, she also cherishes the quieter moments with family and friends. She loves to entertain at home with her husband, overlooking the vibrant Teneriffe stretch of the Brisbane River, and keeps in close contact with her daughter and two grandchildren living in London. She also enjoys going to the gym and relaxing with some good chocolate, red wine and delicious cheese.

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Place new Farm 5/572 Brunswick street, new Farm p: 0438 767 377 e: [email protected] w: www.judygoodger.com

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A PIONEER and true entrepreneur, Georgina Watson was the first person in Australia to open a whole body vibration (WBV) studio when she opened Gravity Zone on the Sunshine Coast six years ago.

Its success was a certainty and last year Georgina brought Gravity Zone, her boutique personal training studio, to New Farm.

“At Gravity Zone, I offer a complete nutritional program that educates people about food and eating and helps incorporate sensible eating into your lifestyle that will aid in building lean muscle mass and boost the metabolism, which is the key to permanent weight loss,” she said.

“WBV training is highly effective for weight loss, toning, core strength, improving flexibility, building muscle strength and improving bone density. It is a popular training method for the over-60s market in helping with fall prevention,” Georgina said.

The accelerated training method is a 20-minute workout, equivalent to 90 minutes of conventional training.

Between university studies and spending time with her five children, aged 11 to 26, and her granddaughter aged four, Georgina is excited about where her business venture will take her and plans to pursue a doctorate in public health.

She has just completed writing a course on WBV that will be accredited to Fitness Australia and is also applying for a government grant to fund studies on how WBV could be used in aged care to improve quality of life for the elderly.

gravity Zone 4/15 lamington st new Farm p: 3358 6660 e: [email protected] w: www.gravityzone.com.au

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Meet the local ladies making a difference!samarang

BARBARA has been living the dream of running her own business since September 2012 when she opened the doors of Leichhardt Street Dental Practice in Spring Hill. For the previous five years, she gained invaluable experience at a Brisbane specialist prosthodontics (reconstruction of teeth) practice and has worked in several cities over the past 18 years, including country Queensland, Gold Coast and London.

“My dental practice provides comprehensive and aesthetic dental solutions for adults and children that help to maintain long-term dental health,” Barbara said. “We provide a range of dental services from preventative general dentistry to complex reconstructive dentistry. We also have a special focus on the dental management of patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.”

With a strong focus on long-term stability, Leichhardt Street Dental Practice aims to educate its clients in oral health and minimise future treatment by combining good dental health with aesthetic dentistry for a pleasing outcome for all clients.

“Our non-clinical surroundings mean that patients can combat anxiety even while experiencing advanced technology. Being able to offer a personalised service ensures that patients are more comfortable and relaxed,” Barbara said.

Barbara is the recipient of the Owen Pearn Prize for operative dentistry from the University of Queensland, where she currently teaches General Practice Dentistry.

She has three children: Charlotte, 13, Annabelle, 10 and Millie, 7, to husband Will, who is the YMCA Fortitude Valley director of training.

leichhardt street Dental Practice 170 leichardt st, spring Hill p: 3839 7279 e: [email protected] w: www.leichhardtstdental.com.au

LIKE many entrepreneurs, Airlie Maclachlan likes to work smarter not harder. The arrival of cloud computing, iPads and iPhones has allowed her to juggle all the balls wherever she is. Technology supports the desire she has to combine running her own businesses with the demands of a young family.

Armed with an MBA from Bond University and a wealth of experience that spans diverse industries, Airlie says that her most significant venture to date was the move, after 20 years in professional services management, to purchasing Samarang Lifestyle Furniture in 2007. Airlie is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds several Directorships in the Not for Profit, Philanthropic sectors and SME sectors.

Since taking over the helm at Samarang, Airlie has transitioned the look and feel of the Teneriffe store from the contemporary, to the rich and textured feeling created by traditional furniture and homewares that reflect the culture of the country of origin. Visiting the store in Helen Street has become a retail experience surrounded in history and storytelling.

“Specifically I love India and all it has to offer,” Airlie said. “I am always looking for new treasures that we can offer here in Brisbane.”

It’s interesting that most women have a different perspective on what it means to be successful and how they define their success. Airlie’s country work ethic and strong business sense complements her leadership philosophy that “everything is possible.” Her advice to other women entrepreneurs would be to surround yourself with very able people who believe in the vision you have created… and to keep a balance in your life.

samarang Furniture 25 Helen street teneriffe p: 3252 9244 w: www.samarangfurniture.com

HAVING held the reins as principal of Raine and Horne New Farm the first established real estate agency in New Farm for an outstanding 27 years, Lee Paul knows the peninsula area back to front, inside and out.

Her passion for the real estate industry and local community are evident in every aspect of her service, and she is often a receiver of numerous sales awards.

Most recently collecting her third consecutive Top Residential Principal award, Lee’s proven reputation for delivering incomparable commitment to her clients has seen an abundance of repeat service.

She enjoys helping to bring her clients’ property dreams to fruition, whether it is the challenge of purchasing a new property or assisting sellers in achieving a successful result so they can move onto the next chapter in their lives.

“We want the process of buying and selling to be the celebration it should be rather than the daunting process it often is today,” she said, adding that she always enjoyed having a coffee with her clients at the local cafe and hearing about their future plans.

Outside the office, nothing feels more satisfying to Lee than sharing a glass of wine over dinner with her very patient husband, enjoying noisy family gatherings and playing with her first grandchild.

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Women in Business

JUGGLING a growing business and a young family has left Susan Cottrell with her hands full but the owner of physiotherapy-based pilates studio The Body Refinery is grateful for her wonderful and passionate team.

“I truly believe that teaching people correct movement is very powerful and can make big differences in people’s lives,” she said. “I hope to continue to build our reputation in the community and teach people about the wonder of moving well,” she said.

The Body Refinery is proudly the Queensland site for the PD Warrior program. PD Warrior is an exercise based physiotherapy program for people in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease.

“PD Warrior is a game changer in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, the combination of challenging physical exercise and mental activity has been shown to improve mobility and confidence levels in people with the degenerative movement disorder,” Susan said.

PD Warrior combines a high effort, intensive work out with exaggerated movements and mental stimulation. Purposeful movement can combat the loss of motor control seen in Parkinson’s disease.

Growing the business since she took over in 2007 has been a marvelous adventure for Susan, but nothing means more than spending time with her “wonderful, kind and patient” husband Lachlan and amazing two children, three-year-old Saskia and one-year-old Zander, who she says make her smile every day.

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The Body Refinery 38 Helen st, teneriffe & 2/15 lamington st, new Farm p: 3358 3915 e: [email protected] w: www.thebodyrefinery.com.au

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SUZIE began Majer Recruitment in 2002 but it wasn’t until the birth of her son, Henry, in 2008, that a new enterprise, Mini Majer, was born. Mini Majer finds part-time, full-time and before- and after-school care nannies for professionals. It’s a very personal business for Suzie.

She is a true local, living and operating Majer Recruitment in the area for more than 12 years, consulting with businesses finding them staff. As an active member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Suzie is highly regarded in the local business community.

“The aim is to partner with my local clients who are some of Brisbane ‘s most well-known businesses from Wallace Bishop to Maloufs,” Suzie said.

Suzie loves the sense of community in New Farm and can be found out and about at many hotspots, such as The Body Refinery where she has been doing pilates for more than eight years, or tucking into the mushroom pizza at Beccofino.

While juggling both Majer Recruitment and Mini Majer, Suzie loves spending time with Henry, who started Prep this year at Holy Spirit School. They can often be seen feeding the fish at DIG or having a quick piece of fruit toast at Jamie’s Espresso.

“New Farm has it all. Why would you want to live anywhere else?”

Majer recruitment suite 7 level 1, 182 robertson street , Fortitude valley p: 3253 6565 m: 0411 810 811 e: [email protected] w: www.majerrecruitment.com.au

LE Physique Physiotherapy owner Mimi Le has built her 12-year physiotherapy and lifestyle coaching career by combining a unique blend of hands-on techniques with a complementary focus on managing the psychosomatic areas of stresses related to today’s hectic lifestyle.

Mimi refers to her two years working on London’s Harley Street (a prestigious medical district) alongside renowned neurosurgeons and orthopaedic consultants as the best time of her life and has brought that valuable experience to her business in Teneriffe.

After graduating from UQ, Mimi focused on areas of chronic pain, working alongside elite athletes and corporate clients. Mimi’s approach encompasses physical, cognitive and emotional factors of health. She explains how psychological aspects such as stress and worry can manifest into stiffness, tiredness and injuries in the body. Mimi provides simple secrets to managing stress and having a more balanced healthy lifestyle.

“After working with the physical body for so long, I realised there are other vital components to wellbeing. Over the years, I have developed holistic physiotherapy treatments incorporating dry needling, acupressure cupping, core stability fitness retraining, trigger points and active myofascial releases, nutritional and lifestyle coaching,” she said.

Mimi loves sharing her expertise within the New Farm community, providing services to family members, neighbours, friends and corporates in the area. Mimi is a proud supporter of the Leukaemia Foundation and Unicef.

le Physique Physiotherapy 76 Commercial rd, newstead p: 3852 4673 e: [email protected] w: www.lephysios.com.au

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SIX special Queensland women will be honoured at the annual Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Peacewomen Awards to be held at South Bank on April 19.

The cocktail evening will celebrate outstanding work that the women have done in their community to promote peace, human rights and sustainability.

Convenor Vikki Henry said the calibre of

nominees had been impressive and exemplified the theme of this year’s celebration - transformation.

“As well as leading activists in the peace movement, they include professional women who use their skills to further humanitarian causes and environmental sustainability and women who work quietly behind the scenes building resilient communities,” Ms Henry said.

Among this year’s awardees are Professor Aila Keto, founder of the Australia Rainforest Conservation Society, Professor Marianne Hanson, an expert on arms control and disarmament, and Ravina Waldren, a coordinator at the Murri Ministry in Woolloongabba.

Heather Millhouse, for her teachings of non-

violent conflict resolution in the local community, historian Dr Ros Kidd, for advocating justice for Aboriginal peopl, and Dr Olivera Simic, for her scholarship on gender issues in conflict situations, will also receive awards for their work.

This year’s guest speaker is Joanne Crawford of the International Women’s Development Agency.WILPF Peacewomen Awards will be held at COTAH restaurant, South Bank Institute of Technology located at 66 Ernest Street, South Brisbane. Tickets $40 and includes live entertainment, food and wine. Telephone Vikki Henry on 3369 4004 or email [email protected] by April 12.

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KYlie McQUie

KYLIE McQuie, co-founder of financial management company LOQ Group, has business in her blood.

“I come from a long line of entrepreneurs and I’m very proud to call myself one – especially at 30,” she said.

Kylie’s father Scott McQuie owns McQ Electrical, Uncle Larry McQuie owns McQuie Fine Homes - and her grandparents are entrepreneurs as well!

LOQ Group bridges the gap between business owners and the accountant, providing a trusted, local and cost-effective solution to outsource day-to-day financial management.

The benefits of outsourcing and using a niche company such as LOQ Group include having access to experience, knowledge and expertise you may not be able to justify by recruiting in-house personnel. LOQ Group is the strategic solution that helps businesses deal with the financial and administrative aspects of their business.

“It’s a fabulously niche business model that has been received extremely well. Our clients instantly recognise the difference when they deal with us,” Kylie said.

Some of Brisbane’s business leaders are already investing in the opportunity to be represented by Kylie, her business partner Lindsay Somerville and their team.

“We’re going from strength to strength hailing from our humble, referral-based company, and our goal of showcasing our fantastic financial management services to become the market leader in Brisbane is a very real and achievable concept right now,” Kylie said.

lOQ group suite 110 / 88 Macquarie street teneriffe p: 3358 5553 e: [email protected] w: www.loqgroup.com.au

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Women honoured for humanitarian work

Peacewomen Awards Committee

Meet the local ladies making a difference!

ENJOY drinks at the celebrated rooftop bar of the Limes Hotel on Friday night, April 26, and help raise money and awareness for a major upcoming charity event, the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers, which will include a 60km walk through Brisbane over two days.

New Farm resident Victoria Lloyd is taking part in Brisbane’s first annual Weekend to End Women’s Cancers and is hosting drinks and canapés to help raise awareness and encourage other women to participate in the event.

“(I’m taking part) to address staggering cancer rates of Queensland women. I have made a pledge to raise money that will benefit the QIMR and RBWH and walk 60km through Brisbane over two days in October,” she said.

“My first lead-up event aims to encourage Brisbane to get behind the Weekend Walk, to get other Brisbane people to register, and to help fundraise toward my tally for this terrific cause,” Ms Lloyd said.

“The 60km walk in October is to honour those we’ve lost, celebrate the lives we’re saving, help bring better treatment to our community, and researchers closer to a cure. I encourage everyone to give it a thought – both men and women. One weekend can change the world. Every bit in the lead-up, counts.”

The cocktail event will begin at 7.30pm until 10.30pm, April 26, and will include canapés from Alfred & Constance, with guests receiving a signature cocktail on arrival. Entertainment will be provided by Limes Hotel DJs. Tickets are $60 and can be bought online at www.

limeshotel.com.au or T: 3852 9000. For more information about the Weekend To End Women’s Cancers visit: http://br13.endcancer.org.au . Donations can also be made directly to Ms Lloyd’s personal page: http://goo.gl/PktUU

Rooftop drinks help fight cancer

Victoria Lloyd is hosting rooftop cocktails at Limes Hotel to raise money to help fight cancer.

As well as leading activists in the peace movement, they include professional

women who use their skills to further humanitarian causes.

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THE Endless Summer Ball, held on March 9 in the marquee at Victoria Park Gold Club, was a huge success with 500 guests raising almost $30,000 for Evolve – Keeping Kids on Track.

“This is the biggest attendance we’ve had yet,” committee member Matt Sorbello said.

Started just four years ago by a group of young professionals, the Endless Summer Ball has grown to become one of Brisbane ’s most popular social events.

Mr Sorbello said the night was popular because it provided a great opportunity for people to get dressed up in black tie attire without the stiff formality of a major charity event.

“We’ve structured it so that you’re not being hounded all night to make financial contributions. The ticket price

makes up the bulk of the donations to reach the target,” he said. “Once you’ve paid for your ticket you don’t have to keep making more donations,” he said. Tickets this year cost $150.

“And it’s not a sit-down dinner. It’s canapés and a sushi station throughout the evening – and lots of dancing!” Mr Sorbello said.

A couple of quick raffles early in the evening provide some fun and the chance to win luxury prizes. This year’s major raffle was a pair of diamond earrings valued at $5000 from Bruce Robinson Diamonds, won by Caroline Nelson.

Mr Sorbello said the largely 25 – 35 year-old demographic spent much of the night dancing to live music provided by Rush Band.

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Above: 2013 Committee. Right: Cameron Robinson, Caroline Nelson &

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FORTITUDE Valley social support program ChaplainWatch has been given a funding boost of $190,000 from the State Government, allowing the public safety program to operate its newly added Night Safe facility.

“The funding will be used for the provision of a Night Safe, which provides an area for people to be brought to who are highly intoxicated or have various other issues treated such as sprains or gravel rashes, those types of things,” Lance Mergard said.

The vital funding has also enabled the program to become more professional, introducing a structure with paid staff who manage OH&S issues to ensure all volunteers operate as safely as possible.

“Without the funding we cannot operate the rest and recovery area. Without the funding we would go back to the very basic response-type things we were doing in 2007, 2008 and 2009; being able to have patrols on the streets when we could and basically just ringing the ambulance when we have a problem,” Mr Mergard said.

State member for Central Brisbane Robert Cavallucci said the trials of the Drink Safe precinct had been very encouraging, with ChaplainWatch an important part of that.

“I am pleased to have secured this continuation of funding for such a vital local service in my electorate. This is an exciting development for the Fortitude Valley entertainment precinct, an area I am proud to have in my electorate and as the local Member I will continue to lobby for funding for our community.

“The initial results of the Drink Safe Precinct trial are encouraging and show a decrease in the number of assaults committed and an increase in general public safety,” Mr Cavallucci said.

“It is the case that the Valley entertainment precinct attracts large numbers of revelers and the rest and recovery services provide invaluable support to the police and ambulance services on busy nights,” he said.

ChaplainWatch’s Lance Mergard was named Citizen of the Year in the Lord Mayor’s 2013 Australia Day honours.

Funding boost for ChaplainWatch program

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SWING on by every Friday at dusk for Green Jam Sessions, a free evening of smooth jazz and great company held at QPAC’s Melbourne Street Green. Unwind to the tunes played by the talented musicians from Queensland Conservatorium as they showcase their impressive skills with a repertoire of jazz standards, contemporary grooves and laid back funk. Green Jam Sessions is the perfect way to wrap up the working week and start the weekend wind down with colleagues, friends and family. Food and drinks are available from the Green Jam Grill.Green Jam Sessions run from 5pm every Friday until May 10.

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BASED on the smash hit movie of the same name, the musical has won over audiences the world over. The all-star Australian cast includes Lucy Durack (Wicked) as Elle Woods, Rob Mills (Wicked, Young Talent Time) as Warner, David Harris (The Boy From Oz, Miss Saigon) as Emmett, Erika Heynatz (Australia’s Next Top Model) as Brooke Wyndham and Cameron Daddo (Beaconsfield, Packed to the Rafters) as Professor Callahan. Nominated for

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seven Tony Awards and 10 Drama Desk Awards in its first year on Broadway, and having won seven major theatre awards in London, including the Olivier Award for Best Musical, Legally Blonde is an international sensation.Tickets start at $45, through Ticketek.com.au.

BE one of the first to take in the grandeur of Brisbane City Hall in style with high tea. A perfect opportunity for all generations to enjoy a cup of tea with an array of fine food including warm buttermilk scones, layered finger sandwiches and handmade rocky road together, whilst enjoying stylish music. Soak in the historical significance and beauty of City Hall as we remember the journey of the building and celebrate its re-dedication. Tickets $45 through Ticketek.com.au.

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IRISH alternative/pop/indie rock music band The Script is headed back down under again and will bliss out audiences with their biggest hits, including Breakeven and The Man Who Can’t Be Moved. The Dublin boys, who grew up together, formed The Script in 2002 and enjoyed their first hit album in 2008 with The Script. Their music has featured in a range of television shows, including 90210, Grey’s Anatomy and The Vampire Diaries. Tickets $80 from Ticketek.com.au.

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PERFORMING at the Judy for the very first time, Brisbane’s Flipside Circus premiere their contemporary circus work Identité.

Exploring themes of identity, the innocence of youth and growing up, fourteen incredible performers, aged from just nine to 18, express their ‘identities’ through amazing aerials, acrobatics and other circus favourites in a visually stunning show suitable for all ages.Tickets from $22 through JudithWrightCentre.com.

Discovered by Matthias Winckelmann founder of Enja records, Albare’s (Moroccan, Israeli, French, Australian) compositions and recordings are poised to be enjoyed globally. Long Way, his recent recording in New York for Enja, is generating feel-good reviews around the world. The popularity of the album stems from the melodic tunes and sticky rhythms performed by guitar virtuoso Albare and the world-class international quartet of drums, piano and bass accompanying him. When it comes to live performances, Albare draws his line ups from a wealth of first class international musicians.Tickets $45 through JudithWrightCentre.com.

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Over five days, 28 young artists will explore, experiment, converse and create with industry professionals to develop their contemporary performance practice. Come along and discover what tomorrow’s artists are developing today.Tickets $10 through JudithWrightCentre.com.

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By Lisa Rutter CLOTHES shopping at the big shopping centres can be a confusing and overwhelming experience. No wonder many turn to online shopping – endless options, free shipping and no fellow shoppers to compete with.

However, there is something missing with the online experience – that personalised assistance that you can only get from shopping locally.

In Brisbane, there are plenty of amazing fashion outlets and James Street in New Farm is an inspiring fashion and retail hub with friendly staff and plenty of parking.

Recently, I styled a fashion shoot for Alfred and Constance in the Valley, showcasing the beautiful designs of homegrown beauty Kylie Dadson, creator and owner of Beau in the Woods.

The Beau design aesthetic is to make pieces with a luxurious sensuality, through the use of beautiful fabrics and finishes. But the clever part of these designs is they are completely wearable with styling to suit a relaxed lifestyle. Better still, this label is manufactured in Brisbane.

There is something special in knowing the designs hanging in your wardrobe were created by locals. The designers have put their heart and soul into creating one-of-a-kind

pieces that you know will not also turn up on the person sitting next to you.

So when you are looking for a jaw-dropping gown for your next event, look locally. Take a chance on the talent found in your own backyard and let your clothes tell beautiful stories about you. For more on Lisa’s style and fashion musings visit her blog at stylastic.wordpress.com or Facebook.com/StylasticBlog

Fashion finds

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VILLAGE News celebrity snapper Claire Glasson is taking some time off to have her first baby. Claire has been the Village News socials photographer for the past 5 years and hopefully she will be back as soon as possible. The Village News team would like to wish Claire and her partner Rob all the best with the impending birth.

Baby joy for photographer Claire

ATeneriffe Progress Association

Budding artists, designers and anyone good with colours – the Teneriffe Progress Association is calling on you to design its new logo. Set your

imagination free and come up with something to reflect this organisation as it enters a new era. “We would love to receive lots of ideas, concepts and

suggestions. How would you portray the essence of Teneriffe?

Have a go – design our new logo!

Logo Design by Elodie Scally Logo design by Ben Pritchard

SEND YOUR IDEAS BY EMAIL TO: [email protected] or come along to the next monthly meeting of the TPA on 15 April at ANFE Club in Wyandra St.

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nFnCNEW Farm Neighbourhood Centre held a networking event for the Patrons of New Farm raising funds for the centre. Tuesday 19th March at Alfred & Constance, Fortitude Valley.

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Debra Fallon, Damien Griffiths & Fiona Hunt

Phil Neil

Lee Mathers & Catherine Robson

Kent & Amy Maddock, Valerie & Errol Ferdinands

spring Hill ChamberTHE Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce met at the Inchcolm Hotel over wine and nibbles to discuss the area’s economical future.

Lisa Gill & Dale Hannan

Ryan Turner & Matthew Kuhn

Liz Martin & Jon Laker

Robyn Young, Andrew Squires, Diana Howes & Garth Reid

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Jennifer Lockley & Lil Dyer

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What do you think of the design and the location within the park of the new City Council Coffee Kiosk? is it in keeping

with the style of the park and the area?

Miss AnnABellA DAvilA “Yeah i think it is in the same (style). We like it and i think we are going to enjoy using it. We live in teneriffe. i think it’s better here (right beside the playground). there was a kiosk here before and it was too far away. i think it’s perfect to have the coffee nearby so you can check on the kids while you get your coffee.”

eMMA siCKling “The design is definitely in keeping with surroundings, with the trees and everything. it’s got the same colours and it fits in really, really well. I think it’s a great place where it is because with the kids right here and the mums are sitting here, and they need a coffee and the kids need an ice block at the end of the day to keep their energy going. i think it’s a really good place to have it and a really good design.”

AMAelle De BeAUssier (rigHt) “i hope they have healthy choices of bread, maybe some frozen yoghurt. something a bit healthy.”

sAnDrA reiD “i kind of thought it looked like a toilet. it looks cute. People will use it. Clearly we’re always hungry at the park! i think it’s great to have something at the park to get something to eat, to meet people and get something to eat here.”

Mrs FiOnA gAPes (leFt) “We’re looking forward to it opening. i think it will be quite nice. i think the design is lovely. i’d like them to sell some gluten free options, maybe some fruit. it’s very hard when you’re here to say no when the kids can see the other things that they would prefer. But if there’s fruit, you can say, here have an apple.”

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position. Preference given to local resident.

iF YOU Are interesteD PleAse COntACt tHe eDitOr.

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THE Teneriffe Chamber of Commerce held Business Drinks & Canapes at the exclusive Spicers Balfour Hotel, with guest speaker Jude Turner.

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A NEW hotel development for Fortitude Valley is going ahead after Kenlynn Projects bought 949 Ann Street for $6.3 million from Seymour Group, with the sale negotiated by Savills.

Kenlynn Projects plans to build The Lawrence Hotel, a five-star boutique hotel opening in late 2014, on the site opposite Emporium, where Jucy Campervan Rentals currently sits.

Kenlynn is also the developer responsible for the Sydney on Sydney development in Sydney St, New Farm, where the old Metro Church used to be.

The Lawrence Hotel will be a full-service, purpose-built hotel with conference and function spaces, restaurant, bar, and two levels of car parking.

It will feature approximately 150 rooms, including 16 suites which

will be world standard, according to property agent Savills own website, Savills.com.au.

“The site is ideally suited for this as it is a landmark gateway site, which will be very prominent. The building will be comparable to the best 5 Star boutique properties in the world,” Kenlynn chairman Peter Flynn said.

“The direction of our company is still residential high-rise development. However, with this property a change is occurring in Kenlynn Projects, which will own and operate

seven hotels in Queensland and

Tasmania.”The 949 Ann Street site is set on

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BRISBANE’S laneway culture is growing with its third laneway project development application lodged for California Lane, following successful projects Winn Lane and not-yet-completed Bakery Lane.

AMC Developments, led by former Fortitude Valley Chamber of Commerce president Charlie Apostolos, lodged DA A003542821 in January, proposing a mixed use development that would feature shop, restaurant, office, hotel (for small bars) and amusement arcade uses, according to the application.

The laneway would provide a pedestrian link between Ann St and McLachlan St, via Luckys Lane.

The California Lane project would create business and trading spaces for retailers and entrepreneurs and would

be gated and locked at night after bars and cafes closed.

Council urban planner Tegan Hackett responded on March 22 to the DA with a request for further information on the project before council makes a decision on the application, including a noise report and further information on issues including waste management and service access issues, as well as a footpath widening request.

Brisbane City Council launched its Vibrant Laneways initiative as part of its 2006 City Master Plan and has revitalised laneways throughout the city, including Burnett Lane, Eagle Lane, Little Roma Street and Jacob’s Ladder.

Mr Apostolos was raised in Fortitude Valley and his father owned the California Café for 50 years.

vibrant laneways vision being realised

An artist’s impression of the redeveloped California Lane.

The Lawrence Hotel.

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Judy Goodger and her united team continue their successful run of sales. Once again, actions speak louder than words.

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Judy Goodger and her united team continue their successful run of sales. Once again, actions speak louder than words.

“What a great year Place New Farm are having. We’ve been busy selling properties across all price ranges as seen in the snapshot of recent sales opposite. Take advantage of the current high demand and our ever growing database of qualifi ed buyers. Call us today to realise your property’s true potential.”

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WE WANT YOUR PLACE!Our team currently has buyersactively looking for propertiesin the CBD, East Brisbane,Kangaroo Point, New Farm,Teneriffe, Newstead & Fortitude Valley areas.If you’re looking to sell,call us now.

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March has been an interesting month in the property investment market. Many properties are traditionally auctioned in the pre-Easter market and the build up comes to a climax usually just before Good Friday. I have conducted roughly 100 auctions and the response has been very pleasing. at the ray White Urban Living Group auctions on the Sunday, March 24th – every second property sold (27 from 49).

2013 is

likely to again be a market that is appealing to investors. Prices are solid, interest rates are low and rental yields are high. Below is a snap shot of the current vacancy rates of ray White rentals for of properties we have leased so far this year:

Vacancy down, Clearance up!

FOR RENT

Paddington, 68 Kennedy Terrace

4 3 2Spring Hill, 7/58 York Parade

2 2 1New Farm, 3/124 Moray Street

3 2 1Fortitude Valley, 8/9 Doggett Street

2 2 1

Herston, 45 Aberleigh Road

3 2 2Spring Hill, 97 Bradley Street

3 2 2New Farm, 2/29 Merthyr Road

2 1 2

3606 8300 rwnf.com.au/rent 241 Arthur Street, Teneriffe

Come and discuss the latest trends of the property market including:

• Tips for first time investors• What potential investors look for

• How to get the best yield

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invite you to attend our upcoming

$1050$550

$660$560

$600$800

$680

FREE

RAY WHITE RENTALS

Ph: 3606 8300 rwnf.com.au/rent

Date and Time: Monday, April 8th from 5:45pm to 6:30pmLocation: Ray White Rentals, 241 Arthur Street, TeneriffeRegistration: Please email your name and contact number to [email protected]

To view our continually updated rent list please scan the QR code or visit www.arentlist.com.au

INFoRMATIoN EVENINg

Kangaroo Point, 275 Shafston Street

2 2 2

$460

PriCe range aVerage Days VaCant

$0-$400p/w 5.6 days

$400-500 2.72 days

$500-700 9.09 days

$700 - $1000 19.08 days

$1000+ 8 days

Days Vacant - ray White rentals (overall avg) 8.4 daysDays Vacant – rest of Market (overall avg) 16.1 days

For a more detailed report please email me [email protected] or attend our monthly market chat (this is ideal for first time investors). Our next information evening is Monday, April 8th from 5:45 – 6:30pm; please register by emailing your name to the previously mentioned email address.

With Haesley Cush

TALKING PROPERTy

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“Having been on the market for some time with other agents, we were absolutely delighted with the service and the result Dan & Simon delivered for us. They proposed a well thought out marketing plan then set to work, comprehensively seeking out all potential buyers and keeping us informed at all times. The result was a sale in just two weeks at a price we were very happy with. Dan & Simon work fluently as a team and are genuine, reliable professionals who are always available and a pleasure to deal with. We cannot recommend them enough!” Ross & Jan Hewitt, Sellers - Penthouse Oronsay ‘Mariners Reach’

If you’re considering selling a New Farm/Teneriffe property, don’t leave it to chance.Contact Dan & Simon for a chat about how we can help you achieve a premium outcome.

Dan SmithLiscenced Real Estate Agent

Simon PetrieSales & Marketing Consultant

Tamara FergusonPersonal Assistant to the Team

THE TEAM

SOLD

410/88 Macquarie St, Teneriffe

FOR SALE

111 Thorn Street, East Brisbane

Dan Smith

P 07 3358 0610M 0438 120 776E [email protected]

599 Brunswick St, New Farm

Simon Petrie

P 07 3358 0660M 0439 668 867E [email protected]

www.rwnf.com.au

SOLD

Sold in two weeks for a record price!

New Farm

Don’t leave it to chance...

SOLD

136/53 Vernon Tce, Teneriffe

FOR SALE

304/88 Macquarie St, Teneriffe

56 Isaac Street, Spring Hill

FOR SALE

RECENT SALES

“ ”We’ve got the best team to ensure the best result.

150 Warry Street, Spring HillPHC/172 Oxlade Drive, New Farm 140 Kennigo Street, Spring Hill

2 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 2

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Meet the Team

Sam MayesSales & Marketing Consultant

Simon GaddSales Associateto Sam Mayes

Ashleigh MorrisonPersonal Assistantto Sam Mayes

Contact us

Ray White New FarmP 3358 0624 | F 3358 4891

E [email protected] 0402 094 553

W rwnf.com.au

A 599 Brunswick Street New Farm Q 4005

New Farm

1/273 Boundary Street, Spring Hill 604/448 Boundary Street, Spring Hill7/36 Griffith Street, New Farm 101/170 Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill

2 2 1

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“Having been on the market for some time with other agents, we were absolutely delighted with the service and the result Dan & Simon delivered for us. They proposed a well thought out marketing plan then set to work, comprehensively seeking out all potential buyers and keeping us informed at all times. The result was a sale in just two weeks at a price we were very happy with. Dan & Simon work fluently as a team and are genuine, reliable professionals who are always available and a pleasure to deal with. We cannot recommend them enough!” Ross & Jan Hewitt, Sellers - Penthouse Oronsay ‘Mariners Reach’

If you’re considering selling a New Farm/Teneriffe property, don’t leave it to chance.Contact Dan & Simon for a chat about how we can help you achieve a premium outcome.

Dan SmithLiscenced Real Estate Agent

Simon PetrieSales & Marketing Consultant

Tamara FergusonPersonal Assistant to the Team

THE TEAM

SOLD

410/88 Macquarie St, Teneriffe

FOR SALE

111 Thorn Street, East Brisbane

Dan Smith

P 07 3358 0610M 0438 120 776E [email protected]

599 Brunswick St, New Farm

Simon Petrie

P 07 3358 0660M 0439 668 867E [email protected]

www.rwnf.com.au

SOLD

Sold in two weeks for a record price!

New Farm

Don’t leave it to chance...

SOLD

136/53 Vernon Tce, Teneriffe

FOR SALE

304/88 Macquarie St, Teneriffe

56 Isaac Street, Spring Hill

FOR SALE

RECENT SALES

“ ”We’ve got the best team to ensure the best result.

150 Warry Street, Spring HillPHC/172 Oxlade Drive, New Farm 140 Kennigo Street, Spring Hill

2 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 2

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Meet the Team

Sam MayesSales & Marketing Consultant

Simon GaddSales Associateto Sam Mayes

Ashleigh MorrisonPersonal Assistantto Sam Mayes

Contact us

Ray White New FarmP 3358 0624 | F 3358 4891

E [email protected] 0402 094 553

W rwnf.com.au

A 599 Brunswick Street New Farm Q 4005

New Farm

1/273 Boundary Street, Spring Hill 604/448 Boundary Street, Spring Hill7/36 Griffith Street, New Farm 101/170 Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill

2 2 1

UNDER

CONTRACTUNDER

CONTRACTUNDER

CONTRACTUNDER

CONTRACT

2 2 13 2 21 1 1

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first quarter of 2013that’s over $65,000,000 in sales.

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Ray White New Farm | 3254 1022 599 Brunswick Street, New Farm Q 4005

www.rwnf.com.au

SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

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first quarter of 2013that’s over $65,000,000 in sales.

84homes

SOLDin the

Ray White New Farm | 3254 1022 599 Brunswick Street, New Farm Q 4005

www.rwnf.com.au

SOMETHING GOOD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

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