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[ From my desk ]
T
here’s a certain dread grandmother’s Christmas pudding.
that comes with fire Like Pip Johnson, Pat Bigham and
season if you live Tara Paulsen (see page 26) – and,
in a bushfire zone. I suspect, many of the six million
It’s watching the Aussies who volunteer – Uncle
undergrowth become so dry it Drew says he loves the team effort
crackles. It’s days when the heat and, despite the horrors of Ash
rising under your feet makes you Wednesday, Black Saturday and
feel like the land is breathing and the more than 50,000 bushfires
how the hairs on the back of your that occur each year in Australia,
neck stand up when the wind the satisfaction of contributing to
swings north. If volunteering his community. As 2017’s bushfire season ramps up,
Growing up on the rural fringe, I remember is on your list I want to take this moment to tell them all how
Mum teaching me to drive the car, aged 10. If of New Year’s grateful I am and how much I respect what they do.
the bushfire threat was too great, I knew my job resolutions, This issue is full of people I admire, from the
was to pack the photo albums, load up the dogs find ideas and resilient survivors of the Granville rail disaster
and get my little brother out. There were the opportunities at (page 72) to the bright, brave and brilliant Tim
years we evacuated and the time we had to drain volunteering Minchin (page 38). And the indomitable Ita
the neighbours’ swimming pool to fill the tanks australia.org Buttrose (page 56), who has been an inspiration
on the Country Fire Authority’s truck. There was to so many women in the media. She took time to
the year one of the cars started rolling down the mentor me as a junior editor and has never shied
hill and we local kids had to jump in and haul on away from telling me when I should set my bar
the handbrake. The fireys would rush from their higher. She took me out for lunch when I got this,
homes or work in their civvies to meet the truck my dream job. I applied my lipstick carefully, sat
at the fire site, hastily abandoning their cars on up straight and watched my manners (as one does
our old dirt road. with Ita), but it meant the world to me. Like the
The most memorable, though, was the day rest of the country, I hold her in high esteem and
Mum told me to ring Dad at work and tell him with great affection. Happy 75th birthday, Ita,
to come home as a line of flames raced up the hill and to all who inspire us, thank you.
towards us. I recall listening on our old landline,
coughing in the smoke, as the receptionist
explained that my Daddy was “a very busy man,
dear”. At that moment, the fire got to the shed,
Mum yelled and I politely said down the phone Kim Doherty
that the house was burning down and could Dad Editor-in-Chief
please call back when he was out of his meeting. Email me at
That poor woman! [email protected]
My childhood is littered with memories of
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the CFA, mostly after the action was over. Their
blackened faces, their big boots stomping through
the house, how they’d smile and ruffle my hair Acknowledgement of Country
as we walked through the sodden, charred bush, The Australian Women’s Weekly acknowledges the
stomping out the spot fires late into the night. Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional
custodians of the place we now call Sydney, where
For 35 years, my Uncle Drew has been one of this magazine is published. The Weekly also pays
the 55,000 people who volunteer with Victoria’s respects to Elders past and present.
CFA. He has missed birthdays, dinners, even my
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contents
January 2017
On the cover 68 Thailand’s royal feud: the
12 My Aussie heart: Nicole Thai royal family is in turmoil
Kidman “My four kids, Keith and 72 Tracks of our tears: memories
our happy, hectic life” of Granville, 40 years on
20 Exclusive: James Packer’s 82 Wind beneath her wings:
ex reveals: How I went from Ella Havelka, The Australian Ballet’s
millionaire to a homeless shelter first indigenous company member
32 The secret life of Melania 86 Secret surgery guru: “I know
Trump who’s had work done”
38 Tim Minchin: the thinking
woman’s crumpet
90 The Crown: behind the
scenes of an extraordinary TV 76
56 Happy 75th birthday, Ita series about the Queen
Buttrose: “I’m not done yet!” 98 Humour: Amanda Blair
62 True crime: mass murder is feeling plucky
in an outback pub 174 Jackie Kennedy: the new
76 Author’s choice: the must- biopic already creating Oscar buzz
read books for summer
Fashion & Beauty
120 How to lose weight, forever:
Dr Joanna’s trusted diet plan 102 Havana heat: Cuban- 12
132 Relax! 30 pages of
ITA BUTTROSE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAMIAN BENNETT. STYLING BY JACKIE SHAW.
inspired fashion
delicious, easy recipes 108 Workshop: add a touch of
195 Bumper puzzles special glamour with the latest sunglasses
209 Your stars in 2017
Up front
111 Curvy style: fashion finds
for shapely figures
112 Beauty: home spa treatments
32
5 Editor’s letter: from the desk 116 Beauty news and
of The Weekly’s Kim Doherty The Pretty List
11 Open line: readers’ letters
26 In the firing line: the brave Health
female firefighters risking their lives 126 Ask the doctor: readers’
44 Riding life’s waves: world health questions answered
champion surfer Tyler Wright’s 128 Health news
magnificent triumph 130 Time for a digital detox:
50 On love and loss: Gloria should you disconnect for a while
Vanderbilt and Anderson Cooper for your health?
The voice of Australian women

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164 102
Food & Home
132 Barbecue dinners: stay out
Regulars
170 Clippings: get the children
140
of the kitchen with al fresco dining excited about gardening
138 Wedges and fries: six 173 Home hints: handy tips
ways with a family favourite 176 What’s on: must-see shows,
140 Julie’s summer stone fruit: movies, events and exhibitions
sweet and juicy seasonal fruit 178 Reading room: latest books
146 Christmas leftovers: creative 182 Money: the pros and cons of
ideas for pork, ham and more buying apartments off the plan
152 Lamington pops: have fun 186 Travel: Discover Canada
on Australia Day with frozen treats in the footsteps of the Duke and
154 Fresh & fast summer Duchess of Cambridge
dinners: no-fuss holiday cooking 190 Cruising: the best river
160 Cake of the month cruises for 2017
162 Quick bites: the latest in 192 Travel news: great escapes
foodie news and trends and terrific deals
163 Ask the experts: magic 195 Bumper puzzles special:
meringues without eggs 12 pages of brain-teasers and
164 Vintage reno: a run-down quizzes just right for holiday funn
209 Astrology special: what’s in
171
Victorian home is transformed
169 Home style: easy pieces to your stars for 2017? Discover yo our
add retro charm to your home bird spirit and all the highs and
171 Home shopping: enjoy a lows for the coming year
stylish outdoor summer 218 Family matters: despite a
fridge full of food, Pat McDermo ott
has nothing to eat
Recipe index barbecue sauce coleslaw

Savoury 156 Prawn and fennel 158 Thai spicy lamb and
142 Bruschetta with blue 149 Ham fritters spaghettini noodle stir-fry
cheese and nectarine salsa 137 Herb and garlic sausage 150 Roast pork and noodle Sweet
158 Cajun roast chicken coil soup 142 Aussie mess
with corn cream 138 Kumara wedges with 145 Rosemary crispbreads 160 Chocolate cake with
134 Chilli barbecued lime chilli salt 149 Salmon and brown rice a twist
haloumi with zucchini 138 Lemon pepper fries salad 150 Christmas cake
salad 156 Margarita fish 138 Salted fries sundaes
134 Chilli garlic char-grilled 145 Nectarine and ginger 138 Spicy Cajun potato 163 Egg-free meringues
octopus chutney wedges 153 Lamington pops
138 Chilli garlic fries 138 Paprika potato wedges 156 Spicy zucchini and 142 Mango cheesecake
137 Grilled fish burger with parmesan ricotta pasta shells 145 Peach and almond
150 Ham and mango salad 137 Pork ribs with sticky 149 Turkey rissoles with crumble
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The power of love
“
Motherhood
brings me ”
enormous joy
Nicole Kidman opens up
to Stephanie Rafanelli
about her four children,
loving Keith, missing her
dad and why she can’t
wait to be a grandmother.
T
here is a little noise that
Nicole Kidman emits
when deep in conversation:
something between a sigh
and an “ah” that comes out
as a soft “wah” and signifies intensity
of emotion, accompanied by a tilt
back of the head or a swipe of a palm
on her brow, her russet curls scraped
back today in a topknot.
Her complexion, which can be
bloodless on screen, is flushed a wild rose
by the late Nashville summer; perhaps
glowing a little pinker through the force
of maternal passion. For she is trying to
persuade me to get pregnant. “Come on,
please, have that baby!” she begs, leaning
in close, her eyes flashing with mischief.
“Babies bring so much joy. Wah!”
Nicole is so far from her image as the
regal redhead, a vision of intimidating
stature who, I admit, I expected to be a
little pinched. In an old AC/DC T-shirt
and jeans, she is hanging out at home
(admittedly, a stately Tennessee mansion
set around a pool), with Sunday, eight, »

[ Cover story ]
Nicole Kidman
says her latest
film, Lion, is “a
love letter to all
my children”.
© RUVEN AFANADOR/CPI SYNDICATION/HEADPRESS.
Doting father Keith Urban strums for
daughters Faith (left) and Sunday.
and Faith, six, her daughters with career. Her latest film, Lion, which After more than 15 years in Los
country singer Keith Urban, has garnered her a Golden Globe Angeles – she was married from 1990
capitalising on the last of their nomination for best supporting actress, to 2001 to Tom Cruise, with whom
holidays before launching into is the perfect case in point. A powerful, she adopted Isabella and Connor, now
a hectic US film schedule. emotionally charged drama, Lion is 24 and 21 – Nicole moved to low-key
We talk in her slate grey-painted about a five-year-old Indian boy, Saroo Nashville in 2006 “to have a life” with
office hung with framed maps, a break Brierley, who accidentally boards a her second husband, Keith. Sunday
in a day in which she appears to be train and becomes lost in Kolkata was born in 2008 when Nicole was
knee-deep in domesticity. Sunday, before being adopted by an Australian 41, and Faith was born two years later
who is suffering a cold, peeps her couple. The story is about the power to a surrogate mother. Since then,
head out from behind the doorframe. of maternal love in all its forms, from she has eased her foot a little off the
“She’s very shy. How is your ear natural to adoptive motherhood and career pedal, but “I couldn’t give up
feeling?” Nicole says, tenderly. “And all myriad variations in between. everything creatively because that
your throat? A little bit sore? Okay, “For me, mothering brings me would cause a frustration inside of
gargle with a little bit of salt water.” enormous joy,” says Nicole, 49. me. I’m still battling with it all.”
Nicole has a sensitivity to others “I love mothering. I just have a strong To reconcile her warring urges, the
that quickly comes to the fore. “As my maternal pull, as does my sister Kidman-Urban clan stick together,
husband says, I’m ‘deeply maternal’.” Antonia, and I’m also the eldest child going on Keith’s tours whenever
She laughs as if this is the mother of in my family, who I always think takes possible and accompanying Nicole
all understatements. “I like to take care on that caretaker personality.” on shoots with a travelling tutor. The
of people. It brings me a lot of joy.” In fact, Nicole says, motherhood family’s recent gypsy wanderings have
is an integral part of who she is. “I included a stay in Marrakesh while
Caretaker personality was the girl that always wanted the Nicole was shooting Queen Of The
If you are looking to understand white picket fence and everything that Desert, Werner Herzog’s biopic of
Nicole Kidman, then perhaps comes with that,” she explains, her explorer Gertrude Bell. They also
motherhood provides the most soft Australian accent in full bloom. decamped to London in the northern
powerful clue. It is, she says, central “I just have an incredibly complicated autumn of 2015 for the theatrical run
to her most important perceptions inner life, an imaginary, creative life. of Photograph 51, in which she played
about herself, her life and even her And those two things can collide.” biochemist Rosalind Franklin, whose

contribution to the discovery of the photo of him when he was young with suspected heart problems. “I
structure of DNA was overlooked in a lab coat with his curly hair. don’t want to talk about my mum in
by history. “So from playing in the lab as those terms,” says Nicole. “That’s her
Yet Nicole does feel the force of a girl to going on stage wearing a lab privacy. She’s strong, my mum. I’m so
‘the push-pull’. “Oh, my gosh, the coat playing a biochemist – it was grateful she’s in the world. I speak to
intensity of the emotions I feel! It’s unbelievable for me. I would literally her or text her almost every day. She’s
not necessarily great for a child to cry in my curtain calls.” an amazing woman and I love her.”
have an intensely Nicole has
emotional mother. always maintained
And I don’t want a dignified silence
to be a helicopter about her
parent, so I’m trying relationship with
to … ” she puffs her Tom Cruise and
cheeks as if about the Church of
to explode with Scientology, of
affection, “balance which he is a leading
the intensity of the member. A recent
love. It’s really hard.” documentary claimed
that the church
Love and loss ordered the break-up
Nicole is a woman of their marriage
torn between because of Nicole’s
continents. Her father, refusal to join. She
Antony, died of a has also endured
sudden heart attack tabloid speculation
in 2014 while in about the state of her
Singapore visiting her relationship with her
younger sister, Antonia, a adopted children, both of
journalist with six children. “ I’m happy to talk about whom are adherents of
“My mother is still going
through terrible grief,”
my dad because it keeps the religious doctrine.
Yet she talks warmly
says Nicole. “They were him here with me. ” about her older children
© RUVEN AFANADOR/CPI SYNDICATION/HEADPRESS. GETTY IMAGES. MANDY JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY.
together for 50 years. It’s as we discuss Lion.

awful to see, so sad. She’s in Australia, Incredibly, the film is based on a
which is why we all go back four true story. Saroo Brierley, played by
times a year. In your 40s, you are British actor Dev Patel, still lives in
grappling with all those things: Tasmania. He spent much of his
trying to be the mother and the young adulthood searching for his
daughter. It’s a lot.” Indian birth family. Nicole, who plays
Nicole herself is still grieving for Saroo’s adoptive mum, Sue Brierley,
her father, with whom she discussed says the film is about the emotional
Photograph 51 before taking the role power of motherhood. “Nothing
(as a biochemist, he was aware of comes close. Seeing Bella and Connor
Franklin). He never got to see the play. grown up and still having a five-year-
Even so, she says, he is still with her. old in the house.” (Faith turned six
“I loved my father very much,” shortly after the interview.) Now that
Nicole says. “I’m happy to talk Bella is married, Nicole might even be
Nicole and her father,
about him because it keeps him a grandmother soon. “I hope so!” she
Dr Antony Kidman.
here with me. I miss him every day. cries, immediately. “I’m not meant to
I think anyone who was close to say that, am I? My sister’s friend, who
their father would relate to that, That’s the thing about Nicole, is 43, just became a grandmother. My
would know that feeling. It’s not she is very human, open about her sister and I were saying, ‘Oh, she’s so
a morbid thing, it’s just that he is vulnerabilities. Which doesn’t mean lucky!’” But motherhood, she says,
very much a part of me still. Every there aren’t places she won’t go. She should be without expectation.
performance was for him. Literally politely declines to discuss the health “The fact is that this film, when
every time I was about to go on, of her mother, who was rushed to a I first read the script, reached out to
I would speak to him. I had this Sydney hospital in late November me in a way that few scripts ever »

LEFT: Nicole with first husband Tom Cruise and their adopted
children, Connor and Bella, arriving in Sydney on their private
jet in January 1996. ABOVE: Connor and Bella celebrating his
17th birthday in Los Angeles in 2012.
have,” Nicole says of Lion. “It was Sydney, she had decided to become ‘What?’ You look at Taylor Swift,
like a love letter to all my children, an actor by 14, a career her mother I mean how old is she? She’s 26. I had
Sunday and Faith as well as Bella worried she was too thin-skinned two kids by the time I was 27 and I’d
and Connor. I think it’s beautiful and for. Her big break came at 22, in been married for four years. But that’s
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powerful, like poetry. It’s all about the thriller Dead Calm, catapulting what I wanted.”
unconditional love, for me. Obviously, her into a leading role opposite Nicole had a solid acting career
I am an adoptive mother, so the strength Hollywood’s young gun Tom Cruise throughout her marriage to Tom, but
of that relationship is what I related to. in Days Of Thunder: the pair married it was not until their break-up, shortly
“There’s a line in the film where my when she was just 23 and adopted after a miscarriage, that she showed
character, Sue Brierley, says, ‘I want Isabella and Connor after Nicole the world her true range. Grieving and
your mother to see how beautiful suffered an ectopic depressed, her turn as Virginia Woolf
you are’. She holds her adopted pregnancy. “I was so in The Hours landed her the Best
son’s face as she says that and,, young when I got Actress Oscar in 2003.
to me, that is unconditional married,” she says. Could she have burrowed so deeply
love in its purest form, the mosst “I look back now into Woolf’s tortured spirit if she had
pure form of mothering that aand I’m like, not herself been suffering? “I don’t »
there is. There are adoptive
mothers, biological mothers
... whatever the mother
relationship is, the central
idea is that as a mother you
want your child to be loved.
I love that.
“Motherhood is about the
journey. There are going to be
incredible peaks and valleys,
whether you are an adopting
mother or a birth mother.
What a child needs is love.”
Big break
Nicole always saw herself as a
young mother. Growing up in ole with Lion co-stars Dev Patel (left) and Sunny Pawar (above).
Nico

“ I was so
young when
I got married.
But that’s what
I wanted.”
know,” says Nicole. “Would I have The shared experience has also friends. HBO’s new series Big Little
done Rosalind the same way if my bonded them. “When you’re older, Lies, which she co-produced with
father hadn’t just passed away? you’ve been through things, you’ve Reese Witherspoon, deals with a
Probably not. Sometimes it all made mistakes,” she says. group of kindergarten mothers who
comes together. And sometimes “So you come into it [a second commit murder. “Reese and I are a
it doesn’t.” marriage] still giddy, but wanting it to good team,” Nicole says. “She got
She has never been a strategist, last. We always consider the ‘us’. We married and had children really
always choosing films impulsively. say, ‘Is this going to be good for us?’ It’s young. I think that’s why we get on.
“Well, it has worked and not worked the simplest phrase, but it works.” She’s moving to Nashville and we
for me,” she says, chuckling. Nicole and Keith do not disguise have beach houses next to each other
One of her other rather impulsive their affection for each other at in the Bahamas.”
decisions was to wed Keith, who had public events and he provides support She will also appear in New
a history of drug and alcohol for her on the red carpet. Zealand director Jane Campion’s
problems, in “I’m not a series Top Of The Lake. “She’s
June 2006. She
says they barely “ Keith still calls peacock,” says
Nicole. “It’s not
championed me since I was 14,”
Nicole says, “and now we go hiking
knew each other
at the time.
me his ‘Aussie in my nature. I
think people
on Sundays and have long dinners
and watch the sunset. I said, ‘Janey, it’s
Everyone thought
it was a huge
girlfriend’. ” get frustrated amazing that we have this friendship.
with me because Wah!” Her eyes are brimming with
mistake. Not least when Keith went you’re meant to be, but I’m just not.” emotion again. “As Janey always says,
into rehab four months later. There is little she likes more than ‘The real life is so much better.’”
Nevertheless, they celebrated their a quiet night in with Keith and the And with that it’s time for Nicole
10th wedding anniversary last year. girls. “I don’t have that FOMO thing: to dose her daughter up with cold
“That’s really big for us,” she says. fear of missing out. I can stay home medicine and eat some smashed-up
“It was really up and down for the and not go to the party. It’s so much watermelon. Domesticity is her
first three months. We’ve been nicer here at home in my jammies. happy place. AWW
through a lot in the past 10 years, “I had a girls’ night out recently
but we’re stronger than ever. I say with five of my Nashville girlfriends. Lion opens on January 19 in cinemas
that while touching wood and no We eat really early, senior hour. We across Australia.
way in a boastful way. I just say it get there at 6pm in this empty
with wonder. Absolute wonder.” restaurant and we have the With Faith
She giggles a little woozily. It’s easy best time and, at the end, we and Sunday
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to feel the strength of their connection. looked at our watches, ‘Oh, in March on
“It’s because we are Australian,” 8.30pm! Awesome!’” one of their
says Nicole. “Even though Keith was Nicole also works with frequent
trips home
born in New Zealand, he’s still an
to Sydney.
Australian. I met and fell in love
with an Australian man in America
– what are the chances? He was born
the same year as me. That’s so
serendipitous and it’s obviously
part of why we fell in love because
we are both Australian.
“I think when you have all
that history that’s the same – the
shared love of good coffee, the
music, Cold Chisel, the beach,
the sun, Triple J radio. We share
all of that because we both
experienced that as teenagers,
even though we met much later in Keith and
life. Yet we have that together. He Nicole on the
still calls me his ‘Aussie girlfriend’. red carpet at
the Country
That’s how he introduces me –
Music Awards
‘That’s my Aussie girlfriend’, he in April.
says. I love that.”

Tziporah Malkah’s
tell-all interview
From Hollywood
to homeless shelter
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES GEER. STYLING BY LEDA ROSS. HAIR AND MAKE-UP BY TANYA GUCCIONE.
As Kate Fischer, she was the “It” girl of the ’90s – a model, actress and fiancée
TZIPORAH WEARS BEME TOP AND JEANS. THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN RETOUCHED. NEWSPIX.
of billionaire James Packer – but it all came crashing down and she ended up
penniless, living in a homeless shelter. Known as Tziporah Malkah since her
embrace of Judaism, she talks to Susan Horsburgh about James’ impossible
proposal and how homelessness can happen to anyone.
I
n a Melbourne homeless shelter, How had she fallen so far? In the reputation and essentially cast her out
Tziporah Malkah sits on a 1990s, as Kate Fischer, she had been of Australia. She fled to Los Angeles
single mattress in a bleak room a darling of the Sydney social pages – and tried to get an acting career off
no bigger than a prison cell, the fun, feisty model and actress who the ground, embracing her Jewish
remembering the day she had won the heart of billionaire James faith and changing her name along the
moved in. With a fridge by the bed Packer – but she was used up and spat way, but eventually fell in love with a
and cigarette burns on the sofas, it out by the celebrity machine when the man who embezzled all her money –
hardly felt like home, but it was better pair broke up in 1998. By September a man who, she subsequently found
than sleeping on the street, and she 2011, she sat alone in that cold, out, was married with a child.
had nowhere else to go. “I didn’t come institutional room, with nothing. Tziporah was already on a spiritual
out of my room for three days,” she The story of how she came to be quest, but her lover’s betrayal forced
recalls. “I just sat there and cried.” there is extraordinary – and one she a brutal moment of reckoning and,
Tziporah remembers the terror and hasn’t told until now. The way she sees ultimately, her reinvention. Now 43,
hopelessness, but most of all the shame. it, her split with James destroyed her she says, “I had to grow up.”»

[ Exclusive interview ]
“ I didn’t
come out
of my
room for
three
days. ”
Tziporah Malkah took

The Weekly through
the homeless shelter
where she spent
almost two years.
OPPOSITE: As Kate
Fischer (right), she
appeared with co-stars
Portia de Rossi and
Elle Macpherson at the
Sydney premiere of
Sirens in 1994.
For the past five years, Tziporah At the shelter – an ’80s property and then there was the pervasive smell
has led a quiet life in Melbourne as with peach carpet and fake flowers – of dirty dishes. Tziporah was studying
a carer for elderly psychiatric and Tziporah shows The Weekly the for her aged-care qualification at
dementia patients, but a magazine neglected garden outside her room TAFE when she moved in and got a
“outed” her two months ago, when where she used to plant sunflowers. job a few months later, but not all the
James Packer split from his latest Now in the process of shutting down, residents were capable of working.
fiancée, singer Mariah Carey. Tziporah it is officially called a “rooming “Some of the women have had all
was photographed collecting her mail house”, but for Tziporah, it was a their confidence kicked out of them
wrapped in a bed sheet, and dragged refuge. Sent there by Sacred Heart and have had so many horrific things
out of her self-imposed exile in Mission, she shared the place for 22 happen to them, shunted from foster
spectacular fashion. months with everyone
She was mortified at the time, but from former prisoners
says she now feels “unmuzzled” and and family violence
The shelter offered Tziporah refuge,

alongside former prisoners and
domestic violence victims. RIGHT:
With mother Pru Goward in the ’90s.
BELOW: A covergirl in 1988 and 1993.
finally able to set the record straight. victims to refugee doctors

Keen to make the most of her and ex-CEOs – all single
resurrected public profile, Tziporah women over 35 too broke to
wants to speak out for homeless women go anywhere else. With the
and let readers know how easy it is to lack of affordable housing, she says, home to foster home since the age of
hit rock-bottom, no matter what your no woman is immune: professionals two, that they’re unemployable,” she
upbringing or your bank balance. can find themselves homeless after a says. “They are the sorts of vulnerable
A model at 13, high-school dropout business goes bust or a marriage fails, people we need to protect.”
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES GEER. FAIRFAX. NEWSPIX.
at 15 and millionaire at 17, she had and many women, especially mothers Tziporah had been living there for
had a wild ride even before she in low-paid occupations, retire with a couple of months when a woman
became engaged to James Packer at perilously little superannuation. she’d befriended told her she looked
22, but Tziporah says she missed out “We’re just faded flowers,” she just like Kate Fischer. Knowing she
on a lot of life lessons, which meant says. “We’re not what society deems could be stalked by paparazzi,
she had to learn them 20 years later exciting anymore. We’re washed up she felt it only fair that her fellow
than most. “I had to go through it and no one cares.” residents knew who she was, so
– having the crappy job and the car When Tziporah moved into the she came clean. “That says a lot
that doesn’t always start … that shelter, she spiralled into depression about the integrity of those women
teenage stage of being angry with and was put on medication. Sharing because they could have rung the
everybody,” she says. “But it’s hard a kitchen with 36 strangers, she media and sold that for $10,000
to do it in your late 30s because says, you couldn’t leave a potato and they didn’t,” she says. “They
people expect more from you.” unattended without it being stolen – knew I was suffering, too.”

Sipping a sauvignon blanc at a and half-sister Alice, she says she only Norman Lindsay’s nude models in the
nearby pub, the sound of pokie recently saw her mother for the first 1994 film. “It was fun until I had to
machines dispensing coins in the time in more than eight years. “Her say my lines because I was so self-
background, Tziporah admits she is constituents are very lucky to have conscious,” she recalls. “I just didn’t
nervous talking to The Weekly, yet her – she is a wonderful, wonderful feel like I was an actress – I wasn’t
she is breathtakingly candid. “I like politician,” says Tziporah. “She is so deserving to be there with Sam Neill.”
to remain raw and vulnerable,” she professional and she cares so much After the film came out, James
explains, “because if my experiences about what she does. That’s where Packer saw her at a Sydney hotel and
can help someone, then that’s really all her love has gone.” Mother and asked her to dinner. They were on
what God wants from us – just to daughter have apparently always and off for three years, but in 1996,
share ourselves a little bit.” had a difficult he proposed.
Given her privileged Adelaide relationship; Tziporah says
upbringing, perhaps the most glaring Tziporah she was
intrigued by
his family’s
stratospheric
wealth; on the
one hand, she
got to dine with
Henry Kissinger
in New York,
but the Packers
could also be
“complete
bogans”. For
dinner, for
example, she
says a butler
would bring
them their
meals on trays
and they would
ABOVE: With James at the Australian Grand Prix in
sit in their
1998, the year they split up. RIGHT: By 2000, Tziporah
was living in LA and trying to break into acting. movie theatre
watching Nine
news in silence.
question is why Tziporah didn’t ask seems sad about it, but also resigned. “You might as well just heat something
her family for help. “I wouldn’t give “It’s been a long time,” she says. “I up in the microwave and throw a few
them the satisfaction of lording it over pretty much started modelling so tinnies at the screen,” says Tziporah.
me,” she replies. If they did wonder I didn’t kill myself, really. Mum “They were just being themselves,
about her absence, “they probably and I fought all the time.” but it wasn’t what I was expecting.”
just thought I was being a flake”. When 13-year-old Kate insisted Nor did she understand the
The daughter of health economist on entering the Dolly covergirl segregation of the sexes in the Packer
Alastair Fischer and world. “The
NSW government
minister Pru
“ We’re faded flowers ... woman does
basically nothing,”
Goward, Tziporah
says her family
washed up and no one cares. ” she says, “and the
man works all day
didn’t know that she was living in competition, Tziporah jokes, her mum long and you never really get to see
a women’s shelter and weren’t upset begrudgingly took a roll of photos him.” At 22, she became a kept woman,
when they found out. “I think they and picked the ugliest of the bunch put on an annual $250,000 allowance
kind of felt like, ‘Well, it’s about time to send in, but the beautiful teen won and forbidden to work. Her own
– you were a princess in an ivory anyway, launching an international lucrative career was suddenly over.
tower for so many years.’ I think modelling career that earned her up Tziporah admits she was a “needy
they were quite happy.” to $750,000 a year. Later, she tried nightmare” at the time, but says James
While she gets on well with her acting, appearing with Elle Macpherson also neglected her, surrounding himself
step-father, journalist David Barnett, and Hugh Grant in Sirens as one of with hangers-on who entertained »

him like court jesters. “In the beginning, After 10 years, she asked James if she including rugs, furs and chandeliers,
it was a bit more romantic,” she says, could speak about the settlement and to friends and flew to Melbourne.
“but once we moved in together, it he reluctantly agreed, she says, but the There was a bigger Orthodox
was like the deal was done.” When she damage had been done. Mindful that community there, she figured, and too
insisted on a romantic holiday for two image is everything, Tziporah asked if much “dirty water” under the bridge
one Easter, dudding the entourage out she and a male friend could be papped in Sydney. In a symbolic (or reckless)
of their all-expenses-paid trip to Bali, socialising with him and his then wife, act of liberation, she hurled more
the mates turned on her. “Then [his dad] Erica, but the answer was no. than half a million dollars’ worth of
Kerry, who was very old-fashioned, jewellery over the cliffs of Bondi.
started teasing him about being pushed Search for a soulmate These days, Tziporah drives an
around by a woman,” she says. “I just According to Tziporah, her fledgling unreliable 11-year-old Holden Calais
think it was all too much for him.” career was shot down before it was and works night shifts with elderly
That’s when, she says, James made allowed to take flight, and yet she psych and dementia patients for $23
an impossible proposal: she could live also admits she was never much of an an hour, keeping them clean and fed.
in the lap of luxury as Mrs Packer, but actress. She enjoyed chatting on TV It’s taxing, but she has an affinity with
he wanted complete freedom to do panel shows, but wasn’t “emotionally the patients and gets a kick out of
as he pleased. “He’d never have to courageous enough” to excel at acting. calming them when other carers can’t.
tell me where he was; if he didn’t By 2008, she had drifted away Ideally, she’d like to work as a nurse
want to talk to me for a few days from show business and had tried in Israel, or perhaps go into politics.
he wouldn’t have to,” she says. “He teaching transcendental meditation. When asked if she’s happy, there’s
knew he was making me an offer She had always been attracted to a long silence. “Sometimes,” she says.
that I had to refuse.” Judaism, so when she started dating “I feel I have more to offer than I used
The couple split and it was a Jewish man, she met with a rabbi to and that makes me proud. I certainly
rumoured she’d scored a $10 million to learn more. Although her mother’s have more confidence, more self-
settlement – a myth Tziporah couldn’t family had renounced Judaism many awareness. I still have a lot of anger.”
refute because of the confidentiality years earlier, he told her she was Tziporah admits it’s not easy looking
clause. “I just had to grin and bear it technically still Jewish. “That was at pictures of her 20-something self
for years while he swanned around the happiest day of my life,” she says. with all that potential. “My self-
like Prince Charming, everyone Tziporah reclaimed the Hebrew name esteem was so low,” she says, “and I
thinking what a generous was so gorgeous.” She’d
bloke he was and what an
awful young woman I must
“ He was making me an love to be married with
children, but hasn’t lived
be, running off with my
ill-gotten gains from the
offer I had to refuse. ” with a man since James
Packer, and she hopes
Packer family.” For the record, of her maternal grandmother, which she hasn’t missed her chance at
she says she was given the Bondi traditionally she would have been motherhood. Her soulmate would be
apartment they shared, which she given, and moved to an Orthodox “someone who has enough confidence
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES GEER. TZIPORAH WEARS MAGGIE T TOP, PANTS AND SCARF.
sold for “two and a bit” million part of Beverly Hills, making her to let me be who I am,” she says. “Just
(“I can’t really remember”), and kitchen kosher, dressing modestly someone who loves me.”
a $250,000 cash payout. from neck to toe, and keeping the For the past few years, though,
She left the country and James was strict rules of the Jewish Sabbath. Tziporah has kept to herself and
photographed just days later, cavorting In 2011, a businessman she had concentrated on the humbling, often
on the beach with Jodhi Meares, whom been dating for two years offered to painful work of growing up. She’d like
he later married. Tziporah took acting invest her nest egg, but kept making to manage her emotions better and
classes in LA, but says she couldn’t excuses when she asked about it. stop seeking solace in food, but says,
work because James cast such a long Eventually, she discovered he had “I feel like it’s going to be an auspicious
shadow: not only was her reputation taken all her money and already year”. In hindsight, Tziporah sees her
trashed by the $10 million rumour, he had a wife and child. dark, homeless period as the education
owned a chunk of movie distributor “Judaism is a psychological religion she had to have. “Maybe,” she says,
Village Roadshow. “In LA,” she says, and I’d started to realise I needed to “it’s time for me to graduate.” AWW
“they’re not going to go with the grow up,” she says. “If I didn’t start
woman who just pissed off the boss.” processing my past, it would always To assist Women’s Housing Ltd
It felt like punishment. “He was come back to bite me. If I was going help women in need of somewhere
used to getting his own way,” says to start again, I had to start from the to stay, donate at givenow.com.au/
Tziporah, “and the fact he couldn’t bottom ... with clean money.” womenshousingltd. If you or someone
with me – and I’m the one who got The US was no place to be poor, you know needs emotional support,
away – I think really stuck in his craw.” so Tziporah gave away everything, phone Lifeline 13 11 14.

Tziporah still hopes
to have children
with a man who loves
her for who she is.
In the
firing
line
When fire looms and people are running for safety, these female
volunteer firefighters are suiting up and risking their lives to
save both life and property. Sue Smethurst discovers what makes
them drop everything to step into harm’s way.
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P
at Bigham is not afraid of fire. PHOTOGRAPHY they rest their heads on the pillow, knowing the
She’s not afraid of heat so searing it NICK CUBBIN phone could ring at any time, not knowing what
snatches the breath from your lungs. may confront them on the other end of the line.
She’s not afraid of darkness in the “When the pager beeps, life as we know it
middle of the day from smoke so stops and we focus on the CFA [Country Fire
thick you can’t see your hand in front of you. Authority],” says Pat. “Everything else can wait.”
And she’s not afraid of running into the teeth of
a firestorm when everyone else is running away. On red alert
“Having been through Ash Wednesday and While millions of us will pack up the car and
Black Saturday, I know there’s no point worrying. flock to Australia’s glorious beaches during the
Mother Nature will do what she chooses and summer holidays, spare a thought for Pat Bigham
we’ll just deal with whatever comes our way,” and her “firey” friends, as she lovingly calls them,
says the 68-year-old chicken farmer from volunteer firefighters from all walks of life and
Victoria’s Yarra Valley. “What will be will be.” every corner of Australia, who will spend their
It’s a mantra Pat and many other volunteer summer days on tenterhooks, breathing a sigh
firefighters repeat every summer evening when of relief as each fire-free day ticks over. »

[ Heroes ]
All fired up –
(from left) Pip
Johnson, Pat
Bigham and
Tara Paulsen.

In Victoria alone, 55,000 CFA volunteers, employee, working as a Brigade Administration
including 12,700 women, put their lives on the line Support Officer, supporting 110 rural brigades.
to protect their communities, neighbours, family Yet her passion is at the front-line and she’s lost
and friends from increasingly aggressive firestorms. count of the number of times the pager has gone
“There’s nothing in a training manual that can off for a call-out in the middle of the night.
help you prepare for what you see, smell and Her brigade attends at least 80 incidents each
experience when you’re out in the fire,” says Pat. year, including car accidents, flash flooding, trees
“You might have flames roaring 40 or 50 metres fallen on homes, kids locked in cars, cats up trees
above your head, or thundering straight at your and every sort of community emergency.
face. With a fire, you are dealing with loss – Pip was among the first responders to the
loss of life, loss of property. When we leave the Black Saturday inferno of February 2009. The
safety of the station, we are stepping into the world’s worst bushfire ever, it claimed the lives
reality of the worst day of someone else’s life – of 173 people and wiped towns off the map.
often someone you know.” “It’s very daunting getting a call out to a fire
“I’ve never been afraid of fire,” says 50-year-old like that,” says Pip. “Your adrenaline and nerves
Pip Johnson, who along with Pat and 28-year-old are running wild, but our training prepares us
Tara Paulsen, is the modern face of well to keep calm in a crisis and make
volunteer firefighting in Australia. decisions very quickly.
“Firefighting has been in my family “When you are in the thick of a fire,
for generations,” says Pip, whose it’s hot, it’s quite disorientating and
great-grandmother saved her own you can totally lose your compass and
family during the infamous Black your sense of control very quickly. It’s
Friday bushfires in 1939 by hiding sweaty, dusty, dirty and exhausting,
the children in the veggie patch under but there is a wonderful sense of
wet hessian sacks while her home camaraderie and achievement when
burned down in front of her. we help save someone’s life or save
Pip’s father was the CFA’s first their home – that’s what being part
legislative officer and, as a six-year-old, of a community is all about.
she would accompany him on patrolled “I remember every single fire
burn-offs on the family’s bush block. I have ever attended. Some memories
It was a no-brainer that Pip, too, would of what we achieve as a brigade
follow in the family footsteps. are inspiring, but some like Black
“We learned to respect fire and its Saturday are locked away, never
danger from a very early age; we’ve to be thought of again.”
seen the damage it can do,” she says.
In 1997, the then-31-year-old joined the
local Tallarook brigade and became the first
“ Mixing with the boys
Tara Paulsen always wanted to be a firefighter.
female operational firefighter in that brigade. You When her prep class teacher asked what she
While women make up a large number of the
volunteer force today, back then, Pip’s presence
might wanted to be when she grew up, the plucky six-
year-old confidently chimed, “a firefighter”.
was something of a novelty. have Her teacher’s response has remained etched
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“A fellow looked at me and said, ‘Terrific,
someone new to make the sandwiches’,” she says.
flames in her mind ever since. She said, “Well, you
can’t do that. Only boys become firefighters.”
“I made it very clear there and then that I wanted roaring Some 20 years later, Tara proved her teacher
to be on the truck, not in the kitchen, and from
that moment on the men mentored me and took
40 or wrong. Inspired by the extraordinary scenes she
was seeing on the nightly news during the Black
me under their wings, and they allowed me to 50 Saturday fires, she walked into her local CFA
stand beside them.”
Just a few years after Pip joined the local
metres brigade and asked, “What can I do to help?”
The accounts manager showed an obvious
brigade, her mettle and her skills were tested above aptitude for leadership and very quickly rose
when her own property burnt out. “I was part your through the ranks, becoming Lieutenant of the
Moe Fire Brigade. Her brigade was the first one
of an emergency from go to whoa and I watched
what we’d learned as firefighters all come together,” head. on the scene when the enormous Hazelwood coal
she says. “The way the team worked to help us ” mine caught fire in 2014 and it took more than
cemented my commitment to the CFA.” a month to extinguish.
In 2009, Pip was elected Captain of her brigade “Every job is challenging and you never answer
and has since gone on to become a CFA the pager thinking it will be a false alarm,” »

Bunyip State Park, Victoria, burns and (above) firefighters
try to save a barn during Black Saturday in February 2009.
LEFT: Pip paved the way for female firefighters.
A firefighter battles the flames

in Victoria and a woman weeps
(below) in South Australia
during the Ash Wednesday
disaster in February 1983.
RIGHT: Tara ready for action.
she says. “Your pager If a volunteer has a
is going off because sick child or financial
someone in your stress, we are there to
community is suffering support them. We go
their darkest day. out to a fire as a team,
Joining the CFA we come back and
is the greatest thing operate as a team.”
I’ve ever done in my As a result of her
life. The brigade is a work with the CFA,
family; they’re beside Pat was awarded the
you in good times Australian Fire Service
and bad.” Medal in the 2008
Yet Pat scoffs at the Queen’s Birthday
suggestion her work honours. Her local
is heroic. “You do brigade at Gruyere
this because you are even named an
looking after your own educational fire truck
neighbourhood and “Little Pat” in her
because we care about honour. She credits
our own community,” her success and
she says. “Often it’s longevity to an ability
a local in trouble. If Pat has spent many summers riding a CFA fire truck.
to block out memories
someone needs a hand, BELOW: In “Little Pat” and with husband Don receiving of the fires she has
we’ll be there. That’s an award in the 2008 Queen’s Birthday honours. attended, although
what it’s all about.” she has kept detailed
Pat never imagined diaries over the years
she would become to help her debrief.
a firefighter, but she “I come home
“married into the after an incident
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CFA” when she met and write in my diary,
her husband, Don, a or tell the dogs about
CFA volunteer, 50 my day – dogs are
years ago. Both Don good listeners!” she
and the CFA have says, laughing.
been her lifelong “Then, once I’ve
loves ever since. got it out, I get on
After picking up her with the next task
first water hose, she at hand. That’s the
quickly earned a reputation for being as tough
as nails at the fire front and a voice of comfort
“ only way I’ve lasted in this game – if you dwell
on things, you don’t last.”
back at the station. Subsequently, she was The Pat says it’s the community connection and
hand-chosen by CFA management to roll
out a cutting-edge welfare program, known
brigade camaraderie that has kept her involved. “It’s a
family. We look after one another, on or off the
then as Critical Incident Stress, to support is a fire ground. If a CFA family is going through a
volunteers and their families.
Pat is part of a team of experienced firefighters
family, tough time, we’ll pitch in and do what we can
to help. It’s about our communities looking after
which provides welfare, support, counselling, beside one another and that’s a wonderful thing.”
a shoulder to cry on and a cup of tea during
times the firefighters might be doing it tough.
you in Last year marked Pat’s first summer in more
than 35 years not spent on the back of a truck,
“My role now is to help the fireys debrief and good but she wouldn’t think twice about putting her
process it all, and help them with the top-of-mind
issues straight after an incident,” she says. “People
and hand up again if the call came. “I’d have no
hesitation in pulling out the hose and heading to
process what they see in different ways – some bad. ” the front-line if I was needed, not for a second,”
bottle it up, others let it out. We teach self-care she says. AWW
and resilience to our brigades. It’s not just about
what happens at a fire or an incident, but also If you’d like to volunteer for an active or support role
taking care of our people and their wider family. with the CFA, visit cfa.vic.gov.au/volunteer-careers.

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From cramped flat to $135 million
triplex, Melania Trump poses in her
home atop Trump Tower, New York.
[ First Lady ]
Who is
Melania
Trump?
William Langley heads to the tiny town in
Slovenia where Melania Trump was raised
to find out the truth about the former model
who is America’s new First Lady.
O
n a wintry day in triplex atop Trump Tower,
1986, a teenage girl Manhattan’s glitziest skyscraper.
with wide eyes, high “It does seem unbelievable,”
cheekbones and long says Melania’s childhood friend,
legs left the small Mirjana Jelancic, 47, now
town she had grown up in and took headmistress of the town’s junior
the snowy road to the big city. school. “But when you know
Only to discover that Ljubljana, Melania, it’s perhaps not as
the picturesque but sleepy capital unbelievable as it seems. She was
of Slovenia, was nowhere near a remarkable girl and was raised
big enough. Soon, Melanija Knavs, with strong values, and always
now an aspiring model, was encouraged to believe in herself.
heading for Milan, then Paris and Both her parents gave her that.
on to New York where, adorned I remember she would never
in a $200,000 Dior wedding gown come out with the rest of us in
and her name changed to Melania the evening until she had finished
Knauss, she would become the third her homework or the jobs her
wife of controversial billionaire mother had given her. She was
and President-elect of the United very passionate, emphatic, about
States, Donald Trump. everything she did and she would
A sense of wonderment hangs never give up until she had
over the town Melania left behind. achieved what she set out to do.”
Snuggled into the bend of a river, Melania was born in 1970
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Sevnica is the kind of place even to Viktor Knavs, a travelling

its own mayor struggles to talk salesman, and his seamstress wife,
up. Freight trains rattle past and Amalija. At the time, Slovenia
smoke from the two local factories was part of Communist-ruled
drifts across wooded hillsides. In Yugoslavia and the family,
bars and cafes, the main topic including Melania’s older sister,
of conversation is 46-year-old Ines, lived in a state-subsidised
Melania’s astounding rise from apartment block. According to
a dingy flat behind the railway Mirjana, who was brought up
station to the $135 million gilded in the same building, only a »

handful of families had telephones or
TVs, the heating regularly broke down
and the girls often had to bathe in cold
water. After school, they played outside
on a rusty climbing frame.
Still, Viktor and Amalija were
ambitious for their daughters.
According to another childhood
friend, Nena Bedek, it was the fashion
brochures that Amalija occasionally
brought home from the local clothing
factory that first made Melania think
of becoming a model.
“She would look at every page,”
says Nena, now an art teacher with
a studio in the town. “And then she
would get a pencil and sketchpad, and
try to improve the designs. I’d point
to something and say, ‘That’s really
glamorous’, and she’d say, ‘Yes, but
I don’t think it’s so elegant’. She
always had strong opinions. I’d say she
was in love with fashion from an early
age and sometimes she actually talked
“ The old
Melania
had ceased
to exist.”
of going abroad and becoming a
model, but we were just kids growing
up in the middle of nowhere and no
one took it seriously.”
Except, perhaps, Melania herself,
who did well enough at school to
win a place at a design college in
Ljubljana, 85km away. The Knavs
girls were growing up fast – with
Melania, particularly, now an eye-
catching beauty – and the family was
improving its modest lot. Viktor had
a new job selling car parts, which he
supplemented as a chauffeur. With
the extra money, he was able to rent
a small flat for his daughter on the
outskirts of the capital.
While almost everyone in Sevnica
speaks highly of Melania’s mother,
Amalija, who eventually worked
her way up from the production
line to become a pattern designer,
Viktor is intriguingly portrayed as
a faintly Trump-like figure – a wheeler-
FROM FAR LEFT: The
industrial climes of
Sevnica, Melania’s
home-town; the flats
her family lived in;
her parents Viktor
and Amalija. BELOW:
The first known
modelling shots of
Melania, taken by
Stane Jerko in 1987.
dealer whose full-on personality move, at 16, to Ljubljana. From this student friends, in a bar in the
and outspokenness often work to point on, the story of her life takes city’s historic centre. “She stood out,”
his detriment. on a haze of uncertainty. She enrolled he remembers. “The others were
Documents recently emerged in a course in architecture and design, having drinks and being a bit crazy,
showing Viktor had been a paid-up and while there is no reason to doubt but she was just calm and beautiful,
member of the Communist Party – that she was a capable student, and seemed maybe a bit lonely,
somewhat to the embarrassment of she was clearly subject to serious so I spoke to her and we hit it off
the Trump campaign – although no distractions. Her official CV states and started dating.
one in Sevnica suspects him of having that she obtained a degree from “It was really nice. A lot of kids,
much interest in politics. the University of Ljubljana, but when they first leave home, enjoy the
“All sorts of people were in the investigative journalists Bojan Požar freedom, but Melania was incredibly
Party because it got you perks,” says and Igor Omerza, authors of a book close to her family, especially her
Sevnica’s affable Mayor Srecko Ocvirk on Melania, have revealed she actually mother, and I think she missed them.
at his riverside office. “You could dropped out after her first year. We just did nice things, rode around
travel more easily and get deals done. What happened? Most likely, on my scooter, sometimes went to
There’s no real significance to it. Melania had started to discover the discos. She wasn’t really a party girl.
They’re a nice family. They still have power of her looks. Tall, strikingly In fact, she was quite serious-minded
a house here and we’re very proud featured and exquisitely proportioned, and it was obvious that she wanted
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of them. Especially Melania.” she was already earning small fees to get on and out into the world. I’d
Indeed, the down-on-its-luck town for appearing in magazine love to see her again.”
has hopes of cashing in on the White advertisements for shampoo The relationship ended after less
House connection, by inviting and make-up. And she had than six months, when Peter was
Melania and her husband to visit. “I embarked on her first proper called up for military service. By
have to be honest,” says Srecko, 47. romance. The lucky man the time he got back to Ljubljana,
“I was at school with Melania, too, was Peter Butoln, now 47 Melania was gone.
and to my shame I can’t remember and working as a public In fact, the old Melania had ceased
her at all. Now, I want to meet relations executive in to exist. A year after her arrival
her badly. There aren’t that many Ljubljana. Peter says he in Ljubljana, she had been talent
reasons for people to come here, first spotted Melania spotted by a well-known Slovenian
so if the Trumps paid a visit, it with a group of photographer, Stane Jerko, who helped
would help us attract tourists.” her build a portfolio of professional
With a population of barely modelling shots. Now convinced that
5000 and a not-too-healthy her future lay on the catwalks of the
economy, Sevnica sees Melania world’s fashion capitals, she changed
not just as a home-town girl her name from its original Melanija
made good, but as an inspiration Knavs to the apparently more
to others. “This is an insular sophisticated Melania Knauss and
place,” says cafe manager Ana began to look for work abroad.
Peša, 28, who organised the town’s According to Bojan Požar and Igor
US election night party. “So she’s Omerza, it didn’t come as quickly as
a wonderful example, especially she hoped. While there was no doubt
to young women, of how you about Melania’s beauty and poise, she
can go out into the real world struggled to master the “natural look”
and become somebody.” designers cherish. Even after she finally
Melania’s first step into this made it to Milan and Paris in the early
real world came with her ’90s, her work stayed mostly in print. »

regulation cotton smock has bigger
things to worry about than her old
home-town. As the wife of arguably
the most divisive US President ever
elected, she will have a vital role in
softening the Trump image – a task
likely to be complicated by Melania’s
ABOVE FROM LEFT: Mirjana Jelancic, Melania’s childhood friend; Sevnica Mayor Srecko
Ocvirk; cafe manager Ana Peša; and creator of the “Torta Melanija”, Franja Krajnc.
intention to remain mostly in New
York, where the couple’s 10-year-old
son, Barron, is at school.
By 1996, she had reached New York. The well-kept family home in And as only the second foreign-
The exact details of how are hotly Sevnica now stands empty. Viktor, born First Lady in American history
disputed, with the Trump camp denying Amalija and Ines spend most of their (the other one, Louisa Adams, barely
politically awkward allegations that time in America, occupying their counts, as her father was serving as
Melania worked in the US illegally own apartment in Trump Tower the US Ambassador to Britain when
before obtaining the appropriate visa. and returning home rarely. When she was born), Melania will be under
The well-known Italian model agent I approach their white, modern villa, particular pressure to demonstrate her
Paolo Zampolli has since claimed he a security guard appears from nowhere allegiance to her adopted country.
brought Melania to America and later and says the place is “off limits”. To date, the Trumps have visited
introduced her to Trump during a party Whatever the truth of Melania’s Melania’s homeland just once. In late
at Manhattan’s Kit Kat nightclub. rise, the swirl and dazzle of her New July 2002, the tycoon’s Boeing 727
Donald asked for her phone number, York life seem worlds away from touched down at Ljubljana airport
but Melania had already clocked that her home-town, where the days pass and the couple travelled by limousine
he was with a date. “So of course, slowly and an exciting event is the to Slovenia’s most famous hotel, the
I didn’t give it to him,” she recalled annual Salami Festival. “I’m sure Grand Toplice, perched on a lake in
later. “I said, ‘I am not giving you my Melania won’t forget us,” says Mirjana the beauty spot of Bled.
number. You give me yours and I will Jelancic, as children clatter noisily As the sun set behind the
call you.’ I wanted to see what kind of down the school corridors. “I don’t Karavankas mountains, they sat
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number he would give me. If it was a think she will have changed that much on a terrace, ate veal escalope and
business number, what is this? I’m not from the girl we knew. Wherever you wild blueberries, and as they were
doing business with you!” go in life, your past stays with you. leaving Donald was heard to ask,
Instead, he gave her all his numbers “Her friends here still think nicely “Is this place for sale?” AWW
– office, home, mobile, private jet – of her and hope she’ll come back and
and pleaded with her to call when see us one day.”
she could. A few days later, after a The town is planning a celebration
modelling assignment in the Caribbean, party for President
she called. They were married in 2005 Trump’s inauguration on
at Donald’s Florida resort home, the January 20, with a special
Mar-a-Largo Club, with the former cake – Melanija Torte
US President Bill Clinton and his wife, – baked in the
Hillary, prominent among the guests. new First Lady’s
Although Melania played a barely honour already
visible part in the Trump campaign on sale at the
for the White House, she insists the local patisserie.
public perception of her as a trophy “We want to
wife kept in the background is false. send a message
“They say I am shy,” she told Harper’s all the way to the
Bazaar. “I am not shy. People say White House that
these things who do not know me.” we still love you,”
Melania says she has a relaxed says Mayor Ocvirk.
relationship with her husband’s Yet behind the
four children from his two previous warm sentiments and
marriages: Donald Jnr, 38, Ivanka, 35, civic pride, it is hard
LEFT: The Trumps with their son,
Eric, 32, and Tiffany, 22. “They are to avoid the suspicion Barron, in 2014. ABOVE: Melania
grown up,” she says. “I don’t see that Melania, the girl on the campaign trail. TOP: The
myself as their mother. I am their who once ran around new First Couple celebrate their
friend and here when they need me.” these streets in a election win on November 9.

“ I am
not shy.
People
say these
things
who do
not know
me. ”
Tim Minchin
The
thinking
woman’s
crumpet
Behind the wild hair and kohl-eyed stare,
Tim Minchin is a devoted family man, married to his
teenage sweetheart, writes Susan Horsburgh.
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T
im Minchin helped why he has brought her to Australia
conceive my third child this time, leaving wife Sarah and
– which means he can add seven-year-old son Caspar at home
embryo whisperer to his in Los Angeles.
prodigious list of creative Chatting at a rooftop bar overlooking
achievements. My daughter’s cells Coogee beach, Tim is wearing ripped
started dividing after a date night in jeans and biker boots on a glorious
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February 2010 at Melbourne’s Palais 31-degree Sydney day, his louche
Theatre, where my husband and gingery lion’s mane streaked with
I watched a barefoot Tim Minchin grey. He may be jet- lagged after flying
work a piano to freakish effect, slaying into Australia only 24 hours earlier,
the audience with a string of catchy, but he still manages to be friendly
acerbic tunes about inflatable dolls, and thoughtful over the next few
Catholic hypocrisy and supermarket hours, meandering over such thorny
green bags. conversational terrain as rationalism
Almost seven years on, Tim learns of and religion, and sharing a world
his procreative part in my little girl’s view that’s almost as famous as his
existence and seems delighted. “Wow, musical talent since a 2013 university
that’s amazing,” says the 41-year-old graduation speech he gave went viral.
musician, comedian, actor, composer This trip, though, is all about the
and polemicist. “I got all your eggs Brisbane premiere of his musical
and sperm dancing.” adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-
A few minutes later, Tim’s own loved children’s book, Matilda.
little girl, a mini version of him called The Royal Shakespeare Company
Violet, drops by to collect her forgotten production – about a girl genius who
Tim Minchin has gone
swimsuit and skips off to play with her outwits her ignorant parents and
from unknown jobbing
cousin, singing out, “Love you, Dad!”, despotic schoolmistress – has become muso to award-winning
as she leaves. It’s only two more sleeps an international smash since it opened success – and late-
until Violet turns 10 and Tim says he in the UK in 2010, bagging a record blooming sex symbol –
has missed half her birthdays, which is seven Olivier Awards and four Tonys. » in the space of a decade.

[ Music maestro ]
Scouting for someone to write so sad about anything in my life, not The son of a surgeon, Tim grew
Matilda’s music and lyrics, the RSC even a death in the family.” According up in a close Perth family, staging
took a gamble on the edgy Australian to Tim, everyone knew Trump was a concerts with his older brother and
comedian known for his musicianship fool – no one more than the world’s two younger sisters. He took piano
and clever wordplay, but Tim also comedians – and yet satirical efforts to lessons, but mostly taught himself, and
happened to be a lifelong Dahl fan undercut him didn’t work. “Maybe the still can’t read or write music. Ever the
who had approached the novelist’s pen is mightier than the sword,” he pragmatist, he thought he’d probably
estate for the musical rights to Matilda says, “but demagogues seem mightier become a teacher, but every gig he did,
when he was 25. Although comedy let than the pen at the moment.” from the first time he wrote songs for
him showcase his talents, theatre was Matilda is about standing up to the stage at 17, garnered enough praise
always his first love. “Musical theatre bullies, which makes it topical for to convince him he had talent. After
takes a story and ratchets it up,” says children, but there’s a takeaway for graduating with an Arts degree, he
Tim. “And it’s dangerous because it can adults, too. Although it doesn’t push studied at the Western Australian
just be tits and teeth and razzamatazz.” a political agenda, it is a critique of Academy of Performing Arts and then
Matilda, though, is all heart; in fact, anti-intellectualism. “In every book moved to Melbourne with Sarah in
it may have cured him of cynicism. Dahl wrote, the characters are always 2002. There he scored acting jobs,
“Comedy is all wrote the odd
about being arch and
above stuff – and my “Matilda made me believe that musical and played
in cover bands, but
first draft of Matilda
had quite a lot of I’m allowed to be sincere.” he spent much of his
20s struggling to pay
that winkiness in it,” he says, the rent and keep his self-
but the director urged him to esteem afloat. “I would wake
pull back on the irony. up sometimes,” Tim recalls,
“Matilda, maybe for the “and sit on the bed and just
first time ever, made me believe sort of think, now what?”
that I’m allowed to be sincere.” Staring down the barrel of
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Since Matilda, Tim has his 30th birthday and keen to

penned the acclaimed musical start a family, the atheist
version of the 1993 film decided to just be himself and
Groundhog Day (which write a solo show addressing
opens on Broadway in April) the stuff he cared about –
and played Judas in the arena sex, religion and quackery –
tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. in witty, oddball songs.
He has also appeared as a He took Darkside to the
Tim with Matilda cast members during
cokehead rock star and Edinburgh Fringe Festival
the 2015 Sydney season of the musical.
recreational nudist in the US in 2005, won the Perrier
TV series Californication and Best Newcomer award and
for the past three years has been based reading Dickens and someone is decamped to London for the next
in LA as the composer and director of talking about the evils of television … eight years. A star was born.
an upcoming DreamWorks animated so I was just agreeing with Dahl’s Through it all, Sarah has been by
film, Larrikins, starring Hugh Jackman. arguably slightly elitist [view that] no, his side, although she is apparently no
we’re not allowed to give up on saying booster. In fact, when he landed the
Darling of the London stage books and knowledge are good,” says Matilda gig, her reaction was, “Shit,
In the space of a decade, Tim has gone Tim. “Matilda is the world’s only I hope you can do it.” When Tim gets
from being a wedding-band muso to superhero, apart from maybe [Harry a bit ranty at dinner parties, it’s Sarah
the toast of London’s West End – a Potter’s] Hermione Granger, for who tells him to stop. A former social
phenomenal rise fuelled by a brutal whom knowledge is everything.” worker, she sounds like she has a
work ethic and what he describes as In the song Loud, Matilda highly-tuned bullshit barometer, and
“evidence-based” ambition. No wonder Wormwood’s superficial mother Tim seems almost in awe of her.
he wasn’t rattled when he turned 40. sings, “What you know matters less “People love her, but she doesn’t need
“The freak-out usually happens when than the volume with which what them to love her,” he says. “She’s just
you feel like you haven’t done the things you don’t know is expressed.” That this independent, self-contained unit.
you thought you would have done,” he song is about “a post-factual, click- She’s smart and funny, but she’s not
says, “and my life is the opposite.” bait world”, says Tim. “We’ve just like me or so many of us – she’s not
He is devastated, though, by Donald handed the most powerful country trying to prove herself. And she isn’t
Trump’s election win – “I’ve never been in the world to Mrs Wormwood.” jealous of me. She’s just kind of »

well-adjusted. It feels an absurd Christmas 2017. While he baulks at the On the flipside, Tim has been
question to ask, ‘What’s her role in my notion of nationalism, Tim wants his inundated with support; in the past
success?’ That’s like saying, ‘What role kids to grow up in Australia, close to 24 hours alone, he says, three
is your twin in your existence?’ We’re family and the ocean, like he did. strangers have approached him,
just like this little monster. We’re a How he will manage his career, including one woman midway
combined monster.” however, is another thing because through a court case against her
The pair met in their final year of although he wants to make theatre abusive uncle when the song came
high school and started going out the and film here, he knows his ambitions out. She thanked him for making
first year of uni. When Tim suddenly stretch beyond the confines of this her feel less alone. “It sounds
became the thinking woman’s crumpet country. Asked what drives him, he melodramatic, but I’ve heard that
at 30, the thrill of late-breaking sex jokes that it’s second-child syndrome – again and again,” he says, “because
appeal was not lost on him. Monogamy “a need to prove to everyone that I’m it’s such a taboo subject and you
is a struggle, he says, and it’s something special”. Seriously? “Oh yeah, I think feel so ashamed as a survivor, this
they talk about. “I think marriages get I’m a bit broken.” little moment of ‘mainstream-ification’
in trouble when people have unrealistic Tim has a charming way with of their plight was really meaningful
expectations of each other’s internal self-deprecation, but also a sizeable for them.”
lives – if you think you’re Not that he wants to sound
never going to want to f*** Tim with wife Sarah and children self-congratulatory. “I don’t
someone else, you’re an idiot,” Violet and Caspar in 2012. “I think what I do is important
he says. “I didn’t think anyone value family hugely,” he says. and vital to the world at all,”
would ever want to sleep he says. “I think I just make
with me and now lots of some stuff.” Anxious not to
people do. The power of seem pretentious, he puts on
that is lovely, but you’d his new hat a bit later and
better be ready to say no. asks, “Does it make me look
And it sucks obviously … like an arsehole?”
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“Monogamy is a choice He needn’t worry – with
that you make – a series of the exception perhaps of
sacrifices for the sake of Cardinal Pell supporters,
something you value more. I his countrymen seem to love
value family hugely. Sarah and him. “People come up to me
I both come from non-broken in Australia and it’s the most
homes, and I want to model gratifying thing because as
my life on that idea ... It’s just an Australian who goes
worth it.”
“We’re just like this overseas, you worry about what
Barry Humphries and Clive
little monster. We’re

Something to prove James experienced,” he says.
The Minchins live in what Tim “You think they’re all going to
describes as a quiet, peaceful say, ‘You’ve got too big for your
household, where arguments
between the pair are rare and never
a combined monster.” boots, mate.’ And all I get all the
time is, ‘We f***ing love you!’”
escalate beyond terse words. “Our ego. Criticism stings and yet he put Every woman I know seems to have
kids have their issues and it breaks himself in the conservative crosshairs a crush on him, and one friend thinks
your f***ing heart – not everything’s last February when he released Come she and Tim could have been perfect
perfect in our lives – but we get Home (Cardinal Pell). In the oddly together if only they’d met before the
through it in a fairly methodical way,” infectious song, which topped the inconvenient arrival of her husband
he says. “It sounds very unromantic.” Australian iTunes chart, he urged and children. It’s hard not to fall under
Without a nanny or PA, Sarah the top Catholic clergyman to return his spell when you interview him
“works her guts out” keeping their to Australia to testify at the Royal because he asks questions back and
lives in order, while Tim is away Commission into child sex abuse, seems interested in the answers –
half the time with his musical branding him a “goddamn coward” and then he gives hugs at the end.
commitments. After the emotional and “pompous buffoon”. Columnist The interview over, a make-up artist
upheaval of leaving London, Caspar Andrew Bolt called it a “hymn of does touch-ups for the photo shoot.
has finally settled in to LA and hatred” and labelled Tim “unfair and Tim suggests she go heavy on the
Violet has blossomed, recently starring cruel” – but the part that really seems mascara, then checks the mirror when
in a little musical, but the plan was to rankle is that Bolt apparently she’s done. “Pudding-faced,” he says,
always to move back to Australia by described him as “pudding-faced”. with a certain note of satisfaction. AWW

World champion Tyler Wright
Riding life’s
waves
[ Sports star ]
After blitzing the competition in 2016, Aussie surfer Tyler Wright tells
Samantha Trenoweth how heartbreak, self-discovery and strategy
turned a small-town sandy-haired kid into a world champion.
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I
t was just over a year ago. staggered back to the house, where watch and it’s been harder for him
Tyler Wright was watching Tyler was beside him in a heartbeat. to experience.” Yet it also proved a
the surf and breathing the “I was on the ground,” she says, “so turning point in Tyler’s surfing career.
scent of frangipani from the I had to handle it.” “It gave me perspective,” she says.
balcony of the Rip Curl team An ambulance was called and tests Tyler, who is 22, and Owen, 26,
house in Hawaii. Her older brother, revealed a major concussion and a hail from a family of surfers. They
Owen, ranked fifth in the world, brain bleed. Owen was diagnosed grew up in Culburra, on the NSW
was getting in a few practice waves with a traumatic brain injury. South Coast, in a tight community of
before competition began at the “Watching him go through the saltwater-loving family and friends.
Billabong Pipe Masters, the world’s brain injury was heartbreaking,” Their father, Rob, is a lifelong surfer,
most prestigious and precarious Tyler says. “I hated seeing him lying their mother, Fiona, has lived by the
surfing event. there in hospital. It was very tough sea all her life and the five Wright
Conditions had been rough. One and very traumatic.” kids were rarely out of the ocean.
surfer had almost drowned days Tyler stayed by her brother’s side for “I was young when I started
earlier, another had fractured a the best part of six months, sleeping surfing,” Tyler grins. “So young that
shoulder and still another needed 21 by his bed and helping him through I don’t remember it. There were three
stitches to his face. Yet Tyler wasn’t the excruciatingly slow process of ahead of me – Tim, Owen and Kirby
concerned. Owen was fearless, but recovering his memory, his balance, his – and I just tagged along. They surfed
not foolhardy. He was a match for emotional equilibrium, his ability to so I surfed. I have a memory of Tim
any wave – except for the wave that walk and eventually to surf – though carrying me out on a board – he
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wiped him out that day and the three it’s likely to be some time before he’s would have been maybe 10, and
or four that followed, holding him back on the professional circuit. I was two – and pushing me through
down and tossing him violently. “It’s been a slow, confronting the whitewash.”
Owen was washed ashore, recovery process,” she says. “It’s Tim remembers her as fearless:
conscious but disorientated, and one of the hardest things I’ve had to “The laneway beside our house had »

[ Slug ]
“ If ever I’d
say I couldn’t
do something,
my brothers
just wouldn’t
listen. ”
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quite a hill and when Tyler was very
young – like three or four – she would
bomb that hill on a skateboard at
high speed.”
Tyler agrees. “I wasn’t really afraid
to try anything,” she says. “I had two
older brothers and a little one, Mikey,
who still believes I should be able to
do anything he can do. I was put in
situations where I had to handle it.
I tried to keep up with the boys and my
sister, and everyone else in the family.
If ever I’d say I couldn’t do something,
my brothers just wouldn’t listen.”
The Wrights lived on the beachfront FROM ABOVE: The Wright family (from
and, Tyler remembers, “within a block left) mum Fiona, Tyler, Tim, Michael, Kirby,
or so of us there were 15 kids who all dad Rob and Owen; Tyler winning the 2016
surfed. Then there were four families title; in action; with brother Owen in 2010.
down the road who we grew up with
and they surfed as well. We’d go always wanted to push herself and
on camping trips down south to push women’s surfing, and show
Narooma, surfing and hanging with everyone what was possible. That
friends. It was a nice, easy childhood. wins you some events and heats, but
We did it with zero intention – no you eventually fumble and that’s not
thought this would ever be a career. how you put a whole year together.”
I just naturally got better at surfing Tyler wasn’t interested in strategising
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because I spent a lot of time doing it.” an event, let alone a whole year. She
From the beginning, Tyler was a surfed day to day, wave to wave. And
natural. With her dad’s encouragement, she surfed because she loved it, but discovery. I wanted to find my own
she set out on the junior circuit early. she’d never made a conscious choice way and do my own things. I didn’t
She won her first adult event – this would be her career. want to be told how to act and what to
outstripping her heroes Layne Beachley Then, at 18, Tyler hit the wall. Her wear and how to be, and that I should
and Stephanie Gilmore – when she friends were finishing school and she be a world champion already.”
was only 14. She liked school, but realised she was six years into a job When depression or anxiety loomed,
dropped out in Year 11 because the she had never chosen. “I felt it was Tyler found “being out in Mother
pressures of combining exams and taking too much out of me – I was Nature really helpful”. And she learnt
pro surfing became overwhelming. pulled in different directions.” Tyler to meditate. “I was against meditation
She developed a reputation for began to develop symptoms of anxiety and yoga, and anything like that, until
unpredictable brilliance. and depression, and felt trapped. I actually did it,” she says, laughing.
“She can do the type of surfing that It was Owen who explained she had “The meditation I do is called Kelee
no one else can,” her coach, Glenn choices. “He was brilliant,” she says. and it’s just sitting for five minutes,
“Micro” Hall, explains, “and she “Owen sat me down and said, ‘You being really still. I also try to get up
don’t have to do this.’ I was surprised. in the morning and, straightaway,
He was the first person who had ever go out and do something – maybe go
told me that surfing didn’t have to be for a walk, get out in nature, start my
my job. He said, ‘You’re 18 years old. day off right – instead of going onto
Go live and don’t be restricted by my phone. They’re simple things, but
what other people want you to do.’” they’ve helped.”
Tyler did just that. She didn’t Tyler has also made a decision to
entirely jettison surfing, but instead speak out about mental health issues.
stepped back from it a little and spent “People’s lives are made more
some time getting to know herself. difficult because nobody talks about
“I went snowboarding. I went it,” she says. “They’re like, ‘Oh, mental
motorbike riding. I went up and down health issues, keep that under the
the coast,” she recalls. “It wasn’t an table.’ I felt so extremely un-normal
overnight thing. It took a couple of and alienated for a while, but then
years. It was a slow-moving self- I talked to other people who had »

experienced the same thing. I think So I get more and more appreciative. She enlisted the help of Glenn Hall,
it would actually be abnormal to get It’s very humbling. I know I’m good at developed a more measured approach
through your life without any sort of this surfing thing, but I also know why to competition and surfed her most
personal issue coming up and people I’m good at it. I know who has helped impressive year on the pro circuit.
who are experiencing those things me and who has propped me up when Which is how Tyler found herself,
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTINA SOLJO. TYLER WEARS TRENERY SHIRT AND RIP CURL SWIMSUIT.
need to know that it’s okay.” I didn’t think I could keep going. on October 12, 2016, at the beach at
Another problem Tyler had was “We’re all human and trying to Hossegor, in France. She was walking
that she felt she had no right to feel figure it out, so there’s no need to across the sand, board under her arm,
unhappy about what others might judge anyone. We’re all just living and about to surf another round in the
see as a fortunate life. and making mistakes, and learning.” World Surf League (WSL) competition
“I kept thinking, ‘I have when, out of nowhere, she
food on my plate, a warm
bed to sleep in and people
“ I’d taken those years to learn was tackled by friend and
fellow competitor Stephanie
who love me,” she says. about me, then I was ready. ” Gilmore. “You’ve won!”
“There are kids who don’t Stephanie said, wrapping
have any of that, so why should I All that self-discovery, combined Tyler in a hug. “You’ve already won!”
complain?’ But I came to understand with the death of a beloved uncle With one more round to go, Tyler’s
speaking about your emotional issues and the hard yards of her brother’s lead was unassailable – she was
doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful. convalescence, also led Tyler to realise already the World Champion. Even so,
Sometimes you struggle. It’s important she did want a career in surfing and, Tyler went on to surf the final round
to have conversations about how you’re more than that, she wanted to win in Maui, where she finished in style,
feeling and not get alienated. And it’s the World Championship. taking out her fifth title of the year.
made me more grateful. I see that “I’d taken those few years to learn Her 72,500 points tally was the highest
everyone doesn’t get to experience about me and then I was ready to go in WSL tour history. She was both the
what I’ve had in terms of family and back to my sport again,” she explains. champion and a record breaker. AWW
loyalty, and balance and learning, “I realised I could do both, surf and If you need emotional support or advice,
coming from a community like mine. compete, and have a balanced life.” phone Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Anderson Cooper and
Gloria Vanderbilt
A mother and son on
love loss
Anderson
Cooper and
Gloria
Vanderbilt
share a
reflective
moment in her
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artist’s studio.
[ Exclusive extract ]
The famous mother and

son discuss the most
devastating moment of
their lives in a poignant
and powerful extract
from their new book.
H
e’s one of America’s and her work as a fashion designer
best-known TV news of bottom-hugging jeans prompted
anchors, she’s the “poor headlines of their own. Into all this
little rich girl” heiress came brothers Anderson and Carter,
whose father died Gloria’s beautiful sons by Wyatt
when she was 15 months old in 1925. Cooper, the only husband she was
During the 1930s, Gloria Vanderbilt truly happy with, who died when
was caught in a bitter custody battle he was just 50.
launched by her aunt, who wanted to In a wonderful book, The Rainbow
save her niece from the notorious life Comes and Goes, Anderson Cooper
of her beautiful party-loving mother. swaps email missives with his elderly
Gloria ended up being handed over to mother, desperate to understand this
Aunt Gertrude’s care in the “trial of complex lady in her 10th decade. In
the century”, a move which scarred The Weekly’s exclusive extract, mother
her childhood and thrust her into a and son discuss for the first time the
ghastly spotlight. As an adult, Gloria’s most painful shared moment in their
liaisons with Howard Hughes and lives, when Anderson lost his brother,
Frank Sinatra, her four marriages Carter, and Gloria lost her son. »

A life in the spotlight she has been an actress, an artist, a mystery. Her parents and grandparents
My mother comes from a vanished designer and a writer; she’s made died before I was born, and I knew
world, a place and a time that no fortunes, lost them and made them little about the tumultuous events of
longer exist. I have always thought back again. She has survived abuse, her childhood, or of the years before
of her as a visitor stranded here, an the loss of her parents, the death of she met my father, the events that
emissary from a distant star that a spouse, the suicide of a son and shaped the person she had become.
burned out long ago. countless other traumas and betrayals Even as an adult, I found there was
Her name is Gloria Vanderbilt. that might have defeated someone still much I didn’t know about her.
When I was younger, I used to try without her relentless determination. We started the conversation through
to hide that fact, not because I was Though she is a survivor, she has email and continued it for most of the
ashamed of her – far from it – but none of the toughness that word following year. Her memories are
because I wanted people to get to usually carries with it. She is remarkably intimate and deeply
know me before they learned that the strongest person personal, revealing
I was her son.
Vanderbilt is a big name to carry
I know, but tough she
is not. She has never “ She is the things to me she never
said face-to-face. By
and I’ve always been glad I didn’t
have to. I like being a Cooper. It’s less
allowed herself to
develop a protective
strongest breaking down the
walls of silence that
cumbersome, less likely to produce an
awkward pause in the conversation
layer of thick skin.
She’s chosen to remain
person existed between us,
I have come to
when I’m introduced. Let’s face it, the
name Vanderbilt has history, baggage.
vulnerable, open to
new experiences and
I know. ” understand my mom
and myself in ways
Even if you don’t know the details possibilities, and because of that, she I never imagined. I know now that
of my mom’s extraordinary story, is the most youthful person I know. it’s never too late to change the
her name comes with a whole set My mom is now 92, but she has relationship you have with someone
of expectations and assumptions never looked her age and she has important in your life: a parent, a
about what she must be like. rarely felt it, either. child, a lover, a friend. All it takes is
The reality of her life, however, My father died in 1978, when a willingness to be honest.
is not what you’d imagine. I was 10; and my brother, Carter, I hope what follows will encourage
My mom has been famous for killed himself in 1988, when I was you to think about your own
longer than just about anyone else 21, so my mom is the last person relationships and perhaps help you
alive today. Her birth made headlines left from my immediate family, the start a new kind of conversation
and, for better or worse, she’s been last person alive who was close to with someone you love. After all,
in the public eye ever since. Her me when I was a child. if not now, when?
successes and failures have played When I was growing up, though,
out on a very brightly lit stage and my mom rarely talked about her life. Losing a brother and a son
she has lived many different lives; Her past was always something of a In 1988, my 23-year-old brother,
Carter, killed himself. It is still hard
for my mom and me to understand
what happened. There is not a day
that goes by that we do not think
about his life and his death.
Carter graduated from Princeton
University in 1987 with a degree in
history and was working at American
Heritage magazine when he died.
A few months before he killed
himself, he came to my mom’s
apartment dishevelled and upset.
He talked about quitting his job and
moving back home, though he had
his own apartment in the city. I was
in New York that weekend and, when
I saw him, I got worried. He had
Anderson (the boy on left) recently broken up with his girlfriend
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with his mother, brother

and seemed to have lost his usual
Carter and their father,
Wyatt Cooper, in 1972. confidence. He appeared scared, as
if his thoughts were racing.

The following week, I have learned to live with
I returned to college in it. Carter died 27 years ago.
Connecticut and Carter started There are times he comes to
seeing a therapist. He seemed me in dreams, appearing as
to snap out of whatever funk he would at the age he should
he’d been in, and I was so be now. But these are fleeting
relieved, I didn’t ask him again images that vanish as I try
about what had happened. to hold onto them. Carter
We talked occasionally on is not here.
the phone, but I didn’t see him He has no brilliant career.
again until the weekend of No loving wife he is crazy
July 4. We ran into each other about. No son named Wyatt.
by chance on the street in No daughter named Gloria.
New York and went for a I imagine you two
quick lunch together. interacting, not as you did
“The last time I saw you, as children, but today, as
I was like an animal,” he said. men. Your father is there,
I was happy he could make too. But these images fade
a joke about it and didn’t quickly, as well.
question him further. Perhaps Only you and I are left.
he wanted me to, but I didn’t. Even though I don’t get to
I wish I had. see you as much as I’d like
It was the last time I saw because you are so busy, I do
him alive. get to see you every night on
On July 22, he came to my a TV screen and what better
mom’s apartment once again. gift could a mother receive?
He appeared distracted, not to ABOVE: Gloria with sons Anderson (left) and
the degree he had been in April, but Carter in their New York apartment in 1976. ANDERSON You and I are different
enough to concern my mom, who in how we handle grief. I know, for
spent much of the day with him. are blessed with other children, you go you, it’s important to talk to people.
In the late afternoon, he took a on living to be there for them, but the I remember, in the days after Carter’s
nap and at around 7:00pm he woke loss will consume you at unexpected death, you would tell everyone who
up and walked into her bedroom. times for the rest of your life. came to the apartment what had
“What’s going on?” he said, Just yesterday, a moment clear as the happened. Reliving the horror over
seemingly disoriented. “Nothing’s day it happened flashed into my mind. and over again helped you and I was
going on,” my mom assured him. Carter, age six, at our house in glad something did, but I found it
He ran from her room and up the Southampton, jumps out of the pool, hard to talk about what I was feeling.
stairs of the duplex apartment, through exuberantly running towards me to In times of crisis, I grow silent.
my room and out onto the balcony. hug me. “Mommy, I want to marry
When my mom caught up to him, you!” he yells. GLORIA After Carter’s death,
he was sitting on the ledge 14 storeys Hundreds of treasured moments: I sensed your withdrawal, which
above the street. She tried to talk to Carter, as a teenager, coming into my continued on into the weeks that
him, begging him to come inside, but dressing room for the first time at followed, as friends came to the
he refused. A plane passed overhead 10 Gracie Square after we had just apartment hoping to bring solace
and, after looking up at it, he spun moved in, while, outside, fat flakes to our grief.
off the ledge and hung from the side of snow swirled. I lay in bed in my room unable to
of the building, his hands holding “Oh, Mom,” he said, “It’s such a stop crying, a verbal stream of details
onto the balcony. hopeful room.” pouring out, going over it, again and
After a few seconds, he let go. And it was. again, talking about how it happened.
I will remember everything about I knew you were in the apartment
GLORIA I have heard it said that him forever. somewhere, talking with others.
the greatest loss a human being can Is the pain less? No, just different. It Although, at first, I was aware of
experience is the loss of a child. This is not something you “work through”; your distance from me and upset
is true. it is not something that goes away or by it, soon the waterfall of tears
The person you were before, you fades into the landscape. It is there that kept flowing from me washed
will never be again; it doesn’t just forever and ever, inescapable until the away any awareness that you were
change you, it demolishes you. If you day you die. shutting me out. »

I wanted to die and I knew danger and fear to our lives,
that only the stream of pain and contributed to the feeling
I kept going over and over that we were somehow adrift.
and over again was what Even now, typing this out,
was keeping me alive. I feel that fear.
A month after Carter
died, you had to go back GLORIA It means the
to school. You didn’t want to world to me that you have
go, but I knew you should. come to trust me enough to
The day you left, you gave express the feelings you have
me a letter. accumulated over the years
“From now on, we are about my drinking episodes.
partners,” you’d written. I can only imagine the courage
I felt that, too. But soon after, this took. It is more than
you said to me, “Don’t drink.” brave, considering the close
It stunned me that we were relationship we now share.
not as close as I had thought, It has been 27 years since
that you were unaware that Carter’s death and despite
even though I was once again all the difficulties I have faced
besieged by grief, I would since then, I no longer have an
never have turned to drinking issue with alcohol. At 91, my
to dissolve my pain. liver and heart are healthy, as
they have been throughout
ANDERSON I did feel we my life, and instead of an
were partners and still do, alcoholic, I am a workaholic.
now more than ever. As for the years before,
What I said about drinking I am sorry for the times I
was that I couldn’t be as disappointed you as a mother.
close to you as I wanted in My flaws are rooted in things
the wake of Carter’s death that happened way back in the
if you began to drink again. beginning, as they are for most
I didn’t think you would people, and I hope that knowing
turn to alcohol immediately, ABOVE: Gloria at Carter’s funeral in 1988, me now as you do, you
but I feared you eventually would. where she was comforted by Anderson (top). understand where they came from and
If you had, it would have been can find it in your heart to forgive me.
impossible for me to remain close “Do you think Mom is an You have proved, by your life and
to you. alcoholic?” Carter once asked me what you have made of yourself, that
After Daddy died, you didn’t when we were in high school. you have triumphed over whatever
drink for several weeks and I thought I was so shocked he said that word shortcomings I may have had as
perhaps you never would again, but out loud that I didn’t know how to a mother.
then one cold winter’s day I came home respond. We had never spoken of
from school and I could tell that you it before. Each of us dealt with it So many answered questions
were drunk. Alcohol transformed you in silence. As my mom’s 92nd birthday
into another person and left me angry Your drinking made it difficult to approached, we decided to conclude
and feeling very alone. trust you. I never knew what I would this conversation we had begun one
You didn’t drink after Carter’s find when I came home from school year before. When I remember all
death, however, and I am so proud of each day. those I have lost in my life, I think of all
you for giving up alcohol altogether. I dreaded going anywhere with you, the questions I wish I had asked them,
It is strange for me to talk about this worried that you might start drinking: the things I wish I had told them. I will
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with you. For my entire childhood, on planes, at restaurants, parties. The have no such regrets with my mom.
this was something that was never person you became scared and angered And for that I am very thankful. AWW
spoken about in our house. Your me. I was never sure if you were aware
drinking, occasional and unpredictable of what you were doing. I assumed This is an edited extract from The
as it was, felt like a constant presence you were, but I didn’t know. Rainbow Comes and Goes, by Anderson
and yet it was never discussed. How The day after you’d drunk too Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper.
many silent dinners did I sit through much, it would be as if nothing had If you or someone you know needs
pretending I didn’t notice? happened. It added another element of emotional support, phone Lifeline 13 11 14.

“ I am sorry
for the times
I disappointed you
as a mother. ”
Ita Buttrose at 75
On the eve of her 75th birthday, Aussie icon Ita Buttrose talks to Larry Writer
about her media career, her tumultuous relationship with billionaire Kerry
Packer, being a grandmother and how she plans to stay fit, healthy and
a powerhouse for years to come.
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hat’s good about overseas in a Sydney Morning Herald In 1981, she joined Rupert Murdoch’s
turning 75?” fashion contest, she landed in London News Limited, which now owned the
ponders Ita Buttrose, with husband of four years Alasdair Telegraphs, and became the first
having just swept Macdonald and worked on Woman’s woman to edit a major metropolitan
into the room like Own magazine. Their first child, Kate, newspaper. She went on to become a
a summer breeze to meet The Weekly. was born in 1968, and Ita returned radio talkback host, Editor-in-Chief of
“Well,” she offers after a hard think, to the Packer fold in 1970 to again edit Fairfax’s Sun-Herald and publish her
HAIR AND MAKE-UP BY ANNALEISE SMITH. ITA WEARS CARLA ZAMPATTI TOP AND PANTS, AND HERMÈS CUFF.
“best of all,” she exults, “I’m still here!” the women’s pages of the Telegraphs. own monthly, ITA magazine, from
And three cheers for that. With In 1972, Sir Frank’s son, Kerry, 1989-94. Respected – and feared by
her milestone birthday looming on anointed Ita as founding Editor of Cleo, some – as a tough, savvy editor who
January 17, “life is just as wonderfully a glossy offering young women frank demanded the best from her staff, she
frantic as ever”. sex advice and the guilty pleasure of was made an Officer of the Order of
So what better time to reflect on what a nude male centrefold. “Our debut the British Empire in 1979, an Officer
has been, and still is, a remarkable issue sold out in two days,” she says. of the Order of Australia in 1988 and
life? In her 60 years in the media, Ita By the end of 1973, Cleo was selling a Australian of the Year in 2013.
has interviewed and written about the rip-roaring 200,000 copies a month.
world’s most fascinating people – yet “Cleo was a golden time,” says Ita, Being a grandmother
few could be as compelling as the lady one immortalised in the 2011 ABC-TV For all her plaudits, Ita says, “My
herself. Although usually too busy to mini-series Paper Giants: The Birth Of children are my greatest achievement.”
reminisce, today, for The Weekly, the Cleo. For her portrayal of Ita, Asher Long-term readers of The Weekly will
magazine that remains in her heart Keddie won AACTA and Logie awards remember Ita’s folksy tales of young
41 years after she became its youngest for nailing Ita’s distinctive walk and Kate and Ben. Today, Kate is 48 and
editor, she’s happy to make an exception. mannerisms, her never-out-of-place runs the architectural practice of her
Aged 15 in 1957, Ita joined Sir Frank honey coiffure, perfect make-up and late father, and Dr Ben Macdonald,
THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN RETOUCHED.
Packer’s Australian Consolidated Press, beguiling mix of coquettishness and 43, is an environmental scientist.
publisher of The Australian Women’s steel, but may have over-egged Ita’s lisp, “They turned out really nice adults,”
Weekly and the Daily and Sunday which is scarcely discernible in real life. says Ita. “We’re great friends. A parent
Telegraphs, paying her journalistic Then, in 1975, when Ita was 33, can’t be a friend when their child
dues as, variously, copygirl, secretary, Kerry Packer made her Editor of The is little, you’re too busy setting
cadet and reporter on The Weekly. At Australian Women’s Weekly, the most boundaries and instilling values, but
23, she was named Women’s Editor of prestigious job in magazines. when they’re older your relationship
both Telegraphs. When, in 1967, she “The Weekly is the professional changes. Kate and Ben’s dad died three
won – oh, the delicious irony – a trip love affair of my life,” Ita says. years ago and that was difficult for »

[ Interview ]
Ita Buttrose is happy with

her life. “You can’t change
what’s happened. You
have to live with your
actions. I like who I am.”
Ita celebrates
The Weekly’s ABOVE: Ita in 1958, a year after she
45th birthday in began her journalistic career. LEFT:
1978 with help Ita is a stickler for manners and
from a robot. has written a book on etiquette.
BELOW: With Kerry Packer in 1992.
Ita as The
Weekly’s
new Editor
in 1975 and
cover star
in the ’90s
(below).
ABOVE: Arriving
for a social event
in 1983. The
cute baby and
schoolgirl (left
and above left)
would grow up
to become one
of Australia’s
most influential
women (right).
them because they were close. I try to see, couldn’t hear and, like many with “I can say no if I don’t want to go out
fill that gap in their lives as best I can.” dementia, he became agitated when to dinner, I can switch on the box
Ita dotes on her five grandchildren in an unfamiliar situation,” she recalls. and wallow in a romantic movie for
– Kate has Samantha, eight, and Clare, “The nurse should have known the sixth time or a musical without
seven, and Ben is dad to Byron, eight, that. There’s such ignorance about anyone saying, ‘Ita!’ ”
Elyse, six, and Jack, four. “They’re dementia, which is the single greatest
lovely, they hug my legs and give me cause of disability in older Australians Valuable experience
kisses,” she says. “I get a buzz seeing and the second leading cause of death, Being well and truly one herself now,
in them little bits of myself and of my and there’s a huge shortage of properly Ita appreciates the challenges besetting
own children. I look at Jack, Ben’s trained carers.” older Australians. “Over-50s often
youngest, and it’s like looking at Ita wants the federal government don’t receive due respect,” she says.
Ben when he was little. I do all the to establish a national fully funded “We’re not decrepit, we’re perfectly
grandmotherly things. I take them dementia strategy. “The plight of those capable. Yet 10 per cent of companies
to movies like Ballerina and Sing, and living with dementia must be recognised won’t hire anyone over 50. They’re
I read them stories and turn up at and redressed,” she says. “We want a losing out on our experience ... When
Grandparents Day at school. I play dementia-friendly society. We should you reach 50, life holds few surprises
monsters with them and chase them ask ourselves how we’d like to be and we can provide the contingency
all over the house. I encourage them treated if we had dementia and the plans that perhaps those who haven’t
to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, and tell answer would be with respect and been there and done that cannot.”
Samantha, Clare and Elyse, ‘Remember, compassion. If we see someone who Another bugbear of seniors is dealing
diamonds are a girl’s best friend!’ ” seems confused on public transport with constant change. On a personal
Gazing into her grandchildren’s eyes or at the check-out, let’s not turn our level, Ita’s baby, Cleo, closed after 44
makes Ita melt. “They are so trusting, so back, but offer a helping hand.” years last February. While conceding
ingenuous … They still believe in Santa To boost her own chances of a that the Cleo of 2016 bore scant
and the tooth fairy! They still have their healthy old age, she eats well – “plain resemblance to the magazine she
illusions. They’ve yet to meet anyone food, lots of fish and vegies” – and founded, Ita joined former staffers
unkind. Nothing terrible has happened keeps fit. She swears by seven hours’ to mourn its demise at a wake in a
to them. Eyes are so revealing. I’ve sleep a night, though her 5am starts Woollahra hotel, in Sydney’s eastern
seen photos of children involved in on Studio 10, the Network Ten panel suburbs. “Losing Cleo was like a
BAUERSYNDICATION.COM.AU. NEWSPIX. FAIRFAX MEDIA. PERSONAL PHOTOS SUPPLIED AND USED WITH PERMISSION.
domestic violence cases and their eyes show she co-hosts, can make that a death in the family,” she says.
don’t have that trusting look.” challenge. She walks her groodle Ita waxes lyrically about the
Ita’s compassion shines through in (a golden retriever crossed with a sumptuous feel and “better than Chanel
word and deed. She’s long championed poodle), Cleo, daily and works out No.5” smell of quality magazines,
society’s sick and vulnerable, working twice weekly with neighbours at their beautiful photographs and
with the likes of the National Advisory her eastern Sydney well-written articles,
Committee on AIDS, Alzheimer’s
Australia, Macular Disease Foundation
apartment block. To
exercise her brain, “ Over-50s and shakes her head
when, nowadays, she
and Arthritis Australia, among others.
“If you’re in a position to make a
Ita reads widely and
deeply, and she writes
often don’t sees younger people
whose nose would
difference, you must try,” she says.
Her causes tend to be deeply
– the author of 11
books is currently
receive due once have buried in a
magazine such as Cleo
personal. When Kate was young,
she was stricken with a rare form of
penning her second
novel. She is an
respect. ” plugged into digital
devices instead. “Print
juvenile arthritis, so Ita offered her in-demand public speaker. She travels media is under siege, but it’s not dead
services to Arthritis Australia, and when work allows and enjoys the yet,” she says. “If publishers deliver a
her work with the National Advisory opera, ballet, theatre and musicals – quality publication with subject matter
Committee on AIDS was spurred by “I love musicals!” vital to readers that they can’t get
the deaths of gay friends. Ita has not been in a serious elsewhere, brilliant writing, design
Ita’s father, Charles’, health travails relationship since her second marriage, and photography, people will buy it.”
were the catalyst for her dementia and to businessman Peter Sawyer, ended Circulations have fallen not just
macular disease crusades. In 1999, the after two years in 1981. “I don’t feel because of competition from the
year he died, aged 89, Charles was sorry for myself,” she once told The internet, she says, “but because too
hospitalised with Alzheimer’s, macular Weekly. “You can’t just go out on the many magazines are a load of rubbish”.
degeneration and deafness. When a street and lasso a bloke. If it’s not She refuses to be like many of her
nurse complained to Ita that her father meant to be, I accept it’s not meant to older friends who turn their back on
was aggressive and ignored her, “I very be.” While she admits to occasional technology, preferring life as it was.
gently pointed out that Dad couldn’t loneliness, she revels in singledom. “Technology is creating an amazing »

world,” she says. “Kate was and be competitive”) the
born on Christmas Eve 1968, ultimate compliment. “She’s
in London, and we couldn’t a good sport,” says John
phone home because all the Fordham, founder of celebrity
telephone lines were booked management organisation
out. Now, we can contact The Fordham Company.
family and friends whenever “Ita is earthy, smart, tells a
we like. And the internet offers great yarn, has been known
an astonishing amount of to drink beer out of a bottle
information. It’s a fallacy that and is loyal. She’s the queen
technology is too complex for of pick and stick.”
older people to understand.” Yet, in this, the land of the
Another cross those getting Tall Poppy Syndrome, not
on in years must bear is the everyone’s a fan. Ita has been
death of loved ones and stalked, sent threatening
contemporaries. Ita has letters and abused by strangers
lost her parents, her brother for supporting AIDS victims.
Will, her Aunty Billy, her first “It comes with the territory,”
husband, Alasdair, cherished she sighs. When her late
confidantes Marj McGowen brother Will’s son, Richard
and Nan Musgrove, Kerry Buttrose, now 44, was jailed
Packer and more. She grows in 2010 for dealing cocaine
wistful. “I’ve been thinking of those and Will’s daughter Lizzie, 47, got into
“ I’ve had highs
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I’ve loved who are no longer here and strife last year, reporters salaciously
there are a lot,” she says. “Yet no one and unfairly name-checked Ita in
ever really dies until every person who and lows. Not their reports. “The link is somewhat
remembers them has died. They’re still
part of my tapestry. The things we did,
eveything in life tenuous I feel!” she says. “I’m their
aunt and we share a name, but my
the memories I have. I wouldn’t be me
without them.”
pans out. ” nephew and niece are adults who’ve
made their own decisions and must
Kerry was a towering presence in Ita’s Cleo was Kerry’s first triumph and face the consequences. Which is not
life and memories of their relationship after its success, his old man [Sir Frank to say that I don’t love Richard and
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evoke both joy and sadness. Joy because Packer] stopped calling him an idiot.” Lizzie. I do. I promised Will I’d look
“we were great friends, we energised Cleo gave Ita the courage to buck out for them. Family is family.”
each other. Kerry was a force of nature, tradition and modernise The Weekly Like many beautiful, successful
a giant presence. He was unique.” when she became Editor in 1975. In women, Ita has been a gossip-magnet.
Sadness “because he died so young.” came features on women’s rights, sex, Inevitably, given their close working
Ita says Kerry was portrayed unfairly work-life balance, politics, the Pill and relationship and Kerry Packer’s furious
in Paper Giants. “Sure, he had a short other once-taboo topics to bolster its reaction when Ita left for News
fuse and a foul temper,” she says, “but tried-and-true menu of royalty, beauty, Limited, scuttlebutt had it that they
he didn’t spend his whole life shouting cooking, fashion and the like. In her were romantically involved. Scuttlebutt
at people. Mostly, he was friendly and Weekly heyday, Ita’s column and bubbly that Ita refuses to dignify with a
happy, and very funny and because of TV adverts established her as a national response, except to say that “my
his sheltered upbringing lovably naive.” icon. Women loved her because they felt private life is exactly that, private”.
Kerry would pull up a chair in Ita’s she understood them and cared, while She and Kerry made a pact that neither
office, light a cigarette and contribute Jimmy Barnes spoke for many men would talk about their deep friendship.
when she and her staff compared the when, in Cold Chisel’s 1980 hit Ita, Ita never has and vows she never will.
attributes of centrefold aspirants and he sang that while in her TV ads “the She has led a bold life, one of striving
dreamed up articles on sex aids and desktop hides her hips, my imagination’s to be the best, taking chances, giving
20 ways to turn your man on. strong”, she was the sweetest thing 100 per cent, hanging tough. “I’ve
“Kerry took a chance on me when he’d ever seen and he’d like to take had highs and lows,” Ita says. “Not
we started Cleo,” says Ita. “He her out to dinner even if he risked everything in work and relationships
supported my decisions when people blowing his dream date by holding and life pans out, but disappointment
said we’d fail. Well, we didn’t. He his fork “all wrong”. Ita’s “cool” and sadness pass … and then, usually,
understood that we were good at what rating with Kate and Ben soared. something wonderful happens. And
we did and gave us the freedom to Male friends pay Ita (whose brothers, suddenly here I am, a happy 75 years
take risks and make publishing history. she laughs, “taught me to speak Bloke of age – and I’m not finished yet!” AWW

Ita, with her
dog Cleo, in
the grounds of
Vaucluse House,
Sydney, where
she has many
happy childhood
memories.
[ True crime ]
Mass murder in the Outback

“Please don’t
let him out ”
Bernadette Schiller was at
a pub with friends when a
truck deliberately crashed
into it, killing five people.
Three decades on, she
recounts that terrifying
night and how she is
fighting for the driver to
remain behind bars, writes
Trevor Paddenburg.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT HAWKINS. STYLING BY ADELE FROST. HAIR AND

MAKE-UP BY MARIA RIVERA. WITH THANKS TO THE OXENFORD TAVERN,
QUEENSLAND. THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN RETOUCHED. NEWSPIX.
OPPOSITE: Survivor Bernadette Schiller at her local, the Oxenford Tavern, Queensland.
In 1983, she was at the Inland Hotel at Uluru in the Northern Territory when Douglas
Crabbe (top) smashed his 20-tonne truck into it (above), leaving a trail of destruction.

FAR LEFT: Bernadette
(centre) with friends not
long before the killings.
LEFT: With her sister,
Jane, who was on a date
the night of August 18,
so missed the tragedy.
B
ernadette Schiller was RIGHT:
choosing a song at the Bernadette
jukebox when she glanced (standing at
left) visiting
out the window of Uluru’s
friends Wendy
Inland Hotel during a Haren (left on
night out with friends – and what the bed) and
she saw made her blood run cold. Beth Freeman
“I just saw the headlights of in hospital.
PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED BY BERNADETTE SCHILLER AND USED WITH PERMISSION. COURTESY OF NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA.
a truck, coming full speed at the They were
two of the
pub,” Bernadette recalls.
16 injured.
“I didn’t even have time to react.
It just crashed through the place.
“I was thrown to the floor and “We’re all really close, we’re there the possibility of release, but was later
I remember the wheels were for each other. My kids have kept given a 30-year non-parole period by
millimetres from me. I was in the me sane. They’re just fantastic,” the Northern Territory Supreme Court
foetal position, trying to get away says Bernadette. when the territory’s “life means life”
from the wheels. The noise was For more than three decades, she legislation was repealed in 2004.
unbelievable and people screaming. did not speak publicly about the mass The killer truckie was then moved
It was just awful. After all these years, murder, but now the proud mum is to Western Australia on compassionate
it is still so fresh in my mind.” confronting her past and joined calls grounds to be close to his Perth-based
The date was August 18, 1983, for the killer to be kept behind bars. family. The WA Prisoners Review
and five people were killed and That man is Douglas Crabbe, who Board has recommended Crabbe
16 seriously injured when a crazed went on his rampage at the Inland now be released and it is up to the
truckie deliberately drove into the Hotel after being state’s Attorney-
popular watering hole. It is a crime
that, to this day, ranks as one of
refused service at
the bar, being “ I got hit by the General, Michael
Mischin, to
Australia’s worse mass murders.
Bernadette was just 20 at the time
restrained by a
group of men and
bull bar and decide if he
will walk free,
and among the dead were two friends
with whom she was out enjoying
then evicted for
his behaviour.
thrown away. ” but his office
confirmed a
a drink. For 34 years, she has lived Now aged 67, he is serving a life decision is yet to be made.
with the trauma of what she saw sentence in Perth’s Acacia Prison for Another survivor, Lydia Hannah,
that night and the scars – mental the five murders, after being convicted who lost four friends in the Inland
and physical – that the horrific of driving his 20-tonne Mack truck Hotel massacre and was lucky to
experience left her with. through the brick wall of the Inland survive the injuries she suffered,
Yet hers is also a story of courage, Hotel and then fleeing the scene has been a vocal campaigner for
inner strength and overcoming on foot. Crabbe to remain behind bars.
adversity. Now aged 53, she enjoys Crabbe offered no reason for his Now Bernadette is speaking out to
an incredibly loving relationship with horrific crime and at his trial he said demand the same, fearing the truckie’s
her three adult children – Stacey, 28, he could not remember his actions. violent tendencies will be with him for
Ashley, 25, and Matthew, 23 – who Initially, he was sentenced to five life and that he could kill again. “This
all live in the family home. consecutive life sentences without was a man who could drive his truck

through a pub, step down out of his out and used it to stop the bleeding. bruised black and blue from shoulder
truck, step over one of the bodies and I asked if there was anything else I to ankle from where the bull bar hit
laugh,” she said. could do and he just said, ‘My wife me. I’ve had surgery and I’m dealing
… my wife’s dead’.” with a lot of back pain to this day.
Like a bomb blast The man was Ronald Slinn, a And that’s just the physical stuff,”
Bernadette was a free-spirited 20-year- building manager from Yulara, who she says.
old when she moved from her parents’ later told the Northern Territory court “It happened more than 30 years
banana farm in northern NSW to find he was hit by the truck and his left leg ago, but it has been a never-ending
work and adventure in the Northern was caught under the front axle. He nightmare. I still have flashbacks.
Territory. In photos taken just weeks I don’t sleep. I’ve only now started
before the murders, she is laughing to get some counselling for it, which
with friends and appears without a is why I can talk about it. I’ve never,
care in the world. ever spoken about it, I don’t even tell
Yet all that changed when she people about it.
decided to have a casual drink at “Every truck I see is Crabbe. Every
“the Inland” with friends, after she loud noise I hear triggers a flashback.
had finished her shift at the nearby The pain of that night has never
Uluru Motel, where she had worked stopped for me or, I am sure, the other
for eight months. victims who survived. We are left in
As Bernadette recounts what she our own hell. I have never slept an
saw and felt that night, it is easy to entire night in 30 years without
see why she wants Crabbe to remain waking up with nightmares.”
locked up. “When the truck hit, it was Crabbe had driven a truck since
seriously like a bomb going off. I got the age of 14, the court was told,
hit by the bull bar and thrown away. and in 1983, aged 34, he appeared
I had brain matter on my clothes,” on a downward spiral into violence.
she says. In February, he was arrested and
“I can recall every detail of that charged for assaulting youths at a
night – smells, sounds, terror and petrol station near Tennant Creek.
the image of my friends’ Then, in March, he went
brain matter on me will to a country and western
be with me forever.” event in Curtin Springs,
The destruction was where he was involved in
phenomenal. The truck two brawls. Five months
penetrated the pub for the later, he would kill five
entire length of one trailer. people at the Inland Hotel.
The embedded vehicle Bernadette had
was the only thing seen Crabbe’s violent
holding up the roof. tendencies first-hand. He
About 50 people were made weekly deliveries to
inside at the time. Four of the Uluru Motel, where
the victims died instantly, she worked. “Sometimes,
while the fifth passed he was friendly and nice,
away in hospital in Alice other times, he would
Springs soon after. get this look in his eyes,
When the dust settled which would scare the
and amid the screams living daylights out of
of agony, Bernadette me,” Bernadette recalls.
discovered her friends, David Seng, managed to drag himself free to find “Sometimes, he’d have a temper
24, and Adrian Durin, 21, had been his 45-year-old wife, Patricia, dead tantrum when he was unloading his
killed on impact. And they weren’t nearby. Also lying dead was Helen truck. He had a filthy temper. Often,
the only ones. Fuller, 22, while Leslie McKay-Ramsey, when he talked to you, it would be
“I’d been talking to an older couple 35, would die later of her injuries. about pretty disgusting stuff – really
during the night and after the truck Bernadette was one of the lucky strong sexual overtones – which
came through, I saw the man. He had ones, but she was not without wounds would always upset me.
a cut on his head and I remember of her own. “I had broken ribs. I “He was intimidating, because he
I had a pad in my bag and I took it urinated blood for six months. I was was so strong as well. He would »

LEFT: Bernadette with her supportive
children, Ashley, Matthew and Stacey.
original sentence. For the five people

he killed, the time he’s served works
out to be six-and-a-half years [in jail]
per person. And that’s not even taking
into account the injuries he caused,”
she says.
In the wake of the 1983 murders,
Bernadette returned to her parents’
home to recover. For two years, she
felt too traumatised to work.
“Eventually, I got a job on a farm
and then at a supermarket, but one
day, a metal beam collapsed behind
the shop I was working at and the
noise triggered a major flashback,”
Bernadette recalls.
“Any loud noise just takes me
back to that night. People treated
me like I was crazy and I ended up
losing my job.”
Yet Bernadette soldiered on and
was determined to put the Uluru
ordeal behind her, becoming a mother
and settling down on the Gold Coast,
which has been home since 2000. She
swing himself with one arm on the to spend his remaining years as a free was married for 23 years to a police
back of his road train. He would man and live in Perth with his family, officer and, although their relationship
unload everything himself. He had including his elderly mother, Thelma, ended seven years ago, her three
superhuman strength.” and his 10 grandchildren. children are her world.
The mother-of-three also says part Yet Douglas Crabbe’s victims deny Now, as the Crabbe case makes
of her ongoing anguish is a feeling she the crime was a spur of the moment fit headlines once again and she lobbies
may have contributed to Crabbe’s of rage, a fact confirmed in his murder the WA government and Attorney-
rage, after she rebuffed his advances trial, when the court heard that after General’s office, she admits the
at the Inland Hotel that night. he was ejected from the Inland Hotel, memories have returned in full-force,
“He’d pinched me on the bum. He the truckie walked about 500 metres accompanied by “horrible dreams
was scaring the hell out of me and to his parked truck, drove it to the of that night in 1983”.
being really disgusting. I told him to nearby Uluru Motel, unhitched one However, Bernadette believes it
‘f*** off’. It was the first time I’d of the two is a duty she has
said that to someone,” she says.
“Straight after that, he was behind
trailers, then
drove it back to “ If he’s ever to see through.
“Crabbe might
the bar helping himself to a drink and
then he took a swing at the barman …
the Inland Hotel.
“It was
released, he will be saying he’s
rehabilitated, but
and soon after that he came back and
drove his truck through the place. For
premeditated and
not a split second
do it again. ” I absolutely do
not believe that.
years, I have felt guilty – is that what mistake,” Bernadette says. “That People with a temper like that don’t
set him off?” makes it cold-blooded murder. Crabbe change. That’s why I firmly believe,
had plenty of time to think about if he’s ever released, he will do it
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT HAWKINS.
Cold-blooded killer what he was doing on the night. He again,” she says.
The killer truckie’s Perth-based son, knew exactly what he was doing.” “His victims were all young and still
Anthony Crabbe, who also drives She also says that Crabbe does had their whole lives ahead of them.
a truck for a living and wants to see not deserve to spend his last years They were all too young to die. But he
his father released from prison, says with his grandchildren, after depriving didn’t give them the chance to have a
the crime was a spur of the moment his five victims of ever meeting the life. That’s why I’m speaking out now
decision. He has petitioned Attorney- grandchildren they might have had. – because they can’t,” she says.
General Mischin to allow his father “I believe he deserves to serve his “Please don’t let him out.” AWW

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Thailand’s royal feud
Thailand’s royal family is in turmoil after the recent death of King Bhumibol
Adulyadej. With his unpopular playboy son Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn
anointed as the next King, many are speculating whether he could spell
the end of the monarchy, writes William Langley.
L
ate at night, in the moist, spicy heart embarrassments which, with his death on
of Bangkok, Thailand’s feuding royal October 13, now appear impossible to contain.
family gathered around the bedside of “The royal family is facing serious difficulties,”
the ailing 88-year-old King Bhumibol says Andrew MacGregor Marshall, author of a
Adulyadej. Outside, a crowd of recent book about Thailand which was banned
well-wishers chanted prayers for the long-serving by the country’s military government. “Their
ruler’s soul, but his heirs and their hard-nosed support is not as strong as it looks and there
courtiers had more earthly matters to consider. is a lot of turmoil beneath the surface.”
Such as who should be taking over, what would Foremost in the firing line is the Australian-
become of the family’s colossal fortune and ABOVE: educated Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn,
whether the 800-year-old monarchy could survive Then Crown 64, a clownish playboy and prodigious womaniser,
the fall-out from the old King’s death. Prince Maha who ascended to the throne on December 1. Many
Vajiralongkorn on
Bhumibol had been on the throne for so long Thais feel he should have been disqualified from
a lavish royal
– an astonishing 70 years – hardly anyone in barge during a
the succession – not least because he seems to
Thailand had ever known or could imagine life ceremony in 2012 prefer living almost anywhere but Thailand.
without him. Yet his cultish popularity concealed to mark the King’s For the past year, thrice-married Maha’s
an unsightly backlog of scandals, follies and 85th birthday. favoured location has been 9000km away in

[ Royals ]
southern Germany, where he shares a magnificent ABOVE: A blanket to fray in 2007 when a shocking video emerged
of flowers from
lakeside villa near the sleepy village of Tutzing of the Crown Prince’s third wife, Princess Srirasmi,
his mourning
with a 35-year-old former airline stewardess, Nui subjects flanks a
naked but for a black thong, kneeling before Foo
Suthida. Local real estate broker Andreas Botas portrait of the late Foo singing “Happy Birthday”. Allegedly leaked
recently told a German newspaper that Maha King Bhumibol by the Crown Prince’s enemies, the video was
had turned up at his offices in a white Porsche in Bangkok. immediately denounced by the court as a forgery,
convertible, wearing tight jeans and a midriff- but to ordinary Thais it confirmed the worst fears
baring T-shirt, asked to see the vacant villa and about their king-in-waiting. Srirasmi, a former
paid $20 million in cash for it. cocktail waitress, was later divorced by Maha, with
“There were about 20 people following after whom she had a son, and stripped of royal titles.
him in eight minibuses,” says Andreas. “But he Thais tend to have a relaxed approach to sex,
was very polite and not at all pretentious.” but a tougher one towards double standards.
Maha’s reputation for eccentric behaviour was Some years ago, Maha was treated to an
already well-established. In unprecedented dressing
2007, it was revealed he
had made his pet poodle,
“ There is a lot of turmoil down by his mother,
Queen Sirikit, who
Foo Foo, an Air Chief
Marshal in the Thai Air
beneath the surface. ” likened him to Don Juan,
the legendary Spanish
Force. A leaked diplomatic cable from Ralph seducer, saying, “Women find him interesting
Boyce, the US Ambassador to Thailand, described and he finds them even more interesting … If
Foo Foo attending a state dinner, “in full formal the people of Thailand do not approve of the
attire, complete with white paw mitts”. When the behaviour of my son, then he would either have
dog died in 2015, Maha ordered four days of to change, or resign from the royal family.”
ALAMY. GETTY IMAGES.
national mourning. The Queen later declined, apparently on moral

As long as the deity-like Bhumibol was alive and grounds, to attend Maha’s second marriage.
Maha, who has spent the bulk of his life in Europe Yet one of Thailand’s greatest royal scandals
and the US, was off the scene, most Thais felt able arose from the Queen’s own barely concealed
to tolerate his erratic antics. Their patience began infatuation with her military aide, Colonel »

Narongdej Nanda-photidej, in the mid-1980ss. homes have a portrait of the King on display.
Embarrassed and distressed, the King arrangeed Huge billboards showing the monarch dominate
to have Narongdej posted to the US, where he city squares and the royal anthem is played each
died a few months later, aged 38, supposedly morning and evening in public places, where
of a heart attack. The suspicion he was passers-by are expected to sing along.
murdered has never gone away. The doubts about Maha’s merits go beyond a
The Queen’s grief was reportedly so sceptical, if outwardly deferential, public. “Much
intense, she suffered a breakdown and her of the aristocracy and the elite class are opposed
marriage never recovered. While Sirikit and to him,” says Andrew Marshall. “They know that
Bhumibol remained a couple, they lived he
h isi hea
h adstrong and a bit crazy, but their real
separate lives. The Queen, now 84 and in worry is that they might not be able to control
poor health, has barely been seen publicly him in tthe way they controlled the old King.”
in recent years. Parttly because of the lèse majesté laws,
Whatever the unseemliness of royal the inner workings of the Thai court are
behaviour, little of it is discussed in public. extraordinarily hard to unravel, even for
Thailand’s 67 million people are aware of expperts. According to US journalist Paul
the perils of criticising their royal family. Handley, who worked for several years in
A law of lèse majesté – an antiquated term Ban ngkok, “The palace lives on gossip and
meaning “injured majesty” – imposes severe rummour. In the early 1990s, for example,
penalties for any behaviour deemed insulting therre were stories the King drove around
to the monarchy. Thais have been prosecuted incoognito to experience the hell of
under the law for reasons such as “liking” a Bangkok’s traffic. Everyone heard the
Facebook site critical of the King, ories and everyone believed the King
sto
ALAMY. GETTY IMAGES. NEW YORK TIMES/HEADPRESS. PICTURE MEDIA.

singing satirical songs about the w
was suffering just like they were. No one
royals and posting images of the I met ever had first-hand information on
King’s dog online which were seen as this, it was just rumour that benefited
critical of the monarch. Nor are the monarchy. There are countless
foreigners exempt. In January 2009, examples like this, which shape the
Australian former hotel concierge image – and image is crucial.”
Harry Nicolaides, 41, was jailed for Yet it is no secret that the doubts
three years after being accused of abbout Maha are shared by many of his
insulting the royal family in a brief fello
ow royals. Even his father, Bhumibol,
passage of an obscure novel he had appears to have agonised over whether to give
written. Harry was released one his son the top job. “The Crown Prince was a
month later, after pressure from the FROM TOP: huge disappointment to the King,” says Andrew
Princesses
Australian government. The details of most Marshall, “and he tried several tactics to make
Sirindhorn,
cases remain unknown, as the Thai media feel Ubolratana and
him shape up. He restricted his money to stop him
constrained from publishing the allegations. Chulabhorn are partying. He even suggested that if the Prince
The image of the monarch is everywhere. vying for power didn’t improve, he’d break tradition and give the
Virtually all shops, bars, restaurants and most and influence. throne to his daughter, Princess Sirindhorn. But it

was all a game. He thought his son would be a FROM FAR LEFT: businessman Peter Jensen in 1972, and now
poor king, but he was a conservative man and The royal family at works as a film actress. After her divorce in 1998,
their residence in
he thought a man should succeed him.” Ubolratana returned to Thailand to rebuild her
Berkshire, UK, in
The record suggests the King made a mistake. 1966; then Crown royal power-base. Also hovering is fearsomely
Known as “Phra Thep” – Princess Angel – Prince Maha, smart Princess Chulabhorn, 59, the king’s
Sirindhorn, 61, is the opposite of her high-living dressed in a crop youngest child, a scientist, who reportedly
brother. Unglamorous, hard-working, scandal- top, arrives at believes the royal family should be like its
free and wildly popular with the public, she has Munich Airport Western counterparts.
never married or had children and has devoted with his mistress, An entire year of mourning has been declared
Nui Suthida, and a
her life to good causes. Her relations with her for King Bhumibol, during which time Thais are
poodle; his luxury
brother are strained and in the aftermath of their villa in Tutzing, expected to wear black and refrain from any kind
father’s death, she seized control of the funeral Germany; Maha of “boisterous behaviour”. Tourists have been
arrangements, fearing the Crown Prince might holding his warned that festivals and concerts are likely to
play down Bhumibol’s legacy. mother’s hand be cancelled, and are urged not to cause offence.
Her plan is to build an enormous shrine to the flanked by his two On government orders, TV schedules have been
sisters in 2010.
old King, which observers believe will also serve scrapped indefinitely, with networks expected to
BELOW: Maha is
as a reminder of Maha’s shortcomings. “If you greeted by Queen
concentrate almost entirely on broadcasting
were allowed to hold polls on such things,” says Elizabeth II during tributes to the late King.
a seasoned Bangkok hand, “you certainly find a her Diamond The newly anointed King Maha Vajiralongkorn
majority of the public preferring Sirindhorn taking Jubilee in 2012. Bodindradebayavarangkun, to be known as King
over. The off-the-record steer Rama X, will not be crowned
you get from the Palace is
Maha will grow into the job,
“ He’s 64 and just gets until after his late father’s
cremation in October 2017.
but who is going to believe
that? He’s 64 and just gets
more immature. ” This leaves time to sort out
his family’s tangled affairs.
more immature.” With an estimated fortune of more than
Sirindhorn is also known as a shrewd $40 billion, the Thai monarchy is the
political operator, with close links both world’s wealthiest. Their assets include
to the military junta, which seized power swathes of Bangkok real estate, hotels, a
two years ago, and to various opposition bank, an international equity portfolio
groups. Foreign analysts have suggested and the Golden Jubilee Diamond – the
she would be the ideal candidate to guide world’s largest – given to Bhumibol to
Thailand back to democracy, but since the mark his 50th year on the throne. Yet the
junta is in no hurry for this to happen, riches are locked into a structure known
the Crown Prince – for now – enjoys the as the Crown Property Bureau and no
approval of the military. one seems sure who truly controls it.
If not the approval of his family. Among If the Crown Prince is to square his
the siblings jostling for advantage are the squabbling siblings and their allies, he
King’s eldest child, Princess Ubolratana will have to be generous. And more
Rajakanya, 65, who married American careful about the company he keeps. AWW

Tracks
of our
tears
It was the worst rail disaster in
Australian history and, 40 years
on, Melissa Field discovers that
Granville still weighs heavily in the
hearts of survivors and rescuers. The scene of devastation on January 18, 1977.
[ Real life ]
FROM FAR LEFT: One of the first

ambulance officers on the scene,
Barry Gobbe, David Ward, who lost
two sisters in the disaster, and nurse
Margaret Warby, who helped the
injured and the dying at Granville.
A
s she waved off her known). “How can you explain sake of her surviving children. Her
excited daughters, losing four members of your family? I third daughter, Janet, was then six
Helen and Rosie, on eventually started saying, ‘Just imagine and today lives close to Wendy in
that fiercely hot January you’ve lost a leg. You’ll never, ever get Hobart. Her son, David, was almost
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK CUBBIN. THESE IMAGES HAVE BEEN RETOUCHED. INSET: NEWSPIX.
morning, the then the real thing back. Now, imagine that, five. Wendy’s rightly proud of the fact
34-year-old Wendy Ward had no idea but far worse.’ It’s been a torment.” that, despite her overwhelming grief,
that it would be the last time she’d These days, British-born Wendy lives in the subsequent years, she managed
ever see her pretty blonde eldest girls alone in the gentle climes of Kingston, to put herself through TAFE to get her
alive. Elizabeth, known by her middle Tasmania. She is divorced from Ken Higher School Certificate, then uni for
name Helen, 11, and Rosie, eight, Ward, the father of her four children, a degree in psychology and philosophy.
perished in the Granville train disaster. and while life has gone on, it hasn’t “I was born during the Second World
The girls were found by rescuers being been easy. She’s battled breast cancer War,” says Wendy today. “I grew up
protectively sheltered by their grandad, twice and been diagnosed with gritting my teeth and just getting on
Walter “Vic” Miles, and their step- Parkinson’s disease. She directly with things. There was no such thing
grandmother, Marjory “Madge” Miles. attributes her first cancer diagnosis in as ‘counselling’.”
Wendy’s life and those of countless part to the anguish and stress caused Even so, six months after the
others were irrevocably altered at by the disaster. “Granville has tainted disaster, the realisation struck her that
8.10am on January 18, 1977, when everything,” she says. “I think the stress she’d lost her dad and step-mum, too.
a train from the Blue Mountains to of having to keep myself together and “I’d been so wrapped up in losing the
Sydney’s Central Station derailed and keep doing what the world expected girls, I didn’t have space to grieve for
was then crushed by Granville’s of me – regardless of how I felt – my dad, Vic, and Madge until later,”
collapsing Bold Street Bridge. undoubtedly affected my health.” she recalls. “I also agonised for years
“People say to me, ‘What’s it like, After the disaster – few associated over whether to say I had four children
living with Granville?’” says 74-year with Granville will ever refer to it as if I was asked – or two. That’s still
-old Wendy Miles (as she’s now an accident – Wendy carried on for the hard sometimes.” »

Wendy’s youngest additional concrete added
surviving child, David, is during construction to
now 44. He says Granville make its surface level with
has had a profound effect. the road significantly
“For most of my life, increased its weight.
people said, ‘You must However, Barry Gobbe,
have been too young to now 70, who was one of
understand’, but that the first ambulance officers
infuriates me because it’s on the scene, believes
like saying it didn’t affect poor maintenance of the
me as much. I knew what train’s wheels was also
was going on,” recalls the a significant cause. He’s
Canberra-based dad of two documented the compelling
today. “I remember the evidence and his findings
morning itself like it was in his definitive book,
yesterday. I threw a hissy fit Revisiting The Granville
because my big sisters were Train Disaster Of 1977.
going on an outing with “The frustration of the
Grandad and Madge, and day stays with me,” he
I wasn’t. My next memory says. “Not being able to
is coming down the hallway do anything for the two
at home on the morning WENDY MILES, who lost her two daughters carriages of dead people
after and seeing Mum and Helen and Rosie (right) also had to deal with I came across. It was so
Dad crying on the couch. the death of her father and step-mother. quiet, apart from the
I asked, ‘What’s wrong? It’s sound of splintering
the girls isn’t it? They didn’t come – came crashing down. The rear half wood and the creaking of the settling
home.’ Then Mum pulled me over of the third wooden carriage and the bridge. That and the fact that I’ve
for a cuddle.” front half of the fourth were flattened. since learned that not only was it the
David says the disaster’s ripple Ultimately, the catastrophe claimed worst rail disaster in our history, it
effects are ongoing. “I’m pretty 83 passengers and injured 213 others. was also the worst preventable rail
screwed up over it,” he admits. “I’ve The initial judicial enquiry found the disaster. Even now, when I talk about
suffered with depression and I always primary cause of the derailment was it, I sometimes burst into tears.”
feel like I have to make everybody else “the very unsatisfactory condition of Granville has been with Tina
happy and okay, or things are going the permanent way, being the poor Morgan, 54 – one of the youngest
to go really bad. For the longest time, fastening of the track, causing the survivors – all her life, too. Aged
I felt guilty that I wasn’t on the train track to spread and allowing the left 14 in 1977, Tina was visiting her
instead of my sisters, or that I didn’t front wheel of the locomotive to come grandmother in Penrith from the
stop them from leaving the house.” off the rail.” That the bridge had had Gold Coast. She was due to travel
Few Australians alive at the time can home two days later.
forget the shock of the disaster. Just
over two years after the devastation
“ Even now On January 18, she was on her
own in the third carriage, making
of Cyclone Tracy in 1974, the fact that when I talk about her way to Sydney to meet her uncle
Granville was preventable made the
scale of the tragedy more painful.
it, I sometimes for a day’s sightseeing. She never
made the rendezvous. The crash left
The crowded eight-carriage 6.09am burst into tears. ” her with fractures, facial injuries,
“red rattler” had departed Mount an impalement wound, lacerations
Victoria in the Blue Mountains and BARRY GOBBE, now and in 1977, is still and burns. She was pulled from the
haunted by the suffering he witnessed.
was almost at Granville station, in wreckage six hours after impact and
Sydney’s west, when locomotive 4620 spent two months in Royal North
derailed and toppled the first and Shore Hospital recovering – a time
second carriages at approximately that inspired her to pursue a career
8.10am, hitting a row of supports in nursing. “Forty years have gone
holding up the Bold Street Bridge by, but I still get flashbacks,” says the
overhead. Seconds later, the mum of two. “A few weeks ago, a tow
compromised steel-and-concrete truck slammed into the house behind
bridge, weighing an estimated 570 me. The screech of the brakes and the
tonnes – and the cars on the bridge crashing noises brought the memories

Emergency services
flooding back, so I
personnel pay their
had to ring another respects at The
Granville survivor Day of the Roses
to discuss it.” ceremony in 2008.
The recent
Dreamworld The 40th
tragedy triggered anniversary
Tina’s anguish, ceremony in 2017
too, and she says will be particularly
she can’t watch sombre.
accidents or “For the first
disasters, even time, the relatives
fictional, on TV. “I also count train bravery whether as a civilian or will be able to throw roses – donated
carriages – I never travel in the third member of the military. “I got the each year by a local florist – directly
one,” she admits. In an eerie thread 11th one in the world,’ says Margaret. onto the left-hand, Parramatta side
that connects Tina to the Ward family, “But six years ago, my home was of the track where the crash actually
she noticed Helen and Rosie giggling robbed and the medal was stolen. happened,” explains Barry Gobbe,
and playing with a doll on the train. That annoyed me. I haven’t dwelt on who is closely involved in organising
Tina struck up a conversation with the it, though. ‘Get on with it,’ my father the family-focused ceremony. “That’s
girls about their doll, their shared love used to say – that’s what I’ve done.” been especially important to some
of ponies and the then popular Bug survivors and family members.”
Catcher toy as the red rattler clattered Day of the Roses Another wrong is being righted, also.
down the line. “I only found out 10 A small positive to come out of The 13 incorrectly spelt names on
years ago, when I began researching Granville is that many survivors the granite memorial stone are being
the victims, that they’d died. I was and those involved are increasingly corrected with the assistance of
gutted. I’d assumed they’d be alright. connecting today. Thanks to NSW Transport Minister Andrew
I’ll never forget them,” says Tina. Facebook, there is now an active Constance’s office and Sydney Trains.
survivors support group online. “Those spelling mistakes have been
Frontline of a tragedy Members meet for semi-regular lunches a source of upset for the families
Despite the horror of the day, the and there’s the always poignant Day affected for years,” says Barry.
heroism of all involved, especially the of the Roses memorial ceremony on “Correcting them won’t give them
first responders, is beyond dispute. January 18, which is well-attended. closure because I don’t believe there’s
Theatre sister Margaret Warby lives any such thing, but I hope it can help
in Mittagong and is now 76, but she heal at least one of the wounds.”
worked at Parramatta Hospital at the Wendy Miles isn’t well enough to
time. She featured in The Weekly’s travel to Sydney for the memorial, but
1977 coverage of the disaster. says she doesn’t only acknowledge
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Margaret was dispatched to Granville the tragedy on January 18. “Every

when the news broke and spent hours anniversary, every Christmas and every
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clambering into the crushed carriages birthday that goes by is painful,” she
to tend to the injured and alleviate says. Her four grandchildren, Ben, 20,
the trapped passengers’ suffering. Chris, 19, David’s sons, and Sophie,
“All we could do was our best,” 26, and Kate, 11, Janet’s daughters,
recalls Margaret today. The matter-of- have been a source of comfort, but
fact nurse carried on in the profession Wendy misses her dad, step-mum and
until she was 71. “I don’t think you especially her lost girls every day.
can go through anything like that and “I still dream about the girls,
forget it,” she says. “I still meet people Rosie especially, I don’t know why,”
who’ll say, ‘Oh, you were at Granville.’ says Wendy. “She was a lovely, sweet
But it was my job to be there. I was a little thing and losing her was terrible,
nurse and that’s what it was all about.” TINA MORGAN, but I’ve always been very angry
Margaret may prefer to downplay youngest survivor about losing Helen. She was only 11,
her involvement with the rescue of the Granville but she was just starting to become
operation, but she was awarded the disaster, was a young lady – and my friend –
prestigious Queen’s Gallantry Medal pulled from the and I was robbed of that. After 40
wreckage six
after the disaster. The honour recognises years, I’m still not at peace with it –
hours after impact.
those who perform exemplary acts of and I know I never will be.” AWW

Easy
reading As we kick back for a
month of relaxed reading,
The Weekly asks four of
our top authors to choose
their favourite books for
lazy summer days.
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[ Aussie authors ]
Michael
Robotham
Gold Dagger award-winning author
Michael Robotham is one of Australia’s
most widely read crime writers whose
thrillers have been translated into 24
languages. He lives on Sydney’s northern
beaches, writing in a garden shed that
his daughters call, “The cabana of
cruelty”. His latest book, Close Your Eyes,
pits brilliant clinical psychologist Joe
O’Loughlin against a stalking killer.
Michael’s top summer reads:

1 I know I’m supposed to be reading
gritty noir about men who walk the
mean streets, but it’s summer and I’m
diving head-first into a family saga.
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett begins
on a Sunday afternoon in Southern
California when a single kiss reverberates
through the lives of two families. Full
of love, loss, intrigue, betrayal and
humour, it has a cast of characters that
will convince you that your family isn’t
as weird as you feared.
2 An honourable mention goes to

Ian McEwan for Nutshell, a wonderful
modern-day riff on Hamlet where
the narrator is an unborn child,
eavesdropping on his mother and his
uncle’s treachery. The clever conceit
never falters as McEwan returns to form
with a book that made me laugh out loud
and open another bottle of wine.
3 And since it’s expected – my crime

read of the summer is Real Tigers by
Mick Herron, the third book in the Slow
Horses series. These brilliant spy novels
are the complete antidote to James
Bond – or maybe the antithesis – full of
washed-up, disgraced secret agents,
who are banished to the back office,
but manage to save the day. »

Lucy Treloar
She was born in Malaysia but
educated in Australia, England and
Sweden, and now Lucy Treloar is an
Artist in Residence at Melbourne’s
Arts House. Lucy’s 2015 debut novel,
Salt Creek, was multi-award-winning
and shortlisted for the Miles
Franklin Literary Award.
Lucy’s top summer reads:

1 Deborah Levy writes with the
lightest touch, but her books
really pack a punch. Her Man Booker
Prize shortlisted Hot Milk directs an
unflinching gaze on a complicated
mother–daughter relationship. It’s
funny and bitter and beautiful all
together. Highly recommended.
2 I’d heard great things about

Heather Rose’s The Museum
Of Modern Love, set against the
backdrop of performance artist
Marina Abramović’s extraordinary
art event, The Artist is Present, in
which sitters take turns to sit before
her and meet her gaze. For one man,
New York composer Arky Levin, it’s
transformative. This wonderful
meditation on love, art and
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commitment doesn’t disappoint.
3 We’re lucky in Australia with our

incredible young adult fiction
writers. Two of my favourites are
Fiona Wood and Cath Crowley,
whose books my daughter and
I have enjoyed for years. Crowley’s
most recent, Words In Deep Blue,
is a heartfelt story of grief and love
set in a bookshop. Beautiful.

Rachael
Treasure
Living in rural Tasmania, mum
of two Rachael Treasure gets her
inspiration from the land and
considers herself an environmental
entrepreneur. She is one of our
best-selling rural romance authors
and has just released her memoir,
Down The Dirt Roads, about healing,
healthy food and hope.
Rachael’s top
summer reads:
1 You won’t find more fun and
more romp (and rump) than
a Jilly Cooper novel. Jilly’s latest,
Mount!, is packed full of all her
human and animal characters from
previous books. It’s like meeting
old friends I’ve known forever and
makes me want to run off to Rupert
Campbell-Black’s estate, Penscombe,
have a snog with a stable hand,
followed by a gin and tonic.
2 After I finished Mark Lamprell’s

The Lovers’ Guide To Rome, I felt
like I’d visited the classical, romantic
city, ridden a Vespa, fallen in love
with a backpacker, touched the
ancient stonework and rediscovered
myself … whereas, in reality, I’d just
packed lunchboxes and driven the
kids to and from school. The
dynamics of the relationship
between a married couple were
particularly well-nuanced. Mark’s
clever book was a lovely escape.
3 I was intoxicated by the world

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of wine makers, captured

beautifully in Rose’s Vintage by
Kayte Nunn. I got to walk in the
shoes of Rose as she discovered the
Australian landscape and the love
of her life. She took me to picnics
among the vines with gorgeous
vintners. I found myself longing for
the dishwasher to unpack itself so
I could escape to Kalkari Wines and
immerse myself in Rose’s world of
food, wine and love. It’s a terrific
kick-back-relax summer read. »

Sarah Hopkins
Sydney-based Sarah Hopkins is an
author, criminal lawyer and wife of chef
Matt Moran. Her first novel was highly
commended in the ABC Fiction Awards
and her latest work, This Picture Of You,
a taut family drama, was shortlisted for
the Barbara Jefferis Award.
Sarah’s top summer reads:

1 The Natural Way Of Things is an
engrossing dystopian novel about
friendship and survival by the wonderful
Australian author, Charlotte Wood. It is
very moving and beautifully told.
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2 I never get tired of Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy. Huge and intricate,
the interweaving narratives around
Anna and Count Vronsky are as masterful
as the central love story. There is nothing
better over the holidays than to pick up
one of the classics. This is one I plan to
dip back into this summer.
3 But if you only have a few days – and

you’re after something a bit lighter
– We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler is a great read about
sibling relationships, about what parents
do to their children and what makes us
human. AWW

Wind
beneath
my wings
It took determination, hard work and
occasional heartbreak, but, writes Susan
Chenery, Ella Havelka is living her dream
– to be a ballerina in The Australian Ballet.
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E
lla Havelka was just beginning of something
a little girl when she both graceful and
decided to be a swan. ground-breaking.
Ethereal, graceful, perfect. Ella is the first
Her mother brought Indigenous dancer to
home a video of Swan Lake. She was join The Australian Ballet in its
entranced as the swans fluttered in 50-year history. Now she is the star
their tutus. “I remember watching of Ella, a documentary film about
these swans fly off,” Ella says. “That her life. Yet the journey from the bush
is what I wanted to feel one day.” to the stages of the world has been
Yet sport, not swans, was what marked with both disappointment
people did in Dubbo, in central NSW. and elation. With the glamour and
It was football rather than fouette, acclaim have come rejection and pain.
netball rather than The Nutcracker. From the age of seven, Ella couldn’t
“I guess ballet wasn’t something you wait for school to finish to go to ballet
do in a country town,” says Ella. classes. “I didn’t see the need to go
Especially if you were Indigenous, a outside looking for other things.”
descendent of the Wiradjuri people. She was the energetic only child of
Ella was good at running, “but it a single mother, Janna. There wasn’t
was just so boring.” She wanted to much money for extras. “Ballet wasn’t
soar. Elevation. It was in the dance cheap,” says Janna. Yet Ella didn’t ask
studio that she found the sense of for much – just to dance. “As long as
freedom that she craved. “I just I was attending all the ballet classes
loved it so much.” And it was the possible, I was happy,” Ella says. »

[ Arts ]
Ella Havelka
has danced
the traditional
classical ballets
and the stories
of Aboriginal
Australia.
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The first time she saw her child on
stage, Janna didn’t recognise her, “the
way she presented herself”. And then
when Ella won her first Eisteddfod,
“ I often feel
“She was hooked. This was where she
needed to be.”
I’m dancing
By 13, Ella knew she wasn’t going to
grow out of it, but Janna knew ballet
between
was one of the hardest professions she
could have chosen. The potential for two worlds,
heartbreak and failure was huge.
“Once it started getting serious, struggling
I asked her if she was sure and she
said, ‘Yes’,” Janna says. to find where
And so began the years of discipline,
sacrifice, of striving for perfection, of
practice, perseverance and dedication
I fit in. ”
that go into the making of a ballerina.
Now 28, Ella sits cross-legged on
a chair in the offices of The Australian
Ballet in Melbourne, glowing, with
her hair scraped back, a big white
smile. She speaks quickly, seemingly
confident, bright, but it’s a confidence
she’s had to fight for. Ella has struggled
to fit in, to belong. She has felt that she
has to prove herself, to push herself
harder than anyone else to deserve a
coveted place in The Australian Ballet.
When the letter came offering her
a place in the junior school of The
Australian Ballet, Ella and her mother
were ecstatic – only a handful of the
most promising dancers got into
the elite ballet school in the country.
Janna hadn’t even told Ella it was
an audition. She thought she was
going to a masterclass in Sydney.
Pushed to the limit

It had only ever been the two of them.
“We were like sisters,” says Ella. “She
was everything to me at a critical age.
We are both very stubborn. We can
outdo each other with stubbornness.” found the big city crushing. Janna, a quickly as the other girls. It was usually
Because she was never given nurse, struggled to find work she felt because I was so scared of getting it
opportunities herself, Janna was comfortable with. “She experienced wrong, or scared of the teacher.”
determined to make sure her daughter racism in a few of the jobs she had It was a tough, competitive
was encouraged and supported. here in Melbourne,” says Ella. “But environment. Ella was bigger and
“Whenever I thought I couldn’t she knew this was what I wanted, so more athletic in build than the other
do something,” says Ella, “Mum the dedication came from both of us.” girls. She came home crying every day.
would go out of her way to make sure Coming from being a joyful star in Her mum was worried.
I changed that thought process and a country town, Ella was intimidated “Teachers are putting you down
could actually achieve what I wanted.” by the refined world of classical ballet. – you are not good enough, your leg
Ella was 14 when they moved to “It scared me, so for a long time there shape is bad, you are just not cutting
Melbourne to go to the ballet school. was this idea I couldn’t learn things,” it,” says Ella. “It was enough to make
It was hard. They were homesick and she says, “I couldn’t pick things up as me think, ‘What is the point?’ But

they’re prepping you for company life, FROM FAR LEFT:
for the harshness of the ballet world. Ella in costume
aged eight for
It tests your passions, it pushes you
the Dubbo
to see how far you are willing to go to Eisteddfod in
get to where you need to be to pursue 1997; practising
that one ultimate goal.” her dance moves
Ella made it through the four years, at four; Ella and
but was not offered a contract at the her mum on
holiday together
end. She was devastated.
in Bali in 2010;
In the documentary about her, The a proud Janna
Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director, holding baby
David McAllister, says, “Ella had Ella in 1988.
a bigger journey ahead of her than
just coming into the company.”
Instead, she was offered a place
at the Bangarra Dance Theatre and
another world opened – the world
of her cultural identity. It was a
profound leap. Her mother had
always told her to be proud of her
Indigenous ancestry, but “there was
this huge hole”. Bangarra was about
thousands of years of stories being
danced out. She had to understand
what the stories meant, but at first,
Ella thought her kneecaps were going
to fall off. “Working on my knees was It can be isolating, “like a cocoon”,
new territory,” she says. “I found it she admits, with schedules that allow
difficult to embody that kind of no time for family and friends.
movement. I had to forget everything It was going to be hard work, At 28, there is not much time left
I’d ever learned at the ballet school.” mentally and physically; ballet takes for her as a classical ballerina. Ella has
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On her first trip to country, to great strength in the legs and feet. achieved more than she or her mum
Arnhem Land, Ella felt like she had “I forgot what that pain felt like expected, but you can’t help feeling
TIBI DRESS FROM SHOPBOP, GRACE LOVES LACE SKIRT ( WORN UNDER DRESS) AND PETER LANG CUFFS.
come home. Yet in the dance studio in my ankles and feet,” she says. that there is another act to come in
“the challenge was getting back into Frustratingly, Ella hurt her ankles the story of Ella Havelka. “I often feel
my body and changing the way I and had to take six months off. I’m dancing between two worlds,” she
moved. I was so used to being up and says, “struggling to find where I fit in.”
straight, it took a while to break down Another act to come She has a partner in Sydney and
those barriers, to hone in on what the She is still there, Ella says, because she would like to have children. In her
movement quality is supposed to be. is still learning. “Ballet can never be spare time, Ella reads, weaves and
I had to learn how to change my perfect, even though perfection is paints. “I’d be keen to study different
behaviour to fit in with my new family. what you’re striving for,” she explains. types of art and I’m also an avid
The journey was overwhelming. It was “There’s always something to improve. Oxfam supporter. I try and see the
the most enriching time of my life.” I’m happy as long as I keep getting bigger picture and not always be so
In 2012, The Australian Ballet opportunities that inspire me. I want to focussed on dance because I have
collaborated with Bangarra for a work try new roles, things that challenge me.” found in the past when you become
called Warumuk. Ella was in the studio Ella is still in the corps de ballet, not like that everything else falls apart.
with the ballet dancers, admiring their yet a soloist. There are still the tears You lose your friendships and you lose
lightness. She spent a year thinking when she is not chosen for something the broadest perspective of the world.”
about the pure world of classical ballet. she has worked hard for. “I would love She doesn’t feel that she has to prove
“I missed the ethereal world, Swan to move through the ranks and get herself so much any more. “My path
Lake and that beautiful transcendent featured roles,” she says, “but I just will unfold before me,” Ella says.
music,” she says. “I missed that feeling don’t know that those opportunities Until then there’s the magic and
of flying through the air.” are going to come. It is hard to know excitement when the curtain goes up.
She contacted David McAllister and in this company. It takes a long time “That’s when the adrenaline kicks in,”
he offered her a contract. “I was just for anyone to get anywhere. I will she says. Then she’s a swan. “It’s quite
over the moon.” admit I have had my dark days.” a spiritual thing to be a swan.” AWW

The secret surgery guru
“ I know who’s
had work done ”
When celebrities and the super-rich want an undercover nose
job or a facelift, Shannon Leeman organises it for them.
M
y phone rings fabulous thank-you presents
at 2am. An – theatre tickets, designer
Shannon Leeman’s
A-list actor consultations handbags, flowers, chocolates
in LA wants are often like – but it is their personal
to talk. He therapy. assistants who sign the cards.
is anxious – his jawline is Among friends, however, I
looking slack and he’s getting a am a popular lunch date. I’ve
double chin. What can he do to done many an on-the-spot
fix it? We discuss a subtle neck consultation in the loos in
lift and some mini liposuction. Annabel’s, Morton’s and
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He wants the best. Will I set it Claridge’s in London. One
up – under a false name, of was while beating on a
course? (We call it a double file.) pheasant shoot. Yet usually
A leading actress Skypes me the way I work is this. First,
from the set of her latest film. I’ll get a call from a PA who
She has seen herself close-up in says, “My client would like
the director’s raw footage and is for the shape of his pert, neat lifts a meeting”. This is either at my
panicking about the lines around known as the coupe de champagne. London home, or their home, or via
her eyes. I suggest some fast laser While I’m there, the chief executive Skype. Sometimes I won’t know who
treatment and arrange for my asks me to book him into a clinic to requires my services until they arrive.
favourite aesthetician to meet address his thinning hair and whispers When they walk in, I try not to do a
her in her trailer. to me, who is the best guy to take care double-take if they’re very famous.
I have a consultation with a singer. of his “moobs”? Then I like to guess their issue before
Her stylist has picked a strapless we begin. Often I’m wrong, which has
Versace gown for her to wear at the Under the radar taught me not to make suggestions.
Grammys, but it is not fitting well. If asked my profession, I call myself If someone asks me what, on their
What can she do? I tell her about the an anti-ageing adviser. What I really face or body, I think they should fix,
Kybella injection that melts away fat am is the best-kept secret of the rich I tell them that is for them to decide.
around the armpits. The treatment and famous. At a time when there My job is to make sure they get the
takes eight to 12 weeks to work, so have never been so many anti-ageing best results and they are safe.
she has time. procedures, people hire me to tell Often my consultations are like
She is also considering a fat transfer them where to get the best and to therapy sessions. We look in the
from her waist to her butt to amp up hold their hand through it. mirror, do a lot of talking. Clothes
her curves. Will she have time to And secret I am. Often, I’ll walk come off. Then I present the options.
recover from that procedure, too? Her into a restaurant or private members’ If a client wants to go under the radar,
agent will send me her tour schedule. club in London, Los Angeles or New I set up after-hours appointments in
I am flown to Saint-Tropez to meet York and bump into a client who will my name or arrange for a surgeon to
a chief executive on his super-yacht. pretend they don’t know me. come to their home.
His wife is unhappy with her breasts. Recently, I spent months preparing I am not cheap. An hour’s personal
She has lost her confidence wearing a big Hollywood agent to look his consultation costs $700. If you have
a bikini. I suggest she meet Louis best at his 50th birthday party, but he me on a retainer, we are talking
Benelli, a surgeon in Paris famous didn’t invite me. My clients send me thousands a month. Yet for many »

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PLASTIC
SURGERY
FILES
VICTORIA
BECKHAM
In 2014, she said
of her enhanced
breasts, “I don’t
have them
anymore. I think
I may have
purchased them.”
what you want to do, and we’ll make
a schedule. I call this my “pre-nup and
tuck” service.
For some, being given the options is
enough. Others want hand-holding
through the process. I go with them to
their first appointment to make sure
they’re not being pushed into anything.
Top cosmetic doctors are running
PATRICIA HEATON said, “I
wanted to fit into the gowns I finally multimillion-dollar businesses, so they
got to wear”, about having a breast may not be what I would consider
reduction and tummy tuck. impartial. It’s not uncommon to go in
for Botox and find yourself facing a
laser machine. I never take commissions
from clinics or doctors. My clients
have to trust me 100 per cent.
WHO’S DONE If they are having surgery, I sit in
WHAT? on the operation. I am there when
Celebrities pay Shannon they wake up and I take them home.
Leeman for her silence, I arrange bodyguards, chauffeurs,
ROBIN WRIGHT but these stars have a 24-hour nurse, a chef.
admitted, “It’s just the tinies gone public about their I call in therapists to do lymphatic
sprinkle of Botox twice a cosmetic treatments. drainage, light therapy, aromatherapy
year, to take the edge off.” to speed up recovery and make-up
artists to hide scars. If you have had
of my clients, their appearance is their surgery, you have to lie propped up
most valuable asset. If they mess that (unless you’ve had work on your
up, everyone will be talking about it. butt). My pillow arrangements are
My clients want to be on “best- GWYNETH PALTROW revealed, “I a thing of beauty.
dressed” lists. They don’t want to be would do it again, it took five years off my I have also set up at-home gyms.
face”, after undergoing a laser treatment.
the poster child for plastic surgery. One client asked me to build a
Not all my clients are in Hollywood. refrigerated storage room for her
I see people from Europe and the Try before you buy cosmetics. It looked like a well-
Middle East – heads of industry and In the US, the non-surgical nose job is stocked department store. A British
their wives, girlfriends, mothers and the new trend. Dermal fillers are used actress hired me to build her a panic
daughters – but also people who have to straighten areas or correct a hooked room with flattering lighting in case
saved for years. Requests include profile or tip projection. In 10 minutes, there was a break-in and she got
everything from Botox, fillers and you can have a new nose. It’s a good stuck in there. One actor’s wife
laser work to nose jobs, breast lifts, way of trying one – it lasts only a year asked me to organise a video cam in
fat reduction and gynoplasty. – before a permanent surgical solution. their dressing room so she and her
“ Cosmetic surgery is a gory, rough business. ”

At the moment it is all about At least a quarter of my clients are husband could film themselves from
the cheekbones – everyone is using men. They come about their hair, every angle before setting foot in
fillers to re-create that roundness jawline and waistline. Since the public. It also served to catalogue
of youth. Lips are big, too. You can recession, I have seen a lot of men their outfit combinations so they
accentuate the borders and get that afraid of losing their edge at work. didn’t repeat anything.
little bit at the front plumped up to They sense younger men biting at To provide such services, I make
give you a pout. their heels and they want sharp it my business to know the experts.
Many women ask me how they can jawlines and a full head of hair to In my Rolodex, I have the names of
get rid of the creases on their upper look young and vital again. the best cosmetic doctors in the world.
lip – I call them “barcodes”. I usually Then there are the brides-to-be who There are two great guys in London
suggest a combination of treatments, want a confidence boost before their for breasts – Patrick Mallucci and
including dermabrasion, lasers, fillers big day. We say, right, we’ve got six Adam Searle. Miami is the place to go
and freezers. months until your wedding, this is for liposuction, breasts and bottoms.

There is an eye man in Palm Beach, So where do I stand personally on and if you can’t afford the best, save
Florida, I love, one in Paris I like and all these procedures? First, I’ll tell you until you can.
one in New York. what I don’t like and that’s brow lifts. Think of your appearance as
When it comes to nose jobs, the A plastic surgeon will cut along akin to your life savings. Would you
best guys are in Los Angeles – there the top of the hairline and pull hand all the money you had to a
is a doctor called Raj Kanodia who everything upwards. I think the cowboy, or invest it in a scheme that
has done everyone. Yet if you want results often look terrible. You can you have read about on the internet?
a strong nose, I’ll send you to a fellow end up with Spock eyebrows and No. Hopefully, you would go to a
in Paris. If it’s your first time doing a permanent look of surprise. specialist who has a track record of
your lips, I’ll send you to Dr Tracy I tell all my clients: if the issue is protecting assets. The same goes for
Mountford in London, who I know sagging eyelids, don’t think about your appearance. You deserve to look
will take her time. a brow lift, just do an eyelid lift. your best, whatever your age. AWW
For regulars, the queen of lasers and In my view less is more. You can
fillers is Dr Rita Rakus in Knightsbridge, go from Primark to Prada with just
London, and other parts of the UK. a few changes to your accessories. My favourite beauty
I travel worldwide to the big cosmetic Whiten your teeth, straighten them, doctors in Australia
surgery conferences, where I watch have a smattering of Botox, zap away ● Dr Bryan Mendelson, Melbourne
hundreds of demonstrations. I sit in fine lines and sunspots with a light Face: World-renowned surgeon.
operating rooms observing, filming laser treatment. These are all non- Rebuilds lives, as well as faces. The
and asking questions. invasive procedures. big name in Australia, Dr Mendelson
My most important advice is: travels extensively, lecturing,
Trends in surgery don’t scrimp or seek out bargain teaching and repairing.
Cosmetic surgery is a gory, surprisingly offers. Cosmetic surgery is a scarily ● Dr Kourosh Tavakoli, Sydney
rough business. The first time that unregulated world. Do your research Breast: Goddess breasts – natural,
I watched an operation, I clung to the sexy, well-placed. I am prejudiced
wall to stay standing. Now, I have my – I love his breasts (well, his patients’
own scrubs. breasts, at least).
The top cosmetic doctors consider ● Dr Mark Magnusson, Toowoomba
themselves to be gods and they love Breast: You never feel rushed, with
to talk about their work. Recently, Dr Magnusson taking up to an hour
I filmed a Beverly Hills surgeon called for each initial consultation. He gently
Dr Ashkan Ghavami, who does “a guides his patients to the most
flash recovery breast augmentation”. appropriate size for their body.
It took 17 minutes. ● Dr Graeme Southwick, Melbourne
Within half an hour, the woman Face: Director of the Melbourne
was up off the table, in her clothes, Institute of Plastic Surgery, he was
swinging her arms around (normally awarded a Medal of the Order of
after breast surgery you can’t raise Australia (OAM). Dr Southwick is
your arms) and out of the door, fanatical about patient safety and
with almost no pain medication JANE FONDA blogged, “I had ‘work’ surgeons’ education. He has set up
and almost straight back to work. done on my chin and neck, and had the a foundation for further education
bags taken away from under my eyes.”
I had never seen anything like it. in advanced surgery techniques.
Many doctors are now using a Very safe, thoughtful and willing
device called the Keller Funnel, to go the extra mile.
which allows them to squeeze an ● Dr Tim Papadopoulos, Sydney
implant through a smaller incision Tummy tucks/mummy makeovers:
than previously. The scars are minimal Extensively published in medical
and there is less chance of infection. journals and speaks on a regular basis
It’s a beautiful thing. at conferences. Dr Papadopoulos is
In America, fat transfer is very known to fit the operation to the
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popular now. Surgeons suck the anatomy and wishes of the patient,
fat out of one area with a cannula with the majority of his work on the
(a thin tube), then inject it into anatomy – body and bosom. Easy
another with a giant syringe. Thanks to approach, personable and uses
to the Kardashian aesthetic, people LISA RINNA admitted, “I tried Botox and state-of-the-art technology. He takes
are queuing up to take the fat out of then fillers came into the plastic surgery the time to educate his patients.
world, and you think, that’s not a bad idea.”
their waists and put it into their butts.

Making
The
Crown
Mick Brown goes behind
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the scenes of the fantastic
new 10-part TV series on the
life of Queen Elizabeth II.
I
n 1952, landing at London Airport on a The 10-part series, which follows the life of
flight from Kenya, where she had learnt the Queen from 1947 and her marriage to Philip
of the death of her father, King George VI, Mountbatten, to 1955 and Winston Churchill’s
and her own ascension to the throne, the resignation as Prime Minister, is the most lavish
new Queen Elizabeth was handed a letter television drama ever made about the royal
from her grandmother, Queen Mary. family. Fans of the monarchy, period drama
“While you mourn your father,” it read, and family and political intrigue will love it.
“you must also mourn someone else, Elizabeth Written by Peter Morgan, who was responsible
Mountbatten, for she has now been replaced for the film The Queen and the play The Audience,
by another person, Elizabeth Regina. The two and starring Claire Foy as the Queen, Matt Smith
Elizabeths will frequently be in conflict with as the Duke of Edinburgh and John Lithgow as
one another, but the Crown must win. Must Churchill, it is exactly the sort of gold-standard
always win.” British production that one might expect to find
This scene, which is played out in the new on British television. In fact, The Crown is a
Netflix TV series The Crown, is a fiction. The production by the US-owned internet streaming
King had, indeed, died and his daughter had ABOVE AND service Netflix.
OPPOSITE: Claire
landed at London Airport. Yet the letter is A further 10 episodes are already in production,
Foy in the role of
the invention of the dramatist Peter Morgan – Queen Elizabeth II
with the option to make more. Peter describes
a device that brilliantly sets up the central theme in The Crown. TOP: The Crown as “a sort of family saga”, but this is,
of The Crown and of a reign that has lasted The Queen in the of course, a highly unusual family – and a unique
nearly 65 years. real crown in 1955. saga. Elizabeth was just 25 when she came to »

[ The Queen ]
Snapshots from The Crown, including scenes
from the Queen’s life with husband Prince Philip
(played by Matt Smith), John Lithgow as Prime
Minister Winston Churchill (below, right), and
director Stephen Daldry with the cast (below) for
the recreation of the Queen’s 1947 wedding.
the throne, inheriting a position that, by all The production is a measure of how online
expectations, she should never have held. platforms such as Netflix and Amazon are
The abdication in 1936 of her uncle, King challenging traditional television channels and
Edward VIII (later the Duke of Windsor), who film. Netflix has paid a reported $169 million
gave up the throne to marry the American divorcée for the first 20 episodes – a figure that, according
Wallis Simpson, led to the enthronement of her to the producer Andrew Eaton, would have been
father, a shy man whose death at the age of 56 very difficult, if not impossible, for a network
left his elder daughter suddenly facing the TV station to match. “But when you’re doing
towering responsibility of becoming Queen. something that’s period and it’s about one of the
“She is a protagonist with a predicament that most wealthy and famous families in the world,
none of us can really imagine,” Peter says, “and you do need a reasonable amount of money to
that is the side I’ve explored in this – to what BELOW: Director
achieve it,” he says.
degree does this enormous change in your life Stephen Daldry The Crown unfolds through a series of critical
change all your relationships, the family power with Matt Smith personal and constitutional moments in the first
structures? To what degree does it make you as Prince Philip. years of the Queen’s reign: the Coronation; the
a different mother, wife, sacrifice of her sister,
sister, daughter, when Princess Margaret, and
suddenly this thing Group Captain Peter
means you’re not just a Townsend’s prospective
mother, wife, sister and marriage – and
daughter at all, but the happiness – on the
head of the family and altar of constitutional
the head of the state?” correctness and the
It is possible that diktats of the Church
no dramatist has ever (“one half sister, one
devoted quite so much half Queen”); and
time to a single person the crippling great
as Peter Morgan has to London fog of 1952,
the Queen. Yet put it to which almost ended
him that he must find Churchill’s career.
the subject of Elizabeth In its mix of
Regina endlessly assiduously researched
fascinating and he historical fact and
denies it. “Let’s be clear vividly imagined
about this,” he says, characters, it enlarges
“I really don’t. I have our understanding
no interest in the royal family whatsoever, but for
some reason I seem to be able to write this
“ of the Queen and her role in national life, and
just how remarkable it is that a woman who
woman and I don’t know why that is.” The inherited the crown, unprepared, at such an
The Queen, the 2006 film which starred Helen
Mirren, was originally conceived, he says, as a
Duke early age should have ruled with such resolution
for 65 years, with 13 Prime Ministers serving
study of how Tony Blair, as UK Prime Minister, was under her in that time.
responded to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
“The Queen was the foil to the Blair character I was
bright As Peter Morgan points out, at first sight,
Elizabeth Windsor is the opposite of what a
writing, but the film then became all about her.” and dramatist looks for in a character. “Shy, introvert,
Similarly, his intention with The Audience was
to explore the relationship between Crown and
witty, countrywoman, relatively unimaginative …
non-choleric. You’d want a front-foot character
Parliament. “I wanted to write about the Prime and a – eccentric, full of fatal flaws, libidinous, drug-
Ministers – but, of course, it ended up as a tour de
force for whoever was playing the Queen,” he says.
great taking.” Rather, the drama comes from the
character she is and the role it is demanded that
In December 2013, Peter met with ITV and father. she play. With the Queen, it’s, “Where does my
the BBC to discuss the project and, in January, ” loyalty lie? With my identity as a wife, to my
ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX.
flew to Los Angeles for meetings with four major – Matt Smith husband, or to the Crown?”
US networks and Netflix. “Everybody had liked “It’s that struggle that her uncle [the Duke of
it, but Netflix commissioned two series – 20 Windsor] couldn’t cope with at all and which
hours of television – straight off,” he says. “It was crushed her father, but which she manages to
impressive just how speedy their response was.” subsume somehow. History will see her as a »

sort of ceremonial figure, but happened. (“I remember
underneath she is an individual thinking, ‘Blimey! I’d like my
like you or me. So a lot of the tooth extraction done here,
dilemmas and situations feel please,’ ” says Peter Morgan.)
familiar and personal. It’s just The Queen’s bridal gown is
the language, the protocol – the an exact replica of the dress
anthropology – that are different.” designed by the couturier
Claire Foy has some experience Norman Hartnell, which took
of royalty – she played Anne Hartnell’s seamstresses six
Boleyn in TV series Wolf Hall. months to make. (In keeping
“But this is on such a different with the national mood of
scale,” she says. Claire is austerity, the 21-year-old then
marvellous in her part. The Princess saved ration coupons
Queen who emerges is a woman to pay for the material,
grievously ill-prepared for the supplemented with a 200-coupon
role she must play, educated in donation from the government.)
her constitutional position, but The wedding dress in The
little else, more knowledgeable Crown was made in just seven
about horses than politics, and weeks at a cost of $50,000.
struggling to reconcile the Claire Foy says it was during the
contradictions of family and duty filming of the Coronation scene,
– not least in her marriage – with dressed in ritualistic finery and
character, keen intelligence and donning the crown, that she felt
resolve. “I do think the job she’s most weighed down – literally
done is extraordinary,” says – by the majesty of the character
Claire. “On a human level, to she was playing and the role
lose her father when she was so the Queen had been required
young and to have two young to play.
children, and all of a sudden she has this huge
responsibility, the weight of the world on her
“ “It took five days to shoot that scene and the
dress, an exact replica, weighed a ton,” she says.
shoulders. You could say her life was cut short It took “All the fiddling to get it right and needing the
in a way. A lot of people might say, ‘Well, you five days loo, and you’ve got a crown on your head. For
became the Queen of England. Hurrah!’ But there to shoot this young woman to be wearing all that and
is something unsettling to me about that. I feel a lot then have the composure to walk through the
of sympathy for her and the longer I’ve worked on
that Abbey full of dignitaries and heads of state,
this, the more my admiration for her has grown.” scene and then having to be anointed. It must have
I met the actress at Lancaster House, used in and the taken huge gumption. You think, who else could
the series as a stand-in for Buckingham Palace. have done this? Who else could have taken that
A parka over her queenly dress and pearls, slippers
dress, an responsibility on and who else could have done
rather than heels, she was helping herself to a cup exact the job so well for such a long time, and never
of tea in the courtyard. replica, complained? It’s amazing.”
One of the delights of the series is the weighed In a stroke of imaginative genius, the Coronation
gratifyingly prurient glimpses it offers into the itself is viewed largely through the perspective of
(of course, imagined) private world of the royals a ton. the TV cameras, which were admitted to the
– the separate bedrooms of the Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh; the Ruritanian scenes in the
” Abbey for the first time – in this account, following
– Claire Foy pressure from the Duke of Edinburgh about the
Palace, with red uniformed courtiers bobbing need to bring the monarchy into the modern age.
their heads as the Queen hurries along the TOP: Then The broadcast is watched in exile in Paris by
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corridors; the cosy sitting room where she Princess Elizabeth the Duke of Windsor, forbidden to attend, and
sits reading Sporting Life. with the Duke of here seen offering a running commentary to an
This feels like the royal family as we have never Edinburgh after assembled group of friends and cronies. At the
seen them before. In the first episode, there is an their wedding. most sacred moment in the ceremony, the
ABOVE: Elizabeth
extraordinary scene in which surgeons, in order anointing with holy oil, the new monarch is hidden
escorted down the
to keep the gravity of his condition a secret, arrive aisle by her father,
from view under a golden canopy. So why can’t
at Buckingham Palace to operate on the ailing King George VI we see it, an American guest of the Duke asks.
King George. The procedure takes place in a state (Jared Harris) in “Who wants transparency when you can have
room under a majestic chandelier – and actually The Crown. magic?” he replies. “Who wants prose when you »

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can have poetry? Pull away the veil and what interest in, or affection for, the royal family.
are you left with? An ordinary young woman of “But having made this, both of those things
modest ability and little imagination. But wrap have changed. I have a great interest and a great
her up like this and anoint her with oil and, hey affection – particularly for Philip. I really began
presto, what do you have? A goddess.” to side with his point of view and his sense of,
Fittingly, perhaps, Peter Morgan gives the best ‘No! I am a man! And I need to be heard. And
lines about the conflict between personal happiness why should I walk two steps behind you?’
and royal duty to the Duke of Windsor (played “He was an outsider in the early years; it was
by Alex Jennings). Agonising over how to tell a marriage made in the face of opposition from
Margaret she cannot marry Captain Townsend, BELOW: Elizabeth
just about everybody – in the series, the Queen
and Philip share
the Queen phones the Duke in France. In one an intimate
Mother, talking about Philip’s mother, calls her
of those imagined conversations Peter does so moment out of ‘the Hun Nun’. And he was a moderniser, when
brilliantly, the Duke likens himself and the Queen the spotlight in the establishment within the royal family didn’t
to the Sphinx and Ganesh, “We are half people, The Crown. want to modernise. But I was watching some film
ripped from the pages of the Queen saying,
of some bizarre ‘You’ll never know
mythology, those two the great debt that I
sides of us, human and and our country owe
Crown, engaged in a to this man’, and I
fearful civil war, which think that’s true. And
never ends and which he’s done it dutifully
blights our every and gracefully.”
human transaction Like any historical
as brother, husband, dramatisation, The
sister, wife and mother. Crown treads the fine
I understand the agony line where fact ends
you feel. And I am here and fiction begins.
to tell you it will never Peter Morgan employs
leave you.” a team of researchers
For the Queen, this to ensure overall
dilemma is most acute accuracy. “They’re
in her relationship almost like my
with her husband, compliance people,”
whose hopes at the he says. “They’ll say,
time of their marriage ‘That didn’t happen’,
of continuing with his own career in the Royal “ or ‘That’s absolutely ridiculous’. I want to protect
Navy were dashed the moment King George died.
The Crown depicts a Duke of Edinburgh torn
You’ll my ability to write things as I would love them to
have been – then I get crushed by how they actually
between the desire to support his wife and the
never were. Then, of course, it gets submitted to lawyers
restraints of protocol, and the strain this puts know who make sure we don’t end up in the Tower.”
on the marriage, driving him to seek refuge in the great Yet the characters and their private conversations
the company of playboy friends – and, as the are an invention. As Peter says, this is not the
program tactfully implies, other relationships.
debt that Queen, it is his Queen. “It’s as if I was painting
The young, handsome, vital figure falling I and our a portrait – I can’t take my hand out of it,” he
drunkenly out of low-slung sports cars, embodied country says. “If absolute accuracy was all you were after,
by Matt Smith, will be a complete stranger to owe to you would take a photograph with flat light.”
most of us, more familiar with the stiff-backed, The irony is that having lived, so to speak,
impatient and unrepentantly tactless Duke of this man. with the royal family for over 10 years, Peter
more recent history.
“If you ask most people in Britain about Prince
” doesn’t “much care for these people”. Yet, at some
profound level, he goes on, “they are all of us and
– Queen
Philip, that’s what they think of,” says Matt Smith. Elizabeth II we are all of them”. The Queen, he says, is, to the
“But I found that in his younger self there was month, the same age as his late mother.
ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX.
such a lot to admire. He was a great naval man, “There is barely a person in Britain for whom
revered in the Navy. He was bright and witty, and she hasn’t been alive every day of their life. She is
a great father, actually – he was very much the my mother, she’s other people’s grandmother and
one involved with the children.” Matt says that great-grandmother. Like her or not, at a deeper,
prior to taking the role he had never had much subconscious level, that’s incredibly potent.” AWW

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[ Humour ]
The root of all evil

Keen to have a hair out of place, Amanda Blair summons all her courage
and resolve, and gets a stubborn follicle singed at a salon.
L
ast year, my husband gave me card was to bring some sexy back. He said
a present for my birthday that although he loved every hair on my body,
took my breath away. It set a plucking them out of my face didn’t rouse him
new benchmark in the world of to crack out the Burt Bacharach album and
husband/wife present exchanging a jar of chocolate body paint. For a while, I
and regularly I’d field enquiries from other resisted his suggestion, but eventually realised
husbands about it. They weren’t wanting to I couldn’t keep up the rigours of removal and
know where they could get one for their called the laser clinic for an appointment.
wives, no, no, they were wanting to know if The lady who fetched me from the waiting
the legend was true – did my husband really room was in a white coat to convey scientific
give me a voucher for laser hair removal? superiority. This was more than just a wax, she
I loved the shock on their faces when I told told me, this was permanent hair removal.
them no, he didn’t give me a voucher for hair Before she proceeded, was I prepared to say
removal, he just gave me a business card for
a hair removal salon and a firm suggestion
“ farewell to the follicle? Like Darth Vader, she
had a laser and knew how to use it, explaining
I should “fix myself up”. At my own expense Like Darth she’d point her beam over my hair(s) then pull
and in my own time, of course.
It’s comforting to know that romance is
Vader, she the trigger. This would permanently burn the
shaft all the way to the root and I’d have a
still alive, isn’t it? had a laser chin as bald as Yul Brynner … forever.
To be fair, he did have a point and perhaps and knew Yes, this was what I wanted – ta-ta tweezers,
I should just cop his bluntness on the chin,
which was precisely where the problem lay. how to use it. get the pluck away from me. My therapist
(laser not life) got into position and pulled
My hairy mole, the subject of my first column
in this fine publication, had experienced
” the trigger. There was a flash, a slight heat
sensation and a whiff of singed hair, which
a growth spurt. Not the mole itself – that I found strangely comforting. A salve was
remained unchanged in shape, size and slathered and an appointment made for two
prominent location on my chin. But the hair weeks later to make sure we’d killed the root
that sprouted in the centre had seemingly of evil. Oh, yes, we did. Now when I’m lost
been in contact with follicle fertiliser and in thought, striking a pose not dissimilar
was growing like Jack’s beanstalk. to Rodin’s The Thinker, the only thought
Despite the fact I had tweezers in every I have is how wonderful to have removed one
nook and cranny, handbag, glove box and item from the list of attractive menopausal
toiletries bag, I couldn’t stay on symptoms, leaving me more
top of the growth. It wasn’t just time to deal with night sweats,
a single hair anymore, it had weight gain and mood swings.
developed shoots and was now Sometimes, one other thought
a hair cluster. My family was sneaks in, though – how Mick
put on watch with instructions Jagger wasn’t wrong when he
to tell me immediately when I’d sang, You can’t always get what
germinated. We developed our you want, but sometimes … you
own Auslan code so they could get what you need. AWW
subtly alert me when in public.
As expected, their new favourite
joke was to falsely use “the ABOUT THE WRITER
code”, which would send me Amanda Blair lives in Adelaide
scurrying off in search of privacy,
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with her four children and

a mirror and decent lighting. a husband she quite likes
Husband claimed his when she sees him. In her
motivation for the business spare time, she talks a lot.

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Havana
heat
Embrace colour and prints with
our fabulous Cuban-inspired looks.
Cue shirt, 6-14, $129,
cue.cc. ASOS skort,
XXS-XL, $39.95, asos.
com.au. Lack of Color
hat, $129, lackofcolor.
com.au. Punjaban Diva
cuff, $161, punjabandiva.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● KRISTINA SOLIJO STYLING ● LEDA ROSS com. Christie Nicolaides
earrings, $239, and ring,
$169, christie-nicolaides.
myshopify.com. Zara
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(02) 9376 7600.

[ Fashion ]
Kenzo x H&M top,

4-16, $69.99, and
pants, XS-M, $199,
hm.com/au. Colette
earrings, $14.99,
colettehayman.com.au.
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IMAGES
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ABOVE, LEFT: H&M shirt, 4-18, $29.95, hm.com/au. Forever 21 skirt, 4-18, $49.95, (02) 8937 0346. Zara belt, XS-XL, $25.95, (02) 9376 7600.
Condura hat, $39.95, condura.com.au. Megan Park earrings, $129, meganpark.com.au. Peter Lang rings (model’s left and right hands),
$120 each, peterlang.com.au. David Lawrence shoes, 36-41, $149, davidlawrence.com.au. ABOVE, RIGHT: H&M top, 4- 18, $24.95, and pants,
4-18, $29.95, hm.com/au. Punjaban Diva necklace, $65, punjabandiva.com. Christie Nicolaides earrings, $199, christie-nicolaides.myshopify.
com. Mister Zimi shoes, 37-41, $175, misterzimi.com.
Editor’s tip: Team a

shoulder-baring
’50s silhouette with
tropical-inspired
shoes for the ultimate
Cuban feel.
OPPOSITE, BELOW:
Mister Zimi top, one size fits all,
$110, and skirt, $140, misterzimi.
com. Peter Lang rings (model’s
left and right hands), $120 each,
and bracelet, $299, peterlang.
com.au. Christie Nicolaides
earrings, $249, christie-nicolaides.
myshopify.com. Zara sandals,
35-42, $89.95, (02) 9376 7600.
THIS PAGE: Zara top, XXS-XL,

$45.95, (02) 9376 7600. Witchery
pants, 6-14, $139.95, witchery.
com.au. Condura scarf, $29.95,
condura.com.au. Pared
sunglasses, $280, paredeyewear.
com. Colette earrings, $14.95,
colettehayman.com.au. Christie
Nicolaides rings, $169 each,
christie-nicolaides.myshopify.com.

Sussan top, 8-18, $59.95,
sussan.com.au. Zara pants
(belt included), XXS-XL,
$49.95, and headband,
$24.95, (02) 9376 7600.
Peter Lang earrings,
$105, peterlang.com.au.
Christie Nicolaides ring,
myshopify.com.

Veronika Maine dress,
6-16, $249, veronikamaine.
com.au. Witchery belt,
M-L, $49.95, witchery.com.
au. Colette clutch, $24.99,
colettehayman.com.au.
Seed key ring (on bag),
$29.95, seedheritage.com.
Peter Lang necklace, $197,
peterlang.com.au. Christie
Nicolaides earrings,
myshopify.com. Punjaban
Diva cuff, $190,
punjabandiva.com.
All prices are

approximate.
Items available online
where websites are
quoted.
Sensational
sunnies
Match your sunglasses to your outfit and have some fun
with Bianca Lane’s pick of the hottest styles on sale now.
1 3
2 4
Susan Sarandoon
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The classic frames that never go out of style. Perfect for adding
elegance and sophistication to oversized sunglasses.
1. Collette Dinnigan,
$199 for two pairs,
specsavers.com.au.
2. H&M, $12.99, hm.com/
5 au. 3. Ellery, $249 for 8
two pairs, specsavers.
com.au. 4. Owndays ITEMS AVAILABLE ONLINE WHERE WEBSITES ARE QUOTED.
Zoo Panther, $98,
owndays.com/au.
5. Rubi, $14.95, cottonon.
com/au.
6. Cancer Council
6 Mayfield, $49.95, 9
cancercouncilshop.org.
au. 7. Owndays John
Dillinger, $198, as before.
8. Pacifico Optical, $199,
pacificooptical.com.
9. Seed, $49.95,
seedheritage.com.
7 10. Funkis reading 10
glasses, $49, funkis.com.
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[ Workshop ]
STYLE
TIP
Avoid cleaning glasses

with your shirt or tissues
as this can scratch the
lenses. Use the cloth
1 that comes with them. 4
2 5
3 6
Elizabeth Taylor
They’re this summer’s on-trend hues. Add glamour to your look

with styles even a Hollywood goddess would love to be seen in.
1. MinkPink, $49.95,
minkpinkworld.com.
2. Guess, $179.95,
healyoptical.com.au.
3. Witchery Riley, $79.95,
7 10
witchery.com.au. 4. Local
Supply, $79.95,
localsupply.com.
5. Epokhe Anteka, $190,
epokhe.co. 6. Seafolly
Belle Mare, $69.95,
seafolly.com.au. 7. Seafolly
Honolulu, $69.95, as
8 before. 8. Ray-Ban, $199, 11
rayban.com. 9. Vogue
Eyewear, $119.95,
vogue-eyewear.com.
10. Seafolly Monterey,
$89.95, as before.
11. Pacifico Optical, $219,
pacificooptical.com.
9 12. Pacifico Optical, $159, 12
as before.

STYLE
TIP
A great alternative
to classic black which
is versatile enough to
be worn with the rest
1 of your wardrobe. 4
2 5
3 6
Audrey Hepburn
It’s the look that suits everyone and comes in a variety of

shapes from the classic aviator to fashion favourite cat’s eye.
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1. Seafolly Long Beach,
$79.95, seafolly.com.au.
2. Glue Store Peak
Hour, $59.95, gluestore.
7 com.au. 3. Jeanswest, 10
$49.99, jeanswest.com.
au. 4. Oroton, $235,
oroton.com.au.
ITEMS AVAILABLE ONLINE WHERE WEBSITES ARE QUOTED.
5. MinkPink, $49.95,
minkpinkworld.com.au.
6. Owndays John
Dillinger, $198,
8 owndays.com/au. 11
7. Country Road, $129,
countryroad.com.au.
8. Rubi, $14.95,
cottonon.com/au.
9. H&M, $14.99,
hm.com/au. 10. Owndays
Based, $128, as before.
11. Supré, $15, supre. 12
com.au. 12. Seafolly
9
Bora Bora, $79.95,
as before.

[ Fashion news ]
Fashion
Curvy style
finds for
shapely A SIZE TO SUIT
figures Australian label Suzanne
Grae believes that everyone
should find shopping a
Bianca Lane has the perfect travel wardrobe, gets into the breeze, no matter their
swim with retro glamour and shines a light on party dressing. shape or size. So, it has
extended its size range
up to 22 in selected styles,
styles
RETRO STYLE both in-store and online.
These stylish but
classic swimsuits from
City Chic will add
instant ’50s glamour
to your beach look.
They’re designed with
thicker, adjustable
straps for extra
support and flexible
boning to contour Label
and sculpt. love:
W.Lane
The new
collection from
W.Lane has your
travel wardrobe
sorted. Full of
luxurious but
versatile dresses,
skirts, tops and pants
that can be worn
interchangeably, the
clothes make packing
for your next vacation
Birdy one-piece (left) and minimal and easy. Printed blouse, 8-22, $49.95, and
Gigi underwire one-piece Cowl neck tank top, 8-20, cropped jeggings, 8-22, $39.96,
ALL RPICES ARE APPROXIMATE. ITEMS AVAILABLE ONLINE WHERE WEBSITES ARE QUOTED.
(right), both 14-22, $99.95 $59.99, and ankle pants, suzannegrae.com.au.

each, citychic.com.au. 8-20, $69.99, wlane.com.au.
Spotlight on 1
SUMMER PARTY
DRESSES
The holiday season has 2 3 4 5
arrived, so it’s time to find the
t
perfect party dress. When
shopping around, don’t just
go by hanger appeal. Be
prepared to try things on tto
gauge the fit and drape of
the dress. Most of all, have e
fun and experiment with
new shapes and styles you u 1. Boohoo embellished shift dress, 16-24, $80, boohoo.com. 2. City Chic floral outline dress, $129.95,
wouldn’t normally go for. citychic.com.au.
i hi 3
3. B
Boohoo
h plunge midi dress, 16-24, $40, as before. 4. Lala Belle polka-dot dress, 16-26,
Here are our best picks: $290, lalabelle.com.au. 5. City Chic Poppy Garden dress, 14-24, $129.95, as before.

DI Y
Home spa
treatments
There’s no better time to pamper yourself than over the summer holiday break.
Sheree Mutton reveals how to recreate those luxury spa treatments at home.
W
e all love salon quiet space where you can really scrub, mask, serum or oil and
treatments, but take the time to pamper and reward moisturiser,” explains Jocelyn. “I
often time and yourself,” says Jocelyn. also like to give myself a firm facial
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cost don’t permit Celebrity facialist and skin health massage to help tone the skin and
a weekly or even expert Amy Erbacher recommends promote blood flow and lymphatic
a monthly visit to a spa. This is where being well prepared with fresh towels, drainage. Cleansing your skin is the
DIY home beauty treatments come in. a chair and the right tools for your best time to massage your facial
According to Sydney-based treatment. “When you’re ready to muscles, promoting lymphatic
celebrity beauty therapist Jocelyn pamper yourself, there’s nothing more drainage to detox from the inside.”
Petroni, they’re on the rise. “I think frustrating than not being able to find Facial steaming will allow your
women – and men for that matter – what you need,” she says. “Create a pores to open up and help remove
are increasingly more savvy when it beauty pamper box or set aside space toxins from the skin as you perspire.
comes to their home care routine,” she in your bathroom cupboard to store “Close your eyes and don’t place your
says. “Regular DIY facial treatments, all your DIY spa equipment.” face too close to the water,” advises
such as masks and scrubs, ensure the Amy. “If you have sensitive skin and
skin is well maintained in between Facials broken capillaries, I’d skip this and
your salon visits.” A facial is one of the most popular instead apply a facial compress.”
home treatments, as it can be done Whether you want to improve
Where to start in as little as five minutes. “I like to fine lines or give your skin a hit of
Creating a salon atmosphere is the follow the traditional method of hydration, there’s a face mask tailored
first step. “Ensure you have a clean, removing make-up: double cleanse, to your skin needs. If you have more »

[ Beauty ]
“Ensure you have
a clean, quiet space
where you can really
reward yourself.”
BEAUTY
TOP TIP
at least the first time. “As a therapist,
I’ve seen some really bad DIY waxing
mishaps and you can sometimes do
“Remember to keep more damage than good,” says Amy.
equipment clean and The day before you plan to wax,
sterilised,” says Amy ensure the area has been exfoliated to
Erbacher. “Even though remove dead skin cells. Most experts
you’re performing these say the best way to wax is from the
treatments in the luxury outside of the area inwards. It’s also
of your own home, you recommended to wait until the hair is
should still follow safety about five millimetres in length. This
measures at all times and is because it’s harder to remove very
keep items clean to short hair and hair any longer will
prevent any infection.” be more painful.
Pedicures and manicures

Keeping your fingernails and toenails
than one skin concern, try multi- brushing. “Dry body brushing is looking their best is simple with the
masking. This can help you target ideal for a gentle exfoliation,” she right tools. “It’s great that at-home
any specific needs on different areas says. It’ll also help improve circulation manicures and pedicures are becoming
of your face at the one time. Timing is and remove toxins from the body. more accessible,” says Jocelyn.
dependent on the particular mask, but “Remember, light gentle strokes in To start, remove all nail polish
most range from five to 15 minutes. circular movements.” with an acetone-free nail polish
“Lie down if you can and leave the remover that has a strengthening
mask to sit,” says Amy. When you’ve Waxing or conditioning agent in it. This will
finished, remove the mask with a Waxing is a clever way to get silky, help prevent nails becoming weak and
warm facial compress or towel. Then smooth skin for longer. Yet if you’re brittle. Then soak both your hands
splash your face with cool water to inexperienced or just not game, it’s and feet in a tub and exfoliate. Give
close up pores and pat dry. Apply best to get a professional to do it – nails a good file and buff, and protect
a serum or oil and moisturiser after your cuticles using oil. Apply a base
this process. coat, two layers of colour and a top
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coat to nails, unless the nail polish is
Massages
Body scrubs and oils not only
3 4 a gel. Finally, use a good barrier cream
to keep your hands and feet well
exfoliate and hydrate the skin, they hydrated throughout the day. AWW
also help relieve tension and stress.
Amy says self-massage is a great way
to assist with detoxification and also
improves the skin’s tone and texture.
6
“Always start at the feet and work
your way up the body with firm 7
movements, and always up towards
the heart,” she advises. Before any
type of body treatment, try dry
5 8
9
11 10
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When to see
a professional
“Professionals work with skin
every day, so they’re able to
examine it and identify what it
needs or what changes you should
make in your home care routine,”
explains Jocelyn Petroni. “So it’s
important that you visit an expert
at least every three months. You
should also see a beauty therapist
for any advice on more serious
treatments, such as extractions,
peels or specific skin concerns.”
[ What’s new ]
Beauty news
New brow tools, a smart contouring
kit and BB creams that double as
sunscreens, with Sheree Mutton.
Beautiful brows
Eyebrows are a major feature in
defining the face, but they can be
a nightmare to shape and groom.
These new products make those
golden arches of hair above your eyes
look shapely, fuller and gorgeous.
1. Benefit Goof Proof Brow Pencil, $42. This pencil has
waterproof colour that lasts for up to 12 hours and comes
with a blending spoolie brush. Available in six shades.
2. Australis Brow Lift Highlighter & Concealer, $9.95.
A two-in-one brow pencil with concealer and highlighter.
1 2
Use the highlighter under the brow, following the arch.
Editor’s
BB pick
Try these creams
Is your skin
For those hot summer days
F looking a little
a
at the beach, ditch the tired and dull?
PPROXIMA
h
heavy foundation and opt Try this lotion,
for a lighter alternative, which is packed BUY
ssuch as a beauty or blemish with antioxidant THIS
CES AR
b
balm (also known as a BB active ingredients
ccream) with added SPF.
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to re-energise Revlon Sculpt + Highlight
La Roche-Posay Anthelios
L
the skin. Contour Kit, $24.95.
XL Comfort Cream BB SPF
X
50+ (far left), 50ml, $28.95.
5 Lancôme Énergie This palette makes contouring
Swisse Natural Defence BB
S De Vie Smoothing and highlighting easy. The
Cream SPF 30, 60ml, $24.99.
C & Plumping Pearly y four powders work to conceal,
Lotion, 200ml, $60. highlight, sculpt and add
a natural glow to the skin.
Minutes with Pia Miller

HOME AND AWAY ACTRESS AND GHD AMBASSADOR
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful My signature fragrance is … Le Labo from
than … Confidence. A woman who carries Mecca Cosmetica.
herself with complete confidence, in my My must-have beauty products are …
eyes, is beautiful. The ghd Platinum Styler – you can achieve
My daily skin routine involves … Keeping everything you need with this tool,
it simple. Who has time to spend hours including sleek, straight hair or perfect
in the bathroom? For my day routine, waves. For my face, it’s my kohl eyeliner.
I cleanse in the shower, then tone and The most common beauty mistake
moisturise. My night routine is the same, women make is … Overdoing the bronzer!
but with an eye cream added to help me It may look great at home, but then you
on those long days on set. step outside into daylight and … oh, dear!

[ What’s new ]
Tory Burch Jolie
Fleur Rose,
Charlotte 100ml, $195.
Tilbury A feminine scent,
Luxury featuring rose,
Palette in Thhe cashmeran, pink
Vintage pepper, violet and
Vamp, $78. sandalwood. Nutrimetics nc
These fourr Glimmer Eyeshadow
gorgeous Crayons in Antique
eyeshadows (right) and Gunmetal,
complemen nt $25. Glide on one
each otherr of these metallic
and are easy shades for effortless,
to blend. smokey eyes.
Glasshouse
Fragrances Beverly
Hills Hand Crème,
125ml, $24.95.
With top notes
of berries and
grapefruit, this
luxurious hand
crème with added
shea butter will leave
your skin feeling
Sheree Mutton selects smooth and soft.
the best products from

the beauty counter.
Bourjois La Laque
Gel in 4 Flambant
Rose, $13.
This gel polish offers
intense colour and
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shine that lasts for
up to 15 days.
Batiste Stylist W7 Let’s Glow

G
Oomph My Locks Illuminating gPPressed
XXL Volume Spray, Powder, $4 4.99.
200ml, $12.95. A presse ed poowder
An instant lightweight with h sshim
immery gold
spray which boosts highlights to reflect
volume and light and givve skin
height for those outhful glow.
big hairstyles. Circa Home Cotton Flower & Freesia
Classic Candle, 260g, $29.95.
A fresh blend of freesia, white
rose, cucumber and musk for
the home or office.

PANTENE prom
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Having good What advice can you give
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It makes me
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A I’ve learned that no matter how
crazy your days are, it’s so important
to treat yourself. During the early years,
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but if you keep up healthy habits like
on my day. drinking lots of water, eating the right
foods and going for walks, your hair
and skin will look great and you’ll feel
better all over.
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Pantene works for my hair, and for that
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An actress, singer, presenter, author and designer

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Dr Joanna McMillan
My healthy
eating plan
A flexible eating and lifestyle plan is the key to weight
control, writes nutritionist Dr Joanna McMillan.
T
he problem with most we feel today, but also how our bodies
popular diets or the latest age and our health fares decades into
exercise regimen is that the future. Real food means food that
they don’t consider a is close to the way nature intended.
holistic approach to That is food that is full of beneficial
health and wellbeing. A short-sighted nutrients, phytochemicals and
goal of weight loss over a few weeks zoochemicals, which our bodies need
isn’t going to help you with long-term to function at their best. Real food is
weight control, let vegetables, fruit,
alone your total nuts, seeds,
body health. wholegrains,
We must move legumes,
away from the seafood, meat,
crazy diets, the dairy, eggs
impossible-to- and certain
keep-up food made
exercise directly from
regimens these, such
and instead as extra virgin
embrace true olive oil (the
lifestyle change. juice squeezed
This is the only way from olives) or
we can not only get tofu (made from soy
lean if we have weight to beans). This doesn’t
lose, but prevent weight gain mean no processed foods at
over time so that we stay lean. all. I keep hearing people say
that processed food is bad. But
1 Food
Eat delicious food that nourishes
your body in appropriate portions to
this is a far too simplistic statement.
Processing can, in fact, be beneficial
for certain foods. Processing tomatoes
lose body fat if you need to, or stay to make tomato paste, for example,
lean if you are already a healthy body not only gives us a food with a
composition. Knowledge continues to conveniently long shelf life, it also
ISTOCK.
grow in science and research, linking dramatically increases the levels of

what, how and when we eat with how the powerful antioxidant lycopene. »

[Health]
DID YOU Most men and

KNOW? women lose close
to 50 per cent of
their muscle mass between
the ages of 20 and 90. This
muscle wastage is called
sarcopenia and is at the core
of many age-related health
concerns. Strength training is
arguably the best means we
have of really changing the
shape of our bodies.
A busy working mother

of two boys, Dr Joanna
McMillan heads out on
her regular walk with the
family dog, Spartacus.
Your ideal portions
2 Drink
Drink water as
your main drink to
stay well hydrated. 1 Plants 2 Protein
Have a glass of Mostly Seafood, meat,
water with your non-starchy dairy, eggs, legumes
meals and on veggies with – including soy
average try to have a little fruit
a glass every hour
through the day.
Water has no
kilojoules, no
undesirable additives
and serves the purpose of hydration.
You can also enjoy coffee and tea,
with milk if you like, but without
added sugar. Veggie-based smoothies
are also fabulous additions to your
daily menu plan to boost your intake
of plant foods. Soft drinks and juices
are out – you don’t need those extra
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kilojoules and it’s much better to get carbs
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3 Exercise
Exercise is a non-negotiable for
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with the right balance of protein, Learning how to manage your stress
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Stress can lead you
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roughly the same time, avoiding
caffeine after lunchtime, having at THURSDAY
least two hours before bed without Breakfast: Super veggie bowl
food, avoiding more than one or Your “get lean” Lunch: Hearty chicken and barley soup
two alcoholic drinks, and having no menu plan Snack: Handful of nuts
screen time (especially tablets and Dinner: Roast veggie salad with
smartphones) for an hour before bed SUNDAY pomegranate dressing and a grilled
– try reading a book or having a bath Breakfast: Spanish baked eggs lean steak
instead to help you wind down. with ham and spinach and slice Sweet treats: ½ cup of mixed berries
wholegrain toast with natural yoghurt
Lunch: Soto ayam (Balinese
HOW MUCH SLEEP IS ENOUGH? chicken soup) FRIDAY
Most of us need a minimum of Snack: 15 almonds and ½ cup Breakfast: Muesli with milk/yoghurt/
six hours and we function much pineapple chunks dairy alternative and fresh fruit
better when we hit eight hours on a Dinner: Lean and mean beef burritos OR wholegrain cereal with sprinkle
regular basis. Those who sleep less Sweet treats: Drunken strawberries of nuts/seeds, fruit and yoghurt
are at greater risk of obesity, type 2 with citrus yoghurt and dark chocolate Lunch: Superfood salad with tahini
diabetes, cardiovascular disease dressing (see recipe, overleaf) and
and high blood pressure. MONDAY 65g cold meat or small can of tuna
Breakfast: Muesli with milk/yoghurt/ Snack: Natural protein berry smoothie
dairy alternative and fresh fruit Dinner: Soba noodle soup with teriyaki
Monitoring your progress OR wholegrain cereal with sprinkle pork and greens
We need to be able to measure our of nuts/seeds, fruit and yoghurt Sweet treats: 2 squares (20g)
progress in a tangible way. Listening Lunch: Supergreens soup with slice dark chocolate
to your body and feelings of wellbeing of wholegrain bread and cheese
are terrific, but they are also subject Snack: Hummus two ways with SATURDAY
to our emotions and mood. carrot and celery batons Breakfast: Spelt and lupin blueberry
BODY FAT: You may have heard Dinner: Mediterranean chickpea hotcakes with ricotta and fresh
over the past few years that weighing stuffed sweet potatoes strawberries
yourself is passé, and what is really Sweet treats: Hot spiced cocoa Lunch: Thai beef salad
important is body fat percentage. Snack: Green smoothie with kale,
I couldn’t agree more. The most TUESDAY pineapple and coconut
accurate and easily accessible way Breakfast: Boiled/poached/scrambled Dinner: Spanish seafood stew
to have your body fat and muscle eggs with 1 slice wholegrain toast, served with a green salad dressed
levels measured is to go and have a wilted spinach and grilled tomato with vinaigrette and a slice of
DEXA scan. There are a number of Lunch: Adzuki bean and tuna salad wholegrain sourdough
companies that offer this. Snack: Handful of nuts Sweet treats: Custard filo tart
WAIST MEASUREMENT: The latest Dinner: Ricotta and basil meatballs in with caramelised figs
scientific research clearly shows that capsicum-tomato sauce served with
the fat most detrimental to health is ½ cup steamed brown rice and green For two more
that around your middle. The ideal salad drizzled with extra virgin olive recipe ideas,
range for women is under 80cm oil and lemon turn the page ...
– with greatly increased risk over Sweet treats: ½ cup of mixed berries
88cm. For men, these cut-offs are with Greek natural yoghurt
94cm and 102cm, respectively.
WEIGHT: Recording your weight has WEDNESDAY
its pros and cons. It’s entirely up to Breakfast: Muesli with milk/yoghurt/
you as to whether you hop on the dairy alternative and fresh fruit
scales or not, and your decision OR wholegrain cereal with sprinkle
should be based on what is motivating of nuts/seeds, fruit and yoghurt
to you. Firstly, understand what your Lunch: Black barley, kale and poached
weight tells you. It’s not just a measure chicken salad
of body fat changes. Weight is affected Snack: My go-to green smoothie
by fluid changes, such as dehydration Dinner: Coconut fish fingers, sweet
and fluid retention, when you last ate, potato chips and broccolini
when you went to the bathroom, and Sweet treats: Hot spiced cocoa
change to your muscle mass. »

½ avocado
100g snow peas, trimmed and thinly
sliced diagonally
40g (¼ cup) almonds, roasted and
roughly chopped
1 tablespoon pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons micro herbs (such as
micro rocket and radish, optional
Turkey rissoles with Superfood salad with
chilli, garlic and ginger tahini dressing to serve)
1 tablespoon chia seeds, to serve
TAHINI DRESSING
Turkey rissoles with chilli, When ready to cook, heat a chargrill juice of ½ lemon
garlic and ginger pan (this gives nice char lines on your 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
These rissoles are a crowd pleaser, whether rissoles), a frying pan or the barbecue 2 tablespoons unhulled tahini
for a family mid-week dinner or a weekend to medium heat. Drizzle with the
barbecue. If you’re entertaining, you can
remaining oil, add the rissoles and cook Put the quinoa in a saucepan and
make them smaller to serve on cocktail
sticks as a canapé, perhaps with a bowl of
for 2-3 minutes on each side or until cover with water. Drain in a sieve and
sweet chilli sauce for dipping. For a family cooked through. Be careful not to have repeat. This washes away the bitter
meal, I like to serve them with baked sweet the heat turned up too high or you’ll compounds, called saponins, on the
potato chips and a salad of whatever veggies burn the outside of the rissole before the surface. Return to the pan and add
I have in my fridge. centre is cooked. If need be you can pop 375ml (1½ cups) of water. Bring to the
SERVES 4 TIME 20 MINUTES the lid over the pan to assist cooking if boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer
DAIRY- GLUTEN- AND NUT-FREE your rissoles are thicker. and cook for about 15 minutes or until
Serve with a gorgeous big green salad the water has been absorbed and the
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil along with baked sweet potato chips, quinoa is cooked.
¼ red onion, finely diced boiled waxy potatoes or mashed Bring a separate saucepan of water
2 garlic cloves, crushed or finely cannellini beans. to the boil over high heat. Put the kale,
chopped broccolini and asparagus in a steamer,
1 tablespoon finely grated ginger Superfood salad with cover with the lid and place on top of
1 red chilli, finely chopped tahini dressing the pan. Cook for 2 minutes, or until
500g lean minced (ground) turkey There are many everyday superfoods that just tender. Drain and rinse under cold
handful flat-leaf (Italian) parsley are readily available to most of us in the running water to stop the cooking
supermarket. Here I’ve combined a selection
(or coriander), leaves picked and process. This will ensure they stay a
of these to create the most stunning salad.
finely chopped The quinoa, almonds and tahini provide a
lovely bright colour. (Alternatively,
¼ teaspoon iodised salt significant amount of protein, making it a place the veggies in a microwave-proof
freshly ground black pepper terrific vegan and vegetarian meal option. But, bowl with a little water, cover and
if you like, you can boost the protein further microwave on High for 2 minutes
Heat 2 teaspoons of the extra virgin olive by adding a little chicken, red meat or fish. before running under the cold tap.)
oil in a small frying pan over medium SERVES 4 TIME 25 MINUTES Toss all the salad ingredients, except
heat. Add the onion and sauté for a few DAIRY- AND GLUTEN-FREE, SUITABLE the micro herbs, if using, and the chia
minutes until translucent, taking care not FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS seeds in a serving bowl.
to let it burn. Add the garlic, ginger and To make the dressing, whisk all
chilli, and sauté for a minute or so more. 135g (⅔ cup) quinoa the ingredients in a small bowl and add
Combine the mince, onion mixture, 200g kale, stalks removed and leaves enough water to give a nice runny
parsley, salt and plenty of black pepper in torn into pieces consistency. Drizzle over the salad.
a mixing bowl. Use your hands to ensure 125g (1 bunch) broccolini, cut into Scatter over the micro herbs, if
an even mix of ingredients. Then divide bite-sized pieces using, and the chia seeds. Serve. AWW
the mixture into 8 pieces and mould each 4 asparagus spears, sliced into
into a rissole shape – running cold water bite-sized pieces
over your hands first helps to stop it 140g mixed lettuce leaves
sticking. Flatten each rissole slightly and ½ carrot, shredded using a mandoline This is an edited
set aside on a sheet of baking paper. At or finely grated extract from Get
this stage, you can cook them straight ½ red onion, thinly sliced Lean, Stay Lean, by
away, or cover with plastic wrap and store handful basil, leaves picked Dr Joanna McMillan,
in the fridge to cook within 24 hours, or handful flat-leaf (Italian) parsley, published by
you can freeze them for 4–6 months. leaves picked Murdoch Books, $35.

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Chilli garlic char-grilled octopus
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
15 MINUTES (+ REFRIGERATION TIME)
1.5kg medium octopus

5 fresh long red chillies, seeded,
chopped finely
6 cloves garlic, chopped finely
¼ cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf
parsley stems and leaves
⅔ cup (160ml) extra virgin olive oil
3 cups (750ml) white wine
¼ cup (60ml) chardonnay vinegar
250g rocket, trimmed
⅓ cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
1 To clean octopus, cut across the head

and under the eyes to separate the
tentacles from the head. Cut across the
head above the eyes. Clean out head;
remove dark skin. Remove beak from
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the oil in a small food processor until
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Chilli barbecued haloumi
with zucchini salad deep heavy-based frying pan over high
heat; cook octopus, stirring, for 3 minutes.
Add wine; bring to the boil. Reduce heat;
Chilli barbecued haloumi 3 Using a vegetable peeler, peel zucchini simmer, covered, for 45 minutes or until
with zucchini salad and asparagus into long thin ribbons and octopus is tender. Drain off liquid. Cool
SERVES 6 AS A STARTER PREP AND COOK TIME rounds. Combine zucchini, asparagus the octopus for 20 minutes.
30 MINUTES (+ REFRIGERATION TIME) and mint in a large bowl; place on a platter. 4 Toss cooled octopus in remaining oil.
4 Cook haloumi on a heated, oiled grill Cook octopus, in batches, on a heated grill
½ cup (125ml) lemon juice plate (or grill or barbecue flat plate) over plate (or grill or barbecue) over high heat
¼ cup (90g) honey medium-high heat for 1½ minutes on for 2 minutes or until charred lightly.
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil each side or until browned lightly. Pour 5 Place charred octopus in a medium
1 clove garlic, crushed any remaining marinade from dish over bowl with vinegar and remaining chilli
1 fresh long red chilli, sliced thinly haloumi; cook for 1 minute to caramelise. mixture; toss gently to combine. Season
750g haloumi cheese, cut into 1cm slices 5 Serve haloumi with salad, drizzled with to taste. Serve with rocket and mint.
2 medium (240g) zucchini reserved dressing. Marinated uncooked octopus suitable
170g asparagus, trimmed Not suitable to freeze or microwave. to freeze. Not suitable to microwave.
½ cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
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Test Kitchen tips Test Kitchen tips
1 Combine juice, honey, oil, garlic and ● If you can’t find sorrel, use ● You can use white wine vinegar
chilli in a small jug. beetroot (beet) leaves, radicchio, instead of chardonnay vinegar.
2 Put haloumi in a large shallow glass or rocket or spinach. ● Octopus can be either marinated
ceramic dish. Pour half the juice mixture ● Use baking paper on the grill plate or cooked in the pan a day ahead.
over it; cover. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Reserve to prevent the haloumi sticking. Barbecue just before serving.
remaining juice mixture for dressing.
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great recipes char-grilled octopus
head online
and search
barbecue
Herb and garlic
sausage coil
Herb and garlic sausage coil
SERVES 6 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES
1.6kg thin Italian-style sausages in one

continuous length or 2 x 800g lengths
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves
4 fresh bay leaves, torn
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf
parsley leaves
1 tablespoon lemon rind strips
1 lemon, extra, cut into cheeks
1 Cut the continuous sausage into two

pieces. Untwist sausages and squeeze
filling to make a continuous sausage. Coil
each length into a long tight spiral. Pierce
two large skewers at right angles through
each coil to secure it (as pictured opposite).
2 Poke rosemary and bay leaves in Pork ribs with sticky
between sausage. Drizzle with half the oil. barbecue sauce
3 Cook sausage coils on a heated, oiled
barbecue (or grill or grill pan) for 3-4
minutes or until browned underneath. HOT CORIANDER SAUCE Pork ribs with sticky
Turn coils; cook until cooked through. ⅓ cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil barbecue sauce
4 Top with remaining oil, parsley and 1 fresh green jalapeño, seeded, chopped SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 55 MINUTES
rind. Serve with lemon cheeks. 2 teaspoons finely grated lime rind
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice 1.75kg American-style pork spare ribs
1 cup firmly packed fresh coriander 1 cup (250ml) tomato sauce
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
Test Kitchen tips 1 HOT CORIANDER SAUCE Blend or ½ cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar
● You’ll need to order the continuous process ingredients until combined. 2 cloves garlic, crushed
sausages from your butcher. Season to taste. 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
● You’ll also need four large bamboo 2 Combine spice mix, fish and oil in 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
or metal skewers for this recipe, to a shallow dish; season. 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
keep the sausages coiled. 3 Preheat a char-grill plate (or grill or
● Place lemon rind in a small bowl barbecue) to high. Cook fish for 2 minutes 1 Bring a large saucepan of water to
of iced water for 10 minutes to curl on each side or until just cooked through. the boil; reduce the heat. Add the ribs;
slightly, if you like. Toast bread rolls, in batches, cut-side simmer, covered, for 40 minutes or
down, on grill for 1 minute on each side. until tender. Drain.
4 Meanwhile, combine mayonnaise, 2 Combine the ribs and the remaining
Grilled fish burger cabbages, liquid smoke sauce and ingredients in a large bowl; season.
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 30 MINUTES coriander in a large bowl; season to taste. 3 Cook ribs on a heated barbecue (or grill
5 To assemble burgers, divide half the fish or grill pan) for about 15 minutes, basting
1 tablespoon cajun spice mix between bread bases, top with cabbage occasionally with remaining marinade.
8 x 150g firm white fish fillets, mixture, remaining fish, jalapeño, then Cut ribs into serving-sized portions.
skinned, boned then drizzle with Hot Coriander Sauce. Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
4 medium (200g) white bread rolls, You’ll find these
split in half recipes in The
½ cup (150g) whole-egg mayonnaise Test Kitchen tips Australian Women’s
1 cup shredded red cabbage ● Liquid smoke sauce can be found Weekly Outdoor
1 cup shredded green cabbage at good delicatessens and grocers in Kitchen, Bauer
1 teaspoon liquid smoke sauce the sauce and condiment section. Books, RRP $29.99,
2 tablespoons chopped fresh ● We used Pacific John Dory, but available where
coriander you can use any firm white fish fillet. all good books are
1 fresh green jalapeño, sliced thinly sold and at awwcookbooks.com.au.

6 ways
with wedges and fries
Add a major flavour boost to your spuds with these simple ideas
for the tastiest, finger-lickin' wedges and fries.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● JOHN PAUL URIZAR STYLING ● SOPHIA YOUNG
1. Spicy Cajun potato wedges potato) into wedges. Place wedges, in a together, until crisp and golden. Drain
Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced). single layer, on trays lined with baking fries on a paper towel. Season with salt.
Cut 1kg unpeeled kipfler potatoes into paper; drizzle with 2 tablespoons extra
wedges. Combine 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil. Roast for 15 minutes. Turn 6. Chilli garlic fries
virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoons ground wedges; roast for a further 15 minutes or Make a batch of fries following the Salted
cumin, 1 teaspoon hot paprika, ½ teaspoon until lightly browned. Stir 2 teaspoons Fries recipe (above). Meanwhile, heat 2
ground oregano, ½ teaspoon ground black finely grated lime rind, 2 tablespoons sea teaspoons extra virgin olive oil in a small
pepper, 1 teaspoon ground coriander and salt flakes and 1 teaspoon chilli flakes in a frying pan; cook 2 sliced fresh long red
¼ teaspoon chilli powder in a small bowl. small dry frying pan over a low heat for 3 chillies until soft. Add 2 sliced cloves garlic;
Place wedges on a large oiled oven tray, in minutes or until rind is dry. Cool. Serve cook, stirring, until fragrant. Serve hot fries
a single layer; drizzle with oil mixture, toss wedges sprinkled with lime chilli salt. immediately sprinkled with chilli mixture.
to coat. Roast for 40 minutes, turning Tips If you like, add ½ cup Thai basil
occasionally or until crisp and cooked. 4. Lemon pepper fries leaves to the oil after cooking the fries;
Serve topped with oregano leaves. Make a batch of fries following the Salted fry leaves for 30 seconds until crisp, then
Fries recipe (below), omitting the salt. toss them with the chilli mixture. These
2. Paprika potato wedges Combine 1 tablespoon finely grated fries go well with hamburgers, grilled or
with parmesan lemon rind (use a microplane grater), pan-fried steak and lamb cutlets.
Place two baking trays in oven; preheat ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
oven to 240°C (220°C fan-forced). Cut 1kg and 1 teaspoon salt flakes in a small bowl.
peeled floury potatoes (such as sebago) Serve hot fries immediately sprinkled
into wedges. Place wedges in a large bowl with lemon pepper and lemon wedges.
with 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, Tips You could also use grated lime
40g melted butter and 2 teaspoons rind instead of lemon and crushed
smoked paprika. Season with salt; toss to Sichuan peppercorns instead of black
coat. Place wedges, in a single layer, on hot pepper. These fries go well with battered
trays. Roast, turning once, for 35 minutes or grilled fish or chicken, prawns and fish.
or until golden and crisp. Serve topped
with ½ cup (40g) finely grated parmesan 5. Salted fries
and with aïoli. Cut 1kg peeled russet burbank potatoes,
Tip Aïoli is a garlic mayonnaise lengthways, into 1cm-thick slices; cut
available from supermarkets and delis. again, lengthways, into 1cm-wide pieces.
Deep frying tips
FOOD PREPARATION BY ANGELA DEVLIN.
Place potato in a large bowl of cold water;

3. Kumara wedges with stand for 30 minutes. Drain; pat dry with ● Ensure that the pan you are using
lime chilli salt paper towel. Heat vegetable oil in a is dry, before filling it one-third full
Preheat oven to 240°C (220°C fan-forced). deep-fryer, large saucepan or wok; cook with oil. The general temperature
Cut 1kg unpeeled kumara (orange sweet fries, in three batches, for 4 minutes each for frying is 180°C. You can use a
batch or until just tender but not browned cooking thermometer to gauge
For more great recipes (see tips on deep frying, right). Drain fries the temperature, or drop a cube
search potato wedges on on a paper towel; stand for 10 minutes. of bread into to the oil; it should
Reheat oil; cook the fries again, in three sizzle rapidly and start to brown.
batches, separating any that stick

[ Guilty pleasures]
1 2
5 6

Julie’s
summer
stone
fruit
Gather the family together
and make the most of the
season’s sweet and juicy fruit
with these delicious recipes
from Julie Goodwin.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● JOHN PAUL URIZAR

STYLING ● MICHAELA LE COMPTE
HAIR AND MAKE-UP BY JASMINE ABDALLAOUI. JULIE WEARS W.LANE SHIRT, BEME JEANS AND COLETTE NECKLACE.
Mango
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For recipe,
see overleaf.
cheesecake
141
[ Julie Goodwin ]
processor with the sugar and lime juice;
blitz to a purée.
3 In the bowl of a food processor, process
biscuits until fine crumbs form. Add the
butter and extra sugar; mix well. Press
firmly into the base of prepared pan;
refrigerate while preparing filling.
4 Sprinkle the gelatine over the water in
a small jug and stir until dissolved.
5 In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat
cream cheese until completely smooth.
With the mixer running, pour in the
condensed milk. Remove the bowl
from the mixer and stir through the
gelatine mixture and the chopped
mango, then gently fold through the
whipped cream. Pour into the biscuit
Aussie mess
base. Chill for 6 hours or overnight.
6 Cut the cheeks off the extra mangoes,
then slice thinly. Serve the cheesecake
Aussie mess then remove to completely cool. Break with the purée and topped with mango.
SERVES 6 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR into shards. Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
30 MINUTES (+ COOLING TIME) 4 Put the peaches, lime juice and icing
sugar in a blender and blitz to a purée. Bruschetta with blue cheese
3 egg whites 5 In six large water glasses, layer the and nectarine salsa
¼ teaspoon fine salt mango, passionfruit pulp, whipped SERVES 4-6 AS AN ENTRÉE PREP AND COOK TIME
⅔ cup (150g) caster sugar cream and peach mixture with the 30 MINUTES
3 white peaches, skin on, quartered, meringue. Finish with whipped cream
stones removed and passionfruit pulp. ½ sourdough baguette or loaf, sliced
juice of 1 lime Not suitable to freeze or microwave. thinly on the diagonal
1 tablespoon icing sugar 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1kg mangoes, peeled, diced Mango cheesecake finely grated rind and juice of 1 lime
pulp of 6 passionfruit SERVES 12 PREP AND COOK TIME 40 MINUTES 1 tablespoon caster sugar
300ml thickened cream, (+ REFRIGERATION TIME) 6 nectarines, stones removed,
whipped chopped finely
3 (1.5kg) ripe mangoes 1 small red chilli, seeded, chopped finely
1 Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). 2 tablespoons caster sugar 2 green onions (green shallots), white
Grease a large oven tray and line with juice of 1 lime and pale green parts, sliced
baking paper. 250g packet butternut snap biscuits ½ bunch mint leaves, chopped finely
2 Beat the egg whites and salt with an 100g butter, melted 100g blue cheese
electric mixer until soft peaks form. Begin 1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra
adding the caster sugar, a little at a time, 2 teaspoons powdered gelatine 1 Preheat a char-grill pan to medium-high.
until it’s all used up. Continue to mix until ⅔ cup (160ml) lukewarm water 2 Brush the sourdough slices on both
the egg whites form stiff, glossy peaks. 500g cream cheese, at room sides with the oil and grill in batches on
(You should be able to hold the bowl of temperature both sides until the bread is crisp with
the mixer upside down for a slow count 395g can condensed milk good char lines. Set aside to cool.
to 10, without it falling out.) 1 cup (250ml) thickened cream, whipped 3 In a medium bowl, combine lime juice
3 Spread the mixture onto the prepared 2 (1kg) mangoes, extra, to serve and sugar; stir until dissolved. Add the
oven tray, leaving a 3cm space around nectarines, chilli, onion, mint and lime
the edges. Bake for 30 minutes, then 1 Grease and line a 26cm springform rind, then toss to combine.
reduce the temperature to 140°C (120°C cake pan. 4 Spread each slice of the sourdough
fan-forced) and bake for a further 40 2 Remove the flesh from the mangoes. with a thin layer of the blue cheese
minutes or until crisp. Turn the oven off Chop one of the mangoes into 2cm and top with a generous spoonful of
and prop the door open an inch or so. pieces; set aside. Place the flesh of the the nectarine salsa.
Allow the meringue to cool in the oven, other two mangoes in a blender or food Not suitable to freeze or microwave.

Bruschetta with blue cheese
and nectarine salsa
Peach and almond crumble
Peach and almond crumble
SERVES 4-6 PREP AND COOK TIME 40 MINUTES
8 large (about 1.75kg) ripe yellow

peaches, peeled (see Julie’s tip)
¼ cup (55g) caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean extract
½ cup (75g) plain flour
¼ cup (55g) caster sugar, extra
80g butter, at room temperature
⅔ cup (60g) rolled oats
⅔ cup (90g) slivered almonds
custard, cream or ice cream, to serve
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).

2 Remove stones from peaches; slice into
2cm-thick wedges. Place in a medium
saucepan with the sugar, vanilla and 2
tablespoons water. Simmer for 5 minutes
or until peaches begin to soften.
3 Combine the flour, extra sugar and
butter in a bowl; mix well. Add the oats
and almonds, and mix again. Spread the
peaches over the base of a large baking
Nectarine and ginger chutney
dish. Scatter the crumble mixture over and Rosemary crispbreads
the top.
4 Bake for 30 minutes or until golden. The
top will crisp up as it cools. Serve with ⅔ cup (160ml) pineapple juice ½ cup (125ml) water
custard, cream or ice-cream, if desired. ¾ cup (180ml) white wine vinegar 2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. ¾ cup (165g) brown sugar
2 tablespoons curry powder 1 Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-
¼ cup (35g) raisins forced). Line two large oven trays with
Julie’s tip cheddar cheese, to serve baking paper.
● To peel the peaches more easily, 2 In a medium bowl, combine the flour
bring a large pot of water to the 1 Put ginger, garlic, onion and chillies and salt. Add olive oil, sesame oil, water
boil. Drop the peaches in for about in the bowl of a mini food processor and rosemary; mix well. The dough will
60 seconds or until the skins split, and process until chopped finely. be quite wet and very stretchy.
then place into a bowl of cold water. 2 Heat oil in a large saucepan over 3 Divide dough into eight equal-sized
When cool enough to handle, the medium heat. Add ginger mixture; cook, pieces. Place one piece between two
skin should peel right off. stirring, for about 3-5 minutes or until soft large sheets of baking paper, then roll
and fragrant. Add nectarine, pineapple out in a long, narrow oval shape as thinly
juice, vinegar, sugar, curry powder and as possible. Remove top sheet of baking
Nectarine and ginger chutney raisins. Mix well and bring the mixture paper, then flip the rolled-out dough,
MAKES 4 CUPS PREP AND COOK TIME 40 MINUTES to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer for using the baking paper underneath to
As well as being a great accompaniment about 30 minutes or until thick. lift it, onto the prepared tray.
to curries and rice, this chutney is 3 Spoon into sterilised jars. Serve chutney 4 Peel off baking paper, then bake for
delicious on sandwiches, burgers, cold with Rosemary Crispbreads (see below) 10 minutes or until golden brown and
meats and cheese platters. and a chunk of sharp cheddar cheese. crisp. Continue with remaining dough,
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. baking in batches of two at a time. Serve
5cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, sliced with Nectarine and Ginger Chutney
3 cloves garlic, peeled Rosemary crispbreads and cheese.
1 large (200g) brown onion, quartered MAKES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
4 long red chillies, deseeded,
chopped coarsely 1⅓ cups (200g) plain flour For more great recipes,
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon fine salt search stone fruit on
1.2kg (about 8 to 10) ripe nectarines, ¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
peeled, flesh roughly chopped 1 teaspoon sesame oil

What to do with
Christmas leftovers
After the festive feast, there are always leftovers.
Michele Cranston reinvents leftover ham, turkey, pork
and salmon into these delicious summer meals.
Christmas
cake sundaes
For recipe, see
page 150.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● JOHN PAUL URIZAR STYLING ● MICHAELA LE COMTE

[ Smart cooking ]
Turkey rissoles
with coleslaw
For recipe,
see overleaf.
“These rissoles can

also be made with
leftovers from
a roast chicken.”
Salmon and
brown rice salad
Salmon and brown rice salad
½ cup (80g) black rice

½ cup (80g) brown rice
300g cooked salmon, flaked
½ red onion, sliced finely
1 (130g) Lebanese cucumber, diced
100g snow peas, trimmed, blanched
1 cup fresh coriander leaves
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
DRESSING
2 tablespoons tamarind purée
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons finely grated ginger
1 tablespoon grated palm sugar
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 large red chilli, finely sliced
1 Cook black and brown rice in a large

saucepan of boiling water for 20 minutes
or until tender. Drain; rinse well. Transfer
to a large bowl and add the salmon, onion
and cucumber. Season with sea salt
and freshly ground black pepper; toss
to combine.
2 DRESSING Put the tamarind purée into Ham fritters
a large bowl and add ½ cup (125ml) water.
Stir to combine, then add the soy sauce,
ginger, palm sugar, cumin and chilli. Stir 3 cups (225g) finely sliced red cabbage Ham fritters
until the sugar has dissolved. 1 medium (120g) carrot, julienned SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES
3 Add half the Dressing to the rice mixture 1 medium (200g) red capsicum,
and then arrange over a serving platter. julienned 300g leftover roast potatoes
Top with the snow peas, coriander and ½ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves 1 cup finely chopped sliced ham
sesame seeds. Drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3 cups (180g) finely shredded Chinese
Dressing and serve. 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil cabbage, blanched
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 Place the cannellini beans in a small 2 large eggs, beaten
Turkey rissoles with coleslaw food processor; process to a thick paste. ¼ cup (60ml) vegetable oil
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 40 MINUTES Transfer to a large bowl and add the tomato relish and rocket leaves, to serve
(+ REFRIGERATION TIME) turkey meat, chives, semi-dried tomatoes,
parsley and pepper. Season with sea salt 1 Put the roast potatoes into a large
400g can cannellini beans, and stir to combine. Shape into 12 small bowl and mash coarsely. Add the ham,
rinsed, drained rissoles and place on a clean tray. cabbage, paprika and eggs. Stir the
300g cooked turkey meat, Refrigerate for half an hour. potato and ham mixture to combine
shredded finely 2 COLESLAW Combine all ingredients and season with sea salt and freshly
1 bunch chives, trimmed, sliced finely in a large bowl and toss to combine. ground black pepper.
¼ cup finely chopped Season with sea salt and freshly 2 Heat some of the oil in a large non-stick
semi-dried tomatoes ground black pepper. frying pan. Drop ¼ cupfuls of the mixture
¼ cup finely chopped curly parsley 3 Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying into the pan and flatten slightly to form
½ teaspoon ground white pepper pan and pan-fry the rissoles until they fritters. Cook fritters, in batches, until
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil are golden brown on all sides. golden brown on all sides. Repeat with
sliced gherkins, grilled flatbread and 4 Serve the rissoles with the coleslaw and the remaining mixture.
mayonnaise, to serve the sliced gherkins, grilled flatbread and 3 Serve the fritters with tomato relish
COLESLAW mayonnaise, if desired. and rocket leaves, if desired.
3 cups (225g) finely sliced Chinese Rissoles suitable to freeze. Not suitable Fritters suitable to freeze. Not suitable
cabbage to microwave. to microwave.

“The ham and mango
salad captures
all the flavours of an
Aussie summer”
Roast pork and noodle soup
1 litre salt-reduced beef stock

2 teaspoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon grass
½ small (200g) daikon, chopped finely
1 medium (200g) red capsicum,
chopped finely
100g dried rice vermicelli noodles
1 cup (80g) bean sprouts
Ham and
mango salad 250g finely sliced roast pork
½ cup Thai basil leaves
1 long red chilli, sliced finely
Ham and mango salad Christmas cake sundaes
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 10 MINUTES SERVES 4 PREP TIME 20 MINUTES 1 Combine stock, fish sauce, lime juice,
(+ FREEZING TIME) sugar, lemon grass and 2 cups water
1½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar 1 litre good-quality vanilla ice-cream, Bring to a simmer and stir until sugar
¼ cup (40g) pitted Kalamata olives softened has dissolved. Add the daikon and
1 long red chilli, sliced finely 1 cup (200g) coarsely chopped capsicum and continue to simmer
250g baby salad leaves fresh cherries for a further 5 minutes.
2 medium (860g) mangoes, sliced ½ cup coarsely chopped gingerbread 2 Add the noodles to the saucepan
12 thin slices leg ham ½ cup coarsely chopped milk chocolate and cook for 5-7 minutes or until
⅓ cup (25g) flaked almonds, toasted 2 tablespoons maple syrup noodles are soft.
1 cup crumbled Christmas cake 3 Divide the soup between four bowls
1 Put the oil, vinegar, olives and chilli in or pudding and top with the bean sprouts, pork,
a small bowl and season lightly with sea 250g strawberries, halved basil and chilli.
salt and freshly ground black pepper. 125g blueberries Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
2 Arrange the salad leaves on a serving
platter, then arrange the mango and ham 1 Place the ice-cream in a large bowl;
over the top. fold through the cherries, gingerbread, Test Kitchen tip
3 Stir the dressing and drizzle over the chocolate and maple syrup. Place in a loaf ● The noodle soup base can be
salad before scattering with the almonds pan or plastic container and return to the used for a variety of cold cuts. Use
Not suitable to freeze. freezer for several hours or overnight. this beef stock base for thinly sliced
2 To make the sundaes, layer small roast beef. Substitute with chicken
For more great recipes scoops of ice-cream in chilled glasses stock and serve with duck, chicken
search leftovers on with crumbled cake and fresh berries. or turkey. Or use a fish stock and
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to serve with grilled prawns.
microwave.

Roast pork and
noodle soup
Lamington
POPS
PHOTOGRAPHY ● BEN DEARNLEY STYLING ● SOPHIA YOUNG

[ Cooking class ]
Sweeten up your
Australia Day with our
frosty and fun take on
this patriotic classic.
Lamington pops
MAKES 10 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
(+ REFRIGERATION AND FREEZING TIME) STEP 1 STEP 3a
1 vanilla bean
300ml pouring cream
2 cups (500ml) milk
⅔ cup (150g) caster sugar
4 egg yolks
125g raspberries
1½ tablespoons icing sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
10 popsicle sticks
200g dark chocolate (55% cocoa),
chopped
50g cocoa butter, chopped (see
Test Kitchen tip)
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
1 Split vanilla bean lengthways; scrape out

seeds. Stir cream, milk and vanilla bean STEP 3b STEP 5
and seeds in a medium saucepan over
medium heat until almost boiling. Whisk
sugar and egg yolks in a medium heatproof
“The vanilla, raspberry, chocolate and
RECIPE BY ALICE STOREY AND GEORGI LARBY OF PURE POPS, PUREPOPS.COM.AU.
bowl for 3 minutes or until pale. Whisking

continuously, gradually add the hot
cream mixture to the egg yolk mixture
coconut flavours go wonderfully together.”
until combined. Return the mixture to (Step 3b); freeze pops for 8 hours or coconut over chocolate; freeze for 30
a clean pan; stir over low heat, without overnight until firm. minutes or until chocolate is firm (if you
boiling, for 10 minutes or until the mixture 4 Place the moulds in a bowl of water at use cocoa butter, it will set instantly).
thickens slightly and coats the back of a room temperature; pull sticks quickly to
spatula (Step 1, above). Pour into a large remove pops from moulds. Transfer to a
bowl placed over a large bowl of ice. Stir tray lined with baking paper. Return to Test Kitchen tip
occasionally for 45 minutes or until cool. the freezer for 2 hours or until very firm. ● Cocoa butter is sold in solid blocks
Remove the vanilla bean. Refrigerate 5 Place chocolate and cocoa butter in a at health food stores. If you can’t
for 1 hour or until cold. small heatproof bowl over a small find it, use coconut oil instead – it’s
2 Combine the raspberries, sifted icing saucepan of simmering water (do not available from most supermarkets.
sugar and juice in a small bowl; crush allow base of bowl to touch water); stir
coarsely with a fork. until smooth and melted. Cool for 5
3 Pour custard into 10 x ⅓-cup (80ml) minutes; transfer to a small jug or jar. Dip For more great recipes
moulds, layering with small amounts of pops, one at a time, in chocolate mixture search ice-cream on
the raspberry mixture (Step 3a). Freeze for (Step 5), shaking off excess. Transfer pops
1 hour or until starting to firm. Insert sticks to a tray lined with baking paper. Sprinkle

Fresh & fast
Take the stress out of dinner preparation during the
holidays with these easy and tasty family meals.
Thai spicy lamb

PHOTOGRAPHY ● BEN DEARNLEY AND CATH MUSCAT and noodle stir-fry
STYLING ● VIVIEN WALSH For recipe, see page 158.
FOOD PREPARATION BY CHARLOTTE BINNS MCDONALD AND CLARE DICKSON-SMITH. RECIPES ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY
WINTER EXPRESS COOKBOOK, RRP $29.99, AVAILABLE WHERE ALL GOOD BOOKS ARE SOLD AND AWWCOOKBOOKS.COM.AU.
ricotta pasta shells

Spicy zucchini and
For recipe, see overleaf.
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[ Weeknight cooking ]
¾ cup (60g) finely grated parmesan
⅓ cup (50g) roasted pine nuts
Margarita fish 3 egg yolks
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon fresh lemon thyme leaves
½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
5 cups bottled tomato pasta sauce
250g large pasta shells
1 tablespoon fresh lemon thyme
leaves, extra
1 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-

forced). Oil a shallow 2.5-litre (10-cup)
ovenproof dish.
2 Coarsely grate zucchini. Combine
zucchini, ricotta, parmesan, nuts, egg
yolks, garlic, lemon thyme and chilli
in a medium bowl; season.
3 Spread pasta sauce into dish; season.
Spoon zucchini mixture into uncooked
pasta shells; place in dish.
4 Cover the dish with foil; bake for
30 minutes. Uncover, then bake for
about 15 minutes or until pasta is tender
and cheese is lightly browned. Serve
pasta sprinkled with extra lemon thyme.
Serve with green salad, if desired.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
Prawn and fennel spaghettini

375g spaghettini pasta

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
500g uncooked shelled medium
Margarita fish fish on grill plate for about 3 minutes on king prawns
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES each side or until cooked through. 2 fresh long red chillies, chopped finely
3 Meanwhile, grill tomatoes until just 2 baby (260g) fennel bulbs, sliced thinly,
1 lime beginning to split. fronds reserved
4 x 200g firm white fish fillets 4 Combine lime juice, tequila, extra oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes and sugar in a medium bowl; season 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind
1 clove garlic, crushed to taste with sea salt flakes and freshly 2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ground black pepper. 100g baby rocket leaves
500g cherry truss tomatoes 5 Microwave rice according to packet
2 tablespoons tequila directions. 1 Cook the pasta according to the packet
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, extra 6 Serve the fish with rice; top with the directions or until tender; drain, reserving
1 tablespoon caster sugar tomatoes, coriander and tequila mixture. 1 cup (250ml) cooking liquid.
450g packet microwave white Accompany with lime wedges and 2 Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large,
long grain rice a green leafy salad, if desired. deep frying pan over high heat; cook
2 cups loosely packed fresh Not suitable to freeze or microwave. prawns, chilli, fennel and garlic, stirring,
coriander leaves for 2 minutes. Stir in reserved cooking
Spicy zucchini and liquid from pasta, rind and juice; remove
1 Heat an oiled grill plate (or grill or ricotta pasta shells from heat. Add pasta and rocket; toss to
barbecue). Preheat grill. SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR combine and then season to taste.
2 Cut lime rind into thin strips; squeeze 3 Serve pasta sprinkled with reserved
juice from lime. Combine rind, fish, chilli, 3 medium (360g) zucchini fennel fronds.
garlic and oil in a large bowl; season. Cook 1⅓ cups (320g) firm ricotta Not suitable to freeze or microwave.

Prawn and fennel
spaghettini
Thai spicy lamb and
noodle stir-fry
200g dried rice noodles

1 tablespoon peanut oil
500g lamb backstrap, sliced thinly
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 fresh small red Thai chillies,
Cajun roast chicken
with corn cream chopped finely
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
Cajun roast chicken chicken, skin-side down, for 5 minutes or 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
with corn cream until browned. Transfer chicken, skin-side 4 kaffir lime leaves, shredded
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 35 MINUTES up, to tray. Roast for about 15 minutes or 3 medium (450g) tomatoes,
until chicken is cooked. chopped finely
4 (1kg) chicken breast supremes 3 Meanwhile, place whole peeled garlic, ⅓ cup loosely packed fresh Thai
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil corn, sour cream and cream in a medium basil leaves
2 tablespoons cajun seasoning saucepan; cook, stirring, until mixture ¼ cup (35g) coarsely chopped
1 clove garlic boils. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, roasted unsalted peanuts
500g frozen corn kernels for about 5 minutes or until mixture
1 cup (240g) sour cream thickens. Remove from heat; blend with 1 Cook noodles according to packet
1 cup (250ml) cream a stick blender until almost smooth. directions; drain.
175g asparagus, halved Season to taste with salt and freshly 2 Heat half the oil in a wok over high heat;
lengthways ground black pepper. stir-fry lamb, in batches, until browned.
150g green beans, trimmed, halved 4 Boil, steam or microwave asparagus Remove from wok; cover to keep warm.
lengthways and beans until tender; drain. 3 Heat remaining oil in wok; stir-fry garlic
1 lime, cut into wedges 5 Serve chicken with creamed corn and chilli until fragrant. Add sauces,
1 cup loosely packed fresh mixture, vegetables and lime. Sprinkle sugar and three-quarters of the lime
coriander leaves with coriander. leaves; stir-fry until combined.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. 4 Return lamb to wok with noodles
1 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). and tomato; stir-fry until tomato starts
Line an oven tray with baking paper. For more great recipes, to soften and is heated through. Serve
2 Heat a large frying pan over medium- search quick dinners on sprinkled with Thai basil, nuts and
high heat. Combine chicken, oil and remaining lime leaves.
seasoning in a large bowl; season. Cook Not suitable to freeze or microwave.

[ Cake of the month ]
Chocolate cake
with a twist
This month, we've
zooshed up a simple
chocolate cake with a
hint of rosewater and
adorned it with luscious
pink swirly cream.
Chocolate and rose cake
SERVES 12 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
(+ COOLING TIME)
½ cup (50g) Dutch-processed cocoa GLUTEN-

175g unsalted butter, chopped FREE
200g dark chocolate (70% cocoa),
chopped coarsely
6 eggs, at room temperature
1½ cups (330g) caster sugar
1 teaspoon rosewater
2 cups (200g) hazelnut meal (ground
hazelnuts)
crystallised rose petals, to decorate,
optional
VANILLA ROSE CREAM
300ml thickened cream
2 teaspoons pure icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract Chocolate and rose cake
1 teaspoon rosewater
pink food colouring PHOTOGRPAHY BY BEN DEARNLEY. STYLING BY SOPHIA YOUNG.
Add egg mixture to chocolate mixture; peaks form. Add a few drops of food
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). stir until just combined. Fold in hazelnut colouring; fold gently through to swirl.
Grease a deep 22cm round springform meal. Pour mixture into prepared pan. 6 Serve cake topped with Vanilla Rose
pan; line base and side with baking paper. 4 Bake cake for 45 minutes or until a Cream and crystallised rose petals.
2 Place cocoa, butter and chocolate in skewer inserted into the centre comes Cake suitable to freeze. Not suitable
a large heatproof bowl over a medium out clean. Cool cake in pan. to microwave.
saucepan of simmering water (do not 5 VANILLA ROSE CREAM Beat cream,
allow base of bowl to touch water); stir sugar, vanilla and rosewater in a medium
until butter and chocolate melt and bowl with an electric mixer until soft Test Kitchen tip
mixture is smooth. Remove bowl from ● Crystallised rose petals and
pan; cool for 15 minutes. For more great recipes rosewater are available from
3 Beat eggs, sugar and rosewater in search chocolate cake on some delicatessens and gourmet
a small bowl with an electric mixer food stores.
for 2 minutes or until thick and creamy.

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[ Food news ]
Quick bites
Xanthe Roberts gives us the inside track on all things
foodie and scours the country for great new tastes. Home-made takeaway
New online food ordering system
Food By Us connects you to makers
Goodness of delicious home-made food, from
times four dinners to cakes, in your area. Perfect as
Give your a gift for a friend in need or new mum.
Available in Sydney and Melbourne.
diet a healthy Visit foodbyus.com.au.
boost with
The Australian
Oregano-gate
Women’s An ACCC investigation
Weekly Little Box of Super has revealed major
Foods, a clever collection herb suppliers have
been bulking out
of four cookbooks, each oregano with cheap
highlighting a key ingredient fillers, such as olive and
– quinoa, kale, seeds and sumac leaves. Tests found
widespread adulteration in
vegan products – that all pack the Australian market, with
a powerful nutritional punch. one product containing les
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In season
It’s peak blackberry season and, thanks to a chilly
winter in Victoria and a wet winter in Queensland,
growers are enjoying a bountiful crop. Look out for
great prices and sweet, juicy fruit.
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[ Ask the experts ]
Meringues
without eggs
A surprising way to make perfect
crisp, chewy meringues.
Egg-free meringues
MAKES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 3 HOURS
PHOTOGRPAHY BY JAMES MOFFATT. STYLING BY MICHAELA LE COMPTE. FOOD PREPARATION BY NICK BANBURY.
(+ REFRIGERATION AND COOLING TIME)
½ cup (125ml) aquafaba (see Test Kitchen tip)

¾ cup (165g) caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
whipped cream and berries, to serve
1 Preheat oven to 100°C (80°C fan-forced). Line two oven

trays with baking paper.
2 Whisk the aquafaba in a small bowl with an electric
mixer on high speed for 8 minutes or until firm peaks form.
Gradually add sugar, whisking until dissolved between
additions. Whisk for 10 minutes or until thick and glossy.
Beat in the vanilla bean paste and cream of tartar on low
speed until just combined.
3 Using a large metal spoon, drop 8 meringues onto prepared
trays. Bake for 2 hours 40 minutes or until crisp; turn oven off.
Leave meringues to cool in oven overnight with door closed.
4 Serve with whipped cream and berries.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
Test Kitchen tip

● Aquafaba is the drained liquid from canned legumes;
a 420g can yields ½ cup. We used chickpea liquid.
My vintage reno
Lynn Clay used her keen
eye for antiques and design
to transform a run-down
Victorian home.
Albert Park ,
Vic
[ Home design ]
The house has an interesting

mix of ceramics, books and
antiques. Opposite: Lynn at the
leadlight-fringed entrance
of her 19th-century home.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● SCOTT HAWKINS STYLING ● HANDE RENSHAW

Clockwise from above:
Treasured artworks
adorn a stripped-back
wall; an original ornate
fireplace; an Art Deco
double bed takes
centrestage in
the main bedroom.

Clockwise from left: The new
bathroom is beautifully
understated; drawers made from
1930s tin cans; vintage detail.
F
or fashion store owner windows in the entrance and the fact
Lynn Clay, her home in that all the beautiful original features
Melbourne’s leafy Albert were intact.”
Park, which she shares Since moving in, the couple has
with her husband, Geoff, made many changes to the two-
is a tranquil escape. “We’ve lived here bedroom house, starting with
for just over three years and it still replastering all the walls to make
feels like I’m on holidays,” says Lynn. them completely smooth and free of
“Our street is so quiet, yet just around cracks. “We painted the walls straight
the corner there are buzzing cafes out of the tin without any tint –
and restaurants, and the beach is only painters hate doing this, as you need
10 minutes away.” many more coats,” she says. The tip
The couple purchased the home was passed on by a interior design
after falling in love with its original, friend years ago. “The look is just
vintage features. The house had been fabulous and we love it.”
untouched for generations and was The renovations also included
begging for some special attention adding hydronic heating, removing the
– a real renovator’s dream. old carpet (and discovering glorious
“The kitchen had an original wide timber floorboards in the
Kookaburra gas cooker and there process), adding an internal bathroom
was no heating or indoor toilet,” says and updating the kitchen. “We left the
Lynn.“We fell for the simplicity of the kitchen’s original walls and tiled it in
property, with its beautiful leadlight subway tiles. An industrial sink was »

added and a Bertazzoni stove was
LYNN’S DESIGN SECRETS installed into the old fireplace there,”
1 Non-tinted white paint makes

a perfect backdrop. Add colour
she says. The kitchen is the room Lynn
spends the most time in, and the wall
of artwork is her pride and joy. “Each
2
with paintings and furnishings.
Large pieces of furniture in art piece has a special memory; they
small rooms work well – lots were all found on different occasions,”
she explains. “I bought them from
3
of little pieces can look busy.
Only have belongings you markets, op shops and antique stores.”
love! They bring you joy every For Lynn, simplicity is at the heart
day. Your home should be your of all her decorating decisions.
sanctuary that makes you happy. “[Nineteenth-century English textile
designer] William Morris once said:
‘Have nothing in your house that you
do not know to be useful or believe to
be beautiful’ – wise words indeed. We
don’t have anything we don’t love in
our house,” she says.
“Owning my store, Scarlet Jones,
gives me my inspiration and keeps me
up to date,” she adds.
The interior is a mixture of the old
and the new, with many unique
vintage pieces in the mix. “I adore
vintage, quality design. It’s ageless and Top: The kitchen was updated with a new
you can see that someone has cared sink, stove and glistening white tiles.
and taken pride in their work.” AWW Above and left: vintage and antique finds.

[ Get the look ]
2
All you need to add retro

charm to your home are
the right pieces.
INSET PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT HAWKINS. STYLING BY HANDE RENSHAW. ALL PRICES
6
ARE APPROXIMATE. ITEMS AVAILABLE ONLINE WHERE WEBSITES ARE QUOTED.
8 7
1. Harvest 1 light pendant, $299, from Beacon Lighting, beaconlighting.com.au. 2. Kirmizi silk velvet cushion, $170, from Cultiver, cultiver.com.
3. Portland serving bowl, $67.20, from Pottery Barn, potterybarn.com.au. 4. Madame Daisy vase, $35, from Jones and Co, jonesandco.com.au.
5. Classic style jug, $44.50, from Imprint House, imprinthouse.net. 6. Persisk Hamadan rug, $199, from IKEA, ikea.com.au (store locations only).
7. Bravur wall clock, $49.99, from IKEA, as before. 8. Airlie occasional chair, $459, from Freedom, freedom.com.au.

[ Clippings ]
Child’s play
Want to turn your children into green thumbs? Make
gardening an exciting adventure, writes Jackie Fre
ench
h.
G
ardening is fun, Resullt: A green teepee cave,
especially for a cubby where you can rreach
children. Here are up and crunch the beans.
my school holiday
temptations to lure Plant ‘Hello, Grandma’,
your kids away from their a map of Australia or a
screens and into the garden. drawing of a dinosaur
Props needed: An empty garden
Grow an elephant in the bed or one dug in the lawn (but
backyard (start small!) they should ask permission first).
Topiary is the art of shaping Seedlings: Alyssum, pansies
bushes into neat or fascinating and petunias will grow fast,
shapes. Sometimes it takes years, but there are lots to choose from.
but if you use a fast-growing Avoid “spreading petunias” that
bush you’ll have an elephant … or will sprawl all over the garden.
horse ... or dinosaur … or elegant Method: Mark out the words, map
triangle … within six months.
Jobs for January or dinosaur on ground. Plant the
Props needed: ● A fast-growing shrub ● Water, water, more water. seedlings. Water well, and then feed
like a small potted photinia or dwarf ● And mulch, mulch and according to directions on the packet.
lillypilly. ● A favourite topiary shape. more mulch, especially Wait! In two or three weeks during
Hunt out a supplier online. There will coarse mulches like sugar summer, the words or shape should
be hundreds of shapes to choose from. cane that will protect soil be clear, and in six weeks they
Method: Plant the shrub in the ground from summer deluges. will look wonderful!
or a large pot. Fit the shape over it. ● Deadhead all flowers to
Every time a leaf or twig pokes out encourage more blooms Personalise their fruit
beyond the wire shape, cut it off. until autumn. and vegetables
Keep trimming! It’s that easy! ● Soak pot plants in a bucket Props needed: ● A fruiting tomato,
or the bath overnight to stop zucchini or apple. ● Brown paper,
Bean teepee soil turning to concrete in scissors and duct tape.
Props needed: ● 6 tall tomato stakes. the heat and repelling water. Method: Write the child’s name in
● 6 large pots filled with potting mix. ● Add ice cubes to the dog’s running writing in big fat letters on
● 18 climbing bean seeds. ● 1 hammer. drinking bowl and make sure brown paper. Cut it out carefully.
● Water, kids and a garden. it’s in the shade. Use the transparent sticky tape to
Method: Plant three seeds in each pot. ● Find where the cat is tape it firmly across the fruit.
Water each day till seedlings emerge. sitting – it will be the coolest As the fruit or veg ripens, their name
Show the kids how to hammer the spot in the garden – and put will stay green underneath the paper.
stakes in on an angle so their tops your chair there. Add sun hat, When it’s ripe pick it, pull off tape and
meet in the middle. Place a pot by cool drinks and The Weekly, paper – and you have an individualised
each stake and over the next 2-3 then put your feet up. piece of fruit ready for them to show
weeks twine the beans up the poles. off on the first day of school. AWW
What to plant in January

Flowers: Alyssum, ageratum, coleus, gypsophila, Iceland poppy, larkspur, linaria, lupin, mignonette,
ISTOCK. GETTY IMAGES.
pansy, portulaca, stock, salvias and sunflowers. Don’t plant shrubs till it’s cooler.
Vegetables: Artichokes, beans, beetroot, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery,
chicory, corn, lettuce (not if the temperature is over 30ºC, as it may not germinate), Jerusalem
artichokes, melons (in frost-free areas), parsley, including Italian parsley, parsnip, pumpkins (fast-
maturing bush ones), radish, silverbeet, sweet potatoes and zucchini.

[ Shopping ]
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While you’re having fun in the great
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shade, says Hande Renshaw.
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from Freedom, freedom.com.au. 5. Satsumas plant stand, $49.99, from IKEA, ikea.net.au. 6. IS Gifts outdoor beanbag in Daisies print, $159,
from Top 3 By Design, top3.com.au. 7. The Great Outdoors Package – two replica Acapulco chairs and replica Acapulco side table, $475,
from Matt Blatt, mattblatt.com.au. 8. Stripes + Dots Mercury Hurricanes, $39.95-$49, from West Elm, westelm.com.au.

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[ D-I-Y tips ]
Home hints
Georgina Bitcon shares tips on easing puffy eyes, demisting windscreens,
removing fake tan stains and more, plus there's a reader's prize hint.
ASK THE WEEKLY Hit the mist
Q
How can I remove dried Keep bathroom mirrors or your
acrylic paint from a car windscreen mist-free for
painted wooden table months by smearing the glass
without having to repaint it? with dishwashing detergent, then
L. Paget, Horsham, Vic. rubbing with a clean cloth until it
Dampen a cloth with methylated is completely clear and dry.
spirits or acetone and press it
over the paint splash for a few Foot freshener
minutes to soften the paint. Very If you suffer from hot, smelly
gently and carefully, rub the feet in summer, soak them for
mark, turning cloth to a clean 15 minutes in a solution of 1 cup
spot repeatedly, and checking to antiseptic mouthwash (any kind),
see the colour being removed is 1 cup white vinegar and 2 cups
not the base paint. Eventually, warm water.
the splashed paint will lift.
If your towels The eyes have it
Power to the flower don’t seem to be Reduce puffiness and dark circles under eyes by
To stop cut hydrangeas wilting, recut the stems
as absorbent as chilling two used green teabags, then resting with
to desired length, smash the bottom 2cm with a
mallet or slit with a knife, put in boiling water for
they used to be, them on your eyelids for 15 minutes. Repeat daily.
30 seconds, then transfer to a vase of fresh water. put them through Ban the tan
a wash cycle To remove self-tanning lotion from clothing, wipe
The thing for stings using only hot stain with a little lavender oil then launder as usual.
Control the inflammation caused by mosquito,
ant and other insect bites by wetting your skin
water and 1 cup An egg-cellent idea
and rubbing an aspirin over the spot. of vinegar After you boil an egg, don’t throw away the
(no detergent), eggshells or the cooking water. Use cooled egg
Bags of beach fun followed water for African violets and dig ground eggshells
Take small plastic toys to the beach in a mesh immediately by in around tomatoes, eggplants, capsicum and roses.
laundry bag . It’s easy to pack and carry and the
sand can be washed out while the toys are still
another cycle SHARE YOUR DOMESTIC SECRETS
in the bag. using only hot Send your handy hints or questions to: Home
water and 1/2 cup Hints, The Australian Women’s Weekly, GPO Box
Cream on ice bicarb soda. 4178, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email openline@
Instead of wasting it, freeze leftover cream in
ice cube trays, and transfer to ziplock bags.
Dry as usual. bauer-media.com.au. We pay $75 for the reader’s
prize hint each month. While every effort is made
Pop a couple of cubes into casseroles, soups to ensure the efficacy of each hint, we cannot
or pasta sauces. take responsibility for individual results.
Reader’s prize hint

Use an empty plastic hanging garden pot to store your clothes pegs. It hangs
easily on the line and already has holes at the bottom so water can drain out.
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Jackie
The Movie
As Oscar buzz swirls, we go on the set of the
brilliant new movie about Jackie Kennedy
and the tragic assassination of a President.
The assassination of President Kennedy has been documented from every
angle, but a new movie directed by Pablo Larraín, (opening on January 12),
breaks new ground. This is a poignant study of Jackie Kennedy and how
she coped in the seven days after the tragedy, when her husband was
ABOVE: Jackie stars Natalie Portman as Jackie
Kennedy and Caspar Phillipson as John Kennedy. shot, sitting right next to her, his brain splattered across her dress. Natalie
BELOW: In the film, Jackie escorts a TV crew around Portman is extraordinary as Jackie and tipped for Oscar glory, and in these
the White House in the early days of JFK’s presidency. exclusive photos from the set we give you a sneak peek of what to expect.
ENTERTAINMENT ONE FILMS.

[ Behind the scenes ]
The film Jackie examines the trauma and upheaval that the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy inflicted on the First
Lady. FROM LEFT: The fateful November day in Dallas in 1963;
Jackie with her children, John Jnr and Caroline, leave the Capitol
to follow her husband’s cortege to his funeral; she contemplates
giving up her life in the White House; the Kennedys were a
handsome young couple, whose seemingly perfect life was cut
short by his violent death; Natalie on the set with director Pablo
Larraín; US Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (John Carroll Lynch)
is sworn in as President with Jackie, in shock and still wearing the
Chanel suit spattered with her husband’s blood, as a witness.

[ Entertainment ]
What’s on The must-see shows,

movies, events and
new exhibitions.
WORLD FIRST
The Ensemble Theatre in Sydney
is staging the world premiere of
David Williamson’s new play Odd
Man Out, a “love story with a few
twists and turns”, starring Lisa
Gormley and Justin Stewart Cotta
(both above). From January 19 to
March 18. Visit ensemble.com.au.
COMPILED BY BERNARD O’SHEA. ODD MAN OUT: ENSEMBLE THEATRE. DUSTY: COLIN PAGE. LADIES IN BLACK: ROB MACCOLL. ALLIED: © 2016 PARAMOUNT PICTURES.
FESTIVAL FEVER
Delightful Dusty
Sydney will be abuzz as the 41st
A UNITED KINGDOM: © TRANSMISSION FILMS. LA LA LAND: © ENTERTAINMENT ONE RED DOG: TRUE BLUE: © ROADSHOW FILMS. MOANA: © 2016 DISNEY.
Sydney Festival gets into full
swing. Running from January
7 to 29, it features 150 events Amy Lehpamer (left) stars as Dusty Springfield
across 46 venues, including the and Todd McKenney as her confidant Rodney
musical Ladies in Black (above), in Dusty: The Musical, at the Festival Centre in
which will also head to Brisbane,
Melbourne and Canberra. Adelaide from December 31 to January 22.
Visit sydneyfestival.org.au. Visit adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au.
BOXING DAY FILM RELEASES
LA LA LAND A UNITED KINGDOM ALLIED RED DOG: TRUE BLUE MOANA

Aspiring actress Mia When the King of Canadian intelligence The legendary red Polynesian princess
(Emma Stone) meets Botswana (David officer (Brad Pitt) joins kelpie teams up with Moana must work
struggling musician Oyelowo) falls in love forces with French young Mick (Levi Miller, with a once-mighty
Sebastian (Ryan Gosling, with a London office underground agent above) in the Pilbara demigod, Maui (both
both above) and sparks worker (Rosamund (Marion Cotillard, both in this prequel to the above), and their
fly. In this dazzling paean Pike, both above) in above) on a mission Australian smash hit sea-faring skills are
to Los Angeles, love 1947, political hell against the Nazis and film Red Dog. Bryan put to the test in this
conquers all, but in the breaks loose, both in they fall in love. But is Brown stars as Mick’s animated epic ocean
most surprising way. England and in Africa. she a double agent? gruff grandpa. adventure from Disney.
FOLK EXTRAVAGANZA Music lovers will converge on Woodford in Queensland for the 31st Woodfood Folk
Don’t miss Festival, showcasing more than 400 acts across 35 venues. The six-day event (December 27 to January 1) includes
blues, folk and rock music, circus and comedy acts and a children’s festival. Visit woodfordfolkfestival.com.

Reading room
This month’s great read is a beautiful novel about
Look out for
The Australian
Women’s Weekly
Great Read
sticker in your
a little known horror of WWII, says Juliet Rieden. local bookstore.
The German Girl We soon learn that while Hannah and her
by Armando Lucas Correa, Atria Books. mother ended up in Cuba, her father and Leo
Although Armando Lucas Correa’s novel is didn’t make it. The Cuban authorities reneged
inspired by a specific atrocity in the Second on their promise, only allowing 28 of the
World War, it feels incredibly topical. This ship’s 937 passengers ashore, the rest forced
is a story about the desperate plight of to return to Europe, where most perished.
refugees, of what happens when borders are This incredible story was based on real
closed and basic humanity is overcome by events which Correa outlines at the end of
fear and prejudice. Correa is a journalist and the book. The author was inspired, he tells
the ingrained sense of purpose in his debut The Weekly, by his children. “Emma, 11,
work of fiction gives this new window on the and twins Anna and Lucas, six. And my
horrific consequences of the rise of Nazi grandmother, the daughter of Spanish
Germany a sense of electric urgency. immigrants, who was in Cuba, pregnant with
The novel is told through two narrators in my mom, when the MS Saint Louis arrived
alternate chapters, and it is their wide-eyed in Havana. When Cuba denied them entry,
appeal that captivates. First is Hannah my grandmother never grew tired of saying
Rosenthal, an almost 12-year-old Jewish girl the island would pay dearly – for the next
who, until now, has known a bourgeois life 100 years – for what it had done to more
in 1939 Berlin. Hannah spends her days than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis.
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but Berlin is changing. Hannah and Leo In around 30 words or more, in the times of Barbarians but in the middle
are now spat upon and sneered at. Their tell us what is great about a of the 20th century, just yesterday, in the
favourite cafe has its windows smashed and book you are reading at the heart of the most “civilised” continent in the
everywhere is stench and ugliness. Hannah’s moment. The best critique world,” says Correa. “We can only ask the
mother is the self-obsessed, needy Alma, an will win the Made From same question my 11-year-old daughter asked
Scratch cookbook, valued
opera singer with an over-dramatic nature me when she read The German Girl: why?”
at $49.95, and be printed in
to suit. Her father, Max, is a university the March issue of The
professor of some note. But as Berlin turns Weekly. Simply visit aww. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
against them, this family must flee. Max com.au/bookclub, or email Armando Lucas Correa
secures tickets on the St Louis, a luxurious openline@bauer-media. Born in Cuba, he became a
liner offering passage to Cuba, where the com.au, or write to The journalist in 1988 in Cuba
government has promised to give safe haven Great Read, GPO Box 4178, and moved to the US, where
Sydney, NSW 2001.
to Jewish refugees. Leo and his father also he was editor-in-chief of
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Interspersed with this story is Anna closes January 22, 2017. German Girl is Armando’s ARMANDO LUCAS CORREA PHOTOGRAPH BY HECTOR TORRES.
Rosen’s; an American girl who on her See the Contents page for first novel, based on the
12th birthday receives a package from her the location of Bauer Media’s true story of the wartime role of the St Louis liner.
great-aunt, Hannah, which contains Privacy Notice and full terms “The role of fiction is to make reality believable,”
and conditions. If you do
negatives of photographs she has never seen says Armando. He lives in Manhattan with his
not want your information
before. Anna longs to know more about provided to any organisation
partner and their three children. His work is fuelled
her absent father and these photos are the not associated with this by “my obsession with rejection; the fear of others
catalyst to connect with her family history promotion, please indicate who think differently, have an accent, a different
and eventually meet her great-aunt in Cuba. this clearly on your entry. skin colour or believe in another God, is endless.”
Congratulations to Lyn Boyle from Watchem, Vic, winner of The Weekly’s November Book Club competition, who
NOV loved reading Moloka’i by Alan Brennert. “Alan Brennert has created an amazing heroine in Rachel, a Hawaiian girl
WINNER who contracts leprosy at seven, and is sent to Moloka’i. The story follows her life, to her cure at 61 and her search for
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[ Books ]
Leila McKinnon REVIEWS

Leila McKinnon is a journalist with the Nine Network.
NIGHT SCHOOL RATHER BE

by Lee Child, Penguin. THE DEVIL
I love every incarnation by Ian Rankin, Orion.
of Jack Reacher but this He’s not smoking, hardly
one is a real beaut. He’s drinking, and he’s not
back in 1995, in his even in the police force
prime, and on an urgent any more, but John
manhunt in a tale of Rebus has still got it.
pre-internet espionage. While his former
Reacher is a Major in the colleagues Detective
Military Police, rebellious and clever; he Inspectors Malcolm Fox and Siobhan Clarke Blueberry
breaks rules and not only gets away with it, do things by the book, the modern way, by Glenna Thomson, Penguin.
gets a chest full of medals. He’s at his best Rebus is smooth talking his way into Write about what you know, so
when he’s fighting at least four opponents, the home of an ageing rock star in an they say, and debut rural fiction
or taking the law into his own hands because unconventional, unsanctioned investigation author Glenna Thomson knows
he can – it may be morally shady but it’s into the bashing of a gangster, the murder her blueberries, in this tightly
right. He does plenty of both in Night School. of a bouncer, and the cold case murder of written tree-changer set on
The way he sorts out one villain made me a socialite. Need I say more? Rankin’s Rebus an orchard in Victoria. An
want to fist bump someone, or do something books always perfectly reflect their times experienced blueberry
equally American, manly, and celebratory. and this 21st novel is as full of corruption orchardist, Thomson wastes no
And because it wouldn’t be fair to pitch and greed and white-collar crime as 2017 time imbuing her first chapter
Reacher against just one baddie, Child demands. And who better to dish out with her chosen subject – the
throws in some gangsters to complicate justice to puffed up bankers than a nicotine- red leaves of a Japanese
things in a most satisfactory manner. deprived former cop? maple, a mauve Melbourne sky,
lavender ice-cream. Single
THE BEST PERSUASION mum Greer O’Reilly takes a
AUSTRALIAN by Jane Austen, punt on a career in punnets
ESSAYS 2016 Penguin Classics. when a pinot noir can no
Edited by Geordie If you’re a Jane Austen longer dull the pain of
Williamson, Black Inc. fan, one of the small corporate city PR – and
Geordie Williamson pleasures of life is childcare for six-year-old
has done us a favour arguing the merits of Sophie is verging on risky.
collecting this trove of Pride and Prejudice Whisky-swilling, jazz-loving,
extraordinary Australian versus Persuasion. Who retiree painter Charlie accepts
essays of 2016. There’s doesn’t love witty Lizzy the offer by the new owner of
Richard Flanagan’s Notes On the Syrian Bennet, scandalous Lydia, moody Darcy and his fruit farm for him to stay
Exodus, in which he tells the stories of the grandeur of Pemberley? By contrast when she takes pity on the
people, just like us, who once lived happy Persuasion and its heroine Anne Elliot are old man with prostate cancer
lives and are now “a terrible river of the much more real. Anne has “an elegance of and a son who wants him in a
wretched and the damned flowing through mind and sweetness of character” but she is retirement village. Thomson
Europe”. Jo Chandler’s The Grave Barrier 29, unmarried, faded and thin. Two hundred maps out a realistic across-
Reef compares our obliviousness to its years after it was first published, Persuasion generations blossoming
impending destruction to picnickers on stands the test of time. It’s the story of a between Sophie and the artist;
railway tracks, deaf to warnings of an single girl, doing her best in a world of vanity Sophie soon naming a pet
approaching train. It’s not all gloom and and ambition, and hardly daring to hope for rooster Louis Armstrong and
REVIEW BY KATIE EKBERG.
doom. There’s Anna Spargo-Ryan’s tender a relationship of equality and respect. Seeing a hen Ella Fitzgerald. All the
story of learning to love football from her her slowly bloom and make up for her ingredients of a satisfying
grandad, and the enduring wit of Clive earlier mistake in giving up the right man country storytelling are nestled
James as he writes about the pleasures by cleverly avoiding the wrong man is one in this heartwarming tale –
of television binge watching. of Austen’s and literature’s finest moments. aromas of home cooking,
the promise of new love.

Jennifer Byrne REVIEWS
Jennifer Byrne is the host of The Book Club on ABC TV.
DAYS WITHOUT END THE WONDER

by Sebastian Barry, by Emma Donoghue,
Faber & Faber. Picador.
A violent and deeply We’re in a locked room,
tender story of two lost where a child is in acute
boys – Thomas McNulty peril. But there’s no
and John Cole – set monster outside, so why
during the founding is gentle 11-year-old
years of America. Anna O’Donnell refusing
First sighted, they’re to eat? And why, after
teenagers dancing for the miners of Missouri four months, is she still alive, and in the pink
– the frontier being short of women – but of health? Set in 18th century Ireland, this is The Secrets of Wishtide
both soon sign up to the US Army. They fight the mystery steely nurse Lib Wright – trained by Kate Saunders,
first the Indians, then the Yankees in the Civil by Florence Nightingale in Crimea – must Bloomsbury.
War – monstrous bloodfests both. Thomas solve. She has no truck for the pious theory A new Dickensian detective
is the narrator and Barry’s voice is pitch- God is sustaining Anna and sets up watch joins the ranks of Miss Marple
perfect as he puzzles honour, madness and to ensure no food can be smuggled in to and Australia’s Miss Fisher in
brotherhood as he travels the hard country sustain the girl – but proving her point this, the first of six “Laetitia
he comes to love. He writes most movingly jeopardises the life of the child she has come Rodd Mystery” novels by UK
about what matters most to him, “Handsome to love, now wasting to the brink of death, journalist and satirical radio
John Cole”. The book mixes the gore of smiling and singing all the while. A dark, and TV panellist Kate Saunders.
Cormac McCarthy with the gentleness of intriguing novel based on Ireland’s “Fasting Widowed “Letty” Rodd’s
Brokeback Mountain; for me, one of the Girls”, this novel from the gifted Emma Archdeacon husband left her in
standout novels of the past 12 months. Donoghue grips from beginning to end. reduced circumstances – “that
term always puts me in mind of
WORKING CLASS BOY HAG-SEED sauces” – and selling up their
by Jimmy Barnes, by Margaret Atwood, London home, she must move
HarperCollins. Hogarth. in with landlady Mary Bentley,
We all know Jimmy I love Margaret Atwood, in Hampstead, “practically next
Barnes grew up rough everything about her, door to a tavern”. It’s 1880 and
but this genuinely especially that she the money comes in handy
shocking memoir ventures further off the when Letty’s criminal barrister
reveals how very reservation every year. brother, Frederick, hires her to
rough and tough it was. She’s now decidedly help out on “domestic” cases.
From his early days in eccentric, having moved In this debut novel, she must
Glasgow, filled with booze, chaos and past the feminist novels of her youth into gain employment as a
screams in the night, to his grim childhood speculative fiction, satire, sci-fi, plays … you governess (she speaks French,
in Adelaide, to his wayward teen years, the name it, she’s tried it. Now it’s Shakespeare’s Latin and Greek), with the Lord
mystery is that young Jimmy even survived turn for a shake in this modern-day telling of and Lady of Wishtide, whose
– let alone rose to become a rock‘n’roll The Tempest, set in a prison, with a jaded son is bent on marrying a
legend. It reminded me of that first, famous theatre director in the role of Prospero, widow, believed to be a fraud.
misery memoir, Angela’s Ashes, in that for employing magic and mischief to take his When a blackmail note is
all the abuse and horror he endured, he revenge on the people who thwarted him. received, Letty dons the
writes kindly both of his alcoholic father and He coddles and cons his troupe of ne’er-do- disguise of a nun to “go
runaway mother, of the power and strength well actors to play their roles in a way collecting” for the sisterhood
of family. This is volume one of the book he the playwright never imagined but which in The Goat in Boots pub;
needed to write to expel his demons – all his gives fresh life to his grand last play. This in reality handing over the
own words, he swears. It finishes as Cold fourth and most exuberant of the Hogarth ransom! Scandal and assumed
Chisel starts, and I’m hanging out for the Shakespeare series is fun, funny, and makes identity reek deliciously
next instalment. What a life. me love her more than ever. alongside Mary and Letty’s
rabbit pudding supper.

5 must-read romantic classics
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1877.
WHAT: Nine hundred pages set against the backdrop of Russian Tsarist
high society, Tolstoy’s rich and complex depiction of the doomed love
affair between married Anna and wealthy army officer Count Vronsky
swept the way for a dozen film adaptations.
WHY: Tolstoy’s descriptions of every bow and blush, curtsey and kiss, imbue
this ever-marching, cliff-hanging saga with a timeless display of emotions.
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925.

WHAT: Bright young things squander wealth, smash objects of beauty, ruin
lives and lose love in this decadent, foreboding tale of the Great American
Dream – the book.
WHY: Hailed the “Great American Novel”, the scenes that Fitzgerald called
“the greatest, gaudiest spree in history” underline the devastating effects Show Me A Mountain
of Prohibition, as liquor turns young people into criminals. by Kerry Young,
Bloomsbury Circus.
3. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence, 1928.
WHAT: Sir Clifford Chatterley’s body, is “in bits” when he returns from Flanders,
“We are the only ones,” said
the champagne-sipping,
paralysed from the waist down. Lawrence’s graphic descriptions of Lady Chesterfield-smoking schoolgirl
Chatterley’s sexual encounters with gamekeeper Oliver Mellors caused outrage. with the American drawl,
WHY: The book was banned in Britain until in 1959 (near the 30th anniversary Beverley Chung, when she and
of Lawrence’s death) and was the first novel to be tested under the Obscene Fay Wong met as 15-year-olds
Publications Act. It sold out on its first day of UK publication in 1960. in Kingston, Jamaica. For Fay
– whose Jamaican mother
4. Oscar And Lucinda by Peter Carey, 1988.
WHAT: In 1865 English preacher Oscar Hopkins is heading to Australia on the
persecutes her without reason,
and whose Chinese father
toss of a coin to join a mission. On the boat he meets Lucinda, Sydney heiress, runs a grocery store – lonely,
feminist sympathiser and glass lover. Together they indulge their passion for confused existence fizzled out
gambling with foolish, heady and darkly romantic results. in a puff of smoke. “Life with
WHY: This intoxicating tale of destiny won Peter Carey the Booker Prize and Beverley was heaven, with
Miles Franklin Award. The film starred Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes. Mama hell.” Getting “Cleopatra
meets Kingston-China haircuts”,
5. Atonement by Ian McEwan, 2001.
WHAT: In 1934, on the hottest day of the summer, 13-year-old Briony spies her
the mixed black-Chinese girls
go twin-style. “The more Mama
sister Cecilia plunge naked into the fountain of their country house. Watching hated it, the more I loved it,”
her is Robbie Turner, childhood friend. By the end of the day, three young confesses Fay. Kerry Young’s
lives will have been changed forever with a shocking acusation. third novel set in Jamaica, in
WHY: Critics acclaimed McEwan’s masterpiece novel, and it was adapted into 1935, charts political uprising
a film in 2007, starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Brenda Blethyn. between two cultures, both
of which Beverley and Fay
straddle. They pay a price for
The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble, Text. their non-conformity, and Fay’s
Francesca Stubbs,“well turned 70”, is a woman of doggedness and idea to join the women’s army
purpose. She works as an inspector of care homes, and is aware of how corps and gain independence
“infinitely clever and inhumane the delays and devices we create to is the book’s halfway crux.
avoid and deny death” can be. This is a book about facing death, as told Fixed marriage, unwanted
through the eyes of Fran. When acquaintance Stella dies from smoke pregnancy, love and sacrifice
REVIEWS BY KATIE EKBERG.
inhalation, after a tumbler of Famous Grouse, and smoking in bed, Fran collide in Young’s intoxicating
asks, “So what? A better exit than dying in a hospital corridor.” When language. The book’s title
friend Josephine moves into a pretentious development, Fran observes; comes from Fay’s husband,
if it mimics a retired college don for her, “So what?”. And Fran? “She’s just Yang Pao: “ People can
an old woman groping in the bottom of her bag, checking her keys and overcome anything – a
her mobile to see if they are still there.” Luminously perceptive. mountain of suffering.”

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A risky business
It sounds like a get-rich-quick scheme, but there are pitfalls to buying a brand
new apartment, as founding editor of Money magazine Pam Walkley discovers.
B
uying an apartment off the plan – substantially lower than that for houses. Many
before construction is finished and off-the-plan buyers would have expected capital
sometimes before it’s even started growth between contract and settlement.”
– is a leap of faith at the best of With so many new properties coming onto
times. You’re buying something the market, the RBA says there’s a risk that
you cannot see, walk through, touch or feel. off-the-plan buyers may not be able to settle
And often you’re not paying a fair price. because the banks could value the properties at
Now with a glut of new apartments in the less than the contract price – something that’s
pipeline in many of Australia’s major cities, already occurring. And buyers who can’t settle
those buying off the plan are in real danger of can potentially lose more than just the deposit.
paying more than the property will be worth
when it’s finished. And if this happens, buyers Unplanned events
who need mortgage loans to complete their In one extreme case a Queensland businessman
purchases will find the banks very reluctant “ lost more than $15 million on a Gold Coast
to advance the amounts they need.
Indeed the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
You’re penthouse he bought off the plan. Charlie
Caltabiano paid an Australian record of
has warned there are signs that some off-the- buying almost $17 million for the penthouse in the
plan buyers are already facing difficulties something Soul complex in 2006. He broke the contract
ISTOCK. THE OPINIONS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE MEANT ONLY AS A GUIDE. READERS SHOULD SEEK INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVICE.
settling on their purchases. and tried to sell, but failed and the property
you cannot didn’t resell until last year, for $7 million.
The settlement risk
The apartment building boom is far from
see, walk Not only did he lose his $1.7 million deposit,
but a court ordered him to pay $14 million to
over. Real estate analyst CoreLogic predicts through, the developer.
completions will peak soon. Over the next two
years, about 231,000 units will be finished
touch or feel. The first consideration for anyone thinking
of buying off the plan is to research what the
compared with average annual sales of
108,000 over the past five years. The
” experts are saying about future growth in
prices in the area. If the consensus
inner city areas of Melbourne is that values are likely to stagnate
(14,353), Brisbane (10,189) and or fall, then it’s a no-go zone.
Sydney (9376) will have the biggest Secondly, many developers
supply of new units. The wider overprice their properties. You also
Sydney and Melbourne areas will need to be confident they won’t go
have 81,696 and 80,503 new bankrupt during construction, as
apartments respectively. you’re likely to lose your deposit.
This expected glut raises concerns, Off-the-plan contracts are much
says Cameron Kusher, author of more complex than those for the
CoreLogic’s report into apartment sale of an existing property, and
settlement risk. “In many regions, it’s really important you use a
capital growth for units has been good, well-informed solicitor. AWW
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The royal couple
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wild beauty of
Canada’s Yukon.
Royal
Canada
Juliet Rieden follows in the footsteps of William, Kate, George and Charlotte
to reveal the most impressive sights from the royal tour of Canada.
O
ne of the real privileges provincial capital of British Columbia. feature a waterfall, a 7.5m totem pole,
of being a royal This area is steeped in colonial history, a duck pond, herb garden, the stunning
correspondent is visiting hence its name, and the city of English garden and a few deer.
once-in-a-lifetime Victoria – named after Queen Victoria With the children ensconced at
bucket list beauty spots – has a cutesy aura of “little England” Government House, the Duke and
all around the world. The Cambridge about it, with red double-decker buses, Duchess’s first stop was the Cenotaph
family’s recent tour of Canada opened Edwardian architecture, flower-filled and the Parliament Building, which is
up not just British Columbia, where Anglo country gardens and even tea lit up with hundreds of tiny bulbs each
Prince George and Princess Charlotte shops serving traditional afternoon tea. night. It’s a focal point for the city,
were based, but also the raw beauty But beneath this forelock-tugging facing the pretty Inner Harbour, which
of remote Yukon. Here, on a freezing façade, Victoria’s history pre-dates any is dotted with seaplanes – a popular
clear night boasting what locals call colonial connection; this is the territory form of transport and also a great way
“zero light pollution” (no street lights, of the Lekwungen people, and the to get a bird’s eye view of the area.
no cloud cover, no residential glow, Coast Salish First Nations established You can join a whale-watching cruise
or car headlamps), I headed into the communities here thousands of years from the harbour or try your hand
pitch black and witnessed the magic before non-native settlement. with the crew of a tall ship – as the
dancing of the Aurora Borealis across In Victoria the family stayed in Duke and Duchess did, Kate proving
the inky sky … but not, thankfully, colonial style at Government House, to be a natural behind the ship’s wheel.
a black bear, who locals told me also the official residence of British Next stop for the royal couple was
hang out in these mountains! But Columbia’s Lieutenant Governor, Vancouver, which often gains high
I get ahead of myself … where Prince George and Princess ranking in polls for most liveable city.
Charlotte were given free rein (and Kate and Will arrived by seaplane,
British Columbia reign!) and even hosted their own which would have showcased the
The royal tour kicked off in Victoria children’s garden party. The house and natural beauty of this city surrounded
at the southern tip of Vancouver grounds are usually open to the public on three sides by water and is the
Island on Canada’s Pacific Coast, the and well worth a visit; the gardens perfect way to fly in.

[ Travel ]
Bicycles are big here, for locals and
tourists – whether it’s just cycling
around the parks (there’s an 11km long
traffic-free ride along the seawall in
Stanley Park) or heading into the
mountains for more serious biking.
Another place to visit is Granville
Island, an arty precinct of shops, cafes
and restaurants housed in converted
warehouses on a pretty peninsula.
The rain poured down for the royal
couple’s visit to Bella Bella, which is
a shame because this traditional
territory really is stunning. The
Heiltsuk First Nation tribes live here
and the Great Bear Rainforest is ABOVE: Victoria’s Inner Harbour. The
the main reason to visit – it’s one of Parliament Building is lit up at night.
the largest tracts of intact coastal RIGHT: The Cambridges set sail on the
temperate rainforest in the world, and tall ship Pacific Grace, where the Duchess
home to grizzly bears and also the proved to be a natural behind the wheel.
handsome Kermode bear, also known Duchess visited the vineyards. It’s also
as spirit bear, notable for its white fur. perfect for hiking and boasts around
Pacific Coastal Airlines flies to Bella 30 wonderful isolated beaches on the
Bella from Vancouver South Terminal, lake shores. This is a watersport
via Port Hardy. enthusiast’s paradise with stand-up
In Kelowna – also accessible by air paddleboards, water skiing, pedal
from Vancouver or Victoria – on the boats, sailing, kayaks and canoes. populated with some 35,000 people
Okanagan Lake, the Duke and Swimming in the lake is apparently scattered across close to half a million
refreshing – I didn’t try it – but in July square kilometres.
water temperatures can reach 22°C. The capital is Whitehorse and
though strictly a city, it’s tiny. Here
The Yukon the air is crisp and chilly and yet when
Leaving British Columbia behind, we the sun shines it’s easy to get sunburnt.
next flew to the Yukon and a totally Despite the freezing weather, Yukon
different vision of Canada. Sitting is all about the outdoors, and most
between British Columbia and the weekends locals head into the
Arctic Ocean, the Yukon is a mountains to camp and fish and find
breathtaking wilderness sparsely inner peace away from the “bustle” »
The Cambridges The Great Bear

arrive in “most Rainforest is home
liveable city” to the magnificent
Vancouver in Kermode bear.
style by seaplane.
GETTY IMAGES.

ABOVE LEFT: The vineyards on Okanagan
Catherine and William visited
Lake. ABOVE: The steam train at Carcoss
Carcross during their week-long
Commons. LEFT: Juliet and a local. BELOW:
tour of Canada.
Emerald Lake, and (right) Aurora Borealis.
binoculars, you can spot mountain

goats and eagles soaring.
The royals missed out here, for this
is the heart and soul of Yukon and for
me the highlight of my brief sojourn
to Canada. It was on the way back
from a gourmet dinner of local
salmon at the newly refurbished
Southern Lakes Resort that I fell
of Whitehorse’s main street. In the her campervan searching for food – under the spell of this remote corner
winter they run with huskies, or head photos were proffered and it looked of the world. Before descending into
out onto the lakes on Ski-Doos. terrifying though she was quite calm. Whitehorse, my guide pulled in beside
If you’re on holiday, the best way to Food is the key. Never have it in or Emerald Lake (which in the daylight
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village of shops in traditionally is at once calming and invigorating. If swirls edged with
painted huts settled around a central you stop in the middle of the lake, as green, twisting FACT FILE
totem pole selling First Nations and we did, switching the engine off, the and turning. I For more information
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Cryptic Crossword
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9. Transmitted by a sailor 5. An unpleasant condition
who isn’t here now (6) experienced by large pal (8)
8 10. Gave in to lads – now that 6. Sid is out on a limb when
stopped its loss (8) we take away his gun (6)
9 11. Therefore Her Majesty has 7. A place of refreshment
to depart (4) found by Vera in the
10 13. A final settlement for both Territory? (6)
flowers and music? (11) 11. The first lady has the
11 12 17. A rest’s needed then take a right at all times (4)
turn at serving at tables (11) 12. Gasp when you find such
13 14 15 16 21. A little particle to give to openings available (4)
your mother (4) 14. Lauds them at tea and
23. It’s about accepting flatters them servilely (8)
luxuries then making 15. How one eats in the
17 18 19 20 fast withdrawals (8) Orient (4)
25. There’s something fishy 16. Some master may teach
21 22 about his occupation (6) in this school period (4)
26. How such times end 18. A good-looker will
23 24 and we’re left with the allow it to be laced (6)
residue (8) 19. Drop it as it has become
25 27. Even a Saint will return so apathetic (6)
to such goings-on (6) 20. Is 25. Across mostly
26 concerned when this
DOWN takes place? (6)
27 2. The hottest part of 22. It’s not concealed
December (5) in Dover then? (5)
3. A shaking felt in the centre 24. Such teas will satisfy
ACROSS 8. What can Marie’s more than elsewhere (6) one completely (4)
1. In the West, Peter used tin version of English 4. The star in which such Solution in next
and lead to make it (6) be? (8) rodents are to be found (4) month’s issue.
Bogglewords Sudoku
Can you work out Each number from 1 to 9
the words or phrases REFRESHMENT must appear in each of the
depicted here? nine rows, nine columns
Solution on page 205. and 3 x 3 blocks. Tip: No
number can occur more
than once in any row,
column or 3 x 3 block.
Solution on page 205.
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on the right. Can you spot them all?
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Word Maker
How many words of four letters or more
can you make using the letters given
here? Each one must include the central R M E
letter and you should have at least one
nine-letter word in your total. Avoid
plurals, proper nouns, hyphenated words,
those with apostrophes and verb forms
I T E
ending with “s”, eg, “bakes”.
A M D
25 SMART 26 TERRIFIC 34+ BRILLIANT!
Alphabet Jigsaw
The answers to each of the clues starts with the letter given.
Once you have worked out the answers, use the word lengths
indicated to work out where each word will fit in the grid, as you
would a Fill-in puzzle. Solution on page 205.
A. In the thick of (4) M. Kitchen cup-holder

B. Posts for securing (3,4)
mooring ropes (8) N. Spanish tennis player,
C. Pit workers (8) Rafael – (5)
D. Pull along the O. Betting chances (4)
ground (4) P. Plotted or designed (7)
E. Performer’s repeat (6) Q. Allowance (5)
F. Poker hand, royal – (5) R. Horned pachyderm
G. Film musical, – and (abbrev) (5)
Dolls (4) S. Liable to droop (5)
H. Golden and carefree, T. Weary (5)
– days (7) U. Fabled horse-like
I. Christmas carol, creature (7)
– – Bleak Midwinter (2,3) V. Quivered (8)
J. Shake rapidly and W. Creatures that
with force (6) live in soil (5)
K. Capital of Japan from X. Taking medical
794 until 1868 (5) photos (1-6)
L. River of southern Y. Alone, by – (8)
Africa (7) Z. Areas (5)
Change A Word Letter Chase Work Out

Can you go from TWIGS to SHANK in five Hidden in the square is the the name of Use the letters from the words given below to
moves, just by changing one letter each some items related to celebrations. Starting fill the squares in the grid to create six five-letter
time to form a new word? at the shaded square, move from letter in words. We’ve put in three letters to get you started.
Solution on page 205. any direction to find what it is. Remember Solution on page 205.
you can only use each letter once.
Solution on page 205. BAT CARE CORN EMPLOY SING
1 TWIGS
2 S S G L B
3
E S A E
4 R
M H A N
5 T
6 SHANK A P C G
Double Cross
This puzzle has two sets of clues – one Cryptic, one Straight – to the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
same answers. Solution on page 205.
8 9
CRYPTIC
ACROSS 5. Turn over – snap! (4)
8. Concerning a rugby 6. Pair to eject author (6)
player, very big (7) 7. Draws out former 10 11
9. Fabric to entice with kiss (5) nurses (7)
10. Smallish avocado 14. Supports happily
causes chaos (5) ever afters! (4-4)
11. Writer backing melody 15. Suitably including 12 13 14
for sea god (7) notes with skill (7)
12. Move swiftly, run inside 17. Tiny scuffle following 15
to make advances (5) Virginia’s excessive
13. A bachelor Edward calmed 16 17 18 19
pride (6)
down (6) 19. Bank on part of tree (6)
20 21
16. I had returned with 20. American heads of
underwear to take off (6) unions require power 22 23 24
18. Throw next to the foyer (5) to take over (5)
22. Customers quietly 21. Hide burnt remains
stir unrest (7) on thoroughfare (5)
24. Lift old boy onto back 23. Neat sort of mount? (4) 25 26
of seat (5)
25. Reveal memo left lying STRAIGHT
around (3,2) ACROSS
26. Rescued broken 8. French term meaning 22. Gamblers (7) 6. French novelist,
contracts (7) “with respect to” (7)
24. Glorify (5) Marcel – (6)
9. Glittering metallic
25. Spill the beans (3,2) 7. Stretches (7)
DOWN fabric (5)
26. Boils down (7) 14. Props for volumes
1. Initial concern over 10. Mayhem (5)
long store (5) 11. Eighth planet from on a shelf (4,4)
2. To operate car with the Sun (7) DOWN 15. Proficiently (7)
learner, nonsense! (6) 12. Dally teasingly (5) 1. Secret hoard (5) 17. Novel, – Fair (6)
3. Respects reformed 13. Subsided, the storm – (6) 2. Balderdash (6) 19. Subdivision (6)
ghosts (8) 16. Disrobe, – yourself 3. Phantoms (8) 20. Seize power illegally (5)
4. Employing and thinking of clothes (6) 4. Exploiting (5) 21. Store away (5)
on losing head (5) 18. Campaigning group (5) 5. Toss a coin (4) 23. Volcano in Sicily (4)
Drop Quote WE
Here is a quotation from late great comedian
Bob Hope. The words have dropped out of FIND
position into the columns below. Can you
restore the quote? GREAT
IND THAT GR AT GLOW OF GIVE

NOT THE GREATEST OCCASIONS, PAST, HAPPINESS.
OFF THE IT’S THE SIMPLEST THINGS,
WHEN RECALL THE THAT WE
Crossfire HEDGE SHARK NOVEL TORCH

Cross out all the words that match the clues and
the remaining words will reveal the title of a song.
DRUM LANE JUG BREAM
CROSS OUT ALL: LAMP LOBE WALL EWER

1. Ear-related 4. Containers for
words liquid
KEG ATLAS SUN PENNY
2. Forms of partition 5. Types of book
CARP FENCE CANAL DIARY
3. Fish 6. Sources of light

Trivia Quiz Logic Puzzle
1. From which part of the world Three women each took an
VANISHING ACT
did pineapples originate? WHAT item of clothing to the dry-
COME CLEAN
WISH WASHY
CHOCOLATE
2. Terpsichore is the muse of cleaners to have a stain
CAUSED THE
RED WINE
OLIVE OIL
which art form? professionally removed.
BLOUSE
STAIN ON From the clues, can you work
DRESS
3. Who played Abraham Lincoln’s
SKIRT
THE BLOUSE? out the name of the cleaner
wife in the film Lincoln?
4. What is the capital of the Italian each visited, the item of clothing
OLIVIA she took and the type of stain?
region of Tuscany?
5. Married eight times, who was actress
LESLIE
Elizabeth Taylor’s last husband …?
6. … And who was her first? GINA
CLUES
7. Kate Middleton and Prince William 1. Leslie had spilled red wine
met as students at which university? CHOCOLATE down her garment, which
8. Who wrote the violin concertos wasn’t a skirt.
OLIVE OIL 2. Gina’s garment, which
The Four Seasons?
9. Where in the body is the location RED WINE wasn’t stained with
of your pineal gland?? chocolate, went to the
SKIRT Vanishing Act dry-cleaners.
10. The scene of bitter fighting in
World War ll, Guadalcanal is part 3. Olivia didn’t take her dress
BLOUSE
of which country today? to Come Clean cleaners.
11. What is Africa’s largest lake by area? DRESS
12. Which colour denotes “triple-word”
squares on a Scrabble board? WOMAN
13. For which movie did Nicole Kidman
win her Oscar? CLEANERS
14. Which mountain range is considered
CLOTHING
the natural boundary between
Europe and Asia? STAIN
15. From which island country does
Halloumi cheese originate?
Guess Who Six Pack
6. 13. When you have worked out the answers to Can you place digits in the empty
the clues below, transfer the letters into the triangles, so that the numbers in
numbered spaces. Reading from number 1, these each hexagon add up to 25? Only
letters will spell the name of a movie-maker. single digits between 1 and 9 can be
Solution on page 205. used, and no two digits in any
hexagon may be the same.
CLUES Solution on page 205.
1. Ski lodge (10–7–1–2–5–9)
3 6 9
2. Model T type of car (3–13–4–6)
ALAMY.
3. Baby bird (14–11–8–12–15)
Alpha Sudoku
1 4
Solve the puzzle as you would a normal 7
4 3 7 2 3
Sudoku but using the letters A-I instead of
2 15
numbers. Solution on page 205.
2
D F 3 14 4 7 2 4 6
E C F
B G E 1 8 4 9
4 13 1 2
D H C A
E A B G D C F H 2 5 8
I E F G 5 12
D H G
9 1 2
F I B 6 7 8 9 10 11
2 8
E I 7
FInd A Word
When all the answers to the questions have
been struck through in the grid, the leftover S A S O R B O I R A M R E P U S G
letters will spell out the name of a movie
(3,5,2,3) and one of its stars (6,5). E T I A R T S S S A B K T H T R S
1. In which movie did Al Pacino portray P M E L J S R E R W A P Y O E J E

Tony Montana?
2. Which street is the central location A W A O G U L U C T H A E A E U L
for TV soap Neighbours? (6,6)
3. Which Australian singer-actress E M H L B U T L E A G A T R R D B
had a hit with the song Torn? (7,9)
4. Who played Professor Minerva H N A B C S R W A R F B L G T Y A
McGonagall in the Harry Potter
movies? (6,5) T B L G O O I B O F A R N E S G R
5. For which film did Anne Hathaway
win a Best Supporting Actress F E O G G N L N M R L I A K Y A E
Oscar? (3,10)
6. Which one-time tonic, for which the O H N B S I G M R I K E N C A R S
recipe is closely guarded, is almost
50 per cent alcohol and is added as N A C L G N E I F N E U G O S L I
a flavouring for drinks, – bitters? (9)
7. Which classic novel centres on the A J E N I E E S O R M I D N M A M
adbventures of John Clayton lll,
aka Lord Greystoke? (6,2,3,4) Z T A Z E R L I M P A I L F A N S
8. Who is Fred Flintstone’s best
friend, Barney –? (6) R T N M R R L D I I Z S O A R D E
9. Who succeeded Gough Whitlam
as Australian PM in 1975? (7,6) A E H E E E F H O Z T N E E T D L
10. Who was the Nepalese Sherpa
mountaineer who conquered Everest T A E G H S C N Y F I H E R L A C
alongside Sir Edmund Hillary? (7,6)
11. Which channel separates Tasmania
from mainland Australia? (4,6)
R F A T I N O S T R A D A M U S N
12. Which UK actor has played Guy of
Gisborne in Robin Hood, Thorin
R I C H A R D A R M I T A G E I G
Oakenshield in The Hobbit and
also Lucas North in Spooks? (7,8) 17. Which Oscar-winning actress starred 22. Jazz trumpeter John Gillespie was
13. Which video game series has in Titanic, The Reader and Peter better known by which nickname? (5)
characters titled Princess Peach, Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures? (4,7) 23. For boardsports riders, which foot
Bowser and Luigi? (5,5,4) 18. Which singer and actress was born leads if you are goofy footed? (5)
14. What is the world’s biggest Frances Gumm? (4,7) 24. Cartoon characters Alvin, Simon and
single structure made from 19. In which animated film did Theodore are what type of animals? (9)
living organisms? (5,7,4) Jeremy Irons voice the character 25. What is the official language in
15. What word can go with right, of Scar? (3,4,4) Montreal? (6)
blue and killer? (5) 20. What is Paul McCartney’s actual first 26. What is the highest waterfall in
16. Which 16th century French name? (5) the world? (5,5)
apothecary and seer is known 21. Which Irish musician and activist was 27. Which first name links Denver,
for his prophecies? (11) behind the Live Aid concerts? (3,6) Farnham and Travolta? (4)
Knock-out
Hidden in this word
list is the title of a FUDGE CASEMENT MONITOR MACRAME JUPITER
song. Knock out
all the words that
VENUS EVEREST HUMBUG GRACE SASH
match the clues
and the remaining
words will reveal GOANNA AMAZING QUILTING SKINK ANNAPURNA
the mystery name.
Solution on KOSCIUSZKO CROCHET MARS BAY MINT
page 205.
CROSS OFF ALL: 1. Planets 2. Lizards 3. Lollies 4. Mountains 5. Window styles 6. Handicrafts.

Fill In Add One
Can you place all the words listed here into the grid? Add one letter to each of the words on a line to make four new words.
Solution on page 205. Write in that letter at the start of that line, and when all letters are found,
it will spell the mystery word. Solution on page 206.
1 DOES CHAR TRAP SELL

2 CART BEST PINS BOUT
3 HEAT PATH ANTI SORE
4 TREE BUSY AUNT SLOT
5 HOST DEAL BASS FEND
6 RAVE TOGS SEER BLED
7 CASE GRIM WINS BONY
H A I R 8 TALL NETS FLAK PALM
Rosetta
A rosetta is made up of a centre
coloured hexagon surrounded by
3
3 LETTERS 5 LETTERS 6 LETTERS 8 LETTERS
six white hexagons. To complete 7 5 2
the puzzle, fill in all seven rosettas
BOW COBRA INFORM CONSTANT
with each number between 1 and 7 3
MOO MILKY MARTYR MOTHBALL
NO-ONE TREMOR MULTIPLY
7 in no particular order while also 1
ensuring that:
4 LETTERS QUACK TRUANT WATCHFUL
ACME SCAMP
1. No number is repeated in a 2
horizontal row
AMEN SWELL 7 LETTERS 9 LETTERS
2. Each number from 1 to 7 is
2 6 4 7
DENY SYRUP COMPANY INCUMBENT
HAIR UNDER RECTORY PROPAGATE
represented in the seven 7
coloured hexagon cells.
KNOW Solution on page 206.
WICK
Stage Fright 1. WARDROBE A. PAINT

Using a word from both 2. GREEN B. REHEARSAL
All-a grams columns each time, can 3. METHOD C. PIT
Instead of clues, we have given you anagrams of the words you work out these 10 4. CURTAIN D. BOOK
that fit into the grid. Work out each letter jumble, then work out 5. GREASE E. ACTING
theatre-related terms?
where each words fits. Solution on page 206. 6. ORCHESTRA F. LIGHTS
7. SOUND G. MISTRESS
8. DRESS H. EFFECTS
9. HOUSE I. CALL
10. PROMPT J. ROOM
Top and Tail

Complete the words below by adding the same letter at both ends.
– AILROO – – IGRESSE –
– ENMANSHI – – FFERVESCENC –
– OOLPROO – – ARGLIN –
– IMPANIS– – EGISTRA –
1. IRON TOM 4. ETCH TAD 7. HUMS
– ARBOLI – – HEELBARRO –
2. URGE DAD 5. TRIPE TEST MOORS
3. SAD MESH 6. LOVED DEEP – SPIDISTR – – ARRATIO –

Answers
January WORK OUT: GUESS WHO: SIX PACK:
1. Chalet,
BOGGLEWORDS: 1. You take the high C A B L E 2. Ford, 3 6 9
road and I’ll take the low road, 2. Light
3. Chick.
2 4
refreshment, 3. Silent night, 4. Northside. O E M Mystery name: 7 1 8
Alfred 8 3 2 3
SUDOKU: 2 4 7
C R I S P Hitchcock.
1 2 8 4 1
4 7 3 6
O N T 2 1 8 4 7 1 3 9
2
A N G R Y 7 2 6 5 8 6
3
9 1 3 2
DOUBLE CROSS: FIND A WORD: 4
C D S U F P E 1. Scarface, 2. Ramsay
2 8
A P R O P O S L U R E X Street, 3. Natalie 7
Imbruglia, 4. Maggie
C I E I I O T Smith, 5. Les Miserables, 6. Angostura, 7. Tarzan of the
H A V O C N E P T U N E Apes, 8. Rubble, 9. Malcolm Fraser, 10. Tenzing Norgay,
E E T G S N 11. Bass Strait, 12. Richard Armitage, 13. Super Mario
F L I R T A B A T E D Bros., 14. Great Barrier Reef, 15. Whale, 16. Nostradamus,
A E O S 17. Kate Winslet, 18. Judy Garland, 19. The Lion King,
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: D I V E S T L O B B Y 20. James, 21. Bob Geldof, 22. Dizzy, 23. Right,
1. Window changes colour; 2. Treehouse E A U K R S 24. Chipmunks, 25. French, 26. Angel Falls, 27. John.
floor changes colour; 3. Strut vanishes; P U N T E R S E X A L T Mystery names: The Power of One, Daniel Craig.
4. Vine is shorter; 5. Man moves; 6. Clump T I T U N N A
S A S O R B O I R A M R E P U S G
of leaves vanishes; 7. Tree trunk changes L E T O N R E D U C E S
E T I A R T S S S A B K T H T R S
colour; 8. Vine vanishes; 9. Clump of grass Y Y A P S H H
vanishes; 10. Extra leaves appear. P M E L J S R E R W A P Y O E J E
DROP QUOTE: “When we recall the A W A O G U L U C T H A E A E U L
WORD MAKER: Admit, Ammeter, Dart, past, we find that it’s the simplest things, E M H L B U T L E A G A T R R D B
Date, Demerit, Deter, Diameter, Diet, Dirt, not the great occasions, that give off the
Drat, Dreamt, Dreamtime, Eater, Edit, H N A B C S R W A R F B L G T Y A
greatest glow of happiness.”
Emirate, Emit, Irate, Item, Mart, Mate, T B L G O O I B O F A R N E S G R
Mated, Mater, Meat, Meatier, Mediate, CROSSFIRE: Penny Lane F E O G G N L N M R L I A K Y A E
Meet, Merit, Merited, Mete, Meted, Meter, O H N B S I G M R I K E N C A R S
Metier, Metre, Mite, Mitre, Rate, Rated, TRIVIA QUIZ: 1. South America,
N A C L G N E I F N E U G O S L I
Remit, Rite, Tame, Tamed, Tamer, Team, 2. Dance, 3. Sally Field, 4. Florence,
Teamed, Tear, Teed, Teem, Term, Termed, 5. Larry Fortensky, 6. Conrad Hilton Jr, A J E N I E E S O R M I D N M A M
Tide, Tied, Tier, Tiered, Time, Timed, 7. University of St Andrews, 8. Antonio Z T A Z E R L I M P A I L F A N S
Timer, Tirade, Tire, Tired, Trade, Tram, Vivaldi, 9. Brain, 10. The Solomon Islands, R T N M R R L D I I Z S O A R D E
Tread, Tree, Triad, Tried, Trim, Trimmed. 11. Lake Victoria, 12. Red, 13. The Hours,
A E H E E E F H O Z T N E E T D L
14. Ural Mountains, 15. Cyprus.
T A E G H S C N Y F I H E R L A C
ALPHABET JIGSAW: ALPHA SUDOKU R F A T I N O S T R A D A M U S N
P A B W D V Z
L I M P O P O R H I N O H D A C F E B G I R I C H A R D A R M I T A G E I G
A I L R A B N B E G A D I F H C KNOCK OUT: Amazing Grace.

N A D A L M U G T R E E
N A S A S
C I F B G H D A E
FILL IN:
E N C O R E K Y O T O G F D H B C I E A M I L K Y S C A M P
D O D O E X E A B G I D C F H T N N S O O D
F L U S H J U D D E R R E C T O R Y N O O N E
Q L I R A I C H E A F G D B
U U W R S N
U N I C O R N S A G G Y D B E I H G A C F A C M E M U L T I P L Y
O E D T E U I
T I R E D H A L C Y O N F H I D C A E B G N B M P A R
T R E M O R I N F O R M
A S S E F S G A G C F E B H I D N T Q T P A
W A T C H F U L H A I R
CHANGE A WORD: LOGIC PUZZLE: I B A A G T
Twigs, Twins, Thins, Think, Thank, Shank. Olivia/Wish Washy/dress/chocolate;
Leslie/Come Clean/blouse/red wine;
C O B R A C O M P A N Y
LETTER CHASE: Gina/Vanishing Act/skirt/olive oil. K O L K E T R
Champagne glasses. Mystery answer: Red wine. S W E L L U N D E R

Answers
January continued ... Christmas issue
ALL-A-GRAMS: INSIDER: Winning word: Bells. EASY CROSSWORD:
1. Monitor, 2. Guarded, 3. Smashed, J EE A M C E Winning word: Present.
4. Chatted, 5. Prettiest, 6. Developed, T I N SE L I O N C E R A N S O M E M B E R
7. Mushrooms. G O T L A X N U L L C A A R O M A L
In grid: (Across) Mushrooms, Prettiest, B S O AK E D A C N E S T I R R P U R S E R
Developed; (Down) Guarded, Chatted, M U M A N T G O R G E A T E D I F I C E G M
Monitor, Smashed. D R A W EW E I O D I N E A D O N N O I S E S
ADD ONE: A S S I S T E D A M E L S E V L I V E R N O N E
1. Domes, Charm, Tramp, Smell; 2. Carat, M O R E M S K E N E R I N S E W A N T E
R E A S O N D E B A T E R E S T V I O L A R
Beast, Pains, About; 3. Cheat, Patch, Antic,
A S A G E R E L A Y S L E E V E N T A S
Score; 4. Three, Bushy, Haunt, Sloth;
A R V I N E G A R
5. Hoist, Ideal, Basis, Fiend; 6. Raven, O T H E R S H A R A R E
S P H E R E E A S I S
Tongs, Sneer, Blend; 7. Cease, Grime, S S O N A R L E
COLOSSUS:
L E AK AGE S L E A VE OU T I NF I DE L S T A X A T I ON
Wines, Ebony; 8. Stall, Nests, Flask, Psalm. A C G K A T E S M NOB L E N X P E AK B M E P E T T Y S P L A S H
SQU I RR E L E X AM I NE D L ACER A T E B I GAP P L E
Mystery word: Machines. S T E D I OR R T ROOS T R M E TON B E D
OB E YE D N E QU A T OR N NO T E P AD O C AB L E S
A I UP E ND L E I S SUE I L S I S S Y O L CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
S T E E P L E E L E AD E N E SE A L E D N OA TME A L
ROSETTA: T L L AME L Y L E GO T I S T L UN I SON B T S R R E G U L A T E D
3 6 P L E DGE S
E E S
D
L
CHO I R
H N
R M
I ND E P T H
CH A I N
M G
T
I
N I GER I A
D R O
P R I D E U I R I
BR I D E TOB E E AGL E A E I MAGE ACCE S S I NG I F N M U M I R
7 4 5 1 2 U N M U SE EM SM I T T E N L OL L O P T O
D U L C E T R E P O S E
D I SGU S T S A SP E C T N I GEM I N I SME L T ER S
G I L C R L L B E I GE N S F B I M P
5 6 2 7 3 4 I N S T A L L L O I T E R E D OME L E T T E I NC L I NE
E E W S E P
E T T A S T I F V D T B I E L O I N E S L R O S E A G I T A T E D
3 1 4 6 5 S I S T ER S
R I A SHE S
E L I T E
E
C AR GO
R I O I SHE
VE NUE
E
E ND L E S S
S WE D E E A B D R N C L
MOS A I C E T I D A L V I B E S NOD E S N W I D E L Y D E D I C A T E H A T S
4 7 5 3 2 1 N R
GYR A T E
K H AN
D
N L YR E
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Your stars
for 2017
Will your year be filled with thrilling romance, exciting
finance opportunities and family harmony in 2017?
Astrologer Jessica Adams predicts your highs
and lows for the year ahead.
ILLUSTRATIONS ● KRISTY ALLEN
What’s in the stars for 2017?

Equal marriage will be legal by Christmas. Celebrity power
couples, odd couples and reunited couples will make
headlines along with shocking break-ups.
This is the year we all learn about love, as never before.
Jupiter moves into Scorpio, the sign which rules the world
economy, in October. By Christmas, we will be in a boom.
Memories of the global financial crisis will be well and
truly over by the end of this year.
Your bird sign Bright and noisy, or proud and majestic, what is your avian spirit? Discoveryour zodiac bird below.
ARIES ● Willie Wagtail: These confident LEO ● Cockatoo: The lion is the king SAGITTARIUS ● Galah: Everyone needs
and territorial little creatures are brave of the jungle, and the cockatoo likes to a fun-loving and social Sagittarius friend
and foolhardy, often chasing prey twice think it is king of the outback (or your in their life. The pink and grey galah is
their size. Perhaps they remind you of a backyard), with its squawking and bright an equally playful fellow, often found in
courageous Aries in your life? yellow crest. Just like a human Leo, large groups.
TAURUS ● Cassowary: Just like the bull impossible to ignore! CAPRICORN ● Tawny frogmouth:
symbol of this sign, the Cassowary is VIRGO ● Lyrebird: Virgos thrive on Capricorns are wise and reserved, just
strong and oversized. It can’t fly so has perfection – just like these shy birds who like these shy, owl-like birds who
to learn to run fast and throw its weight mimic birds and sounds with precision. camouflage well and are rarely ever
around. Don’t cross them – bird or They are showy – the male has a stunning spotted, even at night. Their gentle hoots,
human! courtship display with a huge fanned tail. however, win the hearts of others.
GEMINI ● Rainbow lorikeet: The sign LIBRA ● Crimson rosella: Librans are AQUARIUS ● Azure kingfisher: If you
of the twins needs a bird partner which peacemakers through and through – know a great artist, ask if they’re
often moves in pairs, just like these so like these beautiful birds who live in Aquarius! This oh-so-pretty bird with
colourful and eminently lovable Rainbow harmony in small flocks and can be its unique blue plumage reflects the
lorikeets. Fun fact: both sexes look alike! hand-fed by humans if approached gently. artistic nature of this star sign.
CANCER ● Crested bellbird: Cancer star SCORPIO ● Wedge-tailed eagle: Scorpios PISCES ● Australian pelican: Pisces, the
signs treasure family and a stable home are renowned for being proud and fish, is the ultimate water sign. The pelican
above all else – just as these pairs build determined, just like these strong and never ventures far from the sea and is a
secure nests and both parents look after powerful alpha hunters. But with those revered protective creature – even
the eggs and newly hatched offspring. powerful claws, don’t cross them! carved on the walls of the pyramids.

Aries
Love
● Mar 21-Apr 21
The first nine months are your best for love in more than a
decade. Counselling or amicable separation will help troubled couples,
while happy couples will take the next big step. Singles will have one or
two desirable dates offered to them. A major decision arrives near March 3,
when you look at “me” factors versus “we” factors. By the full moon near
April 11, a choice has to be made, as is another near September 28.
Family From June to July, your family will attract attention
and feedback. This helps you see one challenging issue as
others see it and a clear choice will follow. To make life easier,
try not to make choices about relatives on the periods around
these dates – June30, July 9 and August 15. The full moon
near July 9 is tricky, so give yourself and others space then.
Career Allow for delays and changes affecting a reshuffle in your
workplace. Complete the most important career, unpaid work or
university projects and plans before Saturn changes signs on
December 20. Try not to start anything new in December or January Aries
unless you have read the fine print and asked others about the realities. Willie wagtail
Avoid making job choices in the periods around July 9 and August 21.
Finance The magic word is compromise from February as
money, business, possessions or dwellings will be at the heart
of a new deal. From March 31 to May 21, allow for changes,
delays or reversals with a crucial matter. From October 10
you will make a small fortune. What happens
near October 26 is wonderful. A sale,
windfall or deal would be typical.
Taurus
Taurus
Cassowary ● Apr 22-May 21
Love Your biggest and best love cycle in 12 years begins on October
10, with superb solutions or opportunities for couples. If you are single,
you could easily date or begin a partnership with a person whose travel
or educational background broadens your horizons.
Family A repeat of the situation that you or a close relative faced in
1999 and 2000 will require you to remember what lessons were learned
as the millennium began. Try to steer away from July 24 to September
10 for biggest family decisions or judgement calls as you will hit delays
or changes to the plans. You should also avoid making crucial decisions
on the eclipses on February 11, August 7 and August 21. You will not be
shown all you need to see. Allow 24 hours either side.
Career Just as a family situation from 1999-2000 repeats this year,
so will an episode which involved your old work or university life. This
is karma and you knew these people before. Be sure not to make key
decisions during the eclipse on August 7 (allow 24 hours either side),
as you will not have all the facts about a situation. From August to
December a person, organisation, project or position you assumed was
out of your life will make a remarkable comeback. In fact, it’s a miracle.
Finance Congratulations on making it past the halfway mark of the
toughest money, business and property cycle in 29 years. 2017 will be
easier than 2016 and what you learn near May 19 will help you make
or save a lot of money in 2019. To make your life simple, avoid making
major decisions or judgements during these periods: May 29, June 9,
June 15, June 18 and June 25 (again, allow 24 hours either side of these
dates). Try to do your tax earlier if you can, to make life easier.
Gemini
Love
● May 22-Jun 22
The opportunity to add a child to your world is here and by
October you will have made a choice. In other cases, the success and
happiness of a son or daughter will make both of you proud. 2017 is
mixed. Serious, slow, stuck situations do affect your love life, yet a
younger generation will leave you overjoyed. Skip June for couple’s
decisions, new dates or break-ups – it’s ridiculously tough.
Family From July 25 until the final shadow on September 19 your
ruling planet Mercury is retrograde or appearing to move backwards.
This will affect family plans, so if you are organising a reunion or decision
involving a relative, allow for changes. If you have a Gemini or Virgo
family member, or a chatty web or phoneaholic in the clan, he or she may
be unreliable at this time. Property choices are best avoided now too.
Career The wonderful career phase in October 2017 begins with a
dream in January-March. That dream is impractical then and the full
moon near March 12 may burst a bubble. Don’t lose your vision of a job or
course which feels like a holiday from the real world, though, as from
October 10 chances rise. Near November 18, a wonderful new phase in
your work life is ready to begin. Watch job advertisements then.
Finance Allow for delays, rescheduling, errors or reversals with your
money, house, business or possessions in January. On the 29th, though,
Gemini
it is time to talk or sign. A great deal of power or control is at stake. Try to
Rainbow lorikeet organise your property or finances and sign off on major concerns before
December 20. If you embark on a loan, mortgage, contract or similar in
December, get experience on your side. Read the fine print.
Cancer
Love
● Jun 23-Jul 23
Complete important goals involving your former, current or
potential partner before December 20 if you can. Plans which affect
the future of your relationships near Christmas Day need time and Cancer
care, and perhaps professional advice. From October, babies, children Crested bellbird
or millennials bring joy. Children, young relatives or a new lover with
children bring good news near November 18.
Family This is a wonderful year for all of you and any past issues
will be resolved by October. A new arrival – either a baby, long-lost
family member or a relative’s partner – will add to your happiness and
success. Near July 6 and 11, August 27, September 5 and October 8
you will find the biggest and best opportunities in years. If you have
wanted a reunion or to make the peace with family, this is the year.
Career Your career, unpaid work, full-time parenting or course will
not be settled for some time, but this is your last year of surprises and
changes. From March 27 to May 16 the story will change twice, with
delays or possible reversals affecting a project or role, so get it in
writing. Around May 19 and June 3, you will know where you stand.
Near those dates, invent an exciting way to use your skills and talents.
Finance Your money, house, apartment, company or business will
take you back to 1999 and 2000 this year as you see echoes of the past
or even a repeat experience. This time you have experience on your
side. From July 24 to September 10 you will see delays, changes or
even u-turns with paperwork or negotiations, so have a plan B and
check the fine print. During the eclipses on February 11, and August 7
and 21, don’t make major decisions (even on the 24 hours either side).

Leo
Love
● Jul 24-Aug 23
Past life karma, debts and credits from this lifetime need to be
balanced from May 9, and it will take time to clear the decks with former, Leo
current or potential partners. The most challenging cycle in 29 years for Cockatoo
parents or prospective parents ends at Christmas, but 2017 will be easier
than 2016. Be cautious during the eclipses on February 11 and August 7 as
the full story will be missing. This is vital with new dates.
Career Allow for changes or delays from March 31 to May 21, when the
discussions or paperwork will go backwards and forwards. Avoid May 10
(and the day before and after) for interviews, launches and presentations.
Finish your biggest work priorities before December 20 as projects and
plans will be tougher, or move more slowly, from that date. If accepting a
new position or task in December, read between the lines.
Family From October 10, you will see gains for family, and benefits
for you. This is an excellent time for an interstate or overseas reunion.
Problems with or for close relatives will be resolved near October 18,
November 13 and particularly November 18, which is a new beginning.
New faces in the family will add prestige and happiness to your tribe. This
cycle is superb for property, and one branch of the family benefits.
Finance Keep a close watch on money. What you save or make in the
first three months of 2017 will influence the year as a whole. Unless you
stick to the rules, the situation could confuse you or others near March 12.
From July 25 to September 19 there will be waiting games, alterations and
possibly a reversal with paperwork or agreements, so be flexible. Watch
for missing mail, email, voicemail or computer issues.
Virgo
Love
● Aug 24-Sep 23
The first three months of 2017 are ideal for containing and
controlling the relationship with former, current or potential partners.
If left to chance, you’ll feel all at sea near New Year’s Day, and January
12. Be careful during the eclipse on February 26 (allow 24 hours either
side) and March2 , 4 and 12, when nothing is clear. From May, the karma
is complete and every past life debt or credit will be repaid.
Career It’s back to the future with work, study or parenting from
Virgo
May as you see a replay of 1999 and 2000 with the return of similar
Lyrebird issues or people. Unfinished business will be completed now
and one past-life reward is coming your way. Don’t make
decisions during the eclipses on February 11 and August 7 (allow
24 hours either side) as you lack clarity and there will be a cover-up.
Family You are past the halfway mark of the most challenging
family cycle in 29 years and deserve a medal! 2017 is still hard work
but the worst is over. Your reward for being patient enough to seek
expertise and experience with family this year is a brighter future. For
an easier time, make choices near November 11 but complete them by
November 15 as the last month is complex, particularly with property.
Finance You will make or save a substantial amount of money
from October 10 and have great news near October 18 and 26,
November 13 and 18 and December 3, and there will be more to come
in 2018. If you must pursue paperwork or discussions when your ruler
Mercury is behaving strangely from March 27 to May 16, do allow
for u-turns, errors or delays. Soon after this, near May 19 or June 3,
you will start or accept a revolution with your money or property.
Libra
Love
● Sep 24-Oct 23
From March 27 to May 16 the story with your former, current or
Libra
potential partner will go backwards and forwards. Allow for paperwork

Crimson rosella
errors, delays or communication misfires. Near May 19 and June 3, you will
make decisions that influence the rest of the year. This is the last year of
a long lesson about independence within a partnership, or freedom as a
single person. You’re exchanging predictability for more space in your life.
Career A very long cycle affecting work, university or parenting has
taught you about observing strict boundaries with friendship, love and
your career. You’ve also learned a lot about people with drug or alcohol
issues, or those who cross the line. This year that lesson is useful in the
period January to March. You will also love an aspect of your job or daily
life which is an escape from the real world.
Family From now until January 27 there will be complications with
Christmas or holiday arrangements, so have a plan B. Try to conclude
important family plans by December 20, as from that date life is hard work
and decisions about relatives and property in particular will take longer
than usual. What happened with the children or younger relatives in your
world in 1999 or 2000? Expect a return, so the chapter can be closed.
Finance From October 10 you begin a life-changing cycle for
finances and property when it pays to read the financial headlines.
You will find stunning bargains or see windfalls, new income or
other benefits (starting in October) with a great agreement near
November 13. From that point the benefits don’t stop. As you make
or save money – by a gain in your property value, for example – seek
the best advice you can afford about the financial future.
Scorpio
Love
● Oct 24-Nov 22
From March 31 to May 21 the situation with former, current or
potential partners hit delays, changes or reversals, so make allowances as
communication or travel plans will be affected. Skip making big decisions
during the full moon on May 10. In general, this period is about finding
compromise with each other. You may be sharing control or dividing your
time in some way, or striking other deals then.
Career A new look, role, status or title will be yours from October, with
results by 2018, and your job, or a passion, will help your renaissance.
Avoid making major decisions around the time of the eclipses on
February 11, August 7 and August 21. From July 24 to September 10,
there will be delays or changes with one key issue, so cover yourself.
Family Expect a fresh start with family near January 28 but
avoid key matters around the eclipses on February 11 and August 7.
You will spend 2017 in familiar situations yet achieve closure.
Events from 1999 or 2000 with a relative return.
Finance You may not receive a medal
for surviving the financial, business or
Scorpio
property challenges of 2016, but you
will be given a much easier 12 months
Wedge-tailed
ahead, with the finishing line at eagle
Christmas. From November 15, though,
progress with your bank, house,
apartment or company will be slow,
so complete proceedings before
then. If you go ahead from that
date, read fine print carefully.

Sagittarius ● Nov 23-Dec 21
Love This is the last year you will have an unpredictable time with
lovers, babies, children or millennials. What has happened in recent
years has forced you to become more independent, though,
and in 2017 you will find being a free spirit exciting. From
March 27 to May 16 one situation will zig-zag, so you may
want to finalise decisions before or after this period.
Career Your job, unpaid work, studies or
parenting will be affected by a change in
responsibilities from February 5. Expect a
waiting game, with changes and reversals
affecting your routine, from March 31 to May 21. Be flexible, as anything
from weather to transport could bring rescheduling. It will take time for Sagittarius
everyone to sort out a new arrangement, so be patient. Galah
Family You are used to the lack of certainties and rules with family,
so the situations in the first three months of 2017 will be easily managed.
The issue may be the lack of structure with relatives, or the personality
of one individual who has memory, organisation, drug or alcohol
issues. For an easy life, avoid big decisions near New Year’s Day! Past
life karma with these people finishes in May. A chapter will end.
Finance Until January 27, a financial, property or business issue
dating from December 2016 continues. Close to January 29, an
important discussion will unfold and you must decide who is in charge.
This question about power returns in August. Clear the decks before
December 20. Don’t start anything new without second opinions.
Capricorn
● Dec 22-Jan 20
Love If you are single, 2017 is better suited to dating rather than
Capricorn commitment. If you are in a partnership, your priority will be babies,
Tawny frogmouth children or young relatives. From March 31 to May 21, the decisions,
paperwork or discussions could stall and change, so be aware. The
central issue will be how to share in a fair way and a new deal with you
and others must be struck. Allow for a zig-zag process over this time.
Career You will be promoted, have a new position, achieve personal
success or switch professions this year. You have until October to snap
up opportunities and solutions. What you decide near March 3 is a
milestone on your resume, no matter if you stay, go or make changes.
Near March 30 you will use perfect timing with a second decision. More
milestones come in July and August, and a tough choice in October.
Family From March 27 to May 16, plans will be affected by delays,
changes or reversals, so factor that into planning, especially if your
house or apartment is part of the story. Near May 19, expect a decision
about the long-term future of the family. Radical changes, like those
from March to May, need to be absorbed slowly, so if progress is
stop-start, it will buy you time and space to adjust to another revolution.
Finance Near January 28, make the best start you can on the new
moon. A similar situation, if not a replay, of 1999 and 2000 will return
to you in 2017 with your income, bank, house, apartment or business.
This time you will finish a chapter you did not complete last time.
Avoid making key choices around the time of the following eclipses as
you will be missing facts: February 7 and 11 and, crucially, August 21.
Aquarius
Love
● Jan 21-Feb 19
This is a crucial year for relationships with a
former, current or potential partner. Skip the eclipse near February
11, for decisions, to start the year right. Past life karma with this
person will return after May as you share debts and credits from
another incarnation. Your dreams may tell you what that is. The
final two eclipses in your relationship zone on August 7 and 21 are
not a good time for decisions as information is missing.
Career This is a fantastic year for part-time study or a full-time
qualification and you will be stunned at how easily things fall
into place. If you work in industries connected to travel, the
web, exports, imports or publishing you will see amazing
results by October. From October 10 you are in line for a
promotion, new role, good academic results, outstanding success or
an award and you could see the first stage as early as November.
Family From March 31 to May 21 the family will need to come to a new
arrangement based on compromises and common sense. Prepare for
delays or changes to plans, as anything from cancelled flights to a flakey
relative could alter your schedule. Despite this, by the end of May you will
have agreed to differ over one issue and be content with a different way of
sharing the controls within your clan. Aquarius
Finance You’ve made or saved money, since Jupiter the planet of Azure NLQJ¿VKHU
solutions, opportunities and growth created a pattern in your financial
horoscope which occurs every 12 years. Your luck holds in 2017, but after
September, live in the real world. Look at the confusion surrounding
money, property, possessions or charity in March and clear it.
Pisces
Love
● Feb 20-Mar 20
From late 2015 to 2016 you were given opportunities
and solutions with your former, current or potential partners. What you
did (or didn’t do) will come back from July 25 to September 19.
The discussions, e-mails or paperwork will go back and forth over this
Pisces
time. Treat this as a dress rehearsal, not the final result. Near October 5,
Australian pelican
Venus and Mars make a rare alignment; you have a decision to make.
Career You have made it over the halfway mark of the most
challenging work, study and parenting cycle in three decades and are
on the downhill slope. Before the end of a project or job you are working
on, or an organisation or person you are working with, you have a key
decision to make near November 11. Try to finalise the agreement quickly
(and get it in writing) before November 15 and delays or changes begin.
Family If your family is involved with your finances, house, apartment
or business then you will welcome golden opportunities and stunning
solutions in the first nine months of 2017. In all cases, avoid the final week
of May to third week of June for family reunions or summits with close
relatives, as there are much easier times for you to go ahead. Skip the
period near December 3, too, for similar reasons. That is a full moon
and you will be stretched.
Finance You will make money from a windfall or second income
source, or save considerable money this year. You could also land a lucky
purchase with a house, apartment, land, car or precious possessions
you have always wanted. Something for nothing is possible, too, Pisces.
What happens near March 3 is life-changing and asks you to put a
price on independence. Freedom cannot be bought or sold and
you must decide just how much space you want, then.

[ Horoscopes ] with Jessica Adams
change their minds, or you could be
dealing with X factors affecting your
original proposal. It’s always good
to have Plan B.
Gemini ● May 22-Jun 22

Pansy is thee Your ruling planet, Mercury, now
ÀRUDOV\PEROO RI goes into the second month of its
&DSULFRUQ retrograde cycle, affecting your
finances, home affairs, business or
shopping. When this happens, you
will meet with delays or changes, so
be aware and double-check the details,
as Mercury rules all these things.
A career or unpaid outlet for your
ambitions is a lovely escape, but it is
also rather confused and confusing.
Try to organise things now as they
will not organise themselves.
&DSU Dec 22-Jan 20

Your reputation, profile or title is an important issue in January and you must find ways
Cancer ● Jun 23-Jul 23
Your former, current or potential
partner is at the heart of an uncertain
situation all month, but nothing will
to control what is taking place. Give yourself plenty of time, as there will be alterations be firm or final until the closing days
or a waiting game until at least January 28, after which a major decision can be made. of January. As you saw in December, it
Take a long look at your internet use on your phone and computer, and see how you is probably best to treat life as a dress
can make your security watertight. Sticking to common-sense rules about the web is rehearsal or a time to review, rather
also smart now. What you do in January helps you in March. than commit. If you must go ahead
with that crucial decision, discussion
Aquarius ● Jan 21-Feb 19 Aries ● Mar 21-Apr 21 or signature, then make allowances
Your credit card, home, a business The best way to deal with the changes for rescheduling, delay or even bigger
agreement or shopping could easily affecting your job, work, full-time changes later on. If you’re internet
become muddled now. The solution parenting or degree is to let time dating, beware Mr Flaky or Ms
rests with good old-fashioned pass. There is real power or control Non-Commitment this month.
organisation, so put one matter into at stake near January 7, but try not
your Harry Potter sorting hat. You to make decisions around the Full Leo ● Jul 24-Aug 23
appear to be covering up a secret or Moon on the 12th. It is certainly Your money, home, business, shopping
operating in an important role behind D-Day for you, but the actual details or charity requires a firm paw now,
the scenes for the second month in of this reshuffle will not be set in Leo. It is time to return to the real
a row. In the closing days of January, concrete until after the 28th, with world and remind yourself of the
you’ll finally be in a position to make a landmark signature or handshake rules. Be particularly careful about
a major change permanent. agreement taking place soon that line that says Do Not Cross when
afterwards. Read the fine print. it comes to others who are involved
Pisces ● Feb 20-Mar 20 with all that you earn, own or owe.
The group you are involved with is Taurus ● Apr 22-May 21 Your routine will not settle until
about friendship as well as shared goals Your friends, or people in the group February, as work or university
and visions, but it is also subject to you are involved with, make the changes involve serious people politics
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people politics. Questions about who is Muddleheaded Wombat look and will take time to finalise. Read
in control will take weeks to resolve, yet organised. This social outlet or team the fine print if signing up for new
find the right words as January closes is a lovely holiday from the real world, projects, courses or positions.
and you will also close the door on but it needs rules. You will begin the
one matter. Plenty of activity in your year with an important choice, which Virgo ● Aug 24-Sep 23
own sign, Pisces, suggests it’s time for takes you across town, interstate or Your former, current or potential
your relaunch. Your new look may overseas, either online or with a bag partner could leave you feeling all at
need work, though. Keep it real. It’s packed. Allow for the situation to go sea, unless you remember you are a
a good time of year to be practical. backwards and forwards. People may practical, down-to-earth Virgo and

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applies in your dealings with anybody who is against
you. When in doubt, ask a sensible outsider for their
opinion, as you may not be seeing things as they are. THE MORE YOU SPIN, THE DRIER THE MOP
If children or young relatives are a related issue, you
will know where you stand (at last) from January 28.
Before that date, allow for a state of flux.
Libra ● Sep 24-Oct 23

You now enter your second month of changes, delays
or even reversals with a family member, or with matters
involving your house, apartment or hometown. Be
aware of this when making arrangements, as it’s a good
time to pencil things in rather than commit. Your body is
telling you to scrutinise your food, drink, medicines and
fitness – as well as your doctor or healer – with great care
because it is easy to fall into the habit of fuzzy thinking
as Neptune travels through your sector of health and
well-being. It’s a good month to straighten it out.
Scorpio ● Oct 24-Nov 22

As you will know by the time you read this, December
and January are marked by rescheduling, cancellations,
reversals and repairs, as you are moving through the
famous Mercury retrograde cycle. Transport, interstate
flights, the internet and your phone are most affected, so
have a back-up plan when in doubt. If buying computers
in the sales, read the fine print. The situation with a lover,
baby, child or millennial in your life needs boundaries
with a capital “B”. Draw the line and stand either side.
Sagittarius ● Nov 23-Dec 21

The rather confusing situation with your close relative,
flatmate, home or hometown will be resolved when you
see why a reality check is a great idea and firm measures HOW IT WORKS?
are called for. This is the right month to contain and The Spin ‘n’ Go
Mop is designed to SPINS
control the situation, so that you can enjoy the rest
of the year. A financial, property, business or shopping spin its microfibre Interior spinning action
issue will linger from December and take some weeks mop head inside wrings the mop fibres
PU M P
to resolve. Check purchase agreements on sales items the cover, for better
and if switching banks for 2017, read the fine print. AWW wringing with less DRAINS
effort. Water spins to outer
walls of protective cone
The more you spin,
CHAOS IN NEW MOON S PIN
the drier the mop. EXPELS
THE STARS AT HOME
Plus its great for all Water is expelled
Reshuffles in The New Moon
governments and on January 28 will
floor types. through holes at the
bottom of the cone,
big business will raise talk of a new (Refill available) leaving the mop D R AIN
be chaotic until flag or republic clean and damp
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The leftover hit list

With Christmas leftovers ageing in the fridge, Pat McDermott is back at the
supermarket for yet more food. How did it come to this?
D
idn’t you and I agree on Like tiny nuts,” he observed calmly, while all
Christmas night that we around him were gagging.
wouldn’t eat another thing until As the party pie debate raged on, the
July 1, 2017? I’m sure I said MOTH declared himself officially “too old” to
something like that! It was right worry about food and went off to find another
after I polished off the chocolate-coated prawn. He once told a friend he was too old to
cherries and the last of that amazing cheese. “embrace” gluten-free food. In fact, he didn’t
Was I drinking champagne? Yes, I was. even want to shake hands with it.
Anyway, here I am in the supermarket and There are irritating, time-consuming and
it’s barely January. It’s not that I’ve run out humbling things about growing older. Knees
of food. The refrigerator is bulging with and hips require a ridiculous amount of
leftovers. There’s a ham the size of a small attention. Teeth can be unpredictable. The
child on the bottom shelf. There are jars of chemist is your new best friend. Yet there are
designer honey and boxes of expensive “ rewards, too.
teabags stacked three deep in the pantry.
But this stuff has been “re-gifted” so many I won’t sleep Just as the MOTH is too old to worry about
food, I’m too old to mince about in stilettos
times perhaps they’re just back where they in outdoor or skin-tight jeans. We’re both too old for
started. On a low note, the brandy butter
is disappearing fast. tents (stiff holidays involving ropes, parachutes or first
aid kits. Jungles, volcanos and snow-bound
I’m here because the children made me back, mossies, peaks look perfectly nice from business class
come. They don’t like the look of the
leftovers. The ham is curling around the snakes), but seats (I wish) on the way to Paris.
I’m done with sitting cross-legged in an
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edges. They’re having second thoughts about the indoor ashram releasing my inner angst. I like my
the potato bake. Anything limp, watery or
hard to identify is on their hit list. tent is angst. It’s been around so long I’d miss it if it
were gone. I won’t sleep in outdoor tents (stiff
“What is this stuff?” they growl at me, almost okay. back, mossies, snakes, nosy sheep), but the
poking and sniffing just like they did 20 years indoor tent where my granddaughters play is
ago when they came face to face with my ” almost okay. “Come inside, Nanny, come
homemade soup for the first time. inside. Crouch down and crawl in!” Getting in
I don’t mind them cleaning out the fridge, takes me awhile. Getting out takes me longer,
but I don’t think you should wave a droopy as it involves standing up again.
asparagus spear in your mother’s face before When Ruff Red was small, he and his
she’s had her first cup of tea. And I don’t sister Courtenay visited our neighbour
understand why I can’t reheat the party pies almost every day. Her biscuits were legendary
one more time. and she was a sympathetic port in any family
“You’ve reheated them three times storm. One day, he told Mrs Geddes solemnly
already!” they shout at me. “It destroys that she had “tripes” on her face.
their nutritional value!” “Tripes?” I asked later.
“You’d have to ask yourself “He means stripes,” she explained.
what’s the nutritional value of a frozen “Wrinkles.”
party pie in the first place?” mused the “I’m so sorry,” I said. (I apologised
MOTH (Man Of The House), chewing a lot back then.)
on a leftover prawn. “There’s no need,” she replied. “I’m proud
The MOTH, bless him, has never of my ‘tripes’. I think I’ve earnt them!”
met a piece of food he didn’t like. Haven’t we all. Happy New Year!
He became semi-famous for PS: I don’t suppose anyone knows which
snacking thoughtfully, if aisle has the party pies? AWW
mistakenly, from a bag of cat
treats while enjoying a beer one To connect with Pat on Facebook, visit
New Year’s Eve. “It tasted fine to me. www.facebook.com/PatMcDermottau.

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