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sAPPORO: JNto dARwIN FOOd: MiChael shaFraN<br />
78<br />
Hands up, who loves<br />
retro Hawaii?<br />
68<br />
Sapporo: heaven for<br />
powder fiends<br />
52<br />
Darwin is the<br />
place for sweet<br />
and savoury<br />
treats<br />
CONTENTS<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
take off<br />
002 welcome note<br />
005 events what’s on in<br />
<strong>october</strong><br />
010 10 minutes with...<br />
katie Noonan<br />
012 out & about sydney’s<br />
Crave Festival of Food;<br />
meals for two; best<br />
aussie boutique beers<br />
020 style file new jewellery<br />
022 the biz artist Mark<br />
hanham’s gallery<br />
024 fit to go sports bras;<br />
new shoes; Michelle<br />
Bridges’ top three<br />
toning tips<br />
089 brain teasers sudoku<br />
in the air<br />
with jetstar<br />
095 jetstar news<br />
097 starkids<br />
100 where we fly<br />
102 international<br />
adventures<br />
117 australian adventures<br />
121 domestic airports<br />
122 ジェットスター・エアウエ イ<br />
ズの日本語インフォメーション<br />
124 wellbeing onboard<br />
126 have a bite<br />
Cover Photo:<br />
EFFI COHEN<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
cruise<br />
control<br />
26 star struCk<br />
tina sparkles grows up: tv<br />
loves sonia kruger, host of<br />
Mornings and Big Brother<br />
32 hot spot<br />
the 10 best things to do in<br />
sydney for families<br />
40 go guide<br />
unique indie artists and<br />
musicians gather for this year’s<br />
Melbourne Festival<br />
46 retail theraPy<br />
the curators of three aboriginal<br />
art galleries tell us why they<br />
love australian indigenous art<br />
52 eat Beat<br />
darwin’s food culture blends<br />
asian, australian and — believe<br />
it or not — greek cuisine<br />
62 PeoPle<br />
10 things we love about<br />
phenomenal local Moto gP<br />
rider Casey stoner<br />
68 adreNaliNe<br />
skiiers and snowboarders are<br />
drawn to the snowy delights of<br />
sapporo, Japan<br />
78 iN FoCus<br />
the best of retro hawaii: hula<br />
dancers, luaus, longboards and<br />
tiki-mug cocktails<br />
日本語でお楽しみください<br />
001
MAGAZINE<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
Welcome<br />
Note<br />
Welcome aboard.<br />
Thank you to all our customers who voted Jetstar<br />
among the best low fares airlines in the world at<br />
the Skytrax Airline Awards. We were awarded Best Low-Cost<br />
Airline in Australia/Pacific and a top-three position in the<br />
Global Low Cost Airline category.<br />
This year’s Skytrax Annual World Airline Survey, on which<br />
the awards are based, had more than 18 million individual<br />
respondents from 100 different nationalities so we’re very<br />
proud of our ranking.<br />
It was only eight years ago we launched Jetstar with 13<br />
aircraft. Now our fleet stands at 90 and continues to grow.<br />
Back then we offered travellers our low fares on 31 routes;<br />
now you can choose from more than 120. We’re creating<br />
more capacity and carrying more passengers than ever. Over<br />
20 million people flew safely around our network in the last<br />
financial year — that’s almost the population of Australia.<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
Editor<br />
Elisabeth Knowles<br />
dEputy Editor<br />
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AssistAnt Editor<br />
Cherylene Chan<br />
Art dirEctor<br />
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contributing Art dirEctor<br />
Christian Subrata<br />
sEnior pHoto Editor<br />
Nicola McCoy<br />
sub-Editor<br />
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JApAnEsE EditoriAL consuLtAnt<br />
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JEtstAr MAnAging Editor<br />
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ADVERTISING<br />
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inFLigHt MEdiA spEciALists<br />
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intErnAtionAL pubLisHEr<br />
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ocTober<br />
sUrf’s Up!<br />
sea for two<br />
Byron Bay surf festival sweeps in yet again with three days<br />
of surf-related art and activities. We chat with headlining<br />
professional tandem surfer, simon phin<br />
What makes Byron Bay’s<br />
surf culture so special<br />
to you?<br />
Byron Bay is hard to beat. It’s a<br />
great place to learn surfing in a<br />
safe environment. The people of<br />
Byron are warm and welcoming,<br />
and the local food and produce<br />
is great. There’s more choice<br />
than you can poke a stick at!<br />
What’s the first key skill<br />
that you’ll Be teaching<br />
Budding tandem surfers?<br />
Three starters: be safe, have<br />
fun and make the girl look<br />
good! Other than that, we do<br />
want people to appreciate that<br />
tandem surfing is about sharing<br />
the stoke and Aloha of surfing.<br />
What can We expect<br />
from this year’s tandem<br />
surfing shoWcase?<br />
We’re really excited about<br />
having one of the best teams<br />
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in the world, Fred and Aurelie<br />
Branger from France. They’re the<br />
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of<br />
tandem — graceful, beautiful and<br />
you just wish you could do it as well<br />
as them.<br />
Where have you caught the<br />
Biggest Wave?<br />
We really enjoy Indonesia. Bali<br />
still has some of the best waves in<br />
the world. We tend to like surfing<br />
Uluwatu and Impossibles. Keeps us<br />
on our toes.<br />
Byron Bay Surf Festival is on<br />
from 26-28 October in Brisbane,<br />
byronbaysurffestival.com<br />
Fred and Aurelie<br />
Branger show off<br />
their moves<br />
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25-28 OCT<br />
GOOD LOOKS<br />
the inaugural townsville fashion<br />
festival will be styling up the city.<br />
We chat with committee president,<br />
katelyn aslett<br />
What inspired you to start<br />
a fashion festival<br />
in toWnsville?<br />
As a designer, it’s important for me<br />
to break the stereotypical notion<br />
that remote cities do not have an<br />
idea about fashion. We love our<br />
relaxed lifestyle but this doesn’t<br />
make us a backwater. There’s<br />
a wonderful, vibrant, creative<br />
fashion scene in our regions, both<br />
established and emerging, that<br />
needs to be supported<br />
and encouraged.<br />
What sort of looks Will We<br />
see in the runWay shoW?<br />
Everything from homegrown<br />
swimwear talent such as Molly<br />
Polly to menswear label Wil Valor,<br />
artisans in the Gardens<br />
27 oct-4 nov, sydney<br />
This annual exhibition will see over<br />
30 Australian artists, inspired by<br />
the beauty and diversity of nature,<br />
showcasing specially produced<br />
sculptures, ceramics and jewellery in<br />
the Royal Botanic Garden. Free.<br />
006<br />
Charlie Maslin’s<br />
sculpture<br />
who’ve both launched collections<br />
at Mercedes-Benz Fashion<br />
Festival Brisbane. We also have<br />
a fabulous new designer, Mainie,<br />
who has a beautiful collection<br />
based on indigenous artwork.<br />
There will be collections with a<br />
distinctly northern feel that suit<br />
our relaxed and tropical lifestyles,<br />
and glamorous evening pieces.<br />
Was it hard to orGanise<br />
such a huGe event?<br />
The first year is always difficult,<br />
as we have to prove ourselves<br />
to non-believers. For all of us<br />
as volunteers, it’s been hard<br />
to find all the hours to make it<br />
happen while still running our<br />
own businesses and jobs. There’s<br />
been so much to learn and do,<br />
but we’re all trying to create a<br />
lasting legacy.<br />
Townsville Fashion Festival is on<br />
from 25-28 October in Queensland,<br />
townsvillefashionfestival.com.au<br />
Melbourne Marathon festival<br />
14 oct, Melbourne<br />
With separate events to fit different fitness levels,<br />
from the full 42.2km marathon to the ASICS 3km<br />
walk, this charity run will have 7,000 participants<br />
pressing on to raise money for the Cerebral Palsy<br />
Education Centre and JMB Foundation.<br />
melbournemarathon.com.au<br />
Self-portrait<br />
at Papini’s<br />
Master of stillness:<br />
Jeffrey sMart<br />
11 oct, adelaide<br />
See a large range of Australian painter<br />
Jeffrey Smart’s celebrated works,<br />
famous for featuring geometric<br />
shapes and urban landscapes.<br />
Tarrawara Museum of Art, Healesville.<br />
rhys darby: kate little
A model wears a<br />
Katelyn Aslett dress<br />
Don’t<br />
Miss<br />
UTS: Sydney<br />
InTernaTIonal<br />
anImaTIon<br />
FeSTIval<br />
12-14 oct,<br />
Sydney<br />
Two highly<br />
acclaimed<br />
feature films,<br />
vanessa<br />
Paradis’s a<br />
monster in<br />
Paris and luc<br />
Besson’s oscarnominated<br />
flick<br />
alois nebel,<br />
will have their<br />
australian<br />
premiere at<br />
this festival.<br />
Surry HillS FeStival<br />
27 Oct, Sydney<br />
This hip community festival moves<br />
to a new home in Prince Albert Park<br />
to make more room for bands, art<br />
installations and roving performers.<br />
Don’t miss wandering the flea<br />
markets, gourmet stalls, carnival rides<br />
and the Surry Hills Dog Show.<br />
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Fremantle FeStival<br />
28 Oct-11 nOv, Fremantle<br />
Fremantle’s streets fill with<br />
colourful floats, music,<br />
performances and fun as part of<br />
Australia’s longest running festival.<br />
This year’s highlights include a<br />
Children’s Fiesta, Coffee Festival<br />
and the 64th Blessing of the Fleet.<br />
9-21 Oct<br />
tempO dance FeStival<br />
auckland<br />
The spellbinding festival<br />
features New Zealand’s most<br />
respected dancers and<br />
choreographers performing<br />
styles from classical Indian to<br />
salsa. Learn some moves of<br />
your own in Sir Jon Trimmer’s<br />
mime workshop. Q Theatre.<br />
Full program at tempo.co.nz<br />
FUNNY GUY<br />
nZ comedian and manager of the<br />
band Flight of the conchords on<br />
telly, rhys darby is bringing his<br />
show this Way to Spaceship to<br />
christchurch this month<br />
HOW dOeS it Feel tO<br />
be returning<br />
tO cHriStcHurcH?<br />
it feels grrrreat — although i may<br />
have just stolen that phrase from<br />
Frosties. christchurch is where it<br />
all began for me. it’s where i went<br />
to university and where i began<br />
my comedy career. Without<br />
christchurch i don’t think i’d be<br />
the comic i am today.<br />
tHiS Way tO SpaceSHip iS<br />
alSO a bOOk — iS Writing<br />
jOkeS in print diFFerent<br />
FrOm Writing Stand-up?<br />
very much so. it’s easier, because<br />
you don’t have to worry about<br />
punch lines. i had to adapt stuff<br />
from the book to make it more<br />
punchy and physical on stage.<br />
tHe SHOW takeS cueS FrOm<br />
a rumOur tHat tHe WOrld<br />
Will end in <strong>2012</strong> — iF tHat<br />
Were true, WHat WOuld be<br />
On yOur bucket liSt?<br />
i’d explore the great pyramids in<br />
cairo, egypt. i believe in ancient<br />
astronaut theory so i’d like to see<br />
the evidence i’ve read about.<br />
This Way To Spaceship is on<br />
Oct 3 in Christchurch. Ticketing<br />
details at ticketek.co.nz<br />
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18 Oct-4 NOv<br />
sCulpture by tHe seA<br />
sydney<br />
The coast between Bondi and Tamarama becomes<br />
an exhibition space with over 100 sculptures<br />
from Australian and international artists. It’s the<br />
world’s biggest free outdoor sculpture show.<br />
sculpturebythesea.com<br />
Byeong Doo Moon’s<br />
“I have been<br />
dreaming to be a<br />
tree ... II”<br />
bACkwAter blues &<br />
roots festivAl<br />
19-28 oCt, AdelAide<br />
A ClAssiCAl CelebrAtion<br />
31 oCt & 2 nov, brisbAne<br />
don’T<br />
Miss<br />
KumuwuKi /<br />
Big wave<br />
18-21 Oct,<br />
goolwa<br />
get immersed<br />
in australia’s<br />
pulsing art<br />
scene through<br />
a spread of live<br />
art, theatre,<br />
dance, film<br />
screenings and<br />
visual displays<br />
at this annual<br />
arts conference.<br />
various venues,<br />
full details at<br />
kumuwuki.<br />
org.au<br />
book now<br />
open House pertH<br />
3-4 Nov, Perth<br />
see through the eyes of an<br />
architect with tours of perth’s<br />
most accomplished architectural<br />
and design studios, historic<br />
buildings and eye-catching<br />
homes. various venues.<br />
openhouseworldwide.org<br />
tAsmAniAn breAtH of<br />
fresH Air film festivAl<br />
8-11 Nov, LauNcestoN<br />
aNd hobart<br />
enjoy a well-curated selection of<br />
innovative feature films, shorts<br />
and documentaries. bofa.com.au<br />
tAttoo & body Art expo<br />
Accompanied by the Queensland<br />
9-11 Nov, MeLbourNe<br />
CAmpbell<br />
Australian blues and roots musicians Symphony Orchestra, The<br />
over 150 tattoo artists and<br />
CAm<br />
Mia Dyson, The Backsliders and The Queensland Ballet will pay homage<br />
piercers flaunt their stuff<br />
Webb Band are some of the brilliant to adored classical and romantic<br />
and practise their art at this<br />
perth:<br />
talent taking the stage at The Queens pieces such as Swan Lake and The<br />
convention, which features<br />
Theatre for this soul-filled affair. Nutcracker. Queensland Performing<br />
fashion shows, live graffiti art house<br />
backwaterbluesfest.com Arts Centre. qpac.com.au<br />
and tattoo competitions.<br />
open<br />
008<br />
Mia Dyson
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style<br />
you are TourinG WiTh<br />
classical GuiTaris GuiTarisT Taris T T Karin<br />
schaupp. hoW DiD you MeeT?<br />
We were paired up for a concert<br />
at the Huntington Festival in<br />
Mudgee, NSW, in 2004. We<br />
played English folk arrangements<br />
and within a few bars, the<br />
partnership felt really lovely.<br />
Seven years (and a few babies!)<br />
later we made an EP together,<br />
then this year’s album Songs Songs of of<br />
the the Southern Southern Skies. Skies.<br />
The alBuM is a collecTion<br />
of classic aussie anD KiWi<br />
sonGs By y arTisTs ar arTisTs<br />
such as<br />
nicK cave anD GoTye, Tye, T as<br />
covereD By soMe aMaZinG<br />
aussie anD nZ Z Talen TTalenT… T…<br />
I was amazed that my wish list<br />
of performers all said yes! I<br />
wanted musicians from different<br />
genres, such as jazz (Maori<br />
diva diva Whirimako Black), pop pop (Iva<br />
Davies Davies and and Clare Bowditch), folk<br />
(Gurrumul) and classical classical (Sydney<br />
Symphony oboist Diana Doherty).<br />
010<br />
10<br />
minutes<br />
with...<br />
KATIE<br />
NOONAN NOONAN<br />
The versatile aussie singer-songwriter loves<br />
nothing more than to play with her friends<br />
for a solo arTisT<br />
you sure collaBoraTe<br />
a loT!<br />
Collaboration is my favourite<br />
thing! Whether it’s on an<br />
album or live, with my bands<br />
The Captains and Elixir or with The<br />
Australian Chamber Orchestra, I<br />
learn so much. I want to grow as<br />
an artist.<br />
Who WoulD you MosT T liKe li liKe<br />
To collaBoraTe WiTh?<br />
Joni Mitchell’s my ultimate.<br />
you’re froM BrisBane.<br />
WhaT’s one GreaT ThnG<br />
To Do There?<br />
Take the train to Cleveland,<br />
catch the ferry to North<br />
Stradbroke Island and do the<br />
gorge walk. It is heavenly. I’ve<br />
written a lot of my music there<br />
and I got married there too, so it<br />
is very special to me! me!<br />
Katie noonan is playing nationally<br />
in <strong>october</strong>. for dates or to buy her<br />
albums, go to katienoonan.com<br />
Katie Noonan’s music<br />
crosses genres from<br />
jazz to folk and pop<br />
IntervIew: IntervIew: rachel elisaBeTh farnay KnoWles jacques photo: photo: WilK Branco Gaica
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OUT &<br />
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CRAVE<br />
PARTY<br />
Sydney is the place to be for<br />
food lovers this month when<br />
the Crave International Food<br />
Festival hosts over 500 events<br />
This year’s World Chef Showcase<br />
weekend (6-7 October) at The<br />
Star Hotel casts a spotlight<br />
on Italy, pairing Italian chefs<br />
Massimo Bottura (chef at<br />
Osteria Francescana — #5 on<br />
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants<br />
list), Gabriele Bonci (touted as<br />
Rome’s best pizza chef), and<br />
Roberto Petza (from Sardinia’s<br />
Michelin-starred S’Apposentu)<br />
with Sydney’s own Giovanni Pilu<br />
(Pilu at Freshwater), Alessandro<br />
Pavoni (Ormeggio at the Spit) and<br />
Nino Zoccali (Pendolino). “Italian<br />
food is everyone’s favourite,” says<br />
festival director Joanna Savill,<br />
“But what do we know about<br />
Italy’s latest trends? This is a chance<br />
to fi nd out.”<br />
Head to iconic Bondi Beach on<br />
14 October for the second annual<br />
Breakfast on Bondi. BYO breakfast<br />
or grab coffee and brekkie treats<br />
from surf-side stalls, claim a<br />
patch of sand and listen to Opera<br />
Australia’s principal artist, soprano<br />
Lorina Gore, greet the dawn<br />
accompanied by a full orchestra.<br />
Entry is free (with a ticketed<br />
premium reserve area close to the<br />
stage, AU$20/person or AU$50/<br />
family of 2 adults and 2 children).<br />
The Night Noodle Markets have<br />
become one of Crave’s signature<br />
events. This buzzing hawker market<br />
takes over Hyde Park North again<br />
from 10-14 and 17-21 October.<br />
With stalls selling pad Thai, Peking<br />
duck pancakes, Shanghai soup<br />
dumplings, Asian-inspired desserts
words: RobeRta muiR; twitteR @RobeRtamuiR<br />
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CLOCKWISE FROM MAIN: Cellar<br />
Door in the City; World Chef<br />
Showcase; Breakfast on Bondi<br />
and other street-food dishes, this<br />
is the place to be as dusk falls on<br />
the city.<br />
Enjoy a wine country getaway<br />
without leaving the city at Cellar<br />
Door in the City. Sample wines from<br />
the Hunter Valley, Canberra, Victoria<br />
and Tasmania at a secret inner<br />
Sydney cellar door on Thursday,<br />
Friday and Saturday evenings<br />
throughout the month. AU$30/<br />
person. Or get away to the Hunter<br />
Valley on 20 October for Restaurant<br />
Botanica’s Hunter Region 100 Mile<br />
Lunch, a three-course lunch using<br />
produce sourced within 100 miles.<br />
555 Hermitage Rd, Pokolbin.<br />
Western Sydney has long been<br />
the market garden for the greater<br />
city. The area’s fresh produce<br />
hits the spotlight at the inaugural<br />
Fresh from the West community<br />
food festival on 28 October. Stalls,<br />
cooking demonstrations, tastings<br />
and workshops highlight how<br />
the area’s produce is used in the<br />
cuisines of its diverse multicultural<br />
community. Corner Cowpasture Rd<br />
and The Horlsey Drv, Abbotsbury.<br />
For more information about<br />
Crave go to cravesydney.com<br />
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Tea for<br />
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dishes for two, or more,<br />
to share<br />
Newcastle<br />
Robert’s Restaurant has always<br />
been one of the Hunter Valley’s<br />
loveliest dining rooms — a<br />
rambling, vine-covered building<br />
with open fireplaces and a<br />
high-ceilinged dining room<br />
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“nothing is<br />
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sharing<br />
a meal”<br />
The recent arrival of chef George<br />
Francisco has lifted the food up<br />
a notch or two with dishes such<br />
as grilled aged Rangers Valley rib<br />
eye with garden salad, shoestring<br />
fries, green beans, Béarnaise<br />
sauce and jus (AU$125).<br />
George says: “Nothing’s nicer<br />
than sharing a meal. It can be<br />
romantic or just friendly. A large<br />
cut of beef is perfect for sharing,<br />
and is more flavoursome — slow<br />
roasting it develops even more<br />
flavour. It also fits with my<br />
passion for a return to the old<br />
ways of cooking.”<br />
Halls Rd, Pokolbin, tel: +61<br />
(2) 4998 7330.<br />
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Sydney<br />
Chiswick, Matt Moran’s latest<br />
restaurant, set in the grounds of<br />
Chiswick Gardens, is a great spot for<br />
a nibble and a glass of wine or a full<br />
3-course meal. The star of the kitchen<br />
is a wood-fired oven and many<br />
of the ingredients come from the<br />
restaurant’s vegetable garden. One<br />
of the most exciting features of the<br />
menu are the dishes for two or more<br />
to share such as roasted whole dory<br />
with little neck clams, curly kale and<br />
lemon (AU$56); beef, pearl onions<br />
and ale pie (AU$58); and woodroasted<br />
Moran family lamb with chick<br />
peas and mint (AU$59). 65 Ocean St,<br />
Woollahra, tel: +61 (2) 8388 8688.<br />
melbouRne<br />
There’s a fire pit at the heart of<br />
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rice, similar to paella except slightly<br />
soupier, is served with aioli (garlic<br />
mayonnaise) in two sizes: grande for<br />
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for 4-6 people (AU$85). Spaniards<br />
love cooking over coals, especially<br />
for a group — this is a great way to<br />
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Melbourne. Level 1, 500 Bourke St,<br />
Melbourne, tel: +61 (3) 9663 3038.<br />
PeRth<br />
The menu of the newly-opened Bistro<br />
Guillaume Perth has two dishes<br />
designed to share: roasted whole<br />
Liveringa organic chicken served with<br />
Guillaume’s famous Paris mash and<br />
tarragon jus (AU$75) and White Rocks<br />
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pommes Parisienne and horseradish<br />
cream (AU$95). Overlooking the<br />
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tropical gardens, the restaurant has<br />
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Beers<br />
The Australian Beer Festival<br />
returns to Sydney — celebrate<br />
with a round-up of some of<br />
the top artisanal beers<br />
McLaren Vale Beer<br />
1 Company’s Vale/Drk is an<br />
American-style dark lager. It has<br />
a strong malt backbone with<br />
hints of coffee, chocolate and<br />
cocoa that balance the hops’<br />
citrus, pine and vanilla flavours<br />
and aromas. Great with roasted<br />
pumpkin risotto with thyme and<br />
garlic. RRP AU$13.99/4-pack<br />
2 3 4<br />
Mountain Goat Brewery’s<br />
2 Steam Ale is a fresh, citrusy<br />
pale ale that’s cold fermented<br />
(lager-style). Made from only<br />
naturally malted barley and<br />
wheat, hops, yeast and water, it’s<br />
certified 100% organic. Perfect<br />
with seafood or chicken curry.<br />
RRP AU$19.99/6-pack<br />
Two Birds Sunset Ale is an<br />
3 American-style red ale brewed<br />
using a distinctive combination of<br />
malts to give round, rich, toffee<br />
notes. The hops add a twist of<br />
grapefruit and tropical notes to<br />
balance the biscuity malt base.<br />
Full, rich and complex, it’s great<br />
with duck, beef and game. RRP<br />
AU$21.95/6-pack<br />
Moo Brew’s Belgo is a light<br />
4 bodied, Belgian-style pale<br />
ale with a dry finish and bright<br />
copper colour. Black pepper<br />
and stone-fruit aromas lead<br />
into a delicate malt background<br />
which balances the tartness<br />
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5 6<br />
of the Belgian yeast and hoppy<br />
bitterness. A great match with brie<br />
or camembert. RRP AU$20/4-pack<br />
White Rabbit Dark Ale is a malt-<br />
5 driven beer made in traditional<br />
open fermentation tanks that<br />
allow the yeasts to produce subtle<br />
fruit aromas and gentle toffee and<br />
caramel flavours, balanced by the<br />
bitterness from whole hop flowers.<br />
Lager fest<br />
The Australian Beer Festival is on<br />
27 and 28 October at the Australian<br />
Hotel in Sydney’s Rocks district.<br />
Dan Ryan, who’s in charge of<br />
product development for The<br />
Australian Hotel, says: “The Aussie<br />
palate is becoming more refined,<br />
with beer lovers appreciating<br />
different styles of beer for different<br />
occasions. We’re seeing more<br />
beer and food matching which has<br />
previously been the sole territory of<br />
wine.” Tasting tickets 10 for AU$15,<br />
tasting cups AU$5 each. 100<br />
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RRP AU$19.99/6-pack<br />
4 Pines Kolsch is modelled on<br />
6 the traditional German Kölsch<br />
beers of Cologne. Light straw in<br />
colour with aromas of lemon and lime<br />
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What made you open your<br />
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I was at a café next door when the<br />
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The icons I draw are symbols that hit<br />
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Big Brother host Sonia Kruger took a gamble on her TV career – and won<br />
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also in your handbag. Always take your<br />
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contemplate it, just do it. I don’t travel with<br />
iPads or laptops. Be as compact as you can be.<br />
She’s also seamlessly transitioned<br />
between TV networks, having been the<br />
host of Seven’s Dancing with the Stars,<br />
where she shone as bright as Tina Sparkle’s<br />
sequins. In fact, some fans still call her<br />
Tina — her mean-girl character in Baz<br />
Lurhmann’s Strictly Ballroom.<br />
“Some people still see me as Tina and I<br />
love that,” Sonia says. “I mean, that’s where<br />
I got my start.”<br />
In fact, she’s forever grateful that it<br />
propelled her to a life in the spotlight.<br />
“Tina gave me a bit of a back-story,” she<br />
says. “The first job I got in TV was on Simon<br />
Townsend’s Wonder World. They had<br />
7,000 applicants for a reporter role, and I’m<br />
convinced I got the job because I had just<br />
been in Strictly Ballroom.”<br />
Did Tina’s garish, my-eyes-are-hurting<br />
dance outfits plant the seed for Sonia’s<br />
"i could take the<br />
safe option in<br />
fashion but i'd<br />
get bored"<br />
“Oh yes!” she says. “That, and I was<br />
dressing up in ballroom costumes from<br />
age nine.”<br />
Dressing up is something she still gets the<br />
chance to do on Big Bro. On the first show<br />
she wore Balmain silver lame pants and<br />
matching military jacket [David Campbell:<br />
“Adam Ant called, he wants his jacket<br />
back”]. But, she concedes: “You are never<br />
going to please everybody. Women love<br />
what I love, but men don’t get it. I could take<br />
the safe option in fashion, but I’d get bored<br />
and the audience would get bored.”<br />
Sonia’S top JetStar<br />
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Bali: Hop on a plane and six hours later<br />
you’re in paradise. i love going to Seminyak.<br />
it’s easy and it’s direct.<br />
PHuket: i haven’t done Jetstar to Phuket<br />
yet but it’s on my to-do list. there are some<br />
amazing new resorts opening up there.<br />
Honolulu: it’s only nine hours to Honolulu<br />
from Sydney. For me, whenever there<br />
are connections involved it can get a bit<br />
tiresome. it’s all about a direct flight.<br />
Media<br />
SyndiCation/SnaPPer BreW-Bevan/aCP Peter<br />
Sonia’S fave local Spot:<br />
phOtOS:<br />
When in Sydney, head to Balmoral beach.<br />
KRUGER<br />
it’s so pretty, a little slice of heaven. lunch<br />
passion for fashion? at the Bather’s Pavilion is a must.<br />
SONIA
star struck<br />
But no matter how comfortable she looks<br />
in high fashion, she still had pre-show<br />
nerves. “I had [ex-Big Brother host] Gretel<br />
Killeen on speed dial,” she admits with a<br />
laugh. “She has been my rock.”<br />
She adds: “I think she’s one of the<br />
most genuine people who have ever been<br />
on Australian TV. She’s part of the true<br />
sisterhood of TV.”<br />
As is Kerri-Anne Kennerley, from whom<br />
Sonia and David have taken over the<br />
coveted 9am morning TV time slot.<br />
“Kerri-Anne’s always been such a great<br />
role model for women,” says Sonia. “And<br />
she’s an all-rounder — she can do hard<br />
news through to light entertainment.”<br />
With little downtime, you might be<br />
surprised that her hobby is “watching<br />
programs on my IQ.”<br />
“I like Real Housewives (all of them!),<br />
30 Rock and the dark humour of Breaking<br />
Bad,” she says. “My partner Craig<br />
[MacPherson, executive producer of Seven’s<br />
Today Tonight] also works in TV so he<br />
understands what it’s like to be busy. When<br />
we are together, we block everything<br />
else out.”<br />
She also does intense weekly Zumba<br />
classes with close friend and TV cohort<br />
030<br />
Kruger in Big Brother<br />
Chris Bath, at the Sydney<br />
Dance Company. “After a knee<br />
reconstruction years ago, I wasn’t<br />
sure I could do it,” she says. “But I<br />
can, and it’s so much fun!”<br />
Also fun, she says, is<br />
Big Brother.<br />
“It’s the first time social media<br />
has been around for this Aussie<br />
version,” she says. “Now Big<br />
Brother starts trending before it<br />
even begins.”<br />
It took a change of channel<br />
to take the role (away from her<br />
partner) — something many stars<br />
balk at.<br />
“When I was making the<br />
network switch, I remembered<br />
something my Dad says: ‘No guts<br />
no glory’,” she says. “You don’t<br />
want to look back in five years’<br />
time and go, ‘I wonder what<br />
would’ve happened?’ You have to<br />
take a gamble, and every now and<br />
then it pays off.”<br />
Mornings is on weekdays from 9am<br />
and Big Brother is on weeknights<br />
from 7pm, both on Channel Nine.
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Luna Park<br />
It’s been around for eons, and still<br />
1 makes families smile a smile that’s<br />
as wide as the iconic Luna Park mouth itself.<br />
Jeremy Nance, marketing manager, agrees<br />
there’s something special about Luna Park.<br />
“You only have to step through the famous<br />
face to remember a time when everything<br />
was magical.”<br />
The beautifully restored 1930s amusement<br />
park is free to enter, so you can come and have<br />
a wander and soak in the best views<br />
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Where: 1 Olympic Drv,<br />
Milsons Point;<br />
tel: +61 (2) 9033 7676<br />
Why: Be a big kid, with your kids.<br />
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Where: 31 Wheat rd, Darling<br />
harbour; tel: +61 (2) 9281 3300<br />
Why: Says Mark Bretherton, CeO<br />
of IMAX Darling harbour, “Nothing<br />
beats the giant IMAX, it makes the<br />
audience feel as though they are<br />
in the movie.”<br />
WheN: All year round<br />
TArONgA ZOO<br />
There is just so much to 3 love about Taronga Zoo.<br />
If you came here as a child, or even<br />
as an adult, you’ll be surprised<br />
at how wonderful it is to see it all<br />
again. First, the Sky Safari cable<br />
car into the zoo — oodles of fun<br />
and a great way to introduce the<br />
kids to what they’ll be seeing.<br />
Ben Gibson, media relations<br />
officer at the zoo, says that there’s<br />
always plenty to see and do. “With<br />
034<br />
over 20 free<br />
keeper talks and<br />
shows each day<br />
and an interactive<br />
iPhone application taking children<br />
and parents on an exciting zoo<br />
adventure, Taronga Zoo is a great<br />
day out for the whole family.”<br />
Where: Bradleys head rd,<br />
Mosman; tel: +61 (2) 9969 2777<br />
Why: To observe animals with<br />
some of the best Sydney views.<br />
WheN: All year round<br />
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CupCAKery — KID’S<br />
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Most kids adore experimenting<br />
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anything sweet. Sparkle conduct<br />
classes where kids learn tips<br />
and techniques to prep and bake<br />
cupcakes, cookies and other treats.<br />
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Sutton: “These classes are perfect for kids to<br />
unleash their inner chef and creativity.”<br />
Where: 132 Foveaux St, Surry hills;<br />
tel: +61 (2) 9361 0690<br />
Why: let kids mess up someone else’s<br />
kitchen! plus, kids learn about ingredients,<br />
baking techniques, and tips for decorating.<br />
WheN: every school holidays<br />
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for kids and adults alike. School visits are<br />
popular, or come on the weekend then eat at<br />
one of the nearby international eateries.<br />
Where: 634 The horsley Drv, Smithfield;<br />
tel: +61 (2) 9609 3993<br />
Why: To teach our kids history, close-up.<br />
WheN: All year round<br />
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If your kids are animal 6 aficionados and want<br />
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— and you!<br />
Their highly qualified<br />
education officers offer talks<br />
which are highly interactive, fun<br />
and informative. Kellie Ames,<br />
domestic sales and marketing and<br />
special events manager says that<br />
Featherdale is Sydney’s ultimate<br />
interactive wildlife experience.<br />
“Visitors are invited to get<br />
up close to over 2,200 animals.<br />
Cuddle up to a koala at any time<br />
of day for free and hand feed a<br />
kangaroo or wallaby. Meet little<br />
penguins, reptiles, dingoes,<br />
Tassie devils, a giant croc and<br />
much more.”<br />
Where: 217 Kildare rd, doonside;<br />
tel: +61 (2) 9622 1644<br />
Why: to get hands-on<br />
with animals.<br />
When: all year round<br />
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ParK<br />
The just-opened Blaxland<br />
Riverside Park is a huge waterside<br />
location along Parramatta River.<br />
Spread over three hectares, with<br />
free parking available (get there<br />
early), kids can lose themselves<br />
in the “wormhole” net, test their<br />
agility in the climbing wall, and<br />
give the double slide and the<br />
double flying fox a go (or ten).<br />
Free BBQs are available, or<br />
pack a picnic lunch and spread<br />
out a blanket. You can even hire<br />
bikes or have a stroll on the shared<br />
pathways, have a splash in the<br />
water play area, or even ride the<br />
heritage train (weekends only). A<br />
café and kiosk are also on hand.<br />
Where: Jamieson st (off holker<br />
st), newington (in sydney Olympic<br />
Park); tel: +61 (2) 9714 7888<br />
Why: it’s outdoors, it’s free,<br />
it’s huge.<br />
When: all year round<br />
8<br />
the edge rOcK<br />
climBing centre 8 With more than 120 climbs<br />
available at this venue — Australia’s tallest<br />
indoor rock-climbing and abseiling<br />
centre — this will appeal to the young<br />
adrenaline-seeker.<br />
Vertical heights range from 8.5m to 18.5m,<br />
with 4m-high boulder walls, lead climbing,<br />
a rappelling tower, a four-stage high ropes<br />
challenge course, and more. There’s even<br />
a café and showers and change rooms for<br />
sweaty kids.<br />
Kids’ parties are also available for avid<br />
climbers, from age five to 16. Says Boaz<br />
Cooper, centre manager: “Indoor climbing<br />
is all about fun, fitness and adventure. It’s a<br />
great day out for the family, and something<br />
a little bit different.”<br />
Where: 9/10 hudson ave, castle hill;<br />
tel: +61 (2) 9899 8228<br />
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Darling Quarter<br />
playgrounD 9 A new purpose-built<br />
playground in the heart of the city<br />
— and its free? Yes, that’s what’s<br />
on offer at Darling Quarter. It<br />
features a 21m flying fox, a water<br />
play area with pumps and water<br />
buckets, climbing ropes, swings<br />
and slides sure to keep toddlers<br />
and teens entertained for hours.<br />
“There are numerous dining<br />
options, an open community<br />
green, a multi-purpose children’s<br />
theatre and a 4,000m2 public<br />
playground,” adds Debra Dawson,<br />
director, Darling Harbour at<br />
Sydney Harbour Foreshore<br />
Authority. “The precinct also<br />
includes a 600-space public<br />
car park. Significantly, Darling<br />
Quarter is a fantastic example of<br />
government using public land to<br />
facilitate best-practice design and<br />
development to reinvigorate what<br />
was previously a drab, underutilised<br />
part of Darling Harbour<br />
into a vibrant social hub for local<br />
workers and city visitors.”<br />
Where: 1-25 harbour St, Sydney<br />
Why: For hours of free fun.<br />
When: all year round<br />
“Sydney Ice Arena has lots of fun games<br />
on ice, great music plus disco sessions”<br />
10<br />
hot spot //<br />
SyDney ice arena<br />
Forty minutes from Sydney’s CBD<br />
10 is Sydney Ice Arena, a venue with<br />
a difference for your adventurous little one.<br />
It features an Olympic-sized ice arena for<br />
seasoned mini-skaters, and the opportunity<br />
to learn the skill either via their skate school<br />
programs run during school holidays<br />
— where kids can learn figure skating<br />
and speed skating basics — or private ice<br />
skating lessons. The venue also features a<br />
snack bar at ice rink level so you can watch<br />
your children skate, and you can hold<br />
functions and kids’ parties here. A bonus<br />
is the free undercover parking. Says Cathy<br />
Southee, manager of the venue: “Sydney Ice<br />
Arena has lots of fun games on ice, great<br />
music plus disco sessions on Friday and<br />
Saturday nights.”<br />
Where: 11 Solent circuit, Baulkham hills;<br />
tel: +61 (2) 9659 5557<br />
Why: For a totally different way for kids to<br />
expend energy.<br />
When: all year round<br />
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The <strong>2012</strong><br />
Melbourne<br />
Festival program is<br />
dripping with local<br />
and international<br />
talent. What better<br />
time to visit a city<br />
that loves the arts?<br />
Words ADAM BAIDAWI<br />
Spine-tingling<br />
S<br />
good<br />
moments are rare in<br />
life. Melbourne Festival<br />
director Brett Sheehy<br />
still remembers his — it occurred<br />
one night in 2005, when the<br />
audience in the Sydney Opera<br />
House Concert Hall was<br />
hushed to silence by a thrillingly<br />
eccentric performer.<br />
“When he took to the stage and<br />
first opened his mouth, I felt this<br />
collective tingle through 2,000<br />
people,” says Sheehy. “You could<br />
have heard a pin drop. Nobody<br />
could believe the sound that was<br />
coming out. He lifted the roof.”<br />
The voice belonged to Antony<br />
Hegarty, and it was the year his<br />
band Antony and the Johnsons<br />
first captured mainstream<br />
attention. In September 2005,<br />
the album I Am A Bird Now was<br />
awarded the UK’s most prestigious<br />
songwriting award: the Mercury<br />
Prize for Album of the Year.<br />
Sheehy started a crusade to bring<br />
Antony back to Australia, while<br />
the rest of the world caught on to<br />
the musician’s affected brilliance.<br />
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With the curtain falling on<br />
Sheehy’s four-year tenure as<br />
Melbourne Festival’s artistic<br />
director, Antony Hegarty — and<br />
his room-silencing vibrato — will<br />
return to Australia once more,<br />
this time solo. His latest work<br />
is the MOMA-commissioned<br />
Swanlights — a hybrid<br />
performance of voice, orchestra<br />
and visuals. (Antony will also<br />
showcase his film Turning and art<br />
exhibition Paradise.)<br />
Years later, the man with the<br />
voice hasn’t lost his knack for<br />
shocking people silent. A New<br />
York Times journalist gushed,<br />
after seeing Swanlights, that<br />
he’d “never heard a Radio City<br />
audience keep so silent”.<br />
The rest of Sheehy’s <strong>2012</strong> offering<br />
is also a joy; perhaps his most<br />
dynamic and accessible curation<br />
of international and local artists.<br />
Having been involved with festivals<br />
in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne<br />
for over 15 years, his swansong is<br />
appropriately extensive.<br />
“It’s my tenth and final festival<br />
for Australia,” explains Sheehy.<br />
“I wanted to feature and celebrate<br />
WHILE YOU’RE<br />
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american-style dude food with<br />
polish. While Parlour Diner’s<br />
offerings lean towards the<br />
unabashedly american (see:<br />
curly fries, buttermilk fried<br />
chicken), it’s got the charm<br />
(and the coffee) to make it a<br />
worthy lunch spot.<br />
64 Chapel Street, Windsor,<br />
tel: +61 (3) 9533 2006<br />
SPLURGE: CHIN CHIN<br />
Still the bustling talk of the<br />
town, Chin Chin reimagines a<br />
traditional asian dining hall in<br />
stylish-but-casual surrounds.<br />
a punchy way to experience<br />
the city’s delectable<br />
asian gastronomy.<br />
125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne,<br />
tel: +61 (3) 8663 2000;<br />
chinchinrestaurant.com.au<br />
“I “I wanted wanted to to feature feature and<br />
and<br />
celebrate celebrate some some of of the<br />
the<br />
people people who’ve who’ve been been the<br />
the<br />
best best of of the the best”<br />
best”<br />
go guide //<br />
CLOCKWISE FROM<br />
TOP: Lee Ranaldo;<br />
In a Lonely Place<br />
by photographer<br />
Gregory Crewdson;<br />
Thurston Moore<br />
some of the people who’ve been, in my view,<br />
the best of the best. The best artists I’ve got<br />
to work with over those 10 years.”<br />
There’s little doubt the Class of <strong>2012</strong> will<br />
prove a rare vintage for the festival. The<br />
headliners alone are a dizzying collection<br />
of independent luminaries who have an<br />
independent take on their genre. As well<br />
as Antony, there’s Shellac, Billy Bragg and<br />
ex-Sonic Youth members Lee Ranaldo and<br />
Thurston Moore, each showcasing their<br />
solo projects. But it’s not all music; there’s<br />
theatre, opera, film, visual art and dance.<br />
“It’s brilliant to be able to host William<br />
Forsythe, the most influential dance maker<br />
alive,” says Sheehy. “I don’t know any<br />
choreographer in the world who doesn’t say<br />
they’ve been influenced by William’s work.”<br />
Away from the globetrotters, unearthing<br />
and championing new Australian art has<br />
been a cornerstone of Sheehy’s tenure.<br />
“Having so many world<br />
premieres of Australian<br />
works is a real kick,” he<br />
says. “We’ve got (dance<br />
artist) Lucy Guerin’s<br />
new work, Arena Theatre<br />
Company’s new work (The<br />
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FROM TOP: The<br />
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Bowl; Swanlights;<br />
last year’s opening<br />
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Forum Theatre<br />
House of Dreaming), Polyglot<br />
Theatre’s new work (How High<br />
The Sky). All that’s come from<br />
having the time in Melbourne to<br />
develop strong relationships with<br />
the artistic community.”<br />
The curator’s bond with<br />
Australian arts has stretched<br />
decades and as he prepares to join<br />
the Melbourne Theatre Company<br />
(theatre is his first passion), he<br />
leaves Australia’s festival circuit in<br />
a more spirited state.<br />
“Before Australia embraced<br />
festivals, theatre companies<br />
were doing the straight plays,<br />
symphony orchestras were doing<br />
the classicals, ballet companies<br />
were doing the classics,” he says.<br />
“More than any other entity in<br />
Australia, festivals launched the<br />
concept of multidisciplinary art.<br />
That’s the way of the future. It’s<br />
really, really exciting.”<br />
Indeed, <strong>2012</strong>’s festival will<br />
host a number of ambitious,<br />
multi-disciplinary — and even<br />
multinational — projects. A<br />
world premiere will see China’s<br />
renowned Leshan Song &<br />
“This “This festival festival is is an<br />
an<br />
amazing amazing example example of<br />
of<br />
contemporary<br />
contemporary<br />
Australian Australian dance”<br />
dance”<br />
Dance Troupe paired with Kiwi<br />
choreographer Sara Brodie.<br />
Together, they’ll intimately<br />
interpret the catastrophe of the<br />
2008 Sichuan earthquake.<br />
“It’s an Australian, Chinese and<br />
Kiwi collaboration, and something<br />
the festival has been able to create<br />
from the ground up,” explains Sheehy.<br />
“I think the dance program is incredibly<br />
strong. This festival is an amazing example<br />
of contemporary Australian dance, featuring<br />
all-women choreographers. These works are<br />
pretty special.”<br />
Elsewhere, young Palestinian and Israeli<br />
pianists Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg<br />
will perform together in a “transcendent plea<br />
for peace” for their tumultuous region.<br />
“I want this to be a celebration,” says<br />
Sheehy. “Not just of the Melbourne Festival<br />
this year, but of festivals and art around<br />
the country.”<br />
With many shows completely free, and<br />
others starting at AU$25, it’s a brilliant<br />
excuse to visit Melbourne and experience its<br />
culture — the stage, the laneways, and the<br />
locomotive energy that glues it all together.<br />
The Melbourne Festival runs October 11-27.<br />
Full program at melbournefestival.com.au.<br />
Jetstar has great low fares to Melbourne.<br />
Visit Jetstar.com to book.<br />
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RETAIL THERAPY<br />
046<br />
Three aboriginal art curators<br />
tell why they love Australian<br />
Indigenous works<br />
interviews: ElisabEth KnowlEs main photo: Kay baKEr, tjungu Palya arts and ViViEn andErson gallEry;<br />
PhotograPhy by simon andErson PhotograPhy, mElbournE other photos: simon andErson PhotograPhy, mElbournE
“Aboriginal art is about telling stories”<br />
VIVIEN ANDERSON GALLERY<br />
Vivien Anderson, Gallery Owner<br />
A specialist on aboriginal art, Melbourne’s Vivien<br />
Anderson Gallery educates the wider community.<br />
Why do you love aboriginal art?<br />
Like most people before 1980, I had no school-age<br />
education in Australian Indigenous history or culture. I‘d<br />
not met an Indigenous person. When I began to manage<br />
the Aboriginal Artists Gallery in Melbourne the culture<br />
was foreign to me — even how to pronounce artists’<br />
names. But I was captivated by the beauty of the art and<br />
that it is a visual language. It’s about telling stories and<br />
passing knowledge in a rich culture. I soon realised I’d<br />
work with Indigenous artists for the rest of my life.<br />
What are some stand-out Indigenous art techniques?<br />
There are so many regional variations. Arnhem Land’s<br />
geographic beauty is reflected in its bark painting, where<br />
designs are executed on bark in locally sourced earth<br />
pigment. Arnhem Land artists adhere to strict cultural<br />
protocol, which tells what they are allowed to paint. What<br />
they do with that limited opportunity is incredible.<br />
What artists do you showcase in your gallery?<br />
We represent many artists, some working in remote<br />
communities in the Great Victoria Desert — like the<br />
Spinifex Arts Project and Tjungu Palya Artists — as well<br />
as in eastern Arnhem Land. Others are more urban.<br />
RETAIL THERAPY //<br />
LEFT/BELOW: The<br />
interior of Vivien<br />
Anderson Gallery<br />
showcases large major<br />
works; gallery owner<br />
Vivien Anderson<br />
OPPOSITE PAGE:<br />
Kalaya Tjukurpa 2011<br />
by Kay Baker<br />
Can you recommend a great emerging artist?<br />
I’m fascinated by Theresa Baker, who paints with Tjungu<br />
Palya Artists. She’s the grand daughter of the late artist<br />
Jimmy Baker and the second generation of Tjungu Palya<br />
Artists, based at Nyapari, a very remote art community<br />
on the tri-state border of NT, WA and SA. She has<br />
originality, technical skill, and an intuitive sense of colour.<br />
Where should people go to learn about aboriginal art?<br />
Visit the Koori Heritage Trust in King Street, Melbourne.<br />
It is a rich resource for the Indigenous culture of South<br />
Eastern Australia. In Darwin, visit the Museum and Art<br />
Gallery of NT and Outstation Gallery in Parap. In Cairns,<br />
visit Umi Arts, Kick Arts and Canopy Art Space.<br />
What should they read?<br />
The National Gallery of Victoria bookshop has books by<br />
Judith Ryan, our senior Curator of Indigenous Australian<br />
Art. Try: Art and Land, Images of Power and Mythscapes.<br />
Explain your gallery’s philosophy.<br />
It’s imperative to us that Indigenous Australian artists<br />
feel secure and in control of their careers and work.<br />
Our gallery is a signatory to the Indigenous Code of<br />
Conduct, which educates about ethical and commercial<br />
arrangements with Indigenous artists. We encourage our<br />
artists and colleagues to also become signatories.<br />
Open Wed-Fri, 11am-5pm. Saturday, 11am-4pm and by<br />
appointment. 470 Dandenong Rd, Caulfield North, Vic.<br />
Tel: +61 (3) 9509 0255; vivienandersongallery.com<br />
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RETAIL THERAPY<br />
KATE OWEN GALLERY<br />
Letitia Sutherland, Gallery Manager<br />
Three floors of contemporary aboriginal artwork pop<br />
with colour at Sydney’s Kate Owen Gallery. The gallery<br />
has over 1,800 works, from major artists such as Clifford<br />
Possum to up-and-coming and affordable artists.<br />
Why do you love aboriginal art?<br />
There is something about it that draws you in, something<br />
ancient — maybe a connection to the past and the future.<br />
It’s not just here and now.<br />
What themes in aboriginal art most resonate with you?<br />
Important women’s ceremonial sites in the Western<br />
Desert speak volumes to me. Some time ago, I was given<br />
the “skin” name Napaltjarri by a Western Desert artist,<br />
Tjawina Porter. She told me that her and her sister,<br />
Esther Giles, were my cousins and that Margaret Lewis<br />
Napangardi was my grandmother. Margaret often travels<br />
with her grandson Liam, who she affectionately calls my<br />
“little brother”.<br />
What artists do you showcase in your gallery?<br />
We have artists from all around Australia, but the most<br />
popular with visitors are artworks from the Utopia,<br />
which is an area north-east of Alice Springs covering<br />
approximately 3,400 square kilometres. Utopian art<br />
came to be recognised as the originator of brightly<br />
coloured paintings, when other areas kept to browns and<br />
ochres, although it is not limited to Utopia now. One of<br />
Utopia’s best known artists, Emily Kame Kngwarreye,<br />
048<br />
The barman at Angelina<br />
put Australian art on the map internationally after she<br />
prefers his cocktails<br />
took up painting at the age of nearly 80 years old. shaken Her not stirred<br />
half-brother, Kudditji, is believed to have influenced<br />
her last series of paintings.<br />
Who is a great emerging artist?<br />
Although not a young artist at 86 years old, Kudditji<br />
Kngwarreye (pronounced goo-beh-chee and called<br />
Goob) has gone under the radar for a long time. His<br />
half-sister put Australian art on the international map<br />
but Kudditji is yet to reach those dizzying heights.<br />
Often likened to Mark Rothko, the Russian-American<br />
colour abstractionist, Kudditji’s style is unique and<br />
instantly recognisable. He is known for depictions of<br />
his Dreamings, particularly those related to the law of<br />
the Emu ancestors. Now Kudditji’s Dreamings have<br />
profoundly evolved into extraordinary juxtaposed<br />
colour fields, startling in both composition and hue;<br />
harsh or soft and often surprising to the Western eye.<br />
Describe your gallery’s philosophy.<br />
As one of the largest commercially run Indigenous<br />
art galleries in Australia, we have a broader range<br />
than you will find in any one place. We source quality<br />
works and are a founding member of the Indigenous<br />
Art Code and ArtTrade. Look for the Indigenous Art<br />
Code logo to ensure you are purchasing works that<br />
will ethically benefit the artists.<br />
Open daily from 10am-6pm; by appointment only on<br />
Tuesdays. 680 Darling St, Rozelle, NSW. Tel: +61 (2)<br />
9555 5283; kateowengallery.com<br />
“Something ancient in the art draws you in”<br />
LEFT/TOP: Kate Owen<br />
Gallery promotes<br />
vividly coloured works<br />
from the Utopia artists;<br />
Letitia Sutherland
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RIGHT: Debra Mason<br />
with Patrick Oloodoodi<br />
Tjungurrayi’s Soakage<br />
Water of Myilili; BELOW:<br />
My Mothers Country by<br />
Anna Price Pitjara<br />
“Circles symbolise water”<br />
THE MASON GALLERY<br />
Debra Mason, Curator<br />
The Mason family has had ties with<br />
the art community of Arnhem Land for<br />
three decades. They lived in Arnhem<br />
Land for 20 years and their kids grew<br />
up as locals, becoming art collectors<br />
themselves as adults. The art at their<br />
Darwin gallery is collected primarily<br />
from the Papunya, Kintore, Kiwirrkura<br />
and Utopia, Eastern Desert areas.<br />
Why do you love aboriginal art?<br />
I love the art’s raw diversity and the<br />
great cultural significance it has to<br />
the aboriginal people.<br />
What themes and symbolism in<br />
aboriginal art resonate with you?<br />
I particularly engage with circles,<br />
which symbolise rock holes and<br />
water — as this is the most significant<br />
resource to the people.<br />
Is there a particular artist you<br />
champion most in your gallery?<br />
Patrick Oloodoodi Tjungurrayi from<br />
North Kiwurrkurra, in the sandhill<br />
country of the Gibson Desert. His<br />
geometric and dot paintings feature<br />
contemporary, bright, bold colours.<br />
Who is a great emerging artist?<br />
Anna Price Pitjara for her<br />
simplistic fineness.<br />
Can you recommend a tour that<br />
visits aboriginal artists in their<br />
home country?<br />
Art historian Dr Garry Darby conducts<br />
tours that take in 50,000 years of<br />
visual language. For information go to<br />
garrydarby.com<br />
Open Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, on weekends<br />
10am-3pm and by appointment.<br />
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Darwin’s edible<br />
evolution is part<br />
Asian, part tropical,<br />
all delicious. We<br />
sample the city’s<br />
best flavours<br />
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Michael Shafran<br />
I’ve scraped myself from bed at an ungodly hour so I can<br />
shadow restaurateur Jimmy Shu through Darwin’s Rapid<br />
Creek Markets. A maze of grower stands teem with freshpicked<br />
greens and fruit sold by Filipino, Tamil, Thai,<br />
Vietnamese and Chinese growers. Jimmy is doubling<br />
as my guide as he sources local edibles for his Indian-<br />
Nyonya-Thai dining institution, Hanuman, enthusiastically<br />
highlighting everything from snake gourds (“great for<br />
stuffing”) to ash melons, Asiatic centella leaves and rose apples.<br />
“Look at this,” enthuses Shu, pulling a stalk from a small<br />
mango. “It’s so fresh, the sap is still seeping out.”<br />
We enjoy an impromptu moveable brunch through hawker<br />
stands, sampling minced pork-stuffed Thai chicken wings and<br />
just-extracted Sri Lankan string hoppers from the standout<br />
Amma’s Kitchen. Fresh-squeezed Vietnamese lime and honey<br />
frappes wash it all down. It’s apparent what makes Darwin<br />
one of Australia’s most interesting dining destinations: its<br />
body might be in Terra Australis, but its soul is in Asia. Hell, to<br />
puddle jump to East Timor is quicker than a commuter flight<br />
between Sydney and Melbourne.<br />
With that in mind, I’m on a mission to discover Darwin’s<br />
ethnic food haunts. For a lowdown, I contact blogger Tuan<br />
Nguyen, who runs the top-rated Darwin Foodies blog. He has<br />
me join him at Sari Rasa, a tiny Indonesian café with neon-lime<br />
walls, tucked inside an office building. Headscarf-clad women<br />
laugh and cajole as they serve up hearty plates of three dishes<br />
and rice for a mere AUD$12. I fill mine with a comforting mix<br />
of spicy dried beef, chilli eggplant and beef rendang, plus a cup<br />
of earthy, gritty — and enjoyable — Indonesian coffee.
The “combination”<br />
laksa from<br />
Rendezvous Café<br />
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054<br />
TO MARKET, TO MARKET<br />
As we dine, Tuan says Darwin’s markets are a must. “You get<br />
some interesting characters, and the food’s cheap,” he says. It’s<br />
also a weekly tradition for many Darwinians.<br />
So I start with the biggest of them all, the Mindil Beach<br />
Sunset Markets, held every Thursday and Sunday evening<br />
during the dry season (May to October). A highlight is<br />
Top End Delights’ ice creams and sorbets, made with local<br />
tropical fruits; from a chocolaty black sapote ice cream to a<br />
dragonfruit sorbet. I also try charcoal-grilled souvlaki from<br />
Loukas Souvlaki; and tuck into NT Foods’ moreish, fried<br />
mud crab rolls and their crocodile<br />
It’s not every day<br />
you can breakfast<br />
on Cambodian<br />
chicken pancakes<br />
LEFT/RIGHT:<br />
Cambodian omelette;<br />
Jimmy Shu at the<br />
Rapid Creek Markets<br />
counterparts. Owner Rod Duffy<br />
sous-vides the croc to tenderise it.<br />
“You might as well chew your bird<br />
otherwise,” he drawls.<br />
The villagey feel and quality<br />
food vendors at the Parap Markets<br />
is a Saturday morning tradition.<br />
It’s not every day you can breakfast on Cambodian chicken<br />
pancakes, wash it down with Naturally Yum’s excellent mango<br />
smoothies, and finish off with Anong Thai Sweets’ dozens of<br />
authentic treats: from pandan rice cakes to freshly prepared<br />
banana fritters.<br />
I also visit adjoining Parap Fine Foods, a retail gourmet shop<br />
with a fully fledged deli and cheese area, quality wine selection<br />
and rows of locally produced goods<br />
like Beatrice Buffalo’s water buffalo<br />
cheeses and Humpty Doo jerky<br />
(beef, croc and buffalo).<br />
The next day, I visit another<br />
Indonesian eatery, Sumatra. The<br />
vibe isn’t as fun as Sari Rasa, but<br />
the food’s a notch higher. I try a<br />
tender jackfruit curry, as well as<br />
hardboiled eggs encircled with<br />
chilli sauce and an excellent<br />
soybean tempeh. My lunch<br />
companions also bring over slices<br />
of beautifully roasted pork and<br />
duck and barbecued pork from<br />
next-door Roast & Noodle, run by<br />
a Hong Kong native.
eat beat<br />
Molten saganaki<br />
with chickpeas from<br />
Yots; RIGHT/BELOW:<br />
Rendezvous Café chef<br />
Ming Chung; chocolatedipped<br />
baklava from<br />
Sweet Tooth<br />
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GREEK EATS<br />
Darwin has another strong cultural influence — Greek.<br />
Minutes north of Darwin’s airport I find Sweet Tooth, where<br />
pastry chef Charly Troumouliaris serves traditional treats,<br />
such as chocolate-dipped baklava and syrup-laden kataifi.<br />
A short drive to Alawa Village and there’s another Greek cake<br />
shop, Dimitrios, with an impressive DIY baking section for<br />
home cake-makers, Greek drygoods aplenty and takeaway<br />
specialities like éclairs and cone-shaped milfei (mille-feuille).<br />
Seeking Greece’s savoury side, I visit Yots, which owner Evan<br />
Papadonakis tells me is the Greek word for “boat”. Then he<br />
laughs: “It’s how Greeks would spell ‘yachts’!” The large eatery<br />
spills out onto wooden decking overlooking Cullen Bay Marina’s<br />
pleasure boats. The food equals the view, with grilled octopus, a<br />
molten saganaki with chickpeas,<br />
and the signature seared and baked<br />
barramundi with lemon caper sauce.<br />
Numerous Darwinian foodies<br />
also steer me to ex-Yots chef<br />
Manolis Papathomas, who now<br />
runs Manoli’s Greek Taverna.<br />
There are homestyle mezedes:<br />
shared plates ranging from panfried<br />
chicken livers with sweet<br />
Mavrodaphne wine, to whole<br />
sardines with rosemary.<br />
LAKSA WARS<br />
If there’s a signature dish of Darwin,<br />
it’s laksa. I start at the well-loved<br />
Rendezvous Café, situated inside<br />
what was once the 1929-built Star<br />
Picture Theatre. Here, Cantonese<br />
siblings Jojo and Ming Chung<br />
preserve the original recipe by<br />
Malay founders. Jojo recommends<br />
the “combination”: sweetly roasted<br />
pork, chicken, squid, prawns, dried<br />
tofu and veggies in rich soup along<br />
with thick wheat noodles and a<br />
chilli hit from housemade sambal.<br />
Of equal fame is Mary’s Asian<br />
Laksa, which draws considerable<br />
queues at the Parap Markets.
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fINE DINING<br />
If you’re after Darwin’s more<br />
upmarket scene, Hanuman’s the<br />
place. Its large indoor dining<br />
area and outdoor courtyard are<br />
atmospheric and exotic. The food focus is on authenticity and<br />
freshness — Jimmy says he spent years recruiting the right<br />
overseas chefs. It shows. The butter chicken is rusty-red and<br />
smoky, a world apart from the standard Aussie creamy stodge.<br />
Signature Thai oysters arrive covered by baby tagines, lightly<br />
drizzled with a delicate lemongrass-ginger-chilli liquor. Fab.<br />
And there are few better ways to sample local barramundi<br />
than via the Sri Lankan meen moolie, encased in a coconutturmeric<br />
sauce that’s embalmed with fresh curry.<br />
Saffrron is another great dining option, and it’s no<br />
coincidence; Indian chef Selvam Kandasamy is ex-Hanuman.<br />
In his stylish, homey Parap restaurant, he does wonders with<br />
a lightened, skilled version of North and South Indian food. It’s<br />
some of the best Indian I’ve had anywhere in Australia, from<br />
a cheek-misting Andhra chicken spiced with green chilli to a<br />
silken dessert of housemade kulfi ice cream with rosewater<br />
and saffron.<br />
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Chicken biryani<br />
from Hanuman<br />
The butter chicken is rusty-red and smoky,<br />
a world apart from the standard stodge<br />
take me there<br />
Dimitrios speciality cakes<br />
shop 2, alawa Village,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8948 4088<br />
sweet tooth,<br />
shop 3/6 sabine rd, millner,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8985 3538<br />
hanuman<br />
28 mitchell st, Darwin city, tel: +61<br />
(8) 8941 3500; hanuman.com.au<br />
manoli’s Greek taVerna<br />
64 smith st, tel: +61 (8) 8981 9120;<br />
manolisgreektaverna.com.au<br />
minDil Beach sunset markets<br />
mindil.com.au
Baklava snail from Sweet<br />
Tooth; BELOW: Sri Lankan<br />
string hoppers from<br />
Amma’s Kitchen<br />
JuST A TASTE<br />
STAY: Vibe Hotel Waterfront is a waterside<br />
development, next to the city’s wave pool.<br />
7 Kitchener Dr, Darwin City Waterfront;<br />
vibehotels.com.au.<br />
COFFEE: For the best caffeine fix, hit the<br />
colourful new Java Spice Café Emporium; 22<br />
Mitchell St. Hipster hangout Four Birds is also<br />
great; 2/32 Smith St.<br />
NEW: Try the huge, meaty mud crab claw<br />
at new fine-diner Cove. It’s served with<br />
congee and dipping spoons of fried ‘Chinese<br />
doughnut’ batter; Gilruth Ave, The Gardens.<br />
Jetstar has great low fares to Darwin.<br />
Visit Jetstar.com to book.<br />
TAKE ME THErE<br />
PArAP FINE FOODS<br />
40 Parap rd, Parap, tel: +61 (8)<br />
8942 0978; parapfinefoods.com<br />
PArAP MArKETS<br />
Parap Village, Parap;<br />
parapvillage.com.au<br />
rAPID CrEEK SuNDAY MArKET<br />
Trower rd, Millner,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8948 4866;<br />
rapidcreekshoppingcentre.com.au<br />
rENDEzVOuS CAFé<br />
The Mall, 32 Smith St, Darwin,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8981 9231<br />
SAFFrrON<br />
14/34 Parap rd, Parap,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8981 2383;<br />
www.saffrron.com<br />
SArI rASA<br />
29 Cavanagh St, Darwin,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8941 9980<br />
SuMATrA CAFé<br />
38 Smith St, Darwin,<br />
tel: +61 (8) 8981 8074<br />
YOTS GrEEK TAVErNA<br />
54 Marina Blvd, Larrakeyah, tel:<br />
+61 (8) 8981 4433; yots.com.au<br />
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10 Things<br />
10<br />
Things<br />
We Love<br />
About<br />
Casey Stoner<br />
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We Love<br />
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We Love<br />
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We Love<br />
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We Love<br />
About<br />
As Casey Stoner prepares to<br />
ride in his last race at Phillip<br />
Island later this month, we<br />
reflect on what makes him<br />
such a great guy<br />
Words CormaC HanraHan<br />
1He’s a country boy<br />
Casey is a country kid who grew<br />
up in the Australian towns of Kurri<br />
Kurri in New South Wales and<br />
Southport in Queensland where<br />
as a young tacker he would tear<br />
around the paddocks on a Yamaha Pee Wee<br />
50, riding solo for the first time at age three.<br />
2He rocked, even as a kid…<br />
He won his first race at age four<br />
when he was entered in the<br />
under-nine division at the Mike<br />
Hatcher Junior Motorcyle Club<br />
on the Gold Coast. By age six, he<br />
had won his first Australian title.<br />
3…And blitzed the<br />
competition<br />
Between the ages of six and 14,<br />
Casey won 41 Australian dirt and<br />
long track titles and over 70 State<br />
titles. At the Australian Long Track<br />
Titles in 1997, 12-year-old Casey competed in<br />
every possible category, won 32 out of 35 races,<br />
and walked away with all five Australian titles<br />
on offer — all in the one weekend.<br />
LEFT: Stoner won the<br />
MotoGP race at the<br />
Czech Republic Brno<br />
circuit in 2011<br />
Main photo: repsolhondateam.com BRno CiRCUit: corBIs
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people<br />
4He was a teenage dirt-bag, baby<br />
With nothing left to win on the dirt-track circuit in Australia,<br />
Casey decided it was time to step up into the world of road<br />
racing. However, the legal age for road racing in Australia was<br />
set at 16. In a beautiful example of nurturing your kid’s talent,<br />
the Stoner family pulled up stumps and headed to the UK<br />
(where the legal age is 14) so Casey could continue to develop his skills and<br />
pile on the achievements.<br />
5But he didn’t have it easy<br />
While Casey had tasted success<br />
in Australia, fame and fortune<br />
were still to come. The Stoner<br />
family struggled financially,<br />
living in a caravan, at times<br />
without electricity and running water,<br />
while on the road following the racing<br />
circuit around the UK and Spain. And<br />
while he met with much success during<br />
those early years spent moving up through<br />
the divisions, he also met the tarmac with<br />
a regularity that earned him the moniker<br />
‘Crash King’.<br />
6Practice makes perfect<br />
In 2006, at just 26 years old (but<br />
still looking 16) Casey stepped into<br />
the world of elite MotoGP and was<br />
placed eighth. He won the first of<br />
two world championship titles in<br />
2007 (the other was in 2011).<br />
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TOP: Celebrating<br />
his victory at<br />
the end of a<br />
MotoGP race<br />
In 2006, at just 26<br />
years old (but still<br />
looking 16) Casey<br />
stepped into the world<br />
of elite MotoGP<br />
and was placed eighth<br />
7He’s tough as nails<br />
Just a day after crashing<br />
spectacularly during qualifying<br />
— resulting in chipped bones<br />
and torn ligaments in his right<br />
ankle — Casey wore a modified<br />
boot and managed a courageous fourth in<br />
this year’s Indianapolis GP. He flew back<br />
to Australia to have reconstructive surgery<br />
in August, before preparing for the <strong>2012</strong><br />
MotoGP on Phillip Island.<br />
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HISTORY<br />
Phillip Island is most<br />
famous for its familyfriendly<br />
nightly parade of<br />
little penguins, but the<br />
island’s attractions also<br />
include some of the most<br />
rev-heavy races in the<br />
world, held on the Phillip<br />
Island Circuit. Moto-fans<br />
can witness Casey Stoner’s<br />
last race on two wheels<br />
on Phillip Island from<br />
October 26 to 28 during<br />
the <strong>2012</strong> International<br />
Motorcycle Grand Prix. As<br />
well as the MotoGP, Phillip<br />
Island hosts national and<br />
international events<br />
such as:<br />
• Island Magic: the Phillip<br />
Island Auto Racing Club’s<br />
annual end-of-year meet.<br />
Bring your earplugs. Nov<br />
24-25, <strong>2012</strong>. piarc.com.au<br />
• Australian Endurance<br />
Championship: an eighthour<br />
challenge for riders<br />
and their bikes. Dec 1-2,<br />
<strong>2012</strong>. phillipisland8hour.<br />
com.au<br />
• Kustom Nationals: a<br />
hotrod show and rockabilly<br />
festival. Jan 4-6, 2013.<br />
kustoms.com.au<br />
• Superbike World<br />
Championships: season<br />
opener. Feb 22-24, 2013.<br />
phillipislandcircuit.com.<br />
au/superbikes/<br />
For more information<br />
on what to do on<br />
Phillip Island, go to<br />
visitphillipisland.com<br />
photo: GETTY IMAGES
people<br />
RIGHT: Stoner<br />
with his wife<br />
Adriana and<br />
daugther<br />
Alessandra;<br />
BELOW: Stoner<br />
and Dani Pedrosa<br />
8He loves his<br />
parents…<br />
While singular in his<br />
determination to win,<br />
Casey is also ever<br />
grateful of his parents,<br />
Colin and Bronwyn, for the<br />
support and sacrifices they made<br />
to help him reach his potential and<br />
achieve his dream of becoming<br />
world champion.<br />
take Me there<br />
Watch Casey Stoner’s last<br />
race at the <strong>2012</strong> australian<br />
Motorcycle Grand Prix on<br />
Phillip Island October 26-<br />
28. General admission from<br />
aU$45. motogp.com.au<br />
066<br />
9…And his wife<br />
He met his wife, Adriana,<br />
when she approached him at<br />
the 2003 Phillip Island Grand<br />
Prix and asked him to sign her<br />
stomach. She was just 14. The<br />
pair exchanged details and started officially<br />
dating in 2005, when Adriana turned 16.<br />
Two years later, Casey and Adriana married<br />
in Adelaide. In February this year, Casey<br />
and Adriana announced the arrival of their<br />
daughter, Alessandra Maria Stoner, who<br />
coincidentally shares the same birthday as<br />
Casey’s great rival, Valentino Rossi.<br />
doesn’t get<br />
stuck in a rut<br />
While MotoGP fans,<br />
colleagues and rivals<br />
alike were saddened to<br />
10He<br />
hear of Casey’s plans to<br />
step away from the sport at the end of this<br />
year, rev heads at home pricked up their<br />
ears as rumours surfaced of a move to four<br />
wheels that may see Casey spend more time<br />
in Australia, behind the wheel of a<br />
V8 Supercar.<br />
Jetstar has great low fares to Melbourne. Visit<br />
Jetstar.com to book.<br />
TOP PhOTO: GettY IMaGeS
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The The ski ski fields fields of of Sapporo Sapporo are are powder-coated powder-coated from from late late November November to to early early May May<br />
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WORDS ManaMi Okazaki<br />
photo: JntO
Skiers and<br />
snowboarders<br />
disagree on many things,<br />
but there’s one thing they both<br />
lust after — powder. Whether you’re<br />
attached to one polycarbon plank or two, this fluffy,<br />
light snow makes you feel like you have wings.<br />
Hokkaido’s conditions are unparalleled for powder in<br />
Asia. Fly Jetstar to Sapporo and you can experience<br />
the best of it at these resorts:<br />
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Sapporo Teine<br />
Proximity to SaPPoro: 40 minutes by<br />
car from the centre of Sapporo; 45 minutes<br />
by train from JR Sapporo station.<br />
accommodation: While there is no onmountain<br />
accommodation here you can<br />
stay in central Sapporo and still have quick<br />
and easy access to the field.<br />
about the mountain: If you don’t want<br />
to venture out too far from Sapporo, or if<br />
you only have a short stay (even just a day!),<br />
the two best resorts are Sapporo Teine and<br />
Sapporo Kokusai (see below). The 1972<br />
Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo<br />
Tiene, and it still has the flame-bowl to<br />
prove it. Teine has 15 courses, the longest<br />
being a whopping six kilometres long. Its<br />
Highland area offers some of the steepest<br />
terrain in Japan and there are good off-piste<br />
and tree runs. From the summit, Teine has<br />
incredible views of Sapporo downtown<br />
and Ishikari Bay, which is beautifully lit<br />
up at night. Kids are catered for well here<br />
too, with a child-friendly jump with rails,<br />
snowshoeing, sledding and tubing.<br />
For more information: sapporo-teine.com/<br />
snow/lang/en.html<br />
TOP/BELOW: Fun on a<br />
banana boat; view of<br />
downtown Sapporo<br />
While you’re<br />
in SaPPoro<br />
• try the seafood: local<br />
specialities include hairy<br />
crab served in a hotpot.<br />
• Visit ramen alley, famous<br />
for its pungent, thick<br />
miso soup.<br />
• trawl the fishmarket for<br />
bowls of uni (sea urchin),<br />
ikura (caviar) and donburi<br />
— both ingredients heaped<br />
on a bowl of rice.<br />
• Soothe après-ski<br />
muscles by soaking nude<br />
in a traditional onsen (hot<br />
spring) often found onsite<br />
at your accommodation.<br />
WeStcott<br />
alexandra photo: RAMEN<br />
Teine has<br />
hoKKaido<br />
incredible views<br />
SnoW<br />
of Sapporo<br />
PoWder<br />
downtown and<br />
photo:<br />
Ishikari Bay top
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RIGHT/BELOW:<br />
Drive a snow<br />
buggy; a lift to<br />
the mountain<br />
Sapporo Kokusai<br />
Proximity to SaPPoro: An<br />
hour and ten minutes direct from<br />
the airport; express buses will<br />
take you from central Sapporo to<br />
Sapporo Kokusai in about an hour.<br />
accommodation: There is<br />
no village at the base of the<br />
mountain, so you’ll need to stay in<br />
central Sapporo.<br />
about the mountain: It’s a<br />
small-to-medium-sized resort<br />
but you’ll still get a 3.6-kilometre<br />
cruise from summit-to-base for all<br />
levels of skier — just choose your<br />
run from one of five ski lifts.<br />
For more information: sapporokokusai.jp/foreign.html<br />
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Tomamu<br />
Proximity to SaPPoro: A two-hour, tenminute<br />
drive. JR trains from Sapporo to<br />
Tomamu station takes 82 minutes.<br />
accommodation: Experience high-rise<br />
luxury in the Galleria Tower Suite Hotel;<br />
every suite has its own sauna and jacuzzi.<br />
The Tower is a more affordable block.<br />
Villa Sport is a relaxed option for families.<br />
All hotels are located at the base of<br />
the mountain.<br />
about the mountain: Tomamu offers an<br />
upscale atmosphere, with less of a party<br />
vibe than the Niseko resorts (below). It is<br />
perfect for families, with activities such<br />
as snowshoeing, banana-boating and dog<br />
sledding. Its romantic atmosphere is also<br />
great for couples. There is a beautifully lit<br />
up ice village, outdoor ice café and even a<br />
wedding chapel if you decide to tie the knot!<br />
For more information: snowtomamu.jp/<br />
winter/en/<br />
Jnto<br />
photo: othER hoKKaido SnoW<br />
It’s perfect for families with<br />
PoWder<br />
activities such as snowshoeing,<br />
photo:<br />
banana-boating and dog sledding top
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Grand Hirafu always has<br />
incredible conditions<br />
— last season saw 18<br />
metres of snow<br />
Niseko Annupuri<br />
International Ski Resort<br />
Proximity to SaPPoro: Two-and-a-half hours by bus.<br />
accommodation: There’s a range of ski-in-ski-out<br />
accommodation. The Niseko Annupuri Youth Hostel is<br />
an affordable option for budget-conscious backpackers.<br />
about the mountain: There are 15km worth of<br />
black runs at picturesque Annupuri; from the slopes,<br />
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Niseko Grand Hirafu<br />
Proximity to SaPPoro: Two-and-ahalf<br />
hours by bus.<br />
accommodation: Hotel Niseko Alpen<br />
has Japanese and western-style rooms,<br />
hot-spring spa, open-air spa and stone<br />
sauna. It’s located off the resort carpark<br />
for easy access to the mountain.<br />
about the mountain: All four<br />
main resorts are linked on the Niseko<br />
range — Niseko Grand Hirafu, Niseko<br />
Annupuri, Niseko Village (formerly<br />
known as Higashiyama) and Hanazono.<br />
Last season saw Grand Hirafu celebrate<br />
its 50th anniversary with a new<br />
gondola. This year a new ski centre<br />
will be unveiled, where you can buy lift<br />
passes and lessons, rent equipment, eat<br />
and drink. Grand Hirafu always has<br />
incredible conditions — last season saw<br />
18 metres of snow .<br />
For more information: grand-hirafu.jp<br />
LEFT/BELOW: Grand<br />
Hirafu has the longest<br />
run at 5.6km; a gentle<br />
slope at Annupuri<br />
the view of Mt Yotei is sensational. But you don’t<br />
have to be a pro to enjoy the powder — 30 per cent<br />
of the runs here are for beginners. Learners will<br />
love Annupuri’s wide, gentle slopes, and both<br />
snowboard and ski schools operate here. Night<br />
skiing/boarding here is great fun. The slopes are<br />
well-lit and you can experience knee-deep powder<br />
without the crowds.<br />
For more information: annupuri.info/winter/english
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Niseko Village<br />
proximity to Sapporo: Two hours by<br />
car/bus from Sapporo.<br />
aCCommodation: The Green Leaf for skiin-ski-out<br />
accommodation and rooftop bar<br />
Altitude. Hilton Niseko Village is right next<br />
to the gondola which will take you to the top<br />
of Mount Annupuri, 1,000m above sea level.<br />
aBoUt the moUntain: Like everywhere<br />
in Niseko, the 27 courses here offer a<br />
consistent fall of dry powder. The range of<br />
runs is fantastic — from narrow mountain<br />
trails to curved natural terrain through<br />
the natural woodland. While intermediate<br />
and advanced skiers/boarders can really<br />
enjoy the variety, Niseko Village is also<br />
handy for families, as there is a Niseko Kids<br />
Adventure and Snow School and other<br />
snow activities for those who don’t want to<br />
ski all day. It’s great in summer too, for golf,<br />
hot-air ballooning and zip-lining.<br />
For more information: niseko-village.<br />
com/en/<br />
Jetstar has great low fares to Sapporo, as well<br />
as great package deals for skiing in Japan.<br />
visit Jetstar.com to book.<br />
take me there<br />
BUS<br />
whiteliner: goodsports.<br />
co.jp/white_eng/ski-bus/<br />
train<br />
Jr hokkaido railway<br />
Company: www2.<br />
jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/<br />
english<br />
Sapporo<br />
Snow FeStival<br />
Sapporo Snow Festival<br />
is a week-long annual<br />
event that attracts two<br />
million visitors. odori park<br />
becomes a sculptural ice<br />
gallery with over 400 works<br />
spilling out to the Susukino<br />
main street (home of ramen<br />
alley). on the opening day,<br />
watch master ice carvers<br />
display their technical<br />
prowess with chainsaws<br />
as they compete to mold<br />
pokemon characters and<br />
more out of 130kg blocks<br />
of snow. February 5-11,<br />
2013. For more info, go to<br />
snowfes.com/english<br />
TOP LEFT/BELOW:<br />
Skiing under the<br />
night sky at Niseko<br />
Village; enjoy<br />
dog sledding
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aikiki<br />
anderlust<br />
Nostalgic for Hawaii as a land of floral shirts and<br />
grass skirts? Then step back in time on Oahu<br />
Words DaviD SmieDt
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The retro Royal Hawaiian hotel is painted flamingo pink<br />
Forget what the physicists<br />
say, time travel is<br />
possible. What’s more, it<br />
takes only 10 hours and<br />
a north-east tack from<br />
Australia’s east coast<br />
to do it. Like many international<br />
destinations, Hawaii — and<br />
particularly the Waikiki section<br />
of Oahu — has developed a sense<br />
of the generic in recent years.<br />
Albeit with a lei around its neck.<br />
But if you know where to look it is<br />
possible to indulge in much of<br />
the old-school cool that once<br />
made Waikiki a byword for<br />
tropical sophistication.<br />
Stay @ the Royal hawaiian, waikiki, oahU<br />
Constructed in a Spanish Mission style and painted<br />
flamingo pink, this huge establishment has stood<br />
its ground on the beachfront since 1927. It was the<br />
inspiration for Joni Mitchell’s famous lines “a pink hotel,<br />
a boutique and a swinging hot spot”. Yes, they might have<br />
paved paradise, but they did a damn fine job of it as The<br />
Royal Hawaiian spans five lush acres where immaculate<br />
gardens and cool architecture mix like the ingredients<br />
of a well-made Mai Tai (more on that later). But unlike<br />
many modern hotels that embrace minimalism because<br />
they’re too afraid to have a personality of their own, the<br />
Pink Palace revels in its embrace of the OTT. Renovated in<br />
2008 and again in 2010, this hotel was one of the first to<br />
adopt the luxe-kitsch concept. Even if you can’t afford to<br />
stay here, there are free walking tours of the resort every<br />
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2pm.<br />
Cost: Rooms start at around US$620<br />
per night. 2259 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu;<br />
royal-hawaiian.com<br />
LEFT TO RIGHT: Hula<br />
dancers at Paradise Cove;<br />
Imu ceremony underway;<br />
The Royal Hawaiian<br />
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Luau @ Paradise Cove,<br />
NaNakuLi, oahu<br />
While these celebrations can<br />
range from cheesy (at the Hilton<br />
Hawaiian Village) to historical<br />
(at the Polynesian Cultural<br />
Center), the best synthesis of all<br />
these elements plus a serious<br />
dose of tropical showbiz is to<br />
be found at Paradise Cove.<br />
Ridiculously strong drinks on<br />
the beach at sunset? Check. Fluid<br />
choreography by fiercely talented<br />
locals? Check. Reenactments<br />
of royal processions? Check.<br />
Traditional games to keep the kids<br />
amused? Check. One of the many<br />
080<br />
A serious dose of tropical showbiz is<br />
to be found at Paradise Cove<br />
highlights of this evening is the<br />
shower of flowers where guests<br />
are greeted by petals tossed from<br />
surrounding palms. You can also<br />
assist in the hukilau ceremony<br />
where fishing nets are pulled into<br />
shore to the rhythmic call of the<br />
conch shell before watching the<br />
underground oven cooking of the<br />
Imu ceremony. Then it’s off to the<br />
buffet and umpteen opportunities<br />
to embarrass your children as you<br />
attempt to do the hula.<br />
Cost: From US$86 per person<br />
(children US$66). 92-1089<br />
Alii Nui Drive, Kapolei;<br />
paradisecovehawaii.com<br />
The hukilau ceremony;<br />
BELOW: Shower of flowers
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16 years old and daily buffet breakfast, round trip private airport transfers. For stays of four consecutive nights a<br />
complimentary family buffet dinner is also included. The package is available from 1 st of April <strong>2012</strong> until 31 st of March 2013.<br />
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Surf @ Puaena Point,<br />
north Shore, oahu<br />
Before you skip to the next section<br />
with the thought “but I could<br />
never surf”, let me assure you that<br />
this correspondent is to riding<br />
waves what Shane Warne is to<br />
architecture. However, Hawaii<br />
is where the sport was invented<br />
and Oahu is blessed with several<br />
breaks that are as gentle as a<br />
lover’s first kiss. Venture further<br />
afield than the crowded waters<br />
of Waikiki and you’ll enjoy the<br />
surfing equivalent of driving a<br />
Kingswood down a wide open<br />
082<br />
Sign up for<br />
lessons to surf<br />
like a pro<br />
There is a timelessness to this experience<br />
that is best enjoyed away from crowds<br />
country highway. With a stable<br />
longboard beneath you, consistent<br />
small waves rolling towards the<br />
shore and an experienced teacher<br />
by your side, there is a timelessness<br />
to this experience that is best<br />
enjoyed away from crowds. Not<br />
surprisingly, the island abounds<br />
with surf schools but the one that<br />
got this cumbersome scribe up and<br />
riding is also the one that sounds<br />
most like one of the cocktails at La<br />
Mariana: Sunset Suzy.<br />
Cost: One hour lessons start from<br />
US$45 per person. Waimea Bay<br />
Beach Park; www.sunsetsuzy.com
seminyak, bali<br />
a quiet place<br />
a happening area<br />
+62 361 733699 www.bvilla.com<br />
/ bvillabali<br />
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Eat @ OnO Hawaiian FOOds,<br />
KaimuKi, OaHu<br />
While James Beard-award winning<br />
chef Alan Wong has the top end<br />
of town sewn up, Ono is where<br />
the locals head for the taste of<br />
yesteryear. This family-run hole in<br />
the wall, a couple of clicks east out<br />
of Waikiki, pumps out traditional<br />
fare like succulent kahlua pork,<br />
lau lau (pork in taro leaf) and<br />
poke (a raw fish salad that is<br />
practically Hawaii’s native dish).<br />
Before the restaurant designers<br />
and multination chains descended<br />
084<br />
on these islands, this was what<br />
Hawaii’s food scene was all about:<br />
zero pretension, maximum flavour<br />
and dishes that had slowly evolved<br />
with each new wave of Asian<br />
migrants to the region. This is<br />
one of those rare restaurants that<br />
doesn’t have a website. Nor does it<br />
need one. The locals know what it<br />
does, where it is and are prepared<br />
for a queue.<br />
Cost: Mains cost around US$6.<br />
Yes, you read that right!<br />
726 Kapahulu Blvd, Honolulu;<br />
Tel: +1 (808) 737 2275.<br />
Ono is where the locals head for<br />
the taste of yesteryear<br />
TOP: Hawaiian<br />
poke salad; LEFT/<br />
BELOW: Ahi poke;<br />
steamed lau lau<br />
photos: CorBiS; geTTY iMageS
Cocktails in<br />
tiki glasses<br />
Drink @ The Mariana<br />
Sailing Club,<br />
keehi lagoon, oahu<br />
Yes, it’s more of a locals’ watering<br />
hole. Yes, it’s kinda under the<br />
flight path. And yes, the décor<br />
has barely changed since 1957.<br />
But a trip to Keehi Lagoon is as<br />
steeped in authenticity as can<br />
be. Beneath twinkling lights<br />
strung from bamboo paneling,<br />
you will be served concoctions<br />
in ceramic vessels that resemble<br />
wooden carvings of ancient and<br />
angry gods. Most probably to the<br />
accompaniment of a ukulele —<br />
an instrument which the locals<br />
have mastered like few others.<br />
Glossing over the fact that the<br />
Hawaii’s signature drink — the<br />
Mai Tai — was actually invented<br />
in California in 1944, it is still<br />
the ideal libation to kick off your<br />
evening. Combining white and<br />
dark rum with a closely guarded<br />
blend of fruit juices, it is a drink<br />
for the ages. But be warned, it is<br />
deceptively strong and works<br />
from the ankles up. This venerable<br />
tiki bar also acts as a repository<br />
for many of Hawaii’s other<br />
storied cocktails. For something<br />
indisputably authentic, ask the<br />
bartender for a Scorpion. Invented<br />
at a small and deceased venue<br />
called The Hut, this treat is not<br />
on the menu but contains brandy,<br />
triple sec, two types of rum and<br />
enough orange juice to make you<br />
think it’s innocent.<br />
Cost: A Mai Tai will set you back<br />
US$7. 50 Sand Island Access Road,<br />
Honolulu; lamarianasailingclub.com<br />
Jetstar has great low fares to Honolulu.<br />
Visit Jetstar.com to book<br />
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Sudoku<br />
Grab a pencil, put on your thinking cap and join the craze!<br />
inStructionS<br />
The objective of Sudoku is to fill in the<br />
missing squares so that each row, column and<br />
3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through to 9.<br />
To get you started, here are a few tactics...<br />
Scan each horizontal and vertical band<br />
consisting of three 3x3 boxes. It’s often<br />
easiest to start in a spot with the most<br />
numbers already given. If you can find the<br />
same number in two rows, you know that<br />
number must be in the third (the same goes<br />
1EASY<br />
3 1<br />
5<br />
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starkids<br />
A Clean Start<br />
Hygienic toilet facilities help villagers in northern Vietnam answer nature’s<br />
call with good health, privacy and a clean environment<br />
“My family has lived<br />
here for over 25<br />
years, but we only<br />
just built a proper<br />
toilet three months ago,” says<br />
Hien, a farmer from the north of<br />
Vietnam. “My wife and i spent<br />
close to a week completing the<br />
work. we should have made the<br />
toilet long ago.”<br />
Prior to constructing their new<br />
toilet, a makeshift pit in the corner<br />
of the yard was the only option for<br />
Hien’s family when nature called.<br />
A NEW Loo<br />
Hien decided to build their new<br />
toilet after he and other members<br />
of his village participated in<br />
a water and sanitation group<br />
discussion facilitated by world<br />
Vision with the support of StarKids.<br />
“Our eyes were opened to the<br />
detrimental effects that unhygienic<br />
water and sanitation practices<br />
have had on our health,” he says.<br />
“i was one of the first to register to<br />
construct a new toilet for my family.”<br />
“Only four families had a<br />
proper toilet when world Vision<br />
first arrived in our village,” recalls<br />
Cu, leader of Hien’s village.<br />
“now, six months from the day<br />
that the village participated in<br />
water and sanitation discussions,<br />
82 families have made themselves<br />
a hygienic toilet. we continue to<br />
encourage the remainder to make<br />
their own toilet with support from<br />
our village water and sanitation<br />
team,” Cu explains.<br />
Words Laura Hawting<br />
“Only four families had a proper toilet<br />
when World Vision first arrived”<br />
HELPING THE CAUsE<br />
in addition to assisting community<br />
members to construct hygienic<br />
toilet facilities, the world Vision<br />
water, sanitation and hygiene<br />
project in Hien’s village also<br />
strengthens water and sanitation<br />
networks, training them to raise<br />
awareness on the importance of<br />
clean water and sanitation.<br />
Calendars with picture messages<br />
about water and sanitation have<br />
been distributed to every family<br />
as a daily reminder about good<br />
hygiene practices that protect the<br />
environment and water sources.<br />
TOP: Hien and his<br />
children wash<br />
their hands with<br />
clean water<br />
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For hien’s 14-year-old daughter,<br />
phuong, water and sanitation<br />
improvements in her village have<br />
made a world of difference.<br />
“I felt really scared and<br />
uncomfortable to use our previous<br />
toilet, especially at night and on<br />
rainy days,” recalls phuong. “Now<br />
I can tell my friends that my family<br />
has a hygienic toilet. through<br />
the water and sanitation training<br />
I’ve gained from my teachers and<br />
shared with friends at school, I’ve<br />
also learned how to practise good<br />
personal hygiene and protect<br />
the environment.”<br />
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Fifth graders drink<br />
safe water at school<br />
thanks to the drinking<br />
water treatment system<br />
provided by World Vision<br />
You can<br />
help!<br />
Vulnerable children<br />
and communities need<br />
our help. the starkids<br />
partnership between<br />
Jetstar and World<br />
Vision was formed to<br />
help children enjoy a<br />
brighter future. You<br />
can support starkids<br />
by donating loose<br />
change in the donation<br />
envelope located in<br />
your seat pocket.<br />
let your small change<br />
create change!<br />
AbouT STArKIdS<br />
Tim Costello,<br />
CEO of World<br />
Vision Australia<br />
How did tHe idea of StarKidS<br />
come about?<br />
StarKids is a humanitarian<br />
partnership between World<br />
Vision Australia and Jetstar.<br />
The partnership supports<br />
humanitarian relief and<br />
community-based development<br />
projects in Australia and across<br />
Asia, and aims to improve the<br />
lives of families living in poverty.<br />
It’s about giving children a<br />
brighter future.<br />
wHat are StarKidS’ aimS?<br />
The support given to World<br />
Vision through StarKids will go<br />
towards transforming the lives of<br />
vulnerable children.<br />
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Help out?<br />
Your donations would be most<br />
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collected from Jetstar passengers<br />
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Australia for humanitarian relief<br />
and community development<br />
projects in Australia and Asia.<br />
You can also donate online at<br />
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can i learn more about<br />
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Frank Novembre<br />
Managing director,<br />
Domo furniture<br />
Must-eats: A traditionally<br />
cooked lovo meal — fish,<br />
meat and chicken wrapped in<br />
banana leaves and cooked in an<br />
underground oven for several<br />
hours. It’s so flavoursome!<br />
LocaL deLicacy: Kokoda<br />
— fresh fish marinated in<br />
lime juice and served chilled in a<br />
half coconut with chillies, tomatoes,<br />
carrot and fresh coconut cream.<br />
Favourite LocaL<br />
FestivaL: Fiji Day on 10<br />
October. In the week leading up to<br />
Fiji Day, there is such a contagious<br />
energy among Fijians and they<br />
mark the week with religious and<br />
cultural ceremonies. It’s a fantastic<br />
time of year to visit Fiji.<br />
Best idea For a FaMiLy<br />
outiNg: Spend a day island<br />
hopping. You’ll discover many<br />
beautiful spots, including serene,<br />
deserted beaches with crystal clear<br />
water and you’ll easily find a bit of<br />
sand to yourself to utterly relax in<br />
paradise… pure bliss.<br />
An island dance<br />
FIJI<br />
From the Airport<br />
Nadi town 8km from<br />
Nadi International<br />
Airport<br />
travel time Nadi Town<br />
is 10–15 mins by car<br />
taxi FJ$7–$10<br />
(AU$3.80–$5.40)<br />
oN the Go<br />
1. Car hire Available<br />
at the airport; drive<br />
on the left side of the<br />
road as in Australia.<br />
2. taxi Plentiful, but<br />
make sure meters are<br />
switched on.<br />
3. motorcycle Rent<br />
bright yellow bikes<br />
from Westside<br />
Motorcycles.<br />
4. Light plane Getting<br />
to Suva from Nadi<br />
could cost you FJ$86–<br />
$103 (AU$46–$55).<br />
HONOLULU HAWAii<br />
crystal amezcua<br />
Owner, Pele Signatures<br />
Best BreakFast: Duke’s<br />
(Outrigger Waikiki on the<br />
Beach Hotel) all-you-can-eat buffet.<br />
Get there early enough and enjoy<br />
ocean views before everyone crowds<br />
the beach. The food is amazing and<br />
they have something for everyone!<br />
Favourite LocaL<br />
FestivaL: Waikiki Artfest on<br />
the third Saturday and Sunday every<br />
month at the Kapiolani Park.<br />
Featuring more than 60 local artists,<br />
the fair also has live music and food<br />
vendors. What is better than buying<br />
a gift from a local artist to remind<br />
you of Hawaii?<br />
LocaL recreatioNaL<br />
activity to watch: Watch<br />
fireworks explode over Waikiki<br />
Beach every Friday at 8.30pm.<br />
Bring a beach mat, set it out<br />
under the stars and watch the<br />
amazing display.<br />
Must-Buy giFt: A<br />
handmade wood writing pen<br />
from Pele Signatures (Outrigger<br />
Waikiki on the Beach Hotel).<br />
Waikiki Beach<br />
hOnOlulu<br />
From the Airport<br />
CBD 14km from<br />
Honolulu International<br />
Airport<br />
travel time CBD is<br />
around 15 mins by car<br />
taxi Approx US$40<br />
(AU$39)<br />
Airport shuttle US$15<br />
return (AU$14.60) and<br />
taking around 20 mins<br />
Bus Every 30 mins<br />
at US$2.50 adults<br />
(AU$2.40) for bus<br />
numbers 19 and 20<br />
oN the Go<br />
Bus There are hotel<br />
shuttles, public buses<br />
and quaint open-air<br />
trolley buses — Oahu<br />
has an excellent bus<br />
network. For a flat fee<br />
of US$2.50 (AU$2.40)<br />
you can go everywhere.
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Mahashiko Miyata<br />
Photographer, m2photo<br />
Inc (www.m2photo.net)<br />
Best Breakfast: Shakers<br />
Café in Nishiumeda. The Café<br />
Morning breakfast served in the<br />
lounge is only ¥500 (AU$6), but it<br />
will satisfy even the hungriest<br />
early birds.<br />
Best place to hang out<br />
With the locals: At<br />
Yaekatsu, a kushikatsu restaurant in<br />
Tsutenkaku, you can mingle with the<br />
locals and eat your fill of this rustic<br />
delicacy. Kushikatsu are breaded,<br />
deep-fried morsels of delicious food<br />
on skewers, which you then dip into<br />
a thick, aromatic sauce. Do not<br />
double dip as the sauce is meant for<br />
everybody to enjoy communally.<br />
i love osaka Because:<br />
Everybody who was born and<br />
raised in Osaka has this in common:<br />
rather than a love for our country,<br />
we share a love for our city. People<br />
from Kansai take pride in speaking<br />
their native dialect everywhere they<br />
go. What can I say? I simply love the<br />
atmosphere in Osaka, and I am<br />
proud of our city’s quirky character.<br />
osaka<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 38km from<br />
Kansai International<br />
Airport<br />
Travel time 50 mins<br />
by car<br />
Taxi Approx ¥16,000<br />
(AU$199)<br />
Limousine bus Every<br />
45 mins at ¥880<br />
(AU$10.90), takes<br />
50 mins<br />
Nankai Express Train<br />
Every 30 mins from<br />
¥1,390 (AU$17.30),<br />
takes 30 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. The subway<br />
It’s easy to use,<br />
efficient and clean.<br />
2. Bicycle Many of<br />
the hotels offer their<br />
guests the option of<br />
hiring a bicycle to get<br />
around the city.<br />
tokyo japan<br />
Ben Wood<br />
Nova 969 announcer,<br />
9am-1pm weekdays<br />
great place for dinner:<br />
Japanese BBQ on<br />
Yuigahama Beach. Cooking your<br />
own food on the hot plate in the<br />
middle of your table is a great way<br />
to end a summer’s day with a<br />
few friends.<br />
Best place to party<br />
With the gang: Ageha<br />
Club. The party doesn’t start until<br />
late on a Saturday night, but it’s<br />
definitely worth the half-hour<br />
shuttle bus from Shibuya to dance<br />
the night away by the pool bar.<br />
Best Buy for under<br />
au$50: Lanterns at the<br />
Senso-ji markets (three for<br />
approximately AU$18). The stall<br />
owners explained what the kanji<br />
(characters) on them meant, so I<br />
knew exactly what I was buying and<br />
bringing home with me.<br />
survival tip for<br />
tourists: Learn a few basic<br />
Japanese words (like “konichiwa” for<br />
hello, “arigato” for thank you) — the<br />
locals will appreciate the effort.<br />
international adventures<br />
tokyo<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 66km from Narita<br />
Airport<br />
Travel time 60–90<br />
mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx ¥20,000<br />
(AU$249)<br />
Limousine bus<br />
¥3,000 (AU$37), takes<br />
60–90 mins<br />
JR Narita Express<br />
Every 30–60 mins at<br />
¥3,000 (AU$37); takes<br />
60 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. The subway<br />
Easy to use, efficient<br />
and clean.<br />
2. Shinkansen<br />
The bullet train is<br />
super-fast, clean and<br />
efficient. It can take<br />
anything from minutes<br />
to hours to get to<br />
another prefecture.<br />
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international adventures<br />
View from North<br />
Head, Devonport<br />
auckland new zealand<br />
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Sid Sahrawat<br />
Owner & executive<br />
chef, Sidart<br />
BeSt BreakFaSt: Any<br />
sandwich from Zus and Zo, a<br />
charming, sunny café in Herne Bay.<br />
They do more than just<br />
run-of-the-mill eggs for breakfast.<br />
Great place For dinner:<br />
If you’re in for a bit of<br />
adventure and an unforgettable<br />
foodie experience, try the Test<br />
Kitchens at Sidart — a weekly<br />
degustation where we experiment<br />
with new concepts, ingredients and<br />
flavours in the kitchen.<br />
BeSt niGht out: We enjoy<br />
after-work drinks at Mea<br />
Culpa in Ponsonby.<br />
BeSt idea For a Family<br />
outinG: A picnic at the<br />
vineyards in Kumeu, with antipasto<br />
and good Kiwi wine for the<br />
grown-ups. There’s lots of space for<br />
the kids and dogs to run around.<br />
Follow this with a bite at Dante’s<br />
Pizza in the Kumeu village and a<br />
trip to PYO (Pick Your Own)<br />
strawberry fields, if you’re visiting<br />
in summertime.<br />
auckland<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 20km from<br />
Auckland International<br />
Airport<br />
Travel time CBD is<br />
around 45 mins by car<br />
Taxi From NZ$60<br />
(AU$46.60)<br />
Shuttle bus NZ$30<br />
(AU$23.30), taking<br />
45–60 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. Jafa cab This is a<br />
bicycle with bench<br />
seats for two. Free in<br />
the Auckland CBD.<br />
2. Ferry Fullers Ferries<br />
offer regular services<br />
to Waiheke Island from<br />
downtown Auckland.<br />
3. The city circuit bus<br />
Two bus circuits that<br />
will take you safely<br />
and easily to the<br />
city’s attractions.<br />
Christchurch City Council<br />
christchurch new zealand<br />
Fraser Bremford<br />
Southern region<br />
director,<br />
Working Style<br />
BeSt BreakFaSt: Brigittes<br />
in Merivale — I’m there<br />
every Sunday for the big breakfast.<br />
Great place For dinner:<br />
Saggio di Vino on Victoria<br />
Street. The beef carpaccio is an<br />
all-time favourite of mine along<br />
with its extensive list of pinot noir.<br />
BeSt idea For a Family<br />
outinG: Pegasus Bay<br />
vineyard in Waipara. Only half an<br />
hour’s drive from home and the<br />
food and wine selection definitely<br />
makes it worth the trip. I’m a big<br />
fan of the Pegasus Bay Sauvignon<br />
Semillon — it was the bottle of<br />
wine my wife and I drank on our<br />
first date.<br />
BeSt place to hanG out<br />
with the localS:<br />
Riccarton markets on a Saturday<br />
morning for the Stewart<br />
Island salmon.<br />
BeSt niGht out: The<br />
Monday Room on<br />
Moorhouse Ave for the best tapas<br />
and mojitos in town.<br />
chriStchurch<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 11km from<br />
Christchurch<br />
International Airport<br />
Travel time CBD is<br />
around 20 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx NZ$45-65<br />
(AU$35-50.50)<br />
Shuttle bus NZ$24<br />
(AU$18.70), taking<br />
15–20 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. The shuttle Free<br />
seven-day central bus.<br />
2. The Orbiter Bus<br />
runs every 15 minutes<br />
to six suburban<br />
shopping malls.<br />
3. The city<br />
circuit buses cover<br />
major attractions.<br />
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Mountain biking, Jack’s Point Manila Bay<br />
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Wippa<br />
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breakfast show<br />
Fitzy & Wippa<br />
Great place for dinner:<br />
Botswana Butchery — it<br />
overlooks the water, has different<br />
themed rooms upstairs and the<br />
food is amazing. When it’s warm<br />
enough, it’s the perfect spot for an<br />
ale in the afternoon.<br />
Best niGht out:<br />
Depending on your age and<br />
how late you want to stay up, The<br />
Buffalo Club really kicks into gear<br />
after midnight. Last time I was there<br />
quite a few backpackers ended up<br />
with wet T-shirts. I think it was a<br />
fire drill.<br />
for history: Jump on the<br />
TSS Earnslaw and go for a<br />
cruise. It’s a 100-year-old steamer<br />
that has a bar and a piano on it.<br />
Quick tip: after a few drinks don’t<br />
continuously yell out “play ‘Piano<br />
Man’ again” because he won’t.<br />
unusual fact: There are<br />
no snakes in NZ! I have<br />
looked everywhere. The closest I<br />
got was ordering the eel at a<br />
Japanese restaurant.<br />
queeNstoWN<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 7.5km from<br />
Queenstown<br />
International Airport<br />
Travel time CBD is<br />
around 15 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx NZ$30<br />
(AU$23.30)<br />
Shuttle bus From<br />
NZ$10 (AU$7.80),<br />
taking about 20 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. The city circuit<br />
bus There are three<br />
routes covering major<br />
downtown attractions.<br />
2. Taxi Book online,<br />
over the phone or hail<br />
one from the roadside.<br />
3. Walking The town<br />
is compact, and most<br />
places can be easily<br />
accessible on foot if<br />
your accommodation<br />
is nearby.<br />
manila philippines<br />
Jan lao<br />
Multidisciplinary<br />
artist<br />
Best Breakfast: Breakfast<br />
by the bay at Sofitel Hotel’s<br />
Spiral. It probably has the most<br />
extensive buffet out of all the<br />
hotels in the metro and you can<br />
even opt to go al fresco and soak in<br />
the morning sun. Another<br />
recommendation is Apartment 1B in<br />
bustling Makati — it’s quaint and<br />
the food is affordable and delicious.<br />
Great place for dinner:<br />
Definitely Aracama Filipino<br />
Cuisine. Not only is it the newest<br />
addition to Metro Manila’s dining<br />
scene, it also serves straight-up<br />
real Filipino dishes.<br />
Best niGht out: If you<br />
want a posh night, dress to<br />
the nines and head on over to Opus,<br />
where celebrities go to see and be<br />
seen. For a steady night in shirts,<br />
shorts and sneakers, check out<br />
B-Sider or Cubao X where bands, art<br />
and knick-knacks abound.<br />
Must-eats: The all-time<br />
must-try for tourists is balut<br />
— fertilised duck embryo.<br />
MaNila<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 7km from Ninoy<br />
Aquino International<br />
Airport<br />
Travel time CBD is<br />
around 30 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx PHP150-<br />
200 (AU$3-4.70).<br />
Pre-booked taxis are<br />
available inside the<br />
airport terminal and<br />
save you the hassle<br />
of haggling.<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. Taxi You can usually<br />
flag one down at most<br />
malls. Be sure to<br />
always insist on using<br />
the meter. If the driver<br />
refuses, just say no<br />
politely and get out of<br />
the cab.<br />
2. Jeepney These<br />
trucks ply most major<br />
city roads, and can<br />
take you anywhere<br />
along their route.<br />
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international adventures<br />
Singapore singapore<br />
110<br />
Adi Effendy<br />
art director, ink<br />
BEst Buy for undEr<br />
Au$50: Stroll along Bugis<br />
Street market for cheap watches<br />
and shirts.<br />
InsIdEr’s tIp: When buying<br />
electronic items from random<br />
shops, check if the price includes<br />
GST. Also, ask for a GST refund form<br />
to make your claim at the airport.<br />
Must-EAts: As a native<br />
Indonesian, I find that the<br />
best nasi padang (rice with various<br />
dishes) I’ve tried in Singapore is at<br />
Sinar Pagi at the Geylang Serai<br />
market near Eunos.<br />
LocAL dELIcAcy: Durian<br />
— the king of fruits!<br />
fAvourItE LocAL<br />
fEstIvAL: The Great<br />
Singapore Sale… what else?<br />
survIvAL tIp for<br />
tourIsts: Always prepare<br />
some coins. You might need them<br />
when you get on the bus if you don’t<br />
have the EZ Link card which is a<br />
stored-value card for transportation<br />
in Singapore.<br />
Buddha Tooth Relic<br />
Temple and Museum<br />
singapore<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 20km<br />
Travel time 20–30<br />
mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx S$18-38<br />
(AU$14-29.70) with a<br />
surcharge of S$3–$5<br />
(AU$2–$3.90)<br />
Airport shuttle Most<br />
hotels are S$9 (AU$7)<br />
one way<br />
MRT train Every<br />
10–15 mins from<br />
Terminal 2 and 3 from<br />
5.30am–11.18pm,<br />
takes 27 mins to reach<br />
the city for S$1.70<br />
(AU$1.40)<br />
ON THE GO<br />
The Hippo An opentop<br />
double-decker<br />
bus that allows you<br />
to hop on and off;<br />
S$23 (AU$18) for an<br />
all-day pass.<br />
richard Wilson<br />
executive chef, The<br />
nam Hai, Hoi an<br />
Bitexco Financial Tower<br />
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BEst nIght out: Cocktails<br />
or dinner at Chill. It’s the<br />
hands-down winner for its<br />
ambiance, extensive wine list,<br />
innovative inebriations and<br />
experimental food. Reservations are<br />
necessary, otherwise you’ll be<br />
waiting for quite some time.<br />
BEst pLAcE to pArty<br />
WIth thE gAng: There are<br />
so many choices but I prefer<br />
Pacharan and the ever-reliable<br />
Saigon Saigon Bar, on the rooftop of<br />
the Caravelle Hotel. I also like Hog’s<br />
Breath in Bitexco Financial Tower<br />
and Zanzibar, which is just across<br />
the street from the Sheraton.<br />
BEst Buy for undEr<br />
Au$50: Lacquer ware of<br />
world-class quality. Also, shirts and<br />
knick-knacks from L’Usine.<br />
survIvAL tIp for<br />
tourIsts: When crossing<br />
the street, just close your eyes and<br />
start walking with determination.<br />
The millions of mopeds will avoid<br />
you like Moses parting the Red Sea.<br />
Ho cHi minH ciTy<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 7km from Tan<br />
Son Nhat International<br />
Airport<br />
Travel time CBD is<br />
around 20 mins by car<br />
Taxi A taxi voucher<br />
from Visitor<br />
Information for US$12<br />
(AU$11.70)<br />
Shuttle bus<br />
Most hotels offer<br />
complimentary<br />
pick-up<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. Taxi Ask the drivers<br />
to turn the meters<br />
on; there are taximotorbikes<br />
as well.<br />
2. Walking This is the<br />
best way to dash up<br />
alleys and down oneway<br />
streets, but we<br />
only recommend this<br />
for District One.
international adventures<br />
bali indonesia<br />
112<br />
Sarah Wilkinson<br />
Managing director,<br />
SanCerre<br />
BeSt BreaKfaSt: The<br />
outlook and food at Ku De<br />
Ta is a great way to start the day.<br />
They have family mornings on<br />
Sundays which are fantastic (and<br />
free) for kids. Make sure you take a<br />
towel so they can have a dip in the<br />
pool, too.<br />
BeSt place to party WIth<br />
the gang: Potato Head to<br />
kick off the festivities — the<br />
cocktails and location are second to<br />
none. If you want to keep going<br />
until the early hours, it has to be<br />
Sky Garden in Kuta.<br />
BeSt Buy for under<br />
au$50: I always head to Chill<br />
in Jalan Kunti for a chill-out<br />
massage. It’s so good to get over<br />
jetlag and put you in holiday mode.<br />
You’ll get change from the $50, so<br />
treat yourself to a pedicure at any<br />
of the salons.<br />
InSIder’S tIp: Put on a<br />
smile, practise patience and<br />
take off your watch. Bali operates<br />
on “rubber time”.<br />
Dream Beach<br />
balI<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 15km from<br />
Denpasar’s Ngurah<br />
Rai Airport<br />
Travel time Kuta<br />
Beach is around<br />
10 mins by car<br />
Taxi About IDR50,000<br />
(AU$5.10)<br />
Shuttle bus<br />
Most hotels offer<br />
complimentary<br />
pick-up<br />
DAMRI Bus<br />
IDR10,000-20,000<br />
(AU$1-2) to any city<br />
bus station<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. Taxi Get your hotel<br />
to order one for you<br />
and arrange for a<br />
return trip.<br />
2. Hired car The only<br />
way to go into the<br />
villages. Hiring a driver<br />
only costs a little more.<br />
jakarta indonesia<br />
Ian McKie<br />
General manager,<br />
InterContinental<br />
MidPlaza Jakarta<br />
BeSt BreaKfaSt: Grab a<br />
local breakfast at the<br />
various options available at Pasar<br />
Cikini in Menteng. Durian juice is a<br />
pretty good pick-me-up. Wander<br />
over to the flower market at Pasar<br />
Kembang when you’re done.<br />
MuSt-Buy gIft: It has to be<br />
batik. I find it fascinating to<br />
watch it being made and you’re not<br />
limited to clothes. A whole range of<br />
items are available. Sarinah<br />
Department Store is a good bet to<br />
start batik shopping.<br />
InSIder’S tIp: Use a bajaj<br />
(taxi bike) to get around.<br />
They look pretty scary but they’re<br />
the best way to beat traffic.<br />
MuSt eatS: Sop buntut,<br />
Javanese oxtail soup. You<br />
can’t beat it.<br />
favourIte local feStIval:<br />
Jakarta Jazz Festival. Every<br />
year Jakarta plays host to Asia’s<br />
biggest jazz festival. Big name<br />
international artists as well as local<br />
jazz musicians make up the bill.<br />
The National Monument<br />
(MONAS) park<br />
Jakarta<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 20km from<br />
Soekarno-Hatta<br />
International Airport<br />
Travel time Allow at<br />
least 40 mins by car<br />
(depending on traffic)<br />
Taxi IDR120,000<br />
(AU$12.30) to the CBD,<br />
including charges<br />
DAMRI Bus<br />
IDR10,000-20,000<br />
(AU$1-2) to a city bus<br />
station<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. Taxi The most<br />
reliable taxi company<br />
is Blue Bird. Call +62<br />
(21) 7917 1234 and<br />
book one in advance.<br />
Ignore informal<br />
taxi “agents”.<br />
2. Hired car If driving<br />
around the busy city<br />
is daunting, ask for a<br />
driver with your car.
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bangkok thailand<br />
114<br />
Tim Vongswang<br />
General manager,<br />
Riva Surya Bangkok<br />
BesT Place To ParTy<br />
wiTh The gang: Fallabella,<br />
a restaurant and night club enjoyed<br />
by locals and foreigners alike. It has<br />
a fabulous live band and<br />
international DJs and it’s the place<br />
to be seen.<br />
insider’s TiP: Negotiate<br />
before buying anything<br />
including tuk tuk rides. Start at<br />
half the price offered and work<br />
from there.<br />
surViVal TiP for<br />
TourisTs: It’s easy to<br />
become dehydrated; ensure you<br />
carry some drinking water and take<br />
small sips frequently.<br />
MusT-eaTs: Tom yum<br />
goong, a spicy hot and sour<br />
soup; somtum gai yang, papaya<br />
salad and grilled chicken.<br />
They’re delicious!<br />
BesT Place To hang ouT<br />
wiTh The locals: Siam<br />
Square with plenty of bargains and<br />
places to eat. It’s a favourite<br />
meeting place for all.<br />
BanGkok<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
CBD 30km from<br />
Suvarnabhumi<br />
International Airport<br />
Travel time Around<br />
40 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx THB300<br />
(AU$9.40)<br />
Airport Express<br />
THB150 (AU$4.70);<br />
takes around 60 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. BTS Skytrain and<br />
MRT These two train<br />
systems travel overand<br />
underground<br />
to get you to all<br />
the major points<br />
in Bangkok.<br />
2. Tuk-tuk This<br />
method of transport<br />
offers an exhilarating<br />
ride around the<br />
streets, but is best for<br />
short distances only.<br />
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Preecha Prangkaew<br />
F&B manager, Crowne<br />
Plaza Phuket Panwa<br />
Beach Resort<br />
greaT Place for dinner:<br />
Tung Ka Café, perched on<br />
top of a hill just outside Phuket<br />
Town. It’s been around for 70 years<br />
and has delicious local Thai food<br />
and a vibrant atmosphere. It’s also<br />
an awesome spot to take your<br />
partner for a spectacular sunset.<br />
local recreaTional<br />
acTiViTy To waTch: Each<br />
Sunday, you can catch bird singing<br />
competitions in Chalong. Be<br />
prepared for organised mayhem as<br />
hundreds of competitors show off<br />
the vocal talents of their birds.<br />
BesT Place To hang ouT<br />
wiTh The locals: Ao Sane<br />
Beach which offers a series of small<br />
coves to snorkel so you can explore<br />
the local marine life. After snorkeling,<br />
head to any of the local bars lining Ao<br />
Sane Beach to enjoy a beer.<br />
MusT-eaTs: O-eaw, a jelly<br />
dessert consisting of<br />
bananas, syrup and shaved ice<br />
— perfect for cooling down in the<br />
hot Phuket sun.<br />
Phuket<br />
FROM THE AIRPORT<br />
Patong Beach<br />
32km from Phuket<br />
International Airport<br />
Travel time Patong<br />
Beach is around 45<br />
mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx THB400<br />
(AU$12.50)<br />
Shuttle bus Every<br />
30 mins at THB70<br />
(AU$2.20); takes<br />
about 60 mins<br />
ON THE GO<br />
1. Motorbike A cheap<br />
and convenient way<br />
to explore all the tiny<br />
lanes around the<br />
beach — but drive<br />
with care!<br />
2. Tuk-tuk This<br />
method of transport<br />
offers an exhilarating<br />
ride, but is best meant<br />
for travelling short<br />
distances only.
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Your<br />
Insider’s<br />
Guide<br />
Surfers Paradise<br />
GOLD COAST<br />
deb rockwell<br />
Managing director,<br />
Treasured Interiors<br />
Australians share their favourite<br />
domestic destinations<br />
Best Breakfast: Ambiente<br />
at Kirra — the pancakes<br />
layered with strawberries, bananas<br />
and maple syrup are simply delicious!<br />
great pLace for dinner:<br />
Oskars, Burleigh — located on<br />
the water’s edge, it offers an amazing<br />
dining experience. The restaurant has<br />
won multiple dining awards.<br />
Best Buy for under<br />
au$50: Home interiors or<br />
gifts from Treasured Interiors Kirra<br />
or Currumbin.<br />
Best night out: Sunset<br />
cocktails and dancing at Saks,<br />
Marina Mirage. Admire the luxury<br />
boats moored while sipping a mojito<br />
or two. It’s got great music — the DJ<br />
will have you on your feet all night.<br />
AustrAliAn Adventures<br />
LocaL recreationaL<br />
activity to watch: This is<br />
home to the world’s best surfers. Mick<br />
Fanning and Joel Parkinson are locals<br />
and can often be spotted surfing the<br />
waves at Kirra, Snapper and D’bah.<br />
Best idea for a famiLy<br />
outing: The Gold Coast is<br />
home to the best theme parks. Visit<br />
Dreamworld, Wet’n’Wild and Movie<br />
World. You’re guaranteed hours<br />
of fun!<br />
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australian adventures<br />
Picnic on the Sydney Harbour<br />
foreshore at Kirribilli;<br />
RIGHT: Grange Jetty<br />
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sydney<br />
Lorraine Mercuri<br />
General manager, Novotel Sydney<br />
Darling Harbour<br />
Best Breakfast: The<br />
breakfast buffet at Novotel<br />
Sydney Darling Harbour has a wide<br />
variety of choices including an<br />
organic corner. Also, Bathers<br />
Pavilion Balmoral for great produce<br />
and great views of North and<br />
South Heads.<br />
InsIder’s tIp: Visit the<br />
bustling area of Pyrmont/<br />
Ultimo — there is the Powerhouse<br />
Museum, Maritime Museum, great<br />
restaurants and bars, eclectic retail<br />
stores and The Star Casino. Let’s not<br />
forget that Darling Harbour, Cockle<br />
Bay Wharf and King Street Wharf are<br />
a short stroll from Pyrmont. You<br />
could spend an entire weekend in<br />
this part of inner Sydney and still<br />
not discover all it has on offer.<br />
Must-eats: For a bit of the<br />
high life go to Quay at the<br />
Overseas Passenger Terminal and<br />
order the Guava Snow Egg for<br />
dessert. For cheap and delicious<br />
hawker-style Malaysian fare, go to<br />
Kopitiam in Ultimo. If you visit<br />
Golden Century in Chinatown, order<br />
pippies in XO sauce.<br />
favourIte/recoMMended<br />
sIde trIp: Drive down to<br />
Wollongong for great surf beaches<br />
that are less crowded. Here’s also<br />
where you can skydive!<br />
adelaide<br />
paul Loveday<br />
Managing director, australian Bush<br />
Flower essences<br />
Best Breakfast: Doof<br />
Doof Organic Café in<br />
Malvern, Adelaide. They serve a<br />
cracking breakfast complete with<br />
fresh organic juices, coffee and the<br />
local paper. It’s “me time” at<br />
its best.<br />
Best Buy for under<br />
au$50: The new Love<br />
System Organic Replenishing Night<br />
Cream at AU$27.95. You’ll wake up<br />
looking and feeling great and your<br />
skin will love you.<br />
favourIte LocaL<br />
festIvaL: The Adelaide<br />
Fringe Festival is simply amazing<br />
and features the world’s finest<br />
artists performing in a friendly small<br />
city environment.<br />
Best Idea for a faMILy<br />
outIng: Take the family for<br />
a day trip to Victor Harbor, an hour<br />
south of Adelaide. Visit the Urimbirra<br />
Wildlife Park and see kangaroos,<br />
koala bears and crocodiles.<br />
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Arriving At Our Destinations<br />
let us give you a head-start<br />
ADELAIDE<br />
CBD 6km<br />
Travel time CBD is around<br />
15 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$18<br />
Skylink Bus Every 30 mins–<br />
1hr: AU$8.50 adult, $3.50<br />
child. Takes around 35 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$4–$90<br />
(30 mins–72 hrs)<br />
AVALON<br />
Geelong CBD 20km<br />
Melbourne CBD 55km<br />
Travel time 15 mins (Geelong);<br />
40 mins (Melbourne) by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$45 Geelong;<br />
approx AU$80 Melbourne<br />
Avalon Airport Shuttle Meets<br />
all flights. From AU$17 adult,<br />
$14 child (Geelong); AU$20<br />
adult, $10 child (Melbourne)<br />
Airport parking From AU$3<br />
for the first 20 mins; weekly<br />
rate AU$53<br />
BALLINA-BYRON<br />
CBD Byron Bay is 23km;<br />
Ballina is 5km<br />
Travel time Byron Bay is<br />
20 mins by car; Ballina is<br />
7 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$10–$15<br />
to Ballina; approx $65 to<br />
Byron Bay<br />
Airlink bus Meets most flights:<br />
AU$20 adult ($35 return); $12<br />
children under 13 years (oneway).<br />
Takes around 35 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$2–$12<br />
(1 hr–24 hrs)<br />
BRISBANE<br />
CBD 16km<br />
Travel time CBD is around<br />
25 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$33<br />
Bus Every 15–30 mins: AU$14<br />
adult; $8 child; under 4 years<br />
free. Takes about 30 mins<br />
AirTrain Every 20 mins to<br />
CBD: one-way adult fare<br />
AU$14.50; return $27. Takes<br />
about 22 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$5–$30<br />
(30 mins–24 hrs)<br />
CAIRNS<br />
CBD 8km<br />
Travel time CBD takes 10 mins<br />
by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$15<br />
Australia Coach Shuttle Every<br />
hour: AU$10 adult; $15 couple;<br />
AU$5 child. Takes around 20 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$3–$16<br />
(2–24 hrs)<br />
DARWIN<br />
CBD 13km<br />
Travel time CBD is 15 mins<br />
by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$30<br />
Darwin Airport Shuttle<br />
Meets all flights: Adult AU$16<br />
(one way), AU$29 (return);<br />
child AU$8 (one way), AU$14<br />
(return); under 4 years free.<br />
Discount for 2 or more<br />
passengers<br />
Airport parking AU$3–$20<br />
(up to 24 hrs)<br />
GOLD COAST<br />
Surfers Paradise 20km<br />
Travel time Surfers Paradise is<br />
around 30 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$40<br />
Con-X-ion Shuttle bus Booking<br />
required: +61 (7) 5556 9888:<br />
AU$22 adult; $13 child (4–13<br />
years); children under 4 years<br />
travel free. Takes around<br />
45 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$3–$36<br />
(30 mins–24 hrs)<br />
Gold Coast Airport Lounge<br />
For a small entrance fee,<br />
check in for movies, comfy<br />
lounges, newspapers, snacks<br />
and drinks.<br />
HAMILTON ISLAND<br />
Travel time From the airport<br />
to your accommodation takes<br />
only a few minutes<br />
Shuttle bus Complimentary for<br />
hotel guests<br />
HOBART<br />
CBD 17km<br />
Travel time CBD is around<br />
20 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$36–$42<br />
Airport Shuttle Bus Meets<br />
all flights: AU$15 adult; $10<br />
children aged 4–15; children<br />
under 4 travel free. Journey<br />
takes around 30 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$2–$13<br />
(24 hrs)<br />
LAUNCESTON<br />
CBD 16km<br />
Travel time CBD is around<br />
10 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$30<br />
Airport Shuttle Bus Meets all<br />
flights: AU$14 adult; $5 child;<br />
children under 4 free. Takes<br />
around 15 mins<br />
Airport parking AU$2–$15<br />
(25 mins–24 hrs)<br />
MACKAY<br />
CBD 6km<br />
Travel time CBD 15 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$18<br />
To Airlie Beach Take a taxi to<br />
the bus terminal in Wellington<br />
Street and then a bus service<br />
by Greyhound or Premier;<br />
approx AU$22 one-way adult<br />
fare<br />
Airport parking AU$2–$20<br />
(24 hrs)<br />
MELBOURNE<br />
CBD 23km<br />
Travel time 35 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$55<br />
SkyBus Every 10 mins: AU$16<br />
adult; $6 child (4–14 years).<br />
Takes 20 mins<br />
Airport parking Short-term<br />
from AU$3; long-term from<br />
AU$29<br />
NEWCASTLE<br />
CBD 20km<br />
Travel time CBD is around<br />
25 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$60<br />
Shuttle Bus Door-to-door<br />
service (from AU$35) through<br />
Newcastle Information Services<br />
at +61 (2) 4928 9822. Port<br />
Stephens Coaches (public bus)<br />
every hour: AU$6.50 adult;<br />
$3.50 concession. Takes 35<br />
mins<br />
Airport parking AU$2–$25<br />
(1 hr–24 hrs)<br />
PERTH<br />
CBD 12km (domestic<br />
terminal) and 17km<br />
(international terminal)<br />
Travel time 30 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$26 (domestic)<br />
and $33 (international)<br />
Perth Airport City Shuttle Every<br />
30 mins (domestic) and<br />
45 mins (international):<br />
AU$15 adult (domestic),<br />
$20 (international). Journey<br />
takes 15–35 mins<br />
Fremantle Airporter AU$35<br />
(booking required)<br />
Transperth Bus 37 From<br />
domestic terminal to Kings<br />
Park via the city AU$3.20<br />
Airport parking Short-term<br />
carpark from AU$3.70; longterm<br />
carpark from AU$17<br />
SYDNEY<br />
CBD 8km<br />
Travel time CBD around<br />
15 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$50<br />
australian airports<br />
Bus Every 20–30 mins: AU$14<br />
adult; AU$7 child. Journey<br />
takes around 30 mins<br />
Trains Every 10 mins<br />
(weekdays) AU$15 adult. Takes<br />
around 13 mins into the centre<br />
of the city<br />
Airport parking AU$7–$52<br />
(30 mins–24 hrs)<br />
SUNSHINE COAST<br />
Travel time Noosa is<br />
30 mins, Maroochydore<br />
is 10–15 mins by car<br />
Taxi Approx AU$56 to travel<br />
to Noosa; approx AU$28 to<br />
Maroochydore<br />
Henry’s Bus Service Meets<br />
all flights: AU$25 adult; $12<br />
child; children under 4 years<br />
free. Journey to Noosa takes<br />
around 45 mins<br />
TransLink Bus Service number<br />
622 connects the airport to<br />
the suburbs. From 5.53am<br />
weekdays, 6.53am weekends/<br />
pub hols. Call 13 12 30.<br />
Airport parking AU$4–$18<br />
(2–24 hrs).<br />
TOWNSVILLE<br />
CBD 5km<br />
Travel time CBD around 10<br />
mins; taxi approx AU$16<br />
Airport shuttle Booking<br />
required +61 (7) 4775 5544<br />
to the Strand and city,<br />
Sunferries, the Transit Centre<br />
and Coral Princess: AU$8<br />
(adult); takes 10–15 mins<br />
Airport parking Short-term<br />
carpark, AU$4–$24<br />
(2 hrs–12 hrs). Long-term<br />
carpark, AU$12–$72 (1–6<br />
days); thereafter AU$10 per<br />
24-hour period or part thereof<br />
WHITSUNDAY COAST<br />
CBD 30km from<br />
Proserpine Airport<br />
Travel time CBD takes around<br />
35 mins<br />
Taxi Approx AU$80<br />
Whitsunday Transit AU$15<br />
adult share-ride (one-way;<br />
AU$28 return); AU$9 child<br />
(one-way; AU$16 return),<br />
children under 4 years travel<br />
free. The Whitsunday Transit<br />
service meets all flights. For<br />
details, call +61 (7) 4946 1800<br />
Airport parking From AU$2-$15<br />
(1-24 hours). AU$13 per day<br />
(2-30 days).<br />
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