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FRI 29 AUG 2014 • Issue 202
Wrong side of the law
A Newtown solicitor has been charged with dealing and possession of the prohibited drugs ‘Ice’ and GHB after a dramatic arrest last week.
Nicholaos Gouliaditis was arrested last Thurs-day, August 21 at his workplace in the city.
Police allege that undercover officers purchased a total of 500ml of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and 13.8 grams of methylamphetamine (‘Ice’) from the 34-year-old on a number of occa-sions between July 30 and August 13 this year.
They say at the time of his arrest, he was in possession of three grams of ‘Ice’, an ‘Ice’ pipe, scales, numerous resealable plastic bags, and a large amount of cash.
Following his arrest, police executed a search warrant at his Newtown home, at which they seized an electronic stun gun and 700ml of liquid believed to be GHB.
Mr Gouliaditis was additionally charged with resist arrest, dealing in proceeds of crime, and possession of a prohibited weapon.
The investigation was conducted by Strike Force Aided, formed in May this year and comprising police from the Redfern Region Enforcement Squad (RES).
Another man, aged 25, was also arrested last Thursday by Strike Force Aided officers as part of a two-month investigation into the supply of illicit drugs by an alleged organised crime syndicate in the Sydney metropolitan area.
Solicitor arrested after allegedly selling drugs to undercover police
Mr Gouliaditis being arrested in the city
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OPINION
They could go for the hip sound-ing St Peeps
A few suggestions that the Oxford Dictionary should consider...
The Oxford Dictionary recently announced a whole raft of words it had added to its www.oxforddictionaries.com site.
Some of the words were just acronyms used in Twitter and SMS message such as YOLO (you only live once), SMH (shaking my head) and ICYMI (in case you missed it).
Others were cutesy pie variations of existing words such as adorbs (adorable), amazeballs (amazing) and cray (crazy).
The internet contributed a number of quirky words including clickbait (sensational content designed to draw people to a particular page), dox (publishing personal information about someone with malicious intent) and listicle (an article on a website presented as a list of something).
Other new technologies also contributed to the list such as the concept of ‘vaping’ on an e-cig (electronic cigarette).
Some words describe longstanding situations or traits that have never previously required a single word description.
A humblebrag is where someone pretends to be humble while none-too-subtly bragging such as, “All my dresses are too big for me”. Meanwhile a mansplain is the patronising way a man explains something to a woman.
Learning all the new words did, however, get me thinking about other words that could be added to the dictionary.
For example, I met up with some extended family recently including my cousin and her son and were trying to work out how to name these relationships.
My daughter and my cousin’s son are second cousins. That makes enough sense – but my cousin’s son and I are technically first cousins once removed. That seems like a ridiculously complicated name that gives no real idea of the relationship.
It would make more sense to use terms like cousin-uncle and cousin-nephew which are shorter and give an idea of how we are “removed” from each other.
They can also be extended easily to describe other relationships such as great cousin-aunt or third cousin-niece.
I also spoke with my brother’s wife’s sister. I could find no words to describe our relationship. As my sister-in-law’s sister, I like to think of her as my sister-out-law.
And our children? They have first cousins in common yet again there appears to be no words
to describe the relationship so I’m going to start referring to them as cousins-out-law.
I heard somebody on the radio this week saying a lot of Liberal MPs would be going through their lists of donations to work out if any were “ICACa-ble”.
I couldn’t find ICACable in the Oxford Dicton-ary or even ICAC. Cack is certainly in there, as in “He cacked his dacks”. Maybe if ICAC is now a verb, the aforementioned MPs can be considered to have ICACked their dacks.
While we’re on the subject of ICAC, it was revealed in the Commission this week that some-one at Buildev suggested hiring the husband of a councillor who was opposed to a particular project so the councillor would then have a conflict of interest and be unable to vote on the matter.
Clearly that sort of behaviour should be described as ‘buildevious’.
What about the names people use to refer to themselves such as Sydneysider, Melburnian, Taswegian, the list goes on.
If you go to the Marrickville 2020 Facebook group, you’ll see people referring to themselves as Marrickvillians and on Tempe 2020, they use the term Tempsters but it’s not clear what terms other suburbs use.
I really hope the residents of Sydenham take the lead of their neighbours in Tempe and call them-selves Sydenhamsters or maybe just ‘Hamsters for short. What about St Peters? They could go for the hip sounding St Peeps.
When I was at uni in the mid 80s, the residents of Newtown were known as Newts. I haven’t heard the term since then but it could be worth a revival.
Given the number of restaurants along Enmore Road, might they consider themselves Enmorish? And the cheery souls of Camperdown would surely refer to themselves as Happy Campers.
Stanmore is trickier, mainly because there is a lot of potential for it to sound derogatory but in the end I plumped for Staniards.
The Petersham Rugby Club call themselves the Shammies which is a possibility for the rest of the suburb.
But where would that leave Lewisham? How about Peteorites and Lewisians? That only leaves Dulwich Hill who could easily be Dulwegians.
Of course, you’ll note I tactfully avoided includ-ing The Warren in my list of suburbs. There are no obvious suggestions for its residents.
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A Petersham house which was the birthplace of the Tresil-lian parenting organisation in Australia was severely damaged
in a fire earlier this week.The heritage-listed building on the
corner of Shaw Street and Addison Road was being used as a boarding house when the fire broke out, forcing the evacuation of nine residents.
Superintendent Paul Johnstone from Fire and Rescue NSW said crews were called to the house at 5.18am on Monday, August 25.
“First crews arrived within seven minutes to find flames coming from the ground floor of a large two storey build-ing, and also reports that one person was unaccounted for,” Supt Johnstone said.
“So immediately we called for assistance and our crews, in breathing apparatus, took hose lines inside the building where they fought the fire internally while systematically searching room by room through what is quite a large building to ascertain if anyone else was inside the premises.”
He said nobody was found inside, however, nine residents had evacuated
themselves prior to the arrival of Fire and Rescue NSW crews.
They were checked by ambulance personnel but there were no injuries.
Superintendent Johnstone said the property was actually a number of interconnected buildings and there were two separate fires in different buildings requiring over 35 firefighters and eight trucks to battle the blazes.
The building, called Tresillian, was built by Petersham Alderman Frederick Langdon in 1900 and named after his birthplace in Cornwall.
In 1920, it was bought by the Royal Soci-ety for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies and the following year it was opened as the Society’s first infant welfare and train-ing school.
Over time the organisation became known as Tresillian and additional build-ings were added for nurses quarters and additional wards.
At its peak, it offered 70 rooms for new mothers and their babies.
In 1998, the Tresillian organisation moved to purpose built accommodation at Canterbury Hospital and the Petersham site was sold.
Professor Cathrine Fowler from the UTS School of Health spent a lot of time in the building, firstly when she did her moth-
Two fires rip through old Tresillian home, nine people evacuated
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Damage to the front of the Tresillian building in Shaw Street
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ercraft nurse course then later as charge nurse followed by a position as manager of education at Tresillian.
“It was a beautiful building with a grand
staircase, lots of wood panelling and solid oak doors,” she said.
“A lot of the old matrons will be really upset. They loved that place.”
News in brief
After a long selection process and a gruelling 13 week course, 24 recruit firefighters have been officially welcomed into the ranks of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW).
Attending the graduation ceremony at the FRNSW State Training College, Alexandria, Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres,
congratulated the new recruits on suc-cessfully completing the course and said they were about to embark on a unique and rewarding career.“These recruits have been trained in firefighting, road crash rescue, high-angle rescue, community risk man-agement, fire science and hazardous materials response,” Mr Ayres said.The recruits were chosen from thou-sands of men and women who applied for firefighting positions last year and will work all over Sydney. “I wish these men and women well in what is an important, but sometimes dangerous career, and I thank them for choosing a profession dedicated to protecting lives, property and the environment of NSW,” Mr Ayres said.
Finding legal information quickly us-ing an iPhone or an iPad will be much easier now using a Legal Aid NSW app. The app can be downloaded from the App store and will allow users to con-nect easily to key parts of the Legal Aid NSW website. “We know that people are spending less time on desktops and more time on mobile devices,” says the CEO of Legal Aid NSW, Bill Grant. “By using this app, people will have a handy gateway to a range of useful information.” People will be able to search for a Legal Aid NSW service closest to them, watch videos about the law, book into a workshop about the law and directly
access factsheets and resources. They will be able to find out about how to get a grant of legal aid and what to do
if they are not eligible for a grant of aid. And they will be able to contribute towards the legal costs of their case.“Many people are simply not aware of the different ways that Legal Aid NSW can assist them,” Mr Grant said.
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T he once-manicured greens at Camperdown Bowling Club are to be turned into an urban farm as part of the revitalisation of the
site.Marrickville Council announced this
week that Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club was the successful tenderer for the site.
Marrickville Mayor Jo Haylen said Council prioritised suitably qualified and experienced operators who had a vision to maximise community use, and would not be reliant on income from gaming.
“CHPRSL’s proposal for the former bowling club site is hugely impressive and really exciting,” Mayor Haylen said.
“It includes the clubhouse becoming a community-oriented centre and the bowl-ing greens transformed into food gardens and eventually an urban farm.”
She said there will be food and drink available, but the centre will also focus on delivering a wide range of activities, classes, and lifestyle programs, such as yoga.
“This will be an amazing asset for the Camperdown community. I’m really excited for the local residents,” she said.
with its management team, architects and liaising with different community groups prior to its submission.
“We’re thrilled and privileged to have the opportunity to revive a valued community facility, ensuring that it becomes a much-needed community-friendly space as well as a vibrant food and beverage operation,” Mr Thomas said.
“We’re confident that our allocation of at least $1 million towards the revitalisa-tion of the former Camperdown Bowling Club site will reinvigorate and enhance Mallett Street and the Camperdown Park precinct.”
He said the club had created a stand alone wholly-owned subsidiary Camper-down Project Pty Ltd to operate the site and would keep the community informed about plans and progress via a number of community meetings for interested residents.
Because the site is on Crown Land, any future use must be for the purpose of public recreation. While there will be significant changes to the building and grounds, there will be no change to the current height or mass of the building.
Mr Thomas said the site was a natural extension for the club, providing ‘commu-nity friendly’ facilities and much-needed recreational space.
Bowling greens will be replaced with a community farm in revitalisation project
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Mayor Jo Haylen with CHPRSL CEO Dean Thomas at Camperdown Bowling Club
The proposal is still at an early stage and requires a Development Application and a Liquor Licence, as well as lease approval by the Minister for Primary Industry.
Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club CEO Dean Thomas said they hoped to submit the Development Application by the end of the year but it would be working
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Police hunt for bag thief who escaped in red hatchback
About 9.10pm on Wednesday, a 21-year-old woman was walking along Glebe Street when a man approached her and pushed her to the ground.
Police have been told the man took the woman’s phone and handbag before fleeing the scene in a red hatchback.
Officers attached to Leichhardt Local Area Command were contacted and commenced inquiries. They would like to speak to a man who may be able to assist them.
He is described as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, about 180cm tall, of slim build, with an oval-shaped face, dark-coloured eyes and stubble on his chin.
The man was seen wearing a dark-coloured long-sleeve jumper and long dark pants.
Man threatens attendant with large knife, steals cash
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store. Just before 9pm last Saturday, August 23, a man entered the store on Glebe Point Road, Glebe, armed with a large knife and with his face concealed.
The armed man approached and threatened the attendant, a 23-year-old man, demanding money. He fled with cash and police were alerted.
An investigation is underway in an attempt to identify and locate the man involved.
He’s described as being of Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern appearance, approximately 175cm tall and with medium build.
He was wearing a yellow shirt, dark grey hooded-jumper, jeans with white sneakers and was carrying a ‘West Tigers’ bag.
Man dies, two suffer injuries in head-on collision
Police from Marrickville Local Area Command are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Petersham this week.
About 9.20pm on Monday, August 25 a Honda Civic travelling east and a westbound Toyota Kluger collided on Stanmore Road, near Merton Street.
The male driver of the Honda died at the scene, while the male driver and female passenger of the Kluger were taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital suffering minor injuries.
A full investigation into the crash is now underway, and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.
Stolen vehicle used in bag snatch at Camperdown
Police are investigating after a woman was robbed of her backpack at Camperdown.
About 12.45am on Wednesday, a 19-year-old woman was walking along Western Avenue, when she heard footsteps and saw a man behind her.
Police have been told the man pulled at her backpack causing her to fall to the ground. He then ran off with her backpack to a white Holden Commodore with NSW registration BZ-50-RL.
Police inquiries revealed the Holden had been stolen from a Rosebery address prior to the robbery. Police are urging anyone who sights the stolen vehicle not to approach it, but instead to contact 000.
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A t first appearance, the Social Outfit in King Street, Newtown is just another clothing store. But it’s not hard to see behind
the walls to the sewing workshop where the vast majority of the clothes on sale are being made by refugees and new migrants under ethical conditions.
Jackie Ruddock from the Social Outfit says the connections between the front and the back of the shop are important because it helps customers identify with where their clothes are made and by whom, while at the same time allowing the workers to see and hear what the customers think of the clothes.
“We are a social enterprise which means we are a registered charity and we also trade. Any income we make goes back into training programs,” she said.
“The community we work with are people who are refugees, asylum seekers or new migrants. We provide skills devel-opment and employment opportunities.”
However, she said a big part of what they do is give people confidence.
“For our sewing technicians, this is their first employment in Australia using their skills,” she said.
“For the people in our sewing classes, they will get a Certificate III in clothing production, a nationally recognised accreditation plus they build on their English language confidence.”
Ms Ruddock said the Social Outfit only opened its doors in June this year but there was a year of hard work behind the scenes before then.
“We’re a replication of the Social Studio in Melbourne. They’ve been trading for five years. I did a fundraising project for them and got to know more and more about what they do,” she said.
“So I pitched the idea of starting up a Sydney version to the Vodafone Founda-tion and they gave me a World of Differ-ence grant, which paid my salary for the past year. We’ve now got a number of significant foundations supporting us.”
She said they have eight permanent part-time staff of which five are from their target community, plus they have about 10 people in their sewing classes that started just this month.
“The background of people here is a similar breakdown to Australia’s refugee intake. They come from three main areas: the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria), South East Asia (Thai-Burma area) and Africa (Sudan and Ethiopia),” Ms Ruddock said.
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F rom next Monday, September 1, a number of paper based transport tickets will no longer be sold including adult off-peak return
train tickets, adult weekly train tickets and all periodical tickets longer than a week.
This week NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian warned commuters to plan ahead to avoid long queues on Monday, September 1 and encouraged them to sign up to the Opal Card.
“Opal is transforming the way people travel and helping to bring the state’s public transport network into the 21st century, but I accept it is a major change for customers,” Minister Berejiklian said.
“We’re encouraging customers to take advantage of the benefits of Opal, includ-ing cheaper fares for the overwhelming majority, free travel rewards, daily caps and the convenience of never queuing for a ticket again.
Minister Berejiklian said people can buy an Opal card on-the-spot at 1,000 retailers including 7-Eleven and Woolworths, and 50 pop-up-kiosks at train stations and selected Westfield Shopping Centres.
You can also order an Opal card 24 hours a day from opal.com.au or by calling 13 67 25 (13 OPAL).
However, it can take five to seven work-ing days to get an Opal card if you’re order-ing online or over the phone.
Opposition Leader John Robertson and Transport Spokesperson Penny Sharpe warned that commuters who had been purchasing monthly, quarterly or yearly tickets will be financially worse off as a result of the change.
“Despite the Liberals’ slick marketing campaign, commuters who previously used these periodic tickets are likely to be financially worse off – up to $440 in some cases,” Mr Robertson said.
Ms Sharpe said the Government had wasted a staggering $7 million so far on Opal Card marketing, while at the same time train commuters are being prevented from buying and topping-up Opal Cards at station ticket windows.
“Commuters who travel daily from Newtown to the city every day could be nearly $150 worse off a year by being forced to use Opal,” Ms Sharpe said.
“The priorities of the Opal Card roll out are all wrong. The Liberals are wasting taxpayers’ money on cheesy Opal Man YouTube commercials, and duplicating the jobs of station staff by preventing them from selling Opal Cards from ticket windows. Commuters will pay the price of this extravagance through higher fares on Opal.”
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F ive new probationary constables began their police careers at Marrickville Police Station this week.
The probationary constables will start out walking beats, doing random breath testing and business inspections while they get used to their new jobs.
Marrickville Local Area Commander, Detective Superintendent Julie Donohue said the arrival of the new officers is great news for the community.
“The best way to reduce crime is to ensure we have the resources to provide local solutions to local problems,” Supt Donohue said.
“The first day officially on the job can be daunting but Marrickville is a great community and we are excited to have these officers join our ranks and guide them through the start of their new career.”
One of the probationary constables, Marnie Lawson, 22, was originally from Taree but has moved to Marrickville to take on her new role and says she likes the area.
“My parents were both in the police so it interested me from a young age,” she said.
Probationary constables hit the beat after extensive training
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“I’d either like to get into the mounted police or detectives. I’m already a horse rider so I think it would be cool to get paid to ride horses. My parents were both detectives so that interests me too.”
Andrew Hamilton, 41, has transitioned from a career in the security industry.
“I’ve got lots of police friends. I think it’s got a better future, better job stability. I should have done it when I was younger,” he said.
Natalie Parmeter, 21, said she always wanted to join the police so did a Bach-elor of Policing at UWS. Originally from
Orange, she said she might look for a job back in the country one day but she’s keen to do city policing for the time being.
Jordan Lee, 21, has also wanted to join the police since he was at school and also did a Bachelor of Policing at UWS straight from school.
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T wo groups of inner west filmmak-ers have received $30,000 each from the NSW Government’s Emerging Filmmakers Fund to
complete their short film projects.Marrickville based writer/director
Shane Danielsen and producer Vanessa Humphrey were one group of winners for their short film ‘The Guests’.
It’s based on a nightmare about a woman with a young child in a foreign land, swamped by mysterious guests arriv-ing for a housewarming party she was unaware of.
Vanessa Humphrey described it as a surreal scenario, essentially dealing with themes of motherhood, isolation and insecurity.
“The funding is incredibly important,” Ms Humphrey said, adding that she hopes to use the experience as a springboard into documentary making.
“For Shane, he’s a writer who wants to make the transition to directing. A short film is a bit like a calling card for the film industry. For him it’s a huge opportunity,” she said.
The other local winners were Director Erin Good and writer Huna Amweero
for their short ‘Let Me Go’ – the tale of a woman caught between two realities, one defined by the oppressive care of her part-ner, the other, a potential way out offered by a mysterious young woman.
Erin Good said the film wouldn’t be made without the funding.
“I’ve done a few short films, some funded, some through film school, some self-funded. You need decent funding to get films made,” Ms Good said.
She said her goal was to break into longer format filmmaking.
“Huna, the writer, and I have a feature film in development,” she said.
“You make shorts mainly to go to film festivals, hopefully to win prizes and get noticed.”
The third winning group were writer/director Matt Holcomb and producer Annie Kinnane for their short film ‘Flat Daddy’.
Arts Minister Troy Grant announced the recipients last week and said the Emerging Filmmakers Fund assists talented new filmmakers from NSW to make high qual-ity short films.
“This is a significant investment for each of these teams, giving them the oppor-tunity to make a film that can become a calling card for future success in the film industry,” Minister Grant said.
Local filmmakers granted $30,000 each to make projects a reality
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Shorts given a boost up
Jessica Mitchell, Huna Amweero, Erin Good, Minister Troy Grant, Annie Kinnane, Matt Holcomb and Vanessa Humphrey at the announcement of the Emerging Filmmakers Fund projects
CHRIS CONNOLLY @connolly2204
“Past recipients include Jennifer Kent, director of ‘The Babadook’, which was the hit of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and internationally acclaimed director
David Michod, who went on from his Emerging Filmmakers Fund film, ‘Cross-bow’, to make ‘Animal Kingdom’ and ‘The Rover’.”
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T V experts the ‘Aussie Pickers’ will be providing free valuations of second hand goods next week-end at the Glebe Markets.
Petersham’s Adam McDonald said the premise of the show is he and colleague Lucas Callaghan travel around Australia fishing around in people’s homes and sheds for hidden gems.
Mr McDonald is an antiques auctioneer with a passion for industrial antiques or “mantiques” as he likes to call them.
Mr Callaghan comes from a family of second-hand dealers and likes to restore things to their former glory.
One of the show’s sponsors is the Gumtree internet classified advertising site and the pair are hosting the Gumtree Roadshow, which will visit Glebe markets on Saturday, September 6 where McDon-ald and Callaghan will help locals value their unwanted items.
With terracotta pot plants, pre-loved suitcases and antique lampshades, the Roadshow will also be showcasing many second-hand goods listed on Gumtree in a specially crafted set.
“There are three things we look for, if it’s old, unusual or well made,” Mr McDonald
said when explaining the art of ‘picking’.“In the old days, things were built to last.
If it’s well made, it will hold its value.”He said while fixing something up may
add value, doing it badly could destroy the value of what was already there.
“If you don’t know how to restore some-thing pass it on to someone who can do it properly,” he said.
“A lot of people would rather buy some-thing unrestored.”
He encouraged people with items they think might be interesting to take them down to the Glebe Markets next weekend.
“There are collectibles in every shape, size and colour. If you can’t bring every-thing down, take snapshots, particularly if it’s quirky or odd,” he said.
Adam McDonald said second-hand deal-ers will usually give good valuations of items.
“The big thing with this industry is you can never buy your name back,” he said.
“If you try to rip people off, you get a bad name and no-one will deal with you.”
The other alternative is to put it up for sale on the Internet where it will find a broader audience, particularly if it’s a niche interest.
“The internet is a great reference point when you’re trying to work out the value of something,” he said.
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P eople in a number of council areas across Sydney had their rubbish collection disrupted last week when private garbage
contractor Transpacific Cleanaway grounded its entire fleet of trucks.
The decision came after two people were killed in an Adelaide accident involving one of their trucks, with the company wanting to conduct safety checks nationwide.
While the residents of Marrickville Council were unaffected as Marrickville still runs its own fleet of trucks, neigh-bouring Ashfield Council was one of the
affected areas so Marrickville garbage collectors stepped up to help clear the backlog in Ashfield.
“We’re friends and neighbours, and that’s what good friends and neighbours do for each other,” said Marrickville Mayor Jo Haylen.
“Because we could help out, naturally we stepped up and did just that. It was an unfortunate situation, but one that we overcame by working together.”
Mayor Haylen said they were commit-ted to their Resource Recovery workers and several of them recently received Certificate IIIs in Waste Management after completing a course that delivered job-specific training devised by Council and TAFE.
Marrickville steps up to fix messy issue
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I was talking to a group in the health industry this week and we discussed ‘low fat’ and ‘sugary’ foods and I wasn’t surprised to hear some of the responses.
Many people think that eating fat is what makes you fat, and that’s great for a company selling low fat products. The people employed to sell all this low fat food must be worth the millions of dollars they make each year.
I saw a processed cheesecake box with ‘low fat’ written in big letters and pictures of strawberries on it like that made it a great healthy food. What the!
Don’t swallow the advertising, or the food. Here are some things that didn’t make the ads. When you
eat, the food is digested into tiny bits and gets into the blood-stream. The hormone Insulin is responsible for storing away all this food and getting it out of the blood and into your cells. Yes including your fat cells!
While Insulin is getting that food out of your blood, it shuts down the systems in your body that use fat for energy until it gets rid of all this energy already in the blood. The more Insulin released the more storage into your cells is happening.
The more often your Insulin spikes up and down the more likely you are to suffer a host of medical issues from diabetes type 2 to cardiovascular disease and obesity; do some research on ‘metabolic syndrome’ too.
Guess what food triggers the highest Insulin release? Simple sugars. Guess what type of food doesn’t trigger this Insulin jump? Fats.
So you could eat fat and your body stay in a fat burning mode. Eat a heap of junky, sugary food and you turn into a fat storing machine.
And yes, sugars can easily get stored as fat. Sugar has also been shown to lower the effectiveness of your immune system for hours and many other unhealthy effects.
So don’t be scared of good fats like your meats, nuts and oils or a ripe avocado; they have lots of benefits. Eat the good natural stuff, feel the difference and have a good weekend.
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We have the fat equals fat equation all wrong
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With spring just around the corner, we’ll be seeing a flurry of activity in our local dog parks. Off leash dog parks represent a highly stimulating place for dogs where they are free to roam, there are interesting and novel scents in plentiful supply and many different textures to sink their paws in.
At the same time, being public places, dogs with various levels of socialisation attend these canine wonderlands and so unfortunately personality clashes and arguments over toys or treats may occur. There are a few things dog owners should think about before and during a dog park session to make it more enjoyable for all.
1. Exercise modestyTry and be a good leader and discour-
age your dog from running up to unfamiliar dogs with gusto. Watch for the tell-tale signs of fear in the new arrival (tail between legs, ears backward, slouched stance) and if identified, ensure you recall your dog.
2. RecallTraining your pet to reliably come when called is vital if your
pet gets into an argument with another dog or, if they are play-ing too close to the road.
3. Drop it!Some dogs have a tendency to hoard toys at home and growl
when their owners attempt to ‘steal’ a toy. This behaviour at the dog park is anti-social and could lead to a disagreement. You can deter obsessive toy-hoarding by ‘asking’ for the valu-able toy that your dog is occupying and as you take the toy, replacing it with an even more valuable toy (such as a meaty bone). Repeating this over and over will slowly extinguish the hoarding behaviour.
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Sunday 14 September 2014Enjoy a group bike ride around the Leichhardt LGA and a free, healthy lunch provided afterwards. Plus there will be music, bike maintenance workshops, riding skills for all ages, unicycling, face painting and free BMX workshops run by the Big Air School!
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Travel writing colleague Roderick Eime has long had a fascination with the Solo-mon Islands, in particular its Pacific War history and the relics it seems capable of
constantly throwing-up.On a recent trip, this time ranging across
the island of New Georgia, Roderick says that once again he wasn’t disappointed in his search for wartime debris.
“So many of these sites are just so rewarding and poignant, particularly where Papua New Guinea and the Solo-mon’s fiercest battles took place,” he said.
“There’s a feeling you have to experience for yourself when you come upon not-before-seen wrecks of planes, ships and tanks – albeit rusty and derelict now – in the jungle, or junk yards or in museums.
“Even with my three visits in eight years, I come upon new and exciting finds each time: this most recent included the wreck-age of an American P-39 Airacobra fighter plane on New Georgia’s south coast, and an M3 Stuart tank on its north coast.”
Roderick says it was while talking
The Pacific War has left its mark on the Solomon Islands, with relics still being discovered regularly
Wartime’s trash is now treasure
It’s placid scenes like this that lure tourists to the beautiful Solomon Islands.Photo: FlickR
with locals of his interest in wartime memorabilia that they told him of the P-39 – followed by an offer to take him there. “With bush knives flying, they took me off on a trail through jungle and cassava fields… until there it was, or what was left from a pretty untidy salvaging job to get as much as possible, including its guns, out to the scrap dealers,” he said.
The villagers also told Roderick that it was the tribal chief at the time who had rescued the pilot of the P-39, as he’d actu-ally bailed out when the aircraft was shot down in a skirmish with Japanese Zero fighters.
But it’s the true fate of that pilot that Roderick is now investigating, as initial enquiries on his return to Australia iden-tified him as still officially ‘Missing in Action.’
Another local, Barney Paulsen also showed Roderick his “open air museum” of Pacific War shell casings, medicine bottles, an aircraft engine, helmets, hand grenades and a Thompson sub-machine gun with its magazine still in place.
And Barney pointed out that those who kept their eyes open, were today still finding personal items once belonging to American servicemen – he’s found watches, badges and identification tags.
DAVID ELLIS
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If you’re planning a business trip or heavenly holiday then don’t leave things until the last minute. Now is the time to do your
homework, go through your itinerary and organise your paperwork. With Venus moving through your relationship zone from September 6-30 aim to be more positive about partnerships.
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ARIES MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20
You’ll have to dig deeper if you want to decipher what’s really going on, especially when it comes to a child, teenager or friend.
Make sure you focus on verified facts, rather than vague fantasies. If you have set ideas about the way the weekend should proceed, then the Aquarian Moon will turn your expectations upside down.
TAURUS APRIL 21 TO MAY 21
Your daily job or routine chores may feel like one step forwards and two steps back. Saturn and Mars encourage you to perse-
vere and keep your motivation levels high. As birthday great Lily Tom-lin said: “The road to success is always under construction.” Venus vis-its your domestic zone from September 6-30 so strive to make your home a haven of peace, love and domestic harmony!
GEMINI MAY 22 TO JUNE 21
Trust is a big issue in a romantic or platonic relationship this week Crabs. Avoid the temptation to stew over perceived slights
and hold onto grudges. Find room in your heart to forgive and forget. The Moon and Saturn are at odds on Sunday, which sets your frustra-tion levels on high. If something’s not working, leave it for another day.
CANCER JUNE 22 TO JULY 22
Your recuperative powers are strong as you rejuvenate mind, body and spirit. Mid-week is the time to initiate professional pro-
jects and make financial decisions, as Pluto boosts your business acu-men. Be inspired by birthday great Freddie Mercury: “I always knew I was a star. And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.”
LEO JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23
Car problems need to be attended to ASAP. Being a perfectionist is fraught with frustrations, so try to take things in your stride.
On the weekend, it will be hard for others to resist your voluptuous Vir-go charms. So ask your partner for the moon and the stars, and they might just deliver.
VIRGO AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23
Mercury moves into your sign which is terrific for talking, tex-ting and tweeting (but resist the urge to be indecisive). Money
matters are on your mind as you weigh up the pros and cons of spend-ing versus saving. Librans appreciate the finer things in life but, in the current economic climate, strive to reign in your love of luxury.
LIBRA SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23
With mighty Mars moving through your sign (until September 14) it’s time to get some firm direction as you tackle projects
with courage, confidence. Plus Pluto boosts your ability to affect oth-ers deeply via a social media blitz or a local community project. Don’t waste the opportunity to make a real difference.
SCORPIO OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22
Work and business get a welcome boost from the Sun/Pluto trine, as others sit up and listen to what you have to say. But
don’t even think about cutting corners. If you are slap-dash and take short-cuts, it will only backfire and you’ll just end up having to do eve-rything twice. If you are organised and focused, then you can move mountains and still have time for fun and games!
SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21
This week many Capricorns will be given the chance to heal an old emotional wound or patch up a long-standing relationship
problem, courtesy of the powerful Sun/Pluto trine. Accept the oppor-tunity gratefully, with outstretched hands and an open heart. Don’t let false pride stop you from taking a massive leap forward.
CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20
JOANNE MADELINE MOORE
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Ten years ago, even five years ago, fashion and exercise were two things that just didn’t go together.
Excluding the 80’s, where matching leg warmers and leotards ruled the gym, to work out we’d throw on a pair of shorts and a baggy shirt – but these days, fashion and fitness go hand in hand.
Going to the gym in today’s society takes at least 30 minutes of outfit preparation because walking through those doors is like walking into a party full of scrutinising eyes that want nothing more than to judge your outfit choices.
The same thing goes for heading outdoors for a run; it feels more like a fashion show than it really should, but I kind of like it.
I used to be of the opinion that working out should be a time for wearing your old, daggy clothes and only that but, while your daggies are still acceptable at the gym, I have slowly been convinced that there is also a place for fashion.
I used to believe that people who were wearing colourful gym tights, matching crop tops and designer prints were sacrificing their comfort for the sake of looking good while they work out, which is something that I was no okay with – and quite passionately so, I might add.
But I had failed to realise that if this was the case, if they were sacrificing their comfort for looks, what does it matter?
It wouldn’t be the first time that people have sacrificed their comfort for fashion – think about those shoes you love but can’t wear without first sticking multiple bandaids on tender spots to avoid killer blisters later; it’s the same situation.
As someone who used to hate exercise with a passion, I am amazed at the difference throwing fashion into the mix has made.
Buying new workout gear – matching tights, tops, shoes... you name it – and browsing the latest trends in sports wear is as exciting to me now as any other type of fashion and believe it or not, it makes me want to exercise more and more, which can only be a good thing for my health, right?
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Resurrection of Aussie rock legends not to be missed
Sarah McLeod, accomplished solo artist and former front-woman for Aussie rock band The Superjesus doesn’t like to be restricted by genre.
“My brain is all over the place and I just get ideas every day that are totally differ-ent to the next idea,” she said.
“They’re all musical, they’re all interest-ing, but they’re never the same.”
Take for example the project that she has in mind for the future, one that may surprise those that only really know Sarah as an iconic woman in the world of rock.
“I want to do a record in the next couple of years that’s a swing record. I want to do a full Frank Sinatra swing record but write the songs, I don’t want to be like Michael Buble,” she said.
“I’ll still write them and I’ll keep them edgy and tough but with a bit of a swing edge, like big band stuff.”
Fans of Aussie rock will no doubt have fond memories of Sarah’s time with The Superjesus. Though it’s been 20 years since the band formed they once again joined forces for a reunion show in Febru-ary last year before heading out on ‘The Resurrection Tour’ in May and June – the first time the band had done an Australia-wide tour in 10 years.
“It was like being back with my broth-ers again and I’d forgotten how much I loved them, so for the soul it was nice to remember that part of my life again and remember who I was when I was younger and sort of feeling like that again because of the association of being with them,” Sarah said.
“And then professionally it was great fun to learn how to play those songs again and fall in love with them again myself, because I hadn’t listened to them for 10 years.”
Reflecting on her time with The Superje-sus Sarah does admit that it wasn’t all smooth sailing.
“In the public it all looked like it was fun but inside it was always – we had a lot of dramas – we were never really that comfortable and happy and we had a few line-up changes.”
Regardless of the up and down nature of life in a band, there are some very fond memories that Sarah has of those days, including one particular rock star moment.
“I remember we were on tour in America and we were in Chicago and I think we had two days off before the next gig. I had to come back to Australia for the Arias because we were nominated for Best Rock Album and so the label flew me back business class and I got to go from Chicago back to Sydney, fly in, win an Aria, party
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all night, catch the red eye out back to Chicago and pretty much got a cab from the airport straight to the backstage of the gig, said ‘hey everybody we won, unreal’, had a beer and then got on stage,” she said.
“It was particularly cool. I was totally shattered and hungover but just running on adrenaline.”
Come October The Superjesus will once again hit the road – this time with The Tea Party at the Enmore Theatre – and they’ll be playing a few smaller gigs too, as the band haven’t played together since the start of the year.
“Those are always – to me anyway – the most fun gigs because they’re really impromptu and we don’t really know what we’re going to do until we get there,” she said.
“There’s some sort of loose energy about that, that I always find is the most fun.”
Of course after two tours fans are obvi-ously keen to know whether The Superje-sus will be recording new material. While Sarah states that they have been ‘doing a bit of writing’ there is no definitive answer just yet.
“I think we’ll know more about how we feel about it after this tour,” she said.
Earlier this year Sarah hit the road for
the ‘Man The Lifeboats’ tour with The Tea Party frontman Jeff Martin. The co-head-liner tour was clearly a great experience for Sarah, who admits that the two are quite competitive with each other.
“I find myself really inspired by Jeff and I find that I play better when I’m playing with Jeff because I know that he listens to me and I’m just singing the living s**t out of everything just to impress him,” she said.
After the success of the tour Sarah and Jeff will be joining forces on an upcoming album, much to the delight of fans.
“We just made a new album, we just finished it last week, that’s going to be coming out next year so that’s pretty exciting.”
And of course, as you would expect from a musician who has no time for monotony, the album will be far from middle of the road.
“You wait until you hear the new album I’ve done with Jeff. Variety with a capital V!”
The Superjesus will be will be support-ing The Tea Party at the Enmore Theatre on Wednesday, October 15. Tickets are $89.90. For more information see www.enmoretheatre.com.au.
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Breaking all the rules
The Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival is breaking new ground with its first ever pregnant comedian Loani Arman bringing her new
show ‘Ultra-Un-Sound’ to the Factory Theatre on September 10 and 12.
Last year, Arman scandalised Fringe Festivalgoers with her debut solo show ‘Lady Bits’, which helped her cement a reputation as the cheeky girl of comedy in Sydney.
This year, when she returned from overseas and found herself out of work, pregnant and living with her parents, she decided she had the perfect follow-up show to ‘Lady Bits’.
“As a comedian, I get the chance to break some of life’s rules, but as a pregnant comedian, I get the chance to smash them,” Arman said.
“Being pregnant is a scary experience for women. Some women go to antenatal classes to deal with that. I do stand up comedy instead.”
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She said pregnancy and comedy aren’t often on stage together although crea-tive people often liken developing their projects to giving birth.
However, as she approaches her eighth month of pregnancy, she’s quietly confi-dent that giving birth to this new produc-tion won’t be too literal on the night.
“I’m excited to be bringing ‘Ultra-Un-Sound’ to Sydney Fringe Comedy and giving people the chance to laugh at one of life’s most colourful and complicated journeys – becoming a parent,” she said.
Loani Arman has performed in a number of Australian TV comedy shows from ‘Always Greener’ to ‘Review with Myles Barlow’, ‘Laid’, ‘A Moody Christmas’ and ‘The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting’. She was also a writer and performer in the ABC2 all female sketch series ‘Late Night Angel Weenie Baby’.
Joining her in ‘Ultra-Un-Sound’ will be new mum Celeste Barber best known as paramedic Bree Matthews on ‘All Saints’ and as a regular performer on ‘The Matty Johns Show’.
‘Ultra-Un-Sound’ will play at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville at 7pm on Wednesday, September 10 and Friday, September 12. Tickets are $15.
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If you want to stay warm on a cold winter’s night, one option is to get up close, but not too close, to some of Australia’s best fire performers.
Circaholics Anonymous are bringing their dazzling fire and circus show to the PACT Theatre in Erskineville as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. The free half hour show will be performed twice a night from Thursday, September 25 though to Saturday, September 27.
Director Calvin Grant and choreographer Janae Brady are joined by Mairead Harte, Joshua Groth, Rebecca Stephens and Joel Baker (aka Thanatos, Ignacia, Marmalade, Kaidon, Allegra and Jebus).
Calvin Grant says for as long as he can remember he has lived for performing including acting, singing and dancing.
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He says he is always on the hunt for new tricks and equipment even if it means making it himself.
“There is no idea too hard, stupid or dangerous that you can’t add fire to,” Grant said.
He says where other groups use fire as part of the performance, they make fire central to the show.
They have appeared at the Catapult and Wintermagic festivals, Sydney on Fire and various local and regional festivals as well as TV appearances on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’, the ‘7pm Project’ and the ‘Morn-ing Show’.
Each show showcases the artists’ vari-ous performing skills while breaking the boundaries of conventional circus and physical theatre.
Grant adds that all necessary precautions are taken for each and every performance and the shows are suitable for all ages to attend.
Circaholics Anonymous plays at the PACT Theatre, 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville. Performances are at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Thursday, September 25 though to Saturday, September 27. Performances are free but donations are appreciated.
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Firmly etched in Sydney’s cultural calendar as one of its key events, the annual Sydney Underground Film Festival is now its eighth year and will this year include more than 100 features, docos and short films across four cinemas at the Factory Theatre. This is one annual event not to be missed by any indie film buff. Tickets prices vary. To book call 9550 3666.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years… Area-7 is by far Australia’s most successful punk and ska band going around. Their two decade career has seen some amazing highlights including appearences on ‘Rove Live’ and ‘Hey Hey’. Now the boys are ready to hit the road again playing all their biggest hits in a far more relaxed but still energetic show at the Factory Theatre. Fans, don’t miss out! Tickets are $20. To book call 9550 3666.
Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro are returning to our shores next month for a national headlining act after touring with Soundwave Festival to two sold-out gigs in both Sydney and Melbourne. Biffy Clyro have firmly established themselves as one of the biggest bands in the UK following the amazing success of their current album ‘Opposites’. Tickets are $68.70. To book call 9550 3666.
This Father’s Day take your hero (dad!) to see some superheroes, sporting legends and famous dads like Brad Pitt, Bruce Lee and Hugh Jackman at Madame Tussauds. Best part is dad gets in for free, so make a point of shouting him the day out! Get your voucher from their Facebook page.
World class comedy comes to the Inner West every Tuesday night at the Enmore Comedy Club. Each week the Enmore’s freshly refurbished café transforms into an intimate comedy club. This week’s line-up includes David Smiedt, Paul Ogata, Ray Badran and Jackie Loeb, whose laugh-a-minute jokes will have you in tears by the end of the evening. It’s a great evening with friends and family. Tickets are $15 at the door. To book call 9550 3666.
Organised by the Neighbourhood Centre, this market allows Newtown locals to sell their goods on the high street. The small-but-hip market offers a whole lot of cheap vintage clothes and shoes, as well as second-hand books, magazines and records. Hot Tip: Visit the record stall early to find a rare or old-time favourite vinyl. For more information call 9516 4755.
The Concordia Choir is practising every Wednesday in preparation for a singing festival coming up in October and taking place in Canberra, where German choirs from all around the country come to perform together. You don’t have to be a Dame Sutherland or a Pavarotti to take part, you just have to love to sing and have some idea about reading German. Practice begins at 7.30pm.
Youth aged 15 – 26 years are invited to get creative in Term 3 with the new range of ‘one hit wonders’ art programs at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Pine Street is the City’s only dedicated arts centre, which offers a range of creative opportunities for young people. The program offers a series of one and two-session workshops on painting, drawing, youth art and street art. Costs vary. See whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.
The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike. Visit the exhibition at the NSW Art Gallery and vote for your favourite portrait in the People’s Choice award. Tickets are $12. For more information call 9225 1744.
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Another massive weekend of live entertainment is planned for the Town and Country Hotel this weekend. Remosk is back this Friday with very special guests Port Royal and Red Zora. Paul Hayward and Friends will be continuing their Saturday afternoons and on Saturday night, 6 Strings aka Blake Higgins returns to the Town and Country Hotel. WillTricity are back and are preparing for a Sunday to remember – what a way to say goodbye to winter!
The place to be on Wednesdays is the Camelot Lounge for the Gypsy Art Club. The Gypsy Art Club is a life-drawing session complete with evocative live music. All you need is an easel and sketch pad for a night of music, pizza and cocktails, in an inspiring and eclectic atmosphere. Cost is $10. Bring your thinking hat!
The second edition of the Girls With Guitars night out at the intimate and beautiful Django Bar in Marrickville is next week. Four predominantly female musical acts will present their talent whilst you snack on meze platters, pizzas or ice-cream and enjoy the ambience of exceptional home-grown talent in a mobile phone free environment. It’ll be a great night to usher in the start of the weekend. Tickets are $10. To book call 9980 6677.
Tickets have been released today (Friday, August 29) for the Sydney Season of Cirque Du Soleil’s ‘Totem’. With the release of new tickets has also come the announcement that the Sydney season will be extended by a month, ending in January 2015. Featuring a cast of 45 acrobats, actors, musicians and singers, ‘Totem’ is an uplifting array of athleticism, comedy, heartfelt emotions and surprising visual effects that is not to be missed by Sydneysiders. Book your tickets today! Visit www.cirquedusoleil.com or www.ticketek.com.au.
After a sell-out show in May, Sons of Sun is returning to Camelot Lounge to bring to the inner-city residents a rock and roll play about Sun Record, Memphis and the artists that started their careers there. Told through the character of its founder Sam Phillips, his assistant Marion Keisker, and the famous musicians that Sam recorded, this Australian show features a three piece live band fronted by John Kennedy, performing 35 songs from Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and many more. See stickytickets.com.au.
Sick of seeing the same old sites at your local market? Why not check out the opening of Danks Street Market, Waterloo this weekend. Being the first time ever that the market is open to the public, it is sure to be a big one. “Customers will find everything to fulfil their weekly shopping needs, including an exciting choice of fashion, home wares, plants, flowers and of course, eco-friendly, sustainable, fair trade and healthy products,” Elizabeth Taylor, a founder of Organic Food Markets, said. See organicfoodmarkets.com.au.
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Wingara Wine Group have released a new and somewhat quirkily-named La La Land label; with a 2013 Tempranillo and a 2013 Malbec from its Victorian vineyards the first two to hit the shelves.
And both live up nicely to the claims of winemaker Phil Spillman as to their great generosity of flavour. The Malbec is a particularly rewarding “buy now and drink now” wine with plump dark-fruit flavours, sugges-tions of spice and chocolate, and vanilla undertones. Phil suggests it as an ideal match with slow-cooked Argentinian-style barbecued beef short ribs. That makes sense as Argentina now produces 75 per cent of the world’s Malbec, and BBQ beef ribs are somewhat of a national dish over there (where they marinate it in red wine, sprinkle with rock salt, slow-cook over a medium fire, and put on the table with the Malbec).
At $16 each, both the La La Land Malbec and Tempra-nillo are good-value buying.
One to note: Howard Vineyard, which was estab-lished near Nairne in the Adelaide Hills less than 10 years ago, is gaining an almost cult following with some exceptional single-vineyard wines that are crafted with food very much in front of mind.
One such is their 2013 Pinot Gris made from fruit from a vineyard at Schoenthal, 450m up in the Hills, and which shows just how well the variety does here.
In fact the Adelaide Hills could be said to have the perfect climate for making some of the finest Pinot Gris in Australia. Pay $22 at Howard Vineyard’s cellar door for this beaut drop.
A taste of Argentina that’s a winner
CHATTERON THE BOX
Channel Seven has secured yet another
major sporting event, this time grabbing the exclusive rights to the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. The announcement comes on the back of Seven winning the rights to the upcoming Summer and Winter Olympics. With the next Comm Games taking place in Australia, expect Seven to be the real winners.
Still on sport, from this Sunday, August
31 basketball lovers will get to watch the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup for the first time on free to air TV on ABC2. All the big international players from the NBA and all over the world will be making appearances in the tourna-ment. With the competition taking place in Spain, expect many games to air during the early morning.
Former ‘Today Tonight’ presenter and Channel
Seven personality Matt White will host a revived series of ‘RPM’ on Channel Ten in 2015. White, who announced his return to Ten in April, will host the once popular motoring show as well as the V8 Supercars.
The ABC will air a two part doco series on
September 16 and 23 called ‘Brilliant Creatures’. The series will profile four prominent Australians who left our shores in the 1950s and 60s and became cultural successes in New York and London such as Germaine Greer.
Fans of ‘90210’ will be pleased to know the
show is due back on ELEVEN on Saturday, September 6 at 5pm. The series will pick up from season four, which originally went to air in the US in 2011. I guess we’re a little behind here but that won’t stop die-hard fans from watching re-runs.
Channel Ten can’t get enough of their reality
shows and another popular overseas one has popped up on their radar. It’s been reported that Ten are interested in making a local version of the British hit ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ in 2015. Ten won’t confirm the rumour... just yet!
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Rockdale had the first chance of the game when Sean Symons fired a shot over the bar. Then it was Olympic’s turn when Troy Danaskos forced a save from Suns’ keeper Tomislav Arcaba.
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