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I
partook in an involuntary
experiment in letting go this
week, when I misplaced my
mobile phone. I realised I
was missing this useful but
demanding extension of my left arm
shortly after jumping into a taxi to
settle in for a 20-minute drive. But
how would I keep on top of my
seemingly endless stream of work
emails, scour news sites for updates
or check in with my favourite
identities on social media?
As I contemplated throwing myself
out of the slow-moving vehicle and
dashing back to the office to retrieve
said piece of technology, the taxi
driver turned to me and made a
comment about an old typewriter
discarded on the side of the road.
It turned out my rather dashing
Peruvian driver was a collector of
vintage typewriters, a hobby born from his love
of writing historical novels. He went on to regale
me with a fascinating and winding tale of
rebellion and subterfuge involving the national
mint and an altered banknote. So engrossed was
I that he parked up outside my house for a good
five minutes to finish the story.
Then came time to sit down with my two-year-
old daughter for her dinner. After preparing her
meal and playing together on the kitchen floor,
we usually settle into our
standard routine: she
devours her food at a
her day. Between mouthfuls, I learned
she’d made a new friend, Lior,
jumped really, really high and visited
the sand pit in the sky (the rooftop
playground at her daycare centre).
Technology has enhanced our lives
in so many ways, but I got a gentle
reminder not to let it stop you
looking up and enjoying the people
and the things around you.
So that’s why in 2018 I have
resolved to practise being more ‘in
the moment’, as the wellness gurus
would put it. My other resolution,
inspired by our royally impressive
cover star HRH Crown Princess
Mary, is to resolve to find new ways
to use the position I am fortunate
enough to find myself in to help
champion important causes.
In an exclusive interview with The
Weekly’s Editor Juliet Rieden, the
BELOW: Crown Crown Princess spoke passionately but humbly
Princess Mary was about her 10 years at the helm of the Mary
all smiles as she Foundation, tackling challenging issues such as
enjoyed a day on
bullying and domestic violence, and her
Sydney Harbour
before Christmas. determination to keep driving real and lasting
societal change (see page 14). Of course, even
crown princesses need some R&R at the end of a
busy year, and it was delightful to see Mary and
Crown Prince Frederik enjoying their shared
passion of sailing right here on a sunny
Sydney Harbour, before visiting family in
Hobart for the holidays.
Wherever you are, I hope you’re taking

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to enquire “what’s this?” pleasures. From all of us at The Weekly,
of strategically hidden we wish you a happy and healthy 2018.
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contents
January 2018
On the cover
14 Exclusive interview:
HRH Crown Princess Mary
24 Harry & Meghan: the inside
story on the wedding breaking all
the royal rules
30 Don Burke victim: "I'm finally
free after 20 years of torment"
42 Murder mystery: the evil
genius and the girl in the submarine
68 Bette Davis exposé: her
lovers, catfight and family feud
93 Your stars for 2018
126 A taste of summer: seasonal
salads, delicious, healthy meals,
Julie Goodwin's mango desserts
and much more
Up front
4 Editor’s letter: from the desk
of The Weekly’s Nicole Byers
11 Open line: readers’ letters
20 Dave Hughes: we meet the
comedian's family, the inspiration
for much of his humour
36 Those were the crazy days:
the cast of Swinging Safari tell us
about their childhoods in the '70s
48 Australian of the Year: meet
the contenders for the 2018 title
56 Love second time around,
with a difference: why more
and more married women are in
lesbian relationships
62 Trip of a lifetime: dreams
88
come true for two wonderful boys
from Brisbane
74 Read all about it: Australian 14
authors share their favourite books
80 Annie Leibovitz: the great
photographer gives us a peek at
the world as she sees it
86 Humour: Amanda Blair is
lured by lipstick, finally 48
88 The art of healing: Sally
Fitzgibbons shares her tips on
recovering from adversity
100 Family matters: Pat
McDermott gears up for the
January sales
Fashion
& Beauty
102 Island paradise:
the best fashion for lazy
summer afternoons
109 Super accessories
110 Workshop: clever
68
wardrobe updates
114 Beauty: how to age-
proof your hair
24
118 Beauty news and
The Pretty List
Health
120 How to be fearless: tips
from Lorna Jane Clarkson
122 Health news
123 Ask the doctor: readers’
health questions answered
The voice of Australian women
JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 7
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93
Food & Home
126 Summer salads: Michele
Cranston shares her favourite “take
a plate” dishes
132 The secret to health
and wellbeing: the delicious
Mediterranean approach to eating
138 Easy picnic breads: sweet
and savoury loaves to impress
144 Four ways with lamb
chops: top flavour boosters for the
humble chop
146 Julie Goodwin’s sweet and
simple mango treats: mouth-
watering recipes to take advantage
of summer’s bountiful harvest
152 Ask the experts: four
fabulous ways with festive leftovers
154 Quick bites: the latest food
news and kitchen products
156 Home design: an indoor-
outdoor house in Fremantle, WA
160 Get the look the ultimate in
Bohemian interior styling
Recipe index
Savoury
130 Brown rice salad with
pumpkin
130 Cauliflower and parsley
salad
134 Chicken skewers with
peach caprese salad
129 Corn and mixed bean
salad
144 Dukka-crusted lamb
cutlets
137 Greek vegetable pie
with yellow split pea dip
144 Haloumi and fig paste
110
Regulars 146
161 Home hints: handy tips
and clever tricks
162 Clippings: all things lemon
scented for summer
164 Back to school: colourful
and cute school accessories to
make learning fun for all ages.
166 What’s on: must-see shows,
movies, events and exhibitions
169 Reading room: our pick of
the latest books
173 Money: how to make the best
of cash bonuses big and small
174 Cruising: the destinations
that are sure to be a hit in 2018
177 Travel news: great escapes
and terrific deals and tips
179 Puzzles: test your skills with
our bumper set of brain-teasers
192 Horoscopes: what’s in
your stars this month
194 End note: five things that
made us smile
194
152 Roast pork and apple
rolls
corn wedges
Sweet
145 Rosemary barbecue 154 Cheat’s Australia Day
stuffed lamb cutlets sauce lamb cutlets cake
145 Indian-spiced lamb 133 Salmon parcels with 151 Dairy-free no-cook
cutlets potatoes mango cheesecake
152 Leftovers fried rice 143 Seeded cheddar soda 143 Dark chocolate, cherry
131 Noodle salad bread with chilli butter and walnut soda bread
129 Prosciutto and potato 152 Smoked salmon and 149 Easy mango frozen
salad egg toasties yoghurt
140 Red lentil and pumpkin 135 Spicy prawn and white 143 Flourless almond, peach
wraps bean panzanella and orange blossom loaves
134 Roasted rosemary pork, 130 Summer salad of 150 Julie’s mango blondies
fennel and potatoes peaches and blueberries 151 Mango and tumeric
137 Roasted sumac chicken 152 Turkey enchiladas panna cotta
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Pearl of Letter of the month

wisdom I wish to commend you on your wonderful
article on female church leaders (The New
Let your smile Faithfuls, AWW, Christmas issue). The
female rabbi, bishop and Muslim community
change the leader were great examples of female
world, but don’t empowerment. I am a Christian and at my
let the world church there have been two wonderful
change your female ministers. One even conducted the
service of my late father’s funeral. Some
smile. people believe that women should not be
Athalie Guthridge, preachers but the New Testament has
Mt Gambier, SA examples of female deacons. Phoebe, for example, was a deaconess (Rom 16:1) . Keep up the good
work, Women’s Weekly, with great articles about girl power! Angela Morrissey, Eaglehawk, Vic.
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(The Down-To-Earth Dame, AWW, Christmas The battles that Aussie families have endured
issue). Her new role in Paddington 2 seems to but still battle on with their families is so heart-
be one of her favourites, and spreading the warming, and as for having Father Kevin with
message of acceptance and love can never be them, they are so lucky. What a lovely man.
MURDER MYSTERY
The evil genius
The wedding breaking
all the royal rules
wrong. Even though she has faced hardship and J. Vanzella, Bowral, NSW.
& the girl in the
submarine
losses, her resilience and grassroots humour is
EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW
HRH Crown
obviously keeping her young, vital and active. Achievers of all ages
Princess The world is pleased retirement is not on the I enjoy your Women of the Future articles and
Mary
DON BURKE
Bette Davis exposé
Her lovers, catfights
and family feud

A taste of
cards for this amazing enigmatic actor. finding out about the new business initiatives and
SUMMER
VICTIM
I’m finally free
after 20 years
of torment
Seasonal
C. Hatzis, Yokine, WA. enterprises these creative, forward-thinking
salads
Delicious
healthy meals
Julie
Goodwin’s
young women have come up with. It’s very
PLUS YOUR STARS FOR 2018
mango
desserts
A fighting chance inspiring. However, I am often struck by the age
COVER: HRH CROWN Not being a big fan of boxing, I almost skimmed limit of 18-34 years. Could we have either an open
PRINCESS MARY past the story of Jeff and Jo Horn (Why I’m age range, or a competition solely for more
Photography by Fighting For My Family, AWW, Christmas issue). mature women? After all, innovative ideas are not
Erik Refner I’m pleased I took the time to read about these restricted to the under 35s. With older women
two lovely and humble people. How wonderful now the fastest growing demographic at risk
that Jeff has come through a childhood of of homelessnesss, a helping hand with some
bullying to a role of teacher to children and of our own genius ideas based on our rich life
WRITE TO US then to world champion. With Jo by his side and experiences, and a chance to display our
Letter of the Month wins a new baby to come, he really does now have potential, would be wonderful. Keep up the great
$100. Your postal address everything to smile about. work. I always enjoy reading your magazine.
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In the news
We hail women making their mark in world politics and maternity
wards, and admire the camera skills of a curious orangutang.

Aussie fireys fight the

California blaze
As we go to press, Californian
wildfires are burning across an area
of land bigger than New York City
and Boston combined. In the worst
wildfire season on record, fires have
destroyed more than 1000 buildings
in communities including Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura and
the state’s wine-growing centres of
Napa Valley and Sonoma.
Californian Governor Jerry Brown
described the situation as “the new
normal” and suggested that, as the
impacts of climate change intensify,
“this could be something that
happens every year or every few FRIENDS FOR LIFE Adelaide Year 10 students are
years”. Australian, Mexican and
Canadian firefighters have joined
turning memories into memoirs and making friends
around 8700 American fireys for life. The youngsters have been paired with local
battling the blazes. Aussie firefighters nursing home residents to write a book of each elder’s
have been helping out in the worst
life. The project will soon be adopted in other states.
American bushfire seasons for more
than 50 years. Among those taking part in the project are Patrick Fleming with his subject Jean and
Derek (above, left) and Jared Della Pace with Joy (right).

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 [ Monthly round-up ]

HOUSE OF
CLAIRE
Netflix drama House
of Cards will return
for its final season
with Robin Wright’s
Claire Underwood as
Commdander in
Chief after Kevin
Spacey became the
LADIES LEAD latest Hollywood
THE WAY heavyweight to be
The face of politics is changing. embroiled in a sexual
Following the election of New harassment scandal.
Zealand’s youngest Prime Minister, Netflix confirmed
Jacinda Ardern, 37, Meaghan Scanlon, Spacey will not be in
24, became the youngest woman to season 6, thus
sit in Queensland’s parliament, putting his on-screen
and Iceland has elected Katrin wife front and centre.
Jakobsdottir, as PM at the age of just 41. Spacey played the
From top: Jacinda Ardern, Meaghan diabolical Frank
Scanlon and Katrin Jakobstdottir. Underwood in
previous seasons.

Baby round-up
TURIA PITT
Turia announced
the birth of her
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on December 7 photographer Ian Wood was trying to
with a simple capture an original shot when an
“Welcome to the orangutan stole his camera. The result
world Hakavai
was a hilarious and highly original
Hoskin”.
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KERR
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SARAH shrinking violet when his
HARRIS
The birth of Harry godmother, Brigitte
Scanlan Ward on Macron, came to visit. The
December 8 left
journalist mum cub growled and jumped
Sarah Harris at the French First Lady at
“knackered,
but happy”. an event at the Beauval
Zoo in Paris’ south.
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 CROWN PRINCESS MARY

A decade
of giving
back
As Crown Princess Mary and her family enjoy a private holiday back in Australia,
Her Royal Highness talks to Juliet Rieden about 10 years of the ground-
breaking Mary Foundation, her deeply felt belief that everyone needs “a solid
dose of empathy” and how this Tassie-born royal found her place in Denmark.

I
n 2004, in honour of the
wedding of HRH Crown Prince
Frederik to Australia’s own
Mary Donaldson, a 1.1 million
kroner ($176,000) gift was
raised in Denmark and Greenland.
As wedding gifts go, this was a pretty
generous one and certainly a sign of
how much faith Danes had in their
new Crown Princess. That trust was
paid back in spades when three years
later the new royal put the people’s
funds to work and launched her
Mary Foundation.
HRH The Crown Princess’s vision
was to create a powerful initiative
that gave something back to
Denmark, a program of projects that
would tangibly help the most
vulnerable and tackle key social
problems. Under an overarching
mantel of combating social isolation,
based on the belief that everyone
has a right to belong, the Mary
Foundation has identified and
“The last 10 years have been a
rewarding and challenging journey,”
Crown Princess Mary tells The
Weekly. “We have worked hard and
in collaboration with experts and
partners have established the Mary
Foundation. That our efforts can help
to improve people’s lives and give
them a sense of hope for the future,
gives all of us at the Mary Foundation
a sense of fulfilment and pride.
“However, today I am more
convinced than ever that our work
has only just begun. When working
with social issues, you quickly find
out that the more you learn, the more
complex it becomes − and the more
humble you get when it comes to
creating lasting changes and securing
long-term impact.”
The royal may feel humbled by the
task, but Crown Princess Mary’s
passion is obvious and the Foundation
is a proud badge of honour for
Danes, who are hugely supportive
third of schools. So when Crown
Princess Mary’s youngest son came
home talking about her work it was
a wonderful moment for her, as a
mother. “Vincent came home [from
school] and told me that they were
learning about ‘mum’s project’,” says
Crown Princess Mary proudly.
“I haven’t sat them down and
explained in detail what my work
is focused on,” she says. “However,
they are definitely aware of some
of the issues that deeply concern me,
as we talk about them and they ask
me questions about, for example,
the children I meet in Africa.”
Six-year-old twins TRH Prince
Vincent and Princess Josephine are in
their first year at school. Like their
elder siblings, TRH Prince Christian,
12, and Princess Isabella, 10, they are
not at a private school, but a public
school – Tranegårdskolen in Hellerup,
in suburban Copenhagen, just north of
their home in the Amalienborg Palace.
AUSTRALSCOPE.

developed around 10 projects within of her work. The “Free of Bullying” This is the first generation of Danish
three focus areas of bullying and program, pioneered by the royal children not to have been
well-being, domestic violence and Foundation, has been introduced into privately educated, which is a big
loneliness. half of Danish kindergartens and a deal. The Danish court is more than »

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[ Exclusive cover story ]

1000 years old – one of the oldest
monarchies in the world – but as a
new era hovers on the horizon with
Crown Prince Frederik and his
Tasmanian wife Crown Princess Mary
at the helm, it is also proving to be
one of the most modern and open-
minded, and initiatives like the
Mary Foundation’s Free of Bullying
program being widely used at
classroom level are an important part
of the new monarchy.
Royal role model
Danes also see Crown Princess Mary
as a role model, says Lars Hovbakke
Sørensen, royal commentator and
Assistant Professor at Denmark’s
University College Absalon. “She is
a role model in many different ways.
But most important is in her care for
children, women and other people
with social or health problems. By
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her work she demonstrates that even
if you are a person without any social
or economic problems and even if you
belong to the ‘upper class’ – or the
royal family – you can talk and work
together with any ‘ordinary’ person.
She speaks with ‘ordinary’ people, to
children and those facing social
problems in a really natural way.”
This sense of genuinely connecting
with people is key in the royal’s
personal message to her four
children. “We feel that we have a
responsibility as part of our role as
parents to bring up our children to
be open and tolerant adults, with a
solid dose of empathy,” the Crown
Princess explains. “It is important
that we have the ability to reflect and
to put ourselves in the situation of
others, to see things from another
perspective. Empathy is what holds
our world together.”
“Part of our
role as parents
is to bring up
our children to
be open and
tolerant.”
Empathy is certainly at the heart of
the Mary Foundation’s work. “The
Foundation has been very effective,”
says Sørensen, “both regarding the
concrete work but also because
Crown Princess Mary’s personal
engagement in the work creates a new
[and vital] attention to the problems
the Foundation works with.”
The need to belong
I ask the Crown Princess what
spurred her on, not just to establish
the Foundation, but to concentrate on
the areas she has chosen, including
social isolation. For Crown Princess
Mary, it seems it was elemental. “As
far back as I can recall, I have always
found it difficult to see a person
seemingly alone, a person standing on
the outside looking in, a person who
doesn’t feel like they belong,” she
explains. “I believe that we all have a
 fundamental need to be an accepted
and valued member of a group, that
we are an important part of something
greater than ourselves. Alone, we feel
vulnerable. This is the basic idea
behind the Mary Foundation’s
underlying philosophy that everyone
has the right to belong. All of our
work and efforts are targeted at
combating social isolation, whether
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it leads to or is the result of bullying,
domestic violence or loneliness. Today,
we know that the feeling of happiness
and the quality of our health are
closely linked to whether we feel that
we have good and close relations.”
Tackling bullies
Bullying is one of the Foundation’s key
areas and a hot topic for all mothers as
vicious trolls on social media wreak
emotional devastation all over the
world and fuel terrifying social
scourges such as the rise in teen suicide.
“The dynamics of bullying are the
same online and offline,” says Crown
Princess Mary. “But social media does
provide a new channel for bullying.
Digital bullying extends bullying past
the school day and it is therefore often
ABOVE: Crown Princess Mary in her office.
LEFT: The Crown Prince couple at the
10-year anniversary gala for The Mary
Foundation.
experienced as a relentless pressure and
stress. Another factor is that messages
or words alone – which are often sent
anonymously – can have an even more
brutal impact than if said face-to-face.
“In Denmark, the way we view
bullying is changing,” she adds.
“Today the focus is more and more
on the group and each child within
the group, no longer just the children
who bully and the children who are
being bullied. We view bullying as not
being about vulnerable children or
mean children, but rather about
unhealthy dynamics within a group.
Therefore, if we are to effectively
combat bullying, we have to engage
everyone within the group. It’s about
the group, with the guidance and
support of teachers and parents,
creating a common set of values and
a common understanding of what it
means to be a good friend. Creating
a culture where bullying within the
group is seen as unacceptable.
“This is the basic idea behind Free
of Bullying – an anti-bullying program
developed by the Mary Foundation
and Save the Children Denmark (with
inspiration from Australia’s Alannah
and Madeline Foundation’s Better
Buddies Program) which is today
widely used throughout Denmark,
and attracts increasing interest from
other countries.”
Evolving the monarchy
The work is incredibly impressive
and is no doubt one factor in
the Crown Princess’ popularity.
Eighty-two per cent of the Danish
population is now in support of a
monarchy, up from 77 per cent before
Crown Princess Mary joined the
family. And it’s paving the way for
the Crown Prince Couple as they head
closer to Crown Prince Frederik’s
future as King with his wife beside
him as Queen Consort.
The Crown Princess turns 46 in
February and 2018 will mark 14 years
since she joined Denmark’s royal elite.
Sørensen says Danes are not only
thrilled with their Aussie royal,
they are also really proud of her. »
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“The Danish people feel that Crown
Princess Mary really cares about
Danes and is interested in all aspects
of Danish society. Especially in her
work for children with health or
social problems and for women all
around the world. By her international
activities, the Crown Princess
contributes to making Denmark
visible on the global scene. Danes
appreciate this a lot.”
The first step towards bonding with
her people was learning the language.
“Crown Princess Mary’s Danish is
very good, and she learned quickly,”
explains Sørensen. “Especially in a
small country like Denmark, it is
important a person from abroad
learns the language. It’s about
Danish national identity and self-
understanding.”
And while the pomp, ceremony
and living quarters of royal life take
the royal children into a whole
different realm, the young princes’
and princesses’ daily lives are as
‘normal’ as they can. Indeed as we go
to press on this story, Crown Princess
Mary is preparing to bring her family
back home to Australia for the
holiday season.
Intriguingly, the Crown Prince
Couple has managed to forge a unique
and respectful relationship with the
Danish public and media, and even
though their family attracts crowds
wherever it goes, this hasn’t prevented
them from venturing outside Palace
walls. Unlike the British royals, who
are plagued with paparazzi, this is
a couple regularly seen around
Copenhagen and left in peace.
“Crown Princess Mary rides her
bike around Copenhagen with her
children and she goes to sports with
them such as horseback-riding,
swimming and ballet,” says Helle
Bill Madsen, journalist and royal
watcher at Denmark’s popular
Her&Nu magazine. “What’s more,
she is considered a great, loving and
supporting wife to Crown Prince
Frederik.”
It’s been quite a journey from Aussie
commoner Mary Donaldson to
Crown Princess and it hasn’t been
completely plain sailing. Loneliness is
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AT WORK WITH THE MARY FOUNDATION
From top: A royal thank you to partners.
At the launch of BookFun. On tour in
Burkina Faso, Africa. Handing out medals
at an anti-bullying relay in Greenland.
another of the cornerstone issues for
the Mary Foundation, and while the
Foundation’s work is with chronic
situations and debilitating social
isolation, it is a topic the Crown
Princess has personal experience of.
“I did experience a feeling of
loneliness – short-term – when I first
moved to Denmark,” she admits.
“Moving to Denmark was a huge
change in my life; a new culture, new
language, new friends and another
way of life. So, I see it as quite natural
that at times I felt quite alone or a
little bit like I was on the outside
looking in. Luckily, I had a lot of
caring and supportive people around
me and I was also aware that it would
take time to find my place and feel
settled – to feel like I belong.
“When we talk about loneliness,
it’s important to distinguish between
short-term and long-term loneliness,”
the Crown Princess explains. “Short-
term and situation-specific loneliness
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is a natural part of life and something
we can all experience when big
changes in our lives happen, such as
divorce, loss of a loved one or moving
to a new environment. This is the
body’s way of reminding us that we
should seek relationships with others.
Loneliness over a longer period or
chronic loneliness is different; it can
lead to harmful consequences for
our quality of life and health.” The
research the Foundation has carried
out discovered that “employment
and having a partner are protective
factors when it comes to the risk of
experiencing long-term loneliness”.
The current Danish monarchy is
suffering its own pangs of loneliness.
Prince Henrik, 83, retired in 2016,
leaving 77-year-old Queen Margrethe
to shoulder the burdens of royal office
alone. Denmark’s Queen is positively
youthful compared to 91-year-old
Queen Elizabeth II, whose “rock”,
Prince Philip, 96, similarly retired this
year, but for Queen Margrethe there
were more troubling circumstances to
deal with.
In September 2017, a heart-rending
announcement revealed that Prince
Henrik was suffering from dementia
and together Denmark is supporting

their Queen through this tough time.
But the persistent rumour that
Queen Margrethe will abdicate
and hand over to her son continues
to swirl despite Her Majesty stating
she will hold the throne until she
dies. Sørensen says such suggestions
are no more than idle gossip.
“In Denmark there is an extremely
long tradition for the head of state
(the king or the reigning queen) to
stay in office as long as he/she lives.
Last time a Danish king resigned
before he died was in 1523, when
King Christian II left the country
because of a revolt against him.
Since that time every head of state
has reigned until death. Queen
Margrethe will probably not break
with this long historic tradition,”
he explains. But when their time
Couple with their four
comes, Sørensen says, the Crown
Prince Couple will make a wonderful
King and Queen Consort. “They
will become a very modern royal
couple – more informal than Queen
“At times I felt quite
alone ... a little bit
like I was on the
outside looking in.”
Margrethe and Prince Consort
Henrik have been. And that will be
really good for the future of the
monarchy.”
In the meantime, Crown Princess
Mary has more work to do, and the
the third focus area of the Mary
The Crown Prince
children: (from left)
TRH Prince Christian,
Princess Josephine,
Prince Vincent and
Princess Isabella.
Foundation is tackling the issue of
domestic violence, now at epidemic
levels globally.
“Violence against women is one
of the most prevalent human rights
violations in the world,” explains
the Crown Princess. “It knows
no social, economic or national
boundaries. Globally, an
estimated one in three women
will experience sexual or
physical violence in her lifetime,
and gender-based violence
undermines the health, dignity,
security and independence of its
victims, yet it remains shrouded in a
culture of silence.
“In the Mary Foundation, we strive
to empower the individual woman
and to support her in starting a
new life, free of violence.”AWW
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 Dave Hughes

don’t
laugh...

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Life with three kids is chaos – but
also priceless comedic fodder.
Much loved funny man Dave
Hughes tells Susan Horsburgh
he’ll keep milking his home life
until the kids tell him to stop.
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Dave and his wife

Holly have fun in
their garden with
children (from left)
Rafferty, eight, Sadie,
six, and Tess, four.
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T
he possibility of a meltdown
at last year’s AFL grand final
was high, so Dave Hughes
gave his son a pep talk before
the game. Still, he didn’t
expect the weeping to start before the
quarter-time siren. A self-appointed
Adelaide Crows supporter, eight-year-old
Rafferty was nothing if not invested in
the event – so when his team’s fortunes
turned south, his dad (a mad Carlton
fan) went into damage control.
“We had some ‘coping cards’ which a
child psychologist gave us so we could
read them to him to get through the day,
like, ‘No matter what, they’re winners’,”
says Dave, “but they didn’t work and he
was bawling from about halfway through
the first quarter until we left just after
three-quarter time. He was crying so
much that he was louder than the tears of
the Richmond supporters – and they
hadn’t won a grand final for 40 years.”
If it sounds like he’s honing a stand-up
routine, he probably is. One of Australia’s
most loved funny men, “Hughesy” has
always milked the minutiae of his life for
comic effect – which means the upside of
any day-to-day mishap is the entertaining
story left behind. Life with three kids,
then, is a comic boon. The other day he
came through the front door of his
Melbourne home to find four-year-old
Tess armed with a Stormtrooper gun:
“She pointed at me and said, ‘Dad, do
you want to see Jesus?’”
Playing with his daughters, Tess and
six-year-old Sadie, usually involves a
high-stakes game of pretend. “They’ll say,
‘Dad, there’s a tsunami! We need to save all
the toys!” says the 47-year-old. “So I have
to fashion some sort of pulley system. Tess
and Sadie will be up on the balcony and I’ve
got to connect all their toys to the occy
straps so they can pull them up to safety.”
It’s all grist for the comic mill – so
much so that his wife of 11 years, Holly
Ife, has to preface the sensitive stories she
tells him, especially those involving the
kids’ friends, with a not-for-comedy
caveat. Dave can forget which things are
off-limits, though, so sometimes it’s best
not to tell him at all. Fortunately, his
family usually doesn’t mind the exposure;
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Rafferty – until he quit live on air –
used to have a regular Freaky Facts
segment on his dad’s drive radio show.
“I’d be bloody annoyed if one day
they go, ‘Dad, don’t mention me any
more’ – that’d break my heart,” says
Dave, “but generally they’ve got a good
sense of humour. I really want to instil
that in my children – that you’ve got to
be able to laugh at yourself. No one’s
perfect – let’s all laugh at our failings.”
His latest project encourages kids to
do just that. Co-written with
Holly, who was a newspaper
journalist for 10 years, Excuse
Me! is a picture book about a
preternaturally polite sheep
called Martha May who
refuses to pass wind/pop off/
toot/fluff – until the day of the
Baked Bean Bonanza, when
she holds one in for so long
she floats away. “I like the fact
that she has good manners
most of the time and that she
steps away to fart,” says
Holly, who is doing a master’s
in primary education. “That
doesn’t really happen in our
house – everyone just lets rip.”
And the moral of the story?
“It’s all very well to have
good manners,” says Dave,
“but every now and again
you’ve just got to express
yourself – so don’t be wound
up too tight.”
Since his first (apparently
woeful) stand-up gig 25 years
ago, the one-time sheep
washer has built a career on
amusing tales of his own
inadequacies, but he is one
of the most successful men in “We get each other and have a
comedy – and his recent
$3.067 million purchase of
similar sense of humour. ”
Josh and Elyse’s house on Channel
Nine’s reality TV program The Block
effectively outed the Aussie everyman
as a multi-millionaire. Holly had
told him to bid anonymously, so she
was mortified to see her husband
unmasked as the mystery buyer on TV.
Dave, though, remains unrepentant.
“I never want to be full of shit and
pretend I’m something I’m not,” he
says. “When I was on the dole, I’d say
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I was on the dole. If I buy a f**kin’
$3 million house, I’ll say I bought a
$3 million house. I just want to be
honest, and if that makes some people
think I’m a rich wanker, then whatever.”
On the opposite side of the PR
ledger, however, Dave recently upped
his feminist credentials, offering to take
a pay cut after his radio partner, Kate
Langbroek, revealed she was earning
40 per cent less than him. “I had no
idea,” says Dave. “People were saying
The kids enjoy
an excerpt
from the book
Dave and
Holly wrote.
I was doing something noble, but not
really – I love working with her and of
course she deserves the same as me
because in radio we’re a team … Then
again, I hadn’t checked earlier so I was
part of the problem.” The two of them
have since moved from KIIS FM to the
Hit Network on the same money.
One of Australia’s hardest-working
comedians, Dave does the national
drive show during the week and is
currently filming a new TV panel
show, Hughesy, We Have a Problem,
in Sydney on Saturdays. He also
performs about four nights a week on
the local stand-up circuit. “I worked
for free last night, just to get on
stage,” he says. “I’d much prefer to be
on a stage trying to be funny than
watching Netflix.”
Which doesn’t always go down well
with Holly. “She’s like, ‘We’ve got
enough money, why the f**k aren’t
you home?’ ” says Dave.
After growing up in a
Housing Commission home
in Warrnambool, the
youngest of four kids born
to a nurse and a factory
worker, and spending six
years on the dole, Dave has
what he calls a “famine
mentality”, which means he
can’t say no to a well-paying
job. “One thing I think is,
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you can never have enough
money,” he says, “but also I
just bloody love performing
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– I love the adrenaline rush
I get with it.”
In his younger days, when
he was unemployed and
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directionless after dropping
out of uni, Dave sank into
depression and was stoned
and blind-drunk every
weekend, blacking out and
sometimes ending up in the
police lock-up. Just before
his 22nd birthday, though,
he decided to change his life
– and he hasn’t touched any
drugs or alcohol since. Now,
he says, “comedy is my hit”.
He gets agitated if he’s off the
stage for a few days, and
even does gigs when he’s
overseas on holiday. He now works
about a 50-hour week, and a good
chunk of every weekend, so Holly does
most of the domestic heavy lifting.
Dave would like one or two more kids,
but Holly figures they should stop
while she’s still enjoying it. At one stage
they had three children under four,
which was manic, but they’re coming
out of the trenches now, with Tess
starting school this year.
 “I’m not a particularly neat person,
or particularly driven, so the chaos
was fine,” says Holly, 38. “I’m quite
happy to roll with the mess. Since they
were born I’ve felt like they are my
little friends and we still have a lot of
fun hanging out together.”
Dave loves “the joy and the fun” of
parenthood, but admits he’s happy to
skip the grind of cooking, bathing and
teeth-brushing every night. His patient,
easy-going wife is “a bloody angel”
who loves kids – and the couple’s kind,
well-mannered trio are a tribute to her
– but self-sacrifice, he says, is the
toughest part of parenting for him.
“I work a lot, so when I’m not
working, I just don’t think I could play
golf without feeling really guilty – so I
don’t know how these guys get their
lycra on and ride around on their
pushbikes for six hours on a Saturday
morning,” he says. “You certainly have
to be selfless – but nowhere near as
selfless as my wife, I understand that.”
The pair met in a Melbourne bar one
Friday night 16 years ago and got on
well, but Holly didn’t know he was
interested until she heard him talking
about their encounter on radio the
following Monday. He was funny and
friendly, she remembers, but also a bit
shy – “not a super-confident alpha male
type”. Although they were both smitten
from the start, Dave was more reluctant
to commit. “To be honest, I was enjoying
being well-known and single, if you
know what I mean,” he says, “but
I was a very, very lucky man when
I walked into that bar that night.”
After about four years together
Dave proposed in the car on the way gave up alcohol and started trying to like to be at some point in my life.”
to the Alice Springs airport after an crack into comedy, Dave reinvented Amid all the kid wrangling and
outback holiday, and they married at himself by meditating, reading self-help domestic drudgery, says Holly, the
Flemington Racecourse on New Year’s books and sticking motivational date nights have been pretty rare in
Eve 2006. Their marriage, says Holly, quotes on his walls. “He has a lot of recent years; in fact, it’s often Kate
is based on friendship and sheer faith in people to turn their lives who has to remind Dave to take his
commitment. “We get each other and around because he did it himself,” says wife out. So how does the couple keep
have a similar sense of humour,” adds Holly. “He’s phenomenally strong.” stoking the romantic flames? Holly
Dave. “And we talk a lot – I’m Currently on a health kick, he laughs – “I’m not sure that we do
constantly ringing her during the day, hasn’t eaten chocolate or cakes for keep the romance alive” – while Dave
so much so it annoys her I think.” more than two months and has interprets the question a tad more
The couple rarely argues, but Holly dropped six kilos. “I wanted to get my literally. “Our kids have nightly visits
says their rumbles are usually over beach bod for once,” says Dave, a to our room, so if there’s any romance
politics; she’s more of a bleeding pescatarian who runs four or five it has to get started before 11pm,” he
heart, while Dave believes people have times a week. “I’m terribly vain. I’ve says. “Last night, we were like, ‘Hear
to help themselves. At 22, when he never been body beautiful, so I’d the footsteps? Cease operations!’” AWW

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Harry & Meghan break

the royal rule book
Prince Harry has always done things his way and as he prepares to marry
American TV star Meghan Markle, Katie Nicholl looks at how this dynamic duo
will bring exciting passion and pizzazz to the monarchy.
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 [ Royal love ]
Totally smitten,
Prince Harry poses
with his fiancée at
their engagement
day photo call.

“Meghan
has a huge
amount of
charisma.”

T
he whispers among those
in the know was that an
engagement was just
around the corner, and on
November 27 Clarence
House announced (on Twitter) that
Prince Harry was engaged to Meghan
Markle, his girlfriend of nearly two
years. While the news had been
expected – speculation had reached
fever pitch when Meghan quit her
television show Suits and moved to
London at the start of the month –
the announcement triggered a media
frenzy as international news crews
hurried to Kensington Palace.
It was the story royal fans had been
waiting for; the world’s favourite
bachelor prince was finally settling
down with the most exciting woman
to marry into the royal family for
decades. A famous actress who also
happens to be three years older than
the Prince, a divorcee with an African-
American mother and father of
American Irish descent, Meghan is not
the blue-blooded titled aristocrat
many predicted Harry would marry.
She comes from a distinctly middle-
class family who raised her in The
Valley, a leafy suburb in LA, and were
only able to send her to private school
and later university after her father
Thomas Markle, an Emmy award-
winning retired lighting director, won
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 Meghan as a little girl in the arms of her grandfather – her mum
Doria is seated front left. Right: Meghan and Doria are very close.
are Irish and Dutch immigrants who
settled in Pennsylvania, while her
mother’s ancestors were slaves who
toiled on the cotton plantations of the
Deep South.
While unconventional for a royal
bride, Harry appears to have found
the perfect partner. Meghan is a
grafter, a strong and determined
woman who has worked hard to
become a successful actress. Having
spent the best part of a decade
working in show business, she is
confident in the spotlight and, like
Harry, she uses her celebrity to
campaign on issues close to her
heart. She is, she has said, a lady who
works, not a lady who lunches, and
together they make a formidable
duo, as witnessed on their very first
walkabout engagement together as
an engaged couple
last month in
Nottingham.
“This beautiful woman just
Meghan became
a superstar
tripped and fell into my life. ”
overnight and together they are
poised to drive the monarchy into
the 21st century.
Kensington Palace has confirmed
that Harry and Meghan will marry in
May at St George’s Chapel in Windsor
Castle, just weeks after the birth of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s
third baby. Harry wanted the wedding
sooner rather than later so that his
grandfather Prince Philip, who is 96,
can be there in good health, and as
they now spend most of their time in
Windsor, the Queen and the Duke
won’t have far to travel.
Although TV cameras are usually
not allowed inside the royal chapel,
the ceremony will be televised.
“They have indicated that they wish
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to include the
public in their day,” said a Kensington
Palace spokesman.
In preparation for the wedding,
which Harry and Meghan are in
charge of planning, Meghan will be
baptised into the Church of England
and she is also applying for British
citizenship. Kensington Palace has
confirmed that the newlyweds will
live at Harry’s former bachelor pad,
Nottingham Cottage, although there
is speculation that they will move into
apartment 1, next door to William
and Kate, later on.
For now, Meghan is getting used to
life in the UK. She has left her home
in Toronto and was forced to leave
Bogart, one of her beloved rescue
dogs, behind with friends because he
is too old to travel. Meghan was said
to be heartbroken, but it is one of just
many sacrifices she will make in order
to marry into the royal family. She
has given up the charities she loved
(she was associated with UN Women
and the charity World Vision) but
decided to start afresh and will get
involved with Harry, William and
Kate’s Royal Foundation.
One of the areas she is keen to focus
on, according to a source, is mental
health, which Harry championed in
2017. “Meghan has decided to focus
on the Royal Foundation and the
Commonwealth with Harry. They are
already talking about fundraising for
Heads Together, she is very passionate
about mental health awareness.”
Meghan may yet renounce her US
citizenship and from now on she will
be under the guard of a personal
protection officer 24/7. Nonetheless
Meghan is embracing her new life and
has described the past weeks as some
of the happiest of her life.
Posing for their very first photo
call on the day of their engagement,
she seemed at ease in front of the
cameras. When interviewed (on their
engagement day for the BBC) she
came across as charming, funny and
remarkably relaxed, while Harry
appeared smitten.
After years of searching for his ideal
woman and suffering the heartache of
two love affairs that couldn’t stand
the pressure of the spotlight, Harry
has finally met his match. Meghan has
a natural warmth and a huge amount
of charisma that makes
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her the perfect choice
for him. Together they
look set to be a force of
good for the monarchy.
Harry claims he knew that he had
met “the one” after their very first
date. “All the stars were aligned,
everything was just perfect. This
beautiful woman just tripped and
fell into my life,”he said in that
remarkably open TV interview.
He apparently decided to propose
while they were on holiday in
Botswana last August to celebrate
Meghan’s 36th birthday. According to
one source, “It was the trip of a
lifetime and Harry knew he was going
to propose after that holiday, it was
just a case of when. He went back to
Botswana to source a diamond.”
When Meghan was photographed
at the Invictus Games in Toronto in
September with a protection officer in
tow and kissing Harry at the closing divorcee to marry a member of the
ceremony, all bets were off and it royal family was Wallis Simpson,
seemed certain that wedding bells whose marriage to Edward VIII
were imminent. triggered the abdication which nearly
It was early November when the ruined the monarchy. “Times have
Prince popped the question on bended changed and we have to give up the
knee while they were roasting a normal rules of a royal engagement,”
chicken for dinner at home. says historian Hugo Vickers, who is
Harry revealed he sought his also Captain of the Lay Stewards at 2005
grandmother’s permission (as fifth, St George’s Chapel. “Meghan is not the
soon to be sixth, in line to the throne girl next door, she’s an international 2007
he was required to do so) having star and that makes her pretty
taken Meghan to meet the Queen at fascinating. I suppose the most obvious
Buckingham Palace the month comparison is Prince Rainier of
before. “It was also important Monaco marrying Grace
to him that Meghan met Kelly. She put Monte
his grandmother and that Carlo on the map and
the Queen approves of while I don’t think 2012
Meghan, which she Meghan’s going to
does,” says a royal change the British
source. “She is monarchy, I think
simply happy that she and Harry
Meghan is making will be a good
Harry so happy.” alternative couple.
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William and Kate 2013
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pushed royal
boundaries, most notably with her
remarkably open interview in Vanity
Fair magazine. Posing barefoot, she
breached protocol by announcing to
the world: “We’re two people who are
really happy and in love.”
Sam Kashner who interviewed
Meghan, was impressed. “She upsets
the traditional apple cart of
what we expect in a fabulous
way,” he says. “The fact that
Meghan’s not programmed in
the conventional sense to be
a royal wife is exciting and
fascinating. I got the feeling
that she fell for Harry for
all the right reasons. I also
got the feeling that to have to
go through all this media
attention must mean she really
loves him.”
A big star
on Instagram
(she has
more than
two million
followers), a
world famous
actress and a
humanitarian,
Meghan is an
exciting and
formidable
combination.
Veteran
photographer
Mark Stewart,
who did a
photo call
with Meghan
at the polo
last May, says:
“Meghan seemed to take it all in her
stride. I got the impression that she
was very confident having the lenses
on her. She wasn’t hiding at the back
of the royal box, she was standing
right at the front. She didn’t seem shy
or nervous, quite the opposite. She
seemed very sure of herself.
“Nobody really matches Diana, she
was from a different era, but Meghan
does seem to have the red carpet
appeal that Diana had and I don’t
think Kate wants. I think it’s a very
exciting time for the royals. They
haven’t had someone with a profile
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like Meghan’s marrying into the royal
family for a very long time.”
While being careful not to step on
anyone’s toes, Meghan is making
waves. She promises to bring
something new and exciting to the
Windsors, and not just her own
unique lineage. For starters, there’s
ABOVE: St George’s
Chapel. The diamond
engagement ring
Harry designed.
Prince George and
Princess Charlotte.
the relaxed and notably un-royal dress
code. Meghan opted for ripped jeans
for her first official appearance with
Harry at the Invictus Games in
Toronto. Then there is the obvious
chemistry between them, which is
most ‘un-royal’. They held hands
during their engagement day photo
call and linked arms during their
televised interview.
While they are doing things
differently, there is still protocol to
adhere to, however, and Meghan is
having to learn the ropes fast. She has
had Harry’s priceless tutelage and the
support of his courtiers from the early
days of their courtship. Now she must
learn about the history of the royal
family she is marrying into, how to
address members of the royal family,
who to curtsey to and how to conduct
herself at state occasions. As a future
Duchess (the Queen is said to have
earmarked the Dukedom of
Sussex for Harry) the couple will
be expected to carry out duties
on behalf of the Queen, and
Meghan will need to be au fait
with protocol and etiquette,
something she has already begun
to understand.
During that debut walkabout
in Nottingham she accepted
flowers graciously, and
had a warm word for
those who welcomed
her. When she was
asked for a selfie she
turned down a fan
because “we’re not
allowed”.
Since dating Harry
she has closed her
lifestyle blog The Tig
and these days rarely
posts on Instagram.
It can’t have been easy
for a self-proclaimed
feminist but she has
done it out of love,
which bodes well.
Meghan knows that in marrying
into the royal family she will, to a
degree, be cutting ties with her own.
She has already distanced herself from
her half-siblings Samantha and
Thomas Markle, who have spoken to
the press, not always kindly, about
Meghan and are unlikely to be at
the Windsor wedding. “Why would
they be there?” says one person in
Meghan’s camp. “Meghan hasn’t
spoken to them for years.”
Her reclusive father, who lives a
quiet life in Mexico, has said he would
be thrilled to walk her down the aisle,
while her mother, with whom Meghan
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is close, will also be there taking pride
of place alongside her daughter on her
big day.
Meanwhile, Meghan has been
warmly welcomed into Harry’s family
and in another break with protocol
spent Christmas Day at Sandringham
at Her Majesty’s invitation. This is
an honour not usually bestowed on
girlfriends; indeed, Kate had to wait
until she was married to be invited.
Meghan is already said to be very
fond of Prince George and Princess
Charlotte and they will be a
bridesmaid and page boy at the
wedding, as they were at Kate’s sister’s
nuptials in 2017.
The Weekly has
been told that
Kate, who will
“Meghan does seem to have the red
have just given
birth by the time
carpet appeal that Diana had.”
the wedding takes place, will have a
low-key role but Prince William will
be his brother’s best man.
Meghan has a close knit group of
girlfriends and contenders for maids
of honour include the US-based
designer Misha Nonoo and socialite
Violet Von Westenholz, who are
both believed to have played a hand
in setting the couple up.
Meghan also gets on with Harry’s
cousin Princess Eugenie and her
boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, his best
friend Guy Pelly and his American-
born wife Lizzie Wilson, and Tom
Inskip and his wife Lara. One imagines
that they will want to start trying for
children as soon as possible. Harry
has said: “Hopefully we’ll start a
family in the near future.”
Patrick Jephson, Diana’s former
Private Secretary, says the greatest
challenge for the couple will be trying
to balance family with duty. “Princess
Diana, above all else, would want her
sons to find happiness with women
who instinctively understand the
extraordinary responsibilities to
which they were born. The role of a
21st century princess is one that only
those chosen to be a royal wife can
write. However, given the critical part
they will play in the monarchy’s
survival, they must have agreed with
their husbands an answer to the
question: how best to reconcile the
demands of family, duty and celebrity?
In their contrasting ways, Elizabeth II
and Harry’s mother have provided
shining examples to follow, and
only the bravest hearts would dare
to add to that list.”
There is already talk of the couple
carrying out a world tour, which
means they are going to be busy.
Like William and Kate, they are likely
to visit Canada and North America
after their wedding – Meghan is
understandably keen to take Harry
home – and they are planning to be
in Sydney for the Invictus Games
next October.
A family friend says Harry and
Meghan have set their hearts on
becoming an
“international
couple”.
“I can see them
living between
England and America in the future.
They want to travel around the world,
shining the spotlight on the issues that
matter to them.”
Prince Harry can certainly count
on the public’s support as he embarks
on what he has called “this crazy
journey”. He has grown up under
the world’s watchful gaze and finally
seems complete. We wish him every
happiness. AWW
Katie Nicholl is the author of Harry:
Life, Loss and Love, published by
Hachette Books, on sale in April.
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 “I sat there
from 9 to 5 every
day feeling
sick, sick, sick.”

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Finding the
courage to
have a voice
L
Revelations about the ooking back, I was clinically
depressed. Not only did I
alleged harassment find it hard to get out of bed
of women by Burke’s each day, I couldn’t write
a word and, as journalism
Backyard star Don Burke is my livelihood, this created gnawing
stunned Australia but anxiety about my financial and
professional future. But the thought of
what of the women returning to work was crippling. I just
who suffer such abuse? couldn’t. I was done. Spent. Burnt out.
There was no way I was ever going to
Journalist Wendy Squires, put myself in a position where I could
also a victim of workplace be bullied and mistreated again.
You see, I had found myself in a
harassment, talks to high-profile job which, to the outside
whistleblower Bridget world, seemed glamorous and enviable.
But the reality was anything but. My
Ninness and explores boss at the time was a nasty bully, a
the lifelong impacts. man who took great delight in trying
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[ Workplace harassment]
to break my spirit. Throughout my
long career in the media, I had been
sexually harassed innumerable times
– inexcusable acts that I naively
believed were part and parcel of being
a woman in the media at the time –
but this was something else, vicious,
venomous and vile.
As tough as I felt I was, in the end,
my tormentor’s use of gas lighting
(manipulation of facts intended to
make you question your own memory,
perception, and sanity) and outright
abuse and bullying (he told me
regularly I was f**king hopeless,
pathetic, a laughing stock and ugly
both inside and out) I couldn’t go on.
I felt there was nowhere to formally
complain about his behaviour and, »
Bridget Ninness is
trying to find an
inner peace after
years of torment
at what should have
been her dream job.
JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 31
if there was, I would be perceived as
expendable while he was not.
Shell-shocked and shattered
I also feared that should I protest, I
would be branded a troublemaker
and, as such, overlooked or refused
employment elsewhere. So, I left the
job with little self-esteem and a form
of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) which saw me shell-shocked,
shattered and scared to return to
corporate life. To an extent, I still
suffer today. And I am not alone,
especially when it comes to sexual
harassment victims.
The Australian Human Rights
Commission’s most recent national
survey on sexual harassment in
the workplace found only one
in five who had been sexually
harassed at work formally
reported their experience. The
AHRC’s Sex Discrimination
Commissioner, Kate Jenkins,
says common reasons for not
reporting were that they thought
it [the abuse] was not serious
enough, that the perpetrator was
too senior, or that it would be
easier to keep quiet. This, she
adds, is unacceptable.
The powerful international
#MeToo online movement has
seen hundreds of thousands of
women admitting they, too, have
suffered abuse and discrimination Don Burke at a 1980s Logies.
at the hands of powerful men.
The hashtag was spurred by
the revelations regarding
sexual abuse by Hollywood
heavyweight Harvey
Weinstein, Oscar winner
Kevin Spacey and the host
of America’s most watched
morning TV show, Today, Matt Lauer
among others. In Australia, it has led
to the outing of former TV star Don
Burke as a predator and a bully and
the promise of more names to come.
Someone who knows only too
well the residual effects of sexual
harassment and bullying is Bridget
Ninness. The former Burke’s Backyard
producer was brave enough to go on
camera for the ABC’s 7.30 Report on
Burke’s transgressions as part of an
32 AWW.COM.AU JANUARY 2018
investigation led by Fairfax, the ABC
and journalist Tracey Spicer. She
recalled her torturous time working
with the now disgraced TV gardener
and her attempts to have Channel
Nine management acknowledge and
act on her harassment complaints.
And, like most women recalling their
abuse, she still finds the memories raw
and distressing. Bridget, now 54,
worked on Burke’s Backyard from
1990 to 1997 and was the program’s
first female producer. She had worked
her way up from personal assistant to
Nine Network management to her
“dream role”.
“The show was a perfect fit for me.
It was about nature, it was about
Bridget Ninness puts on a brave
face for the cameras while with
Right and below: recent media
re orts on the scandal.
animals, it was about plants. It was
about everything that resonates in
my soul. To dedicate myself to that
career … it was an absolute dream
come true,” Bridget recalls in an often
tearful interview with The Weekly.
“The way it ended up was the complete
shattering of that dream.”
Bridget says she was warned by a
mentor at the time she took the job
that Burke was “a narcissist and that
he was cruel”, and so she was on her
guard from the outset. But nothing
could have prepared her for what she
was about to face. “It was constant,”
she says of Burke’s bullying behaviour.
“When he first met you, he would say
something that he knew would disturb
you, so that you would react. He
knows that you’re feeling on edge and
he likes you to feel like that. He likes
you to be in fear and weak. It’s power,
control and domination. No matter
what you said, he would use that as
an opportunity to belittle you.”
Bridget revealed to the 7.30 Report
that while on a trip to Greece with
Burke, he turned to her and said,
“Bridget if anything goes wrong on
this shoot I will rip your f**king head
off and I will shit down your
throat,” a statement that made
her “vomit” with fear. She was
not alone in receiving his abuse.
There were many shocking
episodes during the years.
“We started each week with a
production meeting at 8am,”
Bridget recalls. “And he [Burke]
would sit at the head of the table
with about 10 of us sitting
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around. The head of production
had done some research and was
reporting back [to the team] on
what he’d learnt. Don
looked at him and said in
front of all of us: ‘Just
look at you, sitting there
with c... all over your
mouth from letting him
j... off in your mouth.’
“If you’re not shocked
by that, then time on
Burke’s Backyard was
probably okay for you,” Bridget says.
“But for us, these things were shocking,
belittling, degrading. It was intended
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to humiliate and desecrate and at that
point everyone just went silent. That
episode was so sickening to me. It
was like being taken out at the knees.
Whenever I’d see his eyes, this fear
would rise in my stomach. I was in
absolute fear for seven and a half years.”
Eventually, Bridget did complain
about Burke’s behaviour, and was
fobbed off by Nine management
with:“Bridget, you need broader
shoulders”. That is, the onus was »
 “I was in
absolute fear
for seven and a
half years.”
on her to behave differently. But in
1997, after several more years
“limping on” in the job, Burke
unleashed his anger on a researcher
and Bridget decided she couldn’t go
on. “I just went ‘I’ve had enough.
Enough!’ ” And so, she ended a
25-year career that she loved and had
worked her “butt off to achieve” . In
the ensuing legal battle, she had to
turn up to work as usual, fully aware
she was under intense scrutiny. “I was
under legal advice that I just had to go
into work every day and so I just sat
there from 9 to 5 every day feeling sick,
sick, sick.” Eventually a deal was
negotiated and Bridget left.
However, like so many abuse
survivors, the road for her since has
not been smooth. “I still don’t think
I understand exactly how much it
knocked me around,” she says. “Your
intuition is way off. Your boundaries
are shattered. I went on to make
some very bad decisions in business
relationships. I got into a domestic
violence relationship … I had a tough
time. All these years since, I’ve been
trying to pull myself into alignment
so that my internal barometer is set
accurately. I haven’t been able to work
adequately since.
“This experience is an old story for
me,” she adds. “It lives under the
surface. I can’t say that it doesn’t. of the #MeToo movement are self- time and again in her practice, as she
It’s just there.” flagellatory questions, the same I counsels professionals with career and
Bridget broke down in tears as have asked myself over the years: why interpersonal difficulties. And she, too,
she described how it felt to see the hadn’t I done anything to stop the is angry. Self-questioning, frustration,
#Ibelieveher hashtag on social media bullying; had I let other women down feelings of impotence and anger are
the night the allegations against Burke by not reporting my common in the
were aired. “That was overwhelming. tormentor; and why tormented, Meredith
I hope that we’re heading towards didn’t I stand up “At last women says. It is a natural
different days now. Being silent …
that’s the worst thing.”
for myself?
Accompanying such
will be heard, physiological and
emotional response akin
With those years of silence now introspection are understood and to the body’s innate
behind her, Bridget is looking to the
future. She wants to write a book
other, angrier
reckonings: why did
most importantly, fight or flight response.
However, it is hard to
about harassment in the workplace. he think he could believed.” convince a victim they
She helps run an arts collective and treat me that way; could have acted
feels that finally she is regaining why didn’t anyone intervene; and why differently in hindsight.
direction and purpose. wasn’t there anyone I could report “I know victims blame themselves for
to who would take my complaints not walking out of the room, answering
Burning questions seriously? And, importantly, why am back or biffing the bloke but I always
Along with the heart-breaking I still so upset about this years later? tell them that they were probably
confessions of depression, suicidal Psychologist, counsellor and the physically unable to respond,”
thoughts and actions, the broken author of Working with Mean Girls, Meredith explains. “The initial response
relationships and unfulfilled potentials Meredith Fuller, sees such questions is shock, similar to witnessing a car

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 Wendy Squires says
that, as part of the
#MeToo movement,
she is now taking
power of her past.
crash, and the body gets flooded with
hormones, turning legs to jelly. It can be
hard to breathe or move. Often, victims
will experience a panic attack, making
it hard to even speak. We don’t have
control over our physiology and the
body is known to store trauma as
muscular stress. Recovery time can take
minutes or hours but the residual
affect can last years, as the women
currently feeling retraumatised will
attest. It is as though they have
wallpapered over
a problem in their minds and these
revelations are stripping it all
off – slowly and painfully.”
Meredith also tells her clients they
were right in believing that complaining
CHRISTOPHER RIMMER.
about abuse could or would ruin their
careers and livelihoods. “The most
important message I can impart to the
victims and survivors of such abuse is
to never feel guilty. It is not your fault.
It wasn’t then and it isn’t now. There
was nowhere for you to go, no outlet
to complain to, no recognition of the
impact emotionally, mentally, and
professionally of such actions and there
was certainly no respect for whistle-
blowers. But that was then….”
Kate Jenkins agrees that so many
victims were hampered by concerns
about the potential impact on their
careers. “Our research shows that
these fears about the negative
consequences of reporting sexual
harassment at work are very much
grounded in reality. Nearly one-third
of people who made a formal
complaint about workplace sexual
harassment said they suffered
significant consequences as a result –
being labelled a trouble maker, being
ostracised, victimised or ignored by
colleagues. Too many people have
had their experiences minimised or
dismissed by an employer, which is
not only harmful, but also costly to
businesses who miss out on skills and
talent when employees are prevented
from reaching their full potential.
Like Bridget Ninness and so many
other women, the impact of my abuse
still resonates, although I have
managed to forge on in my career –
this time on my own terms – as a
freelancer. And while it may not offer
me the financial security of a nine-to-
five gig or mean I have met my full
potential career-wise, not waking up
with a burning pit in my stomach or
feeling like a whipped dog each day
certainly softens such concerns.
A watershed moment
However, while to a certain degree I
still remain angry and unforgiving, I
am also jubilant that – at last – women
who have been in the same position
as Bridget and me will be heard,
understood and most importantly,
believed. As Bridget says of the #MeToo
movement,“This is a watershed moment
in time. The most amazing healing is
taking place now. We [women] are
joining forces. Individually we are
weak, together we are strong.” AWW
Additional reporting by Genevieve
Gannon.
Know your
rights
“Too many people
have had their
experiences
minimised or
dismissed by an
employer,” says The Australian
Human Rights Commission’s Sex
Discrimination Commissioner, Kate
Jenkins. “This is not only harmful
to individuals, but also costly to
businesses, who miss out on skills
and talent when employees who are
sexually harassed are prevented
from reaching their full potential.”
Any person who finds themselves
a victim of abuse or harassment
should understand they have legal
rights which will be enforced,
stresses Kate. Here’s what you
need to know.
● Sexual harassment is unlawful and
employers will be liable for the
conduct of their employees unless
they can show they took reasonable
precautions to prevent the sexual
harassment occurring.
● Businesses must ensure that
employees are able to come
forward with complaints of sexual
harassment, and that these
complaints are acted upon.
● If someone experiences sexual
harassment in the workplace, they
can raise it with their manager and
or HR department. Larger companies
may have an internal grievance
mechanism.
● If the complaint can’t be resolved
internally, people can consider making
a complaint to an external complaint
handling body such as the AHRC or
state anti-discrimination commissions.
The AHRC will investigate the
complaint and will try to resolve it
through a process of conciliation.
If you or anybody you know is
suffering mental health issues,
please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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[ Aussie film ]
This is Australia,
1970s-style! Guy
Pearce and Kylie
Minogue with their
young blond brood
in Swinging Safari.

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Swinging
Guy earce, s er e ie an y ie inogue on
outrageous costumes and wigs in an ode to a simpler,
more synthetic time. Genevieve Gannon reports.

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 T
he scene is a suburban Australian
backyard in 1975 with all the
trimmings, kitsch lawn furniture, an
above-ground pool, and the family
barbecue in pride of place. A gang of
neighbourhood kids gathers around the open
flame, all skinny legs, shaggy hair, knee socks and
terry-towelling. They’re a picture of sepia-tinged
innocence until you notice the fuel that’s being
splashed around, and the child dressed up in a
highly flammable, old wedding dress. One of
the boys is holding a Super 8 camera, shouting
directions at his “death cheater” stuntmen.
Metres away, oblivious parents drink cask wine
and eat a dinner of cheese cubes and cabanossi
speared on toothpicks. They sport handlebar
moustaches and high-volume curls, Pucci prints
and flares. Suddenly, in a woof of fire, the polyester
wedding gown ignites. The flaming child runs in
circles, while the others try to put him out with a
hose. It’s technicolour chaos and it’s how many
people remember the 1970s.
“In the end he just ran and jumped and said: ‘I’m
burning to death I’m going for the pool.’ And the
parents just didn’t even see it,” says director and
screenwriter Stephan Elliott, laughing.
“That was real. We did it. And it was horrific.”
The Australian filmmaker best-known for The
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is
describing both a scene from his new, star-packed
film, Swinging Safari, and a memory from his
childhood. The story of Australia in the ’70s is one
he desperately wanted to tell, and when he sent »

Kylie Minogue
Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce, 50, says the ’70s was “a pretty wonderful

and mad world”. His on-screen spouse Kylie Minogue,
49, says the film’s storyline is likely to shock. “I’m sure
they’ll say ‘ that didn’t really happen’, but oh, it did.”

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the script to our most recognisable acting talent,
they did too. “Something spoke to the cast,”
Stephan says. “It was so rare to have a script that
you send out and everyone said yes. They will
unanimously say it was the most fun.”
In the pineapple-tinged, tangerine dream world
of Swinging Safari, Stephan and the cast bring the
past to life. There’s Guy Pearce as washed up,
sun-blasted, bleach-blond encyclopaedia salesman
Keith Hall, and his alcoholic, agoraphobic wife
Kaye, played by Kylie Minogue. “Big Kahuna”
Julian McMahon plays Rick Jones, whose
aspirational wife Jo, (Radha Mitchell) owns the
most impressive wig collection since Liberace.
Asher Keddie and Jeremy Sims, as Gale and
Bob Marsh, round out the neighbourhood.
The story is loosely based on Stephan’s
childhood, but once the cast was assembled and
production began, everyone began to contribute.
“There’s a lot of everybody’s memories. As it
should be,” Stephan says.
Kylie – who is unrecognisable in a bad pageboy
wig – urged Stephan to include a reference to the
game “elastics”, but he ran into trouble when he
asked the child actors to play it. “Modern kids
had absolutely no idea what to do,” Stephan says.
“I had no idea, either. I rang Kylie, she was on a
plane. I said, ‘Can you tell these girls what to do?
I actually don’t know how it works’.” »

Asher Keddie
Jeremy Sims
“People were
clueless and the
Perth-born Jeremy Sims, 51, said everyone involved in
the film was reminiscing. “We were kids in the 1970s. kids were left
to run amok.”
We spent most of the time on the set saying, ‘Oh my God,
I remember that.” For Asher Keddie, 43, the temptation
to revisit the era of bell-bottoms was irresistible. “We just
had so much fun,” she says.

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From left: Atticus Robb,
Asher Keddie, Jeremy
Sims and Chelsea Glaw
make a well-coiffed
family in the film.
Julian McMahon
and Radha Mitchell
with their three
kids played by
Ethan Robinson,
James Calder and
Darcey Wilson.
 In one memorable scene, a neighbourhood girl is
“branded” with Colonel Sanders’ head when the
Kentucky Fried Chicken logo on a surfboard sears
her skin, which is a true story.
“That stayed there for about a year. It was so
hot, it actually burnt her,” Stephan says.
Stephan reunited much of the team behind
Priscilla, with costume designer Lizzy Gardiner
and production designer Colin Gibson coming on
board. The result is a brightly hued time warp,
replete with orange and brown polyester, platform
shoes, bubble chairs, flares, fondue, shag haircuts,
shag carpeting and, well, just shagging.
There is a serious undertone, with more than
a hint of the melancholy inherent in the end of
childhood in the coming-of-age story.
“All is not what it seems. They’re telling us
one thing and doing another behind our backs,”
Stephan says of adults.
But the mood of the film is a celebration of
everything about the ’70s, not just the velour and
lava lamps, but the optimism, freedom and
unfettered joy of being a child of the era.
“When you really look at it, there’s this
spectacular lost decade of people who were really
quite clueless and rudderless and kids that were
just left to run amok,” Stephan says. “Which
was my childhood, and it was fantastic.” AWW

on
Julian McMah

Rhada Mitchell

Julian McMahon’s father Sir William McMahon was Prime

Minister from March 1971 to December 1972. Julian, 49,
says it was an era when a lot of Australian families were
just “making it up as they go along”. Melbourne-born
co-star Radha Mitchell, 44, says, “People were fumbling
around and it was kind of ridiculous.,”

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 The girl
in the
sunken
submarine
A missing woman, a headless, limbless torso, a home-made submarine
and a strange self-obsessed home inventor – the mysterious death
of Danish journalist Kim Wall has all the bizarre hallmarks of a
Scandi crime novel, writes William Langley.

A
few fading flower bouquets lie on
the quayside cobblestones near the
place where Kim Wall last walked
on dry land. Winter is closing in on
Copenhagen, its ornate spires glisten
in the moonlight and its pretty harbour glows
beneath swinging lanterns, but this most civilised
of cities remains gripped by its strangest, darkest
murder mystery.
Six months ago, Kim, a free-spirited, 30-year-
old journalist, boarded a home-built submarine
– the brainchild of a brilliant but eccentric Danish
inventor, Peter Madsen. On the evening of August
10, the pair sailed out into the Scandinavian
sunset. A photograph, taken by a passing
pleasure-boater, shows Kim standing in the
conning tower, smiling with her auburn hair
flapping in its usual unruly twist. She was not
seen alive again.
Eleven days later, a naked female torso was
found washed up on a small island south of
Copenhagen. The head and limbs had been

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chopped off, and weights attached in
an attempt to prevent it surfacing. The
torso bore multiple stab wounds and
DNA tests showed it to be Kim’s.
By the time of this horrific discovery,
Madsen, 46, was already in police
custody. A day after leaving harbour
with Kim, he had been rescued from
the sea, 50km offshore, and explained
to the coastguards that his cherished,
40-tonne submarine,
the UC3 Nautilus, had
sunk after a ballast-
“ He could be all charm one
tank malfunction. He
affected surprise at the
moment, then in a rage. ”
news that Kim was missing, saying he had dropped
her off several hours earlier at a dockside restaurant.
This explanation lasted only as long it took
boarding Peter’s
investigators to locate and salvage the Nautilus.
Inside, they found bloodstains and shreds of Kim’s
clothing. Madsen then offered a different version Peter poses in his
of events, claiming she had died after a 50kg hatch
AAP.
cover had accidentally fallen on her head. Fearing
[ True crime]
he would be held responsible, as the
craft’s builder, he panicked and threw
her into the sea.
As the days went by, more body
parts were recovered, including
Kim’s severed head, which showed no
sign of any lethal impact. On October
28, after months of interrogation,
Madsen admitted dismembering her
body, and dropping it into the sea,
but he continues to
deny killing her.
The case, with its
vivid characters,
bizarre plotlines and
gruesome detailing, has been likened to a real-life
TOP: Kim went ‘Scandi-Crime’ novel. It has made headlines all
missing after over the world, and dominated news coverage
in Denmark, where – as Ben Hamilton, editor
submarine last
August. ABOVE:
of the English-language Copenhagen Post, says
– “it has become a kind of obsession, the one
homemade thing everybody here talks about.” Yet despite
vessel Nautilus. all the attention, and one of the biggest murder »
JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 43
inquiries in Danish history, almost no one can
suggest a convincing explanation of what may
have happened.
Dressed in threadbare camouflage fatigues for
his most recent appearance at the Copenhagen
main courthouse, Madsen bears little resemblance
to the caricature ‘evil genius’. Slender and
tousle-haired, he smiles lightly and nods at people
in the room. When he speaks he is polite and to
the point, but he seems only mildly interested
in what is happening around him. Still, as the
evidence piles up, a picture is
emerging of man whose dashing
public persona disguised an inner “ We cannot yet
one, filled with anger and deviance.
It was this other Peter Madsen,
grasp the extent of
allege the prosecutors, with whom
Kim, petite and vivacious, went to
this catastrophe.”
sea on that fateful August night.
Born in neighbouring Sweden, into a family of
journalists, Kim had already forged a reputation
for fearlessness. She had reported on voodoo in
the Caribbean, climate change in Africa, and
feminism in China, and her stories had appeared
in major publications including The New York
Times and London’s Guardian. Colleagues spoke
of her as having an endearing mix of diligence
and playfulness.
“She was a rare breed,” remembers fellow
reporter Laura Dimon, who met Kim at
44 AWW.COM.AU JANUARY 2018
The photo (left) of journalism school in New York in 2011. “She’d
a woman on the ask about digging up city election records, and in
submarine on the same breath remind you, with great delight,
August 10 is
that Shakira was pregnant.”
believed to be
Kim Wall, who
At the Wall family’s home in the small port
had done many of Trelleborg, just across the Swedish frontier,
assignments in Kim’s mother, Ingrid, says she and her husband,
areas that could Joachim, are not ready to talk about the case.
be considered Instead, she directs me to a social media page, on
risky (centre, which she has written: “We cannot yet grasp the
bottom).
extent of this catastrophe, and there are many
questions that must be answered.
During the horrific days since
Kim disappeared, we have had
abundant evidence of how loved
and appreciated she was as a
human and friend, as well as a
professional journalist.”
Others on the site describe Kim as “unique”,
“persistent”, “quirky” and “awesome”.
The more you hear about her, the more you
sense that Peter Langkjaer Madsen, the enigmatic
visionary of the Copenhagen waterfront, was
just her kind of story. With his powerful charisma
and virtuoso brain, Madsen had grown into
something of a folk hero in Denmark. Besotted
with machines – particularly rockets – from an
early age, he had built his first powered projectile
when he was seven, firing it 400 metres into the
garden of an old people’s home! After dropping
 saying things like there
was a curse on him.”
Even those who
worked closely with
Madsen, and admired
his energy and brilliance,
wondered what really
drove him. He seemed
to have no close friends,
no interest in money, no
settled domestic life, and
while there was talk of
a wife, no one appeared
to know who she was.
He was keen on women,
though, and with his
rugged looks and
vibrant personality, took
full advantage of what
he described as his
“open marriage.”
One woman who
fell for him was blonde
Danish-American
Deirdre King, 38,
a former employee of
the Nautilus project.
out of engineering college – claiming it had Above: Police “The thing that made Peter so attractive to
nothing to teach him – he started his own search the area women was his mind,” she told Denmark’s
space-exploration program, vowing to “take where Kim’s torso Ekstra Bladet newspaper. “He is fascinating
was found. Top,
mankind beyond anything it has yet imagined”. to be around, and I think a lot of women felt
centre: A salvage
The scientific establishment sniggered until he ship raises the that. He is flirtatious, and definitely not your
blasted a rocket 8km into the atmosphere submarine. Below: regular date. He can get angry about things,
from a floating platform in the Baltic Sea. The case has but I don’t believe he would ever harm a woman.
As if aerospace was an insufficient test of his made headlines I’ve never met anyone who would say that.”
talents, he also turned his energies to submarines, worldwide. What has now been revealed as the darker
completing the Nautilus – the world’s largest side of Madsen’s character seems to have led him
privately built sub – in 2008. As he to the seamy fringes of Copenhagen’s
sailed in triumph around the choppy nightlife. In court he has admitted to a
waters of the Copenhagen archipelago, long-time interest in sado-masochism,
an admiring public hailed him as a and to attending a private club called
home-grown version of Captain Nemo, Kinky Salon, which describes itself as
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the hero of Jules Verne’s classic 19th “an arty, playful, fun, sex-positive
century adventure story Twenty costume party…we do sexy things
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. in the name of art, and arty things
Yet, as with the fictional Nemo, who in the name of sex.”
seeks vengeance on a world he has A spokesman for the club says it
grown to despise, there was a darker, cannot discuss individual members.
less understood side to Madsen. “I am interested in the whole field
“He could be all charm one moment of eroticism,” Madsen told the court,
and in a rage the next,” says Thomas but denied he had ever engaged in
Djursing, author of a biography of “violent” sexual activity with anyone.
Madsen. “He was incredibly passionate When asked about the finding of
about his work, and he took any kind videos showing women apparently
of setback badly. He’d had a few being decapitated on a computer
problems with his projects recently, and in his workshop, he replied: “It is
I think it affected him. He’d started not my computer. It belongs to »

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the laboratory. Anyone could bitter irony of a woman who had
have used it.” sneaked into North Korea and
At a briefing outside the reported from a contaminated
courthouse, Copenhagen’s chief nuclear site in the Pacific, dying
prosecutor, Jakob Buch-Jepsen, just 50km from her comfortable
says he is certain a “very strong” family home in Sweden. Yet Kim
murder case will be brought survived in danger zones precisely
against Madsen, and the trial is because she knew what risks not
likely to begin in the next few to take.
months. “We already have a lot Why, then, did she go out alone
of evidence,” he says, “and we are with a man she didn’t know on a
finding more all the time.” voyage which – under Danish
Yet the investigation remains maritime law – was illegal?
riddled with doubts and Madsen wasn’t interested in
questions. Kim was bold, but she money for himself, but he needed
wasn’t reckless. Madsen was it for the projects which had
unconventional, but he wasn’t become his obsession. According
crazy. Both had a mutual interest to a source who worked with him
in the trip being a success. She on building the Nautilus, the
was planning an extended trip to nine-year-old
China and wanted a story to sell. craft was barely
He had learned that publicity seaworthy, and in
often brought new investment for his projects. need of a major
“He had taken plenty of other journalists out refit. With no
on trips,” says Djursing. “I think he enjoyed it, authorisation to
and I never heard of there being any problems.” carry passengers,
Denmark, a small, prosperous country with Madsen was
a low murder rate and a high degree of sexual trying to market
tolerance, is still struggling to digest the horror the sub as a
of what has been uncovered. Many people sightseeing
feel uncomfortable with the ‘Scandi crime’ attraction,
comparison, yet theories – some persuasive, offering dockside
others bizarre – continue to fly around visits to tourists.
Copenhagen’s waterside bars over glasses A promotional
of Akvavit, the local spirit. video on a
Among the theories are
that Madsen, short of
“ Among the theories is website he set up says:
“We guarantee a fun,
money after falling out
with his partners two years
that he was using the sub inspirational experience
that will be long
ago, was using the sub for
drug-smuggling, and that
for drug-smuggling. ” remembered.” But the
sparse, claustrophobic
Kim was trying to expose him. Another is that interior of the Nautilus bore no resemblance to
other, unidentified, people may have been on the the fantastical opulence of the fictional Captain
Nautilus, who Madsen is covering up for. Nemo’s craft. Only a few people at a time could
“Every time you meet people for dinner,” says get aboard, and the video suggests that all they
Jerzy Sarnecki, a criminologist at Stockholm saw was a control room with a few crude dials
University, “you hear a new version of what and levers, a periscope and a gloomy passageway
might have happened. I don’t think all this helps, leading to a cabin.
and we should stick to what we know.” Kim had no reason to assume she was in
“What’s missing is an obvious motive,” says danger. And as many of her colleagues have
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Ben Hamilton. “Would Madsen, given what we
know about him, have done something like this?
I think a lot of people are looking at it differently
now. At first it was seen as a kind of Agatha
Christie mystery, but as the details came out
people were revolted. Now they want it settled.”
Several of Kim’s colleagues have noted the
pointed out, front-line female journalists can’t
forever stick to the safe options.
Top: Peter Madsen
Whatever happened out on the dark, chilly
outside court in
Copenhagen, and
waters of the Copenhagen Sound brought two
(below) working remarkable careers to an end. Only Madsen,
on his submarine now in an isolation cell in the city’s Vestre prison,
in 2008. knows the truth. And for now he isn’t saying. AWW

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Hearts &
minds , Australians nominate
o put their heart and
helping others. Sue
methurst meets some of the
contenders for this year’s
Australian of the Year.
 [ Australians of the year ]

VIC
of the
year

Samuel Johnson
Australians fell in love with actor Samuel
Johnson years ago when his laconic voice
and cheeky humour came into our homes
through TV shows like The Secret Life of Us
and Molly. et despite his stellar acting career,
the best role this Logie award winning actor
has ever played is undoutedly the one that
has dominated his life off stage.
Samuel was named Victorian of the Year
after raising a staggering $7 million to fight
cancer through the Love Your Sister charity,
the organisation he established with his
adored sister Connie (pictured above with
Samuel) when she was given a terminal
breast cancer diagnosis.
Sadly, in September last year, 33-year-old
Connie, a mother of two young boys, lost her
battle but not before her brave journey and
the Love Your Sister community had become a
rallying point to raise funds to fight all cancers.
“She’d be really proud of me, but a bit
jealous too, she’d wonder why it wasn’t her!”
Samuel teases of his award. “Obviously, the
people who give these out haven’t vetted me
properly so I’m going to enjoy every minute

“I won’t even of it until they realise the mistake they’ve

made and make me give it back.”

think about Jokes aside, you don’t have to delve too far
below the surface to realise the popular
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK CUBBIN. NEWSPIX.

looking at a script actor is deeply committed to the Love Your

Sister cause. In the days before Connie’s

until we raise
death, when she was awarded an OAM for
her tireless work for others battling breast

$10 million”
cancer, she penned a wish list for Samuel to
fulfil. The all-important list had just one task
on it, “to smash cancer in the bumhole!”
Keeping his promise to Connie has
become a full-time job and Samuel is totally
focused on the cause. He announced he »

JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 49

would ‘retire’ from acting, adamant that
he won’t return to our screens until he
has raised $10 million.“I won’t even think
about looking at a script until we raise
the $10 million,” he says.“This is so
important to me, I have an opportunity
to further unite our Love Your Sister
community and what we can achieve
together is better than anything I can
achieve acting. My father raised us
to be very aware of our social
responsibilities and I’m doing that to
balance my sins,” he says, smiling.
The Love Your Sister community
began when Connie was diagnosed with
terminal cancer in 2009. She’d beaten
cancer twice already but this time, it
was third time unlucky. Three different
doctors diagnosed Connie with mastitis,
before her breast cancer was accurately
diagnosed. Sadly, by then it was too late
and the cancer had taken hold.
The young mum of sons Willoughby
and Hamilton, who were both under
five when she was diagnosed, was
determined to use every minute of the
imposing death sentence to fight cancer.
She came up with the idea of a Love Your
Little Brother campaign, sending Samuel
on a 15,000-kilometre trek around
Australia on a unicycle. She tapped into
Samuel’s showbiz contacts to help
promote the ride and it worked
spectacularly, with followers and fans of
the TV star flocking to the siblings’ blogs,
interviews and Facebook page.
Samuel’s ride raised close to $2 million
so when he returned, Connie unveiled
plans to expand the charity to become
Love Your Sister and the pair organised
cheeky, quirky and fun campaigns like
the Boobie Bus, Potty Mouths Unite (a

“It’s bigger than all of us, and in her name I will simply keep
on shouting from every rafter I can find ‘our mums matter’.”
 swear jar fundraiser) and the inspirational
Big Heart Project, just before Connie died.
The impact of Love Your Sister has
been profound. The charity has 380,000
followers and has facilitated research
grants for rare cancers, established a
Breast Cancer lab at the Garvan Institute,
and in his 2000 media appearances,
Samuel has reminded thousands of
women about the importance of
checking their breasts.
“I want to die having done more good
than evil, so I’ve still got a bit of work to
do,” he says. “This community is so
important to me and to curing cancer, we
use love and humanity to spread the
word, not fear and hope. Ours is a very
real story, we don’t dance around the
reality that cancer kills people, it’s a
bloody nasty disease and we want to
vanquish all cancers for good.”
It would have been perfectly
QLD
understandable if Samuel decided to tuck
Local
himself up under the doona and grieve hero
his sister’s death, but he’s barely lost his
stride, even when he grappled with the
idea of having to market Connie’s death,
but she’d reassured him it was the right
thing to do. Philippa Russell
“She said to me ‘Sam, this is bigger Pip Russell landed a dream job as a children’s television presenter on shows likes
than us’, and she was right. It was always Toasted TV and Totally Wild, but she walked away from the glitz and glamour of
going to come to this, but how do you showbiz for a career behind the camera that has proved far more rewarding.
monetise and market your own sister’s Despite having no funding, no business plan and no idea of how it would evolve,
death? At first it made me uncomfortable, she quit her lucrative on-camera career to create the first ever television show
but it doesn’t anymore, she was right, made by kids in hospital, for kids in hospital. Juiced TV, filmed at Queensland’s Lady
it’s bigger than all of us, and in her name, Cilento Children’s Hospital, offers sick kids the opportunity to communicate with
I will simply keep on shouting from every one another and entertain one another.
rafter I can find ‘our mums matter.” “I had the idea for Juiced for a long time,” she says, “before I started in TV I’d been
Despite many sleepless nights, he volunteering with the kids at the hospital, and when I had spare time during filming
won’t rest until Love Your Sister reaches Totally Wild, I’d come in and organise parties and shows for the kids and I just loved
the coveted $10 million mark. He already it. Seeing the smiles on their faces was so wonderful.”
has plans in place for the release of a Juiced TV is a unique television concept, and the kids are the stars of the show. It
commemorative rose on the anniversary is filmed in a purpose-built studio inside the hospital and the kids are the presenters
of Connie’s death, and he has a ‘Big Balls and reporters. Sometimes they even have adventures outside the hospital,
project’ planned to target men’s cancers. including a trip to report from the red carpet at the Logies in 2016. The episodes
“I don’t have to follow a script now, feature animal encounters, behind-the-scenes tours of concerts and film sets and
I can let the crazy, wild imagination that’s interviews with their idols like actor Johnny Depp, who made an appearance as his
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK CUBBIN. NEWSPIX.

got me into trouble over all these years
off the chain and use it for good instead
of evil,” he quips.
“This recognition is the Holy Grail
for me, it means I must be doing
something right, which is a pleasant
change. It gives us an opportunity to
accelerate our fundraising, amplify our
message and unite our community,
and I’m really honoured.”
Pirates of the Caribbean alter ego Captain Jack Sparrow.
“It helps break up their hospital stay,” Pip says. “It distracts them from their
treatment and it gives them a positive memory of hospital.
“We try to take the stigma of sadness away from a hospital stay. We were able to
fly a young patient to Sydney to report from the red carpet of a movie premier
recently. The kids are so enthusiastic and this offers them something special.”
To date, more than 1800 children have taken a starring role in the show, which
has been viewed by 1.5 million on You Tube.
“This recognition means so much to me because it acknowledges the kids and
their contribution and it means that we are all making a difference,” Pip says.
 Barbara Spriggs
‘I’m just an ordinary, everyday Australian,’ says Barb Spriggs. Of course, this feisty
65-year-old is anything but. The South Australian was recognised as the state’s Senior
of the Year after waging a brave and relentless campaign to uncover the truth about
her late partner’s mistreatment at the Oakden mental health facility.
“One day I went to visit him, he had a tear running down his cheek, he was trying
to tell me something was wrong but couldn’t communicate. Then my daughter
discovered shocking bruises on his legs. When no one could explain to me why, I began
to ask questions,” she says. What she uncovered was heartbreaking. Bob, who suffered
Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, had been given 10 times the dose of his
medication, and was left lying on the floor to restrain him.
When Bob died, Barb pushed her grief aside and focused on finding the truth. With
the help of the Community Visitors Scheme, she made a formal complaint and received
an apology from the Health Department, but still no explanation as to exactly what had
happened at Oakden. So, the quest began. She wrote letters, made phone calls, then
applied through Freedom of Information for Bob’s files. The notes were damning.
“I couldn’t live with the thought that another family might go through what we’ve
been through,” she says. “We wanted something done.”
Barbara’s kitchen-table investigation led to a formal inquiry and a damning report
that detailed 10 years of abuse of patients. She uncovered systematic failures and
SA shocking treatment of vulnerable patients. The centre has since been closed.
Senior of “I’m very honoured to have received this award. It means that we have really
achieved something, and it empowers me to empower others,” she says. “I feel very
the year strongly that everyday Australians should have a voice, because we all have the
capacity to make a difference, I hope that my recognition gives others the belief that
they can make change too. Speak up, we must never remain silent.”

to hospital, a bed to stay in, meals for

parents, equipment they may need to
ACT take their child home,” says Suzanne,
who is also mum to Laura, 26, Amelia, 24,
Local and Ruby, six. And so, the Stella Bella
hero Little Stars Foundation was born and it
quickly grew. As more and more families
came to Suzanne for help, to date more
Suzanne and than 400, she could see a clear need for a
daughter Ruby purpose-built facility to provide childcare
next to a framed and respite care for chronically ill children.
photo of Stella. In March 2017, she proudly opened the
Stella Bella Children’s Centre in Fyshwick,

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the first childcare centre that caters for
seriously ill kids. “These children have very
special needs and can’t go to mainstream
childcare, so we offer a safe place that
gives them that wonderful experience
while Mum and Dad can have a break.”

Suzanne Tunks
At just nine months old, Suzanne Tunks’
precious baby daughter Stella died from a
complex cardiac condition. Stella’s death, on
Father’s Day 2010, lit a fire in Suzanne’s belly
– to find ways of positively supporting
seriously ill children and their families. It
began with Little Stars Beads, a simple but
clever program offering keepsake beads
to sick kids as they reached milestones in
their treatment, but as the program grew,
Suzanne saw a greater need to support not
just the children, but their parents too.
“Having a sick child can place great
strain on a family, physically, emotionally
and financially. We wanted to provide
practical help that would make a real and
immediate impact, like petrol to get
Suzanne hopes it is just the beginning
of a marvellous legacy in her daughter’s
honour. “It feels really good knowing
you’ve genuinely helped someone.
During Stella’s illness, I didn’t know what
I was doing in the next two hours, let
alone to think about create something
like this. It just kind of happened and I
am so proud. Every family I meet gives
me a reason to keep going.”

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Dr Catherine Hamlin
Dr Catherine Hamlin never intended to
dedicate her life to eradicating obstetric
fistula in the world’s poorest women.
The Sydney-born obstetrician arrived in
Ethiopia in 1959 with a single-minded
purpose of setting up a midwifery school
in Addis Ababa to train local women to
become midwives.
With husband Reg, also an obstetrician,
they planned to stay three years, but
almost 60 later, the remarkable 93-year-
old still spends every day caring for the
women of the troubled African nation.
“My dream is to eradicate obstetric
fistula from Ethiopia,” she says, “I won’t
achieve this in my lifetime, but I know
that it can be done. We’ve treated more
than 50,000 women, but of course there
is always more work to do.”
The Hamlins had never seen a fistula
NSW
case before they arrived in Africa. The Senior of
debilitating condition, in which a hole the year
forms between the rectum and the
vagina after prolonged labour, causes
incontinence. Women suffering are often
shunned from their communities. Such clothes, in a state of dejection with “My staff would be worried about me
was the extent of the problem that they nothing but hope that we can cure them; if I slowed down!” she says. “I’m just an
opened their own hospital, the Addis it touches the hearts of everyone who ordinary woman, I have a big team that I
Ababa Fistula Hospital in 1975. “When we meets them. After they are treated, they work with and this would not be possible
first came across the fistula patients they can go on to lead a normal life. They without them. They are marvellous.
broke our hearts. To meet only one woman leave us, on dancing feet, with a new I know that this place is in good hands.
suffering this is to be profoundly moved. dress and hope for the future.” “I am still trying to wake up the world
“We felt tremendous compassion for After Reg died in 1993, Catherine and tell people about the women we
them and sadness to see their plight, I continued their work, setting up five treat. To think that this injury is still
simply couldn’t turn my back,” she says. hospitals in locations around Ethiopia. In happening when we have achieved
“Childbirth should be a joyful occasion, 2007 she opened the Hamlin College of so much in medicine! I still can’t turn
but to them it’s become a nightmare. Midwives in Addis Ababa. She no longer my back on these poor women. If we
These poor women coming through the operates but she still attends a packed always have compassion in our hearts
gates of the hospital in urine-soaked schedule of appointments at the hospital. we can all make a difference.”

Bettina Danganbarr
When local women experiencing family violence arrived on Bettina Danganbarr’s
doorstep, looking for a safe place to sleep and talk about their problems, she
welcomed them. Bettina, 41, is loved and respected in her local community of
Galiwin’ku on Elcho Island, both for her official work as an Aboriginal Community
Police Officer and her volunteer work, supporting local women. When an irate
husband forced his way into her home, threatening the safety not only of the family
taking refuge there but of her own three children and two foster children, she knew
NT the island needed a more organised, community-led response. She established
the Galiwin’ku Women’s Space, which is about to begin bricks-and-mortar work
Local on an official shelter. Bettina’s family has a lot to celebrate in 2018. Bettina’s
hero mother, Kathy Guthadjaka (a teacher, bilingual education pioneer and “the most
inspiring person I know,” says Bettina), is the NT’s Senior Australian of the Year.

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 love
For
the
woman
of a
It can take decades for a woman to
determine who she really is and what
truly makes her happy. And when she
does – even after marriage and children
– that discovery is sometimes found in
the arms of another woman, writes
Susan Chenery.

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A
lmost 18 months
ago, to her great
surprise, Melissa
Santos found
herself falling
deliciously but nervously in love.
The mother of three had been
single for some years, hectically
busy with children and a
supercharged career in television,
flying across the country for
work, juggling ballet lessons and
jiu-jitsu classes. Keeping the show on the road
left neither time nor inclination for romance.
Besides, at 53 and menopausal, her body wasn’t
what it had once been. “I didn’t want to disrobe
in front of anyone,” she recalls. But Melissa had
met someone at work, someone she was drawn
to, kept wanting to see. Someone whose work
she admired, whose savvy, brains and humour
were powerful and magnetic. But as much as she
looked forward to their meetings, she struggled
with that anticipation. “The shock of it would
jerk my head back.” Because Melissa was falling
for a woman.
As much as she has given herself a big surprise
Melissa is one of a growing number of women
partnering with other women in middle-age.
In the past, such unions may have been
conducted in secrecy but with the passing
of ground-breaking same sex marriage
legislation in late December, there is
a new sense of social acceptance. In
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turn, this may give some women the
confidence to embrace their feelings in a
way that was not open to them previously.
The facts are that women, according to recent
psychological research in the US, are more open to
gender fluidity, especially as they become older. In
short, there is now evidence that supports a growing
trend to late in life change around sexual preference
for women, many of whom have had children,
marriages and in fact lived whole other lives.
And in this unfamiliar new world, a muffin top
and caesarean scar were not an embarrassing
turn-off, they were understood and celebrated.
“I felt I had put on weight, there was cellulite
in new places,” Melissa says of her body image
at the time of her new attraction. “That didn’t
seem to matter in the same way with another
middle-aged woman who is also not bodily
perfect. She made me feel that it didn’t matter.”
Melissa has always been a woman who listens
[ Relationships ]
deeply to other women, a
person her friends turn to
when they need wise counsel.
“When women become friends
there is a great intimacy that
is entered into,” she says. “We
share deeper and go to our
vulnerable places easier and
faster. And so that happens in
a love relationship too, there is
a level of intimacy that is quite
breathtaking, and when you add
ABOVE: Mother the physical it is a lovely journey into intimacy.”
of two Jenny She is still coming to terms with it, though. “There
Lonergan was are funny little things like if we are going out, both
48 and married
of us are at the mirror putting on our make-up
when she had an
“epiphany” about and that feels weird. It is like, well, this is different.
her sexuality. Usually a bloke combs his hair for five minutes and
is waiting downstairs reading the paper.”
Attitudes are definitely changing. “Data from
the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s
Health reveals striking evidence of social change
in this regard,” says Dr Paco Perales, from the
Institute for Social Science Research at The
University of Queensland.
Dr Lisa Diamond, from the University of
Utah, recently released a study, saying “it’s a
complicated dynamic between hormonal changes,
physical experiences, and, certainly sexual desires.
We don’t know if sexual fluidity is more likely at
certain life stages than others. But one of the
things we have observed is that individuals,
especially women, go through changes that give
them a little more freedom around middle age.”
Although there has not been a lot of research
“ in Australia, where older and lesbian women are
largely invisible, Dr Catherine Barrett, director
We have of Celebrate Ageing, says she and her colleagues
noticed a “have noticed a trend in women coming out late.
There are increasing stories of women leaving
trend in heterosexual relationships to be with a women.
women There is that thing that lesbians often get asked
‘have you just not had good penis, not found the
coming right male partner?’ But a lot of women will tell
out late. you that part of it is that the sexual connection
is incredibly strong and it feels right. But it is not
” just that. Woman are talking about an emotional
and spiritual connection as well.”
When Melissa told her boss, “he just put his
head in his hands and said ‘there is no use for
us middle-aged men anymore’,” she says.
Jenny Lonergan was 48 and spending all her time
with her dying mother when she distractedly »
JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 57
started watching a
program about a gay
woman on SBS. “All
of a sudden I literally
had an epiphany. This
emotional feeling, this
amazing opening up
that I can’t describe.
All of a sudden the
psychological straight-jacket came flying off.
I just thought ‘oh my god, how did I not know?’
I sat there in the room by myself for five or six
hours going ‘oh my god, oh my god, of course’,
just going over and over my life. It was like this
gush of everything completely making sense.”
She had been married for 24 years, her oldest
daughter was 19, her youngest 15. “I thought, I
had to tell my husband. My inner self was saying
you have just got to be you. It was such a relief.
He just said, thank God. It made sense to our
relationship, which wasn’t a normal marriage.
Within about three weeks I realised I had to be
honest with the kids too. I didn’t want to have a
secret life.” It was a painful transition. “You go
through your adolescence at 50, the whole
psychological thing of discovering who you are.”
All the women interviewed for this article had
been married and had children, had done what
was expected. “I lived in a very small town and
I didn’t even know what lesbians were,” says
Richelle Menzies, who came out at 40 after
she fell in love with her next door neighbours’
daughter. “Historically we married very young
before we had any life experience or were able
to make the best choices.”
Says Dr Barrett, “If you look at some of the
research around ageing, women come into their
strengths in middle and mature age and become
more assertive and more likely to know who they
are and what they want.”
Richelle notes that “women live longer than
men so you have got a much larger group of
women who form relationships with other
women that can become something more”.
While research has shown that women’s
sexuality is more fluid than men’s, Melissa
believes that “women have always had a kind
of emotional language, an emotional literacy”.
In her new relationship, “you can talk through
a lot of the issues that might normally be a
stumbling block with a bloke. We understand
each other and what we might need at a deep
level because we are both women.”
Author, inspirational speaker and counsellor,
Petrea King, 65, runs the Quest For Life centre in
Bundanoon, NSW, which helps people overcome
trauma, grief and illness. She has overcome all of
58 AWW.COM.AU JANUARY 2018
these things in her
own eventful life,
recounted in her
recently released book
Up Until Now. “It just
never occurred to me
to love a woman. It
was just natural to
have relationships
ABOVE LEFT: with men.” In 1985 she was running a cancer
Richelle Menzies support group. Kay, who had been diagnosed
was 40 when she with breast cancer, was a regular member of
fell for a woman.
the group. Petrea herself was “living as a tourist”
ABOVE RIGHT:
The honeymoon is because she had been diagnosed with leukaemia.
still not over for Before she died in 1992, Kay told her partner
Petrea (left) and Wendie to “fluff up Petrea, because who looks
Wendie after 24 after her?”
years together. Normally Petrea didn’t socialise with clients but
Wendie insisted on taking her to dinner to thank
for everything she had done for Kay and their
three children. “As the meal unfolded, it was just
obvious that she just got me. She had a great
sense of humour, a fierce intellect and a deep
understanding of human suffering. Within three
days I was thinking, I would really like to know
Wendie’s perspective on this. We were pretty much
“ inseparable within about a week.” That was 24
years ago, when she was 42. “The honeymoon
Mature hasn’t worn off yet” she laughs. “I had never
women experienced the emotional depth in a relationship
with a man that I have with Wendie. And the ease
become of being together. We can cook an entire meal
more and never discuss the end point of where we are
assertive heading. We have the same values, we laugh at the
same things. We share a lot of interests and a lot of
and fundamental things that make life very seamless.”
likely to Annette Davey, 68, was married for 13 years
and had two children. She had known her
know sister-in-law since she was 16. When she was 48
who they and a few years after their divorces from the two
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brothers, they were sitting having a drink one
are and Saturday afternoon. “We just started talking
what about it and it hit both of us really. I had decided
I was going down the gay path and was discussing
they it with her and she said she had come to same
want. conclusion. It was quite sweet. We just fell in love.”
Annette sold her house and they bought and
” ran a general store together. “We already had so
much history, it was very comfortable easing into
it. It just seemed to fall into place. We didn’t have
to learn each other’s faults because we already
knew them.” They were together for 17 years
until her partner died of cancer four years ago.
“We had a lot of fun,” she says now. “It was
beautiful, tender and loving.”
As society has become more tolerant, it has
become easier for women to live openly gay.
People today are not expected to have conventional was a “coming home sensation, a familiarity, and
relationships or even have children as they once a recognition”, she says that a woman coming
were. Young women sometimes experiment out impacts everyone around them, everyone they
between the sexes. “Women have a capacity to love. “Because they have to come out too. My
love someone for who they are and for it not daughter just got together with a guy – at some
be about gender,” says Dr Barrett. “People who point she would have had to tell him that her
thought there were no options now recognise mum is a lesbian and they would have had to tell
that options exist.” his parents. Just as I have to keep coming out,
Even so, stigma remains. “We still have messages my mum, who is in her 80s, has to decide to hide
from politicians and community leaders that being the fact or tell people her daughter is gay.”
gay is an abomination, that it is wrong,” says Dr BELOW LEFT: The women in this article described various
Barrett. “In those messages, being a lesbian is lesser. Annette Davey (left) reactions when they told their children. “My
When women realise that for them this is the way found love with her daughter went into high drama about it” says
it was always meant to be, they have to make it sister-in-law. BELOW Petrea,“that her mother had turned into a lesbian
RIGHT: Kim Harman
work in a world that is a bit lesbiaphobic.” just before the HSC.” Jenny’s daughter tried to get
(right), with partner
Sally Woodfood came out in the 1980s in rural Lauren, came out out of a moving car when she broke the news.
England at a time when she could have lost after 16 years of “She said ‘stop the car’ and walked around on the
custody of her three daughters for being a lesbian. marriage. side of the road, spinning around in circles going
“People did lose their ‘oh my god’.” Mostly
jobs, terrible things offspring start to
happened.” She is from realise that Mum is
a generation that is happy, often for the
still wary. “When I meet first time.
somebody new, I wonder While Melissa has
if I am going to come found herself in what
out to them or not she calls “the secret
and risk that look of and everlasting
prejudice, that weird family”, other women
look on people’s talk about tortuous
faces.” While for Sally, lesbian relationships.
discovering she was gay “My last partner »

JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 59

was pretty aggressive,
domestic violence does
happen in gay relationships,”
says Sally. Women can rush
into relationships. “There is
that whole business of what
do lesbians do on a second
date? They move in. You
kind of think because there
is so much in common
things must work out, but
they don’t necessarily.”
Other women speak of
relationships becoming
platonic once the sex has
fizzled. When Kim Harman came out after 16
years of marriage, she lived desultorily with a
woman for 10 years. “I was so caught up in the
whole thing of being able to have this lifestyle as
a woman. But we should have just been friends
really. Because you are such good friends. Most
women don’t like to sleep around a lot.” In
Queensland you could have a civil partnership
before the Yes vote. Kim “got married in a big fat
full-on gay wedding. Once you have found that
right person, it transcends that male-female thing.”
A woman coming out can be fragile and
vulnerable. “Some people are very unscrupulous,”
says Annette. “It is easy to get into a relationship
but it is hard to get out.”
Tracie Oldham, 55, is a marriage celebrant
who, because she lives in Victoria, was not able
to marry the person she loved. But because she
was married in the UK six years ago, she is now
automatically legally married in Australia. “It was
a bit of an anti-climax.”
She was previously married to a man for 19 years
and has three children. Her husband went to work
one day and didn’t come home, abandoning his
family for another woman. At the suggestion of
friends she went on the Pink Sofa dating site, where
she met Carol, who was in the UK. For a long time
they just talked on Skype. “I couldn’t stop thinking
about her, it was killing me to log off.” They met
for the first time when she went to visit
Carol in UK. “She came running at the
airport and I was running. It was like a
beach scene, running into each other’s
arms. It was like we had known each
other our whole lives, we were just so
comfortable with each other, we never
stop talking. We never come up for air.”
It has been a long, painful process with
immigration for them to be able to live
together in Australia. “I have never been
content until now. It really is a love story,
we have had to fight for this. Carol gave
60 AWW.COM.AU JANUARY 2018
up everything, her family,
her job, to come and live
with me.”
Still, living with another
middle-aged woman has its
challenges. “You have got
two women living together
who are menopausal.
And a 20-year-old daughter.
When she gets her period,
that sets our menopause off.
Because we are female, we
are more emotional. Half
the time you want to stab
each other and the other
ABOVE: Tracie half you want to hug each other. But we have
Oldham (left) met survived and come out stronger.”
Carol on dating For some women, men’s expectations of them in
site Pink Sofa.
a relationship became intolerable. Tracie believes
BELOW: Lauren
Parker found that some women in gay relationships, “are not
women to be really gay. I just think they get to a certain stage of I
more sensitive don’t want to be treated like a doormat anymore.”
to her needs. Tracie now focuses on community work. “My
work is about the mental health, illness and suicide,
which within the gay community is inexorable. I
“ am still trying to work out how to do this and how
I fit in with the world. For so long I didn’t.”
Women Now a mortgage broker, Lauren Parker was
have a 21 and in the Air Force when she married. Her
husband was in the Army doing close personal
capacity protection. “Any diplomats, commanders,
to love politicians, he would pick them up in armoured
cars. He was a military policeman.” He was also
someone never home. When she had two children she was
for who left on her own knowing his work in places like
Iraq was dangerous. She was lonely and worried.
they are “I didn’t know if he was coming home in a body
not their bag. There was that constant worry and dread of,
are my children going to have a father? I was just
gender. desperate.” She was “totally committed” to her
marriage but they drifted apart. Then she met a
” woman through work and they became friends.
“We talked for hours. Then one day it went from
having fun to ‘oh, I like you’.”
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Although Lauren is single but dating
someone now, she is resolute that she
will stay with women. “My mind is
made up. I don’t want to be hurt by a
man that is not sensitive to my needs. I
want that gentle intimacy, that softness.
A woman knows what a woman wants.
They are kind, nurturing and loving. It
is a different way to feel. ”
Kim agrees. “Once you have figured it
out in your head and said it out loud, you
can’t go backwards, you can’t live the life
you were living. It is a big revelation.” AWW
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I
t’s rare that you have the
Brothers Joshua and opportunity to meet a family as
Benjamin entered a royal special as Jenny and Dean Wood
and their two boys, Benjamin,
essay competition 13, and Joshua, 10; and equally
hoping to win a trip extraordinary that The Weekly’s
introduction to this close-knit
to London while visually foursome from Carindale, Brisbane,
impaired Josh could still came from the other side of the world,
from Clarence House in London,
see. They didn’t win, but home and royal HQ to the Duchess
thanks to the Duchess of of Cornwall and the heir to the British
throne, Prince Charles. The Woods’
Cornwall’s team, The story is one of immense fortitude,
Weekly and Qantas, their courage and unfailing love and it is
no surprise that Jenny and Dean’s
dream came true, two sons caused such a commotion in
writes Juliet Rieden. the corridors of Clarence House and
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The Wood family
was “beyond excited’
to meet The Duchess
of Cornwall.
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the Royal Commonwealth Society
when their entries for The Queen’s
Commonwealth Essay Competition
arrived in the post and immediately
won hearts.
Joshua was born with a severe
retinal disorder, so rare that
ophthalmologists are still trying to
figure out what the future holds for
this happy, sensitive, quiet lad who
loves to swim (he hopes to compete
in the Paralympics when he’s older)
and has a passion for trains –
especially the London Underground.
The extent of Joshua’s sight varies
from day to day, hour to hour. The
only clear certainty is that it won’t
improve. Josh tells me he can see

“shadows and colours” and that his
favourite colour is “aqua”. He has a
special machine that magnifies words
and pictures to give him the best
possible chance of seeing, and on good
days he can watch some TV shows.
Josh loves looking at maps and if he
holds a book or iPad right up to just
a few centimetres in front of his eyes
he is able to make some things out.
“He can see me, but not my features,”
explains Mum Jenny, a primary
school teacher who has been on a
hiatus from work to look after Joshua
since maternity leave some 10 years
ago. “For example, if we were
standing beside each other in the
same clothes he would not be able
to pick us. If we go to pick him up
from school, all the time I have to say,
‘Joshie, it’s Mummy,’ because until I
do that he’s not sure it’s me, and
where there are lots of other people
coming and going, like shopping
centres, it’s really hard for him.”
Jenny, 43, and Dean, 50, a pharmacist
who runs his own business, first
discovered that Joshua had issues
with his sight a few weeks after he
was born. “We always wanted two
kids preferably, but didn’t mind boys
or girls,” adds Jenny. “We used to say,
‘as long as they’re healthy!’ But now
I realise that you love them whatever.
It’s just as amazing having a child
that does have some difficulties.”
“My brother
is amazing,
very
resilient.
I have a lot
of respect
for him.”
Benjamin is very bright. “He
was reading really young and he’d
stand up on the coffee table and
make speeches,” says Jenny. “He’s an
incredible kid, in a category of his
own.” And when Joshua was born
“two and a bit years later”, the family
was complete.
“Then a few weeks after he was
born I started to think there might
be something wrong with his eyes.
But I wasn’t sure,” says Jenny. The
couple went to a GP, who thought
Joshua may have cataract problems
and sent them to an ophthalmologist.
“The specialist said, it’s not
cataracts, it’s really rare but we don’t
know what it is, it’s out of my league. »
JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 63
She said, ‘he’ll be blind’, and I think
the blood drained out of my body,”
says Jenny. “We were all there and Ben
was great. He was really little. We’ve
got photos of them cuddling each
other. Benny was holding him and was
really excited. But Dean and I were
just in shock.”
The couple will never forget the
drive back home. Jenny was crying
and Dean, who Jenny describes as
“more reserved” than her “had little
tears flowing down”.
Over the next few months, baby
Joshua was plagued with tests and still
his condition confounded the experts.
“We thought he could see absolutely
nothing,” says Jenny. “Then one day
after about 12 months, I put a cup in
front of him and he reached for it.
He’d never reached out for anything
before. I thought, ‘oh, maybe he can
see something’. And then we found
out that he’s got a little bit of vision,
he’s got mobility vision.”
This was the impetus the family
needed and from that moment on,
together they have forged forward,
determined to give Joshua the best
chance in life while also delighting in
the wonderful boy he has become.
Joshua learned Braille and has his
own machine to use at home. The
rest of the family has also learned,
though they’re not as good at it as
Joshua. “I thought learning Braille
would be a nice thing to do for him,
so I can then help him with his work
and I just wanted to get a taste of
what it’s like,”
Ben tells me.
The brothers
are incredibly
Joshua’s entry
immediately informed the teachers
and his parents. “Some people in his
class said some nasty things to him.
It made me quite angry. I felt sorry
for Josh and wanted to do something
about it. He was upset at the time.
He didn’t want to go to school and
wasn’t his usual self.”
The incident was quickly brushed
aside and Ben is quick to add that the
other children were young and didn’t
know better and that now Joshua is
one of the “most popular” kids at
school. “He’s very funny and quite a
character,” says Ben. “He’s an amazing
kid, very resilient and persevering.
I have a lot of respect for him.”
The shortcomings for Joshua are the
things he can’t do – like trampolining,
contact sports, bouncy castles and
reading print – and this Benjamin feels
keenly. “I don’t like seeing him missing
out on things. It’s just not the best of
feelings. Sometimes I don’t do those
things because I don’t want to have
him not included in it,” he says.
Josh’s dreams comes true
It was this feeling that prompted
Ben and Josh to enter The Queen’s
Commonwealth Essay Competition.
The topic for the 2017 competition for
under-18s was “a Commonwealth for
Peace” and the prize a trip to London.
“When Ben saw it he immediately said
‘Oh, there’s a trip to London, Josh
could see the Underground’,” says
Jenny. Going to London and riding
the Underground has been Josh’s
dream ever since
he became
obsessed with the
train network. He ever had in the competition! So PHOTOGRAPHY BY FERGUS BURNETT. FAMILY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHS

close but
there’s more to
was the first can name all the
stations, draw the
that’s what started it,” says Jenny.
Ben and Josh wrote their entries
it, they are a
team, a united they’d ever had system and knows
all the lines.
completely on their own and their
essays (see page 66) are heart-
force taking on
in Braille. Josh wrote his warming, touching, incredibly
SUPPLIED AND USED WITH PERMISSION.

the world
together. “Ben
instinctively would modify all of his
things for Josh,” says Jenny.
Today Josh uses a cane. He goes to
a regular school and in the past has
been the victim of bullying, but brother
Ben had his back. “It was when he
was a lot younger,” says Ben, who
entry in Braille
and Jenny had to
write to the Royal Commonwealth
Society to get special dispensation to
send the entry by post. “I totally
would have understood if they had
said, we don’t have the capability, but
we got a lovely email back to say, ‘Oh
yes, it’ll be the first Braille entry we’ve
profound and bring tears to your eyes.
While they didn’t win, Ben and Josh
were both thrilled to bits to receive
certificates of Special Commendation
from the Palace.
It is at this point that The Weekly
heard about Josh and Benjamin from
the team at Clarence House who had
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 C
Clockwise from top left: Josh in a train simulator. In the cockpit
of their Qantas plane in Dubai. At High Street Kensington tube
o
sstation. Having fun in London. With Philip Barnard-Brown, the
first Australian to be coachman to The Queen. Posing with Josh’s
fi
idol,
i author David Walliams. Waiting to go in to Buckingham Palace.

and were super keen to invite them
to attend the Awards Ceremony at
Buckingham Palace. But how would
they get there?
Enter the generosity of Qantas’
Chief Customer Officer, Olivia Wirth,
who read Josh and Ben’s essays and
without hesitation agreed to provide
return flights for our foursome to go
to Buckingham Palace.
When I called Jenny to tell her the
news, she was floored. Her sons had
never been outside Australia, let alone
seen Buckingham Palace. But little did
she know this was just the beginning.
Clarence House was putting together
a fantastic program of engagements
and experiences for this unique family,
including a personal meeting with the
Duchess of Cornwall, the host of the
event in Buckingham Palace.
As we go to press on this story, the
family is still in London having the
trip of a lifetime. But Jenny has been
calling daily with updates.
“Firstly Qantas was incredible,”
she tells me, holding back tears.
“They treated us like royalty. All
the staff knew about the boys going
to Buckingham Palace and were
congratulating them. One airline
hostess bought the boys a gift each as
she had heard about their story, and
at the Qantas Lounge they were
presented with a model each of the
Airbus. Landing in Heathrow, we were
seated upstairs to have a good view of
the landing. The boys were so excited.
“Then Clarence House had organised
a driver to pick us up from the airport
and take us to the accommodation
which they had organised. We couldn’t
quite believe it when we arrived at
the Cavalry and Guards Club on
Piccadilly. This is a private members’ »

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 The peacemaker challen
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ar t These four words had a pro
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this better for him? It wa
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my peaceful place …I am merely one person
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being a peacemaker.
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not need all these stays nt if each person in the wo
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at least one other person.
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M Anyone can be a vessel for
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peace. Be an inclusion
child to play, no matter
what their race, religion or
disability.

said – ‘we can’t believe this is
happening’ and ‘we are never
going to forget this’ and
‘Wow!’ Inside, Ben smiled
and said ‘this is the best day
of my life’ and Josh said ‘I am
just so happy’.
“We were led into the
White Drawing Room and
met The Duchess of Cornwall.
She was so lovely, so easy to
speak to; such a gentle lady
and her warmth shone
through with genuine interest
in the boys. Then we went to
On subsequent days the family were
showered with other money-can’t-buy
experiences, including a personal tour
of the Royal Mews, a trip to Australia
House to meet Australia’s High
Commissioner to the UK Alexander
Downer and a fabulous ‘transport
day’ for Joshua, criss-crossing London
in different trains, using a train
simulator and visiting the London
Underground Control Room.
“Joshua was asking everyone so
many questions and I think they were
quite impressed by his knowledge
the London Underground network,”

PHOTOGRAPHY BY YIANNI ASPRADAKIS. GETTY IMAGES. JOSHUA WEARS WITCHERY SHIRT.

Joshua typed his essay on the Braille machine
he has at home. Every year he goes to Braille camp
in Sydney to perfect his skills.
club and has been frequented by
the Royal Family and Sir Winston
Churchill. Its patron is HRH the
Duchess of Cornwall. Words cannot
even describe the beauty of this club
and we were in awe that we were able
to stay here. Ben and Joshua just loved
it and didn’t want to leave.”
Next came the family’s big day at
Buckingham Palace. “Honestly, we
can’t even put into words how it felt
to walk up to the gates of the Palace
knowing we were going inside.
The boys looked very handsome
all dressed up in their suits and
the Awards Ceremony itself. says a proud Jenny. “As we were
“The boys were over the leaving, they gave the boys the biggest
moon to meet [children’s maps of the Underground – big
author] David Walliams enough for Josh to see – which Josh
there. He is Joshua’s is putting on his bedroom wall.”
favourite author. We posed “This is the most unforgettable
for photos of David with the boys and trip and the things that have been
he even posted one on Twitter which organised and the places we have
Ben was very excited about. He told stayed at are things that you wouldn’t
the boys he was going to organise even dream of happening to you. A day
books and audio CDs to be sent to hasn’t gone by where they both haven’t
our hotel – which he did!” said how fortunate they are.” AWW
HOW TO ENTER THE QUEEN’S 2018 COMPETITION
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition was established in 1883 and is
open to all Commonwealth citizens under the age of 18. “Towards a Common
Future” is the 2018 Competition topic. To enter, visit thercs.org/youth-and-
education/the-queens-commonwealth-essay-competition/2018-competition-
towards-a-common-future/

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 “None of my
husbands was
ever man enough
to become
Mr Bette Davis”
In a tell-all interview, the personal assisant to Bette Davis
tells Jaci Stephen the truth about the Hollywood icon’s
love life and her difficult realtionship with her daughter.

S
he was the first person to
receive 10 Academy Award
nominations and she twice
won for Best Actress. The
first woman to receive a
Lifetime Achievement Award from the
American Film Institute, and the first
female president of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
Bette Davis is engraved in history as
one of the most accomplished female
actresses of classic Hollywood history.
Known for her willingness to play
unsympathetic characters, when she
died from breast cancer in 1989, the
world lost one of the last of the greats.
Entering the living room of Kathryn
Sermak, her personal assistant of
10 years, you are immediately
transported back to old
Hollywood. Dominating the
room is the actress’s striped chaise
longue, like a long throne and
draped in a fur wrap, as if Bette
has only just left the room for
a few minutes to light one of her
100-a-day cigarettes. The dresser holds
her collection of crockery: winter
serving dishes featuring animals;
summer dishes, a welcoming house
in blue. There are Thanksgiving
dining plates on which a large turkey
dominates, and a gravy boat big
enough to serve a squadron. The
exquisite ruby water glasses are as big
as vases and as heavy as small gym
weights; the wine goblets are elegant
creations of a bygone age. Bette’s pride
in the appearance of her dining table
is not what one might expect from
a woman who played an ageing
former actress, holding her paraplegic »

Bette Davis and Kathryn Sermak in

1987 and (main picture) the actress in
a photoshoot taken on January 1, 1988.

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sister captive in What Ever
Happened to Baby Jane?.
Kathryn Sermak’s new book,
Miss D & Me, reveals even
more, with its anecdotes and
insights into Bette Davis’ life
the other side of the camera. It
is also a tribute to the woman
she acknowledges taught her
everything when she started
out as a naïve Catholic
22-year-old working for one of
the world’s greatest movie
stars. When we sit down to
talk at Bette’s dining table and
sip rosé from the classic
glasses, it’s impossible not to
feel a sense of the presence
who, to Kathryn, will always be Miss
D. The name stuck when Catherine (as
she was then) found addressing her
employer by her first name too
familiar. Bette, who had changed the
spelling of her name, encouraged
Catherine to do the same. “I want to
advise you that one of the big battles
in life is to stand out from the crowd,”
she said. Hence, in 1979, Miss D and
Kathryn, the double act, was born.
“I didn’t know who Miss D was,”
says Kathryn. The night before the
job interview, she read Bette’s
autobiography, The Lonely Life, in
which the actress spoke of her need
for perfection, even as a
child. “She was very
focused on details and
“ She was happiest
when she went to the
circus as a young girl,
when she was in love. ”
the elephants were walking down this
carpet to the ring and the carpet was
misaligned. She couldn’t focus on the
performance because the carpet
infuriated her.” It was an attention to
detail Kathryn had witnessed in her
photographer father and would stand
her in good stead for the job she
landed with the then 71-year-old. She
assured Bette she could cook the
three-minute egg she required every
morning, and told her she knew
nothing about the film industry.
“That’s good,” said Bette, “I will teach
you everything you need to.”
“Suddenly, I was in a limousine, and
I’d never been in a limousine. I was on
Concorde, and I’m looking at her and
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thinking Who are you, Grandma, in
your really red bows!
“She really did teach me everything
– so much that helped me then, and
continues to now. Discretion, respect.
She was the most honest, respectful
person, big time. It didn’t matter if
you were the elevator person, she
would greet them all. Always respect,
she said. Everybody has a job to do.
You’re no higher or lower. Your fans
are your bread and butter, the ones
who pay the money to go to your
movies. I learned so much after she
passed because now I’m seeing what
everyone thought – oh, she must
have been so difficult. If she was that
difficult I wouldn’t have been with
her for 10 years.”
The recent TV series Feud painted a
picture of a more difficult character
in the actress’s rivalry with Joan
Crawford. It is a picture Kathryn does
not recognise. “Feud is Feud. It’s
entertaining; it’s not accuracy. Miss D
was always the first to admit when
she was wrong. That’s what a strong
person does. She was a woman in
a man’s world [her smoking and
drinking are legendary] and when men
are strong and confident, you give
them respect, but if you are a woman,
you get the big ‘No’. But she had
confidence – that’s why all her
attorneys left, because she
caught everything. And
she had the studio system.
She taught me about women
– yes, they are cat-fighting,
but you bond together. She
loved men, absolutely, but she
was supportive of women.”
Married four times, men
were a big part of her life
and, says Kathryn, “she was
happiest when she was in love.
When she was in love, look at
her films, especially when she
was in love with Willy Wyler.”
Bette had an affair with
Wyler when he directed her in
Jezebel (for which Bette won
one of her two Oscars; the other was
for Dangerous). “He was everything
I dreamed of in a man,” she said.
“Love and passion soon followed.”
His view was she was “passionate and
emotional, with more energy than
anyone I’d ever known. Too much for
me.” Of her last husband, Gary Merrill,
Bette said: “Gary was macho but none
of my husbands was ever man enough
to become Mr Bette Davis.”
Relationships and her abortions (she
is said to have had three – one as a
result of her affair with Wyler) were
not something Bette discussed with
her ingénue assistant, although
Kathryn learned about
men from her employer.
“I didn’t know much
about them and she
talked me through the
stages of having boyfriends. She
certainly helped me with Pierre [one
significant other] and his messiness.
Miss D hated mess. ‘Just move it on
the floor’,” she advised. It became
a competition between Pierre and
Miss D for Kathryn, and it was clear
Pierre stood no chance.
The most difficult man in Bette’s life
was son-in-law Jeremy, married to her
biological daughter, Barbara, known
as B.D. (Bette also adopted children:
Michael and Margot with Gary). They
met when B.D. was 15 and he was 29,
when he was her chaperone at the
GETTY IMAGES.
Cannes Film Festival. Jeremy was the
British nephew of Eliot Hyman, who
owned Seven Arts Productions. »
ABOVE: Bette Davis
as a Hollywood belle
and (clockwise from
top left) with Joan
Crawford in 1962;
with husband Gary
Merrill and their
three children; with
one of her great loves,
director William
Wyler; and in the
arms of Henry Fonda
in Jezebel, for which
she won an Oscar.
OPPOSITE PAGE:
Bette and her
daughter Barbara
in the mid-1960s.
Barbara’s “betrayal”
broke Bette’s heart,
Kathryn says.

Bette Davis – with Kathryn by
her side – is mobbed by fans in
London’s Piccadilly after the launch
of her autobiography in 1987.
“Miss D was being escorted by the
director Robert Altman – who, by the
way, she never had an affair with, as
they insinuated in Feud – and she
needed an escort for her daughter.
Jeremy went to pick up B.D., who
was tall, slender and very striking,
and she fell in love with her handsome
companion.” They wanted to get
married, but B.D. needed her parents’
consent. Bette refused to give it, “so
B.D. threatened her: if you don’t give
it, we’re going to elope. Miss D always
blamed herself that she never gave
B.D. a proper father.”
Central to the book is a family
reunion for July 4 Independence Day
celebrations, when
tensions reached a head
between Bette and Hyman.
“ The betrayal was worse
It had been a huge
operation, with Bette and
than the stroke. ”
Kathryn preparing to make sure
everything would be perfect for the
arrival of the family for the holiday
in a house in Huntington Bay. “We
worked our buns off for two weeks,
planting things, repairing the fence;
Miss D even bought a dishwasher and
added fumigators. She spared nothing
for her family because she loved them
so much.” In an argument about
whether there are clams in the Bay,
the two personalities clashed.
B.D. subsequently wrote two
scathing books about her mother,
and it’s clear Kathryn was no fan of
Jeremy’s. “Jeremy once came to the
Colony House for dinner and told me,
‘I could have married the richest girl’
and I thought well, you didn’t do so
badly. I saw Miss D paid for a lot and
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helped them out financially, but when
she had her stroke, following her
breast cancer diagnosis, Harold [the
attorney] told him that legally Bette
could not bail him out of bankruptcy
again as she was on medication.”
This, says Kathryn, was the most
painful time emotionally. “There was
the horror she’d never act again, and
she loved acting. Her agent said she
should never be seen again and go off,
like Greta Garbo. I said ‘Are you
kidding?’ I thought ‘She’s given
everything and now you’re saying put
her out to pasture because she didn’t
look too well.’ I knew her spirit and
her strength, but it was a difficult four
months. It’s like being a baby – you’ve
got to learn to walk and talk again.
She thought she wanted to die, so I
exploded: ‘If you want to die, go ahead,
or we’re going to fight this together’.”
B.D. attended once, despite Bette
having sent a limo six hours away to
pick her up. “Miss D was so happy
and B.D. wouldn’t even stay one night.
I have the letters she wrote, the
photos, she talked to her mom all the
time. Then, a year later, I heard about
B.D.’s book and I thought ‘Aha!’”
The book, My Mother’s Keeper, was
an enormous shock to Bette. “The
betrayal – that was worse than the
stroke. Miss D was completely
blindsided by it. That’s what killed her
– a broken heart. She loved B.D. more
than anything. She loved her adopted
children and treated everybody fairly,
but there was that mother connection
with B.D. There’s no question she and
Jeremy didn’t see eye to eye, but she
knew B.D. had married him and when
she went to their farm she’d take
lobster and artichokes, which they
loved. Miss D gave to you – she gave
her daughter a lake. I once asked her
‘How did you give your daughter a
lake?’ and she said: [a lake of] money.”
The perception of Bette is that
although brilliant, she was a lonely,
irascible woman. Nothing could be
further from the truth, says Kathryn.
“She loved reading, especially
autobiographies and had many
friends. She loved cooking. People
misinterpreted The Lonely Life. She
said ‘it’s like any writer, any artist – it’s
you and only you up on that screen or
that blank page. It doesn’t mean your
life is lonely.’ She was always busy,
always had friends – Laurence Olivier,
Robert Wagner, Roddy McDowall.”
When Bette died in 1989 it was the
end an era for Kathryn, aged 33, as
well as the film world. “No one
prepares you. You lose your best
friend, which is very, very painful; you
lose your job, the place where you
live; you lose your identity.” But she
didn’t grieve. “You
cannot. I knew who
Miss D was. I had a job
to do and there was no
time to be emotional. I
had the press; I had to organise things.
You have to put the grieving process
on the back burner.”
Miss D would not, says Kathryn,
have liked today’s Hollywood. “She
wouldn’t approve. She knew she and
that world were going. In came
animation – it was just different times.
But I don’t think she was glad to be
going, as she had so much fun.”
I leave the house as if I’ve been in
the presence of the great legend herself.
When I look at the photos of the plates
on my iPhone, there’s a video of an arm
serving food. How it got there, I have
no idea, it’s a bit spooky. That’s the
magic of Hollywood, I suppose. AWW
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DELIGHTS
Nicole Alexander
The best-selling queen of rural fiction
was raised on a property north-west of
Moree, NSW, where her childhood was
spent swimming in the creek and fishing
for yabbies. She has written eight novels, PHOTOGRAPHY ● YIANNI ASPRADAKIS
her latest is An Uncommon Woman. STYLING ● MATTIE CRONAN AND
REBECCA RAC
Nicole’s top summer reads:
1 Atonement by Ian McEwan.
A beautifully tragic romance
chronicling the consequences of a crime.
From a summer afternoon in a 1935
English country house to the disastrous
1940 battle of Dunkirk, this is a haunting
tale with an extraordinary ending. It will
make you ask, what if?

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2 Gone with the Wind by Margaret
Mitchell. One of the most remarkable
books written. A love story, but it’s
Scarlett’s love for her beloved “Tara” and
the South, a decadent life lost with the
Civil War that compels. Survival, not
morality, is her strongest drive and
despite Rhett’s charms I’m convinced the
day after he walked out, quite frankly,
Scarlett didn’t give a damn either.

3 All the Light We Cannot See by

Anthony Doerr. Illuminates the ways,
against all odds, people try to be good to
each other. A blind French girl flees with
her father when the Germans occupy
Paris. Her story becomes entwined with
that of a German orphan, whose genius
with radios makes him an expert tracker
of the Resistance. A mesmerising
narrative that captivates in detail fate, love
and history through eyes of the young. »

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[ Great reads ]
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A Melbourne mum who started
writing award-winning children’s
books and now writes award-
winning novels. Sofie’s second, The
Eye of the Sheep, won the Miles
Franklin award and has been
optioned for film and theatre. Her
latest, The Choke, about a traumatic
childhood and how to survive it, is
garnering critical acclaim.

Sofie’s top summer reads:

1 The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah
Krasnostein. This book tells the
deeply moving story of Sandra
Pankhurst – a woman who spends
her life cleaning up after traumas.
The book reads as a love letter from
Krasnostein to Sandra, who despite
the injustices she has suffered is
able to show others incredible
compassion and kindness.
I treasured every word.

2 To Become A Whale by Ben

Hobson. A coming-of-age story

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set in the brutal all-male world of a

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whaling station in the 1960s. Sam,
forced to depend on his father after
his mother dies, must learn how to
survive. This book is a beautifully
drawn portrait on the cruel ways
boys are taught to be men.

3 Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn

Ward. This profoundly moving
novel by Jesmyn Ward broke my
heart – its young characters felt real
to me, and I desperately wanted
them to be safe. The writing was
lyrical, full of magic and mystery,
just like the ghosts that appear in
the narrative, with their own stories
to tell.
Emily Maguire
The Sydney-based author has written
five novels including psychological
thriller An Isolated Incident, which was
shortlisted for the 2017 Miles Franklin
Literary Award, the Stella Prize and the
Ned Kelly Awards. Emily also writes
essays on sex, religion and culture.
Emily’s top summer reads:
1 She Be Damned by M.J. Tijia. The first
in what promises to be an exciting
new series, this is a thrilling tour of
1860s London as courtesan-turned-
private-detective Heloise Chancey
diplomacy, love and living well play
out against the backdrop of a world in
serious and dangerous flux.
investigates a series of gruesome
murders. It is sometimes gory,
sometimes raunchy, but always
3 Australia Day by Melanie Cheng.
This smart, engaging short story
collection offers fresh perspectives on
compulsively readable. what it means to be Australian today.
2 Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse.
Edith Campbell Berry – my
favourite fictional heroine of all time –
The stories also explore identity and
belonging in a variety of other ways,
delving into family, love, class and
is a clever, eccentric young Aussie education. Big themes aside, every
working at the League of Nations in
Geneva in the 1920s. Her adventures in
story is beautifully written and a
total pleasure to read. »
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“There is so much
feeling in every
page of this
incredible book.”
Favel Parrett
Based in Melbourne, Favel’s debut novel,
Past The Shallows, was shortlisted for the
Miles Franklin Literary Award and won
the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer
of the Year at the Australian Book
Industry Awards. When The Night Comes
followed in 2014 and she is currently
working on a new novel.
Favel’s top summer reads:
1 Tin Man by Sarah Winman. A beautiful
portrait of love, friendship, and life.
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There is so much feeling on every
page of this incredible book – reading
it restored my faith in writing. It really
is the best thing that I have read in a
long time.
2 Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei
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was so fascinating that it’s worth a
read. He grew up in Liverpool with
Communist parents and was taken
on holidays to Communist
Czechoslovakia and Hungary instead
of to the beach like his friends. Funny,
heartfelt and moving.
3 Love Your Sister by Connie and
Samuel Johnson. On September 8
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 Annie Leibovitz
HOT SHOT
From the selfies of Kim Kardashian to the selflessness of the Queen,
Annie Leibovitz is the foremost chronicler of modern celebrity.
As she publishes a new book of her work, the photographer talks to
Mick Brown about shooting stars and losing the love of her life.

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A
nnie Leibovitz is a tall, rangy,
handsome woman with striking,
aquiline features and an unruly
shock of grey hair, who at first
glance exudes a palpable air of
can-do control and authority. Annie can, she
admits, “be a terror” – and one imagines that
some measure of terror, or at least strength of
will and power of persuasion, must be necessary
to take the pictures that she does.
For more than 45 years, through her work with
Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue, she has been
the foremost pictorial chronicler of power, fame
and celebrity (a word she loathes, incidentally)
in American life.
A new collection of her work,
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits
2005-2016 sits on the desk
in her New York studio. (Two
floors in an old industrial
building in the Meatpacking
District; a fleet of young and
personable assistants.) With
150 images, it is formidable
in its breadth, and its weight.
(Annie tends to do heavy: her
2006 book, A Photographer’s
Life, weighed in at 4kgs – so
heavy, she says, “I couldn’t
carry it anywhere to give
it away to people.”)
This is Annie in excelsis:
movie and music stars,
politicians and power brokers;
the inevitable nudes – Lady
Gaga splayed over a bed, and
a rather simian Jeff Koons
admiring himself in a mirror;
as well as a panoply of less
© ANNIE LEIBOVITZ.. © MICK BROWN/TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP LIMITED 2017.
familiar characters and
still-lifes from her Pilgrimage
series of objects and places with historical
resonance. It is a record not only of Annie’s life
as a photographer over 11 years, but of American
life. And planning the book, she knew exactly
where she wanted it to end.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, she had
photographed Hillary Clinton numerous times
– over the years she has come to know her well.
And the final image was to be Clinton, triumphant,
the first female president of the United States.
Annie had even been contemplating what desk in
Leibovitz in 2012.
the White House the president-elect would choose
to be sitting at for the portrait, hoping it would be
one of Eleanor Roosevelt’s. And then she didn’t win.
“It was just devastating,” Annie says. “Just
shocking. Where we are now is supposed to be
[ Trailblazer ]
real, but it’s ... unbelievable.” She pauses, before
saying of President Trump: “Every day, I’ll say,
‘What did he do today? What downtrodden
group of people is he picking on today?’ ”
She sighs. “The man is just insane.”
In the wake of Clinton’s defeat, it took her a
while “to brush myself off and pick myself up”.
She even contemplated abandoning the book
altogether. But in the end, after much deliberation,
she decided to go ahead. The last photograph
now is of the artist Robert Smithson’s gargantuan
earthwork Spiral Jetty, with its strong resemblance
to a question mark. “It’s saying, who are we?
What are we doing?” Annie explains.
Her father, Sam, was a lieutenant colonel in
the US Air Force; her mother,
Marilyn, a modern dance
instructor, who once performed
with the Martha Graham
company. It was while
studying painting at the San
Francisco Art Institute that
Annie took a night class in
photography, and in 1970 she
started working for Rolling
Stone. Her first commissioned
work for the magazine was
photographing John Lennon.
In 1980 she took the last ever
portrait of him, just hours
before he was shot dead.
In the Rolling Stone
years she considered herself a
documentarian, spending years
on the road working with
journalists, and photographing
bands (most notably the
Rolling Stones in 1975). When,
in 1983, she moved to Vanity
Fair – the ne plus ultra of
high-sheen celebrity culture –
things changed. The budgets grew bigger, the
portraits more stylised. Two images in the
new book epitomise this: Angelina Jolie,
shrink-wrapped in silver lamé, attached to the
front of a microlight plane – like a figurehead
on the prow of a ship – and, most extravagantly...
“George Clooney?” she jumps in.
Yes. An extraordinary image: George tricked
out like a 1920s Hollywood director-tyrant,
afloat on a platform, surrounded by a host of
ABOVE: Annie women clad in nude underwear, brandishing
cameras and klieg lights – an image that speaks
OPPOSITE:
Model Natalia
volumes about Hollywood hubris and excess. But
Vodianova, as that, she says, was Tom Ford’s idea, when he was
shot by Annie in guest-editing a special Hollywood issue, based on
Paris in 2014. a photograph of the film-maker Cecil B. DeMille »
JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 81
at work. “And Clooney’s a really great guy. He gets
a joke.” But it’s the last of those “high production
value” pictures, she tells me. “I’m not saying I’m
never going to do them, but I don’t look to do
them unless they make sense.” And one thinks
that for Annie they make sense less and less.
In her new book, the Hollywood glitz gives way
to more contemplative pictures of artists, painters
and musicians; the human rights campaigner
Malala Yousafzai; the author Joan Didion – lined,
unvarnished and truthful, shot against leafless
trees as if to signal the tragedy that has enveloped
her life; the feminist human rights lawyer Andréa
Medina Rosas; and Samantha Power, the former
US ambassador to the UN, cradling her son on
her knee as she checks her BlackBerry – a study
in the conflicting demands of motherhood and
professional power.
“This is embarrassing,” Annie
says, “but I think of myself as in a
tradition of portrait photographers
who photographed people of their
time. There will always be people I
want to photograph, and I like that
there’s so much of it – that there’s a
sense of history with this material.
I think that’s powerful, and it’s
beyond me. I’m in a place sometimes
when I’m photographing somebody
and I can’t believe it, and I feel like
it’s my duty. I really do.”
She has photographed the Queen
twice: first in 2007, in full regal
attire inside state rooms in
Buckingham Palace, to celebrate the
monarch’s state visit to the United
States. “I was thinking, ‘She’s going
to be the Queen.’ I was given
catalogues to look through to pick
her tiara, her clothing ... I was given
options. I was given half an hour.
And she was incredible. I remember after the
shoot thinking, ‘My God, she’s so feisty.’ I just
love her.
“You know the story on this. The BBC were
doing a documentary on the Queen, and they did
a trailer that made her look as if she was storming
out of the shoot. The truth is, she was storming
into the shoot. And she did not stop working
until the end. She has this great, great sense of
duty and she was so hurt and angry that it was
made to look any other way.”
The second time Annie was approached, to
shoot the official portraits marking the Queen’s
90th birthday, she says she “couldn’t believe it”.
This time, the photographs were taken at
Windsor Castle and were altogether more
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informal: the Queen with her corgis, with her
grandchildren and with Princess Anne. “That’s
what she wanted to do – and that’s what I did,”
Annie says.
The portrait with Princess Anne is particularly
revealing, Anne’s arm resting protectively around
her mother’s shoulder. “I love that photo,” Annie
says. “It makes me cry, actually.”
“Intimidated” is not quite the word, she says,
but there is not a day when she is not nervous
and worried about a shoot. “I’m photographing
[former US Vice President] Joe Biden this week
and I’m nervous about it because I think he has a
little bit of the Great White Hope on his shoulders
right now, and I admire how he’s conducted his
life. It’s wonderful to admire people and be
interested in them in that way and have this
responsibility of taking an image
that suits them.”
She has photographed every
American president since Richard
Nixon, and enjoys a particular
rapport with Clinton and Obama.
Her new book includes a series of
images of the Obama administration,
including a striking image of
Obama on his last day as president,
shot from behind, gazing out of the
window of the Oval Office as if into
an uncertain future. “I knew I was
going to take the last portrait,” she
remembers, “and we were trying to
set up a date with the White House.
Finally, they said, ‘okay, two o’clock,
Thursday, January 19th.’ I said, ‘I’m
sorry, isn’t that the last day he’s
in office?’
“It was amazing. I went in and
he said, ‘Annie, you have five
minutes, and I’m only doing this
because I love you.’ We took that
picture, and I took some others, of him sitting at
his desk – but they’re just a little too sad for me.”
And what of his successor?
She has photographed Donald Trump many
times in the past. “I think,” she says pointedly,
“with every one of his wives along the way.”And
how has it gone? She shrugs. “You know, he’s
always making a deal.” In a photograph shot for
US Vogue in 2006, Trump, unusually, settled for a
ABOVE: Caitlyn supporting role, seated in a sports car as his wife,
Jenner’s iconic Melania, descends the steps leading down from
July 2015 cover
© ANNIE LEIBOVITZ.
the back of the Trump plane – pregnant and
for Vanity Fair,
shot by Annie. dressed in a gold bikini. “Our first lady ...” Annie
OPPOSITE: Nicole says, flatly.
Kidman and Some of Annie’s images over the years have
Baz Luhrmann. been so blatant in their appraisal of the joy their
subjects take in their wealth and position that you in 2015, publicly announced her gender transition
can’t help wondering if she intends them as satire. in an interview with Vanity Fair, with a cover
In this case it would probably be safe to assume portrait by Annie. More than simply shooting
she did. She hesitates when asked about when, a portrait, Annie says she “felt like I was on a
where, or even if, she will photograph Trump as mission” to help Caitlyn decide how she should
president – a hesitancy that suggests that, for present herself to the world. “It had nothing to do
Annie, notwithstanding her sense of duty, this with the magazine cover or anything. She was so
is as much a question of ethics as opportunity. raw. [The writer] Fran Lebowitz said an amazing
Contemplating the transformative possibilities thing: with everything it involves, you can’t really
of Annie’s portraits, Graydon Carter, be a woman unless you start at 12.
the former editor of Vanity Fair, once It’s an acquired thing. So imagine,
spoke of her uncanny ability “to make “ I like to like you’re right on the doorstep of
boring white men who have desk
jobs look epic”. “I’m not an edgy people ... as I get this; you’re coming out, literally,
metaphorically, whatever, and she
photographer,” she says. “In some
ways I wish I was, and think I should
older, I like people was trying to sort out her look.”
Left to her own devices, Annie
be tougher and have a more critical
eye. But I like to like people, and as I
to look as good says, Caitlyn would have looked “like
a drag queen. I had to really keep it
get older, I like people to look as good
as they can. I believe in the soul, and
as they can.” back. Just keeping her hair closer to
her head – a simple thing like that.
allowing the person to present themselves. She wanted a big do. We had pictures of Lauren
What they want to present to the camera is really Bacall, Angelina Jolie – thousands of pictures on
important to me, and I like to follow through for the wall. To me it could have gone any which
them, if I can. It’s hard to have your photograph way. I did have one idea that you should look at
taken. It’s a frightening experience for people the cover and you don’t know what movie star
because they have to sort of deal with themselves.” that is, and you’d have to take a second look to
There can be few of Annie’s subjects for whom realise it’s who it is. But really, the whole idea was
it was more frightening than Caitlyn – formerly to give her something that she could live with,
Bruce – Jenner, the Olympic athlete who famously, and I was really happy we could do that.” »

JANUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 83

 The Jenner issue went on to become
one of the biggest-selling in the history of
Vanity Fair. Annie likens the attention and
controversy her pictures attracted to that
around her portrait of a pregnant Demi
Moore. “We were astonished. But I think
it was kind of a beautiful thing. She
[Caitlyn] opened up and dealt with
something that our society was just on the
verge of trying to understand. It’s definitely
more complicated. We are not just men
and women; we have about five or six or
seven different genders. It’s a kaleidoscope,
who we are.”
For 15 years, probably the most important
relationship in Annie’s life was with Susan Sontag,
the literary critic and one of America’s foremost
public intellectuals, whom Annie met in 1989,
when she was sent to photograph her for her book
AIDS and Its Metaphors. Annie was 40; Susan, 56.
Annie once said a deeply revealing thing about
their relationship: that if she was going to be
involved with Susan, she knew that she was going
to have to be “better – be a better photographer,
be a better person”.
“That was a very conscious choice at the time,”
she says now, “that if Susan wanted to be involved
with me, I sort of knew what I was getting myself
into. I just didn’t have the ways and the means like
Susan. I didn’t have the intellect like Susan. I didn’t
know how I could keep up or even be with her.
I remember going out to dinner with her the first
time. I read The New York Times from front to
back and I sweated through my clothes, worrying
what to talk about. But she couldn’t have been
more charming or put me more at ease.”
In a sense, Susan was as much mentor as partner
or friend. She broadened Annie’s horizons,
introduced her to new worlds. “The thing she
insisted upon was that people experience things,
be in the world, that we travel – and we did. I was
still a very surface person, and she insisted on
depth, more depth. I did once ask her, give me 10
books to read. And she made a list. But I’m a very
slow reader, a terrible reader. She would always
get pissed at me for that.” She laughs. “She once
said, ‘If I read that slow I wouldn’t read either.’”
Susan had written the collection of essays On
Photography, one of the defining studies on the
meaning of the medium. Yet curiously, perhaps,
it was a subject they rarely discussed. “She never
really told me how to take a picture, although she
did once say to me, ‘Stop taking pictures of
people in bed – just stop it! I don’t want to see
another bed!’ ” She laughs. “I think what she
loved was that I was engaged in popular culture
and doing that work. It was entertaining to her.
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And in its own way it was a big influence
on her, but I don’t think in the long run
I could be the person she was hoping or
imagining I could be. She was just grander
and larger than me.” She pauses. “She was
just a really great person.”
And did she make Annie a better
person? She laughs. “I’m not too sure she
succeeded. Listen, she was a lot to live up
to. I think when I stepped into it I thought
I had my own territory and she had her
territory; I think it was fine, but it got
harder as time went on ... And then she
died. And that was hard. She didn’t die a
Annie Leibovitz: nice death.”
Portraits Susan died of cancer in 2004. You must miss
2005-2016, her terribly, I say. “What I miss about her right
published by now is that this time could have really used a
Phaidon, is on voice like that. I remember things happening and
sale now. she would say something that seemed completely
right, and so obvious and that no one else had
really noticed. Her sense of timing and her sense
of observation – I miss all that.”
In 2009 Annie experienced well-publicised
financial trouble, after borrowing US$24 million
against her three homes and portfolio, and
defaulting on the loan. (She always had a
notoriously insouciant attitude to bookkeeping.)
But bankruptcy, as she observed at the time, “is
not death”. She refinanced the loans, selling her
West Village house for US$28.5 million and
“downsizing” to an US$11.25 million apartment
on the Upper West Side. “The best thing I ever
did,” she now says. “You just have to move on.”
Annie has no partner. She has three daughters,
one of 16, and 12-year-old twins, born by
surrogate in 2005, five months after Susan’s
death. Being a single mother is “pretty hard”. She
pauses. “I think it is a two-man job, and I didn’t
quite take in what it meant to have help. I work
so much, but the girls are great. Going to school’s
a full-time job and they work really hard during
the school year. And I have a very wonderful
family – I’m one of six kids – so they have their
uncles and aunts, and they all help out. They’ll
be fine, but I do wish I could be there more.”
Could she see herself with a life partner?
“I don’t discount it, but I’m so busy. I was
always running so fast that I never had a sense
that anyone liked me anyway.” She pauses.
“That’s a strange, strange thing to say, but do
you know what I mean? It would be interesting,
but I’m a handful. I can’t imagine anyone putting
© ANNIE LEIBOVITZ.
up with me.” She strikes me, I say, as more
insecure than people might imagine. “Sshhh.”
She puts her finger to her lips and laughs. “It’s
my secret.”AWW
[ Humour ]
The face of the future
As she reluctantly embraces middle age, Amanda Blair makes peace with
war paint and, just like her grandmother did, begins ‘putting her face on’.
N
ew year, new me. Well, not
exactly a new me, just an
enhanced version of me.
Oh, don’t worry, I haven’t
been surgically enhanced,
just cosmetically.
At the tender age of [muffled muffled], I’ve
started wearing make-up. This has taken my
friends and family by surprise, as I’ve always
prided myself on my fresh-faced approach.
I’ve never worn make-up and felt sorry for
people who don’t leave home without it.
My grandmother was one of these people.
Often family excursions would suffer lengthy
delays while we waited for Nan to emerge
from the bathroom, where she’d been “putting
her face on”. Initially, I was confused by this,
as I didn’t know you could take your face off.
Nobody had bothered to inform me of this
biomechanical feat, so much of my sixth year
was spent trying to find the hidden hinges, so
I could see what I’d look like without mine.
Eventually I got sick of the fruitless
investigation which resulted in nothing more
than irritated skin, and asked Nan to show
me how she did it. We went into the
bathroom, where I perched nervously on the
step stool but Nan assured me it would be
over quickly. She reached into the mirrored
vanity for the Pond’s Cold Cream and
slathered it on with gay abandon, rubbing in
a circular motion for what seemed like
hours. Next the warmed flannel and the
gentle swipe, and et voilà, nude Nan.
She put her war paint back on
as quickly as she removed it – powder,
then some rouge, eyeshadow and
finally her trademark tangerine
lipstick. I asked her why, as
I thought she was just as
beautiful without it. Because
she felt “more comfortable”,
she said and I’ve struggled
with that statement most of
my life. To me, make-up isn’t
comfortable, Hush Puppies
are comfortable, tracksuits
are comfortable, underpants
that come up over your waist
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are comfortable, but applying a wet, sticky
substance to your face, then blending it so
you don’t look like Donald Trump isn’t.
Sure, occasionally I’ve been required to
temporarily make up with make-up ...
bridesmaid duties, family portraits and,
ahem, my 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Calendar shoot ... and I always feel like a
drag queen ready to belt out Gloria Gaynor’s
I Will Survive. And survive I have, make-up-
less, until recently, when a different drag
came into my life – middle age. I took a
good hard look in the mirror and didn’t like
what was staring back at me: a tired, lined,
dehydrated, frumpy version of my former
self. Goodbye sparkle and dewy freshness,
“ hello invisibility and meeting the eligibility
criteria for cheap caravan insurance. A
Initially, I conversation I had years ago with a beauty
was confused editor came to haunt me during my night-
time hot flushes. Apparently, when you age,
by this, as I your facial features recede, so we can add
didn’t know that to our lists of reasons why ageing
ROCKS. Your face gets sucked back into
you could your skull and you may end up looking like
take your Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. Nice.
So a touch of colour here, a bit of shading
face off. there and Pot o’ Gloss over the whole bloody
” lot might keep me ahead of the march of time.
Might make me feel more vibrant, more like
Helen Mirren in the red bikini shots and less
like, um, well, me. Taking a leaf from Nan’s
book, I bought just the bare necessities from
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the beauty bar and am light with my touch,
aware I’m being watched by my family for
signs that I may have lost my mind. The
husband has instructed the kids to call
him immediately if there is a code blue
– blue eyeshadow or mascara – as this
would require an intervention. In the
meantime, it doesn’t feel so
bad to, sometimes, put your
best face forward. AWW
ABOUT THE WRITER
Amanda Blair lives in Adelaide
with her four children and a
husband she quite likes when
she sees him.
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[Real life ]

Sally Fitzgibbons
The art of
healing

I
t’s 10am and Sally Fitzgibbons
has been up since half-past four.
She’s been for a run and a surf,
devoured a bowl of homemade
bircher muesli and is sitting on
her front veranda with a steaming cup
of herbal tea, watching waves crash
against the headland and debriefing
The Weekly on the ups and downs
of 2017. She is all animation and
optimism and that contagious smile
that seems never to crumple – even
when it has every reason to.
Sally is ripping into 2018 after one
of the most challenging years of her
life. The 27-year-old pro surfer began
last year with a split from her fiancé,
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEREMY SIMONS.
NRL footballer Trent Merrin, brought
about in part by career pressures.
“Surfing is an incredible opportunity
but it turns your life upside down,”
she admits. “You’re away eight
months of the year and you’re
endlessly following swells and tides.
You’re dropping things at the drop of
Sally chooses
fresh fruit and
vegetables
wherever
possible over
processed
foods.
a hat. That’s not everyone’s cup of
tea and it puts a lot of strain on
relationships. It wasn’t about moving
on to other people. It was about trying
to live our lives at the best possible
capacity. It’s hard. It breaks my heart.
It’s always going to hurt. There’s
always going to be pain. It’s never easy
to part ways with someone you love.”
After the break-up, Sally immersed
herself in the World Surfing League
(WSL) tournament. In spite of a foot
injury at Bells Beach, she shredded the
competition in the heats and entered
the final rounds as favourite, on top of
the leader board. Then, out of the
blue, her luck changed at Maui. Sally
was left on her board in the pouring
rain, the ocean as flat as the Sargasso
Sea and not a rideable wave in sight.
She was out of the competition
before the quarterfinal, leaving fellow
Aussies Tyler Wright and Stephanie
Gilmore to take out first and second
places in the WSL 2017. »
Sally’s top 10 health
and fitness tips
1
Be an early bird. Sally gets
up before sunrise for an “epic
head start on the day” and
recommends getting going before
the pressures of the day start.
2
Consistency is key. Sally thinks
of her workouts, not as hard
work, but as “me-time” and
“self-care”. That makes it a whole lot
easier to stick to a training routine.
3
Fuel up for the day. A healthy
breakfast gives your body the
best possible start to the day.
Some of Sally’s favourites include
avocado toast, chia pudding with
fruit and veggie omelettes.
4
Choose wholefoods over
processed foods. It’s the easiest
way to reduce sugar, salt,
saturated fats and refined carbs.
5
Eat a rainbow. Sally has fruits,
veggies and nuts on hand
during the day and she mostly
prepares evening meals from fresh,
seasonal ingredients. Eating from a
variety of food groups helps to keep
meals interesting and nutritious.
6
Hydrate – especially before and
after workouts. Our bodies are
made of 60 per cent water and
Australian guidelines suggest
women drink around 2.1 litres of
liquid per day. Sally chooses water,
herb tea and organic coconut water
over caffeinated or sugary drinks.
7
Make time to relax.“It’s all about
having that quiet moment to
process the day,” Sally says.
8
Before bed, Sally recommends
a thorough stretch. “Wherever
I go in the world, my fit ball
comes with me,” she says. “A stretch
before bed is the best way to
maintain flexibility.”
9
Keep a diary where you reflect
on the food you eat, exercise
you do and how those things
makes you feel. “It’s been key to
balancing my diet,” Sally says.
10
Get a good night’s sleep.
Our bodies and minds
need sleep to recharge,
recover, repair and restore.
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 “It was such a tough set of
circumstances,” Sally says, and yes,
she’s still smiling. “There were a
couple of minutes remaining and I had
that vision in my head, like in the
movies, where the wave comes and
Fitzgibbons drops in. I really thought
it was going to happen, but it didn’t.
That’s the thing. I committed
everything. I did my best all year.
I trained the hardest I could and
prepared. That’s just the situation
I was given.”
Surfing is like few other sports in
that the track can
change radically
from one minute to “I want to encourage and
the next. As former
world champion,
now surfing
inspire people to have a go.”
commentator, Martin Potter, said:
“She came into the event ranked
number one in the world, but the
waves just didn’t go her way … She’s a
true champion though. She’ll be back,
bigger and stronger.”
She already is. Sally resumed
training the day after that event, last
December, running up and down hills
in Maui, awake at first light to catch
those sunrise waves, and she hasn’t
stopped since. She’s determined to
give Tyler and Stephanie a run for
the finish line again this year, and
she’s also back at work on the Sally
Fitzgibbons Foundation’s quest to
end childhood obesity.
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Sally was sports mad as a kid.
Growing up on the south coast of
NSW, her backyard was the ocean and
even then she’d be up with the sun,
“sprinting to the surf and pretending
I was Layne Beachley”. She played
every sport on offer (soccer, athletics,
touch football) and, for added
challenge, she’d race the school bus
home. “Our house was five kilometres
from the school. In the afternoon, I’d
throw my bag onto the bus and race it
to my stop.” She rarely lost. In 2007,
she ran the 800 and the 1500-metre
races at the Youth Olympics and
brought home gold in both.
Sally grew up with a pretty relaxed,
healthy approach to diet. Her parents
served up simple, nutritious food at
mealtimes but there were no hard and
fast rules. “My parents didn’t forbid
me from eating sweets or junk food,
so I’ve tried everything. I had fast food
with my brothers on road trips and
the vegemite-cheese sanga most days
for school lunch.”
There have been times, however,
when she’s struggled with her health
and fitness. At 18, a back injury
restricted her to minimal exercise and
she remembers that “the weight crept
on” and she felt “lethargic, lonely and
isolated”. In desperation, she tried a
range of fad diets, which made her
tired, dizzy and angry with herself.
Around this time a blood test
showed Sally had an extreme allergy to
dairy products. “When I thought about
it,” she says, “it just made sense. I’d
been napping after training sessions.
I felt heavy. I had a lot of cramping, a
lot of sharp pain. Sometimes, I’d feel
ill for no reason and throw up. So,
I thought, well that’s a bit awkward
because I eat dairy a lot, with milk
on my muesli and
in smoothies and
all that. It was an
adjustment but now
I don’t think twice
about it.”
The food allergy was the impetus
for Sally to develop a personal
philosophy around nutrition and
fitness. She became conscious of food
as fuel and of choosing the fuel her
body liked best. “I think the message
in it all is that, when you take the time
to feed your body the right fuel and
listen to it and have that awareness
around it, everything runs better.”
Last year, Sally created a health and
fitness app, All Australian Beach Body,
and this year she’s followed up with a
new book, Summer Fit All Year Round
(published by Macmillan Australia).
They combine the wisdom she’s gained
in learning, not only to get along with
her body, but to train it for peak “We’re both pretty busy,” she emotionally and competitively in
performance. It’s not a one-size-fits-all admits, “but I think that, when we’re something I love.”
diet and fitness regime. Sally believes both old grannies, we’ll still be surfing, And even after the events of the past
everyone is an individual and needs to taking our longboards down to the 12 months, Sally still believes pro-
take time to get to know the fuel and beach. That’s when we’ll be hanging surfing isn’t entirely incompatible with
exercise combination that works for out together.” a romantic life. “I’m like anyone else
them. She’s also conscious that, while Right now, Sally is preparing herself out there,” she says. “I don’t know
she’s paid to be at peak fitness, most mentally and emotionally for another what the universe has planned next.
of us have very different lifestyles. year on the pro-surfing circuit. I can’t predict whether another
“I’m extremely fortunate,” she “Surfing can be tough but I would relationship will work. I’d definitely
admits. “I’m 100 per cent on board never say, ‘oh, poor me’,” she insists. say that the environment I work in
with the realism of what’s going on in “I’d never think of it in terms of the adds strain, but you never know.
other people’s lives. I’m not living in sacrifices I make. Surfing gives me Maybe it’s just about meeting the right
dreamland, like, ‘The kids will be fine, an opportunity to see the world person at the right time in their lives
work will be fine – let’s go off for two and immerse myself physically and to come along for the ride.” AWW
hours and prepare a quinoa salad.’ I
think it’s important for everyone to
explore and discover what works for
them. When you learn for yourself and
choose to do something for yourself,
it’s more powerful and it sticks. You
can follow the meal and exercise plans
I recommend to a tee or you can get
inspired by them and try to develop a
relationship with food that’s relaxed
and healthy and natural – a bit like
when you throw an outfit on and
you’re not really trying but it looks
like the most awesome outfit ever.”
Sally’s fitness routine comes with a
life philosophy that, in the past 12
A food allergy was
months, has seen her through good the impetus for Sally
times and bad. “I try to live by my to develop a personal
values of determination, humility and philosophy around
respect for the ones around me,” she nutrition and fitness.
explains. “I never want to judge Since then, she has
people. I want to encourage and developed a health
app and written a
inspire people to have a go.
new fitness book.
“I try to live by those values
through all my experiences. And I
encourage other people to do that too.
Ask yourself what your philosophy is,
what your values are, what makes you
happy, so you can live your daily life
in keeping with that. If you wake up
every day and reinforce what the
positives are in your life, that becomes
contagious. De-cluttering your mental
space is also important, and getting
into a place where you know you’re
enough for you. Though I’m lucky
because I’ve managed to surround
myself with great people as well.”
World champ Tyler Wright lives just
500 metres from Sally but their
individual schedules are such they
don’t see much of each other at home.

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 [ Astrology special ]

Your Stars
for 2018
The Weekly's new astrologer, Lilith Rocha, looks into the cosmos and predicts
exciting times for the year ahead. Find out what this means for you.
ILLUSTRATIONS ● CATHERINE CARDASCO

Signs of tthe times

The major planetary players for
2018 are sponta aneous Uranus in
show-me-th he-money Taurus and
strategy planet Saturn in structure-loving
Capricorn, with JJupiter in Scorpio
exploring deeper levels of emotional
intimacy. In all, it will
w be a year when
having a plan, creating new routines and
improving personal communications
are guarantee ed to bring you
delightfull surprises.

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NUARY 2018 AWW.COM.AU 93
 Taurus
Big picture
● Apr 22-May 21
The hottest news from the cosmic press is Uranus
moving mid-May into Taurus for your three-year transition to
a truer, more liberated you. Unsettling? Possibly. Exhilarating?
Absolutely. Same old, same old? No way. Concerns about what
others think lessen as life opens up a cornucopia of learning
curves which draw you into unknown territory, even if that’s just
a new way of looking at your local habitat. Get ready to channel
your inner outrageousness as you dare to wear, think and do
things differently – to explore where you’ve never been before.
Money matters The present planetary dance recommends
a more open-ended approach to alternative ways of earning
income, asking the question: is what you’re currently working at
what you really came here to do? Are you passionate about it?
Saturn in Capricorn could have you rethinking an old money-
making venture from a more current, contemporary angle.
Connections From intimate and committed to casual
and social, this year Uranus the rearranger is bent on
revamping relationships, which requires your willingness
to step off the comfort couch into a makeover of your regular
routines. If that’s luxury spending, try investigating simple
pleasures. Used to counting cents? Then lash out on special

Aries
Big picture
● Mar 21-Apr 21
Aries’ motivating planet, Mars, cruises at a more
events and relationship celebrations.
The inner you Taureans tend to trust the evidence of their
senses – what they can smell, hear, touch, eat and put in the
leisurely pace than usual this year. It’s your cue to slow down bank. But, as this year’s invisible energies make their presence
and specialise rather than spread yourself thin, to do fewer felt, delight yourself and surprise others by exploring something
things with greater finesse and achieve more with less effort. you normally wouldn’t, anything from an aromatherapy
As your naturally keen instincts and intuition deepen, you get to massage to an outdoor music recital to vegan cookery.
master the fine art of acting on inspiration rather than impulse. Food for thought “The Monks of Cool have a passing-out
Money matters Roll on May 2018, when Uranus, the test for a novice, who is taken into a room full of all types of
planet of surprises, finally exits its long stay in Aries to conjure clothing and asked: ‘Yo, my son, which of
up money magic in your zone of income and cash flow, these is the most stylish thing to
kicking off a seven-year surge of economic opportunity for wear?’ And the correct answer is,
entrepreneurial, creative, innovative thinkers – meaning, guess ‘Hey, whatever I select’.”
who? Pair this with a powerful planetary push in your house of Terry Pratchett,
professional success, and voilà! Time to roll out the welcome Taurean, author.
mat for a brand new prosperity cycle.
Connections After some flux and adjustment to social
networks, when retro Mars in your friendship sector culls what’s
no longer a supportive fit, Venus is at her most nourishing in
the last half of 2018 for love and romance, new or enduring. Her
price? The co-words co-operation and compromise, quite the
challenge for I’ll-do-it-my-way Rams. But adopt new strategies
for anger management, temper control, conflict resolution and
peaceful negotiation, and watch relationships blossom.
The inner you Integrating the life-changing experiences
and insights of Uranus’ seven-year stay in your sign brings
increasing inner reconciliation. As you develop fresh skills and
rediscover old talents, the creativity and happiness sector of
your chart is this year’s most vibrant and lively. Maintain its
radiant sparkle with regular rituals to keep joy alive, some
with people you love, others just for you.
Food for thought “If you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
Maya Angelou, Aries, writer and activist.

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 Cancer
Big picture
● Jun 23-Jul 23
Uranus brings a delicious fizz to your social
life, while Jupiter’s once-in-12-years visit to the Cancerian joy
division expands your involvement with groups, community
organisations and institutions. It has all the makings of an
enjoyably transformative year, so it’s worth exploring whatever
sets your antennae quivering, however offbeat. If you want
to study, travel, acquire new skills or work on behalf of
political refugees, do it. Trust your impeccable instincts.
Money matters Early year attention to revising and
reworking your financial scenario to suit current circumstances
will put you in a prime position to ride later waves of
opportunity heading your way. Even if you don’t have scads
of actual cash to splash, this year still opens doors, grants
favours and ensures economic support when it’s needed.
Connections Saturn arriving for a three-year stay in
your house of relationships brings inevitable tests and
challenges in personal interactions, possibly even a revolution
in partnerships. Before you start hyperventilating, this is
a good thing. The Crab clan is naturally self-protective,

Gemini
Big picture
● May22-Jun 22
You’ll be happy to hear this is your year for
but this year honesty’s your best defence, so surrender to
change, seize the day and take that courageous leap of faith
with those you care about.
getting clear, for streamlining, decluttering and upgrading. The inner you As Mercury compels you to be more open
Replacing old habits with shiny new ones. Being more and receptive, Jupiter and Uranus mastermind a brilliant
Mercury-mobile and less location-dependent. For really breakthrough from caterpillar you to confident butterfly you,
hearing Jupiter in Scorpio’s insistence that what you have for which taking time alone with your soul source is imperative
to offer can make a difference in people’s lives. this year. Create a private sanctuary to cocoon and commune
Money matters Taskmaster Saturn joining Pluto with the knowledge that your real wealth lies in kindness,
in Capricorn for a three-year overhaul of your economic generosity and the reliable guidance of your inner compass.
sector kicks this year off with a financial reality check of what Food for thought “Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia.
you own, what you earn and what you owe. Restructuring It’s the understanding that the universe is fundamentally
spending into a cost-effective plan will help you to navigate friendly. It’s a mode of training your senses and intellect
fluctuating money markets, and also buff up your appeal so you’re able to perceive the fact that life always gives
to lucrative professional alliances, because it takes a team you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.”
to make this year’s dream work. Rob Brezsny, Cancerian, astrologer.
Connections Partnerships are this year’s power point,
as Uranus is busy replacing associations you’ve outgrown
and need less of with a vibrant new network you know you
want to see more of. As relationships change and mature,
a focus on being more accepting and appreciative of loved
ones at home could make your domestic scene the most
enjoyable it’s been in years.
The inner you With Jupiter’s once-in-12-years visit to
your interior landscape, Inner Twin will be having a much
bigger say in your life, which may take the form of questioning
certain things you’ve always believed. And, while it takes
courage, coming to terms with your past and bidding
adiós to the Gemini selves you’ve outgrown will be your
most liberating achievement this year. Your health needs
nourishing, nurturing and maintenance too, so don’t put off
checks and treatment till the last minute.
Food for thought “Our most basic common link is
that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air.
We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”
John F. Kennedy, Gemini, US President.
Leo ● Jul 24-Aug 23
Big picture This year invites exciting new adventures, as
Mars executes a triple-pass over your zodiac zone of past
karma to finalise what’s reached its use-by date. Jupiter
highlighting your home life suggests a closing chapter and
domestic upgrade: either expansion to a larger cat empire,
or a move to the new living situation you’ve been looking for.
Money matters Your extravagant nature doesn’t make
money management easy, and with Jupiter the planet of
bigger, better and more expensive egging you on, it doesn’t
get any easier. But, despite budgeting not being your thing,
this year Saturn does the math on what you spend, what you
lend and what you end up with. And, with Uranus from midyear
on in your career zone, many Lions step up to a new success
cycle of entrepreneurial activity.
Connections As Mars makes an extended five-month tour of
your relationship zone with significant turning points at January
and August eclipses, heavenly tricksters Jupiter and Uranus
conspire to throw life’s pieces up in the air and reassemble your
personal jigsaw in this year’s fabulous new pattern. And all your
majesty’s partnerships take a royal stride forward.
The inner you Leos are born to stand out, not fit in. But you
also need the balance of time away from the spotlight, giving
yourself the recognition and approval you expect from others.
“Getting to know you, getting to know all about you” is the
theme song of this year, shining light on aspects of your current
situation that mightn’t be as right for you as they once were, on
roles that no longer fit and aren’t worth replaying, on precisely
what it is you’d like more of. And less.
Food for thought “Whenever you’re wrong, admit it.
Whenever you’re right, shut up.” Ogden Nash, Leo, poet.
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Virgo
Big picture
● Aug 24-Sep 23
Virgo’s ruler, Mercury, spends most of the year
in inspiring fire signs, while mysterious, seductive Neptune
blesses you with suitably fluid moves for handling bureaucratic
snafus and tricky interactions. This year’s planetary emphasis
in the lower half of your chart suggests you’ll be reshaping and
refining (one of your favourite words) the way you perceive,
operate and communicate.
Money matters As this year brings more of the financial
downturns that seem to be the new normal, other signs may
struggle but budget balancing’s a Virgo birthright. With the
planet of discipline in your banking sector, you’ll do more
with less and make belt-tightening look like the latest fashion
statement. But it’s still absolutely worthwhile investing in
your professional presentation and also lavishing the
occasional windfall on something wonderful, just to keep
endorphins oiled and pleasure centres lubricated.
Connections With Saturn in your happiness sector busy
rearranging schedules, the more open and authentic you are,
warts and all, the more positive personal attention comes
your way in 2018. It is a peak year for reaching out and joining
groups, with plentiful benefits accruing from networking
referrals and recommendations.
The inner you Begin by reviewing the past 12 months.
Give yourself credit. Forgive mistakes. Promise you’ll celebrate
your flaws. You love a plan, a to-do list, an agenda, but this year
also requires flexibility and suppleness: the ability to bend,
surrender to the flow, let go of wanting everything just so and
give yourself permission to do things you think you don’t have
time for. So send the inner critic on holidays more often, and
consider the wisdom of Virgo playwright Johann Goethe:
“One ought every day to hear a little song, read a good poem ...”
Food for thought “Wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding
beauty in imperfection. It reveres authenticity ... celebrates
cracks, embraces liver spots, rust and frayed edges.”
Tadao Ando, Virgo, architect.
Libra
Big picture
● Sep24-Oct 23
The the inner segment of your horoscope is
heavily accented, so this year’s flavour is internal and personal,
focused on establishing a stable foundation for changing times.
This activates all manner of undiscovered talents, so prepare
yourself for a thrilling face-off between who you thought you
were and who you really are.
Money matters Jupiter’s abundant presence in your
money zone sizzles with multiple opportunities to improve
this year’s income stream. Joint ventures are auspicious, but
be judicious in your choice of partners and especially
discriminating about investments: check that they’re ethical.
On the question of whether or not to spend on deluxe must-
haves, you know you will, but you also know only too well
how retail overindulgence can be a buy now, cry later thing.
Connections Partnerships are Libra’s biggest growth area,
and for the past seven years Uranus has been shaking up your
relationship zone like a cosmic colonic. It’s been unsettling,
but admit it, aren’t you feeling cleaner and healthier? Now,
after an initial period of trial and error experimenting with new
security measures, you’ll find it easier to adjust relationship
weights and measures to a satisfying balance. Keeping
communications real rather than nice is key, plus seeing less
of those who don’t gel with your current reality.
The inner you Inner space is teaming with all sorts of
insights, answers, guidance and ah-ha moments, making quiet
time more vital than ever to hear important thoughts jostling
for your attention through all the white noise of 21st-century
life – so that you can choose what you really love, not what you
think you ought to. Or realise it’s time to say no to something
you’ve always gone along with in the past.
Food for thought “Let love pull us by the ears to school.
Let love tell us everything we need to know – and let it tell
us soon.” Rumi, Libran, poet.
Scorpio
Big picture
● Oct 24-Nov 22
Dreams-come-true Jupiter, planet of wealth and
abundance, rocks your sign once every 12 years and this is it.
You’ll have so much energy you might need to be tied down.
Or up, depending on your preference. With creativity off the
Richter, don’t hold back – except when Jupiter’s urging you
overboard into more and more: experiences, work, love, food,
recreationals. Then your challenge is moderation and restraint.
Thinking expansion, yes; overindulgence, no.
Money matters Jupiter’s lucky touch makes this a lucrative
year when even minimal efforts bring impressive results.
Smart Scorps will, of course, take advantage of this golden
opportunity to build up a stash for times when the astral cash
box is less bountiful. With a powerhouse of planets enhancing
your reputation as an organising dynamo, doors open with
magical synchronicity and you cruise smoothly through.
Connections With confidence-boosting Jupiter turning
you into an even more powerful love-magnet than usual,
relationships are on the move, ready or not. Be willing to
ditch old habits, because your likes, dislikes, needs and
preferences are changing, too. Involvement in community
causes or charities could be a surprising heart opener for you.
Or mentoring someone younger, and absolutely by sharing
more of your private world.
The inner you As Jupiter opens you up to a once-in-12-
years flourish of soul growth, get ready to surrender
old versions of yourself to the latest upgrade. Expect
mini-epiphanies. Mars making a rare five-month pass
through your sector of past history offers healing release
through forgiveness, freeing up your light-hearted side to
spark and sparkle. And you to enjoy more fun – even take
yourself less seriously.
Food for thought “Ignite the light and let it shine, It’s
always been inside of you and now it’s time to let it through.
’Cause baby you’re a firework. Come on, let your colours burst.”
Katy Perry, Scorpio, singer-songwriter.
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 Capricorn
The big picture
● Dec 22-Jan 20
Your planetary ruler, Saturn, which takes
almost four decades to circumnavigate the zodiac, is in
Capricorn for the next three years dismantling some of your
old control structures. If this incurs a clash between traditional
and contemporary, expect a mini identity crisis en route to the
new you. Resistance will be futile. There’s really no option but
to go with the growth process and enjoy it. The best question
to ask yourself this year: what is it I don’t know, but need to?
Money matters While motivating Mars spends five months
stirring up your money zone, Capricorns still keep a tight rein
on the purse strings, doubling their money by folding it in
two and stashing it back in their wallets. You can already
stretch a dollar till it squeals, so you’ve got this year’s financial
front under iron control, riding the current economic tide
with signature style.
Connections Some friendships dwindle as new networks
evolve and fate takes a hand in moving you out of your
Capricorn comfort zone, asking for closure and completion

Sagittarius
Big picture
● Nov 23-Dec 21
Your boss planet Jupiter’s calling card in
with the past. Intimate relationships will be blessed by your
commitment to communicating more honestly and openly.
Loyalty’s important too – expect it to be tested.
Scorpio marks this as a year of intense self-awareness. The inner you Self-image is central to your life, so it’s
Startling revelations about the way you play the game of life important to recognise when that’s changing. New experiences
(shock horror! It’s not others, it’s your own beliefs that limit you) could be unexpectedly pleasurable this year if you let Venus
instil the necessary clarity for weathering this year’s challenges. tickle your soft underbelly and blitz you with delicious
Balancing your natural attraction to risky adventure and instant opportunities to relax and explore your tender, receptive side.
results with patience and restraint mightn’t be easy, but it will New facets of your personal prism are ready to emerge, but
be rewarding. they need you available to engage with them by whiting out
Money matters Saturn doing a three-year stint in your to-do list non-priorities, cutting back on workloads, obligations,
money zone could make happy-go-lucky Sagittarians more responsibilities and social media. Good luck with that.
serious about stability and security. Actually getting down Food for thought “You special, miraculous, unrepeatable,
to the nitty-gritty basics of economic realities: pinpointing fragile, fearful, tender, lost, sparkling, ruby, emerald, jewel,
where you fritter funds on unnecessary spending, reshaping rainbow, splendour person. It’s up to you.”
investments which aren’t paying their way, making the positive Joan Baez, Capricorn, songwriter activist.
changes needed to set up a firmer financial future.
Connections This year behaves like the Indian deity Kali,
doing a pruning job on friends and associates no longer in
synch with who you’re becoming. Naturally you’re expected
to pull your weight by weeding out hangers-on who pick
your brains, drain your resources or exhaust your generosity;
the pay-off will be more authentic connections with members
of your true tribe. In intimate encounters, rather than cutting
straight to the chase, you might want to consider a slower,
more scenic, conversational route.
The inner you With your sector of rest and retreat being
strongly accented, this year turns your curious, questing
thirst for learning to exploring your inner world. The most
rewarding times will be in serene settings which feel like
personal sacred sites – alone. So start accepting fewer
invitations and paying more attention to your internal GPS
to prep for Jupiter’s late 2018 move into Sagittarius for your
once-every-12-years merry-go-whirl.
Food for thought “Let us not look back in anger or forward
in fear, but around in awareness.”
James Thurber, Sagittarian, cartoonist.

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 Pisces
Big picture
● Feb 20-Mar 20
While Saturn settles the “Life Of Pisces” into
a relatively stable groove, Jupiter’s energy is expansive, so
take care not to enlarge what you don’t want by constantly
focusing on it. This year’s directive is crystal clear: go within
or do without – which in your case means listening to your
own impeccable intuitive guidance.
Money matters 2018 presents you with new and unusual
economic opportunities, which call for upgrading your asset
management. Like sensible spending, smart saving, stopping
up money leaks: all the financial housekeeping necessary
before Jupiter’s late year entry into your growth and abundance
zone. Dollars spent on career necessities won’t be wasted,
though, nor will time spent listening to advice and new ideas
about how to cash in on your particular skills and unique talents.
Connections While Mars and Jupiter offer passionate
stimulus packages, Saturn enhances your understanding of
boundaries, insisting on frankness in up close and personal

Aquarius
Big picture
● Jan 21-Feb 19
This year calls for innovation, a revolution in
relationships. And as this year’s Venus themes remove friends
no longer on your wavelength, rejigging your A-list with some
surprising new contenders, you’re likely to find that honesty
thought processes, rampant creativity and masses of lateral never felt so good.
problem solving – how spookily Aquarian is that? Alternative The inner you Mars barging through your house of
strategies, unusual solutions, communal projects? You’re so endings for five months on a declutter rampage, chucking inner
there. With two wake-up, shake-up eclipses in Aquarius and and outer junk, makes time to relax, unwind, debrief, download
charismatic Mars making an unusually long five-month and recharge essential this year, so that when wonderful
passage through your sign, this year your radical talents opportunities don’t present themselves dressed the way you
can’t help but shine. expect, you’ll be sufficiently refreshed to recognise which ones
Money matters While others struggle, typically contrary have your name on them.
Aquirk-ians are likely to flourish financially as luck-bringer Food for thought “Mechanical voices, radios, telephones
Jupiter is in your money sector for most of the year, ensuring take the place of human intimacies, and the concept of being
a steady, less erratic cash flow. Nobody’s sharper at spotting in touch with millions brings a greater and greater poverty in
opportunities than an Aquair-head, and this year’s auspicious intimacy and human vision … This is the illusion which might
Jupiter/Neptune alliance could trigger inspirational thinking cheat us of being in touch deeply with the one breathing next
about new ways of earning a living, or turn a worthy interest to us.” Anaïs Nin, Pisces, writer.
into a blossoming business.
Connections Eclipses in January and August reboot your
relationships with quantum leaps and thrilling breakthroughs:
so quintessentially Aquarian. Uranus beginning its once in a
lifetime seven-year cycle in your home zone sees you shimmying
free from past patterns and long-running soaps to be the wild
experimenter you are, inventing new romantic and social rituals.
Which benefit from asking questions, then remembering to
listen: loved ones need to feel heard. This year brings beaucoup
de visitors to the Aquasphere as you share ideas with ever
broadening audiences via the latest, up-to-datest cyber media.
The inner you Time out becomes increasingly important
this year to rest and replenish before re-engaging in life’s fray,
for keeping your energetic elastic supple enough to retract with
snap, then stretch again with maximum flex. When your ruling
planet Uranus changes signs in May, pause … reflect … assess.
Look back over the past seven years and acknowledge your
wins, adjust your goals, make peace with the past.
Food for thought “If you limit your actions in life to things
that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.”
Lewis Carroll, Aquarian, writer.
[ Family matters ]

A wardrobe of decisions
Pat McDermott, in need of new clothes for her wardrobe, is ready to hit
the sales, armed with her practical and informative fashion dictionary.

T
he master bedroom in our old
house had a wardrobe that ran
the length of the wall on my
side of the bed. For years, every
weekday morning, I’d hop up
when the alarm went off, open the wardrobe
doors, then climb back into bed for a bit of
a lie-in while I stared at my clothes. What to
wear to work?
● Not what I wore yesterday in case it looks
like I didn’t get home last night. Cue eye roll
from the MOTH (The Man of the House).
● Nothing that had a spot that couldn’t be
rubbed off with a damp face washer.
● Nothing with a hole or from my size 12
period which, to be fair, only lasted for
two weeks.
● Not the polka dot jacket I love because
it’s having a strobe-like effect on one of
my workmates.
daughter’s house to babysit, I often wear my
“authentic” blue tracksuit pants.
Iconic: Clothing is linked to fame. A $340
white T-shirt, teamed with tight black pants
that make you look like Jackie Onassis, is
iconic. It made me look like John Travolta
in Grease.
Edgy: This piece of clothing is for people
who like cliffs and other precipitous places.
It is not for people like me. I stand well back.
After I read the “fashionistas” dictionary,
I decided I didn’t need to revamp my
“ wardrobe. I just needed to clean it out.
I started by pulling out the plastic dry-cleaning
What better bags full of clothes. I found the outfits I’d
time than worn to my children’s weddings.
Here’s the hot pink suit, the silver gown,
January, the deep blue and white dress, the jackets
the month with the ruffles at the neck. I thought back
to all the anxious plans and the most simple
we all go

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● Nor the black suit I wear to funerals
because I’m bound to drip yoghurt on it and
someone will die while it’s at the dry cleaners.
broke saving
You’d be surprised how often this happens. money in
● Nothing that needs ironing, which rules
out the rest.
the sales.
of all requests – that everything go smoothly
and be perfect. Forever.
But there’s other stuff hanging in the
wardrobe, too. It’s at the back where it’s
hard to reach. There’s a pile of outdated ideas
that could easily be discarded and a big bag

Now we’ve moved into a new apartment

” of decisions I’ve been putting off making.
with a wardrobe cleverly hidden behind
floor to ceiling mirrors. I need new stuff and
what better time than January, the month
we all go broke saving money in the sales.
I needed to understand some important
fashion terms before I set out for the shops.
Authentic: Clothing with an honest
“working class” vibe and/or an
indigenous, rural “starving artist”
look. A $600 pair of pre-ripped jeans
is a good example. I have ancient
blue tracksuit pants that date back to
when Ruff Red was a baby. They have
a very authentic stain on the knee. All
these years later I still wonder what it is.
Directional: This piece of
clothing is going somewhere.
Other pieces may follow. If
I go somewhere, say to my
In the far corner I can see a friendship that
needs repairing, and an exercise plan I was
going to start last year is still on a hanger
at the back.
What’s taking up most of the space is a big
box of advice I’ve been planning to give my
children. But when I finally sifted through it
there didn’t turn out to be as many
suggestions as I thought.
● Be careful with money but not too careful.
● Don’t put things off.
● Be kind.
● See the world and the dentist regularly.
As for me, if I get rid of some old ideas and
that bag of decisions that need to be made,
I’ll have room for new shoes. In January,
when everything’s possible, dear readers,
I wish you all a Happy New Year. AWW
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[ Fashion ]
Hansen & Gretel top,
0-4, $169. Akin Ginger
& Smart skirt, 6-16,
$275. My Island
Home bangle, $95
(worn throughout).
Posse bag, $69,
theposse.com.au.

Island
paradise

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STYLING ● REBECCA RAC

HAIR AND MAKE-UP BY KRISTYAN LOW AND JASMIN LO.

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Bec & Bridge dress
available from theiconic.
com.au, 6-12, $350. Michael
Hill bangle, $69 (worn
throughout). My Island
Home basket (small), $30.
Posse straw bag, $69,
theposse.com.

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Sir The Lable top,
0-3, $160, Stella
McCartney bodysuit
(worn underneath),
S-L, $134.95, and Nice
Martin pants, 6-12, $179.95.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Ljji wears Marlow & Mae
blouse and bloomers, 0000-3, $59.95,
marlow-and-mae.myshopify.com.
Sophia wears Sir The Label dress, 0-3,
$340, and My Island Home necklace
(worn as belt), $150. Alex wears Paris
Georgia hat, $320, Viktoria & Woods
top, 00-3, $190, and skirt, 00-3, $260.
Posse straw bag, $69, the posse.com.
My Island Home hat, $160.

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 LEFT TO RIGHT: Sophia
wears Witchery shirt, 4-16,
$179.95, Billabong swim
top, 6-14, $39.99, Viktoria
& Woods pants, 0-3, $290,
The Vintage Clothing Shop
belt $59 and Country Road
sandals, 35-42, $99.95.
Alex wears Trenery dress,
4-16, $179, Seapia
one-piece swimsuit (worn
under dress), XS-L, $169,
and Michael Hill necklaces,
$239 each.

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RIGHT TO LEFT: Sophia
wears Sir The Lable top,
0-3, $160, Magali Pascal
pants, XS-L, $279 and
My Island Home hat, $160.
Ljji wears Marlow & Mae
jumpsuit, 3 months-3
years, $59.95. My Island
Home basket (small), $30.

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 Sophia wears Marle dress, XS–L
$260, marle.co.nz, Pfeiffer top,
XS-L, $199 and Michael Hill necklace,
$239. My Island Home fan, $5.
OPPOSITE: Alex wears Witchery
shirt, 6-16, $119.95, Elka Collective
shorts, 6-14, $169 and Michael Hill
necklace, $239. Sophia wears Nice
Martin Dress, $210, 6-12, My Island
Home hat, $160, and Michael Hill
necklace, $239. My Island Home
fan, as before.

All prices are approximate. Items

available only online where
websites are quoted.

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BARGAIN
BUY

1 4 5
2
6

12

8
11 9

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1. My Island Home bag, $95. 2. Jasmin Sparrow clamshell earrings, $319, jasminsparrow.com. 3. Missoni hat, $378, matchesfashion.com.
4. Bec & Bridge x Pared Eyewear, $250. 5. Seed slides, 36-41, $79.95. 6. Viktoria & Woods dress, 00-3, $370. 7. Hansen & Gretel shorts, 0-3, $179.
8. Shashi earrings, $65.64, shopbop.com. 9. Sarah J. Curtis hat, $295. 10. Kayu clutch, $205, kayudesigns.com. 11. Stevie May shirt, XS-L, $160,
theiconic.com.au. 12. Palm Swimwear bikini top, 0-3, $82, and bottom, 0-3, $110.

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 Summer
MELLOW
YELLOW
The colour of the
season in hues of
sunshine, marigold

essentials
and lemon brightens
any wardrobe.

Marks & Spencer

dress, 6-22, $63.
Splash out on clever seasonal wardrobe
updates for beach, barbecue and evening.

Sly Pony earrings,

$59.95.

Seed pants
6-14, $119.95.

Seapia
swimsuit,
$169.

Seed slides, 36-41, $89.95.

PADDLESUITS
Get into summer
watersports,
paddleboarding and
surfing, and look chic
while keeping
sun smart.

FROM LEFT:
The Upside
paddlesuit,
XS-XL, $249.
Tigerlilly
paddlesuit,
6-14, $210.

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 [ Fashion workshop ]
By Charlotte
earrings, $169.

GOLDEN HOOPS
The statement earring is
a favourite for summer
parties, be they delicate
hoops or bold styles.
Cinquante earrings, $169.

Zara dress, S-L, $199.

IN THE
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TROPICS
Hawaiian prints in
the palest of pinks,
retro surf-style shirts,
and soft flowing
dresses in gorgeous Cotton On shirt, Big and
florals are just made XXS-XL, $24.95.
Forever New
earrings, $14.99. bold is very
for lazy days and on-trend and
romantic nights. gives an
exotic look.

WOVEN
WONDERS
Natural, handmade straw
bags are a summer staple, Landon bag, $165.
from small baskets to roomy
Seed bag, $49.95. totes, embellished with
tassels and pompoms.

Sophie Anderson bag, $237.

Seafolly bag, $99.95. Kayu Mini St Tropez bag, $85.95.

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 Bold prints
in a similar
Camilla scarf, $249.
palette go
well together.
Malene Hocke scarf, $85.
SCARVES
The silk scarf is a great
piece to update simple
summer looks; layer it
around your neck, drape
over a swimsuit or wrap
it up for a chic turban.

Frankie Peach scarf, $110.

Suboo dress, 6-12, $199.

Victoria Beckham

Zara espadrille, 35-41, $89.95.

ESPADRILLES
Summer sandals, slides and espadrilles are the
Viktoria & Woods, perfect partner to summer dresses and denim.
jumpsuit 00-3, $440.
Carrie Forbes
slides, 35-42, $277.

Seed slides, 36-41, $59.95.

STRIPED LINEN
Elka Collective
Linen is the ideal fabric
jumpsuit, 6-14, $189. for summer. Choose
from plain colours or Edward Meller shoes, 35-41, $235.
striped options; relaxed
styling looks best.

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The Aviator gets a feminine update,

with a vibrant rosy-hued lens and
metal frame. It’s perfect for summer.

Lesley Crawford SBS network stylist

NO HAT, NO PLAY
We’re spoiled for choice with straw
hats from a classic Panama to the chic
boater or a floppy brimmed sunhat.
COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT: Forever New Nadia hat, $34.99.
Ray-Ban Aviators, $240. Forever New Lola hat, $34.99. Sophie Anderson hat, $325. Seafolly hat,
79.95. Nerida Winter Johnny Be Good hat, $295.

Carla Zampatti X Specsavers,

2 pairs for $199.

Ray-Ban Hexagonal frames, $220.

Try off the

shoulder for
a relaxed
summer feel.

FLORAL DRESSES
A floral midi dress is an essential
in soft floaty fabrics that can be
transformed from relaxed daytime
to dressed-up with a coloured heel
for a summer garden party.
FROM LEFT: Zara dress, S-L, $119. Country
Road dress, 4-16, $229. M&S Collection,
6-22, $106. Country Road dress, 4-16, $229.

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[ Beauty ]
Age-proof
your hair
hormones
W
hen it comes to the art of
ageing gracefully, skincare gets
all the attention, but are we
forgetting about our hair?
Environmental issues, hormone
changes and lifestyle factors all contribute to the
deterioration of our hair health over the years.
Ferencak
The good news? It’s never too late to start
making a difference. We quizzed a range of
experts on how to counter the ravages of time
and restore your strands to their former glory.
s
30s
whatever
Now is the time to think about protection and
prevention as, according to hair supplement
manufacturer Viviscal’s Senior Brand Manager
Helen Feeney, this is when your hair follicles
are at their peak. “In our twenties and thirties we
typically have 615 follicles per square centimetre,”
she explains. “That number falls to 485 by the
time we’re fifty and to 435 by eighty.”
When it comes to age-proofing your hair,
lifestyle and styling habits play a huge part. “In
your twenties, you’re more likely to experiment
with things like yo-yo dieting or smoking, both
of which diminish the level of Vitamin B, an
essential element for hair health,” says Helen.
“Stress and contraception can also have an effect,
but the root causes of hair damage at this age are
things like colouring, heat styling and braiding.”
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From
Other factors to consider if you’re already
to hair seeing excessive hair shedding or thinning are
genetics or exposure to increased free radicals
loss, (the nasties that speed up the ageing process).
Kelsey “Twenty per cent of women in this age group
will suffer from some kind of hair loss,” says
trichologist David Salinger, author of Guide To
reveals Hair Loss. “We see a lot more younger women
how to affected now than thirty or forty years ago.
Free radicals cause the white blood cells to attack
protect the hair follicle, which causes inflammation and
and a reduction in hair growth.”
To limit damage, try minimising heat styling
prevent and colouring, and adding a supplement to your
your regime. “The best way to deal with free radicals
is by taking antioxidants like vitamins A, C and
strands E to neutralise them,” says David. But, if you’re
from concerned about dramatic hair changes, he
recommends visiting your GP or a trichologist.
ageing,
Style file
“In your twenties you should be experimenting
your life with different colours and lengths,” says celebrity
stage. hair stylist Anthony Nader, owner of RAW Salon.
“By your thirties you should know what length
and colours suit you.” If you’re not sure, stick to a
more vibrant shade of your natural colour and a
chic lob, that way you’ll be on trend and refined. »
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more vibrant
shade of
your natural
colour.”
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4 s 50s
By your late 30s, the ageing process is in
full swing and you’ll notice greying,
thinning and perhaps a change in hair
texture. Post-pregnancy hormones can
also contribute, says Helen. “Post-partum
hair loss affects about 50 per cent of
women. However, it’s usually temporary
and reverses itself in time.” The most
common hair issue is female pattern hair
loss (FPHL). On average we shed about
150 hairs per day but as we age, our hair
becomes less dense, the growth rate slows
and your scalp may be more visible.
If you’re concerned about FPHL, David
suggests looking for thinning in the front
and top area of the scalp, or a “burning”
sensation. “A lot of women, particularly
if they are thinning on top, complain that
their scalp is really sensitive,” he says.
“This can be due to genetics, hormones
or as simple as low levels of iron storage.”
A blood test to determine any deficiencies,

“To give the illusion of fuller locks, go for highlights in

complementary hues rather than one flat colour.”
or an adjustment in sex hormones – to reduce or
counteract testosterone levels – can help.
As hair loses melanin (the pigment responsible
for hair colour), it can result in strands turning wiry
and coarse, and where it used to be straight, it may
be wavy. “It’s common for women approaching or
going through menopause for hair to go wavy,” says
David. “Drier hair can be due to external factors
like too much sun or over-drying, but can also stem
from nutritional deficiencies such as vitamin D
and essential fatty acids, or thyroid issues.”
Style file
Your 40s and 50s should be about tweaking and
highlights. “There’s no reason for you to stay the
same colour you’ve been for two decades,” says
Anthony. “Your complexion will change dramatically
between your thirties and forties, so adding some
lightness around your hairline will soften your face
and require less maintenance. You’ll also want
to add dimension to your hair as it will start to
thin out. To give the illusion of fuller locks, go
for highlights or complementary hues rather than
one flat colour,” he says. “They’re also great for
dealing with greys as they allow for your hair
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 60s
Medication and the after effects of menopause
are most likely the culprits behind hair concerns
such as greying, thinning and brittleness come
your 60s. The best approach at this life stage is
to embrace your silver strands, eat healthily and
enjoy a balanced lifestyle, but there are a few
other things you should be wary of.
Hormonal changes associated with menopause
can affect the healthy hair growth cycle, but high
blood pressure and genetics may also be to blame.
“Nowadays, genetic hair loss affects about 50
per cent of women by the time of menopause,
whereas it used to be around 15 per cent,” says
David. “There is a link between genetic hair loss,
heart problems, high blood pressure and sugar
intake. For those with thinning hair and hair loss,
there is more chance they’ll suffer blood pressure
problems, with the common denominator being
fructose, as it creates inflammation in the body,
which also causes a reduction in hair growth.”
David advises cutting refined sugar from your
diet and introducing oral anti-inflammatories,
such as fish oil supplements. Hair products
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containing anti-inflammatory ingredients like
rosemary oil, chamomile and aloe vera, and a
diet packed with protein will also help locks stay
luscious, no matter your age. David also suggests
trying health supplements containing a mix of
vitamins and minerals. “The three main ones are
zinc, iron and vitamin D, which is very protective
of the hair,” he says. “Then, supplements with
antioxidants and calcium as people who are low
in vitamin D are often low in calcium, so they
pair together well.”
Be mindful, too, of the side effects of some
prescription medications, as these may be the
root cause of hair damage, too.
Style file
When it comes to colour, Anthony has one piece
of great advice. “Don’t ever mask your natural
colour 100 per cent as it will look artificial,”
he says. “If you want to stay blonde, go for
heavy highlights and steer away from darker
colours as they can make your complexion
look ruddy and under the weather.” AWW
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Beauty
news
This way for sun-kissed
skin and healthy hair
with Stefani Zupanoska.

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Infused with hydra glow, these cleansing cloth
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Stefani Zupanoska celebrates

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[ Wellbeing ]
How to be
FEARLESS
Lorna Jane Clarkson reveals how she maintains a healthy, positive
outlook, no matter how busy she gets running a global business.
I
’m constantly telling myself to be fearless
but when I stop and really think about it,
no matter how many times I practise my
“Wonder Woman” pose – I still have serious
doubts being fearless is even possible.
Maybe what is possible is using fear to channel
my energy in a more positive way to overcome it.
Maybe what I actually need is a little bit of
conquered fear in order to be fearless. And,
maybe, learning how to harness my fear is the
most fearless I can expect to become.
Too often we allow fear, worry and self-doubt
to dominate and define our lives.
We let it steal our opportunities, our
confidence, our happiness and our precious
dreams. We allow our fears to take hold of us,
stop us in our tracks and paralyse us.
But what would you do if you didn’t have fear?
Would you climb a mountain or launch your
own website? No matter how big or small, it’s
important to recognise that the fear that’s stopping
you is just a feeling – a story that you have created
in your head about what could possibly happen –
but that made-up story is not real!
Finding courage and taking risks isn’t easy
(for anyone) but it’s exactly what needs to
happen in order to move forward and do great
things with your life.
So how can we become more confident? Push
doubt to the side and become a little more fearless?
1
Recognise that fear is just a
feeling ...
Unless what we fear is literally life-threatening,
then fear is just a story that we have created in
our minds about what might happen. And even
though we need to listen to our fears, we should
also be reminded that most of our fears are
wasted worries that never actually take place.
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2
Ask yourself: what are you really
worried about …
When I’m faced with something I fear,
I have learnt to ask myself “What am I truly
worried about, deep down?” If I can, I work
out what’s holding me back and what the worst
possible outcome could be. It allows me to put
everything in perspective and make the best
possible decision.
3
Plan for failure if it should
happen ...
Write down the worst possible outcome of
facing your fear and then come up with an action
plan to overcome it just in case. Think of the
worst-case scenario but don’t let it rule your
decision to be fearless.
4
Change your thinking …
Create an irresistible, compelling and
pleasurable reason to face your fears.
If you don’t, then you’ll come up with an
excuse not to face them every single time.
5
Adopt a daring mindset ...
Don’t give time, attention or energy to
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fear – take a deep breath and go for it.
More often than not you will be surprised to
find that it wasn’t that bad after all.
Facing your fears is about letting courage
and confidence sit in the driver’s seat.
Like everything else, the more you do it,
the easier it becomes and the faster you
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Health news
Sheree Mutton reveals the latest medical research
to help u sta fitte
er and healthier for longer.

Did you know?

Just one hour of exercise
a week can help prevent
depression, says a new
study led by the Black
Dog Institute. About one EARLY BABIES COULD
SUFFER POOR FITNESS
million Australians have Babies who are born even just a few
depression, and one in weeks early are more likely to have
poor physical fitness throughout life,
five Australians aged 16-85
new research has found. Associate
experience a mental Professor Isabel Ferreira from
illness in any year. The University of Queensland said
babies delivered between 37 and 38
weeks had a 57 per cent increased
risk of poor cardiorespiratory fitness
compared to those born at 39 to 42
weeks. Dr Ferreira said mothers could
be deterred from having scheduled
caesarean sections or induced
labour without a medical reason.

British researchers from Queen Mary University of London have

found that taking vitamin D supplements could help those suffering
from asthma. Trials suggest it could lead to a 50 per cent drop in the
number of asthmatics being admitted to hospital due to an asthma
attack. Speak to your doctor about an asthma management plan.
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Ask the doctor
Professor Kerryn Phelps answers readers’ questions on unexplained tension
headaches, uterine prolapse, acne and more, plus reports on sun safety.
Q
I’m a 40-year-old non-smoker and have
been suffering from persistent tension
headaches for a month now. I’ve had my
eyes checked and my vision is fine. The tense
ache is interfering with my work, and I feel as if
I’m having trouble with my short-term memory.
What could be behind this? F.A., Tas.
Your GP will check you for high blood pressure
and other possible causes. Investigations may
include brain MRI. Then it would be worth
seeing a physiotherapist who specialises in
neck and spinal problems to assess you for
cervicogenic (neck-related) headache.
Q
I have developed a uterine prolapse
which has not caused me any discomfort
yet, but I would like to know whether
I should have an operation. I am 69 years old
and have never needed to go to hospital,
apart from when I delivered my children. I am
otherwise in perfect health. H.S., NSW.
If the prolapse is not causing any discomfort
or urinary symptoms, it does not need surgery.
Pelvic floor exercises can be taught by a pelvic
floor physiotherapist. If it does start to bother
you, there are conservative treatments such as a
fitted vaginal ring pessary which you could try.
Q
I’m 82 and have been taking cortisone
to alleviate pain from a combination of
arthritis and polymyalgia. I’ve had to
come off the cortisone in preparation for
surgery. I feel better in many ways without the
cortisone but I am in an immense amount of pain
(shoulders, knees, hips, hands, back). Do you
have any pain-relief suggestions that don’t
involve cortisone or opiates? Z.K., WA.
If you have the condition called polymyalgia
rheumatica, you will get a return of pain if
you cease cortisone abruptly. You can try
natural therapies such as turmeric, fish oil and
magnesium. Regular gentle exercise is important.
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However, it may be that you need to continue
with cortisone after your surgery and then very
gradually reduce it to a point where you are on
the smallest effective dose.
Q
My mother has non-erosive lichen planus
(purplish, itchy flat-topped bumps) and
we are getting conflicting advice from
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her dentist, dermatologist and doctor. It causes
no pain. How should we treat it? M.P., Vic.
Lichen planus is an autoimmune condition
affecting the soft tissues of the mouth, causing
white patches, red swollen patches and open
sores. She should be checked for coeliac disease,
and a gluten-free diet may help. Treatment
depends on the severity of the condition and
the symptoms. If she is not in any pain then
she may be able to manage it with good oral
hygiene, avoiding spicy or salty foods and
avoiding stress.
Q
My 18-year-old son had very bad acne
for several years. It is clearing up,
but he has been left with scars. There
seem to be so many treatment options for
acne scarring – which treatment to you
recommend and why? B.T., Vic.
I would seek the advice of a specialist cosmetic
dermatologist. Depending on his skin type
and the degree and type of scarring, they
have procedures such as laser resurfacing,
radio frequency needling and other
needling techniques.
Q
I have been taking the Pill since I was
a teenager and have always had regular
menstrual cycles. (No children, yet.)
My most recent/current period has lasted
for 10 days so far – much longer than I have
ever experienced. Other than this unusual
length, I have no other symptoms. Do I need
to worry? L.P., Qld.
The abnormal bleeding pattern may be a side
effect of the Pill, but you need to see your GP,
who will examine you, do a Pap smear and may
arrange a pelvic ultrasound to exclude causes
of bleeding which need to be diagnosed and
treated, such as an endocervical polyp.
Stay sun smart
Australians are being urged to slip, slop, slap,
seek shade and slide on sunglasses, amid
concerns that sun protection behaviours
overall don’t seem to be improving. Sunscreen
is not a suit of armour, experts warn.
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GROW
BOLD!
What does it
mean for Dee?
W
hen approached
with grace and a
refined sense of
purpose, growing
older is often one of life’s most
uplifting, empowering and
rewarding journeys.
Indeed, for 89-year-old
Sydney-sider Dee Webb, life
couldn’t be happier, healthier or
more satisfying. The secret, says
Dee, resides in her positive state
of mind.
“Darling, age is just a number.
If you think old, you will be
old. If you’re unhappy, you
become unhappy. It all starts
with you…choose a positive and
fun attitude to each day and it’ll
help keep you young.”
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life is a perfect fit with Feros
Care’s Grow Bold philosophy.
Her ageless ‘glass half full’
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“Don’t complicate life,” says
Dee. “Life can be as easy or as
hard as we want. It is up to
each of us to choose how our
day will look.”
Dee doesn’t sweat the small
stuff. She loves being a little
larger than life. She keeps
mobile, loves reaching out
and talking to people, going
to the movies, to the markets,
and basks in long walks in the
sunshine.
“I’m more flamingo than
bingo,” says Dee, an enthusiastic
exponent of growing BOLD who
allows herself the joy of loving
who she really is.
“BOLD is what you make of
it,” she says. “If you want to live
BOLD and stay young, then live
each day to its fullest. I can’t
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So, I live in the moment and
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Summer salad of peaches

and blueberries, and (left)
Cauliflower and parsley salad.
For recipes, see page 128.
 [ Bring a plate ]
FOOD PREPARATION BY NICK BANBURY.

Brown rice salad

with pumpkin.
For recipe, see page 128.

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 “To take this salad
to the next level,
top it with chunks
of avocado.”

Corn and mixed bean salad

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Corn and mixed bean salad
SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
2 medium (340g) red onions, sliced finely
2 cloves garlic, chopped finely
1½ teaspoons ground cumin
2 medium (400g) red capsicum, diced
roughly
4 cobs corn, kernels removed
200g green beans, trimmed and
chopped
400g canned black beans, rinsed
and drained
2 tablespoons lime juice
100g rocket leaves
DRESSING
200ml sour cream
1 tablespoon finely chopped dill
1-2 tablespoons finely chopped canned
chipotle chillies in adobo
1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan and
add the onions. Cook over a medium
heat for 2-3 minutes or until onions are
just softened. Add the garlic and cumin
and cook for 1-2 minutes stirring, until
fragrant. Add the diced capsicum and
corn; cook for 3 minutes or until corn
is tender. Add the beans; cook for a
further 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
2 Gently fold the canned beans and
lime juice through the vegetables
then transfer to a serving platter lined
with the rocket leaves.
3 DRESSING Combine all ingredients
in a small bowl. Serve the salad with
the Dressing.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 large (400g) brown onions, sliced thinly
8 slices prosciutto
½ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves only
⅓ cup fresh dill sprigs
⅓ cup loosely packed mint leaves
MAYONNAISE
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¾ cup (180 ml) grapeseed oil
1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
1 Place potatoes in a large saucepan of
salted cold water. Bring to the boil; reduce
heat and simmer for about 15-20 minutes
or until the potatoes are just tender. Drain
well, transfer to a large bowl and sprinkle
over the vinegar. Season with sea salt and
freshly ground black pepper.
2 MAYONNAISE Meanwhile, place the
egg yolk and juice in a medium bowl;
“A classic potato salad is a
must-have at any gathering.”
whisk until pale and creamy. Slowly
add the oil, whisking constantly, until
the mayonnaise is thick and creamy.
Stir in mustard; season to taste with salt.
3 Preheat oven grill to high and line a
baking tray with baking paper. Heat
a frying pan over a medium heat;
add the olive oil and onions; cook for
15- 20 minutes, turning occasionally
until golden brown colour.
4 Place prosciutto slices in a single layer
on the lined tray; grill until golden brown
and crispy, turning over half way through.
5 Add half the mayonnaise, half the
herbs and half the onions; toss gently
to combine and transfer to a serving
bowl or platter. Drizzle the remaining
Mayonnaise over potatoes, top with the
remaining herbs, onions and roughly
broken pieces of prosciutto.
Not suitable to freeze. Suitable to
microwave.

Test Kitchen tip

● Chipotle chillies in adobo
are available from selected
delicatessens and large
greengrocers.

Prosciutto and potato salad

SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 40 MINUTES
(+ COOLING TIME)

Prosciutto and
1.5kg desiree potatoes, cut into potato salad
2-3cm chunks

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Cauliflower and parsley salad
SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 20 MINUTES
¼ cup (40g) currants
¼ cup (60ml) hot Earl Grey tea
½ large (600g) cauliflower
1 bunch flat leaf parsley, chopped
1 (400g) telegraph cucumber, peeled
and diced
400g heirloom tomatoes, quartered
4 green onions (green shallots),
sliced finely
100g roasted cashews, chopped coarsely
TAHINI DRESSING
2 tablespoons tahini
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon honey
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
1 Put the currants and hot tea into a small
bowl and set aside for a few minutes.
2 TAHINI DRESSING Drain the warm
tea from the currants into a small bowl,
reserve currants. Add tahini and whisk
until smooth then add the lemon juice,
honey, cumin and pepper. Stir until
smooth; season to taste with sea salt.
3 Finely slice the curds from the
cauliflower, about 2cm in; discard the
stalks. Transfer to a large bowl, add the
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Cauliflower and
parsley salad
reserved currants, parsley, cucumber,
tomatoes and onions. Toss to combine
and transfer to a serving platter. Sprinkle
with the cashews and drizzle with the
Tahini Dressing.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
Summer salad of peaches
and blueberries
SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES
50g baby spinach leaves
50g mizuna or mixed salad greens
4 ripe peaches or nectarines, sliced
125g blueberries
250g fresh ricotta
2 long green chillies, seeded and
sliced finely on an angle
½ cup small basil leaves
¼ cup (50g) pepitas
20g parmesan, grated
WALNUT OIL DRESSING
2 tablespoons walnut oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 WALNUT OIL DRESSING Combine
ingredients in a screw top jar; season
generously with sea salt and freshly
ground black pepper; shake well.
2 Arrange the salad leaves over a serving
platter. Top with the sliced peaches,
blueberries and spoonfuls of ricotta.
Sprinkle over remaining ingredients
and drizzle with the Walnut Oil Dressing.
Sprinkle over the parmesan.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave
Brown rice salad with
pumpkin
SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
1 cup (200g) medium grain brown rice
1kg jap pumpkin, peeled
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
250g broccoli, cut into small florets
3 celery sticks, trimmed, sliced thinly
on angle
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
75g packet pomegranate arils (seeds)
1 sheet nori (seeweed), toasted and cut
into fine strips
MISO DRESSING
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons white miso
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice
1 Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced).
Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2 Combine the rice and 1 litre water in
a medium saucepan; bring to the boil.
Boil gently, uncovered, for about
25 minutes or until the rice is tender.
Drain.
3 Meanwhile, cut the pumpkin into
3cm pieces. Place pumpkin and oil in
a bowl and season with sea salt and
freshly ground black pepper; toss until
the pumpkin is well coated. Transfer
to lined baking tray; roast for about
30 minutes or until the pumpkin is
browned and cooked through.
4 Bring a small pan of water to the boil;
blanch the broccoli florets for 1-2 minutes.
Drain.
5 MISO DRESSING Whisk the honey and
sesame oil into the miso, then whisk
in lemon juice and zest. Season.
6 Combine the rice with broccoli, celery
and sesame seeds.
7 Place the rice mixture on a serving
platter; top with the pumpkin. Spoon
over the Miso Dressing. Sprinkle with
pomegranate arils and sliced nori.
Not suitable to freeze. Rice suitable
to microwave.
Noodle salad
SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES
375g fresh thin egg noodles
2 cups (100g) finely sliced Chinese
cabbage (wombok)
4 green onions (green shallots), sliced
finely
200g bean sprouts, trimmed
1 large (180g) carrot, julienned
100g snowpeas, trimmed and julienned
1 large (200g) red capsicum, julienned
1 bunch coriander, leaves picked
2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
1 long red chilli, sliced finely
DRESSING
⅓ cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped coriander
stems
1 Bring a large pot of salted water to
the boil and add the egg noodles.
Stir with tongs to separate and cook
for 1-2 minutes. Drain, rinse well and
transfer to a large bowl. Using a pair
of kitchen scissors, roughly cut them
into 5cm lengths.
2 DRESSING In a small bowl, combine
the hoisin sauce, lime juice, sesame oil,
sugar and a tablespoon of the chopped
coriander stem. Pour over the noodles
and toss to combine.
3 Add the cabbage, green onions, bean
sprouts, carrot, snow peas, capsicum
and coriander leaves to the noodles
and toss to combine.
4 Transfer salad to a serving platter
and sprinkle with the sesame seeds
and red chilli.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
 The secret to
health &
wellbeing
The Mediterranean diet isn’t a trend
or fad, it’s a real food approach to
healthy eating that embraces variety,
flavour and nutrient-rich foods.

Chicken skewers with peach

caprese salad
For recipe, see page 132.
 [ Healthy eating ]
PHOTOGRAPHY ● LOUISE LISTER
STYLING ● EMMA KNOWLES

Back to basics
The Mediterranean diet is centered
on minimally processed foods such
as whole grains, plant foods, seafood,
yoghurt, pulses, seeds and nuts.
Ultimately, balance and enjoyment
are at the core of this approach to
food. Sharing food around the table
helps foster a healthy relationship
with food where the focus is on
enjoyment and satiation rather than
restriction or control. Cutting out fats Salmon parcels
isn’t encouraged; healthy fats are with kipfler
such as extra-virgin olive oil, nuts, potatoes
seeds, oily fish and dairy foods like
yoghurt.

Extra virgin olive oil

A good source of monosaturated
fat linked with lower levels of “bad”
LDL cholesterol and better weight
management. It contains linoleic
acid, a type of omega-6 fatty acid,
which is good news for your heart.
Always opt for extra virgin olive oil
as your primary source of fat, as
it’s the least processed and contains
the highest levels of beneficial
polyphenols, the protective
compound found in plants.

Seafood and fish

These feature heavily in the
Mediterranean kitchen, offering a
healthier protein source. Oily fish,
such as sardines, tuna, salmon and
mackerel, are all good sources of
heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids
FOOD PREPARATION BY AMAL WEBSTER AND PETA DENT.
Salmon parcels with potatoes
SERVES 2 PREP AND COOK TIME 50 MINUTES
After tuna, salmon might be the most
popular fish in the world to eat. It’s also
among the most heart-healthy of fish, packed
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
100g baby spinach leaves
¼ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced).

and should be consumed 2 to 3 times
a week. A small amount of meat can
be eaten, ideally twice a week.
Plant-based focus
Plant-based sources of protein,
rich in fibre, such as nuts, pulses,
legumes and seeds, should be
on the daily menu. Fruit and
vegetables naturally contain plenty
of antioxidants and polyphenols,
vitamins and minerals and should
be consumed in abundance.
with vitamins and minerals, such as B12,
vitamin D and selenium. Salmon is also a
good source of niacin, omega-3 fatty acids,
protein, phosphorus and potassium. Baking
it in a parcel locks in the flavour and juices.
300g kipfler potatoes, sliced thinly
1 small red onion (100g), cut into
thin wedges
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ medium lemon (70g), sliced thinly
1 small tomato (90g), sliced thinly
2 x 180g skinless boneless salmon fillets
2 teaspoons baby capers
2 Combine the potato and onion in a
roasting pan; drizzle with half the oil.
Roast for 30 minutes or until browned
lightly and tender.
3 Meanwhile, arrange lemon and tomato
on two 30cm square pieces of baking
paper. Top with salmon, capers and fennel
seeds; drizzle with remaining oil. Fold
paper into a parcel to enclose salmon;
place on an oven tray. Bake for 8 minutes
or until salmon is cooked as desired.
4 Serve salmon parcels with potato and
onion; top with spinach and parsley.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.

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Roasted rosemary pork,
fennel and potatoes
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh
rosemary leaves
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh
oregano leaves
2 teaspoons fennel seeds
½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
⅓ cup (80ml) extra-virgin olive oil
4 small (800g) fennel bulbs, trimmed,
quartered
800g kipfler potatoes, halved
lengthways
500g pork fillet
1 Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced).
2 Combine the rosemary, oregano, fennel
seeds, chilli and ¼ cup of the oil in a small
bowl; season. Place the fennel bulbs and
potato in a large roasting pan. Drizzle
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Roasted rosemary
pork, fennel
and potatoes
with two-thirds of the rosemary mixture;
toss to combine. Roast for 30 minutes.
3 Rub pork with remaining rosemary
mixture. Heat the remaining oil in a
heavy-based frying pan over high heat.
Add pork; cook, turning, for 5 minutes or
until browned all over.
4 Stir potato and fennel; place pork on top
of vegetables. Roast for 20 minutes or until
pork is just cooked through. Stand pork,
covered loosely with foil, for 5 minutes.
5 Cut pork into slices; serve with potato,
fennel and lemon wedges, if desired..
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
Test Kitchen tips
● You could replace the pork with
chicken breasts. Sprinkle with
fennel fronds and fresh oregano
leaves before serving, if you like.
Chicken skewers with peach
caprese salad
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES
Caprese salad should be simplicity
itself, comprised of layers of sliced fresh
mozzarella, basil and luscious sun-ripened
tomatoes, seasoned only with salt and
olive oil. Traditionally served as an antipasto
(starter), here we have made our caprese
a little more substantial with the addition
of grilled chicken skewers and peach cheeks,
which complement the richness of the
buffalo mozzarella.
800g chicken breast fillets, cut into
2cm pieces
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4 medium (600g) peaches,
cheeks removed
250g buffalo mozzarella, torn
2 medium tomatoes (300g), sliced
400g mixed cherry tomatoes, halved
½ cup fresh small basil leaves
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
PISTACHIO MINT PESTO
½ cup (70g) pistachios
1½ cups fresh mint leaves
1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
2 teaspoons lemon juice
½ cup (125ml) extra virgin olive oil
1 PISTACHIO MINT PESTO Blend or
process ingredients until smooth;
season to taste.
2 Combine chicken and 1½ tablespoons of
the oil in a medium bowl; season. Thread
onto eight skewers.
3 Cook chicken on a heated oiled grill
plate (or pan or barbecue) for 8 minutes.
Add peaches to grill plate; cook for a
further 2 minutes or until chicken is
cooked through and peaches are golden.
4 Layer grilled peaches with mozzarella,
tomatoes and basil; drizzle with vinegar
and remaining oil. Serve salad topped
with chicken and pesto.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
Test Kitchen tips
● You can use chilli-infused olive
oil for marinating the chicken, and
cow’s milk mozzarella instead of the
tangier buffalo mozzarella, if you like.
Spicy prawn and white bean
panzanella
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 20 MINUTES
160g wholegrain sourdough bread
olive-oil spray
1 medium (140g) lemon
800g cooked medium king prawns
400g can cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
250g mixed cherry tomatoes, halved
2 Lebanese (260g) cucumbers, chopped
1 small (100g) red onion, sliced thinly
½ cup (60g) pitted Sicilian olives, halved
1 fresh long red chilli, sliced thinly
1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
120g soft goat’s cheese, crumbled
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
⅓ cup (80ml) red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced).
Line a large oven tray with baking paper.
2 Tear the bread coarsely into bite-sized
pieces, place on lined tray; spray with oil.
Bake for 5 minutes or until golden and crisp.
3 Remove rind from the lemon into long
thin strips with a zester. Shell and devein
the prawns, leaving tails intact.
4 Place bread, rind, prawns, beans, tomatoes,
cucumber, onion, olives, chilli, basil and half
the cheese in a large bowl; toss to combine.
5 Combine oil, vinegar and garlic in a
small bowl; season to taste. Just before
serving, spoon the dressing over the
salad; top with the remaining cheese.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
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Roasted sumac chicken
with baby vegetables

Roasted sumac chicken with
baby vegetables
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
15 MINUTES
Sumac is a spice ground from berries that
flourish wild around the Mediterranean; its tart,
lemony flavour goes well with grilled meats.
30g butter, softened
1 tablespoon sumac
1.4kg chicken
500g baby beetroot, trimmed
250g baby carrots, trimmed
250g yellow baby carrots, trimmed
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
½ cup fresh mint leaves
100g Greek fetta, crumbled
2 tablespoons pistachio dukkah
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160° fan-forced).
2 Combine butter and sumac in a small
bowl. Rub sumac butter all over the
outside of the chicken; season. Tie the
chicken legs together with kitchen
string; place in a large roasting pan. Wrap
beetroot individually in foil; add to pan
with chicken. Roast for 30 minutes.
3 Baste chicken with pan juices. Toss
carrots in oil; season and add to pan.
Roast for a further 35 minutes or until
chicken is cooked through and the skin
is golden brown. Cover chicken loosely
with foil; stand for 10 minutes.
4 Meanwhile, peel beetroot and cut in
half. Return beetroot to pan.
5 Serve roast chicken and vegetables
with mint, fetta and dukkah.
Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
Greek vegetable pie with
yellow split pea dip
SERVES 8 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
15 MINUTES
Although called a pie, this is more like
a frittata, as it contains no pastry.
250g zucchini, sliced very thinly
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
780g silver beet
200g green beans, trimmed
125g Greek fetta, crumbled
125g kefalotyri cheese or parmesan,
grated coarsely
¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf
parsley leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint leaves
¾ cup (50g) fresh breadcrumbs
6 eggs, beaten lightly
¼ cup (35g) sesame seeds, toasted
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
8 small pocket pittas, warmed
lemon wedges, to serve
YELLOW SPLIT PEA DIP
1 cup (200g) dried yellow split peas
1 small onion (80g), chopped
4 cloves garlic, bruised
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
⅓ cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).
Oil a 24cm springform pan; line the base
with baking paper.
2 Combine zucchini and salt in a colander
over a bowl; stand for 30 minutes. Rinse
zucchini; drain. Pat dry with paper towel.
Trim stems from silver beet; discard
stems. You will need 300g leaves.
3 Meanwhile, cook beans in a large
saucepan of boiling water for 5 minutes or
until tender. Remove beans with a slotted
spoon, refresh in a bowl of iced water;
drain well. Finely chop beans.
4 Add silver beet to the water in the pan,
return to the boil; drain immediately.
Refresh under cold running water;
drain well. Squeeze the silver beet to
remove excess moisture; pat dry with
Greek vegetable pie with
yellow split pea dip
paper towel. Finely chop the silver beet.
5 Place zucchini, beans and silver beet
in a large bowl with cheeses, herbs,
breadcrumbs, egg, sesame seeds and
oil; mix well to combine. Season. Spoon
mixture into lined pan; smooth surface.
6 Bake pie for 35 minutes or until set.
7 YELLOW SPLIT PEA DIP Place peas in a
small saucepan with enough cold water to
just cover; bring to boil. Drain; rinse. Return
peas to pan with onion and garlic, add
enough cold water to cover by 6cm; bring
to the boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook
for 25 minutes or until peas are tender and
beginning to collapse. Drain. Cool to room
temperature. Process pea mixture and
spices until smooth. With motor operating,
gradually add oil in a steady stream, then
add juice in a steady stream. Season to
taste. (Makes about 2½ cups)
8 Serve pie warm or at room temperature
with dip, pitta bread and lemon wedges.
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to
microwave.
From The Australian
Women’s Weekly’s The
Mediterranean Diet,
Bauer Books, $34.99,
available where good
books are sold and
at awwcookbooks.
com.au.
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Easy picnic breads These loaves are a great choice for when
you want impressive-looking bread with
minimum effort. Make them centre stage
for friends and family to help themselves.

Dark chocolate, cherry

and walnut soda bread
For recipe,
see page 141.

PHOTOGRAPHY ● BEN DEARNLEY

STYLING ● SOPHIA YOUNG
 [ Home-baked ]

DID YOU KNOW?

Middle Eastern orange
blossom water adds a light
floral note to these loaves. It
can be found in delis and
continental grocers. You
could substitute the grated
rind of 1 orange or lemon for
a different flavour.

Flourless almond, peach

and orange blossom loaves
For recipe, see page 141
FOOD PREPARATION BY NADIA FONTOFF.

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Red lentil and pumpkin wraps
MAKES 6 PREP AND COOK TIME 45 MINUTES
(+ STANDING TIME)
300g peeled pumpkin, chopped
coarsely (see Test Kitchen tips)
½ cup (125ml) water
1 cup (150g) red lentil flour
1¼ cups (185g) plain flour
½ teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted
(see Test Kitchen tips)
¼ cup (60g) coconut oil, melted
1 Boil, steam or microwave pumpkin
for 10 minutes or until just tender;
drain. Blend or process pumpkin with
the water until smooth; push pumpkin
puree through a medium sieve into a
bowl. You will need 1½ cups puree.
2 Sift flours and salt into a medium bowl;
stir in seeds. Make a well in the centre;
stir in oil and enough of the pumpkin
puree to form a soft dough. Turn the
dough onto a lightly floured surface;
knead until smooth. Wrap the dough in
plastic wrap; stand for 10 minutes.
3 Divide dough into six portions; roll
out each portion on a lightly floured
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Red lentil and
pumpkin wraps
surface into a 26cm round. Preheat a large
non-stick frying pan over medium-high
heat. Add one wrap to the pan; cook on
one side for 30 seconds or until starting
to brown. Turn, cook for a further 30
seconds. Transfer wrap to a clean tea
towel; cover to keep soft.
4 Repeat with the remaining wraps,
stacking wraps and covering as they cook
to keep soft. Use wraps warm or cooled.
Fill wraps with a selection of meat and
salad and roll up, or serve warm with
meat or vegetable curries.
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to
microwave.
Test Kitchen tips
● We used jap pumpkin in this
recipe; you will need to buy about
500g. The moisture content of
different pumpkin varieties will vary.
● To toast cumin seeds, place in
a small dry frying pan; stir seeds
constantly over medium heat for
1 minute or until fragrant.
● Best made on day of serving.
Can be frozen for up to 2 months.
For more great recipes
search bread on
Zucchini, fetta and corn
wedges
MAKES 12 PREP AND COOK TIME 45 MINUTES
½ (125g) trimmed corn cob
1 small (90g) zucchini, grated coarsely
150g fetta, crumbled
⅔ cup (50g) finely grated parmesan
2 teaspoons dried oregano
3 cups (450g) self-raising flour
2 teaspoons caster sugar
1 cup (250ml) milk, approximately, plus
extra for brushing
1 Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-
forced). Grease and line an oven
tray with baking paper.
2 Cut corn kernels from cob. Combine
corn, zucchini, 100g of the fetta, parmesan
and half the oregano in a medium bowl.
3 Sift flour and sugar into a large bowl;
stir in zucchini mixture. Make a well in
the centre, add milk. Using a butter knife,
cut the milk through the flour mixture to
mix to a soft, sticky dough. Turn dough
onto a floured surface; knead gently until
smooth. Press dough into a 22cm round
on oven tray. Cut dough into 12 wedges.
Brush tops with a little extra milk. Scatter
with remaining oregano and fetta.
4 Bake for 30 minutes or until bread
sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on
tray. Break into wedges when cool.
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to
microwave.
Test Kitchen tips
● We’ve chosen fetta for our wedges,
but you could also use a soft goat’s
cheese or mozzarella.
● Serve with whipped fetta topped
with extra virgin olive oil and
freshly ground black pepper. To
make whipped fetta, drain a small
tub of marinated Persian or goat’s
fetta over a jug; reserve oil, discard
flavourings. Whisk or process fetta in
a medium bowl until smooth, adding
enough of the reserved oil to give a
soft, spreadable consistency.
Zucchini, fetta and
corn wedges
 Seeded
DID YOU KNOW? cheddar soda
Cheddar is sold at different bread with
stages of maturity. A mild chilli butter
cheddar is typically three
months of age, a medium
cheddar is six months; mature is
about nine months; extra-
mature 15 months and vintage
18 months or more.

STORING AND FREEZING BREAD

Cool the bread on wire racks to eliminate steam,
which softens the crust. Wrap the bread in plastic
wrap or foil, or seal in a large resealable plastic bag and
expel the air. A sure-fire way to extend the life of bread
is to freeze it. Pack the cooled bread in freezer bags;
expel all the air and freeze immediately. If correctly
wrapped, bread can be frozen for three months.
Seeded cheddar soda bread
with chilli butter
SERVES 6 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR 10
MINUTES (+ STANDING TIME)
2 cups (300g) white spelt flour
1½ cups (240g) wholemeal self-raising
flour (see Test Kitchen tips)
1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon sea-salt flakes
80g butter, chopped
2 cups (240g) coarsely grated vintage
cheddar
1½ cups (375ml) buttermilk,
approximately, plus extra for brushing
½ cup (75g) mixed seeds (see Test
Kitchen tips)
CHILLI BUTTER
250g butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced).
2 CHILLI BUTTER: Combine ingredients
in a medium bowl. Season.
3 Sift flours and soda into a large bowl.
Return husks to bowl with salt flakes; rub
in butter with fingertips until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheddar.
Add enough buttermilk to mix to a soft,
sticky dough. Turn onto a floured surface;
knead until just smooth. Shape dough;
flatten top slightly into an 18cm round.
4 Line large oven tray with baking paper;
sprinkle 1 tablespoon of seed mixture
over centre of tray. Place dough on seed
mixture; brush top and sides of dough
with extra buttermilk. Sprinkle all over
with remaining seed mixture. Make a
shallow cross cut on top of the dough
using a floured knife.
Test Kitchen tips
● To make wholemeal self-raising
flour, combine 2 teaspoons baking
powder and 1 cup wholemeal plain
(all-purpose) flour.
● For the mixed seeds, we used 2
tablespoons each of sesame and
sunflower seeds and 1 tablespoon
each of chia seeds and linseeds
(flaxseeds). You can also use a
packaged seed mix from the baking
section of the supermarket.
5 Bake bread for 45 minutes or until
browned. Transfer to a wire rack to
cool for 10 minutes. Serve soda bread
sprinkled with a little extra salt flakes,
if you like, and with chilli butter.
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to
microwave
Dark chocolate, cherry and
walnut soda bread
MAKES 1 LOAF PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
This super-easy bread relies on the reaction
between an alkaline bicarbonate of soda and
acidic buttermilk to produce carbon dioxide
for aeration. Since the reaction is immediate
upon mixing, make sure you get baking quick
smart. And, like scones, this bread is all the
better for being eaten close to making.
4 cups (600g) plain flour
¼ cup (55g) caster sugar
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon sea salt
1½ teaspoons ground cardamom
100g cold unsalted butter, chopped
1¾ cups (430ml) buttermilk
1 egg, beaten lightly
100g dark chocolate, chopped coarsely
¾ cup (75g) roasted walnuts, chopped
¾ cup (115g) dried cherries
1 egg white
1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra
1 Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).
Line an oven tray with baking paper.
2 Sift the flour, sugar, soda, salt and
cardamom into a large bowl. Rub in
butter with your fingertips until mixture
resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well
in the centre.
3 Whisk buttermilk and egg in a medium
bowl; add egg mixture to well. Using a
knife, cut liquid through mixture until it
starts to clump. Add chocolate, walnuts
and cherries. Turn dough onto a lightly
floured surface; knead gently until dough
just comes together. Shape into a 16cm
round. Place on tray with floured hands.
4 Lightly beat the egg white in a small
bowl with a fork; place 1 tablespoon of
egg white in another small bowl. Add
extra sugar; whisk until combined.
Brush mixture over the top of the loaf.
5 Bake the loaf for 45 minutes or until
golden and the bread sounds hollow
when tapped. Serve warm or at room
temperature.
Flourless almond, peach and
orange blossom loaves
MAKES 2 LOAVES PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
45 MINUTES
4 medium (600g) green apples,
grated coarsely
4 free-range eggs, beaten lightly
½ cup (125ml) unsweetened
almond milk
1⁄3 cup (115g) honey or pure maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons orange blossom water
4 cups (480g) almond meal
4 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
5 medium (750g) peaches, quartered
1 tablespoon honey or pure maple
syrup, extra
1 Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan forced).
Lightly grease two 10.5cm x 21cm (top
measurement) loaf pans; line base and
long sides with baking paper.
2 Combine apple, egg, almond milk,
honey, vanilla and orange blossom water
in a large bowl. Add almond meal and
baking powder; stir until just combined.
3 Divide the mixture between the pans,
level the surface. Top with peaches, cut-
side up, pressing them slightly into the
batter; drizzle with extra honey.
4 Bake loaves for 1½ hours or until a
skewer inserted into the centre comes
out clean. Cover loosely with baking
paper for the last 10 minutes of baking
to prevent overbrowning.
Test Kitchen tip
● You can use other stone fruit for
this recipe, such as plums or apricots.
Recipes extracted from The Australian
Women’s Weekly’s Simply Bread,
Bauer Books, $49.99. Available where
all good books are sold and at
awwcookbooks.com.au.
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4 ways with lamb chops
Haloumi and fig paste
stuffed lamb cutlets
We Aussies love our
lamb, especially on
Australia Day – here are
our top four flavour
boosters for the humble
chop, be it a cutlet, loin
or leg variety.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● JAMES MOFFATT
STYLING ● OLIVIA BLACKMORE
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Dukkah-crusted lamb cutlets
Haloumi and fig paste
stuffed lamb cutlets
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES
Using a small sharp knife, cut a slit in
the side of 12 lamb cutlets without cutting
all the way through, then open out flat.
Combine 185g coarsely grated haloumi,
¼ cup of chopped roasted almonds,
1 crushed clove garlic, 3 teaspoons each
chopped fresh thyme and flat-leaf parsley
and ⅓ cup fig paste. Place 1½ tablespoons
of the haloumi stuffing on each cutlet,
fold over to enclose; press firmly. Season.
Cook cutlets on a heated oiled grill plate
(or grill pan or barbecue), on medium-
high heat for 3 minutes each side for
medium or until cooked as desired.
FOOD PREPARATION BY NICK BANBURY. RECIPES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY,
Dukkah-crusted lamb cutlets
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES
Place ½ cup dukkah in a small
shallow bowl. Combine 1 tablespoon
pomegranate molasses with 3 teaspoons
extra virgin olive oil in a small bowl;
brush the mixture over 12 lamb cutlets.
THE BUTCHER. AWWCOOKBOOKS.COM.AU.
Sprinkle dukkah over lamb to coat both
sides; press firmly. Heat 2 tablespoons
olive oil in a large frying pan over medium
heat; cook lamb for 3 minutes each side
for medium or until cooked as desired.
Serve with lemon wedges and topped
with pomegranate seeds, if you like.

Rosemary barbecue sauce
lamb cutlets
Rosemary barbecue sauce
lamb cutlets
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES
Place 12 lamb cutlets in a shallow dish;
add combined ½ cup barbecue sauce,
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh
rosemary, 2 crushed garlic cloves
and 2 teaspoons olive oil. Turn to coat.
Season. Cook cutlets on a heated oiled
grill plate (or grill pan or barbecue), over
medium-high heat for 3 minutes each
side for medium or until cooked as
desired. Serve topped with extra fresh
rosemary leaves, if you like.
[ Australia[ Slug
Day ]
Indian-spiced lamb cutlets
Indian-spiced lamb cutlets
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES
“They’re quick
and easy to
Toast 1 teaspoon each fennel and
coriander seeds in a small dry frying pan make and the
over medium heat for 3 minutes or until exotic flavours
fragrant; cool. Using a mortar and pestle,
grind the seeds to a coarse powder. will wow
Stir in 1 teaspoon ground turmeric.
Add ½ cup each fresh coriander and mint,
your guests.”
1 small chopped red chilli; pound to a
paste. Stir in ⅓ cup Greek-style yoghurt.
Coat 12 lamb cutlets in paste. Cook cutlets
in a frying pan lined with baking paper
over medium-high heat for 3 minutes
each side for medium, or until cooked as
desired. Serve with extra chilli and herbs.
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 Sweet and simple
mango treats
This month Julie Goodwin shares five fabulous
recipes to take advantage of the bountiful
harvest of fresh Australian mangoes.

Dairy-free no-cook
mango cheesecake
For recipe, see page 151.

PHOTOGRAPHY ● JOHN PAUL URIZAR STYLING ● MICHELE CRANSTON

146 FOODTOLOVE.COM.AU JANUARY 2018

 [ Summer fruit ]

“For a smoother scooping

texture, transfer the frozen
yoghurt to the fridge 30
minutes before serving.”
FOOD PREPARATION BY ANGELA DEVLIN. HAIR AND MAKE-UP BY JASMINE ABDALLAOUI.

Easy mango
frozen yoghurt
For recipe, see page 149.

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 Mango shortcake

“Arranging the
mango slices like
a rose creates a
spectacular effect.”
Mango shortcake
SERVES 12 PREP AND COOK TIME 40 MINUTES

1½ cups (225g) self-raising flour

100g butter, at room temperature,
cut into pieces
½ cup (110g) caster sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon cold water, approximately
3 large (1.5kg) mangoes
CUSTARD
½ cup (110g) caster sugar
3 yolks
2 tablespoons plain flour
1 ¼ cups (310ml) milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 strips orange peel
15g soft butter

1 Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan-forced).

Thoroughly grease a 25cm shortcake
flan tin or fluted loose-based flan tin
(see Julie’s tip).
2 Place the flour and butter in a food
processor; blitz to combine. Add the
sugar and blitz again until combined.
Add the egg and water process once
more. Turn the mixture out of the
food processor and spread it in the
tin. Press with your hands so that it is
firm and even.
3 Bake on the middle shelf of the oven
for 18 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and cool in the
tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto
a wire rack to cool.
4 CUSTARD With an electric mixer or
balloon whisk beat the sugar and the
egg yolks for 3 minutes or until light
and creamy. Add the flour and beat until
well combined. Meanwhile, combine the
milk, vanilla and orange peel in a medium
saucepan, heat until just below boiling
point; remove the orange peel. Gradually
whisk the milk mixture into the egg
mixture. Return the mixture to a cleaned
saucepan and cook over medium heat,
whisking continuously, until the custard
boils and thickens (about 3-4 minutes).
Remove from the heat, then stir through
the butter. Place in a container and cover
the surface with plastic wrap to avoid
a skin forming on top. Refrigerate until
ready to use.
5 Cut the cheeks from the mango and
slice thinly. Assemble the shortcake just
Easy mango
frozen yoghurt
before serving. Spread the custard over
the shortcake. Arrange the mango slices Julie’s tips
as though they are rose petals, starting ● A shortcake tin is a flan tin with
in the centre and working outwards. fluted edges and raised centre, so
Not suitable to freeze or microwave. when the shortcake is turned out,
it has an indented centre. For extra
flavour, brush the shortcake with
orange liqueur while it’s still warm.
Easy mango frozen yoghurt
MAKES ABOUT 1 LITRE PREP TIME 10 MINUTES
(+ FREEZING TIME)
3 large (1.5kg) ripe mangoes
1 cup (280g) Greek-style vanilla
flavoured yoghurt
1 Peel the mangoes, remove the flesh
from the seed and cut into large pieces.
Place in a snap-lock bag and freeze.
2 When frozen solid, blitz in a food
processor with the yoghurt until
almost smooth – you will still have
a few chunks remaining. Store in an
airtight container in the freezer.
STEP 5
Suitable to freeze.

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Julie’s mango blondies
MAKES 12 PIECES PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR
10 MINUTES
250g butter, chopped
250g white chocolate melts
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
1¾ cups (385g) caster sugar
1½ cups (225g) plain flour
⅔ cup (130g) white choc bits
1 medium (400g) firm mango, peeled,
seeded, flesh cut into 1cm cube
1 Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan-forced).
Grease and line a 20 x 30cm lamington
tin with baking paper, extending the
paper 3cm above the sides.
2 In a medium pan over medium to low
heat, melt butter then add the chocolate
and stir until it melts. Stir in the vanilla.
3 In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the
eggs for 2 minutes or until pale. With the
mixer running, gradually add the sugar
and continue to beat until the mixture
“forms the ribbon”. This means when the
whisk is lifted out of the mixture, a trail
is left across the surface for a moment
before it sinks.
4 Gently fold butter mixture into egg
mixture. Sift flour over the wet ingredients
in bowl and gently fold through. Fold
through the white chocolate and mango.
Spread mixture into prepared pan and
bake for 50 minutes. When ready, the
brownies will have a delicate crust on top
and still be dense and moist in the middle.
5 Dust with sifted icing sugar, if desired.
Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to
microwave.
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Mango and turmeric
panna cotta
SERVES 6 PREP TIME AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES
(+ REFRIGERATION TIME)

1¼ cups (310ml) milk

2 cups (500ml) thickened cream
½ cup (110g) caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 strips lemon peel
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 large (600g) ripe mango, flesh pureed
3 teaspoons powdered gelatine
chopped roasted macadamias and
mint leaves, to serve

1 Place 1 cup (250ml) of the milk with

the cream, sugar, vanilla and lemon in a
medium saucepan over medium-high
heat. Bring to the boil then immediately
take off the heat. Strain through a fine
sieve into a bowl and allow to cool. Stir
through the turmeric and mango flesh.
2 In a small jug warm the remaining ¼
cup (60ml) of milk for 15-20 seconds
in the microwave, until it’s just blood
temperature. Sprinkle gelatine over, allow
to soften, then stir in with a fork, making
sure it dissolves and there are no lumps.
3 Stir gelatine mixture into cooled cream
mixture. Place 6 small serving glasses onto
a tray and, using a ladle, divide the mixture
among them. Place the tray into the fridge
for 3 hours or until set. Serve topped with
macadamia nuts and mint leaves.
Not suitable to freeze.
Julie’s tip
● You will need 1 cup of mango
puree for this recipe. If you want to
prepare this dessert a day ahead,
drop the gelatine to 2½ teaspoons
for a slightly softer set.
Dairy-free no-cook mango
cheesecake
SERVES 20 PREP TIME 30 MINUTES (+ SOAKING
AND CHILLING TIME)
1¾ cup (180g) pecan nuts
1 cup (90g) moist coconut flakes (or
shredded coconut)
1½ cups (180g) fresh seeded dates
2 tablespoons coconut oil, softened
¼ teaspoon salt
Mango and tumeric
panna cotta
FILLING
2 ½ cups (375g) cashews, soaked in water
overnight, drained and rinsed
1 cup (250ml) coconut cream
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
½ cup (175g) honey
1 cup (240g) coconut oil, softened
Flesh of 2 ripe mangoes (around 500g)
MANGO MINT SALSA
2 large (1kg) mangoes, cut into 1cm
cubes (see Julie’s tip)
1 tablespoon mint leaves
juice and finely grated rind of 1 lime
edible flowers
1 Grease and line base and sides of 24cm
spring-form cake pan with baking paper.
2 Combine the pecans, coconut, dates,
coconut oil and salt in a food processor;
pulse until combined but still a little
bit chunky. Press mixture firmly over
the base of the pan. Place the tin in
the freezer while making the Filling.
3 FILLING Combine all the ingredients
in a food processor or a high-speed
blender and process until velvety
smooth. You will need to scrape down
the sides of the bowl occasionally. Pour
the filling into the chilled base and
refrigerate overnight to set.
5 Serve in small slices topped with fresh
Mango Mint Salsa.
Not suitable to freeze.
Julie’s tip
● To remove the mango flesh, slice
the two “cheeks” off with a sharp
knife. Use a small drinking glass
to scoop the flesh out of the skin.
Peel the remaining centre of the
mango and remove what flesh you
can from the seed.

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[Ask the experts]
Salmon and
egg toasties

Loving
leftovers
Forget heaps of ham Leftovers
fried rice
sandwiches! Fran
Abdallaoui transforms Turkey
festive food excess into enchiladas

these clever, tasty meals.

Smoked salmon and
egg toasties
Combine ½ cup spreadable cream
cheese, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh
dill and 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
in a small bowl. Butter 4 slices of white
bread. Place two slices, buttered-side
down, on a board, spread equally with
cream cheese mixture; divide 50g sliced
smoked salmon between slices. Cook
2 eggs on a heated, oiled sandwich
Roast pork and
press for 2 minutes. Place on top of the
apple rolls
salmon; sandwich with remaining bread,
buttered-side up. Toast in a sandwich
press for 2 minutes or until golden.
Serve with lemon wedges. Serves 2. Roast pork and apple rolls pan over high heat. Cook 500g shredded
Combine ⅓ cup dijonnaise and 1 chopped cooked turkey, 1 chopped red onion, 4
Leftovers fried rice shallot in a small bowl. Heat 2 tablespoons crushed cloves garlic and 1 tablespoon
Heat 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a large olive oil in a small frying pan over smoked paprika, stirring, for 5 minutes.
wok over high heat. Pour 2 lightly medium heat. Add 6 fresh sage leaves; Add 400g can diced tomatoes; cook for PHOTOGRAPHY BY BEN DEARNLEY. STYLING BY VIVIEN WALSH.

beaten eggs into the wok; swirl until set.
Remove from wok; slice omelette. Heat
1 tablespoon extra oil in wok; stir-fry ½
sliced red capsicum, 1 sliced red onion,
2 cups shredded cabbage and 1 crushed
clove of garlic for 3 minutes or until
softened. Add 600g sliced leftover ham,
turkey or chicken, half the egg, 2 x 250g
packs 90-second microwave basmati rice,
1 teaspoon sesame oil and 2 tablespoons
each soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce;
stir-fry until hot. Top with remaining egg.
Serve with sweet chilli sauce, coriander
and sliced green onion. Serves 4.
cook for 1 minute or until crisp; remove.
Add 200g thickly sliced roast pork to the
pan; cook for 2 minutes each side or until
pork is lightly browned. Spread dijonnaise
mixture over 2 Italian-style bread rolls,
top with rocket leaves and pork. Combine
1 green apple, cut into matchsticks, with
2 sliced inner stalks of celery with leaves;
add to rolls with crisp sage leaves.
Top with lids. Serves 2.
Turkey enchiladas
Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced).
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large frying
1 minute. Season to taste. Spoon mixture
onto the centre of 8 tortillas, sprinkle with 1
cup grated cheddar. Fold tortillas to enclose
filling. Place, join-side down, in an ovenproof
dish. Spoon over 450g jar chunky tomato
salsa; sprinkle with 1 cup grated cheddar.
Bake for 15 minutes until golden.
Serve with coriander and lime wedges.
Serves 4.
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[ Food news ]
Quick bites
Fran Abdallaoui shares travel guides
for foodies, new products for your
kitchen and a quick no-bake Australia
Day Cake recipe.
It’s a keeper
Olsson’s is the oldest family-owned salt
company in Australia, with roots in the
Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, and
to celebrate its long history it has
produced the perfect ceramic salt
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spoon, and is reminiscent of classic
Cornishware. RRP $22.95. Visit olssons.
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Cheat’s
AUSTRALIA DAY CAKE
At The Weekly we feel there’s nothing to feel
guilty about using some clever shortcuts
occasionally. We’ve designed this no-bake
Lamington Cake that will make a splash
at your Australia Day gathering. Start with two
store-bought sponge cakes from your local
bakery or supermarket then sandwich it
together with ⅓ cup strawberry jam and
300ml of whipped thickened cream. Your
only task is to put together the delicious
chocolate icing. Combine 2 tablespoons of
cocoa and ⅓ cup boiling water in a medium
bowl, then add 20g of soft butter and 2 cups
of icing sugar mixture. Simply mix until
smooth. Spread over the top of the cake and
sprinkle with ½ cup of shredded coconut.
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Colour splash
Setting a stylish table can be as simple as using
beautiful glassware. We are loving Noritake’s
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come in hues not dissimilar to precious stones,
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Available nationally from leading kitchenware
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from $144 for a set of six tumblers.
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The indoor
outdoor house
Rosslyn and Ian de Souza embrace the outdoor room in a truly organic dwelling
that grows and changes with them, writes Bronwyn Phillips.
PHOTOGRAPHY ● SCOTT HAWKINS STYLING ● HANDE RENSHAW
B
ehind the imposing
limestone wall that encloses
the block is a dwelling
unlike anything else.
Organic and fluid, the
home of Rosslyn de Souza and her
artist husband Ian is deeply connected
to his creativity. It’s a place where
boundaries between outside and
inside, the domestic and artistic, blur
and intertwine. It’s a house inside a
garden, a garden inside a home.
Inspired by the Oriental homes
of Ian’s childhood, the de Souzas’
property comprises a studio,
converted railway carriage and a
rammed earth cottage, connected by
courtyards, passageways and gardens.
Sliding glass panels and cafe-style
blinds slide and roll away, creating
completely open spaces that take
advantage of the natural light, soft
breezes and warm Western Australian
climate. “My husband does not like
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restrictions,” says Ros, who curates
Ian’s exhibitions and publications,
designs, and also manages two
boutique accommodation properties.
“The whole place is like an artwork
for him – it changes with the seasons,
and the limestone wall is like a frame
around an artwork.”
Having repurposed the driveway for
Ian’s studio, the front gate serves as
the front door. Visitors step into Ian’s
studio, its ceilings and walls hung
with paintings. “It’s like the Sistine
Chapel,” says Ros. “It’s a battleaxe
block, and we use every scrap.”
When Ian first purchased the
property in the early 1980s, it
consisted of a derelict 19th-century
cottage on a huge neglected block
of land, littered with old steel drums
and yellow sunflowers. He built a
rammed earth studio on the back part
of the block – the first of its kind in
Fremantle – renovated the cottage and
Fremantle,
WA
sold it, and moved into the studio.
Rosslyn met Ian and moved to the
property in the 1990s. “It was an
artist’s studio,” she recalls, “and very
outdoor. We used to sleep under a
beautiful canopy and then in winter,
we would bring our futon inside and
sleep in the loft.” One of the first to
embrace the concept of “trans-terior”
spaces, the couple cooked in an
exterior kitchen and showered in a
bathroom without walls. They bought
and converted an old railway carriage,
which became Ian’s studio, then a
bedroom, and finally Rosslyn’s office.
Primarily, the de Souzas’ home
exists as Ian’s studio, and his work
ARTWORK BY IAN DE SOUZA.
features throughout. Indeed, the art
informs the property, and vice versa.
“Ian works in ink on rice and
watercolour,” says Ros. “It merges and
bleeds and flows together, it references
the property.” A large painting forms a
screen for the bathroom and other »
 [ Home design ]

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: A riot

of colour leads to the courtyard;
Ian working in his studio; Ian and
Rosslyn; watercolours inspired
by Ian’s fluid home. OPPOSITE:
The courtyard connects the
indoors to the outdoors.

“We used to sleep under a beautiful canopy and

then in winter, we would bring the futon inside.”
works are displayed throughout.
“Because Ian’s background is
Eurasian – Portuguese, Chinese,
Malay and Indian – the property
has an Oriental feeling,” says Ros.
“Different courtyards open up into
the larger courtyard, which you step
up, down, then up again. The steps are
Oriental, to stop evil spirits entering.”
Although the couple now has an
enclosed bathroom, they still cook
outside and don’t own an oven. “Nine
months of the year it’s glorious,” says
Ros of the climate in WA. “We manage
quite well with a barbecue. We live
in a cycle, with the seasons.”
In the courtyard there is a huge
table that seats 22, and the de Souzas
were legendary hosts. “We don’t
entertain that number of people
anymore,” says Ros. In the couple’s
large, open bedroom there is a glass
table. “We can fit guests into the
bedroom,” says Ros. “In winter I
cook earlier and then I light the
slow combustion wood fire in our
bedroom and put the casserole pot
on that,” she laughs. “Our bedroom
is more like a salon.”
As the needs of the couple change,
their home has changed. “It’s very
organic – as we’ve grown older, this
place has had to accommodate us,”
explains Ros. “As Ian says, a home
should be like a comfortable overcoat
you just slip into.” A beautiful, green,
artistic coat at that. AWW

Less is more
Rosslyn de Souza has some handy
tips for arranging art and objects
for maximum effect.“When I was
creating the small short-term lease
properties, I had to get rid of anything
that wasn’t absolutely necessary.
It was a real discipline. I learned to
use what I already had, and not add
anything. Often by just rearranging
things you can create what you
want. Treat space like a pause in a
conversation – it doesn’t always have
to be filled. Space draws attention
to what’s there. Once you have the
basics, all you do is tweak it, take one
thing away and add something else.”

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“I light the slow combustion wood fire in our
bedroom and put the casserole pot on that.”

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The de Souzas’ bedroom hosts guests around the glass table, while the wood fire is used for cooking in winter;
glass panels allow for plenty of natural light and the feeling of space; the alfresco dining area; artwork dominates the wall to add
colour in the sitting room; the outdoor bathroom featuring Ian’s artwork as a privacy screen; Rosslyn enjoys the sunny outlook.

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[ Get the look ]

Boho chic
Give your home a stroke of artistic flair with
furnishings, prints, plants and a gorgeous ottoman
for the ultimate in bohemian styling.

INSET PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT HAWKINS. INSET ARTWORK BY IAN DE SOUZA. STYLING BY HANDE RENSHAW.
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1. Ke-Zu Emu Pigalle outdoor chair, $440, kezu.com.au. 2. Freedom Viridian 85 x 114cm print, $349, freedom.com.au. 3 & 4. Spotted dinner plate,
$14.95, and Abstract Brushstroke side plate, $14.95, both from West Elm, westelm.com.au. 5. Linen Indigo cushion, $69.95, from Oz Design Furniture,
ozdesignfurniture.com.au. 6. Pom Pom Blush throw, $119.95, from Kas Australia, kasaustralia.com.au. 7. Freedom Monsteria plant, $149, freedom.
com.au. 8. Matt Blatt Ryker ottoman, $995, mattblatt.com.au.

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 [ D-I-Y tips ]

Home hints
Georgina Bitcon shares tips for removing ticks, peeling mangoes, eating
onions, deterring ants, and being travel savvy, plus there’s a reader’s prize tip.
ASK THE WEEKLY Foundation fader

Q
I have just moved to a
tick-infested area and
have already had several
on my legs and arms. What is the
best way to remove them?
J. Abbotsmith, NSW.
Firstly, do not attempt to pull a
live tick out with tweezers. For an
adult tick on someone aged over
four years, current advice is to
spray it with a wart-freezing
spray (containing dimethyl ether
– DME) from a pharmacy to kill it.
Check out ticksafe.com.au for
full instructions and advice on
preventing and treating tick bite.
Cheek to cheek
For a nifty way to peel mangoes, cut cheeks from
each side of the seed with a sharp knife, then,
starting at one end, use a drinking glass to push
between the skin and flesh, so the peel remains
on the outside and the cheek slips into the glass.
No overpowering onions
If raw onions are too strong for salad or sandwiches,
soak them in lightly salted iced water for 20–30
minutes, then rinse and pat dry on paper towels.
Beach baby
A large fitted sheet makes a great sand-free area
for a small baby to play at the beach. Simply hold
the four corners taut with an esky and beach bags.
Ahead of the pack
Super-organise your suitcase and save space
with lightweight packing cubes to keep similar
items all in the one place. Look for inexpensive
sets in retail chainstores.
To remove liquid foundation
from clothing, spray shaving foam
onto the stain, let it sit for a few
minutes, then rub it vigorously
into the stain and rinse with
cold water. Repeat if necessary,
before laundering as usual.
On eggshells
If you drop eggshell into a bowl
when cracking eggs, wet your
fingers before picking it out – it’s
much easier to remove.
No ant picnic
When you’re camping or picnicking, place each of
the table legs in a bowl or plate of water to prevent
ants from crawling up to the food.
Don’t let any Cinnamon for plants
fruit go to waste Pure ground cinnamon (not cassia) makes an
this summer – effective rooting powder for striking plants and
a light sprinkling will also prevent the fungus
chop any excess, that causes “damping off” in young seedlings.
pop into small For older plants, spraying with a strained solution
zip-lock bags and of cinnamon steeped overnight in water will help
freeze to make combat fungal disease.
your own single- Muffin magic
serve, healthy Put paper muffin liners in the bottom of your car’s
frozen smoothie cup holders to catch drips and other gunk.
packs. Simply
blend with milk SHARE YOUR DOMESTIC SECRETS
Send your handy hints or questions to: Home
or yoghurt while Hints, The Australian Women’s Weekly, GPO Box
still frozen. 4178, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email openline@
bauer-media.com.au. We pay $75 for the reader’s
prize hint each month. While every effort is made
to ensure the efficacy of each hint, we cannot
take responsibility for individual results.

Reader’s prize hint

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Going away? Put indoor plants on an old towel in the bath in 1–2
2 cm
of water, and leave blinds or curtains open for light and humid
dity.
This will keep them happy for a week or two. C. Cameron, Qld d.

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[ Clippings ]

Lemon scented
The freshest, sweetest scent for midsummer is lemon. Yet, oddly, the strongest
lemon fragrances aren’t from lemons at all, writes Jackie French.

T
here’s nothing like
the beautiful scent
of citrus in summer
and here are my
best lemon scents
to grow in your garden.
Lemongrass: This is the
winner in the lemon stakes!
Stunningly lemon flavoured,
the scent wafting up from the
clumps on hot summer days.
It will die down in frost, but
come again. I grow ours against
a warm water tank. In warmer
climates try a hedge of it around
the vegetable garden, to keep the
grass from encroaching and as
a pest repellent too. Pots well.
Lemon verbena: This gracious
deciduous shrub tolerates harsh
frosts and all but arid and
tropical climates. It may be bare
Top tip
MID-
SUMMER
POTS &
BASKETS
This is the time potting
mix turns to concrete. Do not panic, nor
repot, at least until the weather cools.
Instead soak well, in a bucket or tub if
possible or with two hours of sprinkler.
If you don’t, the ultra-dry soil can repel
moisture. Add water till it soaks it up.
Now dig tiny holes, not too big or
you’ll disturb the roots, and poke in
water-retaining crystals. Mulch well.
Nothing beats the scent
and flavour of lemons.
It’s time to ...
● Fill your pet’s water bowl
each morning with ice
cubes, to keep the water
fresh and cool. ● Trim back
rose branches by one-third
and water and feed well so
they’ll keep blooming until
winter. ● Cover your
favourite fruits in fruit fly
bags, which not only keep
out fruit fly but birds and
possums. ● Feast on sun-
warmed tomatoes, fresh
basil, tiny crisp home-grown
zucchini. ● Admire your
display of sunflowers.
branched in winter but in
summer the scent is truly
delicious. Grow it in full sun and
prune it to any shape you like.
You can grow it, too, in big pots,
filled with winter-blooming
pansies in autumn to give colour.
Lemon balm: Ho hum. It’s
lemony, but a slightly camphor-
like lemon taste as well as scent.
Its main virtue is it’s unkillable
unless you live in a desert and
even then it may come back
when it rains. The leaves are a
pleasant pale green. Inoffensive
is the best word for it.
Finger limes: The fruit is like
lemon caviar, each tiny globule
a deep burst of flavour. I adore
it. They’ll grow in sun or shade,
regions of frost or tropics and
survive flood or drought. But until you
pick them there is no scent at all.
Lemons: The mid-summer scent
of lemon trees is often that of rotting
fruit under the tree. You can’t really
smell the lemons until you get up close
and sniff and, while the leaves may
smell lemony too, they are never truly
fragrant, even in a lemon grove.
And yet when you pick a mid-
summer lemon, sniff it, grate the
deeply flavoured zest, slice it thinly
into your jug of water, with a sprig
or two of mint, then it is magic.
Utter summer magic, the scent of
lemon, the rich scent of lemon from
your summer garden. AWW

What to plant in January

FLOWERS: Alyssum, ageratum, coleus, gypsophila, Iceland poppy, larkspur,
linaria, lupin, mignonette, pansy, portulaca, stock, salvias, sunflowers and zinnias.
VEG: Artichoke, asparagus, beans, beetroot, capsicum, carrots, chilli, celery, corn,
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mini eggplant, lettuce (if the temperature is over 30ºC they may not germinate),
parsley, parsnip, pumpkins, radish, silverbeet, tomatoes and zucchini (except in
humid areas). In frost-free climates add choko, melons, sweet potatoes and taro.

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Trials save lives
You can get emotional about breast cancer. But we’d rather get practical, Tanja Zearo (left),
KIX WGMIRXMƤG ERH KIX VIWYPXW pictured with her sister
Katarina, is a participant
Every advance in the treatment of breast cancer has come through clinical in the OlympiA clinical
trials research – and that’s what Breast Cancer Trials does. Every dollar trial, which aims to
we raise goes towards funding our clinical trials. Every day, our research reduce the risk of breast
cancer coming back
is saving and improving the lives of people affected by breast cancer.
after treatment, for
Life-saving drugs such as Herceptin®
, Exemestane, Letrozole and patients with the BRCA
Tamoxifen came through our clinical trials. Millions of women in Australia gene mutation.
and around the world are cancer free today because of the work we do.
But there’s still more to be done. Breast cancer in females is the most
commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with 48 women diagnosed every day.
So let’s get practical about breast cancer. Let’s get results.

DO SOMETHING THAT DOES SOMETHING. SUPPORT BREAST CANCER CLINICAL

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 Back to school
Bianca Lane has found a backpack full of colourful, fun and practical school
accessories that are sure to make learning fun, for tots through to teens.

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Edited pencil cases, $29.95. 11. TK Maxx pencilcase, $6.95. 12. Officeworks Bostik Glu Stik, $3.49. 13. Officeworks pocket calculator, $4.98.
14. Box For Monkeys activity box, from $40. 15. Goose & Dust sunglasses, $89.99 each. 16. Typo pen holder, $12.99. 17. Officeworks
coloured pencils, $4.19 for a packet of 12. 18. Kmart lunchbox, $8. 19. Typo drink bottle, $12.99.

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desk lamp, $2. 3. Kmart crayons, $1 for
packet of 5. 4. Swatch Flik Flak watches,
$50 each. 5. Typo headphones, $39.99.
6. Minimax water bottle, $24.95. 7. Sussan
ceramic cup, $29.95. 8. Hershel lunchbox,
$59.95 9. Minimax coin purse, $14.95.
10. Daily Edited tote, $49.95. 11. Kikki K
leather notebook, $49.95. 12. Officeworks
document holders, $0.97 each.

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What’s
on
The must-see
shows, movies,
and exhibitions.
ON SONG
David Campbell (right) returns
to his musical theatre roots as

Glitz and glam

legendary American singer,
songwriter and actor Bobby
Darin in Dream Lover – The Bobby
Darin Musical. After an acclaimed Wealthy widow Hanna (Danielle de Niese, above,
Sydney season, it’s Melbourne’s centre) is the talk of the town. But while men line
turn to experience the story of
up for their chance with the beautiful heiress, she
the trailblazing entertainer
whose songs provided the has eyes only for the one that got away. She’s not
soundtrack to the ’50s and the only one turning heads, either. Opera Australia’s
60s. At The Arts Centre new production of The Merry Widow waltzs
Melbourne from December
27. Visit dreamlover.com.au. onto the Sydney Opera House stage from
January 2. Visit opera.org.au.

T MOVIES

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO DARKEST HOUR DOWNSIZING THE GREATEST

THE JUNGLE
Four high-school kids
discover an old video game
– Jumanji – and are sucked
into the game. To return,
they’ll have to go on the most
dangerous adventure of their
lives. From left, Kevin Hart,
Karen Gillan, Jack Black and
Dwayne Johnson bring the
laughs for a new generation
of fans. Opens December 26.
Gary Oldman (above, centre)
is transformed in a career-
high performance as Prime
Minister Winston Churchill,
as he battles to evacuate
troops from Dunkirk. Equally
impressive is Ben Mendelsohn
as King George VI and Kristin
Scott Thomas as Churchill’s
wife Clementine. Utterly
engrossing from beginning
to end. Opens January 11.
Paul Safranek (Matt Damon amon,
above right) is looking g for a
new start, which come es in the
form of “downsizing” – a
technique to shrink hu umans.
Recipients cost and co onsume
less, and their assets a are now
worth 100 times more e,
allowing them extrava agant
lifestyles. Will it be all it’s hyped
up to be? Kristen Wiig (above)
also stars. Opens Dece ember 26.
SHOWMAN
Hugh Jackman (above) heads
an all-star cast as P.T. Barnum,
a visionary with a dream to
create the Greatest Show on
Earth in this all-singing,
all-dancing musical. Michelle
Williams, Zac Efron and
Zendaya round out the cast
in this feel-good flick. Opens
December 26.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN Head to the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in

Don’t miss Fremantle for their adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic story, The Twits, tthis
school holidays. The season runs from January 8 to 27. Visit sppt.asn.aau.

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ANNIVERSARY
Service.
TOUR
The favourite Aussie musical,
Priscilla Queen of the Desert, is
off on a national tour in 2018,
starting in Melbourne on
January 21 before visiting
Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.
Hop aboard the bus with
Bernadatte (Tony Sheldon),
Tick (David Harris) and Felicia
(Euan Doidge) as they head
to Alice Springs to put on the
show of a lifetime.
Visit priscillathe
musical.com.au.

MUST
SEE

Cult classic
Craig McLachlan steps into
the outrageous Frank N
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new production of The

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heads around the country.
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Great Read
Tasmanian bush charts the lives of two very sticker in your
different sisters, writes Juliet Rieden. local bookstore.
The Sisters’ Song turned black,” writes Allan. Mum
by Louise Allan, Allen & Unwin. hammers a sheet across the bedroom
The lyrical landscape of Tasmania has window with nails, while their aunty
proved fertile ground for authors, and Lorna warns them: “Be good or
this debut novel from a gentle and Mum will be sent to an asylum and
perceptive new voice in Australian you to an orphanage.”
fiction is deeply evocative of a bygone The girls actually end up with
era. It’s a tale spanning 70 years Grandma – who looks like Queen
about family dynamics, secrets and Victoria with a bun and hair parted in
hidden emotions, but especially about the middle. She is feisty and at times
female relationships within families. fun, and in encouraging Nora’s gift
“I was inspired by my experiences of for playing the piano leaves Ida in
motherhood, both as a daughter and the shade. As Nora’s musical career
as a mother,” author Louise Allan tells flourishes, Ida’s life takes a different
The Weekly. “Ever since I had children turn – becoming a nanny age 15 – and
myself, I’ve felt torn between caring for a chasm is opened.
my family and pursuing my own dreams The siblings are reunited when, years
and hopes. Just about all my characters later, Nora is saddled with a family she
are inspired by people in my family tree. doesn’t want in the Tassie bush and Ida
Ida is based on my grandmother, who comes to help out.
was devoted to her family, had a great Allan’s skill is in her characterisation,
sense of humour, and who experienced three which is deft and sensitive, and in her
stillbirths before having my father and uncle understanding of the mores of different
by Caesarean.” generations. This is a story we live through
Ida (the protagonist) and her younger sister every page which underlines the painful
Nora live in Ben Craeg, where thy have scant reality of history repeating itself through
memories of Dad, Edward. Ida treasures two generations but delivers a powerful and
Box Brownie photos of him on a picnic, cathartic final message.
faded, but with memories of blonde, cherubic
Nora and herself “my face almost completely
covered by a cloche hat, as if trying to hide… ABOUT THE AUTHOR
my hand rests on Dad’s arm so he wouldn’t Louise Allan
forget I was there too.” Born and raised in Tasmania, Louise Allan,
The other photo shows Mum, Alice and 51, now lives in Perth with her husband,
Dad unsmiling; Edward’s suit already four children and two dogs, golden
hanging on him – he is soon to die of retriever Gretel and labrador Leisel – “Yes,
stomach cancer. The girls are not allowed to they’re named after characters from The
go to his funeral and so our many conflicting, Sound of Music,” confesses Louise. Louise
confusing messages to children begin: “It is started out as a doctor. “But as my family
no place for a child.” grew, life as a working mother became
Everything changes after that, as Mum too hectic,” she says. The Sisters’ Song
draws the curtains on life, the house dim and took Louise six years to write and “was
silent. It is 1926. Ida is six. “Their world accepted by the first agent I sent it to.”

CONGRATULATIONS to Elva Callaghan from St Lucia, Queensland, winner of the December issue AWW Book Club competition who
wins a copy of Ada, by Kaz Cooke, by telling us who her favourite entertainer is and why. “Actor Nicole Kidman is beautiful, talented
and a true-blue Aussie. Her diversity of roles highlights her chameleon-like skills as an actor. She’s fabulous,” writes Elva.

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 Leila McKinnon REVIEWS
THE ZOO
by Christopher Wilson,
Faber & Faber.
Yuri Zipit is the
wonderfully
idiosyncratic narrator
of this bizarre account
of Stalin’s last days.
He’s twelve-and-a-half
and has survived being
hit by a milk truck and run over by a tram.
But, as he puts it, “there are some breaks
in my brain, mostly in my clear thinking
departments”. He’s naïve, trusting and full of
hope when there’s absolutely no reason for
optimism. When he opens the door to two
men late at night and his father calls out to
ask who it is, he yells over his shoulder, “It’s
two secret policemen … a fat one who’s out of
breath, and a skinny one with yellow teeth.”
His ensuing relationship with the dying Stalin
is a literary treat. All sorts of horrors lay in
store, and plenty of delicious absurdity,
making this a tale that’s tragic and charming.
QUEEN VICTORIA’S
MATCHMAKING
by Deborah Cadbury,
Bloomsbury.
The story of Queen
Victoria’s 42
grandchildren is also
the story of early
20th century Europe.
Grandmamma Queen
manipulated many of them into dynastic
marriages across the continent. Their
letters not only give us a glimpse into an
extraordinarily rich and powerful family,
they reveal what it was like to see history
unfold firsthand as the world descended into
war and revolution. Kaiser Wilhelm’s mother,
the German Empress “Vicky”, wrote shortly
after his second birthday that her son got
so “violent and passionate that it makes
me quite nervous”. Queen Victoria
campaigned vigorously to prevent two of
her grand-daughters marrying Russians.
Both would be murdered by the Soviet
secret police. Scholarly and exciting.
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TWO STEPS
FORWARD
by Graeme Simsion
and Anne Buist,
Text Publishing.
Almost by accident, two
middle-aged strangers
find themselves walking
the Camino, an arduous
pilgrims’ path that runs
through Europe. Widowed American Zoe and
divorced Englishman Martin are facing the
mental and physical challenges of the
1500km section between France and the
west coast of Spain. The narrative switches
between the two as they rifle through their
memories, stare down their mistakes, treat
their blisters and ponder their futures.
Misunderstandings, conflicts and flirtations
abound. At times our erstwhile walkers can
be a little annoying. Zoe is earnest and flaky,
and Martin starchy, even priggish, but they
grow on you as they trudge their way south
to find what it is they have lost.
HOUSE OF SPINES
by Michael J Malone,
Orenda Books.
Impoverished
Glaswegian poet Ranald
McGhie is an incredibly
fortunate young man to
inherit, quite out of the
blue, a fully serviced
historic mansion. Or is
he? There are walls that turn ice cold, and
others from which the cries of a desperate
baby are heard. But then again, Ran isn’t
taking the medication he’s been prescribed
for his mental health. And there’s the
question of the selfish cousins who seem
determined to get him out. It’s a spooky and
compelling three-way tussle to explain the
strange goings on. Malone keeps the tension
high and he unfolds the mystery of the
woman in the mirror with skilfully crafted
suspense. Ranald is a likeable, if troubled
guy, and his trips to the village to investigate
his family’s history ground this possibly
supernatural thriller most cleverly.
Now Let’s Dance
by Karine Lambert, Hachette.
Widower Marcel and widow
Maggy meet 800km from
the little town where they
both lived their entire married
lives, in France, where they
could have bumped into each
other in the marketplace.
But he wouldn’t have noticed
the well-heeled woman with
a chignon – the Algerian
zookeeper only saw his
childhood love, mini-mart
assistant Nora. Now she has
drowned – three months
before their planned golden
wedding anniversary trip back
to Algeria. His healing gift from
his daughter, Manou, is a stay
at a spa. Maggy, wife of the
town’s notary Henri, had never
slept with another man, was
not allowed to work or read
Maupassant. She is now
dominated by son Frederic,
while she relaxes at the same
spa as the handsome stranger.
She had always dreamed of
climbing Everest; instead she
finds simple happiness with
her poetic new beau. What
raises the bar in this familiar
love second-time-around story
is that it’s so continental. In
spite of disapproval from their
children, there was never any
question the “disobedient
urchins” were about to kiss
and sleep together.
 The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur, Simon & Schuster.
Poetry rarely gets in the bestseller lists but the controversial Rupi
Kaur does, and it’s all down to the power of Instagram. This 25-year-
old Canadian is part of a new generation dubbed “instapoets” who
have paired poetry with illustrations publishing initially on social
media platforms. Kaur’s first volume of work, Milk and Honey, was
self-published and thanks to her 1.6 million followers on Instagram
was quickly picked up by a publisher. And while this may sound
very new-fangled and millennial, the poetry is worth a look. It’s smart
and arresting, dealing with issues such as sexual abuse, the notion of
beauty and racism. This second volume is also laced with a dreamy
lyricism which is defiantly compelling.

How Do Worms Work by Guy Barter, Hachette.

Chief Horticultural Advisor of the Royal Horticultural Society in the
UK, Barter’s “A Gardener’s Collection of Curious Questions and Seven Days of Us
Astonishing Answers” is irresistible to both the gardener and those by Francesca Hornak,
who love beautiful, illustrated books – the vintage engravings are Hachette.
delectable. It covers all aspects of gardening with an infectious dollop “Serial” foreign aid worker
of humour and whimsy and leaves you happily knowledge-filled. Dr Olivia Birch, 32, is heading
Not all herbs smell nice; beware the glory flower, which smells of home to her English
rotting meat. Does beer get rid of slugs? “Slugs love beer.” Tempt aristocratic family for
them to enter a vessel with beer at the bottom and they will drown, Christmas. Shallow “fun” TV
but they are not so keen on Budweiser. Who knew? You do now! production sister Phoebe
shares a cloying bond with
father Andrew Birch, a snide
The Art Of Wellbeing, by Meredith Gaston, Hardie Grant. “celebrity” food critic. Leaving
Victoria’s Meredith Gaston has been inspiring and delighting with Liberia’s deadly HAAg virus
her sage, comforting volumes of learning to live a joyous life through epidemic, Olivia’s arrival
nature for years, and this larger-sized, deliciously Gaston-illustrated requires the family to go into
keepsake has to be her best yet. Divided into four sections – comfort, quarantine for her stay. Hornak
energise, nourish and blossom – she adds heaps of yummy plant- deftly sets the table for a
based recipes; rise and shine “compost” (as her family call it!) suffocating seven days with
smoothie, with avocado, spinach and more, and little lavender this secretive family. Mother
chocolates. Plus face masks and toners using bananas and apple Emma is hiding the lump under
cider vinegar from your kitchen pantry. Every section has her her armpit, confirmed as
familiar lulling, but practical advice on how to make every day cancer. Olivia breached the
special and above all, never underestimate the power of love. HELP charity’s “No Touch”
protocol, sleeping with fellow
paediatrician Sean, who has
contracted the virus, for which
Into the World by Stephanie Parkyn, Allen & Unwin. there is no vaccine. Father
It took Tasmanian environmental scientist Parkyn years to Andrew deletes emails from
write this remarkable retelling of revolutionary Marie-Louise “birth son” Jesse in LA, who has
Girardin’s boarding of the Recherche, dressed as a male flown to their country pile to
steward, on its mission in 1791 to locate missing explorer La meet the former Middle East
Perouse. Daughter of a drunken gardener, Marie-Louise was correspondent who slept with
used to endurance. But she escaped with sweet baker his mother in Beirut in 1980.
husband Etienne, and gave birth to son Jojo. When a fatal Disappointed and lonely, Jesse
accident and illness rob her of both, she must go back to her drinks at the local pub on
REVIEWS BY KATIE EKBERG.

now wealthy wine merchant father’s house. Pregnant and Christmas Eve, innocently
abandoned by lover Hebert, she casts disrepute on the family cajoled into joining Phoebe’s
name as she gives birth to second son Remi. Women’s drunken fiancé George. Jesse’s
choices were few: Marie-Louise could remain prisoner of her West Coast gay-dar zooms in
father, port prostitute or leave her baby with the nuns and and he and George share a kiss.
seek her fortune at sea. Triumphant all-round story-telling. An absolute cracker.

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 Jennifer Byrne REVIEWS
THE SCANDAL by
Fredrik Backman,
Penguin.
Long novels about
small-town sports
fanatics normally
leave me as cold as the
snow which surrounds
Beartown, in the middle
of the Swedish forest.
A dying working-man’s town with just one
distinction: after years of furious training, its
junior ice hockey team now has a real chance
to take out the national championships,
lifting the dreams of the entire community.
But then a sexual scandal erupts, implicating
the team’s key player, 17-year-old Kevin, and
the manager’s daughter. The town must take
sides. This new bestseller by A Man Called
Ove author Fredrik Backman evolves from
a hockey story to a spellbinding study of
character, class and the cost of principles.
One young boy, Amat, knows the truth of
what happened – but will he speak up?
WORKING CLASS
MAN by Jimmy
Barnes, HarperCollins.
Volume one told us
what caused the
damage; the trauma
of young Jimmy
growing up in a chaotic,
abusive, and sometimes
parentless home in the
meanest streets of Adelaide. Volume two
tells us how the damage played out over the
next 40 years. A story as dark as pitch but
so compelling, so powerful and at times so
close to unbelievable – how can this man still
be alive? – it sets a new bar for rock’n’roll
survival stories. The drugs, the sex, the hits,
the highs, they’re all here. But what lifts this
memoir is its searing honesty, and Jimmy’s
tender, sincere regret for what the circus
he ringmastered did to his own wife and
family. Also to himself. The scene that opens
the book, when Barnes hits bottom, reveals
all his fear and self-loathing; it’s an act of
great courage to share it now.
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THE NATURALIST’S
DAUGHTER
by Tea Cooper,
Harlequin.
While it’s common for
writers to mix genres,
Australia’s Tea Cooper
does it more boldly
than most in this blend
of romance and natural
history about one of the biggest scientific
controversies of the 19th century, the Paris Fashion, A
classification of the platypus. A creature Cultural History
which both lays eggs and nourishes its by Valerie Steele, Bloomsbury.
young with milk, to the disbelief of all but “There is no progress in art,
naturalist Charles Winton and daughter Rose, any more than there is
who travels to England in 1808 to persuade progress in making love,” artist
the stuffed shirts at the Royal Society of the Man Ray famously said. Such
truth of her father’s findings. Jump forward a is perhaps the conclusion
century, and researcher Tamsin is called to about fashion in this brilliantly
the Hunter Valley, where an old sketchbook posed debate: why is Paris
has been discovered. Is it the same one Rose considered the fashion capital
took to England? And does it prove she was of the world? The author, the
as eminent a naturalist as her father? Director and Chief Curator
of the Museum at New
THE CHALK MAN York’s Fashion Institute of
by C.J. Tudor, Penguin. Technology, takes us from
This gripping thriller the 1393 Paris husband who
takes until the very last disapproved of his 15-year-old
chapter to solve the wife’s lust for new-fangled
puzzle it poses in the styles, through Louis XV’s
first … but you’d be high-spending mistresses
crazy to peek, because Madame de Pompadour and
there’s 30 years of Madame Du Barry, to the male
twists, false trails and dandy and women in trousers.
general creepiness in-between involving a An 1872 caricature of a
bunch of neighbourhood boys, a mysterious smoking woman in slacks
drawer of chalk stick figures, and several reads, “It’s fun to be man”,
spectacular deaths in a sleepy English while in 1967, Yves St Laurent’s
village. It starts in the mid-1980s, when three-piece pinstripe suit still
12-year-old Fat Gav is given a bucket of chalks created waves on the catwalk.
for his birthday. Or perhaps it’s when Eddie Good Christian American
meets the Pale Man, who plants the idea of women were warned of the
using the drawings as a secret code? “licentious and infidel” French
However it started, it quickly becomes a dress by reformers in the
REVIEW BY KATIE EKBERG
dangerous game. The chalk figures lead the 19th century. “La Parisienne
four boys to the dismembered body of a encompassed not only the
young girl, a crime which remains unsolved great lady but also the
for 30 years. Until the figures return. Turns courtesan, the milliner or
out the game has never ended …. grisette [working class],”
says Steele.
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example, BCU’s Scoot’s Super Saver is paying 3.5 per cent per annum for kids up to age 13 who deposit at
least $20 each month and withdraw no more than $5 in the same month. Kids can’t personally buy and
sell shares but you can, so create an account in the name of an adult with the shares held in trust for the
child. One of the best ways to get diversification in a small portfolio is to use ETFs (see point two, above).
When the child turns 18, you can transfer ownership of all shares to them. Tax returns will need to be
completed for the child if they earn more than $416 or are entitled to a refund of franking credits.

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TOP 5

Holiday hotspots
Andrea Black

1
Sri Lanka
With a raft of new hotel openings and tours on
offer, not to mention the new direct flight from
Melbourne to Colombo on SriLankan Airlines, this
island nation, which is slightly smaller than Tasmania,
is a must-visit for 2018. According to David Galt of
Webjet, it’s Australian travellers’ next big leisure
destination. “The friendly people, hospitality, sublime
beaches and wildlife-rich jungles make it ideal for
couples, solo travellers or families,” he says. For
first-timers, it’s worth going on an organised tour. There
are endless options available, including Tuk Tuk rides
around the capital of Colombo and scenic train rides
from Kandy. In Sri Lanka there are eight UNESCO
World Heritage Sites, including the 16th-century
colonial fortress of Old Galle. Visit srilanka.travel.
Prefer a beach break? The south
Our tip coast features marvellous beach
resorts and villas.

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Crystal-clear
water awaits
on Sri Lanka’s
south coast.

Beauty abounds at
the Lake District.

2
The English Lake District
This district in north-west England was recently announced as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site and it’s easy to see why. The area is home to England’s largest natural
lake – the sparkling Windermere – and the highest mountain, Scafell Pike. Writer Beatrix
Potter gained inspiration from the area, as did poets William Wordsworth and Samuel
Coleridge. There’s a museum and gallery for every taste, including The World of Beatrix
Potter. Dine in historic teahouses, visit markets to eat Grasmere Gingerbread, or try a
treetop adventure course. There are a number of tours available in the area, which
is about 3.5 hours from London by train. Visit golakes.co.uk.
Don’t miss the quirky Derwent Pencil Museum in Keswick, where
Our tip you can view miniature pencil sculptures or take an art workshop.

3
Canberra
Our nation’s capital may be small, but it packs
a punch, according to Lonely Planet, which
Jamala Wildlife
announced Canberra as one of the world’s Top 10
Lodge.
Cities in its annual Best in Travel 2018. The revitalised
capital features whole precincts such as NewActon
and Braddon, with some of the best cafes, bars and
restaurants in the country. There are design-savvy
hotels such as Hotel Hotel, pet-friendly options like
the Mercure and you can even sleep with a lion, bear
or giraffe at the Jamala Wildlife Lodge, housed in the
National Zoo & Aquarium. Wineries abound on the
capital’s doorstep, and ski fields are not far away.
The city is filled with cultural must-visits, including
Questacon and the National Gallery of Australia.
Annual events such as Floriade bloom bigger
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every year. Visit visitcanberra.com.au.

See the famous Menin Gate
lions, which have returned to
Our tip The Australian War Memorial.

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 Marina Bay Sands’ famous
rooftop pool in Singapore.

4
Singapore
It’s the destination that just keeps getting better, and
it’s becoming more convenient to visit. From March
25, Singapore will revert back to being the stopover for
Qantas flights to Europe, and Singapore Airlines has just
launched its new A350 flights from Brisbane. It’s no secret
that Singapore is a foodie capital with 38 restaurants in the
Michelin Guide, including Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce
Chicken Rice & Noodle, where the signature dish costs
just A$3.70. There’ll also be a new shopping district on
Orchard Road to discover and the newly renovated Raffles
Singapore hotel, which will reopen in the second half of
2018. Visit visitsingapore.com.au.

Our tip Check out the four-storey slide at

Changi Airport – it even has a pool.

5
The Kimberley, WA
It’s wild, remote and features some of the most
spectacular scenery in the world. If you’re not up
for driving, an exploratory cruise can be the best way to
explore. “Our own backyard can’t be underestimated and
the Kimberley is still the wild west. I think that should be on
everyone’s to-do list,” says Debra Fox of APT. APT’s 11-day
Kimberley Coast Cruise from Broome to Darwin takes in
Indigenous rock art at Bigge Island and King George Falls.
Scenic’s 8-day cruise from Broome to Kununurra visits the
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Horizontal Falls, the corals of Montgomery Reef and Eagle

The Bell Gorge
Falls. Visit westernaustralia.com.
waterfall in
Our tip Don’t miss the Lacepede Islands,
a green turtle breeding ground. AWW
the Kimberley.

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It turns out only 16 per cent of visitors to Uluru climb the rock.
It is sacred to indigenous Australians, signs warn it is culturally
insenstive, and the track is often closed due to wind. Now the
climb will be banned from 2019 – but there’s still plenty to do in
our stunning outback. The Weekly urges everyone to continue
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34. Errol expected to 22. Elaborate display
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33 34
clatter necessary (5)
DOWN 23. So get with a cop
2. Make amends if you want a good
for playing a story (5)
ACROSS 10. David loses his capital note badly (5) 25. The Queen of
1. The circle Hal joined for being greedy (4) 3. Or able to turn red the heavens? (5)
with another circle (4) 11. Properties in the on command (5) 26. I take the lead in
6. It’s mostly gloomy for Eastern states (7) 4. Finally one for the a perfect manner (5)
weavers (4) 15. It’s a paler sort of cobbler (4) 28. Sued for being
8. Understand how to gem (5) 5. A little foggy and employed! (4)
convert assets into 17. To watch them play failed to make a hit 29. Dash into that lane (4)
cash (7) it is so moving (5) we hear (4)
9. Mostly avoid that which 20. Left without a will for a 6. Some fleas hiding Solution in next
is not legally binding (4) tee stint somehow (9) on the dog (5) month’s issue.

Spot The Difference

Test your powers of observation.
The two pictures at right may look
the same, but we’ve made 10
changes to the one on the right.
Can you spot them all?
Solution pages 189-190

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Word Maker
How many words of four letters or more
can you make using the letters given
here? Each one must include the central N I T
letter and you should have at least one
nine-letter word in your total. Avoid
plurals, proper nouns, hyphenated words,
those with apostrophes and verb forms
A N L
ending with “s”, eg, “bakes”.
Solution on pages 189-190.
G M O
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Five Square Lose a Letter

Use the clues below to fill in the square. The Each of the squares in this crossword has two letters. Cross out one letter in each pair so the
words read the same horizontally and remaining letters spell a word in each direction to complete the grid. Solution pages 189-190.
vertically. When you have finished, the shaded
squares, reading from the top, will spell the
mystery word. Solution pages 189-190. S U T E U C U I O D
D E R C X S H N E N
1 2 3 4 5 T O D W C O
P E A O A A
2 O R N A R M V E K I
A W S E E O E O N S
3 I E L N
C I E T
4 L A G T C R O F O Y
T O R I E A L G R T
5 H O S A
V L E O
R I T C A N T I I L
1. Talons D A P E E T H R A S
2. Couturier tag, designer – E A M U
3. Hymn, – With Me
4. Triangular slice, – of cheese O O I A
5. Mix of rain and snow B A T S N T R U M N
E L R E T F H A O B
U O E E G C
Bogglewords D A U N L E
Can you work out the words or phrases
depicted here? Solution pages 189-190. D O O N T E N A P L
S H E R A R S O L H

Word Play
Fit the eight words here
into the grids to form
another set of four-letter
words reading downwards.
Solution pages 189-190.
COAT DEEP
ICES SOFT
INTO ADDS
MELT KNEE

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Bit Parts Guess What 1
Using the words listed below, turn the four-letter words in the grid When you have
into eight-letter words. When you’ve completed the grid, you will worked out the
have two words left over. Put these two words together to create answers to the 2 CLUES 15
another eight-letter word. clues at centre, 1. Tribal head
Solution pages 189-190. transfer the letters 3 (15-2-14-3-10) 14
into the numbered
2. Rounded heap
spaces. Reading
LACE TIME LOAD STEP FOOT 4 (11-5-12-7-8) 13
from number 1,
these letters 3. Pushes from office,
LAND STAR DRUM MEAT SIDE eg (9-6-4-1-13)
will spell the title 5 12
of a classic movie.
Solution pages
1 6 7 8 9 10 11
F I S H 189-190.

2
B O A T All-a-Grams
Instead of clues, we have given you anagrams of the words that
3 fit into the grid. Work out each letter jumble, then work out where
B A L L each word fits. Solution pages 189-190.

4
M E A N
5
M A R K
6
R O A D
7
B E A T
8
S H O E
1. Oat tins 2. Eel scar 3. Army err 4.Red lane
5. Seat biter 6. Cork yodel 7. Earth feed

Work Out Letter Chase Alpha Sudoku

Use the letters from the words given
below to fill the squares in the grid to
create six five-letter words. We’ve put
in three letters to get you started.
Solution pages 189-190.
Hidden in the square is the name of an iconic
Aussie snack. Starting at the shaded square,
move from letter in any direction to find what
it is. You can only use each letter once.
Solution pages 189-190.
Solve the puzzle as you would a normal
Sudoku but using the letters A-I instead
of numbers.
Solution pages 189-190.

CANE, CREATE, HUSH, POP, TROT

E C D
H C W N F D G C I
R I E A B G
V I A D D F B C
A C F D
C E E I S I G A F
G C I H B
R E A F D C
G M T E I B D

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Pairs
Cross out all of the letters
that appear twice. When
you do, you’ll find there K F W G C Q BV T Y
are four letters left over.
D S P Z J K H
Rearrange them to
R E O
form a word.
N A FV I X T D
Solution pages 189-190.

P I G C Z E
Y J M OU Q L H W S R U X N

Trivia Quiz
1. Which sport is contested at both the
Giro D’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana?
2. What is the name of Long John
Silver’s parrot in Treasure Island?
3. Who is the patron of the Invictus
Games, the international multi-
sport event for wounded, injured
and sick veterans?
4. Which country music star has
been married to former asphalt
paver Carl Dean for 40 years?
5. Under what pseudonym does
J.K. Rowling write the Cormoran
Strike series of detective novels
The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm
and Career of Evil?
6. In which year did the world see
the fall of the Berlin Wall: 1985,
1987 or 1989?
7. Cute and furry, the suricate is a
9. … And who plays Miss
5. 15.
Fisher in the TV series?
10. What spirit is mixed with
orange liqueur and lemon
juice to make a Sidecar
cocktail?
11. Which part of the human
body includes a mitral
and tricuspid valve?
12. Sriracha is a type of what?
13. By what name is the
Shakespearean character
Robin Goodfellow more
commonly known?
14. Which European city is 18. The phrase “Round up the usual
home to the Tivoli Gardens suspects” made its movie debut
amusement park? in which classic film?
15. Who played Mr Spock in the 19. Sir Anthony Hopkins, Frank
original Star Trek TV series? Langella and John Cusack have
16. In ancient myth, what is the all played which US politician

member of the mongoose family –
by what name is it better known?
8. What type of car does stylish
detective Phryne Fisher drive … ?
GETTY IMAGES.
name of the dog that guards on the silver screen?
the entrance to Hades? 20. How old was the composer Wolfgang
17. How many spaces are there Amadeus Mozart when he died?
on a Monopoly board? Solution pages 189-190.

Cooking up a Storm Add One

Using a name from both columns each Add one letter to each of the words on a line to make four new words. Write in that letter
time, can you work out the names of our at the start of that line, and when all letters are found, it will spell the mystery word.
10 kitchen stars? Solution pages 189-190. Solution pages 189-190.

1 Julie A Stone 1 FEAT PALM BOOM ABLE

2 Ed B Lawson 2 NITS BEAT ANTS BOND
3 Neil C Ramsey
3 TIES SHOE ACRE SACK
4 Rick D Mehigan
4 FATS EVER CURS AXES
5 Jamie E Perry
6 Gordon F Halmagyi 5 PANT HIND DEAL BRAN
7 Julia G Stein 6 BARE TIER THIN APED
8 Nigella H Goodwin 7 ACES CAPS AIRS MATS
9 Curtis I Oliver
8 HEIR DEER SAND HEAR
10 Gary J Child

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Famous Names Crossword
1 2 3 4 ACROSS DOWN
1. Australian actress, 1. Fashion designer,
Nicole – Calvin –
3. The Silence of the 2. Star of the Jason
5 6 7 Lambs star, Sir Anthony – Bourne franchise, Matt –
8 9 5. The Queen actress, 3. Forrest Gump Oscar
Dame Helen – winner, Tom –
9. NZ opera great, 4. Australian test cricket
Kiri – Kanawa captain, Steve –
10 11 12 11. Former M in 007 6. Notting Hill star, Julia –
movies, Dame Judy – 7. Iconic actress, Meryl –
13
13. Ghost star, – Moore 8. Chinatown star, Jack –
14 15 14. Sense and Sensibility 10. Actress who played
star, Emma – the Flying Nun, Sally –
16 16. Citizen Kane creator, 12. Cricket great, Sir Don –
Orson – 15. Warren Beatty’s actress
17 17. Guernica painter, sister, Shirley –
Pablo – 16. Surname of Queen
18 19
20. Thelma & Louise star, Elizabeth ll
20 21 Susan – 18. Actor who played
22. Gladiator Oscar winner, Atticus Finch, Gregory –
22 Russell – 19. Famous US
23. Cool Hand Luke star, frontiersman, Daniel –
23 Paul – 21. 1950s cult star,
24 24. TV’s Jack Irish, James –
Guy – Solution pages 189-190.

Fill In
Use the words below to fill in the grid at right.
Solution pages 189-190.

3 LETTERS BEAKS 8 LETTERS

AXE GRAPE ACROBATS
GAS GREEN DISLIKED
ICY IDEAL ESTIMATE
ILL PRISM HAMMERED
NOD PUPIL HYDROGEN L I M B
OUT QUIET KANGAROO
OWN REEDS OPENINGS
TWO RELAX SKINCARE
SKINS
4 LETTERS SKUNK 9 LETTERS
ABLE SOLID PLAYTIMES
BOSS RECOVERED
DUNE 6 LETTERS
ENDS ADAPTS 14 LETTERS
KNEE CUCKOO CONGRATULATING
LAYS LEADER DISAPPOINTMENT
LIMB OTHERS
MODE PRANCE
SHOT SODIUM
STAR
UGLY 7 LETTERS
USED BUCKETS
GRANDMA
5 LETTERS HANDBAG
ABOUT SLAMMED
AGENT STATUES
APPLY TANGLES

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Sudoku Top and Tail
Each number from 5 2 Complete the words below by adding the same letter at both ends.
1 to 9 must appear Solution pages 189-190.
in each of the nine 5 3 9
rows, nine columns
and 3 x 3 blocks. 2 98 6 7 – ODICU – – ALLELUJA –
Tip: No number can
occur more than
2 5 4 1 8
– FFUSIV – – ARGLIN –
once in any column, 5 8 9 2 7
row or 3 x 3 block.
Solution pages
8 7 6 4 2 – ISCUSSE – – ONAGO –
189-190. 5 4 3 7 8 – PPALOOS – – ETRIEVE –
Lovatts Super
Sudoku magazine 1 8 7
is available at your – RATORI – – LAYGROU –
newsagent now. 7 1
– LIMATI – – ANTAMOUN –

A-Z Puzzle
fill in the blank white squares in the puzzle using all the letters
of the alphabet. Remember, you can only use each letter once Futoshiki
and all letters must be used. Solution pages 189-190. Fill in the blank squares so that each row and column contains all
the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. The symbols will tell you if the number in
each square is larger (>) or smaller (<) than the number next to it.
A O R P R A S E S Solution pages 189-190.

U U R E A
C I E N C E R U C
H C G U E E
R E E D S I S R E L
O O X E S
O X E N A S L E E
M E E F T I A
P L A S E F E E
T L S N O O K
A O U T O N C I L
I E R A E
I N S E C T S S A L A

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Knock-Out PELICAN KETCHUP FEDORA PORKY MINT

Hidden in this word list is
the name of a household BOWL INDIA DAFFY BURMESE BOOBOOK
item. Knock out all the
words that match the JAMAICA SIAMESE PARSLEY FRUIT MANX
clues and the remaining
words will reveal the SUNHAT MICKEY ROSELLA SOMBRERO CANADA
mystery name.
CROSS OFF ALL: 1. Cat breeds 2. Types of headwear 3. Sauces
Solution pages 189-190.
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Answers
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: ALL-A-GRAMS: 1. Statio , FAMOUS NAMES:
1. Extra cloud appears top left. 3
2. Ear on kangaroo at far left is missing. 6 K I D M A N H O P K I N S
3. Kangaroo’s arm has moved. 4. Second In grid: (Across) Feathered, Batteries, L A A M
kangaroo’s nose is bigger. 5. Kangaroo’s Crookedly. (Down) Remarry, Station,
E M I R R E N S I
arm is missing. 6. Kangaroo’s pocket line Learned, Cereals.
has vanished. 7. Additional kangaroo I O O K T N T E
appears in background. 8. Ear on WORK OUT: N N B S R I H
kangaroo at right is tilted. 9. Sun has
vanished top right. 10. Kangaroo in S P O R T F E D E N C H B
background at far right changes colour. D E M I R E H R
WORD MAKER: Align, Along, H P E E T H O M P S O N A
Among, Anoint, Anon, Anti, Atoning, W E L L E S A L D
Gain, Gamin, Giant, Glint, Gnat, Ingot, O C E A N I D P I C A S S O M
Into, Lain, Laming, Lamington, Ling,
Lingo, Lino, Lint, Lion, Loan, Loaning,
Loin, Long, Main, Malign, Malting, Mango,
U R T N P B L O A
D E O S A R A N D O N
Mantling, Mating, Mint, Moan, Moaning,
Nail, Naming, Nation, Nominal, Noting, T E A C H S C R O W E I E
Oilman, Talon, Taming, Tang, Tango, O K N N E W M A N
Ting, Tonal, Tong, Toning. LETTER CHASE: R P E A R C E N
FIVE SQUARE: 1. Claws. 2. Label, 3. Abide. Vegemite sandwich
4. Wedge. 5. Sleet. Mystery word: Sage.
ALPHA SUDOKU: FILL IN:
BOGGLEWORDS: 1. Sideways glance. A C R O B A T S A D A P T S C P
2. Shoplifting. 3. Bedspread. 4. Settee. B E G F C I D H A U E L B L T W O R
LOSE A LETTER: F A H D G B C E I C K A N G A R O O A A N A
S K U N K M U H Y D R O G E N
S E T C U S H I ON I C D H E A B G F O E S T I M A T E T R C
P O A W C A G D F B A H I C E M O D E E L I M B A X E
OWN E R O V E N S I H A N D B A G M O U T
I I L T A H E C I F G B D G A S B U R E E D S U I
L O G I C A L F R Y C I B E D G A F H R A P P L Y C A S S O L I D
A P E S K I N S D A E
H O E O D G C I H E F A B P U P I L R E D Q U I E T A
R A T C E N T R A L E O A G E N T M N I L L
E O M A E B A G F D H I C
I C Y C S T A T U E S N
E A T E N T H UMB H F I A B C E D G O W N S H O T A U G L Y
D O U E L E T T V O P E N I N G S E
S HO R T E N A L L PAIRS: Lamb. H A M M E R E D R G R E L A X
E E N R D I S L I K E D D
WORD PLAY: TRIVIA: 1. Cycling, 2. Captain Flint, R N O D E S E E E
3. Prince Harry, 4. Dolly Parton,
S T S O D I U M S K I N C A R E
S O F T 5. Robert Galbraith, 6. 1989, 7. Meerket,
8. Hispano-Suisa, 9. Essie Fisher,
SUDOKU:
K N E E 10. Cognac, 11. Heart, 12. Chilli sauce,
13. Puck, 14. Copenhagen, 15. Leonard
I C E S Nimoy, 16. Cerberus, 17. 40, 18. 2 1 5 6 3 7 9 8
Casablanca. 19. Richard Nixon, 20. 35.
M E L T COOKING UP A STORM:
4 3 8 1 2 9 5 6
1H (Julie Goodwin), 2F (Ed Halmagyi),
A D D S 3E (Neil Perry), 4G (Rick Stein), 5I, (Jamie
3 9 2 7 6 5 4 1
Oliver), 6C (Gordon Ramsey), 7J (Julia
C O A T Child), 8B (Nigella Lawson), 9A (Curtis 1 5 4 8 9 2 3 7
Stone), 10D (Gary Mehigan).
I N T O 8 7 6 4 1 3 2 9
ADD ONE: 1. Feast, Psalm, Bosom, Sable;
D E E P 2. Units, Beaut, Aunts, Bound; 3. Tines, 5 4 9 3 7 6 8 2
Shone, Nacre, Snack; 4. Flats, Lever,
BIT PARTS: 1. Starfish, 2. Boatload,
3. Meatball, 4. Meantime, 5. Landmark,
Curls, Axles; 5. Paint, Hindi, Ideal, Brain; 6 2 1 9 8 4 7 5
6. Barge, Tiger, Thing, Gaped; 7. Aches,
6. Roadside, 7. Drumbeat, 8. Shoelace.
Mystery word: Footstep
Chaps, Hairs, Maths; 8. Their, Deter, Stand,
Heart. Mystery word: Sunlight
7 8 3 2 5 1 6 4
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Answers
January continued ... Christmas Issue
A- Z PUZZLE: INSIDER: Winning word: Beard. EASY CROSSWORD:
Winning word: Letters.
M A J O R P H R A S E S C H A R B A A
U U U I R E Q A A R T I S T U R A P T Y U L E P R O P O S E S
A I D T U B A C R E O E L E O P E
S C I E N C E T R U C K U R A N I U M W R O T E
B C R I M E S C I T E
H C G F U E E S E K E N M E D A L T M N V S O E I M
R E E D S I S R A E L E A S E G A P A B L A Z E G U E S T T H R I L L
E R R O R S S T A B E P E E E E E E A
O O O X E N Z S S P E N D S N O D D E D
O X Y G E N A S L E E P F T I P B R E L K
T A T N V
H O M A G E S C H O O L
M E L E F T I A L E E M U H O L L Y
E S T A T E E X T R A
S I H M M O N
P L E A S E F E V E R U N T I E S G I R D L E
T H E R E P L A S T I C
T L S N O O K E S A L N A E
COLOSSUS:

B P R O H I B I T E D B R A V A D O K I C K I N G O U T V
A B O U T C O U N C I L P I N A R R I I V E J T D N A A O B E R I E W I T H D R E W S L E D
G I M A G I N E D G E A O D N S C A M P E R S C
X W I E R A E T N L D I I G N O R A M U S E S C D Y T T
C O S T S E G M E N T R N A B A S H E D E P I C
I N S E C T S S A L A D A P O S T L E S S S A L A D Q U A D S D P A N O R A M A CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
R U I A C C R U E F T U T U S A G E R A L D V M B
D E P I C T E U P G R A D E S E E R I N E S S U T A I P E I P A N A M A S T D
B S I N S G R S T A N D S O V M O H N
TOP AND TAIL: 1. Modicum, O O P S P A T C H I N G C P C U D R O P L E T S B L O C R N R E T O R T E D
A O A S P O O M A R A T H O N S G E R S I E R P O D I U M R U M
2. Effusive, 3. Discussed, R O O M S P A L I N G S N N E E R E G A T T A B A T H E
D I N A L O U W I N S I D E R E R S F M S E W M M S E A F A R E R
4. Appaloosa, 5. Oratorio, 6. Climatic, L L A N R E A D S M R U M B A O A T R
T I N Q U E S T S M T R I P O L I I P E N A L I S E E
T A T A I N A
7. Hallelujah, 8. Gargling, 9. Nonagon, M A Y B E D R E C I P E L N A T T E R G C A R A T A E L I M I N A T I N G
N E X P E N S E L O R P H A N A G E A A B R A H A M B
10. Retriever, 11. Playgroup, S K I R T D E K E O U T I N D R E P O S E R T E N O R L R E E T A
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KNOCK-OUT: Fruit bowl.

FIND A WORD: Winning answer: Father Christmas.

CLUELESS: 1=I, 2=J, 3=Q, 4=N, 5=A, 6=B, 7=G, 8=T, 9=V, 10=Y, 11=L, 12=E, 13=K, 14=W, 15=C,
16=S, 17=X, 18=Z, 19=P, 20=M, 21=D, 22=O, 23=H, 24=F, 25=U, 26=R. Winning word: Gifts.

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cruise control beffore you combust.

When co-operative ventures hit
glitches, don’t go troppo, keep
improving communication. New Year’s
Venus is keen
resolution? In thee midst of busyness,
RQ EXI¿QJ make a quiet space for life-changing
up your ideas in search off a landing pad.
professional
LPDJH Taurus ● Apr 22-May 21
So much to do an nd so little interest in
doing it? Rather jjust put your feet up

Caprico
and ease into the year? Excellent idea.
With Venus in Caapricorn most of this
month, your cooll-aid role model is
Dec 22-Jan 20 Taurus Jack Nich holson in Anger
The Sun, Venus, Saturn and Pluuto in Capricorn Management singging I’m Pretty!
for most of January hits peak intensity Oh So Pretty … rremember to
mid-month with the addition o of Mercury and systematically reffresh yourself with
the new moon, making six plan nets in your simple pleasures, preferably outdoors,
sign for this month’s powerful page-turn on in between max ximising your assets,
partnerships: public, professional, personal minimising deb bt, expanding credit,
and private. Venus is keen on buffing
b up your shrinking porees, joining a gym and
professional image, updating p promo materials giving up ind
dulgence bingeing. As
and refreshing online profiles. And if sudden you keep dooing what’s needed
upsets turn careful plans topsyy-turvy, apply to nourish numero una, filling
the advice of laid-back Caprico
orn Jimmy your own cup gives you more
Buffett: “When life hands you liimes, to share with others.
make margaritas.” Go easy on others,
be gentle with yourself. Gemini ● Mayy 22-Jun 22
Gregarious Jupite
Jupiter in your partnership
sector makes this month about
Aquarius ● Jan 21-Feb 19 so the flexibility that this month interacting with others. If fears of
Change? Movement? January brings it requires won’t be a problem for you intimacy you never even knew you
on. Innovation is the name of this year’s Neptunians, who know that an had highlight habits and patterns of
game, and guess who’s set to benefit? unfolding mystery offers greater relating that need upgrading, consider
Uranus, your ruling planet in the sign learning curves than certainties. it as the start of this year’s work in
of pioneers, sparks breakthroughs, January’s one of those tricky times progress. With Uranus rearranging
and as windows of opportunity open, that past mistakes could come back Gemini’s personal kaleidoscope,
you’ll be through them in a flash. to nip your heels when least expected, friendship dynamics shift towards less
Late January Sun and Venus in in which case run a reality check by quantity, more quality: less demon
Aquarius support exploring cutting- asking: are there any compromises or socialising, more down time hanging
edge technology, initiatives for adjustments I could make to improve out. And while left brain Twin relies
self-employment and international this situation? Because what’s the use on logic, should right brain Twin
business possibilities, with help of having a mind if you can’t change it? suddenly feel like doing a meditation
arriving from unexpected sources. course or online studies to get really
If the full moon total eclipse just Aries ● Mar 21-Apr 21 familiar with what your brilliant
after midnight on January 31 As first sign and the zodiac’s initiators, mind’s capable of, then go with it.
provokes surging emotions and new beginnings are your thing. The
irrational feelings, hang in there. year is off and running with Uranus Cancer ● Jun 23-Jul 23
The heart has its reasons. in Aries and your planet ruler, Mars, January begins with your annual full
simmering in Scorpio, making moon in home-loving, family-centric
Pisces ● Feb 20-Mar 20 overheating the biggest no-no in Cancer aligned with extra-sensitive
Without any effort, Pisces’ patron January. You’re hot-blooded and Neptune, and your celestial directive
planet, Neptune, continues to broaden easily fired up, so if frictions send you this month is to aim for feeling at
and deepen your spiritual perspective, to the frayed-temper zone, switch to home wherever you are and whoever

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 you’re with, by strengthening your
sense of a secure centre. Around the
mid-month new moon, be prepared
to part with some prejudices and
make peace in an estranged situation.
Get the ball rolling by imagining
doing the hokey-pokey in your
heart with someone you feel grumpy
with, until you start laughing.
Your emotional landscape looks
increasingly rosy the more you say
no to past history you’ve outgrown
– and Pluto insists you do.
Leo ● Jul 24-Aug 23
Are you ready for some memorable
adventures? This power-packed,
destiny-driven year won’t take
off immediately, but that’s good.
January’s slower pace works in your
favour by providing enough lead-in
time to fine-tune your grand plans
in line with breaking information,
so when next month’s tide turns
you’re suitably prepped. Meanwhile,
when provoked, rather than play
the drama card, try this: Don’t just
do something, stand there … And
please stop pretending that this year
you’ll be frugal. Humble. Turn the
other cheek. Do your own hair. We
know you won’t and love you anyway.
Virgo ● Aug 24-Sep 23
Virgos prefer their world immaculate,
but harder house-keeping is keeping
thoughts and feelings clean and clear.
Being the zodiac’s health-conscious
sign, you’re already into organic,
non-GM, additive-free, glycemic-
index friendly everything and
regretting the festive season’s dietary
indiscretions. You’re contemplating
giving up gluten, sweets, nicotine,
animal protein, cream in caffeine,
gossip and unsupportive friends, but
ILLUSTRATIONS BY SOPHIE BLACKHALL.
ask yourself just what would be left?
Make a note to self: stop Googling
self-improvement techniques. Spend
less time on stressful expectations,
more on relaxing and enjoying.
Libra ● Sep 24-Oct 23
You Venusians love the word “yes”,
making your biggest challenge this
month saying “no” when your energy
reserves are on empty. You’ve only
got one body: cherish it with the
TLC that you’d lavish on a lover.
Aim for balance by factoring in
regular breaks, because the future
you create this year starts between
your ears. It’s time to accept that
taking the credit card for walks
doesn’t count as exercise. And
Librans need to stay hydrated. Yes,
the fact champagne’s 99.9 per cent
water and still doesn’t do the job
remains one of the unsolved
mysteries of the universe.
Scorpio ● Oct 24-Nov 22
Wondering how to walk the path of
moderation between discipline and
indulgence, and if there’ll be anyone
interesting on it? There will: some
great teachers. January starts off
fast, furious, productive and fruitful,
with sexy energy-meister Mars in
Scorpio rendering you more feisty
and possibly less accommodating
than usual. This produces the big
questions: would you rather be a
lover or a fighter? And is this really
worth stressing over? With Jupiter
taking charge of management, you’ll
shine brightest in a support network
that matches your own passion,
determination and loyalty.
Sagittarius ● Nov 23-Dec 21
As the year begins, Mercury in
Sagittarius has your soul singing
with accelerated understanding.
Ideas like shooting stars take off in
all directions, which unfortunately
also activates your notorious
foot-in-mouth gaffes. So January
asks for focus. Concentration.
Keeping your mind on what you’re
doing, not a dozen other things.
Requests you not make generous
promises you can’t follow through
on. Sagittarius is the teacher’s sign,
so instruct your inner-critic on the
finer points of diplomatic etiquette.
Then when someone asks “Does
this make me look fat?” or “Do
you think he’s just not into me?”,
your honesty won’t offend. AWW
Meet our new
Astrologer
Lilith Rocha
The Weekly’s new astrology
columnist, Lilith Rocha, is an iconic
figure in Australian esoteric circles.
She has been deciphering meaning
from the stars for more than 40 years,
and providing astrological advice to
readers from Bahrain to Byron Bay.
Lilith began studying astrology
when she was 18. “I went to the
head of the astrological society,”
she remembers, “who was a very
straight, elderly gentleman in a tweed
suit. Every week, I carried my exercise
book and pencil to his city office,
which was so hot and stuffy it made
me faint. After the third faint, I threw
in the lessons and taught myself.”
Lilith loves the language of
astrology for its myth and poetry,
and she sees it as a practical tool for
life. “My monthly forecast is a little
like a planetary weather report, with
some guidelines for getting through
the prevailing conditions.”
Her career highlight, she says, is
being asked to write for The Weekly,
because “we read every issue when
I was growing up. My mum was a
great fan of Margaret Fulton and
would be thrilled.”
Lilith lives on the north coast of
NSW, where she is stopped regularly
on the beach and in the supermarket,
and asked to explain the stars. She
has also founded a troupe of hula
dancers, called Mana Aloha, whose
“hip-swinging, feel-good rhythms pay
tribute to the natural world”.
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five
1 2
In a world of uncertainty, we’re
taking time to reflect on the
wonderful and uplifting things
With a gestation
period of 15 months, inspiring us this month.
the debut of Australia
Zoo’s newest giraffe
calf, Sunny, has been
a long time coming,
but worth the wait.
The cute little guy
is getting more
confident every day,
the zoo says, but
still likes to stay
close to mum, Sally.

An all-woman crew has set sail in the Sydney

Hobart Yacht Race for the first time in 16 years.
Australian Lisa Blair (the first woman to sail solo
around Antarctica) and British Olympian Libby
Greenhalgh are co-skippering Lisa’s trusty yacht,
the Climate Action Now.

Margot Robbie
wasn’t mincing
words when she
was asked about
marriage at a press
conference to
promote her
upcoming film,
I Tonya. “Being
married is not ROBERT IRWIN PHOTOGRAPHY. DEAN COOPMAN. GETTY IMAGES.

5
my achievement.
My achievement
is producing this
film and having a
Riding a rainbow unicorn is producing deal with
every little girl’s dream, and a major studio – that
for Abigail, five, that dream is my achievement,”
came true this month when the Margot asserted.
Collingwood Children’s Farm in
Victoria was transformed into a
multi-coloured wonderland by the
Make-A-Wish foundation. The visit
to Unicorn Land helped Abigail get Rainbow inflatables are the latest craze sweeping
her sparkle back as she endures swimming pools and beaches this summer. So far
treatment for cystic fibrosis. we’ve spotted rainbow beach balls, pool rings,
li-los, drink holders and even jumping castles.
Marriage equality is well and truly afloat.

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