Innholdsfortegnelse for Spring 2016 i Fleurieu Living Magazine

Petra de Mooy Working on FLM comes with many rewards and Petra still pinches herself every time she archives another great story. When not wrangling content, you can find her hanging out with Jason and their daughter, gardening, or perusing the farmers’ market. Jason Porter Jason has worked as a graphic designer and creative director both locally and overseas for thirty years. When not in the office, he can usually be found in the garage tweaking some kind of rare hi-fi component. Perscia Maung After years of moonlighting as a blues singer and keeping rather anti-social hours, Perscia now enjoys her day job at FLM. This allows her to not only walk her Great Dane on the beach, but to properly take in the region she so adores. Lulu Our…

Spending hours on the beach was the norm for our family. A short walk down the dirt road, through the sand hills and over the amazing pebbles and the coastline would open up: The oldies fishing, we kids swimming, snorkeling, or tearing through the sand hills making secret forts, or looking for tadpoles in the pond behind the kiosk. We hiked to Sellicks or into the Aldinga Scrub, taking our survival kit of potatoes, bush biscuits, box of matches and our bowie knives. And from storm flotsam, we made rafts for the creek that ran through the Aldinga Washpool. At around age ten, I started surfing with my cousin Peter. We would stand on our foam bodyboards, holding hands and waiting for a wave to push us along. That’s when…

So busy were the weeks after Tarik Marco and Sandrine Maltret opened their second French eatery in Willunga, that the couple neglected to tend to the colour-filled pot-plants gracing Le Mistral’s window sills. ‘It was dreadful,’ says Tarik. ‘I kept thinking I must look after those plants but we were so busy and they just wilted and died. It was one of those things that I could just never get around to.’ Then one morning Tarik arrived at the historic white-walled cottage to find the lifeless plants had been removed and replaced with new healthy ones. ‘There was no note or anything,’ says Tarik. ‘Someone just recognised we were busy and did this for us; this is what this community is like.’ Tarik and Sandrine are still unclear whether they…

Two of Kangaroo Island’s premier cultural events – Art Feast and Feastival – are joining together on a trial basis this year to create Kangaroo Island Art FEASTival. The new event will be running right through the first two months of spring, with the October long weekend continuing to be a focus. There are so many events, we can’t even list them all! Come across any time in beautiful September or October and you’ll find something to enjoy. The Launch Art FEASTival will be launched on the first day of spring, Thursday September 1. Tony Blight invites you to Willowbrook to enjoy a taste of Thai, with drinks from the bar, in his vibrantly decorated wool shed. Live music, art and open fires will provide a backdrop for the evening.…

To the Bright Side of the World by Eowyn Ivey Published by Headline Publishing ISBN 9781472208613 $32.99 Eowyn Ivey’s latest novel is set in the harsh, life-threatening landscape of Alaska during the late nineteenth century. The desolate country that follows the Wolverine River north is inhabited by natives whose superstitious beliefs and tales of folklore begin to take a toll on the expedition led by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester. Any heroic expectations they may have had before the journey are soon dashed and the brutality of nature and environment makes its mark upon the travellers. While Allen and his team of explorers brave the extreme cold, risking injury and starvation, his new wife Sophie is left to deal with her own problems at Vancouver Barracks, compounded by her troubled pregnancy…

‘I’m not a winemaker,’ says Graham Ward. However, you only need a glance at his resume and accomplishments in his seventy-four years to rebut this claim. But he persists: ‘I’m not a winemaker ... I’m a soil maker.’ Before we probe cover cropping, French vs. American oak and the undeniable symmetry between wine and humans, let us first delve into the history of the soil maker himself. Graham Ward was born in 1942, and was a promising science student at Adelaide University. But he left tertiary education after one year because he discovered that his heart ‘wasn’t in it.’ Ward simply has no time or interest in doing something that doesn’t ignite him. As he puts it, passion rules his brain. Following his passion has powered him through all his…

Jill Stone spent three long years, during her thirties, sitting at a public service desk in a windowless room ‘hating most minutes.’ Her life since then has been one long liberating rebellion against walls and desks of most kinds. Now a great-grandmother in her mid-seventies, she says, ‘You’ve only got one life, so you might as well enjoy it.’ To understand just how successfully Jill has rebelled, you need to visit her farm in Hindmarsh Tiers. But first, let us go back to the point when she broke free from her office ... In 1976, her eldest daughter undertook an exchange to Switzerland and, throwing caution to the winds, Jill ditched her job and joined her. After six glorious months eating her way around Europe, Jill returned home revived but…

After a chance meeting and an engaging conversation four years ago, Kristen and Phil realised they lived on the same street. Who could waste such an opportunity to become friends? Shortly after, they were best friends and soon became a couple. Phil proposed on Christmas Eve over hot chips on the beach at Grange and they couldn’t wait to tie the knot a year later. From the moment they stepped onto the property, they knew Barn1890 was the perfect representation of them and their relationship, relaxed and natural but filled with charm and wisdom. Phil spent much of his youth on his grandfather’s horse stud in One Tree Hill, and Kristen lived next door to her market-gardener grandparents, so they felt immediately at home, with the ultimate goal for the…

Esther Thorn Esther Thorn believes everyone has a story and is passionate about helping people tell theirs. Esther has worked as a journalist for the past 16 years in print, radio and television but is most inspired by the stories she writes for Fleurieu Living Magazine. When she’s not writing, Esther’s wrangling her three children (aged four and under), working in the garden of her Willunga property or chasing escapee chooks. She loves the Fleurieu Peninsula, especially its beautiful beaches, interesting people and amazing food and wine. Esther is also studying to be a teacher. She keeps herself sane by practising yoga, paddle boarding and regular family camping trips to Deep Creek Conservation Park. Che Chorley Che Chorley is an award winning photographer with a passion and affinity for the…

Envious yet? You will be when you discover there is much more to this property than meets the eye. Sarah McDonald and her husband Ben moved into their Port Noarlunga property just six months ago, and it has been built with the rest of their lives in mind. The design, location, builders and neighbourhood have all been key factors in the search for and construction of their perfect home. As a township where everyone knows everyone, Port Noarlunga could have been an alternate setting for the television show Gilmore Girls. Sarah was looking for exactly the GG’s feeling when selecting the location of their multi-story oasis. ‘I wanted to feel like we knew the people in the township and that we could go and get our coffee and they’d know…

2016 Oliver’s Taranga Fiano Fiano is relatively new variety to Australia, and originates from the Campania region of Italy. This 2016 release from Oliver’s Taranga is pale straw in colour, with an aroma of cloudy apple cider with ginger and nutty notes. The palate shows lemon zest, cashew nut and delicate honeysuckle florals. Great finish with fresh beery character, nutty texture and grapefruit crunchy tannin to finish. Enjoy this by itself or try it with Moroccan-spiced chicken. The Oliver family has been growing grapes on the Taranga property in the McLaren Vale region since 1841. They are regarded as one of South Australia’s most respected wine-grape growing families. Passionate about everything they do, you cannot help but notice the respect for family, history and tradition. The Cellar Door simply oozes…

Answer: A house of great simplicity and integrity, which nestles in the landscape like an extension of the rocky escarpment on which it sits. Totally hidden from the road, high above the undulating hills south of Yankalilla, a bush track leads through scrub and sandstone boulders to an unexpected break in the rocks. On a site that posed somewhat of a challenge to local builder Catalyst Homes, John and Dora Dallwitz have built a remarkable home with breathtaking views, surrounded by pristine bush and abundant wildlife. It is not an architectural chest-beater, but an understated, sophisticated reflection of built form linking with the landscape. Art, design and building are in their DNA. John is the son of Dave Dallwitz, who was a trailblazer in Adelaide’s art and music scene from…

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Spring has sprung. Well, winter is over and what a doozy it was. All of the rain was good news for our water tanks, dams and most plant life. Reports say it was also the windiest winter on record in thirty years – so that was not so good for some plant life. The soursobs seemed to like it a little too much. Spring in our fair part of the world brings mild temperatures and blue skies, with a sporadic north wind that can give us the odd day of plus thirty temperatures. It is also the beginning of beach weather. Even the hardiest amongst us must look forward to the warming of the ocean waters to a more bearable state. In this issue of FLM we have once again…

Tappanappa. I can’t get the name out of my head as we bump along Tappanappa Road. Well, out of my mouth really; a rally of small sounds between lip and tongue. I must appear afflicted. Thankfully, I’m with the in-laws and they see bigger flaws. Tappanappa Road is a series of small wet bumps from months of rain. It winds. It dips. It splashes. The weather’s clear today though. The only cloud around is the one the forest slowly exhales as the sun dips low. We unfurl from the car and on cue, the black cockies mourn. Every time I visit Deep Creek, the black cockies mourn. Beat slow powerful wings and mourn. It’s a stunning site to see them dip and curl through the giant stringybarks. Their cries lead…