Innholdsfortegnelse for Summer 2019/20 i Fleurieu Living Magazine

Key Personnel Petra de Mooy Petra has always loved, art, design, photography and words. Combining all of these into a career has been the fulfillment of these interests. She loves working with all of the creatives on the Fleurieu to showcase the best the region has to offer. Jason Porter Jason has worked as a graphic designer and creative director both locally and overseas for over thirty years. When not in the office, he can usually be found tweaking the crossover filters on his high end audio system. Kate Le Gallez Kate started her working life as a lawyer and consultant, before turning to a lifelong love of writing. She confesses to suffering a mild podcast addiction, which results in her overuse of the phrase ‘I was listening to a…

There’s a radical idea sweeping the Fleurieu. It’s called regenerative farming and it presents the startling proposition that agriculture is one of our best bets against climate change and a suite of other social and ecological challenges. Scott Binns’ farming lineage goes back four generations and all he ever wanted was to follow in his family’s footsteps. But the reality didn’t initially live up to the dream. ‘I got sick of dipping into my pocket to degrade the land. The animals were causing damage and I couldn’t cope with it. Every time it rained, the creek would run brown from erosion. Last year, I completely changed my ways and now when it rains, the creek’s running clear,’ Scott grins. ‘I’m not losing my topsoil anymore.’ I’ve been taught that our…

‘We really didn’t know whether it would work unless I moved here,’ says Olivia. ‘Because every time I came here it was like a holiday, and it wasn’t really reality.’ When I first speak to Olivia Baker and Nathan Trethewey, it’s hard to ignore the obvious cliché in the room. And it’s not their pet kangaroo, Skippy, who, after being hand-raised now sleeps with the dog in her kennel. Olivia, a concert pianist from Adelaide, and Nathan, a fifth-generation farmer born and raised on Kangaroo Island, are the classic pairing: city woman meets country bloke. But the story they’re creating together doesn’t follow anyone’s script but their own. The couple first met online in October 2017 and just seven months later, Olivia and her eight-year-old son Levi moved to the…

Kangaroo Island was declared a wine region in 2001, making it one of the youngest wine regions in Australia, with the majority of the vineyards planted in the 1990s. The hilly terrain of the mainland that runs from the Flinders Ranges through Adelaide and down the Fleurieu Peninsula, extends on through Kangaroo Island, and with its cool Mediterranian climate, the grapes ripen almost simultaneously with those in the Adelaide Hills region. KI’s vineyards do come with a unique point of difference: the vines’ proximity to the ocean and its relatively consistent temperature, meaning the days don’t get as warm or the nights as cold, lead to a long, slow, even ripening period – resulting in perfect fruit for winemaking. The producers of Kangaroo Island are passionate about the land and…

All people have a path cut out for them, Brenda McCulloch tells me with conviction; she’s just glad her path led to the Hutt Street Centre. After twenty-five years as head chef and serving countless comforting meals to Adelaide’s homeless population, Brenda hung up her apron for the last time just a few months ago. Now, she’s taking some well deserved time to slow down and reflect on her time at the centre and her pride in being part of a team who provide support to almost two thousand homeless people every year. In 1979, armed with a twelve-month working visa, Brenda left her home in Scotland to explore down under. It didn’t take long for her to realise she wanted to stay. After moving between kitchen jobs in various…

It’s not often you hear both architect and client speak positively of delays in the building process. But for both Oli Scholz, of Adelaide-based architecture firm Scholz Vinall, and Chris Thomas, managing director and chief winemaker at Dowie Doole, the protracted two year design and build process for Dowie Doole’s first permanent cellar door is all upside. The result is a more functional, more resolved and more beautiful building that will offer visitors an immersive insight into the world of Dowie Doole. Establishing a new, local presence for Dowie Doole has been a dream of Chris’ since he and even other shareholders bought the brand from founders Drew Dowie and Norm Doole in 2015 (Norm remains a shareholder and board chair). The initial vision was big, with plans for immersive…

‘Having two brands really is a creative outlet for both of us, so we can both do things that we want to do with the wines instead of maybe battling each other for control.’ The little shack in Goolwa’s south that Charlotte Hardy and Ben Cooke now call home is unassuming, despite its unexpected profile. You might describe it as fusion home design, with the exterior sampling liberally from different styles, the Tudor-esque half-timbered exterior meets seventies Australia under a gambrel-style roof. Somehow, the overall vibe suggests the house would be more at home in the snow than by the sea. They discovered the place on one of their many trips to Goolwa from their former home in Basket Range in the Adelaide Hills, chasing pipis for an after work…

I have a confession to make: I have been known to swoon over the kitchens created by SpaceCraft Joinery. Their bespoke modern kitchens and joinery are superbly crafted with standout style. Founders Ellen and Nathan Wundersitz have formed a great partnership – both as a couple and with this company – and the many awards the business has received both locally and interstate are just a part of their success. At the heart of the business are Ellen and Nathan – risk takers with an unerring eye for design and detail. When they met, Ellen was working as general manager at Parallax Design in Adelaide. Nathan was working as a cabinetmaker and had started to take steps towards building his own business by taking on what they called ‘homies’ –…

01. Andrew Banks Teacher, Willunga Waldorf School Where do you go? Bashams Beach – rocks, beach and when you’re lucky, a fun wave. To eat? Russell’s or Pipi at Middleton with my beautiful partner. For coffee? De Groot – reminds me of living in Melbourne. To drink? I’ve enjoyed playing in my band ‘Dust Bowl Chic’ at South Coast Brewery and the Shifty Lizard, while sampling their new creations. Where do you shop? Willunga Farmers Market. Love Najobe for slow cooked goodness. What was the best thing about 2019? Participating in the Fleurieu Future Leaders Program. Learning to play the cello with my kids at school. Going to my men’s group each fortnight and connecting with other blokes. What are you looking forward to in 2020? Seeing our new high…

Rich with inspiring venues, spectacular scenery and a host of amazing suppliers to ensure your wedding day is stylish, inspiring and unique, the Fleurieu Peninsula is an ideal location for a wedding. For this issue of FLM, a talented team of eight local suppliers collaborated to create this aspirational showcase. The images speak for themselves.…

Not only do our local, raw honeys taste amazing, they also come with tremendous health and environmental benefits. Consuming local honey, where the pollen has come from your local environment or even your very own backyard, can help our bodies fight seasonal allergies. And unlike mass produced honey, local honeys are often raw and unfiltered, so they retain all the nutritional and medicinal benefits that nature intended, including anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. But it’s not just about the honey – bees play a crucial role in pollinating local flora, which benefits not only plant life but all local wildlife. With bees now classed as endangered, it’s more important than ever to support our local bee farmers who are raising and maintaining healthy bees. Harbor Honey Harbor Honey is a fresh,…

Taken an amazing photo on the Fleurieu lately? Send us an email or upload it to our Facebook page and you could see your handiwork in print. Each issue we’ll choose an image to publish right here in the pages of FLM: facebook.com/FleurieuLivingMagazine. This photo depicting the beach, a pooch and the rolling Sellicks hills was submitted by Tegan Monaghan. From the FLM team Well, 2019 is just about a wrap and it was another big year, full of all that we expect from living and working on the Fleurieu. There were fantastic events to attend – the new complementing our favourite calendar stalwarts – alongside our always delicious regional cuisine and the stellar line up of fine wines. New businesses have opened and thrived with the support of the…

‘It was all about the car… you didn’t just walk across the road [for waves] like you did on the East Coast,’ says author and photographer Christo Reid on the plight of South Australian surfers. We’re sitting outside his Port Willunga studio discussing his latest project, Surf City – a photograph-heavy ode to South Australian surfing’s early years. The book, which he hopes to finish in the next year (maybe), will feature imagery and stories from across SA – the West Coast, Yorke Peninsula, Mid Coast, South Coast and south-east. Central to the narrative are The South Coast Surf Chasers, a pioneering crew of surfers that, in the late 1950s, pooled their money together to buy a 1934 Ford V8 with homemade roof racks to explore the coast between Goolwa…

‘I’m an equilibrialist, I’m a handstand artist, I’m a balancer and I’m also a person who has had to re-find balance in their life in quite dramatic ways.’ The night before I meet Dan Aubin, he gave a talk at the Victor Harbor Rotary Club that ended in a handstand. Not your standard guest speaker move, but it’s become Dan’s signature. ‘I’m playing with the idea that a handstand is a symbol for people to be able to turn their lives upside down or see the world differently,’ he tells me. Far from being a speaking circuit gimmick, handstands have shaped Dan’s life. From childhood trauma, to a global acrobatic career and now as founder of Daring Humans, Dan’s physicality has quite literally been about bringing balance to his life.…

When Don Bailey of Bailey Homes saw Goolwa’s historic Mill Cottage up for sale, he knew it was the perfect opportunity to renovate and refurbish this piece of local heritage. Once a prestigious local residence, the c1853 cottage had been left to ruin in recent years. Now, the cottage has been given a new life, offering luxe accommodation in the heart of Goolwa while preserving the dwelling’s rich character. Mill Cottage was originally built as the residence for the now demolished Goolwa flour mill by one of Adelaide’s most successful architects of the time, E. W. Wright, and lays claim to being Goolwa’s first private residence connected to water. In the early years, the cottage boasted prominent professionals and affluent families among its many residents and owners. But in 2007,…

Rebecca McEwan spent the first fifteen years of her working life as a critical care nurse and came to her career as a professional artist later than most. Along the way, however, she maintained a lifelong practice of being creative in her spare time, influenced by her mum who was ‘always making.’ Perhaps signalling the direction Rebecca’s artistic life would eventually take, her creative diversions would come to blur the line between ‘spare’ time and ‘work’ time. In addition to the rigours of full-time nursing, Rebecca produced a line of children’s clothing, while a course in millinery led to a short stint in hatmaking. Life apace with nursing and these sidelines, Rebecca also married, moved states and had children – eventually ending up closer to ‘home’ near the beach at…

Chilling out We all know the Fleurieu can get pretty hot during the sunny season, which makes keeping wines at the perfect temperature a little problematic, especially if you’re a red lover. The classic room temperature for serving red wines is around eighteen degrees, but in our warm climate that can be an impossible dream and often they taste better a little cooler. This edition we look at some delicious varieties and styles to cool down and chill out with over summer. Packed with personality and flavour, these wines work well in and out of the ice bucket. Golden Child 2019 Manic Monday Pinot Noir Kuitpo Golden Child is a true family affair from grape to glass. James Hamilton’s wines have been going from strength to strength over the last few…

Do you feel it? It’s that time of year again when the days are warmer and longer, school’s out (if you’re lucky, work is out too) and everyone is in party mode. That chaotic rush of the festive season is looming. And then before you know what, it’s passed us by and everyone relaxes into endless barbecues, alfresco eating and garden parties. Fresh and easy eating is on the cards, so I’ve come up with a flavour-packed summer party starter requiring minimal effort on your part. Seriously, it starts with a store bought roast chicken! Your friends and family will love you for it. These little tostadas with their generous hit of spice and heat are begging for a chilled, summer tipple and this is where Shingleback’s 2019 Davey Estate…

Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré Published by Viking (Penguin Books) ISBN 9780241401217 $32.99 The master storyteller brings his finely developed clandestine world into the age of Brexit, climate change, Putin and Trump, its protagonists weaving their duplicitous craft within the divisions, contradictions and uncertainties of the current age. Reprieved from expected redundancy, veteran spy Nat is tasked with transforming a small, sidelined spy centre in London to run an unprepossessing assortment of Russian agents. At the same time, his long-established badminton supremacy at the local club is challenged by Ed, an ill-at-ease and introspective man half his age given to railing at modern-day ills. Convergence between his private and professional lives forces Nat to confront the past, ringing in his ‘memory’s ear’ and the effects it…