Innholdsfortegnelse for Summer 2020/21 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 ridiculously over-the-top 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…

Our editorial team was very impressed with the submissions we received. It wasn’t just that they showed exceptional technical merit, but the accompanying ‘why’ statements showed how thoughtfully the students had engaged with the brief. Though all had outstanding merit, there were four submissions that were a stand out – Loki Hall, Akaysha Morgan, Evan White and Jay Van Dam. These students presented work with the strongest artistic and philosophical merit. We chose two images from each, plus an additional image from three other students. Loki Hall, Year 12, Tatachilla Lutheran College Capturing my close friend, Steed, was incredibly emotional as I aimed to encapsulate his deeply painful, yet resilient journey. To me, using a challenging lighting setup like chiaroscuro reflects the complex racial scrutiny Indigenous Australians have had to endure.…

Capricornia 12 High St, Willunga There’s nothing quite like the thrill of scoring a good second-hand find. For self-confessed vintage addict Ellie, there’s a fascinating story to unveil behind every cut, pattern, material and detail; each piece sending her on a mini walk through history. Wanting to share this adventure of discovery with others, while encouraging an ethical approach to fashion, Ellie created Capricornia. With eight years of vintage knowledge behind her and a keen eye for quality, she decided to open a shop in Willunga. Filled with a wide selection of vintage and preloved clothing, as well as some impressive feature furniture pieces, Ellie hopes she can change the sometimes gaudy reputation that can come with vintage items. With a constant bombardment of fast fashion, Capricornia offers the perfect…

The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness by Malcolm Pryce Published by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 978140889529 $29.99 It’s 1948 and Jack Wenlock’s young life appears to be following the unhappy trajectory of the British Empire which produced him, the latter never having been the same since the silver roast beef trolley was buried at the Singapore Golf Club, ahead of the advancing Japanese. A railway detective in the age of steam, Jack is dismissed when the railways are nationalised, leaving him to face a precarious financial position while avoiding the murderous Room 42, a shadowy organisation bent on his demise. Fortunately, Jack is contacted by a countess with a brief to track her errant son Curtis, said to be suffering from ‘late-flowering Bohemianism’ in the Orient having left a…

The Weed Sisters are all about weeding – pulling out those unwanted interlopers that grow with great vigour and abundance in your garden – and sharing in the convivial companionship that has grown among the sisters. The four Weed Sisters are Jill Lieblich, Sue Caporn-March, Katerina Bickford and Tracey Bishop. All live in and around the McLaren Vale–Willunga region and all have wonderful gardens that still, despite their efforts over the last ten years, have energetic weeds. The genesis of The Weed Sisters goes back to one of Tracey’s earlier ventures, Sweettart, a renowned local pastry business. Jill was part of the Tarts team and a work-based friendship between the two expanded into walking and gardening together. So when both women built new homes they naturally turned to each other…

01. Tom Campbell, Lenswood – Chef at Summertown Aristologist. While Tom had to work longer hours to accommodate more seatings across a day he found it helped put things into perspective and he has spent time working on hobbies and other interests. 02. Georgia Riggs, Victor Harbor – newly graduated Encounter Lutheran student. Georgia and her peers had to adapt to numerous changes and be resilient in the face of a very challenging year to be graduating. She also found that social media needed filtering – ‘too much COVID!’ 03. Tahl Warchivker, Alice Springs and Chiara Dorward, Middleton. Tahl and Chiara met through COVID so a big silver lining there and Chiara enjoyed coming home and being with family and surfing. 04. Harvey Thorne, Willunga. Harvey had to quarantine twice…

It’s a sunny spring morning when I ride my bike through the burgeoning back streets of Willunga to visit Tony and Sally French-Kennedy at their new home. As their third ‘owner-build’, it confirms the adage that you need to build three houses before you get it just right. Designed by their son Reuben, the benefits of growing up among house builds are clear: despite being early in his career, this house is close to perfection. Tony reflects on his son’s work with gratitude and pride saying, ‘because we’d built before, it was tempting to just draw up the plan ourselves, but we trusted Reuben. He asked us to tell him all the things that we liked and didn’t like about our previous homes. He didn’t design anything like we would…

Of course we now know that 2020 would quickly veer off the usual course, and with it, the school’s planned celebrations. While this extraordinary year has challenged us in unexpected ways, it’s also changed the way we look at our own backyards. In both of these respects, ELC’s acquisition – fondly known as Block 69 – has proven prescient. Not only does it expand the school’s backyard, giving their over 600 students immediate access to the Fleurieu landscape, it also offers the chance to find new and different ways to support ELC’s students to develop into resilient individuals ready for life beyond school. In parallel with the resilience discussion, ELC’s approach to early learning in the pre-school and early primary years was increasingly recognising the value of play. Perhaps the…

Nothing escapes this new lens, including fashion design which, like any other artistic pursuit, is an expression of perspective. So when Susi Benger, creator and designer of South Australian sustainable swimwear label Coco and Shy, became a mother, her approach to designing changed completely. ‘I definitely noticed with the birth of Lilou that I just had this amazing creative energy that I’d never had before and it was really motivating,’ says Susi. My perspective shift from becoming a parent made me see everything differently,’ says Susi, ‘things like wearability, fit, and ease became more of a priority, and the look became more about incorporating functionality as well.’ Before her post-bub rebrand, Coco and Shy’s style opted for the structured, vintage styles of the ‘50s, but an effortless, soft and simple…

Some people examine every detail of a decision before committing. Others dive in, the details trailing along in their wake, there to be sorted through later. Mandy de Rose is most certainly the latter. The creator of looseleaf tea company The Dandy Tea Co., and the newly re-branded Willunga cafe, de Rose Kitchen, has crafted her dream job through a willingness to take a chance and a respect for the people and producers that make up her community. Mandy grew up in a family of fruit growers in the Riverland, moving to Adelaide after high school. At eighteen, she’d just met a man named Dan de Rose who would eventually become her husband and would lead her towards the Fleurieu, where he’d grown up. But then, just a week after…

Ollie and Bethany first met on a high school trip to America in 2012. They spent the two-week trip getting to know each other and became best friends. Their close friendship quickly blossomed into love and they have been together ever since. After graduating high school, both Bethany and Ollie spent time living overseas, before adventuring around Europe together. They both moved back to Adelaide to attend university, begin their careers and build a life together. On the final day of their holiday to Uluru in July 2019, Ollie proposed to Bethany at sunrise with the spectacular Uluru in the background. Even though it was very early in the morning and extremely cold, Ollie managed to convince Bethany that getting out of bed would be worth it – of course…

From the FLM team As we near the end of 2020, there’s perhaps more to reflect on than any other year in recent memory. We started the year devastated and yet united by the bushfires, with little notion of what was still to come. Yet between a pandemic and global affairs, the one thing that stands out is the gratitude of South Australians – and Australians in general – for well and truly living in the lucky country, and realising it too. Throughout the year our team has continued to travel far and wide on the Peninsula and apart from the initial lockdown in March, the pandemic has, for the most part, seemed far away. But as we furiously worked towards our deadline, we began to feel vulnerable again when…

Sherrah Wines The wines made by Alex Sherrah are a love letter to McLaren Vale and the grape varieties that thrive there. This is his unique twist on the classic GSM blend, in which mourvedre has been substituted for nero d’Avola with delightful results. The bush vine grenache finds its perfect partners in shiraz, which softens the mid palate, and the Italian nero creating a wine with silky texture, ripe berries and hints of spice. sherrahwines.com.au Bondar Wines Andre and Selina Bondar have a small block of 50-year-old, drygrown grenache planted in sand on their renowned Rayner Vineyard in McLaren Vale. From the lowest-yielding section of that block comes this wine. Hand-picked fruit, fermented naturally in old French oak and ceramic eggs, this wine is perfumed, fresh and vibrant, with…

It seems SpaceCraft Joinery, 35° South Building Company and James Howe Furniture Design are all tapping into a growing desire for direct and authentic connections between buyer and maker. It’s a movement born of buyers’ increasing interest in the story behind the product; in the designer’s skill in crafting a product, their ethical approach, and the origins of the materials used. They’re looking for high quality, unique, innovative products and services with low environmental impact that reflect their chosen lifestyle – and they’re increasingly prepared to pay for these characteristics. The reasons for engaging a designer/maker often go beyond appreciation of a particular expression of a craft. For these three designers, values are also important – both the designer/maker’s and the customer’s. One of these shared values is community; in…

A walk on the wild side With summer approaching and the Fleurieu vintage creeping upon us quickly, it seems timely to look at a few of the diverse grapes, styles, and winemaking options in our beautiful region. This edition we decided to take a walk on the wilder side of whites, exploring white wines made using ‘wild’ or indigenous yeast that naturally occurs on the berries and in the vineyard, rather than packaged yeast. Both ferment the grape sugars to produce alcohol and importantly, both can produce excellent wines. But going wild can be a riskier choice, as the winemaker may have less control over the process. With risk often comes reward and more producers are looking for the unique characters, flavours and textures that can be created through fermenting…

01. Emma Nankivell Nankivell Conveyancing, Owner/Registered Conveyancer Where do you go? To eat? To coffee? To drink? Nino’s is a favourite for pizza, pasta and people watching. I can’t go past a coffee from Ash and Jen at the Yilki Store. Stopping in at Harvest the Fleurieu on a drive to Adelaide. Where do you shop? Elliot and Me, Living by Design, Your Beauty Spot, The Office Shop, De Lorenzo Hair. What was the best thing about 2020? The many advances in electronic conveyancing, making for a more secure and efficient way of conveyancing and growing my business to employ more local staff. What are you looking forward to in 2021? Spending holidays caravanning around SA with my family and the super exciting news that I’m expanding my business. Watch…

‘I signed the lease before COVID, but I thought, it’s going to be a slow process cleaning up the place, so the timing worked,’ says Cono, who took over the old Snapper Point Deli and Marie’s Crystal Cave on Aldinga Beach’s Esplanade in late 2019. Despite COVID restrictions still limiting dine-in customers after the June opening, Cono has been thrilled with the support his restaurant has received. ‘It’s been brilliant,’ he says. It’s these stories, and the people behind them, that the City of Onkaparinga Council is celebrating this summer as part of the Go South Go Local campaign, which supports local businesses to recover and grow. Sicily Mare is Cono’s third venture, joining Sicily Pizzeriae Bar on Rundle Street and Sicily Autostrada in Everard Park. The pizzeria features a…

Being Social: Encounter Lutheran College school formal Friday September 18th proved to be an unusually balmy Spring evening which delighted 35 Encounter Lutheran students as they celebrated their much awaited Year 12 formal in style at Eat@Whalers, Encounter Bay. Fun memories were made after such a topsy-turvy year for these students. Best of luck to all of them! 01. Paige Rice, Niah MacLeod, Zoe Lippett, Jack Fegan, Isa Leon Hoyos, Bryce Phillips, Mary O’Callaghan, Eben Newland, Ashlee Sugrue, Keanu Price, Abigail Wright and Mr Tim Wormald. 02. Ms Georgia Martin, Sam Baxter, Jessica Howarth, Matthew Keach, Makayla Mann, Henry Round, Georgia Martin, Sam Ashmoore, Alexandra McPhail, Nick Baxter and Mr Sam Dunbar. 03. Ms Yu Cameron, Isabel Almering, Mason Ford, Tahnee Buckley, Charlie Yelland, Georgia Perry, Stuart Scott, Amber Mell,…