Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2023 i The Australian Women's Weekly

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Rebecca Gibney When Rebecca Gibney first appeared on the cover of The Weekly in 1990, she was a well-established star. The Kiwi-born actress had made the shift to Australia in 1984, later stealing the show on popular series The Flying Doctors. She was young, beautiful and talented but, she told The Weekly 30 years later, inside she felt none of those things. “I went through a lot of self-doubt in my 20s and early 30s,” she said. “It’s true that youth is wasted on the young because with wisdom and hindsight, you go, ‘If only I had believed in myself’.” Luckily, plenty of others did. Rebecca has not only won fans and awards as a lead actress, she co-created crime caper Wanted, and served as executive producer on hits including…

“The spasms are very random. They seem to come on when I’m really heightened.” On a golden autumn morning in March this year, Melissa King was bursting with excitement, sharing all the colour and grandeur of Melbourne’s International Flower & Garden Show with the audience of Seven’s Sunrise, when she began to feel an uncomfortable sensation spreading across her face. Live on breakfast television, with the eyes of the nation upon her, the bubbly Better Homes and Gardens presenter’s worst fears were realised, as her face went into an uncontrollable spasm. “It’s live television, I was hyped up, lots of adrenalin, the camera went on and I said, ‘Hi guys, we’re at the Flower & Garden Show …’ and suddenly it was like someone had placed a fishing hook in…

Kerry Packer was not amused. He’d ordered a batch of pink-iced finger buns, his favourites, and eagerly awaited their delivery straight to his office. But when the treats with their soft white yeast dough, sultanas and shaved coconut arrived, they were missing a crucial ingredient – the large slathering of butter he craved. “He was on a very strict diet due to his heart condition,” Pamela Clark, who joined The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Test Kitchen in 1969, recalls from her home in Fiji today. “I said to him, ‘We can make your finger buns, Mr P, but you can’t have butter’. He wasn’t interested after that.” It was testament to the might of The Weekly’s Test Kitchen that “Mr P” didn’t sack her on the spot. For the kitchen was…

At 15 you don’t leave school and become a novelist. It was all I wanted to do since Dorothea Mackellar told me at age seven to put the stories I made up into a book one day. I left school at 15 as so many of us did back then. I floundered around doing a bit of modelling and acting till my uncle Jim Revitt, an ABC foreign correspondent, told me I should tackle journalism. So, I started as a copy girl on The Australian Women’s Weekly. It changed my life in that it gave me skills that have served me well all my life. My first day I walked along Martin Place, up charming Rowe Street (what a loss), dawdled past the posh shops of Cornelius Furs, Steiner’s Jewellery…

Luisa wears H&M dress (worn as a top), $59.99. Witchery blazer, $349.95, and pants, $199.95. Stool from Lectory. 1. Kachel dress, $189. 2. Reliquia necklace, $149. 3. Levi’s pants, $159.95. 4. Cider flats, $32. 5. McIntyre skirt, $199. 6. Skechers sandals, $109.99. 7. Elk pouch, $119. 8. Levi’s cardigan, $169.95. 9. Essen flats, $329. 10. Jac & Mooki shirt, $160. 11. H&M skirt, $39.99. Luisa wears Sunset Lover dress, $750. Zara earrings, $39.95. Maggie wears Sunset Lover shirt, $560, and pants, $560. Zara earrings, $34.95.…

Find me a woman who doesn’t want to be judged as younger than the candles on her birthday cake. I will openly admit, I’m tickled pink if someone shaves a few years (any number will do at this point) off my chronological age. But now, stripped of the visual trickery of make-up or the well-intentioned flattery of a friend, I’m about to learn my “real” age: My biological age. Heart racing, I’m acutely aware that science might tell me that my candle is burning faster than the actual years I’ve walked the earth. Because those two things do not necessarily match up. “Our biological age takes into account our chronological age, but then adds factors that influence the ageing process, such as healthy or harmful habits, and genetic predisposition,” says…

from the Test Kitchen This flatbread recipe is soft, fluffy and tasty as it is, or you could flavour it with garlic or finely chopped herbs. from the Test Kitchen This one-pot pasta technique is easy, but requires a bit of attention to move and turn the pasta to ensure it doesn’t clump together. We used a pasta shape called Fusilli Lunghi Bucati, but you can use any dried long pasta. If short on prep time use frozen peas. from the Test Kitchen To save time, you can wash and drain the lettuce a day ahead. Store in a large bowl covered with a clean damp tea towel or paper towel. To serve this salad, you can either slice the butter lettuce into quarters or sixths like a cake or…

If you create a mood board (above), then it will give you a basic understanding of your colour palette and favourite textures, as well as an overall feel for the room, so you can start your new space afresh. Fill your mood board with a variety of colours, textures, patterns and found objects, as well as printed images of furniture, fabrics, wallpapers, paints, surfaces, fixtures and accessories. With a mood board, you are creating a micro-world that can be enlarged and exploded in a room or even your whole house – depending on the size of your project. Ideally, this planning stage will be fairly detailed. The more thorough you are with the planning, the fewer mistakes you will make and the less money you’ll end up spending on the…

After peeling an orange, don’t throw the peel away: Blitz it in a processor and add to your baking, for a zesty citrus flavour. READER PRIZE hint Leafy greens If your gardenias have yellow leaves with bright green veins, dissolve a teaspoon of Epsom salts in nine litres of water, pour it over plant and allow to soak into the soil. Don’t throw out mesh fruit bags – they make great pot scourers, pot plant liners, peg bags, containers for lifted bulbs or garlic and washing bags for small items in the dishwasher. Soft landing Slit sections of pool noodle lengthwise and slip onto the corners of coffee tables and other sharp edges when baby is learning to walk. Space saver Cook bacon slices on a baking paper-lined baking sheet…

Istanbul is buzzing. On popular pedestrians-only Istiklal Street, ice-cream salesmen are playing to the crowds and clowning around, flicking sticky Turkish ice-cream cones upside down or twirling them like propellers, tantalisingly just out of reach of their customers’ eager outstretched hands. Inside the confectionery stores, pastry chefs in starched white tops and red fezzes sculpt mouthwatering pyramids of baklava and other delights. There’s plenty of eye candy outside too – squads of police dressed in resplendent black. “Their uniforms hug the body much better than the Australian ones, don’t they,” observes my travel companion, Zora, speaking with the authority of someone who has a degree in design and fine arts. The police are out in force because election day is imminent and the campaigning is reaching a crescendo. Political enthusiasts…

ACROSS 1. Decayed, we’re told, for ten years (6) 5. Like the night sky? Then linger by south! (6) 8. Annoying by doing embroidery? (8) 9. Avid turn by performer (4) 10. Time again to object (4) 11. Motor from home with group of company directors (8) 12. Airmen disturbed by Hitchcock film (6) 13. Beginning as an unfashionable group (6) 15. Authorised but silenced again (8) 18. No oars are held by first Biblical boatbuilder (4) 19. Don’t start to climb branch (4) 20. Genius physicist from nineties reinvented (8) 21. Said you’re surer of moneylender (6) 22. Like a wolf up in line (6) DOWN 2. Evilest auntie moved by possible circumstances (13) 3. Stomach terribly bad omen (7) 4. Typical characteristic of epic tome without front cover…

A lifelong fan Oh Maggie Tabberer, how I adore you! (Do Something You Love, AWW, September.) In the 1960s you were everywhere, with your own TV show, Maggie, which I loved to watch in the afternoons while my babies had their naps. I too had a baby son and grieved for you when you had to go home without yours. Your style, your interviews, everything you did kept us young mums up to date with what was going on around us. Absolutely thrilled to see you still looking so fabulous. Hopefully I will see you in The Weekly for years to come. S. Buckton, North Balgowlah, NSW. National treasure Denise Scott, you are a national treasure (I Want To Live, AWW, September). I’m wishing you all the best with your…

When you are the child of Gina Riley and Kath & Kim’s executive producer Rick McKenna, chances are creativity is in your blood. For Max – who uses they/them pronouns – it seemed like a career in the arts was inevitable. “It’s that funny thing,” they say with a laugh. “I came out of my mother, and I immediately wanted to be a performer. That is just all I have ever wanted to do.” At 13, Max had declared they would study acting in Los Angeles, determined to make a name for themselves away from the shadow of their parents’ fame. And at 18, Max did just that, having been accepted into LA’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy. “Nepotism was always going to come up and I want to see…

When Emma Carey describes the most beautiful town in the world, she says it looks like a dollhouse and then an oil painting, because in her memory, it’s falling away from her as she rises above it in a helicopter. Her 2013 trip to Lauterbrunnen, in Switzerland, was part of a long-held dream she and Jemma Mrdak had shared for as long as they could remember. Best friends since grade one, Emma was drawn to Jemma because she was fearless. But on this summer’s day in June, it was Emma’s appetite for adrenaline that had brought them into the chopper, and as they flew skyward, Jemma’s eyes were brimming with tears. It wasn’t unreasonable for Jemma to be scared – they were about to hurtle into the air at 14,000…

In mid-2019, two years into a withering drought, Ameliah Scott was doing relief cover for the sole full-time vet in Broken Hill, wishing she was back working the boundless farms of the NSW flood plains. She’d flown herself down to the country town at the start of the week in her Piper PA-28 Cherokee Arrow, and though her line of work was normally tough – she once had her teeth knocked out by a frightened cow – the pace at Broken Hill was breakneck. On her very first day, three scheduled surgeries turned into five. By the Friday, she was utterly spent and only managed to eat half a sandwich. Ameliah was cleaning up after performing a caesarean on a bulldog – 11 puppies, one needing frantic resuscitation – when…

It’s Saturday morning at a busy supermarket in suburban Sydney. There’s the usual bustle of kids tearing around corners with shopping trolleys, parents balancing babies and baskets of food, young couples with bags of chips strolling arm-in-arm towards the bottle shop. And almost everyone The Weekly stops and chats with is feeling the pinch as the cost of living rises. For some, it means cutting back on little luxuries – wine with dinner, sourdough bread, fancy ice-cream for dessert. For others, it’s more serious. The most recent Foodbank Hunger Report revealed that, in the past year, more than two million Australian households had experienced severe food insecurity, which means people had skipped meals or gone whole days without eating. And the Salvation Army reports that 3.3 million Australians (including 700,000…

The red lip “In the early 1900s, red lipstick was a way to show power without saying a word,” says Sarah Laidlaw. “And in the 1940s it signified optimism.” A century later, it has become the Little Black Dress of beauty – atimeless classic that signifies confidence. The modern way to carry off a bold hue is to slightly overdraw the lip line at the centre top and bottom to create fullness, but to slightly underdraw on the outer edges to ‘lift’ the lips. “I like using a long-wearing formula applied with a lip brush to create a precise shape that stays put,” says Sarah. “Red lipstick is a staple in pretty much every fashion era in the last 150 years. It’s glamorous and bold.” “Winged eyes are an iconic…

When you hear the word ‘betrayal’, is infidelity the first thought that comes to mind? That punch-in-the-gut emotional blow when life as you know it changes forever. It’s no wonder – affairs are a lot more common than most of us would like to think. In Australia, most estimates indicate that around 70 per cent of all marriages will experience a physical or emotional affair at some point. Yet these feelings of betrayal aren’t always caused by one catastrophically painful event or a romantic partner – sometimes the disloyalty and broken trust can be inflicted by a number of small hurts that build up over time, from where you least expect it. This could be the confusion that might have been felt as a child when left out of a…

“If you’re anything like me, I am quite the tomato snob. I like my tomatoes plump, sweet and juicy, and will travel far and wide or spend a mini fortune just to get my hands on good ones. I always shed a tear or two when summer and the tomato season are over. However, tomato confit is the best way to preserve summer in a jar. I always make a large batch of tomato confit when tomatoes are at their peak ripeness. They are slow-cooked to perfection in lots of olive oil, with a pinch of sea salt flakes and a sprig or two of rosemary, ready to burst open at the slightest touch. Whenever I have tomato confit in my fridge, I find myself using it as a marinara…

Shine a light A range of unique sisal homewares helps women in developing countries. In a remote part of South-East Kenya, a group of mothers have been weaving one-of-akind sisal pendant lights bound for Australia. Each shade in the Her Hands range takes up to seven days to weave, is one of a kind, and only uses natural dyes from roots and plants. “In the past 18 months we’ve provided over 38,000 hours of employment to women in developing countries,” founder Sarré Guille (inset, right) says of her passion project, which now includes baskets and other products. Visit Her-hands.com.au Q How do I best hang plants indoors? A First, choose a bright indoor location for your plant, near a window is always best, says Mariana Montoya from Garden Life (gardenlife.com.au).…

Wifedom by Anna Funder, Hamish Hamilton That Anna Funder’s hybrid fact/fiction/memoir is impossible to categorise is just one of the ways in which the Australian author breaks exciting new ground in her extraordinary new book. Ostensibly, it’s an investigation into the woman behind the work of literary giant George Orwell. If you didn’t realise there was one, read on … Exasperated and weighed down with domestic duties during the pandemic lockdown, Funder, an award-winning author herself, is unable to write. Seeking inspiration, she embarks on a re-reading of her favourite author Orwell – he of 1984 and Animal Farm fame – and becomes transfixed by Orwell’s first wife, or rather the lack of her. This sends her scurrying down a rabbit hole. What unfolds is part biography, part memoir, part…

Did you KNOW Worldwide walks in frame The most photographed hiking or walking trail in the world is the GR20 trail on the French island of Corsica (above, 3), according to walking holiday and small group tour specialist Explore Worldwide, which analysed 1.7 million stock photos of hiking/walking trails. Everest Base Camp Trek was the second most popular, followed by Westweg in Germany’s Black Forest. Australia’s top three are Victoria’s Great Ocean Walk (1); Larapinta Trail in the West MacDonnell Ranges (2); and Tasmania’s Overland Track (4). Visit exploreworldwide.com.au Serendipity in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s fast becoming a must-visit place for Australians, thanks to its great food, beaches and scenery, good price points and comfortable flying range (about 11 hours from Sydney). We love: Abercrombie & Kent’s 13-day Serendipitous Sri…

Libra Sep 24-Oct 23 Happy birthday, Venus people, for your season of embodying Libran philosopher Nietzsche’s statement that, “We have art so that we shall not die of reality.” More than any other sign, you know perfectlybalanced scales are a myth, and the art of equilibrium lies in a graceful choreography between everfluctuating polarities. Passionate Mars and flirty Mercury in your sign have you executing some dashing new dance steps this month, while the Libra new moon on October 15, your annual gift from the heavens, powers up partnerships and refreshes relationships for the coming six months. Scorpio Oct 24-Nov 22 After an enjoyably social start, October warms up for you even more around mid-month when fire-starter Mars steams into your sign with energy to burn. Though with the feisty…

World CUP Heart of gold When the Matildas huddled in a heart-shaped embrace after their loss to England, their own hearts would have been broken, but they had achieved something momentous. Almost one in two Australians watched the World Cup showdown, which changed women’s soccer in this country forever. Women we love Vale professor NSW is mourning the loss of epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws at 70, who communicated clearly and calmly during the everchanging COVID pandemic. Fair pay for play Former Women of the Future finalist Holly Rankin (right, aka Jack River) and Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young are lobbying for Aussie musicians to be paid more for songs played on radio. Victory shared Aussie Nina Kennedy (above) and US jumper Katie Moon have agreed to share the gold medal for…

It is a beautiful afternoon at Little Bay in Sydney’s south east as Narelda Jacobs hoists metres of burgundy chiffon above her knees and wades into a cold, steely blue-green sea. Looking back into the setting sun, she radiates calm, dignity, confidence and happiness, which have all been hard won this last year, and which suit her. It’s been a year in which the Network Ten and NITV presenter has grieved, battled, celebrated and fallen in love. She has also found her voice. Narelda was hit hard, almost a year ago, by the death of her cousin, Cassius Turvey. The 15-year-old Indigenous boy died in hospital after allegedly being set upon by strangers and attacked with a metal pole on his way home from school in suburban Perth. Four people…

It was May 30, 1936, when Princess Elizabeth first appeared on The Weekly’s cover. She was 10 years old and one of three royal children sharing the spotlight with a rather stern-looking, recently widowed Queen Mary, whose 69th birthday was being celebrated. Elizabeth and her sister Margaret Rose stand either side of their granny who has their cousin Edward – now the Duke of Kent – son of their uncle George, on her knee. The baby looks as if he’s about to burst into tears, Lilibet seems a tad nervous, while Margaret is clearly loving the limelight. The editorial declares that the image “is a coloured reproduction of a photo taken by London ‘Times’ and reproduced by The Australian Women’s Weekly by special arrangement. The baby prince, now six months…

Gifts of love delivered just six weeks apart, baby brothers Hugo and Spencer Harley are the children their parents desperately wanted, but feared they could never have. The little boys arrived thanks to the kindness of two separate surrogate mothers – one their biological aunt and the other, their 52-year-old grandmother. “It’s crazy, like having an instant family,” proud father Jonathon “Jono” Harley tells The Weekly, beaming at wife Michelle as he expertly changes a nappy at home in Wollongong, NSW. “It’s a lot to sink in. I’m a twin, so I grew up with a brother. But that was just a stock standard thing, nothing like these fancy guys!” The couple’s journey to parenthood has been long and harrowing, fraught with grief and devastating loss. Michelle suffered a near-fatal…

When I was younger and I pictured what my life would be like, I imagined myself living a pleasant, quiet sort of existence in Sydney, working as a kindergarten teacher, which is what I was doing when I went to Bali for a holiday that would change everything. The year was 1977 when my mother and I set off. We arrived in Ubud and went to our accommodation at the Puri Saraswati Bungalows, which was a beautiful and tranquil hotel on royal palace land. The luscious gardens shimmered with a million shades of green and the Balinese architecture took my breath away. The property was owned by one of the two wives of Prince Tjokorda Agung Suyasa. One of his wives lived with him in the palace, and the other…

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From the outside, it all looks so perfect: A former Miss Universe, TV host and model-turnedwellbeing entrepreneur; a beautiful beachside home, a happy marriage to Michael Miziner and their two gorgeous children. But life, as Rachael is happy to admit, is never perfect for anyone. “I have the same struggles and worries, the same mundane life chores, as everyone else,” she laughs as her children come bounding up the stairs from tennis lessons, a cacophony of excited voices bouncing off the walls. “But I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Violet bounces into the kitchen to play barista (decaf anyone?) while Dom is keen to demonstrate his Sonic the Hedgehog gaming skills. When Rachael suggests heading out for some fresh air, both kids race enthusiastically to the door. At the…

This is an absolute family favourite. A wonderful well-brought-up chook and the flourish of verjuice make it magic. – Maggie How could I have a celebration without pheasant? Colin’s vision to farm these wonderful birds gave me an extraordinary food journey of my own. – Maggie Maggie’s note The legs have so many tendons, if you can be bothered, cut down the side of the legs and pull out as many of the tendons as possible (it takes a bit of force). Maggie’s note The verjuice reduction should be hot and the butter for the sauce cold. The verjuice reduction allows the butter to emulsify surprisingly easily. It takes only a few minutes to pull this dish together as long as everything is ready. ̶ Maggie’s We have never been…

In SEASON Valencia oranges The Aussie Navel orange season is drawing to a close in October, making way for Valencias to hit the shelves. Valencias are thin-skinned and perfect for both snacking and juicing. Keep your oranges in a cool, well-ventilated place out of sunlight. Room temperature is fine for a few days, but to keep them fresher for longer, store them in the fridge, where they can stay fresh for up to two weeks. Valencias are high in both vitamin C and folate, which your body needs to reduce tiredness and help fight fatigue. Food for THOUGHT Perfectly imperfect Farmers Pick Pantry provides a breath of fresh air for budget-conscious shoppers, where consumers can actively participate in building a more sustainable and resilient food system. With prices up to…

In an age where kids are busier than ever, getting them immersed in nature can seem impossible, says Gardening Australia host and landscape architect Costa Georgiadis. “We grow gardens; we should be planting seedlings,” he says of why he’s hosting a new spin-off, Gardening Australia Junior, which is fronted by kids, for kids. “There’s pressure for children to be on screens, so in order to get them outside we have to make more effort.” Here, Costa shares four ways to get kids involved. 1. Make it yummy Forget planting a herb garden. Why not plant a “pizza garden” where kids are in charge of growing their favourite flavours (aka herbs) which end up as toppings. “It’s making kids see things in a new light,” explains Costa. “To get them connected…

ACROSS 1. Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy 6. Most hectic 11. Female siblings 15. Turkiye’s capital 16. Race at full speed 17. Crucially important 18. Flattened spoon 19. Left on the plate 20. Overwhelming desire 23. Smooth, level 25. Leisurely walk 29. On your toes 32. Vanquished person 35. Film or song that has been released for a second time 38. Southern Lights, ... Australis 39. Peninsula containing Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain 40. Screen for a window 41. Destined 43. Coin factories 44. Trustworthy 46. Team ‐picking panel member 48. Entertain, amuse 49. Brick holder 51. Public clamour 52. Uncommon occurrence 53. Designer, ... Vuitton 55. Supported 56. Financial checks 59. Slackens 61. Equine shelter 65. Speaking of words to be recorded 67. Put to some purpose 68. Seed ‐case 69. Begging…

The sixth instalment in a £3000 Cover Contest (to run over16 issues) saw Gigi the miniature French poodle and her owner, Delphine Little, grace the front page. Pictured at NSW’s Palm Beach, Gigi was described as a “real beach belle” who “prefers to bark at the surf rather than brave it”. Certainly, they were beautifully highlighted in the special on page 16 featuring easy-to-make towelling beach outfits including cover-ups and a handy carryall. And this was far from the only DIY fodder. One hundred reader-submitted handy hints were published, including a way to save watery over-cooked potatoes, a quick fix for cigarette burns in your carpet and a unique cleaning tip using soured milk. Still on the home front, an ad for Australian Plywoods showcased “every woman’s dream kitchen at…