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Review: film
by Julian Lewis
red obsession
HHHH
No, not a McCarthy era Red menace story, but
a superbly-compiled documentary counterbalancing
the magnificent vineyards and chateaux
of France’s Bordeaux region with the seemingly
insatiable desire by China’s super-rich for only
the very best of the vintages produced there.
Filled with gorgeous panoramic helicopter shots
and tightly-edited interviews with wine critics,
buyers and sellers, this is a fascinating glimpse
into a booming trade where East meets West in
an economic tug-of-war between limited supply
and an increasing demand that is predicted to see
the world’s entire wine production unable to meet
China’s domestic consumption in coming decades.
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Arts & Events Digest
Bridgewater
Lake
Art Show: more than
300 original paintings
on display and
for sale. Supported by
Craigieburn, Glenroy,
Plenty Valley and
Sunbury Art Groups and
Bridgewater Lake Artists.
At Bridgewater Lake
Estate, 9 Wedgewood
Road, Roxburgh Park,
Friday 13 September,
7-9pm, Saturday 14, and
Sunday 15 September,
10am to 4pm. Enquiries
9308 8335.
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Arthur Guy Memorial
Painting Prize: 36 shortlisted
artists exhibited
at Bendigo Art Gallery,
42 View St, Bendigo
until 6 October.
Enquiries 5434 6085.
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Cathy Staughton’s
W o n d r o u s
Imaginarium: at Arts
Project Australia, 24
High Street, Northcote
till 5 October. Monday
to Friday 9am to 5pm,
Saturday 10am to 5pm.
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A Journey in Stone:
Jim Roberts’ sculpture
reflecting and recording
a journey through
the Flinders Ranges
and over Lake Eyre.
At Cambridge Studio
Gallery, 52 Cambridge
St, Collingwood until
14 September. Wed
to Sat 11am to 5pm.
Enquiries 9486 0169.
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Postcode 3000: a city
transformed: exhibition
looks back at two decades
of changes to the
city of Melbourne with
the strategy to increase
the residential population
and forward to
2023 for future developments.
At City Gallery,
Melbourne Town
Hall, ground floor, 110
Swanston Street until
22 December. www.
melbourne.vic.gov.au/
citygallery or 9658 9658.
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Heather B Swann:
first solo exhibition of
sculpture and drawings
since returning from
Australia Council residency
in Rome, opens
new Melbourne Karen
Woodbury Gallery, 167
Flinders Lane. Until 14
September. Enquiries
9639 5855. www.karenwoodburygallery.com
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Association of Sculptors
Victoria: Annual exhibition
at Kinross Arts
Centre, 603 Toorak
Road, Toorak, until 15
September. Open
Tuesday to Sunday
10am to 3pm. www.
sculptorsvictoria.asn.au
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Annual Blessing of
Animals: at St James the
Great Anglican Church,
435 Inkerman Street,
East St Kilda, Sunday 6
October, 2 pm (doors
open at 1 45 pm). Free
entry but donation
appreciated. Enquiries
9527 8083, www.
stjamesthegreat.org.au.
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The Tudor Choristers’
Celebration of Spring:
One of Melbourne’s
premier a capella
amateur choirs
presents a concert
inspired by the arrival
of Spring; includes
music by Palestrina,
Mendelssohn, Vaughan
Williams and Britten.
Good Shepherd Chapel,
Abbotsford Convent, 1
St. Helier’s St, Sunday
15 September, 2.30pm.
$30/$20. Enquiries:
9808 7979, www.tudorchoristers.org.au
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Spring into Swing:
Magical Musical
Mornings with
Jonathon Welch AM
at St Michael’s, cnr
Collins and Russell Sts,
Melbourne. Swing
music with Danielle
Matthews and members
of the Footscray
Yarraville City Babnd.
At 11am, Tuesday 17
September. Tickets
$18 include morning
tea; book at www.
jonathonwelch.com, or
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Springtime Songs
of Praise: at Diamond
Valley Baptist complex,
309 Diamond Creek Rd,
Plenty, 2pm Sunday 15
September. Free.
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Ballroom Dancing:
every Saturday night
at Blackman Hall,
Hawthorn Campus,
Melbourne University,
442 Auburn Rd,
Hawthorn. Live music,
Modern, New Vogue
and Latin dance suitable
for all skill levels. Details
Peter 0438 988 861,
email: wheretodance@
optusnet.com.au
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Duo Chamber Melange:
Ivana Tomaskova (violin),
Tamara Smolyar (piano)
with guest artist Jane
Robinson (clarinet) perform
works by Schubrt,
Tony Gould, Josef Suk
and Aram Khachaturian.
Camberwell Music
Society, at Cambertwell
Uniting Church,
314 Camberwell Rd,
Camberwell, Tuesday
8 October at 10.30am.
Enquiries 9882 4560.
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Free Fed Square
Events: Puppets at Fed
Square, 23 September
to 5 October; Snuff
Puppets – Wedhus
Gembel visual and
theatrical spectacle
by Australian and
Indonesian artists, 2-6
October; Bounce by UK
artist Stuart Semple,
St Paul’s Court, Fed
Square, 29 September
to 13 October. www.
fedsquare.com/events
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Friends Super Spring
Plant Sale: Growing
Friends of the Royal
Botanic Gardens Plant
Sale. Royal Botanic
Gardens, inside Gate
E, Birdwood Avenue,
Saturday 5 October
10am to 4pm, Sunday
6 October, 10am
to 3pm. Catalogue
and details: www.
rbgfriendsmelbourne.
org
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Bonsai Exhibition:
Bonsai Society of
Victoria Inc at Box
Hill Town Hall, 1022
Whitehorse Rd, Box
Hill. Australian natives
and traditional bonsai
display and sale table.
Saturday 5 October
9am to 5pm, Sunday 6
October, 9am to 4pm.
Entry $5. www.bonsaisocietyvictoria.com
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Mont De Lancey
Historic Homestead in the Yarra Valley
• Guided Tours
• Museum & Garden
• Gift shop
• Ray Oliver Gallery
• Weddings
Tours also by arrangement on Mon. & Tues.
Open Wed to Sun 10am to 4.30pm 71 Wellington Rd, Wandin
Phone 5964 2088 Email: info@montdelancey.org.au
Web: www.montdelancey.org.au
Arts and About
Blacksmiths Day at Mont De Lancey
Award-winning heritage attraction in the Yarra
Valley, Mont De Lancey, is host to its annual
Blacksmiths Day on Sunday 13 October from
10am to 4.30pm. Wandin’s earliest brick homestead,
its garden and original homestead buildings
have all been fully restored and on this
day the Blacksmith’s workshop will be busy with
blacksmiths from all over Australia displaying
their unique skills and special tools.
Admission $10, children free. Mont De Lancey is at
71 Wellington Road, Wandin, telephone 5964 2088.
La Traviata returns to celebrate 10 years of
Melbourne Opera
Melbourne Opera will re-stage their highly successful
first opera, Verdi’s La Traviata to celebrate
the company’s tenth birthday. Featuring one of
Australia’s most accomplished international singers,
Antoinette Halloran as the doomed courtesan
Violetta and the talented Roy Best in the role of
Alfredo, the production is directed by Hugh Halliday.
“La Traviata has a strong, dramatic storyline married
to the most popular and demanding music in the
repertoire. That’s why it’s the most performed in the
world. It’s very exciting to be working with such
a talented singer as Antoinette as she makes her
debut in this great role,” says Halliday. La Traviata
is at The Athenaeum, 188 Collins St, 7.30pm 11, 18,
20 September, 3pm 15 September and 8pm 11
October at Alexander Theatre Monash University.
Tickets $25-$79; bookings 13 28 49 or www.ticketek.
com.au, box office 9650 1500.
David Williamson explores Rupert’s life and
times
A new play by David Williamson is always
Flinders Ranges
‘Visit the 540 million year old landscape’
11 Days/10 Nights
13th September to 23rd September 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • 9 x Fully cooked breakfast, 9 x Dinners
Highlights: Pichi Richi Railway, Blinman Mine
Tour, Wirrealpa Station, Astronomical Observatory,
Silverton Hotel, “Woodsies” Gem, Optional Extras at
own cost: Flights over Lake Eyre and Wilpena Pound,
Ridgetop 4WD Tour & Arkaroola Scenic Joy Flight.
Canberra Floriade and
Bowral Blooms
6 Days/5 Nights
28th September to 3rd October 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • Price includes most meals, fares and activities
• North via Hume, Sth via Cooma/Lakes Entrance.
Highlights: Cockington Green Gardens, Bowral
Lookout, Corbett Gardens (Bowral) Tulip Festival,
Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Park
Floriade Display, Mt Ainslie Lookout.
$1,699pp / $295sgl sup
O’Reillys-Sth East Queensland
8 Days/ 7 Nights
14th October to 21st October 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and Return from Home • Fully
Escorted • Flights– Melbourne/Coolangatta • 7 x Fully
cooked breakfasts; 4 x Lunches;
Highlights: Totally relax & unwind at O’Reillys
Guesthouse-check out their website: www.oreillys.
com.au, Mountview Alpacas, Mt Tamborine
Botanical Gardens, Australia Zoo, Australian
Outback Spectacular.
$2,999pp / $450 sgl sup
Ph: 5623 6998
eagerly anticipated and one that follows the
exploits of the most powerful media mogul of
the modern age, Keith Rupert Murdoch, is doubly
intriguing. A brilliant ensemble cast brings Rupert
to the MTC stage in an unconventional Fill the grid so that revue-style every
production to uncover the column, ‘real’ Rupert. every row The and world
every 3x3 box contains the
premiere season of Rupert is at the Playhouse,
digits 1 to 9.
Arts Rating: Centre Melbourne until 28 September and
is destined for the world stage in the near future.
The production will tour to Washington DC to
participate in the John F Kennedy Center for
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the Performing Arts World Stages: International
Theater Festival in March 2014.
Breakfast Club at Craft
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Warragul Travel Club Tours
free home pick-up and return
Melbourne suburbs, Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland
Please contact us to find out if you are in our pick up range
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All Tours Fully Escorted
Grampians
3 Days/ 2 Nights
15th October to 17th October 2013
Inclusions: • Suburban Pick ups • Fully Escorted • 2 x
Dinners, 2 x Breakfasts, 3 x Lunches (2 light, 1 sit down)
Highlights: Gum San Tour, Mackenzie Falls, J Ward
Tour, Narrapumelap Historic Home & Garden, Brambuk
Cultural Centre, Stawell Hall of Fame, Winery Cellar
Door, Ballarat Highlights tour.
$585pp / $97.50 sgl sup
Proud Mary River Cruise
5 Days / 4 Nights
31st October to 4th November 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and Return from Home • Fully
Escorted • 4 x breakfasts; 4 x Dinners (1 Feature); 4
lunches • All entries
Highlights: Stawell Hall of Fame, Proud Mary x 2
nights, Mannum Town Visit, Eco Boat Cruise through
the shallows of Teal Flat, Real Aussie BBQ Teal Flat,
Ready Creek Waterfalls, Strathalbyn Town tour.
$1,500pp / $430sgl sup
New Zealand
‘Itinerary Exclusive to WTC Tours’
16 Days/15 Nights
6th November to 21st November 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted from Australia • Return airfares (Air New
Zealand– incl. meals) • 4 Cruises • 15 Breakfasts; 13
Dinners (4 Speciality)
Highlights: EXCLUSIVE Bay of Islands Overnight
Cruise on Luxury Catamaran, Larnach Castle
Dunedin, Milford Sound Cruise, Tranz Alpine
Train– traverse Southern Alps, Waitangi Treaty
Grounds.
$4,499pp plus taxes / $1040sgl sup
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Fearless, famous and full-on
Simone Kermes refers to herself
in the German press as “the Lady
Gaga of classical music”, while
others describe her as “utterly
fearless, with a spectacular coloratura
voice and flaming red hair…a
highly original ‘rock chick’”.
“This is all very well, but can she sing?”
asks artistic director of the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dwyer.
“You bet. Like Lady Gaga, she combines
a rare and breathtaking vocal virtuosity
with a performance style that is confronting,
unique and utterly irresistible.”
We have a chance to devise our own
description of Kermes, when she comes
to Melbourne with the Brandenburg’s
Fearless Baroque concert this month.
Simone Kermes will sing arias by Porpora,
Pergolesi and Leo at the Fearless Baroque
Glorious Gippsland
‘Experience the best of West Gippsland’
6 Days/5 Nights STAY PUT TOUR
11th November to 16th November 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • 5 x Fully cooked breakfast; 1 x picnic lunch
and 3 x FEATURE lunches: Toolshed Bar & Bistro and
Winery Cellar Door experience.
Highlights: Nickelby at Darnum, Old Gippstown, Grand
Ridge Brewery, Janalli Gardens, Lillico Glass Studio.
$1,590pp / $250sgl sup
Tasmania-Devishly Delightful
13 Days/ 12 Nights
23rd December to 3rd January 2013
Where would you like to join us!
Launceston for Christmas or after Christmas in Launceston
or Hobart and travel Tasmania from there? We can even
vary when you head home if you would prefer just a few
days over Christmas to be away-talk to us!
Highlights: Salamanca Markets, Swansea Bark Mill,
Wall in the Wilderness, Port Arthur and Harbour Cruise,
Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain, Gordon River Cruise,
Cataract Gorge.
Register your interest now!
Port Stephens & Hunter Valley
(Incl. Christmas Lights)
7 Days / 6 Nights
4th December to 10th December 2013
Inclusions: • Pick up and return from home • Fully
Escorted • 6 Cooked Breakfasts, 4 x Lunches, 5 x Dinners
plus 1 very special Christmas Dinner in the Hunter Valley.
Highlights: Old Berrima Gaol and Courthouse,
Dolphin Watch Lunch Cruise, Stockton Beach Sand
Dunes, Tour of the historic city of Maitland, Hunter
Valley Gardens, Christmas Lights Spectacular
$1,999pp / $420sgl sup
enjoy classic queenscliff
Benambra Bed & Breakfast
15 Hesse St Queenscliff 3225
Stay 1 night & take 50% off the price of the 2nd night
– that means for 2 nights bed & breakfast you only pay
$210 for a double/twin or $180 a single
• Available Monday to Thursday only • Warm/cool comfortable en-suite rooms
• Beautiful cooked breakfast each day • Available Sept, Oct, Nov 2013
Ask us about longer stays
Central location, easy walk to shops, beach, ferry, galleries & only 200 metres
from the bus stop – McHarry’s bus pick up Geelong station (check timetables).
‘Come when you can, go if you must’
Concerts, Melbourne Recital Centre,
7pm Saturday 14 and 5pm Sunday 15
September. $60-$140; bookings Recital
Centre 9699 3333; Brandenburg 1300
782 856, www.brandenburg.com.au
Bookings: 03 5258 2606
info@benambraqueenscliff.com.au • www.benambraqueenscliff.com.au
Celebrating
our 20th Year of
operation in October!
Call in & identify
yourself in our first
group of travellers,
book and pay for a
tour in full during
september & receive
20% Off
Quote
“Seniors Special”
when booking.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 2013
• GEELONG & ENVIRONS, OCTOBER 2013 – 3 Nights
• One Day Tour - Tall Ships in Williamstown
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 2014
• CANADA & ALASKA AUG 2014 GROUP
• VIETNAM – OCTOBER 2014
• SKI NISEKO JAPAN, JANUARY 2014 GROUP –
EARLYBIRD DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
- Option to include Sapporo Snow Festival and
Kamakura Lantern Festival
- Options between 7 to 13 Night tours
- From $3440pp twin share (child rates available)
CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR
UPCOMING CONCERTS AND SHOWS!
Register your interest for Short Notice tours
(usually 2-3 weeks notice for 1 & 2 night tours)
information session
11th September, 2013 to discover what we
will have on offer for 2014. Need to make
a reservation as numbers are limited and for
catering purposes. Many Door prizes etc
Warragul Travel Club 18 Palmerston St Warragul Vic 3820
email: info@warragultravelclub.com.au web: www.warragultravelclub.com.au
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