Vibe - 385 Bourke Street Melbourne

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Re-sculpting
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Mercury Rising
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vibe | welcome
Editorial
Editor – Duncan Imberger
Sub Editor – Colleen Ricci
Photography
Scott Bananno
Brett Brogan
Robert Hamer
Belinda Jackson
Istock
Daniel Vogel
Contributors
Ashley Crawford
Duncan Imberger
Belinda Jackson
Rani Kellock
Stephen Scoglio
Colleen Ricci
Design
Art Direction/Design – Evocatif
Production
Rothfield Print Management
Publisher
Evocatif
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General Manager’s Note
On behalf of owner, Commonwealth Property Office Fund,
Jones Lang LaSalle management has great pleasure in
presenting the 385 Bourke Street corporate magazine, Vibe.
We were pleased to receive such positive feedback on our
first edition and look forward to continuing to develop the
magazine for our readers.
Last year was a very busy year on all fronts, and we wish
to thank the many tenants who chose to renew and extend
their tenancies. Your actions speak volumes about the
quality of accommodation you experience here at 385.
We’re also delighted to start the new year by welcoming
some new ‘faces’ to the Tower, including CFSPM, IRESS
Market Technology Ltd, Learning Seat and FIS Australasia
Pty Ltd. The Galleria continues to expand, with the addition
of retailers Just Cuts, Joe Black the Tailor, Bendigo Bank
ATM, ANZ ATM, Rockport and The North Face. As 2008
rolls on, more new tenants will move into the few remaining
vacant areas, taking the building close to full occupancy.
Finally, we would like to thank all the magazine contributors
and in particular, the tenants who feature in this edition.
If you have any feedback or story ideas, please drop us
a line at 385marketing@ap.jll.com
Kind Regards,
Sarah Bidinost
General Manager
385 Bourke Street
This second edition of VIBE magazine
builds on the success of the first: more
stories for and about the people of
385 Bourke Street.
In our Melbourne feature, Ashley
Crawford sings the praises of our local
sculptors, and makes some bold
suggestions about how their unique
talents could be exploited around the
city. Speaking of sculptors, find out
what Matthew Harding has in store
for the Galleria entrance on Elizabeth
Street, on page 13.
Renae Gasmier says being a
professional woman doesn’t mean you
have to be a stomping intimidator. Learn
more about this talented Procurement
and Services Manager in our World
of Work section. And on pages 8 & 9,
meet two building tenants with interests
in whistling and woodwork.
Thanks for your feedback and support.
Duncan Imberger, Editor
duncan.imberger@aanet.com.au
March 2008
Melbourne
Re-sculpting the city 4
Getting Personal
Meet the neighbours 8
World of Work
Green impact, talent & passion 10
Art
Mercury rising 14
Get Lost
The European stroll 16
Fitness Fashion
Lean machines 20
Food Glorious
Lunchtime 24
Five
The somewhat unexpected 26
Lost in Time
Something fishy 27
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vibe | melbourne
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Public art, like
architecture,
marks a city.
e-sculpting the city
Ashley Crawford imagines some inspired
public art commissions.
It is generally acknowledged that public art in Melbourne
is a mixed lot. In terms of contemporary sculpture, only
a handful of works maintain a powerful presence – the
sculptures of Clement Meadmore (AMP Square, Bourke
Street), Akio Makigawa (Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University
of Melbourne), Robert Owen (Yarra River, Docklands) and
Ron Robertson Swann (ACCA forecourt, Southbank).
Then there are the architects who dominate sculptural
forms with powerfully minimalist slabs of steel such as
those that appear on either side of the freeway leading
into the CBD, designed by Denton Corker Marshall and
the nearby underpass, designed by Wood Marsh. But for
a city the size of Melbourne, the list is short.
‘Good’ public art is, of course, in the eye of the beholder.
Robertson Swann’s Vault, dubbed by the media ‘The Yellow
Peril’, was shuffled around town three times before settling
elegantly in Southbank; its sharp yellow lines contrasting
wonderfully with the natural rusty hues of the Wood Marshdesigned
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. On its
website, however, the hyper-conceptual ACCA, makes a
point of saying that it does not own Vault.
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vibe | melbourne
Given how many sculptors there are in Melbourne, the city
centre should be abuzz with challenging and stunning works.
Younger artists such as Louise Paramor, Ben Armstrong,
Ronnie van Hout, Sam Jinks, Lisa Roet, Nick Mangan, Ruth
Hutchinson, Heather B. Swann, Juan Ford and many more
should be adorning the streets and walls of Melbourne’s CBD.
But, for the moment, the arch-aesthetic conservatism of the
city’s father figures remains all too prevalent
However, that may be about to change and, with it, the sense
of the city itself. Public art, like architecture, marks a city.
The vast Docklands project, with a few exceptions, proved to
be a case in point. Numerous sculptures were commissioned
to adorn the new development. Most were a dismal failure
with nary a thought to the surrounding aesthetic environment.
Art professionals around the city agree that more use should
have been made of professional curators to consolidate the
project. But one company that may have learnt a lesson from
that shemozzle is ConnectEast, the owner and operator of
EastLink, the nation’s biggest road project.
EastLink will connect the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne’s
east to the Frankston Freeway in the south and is due to
open in 2008. Amongst the attendant public art projects,
it has commissioned Callum Morton, fresh from the Venice
Biennial, to produce a major work.
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Morton, whose work tends towards a surreal and spooky
aesthetic, has designed a hotel to be built along the road.
“It is 20 metres high, 12 metres across and five metres deep,”
says Morton. “At approx three-quarters scale, it has 10 floors
and eight rooms per floor. It sits parallel to the freeway, has its
own side entrance and at night there is a sequence of lights
behind the windows that fade slowly over 12 hours. The lights
will indicate that the rooms are variously booked over this
period, from one room through to the entire hotel.
“The facade of the rooms is only visible on the roadside.
The backside is empty: a minimal monolith. I want it to look
60s modern. At the moment it is simply called Hotel, but
I am thinking to try and get one of the chain motels to put
their signs on it. I want it to appear ‘actual’ for a minute.”
Morton’s piece will clearly be site-specific, relating to the
nature of road travel and the oft-sought after haven of a
cheap hotel. For public sculpture, such direct references,
in terms of site, are all too rare. However, let us imagine some
possible commissions the City of Melbourne could make that
would reflect both the nature and history of the city and the
more vibrant nature of contemporary sculpture.
The Melbourne Zoo: Lisa Roet, who was the winner of
both the National Sculpture Prize at the National Gallery
of Australia in 2003 and The McClelland Contemporary
Given how many
sculptors there are
in Melbourne, the
city centre should
be abuzz with
challenging and
stunning works.
Sculpture Survey & McClelland Award in 2005, creates works
that are primarily concerned with the relationship between
us humans and our simian cousins. Her giant gorilla hands
would make the perfect entrance to the zoo.
Melbourne Cemetery: Sam Jinks’ compelling images of
mortality are haunting, respectful and strangely consoling,
reminding us that there is peace in passing. His work would
be a powerful monument to mourning.
The Fitzroy Gardens: An installation by Nick Mangan,
who has just returned from the Australia Council’s New York
studio. His surreal use of raw materials would be apt in the
natural environs of the park.
Melbourne Museum: Ben Armstrong will be the opening
show at the new Tolarno Galleries in Melbourne’s CBD. His
strange distended eyeballs could hint at the sense of surprise
to be experienced inside Melbourne’s museum.
Melbourne Market: Ricky Swallow wowed audiences at the
2004 Venice Biennial with his portrayal of his father’s spoils
from the sea in his sculpture Killing Time. What better sculptor
could adorn the entranceway to the market?
At present, contemporary sculpture is a rarity in Melbourne’s
CBD, but as the Eastlink project proves, the potential is there
to make a powerful statement via our rich array of young and
vibrant sculptors.
Picture Captions:
Previous page: Nick
Mangan, The Mutant
Message (2007) Mixed
media. Represented by
Sutton Gallery, Sydney.
Lisa Roet, Orangutan
Hands (2006) Bronze.
Represented by Karen
Woodbury Gallery,
Melbourne.
Sam Jinks, Still Life
(2007) Pieta, Mixed
media. Represented
by Boutwell Draper
Gallery in Sydney,
and Karen Woodbury
Gallery in Melbourne.
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vibe | getting personal
Not your average
Iouno Babaeu
Shop Owner, Uno’s Mode
Iouno Babaeu is not your average
cobbler. On arriving at his shop, he
called me into the back room and put
on a CD. ‘Listen record,’ he said with
authority. Not really knowing what to
expect, I was pleasantly surprised by
a melodic rendition of Strangers in the
Night, with Sinatra’s honeyed vocals
replaced by a self-assured, tuneful
whistle. “This is me,’ he smiled. ‘We
record this here.’
Iouno has an impressive record
collection: classical, traditional, jazz,
opera, and – you guessed it – Frank
Sinatra and Dean Martin. The crooners
were the inspiration for the album he
and his friend recorded: a series of
songs made famous by the two Rat
Packers, with Iouno’s impressive
whistling replacing the vocals.
More recently, he’s begun recording
an album of Pavarotti’s famous tunes,
in the wake of the tenor’s death. ‘I was
very upset. I wanted to do something,
so his music, I’m recording,’ he says.
Iouno emigrated from his native
Kazakhstan 15 years ago. He has
built a life and business in Australia
from scratch. ‘All my friends, my
customers helped me. Sometimes
with advice, sometimes they bring
something.’ It isn’t hard to see why.
Iouno’s energy and enthusiasm is
infectious – as are his recordings.
Ask him to play you his music –
you’ll be whistling Strangers in the
Night for days.
Check out
Words:
your
Rani Kellock
neighbours
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Craig Shanahan
Office Services Manager,
Herbert Geer & Rundle Lawyers
After growing up in Bairnsdale,
rural Victoria, a cabinet-making
apprenticeship seemed a natural fit for
Craig Shanahan. ‘I just liked woodwork,
and I liked doing the more precise stuff -
the fiddly stuff,’ says Craig, ‘so that
steered me towards cabinet making.’
However, after making kitchen cabinets
for 12 years, the gloss had begun to
wear thin. ‘You get a bit bored with
always making the same things.’
So when Craig’s sister tipped him off
about a job in a Melbourne law firm,
he jumped at the opportunity, trading
his tools for a city desk job with
corporate perks. Any regrets? ‘Not at
all,’ he says. ‘You’re just looked after
so well in the corporate world.’
Not that he has much time to contemplate
a career change these days; most of
his extracurricular time is taken up with
looking after Matthew, a 10-week-old
addition to the Shanahan clan.
Still, it would go against the grain to
completely abandon his former trade.
Craig recently found himself returning
to the workbench, this time as a hobby.
‘I recently bought a bench saw,’ he
says, ‘so I can start doing a few little
projects.’ And what kind of projects
does he have planned? ‘Cabinets,
initially...’ he laughs. ‘And eventually
I’ll make some toys for the young guy.’
Trading his tools
Check out your neighbours
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vibe | world of work
‘Sustainability’ is the new
imperative in commercial
real estate and 385’s recycling
program is setting the pace.
‘Think green before you print this
screen’: you’ve no doubt seen this
eco-tip in an email signature. It’s one
example revealing just how inescapable
the issue of sustainability has become.
We’re all doing our bit at home:
installing water tanks, recycling paper
and plastic, and wondering how hot
we can stand it before turning on the
air-conditioner. However, in Jones
Lang LaSalle’s paper, Sustainability
Roadmap: An Occupier’s Journey,
it states that up to 15% of Australia’s
greenhouse gas emissions are
produced by commercial buildings.
385 Bourke Street has addressed its
share of the problem with a serious
commitment to its recycling program.
Implemented in October 2005,
the program aims to inspire an
environmentally friendly mindset
among staff, tenants and contractors,
encouraging them to save, re-use
or recycle, wherever possible. The
program extends beyond the typical
items – paper, glass, aluminium and
plastic – to also include rope and
even cooking oil. It is extremely well
supported: monthly emails are sent
to tenants, further supplemented by
the efforts of tenant Facilities Managers
who are instrumental in maintaining
the ‘green’ momentum. Back in 2005,
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GREEN IMPACT
during the program’s first month,
385 recycled close to 34% of its
waste. This good result has shown
steady improvement over the past
two years, and now hovers around the
50% mark. However, in January of this
year, 48,273kg of waste material was
recycled, representing an impressive
63.3% of the total waste produced by
the building for the month: the best
result yet.
With this program now consolidated,
385 Bourke Street is well prepared
for the imminent changes soon to
occur. The National Greenhouse and
Energy Reporting Bill is expected to
be implemented this year, requiring
companies to report all greenhouse
gas emissions, energy production and
energy consumption. Environmental
Lawyer, Andrew Hawking, comments:
‘The impacts are likely to be profound
and the developments, dynamic.
A new economy is being introduced
where the price of things will involve
an assessment of, not only the money
it costs to make something, but the
impact that making it and disposing
of it has on the environment.’
The accounting methods for carbon
emission and abatement schemes will
be quite complex, but as Mr Hawking
explains: ‘the practical implementation
of these schemes will also involve quite
simple things. Initiatives in design; for
example, motion sensitive lighting and
the reduction of energy by the use of
glass, as well as initiatives in operation,
such as the recycling program at 385
Bourke Street.’
The Commonwealth Property Office
Fund has 29 office assets around the
country, of which 385 Bourke Street is
one. From an environmental standpoint,
these assets have recently performed
better than ever, according to the
Fund’s 2007 Sustainability Report.
It isn’t lost on anybody that running a
building efficiently in order to effectively
reduce emissions, makes good financial
sense. Happily, this coincides with clear
benefits for the environment.
Mr Hawking is a Senior Associate at
Hunt & Hunt, Level 25, 385 Bourke
Street. He works in the Property and
Local Government Department, which
incorporates property, planning and
environment, climate change, local
government and statutory authorities,
mining, resources, native title and
cultural heritage. We thank him for
his help with this article.
Words: Colleen Ricci
Up to 15%
of Australia’s
greenhouse
gas emissions
are produced
by commercial
buildings.
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vibe | world of work
Pursuing Passion
Words: Colleen Ricci
Renae Gasmier, Procurement and Services Manager for CPA Australia, is a
great example of what can transpire when talent and passion happily combine.
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Beginnings
If it’s true that our brains are wired to
believe what we repeatedly hear during
childhood, then Renae Gasmier’s father
has done her a huge favour. From a
young age, she recalls hearing, ‘you
make it happen; don’t let it happen’
and Renae has done just that. Born in
the seaside town of Bunbury, Western
Australia, she remembers a happy
childhood spent at the beach and
playing lots of competitive sport. And
those words of wisdom? ‘I think they
helped push me to do things outside my
comfort zone and take risks,’ she says.
Renae followed her studies in Business
at Curtin University with extensive travel
through the USA, Europe, and more
recently, India and Thailand. This interest
in travel may have been instrumental in
determining her career path. Her arrival
in Dublin, over a decade ago, fortuitously
landed her in the thick of Ireland’s
unprecedented 1990s economic boom,
exposing her to a surging business
world where she rubbed shoulders with
the heads of many blue-chip companies.
A baptism of fire, the Celtic Tiger was
a springboard for a career that has
been neatly evolving ever since, and
where her interest and skill in the area
of procurement finds its roots.
Expertise
Procurement is an area that plans,
analyses, manages and sources goods
and services to ensure that the company
in question receives value for money.
Renae has accumulated a decade of
experience in this field. She joined CPA
Australia two years ago, attracted by the
quality and integrity of the organisation.
Prior to that, she spent five years with
Penguin Books, involved in office and
building fit-outs as well as managing
travel, stationery, office equipment
and telecommunications contracts.
At CPA Australia, she oversees ‘two
great teams’ - one deals with supplier
relationships for key contracts, and
the other manages building services,
reception, catering and mail. Her days
are consistently diverse: one minute she
may be working with a supplier to find
ways of improving efficiency, and the
next, scouring an architect’s drawings
to ensure that floor-plan requirements
are being met.
Satisfaction
Renae derives great satisfaction from
seeing the direct impact of her role upon
both business performance and the
organisation’s bottom line. She also finds
the area of sustainable procurement and
ethical buying particularly interesting.
‘It’s really important right now,’ she
comments. ‘It isn’t just about cost,
quality, environmental impact, and the
disposal of assets. It’s about asking our
suppliers what sustainable practices
they use, and evaluating those to see if
the company in question aligns with us.’
Being a
professional
woman is
about getting
the job done
well in concert
with others and
about believing
that you have
what it takes.
Fundamental to procurement, and
often requiring a lateral thinking
approach, is problem solving. Her
natural curiosity is of great value in this
respect, underpinning her ability to think
creatively around problems and arrive
at the best long-term solutions – and
on this, she thrives: ‘It’s challenging
dealing with people who have competing
priorities, but then I find that the end
result is invigorating, particularly when
I’m able to turn a situation around to
achieve a great outcome.’
Women in the Workplace
Renae has found her employer to be
extremely encouraging of women in
the workplace. ‘Women have natural
leadership abilities,’ she says. ‘They
manage the intricacies of raising
families, are great multi-taskers and
are collaborative in their approach to
decision-making. Being a professional
woman doesn’t mean you need to
become a stomping intimidator, but
it does mean standing firm and not
wincing when rejection is forthcoming.
It’s about getting the job done well in
concert with others and about believing
that you have the expertise, the training
- and that you have what it takes.’
And Afterward…
There was a time when work invaded
her home life but she sees the value in
a balanced approach these days, being
a great believer in Parkinson’s Law which
states that ‘work expands to fill the time
available’. ‘For me to be my most effective
at work, I need to keep the work-life
balance in check,’ she says. Renae also
draws great inspiration from working with
her leader, the Chief Financial Officer,
Adam Awty: ‘He’s really shown me what
leadership means. He leads by example
and inspires me to give 110%.’
In a parallel universe, Renae may have
been a food critic for the Age Good
Food Guide. A self-described ‘foodie’,
she loves Japanese food and hopes
her travels will next take her there. Jazz
music, yoga and touch footy, when she
gets the time, help her to relax. Where
to from here? ‘My ambition is to continue
to build the position I’m in and then take
the next step.’ We wish her well.
End Note: CPA Australia is a member
service organisation with more than
117,000 finance, accounting and
business members around the world.
It exists to enhance the careers of
its members through continued
education, training, technical support
and advocacy.
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vibe | art
MERCURY
Impression
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A thought-provoking new work
by Australian artist, Matthew
Harding, will soon emerge from
the footpath on Elizabeth Street.
RISINGWords: Ashley Crawford
Set amidst the broiling asphalt of the
inner city, strange, alien eggs will lie
in the sun waiting to hatch. Despite
their metallic armature, these gleaming
capsules are distinctly organic,
suggestive of impending life: seed pods
from another dimension. Alternatively,
they could be the last remaining drops
of water on earth, sitting like tears as
the uncaring homo-sapiens around
them continue to pillage the planet.
Matthew Harding is an acclaimed
Australian artist and designer,
engaged in a diverse and innovative
contemporary practice spanning
sculpture, public art and design.
His commissions are scattered around
the country, like moments of aesthetic
grace amidst the all too often soulless
urban design that surrounds them.
With his latest project for the Galleria
and 385 Bourke Street, titled Mercury
Rising, three gently bulbous shapes will
emerge from the footpath on Elizabeth
Street, like odd silver jewels, and take
those who pass, by surprise.
Harding himself says that there are a
number of possible interpretations for
the work. In part, he says, Mercury
Rising could be a play on Arthur
Streeton’s famous landscape painting
Still Glides the Stream. ‘This sculpture
is a reflection on the cultural and urban
landscape that has become more
often, our primary environ,’ he says.
‘The mirror finish morphs, reflects
and animates the cityscape, giving
the sculpture a visual currency to
place and time. The title, along with
the organic nature of these forms, may
draw a connection between the natural
environment and the living, growing
culture of the city.’
Harding hopes that Mercury Rising also
has the potential to raise awareness
of global warming. ‘The fallout from
the greenhouse effect is that the earth
is starting to warm as a consequence
of human activities. This will affect us
all. The sculpture may keep us mindful
of this and conscious of our effort
towards change. Reinforcing this,
there will be a series of inlaid contour
bandings that echo and ripple out from
the sculptural forms, resembling isobar
contour lines of high and low pressure
weather cells.’
Due to water restrictions, water features
in the city-scape are rapidly becoming
a thing of the past. Amidst the ebb and
flow of pedestrians, the intention is to
create an eddy in the stream of frantic
lifestyles for a moment of contemplation.
‘We shape objects and they shape us,’
Harding says. ‘We engage ourselves in
the materialisation of ideas and within
our explorations we make humble and
meaningful discoveries about our lives.’
Mercury Rising will be installed outside
the Galleria entrance on Elizabeth
Street mid year.
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vibe | get lost
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Adopt the European stroll, and walk
Dubrovnik’s ramparts with Belinda Jackson.
earl of the Adriatic
Is it a masterstroke of public relations, or just good
management that less than 17 years after its city
walls were strafed by Serbian shelling, Dubrovnik
is hot on the hit lists of those looking for sun,
beauty and a healthy dose of Euro-glam? Perched
over the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea,
Croatia’s second city is one of Europe’s newest
celebrity hangs for the likes of Tom Cruise, Naomi
Campbell, the Clintons and ummm … Roger
Moore – not that any of those characters should
deter you from visiting this little slice of idyll.
Built in the 7th century, Dubrovnik boasts the usual
Mediterranean accoutrements – outdoor cafes
with fluttering sun umbrellas; white-aproned,
finger-snapping waiters and a thriving population
of wide-eyed kittens who scamper up the city’s
many stone steps, pausing to sniff suspiciously
at proffered scraps. The population snacks on
fried fish and cold local beer, and its tourists
parade the streets of polished marble; the bullet
holes from its last war, still visible in the medieval
city walls.
Walking the ramparts is one of the best ways to fall
in love with the city, if you haven’t already. To take
it all in, you must adopt the peculiarly European art
of the stroll. In terms of all-time great promenades,
Dubrovnik’s ramparts have supermodel status.
The entire Old Town, a car-free zone, is embraced
by limestone walls that curve almost 2km. The
walls are up to six metres thick and at times,
a vertigo-inducing 25 metres above that beguiling
blue Adriatic Sea – a small slice of its larger
Mediterranean parent – which calls your name
on a hot summer’s day.
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vibe | get lost
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The fortifications date from the 10th century, built to protect
the boom town from gold-hungry pirates, and now tourists
part with their gold to clamber the walls. Each turn is marked:
an artillery tower, a lookout, a fortress, a bastion or even a
monastery; hemming the rich patrons in against such epic
events as the fall of Constantinople. From up here, you can
look out to the little islands that line the Croatian coast, or
see across to the towers of the city’s former palaces, now
transformed into fabulous five-stars; the glittering seas so
clear, you can count your toes underwater. At your feet is
the clutter of the Old Town – terracotta roofs that squish
and jostle, and where the lines of washing and the crazed
wiring of satellite dishes fight for space. The whole melee
is cleaved in two by the main street, Stradun.
It takes an hour or two to walk the ramparts, and when the
history becomes overwhelming in the hot midday sun, come
down from the wall and slip through the cool stone archway
beneath the ramparts, to Café Buza. The only sign reads
‘cold drinks’ and there, outside the city walls, you can take
a table on the edge of the low cliff and watch as the brave
whoop and leap into the crystal sea.
After an icy drink, it’s time to join them. Follow the steep
incline, pocked by rough steps hewn into the stone and
slip into the clear waters – or simply sunbake on the hot
rocks. Then slick back your hair, slip on your shoes and
reassume that stroll through the narrow maze-like streets
in the shadows of the hulking city walls that loom overhead,
ever watchful, and ever protective of the Pearl of the Adriatic.
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vibe | fitness fashion
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Training Tips
from Amanda Brown
Get Outdoors
You don’t always have to slog it out at the gym to
have a great workout. Outdoor training, especially
with a Personal Trainer or as part of a group, can
add variety, boost motivation, and help take your
fitness to new levels.
Dress for Success
Wearing the correct footwear is a must. Ensure
you have supportive training shoes, ideally ones
that have been specially fitted to suit your foot
and posture. Wear comfortable clothing, and don’t
forget to protect yourself from the sun with a hat
and sunscreen.
Mix it up
You may think outdoor training is limited to running
and walking, but it isn’t: park benches, play
equipment, stairs and even hills can all add variety
to your workout.
Amanda dressed by The North Face (Shop E07)
located on Elizabeth Street in the Galleria.
Ph: 03 9642 1555.
Kate dressed by Helly Hansen (Shop B01B)
located on Bourke Street level in the Galleria.
Ph: 03 9602 2480
Special thanks to our fitness model,
Kate from Hunt & Hunt.
Here’s a list of outdoor training
options, with and without the help
of park equipment.
Training with park equipment
• Park Bench: step-ups, dips, push-ups
& the Bulgarian lunge
• Monkey Bars: chin-ups & hanging
ab-crunches
• Climbing Ropes: pull-ups & push-ups
• Stairs: jump squats & calf raises
Training without equipment
• Hill sprints with a jog recovery
• Interval Training, ie: 3 min run /
1 min walk
• Squats
• Lunges
• Static holds such as ‘The Plank’
Running
If you want to run, or if you’ve set yourself
a goal of running a certain distance, make
sure you do some basic strength work
before starting out. To avoid injury you
need to build up your core strength and the
strength in your legs. Likewise, make sure
you have reasonable flexibility before hitting
the track.
Don’t go too hard too soon; slowly build
your distance with interval training. For
example, a two minute run followed by a
one minute walk. Then a three minute run
followed by a one minute walk; and so on.
Amanda Brown is a certified Personal
Trainer operating from Fitness First QV.
Her company, Pro-Motion Fitness,
offers the following training programs
and services.
• Personal Training
• Kick Boxing
• Outdoor Group Training
• Outdoor or In-house Corporate Group
Training
• Pre-running Strength Training
• Running Groups
• Personal / Group Fitness Assessments
If you’re in the mood to get active again,
contact Amanda on 0431 486 584 or email
her at pro-motionfitness@bigpond.com.
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vibe | fitness fashion
Pumping iron for women
Words: Andrea Dix
The weights room has traditionally been
dominated by men wanting ‘guns’ like
Arnie’s. But today, more and more
women are curling and squatting with
the best of them, shaping their bodies
into lean, mean machines.
Unfortunately though, the benefits of
weight training are still news to a lot of
women. I’ve heard many women say
they don’t want to go near a weight
room for fear of getting big muscles.
My response to them is now down-pat:
without outside assistance, women
will never form masculine-looking
physiques, as they simply don’t have
the necessary testosterone in their
bodies to generate extreme growth.
So rest assured ladies, a little weight
training won’t see you rushing out to
buy a new wardrobe!
The popularity of resistance training
among women has soared over the
last five years. As the rate of obesity
in Australia - and around the world –
continues to increase, the need for
effective weight loss programs and
healthier lifestyles becomes ever more
important. We’re increasingly inactive
during the day, and our dietary intake
is not always rich enough to ensure
optimum health. Weight training,
however, builds lean muscle mass,
and as the mere existence of muscle
increases our metabolism, it helps to
burn body fat.
So in any weight loss program, weight
training will help fast-track progress.
It also increases bone density, which
in turn lowers the risk of osteoporosis,
strengthens tendons and ligaments,
and releases natural endorphins.
In addition to its fat-burning benefits,
weight and resistance training can
also help sculpt your body. You can
add shape and dimension to any part,
and tone the ‘soft bits’ along the way.
What’s more, your strength will
increase, generating a sense of
personal-empowerment and
confidence. I’ve witnessed the
excitement and pride of many clients
who have doubled their lifting capacity,
or who can suddenly do more push-ups
than their husbands!
Getting started is easy. If you’re already
a member of a gym, ask a staff member
to give you some direction and
assistance. However, if the thought of
being a member of a gym terrifies you,
there are free weights available for sale
at most sporting goods retailers, and
instructional DVDs offer helpful starting
advice. Group training is another
alternative that is both cost-effective
and fun. Hiring a personal trainer is
also a good option and can help keep
you motivated. A trainer can tailor your
workouts to suit your specific needs
and abilities, and can make sure you’re
lifting with sound technique.
If you do start reaching for those
dumb-bells, I promise you: your body
will thank you for it!
Andrea Dix is a Certified Personal
Trainer, specialising in Women Being
Powerful! She has worked in the fitness
industry for 20 years, and competes
as a body sculptor, placing in several
federations. Andrea operates from
Fitness First, Bourke Street, and
coaches both individuals and corporate
groups. She also offers workshops and
seminars. For further information call
her on 0400 126 002, or email her at
andrea.crunchtime@gmail.com.
Andrea & Georgie dressed by Helly Hansen located on Bourke
Street Level in the Galleria. Ph: 9602 2480.
Andrea wearing own footwear.
Special thanks to our fitness model, Georgie from Hunt & Hunt.
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vibe | food glorious
If your stomach
is starting
to grumble,
the Galleria
suggests it’s
time for lunch.
Words: Stephen Scoglio & Photography: Scott Bananno
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SUMO SALAD
Fast Food doesn’t have to mean Fat Food as Chris at Sumo
Salad is keen to prove. Part of the Galleria family for over two
years now, Sumo Salad guarantees that if its product isn’t of
the highest standard, it simply won’t be served. And it isn’t
just about salads, either: tasty wraps, filling rolls, hearty soups,
vegetarian organic snacks and even Vietnamese rice paper
rolls make up the diverse menu. The Sumo motto is: ‘We put
the Sumo in your salad, not in you.’
BREAD
With a focus on fresh ingredients and friendly service, Bread
offers up a huge range of healthy salads, wraps, sandwiches
and, of course, breads. Interestingly, Bread’s owner, Ossie,
is also famous for his chicken – and one taste will tell you
why. With an $8.95 sandwich price-cap, you can go crazy
on extra fillings without having to hand over your wallet.
SHUJI SUSHI
For Japanese food, you really can’t go past Shuji Sushi
for a quick and healthy lunch. If you’re in a hurry, there’s a
huge range of fresh, ready-made assorted sushi packs to
choose from. However, if you have time to linger, owner Zar
Lee recommends that you sit down and unwind with one
of her famous Bento Boxes, guaranteed to get you through
the afternoon.
Lunch Sabotage
Words: Stephen Scoglio
At lunchtime, the Galleria foodcourt
is a bustling hub, attracting hungry
patrons from near and far. Two
regulars are city workers David
Faulds and John Murray, who
– quite clearly – have a fondness
for cake, coffee and kebabs.
What brings you to the Galleria for lunch?
JM: That kebab place over there.
DF: Yeah, but we come here to
go to Blahnik as well.
Why do you choose the Galleria?
JM: Because the environment is quite
good and the food is great…
JM: Well, for Blahnik usually.
DF: Yeah, for Blahnik.
Where’s today’s lunch from?
JM: I don’t know, what’s that
place called?
JM: err…
DF: Kebab World?
JM: Kebab World! (Laughing)
Do you always get your lunch from
Kebab World?
JM: Yeah usually Kebab World.
DF: Or I go to Blahnik.
What do you recommend?
DF: The coffee and cake from Blahnik
or what do you call it? Pida?
JM: Pide?
DF: The Pide bread from Kebab World.
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vibe | five
1 Situated by a secluded lake in the Treasury Gardens is
a bronze bas-relief memorial to the former President of
the USA, John F Kennedy. Unknown to all but the most
exploratory Melburnians, the site was landscaped in
1965 especially for the memorial following the President’s
assassination. It features an ornamental water fountain
complete with its own slate and granite boulder island.
(Between Fitzroy Gardens and Spring Street.)
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2 Through the bustle of Chinatown and down a series of dank
alleyways, you’ll find the epitome of the Melbourne laneway
bar: The Croft Institute. Set over three floors, it houses a
laboratory on the ground floor, a hospital-themed waiting
area on the middle level and a 1930s styled gymnasium on
the top floor. You’ll impress friends from out of town purely
by being able to find it. (21-25 Croft Alley.)
3 Step straight into the 1920s by taking a ride in one of
Melbourne’s last attended lifts. Featuring its very own ‘lift
lady’, the elevator in the Nicholas Building climbs 9 storeys,
stopping at floors of independent boutiques and artists’
spaces. The real pleasure however, is chatting with the
star attraction, and scouring all the photos and postcards
adorning the walls of her continually ascending and
descending office. (21-47 Swanston Street.)
The Somewhat
4 Looking for a special gift? Look no further than
Wunderkammer: the museum, retail store and chamber of
wonders hidden away on busy Lonsdale Street. You’ll find
antique botanical prints, anatomical models, specimens
preserved in vintage glass canisters, fossils, medical
instruments, beetles and butterflies in hand blown specimen
domes. But don’t go back and blame the proprietors if your
true love can’t see the beauty in that exquisite mounted
scorpion. (439 Lonsdale Street.)
‘Nearly all the best things
that came to me in life
have been unexpected...’
Carl Sandburg.
nexpected...
Words: Stephen Scoglio
5 When was the last time you visited an art gallery? It may well
have been this morning. Passed by hundreds of commuters
daily, The Platform Artist Group mounts displays in the
exhibition cases that line the Campbell Arcade underneath
Flinders Street Station. Set into the 1950s pink tiled walls,
the subway space has been used for exhibitions and events
since 1995. Wonder no longer why a woman is throwing 97
freshly made tacos at a giant photo of Helen Hunt - it’s art!
(Flinders and Degraves Street Subway.)
lost in time | vibe
FishMarket
The very smelly Melbourne Fish Market stood on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets from 1890 until 1959.
Fishy Characters
In the late nineteenth century,
Melbourne’s fish hawkers were
considered to be decidedly ‘fishy’
characters: it was not a well-respected
trade. ‘There is something about fish,’
pondered chronicler John Freeman,
‘that has not a very elevating effect
upon the minds of those who deal
in it.’ These maligned traders sourced
their produce from the Melbourne Fish
Market and then peddled it from
open barrows on the side of the street,
often surrounded by swarms of flies.
Fishy Market
The Melbourne Fish Market was erected
at the corner of Flinders and Swanston
streets in 1890, signalling the end of
open-air fish markets in the city. It was
a wonderfully ornate red and white
building, featuring a very prominent
clock tower and impressive copper
turrets and covered an area of almost
six acres. It was also ideally positioned,
in close proximity to the principal railway
stations, as well as the river. The fish
would arrive at Little Dock on Spencer
Street, before being transported to the
market on rickety trolleys.
The market wasn’t particularly popular
among locals, many of whom felt
anxious about the assembly of ‘so
many of the vilest characters of the
city’, with their ‘fearfully disgusting …
language and behaviour’.
Fishy Pong
One of the more distinctive features
of Melbourne street life in the late
nineteenth century was the ever-present
stench: a heady combination of
chamber slops, animal carcasses and
decomposing litter. On warm days, it
would often permeate indoors. The Fish
Market made a significant contribution
to this olfactory assault, particularly
during periods of wet weather.
Rail commuters passing by the Fish
Market were greeted by a ‘most
offensive odour’.
The fish hawkers – in the habit of
cleaning their produce in public horse
troughs, and dumping bad fish on the
street – also wore plenty of blame for
the unacceptable pong. But despite
ongoing complaints, the street sale
of fish, exposed to sun and dust,
continued in Melbourne until 1921.
Fishy Demolition
Controversially demolished in 1958
to make way for a second rail viaduct,
the Fish Market was replaced by new
premises in Footscray. Today, the area
it once occupied is a tangle of rail lines,
tramlines and a large, very profitable,
public car park, reportedly awaiting
re-development.
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