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Barrier reef photo: Michael Coyne – Axiom RM/Getty Images
ASLEEP ON THE REEF
The magic of the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t stop when
the sun goes down. Yet, due to its World Heritage
listing, there is little opportunity for anyone to spend a
night on the world’s greatest coral reef. Luckily, there is
Reefsleep, part of Reefworld, a purpose-built pontoon
moored at Hardy Reef. By day, it’s a launch pad for
BENCHMARK FOR A HOT SEAT
Brahms sat on it to play his piano and Lenin perched on it writing his
political manifestos. Millions of us are likely to spend hours on it drinking
and chatting in cafés. Thonet No. 14 – named after its inventor,
German-born cabinetmaker Michael Thonet – is believed to be the
fi rst mass-produced chair and some 50 million had been sold by 1930.
The bentwood chair was a favourite of Le Courbusier and remains a
chair of choice for architects and interior designers.
Celebrating the chair’s 150th anniversary this
year, Thonet GmbH in Germany is collaborating
with Japanese retailer Muji and
contemporary designers to develop new
interpretations of the classical model. The
new collection will debut this spring.
www.thonet.de
guided reef expeditions. But by night, it becomes a
unique accommodation for six guests: a room for two
with king-sized bed and a shared room with two sets
of bunk beds.
www.fantasea.com.au/Reefworld/ReefSleep.
aspx
Thonet No. 14
(unassembled,
below left)
reserves a
seat in history
Sleep on the reef
Nice and easy:
Michael Feinstein
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BEST SHOWS IN TOWN
Nothing is more quintessentially New York
than watching a top-notch performer in an
intimate setting in a famous cabaret room.
Here are three legendary Manhattan rooms
where you can get close to cool:
Located on the ground fl oor of the Carlyle
Hotel, Café Carlyle regularly stages jazz
vocalist Steve Tyrell and German chanteuse
Ute Lemper. On Mondays, fi lm-maker
Woody Allen plays the clarinet with the
Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band.
www.thecarlyle.com/entertainment.cfm
Feinstein’s on Park Avenue is a sophisticated
cabaret club that mixes old-school
cool and hipster appeal. The star is the great
interpreter of the American song, Grammy
nominee Michael Feinstein.
www.feinsteinsattheregency.com
The Oak Room Supper Club, opened in
1939, has been a launching pad for many
stars, including Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall
and others. It is now home to entertainers
such as jazz vocalist Paula West and cabaret
performer Andrea Marcovicci.
www.algonquinhotel.com
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