Summer 2020/21

Fleurieu Living Magazine

The best of South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.

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STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS
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. Ja
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PUBLISHING EDITOR AND MANAGING DIRECTOR Petra de Mooy petra@fleurieuliving.com.au EDITOR Kate Le Gallez ADVERTISING SALES Holly Wyatt holly@fleurieuliving.com.au Kirsty Gannon kirsty@fleurieuliving.com.au GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jason
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Brand Culture
Sitting proudly among Conte Estate’s circa 1880 shiraz vineyard and wetlands, The Vine Shed is a new venue to explore in 2021 in McLaren Vale. The cellar door will offer a variety of experiences, from seated wine flights, to vineyard tours as well as
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Welcome to FLM
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 affai
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Summer Diary Dates
As we continue to navigate completely uncharted waters in 2020 and beyond, the usual calendar of summertime festivals and events is a little lighter on than in previous years. However, it affords us the perfect opportunity to enjoy the beautiful beac
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Third Time Luckiest
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 y
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Faces And Places Brenton Preece
Preece’s Surf Shop, Port Noarlunga South Surfer / Shopkeeper / Wavewatcher For over 21 years ‘Preecey’s’ has been a meeting place for surfers of ‘the Mid’ and South Coast. If you surf these shores, you know Preecey and his shop. ■
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Community Jump In To Rescue Little Fish
Have you ever heard of a Murray hardyhead or a southern pygmy perch? How about a southern purple-spotted gudgeon or a Yarra pygmy perch? Me either. These small-bodied fish are generally not well known to we landfolk, but they’re incredibly important
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Navigating The Inbetween
More recently, parenting has become something that many spend time agonising over, reading books, trying hard to do right and wishing to make amends for the wrongs personally suffered. We all fall short sometimes and have been quick to point out our
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Making Grenache Great Again
Mic drop. This got me thinking: when was the last time, if ever, that the ubiquitous shiraz played second fiddle to grenache? To answer this and more, I decided to go on a journey into the history books to tell the almost two hundred year old story o
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Great Grenache
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
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Music In The Time Of COVID
For many musicians (category: non-essential) it meant both desolation and opportunity. Venue closures and travel restrictions saw calendars wiped and plans shelved. Three musicians – Keith Jeffery of Atlas Genius, Laura Hill of Lilac Cove and Sasha M
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In Our Own Backyard
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 bo
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Little Forest Farm
The forty-acre block was formerly part of a much larger dairy farm and had been heavily grazed. It was the perfect place for the couple to put Rohan’s extensive experience in conservation and regenerative agriculture into practice. ‘Our ethos behind
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FLM Portraiture Series
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
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Fleurieu Film Festival
In February 2021, the Fleurieu Film Festival will again present a feast for the senses beneath the stars. First presented in 2016, this will be the fifth Fleurieu Film Festival after a short hiatus in 2020 to regroup with a new director. The theme fo
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Romancing The Wood
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 sto
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Adventure Down South
Scenic flights. Aerobatic flights. Flying school. Charter flights. Awesome! Based at the charming Aldinga Airfield, Adelaide Biplanes delivers some of the most awesome flying experiences imaginable. We have a passion for pretty much everything there
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On The Menu
The Salopian Inn Dedicated to producing and presenting the finest local ingredients complemented by an extensive array of wine, gin and cocktails, The Salopian Inn serves the colours and tastes of McLaren Vale in a glass and on the plate. Chef Karena
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Uncorked
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 wh
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Building Better
New suburban developments will always prompt strong feelings, particularly among neighbours. It’s the nature of these developments that determines whether locals will look optimistically at what new subdivisions can offer the community and the enviro
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Fly the Fleurieu
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Wear And Care On The Coast
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, h
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Ask A Local
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? Ell
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Fresh Destinations
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
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Tea And Roses
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 T
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All Well And Good
Aldinga Physio and Rehab provides a personalised, locally owned service offering appointments in clinic and within client’s homes from 8am-7pm daily. Cameron and the team can provide rehab post orthopaedic surgery, sporting injuries, or for disabilit
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Sizzling Summer Book Reviews
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
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Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize Preview Exhibition – Waterhouse by the Sea
Throughout summer, locals and visitors to the Strand Gallery in Port Elliot will have the rare opportunity to view ‘Waterhouse by the Sea’ – a unique selection of works by previous finalists of the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize. This collectio
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Go South Go Local – A Little slice Of Sicily And Singapore
‘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. Des
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What To Buy: Where To Buy It
Classic white ceramics featuring a soft grey speckle, leaf print and matte glaze. This range has an effortlessly timeless look. All pieces are suitable for microwave, dishwasher and oven use. Available from I Am Tall Poppy, Willunga. Plate RRP $49.99
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The Weed Sisters
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 Lie
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Fleurieu Weddings
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 gr
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Social Pages
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
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Being Social: Yes. No. Maybe …
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

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