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OCTOBER 2020
SU PPORT VIC TORIAN BUSINESS
Delivered
to your
door Discover the
best our state
has to offer
visitvictoria.com/clickforvic
CONTENTS
4 On the menu
Gourmet fare to
sate your appetite
Welcome
6 Virtual reality
Many ways to connect
without leaving home
9 House proud
V
Bring works by artisans
into your living spaces ictoria is home to some of the best helping to ensure that these businesses will still
fresh food and beverage, galleries and be there when we come calling on the other
homewares in the world. side of the pandemic.
10 From Country Victoria is also home to innovative Through Click for Vic, Victorians will be
Full of Indigenous thinking, courageous action and resilient connected to online offerings from the
flair and flavours communities. Click for Vic is an initiative that Victorian Country Market, Providoor, Co-Lab
brings this all to life and brings us all together, Pantry and many more. From delicious produce
12 Time out from Mildura to Mallacoota, Wangaratta to
Warrnambool and everywhere in between.
to art and craft and famous wineries, there are
options to suit all tastes and tastebuds.
Put the focus on health While doors have been closed and gates In this magazine, we introduce some of our
and wellbeing shut, many of our favourite restaurants, cafes, state’s best makers, creators and producers.
bars, producers, growers and artisans have There are more amazing sights and delights
14 Style council taken up the opportunity to continue to sell
their renowned offerings online.
available online.
To borrow a phrase, do yourself a favour and
Fashionably turned out And we’re asking Victorians to support these bring the best of Victoria to your front step today.
from head to toe outstanding businesses by Clicking for Vic at
visitvictoria.com/clickforvic.
16 Ethical stance We can all continue to experience our state’s THE HONORARY MARTIN PAKULA MP
Sustainable choices are best produce and products from home while Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events
within easy reach
18 It’s showtime DISCOVER MORE visitvictoria.com/clickforvic
Raising the curtain on
arts and culture
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njoy a taste of Victoria at home produce and locally made delights.
20 Give a little with Click for Vic. The state’s There’s even more to discover at
Spoil loved ones with beloved restaurants, cafes, bars, visitvictoria.com/clickforvic.
something special producers, growers and artisans With the thousands of local
are offering a slice of the good life products and experiences available
delivered straight to your door. online, there has never been a better
22 Care packages With Click for Vic, you can stay time to get to know the stories
Hampers and treats connected to the places you behind the people and places that
delivered to the door have loved to visit in the past and make Victoria unique.
bookmark new spots to explore Buy and enjoy now, then make
Top: Sallie Jones, co-owner of down the track. sure to visit when the time is right.
Gippsland Jersey, available at Take a look through this magazine
viccountrymarket.com.au
Cover: Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley and you will find Victorians are spoilt Brendan McClements
Photography: Redfish Bluefish for choice when it comes to quality CEO, Visit Victoria
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FOOD & DRINKFeeding lockdown TOP OF THE
appetites is no more than
a click away with delicious
Stephen and Tania Walton
of Burrum Biodynamics and,
right, RedBeard Bakery’s John
FOOD CHAIN
food and drink from our
S
Reid with partner Thais Sansom. hane Delia turned
Melbourne’s lockdown into
top producers and creators. a time of opportunity.
His Maha dining room and TV gig
WORDS WENDY HARGREAVES with Channel 9’s Postcards might
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have gone into hiatus, but Shane
ravel restrictions in Victoria turned downtime into a booming new
have affected food and drink business, partnering with Melbourne’s
businesses, but there is a silver top tier dining venues to create the
lining — we are shopping local. game-changing Providoor finish-at-
“It’s always been important to home delivery service.
support our amazing local food and More than 30 restaurants and
drink producers in Victoria, but now it’s bars are being given “a lifeline every
more important than ever,” says Shane week, and the people of Melbourne
Delia, Maha chef and founder of the are loving it”, Shane says. “Andrew
Providoor delivery service. McConnell’s lobster roll from
“It’s really easy to get deliveries Supernormal is by far the most
from your favourite producers and popular dish. We’ve sold more than
restaurants and winemakers, but to 7000 of them since June.”
Ready-made
be honest I’ve been really enjoying Promising next-day delivery up
cocktails from
working from home. Tipo 00 to 35km from the CBD, Providoor
“I have everything I need nearby in offers classic dishes from venues
Moonee Ponds, but I go a bit further for including Cumulus Inc and Flower
my bread to Loafer bakery,” he says. Drum, Tipo 00’s handmade pasta
“Loafer Bread is just inside my 5km and cocktails, and tapas from Frank
boundary, so I make regular trips over to Camorra’s legendary MoVida.
North Fitzroy for their overnight white Providoor also offers online cooking
sourdough. It’s moist and dense, but not Patient Wolf Distilling Co., classes with the superstar chefs.
Gourmet
heavy. It also lasts two to three days in Southbank, Shane plans to extend the service
the pantry and tastes amazing,” he says. patientwolfgin.com to regional Victorian restaurants
Loafer’s owner/baker Andrea in summer.
Brabazon has cult status in Melbourne’s providoor.com.au
inner north, setting up deliveries
to surrounding suburbs during
connections
lockdown. Her bread is distributed
further afield by online wine purveyor
The Local Drop, which has extended
its business to include hampers, fresh
Laetitia Hoffmann’s Bodriggy Brewing
produce boxes and breakfast kits. Company, Abbotsford, Supernormal
Atelier Chocolat
“Everyone wants bread in times like bodriggy.beer lobster roll
these,” Andrea says. “People are really
VISIT ONLINE
looking out for each other, and we smoked salt bought from Melbourne’s and wheat — all hot commodities
Full of beans make sure we support other producers
that make our bakery possible.”
network of Gewurzhaus spice stores.
“I’m so lucky to have customers
when baking staples came under
pressure during lockdown.
B
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eing in the right place at the Salvatore describes as “the Mother She is a big fan of Mount Zero olive who want to buy my products online,” “We purchased a flour mill KY loaferbread.com
right time has helped ST. ALi Teresa of all lifesavers” as it helped oil, a key ingredient in her focaccia. Laetitia says. “We rely on visitors in June and haven’t looked thelocaldrop.com.au
owner Salvatore Malatesta stay him retain most of his employees. Mount Zero is run by the Seymour from Melbourne to keep us going in back,” Tania says. mountzeroolives.com
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ahead of the curve this year. The online general store is family on the northern edge of the Trentham, and it’s been very quiet in The couple’s business, atelierchocolat.com.au
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The Melbourne specialty coffee a cornucopia of delights, with Grampians National Park. They also the last few months.” Burrum Biodynamics, gewurzhaus.com.au
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business turned five of its 13 venues products such as gin mayo, harvest salt flakes from Dimboola’s Trentham bakers John and Alan delivers across Victoria redbeardbakery.com.au
into grocers or general stores and green curry mayonnaise, Pink Lake, and sell grains and pulses Reid have used the time to rebuild through Farmhouse burrumbiodynamics.com.au
further strengthened an already Raymond Capaldi’s from the nearby Wimmera. the retail area of their award-winning Direct. Their grains farmhousedirect.com.au
existing e-commerce platform, Wonder Pies along Asked for her favourite lockdown RedBeard Bakery. They have also built and pulses have also bellota.com.au
Salvatore says. with a selection of treat, Andrea does not hesitate. a sourdough pastry room to expand appeared on some of princewinestore.com.au
Along with delicious coffee blends alcoholic and non- She reaches for Laetitia Hoffmann’s the range of goods baked in their Victoria’s top restaurant hungryhungry.com
— including Orthodox House espresso alcoholic beverages. handmade Pain et Chocolate sweet wood-fired Scotch oven, and their menus, and Bellota’s Nicky
blend with its apple jam, fudge and stali.com.au creations, sold at the tiny Atelier sourdough courses have gone online. Riemer loves cooking with their company enabling restaurants and
milk chocolate flavours — the online Chocolat shop in Andrea’s home town The Reids source their wholemeal puy lentils at her South Melbourne cafes to take orders online and
store now also sells homewares of Trentham. The feeling is mutual for flour from fifth-generation farmer restaurant and wine bar. handle their own deliveries. Some of
and clothing, brewing equipment Laetitia, who developed her first rye Stephen Walton, who runs a Nicky’s food and drink boxes are Melbourne’s biggest names in food
and masks. bread chocolate after tasting Andrea’s biodynamic property in Marnoo, available online through Prince Wine are using the tech, including Kate Reid
And then there is the ST. ALi- naturally leavened sourdough. 50km north of Stawell. Stephen and Store Providore, and she has been at Lune Croissanterie, Scott Pickett
branded hand sanitiser, which The dark chocolate is mixed with wife Tania grow and sell freshly milled serving take-home meals through at Estelle and Matilda and Jessi Singh
dehydrated Loafer rye and a delicately flour, pearled barley, oats, lentils, spelt HungryHungry, a Melbourne tech from Daughter in Law.
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WHAT’S ON Online events and masterclasses
THE ATLAS MASTERCLASS
HOP IT AT HOME Give your tastebuds an international
Hop on, hop off tours are a fantastic culinary adventure thanks to weekly live
way to discover Victoria’s wine cooking classes run by Atlas head chef
From online regions and producers, and now Charlie Carrington. Ingredients for three
marketplaces you can join them from home. dishes, along with step-by-step tutorials,
These virtual tours allow you to are delivered to your door. Boxes cater
to festivals and explore wineries, chocolatiers, for one to six people (with vegetarian
workshops, there distilleries and more, and talk to the options available), and a new cuisine
makers themselves during guided
are dozens of tastings over Zoom. You will get try-
is featured each week. Sauces and
marinades are included, so meals take DISTILLERY
ways to enjoy at-home packs beforehand, so you less than 30 minutes to whip up. TASTINGS
can get a real-life taste of the tour.
everything on atlasmasterclass.com.au
Virtually M
Or buy a tasting pack for “Wednesday ornington Peninsula’s
offer without Winos”, a series of Facebook YARRA VALLEY ONLINE OPERA award-winning Bass
leaving home. livestreams from venues including FESTIVAL 2020, October 16-25 and Flinders Distillery
Watts River Brewing in Healesville. Enjoy a quirky and contemporary has found innovative ways to
WORDS CLAIRE BURKE Private virtual experiences can also be program of livestreamed, recorded keep production going and its
arranged, perfect for a get-together,
yours
performances and international team employed.
birthday or date night with a twist. collaborations as Australia’s only As well as helping the
hopitathome.com.au international opera festival makes its healthcare industry meet
facebook.com/wattsriverbrewing online debut. Includes a gala-at-home, demand for hand sanitiser,
Q&A-style forum, podcast and GO Zoom the family owned business
Room, where festival artists, crew and also launched At Home
company drop in to “hang out” and chat. Gin Experiences.
gertrudeopera.com.au “Bass and Flinders Distillery
wanted to help friends and
THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN family connect during isolation
CRAFT SHOW, October 19-25 and bring enjoyment in the
Tap into your crafty festive spirit. form of virtual tastings hosted
Online marketplaces The Christmas Spectacular-themed by a Bass and Flinders gin
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event replicates a live craft show with expert,” head distiller and
CLI R VICTORIAN COUNTRY VIRTUAL CRAFT MARKETS a huge range of classes and exhibitors managing director Holly
V MARKET
Shop at more than 300 online
Miss meandering through your
favourite craft markets? This
running virtual demonstrations, event
specials and online chats.
Klintworth says.
Pre-lockdown, the ever-
Whether it is market stalls from every region virtual directory brings together FOSSEY’S GIN gacs.craftalive.com.au popular gin masterclasses
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meals, produce, drinks, across Victoria. Stock up on stallholders registered with This family owned and operated had been drawing a steady
gifts or chocolate, have vegetables, dairy, meat, beer, Craft Markets Australia. Search boutique distillery in Mildura handcrafts CURIOUS CREATURES crowd, giving participants the
goods delivered from venues, wine, spirits, arts, crafts and by product, business name or its distilled spirits using Australian WILD MINDS CHILDREN’S BOOK opportunity to learn about
producers, growers and artisans homewares. It’s no secret our category, then connect with botanicals (red gum rum, anyone?) WEEK TRIVIA NIGHT, October 21 the art of gin, blend their own
Platypi Chocolate, from across the state. This site producers have had a tough traders directly. and locally sourced products. It is As part of Book Week, East recipe and take home a 500ml
Forrest, showcases a curated selection year — it’s time for you to lend virtualcraftmarkets.com.au showcasing its delicious gin, whisky Gippsland Art Gallery and the bottle of bespoke gin.
platypichocolate.com.au and vodka drops further afield
of the best local products and a helping hand. Children’s Book Council of Australia Lockdown saw the creation
experiences, and connects viccountrymarket.com.au EAT DRINK WEST through live tastings on Facebook. are inviting children to create of the “At Home Gin Masterclass
you with the makers. This directory of like-minded Play along at home by buying a curious creature mask that displays Kit, complete with blending
visitvictoria.com/ THE LODDON SHED food and drink producers and a tasting pack in advance. The next their “wild side” and to show it off tools, native botanicals,
CO-LAB PANTRY clickforvic A virtual hub of high-quality sellers celebrates the growing sessions are on October 14 and during a Zoom trivia evening. It is just instructions and a video
Pantry staples from some of artisan products from Central sustainable food industry 28 from 6pm. But if you miss the one event in the gallery’s Creative tutorial” and “the experience
Victoria’s most popular eateries, bars Victoria’s Loddon Valley, with based across Western Victoria. live tastings, never fear, you can At Home series, a range of fun and of learning how to craft a
and producers include Entrecôte’s everything from jams and oils Connect with bakeries, always watch the replays on its innovative activities to whet kids’ unique gin recipe and submit
secret herb and butter sauce, Fancy to teas, wines, skincare and distilleries, wineries, organic Facebook page later. artistic appetites. this to the distillery for bottling
Hank’s Original BBQ Sauce and grass-fed meats available. farmers and more. facebook.com/FosseysDistillery eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/ can now all be done online”,
Piccolina Gelateria’s theloddonshed.com.au eatdrinkwest.com.au fosseysgin.com.au creativeathome Holly says.
Ice Magic along with The masterclasses are held
cont.>> Friday mornings, Saturday
ready-made meals.
colabpantry.com.au THE REGIONAL PANTRY mornings and afternoons, and
Make a beeline for this one-stop shop to get your hands on LOCAL ARTISTS JOIN FORCES most Sunday mornings.
favourites from the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. New Painter and printmaker Madeleine Cruise and While nothing quite
products and produce are added daily. Think wines from the ceramicist Ruby Pilven present The golden compares to enjoying a cocktail
likes of Kellybrook, Zonzo and Soumah, as well as fresh Yarra pantomime, a bold and vibrant celebration of overlooking the Mornington
Valley Dairy cheeses, delectable Yarra Valley Chocolaterie and domestic spaces and the rituals of everyday Peninsula’s picturesque green
Ice Creamery treats, and an array of other goodies. You can also life. While in-person viewings are currently pastures, the distillery plans to
book experiences such as Zoom cellar door tastings, or pick up a paused at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, you can continue its at-home tastings
garden party pack and tune into their virtual weekend of activities view and buy works online until the gallery and virtual experiences for
on Facebook, including cocktail classes and sourdough tips. reopens in line with the easing of restrictions. people all over Australia.
buy.visityarravalley.com.au/the-garden-party/ artgalleryofballarat.com.au bassandflindersdistillery.com
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Online events and masterclasses cont.
DECOR
SERIOUSLY SHIRAZ FESTIVAL, October 29-30
The annual celebration moves to an exciting new
ZOOMING INTO
format for 2020. The virtual tastings, hosted by the A TASTE OF THE A Little Thyme,
Corryong,
National Wine Centre, take you on a wine journey
through the region giving you the opportunity to meet
HIGH COUNTRY alittlethyme.com.au
and learn from some of Australia’s best winemakers. — AT HOME
Experience and explore Grampians shiraz on one of
Photo: DOMINIC XAVIER
three tasting adventures.
grampianswine.com.au/events WORDS LAETA CRAWFORD
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NATIONAL BENALLA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, have been spending a lot more
November 7 time in my kitchen this year Manteau Noir,
In its sixth year, this locally funded short film festival and, to be honest, I’m sick of Daylesford,
heads online with 12 short films ranging from two my own cooking. So an online
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manteaunoir.com.au
to 14 minutes. Actress Krista Vendy and actors Tony cooking class seemed the perfect ZI
Bonner and John Orcsik judge this year’s films, which opportunity to up my game. Elephant Lifestyle, Sorrento,
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Home
will be shown in an encore screening at Swanpool As a gift to my husband, elephantlifestylestore.com
F.D.Ryan,
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Community Theatre once restrictions are lifted. I signed us up for a gnocchi Warrandyte,
benallashorts.com cooking class run by Katrina fdryan.com
Pizzini, of Pizzini Wines in
MELBOURNE FASHION WEEK, November 23-29 Victoria’s picturesque King MEET
KA
THE MAKER
Always moving with the times, the Melbourne Fashion Valley. I also encouraged three
front
Week runway is taking its trends online for the first time couples to join us for extra fun.
as part of a reimagined program. Tune in to support Katrina has been running
local designers and retailers at the forefront of fashion
and style.
classes for 11 years at her
A tavola! Cooking School on-site
Ghost Wares
mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au at the Whitfield winery, but It was hectic and flour seemed
was forced to take her classes to get everywhere, but we WORDS CHARLOTTE BRUNDRETT
HEALESVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL, November 28-29 online when COVID-19 hit. She laughed our way through the
A
Music lovers are still able to enjoy tunes from singer- says she regularly gets eight to class and managed to turn out fter taking up pottery class as
songwriters such as Michael Waugh, The Weeping 10 households per class, with a delicious meal. Create beautiful living spaces and bring joy into a weekend hobby, Matthew Vrettas
Willows, Tuck Shop Ladies and Liam Gerner, with participants from all over Australia We even stayed online after your life with perfect pieces by talented artisans. developed a passion for clay making
the free festival livestreamed via Facebook. Includes and even one from Germany. the class to enjoy our dinner that inspired him to launch Ghost Wares,
performances across various music genres and Ahead of our class, we received (virtually) with our mates, as well a ceramics business of his own.
workshops such as ukulele-making. a delivery box of ingredients as another couple who — like us — “I found ceramics enabled me to see
healesvillemusicfestival.com.au including home-grown potatoes, was starving for some company. a finished product relatively quickly and
homemade produce, a handy Pizzini’s gnocchi classes are Goose, Geelong, I enjoyed being able to experiment more
MACEDON RANGES SUSTAINABLE LIVING potato ricer and two bottles of part of High Country at Home, a goosestore.com.au freely,” says Matthew, who left his career
VIRTUAL FESTIVAL, until September 2021 Katrina’s favourite Pizzini wines to series of Zoom workshops run by in architecture to pursue pottery full
The festival goes virtual for a year to showcase great match our meal. operators in Victoria’s north-east. time alongside Ghost Wares co-creator
tips and solutions. Real-time webinars and presentations, We prepped our potatoes about Other classes have included Bright Stephanie Yap.
as well as guides and training videos are on offer. The an hour before the class, then Brewery beer tastings and The Spa “Watching the studio slowly grow has been
event includes mini on-site festival days, with up to six joined six couples via Zoom for Beechworth’s spa therapy lessons. incredibly rewarding,” he says. “I’ve learnt
businesses exhibiting at each Woodend Community about 90 minutes as we cooked Products and produce from so much, and each lesson helps me imagine
Farmers’ Market from October to December. our gnocchi. more than 100 businesses are also what the studio can become.”
mrsg.org.au/slf Katrina led us through every showcased on the High Country Ghost Wares designs are
step to make mountains of soft at Home online marketplace. Bridget Bodenham, Hepburn, produced by hand at the pair’s
gnocchi (don’t use too much Restrictions permitting, the La bridgetbodenham.com Abbotsford studio. “We use a
flour or handle too much) as well Dolce Vita Wine and Food Festival pug mill to mix our clay and
Melbourne as two delicious sauces — a rich
Napoletana and a delicious burnt
will also offer a taste of the King
Valley from November 21-22.
aggregate and stain, which react
when fired, giving the ceramics
Fringe Festival butter, garlic and sage sauce. victoriashighcountry.com.au
The Sweet
Meadow, Echuca,
thesweetmeadow.com
their texture and colour.”
“From there I throw the form on
November 12-29 Tribe, Castlemaine,
tribecastlemaine.com.au the wheel, trim it as it dries, and it
Set to be Victoria’s first then goes into the kiln to remove
major festival for the year, PHILLIP ISLAND NATURE moisture and harden. I then glaze
Melbourne Fringe celebrates PARKS LIVE PENGUIN TV the inside of the piece and return
Australia’s independent art A highlight of any trip to it to the kiln for its final firing.”
scene. This year’s program Phillip Island is watching its Being based in Melbourne
tunes into a digital audience, fairy penguins waddle to helps Matthew feel connected
featuring performances, shore after a long day at with fellow ceramicists, designers and artists
shows and sessions you r2designs,
sea. Now you can view the Aspendale, within the creative field.
can enjoy and join from the spectacle from your lounge r2designs.com.au “Living and working close to the city allows
comfort of home. Check the room for free every night. me to interact with customers and others
Fringe website for this year’s Tune into Phillip Island within the creative community,” he says.
innovative program. Nature Parks’ Facebook “I have dreams of one day setting up a studio
melbournefringe.com.au page or YouTube channel a bit further out, but at this stage I’m just
at sunset. Townhouse Living, happy to see where things lead.”
penguins.org.au/virtual/ Geelong, ghostwares.com.au
live-penguin-tv townhouse-living.com.au
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ARTISANS
INDIGENOUS Saltbush Kitchen, Buninyong,
saltbushkitchen.com.au
MEET
THE MAKER
Gammin Threads, online
The Minority Co.
and at Pink Ember
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Studio, Coburg, ndya Hayes is using embroidery
Life after
gamminthreads.com to show her support for minority
groups facing discrimination.
lockdown The 21-year-old was spurred
into action after watching news of
the Black Lives Matter movement
When restrictions ease, why not in the US.
head to Bendigo for a visual “I felt helpless, so I went out
fashion feast. and bought four jumpers and
Check out the vibrant Piinpi: embroidered them,” Indya says.
Contemporary Indigenous The Koorie Circle, She posted them on social
Fashion exhibition at Bendigo Northcote, media and was overwhelmed by
Art Gallery. thekooriecircle.com.au the positive response. It sparked
The exhibition celebrates the Ballarat entrepreneur to create
Indigenous art, history and Narana Aboriginal The Minority Co. — a clothing
culture through the lens of Cultural Centre, company with a social conscience.
Geelong,
contemporary fashion. It narana.com.au
With a Wotjobaluk, Polish,
is the first major survey of African/American, Cherokee and
contemporary Indigenous Celtic background, racial injustice is
Australian fashion to be a cause close to Indya’s heart.
Land
undertaken in the country. “I want people to use my jumpers
The exhibition is due to
MADISON to start conversation, have debate
open mid-October, but check CONNORS IS and help people understand other
online to confirm dates due to FEATURING IN cultures,” she says.
changing restrictions. THIS YEAR’S Indya is donating 10 per cent of all
of plenty
bendigoartgallery.com.au MELBOURNE profits from her range of crewneck
jumpers, T-shirts and bags to the
FRINGE Australian Indigenous Education
LEFT Grace Lillian Lee, Body Armour
— A Weave of Reflection Pink and FESTIVAL AND Foundation and Indigenous
Orange 2018. Photography: Wade OFTEN EXHIBITS Literacy Foundation.
Lewis. INSET Peggy Griffiths, Delany AT THE KOORIE indy-hayes-store.myshopify.com
Griffith, Anita Churchill, Cathy Ward, instagram.com/theminorityco_
Kelly-Anne Drill, Legacy dress 2019. HERITAGE TRUST
Hand-block printed linen and cotton. AT FEDERATION Ngarga Warendj
Courtesy of the artists and Waringarri SQUARE. Dancing Wombat,
Widen your culinary horizons with native ingredients and be inspired Arts. Photography: Grace Lillian Lee
and Chris Baker.
yarlicreative.com.au Churchill,
ngargawarendj.com
by the work of our Indigenous artists and fashion designers. Baluk Arts, Mornington,
balukarts.org.au
WORDS BIANCA CARMONA
DISCOVER MORE visitvictoria.com/aboriginalonline
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ornie Bero is determined to make native spices (wattleseed and saltbush)
Indigenous herbs and spices a staple in and cryovaced banana leaves. Now she is determined to make Australian
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Aussie kitchens. “Native damper is affordable, it’s easier RN ingredients mainstream. “I want to get native
Nornie is head chef and owner of to make than sourdough and it’s fun for kids,” foods out of fancy restaurants and into everyday
Mabu Mabu, which showcases the use of native she says. cooking,” she says. “It’s educating people to
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ingredients in its dishes. The talented chef has even been hosting give it a go, I always say ‘saltbush is black
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The Yarraville eatery opened earlier online workshops teaching people how to man’s oregano’.”
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this year, moving quickly to takeaway and make damper. The Mabu Mabu online store sells house-
delivery orders with a menu full of native Originally from Mer Island in the Torres Strait, made tropical sauces such as Pineapple Hot
flavours, and Nornie says they had an unlikely Nornie has been a chef for more than 20 years. Sauce, Organic Bush Tomato Sauce and Green
saviour — damper. “I grew up on the islands, with a spear in my Tomato Hot Sauce.
“The DIY damper kits have saved our hand, catching octopus and cooking it. If you’re It also boasts an array of native spices The Minority Co. Tote Bag; Personalised mob/
Mabu Mabu, Yarraville,
business,” Nornie says. “I’ve never had to wrap hungry you just pick things,” she says. “I’m a true including saltbush, cinnamon myrtle, ground mabumabu.com.au tribe crewneck jumper; Embroidered deadly
island girl and I’ve been lucky enough to eat this jumper in grey and The Minority Co. sticker.
so many banana leaves in my life.” The kits, wattleseed, pepperberries and lemon aspen salt.
available online, include all dry ingredients, native stuff for free.” mabumabu.com.au
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SPAS &
WELLNESS 1 RICH GLEN OLIVE ESTATE
Nourish yourself inside and out with
award-winning olive oil products.
Elixirs, balms, oils and washes 2 Dindi Naturals,
will leave skin and hair cleansed, Yarck and
moisturised and looking radiant. Mornington Peninsula,
dindinaturals.com.au
2 DINDI NATURALS
Luxurious skincare and body
products use native botanicals and
pure essential oils to soothe, nourish
and revitalise skin. Handmade in 1 Rich Glen Olive Estate,
small batches in Murrindindi Shire. Yarrawonga,
richglenoliveoil.com
3 SALTAIR SPA
Indulge in luxurious Babor products 4 Chiron Organic,
Mordialloc,
or spoil a friend with a gift voucher,
chironorganic.com.au
and start planning a day of pampering
with a relaxing massage and soul- 3 Saltair Spa,
soothing spa treatments at the Lorne Great Ocean Road,
or Torquay locations. saltairspa.com.au
6 Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa,
4 CHIRON ORGANIC Hepburn Springs,
The certified organic farm at hepburnbathhouse.com
Wedderburn grows olives, herbs and
prickly pear, which are incorporated
Dreams
into rejuvenating oils and creams,
soaps and laundry products.
5 URTHLY ORGANICS
Located among the gum trees in
Central Victoria, skincare, handcrafted
come true
soap and cleaning products are made 5 Urthly Organic,
Strathdale,
from sustainable ingredients and
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essential oils.
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Health and wellbeing choices are close at hand,
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products from teas and body
oil blends to self-care books.
Give yourself something
to look forward to, book PLACES
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the love with a gift voucher.
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Point Lonsdale
BALLARAT’S
SANCTUARY DAY SPA
DEEP BLUE HOTEL
& HOT SPRINGS
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Torquay Merchant,
FASHION Torquay,
torquaymerchant.
com.au
Bob Boutique, Bendigo,
bob.net.au Creswick Woollen Mills,
Creswick and other locations,
creswickwool.com
Mangowood Boutique, Port Reign Cartel, online,
Fairy, mangowood.com.au Eva’s Sunday, and at Lionheart Clothing,
Beechworth, Benalla, reigncartel.com.au
By Soho, evassunday.
Ballarat, com.au
bysoho.com.au
Jean Jail, Buster McGee,
Warrnambool, Daylesford,
jeanjail.com.au Seven Sundays, Bairnsdale, bustermcgee.com.au
sevensundaysbairnsdale.com
Saltwater, Sorrento, Basic B, Mansfield,
shop.saltwateronline.com.au basicb.com.au
Nobody Denim,
Thornbury,
nobodydenim.com
Urban Soul, Elsternwick,
Camilla on urbansoul.com.au
Piper, Kyneton, Fifi & Annie, Mildura,
camillaonpiper.com.au fifiandannie.com.au
Elk, Melbourne,
Trend setters
au.elkthelabel.com
3
Tyde Boutique,
Christian Kimber, Fitzroy,
Cowes,
Nobody Denim, christiankimber.com
tyde.com.au
Thornbury,
When it comes to making an impression, our independent designers nobodydenim.com
and local retailers will have you ready to step out in style.
White Nest, Blairgowrie,
WORDS CHARLOTTE BRUNDRETT whitenest.info
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ecognised as one of Australia’s most a year and employs more than 80 people.
popular denim brands, Nobody Denim “Denim is a tough market. We compete on
continues to hit the mark since its launch a world stage with some really big and iconic
in 1999. The Thornbury-based business denim houses,” John says.
is the brainchild of Melbourne brothers Nick and “The biggest lesson we learnt was to be flexible,
JO H
John Condilis, who credit their genes for their to adapt, to listen to the market and give the N
CO
passion about denim.
“Our father, Jim, managed a denim laundry for
customer what they want; skills that have held us
in good stead for the new challenges businesses LOCAL KIITOS LIVING BY DESIGN CUTTLE JEWELLERY WOOTTEN
LABELS
ND
Dachet, which is where we learnt the trade,” John are facing in 2020.”
With a long history in Barwon Launching a business during Made to order, custom made or
ILI
says. “In 1992, he opened his own denim laundry Like many others, life has been tough for
Heads, Maria Malakellis now a pandemic isn’t easy, but Marcus bespoke, the cordwainer and
proudly
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in Fitzroy, and we followed him into the business.” Nobody Denim, with their operations affected by
runs two stores in the region, Foley and Dore Stockhausen like leather business celebrates the
While the laundry was successful, changes lockdown restrictions.
expanding her designer a challenge. The husband-and-wife fine art of handmade shoes
to free trade agreements and the end of tariff “It’s so important right now to support local,
protection meant the Condilis brothers had to
rethink their business strategy, inspiring them to
support brands that align with your values and
support the local community. We really are all in
made in homewares and textile gallery
store to include an in-house
team’s latest venture uses new
and recycled materials to produce
and accessories. The company
embraces regional and city life,
Victoria
range of linen wear that caters quirky, one-of-a-kind pieces at their with a workshop in Ballarat
launch Nobody Denim. this together, and it’s time to look in our own back
for women of all shapes and oneofftwo studio gallery in East and store in Richmond.
Over the years, the company has grown to yard and support Australian-made,” John says.
sizes. kiitos.com.au Gippsland. cuttleuniverse.com wootten.com.au
manufacture more than 130,000 denim pieces nobodydenim.com
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SUSTAINABILITY L LI
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MEET KE
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Second
THE MAKERS
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Folktribe Clothing
M M E RV
chances
WORDS CHARLOTTE BRUNDRETT
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hen sisters Kellie and Emma zero waste ethos.
Sommerville launched their “Being a regional-
fashion label in 2016, a desire based business doesn’t limit us in any
to produce sustainable, ethical and zero way, in fact I believe that it has made
waste designs was the goal. our business stronger,” Emma says.
“Knowing that the fashion industry “People assume that we miss out on
is one of the top contributors to global opportunities or find it hard to network
Ethical and sustainable choices are top priorities pollution motivated us to make a and such, but we don’t see it that way,
when it comes to Victorian products and services. difference in the industry,” Emma says. with technology allowing us to work
“We’re both environmentalists at and connect with so many amazing
heart and growing up in the Grampians people across the world.”
WORDS BIANCA CARMONA National Park gave us a strong While the area was spared by this
S
connection to nature.” year’s bushfires, the ripple effects are
TREAT is a hospitality in Melbourne, but STREAT is nourish others and the Folktribe Clothing pieces are designed still being felt by regional businesses.
social enterprise determined to change that. planet. The food system in-house and produced locally using “Kel is a forest firefighter, so she saw
dedicated to helping “We are passionate about people is critical.” 100 per cent hemp fabric, cotton the impacts of the bushfires. It’s easy
disadvantaged young and the planet,” Rebecca says. STREAT has started tags and coconut buttons. To avoid to think these things have gone away
people while looking after the It carefully considers concerns an urban farming venture L GARD spreading chemicals into waterways, once the media has stopped reporting
HIL EN
environment. such as where its produce growing its own produce DE S
each design is botanically hand-dyed, them, but we all need to continue
Chief executive Rebecca comes from, labour conditions of on land at Collingwood U with off-cuts used to create upcycled supporting our local business.”
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Scott says the organisation runs workers, how green the facilities Children’s Farm. produce bags, highlighting the label’s folktribeclothing.com
CL
several hospitality businesses are, product packaging and The move will increase
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employing at-risk youth. even transport. employment opportunities
DA
In recent times, STREAT And Rebecca is urging for young people and enable
has expanded its online store, Victorians to do the same. the group to grow heirloom
selling products such as chef- “There are so many ways with produce, increase biodiversity
prepared meals, hampers and strong consumer choice that and reduce food miles.
fresh produce. you can create goodness in all streat.com.au
Rebecca says the food directions,” she says. RE
industry is responsible for a “Food doesn’t have to BE
third of all commercial waste nourish just yourself, it can
C
CA
S COT T
In full bloom
K
Five Ducks Farm, farmgate and online,
een to get back to nature when
and at Rupanyup Living, fiveducksfarm.com.au
restrictions lift? Established in
1978, The Diggers Club offers
a huge variety of heirloom seeds
and rare plants delivered direct to
SHOP SUSTAINABLY Act of Wine,
your door. Southbank,
Owned by the not-for-profit actofwine.com.au
A growing movement Diggers Foundation, the club has
been instrumental in Australia’s Little Bumble, stockists
A
heirloom fruit and vegetable revival, around Australia,
Melbourne food delivery service is
littlebumble.com.au
spreading the word about sustainability. and in advocating for public control
Main photo: oddsockssociety.com
Preston-based CERES Fair Food has been of our seed supply.
delivering fresh organic produce to customers Visits to the club’s stunning
across Melbourne for more than 10 years. showcase gardens — Heronswood at
Director Chris Ennis says their mission is to Dromana, The Garden of St Erth at
“do good” at every stage in the food chain. Blackwood and Olinda’s Cloudehill
“All our profits support CERES in teaching kids and Gardens — are currently paused, but
adults how to take good care of our planet,” Chris says. keep an eye on the website to check
The enterprise buys from small local farms and Natural Harry,
reopening dates.
uses UV-sterilised returnable boxes and compostable Geelong, diggers.com.au
bags. Leftovers are donated to animal refuges. naturalharry.com.au
ceresfairfood.org.au Lillypilly Pottery,
Dandenong Ranges, Box Brothers, Daylesford,
lillypillypottery.com boxbrothers.com.au
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On with the show
ARTS & CULTURE
Exhibitions, theatre, concerts and performances — our
actors, artists and musicians are primed for a comeback.
WORDS CATHERINE LAMBERT
V
ictorian audiences will benefit
from a long period of artistic
retreat and reflection this year.
When we emerge, the art
presented in galleries or on our theatre STAY
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stages will be supercharged with
meaning and purpose, whether that is
ED
to simply entertain or to help us make Once our
great state starts 3 ARTS
sense of our world.
opening up, you will CENTRE
NGV director Tony Ellwood says MELBOURNE
artists and audiences are demanding 1 ACMI have a front row seat at
a space to explore some of the key what will be a fun-filled
global issues to be explored in the calendar of events
gallery’s summer blockbuster, Triennial. coming our way.
“It has a lot of voices to do with visitvictoria.com/
protest and isolation, but also a lot 1 ACMI events
of artists are helping to address issues Virtual Cinematheque is 3 ARTS CENTRE
of environment while other works a virtual film club of double MELBOURNE
are there to be joyous, wondrous bills showcasing classic Online programs include
and beguiling, to drift into the art of and contemporary films Keeping the Curtain Up,
possibility,’’ Tony says. linked by specific directors, hosted by Shane Jacobson
2 NGV
“For people feeling they are trapped performers or a theme. with stars such as Lisa
in a state of despair, there is enough Works by Jean Epstein are McCune, Lucy Durack, Alinta
levity and beauty in Triennial for streamed on October 7. Chidzey and Zahra Newman
people to walk away feeling there’s acmi.net.au as they revisit much-loved
a lot to look forward to.’’ musicals. More live concerts
Arts Centre Melbourne director of 2 NGV — TRIENNIAL and performances will be
programming Edwina Lunn agrees Exploring the most pressing held at the Sidney Myer Music
the mood will be primed for uplifting issues in the world in an Bowl from January 2021.
experiences. “We’ll mostly be doing exhibition of contemporary artscentremelbourne.com.au
events that can happen outdoors with art, design and architecture
3
a series of almost non-stop concerts by more than 100 artists. 4 COME FROM AWAY
and performances at the Sidney Myer December-April 18. It captivated Melbourne in
Music Bowl,’’ Edwina says. ngv.melbourne 2019 and will be just the
healing ticket to celebrate
community in a limited
return season for 2021
at the Comedy Theatre.
Opens February 16.
comefromaway.com.au
5 TARRAWARRA BIENNIAL
Artworks by 24, mostly
NGV HEIDE MUSEUM ACMI Indigenous, artists who
Up the ante OF MODERN ART Imagine and explore our connections
with a premium Be inspired by artists explore the worlds to nature, ancient knowledge
membership, which Mirka Mora and Joy of film and TV and the cosmos. March 27-
MEMBERSHIP includes unlimited Hester and become in the revitalised July 11. twma.com.au
VOUCHERS
and complimentary a Heide Museum of museum. An ACMI
access to all NGV Modern Art member, membership is 6 RISING
exhibitions and two with free entry as a great way to A new annual arts festival
Gift the love opening nights a year.
The perfect gift for
well as discounts at
the Heide shop and
experience all
the museum has
launches next year; distinctive
to Melbourne but it also
of the arts any art devotee.
ngv.melbourne
cafe in Bulleen.
heide.com.au
to offer.
acmi.net.au
embraces the Asia-Pacific
region. May 26-June 6.
rising.melbourne
Make sure to check each events’ website due to changing restrictions.
18 • Click for VicGIFT GUIDE The Artisans Store, Kyneton, GL
rundell-rundell.myshopify.com EN WORDS BIANCA CARMONA
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t is unexpectedly serene in chairmaker Glen from around the region — are highly sought
Melbournalia,
after by private collectors and buyers.
NDELL
Melbourne CBD,
Rundell’s Kyneton workshop, with no noisy
melbournalia.com.au machinery, earmuffs or yelling. Glen, who also teaches chairmaking, says the
Instead there is quiet, contemplative work as hardest part of making chairs is passing them
he uses traditional methods and vintage hand on to their new owners.
tools to create bespoke chairs. In 2014, Glen and wife Lisa started the Lost
“When I make you a chair, the first thing I’ll Trades Fair in Kyneton to showcase traditional
MEET ask you is to think about who you’ll hand it trades no longer practised and provide
THE MAKER
down to,” Glen says. “These are an investment, a platform for artisans including coopers, leather
an heirloom piece that will be passed down workers, blacksmiths and knife makers.
through generations to come.” More than 7000 people attended the
Rundell & Glen started off as an apprentice plumber
more than 35 years ago but after a few career
inaugural fair, but it has since been moved
to Bendigo to accommodate the more than
Rundell changes, including time as a police officer, his
love of woodwork prevailed.
20,000 visitors it now attracts. The next fair is
planned for March 2021.
In 2009 he travelled to the US to study with About an hour’s drive from Melbourne,
Ena, Melbourne, master craftsman Curtis Buchanan, a renowned Kyneton is a popular destination with an array
enaproducts.com.au Windsor chairmaker in Tennessee, and fell in of renowned restaurants, wineries and cafes,
love with American-style Windsor chairs. day spas, boutiques and accommodation.
His bespoke chairs, stools and rockers — made rundellandrundell.com.au
from salvaged blackwood, elm and timber losttrades.info
The Green Store, Trentham,
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Give a gift
Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, Newhaven,
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Frankie Say Relax,
Geelong,
Little luxuries can go a long way to making frankiesayrelax.com.au
you feel extra special. Spoil family and friends,
and don’t forget to buy a treat for yourself. Art Gallery of Ballarat, Island Surfboards, House of Handmade,
artgalleryofballarat.com.au Cowes, Richmond,
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Echuca Distillery, Echuca,
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NICHOLSON SOAPS
Specialising in artisan
goat, buffalo and camel
Paynesville Pantry,
East Gippsland, milk soaps, the East
paynesvillepantry.com.au Gippsland company
uses locally sourced
materials. Products are
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put its annual cheese skin. instagram.com/ Geelong Gallery,
festival on hold, but you nicholsonriversoaps geelonggallery.org.au
can still enjoy produce
from some of our best The Boroughs,
cheesemakers with Fowles DIY, Brunswick East,
Strathbogie Ranges, theboroughs.co
a monthly delivery
fowlesdiy.com.au
service available.
mouldcheesefestival.com
Mörk, North Melbourne,
morkchocolate.com.au
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Alpine Valleys Fine Foods,
Buckland,
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Murray River Salt, Mildura,
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Grampians Olive Co, Laharum, Great Ocean Road Gin,
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