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f or the second time in a month I have now watched a devastated mother bury a son. These men were not old – they were at the point of full-stride in

their life. They were both once full of promise and had that room-filling energy and charisma that the very few are touched with, often so early in life. But they died very different men: alone and tormented – the victims of an insidious enemy that comes from the darkness within and drags them down from view. Their mothers were beyond words in their despair. I watched scenes of the ordinary tragedy of life, cast in extraordinary circumstances of unbearable pain.

These men were not soldiers, although we grieved for two more of them last week as well. The similarity is that the battles of these men were with enemies every bit as treacherous and fugitive as an unseen terrorist, and every bit as deadly.

Depression, anxiety and the self-harm or self-neglect that attends these conditions are still more prevalent among women than men. But the common experience of many Australian families, and the cold reality according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is that men are increasingly prone to these conditions, with dangerous, often-fatal consequences. Men are much less likely to talk about their problems or to seek help, and in the past 30 years the suicide rate for males aged 15 to 24 years has tripled.

One of the most alarming conclusions is that a single man is at much higher risk of developing these conditions and of an early death. Both the men whose funerals I attended were no longer in a relationship.

There is something going on with our men, with our boys. The talk at schools, in the HR department at work, in the media is all “feelings this” and “Beyond Blue that”, but for so many men that’s just a lot of rarefied bullshit that can’t really be trusted, and that won’t be of any use to quell the rising wave of panic they feel.

When a man is drowning, the last thing he will do is tell you, and that’s a dangerous silence. Instead, again according to the ABS, a man will commonly take refuge in alcohol or drugs, and that self-medication will often lead to the conditions that end a man’s life prematurely.

The highly articulate nature of women is always such a help to the process of sorting through and coming to terms with life’s pitfalls and disappointments. But there also seems to be a resilience – is it chromosomal? – that allows so many of us to push on.

It is learnt early that a storm of emotions can flood through a woman at many stages of her life, and somehow we come to understand that this is normal and that it will pass and it will come again and we will

cope. But get a boy child beyond the tantrum years, and I fear that this “storm” somehow becomes gendered – that it’s what a girl feels, not a boy. The emotionally buffeted young bloke learns to ignore, suppress, fear

these experiences, and the techniques for learning to cope with it are simply never taught and

never learnt.We would be wise to learn all that we can

about male health, mental and physical, and to encourage in boys as early as we can an ability to identify and to articulate the storms that

might rage within.My family knows from bitter experience that

no one can be “saved” from themselves, or from that abyss if they are truly headed that way; but maybe the path that leads to such an end can be avoided if the state of quiet desperation that so many men feel isn’t simply their lot, is instead identified as a pain that they just don’t have to live with any more. \

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Melinda Schneider is � anked by two male dancers on a small stage, somewhere in the the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. � e ACCA building may be known for its light layer of rust, but Schneider’s moves

are more like a well-oiled machine. Doris choreographer Andrew Hallsworth is

clapping the beat loudly and the trio is moving with military precision through a part of the show that seems to have Schneider’s character, Doris Day, fending o� men with the kind of panache you’d expect from her famous character Calamity Jane. Slap goes a cheek, a chest gets shoved and then boom, boom, Schneider � res o� two pistols with the snap of her hips to the le� and right. “Not enough snap, more hips!” shouts Hallsworth. � ey repeat the routine. � e hips may not lie, but Hallsworth is still unhappy with the way they’re talking.

“Like this, girl,” he says, taking her place on stage between the bu� ed boys (Sam Ludeman, lead of Xanadu and Rohan Browne, who played Ri� in West Side Story) and � ring o� his hips so sharply that you can practically hear the bullets ricocheting around the room. Schneider nods, begins again and imitates Hallsworth perfectly, nailing the move, to whoops of laughter and applause from cast and crew.

“How about them hips?” she says, her jaw thrust out. “I’m like a self-saucing pudding!” “Or a sticky date …” o� ers Browne.

� e title of Schneider’s tribute to Doris Day, Doris – So Much More � an the Girl Next Door is appropriate then; this is a tribute show with a little extra Tabasco. Schneider is no stranger to dancing or to the sass witnessed today. She demonstrated both on Dancing With the Stars season 10 (last year) when, a� er being eliminated, she declared: “It’s better if you did have an

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us Schneiders.”

Melinda Schneider believes it is the darker side of Doris that explains the Day, writes ANDREW McUTCHEN.

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attraction (to your dance partner) and did sleep with them. Keeping the sexual tension there can make you a better dancer.”

Created by Schneider, written by Schneider and David Mitchell (co-writer of Dusty and Shout!) and directed by Tom Healey, Doris dares to tell the “naughtier” and darker sides of Day.

“I think she was a little naughtier in her private life than she was on screen,” Schneider says. “She had the goodie two-shoes image, but I think Doris was a pretty � ery, earthy kind of woman.

“We wanted to show the truth about her life, not just that perennial virgin, because she really hated that. She wanted people to know that she was a real person. � at she’d had tragedies and poor marriages and been through the mill just like everybody has.”

Schneider’s idea to “do” Doris was born eight years ago in Melbourne at the Midsumma Festival.

“I was part of the tribute concert, Todd McKenney was the MC. A whole lot of musical-theatre people were in it and I was the token country act. So I did four songs, three from Calamity Jane. It was largely a gay audience, and gay audiences are louder and more into it than straight audiences, generally speaking.

“� e response from everybody was just huge,” Schneider recalls. “It was overwhelming, it was just, wow! It felt right, and I thought, one day I’m going to have to do something about this. But I was very early into my country music career and I knew that it wasn’t the right time.

“Last year, when I did Dancing With the Stars, I thought that I wanted to release a di� erent album, something other than originals. I thought that it might be time to do Doris. I’ve always been very wary of concept albums but I think that I’ve chosen well in terms of people to pay homage to. Our vocal ability is similar, I sing in pretty much all the same keys as Doris does and there are parallels in our lives that only became more aligned when I began to research her.”

T he � rst memory Schneider has of Doris Day is from the musical Calamity Jane. It was her favourite movie as a child, because Day was playing “a rootin’-tootin’, whip-crackin’,

sharp-shootin’ tomboy”. Day’s slapstick routines and her great comedic timing perfectly complemented, in Schneider’s shining eyes, how beautiful she sounded and looked. � e parallels Schneider speaks of begin in this period when, at just three years old, she was on stage singing in her mother’s Wild West-in� uenced club act.

“We probably are a bit like the Carter family of Australia, us Schneiders,” she says, referring to the American music group made famous again by the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. “It was a family a� air; my mum and my aunty had a double comedy act. � ey were like a hillbilly comedy duo in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s.

“My aunt Rita was the comedian and mum was the straight man, so Rita would go, ‘I just found grandpa hangin’ up in the hen house with a rope tied round his neck’. And mum would say, ‘Did you cut him down?’ And Rita would say, ‘No, he ain’t dead yet’. It’s that kind of thing, very, very country and quite American in� uenced. And then at eight I recorded with my mum on an album called � e Magic of Yodelling. I didn’t think about being a singer, it was just what my family did.”

Schneider’s ease on stage led to a role as Terry Donovan’s daughter on soap opera A Country Practice, a period that was soured by the “jealous” reaction of her schoolmates, who “kicked me out of the group” the day a� er her � rst appearance screened.

“� at devastated me,” Schneider says, her face set hard. “� at really, really devastated me. So I didn’t want to act any more. I didn’t want to be di� erent, I

didn’t want to have a yodelling mum, I didn’t want to be anything like her. I just wanted to � t in. So I went into fashion, started a label and became a fashion designer for a few years, specialising in evening wear and stage costumes. I was a little bit ahead of my time – I designed something that was very, very similar to that Halle Berry dress at the Oscars. It was completely see-through and sequined in all the right places. I wore that at one awards ceremony 10 years before she did.

“I was 21 and living with my parents in Sydney at this point, slaving over a hot sewing machine in a double garage, which was my workshop. I was singing at the top of my lungs to the American top 40 on the radio while I was sewing, and mum would come down and go, ‘Are you sure you don’t want to be a singer?’ � en I got an idea for this yodelling/techno thing called Tighten Up Your Pants (� e Yodelling Song). I wrote part of it with mum. When Cotton-Eyed Joe (by Swedish eurodance band Rednex) came out in 2004, bluegrass and techno were being married, it was kind of happening.”

While conceding that she could “probably not” stand to listen to the unlikely and thoroughly unnerving combination of yodelling and techno for more than � ve minutes, Schneider still believes the track, recorded under the name “Audio Murphy Featuring Melinda” “stands up”. “It was fun, it gave me my � rst taste of success in my own right. So that whetted my appetite for more.

“I didn’t want my last name associated with the song because you never get away from it,”

Schneider says of her strategy that had her dodge the one-hit-wonder bullet.

“� e song landed me a deal with Festival Records, but I knew I didn’t know who I was as an artist, so I got out of it. You only get one bite of the cherry and I knew I wasn’t ready. Looking back, it was a brave move. So I went away and just started writing and writing and doing demos, just trying to � nd my sound and style. � at was a battle, the next four years of trying to � nd myself musically. But I � nally realised that country music was the thing I really identi� ed with. I love bluegrass music and George Jones, Ricky Skaggs, the real traditional country music.”

Schneider’s patience and then her passion for the music “in her veins” paid o� . She went on to become one of Australian country music’s most feted songwriters and performers. To date she has won six Golden Guitar awards, her latest one awarded for her touching and relaxed duet with Paul Kelly, Still Here in 2009.

T he song tells the story of a couple re� ecting on their di� erences and their tensions as being the reason they are “still here”. Schneider, who is in a happy relationship now, with Mark Gable of

Aussie pub-rock band the Choirboys, admits she’s not singing from experience: “Another parallel between me and Doris is that we have both deferred to the men in our lives. She had the power and she gave it away. I can relate to that. I’ve done that in a few relationships I’ve had. People don’t realise just how dark parts of Doris’ life were – she su� ered some pretty serious abuse at the hands of her husbands.”

� e topic leads Schneider to a philosophical place. She is otherwise a sunny and forthright person – aware of her talents and free to harness them for whatever she needs to do, daily. Fashion design, an album of original songs, writing a high-pro� le theatre show … Her lack of self-questioning seems to result in things getting done well and getting done quickly.

But the question of how she and how Day have dealt with heartache is answered carefully as she contrasts herself to her hero: “She’s a fatalist. I have those beliefs too. I’ve always been that way. I believe we do make our own destiny, but that some things are pre-ordained. If I hadn’t gone through these terrible heartaches that I had in relationships – I’ve lost a baby, been through a divorce and had a couple of pretty dysfunctional relationships, but if I hadn’t have gone through that, I wouldn’t be in the happy place I am now.”

As for word from Doris Day herself, Schneider has come close. “We’ve had an email from her manager on behalf of her. We sent them the script because we want them to be happy with it. Doris has been ripped o� so many times in her life and betrayed. We didn’t want to do that. � ey think we’ve written a great story about her life,” Schneider says with satisfaction.

“I thought she might have wanted to take out more – some of the show’s pretty dark in places. � e scene where a gun’s held to her belly and the scene where she’s beaten up by her husband are two, but she was � ne with it. Sadly, the odds of her seeing the show are pretty slim because she doesn’t leave Carmel, California, very o� en.

“I’d just like to meet her one day, that would be enough for me.” \

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Rohan Browne (left) and

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A true original: Doris Day in

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the 1953 � lm Calamity Jane.

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T he mind of a child is a fertile place for a film to seed ideas. Readers of a certain vintage will nod sagely, recalling decades of viewing the open sea or white noise on a television set with some

trepidation after watching Jaws or Poltergeist in their youth.

But while a good scare is fun for some, there are many other delights to be found at the Little Big Shots International Film Festival For Kids – larcenous livestock, curious curses, winsome wizards and a selection of sweet stories about love.

“We try to find films that have positive messages and that are very much about kids or are driven by a child,” says festival director Chloe Boulton.

“If a film is told from a child’s point of view, it gives kids in the audience a way to access the themes and ideas in the films.”

For the past seven years, the festival has screened some of the best adult- and child-made films from around the world. Boulton has been involved in various capacities since Little Big Shots’ inception, and has been directing it since 2008. Winnowing the 500 short films she watched down to 80 for the festival was fun, but Boulton was also looking for thematically rich content.The result is a festival chock full of wry, deft films, which can provide far more contemplation and entertainment than their scanty running times would suggest.

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“The way we’ve structured the festival, we’re able to put in films with strong messages that children can access,” says Boulton.

“They probably won’t tune in and say, ‘Hang on, this one’s teaching me a lesson’, but they will extract those messages and, hopefully, talk to their parents or guardians after the screening and discuss some of those issues.”

Revealing too much about these films would be sacrilegious, but Germany’s The Little Boy and the Beast is definitely one such film – check out our sidebar of quick picks.

Handily, there’s also an education kit, with discussion questions and activities, available on the festival’s website, along with a full program of the various hour-long sessions.

“We make sure that within every session there’s at least one Australian film, and at least one film that’s been made by a child, as well as a mix of other films from around the world and documentaries and dramas and animation,” says Boulton.

“The idea is that in that hour those kids will have this journey around the world, and sort of a balanced diet.”

Besides the films of international origin, Little Big Shots also puts out a call to Australian filmmakers of any age. For adults, it means an audience and a potential entrance to the festival circuit; for children,

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it’s a marvellous introduction to the magic of making movies.

“One of the nicest things to happen is when you get a film entry from a kid, and when you ask them where they heard about the festival they say they attended it the year before,” says Boulton.

“That’s a good outcome for us – one of the things we’re striving to do is encourage children to make their own films, and we also run a few workshops every year to give them those tools.”

There is also a film-reviewing competition for children under the age of 15. Among the prizes

to be won is a spot on the jury for the following year’s festival, which will watch all the child- and adult-made Australian films and pick the best of the fest.

“It gives kids a voice and a chance to think critically about the films they have seen, and to

discuss their idea and have their say about what’s on the screen,” Boulton says.

But for those who just want a good time at the movies, there is plenty to see – and there’s no shortage of creatures and critters, either. But these, in their various forms, can be terribly important. As the English writer G.K. Chesterton once wrote, fairytales are more than true – not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. \

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The Gruffalo \ UK, for ages four to 10When you put together some of the best UK voice talents and have them read some delicious doggerel, what could go wrong? The plans of anyone trying to eat a seemingly defenceless mouse, that’s what.

The Lost Thing \ Australia, for ages eight to 15Fresh off its win for best animated short at this year’s Academy Awards. Shaun Tan’s brilliant book has been converted into a wonderful film.

Two Princesses \ Russia, for ages eight to 12Delightfully askew in the tradition of the very best fairytales, this gem has charming narration and an excellent, propulsive score.

The Little Boy and The Beast \ Germany, for ages nine to 15The narrative plunges you into the life of a boy beset by monsters – but things are not what they seem, and children often understand a lot more than you might think.

Wizard Still and the Haunted House \ Australia, for ages three to sevenIn just two minutes, the festival’s youngest filmmakers conjure abundant excitement. \

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Je� Rowley spent his � rst year with plaster up to his waist and doctors told his mother he would be a cripple for life. PETER WILMOTH meets the man who grew up to surf 20-foot waves for charity.

WALKING through Je� Rowley’s Torquay garage, with its 20 sur� oards stacked high, the jet-ski, � otation vests and various other paraphernalia used for big-wave sur� ng, it’s not what you might imagine to be a

headquarters for the raising of $1 million to combat breast cancer.

Rowley, 32, has decided that you shouldn’t wait until you’re rich to give something back. And the big-wave surfer who runs a protein powder business called Mirrabooka isn’t rich – but he is brave. He has decided to pursue, ride and record a 20-foot (six-metre) wave to raise that million. It’s a mission about which he feels passionate. “A lot of people wait until they make a lot of money before they start giving back. I live an amazing life here on the coast. Why wait? Start giving back now.”

Rowley’s idea was inspired by the pregnancies last year of his sister – “She’s now had a beautiful little baby, Jack” – and of “four of my good girl friends”. “� ere was a period where I was thinking, ‘Women go through so much, I need to give something back to them’,” he says.

“I have business goals, personal goals, and contribution goals,” he says. “(A personal achievement) goal is to catch a 20-foot wave by hand, not using a jet-ski. Another goal was to raise money for charity; to do something, to give back. I didn’t know how to do that. I thought about going to work at a soup kitchen. � en I decided to incorporate two goals into one, do something that I love and turn that into giving back. I’m trying to conquer my fears, because catching a 20-foot wave is a scary thing. But that’s nowhere near as scary as having cancer.”

So far, through word-of-mouth and posters put up in the town, he’s raised $7500. “It’s a big challenge and a big learning curve,” he says. “I think you’ve got to set your goals pretty high. Talking to other people who have raised $1 million for charity – when they said they were trying to raise $1 million they were told they were crazy and it was impossible. People in the street are saying it’s amazing what I’m doing. � ey’ll tell me a story of how breast cancer has touched them.”

Every day Rowley scans weather websites searching for the massive swell that he needs. When it’s imminent, he and his girlfriend will drive – if it’s on Victoria’s ominous southern coast – or � y if it’s in South Australia or o� the south-west coast of Western Australia.

“You start hearing rumours. Someone will be talking about the huge swell coming in next week. And if I haven’t spotted it already I’ll go check the long-range forecast. As I see it getting closer I’ll use a di� erent set of websites telling me exactly when it’s going to hit.”

With sur� ng de� antly staying with the old measurements, a wave of 20 foot smashes a psychological barrier. “People are very reluctant to say a wave is 20 foot,” Rowley says. “You can say a wave is 15 or 18 foot, but to call a wave 20 foot, ears prick up and take notice. It’s massive. Paddling into a wave like that is probably the most challenging thing in sur� ng.”

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photographer.” Rowley will use the photo to raise awareness and attract money for what he’s calling Charge for Charity.

Rowley has surfed big waves many times, both paddling into the wave and using a jet-ski to be towed onto larger swells that are impossible to catch by hand. He is the jet-ski partner of Ross Clarke-Jones, one of the world’s pre-eminent tow-in surfers, also based in Torquay. Together they have faced massive, deadly swells, often just the two of them.

“One day in Victoria last year it was over 20 feet, no problem,” Rowley says. “It was the ugliest ocean you’ve ever seen in your life. The wind was blowing onshore and there were white caps as big as houses out the back. We both caught a couple of massive waves. There was nobody around. We were on our own half a mile out to sea.

“Ross has this amazing jet-ski, a giant turbocharged, the Lamborghini of jet-skis. I had to pick him up under a cliff. There were three- and four-metre waves breaking up against the cliff.

“Ross Clarke-Jones lives a life without limits. He’s fit, he’s focused and he’s not scared about what other people think. I get told all the time that I’m crazy and slow down but what you’re doing is putting the spotlight on the person who’s talking to you and making them reflect on themselves.”

Rowley’s daily training involves blending the disciplines of “free diving” with the rigours of big-wave surfing. “Everything about free diving is calm and slow and everything about surfing is extreme,” he says. “In free diving you want to slow down your heart, slow down your breathing, control every environment and you only have to go under water once. In surfing you’ve got waves crashing on your heads, boards hitting you in the head, water going down your throat and you’ve got multiple waves hitting you, so it’s the exact opposite.

“If you can control your breathing, get a lot of oxygen into your blood, your heart can pump slower and stronger, and then when your heart’s relaxed your nervous system stays relaxed. The problem for most people when they see a big wave is that they switch straight into fight or flight – they panic. When you’re in fight or flight you lose all your basic motor skills. You lose your coherence, your ability to think straight … Or if you happen to catch a wave you’ve lost your basic motor skills, so you’ll fall straight off.”

The challenge, he says, is to control emotions and fears to survive a wipeout in huge waves.

“The worst wipeout is 25 seconds (held under water). A two-wave hold-down could be 50 seconds. But it’s not like holding your breath in the pool – it’s like you’re getting beaten up by a football team while you’re trying to hold your breath.”

Rowley has had his own adversities to overcome. Born in 1979 with “underdeveloped” legs, he spent the first year of his life in plaster up to his waist. Doctors told his mother: “He will be a cripple for life and will never walk.” He grew up in Anglesea on the Surf Coast, where his family moved in the 1970s from Melbourne for a sea change. His father, Bill Rowley, was a surfboard shaper and ran a surf shop selling his Springer surfboards.

“My earliest memories were crawling around the floor of my dad’s shaping bay playing in the foam dust, or crawling around the wetsuits in their shop. Or opening the gates at the farm when dad went surfing – got to get through the farms to get to the beach. So my brother and sister and I did all the gates. We loved it.”

The doctors had underestimated him. At the age of two he was on body boards in the shorebreak, at eight standing up on a real board. It was a blissful beachside life until 1990, when the Pyramid Building Society collapsed. “It ruined the business,” Rowley says. “Mum and dad lost everything. We lost our home, lost the business, like so many other Victorians. Everything they’d worked for for 20 years.

“My parents decided to turn a negative into a positive.

We got a borrowed caravan and a borrowed car. They put us into correspondence school and we drove around Australia for a year. It ended up being one of the best years of our lives. A year of time with our parents, staying in caravan parks, we learnt how to bait hooks and tie knots, we saw crazy wildlife, snakes, goannas, sharks and turtles, caught barramundi, saw crocodiles.”

At the end of this odyssey they settled on the Gold Coast and lived at Burleigh Heads for five years. Each school holidays Rowley would return to his beloved Victoria. “Every time you surfed at the Gold Coast there were 100 people in the water at the major breaks. It was crazy. And it was really rough. We saw things at a young age in the street, people getting bashed. It wasn’t the lifestyle that I wanted.”

O n the last day of school, when all his mates went off to Schoolies Week, Rowley flew back to Victoria and never left. “The whole family followed me back down.”

He surfed in junior surf competitions until he was 20 but was not impressed with the “knee-high” waves in which the contests were held. He preferred big waves, but was in awe of their power and danger. “I’ve paddle surfed into 20-foot waves in Hawaii but I was really scared and I didn’t catch any big ones,” he says. “Now I’m a littler older I want to really have a good crack at it.

“Out there in big surf it’s amazing. It’s almost life-changing. So much water moving around. I remember sitting having a look over a couple of waves there and it felt I was looking down at the whole Hawaiian islands; that’s how far up you are and the view you have. I froze. I looked into a few and it was too much for me. I was 18 or 19 and I wasn’t ready for it.”

Later he did surf waves of up to 30 foot, but always using a jet-ski, which allows surfers to catch swells out at sea. “It’s really wild and stormy most of the time, very inhospitable, howling winds; it’s usually pretty ugly,” he says. “When you’re out there and it’s huge, there’s usually only a few people out in the water and they really want to be there.

“When you’re on a jet-ski you can cover an area as big as a couple of football fields. The jet-ski just drives over there and catches a wave. But when you’re paddling you’ve got to position yourself right where you can catch the wave by paddling. If you’re waiting for a 20-foot set and you see it coming, the whole horizon goes black. You see this black line on the horizon, like a tsunami coming. Every instinct in your body is telling you to go for the horizon, paddle fast now. But you know you’re in the (right) spot and you have to override all your instincts and not move.”

And if you’re wrong? “If it’s a 25-foot set or a 30-foot set you’re history. You come over the first one and if

it’s 25 foot you’re going to wear it straight on the head. That’s why it’s the ultimate challenge. It’s your judgment call against the ocean. It is the ultimate test – how calm can you stay?”

Rowley tells an extraordinary story about the wave that nearly killed him two years ago while tow-in surfing with Clarke-Jones and Jeff’s brother Chris. “The biggest wave of the day came through on the biggest swell I’d ever seen. (It was on Victoria’s wild south coast). It was in the middle of winter, one of those ugly, howling-wind days, only a couple of people in the water. We love those days.

“I was in position for where a 20-foot wave would come though. We were on the jet-ski, came over the top of the first wave in the set and knew the second wave was going to be the one. The wave was 30 foot. We were so out of position. My brother Chris was driving the jet-ski. He was struggling to get up and over the top of the wave without getting pitched. As I was holding on to the rope behind him I realised I was already on the wave so I let go of the rope and started to ride the wave.

“It was so much bigger than any wave I’d ever seen. I was deep in the wave with a huge wall a couple of hundred metres in front of me. I thought, ‘This wave is going to kill you, so give it everything you’ve got’. I committed to it and leaned forward. As I watched the thing unfold and barrel over me, I held my line in the barrel and … I had this beautiful view inside the barrel and then it spat, there was all this white mist and I could hardly see. The mist started to clear and I realised I’d come out of the barrel and I’d made it … An instant of elation passed through me. But what I didn’t see was the wave was closing out and I couldn’t see the lip coming down from three (building) storeys above me, and this slab of water as big as a pool was coming down straight on top of me. The wave landed on me. It crushed me flat, hit me into the water and my left shoulder ripped back so hard that my left arm went numb (instantly), knocked all the wind out of my lungs …

“People think you can curl up in a ball and hold your breath, but this thing hit me so hard and fast it was like a rag doll being hit by a Mack truck. You can’t pull your arms and legs in, you are flailing wildly. It held me down for 25 seconds, which when you’re winded and beaten is a long time. About three times I thought it was going to let me back up … but no.”

Rowley knew the next wave was arriving any second, and he probably wouldn’t be able to survive too much time under water. “I got to a point where I became really calm, thinking, ‘You’re probably not going to come up from this’. I thought I was history.”

He managed to get to the surface, coughing up blood, throwing up water. His brother picked him up on the jet-ski. “I learnt a lot from it. I thought, ‘If that’s the biggest wave I’ve ever seen and that’s what it’s going to do to me, I’ve got to go and train for that’. It didn’t scare me away. That wave was the benchmark.”

For 10 years Rowley worked at the surf company Quiksilver in Torquay until leaving two years ago to start his protein powder business. He invites corporates or individuals to sponsor him through his website. All money goes into a holding account for the charity without touching Rowley’s bank account and he is not charging any running costs.

He will not give up on this dream. “If I don’t get the $1 million I’ll keep going. I’ll use everything I’ve learnt this year from it and go again next year.”

After spending time with Rowley, you believe him. If he can stare down a 30-foot wave, there’s little doubt he’ll become the million-dollar baby. \

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L IFEwithBIRD designers Nicholas Van Messner and Bridget McCall summed it up perfectly. � ere used to be a time and place if you wanted to wear track pants, and that was the couch – but a lot has

happened to the sportswear classic since fashion got its hands on it.

“We’re all for them,” say Van Messner and McCall, who have created a special tracksuit to raise money for the annual Tracky Dack Day, which will be launched on June 9 at the Whitehouse Institute in Melbourne.

� e public can also participate in the fund-raiser by wearing tracksuit pants on July 1 to promote awareness of kids battling illness and injuries in hospital.

All money raised from Tracky Dack Day will go to TLC for kids, a national charity that provides emergency distractions to nurture the emotional well-being of kids undergoing medical treatment within 48 hours of the request being made.

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When you think of tracksuits, images of shopping malls (think Fountain Gate’s Kath and Kim), gangster rappers and their bling-inspired video clips and sessions at the gym may come to mind. But when well-known designers such as J’Aton, Aurelio Costarella, Carla Zampatti, Alpha60, Ellery, LIFEwithBIRD, Lui Hon, Dhini, Jenny Bannister and Extinct had a shot at revving the celebrity status of tracky dacks for the launch of this fund-raiser, they gave the suburban sportswear classic a run for its money.

“Designers all the world over have embraced the sportswear classic and made it a high-fashion regular, minus the synthetics and stripes,” say Van Messner and McCall.

� e inspiration for their charity-designed track pant was all about conjuring innocence and purity. “It’s about feeling free and rejuvenated,” they say. “We wanted to create a piece that was sophisticated, but also true to the relaxed and understated nature of this iconic comfort garment.”

Jenny Bannister’s creation is as playful and fun as it gets. It’s all about channelling the wild child within and looking glamorous from every angle. “Tracky dacks are not for general exhibition,” says Bannister. “Surprisingly, Aussies have taken to them with a vengeance and made them a staple classic, not just for the gym or house wear. My tracky dack idea is to look hot, artistic, creative and on � re at all times. We only live once and should look good at all times.”

Kym Ellery, from fashion house Ellery, wanted her track pants to inspire the wearer, tempting us with her own spin on bling. “We have hand-beaded some crystals and sequins on them, so that when you look down there is a glimmer shining back at you,” says Ellery.

Simon Foretti, from Extinct, says, “A good pair of trackies is like a timeless friend who is always there for me. � ey make you feel like you’re at home. � e rule is to � nd a pair that suits you and this involves investing in one good pair rather than having three average ones. � ey are as Australian as the Hill’s Hoist and will be so for many generations to come, so don’t � ght it, embrace it.”

While Alpha60’s Alex and Georgie Cleary have taken their idea one step further and turned to their favourite designer, Josef Ho� mann, for inspiration. “He believed that all objects should be designed with consideration. When he created a house, he designed every aspect, from the structure, through to the furniture and cutlery,” they say. “We took his theory a step further and designed these trackies to match his most famous building, the Palace Stoclet. Imagine trackies that matched your décor.”

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Union Dining 272 Swan Street, RichmondCuisine \ EuropeanChef \ Nicky RiemerHip pocket \ About $70 a head, wine extraOpen \ Tuesday-Saturday 6-11pm Highlights \ Service, style, substanceLowlights \ Bony goatBookings \ RecommendedPhone \ 9428 2988» www.uniondining.com.au

FoghoRn Leghorn has a wife. She is at the table beside us at Union

Dining this Wednesday night – braying, boisterous and oblivious to the discomfort of her fellow diners.

“We often have two bottles of wine between us,” she bawls at a waitress as her friend’s eyes dart to the floor, perhaps hoping it will cleave open and swallow her. I’d prefer the floor swallowed her friend so we could all enjoy Swan Street’s new sensation in peace.

On a stay-at-home, shivery weekday evening, a fortnight after it opened, Union Dining is heaving with hungry types lured by the promise of Nicky Riemer’s restorative European fare.

Riemer, recently of the Melbourne Wine Room, and business partner Adam Cash (Cutler & Co) must be thrilled with the enthusiastic reception to their new business.

They’ve opened on a historic corner site made over in broadly French-brasserie style – walls of mirrors, banquette, Thonet chairs – with Mediterranean stone-tiled floors, so it feels sort of midway between bistro and trattoria.

This is the unloved end of Swan Street, beyond Church Street, where the neighbours are a petrol station and a car wash. Very unglamorous. But step beneath the iron-lace verandah into Union’s twinkling, bustling interior and the location becomes irrelevant – its confidence and polish seem destined to replicate the Cutler effect and eventually gentrify their surroundings.

Cash’s fastidious service standards are obvious in the vigilance with which tap water, wine and bread are refilled and the diligence with which black-aproned staff expound on the menu and wine list. Perhaps sometimes they’re even a little too diligent – a brief description, thanks, not a dissertation.

Riemer describes her cooking at Union as provincial European which, on the menu, mostly translates to subtly French and Italian-accented dishes.

We start with the piedmont tartare – it’s uncooked beef, yes, but instead of raw egg, this northern-Italian version is spliced with celery and horseradish and coated in pecorino cheese. In fact, it is so densely dredged in pecorino and parsley that the red meat is completely disguised. Perhaps that was the intention.

In the absence of eggy goo, the meat is light and fresh, its clean, slightly metallic flavours accentuated by the crispness of celery hearts and the snifter of horseradish. Tartare can be such a hardcore dish but Riemer has recalibrated it into a sophisticated entrée that will be difficult to resist on the next visit.

Our second entrée is ham hock, slow braised to fall-apart consistency and muddled with al dente fregola and cornichons. It’s a lovely ensemble dish where the various flavours and textures play nicely together and the smoked hock, surprisingly, doesn’t steal the show.

The spatchcock is a glutinous, rib-sticking casserole of braised bird in red wine with olives, shallots and kaiserfleisch (smoked pork belly) that is so suited to this bleak wintry night that, on the first bite, I can almost feel my eyes roll back into my head a little.

I’m less impressed with the goat abbacchio, slow-braised beast on the bone in a tomato-based ragu with olives and braised capsicum. The sauce is pleasant but every time I jab my fork into the oversized hunks of roasted ruminant I hit bone, not flesh. The meat-to-bone ratio is rather slim.

On the bright side, side dishes of hand-cut chips and portobello mushrooms are excellent.

Pity the poor sod out back who has to sliver the spuds, but these fries are awesome. They’re not that hot when they arrive, but that doesn’t matter; as they cool down their salty, crispy, stick-like goodness more and more resembles those Smith’s French Fries that used to come in chip packets. (They probably still do – I don’t get play-lunch any more, so wouldn’t know.)

The mushrooms, simmered with garlic, onion

and chilli, are voluptuous and slippery.Dessert is the definite highlight. Not so much the

dessert cup of raspberry sorbet sozzled in limoncello, which is light on the booze and, anyway, the lemon liqueur seems a dubious match with the super-sweet berry ice. But the croustade, mon dieu.

Its rustic, golden-brown pastry casing resembles the Bilbao Guggenheim in miniature. Cut inside and it explodes with the cooked caramel flavours of apple and intense, Armagnac-infused prunes, sweetened with melting pistachio sorbet.

It’s like an enormous man-hug, a sensation that pretty much sums up Union Dining. It’s comfort central, the perfect antidote to a long, cold Melbourne winter … and a noisy neighbour. \

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The Queen’s Birthday weekend – the last long weekend until

November – always throws up a dilemma for me: cram a range of experiences into the three days; or relax and recharge for the half-year ahead. Both of these can easily incorporate a glass of wine, but I generally choose to get out and visit a wine region or two.

This year, no fewer than four wine regions around the state are hosting weekend-long events, so it looks like I’ll be racking up the kilometres in the car.

From wine barrel-rolling races down Rutherglen’s High Street to Dolce Fa Niente (“the sweetness of doing nothing”), at Politini in the King Valley, region-wide events are great for the grape lover in the family, but there’s always more than enough to keep designated drivers and, most importantly, children entertained.

A mate and I took our two-year-olds, Mim and Zef, for an overnight stay at Rutherglen a few weeks ago and were thrilled to find play equipment, toys and colouring books at all the cellar doors we visited, giving us much-needed breathing space to taste and chat through a few wines. One winemaker even let her chooks loose for the kids to chase as we enjoyed a glass with lunch.

Our wives will be pleased to know we did curtail our tastings to supervise the kids, so a good tip for tasting wines with little ones around is not to feel obliged to

taste all the wines on offer. If reds are your thing, skip the whites and get stuck into the shiraz straight away.

The King Valley and Rutherglen are both fair drives (three hours by car), though they can be done as day trips if you don’t have time to hang around.

Closer to home, the Mornington Peninsula is hosting its annual winter wine weekend. Its keynote event is at the Red Hill showgrounds on the Saturday of the Queen’s Birthday weekend, with more than 200 wines available for tasting under the one roof.

And there’s more to the celebrations than the main event. Leave the showgrounds and head to cellar doors to try back vintages and grab bargains.

I wrote about Heathcote being a favourite region of mine recently, and it looks like there are some interesting tastings over the weekend. Wineries with cellar doors are open each day, but what interests me are the smaller wineries, that have their wines available for tastings at Cellar & Store on the Heathcote main drag.

Heathcote is an hour and 40 minutes’ drive from Melbourne and there are a few ways to get there. Go through Lancefield and you’ll find yourself at Shelmerdine’s cellar door before you make it to town. \

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Stonier Chardonnay 2009(Mornington Peninsula) $25; 13.5% ★★★★

With aromas of peach, toast, melon and struck match along with generous, fruit-driven stonefruit, grapefruit and honey flavours, this well-made, solid wine will appeal to a broad range of drinkers. It gets the balancing act between bright, chalky acidity and rich flavours just about right, and a creamy texture adds to the wine. It has good length with spice and honey flavours on the finish.

Food match \ Grilled scallops

Rutherglen Estates Savagnin 2010(Region) $16; 11.5% ★★★ ½

This would be a good option for parties or barbecues. It goes well with food and would make wine lovers and people who just want a glass of white happy. Low alcohol is a plus as it’s a wine that could easily be guzzled. It is, however, a rather serious wine and a good example of local savagnin. Flavours and aromas of pear, honeysuckle, lemon zest and a hint of tinned pineapple sit well with crisp, slightly chalky acidity and creamy texture.

Food match \ Antipasto

Brown Brothers Limited Release Shiraz 2009 (Heathcote) $29.90; 14.5% ★★★★ ½

These limited-release wines are a good reason to head to Brown Brothers’ cellar door at Milawa. Matured in mostly aged American oak, this is plush and powerful with aromas of blackberry, cherry, spice and cured meat. It’s got fresh acid on the palate, fine-grained tannin and medium-bodied flavours of blackberry, pepper, clove and oak sweetness that build and build on the finish. It’s a remarkably light and well-balanced wine given the high alcohol.

Food match \ Roast lamb

Holly’s Garden Ramato Pinot Gris 2010 (Whitlands) $17; 13.5% ★★★★

The Whitlands Plateau is at the southern end of the King Valley, and these grapes were grown at an altitude of 750 metres. Ramato means copper in Italian and is an old method of production in which the grapes are crushed and left on their skins to gain a copper-like colour, rich texture and crisp acidity. Texture and acidity are structural highlights, as are aromas and flavours of pear, golden delicious apple, red berries, citrus (juice and pith) and a varietal smokiness. I had to double-check the price. Food match \ Peking duck

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Crittenden Estate The Zumma Pinot Noir 2009 (Mornington Peninsula) $49; 13.5% ★★★★ ½

Winemaker Rollo Crittenden has been on a roll lately, and it continues with this release. Elegant, lifted aromas of light and dark cherry, plum, mineral and loam lead to fresh, vivid flavours of cherry, rhubarb, raspberry and earth. Its structure – a silky texture with acid and tannins in balance – stands it in good stead as an ageing prospect and it was better drinking after being opened for a day. It has a persistent finish with layers of sweet and sour flavours.

Food match \ Mushroom risotto

Heathcote on Show \ Highlight: The range of tastings over the weekend at Cellar & Store. Don’t miss cellar doors: Shelmerdine, Yabby Lake. » www.heathcoteonshow.com.auMornington Peninsula Winter Wine Weekend \ Highlight: Winter Wine Fest at Red Hill showgrounds on June 11. Two hundred wines and their makers under the one roof. Don’t miss cellar doors: Eldridge Estate, Paradigm Hill. » www.mpva.com.auKing Valley Weekend Fit For A King \ Highlight: Tasting prosecco along the new Prosecco Road wine tour. Don’t miss cellar doors: Brown Brothers, Pizzini. » www.winesofthekingvalley.com.auRutherglen Winery Walkabout \ Highlight: Back vintages and tasting history in a glass with rare fortifieds. Don’t miss cellar doors: All Saints Estate, Scion Vineyard. » www.winemakers.com.au

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T ravelling north from Melbourne, just a� er you pass the last of those infernal yellow arches that infect much of Victoria, there comes a moment when the neon turns to wood and the land just

opens up. � e faraway mountains are mere suggestions, and the sky goes on forever.

So too do the vines you see immediately as you enter Rutherglen, parallel rows of potential stretching o� into the distance. � e town was built in the 1850s on an appetite for gold, but soon developed a commensurate taste for viticulture. Today the precious metals arouse much less urgency, but the earth still nourishes those who stayed.

� e region is buttressed by its forti� ed wines – as a sign in the centre of town proudly informs visitors, Sydney may have a nice harbour, but Rutherglen has a great port. But there are other delights for the inquisitive palate, such as bubbles and sparkles and a pantheon of titanic reds, of which durif is a local speciality.

� e � rst stop on our itinerary is Anderson Winery, run by father-and-daughter team Howard and Christobelle. Howard’s prized old MG is usually out the front, and you’re likely to be served by one of the pair in the same room where the bottling and other processes take place. Sparkling wines are a forte.

Next is the Jones Winery and Vineyard, where Mandy Jones dishes out delightful winks along with duck con� t of conversation-halting deliciousness. I’m not sure what the collective noun is for wire emus (perhaps wiremus), but there are plenty to be found at Jones’, along with other � ne food and handmade bric-a-brac in a setting that exudes equal amounts of class and country charm.

A� er lunch we stop at Buller’s where Monica Neideregger is an excellent, ebullient host. Buller’s is rightfully proud of its Calliope series of tokay and muscat, which each received perfect scores from US wine critic Robert Parker – a taste leaves us musing about the treacly goodness.

Rutherglen’s main street is charming in that manner indigenous to country towns, with pubs showing o� their gold-rush era façades and an extremely well stocked second-hand bookstore. Parker’s Pies is a local institution, but we decide to save our stomachs for dinner. We retire instead to Tuileries’ well-appointed rooms, where we sip local sparkling wine and watch the setting sun paint the sky over the vineyards with glorious pastels. Life is hard, sometimes.

For dinner, also at Tuileries, we leave the choice

of wine in the hands of our friendly waiter; his recommendations of a lighter red for our appetisers and one of those mighty durifs for the steak are perfect. � ere is also a splendidly surreal touch when a cadre of bagpipers on their annual retreat, resplendent in tartan, march through the dining rooms.

“What do they wear under their kilts?” asks my companion. I say nothing, which just may be correct.

� e next day dawns bright and frosty. We nimbly dodge the fresh paint of Tuileries’ just-completed wine bar and pop over to Rutherglen Estates, a cellar door just next to the restaurant and handily close to the main street. We’re informed that the selection here

is popular with the young ones, but there are plenty of options no matter how many years

you’ve spent in a cellar.Stanton & Killeen Wines is next on the agenda.

Simon Killeen is enthusiastic and informative as he leads us through the innards of his family’s winery, rattling o� popular vintages and tales of the following that certain wines have garnered over the years. � e cellar door is cosy, and it’s hard to tell who’s more friendly, Simon or the resident cat.

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Wines. The assorted trophies at the cellar door bear mute, shiny testament to Morris’ pedigree, and Mick Morris himself is a repository of knowledge, just as happy to discuss techniques and subtle differences in vintage as he is to break into stories of Rutherglen’s past. (The Morris fortifieds, it must be mentioned, disappear with alarming alacrity when my mother and grandmother come to visit.)

Finally, after a quick reshuffle of the itinerary, we reach All Saints Estate, where we’re greeted by the intriguingly incongruous sight of a terracotta-coloured castle. Built in the 1880s, it’s a replica of the Castle of Mey in Scotland, and shelters a well-stocked cellar door and the nearby Indigo Cheese Company, which has nice nibbles. As we eat lunch, couples lounge by the pond with a bottle of wine and children play in the grass; it’s all very wholesome.

As we leave, under an avenue of trees in their first flirtations with autumnal glory, it’s hard not to think that the most impressive aspect of Rutherglen is its scalability. Main Street is sleepy enough, but it comfortably handles thousands of visitors during the Walkabout (see breakout). The same flexibility can be ascribed to the various personalities who inhabit the region’s cellar doors. They’re lively and honest, as happy to answer inane questions from interested beginners as they are to have serious discussions about yeasts and yields. If you do stop by, be sure and have a chat. You might just learn something. \

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Go WalkaboutFor the past 37 years, Rutherglen has played host to people from all over the country during its annual Winery Walkabout. All Saints Estate puts on muscat masterclasses by winemaker Dan Crane and tours of the castle, while Anderson Winery is putting on dinners in honour of Howard Anderson’s 40th anniversary of making wine.

There’s live music to be found across the region; Jimmy Barnes is a fan of Buller’s produce, while this year their concert-ready grounds will play host to Taxiride lead singer Jason Singh.

Rutherglen Estates and Stanton & Killeen Wines have reserve tasting and live bands too, and at the latter you can win a barrel of wine if your golf skills are good enough.

At Jones Winery, there’s vertical tasting and sneak previews on offer, as well as a bazaar with more of its signature garden art, and Morris Wines has all manner of stalls and entertainment as well as award-winning wines to sample.

There’s too much going on to fit into this space, but wherever you visit you’re likely to find produce and craft stalls, and fine food to go along with the fine drink. Hop on the website for a full itinerary.

There is an abundance of regional tour operators from which to choose, and selections that show off the versatility of the region – from big reds to juicy flavours to spicy, peppery tastes. \

» Hari Raj visited Rutherglen as a guest of The Winemakers of Rutherglen and Tuileries

VisitAnderson Winery \ www.andersonwinery.com.au \ (02) 6032 8111Jones Winery and Vineyard \ www.joneswinery.com \ (02) 6032 8496Buller’s \ www.rlbullerandson.com.au \ (02) 6032 9660 Tuileries \ www.tuileriesrutherglen.com.au \ (02) 6032 9033Rutherglen Estates \ www.rutherglenestates.com.au \ (02) 6032 7999Stanton & Killeen Wines \ www.stantonandkilleenwines.com.au \ (02) 6032 9457Morris Wines \ www.morriswines.com \ (02) 6026 7303All Saints Estate \ www.allsaintswine.com.au \ (02) 6035 2222

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research is part-bush, part-suburbia and part of the Nillumbik’s green wedge. One minute you can be driving

down winding country roads with signs warning of horses crossing and

kangaroos, the next you among large houses on big blocks of land.

Just past Eltham, Research is quieter and with more of a village flavour. The appeal to families is obvious with its proximity to shops, bus routes and schools such as Research Primary School, Eltham College, Eltham High and Catholic Ladies’ College.

Marconi Court is in a prestige pocket of Research off Research-Warrandyte Road.

The house at No.3, set on 4013 square metres, offers the complete lifestyle. If you were talking hamburgers, this would be one “with the lot”.

It has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, including an en suite, formal living, a dining room/billiards room, a vast granite kitchen with informal living and dining, rumpus room, study, a spacious outdoor entertainment area, swimming pool and flood-lit mod grass tennis court.

From the kitchen, the children are visible in the pool or on the court – a bonus for parents who need to know where their youngsters are.

The phrase “the great entertainer” also comes to mind, as you would never be short of a room to kick up your heels. Whether it is formal or informal, inside or outside, this house offers great spaces, including a brick-paved terrace with a roof, which can be opened or closed according to the weather.

Set at the end of a sweeping driveway lined by well-tended shrubs, the house is imposing at first glance. A central flight of stairs leads to the entrance and the entry hall.

Recently renovated bathrooms in the popular mocha and white tones with square, above-bench basins and sleek cabinets and marble feature tiles add contemporary style.

Owned by the one family in its 18 years, the house is a testament to its owners’ quest for perfection. From the immaculately clipped shrubs lining the drive to the high-gloss granite in the kitchen and porcelain-tiled floors, everything is in perfect condition. A carpeted, sunken lounge has a marble-trimmed open fireplace that does not have to be switched on. In one corner a french-polished timber bar has a mirrored back wall for the rows of glass shelves holding top-shelf liquor.

Two steps up from the lounge is the formal dining room, but it is used as a billiards room and to house the family’s collection of sporting memorabilia.

The core of this house is the generous living zone that encompasses the kitchen/meals area and family room. The kitchen, with its black, glossy granite benches, including an island bench, is bright and sparkling, with

white cabinets below the benches. With a tiled floor, this informal eating and cooking zone leads through double doors to a very large rumpus room. At one end of the rumpus room, double doors open to the verandah; at the other end is a study with powder room next to it.

The back verandah effectively becomes a year-round outdoor room. The swimming pool and tennis court are in full view, but – because of the mature trees and hedges on the fence line and another tennis court in an adjoining property – the neighbours are not. Steps from the paved verandah lead up to the tennis court level. There is also enough garden and lawn for a trampoline just near the verandah.

Back inside, three large bedrooms, and the new bathroom that serves them, are grouped off the hall just past the family room. The main bedroom, which overlooks the front garden, is elevated and has great views across the front of the property to houses in the distance. Its mocha feature wall creates a point of interest in this large room and co-ordinates with the mocha-and-white en suite.

With its privacy, zoned living and resort-like facilities, this property is a great advertisement for why families are drawn to Research. \

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A pool, a tennis court and space in spades … everything for the ultimate in entertaining and, writes MARIA HARRIS, a house that’s as private as it is good.

postcode

3095


MORRISON KLEEMAN, 9431 2444

3 Marconi Court, Research

Price: $1.3 million – $1.5 million

Auction: June 18 at noon

Fast facts: Large house on 4013 square metres, open � replace, billiards room, study, rumpus room, granite designer kitchen, lavish bathrooms, paved rear verandah with a roof that opens and closes, swimming pool, space, mod-grass, � ood-lit tennis court, private back garden, close to shops, schools and transport. RESEARCH \ 24 kms from the CBD

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“A BRILLIANT HOUSE WITH EVERY CONCEIVABLE FEATURE FOR MODERN LIVING.” ROCCO MONTANARO – AGENT

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Toorak has St Georges Road, Albert Park has St Vincent Place and Eaglemont has the stunning Summit Drive. This premier address – perched high in the Walter Burley Grif� n-designed Mount Eagle Estate

– is home to some of Melbourne’s � nest examples of interwar architecture.

Although built in 1932, the 1691-square-metre property at No.3 bears no scars from the Depression. It speaks only of good times and great style; from the sweeping lawns out front to the timber-clad foyer with domed ceiling and glistening chandelier inside. This house is grand without being ostentatious and elegant without losing its warmth. Both front reception rooms are � tted with log � res and are connected by multipane glass doors.

Views of the surrounding greenery spill through deco leadlight windows, but the garden is best enjoyed out on the covered front patio. Much of this house reminds of a colonial-era hotel. Even the main bedroom, with its stunning bay window, is not unlike a presidential suite.

The current owners, only the second since the 1950s, added a sunroom overlooking the resort-sized swimming pool out the back. With its high-pitched glass ceiling, this is their preferred place for dinner parties.

Everyday meals, however, are enjoyed in the good-sized kitchen, which is � tted with new Bosch appliances. Not unlike St Vincent Place, the residents on Summit Drive share a beautifully maintained common garden that extends beyond the back fence. \ LIAM CARTER

Low maintenance is usually the � rst thing that comes to mind when describing a unit. But here at No.3/26 Belmont Road, the word “luxury” is also � tting. Take the kitchen, which has thick granite benches,

jarrah cabinets and elite European appliances, including a double La Germania oven. The vendor has hosted 23 people for lunch in the open-plan living hub, which has high ceilings, polished boards and garden views through a curved wall of north-facing windows. The quality is not surprising when you consider where we are. But not everyone will be lucky enough to � nd is a position so close to the Darebin Creek, parklands and bike trail. The three units have been built in a style sympathetic to the area’s interwar architecture. They combine gables, a pretty brick trim and low garden walls. This property includes a double garage with internal access via the laundry, three double bedrooms and a study by the entrance. \ LIAM CARTER

In Eltham North, every block, big or small, feels like a private hideaway. The thick bush and hilly terrain make it hard to know that there are others around. This double-storey brown-brick residence is at the base

of a steep 878-square metre block. The thick border of gums, that reaches right up to the front balcony, make the property seem smaller than it actually is. Inside, there is more than enough space for a family to grow. The � oor plan is split across three levels. Below, there are three street-facing bedrooms, including the main with its walk-in wardrobe and en suite. Up one � ight of stairs is the fourth bedroom and rumpus, and up top is the family living hub with soaring timber-lined ceiling and exposed brick walls. Built in 1976 by the vendors, the house has many original features but has also been updated. The kitchen is only � ve years old. Out the back, there is a large covered area and garage with plenty of storage. \ LIAM CARTER

JELLIS CRAIG, 9490 2900

3 Summit Drive

Price: $2.7 million +


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MILES REAL ESTATE, 9497 3222

3/26 Belmont Road

Price: $780,000 – $830,000


3 2 2FLETCHERS, 9430 1111

52 Orchard Avenue

Price: $470,000 – $540,000

Expressions of Interest: Closing June 14

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EAGLEMONT

IVANHOE ELTHAM NORTH

POSTCODE

3084

POSTCODE

3079POSTCODE

3095


May Street occupies a surprisingly sleepy pocket of Macleod. Running up the side of a hill, the street enjoys bushland views across to the Watsonia Barracks. You wouldn’t know that the bustling Greensborough

Highway is only a couple of bends away. What adds to this street’s quiet, almost comforting,

charm are the rows of 1950s weatherboard houses that remind of calmer, simpler times. No.12 is one such house. It sits back from the street behind a manicured front yard and a liquidambar with changing autumn leaves. Inside, you’ll � nd the ideal blend of old and new.

The house has been renovated, but not to the point that it is unrecognisable from its former self. For example, there

BARRY PLANT, 9459 8111

12 May Street

Price: $640,000 – $670,000

Expressions of Interest: Closing June 21 at 6pm

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MACLEOD POSTCODE

3085

169 LOWER HEIDELBERG ROAD EAST IVANHOE Luxuriously appointed and architecturally designed, these three bedroom (plus study) townhomes are perfectly positioned opposite Ivanhoe Park and walking distance from local shopping, trains and bus. Spacious and light-filled, these boutique townhouses offer low maintenance living with all the inclusions you’ve come to expect from Comdain.

Price on application.

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is an original 1950s brick � replace in the dining area, which is separated from the family area by a dividing wall crowned with original timber fretwork.

The effect is to break up the living hub without isolating the rooms. Nearby there is an open-plan kitchen, recently � tted with new coffee-toned cabinets and stainless steel appliances, including dishwasher. The accommodation is well zoned across the � oor plan.

The third bedroom is near the back entry and is next to a bathroom that doubles as a laundry. Polished � oorboards lead down to the main bedroom and nursery, perhaps, served by a second bathroom. The backyard is private and again well balanced, with a large deck, plenty of lawn and mature garden beds. \ LIAM CARTER


Experience: Michael Krause (above) has been in the industry for 11 years.

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New for old a great way to go

raze or renovate is a dilemma faced by many owners of older houses. Old houses can end up costing owners a lot of money and renovations have the potential of blowing the budget when

unforeseen problems crop up. However, if the house has heritage or sentimental value, renovating is the only way to go.

Michael Krause, who has been in property development for 11 years, comes down squarely on the demolish-and-rebuild side of the argument. A carpenter, Krause knows the Melbourne building business inside-out and used to work mainly on renovation of older houses.

“I found the cost of renovating was getting so high. That was why I found G.J. Gardner so appealing. For $400,000, a client could get a brand-new home,” he said.

Krause is a franchisee of custom-home builder G.J. Gardner Homes, an award-winning independent building firm. Established in Queensland in 1983, G.J. Gardner now has 85 franchises in Australia, New Zealand and the US. Its premise is that each of its offices is owned and operated by a registered local builder who knows and understands local issues such as getting plans through council and whose local knowledge ensures that each new house is ideally suited to conditions in the area.

Krause builds about 30 new houses in Melbourne’s

eastern and south-eastern suburbs every year and works with a team of subcontractors he has used for the past five to 10 years and that he trusts to meet G.J. Gardner’s high standards.

“I recently had a couple who were the perfect example of why it is better to rebuild. They had an old home that they bought three years ago and they had two children. For $430,000 they could get a brand new home with everything exactly as they want it. That price included

the demolition, design and any permits needed,” he said.“In the eastern suburbs there are very few vacant

blocks if people want to build. If you want to live in these areas you are most likely going to buy a house that is up to 80 or 90 years old and you are buying other people’s renovations, which has the potential for all sorts of problems.

“When you build a new home you have the security of a seven-year standard warranty and a 10-year structural warranty. If you keep this home for five years and decide you want to sell it, the resale value is going to be much higher than that of a renovated old home,” Krause said.

While his main market is houses ranging from $450,000 to $750,000, G.J. Gardner is also building $1 million-plus homes at the top end of the market in Hawthorn and Prahran.

G.J. Gardner has a range of designs available to clients but Krause also builds for those who have had their own architect design a house. “First up we do engineer’s soil test and site assessment to ensure the house plans are suitable for the block of land. We then do a full costing, working drawings and at the same time get the necessary building permits,” he said. “We want to be sure they know exactly what they can and can’t do.” \

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A property developer explains to MARY RIEKERT the benefits of a demolish-and-rebuild approach.

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For 42 years, this Montmorency property has served the current owners well. The house is set well away from the main road and is at the crest of a steep driveway. It offers privacy and several entertainment

areas that the whole family will enjoy. The large lounge and meals area are at the front of the house and have views of the front garden. It is close to the retro-inspired kitchen, which has a tiled bench and follows a cream-and-pastel-lemon colour scheme. All three bedrooms are at the rear of the house. The main bedroom has built-in wardrobes and doors that open onto the undercover, elevated patio. Two more bedrooms are nearby. All the bedrooms share the blue-and-green family bathroom and separate toilet. There is also a spacious sunroom near the bedrooms, which overlooks the backyard. Other features include ducted heating, an oversized shed and ample off-street parking. This property is close to Montmorency shopping village, Montmorency station and schools. \ BIANCA VILLAROSA

BUCKINGHAM, 9434 6666

40 Baldwin Avenue

Price: $520,000 +


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MONTMORENCY POSTCODE

3094

Barry Plant Rosanna9459 8111

Polaris 3083 is an exciting residential and retail development. The first-stage release includes a retail hub and 64 stylish apartments with one, two or three bedrooms, offering a new contemporary lifestyle. Visit www.polaris3083.com.au

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Let's eat lunch @Homestead Cafe, 7/27 Snake Gully DveLet's eat dinner @ Sontaya Thai, 1191 Plenty RoadLet's drink coffee @Cafe Veloci, 27 Agora Square

3083POSTCODE

1056-1140 Plenty Road, Bundoora

Price: $295,000 +

For sale

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Darren Jones9432 2544

This partially renovated four-bedroom house on a huge allotment and only a short walk from Bolton Road shops, provides the first home buyer a fabulous new home site or the option to redevelop (STCA).

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Let's eat lunch @Mudd Cafe, 12 Were StreetLet's eat dinner @ La Pesh Steakhouse, 81 Main RoadLet's drink coffee @The Ridge Cafe, 266 Bolton Street

3094POSTCODE

53 Cressy Street, Montmorency

Price: $550,000 +

Auction Saturday July 2 at 12.30pm

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Fletchers Eltham9430 1111

This unique multilevel house offers a warm, earthy ambience, lush green outlook and the potential to make your mark as you create a modern family home that is truly your own.

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Let's eat lunch @Alta Vita, 906 Main RoadLet's eat dinner @ Mercer's, 732 Main RoadLet's drink coffee @The Lane, 937B Main Road

3095POSTCODE

52 Orchard Avenue, Eltham North

Price: $470,000 - $540,000

Expressions of Interest by Tuesday June 14

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David McFarlane Real Estate9439 4022

Centrally heated and with double garage with internal access, this house offers three double bedrooms including main with semi en suite, two generous living areas and a kitchen featuring Omega appliances.

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Let's eat lunch @Shiki Japanese Restaurant, 75 Grimshaw StreetLet's eat dinner @ Eos Greek Tavern, 83 Grimshaw StreetLet's drink coffee @Urban Grooves, 99 Grimshaw Street

3088POSTCODE

6 Porter Street, Briar Hill

Price: $420,000 +

For sale

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This 1960s family house offers comfort, convenience and an interior with a bright colour scheme. The large lounge is at the entrance and has large windows overlooking the tidy and trimmed front garden. The

lounge extends into the meals area and the kitchen, which has mustard-coloured cupboards. The kitchen is where all the action happens, and it overlooks the low-maintenance back garden and the lawn. At the end of the hallway and away from the main living hub are the bedrooms. All three bedrooms feature teal-coloured carpet. The main bedroom has pale-peach walls and a large built-in wardrobe. All the bedrooms share the pink bathroom, which is � tted with a dusty-pink bathtub. There is also a separate toilet and separate shower room with a blue colour scheme. Other features include ducted heating, split-system air-conditioning and a secure garage. This property is metres from Diamond Valley shopping centre and close to Watsonia station and schools. \ BIANCA VILLAROSA

HOCKING STUART, 9432 1988

8 Yerrawa Drive

Price: $450,000 – $490,000

Expressions of Interest: Closing June 15 at 6pm

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WATSONIA POSTCODE

3087

W HERE T O L I V E \ AGEN T S ’ CHOICE


This large family house has recently been renovated and now offers an open-plan design with freshly painted walls. It is instantly appealing because of its polished presentation, with gleaming � oorboards

and large windows letting natural light � ood the interiors. The family room is at the front of the house. It has french doors opening onto decking that provides a great space for outdoor entertaining in the warmer weather. The kitchen is nearby and has stainless steel appliances. It continues into the large meals area and lounge. The carpeted main bedroom has built-in wardrobes and an en suite. Two other bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and share the stark white bathroom with indigo mosaic tiles. The property also has a separate self-contained unit with its own entrance. It has a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Other features include cream block-out blinds and ducted heating. This property is near La Trobe University, Macleod College, Macleod station and shops. \ BIANCA VILLAROSA

BARRY PLANT, 9459 8111

30 Thornton Street

Price: $570,000 – $630,000

Sale by set date: June 14 at 6pm

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MACLEOD POSTCODE

3085

Hocking Stuart Greensborough9432 1988

Relax and unwind in this spacious five-bedroom house, with huge open-plan kitchen and family area, formal lounge, dining and rumpus. Double garage, drive-through access, OSP and water tank.

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Let's eat lunch @Urban Grooves, 99 Grimshaw StreetLet's eat dinner @ Eos Greek Tavern, 83 Grimshaw StreetLet's drink coffee @Holy Moley, 2/134 Main Street

3088POSTCODE

26 Sugar Gum Boulevard, Greensborough

Price: $890,000 - $960,000

Private sale

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Miles Real Estate9497 3222

Magnificent street frontage with leafy garden in a highly coveted Ivanhoe locale sets this three-bedroom, two-bathroom villa unit apart from the rest, with private driveway and LUG, this single-level unit is perfectly presented in a quiet pocket.

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Let's eat lunch @Vasko, 111 Upper Heidelberg Rd Let's eat dinner @ Thai Lantern, 208 Upper Heidelberg RdLet's drink coffee @Laurent, 139 Upper Heidelberg Rd

3079POSTCODE

1/12 Thoresby Grove, Ivanhoe

Price: $730,000 - $790,000

Auction Saturday July 2 at 11am

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Jellis Craig Ivanhoe9490 2900

This ultra-modern three-level house has a sleek open-plan living design, European kitchen with scullery, coffee bar, north-facing deck, three bedrooms, two marble bathrooms, two powder rooms, huge family rumpus room and auto garage.

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Let's eat lunch @Zanetti, 132 Upper Heidelberg RdLet's eat dinner @ Barrio, 77 Upper Heidelberg RdLet's drink coffee @Rocket, 144 Upper Heidelberg Rd

3079POSTCODE

12 Kingsley Street, Ivanhoe

Price: $900,000 +

Auction Saturday June 25 at 11am

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Morrison Kleeman Eltham9431 2444

Reached by a long, private driveway with spectacular views, this impressive residence offers a way of life unique to Greensborough and an inspired lifestyle blending the attractions of country life with the benefits of city living.

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Let's eat lunch @Urban Grooves, 99 Grimshaw StreetLet's eat dinner @ Peppercorn Thai, 81 Grimshaw StreetLet's drink coffee @Gloria Jeans Coffee, 25 Main Street

3088POSTCODE

237 Nepean Street, Greensborough

Price: $730,000 +

Auction Saturday July 2 at 3pm

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This three-bedroom, two bathroom house is set away from the tree-lined street and offers a brightly lit neutral interior. The lounge is at the entrance but has been set up to be used as a study and play area for

the kids. It connects to the meals area that extends into the kitchen. The pale-peach kitchen has a high breakfast bench that overlooks the living room. In the living room there are sliding doors that open onto a paved dining area that is covered by a Perspex roof. There is also plenty of lawn space for the kids to play. The main bedroom, which is at the front of the house, has a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite. The two other bedrooms share the cream-coloured central bathroom and separate toilet. Other features of the house include central heating, ample storage space and internal access from the garage. This property is near Lower Plenty shopping village, Streeton Primary School, parklands and transport. \ BIANCA VILLAROSA

DARREN JONES, 9432 2544

16 Silver Wattle Street

Price: $430,000 +

Auction: June 18 at 2pm

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YALLAMBIE POSTCODE

3085

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ALPHINGTON 114 Grange Rd Hocking Stuart 85

BELLFIELD 3 Lime Crt Miles 77

BRIAR HILL 36 Railway Rd Barry Plant 3912 Beacons� eld Rd Barry Plant 406 Porter St David McFarlane 431-4/25 Williams Rd Morrison Kleeman 64

BUNDOORA 1056-1140 Plenty Rd Barry Plant 332 Boylan Walk Barry Plant 6715 The Concord Buckingham & Co 7810 Donach Cres Darren Jones 92

DIAMOND CREEK 64 Hillingdon Dve Fletchers 2910 Pledger Close Barry Plant 417 Fantail Rise Barry Plant 42

DOREEN 17 Rural Plc Barry Plant 3247 Rothaker Rise Barry Plant 4019 Timbertop Dve Morrison Kleeman 6336 Carome Way Morrison Kleeman 6437 Lakeland Dve Morrison Kleeman 65

EAGLEMONT 3 Summit Dve Jellis Craig 4448 Maltravers Rd Jellis Craig 5188 The Eyrie Jellis Craig 5340 Alandale Rd Jellis Craig 58

ELTHAM 6 Kerby St Fletchers 27106 Pitt St Fletchers 2811 Ashdale Gve Fletchers 2946 Beard St Fletchers 30

12 Valley Park Gve Fletchers 313/1333 Main Rd Morrison Kleeman 654/91 Bible St Morrison Kleeman 661/1125 Main Rd Darren Jones 93

ELTHAM NORTH 52 Orchard Ave Fletchers 30

ELTHAM SOUTH 60 Kent Hughes Rd Morrison Kleeman 62

EPPING 781 High St Stockdale & Leggo 59

GREENSBOROUGH 10 Gilmour Crt Fletchers 3115 Somerleigh Cres Barry Plant 40241 St Helena Rd David McFarlane 431 Viewgrand Way Jellis Craig 464 Eliza Close Morrison Kleeman 61237 Nepean St Morrison Kleeman 6258 Hume St Miles 7213 Del� n Cres Buckingham & Co 7925 Wanbanna Cres Buckingham & Co 798 Hopkins St Buckingham & Co 81

26 Sugar Gum Blvd Hocking Stuart 839 Warralong Ave Darren Jones 887 Nandaly Crt Darren Jones 918/7 Echuca Rd Darren Jones 912/6 Jessop St Darren Jones 921/132 Henry St Darren Jones 9311a Willis St Darren Jones 932/152 Nell St Darren Jones 93

HEIDELBERG 101 Darebin St Miles 754/162 Hawdon St Miles 75

HEIDELBERG HEIGHTS 14a Terry St Barry Plant 3565 Bonar St Barry Plant 35

HEIDELBERG WEST 208 Liberty Pde Miles 78191 Oriel Rd Hocking Stuart 82

IVANHOE 3/16 Ford St Barry Plant 376/1088-1090 Heidelberg Rd Jellis Craig 5034 Bond St Jellis Craig 5212 Kingsley St Jellis Craig 5415 Ford St Jellis Craig 5574 Jellicoe St Jellis Craig 561/30 Livingstone St Jellis Craig 573/43 Marshall St Jellis Craig 57122 Bond St Jellis Craig 596-8 Scotts Pde Miles 681/12 Thoresby Gve Miles 733/26 Belmont Rd Miles 731/127 Ford St Miles 7410 Mabel St Miles 744/59-61 Green St Miles 77403/3 Kiernan Ave Hocking Stuart 862/141 Maltravers Rd Harcourts 8712 Dudley St Haughton Stotts 94

IVANHOE EAST 1a/200 Lower Heidelberg Rd Barry Plant 379-11 Robinhood Rd Jellis Craig 48

LOWER PLENTY 45 Rosehill Rd Hocking Stuart 84

MACLEOD 12 May St Barry Plant 34166 Ernest Jones Dve Barry Plant 3430 Thornton St Barry Plant 39116-130 Main Rd Barry Plant 678a Stephanie Crt Hocking Stuart 85

MONTMORENCY 17/2 Grand Blvd Buckingham & Co 801/52 Kelvin Ave Buckingham & Co 8140 Baldwin Ave Buckingham & Co 811/14 Adam Cres Hocking Stuart 8453 Cressy St Darren Jones 89

PLENTY 99-111 Browns Ln Morrison Kleeman 63

RESEARCH 3 Marconi Crt Morrison Kleeman 60116 Thompson Cres Morrison Kleeman 66

ROSANNA 2/10 Greville Rd Jellis Craig 5813 Ruthven St Jellis Craig 5950 Brassey Ave Miles 7015/77 St James Rd Miles 768 Rhonda St Miles 768/54 Beetham Pde Hocking Stuart 83

94a Hodgson St Woodards 94

SOUTH MORANG 47 McGlynn Ave Morrison Kleeman 66

STRATHEWEN 100 Chads Creek Rd Fletchers 28

THOMASTOWN 37 Temple Dve Miles 78

VIEWBANK 4/367 Lower Plenty Rd Barry Plant 3677 Rosemar Circuit Barry Plant 3611 Walker Crt Miles 7117 Duff Pde Miles 7715 Rodney Crt Darren Jones 90

WATSONIA 31 Bungay St Buckingham & Co 808 Yerrawa Dve Hocking Stuart 86

YALLAMBIE 21 Elonera Ave Barry Plant 3831 Lapstone Cres Barry Plant 3816 Silverwattle St Darren Jones 90*LISTINGS PROVIDED BY CAMPAIGNTRACK

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Ivanhoe 9499 7992115 Upper Heidelberg Road

Rosanna 9459 8111131 Lower Plenty Road

A dress circle location, surrounded by quality homes, a superb north-facing alfresco precinct with glass enclosed

sunken spa, and the gracious proportions of a bygone era all come together in this quality built family home.

Showcasing block mount switching, leadlight feature windows, polished Jarrah flooring, and ornate cornices

throughout free flowing interior spaces it seamlessly blends classic with a hint of contemporary for an inspired

lifestyle. With granite kitchen offering De Longhi appliances and fitted walk-in-pantry, ducted heating and

refrigerated cooling for year round comfort, two garages plus extra parking, it provides stylish sophisticated living.

For Sale by Negotiation____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $670,000 - $730,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 6 - 6:30pm

Sat 12:15 - 12:45pm____________________________________CONTACT Leigh Pridham 0412 470 040

Kim Jarvie-Pridham 0412 237 123____________________________________

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Timeless Classic, Two Garages and 1050sqms (approx)


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Polaris 3083 - The Perfect Location For Everyone! The excitement and buzz continues surrounding Polaris 3083, a shift in the standard of living in Melbourne´s

North. Award winning architects, Clarke Hopkins Clarke, have designed 64 sleek one, two and three bedroom

apartments, Polaris 3083 offers stylish and convenient living. This is an incredible opportunity that will offer

students, families and singles the same advantages of the ease of transport, everyday shopping, and a relaxing

lifestyle. To secure a stylish apartment, please visit our display suite located on the corner of Main Drive and Plenty

Road, Bundoora. Display open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 12 - 4pm.

Visit: www.polaris3083.com.au

FOR SALE____________________________________PRICE GUIDE From $295,000____________________________________INSPECT Display open Wed,

Sat & Sun 12 - 4pm____________________________________CONTACT Aaron Silluzio 0414 422 299

Kieran Whaley 0410 587 072____________________________________

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Pretty Outside, Stunning Transformation Inside!Charming, fully renovated masterpiece, set on a 673m2

(approx) allotment possibly lending itself to further

development (STCA). Features include separate living

areas, two fully renovated bathrooms, stunning kitchen

(stainless steel appliances), split system heating/cooling,

established gardens, deck, cubby, carport plus garage.

Macleod 12 May Street

Tue 21st June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $640,000 - $670,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 4 - 4:30pm

Sat 12 - 12:30pm____________________________________CONTACT Aaron Silluzio 0414 422 299

Thomas Bechelli 0413 181 461 ____________________________________

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Upgrade your Lifestyle in Springthorpe!Set within the award winning Springthorpe Estate, and with

its own street frontage, this chic and modern townhouse

provides a casual family room, kitchen and meals area

with direct access to a private, landscaped courtyard, 3

bedrooms (main with BIR, en-suite and balcony), ducted

heating, plus remote double garage with internal access.

Macleod 166 Ernest Jones Drive

Tue 14th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $495,000 - $540,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 5:30 - 6pm

Sat 12 - 12:30pm____________________________________CONTACT Adrian Woods 0413 650 520

Aaron Silluzio 0414 422 299____________________________________

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Ultimate Sleek & Chic New Town Living!Architecturally designed, just-built residence featuring

state-of-the-art inclusions such as elegant Italian ´Abey´

fittings throughout to create a luxurious home. It provides 3

zoned bedrooms (master with en-suite and WIR), bright

lounge, stunning kitchen (SS appliances and stone tops),

open dining area, north-facing courtyard & double garage.

Heidelberg Heights 14A Terry Street

Tue 28th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $550,000 - $600,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 4:45 - 5:15pm

Sat 11:30 - 12pm____________________________________CONTACT Kieran Whaley 0410 587 072

Davide Lettieri 0414 018 707____________________________________

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Prime Potential, Clinker Home (590m2 approx)Situated on a level allotment of 590m2 (approx) is this

much loved clinker brick home lending itself to renovation/

extension or potential multi-unit development site (STCA).

The honest existing home features warm lounge, large

kitchen with meals area, 3 generous bedrooms, bathroom,

separate toilet, heating, and location close to all amenities.

Heidelberg Heights 65 Bonar Street

Tue 21st June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $460,000 - $510,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 4 - 4:30pm

Sat 12:15 - 12:45pm____________________________________CONTACT Kieran Whaley 0410 587 072

Davide Lettieri 0414 018 707____________________________________

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Big on Style and Space, Low on MaintenanceSpace, style and affordability underscore the immediate

appeal of this delightfully presented low maintenance

home with parkland outlook. It features a welcoming entry

hall, bright lounge, renovated kitchen and bathroom,

meals area, huge rear courtyard with entertainer´s deck,

GDH, evap cooling, wine cellar, garage & extra car space.

Viewbank 4/367 Lower Plenty Road

Tue 5th July at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $430,000 - $475,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 4 - 4:30pm

Sat 11 - 11:30am____________________________________CONTACT David Kelly 0410 426 311

Zenya Wertheim 0421 964 366____________________________________

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Spacious 4 Bedroom HomeOn a north-facing 670m2 (approx) block is this immaculate

home bursting with natural light throughout. Features

include lounge & dining room with French doors onto the

front verandah, spacious kitchen, meals area, 4 good size

bedrooms (master with WIR and en-suite), bathroom, gas

fireplace, GDH, refrig. cooling, double garage & workshop.

Viewbank 77 Rosemar Circuit

Tue 28th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $560,000 - $630,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 1 - 1:30pm

Sat 1 - 1:30pm____________________________________CONTACT Vince Saunders 0425 764 881

Sam Kocuk 0419 311 222____________________________________

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Easycare Comfort & Convenience!Creating a pleasant impression of modern comfort and

lifestyle ease, this ground floor apartment features 3

bedrooms (BIRs), lounge room (fireplace), bathroom with

laundry facilities, contemporary kitchen (stainless steel

appliances & granite bench tops), north-facing courtyard

with garden aspect, single garage plus off street car park.

Ivanhoe East 1A/200 Lower Heidelberg Rd

Wed 15th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $450,000 - $500,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 3:15 - 3:45pm

Sat 10:45 - 11:15am____________________________________CONTACT Davide Lettieri 0414 018 707

Kieran Whaley 0410 587 072____________________________________

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Affordable & Central Top Floor Living!This well presented secure apartment, bathed in natural

light, is located on the top floor in a well-maintained

boutique building of only four apartments. Recently

updated, features include two bedrooms (BIRs), open

lounge (balcony), oversized bathroom (laundry facilities),

powder room, with meals area, plus single lock up garage.

Ivanhoe 3/16 Ford Street

Tue 21st June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $360,000 - $400,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 5:30 - 6pm

Sat 1 - 1:30pm____________________________________CONTACT Davide Lettieri 0414 018 707

Kieran Whaley 0410 587 072____________________________________

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First Home Owners & Downsizers Take Note!In the highly sought after Streeton Views Estate, this well

presented, freshly painted home features 4 bedrooms

(main with WIR and en-suite), comfortable lounge, plus

bright open kitchen overlooking the family room with

access to the rear yard. Close to schools (View Bank

College zone), parklands, public transport and shopping.

Yallambie 31 Lapstone Crescent

Tue 14th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $500,000 - $575,000____________________________________INSPECT Sat 12:15 - 12:45pm____________________________________CONTACT Vince Saunders 0425 764 881

Daniel Italia 0423 337 281____________________________________

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Great Location, Close To All AmenitiesClose to schools, public transport and parklands, this

instantly appealing home will warm your heart. The

property offers a formal sunken lounge, massive dining,

modern kitchen, family / meals, north-facing outdoor

covered entertaining area, and heaps of off-street parking.

Features include GDH, slate floors & landscaped gardens.

Yallambie 21 Elonera Avenue

Tue 14th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $550,000 - $630,000____________________________________INSPECT Sat 11 - 11:30am____________________________________CONTACT Vince Saunders 0425 764 881

Daniel Italia 0423 337 281____________________________________

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Prime Development (STCA) or InvestmentWith a prime location offering great access to shops,

schools and public transport, this rare parcel of approx.

1038m² lends well to future development (STCA). The

corner block creates the opportunity of developing

separate titles and street frontages (STCA), and also

makes for great investment with the two existing dwellings.

Briar Hill 36 Railway Road

Saturday 9th July at 11am ____________________________________INSPECT Sat 11:30 - 12pm____________________________________CONTACT John Heath 0404 003 194____________________________________

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Renovated and Spacious 4 Bedroom HomeWith nothing to do but simply move in, this fully renovated

home provides lounge, separate family room with French

doors onto an outdoor entertaining deck, new kitchen (SS

appliances), meals area, 3 good size robed bedrooms

(master with full en-suite & BIR), plus a downstairs home

office or fourth bedroom with full en-suite and kitchenette.

Macleod 30 Thornton Street

Tue 14th June at 6pm (unless sold prior) ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $570,000 - $630,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 4:45 - 5:15pm

Sat 11:15 - 11:45am____________________________________CONTACT Sam Kocuk 0419 311 222

Aaron Silluzio 0414 422 299____________________________________

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Instant Attraction, Prime LocationSet on a tranquil 880m2 (approx) private allotment is this

terrific light-filled tri-level residence, designed to take full

advantage of the fantastic outlook. The home boasts

generous sized living areas, fabulous kitchen and meals

area, decking, fantastic rear yard for the kids, GDH, alarm,

timber floor boards, slate features, plus double carport.

Greensborough 15 Somerleigh Crescent

Saturday 2nd July at 11am ____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $530,000 - $605,000____________________________________INSPECT Thur 5 - 5:30pm

Sat 1 - 1:30pm____________________________________CONTACT Romeo Rigoni 0412 126 646

Tom Kurtschenko 0417 502 944____________________________________

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922sqm (approx) Block in the Laurimer Estate Perfectly proportioned, stylish, low-maintenance home offering numerous living and entertaining options inside and out. A spacious rumpus opening to a paved outdoor entertaining area shaded by a large sail delivers the perfect indoor outdoor precinct. It includes zoned accommodation ensuring peace and privacy for all, central heating & cooling, double garage with internal access, and great location only a short walk to the local cafe.

Doreen47 Rothacker Rise 4 2 2 2

For Sale by Negotiation__________________________PRICE GUIDE $470,000 - $520,000__________________________INSPECT Thur 2 - 2:30pm

Sat 11:30 - 12pm__________________________CONTACT Kim Jarvie-Pridham 0412 237 123

Leigh Pridham 0412 470 040__________________________

A Hidden Surprise - Simply StunningAn immaculately presented residence in one of Briar Hill´s premier streets offering quality indoor and outdoor living complete with alfresco entertaining and stunning IG solar heated pool. This 14 year old home boasts a low maintenance lifestyle on 505m2 (approx). Features include formal lounge, fully equipped kitchen, meals room, ducted heating, evaporative cooling, security system, café blinds, double lock up garage plus water tank.

Briar Hill12 Beaconsfield Road 3 2 2 2

Saturday 18th June at 1pm __________________________PRICE GUIDE $500,000 - $570,000__________________________INSPECT Sat 1 - 1:30pm__________________________CONTACT Tom Kurtschenko 0417 502 944

Romeo Rigoni 0412 126 646__________________________


Diamond Creek 9438 113362c Main Hurstbridge Road

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Diamond Creek

The Ultimate EntertainerNestled high at the top of the court, commanding majestic to the distant ranges this immaculate home will

impress. Renovated throughout with luxurious bathrooms, stunning kitchen with granite bench tops, open plan

living and a flat low maintenance backyard. The absolute highlight is the entertainers decked alfresco with endless

views and a huge swim spa. Add to this a tandem garage, extra workshop or storage area and additional vehicle

parking. With nothing to do but just move in, this home is a must see.

For Sale by Negotiation____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $560,000 - $610,000____________________________________INSPECT Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm

Photo ID Required____________________________________CONTACT Justin Booth 0417 034 369

Adam Smith 0433 206 044____________________________________

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Diamond Creek 9438 113362c Main Hurstbridge Road

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Diamond Creek

Quality, Style and Location on 1,004m2Perfectly located on the high side of the court with

magnificent rural views to the Kinglake ranges, this

beautiful family home will appeal. Extremely spacious in

design to suit the growing family with a brilliant floor plan.

Featuring a relaxed lounge with endless views, huge family

room & kitchen overlooking the backyard & alfresco.

Diamond Creek / St Helena 7 Fantail Rise

For Sale by Negotiation____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $790,000 - $870,000____________________________________INSPECT Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pm

Photo ID Required____________________________________CONTACT Justin Booth 0417 034 369

Adam Smith 0433 206 044____________________________________MEL REF 11 H7____________________________________

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Meaghan Fennell0401 019 859

Sarah Craigie0409 945 774 Tania Ismail

Joshua Franzi0413 720 244

Di Bryan 0400 911 005

Bill Sismanis 0401 241 070

Bill Diamantopoulos0431 401 720

95A Bridge St, Eltham Avail NOW $250PWFreshly painted 1 bedroom unit with robes, kitchen/meals area, living, gas heating, A/C, bathroom and single carport. Contact Di1/1104 Main Rd, Eltham Avail NOW $260PWFantastic one bedroom unit with built-in-robes, kitchen/meals area, study, lounge room, bathroom and single carport. Contact Bill.D2/336 St Helena St, G’borough Avail NOW $280PWSpacious 2 bedroom unit with built-in-robes, kitchen/meals area, lounge, D/H, laundry and single garage. NO PETS. Contact Sarah6/123 Main Rd, Lower Plenty Avail NOW $300PWResort style apartment 1 bedroom, BIR, bathroom, kitchen with D/W, laundry, comm gym and outdoor area with BBq. Contact Sarah9 Shakespeare Grv, H’Berg Hgts Avail NOW $320PWSpacious 3 bedroom home with robes, bathroom, lounge with gas heating, kitchen/dining, large backyard and shed. Contact Joshua34 Jones Crs, Rosanna Avail NOW $340PW3 bedroom home with ensuite, robes, kitchen/meals, dishwasher, living room, bathroom, gas heating and double carport. Contact Di7 Silk St, Rosanna Avail NOW $340PWLarge 3 bedroom home with BIRs, living/dining, timber kitchen, gas cooking and heating, tandem car garage & large yard. Contact Di74 Brougham St, Eltham Avail NOW $350PW2 bedroom home with ensuite, open plan living/dining, PFB, kitchen, study, D/H, A/C, rear yard & double carport. Contact Sarah89 Valentine St, Ivanhoe Avail NOW $360PW3 bedroom home with robes, lounge, gas heating, kitchen/meals, polished boards. single carport and off street parking. Contact Bill.S2/16 Shelley St, H’Berg Heights Avail NOW $370PWMordern 2 bedroom unit with robes, D/H, open plan kitchen/meals and lounge, courtyard, storgae and single carport. Contact Joshua

1/71 Lloyd St, H’Berg Hgts Avail NOW $375PWNew double storey, 2 bedroom town-house with BIRs, living, kitchen with S/S appliances and D/W, D/H & single garage. Contact Joshua4/7 Dresden St, H’Berg Heights Avail NOW $380PWSpacious 3 bedroom unit with robes, bathroom, lounge, kitchen/dining, D/H, A/C, courtyard and single car garage. Contact Joshua17 Coorie Crs, Rosanna Avail Jun 15 $380PWLarge 3 bedroom home with BIrs, polished floor boards, D/H, A/C, bathroom, outdoor entertaining and double garage. Contact Jaclyn 1/49 Norman St, Ivanhoe Avail NOW $380PW2 bedroom apartment with robes, 2 bathrooms, kitchen with S/S appl & D/W, PFBs, D/H, washing machine and dryer. Contact Bill.S2 Aminmya Crs, Yallambie Avail NOW $390PW3 bedroom home with robes, living, new kitchen with D/W, D/H, evaporative cooling, 2 court yards and double garage. Contact Di30 Kirwana Gve, Montmorency Avail NOW $400PWRenovated 2 bedroom home with BIRs, kitchen with D/W, rumpus, study/third bed, D/H, outdoor spa and double carport. Contact Di8 McDowell St, G’Borough Avail NOW $410PW3 bedroom t-house with ensuite, robes, lounge, kitchen with D/W, dining, bathroom, D/H, court yard & double garage. Contact Sarah38 Louise St, Heidelberg Avail NOW $420PWFreshly painted 3 bedroom home with ensuite, kitchen with S/S appl, dining, rumpus, D/H, A/C and single garage. Contact Joshua101 Buckingham Dr, H’Berg Avail NOW $460PW3 bedroom home with BIRs, living/dining, kitchen/meals, S/S appl, deck, sep laundry, gas heating and a double garage. Contact Bill.S173 Waterdale Rd, Ivanhoe Avail NOW $500PW3 bedroom home with lounge, kitchen/meals area, 2 bathrooms, ducted heating, double garage and off street parking. Contact Bill.S

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR RENT

262 Lower Plenty Rd, Rosanna Avail NOW $14,000PAShop front approx 96sqm floor space including a toilet and sink. Rental figure does not include GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua 5/10-18 Arthur St, Eltham Avail NOW $16,000PARetail shop 63sqm approx. Kitchenette and lunchroom area, ample parking. Rental figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua974 Main Rd, Eltham Avail NOW $18,860PAApprox 90sqm carpeted office space, AC/DH, toilet & intercom facilites. Rental figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua13/10-18 Arthur St, Eltham Avail NOW $23,000PA84sqm shop front with kitchenette, ample parking and storage room. Rental figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua2/31 Peel St, Eltham Avail NOW $26,000PAFactory 220sq,(approx), 7 potential offices, kitchenette, heating/cooling & OSP. Figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua1/25 Peel St, Eltham Avail June $28,000PAFactory 200sqm (approx), mezzanine floor space, 4 car spaces, and roller door. Figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua 8/23 Susan St, Eltham Avail NOW $30,000PA245sqm (approx), roller door, toilets, parking. Suitable for warhouse or distribution. Figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua1/256 Bolton St, Eltham Avail NOW $32,000PAShowroom/office space 195sqm, boardroom, kitchenette, toilets and intercom. Figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua112 Bell St, H’Berg Heights Avail NOW $96,000PALrg car allotment, 110 sqm land, 200sqm display suite with offices, D/H and A/C. Figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua101-107 Palmer St, Richmond NOW $355,000PA1st floor, 772 sqm (approx) reception, board rm, open plan areas, 8 car spaces. Figure excludes GST and outgoings. Contact Joshua

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BRIAR HILL 6 Porter Street $420,000 plus“JUST RIGHT FOR RETIREES, IDEAL FOR INVESTORS OR FABULOUS FOR FIRST HOME BUYERS ”

Stretching across the wide fronted allotment this immaculate home enjoys a wonderful position around the corner from local shops and the bus and just a few steps from a playground that will please kids andgrandkids alike. Centrally heated, with an air-conditioner and double garage with internal access for easy entry with the groceries on those wet days, it offers three double bedrooms including main with directaccess to the main bathroom and two generous living areas, one overlooked by kitchen featuring Omega appliances. Large enough to spread out in, easy enough to manage, with room to get out in the garden orjust relax on the deck it presents a fabulous opportunity for those starting up or winding down.OPEN: THURSDAY 4.00-4.30PM & SATURDAY 1.00-1.30PMCONTACT: BRENDA THORNEYCROFT 0418 396 495 EMAIL: [email protected]

GREENSBOROUGH 241 St Helena Road $550,000 plus“WHAT A START?”

In a coveted position in the sought after St Helena College zone and with four bedrooms including main with ensuite, formal living dining, family meals and a huge rumpus/teen retreat, this could beGreensborough’s best value buy! Offering ample accommodation this brick home is perfectly positioned on a corner allotment of approximately 672 m2 within easy reach of schools, St Helena Market Square andGreensborough. Under the house an over size double garage with room for workbenches is complemented by a large workshop and an abundance of underhouse storage, while double gates provide access offPalinga Street for boats, caravans or home based trades people. With scope to value add with cosmetic enhancement (if desired) it will have definite appeal to a wide range of buyers and would make a superbaddition to an investment portfolio.OPEN: THURSDAY 5.00-5.30PM & SATURDAY 11.00-11.30AMCONTACT: DAVID McFARLANE 0418 319 831EMAIL: [email protected]

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Regarded the finest address in the inner north-east, Summit Drive atop Mount

Eagle forms part of an exclusive circular enclave with private enjoyment of the

Burley Griffin Reserve at rear. Positioned on an enormous irrigated allotment, this

elegant residence (c1932) offers zoned accommodation and grand, light-filled

spaces including reception foyer, formal sitting, spacious family living, quality

timber kitchen/meals and vaulted dining conservatory opening to pool and

3 Summit Drive - EAGLEMONT

gardens. Includes 3 excellent bedrooms (BIRs), fitted study (or 4th bedroom), 2

bathrooms, east-facing terrazzo deck, wine cellar, laundry and huge water storage

facility. Features panel heating, open fire places, split system cooling, dishwasher,

Bosch/Miele cooking, alarm and wonderful period charm. Double carport, close to

Eaglemont village shops and train, Ivanhoe Grammar schools, cafes, boutiques

and transport hub.


Auction Saturday 11th June at 12noon

Inspect Wednesday 12-12.30pm & Saturday from 11.30am

Land 1,691 sqm (18,201 sq ft) approx

Contact Anthony Lapadula 0401 655 005

Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Office 9490 2900

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• Tightly held, exclusive address in Burley Griffin enclave atop Mount Eagle

• Period charm, c1932, leadlight bay windows, chandeliers, bevelled French doors

• Zoned 3 BRs, fitted study (4th BR), 2 bathrooms, laundry, cellar, storage

• Formal sitting, family living room, vaulted dining conservatory, pool, terrazzo patio

• Panel heating, split system cooling, alarm, dishwasher, Euro cooking appliances

• Sweeping landscaped allotment, computerised irrigation, double carport


Superb residential domain with indoor pool, stunning city and Ranges views,

enormous landscaped corner allotment and 120sqs of brilliant family spaces fitted

to the highest specifications. Over 3 expansive levels discover formal living (OFP),

formal dining, light-filled study plus fitted home office, huge open plan kitchen/

meals (gas log fire), second kitchen/scullery, family room, games/rumpus room,

upstairs lounge with kitchenette, large laundry, 2 powder rooms, 4 bathrooms, 6

1 Viewgrand Way - GREENSBOROUGH

bedrooms, gymnasium with wet bar and sauna room, heated pool and spa atrium

with bi-fold doors to entertaining patio and garden. Features ducted heating/

cooling/vacuum, granite/marble surfaces, quality stainless steel appliances, vast

storage areas, quality carpets and window furnishings, video intercom, dumb

waiter and laundry chute, double auto garage and additional off street parking in

peaceful location.



Inspect Thursday 6-6.30pm & Saturday 2-2.45pm


Contact Nick Smith 0425 755 238

Anthony Lapadula 0401 655 005

Office 9490 2900


• Huge 3 level residence with stunning city and Ranges views

• Formal and casual living/dining, 2 kitchens plus kitchenette

• 6 bedrooms, 2 studies, 4 bathrooms, 2 powder rooms, laundry

• Family room, rumpus room, upstairs lounge, balcony and patio

• Ducted heating/cooling/vacuum, stainless steel appliances

• Heated indoor pool/spa, sauna, gymnasium, dumb waiter, dble gge, storage


An elite Ivanhoe East address reflects the remarkable level of luxury afforded by

this magnificent 2-level residence merging cutting edge aesthetics, state-of-the-

art quality and divine family spaces overlooking 5-Star resort style facilities

including floodlit tennis court and tiled heated pool/spa. This breathtaking

rendered brick domain is a stunning lifestyle sanctuary that´s secluded, secure and

superbly zoned for family living and entertaining excellence near schools, village

9-11 Robinhood Road - IVANHOE EAST

shops, parkland and transport. Attention to detail is of the utmost importance in

this cleverly conceived home incorporating the latest in interior lifestyle fashion

and features including steam room, water window and stone flooring, while

outdoor areas are designed to indulge with retractable alfresco terrace awning,

auto child-friendly pool cover, cubby house and rooms with bifold doors that open

to the Mod-Grass tennis court.


Auction Saturday 25th June at 3pm

Inspect Wednesday 11.30am-12noon & 6-6.30pm, Saturday 2-2.45pm


Contact Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Dave Oster 0418 800 120

Office 9490 2900


• 4 BRs (master with his/hers WIRs, ensuites, powder rm & steam rm), Stone flooring

• 2 fitted Studies, elegant formal Lounge (marble gas fireplace), CCTV, heat/cool

• Dining area with water window and mirror wall, Familyroom, Rumpusroom

• Fitted Living/Home Cinema (huge pebble heater), Gym, 3 further bathrms, alarm

• Premium Gaggenau and Neff Kitchen, bifold doors to huge terrace (auto awnings)

• 1400 capacity cellar, rainwater tanks, remote-control DLUG


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Sophistication with a spectacular city skyline outlook - Latham Views is an exclusive

development of contemporary townhouse apartments which command a breathtaking position

in prestigious Fairy Hills. Secure a luxurious townhouse apartment today, Live in enviable

proximity to the finest shopping, schools and transport.

Overlooking the John Patrick designed garden is a selection of individually designed

townhouse apartments. Featuring a full width two storey high window to the living room,

generous designer kitchen and two private bedrooms. All include secure basement parking.

Auction Saturday 11th June at 10am

Estimate $580,000 - $630,000

Inspect Thursday 5-5.30pm & Saturday from 9.30am


Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Office 9490 2900


6/1088-1090 Heidelberg Road - IVANHOE


Charming lattice bay windows and ornate ceiling panels accentuate the heritage appeal of this

clinker brick residence (c1937) while updated accommodation delivers modern family

convenience. Comprises: lounge (OFP) and dining rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, laundry

and spacious kitchen/meals/family with gas log fire opening onto glorious north-facing garden

milieu with columned pergola and meandering green spaces beyond. Features gas ducted

heating, evaporative cooling, water tanks/irrigation, alarm and tandem auto garage in highly

sought position.



Land 920 sqm (9,900 sq ft) approx


Rod Watson 0407 848 599

Office 9490 2900


48 Maltravers Road - EAGLEMONT


Charming 1920s Californian Bungalow is an idyllic family haven enjoying extended living areas,

zoned accommodation and north-facing entertaining deck and garden. Comprises formal

sitting room, 3 bedrooms (main with ensuite plus upper level children´s wing), study/4th

bedroom, large open plan kitchen/meals/living.

Features modern bathrooms, laundry/powder, ample storage, polished timber floors, gas

ducted heating, split system, dishwasher, Ilve cooking, water tank, carport/garage. Easy walk

to schools, shops, parks, pool, public transport.


Inspect Thursday 11.15-11.45am & Saturday 3-3.45pm



Rod Watson 0407 848 599

Office 9490 2900


34 Bond Street - IVANHOE


Elegant period home c1940 blends warm nostalgia with pristine modern amenities to provide

an inviting family environment in the coveted Mount Eagle Estate. Comprises 4 bedrooms

(BIRs), heritage bathroom with clawfoot bath, laundry/powder, living room with OFP and

bright open plan granite kitchen/dining with high decorative ceilings. Features ducted heating/

cooling, SMEG and Miele appliances, alarm, polished timber floors, leadlight windows,

generous north-facing outdoor entertaining pavilion with covered rotunda, plumbed built-in

BBQ, lawn and auto carport. City views.





Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Office 9490 2900


88 The Eyrie - EAGLEMONT


Fine imported fittings accentuate sumptuous appeal of this ultra-modern 3 level home in a

prime court position near Darebin parklands, train and Grammar schools. Comprises vast open

plan living with slick euro kitchen, coffee bar and meals area opening to north-facing deck with

built-in BBQ kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 marble bathrooms, 2 powder rooms, huge family room,

storage/cellar, laundry, kitchen scullery and auto garage. Features porcelain tiles, black Galaxy

benchtops, Miele appliances, hydronic heating, split system cooling, video surveillance and

monitored alarm.


Inspect Thursday 12.45-1.15pm & Saturday 11-11.45am


Gordon Hope 0403 613 577

Office 9490 2900


12 Kingsley Street - IVANHOE


Extended Californian Bungalow provides a convenient family lifestyle with vast indoor/outdoor

spaces reflecting elegant tones throughout. Comprises 3 bedrooms (main with ensuite), central

bathroom, laundry, upstairs office/rumpus/4th bedroom retreat with rooftop terrace and city

views, huge open plan kitchen/meals/living (OFP) overlooking north entertaining deck and

meandering private gardens. Features gas ducted heating, split system, polished timber floors,

dishwasher, alarm, water tank, ROW access, close to shops, schools, park and transport.




Contact Rod Watson 0407 848 599

Annalise Newell 0402 937 607

Office 9490 2900


15 Ford Street - IVANHOE


Brand

New

Sparkling new town residence epitomises cutting edge style using highest quality fittings and

décor over 2 levels close to Darebin Creek parkland. Striking architectural features accentuate

modern spaces including lofty entry foyer, 2 bedrooms, 3rd bedroom/study, 3 stunning

bathrooms, full width kitchen/dining/living opening to sunny entertaining deck. Features

hideaway laundry, reverse cycle air conditioning, Euro appliances, ceasarstone benches,

polished concrete floors, excellent storage and auto garage with internal access. Walk to

shops, bus, schools. 6 star energy rating

Forthcoming Auction

Inspect Thursday 4-4.30pm & Saturday 11-11.45am


Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Office 9490 2900


74 Jellicoe Street - IVANHOE


It may not be for the faint-hearted, but this original 1970s two level town residence presents a

superb opportunity to completely refurbish and reap the capital gain and rental return benefits

of a location offering premium convenience and choice. Ideally positioned close to a vast array

of shops, cafes and boutiques, bus at your door, short stroll to Ivanhoe train station, Nellie

Ibbott Reserve parkland and walking trails, Aquatic centre and more. Comprises 2 bedrooms,

open plan living/kitchen, gas heating, private east-facing courtyard, garage.


Inspect Thursday 12.30-1pm & Saturday 11-11.30am


Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Office 9490 2900


1/30 Livingstone Street - IVANHOE

Generous proportions ensure a sense of space and privacy throughout this immaculate brick

villa in a small complex close to village shops, bus, train and acres of parkland. Pristine

accommodation comprises gleaming living room with northerly sunshine, bright kitchen/meals,

2 excellent bedrooms (BIRs), huge bathroom with laundry facilities, separate WC and large L-

shaped private courtyard with magnolia tree and pretty garden beds. Features polished

hardwood floors, gas heater, split system cooling, undercover carspace.


Estimate $500,000 - $550,000




Office 9490 2900


3/43 Marshall Street - IVANHOE


Charismatic Art Deco influence is evident throughout this immaculate 1940 semi-detached

residence in a highly convenient location close to Eaglemont village shops, cafes & train

station. Polished hardwood floors & high ceilings with classic fan-motifs accentuate the unique

period charm of this low maintenance home comprising 2 bedrooms (BIRs), light-filled living,

sunny open plan dining & modern kitchen, French doors to paved BBQ patio. Features central

bathroom, laundry, gas ducted heating, dishwasher, stainless steel cooking, lockup garage.






Office 9490 2900


40 Alandale Road - EAGLEMONT

Immaculate modern residence enjoys tranquil rear position with large private garden in a

brilliant location close to village shops, schools & easy city transport. Tastefully decorated

accommodation includes 2 excellent BRs (BIRs), sparkling central bathroom, separate laundry,

spacious open plan living area adjoining kitchen/meals zone opening to charming garden with

entertaining patio and storage shed. Features panel heating, split system/AC, s/steel

appliances, Caesarstone benchtops, downlights, high ceilings, water tank and auto garage.


Estimate $500,000 - $550,000

Inspect Thursday 1-1.30pm & Saturday 10-10.30am

Contact Gordon Hope 0403 613 577

Anthony Lapadula 0401 655 005

Office 9490 2900


2/10 Greville Road - ROSANNA


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Original 1940s 3 bedroom residence on deep north allotment poses a number of exciting

prospects to renovate, rebuild or redevelop (STCA) just a stone´s throw from acres of

tranquil Darebin Creek parkland.


Inspect Thursday 12.45-1.15pm & Saturday 12-12.45pm


Contact Annalise Newell 0402 937 607

Liz Walker 0412 659 140

Office 9490 2900


122 Bond Street - IVANHOE

A multitude of exciting options accompany this 3 BR family home, enjoyed by one family

since construction, 1954. Tremendous possibilities exist for investment, contemp reno, new

home site or redevelopment for 3-unit site on its substantial corner allotment, STCA.

Private Sale

Price $880,000

Inspect By Appointment

Land 988 sq. metres (10,635 sq ft) approx.

Contact Michael Hingston 0412 922 488

Monica Rezk 0413 596 342

Office 9810 5000


13 Ruthven Street - ROSANNA

EPPING 781 High Street

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST This is your ideal opportunity to purchase along this vastly popular, expanding northern corridor. Main street corner exposure measuring 641m2 (approx.) Endless potential: development - high rise, multi unit site, offi ces, consultancy, medical or simply restore the original homestead to it’s former glory. A truly solid investment with possibilities limited only by your imagination, budget and council approval. Minutes from train, Epping Plaza, hospital & shopping district.

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For Sale by Tender Tender Closes Friday 8th July at 4.00pm ContactInspect Saturday 12.00pm Anthony 0411 418 008


Research 3 Marconi Court Stunning Home Delivering Sophisticated Living

A driveway lined with clipped Diosma snaking along the edge of verdant lawn is your first introduction to this absolutely

exquisite residence delivering a sensational blend of style and elegance. Set above an exclusive cul-de-sac on an

allotment of some 4013m2, the intelligent floor plan provides four bedrooms, two bathrooms, granite kitchen and four

living areas. Along with spa, pool, tennis court and paved precinct with vergola in the vast, private rear yard, it perfectly

meets the demands of modern living.

Inspect Saturday 1:30 - 2:00pm

Contact Rocco Montanaro 0412 379 171

Office 968 Main Road, Eltham 9431 2444

Web propertyinprofile.com.au/3marconi

Auction Saturday 18th June at 12:00pm

4 12 2


Greensborough 4 Eliza Close Exceptional Family Home

This stunning home, renovated to the highest possible standard, is defined by sensational proportions and state-of-the-art

finishes. Balancing style, sophistication and intelligent design the ground floor introduces four double bedrooms, tiled

luxury bathroom, teen retreat and formal dining blending seamlessly to an open plan living room. Featuring gourmet

kitchen boasting stone benches and stainless steel appliances this vast room opens to a private rear yard with pool, spa

and alfresco boasting integrated combustion heater for those cooler nights. Features of ducted-heating, numerous split

system air-conditioning units, double-garage and a quiet court location complement an exceptional family home.

Inspect Thursday 3:30 - 4:00pm

Saturday 11:30am - 12:00pm

Contact Lucas Peressini 0408 323 960

Contact Graham Morrison 0417 101 997


Web propertyinprofile.com.au/4eliza

Auction Saturday 2nd July at 12:00pm

5 13 2


Eltham South 60 Kent Hughes Road Relaxed Living In Exceptional Surroundings

Serene surrounds and an inspired lifestyle are hallmarks of this family home built by Alistair Knox and delivering enticingly

fluid indoor-outdoor living. On a quiet no through road just minutes from everything Eltham has to offer it is country quiet

yet city close. With interior spaces skirted by relaxing outdoor areas providing ample spaces to relax and enjoy native

trees and birdsong a coffee in the morning or a wine and a dinner with family and friends astute buyers will value the

ambience and way of life this warm and welcoming home has to offer.


Price $1,069,000

Contact Tristan Messerle 0438 176 416

Contact Sarah Pattison 0433 034 828


Web propertyinprofile.com.au/60kenthughes

Private Sale

5 3 1

Greensborough 237 Nepean Street Over Half An Acre

Reached by a long private driveway and boasting spectacular views across Sims Reserve and the Plenty River this

impressive residence offers a way of life that is unique to Greensborough and offers an inspired lifestyle blending the

attractions of a country life with the benefits of city living. Set on an irreplaceable allotment of 2426m2 (approx) and

surrounded by established plants and soaring gums this home offers three outside entertainment areas and an inground

pool; all orientated to make the most of the available sunlight all year round. With abundant parking, three living areas,

modern kitchen and a location minutes from Greensborough this serene retreat will enchant all that inspect.


Contact Dayne Kleeman 0419 504 576

Contact Tony Duckworth 0417 564 787


Web propertyinprofile.com.au/237nepean

Auction Saturday 2nd July at 3:00pm

5 12 4


Compelling opportunity

An unparalleled quality acre of land in this highly

prestigious estate that presents the perfect canvas

to create a special lifestyle for your family.

Ample room for a large home, tennis court, pool, shedding,

etc (STCA). Fully serviced with sealed road access from River

Avenue and proposed future sealing of Browns Lane (STCA).

Prior Offers Considered

The investment of a lifetime!

Auction: Saturday 18th June at 11:00am

Guide: $660,000 – $700,000

Contact: Graham Morrison 0417 101 997

4004m2

LOT 3/99-111 BROWNS LANE, PLENTY

Prestige Acre Living

Doreen 19 Timbertop Drive Tangible Focus On Style And Quality

Built by boutique builders with a tangible focus on style and quality this modern home provides sleek sophistication, a

flexible floorplan and an exceptional expansive outdoor living precinct made up of decked entertainment area, plunge

pool, spa and fernery with relaxing water feature. The formal living, multipurpose room ideal for use as a rumpus/study

and a generously proportioned open plan living surrounding gourmet kitchen complement four bedrooms including main

with ensuite to deliver outstanding family living.


ESR $580,000 - $630,000

Contact Dave Farrell 0416 914 848

Contact Shane Leete 0419 118 302

Office 2/86 Grimshaw Street, Greensborough 9435 7666

Web propertyinprofile.com.au/19timbertop

Private Sale

4 2 2


Briar Hill 1 & 2/25 Williams Road Stylish, Sleek & Spacious

These just completed townhouses within easy reach of shops, schools and transport showcase the highest standards in

quality, materials and finishes. Polished timber floors enhance expansive open plan living overlooked by kitchens featuring

stone benches, glass splashbacks and stainless steel Blanco appliances all combining form and functionality beautifully.

With reverse cycle split system air conditioning, auto garages with internal access and quality carpets to bedrooms these

townhouses offer the perfect blend of style and lifestyle.

Unit 2: $470,000 - $510,000


ESR $550,000 - $580,000




Web morrisonkleeman.com.au

Private Sale

3 2 2

Doreen 36 Carome Way Perfect Entertainer With A Flawless Finish

This spacious, four bedroom, two bathroom home delivers easy living for the entire family. Wrapping around a timber

decked al fresco area, stepping easily into a generous rumpus room and anchored by a stone kitchen with huge Blanco

range, the entire living precinct will easily cope with the largest of functions. Ducted heating and cooling, auto double

garage and close proximity to shops, school, bus and all the lifestyle benefits for which this area is sought deliver classy

living on Carome.


ESR $470,000 - $510,000




Web propertyinprofile.com.au/36carome

Private Sale

4 12 2


Doreen 37 Lakeland Drive Comfortable Contemporary Living

An easy walk from the school, shops and all the other lifestyle benefits this estate is renowned for this family home is

packed with appeal. Immaculately presented, the free flowing floorplan introduces a formal living, generous study and

main bedroom enjoying the convenience of ensuite and walk in robe. A modern kitchen equipped with Westinghouse

appliances and an abundance of work-space overlooks a spacious family living leading to a generous rumpus room.

Sliding glass doors reveal a paved precinct and a private yard with line of sight from the kitchen. With desired inclusions of

ducted heating, cooling and vacuum, water tank and alarm it offers secure, stylish single level family living.


ESR $420,000 - $460,000




Web propertyinprofile.com.au/37lakeland

Private Sale

3 12 2

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Eltham 3/1333 Main Road

Nestled behind parklands for peace and

privacy, this townhouse in a boutique block

delivers everything you need for modern

living. With formal and informal living, kitchen

with Franke appliances, two separate

outdoor areas, ducted heating and cooling it

provides relaxed living at a lifestyle address.


Contact Ciaran Brannigan 0410 544 478

Contact Michael Major 0412 471 775

Office 2/86 Grimshaw Street

Greensborough 9435 7666


Auction Saturday 25th June at 1:00pm

3 2.5 2


Research 116 Thompson Crescent

TRUSTEES AUCTION

This extremely comfortable 3 bedroom brick

home on an allotment of around 925m2, just

600 metres from Research Village, offers the

perfect opportunity for a wide range of

buyers to explore all possibilities and

capitalize on its enormous potential.


Contact Lucas Peressini 0458 016 868

Contact Graham Morrison 0417 101 997

Office 968 Main Road

Eltham 9431 2444


Auction Saturday 2nd July at 11:00am

3 1 1 South Morang 47 McGlynn Avenue

With a formal lounge complementing an

expansive casual living flowing effortlessly

out to a superb alfresco area, this offers

plenty of room for relaxed family living. An

easy walk from the primary school, shops,

cafes and parks it features gas heating and

split system cooling for year round comfort.

Inspect Saturday 10:30 - 11:00am

ESR $380,000 - $420,000




Eltham 9431 2444

Private Sale

3 2 4

Eltham 4/91 Bible Street

Situated in a great location this townhouse

comprising light filled open plan lounge

room, dining, kitchen and a laundry. Features

include gas heating, split system cooling,

single lock up garage and paved courtyard.

Ideally located just moments from Eltham

Village shops and public transport.

Inspect Thursday 4:30 - 5:00pm

ESR $380,000 - $420,000

Contact Dayne Kleeman 0419 504 576

Contact Max Bevacqua 0408 002 488


Eltham 9431 2444

Private Sale

2 1 1


Bundoora 9467 54444 / 1177 Plenty Road

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Bundoora

High 6.7% return net of all costs• Self-contained student apartment investments • Close to La Trobe University

• Almost new - strong student appeal • Air-con & fully furnished

• Full tax depreciation benefits • Rents from $215 per week

• Located approximately 13 km NE of Melbourne CBD • Small selection available for sale

• Potential for regular income stream with low vacancies • Affordable prices

FOR SALE____________________________________PRICE GUIDE From only $110,000____________________________________INSPECT Wednesday 5:00 - 5:30pm

Saturday & Sunday 3:00 - 3:30pm____________________________________CONTACT David Moxon 0413 673 636____________________________________

Kingsbury Gardens, 116 - 130 Main Drive, Macleod 1 1 1

“Top Shelf - Sheer Quality!”This simply stunning home offers extraordinary lifestyle with quality at every glance. Only 16 months old & nestled

in ´College Views estate´ this majestic home boasts high ceilings, large separate living areas with large formal

lounge & huge rear rumpus. Stylish large hostess kitchen with caeser stone tops & European (SS) appliances -

adjoining open family/meals create sought after open plan living, superb pergola ideal for alfresco dining,

entertaining & over looking landscaped gardens. Further features inc 4 large bedrooms inc huge master with

contemporary full ensuite, large study, D/H & cooling, great size double garage with remote doors & internal

access, quality fixtures & fittings & easy access to trams & Ring Rd. Top shelf & sheer quality throughout!!

Tuesday 28th June at 6pm (unless sold prior)____________________________________PRICE GUIDE $685,000 - $755,000 ____________________________________INSPECT Saturday 12:00 - 12:30pm

Sunday 12:00 - 12:30pm____________________________________CONTACT Cathy Liu 0402 529 753

David Moxon 0413 673 636____________________________________

Bundoora 2 Boylan Walk 4 2 2 2 1


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IVANHOE 9497 3222143 Upper Heidelberg Roadmilesre.com.au

Auction Saturday 25th June at 2.00pm

Inspect Thu 6.00pm-6.30pm, Sat 12.00pm-12.30pm

Land 921m2 approx.

Contact Stewart Oldmeadow 0412 119 277

Damien Carter 0438 850 166

FAMILY SANCTUARY, COMMANDING VIEWS

An imposing presence and sweeping panorama precede the stylish family spaces of this outstanding rendered brick

residence superbly oriented to capture stunning views and abundant northerly rear sunshine. Sited on a large 921m²

allotment (approx) landscaped for minimal maintenance and maximum family enjoyment; this high-quality three-level

home is sure to impress with an excellent blend of zoned indoor living and sublime outdoor entertainment areas. Stroll to

Ivanhoe Grammar School from this spacious home with double auto garage that is located close to village shopping,

Yarra parklands and transport. Includes five robed bedrooms (downstairs main with ensuite), fitted study, lounge and

dining area, family room (OFP), home cinema/rumpus, Smeg-equipped granite kitchen/meals, spa bathroom, powder

room, heating, cooling and fully tiled 50,000 litre gas and solar heated pool/spa. Rear access via laneway.

IVANHOE 6-8 Scotts Parade



ROSANNA 9459 5666118 Lower Plenty Road

RENOVATED, REFINED, REMARKABLE!

Perfection proved possible in the highly-coveted Golf Links Estate precinct, this stunning family home is fully renovated

delivering superior builder´s-own quality with its attention to the finest detail. Secluded and secure behind auto gates, this

breathtaking home is presented as if it were brand new in a beautiful landscaped setting with bird-attracting garden and

covered entertainment deck (auto awning). Boasts four bedrooms (main with ensuite and WIR), two bathrooms (freestanding

bath), formal lounge with OFP, open-plan living and dining area, granite kitchen (European appliances, soft-close drawers),

laundry, zoned heating/cooling, ComfortPlus glazing, polished floorboards, plumbed raintank and double carport.

Auction: Saturday 2nd July at 11.00am

ESR $800,000-$850,000

Inspect Thu 5.15pm-5.45pm, Sat 11.00am-

11.30am

Contact Greg Taylor 0409 090 611

Brad Pearce 0409 679 414

ROSANNA 50 Brassey Avenue




FAMILY FINESSE WITH ENTERTAINERS´ EDGE

First impressions of fabulous family living are immediately confirmed by the attractive spaces, quality appointments and alfresco

entertainment oasis of this excellent residence. Metres to the tranquil Banyule Wetlands, this beautifully presented home is a

lifestyle prize for a growing family that appreciates the great outdoors, indoor creature comforts and an enviable cul-de-sac

position. Features central heating, evaporative cooling, alarm, polished timber floors, four bedrooms, stunning spa bathroom

(ensuite access), powder room, lovely living room (OFP), dining room, brilliant kitchen/meals, superb storage, covered rear patio

overlooking gorgeous night-lit garden and solar-heated IG pool, rainwater tank, large shed and double auto garage.

Auction: Saturday 2nd July at 12.00pm

ESR $670,000-$740,000

Inspect Thu 5.15pm-5.45pm, Sat 12.00pm-

12.30pm

Contact Brad Pearce 0409 679 414

Greg Taylor 0409 090 611

VIEWBANK 11 Walker Court




LAND, VIEWS & LIFESTYLE - LOVELY!

A premier position that is perfectly elevated to command wonderful views over the Plenty River valley is the idyllic location for

this outstanding allotment boasting rare potential. Currently including a classic home, this substantial 1786m² site (approx)

features a huge open rear garden basking in northern sunshine. Discover the dimensions you have dreamed of and design this

coveted area´s ultimate multi-unit development (STCA). Also presenting an opportunity to build a stunning new residence or to

renovate, the existing dwelling offers four bedrooms, living and dining room, kitchen, bathroom, ducted heating, polished

hardwood floors, OFP, huge viewing patio and LUG.

Auction: Saturday 18th June at 11.00am


Land 1786m2 approx.



GREENSBOROUGH 58 Hume Street

* Measurements are approximate




THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE ...

A low-maintenance lifestyle oasis tucked securely away on a compact block, this beautiful 3BR and study villa unit is the dream discovery for

those seeking the best in a brilliant location. High ceilings, fine finishes, quality appointments and spacious interior with private garden aspects

complement 2 bathrooms, Jarrah and granite kitchen, ducted heating, air-conditioning, alarm, courtyard garden, auto gates/DLUG.

Auction: Saturday 18th June at 12.00pm

ESR $780,000-$830,000

Inspect Wed 2.30pm-3.00pm, Sat 11.00am-11.30am

Contact Damien Carter 0438 850 166

Peter Scott 0459 223 994

IVANHOE 3/26 Belmont Road

PRESTIGE, PEACE & PRIVACY - PERFECTION!

Magnificent street frontage with beautiful leafy garden in a highly-coveted Ivanhoe locale sets this superb 3BR, 2 bathroom freestanding villa unit

apart from the rest. More like a low-maintenance house enjoying private driveway and lock-up garage, this elegant single-level home is perfectly

presented in a quiet pocket just moments to Eaglemont and Ivanhoe Villages, parklands, train station and schools.


ESR $730,000-$790,000

Inspect Sat 12.00pm-12.30pm

Contact Peter Scott 0459 223 994

Stewart Oldmeadow 0412 119 277

IVANHOE 1/12 Thoresby Grove




FABULOUS FUTURE IN PARKLAND POCKET

The most picturesque profile on a short and sweet street ensures that the new owners of this engaging 3BR & study residence will be all smiles

from the moment they lay eyes on their exciting future lifestyle. Metres to Darebin Creek parklands, this immaculate home features double-

glazing, evaporative cooling, gas heating, kitchen/meals with Lofra stove, family room, bathroom, LUG.


ESR $700,000-$770,000

Inspect Wed 5.15pm-5.45pm, Sat 12.00pm-12.30pm

Land 571m2 approx.



IVANHOE 10 Mabel Street

YOU CAN AFFORD THE BEST!

A fresh, freestanding approach to quality low-maintenance living, this stylish 3BR, 2 bathroom town residence presents perfectly with excellent

garden frontage, superb sense of space and fabulous north-facing rear entertainers´ courtyard garden. Tucked away in a coveted parkland

pocket; a vibrant contemporary interior sets an inspirational tone for a tranquil, relaxing lifestyle near local/village shopping, schools and

transport.


Inspect Sat 11.00am-11.30am

Contact James Davis 0405 687 817


IVANHOE 1/127 Ford Street




101 LIFESTYLE HIGHLIGHTS!

High on Heidelberg Hill in the prized Burgundy Street-Hospitals precinct is this impressive 3BR townhouse distinguished by quality

conveniences, private courtyard garden and absolutely no body corporate! Features garden-set alfresco entertainment patio, luxury spa

bathroom, powder room, north-facing lounge room, fully-equipped kitchen, casual dining area, laundry, ducted heating, under-stairs storage,

remote control garage and off-street parking space.


ESR $530,000-$580,000

Inspect Thu 4.30pm-5.00pm, Sat 10.00am-10.30am



HEIDELBERG 101 Darebin Street

FABULOUS SURPRISE FACTOR!

A native garden setting provides a tranquil welcome to this fabulous 2BR villa unit that will excite buyers seeking seclusion, space and style.

Views to the distant hills and a surprisingly spacious courtyard garden complement flowing living and dining, excellent kitchen, vibrant bathroom,

trendy polished hardwood floors plus lock-up garage. Near Burgundy Street/Rosanna shopping, parklands, train station and hospitals.


ESR $440,000-$470,000


Contact Peter Scott 0459 223 994


HEIDELBERG 4/162 Hawdon Street




A REWARDING FAMILY LIFESTYLE

Superbly presented exuding modern style and quality; a family will just love the fabulous village feel surrounding this outstanding 3/4BR and 2

bathroom residence where cafés, shops, schools, parkland and transport are all situated within a stone´s throw. Elevated on a 607m² allotment

(approx) including entertainment deck, BBQ, covered alfresco patio, generous garden and loads of secure OSP.


ESR $630,000-$670,000

Inspect Sat 12.00pm-12.30pm

Land 607m2 approx.

Contact Damien Carter 0438 850 166


ROSANNA 8 Rhonda Street

Rear Aspect

DESIRABLE DIMENSIONS, DREAM LIFESTYLE

Stylishly presented flowing brilliantly from indoor living to alfresco entertaining, this fabulous 2BR modern townhouse is set quietly towards the

rear with convenient car space on title. A remarkable opportunity near village cafes, shops, parklands and train station; this fabulous townhouse

includes dining, living spilling out to entertainment deck and courtyard garden, well-appointed kitchen, delightful bathroom, gas space heating

and air-conditioning.


ESR $380,000-$410,000


Contact John Levingston 0410 978 144


ROSANNA 15/77 St James Road




REST ASSURED IN FAMILY HAVEN WITH VIEWS

With up to 5 bedrooms, this substantial residence presents all a growing family could desire and plenty of pleasant surprises such as

sensational district views. Effortlessly adapting to your family´s changing needs with a spacious 4BR single-level layout and versatile lower level

including 3-room retreat, rumpus or office space. Also offers main bedroom ensuite, living room opening to entertaining balcony, lounge/dining,

immaculate timber kitchen, pristine family bathroom, central heating, DLUG. Close to schools, shops, Price Park and transport.


ESR $650,000-$700,000


Land 695m2 approx.

Contact Greg Taylor 0409 090 611

VIEWBANK 17 Duff Parade

The presentation of this excellent 1BR apartment is second to none in a popular complex that is highly-regarded by investors & first-time buyers within walking distance to parklands, transport, hospitals and shopping. Grab the opportunity and get in on the ground floor with this updated 60s retro apartment enjoying garden vistas and covered parking.

Auction: Saturday 18th June at 1.00pmESR: $310,000-$340,000Inspect: Thu 5.15-5.45pm, Sat 10.00-10.30amContact: Peter Scott 0459 223 994


IVANHOE 4/59-61 Green StreetGAIN THE ADVANTAGE ON GREEN!

JUST THE TONIC

A 4 bedroom house on a big block in a convenient position can only mean one thing - success! Be the

winner and make your mark with this increasingly rare opportunity on 676m² (approx.) across from

parkland that promises an exciting future close to schools, shops, hospitals and transport. Comfortably

presented for easy living.


ESR: $530,000-$580,000

Inspect: Thu 3.30pm-4.00pm, Sat 12.00pm-12.30pm

Contact: James Davis 0405 687 817

BELLFIELD 3 Lime Court




UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM STATE TRUSTEES

This charming 4BR residence is yours to discover in a great location near parklands, shopping, schools

and transport. Offering immediate comfort for first-home buyers and investors with alarm, gas heater, air-

conditioner, ceiling fans and polished floorboards or improve with scope to renovate or rebuild (STCA).


ESR: $440,000-$480,000

Inspect: Sat 1.00pm-1.30pm

Contact: John Levingston 0410 978 144


HEIDELBERG WEST 208 Liberty Parade

A SOUND INVESTMENT!

A tremendous opportunity to acquire a solid investment securely leased for 5 years commencing June

2010 to a long standing tenant. Returning $54,500 pa, plus GST. Annual reviews with a further option of

5 years. Tenant pays all outgoings. Generous building area of 1,120 sqm (approx) and offering dual roller

door access, high clearance and natural light. Terrific location and only minutes to the Ring Road.

Auction: Thursday 16th June at 1.00pm

Inspect: By Appointment

Contact: Tim Mitchell 0422 402 545

Paul Evans 0408 144 181

THOMASTOWN 37 Temple Drive

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BUNDOORA I 15 The Concord

What an opportunity this is? The property is located only a short drive from the Western Ring Road and will ideally suit an owner occupier or the astute investor due to the possibility of receiving a dual income.

INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

AUCTION

Auction Friday 17th June at 1.00pm Quote $470,000 plus buyers Melway 20:B2Land size 594m2 approx Contact Terry Gazelle 0438 196 480 Offi ce Cnr Were & Rattray Rd, MontmorencyPhone 9434 6666

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and98 Grimshaw Street, Greensborough

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GREENSBOROUGH I 13 Delfin Crescent

Quote $620,000 plus buyersMelway 11:A12 Land size 930m2 approxContact Adam McWatters 0404 489 266 Simon McEvoy 0412 319 046Office Cnr Were & Rattray Rd, MontmorencyPhone 9434 6666

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With all the original appeal of the contemporary 1970’s era, this architecturally designed home boasts an original floor-plan with breathtaking views, feature stone work, a private garden outlook from most rooms and exquisite living spaces that will delight. Not only will it do your family proud, but entertaining here would be absolutely essential! Features: 3 robed bedrooms with built in study desks in 2, Master suite with dressing room, updated ensuite & private courtyard, Large family bathroom, split level floor plan, Formal lounge & dining room, Family room & meals area with access to the private alfresco area, Sensational kitchen, Ducted heating / split system cooling, Huge laundry with loads of storage throughout Remote double garage / rain water tank, close to Greensborough Plaza , Local Schools.

aUCTION Saturday 25th June at 12.00noon

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GREENSBOROUGH I 25 Wanbanna avenue

Quote $460,000 plus buyersMelway 10:H10 Land size 588m2 approxContact Sue Stone 0416 055 159 Stuart Buckingham 0411 743 336Office 98 Grimshaw St, GreensboroughPhone 9435 0999

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For family living this elevated home is a fantastic choice, backing onto a reserve that’s a natural extension of the beautifully landscaped rear garden with alfresco area and gazebo which is certain to be a huge hit with anyone who loves to spend time & entertain outdoors. And there’s even a large wine cellar/billiards room under the house reserved for entertaining the family. Renovated for modern living (except for one bathroom), this home has something for everyone. Features: Glossy Polished floorboards, Split-level lounge/dining, Updated Blanco stainless steel kitchen, Family area/breakfast bar, Master bedroom with WIR stylish ensuite, 3 more bedrooms, GDH, air-conditioner, Wide drive for off street parking, Handy to Shopping Centre, River side bike trails, Eateries, station & schools.

aUCTION Saturday 2nd July at 12.00noon


MONTMORENCY I 17/2 Grand Boulevard

Quote $370,000 plus buyersMelway 21:D8Contact Vince Masci 0423 691 622 Stuart Buckingham 0411 743 336Office 98 Grimshaw St, GreensboroughPhone 9435 0999

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An exceptional opportunity for first home buyers, investors and executives to enjoy the ease and convenience of apartment style living, close to cosmopolitan Were Street shops, bus and train services and speedy access to the CBD, whilst still enjoying the leafy surrounds of this magnificent postcode. Features: Stylishly appointed kitchen with Granite bench tops, Stainless steel Ariston appliances, including a new dishwasher, European style laundry – excellent space saver!, Spacious living & dining room, 2 generous B/R’s with built in robes, Large bathroom with Granite counter top, New carpets & floor tiles throughout, Split system heating/cooling in main living room, Electric wall heaters in B/Rs, Balcony with breathtaking views to the Dandenong Ranges, Two allocated car spaces in a secured, covered car park.

salE BY TENdER Closing Tuesday 5th July at 6.00pm (unless sold prior)

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waTsONIa I 31 Bungay street

Quote $400,000 plus buyersMelway 20:C2 Land size 675m2 approxContact Scott Anderson 0412 855 775 Stuart Buckingham 0411 743 336Office 98 Grimshaw St, GreensboroughPhone 9435 0999

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Yes it’s tired and outdated, but once you see the potential this character weatherboard possesses, your creative juices will immediately kick in and you won’t be able to wait before putting them into action to give this gem the makeover it truly deserves. Definitely a bonus is the massive family room with wet bar at the rear, opening to the generous backyard with decking and swaying palm trees providing the right ambience to create alfresco entertaining with a Port Douglas theme. Must be Sold! Features: Three large bedrooms, Dining room, Original kitchen/meals, Neat family-sized bathroom, Gas wall heater, 2 air-conditioners, Tandem carport, big workshop, Metres to schools, Easy walk to shops & station.

auCTION Saturday 18th June at 1.00pm


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GREENSBOROUGH I 8 Hopkins Street

Quote $300,000 plus buyersMelway 21:B7 Contact Terry Gazelle 0438 196 480 Offi ce Cnr Were & Rattray Rd, MontmorencyPhone 9434 6666

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APPOINTMENTONLY

What a great investment opportunity, with a dual income. The property comprises, a shop of 50m2 (approx) operating as a fi nance company and a 2 bedroom dwelling with its own access.

Combined rent of $19,500pa with solid long term tenants. Could also suit owner occupier.

AUCTION Friday 24th June at 1.00pm

Auction Saturday 11th June at 12.00pm Quote $520,000 plus buyersMelway 21:B7 Land size 863m2 approxContact Simon McEvoy 0412 319 046 Adam McWatters 0404 489 266Offi ce Cnr Were & Rattray Rd, MontmorencyPhone 9434 6666

MONTMORENCY I 40 Baldwin Avenue

Built in the 60’s when craftsmanship was the order of the day, this solid high-set home represents a sound foundation to enhance or extend (STCA). Immediately comfortable with land aplenty for the kids & a great patio for you to relax & entertain on.

INSPECTIONTHURS 5.00 - 5.30pm SAT 11.30 - 12.00pm

AUCTION

Quote $390,000 plus buyersMelway 21:C4Land size 863m2 approxContact Simon McEvoy 0412 319 046 Adam McWatters 0404 489 266Offi ce Cnr Were & Rattray Rd, MontmorencyPhone 9434 6666

MONTMORENCY I 1/52 Kelvin Avenue

Absolutely immaculate, this welcoming unit, nestled in a boutique group of only three, will give you all the comfort and ease you would expect from a low-maintenance home. Features: 2 Robed bedrooms, central bathroom, cosy breakfast nook and private rear yard.

INSPECTIONTHURS 4.00 - 4.30pm SAT 1.00 - 1.30pm

PRIVATE SALE

Auction this Saturday


Heidelberg West 191 Oriel Road

OPPORTUNITY ON ORIEL

Set on a great parcel of land measuring 650m2 approx is this great family home site, multi-unitdevelopment site (STCA) or a project for someone looking to complete a renovation. Existing home is a blank canvas for the potential purchaser with lounge, kitchen and meals, 2 bedrooms, central bathroomand separate laundry. Located close to all local amenities including The Mall Shopping, Transport,Parklands, Northland Shopping Centre. La Trobe University and Austin Mercy Hospital.

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> OFFICE Ivanhoe 171 Upper Heidelberg Rd > TEL 9499 5611

Greensborough 106 Grimshaw St > TEL 9432 1988

> CONTACT Christopher Macey 0411 330 311

Mark Dixon 0423 395 699

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GREENSBOROUGH 9 Warralong Avenue

Elegant Living with Huge Garage and WorkshopA short walk from Elder St Reserve and within easy reach of Diamond Village, Greensborough College and the city centre this wonderful home offering four bedrooms, two living areas, two bathrooms, covered out door

entertaining, area garage and huge workshop is perfect for the growing family. • Ducted heating and vacuum • Reverse cycle spilt system units• Shower over bath, second shower, separate toilet • Large covered outdoor entertainment area

• Abundant underhouse storage • Walk to Greensborough College

Auction Saturday July 2 at 2.00pmLand 630 sqm ApproxInspect Thursday 5.00 - 5.30pm

Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pmContact Steve Thomson 0402 445 414

Darren Jones 0425 717 111



MONTMORENCY 53 Cressy Street

Huge Allotment, Huge PossibilitiesIs this four bedroom home the ideal first home buyers opportunity, a fabulous new home-site, or the ideal spot for redevelopment? (stca) Whatever you´re seeking this partially renovated home on a huge allotment only a short

walk from Bolton Road shops combines proportions, position and potential. • Timber floors • Stainless steel range to kitchen• Four bedrooms • Two living areas

• Deep, wide allotment • Ideal opportunity to renovate, rebuild or redevelop (stca)

Auction Saturday July 2 at 12.30pmLand 1350 sqm ApproxInspect Thursday 5.00 - 5.30pm

Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pmContact Ashley Croall 0417 522 941

Jen Crawford 0411 801 635



VIEWBANK 15 Rodney Court

Relaxed Living That´s Perfect for EntertainingA magnificent landscaped garden with a resort like rear yard offering pool, spa paved area and pond is the ideal setting for this home. Located in a quiet court just a short walk from schools, shops and Viewbank College it offers

three bedrooms and three living areas for relaxed family living.• Double carport • Living dining with gas log fire• Solid timber kitchen overlooking rear yard • Huge family living

• Rumpus with wet bar and powder room • Polished timber floors

Offers Close Monday June 27 at 7.00pmLand 620 sqm ApproxInspect Wednesday 5.00 - 5.30pm

Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pmContact Gordon Armit 0407 801 979


YALLAMBIE 16 Silverwattle Street

Stylish, Easy Care, Single Level LivingThis charming home in a family-oriented pocket, delivers indoor outdoor spaces perfect for living and entertaining. The centrally heated interior introduces three bedrooms, two bathrooms and formal lounge complementing family

living overlooked by modern kitchen and flowing out to a private rear yard. • Central heating • Garage with workshop space and internal access• Short walk to parks • Suit investors or first home buyers

• Large kitchen with dishwasher • Robes to all bedrooms, walk in to main

Auction Saturday June 18 at 2.00pmInspect Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pmContact Ashley Croall 0417 522 941




GREENSBOROUGH 8/7 Echuca Road

Prized Setting, Relaxed LivingThis two bedroom town house, just a few minutes walk from the centre of Greensborough, presents a spacious living room complemented by an equally generous enclosed out door area to deliver relaxed low maintenance living inside

and out. With garage, abundant storage and new carpets it is sure to impress. • New carpets throughout • Gas heating, split system cooling• Garage with storage and workshop space • Ideal for investors, couples or young families

• Modern kitchen and large laundry • Quiet, well maintained boutique block

Offers Close Monday July 4 at 7.00pmPrice Guide $380,000 - $420,000Inspect Wednesday 6.00 - 6.30pm

Saturday 1.00 - 1.30pmContact James Park 0407 155 541


GREENSBOROUGH 7 Nandaly Court

Superbly Comfortable, Surprisingly SpaciousAn inviting interior offering three bedrooms, two bathrooms, study and two spacious living areas complements a huge covered outdoor precinct in this comfortable home. Close to shops and school and with a massive garage; ideal for

home based tradesman or collector, it offers a fantastic entry point into the market.• Easy walk to Apollo Parkways school and shops • Air conditioning and ducted heating• Ensuite to main bedroom • Timber kitchen with European cookware

• Double garage plus off street parking • Abundant built in storage

Auction Saturday June 18 at 12.30pmLand 670 sqm ApproxInspect Thursday 5.00 - 5.30pm

Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pmContact Ashley Croall 0417 522 941




GREENSBOROUGH 2/6 Jessop Street

Stylish, Sophisticated and Soaked in SunThis brand new home, graced with a light bright interior and private outdoor area, comprises two bedrooms, designer bathroom and kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Suiting investors and owner-occupiers it delivers sophisticated

stylish living just a five minute walk from the centre of Greensborough.• Walk in robe to main bedroom, built in to second • Garage with auto roller door, • Split system heating and cooling • Polished timber floors

• Full size laundry • Kitchen with Technika oven, hot plate and dishwasher

Auction This Saturday June 11 at 11.00amInspect Thursday 5.00 - 5.30pm

Saturday from 10.30am

Contact Daniel Leibowitz 0428 812 636

BUNDOORA 10 Donach Crescent

Honest Home in a Brilliant LocationConveniently positioned in a quiet street, just a short walk from Watsonia North primary school, Andrews place shops and Binnak Park, this bright, comfortable three bedroom home offers enormous potential at an entry level price.

Accommodation and features include• Lounge with gas heater and airconditioner • Dining room• Kitchen with adjoining meals area • Double Garage with workshop

• Outdoor covered entertaining area • Established landscaped gardens

Auction Saturday July 2 at 11.00amPrice Guide $420,000 - $460,000Land 550 sqm Approx

Inspect Thursday 6.00 - 6.30Saturday 12.00 - 12.30pm

Contact Brett Sparks 0411 131 938Wayne Millership 0425 707 080



GREENSBOROUGH 2/152 Nell Street

Private, peaceful and with a paved courtyard leading to generous covered deck, this three bedroom home is positioned for a convenient lifestyle. An easy walk from Diamond Village, War Memorial Park and Greensborough Plaza it is perfect for those seeking to enter the market as owner occupiers or investors.

Auction Saturday July 2 at 12.30pm Inspect Thursday 6.00 - 6.30pm

Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm

Contact Daniel Leibowitz 0428 812 636

GREENSBOROUGH 1/132 Henry Street

Within walking distance of Greensborough, shops, parks and College, this comfortable home offers three bedrooms, updated kitchen, bathroom and living dining. With a private rear yard offering access to underhouse storage and a workshop it presents an exciting opportunity for first home-buyers and investors.

Offers Close Monday July 4 at 7.00pm

Price Guide $370,000 - $410,000

Inspect Thursday 5.00 - 5.30pm

Saturday 11.00 - 11.30am

Contact James Park 0407 155 541

ELTHAM 1/1125 Main Road

Offering large formal living, three robed bedrooms, family bathroom, modern kitchen and two outdoor entertainment areas, this single level home only 700 meters from the retail, transport and lifestyle benefits of Eltham provides an exceptional opportunity for first home buyers and investors alike.

Offers Close Monday June 20 at 7.00pm

Price Guide $370,000 - $410,000

Inspect Saturday 2.00 - 2.30pm

Contact Steve Thomson 0402 445 414

GREENSBOROUGH 11a Willis Street

This exceptional allotment just a short walk from schools, bus and shops and within easy reach of central Greensborough and station will be sold with approved plans and permits for a substantial, architect designed home. With everything in place for an immediate start it delivers a rare opportunity to purchase vacant land in a highly regarded locale.

Offers Close Monday June 20 at 7.00pm

Land 1235 sqm

Contact Steve Thomson 0402 445 414


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Auction Saturday 25 June at 11.30View Thu 4.30 - 5pm

Sat 12 - 12.30pmCall Prue Jones 0419 352 439Office Ivanhoe 9499 1276

Perfectly & privately positioned with superb easterly views, this low maintenance allotment of 428m2 approx comes with permitted plans for a 32.5 sq two storey home of three beds, two baths & powder room, study, two living areas & two car garage. Ready to commence building upon settlement & would perfectly suit a buyer who is looking to reside in this rapidly appreciating & tightly held precinct situated only a stone´s throw to Greville Rd shops, Banyule Primary school & extensive Yarra parklands. The Austin hospital & Latrobe Uni are also close by.

IVANHOE 3/12 DUDLEY STREETONE OF ONLY FOUR APARTMENTS TOTALLY UPGRADED WITH QUALITY FIXTURES AND FITTINGS THROUGHOUTConveniently located within a short stroll to shops, transport and extensive walking and cycling tracks to Darebin parklands. Comprising 2 main bedrooms, spacious lounge, modern new kitchen, new bathroom, separate laundry, air conditioning/heating and carport, complete this spacious and oustanding apartment.

AUCITON: 25th June at 11:00 amINSPECT: Thursday 12:00-12:30pm and Saturday 11:00-11:30amCONTACT: Chris Dzanovski 0418589911 [email protected]: 130 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe 9497-1990


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