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Property
Gracious living: Mount Eliza, Victoria
Company director Ian Seal and his wife, Jenny, are selling their four-bedroom home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Tassie prestige
Million-dollar views come at affordable prices near Hobart’s central business district.
Travel
Bringing a taste of Bordeaux down under
Winding your way west of Sydney, across the Blue Mountains, vineyards begin to populate the green-blanketed countryside and lungs begin to open. The town of Orange draws closer.
City of the night a seductive delight
Created during the golden age of Spain, Madrid could easily be an earnest kind of capital.
TRAVEL
Sumptuous nights in North Africa
Whether it’s food, shopping or simply sightseeing, every corner brings a fascinating experience.
Food
Crunch time for heirloom apples
Russet is the name of the brown, rough skin you sometimes find on apples. Australians prefer their fruit to have the lustre of Christmas baubles, but russet is a feature of some of the tastiest apples you can eat.
Floods and fires prove testing times
There’s already much discussion as to what quality of wines will be produced this 2011 vintage year, following the recent extraordinary weather.
Seasonal simplicity
Sydney-born Matthew Crabbe’s career has encompassed Michelin-starred restaurants in London and boutique haciendas.
Fashion
FASHION
Couture takes whimsical flight
In the gilded cage of haute couture, where fashion creativity peaks, Karl Lagerfeld’s spring-summer 2011 Chanel show in Paris whispered a tale of blushing pink, gossamer charm.
Spas
Bush remedies scrub up well
Beautician Gayle Heron spent a number of years with Aboriginal elders learning about native botanicals and their beneficial properties.
Split movement in the world of watches
This year it’s not only what’s going on inside the timepiece, but also the background movement that’s making things interesting.
Reviews
The power to move you
If you want to be among the first – if not the very first – person in Australia to be booked for speeding in an electric car, Tesla has a deal for you.
Poor man’s TV puts up a good show
This Digital life | Buy a cheap TV set and you’re mostly sacrificing style.
Little Lexus gets heart transplant
The story of the IS 350 is the tale of an engine rather than a car.
Men's Health
How sportsmen bounce back from bitter defeat
Sportsmanship teaches people to handle disappointment and this was abundantly clear when Socceroos Captain Lucas Neill took the floor at a small informal gathering in Zurich last week.
Waiting room
To overcome the ban on smoking in public places, e-cigarettes are widely marketed online. An analysis of six brands has concluded they should be banned because of safety concerns.
Sport latest
Lunch with Rodney Cavalier
Rodney Cavalier is sitting in the Elephant Boy café on Bong Bong street in the Southern Tablelands haven of Bowral, best known for its favourite son, Don Bradman, declaiming on the state of the Labor Party and many other subjects that arouse his considerable passions, including cricket.
Rugby elite join Rebels’ cause
Rear Window | It seemed like half of Sydney’s rugby set decamped to Melbourne yesterday to attend a lunch in honour of the new Super Rugby team, Melbourne Rebels.