Film Review - The Dressmaker By Director Jocelyn Moorehouse

Starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving.
Winner of 5 AACTA Awards.
"Funny, poignant and full of heart.... destined to be an Aussie classic"- The Australian Women's Weekly.

The Dressmaker is a story about a beautiful young lady Tilly Dunnage who after years of working in Parisian fashion houses, returns home to a small outback Australian town. Using her style and charm she transforms the women of the town, deals with a past tragedy and falls in love along away.
A great story, Anne

Book Review - Country Houses of Tasmania By Alice Bennett and Georgia Warner

Travelling through the beautiful wild landscapes of Tasmania there are a number of beautiful historic homes. The homes in this book are privately owned and the author has been granted special permission to access them.

In Country Houses of Tasmania from a thorough history on each house and beautiful full size colour pictures the book is a delight to read. My personal favourites are Douglas Park and Quorn Hall. Anne

Book Review - Beautiful Minds - A Journey of Self- Discovery for Teenage Girls By Marina Passalaris

Marina Passalaris author of this beautiful book has worked as a make-up artist, grooming and department educator in modelling agencies all over the world.

 She realised early on that there was more to learning about our outer beauty, girls need to be taught about inner beauty too, that's how this book Beautiful Minds came about.
The book is a tool that young girls of any age and background can read to help enrich their lives.
The book contains 32 short chapters and has a beautiful cover and illustrations throughout. Anne

Film Review - Caught Inside - Director Adam Blaiklock

A group of surfers travel to an island paradise on a ‘surfari’. One of the guests is a single beautiful girl which causes jealousy between the friends.

In Caught Inside Bull a local surf legend, snaps and crosses the line, he turns their dream vacation into a nightmare ordeal, with a fight for survival. Trapped on the boat there is nowhere to turn.

“A spectacularly unhinged lead performance by Ben Oxenbould” The Daily Telegraph

This movie has all the elements of a great thriller, with a powerful end. Anne

Film Review - Gone - By Director - Heitor Dhalia and Writer Allison Burrett

Jill is a beautiful young women living with her alcoholic sister. She was previously a kidnap victim of a serial killer but as no evidence was found, the police didn’t believe her and she was committed to a mental institution for a number of years.

In Gone, when Jill's sister disappears she is convinced her kidnapper is back so she takes matters into her own hands, as the police believe it is all in her head. Brilliant acting by Amanda Seyfrend (Mamma Mia).

Rated M 15+

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie as it keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end. Anne