Art director and illustrator
Which suburb do you call home?
Talley Valley
What makes that suburb the best on the GC?
Talley Valley is amazing. It’s only 10-15 minutes from two world-class waves. It’s away from the crazy business. In our garden we have a couple of koalas, five wallabies and a few snakes that seem to show up once a month.
Favourite place to stop, relax for 20 mins and enjoy a morning cuppa? And what treat is on the plate next to it?
Parlour in West Burleigh is probably my most frequented café. I also spend a bunch of time at MADE cafe in Tugun and Switchfoot café in Cooly. MADE café make an epic ham and mustard toastie.
The best place to grab a low-key lunch or dinner on the Gold Coast? What’s the best thing on the menu?
Palm Beach Surf Club is a fave. Plus, it’s the only place where our son Roman actually has to take his hat off of his head. That kid puts his back on after going to bed and sleeps wearing it. But if I felt like being a little exotic and going on a date night with my wife we would go to Oi Izakaya in Burleigh.
You’re planning a fun, local night out with your mates: Which three locations top your list and why?
Putt Putt golf in mermaid. You can grab a beer and go around the courses there.
Drinks at Burleigh Brewing Company and then I’d probably get Pizza at ‘Man on a Bike’ in Tallebudgera on the way home.
Your Saturday morning is totally free: How are you spending it?
A free Saturday!! Wow, my Saturdays are usually over tun by taxiing my three kids between swimming, dance and soccer. But in a world where my Saturday morning is free… 5am Kirra Surf (greatest place on earth), 8am Switchfoot Cooly coffee while checking the Superbank. Then I would probably head home, grab the fam and shoot out to the Currumbin Valley for a bush walk, stopping at the Eco Park for some more coffee and scones.
Favourite Gold Coast shopping destination?
This is a question for my wife. She is a big fan of vanishing to The Pines for a few hours. I’m more of a Stocklands in and out kind of guy.
Complete this sentence: Only a Gold Coast local knows…
Where to go to get the best sourdough bread ever (Burleigh Bakers)