GQ Australia - 08.2018

BEHIND

THE

SCENES

LEFT

Another

of Teixeira’s

highlights was

visiting the

Sea Gypsies at

Bicheno. Living

completely off the

land, the people

that inhabit this

bohemian

community were

nothing shy of

hospitable,

bringing the crew

rosé, beer, cheese

-andanentire

lobster. Couched

off-the-grid deep

in the Freycinet

National Park, you

couldn’t have

recreated this

set if you tried.

LEFT AND ABOVE

The rust-coloured

rocksthatcrustthecliffs

at Bay of Fires made for

a luminous backdrop.

Photographer Drew

Wheeler pulled out his

inner abseiler, launching

fromonerocktoanother

in pursuit of the right shot.

F

or a state that’s often the butt of

Australian jokes, Tasmania – rich in

history, culture and delicious oysters

–hasalotgoingforit.It’salsowhere

we took Brazil’s Teixeira for one of this issue’s

exclusive fashion shoots on page 114.

Ifyou’reanythinglikeus,you’llgofor

aweekendandleavewishingyoucouldstaythe

week.Teixeira,ourleadingman,wasespecially

enamouredbytheisland’sbeauty.Spotting

asealcatchingsomemorningraysduringour

shootattheBayofFireswasahighlightfor the

Brazilian,aswasthrowingdownsome

farm-fresh oysters before jumping

on set at Lease 65 oyster farm in St

Helens.Nothinglikeaproteinhit.

We rested ou r heads at t he

HenryJonesArtHotelinHobartand

FreycinetLodgeinColesBay–two

ofthemostenchantinglodgingswe’ve

hadtheprivilegeofcallinghome–we

suggest you do the same.thehenryjones.

com; freycinetlodge.com.au

WORDS: AMY CAMPBELL. PHOTOGRAPHY: DREW WHEELER.

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