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8 GREEN GUIDE 27 FEBRUARY 1997 Now Monica's home on Seven OR MONICA Trapaga, it was an offer too good to pass up: Of course, she was interested in joining the team of presenters on Seven's high-rating show, Better Homes and Gardens. Who wouldn't be? did anyone realise she was knee-deep in her own, real-life house renovation saga? It wasn't a pretty story, either. But, then, whose ever is? 'Seven didn't mind her chaotic home front at all. In fact, it liked the idea. Viewers could relate to it.

Not an interior-design expert as such, but an experienced, hands-on, passionate enthusiast. The executive producer of Better Homes and Gardens, Michael Dawes, says Trapaga, who debuts on the show next Tuesday night (she will present tips on interior decorating) was the perfect choice for the job. "She's incredibly professional, she's a very versatile personality, she's fun and she's entertaining," he says. What is not lost on Seven, either, is her ability to reach different generations. Trapaga is a communicator.

Adults know her as a jazz singer, who has mooched her way around the club circuit for years; children know her as the popular host of ABC-TV's Play School and the husky voice behind the Bananas in Pyjamas theme song. But Monica Trapaga Incorporated doesn't stop there. Like others in the flourishing world of Monica Trapaga makes her debut on Seven's Better Homes and Gardens next week, a far cry from the ABC's Play School and a lot of other things in between, writes LYNNE COSSAR. children's entertainment, Trapaga has turned to writing her own songs, recording and releasing them. Three CDs and cassettes so far, another due out soon.

Trapaga has also dabbled in videos and movies and then there's the guest appearances on several local television productions: GP, Rafferty's Rules and Police Rescue. As if that wasn't enough to keep her busy, Trapaga moved into clothing and textiles, in 1996, launching her own brand of funky children's clothing under the label, All this and mother to 11-year-old Lily and two-year-old Atticus. The chaotic diversity of her career is what makes Trapaga somewhat of a role model to young mothers. She looks great as the chanteuse in the tight cocktail dress, belting out a Latin song or two. She has fun singing nursery rhymes on her Victorian Computers Pty Ltd SUPPLIERS TO SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND THE PUBLIC Student System Home Office Systems Professional System Suner Power System Intel Pentium 120 Mhz CPU Intel Pentium 133 Mhz CPU Intel Pentlum 166 Mhz CPU Intel Pentlum PRO 200 Mhz CPU Intel Triton IlI( VX) 256K Cache Intel III(VX) 256K PB Cache Intel Triton III(VX) 512K PB Cache Intel 442 FXPCI 256K CPU Cache 16 MB EDO RAM (72 Pin, 60 ns) 16MB EDO RAM (72Pin, 60 ns) 32MB EDO RAM (72Pin, 60 ns) 64MB EDO RAM (72Pin, 60 ns) 1.44 MB Panasonic Floppy Drive 1.44 MB Panasonic Floppy Drive 1.44MB Panasonic Floppy Drive 1.2GB Hard Disk Drive 2.1GB Hard Disk Drive 3.1GB Hard Disk Drive 1.44MB Panasonic Floppy Drive IMB 64BIt PCI Graphic Card 2MB 64BIt PCI Graphic Card 2 2MB Diamond Stealth 3D Card 3.8GB Quantum Fireball HDD 15" XGA, Color Monitor 15" XGA, MPRII, Monitor 15" SONY Monitor (15sf2) 4MB Diamond Stealth 3D Card 104 Windows 95 Keyboard 104 Windows 95 Keyboard Honeywell 104 Windows 95 KB 17" Velta MPRII Monitor Microsoft Ergonomics Mouse Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse Microsoft Egronomic Mouse Honeywell 104 Windows 95 KB 8 Speed Panasonic CD-ROM 8 Speed Panasonic 12 Speed Panasonic CD-ROM Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse 16 Bit Pn Sound Card SB 16BIt PnP Card 80W Speakers Sound Blaster 32 PnP Sound Card 16 Speed CD-ROM Drive 80W Amplified Speakers 33.6KBPS, V34 Internet 160W Amplified Speakers Windows 95 on CD Anti-Virus 2 months Unlimited Internet Access 33.6KBPS Internal Sound 160W Blaster 32 PnP Sound Card Ask for other con figurations Windows 951 on Ante Windows 95 on CD Anti-Virus Amplified Speakers 33.6KBPS External Voice Modem Flexirent Me $1990.00 Flexirent Me Special Personal Shoppers Windows 95 on CD Anti-Virus Pentium 133 Mkz ADD $60.00 Pentium 150 ADD $60.00 Please Ask Pentium MMX-166 Phone for Price 350 South Road, Moorabbin VIC 3189 Tel.

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No point denying it. "I wish I wasn't always as busy, but yeah, I think my greatest weakness is I like to do many things and I'm a bit undisciplined," she says. The youngest of a family of four children growing up on Sydney's leafy north shore, she never wanted for company or an audience for her impromptu musical performances. Her Spanish-born parents her father was in advertising, her mother was a lecturer in SouthEast Asian studies believed strongly in the creative virtues of music and theatre. "Our house was a hive of activity," Trapaga recalls.

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