Operation Flinders
‘My totem animal is a leopard,’ Gab Fantner tells me. As I watch him move effortlessly around the kitchen of his home, in the Aldinga Arts Eco Village, I’m not surprised. He gives a deft flip to the homemade crumpets browning on the stovetop, a swift knead of the sourdough rising on the bench and a determined grind of coffee beans.
Our conversation moves as fluidly; the gut microbiome, chefs’ knives, the best coffee beans. It’s only when the topic turns to Operation Flinders, the purpose of this interview, that Gab settles beside me at his breakfast bar. This is a subject so close to his heart that it deserves his
