Australian Country Homes issue #1

1st edition- Australian Country Homes

What's inside: 

 Classic Revival

It was a case of the right person for the job when landscape design consultant Barbara Landsberg bought a historic Blue Mountains property.

 Character study

With a bit of help from her friends and a lot of help from her stepfather, Natalie Holt achieved a wonderfully rustic rural retreat in northern NSW.

A long rein

From her home on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula equestrian Mary Hanna has reached the zenith of a career that includes competing in five Olympic Games.

 A colonial collage

World Heritage-listed Brickendon is a remarkable repository of Tasmanian colonial history, continuously farmed by the Archer family since 1824.

Tea, roses and rest

Green tea and a lamb named Boofa are just a part of the Leckie family story at Heatherly in Victoria’s Acheron valley.

 Poetry in Pastels

With her bowerbird instincts and a fantastic eye for colour, Beth Newton has transformed a modest worker’s cottage.

 Darling of the Downs

Inspired by the great country estates of the UK, Harrow station and homestead have become a Darling Downs landmark.

 Good karma

The planets aligned for yoga teacher Rose Hawkins with a move to the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

Highland home

From the wilds of America’s Washington State to the tranquillity of central Victoria, this garden of Eden is nourished with family history.

Gypsy spirit

Kirsty Ballentine-Turnbull brings equal measures of wanderlust and passion for a cool Bohemian aesthetic to her homewares importing business.

 For the love of Lakemba

A pair of scientists pulled out all the stops on a huge renovation in Ipswich, a Queensland city with the ambience of a big country town.

Rooms with a view

Third generation sheep farmers Sally-Ann and John Cottle live in spectacular surrounds in the Monaro high country.

Keeping tradition

Roz and Peter Seppelt respect age-old skills and a long history of hospitality at their South Australian home.

Paddock to plate

A career in catering has taken Brigid Kennedy from the high seas to the Southern Highlands of NSW.

Restoration drama

Collectors, heritage lovers and restoration enthusiasts Dominic and Marie Romeo brought life back to one of Victoria’s heritage-listed hill stations.

Seeds of inspiration

From her home base in southern Queensland Susan Volz’s mission is to solve the disconnection between urban dwellers and food production.