Farm-Life

Barossa Valley

A BAROSSA VALLEY GIRL

Cherie Hausler lives between her South Australian base, her Sydney apartment and her business interests in Bangkok. but the Barossa Valley is her home and it’s there that she lives the bucolic dream and recharges her apparently inexhaustible batteries.

Lavender

PATCH OF LAVENDER

The old truism that you never know what’s around the corner couldn’t be more apt than it has proven for lavender farmers Robert and Jennifer Ravens.

Macadamia Farm

NSW MACADAMIA FARM

Tree changers before the expression was invented, Martin and Pam Brook exchanged life in Melbourne for a farm on the NSW North Coast. Along the way they’ve regenerated remnant rainforest, restored the land and created Australia’s most delicious muesli.

Tree change

A LANDSCAPED TREE CHANGE

Making a tree change — literally — meant a steep learning curve for this gardening novice.

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AUSTRALIA’S GOATLAND SHEEP

Victorian farmer Cheryl Crosbie believes she is Australia’s only breeder of Gotland sheep. The curly fleece yields a wonderfully soft yarn that is world-renowned by spinners and felters.

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MILK AND CHEESE

Trevor Hart thinks outside the box. Mal and Margaret Thompson also know a thing or two about problem solving. So it was a marriage of like minds when they joined forces to make cheese.

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AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN

Butterflies sway, songbirds sing and hedgehogs roam in a bountiful garden in England’s south-west.

The Wondering Gardener - Australian Country

THE WONDERING GARDENER

When writing is a way of laughing at a situation, the journey through life can go a little bit smoother

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AWARD WINNING GARDEN IN THE HILLS

Life begins the day you start a garden, says the Chinese proverb. Dennis Roberts’ sprawling Adelaide Hills garden is a testament to that.

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