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Noojee Lea Gardens

Noojee Lea Gardens

The garden at Noojee Lea has grown through the years thanks to the vision of the Curran family and the input of many talented designers and plants people.

Champion for charity

Champion for charity

Tommy Jeffs is a leading light in the community, a tireless hospitality provider, spreader of goodwill and happiness and an extraordinary fundraiser

The Northern Territory Kaleidoscope

The Northern Territory Kaleidoscope

The Northern Territory Top End provides a kaleidoscope of natural spectacles and countless means for experiencing them.

Koonowla’s History

Koonowla’s History

Koonowla’s history dates back almost to the first settlement of South Australia’s Clare Valley and Andrew Michaels is proud to be the current custodian.

Best of both worlds

Best of both worlds

Jane Phillips and Dave Sherriff are living the best of both worlds, transforming two homes on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.

John Paul College

John Paul College: Face of the Future

As student Zoe Mavromatis enters her final year of high school, she is well on the way to a distinguished life and career.

Fast learners

Fast learners

The Festa family may be greenhorns when it comes to farming, but they’re learning fast and loving life in the Scenic Rim.

Clare Creative

Clare Creative

Greg and Julianne Pulford have achieved an enviable creative work/life balance in the Clare Valley, the heartland of Australian Riesling

Layers of History

Layers of History

Many layers of history are beautifully woven into the buildings and grounds of Vermont in the Millthorpe district of central-western NSW.

Girl power thrives at Loreto

Girl power thrives at Loreto

Students at Sydney’s Loreto Normanhurst need look no further than their school’s founder to find an Exemplary role model for the advancement of women

Australia’s very own monogram moguls

Australia’s very own monogram moguls

Meet the two brothers encouraging the world to embrace themselves through their leather goods label.

Hinterland Haven

Hinterland Haven

The culmination of a career in costume design leads a former city dweller to her happy place in the hills behind Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Winter collection: Fireside Favourite

Winter collection: Fireside Favourite

The cooler months herald the perfect time to enjoy a night at home sharing good books and friendship by the fire.

Ugg Since 1974 are raising the baa

Ugg Since 1974 are raising the baa

Australian made from Merino sheepskin, Ugg Since 1974 boots set the benchmark for quality, durability and comfort.

katherine cup australian country

The Annual Katherine Cup

Amid the fast-paced action, frocks and frivolity that mark the annual Katherine Cup, there was a very serious message behind the 2018 event.

Our Latest Issue

Australian Country 25.4

Our Latest Issue

This issue tells the real stories from the heartland. This is the season for a travelling as we explored Oberon in the NSW Central West and then we headed to Beechworth in north-eastern Victoria. At home with Helen Hopgood who has restored a former railway station master’s cottage, and another inspiring tale from Stanthorpe in Queensland’s Granite Belt where orchardists Ellen and Justin Fawdon have decided to use their stone fruit for a diversification into fruit-based vinegars and shrubs.

Real stories from the heartland you don’t want to miss.

Cowra’s Japanese Garden

Cowra’s Japanese Garden

It’s the ultimate cross-cultural marriage. Remembrance and reconciliation meet in a Peace offering at Cowra’s exquisite Japanese garden.

Scots All Saints

Strength in Numbers: Scots School

The Scots School and All Saints’ College both have long traditions, but see fresh opportunities in the joining together.

Hidden Treasures: Yorke Peninsula

Hidden Treasures: Yorke Peninsula

The Yorke Peninsula delivers real delights for visitors who soak up the landscape, creative talents and local produce.

Call of the Wild: Artist Raymond Arnold

Call of the Wild: Artist Raymond Arnold

Artist Raymond Arnold has devoted the greater part of the past 35 years to understanding Tasmania’s wilderness.

Mistress of the Marche

Mistress of the Marche

Kathy Rupp has a great eye for a vintage find. The fruits of her French shopping expeditions fill her and her clients beautiful family homes.

Hygge Inspired: Nordic Huts

Hygge Inspired: Nordic Huts

Kat Andersen can’t be homesick for her danish homeland as her husband, Eddie, has built a little piece of backyard Nordic Huts magic!

A Bluestone Benchmark: Yalla-Y-Poora

A Bluestone Benchmark: Yalla-Y-Poora

Yalla-Y-Poora was a showpiece of Victoria’s Western District. The Fraser’s are in the process of restoring the old homestead.

Born again Barfield

Born again Barfield

Melanie and Robert herald a new era at a central Queensland cattle station, methodically transforming the 112-year-old homestead

A Bush Classroom: Cranbrook

A Bush Classroom: Cranbrook

An outdoor campus in a spectacular Blue Mountains location provides a new learning experience for Cranbrook School students.

A bush haven

A bush haven

The Neilsen family home enjoys a spectacular bush haven rural setting. And it’s just 15 minutes’ drive from Brisbane’s CBD!

Styled for summer

Styled for summer

Kim and Greg Kerr appear to have achieved the ultimate work-life balance at their home in Victoria’s central highlands.

Summer Time Sea Change

Summer Time Sea Change

Welcoming the warmth! Summer time living is easy so we headed bayside for some well-deserved R&R in our favourite summertime outfits.

A Passion for Provence

A Passion for Provence

A move to the Sunshine Coast kindled a fascination for all things French for Freda and John Smith.

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Fit for a Queenie

A hands-on owner with an eye for retro has transformed an ugly duckling cottage in the gorgeous tweed valley, into a flamboyant flamingo.

Bohemian Bliss

Bohemian Bliss

A high school teacher turned artist and her surveyor husband breathe colourful new life into a century-old cottage in Gympie.

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