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Tomatoes recipes

Tomato Recipes

When picked from the plant and still warm from the sun, tomato is best simple.

Cream of the Crop

Cream of the Crop

The Crooke family produces some of Australia’s finest ice cream from a factory in a former milking shed on their dairy farm in the lush Kiewa Valley.

PLUM RECIPES

PLUM RECIPES

Good to look at and to eat, plums are one of late summer’s seasonal delights.

TREASURE HUNTERS FIND BURFIELD HOUSE

TREASURE HUNTERS FIND BURFIELD HOUSE

A Toowoomba couple have brought the expertise of a lifetime’s collecting and dealing antiques to their Federation home.

AMBLING THROUGH ANDALUCIA

AMBLING THROUGH ANDALUCIA

A gentle passage through Andalucia is measured by its signature flamenco dancers, fino sherry and all the fun of the feria.

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A FRUITFUL LIFE

Wayne and Marie Stewart first bought their patch of rural paradise in 1980 in Peachester, overlooking Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

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THE APRIL ISSUE OF AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY IS HERE!

For the next issue of Australian Country we’ve been out and about searching out some great stories to keep you all […]

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GARDEN GNOMES AUSTRALIA: WENWORTH FALLS

In Garden Gnomes Australia, hundreds of pointy-tipped hats, white whiskers and grins emerge from the undergrowth.

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A SHEEP FARM IN MONARO HIGH COUNTRY

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

COLONIAL RENOVATION

COLONIAL RENOVATION

Serial renovators Elizabeth and Patrick Brennan have found a wonderful new focus for their creative energies in a historic homestead in Sydney’s south-west

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COWGIRL LIFE ON THE FARM

Michelle Simons has traded her city existence for a cowgirl cocky’s life on a farm in the middle of a volcanic caldera in northern NSW

PEAR RECIPES

PEAR RECIPES

Luscious pears are one of the cooler months’ culinary delights.

WOOLEEN STATION

WA’s WOOLEEN STATION

The owners of Western Australia’s Wooleen Station have taken a new direction in a bid to make their property sustainable.

A PEREGIAN HOUSE

A PEREGIAN HOUSE

The natural world provides inspiration to Sunshine Coast designer Lisa Day, to create jewellery and homewares with a rustic aesthetic feel.

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEART

A MESSAGE FROM THE HEART

We should do it every day, but in case it’s been a while, show your nearest and dearest how much you care for them.

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.

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A PLACE IN THE UK COUNTRY

For Leiset Kemink moving from Belgium to the heart of the UK countryside has meant a simpler pace of life, which is reflected in the style and decoration of her home.

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WHEATBELT FARMERS

Country roots run deep for the Wiese family, who have lived and farmed in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt for four generations.

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A CHESTNUT TREE CHANGE

Taking the plunge into farming chestnuts was a giant step for former Canberra academics John and Heather Kane.

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A RENOVATED QUEENSLANDER IN BRISBANE’S OUTER SUBURBS

Moving to Brisbane’s outer suburbs was the logical step to accommodate Sally Carson’s expanding family and home business.

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COUNTRY FASHION

Stroll down memory lane at Gledswood Homestead where colonial history sits alongside our farming foundations

ENGLAND’S GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND

ENGLAND’S GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND

Eating and drinking through the counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire in England.

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PERENNIAL GARDEN

A garden that delights year round is the culmination of the lifetime experience of two passionate gardeners.

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PAWPAW RECIPES

With colours reminiscent of a Gauguin Tahitian painting, pawpaw and papaya add an instant taste of the tropics.

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FROM PADDOCK TO PARKLAND

Beverley and Graham Thompson spent three decades transforming their gorgeous Mt Wilson garden from a simple paddock to a glorious parkland.

QUINOA FARMERS

QUINOA FARMERS

Diversify or die is the mantra of the modern farmer. Three Western Australian Wheatbelt families transported into the new world of the wonder food, quinoa.

HILLBILLIES-CIDER

HILLBILLIES CIDER

An enterprising NSW couple has devoted their prodigious talents and energy to creating a benchmark cider from Bilpin’s famous apples.

QUINOA TEA CAKE RECIPE

QUINOA TEA CAKE RECIPE

This is Pip Gooding’s recipe adapted from CWA member June Weaver, of George Town, Tasmania

VINTAGE JEWELLERY DESIGNER

VINTAGE JEWELLERY DESIGNER

Jewellery designer Natalie Ness says sometimes she thinks she belongs in another era. Indeed, the pieces she creates capture the essence of bygone days.

CHASING FLOWERS IN AUSTRALIA

CHASING FLOWERS IN AUSTRALIA

The magic word for flower chasers is biodiversity and WA has some of the world’s most amazing biodiversity hotspots.

COCOS CARNIVAL OF COLOUR

COCO’S CARNIVAL OF COLOUR

Lisa Sheils lives with her family in a carnival of colour on Victoria’s Mornington peninsula. A texting typo for XOXO from her husband, Mike, changed her name to Coco.

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