Kerry Mosey’s future in fashion was sealed from the age of six, when her grandmother taught her to sew. She progressed quickly from making clothes for dolls to garments for herself and other family members and headed straight from school to Adelaide’s Marleston School of Fashion.

Garlic may have a reputation for driving loved ones away but for the Clarke family it has fostered a new way of life and a wonderful collaboration with old friends.

Lisa’s childhood obsession with musical theatre and retro movies has led the Toyer family’s passion for all things vintage.

This issue we’ve scoured the country for your reading and styling inspiration. We visit a spectacular cattle station in central Qld, a wonderful artist’s home studio in SA and a peaceful garden in Vic. We’re inspired by a delightful retro cottage and a historic former seminary and artist’s home at in the NSW Central Highlands. Plus we include the best lemon recipes for keeping warm this winter. Click to find out more.

Food miles are reduced to metres when Janet Jeffs hosts lunch in the orchard with most ingredients sourced from her farm.

The Rowe family controls a vast swathe of South Australian pastoral land from their headquarters on historic Princess Royal station.

Rodney Dunn and Severine Demanet have pursued their passion for the freshest local produce from Sydney to Tasmania, where they’ve established a cooking school on their farm in the Derwent Valley.

Former restaurateur Robert Armstrong never does anything by halves, which explains how his country retreat opened the door on a whole new career.

We take a detour across the Tasman to visit the home of Kiwi landscape artist Grahame Sydney and a breathtaking garden. Back home, we join the Rowe family on their historic Princess Royal station and catch up with fashion designer Kerry Mosey at her Yorke Peninsula beach shack. In NSW, we profile tree-changer garlic farmers and enjoy lunch in an apple orchard. Click to find out more about our fabulous June/July issue.

Thanks to Jane Falconer’s determination, Clachanburn Garden forms a stunning oasis in one of New Zealand’s harshest corners.

Raise the bar and step back in time with these elegant fashion pieces echoing old-world charm.

The sparse and dry landscapes of Central Otago form the centre of this painter’s artistic universe.

The Arkaba walk combines a real-time Attenborough-quality nature documentary with an IMAX movie Technicolor landscape.

A quest to find the “real” outback took us from Broken Hill to Bourke, with national parks and colourful encounters.

In a land of the large-scale, Cobbold Gorge stands out as a quintessential Queensland destination.