When the paddocks are brown and the lake is dry, there will always be a green patch around the homestead on Alan and Marilyn Wilson’s Oakwood farm near Minlaton on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. That’s thanks to the couple’s combined efforts acro

Western Australian artist and book illustrator Rebecca Cool is a self-confessed art school dropout and has never had a “proper” job, or received a grant or any form of subsidy. Yet she earns a respectable living from her work and says she is complete

Alison Ray has a wedding for 130 going on in her garden when we arrive, but she appears unfazed by the chaos that could well be imminent. With the assistance of a handful of friends, she calmly continues slicing up cakes, plating sandwiches, making a

Some houses are created with current style in mind, while others are a timeless homage to good design. This Brighton dwelling is the latter, with quality materials and smart architectural principles applied to ensure it will remain as functional, rel

Leah Stirton cheerfully admits she had never been west of the Brisbane suburb of Indooroopilly when she applied for a teaching position in Charleville. Freshly returned from London and nursing a broken heart, she wanted to move as far away as possibl

Capetonian couple Justin Rhodes and Cameron Munro are lounging poolside at their seaside home in Misty Cliffs, a conservation village just 45 minutes away from the Mother City. They’re soaking in the sun on a deck that is tucked neatly into a pristin

This majestic freestanding 1890s home has been thoroughly renovated and brought into the 21st century, while maintaining the aged heritage character of the house. The old home has now been rejuvenated into a warm, comfortable residence that still cap

When it comes to nurture versus nature, Paula Jenkins is adamant: her career as an artist is due to equal measures of both. If she hadn’t grown up in the country, and been lucky enough to spend seven formative years living on the historic Camden Park

The Lento Collection by Vincent Sheppard is available now at Cotswold Furniture. As its name implies, the Lento (Italian for slow) Collection is all about taking it slow. Enjoying la dolce vita while doing things that are important to you is exactly

A bad day at work and a lucky find on the internet led Ina Ansmann and Timothy Noonan to a completely new life in Tasmania. “We were living and working in Brisbane and we’d both come home after a bad day at work and just thought there had to be more

I’ve chosen the original Yorkshire Tea for this recipe as I wanted a rich and refreshing proper brew that really complements the fresh ingredients of the ice blocks. You want the refreshment of a solid brew without it being too strong as any tannins

This large-scale painting dated 1906 by Australian female artist Helen Peters relates to the 1871 poem reproduced below. Helen Peters was born in Geelong, Victoria, in 1866 and studied art under Edmund Sasse, Bernard Hall, Tudor St George Tucker and

Sue Clohesy says she inherited her bowerbird gene from her mother’s side of the family. For as long as she can remember, she has loved the thrill of the chase, heading out to estate auctions and garage sales in search of the perfect, quirky piece of

While we all know that neutral is timeless and makes for a good base, there is a case to be made for adding colour to your home. A growing number of designs are appearing across the kitchen and bathroom landscape that are incorporating colour in a bi

With an avalanche of ideas coming at us from magazines, home renovation shows, blogs and social media sites, we don’t have far to go to find inspiration for our bathrooms. We’ve come up with the top 20 trends we believe have durability. Creating a so

Holidaymakers around the world have become ever more style conscious — after all, who wants to spend their hard-earned time off in an aesthetically challenged space furnished with hand-me-downs? That said, it can now seem as if the pendulum might hav

It’s the kind of contention trivia buffs love. As anyone who was paying even minimal attention in primary school history class will attest, Edward Hargraves found Australia’s first gold just west of Bathurst in 1851, thus starting the inaugural gold

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the portrait of William Dawson Grubb that hangs in the hallway at Strathroy in northern Tasmania is only an opening gambit on the life of an extraordinary man and his considerable contribution to the state

The very best houses aren’t just buildings placed on blocks of land. Rather, they’re homes that reflect the surroundings from which they rise, complementing them instead of simply casting them in shadow. This home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula i

If you’re new to purchasing antiques and art or if it’s been a while since you’ve dabbled in that space, getting reacquainted with the way the market works can be daunting. In the world today, we are comfortable with searching and buying online for e

It’s shearing time at Tuckokcowie Station near Warooka on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, so the little shed on Richard and Lee-Anne Murdoch’s farm is buzzing with activity. The Merino flock, which is spread across the property’s home block and ne

Spring has sprung, but that doesn’t mean the end of chilly mornings. Staying warm and cosy is easy with the Merino Cashmere Dressing Gown from Smitten Merino. This Australian-made robe is incredibly warm and luxurious and made from cashmere merino-bl

They say the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. And that is precisely how Jo Little and Gary Brown are going about renovating their historic home at Yankalilla. “We’d been hunting for a cottage as a bolthole from Adelaide for a while,” Jo

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Built in 1881, Arrowfield is a fine example of an architect-designed gentleman’s manor. The local council heritage-listed house was in need of a major restoration and the previous owners had not invested in the property for many years, a fact that wa