Issue#20.4 July 2017

Australian Country

Your Contemporary Country Lifestyle Magazine

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A Goth Ic Gem
STORY BY TAMARA S IMONEAU, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN DOWNS Vanessa Bell is pondering the pink hue of her home. It’s Cameo Pink — not the kind of colour any home could pull off , but it lends her 154-year-old Gothic cottage, Toronto, a sort of storybook qua
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Class Act
C O M P I L E D B Y DA R I A K U R I LO What better way to learn how to cook than in the comfort of your own home? Based in Western Australia, Latasha’s Kitchen was originally a cafe owned by Latasha Menon, who now produces a specialist range of home
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Chasing A Zephyr
STORY & STYLING BY TAMARAS IMONEAU, PHOTOGRAPHY ANASTASIA KARIOFYLLIDIS It’s a special feeling atop a horse, ask anyone who’s been there. There’s a tangible bond between rider and steed that stands alone. For some it conjures a feeling that can’t be
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Bruny B A Plate
WORDS BY DA RI A KURI LO, PHOTOGRAPHY BY K EN BRAS S & DA RI A KURI LO The ferry trip across the d’Entrecasteaux Channel from Kettering in Tasmania’s south to Bruny Island may only take 20 minutes, but it delivers visitors to an experience light year
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Editor's Letter
As this issue went to press we had recently enjoyed a morning tea at the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation’s (RASF) headquarters. While we love a scone and a finger sandwich as much as the next person, the event was particularly exciting for us a
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Bonded By Birds
BY TAMARAS IMONEAU, PHOTOGRAPHY ANASTASIA KARIOFYLLIDIS It might be stating the obvious that it takes a deft hand to carve an egg — even an emu egg, that’s significantly sturdier than it’s more common counterpart. But just imagine the patience requir
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Opportunity Knocks
B Y K I R ST Y M C K EN Z I E While the term opportunity of a lifetime is bandied about all too frequently, a group of young dancers from south-east Queensland recently experienced the real deal when they travelled to Europe to perform and further th
Australian Country5 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Hospitality HQ
BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE, PHOTOGRAPHY KEN BRASS By all accounts the Forrester family shares a lucky streak and tough genes. When Robert Forrester was transported to Australia as a convict, he had already proved he came from strong stock by surviving five y
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Store Strolling
COMPI L E D BY DA RI A KURI LO As the only manufacturer of cast iron baths in Australia, Antique Baths offers a variety of both new and restored iron cast baths. This traditional cast iron bath tub will evoke luxe-chic style in your bathroom. antique
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Diary Notes
COMPILED BY DARIA KURILO JUL 30 (NATIONAL) Get your green thumb out and celebrate the 22nd year of Planet Ark’s National Tree Day. Last year nearly 300,000 people took part in greening their local environments and 1.1 million native trees, shrubs and
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Keeping Tradition
BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE, PHOTOGRAPHY ROSS WILLIAMS, STYLING BRONTE CAMILLERI The plan, as much as Roz and Peter Seppelt had one, was to take Peter’s family’s hobby farm and transform it into a business. But as is always the case, there were a few unexpect
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Out & about
Out A congratulatory morning tea took place at the Sydney Royal Easter Show for all the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) Foundation scholars and sponsors. This year’s event was particularly special for the Australian Country team as we met our own sc
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Set in STONE
BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIM SELBY As celebratory outings go it was the one that blew all the others out of the water. As Sarah Beaumont recalls her 2012 birthday, her partner, Ian Glover, hit on the idea of a trip to the country to check o
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Compi L E
compi l e d by da ri a kuri lo Milk.Made As a successful Bruny Island cheesemaker, author of Milk.Made Nick Haddow shares his knowledge of making, serving and storing cheese at home. Paired with stunning photography by Alan Benson, Nick visits intern
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Mailbag
A very big thank you to Australian Country and Universal Magazines for your fabulous support of the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation’s (RASF) Ag Bag show bag at this year’s Royal Easter Show. The bag was a sellout, raising $70,000 for our Commun

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