Australian Country

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE If it stands still, it will probably be covered in mosaics at the home artist Veronika Zeil shares with her husband, John Rolfe and their young adult offspring, Isabel, Larissa and Marius, in the bush not far from Rockhampton in c

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE Guests at the launch event for Sofitel’s William Inglis Hotel were treated to a moveable feast as they rotated through the five-star hotel’s hospitality venues. The 144-room establishment belongs to Sofitel’s MGallery collection of

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE “Small, but perfectly formed” is how Shirley Robertson describes the home she shares with her husband, Arthur, at Myponga on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula. The elongated three-bedroom house has one side of floor-to-ceiling

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE Lisa Post can trace her love of restoration and renovation back to her school days in her home country, England. Inspired by the transformation of some chairs her parents inherited and then restored, at the age of 15, she signed u

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BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE Patience, they say, is a virtue. Certainly it is when it comes to making crumpets. As Beechworth Honey’s CEO Sara Quon explains, the secret to cooking a great crumpet is low and slow. If you want those amazing little tunnels to so

BY TAMARA SIMONEAU Michelle Roper was a city girl when she met Kris Kahler — a rising football star who was drafted by the Brisbane Broncos as a teenager. Marrying him meant living life on the move, as they traded a brief stay in Canberra, where Kri

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE For most of the year, Jim and Rachael McFadyen’s home is the most peaceful place on earth. Perched on top of a cliff on World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island, their low-slung bungalow looks out to an endless vista of the Pacific

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE Wayne Keating spent his childhood holidays accompanying his father on work trips building concrete bridges. So he felt right at home when it came to the large-scale structural works required for the garden he and his wife, Diane,

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE, PHOTOGRAPHY KEN BRASS The sun is barely up when we arrive at the home Carol Kennedy shares with her publican husband, Des, on the northern outskirts of Mudgee in central-western NSW. But already, pocket-rocket Carol has been out

BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE The burning question goes something like this: If you are walking with a cup of coffee in your hand, how fast can you go without spilling it? For a trio of year 12 physics students from Brisbane Grammar School (BGS), problems of t

Mudgee’s reputation for fine wine was uppermost in Patrick Brennan’s mind when the opportunity to move to town to run the Comfort Inn Aden Mudgee motel presented itself. While the lure of ready access to labels such as Poet’s Corner, Wild Oats and Hu

COMPILED BY FI COLLINS St Albans Stirling mohair throw is a traditional large check blanket made from fibres sourced from the most-respected Angora goat farms in Australia and South Africa. The throw measures 122cm x 183cm and is priced at $235. stal