Australian Country Homes

Australian Country Homes celebrates the warmth of the country aesthetic. We open the doors to some of Australia’s most interesting homes and see the enviable everyday lives of those who have made the move to a calmer, more welcoming and personally enriched way of living. Brought to you by Australian Country magazine, this new quarterly publication showcases the best of Australian country residences; from the weekender to the station homestead, the farmhouse to the historical home. Australian Country Homes covers the length and breadth of Australia. In every edition of Australian Country Homes you will see inspiring ideas from real Aussies on real budgets just getting out there and creating wonderfully warm environments. You will also experience rare glimpses into the families and businesses behind some of Australia’s most desirable lifestyles. Tour the styles, the plans, and the self-made touches that create a welcoming country home.

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Australian Country Homes

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FORCE OF NATURE • A young family’s off-the-grid bush escape in South Africa’s untamed Little Karoo blends modern campaign style with Provençal sensibility.

BORN-AGAIN BAKERY • A Brisbane building with a rich back story has been given a new lease on life as a cooking school.

BRIDGING THE GAP • The city-country divide is no longer an abstract notion for Queensland dairy farmers Kay and Dave Tommerup since they diversified and opened their farm to agritourism.

WHAT’S COOKIN’ GOOD LOOKIN’ • Cooking chef-quality meals at home is easier than you think when you understand how to make the most of your cooktop

A SHINING EXAMPLE • The daily cycle at Bandana station is proof, if it were ever needed, that man can never upstage nature.

RESTORATION DRAMA • A chance encounter at a picnic race meeting in Goolwa in South Australia set in motion a chain of events that culminated in the restoration of one of the Fleurieu Peninsula’s most significant historic homesteads.

A LIFE’S WORK • John and Lyn Colquhoun have devoted most of their adult lives to transforming a house and garden perched on a rural NSW hilltop.

CREATIVE ARTISTRY • A house without a piano is not a home, according to Geelong music teacher Suzanne Alderton. Not surprisingly, the home she shares with her husband, Gordon, has a host of other instruments as well.

PATCHWORK OF THE PAST • After a lifetime of travel, Claire and Steve Ayling have put down roots in a colonial showpiece in Australia’s first inland city.

ART AND SOUL • Therapeutic artist Georgina Kinch connects the impact of imagery and colour with mental and physical wellbeing in both her home and work.

WINTER WARMTH • Stay warm this winter with heating solutions to meet every need

COUNTRY AT HEART • Boarding at Caulfield Grammar marries first-class education with the country spirit

BUSH CHAMPIONS • Outback heritage and Santa Gertrudis history are intricately woven into the fabric of life at Longway Station.

THE AGRARIAN WAY • 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.

A FEAST OF COLOUR • In spite of summer and winter temperature extremes and slightly saline bore water, Alex Kowald has built a showpiece garden in the Adelaide Hills.