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.

From The Editor

Australian Country Homes

In The Market • From cups to bags, this is what’s caught our eyes this issue.

DOWN TO EARTH • The Gomes family’s dream to live more connected to the land and more in tune with themselves has been fulfilled with Jardim, their food garden and contemporary country home in the rural enclave of Noordhoek, Cape Town.

AN EVOLUTIONARY TALE • With help from architects, designers, gardeners and farm workers, six generations of the Litchfield family have shaped the benchmark that is Hazeldean Station in the Monaro region of NSW.

LANDMARK AND LEGEND • Andy and Annie Clifford are the current custodians of a historic property that’s been in their family for more than a century.

THE ART OF COUNTRY • Lawyer turned gallery owner Allison Bellinger brings contemporary Australian art to the world from her home base in remote country NSW.

A POCKET OF PARADISE • No matter how far and wide the Simoneau family travels, there will always be a pocket of paradise in Queensland they call home.

TASTE OF THE TROPICS • A stylist’s eye and a passion for gardening have combined to create a subtropical showpiece in the hills behind Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

ACTION STATION • Diversification is the key to survival in tough times for the Walker family in central-western Queensland.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE • Boundless energy, infectious enthusiasm and a can-do attitude are all part of this central Queensland couple’s life strategy.

DESIGN AND DETAIL • Diana McInnes’s many lives as a stylist, graphic designer, ski instructor and avid collector inform her alpine home.

A VISION SPLENDID • Hiba is a Persian word meaning beautiful gift, and that is precisely what Michael Carnes and Bob Lavis have given to their ocean-fronting property on Bruny Island.

A PASSION FOR PLANTS • Plantspeople Wayne and Sue Tapping have spent the past 30 years refining their sprawling garden in the NSW Blue Mountains.

TREES FOR THE BIRDS • Flowering trees bring so much to a garden and there’s nothing quite as ornamental as trees full of birdlife