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In this issue ...
in each issue
46 P igs in mud beautiful book that also combines her
6 E ditor’s letter Ross O’Meara brings a paddock-to-plate creative love of cooking and painting
8 D iary notes ethos to his on-farm pork products range 84 H ampton hideaway
12 B aker’s dozen 68 R olleston revival Jen Ballard’s Blue Mountains retreat has a
136 Y ou beauty! W ith equal measures of good luck, hard decidedly Gallic accent
140 O ut and about work, and design fl air the York family 100 She’ll be apples
142 O ff the shelf enjoys an enviable lifestyle in a tiny A new apple variety gives cooks and
144 M ailbag township in central Queensland consumers an enviable advantage
76 To Paris with love
profiles gardening
J ules François has turned her lifelong
14 M onochrome magic passion for all things French into a 106 A vision splendid
A serial renovator has renovated an Hiba is a Persian word meaning beautiful
architect-designed home in the NSW gift, and that is precisely what Michael
Northern Rivers with great fl air and Carnes and Bob Lavis have given to their
bucketloads of black paint ocean-fronting property on Bruny Island
26 Landmark & legend
travel
Camden Park is Sydney’s oldest private
residence continuously occupied by 50 P aradise found
descendants of John and Elizabeth A break on Norfolk Island provides the
Macarthur since 1835 ultimate antidote to the workaday world
36 Bold & beautiful
12 product news
A born decorator with a penchant for
vintage has skilfully turned an old 138 S tore strolling
Queenslander into a family home 146 S tockists
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EDITOR'S LETTER
As this issue went to press photographer
Ken Brass and I have just returned from
our second trip in as many months up
the Carnarvon Highway and further
on to western Queensland.
We had a fantastic time at the Vision Splendid fi lm festival at Winton and that
story, along with many others we found along the way, will feature in upcoming
issues. The network always seems to kick in once we’re on the road and we are so
appreciative of the recommendations and suggestions that come from the people
we meet along the way. We can’t overstate how much we value our contacts and
reader feedback. So please, always feel free to drop us a line.
This issue we are super privileged to have visited John and Edwina Macarthur-
Stanham at their historic Camden Park homestead. Designed by colonial architect
John Verge and built for wool industry pioneers John and Elizabeth Macarthur,
Camden Park is one of Australia’s most important and intact Georgian houses. If our
story whets your appetite to see more, you can have a peek behind the scenes when
the Macarthur-Stanhams hold their annual public opening on September 16 and 17.
We are also featuring some truly gorgeous country homes. There’s
monochromatic magic in the Tweed Valley of northern NSW and a stunning
relocated Queenslander at Rolleston in central Queensland. It was truly a delight
to meet owners Alex and Jeff York and their wonderful bunch of children, who
are doing their parents proud. We found paradise on Norfolk Island, and an
inspirational garden on Bruny Island, which is also where we caught up with pig
farmer Ross O’Meara and his smallgoods business. There’s a bit of an Alliance
Française as well as we feature artist Jules François at her Sydney home and studio
and our old friend, Jen Ballard, at her mountain retreat.
We hope you enjoy this issue as much as we have putting it together and look
forward to the next one, which goes on sale November 2.
KIRSTY MCKENZIE, EDITOR
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helping out on this issue are ...
KEN BRASS PHOTOGRAPHER
Ken has been on the road again this issue.
From western Queensland to Bruny Island with
a few detours along the way to Norfolk Island
and country NSW, he’s been busy capturing
clever and creative country dreams into
the images you see on our pages.
JOHN DOWNS PHOTOGRAPHER
Four generations of John Downs’ family have
been photographers, starting with his great, great
grandfather in Wales in 1868. John started as a
staff photographer at London’s Natural History
Museum and his varied career has seen him shoot
everything from fluffy cushions in the studio to Australian Country cover by
Formula 1 cars screaming around the track. ANASTASIA KARIOFYLLIDIS

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DIARY NOTES
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make a date to celebrate these
diverse events around the country.
Sep 6-10 (NSW)
can hop on and hop off . With open
Sydney’s Antiques
gardens, food and live music, don’t miss out on the yellow
& Art Fair
spectacle in a striking Australian bush setting.
Unique off erings, intricate rydal.com.au
craftsmanship and fi ne treasures
Sep 15-17 (WA)
will draw visitors to Sydney’s
Hidden Treasures Bloom Festival
Antiques and Art Fair. The
fi ve-day event will take place Hidden Treasures shares with you the treasures of nine
at The Kensington Room at shires in the central and northern areas of the Great
Royal Randwick Racecourse Southern region, an area bursting with natural and historic
and showcase more than 30 attractions. The Bloom Festival is the perfect time to visit
premium, world-class exhibitors and explore rare species of orchid and wildfl owers in
including The Antique Guild, bloom. Join an orchid hunt, a festival lunch and a variety of
Antiquarium, Simpson’s Antiques and Greene & Greene community events from September to mid-October.
presenting valuable pieces dating back centuries. hiddentreasures.com.au
aaada.org.au
Sep 19 (Qld)
Sep 9-17 (NSW) Outback
Daffodils at Rydal Festival
Welcome the arrival of spring with the annual Daff odils Queensland’s outback
at Rydal event. The small country village just west of the township of Winton, famed
Blue Mountains welcomes as Dinosaur Central and the
the blossom season with birthplace of Waltzing Matilda,
Clockwise thousands of planted is pulling out the stops for the
from above: daff odils in surrounding biennial Outback Festival this
The Antiques and
parks and gardens. Bathurst September. This year’s event
Arts Fair; Hidden
Treasures Bloom Tours will be running a will kick off with the famous Quilton Australian Dunny
Festival; Winton’s free courtesy bus around Derby followed by fi ve days of activities, live entertainment
Outback Festival;
Rydal from 10am to 4pm and warm outback hospitality for visitors from all over.
OzAsia in Adelaide;
Daffodils at Rydal. continuously, and guests outbackfestival.com.au
Sep 21 – Oct 8 (SA)
OzAsia Festival
From the fi nest theatre and
dance to music and visual arts,
OzAsia Festival showcases
creatives in all their forms. With
a focus on Asia, the 2016 festival
was all new, revamped and
refreshed, including a twist on
the much-loved Moon Lantern
Festival and this year’s event is
expected to bigger and better. For
more information visit
ozasiafestival.com.au
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Oct 8-15 (NT & SA)
Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
It’s all about energy management at the biennial Bridgestone
World Solar Challenge, which for the past 30 years has welcomed
the greatest minds from around the world to challenge the norms
and travel the outback. Traversing 3000 kilometres from Darwin
to Adelaide, the competitors include students who have engineered
and built solar-powered vehicles. They must travel as far as they
can and be self-suffi cient in this adventure of a lifetime.
worldsolarchallenge.org
Sep 22-24 (WA)
Rhythm & Ride Rodeo, Campdraft
& Country Music
Broome will be buzzing this spring with country folk
ready to have a good time, for the annual Rhythm & Ride
Rodeo. Riding for a cause, the event was established to raise
awareness of suicide and domestic violence and aims to
make positive change through fundraising and engagement
in the Kimberley community. The event is a chance for
visitors and locals to get together and compete or sit back
and watch all the action take place.
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Sep 23 (Qld)
Monto Dairy
Carnival
pprroodducts, wander the galleries and savour sensational wine
Celebrate all things dairy att aanndd food at this family friendly festival.
the udder-ly exciting Monttoo bblloooomingtasmania.com.au
Dairy Carnival, held durinngg tthhee
OOcct 6-7 (Tas)
September school holidayyss iinn
BBuurnie Show
Monto, Central Queenslanndd..
From cheese soirées and cchheeeessyyyyyy BBuurnie is the base for a weekend-long exhibit of all things
workshops to cheesy art, tthhee aaggrricultural. Established more than a century ago, Burnie
carnival is a haven for alll SShhow is a two-day long agricultural event that will feature
cheese afi cionados and ootthheerrss tthhe best of local produce, farm animals, arts and crafts,
alike. But don’t be fooled, there’s plenty off non-cchheeeessee--rreellaatteedd CClloocckkwwiissee ccoooking and sewing, with carnival rides, raffl es and live
activities available including the Monto Historical and from above: entertainment among the highlights of an event that
Monto’s Dairy
Cultural Complex, Farmers’ Markets, the Automotive Show attracts more than 12,000 visitors.
Carnival; Broome’s
and Shine and more. With tickets between $5 and $10, on- Rhythm and Ride; publicholidays.com.au/burnie-show
site parking and a restaurant, reasons not to go to this grate the World Solar
Challenge runs
(pun intended) event are next to none.
between Darwin and
facebook.com/montodairyfestival/ Adelaide; the Burnie
Show; Blooming
Sep 23-24 (Tas) Tasmania is held
Blooming Tasmania Flower at various venues
across the state.
and Garden Festival
Blooming Tasmania Flower and Garden Festival is the best
of the bunch, taking place in the magnifi cent
heritage building of Albert Hall, set in
Launceston City Park. Embracing the theme,
Tasmania is my garden, visitors can expect Let us know about your forthcoming
to see tours, events and activities across the events by writing to us at Locked Bag
state. Visit stunning gardens, explore the 154, North Ryde NSW 1670 or emailing kmckenzie
wilderness, discover Tasmanian botanical @universalmagazines.com.au.
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