Country Style - August 2022

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WELCOME LETTER
my
favourite
things...
from
tasmania
Stripe magic
The Quoin Wild Nights
hand towel is inspired
by On Island Time on
Flinders Island.
Moisture plus
Ewe Care’s Day Cream
in a handcrafted Raku
Ceramic Pot is just
After recently spending several days in Tasmania, I can what my skin needs.
confess that, along with so many others, the little island
at the bottom of Australia has claimed a piece of my heart. This was my first real
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The highlight of the trip was Walk on kunanyi’s Wild Wellness Fire and Ice S
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Walk. A group of us strolled along a picturesque track, learning facts about the E
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plunging into a six-degree swimming hole. And we all did it! I was slow to get Merino’s Wool Cable O
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in as the icy water paralysed my legs, I just couldn’t move forward. It was Jumper in Oatmeal. G
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certainly invigorating and I felt proud of myself because I’m no fan of cold LI
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water. I struggle to get into the ocean if it dips below 20 degrees, even on the S
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hottest of days. One of my great joys is a very hot bath… and I mean very hot. O
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an 1840s sandstone stables and barracks that has been painstakingly restored. P
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28 Creating a village: The Tasmanian mum helping 62 ETCHED IN STONE
rural women History echoes through every room at Twamley, the
31 Legends of the Land: Meet our finalists Georgian-style 1840s homestead near Buckland, on
62 Maggie MacKellar takes us inside her friend’s Tasmania’s East Coast, which has been home to the
historic farm Turvey family for more than a century.
110 Wild at heart: Discover the beauty of King Island 74 WILD SPIRIT
Adventure, leisure and a daily dose of mountain biking
SHOPPING LIST
top the activity list for Jack Shapiro and Georgina Young,
24 HOUSE TO HOME who renovated a quaint miner’s cottage in Derby, Tas.
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136 BOOK CLUB
96 Country Style’s Annabel Lawson explores survival
themes, with real-life tales of triumph, fiction that
hits too close to home, and advice on growing food.
REGULAR READING
10 Contributors
14 Your Page: Readers’ emails and letters
17 Homegrown: Ceres Homestead founder Jane
Charles credits Aussie farmers for inspiring her
work ethic and the products in her lifestyle brand.
18 A Month in the Country: Port Douglas launches its
annual festival of food and drink; Moama lights up
the Murray River; and flowers reign in Nannup.
27 A Day in the Country: Daily horseriding helps raise
Maggie MacKellar’s spirits during a freezing winter.
139 Collectables
154 Country Squire: Rob Ingram says national anthems
and chart-topping hits are ripe for witty parodies.
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110 JOURNEY: KING ISLAND 153 Field Guide
Surrounded by wild seas and spectacular scenery, 140 Country Emporium
King Island, in the Bass Strait, offers custom tours, 150 Country and Coastal Retreats
remote getaways, superb cheese, and excellent golf.
OUR COVER
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Adorable English springer spaniel Nicky waits patiently
118 ISLAND ESCAPES
on the threshold of the historic sandstone homestead at
Tasmania has it all: luxury hotels, historic bed and Twamley Farm, located on the East Coast of Tasmania.
breakfasts, and remote cabins – the choice is yours.
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call Sydney, where this magazine is published. Country Style also pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. LLA
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