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

Marketplace • Things we love that you are bound to want in your life.

DESIGN DIVAS • Hugh and Gendy Parry Okeden have created an enviable work-life balance in a bucolic setting on Sydney’s outskirts.

A FRUITFUL LIFE • Wayne and Marie Stewart had a brilliant location with an established orchard for their country retreat. All that was needed was for their architect son to complete the picture.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MOREE • After years of living in old homesteads, Barbara and Andrew Ball enjoy the mod cons that came with a move to town.

PRIDE OF THE MURRAY • Historic Perricoota Station has a fresh lease on life thanks to owners, Trevor and Anastasia O’Grady.

KEEPING TRADITION • Roz and Peter Seppelt respect age-old skills and a long history of hospitality at their South Australian home.

PRESERVING THE PAST • Country hospitality, resilience in the face of a crippling drought and Queensland pastoral and bushranging history meet at Nogo Station.

LIVING HISTORY • Six generations of the Hunt family have called Ivybrook Farm on SA’s Fleurieu Peninsula home.

PIONEERS IN PARADISE • Two generations of the Peart family have devoted themselves to turning what was regarded as wasteland into a true Arcadia.

Sibling rivalry • Now that Wally and Robert Peart have handed much of the day-to-day farm work over to the next generation, they are able to exercise their considerable creative skills.

CREAM OF THE CROP • The Crooke family produces some of Australia’s finest ice cream from a factory in a former milking shed on their dairy farm in the lush Kiewa Valley.

THE HEAT IS ON • With the colder weather now upon us, we look at some of the best ways to stay warm and toasty in your home.

SET IN STONE • Restoring the heritage homestead and splendid Edna Walling garden at Eurambeen has been a labour of love for a Victorian couple.

AT HOME IN THE HILLS • A nomadic couple is beckoned home from a dream post in Europe by the alluring hills and vast blue skies of Eumundi, on Queensland’s idyllic Sunshine Coast.

HIDDEN DEPTHS • An Adelaide Hills couple has turned a working man’s house and garden into a showpiece.