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Once an empty “windswept paddock”, Laney and Darren Clancy’s 43 hectare Berrima property now features an off-grid, architect-designed home with pool area, landscaped garden and an olive grove. HIGHLIFE finds out how the couple have spent 11 years transforming their special piece of land, doing much of the work themselves.
Five years ago, Ellie Scott decided she finally had time to create a garden in the
untended back section of her one-acre Burradoo block. She tells HIGHLIFE about the steps she took to grow a colourful haven that she can mostly care for on her own, enjoying its beauty in every season.
Our annual wedding special is filled with inspiration for anyone planning a Southern Highlands wedding. From relaxed country settings with rolling hills and vineyards to luxury hotels, boutique historic venues and scenic gardens, the Highlands is full of stunning locations. (Photograph Moody Imagery)
It’s little surprise that an ambitious new book about Australia’s most engaging artists includes Ben Quilty, one the Southern Highlands’ best-known residents. In Artists by Artists, authors Michelle Grey and Susan Armstong have paired 50 Australian artists, challenging them to capture each other in portraiture and to discuss their art. The following extract features Archibald Prize winners Ben Quilty and Vincent Namatjira.
(Photograph Alexander Cooke)
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