Country Style

Country Style celebrates the diversity of modern country living. Brings to life the stories of inspirational people and places from around Australia - coast to coast. We visit amazing homes and gardens, travel through Australia's most vibrant regional centres and sample all the good things the country has to offer

EDITOR’S LETTER • I spent most of my childhood in Lismore. Floods were a fact of life. After several days of rain, my brother and I would

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YOUR PAGE • OUR ANNUAL ART ISSUE BROUGHT CHEER TO MANY READERS AMID TROUBLING TIMES. MEANWHILE, WE DISCOVERED THAT WE HAVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC MALE FOLLOWING.

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A Month in the Country • This month, head to Port Douglas for a celebration of sun and sea, sample the Clare Valley’s freshest produce, or get fit along the Great Ocean Road.

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WEEKEND AWAY

COUNTRY STYLE weddings • Love is in the air and Country Style requests the pleasure of your company for our new wedding magazine.

house to home • FROM BIG›TICKET ITEMS TO PRETTY FURNISHINGS, THESE ARE OUR TOP BUYS THIS MONTH.

KEEPING A RHYTHM • MAGGIE MACKELLAR AND THE FARMER HAVE HAD A GOOD SEASON, BUT WITH THAT COMES WET SHEEP THAT MUST BE CRUTCHED.

RURAL TRAILBLAZER • THE COUNTRY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION TURNS 100 IN MAY, AND IT’S DEDICATED LEADERS LIKE STEPHANIE STANHOPE WHO ENSURE IT’S AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS A CENTURY AGO.

My country childhood • INDIGENOUS ACTOR, WRITER AND DIRECTOR LEAH PURCELL SHARES MEMORIES OF HER UPBRINGING IN A FAMILY OF PERFORMERS AND STORYTELLERS IN COUNTRY QUEENSLAND.

HOPE AMID HEARTBREAK • WHEN CATASTROPHIC FLOODS HIT QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES RECENTLY, IT WAS ORDINARY AUSSIES WHO STEPPED UP TO HELP.

Of the earth • AN OLIVE GROVE AND A GOAT NAMED SNOW WHITE PROVIDED THE INSPIRATION FOR SKINCARE RANGE BARE NATURE’SKIN.

finding home • CONNECTED TO DAYLESFORD THROUGH A RICH FAMILY HISTORY, MEGAN FLETCHER HAS FOUND A COTTAGE WITH A LEGACY TO MAKE HER OWN.

ABOUT THE HOUSE:

growing success • LEAH STIRTON’S CHARACTER-FILLED HOME IN EMERALD IS A DAZZLING BLEND OF THEATRICAL PANACHE AND FLORAL FLAIR.

ABOUT THE HOUSE:

HEART OF THE FAMILY • WHEN RARE LAND WENT ON SALE NEAR GEELONG, EMMA AND TOM HAWKINS SEIZED THEIR CHANCE TO EMBRACE RURAL LIFE.

ABOUT THE HOUSE:

rest and retreat • CREATE COSY BEDROOMS THAT EXUDE CALM AND WARMTH, WITH LITTLE TOUCHES OF LUXURY.

HOME SANCTUARY • SLEEP EASY WITH SOFT LAMPLIGHT, PLUSH PILLOWS AND LUXURIOUS BED LINEN.

THE CONSTANT GARDENER • THE ROMANTIC, RUSTIC BEAUTY OF GLENMORE HOUSE AND ITS VAST GARDENS IS TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK AND VISION OF ITS OWNERS.

TWO OF A KIND • SOPHIE MOLONEY AND HER MOTHER›IN›LAW, MICHELE, HOST RURAL WORKSHOPS WHICH CELEBRATE CREATIVITY AND CONNECTION.

Table a plenty • MAKE MOTHER S DAY DELICIOUS WITH RECIPES FROM BLUE MOUNTAINS-BASED COOK TILLY PAMMENT CREATOR OF TILLY’S TABLE.

taste of home • CHEF STEVE CUMPER CELEBRATES THE NOSTALGIC FLAVOURS OF HIS MUM’S COOKING.

a fine balance • COMBINING COUNTRY CHARM AND WORLD-CLASS ATTRACTIONS, CANBERRA IS FULL OF SURPRISES.

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the style diaries • STYLING AN OUTFIT IS A CREATIVE PROCESS FOR LEAH STIRTON, WHILE EMMA HAWKINS LOOKS FOR CLASSIC, SUSTAINABLE GARMENTS THAT LAST.

BOOK CLUB • AUSTRALIAN PUBLISHING HAS GOT ITS MOJO BACK AFTER COVID PARALYSIS. WITH 53 NEW BOOKS ON THE WORK TABLE, THERE’S SOMETHING FOR US ALL THIS MONTH.

COLLECTABLES • JOHN MCPHEE EXAMINES A FISHY – YET ROMANTIC – FAMILY HEIRLOOM.

AT THE MUSEUM • ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE SAILORS COULD HAVE SURPRISINGLY...