Nick Andrew is a Beaumaris boy. He has that air of a kid who grew up by the sea. He has limbs slightly worn from battling against the windsurfer and a big upfront voice from talking against the wind. But Nick was an observant kid and took in all those canter levered block houses in the sand dunes as he rode around on his BMX. Those preposterous Australian modernist creations with floor to ceiling windows, flat rooves and mixed mediums where brick, steel, wood and aluminium collided to create a new form of Australian architecture. He saw it all.
Read MoreLynda Gardener has an infectious enthusiasm. Her eyes light up as she describes a house she is styling or the new small hotel she is working on. The interior stylist, with her broad smile and signature mane of untamed hair, is an unmissable part of the local business community.
Read MoreBack in 2007 the millennial drought was well under way. The country was dry and farming communities were hurting. Clunes, the historic town 40km west of Daylesford, was suffering. Shops were closing and there was an uneasy sense of decline in the community. A group of locals put their minds together and decided to gather some book traders and turn Clunes into a mini book fair for a day. They expected a few hundred people. Six thousand showed up.
Read MoreDanny Wootton is a quiet man. Softly spoken with a calming energy about him. You get the distinct impression that he sees the world differently. And not just because he spends most of his time looking at it through a lens.
Read MoreIn the middle of the native forest on the outskirts of Blackwood is a sprawling garden that has erupted into a riotous range of oranges and reds.
Read MoreThe Palais-Hepburn has been reborn and it is beautiful. The 92-year-old dance hall in Hepburn Springs’ main drag has undergone refurbishment…
Read MoreOne of the great joys of summer in Central Victoria is the fact that we have an abundance of water holes and watering holes…
Read MoreThere are some Hepburn locals who do not believe the spring waters have healing powers. Since the Swiss Italians first laid eyes on the mineral rich springs bubbling up from the earth this little warren of forest and gullies has been a magnet to those who wanting to drink the water or to bathe in it…
Read MoreMax Allen is no ordinary wine writer. For him a story about a certain bottle of wine maybe less about the contents on the other side of the glass and more about the life history of the winemaker…
Read MoreThe little diesel motor carriage trundles along the tracks from Daylesford to Bullarto. Painted in mid 20th century blue and yellow Victorian Railways…
Read MoreLake House founders Allan and Alla Wolf-Tasker have helped change the way that the nation eats. Their focus on using food from…
Read MoreIt is possible they may have witnessed volcanic activity because the name they have for the area translates as ‘smoking ground’…
Read MoreIn August last year, the art loving residents of Castlemaine gathered to hear the fate of the Castlemaine Art Museum…
Read MoreBack in 2007 the millennial drought was well under way. The country was dry and farming communities were hurting...
Read MoreThere was a time when everything we used on a daily basis was made by hand. The axes with...
Read MoreMax Primmer is halfway through his transformation. With each false eyelash and brush...
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