Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue#20.4 July 2017 i Australian Country

Gently Does It Comfort reigns supreme with this bevy of beautiful blankets, sheets and duvets. style tip! From giant knits to oversize knots big is beautiful in the design world these days. Finishing Touches Make your room shine with these stylish décor pieces. style tip! Neutral accents enhance practically any setting AS Natural fibres and timbers work well with contemporary y and traditional schemes. style tip! everything in its place ... you can never have too much storage. keeping your clutter under control creates clean lines.…

Antique Baths As the only manufacturer of cast iron baths in Australia, Antique Baths offers a variety of both new and restored iron cast baths. This traditional cast iron bath tub will evoke luxe-chic style in your bathroom. antiquebaths.com.au ONKAPARINGA This soft moss weave cotton blanket features satin edging and is part of Onkaparinga’s new baby collection. Babies can be assured a comfortable night sleep with this high-quality bedding. onkaparinga.com.au SMITTEN MERINO This 100 per cent Merino rose pink top from Smitten Merino is made in Tasmania. The garment is not just high in quality, it’s also comfortable and extremely flattering. smittenmerino.com TRELOAR ROSES There’s nothing better than fresh roses from Australia’s leading rose supplier, Treloar Roses. From potted and hybrid tea bush roses, Treloar offers superior, healthy plants that…

ANASTASIA KARIOFYLLIDIS PHOTOGRAPHER Anastasia is a lifestyle photographer who has been capturing an array of images from interiors to still life, architecture, gardens, landscapes, food and travel for more than a decade. She is based on the Sunshine Coast and travelled to Byron Bay to shoot the wonderfully evocative cover for this issue. TAMARA SIMONEAU WRITER & STYLIST Tamara is falling in love with her homeland again after almost a decade living in Canada where she worked in TV, running the prime-time program Entertainment Tonight Canada. She’s produced live shows, been on the red carpet for the Academy Awards, travelled the globe and worked with some of the world’s biggest celebrities. These days, she’d like to say she’s living a quieter life as a writer on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, but…

It’s a special feeling atop a horse, ask anyone who’s been there. There’s a tangible bond between rider and steed that stands alone. For some it conjures a feeling that can’t be lived without, as natural as breathing. Kate Noller first inhaled the intoxicating lure of the saddle before she started school, thanks to her mum. “Mum was always a horse person, so I guess she got me into it initially,” she says. “She always had us around horses, but I really started to ride when I was four years old. There was no stopping me after that. I love everything about them, especially the smell. Zephyr is the west wind in Greek mythology — it’s that feeling you get when you ride, the wind in your hair, feeling free.”…

The plan, as much as Roz and Peter Seppelt had one, was to take Peter’s family’s hobby farm and transform it into a business. But as is always the case, there were a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. Nonetheless, after slightly more than a decade of hard slog, the Seppelts now have an enterprise that both perpetuates Peter’s family tradition of hospitality and takes it to a whole new level. Peter is a fifth-generation scion of the house of Seppelt, which was founded in 1851 when Jospeh Seppelt, a migrant merchant from Prussia (now Poland) arrived in Australia and established a vineyard and winery called Seppeltsfield in the Barossa Valley. Today the Canary Island date palm-lined driveway leading to the splendid bluestone winery buildings are a landmark…

RAS Foundation Morning Tea A congratulatory morning tea took place at the Sydney Royal Easter Show for all the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) Foundation scholars and sponsors. This year’s event was particularly special for the Australian Country team as we met our own scholar, Katrina Nash, who is a media and law student of University of Newcastle. Australian Country became an official sponsor of the RAS Foundation earlier this year after helping to fundraise $5000, enough to provide one scholarship for a country student in need. The RAS Foundation is a philanthropic foundation which seeks to encourage educational opportunity and foster vibrant and sustainable rural and regional communities by supporting quality youth and community programs. The RAS Foundation is the charitable arm of the RAS of NSW. More than 100…

Show stopper A very big thank you to Australian Country and Universal Magazines for your fabulous support of the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation’s (RASF) Ag Bag show bag at this year’s Royal Easter Show. The bag was a sellout, raising $70,000 for our Community Futures Grant program, which benefits rural and regional people and communities. Our move to the Home, Garden and Lifestyle Pavilion was an excellent one for the RASF, putting us in the path of visitors who loved the concept of a show bag that showcased Australian products at the same time as supporting Aussie farmers. Our central location just across from the iconic CWA Tea Room capitalised on the great synergies that exist when people are able to enjoy a scone with jam and cream and then…

It might be stating the obvious that it takes a deft hand to carve an egg — even an emu egg, that’s significantly sturdier than it’s more common counterpart. But just imagine the patience required to work on such a fragile canvas with a razor-sharp Stanley knife. It’s dicing with disaster every single time. “Breaking eggs is how I learnt not to break eggs,” laughs carving artist Maurice Mickelo. “I used to break an egg a day when I first started, that’s how I picked up on the thickness of the egg and how much pressure I should put on it. My worst nightmare is working for 16 hours on an egg and finding a crack in it.” Good thing he persevered, as now he’s mastered a craft few others…

Latasha’s Kitchen (WA) What better way to learn how to cook than in the comfort of your own home? Based in Western Australia, Latasha’s Kitchen was originally a cafe owned by Latasha Menon, who now produces a specialist range of home-style pastes, condiments, relishes and dressings. Using these aromatic and flavoursome ingredients, Latasha demonstrates the way to a perfect dish by conducting the class in your home. From learning to cook the dishes you find most difficult to getting right your old favourites, you get to customise your own class by choosing a selection of dishes you want to create. Each class lasts four hours and at the end of day you will be left with enough food to feed 10 people, three of Latasha’s products, recipe cards and a…

Milk.Made NICK HADDOW, HARDIE GRANT BOOKS, $55 As a successful Bruny Island cheesemaker, author of Milk.Made Nick Haddow shares his knowledge of making, serving and storing cheese at home. Paired with stunning photography by Alan Benson, Nick visits internationally renowned cheesemakers in Australia, France, UK, Switzerland and the US. On a mission to close the gap between farm and cheese, this book takes readers on a journey through 70 recipes that celebrate centuries-old traditions of cheesemaking. The Urban Farmer JUSTIN CALVERLEY & CERES, HARPER COLLINS, $39.99 Bringing the country life to the city, The Urban Farmer is a colourful and practical guide that helps urban dwellers produce their own fruit, vegetables, herbs, eggs and honey in a suburban space. Sounds impossible? With a deep knowledge of permaculture and organic gardening,…