Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 25.6 December 2022/January 2023 i Australian Country

As this issue goes to press, I'm looking back on another eventful year punctuated by some wonderful road trips to various parts of the country. Photographer Ken Brass and I managed to squeeze in a few memorable trips, kicking off with a late-summer visit to northeastern Victoria and then an utterly amazing ‘‘shortcut” across the high country to the south coast of NSW. It really does pay to ignore the navigator and get off the beaten track from time to time. Then we were lucky enough to spend time in Bathurst and its surrounding historic villages in their autumnal glory, and we also met up with Simon and Kelly Leplaw whose moving-to-the-country journey has seen them exchange city life for managing the pub and store in Rockley. You can read…

JANUARY 13-22, 2023 (NSW) Toyota Country Music Festival Grab your guitars and head to Tamworth in northern NSW for the 51st Toyota Country Music Festival. Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, John Williamson, The Wolfe Brothers, Casey Barnes, Adam Harvey, and Beccy Cole will join a line-up of performers during the 10-day festival, which is held across various venues in Australia's country music capital. tcmf.com.au DECEMBER 27, 2022-JANUARY 1, 2023 (QLD) Woodford Folk Festival Australia's largest gathering of musicians and artists sees more than 2000 local, national and international, artists, musicians and presenters put on more than 400 acts to an estimated 132,000 people. The festival begins with an iconic opening ceremony and closes with the spectacular Fire Event on New Year's Day. This year will be the 35th Woodford Folk Festival and…

MOVING TO THE COUNTRY There is nothing on either Kelly or Simon Leplaw's CVs that would suggest they would leave their city lives and move to Rockley, a tiny historic village, population around 200, in the NSW central tablelands. They both grew up in Sydney and enjoyed corporate careers before making the decision in the middle of the pandemic lockdowns of 2021 to upend everything and get out of town. “The urge to move out of Sydney was always there,” Kelly says. “It was motivated by pure escapism — the desire to live somewhere you enjoy the changing seasons and colours and actually experience the climate rather than live in an air-conditioned bubble. But I was very settled in my career in corporate fleet management and Simon had a good…

RECIPE EXTRAC Growing up in a large Greek family taught Leah Itsines that food is a celebration, a gift we are given every day and how to make the most of it. She fondly recalls get-togethers with “a ridiculous number of cousins” and her yiayia (grandmother) serving up her signature dishes while her papou (grandfather) manned the barbecue. At the same time, Leah is aware that not everybody grew up as she did, helping out in the kitchen from the age of five, learning from her mother and grandmother, and enjoying healthy food that's satisfying but doesn't compromise on taste. She's gone on to build a career in food and, as the co-founder of the BARE (Balanced and Realistic Eating) online community groups, has developed an astonishing Instagram following for…

PHOTO ESSAY Angie White lives with her husband, Gary, on a small farm just out of Nyngan in NSW where they run sheep and cattle. They also have another property 40 kilometres on the Tottenham side of Nyngan. Their kids are grown up and living away. Gary is an Australian champion sheepdog trialer and travels all over Australia and overseas teaching working dog schools, while Angie goes along when she can. They have just returned from a trip to Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark, where, of course, Angie was rarely without a camera around her neck. She also writes for the Western Plains App as well as a few magazines including Kick in Up Dust and Far West Living when it was in circulation, Australian Working Stock Dog and Australian Dog…

INSPIRATION It is always a pleasure to receive Australian Country in the mail. The best part is the fact that it doesn't come monthly and allows plenty of time to savour each article. The destination article on Bendigo is quite an eye-opener with regard to the number of interesting things to experience. We are heading down to Victoria and will now include Bendigo and surrounds into our trip. However, this may sounds strange but I love looking at the advertisements, from weathervanes, to sleepwear, it allows me to see what's on trend and where to buy them. Keep up the good work, it's a great magazine. Maggie Colley, Bundanoon NSW GLORIOUS GARDEN How wonderful to read about that beautiful garden in outback Queensland. What a wonderful tribute to a loved…

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BRONTE CAMILLERI STYLIST & LOCATION SCOUT Bronte's career began in visual merchandisingfor major Australian retailers, including R. M. Williams, Myer and Cue. She has been a lecturer on the subject for the tertiary education system. She has loorked as overall coordinator on a range of projects from small studio propping to major photo shoots for international coiporations such as Nikon, Japan, and ING. ROSS WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHER Ross has been a photographer for more than 30 years, sliootingfood, wine and commercial and residential ai'chitecture, as well as travelling overseas to shoot everything from mining projects to aircraft. He relishes the challenge of arriving at a previously unseen location and Working on the best way to showcase it. australiancountry.com.au facebook.com/AustralianCountiy @australiancountrymag zimo.com pmterest.com/auscountrymag…

ON THE RIGHT TRACK By day — or sometimes in the wee hours between dusk and dawn — Ruth Host creates wreaths lovingly handmade from native foliage in her signature classic country Australian style. Sounds straightforward, doesn't it? But this mum of three from Berry in country NSW offers so much more than a decorative piece for your front door come Christmas. And eight years ago, not only was Ruth's first daughter born, but so was her business, The Doors of Berry. “I started the business not long after my first daughter, Imogen, was born,” she says. “In fact, it's sort of like an anniversary around her birthday, which is special because I went through so much with her and the business is something I have to show through that…

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MY PLACE IN THE COUNTRY It was literally a signpost moment. With a significant decade to celebrate, and COVID putting the kibosh on any hope of overseas travel, Sydney endocrinologist Dr Kate Benson took herself and her law student daughter, Annie, on a road trip. “We were headed for Mudgee, but somewhere over the Blue Mountains, I spotted a sign for Orange,” Kate recalls. “That triggered a memory that I'd had a colleague move to Orange. I wondered if she was still there and how she was getting on so when I got home, I made contact with her.” As it turned out, while her friend was very happy with the move to the country, she was overwhelmed with referrals. “As the only endocrinologist in north-western NSW, she was beyond…

FIRST NATIONS FOOD COMPANION Damien Coulthard & Rebecca Sullivan, Murdoch Books, $49.99 Damien is an Adnyamathanha and Dieri man from the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. He's also an artist, cultural educator and high school teacher. Rebecca is Damien's wife, a food educator, regenerative farmer and TV presenter and together they are the founders of Warndu, a nativefood enterprise and ethical lifestyle brand that runs pop-up restaurants and workshops. They have compiled an informative guide to more than 60 of the most accessible Indigenous ingredients, with more than 100 recipes for making the most of them. We can't wait to try rosella and tamarind pie, white chocolate quandong truffles and bush tomato cheese on toast. THE FOOD SAVER'S A-Z Alex Elliott-Howery & Jaimee Edwards, Murdoch Books, $49.99 With the dedication…