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

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Your Page • AN INSPIRING STORY ABOUT A FLOWER FARMER IN OUR MAY ISSUE BROUGHT SMILES TO MANY, REMINDING US ALL OF THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE AND ITS BEAUTY. ELSEWHERE, READERS LOVE DISCOVERING THEIR OWN HOME TOWN AMONG THE PAGES.

Connect With Us escape the everyday • JOIN OUR THRIVING ONLINE COMMUNITY. WE SHARE STORIES EVERY DAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL – MORE CS FOR YOU.

July • Mid-winter looks bright in Ballarat with light shows, while Aberdeen hosts a Scottish shindig, and snowfields draw a crowd in the Granite Belt.

In The Frame • COUNTRY STYLE’S ANNUAL EXHIBITION AT MICHAEL REID MURRURUNDI WAS FILLED WITH BREATHTAKING ARTWORKS.

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Best In Show

Higher Purpose • COMMUNITY WORK HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF LYNDA DEAN’S LIFE FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY.

Homegrown • TWO HOMES, TWO PUPS AND TOO MANY EMPTY WALLS INSPIRED THE CREATION OF HOME DECOR BRAND LUCKY CHARLIE.

Out Yonder • SWAPPING THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE FOR WIDE OPEN SPACES, FOUR AUSSIES SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES OF MOVING TO THE COUNTRY.

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Creating A Legacy • UNINHABITED FOR YEARS, HISTORIC BANONGILL STATION, IN VICTORIA, IS ONCE AGAIN A FAMILY HOME THANKS TO THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF OWNERS JILL AND DAN BINGHAM.

Origin Story • LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT TURNED INTO THREE YEARS OF HARD GRAFT FOR A COUPLE COMMITTED TO RESTORING A 19TH-CENTURY HOMESTEAD.

COLOUR CRUSH • DRENCHED IN LIGHT, THIS HUMBLE FISHERMAN’S COTTAGE IN MALLORCA HAS EVOLVED INTO A VIBRANT FAMILY HAVEN.

Welcome to White Cloud • INTRODUCING OUR NEW COLUMN SERIES FOLLOWING WRITER ELIZA O’HARE AS SHE RENOVATES HER HUMBLE COTTAGE IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE MOUNTAINS, NSW.

All In Order • THESE COUNTRY LAUNDRIES AND MUDROOMS PROVE THAT PRACTICALITY AND CREATIVITY CAN HAPPILY COEXIST.

In the company of trees • IAN AND SUE ROGAN ARE THE PROUD CUSTODIANS OF A STORIED TREE FARM AND NURSERY IN MILLTHORPE, NSW.

Natural Boost • FIONA WEIR RECOMMENDS PLANTING LEMONS AND HERBS THAT SOOTHE COMMON WINTER AILMENTS.

’Tis The Season

Time To Feast • IT’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY. DECORATE THE TABLE AND INDULGE IN A FESTIVE-THEMED MENU.

Petite & Sweet • TILLY PAMMENT SHARES HER ALL-NEW RECIPES FOR BITE-SIZED TREATS AND DESSERTS.

It takes two to tango • WINE WRITER PETER BOURNE PREPARES HIS PALATE FOR THE SUBLIME MELD OF CABERNET SAUVIGNON AND SHIRAZ – AN ENDURING AUSTRALIAN FAVOURITE.

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Country Legend • LOOK BEYOND THE BALLADS AND YOU’LL FIND THAT TAMWORTH IS A VIBRANT REGIONAL CITY WITH SOPHISTICATED DINING, RETAIL AND CULTURAL OFFERINGS.

While You’re There…

Farm To Fashion • IRIS & WOOL FOUNDER EMILY RIGGS MAKES MAGIC OUT OF MERINO AT HER FLAGSHIP STORE IN THE MINING TOWN OF BURRA, SA.

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Pieced Together

Bathing Beauties • CREATE AN INDULGENT DAILY RITUAL WITH LUXURIOUS BATH AND SHOWER PRODUCTS, INCLUDING OILS, BODY WASHES, SOAKS AND BALMS.

Indulge Yourself • BOOK INTO A REGIONAL SPA FOR TREATMENTS THAT RELAX, TRANSFORM AND PAMPER.

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Book Club • THESE UNUSUAL CHOICES OFFER NEW WAYS TO THINK ABOUT THE NOVEL AND ONESELF.

Skills For Life • ACADEMIC RESULTS AREN’T EVERYTHING. A GOOD SCHOOL IS ONE THAT FOCUSES ON PRODUCING GOOD PEOPLE, NOT JUST GENIUSES.

On The Ball • COUNTRY FOOTY’S NOT JUST A KICKABOUT AND A SAV, DISCOVERS MEG BIGNELL.