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

Welcome Letter

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Your Page • THE MAKING OF JAM STRUCK A CHORD WITH READERS, WHO COULD RELATE TO MAGGIE MACKELLAR’S COOKING DILEMMA IN OUR JUNE ISSUE.

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.

August • This month, Ballarat has a pie for every palate, Quilpie’s teeing off for a good cause, and Balingup dabbles in medieval magic.

Store front • NEW BUYS MADE WITH COMFORT, STYLE AND LONGEVITY IN MIND.

To Market Dining Chairs

Next month

Finding Harmony • CAN’T SING? NO PROBLEM! TASMANIA’S BREAK O’DAY CHOIR WELCOMES ONE AND ALL FOR A JOYOUS COMMUNITY SINGALONG.

Shaping The Future • A MOVE TO TASMANIA NOT ONLY OFFERED A CHANGE OF PACE, BUT A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE FOR THE WILLIAMS FAMILY.

Homes

Tracing Time • MADELEINE LAWLER AND ANDY RHODES INVITE GUESTS TO REFLECT AND REMINISCE AT A FORMER POST OFFICE IN TASMANIA.

Get The Look • DABBLE IN TEXTURES AND MIXED MATERIALS WITH TIMEWORN CHARM.

beauty renewed • WHEN A RESOURCEFUL COUPLE CAME UPON A TIMEWORN COTTAGE IN THE HUON VALLEY, A CLEAR VISION – AND A GOOD POLISH – REVIVED ITS LUSTRE.

World’s End • LYING EMPTY FOR YEARS, AN 1840S COTTAGE ON BRUNY ISLAND IS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE WITH AN AWARD-WINNING RESTORATION.

Daily Ritual • BRING CHARM AND FUNCTIONALITY TO YOUR BATHROOM USING THESE DELIGHTFUL SPACES AS INSPIRATION.

Return To Romance • COUNTRY STYLE FIRST VISITED THIS TASMANIAN GARDEN IN 2012. TODAY, IT’S LOOKING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER.

Live long & prosper • FIONA WEIR SUGGESTS SIMPLE WAYS TO RESCUE WITHERING INDOOR PLANTS AND RECOMMENDS HARDY VARIETIES TO TRY.

Of Land & Sea • TWO SCOTTISH CHEFS WITH CLASSIC FRENCH TRAINING ARE MAKING THEIR MARK ON THE TASMANIAN FOOD SCENE AT OIRTHIR.

Say Cheese • A FLAVOUR-PACKED PIE IS THE BEST COMFORT FOOD AFTER A LONG DAY, SAYS STEVE CUMPER.

A Sprinkle Of Spice • FOR TILLY PA M MENT, WINTER ISN’T SO BAD WITH A COMFORTING CUPPA AND A SCRUMPTIOUS SPICED APPLE SCROLL FOR MORNING TEA.

The pride of Tasmania • FOR A TINY ISLAND, TASMANIA PUNCHES WELL ABOVE ITS WEIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRODUCTION OF WORLD-CLASS WINES, SAYS WINE WRITER PETER BOURNE.

Natural Appeal

A Wild Time • A BROTHER-SISTER TRIP TO CURRAWONG LAKES IN TASMANIA TURNS OUT TO BE A BONDING WEEKEND OF FLY-FISHING, CLAY TARGET SHOOTING, QUAD BIKING, WORLD-CLASS FOOD AND LOCAL WHISKY.

Heart Felt • A RESTORED HERITAGE BUILDING AND ITS MODERN COUNTERPART OFFER DELUXE ACCOMMODATION IN CENTRAL HOBART.

A Class Of Its Own • AN UNASSUMING FLOUR MILL IN LAUNCESTON HOLDS NOT JUST AN AWARD-WINNING RESTAURANT BUT LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATION, TOO.

Period PIece • STEP BACK IN TIME DURING A HISTORY-FILLED STAY AT PROSPECT COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE COAL RIVER VALLEY.

Beyond Belief • TAKE A STEP BACK IN TIME AT THIS ARTFULLY RESTORED CHURCH, THE PERFECT BASE TO EXPLORE THE VILLAGE OF DUNALLEY, TAS.

Weaving Wonder • AUSTRALIA’S LAST-STANDING MILL IS MAKING LUXURY CULT BLANKETS WITH A CLEVER COMBINATION OF TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY.

Happy Medium • FROM HER RURAL PROPERTY IN NORTHERN TASMANIA, KIRSTY HAWKINS MAKES NOSTALGIC WARES THAT SPARK JOY.

Carried Away • TIME FOR A HOLIDAY? THESE TRAVEL-SIZED BEAUTY ESSENTIALS WILL KEEP YOU LOOKING AND FEELING GREAT, LONG OR SHORT...