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25.01.2022 Trailblazing nutritionist Rosemary Stanton and her husband Peter, an engineer turned teacher turned software programmer, have lived off-grid in the Highlands on Barrengarry Mountain for 26 years. They talk about their careers and the house they built powered by hydro and solar in our latest issue. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #rosemarystanton
23.01.2022 August marks 30 years since NSW Governor Sir David Martin passed away and a foundation was set up in his name see our story on how the foundation has helped fund life-changing drug and alcohol treatment at Mission Australia’s Triple Care Farm near Robertson. Today (International Youth Day) the foundation launches Hope Heroes, inviting people to commit to giving $30 a month to help more young people in crisis. Visit www.martinfoundation.org.au (photo supplied)
20.01.2022 Hydrangeas have been outstanding around the Highlands this summer. If you’re keen to grow more of these showy blooms, don’t miss our latest issue, which features plenty of advice and photos of hydrangeas around the Highlands. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #harrisfarmmarkets #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countryliving #countrystyle #hydrangea #hydrangeas
20.01.2022 Sun's out today and so are the daffodils - we took this in Robertson. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #robertsonnsw
20.01.2022 Yesterday’s extra chilly morning brought frost to parts of the Highlands. Highlife’s Tony Sheffield was up early and the reward was this stunning photo taken in Exeter. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #frost #exeternsw
19.01.2022 Ready to get out and see some art? The annual Southern Highlands Arts Trail is on this weekend and next, with 37 studios and 9 galleries open over the four days (studios will also open November 9 to 13 by appointment). More than 80 artists will take part, including Elizabeth Burton at Garden Gate Studio, Moss Vale (photograph Iwan D. Diran). For details, see our story on page 46 or visit https://artsfile.com.au/arts-trail-2020/ #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #southernhighlandsarttrail2020 #followmeonthetrail #artstrail20 #elizabethburtonartist
17.01.2022 They’re cute, fun, and occasionally worth thousands. We meet John Pisani in our latest issue, a collector and former manufacturer of model cars who has an amazing collection of 2000. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #matchboxcars #collectors #vintagetoys
17.01.2022 Every Highlife features a horse, and this issue’s is a giant: shire Lucky Chance stands nearly 19 hands (193 centimetres). Tahmoor Public School teacher Sarah Crisp says he’s happy to be the centre of attention. He’s calm and always wants a hug. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #clydesdalesofinstagram
15.01.2022 Here’s the Exeter General Store back in the 1920s, looking just as popular as it is today although now you’ll see locals outside sipping coffee rather than waiting for farm produce. The photo is from Exploring Exeter, recently republished by Linda Emery and available at the store. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #exeternsw #exetergeneralstore
15.01.2022 Another beautiful spring day in the Highlands with blossoms out everywhere. This was taken in Kater Road, Sutton Forest. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #blossoms #spring #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #suttonforest #escapetothecountry
14.01.2022 Need an end-of-week drink? The Escape section of the latest Highlife includes a Drinks Trail of the Southern Highlands, plus a story on Tony Zafirakos, the winemaker behind Ari’s Natural Wine Co, based in Sutton Forest. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #southernhighlandsvineyards #southernhighlandswinetrail #naturalwines #arisnaturalwine #escapetothecountry
14.01.2022 Here’s a little row of sunshine well, not that little at about 25 metres. Bowral’s Corbett Gardens is best known for tulips, but right now these sunflowers are stealing the show. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #corbettgardensbowral #sunflowers
14.01.2022 This October long weekend is the prime time to visit beautiful Kangaroo Valley, with Visual Arts in the Valley running from October 2 to 5. The event’s prize money has grown to $18,000, including $9000 for the signature Kangaroo Valley Art Prize and $7000 for the Tony White Memorial Art Prize for an emerging artist, both exhibited in Kangaroo Valley Hall. See page 42 of Highlife for more details, or visit www.artsinthevalley.net.au/visualarts #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #escapetothecountry #kangaroovalleyartsfestival
14.01.2022 A bright start! Winter sunrise in Berrima taken this week by Tanya Galwey. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #sunrise #berrimansw
13.01.2022 As well as photographing Upper Woodlands, the garden on our cover, Tony Sheffield also made a drone video of this amazing rural property. Click image below to view.
12.01.2022 Outdoor sculptor Jane Cavanough is one of more than 80 artists opening their studios this weekend for the Southern Highlands Arts Trail. She’s the artist who made The Winds of Change, the four giant wind vanes on Moss Vale Road between Bowral and Moss Vale. Read about Jane on page 50, and find more artists to visit this weekend at https://artsfile.com.au/arts-trail-2020/ #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #followmeonthetrail
12.01.2022 The Highlife team heads off on a summer break today we’re back January 4. We wish all our readers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and sign off with a photograph taken this week on Oxleys Hill Rd, Berrima. Green paddocks, olive trees, a dam and a shady spot. Perfect. Here’s to a relaxing summer break. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #countrychristmas
11.01.2022 Here’s a peak inside the beautiful sandstone home in our current issue. Its new owners initially fell for its amazing garden, but it’s easy to see why they loved the interiors too. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry
11.01.2022 Guide dog puppies don’t start professional training till they’re older, so volunteers foster and prepare them for their formal training for their first year. In our current issue, Rosemary Aldred from Kangaroo Valley talks about her year as a first-time puppy raiser (Photograph Guide Dogs NSW/ACT). #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #guidedogsnsw #puppiesofinstagram
09.01.2022 Highlife now includes Escape Southern Highlands, a 32-page section packed with ideas for visitors to the Southern Highlands. Pick up a copy if you’re planning a country escape or a Highlands wedding. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #hopewoodhouse #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #southernhighlandsweddingvenues #escapetothecountry
09.01.2022 This is the car that Cadbury’s owned. It’s a 1953 Bentley R-Type and its first owner was Major Sir Egbert Cadbury, grandson of John Cadbury, founder of the chocolate empire. You’ll now see it occasionally driving through the Highlands. Current owner Jim Heaton tells us why he’s always loved Bentleys. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #bentleyrtype #classiccars
08.01.2022 This Maremma is one of nine who watch over free range Aylesbury-Pekin ducks at Tathra Place Free Range. Owners Luke and Pia Winder, who also farm pigs, cattle, chicken and quail, have had a lot of success with their free range produce. They tell Highlife why they became regenerative farmers. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #harrisfarmmarkets #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countryliving #countrystyle #tathraplacefreerange @tathraplacefreerange #regenerativeagriculture #freerange #duck
08.01.2022 Nothing new about cyclists loving the Highlands. Our ‘Then and Now’ pages feature this photo of a race at Exeter Oval circa 1912, plus a history of cycling clubs since 1900. We also interview Olympic gold medallist and Fitzroy Falls resident Brad McGee, who is coaching Cycling Australia’s national team for the Tokyo Olympics. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #exeternsw #exeternswsouthernhighlands #cyclingnsw
07.01.2022 These fields of canola outside Berrima a rare sight in the Highlands will be harvested later this month. This is the closest crop to Sydney so an incredible amount of people pull up on the side of the road for a better look, Berrima farmer Peter Brooks tells Highlife. (Photograph by Meg Nurse) #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry
06.01.2022 And the rain keeps falling! We took these yesterday morning from one of the newly rebuilt lookouts at Carrington Falls near Robertson. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #carringtonfalls #escapetothecountry @ Carrington Falls
06.01.2022 Heading down the tree-lined drive at Whare Tau, the historic home on our cover. Pick up a copy of Highlife to see inside this Exeter landmark. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #harrisfarmmarkets #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countryliving #countrystyle
05.01.2022 Our beautiful new cover features Hopewood House, one of Bowral’s best-known properties and home to renowned artist Tim Storrier. For an exclusive peak inside this historic property, pick up the latest Highlife. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #hopewoodhouse #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #historichousesnsw #southernhighlandsweddingvenues #timstorrierartist #escapetothecountry
05.01.2022 An exhibition of Tim Storrier’s new works opens today at Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, including this skyscape, The Great Blue Night. Our current issue features an interview with the acclaimed artist plus a story on his historic Bowral home, Hopewood House. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #hopewoodhouse #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #historichousesnsw #timstorrierartist #australianartist #phillipbacongalleries
05.01.2022 Tulip Time has been cancelled this year, but there are still some beautiful blooms in Bowral’s Corbett Gardens. If you’re in the Highlands over the next few weeks you can also see cheery displays in Leighton Gardens in Moss Vale, and the Southern Highlands Visitors Centre and Winifred West Park in Mittagong. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #tulips #spring #southernhighlandsweddingvenues #escapetothecountry #corbettgardens
04.01.2022 Planning a wedding in the Southern Highlands? Highlife now includes Escape SH, a 32-page section packed with ideas for visitors to the Highlands, and this issue it’s full of tips for creating the most magical of days (this photograph was taken by Andrew Szopory at Kalinya Estate).
03.01.2022 The first day of spring is also National Wattle Day, celebrating our national floral emblem. Our current issue details 30 species and cultivars that will thrive in Highlands gardens. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #australiannatives #wattle #countrygardens #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #spring
02.01.2022 When we photographed Bowral artist Harry Martin for this issue, he showed us his outdoor workspace in Glenquarry as well as his studio. Nice work if you can get it. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #harrisfarmmarkets #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle
02.01.2022 Morton Views is gorgeous garden in a particularly dramatic setting in Bundanoon. Take a tour in our latest issue. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #countrygardens #bundanoonnsw #escapetothecountry
01.01.2022 This beautiful wisteria shaped as a small tree was photographed in a Burradoo garden for our story on unusual and historic trees around the Highlands. You’ll find many more spectacular photographs in the new Highlife. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #wisteria #southernhighlandsgardens
01.01.2022 We’re back on deck today, working on the Feb/Mar issue, but our Dec/Jan issue is still on sale, and perfect if you’re stuck at home in need of a Southern Highlands escape (in magazine form). Here’s a peek inside the house featured on our cover, The Shrubbery at Exeter. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #escapetothecountry #theshrubberyexeter #exetervillagensw
01.01.2022 Mary Poppins surveying the blossoms in Glebe Park on a perfect winter's day in Bowral. #highlifemagazine #southernhighlands #highlifesouthernhighlands #hopewoodhouse #escapesouthernhighlands #highlandslife #countrylife #countrystyle #glebeparkbowral #blossomseason #southernhighlandsweddingvenues #marypoppins #escapetothecountry
