Making an entrance
It’s a golfer’s dream home that even a non-golfer can appreciate.
Words: John Van Klaveren
Photos: Reg Ryan
You can only make a first impression once, the...
Home Bodies – Southern exposure
NOEL MURPHY discovers an architectural masterpiece embedded into the rolling green countryside of the Otway Ranges at Johanna.
IT TAKES a certain confidence to build...
Home bodies – In the mood
THE CHANGING moods of the sky at Mangowak along the Great Ocean Road are a sight to behold.
Words: Noel Murphy
Brilliant summer blues contrast the...
Newtown oasis
The lush, overflowing suburban oasis is almost becoming an endangered species in these days of low maintenance “outdoor spaces”.
Words: John Van Klaveren
Pictures: Reg Ryan
Lawns...
A home in the country
Home Bodies
Glenn and Lindy Capellie take JOHN VAN KLAVEREN on a tour of their award-winning home spliced neatly into the countryside of Inverleigh.
Pictures: Reg...
Calling their Bluff
NOEL MURPHY trips over an architectural gem among the moonahs and rugged coastal bushland of Barwon Heads.
TEXTURE, colour and landscape are powerful features in...
Home Bodies: A space in Newtown
Space, light and design are building elements few people get to experiment with on a grand scale. NOEL MURPHY found a couple who did...
Past and present
HOME BODIES
Pictures: Reg Ryan
Matching contemporary and heritage designs is a tough ask but, as NOEL MURPHY discovers in the shade of Eastern Park, it...
Portarlington delivers
Communications is as important to business and commerce today as it was in Portarlington’s heyday – and a historic link to the past recently...
Corio Villa
THERE HAVE been mixed fortunes for the few owners of this beautiful house, which is situated at Eastern Beach on Geelong’s waterfront. The present owners, Glenn and Rosslyn McAllister, kindly...
Community Gardens
VEGETABLE plots are in high demand at Geelong West Community Garden where the waiting list almost outweighs the number of members.
Nestled in the heart of inner-city Geelong West less...
History Repeated – Couta Boats of Queenscliff
NO SINGLE boat builder is credited with designing Queenscliff’s iconic couta boat. It simply evolved between the 1890s and the 1920s in the hands...
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On top in the kitchen
When choosing a kitchen bench top “it pays to do your research,” says Newgrove Benchtops owner Sean Blood.
“The kitchen is often the heart of...
