Enjoy a taste of Italy in the Southern Highlands at Sutton Forest Estate Wines, where the Lo Russo family’s tradition in viticulture spans continents and generations to produce exceptional wines, served with a uniquely la dolce vita flavour. Tucked behind the Hume Highway, near the village
At the top of the wish list for many visitors to the Highlands is to experience life on a farm. Particularly children, and understandably so. A recent survey found one third of Australian kids struggled to identify fruit and vegetables, and where produce came from.
With a fusion of passion and creativity, Matty Roberts and Cassandra Wallace, new owners at Eschalot, are creating an exciting new chapter in the story of this iconic restaurant. As we enter Eschalot’s famous stone cottage restaurant on a sunny Friday afternoon, maître d’ and co-owner
Mountain high, valley deep. Bush-bashing is so much better with friendly, informed and passionate guide companions. When I was a teenager, my father took my brothers and I on a bush walk in the Freycinet National Park in Tasmania. We trekked up mountains and along the
Paddock to plate. Farm to fork. John Mauger and his Maugers Meats lived this farming philosophy long before it became ethically fashionable. Escape SH goes along to one of the Burrawang butcher’s on-farm tours to learn more. If you are old enough to remember when meat
Jimmy Barnes is the original Working Class Man. The Glaswegian who came to Australia from Scotland as a five-year-old in 1962 smashed into our national conscious with Cold Chisel in the 1970s and has stayed there, beloved, ever since. In 2016, Jimmy, who has more
Injured raptors have a true friend in Peggy McDonald, who nurses them back to health in her purpose-built Fitzroy Falls rehab centre. It’s a measure of Peggy McDonald’s dedication to her life’s work, running Higher Ground Raptors, that when she started looking for a patron, she
Links House, a boutique hotel in Bowral, has a quiet grace and sits very happily in its charming skin. Alex Speed checks in and checks out for a night. Want to know what I think is the most underestimated and unattainable facet of modern life? Solitude. Trumpeted
Nothing was going to rain on Natasha and Yonatan’s wedding at splendid Mali Brae Farm; even looming thunderstorms couldn’t dampen the spirits. Photographer Ben Newman captured the couple’s beautiful marital festival of culture, colour, and of course, love. Natasha Daga and Yonatan Bley moved to Sydney
Tim Storrier is one of Australia’s most eminent painters. His figurative landscapes of fire, parched vistas and dripping carcasses speak of loss and the futility of the human condition. In 2013, Tim and wife Janet moved to Bowral’s historic Hopewood House, where Tim paints daily
