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
RINA HORE is the Executive Director of the Bradman Museum which celebrates its 30th anniversary in October. Former vice president of Australian Women’s Cricket, she is also the first woman ever elected to NSW Cricket. Rina shares a little of her sporting life and the
Melissa Wiya is the Aboriginal Development Officer at Wingecarribee Shire Council. She is a proud Arakwal Bundjalung woman of Byron Bay on her mother’s side, and her father is from Papua New Guinea. As the Southern Highlands prepares to celebrate NAIDOC week, Melissa talks to
Annabelle Chauncy is the sort of person you would love your child to emulate. The founder of the School for Life, which educates hundreds of children in Uganda, was raised in Canyonleigh and talks to ESH about hard work, the value of education and bringing
Calmbirth. The very idea may sound like an oxymoron, but since it was started in Mittagong by one of Australia’s first male midwives, 26,000 couples have taken part in this program to learn how to remain calm during birth. Karen McClay, local midwife, daughter of
The melodious tones of Andrew Ford are loved by ABC Radio National listeners Australia wide who know him as the longtime host of The Music Show on Saturday mornings. The Robertson local, who is also a writer and an acclaimed composer, has had his works
Gene Fairbanks made his name in Super Rugby as a versatile journeyman and a crushing inside centre, and last year led the Bowral Blacks second grade team to its first premiership in 45 years. As the season kicks off again, the former rugby star turned
Emporium owner Jane Crowley started working with her father, Athol Salter, in his antique and vintage shed when she was six. Today the pair run one of the Highlands’ best loved iconic shopping hotspots, Dirty Janes Bowral. When Jane’s not helping shoppers find that fabulous
Auctioneer Jim Hindmarsh’s dulcet tones are part of southern highlands livestock lore. For nearly 40 years this fast talker with his distinctive auction chant has cajoled cattle buyers at saleyards from Goulburn to Picton. A former wallaby fullback who earnt five international caps for Australia
