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
Generous and dedicated wildlife carers Kerstin and Woody devote their time, money, home and backyard to rehabilitate sick and injured critters. WORDS ALEX SPEED IMAGES ELISE HASSEY Tug the koala is one lucky little marsupial. The three year old male was found in June wandering along the
Geoff Goodfellow is a much loved local, born and raised in the Highlands. A Moss Vale resident who worked for many years at the Wingecarribee Shire Council, Geoff also wrote a regular column, Across the River, for the local newspaper from 2008 to 2019. He
Vigneron Mark Bourne is owner and founder of Cuttaway Hill Wines and, until recently, president of Southern Highlands Food and Wine Association. Now keeping busy with the NSW Wine Industry Association and the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre at Charles Sturt University, Mark talks
Ali Mentesh and Wayne Morrissey fell in love with Red Cow Farm at Sutton Forest when it was a rundown cottage surrounded by a few bare paddocks. Now, 27 years on, they speak to ESH about their magic Highlands country garden that attracts visitors from
They are one of Australia’s most loved native animals, but how many of us have ever actually seen one in the wild? Well look up! A team of researchers and ecologists has discovered there is a world of koalas living above our heads, and now
She’s the diminutive actor known the world over for her magic portrayal of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series as well as for her countless other award winning stage and screen roles over a 50 year career. Now the legendary Miriam Margolyes wants
Leo Berkelouw is the charming and erudite patriarch of the Berkelouw book dynasty, which was started in 1812 in Holland. There are now Berkelouw bookshops from Queensland to Sydney to Leo’s Southern Highlands home, the 200 acre Bendooley Estate. Leo tells Escape of the incredible
Harriet Turnnidge tells Escape Southern Highlands how a childhood on the land set her on a course to create aedel, a botanical soap range handmade from the milk of her East Friesian sheep. ‘I grew up on farms around the Southern Highlands and Goulburn Tablelands, so
Elizabeth Pilkington Tells Escape Southern Highlands How A Major Health Scare Set Her Life On A New Course, Creating Beautiful One-Offs In The Backyard Of Her Bowral Home. ‘We moved here in 2008 just before our first daughter was born. Although we didn’t know anyone in
