April - May 2019

Blue Mountains Life

Country Living in regional Australia

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Editorial
preserving the past allows children a brief glimpse into our history and see first hand the living conditions of our ancestors. That’s why I was pleased when I heard that nominations are now open for the latest round of Orange City Council’s Cultural
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2019 Trundle Abba Festival
held in the rural township of Trundle, in Central Western NSW, the Trundle ABBA Festival is Australia’s only and original ABBA festival. Held on the first Saturday in May each year, the festival provides a day packed full of family-friendly entertain
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News
Council says it is performing well in delivering its 2018-2019 commitments, at the halfway mark of delivering the 4-year Delivery Program and budget. As of 31 December 2018, the six-month progress report identified 73% of Major Projects, 86% of the A
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In The Gaeden
Supported by Blue Mountains City Council, 11 community groups worked to clear rubbish in the local government area last month as part of Clean Up Australia Day. From the cliffs below Echo Point to parks and ovals, volunteers skipped their Sunday morn
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VARIETY & RANGE To Suit Your Garden
thomson's Garden Centre has a rich history of selling Garden nursery supplies to the Central West for over 30 years. In this time the business has grown into a leader in it’s field supplying unbeatable prices on a massive product range with everythin
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OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE From The Shop With The Workshop
The family run Mower Center have celebrated their 40th year in Penrith and have now opened a bigger store in their new location. That is over 40 years of happy, satisfied, loyal customers, benefiting from the expert sales advice, best prices and a hu
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Jules Read
Jules Read is a silversmith with a passion for creating pieces with character and which represent an individual’s story. Having lost her father recently, Jules is more determined than ever that her pieces become treasured mementos and story-pieces fo
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Art Events
Dianne Conomos lives in the Blue Mountains and is a Traditional Japanese Embroiderer, trained by Margaret Lee in Australia and Kurenai-Kai in Japan. This exhibition featuring 23 hand embroidered works by Dianne will delight the eyes of all visitors t
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Career Chef
everyone loves a good meal, but for Wentworth Falls resident Nina Huynh, there’s no place she would rather be than the kitchen. Nina was a high achiever at school who turned down a career in medical science to follow her passion for food. It’s a deci
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From BATHURST To BROADWAY
Bathurst born, musical theatre star Ainsley Melham started performing at age three and has never looked back. He remembers his mother telling him that as a young child, music would always make him move so she put him in dance lessons. “I don’t rememb
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Blue Mountains Liveability
Liveability is becoming a bit of a buzz word as more people choose to move house for lifestyle reasons. The “tree change” movement continues to provide momentum in the property market in the Blue Mountains. Whether renting or buying, upsizing or dow
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Sunburnt Country
It’s well known that a human can get sunburnt in five minutes, but did you know that grapes can burn in this time too? If you answered yes to this question you are probably either a vineyard owner or Dr Joanna Gambretta, the Central West scientist lo
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Bygone Beauty
Even in a town brimming with history, Alloway Bank stands out as of Bathurst’s most important – and impressive, colonial homes. Built almost 200 years ago by convict labour, it’s a stately 22 room mansion surrounded by old world gardens overlooking M
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A Stunning Escarpment Home
Located on the stunning Jamieson Valley Escarpment, this new home build was not without it’s challenges; but challenges are what we at Against the Grain Building & Renovating thrive on and we were thrilled to be awarded the contract in 2016. The pr
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BATHURST’S HERITAGE The Focus In Autumn
Bathurst celebrate its position as Australia’s oldest European inland settlement this autumn with the ‘Autumn Colours’ Heritage Tours program, an extended Heritage Week from 5-19 May and the highly anticipated return of the Bathurst Heritage Trades T
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Leura Harvest FESTIVAL
This community event is dedicated to showcasing the outstanding produce, fine fare and innovative sustainability initiatives taking place across the Blue Mountains and wider region. Aimed at all ages, the Festival features an inspired mix of market
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Birches Of Leura
A beautiful winter garden! That’s Birches of Leura nursery. Its winter in the Mountains – cold crisp days and chilly nights - but that doesn’t mean your garden has to be dull and boring. We have gorgeous seasonal colour – cheerful pansies, violas and
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Hillbilly Cider
Hillbilly Cider is a regular sighting at the Leura Harvest festival. Make sure you visit their stand to try the range of these internationally award winning local ciders. Heading to the festival from their rustic cider shed at Bilpin, Shane McLaughli
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WINTER STOCK Arriving Daily In LEURA
With 8 boutique stores across Sydney, the Southern Highlands, Canberra and Melbourne, Nina Leon’s Shoe Boutique has opened in the shopping hub of Leura, in the Blue Mountains. After 37 years of success, Nina Leon’s owner Paul Hiscocks saw the opportu
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Stunning Views And Fine Wine
Surrounded by towering sandstone escarpments and offering some of the region’s most outstanding scenery, Dryridge Estate is a fabulous boutique vineyard nestled deep in the Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains. The vineyard offers beautiful accommodation
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The Alexandra Hotel
Originally built in 1903 and named after Queen Alexandra, the consort of King Edward VII, the Alex incorporates a grandiose, traditional design masterminded by local architect F.C. Goyder, combining it with all the modern features one might expect fr
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The Clean Plate
Clean lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow shows that delicious food can also heal the body, with 100 food lover’s recipes that can be customised into targeted meal plans and detox programmes. Delicious food can heal the body. Reset and rebalance with clea
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Reset & Rebalance
1 cup cooked quinoa or brown rice3 asparagus spears, shaved½ cup grated carrot½ small watermelon radish, thinly sliced with a mandoline⅔ cup shredded PoachedChicken (page 196; optional)⅔ cup thinly sliced bok choy¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro leavesMi
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FOODIE HEAVEN - An Alternative Grocery ZERO-WASTE Shopping Concept
We are your real food advocates. Doing away with packaging to deliver aisles brimming with bulk wholefoods, healthy snacks and organic goodies. It’s time to embrace conscious consumption, because satisfying healthy appetites and promoting zero waste
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Satisfying HEALTHY APPETITES & Promoting ZERO WASTE
Kristy and Kerrie are a mother & daughter team who have lived in the Mountains for 30 years. Kerrie has worked locally in Real Estate and is very excited about this opportunity. To make a positive difference within the local community she has known a
Blue Mountains Life1 min readDiet & Nutrition
16:8 Intermittent Fasting
Jaime Rose Chambers is a practising dietitian who sees countless patients looking for advice on how to manage their weight. She prescribes intermittent fasting as a matter of course, as it’s by far the easiest and most effective tool for healthy weig
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OUR PLACE is your NEW PLACE
Step through the door and it's not hard to see why. The cocktail bar and restaurant is a cool and eclectic place where old school soul and motor culture meet. The walls are covered in a random assortment of kitsch artwork featuring the likes of Johnn
Blue Mountains Life1 min readEconomics
25 Years Of Experience At Your Feet
Blue Mountains Carpets and Flooring is a local family owned business servicing the Blue Mountains and surrounding regions. Their showroom is now open in Springwood showcasing the latest styles and ranges from the largest suppliers including Karndean,
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The Finishing Touches
Renovating or decorating is a never-ending list of choices, choosing colours alone is a minefield. There are inspirational images everywhere, tv shows, magazines, instagram, you know the look you want, but don’t know how to achieve it. Decisions, dec
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Stunning Furniture AT GREAT PRICES
Pearce Furniture and Bedding in Katoomba is a must-stop shop for those looking for quality furniture and bedding, home decor and the latest in Sleep Technology by A.H. Beard. If you’re in the market for a new mattress, Pearce Furniture and Bedding is
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Keep Warm With Lopi
There are 30 Lopi products available with countless design options to suit the décor of any home. The options and features are seemingly endless and overwhelming to many. Some people believe a fireplace is a fireplace no matter what design but that i
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Conversation Starters
The last party you went to was a disaster. You skirted groups of people who were all looking like they were having the time of their lives. You wished you could be just like them. Don’t know how? Well here’s some pointers on how you can build your co
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A Unique Australian Story
Our story started in 1936 with revolutionary cosmetic chemist, Madame Baché. She was a modern woman – determined, intelligent and ambitious – who knew that improving the condition of a woman’s skin could not only improve her overall appearance, it co
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Back Pain
It’s 11:49 AM and you’re on a roll. Typing, what feels like, a million words a minute, no one can stop you. Then it happens. It’s 11:50 AM and your smartwatch is telling you to stand. How many hours has it been since you’ve used your feet or since yo
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Wedding Planner?
As you begin planning your wedding, there can be confusion when it comes to budgeting, ordering specialised services, and choosing your vendors. There are so many variables, options, and price points to choose from, that the planning can quickly beco
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Return To An Era Of Elegance, Grace And Charm
Imagine your wedding set at the beautiful heritage listed Carrington Hotel, located in the Blue Mountains. The Carrington Hotel is a truly unique and beautiful wedding venue that offers enchanting reception rooms, stunning décor, modern Australian ca
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HAWKESBURY RACE Club & Motel
Celebrate your special day with your family and friends in style at the Hawkesbury Race Club. We offer a magnificent modern wedding reception venue, with professional service, superb catering, breathtaking mountain views and a 4 star luxury motel wit
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Autumn Collections
Maison Montage embraces the mood of winter with new collections from THE ARK, CABLE MELBOURNE, NIKEL & SOLE and ELK. Discover cosy styles for ultimate warmth and comfort, along with easy layers and wardrobe essentials with a sense of effortless style
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What’s New
This Spring, fine artist and colour expert Annie Sloan launches three new Chalk Paint colours in collaboration with Charleston Farmhouse, the country home and meeting place of the Bloomsbury Set until 1978. www.anniesloan.com Take a sneak ‘beak’ out
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Education Round Up
St Stanislaus’ College announced that the successful Scholarship applicant representing Stannies for this year’s Premier’s ANZAC Memorial Scholarship is current Year 10 student Malcolm Bartlett from Wanaaring. In 2018, the College was drawn in the 20
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Coping With Grief
The hardest part of death is not the dying but the living. Those who have loved the deceased are encouraged, no expected, to somehow pull themselves together and get on with their lives. The merry-go-round that we call our daily life might slow its s
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On The Road
SsangYong has unveiled its all-new Korando. It will go on sale in Australia in the third half of this year, with an all-electric version to follow. Inside, the company says the new model offers more head-room and rear seat space than its competitors,
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Top Marks
Volvo will be releasing the all-new S60 model at the end of the year. However, that hasn’t stopped the Swedish company from testing out a whole host of safety features. In Europe, the new Volvo S60 sedan received the maximum five-star rating in their
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Great Reads
A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Geniu
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Film Preview
Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, and their two children Gage and Ellie move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie ‘Pet Sematary’ located nearby. Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the
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On Stage
Let the wizarding world enchant you all over again as the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is projected onto a giant screen and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs Nicholas Hooper’s wonderful score. Laugh, cry and cheer at yo
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Social Scene
The 2019 Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival was held in Orange. In addition to the signature events of birthday breakfast, poets brunch, night market, poetry competition, Festival dinner and a Rotary Market, there were some great events hosted

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