Fleurieu Living Magazine

"Fleurieu Living Magazine features the best in food and wine, homes and gardens, growers, producers, accommodation and destinations — as well as artists,writers and designers working and living on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. Published quarterly, Fleurieu Living Magazine is available throughout Adelaide and the Fleurieu via newsagents, wineries, restaurants cafés and B&Bs."

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ToKen House – where past, present and future meet • It’s rare to be called a ‘local hero’ for simply acquiring a block of land but, when Marianne Robins settled her Carrickalinga property in 2021, the community breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Wildflower woman • For artist Kathy Doley, the rugged beauty of native flora not only serves as artistic muse but as a profound reflection of her own creative path — one marked by a love of the land, her ever-evolving artistry and resilience. Kathy’s backyard studio, a gallery of expressive flowers painted on a field of canvases, is testament to her love of native flora.

Destination Langhorne Creek • Langhorne Creek, on Ngarrindjeri Country, is home to one of the oldest wine regions of the world.

Uncorked • Nestled between the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale, just an hour from Adelaide, Langhorne Creek is one of South Australia’s best-kept wine secrets.

The delicate balance of art and science in cheesemaking

Norfolk folk • In 2024, Alice Mottram approached her mother Sasha Godrich to partner her in a new business she’d been dreaming of – a bespoke property management business based in Victor Harbor. ‘When Mum said yes I just knew it was going to work,’ says Alice. The only question was how?

Treasures of the Viking Age • The Galloway Hoard is the most remarkable collection of Viking-age treasure ever unearthed in Britain and Ireland – and you can see it for the first time outside of Britain at the South Australian Museum.

Knotts Landing • Jamie Knott grew up on the north coast of New South Wales. When he was twelve his parents bought a holiday house at Macmasters Beach north of Sydney. For Jamie it was one of the best things his parents ever did. The two-storey brick bungalow had weathered character and a towering Norfolk Pine out the front. So many happy memories were made there.

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Yoga after cancer Sophie Pantifort-Gray • To retain one’s humanity in the face of life-threatening illness means embracing love. Sophie’s story proves it. It also proves blood cancer does not discriminate.

The places within and around us: Gemma Rose Brook • The human experience can be complex in a way that evades words. This is where artists step in. Gemma Rose Brook’s paintings effortlessly grasp the intangible, expressing movement, emotion and meaning where words fall short.

Full steam ahead! • Wooden Boat Festival launches renewed Goolwa Wharf.

Martin House • Martin House is in an enviable position in the old survey area of Port Willunga. The built heritage area has evolved over time, from the colonial stone buildings of the late 1800s, to fishing shacks, post-war holiday homes, sixties permanent residents, and now to architecturally designed homes dotting the area.

Autumn book reviews

Ooooh luxe • Using olive oil in its purest form for body care is a generational practice for OOLUX co-founders, mother and daughter duo Tina and Dionysia ‘Didi’ Paronis.

Destination Goolwa • How good is Goolwa? That’s the favourite rhetorical question of a local who’s grateful to live here. The answer? The beach, the river and the Coorong. The wooden boats and the steam trains. The fish and bird life;...