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."

STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS

Fleurieu Living Magazine

Vale Leonie Porter-Nocella • In March 2022, we lost Leonie – much loved wife, sister, mother and grandmother.

Our advertising partners • A special thanks to the advertising partners that have made a long-term commitment to FLM.

Morning, noon and night • In the past few years our choices on where to go for a coffee, a quick spot of lunch or even a bit of nightlife have expanded terrifically with wine bars, gin bars and breweries popping up everywhere. We asked some of our friends and associates: Where do you go? And why?

Summer Diary Dates

Esca at Nest & Nature • When people think of the Fleurieu, it’s often the beaches that first spring to mind, or perhaps the wineries. It’s almost certainly not Inman Valley which, for all its beauty, is often somewhere you drive through to get somewhere else. Claire Mills and Mark Kirk saw something else – a destination.

Taking silly seriously • As an adult, it’s often hard to remember the exact moment the joy of ‘silliness’ became a distant memory. Being silly for silly’s sake suddenly lacks any tangible pay-off and that unreserved sense of childlike wonder becomes significantly harder to grasp. But for artist Emmaline Zanelli, silliness has maintained a purpose entirely in its own right. And enjoying the process of being intentionally playful is just as valuable as any outcome.

Summer book reviews

Through the glamour of the glass • The Fleurieu and wine go hand-in-hand. Beautiful, world-class cellar doors are scattered across our sprawling hills and coastline, bringing great pride to the region as well as helping to support our local economy. But thinking about whether wine and wellness likewise go hand-in-hand has been an eye-opening journey.

Fresh destinations

Living light • Arriving at Pip Kruger and Graham Holmberg’s home, I find them with their two small children and Otto the dog on an oversized wooden day bed. It feels like this family’s whole world could be happily lived just on this small island in their home, with conversations bubbling away and three-year-old Elkie playing while Pip feeds baby sister Tippi.

Back in the Vale • It’s been five years since Vale Brewing packed up their bags, their kegs and their cans and moved away from their spiritual home in Willunga to the northern suburbs of Adelaide following the sale of the brand. Now, with the opening of the Vale Taphouse, Restaurant and Bar, Vale Brewing has returned home.

Drinkability

A gift that lasts • Ramon Elzinga and Shannon Dolman first met in high school. In the ensuing thirty years they’ve forged a lasting friendship through a love of good food, cooking and making things that last.

En fleur

Realism in focus

Yesterday, today, tomorrow • There’s a particular story that Nukunu man Dr Jared Thomas often tells in interviews like these. It’s a memory from when he was sixteen, a school boy visiting Adelaide from his Port Augusta home.

Competitive planting • On first meeting, you wouldn’t necessarily describe Geoff Hayter’s gentle manner as competitive. But it must be in there somewhere, because the co-founder of Biodiversity McLaren Vale (BMV) has shown a steely determination over the past fifteen years to outlast and outcompete some of the region’s most tenacious invaders. We’re talking weeds.

Summer reading...