Volume 14 No. 6 August/September 2010 THE COVER L’Aiglon enjoys enviable views of the Highlands. Photograph: Tony Sheffield

 

 

 

 

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Contents

MY VEGIE GARDEN
Vegetable gardens fell out of favour for a few decades, but their popularity is growing once more. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, almost 50 per cent of Australian adults grow fruit or vegetables. We asked five Highlanders with impressive vegie gardens what inspired them to start, how they planned their garden, and what they get out of it in the way of food, and food for the soul. We also spoke to Mickey Robertson, whose passion for growing produce has led to her holding classes in her own garden.

THE CHANNEL HOUSE
Its owner has nicknamed L’Aiglon the Channel house because it looks part English farmhouse, part French and a “bit of this and a bit of that”, says the owner. “I was in Vail (Colorado) in my 30s and they had a room like our great room, with a big picture window looking up into the mountains, and I loved it. So it’s even a bit ski chalet.”

A BARN WITH CHARM
Jo Henderson is a city girl who always wanted to live in the country, and now she does. Jo and her husband Tony have transformed a run down barn just outside Bowral into a very liveable space.

RETRO GOLF
Tom Moore is a former Sydney club professional golfer who has played all over the world, including in the 1973 British Open. Now 79, he also likes playing with “hickories” – wooden-shafted golf sticks made before 1930. So much so that he’s organised a tournament at Craigieburn, Bowral, this Father’s Day. He took writer James Cockington for a walk around the course.

MEALS ON WHEELS
This is a restaurant like any other, except this one is literally moving. In the confined spaces of the old Southern Aurora dining car the chefs are preparing a three-course lunch for 95 diners. Not easy in a 50-year-old carriage.

DELICIOUS ENGLISH DESSERTS
It’s time to enjoy delicious English desserts like sticky jam pudding, Eton Mess, little treacle tarts, Edwardian trifle and spotted dick, says Food Writer Vanessa Jones.

HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD
Over the past few years, on the occasional Saturday night, Shiva Indian Restaurant in Mittagong undergoes a vibrant Bollywood transformation. It’s got everything bar the cameras, and the spacious restaurant, with its Indian murals and deep red ceiling, provides the set. Groups of colourful dancers swirl about and diners are painted with henna.

QUINDALUP: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
With Southern Highlands gardeners, whenever a choice plant is discussed, the names Quindalup and Deidre Hill are commonly heard. This is because right from the start of her gardening days in 1972 at her property Quindalup, Deidre was passionate about growing only the very best forms of species that had caught her discerning eye.

TULIP TIME TURNS 50
It’s sometimes controversial, always colourful, and continues to attract crowds of visitors to the Southern Highlands. Tulip Time, one of Australia’s oldest flora festivals, will celebrate its half century in September.