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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Something to celebrate

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Welcome to FLM

A family affair • Ten years ago Kellie and Matt Smith were first introduced to the McLaren Vale community on the netball court, when Kellie began playing for the local club. Then their boys, Brodie and Kyan, took up footy with McLaren Vale. It wasn’t long before the weekend visits from their home in Seaford weren’t enough.

Weathering the storm • Rachael Azzopardi, co-founder and creative director of Illuminate Adelaide, has just arrived on the other side of a literal and figurative storm. In the winter festival’s first year, Rachael and her team were forced to delay the opening night as severe storms lashed the city.

Movers and shapers • Most surfers will tell you that surfing is a visceral way of communing with nature, that the ocean is their constantly changing playground. Countless waves of varying size and consequence are traversed, patrolled and dropped into by surfers on multifarious surfboard styles.

Port Noarlunga Blues Festival • In 2017 the Port Noarlunga Business and Tourism Association launched a public artwork called The Goggles, created by local artists Anna Small and Warren Pickering. The artwork includes fish – blue groper and blue devil – as swimming symbols of their goal to ‘help us bring back the blues.’

There’s treatment and then there’s care • We understand that every person is an individual, needing more than just treatment.

Securing the Fleurieu’s future • Succession is fundamental to survival. It’s seen the gradual and sometimes not-so-gradual evolution of the many species that have inhabited our planet over time. But succession also funnels down into our micro experiences of life.

A rich blend • Not long after the most recent lockdown was announced, I made my way into de Rose Kitchen in Willunga. I wanted a coffee, but I also wanted to find out how owner Mandy and her team were taking the news. I wasn’t the only one checking in.

30 years of Bailey Homes • Don Bailey is honest and direct. When we sit down to discuss thirty years of Bailey Homes with his wife Carolyn and their daughter Jessica, he is clear on two things. First, we need to get the story right. Secondly, at the root of Bailey Homes’ success is his family and their team.

Gin things

Gilbert’s garden • Gilbert Dashorst is one of those quiet achievers, an unsung South Australian treasure. For thirty years, Gilbert was the official scientific/botanical illustrator for the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and South Australia’s State Herbarium and was the last official botanical artist in Australia.

Smooth Operator

Nestled in nature • If you’re seeking seclusion and serenity for your next escape, start your search among the diverse landscapes of the Fleurieu, where hidden gems await. From sweeping hills and rugged cliff tops to coastal vistas or dense native bushland, each property is curated and located for a premium R&R experience.

Living inside out • Australian home design has long tipped its hat to the summer sun and our affinity with the outdoors. To wit: the sheltered verandah, so essential to hosting summer barbecues overlooking the great...