The Spaces Between the Noise
A story about the soft chorus of country life – and why we’re choosing sound over noise as the festive season approaches.
MORESketches is our journal. Here we trace the lines of place and creative living through thoughtful storytelling, insights and inspiration. It’s an invitation to slow down, take notice and find connection in the natural world.
An artist’s life shaped by scent and season — Katrina Daly paints what she grows on her lavender-filled property at Napoleon Reef.
MOREA quiet room in waiting — the Speak Easy at Bank House. Dust sheets, whispers and the scent of wax and wood as something new begins to take shape.
MOREI read something today that stayed with me. It was a reminder to do just five small things to inspire creativity. One of them was to gift oneself a...
MOREBetween dust, paint, and garden chaos, life at Bank House feels tangled but alive. These rooms, their light and scent, remind me daily that our cre...
MOREA quiet reflection on the journey so far — from first pours to favourite scents, creative collaborations and the rituals that continue to light the...
MOREAt Bank House, the garden is slowly coming to life – a quiet, evolving conversation with the land. Guided by the rhythm of the seasons, we’re softe...
MORELandscape designer and ceramicist Kylie Breaker invites us into her world of soulful gardens and slow design. Her course, A Garden Alchemy, is a ge...
MOREAs autumn gently fades, we’re soaking up the quiet beauty of village life – foggy mornings, local markets and creative gatherings that warm the sou...
MOREScent has a way of holding memory – quietly, invisibly. In this piece, we trace the subtle aromas of lemon myrtle, bush rose, and wild quince as th...
MOREOut here, love weathers like stringybark– tough, quiet and unshaken by the seasons. This is a story of bush mothering, of grief held gently and of ...
MOREIn our latest Sketches, Nadine Ingram shares her recipe for poached quince – the fragrant, slow-cooked fruit that anchors her new Bush Quince Cake....
MOREHigh on a ridge in Blackbutt, Queensland, Green Hills House hums with the quiet murmur of lives once lived – dances on timber floors, homemade lemo...
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