ARTS + CULTURE
Artist Llewellyn Skye
Southern Wild Co catches up remotely during COVID with award-winning Gold Coast artist Llewellyn Skye who's vibrant and playful nature of her burst...
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Sketches traces 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.
Our wild backyard: A visit to Kanangra-Boyd National Park
Kanangra is an Australian First Nations word for ‘beautiful view’ and during the recent holiday break we ventured out to explore this majestic loca...
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Art
Artists we loved in 2020
We wrote about so many brilliant Australian talents in 2020 – new and emerging, mid-career and settled in, all of them shining so brightly. Here we...
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Australian classic reads we love
A round up of our favourite classic Australian novels that capture the true spirit of Australia.
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POETRY
Santa Claus In The Bush
For those that love a little bit of bush poetry, Banjo Paterson's Santa Claus in the Bush is a humorous take on Christmas dinner and 'Australian' S...
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A yarn with…
Artist Natasha Daniloff
A love of drawing guided artist Natasha Daniloff, a girl from the bush with Russian heritage and gift for music, on a journey that led to a magical...
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The making of The Magic Pudding
How an idea for a children’s book that stemmed from a bet was cooked up to become a much-loved Australian children’s literary classic.
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Australia
A May night on the Mountains
The inspiration behind our Signature Candle ‘Southern Sky’, Henry Lawson’s poem ‘A May Night on the Mountains’ is a tribute to the Milky Way and th...
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Australian made candles
Southern Sky
As the sky fades from purple to black and a million stars appear, the crisp night air descends and sitting by a smoky campfire in the Australian b...
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A yarn with…
Melanie McCollin-Walker
Southern Wild Co heads to Hobart city to visit artist Melanie McCollin-Walker in her bright New York-style studio to learn more about her beautiful...
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Photographer Liam Foster
Like-minded nature lover, photographer Liam Foster caught our attention early on in our Southern Wild Co journey with his moody captures of the Aus...
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A yarn with…
Allira Henderson
Artist and poet Allira Henderson first captured our attention through her turquoise-tinted instagram feed of life, love and salted sunrises, beamed...
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Australia
‘The best love affairs are those we never had’
Blue Mountains artist, Norman Lindsay said, ‘I have taken the feminine image as a dominant factor in my concept of life, both because I love the be...
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