Family ties

Firmly rooted to its serene setting, this family-oriented home in country-coastal Victoria seamlessly melds the outdoors and its stunning interiors

- JACKIE BRYGEL

There are always visitors to this Mornington Peninsula home. Family and friends, of course, as well as a steady flow of rather persistent neighbours. “The property is bordered by pasture land, so we regularly have all these beautiful shaggy cows turning up at our fence line,” says the homeowner, adding with a laugh, “You never feel lonely because they're always popping by! One of the wonderful things we're so grateful for is that, while we're only on a one-acre holding, we're surrounded by 100-acre-plus properties, which cannot be broken up. So we get to enjoy all the borrowed views without having to manage them.”