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...chair by JM Ferrero for Estudi Hac Intended for the garden, Ferrero's JPN chair, which debuted at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair, shouldn't languish in the shed during winter months. With an elegant metal form and geometric flower pattern created by the Valencia-based designer for his own brand, it deserves to be round the kitchen table. estudihac.com...
...Former BHP mine worker Bill Wilson,62, and his wife Hazel have come here for the 30˚C winter temperatures and to catch up with friends. Their house and assets sold off to fund a lifestyle that now sees them on the road for six months at a time, the only place they now think of as home is their son's property at Australind, near Bunbury, 2,000 km down the road. "This beach area hasn't changed at all," says Wilson, fishing from the comfort of a deck chair. Wilson was a regular visitor to this beach...
...here in the middle of winter you can wear a singlet all day," he says. Forty years ago, Mowatt traveled around the whole country with a mate in a Mini 850, finding work as a builder along the way; he doesn't miss the 4,000 km of bone-shaking gravel road from Carnarvon to Katherine that he once rattled over. "The route's all sealed now," he says. "The place is not as remote as it used...
...sharing with a couple of guys, including a German backpacker, is a colorful, lived-in shack two streets back from the beach. When it's quiet, you can hear the waves from the front room. In the warm weather, she'll surf twice a day, she says, but in winter it's more like every second day. As determined as she is to develop her skills, she can't stand the cold for long...
...East Kimberley, as in many remote places, Australian Rules is a bonding force. At Halls Creek, Centennial Oval bursts into life on winter Saturdays, as footy fans from outlying areas make the trip to town. "Aboriginal people live, breathe and sleep football," says Warren Greatorex, an assistant coach and player with the Halls Creek Hawks. "Football keeps small communities going." The Hawks play in a bush league of seven, with three teams from Kununurra and one each from Wyndham, Timber Creek (N.T.) and Warmun. In these parts, says Derby-born Greatorex, indigenous players are athletic and naturally skilful. In spite...