I first visited the tiny NSW town of Carcoar when I was a student living in Bathurst. I have always remembered how pretty and perfectly preserved it was so I completely understand why

someone would love to live there. Throw in the beautiful historic flour mill on page 38, already renovated, and Carcoar proved to be irresistible to Belinda and Stephen Satterthwaite. “As soon as the real-estate agent started showing us around, Stephen and I were looking at each other,” Belinda says. “At the end of the inspection Stephen said we wanted to make an offer and we hadn’t even spoken to each other yet!” Today, the pair are happily giving the 1850 building a few of their own personal touches but their home is not their only focus. Belinda’s decision to relocate Tomolly, her successful homewares store from nearby Millthorpe, is giving the main street in Carcoar a new focal point — and making this NSW Central West town a very desirable road-trip destination. In this issue on page 22 we visit a young family at White Cliffs in NSW’S north-west. Louise, the Executive Officer for Western Landcare NSW, and Zane Turner live on Goodwood Station, a 37,000-hectare property, where they run 3000 sheep. With only 85 millimetres of rain in the past 18 months, the couple is undertaking an environmental management project to reinstate wetlands and create a seed bank for the future. “It gets a bit stressful at times like this when it’s so dry, but being your own boss and the freedom of it all is the big drawcard,” says Zane, who is the third generation of his family to be on the land. These dry times are a harsh reminder for all of us of how important it is to support families like the Turners and the many others across our country who work so hard to produce our food. Until next month,