BRONWYN PHILLIPS

Writer and editor Bronwyn, who fondly reminisces about her pony-mad childhood, explored a regenerative farm (page 50) and a converted church (page 68) for this issue.

Walks in Centennial Park are Bronwyn’s tonic in her busy Sydney life. But she grew up on the city’s outskirts, in the tranquillity of Pittwater. “It was before the property boom, when houses were single-storey family homes,” she recalls. “We were very free children – roaming the waterfront, sailing little boats and swimming all summer.” Childhood trips to the Southern Highlands and a friend’s property in the Riverina had one thing in common: horses. “For my pony-mad sister and me, it was heaven as we rode every day.” Her current favourite holiday is in the Blue Mountains. “They soothe my city self. I unwind; slow down.”