Australian Country Homes

DOWN TO EARTH

After a collective six decades working as flight attendants, it’s little wonder Keith Pellatt and Randy Edwards regard their downtime as precious and guard every opportunity for solitude jealously. Now that they’re moving towards giving up living out of suitcases, apart from holidays, of course, the couple has settled in the northern NSW village of Tyalgum. They’ve built their dream home on the outskirts of town in the lush green valley of the Oxley River, overlooked by the towering presence of the volcanic plug of Mount Warning

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