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With not just one but two pontoons touching the mirrored waters of their man-made lake, the owners of this idyllic Mornington Peninsula garden in Main Ridge, Victoria, would have enjoyed many On Golden Pond moments, watching the sun set behind the towering eucalypts.

Fiona Brockhoff was approached in 2009 by) and local eucalypts. The new house stood in a cleared space with much of the rich volcanic soil the area is known for removed when the site was etched out of the landscape.

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