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POISED ON THE RIDGE LINE

THE FIRST NIGHT THE OWNERS SPENT here, their grandchildren naturally insisted they come too. “We all slept in a bit of a muddle but the view of the dark, dark sky from our bedroom was incredible. It felt like the stars could fall onto the bed,” says one of the owners.

Focusing on the view, which stretches from the sloping section on a ridge line across to the Poor Knights Islands, was a priority for Lance and Nicky Herbst of Herbst Architects. The spinal

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