Home among the gum trees
It’s mid-winter when I visit, and the landscape is at its verdant peak. Driving towards the house, the wizened branches of eucalypts tangle overhead as the road dips down, crossing a creek line before rising again. As the vegetation opens up, the sleek profile of The Wait framed by mature gum trees is revealed. It’s only taken me fifteen minutes to get here from Victor Harbor but, as Jill says, it feels as though we’re a world away.
Native South Australians, Jill and Brendan spent twenty years in Darwin where Brendan worked as the chief executive of the City of Darwin and
