Australian Country

Paradise for plants

If Jim Flanigan hadn’t arrived home after work just as his two-year-old son rolled down the driveway and onto the road on an out-of-control bike, his family would probably still be living in suburban Brisbane. Fortunately for the Flanigans, there were no other vehicles around so tragedy was averted. But the event did set Jim, a builder working in air conditioning, and his payroll consultant wife, Jan, on the search for a property with more space to raise a family and keep a few

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