WITH ITS SIMPLE, SQUARE FOOTPRINT, stone chimneys and ironbark floors, this tiny cottage in Victoria’s Central Highlands has barely changed since it was built in the late 1800s. More than a century later, Sarah and Ben Fraser’s sensitive renovation has ensured it’ll stay a time capsule for years to come. “There’s something magic about the sense of history at the property,” says Sarah, 36. “It’s like stepping into another world.”
That time-warp quality is what won over Sarah, an artist, and 34-year-old Ben, a horticulturalist, when they discovered the cottage in the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it township of Dry
