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ometimes, the wind roars so fiercely around Kate and Will Parson’s beachside home that they have trouble standing upright against the force. “It can be brutal,” says Kate. “But it’s exhilarating!” So when they decided to build a new residence on this clifftop site at Ocean Grove, on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, they wanted to create a home and garden that could stand their ground against the elements and celebrate the ocean-facing setting. And

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