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TOWN AND COUNTRY

WHEN YOU LIVE IN NOWHERE CREEK, going out for a coffee is an elaborate affair. So, finding a house close to cafes and shops was a non-negotiable for Kirby and Jack Kaye when they were looking for a family base in Ballarat, Victoria’s historic gold-rush town.

The Kayes’ regular home address is a 450-hectare sheep and cropping farm an hour north-west of Ballarat in Nowhere Creek (yes, it’s a real place). But, with four young children approaching high-school age, Kirby and Jack,

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