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HOUSE OF DREAMS

JENN AND RYLEY BLISS were destined to build a beach house at Anna Bay in New South Wales, just as they were destined to meet on the other side of the world eight years ago. South African-born Jenn literally “bumped into” Ryley at a bar at Split in Croatia. Ryley was travelling with two mates and Jenn was working as a stewardess on a 60-metre yacht with a crew of 12 that was sailing around the Mediterranean.

“The yacht very rarely came into port,” Jenn, now 32, says. “But this time, the owner randomly wanted to

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