“Having a bed and breakfast is a little bit like travelling, without having to go anywhere,” Brisbane-born Jane Hutton says. “You meet people from all over.” Well-travelled Jane had spent time in Europe after finishing school and met husband Leeroy while skiing in Austria. Born in England, Leeroy grew up in Sydney and he and Jane were married within a year of meeting. They spent the next 12 years living in the beachside northern Sydney suburb of Manly, until Jane eventually “dragged him away from the sea and up to the mountains”.
That was 29 years ago and “now Leeroy looks like he was born to drive a tractor”, Jane laughs.
