JANE TANGNEY IS A CAUTIOUS PERSON. “I’m normally very calculated,” she says. “I’m ordered.” But it was an uncharacteristic leap of faith that led to her and partner, Graeme Boyle, buying a house together.
The moment came in the early 2000s when Jane was working as an artist and graphic designer in Fremantle. She and Graeme had only just started going out again, after dating briefly when they were younger. Things were going so well that Graeme felt bold enough to float an audacious idea. He’d recently been accepted to study ocean engineering in Tasmania and wanted Jane to go with him. The plan posed a few obvious challenges for her. She had built a solid painting career in Fremantle, along with a tight-knit community of fellow artists. “But I just went for
