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HIGHLY EVOLVED

he call of rural Australia has always been strong for interior designer Samantha Eisen and her family. She grew up playing at her grandparents’ home in the countryside and her own children love riding and being outside. It was during the lockdowns in 2020 that she and her husband Anthony began to imagine a different way of living that would combine working in Melbourne’s central business district with a more outdoorsy upbringing for their daughters,

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