Belle

Treading Lightly

It is easy to miss the entrance to John Bechini’s weekender at Palm Beach on Sydney’s northern beaches. Perched high above Pittwater, it is shrouded in dense bushland with a rainforest gully on one side and at the top the ultimate getaway house – a perfect balance to John’s fast-paced life.

As owner of VBO Australia, importer of cult Italian lighting brand Viabizzuno and Henry Timi furniture, John is constantly on the move, flying between his showrooms in Sydney and Melbourne, to Italy for meetings with his suppliers and trade fairs, or off to New York for a Met Opera opening and exotic destinations in between.

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