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GALAH is a cultural magazine that explores and celebrates life in regional Australia.
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27/08/2024

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20/07/2024

Welcome to Galah Weekly, our newsy newsletter keeping you up to date with regional headlines that matter, plus other delightful things from life beyond the city. By , who is eyeing her rapidly depleting firewood stores with concern.

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15/07/2024

Cannot wait to interview the fabulous Mindy Woods at the this August.

You may have seen her on MasterChef, or been lucky enough to eat at her now closed Byron Bay restaurant or tasted the wattleseed tiramisu gelato she created for for NAIDOC week this year.

Mindy is a force. She wants to connect indigenous and non-indigenous people with Aboriginal culture, art and stories through food. The modern way she uses the world’s oldest living ingredients feels like such an exciting part of our country’s cultural conversation.

Come and join us at the festival in Bangalow to hear from Mindy, and check out the program for so many other fabulous session via

05/07/2024

After an apprenticeship at Melbourne’s Vue de monde, winning a Young Chef of the Year award in 2019, and working at Michelin-starred restaurants in Edinburgh, London and New York, Jodie Odrowaz has achieved her dream of opening her own place in her hometown of Warragul, Victoria. is a contemporary European-style wine bar and restaurant that received a hat from The Age Good Food Guide just 12 weeks after opening. Interview by , photograph by

What was the taste of your childhood?
Tomatoes. Fresh, sundried, transformed into chutney, sauce or soup. My parents were tomato farmers for 25 years and, after that, they opened Warragul Lean and Green. Growing up with wholesome cooking and surrounded by beautiful, fresh produce definitely sparked my interest in eating good food and caring about where it came from.

What’s an unexpected perk of opening your own place?
Being able to follow my creative whims fills me with a sense of freedom, so our menu is always changing. It's also a nice confidence boost when we receive positive feedback from guests. Oh, and choosing when to start in the morning is also a real perk, ha!

Who are the regional winemakers you're loving right now?
William Downie (aka Bill) is a local winemaker, based in Yarragon. Our wine list is always changing at Messmates but it will never not include a William Downie wine. We currently pour the Cathedral Pinot Noir by the glass and it's probably the most popular drop on our menu—for good reason. Bill and his partner Rachel (of Butterfly Factory, which provides us with delicious cheeses) are also Messmate regulars.

We’re coming to your house for dinner. What’s on the menu?
Pickles (always), prawn head and tomato pasta with fresh tagliatelle and tarragon, charred sourdough, dressed leafy greens and probably, to finish, chocolate cake with sour cream and raspberries.

What’s the least cheffy thing you love to eat?
Hot chippies and chocolate-coated bullets—an absolute guilty pleasure.

05/07/2024

Yes, Chef! Latest edition in from and it is a gem:

was June 2023, and I was in town for Dark M**o festival, at the cafe having an excellent chicken pie for lunch. Through the glass wall at the front of the cafe I see this woman standing on the prow of a big red boat tied to the dock opposite. Like in the photos here (taken in June 2024), she was aproned up, a towel folded through the waist tie, waving to a stream of rugged up, fancy-dressed people crossing the gangplank onto this party boat of party boats. I could see a DJ through the lower deck portholes. It all looked very fun and very ‘Tasmanian’.

It was Natty Waves , a floating pop-up with chef Jamie Yates in the bow/kitchen. Guests come on board for a three-hour cruise along the Derwent at twilight; dolphins often romp alongside the boat, and in the little kitchen down below you’ll find our chef rolling out fresh pasta for her lasagne, dimpling focaccia, slicing charcuterie and plating up with olives for pass around entrees. And then, after service, maybe she’ll jump on the decks to spin a tune or two.

I boarded the good ship Natty when back in Hobart a couple of weeks ago, Jamie and I talked about the magic of Tasmania, pop ups, lasagna toppers, her move earlier this year to Launceston or as she calls it, ‘Tasmania’s LA’, and self care.

I hope you enjoy meeting Jamie Yates. And if you ever find yourself at Launceston/LA’s Havilah bar or stepping onto the Natty Waves boat, count yourself lucky to be eating this very cool chef’s good, fun, and loved-up food

28/06/2024

Among the weeds and wildlife in the foothills of kunanyi/Mount Wellington in Hobart, you’ll find florist Eliza Rogers. Like a modern-day Brontë heroine, she forages for flowers, branches, weeds and other botanical curiosities to use in her work. Prickles and callouses aside, it’s almost as idyllic as you’d imagine.

So, Eliza, tell us what you do for work and play.
A lot of foraging. At my floristry practice, , I specialise in event flowers, large-scale installations and everlasting pieces for homes and businesses, and I'm very lucky that my work often feels like play. Although for strictly non-work play, I've been leaning into watercolours—mostly abstract and very fluid. It's incredibly relaxing.

As a serial hobbyist, I used to think "I can do it all" (and boy have I tried), but slowly I'm beginning to wonder if I ought to pull focus and choose a top few things to do often and (hopefully) well.

Can you tell us a bit about your family?
I grew up in Guyra in NSW and most of my family still live there, doing things I admire. My siblings are both farmers working very hard to regenerate their properties, including the farm where I grew up. My dad is the passionate foodie-slash-grazier behind Door Key Wagyu. He has been breeding Black Angus and Wagyu cattle herds for more than 30 years and was even inducted into the Wagyu Hall of Fame last year.

Let’s say we’re coming to Tasmania, where should we eat, stay and shop?
I’d have to choose New Norfolk. Eat at the Agrarian Kitchen (the kiosk for casual fare, or their eatery for a treat). Then traipse around town looking for a souvenir; you might get lucky at Flywheel, Miss Arthur, Drill Hall Emporium, Black Swan Books or any of the j***y antique stores. Bonus points if the Saturday markets are on. If you're looking for a gentle adventure, you could stay at the National Park Hotel near Mount Field. The pub rooms are a little kooky, but you can walk to Russell Falls, and you might even spot a platypus.

21/06/2024

Ya Reeves works as a freelance outdoor educator, following the whims of adventure and passing on her love of all things wild and beautiful to students across Australia. Painting, writing, ultramarathon running, fly fishing, climbing and getting high-schoolers excited about nature—there isn’t much Reeves can’t do or won’t try. Her first novel, Over This Backbone, was published by Ultimo Press last year, and she’s already planning a second. Interview by photograph by Duncan Fisher.

What adventure are you immersed in right now?
I’ve returned from a three-month hike across Spain and have been throwing myself into repairing my hamstring from an injury, as well as playing with ideas for my next novel.

Can you remember your first adventure?
My first big outdoor adventure, aside from the ones my parents hauled me on, was a 10-day program with an off-grid outdoor education centre in East Gippsland called Mittagundi. I fell in love with the place and it was because of the leaders at Mittagundi that I decided to become an outdoor educator.

How has adventuring shaped your relationship with nature?
I am humbled frequently by the mountains, the ocean and the bush. But when a place is familiar, even when it is unpredictable or unwieldy, it can also be a great source of comfort. Adventuring has allowed me to know myself as part of the environment rather than existing apart from it.

What’s on your bucket list?
I’d like to undertake a PhD in outdoor environmental education, but before I dive in I want to write another book, and I’d also like to run the Australian Alps Walking Track. I find things tend to happen as they will. As long as I keep saying yes to excellent adventures in excellent places with excellent people for excellent reasons, I’m on the right track.

20/06/2024

The latest edition of We Bought a Hotel, a monthly newsletter by the brilliant , has landed in inboxes this morning.

This month Neil writes about the impact of bypasses on country towns - the good and the bad - as he charts his adventures renovating in the lovely small town of Carcoar, NSW.

I loved this edition so much.

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18/06/2024

Cannot get over how beautiful this issue 10 Galah cover by is.

Subscribe or pre-order issue 10 by midnight tonight (18 June) for free shipping. From tomorrow there will be a $10 postage charge.

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Issue 10 is devoted to invention, in all its clever and ingenious forms. Stories include Australia’s mad inventions and eureka moments, why the Franklin Frosties freeze every morning with , the reinvention of Hill End with , how millions of breadtags ended up in Cowra with , Jenny Kee’s lifelong obsession with waratahs , the quest to distil the scents of a garden, and what zero-waste activist did next.

If you’re a print subscriber, sit back and wait for Issue 10 to reach your letterbox mid-July.

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14/06/2024

He’s accustomed to fighting the good fight for farmers and rural Australians. John Warlter brings an impressive career working on rural, regional and agriculture beats for major Australian publishers, deep connections in agribusiness and an affinity for the bush to his most fulfilling role yet as CEO of , a not-for-profit that provides critical support to farmers affected by natural disasters. Interview by

You must have met a lot of regional Australians over your career, John. Can you think of any that you particularly admire?
This one’s a no-brainer. Gail Courte, Rural Aid’s community representative, gives so much of herself in support of others every day. She is humble, authentic and empathetic. I admire her enormously and cannot thank her enough for everything she does.

What was the last thing to take you by surprise?
I went to cast my vote at Queensland’s local government elections this week, and the number of volunteers absolutely stunned me. Never doubt the passion of volunteers at polling stations. You can always rely on rural people to show up for what they believe in – and to show up strong. Ticking the box was the easy part – making it to the front door was another matter entirely.

What are you working on now?
Rural Aid’s annual Long Lunch fundraiser. Our special guest is Golden Guitar-winning artist Josh Arnold, who works with kids in bush communities to create and perform a song for their town or school. The kids have the best time, and I trust our Long Lunch guests will have just as much fun.

13/06/2024

Galah Issue 10 is incoming. We say it every issue, but we think this one is our best issue yet.

Issue 10 is devoted to invention, in all its clever and ingenious forms. Stories include Australia’s mad inventions and eureka moments, why the Franklin Frosties freeze every morning, the reinvention of Hill End, how millions of breadtags ended up in Cowra, Jenny Kee’s lifelong obsession with waratahs, the quest to distil the scents of a garden, and what zero-waste activist Joost Bakker did next.

If you're a print subscriber, sit back and wait for Issue 10 to reach your letterbox mid-July.

If you don't already subscribe, we suggest that you do. Or, if you're not ready to commit to three-issues of Galah a year mailed directly to your door, you can pre-order a copy (for yourself or a gift for loved ones) here: https://shop.galahpress.com/

All subscriptions and pre-orders before 18 June receive free shipping (saving $10).

12/06/2024

It’s usually the kind of hobby a person might take up in later life, but the antique bug bit Jane Crowley at a much younger age. With the help of her father, renowned rummager and antique dealer Athol Salter, an eight-year-old Crowley restored her first vintage piece and sold it for a tidy profit.

Through school, university and her early career, Crowley’s side hustle in antiques endured. Finally, in 2008, Crowley opened the Dirty Janes vintage emporium in Bowral with her father along for the ride. The Dirty Janes empire (just don’t let Crowley catch you calling it that) has since expanded to a second shop in Canberra and a third in Orange, NSW, opened in April. https://dirtyjanes.com/

Interview by Anna Rogan.

How’s the new shop in Orange going?
The community response has been incredible. We have a fantastic team running the store, stallholders selling fabulous vintage finds and Salters Pantry supplies beautiful food and drinks to visitors. So, after 18 months of working to restore the old PCYC building right in the centre of town and bring Dirty Janes to life, I’m finally able to step back just a little bit.

What’s next for you?
We’ve begun working on our October in-store Wine Meets Design events. Maybe another Dirty Janes store? Maybe another book? I’d love to spend more time on my writing. I’ve got so many more stories to tell about Athol’s buying adventures in the 1970s and 1980s and my own adventures with my husband in the UK.

What lessons have you learnt from creating the Dirty Janes empire?
I’m not sure “empire” is an apt word—I prefer “community”, as that’s what we are. It is probably one of the most beautiful lessons I’ve learned over the past 15 years: that if you give people from all walks of life common ground, beautiful friendships and great synergies can be born.

Where should we go in Orange?
See what’s on at the Orange Regional Gallery and the Orange Civic Arts Centre. Stay at the Byng Street Boutique Hotel or the Oriana. Eat at the Oriana’s Peacock Room, Old Union Bank Café, or Byng St Local Store. Shop at Jumbled in the Sonic, The White Place or Hawkes General Store.

09/06/2024

Welcome to Galah Weekly, our newsy newsletter keeping you up to date with regional headlines that matter, plus other delightful things from life beyond the city. By Anna Rogan who is hungry for a rhinestone-encrusted tomahawk steak with a laser light show.

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07/06/2024

As artistic director of@roundaboutheatre in northern NSW, Valley Lipcer creates theatre for young audiences and transforms public spaces into new worlds of community, exploration, imagination and play. Lipcer’s latest work, Understory, engages young people in science, nature and magical realism as they find clues, solve riddles, climb through portals, and listen to chattering mycelium, grumbling rocks and whispering trees in Lismore Botanical Gardens. Interview by

Of all the hats you wear, which do you enjoy the most?
Theatre maker. Particularly the very beginning of the creative process when there’s time to experiment, play, improvise and dream as big as I want.

During 25 years of theatre work, what’s your most memorable performance?
In my 20s I travelled the world with a street theatre company called Strange Fruit. I performed on top of four-metre-high sway poles at hundreds of art festivals, mostly in amazing old city squares. I loved those sites and how the show was transformed by the architectural backdrop, the skies and the different audiences.

Any memorable shows you’ve experienced as an audience member?
One work that I still think about very regularly is Afterlife by French and Mottershead. I experienced the work through headphones with a small group on a tiny boat at night, listening to a graphic account of how a body decays in the ocean after death—amazing.

What can grown-ups learn from young people?
Kids remind us how to play and enjoy our imaginations. When my kids were younger their questions to me about the world were so pure and interesting and poetic. They taught me how precious curiosity is and the amazing places it can take us.

Any final wise words to share?
Stay curious, embrace wonder, play and be gentle and kind to yourself and other beings—human and non-human.

05/06/2024

Ten years ago, Golden Guitar-winning country music star Josh Arnold stepped out of the spotlight to let rural kids take centre stage. Arnold treks to outback schools where he collaborates with local kids and communities to write, perform and film songs about their home towns. These small-town anthems leave a legacy long after Arnold has left for his next stop on this unique Australian tour. Interview by Emma Hearnes.

Where do you call home?
I live in Toowoomba, but my work takes me all over Australia. On my last big trip I travelled through outback Qld and wrote songs for the rural towns of Muttaburra, Isisford, Stonehenge and Jundah. For three of the videos, the whole town showed up in the main street for the final scenes—amazing community spirit.

Do you have an anthem?
Small Town is my anthem to growing up in Tara in western Qld. Coming from a small town inspires me to do what I do. I wrote it after I’d been working in schools for 10 years. It’s so important for the kids from out west to feel part of something and feel pride in who they are and where they come from. I believe that my songs and videos are leaving a legacy for people and their communities.

Which country musician should we be listening to?
Slim Dusty was the music man of Australian country. Unlike a lot of Aussie artists today, Slim sounds Australian, and he sang authentic songs with authentic Australian stories. He stayed true to this until the end.

What’s your mantra?
Always stay young at heart and never forget what it’s like to be a kid. Not only does this help me relate to the kids I get to work with—I really just feel like one of them when I’m in a school—but also seeing everything with the fresh eyes and enthusiasm of a child is the best way to stay creative.

02/06/2024

Welcome to Galah Weekly, our newsy newsletter keeping you up to date with regional headlines that matter, plus other delightful things from life beyond the city. By Anna Rogan who continues to do her bit to address the oversupply of Australian wine.

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31/05/2024

Stealing flowers from her neighbour’s garden was the start of Cara Simpson’s journey from a living death to a new life. In 2017 she spent almost a year in hospital with a brain infection, eventually being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and neurosarcoidosis. She credits nature for helping her make sense of the world through a challenging rehabilitation. Interview by photo by

Where do you live and work?
My home is on the lands of the Wakka Wakka nation in the small regional community of Haden in southern Qld. It’s a beautiful area of small farms, pockets of bushland, and rolling hills. My partner Michael and I live on a farm in a converted shearing shed with our two dogs, Alfie and Ada.

What's been absorbing your attention lately?
I’ve just finished my first major solo exhibition in over a decade. It’s been nearly seven years in the making and is a multi-sensory exhibition exploring the wonder of plants. It was exhibited at the University of Southern Queensland Art Gallery and I’m looking to tour it around regional Australia. I’ve also started a contract with The Condensery, at Somerset Regional Council, as the curator of its inaugural Environment Biennial, and I’m studying a law degree.

In your multi-sensory work, what sense are you honing next?
Over the past year I’ve been developing skills in perfumery for my creative practice. I’m interested in recreating bushland scents around me. It is a practice steeped in deep listening, Earth admiration, and plant love.

Who is a regional artist we should know about?
Ben Tupas based on Giabal, Jarowair and Western Wakka Wakka land (Toowoomba) is an artist working with video, photography, and graphic design. At the heart of his practice are human stories grounded in place. I love that Ben’s experiments with materials and techniques create a sense of physical and metaphorical weaving – like the threads of a story being drawn together.

29/05/2024

Shanna Whan OAM has had a remarkable journey from almost losing her life to alcohol addiction in 2015 to becoming Australian of the Year for her work at Sober in the Country in 2022. Through Whan’s tireless advocacy, Sober in the Country has grown from an online blog into a nationally respected grassroots not-for-profit organisation, shifting the conversation about alcohol in regional Australia and saving lives in the process. Interview by Emma Hearnes photo by Pip Williams Photographer.

Where do you live and work?
Home for me is Maules Creek, a bush village in northwestern NSW flanked by Nandewar Ranges. My husband, Tim, and I live in a little church-turned-home, but soon we plan to relocate right under the mountains to a properly wild space.

Sober in the Country has been operating for almost 10 years. How did it start?
It feels like yesterday I was sitting on the back step, a newly sober 40-year-old wondering what on God's green earth I'd do with my life. I wholeheartedly credit Tim for propelling me forward. Finally one day I sat down with a big piece of butcher's paper, wrote down the words ''stuff that I am good at'' and created my dream job. I worked for free for the first five years, until we became a charity and gained generous support.

Your work has inspired countless regional Australians. Who inspires you?
Catherine Marriott OAM, Leila McDougall, Fiona Simson and Olympia Yarger are all incredibly inspiring women in agriculture who have become good friends. They are all leaders in their field (pardon the pun) who have carved their way in a traditionally male-dominated space and in the face of immense challenges and adversity.

Have you had any moments of meaning lately?
I recently spent three long, dusty, wonderful days helping out at our local Maules Creek Campdraft, which is quickly becoming known as one of the best on the circuit. Once I finally got home and switched off, I reflected on how incredibly important and meaningful it is to be part of such a beautiful community and feel at home. I used to always be running, from myself it turned out, and alas wherever I ran to, there I was. I’m approaching 50, with roots now firmly down for the first time in my entire life. I am home.

26/05/2024

Welcome to Galah Weekly, our newsy newsletter keeping you up to date with regional headlines that matter, plus other delightful things from life beyond the city. By who personally loves a hot pink trout.

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24/05/2024

Ngen’gi wumirri artist Kieren Karritpul works and lives in Nauiyu on the Daly River, NT. Hailing from a long line of acclaimed creatives, Karritpul won the prestigious Ramsay Art Prize in 2021, and his works feature in public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia and Parliament House in Canberra. When he's not creating, Karritpul works at the Merrepen Arts Centre, a hub of Aboriginal artistic excellence in Nauiyu. Interview by photo by

Tell me about life in Nauiyu.
In my community, our land is a part of everything we do and feel – it nurtures us and protects us. Each day we hunt for food: collecting, gathering, and fishing. It’s a daily ritual that I have followed all my life. When I was young, I went with my elders, learning our ways, and now I take others out and teach them. When I’m out in the bush, I feel free and connected to the earth and my ancestors.

Who inspires you?
I really admire my mother, Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart OAM, who is an artist and linguist. She paints weaves and works on linguistic projects. Her work has been featured in many publications and exhibitions, including Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney.

You have an impressive CV, what have you added to it this year?
In January, I was invited to participate in Colomboscope, a contemporary art festival and creative platform in Sri Lanka. Thanks to sponsorship from Melbourne University and the Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka, I participated as an artist, ran two workshops and gave a few public talks. It was amazing visiting an Asian country for the first time and meeting artists from all over the world.

I also recently got a Flourish Grant from Creative Australia to visit Maningrida, an Aboriginal community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region, and share my knowledge and skills with other artists—another amazing experience. I feel so lucky that my profession allows me the freedom to travel and learn from these visits.

09/05/2024

The second instalment of “We bought a hotel”, a newsletter by charting his adventures renovating an old hotel in a small country town, has landed in Galah inboxes this morning. Today, Neil writes (beautifully) about the challenges of living away from his family.

“When I think about the times I most treasured with my father, we were not at the circus or some elaborate birthday party with a petting zoo and a cake that looked like a diorama and cost more than a house. We were in the garden or cutting firewood. For the rest of the week, he was down a hole for 12 hours a day. He was a coal miner. I’m certain he missed every school play, which was my goal, too. I adored him. It was quality time, not quantity time.”

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Ps, Neil has also included a project update on the building works which, like all renovations junkies - aspirational or real - I loved. Paint colours, DAs and bespoke wall mural dreaming.

Thanks to and and to our newsletter partner

06/05/2024

In what could be the greatest love child to come out of , one of the country’s biggest ag companies has teamed up with .press and to bring you Faces of Beef.

This week, here on Insta and over in Galah’s Sunday newsletter, we’ll bring you the stories behind the 100,000-plus visitors from all over the world who roll into Rocky for the triennial week-long, internationally-recognised symposium that celebrates all things beef.

We’ll be chatting with everyone from billionaire cattle barons and multi-generational family producers, to scientists, school kids, chefs, pollies and all the colourful characters in between. After all, it’s the people beneath the hats and behind the $23 billion industry who make this event what it is.

And there’s no greater business in Aus than to help us tell those stories that matter. Nutrien has been a part of rural Australia for 180 years, with generations of experience making them go-to experts for all things ag, including precision farming services, marketing livestock and wool, agricultural services, water, finance, insurance, merchandise and real estate.

Standby folks, prime beef content coming your way soon.

06/05/2024

I don’t go to church but I do go to bookstores. I love bookstores. Not home, not work, but these third spaces where everyone is welcome. And they have books.

I met my first serious boyfriend at a bookstore (my friends and family called The Bookshop Boy for our whole relationship).

A bookstore, specifically Ann Patchett’s bookstore in Nashville, was the reason I opened a Galah shop in Tenterfield. The way she spoke about making a place in her community where everyone is welcome felt so important to me.

My own shopkeeping days didn’t last long. Retail is hard. I take my hat off to shop keepers out there who can make it work.

There’s a particularly wonderful bookshop on the Northern Beaches in Sydney called . It sells a terrific mix of books and magazines, but also coffee and pastries. And it hosts loads of author events AND live music. It’s a hub of humanity and creativity, serving its local community.

Bookoccino is putting on an event for my Galah book this weekend. They’ve hired the gorgeous Avalon Sailing Club shed overlooking Pittwater, pictured here. They’ve got the chef making a delicious long lunch. The brilliant Kate Watson from will be on the 🎤 interviewing me and there’ll be some special Galah guests from the book and magazines in the crowd. I am so moved by the effort Bookoccino has made to shine a light on my book.

There are about 12 tickets left. If you’re in Sydney, please come and join us on Mother’s Day to support this wonderful bookstore. I can’t wait. You can find tickets via the link in bio. And I’ll put it up in stories too.

We all should be so lucky to have a Bookoccino in our town. Thank you Team Bookoccino. ❤️

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W e are ramping things up on your Monday mornings, Galah friends. Editor-at-Large @ryan.butta has finally returned to Australia from Italy (for the best … I couldn’t handle seeing his Italian food photos for much longer) to take over Galah’s weekly newsy newsletter. His brief was to create a fun, joyful and informative newsletter in praise of regional Australia. It kicks off tomorrow morning at 7am. It’s free and all you have to do to get it is sign up via the newsletter link in our bio. Our aim is to delight you, not annoy you, so when you sign up you can choose how you want Galah to show up in your inbox. Whether that’s the weekly newsletter, my fortnightly letter or Galah marketing emails - or all - the choice is yours. I am determined to create emails that are entirely different from your normal marketing stuff that clogs up your inboxes. I want to make our newsletters joyful, treasured things in themselves. Jump on board.

We got a bit ahead of ourselves when we said pre-orders for Galah issue 05 close today. Our printer is going to need a bit more time, which means pre-orders will now close on Wednesday, 6 April, and all subscriptions and pre-orders will be posted on April 13th. Sorry for the delay, but it will be worth the wait. Galah’s Make Australia Make Again issue is full of questions like ‘what can we make today?’ ‘What will serve us?’ And, perhaps most importantly, ‘what will satisfy us?’ We sit down with manufacturers, artists and economists, with saddlers and woodworkers and cooks. We quit work, we visit a town as it reverses it’s boom-to-bust past. We watch millions of dollars pour into the arts across regional Australia. We meet a woman who thinks nothing of hand stitching a quilt for six months, we visit an artist in a banana packing shed, we deck out an old train carriage with modern Australian fabrics. We fall in love over persimmons and we make a garden from scratch. Our regulars Meg Mason, Gabrielle Chan, Fiona Bateman, Mark McGinness and Aunty Maude are joined by a new kid on the block .. a seasoned regional GP, who sends dispatches from his remote posts. He describes himself as grumpy but his letters are full of love. Make a beeline for this issue celebrating all things regional Australia. Cover image: an untitled work by Arthur Boyd, used with the permission of @bundanontrust @_sarah_barrett @ryan.butta @giota_letsios @fionabatemanart @megbignell @gabriellechanwrites @onthethreads @toniclarkestudio @elisehassey @ceridavid @photographybypip @markmcginnesswrites @belindajefferyfood @beaujohnstone @jillian.kilby @yourexchange.co @losttrades @fotokroh @samscoufos @bechelamer @rainham_flowers @house_of_delapre @scribbledbylucy @murraart @thegardencurator @theplanthunter @brockstar64 @hughstewart_ @annaspiro @ec.collective_ @leantimms @flore_vallery_radot @wildflorastudio @themarketcat @moniquelovick.photography @pinkmoon_farm @bundanontrust @ngunu

Issue 4 is all about water. It’s a bumper summer issue - 176 pages - our biggest ever - with no advertising. What do you do then nothing is certain? When tectonic plates shift, when it doesn’t rain, when rules change and when marriages end? Editor @annabellehickson visits the Murray River community of Barham on the NSW-Victoria border to try to find some answers. Author and journalist @gabriellechanwrites , with her idiosyncratic clarity, explores our water trading system and wonders if applying the free market philosophy to it is a good thing. We introduce ‘Come for Lunch’, a new, regular section by cook, author and all-round delight @belindajefferyfood . Each issue Belinda will put together a menu for us and suggest, in her kind and not-short-on-detail way, what to cook for a group of friends. Jill Wran is best known as a public figure - wife of the late NSW Premier Neville Wran - and as a literary agent, but her great private passion is plants. We visit Jill in her garden on the New South Wales Central Coast and marvel at the beauty of her private retreat from a public life. And then we hop on a light plane and head to Haggerstone Island, 600km north of Cairns, nestled amongst the colourful reefs and pristine waters of the Great Barrier Reef. From above, the island looks uninhabited. There are no roads, cars, or shops; nothing but sandy paths, trees and huts that blend into the island’s treeline. At the other end of the country, writer @maggiemackellar_ hitches a ride with the mail plane to Flinders Island, Tasmania, and discovers that getting lost can be the best method of finding your way. @annabelcrabb writes about falling in love with the porcelain work of @honor.freeman , an artist who slip-casts relics of domestic life like old bars of soap to honour the memories of those who left them behind. And this is just the beginning. This issue is an absolute cracker. Order your copy now.

Galah has just taken out launch of the year AND editor of the year at the @mumbrella_aus publish awards and we have gone absolutely crazy. Team Galah you are everything @_sarah_barrett @giota_letsios @ryan.butta @categilpinwrites Wendy Barrett, Melody Lord and Michael Sykes.

Issue 3 is on the printing press. Pre-orders with free shipping close tomorrow at midday. You don’t want to miss out on this issue. Get out of your head and into regional Australia. Thank you to @newlightvisuals for the video. #galahpress #galah #australia #buyfromthebush #lockdownrelief #independentpublishing @buyfromthebush

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