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  • Your Home and Garden

    PLOTTING THEIR ESCAPE

    Mar 16, 2022 3 minutes

    Meet & greet

    Julie (barrister) and Sean Granger (environmental operations manager), Laird, 11, and Tilly, eight.

    Standing on a narrow, dusty road in a picturesque hinterland, Julie Granger’s heart was in her throat. Half her dream home, a 1900s historic house, was on the back of a truck, precariously crossing a creek over a single lane bridge. “We were watching to make sure it wouldn’t fall off,” the barrister explains.

    Timber homes, such as this classic example, are common in the subtropical region of her childhood. “I love old houses, their history, and the

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