Australian Country

BY A BILLABONG

here are no rules in Ray and Rhonda Stamp’s garden beyond ‘don’t block the view of the paddock’. The Stamps have lived on the outskirts of Wangaratta in Victoria’s north-east since they bought a seven-acre (three-hectare) block almost 30 years ago. They farm Angus cattle on a property that’s been in Ray’s family for generations and is within sight of their backyard. Rhonda also grew up on the land, though in her case it was on the other side of the

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