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Sweet Spot

GROWING UP IN Adelaide, Luan and Wendy both fondly recall backyards brimming with fruit trees and the crisp, crunchy bounty they offered. The couple craved a similar experience for their own children, Vinh, 13, and Van, 10, and a place they could retreat to from the city, where Luan works as a cardiologist, so they began exploring properties in the Adelaide Hills.

Then in 2016, on a weekend bike ride with a friend, Luan, 46, rolled into the historic village of Mylor. “It was just lovely,” he says. “We weren’t too familiar with that area – like most people, we would go up to Hahndorf and Stirling and not much further. When

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