COAT OF MANY COLOURS

The passage of the seasons is marked by a kaleidoscope of colour at Bebeah in the NSW Blue Mountains.

- KIRSTY MCKENZIE

With the 20/20 vision of hindsight, Barry Byrne says buying property at Mount Wilson was probably the worst business decision he has ever made. “In 1992 I could have bought an inner-Sydney house for $300,000,” he says. “Today it would be worth millions, or multi-millions if I’d been a developer and put a skyscraper on it. But instead, I bought Bebeah. A townhouse may not have given me as much pleasure, but it certainly would have left me richer.”