Escape To The Country

Emma Goodsir and Bernard Galbally switched life in the city for a rural paradise

- Jacky Parker

We moved from Melbourne on a bit of a whim,’ says jewellery designer and gallery owner Emma Goodsir. ‘We’d had our first child and I’d started thinking about moving to the country, but my husband, Bernard, is a born and bred townie and I thought he’d go crazy living somewhere more remote.’ However, Emma decided to start looking for a suitable home anyway. ‘I drove out to the countryside and viewed this house; it was tired, draughty and pretty ordinary, but it was surrounded by four acres of land and I liked the views of Mount Macedon,’ says Emma. ‘So I called Bernard with the news that I’d potentially found our home.’