Jun 5, 2026 – 12.25pmWhen Sydney-based food-packaging entrepreneur Ted Nathan and his wife Jenny visited their friend’s country weekender more than 15 years ago they soon wanted in on this bucolic slice of paradise an hour’s drive from Sydney’s upper north shore.“Tim would invite us up to Yarramalong Valley, and we’d go to his property,” Nathan told AFR Weekend of he and Jenny’s weekend trips with their four kids to spend time with Tim Hughes and his young family.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles