Harper sits on the porch just off the entrance. James notes that the children spend their time “swimming in the dam, feeding the chickens, and riding their ponies or bikes. It’s really just the simple stuff that we had when we grew up in the late ’70s and ’80s." Photo 4 of 11 in Take it Outside With These 11 Spring-Friendly Deck Spaces from Living Simply on a Lush Australian Estate

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A family home on Australia’s Mornington Peninsula is built to blend in with its lakeside setting. Harper sits on the porch just off the entrance. James notes that the children spend their time "swimming in the dam, feeding the chickens, and riding their ponies or bikes. It’s really just the simple stuff that we had when we grew up in the late ’70s and ’80s."