By August 2004 Cole was living in the Central Coast region with other country musicians nearby including Kasey Chambers, Jeffreys and McCormack, Lyn Bowtell and Adam Harvey: the artists call the local area, Hillbilly Heaven. Albeck, Bowtell, Jeffreys and McCormack have assisted Cole on her albums. As of April 2012 Cole lived in Copacabana, New South Wales. In July of that year she revealed that she is a lesbian on ABC-TV series, "Australian Story". In October 2013 Cole was the inaugural ambassador for the Adelaide-based Feast Festival and in the following month she presented her show, "The Queer of Country". She explained to Suzie Keen of "InDaily" that "I was concerned that there may be a lack of understanding towards my sexuality. How wrong I was. What Australians appreciate more than anything is honesty".