Your name and where are you from Carrie Bourke. I live in a beautiful valley called Derrymore, 25 kms southeast of Toowoomba Why do you live where you live? I love wide open spaces and so we have a small property with cattle, a few horses and my beloved 3 chooks and cat who is …
Bundaberg strawberry farmer Tina McPherson wasn’t born into the ‘community of exceptional women’ she considers a privilege to be a part of. That community is of rural, regional and remote women across Queensland who, like Tina, are making their own impact and drawing from their own exceptional legacies and stories. Tina’s own story is rich …
A deep, personal understanding about challenges farmers face every day drives Aussie Helpers CEO Tash Kocks to continue the leadership her father started in providing primary producers immediate, critical help. Brian and Nerida Egan, from Dalby, started Aussie Helpers in 2002 and since the charity has helped more than 15,000 Australian farmers in times of …
Hello, my name is Bullecourt Barbara. I know, it’s a bit of a mouthful, but my heritage dictates that I be named after a property in the Tambo district. If it’s good enough for Prince George to have received one, then I’m fine with that, however my friends have started calling me Barb. I am …
It was on a gap year on a Julia Creek cattle station where Majella Nolan learned for the first time what it meant to travel ‘to town’, the value of community and a bit about herself and remote Australia. Having grown up in a village in the Blue Mountains, Majella found herself driving 180km on …
At the gate of a farming property in Julia Creek, a mailbox is stuffed with little luxuries hand delivered from the city – small treats the woman who lives at the farm otherwise wouldn’t buy for herself. Felicity Abell doesn’t know the family who lives at the property. She could see the farmhouse in the …
A haven for locals and travellers in one of Queensland’s most productive agricultural regions, Carly Clark’s farm stay business is the product of rich experiences, a love of small towns and a conscious focus on sustainability. A mum of five, a wildlife carer and business owner, Carly grew up in rural New South Wales before …
Selling joy and living in paradise – Brooke Kimberley and her family were looking for somewhere to expand their aquatics businesses when they found home in Bundaberg. It was 2018 when Brooke, husband Dan and their two young boys packed up their lives in Darwin and set off to find a place for their third …
With thanks to Nadine Kurtz, Melinee Leather, Melanie Shannon, Pip Galloway, Monica Anderson, Alana Carter and Ruth Wagner, Barfield Road Producer Group, Banana Why do you live where you live? There’s productive cattle country, people and diverse opportunities in the area. Where’s your nearest doctor and grocery store? Moura How far are your …
Julie Mayne, Dulacca Why do you live where you live? After 30 years living and working in western Queensland, I settled here with my two young children. It’s the community, services and locality that I love! Where’s your nearest doctor and grocery store? About an hours drive away. How far are your nearest neighbours? About …
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