500 communities, 1300 volunteers cris-crossing rural and remote Australia offering everything from diaster support to a friendly ear and a cuppa. Meet this week's inspiring woman, Davida Melksham of Outback Links. This Like so many other women who wear many hats, I often struggle to come up with a suitable introduction. Quite simply, it is [...]
There is something about mustering cattle that gets into your bones. The steady clop of hoofs, crisp winter mornings, the joy of working with animals and being out in the bush. Of course the romanticism can wear off pretty quickly when the temperture is at freezing level and a nasty southerly is ripping around your [...]
West Australian, Catherine Marriott heads Influential Women an organisation committed to creating conversations that connect urban and rural populations by building confidence, capacity and skills in people. Catherine's ability to embrace change at all levels and her passion for the agricultural industry makes her one of Australia's inspiring women. Unafraid of tackling the 'red hot' subjects [...]
Today we head south to Sydney to meet inspirational woman, Danica Leys. Last year Danica was awarded the NSW/ACT Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC) Rural Women's Award for her vision and commitment to a vibrant primary industries sector. Danica, a former agronomist, co-created AgChatOz, an online forum which discusses rural issues across Australia every tuesday night [...]
Welcome to Jenn J McLeod. A city girl by birth, she left Sydney and a corporate role in communications and PR and moved to a small coastal town in 2004 with plans to soak up a little café culture and concentrate on writing and a new life in the country. Jenn's debut novel, A House For All Seasons [...]
Greg Barron writes ripping thrillers and his latest Savage Tide has all the hallmarks of equalling last years super sucessful Rotten Gods. Greg is touring extensively over the next four months so do check out his website and pop along to one of his talks. I'm sure you will be entertained. Today Greg blogs about [...]
Welcome to Georgie Somerset of the South Burnett region, QLD. Farmer and consumate communicator, an Inspirational Woman. "I have always loved words - I wrote my first chapter book in about year 5 - and after falling into working in tourism marketing and promotions, I developed a knack for working with the media and also [...]
Get Reading National Touring Programme. One of the unexpected joys of having books out in the public domain is meeting readers, which probably sounds crazy, but I hadnt thought past getting a book published. Ive spent the last month crisscrossing Australia as part of the Get Reading Programme. Its been exhilarating, enlivening, exhausting and, at [...]
Welcome to the first in a new series of guest blogs featuring inspirational regional, rural and remote women. Over the coming weeks you'll meet dedicated, passionate women from all corners of Australia. Most are farmers and graziers, carving niches in their chosen fields with determination, but there are an equal number offering vital services across the bush. You'll [...]
If you watched Paper Giants on the ABC recently you may have stumbled across the name Susan Duncan, ex-editor of the Australian Women's Weekly and author of some wonderful books including her memoir, Salvation Creek. With the 'magazine wars' garnering attention courtesy of this latest TV show it seemed timely to ask Susan to drop by. [...]