A little bit of everything
Tony and Jenny Maddern first appeared in the Northern Valleys News in early 2014, in a cover story focusing on the fruitful Kensington Pride...
Skin deep success at Challara
In the early nineties, tired of chasing fly blown sheep around their Badgingarra farm, Peter Wilkinson and his father Ron of Challara Poll Merino...
Beermullah Lake left high and dry
“We won’t know if what is happening has been detrimental until the damage has occurred.”
Gingin Water Group secretary Sue Pedrick’s comment is referring to...
A zest for business at Moora Chamber of Commerce’s sundowner!
Julie Walsh
We get asked a number of questions at the Moora Chamber of Commerce. One recent question was, “Why do we hold Sundowners?”
On March...
Hay history reaps rewards
In the Bible, chaff is considered the most humble of wheat products, containing little to no value. Yet for the Turner family – the...
Back to the future
Throughout the West Australian grainbelt shimmering crops of wheat, barley, canola and oats stretch as far as the eye can see – glowing liquid...
A passion for provenance
For Courtney Bayliss at Gingin Premium Meats, the path from paddock to plate is shorter than most. The supply chain from her family farm...
Sweet spot
The Oversby family of Bindoon are expecting a bumper harvest of their magnificent mandarins this season after a disappointing year in 2019 yielded them...
Zest for tourism!
Golden Grove Orchard, the historic citrus producer nestled in the Chittering Valley, is poised to become a major player in the WA tourism market....
Get set, mango!
The signs of mango madness are starting to appear in the town of Bindoon as the Bindoon Primary School community gets set for the...
From farm to fork
When Brad Alp’s grandfather Gordon Alp first began farming Wakedale Farm back in the 1940’s, there’s no doubt his family and farm workers would...
The splendour of an olive tree
The air is hot and dry up on Regans Ridge. Although views over the scarp stretch almost to the sea, the breeze is warm...
