Maude a champion at the Royal
Goat enthusiasts Diana and Petrina Porter from Vitae Lampadae Stud, Bullsbrook, were thrilled with the results from their second year exhibiting at the Perth...
East meets West in Gingin
When Peter Jones and his family bought a twice-failed yabby farm in Muckenburra in 2003, the many large, cracked, concrete ponds cried out for...
Young Wongan Hills cattleman champions UltraBlacks in WA
Entrepreneurial young cattleman Albie Bookham is a pioneer of the UltraBlack breed here in WA, bringing over a starter herd of 29 cattle from...
Building the herd
Melinda Brown, owner of Toffee Woods Alpacas admits to making every mistake in the book when she first got into Alpacas. Since then she...
Wildflower wonderland
It was almost forty years ago that Maureen and Clive Tonkin received their first cheque for wildflower royalties. Back then they never would have...
Solar power success story
When Amber Neuman built herself a new house on her 74 acre property in Beermullah last year she opted to go completely off-grid for...
Painting the town orange
It’s impossible to imagine how self-confessed chronic volunteer, twenty-nine-year old Elizabeth (Liz) Brennan squeezes in her smorgasbord of voluntary commitments alongside her ‘real’ jobs...
Raspberry fields forever
As dawn breaks over the sea of polytunnels at Costa Group’s newest berry farm west of Gingin, a tide of workers arrive on site...
Home-grown hams
For most of us, a delicious glazed ham will be the centerpiece of our Christmas table – but where does our ham hail from?...
Finessing the fleece
Chris Pietraszek was hooked the first time she discovered the unique softness and warmth of alpaca fleece. “I walked into the Toodyay Alpaca Shop...
Heifer Quality on the Rise in Gingin
The annual Gingin Heifer Competition was held last week on 16 April 2015. Competition was intense with 12 local breeders bringing a high standard...
Angus Bull sold for $10,500 at Gingin Sale
The 27th annual Gingin sale on the 5th March was a day of celebration and optimism. A record number of people attended the show
and...
