Just the tonic for Gingin
The town of Gingin has a passionate new ally in James Young, founder of Old Young’s Distillery and creator of the just-begging-to-be-made Gingin Gin.
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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...
An Australian wildflower visionary
Passers by the For Sale sign outside Lullfitz Nursery on Great Northern Hwy just south of Bindoon could conclude that the owner of the...
Bread Winner
Long before everyone was swapping sourdough starters as a pandemic project, Jade Ottway had a keen interest in fermenting foods for nutritional benefits. This...
Gin find its spiritual home in Gingin
While a gin made in Gingin may seem obvious, it took just the right person to bring it to life, a champion distiller and...
Good eye for genetics
At this year’s Bindoon and Districts Agricultural Show, Dale Jansen of Fernwood Farm is proud as a parent as she parades a pair of...
From the garden of Eeden
What began as a plan to improve pollination in their vegetable patch has blossomed into a sweet business for Arno and Rene van Eeden...
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...
Sunlight into wine
It was 1937 when Kevin Nesci’s grandfather Cosmo set out from the tip of the boot in Italy – Calabria – seeking a new...
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...
Heavenly hives
This month Tina Mettam is celebrating 4 years at the helm of West Coast Honey, the shop front honey business she has run since...
Pass the salt
When Russell Bradshaw first sighted the brackish marshlands of Maldon, the British birthplace of the world-renowned sea salt of the same name, he was...
