Company

Kate Greenwood has always had an itch. An itch to make and create. But as is often the case, it took a while for her to take her urge to make things seriously. From her home near Molong in Central New South Wales, Kate cuts, rolls and bakes, fabulously colourful earrings and accessories, under her label Greenwood Designs which now boasts more than 14,000 followers on Instagram – and can be found i...

Kristy McGregor was born on a 1 acre block in Camden now on the outskirts of Sydney. She's the lady behind New Zealand's, Shepherdess the rural womens brand including a magazine, events, live social media get-togethers and more. If this isn't enough to pique your interest, let me tell you that although Kristy now lives in NZ, a huge part of her heart in Australia's outback. She helped pioneer the...

Today’s guest, Denise McClelland Yates from Grenfell in central west New South Wales, rings true precisely the sort of women I want to tap into: ambitious women living in rural Australia. Denise has never let the fact that she lives in a small – yet strong – rural community hold her back. She’s worked so many careers - and after this chat –and most things she turns her hand to she becomes a master...

Today’s guest is someone you want to put on your online shopping list. Even if you don’t put anything in the cart, the wonders that Lucinda Newton works with her hands are just beautiful. Her brand is Luone, a handcrafted jewellery business with pieces that are timeless and 100% stunning. Lou says she always been obsessed with jewellery. Since childhood, she’s eyed off the jewellery of every woman...

The Bread Tag Project started when Shani Nottingham's boys were hungry and devouring tonnes of bread a week and leaving the bread tags all over the kitchen. Shani's creative mind naturally took over - and she decided this was going to be her point of difference as an artist. That was almost four years ago and now The Bread Tag project has become a huge beast, fuelled by bread tags send to Shani, i...

This is a story about taking a rundown building in the main street of a country town – and being bold with it to create a beautiful space that people will travel hours to experience. I can think of many country towns that have spaces like this – all they need is someone creative to take hold – and I can also think of many women living in rural towns with the style, nous and grit to do this. Elise...

In the main street of the southern NSW town of Crookwell you'll find a small building stocked with rows and rows of colourful socks, some are thick and fluffy, others are thin and refined. Out the back green machines plug away, to make the heritage socks, sewing, shaping and creating some of the most beautiful feet warmers in the country. The Linder Family of Lindner Quality Socks has been making...

Today I’ve decided to bring you a little bonus episode for two reasons. I think today’s guest is a pretty cool chick and someone you need to know and I thought it was a good chance to tell you about the Women Behind Wool initiative that myself and my very good friend Penny Ashby are running right now. For the next six weeks of so – we want you follow our @womenbehindwool on Instagram – and then ta...

As you know this Series of Company has been brought to you with support from Amanda at the The Grampians Goods Co and this interview was her idea and I’m so glad she alerted me to these two women. Former journalist Kirsten Diprose and founder of Rural Women’s Day Jackie Elliot sound they are - in their own rights - busy women beyond belief, with heads that bubble with ideas that later somehow see...

My guest today is the co-owner of The Grenfell Collective. A beautiful co-working space in Grenfell in central west New South Wales. Dr Belinda Mahwinney and her partner Ant Dixon took on this venture – to solve a personal problem, Belinda wanted a space where she could work in town, and they both wanted to create a modern, stylish environment to number one: hold client meetings but also to inspir...

The crazy lovely artist Zoe Young is my guest today. As a child – Zoe and her family moved around with the seasons – this meant a circuit of 3 primary schools, one in Sydney, one at Crackenback near the Snowy Mountains and one in the NSW Southern Highlands. All came with their separate cultures, surroundings and group of friends and colourful community characters. As a result the spectrum of child...

Victoria McGrane of the Scenic Route is a daydreamer with a big imagination and she's at her best when she's surrounded by nature, so it makes perfect sense that she runs her textile business The Scenic Route from the road in 'Daisy' her converted 1990 Toyota Coaster.

Today’s guest is total sunshine and I cannot believe the size of the empire she has built from regional Australia. Kristy Withers is the founder of Incy Interiors, a multi-million dollar designer kids furniture business based Orange. Kristy grew up as one of four children on a sheep farm in Oberon. She took the skills gained from working St George Bank and in marketing and advertising for EBay bef...

Welcome back! After a long hiatus here I'm pleased to tell you that the next 6 episodes will be brought to you in partnership with the Grampians Goods Co. I’ve been lucky enough to get to know the women behind this brand Amanda Cochran as a part of this partnership – and when you hear her story I know that you’ll be on board with her too. While she didn't grow up in the country, she has grown to l...

Today’s guest is a 15 year old business entrepreneur from Greenethrope in central west New South Wales. Sienna Capra has just launched her own brand of Tea for teenagers, called Spill The Tea Co. She launched it from the comfort of her room at boarding school, winged by a gang of girls cheerleading her on, and helping to taste test, critique and perfect the taste and feel of her product – which is...

I was unaware of the work of today’s guest until only a week or two ago. Mea Campbell of Connected AU is real go-getter. You’ll know what I mean when you hear her story. Last year, Tarnished by drought, her husband and young family made the tough decision to leave the community of Burren Junction in far western New South Wales and relocate to Dubbo. I mean as if a big move with your family isn’t e...

Liza Ratliff grew up an only child in the small rural town of Barraba in north western New South Wales - even in childhood she was good at the hussle, writing letters to magazine editors and newspaper bosses to see if she could one day work for them. It paid off. She's now the Head of Podcasts at Australia's leading womens podcasting network Mamamia, working alongside the esteemed Mia Freeman. Jus...

From two ovens in her home kitchen (all council approved) in Inverell, NSW, Edwina Mill has handmade over 26,000 personalised biccies in the last 12 months. Her business Sprinkle and Bake was featured on Buy From the Bush almost 12 months to the day – taking it to some mind blowingly dizzy heights within hours. You can Edwina at www.sprinkleandbake.com.au and under the same name in Instagram and F...

If you love country living then today’s guest will be another than needs no introduction. It's Claire Dunne the editor of Graziher magazine. At the age of just 22, fed up with the fact that no editors would commission her stories on rural women, she decided to go it alone and start own publication - she was living with her mum and dad on their family farm in Queensland, and pulled together the fir...

Right now here in Australia many of us are being plunged back into lockdown due to COVID-19 and for many the second time around is harder, more isolating and more mentally challenging. But what if you’d never left isolation? Today's guest, west Australian dairy farmer Tahlia McSwain has been stuck on a boat (a live export boat) in a port in South Africa for more than 100 days – after their plans t...

I’m honoured to say the least to have been able to interview today’s guest. It’s the former editor-in-chief Country Style Magazine Victoria Carey. I occasionally write for Country Style magazine – this has been a dream of mine since I was child. I wanted to so badly to become a part of the pages of the magazine that seemed to be so revered by family and all the women in my community, my grandmothe...

Today’s guest has a beautiful way of honouring her favourite family moments - through cooking. Lo Corcoran lives in Boorowa in southern NSW with her husband and her three daughters – and has spent a lot of her life in the kitchen – and often it’s been alongside some of the great cooks of her family. Her website and blog Lo’s Kitchen pays homage to this and she so generously shares all this goodnes...

Today you're going to meet a girl, who has a community collaboration project that I think you should all get on board with. In fact, if you’re a small business owner, I know once you see this Instagram feed you won’t be able to help yourself! It was at 2am that Tori Packer decided her page @the_smallbusiness_community on Instagram need to become reality. It's a curated page of beautiful products a...

My guest on this episode was suggested by a beautiful listener (thank you) but for years I've been perving on her hats and handiwork from afar. It's Fiona Schofield, from Fiona Schofield Millinery based in Orange, NSW. The story that leads her to today is fascinating and dynamic. She speaks of a childhood in Forbes, NSW, the benefits of being the youngest child and attending her mother's 'Tuesday...

“When we were little Mum got sick of us drawing on the walls and she used to cover our small hall, either weekly or daily, in brown paper and she would change it so we could keep drawing. Seeing things in that way – I knew I always wanted to be there,” says Steph, who is also one of 10 kids. I’ve known Steph Corkhill Hyles for a long time, she's been an artist for 22 years and I think she is the w...