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It’s a family affair in this episode. You’ll hear from the Redden brothers — Tom, Leo, and Steve — who went into business together and formed Dalgety Redden Agencies in Riverton and Gawler, alongside their wives Jenni and Jenny (Steve and Leo’s partners). The business specialised in all things agriculture: livestock, realestate, insurance, and agronomy. What simply happened was this: Leo, who work...

It’s not that often you meet a makeup artist who’s also a farmer.   Alastair is a a 36 year old sheep producer from Eudunda and also director of Sensation Makeup Artistry. This episode focuses on a bloke who had a rough start in finding his way in life, navigating through some tremendous up and downs to find makeup as his source of identity. From dropping out of school at 16, roustabouting in shea...

In this episode, you'll meet the woman behind the newly opened, architecturally stunning gin distillery that now stands proudly among the vineyards on the edge of Clare. The Clare Valley Distillery, along with its beautifully designed tasting room, officially opened its doors in March 2025. Behind this exciting new venture is Katherine Nugent — a lawyer, teacher, and proud Clare Valley local....

Meet Tim Grigg, the man behind Travelwild Australia. A tour company offering 4WD experiences across the wilds of the Kimberley, South Australia’s Outback and Flinders Ranges to the more pleasurable slower paced walking tours through rolling hills and vineyards in the Clare Valley. Originally from Mildura, Tim moved to South Australia to pursue a career in industrial design, a career that wasn't fo...

Meet the super vivacious, creative individual Nicky White - the founder of Mickelloo. From her humble beginnings as a marching girl, meeting her farmer husband Joel at the Planet nightclub to moving to the Clare Valley and creating her own business - Nicky is not short of a story. She's been a Nutrimetics consultant, ran her own Weight Watchers’ group and delved into jewellery design and fashion....

Welcome to Season 4 of the Voice it Podcast!! So glad to be back and to bring you more delightful guests from the Clare Valley and mid north area of South Australia. Malcolm Stanley Heinrich, is the managing directorof SC Heinrich and Co - a family owned and operated company specialising in earth moving, quarrying, and transporting based here on the outskirts of Clare. The business was originally...

In this episode I’m introducing you to the SA finalists of the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. An award that acknowledges the essential role women play in rural industries, business and communities. It’s a big deal. The finalists were required to present a project, idea, or initiative that benefits rural South Australia in some way. The state winner will receive a $15,000 bursary to bring their p...

It's an end of an era for this man. Peter Shearer. After 22 years at St Joseph's School in Clare, Peter has decided to step down from the top job at the end of 2024. Peter has touched the lives of many people across the regional South Australia working in Catholic schools in Jamestown, Yorketown, Loxton and finally Clare. Peter speaks of the absolute joy of his career - what has kept him i...

In this episode you’re going to meet Kate Mensforth. We all call her Miss Kate, she’s the woman that's built a soaring business providing children across the Clare Valley and mid north of South Australia access to the world of dance. Kate is the brains behind the Clare Valley School of Dance offering all modes of dance ballet, jazz, ACRO, contemporary, hip hop and even ninja kids, appealing to...

This episode is about a man who had a entrepreneurial seizure. David Heinjus. What was a one-man-show in agribusiness consulting, now is the Chairperson of a multi-national company called Pinion Advisory. A leading-edge national agribusiness, water and environment consulting firm with tentacles reaching across Australia and into America. It all started in South Australia's Clare Valley. Before...

Welcome back to the second instalment featuring George Millington. In the last episode you heard about George’s rise in the business world – from his early stock broking days, to transforming a humble coffee business into a successful sought after coffee brand Monjava, which was swiftly bought by San Remo. To then moving into logistics, APD Parcel Delivery. In this episode, you’re going to hear al...

Today you will hear the absolute success story of George Millington. He is the man behind Collinsville Stud Merinos – one of the most prominent and well respected sheep-studs in Australia located in the mid north of South Australia. George's success story begins with his venture into the coffee industry where he established Monjava. His his excellent business sense and a stroke of luck made hi...

Meet the super vivacious Ali Cooper, the owner of the 'The Park' in Jamestown. In this case Ali hasn’t started from scratch, but probably feels like she has. She's transformed the local caravan park in Jamestown into a boutique accomodation space for travellers. Ali is also involved in the family farming business with husband, Seth Cooper, has 3 children and is an extremely active comm...

Meet Kelly Morgan, the woman behind Kelly Kelly Legal, a successful law firm in Jamestown. Kelly grew up on a farm near Yongala, the coldest place in South Australia. She describes herself as an ‘accidental lawyer’, she initially wanted to be school teacher or an architect, but it was her father that ignited the idea of law. When Kelly graduated she had this big idea to head to Sydney and work for...

This is a delightful story about Sophie Whitehead which I played on the Clare Valley Podcast a few months ago and I loved it so much I wanted to share it with my Voice it listeners. Sophie Whitehead's first job job out of college was cooking for royalty. In this episode, you'll hear how she came to be cooking for the Queen Mother, and the experiences she had with not just her, but many mem...

In this episode, you'll meet Brian McInerney, one of the founding fathers of one of the top insurance brokerages in Australia. He’s the 'M' in MGA insurance. We will, of course , talk about MGA’s astronomical growth from humble beginnings back in 1975 to now over 65 thousand clients and a branch network across Australia and one in Cambodia. But we’ll also find out more about the Brian’...

Today you’ll get to meet the youngest Chief Flying Instructor in Australia. George Seppelt. Well one of the youngest, another bloke is about to cut his lunch apparently! At the prime age of 15, before he could even drive independently, he had his restricted pilot’s licence. By the time he was 22, he was a fully-fledged flying instructor in the mid north of South Australia. George always had a goal...

Today, you'll hear about the life of an Outback Film Caterer. Steve Marcus is the man behind Marcus Film Catering. He’s been preparing meals from outback locations for 32 years. He’s traveled in is catering blue bus to remote locations such as Broken Hill, Coober Pedy, Kalgoorlie, you name it, he’s been there. He also catered on the 4 outback cattle drives. He’s rubbed shoulders with big movie...

In this episode I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing a former Olympian who calls the Clare Valley her home. Anna McVann is the youngest of 6 kids who grew up in the Adelaide suburbs - but she wasn’t just any kid. At the age of 15 she represented Australia at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. There she made 4 finals, an amazing result which put this teenage girl in the spotlight as a up- and...

In this episode you will meet country copper and local Clare businessman, Mark Hill. He has served as the local police officer in Clare for 25 years as well as running a driving school business for the past 17 years. In this episode, you’ll hear Mark’s journey from being a young copper chasing stolen cars in the northern suburbs, going undercover in Adelaide brothels to then leaving the excitement...

Today you’ll meet Edward McArdle– everyone knows him as Eddie. Eddie is the man behind the early beginnings of Agfert, one of the state’s successful fertiliser distribution and trucking companies. Eddie talks of his humble beginnings at Avon, a small town in the lower north, his desire to quit school and start working for his father at 16 years old. This desire and determination led him to build u...

Today you’ll meet Mim Ward. Most people in the tourism/ hospitality space in regional South Australia would know Mim. She’s a larger-than-life character, who has done an exceptional job looking after all things tourism in the Clare Valley, however Mim's career began in the outback. Mim’s early beginnings in hospitality and eventing began at the famous Prairie Hotel in the Flinders Ranges. She then...

Listen up followers! Episode 20 of the Voice it podcast is now available for your listening pleasure. FEATURING GIEDRE BUDRIUS Giedre is the creative director at Honeycomb Design, a web and graphic design business in the South Australia's Clare Valley. This local business is also celebrating 15 years in business this year. WELL DONE!!! This woman has quite a story. In this episode, not only will y...

Mr Dave Willson has been described as the quintessential Aussie bloke, a true character, who absolutely loves a chat. You may know him as the bloke who runs Clare Valley Tours, but he has lived quite a full life before transporting tourists around. He’s been a wool classer, excavation contractor, the resident grave digger, and a private wool buyer. In this episode you'll learn all about a &#39...

I didn’t know ANYTHING about the Tech industry before I approached my next Voice it guest. To be honest, I was a little bit intimidated because she is so accomplished in her field and such an influential player in the global tech industry, I didn’t want to come across as an absolute fool. I don’t know about you, but when I think about tech, I think of lots of really smart people sitting behind com...