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34 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -This podcast is about showcasing talented people in the Clare Valley and across the mid north of South Australia. These people started with nothing and developed a successful brand and business through sheer grit and determination. You will hear the personal stories of artists, photographers, financial planners, winemakers, chefs and engineers and many more who have made a difference to their local community.
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Voice it - Dave Heinjus, The bloke behind Rural Directions and Pinion Advisory
April 03, 2024 18:30 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBThis episode is about a man who had a entrepreneurial seizure. 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 Pinion, Dave Heinjus founded Rural Directions in 1997, one of the first agribusiness consultancies in th...
Voice it - George Millington: Coffee to Collinsville ( Part Two)
February 26, 2024 18:30 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWelcome 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 all about the rise and rise of his rural livestock empire. Since he was a young boy, George’s dr...
Voice it - George Millington: Coffee to Collinsville ( Part One)
February 19, 2024 18:30 - 39 minutes - 27 MBToday 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 begins with his venture into the coffee industry, where his excellent business sense and a stroke of luck made him a millionaire by his early 30s. After selling his coffee business, he transitioned into logistics, laying the groun...
Voice it - Ali Cooper, owner of Jamestown's boutique caravan park
November 05, 2023 16:30 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBMeet 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 community volunteer. Ali’s vision was to provide a boutique accomodation space in Jamestown to encourage tr...
Voice it - Kelly Morgan ( Kelly Kelly Legal) The life of a regional lawyer
September 24, 2023 17:30 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBMeet 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 the big law firms but her life took an unexpected turn when her father passed away sudde...
Voice it - Sophie Whitehead " Cooking for the Queen Mother"
July 25, 2023 03:30 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBThis 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 members of the Royal family, eg. dancing with Prince Charles at Balmoral Castle. WOW!! But the care...
Voice it - Brian McInerney: One of the Founding Fathers of MGA Insurance
July 02, 2023 07:30 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBIn 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’s background, his humble beginnings growing up in Melrose with his family, his love for footy and tennis, a...
Voice it - George Seppelt: Australia's youngest Chief Flying Instructor
June 04, 2023 23:30 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBToday 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 of getting his commercial pilot’s licence and being a Flying Doctor, but he’s had a fe...
Voice it - Steve Marcus, the Outback Film Caterer
April 06, 2023 02:30 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBToday, 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 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 movies stars, Australian A listers and cooked private dinners for Hollywood directors. The stories Steve ...
Voice it - Anna McVann (Hawker)
February 27, 2023 09:30 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBIn 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 coming Australian swimmer to watch. In this episode, you’ll hear about the gruelling trai...
Voice it - Mark Hill
February 07, 2023 02:30 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBIn 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 behind to become a country cop. Though he says, Clare is a region where there’s little crim...
Voice it - Eddie McArdle
January 23, 2023 00:30 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBToday 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 up his father’s business at Avon where he sold and delivered bagged bulk fertiliser. He the...
Voice it - Mim Ward
January 08, 2023 10:30 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBToday 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 started her own events business called Outback Events and was one of the major players behind...
Voice it Podcast: Giedre Budrius
June 01, 2022 01:30 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBListen 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 you hear about career, but also; Her early life in Lithuania What led her to travel a...
Voice it: Giedre Budrius
June 01, 2022 01:30 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBListen 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 you hear about career, but also; Her early life in Lithuania What led her to travel a...
Voice it - Dave Willson
April 24, 2022 18:30 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBMr 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 Mungindi shandy, his recreational flying escapades, and the time he accidentally dug the grave in the...
Voice it- Jo Stewart-Rattray
March 30, 2022 01:30 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBI 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 computers typing really complex algorithms ferociously onto a black screen. How wrong am I!! So...
Voice it - Tim Siv Part 2
March 07, 2022 16:30 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB"It's better to try and fail, than to fail not trying". In the first instalment you heard about Tim’s family's mission to escape the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, their trek through the jungles of Cambodia to the Thai Border and the horrors that they faced during that 2 year experience. Then you followed their life in Australia and the challenges they faced surrounding poverty, racism, and bullying. Life took a different turn, however, when they received support from their local chur...
Voice it - Tim Siv Part 1
March 03, 2022 17:30 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBWOW!!!! The story you’re about to hear will give you goosebumps. It will blow your mind. It will make you appreciate the comforts in life. This is a story of hope, courage, hard work and sheer determination. Tim Siv has all these qualities. You may know him as the local pharmacist in the Clare Valley, with his big happy face plastered on the shop front in the Main street. But there’s more to Tim than meets the eye....way more! Tim is a refugee kid. He tells the story of his family ...
Voice it - Sassy Lass
February 13, 2022 16:30 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIf you’ve ever wanted to know how to start your own clothing business, listen to this episode. Bronwyn Campbell started Sassy Lass 5 years ago in Riverton, a small town in SA's mid north. It was originally just an excuse to sell a few clothes and drink bubbles with her friends, never did she expect such growth and success in that time. You'll hear about Bron’s life before Sassy Lass, being a mother to a daughter with Down Syndrome, how she ended up in Riverton and the challenges of runn...
Voice it - Andrew Manuel
January 17, 2022 09:30 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBIt's time to get an insight into the newspaper game! In this episode you’ll meet Andrew Manuel, the owner of the Plains Producer. Once a local rag, now a major regional newspaper. Though he didn’t start this family newspaper business, he can take a lot of the credit for growing and transforming it. Since taking over the reigns in 2008 he now owns a large slab of the regional newspaper network in regional South Australia. Apart from owning the Plains Producer in Balaklava, he’s no...
Voice it - Abby McKee
December 20, 2021 23:30 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBWelcome Abby McKee to the Voice it Podcast. By day Abby works in a bank, by night she's in her dungeon arranging beautiful flower arrangements for her next event. Abby is the face behind Magnolia and Co. She started the business 3 years ago and very quickly became one of the most sort after florists and event stylist's in the Clare Valley. Abby grew up on a horse stud near Scone in New South Wales and made her way to the Clare Valley after she met her husband, Angus at Charles Sturt Uni...
Voice it - Rohan Welke
November 30, 2021 00:30 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBYou must finish high school if you want to run a successful business. Whoever believes that, they're mistaken! This week's guest is proof you don't need a high school or a tertiary certificate to run your own successful business! In this episode you'll meet a bloke who dropped out of school, 3 weeks into Grade 12, and now runs his own little trucking empire. Rohan Welke operates Welke Transport out of Blyth, in SA's mid north. At the age of 25, he bought his own truck, and 18 years lat...
Voice it - Deb Scammell
November 08, 2021 19:30 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBDeb Scammell runs a business called Talking Livestock, specialising in animal nutrition. Her knowledge and expertise on the subject, is exceptional, to the point, she is considered as one of the state’s most highly regarded and sought after livestock nutrition consultants. Deb grew up in Blyth, she went to University in Adelaide, and worked in numerous roles in agriculture across South Australia and Queensland, to now running her own consultancy in a sector that was pretty much non-ex...
Voice it - Colin McBryde
October 29, 2021 13:30 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBToday you’ll meet a very quick witted, heavily tattooed Kiwi who dabbles in wine. His name is Colin McBryde. He and his wife Jen Gardner run a small wine company called Adelina Wines, located in close proximity to the very well established Wendouree Wines, in the beautiful Clare Valley. There are numerous reasons why I wanted to meet Colin. Firstly I haven’t heard much about Adelina, and secondly,I love the sound of his other label “Some Young Punks”. Are you intrigued? I sat down ...
Voice it - Will Gwynn Jones
September 05, 2021 19:30 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MB"Agriculture is becoming Australia's darling again". That's the view of this week's guest, Will Gywnn Jones, owner of Remarkable Meat Company, a meat wholesaling business based in the Clare Valley, South Australia. With many sectors across Australia struggling to survive in a COVID environment, agriculture is one industry that's holding strong. Will has great hopes for the future of agriculture and the growth of corporate farming in this country. Will would know, as he's been involved in...
Voice it - Alison 'Chook' Meaney
August 22, 2021 10:30 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBMeet the lady behind Bukirk Glamping. Alison 'Chook' Meaney wanted to create a new tourism experience to draw people to the Clare Valley. She thought if people were glamping in England, they'll glamp in Clare surely?!!! She was right! She's been run off her feet since she started the fancy tent project back in 2018. Before running her own glamping project, Chook lived a nomadic life, first travelling the world, then living the FIFO life in remote Australia. In this podcast, she re...
Voice it - Richard Elkhoury
August 06, 2021 11:30 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBToday you’ll meet an Syrian drug dealing pilot who lives in South Australia's Clare Valley. He’s of Syrian descent, he’s flies a plane and he sells drugs - but the legal kind. Richard ( El-koo- ree) Elkhoury has been a pharmacist in the Clare Valley for 21 years. He's the managing director of Clare Pharmacy Group, Board of directors of Country and Outback Health, Chair of the Yorketown Medical Service and a sponsor of the Children’s charity, the Variety Bash. When he’s not running his ...
Voice it - Kerri Thompson
July 24, 2021 22:30 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBMy guest this week is a very talented woman who has been described as Australia’s Riesling Queen. Kerri Thompson has been making wine in South Australia’s Clare Valley for more than 20 years, founding her winery, Wines by KT in 2006. KT grew up by the beach at Glenelg, but spent a lot of time in the mid north at her grandmother’s farm at Black Springs near Robertstown. So this beach loving girl always had some affinity with the land, which could partly explain why she went down to the...
Voice it - Louise Lehmann
July 11, 2021 01:30 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThis is a story about a Scottish lass, who at the age of 22 came to Australia for an 18 month stint to have a crack at being a vet. Little did she know she would meet Mr Right, have three children and two decades later, own and operate three veterinary clinics across the mid north of South Australia. Dr Louise Lehmann is originally from a dairy farm in south-west Scotland. Her first pet was a horse called Mr Wellington,a much loved pony who ignited her passion to be a vet. She was chris...
Voice it - Sam MacDonald
June 28, 2021 21:30 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBSam MacDonald. Most people in the Clare Valley would know Sam as the owner of SJM, the largest construction company in the mid north of South Australia. He wanted to bail on this interview, not wanting to be in the spotlight, but I’m so glad he went ahead with it as his story is captivating. A 9 –time award winning company, SJM employs 22 people, working on more than 200 new homes, renovations and commercial projects in the mid north. Many people would also know Sam after the devastating...
Voice it - Marnie Roberts
June 14, 2021 05:30 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBI'd like to introduce you to the funniest person I have ever met. A big statement I know, but truly I laugh so hard my chest hurts every time I chat to this woman. Marnie Roberts is a owner/winemaker at Matriarch and Rogue in the Clare Valley in South Australia. As well as her quick wit and dry sense of humour, she makes beautiful wine, carving quite a following in wine circles and beyond. She is originally from Mildura, growing up on a block with her parents and older brother Tony whe...
Voice it - Lissy Wood
May 30, 2021 10:30 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBMy guest is a hard working, honest, compassionate individual. She has also been described as clever, funny, down to earth and blunt. She loves helping people and making a difference to people’s lives. She despises mouth noises - a bit quirky, and she loves a challenge. So if you said she could not do something, she would set out to prove you wrong. Meet Lissy Wood. Lissy is originally from a farm near Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula. She’s a true blue country girl, apparently she was prett...
Voice it - Alysha Sparks and Nadinne Wilkinson
May 17, 2021 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBThis podcast is all about showcasing talented people in the Clare Valley and across the mid north of South Australia. It is all about recognising those people that started with nothing, who have then built a name, a brand, a successful business through sheer grit and determination. These people are not heavy hitters, they are not making squillions of dollars but they are making a difference to themselves, their families and their communities. Photographer Nadinne Wilkinson and Artist Alysha...