15/10/2026
Last night I was very honoured to participate as a panel member at the inaugural “Connected by Country” evening, celebrating International Day of Rural Women at “The Firebreak”. I even managed to find a skirt and heels instead of the usual work shirt, jeans and boots and stayed out past 8pm on a “school night” which is a big achievement these days 😆💃🏻
The event was run by the Queensland Rural, Regional and Remote Women’s Network ( ) in partnership with Red Dirt Social and , with funding from , and the .
Melanie McNaughton of Ground and Grow hosted the panel, and we had a great chat about community, connection and courage, along with Mayor and (thank you for the photo Rachel!)
The whole evening was amazing from the stunning setting of “The Firebreak” in the Maidenwell hills, to the delicious food and drinks from and wines, the fantastic sunset, the very welcome fire pit (the wind really picked up after the sun went down!), the lovely goodies bags (thanks to all the wonderful businesses that contributed), and the fabulous raffles! ✨
But the best part of the night was the opportunity to join in so many wonderful conversations and catch ups with old and new friends! Congratulations to everyone involved it was a truly great night ❤️
Today, it was back into the paddocks and yards, checking cows and calves. I’ve added a photo of a cute little 4 day old calf who was enjoying a little snooze in a quiet corner of the yards before I rudely woke her up to move her back to her mum!
We’ve had about 5mm of rain so far today with hopefully some more in the way. Looking forward to catching up with our customers at this weekend’s delivery run! See you soon! 🚚
