• Megan Oaten | Experimental Social Psychologist

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    As a mid-career scientist specialising in the field of Experimental Social Psychology, Megan Oaten is among a small but growing group of women pursuing a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), hoping that others will follow where they lead. “Women are equally represented in sciences at university, in post-graduate studies, and at doctorate level”, Megan says, “but once you enter the post-doctorate...

    July 10, 2017
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  • Kym Strow and Sarah Jones | a.k.a. Flock Espresso and Eats

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    “I am boss of everything,” jokes Kym Strow, one half of the couple behind Lismore café, Flock Espresso and Eats. “She’s the whip holder,” agrees her partner, Sarah Jones. “I’m the organised practical one and Kym’s the ideas lady, the creative one.” “She’s the breaks, aren’t you babe?,” laughs Kym. Sarah is the barista and taste tester at the popular café that has recently...

    June 3, 2017
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  • Kaine and Jade Hunt a.k.a Secret Chef Catering

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    Still high from the success of their first appearance at Eat The Street in Lismore, Kaine and Jade Hunt were brimming with enthusiasm and ideas to enhance to their fledgling catering business when I caught up with them recently. The couple run Secret Chef Catering from their 5-acre property in Clunes, where they grow coffee, fruit trees, herbs, vegetables and chickens. They’re about to...

    April 8, 2017
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  • Vlad Kolas | Artist

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    Prize-winning painter, Vlad Kolas, is moving about his studio, brush in hand, music blaring, when I appear at the door one hot afternoon. Startled, he turns and jumps off the ground and walks over, wiping his hands with a rag. Music is a crucial element to Vlad’s artistic practice, giving him energy and inspiration. Today, as with other days, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie...

    February 5, 2017
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  • The Buckleys | Musicians

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    Musical talent runs deep in the Buckley family. Mick, Sharon and their four youngest children have recently returned from the USA, where their family band, The Buckleys, played shows in Nashville, wrote songs with Grammy-nominated country music songwriters, and met with record labels. They played at the famous Bluebird Café, on the same stage where Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift have trodden. “For them...

    August 14, 2016
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  • Nikky Morgan-Smith | Artist

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    Nikky Morgan-Smith lives in Eureka in a house tucked away on the side of an overgrown gully. It’s the house she grew up in, where her parents still lived, until Nikky and her then six-month old daughter, Morgan, moved back from Melbourne about 9 years ago. “We moved in and when it was apparent that we weren’t going to move back out, they moved...

    May 10, 2016
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