Rob & Michelle visited Graham & Lee Upson at their mushroom farm in Denmark, to have a chat over coffee and find out all about their journey into medicinal mushrooms.

It’s not often that we get the opportunity to interview one of our partners and normally it is a precursor to retirement – I solemnly swear that is not the case here.

On 21st November 1978 the closure of Albany’s Whaling Station signaled the end of the whaling industry in Australia. On 26th December 1980, it re-opened as Whale World. Now, in 2023, it is one of the region’s most popular heritage tourist attractions. Chris and Tom sat down for a coffee with Peter Snow OAM, former Chair of The Jaycees Community Foundation Inc to learn the story of how this came to be.

It is often quoted that music is a universal language, and this is a sentiment that Colin and Robyn France wholeheartedly agree with. Uptown Music has been in operation for close to 30 years, providing people all over Australia with everything from baby harps to electric guitars. We recently caught up with Colin and Robyn to chat all things music and operating a longstanding local business.

This month is not to be missed. Brooklyn Noble and Brendan Taylor caught up with Rogan Coffey. They said “The moment we walked into Suggs, we could feel the energy. We were in awe of the beauty and craftsmanship of the wood projects on display and as we were guided by Rogan into the workshop, we then saw the hard work, care, and passion behind it all.”

But let's roll back a few years…

After 28 years as a Partner of Lincolns and part of the fixtures, Craig will be solely missed around the office. Dot and Pam recently sat down with Craig over lunch at the View Restaurant to have a chat about his journey as an accountant and life at Lincolns.

This year Lincolns introduced a new Internship program. The program is for students studying accounting at university wanting some experience in public practice. The goal of the internship is that our interns will complete their degree with the experience to jump straight into the corporate world and potentially, earn a couple of credits towards their degree!

This month Robert Prior and Melanie Fry caught up with Dylan Lott, business owner of DJL Electrical. We wanted to get insight from Dylan on how and why he chose to start his own business in the electrical field and the challenges he’s overcome to make his business so successful.

Carryn Hills and Cameron Andrich recently caught up with Brodie Lewis (Business Manager) and Heather Nichols (Solicitor) to discuss Albany Community Legal Centre in respects to what keeps a not for profit successful, all things committee’s and what we (outside the sector) can gain by giving back.

If you are local to Albany, the name Ricarda may sound familiar to you due to her flagship fashion and homewares store on York Street. Following on from part 1.

If you are local to Albany, the name Ricarda may sound familiar to you due to her flagship fashion and homewares store on York Street. While we normally focus on the business in these articles, as we started to talk to Ricarda and her life story unfolded, we realised there was so much more to her story than her current business.

What do you see yourself doing at 92 years old?

Still living independently, overseeing the running of your sheep farm and growing 200 Como Polly Dahlias each year for the sheer joy of it? That’s what Joyce Toone is doing, and she has no plans to stop anytime soon. This month, Gavin and Bec were delighted to sit with Joyce in her cosy kitchen warmed by her 60-year-old wood stove and hear her story over a cuppa and some double coated Tim Tams.