Margaret River Dairy Company

Visible Farmer Episode 2 - TIL THE COWS COME HOME / Nicole May, dairy farmer, Margaret River WA

Visible Farmer Episode 2 - TIL THE COWS COME HOME / Nicole May, dairy farmer, Margaret River WA

Back home in Switzerland, it was spending time on her godmother’s dairy farm that set Nicole’s heart on becoming a dairy farmer. She decided to join a rural exchange program and work on a farm in Australia. It took her straight to Margaret River. Here she met a dairy farmer and married him. She has never looked back. Fast forward 25 years and Nicole still loves improving everything the family does - from milking to breeding and artificial insemination to operating heavy machinery. It’s that variety that keeps her excited about getting up every day before sunrise.

Margaret River - Western Australia

Check out our new series on the Margaret River area where we visit many places we have never seen before.

Margaret River is a pretty little town almost half way between Busselton and Augusta. The town has been over commercialised in the past few years and is a haven for yuppie types who have been mainly responsible for the huge increase in prices in the vineyards nearby. Commercial wine making came to the area in 1967 with the establishment of Vasse Felix, but it wasn't until the 1980s when wine became more acceptable in Australia, that the industry really saw a massive increase.

Find out more at :

Support the creation of videos at :

Find all our pages and sites at the links below:

Website:

Facebook pages:
Camping in Western Australia :
Western Australia Now and then :
Abandoned Western Australia :
West Australian Folklore :

Instagram:

Pinterest:

Twitter:

Panoramio:

Flickr:

To stay up to date with new video please subscribe to this channel.

Visible Farmer Episode 7: LET’S WOMAN UP - Darrylin Gordon, pastoralist, Lamboo Station, Kimberley

Darrylin is a Jaru woman. She comes from a line of strong and proud Aboriginal women. Her family has been working with cattle all of her life. She remembers being with her grandfather in cattle yards from an early age and she knew that this was what she wanted to do. Today Darrylin is the only woman working on Lamboo Station, owned and run by the Ngunjiwirri Aboriginal Corporation. Her vision to offer training camps to empower local Aboriginal people, earned her the title of WA’s Rural Woman of the Year in 2018.

Visible Farmer Episode 1 - BREAKING FREE

Debbie Dowden, cattle producer, Challa Station, WA’s Mid-West

After 21 years of teaching her children via School of the Air, Debbie finally grabbed her chance to be a hands-on-farmer – and never let go again. She grew up in the city and always dreamt of being a farmer. She got her pilot’s licence and met the man-and-farmer of her dreams. They married and moved to his remote 5th generation pastoral property. But it was a hard landing. Back then, women were expected to look after the homestead and children. Today that view is finally changing.

Visible Farmer Episode 4: THE ACCIDENTAL FARMER / Ketut Bassett, organic farmer, Carnarvon WA

Ketut stepped from a supporting role into the spotlight to manage a tropical fruit plantation on her own, almost overnight. What started out as a big lifestyle change, to spend more family time with their young children, became a one-woman-show when her husband decided to go back to his FIFO career. It was a steep and empowering learning curve. Ketut has grown into a passionate farmer, successfully applying her nurturing skills to kids and plants alike.