In this episode, you'll meet the woman behind the newly opened, architecturally stunning gin distillery that now stands proudly among the vineyards on the edge of Clare.

The Clare Valley Distillery, along with its beautifully designed tasting room, officially opened its doors in March 2025. Behind this exciting new venture is Katherine Nugent — a lawyer, teacher, and proud Clare Valley local.

Known affectionately as "Karks" to most, Katherine has been nurturing this dream for the past seven years. She developed the concept alongside Guy Parkinson, former chef of Seed, and her beloved aunt and godmother, Di Mayfield — both now her business partners.

Karks is passionate about gin and community. Her vision was to create a welcoming space in the Clare Valley — not just for gin lovers, but as a creative hub, especially for writing retreats. That makes sense, because she’s also in the midst of writing a book.

But there’s far more to Karks than distilling botanicals. Originally from the Adelaide Hills, she takes us on a rich and colorful journey through her life — from the Hills to Denmark, with career chapters in journalism, law, teaching in Galway, and ultimately, finding home in Clare.

This episode is packed with inspiration, reflection, and storytelling. So whether you're brewing a cup of tea or heading out for a long walk — settle in. This is Katherine's story.

https://www.clarevalleydistillery.com.au/

https://operationflinders.org.au/

https://www.kademacdonaldfoundation.org/

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Meet Tim Grigg, the man behind Travelwild Australia.

A tour company offering 4WD experiences across the wilds of the Kimberley, South Australia’s Outback and Flinders Ranges to the more pleasurable slower paced walking tours through rolling hills and vineyards in the Clare Valley.

Originally from Mildura, Tim moved to South Australia to pursue a career in industrial design, a career that wasn't for him as he always had an yearning to be in the bush. So he approached a company who ran tours to Alice Springs and from that moment he was hooked.

In this episode, Tim takes you through the highs and lows of starting a tour company, from not making any money with his first tours to Kangaroo Island, constantly fixing up trucks in the Kimberley, to navigating the GFC and COVID and pivoting the company out of challenging financial situations.

This is not just a business story, it’s a love story too.

Tim met his now wife Bianca, a young backpacker from Holland in his first six months as a tour guide and they’ve been touring together ever since.

Enjoy this fascinating behind the scenes journey of the unglamorous world of tourism with Tim Grigg.

https://travelwild.com.au/

https://clarevalleywalk.com.au/

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Meet the super vivacious, creative individual Nicky White - the founder of Mickelloo.

From her humble beginnings as a marching girl, meeting her farmer husband Joel at the Planet nightclub to moving to the Clare Valley and creating her own business - Nicky is not short of a story.

She's been a Nutrimetics consultant, ran her own Weight Watchers’ group and delved into jewellery design and fashion.

Nicky is a self-taught jewellery maker and fashion designer, creating hand stamped jewellery, designing and making scardis, to now running her own on-farm fashion boutique.

It was once considered a hobby, now it’s a full-blown successful business where she is selling her designs across Australia and overseas.

Strap yourself in - this is Nicky’s story.

https://www.mickelloo.com.au/

Nicky reduced her opening hours in 2024 to give her more time to make accessories. She is open every Friday and two Saturday’s a month and by appointment. One-on-one styling is available for 6 months of the year. Hop onto Nicky’s website to get all the details and do some online shopping - she has some beautiful pieces!!

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Voice it is a communications business specialising inpublic speaking training, media training, podcasting, audio memoir production and MC work.

I’m passionate about giving people the skills to beeffective, engaging and memorable communicators - not just on stage but in life. I’m a former ABC broadcast journalist and also 12 years experience in AMEB speech and drama, I use those skills to bring you engaging, fun workshops and recording sessions to make you feel at ease andenjoy the process - because I get it, public speaking can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be.

Also, I’m happy to toot my own horn - this year Iwas a finalist in the Agrifutures Rural Women's Award in South Australia - a fantastic experience I encourage any women to pursue if they have a business or a project idea that can make a difference to regional communities.

https://agrifutures.com.au/opportunities/rural-womens-award/