Rural Living Expo Speakers

SPEAKERS.

Dr Susan Campbell

Research Officer, Invasive Species

Biosecurity & Regulation

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

Dr Campbell will be presenting information on the release of a new strain of rabbit biological control called K5, which will boost existing biological control agents that are already out in the environment.

Sabrina Hahn

Horticulturalist

ABC Talkshow Host for ABC720 Perth

Sabrina Hahn is a whole lot of hort with heart – master gardener, storyteller of note, qualified horticulturalist with a passion for the creation of sustainable urban forests that bring life back into cities.

Sabrina presented topics on seasonal gardening at our 2015 Expo and will be back again in 2016.

See more at: http://sabrinahahn.com.au/

Jo Clews

Camp Oven Cooking Guru

Author

Jo has been cooking for as long as she can remember and gets great pleasure from being able to teach others skills she has learnt & developed over her life time.

Jo also enjoys the challenge of catering for a group of people in remote and isolated locations and presenting them with excelent quality camp meals in the bush.

Jo will offer tips on best cook oven practice, care and maintenance of your camp oven and also offer recipes and a taste test of what she prepares on the day. Jo will also have her books on sale on the day.

http://www.joclewscooking.com/

Gary Davies

West Aussie Reptiles

Director

Gary Davies (Director & Public officer for West Aussie Reptiles) is a senior reptile handler for the West Australian Reptile park with over 20 years experience in handling, identifying, photographing and studying West Australian reptiles. Many reptile & research institutes have requested his assistance and advice over the years, including "National Geographic America”, “Murdoch University”, government wildlife officers, authors, journalists and various local rangers – to name a few.

He has, over the past 20 years, removed & relocated countless numbers of venomous & non-venomous reptiles from suburban premises with approved, government issued permits.

Also being a member of the “West Australia society of amateur herpetologists” since its inception in 1990
Gary has been involved in a number of field trips & reptile surveys throughout Western Australia.

Gary is now the current President of The West Australian Herpetological Society Inc (WAHS).

WEST AUSSIE REPTILES PTY LTD. was registered on the 25th day of September 2002 under the corporations act 2001.
The purpose of this company, in accordance with Wildlife conservation (Reptile and Amphibians) regulations 2000,
is to provide individuals and the general community with –

Educational reptile displays, talks and consultancies.
Depository for unwanted pet and derelict herpetofauna.
On-call reptile removal and relocation service.
A free, online, educational website.
Quality, captive bred pet herpetofauna.
Reptile-related accessories and enclosures
Ongoing support and advice.

Belinda Lockerby

Rise365

Director

Over three years ago, Belle Lockerby left her nice ice cream eating corporate job to be a family friendly entrepreneur.

As the founder and CEO of rise365 Belle created Western Australia’s first mumpreneur101 workshops, which have now been running for three years.

She has been nominated for the Telstra Business Womens Awards, and Western Australia’s Entrepreneur of the Year and is passionate about creating sustainable change for individuals, communities and organisations.

Belle has worked for large corporates, defence, not for profit and with small businesses to create sustainable change. She even has a post grad in change management, and with a background in Business and Marketing, she gets that there is no one size fits all solution in business or in life, but there are tools, tips and tricks that certainly help!

Belle will be offering a 2 hour workshop for mums and also presenting on stage at the 2016 Hot FM Rural Living Expo on the 12th March.

Mumpreneur 101 Workshop

Time Management

As busy mums, this session focuses on the whole person, including the importance of mindset, wellbeing and working out priorities to keep you and your business thriving, answering questions such as:

Understanding where your time goes

What it means for your goals

How to use time to move from a hobby to a business, and even what those differences are financially

What are the life and business hacks that can make a world of difference

Come along to the Mumpreneur Workshop in Boddington to learn how to get the most out of your time, and your business ideas.