Happy Travels Pam and Welcome Damian!
We farewell Pam Margetic who has completed her tenure as Tourism Manager.
Pam did a wonderful job caretaking the business from October 2008 until May 2009. She has headed off on a new international adventure. We wish her well and look forward to seeing her around the place again from time to time.
Her replacement as of the beginning of June is our new Tourism Operations Manager Damian FitzPatrick.
The youngest of five boys, Damian hails from the South Western beachside suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. He developed a love of the bush as a youngster on family holidays in the Mid North of the state and Kangaroo Island. He took up adventure bushwalking and orienteering in high-school, quickly becoming an avid environmental conservationist.
By his late teens he was heavily involved with running summer camps and day trips for disadvantaged youth through the Society of St Vincent De Paul, spending 8 years at the Society as a volunteer.
In 1997 He won South Australia’s Taxi Driver of the Year Award, and began a worldwide working holiday adventure. Travelling through Africa, Europe and America, his tour lasted 5 years before returning to Adelaide in 2003.
Since returning to Australia he has guided guests through many of Australia’s coastal and inland national parks, islands, wine regions and outback deserts. He spent a year making wine in the vine filled valleys of McLaren Vale south of Adelaide, and has chauffeured numerous distinguished faces through his home town. Now 36, he is relishing his new role at Riverside:
“It’s great after all my travelling to be resting in one spot. I know exactly how all the weary travellers that come here for respite feel! I enjoy all of the smiling faces that pass through here, there is an unmistakeable charm about the place. It’s great sharing my knowledge of the bush and native animals with people while they’re up close and personal to a kangaroo or an emu, or sharing a glass of wine and a yarn just watching a big red sunset. I’m looking forward to making people’s stay here even more of a happy experience as time goes on.”
Posted on July 6, 2009 in Diary |
Welcome Pam!
We’d like to welcome Pam Margetic as our Tourism Manager. Pam started with us in early October, right in the full swing of school holidays, and she’s fitted right in!
Pam was raised in Walkaway, a farming community just east of Geraldton, and her brothers Phil and John share-farm on “Riverside”. She’s an artist who enjoys yachting and travelling and has a strong interest in conservation. Pam has just returned from a holiday in Kathmandu, and hopes to go back again soon.
Bob and Dawn have moved down to Northampton, but visit regularly, with Bob still conducting wildflower tours. The widlfowers have been spectacular this year and the sandplain heath is flowering well at present, so is worth a visit.
We hope to see you soon!
Posted on October 16, 2008 in Diary |
Honeymoon
Summer is in full swing and the exciting news is that Fleur & Russell got married on the weekend in Kalbarri.
Such a fantastic weekend, and now it’s time for the honeymoon which means our email will be mostly unattended during the rest of December. If you do have an enquiry please just give the farm a call on +61 8 99361021 and Bob and Dawn can help with all you queries.
Posted on December 5, 2006 in Diary |
It seems like summer!
The weather has warmed up dramatically in the last week, and with the dry winter things are looking really summery!!
Harvest has started on the farm – but it probably wont take long, a disappointing season has meant only about one quarter of our crops are worth harvesting. We’re looking forward to a better year in 2007.
The wildflowers have also mostly dried up, but some things are still flowering and the sandplain heath is coming along. For the best local flower display this year come and see us at the Airing of the Quilts in Northampton on Saturday 14th October, you may be amazed at what we have managed to find! There will also be local Australian Flora for sale from George Lullfitz and a rolling Slideshow of some of our best local flors photographs. Plus there will be so much more on during the day!
We’ve also been busy fixing up a number of our rooms so check out our farmstay pages to see the newly added George’s Hut, the Coolibah House and the Aussie room. Just a few more options for the busy times!
Posted on October 5, 2006 in Diary |
Riverside Sanctuary on the TV
If you are in WA you have the chance to check out our place on TV TWICE this month – and both will be pretty different stories and worth a look.
Postcards WA segment will air in Perth on Channel 9 on Sunday the 10th of September at 5.30pm.
Home in WA story will be during EPISODE 21 of HOME IN WA to be shown 4 pm Saturday the 16th of September on GWN in regional WA and Channel 7 in the city.
Posted on September 5, 2006 in Diary |
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