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Family, Community and Overcoming Barriers “Once I accepted that, my life changed forever” with Nigel Corish.
Nigel Corish was born with Cerebal Palsy, living with a disability has shaped much of his life outlook and amongst the challenges, it has fostered a need to be adaptive and think outside the box, you could say, it’s even a superpower.
Born and bred in Goondiwindi, his entire family are involved in Agriculture. His parents moved to the region in 1979, converting a sheep and cattle property to dryland cropping. The move to growing cotton in 1982 would be instrumental in the family’s success today.
Dreams, Courage and Legacy in Farming with Fritz Bolten.
Fritz Bolten came to Australia as an 11 year old, unable to speak English his family set about establishing a family farming operation in the remote Kimberley of Western Australia.
He shares his story and the learnings of courage, pursuing dreams and legacy through his life.
"From that point I decided Agriculture was something I had a real passion for" with Nick Crundall
I wouldn't be here if I didn't love it. So we share that in common with anyone who's grown up on a farm.
And if you've got that as a bedrock to go off, then, I think you can be equally successful as a farmer's son or daughter as you can be from from the city.
The 3 Month Window Which Turned Jack Milbank's World on its Head and Shaped the Pathway Forward
“Your whole life, you think you're going to do something. For that to suddenly change in a three-month window does make you reevaluate things pretty quickly. And you don't actually have much choice, you have to innovate”.
I really wanted to go home.
But I thought, I've got to be able to create a new future. And so the only way to do it is to look forward and pursue every opportunity that presents itself with as much vigour and passion as I possibly could”