Peter, from the viewpoint of 40 years’ experience with SA Tourism, what do you think is unique about the Fleurieu Peninsula? It’s a wonderful dynamic mix of coastline with a very sophisticated food, wine, arts, and heritage culture. It’s a place where you can do things as well. It offers strong activity based tourism, more than any other region in South Australia.Do you have a favourite place to wine and dine? I have fond memories of sitting with friends on the verandah of Red Poles and the ambience at Smiling Samoyed is great.Favourite memory? Carrickalinga is where our family has had lots of day trips and holidays over the years. It’s my favourite beach in South Australia.Our best produce? The Fleurieu isn’t the largest region in South Australia, but it’s the most diverse in terms of produce. We’ve got Coorong mullet and Angus beef, and the Willunga Farmers Market is a great institution that represents the whole region, not just Willunga. And food doesn’t have to travel far to get to the plate in this region, so that’s a great strength too.As a former CEO of History Trust SA, what’s a must-see in this region? People love history when they can dress up, and they love history when they can see it in motion and when it’s part of a story, such as a winery setting. But South Australia isn’t strong on activated history compared to some states; we certainly don’t have a Sovereign Hill where history is presented as a reenactment. But at the Goolwa Wharf you have two historical assets coming together at a high visitation point: the river activation and the railway activation. Some places might have one or the other, but it’s rare to have both so close together in such a picturesque setting. And, of course, Victor Harbor offers the heritage mix differently: Cockle Train meets horse drawn tram, meets Granite Island.Any surprises in your job? What strikes me as a former tourism manager of Flinders Ranges and Outback is that the Fleurieu offers a uniquely Australian experience for international visitors that’s within an hour’s drive of the Adelaide Airport. The Onkaparinga Gorge for instance gives a sense of rugged outback Australia and further south the Deep Creek Conservation Park is home to over 400 native plant species and sections of the Heysen Trail. For someone looking for a fusion of rugged and remote, pristine beaches, rolling hills, wine and food — at all levels — it’s pretty amazing to have all of this mixed in together in one region.Onkaparinga River National Park is one of the Fleurieu’s hidden secrets, says Peter Cahalan. Links to Peter’s tips for the Fleurieu: Deep Creek Conservation ParkGoolwa Wharf PrecinctHeysen TrailOnkaparinga River National ParkRed PolesSmiling Samoyed BreweryThe Cockle TrainWillunga Farmers MarketFor more information visit: Fleurieu Peninsula Tourism 

Congratulations. In February, Fleurieu Milk was recognised as one of the best dairy farmers in Australia*. How does that feel? We are very happy to be a finalist but also very happy for Hughes family who won it. These guys are struggling with the drought so the award would be very good for them. As well as a great product, the judges selected finalists who were ‘leading the way’. How did a collective of Myponga farmers change the status quo of the dairy industry?When we started in 2004, all you could buy from the supermarket was processed milk from commercial companies. But we wanted to go for a product that tasted as close to natural cow’s milk as possible so we pasteurised the milk at the lowest temperatures permitted and for the shortest time. That first bottle got us going.  How important are relationships to the success of Fleurieu Milk? It’s what we focused on from the beginning, where being local — and supporting local — is a massive part of our business.  Did you grow up on a dairy farm? No, but I grew up in Myponga and Louise and I have been on the dairy farm, where the factory is, for 32 years.  What was it like growing up in Myponga? Hutchinson name is fairly common, so it was great. A lot of what we did evolved around sport and the community. I have a photo taken in ’83 of my footy team and 15 of the 23 guys were dairy farmers. Now there’s not one, which reinforces how times have change from being a strong dairy community to being about eight dairies left in Myponga Basin.What’s your best memory of life on the Fleurieu? For me, it would be family and friends, and catching up with them fairly regularly. Away from dairy where do you relax? Not normally with milk in hand; but closer to beer. The local watering holes are all great around our area. Within a stone’s throw we have microbreweries like Smiling Samoyed, Forktree Brewing, to the Victory Hotel with restaurant quality feeds, and then there’s golf at the Links Lady Bay. For people visiting the Fleurieu, what’s your top tip for a swim? I’m not that aquatic, but along Sellicks and Aldinga beaches are as good as anywhere in Australia in terms of sandy beaches and being able to drive along the coastline. Winery?I can’t go past Lake Breeze at Langhorne Creek and their Bernoota is one of my favourite reds.Products to stock up on? Outside of dairy our micro-breweries and wineries take a lot to beat and the likes of Alexandrina Cheese are worth a visit and worth the purchase. They’re all top quality products. With national and international distribution, what do you miss about the Fleurieu when you’re away? I appreciate it more. I think the Fleurieu is one of the greatest areas in the world, yet from a tourism perspective it’s the most unexplored region in Australia. [*The Weekly Times Coles 2019 Dairy Farmer of the Year Awards, announced on 26 February 2020.]Horse riders start the day at Sellicks Beach — one of Geoff Hutchinson’s favourite beaches.FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:https://www.fleurieumilkco.com.au/https://www.lakebreeze.com.au/http://www.smilingsamoyed.com.au/https://www.facebook.com/forktreebrewing/https://www.alexandrinacheese.com.au/https://victoryhotel.com.au/https://linksladybay.com.au/golf

Today we celebrate International Women's Day 2020. What better way to start the Fleurieu App’s Sunday Profile sessions introducing Carolyn Jeffrey. Carolyn was the well deserved recipient of the Inspirational Woman in Business for the Fleurieu on Friday - congratulations Carolyn!Enjoy our Q & A session with this inspirational woman.Tell us a bit about yourself and your link to the Fleurieu and/or Kangaroo Island:I’m the founder and operator of CJ’s Business Solutions and the Women in Business Regional Network. I’ve been a resident of Victor Harbor for 24 years, moving to the area to run the local newspaper The Times which I did for 15 years. I’ve been involved in various community organisations in a volunteer capacity over the years including the South Coast Choral & Arts Society, Victor Harbor Hockey Club, Victor Harbor RSL and Business Victor Harbor (although it was Victor Harbor Business Association when I was formation secretary).I recently had the honour of being named the Inspirational Businesswoman at the Fleurieu Community Awards to mark International Women’s Day and was presented with the Community Award by SA Woman Australia.I’ve spent all but a handful of my years in regional Australia and have a passion for not only the regions, but to also help small business people – both men and women – to realise their potential and to cut their stress levels.CAROLYN’S TOP TIPSBest place to....Grab a quick bite… KFC if I’m running late between appointments and need to eat on the run (or the drive). Have a more serious feed…I love the Boulevard Café on the Lake at Encounter Bay for lunch and find the dinners at the Grosvenor Hotel in Victor Harbor good value and well prepared.Get a cuppa…Again, the Boulevard Café on the Lake. Have a beer (or cold drink)…The Grosvenor Hotel is good for this. The front bar has a friendly atmosphere. (Can you see I probably need to get out more?)Taste some wine (or just enjoy the winery atmosphere)...Magpie Springs Winery & Gallery at Hope Forest has a rustic, relaxed garden feel and the artwork by the owner Avril Thomas gives you a whole new perspective on portraiture. It’s a challenge to decide – photo or painting?Go for a dip…Don’t swim a lot, more a fisher. Love Cape Jervis jetty or the Causeway at Victor for fishing. Don’t mind a walk and a flick at Kings Beach at Waitpinga too.Explore nature…The Heysen Trail offers such an amazing outlook that you don’t notice you’re walking. I’m a bit of an Urimbirra Wildlife Park fan as I’m fascinated by animals. And, for the longer nature treks, it’s Kangaroo Island for me as it has everything, so let’s hope it does recover.When I’m on the Fleurieu and/or KI, I…feel…at home. I travel a lot with the network and nothing beats coming through the roundabout at the top of Kleinigs Hill to see the vista of Granite Island and the Bluff to remind me why I live here!always make sure I visit… Urimbirra Wildlife Park if I just need some time out for a wander with nature in a relaxed environment.stock up on… Alexandrina Cheese. You can never have enough cheese (says every part of me except my hips!)Weirdest thing that’s happened to me here: Deciding on a whim to run in the 2018 Mayoral election for the City of Victor Harbor … and ending up a relatively narrow runner-up in a field of five.Best memory of being here: Meeting my partner of 22 years and going on our first date squid fishing at The Bluff.Most colourful character I’ve run into: Ida Hanks of Encounter Bay. I had the chance to help Ida write and publish her memoirs of her first 100 years of life. An inspiring, talented and creative lady who continued to be a woman in business despite the fact that failing eyesight prevented her from carrying out her normal art and craft activities.My best piece of advice for anyone heading to the region: The best parts of the region aren’t always in bricks and mortar. Anyone who says there’s nothing to do here just isn’t looking in the right places.THE PLUG: Tell us about anything you’d like to plug/promote?If you’re a woman in business in any regional area of South Australia the Women in Business Regional Network would love to hear from you. We hold regular physical networking and learning events in McLaren Vale, Victor Harbor, Strathalbyn, the Adelaide Hills, Murray Bridge, Yorke Peninsula, Port Pirie, Clare and the Riverland, as well as online events for those unable to make it to a physical venue. We’re all about offering support, promotion, education and networking opportunities for business owners, managers, staff and those dreaming of owning their own business.Any links for further information/social media links for you?Women in Business Regional Network website – https://wibnetwork.com.auFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wibregionalnetwork/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wibregionalnetwork/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenRegionalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/19082601/admin/CJ’s Business Solutions website – https://cjsbusinesssolutions.com.auFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjsbusinesssolutions/If you know of another inspirational / fascinating Fleurieu Peninsula / Kangaroo Island identity please drop us a line [email protected]

At the peak of January’s widespread bushfires an army of volunteers gathered at the McLaren Vale Natives to plant 30,000 seedlings — valued at nearly $100,000 — for propagating and donating to affected communities in autumn. ‘Revegetation for a Cause – Bushfire Relief’ is a partnership between McLaren Vale Natives and McLaren Vale Biodiversity Project, which was launched to help heal devastated landscapes across Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island and Yorke Peninsula. For Tash — one of the 550 volunteers who came from the Fleurieu, greater Adelaide and interstate — the event was a practical way to express her support. “I’d been feeling a bit helpless about the state of the country and went through the motions of donating some money and clothes, but I wanted to do something a little more hands on and saw this pop up on my Facebook feed, so I came along. “It’s the least I can do, and it’s been nice to be gardening for a cause.” McLaren Vale Natives, Rob Laffer (pictured above), says the community response to the social media call out was “fantastic” with the event raising “in dollar terms about $100,000”.“The goal was to prepare 10,000 tubulars but we tripled that, which will help revegetate areas to bring them back to where they were,” he said. An important part of the project is that the donated plants are indigenous to specific regions, so if Eucalyptus leucoxylon was lost on Kangaroo Island, a Eucalyptus leucoxylon would replace it. “These are species taken from seed from regions before the fires,” says Jock Harvey, McLaren Vale Biodiversity Project. “Obviously, we all feel for those regions, and we hope these plants will help rebuild landscapes and communities, and of course habitat for the native fauna.” The working bee finished with a barbecue courtesy of the Rotary Club of McLaren Vale as well as Mish and Wade from Southern Koala Rescue introducing young buck Harry and orphaned Itty Bitty to the delighted volunteers.Revegetation for a Cause welcomes support. For more information visit facebook.com/mclarenvalebdp.

From the back garden to the beach and exploring reserves, Onkaparinga is a natural playground all year round. There’s one thing in abundance during this wonderfully wet season — mud! You can mould it, hear it squelch and let it slide through your fingers like silk, and then bake your mud-masterpiece in the sun and decorate it with stones and leaves foraged from your garden. This delightful childhood experience is one of many activities to make it onto the ‘50 things to do before you are 12’ list. Building a sand city and jumping over waves also made the list, and for adventure activities there are colourful maps with fascinating facts. These outdoor adventure-packed ideas are part of the ‘Our Big Backyard Christies’ kit. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Guardians of Feather and Peck.The free range chickens at Feather and Peck Pastured Free Range farms at Willunga and Yundi are kept safe and happy under the watchful eye of their guardian  Maremma dogs Ollie and Bella.Maremma guardian dogs originate from central Italy where they have been long used as sheepdogs guarding off wolves for the shepherds. They have a natural protective instinct and will guard and protect whatever they have been bought up with as a puppy.The Australian movie ‘Oddball’ starred a Maremma dog who watched over an endangered penguin population on Middle Island in Victoria.Ollie 6 years old and Bella 10 years old were bought up with chickens, so being chicken guardians and caretakers is their full time focus.Ollie and Bella are with their chickens 24 hours and day, 7 days a week, they love their way of life and are at their happiest when their chickens are happy and safe.They are not keen on strangers or things out of the ordinary that may threaten their chickens.Ollie and Bella tend to relax more during the day, ready to be alert and on duty at night keeping foxes and predators away.  This chicken sitting duo are really extraordinary working dogs.Maremma dogs have a double coat which is weather resistant and water repellant, making these dogs very well equipped for living outside.The chickens at Feather and Peck’s farms are happy and free to roam amongst the pastures under the watchful guard of Ollie and Bella giving these chickens the opportunity to forage for bugs, scratch in the dirt, eat grass and lay deliciously healthy eggs.Ollie and Bella like to eat their dinner away from the chickens and are each given a couple of eggs a day as a tasty treat.You can find these tasty Feather and Peck Pastured  Free Range eggs at the Willunga, Victor Harbor and Adelaide Farmer Markets and in select SA supermarkets as well as local cafes and restaurants.Happy dogs with Happy chickens making Yummy eggs!If you know of a special animal that lives and works on the Fleurieu Peninsula, we would love to hear about it.  Please drop a line to [email protected]

Heather FreemanHeather Freeman covers the “Fleurieu Locals” section for the Fleurieu App.Heather has always had a passion for people and animals and loves it when the two connect and work together.“I feel very privileged to be part of the Fleurieu App team sharing special stories of the amazing animals that contribute to local businesses around the Fleurieu Peninsula, improving our lives and putting smiles on our faces,” Heather says. If you know of a special animal that lives and works around the Fleurieu, please drop a line to [email protected]

Amy MannersAmy grew up in Encounter Bay. For her, the region has always been nature’s playground — the setting of many action-packed days of snorkelling, hiking, surfing and boating with family and friends.Amy holds a BA in Creative Writing and Media, and works as a freelance photographer, videographer and writer. She has produced print and digital content for the Adelaide Central Market, McLaren Vale Grape Wine and Tourism Association, City of Onkaparinga, and the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation. Her favourite place to work and play is the Fleurieu.Contact Amy - [email protected]

Spring is upon us and the worker bees around the area are becoming active, collecting pollen and nectar from the plants and trees that come into flower with the spring weather.Kylie and Michael Pitt from Berrima Apiaries have been keeping bees for 12 years.  Berrimah Apiaries is a local family run Beekeeping Business that manages 600 bee hives for pollination and honey production that work around the Fleurieu Peninsula and farther locations throughout the state.  All of the honey that Berrima Apiaries produces is sent in bulk to local South Australian honey packers.Each hive can hold from 20 to 50,000 bees and runs as a highly efficiently colony.  The Queen Bee is the mother figure of each hive, she can live up to 2 years and lay 2000 eggs a day.  She is extremely clever how she can also determine if the eggs she lays are going to be male or female. There are many roles that a female worker bee can carry out to ensure the smooth running of the hive. From nursing the babies, cleaning the hive, constructing the wax cells for the eggs to be laid in, to foraging and collecting pollen and nectar to bring back to the hive.  These little worker bees pack a lot of activity in to their very short lives of approximately 6 weeks .In one day a worker bee can travel up to 5 kilometres in search of food and it can take anything from 2 weeks to 6 months to fill a hive full of honey depending on weather and environmental  conditions.Bees are nature’s unsung heroes, they are essential to life and food production, naturally pollinating our flowers and crops. They thrive on a varied diet of flowers, even the local weed flowers help feed the  bees.We can help our busy allies by leaving water in a quiet corner of the garden with a landing pad so they can drink and take water back to the hive. Planting flowering plants and trees, especially ones that flower in the winter help the little honey bees in the cooler months when finding food can be challenging.As a beekeeper Kylie finds it very satisfying to open up a hive and watch these amazing creatures happily buzzing, going about their daily business.  Her favourite honey is Pink Gum honey from the Fleurieu. Mmmm, sweet and delicious! If you know of a special animal that lives and works on the Fleurieu Peninsula, we would love to hear about it.  Please drop a line to [email protected]

The herd of 300 beautiful Holstein cows at one of The Fleurieu Milk Company dairies in Myponga has been owned and carefully managed for the last 32 years by Dairy farmer Geoff Hutchinson.The Holstein milking cow breed is known as the world’s highest production dairy cow breeds.All of the 300 strong herd have hand picked names with inquisitive and individual personalities. But if one cow was to stand out, it would be 2 1/2 year old ‘Summer’.Summer originates from some of the best Holstein blood lines in the world.  She was imported from America as an embryo and artificially inseminated into a breeding cow in Victoria. Once born in Victoria, Australia, Geoff picked her up as a calf and bought her to back his Myponga Dairy Farm. She now is 2 1/2 years old and has been part of the milking herd for 6 months.Her day consists of two milkings a day with an early start for first milking at 4.30 am and the second in the afternoon from around 3 pm.  After morning milking Summer spends her days out to the beautiful green pastures at Myponga to graze, rest and chew her cud.Summer the milking cow is truly an amazing creature, she can produce an average of around 30 litres of the most delicious milk a day.  Can drink 80 to 160 litres of water a day, spend around 6 hours a day eating and another 8 hours chewing her cud.Cud is a form of regurgitated food that is chewed a second time to help with digestion.Summer has just returned home to the farm after an 8 day stay at the Adelaide Show Grounds.  She was spoilt even more than usual whilst staying in town and much time and energy was spent grooming and preparing Summer for her competitions.Summer and the Fleurieu Milk Team won the Reserve Intermediate Champion this year and last year she won All Breed Junior Champion.The Fleurieu Milk company is a local family run business that supports local  community groups and each year donates to The Little Heroes Foundation.When you are next buying your milk at the local supermarket spare a thought for Geoff, Summer and this special herd of Holstein milking cows getting up so early to provide milk for the local community.  If you know of a special animal that lives and works on the Fleurieu Peninsula, we would love to hear about it.  Drop a line to [email protected]

Brooke DuBoisBrooke is excited to be part of the Fleurieu App team as an editorial contributor.She has a longstanding love affair with the region, after getting her first 'real' job as a journalist at The Times and On the Coast newspapers, based in Victor Harbor, where she cut her teeth as a teller of the community's stories from 2006-2009. After a stint working in PR for the South Australian education department, sub editing a Welsh newspaper and editing a business magazine in Bristol, England, Brooke returned to Victor Harbor to serve as editor of The Times and On the Coast from 2012-2015.Now, Brooke runs a small communications business and is a part-time tutor and mentor for the University of South Australia's journalism students. She is enjoying telling the good news stories of the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula for the Fleurieu App.She lives in the Onkaparinga region with her husband Jeremy, their toddler Jack, and Boxer Eddie.

Elliot the 7 year old Clydesdale horse is one of the truly loved horses at the Victor Harbor Tramway.  Elliot arrived to the Victor Tramway team as a two year old and has since grown into a beautiful, majestic, kind and gentle natured horse that wants to be everybody’s  friend.Elliot has a very social personality and loves to be admired by the many visitors that visit and travel on the Victor Harbor Horse Tram across the causeway to Granite Island.At the age of 4 years Elliot spent time in Melbourne with well renown horse breaker and trainer John Patterson where he was broken in to harness and learnt his drafting skills.  Elliot practiced drafting on the streets of Melbourne giving him valuable experience becoming accustomed to traffic and lots of different noises and situations.Now residing back in Victor Harbor, Elliot practices his drafting skills working as part of the harness team.  In the morning before he starts Elliot likes to paddle and splash in the cool sea water to get him going for the day.He enjoys daydreaming by the seaside and when drafting he loves to see what is happening on the causeway as he is quite an inquisitive boy.Elliot keeps fit and strong by his varied exercise plan, pulling logs, going for rides with his team and being lunged.  Elliot is meticulously cared for and groomed daily by the devoted trained staff at the Tramway and has new shoes put on his very large feet every 5 weeks.For his treats Elliot cannot go past a carrot, his absolute favourite!The Victor Harbor Tramway is one of only two horse trams operating in the world, the other operates in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man.In the Southern Hemisphere all horses birthdays fall on August the 1st. Elliot and all the other horses celebrated their birthdays with lots of carrots, scratches and cuddles.As part of the horse’s birthday celebrations kids under 13 years can travel free with one paying adult on the Victor Harbor Tramway for the month of August.The Tram operates Weekdays from 11am running hourly, last tram at 3 pm.Weekends from 10.40 running every 40 minutes until 3.20pm.If you know of a special animal that lives and works on the Fleurieu, we would love to hear about it.  Please drop a line [email protected]

Marley loves farming life.Harvest the Fleurieu Market Hall and Strawberry Farm in Mt Compass. has a very special staff member, Marley the 3 1/2 year old Golden Retriever.Right from the time she arrived from McLaren Flat as a puppy Marley took to farming life straight away.Marley’s owners Allis and Ryan Sherry are part of the family team at Harvest the Fleurieu.Ryan works out on the farm and Allis works in the Market Hall/ Cafe.Marley loves to spend her day working out on the farm with Ryan on the tractor whist he plants, prunes and harvests.Other times she spends time in the Market Hall/Cafe with Allis.Marley is the team leader for customer relations in the Market Hall and loves being admired and receiving pats from her customers.She also patrols the Strawberry patches and has been known to sample these tasty  treats.Marley loves playing in water and mud, the muddier the better. She often potters down the creek for a bit of a play and loves long walks in Kuipto Forest or at the dog friendly beach at Aldinga with her two brothers who are also owned by members of the Sherry family.Marlee also likes to play ball but is still working on the retrieving part of the game.At home Marley helps mind Allis and Ryan’s two year old daughter. Marley absolutely loves this role and has all the patience in the world.She keeps up her good looks with a monthly grooming appointment at Pets a Plenty in McLaren Vale and her special treat is bacon which she can sniff it out for miles.Marley’s birthday party is an annual event at Harvest the Fleurieu.  Her last birthday party consisted of 15 dog related stalls displaying dog treats, dog accessories, grooming gear etc.  She even had a special locally made puppy cake to enjoy on the day.Marley is turning 4  March 2020 and Allis is planning another doozy of a birthday party for her special workmate. All of Marley’s treasured Harvest Fleurieu customers will be very welcome to join the celebration.If you are passing by Harvest the Fleurieu in Mt compass, you will often see Marley this special Golden Retriever going about her daily business.Pop in and say “Hi” and enjoy some amazing farm fresh Fleurieu Produce.If you know of a special animal that works and lives on the Fleurieu, we would love to hear about it. Please drop a line to [email protected]

A former journalist and communications advisor, Julia is an experienced writer, editor and proof reader.Her career took her to Melbourne, London and Adelaide before relocating to the Fleurieu Peninsula in 2005.She enjoys books and movies and blogging about books and movies at [email protected]

Anthony Tucker - Sport's JournalistI’m really excited to be involved with the Fleurieu App and as a ‘sports nut’, I’m thrilled to be writing about local Sport for the App. Over the past 20 years I have worked in the media as a broadcaster with FIVEaa & ABC radio and as an advertising consultant for the Courier newspaper in Mount Barker. I’m 48 years old and have been married for 20 years and have two teenage children, both sports mad (thankfully!). I am currently the senior coach of the Aldgate Cricket Club so Cricket is a major part of my life. I also enjoy hiking, gardening, music & spending time with family. I am passionate about local issues, news, sport, business and community and I believe the Fleurieu App will be a great source of information for the region. Please feel free to email or call me with any sports stories or information. I hope you enjoy the Fleurieu [email protected]

Panda, part of the team Panda is a beautiful Border Collie who is as much a part of the team at Hilton’s Betta Home Living in McLaren Vale as the owners Julia and Dean Hilton.From the time Panda was a puppy she has been coming to work in her ever growing local Electrical Goods store.Pandas daily duties include greeting Hilton’s valued customers, going out on delivery jobs when required and regularly keeping up the staff morale. When there is nothing else to do she is very good at sleeping by the heater.Panda is now 13 years old, she is extremely clever and knows the daily run of the store. When Panda is not at the store she loves to relax, play and spend time paddling her paws at the beach. Her favourite food is rawhide rolls and she often is given them as a treat. She is not so keen on being left alone or on her monthly visit from Gary from Aussie Pooch for her shampoo and groom. But a girl has to look her best for her customers.Call in and see Panda at Betta Home Living, 186 Main Road, McLaren Vale. If you know of a special animal that works and lives on the Fleurieu, we would love to hear about it. Please drop line to [email protected]

Susie set to launch new app for Fleurieu PeninsulaOne of Women in Business newest members hasn’t yet officially launched the centrepiece of her business, but is excited about what it will bring to the Fleurieu Peninsula region.Susie Williams of Willunga has founded Fleurieu App, an app which is due for release in August to showcase all the region has to offer including news, business, weather, events and more.Find out more about Susie and her exciting new venture in her profile below:Name: Susie WilliamsBusiness: Fleurieu AppPhone: 0455 791 190Email: [email protected]: WillungaWhat does your business do?  Fleurieu App gives you the Fleurieu Region at your fingertips. Whether it’s breaking news or sport, latest weather, events, business listings, local attractions, jobs, council, visitor centres or the nearest restaurants, cafes, cellar doors, breweries and bars to you – Fleurieu App has it all. The app is due to go live in August and will be free to download.“If you are a Business in the Fleurieu Peninsula you need to be listed on this app.”“If you service the Fleurieu Area you need to be on this app.” “If you live in the Fleurieu you need to download this free app.”What area do you serve? The Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island.How long have you been in business? We go live early August – keep an eye out!Up to 5 dot points about your business journey:§ Recently lived in New Zealand and was part of a team that created and ran the Marlborough App. Moved back to the Fleurieu early 2019 and couldn’t wait to build an App for this fabulous region.§ Meeting LOTS of lovely Fleurieu people and their awesome businesses.§ Love the fact that this region is so grateful for what we have and so willing to support local business.Name two things you’ve learned from your business journey:§ There are not enough hours in the day!§ Learning to be brave and get out and mingle and meet people…yes, I quite like being quiet and at home!!Why did you join the Women in Business Network?  I was introduced to the lovely Carolyn! I had my eye on the group and with a new business in the region knew it was a great way to go to meet new people and create new friendships.