Rural Room

09/10/2026

What can’t Angie Roe Photography do?! An all round incredible creative, champion of the regions and excellent mentor to regional young people for Wheatbelt & Beyond Youth Mentoring 💫

03/10/2026

A great opportunity to talk about how brilliant Wheatbelt & Beyond Youth Mentoring & RRR -The Rural, Regional, Remote Women's Network of Western Australia are and highlight how excellent the creative talent is within the regions! ❤️💫

From celebrating filmmaking success in Sydney to championing young people back home in the Wheatbelt, Bec Bignell has plenty to share!

Fresh from a successful night at a filmmakers festival in Sydney, Bec shares more about her recent wins, the experience of having her creative work recognised, and how technology allowed her to stay connected with an event happening hundreds of kilometres away in Northam.

The conversation also explores Bec’s role as Funding, Partnerships & Events Manager with Wheatbelt & Beyond Youth Mentoring, the importance of strong female role models, creating opportunities for regional young people, and the power of connection for women across our regions.

Have a listen - https://youtu.be/w7mEuEqPImM

07/09/2026

Our friends at RRR -The Rural, Regional, Remote Women's Network of Western Australia and Wheatbelt & Beyond Youth Mentoring are coming together for an event you don’t want to miss!

The Wheatbelt Women’s Networking Lunch is on Tuesday September 22 in Northam.

Jump on the link in RRR’s post to secure your ticket before they’re all snapped up.

It’s shaping up to be an excellent event! 💫

🌾 Northam, we’re coming your way!

There’s still time to join us for the Wheatbelt Women’s Networking Lunch on Tuesday 22nd September.

Come along for a relaxed afternoon of good conversation, new connections and the chance to have your say on the issues and opportunities that matter to women across the Wheatbelt.

📅 Tuesday 22nd September
⏰ 11:30am – 1:30pm
📍 Northam Country Club
🎟️ Tickets just $15

Whether you’re in business, community, government, agriculture or simply keen to connect with other women across the region, we’d love to have you at the table.

Grab your ticket and join us in Northam! 🌾 https://www.rrrnetwork.com.au/events/

Wheatbelt Development Commission Wheatbelt & Beyond Youth Mentoring

06/09/2026

Sharing this from our friends over at The Darcy Effect in the hope that there maybe be a bidder in our midst to support the brilliant work they do to increase medical support and boost first aid literacy for regional kids. ❤️

If you’re in the moooood to do some goooood, jump on over to their page to learn more! 🐄 💕

Make Your Next Moooove Count! 🐮🙊

Something very special is happening at the Brunswick Show on the 24th October 2026!

Clarabelle the Cow (who isn’t a real cow, but please don’t tell her that 🤫 ) has a wonderful history of helping raise funds for important causes. Now, she is being given a new artistic life by a talented Western Australian artist.

Once her artwork is complete, Clarabelle will be auctioned at the Brunswick Show, with The Darcy Effect as the beneficiary!!!

The successful bidder will have the privilege of caring for Clarabelle for the next 12 months, giving her a home and helping continue her story of supporting families and communities. However, The Darcy Effect would also be delighted to cow sit Clarabelle, giving her a welcoming place to hang out with their own cow, Bessie. We think the two cows would make quite a wonderful team! 🐮 🐮

The more Clarabelle raises at auction, the more we can do for families living in regional, rural and remote Western Australia.

Funds raised will help The Darcy Effect to:

🌾Gift Smileyscope subscriptions to regional, rural and remote hospitals across Western Australia, helping make medical procedures and hospital stays less stressful for children and families.

🌾Provide comfort and familiarity through resources such as hospital bags, bringing some of the warmth of home into an unfamiliar hospital environment.

🌾Deliver free first aid education to country schools.

🌾Develop practical health, safety and educational resources for rural and remote communities.

Smileyscope is a medical technology platform that uses a specialised virtual reality headset and immersive experiences to help children feel calmer and more supported during medical procedures. The Darcy Effect has been generously provided with a Smileyscope product to experience and demonstrate how technology can assist children during medical care.

We are looking for someone who may be interested in bidding for Clarabelle whether as an individual, business, organisation or community group. We would also love to hear from anyone interested in forming a collective or syndicate to bid together.

For information about bidding, please contact Brunswick Show President Jo Anne Norton:
[email protected]
For more information about The Darcy Effect, please contact Kate Mitchell on 0407 772 967.

This project reflects what The Darcy Effect is all about: using storytelling, connection and practical action to improve health and safety outcomes for families who live a long way from major services.

Please like, tag and share this post with anyone who may be interested in becoming Clarabelle’s next custodian. Thank you for helping us share Clarabelle’s next chapter!

Kate & Matt Mitchell

📸 ABC - MGM Bulk/James Giacci

Special thanks too…

Albany Signs Flourish Eclectic Albany Event Hire Brunswick Show Tony’s Albany Smileyscope Great Southern Grammar. Shots up scoreboards.

05/09/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads, stepdads, grandads and father figures who make a difference every single day. ❤️

Today is about celebrating the love, guidance, strength and laughter you bring to your families. Through the good times, the tough times and everything in between, you’re there with a helping hand, a listening ear and a whole lot of love.

Wishing all the wonderful dads a very Happy Father’s Day. 💙

May your day be filled with family, love, laughter and a little bit of time to put your feet up! 🥰

Share with us how you make Fathers Day special with your special people.

02/09/2026

How excellent to spotlight regional screenings for a film we’re especially excited about as we’ve had a little something to do with it....the INCREDIBLE FILM that is HARD AS PUCK which follows a struggling para ice hockey club in WA. With no money, no sponsors, and barely enough players, they rely on grants to get by. But when the enigmatic founder (and chief grant procurer) prepares to step away, the club is thrown into turmoil...straight from its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, where it took out the Intrepid Audience Award, Australian feature documentary HARD AS PUCK will hit cinemas nationally this November through Halo Films!

With regional screenings this weekend at Orana Cinema in Busselton WA on Friday at 530pm and Sunday at 1030am as part of CinefestOz, and for our friends in NSW, it will also screen in Newcastle on Friday, November 20 at 6:30pm for a special screening held in conjunction with Ice Hockey Australia and World Para Ice Hockey ahead of the 2026 Women’s World Championships in Newcastle.

Writer & Director: Isaac Elliott Isaac Elliott
Producer: Chanel Bowen Chanel Bowen
Producer & DOP: Noel Smyth Noel Smyth
EP: Bec Bignell Cockatoo Co.Lab
& Ian Hale HALO Films
Editor: Cindy Clarkson
Composer: Ned Beckley envelope audio
Sound Design: Brad Habib Brad Habib
Sound Recordist: Zachary Clem Zac Holmes
and Trevor Hope trevmhope
Additional Camera: Mikey Hamer Mikey A Hamer, Blake Waldock
Michael Lincoln
Ryan Winters, Jake Blackburn, Chanel Bowen
1st AC: Paolo Feliciano
Camera & Lighting Assistant: Kirra Hosking Kirra Hosking
Production Assistant: George Samios george samios
Colorist: Jaemie Manners CSI Jaemie Manners CSI
Assistant Editor: Angus Cameron WAVY👽
Post Producer: Holly Miller Brouwer HOLLY MILLER BROUWER
Sound effects editor and additional sound design: Julian Oliver j u l e s
Post House: Sandbox Sandbox Productions
Soundbyte Studios
Key Art Designer: Jack Vanzet Jack Vanzet
Key Art Photography: Courtney McAllister Court McAllister

18/06/2026

Speaking of exceptional regional creatives…are you familiar with photographer Nic Duncan Photographer

We’ve had the delight of knowing and working with Nic for some time and the incredible people and stories she captures through her lens are always a source of inspiration and truly move us when they come through our feed. We’re highlighting her and one of her recent collaborations here so you can also appreciate the stories and people she shares.

Pictured here is Aunty Eliza from the upcoming exhibition - Binalup, Menang | First Light, First People, a portrait exhibition that is a Menang-led collaboration between Elders and Nic.

Running from 26 June – 26 July, at the Albany Town Hall, the exhibition features a series of 29 portraits of Elders and other key Menang people, shining a light on their contributions to the Menang community and the wider Albany community.

We’ve taken the below from the City of Albany website and below we've shared the link to the dates and times of the exhibition.

Menang Elder, Aunty Carol Pettersen says the project “highlights the contributions of our First Nations people in shaping the community we have today, telling our story in a way that builds pride and confidence in our youth while fostering mutual respect and collaboration.” Uncle Lester Coyne adds, “Many of our Elders are ‘quiet achievers,’ so this is a wonderful way to recognise them publicly.”

This meaningful project will leave a lasting legacy, ensuring the images and stories of the Menang people are recognised, celebrated, and shared with future generations.

https://albany-events.bookable.net.au/ #!/event-detail/ev_64ac0f2b56fb4b839623ec738bf1d35c

18/06/2026

If you’ve followed for a while you’ll know that one of our primary goals is to highlight and celebrate regional creative talent, and to make regional creatives discoverable so they can get greater access to professional opportunities.

This story highlighting the incredible Brianna Jones - day to day farmer, and aspiring film maker, is the perfect example of everything we stand for!

We’re regularly contacted by people all over the world if they need to find a creative in the most faraway of places in regional Australia and I can honestly say that there’s only been a couple of instances where we couldn’t find a local creative to suit the purpose they needed. Exceptional creative talent literally exists all over regional Australia.

If you’re crewing professional creative projects - from major films, to advertising campaigns to brand shoots, theatre shows…and everything in between…please look locally before you haul in a team of entirely city based creatives. Implanting creative legacy is not only valuable for the people that remain in that community, but also because the talent you’ll discover have so much magic to contribute to the broader national story telling landscape ongoing!

Don’t assume they’re not there, or they’re not experienced/skilled enough. It’s simply not true…you just haven’t met them yet but when you find them you’ll be glad you looked! 😉✨

Photo supplied by Brianna Jones for a story written by Astrid Volzke Story Threads Australia and Kate Forrester for ABC Great Southern

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/brianna-jones-combines-farming-filmmaking-gairdner-wa/106803564?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

17/05/2026

What did you get up to on the weekend? ☀️📸

A quiet moment at home, time on the farm, a road trip, sport, family gatherings, creative projects or simply enjoying a coffee in the sunshine, we’d love to see it.

Share your weekend in photos in the comments below 👇

📸Framed on farm always nice to spend time beside the farm dams watching the birds 🦅 fish 🐠 and turtles 🐢 .

08/05/2026

Mother’s Day has been getting a bitta airtime of late. So. A little post to add to the mother love.

These gorgeous pics were taken by the ridiculously talented Clancy Paine (capturer of magic + mother) at a very special convergence of creatives at

The adventure was designed and brought together by a coupla brilliant powerhouses led by Grace Brennan and Georgie Robertson ❤️

For me, this gathering came at a really unique time…it was the first time I’d been away solo from my two little girls, and I also knew it would be the end of my feeding journey as my 18 month old was weaning and being away for a few days was going to be the full stop at the end of that experience….a bittersweet milestone.

As I travelled across the Nullarbor to Numby and back, I went through all manner of emotions - from an unfamiliar sense of freedom (oh my god I can use both my hands!!), to an uncomfortable sense of grief, guilt and shame, underpinned by the most splendid sense of joy in connecting face to face with a group of unbelievable creative women I’d admired from afar for years. I hadn’t realised quite how isolated, lonely and overwhelmed I’d felt in the early years of motherhood until this moment…I was like a little puppy bursting with energy, overflowing with chatter, bubbling frivolously like the creeks we crossed.

There’s a certain chemistry that crackles when you’re among fellow creatives and artists in person….inspiring, rejuvenating and replenishing, something I really needed. It was also fantastic to share in conversations of motherhood and managing artistic dreams alongside the things we do as mums. This continues to fascinate and perplex me.

During the week I read a quote that summed it up so honestly:

“I don't think "juggle" is a cute metaphor. I think it is the whole thing. There is no magical integration point where it all clicks. No season where the domestic and the artistic stop competing for blood. There is just the constant negotiation of what gets held, what gets dropped, what gets delayed, what gets made anyway...creativity is not the thing I do alongside motherhood. Creativity is what keeps me alive inside it."
Quote credit -

These words resonated. I don’t have anything wise to espouse in this post. It’s just a pebble of thought thrown out to all the artist mothers crawling, skipping, striding along this path.

I’ll always cherish this experience that I was so lucky to enjoy at a pivotal point, and I continue to celebrate the extraordinary women I got to gather with, I’ve popped their accounts below so you can also watch their wonderful work.

A huge thanks to the otherworldly women Louise and Heidi at the helm of the experience, you must check them out and I wildly encourage you to organise your own creative coming together at Numby. You’ll still be talking about it for years to come, like I am now.

xx