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janie reed [Utungun, near Macksville ]<br />
Janie is a tireless campaigner for a ‘fair go’ for<br />
her local community and has been involved in a<br />
number of community organisations including<br />
Macksville Chamber of Commerce, Nambucca<br />
Valley Care, Nambucca Landcare, ABC Regional<br />
Radio Committee, the nursery industry and the<br />
Utungun Hall Trust. A genuine and devoted<br />
community hero, Janie was named 2010<br />
Nambucca Shire Council Citizen of the Year and<br />
was appointed to the Board of the Mid North<br />
Coast Local Health District in 2011. Janie has<br />
most recently turned her attentions to the fight for<br />
renal services at the Macksville Hospital.<br />
katrina rendell<br />
[Barrington, near Gloucester]<br />
Katrina, her husband and their three young<br />
children moved to Barrington in 1984. In October<br />
2001 she followed her husband in joining the<br />
Barrington Rural Fire Brigade and three years later<br />
became Deputy Captain of that Brigade. In 2009<br />
Katrina was elected as Senior Deputy Captain of<br />
the same unit. She is a very active member of the<br />
Training Unit, located at Gloucester Fire Control<br />
Centre and has assumed a senior role in the<br />
conduct of the local Rural Fire Service Secondary<br />
School Cadet Program. Her passion for the Service<br />
has also seen Katrina become involved in the<br />
local Community Engagement Group. She attends<br />
most incidents involving the Barrington Brigade<br />
and is a role model to all of the Gloucester District<br />
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Brigade members; displaying professionalism<br />
and dedication in everything she does for the<br />
Rural Fire Service.<br />
barbara roach<br />
[Gwandlan, near Swansea]<br />
Barbara grew up on a farm where everyone<br />
had to do their fair share of hard work. When<br />
she was 14 Barbara left the farm and moved to<br />
Sydney bringing along her positive work ethic.<br />
She became a nurse and worked for NSW Health<br />
for over 29 years before retiring to Gwandalan.<br />
Barbara is passionate about social wellbeing<br />
within her community and in <strong>2012</strong> established<br />
the Gwandalan Community Garden. Gwandalan<br />
is an isolated township and the garden was an<br />
opportunity to create a friendly meeting place for<br />
people to interact socially. The garden consists<br />
of 37 allotments with 64 adult and 14 children<br />
members. Barbara is also passionate about<br />
sustainability and the environment. The garden<br />
produces organic food and aims to promote<br />
healthy eating. It was constructed using mainly<br />
recycled materials and includes vegetables, fruit<br />
trees, a pumpkin patch, native bee hives, a frog<br />
pond, an artistic mural, rainwater tanks, a BBQ<br />
meeting area and a native bushland regeneration<br />
project. She makes everyone feel welcome at<br />
the garden with morning teas becoming quite<br />
popular. Residents from all over the community<br />
drop into the garden for a cuppa and a chat.<br />
School holidays are also busy with visiting<br />
grandchildren eager to join their grandparents for<br />
a spot of gardening. Barbara can be seen at the<br />
garden from dawn to dusk, sometimes seven days
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