Amy Sims recently caught up with Father Christmas from Santa’s Workshop for a quick chat during this busy time of year.

Dot Ruck and Diana Currie recently caught up with Rod Grieve an Agricultural Consultant at The Store in Albany for a coffee and a chat.

Kelly is our much loved friend and colleague who has worked at Lincolns for a full 25 years! When Emmalee and Skye asked Kelly to share her story at Lincolns she told them she didn’t think her life was interesting. They didn’t listen and she gave in to tell us about herself. Here goes…

Craig Anderson and Pam Kloosterman recently caught up with Bob Whittingstall from Camtrans to discover his interesting story in the transport industry..

Brendan Taylor and Gavin Hard recently caught up with Phil Shilcock from Best Office Systems (BOS). BOS are suppliers and service agents of office machines and technological needs in the Great Southern with offices in Albany and Narrogin.

Amy Sims and Diana Currie caught up with Mark Sawle, the Principal of Great Southern Grammar (GSG) recently to reminisce about the independent school’s 20th birthday celebrations and its bright future in Albany.

Graeme Castlehow is the owner and director of J & S Castlehow Electrical Services, a business he has been involved in for over 40 years. It is today the only electrical business in the state that can do everything from construction, installation, underground drilling and switchboard manufacturing inhouse.

Rob Prior first met Will at Lincolns working as an Accountant.  They worked together for about 7 years before Will decided to do something completely different……and got into bookkeeping instead!  

I met Norm and Edith White about two years ago. While in my office, I asked a few questions about their history. After about an hour I said “you should write a book”. Norm said ‘no one is interested in our story’. There is something special about the humble nature of our pioneers that inspires me. So last week, I went to their house in Albany with Kelly to learn more. Here is a very brief version of their story.

David and Gaynor Clarke of Cape Howe Cottages knew that they loved the cooler climate, nature, dark night skies and needed to be near the sea. They also loved travelling and exploring so came up with the idea of providing somewhere for people just like us to holiday to. After a lot of searching they found a piece of paradise near Lowlands Beach and Cape Howe Cottages was born.

Amy Sims caught up with Brooke Pearson and Nicole Forgione from Just Move Just Eat who operate a women’s only studio situated on Middleton Loop in Albany. Our studio is not a place you come just to work out. We offer a range of classes, personal training, nutritional coaching, body composition analysis, workshops and much more. The majority of our clientele are aged between 30 and 60 so our class timetable is custom-designed to suit both stay at home mothers and working women.

We chatted last with Neil just over 12 months ago where we discovered that a striving and successful strawberry farm was on its way into the world of organic produce. Twelve months on and we are pleased to say that this is taking place and exciting developments are on the way. In part 2 we wanted to know more about Neil the person. How he came into strawberry farming, why organics and just how he finds time to give back to the community.