The Albany Spirit Soldiers project aims to be a lasting tribute to the brave soldiers who left our shores for Gallipoli more than 100 years ago.

From being a dream for a 15-year-old Dampier boy, to a realisation 18 years down the track, the Illegal Tender Rum Company and Stableviews Distillery, in Dongara, have won 18 World Spirit Awards since 2015.

The Rats of Tobruk adopted with pride the sobriquet (nick name) conferred on them by New York-born, Ireland-raised and England-educated fascist William Joyce - better known to Allied troops as Lord Haw Haw - during his Germany Calling propaganda radio broadcasts out of Hamburg.

Matt Swinney took a gamble introducing grenache to a region that was foreign to the grape variety and it was that leap of faith some 20 years ago which is now providing great dividends.

Whirlwind Olives is a fitting name for a small farming operation, which happened "more by chance than plan".

For about 15 years of her childhood, founder Meredith Nowlan lived on remote cattle stations near the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland and she said it was this experience which inspired her to create a business that supported people living in similarly isolated regions of Australia.

"The farm essentially creates a habitat in the ocean environment for the natural sea life."

I travelled to Australia in 2000, spending four months as a jillaroo in the Northern Territory, got the obligatory horse tattoo and accepted that that had been my 'horsey' experience of my life.

The event's beefed up program attracted about 130 participants with a focus on Australian Lot Feeders' Association's shade initiative and its impact to the WA

Gap years have become a thing of the past for most teenagers now that exotic overseas locations have been closed off but Sam Hughes from Maleny is on the adventure of a lifetime.