What is your favourite winter activity?
James Whalan: My favourite things to do in winter are to cook and sit in front of a wood fire.
Emma Amery: Watching my girls enjoy playing their Saturday sports.
Helen Field: Curling up beside the fire while watching movies.
How long have you lived in Forbes and what do you like about living here? I have been living in Forbes for seven years now. I’m not a city person and have always been a country boy.
Where do you work and what do you enjoy about your work? Since retiring I have been involved in the Forbes Country Music Club of which I am the current club president. I really enjoy playing music in bands.
What do you do to unwind after work or on weekends? I love playing guitar and listening to music on weekends.
What are you really good at? I’m a good guitarist and singer.
If you could have a super power, what would it be? If I had a super power, I would get rid of bad people and keep good people.
What is your pet hate? My pet hate would have to be liars and deceitful people.
Tell us about your best holiday ever. My best holiday has to be diving in the Maldives for sunken wrecks.
How long have you lived in Forbes and what do you like about living here? I’ve lived in the Forbes district for nearly 40 years. I love the friendliness of the community and how people look out for and support each other.
Where do you work and what do you enjoy about your work? I work in our farm business. I love to be able to work outside a lot. There are never two days the same, it never gets boring.
What do you do to unwind after work or on weekends? There isn’t a lot of down time with farming but I love to spend time with my family, watching their sports or relaxing with friends whenever I can.
What are you really good at? I like to try a lot of things, but not sure if I’m good at any of them. I’m always willing to give things a try.
If you could have a super power, what would it be? To be able to control the weather.
What is your pet hate? Laziness. Tell us about your best holiday ever. Every holiday has been great. Exploring different places with my family and stepping back from the day to day grind is wonderful.
Robyn Sydney (canteen extraordinaire): Chocolate and sour cream. Chocolate because it goes with everything and sour cream because it also goes with almost everything!
Ella White: Pasta bolognaise because it is my favourite food and sausages because I love them and they are really yummy.
Reggie Murray: A bowl of Coco Chex cereal because I eat cereal every day and chicken carbonara which I also eat nearly every day. They are delicious!
How long have you lived in Forbes and what do you like about living here? I’ve been living in the area for 13 years and bought a farm on the New Grenfell Road two years ago where we now live. I like the people, climate, agricultural landscape and close proximity to services.
Where do you work and what do you enjoy about your work? I work on my own farm and leased farm land. I love being a farmer. I love the challenges associated with running a profitable business.
What do you do to unwind after work or on weekends? I really enjoy shooting rats in the sheds at night with the kids, cooking a barbeque, motorbike riding in challenging terrain (Great Dividing Range) and going camping with the family.
What are you really good at? I’m not sure if I’d call myself as “really good at”, but you generally become good at what you love and I love my wife and kids and being a role model to them.
If you could have a super power, what would it be? Bring injustice in our world to its knees – poverty, abuse, sex trafficking, slavery, hunger, war, violence – to see people freed from these bondages.
What is your pet hate? The lack of respect of others.
Tell us about your best holiday ever. When I took my family on a camping trip to Broken Hill, Tibooburra and Innamincka to Cameron’s Corner.
How long have you lived in Forbes and what do you like about living here? I grew up and went to school in Forbes but after marrying a farmer 25 years ago, I’ve had to commute to work in Forbes or stay home.
Where do you work and what do you enjoy about your work? ChapterTwo. I enjoy meeting new people and making them feel good about themselves.
What do you do to unwind after work or on weekends? I drive home trying to avoid the roo’s. I love having my family around or catching up with friends.
What are you really good at? I’m really good at cramming every last minute as I never have enough time, which always makes me late. I am also good at not being able to switch off… or is that a bad thing?
If you could have a super power, what would it be? I would want to be able to control the rain when needed!
What is your pet hate? Dealing with Telstra. I’m no good at puzzles. Oh, and I am OCD about the interior of the car being clean.
Tell us about your best holiday ever. Being young and in Year 6 and going on a school excursion, discovering Sydney. I thought it was just the best thing ever.
George Barnes: My favourite childhood memory is summer days and no school.
Christene Gorton: Going for drives with my mother and father and also my grandparents on Sundays in Sydney.
John Ryan: A childhood memory I certainly cannot forget was when I fell off a horse!
Lilli Cronin: Hurdles athlete, Sally Pearson. I like how fast she runs and her style of jumping.
Poppy Constable: Usain Bolt because he’s really good at what he does and he is caring and kind.
Hannah Cudaj: Susan Pettitt because she pushed through difficulties within netball of being cut from the Australian team and worked hard to eventually make her way back into the team.
Kerry Stevenson
How long have you lived in Forbes and what do you like about living here? I have lived in Forbes for 30 years. It’s a friendly town in beautiful surroundings. I’ve found it a great place to bring up a family and a good place to do business. I find tonnes of stuff to do, so never a dull moment unless I want one.
Where do you work and what do you enjoy about your work? I currently work at News On Rankin. They are a great and happy bunch of people, all working towards positive outcomes that make it a pleasant workplace. I enjoy getting around town delivering newspapers and receiving smiles and waves.
What do you do to unwind after work or on weekends? I like to read books, play Internet games, visit friends and my folks and go to church. I also enjoy mountain climbing with my son. I love cooking, playing guitar, song writing, storytelling and volunteering on the local radio.
What are you really good at? Talking! If you could have a super power, what would it be? A super sense of humour. I like to see people laughing and happy.
What is your pet hate? Definitely flies!
Tell us about your best holiday ever. Mushandike, which was a school excursion when I was 12. A family trip to Zimbabwe with sight-seeing of Victoria Falls, Kariba Dam and the Inyangas. Lake McDougal in the Tribal Trust Lands – getting bogged in quicksand, boating across the lake, watching the hippos at play and listening to the night sounds of the African bush.
Jemma McLennan: It is important because of all the people who fought for our country and who are still fighting.
Hugh Mackay: To remember the soldiers who died in the war for us so that we could have a good life today.
Shirley Taylor: My father was in the war and he went through terrible things afterwards