A record 176 finalists have been announced for the 2018 Cabonne Daroo Business Awards, which showcase the quality and diversity of businesses based in Cabonne Shire.
Mayor Kevin Beatty said the Daroos put the spotlight on Cabonne businesses and organisations that demonstrate a commitment to excellence in their service or management. “The profile of the awards has grown substantially since their inception in 2000 and they are now regarded as one of the major
events on the regional business calendar,” he said.
“I can assure you they are highly sought by a range of businesses, organisations and individuals throughout Cabonne, as evidenced by the record number of nominations and finalists this year.”
Awards chairman Bruce Buchanan, said the Daroos had become the template for similar events in smaller regional areas. “The awards introduced a new category this year for businesses that have future proofed their operations through innovation and I am delighted six finalists will be vying for this inaugural award,” Mr Buchanan said.
Future proofing is the theme for this year’s awards and this year’s new category follows the introduction last year of a category for businesses fostering disability inclusion. Ticket sales have opened for the presentation dinner at Eat Your Greens function centre at Eugowra and some tables have already sold out.
Tickets can be purchased online for $66 each by going to the awards website www.daroobusinessawards.com.au
The following finalists have been announced for the 2018 awards:
Best New Business
• Aussie Fire Buckets
• Avalind Photography
• Downtown Fitness
• Gamboola Woolshed
• Ian Simpson & Co Canowindra
• Manildra Post & Transaction Centre
• Manildra Pharmacy
• QT Beauty
• Studio Windmill
• Timber Tales
Best Ongoing Business
• Australian National Field Days
• Booful Gifts & Homeware
• Canowindra Phoenix
• Canowindra Preschool Kindergarten
• Cudal Bowling Club
• Cudal Community Children’s Centre
• Eugowra Quality Meats
• Eugowra Rural Transaction Centre
• Gift & Homeware House
• Gundamain Feedlot
• Manildra Craft Cottage
• Molong Bakery
• Molong Pharmacy
• YBM Molong
• Yeoval LPO
Best Home-Based Business
• B&C Roberts Rural Contracting
• Country Designs
• Grace Press Family Day Care
• Greenwood Designs
• Hills of Fire Flora
• Leanne Pearce Dogwash
• Marnie McFee’s
• Montrose House
• On the Grime
• Studio Windmill
Excellence in Hospitality
• Be Tempted
• Billabong Takeaway
• Café 51
• Clancy’s Café
• Coffee on Kiewa
• Eat Your Greens
• Freemasons Hotel
• Manildra Bowling Club
• Manildra Golf Club
• Manildra Royal Hotel
• Molong Bakery
• Old Vic Inn
• Royal Hotel Yeoval
• Sweetness Your Lolly Shop
• Timber Tales
Excellence in Accommodation
• Eddy’s of Canowindra
• Gindahna Accommodation
• Hayes Serviced Apartments
• Manildra Caravan Park
• Old School House
• Parkview B&B Canowindra
• Royal Hotel Yeoval
Excellence in Marketing, Advertising and Communications
• Adloyalty
• AMUSU Theatre
• Canola Cup
• Canowindra Phoenix
• Coco Harvest
• Cumnock Progress Review 60th Year
• Duck IT
• Long White Lunch
• Manildra Matters
• Yeoval Satellite Newspaper
Excellence in Tourism Business
• Age of Fishes Museum
• Australian National Field Days
• Banjo Patterson Museum
• Canola Cup
• Canowindra Balloon Festival
• Gindahna
• Hillside Harvest
• Molong Yarn Market
Excellence in Environmental Enhancement & Sustainable Agriculture
• Ag N Vet Cumnock
• Canobolas Eggs
• Kerin Engineering
• Little River Landcare
• Manildra Rural Centre
• MSM Milling
• Nanami Compost
Excellence in Service Operations – Small Entity
• BP Molong
• Cabonne/Blayney Family Day Care
• Canowindra Tyre Service
• Cargo Store
• Cumnock General Store
• Daniel Hiller Electrician
• Delice Café
• J&K Christie Mechanical Repairs
• M&A Bray Transport
• Magic’s Meats
• Margot Sawyer Conveyancing
• Molong Bakery
• Molong Smash Repairs
• Rumour Has It
• Yeoval LPO
Excellence in Service Operations – Large Entity
• Blue Shearing Service
• Cumnock Village Preschool
• Davimac Engineering
• Eat Your Greens
• Molong Pharmacy
• MSM Milling
• SPAR Supermarket
• UPA Aged Care
• YBM Molong
• Yeoval Bowling Club
Contribution to Cabonne – Community Organisation
• Cabonne Community Transport
• Cabonne/Blayney Family Day Care
• Canowindra Branch CWA
• Canowindra Creative Centre
• Canowindra Preschool
• Caravan Committee
• Cargo Mens Shed
• Cudal Cargo Lions Club
• Cumnock Progress Association
• Cumnock Village Preschool
• Eugowra Promotion & Progress Association
• Eugowra Show Society
• Just Keep Swimming
• Long White Lunch
• Manildra First Responders
• Molong Advancement Group
• Molong District Baptist Church Playgroup
• Molong Players
• Molong RSL Sub Branch
• Molong St John Ambulance Cadets
• Yeoval Red Cross Shop
• St Vincent de Paul – Molong
• St Vincent de Paul – Canowindra
Contribution to Cabonne – By a Business
• Adloyalty
• Canowindra Phoenix
• Cargo Store
• Coffee on Kiewa
• Cumnock General Store
• Greenwood Designs
• Hillside Harvest
• Molong Bakery
• MSM Milling
• SPAR Supermarket
• Timber Tales
Business Fostering Disability Inclusion
• Age of Fishes Museum
• Cumnock General Store
• Freemasons Hotel
• Prunus Lodge
• St Joseph’s School Manildra
Future Proofing Your Business through Innovation
• Aussie Fire Buckets
• Avalind Photography
• Canobolas Eggs
• Cumnock Village Preschool
• Davimac Engineering
• Gundamain Feedlot
Apprentice / Trainee of Year
• Jesse Fulwood – Molong Early Learning Centre
• Katia Whiteman – Cabonne Council
Employee of the Year
• Andrew Harper – SPAR Supermarket
• Mitchell Milne – Molong Bakery
• Lisa Smith – Sweetness your Lollyshop
• Sharnie Duncan – Cabonne / Blayney Family Daycare
• Tracie Milne – YBM Molong
• Tracey Gosper – Cumnock Village Preschool
• Lisa Frazer – YBM Molong
• Jake Alcorn – Molong Pharmacy
• Rikki Philpott – Tania & Justin Lampe
• Liz Francis – Canowindra Preschool Kindergarten
• Tara King – Stacey Roweth
• Bob Murray – Cabonne Council
• Roselea Buttigieg – Canowindra Phoenix
Best Business in Cabonne
• Age of Fishes Museum
• 17 Shades Hairdresser
• Eugowra Quality Meats
• Molong Bakery
• Canowindra Phoenix
• YBM – Molong
• Gundamain Pastoral Co
• Cumnock General Store
• Cabonne / Blayney Family Day Care