Profiling Charlie Cox Sil Gava, Geoffrey Hannah, Bertie Elliott Ray Donovan by Helen Trustum, Motoring, 4WD news, Truck & Bike History Let's Cook & much more 48,000 Magazine readers per month 1.1 Million online eMag readers per month* 12,000 latest issues downloaded per month** Over 520,000 unique viewers to website per month Over 14,500 Facebook likes & Followers 60,000 plus Facebook reach per month Website Media releases average 6,000 per post. Google ranking page 1 in most regions and target audiences. November edition Issue 23 P: 02 6662 6222 E: [email protected] W: www.heartlandmagazine.com.au 2018Another exciting month here at Heartland, we haven't stopped since issue 22. Firstly we distributed 15,000 copies of issue 22 and they were completely snapped up in the first 10 days, our eMag version of issue 22 had over 2.2 million readers and was downloaded to print by 22,000 people. Unbelievable numbers and hard to get our head around, as well as this people from all over Australia are subscribing to Heartland Magazine each month and each month we are posting more and more copies out. We have a great story this month, actually we've wanted to Profile this gentleman for a while and we finally got to do it, we profiled Charlie Cox (Page 10-11) and it's a great story on a very loved man. Helen Trustum writes a great story each month for us, this month she 15,000 Gloss A4 writes about Ray Donovan. It's also a great read about a man that is a big part of our community. Magazines distributed per We also do a lovely story on Mr Sil Gava and I had the opportunity to talk to Geoffrey Hannah and Marion Faulks from Ballina and Heartland Bertie Elliott, both gentlemen and leaders in their fields. We also have a few celebrations we've been month asked to cover, which we were honoured to do. McDonalds Pharmacy turns 90 years and owner John Magazine on P and O Pacific Jewel Cruise J Black gave us a nice insight into the past and now. Also, Pinkerton Jewellers turns 85 and Nella asked 846 to Papua New Guinea. Marion receives us to do a story on the store and how it all came about, it's a great story and we hope you enjoy reading Heartland from Ballina West Newsagency. all of this edition of Heartland Magazine. Thank you Marion for sending your We too are celebrating our two years. On November 10th, 2016 Sharon and I started Heartland photo in and we hope you not only Magazine. We started from my house in Kyogle with little more than a desk, a phone and a computer. enjoyed your cruise but the stories Sharon approached advertisers with the idea of Heartland Magazine (we had no samples) and they in Issue 22 of Heartland Magazine. jumped on board and many of them still support us today. That first issue was only 28 pages and took 8 weeks to design and layout, it was a mammoth job and we worked over 70 hours per week each. Even deciding on the paper type and quality took us 3 weeks and we sorted through hundreds of samples until we found what we liked, Gloss cover and matt inner pages so people could read it out side. We had no idea that Heartland would grow so big, so fast and be so popular with everyone. We must thank you all though and we honestly cannot thank you enough for the feedback and gifts. To our advertisers a huge thank you and the community thank you for supporting Heartland Magazine and making it possible for readers to get it each month for free. Thank you all, take care, enjoy Issue 23. Call in and say Hi anytime and subscribe if you can and guarantee yourself a copy each month. Be good to each other. Sharon & Jeff. * **eMag (Issue 21) downloaded from website per month www.heartlandmagazine.com.au Heartland Magazine 3 Do you have a story to tell? Inside this month Once you are gone, your memories are gone with you. Let us tell your story and leave your history with your family and future generations to show you were here and the life you left behind. Call Heartland and let us tell your story in quality HM-23-1 6-8 Ray Donovan by Helen Trustum Call us on 02 6662 6222 or email [email protected] 10-11 Charlie Cox in Profile 16 McDonald Pharmacy 90 years 18-19 Brads Butchery 21 Sil Gava 22-25 Motoring, 4WDs, Trucking & Bikes 29 Pinkertons celebrating 85 years 34 Geoffrey Hannah HM-23-2 35 Bertie Elliott Heartland Media welcomes stories that are submitted via writing however we will publish them in their entirety and will not edit them in any way...some stories have 40-43 Christmas Feature tried to recreate events, locales and conversations from personal memories of them. 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In 1984 Mick Grafton. He was Moy retired and handed the business over to John Ray was born on 31st July 1957 in Nowra to Ray delighted as he Pankhurst. and Colleen Donovan. always wanted Moy and Darby joined forces with Primac in 1987 with His Dad was a plasterer. Ray to be on a farm. Ross Clemson as Manager. Ray worked his way up attended school in Ingleburn and This property the ladder to become Manager . While with Primac, he Hazelbrook, west of Sydney, consisted of 140 saw the market share along with his brothers Bruce acres. Ray finished rise from 10% to 33% and Glen and sister, Karen. The his high school Ray & Helen with Family with the business. He family moved to Woolgoolga in days at Grafton High. On leaving school he obtained remained with Primac 1970. Ray’s dad was still in the an apprenticeship with a plumber. for another 5 years till plastering business. Ray fondly Mitch & Ray - August 2018 remembers the time helping out In 1978 Ray married Helen Bowles in Grafton. Their 21st July 1996 when Creek in 2006 known as “Bardool”. This is where on the neighbour’s property at family; Ray and his wife Helen decided to go alone and Mitch and wife Sophie live with their 3 boys. Ray weekends. He had a banana Clint (second in charge to the Magic Millions, lives begin their livestock spends a lot of time on the property regenerating it plantation. on the Gold Coast) married to Telina with 3 children- business in Grafton, back to pasture enabling them to run livestock. Willow, Tucker, Frankie. Mitch at the Saleyards Ray was known as Ray Donovan Stock and Station Agents. Little did Ray know back many years ago what was 14years of Jessica, married to Innes Fahey and lives at Helen has played a big part in the business over the ahead, that he was going to be a leading Livestock age when Copmanhurst with 4 children – Wroxton (Rocky), years. Auctioneer , now passing the genes over to his son the family Lacey, Olivia, Logan. Mitch. Meeting and talking with the clients he loved moved to At the time, Agents were; Moy and Darby, Peter Mitch married to Sophie living McCrohan, Primac and Ray Donovan. Many changes and trusting him with their business. at Kangaroo Creek with have taken place over the years including Liveweight His mother Colleen, at the age of 84 years, still resides 3 boys – Bobby, Selling, being the best thing for cattle producers plus in Grafton with her daughter Karen. Jackson, Riley GST and scanning. Early days Ray remembers Peter Rachel Lord from Dubbo, Graham Smith, Mike Flatley and married to Michael John Ellis from Casino.