This month a celebration of local business takes place with the annual Greater Port Macquarie business awards. The theme this year is resilience, and for the many businesses who have entered they have been asked through the submission process to demonstrate how they have navigated the challenges and provided leadership to their teams all whilst keeping their customers engaged and happy. On the Cover. Oh what fun we had peppering Raye Alford with Gulal for the cover this month. Inside this edition we talk to Irene Mifsud about ‘Hastings Little Wishes’. Irene is a passionate woman who is on a quest to make a difference in the lives of young children with terminal illness or disability in our region. Irene and her dear friend Natalie Junge are well known for their fundraising over the past decade with their charity event ‘Racing for Rach’ and the ‘High Tea on Hastings’. Together they are now working on this new venture that hopes to make a difference in the lives of children who are suffering incurab