More than 30 businesses, organisations and employees from the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla have been announced as finalists in the 2024 Far South Coast Business Awards this week.
The awards which also covers areas including Cooma, Goulburn, Jindabyne and Young celebrate business excellence in South East NSW.
11 finalists from our region have been announced in the Excellence in Micro, Small & Large Business category including Nine Circles Distillery, Toast Pambula, Eastwood’s Bermagui and Rubenesque Lingerie in Batemans Bay.
Kayne Woods from the Seahorse Inn Hotel at Boydtown and Nicole McDonald from Eurobodalla Meals on Wheels are up for the Outstanding Employee award.
Danielle Geekie from Sapphire Conveyancing, Henry Hicks from Achieve Plumbing and Gas, Hair on Imlay’s Kaitlin Steiner, Tura Beach Country Club’s Scott MacLean and Sarah Gorst from South Coast Seaweed are all up for the Outstanding Young Business Leader Award.
While Tuross Little Lambs Preschool, Tathra Beach Eco Camp and Beach Road Surgery & Skin Clinic are all finalists in the field of Excellence in Sustainability.
Sanitair Batemans Bay will be flying the flag for the South Coast as the only finalist from our region in the Outstanding new business category.
And JJJ Oriental Store in Batemans Bay will go up against organisations from Woden and Goulburn for the Prize in Excellence & Diversity.
Our region is sure to win Outstanding Visitor Experience with Crank It Up Batemans Bay, Narooma Oyster Festival,and the South Coast Ale Trail the three finalists.
We’re also well represented in the Outstanding Community Organisation category with four of the five finalists including Banksia Villages, IRT Merimbula, Sapphire Community Projects and Tulgeen Disability Services.
While Beach Road Surgery & Skin Clinic is up for Employer of Choice.
Winners will be announced at a Gala Ceremony on September 6 with the State Business Awards to be held in Sydney on October 30.
FULL LIST OF 2024 FAR SOUTH COAST BUSINESS AWARDS 2024 FINALISTS
Outstanding Employee
Daniel Strickland, RJ Sidney Craig Funeral Directors, Goulburn
Judith Winter, Sandys Grooming Tails & K9 Cafe, Cooma
Kayne Woods, Seahorse Inn Hotel, Boydtown
Nicole McDonald, Eurobodalla Meals on Wheels, Moruya
Outstanding Young Business Leader
Ashleigh Pakis, Panache financial, Goulburn
Danielle Geekie, Sapphire Conveyancing, Merimbula
Henry Hicks, Achieve Plumbing and Gas, Mossy Point
Kaitlin Steiner, Hair on Imlay, Eden
Megan Simjanovski, Pop Camp. Karrabar
Sarah Gorst, South Coast Seaweed, Batehaven
Scott MacLean, Tura Beach Country Club, Tura Beach
Outstanding Business Leader – 20 Employees and Under
Aditya Jhunjhunwala, Causmag International, Young
Jack Yeadon, JDY Electrical, Goulburn
Janet Mackay, TRC Tourism, Jindabyne
Stacey Yeadon, JDY Electrical, Goulburn
Tennille Skelly, Dream Admin Services, Goulburn
Employer of Choice – Combined category of both 21 Employees & Over and 20 Employees and Under
Beach Road Surgery & Skin Clinic, Batemans Bay
Causmag International, Young
Dream Admin Services, Goulburn
TRC Tourism, Jindabyne
Ray White Goulburn, Goulburn
Excellence in Innovation
Agent 2.0 Real Estate, Goulburn
Think. Do. Speak, Jerrabomberra
Excellence in Sustainability
Beach Road Surgery & Skin Clinic, Batemans Bay
Causmag International, Young
Goulburn Organics, Goulburn
Tathra Beach Eco Camp, Tathra
Tuross Little Lambs Preschool, Tuross Head
Outstanding Community Organisation
Banksia Villages, Broulee
IRT, Merimbula
Sapphire Community Projects Inc, Bega
Sureway Employment and Training, Goulburn
Tulgeen Disability Services, Bega
Outstanding Visitor Experience – Regional Only
Crank It Up Batemans Bay, Bimbimbie
Narooma Oyster Festival, Narooma
South Coast Ale Trail, Merimbula
Outstanding New Business
Jerrabomberra’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jerrabomberra
Ruff Cutz Pet Salon, Marulan
Sanitair Batemans Bay, Catalina
Tyger Gallery, Yass
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
JDY Electrical, Goulburn
Wellcare Australia,Woden
JJJ Oriental Store, Batemans Bay
Excellence in Business – Combined category for Micro, Small, Large and International Business
Beach Road Surgery & Skin Clinic, Batemans Bay
Bek’s Bloomz, Run-O-Waters
Birchwood Jindabyne, Jindabyne
Causmag International, Young
Eastman Electrical, Bega
Eastwood’s Bermagui, Bermagui
IT Alliance Australia, Barton
Jigsaw Plan Management Pty Ltd, Goulburn
JDY Electrical, Goulburn
Miss Boba, Wollongong
Nine Circles Distillery, Pambula
Pink Flamingo Home Loans, Pambula
Pop Camp, Karabar
Precision Plumbing & Civil Aus, Batemans Bay
Rubenesque Lingerie, Batemans Bay
Sapphire Coast Kitchens, Pambula
Sapphire Conveyancing, Merimbula
Step 1 Physiotherapy, Goulburn
Support Services 2 You, Bega
Swannies Clothing Co, Merimbula
SWIMSTART (Pete’s swim school), Crestwood
Toast Cafe Pambula, Pambula
TRC Tourism, Jindabyne
Outstanding Local Chamber
Bega Valley Business Forum, Merimbula
Bega Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tarraganda
Jindabyne Chamber of Commerce, Jindabyne
Yass Valley Business Chamber, Yass
Business of the Year
Business of the Year is open to all winners of the following categories:
Excellence in International Business
Employer of Choice Under 20 Employees
Employer of Choice Over 20 Employees
Excellence in Innovation
Outstanding Sustainability
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
Excellence in Micro Business
Excellence in Small Business
Excellence in Large Business
This award is awarded to a Business that has been judged to be an outstanding business, that has provided an entry that demonstrates achievements and excellence over and above all other entrants. This award will be judged by a panel of three judges that have not judged any other entries in the awards.
Images: Tathra Beach Eco Camp, Toast Pambula, JJJ Oriental Shopping Centre, South Coast Ale Trail
