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FEATURE Being raised in a small rural community I now know as an adult, gives you pride and a warmth of ‘home’
Caroline Cattle

that many unfortunately don’t experience. In big cities, people come and go but many rural regional
towns carry on from generation to generation.
There is a comfort in that and something you don’t “
A community where everyone
necessarily value until adulthood. Lake Cargelligo knows one another and looks
is such a town. Once described as “the Oasis in the
West”. out for you. It is home and I
appreciate every part of being
“Lake” as we affectionally call it, will always be home
to me and I am so proud to say that. A farming raised here. “
community that has been through many hard times
with drought and associated lows, the community I am a great lover of landscape and Australian
stands together and make the most of it. animal photography. A kindergarten teacher at
North Wagga Public School, I love working with
The eldest of 3 girls, my father a farmer, my mother children and know I am blessed to enjoy simple
a nurse, I was raised in Lake Cargelligo attending the things everyday! I have 3 of my own children
Lake Cargelligo Central School from Kindergarten to who inspired me in the first place to pick up a
Year 12. Growing up in a small country town, we often camera. Since then I have never looked back.
thought life must be more exciting in the big cities and
during times of struggle you could not help but yearn My aim of my work is to brighten someone’s day
for “a better life”.
and to provide home inspiration. Through my
photography I want to share the unique beauty
It is now as an adult that the richness of my early life of Australia and my home town memories.
has brought me to appreciate the beauty that was
around us in this wonderful small town, its beautiful The cover photo: Meeting friends over an Anzac
lake and the Lachlan River with its abundance of biscuit on the verandah was taken at a friends
birdlife and the everchanging colours with every place near Wagga.
season.

My name is Caroline Cattle, since moving from Lake
Cargelligo, I now live in a little village called Oura just Caroline Cattle - Front Cover
outside of Wagga Wagga on the Murrumbidgee River. Instagram - @carolinecattle
Facebook - Caroline Cattle Photography

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