2022 Finalists & Winners
We’d like to wish a huge congratulations to all the 2022 Winners and Finalists of The Australian Rural Business Awards. Please click each business name to be taken to their website stores and support them.
2022 Winners
Australian Made Small Business Excellence Award
Winner: Lindner Quality Socks | 2nd Place: Leroy Mac Designs | 3rd Place: Adventure Awaits
Bricks & Mortar (Retailers) Excellence Award
Winner: Love Shack Giftware | 2nd Place: Adventure Awaits | 3rd Place: Lindner Quality Socks
Disability Business Excellence Award
Winner: Red Dirt Creations | 2nd Place: Hayley’s Design Cards | 3rd Place: Soaps By Cosmo
Excellence in e-Commerce Award
Winner: Adventure Awaits | 2nd Place: HoneyBee Hives | 3rd Place: Lindner Quality Socks
Indigenous Business of the Year Award
Winner: Chocolate on Purpose | 2nd Place: Rubywood Laundry Whiffs | 3rd Place: Sonia Pallett
Innovation & Sustainability Excellence Award
Winner: Leroy Mac Designs | 2nd Place: Argyle Australian Saffron | 3rd Place: Delatite Special Occasions and Frank Nappies
Micro Business Excellence Award
Winner: Australian Cake Decorating Network | 2nd Place: Rivergum Cruises | 3rd Place: Alpine Valleys Fine Foods and Frank Nappies
New Business Excellence Award
Winner: Dusk Signature Hair | 2nd Place: Elsie Grace and Coastal Nectar | 3rd Place: King Island Distillery
Overcoming the Odds Award
Winner: Kaftans that Bling | 2nd Place: Wandong Collective | 3rd Place: Alpine Valleys Fine Foods and Limitless Human
Positive Impact (Making a Difference) Award
Winner: Dusk Signature Hair | 2nd Place: Sea Horse Diamond Beach | 3rd Place: HappyPause
Rural Business to Watch Award
Winner: GoldMiilk | 2nd Place: Leroy Mac Designs | 3rd Place: Lindner Quality Socks
Service Based Business of the Year Award
Winner: See Me Aged Care Navigators | 2nd Place: Perfectly Sorted Mudgee | 3rd Place: Seed Virtual Assistants
Young Rural Business of the Year Award
Winner: Amy Rogers – Elkemi | 2nd Place: Jessica Douglas – Red Dirt Creations | 3rd Place: Emma Robinson – Party in a Paint Box
Rural Business of the Year Award (People’s Choice)
Winner: Decadence Gifts & Homewares
View Finalists Per Category
Finalists listed in random order:
- Walnut Hill Forge
- Memory Lane prints
- Windmill House Creative
- Lindner Quality Socks
- Soaps by Cosmo
- Delatite Special Occasions
- Jess Does Dots
- Wonderwerk Magnesium Products
- Rubywood Laundry Whiffs
- Elsie Grace
- Take a Broth
- Rurale Skincare
- Gift me Again
- Windy Acres Farm
- Alpine Valley Fine Foods
- Imperial Supplements
- FabricsnMore
- Kaftans that Bling
- HappyPause
- HoneyBee Hives
- Wyong Cake Palace
- Sweet Home Additions
- Bay Massage and Homeopathy
- Adventure Awaits
- Leroy Mac Designs
- Walandella Designs
- Red Dirt Creations
- Totally Magical Designs
- Bezzy Eldo
- Stewarts Menswear
- Coroco Furniture
- Lindner Quality Socks
- Noonans Showcase Jewellers
- Wandong Collective
- The Love Earth Store
- Love Shack Giftware
- Adventure Awaits
- Tiger Valley Gallery
- Hayleys Design Cards
- Red Dirt Creations
- Soaps by Cosmo
- Ironworx Australia
- Lindner Quality Socks
- Delitate Special Occasions
- GoldMiilk
- Happy Pause
- HoneyBee Hives
- Janelle’s Soaps and Succulents
- Carrousel Collectives
- Little Goody New Shoes
- Rashida Khan Equine Therapy
- Adventure Awaits
- Taylors Fine Sapphires
- The Khancoban Kitchen
- Rare Breed & Co
- Skibo Australia
- Jungle Jewellery
- Kate Inglish Designs
- Bandicute
- 4 Little Dreamers PTY LTD
- Winston Walford
- Rubywood Laundry Whiffs
- Chocolate on Purpose
- Sonia Pallett
- Indigiearth
- Delatite Special Occasions
- Coastal Nectar
- Argyle Australian Saffron
- Take a Broth
- Gift me Again
- The Love Earth Store
- Frank Nappies
- Leroy Mac Designs
- Red Dirt Creations
- Event Kit: Event Planning Templates
- Coastal Nectar
- Australian Cake Decorating Network
- GoldMiilk
- Transformational Brand Lab
- Take a Broth
- Gift me Again
- Frank Nappies
- Airtree Golfers Resort
- HoneyBee Hives
- Sea Horse Diamond Beach
- The Rural Copywriter
- Alpine Valleys Fine Foods
- Rivergum Cruises
- Art by Sophia
- Dusk Signature Hair
- Coastal Nectar
- Rubywood Laundry Whiffs
- Wandong Collective
- King Island Distillery
- Frank Nappies
- Love Shack Giftware
- Spot and Fluff Grooming
- Party in a Paint Box
- Red Dirt Creations
- Elsie Grace
- Event Kit: Event Planning Templates
- Coroco Furniture
- Limitless Human
- Delatite Special Occasions
- Rubywood Laundry Whiffs
- Magic Earth Enterprises
- Wandong Collective
- Kaftans That Bling
- Alpine Valley Fine Foods
- HoneyBee Hives
- Southern Cross Motor Inn and Tourist Park
- Wyong Cake Palace
- Leroy Mac Designs
- Totally Magical Designs
- Red Dirt Creations
- Totally Magical Designs
- Red Dirt Creations
- Rivergum Cruises
- Benita Bensch
- The Rural Copywriter
- HoneyBee Hives
- Southern Cross Motor Inn and Tourist Park
- Geery Huston Business and Life Coaching
- The Love Earth Store
- Alpine Valleys Fine Foods
- Kaftans that Bling
- Gift Me Again
- Wandong Collective
- GoldMiilk
- Delatite Special Occasions
- Family Law Services Online
- Sea Horse Diamond Beach
- HappyPause
- Coastal Nectar
- Dusk Signature Hair
- The Lighthouse – Coonabarabran
- Coroco Furniture
- Lindner Quality Socks
- Western Studios of Performing Arts
- Bezzy Eldo
- See Me Aged Care Navigators
- Lindner Quality Socks
- With Family
- Elsie Grace
- Delatite Special Occasions
- GoldMiilk
- Wandong Collective
- Windy Acres Farm
- Alpine Valley Fine Foods
- Frank Nappies
- HappyPause
- Beverages by Design
- HoneyBee Hives
- The Rural Copywriter
- Henney CFO
- Wyong Cake Palace
- Rashida Khan Equine Therapy
- Leroy Mac Designs
- Red Dirt Creations
- Bandicute
- Quentin Park Alpacas and Studio Gallery
- Kaftans that Bling
- Bear and Bow Creative
- Forum4 Collections
- Windmill House Creative
- Seed Virtual Assistants
- Perfectly Sorted Mudgee
- See me Aged Care Navigators
- Bella Chapman Photography & The Forevermore Foundation
- Allied Health Admin Services
- Gerry Huston Business and Life Coaching
- The Rural Copywriter
- Riverfun Houseboats
- Rivergum Cruises
- Totally Magical Designs
- Western Studios of Performing Art
- Audacious Agency
- Bespoke By Bonthuys – Civil Ceremonies
- Family Law Online Services
- The Southern Cross Motor Inn and Tourist Park
- Red Dirt Creations
- Henney CFO
- Alex Jackson (Memory Lane Prints)
- Lexi Croce (Elsie Grace)
- Emma Robinson (Party in a Paint Box)
- Amy Rodgers (Elkemi)
- Jessica Douglas (Red Dirt Creations)
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