A stalwart in the Tatura community, Steve has taken his father’s values and implemented them in every way he can.
He wears (and has worn) many different hats across the Tat landscape — a farmer, a family man, a stockbroker, owning a catering business and butcher shops, and now a real estate agent.
Steve said Tatura was bursting with opportunity, in employment and in making a home.
“There’s always plenty of industry in Tatura,” he said.
“From tomato picking to working as a scientist down at the research station, you’ve got the abattoirs to the prison — there’s all types, every type of person is catered for.”
Having lived in the region for almost 70 years, he’s seen all the changes first-hand.
He said the town was now home to all kinds of people — families, young folk, retirees — Tat has it all.
“It has grown colossal, I never thought it would get this big.
“With Northlinks and all that sort of thing, I never thought this was going to happen but it's good for everybody so that’s the main thing — good for the town, good for the shops and everything like that.”
On top of all his work, Steve has spent about 40 years volunteering.
He has spent time on the boards of a myriad of community organisations, including Tatura Football Netball Club, Tatura Fire Brigade, Tatura and Shepparton Racing Club, and more.
Along with delivering meals monthly for Meals on Wheels, he’s also half of the brains trust behind the annual community Christmas lunch, created on the premise that nobody should have to spend the day alone.
“It’s not just for those who are doing it tough or are homeless, it’s open to anybody,” Steve said.
“We’ve had multi-millionaires come there and then we have the person who’s down and out on their luck.
“One bloke said to me one year, ‘this is the best meal I’ve ever had’, and that did me, I didn’t need to be doing anything more — as long as you can make one person happy, that’s good.”
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