When Amanda Ferrari left Sydney for the tiny town of Trangie, she was told there were two eligible bachelors she should stay away from. But the moment she walked into the local pub and saw farmer Ross across the bar, she knew she'd be ignoring that warning completely. 

More than 30 years later, Amanda and Ross Ferrari sit down with Tiffany Dunk for The Australian Women’s Weekly Love Stories to talk about the real life behind a country romance: becoming parents to premature twins, learning how to belong in a tight-knit town, supporting each other through drought, running a farming family, building community, and buying the very pub where their love story began. 

This is a warm, funny and deeply Australian conversation about love, marriage, rural life, friendship, resilience and what it means to make somewhere your home.   

Moments you’ll hear: 

• How Amanda first saw Ross across the bar at the local pub 
• The surprise pregnancy that turned best friends into a family 
• Why Ross is the steady “wood” to Amanda’s fire 
• The emotional and financial pressure of farming through drought 
• Amanda’s advice for anyone trying to find community later in life 
• How they bought The Imperial Hotel in Trangie to keep the town alive 
• Why regional life still has so much to offer people looking for home, connection and belonging 

Thank you for listening ❤️ 

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If you loved hearing Amanda and Ross Ferrari’s story: 

Farmer Wants a Wife https://www.womensweekly.com.au/news/farmer-wants-a-wife-2026-farmers/  

Country heroes: https://www.womensweekly.com.au/news/real-life/rural-doctors/  

Australian rural life: https://www.womensweekly.com.au/news/carol-mudford-sheep-shearer-agrifutures-rural-women-award/  

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Trangie, NSW 

The Imperial Hotel, Trangie 

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Credits: 

Host Tiffany Dunk 

Edited by Phoebe Zukowski -Wallace 

Production by Charlie Potter and Leah Porges 

Our wonderful The Australian Women’s Weekly team 

Our Head of Vodcasting is Rachel Fountain 

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