WARNING: This podcast contains content about suicide.

Stewart Smith's father, Charlie, took his own life when Stewart was only 10 years old. It occurred during the cattle crash of 1973 when cattle prices plummeted and they became worthless. It was just after Charlie or 'Chas' had started his own business as a stock and station agent.

Reflecting on his own battle with mental health during the Johne's disease outbreak in the eighties, Stewart or 'Stewie' talks to Adrian about the joys of family and the camaraderie he's found in team sports, including being part of the Bega Roosters side that won the 1988 Clayton Cup, arguably the best team the NSW Country Rugby League competition has produced.

Like his father, Stewie is a stock and station agent and is known locally as the unofficial 'mayor' of the Bega Valley, helping countless farming families through the good times and bad.

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