The awards dinner will be held at the Cumnock Showground with Mayor Ian Gosper saying the Daroos put the spotlight on Cabonne businesses and organisations that demonstrate a commitment to excellence in their service or management.

Tickets can be purchased online for $66 each by going to www.trybooking.com and typing in 2016 Daroo Business Awards. Included among the finalists for the 2016 awards are:

Best New Business- Booful Gifts and Homewards, Coco Harvest, Garden Restoration Nursery & Café, Montrose House, Pizza & Souvlaki Co, Q.T. Makeup & Beauty, Best Ongoing Business – Canowindra IGA, Canowindra Phoenix, Cargo Store, Cumnock General Store, Molong Bakery, The Canowindra Trading Post

Best Home-Based Business –  Grantham House, Greenwood Designs, Leanne Pearce Dog Wash, Les Roberts Fencing, Megan Claire Floral Designs, Scrapbox Patchwork Designs, Excellence in Hospitality, Be Tempted @ Barnsey’s, Cargo Store, Clancy’s Café, Deli Lama, Eat Your Greens, Racine @ La Colline, Excellence in Accommodation, Black Sheep Inn, Eddys of Canowindra, Grantham House Bed & Breakfast, Montrose House, The Old Convent Bed & Breakfast, The Old Vic Inn.

Excellence in Marketing, Advertising & Communications –  Adloyalty, Canowindra Phoenix, Duck I.T, Manildra Matters, Molong Express, Twisted River Wines, Excellence in Tourism, Age of Fishes Museum, Animals on Bikes, Balloon Joy Flights, Canowindra Balloon Challenge, The Old Vic Inn, Twisted River Wines, Excellence in Environmental Enhancement, Cumulus Estate Wines, Kinsella Farm Supplies CRT, Little River Landcare Group, MSM Milling, Molong Limestone Quarry, Molong Rural Centre

Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture – Ag N Vet Cumnock, Agwise Rural Supplies, Bonny Glen Fruits, Davimac Engineering, Printhie Wines, Rosnay Organic Wines.

All finalists can be found at http://www.cabonne.nsw.gov.au/news/record-94-finalists-named-2016-daroo-business-awards