He and his late partner Hubert Humble ran an interior decorating business in Malvern and he oversees a cheerful team of 18, mostly elderly, volunteers. Campbell enjoys contributing to a community that so warmly embraced him and Humble, when they retired here 17 years ago. I just love the people. It's like one big family. Even when they fight they still love each other.
Community leaders come and go.
Kerry Wilson, a softly-spoken farmer, still frequently leaps in to help out in town when the need arises, but she used to have a much higher profile. She came to the district in the 1970s, as a young teacher who had married into a local farming family. She and a group of other young mothers, most of whom were new to the area and had professional qualifications, worked to improve standards and facilities at the kindergarten and school. At the time, pushing for so much change was not easy. She learnt a lot about leadership in a small rural community, and sometimes thinks she might have approached her leadership role differently.