To naj bi bil začetek dolge in lepe zgodbe o uspešni družini Vodušek. Nekaj kilometrov stran od tega “razpona” 6500 hektarjev, koliko meri farma Voduškovih, stoji mogočna klavnica - tovarna Voduškovih VODUŠEK MEATS; piše na ogromnih kamionih, ki stojijo pred tovarniškim poslopjem, vseh skupaj jih je dvajset. Razvažajo vse kar pridelajo v tej moderni klavnici: od mesa, kož, suhe krvi, mesne moke in drugega. Na teden zakoljejo od 1500 do 1800 glav goveje živine, ovc pa kakih 12.000. Meso razvažajo od Canberre in Sydneya, do Darwina, Adelaide in MacKaya. Od kosti, kož in drugih odpadkov pridelujejo mesno moko - krmo za živino. Boljša kvaliteta loja gre za margarino, slabša pa za milo. V glavnem ničesar ne vržejo stran. Del klavniške tehnologije je njihova inovacija, pa tudi pred dvemi leti ustanovljena privatna šola, ki izobražuje mesarske delavce je ideja Voduškovih.
 

Kakih 35 km oddaljen od Cobrama, kjer je torej klavnica, v Yarrawongi stoji dom Voduškovih. Mimica in Frenk sta poročena že 37 let. V tem majhnem viktorijskem mestecu s 4.500 prebivalci sta vzgojila tri otroke, Rodneya, Damiana in Sonjo. Sinova delata v očetovem podjetju, Sonja pa se je podala na drugačno, vznemirljivejšo pot po svetu. Frenk prihaja iz Liboj pri Celju, v Avstralijo je prišel, ko mu je bilo dvajset let. Mimica se mu je pridružila kasneje, doma pa je iz Kasaz pri Petrovčah. Najprej sodelujeta ali organizirata marsikatero dobrodelno akcijo za sta začela s svojo lastno mesnico in samopostrežno... vživela sta se v avstralski način življenja in Voduškovi so v času dvajsetletnega podjetništva prejeli marsikatero nagrado. Letos, 28. septembra bodo stopili na “finalno stopničko” z avstralskim gigantom BHP-jem in Safewayem za naziv “Employer of the Year - Open Section Victorian Training Awards”; lani so zasedli drugo mesto.Več o tem v angleškem tekstu.

Frenk in Mimica gresta rada v Slovenijo, saj imata tam še mami, brate in sestre. Sicer pa pravi Frenk: ko sem odšel, sem za seboj pustil vse in se vživel v avstralsko okolje; ?lovek mora biti pošten in delati za Avstralijo - za novo domovino, ki ti je dala kruh in nešteto možnosti za lepše življenje.

Mimicin in Frenkov hobi so dirkalni konji, 24 jih imajo. Konj z imenom Rich Fields Lad je leta 1986 zmagal na tekmovanju Galaxy v sydneyskem Rendwicku, dobil je kar dve dirki v enem tednu. Zmagoval je tudi v Rosehillu, vse skupaj je dobil 11 dirk, od tega kar šest klasi?nih. Kasneje se je poškodoval, danes ima 18 let in preživlja mirno “starost” na posestvu Voduškovih.

Vodusek Meats 

Melbourne, Yarrawonga. Cobram /Press Release/ - Vodu-sek Meats (F&M Vodusek Pty Ltd) Meat Processors of Cobram have been selected fort the Victorian States most prestigious training awards as a finalist in the Open Section.

The Company was selected with BHP Coated Steel and Safeway as the finalists for Employer of the Year - Open Section Victorian Training Awards.

The Minister for Tertiary Education & Training Mr. Phill Honeywood in announcing the finalists said that they represent the very best of Victorias training organizations. Each finalist provides a role model as to what can be achieved through commitment and talent within the vocational education and training system.

Established in 1977 by the driving force behind the business - Mr. Frank Vodusek, Vodusek Meats have won many other types of awards and and been acknowledged in the meat industry as one of the best in the State. To be selected now twice in a row for this prestigious award ranks highly amongst the others, to win the Award will be its higher achievement.

Vodusek Meats have a workforce of 200 at its Cobram processing plant seventy percent of those employees are currently involved in some sort of training program leading to various forms of qualifications. The outstanding success of Vodisek Meats has been the acceptance of training, type of training and results achieved from the training delivered.

A $300.000 training facility was built in 1997 by the Company to provide an “ off the job” facility for the further education of its processing employees. The “key” to the success of training for the Certificate in Meat Processing a two and one half year certificate course was how to do the “off the job” components of the course without production loss.

Vodusek Meats educational scope as Registered Private Training Providers has recently been extended to include Transport&Road Distribution, Occupational Health&Safety and Certificate IV in Meat Processing Vodusek Meats continues to strive for excellence, from the visions of its founding directors and owners twenty one years ago its current position in the market place the Company is setting the pace with its training facility, training programs and success in having most of its workforce fully trained.