EVEN AFTER 37 YEARS, broom-maker Geoff Wortes still loves the smell as he walks into the Tumut Broom Factory to start work on a Monday morning. “It hits you when you open the door. It’s a bit like walking into a hay shed. Visitors love it, too,” he says with a smile.
Geoff was born and raised in Tumut, in the picturesque Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, and started making brooms at the factory with his