Facts Cultural heritage Outback Australian Passion Agriculture Background fact As kids we would often sneak our turkey or pet lambs into our beds for a sleep over! Australian ties My closest big town is Wongan Hills in WA. In the past 10 years it has become culturally diverse. Cultural I’m a seventh-generation Australian. Most of my family are farmers - I grew up on my family’s property in Konnongorring with my four sisters and my brother. I had the best childhood running around on the farm. I also learnt responsibility at a very young age. Growing up, my closest neighbours were nine kilometres away. There’s not a skyscraper or fast food outlet place in sight, just paddock after paddock dotted with sheep. It’s a lot quieter then living in the city. For most farm kids it’s the same on weekends and school holidays - you help earn the family’s income. I’ll never forget the day dad wrote a list of jobs for me to go and do without his help, even if it was just cleaning troughs! I’ve grown up in a household where having baby chickens in the bathroom, a horse inside (much to mum’s disgust) or the pet emu on the veranda is normal. We were always late for the school bus because we were feeding the calves, or they had got out again and were pooing in pop’s shed! When I went to primary school, it took us one hour to get there by bus on the bus route. I went to one of the biggest schools in our area with 12 kids in my high school year and 250 in the whole school. Then I went to boarding school at Cunderdin Agriculture College in my last two years of high school because no way did I want to go study in the city! The biggest difference between education in the country and in the city is teachers are your friends outside of school. Because the town is so small, you end up playing hockey or netball with them or joining in on their coffee dates
Facts Cultural heritage Outback Australian Passion Agriculture Background fact As kids we would often sneak our turkey or pet lambs into our beds for a sleep over! Australian ties My closest big town is Wongan Hills in WA. In the past 10 years it has become culturally diverse. Cultural I’m a seventh-generation Australian. Most of my family are farmers - I grew up on my family’s property in Konnongorring with my four sisters and my brother. I had the best childhood running around on the farm. I also learnt responsibility at a very young age. Growing up, my closest neighbours were nine kilometres away. There’s not a skyscraper or fast food outlet place in sight, just paddock after paddock dotted with sheep. It’s a lot quieter then living in the city. For most farm kids it’s the same on weekends and school holidays - you help earn the family’s income. I’ll never forget the day dad wrote a list of jobs for me to go and do without his help, even if it was just cleaning troughs! I’ve grown up in a household where having baby chickens in the bathroom, a horse inside (much to mum’s disgust) or the pet emu on the veranda is normal. We were always late for the school bus because we were feeding the calves, or they had got out again and were pooing in pop’s shed! When I went to primary school, it took us one hour to get there by bus on the bus route. I went to one of the biggest schools in our area with 12 kids in my high school year and 250 in the whole school. Then I went to boarding school at Cunderdin Agriculture College in my last two years of high school because no way did I want to go study in the city! The biggest difference between education in the country and in the city is teachers are your friends outside of school. Because the town is so small, you end up playing hockey or netball with them or joining in on their coffee dates
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