Nineteen-year-old Heidi Laffin has only been qualified as an apprentice jockey for five months, but has already notched up an impressive number of wins on the outback Queensland horse racing circuit.
Nineteen-year-old Heidi Laffin has only been qualified as an apprentice jockey for five months, but has already notched up an impressive number of wins on the outback Queensland horse racing circuit.
Hairdressing is an industry dominated by teens and 20-somethings but a 53-year-old grandmother from outback Queensland is proving age is no barrier to success.
It was a family illness that brought young veterinarian Terri Eckel home to Charleville four years ago, but faith in her hometown and a love of working in the bush has kept her there.