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When I realised that I was meant to be a dancer, aged 19.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Flying over the Australian outback in a jet, looking down at the incredible orange scenery, the uninhabited hills and gullies, listening to Tchaikovsky on my headphones and drinking champagne with a cigarette in my hand. It was 1984, I'd been to the Adelaide Book Festival and was going back to my husband and my children.
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When my first child was born – something I thought would never happen.
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A paediatrician, then I was like, I can’t dissect frogs! Then I fell in love with making things and understanding how things work.
Too much energy.
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