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Rachael Treasure lives on a heavenly hill in rural Tasmania with her two cherub children and an extended family of kelpies, chooks, horses, sheep and a time-share Jack Russell. When not at her desk writing she is trailling the latest sustainable farming methods using no-til croppng, holistic grazing management and native pasture rejuvination. She has worked as a jillaroo, rural journalist, wool classer, pert-time vet nurse, drover and stock camp cook. her first novel Jillaroo, publishe din 2002, has grown to become one of Austraila's iconic works of fiction. Rachael is proud patron of Agfest, Tasmania's worl-class agricultural field day run by Rural Youth volunteers. www.rachaeltreasure.com