Olivia Anderson, 24, is the recipient of this year's prestigious Roger Connellan Award, which is granted to outback Australia's best young pilots.
A young female helicopter musterer working in the remote east Kimberley has won the Roger Connellan Award.The 24-year-old is the recipient of this year's prestigious Roger Connellan Award granted to outback Australia's exceptional young pilots.
"I grew up with pilots coming to help us muster and I just thought it was the most amazing thing," Ms Anderson said."I ruled it out for a little while when I realised how expensive it is to get a chopper licence," Ms Anderson said. "The anxiety I felt when I was in the city compared to the peace I had working on the land with cattle made me decide to knuckle down, I was just going to have to take a chance."
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