Richard Fidler

Yeah.

When in your own life, Melissa, did you start learning about your Guri identity?

What was that conversation like?

Melissa, you were saying that it was when you were 14 that your mum started sharing your Goori heritage with you.

Why wasn't that something that she had spoken to you about before?

How many sheds were there up around your place, Melissa?

Tell me about you and horses.

When did you first fall in love with them?

When did you start riding then?

Any unsuspecting horse.

You mentioned that your parents hadn't had much formal education.

Your mum had had to leave school when she was still young.

What kind of value did she place on you getting that kind of formal schooling?

Were you as enthusiastic as she was?

Why?

Punch and yell, but it's so strictly controlled at the same time.

You know exactly what you've got to do and how to do it in karate.

You made your mum happy and yourself happy and you finished school and went on to university.

You mentioned motorcycle detailing.

What else, what other sorts of jobs were you doing to support yourself while you were studying?