While we were living all around the world, Mum used to tell lots of stories of famous Aussies of the past. I think this helped me feel Australian even when I wasn’t living there. I love the old stories and sometimes I just wish I had a time-machine so I could get my friends together and shoot off for adventures in places in time and space!

I suppose I love history and archaeology ‘cos my family is pretty old. No, dad’s not 90! But Mum’s ancestor, Mary Brenham, arrived on the First Fleet in 1788. She was a 13-year-old convict who stole stuffed petticoats (how do you stuff a petticoat?) cotton stockings, cloth, a cap etc. (She loved clothes too!) My grandparents named their station Brenham Station when they got married. Romantic. This is where my aunt and uncle live now.

What is really great about staying with them is that they have a daughter my age too – my cousin Emily. She teaches me about the station and I tell her stories from everywhere I have been

The best thing about spending time on the station is that I get close to nature. I love animals – especially frogs. Some people think its weird for a girl to like frogs but they just seem magical to me. I am going to keep kissing them until one turns into something else!