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Age 16 Woolworths Cafeteria Waitress (really good at eating the bits out of the middle of the doughnut fresh out of the doughnut machine and skimming on freshly polished floors).

Age 17-19 Uni Student/Barmaid …yep, that’s what we were called back then. (Skill note: really good at attending most classes stoned and knitting jumpers in rehearsals that could fit three people – at the same time)

Age 19-22 Actor/Barmaid/Surfie Girlfriend (really good at acting and barmaiding, riding around in a VW Kombie-van, shagging in back of said Kombie Van)

Age 22-24 Children’s Television Host (really good at saying yes to anything poo-your-pants dangerous – jumping out of planes, abseiling, driving monster trucks/rally cars, feeding crocodiles.) And…

Party Girl – well, didn’t get paid for that, but treated it like a serious vocation (really good at dancing on tables and vomiting out the window of taxis… particularly proud of the fact that I never vomited inside a taxi!)

Age 24 Cosmetics Consultant/Make-up Artist/Actor (really good at: applying eyeshadow, lipstick, and mascara with one hand onto random strangers in the middle of the cosmetics section at the David Jones Department Store, whilst holding a microphone in the other hand and offering passers-by a running commentary. Really good at auditions, too… and the roles I managed to land.)

Age 25 Media Sales (really good at taking very long lunches on the company American Express Card…. Don’t judge me: it was when Allan Bond owned the Nine Network and everyone was doing it.)