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Tania HUNT Advertising Manager
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07 4658 3855 or advertising@longreachleader.com.au

BY the time the five o’clock siren sounds the end of the working week, The Longreach Leader advertising manager Tania Hunt is itching to head bush.

After being brought up in the saddle, helping out on her parents’ property 200 kilometres west of Bourke, constant requests from husband Greg to help with mustering and droving wild goats fianlly gave Tania a perfect excuse to get a motorbike.

To escape the constant pressure of newspaper deadlines, during the weekend Tania heads for the hills for a little goat mustering for Western Exporters game meat.

"I absolutely love it.

"Greg has had his motorbike for a while but I have only had mine for about six months.
"It is a great excuse to get out into the bush and do something different on the weekend.
"There is always some where new to discover and the constantly changing terrain is great although it can be a real challenge.
"The goats are very feral and at times they have been known to knock you off your bike."

When not out riding the couple are running their part-time catering business.

Rather than opting for the steak burgers and chips, Greg’s passion for camp-oven cooking takes the industrious couple all around the Central West, even rustling up some grub for Queensland Governor Quentin Bryce.

"Sometimes things can get pretty hectic, like this weekend we are packing up and heading out to the Isisford fishing competition.

"Greg has always loved camp-oven cooking and what started as a hobby with a couple of ovens has evolved.
"We now cater for upwards of 400 people but it makes you a little fussy when you are out and someone else is doing the cooking."

Finding that ever elusive spare minute to herself can be nigh on impossible; not only does Tania bring wild animals into line but also, at times, her children.

Dealing with the blessings and heartaches of raising Bernard, 6, Hugh, 8, Christian, 16, Ingrid, 19, and Alexander who died at five-and-a-half months from cot death, requires a strong character, something the busy mother-of-five uses every day at work ... and out bush.