Growing up the eldest of nine in the dusty country town of Crystal Brook, SA, made me pretty tough.
As a teen, I’d train wild horses and sell them to make pocket money.
At 17, I left home to do a four-year apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic.
‘At least this way I’ll be able to fix my own motors,’ I said to my parents, Denise and Wayne.
They were astonished – they couldn’t even change a tyre!
Training, I bought old cars, fixed them up and sold them to make a