Theresa Chapman

Theresa is several things to some people. Born and schooled in Brisbane, she returns there periodically to traumatize her wonderful family. She went north to attend university in the tropical paradise of Townsville, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology, like every other sucker. A European adventure followed closely on the tails of academic conquest, and the seeds of whisky drinking and wanderlust were sewn on fertile ground within Theresa’s breast. Upon returning to Brisbane, she spent an amazing six months studying at a community farm, then threw it all away for financial security, finding herself in an awful job in a private boys school. She asked herself: What am I doing here? The answers were inadequate, so she ran away to the circus with another most amazing wanderer, Jacqui. The circus was gathering its forces in Tasmania, so that’s where they went, only to fall in love with this little state and make tentative plans to commit some time to Hobart. Then, another festival struck, and suddenly she found herself shanghai’d onto a magical wooden schooner, en route to wonderfulness.