Italian backpacker whose Australian holiday turned into a permanent stay

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated August 31 2017 - 9:35am, first published 8:12am
Italian women Mara Proietti now calls Talwood home.
Italian women Mara Proietti now calls Talwood home.

WHEN Mara Proietti left her home in Italy in October 2013 to embark on an Australian backpacking adventure, she never expected it would last years.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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