Katherine Durant lives in the town of Rainbow, population 600, in Victoria’s north-west. Durant’s husband, a fourth-generation Mallee farmer, runs a 2,500-hectare sheep and dryland cropping operation while she stays home with their two young boys. The days are long and the nights can be longer.
“Ben usually works seven days a week and during cropping and harvest times it is not unusual for the boys to not see him for days on end,” Durant said. “For several months a year I solo parent, while trying to keep all the other balls I’m juggling in the air as well.
