Having worked in mining for almost three decades, Betsy Merry has many entertaining stories about what it's like to be the only woman working in a crew of burly blokes in some far-flung location.
She recalls being sent to supervise construction at a remote gold project in Western Australia's Pilbara region around 20 years ago, in an era when the sight of a female engineer on an Australian mine site was still met with genuine surprise.
