Shovelling dirt is a far cry from Lynette Bailey's more glamorous business consultancy work in New Zealand.
But, with husband Gregg Smith, she digs and moves up to 2 tonnes of dirt from 12 metres underground while working on their sapphire mine in Queensland's Gemfields.
The couple first purchased the mining claim after Mr Smith toured the region on a trip around Australia in 2013, after which they decided to get off the corporate "hamster wheel".
