In Episode 16 of the FFN ‘Mentor of the Month’ podcast, FFN Director Samantha Noon speaks with Katie Turner - an incredibly accomplished and capable 30-year-old who grew up on a 230,000-acre cattle and sheep station near Quilpie, in Southwest Queensland, which she later managed on her own. It was there she first learnt to fly her father’s light aircraft – and later got her pilot’s license. Flying has become one of her great loves, along with the feeling of freedom that it brings when you’re  8,500 feet in the sky.  

Katie has had a colourful career, filled with adventure, from living on the land, working in banking to exporting livestock and even modelling for Revlon’s Drought Angels campaign. Today she works for AAM Investment Group in Brisbane as their Operations performance manager.

Her resilience and can-do attitude has been a great foundation to her success – which she’s very humble about and takes life as it comes. Her advice to young aggies is to not stress if you don’t know which direction you’re heading in. “There are no straight lines in life – sometimes you’ve got to ride the wave and I think by doing that, your purpose will follow.”