Wow, I am excited; my article in the Graziher magazine featuring Annabel Tully, a Western Queensland farmer, artist and breast cancer survivor, was highly commended in the 2021 Rural Press Club Awards.
Imagine this: you are 38 weeks pregnant, doctors tell you the lump you just found in your breast is cancerous. Your husband is at home, 1000 km away, looking after your 18-month-old toddler. This scenario is the situation that faced Annabel and Stephen Tully. Two days after diagnosis, your baby is born, and a couple of days later, you start the long journey for breast cancer treatment.
Annabel and her husband Stephen live on Bunginderry, an 80,000ha sheep, cattle and goat property near Quilpie. Annabel has always painted, and her art reflects the harshness and the beauty of the channel country in western Queensland.
The Tully family has grown to five children, and Annabel has survived a second bout of breath cancer.
For Annabel Tully, resilience is about adapting to the situation, whether it’s drought, a drop in livestock prices or breast cancer.
Annabel’s story is as inspirational as her art and her new enterprise Tully Textiles.
