Summary Woman For All Seasons Legendary 82 year old aviatrix Nancy Bird Walton introduces tonight's first story, which is about another remarkable woman pilot. Heather Innes, is a former Olympian, a former high ranked police officer and now a veteran bush pilot operating in some of the most rugged and beautiful terrain in Australia ... the islands of North West Tasmania. Ms Innes represented Australia in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne as a javelin thrower .. quite a feat for a young girl from a remote town in Tasmania with no sports facilities of any description. She later joined the police force and became a pioneer in setting up mechanisms in the force for dealing with child abuse, rape and child pornography. She rose rapidly through the ranks, at a time when women officers were still a rarity in the force, and ended up as a Detective Inspector. Tasmanian Supreme Court Judge, Pierre Slicer who is interviewed for the story says: "She was a good cop. She was hard. She was straight. She was fair. She had a lot of expectations placed on her shoulders. A lot of people I suspect were hoping she would fail." Ms Innes eventually did leave the force. She returned to her first love of flying and bought a little Cessna aeroplane to service remote communities on the islands of the north west. Press photographer Don Carter says: "I think I've flown with every bush pilot in Australia and a few overseas and she can handle a plane in rough weather better than any other person I've ever flown with." Ms Innes says of the islands: "They're touched by the hand of God. They have to be. It makes me feel just a dot in creation. And when I talk to pilots, when I teach young pilots, I say to them: 'respect these places, respect the islands, respect the winds, they're bigger than we are and they'll get you if you're not careful.'" And having said that I say to them: 'Now go and enjoy flying there because that's what makes good pilots.'" The story includes spectacular air to air footage of this most beautiful and little known region of Australia. Heather Innes was awarded the Order of Australia in 1993 for her significant contribution to Australian life on the sporting field, in the police, and in the air. PLUS: Sister Act The story of a young woman who has run away from home in order to leave the circus. Golda Ashton has had enough - she wants a life where she doesn't have to blu-tac her belongings to the bench. She celebrates her 21st birthday and farewells her friends and family from the circus - all of whom are mystified by her decision and predict that she'll be back.

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