'Sara's parents immigrated in 1956 from Yorkshire, England as £10-pound poms. Sara was born in St John of God Hospital in Subiaco and spent the first few months of her life in Cottesloe, before the family moved to Lesmurdie, in the Perth Hills. She went to Lesmurdie Primary School and later Kalamunda High School. As a child, Sara loved the bush around Lesmurdie and spent a lot of time in the bush on her own. The family then moved to Maida Vale to a rural setting. She never settled. After one year at WAIT (now Curtin University) studying Language, Literature, culture, Journalism and History, Sara took off and travelled to Far North Queensland, where she lived in a rainforest.'
