Country girl making it in the City.

Mustering was always the excitement of the year for me.

My Love for the Bush

Sylvia Godwin
Agribusiness Sales Consultant Knight Frank.

Sylvia 21 years of age, currently living and working in the beef capital city, Rockhampton, and originally from ‘Tanderra’ family’s cattle and grain property 100km South West of Springsure.

At a young age I was taught the essentials to living on a property, if I wasn’t in the Tanderra Schoolroom (home schooled throughout my primary years) then I was out working on
the family property.

Mustering was always the excitement of the year for me, never took much to convince me to get up early in the morning. It was never easy getting up at quarter to five, I use to sleep in my work clothes on the lounge so they couldn’t leave without me.

As they say ‘It takes a village to raise a child’, well that is something I truly believe, as kids we were lucky enough that our mustering team taught us as much as our parents did. They would not only fill us up on lollies or take our bridles off while we were riding along but also be the one to lead us along walking cattle out, and other skills that we needed to know.

This is how I grew the passion for the rural life, the people and hard work.

I was home schooled through primary and then went onto boarding at The Rockhampton Grammar School from years 8 to 12. After Senior I completed a Diploma in Agribusiness Management at The University of Queensland Gatton Campus.

After many years of living and studying in town I knew by the end of university I wanted to leave the big smoke. I had no idea who I wanted to be or what I wanted to do but everything that has happened has led me to where I am today.

In 2020 I started the year off working for Jamie Seccombe Cutting Horses and then moved on to mustering cattle on properties near Charters Towers and Greenvale.

Whilst working on properties that were on the market, I saw how hard the Sales Agents worked but also the enjoyment they had, this was something I could see myself doing, Real Estate was a natural transition, being able to connect my work and be on the land.

After mustering for a few months I suddenly got sick which changed my lifestyle around.

Due to this I had to move on from the hard days of working in the sun to office administration.

The opportunity to work at Knight Frank Rockhampton under the Agribusiness department arose, and that was 18 months ago.

It was important to learn and understand the Administrative side to being an agent, as marketing is a key element of any property listing.

Being a Sales Agent now with Knight Frank Agribusiness allows me to meet and connect with rural people. Listing and Selling rural assets can have so much history and this why I love what I do.

Everything has led me back towards the rural industry, I wouldn’t be the person I am today and have the passion, respect and understanding for the Agri Industry if I wasn’t dragged out of bed at 5am as a child.