Mandy grew up on the West Coast in South Australia. Her family farm is, approximately 30,000 acres in size. Her parents predominately run sheep on the farm, but also cereal crops. Mandy’s spent the first part of her life attending school in small country schools.

At 14yrs, Mandy went to boarding school in Adelaide. After completing her final year, she deferred University studies, and was an exchange student in Borneo for a year. On returning to Adelaide she completed a BA (International Studies) and a Postgraduate Diploma (Communications). Whilst studying Mandy followed her younger brothers footsteps also began her career.

Mandy is married and has two daughters. She has travelled through a lot of South Australia with her parents and brother. As an exchange student she travelled through Malaysia (East and West), Thailand and Singapore, and with her husband through parts of Europe, Malaysia, and China.

Mandy loves spending time with her family outdoors, whether it is at the beach, bush, outback, wine regions, etc.