“For those who don’t know where Condobolin is, if you look on a map and draw a line between Broken Hill and Sydney you’ll find Condo smack bang in the middle.

It’s an amazing little community and I grew up on a family sheep and wheat farm about 20km north of town.”

Vanessa Bell vividly remembers the day as a 15 year old, that would go on to shape the beginning of an international modelling career. The woollen fibres that once graced her on the runways of global fashion shows are now the same ones she grows on the property her family owns.