Melanie wanted men's and women's prizes to be equal but then her hometown turned on her

Sally Pryor
Updated June 1 2021 - 6:13pm, first published May 29 2021 - 12:00am
Valerie Bader as Bev Armstrong and Merridy Eastman as Barb Ling, in Melanie Tait's The Appleton Ladies Potato Race.
Valerie Bader as Bev Armstrong and Merridy Eastman as Barb Ling, in Melanie Tait's The Appleton Ladies Potato Race.

Melanie Tait used to have a romantic notion of one day moving back to her hometown, and settling down for a bit.

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Sally Pryor

Sally Pryor

Features Editor

As features editor at The Canberra Times, I love telling people things they didn't know - or even things they've always known - about the city we live in.

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