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Outlook: From Bus Driver to Ambassador

Abel Guterres

02/04/2015

From Bus Driver to Ambassador

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Abel Guterres' journey from Melbourne bus driver to East Timor's ambassador to Australia

Abel Guterres tells Jo Fidgen his amazing journey from Melbourne bus driver to East Timor's ambassador to Australia

Abel Guterres left East Timor to visit Australia for two weeks and didn't return to his homeland for 24 years.  Today he is East Timor's ambassador, but for many years he worked as a bus driver in Melbourne.

Actor Russell Crowe shot to fame fifteen years ago when he played Maximus in the hit film, Gladiator.  Now, he's turned his hand to directing - making his debut with The Water Diviner - in which he also plays the lead.

Lifelong farmer Sandy Martin and his wife Di care for 15,000 sheep on a huge sheep farm in South Australia.  Lauren Waldhuter went to meet them at one of the busiest times of year when the sheep are shorn of their thick coats.

British writer Adharanand Finn is passionate about running.  He recently took his young family to Japan for a year to learn about the running culture there, having the done the same in Kenya a couple of years before. 


Picture: Abel Guterres
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