Watkins’ admiration for Colson went beyond just comedy, as she also mentioned the guard as the face of the WNBA. The WNBA guard has averaged 1.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.8 steals.

Mr Fitzgerald said he would like to see more young people enter the industry. “Auctioneering seems to me just to be a very small group of blokes that like it and want to do it,” he said.

Nutrien Ag Solutions livestock auctioneer Terry Ryan. Photo: Nutrien Equine Mr Ryan eventually settled at Dalby, where he has been selling at the Dalby cattle sale every Wednesday since 1980.

Hobart sailor Luke Watkins was on his “last breath” when he unclipped his lifeline and floated away from the Tasmanian yacht Porco Rosso in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart in the early hours of ...

But Mr Watkins, who lived in Brisbane for about a year when he was in charge of 2018 Sydney to Hobart winner Alive and has raced the event six times, said his own near-death experience had not ...