Pilbara stockwoman learns to walk, talk and work again after mustering accident causes brain injury

For 27-year-old stockwoman Lydia Inglis, it has been a long journey to recovery since a mustering accident almost claimed her life a year ago in Western Australia's north west.

Since waking up from an induced coma last August, her days have been filled with physiotherapy and speech therapy appointments — learning to walk and talk again with the support of her family and partner in Otago, New Zealand.

It is a far cry from her life at Yarrie Station, mustering cattle on horseback in the remote Pilbara, 73 kilometres north-east of Marble Bar.

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Article written by: Courtney Fowler