Tracy is a recently retired public servant with connections to the Queanbeyan area that go back the 1820s when her ancestors settled there. Her passions are family, friends, travel and learning. Reading is an addiction she has no intention of kicking and favourite subjects are English and military history. Other interests include art, music, movies, good food and dachshund racing. She lived in Japan for six years and is frantically brushing up her Japanese before an upcoming visit.