 Washed up on the shore, I could breathe a little more than I would realize. Crazy, you can call me what you will, you could say that... And Australia's first gold medal of the London Paralympic Games! You're my big, big friend. Such a long, long... The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has an excellent partnership with the Australian Paralympic Committee where we can offer part-time employment for some of our elite athletes while they're training and doing their study. And it also provides them with a potential interesting long-term career option once their athletic career is over. It's been an exciting time and our whole swimming team has swum really fast and that's always the best part about these things. If you can go away and get the whole team swimming fast, it's really quite good. But personally to sit down and start thinking about my achievements and any sort of depth, that definitely hasn't started yet. It's been amazing. The major exposure of the Games has just grown so much. Every Paralympic since Athens and then Beijing and then into London now as well. It's just been phenomenal and all the facilities are fantastic and the volunteers have been amazing and the venues, it's been flawless. It felt great winning three gold medals in Beijing. I feel that it was a combination of 16 years of hard work so it was a really good way to celebrate all my achievements. What Paralympics Board is all about, it is an elite sport and we are here to do some amazing things and the stories behind how these athletes have gotten here is a thing that really sets the path of the Paralympics in the Olympics. The human element and what these people have overcome to be here is sometimes some pretty special stories. My disability is called arthrogryphosis multiplex congenitor, quite a mouthful. If someone asked me today would you like to be born different? I would say no because I've learnt to adapt. For me it's always been my passion. I really love the freedom that it gives me. Diversity is obviously invaluable for any organisation that values innovation and creativity and for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in particular we have a strong interest in developing a diplomatic service that is as diverse and as representative as possible. The things that got me interested in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was its reputation and also working here you have an opportunity to work over a broad range of areas. You can work on trade issues, foreign policy issues or over in the corporate planning section. It's such a prestigious place to work and it's got such a great reputation. I spent six months in domestic legal last year and really enjoyed that. It's a great department that deals with a lot of stuff across pretty much the whole range of what the department covers so I had a lot of fun there and had a great mentor and meal and he looked after me very well and really enjoyed my time there. I think it's a really good partnership because as an athlete you don't really have the opportunities to have career development but through the partnership with the APC it's just opened the door to athletes everywhere. It wasn't something that I ever imagined myself to be but I couldn't be happier with where I am right now. A fantastic swim from Peter Leak. Last 15 a wang on his left hand side is watching way on his right hand side but it's going to be the Australian who's going to take the 100 butterfly for S8 competitors and it's a new world record. I can go into the graduate program and go into the rotations in Canberra. That's my goal so who knows what happens but that would be the best possible result for me. I love that to happen. At the moment I'm at the point where I'm having to look at my career and also working really hard at uni. There's a possibility that I'll go back to sport but I'm just striving to achieve a balance in between university work and sporting activities. I'm definitely interested in representing Australia and always have been and I'm always a very proud Australian.