Duang is much loved in her small town in Central Victoria. She is known for sharing her delicious laksa and other south east Asian dishes at the local market and through her cooking classes.
Duang grew up in a small town in northern Thailand which had no vehicles and no electricity.
She spent much of her adult life living in the USA, training in nursing, and in business. She also worked with South East Asian refugees near Seattle.
When she reconnected with a past partner she moved to Australia.
In this episode of New Home we talk to Duang about her childhood in Thailand, her curiosity for the wider world, and how she finally found a home in Djaara country in Central Victoria.
Now selling food and teaching cooking at 75, in many ways Duang's life has come full circle. This has led her to reconnect with her first home in Thailand in a new way.
There’s something to be said about a circular life and not a ladder climbing life. I haven’t gone very far. But I’ve gone around. And I feel really good about that
On the SBS podcast New Home, hear from migrant and refugee women who are quietly building new lives in regional Australia, making friends, and finding community.
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New Home is presented by Alison Hanly, and produced by Alison Hanly and Ginny Tan.
