“The first job where I think, oh my God, I love my job. ”

Lydia Schmelter has lived in Queensland's capital Brisbane for 25 years and has found personal happiness during her time on the 5th continent and has also been able to reinvent herself several times professionally. In conversation with SBS reporter Benjamin Kanthak, the cheerful German reveals, among other things, what brought her to Australia in the first place and why she decided to change careers several times and is still very happy with her decisions today.