Oasis Magazine - Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Issue 28 - Feb | Mar 2019 | Page 31

Amanda Flanagan
Tanya Spelta
ELDEST TO YOUNGEST: TANYA (41), AMANDA (39)
SIBLINGS: One Brother
OCCUPATIONS: Financial Controller (TANYA), General Manager (AMANDA)
WHAT DO YOU BOND OVER?
We bond over quality time and
treating ourselves. Actually we
can’t seem to get enough of each
other... We work together and play
together! And we definitely support
each other when reminisce about
our darling Mother.
WHAT DO YOU FIGHT OVER?
We fight over work! And also about
Tanya making promises to spend
time together and unintentionally
breaking them .
WHO’S BOSSIER?
Out of the two of us, Tanya is
definitely bossier one!
WHO’S THE ALPHA SISTER?
We take turns, it really depends on
the subject matter or our mood.
DID YOU SHARE A BEDROOM?
Yes we definitley did! However it
was better when we didn’t, as there
is definitely one neat freak and one
not-so-much!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE ITEM OF
CLOTHING TO “BORROW” FROM YOUR
SISTER?
We both borrowed each others
handbags and accessories. Amanda
always got the hand-me-downs.
CAN YOU SHARE A FUNNY STORY
FROM YOUR YOUTH
When we did share a room,
Amanda was on the top bunk and
got hit by the fan while asleep one
night. She was crying and whining
all night, and Tanya was so cranky.
When we turned the light on, there
was blood everywhere, Tanya felt so
bad about yelling that she played
nurse for the next week! Another
time, we both nearly burnt our
Dad’s shed down and our dear
Nanna covered for us for years, and
took the secret to the grave. Dad
knows now, and think it’s funny, but
he certainly wouldn’t have at the
time
BEST THING ABOUT YOUR SISTER
AMANDA: We are close, really
close. It’s quite simply the greatest
amazing gift a person can be given.
Lucky me!
TANYA: She’s the one I can bare
everything too and never be judged.
She’s the most genuine person,
caring, warm hearted and com-
pletely self-less person I know.
She’s always looking out for me.