How Bec Crozier found her calling as a remote nurse caring for some of Australia’s most isolated Kimberley communities.
Image above: Bec with colleagues Deb Nicholson and Lizzie Curtis in 2018.
I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with Bec Crozier on a couple of occasions, first at Nerrima Station in the West Kimberley when a mate, Gus Rose, and I delivered some horses there, and again last month for a few days at Broome Rodeo and Campdraft.
Bec has been an invaluable part of the Kimberley community as a nurse, a profession that can often be a thankless one. So I was glad to hear Bec share her story on Angie Nisbet’s podcast Married to the Land.
Born on a sheep station 250 kilometres from Broken Hill, Bec Crozier went from School of the Air to the big smoke of Grenfell in Central West NSW at age seven.
After agriculture-related stints in the UK and Canada, Bec eventually studied to become a nurse. That decision would later take her from Central Western NSW and the ACT to one of the most remote and remarkable parts of Australia.
After working for 12 years across Central Western NSW and the ACT, Bec completed a Bachelor of Nursing at Charles Sturt University in Wagga as a mature-age student.
She then went from nursing in chilly Canberra to the remote, balmy township of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia.
What was meant to be a short three-month stint at the Fitzroy Health Clinic turned into three and a half years. A love affair with the Kimberley had begun.
The clinic covered a huge area, with the ambulance travelling as far as 200 kilometres away. Some emergencies meant a five-hour round trip on rough Kimberley roads.
The Fitzroy Crossing region covers vast distances across the Kimberley.
Bec relished living in the Fitzroy Valley and becoming part of the remote community.
Even now, when she goes to rodeos in the area, she is still recognised from her work in and around Fitzroy Crossing... "The Kimberley Sister!"
Remote nursing is about far more than treating injuries or responding to emergencies. It is about being part of the community, building trust and often being there for people when they need help most.
In places like the Kimberley, that connection means a great deal.
Another love affair soon eventuated with Bec’s partner Chris Morrow, the Manager at Nerrima Station, where they now live with their four-year-old daughter Georgina. (Update June 2026: The Morrow's now live in Broome, see this blog for what Chris and Bec are up to now).
They live within a community that is grateful to have Bec not far away to assist in the healthcare system, as well as having a nurse on hand on a busy cattle station.
Listen to Bec Crozier’s full story on Angie Nisbet’s podcast Married to the Land.
Ambulance Team at Fitzroy Crossing in 2015 | Bec with Tikka Torrico and Deb Nicholson.
Bec with Chris, Georgina and Indie in the Kimberley | August 2023.
RFDS plane leaving Noonkanbah Community after a retrieval | 2016.
Wet season at Nerrima Station in the Kimberley.
