Queensland identical twins Miller and Tyler Ferris have been selected to row for Australia. Source: Jeff Camden / News Corp Australia
MILLER and Tyler Ferris are twin sisters sharing a common dream.
The pair have recently been selected in the Australian squad to represent Australia at the World Championships in Germany and the Youth Olympic Games in China.
"It's been an idea in our head, but now it's a reality it's crazy," Miller, the older of the two by just a few minutes said.
"We've been training for states and nationals and now we're training to be the best in the world, it's surreal."
The 17 year olds will be rowing in the women's under 19's coxless four at the World Championships and the pair's event at the Youth Olympics.
The twins decided to take a gap year after they finished year 12 at St Margaret's in Brisbane last year where they were the first to ever win three consecutive First VIII Head of the River schoolgirl titles.
Unsure what to do after school, the duo decided to focus on their rowing and Tyler says they are starting to see the fruits of their labour.
"It's a reward for the past four months since we finished school because that is when we really started to step it up," Tyler said.
"We we're training hard at school and doing well there but we've stepped it up since that."
Miller had already been rowing for a year in high school before she convinced her sister to take up the sport.
Since that moment the two have rowed together in every boat.
"We've never really had to row in another pair, so neither of us knows what it is even like to row with someone else," Miller said.
"We have rowed for so long together, we have the same rhythm and we're in synch. I think being twins definitely helps that," Tyler said.
While the two admit they have the odd argument mid race, they compare themselves to Alisa and Lysandra from the reality show; The Block.
"We will yell at each other and then we'll be over it in 10 seconds." Miller said.
The duo row an incredible 20km a morning, six days a week, then find themselves in the gym for their afternoon session on most days.
"We're sticking to our normal training because our main focus is the coxless fours at the World Championships because it is a longer race," Miller said.
"We're then doing some extra sessions in our pair once or twice a week.
"It's good because the other people we are in the four with also do pairs so we can battle it out with them in the pairs at training."
The pair joke that not only do they share the same physical features, but often the same thought process.
"There are moments where we'll do something funny, like the exact same thing and then we just start laughing at each other," Tyler said.
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