NOOSA VILLAGE VET

I grew up on a cattle property in South Africa where my family breed Brahman Cattle. This is where my passion for animals started. After qualifying as a Vet in South Africa, I spent 10 years in the UK where I worked in both private and corporate small animal practice. I owned two practices in London (with one of my best friends from Vet school) for 8 years and managed a group of practices in Cambridge. I love both soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery. I met my Irish wife, Colette, while travelling through South America in 2008. We decided to move to Australia in 2009 and after living in Brisbane, Sydney and Rockhampton, we finally settled on the amazing Sunshine Coast. In my free time I love spending time with my wife and kids!

I was born and raised in Sydney and from a young age all I wanted to do was become a vet surgeon. 

Graduating from Sydney University Vet School in 1999, I moved north to my first job in Bundaberg.

I returned to Sydney in 2001 to complete an internship in small animal surgery at North Sydney Veterinary Specialist Centre.

From there I travelled to the UK where I worked for many years with my close friends at a family-owned vet surgery in Rochford, Essex.

Whilst in the Uk, I honed my surgical skills and knowledge further by acquiring my Post Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Surgery.

I have a keen interest in small animal  orthopedic and soft tissue surgery.  I particularly enjoy oncological, reconstructive and oral surgery.

Fortunately, on returning from the UK, I have been lucky enough to join another wonderful family run practice at Noosa Village Vets.

I love the team environment here where we pitch together to help our patients as much as possible.

Out of the clinic, my wife and I love to go to gigs and to travel and to spend time with friends and family. 

I grew up in Central Queensland and always had a passion to work with animals. I graduated from the University of Queensland in 1998 with Honours and then went to work in Gloucester, NSW in a mixed dairy, beef and small animal practice. After a couple of years, I travelled to England for 12 months. This was spent in a range of practices in the Midlands and Dorset treating cattle, sheep, horses and small animals.
The weather there got to me very quickly and I came back to Australia in 2002 to get warm, and then married.
In 2002, I started work as a mixed practice vet at Gympie Veterinary Services. This was primarily small animals, beef cattle and horses.
I became a partner there in 2004. Over the following years I developed an interest in small animal surgery and gave up the farm animal and horse work to focus on dogs and cats.
I remained the senior small animal veterinarian and partner at Gympie Veterinary Services as it grew from 4 to 13 vets.
The practice was sold in mid 2018 and after a transition period I moved to a role as Technical Services Veterinarian (Companion Animals) for Apiam Animal Health. This role involved providing further education and training in general practice surgery, dentistry and other techniques to over 35 clinics containing 150 vets. I was tasked to look for ways to improve the services the small animal clinics could deliver to patients. I also helped in setting up and developing new clinics and new standards of care.
Out of the clinic I love to spend time with my wife and daughters. I am a keen but unsuccessful fisherman. I am a late convert to diving and try to go whenever I can.

I grew up in a rural market town in South Wales in the UK. From a very young age I had a burning desire to become a Vet loving all animals great & small, in particular horses. I studied Veterinary Science at The University of Bristol (UK) & graduated in 2000. I spent my first few years working in mixed practice in South Wales before getting married in 2002 & moving  to Australia. Brisbane became our new home & I worked for 4 years locuming & running a small animal clinic. At the end of 2006 I embarked on a completely different pathway becoming a mum & taking an extended career break to raise our 4 beautiful children. We moved up to the Sunshine Coast & now live between Eumundi & Cooroy on 8 acres with a multitude of animals (& of course lots of horses!). I am very excited to be back working at a veterinary surgery part time & am so happy to have joined the wonderful team at Noosa Village Vets.

I joined Noosa Village Vets in 2020. I moved with my family from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast in 2017. I worked in small animal practice for many years, including a two-year stint in the UK in the 1990's. I enjoy living and working in Noosa, especially having more time to spend with my 3 daughters who are at the Sunshine Beach State Primary and High Schools.

I completed my Veterinary Nursing Certificate while living in Western Australia in 2013. Since then I have been lucky enough to work with my favourite furry, feathered, and scaly friends all around Australia. I have been privileged to work with koalas in Victoria and Queensland, and rescuing wildlife in the Darling Downs region.
The best part about working in this industry is the new challenges that come with each day. I am forever learning and discovering new ways of improving the life and welfare of creatures great and small. I love meeting people that love animals as much as I do and getting to know all the different characters of your pet family. There’s nothing quite like a pets gratitude when you’ve helped make them feel better.