Kangaroo Flat

Amy

Amy has lived in Bendigo her whole life and has always had a passion for animals and their care. In 2019 she graduated from Open Colleges with her certificate of Veterinary Nursing. Since then she has completed a multitude of courses including her Advanced Emergency and Critical Care and Advanced Orthopedic and Surgical Nursing.

Amy started her nursing career with Greencorss during her study and then was offered a position at Central Veterinary Emergency and McIvor Road Veterinary Centre where she gained experience in Emergency, Orthopedic and Surgical Nursing where her passions are strongest. She is now back with the Greencross Team and has taken on the role of Head Nurse.

Outside of work you will find Amy cuddled up with her 3 cats reading thrilling book or chasing her 2 dogs Renji and Asura around the oval with her husband and two young children. Her favorite saying is “The day is not wasted if you have learned something new”

Jess

Jess started at Greencross Kangaroo Flat in 2024 as a placement student, where she was working towards completing her certificate 4 in Vet Nursing. Since then she has joined the team as a Veterinary Nurse, while she finishes her studies at Bendigo Tafe.

Jess has a keen interest in animal behaviour and dental nursing. She loves to care for and help all animals that walk through the clinics door with her positivity and caring nature.

Jess lives with her partner and only pet Alfie, a 5-year-old golden retriever, her ‘golden child’. She spends her spare drinking coffee, spending time outdoors and travelling Asia.

Clare

Veterinary Nurse

Dr Lesley H

Qualifications: Dr Lesley came the long way round to GxKF.  She has a degree in neurophysiology, a couple of post grads in business and HRM before taking on Veterinary Science and then completed a PhD in Equitation Science.  She has also completed her post graduate diploma in Animal Chiropractic. Dr Lesley has worked in clinical practice, racing and academia. She is currently completing a distance education course in clinical behaviour.

Dr Lesley’s life is ruled by her SIX Tenterfield Terriers – the terrierests – and four horses so she has plenty of opportunity to practice her passion, behaviour.  She and her husband, David, are renovating a “mad house” out in the wilds of east of Heathcote, and trying to keep with the Nordic noir dramas on Netflix.

Samantha

Samantha is a Registered and Accredited Veterinary Nurse who has been working in the industry since 2012. In 2024 Samantha came on board with the Kangaroo Flat team as our practice manager, and has been expanding her knowledge in all areas leadership and management.

She has a passion for our ever-evolving industry and is a strong believer in education, which lead her to also becoming a teacher or animal studies and veterinary nursing at multiple training organisations. While most of Samantha’s nursing experience has been within bustling general practice clinics or hospitals, she also has fond experiences working within specialist and emergency departments, as well as mixed practice. Her experience across a variety of areas within the veterinary industry demonstrates her love for all areas of veterinary nursing.

She loves spending time outdoors with her family, completing reno projects and accruing animals on the family property.

Treleane C

Veterinary Nurse

Treleane joined the Kangaroo Flat team in 2023 as a Veterinary Nurse, having over 30 years’ experience working within the animal industry. With a love for animals, she started volunteering as a young teenager at the RSPCA – Bendigo Shelter way back in 1990; from here she worked her way up to being an employed Senior Animal Attendant / Assistant Manager. Treleane has worked in a vet clinic environment for over two deceades at two different clinics dealing with small to large animals before coming to us. She has a passion for wildlife completing an Advance Certificate and an Associate Diploma in Resource Management.

Outside of work Treleane loves spending time with her husband and their dogs, going to the movies and the beach. She is a confessed chocoholic and hopes to one day travel back to her favourite place in the world Africa, where she can enjoy her big passion the African wildlife.