My name is Alyse Wood and I grew up on a commercial beef cattle property in regional South West Queensland (in a little district called Darr Creek).
I’ve grown up on the land. Every afternoon after school if I wasn’t working with the horses I would be working with the cattle or doing sports (netball, track and field, soccer, touch, softball).
Primary school was a 30min bus ride and high school was 3 times this long each way. I transitioned from a 13-student primary school (at one stage it was down to 6 students) to a 500-student high school, to being amongst thousands of students at University. I have been very lucky throughout my education to be surrounded by so many dedicated and caring individuals and will forever be grateful for this.
I completed a year of the ‘Bachelor of Equine Science’ degree at UQ before transferring into Veterinary and I work as a veterinary nurse casually whilst studying full time.
I am passionate about; always learning and giving back to my community, agriculture (not just animal industries, but also cropping and sustainability), reproduction and the equine athlete. At this stage, upon completion of my degree I would like to work in mixed rural practice for a couple of years (focusing on horses, cattle and dogs) and then potentially look into specialising. At some point my dream (since I was 10 years old) is to run a successful farming business and become a veterinarian that travels with the Australian Equestrian Olympic Team to an Olympic games.