Meet Our Team

Toni Trollope BVSc.

Toni started her veterinary career in 1990 in small animal practice in the northern suburbs of Sydney and then moved to Central Queensland a year later due to a burning desire to do mixed practice (cattle and horses as well as domestic animals). After 2 years in the rolling hills around Biloela she moved overseas to the UK to travel and work.

The stint overseas came to an end in 1994  and then Toni moved back to Australia to work in Byron Bay for 10 months before finally moving to Toowoomba in 1995. After 3 years at a local vet surgery and then 10 months of locum work in Toowomba and the surrounding area she finally realised her dream of owning her own vet surgery and Eclipse Park Veterinary Surgery was opened in October 1999.

The last 15 years have been spent establishing and improving the veterinary surgery whilst getting married and having a family. She is married to Paul and has 3 children, 4 dogs, 2 cats, chooks, aviary birds, goldfish  and a horse, all of which have been rescued (apart from the goldfish). She also owns the 3 cats at the vet surgery that you may see trotting around from time to time when you visit. Toni is passionate about animal welfare both domestic and wild. She enjoys reading, horse riding (although hasn’t been doing this too much recently), state of origin, tennis (playing and watching), camping and would like to do more travelling in the future.   

Her long term vision is to provide excellent customer service and improve the facilities at Eclipse Park to ensure the welfare needs of the pets and people of Highfields and surrounds is available into the future.

Ruth Devlin

Veterinarian

Ruth began part work at the surgery in February 2017. Some of you may have previously meet Ruth as she did work at the surgery prior to leaving for America for her husbands work in 2008. Since returning to Australia she has worked in a few Toowoomba and surrounding vet surgeries.

Anita Mairs

Veterinary Nurse

Anita has been a practising vet nurse on and off for the last 30 years and she has been at Eclipse Park Vet Surgery for the last 14 years as a vet nurse and receptionist. Antia's love of animals goes back a long way, as she come from a family who have always had a few cats, a couple of dogs, a horse or two, lots of birds ,some ducks and the list goes on! Anita has always hated to see animals suffering and she gets great satisfaction when she know that we can help an animal recover and return home.

When Antia is not at work she enjoy's reading, playing with my pair of “mad dogs” and loves to go camping. Anita has a huge garden which takes up a lot of her time and has recently started growing her own vegetables. Anita is not an indoor person and will always choose to be outdoors rather than indoors

Jane Sharp

Jane has been working at Eclipse Park Vet Surgery since November 2007.  She completed her Certificate II in Veterinary Nursing in the first year and went on to study Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing.  Janes most recent course she has completed is a Diploma of Management.

As a first birthday present Jane's parents rescued a stray dump cat called George.  So from a very young age she knew she wanted to work with animals.  At 15 Jane started to volunteer at the RSPCA and later became an employed Animal Attendant.  She was fortunate enough to be offered a job at Eclipse Park and have enjoyed working here ever since. 

A big part of Janes life these days is her family.  Janes has a wonderful husband, Stuart and 3 beautiful daughters. Jane also have a very tolerant Golden Retriever, Sasha, and 2 cats, Charlie a Ragdoll, and Misty, a Domestic Shorthair Cats. 

Jenny Nickolls

Receptionist

Jenny qualified as a UK Veterinary Nurse in 1987 working in a busy, small animal practice on the South Coast until her family & emigrated to Australia in 2007 together with their wonderful dog Mack who was 9 years old at the time. Jenny joined Eclipse Park Veterinary Surgery as Receptionist in January 2016 & she enjoys her role immensely. In Jenny's spare time she enjoys walking her two dogs, Basil & Ned, spending time with her family, cooking & gardening.

Sam Davies

Veterinary Nurse

Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing.

Sam enjoy's working on a full time basis as a Vet Nurse at Eclipse Park Vet Surgery.  

Sam has grown up and lived in Toowoomba her whole life and has always had a passion for all animals! At home her pets include two cats Misty and Penny, two dogs Axle and Abbey, some chickens and loads of cows.

During Sam's free time she enjoys weekends away going camping or to the beach as well as spending time with family and friends, shopping, watching movies and eating yummy food!

Gabby Ball

Trainee Nurse

Gabby has been lucky enough to complete a Certificate III in Companion Animal Services through a traineeship and she enjoy working at Eclipse Park Vet Surgery immensely! Gabby moved to Toowoomba 4 years ago and now live in Highfields with her two dogs, named Strauss and Baloo. Gabby also has a horse and two domestic shorthair cats, Archie and Ed.

In Gabby's free time she enjoys riding her horse, traveling, going shopping and spending time with her friends. Gabby has always wanted to work with animals, as she have grown up with them and they have always been a huge part of her life. Next year Gabby will be completing grade 12 at Fairholme College and she am very excited to finish school and continue to learn more in the veterinary industry!

Kyra Harrison

Trainee Nurse

Kyra has grown up loving and caring for animals her whole life. Having a special place in her heart for wildlife. She knew she wanted to work with animals her whole life so studying vet nursing was a great fit. She was fortunate enough to complete her prac placement for her course at Eclipse Park Vets in 2017 and has been continuing to gain valuable experience there since. At home her pets include two dogs, Trixy and Tuby, two conure parrots, Rory and Ollie, a horse and any wildlife that needs an extra hand to get back on their feet.