Alma Street Veterinary Hospital owner Dr Greg Muir has revealed it was a childhood pet â a cat named Bubbles â that helped shape his career.
âShe was a little stray that came our way and she was one of the reasons I became a vet,â he explains.
âI was pretty close to her, she slept on my bed, but she had a few health issues.
âThat was one of the things that formed my way.â
Bubbles went on to live a long and happy life; Greg went on to study veterinary science at Sydney University, graduating with first-class honours in 1990.
Dr Muir moved to Rockhampton to work in a mixed practice before moving to England to take up a position at a small animal practice for two years.
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A new retail arts and crafts store is cementing plans to open in Yeppoon with jobs for staff advertised.
Kaisercraft has advertised for casual retail staff and a casual store manager for its new store in Yeppoon.
The store would be open seven days a week.
The Australian owned company is based in Geelong, Victoria, and has more than 50 outlets across the country. A Kaisercraft store at Toowoomba.
Kaisercraft stock a range of fashion, stationery, gifts, homewares and arts and crafts supplies from candles, diaries, scarfs, soaps, lunch boxes, handbags, cards, calendars, wall art, cushions and more.
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Blue Leaf Takeaway will relocate to the former Vizes City Newsagency at 85 East St in Rockhampton’s CBD.
Owners Josh and Mary Anne Ahlstrand had to find new premises after the closure of the Kern Arcade on January 31.
Another arcade business, Scoffins Clocks and Watches, is setting up next door at 87 East St.
The Ahlstrands signed the lease on Wednesday morning, writing in a Facebook post that “the new landlords have been extremely understanding of our circumstances”.
They are now waiting on licensing approval from Rockhampton Regional Council.
Ms Ahlstrand said there was plenty of work to be done but she was hopeful they would be open by early March.
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Fresh from celebrating the major milestone of marking 10 years in business, Rockhampton company Creative Conway has just hit another goal – moving out of the home office into a CBD space.
Angelo Conway heads up the graphic design studio which specialises in any type of graphic design from branding, website design and development, signage design and printing.
“Anything that can be designed, we do it,” he said.
Angelo started the business in 2010 as he didn’t like the idea of working for other people.
“I thought if I was going to go do something I was going to do it myself … It was always my goal,” he said.
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Scaffolding around roofs has become a regular fixture on homes in the Rockhampton region as tradesman work around the clock to repair damage caused in a hailstorm in April last year.
With the roofs of many old homes riddled with asbestos, removal experts Veramax Industries, owned by Kristy and Dallas Clarke, has been flat out.
Mr Clarke said it was crazy how much work there was to go around.
He expected the hailstorm damage work to continue for another 12 months.
“It’s ridiculous … it’s so busy,” he said.
“Even before that it was starting to pick up.”