Barolin

Dr. Melanie Power

Veterinarian

Dr. Melanie grew up in Bundaberg before heading to the University of Queensland to study for a Bachelor of Veterinary Science and graduated with Honors in 2003. Following on from this, she spent several years working across Queensland in different small animal and Emergency/Specialist practices. Melanie then returned to Bundaberg where she started with Greencross Vets in 2019, with a special interest in small animal medicine and Ultrasonography.

At home Melanie has a cat named Eddie and 3 crazy Labradors, Paddy, Pip and Tess. Outside of work Melanie enjoys reading when she isn’t chasing after her 3 energetic boys or working around her family’s Macadamia farm.

Ashleigh Hickman

Veterinary Nurse

Ashleigh has always had a love for her furry little family members, while most of her family being human nurses she had decided to take a slightly different path, into the veterinary field. Ashleigh started at our clinic in August 2015 and while completing her Certificate II in Animal Care at our clinic she decided to join the team, since then she has completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Having been in the team for over 7 years she is the team leader when training our trainee and intern nurses.
At home Ashleigh is pet parent to an adopted pup called Neville, a Maltese X. Rumor has it he is very mischievous but she absolutely adores him.

Melina Tame

Veterinary Nurse

Ever since Melina was little, she has been surrounded by animals, whether they be cats and dogs or horses and cattle. Melina grew up on her family’s cattle farm just outside of Yandaran enjoying the country air and getting her hands dirty. She knew from an early age she was destined to have a career in the animal industry. Since starting with Greencross Vets over a decade ago, Melina has completed her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing and accumulated years of experience in the industry. Melina is an excellent mentor, who also spends her time overseeing the training of our trainee and intern nurses.

Melina is a pet parent to several animals including 2 Kelpie X, Turbo and Dotti, 2 horses Highlander and Marvin, and a cat, Boots. When Melina’s not in the clinic, she enjoys spending time with her family taking trips to the beach or out on the boat fishing and crabbing.

Jamie Boyce

Practice Manager/Veterinary Nurse

Jamie has been working in the veterinary industry for almost twenty years and praises her team of vets and nurse for keeping her loving her job day in and day out. She is constantly looking to develop her professional education and loves the fact the team are always open professionally developing their skills and sharing their knowledge.
Outside of the clinic she is an adoring mother to a 4 year old mixed breed ragdoll x called ‘Leroy’. She can often be found enjoying some down time creating Amigurumi Crochet animals and toys and have recently developed a green thumb, gardening succulents.

Nikki Glanville

Practice Manager

Nikki has always had a love for animals, growing up she could always be found taking any chance possible to be around them, this is probably because Nikki grew up with dogs, cats and horses. She joined the Greencross Vets Barolin clinic over a decade ago, completing her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, then progressed into a management role.
During her time away from the clinic Nikki enjoys spending time with her family, including her 2 human children and her 2 fur babies, Skye and Winston.