White Hills

Gillian Nelson

Practice Manager

Gillian began working in veterinary clinics back in her high school days in Castlemaine. She then continued her studies and working experience as a Veterinary Nurse throughout her University days in Melbourne.

Gillian started Veterinary Nursing at Greencross Vets White Hills and Kangaroo Flat in 2016, after staying at home to focus on her human babies for many years. She then progressed to Practice Manager at the Kangaroo Flat clinic in 2020, before moving over to be the White Hills Practice Manager in 2024.

Gillian’s passion for animals begun as a toddler and she has always surrounded herself by a vast family of fur babies. Cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, chickens, axolotls, fish, lizards and snakes, have all made it to be a part of Gillian’s life at some stage.

Her human children now follow in her footsteps with their love and compassion for animals of all kinds.

Nakita McKay

Veterinary Nurse

For as long as she can remember Nakita has been surrounded by animals; dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, horses and even the occasional pet fish. As a child and through into her teen years she did a lot of horse riding competitions focusing on novelty racing and reaching a very high level.

Now-a-days, Nakita has an old retired horse Jerry, his chunky little paddock mate Bill, one cat Summer who we rescued in 2017 and recently in August 2020 got our little Golden Retriever puppy Wallace. An avid camper, four-wheel-driving, spending time at the beach, Nakita can also be found having a cider on a warm Sunday afternoon, with her my husband – of course.

Nakita is bouncing with happiness, feeling lucky to work in an industry that she loves and can’t wait to start her certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing later this year!

Erin Monk

Veterinary Nurse

Erin was born in Rosebud, Victoria. After starting primary school at Boneo, Erin and her family decided to move to a small country town called Maryborough. Living on a new large property meant Erin’s long lived dream of owning a horse was able to come true and this is how Erin developed her love and passion for horse riding.

Erin has always had a large variety of animals as part of her family such as dogs, birds, cats, horses and a few lambs that needed to be hand raised. In 2011, Erin’s family opened a Cattery called the Moggy Inn and Erin spent a lot of her weekends and after school hours helping with the care of all the cats in the Cattery. This helped Erin’s decision to work with animals when she got older.

Erin completed Year 12 in 2013 at Maryborough Education Centre and moved to Bendigo to complete her Certificate III in Animal Technology in 2014 at Box Hill Tafe, commuting to Melbourne on the train three days a week. In early 2015 Erin started her nursing career at Greencross Vets White Hills and is now currently studying Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing. Erin is apart of the clinic’s Puppy School team.

Outside of work Erin enjoys horse riding, swimming, art, listening to music, road trips, dancing and hanging out with her childhood pony Star and her rescued tortoiseshell cat Romi.