Gulf Veterinary Services

06/08/2024

🚙CLONCURRY, NORMANTON, KARUMBA🚙

Cloncurry- we have a couple of available appointments after lunch today then we will be unavailable for the rest of the week and next week

Normanton- we will be in town on Friday afternoon with some appointments available

Karumba- we will be visiting on Saturday morning for consultations and vaccinations

Please don’t leave booking your appointments until the last minute to avoid disappointment when we can’t fit you in. If you need any top ups on medication, let us know by the end of the day today so we can order it in.

See you all soon and don’t forget September is our last planned Gulf run!🙂

29/07/2024

🥰BURKETOWN, NORMANTON, KARUMBA🥰

Holey moley you all kept us busy when we visited and I’m only just getting around to posting our pictures now! Dr Madi joined us from Ayr and Nurse Kyla for her 7th trip from Mareeba! The dream surgery team smashed out 32 surgeries in 4 days plus all of our vaccinations, consults and a lot a travel between us all.

Thank you all for your support and thank you to the girls for joining us for the surgery run, without them it would not have been possible! Thank you again to the Burke Shire Council for trusting us with your desexing program, we had a ball!

We will be in Cloncurry this week and looking to be in Normanton and Karumba again at the end of next week. We only have one more run planned after this one for the year, the September run.

In exciting news, Dr Zoe will be taking maternity leave in November and over the wet season so the October run is not guaranteed at this stage🤰🏻👶🏻

08/07/2024

👩🏻‍⚕️GULF RUN AND SURGERY UPDATE👩🏻‍⚕️

BURKETOWN- 15/16/17th July
NORMANTON- 18/19th July
KARUMBA- 20th July consults only

Please get in touch ASAP if you are requiring an appointment as we are usually so busy the week of the run it takes us a while to get back to you.

We will have a new face joining us this trip in Dr Madi! We can’t wait to welcome her and show her the best clients and patients around🥰 we will also be welcoming back our regular Nurse Kyla as well! All girl power for this run and we are excited! We would not be able to do this surgery run without these ladies so please say thank you if you see them around!🥰

02/07/2024

💉🩸GULF SURGERY UPDATE🩸💉

BURKETOWN AND NORMANTON

We will be visiting for surgeries and desexings along with the usual consult and vaccinations between the 15th - 20th of July. Burke Shire residents please contact the council to discuss desexings and call me for any vaccination and consultation appointments. Normanton please contact me for all enquiries.

We will be finalising numbers this week so please don’t leave it until the last minute to avoid disappointment. We don’t know if there will be another surgery run this year or not depending on demand.

📞0447 240 584

13/06/2024

‼️SURGERY NEWS‼️

We are planning to do surgeries with our next run in mid July but need some rough numbers before we lock in how many days we will need to be doing surgery.

If you have approached me about surgery and desexings in your dogs and cats please touch base with me again just to be sure I have you on the list, would hate for anyone to miss out!

03/06/2024

🚙💨GULF COUNTRY🚙💨

We have a couple of appointments left and are visiting Normanton and Karumba this Wednesday and Thursday.

We are trying to secure a building so we have a base rather than doing house calls and will let you all know where we will be hopefully by tomorrow.

No surgery this run but we are working to secure a July surgery run with equipment and personnel.

If you need a consultation or vaccination, give us a call and we will do our best to fit you in🙂

06/05/2024

🚙💨GULF RUN🚙💨

Hello everyone! We will be back in Normanton and Karumba on Wednesday and Thursday this week. We do have quite a few bookings already so please let us know ASAP if your animals need to be seen. We havent got our anaesthetic machine back yet for surgery but hopefully soon🙏🏼

Call or message us on 0447 240 584 and we will schedule a time for you🙂

Looking forward to seeing you all again, last trip was hectic!☺️ a photo of the wet season which is long behind us now⛈️

02/04/2024

🚙💨GULF RUN🚙💨

Hello Gulf Country! Sorry we have been quiet on social media, we have still been doing plenty of kms☺️

We have discovered a problem with our anaesthetic machine which will not be safe to use until we can get it fixed so will be postponing the surgery run until that happens. We are sorry for the inconvenience but will do our best to get it sorted and let you know once it’s good to go. The safety of our patients and ourselves are our priority.

Dr Zoe will be in Normanton and Karumba next Tuesday and Wednesday the 9th and 10th for any consults and vaccinations for large and small animals. If your animals need any medication, please let me know today so I can get it ordered and delivered in time for the run next week.

📞Give us a call or send a text on 0447 240 584 or message us here if you need anything while we are visiting.

02/02/2024

🌪️⛈️24 HOURS⛈️🌪️

What a whirlwind 24 hours! I found out the road was open at lunch time yesterday so packed the essentials and ditched the trailer in case I had to back track. Trying to work out how I was going to get everything done and return by morning in case the Flinders went over and the only thing I could come up with? Night shift clinic😂 set up in the shed out of the rain and got through all 15 patients needing attention.

Thank you to all my clients for being so understanding and appreciative that this is just the way of the Gulf in the wet season🤩 I have arrived home to Cloncurry safely😊

Wrangled a little calf stuck on the wrong side of the fence on the way up and ended up on my backside in the mud, he or his mumma did not appreciate my help at the time😆🐮

See you all again around mid March, all going to plan, and looking at a surgery run in April🙏🏼

31/01/2024

😍RAIN RAIN RAIN😍

Good morning all! Main Roads has shut the road from the Cloncurry end but we will keep checking throughout the day. Hopefully its just local water and not the water from McKinlay/Kynuna yet and I can get over and back before the Flinders cuts us off for a while🙏🏼 will keep you all updated as best I can from this end☔️

30/01/2024

🚙💨GULF RUN🚙💨

Karumba! We will be visiting tomorrow afternoon if the road remains open☔️ Normanton, we will contact with everyone tomorrow who has contacted us for an appointment for a time on Thursday morning.

Please give us a call and leave a message or send us a text/ messenger as we will be travelling tomorrow if you need anything while we are visiting😊

27/01/2024

⛈️GULF RUN⛈️

Normanton and Karumba! If we can get through next week we will be coming to you for a Gulf run. We will take EOIs for appointments but won’t confirm anything until mid next week as we keep an eye on this Walkers Creek and the Flinders River in the coming days.

Thank you Johnty O’Brien Drone Photography for the photos of Walkers Creek this afternoon📸

01/01/2024

🥳HAPPY NEW YEAR🥳

Happy New Year Cloncurry, Gulf Country and surrounds! We hope everyone had a chance to wind down and enjoy some family time.

We will be in Normanton(possibly Karumba if required) tomorrow the 2nd but only have limited appointments and will be back in Cloncurry on Thursday the 4th for anything that may have arisen over the holiday period.

Send us a message to book an appointment.
We will return in February again, keep an eye on the page for surgery run updates😊

23/12/2023

🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄

Wishing all of our wonderful clients and patients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ahead!

Thank you all for your continued support and trusting us with the care of your fur babies. It is our pleasure to service such amazing communities in the Gulf and North West🤩 also thank you to all of my helpers and nurses this year, I couldn’t do what I do without you guys, thank you🥰

Keep an eye on the page for Gulf run dates for 2024, if there is no rain, we will be visiting soon.

We hope you all get some down time, eat too much food and get to enjoy it with those you love most🥰🐶🐱🐴

📸Expectation vs reality below of a GVS Christmas photoshoot😂

20/12/2023

🥁WINNERS WINNERS🥁

Thank you guys so much for all your effort in sharing photos of your fur babies with us, we have loved seeing them all!!

We are so excited to announce our winners are:
🥇Johanna Camp- Fishing shirt, Yeti and Cap
🥈Peta Leigh Murrihy - Yeti and Cap
🥉Hannah Costello- Cap and dog products

Thank you everyone who commented, shared and liked our post for our giveaway!💕 ladies please send us a message and we will organise getting your goods to you🥰

📸🧢👚🥤GIVEAWAY TIME, WE’VE GONE ALL OUT🥤👚🧢📸

We have just picked up our GVS engraved yetis so can get our December giveaway going! The items have been checked and approved🐶

How to enter:
1. Make sure you have liked the GVS page and this post
2. Tag a friend and share a photo of your fur baby in the comments
3. Hit the share button to share with your friends (make sure it’s public so we can see)!

We have a GVS fishing shirt (size L), 2 GVS engraved yetis, 2 caps (one is our popular pink gingham caps we managed to find), shampoo and tick and flea product for your dog! The prize will be divided in to three and there will be three winners randomly drawn from the comments so get to it! Winners drawn and notified on the 20th of December🎄

We can’t wait to see all your fur baby pictures, dogs, cats, horses, cattle, birds, chickens, you name it, post it😍 🐶🐱🐴🐮🐓 thank you all for your patience while we have been quite the last couple of months🥰

*We are sorry in advance about the potential scammers, we will do our best to control them in the comments, if you see them please report them.

11/12/2023

🥵NORMANTON🥵

Crickey, you guys turned out it droves today for what was to be a quick run and really kept me on my toes! Would not have been able to get through it all without my helper today! Thank you to my mum, Brenda, for helping me today, drawing up vaccines, preparing medication and how good are her photography skills🤩 my photography skills, hopeless when I remember, better not quit my day job🩺👩🏻‍⚕️

We loved our Christmas bandanas more than some of our patients😂 and we might be biased but we think they are all the cutest 🥰

Thank you for you support Gulf Country, you never cease to amaze me🙏🏼

09/12/2023

🥳NORMANTON🥳

Great news! Dr Zoe has been poking along doing some jobs in Cloncurry and is returning to work sooner than she thought!

Dr Zoe will be visiting Normanton tomorrow for the day. We have booked in our regular clients that have animals due for vaccination and we have 2 maybe 3 spare appointments for the day. If your animals require vaccination or a consult please let us know. Those of you already booked in, we will contact you today with a time.

Thank you for your support and patience while I get back on my feet👣 I may be steady but I will get to as many of you as I can in the day🥰

I have missed you and can’t wait to see you all again!🎄🎅🏼🐾

05/12/2023

📸🧢👚🥤GIVEAWAY TIME, WE’VE GONE ALL OUT🥤👚🧢📸

We have just picked up our GVS engraved yetis so can get our December giveaway going! The items have been checked and approved🐶

How to enter:
1. Make sure you have liked the GVS page and this post
2. Tag a friend and share a photo of your fur baby in the comments
3. Hit the share button to share with your friends (make sure it’s public so we can see)!

We have a GVS fishing shirt (size L), 2 GVS engraved yetis, 2 caps (one is our popular pink gingham caps we managed to find), shampoo and tick and flea product for your dog! The prize will be divided in to three and there will be three winners randomly drawn from the comments so get to it! Winners drawn and notified on the 20th of December🎄

We can’t wait to see all your fur baby pictures, dogs, cats, horses, cattle, birds, chickens, you name it, post it😍 🐶🐱🐴🐮🐓 thank you all for your patience while we have been quite the last couple of months🥰

*We are sorry in advance about the potential scammers, we will do our best to control them in the comments, if you see them please report them.

30/11/2023

🎄DECEMBER IS COMING🎄

We don’t mean to alarm anyone, but tomorrow is DECEMBER! The LAST month of the year?! HOW?!🤯

The month of Christmas is upon us and that can only mean one thing… GIVEAWAY TIME!

👀Keep your eyes peeled on the GVS page in the next week so you don’t miss our giveaway post! We’ve rustled up some GVS merch so stay tuned! 👚🥤🧢

HINT: have some pictures of your fur-babies on standby 📸

23/11/2023

🤕WANDERING WHY WE’VE BEEN STEADY?🤕

Hello again everyone! Most of you know but for those that don’t, I had both feet operated on to correct a deformity just coming on 6 weeks ago so that’s slowed me down. If you have been trying to message or call me, you would have been informed I am unavailable by an automatic reply or message bank.

2 broken feet, 2 broken big toes and 6 screws later(X-ray below), everything is mending very well but it’s been a frustrating time with limited movement. I have been given a clearance by my doctor to start getting some more movement slowly but not return to full activity until the start of next year.

Still not planning any runs until early next year, we might be able to squeeze one in before the height of the wet season or we might not, we will keep you updated.

I will try to get back to everyone who has messaged me or left a voicemail in the next week or so. We know ‘lepto’ is causing some panic and concern so we will do a post about it in the next few days.

Thank you to all my amazing clients who have checked in on me on the last 6 weeks, you guys are the absolute best and I appreciate it🥰

03/10/2023

🌅LAST DAY IN THE GULF 2023 🌅

Today is our last day in the Gulf for the year. We are trying our hardest to fit people in last minute in Normanton this afternoon when we return from Karumba but we can’t make any promises.

We will update you on the completion of the run with some photos tomorrow or Friday 😊

25/09/2023

‼️CLONCURRY AND GULF COUNTRY‼️

As we prepare for our final physical work days of 2023 (CRAZY🥴) just a quick reminder that we have some availability as per below.

CLONCURRY: Wednesday 27th September
NORMANTON: Tuesday 3rd October
KARUMBA: Wednesday 4th October

These will be our LAST DAYS for this year, Cloncurry may potentially have some days before Christmas but we will keep you updated on that.

If your animal is on any continuing medication, please order enough to last until the end of the wet season by sending me a message by lunch time TODAY. This is your responsibility to ensure your pet has enough medication to get you through.

We will look at doing phone consultations where we can but will not be able to physically attend any consults.

Please give us a call or send us a message if you are requiring an appointment. We will look to get Normanton and Karumba consult times sorted this week.

16/09/2023

🗺️NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST🗺️

Close to 4000km covered in the last 2.5 weeks and the last 7 days in particular was absolutely hectic for us! Our last major run for the year and we did not stop.

3 horse dentals booked for the trip turned into 13, 14 small animal surgeries, 70 parvo vaccinations, 4 towns and 2000km in the last week ALONE!

We had Nurse Kyla join us again from Mareeba. We are so lucky she loves coming to visit the Gulf because we could not get through the workload we do without her! It’s always a team effort for these mammoth runs including my mum being the chief ‘kit cooker’ and running the autoclave so we have sterile instruments for EVERY SURGERY. Just because we are in the bush doesn’t mean we can’t aim for Gold Standard care in any way we can. Thank you team for all you do including packing up, cleaning, keeping us fed and housing us during the stay🥰

Today I visited Gregory QCWA Horse sports and Family Day as the vet on call. Thankfully it was more of a social outing and there were no mishaps with the horses. Thank you for inviting me to be part of your day, a lovely way to end the huge Gulf run! It’s always our pleasure to be able to donate time and travel when we can to regions that support our services.

We had to make sure it wasn’t all work and no play so on Friday afternoon the team went for a sunset cruise to a Sand Island off Karumba for drinks and nibbles to watch the sunset, so relaxing and such a great view of a Gulf Sunset🌅

Please remember we only have one more Gulf Run on the 3rd and 4th of October. We will be in Cloncurry from Monday-Wednesday this week. Get in quick for Gulf Run appointments because we do not have time to add extra days again.

Thank you to everyone who supported us this run, we are absolutely cactus and will see you next month!😎💕🐴

10/09/2023

🚙UPDATE🚙

A quick update with photos on what we have been up to the last couple of weeks before our HUGE Gulf run this week!

We got out and about to cut and freeze brand some colts and fillies in new country a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful country and such a pleasure to do work for such genuinely nice people, we always say it but we actually do have THE BEST clients and feel so lucky for it!

We’ve also been busy zipping around Cloncurry seeing horses, dogs and cats. Check out cute little Milo below who was so brave for his needles and all was forgiven after some liver treats and cuddles🥰

Our long week in the Gulf started early with a serious illness to our old family dog. After a long night fighting, she is back to her cheeky self🙏🏼☺️

We will be absolutely crazy busy this week so if you call us, please be patient, leave a message and I will call you back as soon as I can. Normanton and Karumba people, I will be calling you Monday and Tuesday to organise times for you Thursday and Friday appointments. We have very limited availability remaining in Croydon, Normanton and Karumba for consults. Please see previous posts for dates.

See you all on the other side of this run, have a great week!💪🏼

03/09/2023

🌅GULF RUN- CROYDON, NORMANTON, KARUMBA🌅

Just a quick reminder for everyone that we will have very little time for last minute appointments this run as we can’t add any extra days and are already almost full in all 3 towns.

1st week in SEPTEMBER- Dr Zoe will be in Cloncurry this week for any appointments you may require

CROYDON- 12th September for surgeries and consults, we will be doing our station visits on the way up on the 11th of September. This is our last Croydon run for the year

NORMANTON- 13/14th of September for the last surgery run and consults

KARUMBA- 15th of September for consults and we will have a base, can offer house calls if required, time permitting

Give us a call or send us a message to organise your appointment and avoid disappointment.

📞0447 240 584

21/08/2023

🌅UPDATE CLONCURRY, CROYDON, NORMANTON, KARUMBA🌅

We forgot to share a little update of some of our cute patients from our last visit to the Gulf! We have been busy locking down travel and venues for our September run already! Just a reminder that this will be our last surgery run until next year and we will only have one more run after that for the rest of the year. This is what we have locked in so far.

AUGUST- Dr Zoe will be in Cloncurry this week for any appointments you may require

SEPTEMBER- 12th in Croydon, 13th/14th in Normanton and 15th in Karumba

OCTOBER- 3rd and 4th in Normanton and Karumba will be the last run for the Gulf for the year

If you would like an appointment for either surgery or consults/vaccinations please get in quick as we will not be able to offer extra days in any areas.

0447 240 584 or send us a message to register interest.

07/08/2023

🩺GULF RUN🩺

Don’t forget Normanton and Karumba clients that we will be visiting this Thursday and Friday! If you already have you name down with us, we will contact you in the next 2 days to organise a suitable time for your appointment.

Also a reminder that we will not be having a November or December run and possibly January depending on the wet season with only one more surgery run in September.

If you would like an appointment give us a call or send us a message on 0447 240 584.

01/08/2023

🥳🐴HAPPY BIRTHDAY HORSES🐴🥳

Happy horsey birthday to all of our cheeky equine patients🥳

Did you do anything special to celebrate and show the love for our four legged companions🎂🥕🐎

Special thought to the ones spending it away from us for the first time💔 we hope the grass is greener and aplenty up there🪽💕🌾

16/07/2023

🗓️FUTURE GULF RUN DATES🗓️

Sorry we have been a bit quiet on here lately, we cannot believe how quickly we have come to this point in the year! We just wanted to get in early and share the remainder of the dates for this years Gulf runs. Please note there will be no November and December runs.

AUGUST- 10th and 11th

SEPTEMBER- 13th, 14th, 15th this will be the last surgery run for the year and possibly will include the last Croydon run for the year as well

OCTOBER- 3rd and 4th (TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY RUN), possibly the 26th and 27th if demand is high enough and will be the last GVS Gulf Run for the year

Please don’t wait to book an appointment for any of the runs, register your interest ASAP as we will fill up fast! The last surgery run for the year is already filling fast and we will try to get everyone done and not have a waiting list as best we can.

A few photos below of what we have been up to around the ridges lately🥰 even got the day off to go to the Cloncurry show and picked up some ribbons in the Pet Show🐶

16/06/2023

🌅GULF RUN UPDATE🌅

We know you have all been waiting in anticipation for us to share what we got up to while were in Normanton and Karumba for a whole week last week☺️

We did a lot of surgeries, consults, vaccinations and even tended to a few emergencies that popped up while we were in town. We were kept very busy but made sure it wasn’t all work and no play☺️

We had a mischievous dashie with a fishing hook stuck in his foot come for an afterhours visit from a few hours away and plenty of cute patients as you can see in our photo collage below🥰

A HUGE thank you to Nurse Kyla for taking time off from her full time job to help us out again all the way from Mareeba. We would not be able to offer surgery runs without the help of our fantastic nurses!

Dr Zoe will be back in Normanton and Karumba on the 6th and 7th of July for consults, vaccinations and horse work.

At this stage we will only have one more surgery run this year so make sure you message us to get on the list if you’re looking to have your dogs or cats desexed.