Darling Downs & South West Queensland Meeting | Success in Rural Practice
June 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:30 pm AEST
$100.00 - $150.00
Join us in Goondiwindi at O’Sheas Royal Hotel for the AVA Darling Downs & South West Queensland Meeting
Saturday, 27 June 2026
Enjoy a full day of learning & networking.
Learning outcomes
| 9.30am – 10.00am | Registration Open |
| 10.00am – 10.30am | Morning Tea |
| 10.30am – 11.20am | Thoracic penetrating injuries in dogs Dr Julian Lunn |
| 11.20am – 12.00pm | Local Biosecurity update Dr Donna Webber DPI |
| 12.00pm – 12.05pm | Sponsor Presentation BOQ Specialist |
| 12.05pm – 12.55pm | Managing surgical bleeding Dr Julian Lunn |
| 12.55pm – 1.25pm | Lunch |
| 1.25pm – 1.30pm | Sponsor talk Elanco |
| 1.30pm – 2.20pm | Managing lacerations in horse Dr Massimo Delli-Rocili |
| 2.20pm – 3.10pm | Update from Vet Surgeons Board and the Vet Surgeons Act Dr Ian Gallagher |
| 3.10pm – 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30pm – 3.35pm | Sponsor talk Provet |
| 3.35pm – 4.25pm | Equine nerve blocks Dr Massimo Delli-Rocili |
| 4.25pm – 5.15pm | How to succeed in mixed practice Dr Anna Gates |
| 5.15pm – 5.30pm | Branch Meeting |
| 6.30pm | Dinner – Hotel Bistro |
Further details
Our speakers
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- Dr Donna Weber
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Graduated UQ 1993 with Hons A degree, then spent the next 22 years working in private practice in Cloncurry, NW Qld where I worked in, managed and eventually purchased the only practice in town. Physically covering an area of about 300km radius from Cloncurry, working with large and small animals of all descriptions and heavily involved with the local racing industry attending numerous race meetings around the district. 2015 after selling the practice moved to Wallumbilla outside Roma with my family and for a few years worked in private industry as a nutritionist for a stock feed company.
October 2022 started work with the DAF as an operational field veterinarian based out of Roma, where the work is very varied but still keeps me in contact with a lot of producers and out in the field doing workshops, disease investigations and as much as possible liaising with vets in private practice to offer support where possible.
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- Dr Ian Gallagher
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- Dr Julian Lunn
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Dr Julian Lunn graduated from the University of Sydney in 1996 and built extensive experience in mixed practice, academia, and referral hospitals. He completed a surgical residency, earned specialist memberships, and a Master’s degree. Julian has worked across Australia, established referral services, and continues teaching. He is an accomplished surgeon, published author, and international lecturer balancing a busy family life.
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- Dr Massimo Delli-Rocili
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Massimo graduated in 2014 from Cientifica del Sur in Lima, Peru, with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He completed a 1 year equine internship in Chino, California. He then moved to NZ, and did an equine internship at Massey University and afterwards worked as an equine field vet there for 6 months. Then he completed a large animal surgical residency and obtained a Doctorate of Veterinary Science (DVSc) from the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada in 2020, and then became a member of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) in early 2021 allowing him to become a registered specialist in equine surgery in North America.
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- Associate Surgeon
Our sponsors
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