I have lived my entire life in South Australia. I was born in Cowell on Eyre Peninsula, and then my family moved to Maitland on Yorke Peninsula just before I turned seven. As soon as I finished high school, I hot footed it to Adelaide and lived, worked, & studied in various suburbs of Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills for 30+ years before moving to Kangaroo Island with my partner Bruno, in late 2016.

 

My love of cultures & overseas adventures put me on the path to study travel & tourism in my mid-20s. Initially contemplating a career as a travel consultant, I discovered that tourism was my true calling. These studies fuelled my desire to share the beautiful & diverse state of South Australia with overseas guests, and were in tune with my observations on the impact of visitation on the local community. The desire to protect the environment has played a significant role in my personal & professional life, which includes working for the Secretariat for the Ministerial Council for the Environment while completing a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Adelaide. I have long viewed South Australia as being the ultimate ecotourism destination.

 

Another constant in my career has been my involvement in the hospitality & events industries, from working for the iconic Cork & Cleaver Restaurant to coordinating 200+ volunteers working the bars at WOMADelaide, and everything in between. For those of you who remember when the Formula One Grand Prix in Adelaide, I poured soft drinks from a tiny van, and I had the pleasure of playing a clown in two Adelaide Christmas Pageants.

 

Pulling together the skills & experiences accumulated through my varied roles in the public and private sector, my hospitality background, studies in tourism and multiple languages (German, Spanish and French - all very basic level!) combined with a degree in Commerce (Marketing) it was clearly my destiny to end up on iconic Kangaroo Island, running a hosted guesthouse with Bruno. It has been a wild ride. In addition to running the guesthouse, I have opened a local wine bar (lasting only a few months, as having two 24/7 jobs is exhausting I found!); had a casual position in local government; picked up a State Government contract during COVID and set up and opened a business hub in this role; and have been on the board of Kangaroo Island Tourism since 2021.

 

A perpetual student, I have been undertaking studies over the past few years to equip myself with the skills and tools to transition the KI Dragonfly into an experience for women, with a particular focus on menopause. These studies have been driven by my desire for self healing and also for providing an affordable experience for other women. I have curated an experience that I would have loved to have found 20 years ago, when perimenopause made itself presence known (even if I was clueless as to what was happening to me!).

 

I am looking forward to sharing Kangaroo Island home with people seeking a deeper connection with themselves and other like minded women, and to collaborating with the many incredible people on the Island who offer a variety of healing modalities.