Nikki and her husband Peter, own & operate a stud beef cattle operation “Gyranda” near Cracow / Theodore in Central Queensland, where Nikki was born and raised. Peter hails from a sheep/cattle property west of Blackall, western Qld. Their dedicated and passionate mothers taught them and their siblings via Primary Correspondence School and School of the Air and were very active ICPA members.
Both Nikki & Peter attended boarding school for high school and then worked as boarding supervisors at various schools in Brisbane while at university. They “met” in an agricultural economics lecture theatre, having no recollection of each other at Charleville Sports Musters where they are in class photos together.
Nikki has contributed to her local community childcare, kindergarten, playgroup, preschool and boarder parent groups and remains on the executive for the Dawson Valley branch of ICPA. All four of Nikki & Peter’s children attended a small P-10 regional school before commencing boarding for high school and subsequently moving into the workforce or onto tertiary education….. thanks to support from ICPA.
Nikki was co-opted onto ICPA Federal Council in 2020 in the lead-up to the fully online conference brought about by the covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. Nikki loves a good plan with bullet points, keeping the books balanced, travelling and clambering around mountains. She is thankful for the challenge to push herself as part of a cohesive and progressive team serving our membership in the quest for equity of access to education for all students and their families in rural Australia.
