Dr Jarrod Coleman BVSc (Hons)

Owner and Veterinarian

Jarrod completed his veterinary degree at Sydney University in 1995, and has held a number of permanent and locum veterinary positions in both Australia and England.
Jarrod arrived in Austinmer for a 12 week locum in 2003, but years later is still here at Austinmer and Helensburgh vets!

He says “This is a wonderful area to live with great co-workers and fantastic clients committed to giving their pets the best possible care. Why would I want to work anywhere else?”.

Dr Brad Gorham BVSc

Brad graduated from Sydney University with honours in 1984 and has been in small animal practice ever since.

Brad has been with us for many years and is a regular fixture at our Helensburgh Clinic. Brad enjoys spending time with his two children and traveling.

Dr Marielle Cleary DVM

Marielle graduated from the University of Sydney in 2019 with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. She enjoys both surgery and medicine and is particularly interested in neurology, cardiology and soft tissue surgery.

When she isn’t at work, Marielle can reliably be found getting stuck into various art projects or hanging out with her very handsome cat, Hugo.

Dr Tamsin Paxton BVSc

Dr Tamsin graduated from JCU, Townsville in 2014. She joined our clinic in 2020 after her locum stint in 2019 working mostly at our Helensburgh Clinic.

Dr Tamsin has a menagerie of pets at home to keep her busy; Her beautiful 14yr old Boxer cross Coops and young whippersnapper Pumpkin the Cavoodle; 2 tuxedo cats Luna Lovegood and Minerva McGonagall and 4 guinea pigs Flour, Julia, Gladys and Waffle.

She loves to be in the garden and spending time with her dogs on the beach.

Dr Amelia Fung BVSc

Dr Simone Armstrong BVSc

Dr Simone graduated Veterinary Science in 2020 and joined our team of vets in May 2022. She moved to the Wollongong area and enjoys hiking, kayaking and she is rarely seen out of work without her two beloved Rottweiler crosses.

Dr Simone has a strong passion for community outreach programs and has donated a lot of her personal time to programs improving animal health in aboriginal communities throughout Australia.

Dr Georgia Andrews BVSc

Dr Georgia graduated Veterinary Science from the University of Sydney in 2017. Since then she has worked in mixed practice on the south coast. Georgia has also worked and travelled around Australia and now settled in the Illawarra she has joined our team of vets looking after small animals.

Georgia says, ‘she still loves the occasional goat call’.

When not at work you will find Georgia enjoying the great outdoors, surfing, hiking and kayaking.

Dr Sarah Foo BVSc

Dr Sarah graduated veterinary science in 2022 with a published paper already under her belt as well as a John Holt scholarship for animal welfare.

Dr Sarah is no stranger to clinic life having qualified as a Veterinary Nurse while completing her Veterinary Science degree. She has a keen interest in surgery, animal welfare, nutrition, wildlife and exotics.

Dr Sarah has many animals at home to keep her busy when not at work including 2 dogs, 4 cats, 4 rabbits, a children’s python, bearded dragon, a turtle, a quail and many fish.

Dr Sarah also loves to perform at various events, singing, playing the piano and ukelele.

Dr Rick Prowse BVSc (retired)

After graduation from the University of Sydney in 1971, Rick came to work in the Wollongong area in 1972 and in 1995 he established the Austinmer Veterinary Hospital. The Helensburgh Veterinary Clinic was acquired in 2006.

After dedicating many many years to the care of animals great and small in the Illawarra region, building a very successful business and becoming a well loved member of the local community, Rick sold Austinmer Veterinary Hospital and Helensburgh Veterinary Clinic to Dr Jarrod Coleman in 2018 and in 2020 Rick hung up his stethoscope for the last time and retired from Veterinary medicine after a very successful career.

Home life is shared with his very supportive wife Roslyn who also worked with Rick for 20 years to build and manage the business. They have two very cute miniature Dachshunds… but, over the years, just about every conceivable animal type has shared in lodging at the Prowse house.

Rick and Ros will always be loved and respected members of the Austinmer and Helensburgh family