Dr Joe Daley graduated from the University of Sydney in 1987. His passion for providing quality veterinary health care and love for animals led him to start the Ark Veterinary Hospital in Roseville in 1996.

Before re-establishing the Ark at its current location in Lindfield, he also operated a mobile veterinary service. He acquired the Australian College of Veterinary Scientist’s Pharmacology Membership in 1998 and the Surgery Membership in 2003. Joe lives with his wife, four children and their beautiful dogs Willow and Daisy.

Dr Katy is a born and bred Sydneysider. She graduated from Sydney University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science First Class Honours and a Bachelor of Science (Veterinary) First Class Honours. After working for a few years in Sydney, she has spent 2 years locuming throughout the UK, before starting at the Ark in 2018.

Outside of work, Dr Katy enjoys bushwalking with her husband and baking with friends. She looks forward to starting her menagerie later this year.

Annie joined the team at the Ark in June, 2020 while she was completing her Certificate III in Veterinary Nursing. Her background is in Marketing & Customer Service, but she spent the last few years as a Personal Trainer, Pilates & Jazzercise Instructor, still teaching classes in her time away from the Ark.

Annie is currently fur-Mum to Morty, the Cattle Dog X puppy, who she spends her weekends (trying to) train with her husband.

Stephanie grew up in Tasmania and originally moved to Sydney to pursue a career in media. She began volunteering at the Ark in early 2021 while completing her Certificate III in Animal Studies and joined the team full-time as receptionist in June 2021.

Since then she has embraced all areas of general practice nursing, her favourite aspects including senior pet health, nutrition and wildlife care. This year she continues her studies with the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing.

In her free time Stephanie can be found exploring Sydney and its surrounds or relaxing at home with a cup of tea, her partner and their three cats: exotic shorthair Ava (affectionately known as “The Squish”) and tabby kittens Bubbles and Squeak.

Growing up in beautiful Brazil, Ray has had a lifelong passion for animals. A qualified vet in her home country, Ray worked for two years in a canine veterinary hospital, before traveling to Australia to broaden her horizons and improve her English skills.

She soon fell in love with our wildlife and completed a zookeeping course at TAFE, volunteering at Symbio Wildlife and Koala Park. Ray joined the team at the Ark in November 2021.

Tara joined us in June 2022 while completing her Bachelor of Science (Zoology and Animal Science) at Western Sydney University, and hopes to commence a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2023 to follow her passion of animal care. In her spare time she enjoys watching movies, playing social sports, and spending time with her family. Tara has loved animals all her life and is currently a fur-mum to a handsome tamaruke called Jesse.

Sophie is currently studying a Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Sydney. She has been working with us at the Ark since late 2020 as an animal attendant, gaining lots of hands-on experience. Sophie loves working with large animals, particularly cows, and hopes to one day work at a large animal practice.

Lizzie joined the Ark team in August 2022 when she realised the Ark would be a perfect place to apply her love of animals and passion for science. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies in Animal and Veterinary Bioscience at the University of Sydney and loves seeing how the theory comes to practice in the clinic. She loves working as part of a team and is always excited to hear stories from owners about the wonderful lives and personalities of their pets.

Lizzie is a cat mum to three; lovely Claude, evil Xena, and crazy Pickles. She spends her free time playing netball, horse riding, and catching up with friends.

Georgia joined the Ark in September 2022 for work experience and has joined the team as a part-time attendant. Currently in high school, Georgia hopes to pursue a career in the field of veterinary medicine. She has a deep passion for all animals, with two cats at home and an interest in horses and large animals. Before joining the Ark, Georgia worked as a stablehand and enjoyed all aspects of working with horses, including riding.

In her free time, she can be found reading, painting, and swimming as a State level athlete. Overall, Georgia loves that no two days are the same at the Ark.

Hollie joined our team in 2020 in the hopes of pursuing a career in veterinary medicine. She now studies the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology, and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Sydney. She is glad to bring many of the skills and experiences she has gained at the clinic into her future study.

From a family of multi-generational farmers, Hollie has always had animals in her life and loves caring for both large and small. In her spare time Hollie develops her leadership and teamwork skills as a rugby player, sport coach and tutor. At home, her two fluffy puppies – Maddie the spoodle and Millie the groodle keep her and her family endlessly entertained with their crazy antics.

Mami has over 9 years of experience grooming dogs in Tokyo, Japan. She travelled to Australia and fell in love with our culture, nature and dog-friendly society, so she made the move here permanently to study. Mami is with us three days a week and loves transforming your dogs to look their very best!