It’s no wonder Christine is attracted to the outdoors. A country girl, she was born in Narrogin and grew up in Wanneroo when it was still just a country town.“Yeah I’m a country girl. From Perth it would probably take me 45 minutes to an hour to get to where we had a market farm in Wanneroo. It’s closer to Yanchep. Back in the day the drive was on a narrow road – but now Wanneroo’s a city.”
Christine became a volunteer with POOPS a few years after she retired. Her career started and ended with nursing, however for the 30 years in between she worked in the family business and raised five kids, who are now all grown up. Thirty years is a long time, but even after all those years, Christine felt the call to return to nursing.