Get to Know Our New Team Member: Rachael

I’ve always known I wasn’t suited to working in an office. Sitting still isn’t in my DNA… I’ve always got to be doing something and my career choices have reflected this urge: Lifeguard and Swim instructor, Zoo Keeper (truly!) and, now, Personal Trainer.

Sport and fitness have shaped who I am today, and I couldn’t imagine a life without movement. Now I get to share that passion with others!

I love working with people to help them reach their goals. No matter how big or small your goal: If it’s important to you, it’s important to me.

Simple, I’d be volunteering full-time for Sea Shepherd.

I spent over 10 years as a competitive swimmer and former Olympic Swimmer Susie O’Neill (aka ‘Madame Butterfly’) has always been a huge inspiration! She won a staggering 35 Australian titles, set multiple world records and won eight Olympic medals. Growing up, I wanted to be just like her.

The late Steve Irwin is someone I really admire. His respect for wildlife and his passion for conservation was inspiring and I’d love to hear what he had to say about the current state of the planet.

Finally, my favourite author, Mathew Reilly. Following rejections from all the major publishers, he self-published his first novel in 1996 and has gone on to become a New York Times best-selling author of 12 novels!

I’m incredibly passionate about conservation and I volunteer for Sea Shepherd Australia, a not-for-profit dedicated to marine conservation. As an onshore crew member, I spend a lot of my free time fundraising and helping clean up marine debris washed up on local beaches. In two years alone, volunteers collected over a million pieces of rubbish from Australian beaches… most of it plastic.

You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream – C.S.Lewis