Dr Geoff Wilson

Geoff was born in the quiet village of Kitale in Kenya. Geoff was born with a severe cleft-palate and endured multiple corrective surgeries from a very early age. Once recovered, his young life was spent causing mischief in the African bush, including a narrow-escape from a chance encounter with a bull-elephant.

During the dark and terrible reign of Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, Geoff’s father, Alan Wilson hatched an escape plan, to avoid certain peril. He sold all they had and bought a small ‘Cessna 175’ before flying his young family over 6 weeks to land in Townsville Australia.

Boarding school was a challenging crucible for young Wilson, who became familiar with fisticuffs, defending himself against those who gave him a hard time about his multiple face-surgeries and peculiar upbringing in Africa. Positively, he also began his entrepreneurial streak, growing his hobbies into businesses.

Finished with school and the winds of adventure beckoned. Geoff dreamt up the audacious challenge of cycling from London to Nairobi with his best mate Simon.

Geoff always had a deep love for animals great and small and coming from a long lineage of veterinarians in the family, the transition was a no-brainer. Geoff went on to build multiple vet hospitals and become one of the countries best vet surgeons.

Geoff met his sweetheart, Sarah in the grounds of the University of Queensland during his tenure as a vet student. They went on to have three beautiful kids together and have been married 27 years.

The Boxing Day Tsunami hit Aceh, Indonesia. Geoff had a particular affinity with Indonesia, spending time growing up there as a young boy. Additionally, he was fluent in the local language, Bahasa. After the tragic report of the devasting Tsunami, Geoff joined a French medical response team to help in the rescue effort and came across a young man by the name Halidan, who changed the trajectory of Geoff’s life as he knew it.