Angela Hagedorn

Hi to everyone and good luck on the Melbourne Cup!

 

My name is Angela and I took on the Executive Assistant position here way back in March 2010. Lucky me, this was just as the rebid was gearing up so I’ve had quite a baptism of fire. 

 

Being originally from Canberra and still in Canberra, the thing I miss the most is warmth, sunshine, lush green vegetation and water. But, as they say, blood is thicker than warm ocean currents...

'My' (or more correctly, my dogs’) favourite holiday destination is Tomakin on the NSW South coast. Why? For all the things missing above.

 

In my spare time I am a volunteer dog obedience instructor. I am also ‘raising’ my 16 month old Border Collie, Pepper (a full time job in itself) and older sister, Rosie, who have a full weekly schedule of Flyball, Agility, Obedience and Dances with Dogs. In the remaining 5 minutes of the week I dabble in artistic pursuits including mosaics, jewellery making and pastels. 

My favourite movie is simply one I haven’t seen before because I can never watch something twice – life is too short. Having said that I prefer to watch a TV series where you can get to know the characters – Lie to me, CSI, Sherlock Holmes, Bones and Castle are all on the weekly ‘recording’ list (no, I’m not a psychopath, I like the science and deduction!). 

 

At the moment I am reading Plant Biosecurity: Collaborative Research Initiatives (okay, that was just for brownie points). I am an audio book convert (it works with walking dogs) and have several books on the go ranging from interrogation techniques to Alan Dean Foster’s Pip and Flinx adventures in the Humanx Commonwealth. 

If money was no option, I would rule the world and make it a better place (at least I’m honest).

 

A quality I would most like to be remembered for is benevolence (a good trait for Ruler of the World one would think?). Okay, let’s go with humour.