I moved to Warrnambool in February 2008 after I finished studying dentistry at university in Adelaide.

I had job offers in Port Lincoln and Tasmania but I ended up deciding on Warrnambool.

I had no real intentions of being a denist.

I originally wanted to be a physiotherapist but my marks were not high enough so I sat for another aptitude test and my marks were better so I sort of fell into dentistry.

Was it a big change to relocate to Warrnambool?

It was a massive change. I had no family or friends here. I had lived in Adelaide all my life I knew nothing about country living.

I soon found out when I moved to Warrnambool about things like rainfall from speaking to farmers that had come into see the dentist. I had never been on a farm until I moved to Warrnambool.

I had to learn a lot about country living in a hurry but the longer I stayed here the more I got to love Warrnambool.

I found I could run four errands in a lunchtime here compared to one in Adelaide. I got to love the lifestyle in Warrnambool.

Where did your career in dentistry begin in Warrnambool?

I worked at the Lady Bay Dental Clinic.

I worked there for more than five years and then out of the blue a friend planted the seed that I should run my own dental business.

I never gave the idea much thought but then one day I just thought it's not a bad idea.

I found out Bill Wilde wanted to sell his dental practice in Kepler Street.

A friend of mine had opened her own dental practice in Armadale and I just thought if she can do it well I should be able to do it.

I ended up buying Bill's practice on July 1, 2013.

Bill has been working in the practice on a part-time basis since but it all ends at the end of the month when he retires from being a dentist after nearly 40 years.

Angie, you mentioned in your sporting highlights playing soccer. How many years have you played soccer?

I've basically played soccer all my life. My dad Peter was a very good soccer player.

I can remember when I was young we would always go and watch him play soccer on the weekends.

He ended up playing soccer at a high level in South Australia. I played a lot of competition soccer in South Australia.

I suppose my highlight was playing in the state soccer championships in Canberra in 1998.

The same year I represented South Australia in the state lacrosse championships.

The only downsides to my soccer career have been two injuries I've received during my career.

What were those two injuries?

The first one was when I broke my right wrist in a men's soccer game in Ballarat in 2009 but the worst injury I sustained was breaking my right leg in a soccer game in Warrnambool in 2012.

I broke my leg in the knee joint. It was a very nasty injury. I went back to Adelaide for the operation.

The doctors said the leg break was like I had been in a car accident. It was a simple accident.

It occurred in a 50-50 tackle. I had a long rehab process. The doctors took me back in a year later to have  my knee cleaned up. I never played soccer for two years after the accident.

Angie, what did you do for work when you had the broken leg?

I had a month off work. I was just bored. I spent a lot of time on crutches but as I said previously I had a long rehab process.

I got back into work as I was able to sit down for the majority of the day.

Who do you play soccer for now?

I play for a side called County FC in Mount Gambier. I've played with them since 2009.

They play in an all women's soccer competition. There are eight teams in the competition - each team has 11 players in a side.

The women's soccer competition is really growing in Mount Gambier as there are a lot of young girls coming through the junior ranks. We play every Saturday from April to September.

Angie, I take it that you make the trip to Mount Gambier each week during the season - that's a huge commitment if you do it?

I do travel to Mount Gambier each week to play soccer during the season.

It's pretty taxing but I love playing soccer. I come straight back to Warrnambool after each game.

They are long days but that's life, in an ideal world it would be great to have a women's soccer competition in Warrnambool.

That would be great for Warrnambool but I think it's a few years away from happening.

Angie, you mentioned that you play lacrosse. When did you start playing that sport?

I was 10-years-old when I started playing lacrosse. I played at state level for South Australia but gave the game away when I was 17 as I wanted to concentrate on my studies.

I also played a lot of tennis at state level in South Australia  but gave the game away for eight years.

I'm back playing tennis at the Indoor Tennis Centre and I've signed up to play lawn tennis in Warrnambool this summer.

Warrnambool is really a wonderful place to live as it offers so many various sporting options.

People in Warrnambool don't have to play competitive sport to keep fit as there are some great walks or bike rides which will improve or maintain their fitness.

Angie, I take it then that you’re in Warrnambool for the long haul?

Tim, that’s right. I've got no intention of leaving. I've purchased a house here and I've got the business which employs seven people – full and part-time – so I've got no intention of going anywhere else.