Rockhampton Health Options

Peter’s Naturopathic Healthcare Accomplishments

• Co-owner with wife Lyn of Rockhampton Health Options established 2004.
• Rockhampton Health Options is Central Queensland’s first and only retailer approved with Australian Certified Organic.
• 40 years milestone providing naturopathic and Western herbalism services.
• Queensland Swedish Massage Institute: Award of Excellence in Remedial Therapies, year 2000.
• Queensland Swedish Massage Institute: committee member 2001-2002
• Author of 3 practitioner lecture series workbooks: Remedial Lymphatic Therapeutics and workplace trainer/assessor for the same, years 2001-2005.
• Rockhampton Health Community Council: parliamentary appointment with statutory functions relating to section 28M of the Health Services Act 1991, from 01/07/2007 to 30/06/2011.
• Capricornia Division of General Practitioners: guest speaker year 2009.
• Australian Traditional Medicine Society: Award 2015, Practitioner of the Year Highly Commended.
• Australian Traditional Medicine Society: published article, Commemoration of Simon Schot Legacy, Vol. 22, No. 1, Autumn 2016.
• National Herbalists Association of Australia: Sunshine Coast Chapter chairperson 1 year and Queensland Regional Chapter chairperson 2 years.
• National Herbalists Association of Australia: speaker at 9^th International Conference on Herbal Medicine, year 2015.
• Published book for public readership: Finding Better Health, year 2019.
• Published book for practitioner readership: Concise Naturopathic Healthcare, year 2022.
• Community groups: guest healthcare speaker during 40 years duration.

Community and Sporting Accomplishments

• Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General: Justice of the Peace long service award for 25 years of service, year 2021. Once each week volunteered at the Family Law Court, Brisbane, during 1994.
• Wildlife Preservation Society: periodic volunteer 1963-1966.
• Oreilly’s Guest House: regular volunteer 1972-1977.
• Safety House Association of Australia: regular volunteer spanning 20 years at Wooloowin, Caboolture and Rockhampton.
• Koala Foundation: periodic volunteer 1988-1990.
• Scout Association of Australia: Group Leader status at Loganlea, 1991–1995.
• Greening Australia: periodic volunteer 1992-1993.
• Neighbourhood Watch Queensland: Caboolture One volunteer 2000-2002.
• Community Renewal House Caboolture: presenter of workshop series on general health and wellness, year 2003.
• Australian Sports Medicine Federation: national sports trainers scheme 1987-1990, periodic volunteer in AFL, Cricket, Basketball and Jiudo events.
• Jigoro Kano Jiudo: participant 1971-1991.
• Queensland Ultra Runners Club Inc.: Race Director of Caboolture Historical Village 6/12 hours run/walk, years 1998-2002, all profits donated to the Caboolture Historical Village committee.
• Queensland Ultra Runners Club Inc.: Points aggregate 1^st place in walking category, year 1999.
• Queensland Ultra Runners Club Inc.: Ron Grant award, year 2000.
• Park Run Australia: 200 park runs completed and 25 volunteers at Rockhampton Park Run.