General News
2 April, 2026
Suzy steps away from RTC
Suzy Anderson will be retiring from Dunolly Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) next week after years of work behind the scenes.
Suzy Anderson will be retiring from Dunolly Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) next week after years of work behind the scenes.
The Dunolly local of 15 years and staunch community advocate has called time on her work at Dunolly RTC.
The organisation on Broadway offers essential services to the local community from helping with printing, to running a bus service to Maryborough, and even offering a drycleaning service.
These services, and the many more on offer, are only possible because of Ms Anderson’s work as administrative coordinator over the past five years.
Like a conductor of an office orchestra, Ms Anderson’s fingerprints are on everything from making sure things are paid to coordinating merchandise sold at Dunolly RTC.
“Everything administrative that’s required of an office, I do that,” she said.
“Without the background movement we couldn’t have this happen because there’s so many things that need to be coordinated.”
It’s busy work for a chronically busy person. This will be Ms Anderson’s third attempt at retirement.
Fifteen years ago Ms Anderson retired from work in Melbourne, escaped the “rat race”, and moved to Dunolly to renovate a home.
Within three months she became the editor of the Welcome Record, which stuck for a decade.
Retiring from there only lasted a month when she was offered her current position at Dunolly RTC.
“While I don’t interact one-on-one with many people the fact I coordinate the happening of this office means I’m giving back to the community,” she said.
Ms Anderson has long contributed to the Dunolly community through various local initiatives including the renowned D’Sharp singing group to organising the town’s Australia Day.
It’s her way of giving back to a community she’s grown to love.
“The people in Dunolly are just so genuine and so kind to each other,” she said.
“We all join together to try and help our friends.”
Ms Anderson’s retirement plans include spending extra time working on her home and perhaps travelling Australia with her partner.
However, knowing her track record, neither Ms Anderson nor her partner are convinced she’ll completely focus on herself.
Instead it’ll be a chance to slow down.
“All together I’ve pretty much constantly been working for 58 years and I just thought I’d like to have a break,” she said.
But until she retires on April 10, it’ll be full steam ahead training her successor.
“Hopefully my retirement will give someone else the opportunity to give back to the community the way I have,” she said referring to the new administrative coordinator Kath Walker.
“She will carry the torch so to speak.”