MARGARET Dunkley knows she has big shoes to fill as the new director of surgery at Mildura Base Public Hospital.

Taking over from the highly respected Kevin Chambers, who died late last year after serving the Sunraysia community for nearly four decades, will be a tall order.

However, Dr Dunkley is accustomed to rising to big challenges.

In fact, the daughter of a Gippsland dairy farmer has been...