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- Day 1
- Friday, September 14, 2018 at 2:33 PM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
AustraliaPats River40°5’29” S 148°0’19” E
Heading off
September 14, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
To Launie for the night. Staying at Poimena. Pizza with Dan and Joe at Joe's place.
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- Day 2
- Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 8:24 AM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- AustraliaCairns ZOOM and Wildlife Dome16°55’29” S 145°46’31” E
Melb to Cairns
September 15, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Very windy. Down to 1 runway at Tullamarine today.
Into balmy Cairns 28 degrees and a tad humid but not much.
Settled into The Jack backpackers.
Explored Cairns city and Esplanade as it's probablyRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, September 16, 2018 at 7:29 PM
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaCairns ZOOM and Wildlife Dome16°55’29” S 145°46’32” E
One course down
September 16, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Bit tired today- band played till 2 am-as advertised when I booked. Good music. Only about 3 car lengths between my bed and the massive speakers. Could feel the bass through the bed sometimes!!
DidRead more
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- Day 6
- Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 9:33 PM
- 🌙 22 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- AustraliaCairns ZOOM and Wildlife Dome16°55’28” S 145°46’42” E
A step up
September 19, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Finished the 3 day Maternity Emergency Course and moved into the Pullman International. Just a tad different!!
Had the welcome ceremony for the Cranaplus conference tonight.
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- Day 10
- Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 8:50 PM
- 🌙 28 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- AustraliaFrogshollow Park12°27’33” S 130°50’29” E
Moving on up to Darwin
September 23, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
All courses and conference done. Met some great people but time to move on.
Had a walk around Cairns to fill in time then flew to Darwin at 3 o'clock. Plane and accommodation organised by RAHC now.Read more
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- Day 11
- Monday, September 24, 2018 at 6:43 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’23” S 130°38’21” E
Made it to Bathurst Island
September 24, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Did PCIS (computerised clinical record system) training for 4 hours this morning. Hooly Dooly - scary!! I think she just tried to show me too much at once.
At 2pm RAHC lady picked me up from the hotelRead more
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 7:25 PM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’27” S 130°38’14” E
First day on the job
September 25, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
First day- met the staff, all very lovely. Did a drive around of the town, pretty big really with a "highway" and "suburbs".
I have an Aboriginal Health Practitioner who knows what she's doing 👍. IRead more
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- Day 13
- Wednesday, September 26, 2018
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’28” S 130°38’26” E
Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)
September 26, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
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- Day 15
- Friday, September 28, 2018 at 6:16 PM
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’23” S 130°38’21” E
The army comes to town
September 28, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The army paid a visit to the local school today.
Made it through the first week at work. Jenny left today. Colleen my experienced AHP and Trish, the trainee and I made a good team.
Getting to knowRead more
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- Day 17
- Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 10:18 PM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’23” S 130°38’21” E
History
September 30, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Nguiu used to be a Mission. There are a few statues of Mary around the place. The church buildings are still here.
It also has significance in the bombing of Darwin in the war. It was people here whoRead more
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- Day 17
- Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 10:21 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’23” S 130°38’21” E
Busy little port
September 30, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The barge was in again and the army heading off too. They must have been here for the weekend.
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- Day 24
- Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 5:45 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’28” S 130°38’26” E
Relaxing weekend
October 7, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Update on the resuscitation Wednesday night- family turned his machines off Friday, the community held a Mass for him. I didn't go.
Getting used to the Child Health role, getting through assessmentsRead more
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- Day 27
- Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 5:21 PM
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’16” S 130°38’24” E
My workplace - the clinic
October 10, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
A few pics of the inside of the clinic. It has woman's side and men's side. It's great that it has a good pharmacy room with an employed Pharmacy Assistant. Also have a resident Clinical Psychologist,Read more
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- Day 30
- Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 12:04 PM
- ⛅ 35 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’24” S 130°38’25” E
Morning walk to the shop
October 13, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
A walk to the shop this morning past the pool, footy ground and the Club. Hot and sticky by the time I got home.
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- Day 31
- Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 6:03 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- AustraliaPramamee Creek11°47’31” S 130°37’20” E
Another nice weekend
October 14, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Bought some sprinklers from the shop to green up the lawn now I've found a bit of pressure in the tap.
Also found a paddling pool in the shed, no holes! At midday the water was hot!
BBQ tea at theRead more
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- Day 36
- Friday, October 19, 2018 at 12:46 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- AustraliaBathurst Island Airport11°46’5” S 130°37’51” E
Some tropical critters
October 19, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
It looked like the wet may be coming but we had one afternoon of huge rain, then back to sunny and dry. It is getting a bit more humid but still very bearable. It could be bringing out the crittersRead more
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- Day 37
- Saturday, October 20, 2018
- ⛅ 34 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’24” S 130°38’22” E
Camp
October 20, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Hot sticky night but slept well. There were two turtle tracks 🐾🐾 on the beach when we got up
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- Day 37
- Saturday, October 20, 2018
- ⛅ 34 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’24” S 130°38’22” E
More pics
October 20, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
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- Day 37
- Saturday, October 20, 2018
- ⛅ 34 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’24” S 130°38’22” E
Gone fishing
October 20, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
First attempt at fishing. I hunted shells on the beach and watched the sunset while the others tried catching Mangrove Jack in the river (with crocs!)
No luck
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- Day 37
- Saturday, October 20, 2018
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- AustraliaTiwi Islands11°27’37” S 130°11’41” E
Gone camping ⛺
October 20, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
After a week at work, that was disrupted a bit by funeral ceremonies, 4 of us went camping and exploring. Candina, Ryan and Lizzie and me, plus Candina's dog, Ally.
First we went to the FrangipaniRead more
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- Day 38
- Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 4:52 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’24” S 130°38’22” E
Fishing Take 2
October 21, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
On the way home we bush bashed again and found a beach we drove on. The fisherpeople were looking for the mouth of a river. I went shell 🐚 hunting again, most shells have hermit crabs 🦀 in them.Read more
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- Day 38
- Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 4:55 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’24” S 130°38’22” E
Exploring
October 21, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
On the way back we found an abandoned shack, a couple of frill neck lizards Ryan ran down (on foot), then popped back into the waterfall to wash off our grime and have lunch. Lovely
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- Day 38
- Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 10:02 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’28” S 130°38’26” E
More random weekend pics
October 21, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
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- Day 41
- Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 5:23 PM
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’28” S 130°38’26” E
It's finally rained.
October 24, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
It rained big this afternoon and brought in a critter
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- Day 41
- Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 5:27 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- AustraliaWurrumiyanga11°45’28” S 130°38’26” E
A visit by the grandkids
October 24, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Every now and then in the afternoons we get visited by Colleen's grandkids, Shannina and Patrick.