Heading off
14. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
To Launie for the night. Staying at Poimena. Pizza with Dan and Joe at Joe's place.
Melb to Cairns
15. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 probablyWeiterlesen
One course down
16. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 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!!
DidWeiterlesen
A step up
19. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 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.
Moving on up to Darwin
23. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 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.Weiterlesen
Made it to Bathurst Island
24. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 hotelWeiterlesen
First day on the job
25. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 👍. IWeiterlesen
Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)
26. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The army comes to town
28. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 knowWeiterlesen
History
30. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 whoWeiterlesen
Busy little port
30. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The barge was in again and the army heading off too. They must have been here for the weekend.
Relaxing weekend
7. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 assessmentsWeiterlesen
My workplace - the clinic
10. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 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,Weiterlesen
Morning walk to the shop
13. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Another nice weekend
14. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 theWeiterlesen
Some tropical critters
19. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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 crittersWeiterlesen
Camp
20. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Hot sticky night but slept well. There were two turtle tracks 🐾🐾 on the beach when we got up
More pics
20. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Gone fishing
20. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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
Gone camping ⛺
20. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 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 FrangipaniWeiterlesen
Fishing Take 2
21. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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.Weiterlesen
Exploring
21. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 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
More random weekend pics
21. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
It's finally rained.
24. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
It rained big this afternoon and brought in a critter
A visit by the grandkids
24. Oktober 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Every now and then in the afternoons we get visited by Colleen's grandkids, Shannina and Patrick.