Heading off
14 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
To Launie for the night. Staying at Poimena. Pizza with Dan and Joe at Joe's place.
Melb to Cairns
15 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 probablyOkumaya devam et
One course down
16 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ 🌙 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!!
DidOkumaya devam et
A step up
19 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ 🌙 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 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ 🌙 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.Okumaya devam et
Made it to Bathurst Island
24 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 hotelOkumaya devam et
First day on the job
25 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 👍. IOkumaya devam et
Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)
26 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The army comes to town
28 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 knowOkumaya devam et
History
30 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 whoOkumaya devam et
Busy little port
30 Eylül 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The barge was in again and the army heading off too. They must have been here for the weekend.
Relaxing weekend
7 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 assessmentsOkumaya devam et
My workplace - the clinic
10 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 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,Okumaya devam et
Morning walk to the shop
13 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 theOkumaya devam et
Some tropical critters
19 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 crittersOkumaya devam et
Camp
20 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Hot sticky night but slept well. There were two turtle tracks 🐾🐾 on the beach when we got up
More pics
20 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Gone fishing
20 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 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 FrangipaniOkumaya devam et
Fishing Take 2
21 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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.Okumaya devam et
Exploring
21 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 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 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
It's finally rained.
24 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
It rained big this afternoon and brought in a critter
A visit by the grandkids
24 Ekim 2018, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Every now and then in the afternoons we get visited by Colleen's grandkids, Shannina and Patrick.