Dr Judith Goh and Dr Hannah Krause helping fistula patients in Africa Back in 2017 as one of my New Year’s pledges I decided to ask my family and friends to give a donation to HADA -the organisation which fund-raises for the fistula and prolapse repair work that Professor Judith Goh and Dr Hannah Krause […]
Warning: Sweary words with asterisks appear through this blog. It’s 2020 and it’s been a tough year. I hope you understand. Well here we are at the end of a year like no other in my lifetime. It started in Australia with horrific bushfires and the main headline story through the year being our new
A magical end to this 2020 pandemic year. Read More »
I have to own up to it. I’m suffering from burnout. It’s not burnout from work, although we are all working very hard lately. And it’s not burnout from keeping up to date with the necessary reading of research and available professional development that has sprung up left, right and centre since we all moved
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2020 is continuing to unravel and this latest turn of events has seemingly reached rock bottom. The murder of George Floyd by a policeman while observed by 3 other officers and being filmed for over 8 minutes by onlookers was shocking to witness and has become a catalyst for world wide protests about black deaths
I have been so busy responding to the Coronavirus crisis and the effect on my practice – the changeover to Telehealth and all the ramifications of such tumultuous times- that I completely have had no time to write a blog for weeks now. I love writing blogs and sometimes will shirk my pressing ‘to-do’ list
The message should be clear! #stayathome!! But it’s not clear. It’s contorted. If you had a wedding planned – tell the guests to come in the #activewear and you can have double the number (10 not 5). Just tell them there’ll be some burpees thrown in – possibly more effective after the sculling of the
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Twenty five years after our first attempt at seeing the turtles of Mon Repos we struck gold when we ventured to the brand new Turtle Centre at Mon Repos, Bundaberg. Our road trip this weekend was triggered by my son who has been closely involved with the design of this new iconic building by Kirk.
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Aussie Bushfires, 2019/2020 There are many people directly involved or affected with this current Australian fire catastrophe. Some are very busy fighting the fires, organizing the firefighters, coordinating the helicopters and planes, saving lives, tending to the sick and burnt, feeding the hungry and rallying the troops. But there are now around 25 million people
Bush fires Australia 2019 Exhausted volunteer fire fighters Everyone knows this has been a terrible spring and summer in Australia for drought and bushfires and to be honest it almost feels disrespectful to those suffering in fire regions to be having fun and relaxing at the beach with the family (like I am) when fire
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year blog in not so merry or happy times Read More »
The iconic Tuna Factory at Scopello, Sicily This is the last installment in my travel blogs about our trip to catch up with our children who live in London. This last weekend was in Scopello, Sicily. Bob and I first of all left Geneva (after the train trip from Zermatt) and flew into Palermo, hired
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