LAST WEEKEND….
The weekend was hot (no surprises there!) but
beautiful weather. – lots of sun and blue skies! After spending Saturday
running errands, potting plants and checking out the aisles of the nearby
Woolies it was a lovely surprise to get a visit from Rosie, a dear friend from
Newie who’s doing a quick GP locum up the north end of the country, and had
flown into Darwin for 24 hours. It was just so nice to have a familiar face
around and to get news from everyone back there. Thanks Rosie!!!!
Dinner out Saturday night at the
Malaysian/Thai/Indian/Jazz bar with a group from the hospital and then a day
trip out to Litchfield National Park on Sunday with Rosie (old Newie friend)
and Megan (new Newie/old Darwin friend). Litchfield is about 100km southwest of
Darwin and covers approximately 1500km2. I had visited the
park a few years back with Linda and it was actually really nice to go back and
hang out there again. Aussie landscapes are so beautiful! Although a lot of the
Waterholes are closed during the wet season, we did manage to spend the day
swimming in the ones that are currently open. We even managed to avoid the
‘flash flooding’ and ‘rapidly rising water levels’ that all the signs warned us
about. Phew!
First stop was Florence Falls which has a
deep pool with two waterfalls running in. It was quite amusing to watch the
various groups of guys try to jump off the rocks into the water in attempts to
outdo each other – the best by far was the three guys who jumped in holding
hands! And the fresh water was lovely and cool to combat the day’s heat.
We then stopped at Buley Rockpools which is
basically a series of ‘cascading plunge pools’ (thanks Tourism brochure!). On
the way back to town we had a late lunch at the Butterfly Café in Batchelor. It
is a combination of a hostel, café, butterfly sanctuary, petting zoo and the
worlds largest man-made waterfall (thanks Butterfly café flyer!), and run by a
guy who combines an English, Aussies, Irish and Thai accent. He loved us,
talked a lot and made great burgers!
Rosie and her handstands
WORK…
Work in general is continuing. One of the
registrars didn’t turn up to work this week as he has gone overseas for two
weeks. Without telling anyone. As you do. So we are running a little short. I
have a few lists of my own coming up in the next few weeks, am booked in for a
clinic on Bathurst Island as well as a Trauma teaching session in the Tiwi, and
I’m running a Burns education session next week too. Somewhere in there I am
studying.
Today I got to go to the ‘Indigenous
Awareness Program’ and learn about women’s business, skin names and that I am
VERY bad at pronouncing aboriginal names. I also got to go to a team building
session with the Trauma department. In an effort to improve our (already
awesome) functionality we all got profiled. No surprises in that I am a
‘Controller Producer’. i.e. as analytical, structured and compulsive as they
come. Apparently we are doing another session next week to see how we can
‘broaden’ our profiles…
AND JUST SO YOU’RE ALL UP TO DATE….
This is the front page of the NT Times
today.
Something for everyone – the backpackers and their bikini car wash, as
well as the CROC IN SOMEONE’S HOME!!!!!! I am assured that crocs cannot climb
stairs. So I figure I’m safe on the 2nd floor. I just need to check
the car every morning before I get in in case a sneaky croc has managed to open the door and climb in. Better safe than sorry.
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