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It was an amazing weekend in Mission BeachBy Paul Toogood · · From Pic of the Week
Mission Beach truly is paradise! We are the closest point to see the Great Barrier Reef and there are so many islands to explore just off the coast including Dunk Island, Wheeler Island and Coombe Island! Come visit us!
Published 4 hours ago. Mission Beach QLD 4852
15-08-2018, 12:38 AM
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Do what feels right for youBy Andrew Cameron · · From The Little Things
I’ve been a nurse for 42 years and when I look back, it has been a roller-coaster ride. It was quite an unusual profession for a male back in the 1970s and I was the only male in our training-intake along with 42 young ladies. I wasn’t allowed anywhere near the obstetric and gynaecological wards, but had to pass the exams. So I memorised the textbooks to obtain the required grades and could then proceed with the rest of my course. Being one who dislikes such unfairnesses, I went on to study midwifery and passed the course with flying colours, then worked for a couple of years full-time in a labour ward. I am so grateful to have that knowledge and experience, much of which you can easily read about in the books, but do not fully comprehend until you are assisting a mother with a difficult birth at three o’clock in the morning.
After further studies, I went on to work as a general nurse in some very remote places in Australia, and then as a humanitarian aid worker in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan and some other places where they do not enjoy the first-world health conditions we are so lucky to enjoy here in Australia.
Like many of the other stories you read here, I think life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Do what feels right for you and don’t give a hoot what other people think about the profession, trade or path of life you choose to adopt. Life is short and we have so many opportunities… make the most of it.
Published 4 hours ago. Birdsville QLD 4482
15-08-2018, 12:40 AM
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Snow on CanobolasBy abadger64 · · From Pic of the Week
Snow has the ability to emphasise our land of extremes. Burnt gums, sporting their fresh sage coat, sitting on a snowy white carpet; all the more vivid thanks to the snow.
Published 23 hours ago. Canobolas NSW 2800
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