Timmo is over the Top

Timmo is over the Top

Timmo goes Over the Top. ... the title refers to the fact that The Torres Strait Islands are off the northern most tip of Cape York Queensland Australia. ... In May-August 2011. Rob Timmings took a clinical sabbatical away from his Teaching and desk job, to get his hands dirty again working as a Remote Area Nurse (RAN) in 3 remote Islands in the Torres Strait . Saibai, Darnley, and Yam Islands. This Blog is the journal of that experience.

Friday, 24 June 2011

#40 - What do you mean - not coming today!!!

#40 - The relief who wasn't. Madly cleaning the unit, restless sleep all night, down to bare rations in the fridge and pantry. Such i...

Thursday, 23 June 2011

#39 - Penultimate Day on Darnley

#39 The Penultimate day on Darnley started with an ABC radio interview as a follow up to one I did when posted in Saibai. It was a surreal...

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

#38 - Black out

#38 - The Black out Well they have been talking about it for a while...The flash new generator. The fortnightly quality checks require us...

Monday, 20 June 2011

#37 - Needaliddle-needle

#37 - Needles!!! If I never see another bum that needs a needle this side of next week it will be too soon. Oh my God I need debriefing. ...

Sunday, 19 June 2011

#36 - The All Nighter

#36 - The all Nighter. One of the amazing experiences of this job, is sensation of climbing into a fresh bed, after a 12 hour night shift....

Saturday, 18 June 2011

#35 - Acute Rheumatic Fever

#35 - ARF...the child killer. Almost completely eliminated in metropolitan Australia, is a disease process known as Acute Rheumatic Fever....

Friday, 17 June 2011

#34 - Puripuri. Black Magic in the Islands

#34- Puripuri Today's post is the subtext of a conversation I have been having with some colleagues, and Islanders over the last few d...

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