On the 26th of January I said goodbye to Eric and our home aboard SV "Erica" ( Can you spot him in the water there, waving?) and flew from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpar, then on to the Gold Coast. My twin sister Madeline was not aware of me coming. I had not told her about getting a midwifery contract in Broken Hill as I wanted the visit to the Gold Coast to be kept a suprise. When she got home from work and opened the door she jumped and looked around horrified as I said "About time you got home" from behind the sofa!
I enjoyed 3 days with her and Peter before flying on to Broken Hill.
It was a very interesting flight over a very barren landscape with runoffs from recent rain
I have a 13 wk contract here until May the 1st. Eric has the unenviable job of sanding and varnishing in the heat and humidity!
I was given a very friendly welcome and quick tour of the hospital before being taken to the staff quarters
The hospital is quite new and is set out really nicely but the old nurses home doesn't look like there's been any change since being built in 1941
Hospital from front and back
The murals on the outside wall of the train station were very good. This photo does no credit to them though
Park in town
Mine tailings on the Broken Hill behind the town
I start work tomorrow. It's been great having the first 2 days off to familiarise myself.
I'll update again when there's more news
2 comments:
Hi Cathy,
The little town seems to not have much to look at. The murals are really well done. I rather have the freezing temperatures instead of being boiled alive. Today, we are supposed to have a big snow storm which started early in the morning. It doesn't look all that bad. There is much hype about not much yet. I think they just want people to drive slowly. Margrit
Lovely to see the photos and see you settled in Broken Hill Cas!
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