After only five-and-a-half months, our Local Health Networks (LHNs) in New South Wales are being rebranded again*. It seems that the new NSW government has decided to make its mark on the health service by fiddling with semantics. The Health Services Amendment (Local Health Districts and Boards) Act 2011 was proclaimed on 16 May and [...]
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My colonial medical elective
18Dec10Now that I’ve finally completed the Sydney Medical Program, it’s about time that I finally post some long-overdue reflections on my elective terms in London and Hong Kong at the start of the year. The Royal London Hospital (Barts and The London, QMUL) My first elective term was spent at The Royal London Hospital under [...]
Caerdydd
20May10My first “international” trip within Europe was to Cardiff (Caerdydd), capital city of Wales (Cymru). Although part of the United Kingdom, Wales retains a distinctive cultural identity (see Ali G’s take on Wales)… and it’s only a 2 hours away from London by train! And so it was that I found myself aboard a First [...]
Merseyside
04Apr10I ended up visiting Liverpool (Merseyside county) twice during my time in the United Kingdom. I decided well before I arrived in the UK that I would make a trip to Liverpool at some stage. My friend Martina described it as a “pilgrimage” (due to my football allegiance), but after the first few days of [...]
Saying British place names
06Jan10The United Kingdom, no doubt due to its rich cultural and linguistic history, has rather a lot of place names that are pronounced differently from what a non-Briton might expect from the spelling. Here are some examples I’ve encountered, along with the actual pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Some of these will [...]
Coonabarabran NSW 2357
19Oct09This post is a collection of some of my thoughts and experiences living in Coonabarabran during my recent rural placement (and is by no means comprehensive or authoritative). Photos of Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles are available on my Flickr photostream. People/lifestyle Coona is a small country town with a population of 2,601 (2006 census). The [...]
