Tasmania #3- Summiting Cradle Mountain and around Launceston
Cradle Mountain over Dove Lake, an iconic Tasmanian vista Brisbane- a modern airport, all self check-in! At the risk of becoming redundant, it was back to Tasmania for me; this time to work EM at Launceston General, the second largest ED in the state. As usual, I took a few days beforehand to explore, and […]
Tasmania Redux (#2) – More ED Locums in Tassie
G’Day from Cradle Mountain/ Dove Lake Tasmania, with my wild wombat friend QANTAS link to jump over Bass Strait I’d just returned from a locum stint in NW Tassie, the subject of my last DDU, when I got a call requesting a return engagement. Good $$, nice folks, functional ED in a beautiful place….easy to […]
Emergency Medicine Locums in NW Tasmania (#1)
TASSIE- Australia’s island state Commuter flight across the Bass Strait, Melbourne to Devonport I had the opportunity do do a six day locums stint at an ED in rural NW Tasmania over Easter. They were desperate for coverage, and I needed an adventure, so why not?! It was about work, and kind of stressful to […]
Aussie Citizenship- It’s Cool to be Dual!
The newest Aussies- The Nolan Gang! Mother’s Day breakfast on the veranda It’s now April 2017, I’ve got a block of time off and I’m trying to catch up on some past news. The biggest by far is that way back in June 2016 we crossed a major milestone by becoming dual citizens of the […]
New Zealand Trip #3 – Hiking the Routeburn Track – Father and Son Adventure….
Aidan and DDU above Harris Lake- Routeburn Track, South Island New Zealand Brisbane International Terminal I’d scheduled to attend the annual Australasian Emergency Medicine conference in Queenstown, NZ. Stephanie couldn’t make it for logistical reasons, so Aidan, our 14 yo Huck Finn, happily played hooky from school to spend 10 days road-tripping with Dad in […]
Fiji-dipping our toes further into the South Seas
Paradise found…? Well, it’s pretty darn close… Pre-trip photo Well, it was never even supposed to happen. Claire wanted to go somewhere exotic to celebrate her “Sweet 16th”. Turns out there was a great Emergency Medicine conference in Fiji right on the big day, and I already had vacation scheduled. BINGO! Suddenly, we were on […]
New Zealand Roadtrip, Summer 2016!!
Nolan clan, Christchurch, NZ airport, January 2016 Koala Christmas bears, Brisbane Everyone wanted to see New Zealand for a Christmas present. So, we planned an 18 night road trip covering both islands for January 2016. Trouble is, that’s high summer season down here; camper vans, cabins etc all sold out almost everywhere, six months in […]
Merry Aussie Christmas!! – #4, 2015
Merry Aussie Christmas, #3, from Aidan, Claire and Luke So here we are, still down under, heading into our fourth year…Looking back, I see that this is only my third DDU entry for 2015…WOW…just wow…….Time flies, and we are busy living life I guess. Lots has been going on, it seems maybe we’re too busy […]
Whatup Down Under– Adventures with Uncle Nicky, a family visitor…!
The Nolan Clan with Uncle Nicky A friend from the USA says she’s been regularly following the blog, but wondered why I hadn’t posted since January. I couldn’t believe her, but I checked, and correct she was; no DDU for almost 6 month! And yet, somehow, life carries on apace…how did all that time slip […]
Lamington National Park- a return to O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
Male King Parrot Trails entrance It’s January 2015, the kids are still on their mid-summer school break. We decided to get out of the hot, humid coastal zone and return to Lamington National Park. At over 1000m elevation (3,000 ft), and 50,000 acres, it’s the largest intact subtropical rainforest in Australia, and perhaps the entire […]