Nighttime Hyperlapse Demo

I have just uploaded a new video to YouTube. Nighttime Hyperlapse Demo: This is my first attempt at hyperlapse. Used a dolly I made this weekend.

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Gone Fishing

Last weekend we joined a local fellow with a boat and went out on the reef to fish. We tried trolling for spanish mackerel, hand reels and he had a spear gun. Last time I was fishing was Lake Newell, Alberta, and my Grandpa was still alive, making it mid 1980's. We didn't catch anything worth keeping on the reels, but our friend speared 2 large crayfish, and a few other yummies which we barbecued on the beach the next day.

Crayfish are Awesome

The Torres Strait is a great place to live if you enjoy fresh seafood. We are just coming to the end of crayfish season here. We (my housemate and I, Rob is living in Mackay still)  have bought local crayfish and had amazing pasta dinners. Bernie's KaiKai Bar (the local bakery) makes crayfish pies which are scrumptious. Tonight I even got us a crayfish pizza for supper. YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!

Lunar Eclipse

Last night was the last lunar eclipse of the year.  For Australians it was in the early evening.  For those in North America it was a stupid o'clock in the morning.  I was able to get a few pictures that are online at here.

Emerald Trip

Last weekend (27-28 Sept) I took a little motorcycle trip out west. I tried to take the back roads as much as possible.  I went through Sarina, Dysart, Copella, Rubyvale, Sapphire and Emerald.  It was a lot of fun.  I saw a couple kangaroos and an emu with six chicks.  While in Emerald I was able to meet up with my friend Emily who was doing a rotation in Emerald Hospital.  Here are a few pictures of the trip.

More pictures at: http://www.eh-team.net/photos/2014/index.html

More pictures at: http://www.eh-team.net/photos/2014/index.html

Working in Paradise- TI

As many of you know, I've been posted to Thursday Island. It's part of a program that endeavors to expose junior doctors to GP practice in rural and remote places, in the hopes that some of them stick in the long run. The program is being axed in 2015 (Thanks Tony Abbott). So I am very fortunate to get in under the wire and experience this place. Thursday Island qualifies as remote. It is in the Torres Strait, which is between the northernmost tip of Queensland and Papau New Guinea. The nearest Tertiary centre is Cairns Base Hospital, nearly 800km away.

The hospital has 38 beds, and TI itself has a population around 2500 on an island 3.5 km2. However, the service area is spread over 22 islands, with a population of 25000 and an area of 35,000 square km. As such the TI hospital has 2 resuss bays, an operating theatre, and a full compliment of Allied health. The Primary Health Care Centre was opened 1997. I have the opportunity to work at both facilities in alternating weeks. I also go to outreach clinics on the other islands, which are reached via helicopter.
It's been challenging (when I'm on call over night, I cover the entire Strait myself!) but good experience with good people. I was unfortunate enough to catch Influenza A from a patient in my first week, depite having the flu shot in March (new hospital, new bugs). Fortunately a local kitty came by to cheer me up. He doesn't live at this house, he just thinks he does.

 

Heaping luck upon luck, there was a cultural festival in September which only happens every 2 years. Fantastic dancing, storytelling and art.