Welcome to Gladstone folks. First two days were morning shifts in the Emergency department, interestingly the first day's (Monday) numbers were the busiest for the ED for over a long time, no I won't take credit for that ! Tuesday night was on-call and had two calls but quite manageable.
Today (Wednesday) and tomorrow I have rostered off. I woke normal time, about 6:30am ... but as Queensland does not have daylight savings it was the same as 7:30am for my body clock so no difficulty waking and getting up. A short wander around town, down the the Information service at the Marina and gathered up a handful of tourist brochures for perusal to decide on what to do for days I have off here.
3G mobile phone (and therefore also internet access) is good, so phone communication with my family is easy. The weather has been overcast, humid and in the low 30's. I have escaped Melbourne's heat and dry. Today has been raining lightly on an off all day. I drove a little north west of here inland for a look-see ... the green is certainly prominent. There seems to be a lot of land dedicated to raising cattle and a huge amount of coal is being shifted along rail into the port for shipping from Gladstone. There is a power station, aluminum smelter, many other industries and a very large industrial shipping port here. I must read a little about what makes Gladstone what it is.
The photos today are the hospital, the building where I have been given a unit ( mine is on second floor so no significant views to the distance) which is well appointed and air conditioned. The third is one from the lookout towards the marina.
I will keep in touch every few days.
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