So off to weipa for work to do some training visits for some docs up there. I wondered why the wonderful lady who books my travel seemed apologetic about her…

Ok so I ended up with a checkin bag – even I can’t manage carry on only for a 9 week trip that covers work, meetings, study/research, hiking and camping.…

This Canadian journey is going to be exciting but it’s something more. The backstory is that late last year I was awarded a #churchilltrust fellowship ( in memory of Sir…

2 July Have arrived in Newfoundland – St johns. Really different place starting with the temperature going from a heatwave to 8c! Don’t be fooled into not bringing warm clothes…

So the planes are getting smaller as we head West.. Although after 17 years on and off working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service I’m used to much smaller. In…

7 July Headed back to Deer Lake today so we could meet with Dr Dave Thomas who is chief of staff at Port Aux Basques (but he was flying back…

17 July Heading north to Inuit community Kuujjaaq. Only have a brief stopover in Montreal – overnight at an airport hotel. But it’s been interesting just seeing how strong the…

12 July Flew into Goose Bay which is the main centre in Labrador, a Canadian province with lots of remote wilderness and remote Inuit and Innu communities. If flying from…

22 July Churchill, Manitoba Off to the Polar Bear Capital of the world!  However I’m here for work as well as play.  Had been having a lot of trouble getting…