It was only two years ago that I quit my job and packed up my life, in search of a real adventure. Granted Covid ensured it only lasted six weeks before I was…

The other day (pre-lockdown) I walked into my local climbing gym ready to blow off some steam, and one of the fabulous staff members says to me “you’re always so happy, how on…

Okay so last time I wrote I was prepping for my next exam.   Said exam has now passed. As did I.   Along with one of the nine kidney stones that decided…

The other day facebook kindly reminded me it has been one year since I (attempted) to take off around Australia in my trusty green (the specs say acid yellow but green sounds more…

These were Hugh’s words to me as we arrived at our first crag and I stared up the face of a 15 metre climb. I think it took me a few moments to…

Just to recap the last four months… I decided to take a year off medicine because I was completely burnt out. Work had become a chore and studying for the primary exam seemed…

This is not the post I anticipated writing when I started this blog. But the world has done its thing and gone for a big swooping change, and we must all roll with…

8 days. 3 treks. 105 kilometres. 6,052 metres elevation. Mileage wise it doesn’t sound like much. But throw in 20kg packs, 100km/hr gusts of wind, horizontal rain, sub-zero temperatures and terrain so steep…

Firstly yes, that photo was taken right here in town at this mad little lookout I found – how good is it! So I have just wrapped up my first three week stint…

Dunedoo was my first rural posting as an ambo. When I found out I google mapped it to make sure it was a real place. I’d never been further west than the Blue…