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LIFE IS LIKE A FOGGY FISH TANKI have the bee's knees's of fish tanks.. it's not huge.. it's not fancy.. it's not overwhe...
22/06/2025

LIFE IS LIKE A FOGGY FISH TANK

I have the bee's knees's of fish tanks.. it's not huge.. it's not fancy.. it's not overwhelming.. it's round!! Well, maybe that would be overwhelming to some - fish tanks are supposed to be rectangle right?.. you know, a simple four walled box. But no.. for something different, I have a round (globe) tank. And I guess that adds a whole new meaning to thinking outside the square!!
Although, when I think about it we always used to have fish bowls didn't we? Fish tanks didn't become a think until the mid 1800's because before that there was a tax on windows or panes of glass but not on glass jars or bottles (some Jax fax for you!)
We all know that too much of a good thing is bad for us.. Well, for a fish tank that's light.. too much light and you get algae. And of course I'm really bad at turning the fish tank light off at night. It's just a habit, I know.. I should be able to change it, I know.. set myself some reminders.. alarms on my phone etc to remind me. Just hasn't become a priority - until now!
And yep I've thought about getting a timer but the filter is connected to the same power as the light.. turning off the power turns off both. No short cut here, just have to fix a new habit in my brain work out a way to remember it every night, until I don't need to remember it every night and it's just become a thing (sounds a bit like exercise to me.. no short cut.. just need to do it.. very beneficial for you.. make the habit 😎).
A stitch in time saves nine.. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.. In this case 12 hours less light is worth a tank without algae - and that might not seem like much.. until you follow me down the rabbit hole of tank clean up!
So I started with a good scrub, a little algae killer and a 10% water change.. nada.. still green.. comes back quicker than ever - like a good foot tinea (I can hear Sal gagging in the corner) once it's got a hold it's a bugga to get rid of!!
Rinse and repeat a couple times.. nada AND my fish start dying.. too much nitrites in the water.. algae is clearly winning.
No choice but to fully empty tank.. change stones (harbouring the algae), scrub decorations and start again!
Full, clean, beautiful tank! Let it filter for a couple days.. go grab some fish.. gently acclimatise fish (is that really a thing still.. dunno I've always floated the bag for an hour.. maybe unnecessary).. enter fish into their new environment.. swimming happily.
Next morning.. foggy fish tank!! No algae.. it's not on the walls.. the water's cloudy!! Man, Am I ever going to win the fish tank war!?!
A bit of research tells me it's a bacterial bloom while the tank "balances" and establishes good bacteria. The primary suggestion is that I wait it out.. What.. WAIT!! hahaha whoever wrote that has no idea who they're talking to!! My idea of waiting is 12 seconds - which is really unfair of me cos I talk too much and make my patients wait far longer than that!!
But I wait.. a couple days.. a couple weeks even.. still nada.. if you can say cloudy water is nothing (bit back to front that?). So I head to the pet shop.. water conditioner.. an anti bacterial.. a 10% water change (and yep I had been doing the water changes every few days to no avail).. still nothing.
Give it a few days.. rinse and repeat.. nothing but another dead fish!!
I am almost beaten.. I don't know what to do next.. so I wait some more. Well, let's be honest.. I wasn't really waiting I was just too busy to do anything and too flummoxed to know what to do next! Days turned into weeks.. and weeks close to a month.. I'd do a water change whenever I think about it but nothing grand.
And then one morning I'm making coffee and I look across to the fish tank and it's clear... WTH!! When did that happen!! The fish is swimming casual circles - as one does in a fish bowl (I do wonder about his memory.. is it only as long as one lap around the fish bowl? I'll ask Jax).
My tank has fixed itself.. as the experts had told me way back in the beginning! (It pays to at least consider what the socialists tell you 🤦‍♀️). The bacterial bloom even more beneficial because maybe it will keep the algae at bay.
And. I guess, that's the moral of the story hey? Time fixes everything.. It all comes out in the wash.. It, of course, takes longer than you expect. Isn't it strange that life in general flies by too fast but when you're waiting for something to happen time drags. Ahh, we're pernickety creatures aren't we!
But i guess we can't forget the "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" lesson either - so very appropriate for a Doc hey? If I'd have put a little more thought into learning/remembering to turn the tank light off at night.. a little more work on building a habit.. a little more effort where it was warranted.. maybe I wouldn't have had the problems to begin with.
We can apply that lesson to so many areas in the fish bowl of our lives can't we.
Hope you don't swim in circles all week
Dr Kris xx

Dr Kris had the honour of attending First Responders Day at the local School — sharing smiles, stories, and a little st...
15/06/2025

Dr Kris had the honour of attending First Responders Day at the local School — sharing smiles, stories, and a little stethoscope magic! A wonderful opportunity to connect with the next generation and celebrate the everyday heroes in our community.

What made it even more special? Her granddaughter was right there beside her, proudly dressed as a doctor for the day. A full-circle moment and one for the memory books! 👩‍⚕️🩺💙

June is Men’s Health Month 🧔‍♂️Did you know that many factors affecting men’s health are preventable with small, consist...
08/06/2025

June is Men’s Health Month 🧔‍♂️

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June is Men’s Health Month 💙At our clinic, we’re proud to support Men’s Health Month and Men’s Health Week (June 10–16),...
06/06/2025

June is Men’s Health Month 💙

At our clinic, we’re proud to support Men’s Health Month and Men’s Health Week (June 10–16), raising awareness around the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of men and boys.

This is an important time to encourage check-ups, start conversations, and support the men in our lives in prioritising their health.

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BETTER (OR WORSE) THAN THE BLOCK... Amazing how everything happens at once isn't it!! We just get ourselves back from h...
23/05/2025

BETTER (OR WORSE) THAN THE BLOCK...

Amazing how everything happens at once isn't it!! We just get ourselves back from holiday.. sort of settled back into the run of things and bam!! We're into renovations!

And not just one set.. we've got 3 lots going at the same time. It all started with a deck! Now, I've been waiting a while for this deck.. probably 18 months or so, and hey presto just before we head for holidays the SIL decides he'll start work on it..

We’d also decided it was time to render the outside of the house and bring it up to date.. give her a fresh lease of life!

And one morning at breakfast we decided we probably could remove the bath from the bathroom and just have a shower.. Grandies are all old enough to shower nowadays.. and we don't enjoy stepping in and out of the bath everyday. Take a few months we thought, so better get on top of it.

In one of those quirks of fate we ring the bathroom guy.. he’s done 3 other bathrooms for us over the last couple years so we know he does good work.. great work in fact!

Us: Hey, can you slot us in to do a bathroom some time?

Him: Yep.. I've got about a four month wait at the moment…

Us: No problem.. expected that, just wanted to get on the list.

24 hours later..
Him: Hey, I've got a cancellation.. Can I start tomorrow?

Us: Well heck yeah!.. see you in the morning

So now we find ourselves with 3 sets of Reno's all going at once.. it's a bit like having kids isn't it.. do you have them all in one go? Get the nappies over and done with.. or do you spread them out sensibly and catch your breath in between.. I was never one for doing things sensibly….

The place is a mess! Ninj the dog is taking it the hardest.. he's got people coming and going all day, and can't work out if he's supposed to be greeting or guarding.. he's not much good at either!!

But renovations show the mettle of a person.. and there are a few lessons we've learned on the way..

#1.. Say YES!! Make a decision, and make it fast. I've always said that you keep saying yes until you have to say no. Perhaps that's why I frequently have four jobs on the go at once. There's not too much you can't back out of even up to the last minute, but saying “no” is pretty final!

We could have hummed and haa’d over the bathroom.. told the builder we’d think about it and call him back.. much easier to just say yes and get on with it.

#2.. It doesn't have to be perfect!! Now it has taken me.. err.. 37 years to work this one out but, really, it doesn't. We were taught ages ago by a real estate agent that if you find a house with 80% of what you want then grab it.. you're not gonna find a 100% - and why would you want it anyway? Leaves you no room to put your own stamp on the place.

So I took the approach that if I bought the house and it had a deck or a bathroom, then I would need to accept what was there already. And that's what we've done here. To actually get the bathroom done in the “gap” the builder had, we had to order tiles that were already in SA. Bringing them from interstate added another 2 weeks which just wasn't possible. So I've got the right floor tiles but they're 300 x 300 not 300 x 600.. 80%.. and I've got wall tiles which are 450 x 450 instead of 600 x 600.. big deal! 80%. When they're finished I bet no one who comes to visit will notice that they're not the absolute perfect tiles.. but they're pretty darn close!

#3 Glass half empty - Glass half full. David had been up at Elliston seeding all week. Came home to find a mess. Plastic all over the floor and windows.. render droppings everywhere.. dust through out the shed
and house from taking out the old bathroom.. a half installed deck with loose planks and an open floor. “Place looks like a hovel!” He said.. Really? I truly hadn't noticed. You can't have rendered walls without render dropping.. you can't have a new bathroom without dust.. and you can't have a new deck without planks.. I was far more focussed on what was going to come than the mess we were currently in!!

All change is a mess in the middle.. whether it's renovations.. changes to your routine.. getting fit.. even just cleaning out a kitchen drawer.. everything.. just everything gets worse before it gets better.. if it's getting worse, then you know it must be gonna get better soon!!

#4 Foundations are everything! We have a lovely house. It's an open living, high ceiling, walls of windows. It's not ultraflash. It's just nice. It's always been nice. It always suited us when the kids were younger and it still does now. We lived out the farm for many years, and we were gonna sell it and buy out the Marina a couple years ago. Moved back in to tidy it up and put it on the market and, No.. actually we like living here! We can dress this place up and make it more modern and cleaner, but at the end of the day the reason we can do that is because the foundations are great.. it's that 80% again isn't it? You don't have to have perfect, you just have to have a goal or a vision.

But of course, once you change something you start a domino train.. render the walls, paint the windows, change the gutters.. paint the roof.. build a deck, find the furniture, and the bbq.. new bathroom, new mirror, new towels, new fittings.. and so the list goes on.. and on.. and on.. Ahh well, no such thing as standing still. If you're not moving forward you're actually going backwards.

Where are you heading this week?
Dr Kris xx

We’re saying goodbye to HotDoc and hello to Automed. Heads up — we’ve switched booking systems! You may have received ...
23/05/2025

We’re saying goodbye to HotDoc and hello to Automed.

Heads up — we’ve switched booking systems!

You may have received an email letting you know we’ve moved from HotDoc to Automed for all online appointments.

What this means for you:
To book online, you’ll now need to download the AMS Connect App. It’s quick, secure and easy to use!

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2. Search for our clinic.
3. Enter your details (DOB, name, mobile).
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5. You can even add family members to manage all bookings in one spot.

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Scan the QR code or check your email for the step-by-step guide.

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FURception… and Hoping Chilli and Every other Mother have a great Mothers Day ❤️❤️❤️ Is anyone else an Adult Bluey lover...
10/05/2025

FURception… and Hoping Chilli and Every other Mother have a great Mothers Day ❤️❤️❤️

Is anyone else an Adult Bluey lover? It has gotta be one of the best shows.. and this week I heard Bandit quote the best line ever!! Bluey and Bingo are laying in bed and Bandit is telling them a story about Goldilocks and describes her as “a dirty porridge thief and we're all just meant to be okay with this!”

And it got me thinking about perception.. or in the world of Bluey, Bandit and the long suffering Chilli.. FURception.. Because the Healer tribe sees things in a totally different way to what we humans do.

I have never stopped to think that yes, Goldilocks actually trespassed, broke and enter, stole stuff, vandalised the furniture.. and we read it as a kids story.. and, hey look!! We've banned kids books for far less than that in the last few years!! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

I also love Mo Willem's perception on Goldilocks where she teems up with three dinosaurs.. who are actually trying to eat Goldilocks as a “delicious chocolate filled little girl bonbon”.. and it makes me wonder why we've never worked out that the bears probably should have eaten Goldilocks too? Seriously, better ban this book - it might make all our kids go walk up and ask bears for a bowl of porridge.. daaangerous!! (Tongue in cheek!!)

Anyway.. didn't mean for this to turn into book bashing.. that's not where I was going..

I guess Bandit rang true for me because of my recent trip to Japan. Their perception on life is very different to ours.. Not better not worse.. not right or wrong.. just very different. And I think we can all gain something by looking at the world through the eyes of someone else.

I believe that everything happens for a reason and that all things work together for our good. To quote Tony Robbin's “what if life is happening for you, not to you?”

It's a different perspective - sometimes hard, but it allows you to look for the good in everything.. and we can always find something good.

Michael Beckwith says

”It is what it is.. harvest the good.. forgive all the rest”
. and when you approach something looking to harvest the good, that's certainly what you find.

But it's a different perspective - and sometimes a little in your face...

But we Mums live with that everyday!! (I know you were wondering where I was going with this post weren't you? 🤩)

Going back to the Healer’s bedtime story, calling Goldilocks a thief isn't the only thing Bandit modernises in the Goldilocks tail (haha).. in the story he has Mama Bear (aka Chilli) making the porridge and in a really clear voice she says “look everyone, it's really hot okay.. wait til it cools down”

But of course.. no one listens.. and everyone burns their mouths.. and isn't that Mum life.. always preempting.. never being listened to.. and having to try like crazy to hold your tongue and not say I TOLD YOU SO 50 TIMES A DAY!!!

And I'm gonna argue like mad with any Dad that comes on here and says “we have to do that too” cos.. nope.. when it comes to silly things fellas.. you're often our oldest child!!!

So as we celebrate Mother's Day this weekend perhaps the best gift you can give Mum is to listen to her every now and again.. hey, it doesn't just make life easier for her, it makes life easier for you too!!

My mum passed away during the middle of Covid. She'd lived in the UK for most of my life so I didn't see her regularly, hadn't seen her for nearly 10 years when the pandemic went down. Can't say it was a close relationship, but… “It is what it is.. harvest the good.. forgive all the rest”

The other side of that FURception is I am blessed to have my 3 kids, 3 Outlaws and 8 Grandies all close enough to drop a rock on their roofs!!

Outlaws? What's an Outlaw you say.. in the massive Bascomb family I inadvertently married into, an Outlaw is one of us tribe of those who have “married in”.. Most families call them in-laws but in the Bascomb Clam we’re the Outlaws and we have a tight allegiance against those blood Bascomb's. Outlaws are the bomb!!! Love you all to bits!!!

Happy Mothers Day to everyone in any sort of Mother role ever.. parents.. carers.. family and professional.. and especially the pet-mamas ❤️❤️
Love
Dr Kris xx

TRIGGER WARNING.. hey, there’s the possibility of a few triggers in this post.. Not just where Mothers have moved on like mine but for people who were Parents and aren't any longer.. Parents who never have been but have tried long and hard.. Parents who aren't allowed to parent.. if this is you, remember we are only a phone call away with access to many support services xx

SOWING AND REAPINGHeck!! We are well into this New Year now.. I can't believe it goes so fast. Only this week on Tuesday...
16/02/2025

SOWING AND REAPING

Heck!! We are well into this New Year now.. I can't believe it goes so fast. Only this week on Tuesday I was thinking “Oh, it's only Tuesday” and ten seconds later it was Friday. The week had disappeared.

I read a really good article during the week that talked about how January isn't a good month for New Year Resolutions - and you all know I don't “believe” in New Year's resolutions - However, this article said if you're going to make them, you have 3 x the chance of getting them right if you begin in February!! I'd hazard a guess they're working on the same principle as I am, that change can happen anytime.

You see it's not the resolutions I don't believe in.. it's just making them at New Year! Actually, we can make changes any day of the year.. and I reckon that a resolution we start - out of the middle of nowhere - has a greater chance of working because we're not just doing it because of New Years Eve.. we're doing it because we want to!! So my story today applies to any change you want to make, anytime of year you want to make it.

Now, in case you don't know - I'm a Farmer's wife. I am not a Farmer. If I was a farmer's wife who worked on the farm I would be a farmer. But I don't work on the farm so I'm a Farmers wife. My husband is a farmer.

There was a time I worked on the farm.. That made me a Farmer - not a farmers wife. Primarily, I did all the bookkeeping for the farm.. that made me a bookkeeper - not a Farmer’s wife.

There are lots of women today who work on the farm with their husbands/partner - you are Farmers! In your own right. Your identity, worth, profession, career does not come from your husband/partner.. You work the farm - you are a farmer in your own right. Lets get away from the 50’s nonsense that women who work the farm do so as a Farmers wife!!

I’m a Doctor.. but also a farmer's wife.. just because I'm married to a farmer.. just like my husband is a Dr’s husband… and that is a whole ‘nother story about how many times people still address my husband as the Doctor!!! Luckily I've learnt to laugh and gently correct them. We're doing nothing for equality if we let people get away with old standards.

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept..

Anyway, I digress.. I'm good at it.. I reckon it was important! Back to the story.

We've just got through another harvest.. and pretty soon we’ll start the process of seeding and getting ready to seed for the next harvest.

Do you realise when you sow a crop you “throw away” the seed? Yep! We throw it in the ground - gently, carefully, consistently, in measured amounts - but we throw it away. Just like we throw away something when we change a habit..
you want to get fitter you need to “throw away” some time.. you want to release weight you ”throw away” some treats and lollies.

I say we “throw it” away because we drop it into the soil not knowing what the outcome is going to be. But it's a calculated “throwing away” - we do it with purpose and hope.

Purpose because we're throwing it away with a plan.. and hope because we hope we will reap a crop.. and we hope we will reap a crop many times the amount of seed we sowed. Like wise, we're hoping to reap a habit change that provides us with much greater benefit than what we threw away to start with.. remember, we're making habit changes for our benefit.. there is a reason and a purpose.

Now, all crops have a sowing and a reaping.. but they also all have a middle bit.. the waiting!!! And isn't this just like habit change as well? We start a new habit.. throw out our “seed”.. and wait… and wait.. and wait..

If we sat there watching and waiting for the seed to grow it would be a long time! Most seeds of any kind take at least a week before we see a shoot through the soil..

But farming is active waiting.. we sow the crop.. then we spray it to kill off all the weeds.. our habits have weeds too.. thought weeds that say this is too hard.. you can't do this.. you're wasting your time! Remember.. It is not too hard.. you CAN do this.. you're not wasting your time.. This is our active waiting.. keep our thoughts strong.. keep moving forward with our walking or gym or whatever habit we've chosen to adapt.

And farming is active waiting.. we fertilise the crop.. we feed it.. our habits need feeding too.. our habits need the repetition of “doing” them.. I'll digress here and say you need to be “doing” whatever habit your working on nearly everyday.. Research shows you can take one day off now and then but if you take more than one day off in a block it's much harder to restart especially in the early days.. yep, sure, if our new goal is going to the gym we might need some recovery days but other habits like walking or diet changes can and need to be done everyday to get into the habit.. only one day off every now and then.. this is our active waiting.. feed the habit.. support the habit.. and wait..

And then one day.. the little seed germinates and pops it's shoot above ground.. with habit change we might see an improvement in how far we can walk or how much easier it is to walk.. our jeans might fit a little more comfortably.. now, even more, our seed need active waiting.. support.. feeding.

And then one day.. we have a leaves.. even a bush!! But it's all taking time.. active waiting.. waiting.. waiting.. and working!!

With Farming, It's not until that plant sets seed that we can harvest our crop and get a return.. and that's usually 5-7 months depending on climate.. Canada has some canola crops that they plant in autumn and sit beneath the snow and ice waiting to pop out in spring and harvest in summer.. imagine having to wait 3 months before you even saw the little shoot of your seed.. man they'd be a lot of habits go west wouldn't there!!

So.. getting those resolutions to stick is about active waiting.. doing ‘the thing’ everyday, knowing we’ll need to wait to see the results.. the results are in the waiting.. the habit formation is in the waiting…

Well, enough for today.. I'm off to water the garden.. did you know plants like positive thoughts too..

Enjoy the active waiting
Dr Kris xx

A SAFE HARBOUR… Kia Ora.. We've been in New Zealand for a week.. nearly time to come home but it's been a lovely rest. ...
10/02/2025

A SAFE HARBOUR…

Kia Ora.. We've been in New Zealand for a week.. nearly time to come home but it's been a lovely rest. It's amazing how much of NZ life revolves around the water which, I guess, isn't surprising given the length of the coastline and the number of little islands dotted around the coast.

We took a trip out to Waiheke Island.. checked out the scenery, visited some wineries (there are 42 wineries on this little island that's not a lot bigger than Thistle island!!). Now I'm not Vintiner but its very interesting how different grapes grow better on different areas of the island. The full bodied reds need full sun, while the dry whites prefer the soils and sun on the sides of the hill. And it struck me that people are the same - we need to find the conditions in which we thrive and grow, and produce our best results.

What also attracted me was the number of little bays and harbours.. calm, still, blue water protected by land and hills on 3 sides. And the location of the island - hidden in the bottom of yet a larger bay - means these harbours are totally protected on all sides. Weather can come from anywhere and the boats hold fast. In fact I'd be surprised if the water in the bay even ripples with anything less than gale force winds!

Of course, the day we went, NZ turned on beautiful weather (in fact she's done it all week!).. but I guess the size, the location - and the usual weather - of NZ means sailors do need to find themselves some safe harbours to see out the storms.

We also managed - finally - to do our helicopter flight out to Bay of Many Coves Resort for lunch. This was in celebration of a significant wedding anniversary (I'm not going to tell you how many years.. even I don't believe it myself given I'm only 37!). It's only taken us 3, maybe 4, attempts to get there over 15 months - that dreaded NZ weather again, and some scheduling issues. But it was worth the wait!

Stupendous views! Green, almost tropical mountainsides.. and again lots of little bays and harbours.. what else would you expect with a name like “Bay of Many Coves”. Beautifully protected from all but a strong southerly.. a place to hide out from the storm. Although if you're gonna hide out from the storm I'd suggest doing it inside the resort.. with a couple bottles of Quartz Reef Sparkling Wine to keep you company. Pretty sure they'd find you a fire and some rugs as well.. what more could you ask!!

And then.. Wellington harbour where we went sailing for a morning. A bit colder this morning. Nice in the sun but the wind had a nip to it.. guess that's usually the case when it's coming up from Antarctica! In the back of the yacht, under cover it was warm and cosy. “Don't you want to go up the front and look out?” Asks the skipper.

“Don't need to be up there freezing, getting tears in my eyes from the cold wind just to see where we're going - the scenery is just as good looking at where we've come from” was my reply.. which then rattled around my brain making me think about how appropriate that reply was for a trip that was marking our -0 Wedding Anniversary.. a time that lends itself to thinking and reviewing what we've achieved and what we've done over the last -0 years.

While modern psychology would tell you not to look back, sometimes you need a good review to recognise your strengths and foundations.

And so for us NZ this week has been both a time for looking back and a safe harbour.

A time for reviewing and being thankful for the life we've been given.. 3 children, their partners and 8 grandies just the icing on that cake..

And a safe harbour.. a calm soothing break before returning to the mad house “real world”.. and it is going to be mad house this week as the Hospitals on EP go to computerised medical records.. because despite looking back at where we've been, life does move forward.. and change accosts us all, whether we like it or not. And if it's not computerised medical records, it will be something else.

I'm thinking we all need safe harbours… not the big event-marking and event-making safe harbours of a trip to NZ.. but the small safe harbours of home and family that allow us a break when the winds of life are raging outside.. time to step away with a blanket, a fire and a good book (or a Netflix Binge if that's more your style).. somewhere to recharge the batteries.. prepare ourselves to jump back into the melee yet again..

Well I'm off to enjoy the end of our holiday.. we're thinking of a walk down Cuba street and sampling a few cocktails. Catch you all next week.. and if I look like I've been pulled through a hedge backwards then rest assured that the medical records transfer is NOT going smoothly.

Ka kite anō.. and hope you find your safe harbour.
Dr Kris xx

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OUR HISTORY

Boston Bay Family Health Practice was founded in 2009 by Dr Kris Bascomb and her Daughter & the Practice Manager, Mrs Sally Redden.

With a passion for obstetrics, women's health, paediatrics and quality rural medicine, they embarked on creating a medical clinic where patient experience was the focus.

From opening day, it was only a few short weeks before the Clinic was in full swing and the patient load was long and arduous to manage alone. Some days Kris would have a full day in theatre and then an evening of emergency appointments - with Kris and Sal not finishing till 8/9pm more than once or twice a week for a year or two... but love of the job kept them going along with the hope of another GP joining our team! In 2012 Boston Bay Family Health Practice was accredited as a training post & accepted their first registrar placement. Then in 2015 Dr Janssen joined as a qualified GP anesthetist. Now, just shy of 10 years since that first day in February 2009 they boast 2 full time GPs, 3 full time GP Registrars, an intern and medical student placements along with 5 nursing staff and 4 administration staff - and they couldn’t be more proud of how far they have come!