05/12/2023
Dear all
After an incredible 25+ years serving the wonderful communities of the Wheatbelt, it is with a mix of emotions that I announce that Wheatbelt Physiotherapy will be closing its doors as of 8 December 2023.
I will be moving to a new role with Aspen Medical at the Woodside Pluto Train 2 project. This new opportunity is located a long way from the Wheatbelt but still in a remote part of Western Australia. I will be utilising my skills in different ways but will primarily be acting in injury management and physiotherapy. It is a role that will extend on my current knowledge, a new challenge.
It has been an honour to be a part of your lives, not only with your injuries and aches, but sharing your own experiences as we live and work in the wheatbelt of WA, with its peculiarities and challenges, yet incredible beauty and diversity. The talk in my office has been a unique experience in itself; sheep, goats, cattle, wool, crops, sandalwood, machinery, the good seasons and bad. I have had the pleasure of treating sometimes four generations of families as well as newcomers and ‘locals’ of all ages.
I have seen a lot of changes within the health services in the wheatbelt. Doctors and other allied health workers coming and going, new health centres and health services. I have also had a range of fantastic staff over the years, most memorably my 90 year old receptionist.
I don’t know but I reckon I must have worked as a physio in more wheatbelt locations than any other health professional. Wyalkatchem, Cunderdin, Quairading, Dowerin, Goomalling, Northam, Wongan Hills, Dalwallinu, Koorda, Bencubbin, Merredin, York with visits to Southern Cross, Narembeen and Bruce Rock. I admit most places I go in the Wheatbelt, I get at least one g’day and usually a good couple of chats with a few of you. I hope this won’t change and I look forward to chatting with each of you outside the setting of my treatment room.
