Spring is in the air in South Australia and whilst there may be a torrential downpour as I write, the native plants are blooming and the weather is a balmy 20-24 degrees most days.
Today I was invited to a ward round at a mother and baby unit in Adelaide by a psychiatrist I had met at the conference. It was a fascinating opportunity to revisit the importance of supporting the promotion of healthy attachment behaviours in primary care and how these act as a blue-print for all subsequent significant relationships; from infancy, through childhoo, adolesence into adulthood. There a number of opportunities for intervention as GPs and this is an area which needs promotion. The staff were very accomodating and invited me to join in their traditional ward round refreshments which included pear nougat cake-beats NHS custard creams!
I also visited the South Australia museum and have started to learn more of Aboriginal culture through the impressive display of material culture the curators, Elders and anthroplogists have gathered. Indigneous peoples have inhabited Australia for 50, 000 years; it is a rich culture which has been slowly and steadily eroded but which we can at least honour and celebrate in its public display at the museum.
Sadly I am not able to upload any further images-more to follow soon. Goodnight!
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