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Central Australia – we keep returning

September 13, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

Outback Australia continues to lure us back.

This time the attractions were the Field of Lights at Uluru, and King’s Canyon, where we enjoyed glamping (glamorous camping) in the middle of nowhere.

The dinners under the stars, sitting around a campfire, listening to a didgeridoo, and to stories told by Aboriginal Traditional Owners and Elders were some of the highlights.

We’ll be back.

Helicopter view of Kata Tjuta (Olgas)

5 person helicopter

Uluru at sunset

Field of Lights – Art installation – Yulara/Uluru

Fantastic cultural tour – Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon

Middle Ranges – near Kings Canyon

Mural – airport at Uluru

Peacock at Alice Springs

The back of a peacock.

Royal Flying Doctor Service, Alice Springs. Mock interior of a plane.

Blurred Roles and Other Issues

July 20, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

My husband has been unwell with pneumonia for what feels like way too long for him and me, however thankfully he is now on the mend.

This prompted me to share a modified version of an article I wrote many years ago about my experience of being both a doctor and a mother of a child with a chronic health condition.

It appeared in ‘Australian Doctor’, a weekly national magazine for General Practitioners. Although it was published on 23/3/2001, the message is still relevant today.

Blurred Roles: We Care Too, by Dr Bambi Ward.

My Revamped Blog

July 13, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

I’m finally back home after having time for work and pleasure in the wonderful Northern Territory.

I’m looking forward to celebrating my birthday this week…..it’s not a special birthday in the traditional sense, but I’m turning the age of the last two digits of the year I was born in, so it feels very special to me.

I’ve also been reflecting on my current blog, and how it’s going. Given that I have a multitude of interests, I’ve decided to experiment for a while and try a few regular features. These may include links to someone else’s blog, photos of books I’ve bought or am reading, a recommendation of a cultural activity, conference or festival, and something or someone that has inspired me.

A very busy week.

April 13, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 1 Comment

Are you one of those people who dislikes missing out on things?

I am.

I also love variety, so I have many interests. Here they are, in no particular order: writing, reading, family and friends, travel, oral history, Indigenous health, teaching Torah from a mystical perspective, and geneology.

It can be hard to prioritise them, so I sometimes end up having a very busy week. That’s what happened last week. By the weekend, all I wanted to do was recharge my batteries. I knew a shot of fresh air from Mt Dandenong would do the trick, so off I went.

Opposites Attract.

April 6, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

They say that opposites attract, right?

My husband, Michael, and I are a great example of that. He’s patient; I’m not. He often runs late; I like being on time or early. I love reading books; he uses his ipad on the rare occasions that he reads a book. He’s into I.T.; I’m not. I’m very organised; he’s not. He’s a bit of a hoarder; I like to chuck things out. He loves rally car driving; I have no interest in it whatsoever.

And yet, we’re still together after 34 years of marriage. We love each other and our values and priorities are essentially the same. Sometimes we go off and do our own thing for a while, but we always come back to doing things that we enjoy together.

The lure of the Northern Territory

March 30, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

A few days ago my husband and I took our grandchildren to Chesterfield Farm so they could experience a sense of farm life and get to interact with some animals. We watched cows being milked, learnt that pigs are as intelligent as four year children(!), and were able to feed and pat some of the animals. It was heartwarming to watch my one and a half year old grandson pat the rabbits with such tenderness and love.

One of the highlights was taking a tractor ride around the property. We saw many different animals, including turkeys, peacocks, ducks, geese, camels, sheep, goats, cockatoos, baby mice, rabbits, chickens, llamas and deer.

An emotional rollercoaster ride

March 22, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

Have you ever experienced a rollercoaster of emotions in just a few days?

That’s what happened to me last week.

In the space of three days, I commemorated the anniversary of my stillborn sister’s death by lighting a candle, attended a funeral of someone two years younger than me who died of cancer, and found out that the husband of one of my dear friends probably has cancer. I felt like screaming out loud: It’s not fair!!!! They don’t deserve it!!!

However I resorted to pouring my heart out in my black Snoopy journal instead. Journalling gives me comfort. It always has a healing, calming effect on my soul.

March – a bitter sweet month

March 8, 2016 / Bambi Rakhel Ward / 0 Comments

March was a bitter sweet month whilst my parents were alive.

Dad’s birthday on March 6 was followed one week later by Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary on March 13. If Mum ever heard a superstitious person say that thirteen was an unlucky number, she would reply that thirteen had always been a lucky number for her and Dad.

Mum and Dad met shortly after the end of the Second World War in Budapest at ‘The Joint”. (Incidently, ‘The Joint’ had nothing to do with smoking pot! It was short for the American Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish humanitarian assistance organisation funded by American Jews.)

Dr Bambi Rakhel Ward

Medical Education Consultant|Author & Speaker

Category: Family

Central Australia – we keep returning

Blurred Roles and Other Issues

My Revamped Blog

A very busy week.

Opposites Attract.

The lure of the Northern Territory

An emotional rollercoaster ride

March – a bitter sweet month

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