The Blue Mountains Hospital
The Blue Mountains Hospital
The Blue Mountains Anzac Memorial Hospital is located in Katoomba, 109 km west of Sydney and 1065 m above sea level. It has a total of 95 beds.
Low-cost accommodation is provided in the form of a single bedroom furnished flat. The flats are quite spacious and are suitable for a couple.
Resident Medical Officer for Emergency Department
Current average hours worked is 45 per week consisting of rotating shift work covering day and evening shifts. Annual leave entitlement is 10 days per six-month contract. The Emergency Department has 4 beds, 3 cubicles and one resuscitation room. Support services include on-site pathology, ultrasound and radiology. The Director of the Emergency Department provides both ongoing assessment and a formal evaluation at the end of the contract.
Both formal and informal education is provided. There is an education unit with attached library with all current journals. The Area library undertakes literature searches and mails out articles and books on request. Education via satellite disk is specifically targeted at GPs.
The Blue Mountains
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The Blue Mountains National Park has some truly fantastic scenery with excellent bushwalks through gorges, gum trees and cliffs. The blue haze, which gives the mountains its name, is a result of the fine mist of oil given off by the eucalyptus trees. |
Katoomba, the tourist centre of the Blue Mountains, has a wide range of shops, restaurants and bars. There are gyms in Katoomba and Leura, which offer weight training, squash and aerobics and the Fairmont Resort which has a gym, pools, aerobics, sauna, spa, tennis. Local companies organise climbing, abseiling, canyoning, horse riding and mountain biking.
There are railway stations in Katoomba and Leura, linking the area with Penrith
and Sydney (journey time is only two
hours).
Summer temperatures in Katoomba are between 12° and 30°C and
winter between 2° and 10°C.
Katoomba is a derivative of the Aboriginal word ‘Kedumba’ meaning ‘shiny, falling waters’ after the natural beauty of the area.
Australia
Here are some Australian web links. Click on the logos for information
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More Links
 | Microsoft Expedia Map New South Wales |
| Blue Mountains Picture Gallery |
| Weather in Katoomba today |
| Tourist Attractions - National Parks |
| Facts about Sydney from Encarta Concise Encyclopedia |
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