Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - January 2020 | Page 5

From Mitchell to Marrakech
All month - School Holiday Activities, contact
your Local Development Officer
31 December - 1 January NYE Rodeo @
Mitchell Combined Sports Complex
11 Bold Beginnings - Animals in Art Exhibition
opens at Mitchell on Maranoa Gallery
16 Booringa Action Group Meeting @ BAG
Cottage
26 Australia Day Celebrations
+EVERY Thurs Mens Shed meets @ Old
SES Shed 5:30pm, Wednesdays 8:30-12pm.
SWHHS Highly Commended +EVERY Friday 9-10am FREE fun fitness at
Mungallala Hall, all welcome!
Mitchell Multi Purpose Health Service’s
(MPHS) Acting Director of Nursing Anna Cross +EVERY 2nd Sunday of the month Kenniff
Country Quilters meeting
travelled to Brisbane on December 11 to
represent the South West Hospital and Health residents, as well as working staff,’’ South
West Hospital and Health Service Senior
Service (SWHHS) at the annual Queensland
Dietitian Cristal Newman said.
Health Awards for Excellence.
“We always try to give people something
SWHHS’s Compassionate Care Bundle
special and different for Christmas Day and
program was one of six nominations from
make it a bit of an occasion for them and our
across the state in the Pursuing Innovation
health facility staff around the region will be
category, which was won by Townsville
doing their very best to make it so,’’ she said.
Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
SWHHS received a Highly Commended for
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the Compassionate Care Bundle which
delivers individualised, yet hardwired,
‘touchpoints’ of communication, human
connection and empowerment that, when
delivered together, create a personalised
experience as a core part of the service's
operating model.
Another example of the SWHHS’s strong
patient focus is the effort made by all staff to
provide the best possible Christmas
experience for those who unfortunately are in
their care over the festive period. “It’s a
special day and our patients and
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1. A photo from the arid and stunning Atlas Mountains in central Morocco. MHHS Cook
Colleen Dunne with Christmas treats for patients. 3. Jane Cornish on the red carpet at
Marrakech Film Festival with Australian Embassy colleague Rupert Holden and Austrade
Officer Oussama Alaoui (photo ©FFIFM 2019) 4. Mitchell Multi Purpose Health Service's
Anna Cross (far left) with SWHHS colleagues and Minister Steven Miles (right) at the
Annual Queensland Health Awards for Excellence.
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Local girl Jane Cornish has gone from Mitchell
to the Marrakech Film Festival in just a few
short months thanks to her current role at the
Australian Embassy in Morocco.
Australia was lucky enough to be designated
the Country of Honour at the 2019 Marrakech
International Film Festival which ran from
November 29 to December 7, 2019.
“Attending Marrakech Film Festival has
certainly been a highlight of my time in
Morocco and I was so proud to be Australian
and sharing our film culture and beautiful
landscapes with Moroccans”, said Jane.
A delegation of 22 Australian actors and film
industry identities made the trip to Marrakech
for the Festival, as did the Australian
Ambassador, Her Excellency Berenice Owen-
Jones and Embassy staff including Jane.
As part of her role as Events Officer at the
Embassy, Jane was able to walk the red
carpet alongside (well, a few steps behind) the
likes of Ben Mendelsohn, Jack Thompson,
Gillian Armstrong and Abbie Cornish - to name
a few!
“It was certainly a once in a lifetime
opportunity and just shows that, young people
from Mitchell or any country town aren’t out of
place even on the red carpet on the opposite
side of the world,” she said.
Jane has been living in Morocco since late
April when she took up the opportunity to
intern at the Australian Embassy in the capital
Rabat. After her first three month contract, she
spent the next two months visiting northern
France and Rome before returning to take up
a position as Events Officer with the Embassy
again.
“Morocco is a fantastic country, the
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people are very warm and there is the
most beautiful and diverse
countryside, I’d encourage anyone to
visit if you have the chance!” said
Jane.
January IN Mitchell | Amby |
Mungallala area
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