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Rural Appreciation Weekend 2010
RAHMS (UNSW’s rural health club) invites all SHARPies to this annual multidisciplinary and multi-club event which will be held in Dunedoo over the Labour Day long weekend (1-4 October 2010)!
You will be able to register for RAW10 online at the RAW10 website between July 15 and August 30. The registration will be $75 per person, and SHARP will be organising bus transport for the SHARPies who attend this event. For more information and/or to express your interest in attending as a SHARP delegate, please email Emma (eh762@uow.edu.au).
| Rural Appreciation Weekend 2009 | |
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| Ellie Coxsedge, Jeremy Harris, Emma Harvey, Ifrah Khan, Ivonne Lichtenberg, David Reid, Simon Reid, Aggie Williams and Naomi Yates from SHARP travelled to Dunedoo for this 3rd RAW which was held 2-5 October 2009. They participated in cultural awareness and sheep handling workshops, heard from local rural health professionals about living and practising in the bush, networked with students from several other rural health clubs, and lots, lots more! |   |
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The 2nd Annual Rural Appreciation weekend was held over the October 3-6 long weekend for more than 130 health students from 11 Rural Health Clubs in NSW and the ACT. Kay Kent, Rob Battisti, Erin Byrnes, Sarah Cremona, Theresa Crossing, Teena Downton, Amanda Francis, Viktor Ko, Marisa Saverimuttu, Perrie Simovic and Rohan Wilson represented SHARP on the Weekend which featured plenty of fun, teamwork and networking opportunities. Attendees were able to develop an appreciation for life on the farm by camping under the stars and seeing sheepdog, cattle work, shearing and snake displays. Furthermore, the local health professionals who came and spoke provided insight into the benefits of choosing a career in rural health. The program also included:
All SHARP delegates had a great time and would recommend it to any student looking for a positive rural experience. Special thanks go to Kay Kent whose pancakes were a hit once again, and Rohan Wilson who also drove the mini-bus to and from Dunedoo. Here are some of the reports from our members:
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| Rural Appreciation Weekend 2007 | |
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In October 2007, SHARP and RAHMS got together to hold the inaugural Rural Appreciation Weekend (RAW) at Shannon Nott’s family farm in Dunedoo. The weekend was packed with plenty of fun and informative activities that gave the 36 students, who attended, a feel for what it’s like to go and live rural! SHARP and RAHMS members got to get to know each other well over the 3 days of activities including a tour of the 5,000 acre farm from the back of a bogey truck, talks from local rural doctors, a snake education session, sheep dog and sheering demonstrations, and an Aboriginal cultural awareness session. Everyone had a fantastic time, as you can see from the photos! You can also read Teesha Downton's report. |
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