Broome with a view

My optometrist wife, Amanda, and I were supposed to have spent July helping out at Lions Outback Vision in Broome. I would give the hardworking ophthalmologists a break and supervise the registrar, while Amanda helped out with some refractions, dispensing and teaching the Western Australian optometry students who rotate through town. I’d also planned to undertake some research. Unfortunately, due to family health issues, we had to postpone our visit. So when the opportunity arose to attend the director of Lions Outback Vision Associate Professor Angus Turner’s post-RANZCO Congress satellite meeting in Broome, it was too good a chance to miss.