Dr Paul Carter

Yet More Tales of A Country Doctor Dr Paul Carter

On the way to visit some friends for dinner one evening, stuck in traffic, I saw a sign outside a church that made it clear that if I didn't change my direction, then I would finish up exactly where I was headed. I certainly didn't like where I was currently headed and, by the time the traffic moved on again, I determined that a change had to be made. I gave up my suburban practice and became a country general practitioner in central Victoria where I served the locals of Dixon's Bridge and Rushby and lived on a farm called Woongarra.

Over the years since this move, I have been fortunate to meet many wonderful people. In this third book of my adventures, readers will meet Dene, a lady ranger with a heroic past; Zsofia, a woman who had to come to terms with her family's secret ties to Hitler; and Jean-Marie, a doctor who lived the life of his dreams. They will also meet special people like Bonnie, a child with Down syndrome who was a champion daffodil grower, and Lincoln, an alcoholic with a tragic past who understood the power of forgiveness.

Life for each of us is a journey over a trackless landscape in which the only signposts are the occasional footsteps left by others. It is those footsteps that have guided me along my own journey. Along the way, there have been a few tears, but there has also been a great deal of laughter.

I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of my rural community, and forever bless the life change I made all those years ago.