Anne Marie Black
Pharmacist, Cairns Hospital
"There are too many positive life changes since moving from the UK. We can pick up the kids and head straight to the beach every day".
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Location: 1,882km north of Brisbane, 75km north of Cairns, 20km south of Port Douglas
Mossman is Queensland’s most northerly sugar milling town situated at the base of twin-peaked Mount Demi, north of Cairns. It lies in the picturesque Mossman River Valley and features excellent examples of Queensland architecture. Many tourists pass through the town on their way to many famous sites including Port Douglas, the Daintree Rainforest, Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation. The town provides a provincial lifestyle suited to couples and families wishing to escape the frenetic pace of big-city living while still having access to the conveniences of Cairns.
As a health professional living in Mossman, you will likely be delivering health services from the Douglas Shire Multi Purpose Health Service.
This 32-bed centre provides acute inpatient, residential aged care, accident and emergency, community and primary health care services, mental health, dental and other outreach specialist services.
Medical and allied health services also include outpatients, fracture, a high-risk foot clinic and radiology as well as physiotherapy, cardiac rehabilitation and social work services.
A vast array of community and primary health care services are provided. These services include school based youth health, child youth and family health, Indigenous health, child health, Positive Parenting Program, family care, lactation, school screening, school based immunisation program, antenatal clinic and classes, opportunistic immunisation, health promotion, early discharge midwifery, post acute care, health education and promotion, needle and syringe program, high risk foot-clinic and hearing health clinics. A chronic disease management program is also available.
Aged care services include residential flexible high care, community flexible high care, residential respite, flexible low care in the community and community aged care packages. Mental health and dental services are also provided.
HACC services include ongoing needs identification assessment, domestic assistance, assessment, personal care, social support, nursing care, case management, client care coordination, centre based day respite care and centre based day dementia respite care.
Visiting services include physician, endoscopy, gynaecology, paediatricians, mental health including child and adolescent mental health, respiratory medicine, healthy bladder clinic, aged care assessment team, women’s health clinics, sexual assault counselling, surgery and breast screening every 2 years.
The rural centre of Mossman is set among green mountains and fields of sugarcane. The township has access to all of the major services, in addition to a range of sporting and community organisations. Mossman experiences a tropical climate, with generally warm wet summers and mild dry winters.
There are plenty of scenic areas to visit within a short distance of the township, such as the Daintree, and coastal towns of Cooya Beach, Wonga, Newell and Port Douglas which are all popular destinations for locals and tourists alike - with their pristine beaches, excellent fishing and swimming, and access to the Great Barrier Reef.
Mossman is the ideal place to start or raise a family. The town has several schools, a number of extra-curricular activities and clean, healthy living ideal for nurturing a child's growth. The surrounding environment provides children with plenty to excite their imagination and natural resources, such as swimming holes and walking trails, to encourage an active lifestyle.
Mossman Gorge is one of the most popular places to see in Far North Queensland and is definitely worth a visit. The Gorge is a very accessible and scenic section of the world heritage listed Daintree National Park, with cool clear freshwater swimming holes and walking tracks to explore the surrounding rainforest.
The Mossman Gorge is home to the Kuku Yalanji people, the area’s traditional Aboriginal landowners who strive to protect their natural heritage as they share
its unique qualities with visitors. Guided bushwalks are available that give a rare insight into the special relationship the local Indigenous people have with the rainforest, while traditional dance performances and artefacts displays portray
their rich cultural heritage.
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