Wendy Burton 🇦🇺
@lady-gwendoline.bsky.social
Second generation GP in Brisbane & Goondiwindi, both parents were country GPs. Educator, advocate, firm believer in the goodness of humanity & the importance of kindness. Leadership that lasts requires withstanding the onslaught & succession planning.
As a GP working since 1990, I can only marvel at the significant changes to cervical cancer screening and detection. From annual Pap smears to biannual and now 5 yearly CSTs and self collect for asymptomatic patients while case numbers plummet and deaths fall. Science, I salute you 😊
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
As a GP working since 1990, I can only marvel at the significant changes to cervical cancer screening and detection. From annual Pap smears to biannual and now 5 yearly CSTs and self collect for asymptomatic patients while case numbers plummet and deaths fall. Science, I salute you 😊
As a woman I fiercely believe in body autonomy. As a physician, there was nothing more scary in my training than watching a woman lose half her blood volume in what seemed like a moment as she bled out in front of me. Without the expert intervention of obstetric colleagues, we would have lost her.
Great, if harrowing piece about the Freebirth Society, who we touched on in our latest Truly Tradly Deeply Episode about motherhood www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
As a woman I fiercely believe in body autonomy. As a physician, there was nothing more scary in my training than watching a woman lose half her blood volume in what seemed like a moment as she bled out in front of me. Without the expert intervention of obstetric colleagues, we would have lost her.
From epic storms to stunning sunsets and fresh mornings-so much to love about my city. Good morning Brisbane 😊❤️
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
From epic storms to stunning sunsets and fresh mornings-so much to love about my city. Good morning Brisbane 😊❤️
From New Zealand, land of bungee jumping and giant swings
August 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
From New Zealand, land of bungee jumping and giant swings
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
August 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
August 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
July 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The universe captured in a 3 second exposure by my iPhone, no tripod. 8:59 pm, July 25,2025, Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
I might have missed it, except I had to get out of the car to close the gate. How much do I miss by simply not looking?
I might have missed it, except I had to get out of the car to close the gate. How much do I miss by simply not looking?
July 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The universe captured in a 3 second exposure by my iPhone, no tripod. 8:59 pm, July 25,2025, Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
I might have missed it, except I had to get out of the car to close the gate. How much do I miss by simply not looking?
I might have missed it, except I had to get out of the car to close the gate. How much do I miss by simply not looking?
Sump oil reflecting concrete walls and ceiling MONA museum, Tasmania. The silver area is a space where you can walk into the art installation. #reflections #ShowMeSomething
July 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Sump oil reflecting concrete walls and ceiling MONA museum, Tasmania. The silver area is a space where you can walk into the art installation. #reflections #ShowMeSomething
#ShowMeSomething #RulesSuck #Challenge
iPhone photo, slightly cropped, no other editing. No tripod. Mt Fuji in the background. The phone saw details, with a 3 second exposure, what was just a faint outline for the naked eye
iPhone photo, slightly cropped, no other editing. No tripod. Mt Fuji in the background. The phone saw details, with a 3 second exposure, what was just a faint outline for the naked eye
July 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#ShowMeSomething #RulesSuck #Challenge
iPhone photo, slightly cropped, no other editing. No tripod. Mt Fuji in the background. The phone saw details, with a 3 second exposure, what was just a faint outline for the naked eye
iPhone photo, slightly cropped, no other editing. No tripod. Mt Fuji in the background. The phone saw details, with a 3 second exposure, what was just a faint outline for the naked eye
July 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
June 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
June 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great shot! 😊
May 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Great shot! 😊
Australia votes today in our federal election
I am grateful for a stable democracy, for compulsory, preferential voting, for the ease with which this process unfolds for me & thankful for the invisible workers who work so hard to make it look so easy
Anthony Green, thank you, you will be missed
I am grateful for a stable democracy, for compulsory, preferential voting, for the ease with which this process unfolds for me & thankful for the invisible workers who work so hard to make it look so easy
Anthony Green, thank you, you will be missed
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Australia votes today in our federal election
I am grateful for a stable democracy, for compulsory, preferential voting, for the ease with which this process unfolds for me & thankful for the invisible workers who work so hard to make it look so easy
Anthony Green, thank you, you will be missed
I am grateful for a stable democracy, for compulsory, preferential voting, for the ease with which this process unfolds for me & thankful for the invisible workers who work so hard to make it look so easy
Anthony Green, thank you, you will be missed
Reposted by Wendy Burton 🇦🇺
The quotable quote now featured at @croakeynews.bsky.social comes from this recent article on key health issues at the federal election:
www.croakey.org/the-next-fed...
#AusPol
#PublicHealth
#ClimateHealth
HT @racgppresident.bsky.social
www.croakey.org/the-next-fed...
#AusPol
#PublicHealth
#ClimateHealth
HT @racgppresident.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The quotable quote now featured at @croakeynews.bsky.social comes from this recent article on key health issues at the federal election:
www.croakey.org/the-next-fed...
#AusPol
#PublicHealth
#ClimateHealth
HT @racgppresident.bsky.social
www.croakey.org/the-next-fed...
#AusPol
#PublicHealth
#ClimateHealth
HT @racgppresident.bsky.social
Reposted by Wendy Burton 🇦🇺
An entire sea cannot sink a ship unless the water gets inside of the ship. The same with the negativity of the world: it can’t bring you down unless you let it get inside of you. We cannot control what happens around us, but we can control our reaction to it. May your day be peaceful, my friends. 😊
March 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
An entire sea cannot sink a ship unless the water gets inside of the ship. The same with the negativity of the world: it can’t bring you down unless you let it get inside of you. We cannot control what happens around us, but we can control our reaction to it. May your day be peaceful, my friends. 😊
Reposted by Wendy Burton 🇦🇺
In order to understand
the dance
one must be still.
And in order
to truly understand
stillness
one must dance.
Rumi
Just be kind and keep going…
the dance
one must be still.
And in order
to truly understand
stillness
one must dance.
Rumi
Just be kind and keep going…
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In order to understand
the dance
one must be still.
And in order
to truly understand
stillness
one must dance.
Rumi
Just be kind and keep going…
the dance
one must be still.
And in order
to truly understand
stillness
one must dance.
Rumi
Just be kind and keep going…
24 hours after we received 275 mm (11 inches) of rain in 24 hours, courtesy of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, this cluster popped up! #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms
March 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
24 hours after we received 275 mm (11 inches) of rain in 24 hours, courtesy of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, this cluster popped up! #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mushrooms
Seriously NEJM 🤔
“Excessive breastfeeding”
What the flip is that???
Such a prejudicial term 😳🙁😠😡
“Excessive breastfeeding”
What the flip is that???
Such a prejudicial term 😳🙁😠😡
One third of people worldwide have at least one micronutrient deficiency. National surveys provide cross-sectional data, but inferring causality between deficiency and disease is difficult. Read the latest Nutrition in Medicine article: nej.md/4ith0um
#MedSky #PublicHealth
#MedSky #PublicHealth
March 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Seriously NEJM 🤔
“Excessive breastfeeding”
What the flip is that???
Such a prejudicial term 😳🙁😠😡
“Excessive breastfeeding”
What the flip is that???
Such a prejudicial term 😳🙁😠😡
He did not know the families he helped, but I knew some of them and shared his story. So proud to live in a nation that has an entirely voluntary blood donation pool.
www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-sto...
www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-sto...
March 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
He did not know the families he helped, but I knew some of them and shared his story. So proud to live in a nation that has an entirely voluntary blood donation pool.
www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-sto...
www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-sto...
Remarkable generosity
We were so fortunate that science found a way to overcome Rh incompatibility and that newer technologies (NIPT) give us other options
Thank you James, you helped people unknown to you, but known to me ❤️
We were so fortunate that science found a way to overcome Rh incompatibility and that newer technologies (NIPT) give us other options
Thank you James, you helped people unknown to you, but known to me ❤️
James Harrison died on Monday, February 17.
He saved 2.4 million babies.
This is a truly remarkable story.
#MedSky #Science 🧪
www.theage.com.au/national/the...
He saved 2.4 million babies.
This is a truly remarkable story.
#MedSky #Science 🧪
www.theage.com.au/national/the...
The man who saved 2.4 million babies, and the lab replicating his remarkable blood
James Harrison’s legacy is at the heart of a wild story about canny science, boundless goodwill and an errant blood transfusion vanquishing a devastating and deadly disease.
www.theage.com.au
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Remarkable generosity
We were so fortunate that science found a way to overcome Rh incompatibility and that newer technologies (NIPT) give us other options
Thank you James, you helped people unknown to you, but known to me ❤️
We were so fortunate that science found a way to overcome Rh incompatibility and that newer technologies (NIPT) give us other options
Thank you James, you helped people unknown to you, but known to me ❤️
Traveling in Japan and we have a new game to play in the car: is it a road or is it a driveway 🤔😳😮
Some of the streets are seriously narrow!
Photo taken at sunset on Thursday ❤️❄️
Some of the streets are seriously narrow!
Photo taken at sunset on Thursday ❤️❄️
February 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Traveling in Japan and we have a new game to play in the car: is it a road or is it a driveway 🤔😳😮
Some of the streets are seriously narrow!
Photo taken at sunset on Thursday ❤️❄️
Some of the streets are seriously narrow!
Photo taken at sunset on Thursday ❤️❄️
Loving those colours ❤️😊
#FungiFriday Wonderful turkey tails, their colours change with the weather so they are now showing grey blue stripes! #mushrooms #fungi #vitaminN #Lancashire #fungifriends
February 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Loving those colours ❤️😊