Dr Marian Dover: A rural generalist’s 4000km journey to escape the ‘path to nowhere’

The GP obstetrician packed up her family and a trailer to seek the kind of work she'd trained for in the Kimberley.
Dr Marian Dover.

When GP Dr Marian Dover saw the job of her dreams, with the thrill, she also experienced a little trepidation at what would come with it.

The GP obstetrician position was 4000km westwards in the small town of Kununurra (population 5000) in WA’s Kimberley region, a world away from their coastal NSW home town.