Juliet and the twins appeared on the front page of today’s Border Mail. I helped organise a statewide launch yesterday for the Health Minister, Bronwyn Pike, who announced a new rural maternity initiative in Myrtleford.
Her office asked us to have some mums and bubs in attendance. Good idea, but Alpine Shire has a low birth rate (about 80 per year) across three communities and new mums aren’t always inclined to attend political events.
We tried quite a few, and one turned up with a cute 15-day-old girl. I called rent-a-baby (Juliet) for insurance, and despite some car trouble she arrived with the twins just in time.
The car had a flat battery and she tried calling the RACV for half an hour, without the phone being answered. I found out later that 320 RACV officials were in Bright yesterday for a conference, which probably explains it.
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