PIP W

PIP W       Dr George Hewitt was the doctor of the Bellingen Shire, and for much of his 60 years of practice there the only one. Two of his claims to fame are that he delivered the Sara Quadruplets August 17-19, 1950 at Bellingen Hospital, and he is also responsible for many of the grand trees around Bellingen, because he was a keen amateur botanist. Thanks to him, Bellingen Hospital has a wonderful garden featuring trees from many parts of the world. It was my pleasure to stroll around the hospital grounds and take some shots. Dr Hewitt, who started in the days of horseback doctoring, was still practising when I first moved to Bellingen in the mid-1970s. I think he's a real hero.