Dr Victoria Smith, principal of Rose Cottage medical centre, graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1979. She then travelled to New Guinea working with a mobile medical team, treating various types of tropical conditions including malaria, TB, syphilis and tropical ulcers. Other travels & living abroad includes countries such as New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, USA, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Poland, Finland, Germany, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Personal experience of these countries has given great insight to the requirements of travel, the potential illnesses and accidents, and the precautions and medical treatment that can prevent many of these problems.