• PHOTO: Jyo Raman is enjoying her new life in Coonamble.
MEET Jyotyka RamanJyotyka or Jyo for short (pronounced Jo), is the newest member of the Coonamble Aboriginal Medical Service.
Jyo is a Registered Nurse having grown up amongst the bustling city life, in a town in between the Gold Coast and Brisbane area.
"Hope Island is located 770km from Coonamble, which is around a nine hour drive," Jyo said.
"My reason for leaving Queensland was simply to escape from the chaos of city life . . .
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