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Caroline West

Dr Caroline West is one of Australia's best known GPs and has worked extensively as a print and television journalist. She is currently a presenter on the internationally acclaimed science and technology television series Beyond Tomorrow ( Network 7 and Discovery Channel). During her time with Beyond she has traveled to the bottom of the world's deepest mine in South Africa, driven the world's fastest V bottom boat in the USA and has even trained as a cosmonaut in Russia. Caroline was also a presenter on the original series of Beyond 2000 which was screened in 90 countries around the world with a global audience of 50 million.

Other programs on which Caroline has been a regular reporter include George Negus Tonight,,Good Medicine, Sex/Life, The midday show, 60 Minutes, the ABC's Everybody show and Tonight Live. She was a consultant and the medical expert panelist on channel 7's Living Longer. The National Life Expectancy Test. Caroline has also been able to adapt her communication skills and medical expertise to the printed word and she has been a regular columnist for newspapers and magazines including The Sun Herald and Good Medicine magazine. Dr Caroline is also the online GP for ninemsn.

A passion for surfboard riding and a love of music have been Caroline's sanity savers. On the music front, not only has she performed at seven Tamworth Country music festivals, but she has also gained a reputation as a talented songwriter composing music for three ABC country albums.