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Esperance doctor


strong, cool, southerly wind which blows through Kalgoorlie late in the evening on hot summer nights: Strewth it's hot. Can't wait for the Esperance doctor to turn up! Compare Albany doctor, Fremantle doctor.

Contributor's comments: The evening wind that comes to the Goldfields in summer. We used to hear it coming through the bush at Norseman and say, "Here comes the Esperance Doctor". Sometimes just "the doctor".