Where to start....
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
From the beginning? But where to begin... Enough procrastination - that's exactly why this page hasn't been updated for the last month. So here i am: back from my holidays and there is much to tell, not to mention the photo updates to come :-)
Last month i passed my exams. Yay. I also happened to be in Mt Gambier for the second time and surprisingly all my plans for the trip actually made it to fruition. A rare event for me.
I went wine tasting (again). Wines were good.Spent too much money. (Try: Majella's "The Musician" Cabernet Shiraz 2004 [$17] - bargain in my humble opinion). Louie joined me for my last week and we sampled some of the best pizza in Australia, saw the 'new' Harry Potter (yes i know old news but i have a lot of catching up to do) and made it to Ewens Ponds, which was even better than expected. Crystal clear water, bubbling natural springs, reed gardens, curious fish and huge yabbies. It was bloody cold though. Sadly we also discovered that a trip to Piccannine Ponds requires a permit and that permits don't get issued on the weekend so we looked at the pond from the surface, which kinda misses the point. But i guess that means i'll just have to come back! As for the clinic, placement was brilliant. The first practice that i've been too where i really felt comfortable. And it makes life so much more fun. Hoping to go back this year (with dive gear in tow :-)
So that takes to me to mid December. Back in Melbourne, the blues came back. Amazing how a week at the distinctly less helpful University clinic can undo all the revitalised spirits in the world *sigh* We were on surgery and the highlight of the week was probably the end. Stupidly quiet in the clinic (a situation not made any easier by the fact that we ended up with 3 more students on rotation than expected) but i guess in the run-up to Xmas day people have more to spend their money on than animals... Interestingly though, i got to follow a surgical case referrred from the clinic in Mt Gambier - good to follow a case though to completion for once as it can get a bit frustrating only getting very brief snippets of a case due to the our short(ish) placements.
And that takes us to the beginning of my actual holiday...
Don't touch that dial.