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OK, I know - I haven't been blogging regularly (read, at all) for the last couple of weeks. so now i'm gonna try and remember everything that's happened for all of that time. hope you're in a reading mood... Christmas was spent at the esther honey veterinary clinic with two scottish vet student girls (Alice & Catherine) who were doing a similar placement for their course. there were other people there too, a vet from belgium (sophie) and a recent high school graduate from Melb (Lucy) and a bunch of animals. it was a bit of a makeshift christmas lunch - not really the traditional meal you would expect at home, but it was awesome anyway. The week between christmas and new years was spent at the hospital - i was on a surgical rotation for ... read more

Hell all, Just a new entry to say I have upload some new photos to our gallery. Enjoy. Ben... read more

Hello all and merry christmas. Well I'm back from our wild adventures in the cook islands. Therese has filled you in on the particulars of our journey. I'm just here to tell u that we now have photos in our gallery for your veiwing pleasure. There are also more to come. Have fun Ben... read more

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas/Boxing day with lots of joy (alcohol induced or otherwise), and good times with family and friends. It's still christmas eve here, and my cabin mates adn i are going to church - they have 3 choirs performing and one of our cabin mates went last year and said that its enough to lift the roof. can't wait!! I've started my elective experience, and it's quite good. there's another med student from Melbourne, whos really keen and seems to be studying an awful lot for his holiday.... I'm doing a 2 week surgery stint first up and it's very hard because OH&S isn't really a priority here, primarily because of the cost i think, so facemasks aren't compulsory in theatre (unless you're scrubbed), there are only 3 ... read more

Howdy peeps, We got back for the most beautiful place on earth this morning, to something that also resembles a paradise, (life is certainly tuff). Aitutaki is just superb, it's gorgeous beyond description, the lagoon is this amazing aqua/turqoise colour that is unimaginable and it's so bright that it turns the undersides of the clouds a blue/green colour too. amazing!!. we spent 4 days in this paradise.... Day 1 involved hiring a scooter and touring the island, taking lots of snaps and meeting come of the locals. they're so friendly, they'll stop what they're doing if they see you coming and give you a big wave and call out 'hello' or 'kia orana'. they make you feel so welcome, its fantastic. It's not a very big main island, but it sure is pretty. tons of little ... read more

Howdy doody peeps Lots of news - Yesterday Ben adn I took the best cruise to the south east corner of hte island to a place called Muri Beach. We went in a little boat with plaited coconut leaves for a roof and skirted through the coral to get to an awesome marine reserve where they have tons of fish, giant clams and they have a little demonstration black pearl net/contraption. It was absolutely fantastic and we snorkled for about 40 minutes and then the guy went under the boat (glass bottom) and fed the fish - Got some great snaps. After snorkling and working up an apetite we went to a little isolated tropical island for lunch prepared by the Cook Island hosts. We had potato salad and coleslaw (not very cook island) and pawpaw ... read more

Hey There Everybody We have arrived in paradise. A very hot and humid paradise, but it's fantastic!. Our flights were good, given that we spent as much time waiting in airports as in the air. Flight time total was about 7 hours and we arrived just after midnight on Saturday morning to 26 degrees. since then i've done nothing but sweat - ben keeps laughing at me dripping like some kind of leaky tap - it's quite disgusting, but i'll get used to it - or that's what everyone reckons. the last two days have been in the 30s temp wise and the 80-90% humidity. it dops a bit when the sun goes down, so with the fan on it's not too bad for sleeping, but when that sun gets up, it's hot and sticky and ... read more

I know you'll all be excited to hear it's only days till we travel!!! Are you as excited as me - probably not, but anyway....... read more

Hey everyone, This is my very exciting first blog (well first blog anyway). I'll be using the wonders of the WWW and this awesome site to keep everyone posted on my excellent o/s adventures. I've decided to start this now, partly to see how the whole thing works and partly cause I'm finding ways of taking study procrastination to all new heights. Departure date is the 9th December, and exam dates are for the week before that (eewww), so I'm still in Canberra at the mo, preparing for travel - I have to have needles next week - I don't wanna. You can subscribe to my blog (just send $9.99 to Therese.....), nah, kidding, which means that you'll be updated with an email everytime I post an entry - which'll probably have lots of cool piccies ... read more