Day twenty! Another busy day in the clinic today - I left Alice with Dr Hope at 6.50 this morning and effectively haven't stopped since! It seems that amazingly the patients only continued to arrive for an hour after official closing time today, so fingers crossed for a quiet evening! I think it means that there will be lots of call outs for the people on call tonight though; I am covering women's business (the local term for all problems remotely related to an...

Day Eighteen (I think!) Back in Alice for the weekend; the clinic were very keen for me to stay and be on call, but I needed to escape! Five 12+hour days a week is enough for me! Am back in Alice where I can expose my shoulders and work on my tan (oh, so fickle!).... am debating hiring a car for the day and heading out to the desert park; should be good fun and the weather is lovely (if very very hot!), otherwise I might work on my laziness and lie by the pool ...

Day Sixteen Hello again from Santa Teresa, where it is still 37degrees despite being 8pm! Am thinking of you all in the snow, and think I have a definate "grass is greener" mentality.... Just finished work in the clinic (another 12hour day!) and off for a quick wonder around the community for a bit of fresh air, and then a night in with the new series of gray's anatomy on tv..... Have seen an interesting mix of patients in the last couple of days, wi...

Day fourteen (my birthday!) Thanks everyone for the lovely messages :) Sorry I'm not around as an excuse for a party! Santa Teresa is very warm and sunny - I don't think I've been anywhere this hot for my birthday since the day I was born!!! The doctor is in the clinic for a couple of days this week, which is great - it means I'm gettins some good teaching as well as the medical experience.Yesterday was manically busy and I worked a 13 hour day without a brea...

Day Eleven Back in Alice for the weekend - managed to hitch a lift with the odd-job man from the clinic, and will head back tomorrow afternoon ready for my first full week! Friday in the clinic was not nearly as busy as Thursday; there was a big funeral in the community, so most of the residents were there. Today Pip, Ruella and I headed up Anzac Hill to see the view of Alice; awesome, but it rained!! It was almost refreshing though.... and at least it got r...