Had another day off today. went to the aquarium. i was going to go 2 rialto towers aswell but my camera died halfway round the aquarium so will charge battery tonight and go another day! I liked the aquarium, some of the stingrays were at least 5 feet in diameter! and was there when they were feeding some of them. in scuba stuff. the one bloke had 2 stingrays sittin on his head. usually there were about the same distribution of fish all the way around the ci...

it is just too cold in here! had a day off today. went to the melbourne gaol and got money off with my student card which i liked. it was really really cold in there too, freezing in fact! took a foto of myself with a mannequin and a man laughed at me! was pleased that i finally found someone to pose with me! i also bought my first souvenir! a little koala holdin an australian flag! then went to brunswick st. is so long that it took at least 20 mins t...

melbourne. not seen much of melbourne, im a 20 min walk from the city i think. from the airport it wasnt that nice, looked more like america than england, roads were huge, 4 lanes each side and they measure speed in Km insted of miles. that confused me 4 a bit im gonna go down 2 theatre at some poin in next few weeks to see laparotomy or somethin. or a few things! anyway, wen u cross the roads, u press the button and it starts clicking slowly until it...

i have now done 2 shifts at the hospital. my mentor is really nice, he bought me a cup of tea yday, and the other nurses ask how i am and one gave me her number cuz im on my own! in england i have neva seen a nurse in a hospital do blood pressure manually, they always do it with a machine, but here they always do it manually, so its a good job i could do it before! only done 2 shifts but its already a habit 2 look 4 a stethoscope instead of a machine when im...

only got a few mins left went to the hospital today, was very nice, could tell i wasnt in the nhs anymore! my mentor alan seems nice and everyone seemed very friendly. the ward isnt actually a ward, its a whole floor with 32 patients. they said i would learn a lot and it sounds like i will get to do a lot, like putting in and taking out tubes! write more wen i have done a shift sarah xx