Evening all, Thought I should update my journal as I am getting a bit behind with it this week. Last time we spoke I was just about to go away for the weekend to Lake Taupo. Taupo is righ tin the middle of the North Island and has the countries largest lake (616sq km, 185m deep) famous for its monster trout! It was formed around 1800 years ago when the Taupo volcano erupted 24 cb km of rock, debris and ash and covered the North island in a thick layer of pum...

Afternoon all, Another busy day in ED with more good cases (Swollen joints, abdo pain.....etc). Also flooding under control in flat, thank goodness!! This was just a quick note as I need to go and book a rental car for the weekend. A few of us are going to Lake Taupo which is in the middle of the North Island to do a few adventure type things!! EEEK! And that is after we've driven 4 hours there!! We're going to celebrate my 26th :( in style!! Probably a...

Hello All, I haven't written in my journal for a few days so I thought I would fill you in into what's been going on. Last time I wrote to you was Saturday. Sunday, we went to watch a rugby match between the Wellington Lions play Tasman. We went to the WestPac stadium which is build on reclaimed land several mile out of the town centre. We met a season ticket holder in the queue who sold us 3 $50 tickets for $10 each and in a much better location than the $2...

I didn't go into the department on Friday as I was going off wandering, which they were cool about. So I flicked through my lonely planet guide of NZ to find something I could do. Rik was at a loose end too so I thought we would go and visit the red rocks coastal walk which trace the south coast shoreline to Sinclair head, about 10km from the city centre. The rocks are well preserved volcanic lava formed about 200 million years ago by underwater volcanic eruption...

It's 1.30am on Friday evening when I am writing this journal entry because I can't sleep. The last few days have seen a good mix between the work hard, play hard culture the Kiwi's employ. Yesterday when I went to work I felt a little reluctant about going as the day before had felt like I was ignored so much and was not given the time to try to explain the things I would like to do during my placement. However I had a good afternoon looking around the city...