Day 82 West End, Brisbane No vertebrate pratical this week as the lecturer is down in Victoria, creating ID keys for bats. Had a MEGA lie-in, despite being woken up by possums fighting on the roof at 4.15 in the morning! Rachel and I met up with a Canadian exchange student called Jen, who moved out from homestay to a student sharehouse in the west end. the house is AMAZING and i LOVE the West End. Little cafes, open-mic bars, posh restaurants and these little bo...

Day 81 Everton Park, Brisbane In today's clinical microbiology lab, we received our faecal specimens back.... met by a look of horror from the lecturer Mark, as he came over to look at 'brit faeces'. Thankfully, it was not because some scary microbe had grown on my maconkey agar but because my 16 steak technique was looking decidedly dodgy. So dodgy in fact that he joked he would have to revoke my visa so i could stay another semester just to practice this key t...

Day 80 QUT's Garden's Point Campus Got a lift to campus today in Brad's ute...taking the back routes of course lol. Got there eventually though and quickly spent the money saved on my gocard to buy some pic'n'mix from the campus lolly shop (there called sweets argh!). In the molecular biology practical today, we were setting up a southern blot... stacks of tissue paper, card and sticky tape everywhere... like we were back at primary school! Thankfully managed to...

Day 79 Everton Park, Brisbane Tuesday's my most hectic day starting at 6.20... it's mornings like this when a 4 minute shower actually comes in handy, as I'm ready that much quicker! Grabbing the toast from the toaster as I step out of the screen door to catch my bus. This morning however, there was a less succesful fist attempt at toasting, when the bread just randomly snapped in half in my hands... I did nothing, i swear! Darcy, however, said 'some really weir...

Day 78 Everton Park, Brisbane: Brad and Rosemaree - our homestay parents - had warned us of hotter weather today and after melting all day, i thought i understood what they meant about the sticky queensland summer. Of course, i arrived home this evening to be told that the weather forecast lied and today was quite a chilly spring day 'with a nip in the air'!!! They couldn't stop laughing when i said i found it REAAAALLLY HOT. So worried about how hot it's going...