This week has been a mixture of medicine, culture, sight-seeing, socializing and lots of eating; everything anyone could ever want out of a rural medical cultural exchange. My clinical timetable this week was a mixture of Emergency Department, time in theatre and one and a half days spent at the GEGAC (gee-jack, a.k.a. Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative) and then I spent Friday with the students in their tutorials. › Continue reading…

I almost didn’t make it to Sale on the train. I thought I was doing so well navigating the local transport until I missed my bus. After 3 hours in the train, I got off expecting to transfer to another train. I waited and waited. I thought the next train was to depart at 4.15pm. At 4.20 I realised there was no train and I was meant to have taken the bus. Lucky for me, there were too many passengers traveling to Sale and they had to call a taxi that the railway line was paying for. This worked in my favour, as I had missed that bus, and the next one was 4 hours away. › Continue reading…

It’s been a whirlwind, not-quite-over-yet, first week in Kalgoorlie. I arrived on Saturday night, expecting that I would have a day to check out what the town had to offer. Little did I know that in Australia, everything is shut down on Sunday, so I was forced to appreciate some buildings from outside instead. › Continue reading…

After a jam-packed, whirlwind four days in Melbourne city, seeing the sights, drinking lots of coffees, exploring the multiple hidden lane-way bars and catching up with old friends and family, I was well ready for a retreat back to rural life. › Continue reading…

The last three months of my life have been an absolute whirlwind of adventure. When organizing my elective I wanted to choose placements that would expand my medical knowledge and improve my clinical skills, but most of all challenge me. The Falkland Islands and Nepal fulfilled those requirements perfectly. › Continue reading…