  well well well thanks Al for the strong hello, it was so strong I felt it all the way over here in Fremantle, like a wind blowing up me particulars!
News report then...... last week was cool, went up to Ningaloo reef up north in the old faithful hire car (all 2 days of driving) saw lots of dead kangaroos in the road that had interfaced with trucks and the like, with disasterous results. We didn't hit any though. The reef was awesome, a little place called coral bay, with a beach called Paradise Beach.....yeah!!
did some snorkeling and saw some fish and a ray, said hi Ray and swallowed lots of water. Why does the sea air make stuff smell so bad? I think its the salt...fuller flavour. Anyway caught some sun too, they just have wet and dry seasons up there in the tropics so it was boiling (ie dry season). Started int hospital yesterday and it sucked - we had to get up at 6.45 to get there for 9, and our supervisor wasnt even there so we just milled about and took a couple of histories and had a long lunch etc.
Today we had to be in at 8.30 for a teachin session on spider, snake, fish and jellyfish stings etc which was funny (the docs are all quality chaps and chapesses). Due to unacceptable time of waking we have moved out of Heidis and into a hostel near the hospital for the week, prob go back at weekends etc. Today not much going on in hosp so we played with tropicamide drops and then walked round town in the sun - we both have raging headaches now so may go and sleep in a dark room for a bit then go back to work....maybe!
Winter MY ARSE!! Catch y'all on the flip side, going tat shopping now...... 
