Australia Blog #1
Orientation Week: Adelaide, SA
Jan. 7‐10, 2014
Chelsey Bilan & Meagan Ryhorchuk
Australia 2014 Group
Left to Right: Brandi Nicolas, Taylor Melnyk, Chelsey Bilan, Meagan Ryhorchuk, Katelyn Perry, Jordan Hodgins, and our honorary nursling Olivia [Hill] Reardon (she was our tour guide )
Goodbye Canada, Hello Paradise
Esplanade – Cairns, Australia
Merry Christmas from Cairns
Beaches, beaches, and more beaches!
Jellies – be careful some of them sting!
Agnes Waters Beach ‐
Queensland
Gold Coast
Surfers Paradise – View from Skypoint Observation Deck at the Q1
Gold Coast
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary – Gold Coast
Welcome to Sydney, Australia
Aboriginals In Sydney
Aboriginal dancers at Currumbin
Sydney, Australia Sydney Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Byron Bay, Australia Most Eastern Point of Mainland Australia
Katelyn, Chelsey & Jordan Light House Our new home in Adelaide for the next week!
Glenelg Beach Jetty
Glenelg Beach Hostel
Welcome To Glenelg Beach Hostel
Tony! ! He co‐owns the Glenelg Beach Hostel with his best mate Holly (she was gone before we could get a photo of her!  ). Our Favorite Coffee Shop!
Breakky: Fresh Corn Salsa! 2 poached eggs, avocado, spinach, corn salsa and homemade whole meal bread 
Chai Tea Latte = YUM Welcome to Flinders University!
Flinders Campus
University Logo
Orientation Day 1
Walking the Flinders Uni Campus
Nursing and Midwifery Office
Orientation Day 2
Adelaide Tram!
Adelaide Central Market
“Breakky Time ” Breakfast at the Adelaide Central Market
Met Pauline and Olivia Scavenger Hunt of Downtown Adelaide!
(Windshield Survey)
“The 3 Little Pigs” – Rundle Mall
Garbage piggy
The Scavenger Hunt Continues…
South Australian Museum
Beware of the redback spider…
And continues…
Adelaide war memorial
Katelyn, Taylor, Jordan & Olivia
And continues…
Adelaide Parliament House
Parliament House on South Terrace
And Continues…
Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) Hospital, downtown Adelaide
Emergency Services
Paramedics
Ambulances
Finally! The end of the scavenger hunt!
River Torrens
Adelaide Oval
Flinders University
School of Nursing and Midwifery
We had a clinical skills lab day and got to experience the life of an Australian Nursing Student. With the help of our SIM man, Simon Jones, and instructor, Pauline Hill, we learned the hospital lingo and how it differs from Canadian hospital lingo. We also learned and practiced some basic procedures to use in our clinical settings for the following weeks. Simulation Learning is Fun
Sim Mummy
Working hard at a drsg change
Sim Lab
The drsg tray is different!
The crew w/ SIMon Jones.
Sim Lab Cont’d More SIM fun
Words of wisdom
A very bright woman once said…
Day 4 of Orientation Week
Site Seeing South Australian Countryside
McLaren Vale Wine Region
Pretty View
Sipping, Sampling, Slurring
Kay Brothers Winery
Grapes from Chapel Hill Winery
Wine time!
Chelsey & Annette and @ Chapel Hill
Giant Wine Bottle!
Relaxing at Port Noarlunga Beach
Soakin’ up the Summa Sun
Goodbye Adelaide!
Premier Bus Line – Adelaide Too Many Bags… Welcome to the Riverlands
Berri, SA
Berri Scenic Lookout point
Crazy heat wave References
McLaren Vale Grape. (2010). Wine and tourism: The Vale. Retrieved from http://www.mclarenvale.info/
Skypoint. (2014). Facts and history. Retrieved from http://www.skypoint.com.au/Observation‐Deck/Facts‐and‐
History.aspx
Wikipedia. (2013a). Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currumbin_Wildlife_Sanctuary
Wikipedia. (2014). The Great Barrier Reef. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef