Quest Launceston
16 Patterson Street Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia
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Snow! reaching the most southern point by car!
... across the harbour. We saw some bronze sculptures of seals, penguins and other things as well as the anti-whaling ship used by Greenpeace which is currently in harbour. We passed a police boat and finally reached the starting line and warm up area for the run. Mark Webber was walking and talking to lots of people, they had a person doing a warm up with the competitors before the race started and a mascot Tasmanian devil which the kids all liked. It was then time for the run to begin ...
The curse of a writer
... and disappears. Now, whatever my appearance may have done to **** this guy off, the opposite effect must have occurred with the other two, since they remained in the room, packing their bags, for a further hour and a half, to no ill effect. I put it to the back of my mind. When eventually we were all downstairs, with gear, and had polished off the remains of our food, we loaded up and got to the bus stop. The bus was spacious and empty, allowing me to stretch ...
Hello, person I've never met before - High Five!!
... Purple - Bomb threats, and, just like in the medical dramas, Code Blue: Cardiac arrest.
Each code can be ordered simply by dialling the new "222" number - 25% more efficient than our archaic "2222" system back in the NHS.
Afterwards I got the full tour of the hospital's key areas - including, importantly, where it was possible to score a free lunch at the weekly grand round. I was introduced (well in advance) to some of the general medicine team who I will ...
Like so many horror movies rolled into one...
... big hill (yes, lucky us - we have 2 separate steep hills to choose from whenever we want to get back to our rooms!) and back home for the night. At only 7PM it was becoming increasingly hard for any of us to stay awake. In an attempt to stay awake a little longer, Hannah introduced us to How I Met Your Mother, or as we're now calling it, "Himm-Yimm". I think I must have dreamt the events of the first episode, as having thought that it was hilarious ...
@ the hospital
... parecia bem animado para uma sala de espera.
- A consulta. Foi breve. Raio-x e, a clássica medicação quando não há mais nada a dizer: Repouso. Foi o que foi receitado. O repouso. Não vem em comprimidos mas em doses industriais de inércia, rotina e sono.



