1/16/2015

Today was my first day working in Cann River as a physiotherapist. Cann river is a 5.5 hour drive outside Melbourne so I took all of my supplies with me to work in the nursing home in Thursday. Most of the staff laughed at me. I went straight from work to the train where I met Damien who had picked us up Grill'd. We picked up our rental car which is a cute little Toyota Yarris and got on the road. We stopped for dinner in Sale. There was a great Indian place called The Curry Cottage. Great food but I think they stayed open just for us so it was a little slow. 

We arrived at the Cann River bush nursing center just after 1am. I got up early to be ready for my first patient at 9am. Today I treated from 9-3pm and then spent a bit finishing notes. I really enjoyed it and I think I got along with most of the patients as well. After I finished Damien and I went to the beach. He thought he found a nice short cut. It was a 40km dirt road...(Damien stands by his claim)

We did make it to bemm river and the beach. We stopped at the only store(the tackle and bait shop) and got ice cream. Then we drove to what we thought was the beach... It was a 200m hike through a field to the river. So we hopped back into the car and went the right way, past some kangaroos to our own private beach. It was empty as far as we could see. We walked 4-5km down the beach only seeing one fisherman, and then 2 more on the way back. It was lovely. 

I was pretty hungry by the time we got back to the car but everywhere was closed so we went back to the accommodation for 2 nectarines. So excited for breakfast tomorrow! 

Up early tomorrow for a market :)