🇦🇺 AEA Australia | Health Care
📅 Itinerary
🛫 Day 1–2: Travel to Australia
- Depart for Sydney (time zone shift means arrival on Day 3)
🛬 Day 3: Arrival in Sydney
- Morning arrival
- Walking tour: Sydney Harbor & Opera House
- Welcome dinner
🏥 Day 4: Sydney Healthcare Visits
- Nursing College visit
- University of Technology health site tour
🧑🤝🧑 Day 5: Aboriginal Health
- Discussions on healthcare & the Lost Generation
- Free afternoon for independent exploration
✈️ Day 6: Sydney → Melbourne
- Domestic flight to Melbourne
- City walking tour
🚑 Day 7: Melbourne Healthcare
- Ambulance awareness education
- Hospital tour
🌊 Day 8: Great Ocean Road Adventure
- Full-day excursion
- Stops at Bells Beach, Great Ocean Walk, 12 Apostles
- Visit retired nurse’s home
🦘 Day 9: Grampians National Park
- Kangaroo & wallaby encounters
- Rural hospital visit with local doctors
- BBQ under the stars & wildlife night walk
🚜 Day 10: Rural Healthcare Focus
- Farm visit to learn about past practices
- Meet a midwife
- Visit alternative care providers, child health experts & a local pharmacy
🌅 Day 11: Grampians → Melbourne
- Sunrise walk with options: cycling, hiking, kayaking
- Return to Melbourne by private bus
- Visit Melbourne University Medical Department
- Meet doctor of professional Australian Football League team
- Farewell dinner
🛫 Day 12: Departure
- Free time (optional visit to Old Melbourne Gaol)
- Airport transfer & return flight
📦 Program Includes
- 🏨 7 nights in 2–3 star hotels + 2 nights in park lodge
- 🍳 Breakfast + 7 dinners
- 🚌 Private AC mini bus transfers
- 🧑🏫 English-speaking guide throughout
- 🎟️ All entrance fees & excursions
- 🦘 Kangaroo & wallaby encounters + 🌌 Wildlife night walk
🌍 Overview
The AEA Australia 🇦🇺 Health Care Program blends academic learning with cultural immersion. Students gain firsthand knowledge of urban and rural healthcare in Australia, explore Aboriginal health challenges, and engage with medical professionals while experiencing iconic destinations like the Great Ocean Road, Grampians National Park, and Melbourne.