Hey there!
I am working - LOTS I manage a dental surgery 2 days a week AND i spend most of my weekends doing TUpperware parties. It is hard to get time to study but at the same time, i am loving the course so i make time for it.
I have the girls in child care one day a week which means that on that day (fridays) I finish between 1.30 - 3 so i go home and study for a few hours before i pick the girls up. And I am lucky that on the wednesdays (i start at 3pm) DP takes the day as his RDO and has the girls for the day but I usually leave home about lunch time and go into the library at school to get some more study done.
THe workload is pretty full on and i couldnt imagine doing it with the full time course load (double the subjects I am doing but with only 1 extra day) A big part of our course is lab sessions and also clinical placements, we are doing our first placement in a few weeks which will be great!

With regards to doing Div1 -I am not sure, I am still not sure what area of nursing I want to work in, the Div 2 course has the medications and IV endorsement in it now so that means we can do alot more than just cleaning people and making beds ! THey are employing more and more DIv2 nurses in hospitals - even in ICU these days so I am thinking that I will work a few years - TRY to work out where my heart lies and then perhaps go to uni and specialise... who knows - also Holms Glen tafe is starting a TAfe Div1 course which will be great - should keep the hecs debt to a minimum.

My course has cost me $1500 plus books so far and that will be it for this year - not sure if we have to pay more next year yet....

GOod luck with it all! THis is something that i have been putting off for years and mid year last year I just thought - I have to do it! I figured i would sit the entrance exam and just see if it was meant to be.... So excited to see I got in though!