Liana... I am currently doing the Bachelor of Nursing and like you I have no intention of becoming a nurse, I don't have any desire to work with sick people (although i highly rate people who do) but the only reason that I suggested the nursing as a second preference is because Midwifery is reaaaaaly popular and there aren't many places available so unless you get an extremely high entrance score you might not get a place.
I finished school 10 years ago (I'm 29) and I had to sit the STAT test (entrance exam) to get into uni. High school scores aren't considered unless they are from the year you are applying. I was only going to put Midwifery as my choice of subject but when I spoke the the head of Midwifery at the Uni before I applied she suggested I also put nursing as a second preference and if I complete that I can then do a 1 year Midwifery course. That means that all going to plan I will have a Nursing Degree and a Midwifery Degree and may have a better chance at getting a job over someone who only has midwifery (and better pay rate as I would have more qualifications). I really would have preferred to just do midwifery but I don't really have any other choice, If i want to do it this is the only way.

I don't have many contact hours at Uni at all. I am doing it part time and contact hours are only 8 per week. The lectures aren't compulsory and lots of students don't go to them and still do really well. I choose to go to all the lectures as I dont want to do a half assed job and get slack. The tutorials and practicals are the only classes that are strictly compulsory and they only make up 4 hours each week. As Kelly mentioned the roster is all over the place, last semester on Wednesdays I had a 5 hour break in between classes and since i live over an hour away it dosen't reallly make sense to go home in the breaks, but it is handy for getting lots of homework done. Luckily I have a helpful husband and my two younger kids love going to daycare and the two older kids love going to after school care and since I just love having a couple of days a week being kid-free it really works out well for my family.