An Afternoon at the museum

The maritime museum downtown on the waterfront turned out to be a success, and I would definitely go back again. I was given a tour by an older gentleman from England, who was part of the British Navy and spent some time at port in Halifax as well as various other places up the St. Lawrence. He was very knowledgeable and had a friend (also a museum volunteer) that was familiar with Nova Scotia (he'd be in Pictou! as well as Cape Breton, to study some ship building.) He also is a familiar face at the museum in Waipu (that's the double migration settlement of Nova Scotians. He said I'll be a celebrity when I visit there with my accent!) Also my museum tour guide is a crew member on the Daldy! (That was the steamship I stoked coal on a while back) So we had plenty to talk about. Anyway all in all a good afternoon spent at the museum, and learned lots about the shipping past of New Zealand.

no news is good news.

Not much to update on as of late. I have had a hectic work schedule with days and nights all over the place so haven't had much time to do anything exciting! Soccer is keeping me busy. I found a place that sells good sushi for cheap at the end of the day at the bottom of my street, and joined the library. I have been getting together with some new friends which has been nice. Finally feel like I can do some shopping so I tspent an afternoon in Newmarket (the area of the city with all the nice downtown shops) and found some snowboards for browsing. Tomorrow is a true day off with no major plans so prehaps I will finally take a rainy afternoon tour of the maritime museum downtown. :)

A little trip to Mt. Eden

Things are beginning to feel normal here. I am in a routine/schedule now with work. Back to my regular 3-4 shifts a week, instead of all this 5-6 work days trying to make up enough hours with 8 hour days and 4 hour days. I no longer have a shadow at work either so that makes things nicer! I like being independent, and organizing things according to my priority levels. That was a big hint the nurse educator here gave me. "Don't change your nursing style to fit the others. Be the same nurse you have been, just make small changes in procedure." So I am setting my own timeline for documenting instead of at the end of the day like everyone else. There is no nursing flowchart here to do an assessment with so I am having to learn to cope without the shortcuts I was used to. But all in all I feel better about being a nurse here each day. Even though the small things like no dietary staff to deliver the trays drives me nuts!


On a lighter note here are some photos from an afternoon at Mt. Eden with two other Canadian gals Lisa and Britt.

Mt. Eden is one of many old volcanic cones within the city. Mt Eden or it's Maori name Maungawhau dates back 23000 years! This is the centre dotted with cows! (In most NZ parks and green spaces there are animals roaming freely, cows and sheep usually)

This is looking out toward the Western part of the city. You can see the Waitakere Ranges in the distance (that's toward the beautiful Piha beach, and where I took the photo in the frame a few weeks ago)

MOOOOOOO!

There I am!

The Volcanic crater looking east over Auckland toward the harbour and it's many outlying islands. Mt. Eden is the highest peak within the city of Auckland.

The weather is starting to get chilly now, no more shorts, I learned that lesson yesterday!