{"id":216893470,"date":"2011-10-15T20:01:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T07:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893470"},"modified":"2011-10-16T20:29:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T07:29:56","slug":"a-day-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893470","title":{"rendered":"A Day Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had a great day out with Wendy, Maisie and her friend Alice today. \u00a0We saw a few things at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandmuseum.com\/\">Auckland Museum<\/a>, checked out the view from the top of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teara.govt.nz\/en\/tamaki-tribes\/1\/3\">Maungawhau<\/a> and had afternoon tea in Mount Eden before heading home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0224.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_0224.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0224\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the Aqua exhibition, Maisie tries fetching water as many kids her age have to do daily around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0238.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_0238.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0238\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An exquisite 17th century Italian carving in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandmuseum.com\/?t=303\">Mackelvie Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"IMG_0246.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_0246.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0246\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What all the trendy surfers were wearing in 1925.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"IMG_0221.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_0221.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0221\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Webb Ellis Trophy and an old mug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px initial initial;\" title=\"IMG_0223.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_0223.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0223\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Successive RWC captains holding the trophy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_0247.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_0247.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG 0247\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Eden Park, the venue for this weekend&#8217;s semi-finals and next weekend&#8217;s final of the RWC 2011\u00a0&#8211; from Maungawhau.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery of the afternoon was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandmuseum.com\/107\/library-resources\">Museum Library<\/a>, tucked away on the second floor. \u00a0The library&#8217;s catalogue is available online contains all sorts, from the letters of aviatrix <a href=\"http:\/\/muse.aucklandmuseum.com\/databases\/LibraryCatalogue\/M%203.detail?Ordinal=8&amp;c_keyword_search=jean+batten\">Jean Batten<\/a> to a 1778 account of James Cook&#8217;s South Seas journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had a great day out with Wendy, Maisie and her friend Alice today. \u00a0We saw a few things at Auckland Museum, checked out the view from the top of Maungawhau and had afternoon tea in Mount Eden before heading home. 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