RACP Congress Auckland

Cathy was the Lead Fellow for the Paediatric program at the RACP congress in Auckland this year. It involved lots of teleconferences and chasing up speakers but she was delighted with the final program. A bonus was seeing some of the young trainees she'd mentored through 6 years of paediatrics actually graduate at the College Ceremony.

Before the meeting began, Cathy enjoyed catching up with Anna Murphy, a paediatrician who has moved back to NZ after a few years of training in Australia.

Afterwards, it was time to relax with a long weekend in Waiheke. David booked us into a tent! Well a yurt is basically a tent but I think you'll agree it was pretty luxurious. Mr and Mrs B made our stay very special.

Touches like this platter and the sumptuous breakfasts made us want to stay much longer.

Waiheke itself was a cute little island but not quite as deserted as we'd expected. We explored local wineries, looked out over beautiful bays (or were they "coves" or "inlets"?) and did some walking with only a little bit of shopping.