More rain today...
It looked like it was going to stop for a while around 10:00 am so we hurried over to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve to try and catch the break in weather. No such luck. It rained almost the entire time we were there, but most of it was a very light drizzle that you almost didn't notice. The nice thing about going in the rain though was we basically had the entire park to ourselves.
We got much better pictures than the last time we were here because I remembered my camera. Yeah!!!
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| It was raining pretty good as we entered the wildlife reserve. There is an aquaduct looking thing behind him that was just pouring water. |
Anyone want a Wallaby? Also, has anyone noticed how much colder my mom looks than everyone else (sweatshirt + jacket)? Hahaha
Lunch time!!! We decided to buy some animal food this time, and boy did it pay off. Some of the best/funniest moments of the day came from feeding the animals.
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| You can't read the sign under my Dad's arm, but it basically says that it's breeding season and the male swan will bite you if you get to close. So of course rather than feeding the swans through the feeder on the left, Dad tried to feed them directly and got bit. Hahaha! |
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| Once we fed these cute little duck chicks (two different families of them), they followed us around begging for more. Just like Ike :) |
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| Me & Brian working on feeding some barnyard animals |
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| Brian and Dad had so much fun feeding these goofy looking pigs. FYI, you will see this breed in the Hobbit! |
After we were done with the barnyard animals, we started hearing this crazy screeching from behind the trees. It continued for about 10 minutes and just got louder and louder. Finally Brian found a little path we could cut through to see where the noise was coming from and it turned out to be some primates! Mom caught a little of it on video before her battery ran out. Enjoy the sound!
We went into the Kiwi bird enclosure and saw three of the four that were on display. It's a nocturnal type of enclosure so we couldn't take pictures, but they were so cute digging around looking for food. We also checked out some of the other New Zealand animals such as the Kea and eels below.
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| I think this guy has had enough of the rain... |
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| This guy wanted some food! |
The rain basically got worse through the afternoon, so we just hung out at the house, did a little laundry and got packed for tomorrow. Saturday evening, we went to our good friends Aaron & Silvia Downes home for dinner. They made some great Kiwi food for my parents and we had a fantastic evening of food and conversation. What a great day!!!
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