Today we decided to take a trip to Maleny to visit the Botanical gardens and the Bird Aviary.
It was a bit overcast but fined up to a great day.
We went for wander around the gardens while we waited for the Tour of the Bird aviary. The grounds and surrounds are very well maintained and very clean. It is very picturesque with lovely ponds and views down the valley.
The Bird aviary was certainly a highlight. Within the enclosure there are 4 sections of birds. Mostly all of them are native Australian birds that have been given to the park or are there to be looked after after injury.
Most of the birds are very friendly towards visitors and have no issues jumping and climbing all over us. Lizzy got pooped on as well!! She also had some tiny silver beads stolen by the Macaws (cheeky fellows they are).
They mainly have a lot of parrots and macaws. Also some cockatoos, lorikeets and other varieties.
The Macaws were really good at stealing buttons and the top of baseball cap top buttons.
They also love Lizzy's hair band and glasses as in the video!!
After the visit there we went to grab some lunch then headed off to Baroon Pocket Dam for a look see. This is a really nice place were you can fish and participate in water sports and swim in certain areas. Nice to see a full dam somewhere!!
We nearly walked on top of this big goanna who was wandering across the path.
We though we would venture in to Kondalilla Falls to have a sticky beak. Nice area but we found out is was a 2 hour trip to the falls and back and was getting a bit late so we passed on that walk today.
It was really nice to see the views across the valley as we drove around the area today.
Good news called today to say we are all clear to leave and head south again shortly as all our paper work was given the thumbs up. Be off south again in about a week.
It was a bit overcast but fined up to a great day.
We went for wander around the gardens while we waited for the Tour of the Bird aviary. The grounds and surrounds are very well maintained and very clean. It is very picturesque with lovely ponds and views down the valley.
The Bird aviary was certainly a highlight. Within the enclosure there are 4 sections of birds. Mostly all of them are native Australian birds that have been given to the park or are there to be looked after after injury.
Most of the birds are very friendly towards visitors and have no issues jumping and climbing all over us. Lizzy got pooped on as well!! She also had some tiny silver beads stolen by the Macaws (cheeky fellows they are).
They mainly have a lot of parrots and macaws. Also some cockatoos, lorikeets and other varieties.
The Macaws were really good at stealing buttons and the top of baseball cap top buttons.
They also love Lizzy's hair band and glasses as in the video!!
After the visit there we went to grab some lunch then headed off to Baroon Pocket Dam for a look see. This is a really nice place were you can fish and participate in water sports and swim in certain areas. Nice to see a full dam somewhere!!
We nearly walked on top of this big goanna who was wandering across the path.
We though we would venture in to Kondalilla Falls to have a sticky beak. Nice area but we found out is was a 2 hour trip to the falls and back and was getting a bit late so we passed on that walk today.
It was really nice to see the views across the valley as we drove around the area today.
Good news called today to say we are all clear to leave and head south again shortly as all our paper work was given the thumbs up. Be off south again in about a week.
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