A Day at the Monte Bird Gardens

1 May 2013 marked Dakota and myself's 22 months and 1 day anniversary.
I have not been for many years and Dakota has never been, so we decided to try something a little different.
It really was a fun day, very chilled and relaxed environment, and most important lots of laughs (the funniest was Dakota being swarmed by 3 lorikeets).

Not only were there birds to look at and feed, but there was also fish, frogs, snakes, lizards, mongoose, meerkats, tortoises and lemurs to look at and learn about.

The bird flight show was amazing, I will never forget the little black crow who looked after his environment by picking up cans and throwing them in the bin.

For lunch we decided to try somewhere different as well, so we went to Col'cacchio's. Besides the interesting pizza's (a meatball pizza, and a pizza with butternut, chili and pumpkin seeds - It was way too hot for me!!!) we also had mocktails (cocktails with no alcohol) and I quite enjoyed the fresh minty taste of our chosen drinks.

Days like today remind me how amazing nature is, and something so simple as birds can bring so much joy and entertainment.
I think we will definitely go back sometime soon, perhaps with my parents, who border on bird fanatics.

All I can say is thank you Dakota for an amazing day :)

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