Our second day together was jam-packed with activities around our suburb - we started the day at Zealandia, a former bird sanctuary and now an "eco-attraction", right here in Karori. We walked around for a couple of hours, had morning tea in the cafe, and then enjoyed the indoor exhibit before heading home for lunch.
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| Inside these boxes the girls could see how various birds made nests and what they looked like. |
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| Pulling these pipes up and down mimicked birdsong. |
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| The Tuatara - a reptile specific to New Zealand that has been around since the time of the dinosaurs. |
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| I made muffins to tide us over until morning tea and sure enough Ellie asked for hers about five minutes into our walk. |
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| Looking for the birds pictured on the fence. |
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| Feeding the baby ducklings what was left of our muffins. |
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| Standing on the dam - doesn't look as high as it was! |
After our lunch at home we took a short drive down to the southwest coast to Makara Beach. It's always windy at Makara and the rocky beach is rugged and feels a million miles away from civilization. The girls and Big Daddy skipped stones before we headed inside for milkshakes and coffee - Mimi was cold or we might have walked the Makara trail. Next time!
Inside the cafe, without the wind, it was as warm as a sauna. There was a funny story of Ellie and a shell - well, it wasn't really funny, but Mimi thought it was. I'll save Ellie the embarrassment of elaborating here but suffice it to say there was a very tall-tale involved.
After our stint out at Makara we all went home and freshened up for the adults to have an evening out at one of Wellington's best restaurants to celebrate Big Daddy's 70th birthday. We went to Ambeli and enjoyed an amazing meal but unfortunately mom and I both forgot our cameras because we both went out without purses. So, this was taken with my phone and is completely fuzzy but you can at least get the idea. . .
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