Our first experience of NZ rain - and boy can it rain! It didn't stop us though!!
We visited the Kiwi Bird Sanctuary and saw (you guessed it) Kiwis!!!!
Adam got mugged by a kakariki (native parakeet) as part of a great bird show. Then we got to see the Tuatara close up (lizardy type thing. Very scaley!!) and the highlight - seeing kiwis.
We all
Wanted one to take home - particularly the 3 week old chick who ran about very cutely for us! The adult pair were performing a "courtship ritual" so the keeper told us. It involved the male chasing after the female in a very comical way and prodding her hopefully with his beak. All the adults were giggling!!!
After that we ducked out of the rain to play indoor crazy golf. Great fun and after alot of cheating from all 3 of us I won and the kids drew for second!!!
We have taken advantage of an early bird menu and a good kids menu at a posh steakhouse and are having an early dinner to save an extra trip up and down the hill to the motel.
We have an early start tomorrow, so being back at the hotel for a normal time bedtime is no bad thing!!!