Grandpa Ted (my Dad) and Grandma Anne have come to visit us from Melbourne. They’re only here for a couple of days so we’re making the most of the time we have with them. Today Jaxon and I took them to Killarney, or Queen Mary Fall’s.
There are two huge water fall’s there. The one shown here is the smaller of the two. We didn’t go to the other because it’s a great big walk (5 kilometer’s) down a big hill and then a great big hike up huge rock steps carved in to the hill side. I went alone a few years ago and it’s a killer, carrying a baby is just not an option.
There is a great little cafe and caravan park at the fall’s. We had lunch there and then fed the birds. These birds watched everyone coming in and going out of the cafe through the windows. They knew the people who had and hadn’t bought bird seed to feed them and left anyone who had ignored the bird seed alone.
We happened to be the first to get the bird seed for the day and they swarmed at us the minute we walked out the door. They land all over you and are quite scary when they fly in to land on your head. Hence, we do not have photo’s of Jaxon with the birdies…because the birdies are scary!
A bird on my head would totally freak me out!! How cool though and beautiful too! Just watch out for talons and poop!
Amazingly there was not a single bit of poo on any of us, and they don’t have talon’s like the birds of prey. They’re more like a budgie. Just bigger.
lovely! i remember being in places like this in australia and the birds swarming all over you. FUN!!! Jaxon is so stinking cute!!!
what gorgeous birds. what a pretty place in general. great pics
Boo you look good with a bird on your head! Who knew?
What a fun day. The water fall is beautiful. I’ve done the bird thing a couple times, I don’t mind them when they are sitting on me, but when they are buzzing and fluttering about it freaks me out.
love the birds!