It was time to go and take Gucio and Emil to the post office, so we all lugged ourselves into the car and got ready to go... we also had a few more errands to run as well, so Sara decided to bring us along since it was a nice and sunny day...
Sara lives in an area with a lot of houses that were built in the 1940's, but right down the street from her house is a huge company, as you can see facing the bottom of her street this is a huge parking lot and the company is a well known company called Electrolux. They make fridges and freezers in this one Sara told me... she also told me that this company used to be an ammunition factory during the war...
On the way to the shops we drove down main street, which is called Summer Street... as you can see on one side the buildings all look very old, it's mainly because they are... in the last photo on the right hand side you can see a big white building... that's the main post office... it looks quite big, but in reality it isn't...
...and finally we were at the shops... we had to stay in the car where it was safe but Sara parked and we had a bit of a sleep... finally it was time to get some lunch... so for lunch Sara got a kebab and we all headed to the park...
Welcome to Cook Park... this is the main park in Orange and it's got some interesting sites to see... Sara told us that this is actually where Daniel proposed to her back in December 2004, so it's one of her favourite parks to visit...
Here's a bit of history about the park...
When we first walked into the park Sara showed us something new, it's called Pot Plant Penny, she seemed quite nice so we all posed for a photo with him... and here's a bit of information about her... apparently she's quite new to the park... :-)
...finally, it was time to sit down and eat the food, it's quite big isn't it? Well, it's yummy anyways!
...shortly after eating we had a visitor come and check out our food, apparently she wanted some... Sara fed her some of the bread off of the kebab and the magpie flew away... Sara says this is the time of year where it's very common to be swooped by magpies, there not much bigger than a crow but they're very territorial, especially when they have eggs, or hatchlings... no swooping happened to us today thankfully...
After we were finished eating we all headed onto explore the rest of the park, the park has a lot of different types of trees and flowers, these flowers were particularly pretty so Sara had to get a photo of them... aren't they pretty mum? I guess it means Spring is coming, how strange is that? It should be going into Autumn!...
As I said before this park has a lot of things to see and do, and it's quite a big land area for how small the town is (40,000 or so people)... first we stopped at the fountain, it's actually quite a pretty fountain, but sadly the sun was behind some trees so you can't see it so well, but were sitting on the side of it... it was quite cold in the shade...
Next we went to the band stand, this apparently has been here quite a while, since 1908... they have bands play in this area from time to time, especially during the Summertime...
Then the next thing was the most exciting for me... we got to visit a HUGE aviary... it's split up into three different parts, medium sized birds, large birds and small birds...
The medium sized portion is the part closest to me, it's got cockatiels, diamond doves, princess parrots, budgies, and a whole bunch of other medium sized parrots and birds... all the birds in these aviaries are all Australia native birds... Sara could get a photo of only one bird in the medium sized part, a diamond dove... the other birds must have been sleeping!...
Here's a bit of information about the birds seen in the medium sized section of the aviary...
The second part of the aviary, had a few more birds visible... some of them even talk... one of them kept asking for a biscuit (cookie)... how funny is that? Sara got a few more photos in this part... which includes (in order) a normal and quite common cockatoo, a pink cockatoo, and a crimson rosella... they're all quite pretty and colorful aren't they?
Here's some information about the birds in this part of the aviary...
...and last but not least the area with the smaller birds like the finches and quails (Sara's favourite part)... these guys are MUCH harder to find as they're so much smaller... but Sara found two star finches, one's a yellow faced star finch and ones a red faced, Sara owns both types in her aviary at home... Sara also has some zebra finches, diamond doves (seen from earlier), spice finches, button quails (king quails), and some gouldian finches...
...and here's a bit of information about the smaller variety of birds in this part of the aviary...
...and last but not least we all got to visit one of the two big duck ponds that they have in the park... there's lots of ducks there and we sat down and they all came up to us... sadly we didn't have any bread to feed them but aren't they still so cute?
...here I am with the ducks...
...well it was time to move on, we had a few more errands to run and then it was time to go home and get some rest... we were all quite tired, it had been a big day... still more to see of Orange though, just not something to do in one day... last stop before home, Aldi... we had to get a few more groceries...
We waited in the car again, but it wasn't so bad, there was so much to see... so many people... and finally it was time to head home...
This is the street right near where Sara lives, lots of trucks, and trains go past this area, Orange is a big area of transport as we are located right between Sydney and Dubbo so we get a lot of stuff going between them... :-) Well I'll write again soon!