One would guess that when we conducted the last poll we would eventually do the other activities listed. As it turned out I ended up far to sun burnt after a full day spent surfing, the winds turned onshore and buggered the surf for the day, so we decided to be tourists and went to the aquarium... The National Aquarium of NZ.
Upon entering the museum we were greeted with 2 floors, the arrows on the ground prompted us to go upstairs and poke around. We did and were minorly entertained. The first room was filled with a slim display of dinosaur bones. I've been to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) in Toronto which has a great display of dino bones and my reaction there was it's "ok". That's because I have been to the Royal Terrell Museum in Drumheller. Once you have been spoiled with such a rich collection of artifacts a small room "dedicated" to the self taught paleontologist from Taradale complete with an exact replica of her garden shed (used to store her finds) does not quite cut it. Sorry, you did great work Linda but I've seen better. That said, to everybody in Alberta go to Drumheller and visit the museum, it really is that good.
Moving on... next room, a koi pond. I've seen better waiting in line for a Vietnamese sub.
Next room... This room had a Tsunami interactive screen and a 2 Metre crocodile. But as most of you know I will not post a photo of a crocodile unless it is at least 2.2 Metres in length. Sorry, rules are rules.
From here we went downstairs into the Kiwi bird house. It was dark and hard to see them. I still think that the Kiwi bird is a completely made up tourist grab formed by the NZ government. They say that they are nocturnal, I think they say that just so any photos taken of the "Kiwis" (released chickens with straws taped to there beaks) are blurry and not as easy to decipher.
Moving onto the real stuff, the Aquarium part...
First up was the sea turtle. It took a long time to pry Andi away from this display. I had to admit it was a cute creature, but it was a cute creature in a small habitat. I guess that is common theme at any zoo or zoo like facility.
There was more cool stuff in the Sea Room, like this a Colossal Squid in formaldehyde.
Note - Dion used for scale. The Squid is not as Colossal as one would think but when compared to other, normal sized squid, it is in fact quite large.
From here it was onto the Big Tank. The tank was filled with several types of fish, sharks, rays and crayfish. There were probably more types of marine life, but that is all I am going to report on. The Big Tank had a moving sidewalk through it, similar to the ones you find at the Dallas airport (for some reason I think the ones in Dallas get more use**). Essentially the sidewalk takes you on a trip to through the tank were you get witness a small snippet of the seas moving around you. Really interesting.
Upon entering the museum we were greeted with 2 floors, the arrows on the ground prompted us to go upstairs and poke around. We did and were minorly entertained. The first room was filled with a slim display of dinosaur bones. I've been to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) in Toronto which has a great display of dino bones and my reaction there was it's "ok". That's because I have been to the Royal Terrell Museum in Drumheller. Once you have been spoiled with such a rich collection of artifacts a small room "dedicated" to the self taught paleontologist from Taradale complete with an exact replica of her garden shed (used to store her finds) does not quite cut it. Sorry, you did great work Linda but I've seen better. That said, to everybody in Alberta go to Drumheller and visit the museum, it really is that good.
Moving on... next room, a koi pond. I've seen better waiting in line for a Vietnamese sub.
Next room... This room had a Tsunami interactive screen and a 2 Metre crocodile. But as most of you know I will not post a photo of a crocodile unless it is at least 2.2 Metres in length. Sorry, rules are rules.
From here we went downstairs into the Kiwi bird house. It was dark and hard to see them. I still think that the Kiwi bird is a completely made up tourist grab formed by the NZ government. They say that they are nocturnal, I think they say that just so any photos taken of the "Kiwis" (released chickens with straws taped to there beaks) are blurry and not as easy to decipher.
Moving onto the real stuff, the Aquarium part...
First up was the sea turtle. It took a long time to pry Andi away from this display. I had to admit it was a cute creature, but it was a cute creature in a small habitat. I guess that is common theme at any zoo or zoo like facility.
There was more cool stuff in the Sea Room, like this a Colossal Squid in formaldehyde.
Note - Dion used for scale. The Squid is not as Colossal as one would think but when compared to other, normal sized squid, it is in fact quite large.
From here it was onto the Big Tank. The tank was filled with several types of fish, sharks, rays and crayfish. There were probably more types of marine life, but that is all I am going to report on. The Big Tank had a moving sidewalk through it, similar to the ones you find at the Dallas airport (for some reason I think the ones in Dallas get more use**). Essentially the sidewalk takes you on a trip to through the tank were you get witness a small snippet of the seas moving around you. Really interesting.
That was our adventure through the aquarium.
Oh...and then I fought a shark
He won.
** - So clearly a fat joke.
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