Our Kelly Tarltons' Trip: November 2014

And off we go.

Joanne and Liam

Francis, Erin and Mathilda

Debbie and Marshall 

Karen and Ellie

And all the rest...


Are we there yet?

Going through the revolving tunnel was a challenge for some...

Others seemed to walk along easily enough-once they worked out that the floor was not revolving!

First stop was the penguin section. We could have watched them forever...

What did you like about Kelly Tartons 
Jiahe:  "The swimming penguin!"
Darcy: "The nemo fish"

                                           

We could see the penguins both in the water and on the snow.

What did you like about our trip to Kelly Tarltons Olli? 
"Penguins, laying eggs"

What did you enjoy about the trip to Kelly Tarltons Nicholas?
"Penguins-moving through water.."

Before we stopped for morning tea, a shark had some of us for tea!

What did you enjoy about the trip to Kelly Tarltons Cameo?
"It was fun. Stingrays and seahorses. I don't like sharks. I like sharks that are like statues...."

Now it was time for some morning tea around the stingray tank.

What was your favourite part of our visit to Kelly Tarltons Ethan?
"Finding the treasure boxes- and the moving belt" 

What was your favourite part of the trip to Kelly Tarltons Lucia?
"The jelly fish-'cos they were all blind. The penguins laying their eggs"

The stingray was having his morning tea as well. There was some discussion about what a stingray might eat.

Milly and Acacia paid a visit to the starfish, kina and crayfish tank. 

There seemed to be something to amuse and interest everybody...

 Nicholas and Ryan tug at the suction pads to show how strong an octopus' suckers can be...

Rixon exploring....
What did you enjoy about your day at Kelly Tarltons Rixon?
"We saw a man feeding the penguins"

Liam checks out a real shark tooth and jaw bone...

                                               ...as do Ella and Marissa.

What did you find interesting at Kelly Tarlton's Marissa? 
"Shark. Teeth!"
And you Ella?
"The seahorses. They change colour.But sharks are dangerous!"

 John and Liam are aboard the snowmobile. Good job driving John!

 Bardia and Juani on the ramp

What did you see at Kelly Tarltons Bardia?
"Penguins, fish!"

What did you enjoy about your visit to Kelly Tarltons Juani?
"I like when I saw the seahorse. I like the dangerous fish which were eating other fish"

Look at the beautiful Jelly fish!

What was your favourite part of our visit to Kelly Tarltons Naomi?
"Penguins, the yellow ones"

What did you like about Kelly Tarton's Ellie?

"Going through the swirly whirly ice tunnel, but I been there before"

                         Solomon and Sef look at the large interactive screens. This is not a real Hammerhead shark but it was exciting to be so close up to the image. Ethan and Zane sit on a turtle-not real of course but an indication of the size they can grow to...




Now it was time to go on the conveyor belt. We saw so many different species of fish: sharks, stingrays, eels,puffer fish....we could see their undersides as they swam over the tunnel.Don't look now but Ellie and Neka are right underneath a shark!

What did you enjoy about the trip to Kelly Tarltons Boston?
"The sharks-the mouth-the teeth!"

What did you like about your visit to Kelly Tarltons Declan?
"Penguins-their walk"

Next stop was the seahorse area.

What was your favourite part of the visit to Kelly Tarltons Logan?

"Sharks! Mouth.."

                                     
                                     Acacia found the lighting quite magical.

We discovered some unconventional species of seahorse

As well as seahorses as we know them...

Toby and Oscar taking it all in..

What did you like about Kelly Tarltons Toby?
"Penguins.......Seahorses."
And you Oscar?
"The sharks." (And the moving conveyor belt)

 Eva and Grace

 Ellie discovers a pufferfish while Jiahe and Maya find a Dory and a Lionfish

What did you like at Kelly Tarltons Maya?

"I like the purple one and the tiny one"

And you Darcy?

"I liked the nemo fish"

The  lobsters were very active- we were fascinated by how they chased each other around the tank.

                                             John getting a very close up look...
What did you enjoy about our trip to Kelly Tarltons John?
"Sharks. They diving on the water."

                                                         And Marshall too....

                                             Solomon checking out the treasure hunt pamphlet. Anything                                                 here to tick off the list?

Milly and Acacia having a good look at the antics...

We took some time out to think about what we had seen and to draw our favourite creatures.                                                    

Mathilda and Erin in deep thought. 

What did you like about Kelly Tarltons Julius?
"The train". 
No surprises there....

                                               Ollie, Suvi, Acacia, Katherine and Milly

Zane was impressed with the stingray and the octopus. We noticed that a lot of children depicted the idea of an enclosed space for their creature. 

Our time at Kelly Tarltons went by so quickly and when we had seen everything there was to see, it was time to find our bus and head back to kindergarten.

What a great trip. So worth it. Love to go back again.....

What was your favourite thing at Kelly Tarltons Molly? 

"The mermaid (in the shop), dancing, driving"

Posted by Chrissy