Yesterday, despite feeling particularly grim, I took my son to Irene Country Lodge.  This is where I plan to have the Tweetup for my belated birthday celebrations.  Joshua loves going there.  He loves the scones, there is an old wagon to play on and he can run around on the ample grass and feed the geese.

There were 4 geese that we found particularly entertaining.  They “played” with Joshua – chasing him to get the bread he had in his hand.  I was very impressed, they are quite gentle when they take the bread and they were not aggressive at all, just interested in the bread.

I usually buy a loaf of bread the day before and then take it with us.  He gets so much joy out of feeding the fish and the geese.  There are monster sized catfish in the dam and when you start tossing bread into the water for the geese they come up to the surface as well.  It is most entertaining to watch the geese and the fish fight over the pieces of bread.  Joshua was in fits of laughter the whole time.

We’ll normally have our scones and tea first.  Some geese will come to the table if they think you may have food for them.  After we’ve finished we’ll start to feed the fish and geese.  We always go for a walk around the dam, and the geese and swans follow us around.  His “revenge” for them chasing him was to stand on the bench and make the geese stretch up onto almost tip toes to get the bread.  This worked until the swan got out the water.  I’ve never realised just how long their neck really is.

It was a lovely morning and we had a great time.