Balmoral Farmyard,Lake Tekapo

02/07/2015

Isolation Bay is a self catered luxury Lodge and wedding venue located on the shores of Lake Tekapo

12/03/2015

Question of the day: which animal best represents you?
looking forward to all your unique answer :)

22/01/2015

Hey everyone hope you have had a wonderful week. The answers to the questions are:
1) what type of creature is a lumpsucker?
Answer: A Fish
2) What is a group of dolphins called?
Answer: Pod
3) what is another name for a mountain lion?
Answer: Puma
4) To which bird family does the jay belong to?
Answer: Crow
5) which cat has no tail?
Answer: Manx

How many did you get correct? were you surprised by any of the answers?

18/01/2015

Hey hope you all had a fantastic weekend, got a few questions for you all you to answer:
1) what type of creature is a lumpsucker?
2) What is a group of dolphins called?
3) what is another name for a mountain lion?
4) To which bird family does the jay belong to?
5) which cat has no tail?

Try and answer all 5 questions but if you only no the answers to a couple of them make sure you put the number of the question you are answering.

Have an awesome sunday evening everybody :)

17/01/2015

Hey everybody hope you are all having a great saturday, here are a few random facts about animals.

1) Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
2) Giraffes have no vocal cords.
3) Dumbledore isn't only the headmaster of hogwarts it's also an old english term for a type of bee.
4) Alektorophobia is a fear of chickens.
5) A group of frogs is called an army.

If you have a random fact please feel free to comment with it.
Have an awesome weekend everyone. :)

03/01/2015

Happy New Year everyone!! I'm Back!! This is the first post of 2015 :) thought this was the perfect post to share with you, all can i hear a collective awwww

Crowds have been lining up to see the new baby gorilla

24/12/2014

On behalf of all the family here at Balmoral Farmyard we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year :)

05/10/2014

Hey everyone hope you all had a fantastic weekend :)
Question of the day: What year did Orana Park open? Bonus question: what was the date?

30/09/2014

Meet Marvin our newest addition to the farmyard family :) only two days old...

30/09/2014

Hey all so the answer to todays question of the day is: A chicken, A chicken is the closest living relative to the T-Rex good job Paddy Gallagher for getting the correct answer. Thanks to all who had a guess :) have a good afternoon :)

30/09/2014

Hello all, another beautiful day here in Lake Tekapo :) Todays question of the day: What animal is the closest living relative to the T-Rex?

29/09/2014

Hey hope you all had a great weekend :) the answer to yesterdays question of the day: Bowhead whales live anywhere between 70 and 100 years but it is known that Bowhead whales can live over 100 years. :) for more information check out the site below
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/cetaceans/bowhead.php