The Lori landing has an exceptional design and obviously needs to be visited. It is a building that serves as a walk-through exhibit with only a single purpose, to get people into physical contact with the Australian bird species that are kept in this rather large building - a large colony of rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) and scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus). According the Avifauna website these lorikeets share their house with blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) and masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), who apparently fraternize less with the public. The birds may fly freely in the Australian habitat with palm trees, artificial red rock face and termite mounds. Visitors can buy little cups of nectar to feed and attract the colourful and loud birds. How loud they are you can here when playing the video.

Neither the lorikeets, honeyeater and lapwing are endangered species - all are Least Concern according the IUCN Red List classification. This means that with the Lori Landing a large area is being dedicated for entertainment purpose only, with little or no conservation value. Of course it isn't easy to provide information about the necessity of nature conservation when the conservation status of the animals on display is Least Concern. Nevertheless, when making such a great effort to build a beautiful walk-through aviary it is a loss not to use the close encounter experience as a moment to tell an important story about Australian habitat destruction for instance.

Personally, I am not in favour of visitors having physical contact with zoo animals. But research has shown that such contact - the physical touch - can create a better memory and experience. So, it would be a great enhancement if this would contribute to people's awareness about the current threats to biodiversity and ecosystems.