Monday, November 24, 2008

Farm Stay Weekend......


Last weekend we went to a farm stay in a suburb of Port Stephens called Bob's Farm (about a 2 and a half hour drive from our house).  We went up there with Vic, Mars, Kat and Nic and Dee, Adam, Ethan, and Flinn.  It was a blast and a definite highlight of the year!  We stayed at Kookaburra's Cottage.  Scott and Louise are super nice and every day at 5pm, Scott took us around the farm to feed the animals, help him with jobs, etc.  The weather could have been better though.  We had one hot day and one super cold day!

www.kcfarmstay.com.au/index2.html


The gang (with rubber boots provided by Farmer Scott and Louise) is off to feed the ducks.

Eek!  It's heavy.


I want to do it again!!


It's real!

Feeding the cows

Nic with the eggs; the kids collected dozens of fresh eggs every morning.

Milking Daisy and then giving the 'fresh' milk a try!

Milking Daisy

View from the porch.

Tractor ride journey looks harmless.

Cage them animals!


Bumpy, muddy ride!!!  Wooooo hoooooooo!!!


Another celebration of being 40!

The girls watching Wall-E.


The girls



Poor buggers!!



The sheep were first dewormed.  Scott injected white medicine into their mouths via syringe.  Then for the males that were still young, we had to castrate them but putting a rubber band around the scrotum.  Eventually after about 2 weeks, without any blood circulation, the scrotum will fall off!


Poor boy limped away after the deed!

The girls with Bob the black lab

Dirty, dirty, dirty

Flinn is not even 3 yet!!!  He was awesome!

Ethan - age 5, What a PRO!

Margot loving the Quad bike!
BBQ Breakkie


Eww Margot has been slimed by the cow's long thick black tongue!


Heaps of baby chicks


Dee, Vic and Me









Feeding the calves

Two spitty alpacas






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