Farmyard fun.

This weekend there is a farming/agriculture expo on at the CTICC called "Country 2 Town", it sounded like fun so we went through this afternoon and had a look around.


The exhibitors included anything to do with farming so there was a wide range - my children were most interested in the animals! There were a lot of them:

Many different kinds of sheep and goats,

as well as alpaca's.

Cows and bulls.

A horse and her 7 week old foal.

The 3 little pigs!!

Birds of many kinds.

(the ones in the top left hand corner are emu's - they lay black eggs)

And even bees and honey.

There was sheep shearing every hour! And we got to learn a bit about wool and see some spinning too.

The children were allowed to milk a cow - but not a real one! They had these wooden cows with a "bucket udder" attached underneath filled with milk. They loved this - and they were rewarded with a box of fresh milk for all their hard work!

And this cheerful cow didn't seem to mind all the tugging!!

After some browsing they got to do what they'd been wanting to do since we arrived - hold baby animals!

Can you just see Abigail's delight? She is just like my sister when it comes to animals!

They also had wonderful fresh produce displays: The "Table Mountain" below (bottom right) is made out of lettuce!!

And tractors too!

Niave was in her element!

Besides the animal-orientated stalls there were many food stalls and we discovered that we really like goats milk Gouda - really creamy and delicious.

As you can see there was a lot to see and do, so what do you think the highlight of the afternoon was for my children? Well it had to do with these 2 cows. They are being milked with a portable milking machine, this held great fascination for them but not so much as the moment the black and white cow lifted her tail and did an enormous poo!

You'd never have thought a cow-pat could be so exciting!!!