Sunday, 19 April 2015

Melbourne D2 -- Farm Stay

Ready for breakfast.. everything at a slow and leisurely pace


The eggs I cooked.. before I had the chance to take a photo of it

Joined the tour again..

Explored the playground while waiting for the other children to finish their pony ride
The 3 of them discussing how to go down this obstacle course

Not too difficult after all!

Even the playground is different and blend so well with the nature

Tractor ride at the playground

Fun.. Fun.. Fun at the playground!!!
I am really glad to expose the boys to such a different lifestyle.. I must say the playground back home are all about the same

Another go at feeding the ducks

This time got to catch and carry the duck!

Brandon is not a fan of hens.. he does not like the smell of the chicken coop
But with the owner, he was not given a choice.. he was made to carry one..
It was not too bad after all

The 2 brothers who are so different from each other..
Brian caught the hens with a breeze, one after another

Learning how to put the hen to sleep....

and Brian did it!!

The baby sheep is Brandon's favourite.. and he has been talking about it since he came back
As for Brian.. I think he belongs to the farm..

Only one adult is entitled to feeding the bull....
And look at that expression!!!

With one day of experience, Brandon volunteered to brief the audience about the little animals

A different experience at the same place

Still enjoying themselves!!!

The boys and their "pets"

Falling in love with little animals..

Back to milking the cow again.. waiting for our turn

The lady owner of the farm.. Mrs Laurie
Yesterday it was their Dg who brought us ard

:)

The butter made from the milk

The owners volunteered to drive us to the supermarket while she ran some errands

The farm house we stayed in

We are gonna miss this path from the farm house...

Visiting the rooster which woke us up in the morning

Conducting the tour by ourselves.. revisiting all the different stops

Lots of time to take photos and enjoy the view

Charming

Last visit and we spent quite some time here...
Gonna miss the little baby sheep, the many sheeps and one ugly but very cute sheep

Getting ready the ingredients for dinner



Chilling out while waiting for dinner to be ready

Chilling out without computers and the internet
No emails, no you tube... Great detox!

The very yummy dinner.. somehow the indo mee we bought from the supermarket tasted super yummy

The first instant noodle meal -- Indomee.. and definitely not the last for the trip

Melbourne D1 -- Farm Stay

Complimentary limousine transport from airport to the farm

In time to join the tour of the farm.
First stop: Pony ride

Brian's turn at the pony ride

2nd stop: milking the cow

Everyone having a turn at milking the cow

3rd stop: time with the small animals!

Duckling

Guinea pig

Rabbit

Endless fun with the little animals!

Keeping the animals and helping out at the farm
Next Stop: feeding the horse from the big stack of hay

Getting themselves very busy in the farm
and I find the horse very charming...


Off in the tractor for more work!

This one is not very enthusiastic about farm work


But it was fun feeding the sheeps and goats!

All the attention he needed

The hungry sheeps and our little Brian

Amused by geese...

Trying to feed the lonely deer

End of work...

Feeding the ducks

At the vegetable farm where we will get our food for the next few days

Chasing the hens!!!

And I caught it!!

Colouring their certificate... they really earned it!!!

Finally checked in to our farm house

One of the rooms which we rarely use

The room which we all squeezed into

Their favourite double decker bed.. that comes with the little kangaroo

Our dinner for the first day
Ordered enough to last for the whole stay as there was no food around except for the vegetables and the eggs which we had to pick ourselves

Enjoying themselves at the backyard while Daddy and I enjoyed our long dinner while looking at them from within..

A slow stroll ard the farm after our long dinner

Still in the mood to work

managed to take a pic with the limousine that drove us to the farm!

picking up food for our breakfast tmr..

More for our breakfast

That marks the end of the long day at the Animal Land Children's Farm

Brian insisted on putting in the eggs in water to check if there are chicks inside
Apparently he was told that if it floats, it means there is a chick inside and he has to place in back in the chicken coop
This is a totally different experience for the boys.. back to basic.. away from the city..
Totally relaxing and refreshing!!

We are off to Melbourne!

Toys to occupy his time while waiting at the airport

Card games at the waiting area

And we are finally on the plane!

Goodbye Singapore!