Today we visited the Agrodome. The first activity was the Sheep show.  As we sat down we were impressed to see lots of cute sheep lined up in a corral beside our seats, we just had to go over and say hello. They were very friendly and soft to touch.  A definite favourite was the Merino even with those big horns.

 

 

Our host, Karl told us that we would meet all the breeds of sheep, see how to shear a sheep, milk a cow and see the working dogs. Jennifer really liked the working dogs.  Karl set them off to run over the top of all the sheep while the sheep stood ever so still.  For the finale the dogs just sat on top of the sheep.  Of course, James was infatuated by the sheep  and after his fix of patting all the sheep on stage at the end of the show he found some stuffed lambs and sheep and became friends with them as well.

 

 

We set off to find the Tractors for our tour around the farm. We drove past the shearing sheds and our first stop was to see the South African Ostrich, which run very fast – 64kmper hour.

We stopped in the Orchard to look at the Kiwi Fruit vines. Our tour guide told us of the health benefits of Olive tree leaves so Mummy and Daddy had a munch on one, they were bitter. We went inside and were allowed to taste the Kiwi Fruit Juice with aloe vera, it is green just like the fruit. Mummy, Daddy and James loved it. Our young James thought it was great, what a treat and had about 4 little cups – “more juice peese” he would say. Jennifer didn’t want to taste the juice while Mummy and Daddy obliged the Kiwi Wine as well but both thought the juice was nicer.

 

 

 

 

We stopped to feed the sheep and Alpaca. We all loved to feed them and feel their soft coats. We then stopped to feed the Bambi and red deer and more sheep, but this time they were white sheep. Jennifer’s favourite animals of the day were the Bambi deer they were so cute and she took a video of them.

 

 

 

 

Our last stop was to see the Angus Beef and Scottish Highland cows. We recognised these ones as we had seen the Scottish cows before at Kingaroy. The Angus Beef cows were huge and one was called Big Mac.

In the gift shop Jennifer chose a working dog for her holiday present and named her Tiny. She is cute, soft and promised to look after her very well.

We ate our picnic lunch outside in the picnic area next to the Tractors. We had to scrub our shoes in the wash bay, they were very dirty.

We visited the nursery and saw all the baby lambs and ducks. As always James loved seeing the lambs.

James enjoyed the visit so much that he waved goodbye, blew kisses and our man of many actions said “Bye” for the first time.

Our trip home was also exciting as we saw the biggest diggers and bull dozers we have ever seen – James was very impressed and called out “Dig Dig” with great excitement.

 

We have the best little holiday home and have loved having a back yard to fly our kites, play ball and run when ever we wanted to.  Tonight we decided to eat dinner in our back yard.