14. Milk a cow by hand – Golden Ridge Animal Farm

14. Milk a cow by hand – Golden Ridge Animal Farm

Sydney is blessed with many different activities suitable to do with kids on the weekend or school holidays. Golden Ridge Animal Farm is a family operated business in the leafy suburb of Duralumin. We drove out to visit one Sunday convinced that it would be the place to finally milk a cow. And that is …

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Botany Bay: Build a sandcastle at the beach with a moat

Botany Bay: Build a sandcastle at the beach with a moat

I’m told that you can’t go to the beach without building a sandcastle. Obviously we have been doing it all wrong because we missed that memo on previous trips and have only just thought about purchasing some buckets and spades to start including this activity in our beach adventures. Botany Bay is a great day …

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37. See how many different shells we can find at the beach

See how many different shells we can find at the beach

A little confession: I don’t really like the beach. Actually, that’s not completely true. I just don’t like the sand. It gets stuck in all the wrong places and seems to spread. Since having children I have been trying to overcome this dislike as they adore everything about the beach including the sand. With this …

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Walk the labyrinth

78. Walk the labyrinth

In early March 2014 we took a drive out to the annual Arcadia Country Fair which is hosted by the Benedictine Monks. This was not only a chance to acquire some produce and homemade jams but an opportunity to explore the Monastery. We were excited. The fair was fun with pony rides for the kids and …

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Camden Show: Still a Country Show

For the past two years we have packed a day bag and headed off to the Camden Show in early April. Running a few weeks before the Royal Easter Show we find it to be much more relaxing whilst offering many of our favourite show exhibits. Typically we make a bee line for the produce …

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