barrandgirl: City Meets Country

It was the day the city came to the country. We invited our playgroup up for a day on the farm and gave the kids a chance to do what city kids may never do...play with fire, ride bikes on gravel, sit in a trailer towed by a tractor (no seatbelts), cook damper on a campfire and splash in a stream. It was fabulous. We loved it, they loved it and maybe it will become an annual event. The weather was a glorious Perth winter's day and there were no reports of marshmallow tongue burning. About 35 adults and almost the same number of kids.

Survivor meets MasterChef...all the raw ingredients were provided and each family fended for themselves. Snaggers, damper, jacket potatoes, eggs, bacon, marshmallows and baked bananas stuffed with chocolate and marshmallows.

Farmer John cranked up the tractor and did laps down to the stream.

Adult supervision by a Dr and a Lawyer - all bases covered in terms of liability.

Angus has recently been advised that a Photographer is a career option that pays money. He's really interested in that and likes taking snaps.

After the city folk left the farm us locals had our own private tractor ride and splash. Dad taught me how to drive the thing so that if he needs to go into aged care in the next year, we can still pull off the Farm Day in 2014.