Winter Days Out
MINI FARMS AND PETTING ZOOS Where your child can experience farm animals around Brisbane
If your child can’t wait for The Ekka to hold a fluffy chick, feed a bottle to a lamb or play with a tiny piglet, there are lots of wonderful venues near Brisbane for kids to experience farm animals all year round. From local places to drop in for free, to dairy farm tours in the greater Brisbane area, make a day trip of it and visit some of these great places near you.
ECOPARK FISHING WORLD & FARM STAY - Luscombe 40 minutes south of Brisbane, EcoPark Fishing World offers a range of opportunities for kids to interact with fish and fauna, from fishing experiences to wildlife and farm animal encounters. Visitors can also enjoy mini golf, paddle boats, and off-road buggy tours. A range of farm animals and both native and exotic birds, including the likes of pigs, alpacas, goats, ducks, macaws and peacocks, reside in and circulate in the farm park.
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TREVENA GLEN FARM – Mount Samson
NAUGHTY LITTLE KIDS – Peak Crossing
Located about 40 minutes out of the Brisbane CBD, Trevena Glen Farm is a real working farm where visitors can get hands-on with grooming donkeys and ponies, feeding and moving livestock, digging vegetables, collecting eggs, and cuddling guinea pigs and rabbits. Definitely one of our favourite haunts! Select a tour duration of 1-3 hours to suit you.
If you are looking for a fun activity for kids and an outing the whole family can enjoy, then look no further that Naughty Little Kids, just 50 minutes south-west of Brisbane. They run farm tours every Sunday between 1pm and 5pm. On one of the Naughty Little Kids tours you will get to pat and feed their cheeky little goat kids, milk a goat by hand, have ricotta made in front of you, learn all about goats, and sample goatmilk gelato.
THE LLAMA FARM - Ipswich The Llama Farm has the largest herd of Llamas in Queensland as well as donkeys, goats, miniature ponies, peacocks, turkeys, guinea fowl, and two maremmas. Tours are available on weekends and school holidays by appointment, and visitors can take a llama for a guided walk! The Llama Fam also runs a Little Llama Farmers school holiday program.
Your Local Families Magazine June / July 2021 www.familiesmagazine.com.au