chesterfield farm

school holidays' here again. it is the spring break and the kids have 2 weeks away from school to chill out. we decided to do something fun for them on saturday since weekdays are bad for me. we shortlisted a few places where we can take the kids out for a bit of fun; and after speaking with them, we narrow it down to the melbourne zoo or a farm visit. we decided on the latter since they enjoyed their last farm visit in adelaide.

chesterfield farm is actually not too far away from where we lived. it is located in scoresby and is about 15mins drive from where we live. it sits on an expansive 58 hectares of land. there are many facilities there including picnic areas where visitors can bring their picnic basket and spend a leisurely late morning or early afternoon just soaking in the wonderful spring sunshine. of course, things wouldn't be complete without bbq pits. you can find that too at chesterfield farm!

we arrived at 10am and being the first day of school holiday, there are a decent numbers of visitors already. the demographics are all too similar, young families with young kids in tow.

the animal playpen is the favourite place for all as they get to play & cuddle with lambs, rabbits and goats. in fact, that's where she spent most of her time. we stayed for the animal show too where fagan bravely milked a cow. there was also an interesting demonstration showing how a sheep dog herd and guard sheeps from the vast enclosed field.

we stayed till the weather turned gloomy in the early afternoon and decided to called it a day and return to our familiar urban domain.
we rounded up our trip with a `yum cha' session at knox city. (interestingly, it is my first `yum cha' since i got here)