Finally!!! The day that I have been looking forward to since the start of semester has arrived!! It's a trip to the dairy farms in North Victoria. This is the main point of doing this course! Cows! Here I comeee!! =D
Rise and shine! Two big brown buses were waiting for us. We departed at 8 in a sunny yet chilling morning. So excited! This post is going to be full with cow photos.
My irritating bus buddy of the day. Sometimes he is so annoying that I feel like pushing him and make him fall flat on to the cow dung. Not only me, Mindee agrees too. =P
Halfway we stopped at a small town to stretch our legs and go for toilet break. At the same time, everyone got their breakfast from this bakery.
The usual countryside scenery.
After 2.5hours, we arrived at the Lang family dairy farm located at a place called Tatura. The minute I stepped out of the bus I was like, omg..... I totally forgotten about the cow shit smell! Swt! But luckily after awhile I got used to it and can't smell it anymore. Lol. Look at the dairy cows!
The weather was amazing for the field trip! Clear blue sky with the smell of the sun plus abit of the winter breeze. When the farmer was talking, the cows kept moo-ing at the same time. So cute! Haha. The farmer is a young man who just graduated from La Trobe last year. Now he's helping his father to manage one of the two farms.
Mindee and Diana enjoying the sunlight.
Glad that we bought gumboots. They came in super handy. When Mindee and I were shopping for gumboots yesterday at Northland, we bumped into a few familiar people who were looking for gumboots for this field trip too. Lol! As there's only one shop selling gumboots, even the lady in the shop said: "
why are there so many people looking for gumboots today?" Haha.
These are Italian ryegrass and clovers. First time ever I like reading about plants. Now I can make the statement clearer: I have zero interest in knowing any plants in the world except for pasture plants.
More cows!! The Lang farms were rated the No. 1 dairy business in Australia and New Zealand last year. O.O! Can compete with the Kiwis!
Tatura town. Nothing much to see except for this fountain. Lol.
After lunch, we took another hour to reach the second farm, the Ault farm which is located at Rochester. Once we arrived, a super excited border collie ran out from the farm at full speed to greet us happily. She came to everyone of us to get the attention. So cute.
And very distracting at the same time too as we just wanted to play with her. Lol. Wish I could see a border collie herding.
The cows were looking at us walking into their territory. So cute!
They've got a patch of hair on top of their head. Lol.
This cow was protecting her calf. The border collie tried to go near them but got scared away by the mother cow. The calf is sooooo cute!!
That's all for the dairy farm trip. It's quite fun. Just that the long journey made it a bit bored and time consuming. Another 2.5 hours journey or a bit more to go back to uni because of peak hour. @@" Can't wait for the next trip!
