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- Jill Dyson,
- Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
- Click on the link to read Jill's latest blog post. Jill has been running FoodPath in the Southern Highlands of NSW with her partner Nick since April 2010. They have grown the business to a level where they now include a range of activities including tours, workshops and collaboration with others (cooking schools, wineries, etc). During the past 10 years Jill and Nick have got to know the local producers and continue to promote and support these local small businesses. They have organised and run many food related activities including taste education workshops and producer visits. It was after they organised a successful tour for a group of chefs from some of the best restaurants in Sydney that they realised they could turn their interest into a business - and this led to the setting up of FoodPath - Culinary Tours with a Difference. Now Jill and Nick are working closely with Southern Highlands Tourism and Wingecarribee Council to help raise the profile of their area as a food destination where everyone will benefit - tourists, local consumers and the producers themselves.
Showing posts with label baby goats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby goats. Show all posts
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Today was a great FoodPath Day Tour despite the weather. We were so lucky that it didn't really start to rain until lunchtime. The rest of the day we were under cover so it didn't really matter.
Our group was made up of people from Balmain, New Zealand and the Southern Highlands. A mother and adult daughter were part of the group. We often have family groups getting out of Sydney and doing something together which is a lovely idea, don't you agree?
The baby Boer goats at our first farm have grown a lot but were still very cute.
Our group was made up of people from Balmain, New Zealand and the Southern Highlands. A mother and adult daughter were part of the group. We often have family groups getting out of Sydney and doing something together which is a lovely idea, don't you agree?
The baby Boer goats at our first farm have grown a lot but were still very cute.
We also saw the geese, bees, heard about the truffle trees, Learnt how to make a good compost heap, grow vegies and even build a chook pen out of recycled materials!
Alan is a mine of information and his place is a great example of sustainable living!
Since out last visit Alan had built a new green house - complete with potted vegies growing very happily.
We were treated to a taste of Alan's fresh produce too - nice and crunchy and full of flavour.
On to the Burrawang Village Hotel for lunch and the rain came down. However it was cosy inside and we spent a very pleasant time there with the group. The food was yummy!
After lunch we visited the dairy at Mayberry Farm and, as always, everyone found it very interesting. One member of the group had childhood memories of life on the farm and having a glass of fresh milk was very nostalgic for her.
Finally we drove to Small Cow Farm nearby where Mark told us about cheese making and we tasted many of their cheeses - all delicious.
Some we tasted were the Small Cow fetta (which won a gold award at the Royal Easter Show this year), a gourmet fetta marinated in oil, a beautiful ripe brie, a cheddar, a cooked gruyere style cheese called their Mountain Cheeses and finally the famous Small Cow Blue. Mark said they are working on a new creamy blue cheese which should be available soon. We are looking forward to that.
Every time we run one of these Day Tours I am reminded of why we decided to do there food tours - they really are interesting and fun. We always enjoy ourselves too!
We had some enthusiastic feedback from the group today. They said they would come on other tours with us and would tell their friends - that's what we like to hear!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Well our second Family Farm Tour was great fun too. Same itinerary as on 8 Jan but with the added treat of seeing the 9 tiny baby goats at one of the farms. Very cute and lots of photos taken by adults and children!
Our picnic lunch was very pleasant sitting under the trees by the lake at Eling Forest winery.
We had a birthday girl along on this trip who had chosen to come as a birthday treat. Mark at Eling Forest dressed up one of his delicious little cakes as a b'day cake which was kind.
We had a large group of little children this time (aged 3 - 6yrs) so at the free range egg farm we divided into two groups - the adults and older children in one group and the little ones in another.
Warryn's pasta demonstration was popular. This is a good way to use surplus eggs. It is only made of eggs and flour, nothing else. What child doesn't eat pasta these days - so good for them to see how it is made. They were fascinated! Each family was given a sample of pasta to take home, cut to their choice - tagliatelle, fettucine etc.
Collecting eggs rated highly too and the children learnt a lot about where their eggs come from. We even saw a hen actually lay an egg this time, which was a first! The children painted faces on some hard boiled eggs and took them home to eat.
At the dairy this time we got very close to the cows who were anxiously waiting to be milked. Craig showed us the milking apparatus and we got to feel the suction that is used to actually milk the cows. The children loved that and it caused much hilarity!
Feeding the calves was popular again especially with the bigger children (and some of the adults)!
Thanks to all our kind producers who let us visit their farms! These school holiday family farm tours have been such a success that we will repeat them next holidays. Let us know if you want to go on a waiting list?
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| The birthday girl holding a baby goat! |
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| Cute little baby Boer goats! |
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| Lunch under the trees at beautiful Eling Forest |
We had a large group of little children this time (aged 3 - 6yrs) so at the free range egg farm we divided into two groups - the adults and older children in one group and the little ones in another.
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| Inquisitive kids! |
Collecting eggs rated highly too and the children learnt a lot about where their eggs come from. We even saw a hen actually lay an egg this time, which was a first! The children painted faces on some hard boiled eggs and took them home to eat.
At the dairy this time we got very close to the cows who were anxiously waiting to be milked. Craig showed us the milking apparatus and we got to feel the suction that is used to actually milk the cows. The children loved that and it caused much hilarity!
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| Eva and Sam feeling the suction on the milking machine |
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| Zoe helping to feed the calf |
Thanks to all our kind producers who let us visit their farms! These school holiday family farm tours have been such a success that we will repeat them next holidays. Let us know if you want to go on a waiting list?
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