Murrumbateman Field Days

October 15, 2010 - Tree Change, Our region

According to the website, “Murrumbateman Field Days is an annual weekend event dedicated to sustainable and best practice small area farming.

It’s a great day out for the whole family – with all the latest farming equipment, machinery and supplies, as well as entertainment, demonstrations and good old-fashioned country fun.”

We love visiting the field days. There is always something we need to buy. This year, the major purchase was a chipper, so we could turn all the vineyard and garden waste into mulch. There was also the usual plants – some apricot and cherry trees, some more blackberries for the restaurant gardens. Its hard to keep the Vineyard Manager and the future winemakers away from all the shiny machines.

The future winemakers love the field days. They like looking at all the animals and this year were very excited to go shopping for some ducks. The chickens were popular too, but we didn't need any more.

They have to learn early to get a good eye for sheep. They will need it in the sale yards when they are older.

Although the alpacas were kind of interesting too.

The best thing is the rural fire brigade BBQ tent. Great Steak sandwiches and sausages on rolls. Its almost impossible to walk past the smell of onions and sausages on the BBQ.