Today was our second day in Perth, on our school trip. The weather on the farm was a little breezy. We didn't go out of the farm today as all of the activities were held on the farm.
For breakfast, we had hash-browns, scrambled eggs, roasted tomatoes and fish fingers. They were all very delicious.After breakfast, the manager's wife conducted a treasure hunt activity for us. Firstly, the 30 of us were split into two groups. Each group had a leader and the leader decided on the name of the group. My group was called shabalabadingdong group, isn't it hilarious!
The first activity was to stack up balloons to the height of the dining chair. Besides meeting the height of the chair, the stack of balloons also had to stand up or balance on its own! Our group used four balloons for our base, then we stacked four or five balloons on top of the base, matching the height of the chair.
The next activity was that each team had to find 10 different leaves and 5 different types of fruit all around the farm. We all scurried off to look for the objects listed. When we had found all the 10 different leaves and 5 fruits, everyone rushed back to the dining area to report to the manager who was conducting that activity.
The third activity held was a tricky one. Each group had to hold a roll of toilet paper around their group like in a circle shape and slowly move around the chairs that were randomly placed around the room. On some of the chairs, there was an item on it, like a sauce bottle or a water bottle, and someone in the group had to collect and hold them in their hands. If any part of the toilet roll were to tear or break, the entire group was to start from the beginning point.
Our next task was to make something like nest with all the objects outside so that when an egg falls onto it, the egg will not crack. It was very easy. We just took twigs for the nest's base and a few bunches of grass for the bedding. When the egg was dropped from a height, the egg didn't crack!
This was the final activity. For this activity, each group was given a piece of paper. On the paper, there were 18 pictures of different locations on the farm. Our task was to use one of your group member's camera to take pictures of the same photo as shown on the paper. This was the hardest activity among all of them. Although we started second, our team came in first.
After lunch,it was time for the sheep shearing demo. The sheep shearer also had a shepherd dog. The dog had puppies and they were so adorable! They didn't bite when I pet them, and their fur was so soft. I love dogs.
Right after the sheep shearing demo, we made our way to the winery. The manager showed us the grape vineyard. The vineyard had a very large area. There were different types of grapes. Since it wasn't the grape season, there weren't much grapes growing. After that, the manager brought us into the winery shed. He showed us the different machines used to process the wine, like the juicing and peeling. It was really interesting.
That was a very tiring day and I got really hungry. There was spaghetti, vegetarian noodles and salad. I enjoyed dinner a lot.
The next activity was the most exciting. We had a campfire! It was fun. We sang campfire songs around the campfire. The best part of the campfire was roasting the marshmallows. They were crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It had a great texture, soft and crunchy. While roasting the marshmallows, our hands and arms got really hot as the fire was very strong.
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