Arlington Adventure

I have wanted to go up to the Outback Kangaroo farm in Arlington for a while, and a couple of weeks ago Jamie, Cassie and Leah invited us on a trip up there.  Arlington is a bit of a drive at a little over an hour so we decided to make a day of it with a picnic lunch by the river and a stop for berry picking.

The farm tour is about 40 minutes long and you just turn up at a tour time.  We chose the first tour of the day as we thought it wouldn't be so busy and the animals would be not too grumpy.  I have to say it wasn't the nicest place for animals too live, but the kangaroos seemed very happy and had plenty of space to run around.  Max and Zoe were very impressed with all the animals and loved feeding them.  Their favorite was the tortoise and the big kangaroo.  We even got to feed a lama by putting the feeding nuts in our mouths.  Max thought that was hysterical, but too tickly for Zoe.  Jamie and I did it too, and it was a bit strange.

After that we stopped at Twin Rivers park to wallow in mud.  That wasn't the plan and though I am famous for my all day adventures and general couldn't care less attitude to dirt, it was messy even by my standards.  I felt bad for Jamie as she was wearing a skirt and flip flops, but the upside was that we were both prepared with a full change of clothes for everyone and it was a fun lunch spot.

We then headed back to Biringer farm to pick strawberries.  We have improved at this since our last attempt 2 years ago.  The kids were expert pickers and we soon filled our flats.  We added Tye berries (yum) raspberries(even yummier) and shortcake at the checkout.

Of course no hot summer adventure is complete without ice cream so we popped over the road to Fosters farm for a treat before we headed home.  It was a super fun day, made better by sharing it with super fun friends:)