WE ARE CLOSING DOWN WE ARE CLOSING DOWN WE ARE CLOSING DOWN
I am devastated to announce that
After more than 40 years Golden Ridge Animal Farm at Dural is closing down.
You will still have a few weeks to visit us for the very last time and to use your gift vouchers
Thank you for all of your support over the years and we hope you can come to see us one last time.
The GOOD NEWS is that OUR MOBILE FARMYARD will still be operating as per normal
There will be a page on our website for more information
date yet to be confirmed
Alisa and the farm family.
CLICK THE CLOSING DOWN FARM VISIT PAGE ABOVE TO FIND OUT MORE
Educational Visits
We are so very thankful to the schools that have visited us yearly for the past 40 years. We have LOVED seeing the amazing teachers and all the smiling and super excited children every visit.
We would really like to say the BIGGEST HEART FELT THANK YOU.
We pride ourselves on being the oldest operating educational farm in Sydney. We have loved educating and sharing our farm stories and animals with you all. It is extremely sad that we have had to close our Dural farm. It is out of our control.
HOWEVER, it is not all bad news,
We are still operating as a mobile farm and we will still be able to share our animals, all our knowledge and amazing staff with you all.
On a positive note booking an Incursion saves you on organising buses!
Although you won't get to hear......that EWWWW this farm smells again!!
If you have booked for next year 2026 like a lot of our regulars have,
We will be in touch, you can change the booking to an incursion or you can cancel we will leave it up to you.
Thank you again.
Alisa and the whole team
Activity One
More Information?
Please contact us so we can help you plan your visit to our farm. Please ensure you fill out as much detail as possible when using the form
When you arrive you'll head down to the picnic area for little lunch, and off to the toilet if necessary.
The farmer will then take everyone into the barn and give a talk involving the farm rules, farm dogs and an educational talk about the smaller animals lisited below this includes what they are, what they eat, the proper names and how to hold them.
Activity Two
After the talk we then put the children in small circles and each child will get to hold each animal.
• Chicks
• Ducklings
• Rabbits
Activity Three
We then take the children around the farm to see and talk about all the bigger animals and feed the sheep and goats with bread, pellets or chaff.
Activity Four
The walk finishes in the dairy where we sit everyone down and talk about the cow, What we get from milk and why the cow has milk.
When the children have all had their go at milking the cow they go to the toilets to wash their hands.
Lunch Break
Children are to bring lunch along with them on the day.
We no longer are offering the catered lunch option.
Activity Five
IMPORTANT - This activity can only take place if we have baby animals available - however if animals are limited we may only be able to let 1 or 2 students to have a go.
After lunch we show the kids how we feed the baby lambs and goats (kids). Then each child gets a go at bottle feeding our lambs and kids.
Activity Six
We then have a final discussion with the children and they can ask any questions they have about the farm. We will also ask the children questions about the farm. After the final talk we ensure the kids use the toilets then back on the bus.
(The program can vary depending on the group size)
