Today, we woke up at 7am and had breakfast at 7.45am. Afterwards, we headed to the secluded Boshack area to a place called ‘Outback Oasis’, apparently, one of the most water-rich areas in Western Australia.
The journey there took about 2 hours. Over at Outback Oasis, we got to feed the cows, bulls and goats with fresh oranges and hay. After which, we saw how to prepare morning tea with a whoop! Interesting! Not a single drop of tea was wasted when Chrissy, our guide at the Boshack ‘whooped’ the tea!
We also had a chance to learn how to detect and locate water sources and other energy sources such as those emitted by mobile phones by holding 2 metal wires. As we walked towards a water source, the 2 metal wires would start to turn and indicate the direction of the energy source! And if we continued to walk towards source, the two wires will then cross over one another, indicating the more exact location of the energy source and we would thus be able to locate the water source. It was amazing! The guide was telling us about how there is this natural energy in nature which we don’t sense and attune ourselves into, amidst the hustle and bustle of cities, and how being in the embraces of Mother Nature allows us to tune it to ourselves.
After that, we got a chance to play with boomerangs, first identifying the direction in which the wind was blowing, and then throwing the boomerang in the air. We then gathered at an area surrounded by paper trees. There, we tasted honey comb chocolates and macadamia chocolates. Our guides tried to trick the teachers and us by telling us we had to eat some grubs. Our tour guide and Miss Er put a really good show. In the end, the so-called ‘grubs’ turned out to be candies! We also tried blowing into a pipe instrument called a didgeridoo used by the aborigines. After that, we got up a tractor and proceeded to a kangaroo trail which led us to our lunch place where we had scrumptious sausages drenched with ketchup, barbecue sauce and mayonnaise with onions and bread. After lunch, we got to feed an emu and kangaroos with carrots. We then proceeded onto the tractor and went back onto the bus which then got us back to the Orchard Glory Farm.
When we arrived, we were then given time to freshen ourselves up before our next set of activities. At 3.45pm, we left for the farm where we feed some farm animals, witnessed sheep shearing and the wine processing progress. The sheep shearing process was led by a sheep shearer. When he was shearing the sheep, we felt that way he handled the sheep was very rough and he nicked the sheep. The sheep kept bleating to its mate beside it and it sounded so pitiful. We got to see how the shepherd dogs gather the sheep into their cage. We heard the dog sing and played fetch with them. Later on, we proceeded to a winery to learn about the wine-making process, we learnt how the owner, Mr David Cheah, prepared his wine from crushing the grapes, to fermenting it, and finally to bottling it. We then got to experience for ourselves how to bottle wine; it was a rare and interesting experience for all of us. However, we did not get to try the wine as we were underage. Our teachers, though, got to do some wine-tasting and they tasted the 2008 Shiraz and 2009 Shiraz. After that, we had some time to enjoy the scenery and took photos together. Then just prior to dinner, we strolled back to our dorms and had some free time to ourselves.
After an hour of free time, we headed back to the dining room for dinner. We had barbeque food such as sausages and lamb chops, in addition to chicken wings and baked potatos with butter and cheese. The food was most yummy to say the least, but we are starting to miss rice.
The journey there took about 2 hours. Over at Outback Oasis, we got to feed the cows, bulls and goats with fresh oranges and hay. After which, we saw how to prepare morning tea with a whoop! Interesting! Not a single drop of tea was wasted when Chrissy, our guide at the Boshack ‘whooped’ the tea!
We also had a chance to learn how to detect and locate water sources and other energy sources such as those emitted by mobile phones by holding 2 metal wires. As we walked towards a water source, the 2 metal wires would start to turn and indicate the direction of the energy source! And if we continued to walk towards source, the two wires will then cross over one another, indicating the more exact location of the energy source and we would thus be able to locate the water source. It was amazing! The guide was telling us about how there is this natural energy in nature which we don’t sense and attune ourselves into, amidst the hustle and bustle of cities, and how being in the embraces of Mother Nature allows us to tune it to ourselves.
After that, we got a chance to play with boomerangs, first identifying the direction in which the wind was blowing, and then throwing the boomerang in the air. We then gathered at an area surrounded by paper trees. There, we tasted honey comb chocolates and macadamia chocolates. Our guides tried to trick the teachers and us by telling us we had to eat some grubs. Our tour guide and Miss Er put a really good show. In the end, the so-called ‘grubs’ turned out to be candies! We also tried blowing into a pipe instrument called a didgeridoo used by the aborigines. After that, we got up a tractor and proceeded to a kangaroo trail which led us to our lunch place where we had scrumptious sausages drenched with ketchup, barbecue sauce and mayonnaise with onions and bread. After lunch, we got to feed an emu and kangaroos with carrots. We then proceeded onto the tractor and went back onto the bus which then got us back to the Orchard Glory Farm.
When we arrived, we were then given time to freshen ourselves up before our next set of activities. At 3.45pm, we left for the farm where we feed some farm animals, witnessed sheep shearing and the wine processing progress. The sheep shearing process was led by a sheep shearer. When he was shearing the sheep, we felt that way he handled the sheep was very rough and he nicked the sheep. The sheep kept bleating to its mate beside it and it sounded so pitiful. We got to see how the shepherd dogs gather the sheep into their cage. We heard the dog sing and played fetch with them. Later on, we proceeded to a winery to learn about the wine-making process, we learnt how the owner, Mr David Cheah, prepared his wine from crushing the grapes, to fermenting it, and finally to bottling it. We then got to experience for ourselves how to bottle wine; it was a rare and interesting experience for all of us. However, we did not get to try the wine as we were underage. Our teachers, though, got to do some wine-tasting and they tasted the 2008 Shiraz and 2009 Shiraz. After that, we had some time to enjoy the scenery and took photos together. Then just prior to dinner, we strolled back to our dorms and had some free time to ourselves.
After an hour of free time, we headed back to the dining room for dinner. We had barbeque food such as sausages and lamb chops, in addition to chicken wings and baked potatos with butter and cheese. The food was most yummy to say the least, but we are starting to miss rice.
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