Wildflower’s Weekly Walkabout

Hey Friends! Every week (starting this term) I take my boys on an excursion somewhere...a day out and about to explore and then journal about when we get home (hooray!!🧐). I figure it gets us out of the house and learning about many different things and then they can practice handwriting, recall, and many other forms of language practice in their journals.

I thought that a weekly blog about our excursions would be a good chance to show off some of Adelaide and also to keep a visual journal of what we are up to 😊

So far we have been to the Living Kuarna Cultural Centre and to the Whale Centre.

Today we went to the Big Rocking Horse (mostly to see, pat and feed the animals).

For some reason I thought that it might be 40mins to get there but as soon as I typed it into google maps I realized we were in for a much longer day 😂 1hr 15mins to get there, plus a petrol stop (which included coffee) and one toilet stop! Not too bad with 4 kids!

Thankfully for me, the boys are used to car trips and even mr1 slept and didn’t complain 🤓 I packed plenty of food and the sun was shining. A glorious morning.

Upon entering, we asked to walk and not run, and to ‘not chase the animals’ 😂🤣😂🤣 My four boys of course followed these instructions explicitly 😳🤪

There were so many animals to look at and pat. We were warned that the goats try to steal any food and that the alpacas will bite. The cockies also like to bite fingers off and there were some birds strutting around with fearsome looking hooked beaks. I was a tad worried about the safety of my baby’s limbs and eyes but we made it out alive and intact.

Here is a girl gang I captured with my camera 👆

As you can see, there was a variety of Australian animals and introduced animals. The boys loved it all and it was a beautiful day out 🙌

We stopped at Melba’s Chocolate Factory on the way home and saw chocolate being made and packed....and may have sampled a couple of sweets along the way..... definitely worth a look if you’re in the area 😋

And so ends our day out. Week 3 of term 3 and our 3rd excursion.

Catch y’all next time for Wildflower’s Weekly Walkabout....

Peace out peeps✌️

Jessi and the gang.