On this beautiful Sunday, we went to visit a local farm, the Golden Ridge Farm. Located about 30 minutes’ drive away from suburban Sydney, Golden Ridge Farm is one of the go to places to interact with farm animals, from feeding sheep to holding baby bunnies.
今天是个美丽的星期天，我们带着小孩一起去了附近的Golden Ridge农场。这个农场离市区三十分钟的车程，是悉尼有名，专门为小孩而设的农家乐园，可以在这里与不同的小动物互动。
We arrived at around 10:40 am, just before the farm opens at 11:00 am. The entry fee is $15 for both adults and children, and you can purchase a bucket of feed for $5 when you purchase the entry ticket. The bucket of feed consisted of mainly grass, but also, surprisingly, bread! We were briefed on the activities and safety instructions before we went inside the farm. But once we were inside, it was clear that the farm animals know that they were about to get feed. The sheep and goats were especially excited and stuck their head out from the fence just trying to get a feed. They loved the bread! There was one small enclosure where we were allowed to go in and pat the lambs. If you bring in a piece of bread, they will jump on you and try to snatch that piece of bread from you!
早上十点半我们就到达了农场的入口，等待着十一点农场开门。这里的入场费是十五块钱一个人，而喂小动物的饲料是一桶五块钱。我们买了一桶，发现桶里除了草以外还有...面包！原来牛和羊也喜欢吃面包。工作人员简单的解释了一下流程和注意事项后，我们就进去农场里喂动物了！农场里的动物知道马上有吃的，都涌到围栏边，抢着的把头伸出来。特别是小山羊和小绵羊，都非常热情的把我们手上的饲料吃过清光，还会用挺大的力气把我们的面包抢过来。那里还有一个可以走进去的羊栏，里面的小羊会跳到身上去抢面包，蹭得满身都是泥巴。
There were also cows at the farm. The cows are very massive, and their tongue felt textured and tough – you can feel it even through the piece of bread that you feed it to. They also salivate a lot. I literally got my face covered by cow saliva just by getting close to them. There is a station where you could experience milking a cow, but we didn’t try.
农场里还有好几头牛。它们都是庞然大物，而且舌头非常巨大粗糙，在喂面包的时候就感觉到。它们的口水特别多，我靠近它们照相时就弄到满脸都是。在仓房里还有个木棚专门让小朋友去尝试挤奶。我们家的胆子小，不敢去。
Inside the shed, we get to experience holding and patting baby animals. Today there were baby chicks, baby ducklings and baby bunnies. The kids are so happy to see them, and they tried to be as gentle as possible when they are holding and patting them. They are all very fluffy. You can tell most of the baby animals, especially the bunny and chicks, enjoys the attention and almost falling asleep on our arms. The baby ducklings though were very active, constant wanting to run away and explore.
饲料喂完了，就回到仓房里去抱小动物。今天有只有几天大的小鸡和小鸭，还有几周大的小兔子。它们每只都毛绒绒的，十分可爱。小朋友们都爱不惜手，尽量用他们最温柔力度轻轻地抚摸这些小可爱。而这些小动物也非常的享受，差点就在我们怀里睡着了。小鸡们都很乖，在我们手里一动也不动的。而小鸭们都很活泼，老想在我们手中跳出来。
Finally, the kids get to bottle feed baby lambs. These lambs were abandoned by their mother in their original farms, and was hand raised here with care. Kids get to bottle feed them one by one and both the lambs and the kids enjoy it very much. After they were fed they were put back into their pan temporarily before letting them back out after all the visitors are gone.
抱完小动物，最后的环节是用奶瓶给小羊喂奶。这些都是在别的农场被妈妈抛弃了的小羊，被送到这里人工哺养。每个小孩都可以拿着瓶子喂羊，而每只小羊可以单独享用一整瓶的奶。喂饱了的羊都被放在一个小羊栏里，等我们都走了才放出来。
After the farm activities we spend an afternoon just outside of the farm having a picnic and enjoyed ourselves. The kids were especially happy as they were able to play with farm animals as well as spending time with friends. It was indeed a beautiful Sunday!
从农场出来，外面有一大片草地，野餐桌和长椅。我们就在这里渡过一个休闲的下午。几个小孩都非常开心，因为除了跟小动物们玩了一个上午，还能跟好朋友们玩耍和嬉戏！真是一个美丽又美满的星期天！