BRING YOUR OOSH TO THE FARM
Green Connect offers farm play days for school holiday OOSH groups, providing children with a fun and educational outdoor experience. Farm play days offer students the chance to engage in nature play and spend time outdoors while experiencing a day on a working farm. They will have the opportunity to discover sustainable organic farming practices, explore our biodiverse environment as well meet our free range goats, sheep, pigs and chickens.
Bring your OOSH to Green Connect this school holidays
Visits can be tailored to your group and can range from short visits to half- or full-day experiences. We also host play-focused end-of-term school picnic days — please note this when filling out the enquiry form.
Students will enjoy an immersive experience exploring the farm, with interactive discussions focused on relevant curriculum points.
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1.5 hour farm tour ($16 per student, $400 minimum charge)
- 1.5 hour farm tour + 1 hour play-time in our children’s garden ($20 per student, $500 minimum charge)
- Half-day farm experience: 1.5 hour farm tour + 1 hour play-time + 30 minute nature activity ($22 per student, $660 minimum charge, option for 30 min lunch break)
- Full-day farm experience: 1.5 hour farm tour + 1 hour play-time + 30 minute nature activity + 1 hour hands-on farm activity + lunch break in our children’s garden ($25 per student, $750 minimum charge).
Nature play activities might include nature scavenger hunts, flower crowns, herb collecting and damper making/tea party, or a rainforest walk. Hands-on farm activities get kids involved with our farm crew, and might involve caring for our animals, working in our market garden beds, mulching, composting, or other activities as appropriate for the season and weather.
We are also happy to work with you to develop a custom timetable or deliver requested activities. Please contact us to discuss and for a quote by filling out the booking form below.
Please contact us for a booking
REFUND POLICY:
- Charge is fully refundable or transferable up to 7 days before the excursion date and time.
- Payment is transferable up to 3 days before the tour date and time.
- Payment is not transferable or refundable within 3 days of the tour date and time, unless under exceptional circumstances.
- If Green Connect must cancel or postpone for any reason, including extreme weather conditions, we will transfer your booking or issue a full refund. We do not cancel activities due to rain, however we may postpone tours due to significant weather events that present safety risks.
PLEASE READ OUR ESSENTIAL INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING
- The site is a working farm and visitors must participate in a safety briefing before entering. We ask all tour participants to arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of their tour to ensure we start on time.
- The terrain at the farm is particularly steep and slippery in parts. Though we do take it slowly, the tour involves a moderately strenuous walk and is not accessible for prams, wheelchairs, or people with moderate mobility issues. See the video below to ensure you will be able to walk the site.
- Plants love rain and so do we! We don’t cancel tours in wet weather unless there is a dangerous storm. Rain (and mud!) is all part of the fun.
- Allergen advice: Our farm is home to domestic animals as well as bees, wasps, and macadamia trees. Please pack an EpiPen if allergic and keep it with you at all times.
- To ensure compliance with current NSW Government restrictions, we have put in place a range of measures to keep tour participants safe. If you have visited a COVID-19 hotspot within 14 days of your tour or if you come down with cold or flu-like symptoms, we will ask you to contact us and stay home.
All tour participants must:
- Wear enclosed shoes or boots (sorry no thongs or sandals allowed) and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Long pants are recommended.
- Bring a hat and sunscreen or rain gear, depending on the weather forecast.
- Bring a water bottle pre-filled with water.