Farm Stay

Spent my past 1 week at a sheep and cattle farm, 4 hours drive away from Brisbane. It has been an absolutely amazing experience and I'm loving every single moments of it!

Being a city kid, i've never experience farm life before. so every moments at the farm was new to me. The closest would be the time when I went to Elephant Nature Park. But this farm stay was different. I've seen how the farmer work. How he managed his cattle and sheep, work with/around mother nature to ensure that there would be enough supply of feed for his animals. I get to witness the amazing skills of herding dogs. How their natural instincts kicks in, always eagerly waiting for instructions from the farmer to get into work and the bond between the farmer and his dogs. It's no wonder there's a saying where Dogs are a farmer's best friend. It's true!

The "sua-ku" me finally knew how the different fruit trees and herb, vegetables plant looks like...how a chicken coop looks like. Got to taste freshly laid eggs for the first time, ate fruits pluck directly from the trees, drove a tractor, drove a ute on dirt road with my manual driving skills, experience hunting for the first time, use a gun, shot my first kangaroo (because they are pest to the farmers), trek 10kms herding cattle, made gun bullets. lol. it has been a fun and interesting experience. 

Staying in a farm, I've realized how lack of survival skill I am, how pampered and sheltered we city people are. How fame, greed, view people had on us, social pressure complicate life. During that past 1 week, I didnt have access to technology, I did not go to social media. but it didnt bother me a single bit. I felt uneasy the first day, but after that, there were so many things for me to explore around I didnt have the time to bother about not having access to internet. I read 3 hardcopy book for the first time in 5 years. I found myself climbing up to the top of a rock and admire the beauty of nature. The view doesn't look Instagram post-card perfect, but it doesn't matter. I could just sit on the rock and admire that view. 

Life can be simple. One day, I'm gonna buy a piece of land and retire there...with nature and animals as my friends. Because....society and humans are too complicated.