Time is running out for Tasmanian townspeople and farmers to register to take part in this year’s FarmDay on the weekend of May 26/27.
The concept is pretty simple. It’s a bit like online dating (without the dating) but it’s aimed at bringing town and rural families together.
Those who would like to spend the day on a farm, doing what farmers do, have to register with the FarmDay organisation so they can be matched with a farm that is participating in the event. Those farmers also have to register.
The web address is: http://www.farmday.com.au/
“This is a fantastic opportunity for people to learn exactly what happens on the farm and to have some hands-on experience for the day,” Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association Jan Davis said today.
“In many ways there is a great divide between city and country Australia; we live in different worlds.
“We have to talk to each other more in this Australian Year of the Farmer and FarmDay is an ideal way to do that.”
Farm Day was set up in 2006 to help foster a greater understanding of farming through a city and a farming family sharing a day of fun and friendship on a farm.
The host farm and their guests are matched based on criteria that include:
• distance they are willing to travel
• ages of children
• special interests
To participate register online at http://www.farmday.com.au/ or telephone 1300 367 036
Jan Davis http://www.tfga.com.au/
