These absolutely gorgeous alpacas had to provide the most ahhhhh moments in the entire Fieldays. The National Fieldays, a brilliant offering of all things farming... (and a fair bit which is possibly only loosely related to farming)... covers a huge 40 hectare site for four days each year at Mystery Creek near Hamilton.
Whether you are wanting to find the education options for your children as they need to leave remote farms and board at school, or perhaps as they start considering the options available to them as they are reaching school leaving age... you will find it there.
If innovative developments or inventions are your thing... there is plenty to satisfy that interest. Perhaps the tractor needs replacing or the lawn has really become too onerous to tame with a push mower? The major problem you would face is which machine you would consider purchasing.
What a boon to have everything in one place.. though I must admit this year it appeared bigger than ever (possibly the largest in the southern hemisphere) and I had to take two days to feel I had done the show justice and had managed to find all the information I needed, checked out all the tools I could possibly want (or never need!) and also talk to the crafting ladies in the lifestyle area.
I'll be posting on the beautiful alpaca wool I found, the sculptures which placed in the competition turning farm junk into art, the options open to school leavers and generally waxing lyrical about it all.
The Fieldays are so huge I could never do them justice but they are also of interest to lots of different people, 'townies', farmers, orchardists, academics crafters and home-makers... I'd guarantee there is something interesting for every one of them.
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