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Events
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these events in your diary now - it's when and where you'll catch
the

Celebrating
more than 10 years
of
award-winning,
farm
animal displays!
KEEP IN TOUCH TO FIND OUT WHERE
ALL
YOUR FARMYARD FAVOURITES WILL BE EACH WEEK!

Floriade 2009 was huge.............
f.a.r.m.
put in a great effort for Floriade this year, and under very difficult
circumstances. But the picture above shows some happy (but very
cold) carers and animals on the day the Patting Paddock went "pink"
to raise awareness about breast cancer. We stage "pink"
days at all our major events as many of us have been effected
by cancer, and not just breast cancer. We know someone, we have
a family member, we hear of friends who are dealing with these
insidious diseases nearly every week, and in a small way we like
to support them and take the message to the wider community in
a fun way in the farmyard. You can catch more on the Floriade
story by going to Snippets, where FJ has a fair bit to say about
the event!
Christmas is just around the corner, and so is New Year, and
2010.
Where did
2009 go? It was here briefly, and now we are finalising Christmas
preparations and staring another year in the face as the weeks
flash by in a flurry of activity and mayhem. We have been going
to numerous Christmas functions with the Patting Paddock, and
two great events of the last couple of weeks were the Tuggeranong
Festival (quite cold after some record-breaking temperatures in
mid November) and the Queanbeyan Fun Day held in conjunction with
the Professional Foot Race - the Queanbeyan Gift.
Special Children's Christmas Party
Yes the Patting
Paddock will be back at this wonderful event next week and it
is our opportunity to make it a truly special day for those hundreds
of children from various backgrounds who come together each year
just before Christmas. The team from f.a.r.m. give of their time
and put more than 100% into entertaining and caring for those
children and families attending. Well done team, it makes all
the effort worthwhile when you see the look on the faces of some
of our special "guests" that visit the Patting Paddock.
The
true spirit of Christmas
Over the
next couple of weeks...yes right up to Christmas eve, we will
be attending various celebrations of Christmas incorporating carols
and an evening of remembering the original Christmas story where
a birth in a stable full of animals changed the course of history.
In a small way the Patting Paddock animals bring that feeling
alive again and we take the opportunity to wish everyone a holy,
happy and peaceful Christmas.
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December - Salvation Army Tuggeranong Christmas Carols
This wonderful
evening of song and enjoyment gets under way in the Tuggeranong
Park from 5pm. There is a full program for the evening and the
Patting Paddock will be enjoying a twilight outing, so come along
and join in and share the Christmas spirit with your family and
friends.
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December - Family Day at the Races - Queanbeyan
The Boxing
Day race meeting at Queanbeyan is a great day out for the family
and due to the many requests from families that attended the Queanbeyan
cup some months back...we have agreed to stir the animals from
their Christmas break and take the Patting Paddock to the Races!
See you there!
9
January - Pambula Show
The Patting
Paddock is off to the beach for the annual Pambula Show....so
if you are down the Coast and want a day of goo old fashioned
country hospitality, then get the whole family along to the Pambula
Show.
30
January - Bombala Australia Day festival
A big day
for Bombala with the shearing championships,woodchopping, stalls
and lots of activities, just in time to wind up your summer holidays.
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IN TOUCH WITH OUR WEBSITE
f.a.r.m.
proudly acknowledges the support of
Landmark Copeland Medway
in
being able to bring the Patting
Paddock
to you this season.

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