Bison Encounter in Morpeth
Something you would no expect to do in The Hunter Valley town of Morpeth is have an encounter with Bison. Located just outside town a 100 hectare hobby farm has a small herd of American Bison, which you can arrange to see. Over the one-hour visit, you get to meet the animals, feed them and learn about their history.
On arrival at the farm, you are greeted by your hosts who explain the safety aspects of your visit, because bison are big and can be dangerous. The main rule: do not pat the bison because this upsets them. Also important to know is that the bison and visitors are separated by a fence at all times. This stops any unfortunate accidents.
The farm provides hay to hand feed the animals, but you are welcome to bring apples and carrots yourself, because they find these delicious.
While you feed the bison and take pictures, your hosts explain about their herd and bison history and hierarchy in general. We found this interesting, because we didn’t know much about them. Currently only around 500 bison call Australia home, so the national herd is small. This farm has nine bison, a large bull, named Tank, three adult females, two yearlings and three calves (as of January 2021).
We had a great time here and loved seeing and feeding the bison and meeting the friendly hosts.
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Beautiful blog
Thankyou
Love to visit there.
It was great to get up close to the bison and the hosts were very enthusiastic, it was a great day.