I just got back form an awesome 5 day placement at a piggery near Corryong, VIC.
It was a fantastic experience. We got to do lots of different activities and learnt alot about the system. We even helped assist some sows and pulled out some piglets! They were sooo cute and adorable.
We also helped vaccinate them and move pigs around to different sheds. Doing rounds to make sure all piglets were healthy and treated for any problems they have. We did post mortem on some dead piggies to see what happened to them....
The whole experience felt more like a holiday than a placement! They even took us to the local Corryong cinema. It was very cute and 'high class' the chairs reclined, and we were served gourmet food with a bottle of wine. Yummy!
We then had a short tour around town before heading back home.
On the last day it rained which made working abit better as it was cooler. Better for the pigs as well so they don't over heat....
Our last dinner there was fantastic, we had fresh oysters with this amazing sauce that was made from grapefruits. Mind you i don't really like oysters but that might just convert me =0
We then had some glasses of wine and just chatted with the lovely family.
And of course i got to mention Cocoa, she is the most spoilt chocolate lab I've ever seen. But anybody who saw her would end up spoiling her!
I really miss staying up there in corryong, it definitely is a very nice town!
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