The Yorke Peninsula is South Australia's boot-shaped stretch of cropping country and quiet coastline about two hours north-west of Adelaide, and the farm visits here are hands-on rather than horticultural. At Wallaroo, on the peninsula's western Copper Coast, Tarnasey Farm runs its Little Farmer Tours daily at 10am — an hour and a half joining the morning feed round, patting the ponies and feeding the sheep, goats, alpacas, cows, ducks and chickens before collecting the eggs. It is $20 a person, the animal feed is included, and under-twelve-months go free.
Inland at Weetulta, Redwing Farm offers a stay in restored shearers' quarters where the farm animals come up to the fence of the guest yard to be fed and patted. That one comes with an overnight booking rather than as a day visit.
Neither is a pick-your-own farm. If you want to pick fruit in South Australia, the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Barossa are the regions to head for instead.
On South Australia's Yorke Peninsula, around Wallaroo and Maitland, roughly two hours north-west of Adelaide
| Farm | Experience | Access | Status | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwing Farm | Meet the animals & Stay on the farm | For staying guests | Currently offered | Yorke Peninsula, SA |
| Tarnasey Farm Little Farmer Tours | Little Farmer Tours | Booking required | Currently offered | Yorke Peninsula, SA |
Weetulta · Yorke Peninsula
Feed and pat the friendly farm animals that come up to the guest yard fence, as part of a stay in the property's shearers' quarters
Wallaroo · Yorke Peninsula
A daily 1.5-hour morning feed round where visitors pat ponies and feed sheep, goats, alpacas, cows, ducks and chickens, and collect eggs
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Two farms in this directory take visitors. Tarnasey Farm at Wallaroo runs a daily Little Farmer Tour where you join the morning feed round, meet the ponies, sheep, goats, alpacas, cows, ducks and chickens, and collect eggs. Redwing Farm at Weetulta is a farm stay where guests feed and pat the animals that come up to the guest yard fence.
It is $20 a person, with children under twelve months free, and the price includes all the animal feed. The tour runs daily at 10am and takes about an hour and a half. Bookings are essential and it is worth arriving five minutes early. It does not run on Christmas Day or Good Friday, and guests staying in Tarnasey Farm's own accommodation get the tour included.
Not at present. The peninsula is mostly broadacre cropping and grazing rather than orchards, and the two farms we list here offer animal encounters and a farm stay rather than pick-your-own. The nearest pick-your-own farms are in the Adelaide Hills, on the Fleurieu Peninsula and around the Barossa and Clare valleys.
Yes, for both. Tarnasey Farm asks that the Little Farmer Tour be booked in advance to avoid disappointment, and Redwing Farm's animal experience comes as part of an overnight stay, so it needs an accommodation booking rather than a day visit.
