Beware: seriously adorable animals ahead!
Here’s a few cuties to seek out on your next trip to Stanthorpe, Granite Belt Wine Country.
Photo: deer at Granite Belt Christmas Farm
Santa’s Animals at Granite Belt Christmas Farm
Feed Santa’s animals at the Granite Belt Christmas Farm! It’s a real Christmas tree farm, with free of charge entry and you’re welcome to stroll through the avenues of pine-smelling Christmas trees. But the first thing that greets you on arrival are the adorable deer.
Inside the magical Mistletoe Store buy a $2 bag of animal feed and head out to feed the deer, donkeys, goats, lambs and chooks.
Location: 321 Aerodrome Rd, Applethorpe near Stanthorpe
…more about Granite Belt Christmas Farm
Meet ‘Top Deck’ and the Rest of the Goat Gang
The welcoming party that runs to greet you on a wine tasting at Ridgemill Estate cellar door are surprisingly a very friendly gang of goats! Don’t be alarmed, they are behind a fence, but their hopeful looks will certainly bid you to wander closer and to the bin of feed to give them a treat. After that most important business is taken care of you can then head inside for wine!
Pictured below is Michelle at Ridgemill Estate feeding ‘Top Deck’.
Location: 218 Donges Rd, Glen Aplin near Stanthorpe
…more about Ridgemill Estate
Lorikeets, Kangaroos & Pet Deer at Your Accommodation!
Girraween Environmental Lodge is surrounded by wildlife – it’s set on 400 acres of bushland and adjoins Girraween National Park! Colourful lorikeets come for a feed, quiet kangaroos graze peacefully nearby and new residents… pet deer to meet!
Location: Pyramids Road, Wyberba (near Ballandean), Queensland
…more about Girraween Environmental Lodge
Meet Cramer and Friends
Kent Saddlery are renowned leather artisans and their saddlery just north of Stanthorpe very much welcomes visitors to stop in on their way past. Â Find adorable baby camel Cramer and feed and pat his farmyard friends.
Location: 25798 New England Hwy, Stanthorpe
…more about Kent Saddlery
