Ferreting

One of the kids at school (Kieran) on Friday asked me if I would like to go ferreting Saturday. I have tried to say 'yes' to as much as possible while on the exchange, to enter into the spirit of things, so to speak. When he assured me that there would be no blood and guts, I went for it. So I met Kieran, Rhiannon, Amber and their mum Sandra at school yesterday morning. We went to a farm in Killarney where we eventually caught a rabbit. The rabbit was then sold for seven dollars to a local farmer who cooked it for dinner.

The process is simple. They put nets over the rabbit holes and then sent down the ferrets. They had three ferrets which cost about $35 each and had to be trained to come back out if they whistled to them. We had to try a few different locations before we were successful. They had prepared a nice picnic and the weather was good-no rain for a change! Another Aussie 'experience' ticked off my list.

Later on that evening they invited me greyhound racing in Warrnambool where we had a nice meal and good entertainment.