After lunch, we travelled to an Emu and Yak ranch just down the road a few miles with others from the park arranged by Jim and Annie, the park Activity Coordinators. We travelled caravan style to the ranch. The owner of the Circle T Emu Ranch, Roger and wife Priscilla Tabar did a presentation earlier at the park and we were interested in seeing their ranch and all the animals they have at the ranch. We bought an Emu egg when they were here for the presentation, one egg is like having 6-7 chicken eggs and they are a very pretty Turquoise/Green colour, some with some speckling, no cholesterol, the yoke is lighter than chicken eggs with more white than yoke. We ate the contents of the egg, the taste is similar to chicken but the consistency is different. Woody drilled a hole in one end, yes drilled, the shells are very thick and tough then he shook the contents out and made scrambled eggs, as we wanted to save the shell. We ended up donating the shell to the park, which is displayed in a case in the clubhouse. Woody made a holder for the Emu egg and inserted some Emu feathers that had been given to us at the presentation so it is very cool, will have to talk Woody into taking a picture of it to add here later.
The Emu is a prehistoric bird thought to have roamed the outback of Australia some 80 million years ago, coexisting with dinosaurs until the dinosaur’s demise about 65 million years ago. Much like the Native Americans’ relationship with the Bison, the Aborigines looked upon the Emu as the core of their existence. The Emu provided them with food, clothing, shelter, and spiritual substance. The Emu is the second largest member of the ratite group of flightless birds and the National Bird of Australia. Emu meat is very lean, 97% fat free, red meat, similar to beef in both taste and appearance. It is higher in vitamins, calcium and iron than beef, and lower in cholesterol than chicken. We did not buy any meat, so cannot vouch for the taste. The oil is sold and uses of Emu oil range from pain relief, healing of rashes and burns, is a great moisturizer, wrinkle reduces, plus has many other uses. We did not purchase any oil either. Each Emu can yield on average about 5 to 6 litres of natural oil. The owners sell many products, which are all processed by approved facilities.
Feeding a baby Yak, her Mom died just after giving birth.
Nice set of horns.
A baby minature goat, way too cute.
All of us wanted to pet the baby!
A big boy Yak below!
The owner with an Emu.
Roger also has some pot bellied pigs!
After returning from the Ranch we had a quick bite to eat walked our puppies and attended Karaoke at 7:00 PM, which is always a good time, Woody did not sing lol! Returning home walked the dogs one more time, then settled in and watched some TV until we retired fairly early.
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