Since the early 1980s visitors to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area from various countries have benefited enormously from technical and educational visits to Peter and Erin’s property “Willow Park”. The Drapers have been important producers of more than a dozen irrigated crops for both commodity and contract quality seed markets, and of fat lamb and
Peter and Erin Draper live at Willow Park, a 452 hectare farm on the outskirts of the township of Leeton in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Leeton township was purpose built to house engineers and labourers during construction of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme in early decades of the twentieth century. Today it is the administrative
Agricultural Tours Riverina remains active during the COVID 19 hiatus and looks forward to helping you design educational tours ready to be conducted as soon as circumstances permit. Schools Newsletter July 2020 BE PREPARED Ensure your students can begin visits to farms, factories and infrastructure sites as soon as public health directives and school
AGRICULRURAL TOURS RIVERINA IS A COVID19 – PREPARED TOURS BUSINESS This document describes our COVID19 preparedness. If you see difficulties or gaps in our Plan relating to your tour’s special requirements please let us know and we’ll make every attempt to adapt to your particular circumstances. Download our COVID19 preparedness document. Even though there
A farming tour is a great experience for primary and high school students. It gives them a chance to see where the food they eat and the clothes they wear each day come from. Students can learn a lot about the farming cycle, food production and the business of farming by visiting farms included in