Animals

Up close and hands on. With animals galore, the Sydney Royal Easter Show is the nearest thing to farmyard heaven. 

Check out the amazing animal facts and figures from the 2011 Easter Show:

• More than 1,200 animals were on Show in the Grand Parades. 
• More than 10,000 showgoers had a hands-on experience milking cows in the Dairy Famers Milking Barn.
• 20 cows were milked over the two-week period, making 5,000 litres of milk, butter and cream.
• Our show farrier was kept busy in the horse pavilions, with over 100 horses to shoe.
• In the Sheep Pavilion, 220 sheep were shorn, yielding 8 bales of wool.
• The Poultry Pavilion was kept busy with 3,000 entries.
• Education was the key at the Food Farm. 400,500 people passed through the doors and more than 33,000 copies of the Junior Farmhands Activity Book were given away for free.