By Margaret Maccoll
Noosa Community Support aged care client Joyce was “over the moon” to be in close contact with farm animals again.
Having had a hobby farm in Hervey Bay with a menagerie of goats, pigs and chickens, she felt back at home surrounded by baby animals brought to the centre from Old Macdonald’s Travelling Farm.
Joyce joined other clients and local children from Noosa Leisure Centre activity program and Busy Bee Childcare Centre to enjoy the animals on Monday.
Fellow-client Rennie said it was lovely to see the young children playing with the animals.
It was obvious the children enjoyed handling the animals, feeding the goats and watching the duck splash in the pool and the piglets digging in the ground.
Noosa Community Support Centre-based Care supervisor Geoff Brittain said Noosa Leisure Centre, Noosa Community Support and Noosa Library Service were working together to bring both ends of the age spectrum together.
“Research shows that when young children and older adults spend time together, both generations benefit,” he said.
