How to use this book

Learn Something New Today!
Check out the fantastic education presentations
on the back page of this booklet.
How to use this book
There are 19 Trail Points for you to visit. The Trail Points
are informative, educational and fun. So sharpen your
pencil and your map reading skills and get ready to
explore The Sunday Mail Ekka Learning Trail and learn
some exciting new things!
The Sunday Mail Ekka Learning Trail celebrates everything
educational at the Ekka. From explosive fun with Street Science
to showing off your civic pride at the Brisbane City Council
stand, cuddling baby animals at the RACQ Insurance Animal
Nursery to hands-on learning at The Courier-Mail Learning Fun
Pavilion, The Sunday Mail Ekka Learning Trail is free and fun
for the whole family to enjoy. Look out for dinosaurs, farmers,
scientists and LEGO displays along the way and don’t forget
to complete the activities and stamp your passport to win.
Enter the competition to win an iPad
Air 16GB for your school and a Mini
iPad 16GB for yourself, valued at
over $1000!
All you have to do is follow these easy steps:
• Grab your Ekka Learning Trail Passport when
you pick up your The Sunday Mail Ekka
Learning Trail booklet
• Find the five passport stamps hidden along
the trail
Factor X
Hard-hitting interviews with your favourite characters, learn to make
bookmark monsters and mind boggling mysteries. If that’s what you
are after than Factor X is for you – an eight-page liftout just for kids
in Queensland’s biggest weekend newspaper, The Sunday Mail.
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Inside Factor X, readers will find loads of puzzles,
the best of the best in comics, plus one whole
page dedicated to drawings and poems sent
in by our readers.
Factor X mascot Harold the Penguin takes
readers on wonderful journeys around the
world and, in turn, the readers take him
on fantastic adventures too!
• Stamp them in your passport
• Fill out your details, don’t forget to include
what school you go to
• Place your passport in the entry box at the
Crime Stoppers stand and you’ll go into the
chance to win an iPad Air 16GB for your school
and an iPad Mini 16GB for yourself.
Winners will be randomly selected on the last
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day of the Ekka and notified by email.
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Visit
www.ekka.com.au/terms-and-conditions.aspx
ffor terms and conditions.
Regular competitions keep readers on their
toes and also up-to-date with the latest
gadgets and movie tickets up for grabs.
Crime Stoppers
Visit the Crime Stoppers
Queensland display to become
a Junior Crime Solver! Crime
Stoppers believes that you are
never too old or too young
to report bad guys in your
community and that you can
help us solve crime puzzles.
Youth are the Crime Stoppers of the future!
We are dedicated to creating a safe and empowered community and
with everyone’s help, young and old; we can achieve this goal together.
After all, reporting crime information is the first and most important step
you can take to ensure Crime Stoppers catch the bad guys.
Visit our stand at Ekka this year upstairs from the Sunny Queen Farms
Agricultural Hall in the Fashion and Style Pavilion and get the low down
on how to become a Junior Crime Solver with a fun activity to take home.
Just look for us next to the Police Stand!
Trail
Point
The Courier-Mail
Learning Fun Pavilion
Make sure you visit the exciting education precinct
at the Ekka, Queensland’s largest classroom! From
animals to agriculture, crafts to cowboys, the Ekka
is a one of a kind, hands-on educational event.
The Courier-Mail Learning Fun Pavilion is jammed
packed and waiting for you to enjoy.
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The Courier-Mail
Education on Show
Competition
Check out the colourful entries at
the Education on Show display.
This year’s
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theme is about geography
– the people
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and places that make
up the world.
Show Camp
Join in the fun and come and see the
LEGO Movie logo – one of the biggest
builds ever done. Weighing in at
a massive 360kgs itt is five times
nal logo
the size of the original
used in the movie.
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Kids will get the chance
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meet mini figures Emmett
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and Lucy while they
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build their own LEGO
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movie figures at the
LEGO play stations.
Alphabet Zoo:
52 Storey Treehouse
house
Now in its 86th year Show Camp is an Ekka
tradition. Show Camp gives budding student
journalists from year 6 and 7 an opportunity to
live in at the Show. Students will learn how to use
the latest digital technology to communicate Ekka
stories and experiences via the Ekka website, the
Ekka Courier, podcasts, blogs and interviews.
Come and see the students hard at work in their
state of the art studio.
Film Fanatics, get your
cameras at the ready!
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In the popular Energex Race
Aroun
Around Ekka competition
stude
students race the clock to
make a TV ad for Ekka.
With o
only 24 hours to
produ
produce, film and edit, these
stude
students will definitely have
their w
work cut out for them.
Visit the Brisbane Writers
rs Festival
display and explore the maze and create
your own treehouse. The display is based
on the popular kids author, Andy Griffith’s
Treehouse series.
The Courier-Mail
stage
Be entertained, be informed and learn
something new today! Daily information
sessions and performances from 10am until
3pm weekdays (except Wednesday 13 August
10am – 5pm) and 10am until 5pm weekends.
Be sure to check out the program
at the stage and on the
Learning Fun website.
Kids in the Kitchen
This very popular kids cooking
class is back again, promoting
healthy eating habits. Suitable
for preps to year 7, Chef
Carmel will help teach children
about making nutritious and
delicious meals.
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Seqwater and
Queensland Urban Utilities
Source, Store, Supply
Do you know where water comes from?
Precipitation
Water drops
fall from the
clouds
Runoff
Water runs
along the
ground
Condensation
Water vapour
changes into
water drops
Evaporation
Water vapour
rises
Evaporation
Water changes
into water
vapour
Transpiration
Water vapour
moves out
through
leaves
HOW MUCH
DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT WATER..?
What states can water exist in?
1. Liquid only
2. Liquid and gas
3. Liquid, solid and gas
Evaporation
Water changes
into water
vapour
The average person in SEQ uses
how many litres of water per day?
1. 120 litres
2. 150 litres
3. 360 litres
Infiltration
Water soaks
into the
ground
Transpiration
Water is drawn
up through
the tree
How much of the earth’s water
is fresh water (not salt water)?
1. 50 %
2. 10 %
3. 3 %
How long has the water we
use now been on the planet?
1. 100 years
2. Forever
3. 1000 years
Seqwater is responsible for making sure that the drinking water that comes out
of your tap is safe and clean! We look after 26 dams and 37 water treatment
plants. We also own a Desalination Plant, which takes the salt out of seawater
and makes it safe to drink. We have three Purified Recycled Water Plants too –
these take water that used to be sewerage and make it clean and safe to drink!
We also have a great big pipe that can move water from Coolangatta all the
way up to Noosa.
Queensland Urban Utilities provides water and sewerage services to residential
and business customers across Brisbane, Ipswich, the Lockyer Valley, Scenic
Rim and Somerset local government areas. Queensland Urban Utilities manage
around 18,000 kilometres of water and sewerage pipeline, which is around the
same distance between Brisbane and London!
How many people on earth do
not have a safe water supply?
1. 2 billion
2. 100,000
3. 100 million
Answers: 3, 2, 3, 2, 1
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What lives in our dams?
Macro invertebrates or water bugs
can help us understand levels of
water pollution in a waterway.
They are classified into four groups
to help us do this:
• Very sensitive (can only survive
in the cleanest water)
• Sensitive
• Tolerant
• Very tolerant
(can tolerate a dirtier environment)
Use a net to scrape the bottom of your
nearest stream or lake and see what
you can find…
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Do not wash these items down your kitchen sink:
Fats and oils
Stickers
Food waste
Coffee grinds
Did you think that your water
came out of the tap all nice and
clean, straight from the dam?
Nope! We have to clean it up
at a place called a Water
Treatment Plant.
• When the water comes into the plant,
it goes through a big strainer called a
trash screen, to get all the big bits of
rubbish like leaves out.
Use a sink strainer
Scrape before you wash
Bin it, don’t sink it
Fats, oils and grease can harden in pipes. Small items such as fruit stickers,
tea leaves and coffee grinds, when multiplied across a neighbourhood can
stick to grease buildups or get caught in screens and filters, causing costly
blockages. While rubbish flushed down drains is captured by sophisticated
traps and filters in our sewage treatment plants, blocked pipes can cause
sewage overflows and pollute the environment.
Have you heard about Larry the Lungfish?
The Queensland Lungfish is a very special type of fish. They have one lung, as
well as their gills, and can breathe air as well as being able to breathe in the
water. If you x-ray a lungfish’s flippers, they have finger bones in there! They have
been around for 250 million years – so lungfish were swimming around when the
dinosaurs were on the planet. They live in Wivenhoe Dam and North Pine Dam,
as well as the Mary River.
• Then it goes into what looks like a big
swimming pool, but it’s really called a
sedimentation basin. We add a chemical
called Aluminium Sulphate which makes
particles clump together, sink to the
bottom and get taken away.
• After that, the water goes into a sand
filter, where it trickles down through a
filter made of very tightly packed sand
and rock. This gets out things
as small as chemicals and algae!
• The water is disinfected, and it goes out
to your local reservoir. You might have
noticed big concrete tanks on the side of
hills near your house – these are reservoirs
and they hold your drinking water.
• Finally, the water runs through a huge
network of pipes, to your house.
More information:
Do you want to learn more about
water? You could visit our website
www.seqwater.com.au
OR
For more information on what you
can and cannot put down the drain,
visit www.urbanutilities.com.au/think
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Street
Science
Build your own CO2 Rocket!
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You will need:
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An empty film canister
A strip of foam/cardboard
Double sided tape
1.
Cut the foam into 4 fins and use the tape to attach these
near the bottom. This will help your rocket fly straight!
To launch your CO2 Rocket!
2.
MAKE SURE SAFETY GLASSES OR SUNNIES ARE WORN!
Take the lid off the canister and fill it ¼ full of water.
3.
Place a small chunk of solid rocket fuel into the body.
Quickly replace the cap nice and tight onto the base and
stand your rocket upright on a flat surface. Stand back!
4. COUNT QUICKLY. 3... 2... 1... BLAST OFF!
What actually makes
my CO2 rocket fly?
Notice that when your rocket fuel comes in contact with
water it starts to fizz? This is because bicarb soda and
citric acid react in the presence of water. It produces a gas
called Carbon Dioxide. As the fuel fizzes away gas starts
to build up which increases the pressure inside the rocket.
When there is too much gas inside the rocket it finally
releases the lid and the rocket flies! BLAST OFF!
Why not try other fuel types: sherbet lollies in water...
bicarb soda & vinegar... even washing powder and lemon
juice has been used by some of our junior rocket scientists!
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EKKA-saurus
Trail
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Daily fossil making demonstrations and
dino-talks every day in The Courier-Mail
Learning Fun Pavilion.
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Stampede
Meet Real Life Dinosaur
Hunters at the Ekka
The Marathon Minmi is a small
armoured dinosaur and the Richmond
Polycotylid is a complete preserved
fossil of a predatory marine reptile.
Lark Quarry, in Central Queensland, is the site of the world’s
only known record of a dinosaur fossil track stampede.
Scientists believe that these fossils are about 95 million years
old! These fossils were made by the dinosaurs walking in
soft mud and over time they were preserved by sand
and dirt sediments covering them.
At The Courier-Mail Learning Fun
Pavilion meet Rob the cattle grazier,
who spotted it while mustering cattle
on his family property. It is Australia’s
best preserved dinosaur skeleton and
one of the most important of its kind
in the world. Most of the bones were
found articulated - still joined together.
Rob will reveal the story behind
their discovery using perfect head
reproductions of these specimens.
Paul is the previous curator of
palaeontology at Kronosaurus Korner.
He is recognized as a leader in
the field of fossil preparation
and reconstructions.
1. How could you make your own dinosaur footprints?
2. What kind of trace fossils could you find if you were out fossil hunting?
3. What is the science of studying fossils called?
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Brisbane City Council
Visit the Brisbane City Council Ekka stand to
find out what you can do around Brisbane and
how Council is building a city which caters for
all residents and visitors.
1. How many Council pools are there
in Brisbane?
2. How long is the Kedron Brook Bikeway?
3. How many heritage trails are there
in Brisbane?
4. Name two heritage trails in Brisbane:
5. When is Council’s Black History Month?
6. Where are the two Council tip shops?
7. Name the two Council Environment
Centres in Brisbane:
8. Which month is Brisbane Festival held
each year?
Check out live performances and take a trip along
our interactive wall to see how many things there
are to discover in Brisbane on a day out. Explore
the interactive Brisbane tour before stepping
inside our Council bus to ‘drive’ one of Brisbane’s
popular bus routes.
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9. Which outdoor entertainment venue
opened in 1989?
10. Who is the Planetarium in Toowong
named after?
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Answers: 1. 20. 2. 30km. 3. Eight. 4. Amble about Albion, Classic City Centre, Eye on
Indooroopilly, Gallivant through Ascot and Hamilton, Meander through Milton, Reminisce in
Rosalie, Secrets of South Brisbane, Vibrant Valley. 5. July. 6. Acacia Ridge and Geebung.
7. Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre and Downfall Creek Bushland Centre.
8. September. 9. Riverstage. 10. Sir Thomas Brisbane. 11. Brisbane Powerhouse
12. Approximately 39,000. 13. Almost 2km.
14. Where is your favourite place in Brisbane?
13. How many kilometres of Braille Trail are
there throughout inner Brisbane?
12. How many native plants are planted each year
as part of the Habitat Brisbane program?
11. Which building was once a working
power station?
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Answers: 1 = A, 2 = C, 3 = F, 4 = D, 5 = B, 6 = E.
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Pisciculture
- Fish
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There are plenty of fish in the
e sea…
Pisciculture is the breeding, hatching,
atching, and
rearing of fish under controlled
ed conditions.
Draw a line
Here are some breeds of fish that will be shown at the Ekka this year.
he fish to the name and description?
Can you match the photo of the
Fish are vertebrate animals
that live in the water.
Vertebrate means they have
a spinal cord surrounded by
bone or cartilage.
Fish have gills that extract
oxygen from the water
around them.
There are over 30,000 known
species of fish.
Clownfish or
Anemonefish
(Amphiprion species)
• Many different types of
Clownfish are native to
Queensland, including
the Percula variety that
Nemo is based upon.
• Most Clownfish live in
a Sea Anemone. This is
called symbiosis, where
one species offers
protection or a home in
return for the same.
Pacific Blue Eyes
(Pseudomugil signifer)
• Found throughout
the Brisbane region
in brackish and
fresh water with
many subtle colour
differences.
• Only grows up
to 4.5cm
• Ideal for frog ponds
as they eat Mosquito
larvae and not
tadpoles.
Freshwater
Stone Fish
(Notosthes robustus)
• Found in the Brisbane
region, grows
to approximately
30cm.
• This fish is a
camouflage predator
and sneaks up on
his food.
• His spines are
poisonous but
usually not fatal.
• Clownfish will feed
and defend their host
Anemone, whilst the
stinging tentacles
of the Anemone will
protect the fish from
predators.
Some flatfish use camouflage to
hide themselves on the ocean floor.
Tuna can swim at speeds of up
to 70kph.
Relative to their body size, fish
have small brains compared to
most other animals.
Most fish are covered in scales
which are often covered in a layer
of slime to help their movement
through water.
Cleaner fish help out other fish by
removing parasites and dead skin
from their scales.
Although jellyfish and crayfish
have the word ‘fish’ in their
name, they aren’t actually fish.
What is your favourite fish on display?
Can you name three of its unique features?
1.
2.
3.
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Feline
Breeds
Cats were first domesticated
between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago
in the Middle East where they proved to be useful
companions for people who were cultivating grains for
the first time as they helped control the rodents from
eating the stored grain.
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On average, cats spend 2/3 of every
day sleeping. That means a nine-yearold cat has been awake for only three
years of its life.
The technical term for a cat’s hairball
is a “bezoar”.
A cat can’t climb head first down a
tree because every claw on a cat’s paw
points the same way. To get down from
a tree, a cat must go down backwards.
Cats make about 100 different sounds.
Dogs make only about 10.
A
B
C
D
Can you pick which photo matches the following breeds?
There are more than 500 million
domestic cats in the world, with
approximately 40 recognized breeds.
Balinese
Korat
A cat can jump up to five times its own
height in a single bound.
Bengal
Persian
A cat usually has about 12 whiskers
on each side of its face.
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Poultry, Pigeons,
Birds and Eggs
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This pavilion is strictly for the birds!
With in excess of 1,500 feathered friends in this
pavilion, you may be a little busy. You will also find
a colourful array of eggs of all shapes and sizes
hiding in their nests.
Champion Chooks
ooks of Show
Learn how to judge
ge a chook.
Hummingbirds can fly
backwards.
Around 20% of bird species
migrate long distances
every year.
Homing pigeons are bred to
find their way home from long
distances away and have been
used for thousands of years to
carry messages.
Just like horses, cattle and dogs, all
poultry breeds have to measure up to an
dard. When judging
Australian Poultry Standard.
poultry, judges have to consider
riteria.
a number of different criteria.
Conformity – how well does the
pearance to the
fowl match in overall appearance
standards for a specific breed.
Colour – Are the colours a true and
correct match of the particular breed?
Condition – is the fowl in a correct
and appropriate state?
General Preparation –
This includes the general cleanliness
of the fowl; how well maintained and
trained it is etc.
All birds...
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Lay eggs
Have feathers
Are endothermic (warm-blooded)
Have a backbone
All of the above
Serves 6
Ingredients:
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1 egg
300g lean chicken mince
Grated zucchini
Grated carrot
1 tbsp favourite fresh herbs
Pepper
Salad to serve
Cooking Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, mix all ingr
edients
together thoroughly
2. Line a baking tray with baki
ng paper
3. Roll the mince into small bite
sized
balls and place on the tray
4. Bake in a moderate over for
15 minutes and allow to cool.
Refrigerate and add a salad for
school lunches with a small roll
or crackers.
What breed of chicken produces
blue or green eggs?
a. Araucana
b. Leghorn
c. Silkie
Answers: e and a
The chicken is the most
common species of bird found
in the world.
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Horse Breeds Expo
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Straight from the Horse’s Mouth!
How much do you know about horses?
Foals can run shortly after birth.
What is a young female horse called?
Horses have around 205 bones in
their skeleton.
Horses have bigger eyes than any
other mammal that lives on land.
What is a male horse called?
Horses gallop at around 44kph.
A male horse is called a stallion.
Name two breeds of horses?
A female horse is called a mare.
A young male horse is called
a colt.
What are Thoroughbred horses used for?
A young female horse is called
a filly.
A horse typically sleeps two and
half to three hours a day, both
nd standing up.
lying down and
What are the smallest and largest breeds of horses in this year’s
Horse Breeds Expo?
Horses younger
ger than 4 years can
or a maximum of
concentrate for
s.
10-15 minutes.
Horses lie down
wn for only about
43.5 minutes a day.
Horses sleep longer in the
summer than in the winter.
Horses are traditionally
aditionally measured
in ‘hands’, thiss was originally the
an’s hand and has
width of a man’s
been set at 4 inches.
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Why are horseshoes so important?
Suncorp Bank
Beef Experience
Beef cattle are animals produced on farms to
provide meat, which is a nutritious and important
food for people to include in a well-balanced diet.
In Australia, there are more than 40 different breeds
(types) of cattle in all shapes, sizes and colours.
This means that they can adapt and live in various
climates and places all around Australia. Brahman
cattle cope with the hot, tropical conditions in
Northern Australia and the Poll Herefords prefer
the cooler Southern Australian climate.
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Skype Sessions
The Suncorp Bank Beef Experience is your chance to
get up close to the beef cattle and speak to a cattle
producer. This year we’ve beefed up our program with
great speakers, special guests, and live international
Skype Sessions from as far away as Kazakhstan!
Skype sessions run for 45 minutes starting from 10am on
Friday 8 August 2014 and Wednesday 13 August 2014.
Daily information sessions (9am – 5pm) are held in the
beef ring and on the stage. Be early for a ringside seat.
Dexter
Brahman
Charolais
Simmental
Fart Smarts
We all do it! Farting and burping, or flatulence and
belching, is a natural result of eating. It is caused
by bacteria in our stomachs digesting our food
and creating waste gases like methane. Cattle and
sheep belch more than humans do because of their
grassy diet and unique digestive system.
Methane is a greenhouse gas and scientists believe
too much of this could change our climate forever.
Sheep and cattle produce up to 10% of Australia’s
greenhouse gases. To reduce this, scientists have
found that by adding fat and oil to the diet of
cattle can change their digestive process, thus
producing less methane.
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Little Miracles
Newborn Corner
Since 2009, there have been over 500 lambs born at the Ekka in
the Little Miracles Newborn Corner. The Little Miracles Newborn
Corner will delight and educate you at the same time. It is a great
way to teach a new generation of city children about the miracle
of life. See baby lambs being born and taking their first tentative
steps. Watch how they bond with their mothers and learn how to
start feeding for the very first time.
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How long is a ewe’s pregnancy?
Can ewes give birth to twin
or triplet lambs?
Our Ekka Ewes
Our Ekka ewes are from a property called Terrica, in Inglewood, outside of
Stanthorpe. The ewes mate approximately 150 days before Ekka. The average
length of gestation or length of pregnancy for a sheep varies from 144 to 151 days.
Learn about the birthing process at the Newborn Corner, and if you are lucky,
you might just get to see a baby lamb being born.
Sheep
Shear Excitement
See the blades fly when you
flock to the shearing display
in the Animal Boulevard.
Daily sessions at 10am, 11am, 12noon,
1pm, 2pm and 3pm.
Sheep Farmers
The Australian sheep industry leads the
world in developing and implementing welfare
techniques and improvements of Merino
sheep, the main breed of sheep in Australia.
Sheep shearing is an iconic Australian activity,
and most Merino farmers employ specialist
shearers for this purpose.
Shearing sheep has only varied slightly
in over two hundred years; it still takes a lot
of strength and skill. The modern day shearer
q pp
is well equipped
and athletically built, with
the skills to shear up to 180 sheep a day.
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Name an important part of
the bonding process between
the mother and the lamb?
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Australia – the world’s
largest wool producer.
China, India and Italy
– the major markets
for Australian Wool.
Australia has mainly fine
e wool
sheep called Merinos.
pers can
Up to eight woolly jumpers
eep’s fleece.
be made out of one sheep’s
Each year over 150 million
on sheep are
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n Australia.
shorn by the shearers in
It takes around 53 strokes
kes to shear
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a sheep’s fleece in one piece. Shee
Sheep
hat looks like
e
are shorn with a tool that
hair clippers.
350,000 tonnes – the weight
n the
of ‘greasy wool’ shorn in
2012/2013 season.
The most important characteristics
aracteristicss
of wool in determining its ‘greasy
er, staple
value’ are: fibre diameter,
strength, staple length, vegetable
d.
matter, colour and yield.
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Milking
Barn
Just how do cows
make milk?
Cows need to eat a variety of feeds
like grasses, legumes, grains and herbs
including clover and bulky fodder to make
them feel full. To produce milk cows must
eat up to 70 kilos (100 kilos in spring) of
feed and drink 100 litres of water a day!
That’s a bathtub full of water!
It takes 50 to 70 hours for a cow to turn
feed into milk and most cows produce
about 25 litres of milk a day. Some cows
can give up to 50 litres per day.
Before a cow can start producing milk she
must have had a calf. Usually, they have
one calf every year. The time when a cow
is making milk is called the Lactation Cycle.
The Australian dairy industry
produced 9.2 billion litres of milk
during 2012/13.
There are 6,400 dairy farms
located across Australia.
About 1.65 million dairy cows
produce all of Australia’s milk.
On average, cows produce
5,525 litres of milk per year.
The most common dairy cow
breed in Australia is the
Holstein Friesian.
43,000 Australians are directly
employed on dairy farms and
in manufacturing plants.
A dairy farmer has over 170 skills!
For more Legendairy facts visit
Dairy Australia’s Legendairy
website www.legendairy.com.au
How does milk get
from the cow to you?
The milk is taken from
the dairy farm to the
factory in a milk tanker.
For hundreds of years cows were milked
by hand. This was extremely hard work
because the whole herd would have
to be rounded up and milked by hand
twice a day.
Cows still need to be milked at least
twice a day, but nowadays, milk is
collected from the cow’s udder by a
milking machine with suction cups.
The farmer gently places the cups on
each of the cow’s four teats.
From here the milk travels through a
series of stainless steel pipes to a large
refrigerated vat where it is stored and
cooled. The milk is then collected by
a tanker each day and transported
to the factory.
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MILK
At the factory the milk is
pasteurised and put into
cartons and plastic bottles.
Milk is also used to make
cream, butter, yogurt, ice cream
and cheese. All these products
are known as dairy foods.
Dairy foods are transported from the factory
to the supermarkets, shops and canteens
where you can buy them.
How to build unbeatable bones!
Did you know that most Australian kids aren’t
having enough foods from the dairy food group
every day? Dairy foods such as milk, cheese and
yogurt are the biggest contributor of calcium in our
diets which help to build strong bones and teeth
for life.
Images courtesy of Dairy Australia
The Milking Barn in the
RACQ Insurance Animal Nursery
offers a practical demonstration
of the milking process.
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Dairy foods are not only a source of calcium but
they are packed full of nine other essential nutrients
that your body needs to grow and develop. As you
grow, make sure the amount of dairy foods you eat
each day grows too!
Now test your knowledge with a Legendairy quiz!
1. How many different dairy breeds are on display at Ekka today?
2. Dairy cows are milked
times per day.
3. What is the nutrient in dairy foods that helps to build strong bones?
4. Dairy foods contain
grow and develop.
essential nutrients your body needs to
Kids! For more fun activities check out the Discover Dairy website:
www.dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy
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Answers: 2. Two 3. Calcium 4. Ten
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RACQ Insurance
Animal Nursery
The RACQ Insurance Animal Nursery is one of the most popular
exhibits at the Ekka. At the nursery, you can touch and hold
some of the cuddliest farmyard animals including baby chicks,
lambs, ducklings and goats.
Baby Animals
Name the baby names of each of these animals:
Duck:
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Horse:
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Chickens have over 200
distinct noises they can make
for communicating.
A group of pigs is called
a “sounder”.
Ducklings are born ready to
leave the nest within hours of
hatching – their eyes are open
and they are able to find some
of their own food.
Sheep have two toes on
each foot.
Cows have a memory of about
three years.
Sheep:
Donkey:
Goats are great swimmers.
Geese are faithful, mate for
life, and mourn when their
partner dies.
A baby lamb can identify its
mother by her bleat.
What is your favourite farm animal and why?
Roosters can’t crow if they
can’t fully extend their necks.
The placement of a donkey’s
eyes in its’ head enables it to
see all four feet at all times.
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Australia’s
Living History
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History comes alive!
Since colonisation in 1788 and being so far from
the rest of the known world, Australians had to be
innovative and resourceful especially in this land
of extremes. This display takes you back to the
Australia of old, the crafts, trades and way of life
showing important facets of how we lived from
the 1800’s to Federation, with live demonstrations,
stories and displays of the little known or forgotten
parts of our past.
Can you find these artefacts? (Tick box)
Meat safe
Hair curlers
Candle maker
Gazunder
Shepherds bed
Wooden
butter churn
Washing board
When our early explorers were
opening up this vast country,
matches hadn’t been invented as
yet. So what do you think they used
to light their campfire every day?
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used to turn bush timber
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Take a look at this lunchbox.
What ingredients have been
used to make these foods?
Where have they come from?
Most of the foods you eat either came
from a farm or contain ingredients that
were grown on a farm.
mill to grind into flour; the flour is used by
bakers to bake the bread which you buy
and use to make your sandwich.
The journey the food goes on from the
farm to your plate is called the production
process. For example, to make the bread
for your sandwich, the farmer grows and
harvests the wheat and sends it to the
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Forestry works with the farming
industry to develop better ways of
producing food to help meet the
world’s growing demand.
Write or draw a story of how the foods in your lunch box
were grown, processed and transported to you.
Our goal is to help Queensland farmers
double food production by the year 2040.
Visit the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry stand to learn more
about Queensland’s major agricultural
industries and the everyday products
they provide us.
What are Queensland’s
top 3 agricultural
industries?
(Visit the Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry stand to find out.)
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Honeybees
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a 100% natural food made entirely
by honey bees.
a delicious, nutritious, energy food
that is easily digested.
From hive to bottle
As Australia’s honey bees (Apis
mellifera) produce much more
honey than the hive can eat,
beekeepers can harvest some
of this excess honey.
To extract the honey from the
frames, the beekeeper slices off
the protective wax cappings
allowing the honey to be spun out,
then strained and bottled.
A bottle of 100% Australian
honey contains only 100% honey
and is exactly how the bees
produced it. It has nothing added
or taken away to preserve or
improve it and will last indefinitely
if kept tightly sealed.
The nectar from the particular flowers the bees visit
gives each honey its unique name, colour and taste.
Most of Australia’s honey comes from the flowers of eucalypt
trees in forest areas. Some of Queensland’s best known honeys
are yellow box, ironbark, tea tree and brush box.
Liquid honey is the most common sold in Australia.
Crystallized honey (or Candied, Granulated, or Pot-set)
All honeys will crystallize – some quickly, some taking many
years – and is a natural process.
Creamed honey is a delicious, thick, smooth spread made
by whipping honey.
Australia requires high standards in hive management,
honey extraction, packing and marketing.
When buying honey, check the label for words like:
“100% Australian honey” or “Australian honey”.
Honey has been used for food and medicinal purposes
throughout history. The healing properties of honey
are continually being discovered.
Honey begins as nectar, the clear, sticky liquid produced
by flowers to attract pollinating insects, birds and animals.
With their proboscis (straw-like tongue) worker honey
bees (female) collect the flower’s nectar into their honey
sac. At the hive, this nectar is passed to other bees to
store in the hexagon-shaped beeswax cells.
To complete the change from nectar to honey,
bees fan their wings to circulate air through the hive.
This evaporates moisture from the thin nectar. When
thick, the cells of honey are capped with beeswax to
keep it fresh and clean.
Bees produce honey as food stores for their hive.
They eat honey for energy and young bee larvae are
fed “bee bread”, a mixture of honey and pollen.
Honey bees are more valuable as pollinators of food crops
(fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts) than honey producers.
1/3 of all the food we eat relies on honey bees for pollination.
Each year, Queensland’s 3000 commercial and hobby
beekeepers produce around 7,000 tonnes of honey
worth $30million with crop pollination by
honeybees worth $1billion. Yearly totals
vary due to seasonal factors like
Daily beekeeping
droughts, fires, floods and extreme
demonstrations in the
temperatures. A strong, healthy hive
Sunny Queen Farms
can produce over 100kg honey a year.
Agricultural Hall.
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Dogs
How many things can you do with your pet dog?
Come and see the Dog Pavilion and you will find
out that there’s much more to do with your dog
than just throwing a ball around the backyard or
going for a walk!
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This year at the Ekka it’s all about
Canines and Countries!
Do you know the name of your dog's breed?
Do you know which Country the breed came from?
There are over 200 types of purebred dogs
recognised in Australia.
Can you recognize the dogs below and match them
to the country of origin?
The oldest dog on record was an Australian
Cattle Dog called Bluey.
It’s easy, simply name the type of dog in the picture and
write in the country, for example:
Dogs sweat through the pads on their feet.
an Australian Cattle Dog
comes from Australia!
A dog’s nose has over 200 scent receiving cells.
Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on earth,
with speeds of up to 70km per hour.
The largest breed of dog is the Irish Wolfhound.
The world
world’ss smallest dog breed is
the Chihuahua.
A dog’s nose print is as unique
as a human’s fingerprint and can be
used to accurately identify them.
What sort of dogs use their noses to track?
Is your dog well-mannered and a Canine Good Citizen?
Would they like to race along a track really fast or chase
a lure across a field?
Which dogs mainly use their eyes to find things?
Or maybe something off-road sounds like fun?
Then try an obedience trial or agility with sitting, walking
and of twisty turns.
What kind of dogs are the best at pulling?
And who has all the information about dogs in Queensland?
Dogs Queensland of course.
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Are there special dogs who visit sick children?
Educational
Presentations
Ekka Education is all about
celebrating being Queensland’s
Largest Classroom! See more
and learn more when you visit
these information sessions.
The Courier-Mail Headst@rt
Stage in The Courier-Mail
Learning Fun Pavilion
Let your hands do the learning
From 10am until 3pm on weekdays
(excluding Wednesday 13 August
10am – 5pm) and 10am until 5pm on
weekends and Wednesday 13 August,
there are back to back information
sessions, shows and workshops for
students and families to give you a
full Ekka education experience. Hop
onto the Learning Fun Page of the
Ekka Website (www.ekka.com.au)
to find out what’s on when.
Kids in the Kitchen
Daily session times 10:30am,
11:30am, 1pm and 2pm
This very popular kids cooking
class is back again, promoting
healthy eating habits. Suitable for
preps to year 7, Chef Carmel will
help teach children about making
good healthy eating habits. This
class caters for a maximum of
32 children in one session and runs
for approximately 30 minutes with
participants being able to take
home their very own chef hat
and apron.
Secondary Schools
Culinary Challenge
Junior (Year Ten):
Saturday 17 August 9am – 5pm
Senior (Years Eleven and Twelve):
Sunday 18 August 9am – 5pm
Come and barrack for these
young master chefs as they put
all of their hard earned cooking
skills to the test to be crowned
the 2014 Queensland Junior and
Senior Secondary Schools Culinary
Cooking Champion.
Animal Boulevard
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Horse Breeds Expo
Daily demonstrations
9am – 5pm
Suncorp Bank
Beef Experience
Daily breed
information sessions
9am – 5pm
Skype Session: Friday 8 – Wednesday 15
Shearing
Demonstrations
Daily sessions
10am, 11am, 12noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Daily sessions
10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm,
2.30pm, 3.30pm
Feline Breeds
Breed talks
8 August and 13 – 16 August and
18 August, 11am, 1pm and 3pm
RACQ Insurance
Animal Nursery
Daily
Milking Barn
Pavilion: 9am – 7pm
Petting Corner: 9am – 5pm
The Courier-Mail
Royal Queensland Food
and Wine Show Stage
The Auditorium
This stage, hosted by well-known foodies
Dominique Rizzo and Matt Kirkegaard,
will take visitors on a memorable culinary
experience as they cook and offer up
their tips and hints alongside some of
Brisbane’s great chefs.
Daily performances 10am, 11am, 12pm
Sunny Queen Farms
Agricultural Hall
Sesame Street Presents Elmo
and Friends
Join the Sesame Street gang of Elmo,
Cookie Monster, Grover, Abby Cadabby
and their new friend, Lady Baa Baa, as
they sing and dance their way through
this exciting live stage show! Featuring
favourite songs including “The Sesame
Street Theme”, “C is for Cookie” plus
brand new songs “Elmo’s Can Can”
and “Elmo’s Got The Moves”.
Those Tap Guys
Garden Platform
Daily performances 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Daily sessions 10:30 – 4:30pm
The show is a myriad of styles, themes and
choreographed sequences, placed to a heart
stopping sound track. It wanders from street
infused tap dance, through an old fashioned
swing set and back again, with creative flair,
energy and a cheeky, fun approach.
Dedicated to encouraging involvement
in all things horticultural, come indulge
your senses and share tips with some
of Queensland’s biggest gardening
enthusiasts. The Garden Platform
features presentations from experts
with tips on how to eat from your
own backyard and garden to cooking
demonstrations.
Urban Upbeat presented
by Cranbourne Music
Daily performances from 9am – 4pm in
the Streets Share Happy Chill Out Zone
The popular school band competition
is shaping up to be the best showcase
yet, with over 160 bands and 4,800
students set to participate in this year’s
event. Urban Upbeat provides a forum
for schools to exhibit the excellent
instrumental programs they have
established, in styles such as concert,
jazz, string, choir, percussion and rock.
Comprising of five exceptional performers
with a corporate entertainment pedigree
of 8 years, this high energy dance troupe is
something fresh, innovative and outstanding.
Those Tap Guys wow audiences with their
skill, their wit and their sharp look.
Heritage Bank Community
Stage in the Coca-Cola Sports
Precinct
Daily from 9:30am – 5:30pm
School bands, choirs, community groups
and aspiring new artists can be found
on this busy stage. Come and watch the
colourful performances and cheer on the
local talent.
Proudly sponsored by
Trail Points
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The Courier-Mail
Learning Fun Pavilion
2. Seqwater and
Queensland Urban Utilities
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Q-14
3. Street Science
O-14
4. Dinosaurs
Q-14
5. Brisbane City Council
L-14
6. Queensland Government
P-14
7. Pisciculture – Fish
W-14
8. Feline Breeds
X-14
9. Poultry, Pigeons, Birds and Eggs
V-13
10. Horse Breeds Expo
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11. Suncorp Bank Beef Experience
Fri 8 August
Sat 9 – Sun 17 August
Drop your completed The Sunday Mail Ekka
Learning Trail Passport off at the Crime Stoppers
stand (Map Reference: G-12) for your chance
to win yourself an iPad Mini!
Buses
Train Station
– Arrivals
– Departures
Taxis
G–1
O–3
J–9
H–17
N-7
U-9
12. Little Miracles Newborn Corner
S-11
13. Sheep
S-11
14. Milking Barn
S-10
15. RACQ Insurance Animal Nursery R-11
16. Australia’s Living History
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17. Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry
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18. Honeybees
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19. Dogs
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