Students from Caulfield South Primary School and River City Christian College in Echuca can probably tell you which breeds of cows produce milk, what type of shed cows are milked in, the optimum storage temperature for milk and how flood irrigation works to provide pastures for cows to graze. The Golden Cow features a herringbone dairy with six breeds of cows.
Students can see the milking process first hand and learn about pasteurisation and homogenisation.
There are calves to cuddle and if the students are game, they can let them chew their fingers. They can also help at feeding time. Students have the opportunity to meet Goldie, a mechanical cow and a former TV celebrity now retired to the Golden Cow. She originally starred in a television advertisement for butter, presented by Peter Russell-Clarke. The water wheel meters the water as it enters the farm and students can observe the flow of water across the bays.