{"id":108,"date":"2026-04-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:00:00","slug":"collingwood-farm-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"Collingwood Farm: What to Bring and What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A working urban farm in the middle of Melbourne \u2014 here&#8217;s our complete family guide with everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>Collingwood Children&#8217;s Farm is one of those Melbourne places that feels like a secret even though it&#8217;s been there for decades. A working farm \u2014 complete with cows, goats, pigs, and chickens \u2014 less than 4km from the CBD.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting there<\/h2>\n<p>Tram 86 or 96 to Johnston Street, then a short walk. Parking is very limited \u2014 public transport is strongly recommended on weekends.<\/p>\n<h2>What the kids love most<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeding the goats (bring your own veggie scraps)<\/li>\n<li>Meeting the pigs at feeding time (10am daily)<\/li>\n<li>The egg collecting experience on weekend mornings<\/li>\n<li>Running in the open paddocks \u2014 the freedom of space is rare this close to the CBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A working urban farm in the middle of Melbourne \u2014 our complete family guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[54,36,38],"age_range":[],"suburb":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoor","tag-collingwood","tag-free","tag-toddlers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"age_range","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fage_range&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"suburb","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getthekidsout.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsuburb&post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}