MORE than 700 Brisbane school children got their first glimpse of the Brisbane Royal Show (Ekka) last Thursday when the country came to the city for Rural Discovery Day.
Students had the chance to get up close and personal with dairy cattle, show cattle, sheep, working dogs and the popular baby animal nursery.
RNA chief executive officer Brendan Christou said the day - which was in its 12th year - was really focused on education.
"This is all about educating city kids on where their food and fibre comes from," Mr Christou said.
"It's what the Ekka is about; it's what the RNA is about.
"The kids are having fun; they're getting out and meeting the animals - they don't even know they're learning."
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Nambour State High School was one of the many organisations that fielded a strong agricultural display for the Brisbane students.
From one student to another, Nambour year 9 girls showed their younger city cousins a quick lesson on where their milk came from.
"So you just put your fingers together and roll them down to make the milk come out," one student explained, helping a Brisbane kid to have a go at milking.
Nambour SHS has a commercial dairy and supplies to Pauls Milk.
They milk about 15-16 head at the moment, but have 60 animals altogether on the school's farm.
Jasmine Burr graduated last year from Nambour SHS and has returned as an agricultural assistant.
She always had a thirst for agriculture through her studies, spending five years on the school cattle show team including as captain in her senior year.
For Jasmine, returning to the showgrounds where she had competed during her own schooling to give other students their first taste of agriculture is nothing short of "amazing".
"It's really wonderful to see little kids' faces when they get to milk the cows," Jasmine said.
"They realise that this is where milk comes from - it's not shop bought.
"They don't normally get an opportunity to see how big the cows are or how nice they are - they're gentle giants really."
