Camp gives city kids a chance to try their hand at being jackaroos and jillaroos

A HILLSIDE working farm might just be the perfect classroom for city kids hoping to get a taste of the country life.

Leconfield, a 4600-acre property on Mulla Creek, hosts camps that give students the opportunity to learn first-hand how to be a jillaroo and jackaroo.

Brian Skerrett, whose family has owned the farm for the last 100 years, started the school in 1983 in a bid to pass his skills onto the next generation.

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Article written by: ANGIRA BHARADWAJ