About
Baby Baas & Tiny Trotters - Travelling Animal Nursery is an event services business for hire in Launceston, TAS.
A travelling animal nursery out of Launceston, hosted by the farmer who raises the animals herself. Belinda brings rare breeds, Tamworth and Duroc pigs and Persian sheep among them, and none are taken off their mothers for the nursery. Many are orphans she's hand raising, some passed on from other farmers who needed a hand. The animals travel in their own custom built trailer, have their own jackets, and will happily dress to a theme. She's a registered nurse with qualifications in agriculture, and she holds public liability insurance and Working with Children Blue Cards. Past work includes the Felton Food Festival, Bunnings, childcare centres and birthday parties. Nursing home and childcare visits run smaller, with the animals brought around to people rather than set up in a pen. Travel anywhere in Tasmania.
The show
Clean, healthy animals that are used to being handled, and a farmer who knows every one of them by name because she raised them. Belinda hosts it herself, so the person answering your enquiry is the person standing in the pen on the day. What you get back from the kids is squealing and giggling, and a decent number of grandparents quietly having the same reaction. Rare breeds are part of the draw. Tamworth and Duroc pigs, Persian sheep, and a few orphans being hand raised.
On the day
A shady spot to set up on, grass for preference, and somewhere other livestock haven't been. The nursery can be made smaller if your space is tight, so say what you've got rather than ruling it out. Belinda brings her own panels and does the set up and pack down in her own time. On concrete, some hay or mulch needs to go down first, and she can organise that if it's easier. She travels anywhere in Tasmania.
Performance options
Birthday parties are the standard one. For longer events there's a capped package that covers a bigger stretch of the day. Nursing homes and childcare centres get a different format again, with fewer animals and no fenced pen, because the animals are carried around to the residents or the children instead of everyone coming to them. Past bookings include the Felton Food Festival, Bunnings, childcare centres and private parties. Photos of private parties and of children never go up anywhere.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Working with Children Check
