Rain Hayne & Shine Farmyard in Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula offers a hands-on day out with a large variety of friendly farm animals. Visitors can walk through paddocks to meet sheep, goats, calves, poultry, pigs, emus, alpacas, rabbits, guinea pigs, ponies, donkeys, a mule and dingoes. Animal feed is available for purchase and bottle feeding occurs at 1 PM. Pony rides are offered for $5, but do not operate on days of high wind.

The farm is open Saturday to Wednesday from 10 AM to 4 PM, with last entry at 3 PM, and is closed Thursdays and Fridays. It is also open during all Victorian school holidays and public holidays except Christmas Day, but is closed on days of Total Fire Ban. Admission is $17 for adults and children over two, with a family of four ticket for $65. The farm provides educational excursions for schools and kinders, hosts birthday parties, and runs the Little Piggies Playgroup. Gift vouchers can be purchased online.