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Tour ItineraryTour Itinerary
Please note that "Garawilla" is a "Working Farm" and that no week is ever the same as the other. While the core of the program is always covered, the activities on each course day change subject to jobs needing to be done on the farm.
Please refer to the program below as an example program.
Monday 8.30am Pick up from accommodation by Jackaroo Jillaroo Host John.
Brief announcement by the Farm staff, welcoming new Jackeroos & Jillaroos,
providing overview of property, preview Jackaroo Jillaroo program.
Introduction to Aussie Horsemanship, Australian Stock saddle, Whip,Saddle bag and Quad pot and other Stockman (Aussie word for cowboy)gear.
11.00am Smoko (morning tea)
Shoeing demonstration.
Meet your horse, saddling Horse,
12.30pm lunch,
2.00pm ride along the River checking Foals
and Mares in Paddocks. Beginners get one on one instruction to make them feel safe and build their skills fast. Riders will enjoy an exhilarating ride with plenty of cantering through the river and learning the Australian way of riding.
5.00pm transfer to Homestead. Kickback after a shower and a good meal and enjoy the country sunset on the wide veranda of the Homestead.
Tuesday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Sheep Skills. Demonstration & participation in sheep shearing with a shearer.(Seasonal!)
Learn how to shed, Fly Blown Sheep, to sex sheep. Learn general sheep maintenance “Roustabout” in the Woolshed. Learn how to pickup fleece, throw the fleece, skirt the fleece, roll the wool, sweep up the locks and all other general duties.
General explanation of wool, the industry, the different roles of the shearing team & a “day in the life of a shearing shed”hearers life lass the wool. Explanation of wool industry, air a fence including Shearer provides comprehensive commentary during demonstration.
“Work in Progress”
Learn how to crutch sheep, Woolshed Roustabouting, Pressing Wool, Gear Maintenance etc.
10.00am Smoko Smoko: Billy tea & baked damper
10.30am Sheep Skills (cont): Demonstration of working dogs rounding up and penning sheep.
Learn basic “Livestock Handling” duties including how to handle sheep in the yards & race. Learn how to draft & count sheep. Learn how to drench sheep. Learn how to identify sheep sexes, breeds, age and health. Learn all general sheep maintenance & care
Sheep maintenance, Crutching sheep, Woolshed Roustabouting, Pressing Wool, Back lining, Treating Fly Blown Sheep,
12.30pm Lunch The Farm Station Woolshed & Yards Packed Lunch
2.00pm Sheep Skills (cont)
"Work in Progress"
The Farm Station Woolshed & Yards Yard Work. Pen & Drench Sheep in Race.
(Substitute water for drench)
Participation in Drafting Sheep with a shearer.
Participation in Checking for Fly Blown Sheep with a shearer.
Muster Sheep back into paddocks.
5.00pm Free Time, Dinner, Evening entertainment.
Wednesday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Cattle muster. Learn how to work cattle on horseback.
11.00am Smoko
11.30h Cattle muster continued. Muster cattle into yards.
1.00am lunch
1.30am Cattle Yard work.
Learn how to work with cattle in the yards. Explanation of work to be done including drafting cattle and how to force cattle up the race.
Learn safety & precautions when working with cattle in yards including gates, movements around yards and cattle temperaments.
Check cattle tags and cattle records. May include AI, pregnancy testing, recording weights, drenching, inoculating, cutting out cattle on horseback.
"Work in Progress"
Muster Cattle into new paddock.
6.30pm Free time, Dinner, Evening entertainment.
Thursday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Stockman's Skills. Learn about horse health care, maintenance, diet, behavior, history, farriering, dental etc. Feed and check horses.
“Work in Progress”
Farriering, drenching horses, caring for sick or injured horses, replace lost shoe, dentist, horse gentler.
10.00am Smoko Smoko: Billy tea & baked damper
10.30am Horse Skills
The Farm Station Boundary Ride. Check fences, clear and repair “pop holes” and damage caused by kangaroos, pigs and vermin
“Work in Progress”
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Stockman Skills
The Farm Station Fencing. Learn how to build a stock proof fence. Learn how to dig holes and position posts, strainers, stays etc. Learn how to spin wire and strain a fence. Learn use of fencing equipment including spinner, fencing pliers, drill and strainers. Learn how to repair a fence including damaged “pop holed” fence. Learn how to hang a gate.
Learn how to repair a flood block.
Smoko
Pasture Improvement: Pick up firewood. Build Campfire.
6.30pm Free time, Dinner, Evening entertainment
Friday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Handling young Horses. Learn how to approach young horses, their behavior patterns, thinking patterns and safety aspects in handling a young horse.
10.00am Smoko
"Work in Progress"
10.30am Horse Skills (cont.)breaking/starting a young horse. Ground work, getting the horse to trust you through games. Introducing horse to gear and tack.
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Horse Skills (cont.) Ride and swim with the horses in the River.
Saturday/Sunday
There are three options of activities for the weekend:
1.Stay at the farm and enjoy a mix of relaxing,participate in farm duties and kajaking.
2.Spend the weekend in Bingara, staying at the 'Sportsman's Hotel' and enjoy activities such as kajaking, fishing, golfing, swimming etc.
Monday
"Garrawilla" has over 200 hundred horses and about 70 Foals are born each year. We start up (traditional word used: 'break in') a horse per week. So at any one time there will be a young horse 'started up', 'broken in' and 'finished off'
Over the course of next week you will work intensively with young horses and be rewarded by the finished product, a young soft, trusting, horse that can be ridden and worked from and taken further to it's full potential.
We work with the priciple of positive instruction, trust and and respect using a calm and natural traditional approach.
"With a base of trust and respect, the horse will enjoy learning and its spirit will work with us not against us.
7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.00am Working with a young horse.
11.00am Smoko (morning tea)
Shoeing demonstration followed by an intensive lesson on how to trimm a horses foot, farrier tools, safety, positioning of the body,etc.
12.30pm lunch,
2.00pm Ride along the River checking Foals and Mares in Paddocks.
Finnishing the day with a nice swimm with the horses in the river.
5.00pm Free Time, Dinner, Evening entertainment.
Tuesday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Sheep Skills.
“Work in Progress”
Starting up a young horse.
10.00am Smoko
10.30am Sheep Skills (cont.)
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Sheep Skills (cont)
"Work in Progress"
Pen & Drench Sheep in Race.
(Substitute water for drench)
Participation in Drafting Sheep with a shearer.
Participation in Checking for Fly Blown Sheep with a shearer.
Muster Sheep back into paddocks.
5.00pm Free Time, Dinner, Evening entertainment.
Wednesday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Working on a young horse.
11.00am Smoko
11.30h Cattle muster. Muster cattle into yards.
1.00am lunch
1.30am
Team Penning
Team Penning requires great teamwork, well trained horses and a love of speed.
This is a well practiced tecnique out in the bush and on big cattle stations.
Learn this great skill and have a tonn of fun while you are doing it!
A Team penning Competition at the end will be one of the Highlights of the course!
Here is how it goes:
Step 1: Build a team of three riders and three horses.
Step 2: Count 30 head of cattle in a herd. Each cow is numbered 0 to 9 on its back. There are three cows of each number.
Step 3: Start at one end of the arena. When the timer is ready, all three riders will ride toward the herd at the opposite end of the arena.
Step 4: Pass the start line and the announcer will call out a number, 0 to 9.
Step 5: Know that in team penning, the idea is to take three cows with the number called out by the announcer, then separate them from the rest of the herd and move them into a pen at the other end of the arena.
Step 6: Get all three cows with that number and bring them back to the pen within a previous agreed time.
Step 7: Don't let more than five cows of other numbers cross the start line or your team will be disqualified.
Step 8: Realize that if you get any cows in the pen other than those with the called number, you'll have to remove them and send them back to the other side of the start line before time stops.
Step 9: Receive a time for penning only two cows, but any team penning three cows, even with a slower time, will be ahead of you.
"Work in Progress"
Muster Cattle into new paddock.
6.30pm Free time, Dinner, Evening entertainment.
Thursday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Working on a young horse
“Work in Progress”
10.00am Smoko
10.30am
Fencing
Learn the skills that are needed to maintain Fences and yards on a property.
Learn how to use the required tools, set posts, Learn how to build a stock proof fence. Learn how to dig holes and position posts, strainers, stays etc. Learn how to spin wire and strain a fence. Learn use of fencing equipment including spinner, fencing pliers, drill and strainers. Learn how to repair a fence including damaged “pop holed” fence. Learn how to hang a gate.
Learn how to repair a flood block.
The Farm Station Boundary Ride. Check fences, clear and repair “pop holes” and damage caused by kangaroos, pigs and vermin
“Work in Progress”
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Stockman Skills (cont.)
Smoko
Pasture Improvement: Pick up firewood. Build Campfire.
6.30pm Free time, Dinner, Evening entertainment
Friday 7.30am Aussie Breakfast
8.30am Working on a young Horse.
10.00am Smoko
"Work in Progress"
10.30am Horse Skills (cont.)
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Barrel Racing Competition.
Barrel racing is a timed rodeo event, where the fastest time is what matters most. Cowgirls compete in the arena against each other and the clock.
Barrel racing is about cooperation between horse and rider. Because of the competition and money involved, finding a good horse is very important to the competitors. A top of the line barrel horse can cost up to $50,000.
For the barrel racing event, the arena is cleared and three barrels are set up at different marked locations. The riders then enter the arena at full speed, quickly rounding each barrel in a cloverleaf pattern and then exiting where they entered. A stopwatch or timer is used registering down to a hundredth of a second.
Speed is what it is all about in this event. The riders steer their horses as close as they can to the barrels trying to shave precious seconds off the clock.
5.00pm Farewell |
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