Conservation grazing is done very successfully in so many countries. It’s all about adequate management, with local people forming groups to do this.
Of basic significance is that wild horses/native horses and ponies graze totally differently to domestic equines.
Waler and Timor ponies were once central to daily life in Australia, now facing extinction.
Brig was from Mt Riddock Station north of Alice Springs. Reg Wilson obtained him for me in 1987 shortly after I left the Northern Territory to move back to Canberra.
Let’s celebrate history in the making! Timor Ponies at the 2024 Summer Royal Show held at the Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre.
Mt Weld Governess travelled as a yearling almost five thousand kilometers from her home in Western Australia to Queensland.
How did our family get involved with Walers? As seems to be the way with Walers, one thing just led to another, and Piperita and Coolibah joined our family.
In November of 2018, amid serious bushfire in central east Queensland, two little brumby colts were caught in yards when cattle were mustered to save them from the fires.
Horses were once all we had for work and transport, they had to be safe, versatile, easy to keep, and above all, sensible. A good horse with comfortable action was always in high demand, and still is today!
Hyland Quambatook (or Took as he is known to friends) was born on the 26th of September, 2011. He is the first foal to be born at the Hyland Walers stud.
We were very excited to be contacted by John Ellis via our website with a photograph of his grandfather mounted on a horse. John asked if the horse could possibly be a Waler, based on what he had been looking at on the website.
