Not So Old-Fashioned
When is a Waler not a Waler? This is not open to conjecture. Our website aims to educate those interested in the Waler breed in order to save the breed from modern malpractice.
GoGo Adventures (part7)
Have you enjoyed the story of capturing the GoGo Station Walers? It highlights the active commitment required to save a rare breed and the importance of publicly recording knowledge.
GoGo Adventures (part6)
Our last dinner with Harry was good. Everyone parted on good terms, although I was a bit peeved he’d let Gopher take a couple of second raters among the good horses – after all Ian was paying a big sum for them. They were a lifetime investment for him, to help save the breed.
GoGo Adventures (part5)
Next morning Gopher appeared soon after breakfast, he said he was fine, just a touch of the sun. I managed not to mention the putrid slimy water.
Ringwood Station
Some fabulous photos and information about Ringwood station sent in by Michael Gaynor, thank you so much.
Silver Valley Ponies
Australian bred ponies were tough! Now extremely rare, but we believe some are still around the Silver Valley/ Petford Range area in Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands.
GoGo Adventures (part4)
Day two was a long hot slog. Filthy hot. Open country with a barely a tree and that barely up to your knee.
Welbourn Hill Station
In 1909 Welbourn Hill station was taken up by the father of Jack and Phil who later ran it, Mr W. Giles.
Julius Gove
Gove had his own company, Julius Gove and Co., and specialised in shipping to Bombay. He created such a sound company, it traded on long after his death in 1922.
Sir Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman, born in 1857, is the subject of books, as he should be, having worked his way up from nothing to being the biggest landowner in the world.