Customer Review

Dear Deb and Bruce,

What an extraordinary horse riding adventure that was! As Macca said to me ‘this is the best thing I’ve ever done in my life”. I agree with his sentiment. Nature at its best, mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, rocks!!, boulders!!!, endless skies, clouds, stars, huge moon, silence (in between Anton’s yarns, exclamations, musings, rants and protestations), huts, plains, AMAZING horses, old friends, new friends, Kookaburra’s laughing at us, flies (bearable up there), snakes, bugs, lashings of great food, yarns, tall tales (lies), conversations, campfires, smoke, tents, swags, swimming, beer (never tasted better), laughter, levity, apprehension, exhilaration, new knowledge, humility and awe. WOW!!!

A heartfelt thanks to both of you, (and in alphabetic order) Ash, Bonnie, Chris, Dave and Nicki. And three cheers to the AMAZING calm, strong, patient, safe and fearless horses. In my case Carlie, Indi and Soli (unlucky buggers). All different, all wonderful. The trip was wonderfully organized – faultless in fact. We were provided much more than we could in good conscience have asked for. We will return, provided we have not been slapped with a life time ban! There were no drugs, so the Essendon penalty would not be appropriate. Inappropriate language, telling stories that might have contained ‘Alternative Facts’, failing to fully embrace the ‘silence of the bush’ and over-exuberance; to each we plead guilty as charged. We will accept an 11 month ban, returning to the scene of the crime(s) in February 2018. Already we have canvassed other adventurers who have expressed enthusiasm. They are generally less cultivated than us, and without needing to state the bleeding obvious, they are far less skilled, less courageous, less intelligent, less athletic, less agile and less humble than us!!! Thankfully we have 11 months to knock them into shape. For now, I will retire to my ‘dingy little office’ with wonderful memories of the extraordinary adventure, and burning anticipation of a High Country extravaganza with ‘Clanc(ies) of the Overflow’ in 2018.

With my heartfelt thanks and appreciation,Tom (and others from the far West – Gordon the Blistering Bummer, Macca the Fabulous Farrier; Anton the Loquacious Lunatic’;Brendan the Ebullient Equestrian)