School Camps – Jackeroo & Jillaroo (5 days)
School Camp: Looking for something unique!
At Leconfield Farm they cater for High School groups and the program they offer encourages team work, understanding and a bonding relationship with their horse.
Here, students learn such skills as Natural Horsemanship, known to many as "horse whispering", add a few bush skills like sheep health and husbandry and a Sheep shearing lessons, see working dogs in action, and much, much more.
Students will participate in various sessions which focus on communicating with their horse through its own language and creating a unique partnership with their horse during the school. The farm is provided with beds, bathrooms, food and everything else needed throughout the week.
They have bunkhouse accommodation and students will enjoy hearty campfire cooked meals.
A large percentage of the food is home grown on the farm in their organic vegetable garden and from their livestock breed on the farm.
Sampe Itinerary:
Day 1:
Group will be picked up in Tamworth by the Farm Bus and head out to Leconfield.
After settling in we will have a Grooming and saddling up lesson and a lesson in Natural Horsemanship followed by a ride including bush survival and local bush tucker.
Overnight: Leconfield farm (L-D)
Day 2:
Today students will catch and saddle the horses, followed by their Natural Horsemanship lessons.
Students will also have a barefoot trimming lesson, whip cracking and lassoing lessons, they will muster sheep on horseback, have a Barrel race on horseback, plus receive a talk on sheep health and husbandry followed by a Sheep shearing lesson.
Overnight: Leconfield farm (B-L-D)
Day 3:
Today students will continue with their Natural Horsemanship lessons, followed by a Picnic lunch.
Then they will learn pasture improvement and fencing or yard building.
Overnight: Leconfield farm (B-L-D) Picnic Lunch
Day 4:
Today students will catch and saddle the horses, and play Natural Horsemanship games with their horses.
They will be mustering cattle on horseback, we will talk to them on cattle breeds and husbandry and they will learn about yarding and drafting cattle. Also today they will have a lassoing competition, and be given demonstrations on calf wrestling, branding and marking as well as see working dogs in action. In the afternoon they will take a relaxing Trail ride.
Overnight: Leconfield farm (B-L-D)
Day 5:
After a leisurely breakfast, the Leconfield School bus will head off around mid-morning to take you to the Tamworth airport for your flights home to the Gold Coast.
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Itinerary subject to changes. All included meals are enjoyed around the campfire!
Contact Cara for more details.