Yarns from the Bush Telegraph

A collection of poems and yarns from Spring Spur over the past 35 years.

Barefoot Winter

Barefoot Winter

Talking horses feet, last autumn we took possession of a number of brumbies that had been removed from the Bogong High Plains by Parks...

Dungeys Track

Dungeys Track

Another casualty of the big rains is Dungey's track. Following the route originally blazed by Sergeant Dungey in his regular travels...

Gold Mine

Gold Mine

Over the years we have bred many fine young horses here at Bogong Horseback Adventures. The vast majority of the working team today are...

Meet the new Farrier

Meet the New Farrier

Andy Warhol famously stated in 1975 that "In the future everybody will be famous for 15 minutes" In popular culture this has morphed into...

Sand in the Yards

Sand in the Yards

Yep, we have had big mobs of rain and at their peak the December storms dumped 170 mm in less than 24 hours. We came close to loosing the...

Spring Spur Wood Oven

Spring Spur Wood Oven

Home from the bush after 5 days of horses, adventure and campfire meals, our packhorse expedition guests now wind up the week with a wood...

Tourism Awards 2011

Tourism Awards 2011

Bogong Horseback Adventures returned to the Victorian Tourism Awards in 2010, tossing our hat into both the Adventure and Ecotourism...

Wildflowers 2011

Wildflowers 2011

The return of La Nina weather cycle has been dramatic this winter/spring/summer with fantastic rainfall totals month after month. The...