Up close and personal: Cobram Pony Club members meet a brumby foal.
Members of the Cobram and District Pony Club were treated to close contact with Barmah brumbies on a recent visit to a brumby sanctuary at Picola.
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The trip to the sanctuary, run by the Barmah Brumbies Preservation Group, was one of 24 rallies the club undertakes each year.
Pony club vice-president Barb Clarke said it helped the members understand what the sanctuary was trying to do.
“The reason was to see how the sanctuary works and an educational talk about the brumbies and how they are part of our culture and history, and how important the brumbies are,” Ms Clarke said.
The brumbies will eventually be removed from Barmah National Park under a management plan.
Keeping busy: Hayley Newby assists with the ponies at the brumby sanctuary.
The club members met some of the brumby foals, checked out the facilities, other brumbies and met the dedicated people involved.
“All the horses were in an amazing condition and this group do such a great job and should be recognised and given credit for the work they do,” Ms Clarke said.
“There is so much history with our Barmah brumbies and we should be trying to preserve them. It was great to learn how important these brumbies are to our culture and we need to try to save them.”
The Cobram and District Pony Club donated $200 to the Barmah Brumbies Preservation Group.
Ms Clarke said the club recommended a visit to the brumby sanctuary to educate people about the Barmah brumbies and to understand the work being carried out by the group.
Happy day: Pony club member Mel Borella from Numurkah and Hayley Newby get up close to one of the brumbies at the sanctuary.
In the wild: A brumby spotted in Barmah National Park on the same day the club visited the brumby sanctuary.
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