Entries about cabarlah

An hour west of Brisbane is a town called Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City') in the Darling Downs region of Queensland.

Toowoomba hosts the Australian Carnival of Flowers each September and national championship events for the sports of mountain biking and motocross. There are more than 150 public parks and gardens in Toowoomba.

It is the sixteenth-largest city in Australia, the sixth largest in Queensland, after Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville and Cairns.

My next stop was at El Rose Morgan Horse Stud in Cabarlah approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the Toowoomba with views to the east of the Lockyer Valley through to Brisbane and to the west across the Darling Downs.

Among the animals on the property were 7 chickens, 5 ducks

three outside Devonshire Rex cats - Arimus, Shareka & Paris

two indoor cats; Angel a devonshire Rex

and Pippa, a moggy

Pippa was a great hot water bottle at night, though a bit of a bed hogger! and Angel was the sweetest little cat, when she wasn't sneezing in my face!

Roaming the paddocks was Penny the rather fat goat

and of course, the stables

for the horses: Pollyanna

Penny


and the two foals, Flash


and Banjo (Penny's foal)

I tried platting Polly's tail, but it didn't look quite like the professionals

and of course the dogs, and Brownie in particular, who was Matt's little follower

Matt and Ann were doing a great job to train the foals, and also take the time to retrain the horses

The round pen was one project the three of us undertook, to remove the bright orange mesh (which we found out wasn't foal proof),


and create a more rustic look

It was great to work in a beautiful environment with great people, but unfortunately something's were shared that weren't necessary, like colds! This is me keeping warm - a new fashion statement at El Rose!