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Home
A
visit to: Franz Weber's
3About
brumby hooves
3
In the wild
3The
Bonrook Country Stay
34WD
adventures
3Some
local history and information
3Trapping
brumbies
3Working
with brumbies
3The
river, billabongs, springs & dams
3Sam
Forwood, pictured left next to a
large white ant's nest, is manager for the brumby sanctuary at Bonrook Station.
Both he and his wife Suzy are actively involved in all facets of managing
between 700 to 800 brumbies, and organising 4WD adventures around the 495
square kilometre sanctuary. Sam
and Suzy have been managers here for just over seven years (as at mid 2003).
To find out about staying at the 'Country Stay' at the Station, or going on
a 4WD tour to view brumbies,
contact Sam or Suzy Forwood on phone 08 8976 1232, or email info@bonrook.com
Web site www.bonrook.com
Visit the Franz Weber web site at www.ffw.ch
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A common
sight - a mob of brumbies running free and safe in the wild.
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A beautiful 6 year old brumby stallion
which was temporarily yarded. He is now back in the wild where he belongs.
Bonrook
Station experiences a wet and dry season every year. The wet season can be hot
and humid, with sections of the sanctuary being unacessible due to water, with
the dry season experiencing beautiful days and cool nights.
During the dry season a number of water holes dry up, with the Cullin River
not flowing. This situation brings the brumby mobs into the fewer numbers of
water supplies and hence can contribute to more of them being seen.
5 Bonrook
Station, only a couple of hours south of Darwin in the Northern Territory,
is not in Australia's 5
true outback, but does leave visitors
with a feeling of being 'outback'. A fantastic place to visit and experience
friendly hosts, a beautiful bed and breakfast stay, and view brumbies in the
wild.
5
A
tree flowering in the dry season
Bonrook
Station is just 10 minutes south of the township of Pine Creek in the Northern
Territory.
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Map
of the very top end of the Northern Territory.
Bonrook Station designated by the green circle.
at
Bonrook Station
in
the Northern Territory
in mid 2003 (station = very large property)
Brumby
Sanctuary
