CALF MARKING ITINERARY 2025
8th January to the 14th January 2025
ARRIVAL DAY
8TH JANUARY 2025
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ARRIVE AT THE STATION - around 2pm
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MEET AND GREET - Meet the crew and riders
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MEET YOUR HORSE - Get matched up with your pony
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RIVER RIDE - Join us on a short river ride, this gives you a chance to get to know your horse.
- DINNER
- CARD GAMES
MUSTER DAYS
9TH - 13TH JANUARY 2025
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MUSTER CATTLE - These will be the main mustering days. Spreading out across the station. Marking calves in the yards. Staying out at the Basin Hut Cattle Camp or at the Cook Shop. Day to day plan will vary depending on where we are mustering.
- EVERYDAY CAMP LIFE
- Rise and shine! Hearty breakfast and into the saddle early. Mustering, yard work all day
- Lunch at the Basin Hut or in the saddle on the muster. Pack lunch provided.
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EVENING - Washing down horses. Get the horses ready for bed. Feeding them.
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DINNER - followed by a few cold ones, camp fire stories and ranch games
CALF MARKING CELEBRATION
13TH JANUARY 2025
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PACK UP CAMP - Close camp and saddle up
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HEAD TO THE LAKE - For our final night we will live in luxury at Blue Mountain Lake
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SWIM THE PONIES - Take you pony for a well deserved swim
- DINNER - A delicious 4 course meal at the lake
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END OF CALF MARKING PARTY! - A little music, lots of yarns, a few beers by the Blue Lake Fire Pit to celebrate all your hard work with the crew!
LAST DAY
14TH JANUARY 2025
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PACK YOU BAGS - We will return home by 10am
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RUN THE HORSES HOME - We will set the horses free and watch them return home.
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FINAL GOODBYES - Say goodbye to the crew, your new found friends, group photos.
- SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!