About Wongaburra and it's custodians
Justin and Christine Corbidge bought this 618 acre property in December 2006, and opened it as a horsemanship centre in November 2007. The primary focus for their business at Wongaburra is as a facility for students of Natural Horsemanship where they can learn in a safe, comfortable environment with access to trails and with purpose built playgrounds for advancing their horsemanship. They offer weekend horsemanship events, weekend and 1-2 week long catered camps as well as facilities for camping. The facilities include an airconditioned converted woolshed (kitchen/dining/classroom) with a toilet/shower block as well as yarding for 20 horses. Wongaburra has become a 'education vacation destination' for horsemanship students from around Australia as well as overseas.
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ABOUT CHRIS CORBIDGE - FACILITY OWNER & LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Christine Corbidge has been teaching horsemanship since 1989, including from 1996-2018 as a licensed Senior Parelli professional (rising to the rank of Senior 4* Instructor) - a world renowned horsemanship foundation program based in the USA. Her full time career with training horses and the people who love them, has included teaching in 4 countries, and across all Australian states and territories (with the exception of Western Australia)
She began riding at age 8 in her birth country of NZ, but began her formal horsemanship training career in 1984 in Queensland Australia before moving to Victoria in 1989. Before she discovered Pat & Linda Parelli's program in 1995 she was a successful competitor in the world of Western Performance, ran a Western Riding club as well as teaching horsemanship to recreational riders.
Today she specialises in 'Confidence Coaching' for both horses and humans, travelling around Australia holding clinics as well as teaching at 'Wongaburra', her homebase. She caters for all ages, people from all areas of horse activity and sport and at every level from beginners to professionals.
Her Australian teaching circuit includes Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, NSW, Central Australia and QLD.
Christine Corbidge has been teaching horsemanship since 1989, including from 1996-2018 as a licensed Senior Parelli professional (rising to the rank of Senior 4* Instructor) - a world renowned horsemanship foundation program based in the USA. Her full time career with training horses and the people who love them, has included teaching in 4 countries, and across all Australian states and territories (with the exception of Western Australia)
She began riding at age 8 in her birth country of NZ, but began her formal horsemanship training career in 1984 in Queensland Australia before moving to Victoria in 1989. Before she discovered Pat & Linda Parelli's program in 1995 she was a successful competitor in the world of Western Performance, ran a Western Riding club as well as teaching horsemanship to recreational riders.
Today she specialises in 'Confidence Coaching' for both horses and humans, travelling around Australia holding clinics as well as teaching at 'Wongaburra', her homebase. She caters for all ages, people from all areas of horse activity and sport and at every level from beginners to professionals.
Her Australian teaching circuit includes Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, NSW, Central Australia and QLD.
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ABOUT JUSTIN CORBIDGE - FACILITY OWNER, BUILDER & MANAGER AT WONGABURRA GUESTHOUSE & HORSEMANSHIP CENTRE
Justin went looking for horsemanship advice for two thoroughbred mares he owned late in 1999, and ended up marrying the instructor! He has been Chris' PA since then, including during the 4 years the family spent living & teaching clinics 'on the road' around Australia in their horse truck with 2 of their 3 children, which is where the nickname 'The Circus Corbidge' came from. Justin's skills, experience and talents as a facility & project manager (not to mention his good humour) have turned Wongaburra from a run down farm to the tidy, well maintained & beautiful horsemanship centre it is today. Whilst Chris loves to contribute by designing the building projects, most of the actual hands on building, plumbing and renovating work done at Wongaburra since the Corbidge family took ownership in December 2006 was done by Justin alone. (The support of many skilled friends has also made it what it is today, and their contribution will always be remembered by Chris and Justin with gratitude). Justin also works as a carer in the boarding house at The Hamilton & Alexandra College, and in customer service at Permewan's Hardware and Feedstore in Hamilton Victoria on top of his workload of hoof trimming & horse care and project building works. His genuine love of people and his willingness to go the 'extra mile' for our students and guests is part and parcel of what Wongaburra is all about. Justin spent 5 yrs as a Licensed Parelli Instructor before retiring from the Parelli professional's program late in 2016. He continues to develop his own horsemanship with his horses Finn, Harmony and Bree and has some competition goals in mind for the future in the sports of 'Stockman's Challenge' & 'Extreme Cowboy Racing'. Justin starts his own young horses at Wongaburra under saddle for their 'first ride' program, and cares for Chris' horses - Jo Cool, Durango, Soleil, Luna and Easy Peasy. (He also keeps an eye on 'Buddy'...Wongaburra's 'free range' miniature pony, with whom he has a love/hate relationship). ...you can find Buddy Corbidge on fb...seriously, he has his own page! |
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For more information about the Parelli program, go to www.parelli.com
For information about other services at Wongaburra go to the 'Wongaburra Guesthouse' page.
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For information about other services at Wongaburra go to the 'Wongaburra Guesthouse' page.
Facebook and instagram links below...use fb messenger - it's the easiest way to contact us!