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 4-8 day 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 Nov 1996 - Dec 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 Nov 1996 - Dec 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, INSTRUCTOR, 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 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 4 days a week offsite at a local Plastics Recycling Plant as a production assistant, 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, he continues to develop his number 1 horse 'Finn' (13 yr old Warmblood x Stockhorse gelding) and has begun raising his own young horse 'Angel' (TB x Lusitano filly) born Jan 2022. Justin has started several young horses at Wongaburra under saddle for their 'first ride' program, and cares for the Wongaburra herd of horses - Jo Cool, Durango, Bree, Soleil, Harmony, Luna and Easy Peasy when Chris is away teaching offsite. (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 information about accommodation services at Wongaburra go to the 'Wongaburra Guesthouse' page.
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