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Please note: Bingara Station is a "Working Farm" and no week or day is ever the same as the other.
While the core of the program will always be covered, the activities on each course day may change, subject to jobs needing to be done on the farm.

Please refer to the program details below as an example of what you can expect.

Sunday

8:30am
Pick up from Imperial Hotel by Jackaroo Jillaroo Host John.
- Brief announcement by the farm staff, welcoming new Jackaroos & Jillaroos.
- Get an overview of the property.
- Preview Jackaroo Jillaroo program.
- Introduction to Aussie Horsemanship
  - Australian Stock Saddle, Whip, Saddle Bag and Quad pot and other Stockman (Aussie word for cowboy) gear.
  - Shoeing demonstration. Meet your horse, saddling horse.

Lunch

PM
Ride along the river checking foals and mares in paddocks.
- Beginners get one on one instruction to make them feel safe and build their skills fast. Riders will enjoy an exhilarating ride with plenty of cantering through the river and learning the Australian way of riding.

5:00pm
Transfer to homestead
- Kickback after a shower and a good meal and enjoy the country sunset on the wide veranda of the Homestead.

Monday

7:30am
Breakfast
AM
Sheep Skills
- Demonstration & participation in sheep shearing with a shearer (seasonal!).
- Learn how to shed, Fly Blown Sheep, to sex sheep.
- Learn general sheep maintenance.
- “Roustabout” in the Woolshed.
  - Learn how to pickup fleece, throw the fleece, skirt the fleece, roll the wool, sweep up the locks and all other general duties.
  - General explanation of wool, the industry, the different roles of the shearing team & a "day in the life of a shearing shed" shearers life less the wool.
  - Explanation of wool industry, air a fence including shearers comprehensive commentary during demonstration.
  - “Work in Progress” Learn how to crutch sheep, Woolshed Roustabouting, Pressing Wool, Gear Maintenance etc.
  - Shoeing demonstration. Meet your horse, saddling horse.
  - Sheep Skills (cont.)
    - Demonstration of working dogs rounding up and penning sheep.
    - Learn basic “Livestock Handling” duties including how to handle sheep in the yards & race.
    - Learn how to draft & count sheep.
    - Learn how to drench sheep.
    - Learn how to identify sheep sexes, breeds, age and health.
    - Learn all general sheep maintenance & care
      - Sheep maintenance, crutching sheep, treating Fly Blown sheep.
      - Woolshed Roustabouting, Pressing Wool, Back lining.

Lunch

PM
Sheep Skills (cont.)
- Work in Progress"
  - The Farm Station Woolshed & Yards Yard Work.
  - Pen & Drench Sheep in Race.(Substitute water for drench)
  - Participation in Drafting Sheep with a shearer.
  - Participation in Checking for Fly Blown Sheep with a shearer.
  - Muster sheep back into paddocks.

5:00pm
Free time
- Free time, dinner, evening entertainment.

Tuesday

7:30am
Breakfast
AM
Cattle Muster
- Learn how to work cattle on horseback.

Cattle muster (cont.)
- Muster cattle into yards.

Lunch

PM
Cattle Yard work
- Learn how to work with cattle in the yards.
- Explanation of work to be done including drafting cattle and how to force cattle up the race.
- Learn safety & precautions when working with cattle in yards including gates, movements around yards and cattle temperaments.
- Check cattle tags and cattle records. May include AI, pregnancy testing, recording weights, drenching, inoculating, cutting out cattle on horseback.
- "Work in Progress"
  - Muster Cattle into new paddock.

5:30pm
- Free time, dinner, evening entertainment.

Wednesday

7:30am
Breakfast
AM
Stockman Skills
- Learn about horse health care, maintenance, diet, behavior, history, farriering, dental etc.
- Feed and check horses.
- “Work in Progress”
  - Farriering, drenching horses, caring for sick or injured horses, replace lost shoe, dentist, horse gentler.

Horse Skills
- The Farm Station Boundary Ride.
- Check fences, clear and repair "pop holes" and damage caused by kangaroos, pigs and vermin.
- "Work in Progress"

Lunch

PM
Stockman Skills
- The Farm Station Fencing.
- Learn how to build a stock proof fence.
- Learn how to dig holes and position posts, strainers, stays etc.
- Learn how to spin wire and strain a fence.
- Learn use of fencing equipment including spinner, fencing pliers, drill and strainers.
- Learn how to repair a fence including damaged "pop" holed fence.
- Learn how to hang a gate.
- Learn how to repair a flood block.
- Pasture Improvement: Pick up firewood. Build Campfire.
5:30pm
Free time
- Free time, dinner, evening entertainment.

Thursday

7:30am
Breakfast
AM
Handling Young Horses
- Learn how to approach young horses, their behavior patterns, thinking patterns and safety aspects in handling a young horse.

Horse Skills (cont.)
- Breaking/starting a young horse. Ground work, getting the horse to trust you through games.
- Introducing horse to gear and tack.