Welcome
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VBA 2012 Calendars
Please also find attached our amazing 2012 calendar order form, if you would like to purchase one or many please down load, fill out and send back via email or post. (2012 calendar order form)
**NEWS FLASH**
It’s with regret that the committee of the Victorian Brumby Association needs to suspend all events that have been planned to occur at our sanctuary until further notice. You will all be aware that our President Colleen O’Brien is our chief horse trainer and one of the driving forces of the association. Unfortunately Colleen has suffered a severe back injury (non horse related) and will be out of action for the next few months.
The Brumby big day out, any clinics and our volunteer days will all be rescheduled to now occur in 2012.
Due to the above our sanctuary will be closed to the public until further notice – we thank you all for your understanding during this time.
Please note if you have purchased a brumby recently any arrangements will be honoured and we will work with you to ensure that you are able to take your brumby home asap.
We have a very talented committee and all of our committee members will be working to ensure the association continues to look after our brumbies and prepare our current brumbies for sale. If you are interested in purchasing a Brumby please e-mail your enquiry as we will still be training and rehoming as best we can.
As you can understand we don’t have any paid employees and all of our committee and helpers are volunteers and donate their time and efforts. Please be patient with any enquiries as our committee works through these.
We ask that all contact be through our email address on info@victorianbrumbyassociation.org as Colleen’s mobile will be effectively switched off.
We also ask that you continue to support any brumby classes at the coming show at Bendigo.
Again we thank you for your understanding during this time
The Victorian Brumby Association Inc is a registered charity, founded in 2007 after several years of informal Brumby rescue. To us, Brumbies are an integral part of our heritage and our national identity. Australias often fragile ecosystems evolved without hard hooved mammals such as Brumbies. Our Nation however, evolved WITH Brumbies and with horses of every kind. Horses carried our explorers, cleared and ploughed our fields, carried us into war and pulled the carts that delivered milk right up to halfway through the last century!
There are three parts to our mission. Firstly, we rescue Brumbies, gentle and train them then rehome them. Just as importantly, we also work very hard to better the management of Brumbies in the wild and the accountability of those that are responsible for their management. Finally, we aim to raise the profile of Brumbies as a part of our heritage and also as wonderful riding and companion horses.
All our labour is provided free. We make absolutely no money from doing this. The sale of the handled Brumbies contributes towards our running costs – the costs of rescuing Brumbies, and caring for them whilst they are in our care. However, sale costs don’t come close to allowing us to continue. We run regular fundraising activities throughout the year, such as clinics and rides. Membership is our main fundraiser as well as an opportunity for Brumby enthusiasts from all over to register their concern and interest in Brumbies at the same time as contributing towards their future.
Our aim is to see Brumbies remain in their wild state and be humanely and responsibly managed. There are many issues that surround this aim and we are working hard to promote it.
Since 2007, the Victorian Brumby Association has rehomed more than 150 Brumbies. These Brumbies are fabulous Pony Clubbers, Harness Horses, Endurance, Dressage, Adult Riding, Jumping and general riding horses! They seem to be able to turn their hooves to just about anything! Brumbies develop a very strong bond with their human herd leader and will reward you with a lifetime of affection and trust!
We have tried to include as much information as possible in this website, but please if you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact us!
