Markdale Madams…..

Have you ever wondered what happens when you

put six women of a certain age together?  

Women who do not know each other, but are now

going to share rooms, bathrooms, meals and 4 days together.

Yup, I hear your thoughts.   

I’ll tell you what happens…….

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MAGIC

That’s what happens.

Simple.

Horses are involved.

And they work

their magic.

EVERY time. 

They become teenagers, chasing childhood memories….
They start to dress alike…. Smile alike, Laugh a lot.
They pretend they are cowgirls…….
…..mustering cattle…….
…. that seemed to know the game…..
They eat. Food so plentiful and delicious they cannot resist, even when their bellies try to…….

They laugh until they can’t ….. and then laugh some more……

  • They make friends
  • Win prizes for ….
  • games that only they understand
  • They drink
  • And play silly ….
  • They share
  • They belong
  • They have fun

Markdale Station, near Crookwell – our home for the 4 days
  • The Ashton home.
The Ashtons built this home in 1929. It became the family residence for 3 generations until sold in 2017.

In the 1950’s designers

Leslie Wilkinson and Edna Walling

were commissioned to create an amazing garden.

Resembling, yes, that’s correct.

A Horse’s head.

The house is the centre, the eye…. – amazing stuff

Every corner of the garden is breath-taking…..
Although thankfully, the water in the pool was not breath -taking.
It was pleasantly refreshing.

Today the property, approx 6 300 acres is a fully operational sheep station with around 8,500 merino sheep. .

It also operates as a farm stay.

And stay, we did, in the refurbished

original stone cottages built in the 1850’s for the shearers.

A shearer’s cottage
The light – could be a water- colour.
The Sky……
The gold at the end….. we found it. Or we felt like did…

When in fact,

what we Really found

were horses.

Fabulous horses.

And riding country.

Fabulous riding country.

Whichever way you looked……
….. you had to smile…..
…or the beauty would take your breath away.
Even the sky was beautiful….. whatever it chose to do.
  • we shrieked for joy
  • we rode up and
  • we rode down
  • and up again
  • and sometimes we waded
  • We talked to them….
  • We leant on them….
  • We guarded them….
  • We watched them….
  • We shared our food with them…..
  • We played…..
  • silly games.
  • Or some of us did!!!
  • There were the
  • short stumpy ….
  • legs….
  • and the long slim ones
  • Often caught…..
  • at odd angles…..
  • fooling around…..

having fun

And above all,

falling in love with our horses

  • My enchanting….
  • moody…….
  • aloof……
  • Melba.
  • Who never gets helmet hair
  • no matter how much we both sweat
  • doing barrel racing & playing at camp drafting.

  • Evelyn and Louie
  • Penny and Eddie
  • Caroline and Feathers
  • Lynne and Goldie
  • Jan and her lovely …..
  • … Georgie
  • And the team that made it all possible.
    Brooke, Jacqueline, Leanne

It was a wonderful trip

And anyone who knows me, knows that I could go on and on and on.

But that may be at the risk of boring you, my dear non horsey friends.

So I shall put a full stop right here.

If you want to know more,

contact https://horsesandcattle.com

Or me xo

Author: leepowrie

A 60+ about to enter the Brave New World of Blogging and inviting you to join me for the ride 😂

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