Australia’s Luxury Estate Ride

Day 1 – Arrival & Introduction

3pm-5pm – Check-in & welcome.  After you've had a chance to settle in, you'll enjoy a garden walk and tour of the historic Homestead and Bluestone Stables. Along the way you will also meet the horses and guides.

Afterward, relax by the pool or enjoy a sauna or even a game of tennis. Or, you can also just relax in this bucolic environment and unwind with a glass of local wine and a good book.

At 6pm make your way to the Rhino Room for pre dinner drinks and to get to know the staff and fellow riders before your 7pm 3-course farm to table gourmet dinner in the Dining Room. What you will enjoy is created by an amazing chef, sourced from locally grown items which often includes the famous local lamb.

Day 2 – Scenic Ride Through the Property

A wonderful Gourmet country-cooked breakfast is served from 8:30am - 9:30am and then at 10am you'll have the horse orientation and safety briefing, then in the saddle by 10:30am!

Today's ride will run until about 3:30pm and is a fun trail ride exploring Mount William Station and the surrounding trails. 

Following the sandy track along broken bridge trail (7km) you'll get a panoramic view of the mountain range where riders can stop for your chef prepared packed lunch by a stately gum tree in nature. Spot kangaroos in the distance and the amazing bird life near the national park.

Return along the trail toward the Estate where you'll meander through red gum dotted paddocks and follow the creekline to the farm's private watering hole, Lake Anne. 

Today's ride is about 16km in all and brings you back around 3:30pm.

After you've had a chance to take a dip in the pool or enjoy the sauna, you'll meet again at 6pm in the Rhino Room for pre-dinner drinks before another gourmet dinner at 7pm either in the Dining Room or set up on the verandah.

Day 3– Mindfulness & Riding

Another gourmet breakfast is served from 8:30am - 9:30am after which you'll meet up at 10am for a 30 minute introduction to meditation and connection session with your horse. 

Around 10:30am you'll mount back up and today, take the trail ride to Masons Creek - winding its way through old paths on the station until you arrive to a picnic lunch under the huge gum trees. Keep an eye out for a fox or admire the farms sheep and roaming cattle.

After lunch, hop back into the saddle to Fernbank before returning to the homestead around 3pm - Distance: 13km

6:00pm pre dinner drinks await along with you 7:00pm gourmet dinner in the homestead dining room.

Day 4 – Horse Communication and Wine Experience

A country-cooked breakfast beginning at 8:30am.

From 10:30am - 12pm we begin our Workshop: Understanding Horse Communication offered by our trained guide on the subject, meant to deepen your relationship not just with your horse during your stay, but to offer you resources for use with your horse at home.

From 1pm - 5pm you'll enjoy a wine tasting flight along with a delicious lunch served in the garden. 

The wine tasting of the region is combined with a session from our resident artist, where you can sip wine and paint (a palate of a different variety) your horse with the help from the artist - and much like a Paint and Sip Party, you get to take your masterpiece home so you always have a beautiful reminder of your holiday.

This private wine tasting and painting session at Mount William Station is a guided tour and will run until around 4pm.

6pm cocktail hour awaits as does your 7pm gourmet dinner in the homestead Dining Room.

Day 5 – Relaxation & Sunset Ride

8:30am - 9:30am – Gourmet country-cooked breakfast before your morning groundwork exercise with the horses and how to build trust and communication with your horse. 

After the groundwork session you've got time to relax on the property (Lounge area, Swimming pool, Sauna, Tennis Court, small Golf Course) and enjoy a delicious lunch.

From 4pm - 6pm we mount up and enjoy a stunning sunset ride along the small ridgeline overlooking the wetlands. It's like riding your own private expansive ranch on a serene evening... with a total distance of 6km

Returning back to the homestead for 6pm cocktails and tonight, your 7pm dinner is a BBQ theme at the Bluestone Stables while you relax around the outdoor fire.

Day 6 - Departure

8am - 9am – Continental breakfast a chance to bid a fond farewell to the horses before you check out at 10am.