western australia

endurance riding

A photo of a mother photographing her daughters

@JudyEv (339548)

Rockingham, Australia

June 6, 2023 8:23pm CST

The endurance ride at Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, was held on quite an isolated property to the north of the town. It was all virgin mallee scrub when the couple first went there. The scrub isn’t very high but is very thick. To clear the land, a tractor would be attached each end of a ship’s anchor chain. The tractors would be driven in parallel to ‘chain’ down the scrub. Quite often, husband and wife would drive the tractors. The photo shows the wife taking photos of her two daughters. One daughter and her husband live on the farm; the other daughter is a veterinarian in Esperance some two hours away. The wife also rode on Sunday and I included a photo of her in the collage.

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@AmbiePam (92474)

• United States

7 Jun 23

They sound like some rugged people who know how to get things done.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

Yes, they are incredibly hard workers.

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@AmbiePam (92474)

• United States

7 Jun 23

@JudyEv I feel like talking to them would be fascinating. I'd probably drive them nuts with all my questions.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 23

@AmbiePam We asked a lot of questions too. I guess really they are modern-day pioneers as there was nothing but bush in this area when they first arrived.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

7 Jun 23

Beautiful horses the daughters are riding.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

Yes, they were nice horses.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 23

@RubyHawk They have perhaps six on the property - and a donkey.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

7 Jun 23

@JudyEv Do they have a large stable of horses?

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@FourWalls (67775)

• United States

7 Jun 23

Wow, that’s hard to fathom: ground so hard it had to be “beaten” with anchor chains! And, for people who’ve never seen an anchor chain, those things are HUGE, heavy, and the chain links are very thick. I’d estimate the chain could be the diameter of a person’s arm!

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

The chain was dragged along the ground but I think you've worked that out. In my other discussion, I wrote about some farmers building their own, more powerful tractors to cope with the conditions.

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@DaddyEvil (137257)

• United States

7 Jun 23

I hope you were able to get a photo of all three of them together. I'm sure they'd want to buy one or three of those.

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@DaddyEvil (137257)

• United States

7 Jun 23

@JudyEv Oh, I see... I was thinking of you and Vince making more money.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

They didn't ride in the same divisions but hopefully they will have their own photos as well.

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@wolfgirl569 (105945)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Jun 23

I like that one. They will want it

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@wolfgirl569 (105945)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Jun 23

@JudyEv One horse looks like he knew. He seems to be looking at your area

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

I quite like it too. They didn't know I was photographing them all.

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@Butterfingers (66583)

• India

7 Jun 23

Must be hard work but glad it's done

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

They have worked very hard for what they have.

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@GardenGerty (160626)

• United States

7 Jun 23

I wonder if I could find someone to "chain" my back yard. It sounds like the whole family is nicely involved.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 23

There are a couple of families who run rides on their properties. There is a lot of work involved.

@allknowing (136089)

• India

10 Jun 23

Seems horse riding runs in the family.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Jun 23

Yes, there are a few families that have multiple members riding endurance.

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@rebelann (112780)

• El Paso, Texas

8 Jun 23

It looks like the horse in front wanted to strike a pose for you.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 23

Some seem to know all about cameras. lol

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@RebeccasFarm (89831)

• Arvada, Colorado

7 Jun 23

What a lovely photo Judy.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jun 23

I thought it was nice. The mother is so proud and the girls find their Mum inspirational as she is still riding and so active generally.

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@jstory07 (139579)

• Roseburg, Oregon

7 Jun 23

That is a nice picture of the two sisters.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

And that's their Mum taking the photo. She is very proud of them and rightly so.

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@LadyDuck (471337)

• Switzerland

7 Jun 23

This is a nice photo. Look at the horse on the left, he is looking at the other as he wanted to be the only one in the photo.

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@LadyDuck (471337)

• Switzerland

7 Jun 23

@JudyEv Both horses show "an attitude".

They are both healthy and shiny, great horses.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

It does look like that, doesn't it? lol Both horses have a lovely healthy shine on them here too.

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@nela13 (58665)

• Portugal

7 Jun 23

Nice picture. Are they your friends?

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

Yes. Vince knew the older couple 40 years ago when he lived in the area. We know one daughter because she often rides at the endurance rides.

@LindaOHio (178123)

• United States

7 Jun 23

That's a great picture!!!

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

I thought it was pretty cute to take a photo of the mother taking a photo, etc.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Jun 23

@LindaOHio I felt a bit like I was intruding but I love the photo. We've sent them a copy.

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@LindaOHio (178123)

• United States

8 Jun 23

@JudyEv It was a great capture!

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@Fleura (30352)

• United Kingdom

7 Jun 23

Nice photo, and beautiful horses! It's hard to believe that there is still any kind of 'virgin' land left on this planet, and that if there is any, that it is still being cleared.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

It was back in the 80s when these people moved onto their farm. There were 'conditional purchase' blocks available at the time. The farmers could buy the land at a somewhat reduced rate but had to clear 1,000 acres a year. 10% had to left uncleared.

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@manikarnika (3236)

• India

7 Jun 23

Nice mom and Guiding Daughters to be brave to hide a Horse. Photography is nice too.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

Thanks for commenting. It was a nice day to be outside taking photos.

@Beestring (14527)

• Hong Kong

7 Jun 23

Nice photo. The horses are so beautiful.

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@JudyEv (339548)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jun 23

There are certainly a lot of lovely animals competing at the moment.

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