1/50Brumby mustering has an uncertain future in Victoria’s High Country, but that isn’t stopping 13-year-old Bonnie Orchard, riding Breaha the horse at sunrise, chasing the caught-by-rope record. Picture: Zoe Phillips
Teen rider in quest for brumby-chasing record
From sunrise rides and feeding cattle to chasing brumbies and attending calf sales, this girl, 13, leads a life many will envy.
2/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
3/50Bonnie during a high country calf sale at Omeo. Picture: Zoe Phillips
4/50Bonnie feeding cattle. Picture: Zoe Phillips
5/50Bonnie on the farm. Picture: Zoe Phillips
6/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
7/50Bonnie with a recently broken brumby. Picture: Zoe Phillips
8/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
9/50Bonnie with her hound pup. Picture: Zoe Phillips
10/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
11/50Bonnie holding Rat the dog while on Breaha. Picture: Zoe Phillips
12/50Bonnie working an unbroken brumby in the yards. Picture: Zoe Phillips
13/50Bonnie with her hound pup. Picture: Zoe Phillips
14/50Bonnie with Rat. Picture: Zoe Phillips
15/50Bonnie during a high country calf sale at Omeo. Picture: Zoe Phillips
16/50Bonnie with her hound pup. Picture: Zoe Phillips
17/50Bonnie feeding cattle. Picture: Zoe Phillips
18/50Bonnie driving a ute on the farm. Picture: Zoe Phillips
19/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
20/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
21/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
22/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
23/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
24/50Bonnie riding Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
25/50Bonnie Breaha at sunrise. Picture: Zoe Phillips
26/50Bonnie and her father Craig Orchard. Picture: Zoe Phillips
27/50Bonnie with a recently broken brumby. Picture: Zoe Phillips
28/50Bonnie with a recently broken brumby. Picture: Zoe Phillips
29/50Bonnie Orchard riding Breaha. Picture: Zoe Phillips
30/50Bonnie with a recently broken brumby. Picture: Zoe Phillips
31/50Bonnie riding Breaha with Rat. Picture: Zoe Phillips
32/50Bonnie Orchard with Breaha. Picture: Zoe Phillips
33/50Craig Orchard watching Bonnie at work in the cattle yards. Picture: Zoe Phillips
34/50Bonnie Orchard mustering cattle on Breaha. Picture: Zoe Phillips
35/50Craig Orchard leading his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
36/50Craig Orchard on his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
37/50Craig and Bonnie riding. Picture: Zoe Phillips
38/50Craig with his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
39/50Craig riding his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
40/50Craig and Bonnie. Picture: Zoe Phillips
41/50Craig with his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
42/50Bonnie on Breaha and Craig with his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
43/50Craig with his horse. Picture: Zoe Phillips
44/50Bonnie riding Breaha. Picture: Zoe Phillips
45/50Bonnie and Craig. Picture: Zoe Phillips
46/50Craig and Bonnie on their way to a calf sale at Omeo. Picture: Zoe Phillips
47/50Bonnie Orchard riding Breaha. Picture: Zoe Phillips
48/50Bonnie getting ready for a calf sale at Omeo. Picture: Zoe Phillips
49/50Craig and Bonnie on their way to a calf sale at Omeo. Picture: Zoe Phillips
50/50Bonnie and Craig riding, with Rat. Picture: Zoe Phillips
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