Unique Adventures
People have been coming from all over the world for a decade to Kaloola to experience a genuine working Australian farm and gain new life skills. The exercise has grown into a highly successful program offering jackaroo coaching, farm stays and polocrosse internships.
Our vision and mission is to work as a team to achieve our goals with respect for each other, our team and the environment.
We aim to work in harmony with nature and minimize our environmental footprint.
Farm Stay
Kaloola offers the chance to escape the big smoke and head over the mountains to a real Aussie adventure. Wake up to the sound of native birds singing in the gum trees outside your cottage accommodation, or enjoy a beer and barbecue as the sun sets over the vast plains of outback Australia.
By Flashpacking at Kaloola, you can find a place to have an adventure, the renovated accommodation, called The Cottage in the Paddock, is comfortable and smart. If you want to live like a local and see a different piece of Australia, this Aussie family is happy to show you around and look after you.
Work in return for board and lodgings while you learn about the Australian bush, farming, growing veggies, cooking and looking after all the farmyard animals.
Working Holidays
You will have the time of your life while participating in our free jackaroo/jillaroo coaching. Making you more employable in the farm sector. Complete our four week on the job training program and learn about eco sustainable farm management.
Have fun while you learn, every day is a new adventure as you tackle farm activities such as mustering, drafting, shearing and lamb marking, tractor driving and quad bike maintenance. Be prepared for some hard yakka. You will learn about ecologically sustainable farm management, property management and low stress stock handling principles.
There are between two and four travellers here at a time so you will receive individual instruction. On successful completion of the course graduates will gain a certificate and formal references to make you highly employable.
Twin share accommodation is included plus food and you can enjoy home grown veggies, eggs and meat. Spending time with us will provide you with a unique insight into life in rural Australia.
We love to show you around and introduce you to the local cowboys, cowgirls and other wildlife!
Polocrosse
Developed in Australia, polocrosse is fast paced team sport combining the speed of polo and the strategy and tactics of netball, the toughness of rugby and the ball handling ability of lacrosse. Polocrosse is dubbed as the “king of the one horse sports’’ and is played in 18 countries by more than 10,000 riders worldwide. Part of the training regime for the horses at Kaloola is the skills needed for polocrosse – great stops, fast acceleration and spinning turns.
Murray Thomas has learnt the art of natural horsemanship from many of the world’s best teachers, including Pat Parelli, Michael Wilson, and Scott Keogh.
Natural horsemanship is a method of communication between horse and rider based on mutual trust and respect. Kaloola’s polocrosse working holidays afford the unique opportunity to be a groom over winter and play with our club if you are a player and be part of an amazing Aussie community.
Experience campfire cooking in some of the most beautiful places out bush, sleep under the stars in a swag or tent, and be prepared for some hard work and loads of fun.