The Parklands Stables
ProHighlights
- Small-group Equine Encounter for six to eight guests aged 12 and over, built around grooming, bonding and groundwork with a matched horse
- Corporate days led by facilitators, with horse-led exercises on communication and trust, a team debrief and light catering
- Add-ons include a short ride on the property's track and a picnic high tea on the farm, booked with two days' notice
About The Parklands Stables
The Parklands Stables is a riding school on a farm at Woodlands in the Southern Highlands. Alongside its weekly lessons, it runs two experiences for groups who want time with horses without signing up for a course. The Equine Encounter suits six to eight guests aged 12 and over. Over about 40 minutes, a coach introduces each guest to a horse, explains its personality and shows how to groom it. Each guest then chooses a lead-line or round-yard activity to share with their horse, and learns the scratching spots horses use to bond with each other. Groups with more time can add a 10-minute ride around a 400 metre track and a picnic high tea on the farm. The high tea needs 48 hours' notice. The stables donates $5 from each booking to Horse Rescue Australia. For workplaces, the corporate experience is shaped around a team's goals, from building trust to handling change or simply unwinding. It opens with a welcome to the horses, moves into ground-based exercises on awareness and communication, and closes with a facilitated debrief and light catering. Riding is optional on corporate days and offered only to teams that ask for it. The horses are professionally schooled, work no more than two lessons a day and rest on Mondays. Facilities include a 60 by 20 metre covered arena with lighting, a round yard, a grass show-jumping ring and a working equitation course. Send an enquiry to book a group date.
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Pricing
Corporate experiences are quoted to suit each team, so send an enquiry for a price.
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What's Included
Frequently asked questions
How many people can join an Equine Encounter?
The Equine Encounter is booked for groups of six to eight guests, so everyone gets time with a horse and a coach close by.
Is there a minimum age for the group experience?
Guests need to be 12 or older for the Equine Encounter. Younger children are catered for through the stables' separate lesson programs instead.
Do we have to ride a horse?
No. The encounter and the corporate day are built around groundwork. A 10-minute track ride can be added to the encounter, and corporate teams can request a mounted component.
Is food included?
Corporate days include light catering. Equine Encounter groups can add a 60-minute picnic high tea on the farm, which needs 48 hours' notice.
What happens on a corporate team day?
Facilitators tailor the day to the team's goals. It runs from an introduction to the horses through ground-based exercises on connection and communication to a team debrief.
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A Pod
2 years ago
Thank you Jacqueline, Julia and Holly for hosting our group last week! The team truely go above and beyond, not only to make sure we were well looked after (even preparing hot chocolate for us as we arrived!) but it’s al…
Laura Barley-Tayler
3 years ago
Parklands is a place where I feel safe both physically and in terms of being myself. The coaches and grooms have always been very welcoming and eager to help, and I've never felt judged or criticised for making a mistake…
Sheree Pearce
3 years ago
Superb coaching, Julia is a gem. Her teaching of correct seat, balance and connection with a horse is amazing. Parklands Stables prioritises safety and horse welfare and is a wonderful horse community to be part of.
Alison Walker
4 years ago
Never have I enjoyed having riding lessons as much as I do at Parklands. The environment is perfectly set up for safe, fun, friendly lessons with Natalie who is a very experienced, excellent instructor. Everyone I have e…
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