My name is Nele Kömle and I’m originally from Graz in Austria. In October 2003 I decided to go to Australia for one year and after that I stayed on. For the first 5 years I have managed a 900 cow dairy farm on King Island.
In 2009 I decided to move from King Island to the Victoria. I have rented a lovely property for two years near Camperdown. In October 2011 I moved to my partner’s dairy farm in Garvoc.
I started riding when I was 11 years old on warmbloods and changed to Icelandic Horses two years later and never looked back. I have been to Iceland three times over the past few years and did a lot of riding.
My dream of finally owning an Icelandic Horse myself became true three years ago when I bought my two geldings Elgur and Sörli. Both are five gaited and I started them in 2006 and 2007. Although I haven’t much time to train them they are doing really well.
I always wanted to breed horses and in July 2007 I went to Europe and the USA to check out some brood mares. I ended up buying two fillies which arrived in Australia in May 2008.
I also have three dogs that are part of the family: Sky, Stella and Loser
How to find us:
Garvoc is a small town on the Princess Highway about 20 km East of Warrnambool, Victoria. We are about 3 hours drive west of Melbourne. It takes about 20 minutes to drive to Warrnambool or 10 minutes to Terang. We are also only 15 minutes north of the Great Ocean Road. If going by car coming from Melbourne, just take the A1 Princess Highway and you will drive through Garvoc. There is also a train service out of Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, 3 times a day. If taking the train you can go to Terang, which is the closest station.
Time tables you can find under: www.vline.com.au
How to contact us:
You are welcome to contact us any time if you are interested in getting some information on Icelandic Horses or visiting Litli Stadur Icelandic Horses and get to know the horses in person.
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