Outback Instincts

17/10/2026

🐴 HORSE-MAD KIDS? WE'VE GOT THE HORSES! 🐴

✨ NEW! 1:1 HORSE RIDING LESSONS AT OUTBACK INSTINCTS! ✨

Always wanted your child to learn to ride, build their confidence around horses or develop their horsemanship skills? We've got some wonderful school horses ready to meet them! 🐎💚

We're opening up private riding lessons at our Goombungee property, with an introductory price of just $135 for 75 minutes!

And this isn't just about hopping on a horse and riding around an arena!

We believe good horsemanship starts on the ground, so our lessons allow time for the whole experience — catching your horse, grooming, saddling, riding, untacking and learning how to care for your horse along the way.

🐴 WHAT WE OFFER:

🌟 Quiet, experienced and well-educated school horses

🌟 Large, fully fenced 90m × 40m riding arena

🌟 Enclosed round yard for groundwork and confidence building

🌟 All horses, saddles, bridles, helmets and equipment provided

🌟 Individual instruction tailored to each rider's experience, confidence and goals

🌟 From beginners finding their feet to riders wanting to improve their skills

🌟 Fully insured facilities and activities

🌟 A relaxed, supportive country environment where learning and having a go matter more than getting everything perfect!

💚 INTRODUCTORY OFFER – $135 for a 75-minute private lesson!

📍 Goombungee, QLD

📅 Available Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

🐎 AND THE BEST BIT?

Every lesson booked helps support the charitable youth programs delivered by Outback Instincts, creating more opportunities for young people to connect, learn and grow through animals, nature and hands-on experiences.

So if you've got a horse-mad kid who's been begging for riding lessons (or a horse of their own! 😅), this might just be the perfect place to start!

📩 Enquiries & bookings: [email protected]

🐴 Limited private lesson places available — get in touch to secure a spot!
[email protected]

17/10/2026

🎓 We’re exhibiting at the HEQ Darling Downs Home Education Expo! 🎓

Come and say hello to the Outback Instincts team at the Cobb+Co Museum, Toowoomba, tomorrow Sunday 18 October, 9:30am–2:00pm! 💚

The Expo brings together home educating families with businesses, organisations, services and resources from across the region.

🎤 SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER – 1PM!

Hayley Chambers, Founder of Outback Instincts, will be speaking at 1pm, sharing her knowledge and experience in animal-assisted programs and activities, and how working alongside animals, nature and practical hands-on experiences can create meaningful opportunities for learning, connection, confidence and personal growth.

🐴🐕🌱 Whether your young person is horse-mad, animal-loving, thrives outdoors or simply learns better by doing rather than sitting behind a desk, we'd love to have a chat about what we offer!

📍 Where: Cobb+Co Museum, Toowoomba
📅 When: Sunday 18 October
⏰ Expo: 9:30am–2:00pm
🎤 Hayley's presentation: 1:00pm

Come say g'day, meet the team and find out what Outback Instincts is all about!

💚 Share this post and tag a home educating family who might be interested!

15/10/2026

🎂 HOW OLD ARE YOU? Because today, your age could do some serious good. 🐴🐕🌱

We’re joining MyGivingCircle’s Donate Your Age fundraiser — and there’s a chance your donation could be MATCHED! 🙌

The challenge is ridiculously simple:
🎈 27 years old? Donate $27.
🎈 43? Donate $43.
🎈 68? Donate $68.
🎈 105? Well… firstly, congratulations 😂 and secondly, we appreciate you enormously.

Every dollar donated goes directly to Outback Instincts Ltd, helping us keep providing hands-on, animal-assisted, farm-based programs for young people who need somewhere to belong, build confidence, learn practical skills and find their feet.
And here's the REALLY good bit 👇

💥 MyGivingCircle will match the first $1,000 donated on their platform as part of the Donate Your Age fundraiser.

So your age could potentially make twice the impact.
🐴 Feed for our horses
🐕 Care and training for our dogs
🐄 Livestock and farm activities
🛠️ Materials for practical projects
🚐 Transport and outreach
❤️ And most importantly — more opportunities for young people to get involved.
So… how old are you willing to admit you are? 😂

👉 Donate your age here:
Outback Instincts – Donate Your Age: https://mygivingcircle.org/outback-instincts-ltd/donate?affiliate=mgcCshare&utm_source=chatgpt.com
And if donating isn't possible right now, sharing this post costs absolutely nothing and helps us enormously. Tag a mate and challenge them to donate their age too! 💪🐾

Let's see how quickly our community can crack that first $1,000! 🎂❤️

15/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE and bring your friends and family for an amazing day out 🐾🐎🐕😊

🐴🐶 THE ANIMALS ARE BACK AT JACARANDA DAY! 🐾💜

We’re so excited to welcome Animal Instincts Australia and Outback Instincts back to Jacaranda Day for another day of good old-fashioned country fun!

Make your way to the Kids Zone on the Oval and meet some furry friends, enjoy a ride, or catch the dogs showing off their skills!

🐴 Pony & Horse Lead Rides – gold coin donation
🐑 Animal Farm – gold coin donation
🐶 Dog Agility & High Wall Demos – 10am, 11:30am & 1pm
🐎 Pony Cart Rides – $5 per cart
🚜 Horse & Carriage Rides – $10 per person

The horse-drawn adventures will run from 8:30am–1pm, departing from the top of Market Street for a 10-minute ride through Goombungee. Tickets can be purchased from the Animal Instincts stall on the Oval.

📅 Saturday 7 November 2026
⏰ 8am–2pm
📍 Goombungee

We can’t wait to have the Animal Instincts crew back - they’re always a favourite with the little ones (and plenty of the big kids too!). 💜🐾

Activities are subject to weather and animal wellbeing. Participant waivers apply to rides.

13/10/2026

Another day in the office ;) at Wilsonton State High School for Mental Health Week.

Another team of amazing young helpers interacting with community and our amazing 4 legged therapists

🐾😊❤️🙂

12/10/2026

Spreading the puppy and doggy love for Mental Health Week at Highfields State Seconday College with my amazing young helpers.

Not a bad office for a Monday ;)

10/10/2026

As always, a MASSIVE shout out to New Hope Group New Acland Coal for their recent partnership with Outback Instincts.

Their community investment funding hasn't just changed lives - its saved lives ❤️

We are so incredibly grateful, as are our kids.

Since our partnership we have seen an attendance rate of more than 75%, young people re-engaging in education, improved well-being and have been able to support more than 60 young people across the Darling Downs.

Place based, hands-on farm, trades and animal assisted programs WORK in early intervention! And the community investment team at New Acland Coal could see the potential and what we are building here, and chose to back us when our young people needed it most. A massive thank you. We are proud to walk alongside your team in our and our young people's journeys.

🙏❤️🐾🐕🐂🐎😊

09/10/2026

Just when you think the kids can't get anymore amusing....they bond over a water bucket 😂😆😂

I'm so blessed to spend each day with these amazing young humans who bring so much joy to our property 🥰🐾😫

09/10/2026

The D.O.S.E. Effect was strong this past few weeks at Outback Instincts, and especially today.

So much more to share but for now....
Friendships - Community - Teamwork - Kindness - Generosity - Gratitude.......
Oh.....and baby animals 😉🥰

07/10/2026

Jacaranda Day Goombungee 7th November!
Outback Instincts / Animal Instincts Australia will be running a dog training demonstration, animal farm, horse carriage rides, pony cart rides, the parade at 11am, a stall PLUS there are so many other amazing activities and events for the day!!

Come along and enjoy an amazing day out for your friends and family 🐾🐎🙂❤️🐂❤️🐕