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Renaissance Rocking Horses

A Country RetreatRocking Horse Lodge is a country retreat set on 10 acres. Enjoy the peace and serenity, clean fresh country air and hospitality. Take time off from the fast lane. Only 52 kms from Sydney in the
picturesque Hawkesbury

Your Hosts:Experience traditional country hospitality at its best. Viktoria & Chris will welcome you to their lovely home. Chris & Viktoria are Australia’s Largest Rocking Horse Makers/Restorers and will happily provide you with every thing you wanted to know about antique rocking horses and their making.

Things to Do: Tour the Rocking Horse Maker’s Workshop
Learn about Old & Antique Rocking Horses Tour the Pram & High Chair Collections
See The Loft B & B Accommodation
Have Old Fashioned Morning/Afternoon Tea
Collect the Chook & Duck Eggs
See the Mother Hens with Chicks in Tow
See & Feed the Black Face Suffolk Sheep

Collections:
Viktoria & Chris collect Antiques of Childhood and Rocking Horses. The Loft has two antique bassinettes with
Viktoria’s handmade porcelain babies. The Homestead houses a growing antique pram & high chair collection and features an ornate cane Victorian pram circa 1875 in the bay window.

Before or After Your Tour:
Visit the nearby Macquarie town of Windsor, which boasts many historic buildings, a paddle wheeler, quaint cafes & an Antiques, Collectables and Vintage Wares Trail for those who love to potter among our heritage.

Chris will show you his workshop and tell you how he came to be a rocking horse maker; show you the stages in making a horse; show and tell you things you didn’t know about Carousel Horses and talk to you about our special 3 Day Rocking Horse Making Classes.

Viktoria will tell you about fitting out modern rocking horses; show you old horses by the major Australian & English makers; teach you how to date & identify them; followed by a Homestead, Loft and Hobby Farm Tour.

Touring Options

Rocking Horse Lodge Tour

Tour of Rocking Horse Workshop, Hobby Farm, Old Horses, Antique Pram Collection and Bed and Breakfast

Website: www.rockinghorses.com.au

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