Dinner Plain Polo at Cobungra Station - Geebung's v Cuff 'n' Collar's

The Geebung’s v the Cuff ‘n’ Collar’s Polo match at Cobungra / Dinner Plain is the longest running polo event in Australia, founded 31 years ago.

This year, the famous high country tug of war will be held, the infamous frozen chook throwing competition will be staged together with the mountain cattlemen putting on some incredible stunt riding. There are helicopter joy flights, live music from the very talented Imogen Price and the high country DJ Eddie. The event is on Easter Sunday with gates open at 10:30am. Bring your 4wheel drive, back it up to the boundary line and watch the greatest polo event on earth.

ADULTS

$40 - Online

$45 - At the Gate

DOGS & KIDS (16 & Under)

FREE

The polo match is a celebration of the famous AB Patterson Poem known as the Geebung polo club. The poem sets the scene for the mountain country cattlemen taking on the city slickers known as the Cuff ‘n’ Collar team in a polo match that has no rules and the brumbies have never played polo. The match is played to the dying end with the mountain cattlemen out riding the city slickers at their own sport.

This year John Castran has taken the back the event as the bush fires have savaged the area in which the polo is played. The locals have their hands full with the bushfire recovery so Castran has jumped into the saddle again to keep Australia’s longest polo match running.

The captain of the Geebung’s Ken Connelly was the stuntman for Jack Thompson in ‘The Man from Snowy River’ and has won numerous cattlemen’s cups over the years. He is a renowned high-country cattlemen and the very last of a dying breed of horseman.

Connelly is arranging something special for the polo this year, he has been rounding up high country brumbies and has incredible selection of polo ponies which have never played the game nor have they been broken in. The Cuff ‘n’ Collar and Geebung players will ‘pull straws’ to select a steed that has high tongue yet no experience in polo.

Conley says ‘this will keep the bastards from the country honest.’ The city slickers have been amazed at the intelligence of the bush brumbies and their ability to learn polo so quickly. Back in 1989 when the event was first run, there were approximately 40 spectators. The polo match at Cobungra station, which is Victoria’s largest cattle station now gathers a crowd in the order of 3,000 people. It is a very important event on the high country tourist calendar with people coming from Omeo, Dinner Plain, Mt Hotham, Harrietville, Melbourne, Geelong and Sydney.

The event will be held rain, hail or shine. No refund policy