A convalescence resulted in Dan Kingsley creating a thriving saddlery business. To relieve boredom he started carving leather, which in time drew him to harness-making.
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Kingsley focuses on the western style saddles suitable for the day-to-day work of Australian stock horses and quarter horses together with competitive events such as campdraft, team penning and team sorting.
Lade Vale Road farm-based Kingsley Custom Saddlery now has a dedicated workshop and shop front. Enquiries: 0422 699 488.
Birder’s gallery
THE late Gladstone Weatherstone collected bird eggs between the 1920s and 1940s, later collecting nests.
Intent on keeping the collection intact, his son – John Weatherstone of Lyndfield Park – finally found an institution equipped to do so in the National Museum of Australia, liaising with NMA curator George Main. The collection is being considered for a new NMA environmental history display, due to open in 2020.
