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First Unsupported Horse Across Australia: Gin & Fable

Published January 20, 2026

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Gin Szgola and wild brumby Fable celebrate completing first unsupported coast-to-coast horse crossing of southern Australia — Gin Szagola and Fable reach the Indian Ocean after crossing southern Australia—4,400 kilometers with no chase vehicle, just a wild brumby she trained herself and volunteer-placed supply caches across the Nullarbor. (Photo Colleen & Bridie O’Brien of the Victorian Brumby Association)

Big news this morning. Gin Szgola and her wild brumby Fable have just arrived at the Indian Ocean. Julia and I spent a lovely day hanging with a Gin just over a year ago when she floated the idea of traveling across southern Australia with a mustang. And now, as they say up the holler, “Dang if she hasn’t up and done it.”

Check out the full write-up here on TravelGrit.com. Congrats, Gin and Fable!

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