My name is Kim Smith (previously Liddell) and along with my husband Brian and 2 girls Alex & Kara we run a small Miniature Shetland Pony Stud and Pastoral Company. Our stud is located on 300 acres in North East Victoria near Wangaratta. We also breed a small quantity of Beef Cattle, grow steers and crop hay. Our hay ranges include Rye/Clovers, Oaten & Lucerne. Hay (round bales & small squares) are usually available for sale around November each year.

Our objective is to breed quality miniature shetland ponies with good conformation & exceptional temperaments suitable for the whole family to enjoy.

I started breeding part bred Arabians in 1972 and bought my first shetland pony in 1981.

A year later arrived the stallion "Kunnara Valley Lanaba" and a couple more mares. From this the "Opra Park" stud evolved.

I continued breeding Arabians and Shetlands until I sold the last of my Arabians in 1990.

After the  Opra Park partnership was dissolved, the stud was renamed in 1995 to "Koonwarra".

Our pony population hovers around 15 - 20 adult ponies + foals.  All the ponies at "Koonwarra" are Registered APSB (Shetland) & AMPS (Miniature) (except 2).  Most of the broken coloured ponies are also registered VPS (Pinto).

Ponies are sometimes offered for sale - so please spend some time and have a look at the other pages and I hope you enjoy looking around our stud as much as we enjoy owning it and these small, smart and special little ponies.

Phone (03) 5727 6024