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The scenery: Austevoll - with the sea on its doorstep
Living coastal culture with seahouses, navigation buoys, beacon lights, ferries, purse seiners, fish farms, as well as towns, businesses, guest houses and desert islands! A magnificent coastal seascape of islands, islets and rocks, narrow sounds, sheltered harbours, sea-polished rock faces, hills of heather, wild sheep and lush pine forests! A growing settlement with expanding.
Austevoll – how to get there.
There are many routes to Austevoll. From Bergen via Krokeide takes about 90 minutes by car including the ferry crossing (40 minutes). The ferry connection Krokeide – Hufthamar – Austevollshella is the main communication link for Austevoll and departs almost every hour during the daytime and about every second hour in the evening. You can also get to Austevoll by fast ferry.
From Stavanger via Haugesund and Stord it takes about 4 hours by car. To get from Stord to Austevoll you get the ferry from Sandvikvåg to Husavik (about 20 minutes crossing)
Wild sheep
The wild sheep at Austevoll are an old Norse breed which has lived along the Norwegian coast for more than a thousand years. The wild sheep are not really ”wild”, but are managed as part of agriculture. The wild sheep stay out all year and are a feature of the forests and hills of heather. The wild sheep are herded twice a year for shearing and for the selection of animals to be sent to the abattoirs. Wild sheep meat is different from other sheep's both in terms of taste and quality. The wild sheep has a stronger flavour and is more like game. You can see the wild sheep grazing along the road in the South West on Huftarøy Island or along the walking trails.
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Course Duration from 09-21 every day, including meal breaks.
Weekend Course: 18th -19th of June and 16th -17th of July.
5-day courses: 20th – 24th of June and 18th – 22th of July.
The scenery »
Austevoll - with the sea on its doorstep
Wild sheep »
A little history: "Sheep of the old Norwegian breed".
- and what you get for it.
Course Duration from 09-21 every day, including meal breaks. Each day you get 2 sessions with theory and 2 sessions working with the sheep. Each day we use video to capture training sessions, and at night we analyze each day’s progress in communication skills between the shepherds, dogs and sheep.
Weekend Course: The prize is 2500 DKK including accommodation (if you bring two dogs the prize is 3500 DKK) per course*.
5-day courses: The prize is 4300 DKK including accommodation (if you bring two dogs the prize is 5300 DKK) per course*.
*. Food comes in addition; we buy the food and cook it together. Participation is at your own risk and any damage caused must be covered by the party that might have caused the damage. |
