Charlotte and Owyn are naturals with the camels and despite being much smaller than the animals, they’ve become great camel handlers, but they are even better camel riders.
‘I first started camel riding when I was five and it was really scary when they got up from sitting down – it was so high,’ admits Charlotte. ‘But now it’s not scary and it feels low to the ground.’
Owyn began riding when he was only two years old and he can’t get enough of it.
‘Camel riding is so much fun,’ he says.
Apart from running the family business, Charlotte would love to use her passion for camel trekking to help raise money for a good cause when she grows up.
‘I’d like to do a camel trek from our house to Melbourne,’ she says. ‘Because I want to raise money for the poor children.’
In the meantime she is keeping busy helping out her parents and running her own YouTube channel, Camel Girl Charlotte, where people can follow her incredible camel adventures.
Plus, Charlotte sets the record straight on a long-held myth about camels.
‘Some people think they spit, when they don’t,’ she reveals.
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