page_title: Lennie Gwyther
section_title: Ginger Mick
hierarchical_section_title: Lennie Gwyther / Personal life / Ginger Mick
caption_attribution_description: English: Updates throughout his journey.
context_page_description: Lennie Gwyther, often referred to as "Lennie the Legend", was an Australian figure of significance due to his 1932 solo horseback journey, as a nine-year old boy, from Leongatha, Victoria, to Sydney, New South Wales. Accompanied by his horse, Ginger Mick, Gwyther undertook a 1,000-kilometre journey to watch the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
context_section_description: On his second birthday in 1924, Lennie's grandfather, on his mother's side, Charles Simon, gifted him a two-year-old horse named Ginger Mick. Beryl Ferrier, Lennie's sister, stated "the horse was foaled on the same day as my brother was born, and they grew up together". Lennie Gwyther commented on Ginger Mick saying he was "...dark chestnut just 12.2 hands high...". He was named after his father's favourite character from C.J Dennis' book The Moods of Ginger Mick. Ginger Mick also competed and won competitions in two separate categories, school pony and ponies 12.2 and below in "Leongatha, Foster and Yarram". Ginger Mick would later go with Lennie on his 600 mile journey to Sydney. Eighteen years later, in 1949, Ginger Mick died and was buried on the Leongatha farm.
caption: Lennie photographed on his journey with Ginger Mick.
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