Elliot the 7 year old Clydesdale horse is one of the truly loved horses at the Victor Harbor Tramway.  

Elliot arrived to the Victor Tramway team as a two year old and has since grown into a beautiful, majestic, kind and gentle natured horse that wants to be everybody’s  friend.

Elliot has a very social personality and loves to be admired by the many visitors that visit and travel on the Victor Harbor Horse Tram across the causeway to Granite Island.

At the age of 4 years Elliot spent time in Melbourne with well renown horse breaker and trainer John Patterson where he was broken in to harness and learnt his drafting skills.  Elliot practiced drafting on the streets of Melbourne giving him valuable experience becoming accustomed to traffic and lots of different noises and situations.

Now residing back in Victor Harbor, Elliot practices his drafting skills working as part of the harness team.  

In the morning before he starts Elliot likes to paddle and splash in the cool sea water to get him going for the day.

He enjoys daydreaming by the seaside and when drafting he loves to see what is happening on the causeway as he is quite an inquisitive boy.

Elliot keeps fit and strong by his varied exercise plan, pulling logs, going for rides with his team and being lunged.  Elliot is meticulously cared for and groomed daily by the devoted trained staff at the Tramway and has new shoes put on his very large feet every 5 weeks.

For his treats Elliot cannot go past a carrot, his absolute favourite!

The Victor Harbor Tramway is one of only two horse trams operating in the world, the other operates in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man.

In the Southern Hemisphere all horses birthdays fall on August the 1st. 

Elliot and all the other horses celebrated their birthdays with lots of carrots, scratches and cuddles.

As part of the horse’s birthday celebrations kids under 13 years can travel free with one paying adult on the Victor Harbor Tramway for the month of August.

The Tram operates 

Weekdays from 11am running hourly, last tram at 3 pm.

Weekends from 10.40 running every 40 minutes until 3.20pm.

If you know of a special animal that lives and works on the Fleurieu, we would love to hear about it.  Please drop a line to

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