PHOTO: Jonte Handebo the Korean Cowboy.
Spectators of the Coonamble rodeo may have seen up-and-coming cowboy Jonte Handebo compete in the novice division for 18 to 21-year old's.
He is one of very few Asian cowboys in Australia, earning him the nickname “the Korean Cowboy.”
Jonte came to Australia at just ten months of age when his parents Cherrie and Mathew Handebo adopted him. He grew up on a property near Molong. Last year his parents decided to move into town but Jonte misses life . . .
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