Southern Flinders
Champagne, Steam and Saddle
Trail Horse Ride
Saturday, September 24 2011
to
Monday, October 3 2011
This will be a slow paced ten day trail horse ride where participants can enjoy the beautiful farming scenery, the Southern Flinders Ranges, food, wine and camaraderi around a camp fire.
The focus on a ‘BLUE’ Day ride supported by the National Cancer Research Foundation will raise money for Prostate Cancer. The horses, the riders and the town of Gladstone will be “dressed up” in royal blue. Day riders welcome.
Following a Community breakfast in the main street, all riders will be handed a Certificate of Participation by the CEO of the National Cancer Research Foundation. Once again, during the street parade, when the horses are gathered in the caravan parking area, they will be blessed by the Anglican Bishop prior to riding out on their journey to Laura.
Gladstone will be alive with festivities, food and drink stalls, a band and activities for all.
Specially stamped commemorative envelopes will be available to be carried in an official mail bag by horse-back to Quorn where the mailbag will then be placed on a carriage on the Pichi Richi Steam Train.
The first day’s ride ends at the North Laura Hotel for a gourmet pie luncheon with a glass of wine or beer. A three-course dinner will follow in the evening with guest speakers telling about “their journey”. A ‘BLUE’ Auction will complete the evening. All proceeds to go to the National Cancer Research Foundation.
After another day’s ride to Stone Hut and a fun filled Quiz Night, the riders head out to the Wirrabara Forest for three days riding in the spectacular mixed pine and eucalypt forest covering the hill sides of the area. A Formal Three-course Dinner in the middle of the Wirrabara Forest at O’Reillys Country Table will round off this delightful section of the Southern Flinders before moving on to Wirrabara and Melrose for over night camps.
On Thursday 29th September, all riders, horses and back up personel will drive to Quorn, set up camp at the Stock Yard Arena and have a ‘lay-day’ on Friday. A two day camp out in more rugged country around Dutchman’s Stern is followed by the really exciting day’s activities on Monday 3rd October of loading the horses on to the cattle trucks behind the Pichi Richi Steam Train. After a two hour journey through Pichi Richi Pass the horses are unloaded at Woolshed Flat and ridden back to base camp in Quorn.
Contact details for further information on The Southern Flinders Trail Horse Riding Club are:
Email: sfthrc@y7mail.com
Phone: Shan Daw 0409 026 333
Kathy Webb 0412 644 665
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Congratulations on organising the trail ride. It was great to see so many people come to the breakfast and support your efforts. Hope it all went well with everyone (horses, riders and support team) arriving safely. I’m sure we’ll hear all about it in the next community newsletter.
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