ROUTE/DATES
June
JUNE 16, Sunday 10am Cooma Send-off from park (letters/flag/horses)
“ “ Canberra “ “ “ Parliament House (as above):
ACT rider Virginia Dale – NSW rider Gitta Seidel - “Snowy”
1. TRANSPORT: COOMA-CANBERRA-DARWIN
17 Canberra-Dubbo
18 Dubbo: Day off: To Council, press, Service Club:
letters/messages.
Meet local riders/ youth/children.
ABC Radio interview with Meg Strang.
19 Dubbo-Bourke To Council, press, Service Club: letters/messages.
20 Bourke-Cunnamulla, Qld. To Council, press, Service Club:
letters/messages.
21 Cunnamulla-Barcaldine To Council, press, Service Club:
letters/messages.
22 Barcaldine-Longreach
23 Longreach: Day off: meet city officials, etc.
(letters/messages)
Photo session at Stockman’s Hall of Fame.
Meet local riders/stock men/ youth/children.
ABC Radio interview
24 Longreach-Winton- Winton: Visit Matilda Café (give
message from
Kyona Nimmitabel Bakery/makers of Matilda Pies.
Council, press, Service Club: letters/messages.
Kyona: Crocodile Dundee Pub (photo session).
25 Kyona-Mt.Isa
26 Mt. Isa Day off: Council, etc.: letters/messages. Photo
session with miners.
Meet riders/ youth/children.
27 Mt. Isa-Bush Camp, NT.
28 Bush Camp-Tennant Creek
29 Tennant Creek-Daly Waters
30 Daly Waters-Katherine ABC Radio interview with Bryan
Crump.
July
1 Katherine-Pine Creek- Visit animal sanctuary at Pine Creek (brumbies)
Darwin
2,3 Darwin Council, etc.: letters/messages. Sightseeing
4,5,6 Meet the other teams/ final preparations.
THE RIDE DARWIN-ADELAIDE
July 7th DARWIN National Polocrosse Championships –
DEPARTURE CHARITY HORSE RIDERS
Darwin-Batchelor 100 kms
8 Batchelor-Hayes Creek 70 kms
9 Hayes Creek-Pine Creek 60 kms
10 Pine Creek-Katherine 92 kms
11 Katherine-Mataranka 113 kms Visit Thermal Springs
12 Mataranka-Larrimah 82 kms
13 Larrimah-Daly Waters 85 kms
14 Daly Waters Rest Day Has a must-see pub.
15 Daly W-Newcastle Waters125 kms Visit Consolidated Meats
Pastoral Co.
16 Newc. W.-Banka Banka 180 kms
17 Banka B.-Tennant Creek 78 kms
18 T.C.-Wauchope or Wycliffe Wells 112 kms
19 Wau/WW-Barrows Creek 112 kms Unique roadhouse/pub
20 Barrow Creek-Aileron Roadh. 150 kms
21 Aileron-Alice Springs 135 kms Event: ‘Way out West’
22 Alice Springs-Henbury 110 kms
23 Henbury-Eridunda 100 kms
24 Truck to ULURU 200 kms Permission being sought to
Truck back to Eridunda 200 kms circumnavigate Uluru on horseback
25 Eridunda-Kulgera 74 kms
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
26 Kulgera-Agnes Creek 79 kms
27 Agnes Creek-Marla 120 kms
28 Marla-Todmorden 128 kms Down the Oodnadatta Track!
29 Todmorden-Oodnadatta 90 kms
30 Oodnadatta-Peake 128 kms
31 Peake-William Creek 90 kms
August
1 W.Ck-Stuart Ck turnoff 104 kms Special day - Horses birthday!
2 Stuart Creek T-Marree 100 kms
3 Marree-Leigh Creek 111 kms
4 Leigh Creek-Hawker 160 kms
5 Hawker Rest Day Drive to Wilpena Pound
6 Hawker-Orroroo 107 kms
7 Orroroo-Hallett 91 kms
8 Hallett-Saddleworth 86 kms
9 Saddleworth-Gawler 70 kms via Marrabel, Kapunda
10 ADELAIDE Stockhorse expo
END OF THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME!!!
Virginia, Gitta's riding companion and Snowy’s new mate, will have to fly back
to Canberra. Her place will be taken over by her mum Margaret, to help with the
transport back to the ACT.
3. TRANSPORT: ADELAIDE-CANBERRA-COOMA
August
12 Adelaide-Pinnaroo Via Tailem Bend or via ferry at Manum
13 Pinnaroo-Hay Council, press, Service Club:
letter/messages
Photo session at Shearer’s Hall of Fame.
14 Hay-Wagga W. ABC Interview
15 Wagga-Canberra
16 Canberra ABC Breakfast Show/ABC Rural
17 Canberra-Cooma
18 COOMA Welcome celebration/handing over of banner
