Molonglo River Reserve Draft Management Plan open for comment

The ACT Equestrian Association has been actively negotiating for continued and improved access to the fire trails now to be included in the new Molonglo River Reserve since 2011. This Reserve stretches from the Scrivener Dam to the Molonglo’s confluence with the Murrumbidgee. The Molonglo River Reserve Draft Reserve Management Plan, now open for public comment, is a statutory plan, required under the ACT Planning…

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Riding in the Arboretum

If you are planning a ride in the National Arboretum please stick to the equestrian trails. Recently a large group of riders was asked to leave the area around the eagle’s nest at the top of Dairy Farmers Hill. This area contains a huge underground water tank, covered by a layer of top soil, which gravity feeds to the Arboretum irrigation system. It is a…

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Unsafe Riding in Stromlo Forest Park

The new year has started with the Venue Manager at Stromlo Forest Park advising that he is seeing people riding horses on the mountain bike tracks at the facility. This is beyond dangerous. The narrow windy mountain bike ‘single-tracks’ are not designed for other users. As attractive as they might look, horses are not welcome on them. They are designed for bikes to travel at…

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DOES YOUR HORSE HAVE A FIRE PLAN????

ACT Emergency Services have already been called to several grass fires in the city in the last month. All that lush grass from our wet winter is now curing and will be turning into fire fuel over Summer! Grass fires start quickly, spread rapidly and produce deadly radiant heat. We know from past experience that horse owners will place themselves at significant personal risk to…

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Weston Creek Dog Park Progress

Work is about to start on the long discussed Weston Creek Dog Park on the corner of Eucumbene Drive and Warragamba Avenue. You can already see security fencing near the entrance track. At an on-site meeting on 24 November the Project Manager said that he proposed to have the planned vehicle entrance drive way with the equestrian crossing completed by January. To achieve this he…

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Wetlands Project in Holder

Environment ACT has advised that they will be commencing their Healthy Waterways Wetland Project in Holder in the next few weeks. The works will take place in the open space between the Cotter Road and the bottom of Dixon Drive. See the map below. The overall size of the project is now expected to be a bit smaller than that shown. The finished works are…

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Support Your Local Equestrian

At the beginning of October, Sport & Recreation Services invited nominations to their 2017 CBR Sports Awards. The system is now entirely computerised and there is no separate nomination and voting process. Anyone can vote for anyone else to be People’s Sporting Champion. The challenge is to get as many people as possible to send in a vote for your favourite candidate. ACTEA has become…

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Bike Race on the Cotter Road This Weekend

The annual Fitz’s Challenge is on the weekend – Sunday 29 October. It primarily happens out in the Brindabellas however it will start and finish through the front gate of Stromlo Forest Park. All races will head off on Uriarra Road and return on the Cotter Road and Swallowtail Road. The Cotter Road will not be closed for the event and the organisers, Pedal Power,…

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