You will have learned by now that individual fires have one of three Alert levels: blue – advice yellow – watch and act red – emergency warning We have been fortunate to date that our nearest fires have been at the first two levels. If a fire should penetrate or start inside the ACT borders, depending on weather conditions, under the right weather conditions it…
Please note that there is currently no threat to property and no evacuations have been ordered for residents, horses or other animals in the ACT. However, EPIC will be open to receive horses requiring relocation from 8am Thursday 9 January 2020. EPIC is offering free stabling to those who wish to relocate their horses due to the forecast severe fire danger rating for Friday 10…
The ESA has advised that based on current fires and forecasted conditions, there is currently no need to evacuate in the ACT. If required, evacuation orders will be put on the ESA website so please ensure that you monitor https://esa.act.gov.au as well as Fires Near Me. That does not mean that you should not consider your personal circumstances and that of your horse and relocate…
There are now 2 relocation points in Hall in lieu of EPIC until 10 January Hall Showground is open to receive horse. It has yards and plenty of space. It also has toilets. The Hall Polocrosse grounds at Sunny Corner are also open for horses. It has 40+yards and toilets and shower. You will be required to register. The usual rules apply. Bring everything you…
The Arboretum has advised that given the adverse weather conditions expected tomorrow, Saturday 4th January, the decision has been made to shut the entire Arboretum site for the safety of visitors and staff. This means there will be no access to equestrian trails or the BNT.
This coming Saturday is predicted to be a challenge. The ACT is luckily starting with a fire free slate but that could change at any time. Horse owners should be vigilant. Look to your horse’s bushfire plan. If they are staying put make sure they start the day wearing nothing flammable. There is lots of information on the ACTEA website at http://www.actea.asn.au/will-your-horse-stay-or-go Keep up to…
Tuesday 31 December. There is a small fire at Watch & Act at Tralee south of the Hume horse paddocks. Queanbeyan Showground has confirmed it has plenty of room for relocating horses if that becomes necessary. oOo During the course of Saturday’s Catastrophic Fire Rating a number of showgrounds in NSW came on line as relocation options for large animals. As a resource in the…
The Canberra Nature Park Draft Reserve Management Plan is available to read on the Your Say website @ https://www.yoursay.act.gov.au/act-parks/canberra-nature-park. It is a further development of the original consultation document prepared in 2016 and on which ACTEA commented in some detail. It had been indicated to ACTEA that Parks was considering allowing some additional access to the Reserve system so it was somewhat of a shock…
On 5 September, the President of ACTEA was invited to attend a meeting of a new Stromlo Forest Park Consultative Committee. There has not been one of these groups representing all users of the Park since 2006 when the first stakeholder group collapsed. The Terms of Reference for the new Committee are Stromlo Stakeholder Consultative Committee TOR. This Committee came into being because a group…
ACTEA was sent the Liberal Party Sport & Recreation Policy at https://www.findyourgame.com.au a little while ago and noticed there was zero recognition of equestrian sports. ACTEA has since been in communication with them and has a meeting in January with a senior advisor to James Milligan, the shadow minister for sport. She claims to be keen to include equestrian sport within their policy. There is…
