Heritage Listing of the Equestrian Park Cross Country Course

ACTEA discovered by accident that the Equestrian Park Cross Country Course (the entire Block 1201) was included in the provisional listing of the Yarralaumla Woolshed and Outbuildings as ‘landscape setting’. You can read the Statement of Significance and other documents by clicking here. Luckily ACTEA and the National Capital Horse Trials Association were able to lodge a short submission before the deadline and seek an…

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Pegasus Crossing @ Streeton Drive

The long promised Pegasus Crossing at Streeton Drive is finally functional. This is the first such crossing in the ACT. Pegasus Crossings are common in the rural cities of England and the United States but the only other ones we know of in Australia are associated with Centennial Park in Sydney and a racecourse in Adelaide. Canberra’s first Pegasus Crossing maintains an old equestrian trail…

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