Palmwoods
District News

September
1998

Page 2

RDA festival coming up

IT’S festival time at the Palmwoods Riding for the Disabled centre Palmwoods Park on Hunchy Road on Saturday, September 12.

The group will celebrate its 19th birthday and annual open house with a full entertainment program starting at 9am with a Riding Demonstration and award presentation.

Many and varied entertainments follow including a display of classic cars; Arabian driving and costumes displays; a fashion parade; an outrageous hat parade which everyone is encouraged to enter and live entertainment.

Refreshments will be available and there will be raffles and music throughout the day. Admission is free.

In other RDA news, the Northcoast Trail Riders Club president Greg McDermott and secretary Cathy Stephens recently visited to present a cheque as proceeds of the Annual Ettamogah Pub Ride.

Organised by the Northcoast Trail Riders, it is an annual ride from Mooloolah to the Pub and back with 206 horses and riders taking part this year.

Members, who were at the Pub Arena to welcome riders on arrival, said the experience had been enjoyable for all the riders who ranged in age from 8 years upwards.

RDA president Hazel Larard said that such generous assistance from the Trail Riders Club was invaluable in ensuring the continuation of the therapeutic and recreational voluntary service conducted on horseback by the R.D.A.

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