Gulgong Heritage Harness Association

Last Updated July 2010

Bill Ryan writes:
Well I told Fifield competitors to watch out didn’t I ? Gulgong took first place in the Horse section for yet another year. Congratulations to Neil Munn. Congratulations also to Damon Allport (Goulburn) second and Wayne Teale (Central West) third.
By the time this Whip Around comes out we should be on our Henry Lawson Drive so there will be information about it in the next issue. We had our final meeting for the trip on March 27 and it was packed. It was great to see so much enthusiasm It will be the 11th trip and looks to be the biggest yet. We have an array of 39 horse drawn vehicles as well as several riders, plus 75 very excited participants.
Our last outing was a weekend away at Wongarbon on April 17/18. This was hosted by John (Magpie) and Joan Macarthur, and I mean hosted. Some of us arrived on the Friday arvo and that evening we were provided with a huge crock pot of lamb casserole even though Joan was away for the weekend attending her daughter’s university graduation (Veterinary Science of course!). The weather for our jog was unbelievable with a clear sky and 27’C. Magpie had arranged for us to go through a huge property and we travelled about 10km along good dirt roads through fields of green lucerne, oats and wheat. It was more like the middle of Spring not Autumn. After about 15km we arrived at our lunch spot. It was a wonderful shady spot on the banks of the Macquarie River. Chris Hills still needed to cool off a bit more and enjoyed a dip in the river. (He is a worry that boy!)
After lunch we returned via the same route and from the rear what a great sight seeing 12 vehicles and horses crossing the green fields. After our return that evening, we were again spoilt. Magpie and his son and daughter in law cooked us all ( 22 people) a huge BBQ with all the trimmings, even a sweet. All this was provided for by John and Joan. Sunday morning there was a BBQ breakfast. There’s no stopping this Magpie when he’s near a BBQ. After breakfast we had a short jog around Wongarbon, then home. Thanks to John and Joan we all had a wonderful weekend.