Trapping and Tracking to Tackle Tabbies
Hornsby Shire Council will expand its feral cat trapping efforts and join the Cat Tracker Australia program, in an attempt to reduce the impact of cats on our local native wildlife. Only feral cats will be targeted by the traps, which have been carefully designed to cause no harm to the animals. “If a domestic cat is […]
Lining Up for Another Great Year at Arcadia Pony Club
Arcadia Pony Club welcomed back both old members and new at our 2018 registration and rally day on Sunday 4th February. It was great to catch up with friends and ponies after the Christmas break – and it was clear from their bellies that some ponies definitely needed to get back into pony club after […]
Galston Equestrian Club – Off to a Great Start!
We have started off our very busy year, which will be jam-packed with many varied equine activities, including opportunities to improve our skills and have a lot of enjoyable events to share with our horses and fellow members! We had a lovely cool morning for our first event …A general riding day and Car Boot […]
Working Equitation with SWEQ
Have you tried Working Equitation yet? Working Equitation is the fastest growing equine sport in Australia and is a fun way to train your horse and build communication and confidence with your horse. This sport is open to any breed of horse and any style of riding (English, Stock or Western). The best way to […]
Waddell Cottage
In our December story about Horse Troughs, a stray photo was ,by mistake, sent to the Galston Paper. The Dooral Round-up got the right picture, the one of the trough, which is now in the grounds of Galston High School. The “stray”photo is of Denise Rogers with a very rough sign which is hard to […]
Willu Prestige Property Launches in the Hills to deliver on Amazing Capital Growth
The Australian Financial Review, published in December 2017Australia’s most expensive suburbs, Point Piper posted a 176 per cent increase in prices, while other strong performing suburbs in Sydney include Galston and Kenthurst in the northwest. The amazing growth of property values in the Hills Districts, means people are making big financial decisions when it comes […]
Galston Equestrian Club – Looking forward to a fabulous year!
The Funkhana on 26th November was a lovely sunny day so was enjoyed by the members who attended. Judge Jessica Beckingham did a sterling job of judging the hacking classes. Scot Mitchell, a research scientist at Sydney University, gave a very interesting talk at the Galston Club on 30th November on “Healthy Hindgut Healthy Horse”. […]
Glenorie Pony Club achieves Highest Point Score at Zone 26 Jamboree 2017
2017 was a wonderful year for the Glenorie Pony Club achieving outstanding results at the most recent Zone 26 end of year Jamboree. We want to thank all our amazing parents which support the talented riders, without them the Jamboree competition could not of taken place. We were very proud particularly of our beginner’s ring […]
Galston Equestrian Club – What a happy and successful year!
After a little rain during the week to soften up the grounds, Sunday 22nd October arrived with sunshine and a light breeze. A perfect day to be out and about! Everything had been set up on the Saturday, so it was all ready to go. Dressage arenas ran smoothly, with two lovely judges, Michele Christiansen […]
Washing ponies and water balloons – beating the heat at Arcadia Pony Club
One of our recent rally days was held on a very hot Sunday. So, after a morning of flatwork and sporting we enjoyed an afternoon of horsemanship with a washing and grooming session and water play to beat the heat! All of our riders first hosed their ponies down then with them all safely tied […]
