BRIDGETOWN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  

Equestrian - 16 km Course
 

Map
Full Horse Course

  

Tour the Equestrian Course:

The horse course for 2007 follows the altered 2006 course to avoid some particularly wet areas. Please watch out for course markers.

1) Just before step 13
Towards the end of Lodge Rd (before the top of the hill) the course takes a right hand turn. You will have pine trees to your left and bush to your right. Follow the bush track and course markers to join the old course.

This change has resulted in the equestrian course being shortened by approximately 2km and has removed a potentially hazardous section.

If you wish to have a break and water your horse, do not take the right hand turn at this point. There is some yards with a water trough about 200m straight on, you will need to retrace the 200m to rejoin the course.

Rejoins previous course at step 24

2) Steps 32-35 have been modfied to avoid wet area near yards and shed.

 

1
From the Swim/Horse change over keep left alongside trees to the first gate following the river.
2
Along the fence and river and through gates 2 and 3. Now veer right.
3
Slight rise through paddock to next gate.
4
Through fourth gate (it will be open) up the hill a little to the right.
5
Through the fifth gate (it will be open) and follow the track.
6
Follow the track, going up a little...
7
Track winds down towards river through trees.
8
Through the sixth gate keep below the dam and follow the base of the dam wall around to the right.
9
Around the dam wall to the right the track goes through a small Paulownia plantation. Seventh gate is just at the top.
10
Through the seventh gate and turn to the left down Lodge Road.
11
Lodge Road.
12
Lodge Road.
13
Lodge Road. Just after these yards there is a vet and a drink station for you and your horse.
14
Lodge Road. Don't go off the road it may look alright but it's very rocky.
15
Lodge Road. Through the cut to a very steep decent and a gate coming up on the right.
16
Here is gate number eight and a check point. Get ready to pull up, it's very steep..
17
Turn through gate eight and follow track around side of the hill.
18
Follow track around the side of the hill.
19
Keep to the top side of the dam.
20
From the dam a little round to the right and across the gully. Gate nine arround to the left.
21
Through gate nine across paddock to the right. Through gate ten and turn left heading back down to the river.
22
Through gate eleven down by the river.
23
Across paddock to the top side of this dam (take care, may be boggy). Over dam and swing right to gate twelve. Turn left and follow fence to the river.
24
Gate thirteen. Be careful of the rocks here.
25
Follow the track and cross gully before gate fourteen, up a slight rise.
26
Through gate fourteen and follow track along river, a bit of ducking and weaving required here.
27
Gate fifteen and keep to the river. Then turn right up the hill. Turn left to gate sixteen at the top and follow fence to the next gate.
28
Gate seventeen.
29
Head across paddock to the left slightly.
30
Keep to the top of the blue gums.
31
Follow the track to gate eighteen and head to the shed.
32
Through gate nineteen at the shed and turn left up the hill.
33
Through gate twenty.View from the top of the hill to the finish at the very bottom.
34
Nearly there. Through gate twenty-one (last one), 500m to the finish.
Last Updated: 17 May 2008