PO BOX128, DAYBORO QLD 4521 ABN: Vice President Secretary Treasurer Bob Ebert. Lisa Schuhmann

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1 DAYBORO TRAILRIDERS CLUB INC PO BOX128, DAYBORO QLD 4521 ABN: Vice President Secretary Treasurer Bob Ebert Lisa Schuhmann Julie Stephenson Newsletter May 2017 April Ride Report by Debra Shanahan Sunday 23 rd April, a lovely Autumn day, picture perfect green valleys, clear sparkling streams and beautifully behaved horses. If you love horse riding, then you ve found the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning. Makes for a great Trail Ride, but a very boring ride report! Well, Bob with his inbuilt Sat Nav (no technology needed) can always find a new track to take us, even though we are riding the same trail we ve done many times before. He has a knack of locating old gates amongst the lantana that no one else would find, making the ride a little different each time. This is what makes him invaluable as a Lead Drover. A few of our club members who will remain anonymous, but are often Geographically Challenged, would have enjoyed not knowing where we were going to end up. Well, I ll let you guys know where we went! Out the back gate from the Club House into Stewart s, along Sellin Road to Tapiolis. A little slower paced as we rode through chest high grass in Graig Doyle s as some of the horses couldn t resist trying to fill their belly along the way. Before any cars came hurtling around the bend, we quickly crossed Mt Pleasant Road and went into Danny Doyle s. The North Pine River didn t present any unexpected obstacles after the recent floods. Always up for a challenge, Bob then headed up a tricky track on the side of a hill and we all chickened out and took Easy Street and waited for him at the top. No traffic problems crossing Laceys Creek Road, then we went through Brian Rowe s dairy and up Rowe and Strain Roads. In Dick Baker s our wandering took us through numerous cocky gates that we have never seen before. Gotta love the horses in the lead who take great care as their rider opens a barb wire gate from their back, then dumps it on the ground. Too bad for our Tail Drover (Dan) who then had to dismount, untangle the wire and put it back up. Luckily, he had some ladies helping him with that unenviable task. No, really, they didn t give him advice on how to do it; they helped.

2 After briefly riding in Neil Richardson s we were then into Humble s and after opening and closing approximately twenty gates so far, we get to push a button and watch as the gate slowly swung open and let us out onto Glover Road (Too Easy!) We then went over the hill in Neil Juff s and emerged from the bush onto Hillview Court, startling some bird watchers. Next was Riverview Court and we were on the home straight. The traffic safely negotiated crossing McKenzie Street and we arrived back at the club house with eighteen riders, the exact same as we left with ( excellent ) and covered approximately fifteen kilometres. After riding for three and a half hours and shutting gates behind us, Dan then stood at the barbeque and cooked our lunch (our hero of the day ).

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5 ANZAC Day March Anzac Day this year dawned fine and not too hot. The riders, as usual, rode from the showgrounds to the back of the hotel where we waited in the driveway for the march to commence at 9.30am. Melanie walked carrying the Dayboro Trailriders sign and was followed by the riders: Bob & Helen carrying flags, Debra, Mary Ann, Peggy, John, Neil & Barbara. After the parade, we rode back to the showgrounds, lined up inside the arena fence and watched the service. Helen laid the wreath on behalf of the club. Near the end of the service two Wirraway planes did a fly-by of four runs across the showgrounds. Thank you to Debra for taking home the saddle cloths and scarves to wash and iron.

6 Frasers Camp on Friday, April 28 to Monday, May 2, 2017 This camp was held from Friday 28 th April to Monday 2 nd May and was hosted by the Mudgeeraba & Hinterland Horse Trail Club. Nobody from our club attended this ride. Rodeo Roster - Sunday 30 th April 2017 Dayboro Rodeo was a glorious sunny day, hence huge numbers. We were busier selling sausages than on a Saturday at Bunnings!!! All we sold was sausages and drinks and we took nearly $2000 in takings for the Rodeo Society. Bob had to run down the road twice to get extra supplies as we sold out by 1pm. We did not provide the food but it was decided to top their supplies up as it is not good to run out of food at lunch time. We will be reimbursed for the extra bread and sausages. We also sold 81 of our drinks as they had run out and took $350 for our club. I got to watch some of the rodeo at the end and have a couple of well-earned drinks!! Great day all round. Thank you to all who helped out on the day.

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8 TRA Camp at Mingo Station It will be held from Monday 18 th September to Tuesday 26 th.

9 Membership Renewal Just a reminder that membership renewal is due for this year. If paying by cheque, post with your membership form to our post office box or bring to the next meeting or club ride. If paying by cash, bring your membership form and money to the next meeting or club ride. If paying by direct deposit use your name as the reference. Then post the membership form to our post office box or scan and to Julie Stephenson our treasurer at: stephensonfam@bigpond.com Our address is: P.O. Box 128, Dayboro, Bank details for direct deposit: Dayboro Trail Riders Club Inc BSB A/C Club Items for Sale Shirt: green chambray - Long sleeve: $ Short sleeve: $38.00 Polo shirt: $20 Stickers: $3.50 each or 3 for $10 Items are available from the club shed at our rides or meetings. ***************************************************

10 TRA The TRA pins and buckles are now available for purchase. We have one buckle left at $22 and a few hat pins left at $13. Members can purchase these items at any of our club rides or meetings. Important to note Horse Health Declaration Form We have been notified by the Show Society that we all now must fill out a Horse Health Declaration form every time we do a ride from the showgrounds. I have attached the form for you to download. We will also keep some in the shed in case you forget to bring one. We have revised the Horse Health Declaration form by adding our Club and the TRA logo. If you have old copies printed off then they are quite okay to use, also there are old copies in the club shed that we will use until they are all gone. Once these forms are filled out, they will be given to the show society to keep on file after each ride. On the declaration form, you must write in your PIC number for your property where your horses are kept. You can obtain a PIC number by clicking on the following link. Just fill out all your information and submit it then you will be sent back a PIC number. Please contact Lisa, Club Secretary if you require further information.

11 Rides We look forward to all of our members turning out for the monthly rides. Month Rides and Events Pre-Ride Sign-On Roster May Monthly Meeting Thursday 25th Monthly Ride Sunday 21 st - to be changed due to Dayboro Day festival Dayboro Day Parade 28 th Peggy Stewart & Peter Norris June Monthly Meeting Thursday 22nd Monthly Ride Sunday 25th Peter Rudd & Bridgette Banks July Monthly Meeting Thursday 20th Monthly Ride Sunday 23th Bob Ebert & Debra Shanahan August Monthly Meeting Thursday 24th Kin Kin Horse Ride 12 th (see flyer) Monthly Ride Sunday 27 th Graham Court Memorial Ride all day ride Julie Stephenson & Eric Wood September Monthly Meeting Thursday 21 st TRA Camp Mingo Station - Monday 18 th September to Tuesday 26 th Monthly Ride Sunday 24th Mary Ann Overall & Janelle Smith Our MAY ride will be held a week earlier on Sunday 21 st May due to the Dayboro Day Parade being held on the 28 th May, which we will be riding in as usual. For more information regarding the club and upcoming ride information, see us on Facebook, on our website or call Please forward ride photographs that you would like put on Facebook to Melanie Wilson at:- smellymelly27@yahoo.com.au

12 WANT TO JOIN THE DAYBORO TRAILRIDERS CLUB? Membership Fees for 2017 Senior: $65.00 Junior: Family: $60.00 under 18 years $ for first 3 members $ for each subsequent person Membership forms: available to print off the website - Monthly Ride Fees for 2017 Club fees for the monthly rides for 2017: For club members, our ride fee is $8 and this includes lunch. For visitors, it is $25 and this also includes lunch. The fee is the same whether you stay for lunch or not. Even though the ride fee includes lunch it is also raising funds for the club. The visitor fee is higher because part of this goes to TRA for insurance. For members/volunteers that are doing sign-on before a ride, a sign-on price list will be available on the table stating that the fee is the same whether you have lunch or not. Happy Birthday to all members celebrating a birthday in APRIL/MAY

13 The following are our Executive and Non-Executive members; Executive Positions President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Name Currently vacant Bob Ebert Lisa Schuhmann Julie Stephenson Non-Executive Positions Caterer Catering for Bunnings, meetings & soft drinks Club Newsletter Publicity/Media - update website, photos, Facebook Trail Co-ordinator & ride report delegator Big October Ride Co-ordinators TRA Delegate SEQW delegate Name Lisa Schuhmann Lisa Schuhmann Mary Ann Overall Melanie Wilson Bob Ebert if Bob unavailable then Debra Shanahan Bob Ebert Bob Ebert Bob Ebert

14 Australia s entrant in Eurovision 2017 Isaiah Firebrace with Gemma in Kiev

15 Gemma in Romania, Moldova & Ukraine for Eurovision - by Lisa Yes, Gem is overseas again and after leaving here with a cold then a long flight via Singapore and Turkey she landed in Romania only to have her phone stolen within a couple of hours of landing by some young boys in a park. She saw the funny side of it after going to the police who treated it like a murder, spent five hours at the police station and being driven around Bucharest in a police car to try and find the boys her own private tour around the city priceless! She did a day trip to Dracula s Castle in Transylvania, a wine tour and went to Transnistria in Moldova. Then it was Eurovision time in Kiev, Ukraine and on the first day had photos with Australia s entrant Isaiah at a local shopping centre. Gem said he was real casual and when they waved their Aussie flags he just came over. She managed to get herself into the Embassy party where she was filmed at the bar and made it for two seconds onto SBS news on a couple of nights and The Feed. At the red carpet, she got photos of the performer from every country and more photos with Isaiah. Then again, she made it onto TV in the final performance when they zoomed in on her with her Aussie flag. She went to all nine shows including semi-final one, semi-final two, the final and every show also has a jury show the night before and a family rehearsal show the afternoon of each main show. She was extremely excited when Isaiah made it to the final along with some of her other favourites. Isaiah then did extremely well to finish in ninth place for Australia and to come in the top ten out of forty-two countries is just awesome and not easy. She has been a real social butterfly at Eurovision this time and been to fan club parties and the Euro club and functioning on not much sleep. She did some interesting bus trips out to a missile base and to Chernobyl and said it was just fascinating. Some of the photos she sent home like the deserted dodgem cars in the fairground were very eerie. Now in Gemma s words about her road trip with two Aussie guys. The road trip to end all road trips just ended! Survived the 2000km, 10 million potholes, traffic chaos (who needs road lines anyway), regular police checks, flat tyres, stray cows & horses, monster sized bugs etc etc and still managed to see some great towns and beautiful countryside. We love Ukraine. Eurovision depression has begun! After a week road tripping to Lviv and Odessa with fellow Eurovision fans, coming back to Kyiv is hard! All signs of Eurovision have disappeared, even McDonalds has removed its English menu. Then Kyiv delivers a beautiful sunset and I feel like I m running on air. Till next year my new wonderful Eurovision family. * * * * * *

16 The Chernobyl Disaster happened 25 years ago on the 26th of April 1986 in the Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union / USSR. The Chernobyl Disaster was the most serious accident in the history of the nuclear industry.

17 If you have any FOR SALE items relating to riding; Horses, clothing, gear etc. please send a description and photograph to Mary Ann and I will add it to the next newsletter.

18 Sponsors Please Support our Sponsors where you can Craig Doyle Real Estate Dayboro Cartridge World Strathpine, Morayfield & Kallangur Ken & Janelle Smith Barr Tapper Fencing Pty Ltd Hire Connection Dayboro John King Kevin McKenzie Farm Machinery Service Horse & Co Dayboro are offering Dayboro Trail Riders members a 5% Discount on all full priced tack and supplements in the shop throughout this year. If you would like to take up this offer, then just show your TRA membership card when you go in. Corner of McKenzie Street and Delaney Road, Dayboro Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Saturday 9am to 3pm. Sunday 10am to 3pm. Mobile: Gleam O Dawn Rural Store at Samford are offering Dayboro Trail Riders members 5% discount off bags of feed and electric fencing. Possibly off some other items also. Just have to check when you go in. Show your TRA card. 230 Mt Glorious Road, Samford