Raz Roberts

At last, we are at the Louth Races. For those of you who are saying, “where the hell is that?” It’s a little place on the Darling River between Bourke and Wilcannia. You might still be saying, “where”? Suffice it to say it’s in Western NSW about 400km East-North-East from Broken Hill. 200km of bitumen then 200km of dirt. As with a lot of town’s in Australia it grew up around a pub. It was originally a watering hole for the thirsty crews of the paddle steamers and the town grew up around it. Today it has a population of less than 50 but in the late 1950’s someone decided to hold a horse race, which lives onto today on the second Saturday in August. As with most of these trips a whole group of people ... read more

Milparinka Gymkhana Hi guys Thought I might start a bit of a travel blog. To let you all know what I’ve been upto. This past weekend’s trip was to the Milparinka Gymkhana. I can already here you saying,”where is Milparinka” and “what is a Gymkhana?” Milparinka is located about 50km south of Tibooburra or about 300km North of Broken Hill in the very North West corner of NSW. A gymkhana is a bit like a rodeo but without the bucking events. Lots of outback horses, cowboys and cowgirls competing in all manner of events, like melon cutting where the riders gallop along and try to cut 3 melons hanging of posts with a machete like knife. Other events include barrel racing where the horses and riders race around some barrels. There was also some good old ... read more