Competitors arriving through Coonangibber Checkpoint operated by John VK4IE

Far-a-way Easter Endurance Carnival

After a few years hiatus, we returned to Imbil to assist Far-A-Way Horse Endurance Riders with their Easter Endurance Carnival. This is a full-on 4-day long event, running over the Easter long-week-end with the first events starting early on the Friday morning, and the final day’s events starting even earlier…

The day of the event at Southbrook, all the campsites of the operators with the WICEN base seen in the distance.

Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders Hip Pocket Challenge 2024

Brisbane Area WICEN Group (Inc.) once again assisted at Southbrook (approximately 26km west-south-west of Toowoomba, as the crow flies) with the running of the Hip Pocket Challenge, run by the Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders Association. This was done in collaboration with Ipswich WICEN. Brisbane and Ipswich WICEN had assisted here…

A horse is given a cooling hose-down after a challenging ride in the heat.

Stirling’s Starter 2024

Brisbane WICEN’s first Emergency Communications Exercise of the year took place this last week-end at Stirling’s Crossing, assisting them with the running of the Stirling’s Starter. This is an annual horse endurance ride event organised by Stirling’s Crossing Endurance Club and is the first such event on their annual calendar….