Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Festival 2011 (QLD)
You and your friends are invited to Blackbutt and the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail during the Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Festival. This year the Festival presents a program full of free rail trail inspired activities and events.
Saturday 10 September
BLACKBUTT SHOWGROUNDS– MAHONS ROAD
| 10am-3pm | BVRT Expo. Information stalls and displays at the BVRT pavilion. Woodworking demonstrations with the Blackbutt Woodworkers |
| 10am-10.30am | Waler horse agility and Waler horse heritage riding demonstration with members of the Waler Horse Society of Australia |
| 10.30am-12pm | Animal Instincts – Equine and canine tricks and training with Hayley Chambers |
| 12.15pm-1.15pm | Equine Health with Blackbutt Vet, Dr William Roughan |
| 1.30pm-2.30pm | Talking saddles with Shane Nash, Nash Custom Saddles |
| 2.30pm-5pm | Natural horsemanship demonstration with Ken Anderson |
Sunday 11 September
BRISBANE VALLEY RAIL TRAIL STATION – HART STREET
| 8.30am | Free sausage sizzle breakfast |
| 9am | Official opening of the Nukku School |
| 9.30am-12.30pm | Australian Trail Horse Riders Association 25 km trail ride on the BVRT to Gilla |
| 10am-3pm | Free horse-drawn wagon rides on the BVRT every half hour! |
| 3.30pm | Bird watching walk along the BVRT guided by Valdamay Jones from Birds Queensland |
Don’t forget to enter your photo of the BVRT into the ‘Sensored’ photographic competition or your sculpture into the All Trails Lead to Blackbutt Sculpture Award.
Camping facilities and horse yards available at the showgrounds.
First in best dressed!
For more information on the festival see www.BloominBeautifulBlackbuttFestival.com.au.
And for information see our Trail Description or the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Website.
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