You’ll Hear Us!

10th October.

Nerida Corbett speaking for the Parkes detainees commented; “You’ll certainly hear us as we drive out the gate. We are waiting on the permits to get out and we hope to have them by Sunday”. Nerida, from Peek Hill, just 50 kilometers away and her fellow detainees, including 23 horses, come from the Buffer and Green Zones and have been at Parkes Showgrounds now for over six weeks.

“It will be a bit scary to get back to real life, we have been here so long. We have made some very good friends who are almost like family now. The Parks Show Society has been wonderful to us too and they have really suffered. They were the only show that was not allowed to go ahead at all, even without horses. It was only the second time Parks Show was cancelled in over 100 years (the first time due to WW II). It has been a big loss to the town. Down the track we are planning an EI Ball and donate the money to the Show Society”.

Nerida will keep us posted with the Parkes release and also information about the rescheduling of Australian Saddle Pony competition.