EI threat cancels Kilkivan trail ride

Organisers of a trail ride through the Kilkivan region have voted unanimously to abandon the region's biggest event.
The Kilkivan Great Horse Ride will not be held this year because of the threat of equine influenza (EI).
President Mike Webb says there has been no cases of EI in the green zone that surrounds the Kilkivan area, but they feel it is the right decision.
"Given the fact that a lot of our patrons and supporters come from the south-east Queensland area, there was a reasonable degree of risk of perhaps bring the EI into the area," he said.