Note change of venue to Stirling's Crossing Equestrian Complex, 1 Derrier Road, Imbil.

Access to ride base is from 2.00 pm on Wednesday 1 April. If you arrive before that and set up camp, you may have to move.

Imbil is 9 kms from the ride base and givs acces to the local Hotel, IGA, bakery, laundromat, cafe, service station and a range of other shopping and service opporunties.

A Presentation Dinner will be held on Easter Monday evening 6th April, 2026. This is an excellent chance to relax and have fun after a great weekend. Please book when you do your nominations so as not to be disappointed.

NOTE THAT DINNER NUMBERS MUST BE CONFIRMED BY FRIDAY 27 MARCH. Your dinner tickets must be collected from ADMIN and must be presented to get your meal.

Marathon The 320 km FAW Marathon is offered as an elevator with the option to not elevate at the end of leg 6, end of day 3. You must complete all legs over the first 3 days for this to count as a marathon.

Parade for Best Managed for completions in the 320 km marathon will be at 4.00 pm on Monday afternoon.

Ride Base The base is set up with lighting, showers, toilets and some water points - bring your own hose. A dedicated crewing area will be provided near the vetting area. There are no powered sites. Campsites are first-in-best-dressed with priority given to significant volunteers and camps that include marathon riders/horses.

Please remove all rubbish from camping areas. Skip bins are availble but please do minimise rubbish.

When you arrive you will be given a bag for collection of cans, bottles and cartons that are elligible for Cash for Cans returns. Please help as with this fundraiser for the club and to reduce our waste footprint.

Please follow our Facebook page for updates to this great weekend.

Presentations and pre-ride Each afternoon at 5.00 pm presentations will be done for rides completed that day followed by pre-ride talk for rides the following day commencing at 6.00 pm. Pre-ride talk for the Marathon riders will be at 6.45 each evening.

Refunds Refunds will be determined by when this is requested - if refund is ought 5 days before your ride, 100% of nomination fee will be refunded. The later the cancellation the less the refund. If you nominate the same horse for more than one event and it vets out at the first, you will be refunded nomination fees for subsequent events.

Far-A-Way club thanks all sponsors and volunteers.

This event requires a lot of volunteer hours so please let us know if you can volunteer on any day over the weekend. Calling for TPRs, gatesitters, timekeepers etc - please email Kim on kktkmoir@bigpond.com