WAIKERIE

For this weekend we are welcomed to the Riverland by the Equestrian Families of Waikerie Pony Club.

In 1882 W.T. Shepard established the Waikerie station. * By 1888 the Government had cancelled the pastoral leases and was surveying the land for closer settlement. * The township was established in 1894 when 281 people arrived in a paddle steamer as an experiment in controlled settlement.

The Ngawait people have inhabited the area for millennia. The river and surrounding land provided everything they needed – fish, shellfish, birds, kangaroos, and native fruits.

The town of Waikerie derives its name from Weikari, which is claimed to mean ‘the rising’.

🐎Distances available: 80km / 40km / 20km

Sandy tracks and red soil abound with grey soils the closer you get to the Murray River and it’s tributaries.