Latest News @ BirdsvilleRaces


	5th & 6th September 2008

Australian rock music legend Angry Anderson will treat the early racegoers to a live and unplugged special outback concert in Birdsville on Saturday 25th August.

In town as part of Angry's Simpson Safari, Angry Anderson, Wesley Carr and lead singer of The Falls, Simon Rudston Brown will rock the Birdsville Hall for one night only.

All are welcome and the admission price is just $15 of which all of it will go towards the building of the Dunn & Lewis Memorial Youth Centre.

The Safari is taking a large convoy of 4WD vehicles into the Simpson Desert to raise money for the Dunn & Lewis Memorial Youth Centre which is being built on the NSW south coast at Ulladulla. The Centre is the initiative of Gayle Dunn who lost her teenage son in the Bali bombings.

Angry is Ambassador of this youth entertainment centre which is being built to support disadvantaged youth from right across the country. As a result 4WD owners from as far afield as WA & Qld will join Angry in the west Victorian town of Horsham from where they will set out on this epic 16 day journey of discovery that will take in such rustic exotic locations as Broken Hill, Cameron’s Corner (where 3 states meet), Innamincka, the Moomba Gas Field, Sturt’s Stony Desert and Birdsville where Angry and friends will perform unplugged under the stars.

The wild man of rock – at one with nature. Now that’s something we’ve gotta see. From there the safari will head out into the great Simpson Desert. This is literally light years from where Angry has just come from, a one month tour of Germany, with Rose Tattoo, playing head banging heavy rock to the Herr’s and Frau’s in the Black Forest.

The convoy’s only contact with the outside world will be a satellite phone and whilst there are expert tour guides along there is danger should the weather turn feral.

Participants have paid $2800 per vehicle to make this once in a lifetime trip and Angry is hoping to raise more money on the journey through donations and through proceeds from the Birdsville ‘bash’.

Supermarket chain IGA has come on board in support as has Toyota which is supplying Angry his Landcruiser wheels with all the necessary additions, bells & whistles.

For more information about the Safari and an opportunity to speak with Angry both prior, or on the road, contact tour organiser Marty Rhone (02) 9488 7260, 0409 900846, mrhone@fundraisingdynamics.com.au A full tour itinerary is available on request.

Cutting Edge Directions Award (November 2006)

In November 2006, the Birdsville Races received a a Cutting Edge Directions Award as part of the Queensland Tourism Awards, Significant Regional Event or Festival Category.

The Race Club thanks all the employees, volunteers, trainers, jockeys and spectators who help in making the event the success it is.

Birdsville Takes on the Corporations (June 2006)

As something new this year Birdsville will be introducing corporate tents to the races. Each tent will fit 40 race goers with a prime viewing position, plus one of the most valuable commodities of the races- shade! The tents will also have a bar and be fully catered with some great gourmet bush cuisine being prepared on the bbq by Loretta Walters our chef who’s being flown in especially for the event from the Radisson Hotel on the Gold Coast.

However for those of us who can’t get a possie in the tents, don’t worry, as they’re getting set up to the South of the big shed, so they won’t block your view of the race track- or the bar!

So if you’re looking for a work gathering with a difference this year,

Volunteer for the Birdsville Races 2006 (June 2006)

Are you a born organiser?
Friendly and outgoing?
Do you have creative flair?
Love networking?
Interested in Volunteering at the Birdsville Races?

Whatever you answered YES to, wherever you live, and however much time you can volunteer, we can offer you ways to become involved with Australia's premier outback racing carnival.

Birdsville Race Club is seeking volunteers to assist with:

1. Food and Beverage service in our new Corporate Marquees.

2. Survey Collection

If you're interested or require additional details:
Please contact Alison Stickens on
07 46563300 or
tourism@diamantina.qld.gov.au

Winning Letter (Friends of the BRC 2005)

Friends of the B.R.C.

The Birdsville Races is my favourite holiday destination because of the chance to renew friendships made over the last eleven visits. I organize a coach and the look on the faces of the first timers who live the dream of attending the Birdsville Races which everyone tells you they are going to do one day. Only a special type of person makes the effort to attend and the number of people who come with me on more than one occasion is amazing. Living on the Sunshine coast, the extreme isolation of Birdsville is another attraction to me and the contrasts in landscape and weather never ceases to amaze and of course the obligatory dust storm which we didn’t have last year. To see the changes at the racecourse and the trees at the caravan park growing also is amazing.
To my mind this event is a truly AUSSIE experience and is unsurpassed anywhere else and long may it exist and prosper.
To witness the amount of characters that congregate in one place in a friendly atmosphere is unique and I feel privileged to be a part of it.
It is my long term hope to one day bring my grandson now six to attend the races.

Yours sincerely
Brian (Barney) Campbell
Caloundra

Monee Lane takes the cup (5/9/05)

Monee Lane travelled over 1000km to take out the 2005 XXXX Gold Birdsville Cup. Trainer Jeff Dixen (Oakey, Q) set the horse for the 2005 and wasn't disappointed as Monee Lane beat home 2004 winner Vain Joe and Colonel Flyer in a close finish. For all the race results click here

Don't waste the Birdsville Races (9/8/04)

Please help us to keep our town beautiful and ensure all rubbish is placed in the bins provided.

Shade on the agenda

A new 1300 square metre shelter will take pride of place at the Birdsville racecourse in 2004, providing the bookmakers and punters protection from the sun as well as better audio visual capabilities.

Nell Brook, President of the BRC says, "Its all part of the commitment the race club has to enhance the visitor experience".

Images:Bookmakers area prior to and then after the erection of 'The Shed'.