Forecast for dry track at Longreach

Sally Cripps
Updated September 22 2015 - 12:29pm, first published September 11 2015 - 4:00am
Plenty of people are swinging from the rafters, just like Barcaldine racehorse trainer Todd Austin's sons, at the prospect of helping Longreach racing celebrate its 125th anniversary and raise money for drought relief into the bargain.
Plenty of people are swinging from the rafters, just like Barcaldine racehorse trainer Todd Austin's sons, at the prospect of helping Longreach racing celebrate its 125th anniversary and raise money for drought relief into the bargain.

LONGREACH airport's tarmac is going to be crowded with big planes in a couple of Fridays' time as the city converges on the bush to support communities doing it tough in the drought.

Sally Cripps

Sally Cripps

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