Horse event venues in Australia

Country riding school in central Victoria

Longreach Showgrounds is a Longreach Regional Council venue on the corner of Sandpiper and Kite Streets, Longreach. It hosts the annual Longreach Show, run by the Longreach Show Society each May, which includes horse events with stall allocation for competitors, as well as the Longreach Rodeo. Camping, stables and facilities can be booked through council outside show time.

Showgrounds in the Lowood township owned and run by the Lowood Show Society, host of the annual Lowood Show each June and the Lowood Rodeo. The grounds operate as a caravan and camping park with powered and unpowered grassy sites, showers, toilets and a dump point. Being close to the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, horse riders are welcome and yards are available on request.

Showground and campdraft space

Campdraft grounds and rural arena

Privately run equestrian centre at 55 Schoolhouse Lane, Tallarook, close to the Hume Highway and about 550 m from the Great Victorian Rail Trail. Facilities include an indoor arena, an outdoor arena, a round yard and an obstacle course, used for clinics, competitions and casual hire. The centre also offers agistment and overnight unpowered camping for riders.

Showgrounds in central Mackay with the main entry on Milton Street, run by the Mackay and District Agricultural, Pastoral and Industrial Association from 'The Homestead' at 24 Milton Street. It hosts the three-day Mackay Show each June, which includes showjumping, along with expos, markets, the circus and equestrian events through the year.

Town showgrounds used for horse events and campdraft

Malanda Showgrounds on Park Avenue is home to the Malanda Show Society, which runs the three-day Malanda Show on the Atherton Tablelands each June, including equestrian events and dairy, beef and stud cattle. The grounds have a large undercover cattle yard facility used for transit and sales, and are the base of the Malanda Horse and Pony Club, which has a 70m x 30m undercover arena. The show pavilion has been demolished, so indoor exhibits are currently held off site.

Equine centre near Maldon township

Showgrounds at 13 Maleny Stanley River Road, Maleny, in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, managed by the Maleny Agricultural Show Society and home of the annual Maleny Show. The grounds are used for camping, livestock exhibitions, fairs and community events, with hireable venues including the Pavilion, the Dairy Shed and a 15 x 15 m Exhibition Shed. Year-round camping includes power, water, toilets, a dump point and coin-operated showers, subject to event blackout dates.

High country showgrounds used for horse events and campdraft

Marburg Showgrounds is a 20 acre ground on Queen Street, Marburg, two minutes off the Warrego Highway, run by the not-for-profit Marburg Show Society. It hosts the annual Marburg Show, Saturday night dances, a garden expo and other events. The grounds offer powered caravan sites with water and an amenities block with toilets and hot showers; tents and swags are not permitted.

The venue at 614 Mareeba Dimbulah Road is Kerribee Park, the Mareeba Rodeo Grounds, home to the annual Mareeba Rodeo and agricultural show each July since the rodeo moved from the old showgrounds (Davies Park). It has a large floodlit dirt arena with grandstands, and the grounds operate year round as a campground for travellers.

Marlborough Showgrounds at Marlborough, north of Rockhampton in the Livingstone Shire of Central Queensland, hosts the annual Marlborough Show run by a volunteer show society, usually in early May. The show is listed on the Equestrian Queensland events calendar.

Specialist equestrian training centre with indoor arena stables and clinics

Maryborough Showgrounds and Equestrian Park (MSEP) is a regionally significant venue located on a purpose-built 105-hectare site with prime frontage to the Bruce Highway, right in the heart of Queensland’s Fraser Coast. Originally developed by the former Maryborough City Council, the venue was designed to support a wide range of community activities - from equestrian events, sport, and recreation to education, entertainment, and large-scale competitions. Guided by a comprehensive master plan and supporting precinct plans, the facility has grown into a vital community asset. QBMB0072 PIC

Melbourne Showgrounds in Ascot Vale is home to the Melbourne Royal Show and offers 14 indoor and outdoor event spaces. Its heritage Horse Pavilion (Building 2, 3,236 square metres) sits beside the horse exercise area and Main Arena and is used for equestrian events, and the grounds have hosted the biennial EQUITANA Melbourne equestrian expo.

Equestrian park of about 40 acres on Bulmans Road, Harkness, on the western edge of Melton, home ground of the Melton and District Pony Club, which holds rallies there on the first Sunday of each month. It has a large sand arena for flat work and jumping and a cross country course suited to riders of all levels. The park is not open to the general public.

Merrypark Equestrian Centre is a private equestrian centre at 670 Bunya Road, Eumundi, on the Sunshine Coast. It offers riding lessons for beginner and advanced riders and permanent, holiday and recovery agistment in paddocks and stables. Facilities include a fully covered arena, a round yard, large round day yards, hot water wash bays and riding trails.

Racecourse and showground area used for horse events and shows

Miles Showgrounds, on the corner of Hawkins and Bourne Streets, is home to the annual Miles Show run by the Miles and District Show Society. The bush setting grounds offer powered and unpowered camping with hot-water amenities, and horse stables and cattle yards are available for hire through the caretakers. Bookings are required before arrival.

Campdraft and rodeo style venue

Showgrounds at 171 Millmerran-Cecil Plains Road, near the Millmerran airport, owned and run by the Millmerran Show Society, which held its first show here in 1925. The annual Millmerran Show in late February or early March includes a campdraft and a rodeo, and the grounds also host the Australian Camp Oven Festival and club events. A budget campground operates on site with plenty of power boxes and hot showers.

Showgrounds on the Bruce Highway at Miriam Vale, used for the annual Miriam Vale Rodeo and Junior Rodeo run by the Miriam Vale Rodeo Association. Free camping, showers and toilets, a bar and food outlets are available during the rodeo.

Mitchell Showgrounds is a 10 hectare multipurpose Maranoa Regional Council venue on the outskirts of Mitchell, on the road towards St George. It hosts the annual Mitchell Show (run since 1909) along with equestrian events, working dog trials and camel races. Facilities include horse stables with a loading ramp, cattle yards, a lit sports oval and equestrian arena, pavilions, a bar and canteen shed, amenity blocks and power boxes.

Showgrounds on Oxley Street, Monto, held in trust by the Monto and District Show Society, which has run the annual Monto Show since 1928. The show includes horse classes and a Friday night rodeo, and the grounds have a main ring and a separate rodeo arena. Facilities are available for hire to groups and private events, but there is no short-term camping and riding on the grounds requires arrangement with the Society.

Moonlight Lodge Equestrian is a riding school and arena in Nanango, Queensland, focused on producing performance horses and coaching riders. It offers private and shared lessons on own or school horses, trail rides in the local forestry, pony club rally coaching and competition support, and is a QOTT approved coach.

Morgan Park is a Southern Downs Regional Council sport and recreation precinct on Old Stanthorpe Road, Warwick, hosting horse trials, polocrosse, equine driving and motorsport events. Equestrian users include Warwick Horse Trials, whose grounds host eventing, dressage, showjumping and interschool competitions with a cross country course, and Warwick Polocrosse Club, whose grounds have seven turfed fields, 450 covered stalls, 50 day yards and powered camp sites. Morgan Park hosted the 2003 and 2007 Polocrosse World Cups.