It's a well-trodden tradition to stop and stand to pay respect as a funeral procession passes along Coonamble's streets.
On Friday 20 February, observers were in for an rare surprise when two horses trotted the central business district with a wagon carrying the casket of Greg Robinson.
His son Stuart says the family thought it would be a fitting way to bring the former stockman from the memorial service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church to his final resting place at Coonamble Cemetery.
"He loved horses," Stuart said . . .
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