PHOTO: Shané Steffen will swing through Narromine on her 1,100 kilometre journey
Retracing the footsteps of the drovers, 27-year-old Queensland farmer and adventurer Shané Steffen will spend up to eight weeks in the saddle early next year, travelling the stock routes south from Goondiwindi to Tocumwal.
The Azadi Far Ride to the Murray will set off in mid-March 2023 when Ms Steffen and her two endurance horses, Glory and Melika, cross the Queensland-NSW border and head for the first town on the 34-leg trip, Moree.
From there, the trip will head to the communities of Narrabri, Boggabri, Mullaley, Tambar Springs, Coolah, Leadville, Dunedoo, Elong Elong and Dubbo. The trip will then weave its way south via Narromine, Peak Hill, Parkes, Forbes, Marsden, West Wyalong, Ardlethan, Grong Grong, Narrandera, Jerilderie, and finishes in Tocumwal on the Murray River and the NSW-Victorian border…