Mount Perry Race Club
The Basics
| Type: | Country |
|---|---|
| Region: | South East Queensland Country |
Tags
| Contact: | Lucy Connolly |
| Street Address: | Gayndah Road Mt Perry 4671 |
| Postal Address: | 5 Pearson Street Mount Perry 4671 |
| Telephone: | (07)4156 2401 |
| FAX: | (07) 4156 3214 |
| Email address: | lucy.connolly@northburnett.qld.gov.au |
| Type: | Country |
| Facilities Track: | Bookmakers, bar, canteen, Sky Channel, raceday stalls. |
| Facilities Town: | Hotel-motel, gold mine, caravan park, camping facilities. |
| How to get to race track: | The racecourse is on Gayndah Road, Mt. Perry. |
| How to get to town: | Mt. Perry is 53km by fully sealed road from Gin Gin on the Bruce Highway or 46km by partly sealed/graded gravel road off the Burnett Highway. |
| History: | Records indicate that horse racing was conducted in the Mt. Perry district from early times, at Drummers Creek and at or near the site of the present racecourse. Records show that a meeting was conducted on 1 January 1872. Liquor booths were operated by the town’s publicans and as a result of the success of this occasion regular meetings were planned for the future. The present racecourse was established prior to 1904 and the existing grandstand (with some recent modifications) was constructed in that year. Record books held by Mt. Perry Race Club (minute books and race results books) provide some history of racing from 1906 until the present. Mt. Perry Race Club will celebrate its 130th Anniversary on 4 May 2002. |
| Racing Information: | Radio 4BU in Bundaberg News-Mail in Bundaberg 4TAB |