Camel Races

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Annual Camel Races around Australia IF you’ve never watched a camel race, head down to Towac Park Racecourse on Sunday.

Event coordinator Graeme Eggleston said organisers expected about 7000 spectators to attend.

“Each year we’ve had between 7000 and 9000 people,” he said.

“This is looked at as one of the big crowds for an event in Orange – that certainly helps the economy.

“We know there’s buses coming from Sydney and the Hunter Valley.”

Last year organisers raised about $38,000 for Camp Quality. This year or

ganisers hope to raise the same amount of money for Give Me 5 for Kids. The charity provides aid and support for children and their families in times of need.

“The money raised stays local in special account to purchase equipment for the children’s ward at Orange Health Service,” he said.

“You might look for special respirators to use on newborns and young children or a special type of cardiac machine [if the doctors] feel a baby has a heart problem.”

Mr Eggleston said this reduced the time away from home for families.

“[Doctors] can handle it locally without sending child to Sydney,” he said.

“If we can alleviate that somehow, all the better.”

Mr Eggleston said investment in medical equipment was an investment in the community.

‘It’s about raising money for equipment that at some stage of our lives we may have to use,” he said.

“We hope we don't but it’s all the better to have the equipment.”

Mr Eggleston said camel races were “quite funny”.

“You never know which way they’ll go or if they’ll lie down,” he said.

“They make a lot of noise but that’s a camel.”

Mr Eggleston said a team of about 50 volunteers were involved in the event.

“There’s a mixture of Lions Club volunteers from Orange, Canobolas, Bathurst and Cudal and two Rural Fire Service brigades from Orange and North West,” he said. “Orange Vietnam Veterans is cooking the barbecue so I’d like to give a special thanks to them.”

Gates will open at 9am, the first race will start at 10am and the event will finish at 4pm. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for pensioners and free for children under 16 with a parent or guardian.

11/06/2021

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02/05/2021

Camels, not horses, will race in Newcastle on Melbourne Cup Day this year, with corporate groups invited to the racecourse at Newcastle Jockey Club for a day of team-building or to simply soak up the atmosphere of a day at the races – albeit with a twist.

The irreverent event from 11am-6pm will feature a series of short races by the unpredictable dromedaries, which can gallop at up to 40km/h but can decide at any moment to stop or change direction, guaranteeing a day of laughs.

Melbourne Cup races featuring more conventional horses in the Victorian capital will be broadcast on screens at the Newcastle Jockey Club, with the event also offering live music, market stalls, Melbourne Cup and camel sweeps, tote facilities and prizes for the best dressed female and male racegoers.

Packages for groups are available from $35 per person in the Member’s Lounge including a welcome drink, bistro lunch voucher and entry to the post Cup after-party from 2.30pm.

A package in the Newcastle Jockey Club’s flagship venue , the Chevals Restaurant, offering panoramic views across the racecourse, is available for $80 per person including a three-course lunch, welcome drink and the post Cup after party with live band.

“The Melbourne Cup Day camel races in Newcastle are a great example of the fun and engaging events the city can host,” Newcastle Convention Bureau business events and conventions developer, Georgia Lazzari, said.

The bureau helps promote the greater Hunter region as a business events destination along with the Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Association and Destination Port Stephens as part of the $270,000 Altogether Perfect campaign.

24/04/2021

Camel Races - Hunter Valley 2021
CAMEL RACING Show are EXCITED to present our Camel Annual CAMEL RACES ? at Cessnock Showground
The Country has never seen an event like this! Camel Racing and more!
✔️You wont want to miss this one.

24/10/2020

THEY can be temperamental, they can be unpredictable, they run at speeds of up to 65 kilometres per hour and when the camels take to the Bathurst Paceway this September they will entertain.

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