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ON THE TRAIL TO YARRANGOBILLY
Two Girls and Three Horses on a 140-Mile Trek
Camping out on the open spaces and tethering the horses in the freezing wind was not at all a cheerful prospect. Then a house came into view just beyond the hut, and inquiries elicited the astonishing and delightfully welcome information that we were only two miles from Rules Point; our, as we imagined, still distant goal! Greatly elated, we pushed on in the gathering gloom till suddenly loomed up a gate labelled “Rules Point Hotel”. Here, in spite of our outlandish appearance, we were hospitably received and obtained accommodation for ourselves and our steeds without question.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Women’s Supplement, March 1933
The Sports Day Ball at the Rules Point Guesthouse was a large and eclecti
