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Yorke Peninsula

Centre location

& Postal details

Kadina Racecourse
Wallaroo Rd
Kadina

Postal address:
PO Box 589
Kadina  SA 5554

Provides horse riding only

Sessions: Tuesday

Aust Hotels Assoc SA helps RDA YP

Portaloo coming!

RDA Yorke Peninsula is one of two RDA SA centres which will share a grant of $13,475 from Australian Hotels Association SA, to install disability accessible portaloos at their centres.  The other centre sharing this grant is Mount Barker.

Thank you AHA SA for making this possible.     6/5/2010

RDA Yorke Peninsula

Hot Weather policy

RDA Yorke Peninsula centre committee does not expect or wish for anyone to be working in extreme heat conditions. 

Riding sessions will be cancelled when the forecast temperature for "Port Pirie" is 33 degrees or higher, as reported on the 6pm GTS BKN News on the evening before the riding session.

All clients and volunteers are expected and requested to check the forecast temperature the night before the riding session to find out if lessons will be cancelled.

Centre Minutes

7 January 2009

Vision and Goals for the future

March 2009

Short Term:

  • Have own secure office set up within 12 months
  • To have three sessions on Tuesday
  • More horses to enable three sessions = eight horses
  • More volunteers
  • a Volunteer-Day administrator to organise, meet and greet, do paperwork and do whiteboard for RDA sessions

Long Term:

  • Our own area, at least 15 acres to incorporate trail rides, carriage driving dressage area, indoor arena, stables, individual yards and games paddock.
  • Horses to be kept on site in a secure and not isolated area
  • RDA sessions to be increased to three days each week
  • Larger committee with skills needed to help RDA YP develop and grow

Source:  RDA YP committee meeting, March 2009