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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023
Kirwans Bridge closure sparks community outrage
2023
Wendy Lovell MP
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By Brittany Drysdale LITTLE bridge brings big trouble as the small community of Kirwans Bridge struggles to cope with the ongoing closure of the town's bridge that connects residents to the outer Strathbogie region. Continued Page 12
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PROVIDING HOPE FOR ALL... Horses for Hope is a registered charity organisation dedicated to helping humans and horses with Equine Assisted Narrative Therapy. Pictured from left is program director and founder Colin Emonson, shy and beautiful horse Pheonix, community engagement/horse practitioner Amy Turner, and senior counsellor Jack O’Sullivan. Photo: Brittany Drysdale
By Brittany Drysdale THROUGH the use of ground-breaking Equine Assisted Narrative Therapy (EANT), Horses for Hope utilises the connection between both horses and humans to heal and improve each other's lives in a safe and therapeutic environment. Developed in 2004, the program is situated on a 25-acre
oasis just outside of Shepparton, with sprawling outback fields. Participants aged three and up can come through and connect with their partnered horse, working through some of their challenges with the supportive and highly trained counsellors and horse Continued Page 8 practitioners.
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