One morning at the hub, Chris shared a story with Henry and the Hubarians: In 1988, he rode his Appaloosa horse Spinner from Melbourne to Canberra. The ride was known as the Federation Ride, with over 350 horses and their riders. The Hubarians said, "Wow, that’s a very long way on a horse!" Riders came from many parts of Australia and the world. Our horses carried us through the hills and valleys of the High Country. We passed through Healesville and then on through the mountain tracks near Tolmie and the beautiful King Valley. Then on we went to Corryong, travelled across the Snowy country through Jindabyne and Cooma, before finally riding into Canberra. The Hubarians imagined the long line of horses crossing rivers, climbing hills, and travelling along dusty tracks. Chris then shared a little story that had made it into the newspaper one night we had set up camp, it was at Guys forest on the Murray river and we were woken by a scream, it was the trail boss Bernie McWhinney, a police officer, who had climbed out of his camp bed to water a tree as the saying goes, “What Bernie forgot was that the paddock had an electric fence.” “In the dark, Bernie stepped a little too close and ZAP!” his yell could be heard from miles away. The very next day, police officer McWhinney was able to get back on his horse and continue the journey. After many days riding through the hills and mountains, the horses finally carried the riders into Canberra to form a guard of honour and welcome Queen Elizabeth, who was visiting Australia to open the new Parliament House. The Hubarians made a bet that the electric fence story would never be mentioned to the Queen. Chris said that this story was one of his favourite times in his life, and with the Queen there to welcome us, that was a special and proud moment for us all. Henry loved visiting the Bunyip social Hub each Tuesday, he would sit at the table and listen to their many stories, some talked about recent events, some talked of yester year. Henry learnt many wise things, he learnt that two people were school teachers, and one couple who liked travelling in their caravan visited the outback looking for opals, Henry thought that would be fun, one lady talked of her travels around the world taking one of Henrys brothers with her to New Zealand, The Hubarians have lived interesting lives. collectively the group have a wealth of knowledge and experiences, school teachers, council workers, bank tellers, supermarket managers, clothing designers and dress makers, receptionists and secretaries, payroll officers, Farmers, boat builders, butchers and sausage makers, post office workers, Factory workers, Plumbers, Bakers, Cooks, Pastry Makers, romance writers, truck driver, cleaner, age care carer, the list goes on. Some stories have sadness, most have happiness, but all stories hold a person’s life and need to be toldThe social hub meets each week at the Bunyip Uniting Church hall, the very same church that daffy attended Sunday school many years ago, you can often see red mobility scooters parked out the front everybody is always welcome