On the north side of the Hamilton Highway, just outside of Coleraine is one of many monuments to Adam Lindsay Gordon.  The Coleraine monument marks Gordon's participation in the Great Western Steeplechase during the years 1862 to 1866.

(above) Gordon monument at Coleraine.

(above) Inscription on the Coleraine Monument:

"ADAM LINDSAY GORDON / The great Australian Poet / who rode in the Great Western /  Steeplechase, distance about four / miles, & crossed the road at this / point, first run in 1858. /  The great sportsman was a / contestant in this famous event / for five years, 1862-66. / Concerning the race he wrote: / "On the fields of Coleraine there'll / be labour in vain. / Before the Great Western is ended, / the nags will have toiled & the silks / will have soiled, / and the rails will require to be mended." / erected 1950."

Photos courtesy of John Adams.