Warburton trail updates

[kiwiinmelb]

You seen the size of the roos at the Youies?!

Granted they can get fairly big ,they are here too, but nothing like the Sambars running around

50- 60 Kilos vs 240-300 kgs in plague numbers , that’s the main thing, there is just so many right now

 

[Calvin27]

Gonna run a bull bar on the rig for warby

 

[ForkinGreat]

Gonna run a bull bar on the rig for warby

Going to need a chest freezer for all that sweet Sambar roadkill.

 

[cammas]

You seen the size of the roos at the Youies?!

What about the goats, now that’s something you don’t expect.

 

[Jpez]

What about the goats, now that’s something you don’t expect.

Yeah but the goats are smart enough to stay away from the two legged creatures. The Roos and wallabies seem like hanging out on blind corners at the Youis. And Drysdale road.

 

[Calvin27]

What about the goats, now that’s something you don’t expect.

Griff was a respectful goat. RIP.

 

[link1896]

Griff was a respectful goat. RIP.

Griff scared the shit out of me a few times where the comm games loop crosses granite link trail across the big boulders at night.

 

[kiwiinmelb]

I heard on the weekend , they plan to start around March

 

[yuley95]

I heard on the weekend , they plan to start around March

that's not bad. Any thoughts on how long it will take to start seeing trails open?

 

[leitch]

that's not bad. Any thoughts on how long it will take to start seeing trails open?

Some of the press quotes the project manager guy (Matt?) as saying hopefully some first tranche of trails open by Christmas '23.

 

[kiwiinmelb]

I remember last time when they thought it was all going ahead , they said they would start opening areas as they complete them ,

So i suppose later in the year sounds about right

 

[smiffy]

I just hope they don't give the trails some lame arse names like "air ya garn"

 

[sane]

I just hope they don't give the trails some lame arse names like "air ya garn"

They should name each trail after a nimby who’s been holding this up for the last 10 years

 

[yuley95]

They should name each trail after a nimby who’s been holding this up for the last 10 years

I’m gonna link together Trevor Daily into Margaret Svennson with a quick blat down Ronnie and Jen Gunderson before climbing back up Tilly Jones for one final run on the epic Colin Daniels and back to the car.

 

[Plankosaurus]

Hahahahahahahaha

Bloody hell, let's get some signs made up and ready for the trails to open. I'd pay money to see this happen

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[kiwiinmelb]

I’m pretty pumped , I’m one of those that went and brought a house there,

It wasn’t 100 percent all about the trails , I love the area anyway, but the mtb park was the icing on the cake, but started to have a few , what I have I done thoughts over the last year or so while it all got held up .

feeling pretty good about things now .

 

[Stredda]

I see the National Parks Association are claiming a win over the MTB proposal.
Breaking news: Yarra Ranges National Park mountain bike tracks rejected - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association (vnpa.org.au)
I suppose the trails that were knocked back were the ones in the national park.

 

[kiwiinmelb]

I see the National Parks Association are claiming a win over the MTB proposal.
Breaking news: Yarra Ranges National Park mountain bike tracks rejected - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association (vnpa.org.au)
I suppose the trails that were knocked back were the ones in the national park.

Yeah that was always going to be the difficult stuff to get across the line . my understanding they have been knocked back in their current format but there is room to reapply at a later date if they change things around .
But there is so much that has been approved on the other side of Warburton highway. (And from a selfish point of view the stuff that has been approved is rideable from my house )
Get that done first, there is a lot of work and if it all runs smoothly , they will be in a stronger position to re look at the mt Donna stuff again .

 

[caad9]

I see the National Parks Association are claiming a win over the MTB proposal.
Breaking news: Yarra Ranges National Park mountain bike tracks rejected - Victorian National Parks AssociationVictorian National Parks Association (vnpa.org.au)
I suppose the trails that were knocked back were the ones in the national park.

This links in with the shit trail names, "Drop-a-k' is an absolute embarrassment and they did us a favour by canning that track name

 

[Stredda]

Yeah that was always going to be the difficult stuff to get across the line . my understanding they have been knocked back in their current format but there is room to reapply at a later date if they change things around .
But there is so much that has been approved on the other side of Warburton highway. (And from a selfish point of view the stuff that has been approved is rideable from my house )
Get that done first, there is a lot of work and if it all runs smoothly , they will be in a stronger position to re look at the mt Donna stuff again .

Yes, looks like there is still plenty of trail to be had. I always believe in quality over quantity, if the quality of the trail is really good then the amount isn't as important.
In Tassie we would have a snowballs chance in hell of getting any trail in a national park, but there's plenty of non-national part opportunities that I don't think we need to go into national parks. We get enough pushback from the diehard walkers as it is.