they can only take down your details if you give them. plus thery would have to prove that you actually damaged something.
I remember a couple of years ago when a local track was imobolised. Reason for closing/hating = Damage to Fauna and Flora. How did they close the track? They Cut down live trees that lined the track and felled them over the track...ahem!
"Council staff will now undertake random patrols of the area with vehicle registration details being forwarded to Council's Local Law Unit for enforcement."
your car being somewhere is proof of nothing, what could they charge you with? owninga registerd vehicle and using it.
well if they see you walking from the track with a downhill bike/tools to your car....
Could you possible elaborate on this by any chance? The way I'm reading it is that we have the potential to ride Illinbah whenever. Maybe I'm just high.
I have absolutely no idea how you managed to come to that conclusion? To set the record straight - Illinbah is private property and the only opportunity you have of riding there is when Gold Coast Club holds an event be it race, fun day, track maintenance. The point I was trying to get across to everyone was that as soon as we can access the tracks, the more hands helping restore them to a riding condition - the sooner we can hold more fun days etc. There is still the issue of insurance whilst working/riding at Illinbah and we are still investigating that however; most Clubs in Australia are now adopting the stance that to participate in organised events you must hold MTBA membership which includes Club membership. The reason being is that MTBA membership includes a component for Personal Injury insurance whereas Day Licences/Permits do not. More to come on this
the big buzz word being WALKING. still no proof of anything. they would have to obtain video evidence in a matter such as this.
lol, just let it go.......
You could try sending an email to Howard asking him about what legal alternatives are available from GCCC for downhill riding and mountain bike riding in general. If they are going to say 'not here' then our response is 'then where?'.
And this guy's, is the way to approach it! Forget the 'they can't touch us or our vehicles' approach and start negotiating for legitimate trails. Put up your justifications for having DH trails in the GCCC region and base it on fact not emotion! Remember - short term pain for long term gain!!
Mate, this is about you guy's that want to ride - why push the workload back onto an already overworked Club Committee who, in the main do not ride Downhill? Time for you blokes to man up and do some of the front work to get this happening. I am happy to mention it at our annual general meeting next Saturday but as for our Club Committee taking responsibility to progress the issue with GCCC Ranger - I doubt it?
Haha yeah, what a joke.
