Rotorfreeze
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So I've been on the lookout for some decent local trails in the Monash area for a while. Today I decided i'd do some exploring close to home, so rather than my usual after work ride on the paved Scotchmans Creek trail I decided to go off road. I managed an 8km loop (estimated) with only about 1km requiring me to ride on paved surfaces. Theres actually quite a bit of decent singletrack to be found and I was very impressed with the potential of the area. Starting at Nara Pre School there is an entrance down to Tunnel reserve with a short 3-400m downhill section the leads to a couple of linked firetrails. These fretrails will take you to Forster Rd where you can cross then jump back onto Scotchmans Creek trail. Back on Scotchmans Creek trail I rode to Valley Reserve where theres a bit of single/double/firetrail (watch out for the old folk here). From Valley Reserve I headed for the Melbourne Water Retarding Basin. It is hard to find but upon riding up past the small concrete weir there is some very decent singletrack to the right if the paved path (easy to miss). In fact there is single track running right around the basin which has a lot of promise as a short xc loop. Moving on from the retarding basin you can continue on firetrails running parallel to Scotchmans Creek until you reach Holmesglen Tafe on Waverley Rd in Glen Waverley. All told I had a great time riding the trails and will defo be riding the area again. The reason I post this hear is because I think this whole area has a lot of promise and I don't think the council would be too perturbed by cyclists adding and improving a few paths in the area. I'm going to do another run tomorrow and will post a map if anyone is interested including a few nice but short offshoot paths I found but won't add now for the sake of brevity. I do however have to give a special mention to riding down the incredibly steep hill beside the weir at the retarding basin and the quick spin I took around Lakeview Court. Pls don't ride around Lakeview Court as it is private property (but soo much fun lol)
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