Having visited George Town, it's not surprising - Gross generalisation, I know.Wow what the actual fuck is wrong with someone that they stick razor blades on a water slide?
This will likely be a major problem.It will be interesting to see how the trails go, or wether it will be the playground of bogans on pit bikes
Did that actually happen? Because I've been hearing urban myths about this for as long as there have been water slides.Wow what the actual fuck is wrong with someone that they stick razor blades on a water slide?
That was definitely done in Brisbane more than 30 years ago, they stuck the blades down with bubble gum.Did that actually happen? Because I've been hearing urban myths about this for as long as there have been water slides.
Definitely happened, I was there the week after it opened. No surprise we weren’t allowed to use the slide first. We are talking 30 years ago this happened.Did that actually happen? Because I've been hearing urban myths about this for as long as there have been water slides.
Agreed I think they started with Derby for a reason. It has a lot going for it. It will be interesting to see how many places can maintain things, I think it is also about quality and scale. People won't travel for some/ a few good trails, they will travel for several days worth of great trails and also most people are looking for a bit of other experience too, food/wine/nature etc. We stayed a couple of nights in St Helens on Tassie trip and arguably it has more going for it than Derby in some ways. It's much bigger and has more for the non cycling people in the family, our kids loved it and the trail down to the Bay of Fires combined with the St Helens trails will make it a great alternative destination to Derby. I think Tasmania is fast becoming the Pacific North West of Australia. A heap of great riding locations in a relatively dense area. Of course doesn't have the close large population of the PNW so the number of volunteers to maintain trails must be limited, council maintenance all the more important!I've ridden quite a few places in Oz and its not just about throwing a lump sum at a place and building a "New Blue Derby", there a lot of " if they can have it, we can have it' attitude and a junket road trip of a few counsellors to Derby to see what's going on and the money that's being spent there is enough to make every council want a part of it.
Derby has the elevation, the access to shuttle points, the scenery, the rock, the soil, the ferns, the beauty of the landscape.... the town, the river to swim in, the interesting history, 1 hour to St Helens or Launceston... and not forgetting the awesome trail network. There are also 3-4 full time trail builders, who are now Dorset council employees, they have all the gear, machinery and if they need dirt or soil up on an inaccessible part of trail, they get it air dropped in. There is a continuing supply of $$$ for Derby and 100% council commitment.
I have seen it here in SA, they get funding for trail network, it gets built, then gets smashed till its riding pretty ordinary with no more cash injected. Forrest in VIC also springs to mind, nothing has changed there in 10yrs.
Derby is booked for 28th Dec 2019, till 17th Jan 2020... trip #3 to arguably the best trail network in Oz. Only leaving Derby for 2 days to go to Maydena again. Hoping the St Helens trail is also open and going by then... 2 options from Blue Tier... excited.
This was my first thought on what will happen to the trails, but hopefully I'm wrong. Another 100km of trails 45 mins away can't be bad even if I have to share it with a few pit bikes.It will be interesting to see how the trails go, or wether it will be the playground of bogans on pit bikes