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Aftyer the succesfull meeting at Narrabeen last night lets keep the ball rolling!
So where to from here...im happy to see mwmtb and nobmob taking the lead with this on a public level, so i guess with so many members on nobmob and mwmtb combined, they need to join forces unofficially and stay on the same page and not go of in different directions
This will make sure all decision making is done to the benefit of all disciplines of mountain biking.
Mike Baird said "show us where you want the trails, and i will push for the funding that is available"
My suggestion would be to first get funding for a warringah/manly sustainable trail audit of both existing and potential trails by World Trail or the like, working along with mwmtb and nobmob.
http://mtbssn.info is great and would be good if people took advantage of this site, when it comes to a professional audit, they can see if its possible to put a trail just where you want it. But on the other hand i cant see people posting up informal trails with the view to get them legalized on that site even if it was in their best interest to. Any suggestions in this regard?
Maybe at the time of the audit, people that know of informal trails that they want legalized and formalized into sustainable trails can submit them by mail or email, to mwmtb or nobmob to be included in the professional audit so they are not posted all over the internet, simply because trails should not be advertised on the internet as legal to ride until they are.
What will happen if trails are not included in the audit is they will most likely get shut down and rehabilitated, because they are not in the new trail plan.
This audit would also suggest which trails should be mountain bike only, which trails should be multi use and which land is suitable for which discipline. It should include all land council, npws, crown and so on.
The benefit of getting an audit is they explore all land and existing trails and offer suggestions on how to fix suitable current informal trails into legal sustainable trails and offer world class environmentally sound suggestions on where to build new purpose built sustainable trails for all to enjoy. http://www.world-trail.com/audits.html and http://www.world-trail.com/services_consult.html
At the end of the day we need a document that we can give to NPWS, Warringah/Manly councils and state Gov. This document needs to include what trails we want and where and how they are going to be sustainable.
Any other constructive idea's or suggestions to keep things moving?
So where to from here...im happy to see mwmtb and nobmob taking the lead with this on a public level, so i guess with so many members on nobmob and mwmtb combined, they need to join forces unofficially and stay on the same page and not go of in different directions
This will make sure all decision making is done to the benefit of all disciplines of mountain biking.
Mike Baird said "show us where you want the trails, and i will push for the funding that is available"
My suggestion would be to first get funding for a warringah/manly sustainable trail audit of both existing and potential trails by World Trail or the like, working along with mwmtb and nobmob.
http://mtbssn.info is great and would be good if people took advantage of this site, when it comes to a professional audit, they can see if its possible to put a trail just where you want it. But on the other hand i cant see people posting up informal trails with the view to get them legalized on that site even if it was in their best interest to. Any suggestions in this regard?
Maybe at the time of the audit, people that know of informal trails that they want legalized and formalized into sustainable trails can submit them by mail or email, to mwmtb or nobmob to be included in the professional audit so they are not posted all over the internet, simply because trails should not be advertised on the internet as legal to ride until they are.
What will happen if trails are not included in the audit is they will most likely get shut down and rehabilitated, because they are not in the new trail plan.
This audit would also suggest which trails should be mountain bike only, which trails should be multi use and which land is suitable for which discipline. It should include all land council, npws, crown and so on.
The benefit of getting an audit is they explore all land and existing trails and offer suggestions on how to fix suitable current informal trails into legal sustainable trails and offer world class environmentally sound suggestions on where to build new purpose built sustainable trails for all to enjoy. http://www.world-trail.com/audits.html and http://www.world-trail.com/services_consult.html
At the end of the day we need a document that we can give to NPWS, Warringah/Manly councils and state Gov. This document needs to include what trails we want and where and how they are going to be sustainable.
Any other constructive idea's or suggestions to keep things moving?