Nerf Herder
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heee heee... that was cool ... lots of chin rubbing from the guy in yellow too 
NSW Trail Maintenance - Royal National Park
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dcrofty
Eats Squid
Useless I tells ya.heee heee... that was cool ... lots of chin rubbing from the guy in yellow too
Ok I managed to find my photos (no thanks to Win 7 deciding to hide them in folders) will get them up in the next few days as well.
crank1979
Likes Bikes and Dirt
From Ranger Grant
Hi All,
Weather permitting we will be running a track maintenance day this coming Saturday. I will be on leave so Darren Lewis will be supervising.
I went for a walk along the track yesterday and it looks like a large volume of water has raced down the track causing some incised erosion in one spot and a large muddy patch in another. This is between the tram tracks and the creek crossing, I think we need a water bar or some sort of drainage above the incised bit and the actual small gully needs filling in with crushed sandstone and rock. I will once again attempt to get some soil delivered to the top of the track near the tram tracks.
Another job for the weekend is to peg out the track diversion above the rock shelf on the northern side of the creek. I have mapped out a bit of rough path with pink and yellow flagging tape, which cuts out the badly eroded rough down hill section above the rock steps. I think the track needs to be mapped out a little better to make sure we are not creating the same problems we did before with steep decents and poor drainage. Hopefully we will have the approvals to build the track done before the October 15th work day which will coincide with a Mountain Bike promotion day in the park where people will be invited to come along and see the track maintenance crew in action as well as participate in a family ride/activity day along Lady Carrington Drive. The Family Ride Day will be to promote the release of the new NPWS Mountain Bike Strategy and Policy.
All the best see you when I return in September.
Grant MIllar
Ranger - Royal Area
Metro South-West Region
National Parks & Wildlife Service
Tel: 02 9542 0618 Fax: 02 9542 1420
Hi All,
Weather permitting we will be running a track maintenance day this coming Saturday. I will be on leave so Darren Lewis will be supervising.
I went for a walk along the track yesterday and it looks like a large volume of water has raced down the track causing some incised erosion in one spot and a large muddy patch in another. This is between the tram tracks and the creek crossing, I think we need a water bar or some sort of drainage above the incised bit and the actual small gully needs filling in with crushed sandstone and rock. I will once again attempt to get some soil delivered to the top of the track near the tram tracks.
Another job for the weekend is to peg out the track diversion above the rock shelf on the northern side of the creek. I have mapped out a bit of rough path with pink and yellow flagging tape, which cuts out the badly eroded rough down hill section above the rock steps. I think the track needs to be mapped out a little better to make sure we are not creating the same problems we did before with steep decents and poor drainage. Hopefully we will have the approvals to build the track done before the October 15th work day which will coincide with a Mountain Bike promotion day in the park where people will be invited to come along and see the track maintenance crew in action as well as participate in a family ride/activity day along Lady Carrington Drive. The Family Ride Day will be to promote the release of the new NPWS Mountain Bike Strategy and Policy.
All the best see you when I return in September.
Grant MIllar
Ranger - Royal Area
Metro South-West Region
National Parks & Wildlife Service
Tel: 02 9542 0618 Fax: 02 9542 1420
Wiffle
Likes Dirt
Only had 2 turn up, guess the weather put a lot of people off. Cleared the drains between tram tracks and TC, small amount of rock armouring just below the rock step on the other side of the creek, and checked out Grant's flagging for the proposed re-route. There is a deep rut between the tram lines and TC that looks like it may have been made by a motorbike; it will need a fair amount of material to fill and armour. In fact, a large section of that track could do with building up a little, but obviously we need materials to do so.
Hopefully a bigger turn out next month and we can get more work done.
Hopefully a bigger turn out next month and we can get more work done.
crank1979
Likes Bikes and Dirt
A small but very enthusiastic group turned up this morning. Some good organisation ensured we had some great earth to work with when filling and copmpacting rutts and putting in drainage to hopefully prevent, or at least slow, the creation of rutts again. We also flagged out a reroute with Ranger Grant in the hopes of everything being ready to go next month.
abevern
Likes Dirt
Time Lapse Time
Unfortunately, I only got the last 45 minutes or so of works, as the memory card filled up, and I was forced to delete everything up to that point so that I could at least capture the end product. If you're particularly observant you'll get to see the burying of the sandstone anchor right at the start of the video. After that there's the shaping of the grade reversal, and the forming of the drainage to the RHS of it.
I've got some video of the flagged out trail diversion to come. I'm going to try and waste several cpu-days to make the path a bit more obvious. It's possible it'll be faster to make it more obvious with shovels/rakes, so no promises.
fingers crossed on video link...
[video=vimeo;29780093]http://vimeo.com/29780093[/video]
Unfortunately, I only got the last 45 minutes or so of works, as the memory card filled up, and I was forced to delete everything up to that point so that I could at least capture the end product. If you're particularly observant you'll get to see the burying of the sandstone anchor right at the start of the video. After that there's the shaping of the grade reversal, and the forming of the drainage to the RHS of it.
I've got some video of the flagged out trail diversion to come. I'm going to try and waste several cpu-days to make the path a bit more obvious. It's possible it'll be faster to make it more obvious with shovels/rakes, so no promises.
fingers crossed on video link...
[video=vimeo;29780093]http://vimeo.com/29780093[/video]
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Trail maintenance this Saturday?
I think the next trail maintenance day is this Saturday hey guys?
Also coincides with RNP Cycing Family Fun Day
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkEvents.aspx?id=N0030
I think the next trail maintenance day is this Saturday hey guys?
Also coincides with RNP Cycing Family Fun Day
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkEvents.aspx?id=N0030