Warburton trail updates

Mattyp said:
Was just about to post the same thing... Mate who knows some of the locals was telling me this on the weekend ..
It's been a constant struggle for 20years out there...The trails are better off unsanctioned anyway
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Wild. Any idea why the workers were told to put tools down? Fingers crossed the council isn't getting cold feet.
 
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Not at all informed on the issues but there's currently a court case "Warburton Environment VS DEECA" relating to fauna deaths from improper logging practice which may be indirectly impacting the trail work commencing
 
Ackland said:
Not at all informed on the issues but there's currently a court case "Warburton Environment VS DEECA" relating to fauna deaths from improper logging practice which may be indirectly impacting the trail work commencing
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Unrelated. That's about the logging that DEECA are doing under the guise of building firebreaks.
 
Freediver said:
Unrelated. That's about the logging that DEECA are doing under the guise of building firebreaks.
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Can't have a bush fire if you cut all the bush down.
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kiwiinmelb said:
ive been back in melbourne working for a few weeks but heading there this weekend , will see if i can find out more,

I did hear they had set up a site office or something similar at the wesburn footy oval near the pump track a few weeks back
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How'd it go over the weekend? Any movements out there?
 
Evonavich said:
How'd it go over the weekend? Any movements out there?
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it was so wet , i didnt get out and ride the local trails which is where i usually run into the locals that are right in the loop ,

But i did have a bit of a pedal on the rail trail on the sat morning to try and keep some fitness up and called into wesburn oval as i went past, they have 6 or 7 excavators , a bobcat with a fork attachment to move pallets , heaps of pallets labelled world trail , with those flat rocks that they use on the trails , 3 or 4 big shipping containers with what i assume to have tools and stuff inside .

So all in all they look fairly committed to working there with all that stuff onsite I would assume
 
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I heard since I last posted , talking to a local out on the trails ,

They ran into a little bit of a hiccup with the aboriginal dept over them wanting a bit more clarity on removing vegetation , and they had to lodge a bit more information before they start , which is what caused the slight delay . Which would explain why all their equipment has been sitting there for quite a few weeks .

But it was a bit vague ,which is why I hesitated to post it , so apologies if it’s not quite correct
 
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latheboy said:
Removing new growth plants from logging and bushfires?
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Not sure exactly ,Im just relaying what was said to me,and i have to be careful i dont say things that are wrong , but the size of plants that are allowed to be removed was mentioned , I think there was some confusion around that.

The good news is , it appears to be all sorted
 
They appear to have started ,

Firstly, was told over the weekend they have started,

and did a drive by where they keep their equipment at the footy oval this morning, some of the machinery was out , and if i put my detective hat on , there were 4 cars parked right there side by side that look suspiciously like they are owned by mountain bikers going by the car stickers :)
 
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