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Knapsack Build Day - November 28th
Another reminder of this build day. We will be finishing off the last section of the loop we have been working on the last several months shown in the map.
Meeting at 8am at the southern end of Barnett St, full details here.
Knapsack Build Day - Saturday August 29th
Just a reminder that there is a build day this Saturday at Knapsack finishing off the trail diversion beneath the oval that avoids the muddy section. This will finish of the whole section from the lower gate to the creek crossing done a few years back.
Meeting at 8am at the southern end of Barnett St, full details here.
A successful July 11th Build Day!
A pretty successful day with just the regrouped XC A-Team working on the XC with fury to get the whole trail through. Lots of vegetation to remove with the Bush Doctors and as its mostly weed we had more options to really optimise the trail line for flow and "kinesthetic" movement. Chuck excelled at being a drill sergeant and yelling at us all to work harder and faster.
Next build day will be refining the tread of the trail as well as rock work on armouring and for a large rollover near the end.
More Info on the Destruction of Chicken Run Trails by the Crown
Crown Lands returned my call and openly answered my questions.
Firstly the trigger for this was complaints from local residents. I asked whether these were reported by council and his reply was to paraphrase in incredulity "why would council do that, its not their land to manage. No, it was local residents to us". Complaints were primarily about damage to the area, trees being chopped down etc
Further a claim on the land has also recently been granted by the Land Council, so maybe this actually made them act upon the complaints?
Destruction of Chicken Run Trails by Crown Lands.
Yesterday bulldozers went in unannounced on the Chicken Run trails and started destroying them in a pretty brutal manner, not only to the trails but to the surrounding bushland.
Having contacted council they said they have nothing to do with this. This section of land is Crown Land and manged by Crown Land.
I have contacted Crown Lands and I am waiting on further information from them on what triggered this action.
Knapsack Build Day - Saturday June 27th
Next build day..... not sure what we will be doing but I assume it will involve some rock?
More details here.
Reminder ; 23rd May Knapsack Build Day
A reminder that 23rd of May for work on finishing the section below the oval. Currently a lot still looks like this picture.
Quite a bit to go but we hope to be able to get enough done to open the section for riders.
Further if we have enough people we can get some of the rock armouring and trail shaping required to make it ride as well as possible and be as robust as possible.
So a good turnout would be terrific.
Full details here.
18th April Build Day results. Tentative next day in late May.
Had good results today. Lots of work to do for quite a long and important section.
The tricky rocky ground will give great results but takes a lot of work to build. Could have done with a few more hands.
We should have the next build day in around a month at the end of May so hopefully we can finish off this section and open it up. To do this we still need more cutting but also lots of rock armouring and benching.
Either way lots to do but should be some classic Knapsack type trail!
Knapsack Build Day is coming up - April 18th
Our next build day is just over a week away.
We are looking to get a new track built and closure of a less used trail.
The meet location has changed from the norm. Please join us at the southern end of Barnett street(bottom of hill) at the firetrail gate(Near the causeway).
A small parking area is available opposite the gate.
We invite everyone to attend, help out and find out more about the plans for Knapsack Reserve.
Please follow the link to register your intent to come. http://bmorc.com/node/50396