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State Inquiry into the Access to Public Land - NP, Stateforest, Crown Land etc
I don't know too much about this, but i just found this on a Ducati Owners Group forum and thought it was relevant for here.
Seems there is an inquiry into access to public land and something that we would be well served by people putting submissions into. Bit of a worry it is chaired by the shooters and fishers party, but we need to get onto this.
Spread the word on this one.
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From: Robert Brown [mailto:Robert.Brown@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 2:21 PM
Save the Aerodrome jumps
rail corp will be calling me at 5pm today
They said they want to talk about mountain biking.
I believe the call will be about the email I sent them in regards to the large volume of bikes traveling on the train to ride the oaks.
Are there any thoughts or inquiries you would like me to raise with rail corp?
What would you say?
Hi all
If you had a meeting with the State Government and Sydney Northern Region Councils what specific things would you ask about or what ideas would you put forward?
TrailCare has these contacts or already has meetings scheduled. What would you like us to discuss?
Things like more trails are obvious and generic. What specific things do you want to put forward?
Please support us! Warringah Council meeting
Hi all
We need support at Warringah Council chambers 6pm Tuesday 26 for Dirt Jumps.
Even if this is not your thing please show these guys some love. They are a great crew who ride and support other disciplines too. Many have helped us massively so far at TraiCare for Red Hill and Oxy, Pittwater.....
This follows on from meetings with Council about Freedom where riders agreed to work towards finding a better site.
At the moment Dave M is pencilled in for speaking on behalf of riders.
Please come and make some noise of support to show Councillors how much we need this.
Simon
MTB political party?
Following the very divisive deal done between the Liberal state government & Shooters n Fishers Party which has allowed permitted shooters feral hunting in National Parks,whilst us MTBr's are at early tentative steps in securing singletrack in NP's(apart from Glenrock & the Royal) do we take a next step?.Yes we have organisations who are working with NPWS on such programs(GTA & Trailcare) hoping to achieve this,but is it enough?.Do we try & form a political party to represent us?
Appin needs your support!
Bad news from the Wollongong MTB Club yesterday. The email that has gone out to members is as follows...
Thank you for all of the messages regarding the Appin Track.
We have been using the track without formal permission from the owners, however Derek has been in contact with them on several occasions discussing the continued use of the track.
The Right Result
Just a quick update on the results from tonight's Council meeting at Hornsby.
The Old Man's Valley trail complex was approved with all the key sections intact ... unanimously. Congrats to Sydney North Off-Road Cyclists and Trail Care's Dr Simon Kean for their outstanding work with Council to make this happen.
Show of Support Critical for Hornsby Mountain Bike Track
Residents are opposing key sections of the mountain bike trail in Old Man's Valley.
This is a reprise of last month's meeting that was cancelled due to the staff report not being completed in time. If you could please show your support by turning up and applauding loudly when the pro-trail speakers address Councillors it will be enormously helpful. Please click to show you are attending.
Details here: http://nobmob.com/node/35799/
UNITY - XC FR DH DJ AM
All
I'm noticing a few comments that are not constructive to the overall riding cause.
Whatever discipline we are all in this together.
When I started advocacy with NP's 4 years ago I rode 80% DH or FR. So did a very large proportion of other contributers. XC was after dark on weekdays to keep fit enough for gravity.
We knew full well we were unlikely to get DH in NP's, which is what many of us rode, but knew that by swinging NPWS as far as we could (XC and AM) everyone would benefit when we consider the doors this policy change opens up on less sensitive land tenures.