Meeting at short notice was no barrier for Greens Councillor Howard McCullam who embraced the opportunity to get an on the ground appreciation of exactly what is happening out at Knapsack Reserve with the proposed downhill alignment.
Howard McCallum was an enthusiastic participant in my guided tour of the old alignments and the new aligment and also took time talk to Barnet St resident Ashley who put forard some his opinions on the topic of vehicle access to the area and appropriate signage in his street.

Following on from my most recent post regarding the BMORC meeting, I took the opportunity today to door knock Barnett St adjacent to the knapsack Reserve and meet the residents and introduce myself and give the people an overview of our intentions with repsect to the Knapsack project.
Obviously with very busy schedules catching people at home was going to be a hit and miss afair but i was pleasently surprised to see that of the 12 houses I door knocked I was able to meet 8 of the residents.

Hi guy, I know that Bunnings are very supportive of community groups and schools with fundraising and thought it would be great to hold a BBQ down at Penrith Bunnings so we can raise some funds towards the signage that we will require at Knapsack, I have not had any experience with dealing with Bunnings but will endeavour to make contact this week and find out when is the next available date!

A few things to remember what we are trying to do at Knapsack and keep in mind at the meeting. This stuff is all basically in the BMORC report though stressed a little stronger here in places.

1) The trails at Knapsack were created as maintenance trails and walking trails over the years. As most walkers and vehicles will take the shortest path over a hill they can often occur on fall lines, ie the steepest way which results in serious water erosion. Mountain bikes are irrelevant to this issue.