Recreation
There will always be a grey area of overlap between recreation and micromobility. Broadly speaking we’ll categorise micromobility as being intended for some form of utilitarian transport while recreation is primarily for fun and exercise. We will decide which heading to use to define any activity based upon what the primary focus is.
Speakers Invited for Sustainable Trails Conference
St Helens, Tasmania Authorities in sustainable trails planning, construction and monitoring are invited to nominate as speakers for this year’s Sustainable Trails Conference, being held in Tasmania on 1st to 3rd November. Innovative storytellers interested in speaking at the conference, being held at St Helens in North East Tasmania, have until 6th July to submit…
Funding for Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail Feasibility Study
Maryborough, Victoria Plans for a Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail (CMRT) in Victoria have been boosted by a $120,000 Victorian Tourism Grant to help complete a feasibility study and pre-design for the trail. “The impressive Maryborough Railway Station was once described by famous American writer Mark Twain as ‘a railway station with a town attached’.” The…
Warburton MTB Destination Inquiry Puts Mountain Biking On Trial
Warburton, Victoria Mountain biking was “on trial” during an intense four-week inquiry hearing for the proposed Warburton Mountain Bike Destination, according to its executive project manager, Matt Harrington. Victoria’s Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, is expected to announce a decision on the project in late June or early July, after the enquiry applied intense scrutiny…
Million-Dollar Pump Track For Yarra Ranges
Wesburn Park, Victoria One of Australia’s largest pump track facilities will be developed near the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination, with Yarra Ranges Council preparing to invite tenders to design and construct the pump track. The council has concept plans to establish the $940,000 pump track at Wesburn Park, which will be on a trail head…
Rockhampton Rail Trail Study Open for Public Comment
Rockhampton, QLD Preliminary designs for a Mt Morgan rail trail near Rockhampton have been released for public comment. Rockhampton Regional Council is proposing a 17.5km trail in central Queensland, between Rockhampton, the trail head at Kabra and Mt Morgan. The plans are open for public feedback until this Sunday, as part of a feasibility study…
Railway Station Upgrades as Great Southern Rail Trail Steams Ahead
Leongatha, Victoria Multi-million-dollar upgrades have been announced for two railway stations on Victoria’s Great Southern Rail Trail. A total of $6 million has been earmarked to develop the Korumburra and Leongatha stations and surrounds, to enhance community open space and boost activity in the town centres. The State Government recently confirmed it will provide $2…
Trail Recovery Forum
An online Trail Recovery & Reconstruction industry forum will be held by Outdoors Queensland on Tuesday 26 April. The Zoom discussion, being held at 11am in conjunction with AusCycling and Blue Sky Trails, is the first in a new series of Outdoors Queensland Industry Forums. Next week’s forum is aimed at land managers responsible for trail…
New e-Bike GP Series Chasing Australasian Host City
Dubai, United Arab Emirates A new e-Bike Grand Prix series (EBK GP) will debut in Dubai later this year, with organisers in “extensive negotiations” with several Australian and NZ cities to include this region in an inaugural international calendar in 2023. BMC Switzerland has signed as the official supplier of e-bikes for the series and,…
Unprecedented Community Response to Warburton MTB Proposal
Warburton, Victoria Thousands of public submissions have been received on a new Victorian mountain bike complex that is proposed to become Australia’s first ‘Gold-level’ facility and will set a new benchmark for MTB infrastructure in this country. Around 2,700 submissions were received from community members and stakeholders during a public exhibition of an Environmental Effects…
Trails a Natural Progression for TRC Tourism
Jindabyne, NSW Nature trail users are becoming more diverse, more demanding and vastly more numerous, according to Australia’s newest trail design and construction company, TRC Trails. “Users across all outdoor recreation activities have increasingly higher expectations in terms of the experience they seek, how that experience is supported,” according to a statement announcing the company’s…