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2 june 2010

Recent work at Stromlo Forrest Park

Following the weekends Capital Punishment 100km race we took the opportunity to do some reworking of some areas on the climb and in particular at Echidna Gap. We are also trialing a new material that should be a lot more resilient than the native soils

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22 January 2010

Work on Old Duffy

Doing some remedial work to some of the rollers on Old Duffy today. Definitely not the ideal weather for this but we lengthened and eased the take off of the rollers. This section of track is now working well with the speed control measures that have been implemented as there is no skidding while maintaining good speed and flow

 

 
15 January 2010

Maintenance at Stromlo Forrest Park

Back from the Christmas break and there is clear evidence of huge numbers using the tracks at SFP. The first port of call was the berm that follows Old Duffy to restore it to it's former glory..a

 

21 december 2009

New warning signs at Stromlo Forrest Park

One of the last jobs for the year is to install a few warning signs at some of the technical alternatives on the track. Also some 'one way go back' signs have been installed to help direct users in the right direction.

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4 november 2009

Pit of Despair gets a make over

 

Today we re-engineered the Pit of Despair in the middle of the ABC Switchbacks. You know, the wet rocky section that never seems to dry out. We imported over a dozen 100kg+ rocks to the site, tore out the whole section and completely rebuilt it. This area was originally build on the 1st CORC working bee at SFP way back in 2006 and has done a remarkable job in keeping the100,000's of riders out of the natural spring that lives there. pit of despairpit of despair

 
 
 
 
22 october 2009

 

More work on trail junctions

 

This week we spent time on importing topsoil and mulching the trail junction behind the 4X that shoots riders up the Cockatoo Switchbacks or down Rascals. This area is open and 'nude' and will benefit from some structure and plantings that we have embarked on. This is an extension of the newly formed main trail head near the carpark.

 
15 october 2009

Maintenance work starts again as big events finish for the year

 

Well the big events are over for the year so now its time to do some maintenance on the "well loved" tracks.  This week following the Scott 24hr we did some work on Redrock Lookout to prevent short cutting and we installed some erosion control right at the end of the track.

We also began some much needed remediation to Ringtail on the approach to Wombat Jcn where the rocks were plentiful and the green level track had slipped into the blue level range.  There will be some more significant work in this area in the coming weeks

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20 SEPTEMBER 2009

Defining the main trail head

 

If you have ridden at SFP lately you would have noticed lots of rocks and topsoil and mulch being moved in around the main trail head. The purpose here is to plant out the newly formed garden beds to clearly define and delineate the tracks to corral riders into the correct directions. In years to come the trees (that will be planted soon) will provide some nice shade and a pleasant meeting spot.

 

1 - 6 SEPTEMBER 2009

UCI Mountain Bike and Trails World Championships comes to Canberra

 

Months of work preparing for this fantastic event paid off for Makin Trax around 40,000 spectators came out to see world's best riders from 41 countries in action at Stromlo Forest Park this week.

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5 August 2009

Been doing some work on Emu Run this week, taking out the 'bones' (rocks) from the track and doing some slight re-alignments. We also have rebuilt the berm on the track too.

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31 july 2009

Finally the work around Holdens Creek has finshed. The new cycle path from Uiarra Rd has been completed. We have cut some new bits of track in to link everything up on the beginner loop.

 
15 july 2009

We have been busy on the DH track lately getting ready for the World Champs in September. This week was no exception. The big berm at the top of triple treat got the Makin Trax treatment, all 150 tonnes of it! Yep about 150 tonnes of material was trucked in to boost its size....

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15 july 2009

Minister Andrew Barr came out to Stromlo Forrest Park to check out the re-vamped Wallaby Run on the DH track. Makin Trax was given the task of speeding up this section and with loads of valuable input from Jared Rando, Makin Trax with Ben Cory have achieved this and more....

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15 july 2009

We have been busy on the DH track lately getting ready for the World Champs in September. This week was no exception. The big berm at the top of triple treat got the Makin Trax treatment, all 150 tonnes of it! Yep about 150 tonnes of material was trucked in to boost its size....

 

8 July09

Who said there were no trees at Stromlo Forrest Park? For the doubters here is a photo taken of us cutting in a new bit of off camber XC track for the World Champs.

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2 July09

Gearing up for the World Champs at Stromlo Forest Park has been underway for quite a while now.  Today saw the first sods turned for some XC changes to allow for a quicker return to the feedzone and more opportunities to overtake on single track. There will be some technical elements to the track additions to enable the more skilled riders to take full advantage and a dual slalom type section that will be in full view of the feedzone.  

 

 

27 June 2009

The Holdens Creek mtb track has been closed due to the heavy machinery working in the immediate vicinity. If you have ridden at Stromlo lately you would be aware of some major road works going on around the Holdens Creek area.  This is to provide a sealed road right into the Crit track. Should be finished in about 3 weeks

 

26 June 2009

Today we made some modifications to Luge just after the fire trail crossing.  The 1st berm you come to following the fire trail had blown out badly so we rebuilt it making it taller and steeper in the last 2/3rds of the berm.   The track between the berm and the fire trail was also suffering in areas due to riders ‘over cooking it’ and running off the track.  So we realigned the track within the same corridor to regulate the speed and maintain the fun all the way down to the berm.  The rain on Sunday made the freshly turned soil sloppy but this will remedy itself over time

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12 June 2009

Today saw the completion of the initial signage rollout with the installation of the very large and prominent trail head signage.  The trail head signage comprises the main trail map and six loops to follow with varying levels of difficulty.  This will make navigation of the track network a lot easier for newcomers to the park and open up other options the more regular user

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3 June 2009

It would be hard to miss the large piles of dirt on the road between Fenceline and Cockatoo Switchbacks.  This is the start of decommissioning the haul road that was established to build the 4x track a couple of years ago. In the near future some pretty cool options will emerge from the piles of dirt….watch this space…

 
 
13 May 2009

We began installing some 112 blue poles for the signs for the whole track network at Stromlo.  This new signage will be a dramatic improvement on what is currently in place….stay tuned

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1May 2009

Due to the developing danger of the dry creek crossing on the White Gums track we imported a ton of rock (literally) and built a new armored crossing upstream from the old crossing.  We realigned the track to suit and closed the old alignment

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