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would love to get hold of a cutter perhaps use one of the new club stihls a few afternoons this week coming. Are they and the PPE in bags still available at the container and via the above system?
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
keys seem to be big issue atm, tried to get us some free dirt delivered today needed key to gate at fire range end, I got reply after i had headed off to work this morn and just reading it now. so presume no dirt would have been unloaded. missed opportunity, prob something for committee to consider? Keys, how many , who, where?
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
only been one set of keys last few months. has been interesting.
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
Well now that you mention it, Dags brother is a national crowned brew champion, Lee loves his Beer, so do I. He was the head brewer at Townsville breweries. Now does his own. We need to get him on board to brew some up!!! I was in Derby recently and yes tried some ( cough, cough, many! Trevor and Sam had a weak game!) of the local gear and it was pretty nice, they have embraced it well.
Imagine, Dougie is great! few more at Palleranda and some better maintenance, couple new trails over at this new suburb south of Towsville, Paluma loops and a Bluewater to Paluma ride, and some miracle GBRMP island trail magic and we would have easy 30 k visitors a year.
I dibs head taster at brewery once it goes nuts!!!"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
amazing storey, just need hero dirt and government willing to listen!
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
so as best i can tell location of 4 cutters is as follows.
1 x at keelback at end of line?
1 x Easy Street’ sign at the Fly Over Bridge
1 x just off hammer head lower at that rocky outcrop (big rock on uphillside, 6′ chonky on down hillside).gear in grass 15m on downhill side.
1 x at the end of line near top of frog unknown if its fuel can made it up from behind bus stop.trails left to cut for xcm
rest keelback lower
frog top
fruit loop?
Boulderdash?
spiderbait?
hammerhead down to wedgie some of
long way from beefwood to hammer head
Beefwood
all trails need raking perhaps?"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
message from Dan Cotter:
both cutters n fuel etc there where we finished cutting at that rocky outcrop (big rock on uphillside, 6′ chonky on down hillside).gear in grass 15m on downhill side. see photo.
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
2 x cutters, bags, fuel now with Dan & wobby crew. Dan will post up here there location once finished as I asked him to leave on the hill.
1 x cutter, bag on top section of frog where grass stops being cut.
1 x cutter, bag intersection of frog/tower link.
Fuel for both of these cutters have been refilled and left behind the bus shelter in the grass with reel of line, spare oil. Please leave oil and reel at shelter area for others to use. Also 1 plier/cutters that belong to the bag at frog/tower link, please take up.If you use the brush cutters please post up here where they are left, if you empty fuel container please refill and take back to behind bus shelter in grass and post that also. so others can collect and take up. Send fuel receipt to rockwheelerstreasurer@rockwheelers.com.au with bank details.
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
using cutters this arvo, possibly all, will then give to dan cotter who will be using saturday morning for wobby crew.
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
Mar 23, 2018 Fruit Loop Trail Report
Fruit Loop (Douglas Mountain Bike Reserve)
Minor Issue / Yellow
Variable – some wet spots, or some dusty spots but overall good conditions“Team Ward”
Spent 2.5 hrs working on the last pinch corner on Fruit Loop:
– Dug a new drain above.
– Dug an inside drain on the corner.
– Burried a rock drain across the trail at the bottom.
– Put 4 barrows of deco on top of the root.
Thankyou to Nathan and Finn for coming and getting stuck in! ????
Minor erosion (trail braiding, small ruts developing, brake bumps)trail work done
2.5 volunteer hours
4 attendees
10 total work hours
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
Can i share this unicorn man, or better yet can macca???
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
Douglas working bee #2 2018 report!
Well not the same kind of attendance as bee # 1 so it was always going to be hard to cover too much ground. (maybe everyone was doing hair and makeup for timbo’s shuffle?)
We had the usual adoptees over on Whiptail doing there thing, thanks Netti & Onegee!! Coops was at it alone on Tower link clearing some landslides and drains still. (Tower still needs and adopter) Nicole’s husband Jamie has a love affair with whipper snipers and cut Spiderbait.(dead set every time I’m out here lately he is brush cutting, champion!)
Some pleasing things is we had so many new people turn up again!!! I love fresh maintainers!!!! We had 3 members who had done trail maintenance, 7 new people and 2 awesome kids!!!! Total of 12.
Was a great morning and plenty of people would have learnt many things that have flowed on from the godfathers before us. We spent all our time on that mid section of Hammer Head from whale Back up to long way. ( also needs an adopter!) The switch back section took much of our time as some of the ruts and damage was extensive. We had to move significant amounts of soil and we rock armored quite a few sections hidden under all that brown goodness.
We all saw what erosion occurs when people take shortcuts and don’t stick to properly built trails. The line through the middle of all the switch backs had allowed great volumes and speed of water flow and had taken plenty of soil away. We had to build some bigger drains and we tried to fill in all those nasty walking lines with plenty of uninviting debris.
What we need now though is some rain to bed in the work as the soil is so loose and so much went back in. So we need riders to compact it BUT RIDE IT VERY SLOWLY so as not to skid while it’s still loose please!!! When we were done we all had some ice cold beverages and felt chuffed we had helped really fix and big problem. Still some small amounts need doing on that section.
We also need to get to Frog, Wedgtail, Lower Taipan, possibly still some Tower Link, Long Way, Jump St and probably others. Big thanks to those who came and gave time so we can all ride!!! Get in touch if you want to Adopt a trail, we can place you with someone else, take your own on???? Maybe you couldn’t come today so want to meet at another time and be shown the ropes, email trails@rockwheelers.com.au
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"
Oops, in case you missed it and a bit late, I forgot to post here sorry. Working Bee in the Morning at Douglas. Presume, emails and Fb would have done their job.
The first March Working Bee was a huge success – so we’re going to run another one while the trails need some love and the soil is still fairly soft.
This time we’ll meet at the top of Windarra Ave and focus on some of the upper trails – The Long Way, Ring Bark Frog, Lower Hammerhead, WedgeTail & Upper Easy St. 06:30-09:30Please post up on this event if you can come, and if you have any big ideas, so we can have an idea of numbers and tools required.
"I never said it was going to be easy, I said it was going to be worth it!" "Cake or Death?"