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Cowan Track now MTB Permitted
Just back from a ride at Terrey Hills and I noticed there are now signs at the entry to Cowan Track saying "MTB Bikes Permitted".
Good stuff!
Many thanks to all involved, much appreciated 
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Any good? Is it steep or fairly level?
Cowan makes a nice out and back. It's 2km long so that's 4km added to your ride.
Profile is here:
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There are some sections with slight rock steps that make a little challenge. Haven't been down there in a long time though, can someone take a shot of the view next time they are there?
Some bits of that track are fun.
Who is responsible for this? I want to make sure they get re elected / promoted / knighted or whatever...
But maybe the regular sign will re-appear in winter time
Because the last time I rode Cowan in Summer
it was so thick with horrendous sized orb spiders
That I turned around half way and waited until winter
Maybe they're hoping that this will help cull the MTB population
I almost became a statistic when one beast crawled along the stick I was using to remove them
It had an abdomen about the size of a golf ball and I still have nightmares about it
Not that I was riding there illegally of course
I probably dreamed the whole thing
+1 ^^
Has anyone got a pic of the new sign?(if there is one)
Any trail getting legal mtb status is a big win for the Northern Beaches mtbrs, good work to anyone involved:)
What could you possibly have against spiders? It's the rabbits and foxes that trouble me. Brought here by the Poms they were! Remove them from our land I say and leave the spiders in peace....
PS; Remove the rabbits and foxes, the Poms can stay.
Thanks for the clarification, I actually quite like it here!
To Rob and the advocacy participants, and NPWS.
The tide is turning
rode it this am. It's a single and a half track, sort of like some dirtworks sections, honest ups and downs and rocks - good ride for picking lines and maintaining speed. I like. No spiders today - but I know the ones you mean - I stopped at the bottom of a rocky descent on Cowan track one time and pulled 4 spiders off me. Webs like steel hawsers. They don't bite they just look scary.
Looky here
