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Access to Garigal fire roads near JJ Melbourne Hills


hawkeye's picture

By hawkeye - Posted on 16 September 2012

Was just looking at my route trace for today's ride to Terrey Hills and back, and noticed that there appears to be a fire road network starting up near the Terrey Hills BMX track running down into Garigal east of Forest Way.

However, I can't quite see how to make the few hundred metres link from the end of Kamber Road to the start of the fire trail as it looks from the satellite map it may pass through private land or some sort of facility.

Has anyone got further information? Here's where I'm talking about: http://goo.gl/maps/XNNmD

kitttheknightrider's picture

John, you were part of this conversation just the other day.

http://nobmob.com/node/37779

hawkeye's picture

Thanks, Kit.

It is NOT the track that comes in from the west off Forest Way. It comes in further east off Kamber Road.

Not wanting to sound ungrateful for the responses received so far here and via PM, but has anyone actually clicked on the google maps link? Puzzled

kitttheknightrider's picture

John, read Donkerrs post in the thread I linked. That explains it a little more clearly.

" I once went down past the forest fire service (Kamber Road I think) and talked to a couple of guys working for an electricity maintainence service up there. They told me they have clear access onto a service road that follows the pylons into Oxford Falls. At the end of Kamber Road there was a gate which I went through then a huge private fence was in the way however they said it was actually their access road and the owner had encroached. So I climbed over this fence and rode around the bottom of their garden and onto the fire / pylon trail. It finishes at the top of the hill then a mad carry the bike trail leads down into the falls across a stream and onto fire trails that come out on Morgan Road."

Yes, I clicked the link before I replied the first time. Eye-wink

And without having seen the PM's you have received I think they are referring to the same thing as if they are telling you about the trail I suspect then it actually picks up the stuff at the bottom of the Kamba Rd FT

Rune's picture

I really need to go check this out at some point. I'd love to be able to link up the firetrails down in the valley to either Forest Way or Monavale Rd (without having to climb over any fences or carry my bike!)

ben.archer's picture

Guys

If the trail you are referring to is the Kamber Trail, it is ridable for just over 1Km until you reach the power pylons / fire truck turn round point. At this point the trail becomes an extremely steep footpath created as a fire break, and is not ridable for most of it. When you get down to the bottom you can cross the creek and there is a steep fire trail leading back up the other side.

I have just been looking at the Google maps satellite images which appear to show a nice clear and easy trail, these are severely misleading and do not show the escarpments that would be extremely tough to climb up with a bike.

We were down there a few weeks ago for the recent hazard reduction burns and it could be a great trail local link up but sadly isn't really ridable unless you are happy with quite a bit of hike a bike.

hawkeye's picture

@kit, yeah I just scanned over it, must have not taken in that bit.

Looking again at the google satellite view after lunch today, if you know what to look for there are clues that it's a steep hike-a-bike: the vegetation goes all scrubby-looking like some other escarpments I checked out over Bantry Bay and Manly Dam on foot.

Thanks for all your input guys (including the PMs).

Bugger!

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