St Ives Trails Under Threat?

I've passed this thru to someone who may have further info. Will advise when I know more.

Just go faster, duck and weave and avoid rapid fire Wednesday nights

No need to worry, as Mr Borsak said:

"National park land was “not there just to be locked up” but to be used"

Mmmm surely I'm not the only one who sees something wrong with that statement?

... so I don't have a great problem with it being put to other uses. The bigger issue is the back room deal that sees land use change without the usual community consultation that would be required if anybody else was going to have access to the land. Would have been great to have the opportunity to maybe run the argument that mtb riders support the expansion of the shooting range IF the mtb tracks (both the original horse trail and Epiphany) were accorded some official status.

I don't really like riding past gun fire, but there's not much sign that the single track network is going to expand any time soon, so any opportunity to lock in stuff that we've got would have been good.

that the mini bike club at the showground have lost their lease. They are being kicked out with the trails to be rehabilitated back to bush. The RC club currently located in the middle of the entry drive to the showground is then going to be moved over to the top section of the old mini wheels club so that they can utilise the existing buildings as club house etc.

Does Manly Warringah still hold short course races over there?

I thought it was funny someone thinks National Park land shouldn't be locked out but then that's exactly what they are going to do with it.

Given that's where the majority ride and where cycling in Australia (ie including outside Sydney) has its biggest and most entrenchwd cultural and legislative problems, it's not surprising. Actually you could divide it further and call it the transportation cyclists party.

There is nevertheless some effort being made and if you want more then join up and be heard.

The Shooters and Fishers are more powerful by being one group. They're not split into pistols and rifles, clay target, fly fishers, beach fishers, inshore boat fishers etc. They'd get nowhere broken up like that.

Right at the moment though, that's exactly how *we* look. Lots of little subgroups, some treating it as a competitive for-profit business (looking at you BNV) and often taking cheap shots at each other for short term gain (looking at you SCA).

Litle wonder we are so easily marginalised for political advantage, and targeted by clickbait tabloid media.

Lach, how did you find out the land in question is an old tip site? I haven't been able to find anywhere that shows a map of the land they're talking about. Again, this shows an arrogant lack of community consultation in this matter.