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Status History

	Age	Notes
Green	7 years	Bone dry with heaps of sticks and leaves	view
Green	7 years	It was perfect on Saturday	view
Green	7 years	Dry, no puddles	view
Green	7 years	Yesterday it was perfect	view
Amber	7 years	Conditions still good. As previously mentioned just a couple of easily avoidable puddles. Otherwise great.	view
Amber	7 years	Track was in prime condition for racing on the 18/6/17, just a couple of wet spots.	view
Red	7 years	Very very wet. Not rideable unless you don't care about damaging the trail. Please give it time after the rain to dry out.	view
Green	7 years	Awesome XC track is nice and dry. Love the new section under the DH track	view
Green	7 years	Took the youngster for the Awaba XC club race yesterday. The track is in very good condition and was nice and tacky. The fire road in, is pretty wet, but the track it self has...	view
Red	7 years	I just received the below email so I guess that includes Awaba Dear riders, Due to the catastrophic fire conditions forecast for this weekend ALL Stare Forests from Kempsey to...	view
Green	8 years	Dry with just a puddle at the bottom of the fire trail before the salad bowl.	view
Green	8 years	Nice and dry.	view
Green	8 years	Early in the day had many mud puddles but by lunch had dried out and in very good condition.	view
Green	8 years	Perfect conditions, no mud, slightly damp in the usual spots. Only issue is the front of the notice board has broken off the sign.	view
Green	8 years	Dry & in great condition.	view
Green	8 years	What more to say	view
Green	8 years	really good today, just a couple of small puddles	view
Green	8 years	Rain overnight. Damp early this morning with the odd muddy puddle. Ok overall.	view
Green	8 years	Dry.	view
Green	8 years	Rode it this morning, tracks varied between dry & sticky in places but are overall pretty good.	view
Green	8 years	Dry up until early evening of 21st Jan. Had some rain since then but should be ok providing the rain doesn't set in over the Australia Day weekend. Check BOM radar before your trip there.	view
Red	8 years	It's rained a bit lately. I'd keep off until Sunday at the earliest.	view
Green	8 years	I only rode the blue loop yesterday, but it was 99.9 dry. Get out there.	view
Red	8 years	90mm plus. Bring your floaties.	view
Green	8 years	Track is in great condition with only a couple of sticky spots after recent rain but has firmed up well. Note there is a decent sized hole in the end of the trail boarding coming into vege patch...	view
Green	9 years	I rode the blue loop this morning. The track was awesome as per usual. No puddles. (rain due this afternoon though)	view
Green	9 years	just after the buttler. when you cross the fire trail and go down the hill. first right hand turn. fallen tree covered in vine blocking the trail. just after the steep block section in to rain...	view
Green	9 years	Rode this morning. Track is in very good condition. Puddles only in the deepest darkest pockets.	view
Green	9 years	Still working on the lower section of the down hill. XC loops are good - very good. A couple of small (very small- tiney wintsy little ones really) puddles. (Might have trouble finding them...	view
Green	9 years	All good	view
Green	9 years	a bit powdery in the berm section near the end of the downhill but everything else is dry and good to ride	view
Green	9 years	Perfect conditions as of yesterday morning (11th July)	view
Green	9 years	Doesn't get much better.	view
Green	9 years	All clear. The odd soft spot. Trails are well groomed after port to port	view
Green	9 years	All clear. The odd soft spot. Trails are well groomed after port to port	view
Green	9 years	Awaba xc open. DH still closed.	view
Red	9 years	ALL HMBA Members and users of Awaba MTB Park ALL TRAILS CLOSED - both XC and DH Awaba MTB Park was inspected this morning after the storms earlier this week and has been deemed...	view
Green	9 years	Good conditions for anybody heading up here tomorrow for the race .	view
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Red	9 years	How bad is it in AWABA? Had plans to ride there early next week. There is sun on the horizon, but I wonder if it's enough... Anyone got an update on how much it's raining down there?	view
Green	9 years	Dry for the most part. A few soft/Wet patches around but nothing of concern. The Saladbowl has been bypassed around the large fallen tree to avoid the lake.	view
Green	9 years	good conditions, a few soft spots, the salad bowl needs attention, still wet with no sign of the water dissipating. Blood was spilt there today	view
Green	9 years	Some very soft sandy corners after the rain & needs a bridge just after Salad Bowl, bit of a pain having to hike a bike across logs, but otherwise all good.	view
Green	9 years	No Problems, nice and fast	view
Green	9 years	Trail is in good nick. A few puddles but nothing to worry about.	view
Amber	9 years	I'm fairly new to Awaba so have yet to see it in all it's stages of rideability. However, the track was quite slippery in places this morning (particularly that one clay corner where I hit the...	view
Green	9 years	Trail is in fine fickle. Some minor debris here and there so watch how you go. Plenty of Wallabies and Roos along with the resident Lyrebird fanging across the trail around 'The Log' area too....	view
Green	9 years	Rode the track yesterday arvo. Quite good condition overall. There are a few trees down, but the trail fairies have sorted it out. As I live in the area, I can quite safely say that...	view
Green	9 years	Rode at lunch time today. Track was all dry and trees had been cleared/re-routed, thank you very much to the people who did that work. Storm with heavy rain just came through late this afternoon...	view
Amber	9 years	Definitely no moisture issues, track is nice dry but there are a couple of massive trees that have blown over. Requires carrying your bike through the bush to get around them.	view
Red	9 years	Trees down on a lot of the trail. Best to keep off until the trail faries have sorted it.	view
Green	10 years	Seems to have missed the overnight rain. Dry with only a few puddles and emminently rideable. First time here and a little disappointed, not very technical at all. Guess it would be fun racing on...	view
Amber	10 years	Went there for a ride after a meeting up the central coast. Car park was awash with running water, mud and raining at 2pm. Gave it a miss. Didn't want to be wet and muddy for the drive home....	view
Green	10 years	Hot and dry this afternoon. Would some one please confirm there are deer at Awaba, if not I was so hot I was hallucinating.	view
Green	10 years	Good to ride. Slightly damp but not a puddle in sight.	view
Green	10 years	Excellent condition. Dry.	view
Green	10 years	Now nice and dry. Keep an eye out for a couple of washed-out sketchy sections.	view
Green	10 years	Still in great condition with only a few small puddles.	view
Green	10 years	In good condition considering the amount of rain we've had. A few small puddles that was all.	view
Red	10 years	It goes without saying after all this heavy rain, please give the trail a few days to dry out and recover.	view
Green	10 years	Very clean trail post big race last weekend. Dry 'n good.	view
Green	10 years	Terrific condition. Ready for the big race on Sunday.	view
Green	10 years	After the recent downpour, trail damp with the odd puddle but all good to ride.	view
Green	10 years	As one would expect, trail dry and good.	view
Green	10 years	Trail in great nick.	view
Green	10 years	Track in good condition. Had to stop and dismount a few times to remove large branches and various sized twigs following the high winds here so take it easy on the trail folks unless you like...	view
Green	10 years	Only the very occasional small puddle, but the rest of the track is dry and awesome!	view
Red	10 years	Wet and getting wetter.	view
Green	10 years	Dry.	view
Green	10 years	Dry and getting dryer. The odd bog holes nearly dry.	view
Green	10 years	Mostly dry except for the odd bog patch to ride through.	view
Green	10 years	A little rain overnight. I thought there might be some hero dirt. Well, there wasn't this arvo. It was damp, but just too much damp for hero dirt. Most corners were a little slippery....	view
Green	10 years	Great conditions today. Just a few small bog holes.	view
Green	10 years	Good conditions out there today.A couple little slop holes easily avoided. Lets hope the rain stays away.	view
Green	10 years	The trails were fantastic today	view
Amber	10 years	Lots of puddles, ruts, washouts etc. Track is in shit condition generally, don't go there if you don't need to.	view
Amber	10 years	Lots of hero dirt! And... dozens of mud holes. It will require a drought / OR / multiple build days to fix all the mud holes.	view
Amber	10 years	some muddy lots of puddles	view
Green	10 years	A+ Quick! Get there now before the rain comes back. The tracks nice n tacky.	view
Red	10 years	Very very wet. It will take a long time to dry out...	view
Green	10 years	Track is in very nice condition. There is only a couple of small puddles on the whole track and the rest of the track is just about perfect.	view
Green	10 years	Still damp in places but all good to ride.	view
Green	10 years	Still damp in places but all good to ride.	view
Green	10 years	Not too bad for a shred, however there is a tree blocking the track in one spot. Some very slippery sandy corners from all the rain, and there are some areas slightly eroded due to water...	view
Amber	10 years	Quick look this morning. I only rode the 1km between the main car park & Siberia. It's damp & okay in most places where I was, but I'm more than certain that the rainforest & clay...	view
Red	10 years	I would say it would be quite wet as Cooranbong had 156mm of rain overnight.	view
Green	10 years		view
Red	10 years	A few laps at lunchtime today was great! But there was a huge deluge of rain around 3pm... and it's still raining at my place now. (just a few kms away) Keep off until the rain lifts...	view
Green	10 years	Trail good. Damp with the odd small puddle.	view
Red	10 years	Wet, wet, wet. Sustained rainfall over the weekend will take a while to drain and dry out.	view
Green	10 years	Did a few laps this morning. Trails are in awesome shape. Just enough rain last night to make it nice and tacky with out being wet. Probably 3 puddles on the whole loop. Get in...	view
Green	10 years	Always a great ride. Very dusty and a bit sketchy in some parts. A couple of the bridges are missing planks. All rideable.	view
Green	10 years	Red trail dry and perfect.	view
Green	10 years	It appears the Awaba tracks were very thirsty. After the rain there is only a few small puddles, the rest is tacky & great to ride.	view
Green	10 years	Rode there this morning all good	view
Green	11 years		view
Green	11 years	Very dry and dusty. Brake bumps going into corners. Very slippery pretty much everywhere - just from the dust...	view
Green	11 years	Rode 2 laps of the Red loop and one of the Yellow, for a total of nearly 30k on our annual Father's Day ride. This was my first time at Awaba and the track appeared to be in perfect condition....	view
Green	11 years	track was dry & dusty today trail fairies were out doing an awesome job repairing bridge & trail @ top of camel back climb,which was great, gave me a chance to rest on my 5x red loop epic...	view
Green	11 years	Rode red loop and blue loop and there was only very minor puddles on the trail in a few places so I would call it green.	view
Green	11 years	99% of the track is nice and dry. There are a few wet patches on one of the fire trails but that's about it.	view
Red	11 years	Based on trail reports from the forum, I thought I would update the trail status accordingly. Please update if you have better or more recent information.	view
Green	11 years	The track is in (surprisingly) great condition. All the recent showers haven't really hit here too hard. There are a dozen or so small puddles around the track, but great overall. The forecast...	view
Green	11 years	One or two pools of water and patches of mud but overall good riding conditions.	view
Green	11 years	just had a little mud hole out the back of the courseon the red loop	view
Amber	11 years	Went for a quick night ride last night. (Tues night). I only rode the blue lap. The track is damp in general with not many puddles at all. Quite good really. Just beware of a few...	view
Red	11 years	There has been a nasty amount of cloud over the Watagans all day & NobMob weather shows a fair bit of rain has fallen	view
Green	11 years	Done two laps of red loop and,its about as good as it gets!	view
Green	11 years	A few puddles about the place but in the main the track is in good order	view
Green	11 years	A few puddles about the place but in the main nice and tacky.	view
Red	11 years	Looks like they are getting bucket loads of rain....	view
Green	11 years	Ridden on 17th April. Good conditions, just a few puddles here and there.	view
Green	11 years	A few patches of mud and the odd puddle but overall pretty good.	view
Green	11 years	XC trail A1....about three boggy spots....otherwise awesome.	view
Green	11 years	XC is in good condition. A few tacky spots but otherwise in perfect riding condition. DH trail is also awesome! I need to try and come up here more often. Well worth the drive.	view
Amber	11 years	rode today at 10am, 95% dry, a few damp patches leading up to the murderhorn, but pretty good all up, a couple more dry days will be nearly perfect	view
Red	11 years	Multiple reports of an ark heading east from the base of the Camelback climb ...	view
Amber	11 years	Still wet on the back loops mainly through Wayne's world, the murderhorn etc. surface is mainly hard with only a few boggy holes. Lots of topsoil has washed away showing rocks and roots. A couple...	view
Red	11 years	40mm thus far, plenty more to come.	view
Green	11 years	Hero dirt. Plus a few small puddles. The track is great but the weather forecast isn't looking so good. The organizers have a tough call to make for Saturday. On a personal note......	view
Green	11 years	Bit wet early, but dried out nicely after a couple of laps. By lunch it was as good as it gets for MTB'g, awesome grip. Thanks guys for some of the track work done recently. Haven't...	view
Green	11 years	all good today	view
Green	11 years	I just got a message from Dallas at HMBA who does a lot of the Awaba trail work. He said; , I rode the track this morning. The track has no bad wet areas just a few muddy...	view
Red	11 years		view
Green	11 years	Perfect conditions. Only 3 small puddles on the entire loop. There is a tree down blocking the track on the back part of the loop just before you cross the northern most fire trail on the...	view
Green	11 years	Awaba is open again.	view
Red	11 years	State Forests have advised HMBA that the trails will be closed on Friday 18th Jan due to predicted high fire hazard. ...	view
Green	11 years		view
Green	11 years	State Forests and HMBA have reopened Awaba.	view
Red	11 years	just wondering if you could tell me some other downhill trails. ive ridden awaba, ourimbah, glenrock, and one mt sugarloaf track.	view
Red	11 years	HMBA have been advised by Forests NSW this evening that all State Forests, including Awaba MTB Park, are to be closed from Friday the 11th through to and including Sunday the 13th January due to...	view
Green	11 years	Lots of debris on trails. I cut the sidewall of my rear tyre on something. Other than debris, all good. On the up side, there was a gentleman in a newish white dual cab Hilux clearing trails...	view
Red	11 years	Awaba will be closed on Tuesday 8th January due to extreme fire danger. Please observe all closures. From the State Foests UPDATE: 7 JANUARY, 2013 All State...	view
Green	11 years	Beautiful, hardpacked, and NO MOSQUITOS.	view
Green	11 years	Gorgeous. No problems except bloomin MotoX riders riding the bike trails!	view
Green	11 years	Beautiful. No problems.	view
Green	11 years	Excellent conditions. I forgot how stunningly beautiful the Awaba trail is!	view
Green	11 years	Dry than a nuns... but the trail fairies have once again worked their magic. Excellent riding and conditions, and not humid, even in the salad bowl.	view
Green	12 years	A few small puddles but in very good condition. Nice and humid even at 6:30 this morning.	view
Green	12 years	Rode a club round yesterday. Just damp enough to give that 'super grip'. Track is in great condition.	view
Green	12 years	Did a few laps on tuesday 13/11/12. Track was awesome as usual. Some of the corners on the fast decents are rutted and you bounce around a bit, but adds to the fun. You have to go wide on the...	view
Green	12 years	Good conditions today,recent rain hasn't affected anything and was very grippy and fast.Perfect day for a ride	view
Green	12 years	Lots of debris on the track today, cleared a lot of it, must have blown a gale last night. Other than that it's dry and dusty.	view
Green	12 years	Dry and dusty. Great conditions. Access road to carpark has some potholes and may worry vehicles with very low clearance.	view
Green	12 years	Misty rain this morning didn't even get to the dirt. Rad, fast and rad.	view
Green	12 years	rode there today and it was all dry and allsome get out there	view
Green	12 years	Rode on 19-Sep. OK after some rain the previous 2 nights. A few puddles around but nothing to spoil a good ride.	view
Green	12 years	Just a more recent update. Green for sure.	view
Green	12 years	Conditions this afternoon were pristine! No issues at all and possibly the best I've ever seen it at Awaba. All sections green and good to go! The forest also provided a nice escape from the wind...	view
Green	12 years	Rode this morning and it is as close to perfect as you could ever want. It is dry without being loose, and grippy enough to let you rail corners with complete confidence. There has been some...	view
Green	12 years	What a difference a week makes, track is tacky with no significant surface water/mud issues anywhere.	view
Amber	12 years	Just got back from Awaba. Tracks not too bad. It's slippery down the short steep section that has the road matting/plastic blocks laid down. Just before the Vegie Patch sign it's a bog and...	view
Amber	12 years	A few little muddy sections that will dry out if the rain stays away - otherwise pretty good.	view
Red	12 years	Heavy rain of the last few days has left the track pretty boggy. Did one lap this morning but declined any further, just finished cleaning the bike.	view
Green	12 years	Nearly all the water has dried up and the track is as awesome as ever.	view
Amber	12 years	Very damp throughout and plenty of sludge around the trails. A week of sunny weather needed to dry it out	view
Green	12 years	all good	view
Green	12 years	Green. 2 small bogs left.	view
Green	12 years	Good conditions today. The track has dried out nicely except for 8 or so bog holes that will take a while to dry up. (especially just around 'vege patch') I hope this sun stays around for a...	view
Red	12 years	Don't bother. Soooo much rain. I'm predicting another 'test day' fiasco this coming Saturday similar to the Glenrock/Specailized event.	view
Red	12 years	Great track conditions this morning. (Friday morning) I was aiming for 3 laps, but on my 3rd lap the rain came down. I made a bee line for the carpark. With the current forecast, I'd say that...	view
Green	12 years	Great today	view
Green	12 years	99.9% dry. Still some big bog holes near the 'vegie patch'. I'm not sure if these bogs will ever dry out...	view
Green	12 years	I only rode the yellow loop - which was good. Hero dirt! The red loop according to other riders was damp to wet... For all those who havent been here for a while, mother nature has...	view
Green	12 years	Perfect today.	view
Green	12 years	The trail fairies have been hard at work and have done an awesome job. Still some work to do but all the water has gone. Still some sludge areas in the section just before veggie patch and in...	view
Amber	12 years	This is from the offical hmba website; Start: 31/03/2012 Although the XC Trail is still not in pristine condition, the fine weather has helped dry things out to the point that...	view
Green	12 years	From the HMBA website. Although the XC Trail is still not in pristine condition, the fine weather has helped dry things out to the point that further damage to the trail should not occur...	view
Red	12 years	XC Network - Still closed. We will be doing a full trail audit next week, but at the moment there is still a lot of groundwater bubbling to the surface, combined with the mess left from the...	view
Red	12 years	Awaba is now officially closed due to bad weather http://hmba.asn.au/?q=node/400	view
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Green	12 years	seems pretty good to me, there is maybe 10 meters of Bailey's that is a mess but that's about it	view
Red	12 years	Too wet to worry about. The usual wet low lying areas are really bad, but normally ok bits are also very wet. One puddle was half wheel depth. Had to carry bike around several spots to avoid...	view
Amber	12 years	Mostly dry but some very muddy patches worth respecting.	view
Amber	12 years	went out this morning. only a couple of puddles in areas but can be avoided without damage to the surrounding bush. just on the edge of being perfect traction. the drive in is the tricky part...	view
Red	12 years	Headed out to Awaba today at about 11.00am for a look it was under water not riderable with out destroying your bike and the trails,Hopefully it dries up soon!	view
Amber	12 years	only a guess,but from the big nasty rain clouds that have been hovering over the Watagans all day-must of had some rain	view
Green	12 years	Was dry this afternoon, but looks like there was a bit of rain since then.	view
Green	12 years	most of the puddles have cleared up now, little bit washed away in places	view
Red	12 years		view
Green	12 years	Dry and dusty with plenty of tree branches across the track making things tricky...	view
Green	12 years	Damp in some of the lower parts but not wet.	view
Green	12 years	Possible showers meant for today, but at 5.00pm the track is 100% good to go.	view
Green	12 years	All is good!	view
Amber	12 years	Perfect this morning! (Wednesday) But rained this arvo... I wasn't there when the rain poured down... but it was intense at my place for 1/2hr - & it looked heavier towards Awaba. Take...	view
Green	12 years	Perfecto!	view
Green	12 years	Arrived at 0731, rain had finished, track is near perfect. Even better on 2nd lap. Go for it!	view
Red	12 years	7:10am - Dec 31. Now parked @ Awaba waiting for rain to stop. Looks like it has been raining for most of the night. Currently raining hard. Clouds hovering over these ranges. Track looks very...	view
Green	12 years	99.9% dry. It was meant to rain slightly today... but it didn't....	view
Green	12 years	29Dec2011. 99% good today, just a few patches of mud. Big puddle on the fire trail just before getting back on to the track before the salad bowl and a patch of mud on the steep descent before...	view
Red	12 years	Wet, really wet!	view
Green	12 years	This is an update from Sunday. Any soft sand had been compacted nicely and the big puddle was filled with some logs/branches so all good.	view
Green	12 years	Only two puddles. there's a few areas of soft sand on the corners so a little care needed but all good.	view
Amber	12 years	A few muddy patches, including one large boggy patch that riders have bypassed on the left resulting in trail widening. A few sections of the single track are suffering from gully erosion, as is...	view
Green	12 years	98% dry	view
Amber	13 years	The Blue Loop isn't too bad at all. Only a very small number of small wet potholes, but mostly okay. BUT - more rain is due today, tomorrow, etc... 3 things to watch out for. 1) LOTS of...	view
Red	13 years	Going from Fi's comments and using a bit of common sense I marked it red. http://...	view
Green	13 years	the track is all good just have to watch out for the tree that fall on the track and is laying over the track you just had you get off your bike and walk around it for now it is on the red loof...	view
Green	13 years	All good on the red loop. Watch the scrub turkey around 6k in just before the big drop. Was very hot in the scrub, take your water. Get into it.	view
Green	13 years	All dry for the red loop.	view
Amber	13 years	All the higher areas are well drained and holding up well. Some lower areas have a few puddles and are a little sloshy. the newish sections on the red loop were actually really dry...	view
Red	13 years	50mm of rain overnight has smashed the area-todays XC race has been called off!	view
Green	13 years	Dry and dusty although the rain is meant to be on its way.	view
Green	13 years	Rode on the weekend - was definitely feeling like summer... super warm and the track was dry and dusty, getting a bit loose in places. Just the usual summer conditions tho no major issues. Good...	view
Amber	13 years	All the trails are nice espically sniggle.	view
Green	13 years	The council has cut back the overgrowth on the firetrails. A good time to go riding in Jesmond. All fast and dry. Good conditions on Train, Ninja Monkey and the Walking Track	view
Green	13 years	Despite a few mm of rain, the track was its usual self - awesome! Maybe 10 very small puddles over the entire course.	view
Green	13 years	Track is in great condition all round. Very grippy.	view
Green	13 years	Went for a spin this afternoon. Trail is generally in very good condition. A couple of minor puddles around the trail and the descent immediately after the bridge at the top of the Camel Back...	view
Green	13 years	Went out before work for a few laps. Was a little worried due to last nights rain, but the trails are spot on and the bike was still clean at the end of the ride. Pick of the sections...	view
Green	13 years	Stunning day at Awaba today. Can't fault the trail anywhere. Super tacky with absolutely no issues. My pick of the trails today; - decent off the top of the red loop...	view
Green	13 years	Has been given the all clear from Dallas at HMBA, who states tracks are drying up & Awaba is now open!	view
Red	13 years	offical notice on www.hmba.asn.au has the Awaba track CLOSED due to extreme rain-an inspection when it stops raining will be conducted...	view
Green	13 years	There were a few slippery patches on the first couple of laps however it was all good by lunchtime. The new section of track seemed to handle the traffic ok.	view
Green	13 years	can not rember what couler the track was but there was a tree brench that brock off it tree and hanging over the track you can ride around it but you must slow down a lot to get around it safey...	view
Green	13 years	Trails are sweet. Rode the XC today and other than the water in the rainforest after the salad bowl, the XC loops are pristine. There is a maintenance day this Sunday so the trails should be...	view
Green	13 years	Tracks in awesome condition. Only one wet spot in the salad bowl. Access road a little weathered but still navagatable.	view
Red	13 years	Awaba is officually closed by the club. This weekends club round has also been cancelled. The club is currently putting up closed / enter at own risk sign at the entrance of the track....	view
Red	13 years	Has been pouring rain all night and is still dumping down	view
Green	13 years	Quite dry and no wet bits at all.	view
Green	13 years	Based on the below I'll give it a green I rode a few red loops of awaba xc yesterday ( Tuesday 7th ) and it is fine. 99% dry with a one or two damp patches that are easily...	view
Red	13 years	Wet, wet, wet.	view
Green	13 years	Another 3mm of rain overnight Sunday to 9am morning so the track was damp but just tacky not muddy. A few mud puddles here and there but minimal. A decent amount of rain is forecast over the next...	view
Green	13 years	Only one or to damp spots, no puddles and nice and tacky out there today...	view
Green	13 years	nice 'n' dry out there today,but as previous report said many corners have multiple braking ruts which can sometimes slow your flow on the track.	view
Green	13 years	Perfect !!! track has bed in well over the last 12 mths. unfortunately a lot of the fast cnrs now have breaking bumps, almost caught me a couple of times on my first lap hitting cnrs at...	view
Green	13 years	Rode the red loop today. Brilliant condition - no mud, great traction. Should be great for you guys racing the club round on Sunday.	view
Green	13 years	Rode the red loop today - condition is brilliant. No mud, great traction.	view
Green	13 years	Rad however it poured down as we left.	view
Green	13 years	All good	view
Green	13 years	99% dry, just a few small wet/boggy spots-will only be drier if rain stays away as sun was out & breeze blowing.	view
Green	13 years	Despite recent rain, dry as a tack. Ditto those few loose sandy right-handers...Ride with confidence at the mo...	view
Green	13 years	not wet at all!-but there is some loose sandy corners that are becoming a bit sketchy for the unwary!	view
Green	13 years	Ssssssssssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttt! Rockier and rootier than I remember, but tacky and even dusty in places. No mud or puddles after the recent rain. BTW, have they...	view
Green	13 years	Hot dry and dusty	view
Green	13 years	Awesome, awesome, awesome. First time riding there yesterday, the tracks were excellent and we had a ball. Kudos to all those involved in creating and maintaining this great track!	view
Green	13 years	rode the red,blue and yellow loops this morning 10am. trails holding up well after the showers only a few puddles, looks like someone fixed the planks on bridge after camelback climb. first time...	view
Green	13 years	Had a spin this afternoon. Obvious that there has been a lot of rain in the last few days, but the trails are generally dry (read tacky). There is the odd puddle and the rainforest and...	view
Green	13 years	a touch drier than Monday-just look out for Goanna on the fast right hander down past the mail box-would be a shame to accidentally tag it!	view
Green	13 years	Tacky=Grip=Fun.-only a couple of small mud patches,which are nearly dry.	view
Green	14 years	Did a few laps earlier today before it got too hot. Trail is dry. Very dusty in spots. Back section through the flush is dry as well. No real issues to report, just keep an eye out for...	view
Green	14 years	rode there this morning...all good the areas of the red loop that were boggy are now dry, but still a little soft.... I went OTB over there....so be carefoool......	view
Amber	14 years	Lot of maintenance done today. Generally dry and a lot of the boggy sections have been rebuilt. That said the back side of the red loop (the flush) are still holding a lot of water. ...	view
Amber	14 years	Rode multiple red laps on Wednesday and Thursday (ok, so I was in the area and it's too good to pass up!). Large tree fallen across the trail between Cowbell Corner and Siberia. Standing water...	view
Amber	14 years	Didn't race today but watched and spoke to others that had. Some areas are OK, but other areas, most notably Siberia, The Chute and the back of the Red Loop are very wet. I've not...	view
Green	14 years	tops!-will be even better when new overtaking lanes bed in!	view
Green	14 years	tracks in great condition,although the timber bridge just after the chute was a little slippery.	view
Green	14 years	Trails dry just covered in lots of leaves & small twigs!	view
Green	14 years	Went out for a spin at lunch time. Lots of cars and families which was great. Trail wise it was awesome. A little bit slippery in the low sections on some of the roots, otherwise fast and...	view
Green	14 years	no major muddy parts-only a few small bits with sun & wind doing its best to dry these up- the rest nice and grippy!	view
Amber	14 years	Pretty wet. DH is very slippery in sections and avoid timber pallets. We walked the steep stuff. XC is ok, just watch that front wheel on the turns, a few clay sections that like to to give you a...	view
Green	14 years	Fantastic. All dry. The brand new part of the red loop still needs riding in, but is great fun! (That's right... there's a new addition to the red loop!) Overall distance has been raised...	view
Green	14 years	awesome,awesome,awesome, the new section was sweet, and the track just after the murderhorn is real, starwars, return of the jedi stuff!!	view
Green	14 years	Rode Aaba today (08/09/10). Track in great riding condition. New section was opened on Sunday.	view
Red	14 years	all tracks are trashed from small twigs to spoke/derailer bustin size through to some biggons that would cause injury if hit when falling!	view
Green	14 years	all good for club races sunday morning -cannot wait	view
Green	14 years	same as it's F3 cousin sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!	view
Green	14 years	all good & trail fairies have added some road base to the couple of muddy bits on jungle creek section-imagine how much better this place could be if 1/2 of the people who ride here did some...	view
Green	14 years	Go the Flow, only 2 small patches of mud in jungle creek bit!!!	view
Green	14 years	The short yellow loop is in great condition! But the slightly longer loop (blue?) does have some very damp patches through that rainforest section. That section almost gets no sunlight at all...	view
Green	14 years	rode there this morning, the track is in excellent condition except for the low laying areas just after the steep chute, muddy & slippery down there will probably take a few days with no rain...	view
Amber	14 years	Rode Awaba today Trails ok on the Blue loop, a bit muddy on the Red loop. the fact trails are ok is a huge credit to the trail builders.	view
Red	14 years	would be way to wet to ride with the heap of rain we have had-as it was getting a soaking on sunday arvo	view
Amber	14 years	had a fair bit of rain today,was pouring rain when I left, with huge grey cloud hovering above area- if rain eases in next couple of days will be OK for weekend	view
Green	14 years	Brilliant- only small patches of mud-1 puddle of small water	view
Green	14 years	HEAVEN!! doesn't get any better!	view
Green	14 years	perfect!!,only 2 small patches of easily ridden around mud, go 4 the flow	view
Green	14 years	Rode there today for the first time ( on the blue loop )there is a few small patches of water around,mostly OK & tacky-be careful of Clay,roots & logs as very slippery. A big thankyou to...	view
Green	14 years	small patches of mud around,mostly OK & tacky-be careful of roots & logs as very slippery	view
Green	14 years	Tacky=Grip=Fast=FUN!!!	view
Green	14 years	track was perfect today, was a little bit dry and loose but a good sprinkle of rain half way through the day made the soil nice and moist. only had one issue with the track right after...	view
Green	14 years	Perhaps Green is being a bit generous - pretty slippery up at the top beyond CamelBack Hill and on the way down the other side. Clay bits rather soggy and slippy/slidey. Some climbs a bit dicey...	view
Green	14 years	perfect!!!!	view
Green	14 years	Dry as yesterday, but with the wind there is heaps of sticks across track just waiting to eat spokes & rear mechs	view
Green	14 years	nice & dry all bar 1 little mud patch just after Mawkes bridge	view
Amber	14 years	Yellow Loop is OK, but there is issues in the low lying areas of the Blue and Red Loops. If you go, best to stick to the 7km yellow loop.	view
Green	14 years		view
Green	14 years	Remarkable how well this XC track has held up given the amount of rain recently. It was damp but there was no puddles to speak of. Great facility.	view
Green	14 years	A bit greasy this arvo some puddles about....	view
Green	14 years	As usual the Awaba network is in great condition. No issues on the trails at all and the road in is sweet.	view
Green	14 years	Drained remarkably well after some showers. The new sections were absolutely amazing. Lead up to the Veggie patch was fun with the Sallad bowl and auto alley was some of the best runs had....	view
Green	14 years	Simply awesome	view
Green	14 years	Awaba is looking great. Dry and super fast. I am loving the new sections. The chute and salad bowl are fantastic. The new climb needs a little bedding in, but great to see some altitude on...	view
Green	14 years	Awaba is looking great at the moment. - New road is open and access is great for 2wd vehicles. - New section beyond the chute is open and the old sections are riding fast.	view
Green	14 years	Rode here this morning was very nice and 90% dry just the odd wet patch well almost dry mud. I was surpised how it has dried up considering the amount of rain we have had	view
Green	14 years	Awaba is fast and dry - great new sections to try also !!	view
Amber	14 years	Heavy rain this morning and continuing showers this afternoon have had a major impact on the trails. Trails have gone from firm, fast and tacky to be generally soft with some very sloppy sections...	view
Green	14 years	Track is in great condition. Fast and tacky, no dust, no mud as of January 1. If you have a 2wd, make sure you park at the top of the driveway and join the track from there as the driveway is...	view
Amber	14 years	Light rain has certainly settled down the dust and created a nice firm packed surface. Trail is a little greasy after all the rain with some small / minor puddles . None to much to worry about....	view
Green	15 years	Fast & Dry - Great riding conditions	view
Green	15 years	Reports from the trail today is that it is fast and tacky on the downhill sections, no puddles to speak of and the road in is good.	view
Amber	15 years	Its been pretty wet on the western side of the lake for the last week, the road in is very slippery and not 2WD suitable until it dries out. Trail is ridable, but there are boggy sections...	view
Green	15 years	The track was in prefect condition for Saturday's race. Brilliant fun!...	view
Green	15 years	Sweet trail. Smooth, flowy, twisty, dry and a little dusty. Only about 3 rocks on the whole course. Really nice and fun at the moment - Get There!	view
Green	15 years	great trails & getting better all the time the new downhill section on the xc track is fast & fun. Rode some other new sections of track that aren't finished yet with some fun jumps...	view

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