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Unemployed paid to bike trails
If only this could happen in NSW 
A GROUP of 10 long-term unemployed jobseekers are gaining new skills while they help to build a world-class mountain bike trail at Amamoor in the Mary Valley
More here: http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2009/06/09/v...
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Response to that article
"Although this facility will no doubt be of benefit to a few people, it is hardly the major infrastructure that this area needs, and is not something that Parliamentary Secretary for Employment and Economic Development Jan Jarratt should be bragging about.
How about the Queensland Government immediately dropping plans for building the Traveston Dam, and instead spend money on major infrastructure like the Bruce Highway. That will not only employ people, it will also save lives."
despite the fact $132,000 will get you about 5m of highway, as apposed to creating recreational activities with a trickle-down economic effect, it appears the biggest enemy to state funding for Recreational MTB is the uneducated mass public.
I dont ride my bike, my bike rides me... we are currently in counseling...