TRAC - this past year 

North West Bay River Trail​

• Second Stage of NWBRT opened in April with TRAC coverage in Kingborough Chronicle with Mayor

Linking Thomsons Road, Allens Rivulet to Kaoota 

• Link from Thomsons Rd to Kaoota avoiding (most of) Kaoota Rd to the Tramway Kaoota Track start

Clearing track for safety

• Cleared a short off road stretch on Allens rivulet Rd to avoid dangerous road bend next to the start of AR Trail

Neirinna Track Negotiations 

• Negotiated with Council about the difficult steps on Nierinna Track leading to improvement works bypassing many of the steps

Submissions lodged - Weilangta

• Made submissions on proposed Weilangta (multi use) trail (this is continuing)

Wellington National Park Trails

• Nominated via submission for horse riders representation on Wellington National Park trails (this is continuing)

Peter Murrell Reserve

• The President has had multiple communications with Parks and Wildlife who manage this reserve. The present situation is they are not interested in negotiating. TRAC committee has stepped back from negotiating  on this  matter as Parks and Wildlife responses have been negative, minimal  and non-commital.  Therefore it would require an approach to the Minister or a public push to progress the situation (TRAC discussing further).

Petition to Council via a "Question on Notice " to provide 4 missing links.

• The Missing links

  • Stage 2 NWBRT to Hopfields Road.  This has come to fruition,  Thanks to a generous undertaking  by Mr Tim Wark, which includes also the wonderful float parking area.

  • A trail segment joining Englefield Road and Hillview Drive. Now installed.

  • Moody's Road to Allen's Cliff track. Successfully negotiated. TRAC will actually be contributing to the fencing requirements with labour and funding (being finalised)

  • 521 Allens Rivulet Road  There is an adjoining Public Open Space (POS) and missing link of 80 metres to Sandfly Road. This will come into play now that Moody's Road is resolved (continuing work). 

North West Bay River Trail (NWBRT)​

• A huge undertaking over decades of work from TRAC​

• Stage 1. NWBRT.  This came into serious consideration thru the Kingborough Tracks and Trails (TRAC) meetings circa 2008. In 2016 we pushed to open up a public open space (POS) at the end of Riverdale Road. The NWBRT feasibly study went to Council around 2020 with some adjustments to the POS, a Land Tribunal challenge, more negotiations......  Mountain Trails established Stage 1. in approx. 2022 

• Stage 2. NWBRT. The concept of this trail was imaged  in the mid 1990s when TRAC sought POS thru Council when Brookfield owners applied for subdivision. After many years Council facilitated this section that links Channel Highway to Miandetta Road, with a connection to Hopfields Road and a float area included.

• Stage 3. NWBRT.  This is by far the biggest section of the NWBRT, connecting Stage 1 and Stage 2 and likely to be the most costly, most challenging both topographically and construction wise. Council has no allocated funds to establish it, so State / Federal funding will need to be acquired. In this Economic climate that may be some time, and hard to come by. The Committee feel that this trail will be the show piece of trails in Kingborough, also the longest, and without vehicles. 

• Allenfield to Riverdale Road.  In conjunction with Stage 3. TRAC committee would like to see a link from the underpass at Allenfield to Riverdale. It would join Leslie Vale to Allen's Rivulet. This would be nearly entirely on HBMI land.

• Council has provided a loop joining Bullock  Drive to Mackenzie Road that was part of negotiations  from the 1990s,  that came about via subdivison.

• TRAC acquired funding via grant application to purchase chain saws etc for track clearing working bees (now available)​​​​
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