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NSW National Parks Mountain Biking Survey
NSW National Parks have a mountain biking survey under way for the northern parts of Sydney.
Here is the link; http://www.landscapemap2.org/nswmtnbike/
Here is the blurb
Welcome to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Visitor Activity Survey--Mountain Biking!
We need your help!
This survey is part of a broader visitor activity survey testing new methods for gathering information to help us understand our visitor needs and preferences, and to inform experience development and management planning in our parks.
andersons and oaks ride to beat the winter blues!
Keen to do the The Oaks so we meet at Glenbrook.
The pace will be "medium social" - This will mean several short stops will happen at the creeks, KOMs and the helipad, though besides that I want us to be able to move along at a body warming pace, so it'd be preferable to ride with people with a established degree of fitness.
Heathcote National Park
At a Glance
It is no longer possible to ride along the train line from Waterfall to Heathcote. To complete a loop of the Royal National Park crossing over and riding North inside Heathcote National Park seems a far better idea. The electricity management trail that runs south from Mirang firetrail is very rough in places and hasn't been graded in years.
To do a loop of the Heathcote NP, ride Mirang firetrail downhill for about 2.5km before joining the pipeline track. Following this south will eventually lead to the Woronora Dam Road. Turn right to go to the dam or turn left to head back to Waterfall.
A singletrack starts to the west of the industrial area at Heathcote.
It winds up and down the ridges before emerging halfway along the Mirange Firetrail.
From here head back towards the highway along Mirang and another singletrack starts on the right hand side. This is a very nice singletrack - a bit technical in places but flowy in others. There is quite a steep climb at the end just before it emerges on the Abaroo Creek firetrail. There is quite a steep climb up this firetrail for about 500m. About 3/4 of the way up there is a small trail on the RH side which leads to some aboriginal rock carvings.
The Abaroo firetrail then joins the Sebasterpol firetrail that leads back to the highway or the electricity management trail.