Australia

The Central West Trail has been researched and developed by volunteers to provide cyclists with a 400km countryside ride on the safest and quietest back roads in the Tablelands region of NSW.

The Hunter Mtb Association is based in the Awaba Mtb Park in the foothills of the Watagans near Newcastle. The Ground Effect Bridge on the main trail at Awaba turned 10 this year, and needed some love. The Slush Fund was super happy to contribute $1000 towards the purchase of the enviro mesh decking to keep it sweet for another 10 years.

VOGA (Villages of the Old Goldfields Association) Cycle Club is made up of a passionate group of cycle enthusiasts based in and around Creswick, Victoria. The club work closely with the Hepburn Shire to deliver the 100km of Creswick Trails and part of the MOU is to carry out ongoing trail maintenance. They put the call out to Ground Effect for a leaf blower, and the Slush Fund handed over $1000 for its purchase.

In 2017 the ants of Dungog Common in NSW were at it again, three more pallet bridges eaten away. $1100 Ground Effect Slush Fund dollars later, with volunteer labour from the club, the bridges were upgraded to make them less appealing to ants.

The Pemberton Visitor Centre in the south west of WA has spent the last ten years building the Pemberton Mtb Park, some 30 km of trail that caters for a range of riders.

The Yackandandah Mtb Track network in NE Victoria has named a 17.2km trail after us, the 'Ground Effect Loop'. The Slush Fund helped out with cash for trail maps, and supplied IMBA books so they could build a sustainable network of cross-country mtb trail.

In late 2016 the Tumut Mountain Bike Riders approached the Ground Effect Slush Fund for a cash contribution towards their project to improve signage in the Tumut Mountain Bike Park.

The Kalamunda Mountain Bike Collective hang out on the outskirts of Perth in WA. The Collective is the custodian of a mtb trail network in Kalamunda and surrounding areas, which comprises of over 46km of single track situated in National Park and State Forest.

Club members and volunteers have been busy constructing sustainable trails to IMBA standards to create the Cradle Coast MTB Park.